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SPOTTING
ORIENTAL SERVANTS.
Plans of London Shops and Banks
For Foiling Thieves.
A CODE OF SECRET SIGNALS.
The Moment Suspect le Discovered
In an Establishment the Warning Is
Quickly Given to the Employees, Who
Are Instantly on the Alert.
f "Do you know If Itrown has returned
Ithat pnropl of Rtones yet?"
I The scene niny be the simp of n fash
llonable west eud Jeweler Costly
Vems glint In velvet lined cusps. One
l ock coated , shopman turns casually
h another with the perfectly natural
question quoted nuore.
To those customers who mny be In
the establishment the remark menus
nothing, but to the man who Is ml
dressed It spellB volumes. "Brown" Is
Secret code word, and It means that
Mhe eleeantlv clad woman to whom
the speaker Is displaying a tray of
sparkling stones Is suspected by him
of being a thief and that her every
action must be watched.
Quite recently In connection with a
terrible outrage In the weBt end of
London,' In which an unfortunate mon
ey changer-was done to death In his
office by n desperate robber, the fact
yas disclosed that In the case of a
bidden attack It had been arranged
'fat one of the assistants should em
joy the "distress signal" of burling n
rass paperweight through the wln-
of the office.
Although most people are quite un
fare of the fact, practically every
inker, money changer and Jeweler
i tha fnRhtnnnlila nnnrtpr nf rha rop-
tropolls has some prearranged code by
which one employee' may warn his
fellows that a dubious character has
entered the establishment.
In one well known bank this Is the
system adopted: Should a cashier's"
.suspicions be aroused by the actions
or speech or a man upon the other
side of the counter he will step across
In a perfectly Innocent way to a cer
tain desk which stands quite apart
from the others. The custodian at the
doorway sees the action, knows Its
tgnlflcance and Is Instantly on the
In the ense of another bank the
ishler whose suspicions are aroused
eed not even move away from bis
esk to warn the watcher. The
scheme employed Is this: Along the
guarding rail of the counter are a se
ries of plates bearing the word
Prayer" or "Receiver." according to
the duties of the cashier In each par
ticular section.
These, by design, are till placed
slightly askew. Should one of the of
ficials behind the desks suspect the
good faith of an Individual to whom
be Is attending all he has to do In or-
r to place the patrol In uniform
upon the qui vlve Is to reach up a
leisurely hand nnd turn one of these
ilates so that It Is in n perfectly
f 'alght line with the rail from which
t projects.
The ingenuity of this Idea lies In the
act that, while the action Is perfectly
natural. It Is so unmistakable that even
when the bank Is full of people It can
not fall to be observed by the man
who Is upon the lookout.
Quite the most elaborate system of
which details are obtainable Is that In
stalled by n, arm of electrical engineers
for one prominent west end Jeweler.
The manager who Is on duty sits at a
glass screened desk In the rear of the
shop In such a position that, while
scarcely being seen himself and cer-
alnly without making any movement.
he has an absolutely unimpeded view
if every counter and show case.
Near him, on a small board, shielded
'rom view, is a row of tiny red" electric
ight bulbs . One corresponds to the
position of each of the suave assist
ants who attends to the wants of the
Jewel buying public. Sunk In the floor,
near the foot of each assistant. Is s
""luTton. and his duty Is done when,
-mould be think a customer he Is serv
lng may not be "on the square," he
1 places his foot on this convenient but
ton. The little glow lamp lights up at
the other end of the wire, and the
manager's attention Is promptly fo
cused In the direction indicated.
Should his keen scrutiny reveal an
actual theft from the articles displayed
on the counter or from some unpro-
itected tray he himself presses a but
ton as the thief turns to leave the
shop. This serves to warn a smart at
tendant who is on duty at the portals,
and the wrongdoer finds his or hei
pathway barred without a word hav
ing been uttered or sign of warning
given. London Answers.
Tha Oldest Universities.
