Judge — June 16, 1906 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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A REFLECTION ON GOTHAM JOUR- NALISM, JUDGE finds it necessary to say that Gotham journalism is by no means de- serving of all the praise it gets for indus- try, skill and cleverness in ferreting out mysteries. The New York papers. fre- quently go to great lengths to shuck out distant crimes. They will send six re- porters, twelve camera-men and an army of supplies to « cover " a man-hunt in some far-away state and miss the very finest * story” on the sidewalk in front of their own shops. For instance: Some months ago a strange, weird something transpired in Park row. Commissioner Bingham had just taken hold of the police fore: New, untried, he was (nghtened and turned the whole business over to the newspapers. Let the public judge whether the papers have done anything to justify his confidence in calling them to his assistance. The * weird some- thing ” was set forth in the following let- ters successively delivered to the commis- sioner: “THE PULLERS-IN ON PARK ROW.” “Lwish to inform you of a practice of the pullers-in on Park row of throwing draughts of air onto the feet of the peo- ple with such force as to cripple them and to cause intense pain. ‘hey do this in such a covert and mys- terious way that permits of no detection, and so unrelenting and vicious are they that they have people crippled for months ata time. I regret that I am constrained to write to you, and hope you will give this your most valuable consideration. « A CITIZEN, Here was novelty. Here was crime of an eerie, uncanny sort. Ifanything would appeal to the réportorial sleuth this would. A few days later come another letter from Citizen” : "wish to inform you of the practices of the pullers-in on Park row of secretly throwing draughts of air onto the feet of people so as to cripple them and to cause intense pain, and also of shooting draughts of air up in the nostrils and into the ears, so.as to cause deafness and hope to God it will not be necessary to write you again. Then followed a third and a fourth: “wish to inform you that the pullers- in on Park row have a practice of throw- ing draughts of air into the ears of peo- ple so as to make them very deaf. “They also throw these draughts of air onto any part of the body so as to give a chill and great distress to the Person, For Dandruff and Bald...ss. Packer's Tar Soap Pure as the Pines An Ideal Shampoo with healing and antiseptic properties. Soothes the scalp. Strengthens the Hair. Recommended by Physicians. ‘The Packer Mig. Co., New York. “They have regard for no one, for women and children fare as badly with those fellows.” “T wish to write you of the practices of the pullers-in on Park row of shoot- ing draughts of air into the ears so as to cause deafness and of throwing this air in such a way as to cripple a person. “| write of this as something that has not happened to-day or some other day, for then it might be taken as a matter of course, but of something that has been going on day after day for months. So unrelenting and vicious are these thugs in the pursui: of these practices that no one can avoid them, and in consequence the victim’ is in a very desperate state of| mind.” These facts have been in possession of the entire metropolitan press for months and yet nothing is done. If such crimes are to go unhunted, unexplained, unre- ported, unpictured, and are never to ap- pear in top-liners, " horse-heads,” « freak displays,” “ dingbats,” etc., what are we to think of Gotham journalism ? STRONG NERVE. “Tunderstand that you advertised for a stenographer and typewriter at three dollars a week.” “I did.” Hours nine to six?” Yes. Are you an applicant 2” “No; but my nerves are run down, and I just wanted to inquire what nerve food you used."—Philadelphia Ledger. ITS REDEEMING QUALITY. Mrs, Simkins—" How do you like your new boarding-house ? Mr, Jobkins—* Oh, the rooms are fair, the table is only tolerable—but the gossip is excellent." —Hotel Life. KNOWS NOW DOCTOR WAS FOOLED BY HIS OWN CASE FOR A TIME. It’s easy to understand how ordinary people get fooled by coffee when doctors themselves sometimes forget the facts. A physician speaks of his own experi- ence: “Thad used coffee for years and really did not exactly believe 1 was injuring me although I had palpr ation of the heart every day. “Finally one day a severe and almost fatar aitack of heart trouble frightened me and I gave up both tea and coffee, using Postum instead, and since that time [have had absolutely no heart palpitation except on one or two occasions when I tried a small quantity of coffee which caused severe irritation and proved to me [ must let it alone. “When we began using Postum it seemed weak—that was because we did not make it according to directions—but now we put a little bit of butter in the pot when boiling and allow the Postum to boil full fifteen minutes, which gives it the proper rich flavor and the deep brown color. I have advised a great many of my friends and patients to leave off coffee and drink Postum, in fact I daily give this ad- vice.