TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS OF RUN
AWAY BOYS IN NEW YORK.
.Jk ftmiu Mllr r Karl Talk frra S-w
Crk'a Chief Irp-tur Hoy Get Thxtr
Sdnma r the Clt.r from l-orl.l Bunti A
Wmw KimilM from the IWMtinf.
Having alrvady referred in a general
wnjr to the evil effects that usually fall
' "to the lot of u boy who in m foolish and
JkeadatroiiK as to rnn . away from home
and try hia fortunes in the great city, 1
-will cite a few canes of the many with
which the records of imr police depart
ment abound. All teach the same lesson.
In January, year. or two ago, a ljoy
eleven years old left his home in Albany
' and came to this city, as he afterward
id, "to nee the- sights." As day after
, 4ay passed and lie did not return, his
. -parent, preatly worried, made inquiries
lor bim in many directions. The police
- tf this city were asked to join in the
earch. ( . u .
The boy had been absent about three
; -weeks when one day an officer who was
: patrolling a post in the neighborhood of
r the ducks came1 upon a boy who stag
T jrered as he walked. The officer's first
impression was' that the boy was intox
icated, but upon making a closer exam
.inatiou and questioning him it turned
oat that he. was not intoxicated, but
weak from lack of food and from ex
posure in the wintry weather.
The policeman took him. to headquar
&era and gave bin! a good tneaL . After
ward it was discovered that he was the
boy from Albany whose disappearance
had caused so tunch concern.
His parents were promptly communi
cated with, and he was very glad indeed
to go home with his fattier, who caine
after him without delay.
A few months . after this occurred pur
police were requested to look for two
boys one fifteen years old, the other
thirteen who had .run away from their'
-homes in a New England city.. They
had good homes and kind pareuts, but
they had tired of going to school. 1
The idea of wonderful adventures had
been put into their heads by the books
. they had been alipVed to read,- and they
determined to see life for themselves in
a larger city than the one. where they .
had leen brought tip. ' .
They wandered about New York for
five days, but fofthd life here a sterner
reality than they had supposed. The
little money they hod was soon spent,
and at the end of the five days they were'
glad to give themselves up to the police,
and tearfully asked to be sent back to
their homes.
One day a policeman attached to one
of the down town precincts saw a bpy.
evidently a stranger in the city,- sitting
on the porch of a house, and soon found
that he was exhausted from hanger and
partially overooifi by the, heat. The
"boy was only eleven years of age.
He had come here alone' from a town
. in Massachusetts, first because he wished
' t see what the great city was like, and
also because he had an uncle here; and
expected to be hospitably received. He
I the address jof his uncle, but as - he
i totally unfamiliar with the city he
could not wfcifly find the honsel
. When at last, after much wandering,
-We did succeed ' in getting to the street
and number, to which ' .he. had. been so
often directed, he was worse off than if,
he had not found them. The hope of
finding his Ancle had been the one thing
that cheered him daring his journeying
through the labyrinth of streets.
But now his uncle refused to aid or
harbor him. Giving him a little bread
aud butter wrapped in a paper, he turned
the boy adrift upon the cheerless streets.
Under our law the ancle was arrested
for his inhuinau conduct, but he was
.discharged in court on his promise to
eee that the boy was taken back to his
parents.
After the ambition to go. went ami
fight Indians perhaps the desire to go
upon the stage is. the strongest motive
animating boys' who take a plunge into
the wide world , for, themselves. More
girls than boys' are stage struck." but
the girls do not run away as the boys
do at least not when they are so young
a most of the runaways of the other
' Mo .donbt the experience gained in
running away from "hoihe is often sain
tary. The glamour and glitter that are
imagined to surround life in a big city
are speedily seen to have no existence
save' in the fancy, and the difficulties in
the way of a strange lad in a strange
place who is seeking a situation, even of
the humblest land difficulties which
amount practically to an' insurmount
able obstacle are soon deeply impressed
upon the mind. . Fortunately, before the
matter has gone much further, in most
ases a successful search is made for the
missing one ' and he eagerly .seeks his
father's door again. "'
But this experience is not one that
rational parents would choose tor- their
growing., boys.,; The -stern realities of
life will come all soon enough in the
natural course of things. . . . T . - ,
As I have already more than intimated
many years of experience in police work
convince me that scarcely anything worse
could. ' happen to a boy reared, in the
country or in a small town than to be
thrown upon, his own, resources in a busy
and bustling city like New York. " The
chances are all against, his earning
livelihood, even in an humble way, and
all in favor of falling into bad company
and leading a worppless. it not. a posi
tivelv wicked, life., w J .
