WOMEN DETECTIVES.
CATCHING SHOPLIFTERS.
®
n IS BAID THEY SURPASS MEN "
Apt % Be Recognized by Those Who
; the Big Stores to Stenl—A System
{ Much Yn Favor With the Big Noston
Pusinees Mouses.
a admirable female detective sy»-
$em is in vogue in a number of the lead.
4ng dry goods houses of thiw city.
~~ Is has boen proved beyond a donbt
that the female thief catcher is more
effective in the unveiling of shoplifters
than the most sagacious sleuth in the
gocret service department of the oity of
Boston. Thief catchers like tho veteran
Joé Knox, for instance, cannot ply
- thelr vocation with any deégren of sue-
oens for any length of time in a large
and flonrishing dry goods house. ‘This
fs because of the fact that their identi-
tios become known to the dry goods
thief after a time, and it goes without
saying that the shoplifter will not begin
operations until all danger of discovery
from that quarter has passed away. The
professional shoplifter is as familiar
with the fizare of the insppotor as she is
"with hitr own likeness For this reason
wnassuming and onsophisticated maid.
_ ens arg put un the qui'vive to ferret out
wily shoplifters and bring them to
- speedy retribution. The girls assigned
"to predecute detective labor are well
adapted for the work mapped out for
‘them. The superintendent or chief floor
walker is pretty certain to select a girl
with arcomplishments befitting the de-
tective. If she is lacking in acuteness
and fails to perform her work satisfao-
very; another is substituted in her stead
wd the benighted one is given a posi-
tion in the store
Nor does the competent detective de-
pind entirely upon her wits in deter.
mining who is & shoplifter and who is
not. She is generally & reader of char-
aoter and is very apt to ascertain by.a
study of a face whether its owner is a
. dssigriing person or not. The shoplifter
. often dxcites tho suspicion of the spot
ter the mement she enters the store
There are certain airs of uneasiness in
har doporsment that cateh the frac
toed ¢yo of the young slenth at once
Woman who invade dry goods
fer this purpose of larceny have no
fullest confidence in their dexteri
parloin an article from thy counter
without exciting suspicion ‘
hous 3
the
ne he ‘pro
fessional’ never attempts a theft with-
ont firut feeling certain that. she is not
watched, yet it frequently happens that
when sho is convinced that there is no
danger of detection the eyes of the fe-
male spotter are upon her, and she is}
ped in the act.
Miss Fannie
. MeoNawee are the ng detectives who
are employed to keep a vigilant lookout
dcx evildoers at a big concern in Pem-
‘barton square, and very watchful and
womscientions detectives thoy are, as their
efficient services distinotly show. Miss
{McNamee is a modest little girl of 17
‘years, with jet black Pair ard cheeks
like a blush rose, and is considered the
prepossessing girl in the business.
er partuer, Miss Leahey, is an attract
fve blond, with a natty fignra Each has
hor own district to patrol daily, bat
sometimes both can bo sean in deep eom-
virsation in the little office on the Pem-
‘barton square side. Tho most cantious
shoplifter wonld fail to detect in the
demeanor of the twain tho nature of
their calling, and thus it is they ars
~ able to expose more wrongdoing in the
‘store than any of the inspectors at po-
“Hoe hendquarters
~~ When a shoplifter is caught dead to
xights, she is asked if she will not ‘‘pay
Hor the articles’ stolen. This interroga-
tory is merely made in order to elieit
© an admission of guilt from the thief.
_8he is then taken to the offic to await
the arrival of an inspector from police
headqgoarters. If sho bfis the appearance
of a woman eof means, she can easily
‘procure bail and thus escape the pain
and dejection of a night in prison. ;
In speaking of her experience, Miss
McNaniee says that a large percentage
of shoplifters ars women of good fam-
flies and comparatively well off in
grorldly gooda.
“Wo have to watch pretty carefully
$0 oatch the professional shoplifter,’’ she
: “You see, they are up to all
sorts of chicanery and can easily hood-
wink the salesgirl, who may be busy
with half a dozen customers at the same
time. You would never believe, to see
“those women on the street in sll their
finery, that they would steal Some of
4
tbe shoplifters are born thieves They
baunt the dry goods houses and steal ev-
time they get a chance. You may
pg betieve is, but I can tell at first
steal deliberately.
