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GAME PARK HELPING TO
AMERICAN BISON FROM
Successful Results Ob
tained by Col. Trexlcr
on His Great Pre
serve in Pennsylvania
Foil the first time since Its ostab-,
llxlittK-.it in ltl 1 Col. Harry C
Trexler of AUentown, Pa., has
this year shot h few of the derr
in h1n great game park located nlorgi
i. ....... n.w.lra. tlln '
Jordan i.-rccii ........ mo... -.
about ten miles north of Alloetowu
Dr. Joseph KnlhTus of ITiirrlMtnrr.
nocretary of thp smtp O.nno Commis
ulcin of Pennsylvania, paid nn olllc!ul
visit to tltp park recently nnd ex
pressed his gratification nt thp success
of Col. Trexler's venture in thp propa
gation of Kiimp.
The park is thp fnlfllmpnt of n do
tro Col. Tn-xlcr had for many yparH
to tielp in suing the American bison
from extinction. Some yparH ago he
began to purchase what were irac j
tlcnlty abandoned farms in North 1 1
Whitehall and Lowhdl townships, nml j
ho acquired a total of about S.non 1 1
tocrea. A Inrgo part of thp land was put ' 1
Jnto cultivation, nnd porno hundreds
tot acres have boon turned into oiip
tot the largest nnd most productive
fcxwch orchards in the Cnltod States.
Fourteen hundred acres were stoutly
fenoed in for a buffalo range and deer
fcmrk. Col. Trexler went nlKtnt os'.ah.
ttaMrrg tho gumo park on business
torlnciplcfl. A dozen years ago when
pn sunning trips for elk nnd other big
f:ain Jn "Wyoming Tie became Inter
ested In the preservation of tho buf
falo nnd tho oik. Ho consulted such
luithorlttoi as Prof. William T. Horna
flay rf the Bronx Zoological Fark.
Jiwifl of tho American Hlson Society,
Buffalo Hill nnd rawnee mil as to
the feeding and euro of the buffaloes
and tho other game. It has happily
turned out that much of tho trouble,
of fhoso days r.-ns Ixirrowed. as thp
(buffaloes havo thrived wonderfully on
the natural Pennsylvania orchard
Itraaa that grows in profusion in the
Kama park, nnd the brush nnd thick
ets as well as tho grass nre Just tho
jthlntr for tho elk nnd th deer.
Ono day In March three- years ago
tho frame- train, much like n circus
train, camo to the nearest railroad
ntnrlon and the crated animals were
hauled to tho park and released in
the presence of a large crowd of
pportsmcn, neighbors nnd friends. In
that early consignment there were
three buffaloes, one elk and about fifty
deer. In connection with th libera
tion of tho animals In the park n
epectacular Incident occurred.
One of the buffaloes charged a spec
tator, Phaon Hnusman. and mould un
doubtedly have killed him but for tho
presenco of mind of a bystander.
James Snyder, who with rare coolness
nnd precision Hum; his overcoat over
the nnlmal's h-nd. While the bewil
dered uffnlo was shaking off tho
overcoat Mr. Ilausman was picked up
nnd carried out of dancer. Mr. Sny
der later received n Carnegie medal
nnd $1,000 from the llpro Fund Com
mission for his part in the matter.
tofrether wmi assurance inai nis ac
tion had leen one of the most per
fect in tho annuls of unpremeditated
heroism.
Ono of the buffalo cows died in n
tew weeks, nnd to replaco her and
HOW BOMBS ARE DISCHARGED FROM AIRSHIP
TUK recent Zeppelin raid on Kng
land served to Introduce sev
eral weapons never before used
In warfare. The equipment for drop
ping bombs from tint.-- aircraft Is
much more complicated than might If
Imagined.
The bombs nre not dropped over the
etdo, but are discharged from the hot
torn of tho car or cabin with sclentille
iiocuracy, Tho devlco employed con
sists of n plato with three apertures,
through which the bombs are dropped
In an exactly perpendicular direction.
The dovico may lo said to be triple
barrelled, nnd tho bombs may ne
dropped In rapid succession, or two or
erven three at n time.
The mechanism for releasing the
bombs is controlled by three pedals,
thun leaving tho operator's hands free.
