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A BAND OF
RUSSIAS POLICEMEN.
Q.. Fa . Ab.t te Ge t Do-.
tWtie Brvice of the World.
PLICE OF ST. PETIRSBURG.
Peee eeme a"j Their gaer see
: -3eedn Who W e"e 1~ Them Tw
Is a UW-Thr Sammy Pettee-PasE
0 a"n rumor"t Bureasu.
S d Coermme m.ess rof The Kv~ Oe.
fr. Parzassuno, Octeber 6, U.
CAME TO RVUSIA
afny armaed for coatet
with the police. I have
)a"@" frm Mr. yrass,
tne mpi~etcc
the poles of New Tork
city. seoommending me
to the proteets and
comadenee of the lice
men of Russia. I have
coauemtial noise of in
s 'Y trdeto from the
head of our senrst
serviee of the Treasury
epartment to she rhief of the third seetion of
Am sw, ad before I left the United States I
aIs Ie-fren the Pinkertone to the chiefs of
et thgreat Russian cities. These let
Seen have been of value in gving me an insight
into the pellee eystems of this nation, which Is
amid te have the be regulated and the most
perfeet police system of the world. By it the
i= mid to knew Just where every one of his
hundred milln sbjeets sleepe every night
and 2t. Petersburg is practically governed by
e e The bead of the third section or
the e erice of this capital. together
wit a hief of police. control all wetter. re
to the maattrv and politieal conditions of
4e ety. sItting in their big oee not ftr from
0e ohabs ef the Neva. they have their Rngers
on te wiree which reach to every hoome ad
'eey teem to St. Petersburg. Filed away in
be piens helm. of their oee is the record
of ew sected per3 in the empire and
Osieaem is earh that they ea tura in an
t the electrie light of polie investition
em *9 rteerd of almset any mn in the world.
The, bave their agents in every capital of the
emi, ad Nothing is done anywhers which
to hmmat a s Rss which is net known to
g and put apen record.
Nos"SET sazEe A"D &raDRAal REIMToX.
A"d stil ~naight travel all over Romai
and ay know that the polic exists. OUS,
od feapy with the possport regulations,
qWhee ame to by the managers of the
betals, Ye do moo meetl the Polie store ber,
11me in any other Enropeas city, and I have
a"nou snd thoume egesive in their bowr*a
An oleo New York and 1.ondou. I = :
tobewith thein on the frostier. I have car
ste my emnera with mes and have taken photo
gepeet themm foot and on horseback. I
th~lroewgh thes ss ted the extortions of
On de6-sersky or cab driver. and have gotten
taa--m rots then Joist as I would from a
va on a street corner in Amserica. I
feA them jast a s h in south Rues
and in 00 vilhaxas along the Volgva " I hore in
Lbe lipg cites.. ad I anm ceffvnced
lafat th nytrul hr
the53 faomow agrt.ahe.c i opan.
Mr. Potey migto t ad a overy ahr
ip had nw thratt thepolr. Iuto hadti
eto eae elnwith them past rstPeter
uaud sad good-bye to hthem enethey lefthe
hte apotgrp ydnof thet thethlle oeaher
Nein aany hc we rosedct. ad I thave
nete fearsthem as sive mpi.n t had ee e
NM- ew thoir mand Laany bi in
r. eeit hon the reewi outav r
etaddmy caerda wthate drotchav kyhen to
ca h a fu litar foot al ad thsebealk wa
tathem presipted. t waorton ohe
bebucaayo a driveros. frodavet goten
besmded frn thn. jutbr aswuftrohi ae
~emoa no a ate cerner in Amic a. a
ml in--- vThegs aleongo theselg res an hei
then le ege ciim sa pa easwine
mmsebetothe .vee Wea prnsd his
ewa eie m ad goies aodteir dthouthfea
M teae faeed as ea hreem a nd wy partofe
boep oe. Whefat the otaule avee had
mmi eascbsea wihe war. 6eesa geanalL
de thamoAt eayrte h wlas in compan
Ur.I'oiltev ta~kw tade a vy snsrt
Mr. Beatraa 31-. Bgesoeg ontem
the my otlndt them pate wrk Pegterur
m el ood-be the ethpe when eya let. m
0tomb phograp. ofthem gint the steame
dS .emma si hc ecos n hink
thnk fessassf Ret a i prsent had more
bd*m iheim ids tha a ny e smia I
Qr. U eas nd mye hle t riin
h& ote Shd of the se,.. Te aiit
COSSACKS.
re .s hee in ft. Petersburg and apetalon
of 91,M0 a year. The present chief of polie is
a Gme-leeing man of about forty, whois a
mese pompous man than Creser was and who
dom matters a business way. I chatted with
him in German for aome time the other day and
found him a very intelligent though somewhat
escretive oficial.
?KRaoWAI SArstT.
A van's life is as safe in St. Petersburg as it
is In New York. and there is lem vice and crime
here tha there Wm in the average American city.
Thme Isa policema om every block both day
and night, and there is always a policemen in
the emler of every street eremn The laws
of the road are such that tho& aman may
drive at the rate of twelve miles an hour down
the Nevsky prospect and though the people
always drive at a break-neck pace you never we
colliioum. There are few burglaries and few
murders here, and there are lem arrests then in
Laden. The police force of Mt. Petersburg
consists of two thousand men. The city is di
vided up itoforty-two police districts and each
district ha a police station, with which is eon
nested a sort of police court. In eae one of
these stations records are kept of all the cita
ean of the, district, and them records are
csed in that the police can tell in a Mo
ment the history and standing of any man in
the ditrict. Tliese records are made on papers
of diferent colors, and those who are suspected
of political offenses have papers of a sepa
rate color from those suspected of crime
and dangerous characters have their
police biographies written on a paper I
of still diferent color. In every one of these I
polie stations and in the police stations all I
over the empire are kept lists of men who are
to be arrested wherever they are found. and of
me who are considered dangerous to the gov
ernment. Similair )inte are sent to the agents of I
Iussia in the different capital. of the world.