: “Her eyés are nh sure index to her
thoughts, and when you ses a woman
glancing scarchingly about her you can
dopend upon it that she means to steal
Women with an untroubled conscience
do not act 1n this way.” ;
There are
firm's
day. There is the woman who carries
off articles in a closed umbrella, and
there ia tho woman who manages to
. gumvey property to apeatly arranged re- |
veptacle in ber underdress lining ~ To |
be on to these tricks the females detective
suust lie ever on the alert and uip the
“thief on the fly. There are a thousand
and one devices performed by shoplift-
ars, but not one is unknown to the cun-
. ning spotter. Then, again, the femals
- detective ofciates as a sort of forewoman
Jooke<l upon as superiors by the girls,
yot it is not known that they ever re-
ported any inattention on the part of
employees to customers. . It has been al-
ways their policy to prefer charges only
“when the evidence is very strong, for if
claim is not sustained trouble fol-
“It is olaimed that it has never ooc-
that the detectives were in fauld
4 fosystag person of theft. — Boston
e
i
'y to
and Miss Kittie
the woman who comes here to
three detectives in one |
store, and still the pilfering of the
property goes on from day to
zens of Carmi and its viel
A REAL ENOCH ARDEN
MORE REMARKABLE TH THAN EVEN THE
FAMOUS TICHBORME CASE.
A Unizn Soldisr Killed In Battle Returns
After Nearly Thirty Years and Is Recog-
nized by His Family—Clslmant Not Sus-
tained In Court.
The United States supreme court has
just handed down final decision in a lo-
gal dispute over a question of identity,
which is the most remarkable in the
history of law, outdoing even the fa.
1aous Tichborne casa. It is the story of
a Union soldier who was killed and
buried on the field of battle, yet who
was resurrected and rejoined his family
and friends.
Few tales of fiction approach in in-
terest this romance of a real Enoch Ar-
den, whom cruel fate relegatod to a
PRBBBIEY.
On April 6, 1862, William Newby,
private in an Ilinois regimnt, was
killed and buried on the fleld of Shiloh.
At all events, no question of the fact
was raised for nearly 30 years Hoe left
in the town of Carmi,
and a mother.
Nearly four years ago a man walked |
into Carmi, hatless and by no means
well clad, and announced that he was
Newby, the lost soldier. Nobody recog-
nized hin: at first, and this was not sur-
prising aftor such a lapse of time. But
be talked with old residents of the place
and recalled so many antewar incidents,
with reminiscences of persons and
places, that finally they were convinced
of his identity. He explained that ho
had heen shot in the bead and Jeft on
the battlefield. Afterward he recovered
songoionsness and was made a prisoner,
being taken to Libby prison.
Being partly deprived of reason by
his wound, he spent many years im
THE CLAIMANT.
southern poorhouses until at length he
landed in the almshouse at Taylors-
villa, Ills, where he came to himself
again and remembered who ho was
Now, it ia quite true that ho was for
a time in the almshonso at Taylorsville
There he mes en old man named Joseph
Newby, brother of the William who
fought at Shiloh.
This aged pauper was rather garru-
lous and bad many stories to impart
about his brother William, the history
of the family, incidents respecting old
residents of Carmi and its nnighbor-
hood, ete. Incidentally it was made to
appear that Willian, if he wero alive,
would be entitled to $20,000 in pension
arrears.
The new acqnaintance listen +d until
he was chock full of information. Then
‘he declared to the astonished Joseph |
that he was in very truth his long Jost
brother, William Nawby.
This part of the story did nit come
out until Jater. Meanwhile friendly
citizens of Carmi sent to Tennessee for
Williara Newby's wife. She came, but
at first repudiated the alleged lost sol-
dier. Nevertheless he succeeded in per-
suading her fully of liis identity, while
‘his supposed mother recognized him al-
moet immediately as her son.
