Photography
and Crime.
A recent exhibition in Vienna, In
stituted by a Berlin chemist, Dr.
Paul Jeaerlch, who devotes most of
his time to legal and criminal mat
ters, has fairly astounded the press
of that city by Its demonstration of
the value of photography In the de
tection of crime. Every large city
now has Its rogue's gallery, and
spreads broadcast photographs of
suspects. The photographing of the
scenes of crime' for the enlighten
ment of juries Is still another devel
opment with which the general pub-
, 11c Is familiar. But few people real
ize that In many other ways photog
raphy has become of enormous value
In the actual detection of criminals.
To Illustrate this remarkable devel
opment was the prime object of Dr.
Jeserloh's display of the eighty en-
larged prints which constitute his
exhibition.
The sun sees everything, however
fallible the human eye. Even when
reinforced by the microscope or the
magnifying glass, the ordinary ob
server is apt to overlook little things
In themselves of great importance.
Moreover, a detective, or an expert
mployed by the police, might behold
through a magnifier something which
he would regard as evidence, but
about which a Jury might fall to take
his word. By means of the enlarge
ment of a negative, proof of a crime
may often be shown to a Jury which
would otherwise be practically un
available. This Is Dr. Jeserich's con
tention, and his demonstration of It
impressed observers as convincing.
For instance, he exhibited two let
ters which had originally contained
money, and had been received with
out their enclosures. To the eye,
they had not been tampered with In
any way, and there was nothing to
show whether they had been sent
without the money or whether they
had been opened en route. An en
larged photograph solved the mys
tery. It showed plainly that one of
the envelopes had two lines of mucil
age, while an unevenness In the post
office stamp on the flap showed that
there had been a slight variation in
the reseating. It was obvious that
tills letter had been tampered with;
the other proved .not to have been,
(or the paper sheets enclosed in place
of the money showed, when photo
graphed, the imprint of the post
office stamp which it had received
through the envelope.
The tell-tale blotting paper has
figured in many a novel and play.
Hitherto It has been read by means
of a looking-glass. Dr. Jeserich won
a divorce case by first photographing
the blotter and then enlarging the
print; the resulting evidence that the
defendant was guilty by itself suf
ficed to convince the court. A mur
Berer was convicted by means of the
.cord with which he strangled his
victim; a piece of It was found in
his pockets, but not until photog
THE TRAMP riUXTEK.
Passing of a Once Familiar Figure In
Newspaper Ofllees.
What has become of the old time
printer, once so familiar before the
Invasion of the linotype machine?
He used to show up with the first
frost. . You found him in the office
arly some October morning, toasting
his back, before the stove. His first
request was, "Boss, may I look over
the exchanges?" and he was soon
pawing around among the papers on
the editorial table. By H o'clock he
had levied sufficient tribute upon the
boys to get a shave and a drink, and
after dinner he was picking up bre
vier in a way to make an expert en
vious. All winter he worked as Btead
lly as a clock. Many were the stories
he told around the back room fire on
. Sunday afternoon. Though with
out much education, his very wander
ings had made hiu. an entertaining
personage.
In the spring, however, when the
tiny bees buzzed lazily against the
sunny window pane and the lilac
bushes in the courthouse yard were
putting forth their fragrant lavender
plumes and the night air was pungent
with the odor of burning brush piles
and sweet with earthy exhaltlons of
upturned sod and everywhere could
be heard the laughter of children
playing in the twilight, a change
came over the spirit of the tramp
printer. He felt the call of the road,
with Its luxurious days of animal de
light under the 'clear skies of spring,
with its privilege of work when you
wish and idle when you will. He
wished to see the Doys again, to visit
the fifty offices where he had friends.
So one Monday morning in mid-April
when you entered the office you
miesed his form at the case, the
months' familiar figure with one gal
Ins down and a short oil stained cob
pipe protruding from under a slightly
luminous nose. Yet with all of his
-vagrant impulses you felt kindly to
ward your nomadic brother In the
art preservative and were ever ready
for him to come again.
- Before it is too late some gifted
pen shou'.'d tell the story of the tramp
printer. It Is one teeming with ro
mance and the very best possibilities
of good literary effort. True, to-day
almost every office has the remorse
less, speedy' and ever ailing machine,
but no one can was either enthuslas-
. tic or reminiscent over a mere ma
chine. Shawnee (Okla.) Herald.
