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French and Eaglish Detectives.

In England we have q curious but
very erroneous idea that if policeman
wears q suit Of plain clothes instead of
bis regular uniform. he is fully able to
find out all about any crime that has
ever been committed. A greater mis-
take was never made. Not only to the
dangerous classes" but to almost ev-
cry Londoner who is anything of an OBJ
server regarding his fellow men, '.plain
clothes" officers, rs our detectives are
called. are actually as well known rs
If they wore the helmet and blue tunic,
and black leather waist belt of the reg
ular policeman. 1t is quite otherwise
in France. A French detective has
nothing whatever to do with serving
summonses or warrants. He never ar
rests criminal, but he points out to
the regular police where criminals can
be found. 1t is only on very rare oc-
casions that he appears rs q witness
against a prisoner, and when he does
so he assumes for the future q dress
and general appearance quite unlike
what he has hitherto borne. A French
detective who cannot disguise himself
in such q manner that his oldest friend
would not be able to recognize him is
not deemed worth his salary. He takes
the greatest professional pride in this
art. In word the French detectives
are the spies sent out by the army of
law and order to find out all about the
enemy that is constantly waging war
against life and property. In England
we have no similar set of men, and
what are the consequences? Who, that
unless murderer. burglar, or other
offender. Is either taken red-handed, or
leaves behind him some very plain
marks as to who he Is or where he may
be found, crime with us Is, as q rule,
undetected. Sooner or later, notwith-
standing our national prejudice agains.
all that Is secret and underhand, we
must adopt system for the detection
of crime on the plan that is found to
work so well In France. and the sooner
we do so the better, unless we want to
make England, and London in particu-
lar. more than even it is now the happy
hunting ground of all the scoundrels in
Europe. ALI Frenchmcn who have vis-
tied our country say that our ordinary
police are the best in the world, that
the manner in which they preserve or
der in the streets is above praise; and
they are right. Nor can word be said
against tho character. the integrity or
the intentions Of our detectives. But
the system on which they are trained is
essentially bad. They are tho wrong
men in the wrong pIace-the square
pegs In the round holes. Chambers
Journal.
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Fatigue OF tho Eye.

Persons speak of their eyes being
fatigued, he said, meaning thereby that
the seeing portion of the brain is fa-
tigued, but in that they are mistaken.
So men say their brains are tired.
Brains seldom become tired. The re-
tina of the eye, which is part of the
brain, and an offshoot from 1t, hardly
ever is tired. The fatigue is in the in
ner and outer muscles attached to the
eye and in the muscle of accomoda-
tion. The eye ball, resting in bed of
fat, has attached to it six muscles for
turning it in any desired direction, and
the muscle attached to the side nearest
the nose and one at the outer angle of
the eye should, in every normal eye, be
balanced. They are used In converg-
ing the eye on the object to be viewed,
and the inner muscles are used the
more when tho object is the nearer.
The muscle of accommodation is one
which surrounds the lens of the eye.
When it is wanted to gaze at objects
near at hand this muscle relaxes and
allows the lens to thicken, increasing
its refractive power at the same time
that the muscles on the inner or nasal
side of the eye contract and direct the
eyes to the point gazed at 1t is in
these muscles that the fatigue is felt,
and one finds relief in closing the eyes
or in gazing at objects at a distance.
The chief source of fatigue Is in the
lack of balance in the two sets of inner
and outer muscles of accommodation.
1t may be set down that there is some
thing wrong when the eye becomes IA
tigued. The defective eye, as it gives
out sooner, is really safer from severe
strains. The usual Indication of strain
is a redness of the rim of the eyelid,
betokening a congested state of the in
ner surface, accompanied with some
pain. When it Is shown that the eye is
not equal to the work required of il,
the proper remedy is not rest, for that
is fatal to its strength, but the use of
glasses of sufficient power to render
Unnecessary so much effort in accom-
modating the eye to vision. 1t is not
good sense to waste time resting the
eye, and that practice does not
strengthen it.
Eyes begin to age at about the tenth
or twelfth year of life, when they have
reached their full development At the
age of As or so years the lenses cease
to thicken. when the pressure is re-
moved, and their presbaepia, or old
sight begins. When child is COM
PEELED to uso or require the use of
glasses there is little reason to hope
that it will outgrow the need. but the
person will use these glasses as basis,
adding other glasses as he reaches the
age when old sight begins, or using the
thicker glasses. MIR. Seely, however.
mentioned one case he had observed
where child had outgrown the need
of glasses, but in the meantime he had
grown from a small and puny child to
q large and well-developed man.
Second sight, or the apparent recov-
cry OF strength of vision, which is
sometimes seen In the aged, the lee
turer explained as q change, an elon-
cation in the shape Of the eyeball, by
which the person became near-sighted,
accompanied by change in the lens
caused by the appearance of n cataract.
.--s From, n Lecture hy Dr. W ". Seely.
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European Soldiers.

