Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 22, 1902, Image 4
WAYS OF HOLD-UP MEN.
POINTS REGARDING AN INDUSTRY
THAT THRIVES IN CHICAGO.
A Darle Alley is an Essential Tari of a
Hold-Up-Til.? Highwayman Often as
Frl?htoned as His yictltn Is - A Pretty
Sure and Safe Method of Protection.
The Chicago Trubune recently con
tained the following article:
Most persons who have never met
a hold-up man while the later is ply
ing his vocation ha re a wrong con
ception of him. To most men he rep
resents an angry, hungry beast prey
ing on, society. The conventional
highwayman must be ugly and have
broad shoulders and curse horribly.
He must have a trusty weapon and
maybe two, one as trusty as the other.
He says "Stop, throw up your hands!"
as melodramatically- as any Jack
Sheppard or Claude Duval, and under
no circumstances must his demand for
money be denied. That is the good
old idea of him. It is romantic, and
no highwayman of that class could
work to advantage without a set of
footlights and freshly painted scen
ery, and perhaps an orchestra to dolo
out slow and creepy music.
But that is not the sort of highway
man that gets arrested. And as those
, ' who are taken into custody may be
called fair .examples of those who es
cape, it is easy to see that the hold
up man this winter, or any other win
ter for that matter, is neither a chiv
alrous Robin Hood nor a heartless
ruffian. More often he is the latter,
but the general rule is that he is
an experienced, tnick-witted criminal,
trying to make a living cheaply. Of
course, Red Sullivan, the short man
of the famous team of the long and
short men, who terrorized the town
four witners ago; Harry Featherstone,
Kid Murphy, and a few others of that
. sort, the hierarchy of their prof-ssion,
as it were, must not be considered fair
examples of the hold-up man. They
had more daring and more strength
than the men who will work this win
ter. The successors to those crim
inals are ordinary stock, and once
they are understood succ issful high
way robberies will be less frequent.
Much of their strength is ficticious.
. The idea of an attack in the night
carries freight with it to many men:
and the appearance of the highway
man is exaggerated in ferocity by
the previous impression of his kind.
Those hold-up men who are known to
the police now are. with a few excep
tions, the cheapest sort of cheap crim
inals. They are born usually in a
neighborhood where honesty is
quoted at a considerably lower figure
than the ability to get away from the
police. They grow up on the streets,
and then fail into the all night saloon
habit. One saloon in the levee dis
trict is the harbor of most hold-up
men who are, as the actors say, "at
liberty." A night scene in this
place is interesting. Boys just out uf
the reformatory at Pontiac, paroled
convicts and some men freed from
Joliet. the amateurs who are going
into lives of crime because they im
agine there is glory in them, and
some men and boys who get into the
place by mistake, are there to drink
and talk crime and elimin?is. The
police of the Harrison street station
let the place run because they believe
in the concentration of the habitues.
A ney never have to go far to look for
the men they may happen to want.
Tue police have "stool pigeons," who
are hired spies, in the place and they
watch it closely. Hold-up men in em
bryo are to he found there, and in a
jew other places of the sort. But they
are sadly lacking in the qualities that
appeal to the seeker after the pic
% . turesque in criminals. They are not
the exceptions to the rule that hold
up men are cheap thugs. The excep
tions a:c cafe in jail.
The common variety go armed, of
course, but the armament is as old
iashioned, usually, as the custom cf
mounting Quaker guns of wood. As
soon as one of them is arrested his
- - revolver is confiscated and a needle
is not found in a haystack more sel
dom than is a good weapon found on
a hold-up man. The j^ans are usually
cheap buU-dog reyjivers that might
have cost a dolja'r and a quarter. If
the industri??Sjjiiold-up man paid move
than two loltars for his weapon he
Avas grovely swindled. Som : of them
carrv^ocks filled with load, and willi
these weaqons made In the humble
ryome of thc operator must be classed
-?"""the slungshot or bit of plugged leath
er which is more often than not con
structed at home and to suit
the individual taste of the
man who is to wield it. Many
times have hold-up men been arrested
with revolvers which have not en
joyed the completeness thal goes with
a weapon which is fit for shooting pur
poses. Sometimes it is the cylinder
that is missing. Sometimes there is
no hammer, and often the trigger,
that constant companion of a well
equipped revolver, has been missing.
