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OUT OF THE CRUCIBLE. -v
The man who doesn't n,free with
your method is a theorist.
The loudest crowing rooster makes
a dunghill a well-known place.
If faith did not piece out reason
many more men would commit sui
cide.
The far-seeing man usually sees so
much that he Is too timid to undertake
anything.
The lamb makes no enemies, but
fears many; the lion makes many, but
fears none.
What we call a man's personality is
often no more than the present fear
which be inspires.
Abraham Lincoln, while he made a
good President, couldn't split many
more rails than any other boy.
The man who for another's good tells
a disagreeable thing, usually himself
gets the most good out of it.
Were many unsuccessful men to live
longer they would make successes;
were many successful men to live
longer they would make failures.
It is not always the largest and
strongest objects which are preserved.
The Colossus of Rhodes is a tradition,
while the Yeuus de MJJo still wins the
admiration of the world.
The mind is like steel; friction
sharpens, heat tempers, idleness rusts.
■ule, keen of edge
be pounded into
d at a hot forge,
shaped and tem
po rge of life,
of lead from a
the hands of a
ise man.—Penny
UDICE.
o the altar is us
t of leadership,
a hopeless fool is
•me other woman,
you that all men
eves that he is a
ill IIC UIUIC Mi.
The man who is always waiting for
something to turn up is usually asleep
when it finally comes along.
Xo one has ever been able to explain
why bald-headed men have their hair
cut oftener than other men.
When it comes to a matrimonial en
gagement, every girl thinks she is a
self-appointed board of strategy.
f.c e levels all ranks—except in Ken
tucky, where it takes the toughest
kind of whisky to level a Major or a
Colonel.
A wise spinster says it's better to be
laughed at because you are not mar
ried than not to be able to laugh be
cause you are.
During courtship lovers overlook
each other's faults, but after marriage
they spend most of their time in look
ing for them.
Trapeze performers, liquor dealers
and lawyers must be admitted to the
bar in order to practice their pro
fessions. •
A wife certainly has 110 cause for
complaint if her husband doesn't love
lier any more—providing he doesn't
love her any less.
If wives were as nice to their hus
bands as female clerks are to tlieir
male customers but few matrimonial
failures would be recorded.
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FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F. J.
CXIBNKY & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore
said, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of CATARRH that
cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S
CATARRH CURB. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this Gth day of December.
A. D. 1880. t
J ... A. W. GLEASON,
I t r Notary Public.
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mucous surfaces of the system. Eend
for tastlmonials, free.
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Hall's Family Pills are the best.
A Very Small J'lmc.e.
She—Have you fogotton how you
once said you would give the world for
me?
He-What if I did?
She—Oh, nothing, particularly; but
it seems quite a comedown now when
you won't even sell that little surbur
ban lot so tlint I can have a new
wheel.—lndianapolis Journal.
flood for p'omothline.
"Say. I'm paying I his war tax with
out a blessed grumble."
"Why so elioerful!"
"You know that tj powrltor that talks
nil the time?"
"Yes."
"Well, I keep her licking stamps all
day long."
An acre of land in the city of London
is worth £1,000,00(1.
The Unter den I.inden, in Berlin, is
said to be the be3t illuminated street
in the world. There are in it three
rows of electric light'
\ FOR GOOD ROADS.
It Ix Estimated 1 lintooo,ooo Has llean
Spent as a Result of 1.. A. IVWo? k.
Otto Horner, Chairman of the High
way Improvement Committee of the
League of American Wheelmen, esti
mates that the organization bus ex
pended no less than $270,000 in the
past eight years in the agitation for
improvement in the country roads of
the United States. Of this amount
every cent has been expended In the
distribution of literature on the sub
• ect ami in other legitimate ways, and
none of it lias been used in the actual
building of highways.
The direct result of this agitation lias
been the building of roads which cost,
estimated, nearly $25,000,0(H). The L.
A. W. was the first organization to
take up tlits work, and at first met
with serious opposition from the farm
ers. who COUld see in it nothing but a
new scheme of taxation. They averred
that tlie wheelmen had only a seltiaii
interest, inspired by a desire to have
smooth roads upon which to ride their
bicycles. Anil while this was more or
less true the wheelmen have been able
to show the fanners that in building
good roads the greatest beneficiaries
are the farmers them solves.
