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[MIE SAM USES WIRES.
Electricity Serves the Government in
Many Ways.
f| !e Private Telegraph in the White
House Mr. Cleveland in Easy Com
munication with the Entire World
Telegraph in the Different Depart
ments The State and Navy Secret
Cipher Codes Other Uses of the Sub
tle Fluid—The Wcfrld Nearly Encir
cled by Wires and Cables.
From the < ’hicago Times.
Washington, Sept. I.—President Cleve
l,l,„l. acting as the nation’s physician
Curing its financial prostration, lias his
1j: _er always oil the public pulse
i In- telegraph instrument is an import
gi . hit of furniture at the white house
j;> means of its key and sounder the chief
magistrate maintains a constant inter
change of in tell igenee with the outside
cm,rid. During any excitement or trouble
j!,. n-eeives news direct from the seat of
•
5, If on the spot. At tlje time of tho
j, nimtown iiood Gen Harrison and Mr.
llaiford spent a day and night beside the
ticker, giving orders for furnishing tents,
pontoons, supplies, etc., for the relief of
tin survivors. Wires were first perma
nently introduced to the executive man
6i,m just before the inauguration of
Hayes. He found use for them during
the railway strikes and riots of 1877.
when lie was daily and nightly in corres
pmdrnce with the tnoubled districts.
After (lartield was shbt the telegraph
evas kept busy for months distributing
te ws about the dying President's condi
tion all over the union.
Most of the routine daily correspon
dence between the president and officers
of the executive departments is conducted
over the white house wire. The same
wire is the usual means of communica
tion between the white house and the
capital while congress is sitting. The
government owns the lines which connect
the white house and capitol with all of the
departments. Congressmen employ these
wires freely in sending messages to and
transacting business with the depart
ments. By the courtesy of the telegraph
companies and news associations Mr.
Cleveland is constantly kept informed of
the latest important intelligence from all
parts of the globe. When an election is
1 lending he has the use of a direct wire,
getting the returns as fast as they come
in. The clerk who ojieratcs the telegraph
at the white house is paid by Uncle Sam.
lie also acts as keeper of the executive
scrapbooks, in which are pasted whatever
opinions respecting the administration
are deemed worth clipping from the col
umns of the newspapers.
THE NAVY AND THE TELEGRAPH.
Each department must pay its own ex
penses for telegraphing out of its appro
priation. The navy has a secret cipher
code, a copy of which is kept locked in a
copper box on board of every ship. There
are two keys to this box ; one of them is
held by the commander of the vessel and
the other by a subordinate officer. Both
are instructed in the use of this cipher.
Thus they are able to send by cable to
Washington any confidential communica
tion from any port in the world without
revealing the nature of the message even
to the operators who transmit it. The
navy code stood the test of practice better
than the state department’s cipher dur
ing the recent Chilian imbroglio. The
coirespondence in that affair was con-
I ducted by the state and navy depart
ments together, the cost of the private
cablegrams exceeding SOO,OOO. The labor
of making and deciphering such dis
patches. particularly the latter, was very
great. Lnavoidable errors in transmis
sion made them much more troublesome.
Officials employed in the work at this end
sat up all night to translate the messages,
in order that they might report in the
morning. Not a word leaked out.
Nearly all ofu'the important diploma
tic corresitondence of the department of
state is conducted over aubmariue wires,
by means of which Secretary
Gresham maintains direct communica
tion with Uncle Sam's representatives
all over the world. Every minister has
a copy of the cipher code. The same
mark of confidence is not bestowed upon
any other officials ordinarily outside of
Washington, though a copy may be
given to a consul general in case of an
emergency. During the fishery dispute
with Canada agent was sent all the
wav to Halifax to deliver the cipher to
the United States consul general there.
The latter official was thus enable to
render his messages secret.
The wires which connect the capitol
and the white house with all of the de
partments form one continuous circuit.
There are two of them, to cover the
chance that one may get out of order.