and by reports from these police agents the
government knows as far as possible Just vhere
its enemies are. -
C
7rI
t
CrrroRXmn AND IN crrIzass' CLOTIEs. r
The 2.0 policemen of t. Petersburg weer t
uniforms. There are tens of thousands of r
other men employed by the police who dress I
in citizens' clothes, and every house in St. e
Petersburg has its police agent and spy. Many
of the people here live in flats and the man
who takies care of the fiat is known as the dvor
al, and he is responsible to the police for the I
ple within it. He reports upon their doings:
sees that their passports are correct and he
keeps the police informed as to what goes on in
his house. and it is almost impossible to have a
secret meeting in Russia without it being re
ried by one of these men. These dvorniks E
ye a sort of trades union among themselves M
and they are governed by a chief, and this chief I
is a member of the police and is. to a certain
eltent, responible for the actions of the I
~rnih.It is necessary for every house- I
holder to have one of these men and often there
are several of them in a single flat. They
have control of the sanltary arrangements of the
houses as well as the political and eriminal
Arrangements. They are exoected by the d
police to e that the street@ in front of their
honmes are swept and watered twice a -La.y and
St. Petereburg has as well-kept street asany
city an the worki. 'I be dvnorniks are responi- 0
ble for any dirt or filth inside the house, and I
the man who does not keep his house clean in
r
d
a
A nvoauzz on moran PoLrcaREAx.
St- Petersburg can be arrested. If the police ~
em a bad-neeman whose shop Is not properly g
eared for they order him to clean it. If he ~
does not do so he may receive an order to close *
up his establishment for a certain number of a
mouths, and he has to do it. It is the same ~
with thatera. One here In St. Petesburg
had not as amany smite as the police conidm'd
aeeay. The amenager was playing a big eni- o
agmet when he reecived an order fromn the
joleto reamedy this defect and make the house
eafe. He~l no attention to it and went cm
wit hi w.The result was that a few das e
later him theater walsd by the order of th
and what he might have repaared at the ~
mine
afest matters. There isa law here that the
adaele. brush to ev~mntL a ,"
4e herber who would dootherwise would be
ar.-vd. Theremt is tat the order at. t
PleamhsurgIs very gpod indeed, and -huh
ms much drunkennese amoug the po
there ae few byiwi and practically no it~
the pampest herenmsearele ander the poalem.
Every amennd erywoman In Rmeta mt
hase a passort, andI ithey amove from one
etoaother or from .me house to another I
paspor samebe vaued by the police. Ifsa
hasheapm goutc of the country end wishes
his w~e to follow hims he amam arrange mo that
sh es get a prtfrom the pollee, and this
wIN beome hrlay on the applicatios of
her hudand will not he given without his
per~dm.Every large hotel of Bassi hem Its
be ayou hand in your
anomsat ou rrivsadthe
hem te visad for you ad gives it back to you
wihi an hour or e.. In leaving the hot you
wE not ned to hav, it again vised without you
ag pig out of the eeuafry, but the landiord
alume easke yeu where yae gn, andth
~mm yoee eed is smt to tepollee em
to te date et yea departore and the -ie of
your A--e--a-m Iaadd are em
to attend to :mtsh mattem and
se Eed if they do net
emmdla the Fasspeue po~ y I have hoed
of the n---Mly ofe slwae having' . pas
,etwith hism, and ae I haebess tem a.
meecr ieane ecsatlyIn may steeMe
pesbet. I have never had it eallod for, hew
ese, hut it is, I aan told, meesmery If oneweuld
get he embhed at the banks or lotte.s at the
gaa seme. The po-- of Rese ee not ~
mywellpi an4 elories are very low '
Eepm~~m~3eam cmpire. It im me ean'
wie The em a seme~ag lhe.1
a saa meubi his amm, but tema d ot - i
edeemnsk a a psngstma sr ther
ae eM he es ypet se ems9
a~p QeEseb.g
anmna ennmnam
sce Wee ealow. There amre a
ee made feg tis prpa, and An o" ee
=an you mist pt down the date of egg
float at a erwmat. is lifio and whe
he coes bem. ye mo" give hi
e and must have a reomrd of hi
hegh, ins, ee. ned, in fta, asgular pss
PO" descruitie of him. Ye mt send i
~otice to the polie that you have employe.
=os and losh from time to time over you,
EvIMt = and put their smp spon IA
is the same with b" m fgirls sswth hired mes
dthe e with elerke me with heme sew
rants. When the servant leaves you yea -u
gain notifyr the polle and tate where ha ha
1oe. You have pay few and stamp for h'
. is and the police here energes oelseo
-Mo of sap tage.. Not ln ago there w
a- order passed that every and busine
aper have a stamp. and polee wari
aut to collect this tax from a gS company i
wa.t Russia.
This coepany had thousands of contrast
shich were merely matters of reeord and go
poll ed and tried to collect stamp dules
Rpon each of these. The owner who was
Anewd Engiman, saw that the thing w
i>
MAT NZ A On.
roing to cost him about W0,000, and he burned
ip hs contracts and thus evaded the tax. H:
id a book accont, which enabled him to gup
oly the loseand he told me gleefully how he got
head of the government.
I chatted about the police with another En'
ishman who lives in one of the big towns oi
he black plain and who was very angry at th:
iolice surveillance which was kept over him.
faid he: "You can't do anything here that is
ot known to the police and there are spies
verywbere. Your servants watch you, and
ven a beggar may be a spy. If a man does
thinug that is out of the way he is put under
olice supervision and he has to report every
.onth or every week to the police. I had a
lerk with me not long ago who was supposed
o be a free thinker. He had to report to the
oolice every month. One night we missed hiva
ad we did not bear of him for about twc
month&. He had been taken off in irons to St.