The mini controlling tho apparatus
rtghtfl the object of attack beneath
htm, and starts tho lomb on Its down
ward flight with a touch of the foot.
Great care must bo taken in aiming,
nlnce the bomb on leaving tho rap! Ily
moving aircraft Ioch not fall straight,
bnt leacriles a paraliol.a. The device
may bo loaded and discharged In1 u
tow seconds,
fieveral special guns have been
enlarge hts brredlnit stock Pol. Txex
ler secured three more animals from
timo to time. .Slnco then one animal
hasdicdanatura.ldp.vth, nml last year
Comanche, klnK of tho herd, welsh
ln;f a ton and pronounced by all ex
perts tt tlne.st bison In the world,
was killed in a battlo with HoarlnB
Prank, a younper and moro actlvu
rival.
Severe as were theso losses, tho
henl has increased beyond all expec
tations, and it now consists of six
teen tine animals. In a slnclo after
noon lust May three, calves were born,
a matter that brought Col. Trexler a
bushel of conKratulatlon.i from his
fellows of tho American Hlson So
ciety and from spolrtsmen nil over
the country- Nature linos implanted
astounding vlcor into tho bison, nnd
soon after the calves are born they
can swim nnd run ns well as tho
adults.
Perhaps throuRh the protective in
stinct aciiulred throiiKh Konerations
of life on the plains, when a calf Is
born the entire lird of buffaloes sur
round the mother, horns down and
ready to charxe an enemy, and at
Mii-'h n time they are danucrous to
approach. Another peculiar trait re
maiked by Col. Trexler. which Is also
probably a hereditary protective in
stinct, Is the fact that almost all the
calves are bulls, tho males outnum
bering the females at least two to one.
The theory Is that when they were
beset bv eii'-mle In the wilds nature
provided a preponderance of males
for the protection of the species, and
this trail now continues. It Is on ac- I
Invented for repelling the attacks of '
airvraft. line of the most efficient
thrown a shell which explodes-, emlt
t i rm a shell which in turn, explodes,
ami ih.H continues until live d.lTerent
.-.hells hnve flattered their contents.
At each explosion a quantity of
shrapnel is scattered In every direc
tion over a wide urea. Tho successive
explosions suggest tho notion of a
lloman candle which scatters sparks
by a nrles of explosions. If any ono
of these explosions is near the airship
It is pretty certain to be struck.
BARGAINS IN MEN.
v xi:vEit
men,
heard of bargains in
did you?" remarked nn
employer of Inlxir, mechanical
and clerical. "Well, there are such
bargains nnd this is the time to pick
them up. So many good people uro
looking for work these days that wo
can get choice quality at low quality
prices,
"I should say that at least half of I
tho employees under my control aro
not up to n fair elllclency standard,
but with work plenty I can't make tho
average higher. Now I can. nnd when
ever I know of a first class man who
Course of shrapnel fired from special aero gun,
Buffaloes in Col. Trexler's game park near AUentown, Pa.
count of the preponderance of males
that the buffalo cows are so valuable,
In addition to the original elk Col.
Trexler fiot four more, nnd the herd
now numbers twenty-elRht superb
animals. Alout twenty deer wero
planted beside the orlcinnl shipment,
and thesn have Increased to at least
300. while sonw sportsmen place tho
ilcuro nearer 400. Tho buffaloes will
hvrd together, nnd so will the elk, so
that at times it Is easy to count them,
but the deer will not herd, and It Is
impossible to sec them oil at any one
time or to fount them with anything
like accuracy.
".My theory chat frame oucht to
thrive In Pennsylvania is borne out
by results," said Col. Trexler "The
H.iHt was originally the hnbltnt of the
buffalo, and Daniel Iloone shot them
in Virginia. The elk is indigenous to
Pennsylvania, and I'lk county was
named for its immense henls of elk.
Ah for the Virglnln deer it Increases
wonderfully in this latitude, which Is
also its natural home.
"Tap buffalo nnd elk were driven
west by the advnnco of civilization,
and In placing them In a game park
lit the Interior of Pennsylvania they
are simply coming bnck to the old
home that wur originally theirs. That
.juff.ilr4 can bo propagated in Penn
sylvania I am convinced, and as for
elk they nrn no ihnrdcr no raise than
n steer on a cattle range."
