o,! OLD SERIES, XL.
VOL! Nuw SERIES XVIII
T E CENTRE REPORTER,
N
TH
FRED KURTZ, Epnrror and Pror'r
Williamsport which so long had a
trade in boards now wants a board of
trade besides,
-
Whiskey caused a fire at Dubois which
resulted in the cremation of two men,
Hope they won't go through the same
painful ordeal in the next world.
Ee
Charles Tucker, of St, Clair, and John
Barkley, of Hantingdon, “didn’t know
their revolvers were loaded.” The for-
but fortunately
The latter shot himse!f,
and unfortunately the wound in his case
mer shot his mother
didn’t kill her.
nroved fatal.
i
John Sherman declines to give any
pinion as to the causes that produced
tte Democratic victory in New York and
Vir.inia. The are that
(ieneral Lee's saddle struck John Sher
the
probabilities
man sbd he hasn’c recovered from
effact~ of the blow,
-
There is a diversity of opinion among
to whether
an
the country newspapers
the last Legislature
as
passed act pro-
viding for the election of tax-collectors
3
by the people. Such a bill was passed,
I
¥
signed by the Governor, and is prinied
Pamphlet Laws,
in the
The Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. seems
have stolen a march on the Pennsyl-
vania R. R C
to prevent the B. & O from getting
a line in New York city. Butthe B. &
QO. secured all the rights of the Rapid
which con-
of Staten Is.
The latter was endeav-
0
wring
Transit Railroad Company,
trols the entire shore line
land, and gives a splendid opening into
The B. & O. will at once pro-
ceed to build a railroad Bound
Brook to Elizabethport, at which point
connection will be made with the Staten
CILY.
from
id Transit Co,
lad. Tin
rindi
Island Ra
- - 1
ies says there can be
upward
of
ation of the turn
‘1
iness tide In
s fact
clrarings at twenty-two cities out
11 3
all parts the
hat the volume of
:nty-seven heard from showsan n-
rease over the corresponding perind of
bank
vearly becoming more
I'he business done in
ring houses is
a representative of the gener
trade, because the tendency is
ally towards an increased!
3 be)
Ousiness {
ransactions
ks and drafts instead
ut of checks ¢
* »
-
PX Th
cl vice
resident Hendricks
has caused a i rofound sensation all over
He was« a statesman in the
of the political
He was
one of America’s model statesmen
advocated what he thought
the country
ferm—not a
trimmer or b'atant demagogue.
who
was right,
and goes to his grave without a stain
upon his po itical record. It is a pity
that many of our prominent men do not
tread the same path of honesty, integri-
ty and purity trodden Thomas A.
Hendricks. We | may the nation mourn
the le f such a man, and may her
mourning be coupled with prayers that
his life 1
by
COS
ve followed as a model by all in
high plac €8.
sist iin —
We think Mr. Tilden was right On
28 ult he sent a telegraphic letter to the
President telling him that he ought not
to go to Indianapolis, Mr. Tilden dwelt
upon the fact that the President was the
' person authorized to hold the Pres-
idential office until the meeting of Con-
and that any accident which might
happen to him would lead to great pub-
lic excitement, and consequent injury to
business. He could pay his respects to
the memory o Mr. Hendricks as com-
pletely by sending some personal repre-
sentative as by going, and he owed a
hi.her duty to his country to remain in
Washington and guard himself »~gainst
the possibility of any harm or accident.
Mr. Randall and the Justices of the
Supreme Court also advised the Presi
dent not to go to Indianapol s.
—-——
Huntingdon conty is excited on a enal
discovery which strikes Jack's monntain
and might ron into Centre county. At
all events the Hun ingdon county dis-
covery will waken up the coal prospec
tors over here, no doubt. A Huntingdon
telegram max es this announcement :
Jacob Zillins, a geologist of this city,
has b en prospecting for several months
in various sections of this county for val-
uable materials, and at last succeeded in
striking it rich. Ou the land of Amos
Smucker, a weal hy and retired farmer,
of Brady twp., Mr. Zillins ha. found an
apparently inexhaustible vein of coal
strongly resembling anthracite, and pos
sessing apparently all its component
parts, lta heating qualities are excellent
ant it burns with geat freeness. A
quantity of coal has already been taken
out and is being used by many of the
farmers in the neighborhood fr heating
and cooking purposes. The vein is lo-
cated on asmal spur of Jack's mountain,
An effort is being made t+ organize a
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.
