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SEW BANE CROOKS LEFT THE BURGLAR'S INGENUITY DROVE - HIM CUT OF BUSINESS. Mechanical Devices Outwit Skill - Com pelted Now lo Go Back lo and Follow Petty Th icvi nC-The Modern Safe? IV Ul resist Dynamite-The Electrical Alarm. The modern burglar alana not only renders it utterly impossible for one to disturb a vault protected with it without detection, but it also gives a signal at the first attempt to raise a window, file a bar or enter a door. So thoroughly does it protect the de positories of great wealth that it has defied all of the wonderful skill of the cracksman, until today the few living experts of that class of crooks are found either in abject poverty or devoting the genius which brought them millions twenty years ago to the practice of crime of the most petty character. One can scarcely fail to notice the utter absence of great bank robberies during the past five or ten years. A few have been successfully performed in that time, but with one single exception the money was ob tained during banking hours from the cashier as he glanced down the bar rel of a six-shooter. The exception was when a stranger engaged a bank cashier in conversation while he hooked out a roll of bills with the aid of a piece of wire from under the offi cial's nose. The electrical burglar alarm of to day, the great modern safes, which will even resist dynamite, are the re sult of a series of bank robberies ex tending over a period of twenty or thirty years, -which were conceived and successfully carried out by a band of criminals, many of whom are alive today. Strange as it may seem, these men have driven themselves out of business. The almost fabulous wealth ?which they stole made the invention of mechanical devices which would outwit their skill necessary, and they came in the course of time, until today a robbery like that of the Manhattan bank or one like that of the Ocean bank in New York city, where over a million dollars in money and securi ties were carried away, is wholly im possible without collusion with the custodians of the vaults. Even then it is doubtful if on:* could be success fully carried out, no matter how .much care was employed, for experi ments have shown that even the men who safeguard the vaults af the great banks of the country, by surrounding them with a network of wires, cannot go through these silent guardians without giving an alarm. Twenty years ago a bank robbery with proceeds up in the hundreds of thousands was possible, but could only bo successfully carried out by men of brains and skill, who had the patience to study their enterprise veli before entering upon it. Bank officials were not one whit less vigilant in- those days than they are now, but the brain of the crook had gone ahead of the brain of the honest man, a condition hard to understand today, when the very reverse is the fact. Few people have any idea of the amount of study put into a job by the cracksman be fore any real attempt to realize is made. One of the best living illus trations of the old school of crooks is Maximilian Schoenbein, better known to the police of the world as "Count" Max Shinburn. After defy ing the vault and safe makers of the world and looting banks in this coun try and abroad for an aggregate gain fell a victim to modern science. He j was released not long ago from the Clinton, N. Y., prison, after a five years' term for robbing the Middle burg bank, penniless, gray with age, broken in. health and spirit. The sto ry of the man's life is like a romance, and is full of chapters which one finds It hard to believe. In his prime he ?was truly the greatest criminal in the world. Ruloff, the butcher, who fought his way to freedom scores of times over the bodies of his own vic tims, excelled him in daring perhaps, but no criminal that ever lived had his mechanical genius. S?inburn is a German, was taught the trade of a machinist and lock smith by his father, came to this country before he was seventeen years oIdr and had launched on a career of crime before he was eighteen. He had wonderful skill as a locksmith v-:up by two noted crimi ueorge Bliss and "Fairy" Mc . V, iiu?i he met in a New York fJiA w They used him in robbing a New Jersey bank, and the success of the venture was due pri marily to his skill. He progressed rapidly, and as his ability became known in the "crook" world his ser vices were in constant demand. He probably engaged in twenty robberies before his name became known to the authorities. He had scarcely attained his majority when he was planning " out big robberies for himself. At that time the o:ily safe in general use in banks and business houses in this country was that made by ?e Lilly company. Shinburn figured that a man who could master the secret of the Lilly combination lock could loot every