FEMALE CRIMINALS.
lA DETECTIVE SAYS THAT WOMEN
ARE MORE CRUEL THAN MEN.
a Bamllty There Ara a. Many FrniaM
Criminals u Thcr An Mala, liitl Clr.
nm.tanc Conaplra to Shlold tlia Wlok.
d ffoim B'aiMi Haldol Raform.
Theodore C. IJulilcr, tlio well known
Ban Frandsfo detwtive, lias cot had
kwrnty-six years of experience In this pro
pwion without obtaining noma very
strong Impressions and opinions in regiird
!to crime and LTimlnuls.
"As ft sort of text," said Mr. Metzlor,
"for wbnt I hnve to say on this subject,
I will trtnte thnt in cotHcloring men and
tromcn an criminals, botwn wliom and
their deals comparisons are to bs Hindu,
1 cerasiiler that, while tnnn isnndonbted
ly, as ft rale, the more prominent in
i-rime, woman, on the other hand, is at
rnce more cniel and cnnnlng in "rrhat
she does.
"From the circumstance that a oon
dderablo less nnmbnr of women than
men are convicted of crime the lnrr
ence Is drawn that in women the crim
inal propensities are weaker or nnder
better control. Such conclusion is,
however, not borne ont by the facts, for
when crimes hare been traced to women
it has been fonnd in the great majority
sf cases that the guilty deeds have been
committed not only with systematic
conning, bnt also with a coolness and
brnelty which have seldom been attrib
uted to man.
I "There are several reasons," continued
Mr. Meteler, "why so few women have '
been convicted of crime. Man's natural
sympathy for her often causes him to
nverlook important ixints against her, I
kind then again he is always extra care-1
fnl for fear he might do her injustice
ind injury. Mon in the detective pro
fession may pretend to have no sympathy
for ft woman, yet a good looking face
and ft bewitching smile always find n
L tender spot in their hearts.
"Of conrse there aro exceptions, but
. ey are very few. If there are men in
this profession who are not susceptible
to a woman's plea, 1, in my experience
of twenty-cix years, have failed to find
litem.
"Another thing: It is seldom consid
sred that girls are watched more care
fully than boys and are nnder greater
restraint. Neither is it taken into ac
sonnt that older females spend more of
their time at home, while males of their
own age are on the street or mingling
with persona whose habits are not al
ways the best. Many of the temptations
to crime come from business complica
tions, in which women have little or no
(hare, as they spend most of their time
at home with their children and female
companions. Most homicides, yon know,
ke the results of anger excited when
q nuns ore away from their homes and
i-milies, as violent quarrels generally
ake place in the street or barroom, and
jnot in the parlor or sitting room.
) "Now as to the cruelty and delibera
tion of the female criminal. The history
of crime shows that most of the murders
committed by women are those perpe
trated by the administration of poiBon.
fThey show careful preparation and great
deliberation. In almost every instance
treachery is employed, the victim being
jmvited to partake of refreshments by
one who is presumed to be ft friend,
j "Murder by the administration of poi
son is considered the most foul and the
darkest of all crimes, but it is the one
that women have been addicted to more
generally than men in all ages and
(countries.
I "Another very remarkable fact," con
tinned the detective, "has recently been
mentioned in a London paper by the
bhaplain of Clerkenwell jail. It is that
Isome criminals are practically incurable.
From a table prepared by him it was
kbown thnt daring last year there were
committed to the prisons and jails of
England and Wales 5,686 men and 0,704
women who had been convicted no less
than ten times previously. You see the
iforce of the comparison.
"A partial explanation of this strange
state of things may be found in the fact
that women are more thoroughgoing in
loll things, good, bad or indifferent, than
the men. They do nothing by halves.
Be the matter the construction of a
Bbortcako, the making of a crazy quilt
or the poisoning of rival, woman de
votes all her time, knowledge and talent
to what she baa in view.
"Then, again, a woman has less chance
reforming than a man. The latter
Jean go to a strange or distant place,
raise whiskers or shave those he had, as
some different name and commence
life anew. Ha can generally find em
ployment, but with the woman it is
more difficult. Disguise is not so easy,
and if she goes to a different place some
one is liable to recognize her.
