0 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUT33. km. ITb Retribution Coogan opened the letter which the letter carrier had Just handed lilDi and produced a check which made him smlln. The check was made out for J2U0 and the nnme signed to It, John T. Coolidge, was a guarantee that the cheek was Rood for that amount at any time. It was very pleasant to receive a check once a month from another man Just because you happened to know something about him which would make It very unpleasant for him If his wife and family heard bout It. For this was really much easier than Mr. Coogan's regular pro fession, for he was a burglar, and. occasionally, did not hesitate to hold up a man at any time if he thought he could get away. It was also far Ies3 risky, for Mr. Coogan was a care ful man. The state had once given him free lodging for a considerable length of time while he was younger and less smart. He did not desire the hospitality of the state again and wt.8 therefore very much pleased with the regular cheeks from his friend. It occurred to him, however, that he ought to get more money out of Coolldge. Mr. Coogan had once been rather extravagant. He loved to dress well and live well, and oe sldes he was an Inveterate poker player and fully convinced of his own ability to pick the winning horse on any track. Mr. Coogan was no or ilnary criminal. He had a certain education and was known among the people of the under world as "Gentle man George." Now he sat and imoked an excellent cigar and thlnk ng of how much money It would he possible for him to git out of Cool dge. He had already succeeded nce and his original demand had seen for only one hundred dollars a month. He had the man In his pow ?r, of that he was sure. Coolldge vould no doubt pay money to any imount. The question was how much ae was able to pay. He was no nill uonaire but quite well off. He had 1 good business and could surely -land for more than two hundred lollars. Coolldge looked at Coogan with -.n expression of hatred, fear and dls. ;ust as he entered his office. His ace was by no means weak and most eople would have hesitated to try lack mail on him. Coogan had hes ated himself, but not very long, 'bat was at the time when he didn't :now the strength of his own posl ion. "Good morning Mr, Coolldge," toogan, said cordially. "A beautiful .ornlng, Isn't It? May 1 have your ind attention for a few minutes?" Coolldge sent his stenographer way and turne around In his chair. ,ia knew very well what was coming. "I regret to say, Mr. Coolldge that -y expenses have Increased rather armlngly of late. I don't want to em immodest, but I think it w 'd ! a wise thing for you to raise jny onthly salary to three hundred dol. ra. If it wouldn't be an lnconven--ice to you, I would appreciate It you would make out a check now r next month's, and besides give me .other cheek for five hundred dol rs which would come in very handy ? me." Coolldge turned pale. He felt :e catching the man by the throat fd squeezing the life out of him, - t he thought of the result and he Jn't dare move. "How Is this going to end, Coo n? How long do you think I'm 'Ing to stand for this? I'm not a h man and I cannot raise your sal y as you call it a hundred dollars nonth every xtlme you feel like it." "Oh, I think you mp.v he able to se it at least tnis time," Coogan :lled. "Three hundred dollars a ntn will not bre&k you. People In ur position ought to have regular ounts' set aside for this purpose, a ought to provide for expenses of mey to pay your rent and taxes, te privilege of being rich and hav j a good reputation is worth some- ;ng." "1 will not allow you to ruin me, t out of this office and do your irst, you scoundrel. "Certainly, my dear friend, I will . that," Coogan replied calmly, Iking toward the dor. "if i ft have three hundred dollars a jnth 1 shall rather have nothing at 1-ils hand was already on the lock en Coolldge called him back. Cco i sat down with a smile while his tlm made out a check for three idred and handed it to him. Then there is still that little e. . i amount of five hundred," Coogun lspered. 