A handkerchief makes the best mask,
but most hold-up men do not mask at
all. They often forget to put on their
disguise when they hear their victim
approaching. Sometimes if they want
to mask, they would have to go all
the way home for a handkerchief.
A dark alley is an essential part of
a hold-up. The pedestrian walks past
the mouth of the alley, and then thc
hold-up man gets out of the shadow
with his request for money, pay.
able at sight. It follows that if pe
destrians do not walk close to the Wall
or building line, if they seek the Curb
stone, or, better still, the middle of
the road, they are comparatively
safe.
A black, soft hat of th.e sombrero
order is a means of hold-up prevention
that is often effective. The police pa
trol sergeant, the lieutenant, the cap
tain, and the plain clothes men wear
soft hats when net in uniform. So,
if a citizen who is not on the police
force, can affect the regulation swag
ger, and can afford a soft hat, not
many hold-up Lien will venture close
enough to a??K for his money without
having tv shout for it.
William Buchanan, a colored hold
upman, who, on account of the dex
Wffly with which he used to operate,
/is now reposing in a penitentiary cell,
gjjr:made a favorite stamping ground of
Washington park. Other lights that
are lesser by many candle power alr.o
affect tho parks, because at night
they are provided with no many ob
scure paths. Tilt, trers and thc shrub
bery make good alleys to escape, and
lt is never a cafe ulan to walk too
close to the outlines of a park.
Confessions of hold-up men show
that the> are of-.en as frightened as
?be men they are holding up. They
nave their revolver under the nose of
the man freni whom they are getting
rich quick, and with the other hand
.'hey aro going through the pockets,
l ome of them believe in tacklisg.sonie .
pockets, others believe in ethers. Not !
one of them has time to go into their
victim's shoes for money, and the rib
bon of a hat is another safe hiding
place. Threats to shoot are often idle,
nut the question of the hold-up man's
sincerity is such a delicate one that j
it is best to believe that he will
shoot if he says so, and then one is
on the safe side. But if there is a
policeman in sight it is always safe,
the police say, to resist. No hold-up
man win kill a policeman unless there
is absolutely no other chance of es
cape. Everybody familiar with the
police department knows that when
an outlaw has killed an officer that
outlaw will fall dead just as soon as a
policeman gets his revolver in his
hand and the hold-up man within
range, it is a way the police have of
proving that they possess that which
in other surroundings would be thc
"spirit of the corps."
The best authorities agree that
while the energy and ability of thc
average hold-up man is greatly exag
gerated it is always beter before be
ginning a dark journey home at night
to leave the watch in some safe place
down town and to secrete money in
the shoe or an out of the way pocket..
Then if the hold-up man is met all
that can pass between the honest citi- .
zen and him is a greeting. As long as
no money changes hands the hold-up
industry has none of the best of the
transaction.
MAN A RATHER POOR LOT.
Soiao of His Faculties Compared With
Those oT Other Animals.
"Maa is a vain sort of an animal
at all times," observed a thoughtful
citizen yesterday, "and in his precess
ol' naming and classifying ihings
around him he has attempted to leave
reminders of himself in every possible
place, and he has generally succeed
ed, fer one's eyes may not escape fall
ing on something named after some ol'
his attributes. But when we come to
think of it, when we come to look na
ture squarely in the face, man is not
the only thing in the land which ern
lay claim to highly developed senses.
"Take the human eye. Unquestion
ably the little bundle of nerves in the
eye which make visualization possible
arid which present the mind with,
photographic refinements which no art
has yet equalled, is one of the physio
logical marvels, and opens up an end
less field for speculation in the realm
of psychology, that unsolved riddle of
science in whose presence even the ?
giants have cowered and skulked in
hopeless ignorance. Yet this eye. dis
cerning with so much delicacy when
the picture is ho farther than thc wall
of one's room-this eye with its cir
c?mscribed limits would be looked up
on with dignified scorn by yon soar
ing eagle if he only knew how much
farther he could see than a human be
ing.
