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TALK OF NEW YORK
Gossip of People unci Events Told
In Interesting Munncr.
May Not Build Proposed Skyscraper
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NEW YORK. If the (HrcctorH of the
lOqultahlo Mfo Assurance Society
llnally decide to build tlio 02 story
"homo" for which plans wore filed In
the Ihiroau of buildings recently, cor
liiin policy li()ld(!i'H wlio regard tlio
ntrncturo not only ns an archltocliir
ul monstrosity, lint us a financial tow
er of llnbel, may appeal to tjio suporln-
(!ti (lout, of insurance, or, if necessary,
fo tlu! courts to prevent Investment of
fliclr fundH In such an undertaking.
Tho estimate of $10,000,000 as the
cost, of tlio building Ih believed by
thorn to bo far under the amount or
policy holderH money that event ually
would be piled up, with no guarantee
that It would earn reasonable intercut,
in investment.
Maintenance and operation above n
certain height aro recognized as even
frnoro potent factors than cost of con
l motion in limiting the profitable
Wall Street Men Will Bet on Anything
IT WOULD take a hundred governors
and Sonntor Foolkers to stop bet
ting in Wnll street. The financial dis
trict Is the one best betting place In
the city.
Wall street's htllng, generally
Bpoaklng. In not typical gambling. It. Is
prompted by a spirit not unlike that
confessed to by n character In a recent
musical comedy, who, saying that he
ulwnys pluccd a bet on everything, ad
mitted that he already had laid a
wager as to which way the Slngor
building would fall.
, Every day a thousand or more bets
of every conceivable sort are chroni
cled In the street. On tho stock ex
change it is possible to mnke a bet
on anything, on what "Charlie" Knob
lauch ate at that dinner to the Boston
brokers' baseball team or on how
Bird S. Coler Fights for Dog's Rights
THE case of Milan Horn threatens to
beconio historic in the legal annals
of tho country. Tho Urinn Horn re
ferred to is not tho celobrated Irish
horo. but a terrier belonging to Hor-
ough President Ulrd S. Coler of Brook
ly ii. who was formerly comptroller of
Now York and later Domocralle candi
date for governor.
In nn evil moment Brian Born wan
dered from homo and fell into tho
hands of one of tho dog catchers em
ployed by tho S. P. C. A. Mr. Color
jiastoned to the rescue of his pot only
to be Informed that ho must pay a fine
of three dollars and a tax of two dol
1ms or seo tho redoubtful Brian go tho
Mrs. Lee4s Another
MRS. WILLIAM B. LEEDS suddenly
finds horsolf in a class with Mrs.
illoi'iuau Oolrlchs, Mrs. Bob ami Mrs.
pgdon Goelot, Mrs. George Law, Mrs.
pick Gambrlll and Mrs. Belmont,
umong the very rich widows of Now
.York. It was a strange colncidenco
that both she and Mrs. Belmont
uhould lose thoir husbands within so
nhort a time. They are Intimate friends
imd Mrs. Leeds owes nearly everything
to Mrs, Bolniont for the social
position sho was permitted to acquire
jln this city. It was Mrs. Belmont, as
sisted by Mrs. Sid Smith nnd Miss Kit
Cameron, who, some four or five years
ago, undertook the somowhat horolo
task of making a society woman of
Mrs. Leeds. Saratoga wus wisely se
lected as the first battleground in the
to
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height of skyscrapers. The financial
huccchh of the Singer and Metropolitan
towoi'H Ih hIIII unknown. The men
who have built llioni, of course, do not
admit that they were built for nny
purpoHo other than profitable renting,
but dlHlnteroHtod real estate men and
architects agree that they will bo In
an experimental atato for many yearn.
One of the moat celebrated or the
early skyscrapers reniaina to this day
unprofitable because it was erected on
audi a small piece of ground that the
elevator shafts consume so great a
proportion of the floor space that the
rentable area can earn less than four
per cent.
A modern building on the Equitable
site, which Is considered the moat val
uable In New York, should earn, ac
cording to eminent real eatate authori
ties, 10 to IH per cent. One of tho
more recently constructed skyscrapers
of the flnanclnl district, although part
ly vacant, as are practically all of the
buildings completed within the Inst
two years, is earning eight per cent.,
and will earn 12 per cent, if filled at
the prevailing rate of rental.