'etersburg and he was kept in prison there &
nonth. Then his accusers were brought to the
ity and this man was brought out with thirty
hers, but his accusers could not pick him out
f the lot and the result was that the authori
ire released him. As soon as he was released
a was told that he could have a free ticket
ome if he would wait a week for it, but he said
hat he preferred to pay his fare and go at
nce, and he did so. It is not uncommon for
men to be sent from here to Siberia. Many of
hem do not go in prison gangs. They merely
eceive orders from St. Petersburg to report to
be police at certain stations in Siberia and to
"main there until they receive er
lission to leave. Once there ty
an engage in any business they please pro
ided they make their reports properly, and
ometiunes they stay for years. when they
,oe back they mv but little about their ex.
-riences in Siberia and they sre very areful
if their utterances in the future. The major
y of the persons sent to Siberia are for crim
mal and not political offenses. When a bank
ils here the directors get 'wolf passports
r tickets for Siberia. and if a man commits
murder he is sent to Siberia for life. There is
at a great deal of Gogging done in the prisons,
ut banishment takes its place."
8peaking of the spy system of Russia, while
was at Nini Nov g, the governor detailed
is private secretary to go -ith me. and this
ian was very particular to know just what I
re doing and for what purpose. He pretended
bat he wanted it for newpaper publication, but
Afterward learned that he was a spy and I
oubt not the story I told him was sent right
n to St. Petersburg. During my stay there I
)ok dinner at a gentleman's hduse at which
mis private secretary was present, and at this
ne of the ladies at the table remarked in En
ish that there were spies everywhere and there
as one at this very table, but owing to his not
aderstanding English he would not be able to
port our conversation. I have been surprised
i fact to And out how freely people talk in
uusaa about the government, They
enss the czar and the offcials
penly, and it seems to me that
ey are quite as free in this respect am we arc
the United States. I find less red tape aboui
he offices here in St. Petersburg than I have
Dand in any of the other capitals of Europe,
-d though nihilists and socialists are un
oubtedly watched carefully the people do not
:em to be afraid of the policeas mueh as is
upposed, and they have. their good pogbih as
ea as their bad ones.
nassax Puisows.
Ihave paid some attention to the prisons of
uropean Russia. I And sob.e of them very
uch overerowded snd the prisons of the
-npire need a general reformation. About
mose of Siberia I know nothing. They are
robably as bad as Mr. Kennsn pictures them.
Ine of the finest penitentiaries In the world is
resat 82. Petersburg. It is a splendid struc
ire on the other side of the Neva river which
oat $500.000 to buid and which will accommo
ate about a thousand prisoners. It is lit by
etric light. and It is thoroughly sanitary in
. arrangements. Each ell In it has cost about
'C0 and the cells are fitted up with Bibles and
lcational works and with the materials for
idustrial work. The prisoners are well fed
my Russia. They get buckwheat, mush and
up and rye bread three times a day, and they
at this out of wooden bowls with wood
ocus. The prison clothes are no worse tha
r., but the treatment of the heir of the
risoners is different. We shave the whole
ad, but the Rnn convict has only eme-half
his head shaved and the rammae is left to
row long. They are fully as clean as our
risoners and the Rsian prisoner is given a
h as good as a Turkish bath every week.
here are about 1,600 prisons, In this
uie and the prison puito of Russa I.
-taltold, much lagrthan ours in com..
popuwithiohe It amounted to
13W, 116,660 ndIn 1366 we had 5,666
isoners in oar penitentir'ises, to say nothing
the number In our alsand reformater.
*that year~8,6 were exiled to Biberla
Shas, all teld, it Is said, a hard-iabor
=nviet abpsltion of not mere than 10,.
to tisof contract labor In the prisns o
Samsount to only 715,00 a year, ors
-wentieth of the 7,00')0 a year t
sts fee contry fer Its prison.
PsAal 0. Carvnrn.
Asneiher Cenwest
tam Lts
-3y, Vat's ne enreiI
"aneb is a nsr we th a w s yuis
'hmpe Vet isn't hs'.'W
me take ery epe a' pesm
3eayoder it'd he a~,'
aimaseat 'ma, ea' h n3n i
-e'm!
* s, teo e
DROP IAIL AT H01E. 1
01
iTt.iII Onf Pujyat POut ]kmuby
haw&h Daly for vevyiey.