"Take the human ear. We may not
hear so well as the rats and mice that
burrow under the palaces in which we
live, or tho squirrel that capers yon
der in the forest, and countless other
things ene might mention. We may
differentiate with greater accuracy
and trace refinements in sound which
these lower creatures may h?t trace;
but when it comes to the matter of
catching the B??nd at long range,
their ears seem to have been more
perfectly constructed.
"It is conceded that no human voice
has ever been heard which could equal
in sweetness of tone the lays which
one may hear in the orchard. No hu
man being ever sang more sweetly
than Patti, but she never sang so
sweetly as the meadowlark when he
pours his? gurgling love song out on
the suin?er air, or oriole when he
shader' his silvered octave from the
bending bough.
'Swhat device for measuring water
pressure has man invented which
.will compare with the nerves which I
string thc sides of thc fish? It is a !
sense which if. not represented in the
human category. Man must resort to j
artificialties in order to learn the air :
pressure and the degree of heat or i
cold. But it is different with the fish,
for he can always tell just what the
water pressure is, and he knows how
much he can stand, and he acts ac
cordingly.
"Take the olfactory nerves. Man
is all right when it comes to attar
ot' roses, violet perfumeries, and this
and thar. sort, but you may pick out ;
the measliest old hound in the swamps
of Mississippi, and if he knew how .
much superior his sense of sme?l was. "
to man's, well he wouldn't want to If?
caught in a man's company.
"No, I am not running my own cp?ed ?
down. I am just relating a few things
which ought to make us all natural 1
lovers, for the many deserving beau
ties that we wot not of in the|e hurry- j
ing times, and among thefe r.iay be :
counted the things menlihged, Prove '
it? Prove nothing. I a?? just telling !
you."-New Orleans 'IWes-Dcmocrat. .
A Unique .AUvOf?V.n? ?indgo.
A candy shop in Nassau street that
long enjoyed and nursed the distinc
lion of being thc only store in the j
world that rnade a practice of closing
up every T?iesday in the year, as well j
as every Sunday, has just abandoned I
its custom and taken in its "Closed I
every Tuesday in the year" sign. Asked
Why this was. the shopkeeper smiled ;
a weary smile and said:
.''Well, you see, as an advertising
dodge it had abo\it performed its mis
sion, and as it was costing me $0000
a year at least to make this voluntary
sacrifice of one business day each week
for thc purpose of making people talk
and wonder, I decided to take in the
sign and remain open Tuesdays.
"Every day a dozen or more persons
would stop in just to ask for an ex- ;
planation of this utrange closing. I
told them that as I made a practice of {
keeping open all day Saturday while !
other si cres around toe closed at noon, !
I thought it no more than right to
give my clerks a full rest day besides
Sunday. This seemed to satisfy them,
and so I got the name of being quite a
philanthropist in my way. I noticed,
too, that about eight persons in ten
who dropped in to make inquiry ap
peared pleased at the answer, and
stopped to buy some sweets."-New
York Post.
A Duck's Suicide.
Sportsmen who hunt ducks on in
land str?ams and lakes have frequently
known them to dive when wounded ;
and fail to appear again.
A professional guide who has shot
ducks for many years along thc upper I
Hudson says he has soived the myste
ry. He shot a wood duck that fell
wounded and dived in still water. It 1
did not reappear, and when he came :
to look for it under water he could see
the bird hanging with its bill to a root. I
It was quite dead, and considerable !
force was ne *>ssary to loosen its hold.
VL hunter firmly believes that tho
duck committed suicide by drowning
to keep from failing into the hands cf ,
.its mortal enemy-man.-New Ycrk
Times,
SHE KN EV:.
"Seems to rae that the rising gen
eration is rising pretty fast," said the
bachelor, who expects soon to become
a benedict, after bis friends had given
him up as hopeless. "I was out walk
ing with my intended the other day,
and her small niece, a girl not ever
seven years of age, accompanied us.
Naturally the conversation, owing to
the near approach of our wedding day,
took a turn that was interesting to
two of us, but not to the third.
"Finally I turned to the young 1 Wy
who is soon to he my bride and sam
with a smile:
" I suppose all this talk is over the
little one's head?'
"Before she could reply tho nose of
the 'little one' went up several degrees,
and she answered icily, her words
falling like so many hailstones ou a
lin roof:
" 'Oh, don't mind nie' I know what
it is! I've been in love myself!'