They are under the charge of the super
intendent of public buildings and grounds,
nd*l,(H)oa year is appropriated to keep
them in repair. They are strung in or
dinary fashion on poles, and the thirteen
operators who send messages over them
are all in the pay of Uncle Sam. There
u nn V at House end and another at
’he Senate end of the capitol. Hoth aro
stenographers, taking in shorthand the
telegrams directed to them by busy leg
islators. Many congressmen use these
wires largely for communicating with
the departments. The convenience costs
tin m nothing, and is a great aid in the
business which they are obliged to trans
act with the various bureaus. They have
appointments to ask about, inquiries to
put as to how pension cases stand, ques
tions to offer as to whether such and such
Papers are on file, etc., ad infinitum.
NOT VERY PRIVATE.
The heads of the departments make a
P’J'cawWi of use of the government wires.
nanamaker found them such a con
p'ljcbee that lie had his business office in
1 hiladelphia connected with them by a
viiy leased at his own expense. Owing
tlu “ circuitous track taken by the wires
big news from the white house has got
out more than once unexpectedly. Secret
bispatches have been overheard as they
ent dieking through the different of
""■s. thus getting into print prematurely,
the government owns a system of tele
i-faph lines which connect certain mili
ary posts in the west. As is well known,
r r yall congressmen have telegraphic
*nk books, by which they arc enabled
_ 'em! messages free of charge all over
I nited States. These books contain
' '"’liable stamps which can be torn out
. w '‘nixed to telegrams. They are pre
.. ■ telegraph companies, with
s,l !’ulatiori that they shall only be
'ployed on messages of a private nature,
r ' mr business purposes, it is only
•-viythata legislator refuses to accept
..|‘ favors. The temptation which in
i, "‘ s a m an to get something for nothing
“’ well nigh irresistible.
t l! |'° ', v . ar department makes eompara-
E , .’"tie use of the telegraph, it
• ntains constant communication by
lli. ' t ’ u ‘ ‘ Ommar.diug generals of
) ’ ' an °us military districts, who have
■wir headquarters in New York, Chi
r,' >t - T’aul, San Antonio. Omaha, Fort
or' e J* worth and San Francisco. In case
in.ii! lliroa ‘d °b the Cherokee strip or an
t-nrla outbreak, orders would be trans
’Jhf. . from Washington by electricity.
regulations forbid officers to
1 teiv te^*ffrß Ph unless it is abso
" necosßar .V-_ The treasury utilises
tra- . a considerable extent in the
■e* and? 1 of its widely ramified busi
d,.r7.„ ~..“® e P 8 U P telegraphic correspon
m;,,. the sub-treasuries and
i, . ' 11 different parts of the country,
*mg transfers of money, bullion, etc.
Also it is eonUiHially rro tvinj-. nod send
ing messages from and to national banks.
nI.D l*BnnHFdtttsE.
The weather bureau of the department
of agriculture employs a cipher code not
for seenvy, hut for the sake of esNinomy.
The predictions are made up each day
from dispatenes sent to Washington from
15u signal stations all over the country.
The words composing these messages are
so formed that every letter in them mcane
something. As fast as the telegrams ar
rive they are translated by an expert
into ordinary English. lie reads them
aloud in a sing-song tone, while four
skilled men at desks close by jot down
the information they convey upon as
many outline maps of the United States.
t>u each map the ISO signal stations are
indicated by 150 small circles, in each of
which the reixirt relating to that locality
is penciled with symbols and figures.
These maps when finished present a com
plete picture of tho meteorological condi
tions all over the union. Upon their
showing the prognostications are based.
The postoffiee department, if Mr. Wana
maker’s pet scheme were carried out,
would have coutrol of all the telegraphs,
which would thus become a government
institution, like the mails. The postmaster
general is empowered by statute to fix an
nually tharate allowed to telegraph com
panies for carrying Uncle Sam’s dis
patches. The companies are supposed to
agree to this arrangement in considera
tion of certain benefits obtained, such as
right of way, timber for poles, and land
for station sites. Wanamaker cut down
the government rate to 10 dents ifor ten
words, with a quarter of a ceut for every
additional word. These terms the West
ern Union refused to accept, urgihg that
it should not be required to do business at.
a loss. Such a price, it contended, was
less than cost, especially in view of the
fact that government telegrams must
take precedence of all others. The dis
pute has continued since 1889. A whilg
ago the company decided to take the al
lowance made, receipting “under pro
test.” At present its case is before the
court of claims.