Lilly safe in the country He decided to go and work for'the Lilly company. Bliss and McGuire agreed to keep him in funds while he studied. Such an expert machinist as Shinburn had no difficulty in getting the job he wanted. It took him over a year to obtain all the knowledge he needed for the successful consumma tion of the series of robberies he had planned, but he kept at work with pa tience. The most important discovery he "made at the time was that a per son with acute hearing could, by put ting his ear near the lock of a Lilly safe and turning the dial, discover at what numbers the tumblers dropped into place. He made a care ful study of difficult combinations, *and is credited with a discovery that is alleged to have driven the Lilly safe out of the market He removed the combination from a safe and then placed an impressionable piece of pa per under it. Then he turned the dial slowly and found that whenever a combination number was reached the impression on the paper .became more distinct. By using a miscroscope Shinburn was able to tell what the combination numbers were. With this mas9 of valuable information Shin burn and his associates plundered * Lilly safes all over the country, finally driving the Lilly company out of busi ness. Time and again the man was ? arrested, and several convictions are on record against him, but no prison was ever Btrong enough to hold him for long. With the police of the coun try after him, Shinburn went to New York*city and invested a large sum of money in the stock market. Ho was warned to fly, as the authorities were closing in on him, but he calmly waited to see how his investment would turn ont. A sudden rise in the market brought him a fortune, and with over a million dollars of stolen money he sailed for Belgium, with which country the United States had no extradition treaty at that time. He purchased the title and estate of a decrepit nobleman and blossomed forth as Count Shir: urn. He spent thousands of dollars on entertain ments, the magnitud*? of his opera tions on the bourse staggered the na tive speculators, and his enormous winings and losings were commented on all over Europe. For fifteen years he kept up this gait; then came a series of misfortunes, and the great bank burglar was penniless once more. . He went to Paris, met some fugitive American crooks there and planned the robbery of the Provincial bank at' Vivieres, Belgium. The merest acci dent in the.world resulted in the ar rest of Shinburn and his pals; he was sent to jail for five years, but escaped in a month. Some of the big jobs that Shinburn engaged in were the robbery of the Lehigh and Wilkes barre Coal company's office at White haven, Pa., of $70,000 in cash by tun neling his way to the vault from an adjoining building; the robbery of the Walpole, N. H., bank of $50,000; thc robbery of the St. Albans, Vt., bank of $20,000; the robbery of thc Ocean bank on Greenwich street, New York, o' $1,000,000 in money and securities; the robbery of the West Maryland bank of $25,000, and a score of others. Shinburn has shot a dozen men, been shot several times himself, and has broken jail fully a dozen times. It was over five years ago that Shinburn, an old man then, ran up against mod ern science. It was at the Middle burg, N. Y.; bank. He and his asso ciates fought their way to the door3 of the vault and had blown away ev evry obstacle with nitro-glycerine be fore they realized that they had set off a burglar alarm. Shinburn escaped on a handcar, but was arrested later In New York city. Chauncey Johnson, a man who stole over $2,000,000 in his time, died pen niless not "long ago while serving a term in prison for stealing a pocket book from a woman in a New York city book store. He took the pocket book because he was in genuine need. In his time he was one of the most skilful and successful thieves in the country, but the field for his peculiar talents had disappeared. He stole $100,000 from the Hatter's bank at Bethel, Conn., and $400,000 from the Marine National bank. In 1863 he walked Into a Philadelphia bank and with a long steel wire hauled $14,000 out through the paying teller's win dow right under the official's nose. He took it in three packages and wasn't detected until he had the third package almost out. In 1867 . he walked into August Belmont's office at Wall and William streets, New York, sauntered past clerks and office boys, reached Mr. Belmont's desk, took $25, 000 worth of government bonds from lt, put them in his pocket and walked out again. A month after this he walked into the office of the Adams Express company in New York just as the cashier was leaving his cage to go to luncheon. He slid in the cage as the cashier went out, put on the latter's office hat and duster, and while pretending to work over some books, rifled the cash drawer and