THE OMAHA DAILY 1U3E: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1000.
0
SPAXXIXC THE HUDSON RIVER
Bridge of Surpassing Size and Cost Projected
in New York Oity,
MUST BE BUILT IN UVE YEARS
Htrurttirc tilth Trrniliuilft l.nf I nin tnl
to Cnnt llIII,IH)(l,(l(llk Wmilim
I'r"illu' of Ihi' Port I he
.Mill ii I in')-ti tU e.
After years of planning nnd many delays
flue to the mnKtiltudc of tho undertaking the
projectors of the brldgo across the Hudson
river, from Fifty-ninth street, New York
City, to Uuttcnbcrg, N. J., announce that
contracts will bo let and actual work on the
structure will bcKlti before the clo.'o of the
year, l'lnal approval of the plans by the
becretary of war was secured on tho 3d Inst.
Tho state authorities of New York and New
Jersey had previously endorsed thim. No
iierlous obstacle now remains to balk the
construction of a bridge of surpassing size,
which Is estimated to rost, with terminals,
J 60,000,000.
Facto and figures given by the New York
Herald give some idea of the magnitude, of
tho structure and Its approaches and the
purpose of so great an expenditure of money
tho hopo ot regaining tho commercial
nupremacy of tho port of New York. The
bridge will have six tracltB for steam rail
roads on the main level tinil four trolley
tracks, n roadway and pedestrian and cycle
paths on tho upper deik, constituting tho
most complete bridge structure ccr
planned. This bridge Is n combination of
the suspension nnd cantilever principles.
Tho river span will be 2,730 feet, from
-horn to shore, or 1,135 feet longer than the
llrooklyn bridge. The height above mean
high water will bo ir.0 feet, llftccn feet
higher In the clear than the llrooklyn
bridge The extreme width will be elghly
feel, about the same as tho Kast liver
inruclure. The foundations will be 10 feet
tiolow high water. Tho piers will be sixty-
two feet In dlatnutcr, considerably smaller
than iho lower area of the llrooklyn bridge.
Thus, wbllo providing an Immensely
greater truffle capacity, the structure across
the North river will bo more compact and
uven inoro laiellke when It Is silhouetted
iigalnM the sky than Is the llrooklyn bridge.
The creation of Houbllng has been likened to
ii giant spldor'a web. The North river
liri.lcn will be n.i (llniv and delicate as a
nucen'H Mechlin handkerchief. Huskln's
familiar ilescrliitlon of nr.'hltecturo as
"froicn miiHlt" will aptly lit this newest
nnd most ambitious creation of the Ameri
can bridge builder's Intellect.
I, hull of t'oiinlrtu-tloii.
Tho speed with which nn American firm
built tho At barn bridge In Kgypt won en
comiums from Lord Kitchener nnd elicited a
gonoioiiB meed of pralso from llrltlsh en
gineers and scientists. Hut thU JCO.000,000
band whose fingers nre to clasp tho states
of New York nnd New Jersey In ono cordial
union Is to be finished In exactly live years
from the date of signing the builders' ron
tracts, Compaio this wl h the thirteen ycr
that elapsed between the Inauguration anil
tho completion of tho tliMt bridge from Man
tinitnn to llrnoklvn nnd tho progress the
Morld hns m.ido In this domain of human uc
tlvlty will bo better comprehended. As an
earnest of Its ability to complete this Titanic
task tho builders havo already filed a bond
of 11,000.000. Tho law under which tho New-
York and New Jersey brldgo was projected
provides that It must be completed within
ten years, but Hocrotary Swnn of tho bridge
commission said to tho Herald icporjcr:
"Wo"exnecl fo do bettor by half. Once the
freight approaches to tho brldgo la this city
nro approved by the sinking fund commls
iiioners tho work will hum. Tho guaranteed
cost of tho brldgo nlono was placed at $17,
000,000, but tho approaches and freight ter
mlnals comprehend nn expenditure of some
JG0, 000,000. Tho money Is ready now.