Presumably there would never have
been any forther dispute in the matter,
and the soi disant Newby would have
received the $20,000 pension money for
which he at onca applied had it not
been that he was accidentally recognized
by an ex-convict, who declared thas he
bad met him in the penitentiary at
Nashville, where he was known as
Rickety Dan Benton and was serving
an 18 years’ sentence for horse stealing.
This cansed an investigation. Thomas
H. McBride, one of the most expert
officers in the employ of the pension
office, waa sent to Jock the matter up
He traced the history of Dan Benton
back to his earliest childhood, nccount-
ing for every year of his life
He was born in Tennessee snd was
| rickety from infancy. His wife and son
were found and recognized him with-
out hesitation
Bat the othe wr side was eqaally strong
The alleged Newby «waste caoguited with
as great positivencss by hie upped
wife and mother. Many of the best
BItYy wore
tiroly satisfled of his ideatity, in
Ing men promitent in tho (Gi ARB
The case came up for trial. 'The pro-
ceedings occupied 11 days Fhe defense
ased 900 witnesses, the government
abant 60
There waa almost a riot in and ahoat
the courtrooni. Attempts were mada to
intimidate the jurors. Nevirtheles
Newby, or Rickety Dan, was found |
en
1ad-
(x
' guiity of perjury and of making false
over the eo ployees. They are certainly | :
claim for pension:
. Motion for a new trial being .over-
ruled, an appeal was made to the su-
preme court of the United States. This
was dismissed on technical grounds
Again on a writ of error the case was’
taken to the supreme court, only to be
again dismissed a few days ago and re-
manded to the lower court for the ac-
complishment of the sentence. Rickety
‘Dan Benton has been clapped into jail
by this time. — Washington Star. :
In short, the meshes |
were woven about him so closely thas |
| there seemed to be no possibility of |
j escape.
THE SWEET, SAD LOVE STORY OF
THE GREAT PREACHER.
The Struggle Between His Affection Por
Sophia Canston and What He Believed
to Be His Deligious Duty Partisans of
Pach Side Took Active Parts.
It was at the house of Governor Ogle-
thorpe in the early days of Georgia,
says a writer in the Boston Herald
In the evening Sophia Canston was
there, and the general had her sing for
them some old Jove songs of England
and Scotland, and smatches from the
operas of London. Sbe danced, too, and’
recited, and oompletely overwhelmed
the pious youth with her beauty and
acoomplishmenta
That nights, under the palmetto trees
neay the governor's house, with the dark
eyed, handsome girl beside him, and
with her entrancing volce in his ears,
with the Cypress wine and Grimali’s
decoction hot in his blood, John Wesley
became aware thas he loved her.
The revelation was a shock to him,
for he hud been preaching celibacy since
he was a small boy. He had felt him-
golf wedded to the church to his great
faith and mission in life. ¥ihe strife of
spirit threw him into a fever.
Miss Canston did the only thing that
a young lady ih her state of mind could
do. She nursed him, and he allowed
her to. This circumstance was sufficient
proof to their friends that marriage was
certain. If more proof was needed, he
‘raved of her in hisdeliriom. Miss Can-
ston brought her aunt to hear him, and
between them they fancied him quite
decided to marry Sophia. He asked her |
many times if she would or could marry
hin, * ‘and if ho should indeed marry
her.’ He went through with the mar-
riage ceremony of the Church of Eng-
and, for ths benefit of imagénnry cou-
ples who stood at his bedside.
WESLEY'S ROMANCE. |
AERIAL. NAVIGATION.
The Theory of Professor Wellner's Sant
: Wheel Flying Machine.
The essence of Professor Wellner's in-
novation is his invention of the sail
wheel. It conwists of a horizontally
placed axis with spokes and arched
aeroplanes attached to them in a cylin:
drical form. While revolving round the
axis the latter take a slightly slanting
of these surfaces to be inclined, and con-
saquently to compress the air in the way
of a gail or a kite, calling into play the
vertical force. Threeribs running across
each. lifting surface and wads in the
form of a screw at the same time serve
tH strengthen the aeroplanes and to add
to the horizontal force.