The subject has been reduced to
statistics anil these show that there Is
a very appreciable profit In time, carry
ing capacity and availability to the
farmers in having solid roads at all
seasons of the year. In many eases it
lias been proven that the cost of a
first-class road is paid within a few
I years from the savings in these direc
tions alone. Now, instead of being an
i tagonistie, the farmers are aiding the
i wheelmen wherever and whenever |M>S
sible, anil many of the farmers organiz
ations, notably the National Farmers'
Congress have officially endorced the
work being done by the league of
American Wheelmen. New Jersey and
Massachusetts have been foremost in
the work of building, and these two
States are almost grid-Ironed with fine
stone roads. The farmers on the abut
ting property are now leaders iu
spreading tlie doctrine of highway Im
provement, and other States are fall-
I ing in line.
The greatest impetus to this work
I has been given under what is known
I as the "State aid" principle, by which
is meant that the State pays a large
; portion of the cost of building the
I roads and the county and property
J owners defray the balance. In this way
i the burden of building rests upon the
| people of the entire State, and the
share of expense allottiql to the in
dividual property owner is so small
as to amount to almost nothing. In
New Jersey it lias been found that the
immediate outlay to the property own
er does not amount to more than the
annual road tax under the old condi
! Hons. When this principle is npplied
iu other States and the Legislatures
! make proper appropriations there will
j be good highways tlint can be used,
i whatever the weather.
I At present 95 per cent, of our roads
j are impassible six months in the year,
I and the money expended upon them is
I worse than lost. In some localities it
' is the custom in repairing roads to
j dump dirt into the holes and to level
oft the high places. The next rainstorm
undoes nil the work and the money ex
, peniled is actually "washed away." To
I remedy these conditions, and to give
j good roads, the L. A. W. lias spent
j this large amount of money, and its
' work has not I icon in vain. It lias
opened now fields of endeavor for our
Legislators and have placed the farm
; ere, as well as wheelmen, within roach
of having highways which will not be
j ruined every time there is a rain.
j A Tricycle ISullt for Five*
i This queer tricycle built for five is
seen almost daily on the streets of
1 Philadelphia.
(VI 1.1 Mi NOTES
I Cyclists are often worried in trying
to keep a loose nut in place. The mat
ter may lie easily done by melting a
little rosin on the thread. This will
cause the nut to stick and stay in place
but will not prevent its being taken oIT
should it be necessary.
The tendency of the novice to run
into the brick which he wants to avoid
is described by a medical authority as
the "hypnotic influence of concentrat
ed attention, rendering the movements
incoordinate, so that the rider bc
comes the victim of perverted reflexes
<f purposeless effort and the abject
subject of an optical delusion."
The Transportation Committee of the
League of American Wheelmen has
completed arrangements with the rail
roads whereby it will lie possible for
tiie members to attend the National
meet at Boston in August for a one
rate fare for the round trip. Tills will
also include a stop over for thirty
days and for points of interest en
route. Every section of the country
is embraced in the arrangement, the
first time the League has been so rec
ognized by tlie railroad companies. It
has also been arranged by tills com
mittee for members to attend the
world's championships nt Montreal tlie
week following on tin? same rates.
Police officials arc often nt n loss to
identify stolen bicycles because tlie
thief scrapes off all numbers and other
identifying marks. It is suggested
that tlie owner of a wheel plnco ids
card or other means of identification
>n tlie upright tube of the frame. Then
if the machine is stolen it can he read
ily recognized, as even tlie most astute
1 tlilef will probably not go limiting in
side of a machine to find a means of
! identification. Following the sugges
tion may he the means of recovering
tlie wheel when it lias been found by
I t lie police and sent to the Potters field
'of bicycles. _ 1
HUME JptlK
Observations by a Government
Explorer Among Sugar
and Rice Fields.
THE PRIMITIVE METHODS
A San Fernando Sugar Manufactory
Which Is Owned By a
Chinaman.
Sl* Month'* Work <u> Ono Crop of Cane—
Cllmuttc Conditions Kxcsnillngly Favor
able to the I'rndi.otlon of Sugar an<l
Rice— Hard Conditions of Agricultural
labor-Rice on Irilgated I.undo.