The alluring pictures of city life
which are drawn in certain .books": and
papers that are widely circulated have
no .corresponding . reality, and , pnee
more 1 would caution parents to use the
tmoaUcaee-in .the selection kof .their,
chadr'S iMWitof mMfe. Herfc U- prie
aVenne.oi ditoon.tent.that can easily be
cloned un. or. rather, never opened.
Moreover, the hard and . bitter experi
nce of boys who .have attempted- to
eek their fortunes in the great city; and
the gladness with which they welcome
an opportunity to get back within " the
hadow of the roof tree from which they
Jiad lately-fled; teach thoroughly the-lea-
-,oa that "to stay at nome u poss.'
bomas Byrnes in Youth's Companion.
user's. H ( j
; . WONDERFUL
n. Jtofc itrntw DM Nt .'Bsc. tot Marie
a Ctwk. liynuuMt or the Wemrer.
I am somewhat of an athlete,- and am
in the babitbf 'performing various exv
cises when I have nothing else to do, and
yet held a position where it i important
that I should prenent a gentlemanly ap
pearance. The problem of how to prevent trons-
ers from bagging has for a long time re
curred to my mind and pressed for solu
tion. . I have tried the various device
advertised for cure or for . prevention, 1
have consulted my fashionable friends,
and even the tailors, fondly hoping they
could be induced to "give themselv-.w
away.
Some of my friends have solved the
problem , by hanging np in their ward
robes 1.095 pairs of trousers, which liia-r
nenver enables them to put on a fr-sh
pair morning, noon and night, :
.'. Now,' iny friends and employers est i
mate my brain power and business qual
ifications very nearly as highly as I do.
Unfortunately they do not attribute to
them a very high exchangeable cash
value. . i . - . '.. ':-. " - ,
The important thing, therefore, for me
seemed to be to discover a way of . ma k
ing one pair, of trousers last 365 days
without baggiug. .
Fortunately, 1 have a, practical knowl
edge of mechanics, and am of an invent
ive, turn of mind.; ,Ihuve sprut the ssiv
iugs of all inypat life in patenting car
couplers, motors a la Keely, and flying
machines which very nearly succeeded
in flying. My necessity hatched a new
invention.
I went to one of the most skillful and
artistic tailors on the Bowery and told
him what I wanted, . and at the same
time warned him that I had a patent on
my idea. .
v- My idea was to get some of the cement
which enables a broken plate to support
a ton of cobble stones and a sheet of the
genuine, old fashioned gum such aj the
old fashioned gum shoes worn mlule of
and paste back of the .knee, an oblong
piece, wide enough and long enough to
cover all that part of the trousers which
generally bags. The tailor entered into
my idea enthusiastically. He offered to
buy the patent outright for Jwenty dol
lar, and .tw give me a royalty of five
cents a pair on' the first hundred pairs
which should be sold..'" I refused his mag
nanimous off er. and am ' "holding for a
rise."
He fhought that if a little elasticity
was a good ruing a great . ueal . more
Would be better. I think he must have
pasted inside those trpusers the soles of
his grandmothers gum shoes.
The first time I went out with those
trousers on strangers accosted me, and
said they should not have known that 1
had no legs from my walk if they had
not leen informed . that I was a Grand
Army man and bad had both legs shot
off .at the. battle of Antietam. The cause
of their delusion was that as I lifted each
foot from ' the 'ground the leg from the
kuee suddenly snapped forward.
- On the way home from business 1 went
into the M. A. C. gymnasium. I had no
time to put on my gymnasium tights, and
coutented myself .with taking off coat,
vest, collar and cuffs. I started in for a
run. My friends and the director thought
1 showed . poor judgment i upstarting at
such a pace. Some of the crack runners
were on the track, and at the outset 1 al
most equalr-d their fastest spurts.
But, great Scott, bow they were dum-
founded when 1 spurtedl They said I
got around the track lit such a rate of
speed that I was only visible as a con
tinuous curve, diabolic rather than para
bolic. I felt that if I ran my fastest
again 1 should need a pedometer with ;ui
air brake attachment. The swift waj- in
which my feet, glided, forward and the
exteut of their reach were especially ad
mired. A crack oarsman's "recoverv,"
they said,twas nothing in comparison. .
I jumped the high jump. In fact, if 1
stooped down suddenly. I felt obliged to
jump up straight into the air several
feet. . I broke the records and left the
pieces far lehind me in "high" and
broad jam ping, I smashed the lifting
machine, and in. short did astonishing
feats' in air thaY grade of work where the
action of the knees comes into playl I
was heralded far and wide as a new and
marvelous sprinter and jumper. .
