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IN PRISON CELL
Amazing Talc of Bold Counter
feiting Comes From City of
Kovno, Lithuania
THE COINERS CAUGHT HEDIIANOEQ
Jailer Lednlcka and One of His Con
vict Inmates Concocted a Clever
Scheme All Kovno Convulsed with
the Story How Discovery Came.
Moscow, Russia. At Kovno, a large
town In Lithuania, the public linvo
been complaining for some time p s.
of tho multitude of false roubles, hall
rt -''iles and ID-kopeck pieces in circu
lation. The passing of sucn coins is
no!, in itself, punishable in Russia,
iind the most punctilious persons do
r.oi hesitate to try to got rid of false
co'ns. The best place is the market.,
v, 1 10 the Jews take and pass them
with the greatest of ease. In respecia
ii i- households the false-coins go to
tin- cool;, who exchanges them lor
imat and vegetables at the market
I Inc. Hut at Kovno things were get
ting too bad, and even the Jews grew
osii of ul 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,
hud complaints from his cook, who
got back as good or rather as bad
as she gave, and received false coin in
her change whenever she went to
market. The governor In turn com
plained to the head of the police, who
promised to unearth the coiners am1
set an "ajent" (a sort of private do
tectlve) to watch the market pla -e
The ajent soon discovered that a worn
an named Lednlcka was constant!;
passing false coins now at this stall,
now at that. One day ne had her ai
rested, taken to the nearest police
station and searched. A good deal of
money was found on her, and it was
all false. She protested her Innocence,
saying that her husband had given her
a month's money for the housekeep
ing. "What is your husband and where
does he live?" the head inspector ask
ed. She replied that he was a jailer
and lived at the local prison. Mr.
Lednicka was promptly sent for and
questioned as to his wife's money. At
first ho refused to answer, but finally
admitted that he got the money from
one- of the prisoners under his charge
- n man named Mucha, who had been
in piison awaiting trial on a charge of
banditism for the past eight months.
'What part of the prison does ho
live in?" asked the astonished inspec
tor. "In a cell, of course," was :ho
answer. "No. 2." on the ground florr,
to the left side of the courtyard." T' e
police set off to the prison and asked
for leave to search cell No. 25.
" re you mad?" cried the governor.
"The prison's under my charge! You
can bring mo people here, but I'm
harrc-,1 if you're going to inspect my
place vhentner it suits."
Then they explained that Lednicka
had confessed to getting false coins
from cell No. 2.", and hinted that ho
himself had asked to have the coin, rs
discovered. He reluctantly gave way
and the c ell was opened much to the
discomfiture of the occupant, who,
sure that Lednicka alone had the keys,
was coining, false money and had not
time to put away his plant.
The indignation of the governor
was only equaled by the mirth of tne
police, when the plant for coining
false roubles, half-roubles and 15-l:o-peck
pieces was found in the cell.
Caught red-handed, Lednicka and
Mucha made a clean breast of it They
took a fancy to each other from the
moment they first met in the prison.
Mucha soon confided to the jailor that
he knew how to make false coins if
Lednicka would go to a certain house
and bring the plant. Lednlcka, for
passing the coin, was to share profits.
He agreed, brought the plant, and al
ways warned the prisoner -when the
prison officials were likely to Inspect
the cell, when the plant was taken
out and hidden in Lednicka's rooms.
The plan succeeded admirably. They
made and circulated false money for
over half a year, and, had It not been
lor the governor's cook, would proba
bly have gone on till Mucha went up
for trial. Kovno is convulsed with
the story, and, of course, those are
not lacking who hint that the good
governor himself knew something
about the matter.
Five Brothers Serving Sentences.
Clinton, Okla, "I have four broth
ers In the penitentiary now, and when
1 arrive there we will hold a family re
union," was the statement made in the
, Custer County District Court at Ara
pahoe by O. G. Williams when sen
tenced to Imprisonment for life for
killing Delia Generals.. They had for
merly been married, having lived to
gether In El Reno, but she came to
Clinton to get rid of him, and he fol
lowed. She refused to have anything
to do with him, although he pursued
her constantly with Importunities to
again live with him.
Williams was boastful about the
murder and said he came from a fam
ily that has mode many killings, he
being the fifth brother to go to the
penitentiary for murder. He said he
murdered Delia Generals because she
would not take up with him again and
that he did not care to live without
her.
ID
BAD
ROUBLES
fl HUMAN SEISMOGRAGH
Maud Drake Out with a New Warn
ing of an Impending Cataclysm
In This Country.
