Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 285, 21 August 1909 — Page 2

tag:: two

THE KlCnMONB PALLADIUM ANI SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1909.

THOUSANDS FLOCK TO RACES TODAY

Fifty Thousand Speed Maniacs Attend the Speedway Events. OLDFIELD MAKES RECORD DARING DRIVER SENDS HI3 CAR TEN MILES AT THE RATE OF ' EIGHT MINUTES AND FIFTEEN 8ECOND3. (American News Service) Indianapolis, Aug. 21. Twenty-five thousand persons, were gathered at In dlanapolls Motor Speedway at noon to witness the banner day events Being a half holiday, the crowds are constantly pouring into the grounds and It Is estimated that fifty thousand will be present for the feature event of the day which will be the three hundred mile contest for the Speedway cup which is the most valuable trophy ev er hung up for automobiles. The cup la eight feet high. It weighs 5 pounds and is valued at $5,000. Kincaid, driving an Indianapolis machine, the National, won the first event of fifteen miles in 13 minutes, 26 5-10 seconds. The ten mile amateur championship of America race was won by Hearne In a Flat car, time 9:49 3-5. Barney Oldfleld in a Bens car won the twenty five mile free-for-all grand Brossard prize, time 21 minutes, 21 and 7-10 sec onds. In this event Oldfleld made ten miles in 8:15 9-10, breaking the world's record. A GOOD AD ANYWAY St. Louis, Aug. 21. Miss Ethel Weir, an eight year old show girl, had thrilling experience in a balloon ascension. She ascended at League park with captain John Berry and a reporter for a short trip to the city limits. The rip cords became entangled and the runaway balloon rose to an altitude of fifteen thousand feet and traveled over forty-two miles in three hours before a landing could be made in a cornfield near Red Bud, Illinois. . PRESTON GRIMES DEAD. Preston Grimes, a well known farmer living about two miles south of the city, died this noon after a long illness. He was about 60 years of age. He is survived by his wife. The 4 funeral arrangements will be announced later. He was a brother-in-law of Dr. J. M. Bulla. Baseball Results NATIONAL. LEAGUE. Won. Lost. Pet. Pittsburg 78 29 .729 Chicago 71 35 .670 New York 64 40 .615 Cincinnati .. ..54 52 .509 Philadelphia ..48 59 449 St. Louis .. 44 61 .419 Brooklyn 37 68 .352 Boston ..23 SO .259 AMERICAN LEAGUE. t Won Lost Pet. Philadelphia.. 69 42 .622 Detroit.. .. 67 43 .X509 Boston.. .. .. .. ..67 46 .593 Cleveland.. ...... ..57 56 .504 Chicago ........ ..53 56 .486 New York 51 58 .468 St. Louis .. ;. .. ..45 62 .421 Washington .. 32 78 .291 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Won Lost Pet Milwaukee .. .. . ;69 54 .561 Minneapolis., 70 55 .560 Louisville.. .. .. .. ..64 60 .516 Columbus.. . . 61 64 .4S8 St Paul .. ...... ..58 64 .475 Kansas Citj ..58 64 .475 Indianapolis 58 67 .464 Toledo 57 67 .460 RESULTS YESTERDAY. National League. Cincinnati 11; New York 3. St Louis 3; Brooklyn 1 (11 innings) Chicago 5; Boston 3. Pittsburg 4; Philadelphia 3. American League. Detroit 3; Washington 1. Philadelphia 5; Cleveland 0. American Association. Milwaukee 4; Columbus 1. New York, Aug. 21. Cincinnati batted heavily yesterday and easily defeated New York. 11 to 3, knocking two local pitchers off the rubber. Fromme pitched admirably for the visitors. Score: Cln'nati 01002101 611 IS 4 N. York 0001200003 6 2 Fromme and Roth; Ames, Wiltse, Raymond and Schlei. Runs Miller 2. Hoblitzel, Mitchell 8, Paskert 2, Lobert, Fromme 2, Doyle, Devlin. Schlei. Two-base hits Murray, Devlin, Doyle. Three-base hit Fromme. Sacrifice hits Egan 2. Huggins. Stolen bases Paskert 3, Lobert 2. Left on bases Cincinnati 7; New York 7. Bases on errors New York 2. Double play Doyle to Brldwell to Schlei. Struck out By Ames 3; by Wiltse 4 ; by Fromme 4. Bases on balls Off Ames 2: off Fromme 3; oft Raymond - 2. Wild pitch Fromme. Passed ball Schlei. Hits Off Ames 7 in 5 innings; off Wiltse, 3 In 2 innings; off Raymond 8 in 2 innings, rime 2:15. Umpires Rigler and Kane. Try the Peach, Canteloupe and Banana Specials at the 3reek Candy store. They will please you.