"It was several minutes before I suc
ceeded in catching my breath.-Detroit
Free Press.
SILENTLY ASSENTED.
The Nervous Pedestrian ran plump
into a Stolid Individual standing in
front of a Clothing Store.
"You Dummy!" he shouted.
The Stolid Individual ignored the
Accusation. A Second Glance showed
the Nervous Pedestrian that he was
Hight-Los Angeles (Cal.) Herald.
Orr t'rerldents' Dunder.
All of the presidents of the United Statea
have been in tho habit of mingling freely with
the people, but the danger of this procedure
waj very emphatically pointed out in the tra
gedy ot a few months ago. It is also danger
ous" to trifle with unknown medicines for
indigestion, dyspepsia, tlatulency, cemtipa
;iou, biliousness or malaria, fever and ague,
i'ho tafett medicine to take is Ilostctter's
Stomach Bitters. It will positively cure these
discuses. Try it and see.
The hay harvested in the United States
in 1901 amounted to 51,000.000 tous.
Kin?; Worm Konteri.
'Send box of Tetierine. It's the oniy thing
that makes any impression on a stubborn |
Tiing Worm.'--.Mrs. Katie Oldham, Bfontalba, j
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?f. T. Shnptrino, Savannah, Ga., if your drug- j
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Th
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coming man often has a bill tc col
FITS permanently cured. Xo fits or nervouB
ncdsafter first day's uso of Dr. Kline's Great
Serre l?es torer. $2 trial bottle and treatise f raa
Dr. lt. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch ht., Phila. Ta.
Thc revolver may not be a sociable
weapon, but it never goes oft by itself.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften tho ginns, reduces iiifliirama
tiCn.aUayspiin, cures wind colic. 25cabottlo.
The chap who built obelisks must havo
been paid by thc column.
I do not believe Fiso's Cure for Consump
tion has aneqnal for coughs and colds.-Jonx
P. BOTE?,TnuitySprings, Ind., Feb. 15,1900.
"When a tramp asks for a meal he inakea
a sort of after-dinner speech.
wr rausi
"I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor to
stop my hair from falling. One
half a bottle cured me."
J. C. Baxter, Braidwood, 111.
Ayer's Hair Vigor is
certainly the most eco
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kind on the market. A
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It doesn't take much pf
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If your druggist cannot supply you,
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1901 ~ 1,500,720 Pairs.
. Briners Herc Than OtrMed in Four Terrs.
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They will outwear two pairs of ordinary
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Mada of tho best leathers, Including Patent
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?ilcVc?? ?hampson's Eyo Water
A imppy Dny.
Two little girls, in BOWES of bluo ; i
rwo littlo boys, witta blouses now;
.'our liltlo spades, to dig the sand;
3no li' tlc* pail, for oach rifjbt hand,
s'ow if you put all these together,
Vnd add blue .-kies and sunny wo.sthf r,
Tho yellow sand and tho rippling fea.
iVhat do they maker1 Pray tell to mr*.
Vb, you need not count. That's not tho way
Co lind oui the su:n of a happy day.
-E. M. Norris, in Youth s Companion.
A Paney College Crow.
There is a gentleman who ia beyond
:iis school days who is interested la
mickens. Recently he learned that
:here was an institution of learning
where a course of instruction was giv
?n in chickcnology and duckology, or
n those branches designated by scien
tific names. The fowl fancier thought
Lhe matter ever-was he too old? He
lecided to consult his friends. ,
"I don't mind the schoolroom," he
?aid with a frown, "but it is the
Lhougiit of the other class meetings,
lust as like as not we will all wear
goose quills in our hats and have a
college yell something like . this:
Quack, quack, quack! Cock-a-doodle
:lo! Roasters, broilers, 1902!'"-Alba
ny Journal.
A Mother'* Siiciifiee.
Martha Russell, aged 40, died last
light from starvation. The woman
was assisted by the township for
more than two years, and six months
igo was threatened with being sep
arated from her four small children
md sent to the poor farm if she called
for assistance again.
She never called and nothing was
leard from her until last night, when
he county doctor W.-JS called. She
was removed to the hospital, but was
beyond all medical aid. A post-mor
:em examination was made this morn
ing and it was revealed that starva
tion was the cause of her death.
