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SWEATING BY ELECTRICITY.
The Clever Rogues of Japan Can Steal Fifty
Cents From an Eagle.

The Clever Rogues of Japan Can Steal Fifty
Cents From an Eagle.
The methods of tpe Japanese, who, for the
purpose of defrauding the Government, will
spend days on the scoopipg out of a small
silver coin, which he eventually fills with
baser metal, are much improved on in these
progressive days. A large number of short
weight gold coins are now in circulation,
and the frequency with which they are met
with has led to investigations which show
that there has been for some time system
attic scheme for robbing the Government by
stealing metal from the coins. Some years
ago a series of tests were made by the Gov
ernment for the purpose OF defining the
actual loss by abrasion in the moving Of
gold coins. 1t was found that S5 was lost by
abrasion every time 81, 900, 900 In gold coin
was handled. Bags containing S., 900 each
were lifted to truck to be removed to an
other vault. and the mere lifting of the 200
bags caused the loss stated, and their trans
fer from the truck again made a second SINH
lar loss.
This shows how readily gold can be re-
moved from the coins, but this method is
much too slow for the clever rogues, who
realize the value of scientific appliances.
The work of abrasion is now done by cleo
trieity, after the manner of the electro plat
ing OF gold, An ordinary galyanic battery
and some cheap acid is procured. The coin
is placed in the fluid, and attached to it are
wires from the poles of the battery, leading
to another piece of metal prepared to receive,
in the form of plating, the metal to be re-
moved from the coin. Sufficient gold to form
plating is quickly transferred, and, as it is
removed uniformly from all parts of the
coin, the liability of Disagreement is reduced
to minimum, the only effect being to blur
the characters slightly.
q In this way about so cents worth Of gold
can be removed from S10-dollar gold piece
without very marked change in the ap-
pearance of the coin. The eye of an expert,
however, detects the alteration at glance.
One of the employees in the New York Sub
Treasury is said to have become so skilled
in this branch of the work BY years of ex-
perience. that he can tell by mere touch
with closed eyes whether piece is spurious
metal or has been tampered with. 1t is
stated that the sweating of gold by electric
Ity in this country is practiced almost en-
tirely by foreign swindlers who have been
driven from their own country for similar
offepses
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why the old man has given me this flask,
By its aid 1 shall recover the other"
The boy then took his flask and hurried
away to the city. He went directly to the
Mayors mansion, where the servants were
about to drive him away; but Waldo said:
'Tell your master that 1 have q new treasure
TO show him."
When this message had been told to the
Mayor he sent for Waldo to come to him.
When he had come into the presence of the
great man Waldo said: "Sir, I have re-
ceived flask which is still more wonderful
than the first and, with your permission, 1
will show it to you."
The Mayor, thinking to secure q new
treasure, desired to see the flask, which the
boy placed on the table, and then cried:
Little flask, perform thy duty"
The two giants at once appeared, who in
stead of contending among themselves fell
upon the Mayor, and beat him until he
cried for mercy, and promised to return the
flask which he had taken. Waldo then
cried: Little dask you have done your
duty"
Waldo then received his flask, and he and
his sister once more had the beautiful home,
and no one ever again attempted 10 steal their
treasure. But for many months, the Mayor
was sore and bruised from the wounds he
had received from the giants. PAYSIE.
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rTRANsLArrp FOR THE DrspLrcH.,

In the good old times, when the Fairy
folk who lived in the forest and dells used
often 10 appear in the villages and cities,
and were ever ready TO help those in need,
there lived in a small house, just outside the
town, two very poor children, whose parents
had died, leaving to their SOD and daughter
only the little cottage and one COW. Dur
ing the summer months Elsie and Waldo
had managed very well; but when winter
came, and the supply from the little garde
gave out, and there were no longer any
berries to be found in the forest, nor flowers
which they could sell in the city, they knew
not how they should procure food. Finally
Waldo said:
1--WE shall have TO sell our COW. She is O
good COW and ought to bring us a fair price.
l shall drive her to market Tomorrow"
Although Elsie was sorry to part with the
faithful animal, which for long time had
provided the little family with milk, she
knew that their small stock of money was
almost gone, and they must make some pro-
vision for the winter. Early the next morn
ing Waldo started 10 drive the COW to.
market. He had gone but q short distance
when little, old man, bent with age, wear
ing q faded gray cloak and an old black
hat, stood before him.
Where are YOU going % early in the
dFy?" asked the cid man.
II am driving my COW to Market" an
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wealth, and the brother and sister were
obliged to return to their humble home, and
again live in poverty. Finally, Waldo de-
cided that he must once more sell the cow
As he was again travelling over the road TO
the city, and wishing that he could see for
moment the little old man, he was startled
bv hearing n voice say: "Good morning,
Waldo. did not tell you the truth about
the iask?"
Turning around, the boy saw his former
friend, wearing the faded cloak and worn
hat. Waldo then told how the Mayor had
robbed them, and how they had tried In
vain 10 regain the flask.
Give me your COW and you shall have
another flask" said the old man.
This time Waldo did not hesitate. he
eagerly took the flask and hastened home TO
tell his sister his good fortune. Without
delay the childyen placed the flask on the
table and cried: Little flask, perform thy
dutv."
AS before, the blue smoke poured forth;
but instead OF the eolden-haired fairies two
men, whose heads almost touched the cell
ing, were seen, and who struck and beat
one another with such force that the little
house shook. Elsie screamed with terror
and ran from the room. After watching for
some time tine battle of the giants it sud-
denly occurred to Waldo to cry: Little
flask you have done your duty"
Almost before he had ceased speaking the
giants had vanished. Waldo then called
his sister and said to her: II now know
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THE NICKEL SAVINGS BANKS,
Details Of the Stamp System That Promises
to Be Popular.
Chicago Herald.l