Eoulder Croelt,, Col. Maud Lord
Drake, who has spiritualistic tendon
cles and calls horsolf a human rels
mograph, predicts that a disaster of
dito proportions Is lmmlnont some
where on this continent. She declarer
that she foretold tho Galveston tidal
wavo and the San Francisco earth
quake, and warned tho inhabitants of
br-Ui these cities wooks beforehand
that destruction was upon them. She
alfo lays claim to a forewarning of tho
Slocum disaster, tho Colllngwood,
Ohio, Fchool lire, and tho recent series
of earthquakes in foreign lands. She
said a few days ago:
"These disturbances confuso and
distress me beforehand in proportion
to their deatructivenoss and nearness.
On Jan. 23 1 was greatly affected all
day, could with difficulty keep my
feet, everything turning in confusion:
then came a hurrying of spirits, hith
er and thither, with all kinds of cloth
ing for men, women, and children. At
that time I told of great earthquakes
to come, and on that vory day, in the
Province cf Turkestan, In Westorn
Povsia, sixty villages and more than
6,000 people were destroyed. Then
came tho oruption of tho Colima vol
car.o In Mexico, and a month later the
destruction of Messina.
"But tho worst Is to corns. For
mray months, at various times, I havo
be'-a, and I am now, In the shadow
of something even more appalling and
destructive of human life. I cannot
penetrate the gloom as yet, but it
seems that it must be In this country,
and that I must be In It In addition
to the cataclysm Impending in this
country there Is to be another merci
less disaster In Europe; not right
soon, perhaps, but still not very far
distant
"But If, as In other cases, I should
get the light In time to warn the local
ities to be effected, what good would
it do? People will not heed until too
late. They paid no attention In Gal
veston or San Francisco, nor waB any
heed given when, in 1883, I foretoH
from the platform of the coming dis
aster In the Island of Krakaton, where
25,000 lives were lost."
A KING IN TRADE
Rodaltf's Greatest Business Man
Leopold of the Belgians.
OUT FOR COD, CATCH SHARK.
Nine-Footer Puts Up a Battle That
Lasts for Five Hours.
Tacoma, Wash. Going out for rock
cod and putting in a whole afternoor.
battling with a giant mud shark was
the experience of Lewis Jervls and (J.
do Allen off the Puget Sound Floui
Mills. The shark repeatedly jerked
two 40-pound sinkers, two buoys and
the rowboat containing the two men
about, and was only conquered after
a struggle that began at 1 o'clock and
was finished at 6 o'clock. The fish
was docked at the Foss Boat Com
pany's float at 8 o'clock and Is now
on exhibition.
It all came about by a silver salmon
grabbing a piece of meat containing
a hook and the shark grabbing the
salmon, which at the time of his seiz
ure contained both tne meat and
hook.
The shark is about 0 feet long and
weighs about 800 pounds. These
sharks are quite plentiful In the bay,
though few as large as this one are
ever seen.
"Man With the Golden Nose" Dead.
Lexington, Ky. Patrick Lamphear,
one of the most widely known Bour
bon whiskey exporters In America,
died here from pneumonia. He was
born In Ireland sixty-five years ago.
Hie skill In determining the quality
of whiskey by its aroma hod gamed
a torse salary for him and had won
for him the sobriquet of "the man
with the golden nose."
Ml
B3T PURSUIT OF
JERSEY BOH
Weird 'Devil Bird' Crossed State
Line and Terrified Spring
Valley, New York
iiF.AVE FOSSE HUNTS MONSTER
Dr.rcrlbed as Having An Immense
Hear', and a Small but Muscular
Ecdy Covered with Hair Arms
Equipped with Web-like Skin.
Spring Valley, N. Y. An armed
l'ns:-09 of fearless men searched hill
and dale and invaded swamp lands
fearlessly in and around this village,
.'it hot pursuit of the weird Jersey
"iionibat," which has made its lair
: ocrby. The allesed capture ot the
"uevil bird" at Atlantic City is noi
credited here. It wasn't the real
' duvil bird" that fought Fisherman
iiougherty, for the monster Is in "tho
n.'dt" here.
The creature appeared in the heart
of the swamp near the business sec-ii.-::
of Main street. Its uncanny cries
t llrot startled the villagers, u'-.d
when an exploring party, armed with
laii terns, entered the swamp the
gleaming eyes of the creature and Its
wild gyrations threw terror Into the
hearts of the bravest, and the scout
ing party, led by Charlie Fisher, who
keps tho bowling alleys, filed back
to the security of the village streets.
Throughout the night the cries of
tho whatcver-lt-ls were heard coming
from various directions, but always
from the neighborhood of the swarip.
Chief of Police "Tommy" Waller,
who Is the entire uniformed force,
I was appealed to, but "guessed as how"
' his business did not consist of run
I ning down Bombats or Jersey Devils,
I and he reckoned he'd better remain
I on Main street and do his usual bit.
