UDE BAD ROUBLES 11 M CELL Amazing Tale of Bold Counter faiting Comes From City of Kovno, Lithuania THE COINERS CAUGHT BECHANCED Jailer Lednicka and One of HI Con- ' vlct Inmates Concocted a Clever Scheme All Kovno Convulsed with the 8tory How Discovery Came. Moscow, Russia. At Kovno, a largo town In Lithuania, tho public have been complaining for some time past of the multitude of false roubles, half roubles and 15-kopeck pieces in circu lation. The passing of sucli coins is not. In itself, punlnhnblo In Russia, and the most punctilious persons do Dot hesitate to try to get rid of false coins. The best place is the market, where the Jews take and pass them with the greatest of ease. In respecta ble households the false-coins go to the cook, who exchanges them for meat and vegetables nt the market place. But at Kovno things were get ting too bad, nnd even the Jews grew careful of what money they took. The governor of the prison, who fol lowed the same plan as ordinary mor tals for getting rid of supurious coin, lad complaints from his cook, who got back as good or rather as bad m she gave, and received false coin in nor change whenever she went to market. The governor in turn com plained to the head of tho police who promised to unearth the coiners and let an "ajent" (a sort of private de tective) to watch the market place. The ajent soon discovered that a wom an named Lednicka was constantly passing false coins now at this stall, low at that One day he had her ar--ested, taken to the nearest police itation and searched. A good deal of noney was found on her, and it was ill false. She protested her innocence, laying that her husband had given her month's money for the housekeep-ag- What is your husband and where tees he live?" the head inspector ask xL She replied that he was a Jailer tad lived at the local prison. Mr. lednicka was promptly sent for and tuestioned as to his wife's money. At (nt he refused to answer, but finally admitted that he got the money from me of the prisoners under his charge man named Mucha, who had been prison awaiting trial on a charge of jaitdltlsm for the past eight months. ( "What part of the prison does he yva In?" asked the ustonlshed lnspec pr. "In a cell, of course," was the newer. "No. 25 on the ground floor, the left side of the courtyard." Tho olice set off to the prison and asked or leave to search cell No. 25. ,"Are you mad?" cried the governor. ' 'The prison's under my charge! You -n bring me people here, but I'm tnged if you're going to inspect my ; ace whenever it suits." Then they explained that Lednicka i confessed to getting false coins om cell No. 25, and hinted that ho - mself had asked to have the coiners covered. He reluctantly gave way id the cell was opened much to tho . scorn fit ure of tho occupant, who, i re that Lednicka alone had the keys, coining false money and had not iie to put away his plant. The indignntlon of the governor ' is only equaled by the mirth of the lice, when the plant for coining !se roubles, half-roubles and lH-Uo-'ck pieces was found in the cell. Caught red-handed,- Lednicka r.nd icha made a clean breast of it. They -k a fancy to each other from tho iment they first met In the prison. cha soon confided to the Jailor that knew how to make false coins If dnicka would go to a certain hojso d bring the plant. Lednicka, for sing the coin, was to share profits, s agreed, brought the plant, and al ys warned the prisoner when thn son officials were lively to Inspect i cell, when the plant wr.s taken t and hidden in LednlcV.n's rooms. The plan succeeded admirably. They de and circulated falsie money for ar half a year, and, had It not bi.-r.ii the governor's cook, would prrba- have gone on till Mucha went up trial. Kovno is convulsed with ; story, and, of course, those are '. lacking who hint that thd good ernor himself knew something tut the matter. 'Ive Brothers Serving Sentences, llnton, Okla. "I have four broth in the penitentiary now, and when rive there we will hold a family re in," was the statement made in the .er County District Court at Ara oe by O. G. Wllllnns when an ed to imprisonment for life far I ng Delia Generals. They had for 'ly been married, having lived to ier In El Reno, but she came to iton to get rid of him, and he fol jd. i Sh refused to have anything lo with hfm, although.,' he pursued constantly with' Importunities to '.n liv with him. 