The children are all in good condi
tion. One of the little ones said that
[heir mother would work all day and
then spend thc money for something
io eat, which she would give to them
ind go without herself.-Anderson
(Ind). Correspondence, Chicago Rec
Drd-Herald.
Snake Swallowing Ycnnjf.
Forest arid Stream contains
m article in which one of a
party of Missouri sports tells a snake
story, in which he says he saw 99
little cottonmouth snakes run from the
mouth of an old one he had killed.
Now, I take it that this is meant for a
joke, hut I can tell a true snake story
in which this kind of thing did actu
ully occur. During my boyhood days
[ attended school at the old Cranford
schoolhouse, near my home, on thfl
west fork Lil' White river, near where
Brentwood now is cn the St. Louis &
3an Francisco railroad. One day I was
joing down a hill to the creek, when
some 30 feet from the water's edge
I saw lying in the sun on a ledge of
large rocks a snake, and around it
were quite a number of small ones. I
picked up a stone and threw it at the
large snake, when, to my utter aston
ishment, the small snakes began to
run into the mouth of the large one,
and soon were all gone. I called some
other boys, and we killed the large
snake and cdt it into two pieces, when
the small ones, 1? in number, rolled.
out on the"ground, and we killed thert?:
They were about six Inches tong, of. ?
clark brown color, the same as the
large one, which was a rusty black or
brown, and between four and five feet
long.
My father once killed a rattlesnake
in a log near the same place, and
found it filled with small snakes, which
were as lively as they could be; but
he did not see them enter the snake.
But I saw the ones I killed crawl into
the mouth of the large snake and killed
them all. I have told this to a number
of people* who looked at me in thc
most incredulous ri an::rr, and rcfuseii
to believe my snake story, but it ls
Lruc in every particular.-Correspond
ence in Forest and Stream.
After the Children T.fi'ft.
Every ouc had gone to-bed and thc
lights were out. A few dying coals,
the remains of the cheerful sitting
room fire still glowed in the grate and
threw dark shadows of the furniture
into corners. Philip's little rocking
chair lay where he had thrown it,
face down, on the rug in front of the
fire, for mamma had a fancy that
Philip would pick it up in the morn
ing.
Eut presently the little rocking chair
rolled over and regained its upright
position.
"Hullo, there!" it called to mam
ma's sewing chair, which stood by the
table. "Don't you think it's a shame
for a little fellow *o be treated ?o?"
The locking chair gave a gentle
little rocking motion and said indul
gently:
"Oh, well, you have good fun with
Philip sometimes and he ran off in a
tturry." .
"We do have sport, that's a fact,"
chuckled the small chair. "Sometimes
I'm a horse and I have to gallop just
like this." he rocked furiously, "and
sometimes I'm a locomotive and I go
ahead of a whole train of chairs. And
sometimes I'm a cradle and Daisy
rocks her doll to Bleep in me. But she's
a nice little girl so I don't mind it
very much. I prefer being a horse,
though."
"The children have fiinny fancies,"
said the sewing chair, rocking gently.
'Of course I often help to rock the
baby to sleep. But that's a pleasure.
He's a dear little chap." And
papa's big rocking chair shook his big
inns and rocked solemnly back and
forth as if he thought so, too.
"But Philip is a careless boy," put
n thc little rocking chair, for he
thought they had been sentimental
long enough. "He leaves his toys
ill over the floor. And he knocks me
around the room until every joint I
lave cracks. I shall certainly break
some day.'
"He is careless," sighed the little
sewing chair, "but he will be better
>y and by.
Thc littlo chair perked himself up
ind down in his efforts to sec into the
corners of the rooms. "I know those
.vooden soldiers are all over tho
loor. He ran out of the room before
?o picked them up."
"It would serve him right of some
)f them were stepped on," said the
jig chair, sternly. Ho rocked himself
teverely back and forth, and knocked
>ver a little table which stood just be
ilnd him.
"There you go! It's done now!" ex
.lainvjd the little chair excitedly, as
i rattling and crumbling noice fol
owed.