And, best of all. my trousers now never
bag. t They keep, their virgin form as
long as they hold -together. New York
Herald.
. , How Ho Clot Off. ' f
One night Brown came home very late
and found his wife evidently prepared
to administer a Caudle lecture. Instead
of going to bed' lie took a seat, and rest
ing his, elbows on his knees, seemed ab
sorbed in grief, sighing heavily and lit
tering such exclamations as "Poor
Smith, poor fellow!"" '
MrsBrown, moved by curiosity, said
sharply. ' "What's ', the . matter with
Smithr - i
"Ah," said Brown, "his wife is giving
him fits just now," .. v '-' 't
'Mrs. Brown let her husband, off that
time. Exchange. : ' v ' - . ' '
" Reptile IVlth ,000 Teeth. '
" ilany herbivbr'ous reptiles of the mepo
zoic period had enormously long hind
legs,-ot which they were able to wade far
out into th,e deep water after sea weeds'
and other food. These creatures were par
ticularly extrabrdinaryiin point of their
dental equipment, inasmuch as each of
thepi had about 2,000 grinders to chew '
with, arranged in magazines of -500 each
like cartridges. rlnterview in Washing
tQTfStar. - r '
. The Points of a BtnrhouA.
' ' The boarhound is, like many other
dogs, 6f high temper and courage, but:
quiet when" its' natural game is out of
it is beaten. 'It is not a dog to keep in
town. English Mechanic.
Not Wsrnlaf.
" Your'time is up," remarked the con
tractor .to the sexton, having jnat. fin
ished' 'fitting the chhfcU "steeple' -with a
brand new clock. American Grocer.
erlV train e, t has unfljnjchi hgcpuTige.J
and when attacked does not know when
ijsoWN M TliKIlt TICKS.
CHARACTER READING . THROUGH
' V MANY M.UES OF '' WIRES. , -
I Tcleitrmph Optntani Know the J)tapoi-
! . tlona .of KiM-h Other from the Way Me- !
j Mtn Are Kent from One City to An
other fetrae of the Frenkit.- '.
The telegraph, operators f this.city
are noted the world over as experts, j
Not only are they masters of .their art as .
a class, but many of them , have, de-
eloped the wonderful faculty of read-
ing character by the sharp ticks that j
emanate from the little brass jnstrn- '
men to. For instance, any old . time ot-1
erator who ranks as. first rate can tell by
the tick of the machine in . Philadelphia
what munnpr of mail is at the ntriAr mil
of the wire, no matter whether he be in i
Chicago, New York or any other distant i
city. Just : jis the bank cashiers , recog- j
nize . the signatures . of old customers, ;
so do telegraphers identify friends by
their' "sending" or writing. : .
The .fast, .jerky ..sender, .who stops
every few miiintes to tighten this screw
or loosen tliat spring,, or to talk with his
desk, mate easily tells . the receiver that
he is a nervous, irresponsible young man
hje; warns the receiver to be on constant !
j watch for errors, for which he will shirk
; any respon nihility. Without having def- ,
; inite reason to ' say so, the receiver will ;
not hesitate to assert that such a sender ':
j would lie himiself ont of any difficulty
; that might arise.
i ' The feailess, manly telegrapher is the .
j man who inds even, well spaced Morse
! fast . of conrse, but steady withal, and '
I sends "all the time." . This man seldom .
j has "cases." He impresses the receiver
I it once tliat . he i. invariably correct,
j He never stops for bad copy, because he
always reads a me.t-tage ahead of the one
l he is sending, and returns any he cannot
: decipher t the clerks before starting it.
i ms sort or man uas a mend in every
office. All the students and operators in
way stations know him. They recognize
his sending and appeal to him as would
a child to an older brother. This man's
character is well known to every one !
with islimii lm wnrt .
wiin wuom ue works. ..
SNEAKS, JOKES AKD DUDES. ,
The sneak is . quickly discovered and
promptly "roastexL" , He sends slowly,
and with an aggravating drag.. He. never
swears on :the wire,, which, by the, way.
la certain .to. be rewarded by dismusal
if reported, although a majority of oper
ators are more or less profane. While
this man may not have been in the
business at tli ? time of any strike, he is
certain to bo culled a "scab" by all the
ota of town men, with whom he has fre
quent spate.
