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William COghill. who keep the great
'blotters or scratch books of the central
ONCE. During the course of one year
the men who enter the complaints and
reports on the blotters cover sheets of
paper which if made into one vast blank
ct would cover an area of 3,J6 square
feet. This means that an average of 100
bulletin reports are daily transcribed to
the great blOtters by the boOkmen. who
have taken them down over the telephone
through the switch. And this average
is a small one compared to the aggregate
number OF complaints made to the differ
ent precincts, many of which do not war
rant investigation other than by patrol
men and never find their way to the cen
trail office.
THE bureau" as II is known in the
police circles of Washington, and which
forms the core Of the weblike system Of
police telephones, contains perfectly
equipped switchboard with all of the
most improved facilities for long distance
conversation. In one respect the police
switchboard is unique. Besides the cords
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central Office advised as To what the pre-
cincts are doing. Into this bureau. which
is but few steps away from Capt. Board
mans office in police headquarters, run
wires from the outlying precincts. Al
present the city is divided into eleven
police districts, numbered consecutively.
Besides being constantly in communication
with these the bureau is in touch with
the station houses at the harbormaster' 8
office, the house of detention. the White
House and the Union station. Through
the medium of the station houses the
bureau is also in touch with the 800 or
more patrol boxes which dot the street
corners and from which policeman at
any hour of the day or night may obtain
instant communication with his station
house, through the bureau" be con-
nected with any of the residential phones
in the city.
And so, including the desk sergeants OF
the several precincts and sub-stations,
sixty men, who in tricks of twenty each
sit before the nickeled instruments. are
as much guardians of the peace and safe
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DRoFEssoR BRANDER MAT

p ROFESSOR BRANDER MATTHEW'S.
the brilliant essayist and scholar Of
Columbia. said at dinner party. apropo>
OF changes in the meaning OF words:
AT thesheight Of our mayoralty cam
paign little boy. looking up from his ad-
venture book, said to his father:
Father, what's a cormorant?
A cormorant,' the father answered, as
he turped the huge pages OF his news
paper. lis a corrupt and hoggish politician.
But, the lad objected, 4 thought II
was q bird
oh. yes, TO be sure the other agreed
The word is used I'm that sense now anu
then"
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which connect the switch with every pre-
cinct and subprecinct in the city. the
switchboard is equipped with an addition
al set of cords which make 1t possible
FOR the operator to connect the bookmen
with every precinct in the city at the
same time. that he may read to the
sixteen desk sergeants a report and make
il possible for them TO obtain ii at ex-
actiy the same time. Without this ar
rangement il would be necessary for the
bookmen 10 make sixteen different calls
and reDeat sixteen times the instructions
which he is now enabled to give with one
reading.
An operator and bOokman are con-
tinually on duty in the bureau. The
operator answers calls and connects one
precinct with another. The bookman
transcribes into the great "blotters' the
reports which he takes over the phone
and keeps the officer in charge of the
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familiar illustrations. life-siZe soldier
in bronze and rObed in the habiliments
of medieval Japan guards the winding
stairway. and all about are jars and vases
and curious weapons, tapestries and
quaint ivory figures. DIR. Ritter has collect
ed his treasures carefully and each piece
represents some distinct type or ancient
art. He has studied the various schools
and in the matter OF small bronze ne
has one of the most complete collections
on this side of the water. His drawing
rooms are filled with the most elaborate
pieces OF carved teakwood, chests. chairs
desks and cabinets. Each piece is in itself
an art study and when to these are add
ed marvellous rugs rare tapestries and
some exquisite water colors, the pleasure
OF visiting the new Swiss legation Is
but partially revealed.
With exceptional good fortune. the min
lister has moved his fragile china and
bric-a-brac from one end of the world 20
the other without the least accident to
anything he values. II has required al
his spare time and much, he says, which
he cannot spare to arrange his home In
proper shape. Probably no ore except the
late Baron Won Sternburg. the German
ambassador, ever brought to this coun-
try so large and valuable collection o.
oriental curios. Baron Won Sternburg's
treasures were nearly all Ti5etan, Siam
csc and Chinese while DR.. Ritter's are
exclusively japanese. He has probably
the largest and most varied collection OF
Japanese books I'm Washington. They will
take up large portion of his library, at
present adjoining the legation offices. on
the second floor.
Nine. Ritter is social in disposition. and
she anticipates her first winter in Wash
ingtOn with keen pleasure.
This is my first visit to Washington.
but 1 do not feel strange in America. In
my girlhood I had so many schoolmates
who were Americans, and since living In
Japan 1 have possessed so many Ameri-
can friends and neighbOrs that l seem to
know this country as well as my own. II
is like seeing q beloved and familiar
book acted on the stage. Americans seem
to live every where and they carry a lit
tie of their home environment wherever
they live. l am enjoying the city, and, OF
course. shall soon be tremendously busy,
for the prevailing etiquette requires some
strenuous labor for the newcomer. But
rejoice in the free, frank intercourse
which is SO apparent In every division OF
society"
Dr. and Nine. Ritter have one son, a
small boy of five, who will no doubt en-
Joy Washington as much as his parents.
Young people have a good time at the
capital. and the entertainments FOR them
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The Idle Soph.