KIDS DAY IN COURT

Judge Converse Lectures to Youngsters on "How to Behave." SPANKING IS SUGGESTED Police court this afternoon resembled a Sunday school picnic. IClds of all ages, sizes and descriptions and for almost every possible offense that a boy can be guilty of, appeared before the stern majesty of the law and listened to a lecture from Judge Converse on "How to Behave" with the greatest awe possible. From tearup potato vines to assault and battery cases the boys were jerked up. The chief offense, however seemed to consist of throwing 6tones, and the residents in the north end of the city whose windows had suffered were loud in their complaints. But the boys didn't entirely occupy the spotlight. There were two girls in court, too. One of them was arested for assault and battery and while the other one was not arrested it is thought she had a part in the hair pulling affair. Judge Converse after suggesting that both be severely spanked and put to bed dismissed the case. Many of the boys are under 10 years of age and therefore have to be bound over to the juvenile court. Come to the Greek Candy Store for a refreshing dish of Ice Cream, purest and best. FEARED POOR HOUSE While Coroner A. L. Bramkamp has not rendered his verdict in the case of Mrs. Augusta Greenhoff, who committed suicide yesterday morning by drowning herself in the cistern at her home, he has announced that his decision will be that "death was due to self destruction brought on by melancholia." It is alleged Mrs. Greenhoff had a terror of the poor hoi:so and in the fear that she would be committed to that institution ended her lire in the manner stated. ft LONG SUIT ENDED (American News Service) Boston, Aug. 21. Special master, Everett Burdett, today decided in favor of the Western Union Telegraph Company and awarded them, $5,000,000 damages -against the American Telephone and Telegraph company in ' a suit which involved the ownership of the stock and accounting cash due. This decision closes the litigation which has extended over twenty years. AUTO HITS A TRAIN (American News Service) Paris, Aug. 21. An automobile running at 50 miles an hour collided with a train near Long Jumeau today and the two occupants were instantly killed. The automobile tried to cross the tracks in front of the train. THE KlCti I.M TH TUNNEL. The Way a Man flail Revenge For an Act of Dlicocrtnr. "Courtesy always pays; discourtesy never does," said a famous Frenchwoman. "Let uie te':l you a story of an actual happening: "Two women occupied a compartment In a railway carriage with one mau, a stranger. They were extremely rude to this man. In whispers that he could overhear they criticised hi3 costume, his figure and his manner. He, to be revenged, did a sinrular thing. "The blackness of a tuunel enveloped the car, and under cover of the darkness the man kissed the back of his hand loudly and repeatedly. Then when the train entered the light agalu he looked from one woman to the other with a 6igulflcant srailc. "They exchanged glances of suspicion. " 'Was it you he kissed r " 'Xo; of course not. Was it you? "And neither lady would believe the other's denial, and each in her inmost heart believed the other had encouraged the kiss. The man looked cool and complacent. When finally he rose to go be said, lifting bis hat with a jocular air: " 'Have no fear, ladies. I shall never tell which of you it was.' " The Saco Plant. Sago is a nutritive, iarinaceous substance obtained from the pith of several species of palms growing in such hot countries as Java and Sumatra. The stem, about fifteen to twenty feet long, is cut Into pieces and the pith dug out and placed in a vessel having a sieve bottom. Water poured into the sieves washed the flour thus exposed into a second vessel. When the water Is poured off . and the residue becomes dry it is known as sago flour. The pith left behind forms what is known as common brown sago. Revised Veralen. "It's curious that women are never great poets or great musicians,'' said Mr. Meeker. "What did you say?" asked bis wife beUigerently. "I was merely remarking that women are too sensible to squander their energies on poetry and music to the ex tent that some men da" palpitation the heart. Digests what you eat

