Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 21, 1903, Page 35

Frances Davis, *Omaha; CLASS OF 1908, NEERASKA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.—Photo by Staff Artist; Carpenter’s Letter (Continued from Page Twelve.) mess. He is more polite than the New York policeman and more gentle and kind to the people. Indeed, one might go all over Rus- sla and hardly know that the police exist. I have traveled thousands of miles here at one time or another and have had no trou- ble, and that at the same time that other Americans imagined they were being per- secuted. One correspondent claimed that he was expelled from the country, when I personally ‘know that he left because he was scared to death by the ghosts of his own imagination. At the same time the government does not extend its hospitality to those they be- lieve ready to slander and vilify it. This 18 the position that George Kennan holds in the eyes of the officlals. Everyone knows how he has attacked the Russians and many here think very unjustly. Notwith- standing this he came to Russia about two years ago and took up his residence here. He had just gotten settled when a police- man called upon him and informed him that the government thought he could da Russia most good by leaving it. The po- liceman had an order to this effect, and at his direction Mr. Kennan went to his room and remained there until arrangements were made for his departure. Hls meals were scrved in his rooms. He was allowed to write letters and his friends were per- mitted to call upon him, but further than this he was a prisoner. He was sent away within a few days. The police corps of the Russian capital numbers about 2,000 men, I don't know the number required for the Greater New York, but 1 venture it is double 2,000, The city is divided up into forty-two police districts, each of which has its police station and police court. A record is kept of every citizen, and the police can tell in a moment the history and standing of every man. I am told that records are kept on papers of different colors. Blue, for In- stance, may mean ‘‘a political suspect;"” yellow may mean “‘criminally dangerous' and “eminently respectable and a friend of the government.” 1 don’t #ay that these are the colors, but there is no doubt that the government keeps lists of the names of men dangerous to it, and that such lists are sent to the agents of Russia all over the world The 200 policemen of 8t. Petersburg dress In uniform, and are hence easily known. There are thousands more in the secret service who dress in citizens' clothes, Indeed, It is sald that every house In the city has its police agent, and that the jani- tors of the various flats give monthly re- rts on thelr tenants. The landlords of xe hotels are responsible for thelr guests, The Hotel de Europe, where I am stopping, has a police bureau right next to the office, and I had to leave my passport there upon my arrival. It will be returned to me when I depart. Every hotel takes charge of your passport the moment you come In, and this ts the case not only with the foreigner, but with the Russian as well. BEvery citizen of the emplire must carry & passport, and the native is subject to the same rules as the forelgner. FRANK G. CARPENTER. these white Perry Seely, THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. - Tincoln; Hattie Ren, Davia Cliy. ELKHORN VALLEY EDITORIAL ASSUCIATION, Pointed Paragraphs The dumb. Jealousy at best is but a chronic case of self-love. A man of genius often makes a fortune for & man of talent. During the courtship love shows up best in the dark I Many a man mistakes his dyspeptic ideas for moral convictions. The lawyer seldam works with a will un- til the doctor clears the way. Singers who pursue the even tenor of their way never get off their bass If a man trusts to luck for his dinner he will never be troubled with the gout. All the respect and veneration due to old age is ladeled out to the wealthy grand- parent, It sometimes happens that the man who is afrald to take a chance is beaten at his own game, S0 long as the rural editor patent insides he ought to be proof against cholera germs. The man who puts his trust in Providence and simultaneously hustles for a job Is rea- onably sure to land Don't spend all your time making prom fses. If you would retain your friends it is up to you to give un occasional perform- ance.~Chicago News. most truthful men are deaf and uses Watering Lawns A remark in Country Life in America that “wa.ering is an exacting labor and yet the half of it is usually unnecessary' was made in connection with garden plants, but is equally applicable to the watering ' e JAMES WAL” ¥ AND HIS PRIZE *¥K» @¥L—Photo by n Sts@ Artist. of lawns, Not only is there really no neces- sity for the constant watering which mainy citizens of St. Paul bestow upon their grass plats, but it is often a positive M- Jury, Prof. 8. B. Green is authority for the statement that a thorough drenching once in.a while is far better for the grass than every-day sprinkling. Again, it is better not to use a rake or ‘‘grass catcher” in connection with your lawnmower. Cut the grass often and let it lie where it falls, It manures the soil, makes the turf thick and springy and serves as a mulch to re- tain moisture. That's the way the world- famous lawns of old England are created, The short litter is so quickly covered by a new growth that it will not long offend the eye.—~8St. Paul Ploneer Press, Discouraged Genius nalism?"* “1 have,” answered the fair-haired, blue- eyed youth. “I1 have done my best, but—"" “Is the work too hard? ‘““Too hard? No, it's easy. After | had gotten up some splendid articles ex- plaining the intentions of Russia in Manchuria the prospects of free trade in and the obligations ot American wealth to art they made a fuss 1 overlooked an item Washington Star. have decided to give up jour- too precise and England because sewer.’ about a new Time of Stopping a Train . At a recent convention of an interesting report ing how the distance required for the stop ping of trains had been reduced by the new high-speed brake. A train running eighty miles an hour was stopped In 2,240 airbrake was presented men show- WHICH 2.7 RILCENTLY AT ATKINSON, HALES, WHO WAS FROM THE TILDEN WITH A REMARK- MISs KATE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL., ABLE RECORD feet by the high-speed brake rdinary at 110 pounds, pressure of seventy pounds half a mile to Lring It to & train speeds and reductions distances were Fifty ffty- sixty-five miles, 1,635 to 1,300 feet miles, 2,010 to 1,530 feet; seventy-five miles, 2206 t0 1,540 feot= New York World took exactly stand. Other in stopping these from 84 to 700 feet, fect seventy miles n five miles, 1,030 hour