THE psychology students OF Harvard
are repeating a new witticism Of
their brilliant teacher. Prof. William
James
Prof James, it appears. made this
comment upon very exquisite and very
idle millionaire sophomore from New
York:
What time he can spare from the
adornment OF his person he devotes to the
neglect of his duties"
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and there is no impeachment placed In
their way IL they wish to enter profess
sional ranks. There are many woman
doctors and. OF course. the excellence of
tionally acknowledged.
But few women seem to wish To enter
the legal profession. and there is no agi-
tation whatsoever about their desiring
a part OF the legislative authority which
by centuries has been allotted to man.
Women are a tremendous force in Swift
zerland. but II is along traditional chan
nels which the wisdom of the ages as
signs the proper course for women. They
have been co-workers with men in the
industrial development OF the country
and they have added their quota TO its
intellectual and moral uplifting. But
they have not yet Joined the body of
women who are clamoring for the right
to work and to do every sort of work,
whether or not this labor destroys the
natural feminine graces. Home Is the
potent word in the Swiss woman's vo-
cabulary, and she finds infinite compen-
sation in her natural duties or training
her children along the high plane which
TIE national development now makes
possible.
My home is in Basel. that quaint and
ancient city half I'm German Baden and
half in the republic OF Switzerland IL
is difficult to explain how much social IN
tercourse differs in these old SWISS cities
from the remainder OF the world. The
women lead secluded lives, certainly, ana
they are not often seen on the streets,
that is, merely on view, as IL were, prom
enading or chatting. They keep to their
homes more closely. and the ties Of kim
ship and Of friendship, together with the
duties OF home appear to give all the
diversion deemed necessary or desirable
Home ties are sacredly preserved. and
the ties of ancient friendship are as much
regarded. The friends OF your parents
are much your friends as the children
OF your parents are your sisters and
brothers. Their children and your chill
dren inherit these ties and they are
sedulously cultivated and strengthened.
The Swiss dwell generation after gen
Grafton in the same home. with the same
household treasures around them and the
traditions OF their use sacredly handed
down. Changing styles in mansions or
in interior decorations are unknown
among the conservative women of my
land. We delight In old things, and
there is grief over a ruined heirloom
and sadness when even such small arti-
Gle as the cup or the saucer of AN an
cient family tea set goes the ultimate
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DE-. Reidharr still continues in YokOha-
ma, and is one of the most beloved in
the large corps of foreign surgeons resi-
dent there.
Having lived in the orient for the past
eight years" said Mme. Ritter, Il feel
more familiar with social conditions in
the restricted sense in Yokohama and
CokiO than | do in Berne or the large
Swiss cities like Geneva and Zurich.
Yokohama has large Swiss colony.
many of them old friends, and We had
delightful social life. We followed our
own customs, and except to regard the
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WASHINGTON Police

