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The Taxi Chauffeur and His Meter Have Wuy ^Jjg^^^
The Companie. Say They Can't Find Any Profits with a Microicope Hence
the Tilting of the Rates-However, the Hotels Have Been Getting
Their Bit and Some Canny Pirates on the Front Seat Are Thriving.
AS USUAL -
THE COiMSUWE-K
PAYS IT ALL
*>
lt.r-% WAT the taxtean!" 88* the conatant,
**W raforvaafa, to bBbbbb al taxicaba
a_J kmpj ailke.
.?Nay. awnt them not!" anawera the volee
0f ? t.x? aaraaaa and it ta aa-y to see
,v,..t fiev aro prejudloed.
*U th" reformers and the taxleab
t*M|MU?tea ggarao that acaaaathlng ?aotbo
d?ne Thev dlffaV entir.ly on what that
potnetl Ud ba, B4J-ravar. Maarty
?irervbody ln the buatnaaai goea about. wtth
ft aora eaaa al the dkraaaod taxkab aitua
i , m his dothaa. You eaa axd into?con
aaraatlon with any chauffaur. and if >>
loueh on the r.bject there la an even
ehaace that he wlll drag from hla pockOt
a ,?>?? of folded foolarap nnd BBV:
'Now. I have tbOUgbt out the questl r?
and here la the BBBTiror. I *%??
Wnekad lt out roughly Into ar. onlln
Md 1 hava mnlled lt to tha MagOV Wtth
the rcqueat that lt b8 BBMta a law rlgh
away. Havan't heard from btm jrea
thouKh You aeo, I have been m tha. baek
Nisir.ess here ln New York for Bftoon
vears-slnee hrfoio people knew what a
taxi was And ln that tlme I OOUldnt
belp patherlnp s few potBtl OB the aubj-et.
If thoy paga a taa Uka this one of mtna
the fares will trg lowered and 1 can OBgaga
ln tha -ajaanoBB myaalf. Aa it atauada, I
would last ahout as lor.jr rompetlnu witli B
,. of machlnea agatoal tha btg com?
panies aa a anowball ta the rrabway oa a
jolv day i had four baeka baek in tba
t.fore tho borSO p8BB8d. an.l thoy
diilnt do c thlng tO ma then."
Tt.afs what you gol from tba drtvar of
a ooanpaBj taxi. Tha rxanpaaiaa theroaelvea
aro really up Bgalnai it. too. T..xl*-ai.
,,,(.<n;>i hava faltad ln bunchea Thoso
atlfl runnlng hava Juat tataly adoptad the
unuaual meana of ralatng their rataa to
baag frora faUlng thamaahraa. Undor tho
,. i aabattata it was ahoaru that it ooal IM
,. io oparata a eah aach BBtta. Tho
i .. made M eenta a mllo. One
Ofxira untll ha orora oul bla peacll
i t and a profli nt that rata*
Mi m of tho *?? mpaalea booatad their ratee
: rat of this BBoaUh. Tho Increaaed
ealla for .'?" caata for tha flrst tw*>
*.f n mlle aad 18 eonta for aach buc
, flftb of a ardln. Thal makea tho
Inltlal mlta ooal tho patron M canta and
aach mile thereafter M caata.
"That'a :i Baa plece <>f bonehaad wto- |
d..:,,.-? deelaraa tha paaaafig*1' artta alwaya
pgya overythlng. "By tacreaalng their
thoy are gotag to decroaae their j
r/otanesa, aad tt*a merely b mattei of thna |
t.ntii tho anrvtvtng companlea folkrw tha
othera tato ' ?'? By ratatag the
ratrs they hava out their owb tl roata.M
AMorrnaa Courtlanfll Nlcoll agraea ex
aetly wi'h tho aulelda Mea, though he
wooldn't pul lt ln thoae worda Mr. Nlcoll
Introduced nn ordtaanea In the latter port
of ia**t year whlch is now- gathertng cob
m aoma eommltteo flie. ;'
hla rneaaura would roltova tho entlro altua
lloro, not only for tha companlea but for
tho lodependeut taxleab mon an.l for the
Hla Ida i in taWoM form ls to
.'.<? awaj With tho prtvatO tdan.ls wl; h
: ? - malntain, and from whlch thoy de
i.roflt paid by tha taxleab
nn- t\iih moraoy from the coneui ?
there i- old conaumor agata!