T*?Vhat has happened?" asked the
sawing chair, trying to see into the
bick of the room.
pnly that some of the soldiers
have lauen off the table, and no's
rcjcking all over them!" called out the
litjtle chair. "Now Philip will catch
rt,,for leaving them pn the floor.
F The big chair still rocked sedately.
"Well, it will serve Philip right," he
said, presently.
"But what about us." asked tho
little voice from under the rocking
chair.
\ It came so suddenly that tho big
chair gave a jump which nearly
caused him to fall over.
''What-what is it?" he gasped. At
wj?ich the little chair giggled and
the sewing chair smiled a quiet little
smile to itself, while it kept up Its
gentle rocking. Evidently the little
sewing chair was so in the habit of
racking the baby to sleep that it kept
on rocking even when there was no
baby there.
' "You see," went on the little voice,
"you've rocked over me and broken off
my legs, and you've rocked over my
brother, and broken off his head. How
are we going to get mended, I want to
know? Philip didn't do it, you did!"
persisted the little voice, indignant
ly.
The big ch?ir was still so astounded
that he did not speak at once. Then
he repeated monotonously, "Philip
left you on the floor. It serves him
right!" And he went on rocking
sterly. "But my legs are broken and
I can't stand up to hold my gun!"
wailed the little voice.
"Never mind," put in the little sew
ing chair, anxious to make peace.
"The mother bought a bottle of glue
today. I saw her put it on the mantel
piece. When she rocks the baby to
sleep tomorrow I'll whisper to her
that it would be a good plan to glue
your legs on. And your brother's head
can be stuck on, too. You will be as
good as ever. The little sewing chair
beamed with kindness on the little
wooden soldier.
"That's so," called out the little
rocking chair cheerfully. "Philip
shall make up tomorrow for all the
mischief he caused tonight. He shall
stand me up straight and pick up his
toys and mend the soldiers that were
broken."
"And I think we'll suggest to him
to mend the baby's woolly dog that
he dropped down stairs last week,"
said the sewing chair.
"Yes, indeed," cried the small chair.
"Philip's a pretty good fellow after
all. A little careless sometimes-"
"But he'll grow," put in the sewing
chair.
"And he bangs me and makes me do
lots of things I don't bite."
"He's a very lively boy certainly,"
interrupted the big chair.
"But he don't mean to do wrong.and
wun our advice-"
? "And a little glue," addea the big
chair.
"He'll flx things all right tomorrow."
"Certaihj' he Will," said the gentle
sewing chair. "He's a pretty g^od ;
fellow, after all."
The little soldier said nothing. He
was relieved to notice that his legs
lay near enough so Philip could find
tnem easily.
And just then the last coal died out
and tuat's all I know about it.-Mar
ion Brower, in the Brooklyn Eagle.
? bil ul Humid'* Treasury.
Turkey may be poor and oppressed,
but the sultan has in his treasury a
collection which even at a forced sale
wtftrrd pay the entire debt of the coun
try. The treasury consists of three
large halis, hil 6f ?ill sorts of pre
cious articles, but, unfortunately, the
light is so bad that a close inspection
h? almost impossible. At the entrance
a splendid throne, captured from the
Persians, is the first object seen. It is
one mass of pearls and studded all
over with precious scones The first
hall is filled with a vast collection of
gold and silver cups and plates, an
cient stones, jewelled daggers, swords,
knives and suits of armor. From the
top cf a second throne hangs a huge
emerald, Which locks too large to be
real. Gases round the room contain I
necklaces, brooches arid rings by hun- j
dreds. A dressing table covered with I
pearls is exceedingly beautiful. Among
this mass of treasures it is rather sur- :
prising tn' ftntl such articles as modern
silver mounted dressing bags, telc: j
scopes, photographic cameras, and even i
a case of razors. The next hall ls !
given up to gold and silver ornaments j
and blue china, and lovely sets of
coffee cup holders worked in gold and
silver and precious stones, with a mag- j
nificent collection of enamelled cop- j
per bowls. Among the ornaments were j
many toys made out of the most pre
cious material. The body of one little
doll was formed out a single pearl.
Tho third hall contains Quantities of j
coins. No attempt has been made to j
classify them, but I hey are beautifully
arranged in large cases. No one In
the treasury, not even the guardians,
seems to know anything about tho
history of the articles confided to their
caro.
