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WHAT IhiBS a polirr-nmn do whpn
thTe Is no rroved to f'nout
"Stop thlof"' tind no thounh'
- fill person ahead to trip the
' flying rnspal as thnt ovpi
anxlnns one did with little Oliver Twist?
The. "of flier." to nst- the police term,
has to get his man and he is not to
kill him unless he Is pertain the prime
warrants drastic action. lie must shoot
only when it is ni'-essAry. Thrown
on his own resources he can u.snnllv
rely upon two things; one. that he 4. a
better runner than the thief and the
other that he lias, a revolver ready for
tine.
So fur as thieves go it is a fact that
the majority are physically unfit to
bold their own in a f.ot race with a
policeman. In Portlmd 'fine of the re
quirements Is that the police candidate
Rhall run ino yards !n 1 5 seconds. There
are few habitual criminals of the lower
grades who cun do as well.
Leaps a Fence.
Occasionally there Is an exception.
Of course. StrotiK. the "garden hose
thief" who leaped a fence and escaped
from a policeman recently, was not
known to be an habitual thief, though
AN UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY-Roofs of the
Cities as Camp Grounds A Few Hot WeatKer Suggestions
Hv Frederick P. Greene. Assistant Gen
eral Agent New York Association
for Improving the Conditions of tli'e
Poor. ,
ONE OF THE most remarkable and
pathetic aspects of hot weather
suffering is the failure of peo
ple to use means readily at hand
for making themselves comfort
able. What, for instance. Is more easv
than for a g.n'.l'nian to leave off his
coat. It costs no time or money, and
would often bring immediate relief And
jet In. -offices, mi the street, on trains,
everywhere multitudes of men apparent
ly sane, can be seen sweltering in hot
coats, with the tnercurv at !n on a
bumid day .Moreover, these men are
often accompanied hv ladles whose dress
Is an Ideal conibii.atlon of coolness and
jrood taste. Surelv they cannot he held
responsible for the cruelly senseless
overdressing their gentlemen friends
t'annnt thr So.i.tv for Prevention of
("rueltv to nlmals take some action,
and If necessarv. hive its legal powers
enlarged to meet so serious a situation"
Just as. for many, the discomfort of
the dav mlgk.t be greatly reduced by
more reasonable dress, so It Is possible
to exchange s close, hot. debilitating
rilfht for one that Is cool, quiet ami n
rhln bv simDlv sleeping on the roof
In New York as weil In many other
. v. he,l miir miles of
flat roofs without a single occupant,
-riii honeath them human beings are
r.akd more densely than anywhere else
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I riiiiuirii nii.'i .
lands where the population Is wise
ononsh to tur to the roof en masse In
hot weather
The fact that New York roors mouM
not accommodate all who have been iK
lowed bv social negligence to herd un-
der them to a degree that no intelll-
Itent breeder of hens would permit. Is
no reason whv we should not st once
turn to the roofs for the relief from
right discomfort snd eonrestlon that
they ran afford to Isrg numbers. That
thti distress Is real among the wel-t-
do as well u amnnr the roor ! shown
by th tfollowtna Item from the New $
lnt ffui) of recent date:
"Tha add alht was seen lt tilfht
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be ha 1 stolen a number of articles left
on lawns. Mis performance would seeni
to put him almost In the Forrest Smith
son .dass as a hurdler
eithep has the ordinary man who
commits his first crime and then dashes
w ildly HW'ay much chance to escape a
pursuit-is officer if the latter has any-
where near an even break. ('. t Hnl
loway. who has barely escaped a murdnr
cliarne because his wdfe will recover
from the bullet wounds be lijfllctel,
was run. down by Patrolman Prus.
who had to Jump a fence to begin the
race, iti which Halloway had a blu
bad.
In the police annals of Portland the
chase which will he always remembered
is the mi'inorahle day when llarry Tracy,
who afterwards made his escape from
the Sab in penitentiary, and a com
panion were chased from their hiding
place and ran down the street, hoarding
the engine of a Fourth street train just
pulling out. Tin y ordered the engineer
to go fust on pains of death. The
of fleets who were hot after Tracv and
his companion had the step Fourth
street grade to thank for the success
of their chase.
Engineer Was Cool.