The hotelfl s-tnerallv have B hapoy habit
umler the -ireeenl lawa of aelUng tha rlgkl
? , ,.;. ? rtand In fronl of their placoa to
.. ? blddi i II is aald thal Bonie of
lha I oti la - t I ;-'' ?'?- e-5 80 a yoaur for
t.. Maa up
i, ? ?. . ? i latter are
? ? | . ?? ople. Thaa tha
hotel* tak" Io enormoua auma, 180 per cenl
I h la proflt, i>y aaaklna garagaa out
of lha clty*B atreeta it is lovely?for tho
notela
A taxi with a puh'lo lloenso la cut off
from the hotel part of the trade an.l is
ferrced io forage tha atraota for a ha ng
nn ihe other hand. the blg romparlos
arhii ?) oparata al tho private stnnds hava
their troubaaa akw The hogeta porkot
thalr protlta and half of their trlps rn to
ajqala taa they rontend that as a drlVer
eannot ptch aa a fare on ihe atreeta te
rarry baek townrd tho Ftan*I after mak
ln? a lon>* trip. tiearlv half tholr mileaef
1^ 8 total leam Mr Nlcoll assorts that tho
t1 rh >n of Mraaaaa ih,r> two etoaaaa 1s to
hiame tnr all the troubte nnd that his
nuasuro ls the reiil and uenuine 1ia\m of
Qfli a*i for aii taxi troubaaa
Th? one thlnir that ?th-ks otit after jrO
1/ive made a tonr of the taxi prohiem in
New York 1<? that everyhmly gofs pktnned
siri'l Fkins everybody alaa at every turn.
are plenty of turns.
The more oj m and hone.-^t failings of tho
pris'ilene hark roncOTB a'.l of i*s. I.H.m
there a man with aoul so dead who never
to hlmself has .ca!d that the driver r*uKht
to be phot who rurr.Mts i.j* next door at
an unholy hour of the dowy morning and
lcaves his rattletrap engine IO mako a
r Bk-dea like n wholo flock of holler fartorh
while he haggl?a with hia passenger ahout
an r*vaa*oba**gat
Many of the taxifl are offencea to the
aye l#lng of the vlntage of Wtt nnd not
bartng known the ruresa of a varnlsh brush
slnre that eurly t'.ate. Kurthermore, foii.o
Of them nre a.ldhttad to the snsoklng hahit.
and oftaa they aaa aa tra'.io.i for nUlaa by
,,,! paarka hrft oa tba pnwment. Tbaaa ut
Ua thlnga ara as chiidiike laaooanoa com
i.areil to other rrlmes they delight in.
Ocdtaartly it ls the "DucIut" that makra
-.nlghthawk brand of taxlhnck. whoso driver
. ,m? up on hot nlghta IhmklnK out naWI
i waya of "trlmml.iK" the man who ri.l.-s.
Of rourae. drunka are hls moat profltable
aobbjr. ,,4,
TbO mc-ter waa Invented |0 do away wltn
..vm-hawa. It 1-4 an intricato ar.d dcll- |
eata little maehlne. Kvery one operated
ln Naw Vork is tested thorouphly at loast
?very six montha. After befng taagad the
! m, tara are .seahd by the -ity inspector, and
tht owncr can be arreste.l and fined lf the
'.Mai II hroken. The rlty Lstit'K plaBt 1?
aaa of th? crooked trlcka Tbat la the
name glven the btdependenta, becauae they
? the blg companloa. II a man li
drlvlng for a company it is nothing in his
pocket to debaueb hia matar ho thnt lha
"goat" will pay threa prtcea He haa t..
tnrn Into the compaay tha eaact amount hia
matar regtetera, nnd thero are faw who
],,\,. theli employara ao wall thal they will
ateal f??r them t*ni*awa**dad. <>f t*ouraa,
many of the "buckara" are parfectly hon
o.-t -but there ar.- B0 many temptations,
.,,,.1 D< king bi aucb a bard yan"'. ai i
humaii nature U so llkely t" err whera the
great Amertcan dollar la conoernedl
When tazlcaba ware naw to Qotbam it
wai tha aaadeat maltar ln tho world to
"nim" tho man in tha ha. k aaat Then
metera were eonnactad with the raar
? ? . v of ihe cab, and ;>n the driver had
t.. do was to hit a btt of aili i ery pavemenl
to plle up the rider'a blll. Tho aplnnlng of
tha raar wheala kepl tba mater working
whlle tha machlni was not getting ahead
al aii. They uaad to pnl the noaa of the
agatnal tha curb and laave tha englne
turnlng grindlng i B tha nrdlea on the
arithoul getting ai vwhera
-?I waa rtdlng with a chauffeur one day
a few yaara ago," remarkad a driver for
a large taxi coneern. "II was on wol
aephalt and wa wara gotag npMll. Tho
i; eter jumped six tlmea in a Uock and it
tl e ahort way of the bloek al that!"
That partlcular brand of aaay money waa
... i oul by tl e ordlnance now In I
?? ich provldaa that metera ahall be leated
at leaat twlce a year nnd that all matar
ahafta ahall ba attached to tho front wheala
. .. i of tba bach onea, to whlch power
ippllad. That did away with the siip
pery pavamanl graft, as no mattar bow
mueh the raar wheala aj in on the damp
aaphall the fronl wheala move only when
th.- rar movaa, and the matar ragiatera i ???
raetly.