SUPT. LAMB WAS DEFIED BY THAW

Resists Attempt Made to Determine the State of His Mind. WONT TALK ABOUT WHITE INFORMS HEAD OF MATTEAWAN INSTITUTION THAT HIS COUNSEL HAS ADVISED HIM TO REMAIN SILENT. (American News Service) Matteawan, N. Y-, Aug. 21. Harry K. Thaw, in the Matteawan asylum, today defied Dr. Robert E. Lamb, superintendent of the institution and Dr. Amos T. Baker the assistant superintendent, when they tried to examine into the state of his mind since his recent insanity hearing at White Plains. Dr. Baker testified at the White Plains hearing that Thaw refused to answer questions about Stanford White when he was Interrogated by alienists. This attitude, the alienist thought. Indicated that Thaw's mind was unbalanced. The reply invariably made by him when he was asked about White was: "I refuse to answer by advice of counsel." Bring u.i Tragedy. Dr. Lamb and Dr. Baker visited Thaw today and after conversing with him on general topics, proceeded to brins up the White question again. Finally it was put to him flatly. Thaw turned upon the alienists, starred coldly, and then said: "I must say what I have always said. I decline to answer by advice of counsel." After this he refused to converse with the alienists and they had to give up their line of questioning. Officials at Matteawan still believe th?.t Thaw is insane because of this persistent refusal to discuss Stanford White. One of them said today: "If Thaw left this institution now he would lose any very slight hope that might exist for his recovery. This was shown by his physical condition while he was at White Plains. When lie left Matteawan he wesrhed 183 pounds. When be returned he weighed 166 pounds. He led a somewhat free and easy life while he. was away from here and he lost weight. Of course, he might have lost weight because of worrying over his hearing; but worrying would hardly cause him to lose 17 pounds." Thaw's mother has taken up her home in the Phillips cottage, about a mile away from the Matteawan instltuion. ??-; WILL BUBII "TIGER" (American News Service) Hammond, Aug. 21. Sheriff Thomas Grant of Lake county, has received orders from uJdge McMahon's court to destroy the $2,000 worth of gambling devices recently seized in the Gary raid. The apparatus belonged to a Chicago gambler. It will be burned. K:r- HiiiKa. Probably we have all seen In the fields or on the edge of the woods that circle called the fairy ring. Before fairy folk came to be doubted It was firmly believed these rings were the dancing ground of the fairies! Iu the moonlight the spirits danced, wearing down the grass under their feet. At least so our grandfathers said, but we must take science's simple explanation of it. A fungous plant will soon exhaust all the fungous food from the soil beneath it, so that only tho spores which fall outside this barren spot will take root and flourish. So the ring Is always widening outward, forming a perfect circle unless something Interferes with it. The rings are abundant in wet weather, of a buff color or reddish. St. Nicholas. Evidence. A green subaltern who was smoking while cn duty was reminded by a sentry who had seen many years' service that it was against the regulations to smoke near his post, and he advised the subr.Itcrn to throw his cigar away. He did so and went on his rounds. The soldier then picked up the cigar and was enjoying it quietly when the subaltern returned. "Why, how is this?" he asked. "I thought no smoking was allowed near your post;" "That's true." replied the sentry. "I'm merely keeping this alight for evidence agalnsf-you in the morning." Harper's Weekly. Trout Wnratagit. In discussing w hether or cot trout hear a correspondent of the Amateur .Sportsman asserts that they do not. In his opinion their sensitiveness to approaching danger Is due solely to the vibration of the earth along the stream and the consequent vibration of the water. Thus persons standing perfectly still are abl to talk and laugh with impunity, when the slightest bodily movement of either will frighten the shy fish. The Real Victim. "Was anybody punished for Grafton's misdeeds?" "Yes." "I understood he was acquitted." "He was, but the business men on the jury lost money and missed their meals." Washington Star. A Model Haaband. "Does your husband ever make you a promise and then break it?" "Oh, yes. Bat Jack is so good! He is always more than willing to make me a new one, Sorrow is a school of virtue. It corrects levity and interrupts the confidence of sinning. Atterbury.

