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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10
BRLLAIRR.
All Sorts of Local News and Gossip from
kha 0Inaa 0ItV.

All Sorts Of Local News and Gossip from
the Glass City.
n, TRs Banquet Club danced IN their ball last
The Belmont County Fair will be septenbsr 8,
sands,
Grant Mauscl is smiling over big girl babyat
his home.
wtl Kirkpatrick, Of the Baltimore s Ohio rail
road, Is In Cincinnati.
Rev. Mr.. Lane, who iS In Tho interior OF the
State, Is great deal better,
The Hen HuF reShlpped a lot OF bran aud seed
here yesterday for Pittsburgh
Q. II. Hall, the hard lumherm a OF this coun-
", iSShlpping lumber 70 Bultalo, N. Y.
New water mains will DO put In on Thirty
seventh street before the paving begins
Preparations are being made for q public cor
ner stone laying at the First ". 7. church.
Several cars Of wool from St: ClaIrsyille 70
Hartford, Conn.,, passed through here yesterday
M. Morrison, an aEsd cGlored l4dy, was was
SpeeChleSs ever since.
The wife OF Conductor A. q, Morgan, who has
been very low for q long time, Is much better
and Rbloto beup now,
A small boy on a Il. & o. train going through
here yesterday, let the window fall on his hand
and mashed q finger badly.
A big fight, fast and furious, took place last
night on the beach below the ferry landing
here. Both parties were arrested aud looksdup'
Great crowds OF children, with their parents
will go to-day 70 the Burr's Mills camp grounds,
this being Chlldren's Day. Tho train leaves aI
800 o. M.
The Cleveland & Pittsburgh employees picnic
TO day at Oneida. A big crowd goes from here,
None but employees and their families arc
allowed to so.
ntt. n - a. n ..HN,n- ..II az N.nf1us attnpu
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FOR HOT WEATHER.

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KNOWN IN WaEELING,
Ar AlloGsd Desperate who Formerly Lived

49,
A special from Baltimore, dated the
9Th inst, states that Joseph Hayes,
colored desperate, was arrested last night
by Chief Detective Grattan, Of the B, {
o., on the specific charge of attempting
to kill Conductor Fisher, who was in
charge Of a freight train on the B, & O,
He is also wanted at Washington for
burglary, ripping a mans stomach open
and shooting a policeman, His reputa.
tion as q dangerous man is well known
In Washington, Pa, Harrisburg, Pitts,
burgh, Chambersburg, the Valley oil
Virginia and the country between Ha.
gerstown, Cumberland aud Wheeling,
He has blown open safes by the score
and is wanted In many towns in Penn,
sylvapia for crimes he has committed.
The Wheeling police say they know
Hayes, who formerly lived here, but that
so far as their knowledge goes he Is not
wanted here on any serious charge. He
was always inclined 10 be tough, but
mot 80 awful tough,h and was never
known here as o burglar, thief or deS'
perado.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

1t has been ascertained that the mum.
Der OF pots to go into blast in the various
window glhss houses throughout the
country at the beginning Of the next
fire Is 1922. The largest number in
operation atany one time last year was
I'M. This increase Of 151 pots is an In
dication that there will be q speedy set
Element Of the wage dispute at the con-
ference to take place on the 10th inst.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

The use Of glass hoorings in large
buildings has become so general that q
well.known window glass firm, whose
works are at Brownsville, Pa, have
decided 10 60 intot business on a large
scale. They will convert their window
house into a plant for making the foot.
light glass, and expect to begin opera
tons about September /.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

GARFtELD ASSEMBLY will hold their
picnic al the Wheeling Park Saturday
August 10, afternoon and evening. Ar.
fangementa are being made 10 have
this the most enjoyable picnic Of the
season. Mayors full band will furnish
the music. Everybody invitedtoA attend.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

Do you suffer with habituai conBtlpa.
ton Or blllouBhess2 II 20, try the pleas.
ant iiult laxative, Elixir Of Dates. II
will cure you, Sold In 80 cent bottles
BY o, X, GoetEe,. w, w. Irwin, w, q.
Williams, John Laughlin. Logan Drug
Company and Goodwin 4 CO., Wholesale
Agente.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

The Wheeling Railway Company has
bought six new closed cars for winter
use. Just the bodies were purchased,
being built in st, Louis. They will be
placed on the motors now used under
the summer cars. Trucks will then be
placed under the present summer cars,
and next summer these will be used for
towing behind other electric cars.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

