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NOTES FROM GOTHAM,
TWItlcs Is at present very quiescent
Dnt tt Is expected that flllup wtll b
gtren to It locally by the arrival o
Richard Croker, who Is expected In i
ftsw days. The local Tammany ma
skin Is badly out of repair, and It l!
to(rht by many that the rormei
chief may be able to suggest a plan o
reorganization that will prove accept
able to the various conflicting elements
it Is a little early, however, for polit
ical reorganization. There Is a legis
lative session to be held, the Greatet
New York scheme to be set In opera
tion, a new revision of the excise law
to be undertaken, and new State and
Inderal administrations to be Inaugu
rated. Thomas Jefferson believed thai
political parties had their origin in mis
Dtelon and dissatisfaction, and doubt
less the best time to reorganize a de
feated party is when the political
snemy has becenne fully occupied in en
toying the sweets and responsibilities
ot power, and the disappointed onet
ire howling by day and scheming bj
aight for an opportunity to got even
lth the leaders who have failed to re
irard them. That time will doubtless
jome, but meantime the promises of re
aawed prosperity, for whatever cause
jontinue to absorb the attention of cap
italists and speculator, and there t
svery prospect that business activltj
frill continue at least until after tlu
Holiday season.
' The Horseless Mall Carriage.
It Is rather surprising that the mo
tor vehicle, which attracted so niucl
attention In Europe and this couutrj
a year ago. has entirely failed to tak
with the public. There were publli
competitors In Paris and Chicago, riva
makers advertised the merits of theii
designs largely, and it was freely pre
dicted that the horseless vehicles woulc
toon be common on our streets. It ap
pears that the obstacle Is In the cosi
rather in the merits of the new vehi
cles. The present prices for a mot 01
jarrlage range from $3,000 to $10,000
and it is needless to say that the cosi
la practically prohibitory. It Is prob1
able, however, that the motor vehlcl
will soon begin to "mote." Manufac
turers have seriously taken hold of th
problem of produefng a cheap vehicle
4 Brooklyn concern promises to soon
have a practical carriage on the mar
ket at a cost of $000. It Is also stated
that Second Assistant Postmaster
General Ncilson, who has made a spe
cial study of the subject, has a scheme
to use a horseless mail carriage in th If
city. One of the vehicles is now it
course of construction, and if it should
grove a success, it is proposed to have
a number of them, and mail mattei
will be taken directly from the street
boxes, sorted during collection from
box to box, and then carried dlrectlj
t the postal cars at the various rail
road stations. This change would re
lieve the pressure at the branch sta
tions and at the General Post-office.
Rumors of changes In the excise lawi
tills winter are exciting the liquor deal
era of this city. It may be said that
the Raines bill contained no serious ob
stacle to the prosecution of the usual
saloon trade. Under the hotel features
of that law, the saloona were all rap
idly transformed Into "hotels," and in
this way secured an Immunity for all
night and Sunday selling such as had
not been enjoyed in years. President
Roosevelt's police spies ceased to be
& terror, and a wave of peace and con
tentment spread over the liquor-die-penslng
fraternity that obliterated the
recollection even of the big State tax
tee. The Raines law hotel has become
a feature of our city life. It abounds
everywhere. But It is only fair to say
that never was the traffic more quietly
conducted, and there has been little
evidence from the outside of the evil
which certain aggressive reformers de
clare the new law has produced. The
threats that the law will be so amend
ed this winter as to wipe out most oi
the present "hotels," as well as in
creasing the tax, has produced no little
commotion, and it is probable that the
strange spectacle will be presented oi
the saloon interests arousing them
selves to fight as earnestly for the pres
ervation of the present Raines law as
they did against Its passage last winter
Senator Raines is said to favor a re
form of his own law. He Is chairman
of a special Senatorial committee, ap
pointed last year for the ostensible
purpose of studying the operations ol
the new law. It is reported that the
committee will soon begin public ses
sions. Among the changes Senator
Raines is said to favor Is one increas
ing the number of rooms necessary tc
constitute a hotel. The present law
requires only ten rooms even In large
cities. It Is proposed to require at leas'
twenty-five rooms .for each hotel lri
cities of the tlrst-class, fifteen In cltlet
of the second class ,and ten In all othei
places. Such an amendment would re
sult in closing hundreds of places in
this city and Brooklyn, some of which
oxisted as bona fide hotels years before
the Raines bill was ever dreamed of.