‘These sail wheels set in pairs can be
placed, according to the size of airship
aimed at, in one or more groups of two
wheels, revolving in opposite directions,
behind or beside each other. The cigar
shaped car, furnished with a motor and
oarrying the aeronauts, is attached hori-
sontally under the center of the wheels,
#0 that the whole construction will re.
semble a colossal bird, propelled, in-
stead of by wings, by revolving wheels,
the lifting surfaces of which aro con
seontively and constantly developing
vertical and horizontal power. The
bird's movements in flying and the
speedy headway motion necessary to the
kite flying machines for their support
in the air are in Professor Wellner's in:
vention changed to a rotary motion
This comstruction, while permitting of
an easy, Flow nscent, assurea the hori.
gontal position and constant stability of
the airship, at the same time permitting
of » high velocity. ;
‘The more the latter is increased the
stronger is the lifting power developed.
The direction is given by a rudder at the
endl of the ship or by increasing the
velocity of the sail wheels on ore side
only. It is the peculiar quality of these
wheels that they do nok, as might be
sapposad, dispersa the air around them
They rather attract it toward their rap-
After his recovery Wesley's friends |
camo to Congr: atalate him on ‘his engage- |
ment. But ever since bis miraculous
| rescan from firs in his Tdhnod he had
| hoon convinced t Hh hie hi ad 1 beens §
ont by hia MM: ber for some spd
pose, and now he was prostratin
i gnlf before. an earthly idol and fo
ting his mission.
Alarined for his soul,
the bishop and the Moravian
1 arios for advice, The ¥ bad the game
i hard unrelenting convictionswhich tor-
sing ied]
inl pur
oy
$AedIL
Fig ~
wis
he
to give up his idol and torn to bis God.
Weasley knew not what to do. He wan- |
dered in the forests praying aloud for
light as to his walk before God. He |
knelt under the blooniing grape vives,
and shielded by the long, gray moes
and oonifort.
That night he asked advice a second |
timo of the eldar.
“We have considerad your casa,’ said
cision?’
“I will abide by your decision.’
Then the bishop #aid, “We advise
ter.»
was the end.
relatives were incensed and compelled
her to raarry a Mr. Williamson, thoogh
sho begged Wesley to intercede in her
behalf. Even after she was married she
wrote to Wesley and cast pitiful glances
{lon ;
technieal grounds, but the tide had
against |
Ry put tha assailants, knowing
that they had small chance of SUCOOSH,
delayed the trial from wgek' to week
until life in Georgia became unbearable.
He made arrangements to leave the ool-
ony. But even in this the Canstons |
thwarted him. fla
leave the province.
He never went out that Sophia did |
not pass and repass him several times,
and often she was known to look in |
vpon him when he was at prayer Li his |
own house.
During all these trials he ciuiiniked |
to conduct his paiish as usual, although |
he was a sort of prisoner at large. At 8
o'clock one ‘evening the little flock
gathered in the church for prayers |
Wesley led as usual Delamotte was |
titvire with the friends who still re-
mained loyal. After the service Was- |
ley was sé to return to hishome. Bat
the faitistal Deiiictte bad planned an |
escape from this slow :~rture Three
faithful friends led the you.q clerical |
through the darkness to the pler. There
an Indian skiff bore him down the river. |
A sailing vessel was in waiting, and |
soon John Wesley waa leaving tho land |
of his love forever.
Mra. Shakespeare.
Shakespeare, wha was born in April,
{ 15464, was in his nineteenth year when
he married, writes Dre. William J, Rolfe |
itn The Ladies’ Home Journal.” Of
Anne's birth or baptism we have no
rendrd, bog the inscription on her grave
informs ga thn sho Sas 67 Yinars ald
! 6, 1623. She must
at least 2 at the
Same biographers
amare"
bx y |
from a:
was forbidden to!