For the purpose of predicting storms
at sea the hydrographic office of the navy
receives weather reports from stations all
along the West India islands. East of
these isles the great cyclones breed.
There exists an incubating region of hur
ricanes from which those dreaded revolv
ing storms sweep up the Atlantic coast,
following the course of the Gulf stream.
They mould like the little whirlwinds of
dust in the street, which travel along as
they gyrate. Instead of picking up dust
and rubbish they pick up rain and clouds.
As they go northward they broaden out,
having commonly a diameter of 400 or .100
miles by the time they reach the tracks
of the transatlantic steamships. Far out
in the midst of the ocean Bermuda stands
like a sentinel. Since it has been con
nected with the mainland by a cable from
Halifax the weather reports sent thence
have given most valuable help ain tho
prognostications of cyclones.
TO determine longitude.
One use which the hydrographic office
makes of the telegraph is to determine
longitudes. Such reckonings can only be
made by knowing the exact time. The
situation of Hawaii in the Pacific ocean is
not established precisely, because the
computations have depended upon chro
nometers, which are liable to error.
When Honolulu is connected with San
Francisco by cable it will be possible to
fix the Sandwich islands just where they
ought to be on the maps. The United
States coast and geodetic survey also em
ploys wires for finding the longitude of
points. The naval observatory here is
commonly utilized to reckon from. The
origin of the word "longitude,” by the
way, is rather odd. The ancients, sup
posing that the world was fiat, conceived
it to be much broader eatt and west than
from north to south. Accordingly, they
spoke of measurements from east to west
as covering distances in longitude—or the
long way. ,
Although the permanent telegraph of
fice was first established at the white
house before Grant left it, the executive
mansion had previously been conncctoa
from time to time with the telegraph sys
tem of the country by wires pnt in for
special purposes. This was done in the
earliest instance three days after Fort
Sumter was fired upon, when an instru
ment was attached to a window ledge in
the east wing of tho building. Over this
wire President Lincoln got his freshest
new's of the stirring events of the war.
WILHELM AS A GOURMET.
Elaborate Kitchen Department Minis
ters to His Gastronomical Taste.
From the Chicago Herald.
■ The emperor as an authority on the art
of gastronomy is facile princeps; at least
ho thinks ho is, and to hear him talk
upon culinary matters one would think
him the greatest of living gourmets. Hut
like everything else William goes in for,
he overdoes it, and he has overdone his
cooking to such an extent that it is
a hodgepodge of every school without any
of the subtle characteristics of either.
For instance, his majesty is inordinately
fond of truffles and has them introduced
into almost every dish of
which he partakes in the
most ludicrous fashion and quite regard
less of the accepted canons of culinary
art. It is a wonder to his courtierp how
the delicate frame of his majesty can pos
siblly stand the perpetual assaults made
upon it by the quantity of exciting arti
cles of food such as bisque, etc., in which
he indulges. The court kitchen is under
the control and superintendence of the
court marshal’s department, one branch
of which is known as the court kitchen
office. The master of the kitchen has
several chefs under him and each of
these individuals has from four to ten as
sistants. There are seperate divisions for
roasts, entrements, fish and entries and
pastry. The stoves in the imperial kitch
en are of iron, and saucepans are placed
on an iron grid, by means of which their
contents are boiled in an incredibly short
space of time. If you could peep into
what is called the roasting-room you
would see hugo stoves let into
the walls. The kaiser is very
fond of steaks, so there is a clever de
vice for cooking them and they are sent
to table a (mint. A fan-wheel placed in
the big chimney works an enormous turn
spit, which is regulated by'cloekwork.
All the pastry is cooked in different ovens
and fireplaces, so that the pies and tarts,
etc., are never tainted by the odors of
the meat, game, fish, vegetables and the
like. When the appetizing trifles arc
cooked they are all put into large glass
receptacles—cupboards, they might be
termed —until the time comes to serve
them to the imperial family.
it is not unusual for a telegram to reach
the master of the kitchen bidding him to
hurry to any part of the country where
the kaiser may be temporarily staying.
