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FEW BANK CROOKS LEFT THE BURCLAR'S INGENUITY DROVE HIM OUT OF BUSINESS. Mechanical Devices Outwit Skill ? Compelled Now to Go Back to and Follow l'elty Thieving?The Modern Safes Will Ilesist Dynamite?1 he Electrical Alarm. The modern burglar alarm 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 j window, file a bar or enter a door. So thoroughly does it protect the depositories of great wealth that it has defied all of the wonderful skill of the cracksman, until today the fewliving 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 ? ' "> ? trfflot Vio n L notice me uner auscutc ui 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 barrel of a six-shooter. The exception was when a stranger engaged a bank cashier in conversation while he hooked out 3 roll of bills with the aid of a piece of wire from under the official's nose. The electrical burglar alarm of today, the great modern safes, which will even resist dynamite, are the result of a series of bank robberies extending 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 whiph 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 securities were carried away, is wholly impossible without collusion with the custodians of the vaults. Even then it is doubtful if one could be successfully carried out, no matter how nmr'n car** was enmloved. for exDeri t ments have shown that even the men who safeguard the vaults of 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 - "^^""^rar^fobeeds up in the hundreds of 5 thousands was possible, but could only - be successfully carried out by men of _ brains and skill, who had the patience ^ to study their enterprise well before entering upon it. Bank officials were not one whit less vigifant 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 tne cracKsman Defore any real attempt to realize is made. One of the best living illustrations of the old school of crook^ is Maximilian Schoenbein, better known to the police of the world as "Count" Max Shinburn. After defying the vault and safe makers of the world and looting banks in this country and abroad for an aggregate gain of $5,000,000, this great criminal fell a victim to modern science. He was released not long ago from the Clinton, N. Y., prison, after a five years' term for robbing the Mid lieburg bank, penniless, gray with age, broken in health and spirit The story 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 i _ fought his way to freedom scores of j P&HtJ times over the bodies of his own victifirs*. excelled him in daring perhaps, but no criminal that ever lived had his mechanical genius. QninViiim ic a fiorman wnc tnnp'ht" UUAUI/Ui U AW ct V4 VA M*wu f " ?*W VWWQM* the trade of a machinist and locksmith by his father, came to this country before he was seventeen years old, and had launched on a career of crime before he was eighteen. He - had wonderful skill as a locksmith and was taken up by two noted criminals, George Bliss and "Fairy" McGuire, whom he met in a New York gambling house. They used him in robbing a New Jersey bank, and the success of the venture was due primarily to his skill. He progressed r.V;. rapidly, and as his ability became known in the "crook" world his services were in constant demand. He probably engaged in twenty robberies before his nhme became known to the authorities. He had scarcely attained his majority when he was planning out big robberies for himself. At that time the only safe in general use in banks and business houses in this country was that made by the 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 Heeded for the successful consumma\ tion of the series of robberies he had planned, but he kept at work with patience. The most important discovery ^ he made at the time was that a per" son with acute hearing could, by putting 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 careful 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 paper under it. Then he turned the dial slowly and found thai 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 Shinburn and his associates pluniered Lilly safes all over the country, finally driving the Lilly company out of business. Time and again the man was arrested, and 'several convictions are on record against him, but no prison was ever strong enough to hold him for long. With the police of the country after him, Shinburn went to New York city and invested a large sum of money in the stock market. He was warned to fly, as the authorities were closing In on him, but he calmly waited to see how his investment would turn out. A sudden rise in the market brought him a fortune, and with over a million dollars of stolen money he sailed for Belgium, rwith 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 Shinburn. He spent thousands of dollars on entertain- I ments, the magnitude of his opera- j tions on the bourse staggered the na- j tlve speculators, and his enormous winings and losings were commented j 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 accident in the world resulted in the arrest 