AFTER AHARCHISTS Word Reaches Spanish Government That Leaders Plan New Revolt.

MANY ARE UNDER ARREST (American News Service) Madrid, Aug. 21. The anarch'sts in Spain sre being rounded up. The information has come to the cabinet that the notorious leaders in the S3cret anarchis's sc.-ieties are planning a fresh revolt. Government agents are usinc every poss'ble means to capture the lo'frrs It !s understood that 150 have !?- r,ezveAy arrested. The anarclrs's are n-akin capital of the universal dissa'Isf action with affairs in Morocco. The slowness of General Marina in crushing the Mocrs has given the opportunity which the radicals sought to inflame the people. literature has been circulated and speeches made denouncing the policy of General Marina and the prime minister and the working men have again been summoned to arms. The last of news from Morocco is another instrument which the anarchists are using to bring about another "Barcelona revolt." Secret meetings of anarchists are being held throughout Catalonia, the hotbed of anarchy and lawlessness in Spain. The government is alarmed at the great number of new recruits. Stringent measures are being taken. PLANT BAROMETERS. The Dandelion, Clover Leaves and the Scarlet Pimpernel. The dandelion is a dandy iwirometer. one of tlie commonest and most reliable. It is when the blooms have seeded and are in the fluffy, feathery condition that the weather prophet faculties come to the fore, lu fine weather the ball exteuds to the full, but when rain approaches it shuts like au umbrella. If the weather Is inclined to be showery it keets sbut all the time, only opening when the danger from the wet is past, says the Chicago Tribune. The ordinary clover and all Its varieties, including the trefoil and the shamrock, are also barometers. When rain Is coming the leaves sliut together like the shells of :wi oyster and do not opeu again until tine weather Is assured. For a day or two before rain cooes their steins swell to an appreciable extent and stiffen so that the leaves are borne more upright than usual. This stem swelling when rain is expected is a feature of many flowering grasses. The ttngers of which the leaves of the horse chestnut are made up keep flat and fanlike so long as fine weathi er is likely to continue. With the coming of rain, however, they droop as if to offer less resistance to the weather. The scarlet pimpernel is nicknamed the "poor man's weather glass" or wind cope and opens its flowers only to fine weather. As soon as rain is in the air it shuts up and remains closed until the shower or storm is over. INSECT STINGS. Dangerous Always