"A strange woman is always looked
on with suspicion, as it is presumed that
khe would prefer to live in the town
iwhere she was brought np and where
her old acquaintances are. A man gets
predit for his enterprise if he goes to
taew country and engages in business
jfor himself, but such is not the case
(with a woman. If she is onoe discov
ered her own sex are the first to point
Eeir fingers at her, torn np their noses
id refuse to associate with her, the re
It of which is that she becomes hard-
toned and callous, and is again driven to
(crime. ban Francisco Post.
j As Far As Looks Go.
i "They've raked in pretty tough look'
Sag lot this morning, haveu't they?" ob
iserved the stranger, who had dropped in
art the ponce station.
"Yon are looking at the wrong gang,"
Isaid the reporter to whom he had spoken.
"Those are not the prisoners. They are
e lawyers. .uxciiange.
hare Boatoa fttiweU Got Th.lr Namaa,
The English names given to the Back
ay streets were evolved by oonple of
h-Americans on the board of survey,
jftided by copy of the "British Peer
'." Boston Pilot ,
The number "Tan" 'In the nibla.
When the world was created we find
It and its surroundings composed of three
elements nir, water and laud the
whole limited by the suit, moon and
stars. Adam had three sons mentioned
by name, and so did Noah the patriarch.
Daniel was thrown into a den with three
lions for the crime ft praying three
times. Shndrach, Meslmch ami Abed
nego were rescued from the rlery fur
nace. Job had three special friends.
There were three patriarchs Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. Samuel was culled
three times; Elijah prostrated himself
three times on the dead bodytf the child:
Samson deceived Delilah three times le
fore she discovered the secret of bis
great power, mid the Ten Command
ments were delivered on the third day.
Jonah was three days and nights in
the whale's belly. "Minion, lovest thou
me?" was repeated three times. Paul
makes mention of the Three Oruces
Faith, Hope and Charity. The famout
nllegorical dreams of the baker and but
ler were to come to pass in three lays.
Then we have the Holy Trinity Fat her,
Son and Holy Ghost; the sacred letterc
on the cross were three In number, 4hey
being I. II. S. ; so also the famous Ro
man motto was composed of three words
vix., In hoc signo. St. Louis Republic.
A Tale of Two Itarns.
There was a man named Hiblw whe
bought a farm, built a large, stately
dwelling at the end of a long, shady
avenue of maples and settled down tc
enjoy the comfort and Independence of
a farmer's life. He built n coxy little
barn of logs and shingled it with clap
boards.
There was another man of the nam
of Hubbs who bought a farm in the
same neighborhood, built a cozy little
dwelling of logs, shingled it with clap
boards and settled down to the hard,
grinding monotony of a farmer's life.
This man Hubbs built a hire, stately
barn nt the end of a long, shady avenue
of maples. At the end of ten years
Hibbs' big house had broken him up, nml
Hubbs' big barn had enabled him to buy
Hibbs' stately dwelling for about hall
price aud move it over on his own farm.
Hubbs has a big dwelling and a big
barn and represents his county in the
state legislature. Hibbs has a little log
cabin and a little log stable and is try
ing to sell out to Hubbs. He wants to
quit farming and travel with a peddling
wagon. Toronto Mail.
ITnconatilou. Feminine CrneUy.
"Let me off Bt Thirteenth street, con
ductor," said a woman as she paid her
fare on a Broadway car at Cortlandt
street.
The car was packed, the place just two
miles away and the woman a New
Yorker. From 60 to 100 people would
get on and off, half a hundred stops were
to be made and something like a half to
three-quarters of an hour would be con
sumed before reaching Thirteenth street.
Yet this woman, who bore evidences
of more than ordinary intelligence in
her face and from her easy self assur
ance every indication of being able to
take care of herself, expected the con
ductor to remember her request and tc
put her off at the right street.
The Broadway conductors are the
hardest worked, most abused and criti
cised railroad officials ill this city, but
this is the sort of thing they are called
upon to endure every hour in the day.
It is usually at the hands of women, and
is unnecessary, foolish and cruelly in
considerate. New York .Herald.
Modern Matrimony.
Jones (calling on Smith in the even
ing) I thought I would find you at
home. Yon don't go out much at night
now?