I On their way to school next day
children flocked together passing tho
haunt of the Bombat. Women c::
piwssod equal fear nnd men ventured
forth fearful of encountering the crea
ture. It was described as having an im
mense head atop of a small but m"
enlnr body, covered with hair. Uj
ni" is appeared to be equipped wit'i a
v. oMike skin which answered the pvr
i'lie of wings, giving the cream;-.'
a'liiity to leap immense distances.
w'i le the wings (lapped lifting It.-.
b'iCy clear off 1 lie earth.
.-.t night when tho awful shrieking
ard at times i.iouinfill cries of V. 1
j Boi'ibat carried into every home of
i the village, the negroes living o-
j ChU-kcn Hill ran terrified into the vi'
I lijv and many flocked into the Melho
! dist church nnd prayed hysterically.
J trail Allston, wife of Omega All-
stem, a woodcliopper, was more hyster
iwJ than the rest. She fled from t'-.o
ck'-Mi down Main street and i'c '
dead in front of the post office. !":
Smith declared she had died i';o
heart disease, but the villagers ex
claimed that the evil hand of u e
Bombat had boon raised ag.:':i t
Sarah, and that any one so indior c !
by the monster would meet the same
fate.
An hour later the fright of the vil
lagers was intensified when word w.is
brought in that the body of a do.''1
n.rui was found on the railroad trnei:s
'fY.o body has not yet been Identified.
ifter a night of vigil, during whMi
the Bombat continued to howl and
shriek and moan, the men of Sprins
Valley met in Fisher's bowling alley,
but not a ball rolled, not even a h:g'n
ball. Matters were too despot an
Charley Fisher allowed, to permit r.:.;
sort of festivity.
"I tell you what we'll do," spoke up
Tom Moore, throwing out his chest.
"We'll form a hunting party, arm our.
selves to the teeth, and every man
pledging himself to stand together,
we'll sally into the swamp to-morrow
and hunt down that pesky critter."
There were several present who Co
clarod as how it might be well to c:::
for outside assistance and not go o:
tempting the devil, but when J. C.
fitbbs, Harold Sheldon, Ross Youmans
Roswald Farrlngton, Walter Folev.
Shep Small and Dink Davis volunteer
ed to start the hunt, first thing next
morning, tho others fell Into line.
During the remainder of the night
followed a scurrying throughout the
villago for firearms, and cutlasses, and
it came to pass that bright and early
the band entered the swamp to hunt
tho terrifying bombat to the death,
Spring Valley awaited with hushed
anxiety the result of the formdlablc
dash of the brave men of the village
into the' heart of the bombat's chosen
fastness. Their search was In vain.
DONKEY BLOWS OUT THE GAS.
Owner Sues Express Company to Re
cover Damages for Loss.
St Louis, Mo. William Grothe of
Wentzville, Mo., through his attorney,
Is trying to collect from an express
company the value of a donkey he
had bought and which ended Its Hie
while being shipped from Illinois to
Missouri. Tlie donkey was cratod
and placed in the express company's
warehouse here Tuesday night. A
gas jet was burning near the animal
when the employees locked the ware.
house. In the morning the light wus
out and the donkey dead.
Grothe contends the donkey blew
out tho cas while bravtne
ANGLER'S BUTTLE WITH GIRD
Doughty Cap'n Doughty' Huge Feath
ered Prize -Rouses Curiosity
Among Naturalists.
Atlantic City,- N. J. Some men say
It is a roc; others pronounce It an
auk: still others contend It's a cross
between a pelican and a condor, and
a few local scientists are positive it's
tho solo survivor of tho supposedly ex
tinct phlllyloo family. At any rate,
It, which Is an Immense bird, weigh
ing more than one hundred pounds,
with a beak capable of tearing Iron
and tnloned legs that strike like the
kick of an ostrich, came near killing
Capt. George Doughty in his fishing
boat off Brigantlne Beach.
In tho battle for life the veteran
hayman, whose family name fits him
w-11. finally knocked out his feathered
foe with a mighty sweep of an oar.
Kjowiiig tho sceptics might doubt this
lrarellous tale of the sea, Cap'n
D -ghty on his return to this ci'y
o'.i nvcd not only arms pinched bit i
and blue and torn clothing, but V
i; r."::ge bird Itself. Scoffers had to '
silent then. Local faunal natural ?
gn-ed in awe on the bird, which is .a
ta1! r.s some men, and then mado thi
before-mentioned guessc.
Doughty says he was sculling Y
bont along shortly before dayligh'. !
a dense fog, when he heard the v
of wings and the snap of the bis
of the strange bird, which nan -'
missed his face. Before he recove c
from his scare the bird wheeled
came back, this time making a stro.to
at him with Its taloned feet and nma-
irr him by only a few inches.
Doughty grasped an oar and fought.
Bird and man battled for many min
utes, Doughty being forced to grab
the gunwale several times to keep
from going overboard when the b'rd
struck him with full force. A lucky
stroke with an oar at last knocked
the bird down, and before it could re
cover Doughty had wound It round
and round with a strong line, also ty
ing Its beak and legs.