and Especially When One Is Run Down. Stings and bites of insects are extremely dangerous at all times and especially when the system is not in a condition to resist the poison injected. In many insects the nature of tbe poison has not been ascertained, while in most of iberu It is of an acid. Irritant nature. In others it may contain a powerful cardiac sedative and depressant, and in still others organisms in pure or mixed cultures may be introduced with the sting or bite. Apart from tbe natural poison used by insects it should not tie forgotten that flies and otber Insects that live on carrion may easily carry contagion and inoculate the persons whom they bite or sting. In the case of ordinary bites and stings the chemical antidote is an alkaline solution, such as a strong solution of bicarbonate of soda or potash, which counteracts tbe acid of tbe sting. St:ci ion at the wound in all these varieties of stings and bites will draw out some of the poison and until tome antitoxin treatment can be found which will prove an antidote to the bacterial poison Introduced little can be done lMvnd a stimulating and supporting treatment with attention usymptoms. Health. Old Mail Box. Among the trrjifures held by tbAntiquarian sm iety in Portsmouth X. II.. there i an old bos the hlstorv of whi h 1 given u a i:iU which i: bears. 'i in ! x is ot tin. paiiittt green, nn.t !invs siciis if much usage, which N in.t surprising when one con siders tli.it it carried tin- United State mall let ween !'rtmimh and Ifcrstm during, the Kemiutiou. It Js alou! nine inches lung, four and a hail inches wide nnd a iittle more thai that In lielirhr. it was carried oi horseback by Captain Jbn Noble otherwise ktrnwu s Ie:n-o!i Xeble who w.is st rider until 17X5. Thibox cont:iii.ci .-ill the 111.1II and math every we-fc on,. ruil trip. t--upyin; three day in the journey-f ! I"rt month t. i'.tfrtun tin- tirst of t'.ie wecl and tlitee day t t'u end vt the wt-i from rtoston to Portsmouth. The dis tance Utwcin the two places is a lit tie mow than fifty mi es. Ha Knew No Ftar. Prince Mettemieh was driving li Vienna one day durius the congress o' 1S15 when tbe horse bolted, tbe ear riage was overturned and Metteruiel was thrown Into tbe roadway. Find In; he had no bones broken, be picked him self up and walked quietly away. Tb same evening be met the king of Xa pies, who bad seen tbe accident. "How horribly frightened yon must nave been." said the king. .-Xot.at.au.- Answered Metternich. -It is no merit of mine, but I am constitutionally inaccessible to fear." -It is as I thought." replied tbe king. "Too are a supernatural being."