| when she di Ang
therefore have Leen
time of her marriage
ground that the
young woman of catrapped
of 18 into this matph, which,
worl: By point of view, was sO impru- ;
dent. but I fan ry ti the boy bimself
would have disdain A to urgo any such
xcuse for hia
have talien the
“fy the
+ 3 wont
CURL ace
Tracks of Extinct DRirds, |
Several tracks of an extinct species of |
gigantic bird havo at diferent times |
been found in the stone quarry at Hol- |
yoke, Mass. The last set discovered |
shows that the bird bad a foot 11 inches |
long, armed with three nails or claws to
each foot. The tracks average 4 feet 10
inches apart, and 11 of them have been
revealed to view. They are perfect, even
the toe nails being plainly distinct —
Bs Louis Republia
{ obliquely through their cylinder
rushed to.
mission. |
mented Wesley, and they advised him |
from any living eye sought wisdom |
the bishop. “Will yoa abide by our de- |
{ to» galvancmmeter,
‘you to proceed no farther in this mat |
“So be it!" said Wesley, and that |
Poor Scpliia was heartbroken. Her
FPorad with
| [ndustri
at him nntil in his desperation one day |
he forbide her to attend holy commun. |
He explained tis afternoon on |
turned oe tho prepa of Georgia wero |
al ” wil anda 1
A charge of slander was | 4, wir such success: that the patient
- ib is si
| Fou want to go to sleep and cannot
| poinetimes clos
| endeavor to sleep
| Batgtht among his listeners
{and dwelt with as much force ad
{ 8 ho
| pours the |
i Frenoh wai
| nnd stirs it
i amt Do, On
i small sliver rs. — Phil ade Ip
{ idly moving surface, condensing it to
a powerful stream, which pases down
Their
velocity dan bo made to surpass by far
that of railway frains, thus cpabli
them to © paaaer contrary winds : anid
comments, — Missy Helens Bo nfs rt 3
nisr Sciences Menthiy
Electricity Generated In His Mouth,
A curious cass has been rie ord:
| whieh an electric current was foand to
generated by a plate of artificial
testh. A patient consulted his doctor
| on account
i tongue, Dut the suff assayed
| shut there was rolling th matter. Ho
then paid a visit to his dentist, who in-
formed him that his teeth were perfect.
{ly sound. Being, however, dissatisfied,
ha
or WAS
i and asked him if it wero possible he
sould have any electricity in his mouth,
On examining the teeth his friend found
i that two metals were used to fix them
i To thesa metal
|
i
i
i
| to a composition plata
| wires wore then attache
showaed quite a large current from so
Cull a fourco—-onough, it is stated, t
ratse pleeration and severe pain. wlio
long continued bpon so sensitive an o
an 14s th ngue. The plate was co
an insulating varmish, and
thepceforward ail the trouble ceased
8 and } Ine EN :
£1
New Remedy For Insomnis.
Ap. expert in nervous disorders in
Parisrécommended to an American gen.
glean’ a curs for. inscmma wich was
tard it to many of his fi
ipiy to Keep your eyes opan when
A
is too active will
the eyes and vainly
The very closing
Sin evans Flends
person whose brain
of tho eyes seems to concentrate the
i menal faculties on business affairs and
other distractions. The theory of the
French physician is that if the victim of
insomnia will fix his eyes upon some
gleam of light some shadow, ar even
{ on the darkness itsclf, he can relieve his
i mind from thoughts that perplex it and
{ divers attention from himself
: axperiment when you are sleepless and
#ee how unconsciously your eyes will
dlose and your thoughts begin to take
possession of you.. Struggle to keep
then open and fixed npon an object,’
wither real or imaginary, and before yon
nre aware of it the struggle will have
endiad and sleep will be victaricua
The Effucts of a Sermon.
Once, wher Cardinal
preaching in Rome, he recognized John
Ont the in-
sich to him
effect
if the Blessed
stant he determined to pre
eciould on the claims
Virgin to'our veneration.