As to the disposition of the anlmnls.
the buffalo iherd will be kept Intact ns
much ns possible for the sake of the
preservation nnd increase of the
species. There nre, fortunately, In
America a number of enthusiasts who
have token ti the raising of the bison
to prevent Its extinction, and all the
animals nre registered, and CoU Trex
ler, who Is a member of tho society,
is convinced t'lie buffalo will be saved.
By another year or two, In caso tho
elk nnd deer continue to Increase as
they have In tho last three, tho park's
opacity for furnishing natural food
will be reached. A few will be shot
for the sake of the venison, as well as
the sport, but it Is Col. Trexler's In
tention to dispose of the surplus ani
mal' to the State for rhe stocking of
the game reservations of the Common
wealth. One of Col. Trexler's alms In con
nection with the conduct of u game
park Is the stocking of thp country
side with game. None of the buffalo
or elk has escaped, but a few of the
deer hnvo got away. A very lino doe
remains on the outside, frequently
calling to her kind inside li. fence.
One day Col. Trexler went rabbit
shoo'Ing In the park. The dogs took
to the deer trails rather than those
of rabbits, and very soon scores of '
deer were in a state of great excltp
mpnt. High ns the fence Is several of
them Jumped over It, nnd It Is prob
ably thess animals which have ths
season been seen by gunners on the
I.ehlgh Mountains, about ten miles
south of the park.
There were several good omen
connection with the starting
game preserve, I.ehlgh count
supposed to be absolutely
rattlesnak
lakes wMch. usually Infest deer '
,-, but tho survevors when they
' 1
country
Aviators about to drop bombs
on city.
wams work I lay olT one of my second
ratrs and give Ihe good one a Job.
Of course I don't ti.iv him what ho
'is worth, but I've got him nnd when
I times legiii to Improve he Is there and'
when he shows the stun that Is in him
he'll get the pay all right. Our llrm
has a leputatlun for paying the biMt
price for the best win k and we are
going to have a line force It these
hard times emit lime much longer.
"HatKiiiiiH In men? Well, 1 hhnuld
Bay there aro plenty of them, and I
should also say that I am right up ut
tho bargain counter and will tnko all I
can get till all my people aru llrnt
ctoM."
SAVE
EXTINCTION
Iran tho lines for itho fence killed a
rattler. Only a few days before the
(park was slocked a school child llv
ing on one of the farm came face
to face With n deer In tho road, show
ing !t had found refuge there as a
favorable locality.
Smaller game also thrived in tlho
park, but not as It would do If It were
entirely devoted to tho minor animals
nnd birds. In this mntter Col. Trex
ler Is not disappointed, for ho said:
"It is the experience of tho great
llrltih sportsmen that deer and
grouse will not multiply together. In
Kntrlaml and Scotland they have
found that the liest results are ob
tnlned If the moors nre given over to
the grouse nnd the hills to the deer.
We llnd the same conditions prevail
bene.
"The deer, elk and buffaloes, espe.
clally the deer, will browse on thp
cover that means tho life of rnbliits
nnd pheasants and also trample on
nnd destroy their nests. However, wo
have been more than moderately suc
cessful with ringneck pheasants.
hatched largely by bantnms, nnd these
7 T J T 1
HUbUbb rUKAKfc, UMIUALjO
AND FLOCK
iens InlTV T nioro does the hobo head for
of the 1 "l'h!' 1v clinlce.
v w, ' 1 N l-'or the llrj"t time in fhe his.
- I tory of the country, or since
rh,""K RIW lnl'e enough to become,
th" w"Vr r0OT, f.,ho "on"nR 1
t lit, II, I r t inn ,.nm n.nn t (. nnl ml linl. ......
inpulatton commonly called hoboes
and tramps, the Windy City Is for-1
saken. Kor onco its streets do not
attract the nmiy of Idlers seeking a
winter hangout after a summer spent I
tip-m tho road. In the railroad camps
or in the harvest fields.
This year the hobo' population of
Chicago has decreased bv marly one-
Mialf. No lotiBcr are the reports of 1
. li iih House John, of Illnkev Dink '
nnd the hundred or more others near.