A leak in the Wheeling Natural Gas
main pipe caused an explo-
sion in the harness store OF AL. Still
wagon, at Claysville Thursday afternoon.
o. T. Martin had his nose completely
severed from his face by a piece Of flying
debris, and ]. B. Smiley was struck by q
stone and seriously injured.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

In the United. States will recommend
Elixir Of Dates II you need 4 gentle and
reliable laxative. II your liver ID inac-
tive you can't hope for good health
until you regulate the regulator by
taking some safe remedy Elixir Of
Dates ID juBt what you need. Give II 4
trial. Sold In 80 cent bottles by ., r.
Goethe, W, W, Irwin, John 1Aughlin.
Logan Dtug. Company and Goodwin 4
Co.. Wholesale agents.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

We omitted to mention in yesterdays
issue Of this paper that at the meeting
Of the Wheeling Wheelmen the contract
for furnishing uniforms was awarded to
]. W. Ferrel, OF 2l01 Main street, agent
for Wanamaker 4 Brown, Oak Hall,
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

Charles W, Thompson and Katie Boyer
appeared At Squire Ankles office last
evening with d marriage license and
wanted him 10 marry ihoin. He did NOT
possess the legal authority 70 perform
the ceremony, but Rev. Mi. RlheldafTer
was summoned and pronounced the
words that made them man and wife, In
the presence Of quite an assenblage,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10
An Educator In pemnnd.

The news OF the success Of Rev. W. A.
Williams, President Of franklin College,
New Athens, Ohio, in building up that
institution, has reached the far West.
Efforts have been made to secure his
services as President OF two western
colleges, one in Dakota and the other in
Colorado, with salaries Of $l,sOO and
$2,400 respectively.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

For habltual constipation, dyspepsia and
kindred ills ID the famous California
liquid fruit remedy, Syrup Of Figs. II
Strengthens % well al Cl6angeS tie Bys.
TEN, II 10 easily taken, and perfectly
harmless, For sale In 30 cents and 81 bot
Ties by Logan Drug Co., Anton I, Hess,
Il. D. Burt and o, Menkemellgr,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

A syndicate has been negotiating with
the owners OF the famous John Brown
fort at Hafper's Ferry, and a trade has
about been made. TheByndicate Is COM
posed OF Washington capitalists, and
they propose, to remove the historic
structure 10 the National capital, where
II will DO put on exhibition.
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10 score was as follows,
lIaSo BAN Ddofs,

The Red Letters have arrangedto 20 Il
Mlngo this afternoon and play a eamt
with the MlngoS.
The Pink Carriers and the Silver Leafs
have arranged 10 play a'game OF ball on
Tunnel green tomorrow morning, The
game will be called at 0 O'clock.
The Wheeling and Dayton clubs will
play again AZ Island Park this afternoon
and also Tomorrow afternoon. II d
possible that two games will be played
Sunday afternoon.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

GRAND Turtle Soup and Fish Supper
will be given at C6st6llo'B saloon, No,
eO4 Main street, Monday evening next
q . o'clock, A concert will DO given BY
Dlmmle's full orchestra,
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Transfers Recorded.

Clerk Hook yesterday admitted t.
record three deeds Of trust and transfer
as follows:
August q, by Nancy and William Ru,
theriord 70 George ]. Caddle, for SOS, 4
lot on the west side Of South Huron
street.
August 8, by Dorothea schompi Ia
August II. Knoke, for S575, lot 8 ii
square 2S In South Wheeling.
August 8, by John Hates and wife Ia
Belle Dixon, Tor 5000, q lot on the eaSI
end Of Fourteenth street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

ana Assocthuun DANES.
AZ PjtAbuph-Pit6Butgh 1871 wAshibRton 4,
Eatnedi . and1, .Hlll, 10 aud d. IFfUfI, ] And
Home tun, Mlllef, Pltehefs, Calvin and
XII NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. York 81 ~indAnapoll,
0Ol1ein,
,,kl Chlcago-Chlmsu ., Ho.lon o, Earned, o,
IVY u And6 kft0tS, D aud q. Home fihl
July, PltqheiE, Toner and ClAtk11n1
Az UlOVela1d-The game With phlladOibhIA
haa 4. be postponed on account Of nln.
AZ kAnsaA uity-KAn1aa CITY III ~, f0ulr \.
Famed, 8 and 2. ni4, II ahdh EtfOfs, 6sndB !,
Pliphgu, Conway and Ramsey,
AT Louisville = Cincinnati ibi LnultviiiO A.
Earned, 3 An1P, Ilh, ~ anda, Efh0fSS 1 tSb6,
Pitehetti Smith, Blfaltotl and Ehf0t
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