"As this Is not n public project, but a pri
vato entornrlso, wo nntlclpato no further
delays. The securing of national, stato and
local approval has been a tedious process,
Tho work of erection will bo another mat
ter Naturally, It Is so much to tho advan
taito of thoso Interested to completo tho
work of building tho enormous structure and
then gel a return for tho huge sum Invested
that Interruptions will not bo tolerated, and
tho delays IncMtablo to tho securing of
bonds, appropriations and approvals In n
public work dono under state or municipal
auspices will bo precluded. Thercforo we
feel confident of doing what wo say nnd
consummating tho work in 11 vo years from
Its Inception.
Why nnd Wherefore.
"The object of tho management Is to
build for tho dlstnut future. The metrop
olis of tho western hemtsphuro has sorely
needed this project for many years. Until
It secures It wo may contlnuo to sec our
commorco going to other ports.
"Facts which cannot bo controverted sup
port this statement. Tho question of
New York's" shrinking commerce has re
ceived the careful consideration of our
Chamber of Commerce and of tho Produce
exchange, as well us tho stuto commission
appointed by Governor Hlack to examluu
the condition of affairs In tho main gate
way on this sldo of tho Atlantic.
"New York City la tho only city In the
Vnlted States, (Treat llrltaln or on tho
contluont doing an export nnd Import busl
ticss and handling Its tralllc by rail and
ossel where tho trnillc cannot bo trnnB
ferred directly from car to ship and ship
to car; nnd It Is the only city handling
this class of business on tho Atlantic sen
board which has not Increased Its pcrcen
tnge of tho bustnoss during tho last twen
ty-flve years. In 1S73 Now York handled
88 70-100 per cent of tho wheat exported
through Atlantic seaports or gateways
This business has greatly decreased sine
then, so that in 18116 Now York City ex
ported only 46 i 1-100 per cent of tho wheal
shipped from tho Atlantic soaports. In
1897 tho valuo of those exports from till
port was J21.O00.00O less than It was lu
IStiiS and tho docllno has continued.
"The niauaKors of tho railroads enterln
lloston, realizing tho Importance of holdln
tho Immense gain in business won at tli
expenso of New York, havo built during the
last two decades, ut great expense, capae
lous terminals to connect with the ocea
steamship lines running from tho Hub. It
has been largely owing to these Increased
facllltlos that tho vast export buslnoss
that port havo been possible. Tho Bume
Is virtually true of Newport News, whose
growth has boon pheuomennl.
"In lloston nil tho export freight, except
an occasional small shipment, Is handled
diroctly from car to ship. In tho mo
trnpolls there is no facility whatovor fo
handling export or Import products directly
from car to ship, oxcopt by llghtoragc
Thercforo, what comnierco at this por
imperatively needs Is a system whereby
the freight car can be placed alongside of
tho steamship to load and unload Its bur
den This Is tho truo meaning, tho crux
of tho New York and New Jersey bridge
project, with Its proposed freight ap
proach along tho North, river marginal
wharf."
Xrr York Tcrnilnnl.
The official plans for this approach sho
that it will run from tin New York tor
minus nt about West Fifty-ninth streot
along tho dock reservo of West stroet t
tho flattery, where a loop will enabl
(-witching to bo eliminated. In this vl
tinlty of West Fifty-ninth street till the
tremendous traftlo of tho Ponnsylvanl
Nw Jrey Central, West Shore, New York
Lake Erto & Western. Dalaware. Lacka
wanna & Western. New York & Susque
hanna, I.ehlgh Valley, llaltlmore & Ohio
and other roads, tapping all of the union
except New England, will have its point of
depnrlure.
Tho new uptown postodlce will of neces
sity be situated In this vicinity The
steamship lines running to Europe, Panama
and along our eastern coast are fast moving
up town, and tho Now York Central and all
Its constituent lines already come down the
Hudson nearly to the northern approach of
the future North Hlver bridge. Thus It may
bo seen how this project for both passenger
and freight business will revolutionize tho
tommerco of New York City; it will, It Is
hoped, reclaim tho linda that has gone to
other ports; It will stimulate almost every
known Industry nnd business and manufac
turer? Interest within the limits of the city
ami It will enhance values and overcome
tho congested condition of tho streets In the
lower part of the cltv. which are so (re-
Rv II. W. PHILLIPS.