At the present time it is somewhat
(litlk'iilt to ascertain the value of llio
Philippine Islands under normal in
dustrial conditions. In the first place,
all the industries are disturbed, ami
only such as are absolutely necessary
are conducted with any vigor.
Iu Manila the distribution of money
by the American army and navy
causes considerable activity in some
lines, but the usual trade is dull. The
whole country is waiting for "some
thing to turn up."
After my arrival at Manila, says I>r.
S. A. Kuapp, I determined to pene
trate the insurgent lilies and travel as
! far as they would permit. Mr. Cad
j well, formerly of lowa. Joined me,
i fiml, with a Filipino for interpreter, we
took the train for Kan Fernando, about
| seventy-five miles by rail. The seetiofi
■ of country through which we passed
i was quite level and intersected by
| steams. There were a few fields of
, sugar cane, hut most of the land was
planted to rice. Occasionally a tract
| was irrigated, but the larger portion
j depended upon rainfall, and showed
! generally a light crop.
| The harvest lind just begun. Men
j and women were in the fields with
I their sickles, cutting and binding tiny
i bundles—two handfuls. Each bundle
jls then stood up—heads upon the
ground and butts in the air. After
; standing this way about twenty-four
hours It is removed and piled in small
ricks on the levees which separate
the rice fields. Each rick is about
three feet wide by three high, and
from fifty to one hundred feet long.
The heads of the rice form the sides
of the rick. When sufficiently dry the
grain is removed by drawing the straw
through a hatchcl.
GRINDING SUGAR CANE.
As we approached San Fernando the
lands became dryer and more sandy,
and were generally planted to sugar
raue. We walked out to the southern
border of the city to look at a sugar
manufactory owned by a Chinaman.
He gave us permission to examine the
premises.
It was a large factory, but more
primitive than any In the United
States. The cane was ground in 11
three-roller ox-mill geared to a small
engine. For boiling the Juice there
were eight kettles with cast-iron bot
toms and wooden sides. The juice was
run into these kettles, limed and
boiled; no filtering and littleskimmlug.
When sufficiently boiled it was poured
into earthen jars shaped like an in
verted haystack, anil holding about
one hundred and thirty-three pounds
of sugar. In the bottom was an ori
fice two inches in diameter, over which
a straw filter was placed before the
ayrup was poured In. These jars are
railed Pllones, and they rest upon an
•arthen crock holding twelve quarts,
which receives the molasses.
After the sugar has stood in the
phones for some weeks it is emptied
onto mats and divided into three parts,
according to color, depending on drain
age. The top third Ih fairly light, tlie
middle third is quite dark and the bot
lom third looks like tar. The top and
middle thirds arc sun dried and
packed In mats for shipping; the lower
ihlrd is stored iu a mat and redrnined.
Such sugars are worth from V/j to 2y> x
i-ents a ]H>unil, according to grade.
The molasses is sold to be manufac
tured into rum. While we were there
I hey were emptying the molasses into
mi immense tank in a boat, to he
transported to the distillery. With
such primitive methods it would not
he possible to do much lu the United
States, but here they can work at a
prop of cane for six months. The cane
Is twelve to eighteen months old when
grinding begins, and is very rich in
saccharine matter.
As a rule, only one crop of cane is
obtained from a planting. This ap
peared so contrary to our knowledge
of cane In tlie United States and Culm
that I made careful inquiry among
owners of sugar estates in Manila, and
the statement was confirmed, except
upon new and rich hind, where the
•nno is allowed to rattoon for several
years.
Climatic conditions In tlie Philip
pines are exceedingly favorable to tlie
production of sugar anil rice. Tlie en
ormous anil uniform rainfall during
the spring, summer and fall and the
comparatively dry weather during the
winter, when the cane is harvested,
are considerations of tire utmost im
portance to tlie sugar producer. §oine
may be disappointed by the fact that
only one crop is made from each
planting, but it must be borne in mind
that these lands have been cropped
Tor hundreds of years without fertlliz
itlon and without the use of any reno
vating processes. With deeper plowi
ng, better tillage ami improved meth
ods of extraction the sugar production
>n these islands will become a profit*
tble and important industry. 1
PROVINCE OF MATANZAS.
It la On* of tho Wealthiest of tlie Island
or Cuba.
