THE OnXZKN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1000.
RAGAMUFFIN TRUST
THE VERY LATEST
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Mas Nordau, Celebrated Sociol
ogist, Tells How One Hobo
Formed Syndicate of Tramps
A REMARKABLE NIGHT SCENE
Scuffling, Fighting Place Holders for
the Stelnhell Trial Brought to Or
der by a Superior Man In Solelesa
Shoes and Brlmleis Hat.
Paris, France. The famous Stein
boll murder trial offered oae of the
most convincing proofs of the organ
izing forces of humanity those forces
that have worked out man's civiliza
tion that has come under recent no
tice. According to the French law, court
proceedings at a criminal trial are
public. Therefore the first comer, the
man In the Btreet, must be admitted
so long as there Is room In the hall.
lAa a matter of fact, admittance Is only
allowed by written orders Issued by
the presiding Judge. However, to sat
isfy the law, there Is at the back of
the hall, behind barriers, a reserved
place, where from 100 to 120 persons
can stand. To this place people are
admitted without entrance tickets.
Poor devils, unemployed workmen,
homeless vagabonds, make use of this
fact to stand before the law courts
and wait till the door Is opened not
because they wish to be present at
the proceedings, but to sell their
places. This Is In Paris a regular
business. It Is carried on before all
the theatres when popular pieces are
played; before all the bans at public
subscriptions, to which the people
come in crowds.
Even on the evening before the first
day's proceedings they came pouring
In before the law courts and held out
steadfastly till the following noon,
eighteen hours on the wet pavement,
under the rain and In a cutting No
vember wind.
The first hours were horrible the
poor devils pushed and kicked; they
(fought for the places nearest to the
entrance; they shouted and abused
one another; anyone who for one mo
ment allowed his energy or attention
to slacken was ruthlessly pushed
aside it was a continual uproar.
Then there arose in the scum of the
population of the great city the super
ior man who resolutely took the com
mon Interest in hand the clylllzer,
the law-giver. He taught the rioting
ragamufllns order and discipline. He
gave directions and all obeyed be
cause tliey understood immediately
that it was for their good.
He tore a piece of paper into little
scraps, wrote on each a number and
gave one to every place-keeper pres
ent. All agreed to respect the num
bers. Now the pushing was superflu
ous. His place was assured to every
one. The numbers stood under tlio
collective guarantee. It was no long
er necessary to continually be ready
to defend their rights with their lists.
They could sit down on the pavement,
seek a resting place on the street
benches nearby. Co-operation had
taken the place of murderous com
petition. It was the triumph of an
organlzor in soleless shoes and brim
less hat.
When, the following noon, the pur
chasers appeared, the first numbers
offered their wares peacefully, and so
on until the last customer was satis
fled. The disciplined vagabonds in front
of tho Law Courts became exclusive
on the second night. They felt them
selves as being a close association.
They had a privilege to defend. They
lot no outsider in. They constituted
themselves In a trust And when a
night bird who bad not been present
at the founding wished to shuffle into
the row of the numbered they all
turned In a body against him and
thrust him back.
The law of the reformer In rags re
ceived official sanction. The police
sided with the syndicate. In their
eye3 the syndicate represented ac
quired right and the police regarded
it as their right to defend this, always
and everywhere against attack. Thus
within a few hours there grow out of
a free calling an inaccessible trade
and the open space in the judgment
hall a ground of exploitation for the
few.
Thore you have the whole universal
history on a small scale. The same
human fundamental qualities that
made out of the shirtless riffraff of
starvelings an orderly but also an In
tolerant guild have out of hordes
made nations, have built States, cre
ated all the Institutions of civilization.
Baby In Well, Pulled Up by Bucket.
Oakland City, Ind. Holding tightly
to a bucket which the mother low
ered Into a well here, into which the
two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Pearson fell, the child was
raised to safety. Although the baby
was submerged when It fell Into the
water, It Beemed to understand what
was expected when the bucket was
lowered.
'Pair Lived on Same Farm 60 Years.
Marshall, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Pt
,trick Conroy, aged seventy-six and seventy-live
respectively, who were mar
tried in 1849 and have lived on the
Isame farm In Ceroaco township ever
falnce, recently celebrated their wed
jdlng anniversary. All their children
land grandchildren and scores of neigh
bors called on them during the day.