Then he has to take the whole of the per
sonnel with him, and the pots and pans
and moulds (not forgetting the provis
ions, liquors, etc., etc.), and a special
train of cars dashes off with the toute la
boutique on board. This frequently hap
pens when the emperor is at the maneu
vers and when he wants to let his gen
erals and the foreign military attaches
see that he knows how to give
a good dinner. Finally the
kaiserin draws up the menus
and right well she does it. Her imperial
majesty is a very strict economist, like
ail her countrywomen, and never permits
anything like waste to go on if she knows
it. When, however, there is a "big” din
ner or lunch or supper on, the empress
puts the responsibility on the master of
the kitchen, who devotes as much atten
tion to his work as Vatel used to, and who
takes his bills of fare to the kaiser for
that august personage's approval. Will
iam 11. Is rather exigent in these matters,
as in all others, afcd'hn .will frequently
erase this dish and insert oim ra*re to his
liking. • '■>' 7 S3l G
THE MOItXIN’G NEWS: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1899.
THE SHAH (IN A “TEAR. ’
Persia’s Hiller About to Visit His
Province ol Irak.
It’s Really For Spoliation- Re Will
be Attended by a Retinue of at Least
10.000.
H. W Fischer in tire New York Press
The sublime individual known as the
Shah of Persia is. according to an official
statement from Teheran, making ready
to invade the interior regions of the Prov
ince of Irak, the richest and most impor
tant of the realm. When his majesty
visited tho eourts of Europe he was de
scribed to the jaded western nations as
“a noblo being of sanguinary proclivities,
romantic ferocity and fabulous wealth,”
who could easily afford ‘to do” the Con
tinent and tho British Empire accompa
nied by a retinue of :NK) persons and 5,000
tons of baggage. In his own country the
shah affects to be a poor man, suffering
from the want of the necessary small
coi to pay his way, and anxious to in
vestigate the distaut administrative
officers of his realm, who may, perhaps,
not discharge their sacred duty toward
their ruler and his subjects with the
punctiliousness decreed by the Koran.
Preparations for the journey begin
early in the winter, when a statement is
issued announcing that the shah contem
plates visiting three or four of his provin
ces in tho following September. Of
course every “mulla” in the land—that
is, any person of ordinary intelligence—
knows that it would be a physical impos
sibility for the shah to execute this
threat in a country a vast portion of
which is an absolute desert, with a popu
lation of twelve individuals to the square
mile. But the announcement serves
its purpose—that of stirring up the ani
mals.” The animals are, first of all, the
governors of the districts’, who, with
their herds, vouch for the prompt return
of the state revenue in cash or kind, and
after them the mayors of the cities and
the chiefs of villages and tribes.
The promise of a royal visit invariably
throws these worthies into a panic, for it
means the unconditional surrender of
thgir hoarded riches, ground out of the
laboring classes, who almost single
handed carry the burden of taxation in
Persia. It means the still further tight
ening of the screws for all concerned in
the work of supporting the government
by the sweat of their brow, it means
eventually, when the shah’s expectations
for somo reason or another are not real
ized, decapitation for some and blinding
for others.
The shah's expectations are, of course,
of a financial nature. lie does not care a
snap of his fingers for the details of gov
ernment or for the legality or righteous
ness of the ways and means employed by
his underlings. He wants money, money,
money, and knows where and how to get
it. The ukase, above alluded to, is but a
bid for bribery, those of the governor’s
paying the highest tribute within a stip
ulated time being spared the threatened
visitation, while the unlucky official who
fails to come up handsomely must hold
himself ready to receive the Shah and his
hungry cohorts and allow him to take
what he likes in his province.
Money, of course, talks most plainly to
the understanding of ; his majesty, but
where it is not forthcoming at the de
sired pae'e, or where reinforcements of its
argumentative qualties seem necessary,
the governors are not above stooping to
various tricks and artifices to mislead
and, if possible, intimidate the prophet's
qiceroy. How they justify such base
conduct to their consciences I will not
attempt to explain, but I judge that the
floubtful nature of Nasr-ed-Deen’s claim
to the sacred title he assumes has some
thing to do with it. There is, moreover,
an oid chief priest, named Mujtahid, liv
ing at Bagdad, who pretends to hold daily
intercourse with Mohammed and who is
therefore believed by many to be even
higher up in the heavenly councils than
theshah himself.
