The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1901 SULLIVAN, WITTMAN AND WREN ARE CITED BY THE ASSEMBLY LARK HAS |SPRECKELS' A CHAMPION = CLAIM WILL INSUTRO BE HONORED — Farmers’ Matinee oanovernor Gage Signs the Floor of the | Bill to Reimburse Assembly. Him. il wwrriier road-Tire Bill|/Money Was Advanced to t Favor of Aid Farmers in Drought- Stricken Districts. —— ERS, SACRA- terday morning, at roviding an appro- laim of Claus Spreck- to the State for the tricken farmers, This morning he e with his signa- aim is for $11,675 82, d out of $25,000 which the State. The bill was ator Flint. or also signed the miners’ for the erection d forming one-half 00,000 required. and 24, one to exempt the lands held by Stanford and the other to grant it cer- r's signature was also the following Senate bilis: No. Devlin, appr of the legislative and he forty-eighth and for- : 45, by Devlin, an act e ney to pay for certain e Capitol! 3 ishing of an open copy ‘to County Clerks im- o close of the polls; 44, by mending the Code of Civil Pro- e, relating to proof of payments by pal corporations; 141, by Davis, ive to the posting of toll rates on toll | gates; 341, by Belshaw, making an assault h a deadly weapo life term con- ct, upon a fellow prisoner or officer of he ‘prison, punishable by death; 257, by | Brrnes, act relating to mutual benefl- assoclations; 49, by Devlin, v to pay for supplies ! nd the State officers tieth fiscal year. 3 lor, an act to pro- of certain mu- Svernof deel is special legislation 1 opposition to that section of the 1 which forbids the passage of EUES PROMINENT DOCTOR IDE CONVEYANCE Formerly a ity, Iivolved ncorporation t the Gover- the act would make a :1 he therefore Governor te bill 64, by £ ey to pay the b Station at 1 reason for the T was made instead of « pri Cathedral Council’s Ball. ball. of Cathe- Institute, held e The decorations, con- center pi suspended from treamers of red lanterns and ever- P N gr tastef rranged, presented | a pleasing effect CONSTANT COQUELIN Rl TO GIVE A LECTURE and W ed, respect- R ively, 2 er and assistant. The Great Fr Actor Consents to Give waich is .due = occasion rs Insight Into His Art. e )k tbor. Constuit Co. | tines, Duve G . onstant Co- | Pred’ E. Farmer, ter E. Dor Merchants’ Improvement Club. The merchants and property holders on e and Devisadero streets and v anized the Merchants' Im- Club and elected the following Kallman, president; E. G. ce president; Mr. Knoles, sec- i E. A. Lorenzo, organ- retary; S. E. Ellis, sergeant at arm ector; board of direc- Mr. Schoenholz, Mr. Mr. Rosenbaum, ty of the Pacific | Knoles, E. J. Leon E. A. Lerenzo, S.. s, Emil Bibo and J. 3. Farrell; delégates to the Federation of ‘Improvement Clubs of Western San Kaliman, Mr. Rosenbaum, ; alternates, Will C. Hayes, nard and E. G. Vail. The club e the lighting up of Fillmore st Young Republicans Meet. k K. Spencer, president of the g Men's Republican League of San cisco Clubs, has appeinted the new executive com ee for the fiscal year. e committee will meet some time in a organize by electing the chair- etary, after which the com- d to reorganize the As- ict Clubs of the league he city in a manner that will anization to do effective g campaign. ¢ names of the members Edward T, Dudley, Frank K. Holfman, Edward E. R James E. Daly, P. o W. H. Phelps, F. George H. Pettis, Whan and Frank- ADVERTISEMENTS. Pledges to Be Renewed. The renewal of pledges of the League of the Cross will be held to-morrow af- ternoon at 2 p. m. Mary’s Cathedral. The cathedral will be reserved exclustvely | for the League of the Cross Cadets and | the junior members, who will come from every parish in the c The ceremony will be conducted by Archbishop Riordan who will deliver a discourse to the. boys, @ |1t 1s expected that about 3000 will par: ticipate in the SINgIng of the hymns. Then all will renew solemnly their pledge of «Py their fruits ve shall know them ®. | temperance. Afterward there will be a parade and review of eague Cadets under command of Colonel E. J. Power on Van Ness avenue, ————————— Pickpocket Caught. the Regiment of The way to judge of the value of any medicine is by its cures. Apply that test to Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription end it is at once lifted high above all other put-up medicines designed for powers, were also signed. | opriating money to pay | 65, by Muenter, re- | E of | The appropriation amount- | tve Sons' Hall, proved an | the of womanly diseases. Chronic forms of disease which local physicians bave failed to cure, and which have yielded to no other treatment, have been perfe i permanently cured by the use of Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It regularity. It It heals in- niceration and cures nd of Ballou, Shelby Co., Ohio, ther had an ovarian tumor would result in ber death, our advertisements and we >ur * Favorite Prescription.’ bottles to_commence with, 4 taken three botties she she is living to-day and we medicine the credit. when the tumor she is seventy-six mow all gone. She had gotten and her limbs began to swell n to use your *Favorite Pre- We got_one Dr. Pierce's Plcasant Pellets cure bili- ousuess, Ed Kelly, a 1acetrack tout, attempted | to pick the pockets of T. C. Harris of 601 | Third street last night while surrounded | by the crowd coming from the Olympia Theater. Harns grabbed Kelly in time | to prevent nim passing the timeploce to a confederate and held him until Officer Harrigan arrived. Kelly was charged with petty larceny at the City Prison. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. OCEAN STEAMERS. YORK~—Arrived Feb 15—Stmr Island, “cpenhagen; stmr Sardinian, from Glas- NTLA—Arrived Feb 11—Stmr Thyra, from Portland, Or. LIVERPOOL—Arrived Feb 15—Stmr Rhyn- lapd, from New York. ROTTERDAM—Arrived Feb 13—Stmr Am- ew York. \'ed‘ Feb 15—Stmr Auguste Vie- w York. & iled Feb 15—Stmr Columbla, for New BOULOGNE—Sailed Feb 15—Stmr Phoeni- clan, from Hamburg, for New York. QUEENSTOWN—Salled Feb 15—Stmr England, from Liverpool, for Boston. Arrived Feb 15>—Stmr Lucania, from York. for Liverpool. YOKOHAMA—Sailed Feb 14—Stmr Olympla, from Hongkong, for Tacoma. New New | | SENATOR WOLFE AAS JUST A FEW MOMENTS OF RELAXATION ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 15.—Joseph F. Cof- fey was &t the bar of the As- gembly to-day to show cause why he should not be punished for con- tempt of that body. His case is still pend- ing, and on the strength of the statement | made by him citations were issued for | the appearance at the bar of the Assem- bly next Thursday at 12 o'clock of Chiet | of Police Sullivan, Captain Wittman and Detective Wren. It is the programme to censure the four men implicated in the Cram subpena pro- ceeding. There is no disposition among members to feel that the dignity of the Assembly has been assailed or to visit se- vere punishment upon Coffey, but it s an opportunity uot to be lost and in line with the purpore behind the so-called Fisk in- igation. ffey’s*statement at the bar was selzed upon as a pretext to cite Sulllvan, Witt- mnnland Wren as being equally impli- cated C was called to the bar at 12:15 o'clock. He was given permission to make a statement in defense of his ac- tion. He explained his.visit to the office of the Chief of Police and related the oc- currences there. He said when doubt was expressed as to whether Cram would ap- pear the next day before the commitiee | he suggested that Cram’s name be written | In on the subpena served on him and that the subpena then be made to do service | | ey CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 15—The Committee on Commissions and Expenditures presented its report this afternoon on its investiga- tion of the affairs of the California Paris Commission. The general report was ac- companied by a volume of typewritten testimony. The report was not read, but was ordered printed in the journal in- stead. The committee will present its expense account Monday. It has cost, to find out should be locked,” infuture appropria- tions, the sum of $2086 82. Of that amount the principal items are $1238 for the work lge stenographer; $609, witness fees; 5, rent of hall; $77 10. furnishing hall: $55'10, actual expenses of Melick's trip to Los Angeles. The report reviews the act creating the commission and appropriating money for the display at Paris. Reference is made to the organization of the commission, the election of Varney W. Gaskill secre: tary and the engagement of headquarters at the Occidental Hotel, San Francisco. It is mentioned in the report that Com- missioner Ben C. Truman had been, pre- sitions and oote and E. nected with several n(he{vex ‘W. Runyon visited and observed several other previous expositions.” Reference js made to the establishment of headquarters of the commission at No. |8 Place de l'OEPra, Paris. The head- | quarters was about two miles from the exposition grounds and the rental paid for the same during the entire time of the exposition, which was about six months, was over $3000. The report says: The rooms wers liberally decorated, finely furnished and contained many exhibits. Vis- itors were entertained in lavish style. An abundance of California wines and other l'quors were kept on hand for entertaining rurposes. ‘The register of viditors was. not produced, but from the estimates of witnesses ut thirty persons visited the headquarters The opreponderance of evidence is that the elegant headquarters was quiet and properly conducted and the published reports of drunk- ¢ress, fighting and improper