The earliest date which any univer
sity pntsforth; ts thaf; which Cam
bridge makes that It was founded
.boat 635. Its continuous history
iVdates, however, from HOOP Tarls Was
(founded In 702' and renovated In 1?00
Oxford dates back to an academy mett
tIoned as ancient in 802; the schools
were) founded by King Alfred about
charter In 1248. Bologna dates from
1110. Salamanca ni founded In 1239 A
-Argonaut.! '-' 1 i -1 ':. y
All Around Ability of the IndiepeniaMe
"Boy" In India.
In these days of loud walling about
the hnughty domestic, exorbitant
wages and small returns It Is sooth
, lug to recall the efficiency and submis
sive service of the oriental servant.
In India the Indispensable "boy"
does everything "boy" being a ge
nerlc name regardless 0f 0gP 0r natlvt
dignity receiving In remuneration the
j equivalent of $12 to $14 a mouth at
We most. He buys your railroad tick
ets, checks your luggage, settles the
clamors of luggage coolies, gives your
tips and shoos away the hordes of
beggars, telegraphs to hotels for your
rooms nnd takes enre of them when
you get there, makes the bed. brings
the afternoon tea, stands behind your
chair nt tnble and serves yon, brlnprs
your account when you leave and
wrangles for you over Its Inevitable
extortions.
At the dak bungalows be forages
for your meals and, If necessary.
cooks them. He produces washmen
sewing men nnd all sorts of dealers In
everything on demand. He makes up
your bed on sleeping cars and replen
Ishes your supply of Ice nnd soda
He runs your errands, cleans your
boots nnd hats, darns your stockings
and mends your clothes.
When you walk abroad, he attends
jou and directs you to the bazaars
where you will be robbed least, recelv
lug his commission later from nn ap
preciative proprietor.
Kor every rupee Intrusted to him
for general expenditure he renders nn
account, nnd though he doubtless rubs
you gently he does not let others do It
(and it is distinctly advantageous to
be robbed by one person rather than n
score).
He Is silent and noiseless, salaams
whenever you speak to him and never
enters your presence with his shoes
on or his turban off.
And finally, his multifarious day
ended, be wraps himself In bis shawl
and sleeps across your threshold. New
York Tribune.
SAW THE GHOST.
A 8tory That 8tood the Test of a
Court of Law.
As a circumstantial ghost story and
one that stood the cold scrutiny of a
court of law Booty's case Is without a
parallel. The date given Is IflSS. when
Mrs. Booty brought nn action for slan
der against one Cnptaln Uarnaby for
what he had said of her late husband.
According to an extract from a Jour
nal produced In court, doted Krldoy,
May 15, 1087, the captain on that day
went ashore with a large party of
friends to shoot rnbbltB upon Strombo
II, the Island off Italy, which, from Us
ever burning crater. Is called "the
lighthouse of the Mediterranean." At
nbout 3:30 In the afternoon two men
were seen running toward the volcnuo.
which was emitting (lames. Captain
Barnaby then exclaimed, "Lord bless
nic, the foremost is old Booty, my
next door neighbor." - They then van
ished In the flames, n fact of which
every one present took note.
Cpon Captain Hanmby's return to
England be learned that "old Booty
had died Just about the time of the
strange occurrence nt Stromboli. He
then made the remark which was the
subject of the action, that be "had
seen old Booty running into the flnnie.s
of hell pursued by the devil." Mrs.
Booty claimed 1.000 as damages, and
the case came on In the king's bench
before the chief Justice, Sir Robert
Wright. For the defense, in addition
to the testimony of Captain Barnaby
and his friends, old Booty's clothes
were brought Into court and Identified
by several witnesses us being similar
to those worn by the foremost man
who ran Into the crater even to the
peculiar buttons on the coat. The
Judge was so Impressed by this evi
dence that he said: "Lord have mercy
upon me nnd grant thnt I may never
see what you have seen. One, two or
three mny be mistaken, but not thir
ty." And so Booty's widow lost the
day, and the case remains, perhaps, as
the only Judicially accepted ghost
story on record. London Chronicle.