be
STAMPS AND ENVELOPES. so
so
aU
One eaw8"Wer Wit mav the Mesepery at
the nasameso--eW the Ses. wID Se as
ertbasse AS over the Vales-A the OE- do
vweftmeve at a rest ofle at Some-The to
PLn Ia Eral Dstrieta. li
Ol
WO THOUSAND LET
ter boxes a day will be e
turned out by a hetery 0
at MorrietowI, P4., 60
which begins Decembr di
I%* moaaaIste them fa
artles for the private If
use of householders an so
over the Union. They i
are designed for at
tacbmnnt to the doors
of dwellings mad other
buildings, being of the
patterns selected by the
Post Ofe Department from 1,000 models of
fared. To produce these models eost the in- ia
ventor, of this country not less thea "250.0m. on
The company eontrollng the patents which I
Wer suecessful in 6e competition will have
Pratisaely a monopoly of the business, be- b
eause people will prefer to buy the boxes ap- wa
proved by the goveransent. Half a desn am
styles were picked out as best by Mr. Wan&- a
mnaker, and the inventor of one of thema has he
bought out the others, so that all the right@ are
now vented in one concern, which itself em
the Postal improvement Compan. The fa
contrivances are to be introduced to an fa
*aces where there is free deliverr. According br
thnewest census there are 2,618,267 resi
denceS in all the towns of the United States
which have more than 10,000 inhabitants The ha
free delivery system extends to all communities de
having over 5,000 individuals. Thus it will ap- pC
pear that the company baa a prospect of selling t
14s devices to a vast number of purchasers, with, th
profits correspondingly large. . Te
To USK Tu 3oas. an
Now, the problem is to persuade the people eta
to use the boxes, and, to accomolish this end, e
the Post Office Department will lend its power- mc
ful aid. It was recognized from the beginning try
that in order to get householders to employ m
such contrivances some better inducement ke
must be offered them than the privilege of wc
having their mail dropped In a receptacle at
their doors. Citizens generally will not even E
take the trouble to have slits in their front
doors through which letters may be put. They
do not feel interested in savtng the postal serv
ice time. But the inducement requred is sup- fo
plied in these devices by the introduction of an sel
arrangement which enableq every person having oi
a private box to mail his own letters, news- aS
papers and packages without going out of his wi
dwelling. At the same time he can purchase Hi
stamps and stamped envelopes in any quanti- to
ties he desires without leaving his house. ea
now IT wILL woRK. Ft
Let it be supposed that Mr. A, who owns a NE
box, has written a letter at his home. Having sh
no stamp he drops it with 2 cents Into the col- g
lection compartment of the box on the inside wr
of his front door. The act of lifting the lid of in
this compartment to put in the missive auto- ha
matically raises into view a target on the out- el1
side of the door which bears the word "mail" to
in big letters. Presently the postman comes ha
along, sees the target displayed, unlocks the wt
compartment from the outside and takes out pa
the letter and the money. Very likely he has
letters to deliver, in which case he unlocks a o
lower compartment, intended for the reception th
of mail, and drops them in. Nothing appear. by
on the outside of the door but a slot and two me
keyholes. The occupant of the dwelling has gra
his own keys for opening the compartments bo
from within. If he wants to procure stamps 100
or stamped enveiopes he incloses the money oIl
for them in an envelope with an order indicat- bo
Ing the number and denominations required. the
He drops this envelope into the collection com- in
pertinent, addressed to the carrier, who takes in
It to the poet office, where the order is filled. me
On his next trip he delivers the stamps, two do:
2-cent stampe being retained and canceled for
the service. This system is proftable to the
Post Office Department as wells. to citizen.
Leek of stamps and disinclination to make a
trip to the nearest stamp agency or corner box,
whether the cause be inclement weather or a
too comfortable dinner, rob the government of ins
an enormous revenue annually which might I
be gained if a complete post office were at o
every man's door.
WHAT NAs BEX PaovZD. did
Recent trials of these house boxes in cities
having proved greatly successful in the saying t
of time, similar experiments are to be made at
once on two rural routes selected for test pur a
pses-one a village route and the othera farming an
trict ton miles 9uare-with mounted post- Ord
men. This is in line widi Mr. Wanamker's int
p lan for extending the free delivery system. for
Two years ago Congress gave to the Post- ti
master General 010.000 which wan expended I
in trying the merits of free delivery in forty- do
six villages of fewer than 500 inhabitants; some life
of them were as low as 300. Carriers were put on Ac
In those communities and the result was that in NP
one year $3.600 was earned by the venture over ch
and above all expenses. If the appropriation ho
made by Congress for the purpose had been thi
@1.000,000 Mr. Wanamaker believes that Uncle We
Sam would have madle @360,000 by the specula. mn
tion. Incidentally, owing to the Increased sal wi
of stamps In thoe forty-six villages, the aggre
gate salaries of thcir postmasters, which are a
paid by a percentage on the sale of stamps, its
were Increased 61,900. Wherever the delivery T~l
sstem is introduced it is found profitable for bo
tegovernment and the Postmaster General is ti
convinced that the revenues of his deprtment
would be largely augmented by extendig it to '
the farming districts, i
vAaL3nta n Lost Now.
Mr. Wana==ker hs figured It out that one- dii
fourth of the time of the 11,000 carrIers
employed in the postal service he lost by Wi
waiting at door.. They must wait for each
bell to be answered. ad female servante com
monly delight in detaining such nice-looking
fellows In uniform an moat of them are for
conversational purposes. Postmen receive
an average pay of @900 per annum,. so that
the estimmate qjuoted signifies a los of
nearly @2,800,00 a year It han been sup
pedthat the Post Office Department would
taeadvantage of the letter-box system to cut
down its force of ten but nothing
et the kind is centem On the contrary
the mee and time saeved will be expended I
euedugthe delivery system ad in mutp
ing i~lvre.Where at preasent a reute a
three deliveries a day four can be made If letter
bouse are employed. A box aute only $1. The
et asperle, style will be Whabt es
*heapneaens will be complee In all the
essentil features for dlivy and eoome.
hney boxe wil go upa h ags P75 but the
hei the anas doer plate and
oeer or nou...
It remains to be seea whether people wBi be
disposed to pay so mauch as @1 or 13 beh
pril~eg et having smaall post uffess in thir
las iatny, andte ae
..t..at f erder o.l..,t.e he .he 7.,.s o t
eetie, they will need no repsise. Thn
whta lury sash a eeatuivanse US bel Ne
more outin the rain with letts, -e
aare be get stamps, and, instbut not
lesno -ms itiurssing et prsons amissives
to the untrustworthy pocket of the maot h
house. To have the boue. put in two-tirdf.
the hoeseaolders on a rents mast ngreebeo
every big tiny, wh ilgegrptv
sireaes orery he deser~g the oe
and their nd ea eeple wahe invited to
esa a the ~ d iee4t hee.e., er,
their duae Iti espee wo
swa......a s.ue e".... ~sk
te., Uass Ok, e1,b er~ to me..
esitmmnea
hosee haam srJ VI
toks laleiaa~mma- t ems he.