DOCTOR TATQOED EYEBALL
Blank White Surface Mado to Match
Healthy Optic and Restore
Blind Girl's Beauty.
Philadelphia. An operation per
formed only a few times by the great
est eye specialists of the world was
successfully completed In a hospital
clinic here before the senior class of
the Medlco-Chlrurglcal College, by
Dr. Ii. Webster Fox, who occupies the
chair of opthalmology in the college.
By the use of six needles, India ink
and a vegetable dye the doctor suc
ceeded In tattooing the perfect sem
blance of an eye on a young girl's
blind eyeball, which was covered by
an ugly white blemish the size of a
five-cent piece.
The girl asked Dr. Fox to put a
glass eye In place of the diseased tis
sues, which made her face repulsive
to look at. The doctor, upon exami
nation, found that the growth over
the cornea was so strong that the deli
cate operation that came in his mind
could be performed with a chance of
success.
Cocaine was Inserted to destroy
whatever sensibility remained, but no
anaesthetic was administered to the
patient, who did not appear to suffer
any pain while the operation was go
ing on.
The students saw the skilful hand
of the doctor guiding the tattoolnb
needles produce the semblance of an
eye with the skill and patience of a
trained artist on a surface that had
been a blank white.
India ink was used for the pupil.
For the iris a vegetable dye which
had been carefully experimented with
was employed, and the brown color ot
the other and healthy iris In the girl's
other eye wqb duplicated.
As Dr. Fox dropped his last needle
and turned to his class he was greet
ed with the enthusiastic applause of
the students.
The operation, Dr. Fox told his
class, can never become a common
one, as It 1b seldom that the eyeball
of a blind person Is In condition to
permit tattooing.
PAID $1,600 FOR GYPSY GIRL.
Father Buys Child Bride for Nine-Year-Old
Son.
St. Louis. King "Joe" Adams, of
the St. Louis gypsies, telegraphed his
brother. King Alek, of Chicago, to
prevent the marriage of Spero Nicho
las, nine years old, and Mary Ubonl
wich, twelve years old. He requested
that Mary be sent back to the St.
Louis camp, from which she was tak
en by her child lover.
Spero came from Chicago recently
and became smitten with Mary. The
boy's father went to Ulanzo Ubonl
wich, Mary's father, and handed him
$1,500, telling him it was to buy Mary
for his son. Tho betrothal was an
nounced yesterday, and last night
Spero and Mary boarded a train for
Chicago, where the boy Intended
showing his fiance to his relatives.
King "Joe" declares that Spero in
tended to marry Mary forthwith and
that she was crying when he led her
from her father's tent. The father,
who haB the $1,500, denies this.
NEW MICROBE CHRISTENED.
Metchnlkoff Says Germ Found on
Fruit Causes Infants' Death.
Paris. Prof. Metchnlkoff, the head
of the Pasteur Institute, has arrived
at the conclusion that gastroenteritis
In infants Is chiefly due to a microbe
christened the "proteus," which Is
found on fruits and vegetables and In
butter and cheese. Mothers, he says,
frequently transmit the microbes to
children by handling them or their
nursing bottles with soiled fingers.
Soap Is the remedy.
Prof. Metchnlkoff suggests that the
hands should, always be thoroughly
washed before touching food intended
for children; even adults who would
escape enteritis should scrape cheese
well and plunge fruits and salads Into
boiling water before eating them.
It is estimated that proteus micro
bes In this country cause the death of
10,000 children yearly.
BRIDE8MAIDS FOR HIRE.
London Department Store Plans to
Help Out Girls at Altar.
London. Professional bridesmaids
may now be hired in London. They
are to be had at one of the great de
partment stores whose motto Is
"Everything," and where "extra
guests"' and "dancing men" of dis
tinguished appearance are obtainable
by Boclal climbers.
This new department is intended
for runaway brides and others who
need feminine support at the cere
mony, but don't want to call upon
their girl friends. The bridesmaids
are selected from the prettiest girls
behind the counter, or stenographers
ot the firm.
8ue for Daughter's Heart.
Cleveland, Ohio, The mother of
Mrs. Lena Petrls, murdered by a man
with whom she oloped, brought suit
here against the prosecuting attorney
to get possession of the girl's heart.
The heart, In alcohol, was used to
show by the bullet wound that the
woman could not have killed herself.
The mother wants to bury It with the
body.
Horse Unlucky for the Family.