The death of Vice President Hen-
dricks. says the World, leaves President
Cleveland without any successor if he
should die before the date of the meet-
ing of Congress, on the 7th inst. Under
the constitutional provision Congress
has interposed two lives between those
of the President and Vice President and
an unfilled vacancy. The statute pro-
vides :
In case of removal, death, resignation
or inability of both the President and
Vice President of the United States, the
President of the Senate, or, if there is
none, then the Speaker of the House of
Representatives for the time being, shall
act «8 President until the disability is
removed or a President elected. .
In such a contingency, if the vacancy
occurs two mouths before the first Wed-
nesday in December, the election is held
within thirty-four days preceding such
first Wednesday in December, and the
Electoral College meets on such first
Wedn: sday. If two months do not inter-
vene between the vacancy and the sta-
ted date, the election is held the next
following year, provided the regular
Presidential term does not expire the
preceding 4th of March,
At present there is no President of the
Senate and no Speaker, and those officers
w 11 not be elected until Congress meets,
on 7th.
Should a vacancy cecur meanwhile, the
machinery of the Government would be
carried on by the Cabinet until the Pres-
ident of the ¥enate or Speaker was elect
ed, as it was daring President Garfield's
inabi ity.
It will be seen from Washington that
the Republicans, in view of the present
situation, talk of discarding Senator Ed-
munds as President of the Senate and
electing John Sverman. They are pro
bably more likely to elect John A. Lo-
Under the law the President of the Sen-
ate or the Speaker might possibly hold
the Presidency for a year and a little less
than two months. In case of a vacancy
occurring on, say, the 10th of October in
ane year, the election of the President by
the College would not take place until
the first Wednesday in December of the
following vear
ss A A
The following short and decisive de-
Death of Vice President Thos.
A, Hendricks.
A Fatal Termination not Anticipated to so
Apparently Slight an Illness,
Indianapolis, Ind.,, Nov. 25.—~Thomas
A Hendricks, Vice President of the Uni.
ted States, died very suddenly at his res-
idence in this city at 4:45 o'clock this
evening. He returned from Chicago ou
Saturday last and since then had
complaining somewhat of a pain in
been
bis
thought of it, Last pight he and Mrs.
Headricks attended a reception given at
the residence of Hon, John
[ieasurer of the State, retaraing home
in their carriage about midnight, Mr,
Hendricks had taken off heavy clothing,
which he osually wore, and put on a dress
suit of lighter material, and before he got
home Lecomplaived of chilliness aud a
certain degree of exhaustion, but attri.
buted it to material influeuce, He sat by
the fire for an hoar or more before retir-
iug, but declined to send for a physician
although urged to doso, He slept res.
lessly uutil avout eight o'clock this moru
ing, when he arose, dressed bimsell ano
ute quite a bearty breakfast, saying that
ue felt much better and would attend w
considerable delayed business during
the day. He and Mrs. Hendricks waik
ed out tor nearly had au hour, and he
vad apparcuuy regained bis physical vig-
or sud cheerfuiness, An bour ater, how
Vel, LE Legal 10 LE Lioubled with palus
to the region ul the stomach, and Mrs
Hendricks seut fur the family physician
Dr. W. C. l'oumpeon, the ileslvug coull-
dential friend of tue Vier President. As
the palus of the swomscu cotdutied ou
cress De Was gived su ewieliC aad atter-
wards au ivjeciivu sud relief came 14 a
ators] way, He arvse from mis bed iu
which te vad tein ouly a few minue-
atid read toe mornibg paper, tsiklog
coeertuliy with bis wile and old bou-e
servant. Just betvie poon be had a re
lapse, bowever, snd the physician was
RAIN sUmwoned and adwsiered tue
Ususi rem dies besides biseding the pa
tient, aud dr Heudrioks aga 1 express
uitusel! 8 being Eresliy redeved. He
remained 10 Dis ova an aliertoun, 0c
sionaliy ristg [row Lis bed, Ww wWhicu be
whs compelied 10 reli! UY & rectirréuce
of abdominal paius. Lo ail callers whe
clwe, aud LUey Were DUWerous, he seul
word that ue was l0disp 8¢ 7, LU woulo
be glad 10 see thew tv morrow afteruoo.
