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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-02

York traffic squad at points of traffic congestion.
Rapidly they rope off section of the middle of the
road, leaving enough each side for the easy
passage of vehicles The inclosed extends
with several apertures in the fence of cordage from
point the pillar clock to a point about 100 feet
south The sghtseer perceives from the label the
cap Of the in the unfamiliar toggery that he is in
the service of the New York curb agency.
THE GAME IS ON
1t is minutes to 10, and by both clocks. But
the men and boys who pouring into the nclosure
some issuing from the Easements of adjacent build
ings, others coming of the ground the air.
far the sghtseer tell watching the clock in
the cafe window strange, psychological clock,
which raven and owl might perch; clock with
quantity expansive vsage, half canny half cynical
as if it knew what's what in paper values.
In the inclosure-strongfy reminding one of
platform girdled for prize hght-are perhaps 500
souls all told if the day is busy Their ages range
from 90 down to Is, the latter including swarm of
boys OF the messenger type wearing numbered badges
or distinguished by numbered buttons. But the ma
joriy nearer 80 than 20 or 40 and in New York
city if you wish know the trend of any vocation
you must consult or anayze the man of 80.
Soft hats of scarlet hue bob around in the
Their wearers, as you learn by asking attaches
of concern that uses this distinctive headgear to
identify them when the mass becomes maelstrom.
few palm leaf fans in evidence; there is a
chap with umbrella. All clad in the thin
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throng off An electrical current has passed through
The nclosure, and the changes from compara-
tive quiet intense activity. 1t is if levathan,
sleeping the surface of lazy sea, shad been
wakened by swordhsh and p1ungng and lashing,
while the waters sprayed and swirled in the
pected struggle of mammoths
New Yorks curb market is in operation, and the
men and boys participating either members of
association loosely banded for security trading pur
poses and habitually using the ihcloSure by permis
sion of the municipal authorities and with the tacit
sanction Of the stock exchange or they the
ployes Of the concerns represented in the subscrip
ton list of the New York curb agency
To sightseer not informed as to the rules and
methods recognized within the ropes the whole
appears to be a combination of chaos and Babel,
AS matter of fact there is only minimum of real
confusion. The within. the ropes buy and sell
securities carefully the proprietor of country
general store would replenish his wares from silks
to soaps.
Of course it does not look quite so plain and sim
pie. Arms brandshed furiously above heads,
fingers swiftly in mystical styles; gyrations Of
1.-the ZONES spell cabalstic messages that bear for
tune misfortune measured in thousands of dollars
from the roadbed to colleagues sticking in windows
slowed in contiguous Easements within easy
reach elsewhere of the market ropes.
Occasionally wild yep breaks the dead level of
the ordinary din 1t marks the strain of trader in
moment OF agony because he can not get his
tons quickly as he would like but the police regu-
latons prohibit unnecessary noise" and traders
show laudabe desire uphold the theory that all
sound in the wrong place is both noise and unneces-
sary. A piece of paper weighted with metal, pos
sibly in cartridge, is hurled from window to a
trader standing rope the east side 1t con-
tains order buy SELL couched in terms intei-
gble only the sender and receiver The latter picks
it up wary, looking around to whether the police
man noticed the incident.
If the Poo-Bah had somebody might have
been arrested for "disorderly conduct, the fling
ing of metal into the inclosure does go with i'm
punity Ofenses of all sorts dealt with promptly
and severely the curb nowadays and the old tifne
license would not be tolerated.
MANY A CODE
Twenty men using the deaf and dumb alphabet
in conveying questions to the windows
Can you make out what any of them is saying? Take
the long, lean fellow without collar "B-A-G-Q- w"
What does that mean? Is it Esperanto for Yukon
gold or Volapuk for Ray consolidated? Quien sabe?
1t is gibbersh to all those whom it is clear
and sacred as holy writ. Many codes are in use
and the users make mistakes. They hit the bulls
eye every time. They the sharpshooters
Deaf and dumb codes indispensable to the
trader who speeializes arbtrage business. A bright
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cause two timepieces in the window of cafe at
No 10 and the other fixed atop of iron pillar in
front of No. SO, tell him almost simultaneously He
wonders at the profuson of chronometers and he
observes that the pillar is bulletin board bearing
notices, typewriter and printed. few persons are
reading these and groups appear to be forming here
and there in the immediate neighborhood.
Sweeping vigorously if he had conscience
had received special fee, "whitewing" is bent
with the toll of making that particular part of the
roadway clean the Amsterdam streets reads
about but never can find
Then something happens. From the basement of
No. 3S emerge policemen and in an unfamiliar
uniform They carrying into the road iron stand
ards and ropes such used by the New
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02