Louisville, Ky, Louis Schoemler,
sixteen years old and a cripple, sus
tained a compound fracture of the
arm while driving a horse that killed
his father sixteen years ago. The boy
was on a wagon and one of the wheels
caught In the street car track. He
was hurled head downward Into the
street.
HYPNOTIZED, THEN
SWNDLED
WIDOWS
Bogus Count de Chambert Ar
rested in Paris After a Lorg
and Profitable Career
END OF HIS ROPE AT LAST
Married Off One Victim to a Genulno
Marquis Another Widow, Rescued
by Her Relatives, Recovered and
Complained to Police.
Paris. A versatile hynotlst and
swindler who calls himself Rene De
ter, Count of Chambert, has come to
the end of his rope at last. Prefect
of Police Lepine personally arrested
the pseudo Count a few days ago and
locked him up.
Leplno says the false nobleman Is
Robert Etienne, who, besides being an
expert hypnotist, knows much about
the fine arts. Etienne wasted his
mother's fortune; sorrow hastened her
death.
Then Etienne went Into partnership
with his sister In the business of re
storing paintings. The sister supplied
the capital; the brother spent it bo
fore the "firm" got a customer. Then
Etienne persuaded his sister to sign
a blank, which he filled In, papers
making over to him her share of the
business. When she protested he
ohowed his papers to the authorities,
persuaded them that his sister was in
dane to make such charges against
him and hod her sent to an asylum.
Then, says Lepine, Etienne trans
formed himself Into the Count de
Chambert. The title quickly gained
for him the affection and confidence
of an aged and wealthy widow. As
she is a firm believer In spiritualism,
Etienne and his accomplices called
before her the shades of all her an
cestors, who advised her to give her
whole fortune to Etienne.
He then conceived the notion ot
marrying the widow to a genuine mar
quis. Beforo the wedding was cele
brated the future marquise certified
in the "marriage contract that she was
bringing a bridal portion of 520,000 ic
her husband. When he asked for the
money later she answered, much sur
prised, that she had given It to him
una she honestly thought she had
through the "Count de Chambert,"
who had vanished. The marquis di
vorced the broken hearted and im
poverished old woman.
After spending her money, Etienne,
st'U posing as a Count, turned his at
tention to Mme. Roussel, a wealthy
widow with a young daughter. To
them Etienne represented himself as
an artist with a marvelous process for
restoring old paintings. Besides, he
said, he had an assured Income of
$16,000 a year and much greater pros
pects; his father had left him $1,600,
000, which he was to Inherit on the
day he married.
Mme. Roussel Immediately saw in
the "Count de Chambert" the right
husband for her daughter. And the
Count &und Madame a good hypnotic
subject. He won her confidence and
persuaded her that her family was
trying to deprive her of her fortune.
She gave him full charge of her bank
account.
He lost no time In buying a fine
house on the Rue Vernet, near the
Champs Elysees, and Bpared no ex
pense in furnishing it with tapestries,
Oriental carpets, paintings and statu
ary. But In this crisis Mme. Roussel's
relatives got possession ot her and
carried her off to the country. There
she recovered from Etienne's hypnotic
Influence and lodged complaint
against him with Lepine.
Etienne's arrest followed.
WANT NEW COLOR SCHEME.
Postal Clerks Ask Uncle Sam to
Change His Stamps,
Atlantic City, N. J. The Govern
ment Is to be asked to change several
denominations of stamps so that pos
tal clerks may more easily tell the
difference between the several stamp
values at a glance. A resolution ask
ing for the changes was presented at
the session of the National Postal
Clerks Association. (
According to the expert clerks the
one and eight cent stamps, the five
and fifteen cent stamps and the six
and ten cent stamps are so near alike
In color that a clerk handling thou
sands of letters is unable to tell the
difference without close examination.
The change is urged to allow the
handlers of mail to discriminate by
colors easily and without halting their
work.
Dead Woman Held the Reins.
Mansfield, O. While driving to
Mansfield from her home near Belle
ville, Mrs. James B. Pluck, aged forty-seven,
died In her buggy. The old
family horse walked quietly along tho
road toward Mansfield with the dead
woman In the buggy, until passing the
home of Herman Swisher, when Mrs.
Swisher saw that something was
wrong with tho occupant ot the bug
gy and stopped the horse to Investi
gate. Death was cauacd by apoplexy.