avout 4:30 clock. Mra Henoricxs, wuo
tad been st his bedside dy, weul
Cooper,
Bea
and Southwestern railroad is taken from
the New York Coal Trade Journal: The!
leech Creek, Clearfield and South west-
ern Railroad runs from Jersey Shore,
Lycoming county, Pa, to Philipsburg,
Gazzam and Clearfield. At Jersey Shore]
it unites with the Pine Creek Railroad
and tracks to Williamsport.
Crossing the river on a handsome iron
bridge above Pine, it passes the old camp
ground at Wayne, runs along the North
side of Bald Eagle mountain at Castenea,
opposite Lock Haven, touches Mill Hal,
then crosses Beeeh Creek and reaches
the borough by the same name. At this
point it leavs the valley of the Bald Ea-
gle and descends the Beech Creek up a
sharp grade. After cros«<ing this stream
numerous times on iron bridges it d sh-
es through a tunnel at the Hog Back and
finally reaches the Snow Shoe coal re
gions at an elevation of 1,500 or more
feet above the level of thesea. Another
tunnel is entered opposite the new min-
ing town of Peale, and the Moshannon
Creek is crossed on a splendid iron via
duct 115 feet high and 770 feet long.
From here itcontinues on to Philipsburg,
which it entérs by crossing the tracks of
the Tyrone and Clearfield branch of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at grade. At
Munson's saw mill, seven miles this si 'e
of Philipsburg, another track bears off to
the Northwest, which passes through
Morrisdale Mines, Wallaceton, Bigler,
Woodland, New Millport and Kerrmoor
to Gazzam. Its branch is 36 miles long
from Munson’s, and another starting
near Woodland is being built into the
town of learfield three miles,
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SUDDEN DEATH OF REV. DR. M'
MURRAY
Huntingdon, Nov. 20, - Friday evening
Rev. Dr, J, 8, McMurray, Presiding El
derof the Joniata diwriot, preached in
Lilveeilio, Mifflin Co. Immediately af
ter the sermon he was seized with a ter
rihle fit of conghing, and burst a blood:
vessel. He died in a few minutes, and
lust ever. ing | is remains were brought 10
tis home 10 thos city. He was one of the
wut knows preachers in the M. E, Cen
tral Penn's Conference sod was very
wipalar in the ehareh, On Wednesday
morning his remains will be taken to
Betlefoute, where his wife is burried, tor
interment. His house is a soene o'
mourning to-day in whiob all the mem-
bers of the chorch participate.
HAVE STOPPED FIGHTING,
London, Nov. 20.<A dispatch from
Balgrade says that an armistice het «een
Servia and Bul. aria vas concladed yes
terday afternoon. Advices from ofa
state that the armistice was only con-
cluded after the Aust ro-Hun Min.
ister to Bervia had notified Prince Alex.
ander that if the Bulgarians advanced
another kilometer Austrian troops wou
cross the frontier and fight the Bulgari.