- umm. 8 -ane
eesiasn sense*Swaqb -..
hene, tuh 4hose of a stsop wia
a a a h, aiB wets mayt msen
LURtIMME ON s13 IIVOS
te house-box system Is that iT wm praee
Ar de away Uta t rebbiag .t setter .oe
will oe bew a a tiefs wh e te atbAk a
ivate if he 4. ohe would proba
Sbsiness of sahing p
an and 1 11r in them with something
ky an the and ofta stin will not be preite
yappable to th ao eentrivnnoe. Pat,
roe t th latter b made with two herli
nial slits in the door plate above and below
mail slet. BF this device a pre's Nmes
Sumber ebe pat on his plate in a fe
ment., eeh metal letter having a double
age an the back of it ie a patent - .
newr, which is thrust through the and
read behind the plate. so as to secure the
ter. The owners name Is quicklyspoiled
it with letters attaehed e l.asyo &a g
e alih With mumbers it is same way. Il
e been saggeeted that lumainous targets shall
and to eatch the postiman's eye after datk.
may builders are already introducing provis
a fer leter bone Into their specIfications for
eM a business offices to be erected. It
n that before long they will be a
dure of the construction of houses generally.
desired, the can be built Into the wall
me day the Ofie Department may
rish hboes frees, but at present it has no
Rd for that purpose.
IN TEE AURAL DUTRICT,
It may be asked, where In the rural distdets
as the house letter box come in? Why. on
i fa"ae post by the public thoroughfare,
ee It is easily accessible to the fily and tc
P mounted letter carrier-the latter a brighi
I whose mother is striving to raise chickens
d blf a dozeb fatherless children on a truck
'o. 7he boy gets #1W, ps 014. a week
mhimief and hem, i fifteen miles.
y over country roads, "pingat farni
uses, stores and blacksmith aho along the
y, and putting into each little Cox, fastened
rarely t6 porch or wall, letters newspaper
1 maled mserchandise. Probably the target
3p. Li key opens the colection compart
at and he takes out missives of love and bus
as. These go into the saddlebags and the
relope containing 01 and a request for
ty-lght 2-eent stamps, two being canceled
the convenience afforded, is thrust into his
iast pocket as he rides away to the next place.
avnav PUnS DXLITvar rowr
ipa immense contingent rural population
pendent on ite post office for mail. That
pulation must walk or ride to the city every
is it desires to post letters or to inquire for
)m. No newspaper is brought to its doors
this business like, asks Mr. Wanamaker, when
extension of the free delivery system to this
-s would actually increase the public rev
me? With a post office at his road gate, the
mer would write and receive hundred-fold
ore letters. In addition to his weekly coun
paper, he would take a city daily and a
mthly magazine or two. Thus he would
p up with the affairs of the world, his mind
uld broaden, his methods of living would im
)ve. his stock would be better bred and his
idAs would bring forth better crops.
TUX POSTAL TELEGRAPH SCRENE.
Lhase letter boxes constitute an important
ture in Mr. Wanamaker's postal telegraph
emes, by which every residence, factory and
ce in the nation will some day be brought,
he believes, into electrical communication
th every other residence, factory and office.
B idea is that telegrams should be conveyed
and from the boxes by the regular letter
-iers. For example, Mr. B. lives in San
incisco and his wife is visiting her mother in
w York. He wishes to know by what train
o will return. Instead of going to a tele
iph office several blocks distant and sending a
esage at the cost of a dollar or two, he
LIes a postal telegraph latter and drops is
o the box in his own house. Not
ring a stamp, he deposits with the letter 2
its for postage and a sufficient additional sum
eover the coat of telegraphing, low rates
ring been established by the government, of
ieh be is informed by a sim pl tariff sheet
died inside of his letter box lid. The post
a collects the letter and delivers it to the
irator at the post office, who telegraphs it to
i New York poet office, whence it is delivered
the fret carrier to the box on Mrs. B.'s
ther's door. Mrs. B. writes a poetal tele
in In reply mad deposits it in her mother's
1. Being a woman she is a trifle more sa
a to make sure of speedy delivery at the
or end, so she puts 10 cents additional in the
r which insures special delivery, as under
present system. On the mme day Mr. B.,
Ian Francisco. fnds the answer to his letter
he box and blesses the Post Office Depart
at, having saved, incidentlly, perhaps a
lar. Raxa BACEU.
GOOD LUCK 1OR TUE BABY.
East Go Upstairs befre It Goes bewn.
'hink of a baby twenty-four hours old climb
a stepladder!
t was rather an undersized infant for that
, too. Of course it could not climb up by
oif, so the nurse carried it in her arms. It
not cry, but clapped its hands delightedly.
i child was a little boy and the climbing of
stepladder took place in the very room
are he was born. The mother regarded it as
important event evidently. It was by her
lora that the performance took place. Her
Drest in it was none the less because it was all
the sake of gratifying an old-time supersti
.
foathly nurses all agree that if a baby goes
on stairs before it goes upstairs its path in
will be downward and Ill luck will attend it.
iordingly precautions should be taken
inst such an omen. In this Instance the
Id having been born on the top floor of the
se it could not be carried upstairs and
refors its mother had suggested the in
dons plan of having a stepladder brought
o the room so that nurse could mount it
:h baby in her arms.
tnt that was not all. A small Testament was
inched by a string to the child's arm end in
chubby little fist was placed a gold dollar.
is reasonable certainty was secured that the
would grow up both rich and pious. At
same time, it seems very odd to see such an
stitious observances practiced in the city of
shington in the year 189. Itome people say
t It is very bad luck indeed for a baby to see
alf in a mirror before it is a year old. though
v this should be so considered it would be
Icult to tell.
Mea for The Uveoag Star.
The Ttss That Blad.
An Oscar Wylde;
Vain Pashion's child,
A youth with nsual manner mild,
Stands panting now a red and hot
'As Pinto's fire-his future lot
Ris hair Is bristling like the quills
Of porcupines-while coldest chills
Are playing "sag" adown his back,
And all the air around Is black.
e . e * * .
His collar won't stay down behind,
All ewing to one of these "tme that blnd."