WASHINGTON Police
" Have Almost Instant
Communication All Over the
District Telephones Aid in
Capture of Criminals. as Well
as Report the Most Trivial
Incidents System Is of a
Spider Web Variety and
Wires Lead to All Patrol
Boxes and Precincts-Central
Office Knows of All Incl
dents a Few Minutes After
They Take Place.
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y the prevention
and detection of
crime, the fraction
of a minute may
IN e an the sue
cess or failure of
the police depart
ment in the appre-
hension of a
wrongdoer. In the
proper policing of
a city, the munich
pal guardians must
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BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.
OF for eight or "a

or for eight or ten
years has the Swiss
legation boasted OF
a chatelaine. Some
nations seem To
run to bachelor
diplomatists. and
the thrifty little re-
public OF the Alps
has been one of
them. The arrival
OF Nine. Ritter ac-
companied by her
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CHE Is One of the Latest
- Arrivals in the Diplomatic
Corps-Is a Woman of I'm
usual Charm and Beauty and
Is Entirely Cosmopolitan in
Training and Ideals-Mme.
Ritter Arrived in Washington
Less Than Two Weeks Ago
and Is Yet Unpresented to
Society in the Broad Sense.
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&*
The report Of the last fiscal year OF spe-
ciaI miscellaneous work done by the po-
lice department, most of which was re-
ported over the police telephones, shows
they reported upon 1889 accidents. took
I'D $40 stray animals, found and restored
16 abandoned infants. reported the finding
Of 81 drowned bodies, reported 1854 dead
animals, presented 2.577 instances of
broken pavements and 2439 dangerous
holes. pa dangerous buildings and 20
dangerous bridges. Doors and windows
of the citizens residences were found
open and secured in 1902 cases. They
found 1.441 persons sick in the street. and
advised their stations over the telephone;
advised the water department OF bS4 dam
aged water mains and tls water pipes.
They reported nearly 1900 gas. electric
and naphtha lights not burning and re-
ported - suicides.
Like a giant spider-web is the system.
The strands of the web are the copper
wires which radiate from the switch
board in the central office to the sixteen
precincts and to other points. and from
these points in turn branching out through
each police district to terminate in the
every corner is equipped. In the core OF
the web at the central office sit the
greater spiders, Capt. Robert NJ Board
man. chief of detectives; Lieut.. James
their eyes are two lesser spiders. Telephone
operators. who sit at the switchboard
every hour of the day from dawn to
dawn. In the precincts and substations
are sixteen other police spiders-the desk
sergeants-ready to take reports from
patrolmen on their beats. The patrol
boxes are equipped to be i'm instant com
munication with the lair in the central
office by the mere throwing Of switch.
And this makes possible a system OF
policing in Washington which Is closely
akin to the surveillance OF Partisan pre-
lecture. with the Objectionable features
eliminated. Everything, extraordinary or
ordinary, receives immediate report. Be
II a door left unfastened. a fallen tree.
murder suicide. burglary or train
wreck, full report is to be had at the
central office, and IL necessary central
office detective is assigned to investigate.
This In general is that for which the
police telephone bureau stands.
Upon the integrity Of six men, who
work in pairs for tricks OF eight hours
each, largely depends the success OF this
system which, as far as possible, insures
the protection of life. health and prop
erty.
The six men are known as the bureau
operators, and are ]. Norris Robinson,
John Kane and Robert F. Warren, who
operate the telephone switchboard, and
William r. Killman, Frank Hewston and
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different climatic conditions and the nee
essary difference in the food, we lived as
We would i'm north Switzerland. In Yoko-
hama the foreigners can dwell together
without any obligations to mingle with
the native society, unless ii appeals to
one. In Toxic. of course, strict etiquette
prevails, as il does in every capital. l
heard much about the progression of the
modern Japanese woman, that she is in
every respect the equal of the most cul-
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y MME PAUL RITTER WIFE OF THE SWISS MINISTER II