The best-instructed Italian soldiers
come from Piedmont Lombardy and
Venetia, while the worst are furnished
by Sicily and Naples. While Italy is
for above Russia in the education of its
soldiers, 1t is much below Germany.
OF the great armies of Europe the
French is said to be the most expensive
per man; the Russian come next, while
the Austrian is the cheapest. In total
of peace electives Russia takes the
lead with 663. 900. and France is second
with about 200, 600 less, but, as regards
the proportion of population for per-
manent forces in the field, Germany
comes first with 3.S4 per cent, Austria
next with 8 per cent, and Russia last
with 1.S6 per cent. Italy's strength is
in her natural barriers and the $4,000
Alpine troops who are trained to guard
them. 1t is said that 1923, 900 men can
be concentrated on any threatened land
frontier of Italy within fourteen days.
and as against Austria these would be
very efficient in view OF her inferior
mobilizing power, while they could
also hold in check French invasion.
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Proved Genuine.

M. Claretie, of Paris, says that, al
though Americans deserve certain
amount of respect on account of their
respect for women and their love of
liberty. they are strange preservers of
art A certain rich American and art
amateur, who is well illustrated in the
person of Mr.. Vanderbilt, was the pos
SCISSOR Of an extraordinary fine collec-
ton of terra Gotta figures from Tanagra.
1t was the finest in existence. The
Yankee collector was very fond of his
collection, and wore his vanity as he
would diamond necklace. But finally
another wise collector-a Yankee also,
and one who professed to be his friend
saw the collection, and doubted its
genuineness. There was a hot dispute.
The owner produced vouchers and
certificates of authentication, but all to
no purpose. His rival would hear of
no proof; his own eyes were sufficient
for him; these Tanagra figures, so
much admired for their antique beauty,
were merely of modern manufacture,
and the illustrious amateur was the
dupe of a thieving dealer; imitation
Tanagra figures could be bought for
thirty francs, when the originals would
fetch $4,000. Still the amateur remain
ed firm in the defense of his collection.
.'If YOU are obstinate" said his rival,
81 will make you bet on the subject.
We cannot be assured of the authen-
ITCHY which you claim for them unless
we break them up and closely examine
them, piece by piece. l propose that
you allow Inc TO select ut random five
of your Tanagra statuettes. which shall
proceed to break. II they are frauds,
then you will not only lose your Tana-
gra. but five dollars. II they are
genuine, then lose the bet, and have
to pay you hundred dollars"
A genuine amateur would have re-
spected art. and. however, weakened,
would have refused any such PROPOSE
ton. BIT NJ Claretie's American was
of different mold. He yielded.
"Doner' cried his rival, and at once
proceeded 10 his dreadful work. Ham
mer in hand, he chose the five most
delicate figures. They represented
dancing girls, bewitching. and full of
grace and movement Before the eyes
of their fint-hearted owner. the ham
mer crushed the fragile limbs and
shattered The fulI cheeks and wayy
curls. A few blows and the five statu-
cites lay mass of unrecognizable
debris. With magnifying glass the
vandal closely scanned each piece of
clay. A shade gradually overcast his
countenance as he pursued the analysis.
Finally lie threw down the glass, with
the disappointed exclamation:
81 have lostr'
The authenticity of the Tanagras
was beyond doubt. But five gems of
art, five beautiful representations of
ancient skill, five unapproachable fig
ures of clay lay in fragments on the
table. But the amateur was COM
placent He had maintained the honor
of his collection. What If the five most
beautiful structures had persisted?
They were but hostages, SO to speak,
for their fellows.
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TANTALUS.