There Is but ono safe ground fo taki
with reference to any statistics re
Harding the island of Culm, that is t<
accept nothing as more than fairly np
proximate. The province of Matanxai
is the smallest of the six provlucla
districts of Cuba. It is given as cov
cring 3,800 square miles, an area a lit
tie less than that of the island of Por
to Rico, and something under the hah
of the area of the State of New Jer
sey. On the map Matanzas province
I appears larger than Havana province
but the area of the latter is increased
by the inclusion of the Isle of Pines
| At the beginning of the Cuban war the
population of Matanzas province was
probably a little over 270,000. It is
now estimated at about 100,000. Near
ly one-third of its people have diet
within the past four years. The death
rate has Included an abnormal per
rentage of adult males.
In 1804 the province was said to con
lain, in round figures, 300,000 head of
cattle and 100,000 head of horses. To
day the cattle are estimated ut 10,(MK
and the horses at 4,000. The chief in
; dustry of the district Is sugar-raising
It includes some of the best sugai
lands on the island. In 1804 there were
108 sugar mills. To-day there art
fifty-live, of which forty-two are in op
oration. In 1804 the province exported
1 something over 400,080 tons of sugar,
or about one-third of the entire output
of the island. Still using rough,
1 hough approximate estimates, that
amount would represent a value of
nearly $20,000,000. The sugar output
for the entire island for 1800 will but
little, if at all, exceed that sum.
As far as the province of Matanzas
is concerned, there is no visible reason
why it should not, in any case, come
out a winner. Except under an almost
Impossible recurrence of Weylerlsm,
the province could hardly be in worse
plight than It has been. The need of
the province, and the same applies
I with almost equal force to the whole
Island, is not so much government as
honest administration. The province
Is rich: the island is rich. Its income
from tho custom house and a very lim
ited Internal revenue, combined with
I a wholly reasonable taxation of mu
nicipalities for municipal purposes,
will furnish a sum which Is more than
adequate for all requirements.
' The problem of Cuba is one of the
utmost simplicity. It consists in an
| honest and economical expenditure of
; an ample revenue which is obtained
by a taxation, direct 'and Indirect,
which would make the average Amer
ican smile over the amount of ids tax
hill. Willie tho island was burdened,
It was by no means crushed by Span
ish imposition of taxes for all manner
of unreasonable purposes, to maintain
a war against the people of the island,
to contribute to the peninsular govern
ment and to enrich Spanish officials.
Toward all this, Matanzas, immeasur
ably rich in her natural resources, con
tributed her full share. Relieved of
this burden, and bearing only that
which is right and reasonable, with
honest and public-spirited officials,
whether they take off their hats to the
American flag or to the Cuban, the
wealth and prosperity of the province
of Matanzas are beyond a question.
A Brooklyn Inventor's Claim.
•Tilst as the people ore beginning to
discuss tlie commercial possibility of
tho recently discovered and exploited
j Xernst electric light in Germany and
England, comes the claim that the
material for the production of Just
such a light and an almost identical
theory as to Its use were not only In
i vented by a Brooklyn man, Lewis .1.
! .Tones, but were patented by him in
this country In 188.'). Nernst's lamp Is
! simply one whose luminous conductor
la free from carbon or other com-
Imstible materials, in brief a refrne
l tory oxide which will stand any tem
: perature short of Its own fusion,
and requiring no vacuum globe. The
! chief trouble with tho lamp is that the
iUuminant hotly or filament has first to
he heated with a match, spirit lamp,
I or platinum coll, before it would he
come available as an lUuminant
j through the application of the electric
al current. Mr. Jones's invention de
scribed a material which was Intended
to take the place of the carbon pencils
or Uhitnents, of a mixture of a non-con
ducting oxide, thereby Including the
Xernst bleu. The combined oxides
J from a body which is a conductor
1 when colti, tint] therefore needs no pre
| llminnry heating as in the case of the
i Xernst filament or pencil. The Jones
luinluunt was a mixture of !kl per cent.
, of oxide of magnesium and 10 per cent.
1 of oxide of iron, hut tills has since
been Improved upon by tho use of the
more refractory materials which are
used in the Welshacli mantels, thorln,
zlrconln, and cerhi. Tlie Brooklyn lu
- ventor oxpecls to produce n lamp more
economical than any now 111 use, nnd
j which is self-lighting.