, Chlcngo's waterfront noted for their
b.g free lunches filled to the doors as,
the winter winds sween over the
istnets and clear them of their hobo clared that the hobo army Is lucres
r..nngerx. Tor once they are nearly I "'"'""t dully. Ho furnished the
i doortpil nnd business Is dull. I Interesting Information thnt i!i per
, liven the South, another great win-1 of N" American born youths
trr lesnrt for bob n-.s. Is uearl devoid whn ,llk, ,n he road nre the i-ons or
of them. Pormcrly they thronged 1 farmers wh . falling to secure cm
there by thousands, for tho negroes i I'loyment in the lnrge cities. become
land the "poor white trash" always ! rovers and a menace to society.
; 'tiar. d their "j-oubelly" with any foot- i 1,0 classifies the other 7Ti per cent.
Hire wanderer that might apply at the 1,1 "''s manner: 2." per cent, are the
back door. I products of our reformatory system;
I'.iu in the South them was a reanon , - per cent, come from the slums; 10
(why the hobo chould look eluouhere I"'1 cent, nre youths of roving dls-f-r
Ii.h fond supply. The war and the positions who later become n.seful cltl
subsequent difficulty of disposing of s"ns; 10 per cent, are mental dere
an unusually large cotton crop left lifts, while the remaining " per cent,
the people of the South with hardly tir'' adverse to work of any Mirt.
enn.igh "sowJielly" to fei-d themselves. It has been iiserted that of the
So when tho hobo knocked at the back I'nlted Slat's' estimated population of
(loi r he was turned awaj. He won- 100,000.000 fully 1.000,000 belong to
ilered nt It. but he did nut learn the thli army. That I to say. out of the
reason until he nearly stai-vcd. So he L'O.OOO.OOO male workers In the country
had to look elsewhere for Ills menls. , one out of twenty Is a hobo. And but
Hut where Is the hobo'.' you ask. Chi- oiie-tetith of these ever become use
rago asked that question early In the! fill citizens, so thnt there are 000,000
' w nter. Hut New Yoik need not pon- ''nniiin derelicts in the country,
der long over it. All New York has to To the million in the rnnks of the
do t.. llnd the answer is to peer Into floating army, hoboing becomes n ills-
' tin. municipal lodging houses, tho B. cum With the coming of spring they
10 nnd 15 cent 'Hop" houses on the; become Infected with the desire to
liuwery, and then glance over the j wander, regardless of the (xislttons they
t iminv bread lines that have been in- limy hold, and start on the road. The
sf (luted during the wlnt. r. i farmer boy feels the call and lie Joins
. New York n albed carlj in the win- the ranks and within a week nfler
ter that the hoboes had come, but It warm weather t-ets In every train, both
was b.-lieved at first that they belonged, passenger and freight, carries one or
to Now York's vast army of utiem-' more hoboes,
ilo.id. They don't, they merely hub-' It was a boast of a veteran of the
, inented It and made the question of ro.ul that runs Into New York that no
solving H e unemployment problem , hobo ever rode on either n freight or
more dllTlcult. ( passenger train of which he was cou-
! There are more thnn "f.,000 hoboes j ductor. Hut he was dIMIIusloned upon
in New York to-day, It Is estimated, uncoupling at the New York terminus
j and they came to the city from every one day Inst summer when he found a
; M-rtloii of the country, from California, hobo comfortably pulling away at a
I rrom I'an.un, from tho South and
from Mexico.
I It was early In the fnl! thnt the
hoboes started for New York. As
carlv as October there wero more
than 10.000 in New York city. Daily
the number increased until to-day the
most conservative estlmalo s 75,001),
while some unemployment Investi
gators place the number as in excess
of lf.0,000.
When the early arrivals camo
1 """ iwiick 'roocKer took It upon
shoulders to provluV shelter nnd
r""d f'"' them. Committee after com-
' mutco attempted to show means by
i which these people could be provided
for. Hivail lines were formed, mid
lieie the holsi found Ills easy meal
supply
There are three ways, according to
a humorous saying, to spread news
I quick y. They nre, namely, the tele-
J phono, Uie telegraph nnd) tho tele,
i woman. There Is n not her means and
I thnt U the telehobn, which will spread
I Hewn further mid oven mora oulcklv
t
birds as well as rabbits have got out
of tho park and stocked the neigh
borhood." Adjoining the game park and other
Trexler properties Squire (leorgo II.
llardner tins established an estato of
almost 1,000 acres which Ib n paradise
for rabbits, slnco hv has made It a
point to allow them lots of cover nnd
no deer are there to eat It away. This
place as well as nil neighboring i'arms
nlso nboundi with the pheasants that
fly out of the pirk and find protec
tion In tho copsewood and underbrush,
The "extent to which experimenta
tion In the propagation of gnmo Is
carried on by Col. Trexler Is found In
the great success attained In the park
with wild turkeys, for which ho won
first prize at the AUentown fair.