He discourses on astronomy with the very
best intention,
And discloses many matters I've not pre-
viously known;
But for some especial reasons, am not in
clined to mention,
! should much prefer the garden with Ma
tilda all alone.
1t is well, Of course, to know all about these
subjects; the propricty
or telling which Is Saturn and the distance
to the moon
Is obvious; 1t gives a certain standing in So
ciety;
But somehow, on this evening, I've great
desire to spoon.
The balmy air is odorous with perfume of
the flowers,
And the moonlight on the terrace is most
beautiful TO see;
But professor is excited and / know he'll
talk for hours,
While Matilda's in the garden, suppose,
expecting me.
moon! o stars! o milky way! 1 care not
for your density,
Your periEee and apogee possess no charms
for me;
Look down, look down in pity from your ST.
lent, vast immensity,
And I'll study you more fully when I've
grandsons on my knee.
From Life.
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Thought the Minister was Joking.

MY boy. what are you doing with
that cigar in your MOUTH Throw the
filthy thing away" said clerical-look-
ing man to a bootblack who stood near
the Globe hotel putting a cigar. The
urchin looked up Mt the man with an
injured air, then shaking his head said:
Nav yer don't I'm onto that trick.
That's what the kids tells me when I'm
flush and smokin' q two-fer, so they
can pick it up. But when q lad can't
take smoke without an old chap like
you wantin' him to throw it away, then
there's a case for pity"
Reaching into his pocket, the benevo-
lent boy brought forth three cents, say
ing, as he held them out to the abashed
gentleman:
Here. take them coppers aud buy
one for yerself, but don't ask me
again."
The dozen or more men and boys
who had collected around the pair
shouted derisively rs the minister turn
ed and walked away.-Syracase Her.
aid.
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slave ssls n s.rssoaa.

NEW YORK, August 29.-The Tribune's
Troy special says: A Saratoga correspond
ent says OF the sale Of slave In Saratogs,
Tnssdsy: The girl is described - having
been the property II wealthy Cuban fami-
ly. She was sold In the regular way save
that the date of the bill Of sale was drawn up
by Saratoga attorney, and was dated Hav-
ans, June 3oth, instead OF Saratoga, August
26tb, the actual date Of the transfer Of the
girl, and payment Of the price fsed, $1,000
The girl has light complexion, Is comely,
and only twenty yesrs old. She has been 1t
Saratoga for four seasons past Is nurse in the
family that owned her. The purchaser is .
widower with no children. He will Be mar
ried 10 Havans In October, and, IL 10 said, be
intent 10 presenting the Girl to his bride as her
maid. The correspon lent gives no names.
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Curios in Westminster Abbey.

In Westminster abbey there Is n GER
tain well-worn stone, which, without o
doubt. was used for the coronation of
the Kings OF Scotland, and has been
during centuries taken but once from
the abbey. This solitary occasion was
the installation of Cromwell at West
minister hall. The Scots have made
many efforts to recover their relic, to
which they attach very great impor-
ance.
The coronation chair. as it is called.
is also the subject of a curious legend.
1t is said to be the actual stone on
which Jacob laid his head at Bethel,
and from Palestine it is reputed to have
been removed to Egypt, thence to
Spain, and finally to the mill of Tara,
In Ireland, where it was used for the
coronation of the Irish Kings. From
Ireland it was carried to Scotland. by
Fergus, the Irish King, who subdued
the northern country. All these mat
ters, historical and Legendary. were at
one time only set forth in the Latin
label but in the year 1851, for the con-
venience of visitors to the great exhi-
bition, the head guide rendered in the
common tongue a sort of sub-edited
inscription which gave the authentic
history as regards Scotland, and con-
cluded with the legend as to Ireland.
but omitted all references to Jacobs
pillow as being profane.
For thirty years and more the stone,
on this authority. passed as 1.-THE coro-
nation chair of the Kings of Scotland
and Ireland" but the other day, notic-
ing that the other side of the label was
dirty and grimy, the same guide turn
ed it over and wrote on the other side
the fact that the stone had been used
at the crowning of the Kings of Scot
land, but judiciously left out the legend
concerning Ireland, for the verger
since 1851 has acquired considerable
antiquarian knowledge, and can no
longer subscribe TO the belief he once
held. Indeed, the stone never was in
Palestine, and Professor Ramsey, who
has examined it as geologist, pro-
nounces that none of its kind is found
there, and that the chair is of true
Scotch limestone Cor. PhiLa-
deLDhi1 Press
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Papal NJ alters.