TIME OFJHE NATION. How It Is Kept at the Naval Observatory In Washington.

THE SIGNAL FOR HIGH NOON. I Is Flashed Out Over Nearly a Million Miles cf Telegraph Wires Every Dey In the Year The Finely Adjutted Instruments That Are Used. A few minutes efore 12 o'clock noon every day In 'the year a young man walks into a certain room of the main i building at the naval observatory. whith is set up on a hill In the northwestern part of the District of Columbia. He glances at the various clocks in the- room and then goes over to a table which Is covered with electric npparntus. He watches the clocks to his left closely and waits fxv the hands to reach 11:5.".. As the second band approaches the C on the dial he prepares to shift a switch. Tbe clock Is so finely adjusted that when tbe second hand jioints to 00 It exactly marks the beginning of a new minute. As it touches the 00 tbe switches are thrown on. That starts a signal that goes out Instantaneously over 900.000 miles of telegraph lines. In Washington. New York. Buffalo. Cleveland. Newport. Baltimore, Newport News. Norfolk. Savannah. Xew Orleans. Key West. Galveston, Chicago and elsewhere the time balls go up on their poles. People know that it is five minutes to noon, Washington time. The clock which keeps the time In the observatory ticks on. With each tick there is a contact of electric points. A circuit is closed, and an instrument ou the table similar in appearance to a telegraph sounder ticks away loudly. It goes on to the twenty-ninth second, then skips one tick, then resumes its steady sounding until the last five seconds; then there is another gap. These gaps are for the purpose of giving listeners at the otber ends of the great system of wires a chance to know what part of tbe minute the clock is on. So it goes up to tbe Jast minute. At the twenty-ninth second there is again the skipping of one second. Finally thei clock gets around to the fiftieth second. Then the circuit remains opeu for ten seconds. There is silence all along the-telegraph wires. At tbe other end. where there are time balls or merely train operators, the long pause Indicates that noon is almost there. The second band makes on toward 00 and finally reaches tbe mark. Then there is another click; in about a second the sounder is down, and that tells hundreds of thousands of people that It is noon in Washington. It is a wonderful operation, this getting the time, and highly technical. Finely adjusted clocks, chronographs and other instruments of great value are used, and tbe taking and recording of the time have reached a point where the human equation is practically eliminated. Tbe results obtained are of great Taluo. particularly to mariners. The time is not only flashed to hundreds of points in tbe United States, but it Is sent far out to sea by wireless. A cable carries tbe flash to Havana; another to Panama and Callao. Peru. Tbe observatory here does not send tbe time much farther west than the Rockies, but they have an observatory nt tbe Mare Island nary yard, and from there tbe time Is senLup and down tbe Pacific const. Just as it is from here to the eastern part of tbe United States. In tbe cities where tbe central time is used tbe flash marks 11 o'clock. An hour later local operators drop tbe time balls. The mean time is determined by astronomical observations. When certain stars pass tbe seventy-fifth meridian, called tbe meridian of Washington, it is a certain time. Tbe operator watches for the stars through a telescope, tbe field of which is covered with fine wires. As the stars reach a certain point in transit tbe operator presses a key in bis hand. A contact is made and recorded on a chronograph. The chronograph consists of a cylinder covered with paper. A fountain pen rests on the paper. It is held by an arm attached to tbe mechanism. The cylinder revolres once a minute, and the pen moves along tbe surface of the paper, making a spiral line. A sidereal clock of tbe finest make is running in a vault underneath tbe observatory. With each tick of tbe clock there is a contact of two points. These two points are attached to wires that lead to an electro-magnet attached to tbe arm that holds tbe pen of tbe chronograph. The clock is so adjusted that each minute tbe pen jumps to one side. Consequently there is a break in tbe line. There are other breaks, too, when the observer watches tbe stars cross tbe lines in tbe field of tbe telescope. The mean time thus re-cord.-d for each star, after being corrected for errors, is tbe clock time of tbe star's transit. Whatever difference there is between tbe clock time and tbe sidereal time marked by the transit of the stars is the error of the clock. From these astronomical observations the ridereal time is obtained. The error amounts to but little, rarely being more than from five one-bundredths to ten one-bun-dredths of a sveond. Tbe time of sending a flash over the wires is practically nothing. A flash has reached Greenwich. England, in three-tenths of a second. Washington Co Chicago Inter Ocean. BOYS GIRDLE WORLD (American News Service) Chicago. Aug. 21. Alfred Little and Marshall Dl Sweenie, Chicago high school boys sent on a race around the world, arrived in Chicago today making the trip in forty days and seventeen hours and broke all records. A large crowd welcomed them home. The trip was financed by an enterprising Chicago newspaper.