Just when the glut of olllco space
will be relieved no two real estate ex
perts predict aliko.
Oeorgo Huchunan would spoil Missis
sippi. What Hugh Murray will wear
on tho morrow Is also one of the favor
ite opportunities for betting on tho
floor of the exchange.
On the produce exchange bets can
bo made all the way from whether
"Tom" O'Noll will continue to wear
his white felt hat all summer to how
much Charles George really does
weigh. Whero CL P. Stoppani gets his
Woodruff waistcoats is tho cholco of
the betting brokers on the floor of tho
consolidated stock exchange. On tho
cotton exchange, wagers aro made on
everything from the 'range of William
Yohr's voice to tho length or tho vaca
tion Norrls Sellar takes. "Is C. H.
Stroud the groitchlest man in the finan
cial district?" is one of the subjects on
which tho coffee exchange brokers
like best to wnger tho price of a lunch
eon or n now straw hat.
These lighter instances aro fair crl
terions of the willingness of Wall
street to bet on anything. Tho num
ber of shares dealt in during tho day,
tho trend of a certain stock and such
questions are bet on, to bo sure, with
greater frequency.
way of many a less highly pedigreed
canine, Into the gas tank.
Mr. Color, who loves a fight as well
as his terrier does, had no other battle
on his hands at the moment. Ho did
not so much mind parting with five
dollars of his hard-earned salary, Inas
much as ho Is a man of considerable
wealth, but ho decided that it was un
constitutional for tho stato to delegate
pollco powers to a prlvato organiza
tion such as the "cruelty society." He
thereupon became tho champion of op
pressed dogdoni and set out to obtain
a legal decision as to their rights.
The case has gone as far as the su
premo court of tho stato, but it Is like
ly to bo carried through hlghor tri
bunals to the supremo court in Wash
ington. Meanwhile tho fate of Brian
Born hangs in tho balance. If he final
ly goes tho chloroform path he will
have tho questionable satisfaction of
knowing that his name figures in vol
uiiiinous court reports and may bo
cited in precedents conturies honce.
Very Rich Widow
Leeds social campaign. It was thoro
that they first met the Whltneys, Mac
kays and others identified with the
smart Long Island racing crowd.
Leeds was always lavish with his
mono, and money Is everything
at Saratoga. At Newport, later
on, little Mrs. Leeds learned for
the first time In her motoorlc
career that great wealth at her
command did not bring everything to
hor door.
Mrs. Leeds, all things considered,
Is exceedingly tactful, and she really
dresses as well as any woman in that
sot. Never onco did sho attempt to
overdo things, and that hns boon tho
secret or hr reninrkablo success. Per
hups these, too, wore lessons learned
from hor social promoters, for pre
viously tho Leedsos had rather amused
people by carrying with them to such
llrst-class resorts at Palm Beach and
the Virginia Hot Springs such Itoms
of comfort as brass beds and maklni:
such a aplash as did Ilobart Moore
when iio raced around tho south ac
companlod by a brass band.
THE MAN WHO DRANK A
RAILROAD
BY F. F.
(Copyright, by Shortatory Pub. Co.)
It wouldn't have happened If Clark
ion hadn't been a genius, but being a
yenliis, It hnppened. He had early de
veloped an Inclination to loltor about
railroad stations, and while still it boy
a dispatch operator had taken a fancy
to him and taught him telegraphy, and
at the earliest moment he could leave
home lie turned his face westward.
At tho division headquarters of the
P. Q. ralhvoy, Arizona, an opening wns
found for him, nnd he was sent out on
tho line. 1Mb town consisted of the
station house, depot and water tank.
Water tanks are not particularly In
teresting objects, but they acted as a
magnet toward the weary brake-beam
artist, as here ho can find rest and
liquid refreshment, and being few and
far between in this country, rarely a
train passes one without stopping for
water.
Clarkson had not been in his office
many days before it was firmly im
pressed upon him that when a tramp
wanders Into a desert station, the first
thing ho wants is water. So is the
second and third. 1Mb pall of Ice
water would bo emptied almost ns
soon as filled, and nothing would re
main to testify that It had been filled
except a wet and muddy floor, where
the tramp had spilled some of tho
contents of the pall.