The envelope was Invented In 1881
and was In disfavor for a long time.
raphy was called In was the fatt Be
yond dispute that both pieces of cord
had originally been one. Another
victim of a murderer clutched In his
hand a mere scrap of a linen mask;
a search of the rooms of the sus
pected criminal revealed another
piece of linen. When both were
photographed, it was found that the
weaving was identical; in each piece
four dark threads were always fol
lowed by fourteen light ones. A
stolen wedding ring, when found on
the thief, bore the number 12, 12,
93 C. 8. A magnifying glass re
vealed nothing, but the camera
brought out the original mark, S. 5.
2. 88. Faint traces of blood stains
not otherwise discernible are also re
vealed by the photographic plate.
Not. even the most careful expert
has as yet been able to re-photograph
that picture of the murderer on the
retina of the victim's eyes, which
has betrayed the criminal in more
than one novel. But Dr. Jeserich
was able to capture one criminal who
used part of an envelope bearing his
address as an extra charge in loading
his old-fashioned revolver. The pa
per was apparently charred beyond
hope, but the camera ended specu
lation as to the Identity of the crim
inal by furnishing his name and
street number. In the same way, a
photograph of a bullet that had end
ed a life showed very faint mark
ings, which could only come from a
slight unevenness in the barrel of the
revolver from which It was fired.
The weapon of one suspect was used
again and again, and each bullet
fired showed the same faint lines.
In the discovery of forgeries, hand
writing experts have long resorted
to the camera, and Dr. Jeserich ex
hibited some startling examples of
the ease with which the work of the
cleverest forgers was revealed.
All of this shows clearly that If
new Inventions and the advances of
science furnish new weapons to the
criminal, they in turn make It harder
fc- him to escape punishment.' Some
day we may yet see men like Dr.
Jeserich included In the detective
staffs of our great cities; and not
only photography, but all the other
sciences, T7111 contribute to the de
tection of wrongdoers. Not even In
Scotland Yard have the police gone
Into partnership with scientists to
the extent possible. In this city our
detectives, when not corrupt, are
often Incompetent or wholly behind
the times. When they have scored
successes, It has generally been by
good luck, by breaking down the
prisoner's nerve through methods
often indistinguishable from torture,
or because of the stupidity of the
criminal. Gen. Bingham has
dreamed of the time when he could
appoint civilians to his detective
corps; but he has not yet asked for
that alliance between science and de
tection which modern developments
make feasible. New York Post.
NOISE NUISANCES.
Some Early Efforts Toward Their
Suppression.
"It is so quiet uptown now that
the patient listener may now and
then catch some of the softer noisjs
of the world," said a semi-invalid
lawyer who spends most of the day
sitting by the open window of his
Harlem flat.
"I have naturally taken a great
deal of Interest in the present crusade
against unnecessary noises, and have
been reading up on sporadic attempts
to suppress them," he continued.
"The earliest casa that I have found
was In the reigu of George III, when
a circus band was silenced by injunc
tion on the ground that its noise was
a nuisance. In another old English
la report it tells of a plaintiff recov
ering damages because a flock of
wild ducks was frightened by the
persistent firing of a gun. The
learned judge held that this consti
tuted a public nuisance and was a
prejudice to private rights. In
Georgia 'gathering in a noisy way at
a pigeon shooting' has been judi
cially decided to be a nuisance. A
North Carolina court held that the
stamping horses in a livery stable
near the plaintiff's dwelling was suf
ficient annoyance to entitle him to
damages.
"Even the noise Incident to an or
dinary business may be a nuisance.
A gold-beater pelting a thin sheet of
gold into shape, the hammering of
the anvil in the blacksmith shop, the
noise of a skating rink, and so on,
have all been held to be abatable
nuisances.
"The test laid down in the booke
is that any 'noise which constitutes
an annoyance to a person of ordinary
sensibility to sound so as materially
to interfere with the ordfna-y com
fort of life and impair the reason
able enjoyment of his habitation. Is
a nuisance to him.'
"It Is within taj bounds of possi
bility that in great centres of popu
lation a new class bf experts will
arise to draw salaries from the muni
cipality as noise specialists. Un
usual noises long continued undoubt
edly Induce deafness, aside-from irri
tating nerves and murdering deep.
At any rate, they destroy a discrim
inating nicety in hearing, especially
in those who have what Is calld a
musical ear." From the New Toiic
Times.
Hamburg has more firemen In pro
portion to her size thai any thtr -Itjr
la the world.
