Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-26
Stray Topics from
 Little Old New York

NEW YORK, April 25.-Every now and then Chinatown furnishes little excitement for the police of Ne wYork. The Chinese are peculiar people. So far as their relations to the rest of the community are concerned, the Celcstials are peaceful and law-abiding. If they have a secret grudge against the "Mel- jeans, they content themselves in talk ing their spite out of the Melicans v shirts, collars and cuffs. Within their own race, however, the Chinese are fierce partsans, ever ready for feud between their clans or tOngs and mur- ders are of comparatively frequent oc- eurrence among them. Many American citizens do not quite understand why the police authorities of New York take so much trouble to suppress these peri odieal outbreaks of violence between the tongs. Why not let them fight 1t out without interference, so long as they choose their victims from among their own race? It is believed that, if given half chance, the Chinese would exter minate themselves and thus settle the much disturbing Chinese question.
 
 The French are credited with being responsible for the invention of the in- nocuous form of dueling, but it was left to an American to invent an innocuous method of committing suicide. The in ventor, who; however, has not applied for patent, is a prosperous contractor of Princeton, N. J. More than a week ago he was awarded big contract, which made him so happy that he con cluded to celebrate the event He cele- brated so thoroughly that he did not become sober for week. Having con cluded his celebration, he returned to his home. It is not particularly surpris- ing that he met with a somewhat frigid reception by his better half. The con tractor, being in that maudin state of the "day after" the man retired to his room, muttering, 'I guess no one wants me here any more. '"
 A few minutes later his son, who happened to be in the adjoining room, heard him say, as if speaking to some one else: Charley, I look you once more in the face. Now, l am going to shoot you in the heart. . The boy has tened toward his fathers room, but before he reached the door he was ter rifed by the report of gun. He rush. ed into the room, expecting to find his father dead on the floor Instead, he saw him standing in front of the shat tered mirror, his shotgun in his hand and perplexcd expression on his face. The man had aimed only too well at his reflection in the mirror and could not understand why he was not hurt.
 No time was lost at the wedding cere- mony the other day by which Miss Elizabeth Maria Hurry, daughter of Randolph Hurry, formerly of the law firm of Hurry & Gallup, became the wife of Mr. Lawrence Swift. It was a case of "rapid transit, as one of the hurriedly invited guests called it. The friends of the bride and her life part mer are wondering whether the couple will live up to their name in the raising of a family.
 "Dame Fortune be a fclllc wench, ' says an Old song, and experience con firms the correctness of that statement. There is another saying, that Provi- dence gives back to those to whom it has denied good sense; for the correct ness of that belief also experience daily