There Is n flock of fully 300 of these
birds In the park that arc a Joy to
all sportsmen nnd epicures.
They nre In reality about three
quarters wild blood, tho rest being do
mesic, which at lost Is wild enough
nnyliow, ns turkeys nre naturally
great roamers. The wild gobblers
were Fecured In the mountains of Vir
ginia and they hnve Imparted vigor
nnd hardiness to the birds, nnd the
whole experiment has given the tur
keys of thp nplghborhoixl thp infusion
of new blood that Is so valuable In
' the breeding of nil birds and animals,
t'nllke the pheasants the turkeys do
nit fly away, being given to staying
in the localities whore tNjr nnd cover
and rear their young,
Tho gume park was planned nnd Is
being conducted with tho pa mo care
that a high class business man elves
to his affairs. When Col. Trexler was
having his trout ponds constructed
one of the laborers v:as n prnctlvnl
man whom ho had known for years
and who was something of a charac
ter In AUentown. After working n
few days this man called Col. Trex
ler aside and said In a confidential
sort of way:
"Hnrry, I hato to tell you. but
am going to throw up this Job."
"Why, Jim, what's up?" asked the
Colonel, "I like to have you work
here, and I always thought we were
tho bps' of friends."
"Truo enough," responded old Jim.
"but while I have been working
have been thinking too, nnd I have
come to the conclusion that this sport
ing business will never pay you and
you are going to lose money."
The Colon"! tried to argue the old
chap Into remaining, but he was oh
durate In his determination to work
on only something useful and he went
b.icl: to town nnd resumed digging
ditches, nnd the Colonel retailed the
Incident ns a great Joke on himself.
Tho g-imti park of course does not
pay In dollars and cents, but It has
paid handsomely In life giving recrea
tion to n hnsy man nnd In the pleasure
he and his friends hnve derived from
It. And more than all, It has paid
him In the reward that comes from
tho accomplishment of nn ideal.
TO NEW YORK
thnn any of the three other methodH.
The tidings of Fnther Knickerbock-
' er's munlflcen.cn spread over the
' rountrv with Incredlhle ranldltv. Then
the answer of the hobo to the query.
"Where you heading?" became "New ,
m. ... . . ... ... . I
York" Instead of "Chi" as It has been
In the past. Now New York has a
hobo problem to solve.
The railroad nmn will tell you how
tho hobo camo to New York. Hardly
a freight train has entered the great
'nr'1" ! "f the I'fnnsyivnnla In Newark 1
-'""Py 1 "r tne j-.ne m Jersey
rit'' of n vst slloro nml Ontario
nml W'8'"" In Weehawken and West :
x,'w Vork for "i0"1"" Part without nt j
1n''t onp hobo hidden upon it. i
A "iHrond n'n who has spent forty!
nt of f'xty years as a brakeman de-
i j ciKiireiiu wiuie scaicu na a irucit oi
tho front coach of the Twentieth Cen-
turv Limited. Wikui being miestloned
'the IioIh. declared thnt he had ridden
Ptnm Cleveland In the perilous position
without once being discovered by the
railroad men. Ho had, he suld, been
seen by a car "knocker" (hob.i for car
Inspector) In Huffalo, .but the Inspector
had lieou so amazed by his audacity
that ho had allowed him to remain.
And there are a hundred nnd one
p'aces for a hobo to hide on n train,
The veteran of the road, such as a No.
1, who Ihiis been reported killed several
times but who has alwayH bobbed up
alive, will ride upon nothing hut n pas
senger train. Occasionally he Is dis
covered and thrown off, hut not often,
and many t linen will Ira verso hundreds
of miles at a stretch.