One wondering fisherman hazarded
tho guess that he saw a bird of the
species in this section, and there is a
general belief that the strange crea
tive Is the much-discussed "Jersey
Do"U" which excited South Jersey
several months ago. The bird will
bo presented to a museum.
OMEN'S HAT PIMS MADE LESS
DEADLY BY CORK SHIELDS
Dangerous weapons are the enor
mous hatpins worn by women at pres
ent. In crowded places men fear for
their eyes. Here Is a suggestion of a
cork shield that at least would lessen
the danger.
OLD EGGS BETTER THAN FRESH
Prof. Coulter Says Most of Those So!.
Are More Than a Year Old.
Minneapolis, Minn. Professor Jo''
L. Coulter of the economist depan
ment of the State University gave U!
class a lesson on egg buying, inclden
ally upsetting the time honored tin
ory of the housewife. Professor Ccn.
ter said that cold storage eggs ar
much better than the so called frc1
variety and grow better with age, an
people make a mistake In demandir.
fresh eggs of their grocers.
His theory Is that eggs put in co d
storage and carefully Inspected at
as good after three years as tlu-.i
were when packed away.
"The fresh egg of commerce," sah
the professor, "Is in all probabiln
an egg that would bo discarded In tl
storage bouse," and still further
Professor Coulter, "nine out o: "
ten dozen so-called fresh : ?n
stores ore more than . .:
Mj'l"! 'I
i Household i
TEN COMMANDMENTS
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
By Carmen Sylva.
Queen of Itoumanla.
FIRST: Thou shalt not cause tho
first quarrel, but If unavoidable, fight
It through bravely. To be victor in
the first domestic quarrel may have
a tendency to elevate thee In thine
husband's mind for all future.
SECOND: Thou shalt not forget
that thou hast married a man, not a
god. Therefore be not surprised by
his frailitios.
THIRD: Thou shalt not always talk
money to thine husband. Rather try
to get along on the allowance he
maketh thee.
FOURTH: If thou considerest thine
husband heartless, remember that,
verily, he hath a stomach. By per
sistently appealing to his stomach
Carmen Sylva at Work.
with well-cooked meals, thou mayest,
after all, touch his heart.
FIFTH: Once in a great while, but
not too often, thou shalt let him have
the last word. It tickleth him and wilt
not do thee any harm.
SIXTH: Thou shalt read the whole
newspaper and magazine, not merely
the stories dealing with scandal and
society. Thine husband will be pleas
antly surprised to find, off and on,
that he can talk on general topics and
even on politics with his wife.
SEVENTH: Thou shalt not be rude
even when quarreling with thy hus
band. Forget not that at one time in
thy life thou didst consider him little
short of a demigod.
EIGHTH: Thou shalt, from time to
time, allow thine husband to know a
little more than thyself, admitting
that thou art not infallible all through.
NINTH: If thine husband is a smart
man, thou &hsU be his friend; "if he
is not, thou shalt be both counsellor
and friend to him.
TENTH: Thou Fhalt esteem thy
husband's relatives, especially his
mother. Remember, that she loved
him long before thou didst.
LADIES' BIB APRON.
This becoming apron is cut in two
parts, a circular skirt, which buttons
close around the waist, and a bib.
which is stitched in a point just be
low the waist line in front and ends
in straps, which cross In the back.
Few Can Afford Emeralds.
Emeralds are a fad with only a few
women for the very good reason that
only a few women can afford to In
dulge themselves to their heart's con
tent with such costly gems; their
price is above diamonds If the stones
are superlatively fine. Mrs. James B.
Haggln, whose husband Is said to re
gard the expenditure of upwards of a
million dollars in jewels for her as a
good way of holding on to a part of
his great wealth, is one of these few
women.
Lace for the Pass.
Women who are growing old are ad
vised to wear lace, especially about
the neck and shoulders. Nothing, it
Is said so softens those insidious
wrinkles which come stealing along
when a woman has reached the for
ties as folds of dainty lace. It seems
to go well with gray hair, too. The
young woman with round curves and
Cm, smooth flesh can stand stiff tailor-made
effects and even look the bet
ter for them. The aging bead needs a
softer frame.
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Graduate OPTICIAN
Honesdale, Ta., April l(i, 1909.
Notice. Pursuant to Act of Assem
bly, a meeting of the Stockholders of
the Wayne County Savings Bank will be
held at the office of the bank on Thurs
day, July 22, 1909, from one to two
o'clock p. m., to vote for or against the
proposition to again renew and extend
the charter, corporate rights and fran
chises of said bank for the term of
twenty years, from Februarv 17, 1910.
By order of the Bard of t)irectors.
H. S Salmon Cashier.
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