No Chicken.
Trust a messenger boy to be up on j
expressive slang. The particular one !
wno had a message io deliver yester
day morning at the office of the general ;
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania
railroad was as tough a looking speci- i
men as you could find in a day's jour
ney. His cap was placed at a perilous :
angle on his frowsy head, tobacco
stains lurked about the corners of his
mouth, and he was puffing a cigarette
stump. The dignified clerk who took
the message scowled.
"Sign dat." demanded the boy. hold
lng out his slip, and expectorating co
piously on the floor.
"I'll have you put out of here if you
don't know how to behave," said the j
clerk, severely.
A look of scorn passed over the
boy's grimy features. "Aw, don't git
icy wid me, or I'll slide all over
youse!" he exclaimed. Then he saun
tered out whistling "Go Away Back
and Sit Down."-Philadelphia Record.
Relic* of tko Past.
One of the most precious possessions
of thc Reims library is an evangelis
tary in the Slav language. This work
te in two volumes, the first dating
back to the 11th century and the sec
ond to thc end of the 11th. It has :
only been the properly of the Reims .
library since the revolution, having 1
previously belonged to thc cathedral
to which Cardinal dc Lorraine had
presented it. The first volume is writ
ten in the Cyrillan character, tt?r> sec- '
ond in the Glagoiitie. According to
the legend, it was on this book that j
the kings of France took the oath at j
their coronation ceremony. The li
brary also possesses a manuscript dat
ing from the year 10-S 0. describing the ;
marriage of Henry ?. of France with j
Anne of Russia, which was celebrated
at Reims-Notes and Queries. j
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Incandescent alcohol lamps have
been under investigation hy the Pms
sian railway officials in competition
with acetylene lamps. It is asserted
that the unpleasant odor emitted by
them is practically prohibitive of
their use.
The introduction of telephones in
coal mines has been suggested. In
cases of accidents the imprisoned
miners could communicate at once
with friends at the surface, state the
nature of the peril, and perhaps sug
gest modes of immediate relief.
Flywheel accidents can be provided
for by insurance policies covering all
damages to persons and prop
erty caused by the breaking of
the flywheels. The wheels are in
spected before the policy is issued
and at regular intervals thereafter.
A very simple, but effectual, means
of keeping telegraph poles from rot
ting has been devised and put into
use in France. The bottom of the
pole up to and a little above the sur
face of the ground, is encased in an
earthenware pipe, and the space be
tween the pipe and the pole is filled
with a mixture of sand and resin,
which ?olidfiea and becomes water
proof.
offered for sharpening scissors is de
scribed by ope of the hardware jour
nels, whose editorial department
vouches for its efficiency. It consists of
a small glass rod with bulb ends con
venient for holding. To sharpen the
scissors it is only necessary to draw
the rod backward and forward a few
times between the blades. When test
ed, says this journal, on the dullest
pair of scissors in the office, it was
found to act in quite a magical man
ner.
The depth of the atmosphere is still
a matter of great uncertainty. Thc
Belgian Royal Meteorological Observ
atory has been seeking to throw light
on the problem, and has collected
these widely varying estimates by dis
tinguished authorities: Blot, 40 miles;
Bravais, 70; Mann? 8i; Callandran,
100; Schiaparelli, 125; Marie Davy,
187; Ritter, 216. Early in the last
century British physicists generally
assume the depth of be 47 miles.
Meteors, which become incandescent
through friction with the air, afford
a means of roughly testing these esti
mates, and Sir Robert Ball shows
Ritter's figures to be nearest, by stat
ing that meteors have been observed
at a height of more than 200 miles';
The use of acetylene for lighting
railway cars has made considerable
progress in the last year or two, and
a number of Continental lines are
so illuminated. It is a good deal of
an innovation, however, to extend thi<"
kind of lighting to street omni' ^s.
Such is the case, nevertheless and ac
cording to a reliable London paper, it
?>?>ms probable that before long all
the omnibuses in tile metropolis will
te so lighted. One of the largest
omnibus lines haxe been driven to
system of lighting for six months,
and so satisfactory has the illumin
ation proved that it has been decided
to apply it to the whole of the rolling
stock. It is intimated that the various
omnibus lines have been driven to
adopt radical innovations on account
of the keen competition of the under
ground electric lines.