Bul love of monay will flnd n way. it
found more than one in this case-found
them hy the joyotis dog* na
There arp- 1,710 taxicabl In NeW York.
of theea i.".k> aro apecially Ucrnsoii and
ownad by lha "tnist." The remainlng MN
r.ro oparated by man who own from one
to six machlnea. Theaa latter ara tba
"buckara," nni among them aro found the
efllcient it doaa avarytl :nc ii* aaa ta
make the metera thamaelvaa hoataat, bui
it has oo power to teol and srai tba hon
eaty **f the drtvera. And Joal as long aa
there ara peraona clevar enough to invent
? , . automatle motara other peraona arlll
1 * cunnlng enough to Invent waya of m.ik
inir them dlahOBOBt
Often eaba coma into the elty teatlng
... nt No. :i? Weat 18th atraet, arlth
the meter aeal broken. The aaal la Joat
l.t.iw the lot wh.r*. the shaft c*.ii!i* ' is
arlth the elock mechanlam. By breal
the s* ai and looaanlng a couple of bolta tha
dtal whlch rana tba meter maehlnery ean
ba reached. By turnlng thia dtal aith tha
Itngera overchargaa ean ba rapldly run up
<*n the faoa **f tba meter.
??Here, this aaal la broken." aaya tha dty
Inapector when bo examlnea tha machln*
"Don'l you know that you eould ho Baod
for that? How dM it happanT'
"iih, ih.-it!" aaya tha drlver, wavtaaj the
I in 11r r aaldo artth a <ai<io.-.s hand. "The
! siai waa broken aocidaatally hy the waabar
who cleancd tha cal yaaterday. i waa
1 runnlng <<vor to hava tho motor teated to
Iday, and a-- i waan't ualng tba inaoblne '
! didn't notlfy you."
Mayba ba M toiiin^ the truth y<>n ean'l
tell. '
There is another se.-ii whlch i*pToteeta tha
coveting <f lha anakeUke matar ahaft Joat
v where th- Httle -hsk flta Into the
. . on th- fronl wl.I. if thla ahaft is
lofl imeovered ii"- dlahoaeal drtvar *an
wtnd a striiiL' aroiind it whlle ha ia waltlngl
for a fara and. by puttthg ti"- atrlng back
ward and rorward, lorn th.- roetai ahafl
and plie np crookad cbargaa on lha dlal of
the machlne. To lha earalcaa i ntooaar ba
? . |y stai dlng idiy Bawtng with a 1 it
of innocanl strln^ tp. kttl tb*ae,
Th. re aro rp uiih.-r and coait.r ways
irh'ch th" body of artlatJe nlghtbawka
s .pin. l-'or instanci-. John Drannan, cblaf
baapactor of taxlcabe, arreatad a drlvar taat
week for bavlng tamperad eoaraaly wtth
?ii i meti r. A bllnd man could hava n
th.it tha rharge waa trua. Tho:-.. was .1
: iii la broken ln tha t"P of th*. Httle
reeordlng mafhiae thal you c uld thru t
your hand inio. jt was much earder than
falllng "ff taa proverbta] log to pul a
couple of Bngera Inalda orhera tha racordlng
raachanlam waa and lurn tha ahafta that
ran up ihe ehargea on the uaauapactlag
"goat." The offendar araa flne.i ti~>. Mr
Drennaa haa aecored to the city about 1808
arorth of auch Bnea atace Jaanary L
in many caaea tho clocks go trrrong with
out tho belp of any outalde agency. Thoy
ara axceedtngty di llcate, an.l tha < onstant
i:,r t*> whlch they ara aubjactod rnakea tham
nlmoat as prone to error aa a human betng.
A eah owaed hy one of tho btg compaalaa
drova into the teeting plant racently, and
;;*? Inapector Idly pulled down th" jaunty
i?"l "vaear.t" flag, at tttO aame tlmo boldlng
up the litiio brasB tavar eor_aaaaad with the
??extra charge*' ?iiai. Ba gteaead at the
, iock faca a seeond tator aad aaw that tho
Inguraa had baon boaatad by about UM Ha
Bjnva tha Bag a couple more gtaarp Jerka
an.l tho dtata caltad for $12 M. It wlll he a
.1 day for the taxi e-nsumer when the
erooked chauffeur teachea his meter to do
this Bttta trlck upon n quoat
Anothor method of puttJng lt over on th?
dofancatooa metar and the patron at the
aame tlme ia tha atmpla llttta dodga of let
titiir one tire down about an lnch. The tlre
daflatad ls on the wheel to whlch the meter
1.- conne, te*l. By letttag alr out the dr
oumfaranca of the the is reduced. Tlius
arbila the other wboela are i.*ing their
rfgular numh. r **f nvolutlons to the miie,
the wheel to whlch the m.-ter ls attacho.l
ic-volves more tlmes whlle goitm tne same
distance. Of course this runs up the
chargi i larg* ly.'