way, but after months of preparation
her first appearance resulted in trag
edy; she slipped and her foot catching
in loop that hung from one girth,
she was dragged around the ring and
never regained her nerve. never was
able to ride again.
The branch of circus riding that
fancy, but not nearly SO particular,
that of working in the smaller, inside
rings The horses used in these acts
are fat, slow old rascals, with backs as
broad as piano top and of generally
sedate and placid demeanor. The
rocking chair canter and his course
around the ring is never varied by a
foot No matter how the ring master
may crack his whip and threaten, the
staid old Dobbin knows full we'll that
to lay lash upon him would be heresy
and so he ambles placidly around
while the dainty rider on his back does
little fancy steps, toe dances or hops
through hoops in utter confidence that
she will never miss. These girls, how
ever, practice constantly and one out
side the tent was practicing a certain
leap high up above her placid steed,
while the clown, respectfully admiring
her agility. stood close at hand.
The absolute demand for physical
integrity that circus life demands is
the most marked characteristic that
exists in dressing rooms and behind
the scenes. The trapeze workers need
nerves of iron and eyes that never
measure distance wrong. The long and
sweeping swing and graceful curving
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of endurance. These Roman riders
start in training early when mere boys.
in fact, and their first study Is the ma
ture of the horse.
Those animals of even temper are se-
lected and a nervous horse is at once
put aside. For in the mad dash about
the ring before the restless audience a
horse that got beyond control would
mean almost inevitably death. and cir
Gus people are a cautious folk The
horses are all trained to run side by
side, and in their training weeks and
months are spent. every means of gain
ing the confidence of the animal Is
employed until at last perfect under
standing exists between horse and
rider: and then, slowly at first, the
rider drives his plunging horses, study
ing them and learning to know just
what to expect of them and to demand,
and when he makes his bow before the
public the apparent ease with which he
starts his horses flying madly into
racing speed tells of long continued
course of practice and a steady hand
and eye and foot. In former days
sometimes women were taught to do
this act. but the demand for nerve and
strength was far too great, and rarely
is a woman seen in such a race. Some
years ago a young girl with the old
wallace show determined that she
would ride be the public in this
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
Begin in Childhood

With body supple naturally there
follows after long and trying course
of work the stretching of muscles and
the development of easy moving joints.
This bodily development is started when
the performer to be is nothing. but a
tiny child and so 1T is that circus people
seem to follow their chosen profession
and leave behind them children to take
up the work where they leave off. 1t
is the commonesT experience of circus
life to see a father teaching his tiny
daughter to work upon a tiny trapeze
or on the rings. whichever branch of
work he fancies. and with each day
there is a perceptible advance until
some day the tiny maiden blossoms into
girIhood and takes her place in tights
UP In the air upon the spidery frame
work and does her little turn with easy
grace as If defying death was just the
simplest thing in all the world.
That circus life is no different from
any other phase of everyday existence,
so far as domesticity is concerned, is
quite apparent to the visitor hack of
the canvas w Women between their
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acts sit silently at work upon embroi-
derry or doing the family sewing. ap-
parently oblivious OF the fact that their
apparel could hardly be called any
thing but scant. The clown. perhaps.
whose aim in life is TO make people.
the children particularly. roar with
laughter. is sober faced and holds a
tiny baby on his arm. his wife perhaps
inside the tent doing a leap for life
or some other hair raising turn. but
all the time wondering If her baby
back of the scenes is being attacked
by an errant PIN The gymnasts and
other performers almost invariably
double up" that is change costumes
and make up and go on two or three
different times. The girl who does a toe
dance on some placid. fat old horse in
the main show may be the $4,000 So
prano imported directly from the harem
of some Turkish pasha when the side
show comes on. and the young lady who
does slack wire work in the first part
may later do swing trapeze act and
somersault. So goes the economical ad-
ministration of the circus force. and
while there are upon the haring bills
the champion lady bareback rider Of
the world. Mile. This. presented in the
main circus tent and afterward Mile.
Somethingelse. the peerless toe dancer
direct from Paris, where she refused
the hands of kings and earls. the two
young ladies are as like as not the
same, and while the admiring small
boy gaps at the circus posters the pos
sibility presents itself that she. welded
into one little troubled woman. may be
discussing collie with her husband. who
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
Behind the Scenes