Smith No. I've given np all my clubi
nd societies. I should be glad to have
yon come up and spend an evening with
me occasionally.
Jones But your wife might think me
in the way.
Smith Oh, she's never home at night
till late. Tonight she's at a meeting of
the Ladies' Society for Supplying Thim
bles to the Destitute Poor. Tomorrow
night she goes to the Queen's Daugh
ters, next night to the sociable of the
Royal Women, and so on every night.
Come up and see ft fellow. It's awfully
lonely to be married, I can tell you.
New York Press.
Suffocated bjr Sweet Odors.
The Sybarites slept on beds stuffed
with rose leaves; the tyrant Dionysius
had his couch filled with them; Versus
would travel with a garland on his head
and around his neck, and over his litter
he had a thin net, with rose leaves inter
twined. Antiochus luxuriated upon a
bed of blooms even in winter days and
nights, and when Cleopatra entertained
Antony she hand roses covering the floor
to the depth, it is said, of an ell.
We are told that Heliogabalus sud
plied so many at one of his banquets
that several of his guests were suffocated
in the endeavor to extricate themselves
from the abundance victims of ft sur
f eit of sweet odors. Philadelphia Times
Ammonia tn Coal.
Some 18,000,000 tons of coal are burned
in London yearly. About 4,000,000 are
utilized by the gas manufacturing com
panies; 9,000,000 are burned in house
hold and industrial fire grates. Each
ton contains sufficient ammonia to pro
duce, if treated vitu sulphuric acid,
twenty-two to t ty-eight pounds of
sulphate of amut. ... The total loss of
this fertilizing ugtut is therefore, say,
9,990 tons. As the price of sulphate of
ammonia is 9 10s. the ton, the mone
tary loss is 94,905 every year. If wf
were less wasteful we should not be so
much obliged to ransack Chill and Peru
for artificial manures. National Re
view.
Bard to find.
Walter Batterlee, the artist, says one
of the greatest difficulties he meets is
the lack of models in this country whose
bair is so black that it has blue or pur
ple lights la it He add that what he
wants Is common in Europe, but al
most unattainable here. Philadelphia
Ijeager.
A BallroBtT ran That fever Caaaa.
An old neighbor of the Goulds at Rox
bury, Delaware county, told a story
about the millionaire's visit to his old
home in the midst of one of his busiest
financial seasons.
"Jay and I was always good friends,"
said the old man, "which is more'n 1
can say for him and most of the other
folks here. You see, old Johu Gould
married my sister for bis second wife,
and there was always more or less of a
family feuling between the Goulds and
us. Bays 1 to Jayi 'Why don't you come
and see us once in awhile? You're al
ways going to get the best we have, yo'
know.' Jay said suthin 'bout bein al
ways hayin season with him and
couldn't spare the time. There wasn't
anythin he'd like as much as to visit up
here, for he liked the old folks, he said.
He asked me how I'd like to go down to
York. 1 said farming was not so good
as it was and money was mighty scarce.
He said that was all right, an then he
fumbled around his pockets for some
thing, but it was not there. He ex
plained that he thought ha had his book
with him, so that he could give me a
pass for myself and my wife down to
York, but he must have forgotten it and
left it at borne. He said he'd send the
pass to me; but if he sent It some other
one must have got it, for 1 never did. 1
was a-speakin 'bout it afterward down
at the hotel, and the boys said it was
most likely Jay Gould never sent it.
One thing anyhow I'm certaiu of that
is, ef he had that air book with hliu that
time we met he'd a writ out that air
pass." New York World.
Getting the Most Out of tbe Hone.
The art of getting the most out of
horse fit-nil on the line of inarch is one
which needs study and practice to every
whit the same extent as do race riding
or the hnute ecole, and therefore feats
of endurance should form part of an of
ficer's education as well as those upon
the tan or between the nags.
To cover many miles with success a
man must, first of all, study his own
condition, and while he makes his
charger lit must not forget to render
himself so too. He should carefully
watch how his horse takes its food anil
vary the amount of it, the time of feed
ing and the nature of forage, so as to
insure that the atiimnl derives the max
imum amount of benefit from the nour
ishment it takes.