ans. The minister added that the cap
Sure of }Hirot hud Ha od Priges Alexan-
er's military honor aod assured his
utation, Fifteen thousand Servian on
uses its
duwu to tue parior lu »0¢ a caller wuo
had come 10 coustiit with ber regard:
tue affairs of 8 reivimatory luBatu due 0
w Lic sue was ous uf Lue wesuagers, aod
she rewained witu bum -sbuut tweuls
miaumies, Tow, 8 cowred servaot, aud
tiarry M. Hendricks, a nephew aud page
in Wasulugton, remaioed with bum, ib
servaul neut oul aud Harry stayed, Mr
Heuvdricas tossed unetisily 10 Lis bed and
cow piaitned of great palv, LU sudueniy §
seetued 10 vease Bod Lie said W LJ veph
ew: “Il uw free at last. Send for Eiz.)'
meaning bis wile, aud hese were bus wast
words, fur the youug mau Dot realiBiug
«he urgency of tbe wessuge did wut des
iver it an voce, Jost before 5 o'clock
Mrs. Heudricks came iow the room snd
futud that her busbaud was dead. The
cud of 8 Ioug sud eveniful lie cutie
pescefoily and quiedy. He lay in bed
outside 01 se cuverlug, ouly parva,
dissobed, with 118 ees uall closed as 1
ue were {iu 8 geurle sleep, On hus face
there Were Do traces uf pain or sufferiug,
but tue pallor Gad cowe over it that iu-
dicated vnly tou plainly that he had
passed awsny. It needed no close exam-
ination 10 tell thas be was dead, aud Mes
Heudrioks screamed aod ran down stairs
A servant was dispsiCowd 10 Lue Tesi
dence of Dr Toowpsou, aujeining, aud
hie cawe immediately, but uy toe Lae be
bad reached 118 vedsiue the nmos of tee
distiogusbed dead wan were Lecomiby
cold and rigid, aud to Mrs. Hendricks’
pw hetic appeal, “Oh, doctor, cau’t you
do sumethiog,” Le was obliged 0 su
swer, * It is too late.”
Mrs. Hendricks became almost dis
iracted wich goef and it was an nour or
mure before she became suffi deny com
posed tO give a0y loforaation aboas ber
tustand’s lust Womens
Dr. Thompson says that in his opinion
Mr. Hendricks died of parsiyms of the
Lrain,
i ———- 4. A —————
ABOUT THE BIER,
mig man,
One Hundred Thousand People View the
Dead Face,
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 30. Probably
50,000 people yesterday and 50,000 to-
day viewed the remains of the late Vice-
President as they laid in state in the
Court House,
Mrs, Hendricks having expressed a de-
sire to visit the Court House, where the
body of her husband was laying in state,
General Knefler last evening sent her a
message, asking her to designate the
time she would come, so that the build.
ing might be cleared. She named 90
clock, and at that hour the doors were
closed and sveiybody, nmiosicians, guards
and officers retired from the soridor.
Mrs. Hendricks, Judge and Mrs. Hol-
man, Hon James H Rice, und Mrs. V.
K. Hendricks came in a carriage and
were admitted by a private entrance.
She wore deep mourning and a heavy
crape veil. Her face showed evidences
of weeping, but +he bore herself with
mich composure, '
After 1:150 o'clock the pressure of the
crowd to view the remains became great-
er. In a quarter of an hour the Marshal
and his assistants ant the representa
tives of the various committees marched
to the Court House. The casket was
borne to street where jt on
r Indian-
the hearse, and escorted
companies it was a rmuiy
apolis milita
ed to the parlor of the homes:
stock company to develop the rich
easwe. i \
disbict. TU» arwy is ules
ple flocked to see the sad spectacle,
Until it is removed to the church to.
morrow the body will lie at rest beneath
the roof where its last living hours wore
spent, and will be surrounded by tokens
of affection and sympathy placed there
by friends to-day.
The Chinese residents of the city sent
to the Hendricks residence to-day a very
large and handsome floral design in the
shape of two pillars four feet high, con-
nected at the top by an arch, From these
pillars hang beautiful floral gates half
ajar, the whole being made of white ro-
ses, smilux and calla lilies, The words
“Gates Ajar” and Mr. Hendricks’ initials
on it.