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 Wilkesbarre Coal company's office at Whitehaven, Pa., of $70,000 in cash by tunneling his way to the vault from an adjoining building; the robbery of the Walpole, N. H., bank of $50,000; the robbery of the St. Albans, Vt., bank of $20,000; the robbery of the Ocean bank on Greenwich street, New York, of $1,000,000 in money and securities; the robbery of the West Maryland bank of $25,000. and a score of others, i Shinburn has shot a dozen men. been shot several times himself, and has broken jail fully a dozen times. It j was over five years ago that Shinburn. i an old man then, ran up against modern science. It was at the Middleburg, N. Y., bank. He and his associates fought their way to the doors of the vault and had blown awav evevry obstacle with nitro-glycerine before 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 penniless not long ago while serving a term in prison for stealing a pocketbook from a woman in a New York city book store. *He took the pocketbook 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 $300,000 from the Hatter's bank at Bethel, Conn., and $400,000 from the Marine National bank. In 1S63 he walked into a Philadelphia bank and "'l+V ? Irvncr ctool wtro hfllllpO Si 4 000 out through the paying teller's window 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 it. 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 discharged and that he (Johnson) had been employed in his place. While the indignant bookkeeper went to see the president about the matter Johnson vamoosed with $25,000. By a 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. Prison life had robbed him of his wonderful nerve, and he descended to the petty crimes of the street, pocket picking, etc. An almost similar case is that of Edward Rice, better known as Big T> 1 T?;__ TT . ? ^ J JCA1 IV1CV. nc w <as> iaat ai i ^01 vru iui stealing a pocketbook from a woman in a 23d street car in New York city. Once or twice before that he had been accused of picking pockets, but the crimes could not be fastened on him. When convicted of the street car robbery Rice broke down and confessed that he had turned pickpocket because 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 palmy 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 think of committing. Electricity and the modern safe have driven them to the wall. Gradually they are dying off.?Washington Star. The Episcopal Temper Tried. A certain bishop, remarkable tor his precise and dignified bearing, was once sitting in the studio of an eminent artist as a living model for his own portrait. Perfect silence 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, ventured 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 apparent 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 Real Philosopher. A Battersea workingman was once possessed of a notoriously bad tern- j pfered wife, who did not scruple, when j the fit seized her, to lay violent hands j upon her patient spouse. One fine ! day he was observed by a friend, who saw him entering a crockery shop laden with an armful of cups and saucers. "Hello, John!" he cried. "Selling up your home?" "No," responded John, "but I really | couldn't stand the expense any longer, j These here ones break into little bits j 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 j don't belong to someone else. ! t AT A FANCY BALL. i She?What are you? ' He?I'm an executioner, Henry the Eighth period. What do you represent? 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."?Detroit Free Press. I Cuba's First President. Although it has been stated that the Cu- I bans are incapable of governing themselves, ! yet they have selected their llrst president, i I who is a great favorite with the people. A j favorite medicine with the American people i is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, because it is | an ideal remedy for headache, indigestion, j 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. The fly agaric, a sort of fungus, is so called because steeped in milk it is used to j kill flies. New Jersey Skin Troubles Can't resist Tetterine. "I have been troubled with Eczema four years. Tetterine has done me so much good that I gladly recommend it. Send another box."?W. C. Fuller, Seminole Cottage, Sea Cliff. N. J. EOe. a box by mail from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga., if your druggist don't keep it. Boston, one of the richest cities in the country, has a municipal debt of $50,000,000. Tyncr's Dyspepsia Remedy Cures Irregu* lar Heart Action. At Druggists, 50 cents. The jailer should not be known by the company he keeps. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, i Lucas County*. j Frank J. Cheney, make oatlitbat he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. 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( The naekatres are filled bv diDDine the d\*3 stuff up with .1 largo wooden spoon and placing in an envelope. Fivo car loads of dvo 1 stuff handled with a wooden spoon! This is ( accomplished every year by ino dozens of young ladies employed by the Putnam Fadeless Dye Co., UuionViile,*Mo. 1 The population of the Philippines is stated at 10,000,000. ( < Earliest Knsglan 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 los., . $1.00; 100 lbs., $3.00; low freights. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. A ] It's funny how many men there are try- . ing to get rid of a "good thing." J - c l'est For the Bowel*. ^ No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never got well until your bowels v are put right. Cascassts help nature, cure ^ you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements,cost you just 10cents to . start getting your health back. Cascaeets Candy Cathartic, the genuino, put up in metal < boxes, every tablet lias C. C. C. stamped on i imit.otinnc 1 The baker who mixes his dough properly has a soft thing of it. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after ilrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestoror.$2trial bottle and treatisefree Dr. R. H. Kline. Ltd.. 031 Arch St., Phtla., Pa. One million miles is the "length" of an American locomotive's life. Putnam Fadeless Dyes aro fast to sunlight, washing and rubbing. Sold by all druggists. A London physician advises a quiet sea voyage for insomnia. ; Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of throat and lungs.?Wm. O. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. South African diamond mines yield over $40,000,000 annually. ? Pr/rec/ Of/71 ; I " I was very poorly and could | 1 1 hardly get about the house. I was 8 t C tired out all the time. Then I tried I i I Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and it only ] I took two bottles to make me feel . I perfectly well."? Mrs. N. S. Swin- ( I ney, Princeton, Mo. ^ I Tired when you go to ( I bed, tired when you get t i up, tired a!! the time. 1 I w/k.. O V/mii? hlAArl ic im- I , IW Iiy 1 UUl L'lUUW io 1111 H pure, that's the reason. 6 You are living on the a border line of nerve ex- J haustion. Take Ayer's Sarsaparilla and beg quickly cured. SfSifiS: | Ask your doctor whnt ho think* of Ayer'e 11 Sarsaparilla. He knows all about this ^'rand R old family medicine. Follow his advice and jj we will be satisfied. ; J. C. Aykr Co., Lowell, Mass. S ^ '' My family physician told me to try Ripans Tabules, as he had found them of great benefit in several obstinate cases of indigestion and dyspepsia. I felt better within a day, and was soon greatly relieved. Tt .. .1 1 _ 1 1 I I l nave always uecu suujcei iv uau i sick headache until I began taking I < the Tabules, and you don't know ! what a relief it is to be entirely free from these. ; ] At druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an j 1 ordinary occasion. The family bottle, f : 00 cents, contains a supply for a year. 1 ' ?TT?IT ! WE PAY R. R FARE AND UNDER $5,000; ^? Deposit. Guarantee CTmmend/ i ' 200 FKKK SCHOLARSHIPS. BOAUD AT i COST. Write Quick to GA.-ALA. ! UUSINESS COLLEGE, MACON, GA. j ; 1 Capudinec^eLs ? a Headaches, s ?j LaGrippe, Colds, etc. | & Money back If It fulls. 15&25o.All Drugstores jjg S3 n E* Q V NE W DISCOVERY; inTf-a i.,* SrC quick relief and cures wor>t cases- D >ok of tejtiiuonia s and 10 ?lntreatment 1 rrce. Or. H- H. QBEIM'S BOBS. Bos B, At ant a. G& f fOKV/OMAM'stj Wife of iho f liino?e Interpreter. In a certain sense the most promi- | nent American woman in the uiplo- | matic colony at Washington at the j present time is M rs. Yung Kwai, the i wife of the interpreter of the Chinese j legation. Mrs. Yung Kwai is a New j England woman, and she and her lius- | band were very devoted lovers, corre- j sponding daily during the years of i separation after their engagement, j They have a family of several chil- i dren, and Mrs. Yung Kwai may fre- j quently he seen spinning along the ' road to her suburban home at Cleve- j land Fark, near Washington, in an j automobile filled to overflowing with ! black-eyed youngsters.?The Criterion. The Uf-'o-Ualc Poby. It isn't correct any more to have things daintily pretty for the newborn baby just in order to have them daintily pretty. It is no longer the proper thing to swathe the little body in yards and yards cf muslin and lace and put him to bed in billows of down and silk perfumed with rose or violet. Up-to-date mothers no longer vie with each other on the point of delicate elaboration, 'iney do not vie at all any more. Their one object is to make everything as sanitary and comfortable as possible for the new-comcr. Sometimes they give a sigh for the pretty bow or frill of lace, but after all. everything in the new fashion looks so clean and sensible and j wholesome they come to see the other I was only a perverted taste, and take no pleasure in it. Things have advanced in the last few years. The nursery is one of them.?Marsha Houk, in Woman's Home Companion. A Society of I"ri?c?ri?. In dress and many other things the world apes the fashions of Paris, but coiffures are usually dictated in Vienna. In the Austrian capital there is annually a hair-dressing contest, at which the society cf frfscurs distributes