KEEN SENSE OF SMELL,

Caaaaals Cam Wlad a nwater Ovee Halt m Mile Dtstaat. Judging from his failure to distinguish objects, such as a man's bead or hani, as loag as they are motionless. I should say that the organs of vision of chamois arc scarcely more acute than those of huinsa beings. On the other hand, their sense of smell Is quite extraordinary; hence the wind is by far the worst enemy of the hunter. Tbe shifting eddies and currents blowing now this way, now that, now up hill, now down, multiply tenfold the chances In favor of the game. I have often arked frlentls of mine who have hunted lu vnrim countries as to the distance at which deer and other wild animals can scent a human being, and mo.st of iher.i seem to be agreed that they will wind you nvure than a mile 01T. I have certaiuly seen chamois over half a mile distant make off in alarm when they could not possibly have seen anything to disturb them. It Is curious, too. how much more the hunter's odor seems to terrify them than the mere sight of him. In the latter case unless you are quite close they whistle nnd move off quietly, turning round every few hundred yards to look, while If they get your scent they will throw up their bends with an expression of utter disgust that is highly diverting and without hesitating a moment gallop away at top speed. Longman's Magazine. THE SPONGE FISHERS. Preeeaa by Which Their Cf"at la Prepared For Market. As soon as the sponges are brought aboard they are thrown in heaps on deck near the scuppers, w-here the barefooted sailors tramp and work out the ooze; then, strung on lines, they are soused over the side and trail overboard some ten hours during the night. To break and separate from them shellfish and other parasites they are beaten with heavy sticks on deck or on the reef rocks on? Tripoli, and after being well soaked in the sea again many are bleached by being Immersed in a tub of water containing a certain solution of oxalic acid, from which they emerge a yellowish color, care baring been taken to avoid burning them. Often great strings of sponges bleaching nnd drying In the sun cover large portions of tbe standing rigging of deposit boats when In port. When dry they are worked np in sand, then packed in boxes ready for shipment A quarter to a third of the crop Is sold direct from Tripoli, mainly to England and to France and Italy. Tbe balk of tbe crop, unbleached and unprepared. Is taken at the close of tbe season to tbe islands from which the boats came, where long experience, manipulation and cheap labor prepare them for the European market. Charles Wellington Furlong in Harper's Magazine. DID HER BIDDING. Hta Brave Attempt to Pass Per Old Married Maa. "Now. Henry,- said the bride, T want you to understand distinctly that I do not wish to be taken for a bride. I am going to act exactly aa if I were an old married woman. 60, dearest, do not think me cold and unloving If I treat you very practically when there is anybody by." "I don't believe I ran paaa for an old married man. said Henry. "I am so fond of you that I am bound to abow It. I am sure to betray myself." "Xo, you mustn't. It's easy enough, and I insist that you behave Just Ilk all old married men do. Do you hear?" "Well, darling. I'll try. but I know I shall not succeed." On the first evening of their arrival at their hotel the bride retired, and the groom fell in with' a whist party, with whom he sat playing cards till 4 o'clock in tbe morning. His wife spent the weary hours in weeping. At last he turned up and met his grief stricken bride with tbe hilarious question: "Well, ain't I doing the old married man like a daisy?" 8he never referred to the subject again, and everybody In future knew that they had just been married. at ef the Plaaee. Fire can be made to alng. A writer says: "Take a lighted candle and blow gently against the flame. You will hear a peculiar fluttering sound. The fluttering sound Is fire's first attempts at music. Instead of tie unsteady breath of our lips let us employ the steady blast of a blowpipe. Instead of tbe pale and flickering light of a candle let us use the bright and ardent glare of a chemist's lamp. When you have a lamp and blowpipe you can make fir sing in earnest." Talted. English Rector (to parishioner) Good morning. Thompson! I bear you have a son and heir. Parishioner Yes, sir; our household now represents the United Kingdom. Rector How so? ParishionerWhy. you see, I am English, my wife's Irish, the nurse is Scotch, and tbe baby wails. Harper's Weekly. Llabt oa Ma. Little Brother Mr. Toseyboy. won't you go and stand before the window? Toseyboy Certainly, my little man. But why? IJttle Brother Oh, ma says abe can see through you. I want to see if I can. Dnt aad Kest Beat. The best thing on earth Is a good woman, and tbe next best thing is a' good dinner prepared by a good woman. Winchester Snn-Sentlnel. All the gestures of children are graceful. The reign of distortion commences with the introduction of the dancing master. Reynolds. GAME WORKED. (American Newa Service) Rockford. Ills.. Aug. 21. The police are searching for three .flimflammers who swindled John Do ran of this city, out of 5,000 yesterday and escaped with the money. They had him place $5,000 in a strong box for a prospective speculative deal and then switched the boxes on him.

STEALING III STORES.