There seema to bo no limit to the de
velopment of the bicycle idea. In th
dreams of the enthusiasts, human mus
cle, with the aid of crank and sprocket
is destined to rival nil other kinds o:
power as applied to epecd. It is seri
ously proposed to apply the bicycle U
railroad traflio. Thu Inventor of tlu
WJ!jrirjnrjrii7'i'"iiiriiTiiTi,"iif
The Licyclo Car.
bicycle csr is Reuben H. Plass, and hi
claims thsit he lma mado arrangemcnti
with one of the loading railroads of the
United States, and that a car will soor
be constructed In which the bicyclist
may not only go at his llvllest pact
without fiar at iuteri'uution or dpngei
Of accident, but actually propel uiui
self across the continent. The exterlot
of the car is much like that of the Pull
man or Wagner drawing room. Th
Interior presents an appearance that
will delight the heart of the bicycle en
thusiast. The decorations of sides and
celling are so made as to give a most
pronounced bicycle effect. frieze ol
dainty painted wheels ornaments both
ends and sides. The roof will be a
study In cycles in fantastic form and
artistic arrangement. It Is, in fact, a
svmphony on wheels. Between the
windows are dainty lockers In which
the wheelmen or wlvaelwomen may
ttore their belongings, and every ap
purtenance will be present thit the
most exacting cyclist might consider
aecessary.
The modus operandi of the car is
that of the moving sidewalk. Along
each side is a flexible traveling plat
form driven by a pulley on one of the
axles of each truck of the car. Th
power Is transmitted through a cross
bolt to a friction pulley on each end o'
the traveling platform. On each o
these platforms are mounted a doubli
row of seven end eight bicycles, thlrtj
ftKoRcther. The relative positions o
the wheels are maintained by an lngen
ions contrivance which absolutely pie
vents them Jostling one another.
The crank shaft and crank of everj
wheel, la provided with a panl nn
ratchet. These, as every wheclmai
knows, will permit the rider to peda
.lions without overexertion. When 1!
Is desired the car crn be propellec
singly; that is. without the asuUtanci
of a locomotive and separate from thi
rest of a train. This can bo accom
plished by the unaided efforts of thi
riders, who can, by pedeling at a brisl
pace, transmit the power from th
traveling platform on which they rld
to the car axle and trucks. The ldei
of railroad cars being propelled froir
one city to another by clubs of ent.hu
slastlc "wheelmen Is certainly a takinj
one.
MILTON S. MAYHEW.
Anilrcw .I.'h-Usuii's Intlormnnt.
The matter of enforcing collection!
In something that has embarrassed tlu
Washington departments from the be
ginning, and some Secretaries have de
cided It one way and some another
There is a characteristic story told ol
Gen. Jackson in this connection. Then
was a boarding-house keeper here lr
the early thirties who had been a Jack
son man from the moment he heart
Mm In New Orleans in 1815. Jacksor
knew him well and was quite fond o:
him. A department clerk owed the
President's friend a formidable boarc
bill and rofused to pay it. The land
lord complained to Jackson, who asket
him if he had the clerk's note. He die
not have it and Jackson advised him tt
secure the fellow's note and bring V
to him. The clerk was glad to settle
the matter that way and readily gave
his note and congratulated himself up
on the fact that he had that ugly mat
ter off his hands, at least. The land
lord took the note to Jackson, who In
dorsed It. Then a bank discounted it
He met the clerk a few days afterwarc
and the latter tantalized him with the
question: "What did you do with mj
note?" "Oh, the bank discounted It,'
was the answer. "Who Indorsed It?'
asked the clerk. "Andrew Jackson
President of the United States," wai
the reply. "The devil he did?" ejacu
lated the clerk, who set about at once
to meet it the day it fell due, and mee'
it he did. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Ahead of tho Cinme.
The old man is a great favorite 01
Newepaper row; his only falling is tha
he has asthma, which he has to drowi
out occasionally.
Last week he started out to drown
.his hay fever on pay day. When he
left the office he counted among hie
possessions 25, his week's salary. Just
what happened to him is a mystery, be
cause he never gained consclousnesi
until he woke up in the station house
the next morning. He searched hit
pockets they wore empty.
Eight o'clock came and the station
keeper came to let him out. There wai
no charge against him; he had onlj
been locked up to sleep it off. Station
keeper Collins called out Bob's name,
and then began to hand out things thai
had been taken away from him when
he was locked up. of which Bob had
no knowledge. First his watch, then
37.50, halt again as much as Bob hat
when he started out; then a new suit
of clothes, an umbrella, a 'box of papei
collars and a basket of grapes.
Bob lc still wondering where thej
came from. But he entertains the
highest opinion of the police depart
ment and the board of safety. Louis
ville Commercial.
The Professional Thief-
The professional criminal is hope
less. " A good thief as the police
phrase it does not steal to relieve
his poverty. Possibly he has a hoard
hid away somewhere, but at all events
he has money in his pocket. Other
wise, his " pals " would distrust and
avoid him as being a danger nus man
to work with. If he prospers at his
calling, success only whets the zest
with which he pursues it. When he
is caught and " put away" for a
term, the incident is to him what a
bad fall is to a fox. hunter. Possibly
he may find honest employment on
discharge from prison, but before
many months elapse the old restless
ness and love of adventure become
too strong, and he resumes his " leei-
timate calling." He generally resumes
it immediately he regains his liberty
Blackwood's Magazine.