Behind the scenes was contrast
everywhere. Hairy faced freaks and
graceful trapeze nymphs in thin pink
heshings side by side and slouchins
hyenas making gruesome contrast 70
the sleek and graceful tigers that were
close against the bars. The circus
folk were dining and at one table were
the freaks-the dogfaced boy. his hairy
face making one think Of some man
beast; the tattooed lady with her pic
tured skin, what one could see OF IT.;
the fat lady. a quivering mountain Of
fenininity whose appetite was. at the
least, a healthy one; the snake charmer.
whose Ioethsome charges were coll
ing in their close locked chest-but all
was perfect order and politeness. for
propriety is the cardinal rule that
guides the show people; the iron hand
OF discipline is never lax
There is no time of idleness with
show folk. Their occupation requires
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a continual keying up or ns---- and
foot and eye and after eating the
rough rider Of the show went through
his act, went through 1t just as pains
takingly as il the seats were all about
filled with people who applauded his
disregard of life and limb. Learning
TO ride" horse in Arizona-and rid
ing horse in Arizona means a buck
ing horse-he developed various acts
that brought him fame and fortune, one
of his most spectacular feats being to
stand upon his head in the saddle while
his horse is running at its utmost
speed. This trick is dangerous indeed,
a broken strap or buckle meaning a
broken neck. and so the saddle girth
he used was twice as broad as usual
and reinforced with chains.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
Dangerous Roman Riding

The Roman style of fancy riding, two
horses. the rider standing up. one foot
on each, came next and while there
seems 10 be less danger attendant upon
this style of riding, in reality the acci-
dents each year are far too numerous
TO make it a desirable occupation for
one who values life or limb. At full
speed, sweeping around the curves
the horses plunge ahead while
the rider, every nerve and muscle keen
to meet the moving foothold. whips
them until they fairly race the faster
with every muscle driven to its limit
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
By R. Ellis Wales

La Valyare." the clown said
/ from his perch upon a COS
tune chest. Her family name
is-what you call it, too prosy. for a
story for the papers. so her circus name
is best. She was the brightest spirit
Of little coterie that used TO gather
in a little cafe in Montgomery street,
think it was. before the fire, and there
forgot the circus and dwelt on ethics.
the constancy Of men and women. the
difficulty Of procuring good liqueurs.
the future and the. present as the mood
seized on US and we were free, each
one 10 say the words that came
svalyare declared that constancy
was the one priceless. jewel and that,
should she marry. she would be faith
ful to her husband even though he went
to prison. And she did marry-a man
who went to prison for forgery, and she
divorced him promptly and is in love
again.
And then. there was the baron. the
patron OF fine arts who even then was
belping a young sculptor in the Hop
kins school; he thought that gratitude
was the strongest OF emotions, and
now the baron is no more; he killed
himself because his protege deprived
him Of the woman that he loved But
sIlons, let us go behind the scenes"
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leap is calculated to the fraction OF q
wrist clasp means death, perhaps. upon
the sawdust many feet below. and SO
there is no dissipation. nothing that
will make the eye less keen. the brain
less quick to know the exact time and
arates it from broken limbs. The work
of the contortionist is also dependent
upon clean and healthy living and con-
Stant exercise
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-08-12