Practical jokers, and., witty vmejire
generally indifferent operators.but usual
ly have a reputation, reaching fr;m San
Franciacoto w Boston, which always se?
cures' them work at gopd salaries. Tlieir.
characteinsrics'ttre denoted" by the small
amount of business-they handle, not
withstanding the. fact' that they seem to
work every minute. They make , all
sorts of blunders and worry the receiver
sick, depending upon their good humor
and new stories to square matters.
Dude operators, like their funny breth
ren, are poor artists, but .they are pot
fortunate in the way of acquiring frepu
tation." .They ueyer need , tell ,tbe. re
ceiver that they love drejss. and. think of
little . else. -. Their frequent stops, and
silly chatter between messages tell it for
them. : After six months' working with
an operator of this sort the receiver could
describe him almost to a positive exact
ness without ever, having seen him or
beard him described. , . '
FKMAf.KS. ANrj TRAMPS...
Burly, inorone and tramp operators are
alike as to ability. They are all fine tel
egraphers. Their characters are well
defined by 'silence, and. they are distin
guished one from the other by bits of in
formation regarding other cities dropped
from day to day by the tramps. .They
tell their story when .they. correct errors
discovered in the addresses, of .messages
relayed frpni one city to another, and. by
suggesting, some word to take. the place
of one badly written by some newspaper
man whose "copy" they had' "handled.
Lady operators .are identified by the
lightness of their sending, few. of them
being , able to work , on long distance
wijes. , On thifj account ."Clara" is a. fa-
vorite name for light . senders of either
! sex, and their character as well as .their
j sex ia revealed by their constant anxiety
and ever faithfulness, as well as by their
disposition to talk.
Few people understand why telegra
phers use so much and such a variety of
slang. This . is easily accounted for.
The men in New York and San Francis
co communicate all the latest phrases to
Chicago, from which point Galveston,
Denver. New Orleans and Ogden receive
the 'new talk." and the forces at Phila--delphia.
Pittsburg, Richmond and Bos
ton acquire their stock from New York.
In this way' a bright saying heard by an
operator in New . York is repeated the
I '"world over the 'same day, as the cable
. 1 operators are quite aa slangy as the rest
t of the craft. Philadelphia Record.
Where Every MTn- ! Fir. Alarm.
An original, .mode of sounding a fire I
alarm is adopted in a town in Colorado. J
In that tegiou the revolver is poasidered j
an mdispensiible article of daily wear,
and' afforda the quickest ,meana of. an
nouncing U. the. rest . pf .the. cbnunxmity
the impending: danger. Whenever a fire
is discovered a fupidand promiscous dis
charge of this firearm'- .spreads' the news
through the towiij This method,' though
crude, is found to work' fairly well, ', ; It,"
has, however, one drawback in that the.
nre'id'epartniei)tr-ase.lf as the prj,bliC4 is
often uncertain whether, fife, or a fight
is in progress, -and whatever- the troth
may turn out to be somebody is snreto
be disappointed. Louisville . Courier
Journal. ' - ' .' . .; - .
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Tk Dew Girl. ) a,,.'
Ethel I arn, going tor rnarry for kv,
. Maud-jCertainly, dear; but what do
yon expect ybuV prospective' husband to
marry for?' You are not rich. Mnnsey'
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helping THE DALLES to take her prop
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THE
The . Gate City, of the Inland Empire , is situated at
the head of navigation on the -Middle Columbia, and
is a thriving, prosperous cityi
- ITS TERRITORY.
It is the supply city for an extensive and rich agri
cultural an .grazing country, its trade reaching as
far south as Summer Lake, a distance of over twe
hundred miles. , .
THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET. ..
; The rich gracing country along the eastern slopd
of -the the Cascades furnishes pasture for thousands
of sheep, the wool from which' finds market here,.
The Dalles is the largest original, wppl shippings
point in .America, about 5,000,000 pounds being
shipped last year. - .
V , , ,ITS PRODUCTS.
; JThe salmoii fisheries jare the; finest on the Columbia, -yielding
this year a revenue of $1,500,00,0 which can
and will be more than doubled in the near future,
f.B1The;product;sof the, beautiful Klickital valley find -market
here, and the country, south aiid east ; has this
year filled the 'warehouses, and 11 aail&ble storage'
places to dverbwingf' with heir .products.
ite! xiiS'cSrlot'its size dii ;thecoasand' its'
money is scattered over and; iVv-P-si
morp .farpi tc6uul3y than is tributary to any other
city in .Eastern Oreson-:.J:,.-'y
Its situation is' unsurpassed! ti Its rclimatOi -delight-
full Its possibilities incalbulable! Its resources uil
limited! And on these corner stones she stands.
Daily
Obieets
that vour criticisni
we shall endeavor
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