Reports of the revenues of the country,
cholera and other epidemic diseases, long
continued droughts, tho devastation
worked by armies of grasshoppers, floods
and bad crops arc among the specters
published to keep the shah at hay 7 but, if
unaccompanied by ransom, their mission
lacks convincing qualities, and only tends
to rouse the anger and suspicion of the
lord high blackmailer. The ransom is
paid in ready money, beautiful girls,
high bred horses, cattle, corn and rare
products of the textile industry.
Of late the shah's civil list amounted
to $750,000 per annum. The net profits of
the year’s provincial tour are estimated
at $200,000, and his majesty just obtained
an advance of four-fifths of that sum
from the Imperial Bank of Persia, prom
ising to pay 10 per cent, interest on the
loan. Assuming that the two provinces,
which, by their enforced tributes spread
themselves the shah’s visitation, dis
gorged over $1,000,000 oaeh, the shah’s in
direct income must be estimated as twice
as large as that for which the Almanac
de Gotha gives him credit.
Nasr-eil Deen is only the fourth of his
family to occupy tho throne, yet his pri
vate tortune exceeds that of tho head of
the Vanderbilts. In reality it is much
larger, because every cent of it is repre
sented by cash or diamonds, and that in
spite of the fact that there are hundreds
of princes and princesses depending upon
him, each provided with a well stocked
harem or an office seeking husband
respectively.
Why the possessor of so much wealth,
hoarded in the cellars of the fortified
Teheran castle, should take up a loan at
high interest in anticipation of tho
moneys to be raised in the Province of
Irak, is almost inconceivable to the un
initiated, but the underlying motive of
the maneuvers is explained by tho fact
that his .majesty’s last provincial tour
to Mazanderan in 1890 proved a disas
trous failure from every point of view.
Indeed, the royal vandal and his corav
ishers not only returned with empty
pockets, but were actually mado to flee
the country they cam© to scourge to es
cape starvation. The Manzanderans on
that occasion having ascertained that the
shah was nearing their frontiers, with
drew tents, horses, cattle and sheep into
the untraceable desert, leaving his ma
jesty to wreak his vengeance on the de
serted towns and villages, watched over
b.v the high priest, whom he did not dare
to touch, and on the fields previously
bared of crops.
This experience of ton years ago was a
powerful' lesson to the shah, and his
dicker with the Imperal Bank shows that
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he profited by it. If the season be a bad
one, let the bank bear the losses; if some
body must chase after the coin into
sterile regions, let the soulless corpora
tion do it, which has no dignity to lose.
At the beginning of September the
shah's caravan is ready to start, it never
consists of less titan 10,000 people, and
more often is 12,000 strong. The first
question to be considered in connection
with its mobilization is which of the
troops can be trusted with the avant and
rear guard. “Our poor relations” are
next to be thought of. Nasr ed-Deen well
remembers that his branch of the family
ascended the throne only after wading
knee-deep through the blood of their
brothers and sisters and cousins and
aunts; consequently he cannot afford to
turn his back on anybody bearing his own
name. He must have them con
stantly under his eyes and his lash. He
must take them along wherever he goes,
and there are 152 of them, not counting
the women. Then there is the harem.
Thus the caravan is increased by 800 at
least. The shah contents himself with
taking along ten to fifteen assorted destes
(sections of his harem), each section con
taining twenty to thirty women and girls.
Only once did he travel with less. That
was on his European tour in the summer
of 1873, when in deference to the customs
of the countries he intended visiting he
cut down his female following to a round
baker’s dozen.