I.ohm of the Bruin.
Some of the more advanced of the
physiologists now claim tliat tlie
iiaek lobes of the brain are tlie
seat of the highest intellleetual
facilities, a theory which Is in
direct opposition to that of tho phren
ologists and to popular opinions as
well, the latter being that a high fore
head is a proof of superior intelligence.
To the large bind head has been attri
buted an unusual degree of animalism.
I)r. C—Clnphani, an anthropologist of
high repute throughout Europe, lias
given arguments in favor of the
posterior lobes in n recently published
paper which allows that man, of all
creatures, litis the mostly highly devel
oped posterior lobes, and that the
ablest men and races have them in the
highest perfection. Idiots nnd con
firmed lunatics, according to his in
vestigations, have these imperfectly
developed or in a very had state.
The Kre. Travel.
Has It ever occurred to you to rec
kon how far your eye travels In rend
ing? The distance will not startle
you, perhaps, for 1.000,OtH) letters in
ordinary type would measure linrdlv
more than a mile placed side by side,
lu a lifetime, however tlie average
render would wend Ills way through
2,000 miles of print. Tlie nverago j
novel of 300 pages contains one mile
nf rending; that Is, the eye travels i
1,700 yards iu fending "the Jiook
through. I
sii pi (mi
Anna Maria Zwanziger is a
Name of Unpleasant Promi
nence in Crime.
SUE LIVED IN GERMANY.
Had a Reputation for Honesty and
Probity Which Enabled Her to
Secure Victims Very Easily.
Mental Constitution I'srullar—llml Passion
for Poisoning— Her Crimes Only "Slight
Krrors"—Never Expressed Remorse or
Repentance—Fortunate She was Discov
ered as She Could Not Control Passlou.
In the so-called renaissance period of
European civilization poison served
many a purpose of political intrigue
and personal vengeance. The demise
of a victim was rarely followed by a
Judicial investigation save in Instances
where tlie ecclestlaatlcal authorities
found an opportunity to intervene.
In tlie eiirly part of the nineteenth
century there was u series of murders
committed lu Germany which have
given to the name of Anna Maria
Zwnuzigcr an unpleasant prominence
In the annals of crime. Anna Maria
Zwnnzlgcr, or Anna Sclioulclieii, as
she called herself, was living in 18(17
In Baireuth supporting herself by knit-
I ting. Her reputation for probity and
| her exemplary mode of life induced
| Justice Closer, who was at that time
separated from Ills wife, to take her as
! his liousekeeiMW In 1808. In July of
[ that year Closer was reconciled to his
wife, through the efforts, It seems, of
Anna Selinulelien, but within a month
after tlie wife's return she was sud
denly tukeu slek, though a strong and
healthy woman, and died in a few
days. Anna now left Glaser's service
and went to live as housekeeper with
Justice Grolnnann. He wns a sufferer
from gout and wns confined to his lied.
In May. 180!) after an Illness of eleven
days, accompanied by strange symp
toms. lie died, and his housekeeper ap
peared inconsolable. Her good name
and her skill as a nurse soon procured
her (mother place, tills time at Magis
trate Goliliard'H house, as nurse for Ills
wife. Soon nfter her advent. Mine.
Gclihnrd was seized with a violent ill
ness nnd died In great agony. At dif
ferent times within the next few
months curious and suspicious symp
toms--vomiting. spasms, etc.—visited
several persons in the house, guests as
well us members of tlie household.
Then a superstitious fear of the
woman's unlucky presence, gradually
deepening Into distrust mid suspicion,
spread In the neighborhood, mid Gob
liard was Induced to dismiss Anna
from Ills service. He gave her, how
ever. a written character for honesty
ami fidelity. But it was at her depar
ture the strangest occurences were no
ticed. On tlie morning of that ilny, It-
WIIH afterward remembered, she had
exceeded tlie usual limits of her dtr"
ties: she had tilled the kitchen salt
box from Ihe barrel and had taken
pains to make for tho two maids some
coffee, which they drank. I-caving
the house with every sign of cheerful
ness nnd affection, she took Golihard's
child In her arms as she said farewell
and gave It a biscuit soaked in milk.