Being of a mild disposition and
slight build, he did not like to argue
with tlio thirsty, and so he set about
a plan whereby he might Impersonally
rid himself of the water bugs. Attach
ing a wire to the floor of his office,
he ran It to the handle of the drinking
cup, so that anyone standing on the
wet floor with the cup in his hand
would get the full benefit of the tele
graph wire when a switch or "ground"
wire was put on.
When a tramp came for a drink,
Clarkson would wait till tho fellow
had got well settled back with the
cooling Ice-water gurgling down his
throat. Then he would tap his con
necting wire and send a few casual
train orders chasing Into the drink
er's midst.
Now, It Is not an Indian summer's
dream of peace to drink a hot, blue-
tinted train order with saw-teeth In
it, and as this torchlight parade would
troop down the thirsty man's throat,
ho would suddenly let go of tho un-
emptied cup, mutter a few relevant
but unseemly remarks and hurry
away.
The fame of Clarkson's contrivance
spread quickly, and tho train men neg
lected their work to watch for tramps
who might chance along to drink a
car report, a wrecking,, order, or a
batch of commercial messages. One
soft-hearted conductor kindly hauled
a "hobo" nearly a hundred miles to
give him a drink with special S. F. B.
Morse trimmings.
On one of those still and very hot
days such as usually precedo a storm
in that section, a speck appeared In
the distance down the railroad track,
and Clarkson grinned as ho watched
it approach. A red, dusty tangle of
beard covered the tramp's face, and
his lank, shifting person was ns rag-
godly attired as a scarecrow for
coyotes. Altogether, ho was a most
happy and promising subject, nnd
Clarkson tingled with joy as tho fol
low made straight for the water pail.
When ho was well In the act of
swallowing, the dispatches were
turned on, but ho continued drinking
without showing tho slightest visible
concern. Some train hnnds woro noar
and Clarkson felt that his roputation
was at stake. So he turned on anoth
ei wire and gave tho tramp certain
"inside Information" on tho stock mar
ket. Nothing happened. In despair
Clarkson centered nil tho seven wires
In his charge, Including tho overland
press relny. and let tho tramp havo
them In the next cup of water ho
drank. In vain. Tho "hobo" put down
the emptied cup and sighed: "Much
b'liged. This makes mo homesick;
makes mo think of the old well on the
farm Much b'liged."
Then, with a good sharo of tho
telegraphic service of tho P. Q. Rail
way Company socrotod in his system,
ho went forth refreshed and re
joicing. That, night, a rush dispatch from
the superintendent of tolographs was
received by Clarkson, stating that ho
hud grounded all tho wires of tho
service, held up seven passenger
trains, delayed tho associated press
dispatches, besides ombnrrasslng tho
running of threo porlshiiblo frolght
oxtras. The dispatch closed with tho
query: "What havo you got to say for
yourself?"
Clarkson studied tho niessngo al
ternatively with tho onipty water
bucket, but not finding In thorn any
thing to "say for lilmsolf," he doctdod
that he would sleep over tho matter
ami answer In tho morning.
REPORT
TOMBLIN
He went to bed, but he couldn't
sleep. Tho Image of tho "hobo" calm
ly drinking blue-tinted, saw-edged
trnln reports haunted him. Restlessly
tossing between his sheets, he con
sidered. "How did he do It? His Interior de
partment may be cyclone-proor from
drinking bad whisky, but all the oth
ers were as soggy as he, and they
showed the effects of the wire all
right. No, thero's something nbout
that fellow's throat his stomach
something "
In another moment Clarkson wns
out or bed, hurrying on his clothes
with the rapidity of a fireman.
A dispatch to the next station
brought the reply that the "hobo" had
not passed there. Evidently ho was
still lingering in the neighborhood of
the water' bucket that had made him
homesick. With the aid of a track
hand Clarkson located his man snor
ing lustily under a switched freight
car. Ho was taken Into tho statlpn,
and, after being securely bound, wns
told to go quietly to sleep, as worse
was to come.