Tha ln< raataa may ho only 24 cents to the
rnlie but on a buay day that litti*- -t <-,>nts
;i miie axtra plloa up a tldy buneh of ni
gotteo galn. it woroJda't he araB to let the
tlre down further. as that would hring in
ii,.- rlak of ruJalag the tlra-and Uraa atiU
COOt a lot of inoney.
Anothor way of multiptytng the rharges
is for the ehauffeur to .s:..;i and preten*! to
he fjxtng the maohino. lastead of piittlnsr
Up th*- meteffa Bag BO that tho iharees
won't ke.-p comlnn. he teaVOB the Bag down
an,! makea the oecnpant pay the waiting
ttnao rales whlle he ls huntintr f*ir an
Imaginary gefect iti tho maoinnery. An
..iher thliig that the taxkah patron shouM
avoM la convi'tsation with tho drtver on
baaebaU or the weather after he has
! reacbed his destination. His meter may
| Miu ho worktag agalaat you, nn*i you pay
him a fat prlca for evory word b? ih of you
' aay accordlng to tiie wattrng tlma seheduie.
rjj i.ir tha moal popular branch of the
! gOBOlOfM i^r.iff as lt is BOW PraCttaOd W
qulrea ndthar a crookod aaeter nor a soft
tlre. H conatata merely of not puttlag the
i dag baek toto the uprlght poBttton befora
! toklng a t'resh paaaeoger. That is tho
game thal is playcd hy tha dtoreputabla
apeclee of Taxleab ABsaricaaoa whlch
I hanga about on tha tall-end of pro aaal ona
that aralt fm- tha tatttas aat of the the
j atrea.
Bay that the orlver BOfl just takOB a
woalthy geBtleraan from eomewh ra up tn
! Harlem down io tha Pennayivanla Btatton.
Tha charge was 12."" After it was pald
the Bag waa lafl aa it waa and the meter
kept <>n ragtatering aa tha drtver baal ll
over to pi' k up some 04M from the theatre
crowd.
1 When his destlnatlon is raached he uki
tho driver how mueh he wants. The latte*
leat.s over and takts a eoletnn lo k at tt*
dial.
"Flve flftj," he answers in a raattarf of
fect tone.
Of eocrao there ls a protest. To whlrt
the driver oacaaa rtsrht back with tiison*.
"W'oii, if you don't ballava
neok over here ar.'l look at tha raeter
yourself?*ee! Five fifty. }uat a I aatf"
AbCttt that time the nv ter i ll< ks up M
adlitioral cents wortb aad the l ira th
lzes that he is payinj- for every mlaotaM
(ilsputes.
So ho coughs up tha five sixty, say? me-a
thinKs about taxlcabs In ganeral and ttii
one in partlcular, and takea >1 iwn everj"
numher on the machtne. Kext ,1j>' U
wrltaa a kdtar to the Mayor, yivin*" tba
numher of the taxleab, the BUBtbar of tU
meter an-i the numher of tba driver *loa*
with the st'pry of hia robb ry la i
dotaii, and adda the rarguoat that tha aaaa
be tented.
Th-> nWer probahly is all right. The or.lr
way to baat thla aort of **ama ?.; taknara
to sce tho Has is up badora FOti ?: BBtta
maohine.
in tha caaa of tho overcnarro bf mean*
! of keepini,' the Bag down tba dnv....
| only to turn la to tba eooapany themon-r
i oalied for on tho tnetar BM The Ei*
| paid blm hy tba aaaa whom ba to:k to
j the I'ennsylvania atatioa is CH .in-or, raU
I er, unel.-an?velvet, and can 1 - ;>oc?ett*t
iThe io-cant dodga haa tba aama tmm*
I tion for tba o'nauff.ur. All he 1 M to BB
! in to the eompany is what i
'f.-r, and that is N eaatB. Tlw rema'.BW
! Ha ls his very own to bavo and to a-ias
der. .,
Kven the telephone glrl getA b4f little B?
ot kMdtlmata rafca-ofl froaa lha taJdca*ia>
,,;,.. Buppoaa ron 11 lato i lobby *?
bulldlng and asi< the yoting lady who il
pollahlng bar aaila bafora lha board to a-.
a taxl for ron. You dota't care a ?***
pany aha caUa All rou waai B a tui
She rlnga up a trompaay lhai aha i-oni
apaaking acajuaintance with, and *"-'??