'fliiams was boastful about ' the der and Bald be came irom a fara-that-has made many killings, he ig the. fifth brother to go to ths '.tentlary for murder. He said be dereld Delia Generals' because she .Id not tukq un with hlm: again? and : h did not care to Uro' without DEER mm t!Y RAIL Animals Killed by Trains and Engi neers Stop Buying Beef and. Are Eating Venison. Washington, N. J. Deer are so numerous In Warren county that they are being killed by railroad trains as they cross tho tracks. Such killings have become so common recently that engineers, especially those employed on the Lackawanna Railroad, have ceased buying beef and are feeding their families on venison. One of the first questions the housewife asks her engineer husband nowadays when he returns home from his run Is how many deer he killed on the trip. The animals, which are so keen In fleeing from ordinary foes, seem to be paralyzed with fright when they see trains bearing down on them. One was caught between a Lackawanna train and a steep bank yesterday. In stead of laplng up the bank it did Its utmost to beat the locomotive with the track for a race-course, with the result that it was struck, hurled and injured so badly it was killed to put It out of its agony. Another deer rushed down the mountain Ride to the tracks day before yesterday and tried issues with the locomotive. It, too, was injured mortally. The game wardens assert that unless the slaugh ter censes all the engineers will be compelled to tuke out hunter's licenses and also take their chances in prose cution for killing deer out of season. NEW "PANTALOON GOWN." Newest Feminine Creation Parts Above Knees, Revealing Trousers. New York City. "Pantaloon gowns" are now seen In Fifth avenue and Broadway and the new thriller in feminine wearing apparel sets the Di rectolre gown upon a pedestal of modesty. It is made of light olive chiffon broadcloth, with a train fifty-six Inches in length, trimmed with French cord embroidery, embroidered ecru Chan tllly lace and black satin. Twelve dozen self colored buttons are used. It has the Directolre back, long effect, Louis XIV. front and bolero shape. Seven yards of cloth compose the whole dress. But that is not the point When the wearer stands still it resembles an ordinary, pretty costume. The mo ment she moves it Is quite different What has seemed a skirt parts Just The Pantaloon Costume. above the knees and regular trousers corao Into view. Trousers Just trous ers. They make no' pretence of being anything else. They measure thirty-six Inches around the bottom and reach to the shoe soles. A seam that goes up the front of the skirt from the knees to the waist gives an all pantaloon appearance to the front of the gar ment. No underskirts can be worn with this costume and the lingerie bills of those who adopt it will be a negligible quantity. LYING DUE TO MENTAL LAZINESS W. H. P. Faunce, President of Brown, Explains Suspension of Students. Providence, R. I. "Intellectual slo venliness" is the greatest cause of falsehood in this country, in the opin ion of President W. H. P. Faunce of Urown University. When nine stu dents at the university were suspend ed tor "cribblug," the president com mented on the affair in these words: "The grent source of untruth in American life is not deliberate resolve to He. No man ' consciously chooses falsehood as his mode of success. The real source of the evil Is intellectual slovenliness, unwillingness to buckle down to hard work and willingness to take shelter in the first and easiest refuge that offers." WATTLE WITH SIX EAGLES. Virginia Lumber Dealer Attached In Wood and Nearly Overcome. Norfolk, Va, J.'L.' Durnell, a (um ber dealer of 'this city,' while looking over some timber land on Sand Hill plantation In Princess Anne county bad : to fight ; for his life with six eagles, .-.',.. The great birds swooped down on him' and falling into a hole he was momentarily helpless. With their talons and beaks 'bcrWhfns his flesh &nd bearing his clothing lie ' regained uia. iect nuu luugui luera wnn amy t stlc1 for 300 " yardS ,berbV 'gdlhlngT shelter. He was then almost helpless nndf ' wltnout 1 protection soon would uavVbeen overcome by tho eaglfca. THE COLUMBIAN, THE USES OF It's a Mystery Why Japan Has Been Buying So Many Biliary Calculi Which Are Scarce BY-PRODUCT IS VERY EXPENSIVE Largest Shipment of Gall Ever Made from Chicago Stockyarda Was 75 Tierces and It Yielded not One Stone Worth $175 a Pound. The newspapers have been making a mystery of the demand from Japan for gall stones from beef animals. Dispatches have told of mysterious shipments of this by-product of a pncklng house from Chlcngo to Japan ese destinations, but no one has been able to explain why the Japanese wanted all of this product that Pnck lngtown could supply, or why they were willing to pay such apparently enormous prices for the gall stones. A study of