POKER, WITH A DASH OF GINGER.
V s ? s
States soldiers and our friends of the boards
uently blocked during business hours.
Tho route submitted by tho engineers, to
gether with the' report made by the com
Isslon, is briefly :
Tho cars, after crossing the bridge,
ould leave tho main approach ot Fifty-
fifth street, near Eleventh avenu upon
racks elevated to a height of 1.10 feet, at
West Fiftieth street they fall to 110 foft
and by tho time West Twenty-f jurth
street Is reached tho structure is not moro
ban twenty-throe feet high. TIiIb height
la continued to the Iiattery.
From tho Junction at West Twenty-
fourth street tho structure would be con-
Inucd In a northerly direction at a height
twenty-threo feet, connecting with anil
passing through the New York Central
freight yards at Fifty-ninth Btrcet, and so
tho Riverside Drive. From tho bridge
pproach to Twcnty-fourih street Hit
tructuro permits of only two tracks. Ai
rwenty-fourth street It Is widened for
four tracks, which would be continued to
tho Iiattery.
Tho cost of construction Is estimated at
more than 11,000,000 per mile. This, of
ourse, docs not Include tho ornamenln-
Ion of tho boulevard and the carriage ap-
roaches and Btnlrways for pedestrians and
bicyclists, all of which nro matters of do-
alls to be considered later and which
may bo elaborated according to tha gen-
roalty of tho city.
Andrew II. Orecn, tho "Father of Orouter
New York," who for many years has been
untiring In his research nnd study of tho
question, "How to maintain New York's
ommcrcial supremacy," says of this tjreat
plan:
Tho lnck of adequato nnd convenlint
ermlnal facilities Is rapidly driving away
from this port tho lnuncnso continental
radio In grain. If our anticipations with
respect to this brldGO Is realized tho ton-
eulcuccs for handling grain nnd freight
must Inevitably follow tho construction, If
they nro executed on a scale commensu
rate with pressing needs."
M1IOHT STOKII3S WHI.l. TOM).
A certnln colonel on tho stnff of one of
Grant's generals was much given to novel
reading nnd went about with his saddlc-
ags stuffed full of thrilling romnnccs. For
weeks ho had been devouring an English
translation of Victor Hugo's "I.es Miser-
ablcs." One day whllo pnsslng through a
oufederate town he saw a young womnn
seated on n porch and, stopping his horse,
bowed to her with all tho graco of a Ches
terfield and endeavored to engage her In
onversatlon. Before ho had gono far he
took occasion to remark:
Have you seen 'l.es Mlsorables?" "
anglicizing tho pronunciation.
Her black eyes snapped with Indignation
as sho tartly replied:
Don't you talk to me that way; they're
a good deal better than. Grunt's mlsorublcs,
anyhow."
A. T. Tackard, now of Chicago, was editor
of tho Dad Lands Cowboy when Itoosovelt
was ranching up on the Little Missouri and
has many pleasant recollections of thoso
days. Said ho
Nothing amused the cowboys more than
Roosevelt's cholro of words and manner
of speech. Ho was a purist In lnuguago
and nt first was unnblo to tackle tho cow-
punchers' slang. Whllo driving (he "rst
bunch ot cnttlo to his Chimney Jluttc
ranch n number of them started up a
coulee. An experienced foreman would
havo shouted: 'Get a git on you thoro and
head them steers,' or 'Hit the high places
and turn 'em.' Roosevelt's order, whllo
caually sharp, nearly paralyzed tho flying
cow-puncher. It has boon treasured and
old and retold whorovcr two or moro cow-
punchers havo gathered together. Standing
n his stirrups, ho opened his steel-trap
mouth and yelled: 'Hasten quickly for
ward yonder.' Tho wonder was It didn't
stampedo tho herd."