' Too Much Hustle. '
Muggins So .BJoneR -Is' dead, eh?
Say, he was a bustler; be never let
the gtass grow under his feet Bug
gins o; perhaps If he had It wouldn't
be growing over his bead now. Phil
adelphia Record. "
Sound In the Air.
A writer In the Strand Magazine de
scribes the astonishment be experi
enced when riding over London in a
balloon nt a height of more than half
a mile be beard the deafening roar of
the great city beneath blin us it could
not be beard when on the ground. Th?
noise, even at ' that height, was so
harsh and intense as to be painful to
the ear.. How perfect a sound con
ductor the air Is was shown when the
balloon drifted far over the city to a
wooded part of the country, where the
murmur of the leaves moved by the
wind, half a mile below, was distinct
ly heard.
' ' Careful For Others.
"No," said the candid kleptomaniac;
"when I'm arrested for pilfering I
never give my ' reaJ name. ! '-If would
compromise too' tnatty people.."
'"Indeed! And whnt Is yout name?"
Inquired the magistrate.-"'1'1 ' '
"John Smiths-Philadelphia Ledger.
A tfven'oree' applied for s3eh
ttffle.-tipon a'glven point to bound to
trJ&,-,'apoleon.
A Chip f the Old Blook.
Crlmsonbeak-Owen Moore's son was
In fo see me today!" " ' " " '
. VerSP-Indeed! ' Ikiesn't be remind
ycu of his father?
' "Very much. '" He wanted to borrow
M."-Yonker Statesman. '
Particular Points.
"Shall I touch out the ' wrinkles In
yoni face?" asked the photographer.
"By all means." answered the elder
ly bean.; "And also 'those,' If there be
any. lo my trousers." Kansas dry
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Job Strong kept a grocery in the
town of Medina, and be was an old
bachelor. It bud been said of him a
hundred times over thnt be was the
homeliest mart In the state.
Job Strong bad a brother living In
Brunswick, nnd, as each had a tele
phone, messages often passed between
them. The grocer hnd a good voice. It
was deep and rich and clear, and he
was accounted one of the best Blngers
In his church choir. One day when be
went to hello for Brunswick he found
I Imself answered by a new voice. It
l.ns that of a female, and It stirred
his heart at once. It was pitched to a
gentle cadence. It reminded him of
his own New Orleans molasses gently
gurgling from the spigot Into a cus
tomer's Jug. It rolled along the wlrs
like a new tire on a bike, and he held
oil to It as long as possible. Curiously
enough, that deep, rich voice of his
awoke an answering echo In the heart
of the operator at Brunswick. She
thought of knights nnd cavaliers and
squires and dames, and It was with a
sigh thnt she switched him over to the
brother.
It mny be giving nway tho plot too
soon, but there Is n curious coinci
dence here to be explained. The Bruns
wick operator wns an old maid named
Miss .TudUlns. She had reached the
ago of forty nnd for tho last twenty
years bad been a match for Job Strong
In homeliness. "As homely as Miss
.Tudklns" was a saying for thirty miles
around. They snld of her that she
had once scared n cow to death by en
tering the barn and that when farm
ers drove to town they double hitched
their horses to the posts on her ac
count. And, like Job Strong, she didn't
know that anything wns amiss.
After the first cnll over the wire Job
Strong bad a longing to hear that voice
again. Not many hours had passed be
fore he found an excuse. This time be
did not Inquire for bis brother, but
Rsked about the price of real estate and
other things In Brunswick and also In
troduced himself. The operator could
do no less than give her own name
In reply, and thus began the courtship,
for Uuch It truly was. At least three
HmeN n day the grocer had sonietblng
to say over the wire and found a ready
nnd sympathetic listener. He had a
picture In bis mind's eye of the lady
with the voice that thrilled, nnd wheth
er bo wns weighing out sugar or draw
ing molasses It was ever before him.