safe of $10,000. He walked into a New York bank one morning and notified the bookkeeper that he had been dis charged and that he (Johnson) had been employed in his place. While the indignant bookkeeper went to see?, the president about the matter ijjtfS similar exhibition of nerve Johnson robbed a number of hotel safes while the clerks were on duty but a few feet away. But his face became known, and it finally became a police custom to arrest him every time he appeared on the street. Prisen life had robbed him of his wonderful nerve, and he deseen Jed tb the petty crimes of the street, pocket picking, etc. An almost similar case is that of Edward Rice, better known as Big Fd Rice. He was last arrested for stealing a pocketbook from a woman In a 23d street car in New York city. Once or twice before that he had been accused ol picking pockets, Tiut the crimes could not be fastened on him. When convicted of the street car rob bery Rice broke down and confessed that he had turned pickpocket be cause there was nothing else for him to do. The only money he had for over a year was whaf he could raise by pawning the scarfpins, watches and articles of jewelry" he had stolen from men and women in street crowds. This confession from a man who, with his associates, had stolen millions in his time was interesting. Next to Shinburn he was regarded as the most dangerous bank robber in the country. Around the country today there are probably a score of other crooks who thrived and made fortunes by their nerve and skill in the :>a'my days of the cracksman. But their day has passed, and every year two or three of them are picked up for some triflng crime that fifteen or twenty years ago they would have scorned to thin.? of committing. Electricity and the mod ern safe have driven them to the wall. Gradually they are dying off.-Wash ington Star. Tho Episcopal Temper Tried. A certain bishop, remarkable for hts precise and dignified bearing, was once sitting in thc studio of an emi nent artist as a living model for his own portrait. Perfect silerce reigned for a whole hour, while the knight of the palate diligently went on with his work. At last the Bishop, becoming weary of the dreary monotony, ven tured to remark: "How are you getting on?" Absent-mindedly the artist replied: "Move your head a little that way and shut your mouth!" His lordship, annoyed at the appar ent discourtesy, then said: "May I ask you why you address mo In this manner?" Still absorbed in his work, the artist unconcernedly answered: "I want to take off a little of your cheek."-Tid-Bits. A Keal Philosopher. A Battersea workingman was once possessed of a notoriously bad tem pered wife, who did not scruple, when the flt seized her, to lay violent hands upon her patient spouse. One fine day he was observed by a friend, who saw him entering a crockery shop lad en with an armful of cups and sau cers. "Hello, John!" he cried. "Selling up your home?" "No," responded John, "but I really couldn't stand the expense any longer. These here ones break into little bits at once when my wife throws 'em at me, and so I'm going to change them for thicker!"-London Answers. It's all well enough to take things Into your own hands, provided they - don't belong to someone else; AT A FANCY BALL. She-What are you? He-I'm an executioner, Henry the Eighth period. What do you repre sent? Sho-I'm Anne Boleyn. He-Well, let's go down to sup per.-Puck. PROBLEMATICAL. Clara-' How long will your engage ment to him last?" Maud-"Why I don't know how much money he has saved up."-De troit Free Press. Cuba's First President. Although it bas been stated that the Cu bans are incapable of governing themselves, yet they have selected their first president, who is a great favorite with the people A favorite medicine with the American people is Hosteler's Stomach Bitters, because it ls an ideal remedy for headache, indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation and biliousness. It is also an excellent medicine for spring fever, la grippe and malaria. Don't fail to try it, but be sure to get the genuine. 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The packages are filled by dipping the dye stuff up with a large wooden spoon and plac ing in au envelope. Five ear loads of dye .stuff handled with a wooden spoon! This ls accomplished every year by tho dozens of young ladies emoloyed by the Putnam Fade less Dye Co., Unionvllle; Mo. The population of thc Philippines is stated at 10,000,000. Earliest Russian Millet. Will you be short of hay? If so, plant a plenty of this prodigally prolific millet. 5 to 8 tons of rich hay per acre. Price, 50 lbs., 11.90 ; 100 lbs., ?S!00; low freights. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Cresta, Wis. A It's funny how many men there are try ing to get rid of a "good thing." Ke?t For the Horrels. No matter what alls you, headache to <* can cer.you wlllnevcrgot well until your bowell are put right. CASCASETS help nature,j you without a grioo or pain, prq?