'Joolldga made out another check t gave it to tha man. Good morning, Mr. Coolldge," gan said, almost amiably, and t. Coolldge did not reply, but when i door had closed behind the cltmaller he Bat for a few moments ilcture of helpless despair. ., Then opened a drawer of his desk and k out a revolver. He looked Into barrel and placed it upl. Then he put it back into . i drawer. "No, I'm not as big a coward as sr M mumbled. Two weeks later James Flynn own to the police ai "Red m.w an," Invited Coogtu to take Dart in a muni: e-rurs:on, uu him very willing to do so. He had nad had luck at poser and the right horre had not won. Coogan wan again In need of money. He didn't want to go io Coolldge right away, and was, therefore, ready for any kind of a Job. It was thus that it happened that the two men crawled through a win ucw Into a house which Flynn had kept his eye on during the pruious days. They went through the dining room, where they exiffitned the sil ver, but suddenly Flynn gave a low whistle, which meant that he heard somebody coming. , The two men stood perfectly still for a moment and both heard some body coming. "1 don't want any shooting done," Flynn whispered a he ran through the next room and Jumped out of the window. Coogau had also made a start, but in tin darkness he run against a chair and dropped his re volver. He was trying to find the weapon when suddenly the electric light was turned on and Coogan looKed into the muzzle of anoiher revolver. And behind the revolver stood John T, Coolldge. Coogan breathed easier for surely Coolidge would not give him up to the police. "Well, Mr. Coolldge," he said jok ingly, "I did not know that this was your bouse, it is rather fortunate for me, and perhaps you too, that It happened to be yours. Otherwise 1 should probably have been sent up." Coolldge smiled pleasantly. "Sit down please," he said, and let use lai.: matters over." "There's nothing to talk over," Coogan replied; "you can't give me up to the police, for if you do I would tell them everything I know about you." Coolldge sat down opposite Coo gan, still covering him with his revol. ver. It was an entirely different Coolldge from the man Coogan had seen before. No, I will not give you up to the police," Coolldge replied; "that might make It unpleasant for me, as you ny, l will turn you over to a different authority." ' "What do you mean?" ( ' "A public undertaker." Coogan turned pale, but Bhowed ho sign of fear. ""So you are going to kill me. That would be murder and you know un pleasant things happen to murderers, too, Bometlrues." ... Coolldge laughed.' "Dd you really know as little as that about our laws, Mr. Coogan? Don t you know that every citizen has a perrect right to shoot down a man who breaks into his house. It will take a Jury fifteen minutes at the utmost to acquit me. ' ' "It would be a moral murder, even If It would be according to the law, and if you wouldn't be punished in this world you would surely have to suffer for it in the next." I don't believe in Hell." Coolldge said calmly. "You have caused me to believe that Hell exists in this life, and you made it exceedingly hot tor me during the last year. In a minute it will be all over and I will once more be a free man. Are you ready to die, Cocgan?" Instead of replying Cooran made a rush for Coolldge, who fired, and the ourglar fell to the ground. Stooping over him he tired three more bullets Into the body. Then he went to the telephone and called up the police neaaquarters. KflVct of Vegetables on Human Ituce. The recent Pathological coneress held In Paris has given us some cu rious facts about vegetables and their enect upon the human race. The members of the congress after num erous experiments, have agreed that. although some vegetables are a pre ventative against diseases of one sort or another, there are many others wnich have the opposite effect. They declare, for instance, that Dotatoes should be eaten by Judges, magis trates, editors and those eneaeed in similar occupations, because they de velop the reasoning faculties and give. great mental balance and calm ness of reflection. Overindulgence, however, produces apathy. Indiffer ence, and laziness. Confirmed pota to eaters are likely to possess more reasoning powers than warmth of heart. Carrots are especially recommend ed for curing bad tempers, besides being good for bilious and peevish folk, persistent eating of boiled carrots will cure Jealousy, melan choly, feelings of wrath and revenge, In fact, the nature of the carrot eat er, in course of time, will undergo a complete change and make him easygoing, good natured, and placidly affectionate. Spinach Is good for men of ac tion. All great generals have de voured it in large quantities It de velops will power, decision, ambi tion, energy, and It is the Ideal food for tickle anu hestatlnj; people. A proper diet of spinach will put an end to dawdling in any household. Those Who yearn for poetic thoughts and artistic ideas should feed largely on French beans. They create poets. Sorrel, on the other aand, tends to sadness and discouragement, and those who persist in eating It be come victims of the dream babit, or nlghtmareg and delusions. 