are as numerous and as brilliant as for
their elders. The Ritters rank first of the
six new ENJOYS who will spend their first
winter In Washington.
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tured European, and that along the lines
which the western believe they have FOL
lowed exclusively. 1t is difficult to under
stand this or to prove 1T, for the women
of Japan seem as remote as If they were
in the stars.
No words adequately convey their gen.
tleness. their cordially or the very es-
sence of amiability which seems to per-
wade their whole existence. When they
entertain you their sweetness, their evil
dent appreciation of your presence and
their enjoyment in every word you utter
conveys to the least susceptible that men,
tai exhilaration which cold reason cannot
affect If the best gifts OF hostess is
TO bring out the best in her guest and
make her guest feel well satisfied with
herself. then the Japanese high-bred lady
should receive tine laurel crown. 1t is diff
ficult to comprehend an oriental or 10
follow his mental processes and this adds
to the remoteness which is rather oppres-
sive at first
II have always felt that We raised too
high a standard in appraising the mental
equipment Of the Japanese woman. l
have heard ii argued that while she
might know a great deal about her own
country and its development and its
splendid modern progress, she is utterly
ignorant about the patent facts i'm regard
to other countries. Now L have never
seen a woman considered well informed
and unusually intelligent who knew the
most patent facts about the Japanese.
OF course. / except teachers, lecturers
and writers, and mean the we'll informed
woman one meets in society all over the
civilized world. We know Japan only
through the superficial things which ap-
peal most, the exquisite china, the bric-
a-brac, the curious carved worries. the
brasses and bronzes and the wonderful
tapestries. The real japanese is more
alien to us by far than We are to him.
1t is fascinating country in every detail
and one to which you can become devout-
ly fond. l left it with genuine regret.
DIR. Ritter seems TO have brought
enough of the atmosphere of old Japan
to compensate his wife for any temporary
feeling of inconsistencies. The Swiss lega-
ton is a spacious. comfortable looking
red brick house in Hillyer place, just
off Connecticut avenue. Its interior is
pleasant revelation, for externally II is
only one of a conventional row. The
great hall might have been lifted on the
magic carpet from Toxic. for every arti-
Gle suggests the fiowery kingdom in the
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way Of all things made of porcelain. The
Swiss woman adds to her household
treasures grudgingly and only from ne
cessity. Rugs. the fine cleanly home
spun rugs of wool cloth. go down gen.
erations, and their gradual descent from
the best room finally to the kitchen is a
pretty study OF the ways of the sturdy
middle-class Switzer. They are discard
ed only when needle and thread and
much care can no longer hold them to-
gether. and they are never discarded
until another Is ready to replace them.
Washington has seldom welcomed a
more attractive family to the exclusive
diplomatic set than the Ritters. The
minister. like all o! his countrymen who
attain high official rank. is a scholar
as well statesman, and he adds
to his charms the art of speaking English
as 1t is spoken by the natives. Nearly
all the diplOmatists who come TO Wash
:ngton speak the written language, and
their intercourse must be conducted along
the formal lines Of erudition. They rare
ly get close to the mental process Of the
American people, and they miss the
charm Of familiar exchange of ideas.
Nine. Ritter will take her place among
the lovely women of the capital and.
after even casual acquaintance. she
will be counted among the most versa
tile and entertaining of the corps. She
is quite young, still on the right side
OF thirty. and her frank. cordial man
ner and her joyous interest in everything
novel give additional girlisnnesS to her
appearance. She was. before her mar
riage, Miss Louise Reidhaar. and has
been carefully trained for her hign social
destiny. having first studied at the pri-
vate schools of Basel and afterward
under tutors in Geneva. She spent
short time In Paris, for she is an ardent
musician, at the Conservatory.
The romance which eliminated in her
marriage Is pretty story. AS the daugh-
ter of an eminent physician of Basel.
she was among the prime favortes in the
younger set. and she met her future
husband in the natural course OF events.
After their betrothal DIR. Ritter was APP
pointed consul general to Yokohama. and
had to depart at once for his new post.
In the meantime, DIR. Reidharr deter
mined. at the urgent solicitation Of his
prospective son-in-law and some Swiss
friends, to establish himself professionally
in the orient. He left Basel. for centuries
the home Of his ancestors. about seven
years ago. and shortly after the ar
rival of the Reidharr family Miss Louise
and DIR. Paul Ritter were married. They
resided for some time In Yokohama. and
about three years ago the consul general
was made minister and removed to Toxic.
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The six men are known as the bureau
operators, and are J. Norris Robinson,
John Kane and Robert F. Warren. who
operate the telephone switchboard, and
William r. Killman, Frank Hewston and
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-10-26
IN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.