The Dutch commander who had charge of
all tho llrltlsh prisoners taken nftor tho
battlo of Glencne, Dundee nnd Nicholson's
Nek has told Mr. Davltt tho following In
torestlng little story:
Going his rounds at midnight on ono oc
casion ha was astonished to see an English
soldier acting as u Hocr sentinel over tho
prisoners and on tho commnndant demand
ing nn explanation "Tommy" offered tho
following oxtrnordlnary account of his
transformation from n prisoner to sentinel
ovor himself and follow prisoners:
'Well, sir. this 'ero poor little chap."
pointing to tho sleeping form of a Uocr lud
15 years old, "was dead broko for sleep
after two nights of dooty. I takes pity on
tho llttlo chap an' I says: 'Look 'ere,
you're regular done up, you lire, that's
saiiln. You glvo mo your rifle and tako a
bit o' sleep an' I'll do sentry go for you, 1
will. Honor bright! I won't do nothlnk
wrong, blow mo If I do!' So tho llttlo chap
went off. It's all right, sir; don't bllme
him, please, he's only a kid!"
"I was assured," udds Mr. Davltt, "that
nellhor 'tho kid' nor tho kind-hearted Eng
lish prisoner suffered over tho unique Incident."
It Is notorious, says Youth's Companion,
that tho handwriting of the scholar some
ttmco does little credit to his Icnrnlng.
Ingenious but Illogical schoolboys have
generalized from such insufficient premises
that the worse their writing tho brighter
their chances of becoming learned men.
From tho parental point of view tho nrgu
ment seems radically unsound, but that
tho promlBO Is sometimes truo Is beyond
nuestlon. Miss Carollno Tlckuor tells an
n musing story of Rufus Choato.
Her grandfather, Georgo Tlcknor, tho
hlfclorian of Spanish literature, was once
called as n witness in n caso In which Mr,
Choato was engaged us counsel. Sitting
btsldo tho eminent lawyer, during tho prog,
ress of tho trial, ho was attracted by Mr
Chontc's notes of the evidence.
Ho found thnt ho could not read a word
of them. After studying them n Bhort time
he remarked to Mr. Choato that the writ
Ing reminded him of two autograph letters
in his possession, ono of Emanuel, "tho
Fortunate." of Portugal, dated 1512, and
tho other cf Oonzalvo do Ccrdova, the
"Great Captain," as ho was called, written
n few yenrs earlier. Any cno who had
glanced over these remarkable spo-lmens
of chirograph)- would marvel that It was
nosslblo to make out a syllable ot such
Illegible scrawls.
"Theso letters," Mr. Tlcknor ussurcd Mr
Choato, "were written 350 years ago, and
strongly resemble your notes of tho present
trial."
Choate's reply was Instantaneous:
"Remarkable men no doubt they seem
to have bceu muvh Id advance ot their
lime."
(Copyright, UK), by II W. Phillip. I
Jamaica ginger is excellent fur stomach
'roubles, but It Is not good as a stimulant.
I know because I have seen Its operations.
You must not sell liquor to the Indians,
cotise-iuently the red man casts about for r.
substitute. A result ot this Is that the
quantity of Jamaica ginger and lemon es
sence sold by the Indian traders Is enor
mous. One would think that the red man
had nothing but stomachache and that the
red woman mado pastry and confections
all the time, but the truth of the matter
Is that both these preparations contain
alcohol, and the Indian or to be precise,
the Sioux, for ho Is the only Indian I can
claim as an Intlmnte acqualntnnco--tosscs
oil a few bottles of either, or both,
and feela uplifted. At least, he feels up
lifted for a while nnd then Is horribly 111
It takes a sturdy constitution to stand
tho wear and tear of ginger as a beverage.
I camo by ray dislike for ginger drinking
under u table, grasping a six-foot Unci
papa Sioux by tho legs.
Tho way It happened was: Young Jack
and I took the weekly supply of butter
from the ranch to tho post, settled tho
business, then wandered uround, killing
time.
We met an old friend, who suggested a
game of freezcout. He had a friend, so
tho four of us turned Into a log cabin,
spread u horse blanket on thu table,
counted out twenty-five matches apiece,
paid In our 25 cents to tho bnnk and began
n quiet game.