_ natural movements, cost yoiMua^Rf?nts to start getting your ho^hhjjB^**^CASCAKETS Candy Cathiirtlc.Xhe^lrSme, put up in metal boxes, evpry tobJ?f has c. C. 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Writ?- Quick to OA.-ALA, nUSINKSS COI.LKtiK, MACON, GA. ne Cures |; Headaches, g I LaGrippe, Colds, etc. | Sj Money bnck If lt fnlls. 15&2T.C.All DniRStores [g (Til O f^PCV NFW DISCOVERY; (t'vrs ? \3 tfv \Jf 1^ W5 ? quick re'ifcf ond cures worri cnMii- B ?k Ct testimonia B and IO ?In.V?* Irnitmrnt j Free? H. a. OKEEH'I buns, BoxB, At ania, Qa> Wife of ?ho Chinase Interpreter. In a certain sense the most promi nent American woman in the diplo matic colony at Washington at the present time is Mrs. Yung Kwai, the wife of the interpreter of the Chinese legation. Mrs. Yung Kwai is a New England woman, and she and her hus band were very devoted lovers, corre sponding daily\during the years of separation after their engagement. They have a family of several chil dren, and Mrs. Yung Kwai may fre quently be seen spinning along thc road to her suburban home at Cleve land Park, near Washington, in an automobile filled to overflowing v/ith black-eyed youngsters.-Thc Criterion. Tim Up-to-Unto J?nby. It isn't correct any mere to have things daintily pretty for the new born baby just in order io have them daintily pretty. It is no longer the proper thing to swathe the little body in yards and yards ci muslin and laco and put bim to bed in billows of iown and silk perfumed with rose or violet. Up-to-date mothers no longer vie with each other on the point of delicate elaboration. Trtey do not vie at all any more. Their ono object is to make everything as sanitary and com fortable as possible for thc new-com er. Sometimes they give a sigh for the pretty bow or frill of lace, but after all, everything in the new fash ion looks so clean and sensible and wholesome they come to see the other was only a perverted taste, and take no pleasure in it. Things have ad vanced in the last few years. The nursery is one of them.-Marsha Ilouk, in Woman's Home Companion. A Society ?f Krisen?. In dress and many other things tho world apes the fashions of Paris, but coiffures aro usually dictated in Vi enna. In the Austrian capital there is annually a hair-dressing contest, at which thc society cf frlseurs distrib utes prizes for art and taste. Just now the candidates for the hon ors In the Vienna congress show a tendency to revive thc coiffures of the renaissance, though they are less capricious in arrangement. Two prin cipal prizes were given to the court friseur, Herr Janik, and to Conrad Horaczek. One was for what was called coiffure Elizabeth and the oth er the coiffure princcessc De Lam balle. The coiffure Elizabeth is an elabor ate affair to wincn a large jeweled comb and bouquet of roses is added in order to make it the more con spicuous. The coiffure Princesse DeJ. Lamballe reminds one qf^thj^svrt^ers at the court of Lojtjg?5vIV of France, when paint ajjfliabwdcr were the car ^dinaj."t^?*^(]u?sites even for those ^ho were blessed with natural beauty. Not one of the contestants darci to exhibit tho modest hairdress of the old Germans, like that cf Marguerite in "Faust." or any of the subdued but pretty modes prevalent in the northern country. The introduction of these gorgeous coiffures means a boom for the dealers in human hair in Southern France, who have sup plied thc civilized world for many de cades with the shorn locks of the pro vincial maidens. Few women are for tunate in the possession of enough hair to comply with the new modes. One of the features of the friseur congress of Vienna is that the friseurs do their work in thc presence of the judges and visitors, tho, competition lasting two days. Stylo? in Collar* nnd Stocks. The general preference at present seems to be In favor of high, close stock? for outdoor wear, and flat, easy collars for the house gowns and silk waists. At the neckwear departments of the big drygoods houses they sell examples of this latter model out of heavy yellow Irish, Dutch or Italian lace, in combination with velvet or mirror velveteen; and from France they are sending over delicate lawn and linen flat collars, with white em broidery around thc edges and on the points. These are fastened with big old-fashioned cameo or seed pearl brooches. Should a woman prefer something quite as airy though less severe than a perfectly flat collar she can do no better than wear one of the new tucked silk muslin collars, the pat tern of which only came into being a short time ago. Tho band of mus lin that clasps the neck is tucked to give it stiffness and body, and the tie ends are tucked almost to their