HEARING ON PENDERGAsT

:. st. Cloud Journal Press: The hear
Ing of the objections to the admission
to probate of the will of the late
Solomon Pendergast of Sank Centre
is on in probate court and fully
dozen interested Sank Centre parties
are in attendance. r. K. Kells and
>. Fred Cooper were appointed as
special administrators, the estate hav-
ing been left IN trust with them, the
income to be divided between Nellie
LaFond, Carrie A. Baldwin, Maud
Dewey and Mabel D. Carr. Objections
to the admission of the will were filed
BY Carrie A. Baldwin, Nellie LaFond,
Percy Lambert and Maud Dewey, the
directors claiming that the will was
not executed by the late Solomon
Pendergast according to the law, and
that he was subjected to undue in
duence by the executors. It is also
claimed that at tho time of making
the will the deceased was not of sound
mind and that he was both deaf and
blind ana could neither read the con-
tents of the will nor hear them read !;
that the trust created is invalid and
contrary to law and consequently can.
not stand. Donohue & Stephens are
appearing for the DIRECTORS and
Stewart & Brewer for the proponent of
the will.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-08-12
An INGENIOUS Defense.

Nimble wits and glib tongue fire.
Quently save erring "coppers" on trial
before the deputy commissioner at
headquarters Some Of the "defenses"
put up by offenders are more ingen-
ious than convincing. Not long ago a
giant patrolman, accused Of being
about quarter Of mile off his beat,
evolved this excuse, you see, it was
like this, your honor, l was patrolling
my post when thought l heard
man up the street yelling Fire!
Fire. l ran in the direction of the
sound, and, would you believe me, Mr..
Commissioner, there stood a fellow out
on the sidewalk trying to wake up a
friend of bis on the second floor, and
he was yelling with all his might
Meyer! Meyer" well, that's a
brand new one" said the trial commits
sioner, the suspicion of smile cross.
ing his face. "Complaint dismissed"
New York Tribune.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-08-12
OLD TIME LONDON.
The Days When Men In tho Pillory
Were PeIted With Eggs.

! ne DayS "nen wen IN tho FIiIory
Were Peted With Eggs.
London in 100 was a comparatively
small city of about GOO,OOO abitants,
the rough and i'll kept main roads to
which had been but slightly improved
since Tudor tines The CHASTITY spec
tacle of many of the trees on the South
wark road bending under their burden
Of hanged men had indeed been slight
~ modified. but none the less the de-
composing heads of TRAITORS" still FILL
ed the atmosphere about London bridge
and Temple Bar with myriads of bane-
full microbes.
Our immediate forbears were EVIL
IDENTIFY not overparticular about sights
and smells. They were accustomed to
see men sitting in the pillory pelted
with rotten eggs and possibly included
among their immediate circle not few
who had been deprived of their noses
and ears for expressing too freely their
opinions political and religious.
The drains were in an appalling con-
dition. The innumerable churchyards
were so full Of collins that they often
projected through the turf. Bear and
bull batting, dog fights and boxing
matches were attended even by royal
ty as late as 1920, and FIVE years later
all the "dandies" in London were pay
ing high prices to stand in the carts
round Tyburn to behold twenty-five of
their fellow creatures hanged for mis-
demeanors which in our time would
be punished with a few days impris-
onment.-London Saturday Review.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-08-12
COME AND GONE

Ed. Warren Of Duluth came up from
Minneapolis Wednesday for visit
with friends.
Miss Alice Haynes of Bralnerd ~.
turned home Wednesday, accompanied
10y Miss Lucy. whose guest she has
been.
Mrs. H. 9. Meining went to Mime
apoIis this week for visit with rela.
tlves.
Hector Genuron returned Wednesday
from q short visit IN the West.
Mrs. u. Richard and little son went
to Crookston Wednesday tor visit
with relatives.
s. leathy arrived Wednesday from
Marshfield, Wis.,, for visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Weimer and
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-08-12
DIVIDED THE MESSAGE.
The Way Z Finaneier's Clerk Extsm~
porized q Cipher.