The engineer poolly dei l!ed thatre
volver or no revolver it was a physical
Impossibility to run faster up the grade.
When arrested on the engine Tracy
troubled the local police no more until
he began his spectacular break from the,
state prison.
Danny Veiner. formerly a citv de
tective, and now employed hv the United
States National bank, had an experience
with Tracy in-fore he achieved even the
local fame of the train episode. Tracy
had sworn to even his account with
Welner One day he saw his chance,
for walking up behind the officer on
of sleepers In pajamas lying on the
lawns in Central park by the hundreds
ami no policeman to say them nav.
Some of the pajama-clad armv made for
the park in calls and coaches, carrying
pillows with them. Recreation piers
wile studded with human beings as
a cushion is studded with pins.
Let us glance for a moment at the
citv's roof resources. On a very con
servative estaniate one tenth of the
population, about .lOCOOrt people could
find sleeping accommodations on New
York Citv roofs for 10 weeks of the
siinitn6!, not to sav longer. Tjiut would
amount to one wc k each for 3,c0,000
people, pr.iotlcallv everv man. woman
and child if the privilege was equally
d!st t lluiteil Compare, with such a boon
all the fresh ail o'ft:ngs provided by
philanthropy are a drop In the bucket.
It would amount to "on times as many
cool, refreshing nights as n.re pro
vided by the great activities of the
New York Association for Improving thw
Condition of the Poor.
It surely is needless in these days to
arsie about the benefit thnt would re
sult by exchanging the hot, foul, dust-and-germ-laden
air of the tenements for
a coil, clean, quiet roof where even
the noises of the street are hushed and
where the sunset and the stars ran
work their soothing Influences. "Take
up your be, and walk to the rnof" Is
ell the medical advice needed to check
the decline and breakdown of many a
pale, listless city dweller
The malnutrition of man v acro-wvl r-hll
llr. - n la tnitlamitshle hut It la i-nrll
due not to lack of food, but to lark of
a normal appetite and a sound digestion,
both of which hav been Impaired br
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of coure there are difficulties to
be surmounted under present conditions
DV those who would sleep on the roof
In many houses and even tenements
the only access Is up a Iddr sod
fh rough A scuttle two feet mjuirf A
parapet to prevent people from wslk-
Ir (t or rolling off Is generally larking
points of attachment for support ins an
awn'ng or tent In case of rain are hard
to find Tbe cpieetlon of rrtvaer and
of aafetv from thieves most be ccesld-
ered But all these difflcvltiea can a-d
must be overcome In order that this
real boon Ood s fresh atr that blows
over ine city s wen as over it rowa-
try laar ba er joyed ta Ua fall.
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IT ZS NOW ALL OVB&3CT THE HAMD CCZFoT.
A readily nccevsible roof that can
stand wear and is protected by a wall
or Iron fence should h. required by
law as a sine qua non of every tene-
ment and apartment house. This would
put a safe, clean breathing spot within
the reach of e n mother, "liul
mother" and babe, without the crossing
of a street
The roofs of
covered coiintro
Ions Mil ilea ami
writer has been
t!
elites
re ondls-
In spite of Ineredu
f : i- u d ly n arnlngs the
foimite a deligJittul
acquaintance witn t'i
w eeks H v a little di
a perm It to -. t r it
trifling that I., is .
ell of
It. he put together
t by
1 I . ma.ie m
scantling a
Within is a
for his ';,iini
d rea r y su tntnr i
turned into a ;
A dryged- lie,
k..,
out. serv
conceals the st
al I on r b. long : i
Of the bu' id 1 I U eee ;q
The r.wf is of hre k at
driven a im ! anv where
In o..r sha.-w v. 1. 1 h wis lit together
In a few hours ' Is k . t : In t lace t-v the
weight of the frame which Is
w edge I aga'nst the surrounding para
pet and tied to th.- fir- . up It ts
protected on th e.i.' from the wind
and the morning ,n tv la?g water
tank We have passed through fierce
Winds. thun.br and
rain 1 1 rm-i t t h i
nt What' v er th
sides of the shack
a 1 1 1 1-time We
1,'K, discomfort or f
weother. t .t two
hv l'" kept .-pes
are net d:s. overed
bv fib or mo-
Quito., and sl-r late as business
11
.m permit
From our nine tnrv perrt on F1.'
sixth street a dally inning
street a .laid . inning of the
hcrlion as fr ss Fortv se ond street.
nd from Broalwav to the Hjdson, ha
fallej to reveal any roof dwelWs b
side ourselves Th nesrest exception.
nd that a J-.ri:iisnt on.. Is furnished
bv the roof iiTTe-n of the Hotel A'fr.
but that ts shandoned just t the time
when It ts moat quiet and rfreM-i.