'ilt-Blts. Why, Of Course. "Is the detached cuff In good taste?" asks an exchange. Sure, If It is detached long enough to go to the laundry occasionally. nr ur II LIFE EASIER Many Electrical Devices to Save Cash and Economize Energy In Operating ELECTRIC COOn IS TASTIER Ash Sifera and Moth Traps, Smoke lest Ranges and Mechanical Razors Are Already Here, and a Wlrelest Telephone for Every Navigator. OOOOCXXXXXXXXXXXDOOOOOOOODC 8 ELECTRICAL INVENTIONS P 8 THAT MAKE LIFE EASIER Incandescent lamps which give more light with less cur rent. An ash sifter that will save over a ton of coal a year. Cheap and easy wireless tele phony. Cooking range that will do everything for 18 cents a day. A trap that will lure destroy ing tree moths from half a mile away. A scrubber that will clean ships' bottoms at a trifling cost. A razor that will shave by simply turning the button. OCCCO0CCCCCC0OCCC5OCC0CC A writer who has a turn for re search and who is a closo observer of modern progress in mechanics has enumerated and described some of the many electrical devices which' have been Invented recently and which have gone far toward making life, In Its lesser details, more easy for hu manity. ' A large business has recently grown up In improved forms of incandescent lamps, which, while giving light at greatly enhanced efficiency, consume less current than the older types. 1 An electrical ash sifter has been de signed to save the leak in coal and cinders thrown out with the ashes in household practice. The machine is simply constructed, being built on the revolving screen principle. Into the hopper of the outfit the ashes are dumped.' The cinders fall Into a bin and a can receives the waste. It is estimated that in an ordinary household from a ton to a ton and a half of coal can be thus recovered from the ashes In a year. While recent progress in radio-tele phony the transmission of telephone talk without wires has been com paratively slow, there Is promise oi steady development in some recent tests in Europe. The French navy authorities have reported very satisfactory results in talking from the Eiffel tower in Paris to Dieppe, 93 miles. The apparatus used for this pur pose is being continually simplified, and it bids fair soon to be applicable to a large number of vessels which cannot afford to carry & Morse opera tor, and whose necessity of wireless telephone conversation will be met by a system effective up to 100 miles. Electric cooking, hitherto more or less of a luxury, is being brought by improved apparatus and reduction in the price of current within the reach of the ordinary householder. One of these writes enthusiastical ly of the results by the employment in his own kitchen of an electric oven, a grill, r.n egg poacher, a toaster, and a G 1-4-inch hot plate. The coi.'t of the current used In run ning the whole of the outfit for eight days was $8.32, or $1.04 per day; or 18 cents per day, or 2 cents per hour, for each grill, boiling plate and oven in use. The flavor of meat electrically cook ed is said to excel that of meat treat ed by any other method. For the caterpillar plague which is having such a disastrous, effect on many of the forests of this country, a remedy is suggested by the action of tho municipal authorities of a German town. The brown nun moths had been ravaging the trees of the valley in which the town is situated, and many of the densely planted sections wera threatened with destruction. An electric light trap was construct ed. Lights of high power were fixed in position, and behind them, put over a deep receptacle and large exhaust fans, were two powerful reflectors. The whole was Installed on the top of the municipal electric plant build ing.' At night two great streams of light are thrown from the reflectors on the woods on the sides of the mountain half a mile away. The moths, drawn by the shining radiance, come flutter ing In myriads along the broad lanes of light As they reach the reflectors they are caught by the swirl of the ex haust fans and carried down on the grip of the current of air to the recep tacle below. It Is said, that on. the first night the trap waa put in opera tion three tons of moths were caught. The latest thing In a man's dress ing kit is the electrio razor. The sta tionary part of this device Is simply an ordinary safety razor, consisting of a handle-, a blade, and a blade bold er.' attached directly to , the " spiral shaft of a vibrator. Running up the handle of the razor la a rotary eccen 'tic, which twists the blade around at T desired speed. IK in e IHf ritiHINO IN JAPAN. Japanese Rods Lighter Than Ours, but the Hooks Have No Barbs. Three of us, two Americans and ono Japanese, started out In Jinriklshas from Talpeh, the modern capital of Formosa, or Taiwan, to go to tl.