prizes for art and taste. Just now the candidates for the honors in the Vienna congress show a iendency to revive the coiffures of :he renaissance, though they are less capricious in arrangement. Two principal prizes were given to the court i'riseur, Herr Janik, and to Conrad Floraczek. One was for what was called coiffure Elizabeth and the other the coiffure princcesse De Lam Dalle. The coiffure Elizabeth is an elaborite affair to whicn a large jeweled ?omb and bouquet of roses is ad led n order to make it the more conspicuous. The coiffure Princesse De Lamballe reminds one of the reve'.crs it the court of Louis XIV of Franco, ivhen paint and powder were the carlinal toilet requisites even for those vho were blessed with natural beauty. Not one of the contestants darel to exhibit the modest hairdress of the >ld Germans, like that of Marguerite n "Faust," or any of the subdued jut pretty modes prevalent in the lorthern country. The introduction )f these gorgeous coiffures means a )oom for the dealers in human hair n Southern France, who have supdied the civilized world for many dejades with the shorn locks of the provincial maidens. Few women are for.unate in the possession of enough lair to comply with the new modes. One of the features of the friseur congress of Vienna is that the friseurs lo their work in the presence of the judges and visitors, the competition asti'ng two days. Styles in Collar/ and Stock*. " ? ? ? ~ ? 1 n f rvrCOCitl f JLne gemsiiu pinviuitc at pitav-uv jeems to be in favor of high, close stocks for outdoor wear, and flat, easy collars for the house gowns and silk vaists. At the neckwear departments )f the big jrygoods houses they sell examples of this latter model out of leavy yellow Irish, Dutch or Italian ace, in combination with velvet or nlrror velveteen; and from France hey are sending over delicate lawn md linen flat collars, with white emjroidery around the edges and on the joints. These are fastened with big )ld-fashioned cameo or seed pearl jrooches. Should a woman prefer something juite as airy though less severe than i perfectly flat collar she can do no jetter than wear one of the new :ucked silk muslin collars, the pat:ern of which only came into being i short time ago. The band of musin that clasps the neck is tucked to rive it stiffness and body, and the tie ?nds are tucked almost to their tips, vhere they arc finished with rows of lemstitching or a broad hem, briar ditched down. In some cases a single ;hickness of colored liberty silk is :acked on the inside of the neckband, ind often enough of cafe au lait musin is employed instead of thp ivory vhite. Instead of French knots, once so jopular in the decoration of fancy leckties, the humor now is for pret:ily beaded or pearl sprinkled stocks, ind for some of the fashionable new spring tailor dresses the most wonlerful adjustable jewelled collars of leather have been introduced. A i _ a *> 11i i i - ? ?i > Deauiiiuijy arosseu sueae or giace iau Is used for this purpose. The collar is cut from one strip of delicate skin, :rimmed with fiat cabochon, turquoise, pearls or steel beads, lined with a soft j satin, and is hooked on with any gown i with which it will harmonize. Women faithful to the stiff linen j collar wear starched Roman bands, such as the clergy use, and with this a. broad folded bunting tie of the richest, softest bird's-eye silk. This is, hnwpvpr rnrelv sppti savp in the make-up of a smart automobiling costume, when the tie is red or mat new rhade of haberdashery blue known as Irish eyes.?New York Sun. Saving tli? Children. One of the most interesting and valuable forms of "child saving'' work is ihat done by the Illinois State Training School for Girls. It is in ! Geneva. 111., one hour's ride from Chi- J cago, and was established to take i young girls from vicious lives and reform them. The school is divided into six "fam- j ilies," each of which has a dormitory, j assembly room, kitchen, dining room j and laundry. The head of each family ! is called the mother, and is selected i for her tact and kindliness as much i as for her ability to train the girls In ' the duties required. Each girl rs j drilled in baking, cooking, washing, j ironing and sewing. They also milk j cows and make their own butter. [ Ft is proposed to establish a dresswaking and cutung department in tho 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 the home. In addition to this training the girls receive a common school education in the-branches of reading, writing an.l arithmetic. It is not all work at the school, however. The grounds are ample an.l beautiful, and the girls go out every 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. Under 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 tne institution, and the money is banked and held in trirst for ner, necessary expenses being deducted. Every child 1 of the school receives a bankbook for 1 this purpose. From such earnings cue ' of the girls now has $129 to her crenit, 1 and the aggregate runs into hundreds ' of dollars. ' In almost every case absolute re- ! form is