We were having tho nicest kind of a
time, when tho Evil Ono came to the door
way and pecked In. We did not recog
ulzo him as such at the time. The casual
glanco showed only a big Injun, haggard
as to fnco and a trllle wild about tho eyes,
but otherwise merely nn Injun.
"Could ho set In7"
If he hnd the necessary money tho west
Is n republic.
"How much?"
"Cash poppy nopah soma kceso" (two
dimes nnd u half).
Ho fished out a quarter from his paint
box and threw It on tho tnblo. Jack got
up and let him pass to tho corner seat
fortuuato clrcumstanco! The table thus
formed a barricade. shuttlUB him Into tho
corner of tho cabin.
As our new friend dropped heavily upon
his cracker box, his breath tilled tho air
with Olientnl splclness. In a mlnuto the
place reeked of ginger.
Still, ho plnyed his cards handily enough,
holding up ono or moro lingers to Indi
cate the extent of his draw.
At last ho and I fell foul of each other
In a pot. Ho bet Hvo chips 1 saw and
raised him five. Ho camo back at mo with
ten. I thought the matter over and called.
Ho laid down his hand and raked in tho
matches.
I looked nt the cards carefully. There
was nothing but n pair ot fives.' So I
dropped my three kings on tho blanket
and reached for the mntches. In an In
stant ho had n knlfo In his hand. 1 ducked
back it swished by within an Inch of my
face.
Then, with n promptitude, for which I
ennnot sufilclontly ndmlro myself, I exe
cuted a flank movement. Under tho table
I How and wrapped my arms under his
long legs wrapped 'cm tight shut my
eyeB nnd waited.
It was with me as with n stoker on a
battleship. All about mo the war raged
and roared. Thero wero thumps, whacks,
shrieks, yells and curses; my legs wero
pnlnfully trodden upon, but I hod my
slmplo. duty to porform und I did It. In
tho darkness and gloom under tho tablo 1
hung on to that Injun's legs.
Tho tnblo fell over and wo rolled on
tho floor. Young Jack, tho Injun, nnd I
whllo the other two, with plrces of board,
dealt an excited but Impartial hammering
upon us.
Wo floundered out of tho door. Heavens,
that Injun was as strong as n yoko of
bulls. A boiling storm center uround
which, cyclonewlsc, revolved our friends,
with flashing hoards for lightning.
Fortunately, tho Injun had lost his knlfn
early in th'o hostilities nnd had to rely
upon nature's weapons.
Still I clung to his legs. It had becomo
a habit by this time. 1 doubt that 1 could
have let go had I willed It. J had Induce
ment enough, heaven knows. I was beaton
by friend nnd foe alike; I must have
stopped a dozen kicks which Jack intended
for tho Injun, nnd that worthy mado my
bead ling again to tho stroko of his lists,
whllo thoso boards! They smoto my
quivering flesh from crown to solo with a
report like a six-pound shell. (A lucky
thine for mo that It did not occur to tho
wicldcrs to strlko edgownys with them, or
I should havo been brained to a ccrtninty.)
- . . i
i .in nnt know how long wo nan ueen
lumlillnc In tho dirt, when misfortune ill
rect'ed tho foot of flvo soldiers In our dl
rectlon.
I beard n voice, full or wonder, say
uvn. what In blazes kind of a racket Is
this, anvway?
niinnn. iiillv." was the answer. nui
lot's cot a board and Join the game."
And they did, laying it onto us to mo
time of "O, Dem lioieien suppers, wueu
they had breath enough loft from laughing.
In tho middle of tho hilarity a siorn voice
called, "Hero! Here! What s the mean
ing of this?"
Lord! It's tho cap in:" muuercu one
of the soldiers. Then they all jumped up
and saluted.
'Separate thoso men," commanded tho
otr.cor. They had great liuncuuy in un
tangling Jack and tho Indian, but when
they camo to me, I refused to let go altogether.
Why!" snld I. very gravely, "it
wouldn't do it wouldn't do nt all. by
which you can sco how cool and composed
I was.
Then two giggling Idiots pried my arms
apart and raised me to my toot.