conduct therein have ‘been proved to he grossly exaggerated. The exhibit at the exposition grounds was @ collective or cumulative exhibit of the fources of California, euch as was had at World's Fair at Chicago and at Hamburg, was a distributive exhibit, that is to say, the products from the different sections of the Etate were scattered and merged with the verious classified exhibits of the world. From the evidence we conclude that s ecol- lective exhibit would have been more bene- ficial to the State, and that from the money expended a much more effective exhibit could have been made and the commercial interests of the State thus promoted. The mineral ex- Rhibit had a regular attendant on hand 10 ex- Vluin and advertice the same to the visitors. It appears that the entire sum of $130.000 was drawn out of the State treasury by the com- mwission and that about $112,000 was ex) led. “he commissioners testified that about 315,000 will be returned (v the State treasury after all expenses have been pald. Vouchers for the disbursement of the entire amount of $1i2,000 have been prevented to the commiltee for Ite inspection. re- the but that the ‘“horse is gone, yet the barn door | vious to his appoiutment, officlally’ con- | not | 1 | | | 1 | | | ment: | & like nature should show what the various COFFEY PLAINLY STATES HIS CASE AT THE BAR OF THE ASSEMBLY Attorney Sags There Was No Intention of Wrongdoing, But Simply a Desire to Have Cram Present at the Investigation. Speculmrpltcht-omcul. HOwW ASSEMBLYMAN MILICE OF RIVERSIDE .7 /GETSIN s 7 HEAVY BUSINESS AND PLAY AT SACRAMENTO. S, T-AT-ARM _SERGEANTAT- 5 CBILLY ' BANKS, HUSTL DEFENDANT “YOE" CRFFEY LUP- BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLYMAN BARNES OFF DUTY doing the writing and serving the sub-| pena. Coffey sald, in concluding his state- “I had no idea of trespassing on the pre- | rogatives of that committee or of Lhis honorable body. My only idea was in an abundance of precaution to have Cram present. If I erred it was rather an error of judgment than an intention to violate any law. This is my statement, and if in your judgment 1 have been wrong then’ it remains for you to do as ' you think right and proper in the prem- ises, I leave the matter with your dis- cretion and judgment under, the circum- stances. for Cram also. Such was done, Wren | The statement was made meekly, yet!his companions in trouble. L T ) COMMITTEE MAKES ITS REPORT ON THE DOINGS OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN GAY PARIS Many of these vouchers are indefinite and do not explicitly state what the expenditures were for, belng grouped under a simple word such as “incidental,” ‘*merchandise,” ‘office ex- Fenses,i’ etc. “We think such vouchers should be made definite and more ciear before they are accepted by the State Controller. Other vouchers are of a generai nature, re- citing lump sums for “salary”’ and ‘‘traveling | expenses.” ! It appears frgm the minutes that in addition | to their salaries of 33000 each the commis- sioners voted themselves additicnal amounts, to wit, Messrs. Truman and Foote an addi- ticnal 300 each and Commissioner Runyon an ecditional $4000, ‘which were reported under general vouchers as “traveling expe an Francsico to Parls and return, specifically stating the differcnt items of ex- | penditure. A portion of this $14,000 was ex- | nded for the living expenses of ‘the commis- sioners while in Paris. There is nothing in the act allowing them any amount besides their salaries and_actual traveling exjenses, but the Att General of this State, at the Tequest of tre committee, has g.ven the com- niittee his wr:iten opinion that the commis- ioners were entitled to their il\ing expenses while in Paris in the discharye of their dutles as such commissioners under an Interpretation of the words “actual traveling expenses.' hers and others of We think that those vous items of expenciture were and for what the n.oney was expended befoce being accepted by the State Controller. It appears from the | evidence that of the $130.000 appropriated the | following expenditures were made: Collecting and Installing exhibits..$34,245 34 Album 2,920 60 5 Commercial representative 3 | California_Commissioners (salaries | and traveling expens 320210 | United States Commissioners. 6.470 87 | Entertainment 2me | Office expenses, San Francisco and . Paris .. 