- house of a wealthy gentleman aboui el.iht miles up the river, which runs through the valley of Talpeh, says Fore it and Stream. Tho way led through a beautiful and ferlllo coun-' try, the valley covered with Hocond crop of rice and the hills with tho famous Formosnn tea shrubs. After luncheon and after photographing some hi-ad-hunting Bavagos we found there, we proceeded to fish for salmon trout, at an altitude less than 250 feet above sea level and in latitude about 24 degrees, 40 minutes north, practi cally In the tropics. The temperature of thestrcam was about 70 or higher, and the water was well aerated. This ttroam. from CO to 100 yards wide, is clear and full of npids nnd riffles. Wo used Japanese tackle horse hair linn and horse hair leader (the latter con sisting of one strand only), a ' Million rod and a most delicate palmer iled on a small barbies ; hook. The roil Is decidedly good, and weight for weight is stronger and better castor than our Jointed rod. It rarely weigh over four ounces mine weighed about two but the line is practically worthies for casting, as wo understand the term. The fly Is perfect, but the hook lacks strength, and the fish when hooked may ea?lly detach himself In a current or an eddy, or by fouling the lino. We all know how It Is done from our experience with pin and hook and thread In the brooks at home. The Japanese, however, have an other method of fishing, which may he as new to some of our readers as it was to me. It Is quite successful. They catch one fish In any way they can, and then fasten the line securely through Its upper Jaw, passing it through the roof of the mouth and out at the ton' of the upper Jaw, well in front of the eyes, and then attach through the body of the fish, not far In front of the tall, a horse hair, to which la tied a three-pronged barbless hook, which trails In line with the fish and a few Inches behind while it Is slowly worked up the stream by the fisher man. The theory Is that other fishei, seeing the captive moving along as though feeding, or perhaps spawning, will pursue it, and become Impaled on the books. In point of fact this does happen, as I saw a Chinaman take two fine trout in this manner. Our success with flie3 was poor. We got thirteen or fourteen flngelings but we saw the fish we wished to Iden lfy caught in fairly good numbers by the Chinese, fishing with decoys. Doubtless with large flies and better tackle than we had, we might have had fine sport. It seenu unusual to find a member of the salmonidae fam ily so near the sea level in such alti tudes. The fish is the plecoglossus al tlvells. It has no spot, but Iridescent llnej along Its sides, parallel to the long axle. It has also the adipose dorsal fin. The snout of the male at this season overlays and turns down ward somewhat, as does the snout of the male Chinook salmon late in the season. The plecaglossus weighs from one and a quarter to two pounds, is vigorous and shy, and as dainty a fish for the table as any that may be found. After a few hours' fishing, we descended the river In a rather clumsy fiat-bottomed boat, racing down the rapids and sculling through the smooth places, until we found our rickshaws, and then home. All along the smooth water about dusk we saw the plecoglossus leaping after flies. Big Noses Rare In Japan. In Japan the nose Is the only feature which attracts attention. The nose de termines the beauty or ugliness of the face, according as it is big or small. This Is probably due to the fact that difference in noses constitutes about the only distinction between one Jap anese fara and another. The eyes are Invnriably black the cheek bones tvih mid the chin receding. In Japan n woman who has a huge proboscis is always a great beauty and a reigning b llr There sre a few large noses anur.g the nntive, and lucky is he or he upon whom nature lavishes cr.e. hi all Ta.pnne-e pictures representing the supposedly beautiful woman, the wis', invariably Improves on nature by depicting this feature as abcor niuily developed. A Zulu Girl's Headdress. Of the many strange methods of dressing the hair the strangest is per haps that of the Zulu girl shown in the accompanying Illustration. Not every girl of the same tribe may wear such a headdress. It Is a mark of approaching