She wns tall and stntely nnd gentle
and smiling nnd would mnke n wife to
be proud of. Miss Judkins also hug
ged a mental photograph to her heart.
It was of n knight on n Mack charger.
When throe months hnd gone by tho
grocer determined to visit Brunswlcl:
and know the worst or best. He found.
himself nbsentmlndt'd by day and
sleepless by night, nnd this wouldn't
do nt nil. The first he knew his rivals
would be selling wagon grease 2
cents a box chenper than lie wns nnd
drawing nway his trade. He notified
Miss Judklim of the day, nnd she put
on her Sunday dress and extra false
hair for the occasion and also got a
substitute for the day. Two hearts
were beating tumultuously ns Job
knocked nt the door. Then two people
surveyed each other for n moment nnd
sat down, nnd there came a painful si
lence. It wns broken nt last by Mlr
Judkins' brother, who wns present
After letting out a guffaw to be heard
forty rods he exclaimed:
"Well, may I be durned!"
This aroused the sister to action, and
with flaming cheeks she turned on Job
Strong and severely snld:
Sir, bow dare you come here and
play such, n trl"k on me!"
Trick! Trick! What do you mean?"
You are passing yourself oft ns Mr.
Strong of Medina, but you can't be
he!"
"And 1 expected to see Miss Judkins
Instead of you."
"But I am Miss Judkins."
"And I am Mr. Strong.",
"I'll be durned njjnln!" shouted the
brother nfler another guffaw.
Sir, this Is unbearable!" said Miss
Judkins ns she rose up.
"Miss, It Is n Joke that 1 don't under
stand ut nil." replied Mr. Strong as he
also rose up.
"I expected to see a rather handsome
man."
"And I a rather handsome woman."
"But instead of that you are tho
homeliest man I ever laid eyes on."
"Ditto." X
"You insult me, sir!"
"And you insult me!"
"Good lands, but if I'd bare known
you were the man you are I wouldn't
have wasted a minute on you!" ' "
"Ditto again!"
"Look a-bere," said the brother when
he could stop laughing, "you two are
foolish to .quarrel. .Destiny has brought
this about" Ton are well matched for
homeliness. You both take the cake
over anything' I ever saw. If you don't
get together ytti' trill' never have an
other chance on the face of this earth.
Julia, Jrou know that' I've told you i
million times that you!d scare crows
Into fits.. Mr. Strong,, you'll excuse
me, but I've seen more beauty In old
stumps than you can boast of In your
face. " I'm going outdoors to laugh:
Get together.'" ' " ' " 1
It Is a pleasure to record thnt they
followed the ' well meant advice, al
though there were some awkward In
tervals, nnd that they were married
six' months' later and have lived as
peacefully since as If they had each
taken a prize' at a beauty show: also
that New Orleans molasses at a fixed
price per the year irouAtf continue to
be a drawing card' at Strong1' cash
grocery. .. k. ... . ffTMtV
... A POISON EPISODE.
When a Famous Chemist Was SiUneod
In Court by a Judge,'
There was a famous polsoujog case
In England many years ago In which
tLe strong point of the defense was to
show thnt the accused, who was an
expert chemist, would not have used a
poison which could be so easily found
after It had been taken Into the hu
man system. Sir Robert Chrlsteson,
professor In Edinburgh university, a
famous expert on toxicology, whose
works are Btlll stniidurd on tbut sub
ject, wns put on the stand to prove
this point When he declared that a
chemist would certainly use some poi
son which would leave uo trace, the
prosecuting attorney asked him If he
meant to sny that there were such
poisons. .
Sir Robert replied In the affirmative.
The prosecutor asked, "Name tbem!"