In the caravan the ladies of the harem
travel astride richly accoutered mules
and donkeys, under the watchful eyes of
eunuchs, who occasionally use their long
riding whips to keep order. These of
ficials. who rank with the ministers of
state, are the best horsed in the train;
they are also the best paid, receiving
from #5,000 to #IO,OOO per year, and the
most privileged in their intercourse with
the king; in fact, nothing is too good for
them, as far as money, power and influ
ence are concerned. The royal prinoesses,
recognized as such, namely, thirteen
daughters of the shah’s favorites, make
the journey in trachtavan, a kind of sedan
chair, in which mules replace the foot
men. The litter has sliding doors and
windows, and is hung with costly tapes
tries or silks, as are also the mules’ har
ness. In addition the animals tire pro
vided with chimes of silver bells. An
athletic young driver walks at the side
of each mule to prevent accidents, and in
case a tumbledown cannot be forestalled
snatch the occupant of the vehicle from
death.
The women, in the chairs as well as in
the saddles, are heavily veiled, holes for
the eyes being cut into their silken head
dress. A long mantle envelopes them
from shoulder to foot, but tho more daring
among them arc not at all tfverse to ex
hibiting their figure, as the law, enforced
by the eunuchs, requires women only to
hide their faces from any man not i,h<i
master. The shah himself rides with hi
bodyguard, of whom every man vouch©
for the king's] safety with his heal
Even if he should be murdered by his
legitimate successor, that gontlpman
would be bound by law to massacre the
guards, one and all. There is nothing left
for these fellows, then but to be faithful.
The greater part of the journey is made
at night, the excessive heat making itirn
possibie to travel after 10a. m. Mention
should be made of the numerous torch
bearers, mounted and on foot, who ae
company the mighty caravan as it pro
gresses slowly over mountains anti mule
paths, swims rivers and navigates the
desert until the government seat of the
coveted province is reached.
The people and tribes of the districts
traversed are, of course, expected to act
as hosts to the caravan, and if they be at
all tardy about offering the best of all
they possess the cavalry guard will soon
flog them into submission and appreci.t
tiou of the honor conferred upon them.
It may be assumed that the people of
Irak, at the present moment, value their
lives at an exceedingly low rate, while
most of the officials await their doom
with true. Oriental stoicism. On ascend
ing the throne Nasr-ed-Decn had several
hundred high officials who displeased him
tortured and decapitated, while number
less understrappers, in disgrace with him.
were blinded, their eyes were torn from
the sockets, being conveyed to Teheran
castle in a bushel basket, thero to he
trampled under foot by the king.
These were not altogether unusual pro
ceedings in Persia, but nevertheless they
impressed the people generally with a
wholesome fear of their ruler. After all,
the Iraks can hardly be blamed for look
ing to Nasr-ed-Dccu’s visit with terror
and trepidation.
DOWN AT THE BARRACKS.
A Woman Who Wanted a 950,000
Check From the Steamship Cos.
Julia Brown, an old negro woman, was
taken into the barracks yesterday on a
charge of disorderly conduct in the
Oceam Steamship Company’s office.
Julia seemed to be laboring under tho
hallucination that the Ocean Steamship
Company was responsible for the death
of her husband, who it is said was killed
while working on the wharves. She
went to the office of the steamship com
pany, yesterday morning, and demanded
in no unmeaning terms that a check for
$50,000 be paid to her immediately. She
was told to leave, but she persisted, and
an officer was sent tot to take her to the
barracks. She will appear before the re
corder in the morning and tell what she
wanted with the $50,000.
Christopher Hangikos is in the bar
racks for running his push-cart on the
sidewalks in violation of the city ordi
nance.
Frances Youngblood, who was on tho
information docket for cursing and abus
ing an officer failed to show up at the
proper time yesterday und was put
under arrest later and put in the bar
racks.
Sidney Fraser is in the barracks for
brandishing a pistol on the streets while
under the influence of liquor.
William Edward Singleton, a colored
youth of tender years, is in a cell for be
ing a suspicious character and having in
his possession two ash barrel*, supposed
to have been stolen from some place in
Bay lane.
BATTLES ON THK DIAMOND.
Outcome of the Day's Games of the
National League.
Washington, Kept. 7 Hall games wero
pla t ml to-day as follows:
ft HIM \ND ItrATS WASHINGTON
At Cleveland— a h .
Cleveland onos lo too 7 10 o
Washington 00000 oo 0 o o o
Butteries Svhaihle and O’t'onttor Mattlk
unit O'Rourke.