tips, where they are finished with rows of hemstitching or a broad hem, briar stitched down. In some oases a single thickness of colored liberfy silk is tacked on the inside of the neckband, and often enough of cafe au lait mus lin is employed Instead of the ivory vmite. Instead of French knots, once so popular in the decoration of fancy neckties, the humor now is for pret tily beaded or pearl sprinkled stocks, and for some of the fashionable new spring tailor dresses the most won derful adjustable jewelled collars of leather have been introduced. A beautifully dressed suede or glace kid is used for this purpose. The collar is cut from one strip of delicate skin, t rimmed with flat cabochon, turquoise, pearls or steel beads, lined with a soft satin, and is hooked on with any gown with which it will harmonize. Women faithful to the stiff linen collar wear starched Roman bands, such as the clergy use, and with this a broad folded bunting tie of thc rich est, softest bird's-eye silk. This is, however, rarely seen, save In the make-up of a smart automobiling cos tume, when the tie is red or mat new shade of haberdashery blue known as Irish eyes.-New York Sun. Fnvinc Hie <*hil?lrcn. One of the most interesting and valuable forms of "child saving" work is that done by the Illinois State Training School for Girls. It ls in Geneva, Ul., one hour's ride from Chi cago, and was established lo take young girls from vicious lives and reform (hem. The school is divided into six "fam ilies," each of which has a dormitory, assembly room, kitchen, dining room and laundry. The head of each family is called the mother, and is selected for her tact and kindliness as much as for hor ability to train the girls in the duties required. Each girl is drilled in baking, cooking, washing, ironing and sewing. They also milk ?Tjwe and make their own butter It is proposed to establish a dress making and cutung department in the institution, for many of the girls have a liking for sewing, although they did not know how to take a stitch when they came into thc home. In addition to this training the girls receive a common school education in the branches of reading, writing and arithmetic. It is not all work at the school, however. The grounds are ample and beautiful, and the girls go out ever?' day, while for rainy days they have two large playrooms. Part of their work, even, is regarded as play by them, as they thoroughly enjoy the gardening, sewing and cooking. Un der the training of a skilled gardener they grow most of the vegetables used in the school, and have the finest flower garden in the locality. The vegetables and fruits not needed for .summer consumption they can and preserve for winter. Ten and eighteen years of age arc the limits of commitment, and a girl committed to the school remains in Its custody until she is twenty-one. After a year's residence she may be placed with a private family, from which she reports from time to time. Her earnings are sent to the institu tion, and thc money is banked and held in trust for lier, necessary ex penses being deducted. Every child of the school receives a bankbook for this purpose. From such earnings one of tho girls nov/ has $12!) to her cremt, and the aggregate runs into hundreds of dollars. In almost every case absolute re form is effected, and many of thc girls are respectably and happily married. M Untitled INmrli Worn. There is no doubt about feminine enthusiasm over thc earring. Pro digious pearl buttons are, with the exception of a few novel shapes, the kind to wear, and their vogue is very largely due to the fact that a pair of truly magnificent Torty-dollar pearl ear studs could really not be identi fied from a pair worth four or forty thousand unless a jewel expert is called in to pass upon the compara tive merits. This was illustrated the other day when thc custom house offi cers seized a brace of splendid pink heads that had not been declared, and the jeweler who examined them at first pronounced them genuine, so admirable was their make. Until very recently the fashion in ear studs de manded that the pair of pearls should first-of all be of unusual size, then as nearly as possible perfect spheres, and finallly exact mates in color. It fell to thc lot of a doting young husband to change this mode. His wife.; birthday was due about Thanks giving time, and on discreetly inquir ing her preferences as to a suitable gift he was told that nothing short of a pair of pearl car studs bigger than any her friends had would just fill the aching void in her jewel box. He wrote and telegraphedand.