the situation will probably r.how that the high prices have been due in a large measure to the fact that very few gall stones have been found, which fact would allow the good old law of supply and demand to get in its work. The demand of late by Japan for gall stones has caused quite a little Interest in this product, to say nothing of the price the Japanese are willing to pay, which Is $100 to $175 per pound. Gall, on the other hand, brings the packer only about 5 cents per gallon. In this connection it is Interesting to know that the largest shipment of gall ever made from Chicago's pack Ingtown on one order was 76 tierces, and strange as It may seem, not ono ga.ll stone was found In the whole batch of gall bladders cut open for this shipment Perhapa the fact that the gall stones are worth approxi mately $5 each may have had some thing to do with that One big concern states they have r.ot collected a pound and a half of gall stenea In a year and a half. An other concern, probably killing tho greatest number of cattle of any one company, collect from all their houses about three pounds per month. These stones must be carefully handled, as they are particularly de ulred whole, and not broken up or pul verized. The gall atones are first air dried, then wrapped In fine tissuo paper, then In a generous wad of cot ton, and packed In cotton, so that there is no possibility of their being broken In shipment One pound thus packed makes quite a largo box. What these stones are used for by the Japanese Is a secret they have not co far divulged. However, some of our packers have concluded that they are used In physiological chemistry. Others are Inclined to the belief that they are used In the process of dyeing fine fabrics, such as silk, etc. The lat ter use seems quite feasible, in view of the fact that the gall from an ani mal contains much more coloring mat ter than that from the human, owing no doubt to the quantity and variety of herbage consumed by the animal. Gall from a beet animal is composed as follows: Water, 90.44 per cent.; biliary and futty bodies, Including resinold acids, 8.00 per cent; mucr.s, 0.30 per cent; watery extract, chlor ide?, phosphates and lactates, 0.P5 rer cent; soda, 0.41 per cent. If the co'.id portions of the bile be In ex cess, especially the chlosterine, blu rry calculi or gall stoneB will form in the gall bladder. Beef gall is a well known and ef fectual detergent, and Is used in the manufacture of soap as follows: One hundred and fifty parts of beef's gall are amalgamated with 2500 parts melted cocoanut oil, and the mass saponified by the cold process with 1200 parts of soda lye of 38 degreeG T5. The soap Is then colored with S3 parts of ultramarine green and perfumed with 7 1-2 parts of oils of lavender and cumin. To cleanse beef's gall to be ueed as a varnish on paintings, etc., boil in a porcelain receptacle 45 parts of beef's gall with water and then add two parts of powdered alum. Agitate for half an hour, and when cold filter. Then add to the mass, which Is -now decolorized, 1-8 part of anhydrous spirits of wine, and let the mixture stand for two days; then pour off tho supernatant clear fluid," the alum be ing precipitated In small crystals. The National rrovisioner. The Future Life. Mr. William Dean Howells publishes In Harper's Bazar a great article on the subject of the future life. In his paper which Is addressed to those In Immediate bereavement, Mr. Howe'.ls wys among other things: "t would have those who grieve keep cloSs. and fast every association with the dead; soon enough such memories 'will pale and' fade away. I would have them think of the faults of those who are gone, the foibles, the frailties, which In every human be ing herb to make up his sum, and en dear him equally with his virtues. If there Is a world beyond this, these will go with hlw to tt and become the stuff of his regeneration and redemp tion. I would have the mourners re- 31. hoofs' tf Wadaeslof merriment, ent with "the dead, and live over with, them la a Joyous .comradery, Joy ous, If only for a fleeting Instant the timer -whit ti tlm eaririot bting' sialn." GALLSTONES BLOOAlSElCa k ANCIENT HINDU Tf.Vlr LG. . vUiYialns In Java of Great c;.t o Clslith Century. The jlorobordocr, unearthed by Eir Stnn.ford Rallies when the Ki;glls-h ruled In Java, was built by the Hin dus In tho eighth century nnd Is hy far ihe finest example of their work i ' tho Island. Stnnding on a hill In the middle of the valley, this imposing ed ifice, covering nearly ten acres, rises to a height of upward of a hundred feet above the summit of the hill. It consists, says a Java correspond