It is often a mystery how a cold has
1 been "caught." I he fact is, however.
thot when the blood is poor and the
j system depressed, one becomes pecu
i liarly liable to diseases. When the
I appetite or the strength fails, Ayer's
Sarsapariila should be taken without
delay.
1 No, Maude dear, the gray feathers
you observe on your turkeygobbler
are not aue to wornment about Xmas
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How Bhoes are Made(
In Brockton, Mass., the queen of
all our "shoe cities," stands the mas
sive framework, glittering with myriad
windows, of the W. L. Douglass Shoe
Go's, factory, where bales of leather
change with marvellous 1 apidity into
famous shoes. The shoemaker's bench
of "ye olden time" has disappeared,
and in its place ponderous machines
stamp and clank and growl and toss
bunches of leather from one to an
other like a pack of dogs worrying
some hapless little animal, till the
shapeless leather that the cutters
pounced upon in the long room at the
top of the building comes riding into
the packing room, a rack for its car
riage, a polished and shapely shoe.
Probably no place in the world
oflers such a splendid object lesson in
shoe making as does the Douglas fac
tory, where everything has been sys
tematized down to the minutest detail,
and so carefully arranged that a walk
through the streets of this busy little
world of a factory illustrates clearly
the development of the shoe.
First comes the cutting room. Here
is little machinery, but leather is every
where, from the scraps that litter the
floor and fill the bins, to the neatly
piled "vamps" and "tops"' arranged
on racks, each pile labelled with the
nan.c of the cutter. The most mar
vellous tiling in connection with this
part of the work is the ingenious sys
tem whereby every bit of leather is
kept track of. The foreman maps
out the work j that is, he determines
there shall be so many boxes of shoes
cut that day and each box shall have
so many pairs of a certain size. The
cutters, each one doing but a single
thing, such as cutting a "vamp," gets J
his leather and goes to work, trimming
the leather with a curved knife, ac
cording to metal pattern. His work
passes under the experienced eye of
a. inspector, who at a single glance
judges the quality of the leather and
sorts it into different grades.
It seems hopeless confusion ; yet
every bit cf leather inevitably finds its
mate of the proper grade and size
when they all appear in the sewing
room below, pursued by a relentless
check list, watchful to detect the
slightest deviation from the right road.
In this room is a wilderness of ma
chines, many of which are run by
women. Up at one end of the room
the cut leather starts on a rapid jour
ney. One machine seizes it and bites
it a few times and seems to toss it
away spitefully. Immediately it is
thrust into the claws of another ma
chine that stitches it in another place
until it comes out at the other end ot
the room in the shape of a shoe top.
l hen the lasters seize upon it, to
fit the top to the inner sole. Some of
the shoes are "lasted" by hand, others
by a peculiarly vicious looking ma
chine that spits out tiny nails, and
pounds the unfortunate shoes with all
the energy oi a chairman calling to
order a caucus. The Douclas neoDle
never hesitate to buy the most im
proved machinery, and all the latest
methods way be seen in this room.
Down this room, too, the half fin
ished shoes pass rapidly. On goes
the outer sole, sometimes by sewing
machine, sometimes by a machine
that screws the sole on with little brass
screws, that the iron monster has
swallowed voraciously. With a single
stamp the heel goes on, the rough
edges being shaved off by a whirling
knife. The channel nude along the
sole by the stitching machine is filled
with cement, and under the angry
stamp oi a metal boot the channel is
made flat again.
Now we have the completed shoe
in the rough. But there are a dozen
more machines, and a dozen more
processes to be applied in the way of
nnisning touches. iinally, the shoe,
resplendent in polish, neatly shaped
and finished to the last detail, is
wheeled on a rack before the eagle
eye of the final inspector. If he
passes it, the shoe is finished, and hav
ing followed the leather through the
hands of five hundred and sixty work
men, the check list triumphantly re
ceives its final endorsement, and we
have a perfect shoe. Fifteen minutes
is all the time they want to make a
shoe, when they hurry matters.
Tho Fact that Doctors
frequently advise change of air and
climate to those suffering f.om c.itarrh
is proof that catarrh is a iocal and
climatic disease. Therefore, unless
you can leave home and business, you
should use Ely's Cream Balm. Ap
plied directly to the seat of the dis
ease, it effects instant relief and a
satisfactory cure after short continu
aic. No mercury nor injurious drug
is contained in the Balm.
An American traveling in Spain
siys : The women of that country
are the most beautiful in the world,
but they are superficially educated
ami as companions soon grow tire
some, because they possess no basis
for conversation, no general informa
tion, no ideas.
A secret drawer in a trunk is said
to have furnished new evidence for
thi Moser heirs, who claim land on a
part of which Tamaqua stands.
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