Excursion trains loaded down began
eoming into the city last evening, and all
the railroads centering hereare preparing
to run extra trains. Ali the rooms at the
leading hotels are engaged by telegraph,
and it is estimated that 30,000 strang-
ers will be in Indianapolis by to-morrow
morning.
A Mp ne
HORSE AND CATILE TAXES,
Hardly a week passes but some new
cause of confusion is discovered in the
revenue law passed last spring by the
Legislature. The Lancaster Intelligencer
is moved by the numerous complaints
heard iu the most prosperous country
districts to observe that it is a great mis-
take to attribute the unpopularity of the
law solely to the fact that its provisions
for securing a sworn statement of each
tax-payers assessable property cannot
be evaded. Doubt ess this feature of the
law is decidedly objectionable to people
who have been in the habit of. dodging
their taxes, but a great many thoroughly
conscientious tax-payers are puzzied to
know how to comply with certain ob-
worded clauses of the act. In
short, evidences multiply that it was
carelessly drawn.
It now turns out that the blanks fur-
nished to County Commissioners by the
Auditor Genera 's office for distribution
through the assessors are not what is re-
quired by the law and must be recalled.
hese blanks have been printed to con.
tain, in addition to clauses relating to
taxables for State purposes, a clause
reading “1 own the fuvlluwing property
that is subject to local taxatios,” follow.
ed by the three items of horses, mules
and cattie over the age of our years. As
the new law does not undertake to regu-
late local taxation, an » as the State tax
on live stock was repealed some years
0, 8 good many of the thousands of
this great agricultural State
are denying the right of the assessors to
apply the provisions of this inquisitorial
statute their holdings of ive stock,
and make the owner swear to their val-
ie unger penalty of having fifty per cent.
fact '
BOG Dy §
scurely
“yl
ialiliers 10
to
the amoul guess
thie cutinties these Dianks ace
and in others there
against
the law, or, al any rate,
against the enforcement of the blanks.
it 1s guile likely tuat an exhaustive in-
terpretation of the whole act by the buo-
preme Court, if nota repeal and a more
carefully drawn re-enactinent of the
wiser provisions by the Legisiature, will
be necessary before the machinery for
olecting date taxes on personal pro-
perty works smoothly,
i at by the assessors.
ins
SEE « (FLL FEF
5 2 adh ah § is
prospects of il
ivrcement of
gation
ma —— i m——
ONE WHITE MAN AND EIGHT IN-
DIANs HANGED IN CANADA.
Battleford, N. W. T, Nov, 27. ~The ex-
ection of the eigut lud.ans funud gainty
at Frog Lake sud Batueford vocurred st
827 velock this morning The gallows
worked without iriciion. Seven had veen
auiive participants io the horrible wassa-
cre at Frog Lake on Apnl3. They near
iy ali rewmined wake ul dorivg the en
tire night. Nowe of them displayed any
ustial sigus of excitement, but remesived
storcal up the bour of their appearance
n the scaffoid. On he saffod “Wan
dering Spirit” and “Miseraole Man” ace
knowiedged that they deserved death,
sud warned their people uot to make sar
on the wiles, a8 they were friends, They
ten began chanung their desth song,
and this continued even after the white
vaps bad been aajusied, and io the midst
ol their soug the bolt wus drawn snd «ll
fell tugetuer, every one dying instantly,
Ibe lodiass » ho stood at « distenes and
witnessed the affair were very quiet in
thier deweanur, and the silence wasoniy
vrokeu by the wailing of the wives of the
condemped braves,
Loudon, Out, Nov. 27.—Benjamin 8im-
Mouus, Who wes sent noed w dexth for
he murder of Mary Ann Stokes, his pare
awour, oo the June 6, wes hanged in the
juit yard here it the presence of aboot
ube hundred persons (his morning, His
twther aud brother witnessed the execu.