ent of the Shanghai Mercury, of n series of stone terraces built on top of each other in diminishing magni tude, so as to leave circumscribing gal leries, nnd crowned by a vaBt cupola; entrance to the galleries Is gained by four stairways, north, south, east and west, which run from the ground strnlght up to the big top terrace, In the middle of which stands the crown ing cupola, surrounded by numerous smaller lattice work cupolas, ami from which one may step Inside into any of the Intermediate galleries'. The whole is built of stone, showing nn immense amount of' carving, nnd though there Is no genul-i'j inside to the temple many of the galleries are covered in, Innumerable images cf Buddha occupy niches or prominent positions on tho walls, and the side:", of tho galleries were paved with bas reliefs. Indicating the glorification of this god and other incidents in his history. When one considers that there are several miles of bas-reliefs alone the work expended on the pyra mids of Egypt pales Into insignificance before this stupendous undertaking. One Author Who Paid His Tradesmen. The personal characteristics of great men so often display meanness, and this meanness is so commonly ex ploited, that this paragraph contained in the enlarged edition of the "Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay," by Sir George Otto Trevelyan, newly is sued by the Messrs. Harper, is worth noting. "Macaulay was at some pains to inculcate upon me," says the writ er, "the duty of never beating a seller down below a fair price, and never keeping a tradesman waiting for his money. I recollect his telling us how he had received his annual bill from a very well known Loudon shop, and had sent a check by return of post Next morning the head of the firm brought the receipt himself, and burst out crying in Macaulay's room. Every morning, the poor man said, two peo ple walked past his office window, one of whom owed him thirteen hun dred and the other fifteen hundred pounds; and the last of the two was among the most distinguished and powerful statesmen in the country. Whether as a customer, an employer, or a tourist, Macaulay never under paid a service rendered." He Was Under Oath. The late Professor Rowland, of Johns Hopkins University, was the most eminent physicist since the days of Joseph Henry. Among his notable achievements in the realm of pure science was the calculation of the mechanical equivalent of heat and the use of gratings In spectrum analysis, for which purpose he devised a ma chine that could cut 40.000 lines to the inch on a plate of polished metal. In the practical application of his knowledge he was noted as tho In ventor of the multiplex telegraph ap paratus. Some years ago, testifying in a case involving the Cataract Power Company, in answer to a question on cross examination as to whom, In his opinion, was the greatest American scientist, he replied, "I am." After leaving the courtroom one of the lawyers ventured to criticise this nnswer for its effect upon the Jury, whereupon Rowland exclaimed: "Well, what else could I say? Wasn't I under oath?" New York Globe. Aeronautic Progress. Although only threo or four men, like tho Wright brothers and Henry Farmnn, have as yet practically de monstrated the possibility of human flight with aeroplanes, the inventors of such machines are putting out a great variety of designs, which com mand much serious attention. At the Aeronautical Exposition in Paris a dozen or r.ioro types of these ma chines, including those ot the Wrights, Farman and Delagrange, were dis played, together with a large number of monoplanes, motors, screws, and other apparatus Intended for use in aviation. From the quantity of these things, the Ingenuity and finish shown In their making, and the interest that they excited, one might derive the impression that the manufacture of flying-machines is already an estab lished industry. The Smallest Tobacco Pipes Made. The smallest pipes in the world are manufactured at Gouda, a little town In Holland. There are three kinds of them, one kind being formed of red, another of black and a third of white earth. They are an,' however, of the same shape and of the same dlmin slons. The stem Is five centimetres in length, a millimetre and a half in diameter outside and three-quarters of a millimetre inside. The bowl Is ten millimetres In height; its greatest exterior diameter Is six millimetres and Its Interior diameter ) '.ar milli metres. The total weig'' jf the pipe is only naif a gramme .id the quanti ty of tobacco which ft holds amounts to only a few grains, which barely suf fices for a single puff. ,, The World's Colore. . Of the races o' the world, 600,000, 000 are white, 700,000,000 yellow, 215, 000.000 black. 