The Way Z Finaneier's Clerk E,tem~
porized a Cipher.
When Wall street first caught tho
fever for industrial combinations"
and began the reorganization of every
thing in sight one Of the votaries Of
high finance found himself in Chicago
in extreme need Of communicating
with his New York Office.
BE almost completed an arrange
ment for the consolidation Of several
western enterprises, but in order to
get the final authority he needed from
New York he must explain all he had
done by wire to bis partners.
There was no time to write. he had
no cipher code. For a long time he
tried to think out some way to send
the information so that it would be
plain to his partners and meaningless
to any one else. His secret was val
liable one and once sent over the wire
might be sold out to his rivals in Wall
street for large sum.
At last. he decided to take the
chances in plain English. Accordingly
he wrote the message and gave it to
his assistant to send. Half an hour
later. when the assistant came back,
he asked him if he had sent it.
"Not just that way" said the clerk.
IT rewrote 1.-THE first word on q
Postal blank, the second on a Western
Union, and so on. I sent half by each
company, and neither half meant any
thing. Then l sent second message
by one line. saying, Read both mes
sages together. alternating words.'"
The scheme was too simple for the
high fnancier to have evolved, but it
worked perfectly.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-08-12

as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. K.
Notion returned home yesterday.
Miss Goldle Balsiger departed yes
terday for Mandan, N. D., stopping
of at F1aZee enroute tor a visit.
R. L. Palmer and daughter, Miss
Hazel who were visiting at St..
Cloud, returned yesterday.
Supt H. E. White was a visitor at
Swanville yesterday.
Miss Laura Steele, who was visit
ing at Ft. Ripley, has returned.
Chas Latham went to Swanvllle
yesterday with a crew of men.
Everett Doten and Chas. Misbe,
who were attending the Red Men
convention at St. Paul, returned
Wednesday evening.
Miss Blanche Norris has returned
to Motley, after a visit here with
Mrs. NJ. E. Barnes.
Mrs. Mary Seamans OF Herman is
visiting with her daughter, Mrs. A.
L. konchai
Barney Burton went to the twin
cities yesterday on a business visit.
G. ". Massey made a business TRIP
to Swanville yesterday.
Miss Detlofson Of Hudson, Wis, re-
turned home yesterday, after visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. F. e. Carlson.
C.. W. Woodwork was IN from
Pequot Wednesday evening, visiting
with his son, Neil d. Woodworth.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-08-12
BITTERNESS.
Bad temper is its own scourge.
Few things are bitterer than to feel
bitter. A man venom poisons him.
self more than his uctim.-Buxton.

Fairmont Sentlnel It is to be re-
GREETED that partisan politics should
remove Judge OBrien from the
supreme court He IS such a big,
brainy, level-headed jurist, and such
fair and w1thal levable man, that
one can easily forget his politics. His
probable retirement is a real loss to
the state-as every member of the bar
will testify. Chi holm Herald.
The above is taken from a re-
publican paper and it reflects the
sentiments of thousands OF the best
republicans of the state. The demo-
cratic state convention endorsed two
Of the republican nominees for
supreme judge and tairm1nded voters
Of all parties, believing IN the
principles of non.part1san judiciary,
will take pleasure IN casting their
votes for Justice Thomas Dillon
O'Brien.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-08-12
INDIANS AND BULLETS.
4 Sample Of the Strenuous Life In
kentucky In 1777.

A Sample Of the Strenuous Life In
kentucky Ir 1777.
In lit. while Harrodsburg, KY.
was so beset with Indians that the
inhabitants were in straits for daily
bread, a young man, only sixteen years
old, made himself extremely useful by
venturing out Of the fort before day.
break and returning with load Of
game after nightfall. This intrepid
youth was James Ray, afterward Gen
eral Ray.
One day In the year just mentioned
Ray and another young man were
shooting at a mark near the fort, when
the second man was suddenly shot
down by the Indians. Ray looked in
the direction whence the shot had
come. saw the enemy and was on the
point Of raising his rife when he was
set upon by another band who had
crept near him unseen.
he took to his heels and, being
quick runner. reached the fort amid
shower Of bullets, but the gates were
shut, and the men inside were so
frightened that they dared not open
them. Finding himself shut out. Ray
threw himself fat on the ground in
the rear Of a stump, and here, perhaps
seven steps from the fort and within
sight of his mother, he lay for four
hours, while the bullets Of the Indians
tore up the ground on either side of
him.
At last he grew impatient and called
out to the garrison:
"For heavens sake, dig hole under
the cabin wall and take me in!''
The men inside set to work imme-
diately, and the brave young hunter
was speedily safe inside the fort.