effected, anil many of the girls ] are respectably and happily married, j M imitated Pearls Worn. 1 There is no doubt about feminine enthusiasm over the earring. Prodigious pearl buttons are, with the exception of a few novel shapes, the j kind to wear, and "heir vogue is very largely due to the fact that a pair j of truly magnificent Torty-dollar pearl , ear studs could really not be identi- j fied from a pair worth four or forty i thousand unless a jewel expert is < called in to pass upon the compara- . tive merits. This was illustrated the . other day when the custom house offi- j cers seized a brace of splendid pink , beads 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 i finallly exact mates in color. , It fell to the lot of a doting young ( husband to change this mode. His , wife's birthday was due about Thanksgiving time, and on discreetly inquiring her preferences as to a suitable gift he was told that nothing short of a pair of pearl ear studs bigger than any her friends had would just fill the aching void in her jewel box. He wrote and telegraphed and tele- 1 phoned, and cabled, in a way doting American husbands have, and his order was for a pair of the biggest pearls in the market A Jtew 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 literally as to size, for one pearl was as black as London soot and the other as white as snow. There was no doubt about their 'size, though, and the wife, rather than hurt the feelings of* her faitnful knight, put the mismatched pearls in her little pink cars and went tq a dinner of exceptional splendor. The next morning she woke up and found herself as a leader of fashion, and since that dinner party the women with "mated pearls," as they are called, have been negotiating exchanges at their jeweler's or among themselves. Mated pearls are 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 whits and a yellow, are acceptable seconds in style.?Chicago Record-Herald. I Lace mitts are still good form, anl ? they can he found in black and white i and in different lengths. i A hat made of strings of pearls in- 1 terwoven with bands of lace is one < of the striking creations for the spring. The new parasols are very beauti- ^ ful.. These in black and white take ( the lead, though many are gay with flower designs in all the bright natu- j ral colors. V Loops of narrow velvet ribbon al- ^ most long enough to reach the snoul- i der add a smart touch to many of the , new spring hats. Ribbons in two coi- ^ crs are usually employed to carry out , + ifioo with tho host pffeet. i tillJ ~ ? J A handsome parasol is of white silk, 1 covered wiih black chiffon, put on ] plain, and then in the centre o-f each ] gore there is a medallion of black ? lace. A narrow border of heavy white j lace further carries out the scheme of < black and white. 1 A charming evening gown for a < young girl is of rich miroir satin, veiled with either white, gold or colored net, showing a delicate design, of lace or ribbon applique in a floral 1 design alternating with roses or cam- i ellias sewn on in a studied careless- ( ness. i Modish separate skirts are effec- f tively. trimmed with folds of moire i extending from the waist line to the : head of the flounce. One idea is to 1 set a fold on either side of the seams < an lain verv flat Then the flounce is ] finished with bands of the same mate- ] rial, running horizontally and widening 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 ' it is not truly lace?that is, needle j '' made lace?as it is worked with a sort J 1 of crochet hook, with the net 1 stretched on the frame. The pat- ' terns, however, are very effective. Some of the now little frocks which arc made up for small girl's open the i ' full length of the front and a little to J 1 one side. The waist is made with the j 1 little straight stock and dicky effect ! ' with trimmings of Hamburg and i 1 broad lapels turning back at tne front, | 1 the one at the right being carried ; ' over a little and the end forming the j * beginning of the opening. The skirt ] is simply made, gored in the front, ! and without 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 1 of the skirt 1 SCIENCE AND /NDUSTRf. A Vienna medical paper states that an Austrian scientist has discovered that a cold in the head is due to the presence in the membrane of a special bacillus which he has called the miuro cocus caparrhalis. Mr. Berislawski, a Russian mining engineer, has recently discovered extensive deposits of ozokerite (mineral wax) in the extreme north of FinlanJ. The deposits arc situated along the bed of the Kemiokin river, and the ozokerite i? 