3,376 85 Maps of California 6,634 10 Photographic %02 25 Rellef map 499 70 | Soctal economy 416 70 The committee deals with the testimony regarding the award of medals. The re- port says: According to the testimony’ the Commission- ers left this matter of procuring medals in the hands of Secretary Gaskill, to whom about forty-eight exhibitors sent drafts in accordance with the letters, amounting to about $1410. Gaskill claims to have indorsed these drafts over to L. A. Emlay, superintendent of Cali- fornia exhibits, and Emlay in turn claims to bave cashed the drafts and gone to one M. Lathoud Aine and bought of him medals at the rices quoted in the letters. These medals he s brought home and distributed to those who sent Gasklll the money. None of these medals tthe cost of which is uncertain) have the in- seription of the successful _exhibitors upon them, as is usual at all expositions. These medals were not made by the Frénch Government, but by the sald M. Lathoud Aine, who eclaims’ to have been granted the privi- lege of making them by the engraver. Fhere 1s_ provably not now & real offictal medal in the possession of any California ex- Dhibitor who had an exhibit at the Paris Fx- position. Such exhibitors, however, to whom awards were made can yet get the official medal from the authorities by yriting Al Picard, Parls, France, through J. H. Gore, United States Juror in Chiet, Columbla University, Washington, D. C., hlch 1he Freatis Gavenment ta thirsie oo wi e cha such medals. This is $145 for the best tvfi’l: | bly | able to get his testimony for the reason that -money. xS without fear, for the intimation had been | plain that if he did so censure wouid be | his only punishment. Johnson moved that a recess be taken until 2 o'clock that the members might have time to think the matter over, and | this was done. At 2 o'clock Johnson offered the resolu- tion which cites Sullivan, Wittman and Wren to appear at.the baf of the Assem- It was offered as a substitute for u olution by: Schlesinger that Coffey be dismissed. There was no opposition and no dissenting voice was heard. Coffey was allowed to go on_his own recognizance, to appear Thursday with medal and $5 for the best silver medal. The bronze medals .are furnished- gratuitously by the exvosition ‘administration. United States Juror in_Chief J. H. Gore writes that the French Mint {s now ready to strike off such medals when the requests are received. For- tunately the juggling in medals in no wise | Impeirs the value of the prizes or awards won | at the expasition. The testimony indicates that the grossest fraud has been committed upon the exhibitors, and it is incumbent upon the commission to see that each exhibitor so defrauded by these non-official medals should be gotten regular officlal medals from the French authorities or the mcney sent to Gaskill by exhibitors re- turned, as the individual exhibitors may elect. The Commissioners are morally and by their bonds thould be legally bound to make good to exhibitors in full for the frauds of em- ployes. We think that this entire transaction is a matter for some judictal tribunal to take cog- nizance of. . It also anpesrs from the evidence that Su- perintendent Emlay by misrepresentation ge- Cured thirteen contracts to work for exhibitors, He used his position as an employe Of the commission to force these contracts, and- his testimony before your committee was as crooked as his transactions. However. these contracts were not consummated as far as r committee was able to learn, because ‘ommissioner Foote refused to allow Emlay to proceed when the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce called attention to the proposed “‘graft."” The turning over of all the goods at the close of the exposition by Secretary Gaskill to L."A. Emlay and his report that he sold them all for $460 also has a suspicious look. The _ friction _between Commissioners Foote and Truman cropped out ail along the inves- tigation. Although Truman had sent back many letters regarding the conduct of the commission In Paris, the committee was not he ras not returned to America. He not be- ing zresent to anewer reflections that were made as to his conduct, your committee makes no repert in regard thereto except to call at- tention to a letter by Commissioner Truman to United States Judge Frskine M. Ross of Los, Angeles, in which Truman offers to use about! $400 of the State's money to pay the salary of Mr. Robert Ross as an attache of the commis- ion “for four mol , during which he per- formed no services by reason of, as he claims. an unfustifiable discharge. The testimony of Mr. Robert Ross shows that Commissioner Truman made the offer, but it was refused. The act gave the Commissioners unlimited powers and full control of the money for the pus for: which it _was appropriated, and neither the Board of Examiners nor the Gov- ernor had_ anything to do with the money. It is hoped that the loose wording of the act will be a standing warning to all future Legis- latures to exercise more care and. caution in the ‘preparation of acts appropriating publlc In conclusion, your committee reminds this body of lawmakers that lllbfllsh the horse is gone, yet the barn door should be locked by carefully worded laws in future appropriations. Signed, J. A. BLISS (chairman), W. 8. MELICK, ' B o en FRED L. STEWART, 1 by Dr. Kinyoun. | 1ast night by the Iroquois Club. | be held at 10 a. m. Monday. NO ACTION IS TAKEN ON HEALTH BILL Laid Over on Call for the Third Reading. Executive Only Desires the Appropriatien for an Emergency Fund. s Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| MENTO, Feb. 15.