New York City. Much of the pop
ularity extended to the house coats
made on such a plan as this one is
due to the ease with which they can
be made and to the comfort that they
provide. In the illustration elder
down flannel Is the material and the
trimming Is ribbon banding, but the.
various lighter weight flannels are
exceedingly beautiful this year and
equally appropriate, while cashmere
and ' henrletta cloth and fabrics of
similar weight are preferred by many
women, and the design suits them all
equally" well." Again, if something
still less expensive is wanted the pret
ty flannelettes and cotton crepes may
well be suggested as being especially
well adapted to the purpose. If the
closing of buttons with loops Is not
liked the fronts can be finished with
hems and the closing be made with
buttons and buttonholes while the
lower edge and the collar and the
sleeves are finished In any way that
may be liked.
The coat Is made with fronts, backs
and under-arm gores and is finished
at the neck edge with a roll-over col
lar. The sleeves are In two portions
each.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is three and a
half yards twenty-four or twenty
seven, two yards forty-four or one
and three-quarter ' yards forty-four
inches wide with four and a half
yards of ribbon. ,
Fashion for Pearl Earrings.
It is interesting that the style in
earrings has not changed. It Is as
pronounced as ever. The largo ba
roque pearls are worn against the
ear, and all manner of senil-preclous
stones are worn in pear-shaped drops
that fall half way down the neck.
Blue Popular.'
In spite of Its long continued clgn
In popular favor the forecast of col
ors shows that blue is in the lead.
The greenish blues and the bluish
greens will be very fashionable. Pea
cock blues, some light shades and
some deep, are most attractive. And
then come the cloudy uiues, the Slav
ish blues and slaty blues, blues with
i 8'iggestlon of lavender and those of
the electric hue. The Gobelin blues
are liked and the old navy Is never
takn from the list.
A i&9A
rail rt i vvs f us
Womandom Is Bnre Necked.
Practically, In spite of the vogng
for long sleeves, womandom la bare
necked and bare armed. Only an un
llned film of tulle or net covering
these parts makes an apology for
daytime decolletage.
Tucked Mouse or Shirt Waist.
- The plain, tailored shirt waist Is the
one which Is sure to be In demand
Just now. It suits the lnte summer
season admirably well, and it always
Is well , liked for between seasons'
wear and the early fall. This one Is
quite novel, the tucks being arranged
to give an effect of wide box pleats In
combination with groups of narrow
tucks, and Is adapted to all season
able walBtlngs. It Is just as appro
priate for silk and for wash flannel
and the like as It Is for linen, madras
and many Inexpensive wash fabrics.
It can be made with a collar to match
or worn with a separate one, and It Is
altogether to be commended both for
the odd waist and for the shirt waist
gown.
The waist Is made with a lining,
which can be used or omitted as
liked, and consists of fronts and back.
There 1b a wide box pleat at the cen
tre front, and the tucks are arranged
In groups that are turned some in
ward, some outward to give a bo
pleat effect at the centre back and at
each side of the front. The sleeves
are of the regulation sort finished
with straight cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is three and a
halt yards twenty-four, three and a
quarter yards thirty-two or two and
a half yards forty-four Inches wide.
G rapes on Hats.
On some of the smartest new hats
grapes In silver and gold, vermilion
or frosted greens are much used. The
leaves are generally of the same tone
as the grapes.
A New Collar Idea.
Quite a novelty In collars Is shown
in cretonne and linen. The straight
band which goes round the neck Is
Iui b uue creiuuuo, woue lue rurae at
the top and bottom Is of hemstitched
i handkerchief linen.
HOW THE JAPANESE
DSED TO TELL TIME
By UME TSUDA.,
Japan's progress, not only in her
army and navy, but In her knowledge
of science and commerce and West
ern artB, dates from the opening of
the country to the world, the revolu
tion which restored the Emperor to
his power, and the establishment of
the present government, all of which
has taken place within fifty years.
Now the gun booms out the noon
hour in Tokyo from the Imperial
Observatory, and every one takes
out his watch to look at the time.
Even the students have watches,
many of them of American make,
and clocks are found in all the vil
lages, even way up In mountain dis
tricts. Yet less than forty years ago time
was told In a very curious way. No
one owned anything like a watch,
and the clocks they had were very
odd ones.
Nor was time divided up Into
twelve hours and these Into minutes.
The length of the hour changed all
the time, according to the season of
the year.