- t?te^~ phoned, and cabled. JD-^T' way doting American h.ugbSnds have, and his or deiv--tf?s for a pair of the biggest ?pearls in the market. A Nev/ York dealer got one in Paris and one in London, and both were guaranteed to be as big as ordinary gooseberries. There proved, however, to have been a little hitch in the instructions, that nevertheless had been interpreted lit erally as to size, for one pearl was as black as London soot and the other as white as snow. There was no (Joubt about their size, though, and the wife, rather than hurt the feel ings of her faitnful knight, put the ?i?icniatohod pearla in her little pink ears and went to a dinner of excep tional splendor. The next morning she woke up and found herself as a leader of fashion, and since that dinner party the womev with "mated pearls," as they arc called, have been negotiating ex changes at their jeweler's or among them.-elves. Mated pearls .ire not "in It" with mismatched pairs, and though a black and white bead are at the top of the list, a green and a pink, a white and a yellow, are acceptable seconds in style.-Chicago Record-Herald. Lace mitts are still good form, anl they can be found in black and white and in different lengths. A hat made of strings of pearls in terwoven with bands of lace is one of the striking creations for the spring. The new parasols are very beau'i ful. Those in black and white take thc lead, though many are gay with flower designs in all the bright natu ral colors. Loops of narrow velvet ribbon al most long enough to reach the shoul der add a smart touch to many of the new spring hats. Ribbons in two col ors are usually employed to carry out this idea with the best effect. A handsome parasol is of white silk, covered with black chiffon, put on plain, and then in the centre of each gore there is a medallion of blacK lace. A narrow border ol* heavy white lace further carries out the scheme of black and white. A charming evening gown for a young girl is of rich miroir satin, veiled with either white, gold or col ored net, showing a delicate design, of lace or ribbon applique in a floral design alternating with ro.>?s or cam ellias sewn on in a studied careless ness. Modish separate skirts are effec tively trimmed with folds of moira extending from the waist line to the head of the flounce. One Idea ls to set a fold on either side of thc seams an laid very flat. Then the flounce is finished with bands of thc same mate rial, running horizontally and widen ing toward the back. Lace still continues fashionable, and for street and evening wear is held in highest favor. Tambour lace, relic of several decades ago, occupies an important place on the list, although lt is not truly lace-that is, needle made lace-as it ls worked with a sort of crochet hook, with the net stretched on the frame. The pat terns, however, arc very effective. Some of the new little frocks which are made up for small girls op." the full length of the frort t and a lit'ie lo one side. The waist is made with the little straight stock and dicky effect with trimmings ol' Hamburg and broad lapels turning back at tuc front, the one at the right being carried over a little and thc end forming tho beginning of thc opening. Tho skirt is simply made, gored in thc front, and "Mthout a gather, the fullness of the back being given by two rather broad box plaits which begin under the collar, wnicn is sailorlike in the back and are carried the full length ol the skirt SCIENCE AND INDUSTFlT. A Vienna medical paper states that an Austrian scientist has discovered that a cold in the head is due to tho presence in tho membrane of a special bacillus which be has called the mioro cocus caparrhalis. Mr. Berislawski, a Russian mining engineer, has recently discovered ex tensive deposits of ozokerite (mineral wax) in tile extreme north of Fin?an J. The deposits are situated along the bed of the Kemiokin river, and the ozokerite is said to be extremely rich in paraffin. Subterranean lakes have recently been discovered in the Eucla district, Australia. They lie about 30 feet be low thc s.irface and contain an abund ant provision of potable water. This discovery is of great practical impor tance to this especially arid district. It is of scientific value also, as it affords an explanation of the disappearance of certain rivers. Thc famous London medical jour nal, the Lancet, is authority for the statement that thc essential oil that forms the base of all perfumes is a powerful antiseptic, and possesses dis infecting properties equal to those of carbolic acid. A perfumed handker chief, therefore, may not only please the sense of smeil, but prove a guard against infection, and thc large num. ber of people that dislike perfumes and think the use of them "vulgar." may become reconciled to their use, at least by other people, when they hear what science has said about them. The United States collier Sterling was thc first boat to he raised by the new fioating dock at Algiers, near New v. ricans. It took just 35 minutes to fill the pontoons and side walls to sink the dock to a 19-foot depth. At