Morocco, Ind. Charles Call has
killed the white crow seen In this vi
cinity at different times during tho
laBt three years. The bird Is snow
white, except the tips of Its wings,
which are black. It had been Bhot ut
more than one hundred times within
the last year, .
NO TIP8 IN FINLAND.
Maid's Surprise on Receiving Money
from Mistress' Guests.
A country where there are no tips
and where small services are rendered
to the stranger without hope of reward
would seem hard to find yet such a
country is Finland.
So far the tourist has not appeared
In any great numbers, and conse
quently tho commercial spirit which
his advent always marks has been ab
sent. As an example of this, Mme.
Aino Malmberg, a Finnish lady, who
is paying a visit to this country, tells
an amusing story. Two English
friends whom she had met while over
here had been staying with her at
her house In Helslngfors, and on leav
ing gave the maid a tip.
She was very much astonished and
did not know what It meant Seeing
Mme. Malmberg's Bon coming down
stairs, she ran to him' and said, "They
gave me money. Did they give you
any?" Hearing that they had not
done so, she was much mystified. "I
cannot understand why they should
give it to me and not to you, when
they know you much better than me,"
was her perplexed comment on the
Incident
Osawatomle and Pottawatomie.
The spelling of the two words
Osawatomio and Pottawatomie causes
considerable confusion to this day;
but that is tho way maps have them
now, and that of course makes thom
"official."
Osawatomle, famed in Kansas his
tory, is located between the Osage
River and the Pottawatomie. It Is
named from these streams. In the
early days two "s's" were frequently
used In its spelling, but the Improprie
ty of their use was shown and pointed
out by the school teachers by simply
explaining the word's derivation.
The name of Pottawatomie, though,
had about ten different spellings, ac
cording to an old settler of that com
munity. "The tribe of Indians," he
said, "left the State and did not leave
us the correct spelling of the word. So
we people along the creek finally got
together and decided to spell the word
the shortest way possible Pot-a-wat-o-mle.
Now they are UBing two 't's' on
the maps, and I guess that is the way
to spell it now. We spelled it the
shortest way, and I have often thought
that we were the original simplified
spellers." Kansas City Journal.
Sermons In Ancient Times.
St. Augustine's sermons lasted
about 18 minutes, but in that ancient
day It was no uncommon thing to
have several at the same service.
When two or more bishops were pres
ent It was usual for them and the
presbyters to preach one after the
other, reserving the last place for the
highest dignatary. Some consolation,
however, was to be found in tho fact
that applause was permitted and
many of St. Chrysostom's sermons
were hailed with the "tossing of gar
ments and waving of handkerchiefs."
A Personal Matter.
Clarence was usually so restless
and fidgety in church that his mother
was obliged to reprove him from time
to time. One Sunday he was so quiet
and well-behaved that his mother no
ticed It, and spoke approvingly.
"What a good little boy Clarence
was In church to-day," she said.
"Mamma was so proud of him."
"Well," said Clarence, "I had to be.
The choir looked right at me, and
sang over and over again, 'Please be
still, please be still!' "Youth's Com
panion. Happy Eskimos.
Eskimos are all children, content
ed, peaceable, honest and hospitable
without rulers and without ambition
for fame or power. They live almost
entirely on raw animal food, and this
explains the absence of a number of
diseases which are common to civil
ization. Salt water contains iodine,
and all sea animals, as well as all
who eat them uncooked, absorb more
or less of this fickle substance.
Capital Punishment.
Capital punishment prevails in all
the States and Territories of the
Union except Michigan, Wisconsin,
Rhode Island, Kansas and Maine. It
was abolished In Iowa In 1872, and re
stored In 1878. It was also abolished
in Colorado, but was. restored in 1901.
In New York and Ohio execution Is by
electricity.
One Thing Yet to Learn.
We have learned how to telegraph
without wires and fly without gas
bags, but the antidote for a, common
ordinary cold still mocks the foiled
searchlngs of the human' race. St
Louis Republic.
Can't Eliminate Htm.
This country has given up shirt
sleeve diplomacy and quit electing
presidents who were born in log cab
Ins, but the man who picks his teeth
in public continues to be visible.
Do Pretty Well Yet.
"This motoring game isn't what It
used to be." "Speed ordinance too
carefully enforced?" "No; but pedes
trians ore getting bo careful."
Berlin's Linen Factories.
Berlin has about a hundred factor-
rles for linen goods for more than
the kingdom of Saxony.