John Keeney. aged so. is dead at
Somerset.
The jury in the case Of VIM. Sparks,
for killing Joe Jake Collins in Madison.
disagreed and was dismissed.
Paris Shotwell, with his brother,
charged with killing Deputy Sheriff
Jones at Corbin. was held without bail
Ernest Baxter. aged Is. died at Rich
mond Of lockjaw. following the piercing
of his foot with piece Of wire few
days ago.
In summing up the amount of the es-
tate of the late Judge Vincent Boreing
for final settlement it has been found
that il amounts to s4l0, 200. London
Democrat.
Col. 7. M. Thatcher has returned
from Wichita, Kansas, where he dis
posed of two town lots for $500.
These lots Col Thatcher had purchased
there during the great boom some 20
years ago. Somerset Journal.
An indictment charging embezzle-
ment from the funds Of the Citizens
National Bank at Monticello was re-
turned in the Federal court at -Coving.
ton against Charles McConaghy. for
mer cashier of that institution.
Mr.. Ed Walker. who has been in
Louisville under special medidai treat
ment. will return home this week. We
are glad that his condition is improved.
Messrs. Ed and N. b. Price gave q
duck supper in honor of DIR. and Mrs.
A. S. Price. who left Wednesday for
their new home in Stanford. Lancaster
Il cord.
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IKE TERRY.

The above is good likeness of the
republican nominee for jailer of Lin
coin county Mr.. Terry is SO years of
age and was born and reared in Lincoln
county. He has been in the farming
and timber business in this county for
many wears. and by his straightfor-
ward dealing has made many friends.
who. regardless of politics. wish him
well in his present race. He is well
qualified by nature and training for the
important position for which he is now
a candidate. and If elected he will I'LL
the Office with credit to himself and
satisfaction to the voters and taxpay-
ers Iahyl
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Its A Top Notch Doer.

Great deeds compel regard. The
world crowns its doors. That's why
the American people have crowned DR..
Kings New Discovery the king Of
Throat and lung remedies. Every
atom is health force. II kills germs
and colds and lagrippe vanishes. 1t
heals cough racket membranes aud
coughing stops. Sore, inhamed bron-
chial tubes and lungs are cured aud
hemorrhages cease. DR.. Geo. Moore,
Black Jack. n. C., writes lit cured me
of lung trouble, pronounced hopeless
by all doctors. 50r, al. Trial bot
tie free. Guaranteed by Penny's Drug
Storage.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-10-26

The old saying that lightning never
strikes twice in the same place is with
out foundation at least in some in
stances. says Glaeow dispatch. A
year ago lightning struck a tree on the
farm Of Squire Petty over in Warren
county. and killed fine horse. A lit
tie later in the same year lightning
again struck the same tree and killed
80 fine turkeys valued at $3.50 each.
Last week lightning again struck this
Inflated tree and killed two horses
worth $500. II goes without saying
that this tree will be cut down and con-
verted into wood before II has another
chance to act as a conductor for light
ming
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MATRIMONIAL.

Miss Gertrude Walker. aged Is, and
Horace Suter. II. were married at Ow-
enton.
James Smith and Miss Essie Terrill
were married ut the courthouse Satur-
day by Judge 0wsley.
Edgar Scott and Miss Lucy Dean,
aged Is, we're married at Nicholasvile.
The bride was n student at Jessamne
Institute.
The greatgrandclhildren Of Fountain
w. Hutlett. aged II. and Mrs. Sarah
N. Stigers. aged 20. both Of Franklin
county. were the principal attendants
at the wedding OF their grandparents.
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The navy is soon to conduct expert
ments in long distance wireless teleg-
raphy. Impressed with the Importance
Of a system which will in cases of
necessity transmit messages from some
place on the Atlantic seaboard a dis
lance of 5000 miles, the subject was
taken up in earnest.