Two or three years later hoe met hin
nd remin dod hm of this incident
yemanber 10 perfectly,’ said John
“and I shall never forges it. I was «de
lighted wit
ih BT
nal’s fa
** Me
1
Jil
tpg Fo
Id ¢ :
Which ag
In makin:
Toa in Japan
CIMILY
uitas
as Hd
otf ©, i
water |
nt 4a
tar
carefully wit
big
and the
neously ad
urs hot milk and
bh a chosen’ |
ir 13 split into |
ia Ledgor.
wii
Zenobin, the (queen ot.Palmyrs, spoke |
| seven langnages. After being captured |
by the Romans she learned Latin and |
(Greek also, married a Roman senator |
and lived tke rest of her life asa Roman
matron.
It is estimated by engineers thas the |
leakage from the gns pipes of London |
i
ture.
| position, which causes the forward edges *
FLOUR MILLING,
The Rolling Proce Has Changed the En-
tire Means of Operation.
In the roller process the whole pein.
ciple of the manufacture. of flour was |
changed. Instead of getting all the flour
possible out of the wheat in one or two
reductions on millstones, the idea was |
to make as little flour as possible on the |
first production and leave a large per-
sentage of middlings afterward to be re-
fluced to what is known as patent flour. |
Nowadays the number of redactions va- |
ties frow four to eight or more. Millers ;
are now able to grind with a length of
rolls equal to 149 inches per unit of 100
barrels of flour in 24 hours and do good
work.
Recently the soinnsiftor™ bas step-
ped into notice and is vsed with a very
great capacity both as a scalper and as
a flour bolt The purifier is greatly im-
proved, varying in size from eight feet
in length by three in width to three foet
square, with the attendant dust catcher.
Many mills creditable to the ingenuity
of the builders have been devised to per-
form a number of operations in very
small space, comprising rolls and sepa-
rators, and also several pairs of rolls in
one frame. In the wheat cleaning room
ths tendency has been to use more ma.
chines than formerly and to clean the
wheat better. The flour as it comes
from the reels is now packed with great
rapidity and exactness, and the bran in
some of the larger mills is compressed
into half the former space by a machine
that will pack 40 tons a day.
In short, the whole improvement hos
been on the line of smaller machines
with greater capacity, taking less room,
moi
GERMAN afiMY MARRIAGE.
Officers May Not Wed 1Withomt the Os»
sent of Their Rupe rior, :
No German officer san marry withoes
the consent of his colouel, acccrding $0
Poultney Bigelow in “The Borderland
of Czar and Kaiser,'' and this consent
can be obtained only after a carefal in.
| quiry into ail the vcircurostances sur:
rounding the proposed alliance. Fiest,
is the young lady suitable for associ.
tionwith the wives of the other officers?
Becond, will the bridegroom
live respectably and bring op his fam-
ily? Third, are his means, or those of
his wife, invested in proper securities,
so that he is not liable to be expeliediby
rezson of bankruptcy? The ex
nary social advantiges enjoyed by the
German officer and the pecuniary re-
=ponsibility growing paturally frome
such advantages make his small pay,
which amounts only to about §1 a.day
18 case of 8 S156 Listenin, wppesr ove
smaller than it is
An American lady who had been |
spending a winter in Dresden told Mr.
Bigelow that all the bachelors of the
garrison were furnished with a list of
marriageable women, each name orna-|
mented with the property she might be!
expected to inherit. This no doubt wos
a mistake on her part, but it is a very
common one. German officers stationed |
in desirable towns are very apt to ges
into debt and have to choose between
leaving the army in disgrace or Wty
ing a rich girl i
Mr. Bigelow oe: “From my own
experience in Germany the officers would
appear to have married for love and to |
be happy in consequence, ’’ and yet “the
using a shorter road from the wheat bin
to the flour sack, and with a reduction |
in the amonnt of power required to make
a barrel of flour. A mill
states that in a well planned 10 barrel
mill a barrel of
horsepower is fair work, while in a
‘1,000 barrel mill it is at aboat the rata
daily capacity. ——( hicago y» Recoil.
NECKTIES ALWAYS NEW.