A womnan fair
Beyond compae
Wee to the ball a costume rare,
0f ain dae and golden lae,
1sr partnera mae ot bearing grave,
(Oneetf these Vreeemmaen who say'dae)
Dedges mbty the daagrrous maare,
Tai ll at eace, his fees in alr,
Ne4 proe apes She deor, renipad,
Chaghtin .me et these "tts thet hi''
Appesls to yet
Whether sheis daeemed her Mo to sea,
n' beendas bet hy smen hanS
Noa heed ad ker, and fast and tog
That esty yea, swreetheon, -a Weeka
The brave streag eartyes blped tom .
Tes heid me emt..f any try
TegenD mass 'wag and yes ces
lmuever teesed tress yes hey'D he
260'ante death ther Shal Wade me
-EmBas g. warn.
POOL ROOM WIRES.
Tn. F..imati. .a -r..ya~i.
Th" S WUro a R.Gin 00it
EXPERTS AT THE KEY,
Mew Taisgenwphees Vet en Urne T1MaV mad
Less-A Wet Trick That Werbsd to Pee
thees-The Enea Tesmta oga a Wise
Tapping Psem.
HE MOST FABCUI
sting feature of a tel
egraph operater's in
teresting work is the
transmitting and re
ceiving of racing re
ports. Reports ask
quotations from t
stack eachANges, el
course, furnish a smal
ripple of exciemeI
and interest, but tb
telegapher is fuf1l
aware that it take. a
great deal of money to deal in margins. Wit)
the buying of pools on races it is different. A
ten-dollar bill will do to start with. ThIs is thb
alluring bait continually dangling before thb
eyes of the telegrapher that works on a "race
wire.
He will receive and sand "pointers" from
men who have made racing and horses a lifo
study; watch the result end And that had ha
been quick to grasp the situation he could hav4
been benefited to a considerable extent Amen.
cially by betting on this information. Tm
mane opportunity will materialize a few dayl
later and all his money will back the -tip" seu
out and this time he quits a loser. It is experi
ences of this nature that have led the tel
egrapher to fight shy of betting on horse races
On paper they can win fortunes in a ireek. bui
let them once put up their hard-earned monet
and their calculations and information goes foi
naught.
BIG WAGES TO TRE oraToWs.
It is said that proprietors of gaabling roomi
pay their employee big wages, as they are sure
of getting it back through the games played in
their rooms. go it is with the bookmaker tha
employes an operator at e5 a day of four hours'
work; the former generally retains a major
part of the salary at the end of the week.
The telegraphers handling racing reports are
generally young men. as the older hands gen
erally decline the positions, and are experta
with the key and sounder. Their surrouinv
have a demorl~izing effect upon their moral
character and the good pay is poor recompense.
After they have been in the business a season
or two they become fully acquainted with the
workings of the different race circuits and with
several of the codes or ciphers in use. The
next season, should they not be able to secure
their former positions or ones similar, they are
generally open for negotiations from outside
betting men. and a scheme for "tapping" the
wires is generally the result.
Were it not for the vigorous action of the
Western Union Telegraph Company in prose
cuting the wire tappers that are captured for
trespassing schemes of this class would be de
veloped every week. The telegraph company
derives a princely revenue from this source and
must protect its customers, as ther know the
law will not recognize the latter, as they, too,
are battling against the statutes.
If any one will take the trouble to circulate
among the operators and gain their confidence
it will be found that three out of every four of
them have original wire-tapping ideas. Thy
do not make theta public as a general thing,
but it has become quite a hobby with a great
many of them to figure out the chances of be
ing captured or making a successful raid on the
pool boxes.
A reporter of Tom Evzzrxo San one even
ing recently dropped into the big telegraph
office on 15th street at the midnight luncheon
hour. and during the let up of business a group
of the "boys" gathered around one of the
tables in an obscure corner of the room. Some
one broached the wire tapping and racing sub
jects, and soon they were off, each one having
a story to tell, many of them original and full
of excitement and humor.
Row PRIL DwTgE DID TZg norm.
"Say, Mac. tell us how Phil Dwyer did the
boys up on the racing circuit about ten years
ago," spoke up one of the group. "We've all
heard snatches of it, but you were right in it
and know all the particulars."
"Well, it's pretty rough to tell a story an
one's self." replied the operator designated as
Mac, "but as I had plenty of company an that
particular occasion and the story has never
been rightly told. I don't mind letting myself
out tonight. To begin with let me tell you
that the telegraph company and the book
makers hadn't things down to so Ane a point as
now in regard to safeguards. We received 110
for four hours' work and many of us stored
the money away and only went into the betting
ring on 'sure things.' The bookmkrs knew
the betting fever was an us and that it only
took a good thing to make us go down into our
pockets and hand our money over in exchange
or their pool tickets.
"Our circuit was a long one, embracing New
York, Jersey City. Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington, and covered about Afty pool
rooms. I was located down on E street in this
city. It was toward the close of the season and
Ia majority of the operators on the circuit had
good-sized rolls of money stored away. This
fact also was evidently known to the bookmak
ers and they must have come to the coaceaco
among themselves that this was too much good
money going to waste. They all possessed
code books, and for a week before the trap was
sprung allowed them to feuently come under
our observation as if by ~dent. Phil Dwy'er
was a coming_ man then and earming with a
rush. He was interested in many 'books,' and
words that fell from hia lipe in regard to
horses, especially his own, were treasred up
as the purest pearla. Stories of how he was
winning fortunes daily were common goesip
over our wire before the regular business of the
day began.
TRE czPREE DiSPaTCR.
"On the day in question there was a mesmge
passed over the wire about 3 o'elock in the
afternoon, addressed to all' the bookmake
on the line. It was in cipher and signed in
cipher, but all of us read it of' like an opee
book and thought we recognised Phil Dwyer's
signature by the number. It gave the outline
of how the third race at Jerome Park was
to be won through drugging the fav
orites and other underhand work and named a
obscure outside horse as the winner. I thik
Parole was the king of the turf thes end was
entered for tisi race, but was among those to
befieed The odds against the borse gies in
the code as the winner was somnething tws t.