"No!" shouted the Judge. "I forbid
you to answer that question!" '
In spite of the protests of the prose
cutor the Judge would not allow the
expert publicly to give the name of a
poison which would leave no trace,
and the question remained unan
swered. Now comes the curious part of the
story. During the next two years Sir
Robert received more than 4.000 let
ters from all parts -of the world ask
ing, begging, offering to buy, the name
of the untraceable poison alluded to in
his testimony. Many of these be kept
as curiosities, showing them to his
friends ns evidence of the depravity of
liumnn nature. Some of the excuses
for wnntlug the uniiio of the poison
were very Ingenious. One man was
writing a novel based on a poison plot
and wanted' to make use of the un
traceable poison Idea. He did not
want to give the name of the poison In
his book, but Just wanted to have It
by htm In case any scientific critic
should deny the possibility of such poi
sons, when be could Bend hi iff the
name In a private letter and quote the
"distinguished authority" from whom
It came, etc. Several persons profess
ed to be studying chemistry and asked
(or the information on the ground of
professional courtesy. To all such Sir
Robert would send the advice to pur
sue their studies and they would soon
know as much about it as he did.
Many offered large sums of money for
the secret usually pretending they
had bet still larger amounts that they
Could find It out In a given lime and
were willing to sbnre their profits lib
erally with Sir Robert.
The thing which most Impressed Sir
Robert was the number of persons nil
over the world who seemed desirous
of possessing the eecret of un agent
thut would kill, but leave no trace, nnd
the amnzlng falsehoods to which they
would subscribe I heir names In order
to obtain the Information It is said
that whatever poison Sir Robert bad
In mind at the trial he never mention
ed It, not even to his classes, su strong
ly wns be Impressed with the danger
of letting such ii tiling become matter
of public knowledge.
Wsahington't-Spring
The flrvt thin? that greets tho eyes
of n stranger alighting from the train
at Cold Spring, a vlllnve resting snug
ly In the highlands of the Hudson. Is
Washington's spring, Inclosed by three
bowlders In the rough, which, as one
approaches, are seen to contain n tiny
pool of spouting water An Inscrip
tion In relief upon the bronze pint
announces th.it "(ienernl Oorge Wash
ington, In frequent visits to the Ameri
can troops encamped near by during
the wnr of the Revolution, drnnk of
this spring and gave It Its name. Cold
spring."
The encampments referred to were
principally upon the famous Constitu
tion island. Just below, to which wns
attached one end of the great chain
which wns stretched across the river
to Wert Polr:t rnd rhecked navigation
by the British warships during the
Revolution.
Nietzsche and the Invalid.
An Invalid lady who often met
Nietzsche found blm the gentlest, kind
est and most sypmnthetlc of men. He
"Implored her with tears In his eyes
not to read his books."' flajcb was his
knowledge of women thnt he wns
thunderstruck to find shortly after
ward thnt the lady at once proceeded
to rend them nil. ' He wns further
stupefied by the discovery that, bnv
lng rend them, she was utterly un
moved by the philosopher's unanswer
able demonstrations that feeble per
sous like herself bad uu right to livf
and that women were distinguished by
this, thnt and the other objectionable
attribute. It must have been a blow
to htm. London News. :
Her Awful 8in.
A little girl of six 'once went lu great
distress to her mother, saying that she
had committed a sin which could nev
er be forgiven and which was too bad
to be repeated. '' By dint of a ' little
coaxing she was Induced to make' a
full' confession, which was in . this
wise: - " i- ' '. r
"I felt so sorry for poor Satan and
wanted to give blm a little comfort
So I 'got a glass of cold water and
poured It down a little bole In the
kitchen floor."
Discourteous.
At a game of "definitions' a dlscour-
teoua wag gave Just offense once by
defining woman as "a creature that
was made after man and has been aft
er blm ever since!" t -! '
"Her Exact Age.
"How old Is Belle?"
"Twenty-four her last six birthdays."
Boston Transcript. ; .. ;
Benevolent feeling ennoble the moat
trifling actionsThackeray. ,
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joiid n, 'iHiirnnr
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Resources $500,000.00.
Foreign Exchange Sold.
Interest paid semi-annually
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Liberal treatment and ev
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