. ta for each cail. Troa, it la an m
aort of graft
That'a the rttuaUon. MeaawhUe the aV
of Naw vork la imwholeaom*l| BBBtl
tnroughout th- wortd f..r havlng abaat?
worat cab accjotnmodationi i' :in>' ?t"
troioUa. Many peraoni :-*'- ; '
but iil of Nt-w Y..rk caba and ta***tM
reault they ataar rary m wf*
thay visit the town.
rieariy aomathiag ou * to h* iorA
Wh.it
r. S. TIBDALi
How Grant Planted Stars and
Stripes Over Fort Donelson
fontiiniert from thlrd page.
TS'allaee's right and gettlng BOBaaaaloa,
if poa-Buta. ol tba road ataag an-lch Mc?
Ornan.i's dtVlatOB was pcatod. This he
araa to bcdd, whlle the remalnder of the
tro*>r>s in.arehed away.
AU nifc-ht long through the lee and enow
wl '? i. eoatad the ground the Coraf*)darata
troopa wora moiad from the rifie pits to
the polnt of attaok. Ciins ruml.led aloiiK
eare* 'he froraan earth and tiie laeraaa <>f
lha cavalry tiampad along the riilno 10
their jx.sts. lt was all dOBM aa quletly as
possiblc.
The plckets of the tlred and cold T'nlon
>_M Btf ln the chllling Mast, OOWOVOr, dld
not boar a;.y dlaturbtng nolaa. Doylighl
fxsran to llfiht the sky. Htr* and there a
Bejgta mai!n tka wooda rlna; with revilh
The ahtVwrtBaj BOldlara were Ftrotching
themae'yes. thotr froaan, loa-oovorad ekrth
lnj: craekllng as they moverl their limhs
Buddaaitr a Borfeo rf ahots rani? out,
Theae ?mme fmm the Kins of the th-k* ts,
who were rur-hing laek upon their rej-l
ments. "Kall in"" was the ord.-r that ran
through the wooda, and lnstantly they !,*?
came allve.
Oflirers qulckly leaped to their saddh-s
an.l one order after another ran Along tho
lino. Hy the tlme. I'lllow was upon tha
1'idon eam.i the men wero rea*ly to re
BafVO him. The llghting 804X4880 liereo and
hot. MeClernand was reaonreeful and <?[>
pose^i hatteries arlth tartlaartaa The aroada
rec'iunded with the clansor of muskttry as
If a mlhlon l.arr* ls wero bofcag boatOB with
Iron hammers. The underhrush was ahom
cff aa if hy nn army of reain-rs. TI.e BBBOka,
ranging ln clouds BBMMIg tho treea nnd
bruah. waa lurld fr"m the flame Of eBBBBB
ar.d musket. Ihe fciiow was th_SJ8d red with
the. Maai of the fallen men. F**r s? < i *
bcura the confllet ru^ed t.ntil tho ammunl
tlon of the I'ulon men gave out and down
on the right the foiifederates. aaabCwdOBOd
by tho di^eovery of ii.is ptadlcainent, *?'!?*?
tha celohrated rebel >*ll aad nianagc-d to
gajt into thorear ofOgleaby'a troopa '.n Me.
Cktrnand'a right. u> n o'eloek PIBow h.*d
?j*?ried his way tO the I'harlott. roit'l aii'l
ho cvuld liuve Jiituclivd uway. Vhta ndght
have been otheawlaa if the Unlon otnoara
had known that tOftt Of ammunltlon lay on
tho groand ln boxaa wlthln thelr raaeh.
Belng naw to mllttary mattera, they had
not heon as careful as they ahould have
heen ln providlng an amplo aupply for thelr
men.
f'rant m>W had nn opportunlty to display
tho fjnnlitles whifh distlnuuish a p< ru ral
with genlua from a medlocra olBeer. iio
had retir.d th.' nlghl before UOl knowlng
whetbar ho would be obtlged to coi rtrucl
Intranehmenta around the Oonfederati
worka and camp oul thore untll a aurren-1
ii.-r wa-^ for.. d When i'? want on board
the Mntsi ijp ln the morning at th.- ,-.?
qu* t of Fboti he aaw that the loats rouid
ba of little fdrther aervlce untll repalra
had i ?. ii made Ho waa unawara that
fl/^htlnc was coinp on. havtng Issued orderi
thal no flghtlng ahould ba undertakea by
th? T'nlon forco untll fOTthl r >,r.:. rs from
hlm. rjpoa his return to thaahora, fouror
fivo mllea north or the potnt whara Plllow
had elearad a way out, he waa mai by an
rftioor of his Btnff white with fear for tho
aafety of tho unlon troops. Qraal aai r,fr
on hls horso gg fast ns the iTCOJag ItMada
would perniit, and 08 he BdUUaBd Olong ba?