35.000,000 brown or Malayan, and 15,000,000 red or Ameri ca Indians. LMICEO ROBIN'S THROAT Bird Flew Through an Open Window to Doctor and Got Successful Treatment for Abtces. Montclalr, N. J. While the police committee was In session In the coun cil chamber a robin flew through an open window nnd alighted on the desk of Dr. Henry K. Wrensch. The bird's Mil was partially open and it was breathing heavily. "Hollo, my little friend," said the doctor, "what can I do for you?" The robin stretched Itself as if to catch lis breath, and tho physician took It in his hand and examined its throat. He detected the trouble, and taking a lance from his Instrument case he made an Inclalon In the bird's throat. Then he applied a lotion and set the robin free. It sat on the desk for n few moments, then flew to the open window. Turning around, it Banff a few notes of thanks and flow away. Ilr. Wrensch explained to his colle agues that the bird was suffering from nn nbscess In the throat, nnd that without relief it could not have long survived. ONE CHINAMAN WHO IS POPULAR WU TING FANG. Minister Wu Ting Fang, of China, Wasn't the twentieth century Asiatic fad for adopting Occidental garb or manners. He feels that he can best represent hit native land by doing at hit ancestort did. And to hit Iron gray pate endt with the regulation queue of the Chinete citizen it it Iron Cray, too. It may be added, also, that Dr. Wu It very proud of hit queue, which It the badge of the Chinese man vho hat never committed a crime. SHOCKED ATLANTA. Reproduction of "Peyche's Bath" Or dered Removed from Window. Atlanta, Ga. "Psyche's Dath," tho celebrated painting by Sir Robert Leigbton, R. A., has been placed un der the ban by the Atlanta police. A reproduction of the painting display ed in a show window by a leading mercantile house drew a large crowd. Chief of Police Jennings, attracted by the crowd, went to the window, look ed and was shocked. The chief sum moned the manager and Bald: "That lady could appear in public all right if she had on some clothes, as It is I guess she won't do for moral Atlanta. You'll have to take that pic ture out of the window." The manager protested that the pic ture was high art but failed to move the chief and "Pysche" was removed from the window. Psyche In tho picture presents to the onlooker a full length side view. She stands Just above the water on a stone pedestal, while In her hand, held high above her head, she molds a drapery of some flimsy material which falls in careless folds and but parti ally drapes the vision of beauty. It is this the police have declared im modest and unfit for public exposure. BIBLE HOUSE MISDRAWN. Excavations In Galilee Show Rooms Unlike Artists' Ideat. Berlin. German archaeologists ex euvatlng in Galilee came upon a hill or large mound under which they found the fairly well preserved walls ot a house dating from the time of Christ which belonged to the dwelling of a well-to-do man. A large outhouse nlao unearthed contained Jars which evidently had contained wine and olive oil. The foundations of the house are so well preserved that there will be r.o dimculty In making tho exact plan of the rooms, which are similar In character and design to those in which the famous supper of Cana in Galileo took place. These rooms are wholly unlike the conception of Leonardo da Vinci and oilier painters, who have treated this subject The room in which the wa ter was turned into wine probubly was not more than twenty feet long by ten wide and had a low roof. There wore stone benches around the walls n::d a recess in the wall facing the east, In which perhaps the giver of the feast eat. Wealthy Hunter's Skeleton In Marsh. Chicago. The finding of the skele ton of a man. who, from the nature of his wearing; apparel, was a wealthy huntor. in a soggy marsh near kanka keo, III., has furnished the police with u mystery. Of the clothing which the m.tn wore only a pair of alligator hunting boote of expensive make re routes intact The rest has been fad ed or destroyed by long exposure to the elements. Besides the booU a sold 'watch, arid a brass metal chain woouman s pin, and a small FMCflcnarra were found. UNCANNY ANTICS CREDITED TO BO! Dishes and Knives Fly and Bibl Flops Over in Wisconsin Norwegian Household IS HE A LITTLE BRGPHY MEDIUM Strange Manifestations Are RepejicJ When Lad Is Removed to Another Town Scientists on Psychic Socie ties Interested In Phenomena. P'.trcrior, Wis. Tho little villas, of Mount lloreb. Wis., of which u x persona o'ltiddo of the Slate prohit!,,; had heard until recently, has att;ilniNl a distinct position on the map through the uncanny attributes accredited tn an eleven-year-old boy. Ho is .lain,..; Henry llrophy, the grandson of Mr and Mrs. Knut Lund of Mount Ilorc.i, pioneer Norwegian settlers In t'.ic town of Spi'iliiid'.'