Here and there at long Internals iges
f wash -d r activities can be seen, on
two or three evenings whn peof ie w re
dtrrtnf oe th ht asphalt p ' emuts
few families ast on the roof for an
botir. 'Ha Lava aiao, reaaoa ta record
is i i 1 . 1 1 1 1 r y for sou.e
plomacv he sircured
L t a coiii
,s! .one, to le
a suuok 1" Ve
it oi i ' e . c r i leeoiiii - mi nu
nd o,- I j,. I'd , -anv.-s.
cot T- : eltn-'vf find one
. a ! . : . 1 ! I'i. w hose
b. th. i il v hits hen
i ! i i t : 1 , , ni'Ui n ta I ti
iclh t !.e f ' oe f V n
t.ilde and d:
tiller trick VV
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at least one case of courting on the
roof.
As a further hM weather suggestion
the writer would call attention to a
home-made sanitary crib. designed
originally for bis own family. It is
on the nrinrlnle of open plumbing The
usual mattress, a hot and unwholesome
thing, is dispensed with and the ordl-
nary cot frame is fitted up as follows:
Eight-Inch hoards an Inch thick and
30 Inches long are fitted at the head
and foot of the crib. A strip of canvas
with a three-inch lo in m: each si.i
takes the place of a nniti.ss and la
held In position bv two j oic or broom-
sticks wlfich run through the heninu, !
edges and Into holes bored at the upper
corners of the head and foot hoards,
thus locking them into, a solid frame.
Over the canvas may be placed a ruble r
sheet, quilted pad and an ot Itnary she- t.
and the b-d Is readv. The nit In iir-
culnting tieneath the canvas niaKes it
cooler man tne usual mattress, ami ir
soueii tne canvas can ne snppe.) mi,
washed and replaced with the greatest
eu.se.
The use of this cot was suggested
to the staff In charge of .bint n fs.-t
Pree.e. the summer camp tot- si. k
names at puxty -I ourt n street ami i--at
ss. r. end river, maintained by the Association for
i. !i holds Improving the Condition of r.e Poor
. no uM- After a test It was adonte l for nll
bfl'hrootn Tne 5 cots and has met with enthusl-.-ie
not asti. approval. With slight nnxlific.i
"e butld- 'ion this crib can he used for camping
"t i.rocery boxes or ordinary rat-
renters' horses can prov ide suppo
for the poles without the use of rrlh.
and the cost Is a very Insignificant
item
Much Ado About Nothin.fr.
We turn our business upside down
Xnd grow with frenzy sprnt
That we with wisdom may select
A president
Tbst
job rmmt dished nn again
We plunre in worrlm.nt
That we mav -house a f'ne and great
Vioe-pre sidrnt
We wish the president sdvlsed.
And so we fume snd fret
That h' with caution mav appoint
His cabinet
When summer romi we find they all
In cool resorts ar hid
Asststsnt secretaries) then
Hold down the 111
elcLandbtirgh Wilson.
Its ail rtht to follow your Inellna-
Uona if they are olci tha right y.
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the street he poolly saluted and fell
into step.
At the first sound of Tracy's voice
AVelner's hand sml to his back hip
pocket. tint of the corner of his eye
he saw that Tracy a right hand was In
the same position. Meanwhile they
talked commonplaces and kept on walk
ing. The Men Separate.
The detective- and the "bad man"
walked side hv side for seven blocks In
the middle of the afternoon, each with
his hand on his gun. Finally Werner
said: "What's the idea in keeping your
band back there all the time'.'" Tracy
smiled and said: "Well, 1 notice yours
i in about the same place." At last
both men got enough of it and they
separated.