The amateur hobo rldeH on tho freight
train. Ho fears the wheels, but he
hiirns quickly nnd can "make" n train
travelling at a high rate of speed.
"Decking" or riding on tho top of n
passenger coach la a favorite rrlnns of
IlllOOKI.YN AriVKKTlHKMKNTS.
Unusual
Piano Prices
for Tomorrow
Here are ten Pianos we have taken
in exchange for new Sterling Pianos
or Playerpianos and which have
been put in perfect playing con
dition in our workshop.
We will sell them with a
STERLING
guarantee and the privilege of ex
changing any time within a year if
not entirely satisfactory.
These pianos will give much better
service than cheap new pianos.
We have put the prices low enough
to sell them quickly, as they inter
fere with the proper showing of our
own new stock.
Also notice two Cabinet Players at
the bargain price of $25 each.
Decker Brothers $90
Bradbury $100
Hardman $95
Jacob Bros. $125
Richardson $75
Gabler $130
Brilliant $85
U. S. Pianoforte $70
Sterling $195
Steinway & Sons $210
2 Cabinet Players, each $25
EASIEST TEHMS FOR PAYMENT
The Sterling Piano c0.
Telephone Manufacturers Open Evening
1092-2093 Main Manuracturers by Alimntmcnt
Wholesale and Retail Wsirorooms: STERLING BUILDING
' 518-520 Fulton Street, Comer Hanover Place, Hrooklyn
travel during the hot summer nights,
bat during tb day the hobo bleeps In i
his "side door rullman or rides in n
place of concealment. A hobo seldom
breaks a seal of a freight car. It Is
unethical, and besides It carries a
heavy Jail sentence and In the summer
the hobo much prefers to be free.
And fo the hoboes came to Now
York, where food nnd shelter were t
be obtained for the asking. Look at
the municipal lodging houses', nt the
unproviseu sieepmi, quuimiH on nn-' ... ,
docks, nnd you will llnd thousands of , mental, hut they are conspUuous and
hoboes. It Is to their liking some i that was the feature tho head of t'i
warm place to sleep, even though a ' tuxlcnti dlvh-lnn ijf the Department of
mnn must roll hi shoes lip nnd uo UornsP!, naf, tn lnn(l whPn tllp i,mi(..,
them ns a pillow. The hobo Is used to woro ,icsiK0(J, nn logulaiwin m
that. for he has done It hundred' of , tended to protect the public makes It
times before. Some nre from San necessary for the haekmen to wear
Francisco, from "Chi." from New Or- the badges on the oiuside of their
leans, and the summer has seen some 1 coats. The lmdire should be there aid
of these men In even more remote and if it isn't something is wrong with il
desolate sections. There If no part of t hackman or his vehicle. The next rune
. , , . . ,
the country where they fenr to go
Hven Death Valley has seen them.
Some of theso men nre ill earners,
some workers; some human derelicts,
some of exceptional keenness of mind;
some cannot read or write, nnd somo
are college graduates. There Is not a
walk in life that has not contributed
to this army.
Look at the hrend lines. The ma
jority who patronize them are of the
hobo type, for the man who tastes
poverty for the first tlmo shrinks from
accepting charity in the public gaze.
Not so the hobo, for he has profession
al!7ed charity and he feel that society
owes him a living. Hut few of tho
really worthy poor of New York ac
cept this open nlr charity unless they
are driven to it by desperation.
Out of too men questioned In five
bread lines in the city 340 declared
that they at one time had "hoboed" It.
Of thl number 30." had been on the
rond" during the past summer, while
the others had worked in various
ways about tho city. Of the B00 only
ninety were natives of this State anil
only seventy born In tho city of New
York.
Tho BOO had attended fchool ns fol
lows: No public school education.
1."; third year. 19; fourth year. H3;
fifth year, 21; sixth year, US; seventh
year. US; public school graduate.
i. had entered high schoo . 39: h di
u -K " a,w 3,,fono,;a -
eoiie "J, ,i,.T' "' ,,h0y
college gtaduates three hud studied
law two medicine, ono to be a civil
engineer and one to be an electrical
..iitju-i, ..tim ut. miiiuiieu mat
they had benn luibocs for Heveral
ears.