The rising and the setting of the
sun were the two fixed points of time,
and the periods from one to the other
were divided Into six hours of time,
so that an hour in the winter day
was short, Just as it was correspond
ingly long in summer; but the short
winter hours of the day were mado
up by the long hours of the night.
One could work at an hour's Job on
winter days and cheat time out of
thirty minutes or more, but tt had
to be made up in the summer, for an
hour then was about our present two
hours and a half. Only in September
and In March did the hours get even
with themselves, and the sun rose as
It should at six and set at six, and
each Japanese hour was two ot the
present hours.
This Is the way It was counted:
12 a. m. was called the 9th hour
of the morning; 2 a. m. was called
the 8th hour; 4 a. m. was called the
7th hour; 6 a. m. was called the sixth
hour; 8 a. m. was called the 5th
hour; 10 a m. was called the 4th
hour; 12 p. m. was called the 9th
hour of the afternoon.
And bo on again, beginning again
at the ninth hour, and going down
to the fourth hour. Sunset and sun
rise were always the sixth hour.
Now notice how odd It seems to
have the hours run backward just
as they Bay everything is done op
posite In Japan.
I asked an old gentleman why the
hours went from nine backward, In
stead ot from some number onward,
and he said that the lessening of the
hours showed that the hours of the
day were getting fewer, and we
should be more likely to use what
remained in a better way. I also
asked him why there was no first,
second and third hour, and the an
swer was that the time was always
made known to the people by the
striking of bells. To strike one or
two might not be heard or noticed,
so they used only the higher number
from four to nine.
Of course there were no clocks
which would regulate themselves In
this way, lengthening the day hour
and shortening the night ones in
summer, and acting vice versa In win
ter. Such wonderful clocks could
not be made, and common people only
listened for the bells which rang
out In the castle grounds of the
noblemen, where were clustered the
homes ot the retainers, or In the big
city of Yedo (now Tokyo); and in
the country there were fixed places
where the timekeepers rang out the
hour so that it Was heard throughout
all the streets. These watchmen pos
sessed the only clocks that existed.
In a.shallow box, full ot ashes, was
packed In long and narrow coils a
substance called makko, which looks
quite like fine sawdust, and is made
from cedar-wood and the dried leaves
ot a plant. It burns with a fine
fragrance like Incense. This powder
like substance has the quality of
burning very slowly and evenly. If
lighted at one end ot the long coll.
It would slowly burn all day like a
fuse, and would always take the same
length of time to burn a certain
length.
The timekeeper had a measure
which told him how long the day
must be at each season, and the
length of the coll, and he would di
vide the whole length ot makko Into
six divisions for the six hours from
sunrise to sunset. A different length
was used for the night hours.
Although the sun changes each
day, the measure was not changed
dally, but only once In fifteen days,
which was quite near enough to keep
up with the real sunset and sunrise
time for ordinary purposes.
In some places water Clocks were
used, formed by the dripping of drops
of water into a vessel. When the
water got to a certain height It
marked the hour; but, as In the case
of the fire clock, the measure for
summer and winter and for day and
night differed.
There was, however, another way to
tell time, in which time was divided
up from noon till midnight into one
hundred equal parts, each part being
about seven of our minutes, and these
again subdivided into ten. And by
this method exact time could be
really kept, but It was so difficult
that It was known only to the learned
men who kept the almanac and stud
led astrology and astronomy. The
other way was the common one for
ordinary people. From Youth's
Companion.
The Dominion ol Canada crtUe.
nearly 3,746, 000 square miles.
BUSINDSfl CMRDB,
HEFF
JUSTICE OF TBI PXAOJE,
Pension Attorney and Real'.Eetat Agent.
RAYMOND E. BROWN,
attorney at law,
Brookvillb, Pa.
m. Mcdonald,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real estate agent, patents secured, ool
ledums made promptly. Ollloe In Syndicate
building, Keynoldsvllle, Pa.
pill M. MoCHElGHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary public and real estate agent. Oat
tactions will rece ve prompt attention. O files
&the Keynoldsvllle Hardware Oo. building,
ain street Heynoldsvllle, Pa,
DR. B. E. HOOVER,
' DENTIST,
Resident dentist. In the Hoover building
Main street. Uentleness In operating.
)R. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST;
Office on eecond floor ot the Fire National
bank building, Main street.
R. DbVERE KINO,
DENTIST,
office on second floor of the Syndicate bnlU
Tig, Main street, Keynoldsvllle, Pa.