first the stLiicture, went down slowly, but after it Lad gone down till the water was above the tops of thc gang way openings in thc sides of the de scent into the sandy water was no ticed very appreciably. The dock was sent down 20 feet 6 inches aft and 21 feet forward from the tops of the keel and bilge blocks to the level of the water over the lower deck. The Ster ling entered Uo dock drawing 15 feet forward and 10 feet G inches aft. Ex actly one hour after the actual pump ing started the dock's lower deck was clear of the water and the Sterling was safely lifted high and dry. Naval Constructors H. G., Gilmore and J. G. Tawresey, United States navy, super intended the (.ocking. which was suc cessful in every particular. One of the largest._e4eetrical con cerns ri C^-rMjrjrTias for the past thijui-ycars been experimenting with a HsTslem of purifying water by means of ozone. Experience gained during this time has demonstrated that such a system is eminently successful, the only question being in its commercial possibilities. The cost of treating one cubic meter, or about 35 cubic feet of water, however, is only 1 1-4 cents. In the system experimented with the wa ter is first cleaned by a quick filter, thc object being to remove the sus pended dirt. This water is then passed through brick towers, filled with gra vel,. During its percolation through the gravel it is subjected to the action of the ozone, which is allowed to en ter the bottom of the brick tower, the water flowing in from the top. Bac teriological^- considered, the system is a pronounced success, as in e" j case the germs present have b .a re duced to far below the number permis sible in practice, namely, 100 germs pt- cubic centimetre. Where the ra tr water contained as many as 100, OlC to 600,000 germs per cubic centi metre, it was sometimes completely sterilized and in all cases the germs were reduced to from 2 to 9 per cubic centimetre. Etalon for (ho Preservation of Hrnlth. Tho following 10 rules have been compiled by a committee of eminent physicians as the best to follow for the preservation of health: 1-Don't leave your rooms in the morning with an empty stomach. 2-Never expose yourself to cold air immediately after you have partaken of a warm liquid of any kind. 3-Don't leave your abode in cold weather without warm wraps around your shoulders and breast. 4-Begin respiration in the cold by breathing through the nose. This will give the air a chance to get 'warm before reaching the lungs. 5 Never place your back near a heated oven nor against a wall, warm or cold. 0-Don't, stand before an open window in a railway carriage, nor take a drive in an open carriage, after violent phy sical exercise. 7-Don't remain mo tionless in a cold room, and do not stand in an open space, on ice or snow. S-Talk only when you must for the old pharse, "Speech is silver, silence is gold," holds good even in hygiene. 9-Don't put off your regu lar bath. "When the skin is not kept fresh and soft thc cold draws th? pores together, and you are rendered susceptible lo pulmonary troubles of all kinds. 10-Don't retire with cold or wet feet. Nothing prevents sleep with so much certainty as the neglect of your pedal extremities. Turk's Way to Prevent Firo9. Primitive in his opinion of every thing modern or progressive, the un speakable Turk has a hazy idea of even the origin of a fire, to say noth ing of the most effective means of staying its progress when once under way. Of late, there have been many serious fires in Constantinople, and the sultan, having taken cognizance of the fact, issued instructions to the police that they must see that the number of fires is materially reduced. After due deliberation and many conferences, the officials for the police department concluded that the prin cipal cause of fires was Insurance, and that in order to remove the danger insurance must be stopped. To carry out this dejision, poiice officers make a house to house visit in the poorer quarters of thc city and inform the luckless house-holder that, unless he brings the next day a letter from the company showing that he has had his policy cancelled, he will bc im prisoned. Untie? the circumstances, many of thc pojrcr people annul their insurance. As an alternative to can cellation, the police agree to accept a guarantee of several thousands that no fire shall break out in the house in question, or any of thc six adjoining one?.-Municipal Journal and Engi neer. Tommy and Hi? Me, Tommy-Ma, may I have Jimmy Briggs over to play on Saturday? Mrs. V->SS-N?. y?u make too much noise. You'd better go down to his house and play.-Tid-Bits, A SENSITIB SOUL. "I suppose even you have said things you regretted," said the man with a hasty temper. "That isn't the point at all," answer ed Mr. Meekton. 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