1. and you can easily Imsagine our inemee
chuckles of eatisfaction as thIs great mert en
tsred our chke-haded brains.
"I bed something like WU0 laid way at heme
and imeate-ly sent a memangsr boy with a
note tomy wifeto soe it. lResherne In good
time and Iasked the bookmaker- that onsa
ame how much money he uosd take em ha
Itolrhorse. He amade a show of beenet
mn hnsid: 'Well, I'3 'take aS that's
of'ered,' and upwent say WE0 and I eom
messed to hya heme and let in my min.
From what I hadafterward somse of th
other mn em the Nne~u up aE tesy had in
eask and then sod watches and rings to
swMthe ameant, It was tebe what they gal ia
eing etrehee a 'beg U~ag.' WaS, It was ene,
bet we wer the pierhs. 1Eheswis and -u
Ie think, em in abeat afth, skeed
between the oprma after thelatae. It was
se fial ot bemises an sbe Ge me h.
taries wer net sonewed far thee enmdaftee
"MOm of Qe 'behs' Qem e esay tes
risk to heep sed ten a mim hew any ha
'wehed'the taissahee ed of sk sr
frgsd Dwes ...mber. Rasr..dms.
we eeld net here bekaedte eni~
ree asdemeem whme* ha
sphe w msdppn sme inmwmef
~was meined4mee s
heea em4eG ima helk
am a- W d .as so As r~
*~a en sm sm
and Mit a Aesendesr iment a
gemd vr 1es n onh wise ad @ad a
what n" or r Is desired.
-01ing ma eed me rather as I
emingthe ery W of rea my cue.
yafter Us elaa s t as
he ha.led me in te haeay ad with es
of a eiger iefted me to his room. mire I
toe me with al mow of ers to P
y U into practical eINet, but an I was a
and bepo st to tAY in he telsguaph be
sws s a dI refused all hin ees.n.
"Whem he smw I was abdurnte he oheuged I
tactics, and with a Augh a Me n I
back and id he as pleaed to kw en bes
men. as he was S bookmker ad desred
know what ehmos 6e had ugmimeta swre tappi
He the left the rem, hnyig he would spaal
good word for me to t0 tndet AS
my hoesty, bet I Wmuged 4. Mf, I coo
read in his be that he was dhappointed ins
refual to go iato the schems.
"It deeoped aftrward that he hanted as
Poor fellow whom drink held In a streng a
brace, but who was one of the met export ta
raphers in the country when saber. This a
had been out of work for some time. owing
his failing. and being in grent need, after a b0e
persuasion, decided to enter into the plot. I
was h sober and through acqante
ameshe operatmeand inmen"= at the sm
Ome- send a plea Of the Poo4 room Cis"
in the city and suburbs.
"'Aftr bdilgant m h a pols er" Imad
sied wire was Pound that was pl2d=
a large tree )Sst oatsde the city. Th branach
at the tree comapletely euvdesw per pa
af the pale or cres arm. Ise operater e
new = t to be esf and my plan, no dues
was us to him. All the has wore la
for a bigswindle. Coufederateahad been teb
into the plot and overv pool rose in the et
marked as victims. The rat e they ftr
the Wick it worked to a heram. 7%e bee
m-aks learned ot their losses about s he
after they had eashed the checks for dh tab
hroes and eousternation reigned sapreme
their rusks. Row much mosey was lost en
not be esacdy learned, but it ws wel up in tl
thousands. As leek would have it eickna
called me out of town foraweek and I
nothing of the oewdle until my return. Bad
bean on the ground I could have given myA
pes to the superintendent and perhaps em
tured the swindler..
The operator was so expert that he
cut in on the wire, heard whtwas trn irii
fro his position on the ers. arm, and w6
the time came for the raco he was to 'em
grounded the wire and told the story to a
himeal and confederates.
KIPRATI'4 Tu3 ScusRI.
"Three days later the scheme was again to i
repeated. Success emboldened them and th
wanted to cut the melon whi!e it uas ripe. I
this time the swindle had ceased to be go
and only the bookmakers kept in mind t!
event. 'IUe afternoon was sultry and the clou
overhead threatened a stors. F.vervboi
knows what kind of storms they have down
that country in warm weather. If the trap hi
not been so well prepared the operator, noti
ing the threateni weather. woul. have d
laved putting it rough, but he resolved
chance it as they had paid him liberally for k
first endesvor. The race he wanted to quo
was tLe third. When he cut in on the wire ti
first race has just been run and he settled dos
on his pereh with a rather uncomfortable fee
ig to await the proper time to take a head I
ilew second race was being tickad ove
the wire the storm suddenly broke above i
unfortunate man's head. The rain came doe
in torrents and the lightning lit up the gathe
ing gloom with terrifying brilliancy. For ot
moment the operator hesitated to look arone
and see if the clouds displayed ay signs 4
breaking, and thean he decided to desert 6
post for the day.
"As he us unserewing the bras. elamps dh
held the ground andinstrument wiresfaet tott
main circuit wire a terrifi soak lit up the sk
the wires caught the full bolt aud in an istaj
the wire tapper was hurled headlong from &
treacherous parch.
"The storm proved tobeona t the me
savers of the sesen and all the wires in ti
city were badly damaged. As one of the lin
mam was passing along the road a few hee
later, looking for breaks and Gruees, be an
upon the horribly burned bed of the pei
operator partly hidden in the at I
foot of the pole. Glancing up the pole to t
wires overhead he discovered the ground wa
and upon aosading. a short time afterwaw
found the instrument and lea-p. The sen,
of that big wiae-tapping swindle was solved."