Then he should endeavor by exiieri-
ment to discover the pace which suits
its conformation best and the most ju
dicious manner of varying it, so as to
afford relief to the muscles and yet get
over the ground.
The particular pace that best suits the
animal having been arrived at, it should
be trained to go at that pace evenly and
methodically and with the regularity of
a machine. And care should be taken
never to stretch the bow to the utmost,
or the subsequent reaction will more
than counterbalance the present gain.
London Saturday Keview.
Scavengers of Conreraiitlon.
"Deliver me from what some author
has called the 'scavengers of daily con
versation,' who gather up the literary
refuse on every side to offend the intel
lectual nostrils of the thoughtful." And
Colonel Marcus Bauermann stretched
himself in his chair and proceeded to ex
plain. "A dude with a thimbleful of
brains won a basket of champagne from
me on the bet that q-u-i-r-e meant a band
of singers which itdoes, though c-h-o-i-r
is another way of spelling it and ten
minutes afterward a street car conductor
used the word 'transpire' for 'perspire'
and won a box of cigars from me on that.
"The latest is the case of a drummer
for a Boston shoe house, who is sixty
years old if he is a day, and whose gray
Lairs ought to indicate some faint
gleams of Intelligence, and yet who so
berly asked me the pronunciation and
meaning of the word 'bac-kac-he,' and
when I told him 1 did not ki.uw coolly
said it was pronounced 'backache,' and
meant a pain in the back. Of course
such people are afflicted with paresis,
but oughtn't they to be restrained iu
some way?" St Louis Globe-Democrat.
"Three" In Mythology.
In mythology we find the throe (8) occu
pying even a more honorable place than
the so called "mythical No. 7." There
were the Three Graces, Cerobus with his
three heads, Neptune holding his three
tined fork, to say nothing of the' Nine
Muses, which are made up of three threes,
and the third wave, which was thought
to bring death and destruction to every
thing in its path. In nature we have
morning, noon and night; fish, flesh and
fowL Hundreds of trees, vines and
grasses have their leaves and blades set
in groups of three. St Louis Republic
Odd Looking Postage Stamps.
The postage stamps of China are queer
looking specimens with their wriggling,
crawling dragons stamped upon them.
The Turkish stamps are quite pretty,
and are nearly all adorned by the cres
cent and star. The stamps of Paraguay
present ft fine appearance, the main de
sign being a lion supporting a pole which
is surmounted by a liberty cap. The
stamps of England have undergone few
er changes than any other country and
have suffered no change whatever in the
main design, the portrait of the queen.
Ohio State Journal.
Quite a Belief;
Husband What do yon do when you
hit your thumb with hammer? You
can't swear.?
Wife No, but 1 can think with all
my might and main what a perfectly
horrid, mean, Inconsiderate, selfish
brute you are not to drive the nails
yourself. New York Weekly.
Feminine Contrartneas.
Old Rooster What have you stopped
laying for?
Old Hen It's too cold.
Old Rooster Huht Just like you fe
males. Quick as it gets oool enough for
me to crow without getting into a per
spiration you quit laying. Good New.
CAN STILL LOVE.
I thought 1 could not live If ron were gone,
Bnt life has tnuitlit mo sterner thlnmu
The bird wbnra mate Is dead 1 1 Tee on
Aye, Urea anil el nits.
I'erhnps his song hna more of naclnoM
A note or two of pain;
Tls sweeter music wit h the mnnrnfnl cadenrfl
Than tbe careless. Joyful strain.
1 stood beside your grave sud wept alone
And thought love was forever tleiid tn met
My life bad ei rly lost love's plnrlou MinliKht
And never i tore my heart could lmfipy be.
Rut time lias sunlit me ninny lender trutlis-
Tbat llfocan never wholly tie unbind.
1 rnnnot live all lonely In thh world of woo
Heeause I loved ynu. dnr, the best,
The tender lovo thnt benrs so much for me
I Rladly tnke, unr feel
My love for you. ilrar one, has weaker grown
My heart less ttHiieh and leal.
1 love yon flrst, and you were alwnys dearest
Yet. like the bird wliote mute Is irone,
I still ran llnd a tender Joy In Invlntf,
Nor wish to dwell forever here alone.