MADRID, August 29.--The clergy here
started . monster demonstration In every
church In the country In favor Of the tempo
raj power OF the Pope. The first signatures
to the petitions on this subject include lead
ing priests and mobiles Of Spain. The rove-
ment has grown sut Of the speech Of Senior
Pedal 7. Mon, Minister Of Agriculture and
Csnmercs, In the Deputies some weeks ago,
in which he spoke slightingly Of the restora-
tisn Of the temporal power.
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HEAVY STORM IN INDIANA,
Buildings Demolished and Steamer capsixed.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 29.-At 0 o'clock
this morning the most destructive hurricane
ever seen here broke upon Evansville, doing
damage of not less than quarter Of q mil
lion dollars in the city and vicinity. Houses
were blown down, roofs carried away, three
or four steamers badly injured, thousands Of
shade trees torn up by the roots, and other
Injuries done. 1t is impossible at this hour
to give the amount of damage done, but 1t
Will probably not fall short of the figures
given. The steamers Josh Troop and Silver
Thorn are badly damaged, the former almost
wrecked. Several churches suffered severely;
also one new school house.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-Daiiy Neps, Evans
Vile, Ind: The steamer Belmont, the trans
FER boat which leaves here at eight O'Clock
every morning, was struck by the storm
about three miles this side of Henderson,
KY, sinking her barge and cars to the bot
tom, blowing her chimneys off and sinking
her almost instantly. 1t Is reported that
over thirty people were on board, and that
only three are reported saved-a newsboy
named Pang and the cook and the pilot, who
swan ashore. This information 10 received
from man who came by land. All the
wires are down and most of the boats arr
crippled so as 10 be unable to 20 to the
scene Of the wreck.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 29.-The loss of
the transfer steamer Belmont and the drown
ing of from ten to fifteen persons has been
confirmed. The hurricane tins morning
capsized the boat at Stanley Landing, three
miles above Henderson, turning her COM
pletely over. She was going 10 Henderson
with barge containing passengers of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad. The boat
parted from the barge. All on the latter
were saved and all on the boat except four
or FIVE were lost.
One Of the survivors says the passengers
on the boat were terror-stricken some time
before the accident occurred, and when the
boat actually capsized It was all over In q
few seconds. The circumstances were such
that those who remained on the barge saw
the steamboat capsize with all on board
without being able to assist them. The boat
lies in fourteen feet Of water and is a total
loss.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 20.-The details
Of the great storm are coming in very slow.
There was . great destruction of property
near Harmony, Carmi, GRANVILLE, Monnt
Vernon, Uniontown and Henderson, where
houses, timber and crops wero destroyed
throughout all this section, but only one loss
Of life has been reported. The damage here
to shipping was light, except the capsizlng
Of ne Belmont. II ID still thought that
there are fifteen bodies in the wreck at
Uniontown. The Commercial hotsl and
opera house At Henderson were unroofed,
and many buildings injured. The loss In
this city was very heavy, and In the country
to barns and crops. The heavy hail has In
jured the corn crops. The steamers damaged
q the landing are being repaired.
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No Probation For Her.


The probation officer in one of the
suburban courts recently became in
terested in the case of woman who
was fined for being idle and disorderly,
and by interceding for judicial clemen-
cy he succeeded in having the former
sentence vacated, and she was put on
probation. -
81 don't want to be sent away onto
probashun, yelled the prisoner. .I'm
not guilty. Oh, phase, sor, don't put
me onto probashun; I'll die as sure as
the wurrald if you put me on that.
Lave me pay me fine, yer honor. Here,
Mr.. Clark, take the money and lave
me go. III pay tin-yes, twinty-
sass5rss, ssa.,sars, ,,onlv saw - E-ar', 'H0 pt0-
''My dear woman, will you hold your
tongue?" said the officer. "You don't
seem to understand. Probation isn't
anything dreadful. 1t means that"
i don't want none Of your blarney,
sor, do you mind that, now. A nice
man ye are to be after tryin' to infloo-
ence the coort to have me sent away
onto probashun. Away to the ID
wild ye. Here's me fine, and let mo
clear away out of here"
'You foolish woman" said Boston
Globe reporter to the woman after she
had reached the corridor. "Why
didn't you let them put you on pro-
bationp"
"And shure, what is probashun any
wayp"
"Well, thought you didn't know.
1t is just this: II you had kept still
you would have had to pay no fine.
When they put you on probation you
are on your good behavior, and after
three months, if there is no other COM
plant filed against you, your case is
thrown out altogether, and nothing is
ever donc about it."
'Ouw murther! hould me from fall
in. Ouw musha! and wasn't / the
ould ageot to throw away me foin
money. / thought probashun was the
edicated name for Deer island, and I'd
rather pay twinty dollars than be sent
there. Yara, wasn't l the ould fool
not to take the gintleman's advice?"
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A Mistake Rarely Made.