hind Pmitii's ai)i> Waiia'o's command mw
that thay wore> ln pood eondltlon and that
there wrro no f-ltrris of aadtamanl in the
fornvnr divtaton. Bvarythlng waa favorable
at thal potnt
in 'he moan ttaia Plllow, feeHng tha ex
nltaHon of vlotory, atnt a dhtpatcb to
Oenaral Johnaton that the day waa won,
an<i Inataad '>f laadlng the forcaa oul >>f
I'.ti-l on. Iinagllllllg that tl,.- entire (Jnlon
IVwce araa flaelng to-.vard Port Henry and
ti.- tranaporta, declded to fellow whal ho
coneeivtd (o he MapolajOB*! , xamplo nnd
jiursiio the enomy. Wiihout < >Q*aaultfng
hls rhl.f. he ordarad Hu< knt-r to attaok
tho FadaaaJa, polntlng oul a gorge and
tadling him to follow it. Walla.'-'s mon
reajmlead the i!*onfadorataa in abort ordar.
At this i?pint Oaaaaral <",rant rada up
whara McCleraaad aad VYaritaoe won- ot>
iiiphd in eonversatlon Ile. was altnost
uaaitatadad and aboolutaty free from t-x
i.i... h'. aitho'iith opparaatly he tbooghi
thara was a poaaiblHty of oafaat Ho aa
luu.j und raoglvad tho j>uiuiuu..my of Umbo
ho aflflrianefl Bo laoued ordera that the
f..r. *-s ahould 'o rnoved baek and ln
trenchad untll tha expacted rwlriforeeraeate
ehould be recelvod. Tha neara that tho
Cbarlotte roa*! ha*I l.oi-n opened to the
en< my was then communicated to him.
"in avary great man'a enttut," after
ward wrota Qcaera] Law Wallaea, "there
is a ertala almltar t , thal whlch noa
OVOrtOOk Oeneral 'Irant, and lt rannot he
bettor deacrlbed than as ,-t crudal taat *.f
hla 11r.111r??. a ii" llorre poraon a ou d
hava aecepted tha newa aa an aigument
f..r perslstence in his rasolttttogl !?* anter
upon a atega. Had Ooaoral Qraal doaa ao
it is very pgobable hla hlatory wouM bata
been thaa nnd tbara cloaad. His adiolrera
ami dotractora ar- altke tovttad to al idy
him at this prcctaa Jun*niie. It OBBnol
i... doubtod thpt ht aaa arlth palaful dk*~
tmctneoa tha affect ?.f tha dlaaatov to his
rlght wing Bla face Bushad ellghtly.
With a Budden grtp i,. cruabod tha papera
in his haad. But in aa laataal theaa Blgaa
of dlaappolntment or baMtatlan oa tba
readar ptansaa claarad away. Ia bla or?
dtaary qulat votoa ha aald, addreaalng
hlxnaelf ta both ofneara: "QeBtlaraen, lha
BOOltlOB on the rlghl must DO r< taken.'
With ihat ba taraad ami goltapod "ff."
Rldlng along ami ns tha dtaorgantaod
men who Baanaad ta ba rtamtlng nround
waltlng for bobbo ona to glva thaan w lera,
Orant dlroeted Cctonol B/abatar, <>f hla
Maff, to eall OBt! "Clll your eartiidga
boxaa rjitteh aad get toto Une; tha aaomy la
tryteg to saeape, and he must not he pei
ralttad ta do ao." Tha ..r.i.-r actod Hke a
chann. Raallalng thal tha Baa ta front
|of Ooaoral Bmtth'a dlvlsloa bkbbI ba very
i thln, owtog to tba ratnoval of ao taaBy i,f
I'.ii* kmr'a BMMB for BBrVlCa elseWh.-re, pg
dlrected this genera] t., i*..?i hla forcaa
BgalBSl thal l>arl ... the >..,,,ik as ,i illver
aton. Oeneral Bmlth rode akaad "f bl cob
iimii toward tba Una <*f nre whtah graotoa
his iine aad whlck araa focuaad apoa htaa
aalf. Cahnly, oa ereei aa if oa reetow, h?
plCkOd out UM Wiiy up the ile* livny un*l
through th*- Bbntl , iai ing bta cap aa the
poini of hla aword, ahoa bobm af Ma nien
I, aad, ealllag out: "No BtBcduaa] aaar,
niy lu*ls; HOTO, thla la thO W8*fl I BBB8 BB ' '
Ti.c. lollowtd touiu^couaiy. Aa hla liu?
NO LAUGHING M/-TTER.
Bobbie tdoing home lessons)?Papa,
where is the source of tho River Volga?
Father?I don't know.