They stood us in a row; umy. one eye
black, covered with bumps nnd bruises,
to the left; next, tho Injun, lib long hair
drebsod a hi omelet, sundry cuts on his
largo faco showing through tho sweat nnd
dust, his eyes quivering behlud his hair
like savago animals In n cage; then your
humble servant, who has no Idea how ho
looked, but who could Imnglne more than
ho cares to put down.
Tho officer started to speak bit his Hp
and straightened his features coughed
and nddressed us.
"Now, what was tho cause of this ?" ho
said.
"Ginger," I nnswercd.
"Ginger?" repented tho efnecr. and his
brows went up. "Why, what had that
to do with It?"
Tho reply camo from r.n unexpected
quarter. With ono nppalllns shriek tho
Injun fell upon tho nearest soldier, raised
him Into the nlr and Jummed hltn down on
his head: grabbed tho rlflo nnd began to
lay about him like a man thrrshlng wheat.
He jumpod toward tho captain and mo.
Now, tho "leg holt" was my forte.
Could I but have gotten litm thero again
I should have been us cool as a mcuntnln
spring; rs It was, I gained throe yards on
the captain In the first bundled
A sound of tiring Btoppfil us. Could It
bo that murder was rampant behind us
Wo looked back. Ah. no! No ono was In
danger from sudden death unlrss It were
from over-excrtlon Young Jaik and two
of the soldiers wero hitting the breeze
toward tho south. Two mora ot the United
preferred a northerly course. The only one
who remnlncd on the fipld was the smitten
soldier. He sat up. bracing himself with
widespread arms; the whole contour ot
his body expressed astonishment
In the direction of his gaze pranced the
Indian, rapidly going out of the Held of
view. Anon the red man stopped and
howled to the onlooklng heavens that his
heart was ery bad, raised the rifle and
Idiiird nwnv nt the sun
"Chantny ruentow deena seewha. da"' j
yelled ho. and with a last flourish of the I
gun disappeared Into the coulee.
I turned triumphantly to tho captain
"Now you sec what ginger csn do!" said I
"Lord. I wish I had a gallon of it." he
answered.
"In the namo of St. Patrick, why"" I
asked.
"Uccause 1 ought to go and chase tint
Injun," said he.
Hut by the time wc reached tho post
trader's storo he concluded thnt the In
dian would bo so far away that It wouldn't
bo worth while.
And to this day I have a forlorn feeling
when I smell Jamaica ginger.
"KMlWEI) I'D 1111 THAU."
Mnrv of tho PeiMillnr Codicil to nn
Dlil .MlnerS Will.
The other day, relates the San Francisco
Examiner, we met on Kearney street an old
tlmo Washoo acquaintance called Jem
Hrlggs, whose usually well-worn miners
apparel was on this occasion replaced by a
gorgeous displny of velvet vest, check pants,
red heart and ponderous watch chain, while
his honest and simple faco shone above
these evidences of prosperity with the placid
contentment of a full harvest moon.
Hello, Jem," we said, "glad to see you
looking so prosperous. Must have strucK
It rich recently."
So I have," said Jem, and then. n his
tanned fnco saddened a little, he contin
ued: "but I had a mighty tuff loss, though.
My partner, Ned fllmber you remember
Ned?-has gono up the shaft."
'Dead, eh?"
'Yes. I'll toll you how It was. You see
Ned and I had a quarrel about two years
ago. Don t matter now wnai u wan uuoiu.
Mehbo Ned was wrong and mebbo I was,
but all the snmo neither of us would back
down coupl'cr d n fools, you'll say nnd
eo wo were and tho upshot of It was that
wo parted nnd agreed never to speak to
each other again."
"And didn't you?"
"No, sir; moro shame for us. for we had
boon pards, thick and thin, for fifteen years
together. Well, about six months after that
Ned got a good gravel claim up on tho
Feather, where they have been turning the
rlvor bed, nnd he struck It rich cleared up
nigh onto 2o0.000 In ton months."
"And how were you getting on?'