Young Lawyer (much eiated) MIR.
Coke, congratulate me. You know
told you had case. Well. sir, I've
won 1t Yes, sir, actually won my first
case.
Coke (an old yer)-You're excus-
able under the circumstances. but with
a little experience you may yet do hon
or to the profession.
Young lawyer-Excusable under the
circumstances! / don't understand
your meaning. Mr.. Coke.
Coke-Don't understand? Listen:
II you had been lawyer Of experience
You would have lost that case; then you
would advise your client to appeal. and
II skillfnlly managed it might have
been made to last for years. or at least
as long us he had any money. But you
have won, and that's tho end Of ii.
Let 1t bc a lesson to yon in tho future.
-Eos-ois Transcript.
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He Did it Once.

II never knew Sam Baldwin to tell
the truth but once" remarked Colonel
Foley to Jim Mitchell, of the Boston
Globe. the latter being In Foley's store,
one day.
IF Sam Baldwin told the truth, it
must have been by accident" respond
ed Mitchell.
"You have hit 1t precisely; it was by
an accident that he told the truth.
Sam had an old shotgun that had been
in the family forty years, and one day
he put two loads into one barrel, and
when he fired the gun burst into q
thousand pieces. When Sam was re-
stored to consciousness his head was
bandaged up, and the doctors were ex-
ploring him for relics of the battle.
The biggest piece of that gun that
could be found was about two inches
long, and was dug out from under his
collar-bone. Then it was that Sam
told the truth"
What did he sayp"
HE said III he lived to be 1000 years
old he would never fire off that gun
again. and he never did. for nobody
could find that gun again, when there
was nothing of it left to fire of. ex-
cept the piece Sam had hid away under
his collar-bone."
Just as l said. He never told the
truth. unless it happened by accident"
1t il told OF DIR. McCosh, Of Prince
ton. that once, lecturing before the
senior class on Liebnitz's theory oi
the reason Of evil, he was interrupted
with the question: 'Well. doctor, why
was evil ever introduced into the world,
anyway" ..Ah." he replied, '.you
have asked the hardest question In all
philosophy. Socrates tried to answer
Il, and failed; Plato tried it and he
failed; Kant attempted it. and made
bad work OF 1t; Leibnitx tried II. As
have been telling you. and he begged
the whole question; and confess !
don't know what to make Of u my
selfr
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.

j. Any one who takes paper regularly from tho
Postofice-whether directed 10 his name anothers
or whether he has subscribed or not-s responsible
for the payment.
q. IL person orders his paper discontinued. he
muet pay all arrearages. or the publisher will
tinue to send until payment is made and collect the
wro'e amount, whether the paper is taken from the
office or not.
3. The courts have decided that refusing 20 take
thenewspapers or periodicals from the Postofhce OF
removing and leaving them nncalied for, 10 priaa
fdcts evidence OF intentional fraud.
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to
another address at the option of the subscriber.
Remttances by draft, check, money Order or regis
tered letter may te sent at our risk All Postmasters
are required to register letters on application.
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POETRY.
A GERMAN CRADLE SONG.

"Sleep on, my baby, sleep in peace, while
day TO dusk Is turning,
And Ger the sunsets rssy calm one great
white star Is burning;
Their glooms against pale deeps of sky bold
castle walls are showing,
And through the shadewy valley land the
lovely Rhine is flowing.
"Oh, all the sweet babes in the bourgs for
soft repose are weary,
The sunshine only brings them joy, but night
is grim and eerie;
Aud oh, / know, that all night long, where
reeds and sedges quiver,
star-lit river"
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1t Is said to be fact that persons
with light hair arc moro susceptible
than those with dark hair to all kinds
Of discasc except chronic rheumatism.