Bobbie?You don't know! And to
think that to-morrow I may be punished
for your ignorancc!
approatcbed tha plta the Confaderatea Bed,
anil that Blght hls mrn blvouaoked Witbln
the fonfe.lerate lltios. In the nn antlme
lha ajap balow had baan cloaod up and
Plllow*a Nai oioonie effoits had dafoati i
tho emi whlch bad baan admad al m Iho
ntrornlng. Buiraaidar was now lmivMabla
That Blght rioyd. PlllOW and ituckner
aald aaKMher eoantrcdL as Jolinaton'a army
iai raachod Nashviiie, Oanaral Bt*ca*aai
aald: "it would ba wi*orog t.> aohjacl tha
army to a rlrtual maaaarra when no |.i
' an reauli from th.- aa^rifca. Tba otflcei
OWO It to il.. ir m.i . WBCn furtia-r 1*1
ance la nnavalUng*, t.. obtata the baat itnaM
.f capU alatloa paaaBbla for them." TbM
aeetni t to i .? th.- unanlmona "pinion Fi..yd
thoa raaaarkad thal it was bta pu**poaa to
depart 011 the stoamors whh-h w< le ex
pactad down frota NaabvlUa la the earty
morning, and Plllow iddad thal thara wara
probably no two mon tho faakaea would
taora pr.fr t.p eaptura Ibaa IToyd, who
was iinii.r mdlctmenl at vYaabta*Jjton, and
hiinsoif h.aeJudod that ba would laave
al'o Thls they did, taklliK with them U
many inan of thelr iroanmanda aa tho boata
WOUld a., oiniii.p l.iu- ind le l**UMJ BBCaTBI ' 0*
i-p.rnrniii. I f,, f,,. ,. th,. :.|t uatiiii BafOTa
dayllghl on Ki-iii any M Qanaral Oraai re*
ealvad a aota from nuikiier prapoalng Iba
appolntmanl ..f a laaiiailoaloa t<> agrae upon
t-ini. ..r i-apltul itk n. liraiit'H ie|.lv W9M
th- faiaiPHH raaMaakga: "?Yoairg of thla date,
p|..| i.-ini- arml-il... i,nl apipoliitni. ol Of
roiiiini.ssioi,. i., t,, aattla leraM ..t capttula**
tion, ls Just ie?. Ivi-d N<> t' rms ?x<o|pt an
mn oinllilonal and iininodlato surr.!,.l.r . m
!"? accaptad i propoaa to inuvc laMgakll
l|||| upon your worlu."
Why Professional "Boxing Game"
Has "Gone On De Bum" in New York
I i iiliini*.*! from ?*?* oinl page.
ralaod hla haad and made bla aoeond aad
i. t palnful announcomont,
"Tba poUco," ba bogan. "dataa to hava
dlacoverad that poraoaa who do not baloBg
io tho Paatlma Atblatle Club have bought
tlcketa to tha boxtng exhlWUon. (Oroana,
; laughter, btaaea, ete * Tharafora, tha bouta
ara ovar for to-nlght, if thora is any
poaalbta way ti... tournarnaat wiu ba * ?"?
llnuod to-raorroa ni\ht. when tho BngHah
hampiona wlll meet taa Amarican and
Canadian champlona And raaaaaabar,'1 ha
addad haatlly, "all chceka a iii he k*****! for
i.i 'imirow olght."
Bo the eroard Mcd out, grumbUng aad
;.i i. ng. Botna of tham only had nurabered
and lettorod rad atuba ta thalr pocketa
? riere onca had t"i> aad full growa M bllla
The proraotara and tha ftghtera wanl along
oith tha poBcanian by raojueat
Shanilltr, who wiis only Rfteaa >?ai;* old,
aad t*i ba takea before tho Chlldren'e
*?,.,!!?. winii tho * i ?? aaa callad the
judga looked f,,r a ni'imeiit from tha mo ni
lalaoua o-Boar to tho smaii farm of tha
i i,,i*i "ia*T." who seeme.i v.ry bartal la
i, ? cltla n's dotbaa.
r ii i.n-T aurrendared. Grant had eapt
:. i tha major pt rtli b <*t tba foa i a al
ii,n:*.i .ii it i nol knoam boa maai men
Buckner actually turaad over. it has i?.-?-n
cBtlmatad <i^ high .<? Bftaea tlMMiaand Thla
. aa tha flrai targa group of prtaonera for
whlch tha North waa cailed upon to pra
; vtda.
1 Thla la tha way tha North fell aboul tha
vi.toiy. aa daaerlbad oa tha adltortal ih >..?<?
, ( Th*- TlibOBO Of 1'* hriiiiry 1\ 1V.J
"The marvi n ua < h taga a few daya havj
igbl in tha a.p-'t *.r nati*mai gffolra
ri Beeted ta tho facaa nf aii men. J*?y
aparkle- ln .?*.??! y .?>.-, an.l tlmv ln a kIow
,,f prlda on avary ebeak Flaga apea a
tbouaand betghts, tha elaag <*f baIJa, tha
eongratulatory raav **f eannon, WuuMna.
tiona in avary vHtage, w*.r*is of atoquenca
bj i.'isi.iiiy,. halla, fastlvttlaa arlthout
iml thi * ur*. BOBM ->t lha polBtB wn'i
whlch tha lalagraph'a buay ahtaparloga
il.ud to do yuaUTduy, luat nl.ht, Iti the |g>
"Was thal tho baol you could do?" hjg
lmnor dcmanded st< rnly of tho ambarraaaiad
ofllcar. "Couldn't you have arraatad aoma
flghter bealdea thla Uttla ihild?"