Scarcely half an hour had elapsed
since her departure when the child be
came alarmingly ill; hi n few hours
the maids were nttneked in a similar
way. nnd the kltcheu salt box, with
the barrel, proved, upon examination,
to coutnln a quantity of arsenic. When
she was apprehended shortly after
ward n packet of arsenic was found In
licr pocket, and upon exhuming the
bodies of Glaser. Grohmnnn and Gel)-
hard distinct traces of arsenic were dis
covered in two of tho throe corpses.
She was taken before a magistrate,
and here the peculiar features of eon
tlneiital criminal procedure were strik
Ingly brought out.
The circumstantial evidence of mur
der against, her wns In reality not
strong. Now. the favorite German
mode of obtaining results In criminal
cases Is by some means or other to ex
tract a confession, and here, evidently,
only a confession could furnish the
necessary evidence. According to the
most a proved methods, therefore, slip
wns subjected to a long series of rigid
examinations alone In tlie presence of
tlie Judge and n notary. All the cun
ning and adroitness of the Judge were
brought to bear. In order to entrap her
into a confession, hut for nearly six
months, from October 11). 180)1, until
April Hi. 1810, she absolutely denied
every form of the charge ngainst her.
Tho fact that poison had been found
in tlie two corpses was not announced
to Anna Zwnnziger until April 10. Tills
produced the desired effect, for after
two hours of stubborn composure, she
broke down, wept, wrung her hands,
anil at length confessed to nil the
charges against her. mid to several
other murders that had passed for nat
ural deaths. On September 11. 1811,
she suffered dentil at the block, and
her name Is celebrated throughout
Germany as the most Infamous poison
er ever known.
There can lie no douht that licr men
tal constitution was peculiar. She had
a passion for poisoning nnd spoke nf
lior deeds as only "slight errors" and
"trifling offenses," never expressing
any remorse or repentence. It wns In
deed fortunate for mankind, as she
said.That she wns to die. for alio never
could have ceased to poison.
A I>*rp S'climiie
Together by our fire we sat.
Her linnds were clasped In mine,
And In her musing face wns that
Which spake a thought divine.
She turned a fearless glance to me
Which proved her trusting sotii,
And then she breathed tills subtlety,
"My dear, we're out of coal."
—Chicago Itecord.
Hi SI 111 linn h Choice.
"Who is your tailor now?"
"I haven't, quite decided which It
will he. You see there are only two
loft who haven't trusted me."—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
F-cal O'atanc",
A sure sign nf old age—write it down
as the truth-
Is to prate like a sage on the follies of
j ov.th.
—Chicago Ilecord.
HE MADE A DISCOVERY.
Ail Instance Where a Supere >• o*
Knowledge Wat Dim • oi'
"I hear a Rood deal about • " "aid
the oculist as he polished a* at a
pair of eyeglasses and smil a sor
rowful way, "but 1 don't b in it
The man who has lurk lv tl a vV ho
don't make a fool o
a year or two ago J' I fl 1 tw>
grains of sense in n 1 • : occa
sion twenty mouths aj ' fi ♦* been
enjoying a sof> su i
"No It was'M a ;
lation," he contiim i an. b- itliing
on the glasses and holding them up to
the light. "I got t letter from the
President of oue the biggest rail
roads in the country, asking me to call
at his office. When 1 called I discov
ered that he want's to pay me $5,000
per year to test tin employees of the
road for color blind less I closed with
the offer as julck .# I could get my
breath, and n <tnv wmh named for me
to bring up iny samples and show the
old gent the modus operandi erf the
thing. I was on ha ad v lion the hour
arrived. I had all tne colors ever used
about a railroad, and after looking
thorn over the President sagaciously
observed:
" 'This groon doesn't seem to me to
be quite as deep as our signals, but
perhaps it will answer well enough.'
"I turned to hi in, and I hope to drop
dead in my tracks if he wasnt looking
at the brightest kind of red—the dan
ger signal, you know!
"You mean this," I said as I pointed
to the deep green.
" 'No, sir, 1 moan this,' ho replied, as
ho put his fiugor on the rod.
"Ah, mo!" sighed the ooulilst. "but
what a fool I made of myself! The
President of that big railroadjcouldn't
tell red from green, nor b'nie from
white, and I was ass enough' to give
it away that ho was color-blind, it
was only between ud two. but he flew
mad and called mo an impostor and
un idiot, and I wan virtually) kicked
out of his offlco."