REMrMBKR the excursion TO Atlantic
City, via Baltimore 4 Ohio, Thursday,
August 10, 1880. Round trip $40. Tick
cts good ten days with stop on privilege
at Washington, D. o., returning. Please
secure your parlor and sleeping car space
early.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

NJ. O. GIEs, the old corn Doctor Of
Youngstown, Is at the stamm House for
two days only. Call, address or tele-
phone him and have your feet skilliully
treated without pain.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10
DAYTON. Ih.InIF.I1.IEI WnEEIlNo


SS 1yISI. ..: ::...:......: / / 3 3 ! : : I'll
Earned runs-DAyton, o; Wheeling 2. Three
base hits-stUpheuG, bowman Two base hits
Cans 3, Chrlsnan, stephens, Hobrccht. Struck
out-by DeWRld9 Q, by shAmuS2, Bases on balls
-otr ShRmuS 3. Hit by ball-by shamuS /.
Wild pltcheS-ShamuAl 1. Pissed balls-HAller !.
Double plAy-Dowald 10 FLANAGAN. Sacrifice
hlts-WilllRfnB OF Dayton, Randall, Lyons and
Ilobrecht. Stolen baSeS-DRJLon 8. Time-l:4b.
ItNnlfa-Nn1nhn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

null line Of Serges, Drap D'EteS aud
CllcNOts, Just suited for tho lot weather,
which Will be made up ilrst.ClaSs at
reasonable prices.
In StOCk-A largo line Of 0Versizes In
French Flannel Shirts, neck 10, body 80.
At O. HESS q SONS,
1891 & 1898 Market Street,
Wheeling, w. Va.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

Special Dspdth 10 nc MteItotaeer.
MANSFIELD, o., August 9.-with the
bases full in the first inning Kelly lined
out a homer and four runs were scored.
Having commenced business in this
lively style, Carey and his gang made up
their minds 10 continue II, and they did
80 in good shape. Springfield got seven
scattered hits that netted the two soil.
tary runs they made.' The grounds were
very muddy, and II Is a matter OF sur.
prise that more errors were not made.
The score was as followsi
sS SssRfsHaaiSsf aa. ..... ........ ! 3 55f3SS -; = :
Earned, AIansholdllt sprinEAOid2 Hits, Mans.
leld 16i, Springfield Errors, Manifold q;
tionsI EAston for Ave Inning, then Darmh and
h WeatlAke. Time, 2ii0,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

To-day and tomorrow we offer
7bc India silks az 400 q yard.
Coo surah silks at 37ic d yard,
3bc French satineB az 100 d yard.
25C Wool Challles at 14c a yard.
loo Satines at SIC q yard,
1910 BatlBtes at Tea yard.
90 Lawns at 2aC q yard.
1000 yards In remnants Of 12A, 10 and
zoo, SGtineB At 90 o yard.
Come early for choice styles.
STONf 4 THOMAS.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10
1ihiE prlnn.

Balance stock La Tosca parasols 20, al
81 90, 81 90, e 20 and 50 80, former
price 50 90, 81 90, s. 90 and 81 %.
Come to-day, SToNH 4 THOMAS.
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Yyentber l@ndloallon.

WARRINGTON, D. O., August O.-For
West Virginia, cooler In southern por.
ton, stationary temperature In northern
portion, gouthefly winds.
For Western Pennsylvania, showers,
followed by clearing weather, stationary
temperature, westerly winds,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

You can buy
Lancaster Ginghams at 6lca yard.
Best Blue Calicoes at 6ic a yard.
Best Light Calicoes at 4!c q yard.
Lonsdale Muslin at 70 a yard.
Ladies' Choice Muslin at 70 a yard.
STONE q THOMAS.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

Charles Moore, Of tho Sixth ward, hMi
Boon appointed by Postmaster Cowden
den as q substitute letter carrier, Ia
place u Joseph W, Bromelle, resigned
on account OF sickness.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

