Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1894 — BETRAYED BY HER TOOTH. [ARTICLE]

BETRAYED BY HER TOOTH.

It Caught the Tag of an Imitation Dinmo nd Hiug. A prominent tooth and an imitation diamond ring were the two prime factors that occasioned a bit of comedy in a dry goods store, at Third avenue and Fifty-ninth street, on Friday afternoon, which ended in the arrestof the principal participant on the charge of larceny, says the New York Herald. A little woman, whose gray hair was the only indication that she was past middle age. paused at the jewelry counter and asked to see some rings. She was neatly dressed and appeared to be an honest domestic, but her manner aroused the suspicion of Special DetectiveOestreicher, who stopped to watch her. With a furtive glance at the saleswoman she raised her band quickly to her mouth, and as she took it away the detective noticed a small string tag dangling from her lips, which bore the mark $1.97. She noticed ft, too, and the detective says made frantic efforts to draw it into her mouth. She twisted her features and tried to reach it with her tongue, but the fine silk string had looped itself firmly about a large front tooth, and at every moment the telltale tag executed a lively dance on her chin. Her facial contortions were observed by the clerks, who were convulsed with laughter, and the woman was about to turn away when the detective said: “Allow me to assist you, madam. ” Then he caught the string and drew an imitation diamond ring out of her mouth. The woman tried to appear indignant at first, and then in a tone of injured innocence remarked: “Why, I must have put it in my mouth in a moment of abstraction.” *1 think you must,” replied the detective in a sympathetic tone, as he led her away to the East Sixtyseventh street station, where several more stolen articles were found in her possession. When arraigned in the Yorkville court yesterday the woman ' said her name was Elizabeth Ryan. She said she was employed as a domestic in Long Island City and had come to the city to make some purchases for her mistress. Her mistress, however, will be obliged to furnish S3OO bail before she can again avail herself of Elizabeth’s valuable services.

The Oldest Active Doctor in Europe. Dr Borsy, of Havre, who celebrated the 100th anniversary of his birth a few days ago, is said to be the oldest practicing physician in Europe. To a correspondent of the Paris Temps, who asked him on his birthday regarding the secret of his long, healthy life, he said: “I am opposed to all regular rules of life— at least, 1 do not follow them. My motto is: ‘Of everything something; of nothing, too much.’ Every day, summer and winter alike, I get up at 7 o’clock. I shave myself because I have no time to wait for the barber, and then I visit my patients. Some time ago I gave up the use of my carriage in making my calls, as riding tired me. Igo afoot, and it is only when the weather is unusually bad or when the streets are covered with snow that I make use of the street car. Even to-day, on my birthday, I arose at 7 o’clock and made calls until noon. Upon my return 1 ate some cold meat.” “Do you drink coffee?” asked the correspondent. “That drink is my favorite,” was the answer. “When 1 was in the colonies I drank often as many as forty cups a day. You see from this that coffee is not poisonous, as many physicians declare. I have always had an excellent appetite and have not lost a single tooth.” “Did you ever have a genuine sickness in your life?” “I never was sick,” came the reply. “I do not know what rheumatism and hardly what pain is, unless 1 have it to cure am< ng my patients. Four years ago I lost an eye. It was taken from me by one of my colleagues. Against my advice he placed a leech upon it to cure a slight affection. Eight days later I was a oneeyed man.” The Doctor is tall and still erect as' a soldier.—New York Tribune.