mar riage, which carries with it perhaps more dignity than grace. The still roll is composed entirely of the wear er's own hair, which is laboriously ;ewn until the desired, effect is ob tained. ' r There Is now an organization of re la!) automobile dealers, which prob ably means that no more automobile will be found on the 19-ceat counter. THE RUSSIAN POLICE The Powerful Instrument by Which Autocracy Rules. The Russian pollco Is a rather com plicated army with its generals, offi cers, ctnt-major, soldiers and spies. At the head of this powerful Institu tion stands the Minister of the Inter ior, or Home Secretary. The police regulations practically form his Bole occupation, and nil questions relative to the Internal government nnd wel fare of the country, such for Instance ns social hygiene, rural economy, Jus tice, position of the peasantry, etc., only In so far concern the Minister of the Interior ns thoy nre more or less closely related to the movement of Liberalism and the emancipation of tho people. In special cases, when the maintenance of order becomes Impera tive, the Mlnititer Is Invested with un limited power. The general ns well ns the political r.nd secret police nre under IiIr orders, governors nnd even general governors are his subordinates, and he poises res the undisputed light to dismiss any police olllcer, even the highest. Informing only the imperial Govern ment of the step taken through tho council of Ministers. The heads of the provincial nnd district police are the governors and general governors, the ispravnlks and tholr aslstants. At tho head of tho town police stand tho police master nnd his assistant or ad jutant. The Minister of tho Interior is alHo virtually the hend of the poli tical police, which has a police depart ment with the safety and secret police sections nnd a corps of gendarmes at Its disposal. The police department attached to the Ministry of the Inter ior, and to which all the lower police nro subordinate, extends its active du ties over the following fields: Prevention and detection of crime nnd criminals. The watching of the frontiers of the empire. Supervision of and issue of pass ports. Emigration. Supervision of drinking establish ments. Measures preventing Are. Statutes regulating the establish ment of various societies and permis sion to hold exhibitions and to give public entertainments. The government of Russia Is based upon its police. Now western Eu rope has long ago broken the chains of autocratic and absolute govern ment Social and Individual power lessness, to which the Jealousy of absolutist rulers had condemned their subjects, has gradually disappeared or is beginning to disappear. Not so in Russia. Here police and society represent two hostile camps engaged in a continuous war against one an other, and the former, far from being the servant of the latter, is practically its master. Society is always being suspected- by the police department and Its officials. Suspected of what? Suspected of gradually awakening to political consciousness, of gaining the conviction that a radical change from the political and economic points of view la absolutely necessary for the welfare of the country; but the Gov- eminent, convulsively clinging to the status quo, is deperately fighting against society, crushing all the lat ter's attempts to gain political liberty. ARMY MULES OBEY ORDERS. Success In Handling the Animals Con sists In Knowing How. Horse nnd mule men at the Kansas City stock yards stood in admiration on a recent afternoon while the sol diers of Battery A and B. Second United States Artillery, under Lieut It. O. Mason, loaded thirteen cars of mules in twenty-flve minutes. It was a new record on the loading docks, end it wasn't accomplished by any unusual methods either. Nor was the mulo driver's vocabulary resorted to. How did they do it? The lieutenant simply called the roll and the mules responded to their names. "Nigger." called an officer, and a little black gun mule ambled up. "Now, Mollle, you're next; now Cy clone," and Cyclone came like a cy clone. If a mule was refractory a few men ia khaki took hold of him and pushed ar.d shoved him Into place. "No wonder," said an envious mule driver, 4'they know their mules; they couldn't do them all that way." "That so?" said a noncommissioned officer. "I guess we could. It's all In knowing how. You never want to flinch around a mule. Never look back when you leave hlra. After you know how mules are easier to handle than horses." Hit Tribute. The essential difference between the signification of words and terms In the