BOSTON. August 9.-wool lrm and fair; Ohio
use; Xxx GIasSei no. !, ssS; M!Sehlg3n, \ s2Si
igan do 3ia3Sc; Texas, Territory and California
woods steady; Oregon lBa90ct pulled steady
FnfnNFinf ganHqo. q NtFn lhAQqn.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

FoR 81 30 you can get one dozen fne
Satln.6nlSh Cabinet Photographs, and
one extra In q fne gilt frame, 8x10 size,
at plummer's, llSs Main street, Wheel.
.inR,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

Henry ElcnrvpFRo will give a grand
lunch at his saloon, No. 100 McColloch
street, Saturday evening. All are in.
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&c. aOoDleIl1 ~ goOdslho eheApesk
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1000 yards OF Crazy Cloth al Ole a
yard, reduced from 1870,
si0xA 1 TnONAs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

JAcoBs 4 1sENnERa closing out retail
stock. Now % your time % buy bafgaina.
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~ you want 10 enjoy yourself 10 10
The NEarmakeH picnic on Saturday, al
the Park,
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Dos'4 forget the CigafmakOfs picnic at
The Patkl saLNtdAyi August 10.
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rhprmpmster Reoorh.

The Thermometer at schnepFs drug
store, Opera House corner, yesterday,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-10

How much sooner IL gets loo dark 10
saw wood than II does 10 play lawn.
.tannia.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-12-07

unpleasant for the trouble men. But
when there are wind and sleet to-
gether, then the hardship is greatest.
The first thing a lineman thinks OF
when he wakes up mornings is the
weather. Often. according to the men,
they will be reused at night by the
bowling OF storm. They know then
that work will be hard on the morrow.
1t is rather rough labor to have to go
up pole slippery with melting ice.
Often it doesn't pay TO wait for the
sun to dissolve the frozen lump that
fastens the wires, the insulating glass
and the cross-piece in one mass. as if
some evil genius had soldered them.
At these times it's cold and dangerous
to cling to a pole with ones legs and
gently cut and pry away the ice so as
to prevent the electric current from
being diverted and running down 10
the ground. 1t is tough, also, TO have
to grasp sleet-covered wires and pull
them through ones hands until slack
stretch is taut again. But the men
work without much complaint, and
say they will put up with all these
hardships if only they can be spared
the fearful risk of touching death
dealing wire. N. Y. Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-12-07
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MISNOMERED MAiDENS.

A sojourn in New England has Convinced me OF
the fact
That female nomenclature there is very inexact
The girls 1 met and f1irted with had certainly no
claims
To all the gifts and graces indicated by their
names.
Faith johnson was the first met 1 thought
her name so sweet,
And she was very beautiful, accomplished, and
so neat;
But Faith proved faithless unto me-she was
gay deceiver-
And in religious matters, too, she was an unbe-
lever.
I found Hope Smith a darling girl and wonder
fully wise,
And vet 1 could not understand her hopeless
kind Of signs,
For she was given to despond, and said, when
e'er chaffed her,
She had no hope of happiness in this world or
hereafter.
Then later, Charity De Kalb ensnared my youth
full heart,
She had graceful figure and manner very
smart
Yet in her disposition envy was the reigning
And Charity turned out to be sordid, selfish
creature.
The next I met was Prudence Jones, girl OF
eighteen springs,
But she was gay and giddy and too fond of cost
"a ly things;
Extravaganza in dress no doubt was her beset-
ting sin;
God help the man whose cruel luck that damsel
dear shall winl
/ had an introduction to Humility Burdette
Whose vanity and lfconceit Inever can forget !;
Distinguished DER her sisters for insufferable
pride
Humility was just the gift which she had been
denied!
1 then made the acquaintance of Peace Robin
son. of Maine,
A fiery girl whose temper mortal never could
restrain.
She used to get quite violent and tear her hair
and mine,
So marriage with that maiden OF course had
to decline.
The next of the New England girls met was
Patience Brown,
The daughter Of banker In Massachusetts
town;
Her irritable nature, and the way she'd fume
and fret,
Induced me to bid her goodbye without the
least regret.
The last met was Wealthy Green, and was
rather rash,
For 1 proposed and married her, depending on
her cash.
But after we were welded had reason to re-
pent,
For 1 very soon discovered Wealthy wasn't
worth a cent!
John S. Grey, in Texas Siftings.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-12-07
REWARDS OF FIDELITY.
Senator FarweIl Tells tho Secret of Max
ing a Success in Life.