The offlcer hung his head
"Well," aald tha 'udjje, "thll boy doesn't
look lo mc like g dangerou* cbaractor, Ho
is diachEi*fatL Call lha n?*xt eaaa."
Bul his bonor ha.i nol baan among those
ol M.idison Bquara (Jardaa oa tho nlght
before, when thla aame cbtld'a opponant
waa bofhlng oround tha rtng arlth his
face wrappad In bla arma praylng for the
aound ot' the gong that wga nol there.
On tho nigbt followlng the t*a**rUa*ara
look thelr tlckata oi*ound, as Mr. Prunty
I had raojuaatad. Thore waaa'1 aveo o llgl
I ln tha Qarden, and all tho doori we
locked tight Bul they otlll had thelr raln
checka
Thara ara thooa who aaaaart that tho hovl
i waa atopped through th- Infloanca of boa
j tiie promotois. ii is eartainly a tact thal
? other "i" ting exhlbltlona" have gone
through their t.-n loui.ds wlthout belng
molaatad by ti..- gnardlano of th,, |IW
, But it ls morely an QgaBtgde of what ihe
? I ?: ' mai axpaet ijndec the praaeni stat
utoa.
I atxpertg are axmd tliat th.>p BChtlngj pagg
.tarvalo Whara It r.-ste.l from ita atory of
trtctory in the Boathwaat Navar bao tho
land iiaavad with aa Mncere aa emoUon ol
rratltuda as wlthln th- Laal iwenty-four
'. Btrangaro aachangad ?H-|ratu*a.
tion as if they ware caa - frtanda; th- dia
patchea conveyiag th- nowa appaarad In
"li'- nfteaUn-aj, m ooctal clrcle, where
irafae baaaad m ,-?.. ^ wtherln
;"!7"'"""''--'-..fsu.k?.,, .??
ti ited th.? wnabine "
<in th.? aante Dean ??< ....
..,, Hs *'"* pat-HKiaiih
?iioii.ii t.. tho kraval ti?. * 7"'"'
... , ????, . j |lt> s,epic(arv or
War laanratKUauiy upon ..... racelnt o7tha
gUxioua newa from ?.,,??..,.? ^ ,/ ,
? *~?M lha ???,.. of ,>? ,\' a
felT^ *?* r-,,k of major gT
X???r* sj ? **
aurceaa ? . . i*'''???iiitl..ii of their
U* ...-::::.;!;:;;;,::?':?:?:::::;
p a. r. a
a -. . m Thal i- bla pay. , ,
The profeaslonali to who
bualm aa got Into lha a i ; _ J5
down" oa I ? ea I lona. i lr!j*
__, . .... _n.i ,*f the l"
down" oa t... exniDiimi
achtor. - ;::;,ent.
rtda for furniahlng i ?
nlnaer aould [^
:...r Aaa reeull i
ii... rtog for tea rounda w H
anv Mack aad blua BiarkB oo th** I
bodlee. j
vi,,.t*i SttaS
of -the prlvate arrang ? ^
ramarka to l
menl thal ? - ?? ?
Bbowlng liitaprh ;h!J
rafaraa la golng to '? '^gl
as a rnark of tha club eateem a
all avar. Aad nltb - ' ' ^
..nthro.i.,1 ta thalr mlnda ???? "?
10 aitar aach other raore earneew; ^
BuBtaaa thora la a
Whi.h >,..,., ...1,1... .?.;?".<;
nquare Oardoa; aho ? ' gj
Why. Ifg tha boj a Jaga
?,., lhatrnak.
niahaa btaa ?> t? kot ?
.vs b t.mtter of fact. II may be laaaar
tho rxoraotat'i poekal io I ?va .'? ?
la nTfault of hla. and felloa -; u >? J ?
,mv,. M rlght to reproach biav
urdor ...? obttgatlcn w refund tbo^aw-j
-* i,* eouldnt kaaa <"' '"'" " ' ?inJ '
tho BMBBbara knoa thoy wi verf
rtak of rakta. Alao ?^^%*bb*1
baautiful thougbt t*> ""' l'"'* ? '
.?. doaaa't evoa hava to paj ? A? ?????
Boxera coma pretts cheap ra ^m
hlbltioa" aaa boid ln New_?Jr"-gjjaa!
al abtoh tbe boa offlce !?*; ta* J ^
taBJ 18 pay OUt 88* M? * jBB
ll.UU'lS,