—The Governor's bill ap- propriating $100,000 to be used by him in preventing the spread of contagious dis- eases in the State came up for third read- ing in the Senate this afternoon. There was a flerce fight over the measure when it came up yesterday on second reading, and there was every prospect that on thifd reading there would be quite as much for the Senate to say and to fight over. The Senate file of Assembly bills is | a very short one, and it was expected | that the bill wouid come up to-day, bu when the time came sdme of the aye votes were absent, and there was a great hurrying around of the administration Senators. Curtin and Caldwell were absent, and at 2 o'clock, just before the Assembly bilis Were taken up, Cutter rushed over ta| Wolfe and said in an agitated whisper, | “Nutt is absent, too.” The ever ready | Smith of Kern was present and fully pre- pared for fight, but.the friends of the measure were ailready debating the ques- | tion of a postponement and were looking | for a chance to consistently make the mo- | tion. Just before the Senate convened, | however, Smith gave them the opportu- | nity by sauntering over to Wolfe and-sug- | gesting_that the bill might just as well go over if its supporters did not mind. It was just what they had been fighting | against yesterday and just what they | wanted to-day, but Wolfe sald carelessly | “I'm willing, if you want it to go over. And so when the bill was called up Leavitt made the motion that it go over | to Monday, when, In its position at the | head of the Assembly file, it will practi- | cally be a special order for 2 o'clock. | It is known that the Governor does not | propose to use the appropriation of $100,000 | to place health attaches on the State pay roll. The money is desired as an eme gency fund to be used to protect the health interests of California. The gaod faith of the Treasury Department Com- mission, now at work in San Francisco, is not questioned, but the refusal of the de-| partment to permit the.State authorities to join in the investigation creates the | suspicion that the influence of the United States Marine Hospital Service is being used to sustain the false position taken The influence may not warp the judgment of the commission or impel it to depart from the instructions to make an independent and unprejudiced | report, but the Governor, however, wants | the sinews of war, so that he may be prepared to resistiany and all measures to_iniure the State, The bill to create a State quarantine officer did not emanate from the executive office. The Governor, when apprised that the bill had been introduc remarked that he would not approve it. The bill was subsequently withdrawn. Governor | Cage went to San Francisco thig even- ng. Iroquois Braves. Arrangements for the celebration of | Washington's birthday were completed Instead of the annual convention of the State League of Iroquois Clubs a hanquet will be held at a downtown restaurant. The | list_of toasts and speakers assigned to| respond, as selected by the committee, was accepted. A large delegation of | braves from interior points is expected. | A debate on the subsidy bill now pend ing befare Congress furnished the mental | pabulum for the evening. Preliminary | steps to arrange for the celebration of | the golden jubilee of the first Democratic | convention ‘ever held in California, to be | ebrated at Benicla on May 15, were| en. —e——————— Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Reardon., WOODLAND, Feb. 15.—Mrs. Elizabefh | Reardon, 75 years old, a native of Iowa, | but-for nearly three-quarters of a cen- tury a resident of this county, dled in this city to-day. The funeral services will ta ' | | | — e ELIZABETH CADY STANTON CLUB.—The | regular monthly meeting of the Elizabeth Cady | Stanton Club will be held at the office of Dr. | Anna Harris Barnes, $22 Parrott building, this | evening, at 8 o'clock. —_——e——————— ‘Hazing Did “Fred” Grant Good. “Fred” Grant, now General Grant, son of President Grant, was one of the most unmereifully hazed men who ever went through West Point,” sald an old army | man, “and 1 _belleve he deserved a good deal of what he got. When he first went to the academy he was one of the concelted fellows I ever saw. To- | day I think he wil acknowledge that the hazing did him good. “He was a great admirer of his father,” and had the bad taste to interject General | Grant's name into conversation at the | slightest provocation. He actually had a | fight on one occasion growing out of a | dispute as to who was the greater man, his father or Washington. He-had a bad | case, and it was a long time before hazing | seemed to make any improvement in him.