Puzzled by a Queer Flab.
Naturalists are at a loss to classify
? strange fifth recently caught near
?he?ier island, L?._ In a woy it re
sembles a dozen diff?rent species, but,
on the whole, it is strongly unlike
any of them. It is now in the collec
tion of Charles Schmidt.
Mr. Schmidt has 'sent detailed de
scriptions and photographs of thc fish
to all of the prominent naturalists'
societies, but no one has yet been
able to identify it. The fishermen
who frequent the waters in which it
was caught declare they never saw
anything like it before. He waa pulled j
in by a luggerman and brought to the
city the iioxt day. Mr. Schmidt says ;
the fish probably belongs 'to tba j
teteradon class, but states at the same !
time he can give no conclusivo
reasons for such a classification.
The curious fish is about twenty
inches ih ieugth and weighs about
twenty-five pounds, it has the mouth
of a parrot and well-developed lips,
which are like unto those of the hu
man being. The under part of his
body is covered with projections
similar to those of a porcupine fish,
with the difference that the quills are
?horte?; It has no gills, but breathed
through its nostrils and spouted water
like a porpoise.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Vencztielnn Vcarls,
When the Spanish discovered Vene
zuela they found tho natives wearing
pearls for ornament and the fishery
is still flourishing today. Moro than
400 boats are employed in thc work,
each one paying about $3 per year to
the government. The pearls are of
fine Quality, usually white or yellow
and rarely black. Only recently a
white pearl valued at $2000 was found.
The shell of the pearl oyster cf Vene
zuela is small and of poor quality. The
oysters themselves are short lived
eight years or so. A French company
has lately been formed to exploit the
fisheries by means o? divers, who take
only the mature shells and leave the
smaller sorts, so that the beds will not
be exhausted. The annual output of
these fisheries is about $000,000 and it
is said that most of the pearls are sold
in Paris.
A Hl?li Rtilloon Ascension.
MM. Siering and ?erson of the me
teorological institute of Berlin have
lately ascended in a balloon af S000
cubic metres capacity to the great
height of 10,300 metres (33,800 feet).
Success was possible only because thc
aeronauts began to breathe pure oxy
gen at an elevation of about 8000 me
tres. Thp scientific results of this as
cension re now in process of calcula
tion and will shortly be published.
Animal! In tlie United States
Tho department of agriculture has
recently published an estimate of the
animal population of ihe country on
Jan. 1, 1900. It comprised 13,537.524
horses, about 2,000,000 mule?, about
28.000.0110 cattle. 10.202.000 milch cows,
<ril,?83,065 sheep. As automobile trac
tion is introduced the number of
horses and mules will gradually di
minish, and the effect ls already evi
dent.
Thc waves left In sand by tidal cur
rent have boon Mund by Dr. Vaughan
Cornish to measure 3 1-2 to 54 feet
from ridge to ridge, ihe common
length being 12 io 24 feet
Fasting and Loss of Weight
During a prolonged fast the loss of
weight is unusually rapid at first, and
decreases as time goes on; death en
sues when a certain percentage of the
loss has been reached, and this per
centage varies according to the origi
nal weight. Fat animals may lose half
their weight, thinner ones perhaps
two-fifths; a man or woman cf rather
spare build, weighing 143 pounds,
might therefore lose about fifty-five
pounds before succumbing. Children
die after a fast ol from three to five
days, during which they have lost a
quarter of their weight. Healthy
adults, however, have fasted fifty days
when water has been taken. A Ger
man physician reports the case of a
woman, aged 47 years, who fasted for
forty-three days, taking water freely.
She lost forty-four pounds out of 14.1
pounds, and died from exhaustion.
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Thc trouble with most men who orce
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way to cure deafnesp, and that is by constitu
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flamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tubo. When this *:bo is inflamed
you have a rumbling Found orimoorfecthear
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the result, And unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will bo destroyed forever.
Nine cases out of ten ara caused by cttarrh.
which is nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will givo 0n9 Hundred Dollars for any
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Hall's Family Pills aro tho bost.
"This is uncalled for," remarked the
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iu the unclaimed box.
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