"You ought have Ifed about It." was
remarked.
"I ought to lmvcti kept my mouth
shut and never sahPn word. It was
nothing to me whether he could tell
the color of his lml or not, but it was
a heap to him to b'arn that he'd been
married for thirty years ami didn't
know whether his wife had black
hair or red."
Getting a cinrli on Rim.
"He'll propose all right," said the
old man confidently. "I have him
fixed."
"What dil you do?" asked the anxi
ous mother.
'I asked him to lend me SSO, and
lie did it. Oh, he is in earnest and no
mistake."
"Hut you didn't want the money,"
protested tlie anxious mother.
"Of course not," answered [the foxy
father. "I only wanted to (Uxourage
him. He thinks lie has me fixed so I
can't object, and he'll come to the point
in a hurry now."—Chicago, Po^t,
T>o Much.
Tic (Jentlemnn—lloW's tlilt? Last'
week It was the right leg you lud lost?
The (Irafter— Say, Jim can' expect
a fellow to stand pli wjeek on inc leg
A lv (me
"Didn't you know it] was ago list the
law to hex for monojt?" said ,the lady
to tile tramp at tile hiuck (loor.
"[ wasn't going to' beg for money,
ma'am," was the reply of the humble
wanderer.
"It's Just as had tollieg for bread."
"I .wasn't going to beg for bread,
ma'am."
"What are you golugl to beg I >r, then
pray?"
"Duly for one of | your ilctures,
ma'am."—Yonkers Stnitesinan.
The Menu Ifi'nj
"Are you going to intake lilsiiiits to
day, dear?"
"No,I wasn't going (to; hut if you
want me to, 1 will." (
"Well I wish you would. I hi-ht at
well pay that election bet today as
any other old time."— aonkcfk states i
man. /
A I.ong-Folt Want
Tom—l saw a nlekrl-ln-theW .ma
chlue to-day that will tell wji-ther n
man Is In love or not.
.lack—Well, the In orator (tight to
make a fortune out of It. Mist any
-man will gladly give up a nlcknl t 0 n n) j
out whether it is love oir dyspcri ; a that
ails him.
Too Many Already
"But could you hrlJig yoiikolf tc
marry a woman who smoked Jigaret
tea?" they asked the ylming mL \ V | IC
had insisted that wameili had - Ihqit tc
smoke If they chose
"No. I have enou tli prop . . .„| n „
my cigarettes now."
All Kxcep'l iiiul Man
Dlggs—"Slmkins i mini . ,
wonderful memory.'
Biggs—"Why do jm, thinly .
•Diggs-'He never e.n . he a
anywhere." rp,ln
( War or 111,,,,
"Whnt is non-seqi.ltnr.. Ci lt
"A non-seqiiltnr when
advises a widow to marry
doesn't propose."—Chicago
A O-ry.
"Tlio.v say bnrkll.g dogs
You know I know
the dog know
HIRE MI
Western Convict Liberated
From Penitentiary After Sev
eral Years' Incarceration.
t DESPERATE CRIMINAL.
Under Some Forty or Fifty Aliases
Abe Rothschild Has an Interna
tional Reputation.
■lliad 111 Wife, Known M "Diamond
■••I," In .Vaftamoa, Tax an, and Karapad
Banging by Iho Liberal Lao of Monay
i —■Jowolara* I'roloctlva Aaaoclailoa Mado
It Hot (or Him sail 11. Tar.it Humbler.
The steel luirs which linvo for sev
eral years confined Abe UotliHohild 111
the Missouri State Penitentiary have
been lifted and Ilia prisoner once again
breathes the fresh air of freedom. Ap
parently tils freedom will he of short
duration, aa, by the terms of his con
viction. he Is required to leave the.
country Immediately upon being rue
leased or he can lie ream-sled and
tried upon several other Indict meats
which are pending against him.
Rothschild, under some forty or llfty
aliases, has uu International reputa
tion, obtained while lie was engaged
In acquiring other people's properly
without going through the formality
of paylug for Ik Ue is known all over
the civilized world as a criminal who
has had more narrow escapes from
getting Ills Just deserts than any other
man known to the police of this coun
try or Ktiropc. Rothschild lias the
further distinction of having been con
victed of murder and escaping hang
ing only by the liberal use of money
and Influence upon a second trial.