™ | —New York World. | standing in the hallw: | pta: BELSHAW'S BILL GOES TO ~ FINAL REST Onlg Opposition Is Manifested at Roll Call Tie Vote on Proposition Regulating Sale of Pools on Contests. e Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 15.—Belshaw's Senate bill 4, for limiting the selling of pools to the place where the contest upon which tha pools are sold takes place, came up for third reading in the Senate to-day and went down to defeat. By a vote of 15 to 15_the measure was laid to rest. Belshaw spoke for his bill, and Rowell and Caldwell helped him out with a few words. No one spoke against it except at roll-call, and then the “nces” had it. he roll-call was as follows: Ayes—Belshaw, Caldwell, Currier, Davi Greenwell, Lardner, Luchsinger, Luker Muenter, ~Nutt, Rowail, Seivage, Sim. Smith of Kern and Taylor. Goad al voted “aye,” but his vote was not hears and was not recorded Noes—Ashe, Bettman, Burnett, Corlett, Curiin, Hoey, Leavi Shortridge, Simpson, Tell of Tyrreil of San Francisco, Welsh and Woife. Belshaw flgured that out of the ten ab- sentees the most he could have got would be four, leaving his bill still tw> short of the necessary twenty-one. > 4 Byrnes, \); son, HERE IS BUSINESS ACTIVITY, A Composer Who Knows Better Than to Wait for Fame to Come Along. “Speaking of commercial activity,” sald | a resident of the upper West Side, “IT've seen some pretty smooth schemes for reaching the public, but I was introduced to & new one this morning that I thought was worth the admission fee “I was spending an if hour at my plano when I was b upted by some one knocking on the door of my apart- ment. 1 found a modest-looking youtn ¥ He might have been 20 or thereabout, though at f sight he looked younger, and was nat dressed in a gray raglan coat of the lat- est cut, patent leather boots and neat black derby. He carried an alligator skin music roll under ‘Good mornin ing as I came . ‘I heard you e hall and I along stopped to ask if you would like to heer a | rather pretty thing I picked up the other day.' y this time I found myself following the youth into the next-room, very much surprised and somewhat inclined to resent his freedom. He seemed quite at east. He leisurely took off his gloves and spread his hands out over the heater in the man- ner of a visitor of long standing. all the while rattiing about the present cold snap, the weather in general and other non-committal stopics. “‘Presently, en he had warmed the stiffness out of his fingers he sat down at the plano and began to play. I listened to indifferent waltzes for five or ten min- utes and was about to interrupt when he wheelednabout, and, reaching for his music roll, asked me which of the pleces 1 would take. As the beauty and sim-~ plicity of the scheme struck me I leaned forward with enthusiasm, which he mis- took for a compliment, and said: “Did you do it yourself or did some- body tell you?" 1 handle only my own music,’ he an- swered with a touch - of pride in his chubby face. ‘Would you Iike a copy of my new two-step? Here, I'll play it for ou.’ 1 begged him not to trouble himself, and after paying for two or three sheets of music I asked him to tell me about his novel occupation. “ 'Oh, it's very simple,” he answered, ‘I have my music printed at my own risk and I take this way of introducing it. I go through apartment houses like this and ask at each apartment if there is a piano. If they have one I get permission somehow or other to try a few pleces on it. Once inside it's easy going. I am able to make quite a number of calls dur- ing the day, and as a good percentage of them pan out I managed to make the business pay pretty well.’ “The youth left me shortly and I heara him presently at a plano somewhere else in the house. Tl bet that if I'd started out in life with that chap's ability to hustle and a corresponding. amount of cheek, instead of a fond belief in the old maxim that everything comes to him who | waits, I would have owned a row of flats long ago."—New York Sun B — Purple Ink for Emperors. The Roman Emperors always signed their names in purple ink. No subject of the empire was permitted to use or even have this ink; and, on at least two occa- sions, the possession of a small quantity of it was considered treason, and the per- son owning this emblem of royalty was put to death. ————— South Dakota’s Wealth. 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