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Carpenter's Letter
(Continued from Paga Twelre.)
nesa. lie Is more polite than the New York
policeman and more gentle and kind to the
people. Indeed, one mlKht go all over ltu
Biu and hardly know that the police exist.
I have traveled thousands of miles here at
one time or another and have hud no trou
ble, and that at the sitme time that other
Americans Imagined they were being per
secuted. One correspondent claimed that
lie was expelled ftom the country, when I
personally 'know that he left because ho
was scared to death by the ghosts of his
own Imagination.
At the same time the government does
not extend Its hospitality to those they be
lieve ready to slander and vilify It. This
Is the poult Ion that George Kennan holds In
the eyes of the officials. Everyone knows
how ho has attacked the Ruxxluns and
many here think very unjustly. Notwith
standing this he came to RiiHsIa about two
years ago and took up his residence here,
lie had Just gotten settled when a police
man called upon him and Informed him
that the government thought he could da
Russia most good by leaving It. The po
liceman hud an order to this effect, and at
bis direction Mr. Kennan went to his room
and remained there until arrangements
were made for his departure. Ills meals '
were served In his rooms. He was allowed
to write litters and his friends were per
mitted to call upon him, but further than
this he was a prisoner. He was sent away
within 11 few days.
The police corps of the Russian capital
numl.ers about 2.0U0 men. I don't know ths
number required for the Greater New York, .
but 1 venture It Is double 1,000. The city
Is divided tip Into forty-two police districts,
each of which has Its police station and
police court. A record Is kept of every
citizen, and the police can tell In a moment
the history and standing of every man. I
am told that these records are kept on
papers of different colors. Blue, (or In
stance, may mean "a political suspect;"
ye'iow may mean "criminally dangerous"
and white "eminently respectable and a
friend of the government." I don't say that
these are the colors, but there is no doubt
that the government keeps lints of the
names of men dangerous to It, and that
such lists are sent to the agents of Russia
all over the world.
The XOUO policemen of St. Petersburg
dress In uniform, and are hence easily
known. There are thousands more In the
secret service who dress In cltlsens' clothes.
Indeed, It Is aald that every house In the
city has Its police agent, and that the Jani
tors of the various flats give monthly re
ports on their tenants. The landlords of
the hotelH are responsible for their guests.
The Hotel de Europe, where I am stopping,
has a police bureau right next to the oRlce,
and I had to leave my passport there upn
my arrival. It will be returned to me when
I depart. Every hotel takes charge of your
passport the moment you come In, aud this
rs the case not only with the foreigner, but
with the Russian as well. Every cttison
of the empire must carry a passport, and
the natlv la subject to the Mm rules as
tli foreigner.
FRANK Q. CARPENTER.
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EL.KIIORN VALLEY EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION, WUiv.Il a:.VT RJCENTLT AT ATKINSON, NEB.
Pointed Paragraphs,
The most truthful men are deaf and
dumb. ' ' '
Jealousy at best Is but a chronlo case of
self-love. '
A man of genius often makes a fortune
for a man of talent.'
During the courtship love shows up best
In the dark '
Many a man mistakes his dyspeptic Ideas
for moral convictions.
The lawyer Beldum works with a will un
til the doctor clears the way.
Singers who pursue the even tenor of
their way never get oft their buss.
If a man trusts to lin k for his dinner he
will never bo troubled with the gout.
All the resjiect and veneration due to old
age Is ladeled out to the wealthy grand
parent. It sometimes happens that the man who
Is afraid to take a chance Is beaten at his
own game.
Po long as the rural editor uses patent
Insldes he ought to bo proof against cholera
germs.
The man who puts his trust in Providence
and simultaneously hustles for a Job Is rea
onably sure to land.
Don't spend all your tlmo making prom
ises. If you would retain your friends It
Is up to you to give un occasional perform
ance. Chicago News.
Watering Lawns
A remark In Country Life In America
that "w.i. eiing Is an exacting labor and
yet the half iff It Is usually unnecessary"
was made In connection with garden plants,
but Is dually upplicuble to toe watering
of lawns. Not only Is there really no neces
sity for the constant watering which miny -cltlsens
of St Paul bestow ' upon ' their
grass plats, but It Is often a positive In
jury, Prof. S. B. Green Is authority for
the statement that u thorough drenching
once iu.a while Is far better for the grass
than every-day Bprlnkllng. Again, it is
better not to use a rake or "grass catcher"
in connection with your lawnmower. Cut
the grass often and let It lie where It falls.
It manures the soil, mukes the turf thick
and springy and serves us a mulch to re
tain moisture. That's the way the world
famous lawns of old England are createj.
The short litter Is so quickly covered by a
new growth that It will not lung offend
the eye. St. Puul Pioneer Press.
Discouraged Genius
"So you have decided to give up Jour
nalism?" "1 have," answered the falr-halred, blue
eyed youth. '1 have done my best, but"
"is the work too hard?"
"Too hard? No, it's too easy. After I
had gotten up some splendid articles ex
plaining the precise Intentions of Russia
in Manchuria and the prospects of free
trade in England and the obligations of
American wealth to art they made a fus.i
because 1 overlooked an Item about a new
sewer." Washington Star.
Time of Stopping a Train
At a recent convention of airbrake men
an interesting report was presented show
ing how the distance required for the stop
ping of trains had been reduced by the
new hlgh-seed brake. A train running
eighty miles un hour was stopied In 2,240
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Mlfcift KATE HALES, WHO WAS
GRADUATED FROM TnE TILDES
HIGH KOIOOI, WITH A REMARK
ABLE RECORD.
feet by the Mxh-speed brake at 110 pounds,
where ordinal y pr ssture of seventy pounds
t ik ex u tly half a mil.. ,rlng it to
stand. Other train speeds and reductions
In stopping distances were these: Fifty
miles an hour, from to 7 feet; flfty
flvo miles, l.too feet; sixty-five miles, 1.635
to l.jno feet; seventy miles. 2,010 to 1.&30
feet; seventy-tlve miles, 1.2X to l.kW fet
New Yo4k World.