English tongue which are al most the same In etymology and ori gin Is a great element of difficulty to a foreigner who Is learning the lan guagea fact to which a certain at tache of a foreign mission, at Wash ington recently testified. When the budding diplomatist In question arrived at our national capl tal a year or two ago, be soon capi tulated to the charma of a young wom an of the official set, aud they speedily became the best of friends. A month or so ago the attache returned to thla country after a lengthy leave of ab sence passed in bla own land. About the first thing he did on reaching Washington was to send a note to the lady of hia admiration, wherein, to her astonishment and indignation, be gave expression to this sentiment: unco more, my dear friend, I hall gaze upon your unmatched eras." Harper'i Weekly. GRATUITOUS PLEASANTRIES. The Tobacconist Gets a Lrmna n the Art of Joking. "You must be goln out to see th girl," observed the friendly tobac conist to the young man who had Just purchased a cigar. "What's that?" anked (he youn man, sharply, pausing In the act of lighting his Havana 8cond. His mpnner was disconcerting but the tohaconlst repeated his mir raise. "You're fixed up so," he add ed. "Flower In your buttonhole, moustache curled. You're lookini all right." "I didn't ask you how I looked," said the young man, morosely. came In here to buy mo a smoke." "That's all right," said the u, bacconlst, soothingly. "I didn't mean to hurt your feelin's. Then, ain't atiy harm in a feller goir.g to see a girl as I know of. I've don. It mywlf." "I muy be going to sic up with a sick Rrandmother, for all you kno," nnld the young man In nowise pla cated. "If 1 get my moustai lie curled I guess It's my business." "Sure. Thut's ail right." T don't know whether It Is or not. 1 didn't get fresh about your bald spot when I camn In here." "You don't need to get mad about it," said the tobacconist. "If I' want to wear a flower 1 guess it's my privilege," continued the young man. "1 may wear a flower every day In the week nnj two on Sunday. You don't know You never saw me before .as I knou of. You've probably got me mixed up with somebody you went to school with, the way you talk." "IT take it all back," said the tobacconist. "You'd better not bring It out ih next time," said the young nuia with a threatening shake of tlx head. "You can't make a monkej of me, I want to tell you. You're a Josher, you are. You must thini that line o' talk is a trade getter. If I've got a girl I don't remem ber Introducing her to you. Hou would It be if you tended to your cigar business? Say if you've got ,any friends you must Josh then something fierce." "Now .see here " began th tobaconist. "If you've got anything to sat about my necktie you might as well get It off your mind," said the young man. "Maybe you'd like to know about the girl to,o." "No, sir, I don't," said the tobac conist, wrathfully. "I don't car a hang about her or about you. Yoi can go and see ber or you ran star away from her. Just as you dera please. Just so long as you get out of thla store. A man may have a grouch, but he can't rub It Into me, more than about so much." The young man turned to the cigar lighter and lit his cigar with ostentatious deliberation. At tb door he turned. "Talking about that bald spot of yours," he said ,"it looks as If you'd been having troublo with your wife." .The tobacconist glared at the spot where the young man had stood for nearly a minute. Then his feature relaxed. "Maybe I ain't the first told -him that this afternoon," be said. The Two Alternatives. "We get some sad cases," said the attendant at the lunatic asylum to the visitor ,and opened the door to the first cell. Inside was a man sitting on i stool and gazing vacantly at the wall. ' "fad story," said the attendant; "he was in love with a girl, but she married another man and he lost his reason from grief." They stole out Boftly, closing the doo behind then, and proceeded the next Inmate. This cell was thickly padded, and tho man within was stark, staring mad. "Who is this?" Inquired the visi tor. "Tliis," repeated tho attendant 'this la the other man." HAD HELr. "I don't see how ho stnnnari hath. smoking and drinking. 1 couldn't UO II." "You haven't met hU wife, have you?" Awake All the Time. "That npw nroarhai- k n ia pretty wideawake vonn mm Isn't he?" ' "Yep. Keeps right on preachln' when everybody else la asleep." . poor Fellow. Reporter You -were 'not always wealthy, I believe? T '" Billionaire No," I bave'seen tho time when I couldn't afford to buy five thousand dollar automobll.