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Many thousands of physicians use Postum in place of tea and coffee in their own homes and prescribe it to patients. “There's a reason. A remarkable little book, * The Road to Wellville,” can be found in packages. REFORM SPELLING. Upgardson (dipping his pen in the ink and hesitating) —“ How do you spell “expediency?” Atom—*You spelled it right N-C—that's the simplified form cago Tribune, The day after, you need Abbott's Angostura Bitters. Braces the nerves; sustains you throughout the day, and makes you feel bright and cheerful. At druggist THE INCIDENCE OF SPANKING. Boston futher—“ Waldo, this hurts me worse than you.” Waldo—* Corporal punishment is sure- ly sufficient indignity ; kindly spare the insult to my intelligence."—New York Sun, Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth- ing Syrup the best remedy tor their children. ase a bottle. AN APPROPRIATE UNION. BROWN-STOUT.—May 20, by the Rev. J. Frederick Dripps, Dr. Edwin Brown to Miss Aida Stout.—Philadelphia Bulletin. Judge Beer By Its True Worth Progressive Men and Women Consider It a Means to National Temperance. We have recently published a number of articles on the food value of beer, the importance of the brewing industries as a factor in our national wealth, our national revenues, and the use of beer itself as a means to temperance and sobriety. We believe that sooner or later beer will be recognized at its true worth, as a food beverage of splendid tonic effect and high nourishing value. Noted men and women of this country are already alive to the situation, and besides Miss Phacbe Cousins and Dr. Joseph Feisler, of North- western University, many others of note give their indorsement to beer as a means to national temperance. Miss Cousins, for a quarter of a cen- tury the most eminent woman-suffrage advocate in the West, said in a recent interview: “There never will be a law that will compel prohibition, and the sen- sible thing for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union to do is to aid in the substitution of mild, nourishing drinks like beer, which seldom produce drunk- enness, A prominent army officer who served in the Southwest, operated can- teens at three different posts. He made the canteens so acceptable to the soldiers, who found beer satisfying their demands, that he actually ran all the low dives of the surrounding neighborhood out of busi- ness.” ‘ Pabst Beer meets all the demands for a mild, healthful, refreshing beverage such | as Miss Cousins suggests. It is made of the exclusive Pabst eight-day malt, choic- est hops and pure water. Eight-day malt, which is the only perfect malt, gives Pabst Beer its superior food value and richness. Strong in nourishment the body requires, it is refreshing and satis- fying. Perfect in age, purity and strength, absolutely clean and containing only three and one-half per cent, of alcohol, Pabst Beer is the ideal temperance beverage. No other is so healthful. Intending purchasers of a STRICTLY FIRST CLASS Plano, or Piano and. Self.Player combined, should not fail to examine the merits of the world: ‘SOHMER PIANOS and the “SOHMER -CECILIAN™ Inside Players, which surpass all others. ‘Catalogue mailed on application. SOHMER & COMPANY, NEw YORK. ) EVANS’ You may stand the bottle upside down or lay it i] onits side; Or shake it up, or shake it down, It stays the same inside. No Sediment, ALE When you speak of a “ten- cent cigar”? you mean a cigar that costs you ten cents, The same cigar is to the manufacturer a $40 per M.,” or 4c. cigar, to the job- ber a "$50 per M.,” or 5c. cigar, and to the retailer a * $60 per M.,” or 6c. cigar. Intrinsically that cigar is worth as much when the manufacturer appraises it at $40 per M., as it is when the retailer hands it over his counter as a “ten-cent straight.” The difference be- tween gc. and toc, is what it costs to get the cigar from the manufacturer to you along the old-fashioned trade turn- pike with three tollgates. Now, suppose you go to the maker of your cigars and say to him: "Sell me my cigars at wholesale and I'll ¢ them home myself across lots. Oh, no,” he will reply, that wouldn't be fair to the retailer who has bought my cigars to sell at retail price.” Tam a maker of cigars who has never sold a cigar to a jobber or retailer to sell again. Hence I am under no obligations to «the trade." Linvite the patronage of the man who objects to paying for the privilege of allowing a re- tailer to sell him a cigar— who wants to buy his cigars at cost, without the arbitrarily added expenses of the jobber and retailer. 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