The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 03, 1902, Image 4
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
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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
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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. !
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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.
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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. Cheney <fc
Co., doing business in tho City of Toledo,
County and Siate aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of one hundred dol- 1
labs for each and every case of catabbh that
cannot be cured by tho use of Hall's
Catakeu Ccee. Feans J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed fu my
, ?*? j presence, this 6th day of December,
seal. > A. D.. 1SS6. A. W\* Gleason.
' ?>? ' Rotary Public.
Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. F.'j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists,75c.
Hali's Family Pills are the best.
A man may be too poor to hire a lawyer
and at the same time can afford to keep (
his own counsel. <
Patience and Perseverance.
Three million packages of*Putnam Fadeless
Dyes are put up every year. To do this 1
necessitates the handling of ono hundred
thousand pounds of dye stuff. (
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. (
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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
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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 ^
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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
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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 ,
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You are living on the a
border line of nerve ex- J
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Sarsaparilla and beg
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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
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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. ; ]
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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 '
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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
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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.
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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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Husband?Why did you draw your
money out of one bank and put it in
another?
Wife?Well, the other bank's checks
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