He is a product of the West, as are
| many successful criminals, having
, been horn in Bt. Louis forty-seven
years ngo.
He fust eamo Into public notice In
I 1577, when he married a woman
known in the West as "Diamond Res
ale" Moore, and Induced her to go lo
.lelTerson. Tex , where lie registered at
a hotel as "A. Monroe and wife, Cin
cinnati." They remained at the hotel
hut 11 few days when Mrs. Rothschild
disappeared, and Abe. telling the hotel
proprietor that "Ills wife was visiting
friends." took his trunks and went to
Cincinnati. A few days after the body
of tlie mi for t turn to young woman was
found in tlie woods a short distance
from the hotel. She had been shot
through the head and stripped of dia
monds and Jewelry.
Abe ltolhsehild shot himself on the
steps of <i gambling house In Cincin
nati on the evening of February 17.
1577. and upon Ids recovery from tlio
wound was arrested ami taken to Tex
as for trial. The trial resulted in con
viction and a sentence lo hang, but
later it was set aside, and after an Im
prisonment of three years Rothschild
secured Ids liberty and the murder of
"Diamond llessle" remained un
avenged.
He engaged in many swindles, his
usual modus operandi being to take
the riHnie of a prominent merchant
who was xx(.ll rated In tlie commercial'
agencies. Then lie would seed to other
merchants, principally diamond deal
crs. orders for goods to lie shipped to
tin- town where tlie prominent mer
chant did business. Then addressing
a letter to himself under the nnnic of
the merchant lie had selected he would
Inclose a number of drnfls for a large
amount and mall It, following the let
ter immediately.
Arriving In tlie town he would ask
nt Hie postoflice for the letter which he
would allege lie exported He would
express surprise to learn of the exist
ence of the merchant of the same
name, hut would nt once call upon lilni
and Introduce himself, dwelling upon
Hie coincidence of the slmillnrlty of
names. Then lie would ask for Hie let
ter which he had reason to believe lind
been delivered to the merchant, and as
; tlie merchant would have no reason
to become suspicious, he would turn it
over.
The rest was onsy for a man of
Rothschild's unlimited resources. He
would ask the merchant to hold anv
parcels reaching him by registered
mall which were not Intended for him.
and within a few days would receive
the diamonds and Jewelry ho had or
dered anil would leave the town. The
swindle would not lie discovered for at
lenst thirty days when the diamond
brokers who had shipped the goods
would send in their statements ennd
Hie merchant would lenrn of the huge
swindle which Imd been successfully
perpetrated.
Tito Jewelers' Protective Association
sent circulars broadcast warning their
clients against Rothschild, hut lie suc
ceeded In reaping a rich harvest he
fore publicity mado It dangerous for
him to work. Then ho develojted ill 1')
a gambler anil frequented the race
tracks, making money rapidly.
lie was a plunger, and several "kill
ings" in the betting ring were engi
neered h.v him. He amassed a fortune
and sailed for Europe, where he soon
lieeame well known on all the English
and French race tracks. Luck turned
against him, though, and after a long
campaign he became "broke" and
again turned hla attention to swin
dling. He Anally fled to Ontario to es
cape the United States authorities,
who were hot on his tracks, hut he
wns nnested and taken to Missouri,
where he wns wanted on several
charges.
It wns stipulated when he wns ex
tradited that he could onlv be tried
on two charges, nnd lie was convicted
anil sentenced to four von is tn the
Jefferson City Penitentiary, which
time he has served. Rothschild lins
only one eye. an artificial one occupy
ing the plnoo of the other, whieh he
shot out when he attempted sulolde
prior to his arrest for the killing of
"Diamond Bessie," la 1877.
Involution and Involution
They afterward thought that the Un
conscious Imbecile purposely directed
the conversation to the subject of evo
lution and environment
"Certainly." the Lay Figure had
■ I am aware that climatic
perete sometimes to
se of evolution, but It Is
nt they hnve ever reversed
if development."
ey not often make monkeys
ther prophets?" shrieked
oils Imbecile, falling In a
punishment.—Detroit Jouiuu^l