-Amies L. Pratt.
The flense of Rmell In log.
Dogs are able to track their masten
through crowded streets, where recogni
tion by sight is quite imiiossible, anc
can find a hidden biscuit even when iti
faint smell is still further disguised by
an de cologne. In some exjierimenti
Mr. Romanes lately made with a dog he
found that it could easily track him
when he was far out of sight, though nc
fewer than eleven people had followed
him, stepping exactly in his footprints,
In order to confuse the scent.
The dog seemed to track him cbirfly
by the smell of his boots, for when with
out them or with new Ixiots on it failed,
but followed, though slowly and hesitat
ingly, when his master was without
either boots or stockings. Dogs and cate
certainly get more information by menne
of this sense than a man can. They often
get greatly excited over certain smells
and remember them for very long pe
riods. Chamliers' Journal.
The Woodpecker's Home.
The woodpecker's home is very like
the kingfisher's, but it is dug in rotten
wood instead of being bored in a bank
of earth. From the great ivory billed
species down to the little downy fellow
of our orchards, tho woodpeckers build
their nest, or rather excavate them, on
the same generul plan. The hole at first
goes straight into the wood, then turtle
downward, widening as it descends, un
til it gives room for the home. If yon
will go into any bit of unshorn wood
land during early spring and will keep
your eyes open, you will see a bright red
head thrint out of a round window iu
some decaying trunk or bough, and the
woodpecker will sing out, "Peer! peer!"
which always seems to mean that his oi
her home is a most comfortable and en
joyable place. Maurice Thompson in
Golden Rule.
Frightened Into a Fever.
Frederick I of Prussia was killed by
fear. His wife was insane, and one day
the escaped from her keepers, and dab
bling her clothes in blood rushed upon
ber husband while he was dozing in his
chair. King Frederick imagined her to
be tho white lady whose ghost was be
lloved to appear whenever the death of
a member of the royal family was to oc
cur, and he was thrown Into a fever and
died in six weeks. Dr. Elder in Wash
ington Post
Accustomed to Ilelng Waylaid.
There was a Bavarian prince who was
so entirely accustomed to being contin
ually waylaid and followed about by
his admirers that once on coming out of
the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady),
feeling himself held back by the cloak,
he turned abruptly round und angrily
exclaimed, "This is really not the
placel" before be saw, to his relief, that
It was only his cloak which had hitched.
In passing, on a nail. Exchange.
Kthan Allen's lleply.
While Ethan Allen was held a pris
oner in New York an offer was made
him of a largo tract of land in Vermont
or Connecticut, as he preferred, pro
vided he would espouse the cause of
England. His reply is characteristic:
"If by fidelity I have recommended
myself to General Howe, I shall be
loath by unfaithfulness to loso tho gen
eral's good opinion." Youth's Com
panion. Guarded Kyiiipiitby.
Vory Stout Nervous Old Lady (to
guard) Oh, guard, wouldn't it bo dread
ful if there was a collision on the line
I'm about to travel by?
Facetious Guard Yes, mum, it would
be for any one you happened to fall on.
Exchange.
For Scrofula
"After suffering for about twenty-live
years from scrofulous sores on Uie legs
and arms, trying various medical courses
without benefit, I began to use Ayer's
Sarsnpurllla, aud a wonderful cure wus
the result. Five bottles sufficed to re
store me to health." Bonlfncla Lopes,
327 12. commerce it, Ban Antonio, Texas.
Catarrh
" My daiiKhtur was afflicted for nearly
a year with catarrh. The physicians be
ing unable to help her, my paator recom
mended Ayer's Karsaparllla. I followed
hit advice. Three months of regular
treatment with Ayer's Karsaparllla and
Ayer's fills completely restored my
daughter's health." Mrs. Louise Bielle,
Little Canada, Ware, Mass.
Rheumatism
For soveral years, I was troubled
with Inflammatory rheumatism, being so
bad at times as to be entirely helpless.
For the last two years, whenever I (elt
the snoots of the disease, I beguu to tuke
Ayur's Barsaparilla, and have not had a
spoil fur a long time." E. T. Uantbrougb,
F.lk Itun, Vs.
Forall blood diseases, the
best remedy Is
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