Mr.
i
beatd Mr
i tiga ago I wise
«f In |
of a severa pafn in bis
he called upon an electrician he kuew |
1 and connected |
Then tho teeth wera |
; replaced in the patient's mouth and the |
metals’ moistened with saliva. No soon- |
crowns this dane than the galvanometer
Try thal
Manning was
Tears the Secret of ur. |
Assortment,
Feathers
Ginks" Attractive
“1 am somewhat curions by nature,”
Feathars rec nly, “and
truck by the reinark
| number of new neekiics worn by y
i Mr. Ginks; wo sits opposite me
boarding house table. 1 proceeded to
study thems, and after a week or two 1
discovered that they were not only al-
ways smooth and fresh, bat that their |
appearance was regulated according to |
their hues. For two days he wonld wear
a black and gray tie, for instance. Thon |
a black flowered red ground affair wounid
“creep out from his bosom, and then two
or three more combinations would be |
worn.
no longer, and I asked Ginks to explain |
to mo his necktio system. Ha looked
mysterions and beckoned me to n ga-
cluded corner.
““ ‘Mr. Feathers,’ he said earnestly,
‘T feel that I can eoafido in yon thor
oughly. .
FOIE
while
58
I have, I wear ope until it gets soiled,
and then Idropit in gasoline outside of
my window.
arated I take the scarf in, Ar vary sigh
of dirt has diiappeared. By doing this |
in rotation with the five ties I keep up
an appearagics that youl {cost
than I couid aff ord i I depended apap
new anes.” >
“1 thanked tho young wan for his
very interesting information,
Feathers in conclusion,
doubt that many others like him know |
‘the valoe of gasoline as a cleapsing ar-
ticle and pat jood use
they all vse it in tho open air, however,
as it is a vory volatile and infammab] Ie
licuid and is liable to explode if expose
in a room where there is a gas light or
a fire. ''— Washington Star.
An Imnsgination.
nore
it to
manipulating something in the kitchen
that filled the halls with an odor which
could scarcely be called sweet. 3
“Whew!'" he exclaimed to his wife
“What the mischief is that that swells
so?’
“Why, responded the wife, who had
got used to it, ‘it's nothing bat your
imagination. ”’
“Well, I gness not,’’ he said indig-
pantly. ‘If 1 had an imagination that
smelled like that, I'd take it ont and
have it disinfected at once. '—Detroit
Free Press.
The Negro's Nose.
Some years ago Frederick Douglass
builder |
flour per 38-100 of a |
of 25 horsepower per unit of 100 barrels |
ong |
onr
At last I could restrain myself | :
The scarfs you havi so kindly |
admired are five in number and am ail |
After the liquid has evap-
I hope ; i
When a Third street man came into |
the house the other evening, they wera |
| number of those who get into debs and
fail to secure arich wife is considerable,
although it 10akes no particular ripple
| in the surface. Such men simply disap-
| pear and turn wp sooner or later in
America, where they take employment ns
| ooachmen, waiters, teachers or instruot-
| ors in riding schools. The change of
life is very violent and is adopted only
| as prof ferable to sajeile
Tower HILL.
The Most irmentint Exinence and Moss
Notable Spot In All London.
Tower hill is perhaps both the most
- important cniinenee and the ost nota.
ble spot in all the metropolis. Fow of
DE, a8 Wo Dass it on a steamer or cross it
on our routs to the Ankwerkes Pack.
age, at tho commencement of our aw-
tumnal holiday, think what great pes”
| sons have quictly lived there, and whas
| others, equally great, have wept and
| died upon it. To it, or rather to Greas
| | Tower street, came Rochester to purwon
his trade as an Italian fortune
be able to
teller,
| whilo the bedizened Bnokingbam oftel*
| walked thither in order to consult &
conjurer, a shrewd, farsecing
who, when Felton booght ut the en W
i shop on the summit of the bill fora.
shilling the knife with which he killed
what purpose it was required.