They were divided In the following
occupations: Common lalNirers, 3S7;
mechanics, i ; clerks, i"; Iwokkeepers,
7; artists, 3; brakemeii and firemen, fi,
and two had held responsible positions
with New York firms. The men were
selected at random and almost with-
out exception answered with perfect
candor. The college graduates, with
the exception of one, who declared
himself a graduate of the 10U7 class
of Yule, refused to tell what college
they attended.
Their nationalities were iih follows:
American born. 3.17; Italian, -17: Jew
ish, 12; Slavonian, 18; French, 17;
I'olt h, 12; tlermnn, 5; Kngllsh, 3;
SHM, 1; Spanish, 1; Russian, I;
Armenian, 1; Cinadlinn, 2, and Mexi
can 1.
The news of the Hotel de (link and
lis mulligan stew will Hprend. Tho
same hoboes will return next year,
for this city Is better than Chicago In
Its kindest mood, Amd Instead of
"Chi" being the rendezvous New York
will be the favorite resort of hoboes
unless ome ntspa nre taken quickly
to deal with the ovll.
IlltOOKI.VN AllVIIUTISKMKNTI,
BROOKLYN'S IJEST
KNOWN PIANO
HOUSC.
NEW TAXICAB BADGES.
J
I'ST as tho State changes the
color of tin- licence tinnier
plates on automobiles aunu.il y
the Department of Licences In this
city changes the yearly design of the
metal badges that hack drivers .md
tnxlcab chauffeurs are required to
wear.
rm.UA I . , .1 ....... . ,n . .. .. ..
, i lit i'.iuKr umi uni oi- "in,-
you hire a hack or a taxi Just tak-- -i
look at the metal badge dangling frmi
tho driver's coat. If he Is proper
licensed ho will wear n metal kul
In tho shapo of a triangle. The 1
badgo was circular in shape ai-1
larger than the present badge
Another feature about the new
badges Is thnt thev button on the
coats by menns of a leather strr
whllo the old badges were attinli. 1
by pins. The strap Idea orig ua I
with the hacknien. who i-omplaine-l
that tho pins on the old badges broli
but this defect was overcome b
punching holes In the old badge run
nlng n piece of leather throup'i t"
holes and attaching the lmdges to th'
coats In that -wny.
In accordance with the law f"
work of chnnglng the bndges, or Ish i
lng renewals as It Ih called, Is now
going on nt tho municipal gnnige -t
West Fifty-seventh street. It .s nn
small Job. The head of the ttiMei'1
bureau estimates that about
licenses will be required for dnvrr
and about 1,000 for hacks, which
nn Increase over the numlicr I eenrd
last year.
Although the law fixes a date en
which every public hackman and h -vehicle
Is supposed to be licensed "
Is not always pislble to complete
work of renewal and of Issuing ne
licenses In time to conform to the !'
The hackmen aro allowed a few l.v
: , m r. .i.. ,h
Ukcd to be indulgent and n- -
Mwplr-lon upon drivers who
not Ul0 MPW bnilon. for they are
necessarllv oneratln their Iwi.-'.s
1 legally.
The penalty for operating a tt !''
that ha not lecn UconaciT or dr'i"1!
without a ltcer.nf Is pitntshnble lc n
fine of $R0, or thirty days In lall t
both. Few drivers care to violate
law with such a penalty staring th' 'f
lu tho face If caught.
There Is another wny to Idem f i
properly licensed hack. Acoi.ins '
law n small nl.ito tint exceed. n.:
! Inches In diameter and bearing U
I cense number of dm vehicle in s
tached tn a conspicuous part of ev-rv
public hnck. If you cannot in. ne
such n plato and the driver cin-oi
show you the plate you had !' '"
Ube some other vehi-ie.
Whether you noticed It or n ' '
city authorities have been rni'ln- '
standard for public hacks 1
eventually the li.irkH of New V 1
compare favorably with lb"
Loudon and I'atis, which nre !i- .1 i
ns models. The authorities ar.- i.i -advantage
of the reltcensing prr i "
lid -the streetH of nil the wurii '
dilapidated hacks that are br ir '
their notice. No hack t re e-
,1
untll n thorough examination ha
made of the vehicle to find e"' ' ''
conforms to tho standard set '-s ,h
city.