A revolver duel in the dark Is a des
iderate performance, but police luty
sometimes calls for it. tine sio-ii affray
Occurred In Portland last spring when
Patrolman Vessoy shot and killed a
negro who had committed several hold
ups that night. The dark, treacherous
freight yards around the east side depot
whs the scene of the shooting. Vesscy
saw the negro arid a eonipaninn running
into the ili'rknoss from the lighted end
of the steel bridge. Another hold up.
accompanied .bj; pistol shots, made them
prefer diirkne'ss anil in a hurry. Vesa-y
was sllgrhtly wounded, but the negro,
afterwards shown to be the guilty man,
was killed.
It Is the duty of policemen to "wing"
his man In the legs rather than shoot
to kill when a call to halt Is Insuffi
cient. The knowledge that tin- patrol
man has a gun and will use It Is gener
ally enough to Induce the, thief to stop.
The young man who recently rohtu d
three imvf dry stores and was afterwards
BEN FRANKLIN'S PAPER 159 YEARS OLD
Tells of Life in Early Philadelphia
By Eelgh Mitchell Ho.lg. s
A MAN came to the Phi lad. Iphl-i
North American office the other
day and left a copy of the Penn
sylvania (Sazctte dated June .'J,
1749. The North Am. i i-an i
the only direct newspuper descend ml of
that weekly imiicr founded in I 1: 1 1 a r! . 1
jihla in 171'8 by lienjamln prank in. so
maybe you'd like to met this par'!.--,
lar part of nur u ticestfage.
It Is a six-wg.' number, eignt hv 1 !
inches, printed on han-i-made t ip. t.
which time has scorche.l cons i .1- : n !
The provincial coat-of-arms -.rates
the first page, which announces tl..: tt...
Per. ns 1 va n la Oazette lontalns th
fresh.-st ndvl.es. foreign ami doiiiesti k
The freshest adv ices m this issue, f-u-elgnlv
Kj.eakmn. consist chief : of .-
sarcastic aim unsigned letter r"prl:;te,l
from The CraftsmAn" and address,-, t..
(aleb 1 1" An vers. Esq. who at that tim
occupied the i-OKt of British (!. sor
The ilate of thin coin munica ! Ion is
March 14. so Its freshness as h. news
item Is not to be questioned' It .-.)s
with a subject which was prettv ti,- r
ougniy threshed out In these columns
some tt years later, ami In the thiedi
Ing out of which Benjamin Fin., ki n
played no small part Liberty?
From Stockholm, under date t.f April
7. comes the news that th" court of
firers have "arcepttd of" the offer f
certain soldiers to raise men in for
"ign countries for the servb e of S'J.-n
From Paris, under date of April 11 w e
sre informed that the king 1 ev-r'-rr0
the dignity of a maniuin i.-.ir. ii. I' -plelx.
governor of Pom rh. -iv
The iAindon bj.lar.t. mho li fills a.l - f
three Inches, single eopinin mak -elal
mention of the fa, t t'nt I.e. I Hvl
tlmore has res.axned his pes: f .orl
of the bedchsrr.ber to his r.-val l,-,-,:!.'.
the prince of lVahj." besa.se to- pur
poses visiting Maryland of which prov
ince he Is chief proprietor
The domestic advices fill f:" In- hs.
single column. Boston report" that three
vessels have arrived tt Iouis1ih r. one
of whli-h bririta bfesl for the garrtssi.
New Tork's single Item of. n-w mn
cerna a veel whlcb has srrlved from
Coracoa and reporta that the Rr-antards
on tha 8paJitsh Malrt have "msje an In
surrection aralntt U Bista) nier a "
tea;
adjudged Insane kept on going when
told to halt and he received a wound in
the heel as punishment.
Hoboes a Nuisance.
The east side freight yards are the
bugaboo of the patrolmen of the second
night relief, for it is their duty to rout
out the hoboes who ride in on the roofs
and the brake-beams from the box cars,
-w:,here they have enscounoed themselves
for""wWf??s left of the night.
WWat few lights there are In the
freight .yards a ways seen to shine di
rect iy In one's eyes. There are elevated
roadways, unfilled blocks, the docks,
long lines of cars, dark buildings with
main- sheds, in fact it is an ideal neigh
liorhood for a man to dodge a policeman.
oft to the police station any morning
a few minutes before 9 o'clock and see
the type of men routed out of the box
cars, one will wonder bow such roughs
ever arrived here. This Is the time to
.see thfm, for just before the morning
session of police court opens the occu
pants of the hobo pen In the jail are
lined up for Inspection by the detectives.