Senator Farwen Tells tho Secret of Max
ing q Success in Life.
Few men in the United States have
been more successful in business than
United States Senator Farwell, who,
in addition to his important political
place, is the head of one of the great
commercial firms of the country.
II am sometimes asked" he said,
"what is the secret of success. L re-
member some years ago man came
to our house for employment. He
seemed to be in earnest, and l told
him we would give him tria'. He
told me he was ambitious to rise and
asked me if there was any rule by
which a man who was in earnest in
his calling could succeed. l told him
yes. l said to him substantially this:
l am in business myself. want some
one to look after a matter for me-say
a lawsuit. 60 to Lyman Trumbull,
or Judge Drummond. or any lawyer
of repute and tell him what l want.
/ agree to pay him for the service. l
employ him. pay him for the serv-
ice. | expect him to do what l pay
him for. He carries out my wishes.
You come here to york for us. We
employ you for a certain sum to do a
certain work. Your time is ours. We
expect you to carry out our wishes
No matter what you may think about
them you are to carry them out or
quit. If you start in with this idea,
all other things being equal. you are
bound to succeed. Obedience to the
wishes and demands of your employ
err is the foundation of success. His
business is your business.
1.-Two young men came into our en-
ploy about twenty years ago. They
began at the bottom round. You ask
me what that is in this business. The
beginner goes to the top story OF the
house with basket and card. On
this card are the numbers of the
various articles of merchandise which
he has to pick up in the building.
This familiarizes him with the goods
IN SUCK. by anu ny AO 10 Pi OihO1NO
to some department in the house, and
from that he is pushed forward just
as his ability warrants or as vacancy
may occur. The two young men OF
whom l just spoke began in that way.
To-day one of them is worth 500, 600,
and the other is almost as well fixed.
and each has an income of $l5, 900.
The trouble with most beginners is
that they want a big salary at the
start Or if they begin at the bottom
they want raise in twelve months.
If they don't get it they begin to look
around and finally go elsewhere for a
small advance. There they want
another advance, and so they keep on
rowing around until they are old, and
they are not particularly valuable
anywhere or to any body. Their OPP
portunities are gone and nobody
wants them. They get dyspeptic, and
then you have the crank. They are
the men who are always croaking at
other peoples success. Chicago
Tri hI1Do
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-12-07
THUMB AUTOGRAPHS.

A Means of Identification Which Is Said
to Have No Equal.
Two men of science in two different
countries-Mr. Francis Cation in En-
gland and NJ. Bertillon in France -
have lately recommended means OF
Identification which policemen and de-
tectives, with all their ingenuity, seem
never to have employed. These gen.
tlemen have observed that the human
thumb dipped in ink. in blood, In
black-lead or IN any other loose ad-
herring substance and pressed upon a
sheet of paper. leaves a mark which
is perfectly characteristic of the indi-
vidual
Mr.. Gallon has remarked that no
two persons thumbs make the same
mark; the lines and expressions in the
skin, which make series of wave
lines when pressed upon paper. are
never the same in two different indi-
viduals.
1t is urged that this fact should be
of very great value in the administra-
ton of justice, because a criminals
thumt-mark would be a sure means
of identifying him, no matter what
disguise he might assume.
If a business man wishes to make
use of a signature which is quite i'm
possible to forge o" counterfeit, he
has only to dip his thumb in his ink
bottle and make mark with it in con.
nection with his written name. No
other thlhr will make the same mark,
and it would be practically impos-
sible for any one to initiate this new
kind of autograph with a pen or
other mechanical means.
''In testimony whereof l hereunto
set my hand and thumb the new
form of superscription may some
time in the future run, the seal having
by that time, perhaps. completely
gone out of use, as it has now. except
on official documents and with fash
ionable letter-writers.
The experiment with the thumb
mark may be made by any one who
will take a knife-blade, hold it over
a lamp until it is black with smoke,
allow it to cool, apply the thumb to
the black surface, and then press it
lightly upon a slightly sticky bit of
paper, such as the back of postage
stamp.
Examined with a magnifying glass
the differences in the thumb-marks of
individuals come out very strongly.
According to Mr.. Gallon, thumbs
run in family groups, dividing them
selves, as it we e, into seven or eight
distinct types or grand divisions; but
within these divisions the differences
are SO marked as to leave no chance
for confusion. -Househol Words.