Willis Penn was born on this hill
| ina hoase close to London wall. Forty |
four years ay r—that is, in A. D. 1888"
an | post | dead, chake d by a crost
which starvation bad urged him to de
sar too greedily, in an upper room of
30 Dull tavern. This was the ill fated
| Otway. At the time when the son of the
muscs lay dead, Betterton, the celebrat-
ed founder of the stago after the resto-
ration, was writiging tears from tho eves
of the public, not for the famisbed
| dead, but at bis own fictitions sorrows
{
| the duke's father, may have known for
§ oF
i
i
Ly
11m “Venice Preserved.’
oanadd Mr |
“and I do not |
re
It was in Great Tower street thas
| Peter the Great used to pass his even-
ings drinking hot pepper and brandy
with his boon companion, Lord Caz
marthen. In the neighborhood of
i Little Tower street, which oan scarcely
| ba supposed do haves been lospiring,
| Thomson composed his *' Summer.’
| Grub street, the supposed lurking place
of many a mute, inglorious Miltom,
much back literary work war effected,
nono of which hassurvived the touch of
time's destroying band. ~—(rentloman’s
Magazine.
That Troublesome Meringue.
The secret of making the meringoe
for lemon pies so that it stands tall and
thick is in the baking. Whip the whites
of the eggs to a froth that will not fall
out of the bow! when turned upside
down. : Put in about a tablespoonful of
granulated sugar for each white, stir.
very little, spread it on the pies whem
without taking them ont of the oven
and let them bake with the oven open.
If made hot enough to brown, the me-
ringue will surely fall and become
worse than nothing. Five to ten minutes
is enough to bake the meringue dry and
addressed a convention of negroes in |
Liomisvilla. He said in tl avirse of ns |
ror orks that he did net tank an
ganiiioon of the white and bla’: races
desirable, the pure negro taiig, in i
opinion, the best of tha roe Whik
speaking his
eyeglasses eontinued
no oo
ana
ay
t siide from their perch.
that morning’ | tap
ph dinegualls
| the ; b 4 14
Flog nomad, disclosed th
| be trusted *
i surface of
equals 9 per cent of the total manafaoe- |
“Bat I wish,
nterpalated the speaker, “1 wish wa
} Ih "r
Conia Jet }
"| the negr
But
In His Ezy.
vine to dy
ax ty
serihe
Fy < 3 * % Yu 3 yo¥ 7 Ory CLE i .
ng, o 3k f 1) : T nan jar
Caaf
ve
iv i U
!
artist's name |
for them. Shoe said the man conld not |
beonuse ho has no drawinos |
in his ear.”” She meant that the ian
the ‘shell’ of
smooth. — Naw York Sun.
Wise,
Chollie— Baw Jove, do you know, I
think I'll be cwemated when I'm dead.
Miss Figg— Why, Mr. Lytewayte?
Choilie—Just fawncy, now, a fellaw
being in the grave for a year or so and
| then dug up again faw some purpose or
ancther. Don't you see, his clothes
would be all out of fashion by toat
time. —Indianapolis Journal.
i long at this price!”
in the western states as
the ear was |
straw colored. Sift granulated sugar
on the top of the meringue as soon as
| - spread on the pie before baking. — Phil
' adelphia Times.
Liable to Be Misunderstood.
Liable to misunderstanding aro such
interesting adornments of shop windows
ws, ‘Superior butter, 1 shilling per
pound. Nobody can touch it''—probably
not—ar the tempting notice of the deal-
er in. cheap shirts, “They won't last
Wiirse still was the
admonition which appeared in the win.
dow of a cheap restaurant, ‘Dine here,
and you will never dine anywhere alse.
The viands of this restanratenr muss
have been almost as deadly and unerr-
ing in their effect as the whisky known
‘forty rod,’ be-
was the distance beyond
cause that
I which no drinker could walk after ils
, | imbibition. ~=Coruhiil Magazine.
Tp With the Timon,
Old Ben—No more domestic dradg-
ary for me! 1'd have you know that I'm
ab emancipated hen, I am.
Old. Rooster— You still lay eggs
Old Hen—Yes, but they are ha
in an incubator. —New York W
Self Convicted.
Old Offender—W'at yer arrestin me
fer? I hain’t done nothin fer a year.
Officer—That's the time ye hit ih
right. The charge is going. to be Ya
grancy. —Kate Field's Washington. ;
-— mony
hod
vi’?
I
they are just done and still baking hos