.Io. where they li;.d lfved for lllty ye.ira. The boy Is known variously as "il c wonderful child Medium" and tl.n "Mount Iloieb child of mystery," uc cording ns the narrator Is a believi r in or in Hkep'iicnl of the cult of Spiri tualism. Me is a mixture of Irish anil Norwegian, his mother being Mrs 1'iitrlck I. Tralno ot Madison by former marrlag. He Is a pivtt.v child, with line hazel eyes and curly brown hair. Ills features are delicate, almost girlish, and his pale, oval fact suggests a sensitive mentality. Mo would be noticed in n crowd becau.ss of a certain flowcrllke beauty and shy ness. The first uncanny happening occur red on March !, when, as the boy en tered the kitchen of his home, a snow ball came flying out of space, struck him in the middle of the back, and knocked him flat on tho floor. There is a wide open lot on that side of tho house, and there was not a soul in sight outside. Precisely the same thing happened the following day, when the boy came from school. The next evening a series ot events put the household In a panic. Cups flew from the table and broke; a lamp chimney was shattered, and the spool of thread on the sewing machine be gan to unreel rapidly of its own voli tion. The boy's grandfather became distracted with terror, and news of the strange events spread rapidly. The next day there was a funeral in the village, which tho boy's moth er attended, afterward spending the night at the home of her parents. That night things were particularly nimble, and some ot the neighbor were sent for to compose grandfather Lund, who was on the verge of col lapse. The Rev. Mr. Mostrom, with Sam Thompson, another respected citizen, responded to the call, but as soon as Mr. Mostrom entered the sit ting room a Ilible, which was on the table, flopped over twice and fell to the floor at his feet. "There," ex claimed the old couple, "you see how it is!" The clergyman tried to explain mat ters rationally, and finally sat down at the organ to play a hymn. Meanwhile Mr. Thompson was sitting about three feet from the table with the boy on his knee, when the boy suddenly ex claimed: "Look out!" Instantly a big carving knife, which had been on tho table, flew through the air and stuck in the floor in front of them. Tho boy could not have touched it, Mr. Thompson says. The same phenomena occurred with a hatpiu. and Mr. Thompson and the minister owned up afterwards that they could not sleep for hours that night. Some of the citizens finally declared that tho house, which was equipped with electric lights and telephone, had become electrified, causing the dis turbi'.nce. Accordingly, two well-known citizens went to the house one night and, despite the protests of the fam ily, who feared to be left in dark ness, had the electric wires discon nected. This failed to effect any re form, however, and the boy, finally becoming suspected either of posses sing unusual pewers or marvelous fcicight-of-hand abilities, was sent to the home of his uncle, Andrew Lund, In SprinKdaiu. As soon as he entered his uncle's house a pall of water in the kitchen went spinning over the floor, upsettius Us contents. A spoonky night fol lowed; all sorts of household utensils apparently went on a spree, and this proved that the boy, wittingly or un wittingly, was responsible for thu manifestations. "You had better take down that looking glass," said the boy to hi uncle soon after he arrived. His un do laughed, but soon afterward the mirror fell with a crash. As in Mount Horeb, country people came in droves to see tho boy. A neighboring boy. who came over to play marbles with Henry, was so terrified by the queer actions of the marbles that he ran home and told his mother about It Ho said that when it became his tura to shoot he was utterly unable to guide the direction of the marbles, which would fly directly from his fin gers into Henry's pocket Also, he said, when Henry shot, the marble would stop short when going swiftly and liy back to the shooter. Andrew Lund declared, jop, that thfi boy. would sit on a chuir with a cigar box con taining marbles In his lap, and that the marblea would Jump out of the box without the boy touching them. . . The case is attracting the attention of( scientlntB and societies of psychic research from for and near, but the , boy Is becoming; ehy of viators, ar.d frequently cries when they come.