JJENHY PUIESTEH
UNDERTAKER.
Black and white funeral can. Hala street.
Keynoldsvllle, Pa.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Wheat No. t red.... 85
Rye No. 3
Corn No. 2 yellow, ear 99
No. 8 yel low, shelled 87
Mixed ear , 77
Oats No. I white 64
No. S white 6
Flour Winter patent 8 80
Faney straight winters
Bay No. 1 Timothy 1800
Clover No. 1 11 50
Feed No. 1 white mid. ton 29 60
Brown middlings 2001
Bran, hulk 24 00
Straw Wheat - 7 00
Oat... 7 00
Dairy Product!.
Butter Blgtn creamery I 60
Ohio oreamery 24
Fancy country roll 19
Cheese Ohio, new , 14
New York, new 14
Poultry, Etc.
Bens per lb f 14
Chickens dressed a... 18
Kggs Pa. and Ohio, fresh 16
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes Fancy white per bo.... go
Cabbage per ton 1 8-1
Onions per barrel.'. goo
78
DO
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S M
14 00
160
80 00
(7 01
24 90
8 00
n
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BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent I s 70 (SO
Wheat No. 8 red IN
Corn MUed 71 78
Bgg 17 18
Butter Ohio oreamery 88 at
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent I 5 60
Wheat No. red
Corn No. 2 mixed 86
Oats No. S white At
Butter Creamery 80
Bggs Pennsylvania firsts St
i 76
NEW YORK.
Flour Patente S 60 IN
Wheat No. 8 red I'M
Corn No. 8 W
Oats No. 8 white 64 66
Butter-Creamery 80 S
Kggs State and Pennsylvania.... 87 S3
LIVE 8TOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
CATTC.B
Extra, 1460 to 1600 pounds 01 4 85
Prime, 1W)0 to 1J0 pounds 6 76 (a (00
Hood, 12(10 to 1H) pounds 5 60 (4 6 7
Tidy, 11150 to 1160 pounds 4 76 6 40
Fair, m to Um pounds 40il (4 4 M
Common, 700 to 800 pounds 8 51 (4 8 90
Hulls 8 00 (4.8 50
Oows 1600 600
HOM
Prime, heavy 6 00 (4 8 20
Prime, medium weight 6 0 14 6 80
Best heavy Yorkers 6 89 (4 5 AO
Light Yorkers. 6 15 (4 6 M
Pigs 4 76 (45 Ot
Houghs 5 ii (4 5 75
Stags 401(44 76
Prime wethers 4 10 .4 4 18
Good mixed 866(4 406
Fair mixed ewes and wethers 8 0O 60
Culls and common 1 50 (4 8 50
Poring lambs , 400 (46 80
Veal calves 5 00 (4771
Heavy to thin oalves 8 00 (4 4 6
PROJITXEXT FEOPLKi.
Richard Croker decided to leavej
Ireland for a visit to the United
States.
President C. W. Eliot, ot Harvard,
resigned, and his resignation, to take
effect May 19, 1909, was accepted.
Howard Gould won the honors for
chrysanthemums at the first day ot
the National Flower Show In Chicago.
Seth Low succeeds James R. Morse
In the presidency of the American
Asiatic Association, now eleven years
old.
Dr. Sven Hedln, the Swedish ex
plorer, says that he has discovered
the true sources of the Bramaputra
and Indus. .
DeLancey Nicoll, attorney, of New
York City, said that Howard Gould'
Income had been cut down $300,000
and was now only $400,000.
One of the best known mining men
In the country, Walter Fitch, has re
signed as superintendent ot the Cal
umet and Hecla properties.
Duchess Alexandra Victoria of
Schleswlg-Holstein was married in
Berlin to Prince August William of
Prussia, fourth son of the Emperor.
R. W. Gilder, of the Century, said
that the Kaiser article was not with
drawn because ot anything In tt likely
to cause International complications.
Kenyon Cox, the painter, Is also
an accomplished writer. He is a son
of General Jacob D. Cox, Secretary of
the Interior In President Grant's first
Cabinet
Amid great ceremony the Czar of
Bulgaria convened the National As
sembly for the first time since claim
ing regal dignity, and was enthusias
tically cheered by the people. '
Henry P. Davidson, vice-president
ef the First National Bank of New
York, and Professor A. P. Andrews,
nembers ot the National Monetary
Commission, have returned from an
afficlal trip to Europe.