The Ingenuity That Is Shown by the Woman Thief. TRICKS OF THE SHOPLIFTER. The Satchel With a Fate Bottom and the Slit In the Dress Near the Beit. Some Schemes Successful Because off Their Very Simplicity. As numerous as tbey are ingenious are tbe tri ks of tbe modern shoplifters, declare utore detective. It keep the detectives busy to "get on" to tho 1 devices of tbe men and women who live, by their wits' hi stealing from stores. For tricks that are canny few classes of crtmluats. It la said. an pmucli tbem. Tbe method of stealing by using the satchel with a false bottom Is on of the cleverest of the tricks. Well disguised, tbe shoplifter enters a store. Her eye run over the counters. She perceives the object ah wants usually something small and valuable, sometimes a purse a customer has left lying 00 tbe counter. Over tbe object tbe shoplifter places her satchel. Pretending to delve Into the satchel to extract a purse or handkerchief, the thief lifts a false bottom In tbe Iwik. reaches under It. draws Inside the desired article, adjusts tho false bottom, closes the satchel and walks away. "Rut this is only one of many clever ruses employed.? declared a detective" the other day. "The women especially are ingenious. Their dress, of course, helps (hem. "One of the methods of stealing to for the shoplifter to have a slit In her dress near tbe belt. As she stands near the counter she can deftly seize tbe article desired. Ie it a piece of lace or costly fabric or a bit of Jewelry, -and slip It into the skirt. Tbe folds of tbe skirt are voluminous and conceal tbe thing stolen. "Some tricks are successful because of their simplicity. A fashionably dressed woman may walk Into . tbe clothing department, look over coat sultSj pick up one. fold It neatly op, place it under her coat and walk away. "If she Is detected she will Indignantly declare that she bought the salt some time before and thst she has brought it back to be altered. "Or a woman, her bands glittering with rings and dressed In the latest style, may walk Into the store some winter day. She wear only a rich coat of dark fabric. "In the coat department she will ask to see some for lined coats. Ob, sbs Is very particular and tries on one after another. Other customers come up, and the saleslady gets busy with them whit madam Is trying to suit herself. "While the saleslady Is turned she puts on one of the richest sable trimmed coats, turns on her heel and walks awsy. Perhaps the salesgirl may not notice the loss until there Is an account of stock. "Each month from fifty to sixty arrests sre made In the a versa large department store. The detectives must be extremely careful, for a faiM charge would precipitate a suit for dsrnagss, which would mean many thousands. "Certain department hold especial lures for shoplifters. The Jewelry department Is Invariably guarded. When tbe furs come la w bars sleuths who keep their eyes open for the woman who likes to take a fur to tho window to examine It. then running for tho door; the woman with the false skirt nd t h wAffffian hft Mita m nw im iM audaciously walks awsy.: Althoucb the sales departments and the detective departments work together, there exists between them a spirit of Justifiable rivalry. If a detective perceive some one getting away with goods It casts discredit oa tbe person behind the counter from which tbe goods were stolen. There fore the sales folk keep an alert watch for shoplifters. On might imagine thst goods are ' dumped pellmell on the counters of tbe big stores. As a matter of fact, the efficient saleslady will have everything so arranged that she will notice the disappearance of an article almost Immediately. If a ssleswomsn suspects a person she Immediately notifies tbe bead detective. If it Is a woman, a woman detective Is usually put on the job. It la aald store manager usually find women more efficient than men. Few arrests sre ever mad la tho stores, as an arrest gives only undo slrable publicity. Tbe detective usually follows suspected persons from tho store sod arrests him or her outside. It Is said that arrests for shoplifting In New York exceed S.000 a year. Ia that city a full description of all shoplifters caught are sent to the Retail , Dry Goods association, which In turn distributes the Information to tho various members. Only by concerted action snd with , highly organized stsffs of detectives can the stores cope with the togenloBS shoplifters. The detective system of tbe big stores, however. Is now so perfect that It Is dangerous to attempt shoplifting. Even tbe cleverest shoplifter ; faces long Jail term In the pursuit of " her nefarious work. More than that. If a shoplifter for ' any reason should escape paying the 1 penalty of crime In one city, she may not be so fortunate In another. De- ' scriptlons of an suspected persons are ' sent ont broadcast, and arrest la an- -' other city may mean a Jail term, even though the thief maj have escaped pnnlsbment previously. Phria-lelfaS ' North American LEOII LIIIG AGAIII (American News Service) Sunbury. Pa.. Aug. 21. The police, arrested a man on a westbound freight train here, today, whom tbey feel confident is Leon Ling, the Chinaman r wanted in connection with the murder of Elsie Sigel, a missionary worker M New York,

t

a w-k . r 91-rw mFT .Y1T A IT RAFrrvtvav A rrn -rrcsi n ka