The next morning Clarkson sent
his answer to the superintendent's dis
patch. It ran:
Grounding of wires necessary to cap
ture Bert Alvord, mid $15,000 award. Send
Hhorlff; tun holding prisoner.
CLARKSON.
With the sheriff came a number of
territorial, railroad and express of
ficials. Bert Alvord. with his nal. who
had been killed at the time, had six
months previously wrecked an ox
press car, killed the messenger, shot
tho governor's nephew, and made off
with the treasure box. A standing re-
ward aggregating $15,000 was offered
by tho territory, the governor, the cit
izens, and the express and railroad
companies, for the outlaw, dead or
alive. And Clarkson, who had been
given his station chiefly because no
one else would have it, had captured
Alvord and tho $15,000.
"It was this way. gentlemen." con
tinued Clarkson, after tho water-nail
joke had been explained to the of-
With the Aid of a Track Hand, Clark
son Located His Man.
flclals, "as I lay abed puzzling how ho
could have drunk those train reports
and yellow press dispatches and not
turn a hair, it suddenly flashed over
mo that out in Hell's Canyon there's
a pool of water that petrifies or oni
balms the throat and stomach of tho
lost cattle that drink out of It, so they
loso all fooling In those parts. Why
might not this 'hobo' havo drank of
that water and got his throat and
stomach petrified, so the electricity
couldn't affect him? Then I recollect
ed that Bort Alvord had beon driven
Into Hell's Canyon by the posso and'
lost track of. It only took anothor
thought-and-a-hair to work out the
problem. The 'hobo' was Alvord, half
crazy from his terrible experience,
come back to civilization. So I
hustled out and got my man; and now
for that little $15,000 commission."
Tho "hobo" nodded his head, half
foolishly, half surlily. "My only ro
grot is that 1 ever found thnt lost
trail and got out of Hell's Canyon.
What's tho good of coming back to
llfo when you've lost your taster?"
Clarkson Is superintendent of tele
graphs now, and you nevor can toll
where a genius will stop.
It Took Everything.
Naybor Sorvy to hoar you had scar
let fovor at your house. That's a bad
disease. Thoy say It usually leaves
you with somothlug.
Poploy Huh! it isn't likely to
leavo mo with anything, judging from
the doctor's bill.
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Habitual
Constipation
May (c permanently ova-come ly proper
personal efforts vitMKc assistance
bfhcono truly Ijcnojicial Watlvc
remedy, Syrtm cjrigt; and EUxiref Senna,
vKicK enable ft one t'oorm tegular
habits daily $o that assistance fo na
ture may be gradually dispensed with
vmcn no toner needed astliebestof
remedies, when required, arc to assist
taWo and hot te supplant the natur
al functions, vhicn must depend ulH
mutely upon propev nourishment,
proper eJJovUand rit living fcencrally.
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MORE USED TO SELLING PINS.
Absent-Mlnded Clerk (who has beon
transferred from notion department)
So. you'll take this piano. Shall I
send it, or will you take it with you?
Sheer -white goods, In fact,' any Una
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufflcient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
tho goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at tha
improved appearance of your work.
A Difficult Lesson.
"It is next to impossible for a man
to teach a pretty girl how to whistle,"
oaid a musician who is a good whis
tier.
"How is that?" he was asked.
"Well, providing she Is not your
wife or sister, when a pretty girl gets
hor lips properly puckered sho usually
looks so bewitehlngly tempting that ho
kisses her, and the consequence Is sho
doesn't have a chance to blow a note."
The Duchess' Philosophy.
Tho old duchess of Cleveland In
vited a relative to her husband's fu
neral and told him to bring his gun,
adding: "We aro old, wo must die;
but the pheasants must, bo shot."
Lewis' Single Hinder costs more than
other oc eignrs. Smokera know why.
1'our dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, IIL
The place should not honor the man,
but the man tho place. Agesilaus.
Font Aclio Uho AUen'rt Foot-Kaso
OrorSU.OOOtnstlinunlals. Hot'iiso Imitations. Honrtfor
(roo trial )ucknj,'o. A. S. Olmsted, Lo Hoy, N. Y.
Blunt language is often used in mak
Ig sharp retort.
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