The Truth. In Most Casea.
A man tries to control his rhllrirnn
before ho has learned to control him
self. New York Press.
Good Advice.
Whatever you do, do wisely and
think of the consequences, (Jests Ito-
manorum.
irrigation in Argentina.
An irrigation project to cost $25,000,
000 is on the cards In. Argentina, the
principal railways to do the work and
bs paid by the government In five per
cent Irrigation bonds, with the water
rentals to take care of the bonds.
Cigarettes Oust Cigars.
Tho clear business In the British
Isles has declined largely In late
years, owing to' the Increasing taste
tor cigarette smoking.
8elf-Made.
A large majority of the good and
reepoctacle women in this world have
succeeded in being bo without the as
ilstance of .chaperons.
Right.
A man may not resent an aspersion
against himself, but he will defend
:hn accuracy of his thermometer to
his last breath, Topeka Capital.
BREGSTEIN BROS.
THE LEADING CLOTHIERS
KNOX HATS the best
in the market.
ON ACCOUNT OF
the mild weather we are over stocked with a large line of
Men's, Boys' and Children's Suits and Overcoats,
which we are compelled to cut prices on. All
of our stock must go as we do not
Intend to carry any goods
over.
IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY AND SAVE MONEY.
Remember we handle nothing but the best made
clothes in the county.
SUITS.
For young men or old wo con
please yon well for we have suits
hero made by Straase Bros, and David
Addlcr, tho best makers in tho world
in so wide a range of patterns and
sizes that every taste, everybody can
bo fitted perfectly.
Remember we have a full line of the
market. Men's Hats and Caps, Shirts,
and DresB Suit Cases, Hand Bags and the
Children's Suits
$1 up to $7
REMEMBER
'l!l!!il!l!i;.ttl?
SSS BREGSTEIN BROS. 5
Tho Kind Yon Have Always
In use for over SO years,
and
"ffiAS Bona supervision since its infancy.
r"CCCG4ityi A llnw Tin rmr n ilmAlvn -vnxi In tills.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and" Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Fare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears tho
The Kind You HaYe Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THB OCRTAUH COMPANY. TT MURRAY BTIttCT. N OII OftY.
The Era of New Mixed Paints !
This year oponj with a deluge of new mixed paints. A con
dition brought about by our enterprising dealers to get some kind
of a mixed paint that weuld supplant CHILTON'S MIXED
PAINTS. Their compounds, being new and heavily advertised,
may find a sale with the unwary.
THE ONLY PLACE IN HONESDALE
AUTHORIZED TO HANDLE
Is JADWIIM'S PHARMACY.
There are reasons for the pre-eminence of OHILTON PAINTS'
1st No one can mix abetter mixed paint.
2d The painters declare that it works easily and has won
derful covering qualities.
8d Chilton stands back of it, and will agree to repaint, at his
owu expense.overy surface painted with Chilton Paint that
proves defective.
4th Those who have used it are perfectly satisfied with it,
and recommend its use to others.
To Legalize Tipping.
While praiseworthy attempts are
being mado in London to minimize
the tipping system, a movement has
been started in Berlin to make the
custom compulsory. The cafe waiters
in tho K&lBer's capital have formed
themselves into a union with tho ob
ject of legalizing tipping. They have
drawn up a scale of tips and pasBlng
resolutions to enforce It If the order
a customer gives In a restaurant
amounts to three shillings he will be
expected to tip the waiter to the tune
of 12 per cent If the order Is over
three shillings the "kellner" will be
content with a tip of 10 per cent In
the larger restaurants the waiter will
be satisfied with a modest 8 per cent
tip If the bill amounts to 5. Tho
restaurant keepers protest against
this tariff of tips, which they consider
will interfere with their business, but
the waiters refuse to etfve way
AND GENT'S FURNISHERS
The Home of the
Best Clothes.
OVERCOATS.
As with our stilts, so it is with oar
overcoat garments hero for young
and old made by Stranse Bros. And
David Addlcr to suit the exacting
requirements of the best dressed mea
in the world.
Best Gent's Furnishing Goods in the
Collars, Underwear, Pajamas, Trunks,
best Rain Coats to be found.
THE PLACE
Children's Over
coats $1.50to $7
Bought, and which has been
has borne the signature of
has been mado under his per-
Signature of
CHILTON'S MIXED PAINTS