"Oh. clean broke. Working up nt Gold
Hill for $3 a day. Well. I was kinder sneak
ing glad to learn of Ned's luck, for nil we
wero outs; but the next thing I heard was
that ho had been killed by the bank's cav
ing In on him. He lived Just long enough
to mnko bis will. Well, tho lawyers wrotn
us how Ned was worth Just about J200.000
and tho will gave $5,000 apleco to each ot
tho three distant cousins of hls'n they had
all (onio out from tho fast when they heard
of Ned's find nnd tho same amount to mo.
mind you, Just as though we had not quar
reled, nut Ned allerff was a 'centric sort of
u cuss, nnd tho will jirovlded that none ot
us should get tho money If wo attended
tho funernl. Ho didn't want anybody nt
the funeral but Just the undertaker. The
will said he had lived lonely and he wanted
to be burled lonely. Them's Just the
words and I felt they wero Intended for
me, sure. Tho disposition of tho rest of
the cslnte. about J200.000, was provided for
In another codicil, to bo opened the day
after the funeral, but we all supposed It
was donated to some charitable object, for
Nod hadn't any kin. 'ceptlng tho cousins."
"Of courso you stayed awny from the
funeral?"
"That's Just the point. Somehow 1 felt
sn mlserablo and down-hearted you see,
Ned was tho onllest partner I over had
that I determined to go nnd seo him sent
down on his Inst cage, anyway money or
no money and I did."
"And tho cousins?"
"None of 'cm went. Fact Is, they wero
so disgusted with tho 'divvy' that thoy
cleared out down to 'Frisco to seo about
breaking up tho will. So I wns tho only
mourner at tho funeral. My friends all
thought I was fit for the crazy houso to
throw nwny tho T'.OOO llko that. Well. I
Just couldn't help It. It turned out, though,
to bo tho best lead I ever struck."
"How was that?"
"Why, tho next day when the main will
was opened wo found It really gavo the
entire balance of tho clean-up to whichever
of us four disobeyed tho condition of tho
$5,000 bequest, to you sco 1 camo In fo?
tho whole sum Just like .i knife. And do
ou know," continued the logntec, as he
hastily steered us Into u snloon to conceal
tho gathering moisture In his eye, "as sure
ns gun's Iron I shall a lers believe that
Ned put up tho wholo job a purpose 'cause
ho ltnowed I'd be tbar.
Amir Vli'tlm A rri'Meil,
A man was nrrested In llrooklyn for tho
crime of having a chill. Ho got on a Flat-
bush avenuo trolley car at Malbono street
to rldo down town, roports tho Now York
Times. Two sleuths attached to a local
precinct wero on tho enr und thoy noticed
that tho man trembled violently. Ho
seemed to bo greatly agitated over somo
thing nnd the sleuths decided to watch
him. Every tlmo tho car passed a police
man It seemed to tho dotectlves that the
man's agitation Increased and that ho
trembled moro violently.
After nwhllo ho turned up tho collar of
his coat. Tho sleuths winked nt cael
other significantly. The fellow was trying
to nvold recognition. That was plain.
The man left the car when It reached
tho llrooklyn end of tho brldgo and tho
sleuths followed. Two policemen were
standing near by and It seemed that nt
sight of them tho man shook llko a leaf
Tho watching sleuths were convinced. The
man was at least n suspicious character.
Thoy stepped up to him and Informed hlra
that he was under arrest.
under nrrest! excinimeil the man,
plainly astonished. "What for?"
"Well cr or whnt are you trembling
so much about?" asked ono of tho do
toetives.
Tho man laughed. Ho was apparently
greatly nmuscd.
"I'm trembling becauso I can't help It.
no oxpininod. i vo contracted a sovore
chill and I'm going down to see my doctor
about It."
Tho sleuths boarded tho next car for
Manhattan nnd tho man with a chill went
slmklngly on his way to the doctor's.
Why Win to.
Chicago Post: "What!" exclaimed tho
energetic young business man, "writing to
old Ilinks to ask for his daughter's hand1
That's no way to do buslnoss. Why don't
you go to see him?
"I guess you don't know him by sight
do you?" Inquired the suitor.
"No. Why?"
"Well, he's six feet two, weighs 220
pounds nnd has n frightful temper. Oh, I
guess I know uy business,"
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