tion from the rear of the crowd,
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The prospectus of the Pittsburg Post
appears in another column, The Pou,
daily and weekly, is a journal that Wwe
van recommend to all. It is one of the
lea ting Democratic papers in the state,
and edited by the veteran Jas. P. Barr,
who wields a terse, clear and logical
pen upon all topics of the times,
te ——
THE TOMATO,
om
In almost any condition, simple
cookery alone is admissible for the
tomato, writes Sir Henry Thompson,
Doubtless, if ripe and fresh, it is best
of all when eaten raw; but if served
hot, only plain boiling, baking or broil
ing will cook this delicions half-fruit,
half-vegotable, so as least to alter or
diminish its nataral flivor. Bat it is
excellent also boiled, peeled when hot,
i
i
ELEPHANTS IN UNDRESSH,
Se
In his “Leaves from the Life of a |
Bpecial Correspondent,” Mr. O'Shea, a
correspondent for English newspapers, |
gives the following aneedote of an adven-
ture with a herd of elephants: “A young
friend asked me to show him some ele- |
phants in undress, and I took him along |
with me, having first borrowed an apron |
and filled it with oranges. This he was |
to carry while accompanying me in the |
stable, but the moment we reached the |
door the herd set up such a trumpeting
—{they bad scented the fruit—that he |
dropped the apron and its contents, and |
souttied off like a scared mbbit. There |
were eight elephants, and when I picked |
‘up the oranges I found I had five-and- |
twenty. I walked deliberately along the
line, giving one to each; when I got to
the extremity of the narrow stable 1
turned, and was about to begin the dis.
tribution I suddenly
reflected that if elephant No. 7 in the
row saw me give two oranges in succes. |
sion to No. 8, be might imagine he was
wing cheated, and give me a smack |
with Lis proboscis—that is where the ele-
again, when
han! falls short of the human being-—
© I went to the door and began de novo
re. Thrice 1 went along the line,
then I was a fix. I had one
wauge left, and I had to get back to the
door. Every elephant in the herd had
ready gaze focused that one
It was ns much as my life was
vorth to give it to any one of them.
What was [to do? I held it up con-
«picnously, coolly peeled it and sucked |
i* myself, It was most amusing to
dioe the way those elephants nudged
in
or
ius g on
ALLO
TRlLge
other and
shook their ponderous
hly entered into
ides, They thoroughly
the humor of the thing.’
mr AI A API Be —.
MOUNT SHASTA.
the A
3 fifa] 3
ount Shasta (Cal ) to
sontrast with
cos attending its
t was an active vol-
orth streams of fiery lava
that flowed down the sk
It is a battlefield of the
elements within the earth
Pes NOW O00.
piad by ioe
against those
ubove it In its early days the forces
fous. and built up
e of wind and
the
3 1
he low temper
1 it were viclor
YOIioanIo
s
3 1
led into play those destructive
eno
ain
agents which are now reversing the pro.
cess and gradoally reducing the moun- |
tain A micro
scopical rocks of |
Mount Si
vomposed chiefly, if not who
kinds of Several small
metamorphic rocks within its
borders, but there is to
show that they form apy considerable
portion of the mountain,
Prom the fact that there are threo
kinds of lava in the structure of Mount
Slinsta, it must not bes conclnded that
they all issued from the same voloauio |
vent. aor that they were effused from
level
of the
the fact
Laie
ily,
toward a general
examination
that it 18
of three
ATeR8 « of
sta reveals
lava
ogour
no evideno
three separate and distinel openings
In reality, contributions to the upbuiid-
ing of Mount Shasta have beon made by
over twenty volcanic openings, of which |
two have been principal and far more |
prolific than all the parasitic vents come
bined This ennmeration does not in-
clude those large fissures in theside of the
cone, which are evidently attribuiable
to the hydrostatic pressure of the molten
mass within. The number
parasitic cones on the slopes of Mount
Shasta is somewhat remarkable ; espoci-
ally when we compare it with the largest
voloano in Enrope. Although it is much
higher than Etna. its base is less expan.
give, and its size is about hall that of
the mighty monarch of the Mediter.
ranean. Upon the irregular slopes of
Etna, there are 200 prominent subs.