"The operators an both those ts appear i
have reesied the worst of a bad bargain
chimed in a young man just is frem New YVrI
"Isn't there sene rbae that em. teE aK s
wherein the telegraphr came cst en tp?'
A general negative shahw of heds of a
crowd followed and a pame en&ed. This 0
spoke up, eying:
"You we been in New York for some ai
and should have learned may things of ilte
eat in regard to pool room wires. DO you kne
of any telgraphers that have had the best
the game with the bookmakers?"
wur son ornaan wRIT wSt.
"Tea," replied the New York mam "Ba
you heard the story of why Bob Girard task V
his habitation on the Paeide doper'
"No!" same in a ebores. "L1t's hear sbWa
it."
"Well. Bob was considered among the pc
of the 'profesh' in New York. Wha I tea ye
that he worked on the Boston 'quad' for over
year Tou wil comprehend more clearly 1
abiaity. Bob was possessed of the betti
craze and gave up his regular job in the mad
ofBoe to go with a bookmaker whose pool roo
if located on Broome street Frequently j
would drop into the main oes to see the '
and make a MItte extra. During these vists I
would generally borrow as mck money asp
sable from every one and when we couldn't ci
commodate iua a short trick at the key woul
flollow. As Bob was good pay he inmlly got tU
money if It wus about our clothea.
"After a short timne amattera begun to go froq
bad to worse with him and he becaame gloose
and dejected. He amade the reemark tht s
his old-time good inck had deserted hism an
no matter what hors ha backed he atways wo
a losr. In the haethat his long spell of be
lack would desert hmthree of as who hi
worked on the Boston wire with Bob kept lon,
lug him money untl ha wus In our debt frq
080 to 075 each. This indabtedness worrie
Bob, and, although we told him to take It eme,
I knew' too wail thet he would taks desperai
ehanees to repay the sammn.
"Like a majorIty ot operutore, we seems
ally wagered monsy am ged 'tips,' bat not a
exess. Bob's Sa..is. tai cted as swarm
Oemorning about 11 o'oleek the three
us met, bapanatat the Morton Bone
having deisto tae in the raes at Borri
Pierk in the aftsrnson. lest as we hor b
to depart for th teio Bob meam ti, lookis
pale and uniesy. Expeeting anothr er~u
fern a eanlIhadalmest made up my seud
refumse It, whsn ha aed: 'Dae, Fm srry I esu
give you anythn oa, bet the tact Is I'a
almost brehe. Dt Fl e mast best this
by you. FR put you ante n hssue it
<-m down to th poe ream In r
working and invest w messy, tht'E via it
foeeth sieeYe et a umm be h
er harrow, sd yen win e it
r et far the west teesesew ad qatt m
forever. -Whtde yeoany,es i g a
"Be3, wh~e we knew Bob eus agesse
abeee heard an in a psam in ge 'gpa, I
good bethb, we were a Bile datisus, bot h
einnea m ever, and we dsiidsd to I
at a peel roem by e 'ae. 3m tha she
hands with - in a ~me and sha Ii
"Thae*'eili s at the ps ee
where 3~Bun a As we amasred sm ein
ereeddi te rswith a m eed a
- bdm, ob was es~ag eMt eases
se in a lserse vals se sl
am itm Dawr.At Dae ..ma..n
wee any eas n a fear eheshss at 4
m haose and wma mes d.thamees
esed lermed to ess and
maissy am 40 miss, ad we went wIt
t seeos ds an Jack Dase fo sgin
deems W. Unh an -Land toeame
enestas ea--Maeu-- We haser Ba
as& od he sees at
isddwi bu lath msk as aaes .
"ditar os~ ~a p emns
weodds eat em
m e s oft:
0 q aa; 3om , o@ E W4 as&,
se eme ese tran .et
r. "We them ---iy Amw &mb4 how he g
at g9g 60 esoe hs -Up' gibdi g.
I. 'At the hai.' emane fen DA., iuk am
No am; Radge, esead; it" 6mngm4 em
at UePIvi' OMe 1i 1 18. btd
oa h ta ne.
Wokk adle sove 9* -am one
.."s6 sts... moms4 s4t%4b. m m e
esu~~ .e~ esm G
a my t.e a h..e oi. he .e. %
.eee - esm they.. e. .n .n
boatebrderingem -nrse e~p
.. J e e. vtim. mem -ess. hese
a r,'eied et bob a he did deem emI
e The the U eS e ash 4 eebe to e petve
Mcthipher assag t. o .eApe1 at the
Ny fce as given eat byob ad r e eet he tt
sume at the caeer' detk two or re... a%
do etmed meed feeweeG 10 e411 the* *tiet.
"Bob had eidenty lieed Se tede r .
a eaied to p6ay frC a 1 4. W barpng
b- Jeek Bee in ftm be mam ft .rpow pl.mi
g- Ith that 6e.. ems somaig a remawav se at S
Na uad luaed ampie . I nemd afterWard ti
the other winner= in te croad weew in tb
w erhem with "o also. 'I%@ bookameber dadt
bowr of kas left les heor eftr clesing u
time. lty that time Bob had 4* m-mpe
"I hed from Web te eathe , dh .
for was dated . lAngla, Cal."
"N4d "Mn vellow cedA yeEr etithw?" tiUI
a meek youth in the cowd of betene.
"Itad they cash their *etetl- camp frona a
crowd in a dersiae cimem. and vm ve nesee
Pro a e ndere eratteri over the big room eeag
to re-eco the qemry, "114 they cash thew
f~ -1
A fat, mremerest.
M leam the Pittubaev Iull4n.
rp ) "est listen to them
dewod: 'oare the only eeman I .
or (langidhl"They appeor in I
W wetr. undereeored?"
i Rmee~surpised, "res.'
id I Il-e"n it is true'
m Rel-" 'het is tre?"
me Lily ".Tb he write thou. dear wareaeb
'frequenty. and to 0o Mstay girte. that he be
I them cut on a rubber unp."
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