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 the surface and contain an abundant provision of potable water. This discovery is of great practical importance to this esnociallv arid district. It is of scientific value also, as it affords an explanation of the disappearance of certain rivers. The famous London medical journal. the Lancet, is authority for the statement that the essential oil that forms the base of all perfumes is a powerful antiseptic, and possesses disinfecting properties equal to those of carbolic acid. A perfumed handkerchief, therefore, may not only please the sense of smell, but prove a guard against infection, and the large number 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 the first beat to be raised by the new floating dock at Algiers, near New ^ rleans. It took just 35 minutes to R11 the pontoons and side wails to sink the dock to a 19-foot depth. At first the structure, went down slowly, but after it l.ad gone down till the water was above the tops of the gangway openings in the sides of the descent into the sandy water was noticed very appreciably. The dock was sent down 20 feet G 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 Sterling entered t^e dock drawing 15 feet forward and 16 feet 6 inches aft. Exactly one hour after the actual pumping 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. fawresey, United States navy, superintended the cocking, which was successful ' \ every particular. One of the largest electrical concerns of Germany has for the past three years been experimenting with a system of purifying water by means of ?zone. Experience gained during this lime has demonstrated that such a system is emine?itly successful, the anly question being \n 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 :he system experimented with the water is first cleaned by a quick filter. :he object being to remove the suspended dirt. This water is then passed ihrough brick towers, filled with gravel,. During its percolation through :he gravel it is subjected to the action pf the ozone, which is allowed to en:er the bottom of the brick tower, the water flowing in from the top. Bac:erio!ogically considered, the system Is a pronounced success, as in every case the germs present have been reiuced to far below the number permissible in practice, namely, 100 germs per cubic centimetre. Where the "aw water corJained as many as 100,)00 to 000,000 germs per cubic centimetre, it was sometimes completely sterilized 2nd in all cases the germs were reduced to from 2 to 9 per cubic centimetre. Rules for the Preservation of Health. The following 10 rules have been compiled by a committee of eminent physicians as the best to follow for he preservation of health: 1?Don't leave your rooms in the morning with m empty stomach.- 2?Never expose yourself to cold air immediately after rnn have nartaken of a warm linuid pf any kind. 3?Don't leave your ibode in cold weather without warm tvraps around your shoulders and breast. 4?Begin respiration in the ?old by breathing through the nose, rhis will give the air a chance to get tvarm before reaching the lungs. 5? \Tever place your back near a heated pven nor against a wall, warm or cold, j?Don't stand before an open window n a railway carriage, nor take a drive n an open carriage, after violent physical exercise. 7?Don't remain motionless in a cold room, and do not stand in an open space, on ice or mow. 8?Talk only when you must 'or the old pharse, "Speech Is silver, silence is gold," holds good even in Hygiene. 9?Don't put off your reguar bath. When the skin is not kept fresh and soft the cold draws the pores together, and you are rendered susceptible to pulmonary troubles of ill kinds. 10?Don't retire with cold pr wet feet. Nothing prevents sleep svith so much certainty as the neglect pf your pedal extremities. Turk's Way to I'revent Kires. Primitive in his opinion of everything modern or progressive, the unspeakable Turk has a hazy idea of even the origin of a fire, to say nothng of the most effective means of staying its progress when once under vay. Of late, there have been many serious fires in Constantinople, and [he sultan, having taken cognizance 3f the fact, issued instructions to the police that they must see that the lumber of fires is materially reduced. After due deliberation and many conferences, the officials for the police lepartment concluded that the principal cause of fires was insurance, md that in order to remove the danger insurance must be stopped. To carry cut this decision, police officers make i house to house visit in the poorer juarters of the city and inform the uckless house-holder that, unless tie brings the next day a letter from the comnany showing that he has had his policy cancelled, he will be im- prisoned. Under the circumstances, many of the poorer people annul their inenranno A <? an nifprnntive to cim :ellation, the police agree to accept i guarantee of several thousands that ao fire shall break out in the house in question, or any of the six adjoining mes.?Municipal Journal and Engineer. Tommy rii<1 His Tommy?Ma, may I have Jimmy 3riggs over to play on Saturday? Mrs. Fogg?No, you make too much toise. You'd better 50 down to his louse and play.?Tid-Bits. % A SENSITIE SOUL. "I suppose even you have said things you regretted," said the inan with a hasty temper. "That isn't the point at all," answered Mr. Meekton, "I have been trying to figure out whether I ever said anything that I didn't regret."?Washington Star. 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