Here at the end of the line is a hoy
with dirty cheeks and frayed clothes.
Ho is a young hobo, perhaps lured to
tln life of the road by the tales of the
ohl tramps. He Is confident that all he
will hear is "get out of town within an
hour." lb' may graduate Into a dan
gerous man some day, but bis youth
protects him now.
Next to him is .the emaciated figure
of the morphine fieml chased out of the
city but a few weeks before. As cer
tainly as the man who is lost circles
bai k to his starting point floes this
man-wreck gravitate back to his favor
ite town. He will steal to htiv his
dope." but his detection Is unusually
simple. , rockpib sentence awaits him
on general principles, and be will not
complain.
sta.idlng on one foot and looking
sh.-epKhl: at the officers Is a working
man who has been caught "beating his
w:n " n..i tiiward. He was In the car
nci t.i that selected by th tramps. If
his ha tnls are rough from recent labor
lie will be told to get work hereor move
on.
Put look at the next man. A llthe,
wtrv ftR-ure. he stands quite without
enibarasstnent. He knows what Is com
ing and 1 prepared. I'ntll you notice
Th.
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ladelphla news is confined to In the first-mentioned class la an ar
id ..ods such as flour, bis- rav of articles entirely unknown to our
pipestives. Madiera wine. West
India rum. turpentine. London loaf
tl-
gai.
.nd!
pitch. p.
ffi
r. tar and
ist
vessels Which had
. I e
ed through the custom
w e.'k
:ce-e is 44 inches of "ne
i.; 1'iL' inches of spao
-o oiv. r 1 1 s.-ni en t s. So n-
e-
1.. iihout model. i newsha
u. s.. aiu- Ii space to adv"
.- o..,i old t i rnefi wil
t t
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: l u s.j. h a vv al I. t
:.. ,i ,im' ., -1. however th;:
- no nts ;ti thas issue 4f t
i 1 1.
t ml ei est I nga nd
t
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paper Most Of
. : lit ..I i n very small t v j
;. c. I only illustrations
wood, -its of ships whi.-h
-. ? i . c n.-ui en t s , f nilirrg-s.
e 1.. ne:-, t ..f the pub
ann .nil. "d that "the ne w
f.om Philadelphia to Bur-
o op.-n d and ileard: the
1-'
fr.dk- I
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m b it .InH'on to i oo
P-r s
i ! .' 1 1" ml Vs. and 1 1
k" emd for :i road Th" ad-
, all t:.jvelb--rs from Phil
v in t v c
a'e'r - w.i.l are too ohvi-eis to
need '!-'- i -. pt l n
And m th.-f" d'iv s It was a mark of
d.st'n-ti-.n i-i more than one way to
ha v lad th- ' smallpox- - that Is. If the
terei rha:n-.-. to re a
a'sv-e i ' is Ben amin e.mx who bv -d "sners or the Oazetts. rTsnxun im i-.
r.xt ,i --or t,, Ch-les Fdaar. over the Hall, have iw f..r sale tha lwa paael
di-.iwhr '. or . uil.l If lonsoltad at tn last si'tlng of the provincial 4
he post, f ft - w here B Franklin was sembly. urnorr M.-h Is -an act t e s
ltn.ijit.t '..lv-ert.es f aale "A like- courage the killing of aqulrrela wlthea
!v v -.a-.c n- man. fit for town or tn'" province
c'emtiv ! : s : . -s ar.d has had the small- Those pvt li -at Ions were ta ha had at
j- Ai- a 'tkelv vi. mg negrt) girl, the postoffke. where "exceeding ntn
. ik'-ai'V t" ' s or countrv bust- parchment" r-ojld sieo be got, as I
: es. and hv also had the smallpox.."" where on Mondays. Wedaeolaya ssxl
-s.-a:ter.st he-e in.l there In the ad- Haturdara "resdy money la (ire lr
prilslng folnmr-s a-" small notices thus llnnen rs "'
wurde.1 persons Indebted to H. This paper barf no editorial, aa ao-
Frnk:tn f -r a years Gazette or mora ctetv notes r serrwrts ed" ahat a
are desire 1 to par ' . going oa In tee city is sbsrt. an tie
FvtJentlv the postmaster had acme whatever In the sense ae tww ef
tad accounts news Bat It k' ae thing ti ft trf
The advertisements ar divided t-Hn. sftrapmwr rfor oe sis- -.d t
clpally Into three kinds: Thosa offering "B Frank Ha" as Ita e4'!r
ware re. e!v ed by stoamera from foreign Tisnea ar4 cwntM's era an '
ports, principally lmdoti: thoav offering dtffereot bea tht Ms k ' M 1 t
rewards for runaway slaves and hetd- not merers tVae who -..-mr r-4 t-r c
ssrvants. and f : oe aeeaing laformaltosi la we t e 'M'mi 1.k.