diary cones, besides over 400 of smalle
size. On the contrary, Moant Shasts
has but a score of «uch accessories, and
the remarkable regularity of its aonte
form foreibly expresses the highly con-
centrated type of voloanic energy which
it represents.
assis AU AAO Ai,
REMEDY FOR EARACHE
A Spanish physician recommends for
earache a liniment composed of eam.
phorated chleral, two and a balf parts;
and oil of sweet almonds, ten parts
This is to be well mixed and proserved
in a well-corked bottle. A pledge: of
very soft cotton is to be soaked in the
liniment and then introduced as far a
possible into the affected ear, two appli
cations being made daily. Frictions
may also bo made dhch day, with the
email of
re —— SAA OIA
NO. 47.
THE HAIR OF 7TiE PRESIDENTS
Sn
Hero is a curiosity. Tt is 8 case cone
from the fine gray lock of George Wash-
Garfield. This case that the
color of 8 man's hair is no sign as to his
presidential success, Jefferson had red
hair, and we are told he wae
freckled. John Adams wore a wig, and
his son John Quincey Adams bad the
baldest head which ever rested on the
pillows of the White House,
Martin Van Buren was also slightly
bald, but his baldness came more to the
front of his head than Cleveland's
Jrunt's hair was beaatifully w
he combed it well back fron
While he was }
wore it short, and it had become quite
gray. Some of Jeffersons portraits re-
present him with his hair banged in
front and coming down over his forehead
sho WH
that
Yan
avy, and
sides of
Gh A oT
‘resident he
one knows bow Jackson's hair stood up
all over his head as straight and stiff as
the quill’s of a porcupine, but all are
pot aware that he was as gray as a bad.
ger during his term, and
that his hair was as fine as the thinnest
strands of spun silver. John Tyler was
also fine haired, and he was a very fine
looking man. William Henry Harrison
combed his hai to the front of his
ears, and he was at the time he
was elected. Frank Pierce had thick
fell down upon his
forehead, and James Buchanan kept his
gray head well trimmed, combing his
hair so as to show to the full his high
brow.
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gray
early hair which
Poik patterned after Jackson in comb-
ing his hair back with hardly a part
and both Fillmore and Taylor parted
their hair on the left side of the head,
while Frank Pierce parted his boldly
on the right. President Arthur had
dark hair, which was growing gray when
White House. He kept it
combed back from his face, and
it short. President Lineoln did
attention to his hair, and
pictures represent it as
rather long. It was dark and straight.
President Cleveland's hair is brown and
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PICKPOCKETY METHODS
When a mob of pickpockets start out
to “work a crowd” on a train, they
break into twos. The operator on leather
This, in plain
he ascertains the
Ho gets
fans his intended victim.
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location of his victim's money.
he dexterously passes his fingers lightly
His touch 8 #0
delicate that it enables him to locate
8 crowded railway train, accounts to the
suspicious traveller for the occasional
that the most common receptacle for the
pocketbook is the left trousers pocket
front. When the victim is sslected, one
of the brace of thieves plants him.
self squarely in front of him, while the
other crowds up behind him on the
right side. Theoperator in front, under
cover of a newspaper or a cost thrown
over the arm, feels the pocket and, if
the victim is a stiff necked or a straight.
backed man in a standing position, he
finds the lips of the pocket drawn close
together. In this case it is dangerous
to attempt the insertion of thehand. A
very low-toned clearing of the throat,
followed by a guttural rouse, is the
signal for his pal to exert a gentle
pressure upon the victim's right shoul.
der. This is so gradually extended that
the traveller yields to the pressure with.
out knowing it, and without changing
the position of his feet This throws
the lips of the pocket open for the oper.
stor in front who does pot insert his
hand and attempt to draw the book out,
but works on the lining. He draws it
out an eighth of an inch at a time with.
out inserting his fingers more than half
way.
Should this process of drawing the
contents of the pocket to its mouth be
claimed that the pain is almost immedi
ately relieved, and in many cases even
the inflammation is sulxlaed
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