ITtVKItt'HO ItKATS RAI.TIMOKK
At Pittsburg H. H K
I’lttstuirg ... 80 0 2.1 00 0*- V 18 2
Baltimore. 00030 03 0 0 0 0 2
Batteries Killeen and Sitgdeu: McMahon,
Baker and Hoblnson.
CHICAGO ItKATS PHILADELPHIA.
At Chicago— H. H E
Chicago 10113 000 0— 011 2
Philadelphia 10001 I0 o 0 3 5 I
Batteries Clausen and Sehriver: Taylor
anti Clement
BOSTON BEATS LOUISVILLE
At Boston— it n e.
Boston 3 05120000 11 10 4
Louisville 30 11 10 10 1— 8 13 2
Batteries Uastright and Bennett: Hem
ming. Wtttroek amt t.rim
Always Fought in Glasses.
“1 saw a funny thing in Cheyenne a few
days ago.” saltl a Detroiter to a Free Press
man. "I was wandering around the town to
see the elephan . amt ohanee led me into a nig
saloon where all the scrappers made their
headquarters. Back of the saloon was a
building where a professor of the manly art
gave instructions, and where the 'pugs'
thumiied each other atexhlbilions. They were
trying out’ anew arrival that day and 1
should say there were forty or fifty tough
looking chaps in the place Soon after I
entered a young man who had come through
from Denver In my cardropped In He couldn't
have been over 2t years of rge, while he was
ovor 6 feet tall and his weight only about 120
pounds. He was long faced, thin and long
legged ami reminded you of nothing st> much
as a hoy on stilts. Two men were getting
ready to go on when long-legs peeled off his
coat, vest, tie and collar, put them ill my
charge and climbed upon the platform.”
“That was a tlett to the browd?”
“Exactly, and in about a minute they put a
man up to punch his head off. They gave
long-legs a second, and the first thing he did
was to take the glasses off the young man's
nose. The latter reached for them and said:
“‘Excuse me, but I always fight with my
glasses on.’
‘ ‘But they'll get knocked off or jammed
Into your face.’
“Don’t you believe it! It s never happened
yet, and I don't think it will now.’
“ ‘The scrapper over In the other corner
couldn't make it out. Here was a man so
sure of himself that he was going to put up
his dukes with a pair of eye-glasses on his
nose. He must, perforco, he a knocker-out
from Knockersville, and it was better to re
treat than to carry around a broken jaw. He.
therefore, retreated. Several others camo
forward, but when they saw long legs seated
cross lerged in his corner with those glasses
poised so jauntily they didn't wan t anything
of him. Then he got up and said:
■ Gentlemen, there is no limit to weight.
1 always fight in glasses, as I'm a little near
sighted. I will, however, remove my glass
eye and false teeth if deemed best Will
your best man stop up hore for a couple of 1
rounds?"
But no one stepped. He waited a minute
or two and then pulled off the gloves with a
look of disappointment, and got into his I
clothes and we went out. together. He didn't .-
look to me at all like a scrapper, and as wc
walked down the street I said:
•• What sort of a deal were you giving that
crowd ?’
“‘A gigantic bluff,’ he answered with a
laugh.
" Are .you a tighter?’
“ I never struck a blow in my life, not even
In fun.’
“ But suppose one of those scrappers had
tackled you?’
“I should have backed down and asked
’em all up to drink. But there was do dan
ger. I've tried it half a dozen times before,
and the glasses always settles ’em.’
'How about the glass eye and the false
teeth?’
“ I simply rung cm in to help on the bluff.
Haven't got a false tooth In my head, and
both eyes are perfect. It's a bluff of my own
invention and works like a charm. Please
don't give It away.’ •
“And that afternoon,” said tho Detroiter
in conclusion, "when we took the train east
there were a hundred sports down at the de
pot to see long logs off, and I’m a duffer if
they dldn t present him with a bottle of wine
and give him three cheers and a tiger!”
Ben Trite—A penny for your thoughts,
dear.
May Cntting—Where Is tho penny?
Thanks. I was thinking it was just about
time for you to make that very remark, —
Puek.
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FACULTY:
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DKSAUSSURE FORD. M !>.,
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