rirrdlrg anln.a.s toat, Blrayad ar wre stiwiiei for ri'.a (.. ..
tbiec couid Blitmut!
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TIfliS ?T AN If AD TO A?
rtftfowAr to ifror irrff.
that colorless face with, cruel, hard eyea
that shift from one questioner to an
other you wonder that the detectivea
have passed over the other eight In tha
line and centered their attention upon
him.
' Where you come from?"
"I.os Angeles. I'm trying to beat ma
way to Walla Walla to work In tha
harvest "
"Pay. when did you get out of Fol
sont?" This from another detective.
Around go the eyes.
"Never there in my life."
"I was Just looking at your mug
minute ago."
Never was mugged in my life; you'ra
thinking of the wrong man."
And -so the questioning goes. If any
of the blufT questions makes him hesi
tate, so much the worse. He is sus
pected of being a yeggrnan, a criminal
tramp, one of the class which knows no
such thing as fair play In beating a man
io death for a dollar or burning a tres
tle because they dislike the railroad.
He will probably remember Portland
because he broke rock for 30 days.
Getting the hohoes out of the box
cars is no light task. Tt is seldom that
a policeman tries it alone, for he may
stumble noon a dozen, all ready to fight
because their sleep has been broken
just where it began.
Patrolman Van Overn ordered an ugly
crowd from a boxcar a few weeks ago.
Several lumped out grumbling.
"fiet up your hands there, quick, see!"
snapped a voice in the darkness of A
half-open door. Revolver In hand, the
man covered the policeman. Had Van
Overn obeyed the man who actually had
the drop on him he would have been re
lieved of his weapon, and would have
ben lucky to escape without a beating.
What he did was to back away in tha
sheltering gloom until he could whip out
his own gun. Hv that time the volca
and the revolver had (fone by the other
door
It Is but three months ago that a po
liceman was held up and his weapon
taken from him. Patrolman Arnold,
suspicious of a man on Fnlon avenue,
stopped him and began a search early
one morning. The officer was caught
because the stranger had carried a re
volver In his left hand all the time. Ha
drew this in a flash, and with its muxzle
against his body Arnold could do noth
ing but hand over his own pistol.
own times, at least under the names
then given them. For Instance. Inle(
Ben.zet. whose stare was in Front
street at tho corner of Morris' alley.
had just Imported from london. to be
Nbl only for "readv money, such
g.vods an gorg.iroons. fine white watered
tabbl.-s, black alarnonde, single and
double .ill.ipeens. light and cloth-colored
bal'vdlne, shaloons, pistol lawns and a
wide variety of other dry goods quits
as unheard of nowadays.
Charles and Alexander Stedman. who
kept shop in Second street almost op-
P""1" l" rvicnani aewen s r.sej oner
11 " IMf r I'V'er. a miKr amirenriii t.L
er- v in inr-n n Mll.J WlUlieO c.l.li.lll UB,
nails, hollands, cambrirks. garllx.
ozenbrigs. bed-ticks, thr.-ad and clnna-
mcr.
Yet. we sometimes hear said the de
pa! tnent store Is a purely modern de
velopment !
An Interesting annoum emenf is that
nf Tt, fftn tlM! , Tr, Assembly
Catechism, with iot or 'he short
hand catechism. -m no sed by the as
sembly of divines at Westminster. wltrt
a iirief explhation of th- more difficult
words anf phrases . .ctained In It. for
the Instruction of ou'h. by tha lata
Isaac Watts. l. I
It Is slso annouieed that tha pub.