to Be Popular.
Chicago Herald.l
One of the most important movements IN
the economy Of the American people is the
nickel savings stamp system. To Edwin f.
Mack, of the Citizens Savings Bank of De
troit, belongs the credit OF having intro
duced the feature into the banking system
of the United States. The idea was not
original with Mr.. Mack, as scheme some
what similar has been in useat Frankfort
on-the- Main for years. From the penny
savings stamp plan of the great banking
city Of Germany, Mr. Mack conceived the
idea of establishing a nickel stamp scheme
for deposits in his savings bank in Detroit.
After getting design for a 5-cent stamp
he had 10000. stamps printed and started
out one morning last June in buggy and
drove through the suburbs of Detroit and
established 80 agencies. These he located,
as rule, in suburban drug stores, and when
possible in close proximity to public schools
places where school children were in the
habit of going to spend their money. Each
agency WIS supplied with n quantity of
stamps and blank deposit books. These
books are arranged so that each page holds
20 stamps. When a page is covered the
bauk issues deposit book with a credit of
81, upon which interest begins at once at 4
per cent. -T
The advantages of the system are many.
the principal one being that small amounts
of money may be transferred into credit in
the savings bank without personal visit to
that institution. During the first three and
one-balf months of its establishment more
than SIS, 900 was deposited. The plan has
been recently adopted by banks in San
Francisco. Columbus, Denver, Los Angeles,
st. Paul, Louisville and a number of
smaller places.
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the cat or the dog. So, when a Chinaman
is asked what family he has, he counts only
his boys. And a boy is treated with great
honor and ceremony by the women.
The japanese baby is not only INDUCED,
he is also treated with the greatest care and
intelligence. Heis judiciously fed; be is
regularly bathed either at home or in the
public lighthouses; and his skin is stimu-
lated and his health hardened by his being
frequently plunged in cold stream, or
even in the snow. And il must be admitted
that it is only the child Of weil-to-do or
cultured parents in America or Great
Britain that is as we'll and dwisely cared for,
and that is as happy as the child of Japan;
there Is no doubt that the average of child
ish comfort and happiness is very much
greater in Japan than in England. Yet a
well-ordered English home is baby's para
disc. There he is not swathed in bandages
and rolled in pillow and crowned with
nightcap; he is kept always clean and sweet.
he is lightly but sufficiently clothed, and
be is allowed to kick, and crow, and grow
strong as much as ever he likes.
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OUR FOREST INTERESTS,
What Arbor Day Means to Tree Ldvers-
Systems of the Continental Machine for
Planting-The Denudation of the Forest
Lands.
WRITTEN FOR THE DrsPArcH.I

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATCHI
The festival of Arbor Day, which origi-
mated about 10 years ago in Nebraska, has
already won an established place among
American holidays, and is annually cele-
brated by a majority of the States. The
very existence of such general celebration
in the spring of the year is proof oil an
awakened interest in tree planting and
forestry, and that it has been made to GER
tain degree a public school holiday is en-
couraging, because this indicates the direc-
tion in which such exercises may be made
to have q genuine value. Arbor Day is
celebrated with appropriate exercises by the
children of hundreds OF the public schools
throughout the land, and tree planting be-
comes part of their training and educa-
tiop.
Americans. as a people, are not senti-
mental, but the introduction Of Q holiday for
the sole purpose of considering trees and
tree-planting may lead to Q more proper sp-
probation Of the value Of our forests and
their influence upon the climate and health
of the population. On the other hand, the
sudden awakening to the peril which threat
ems the trees Of this country may lead to the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
HOW A GIRL THROWS.
Scientific Reason for the Fact She Can't Do
1t Like Boy.

Scientific Reason for the Fact She Can't Do
1t Like n Boy.
The difference between a girls throwing
and boys is substantially this: The boy
crooks his elbow and reaches back with the
upper part of his arm about at right angles
with his body and the forearm at an angl e
of As degrees. The direct act of throwing
is accomplished by bringing the arm back
with sort of snap, working every joint
from shoulder to wrist.
The girl throws with her whole arm rigid,
the boy with his whole arm relaxed. Why
this marked and unmistakable difference
exists may be explained by the fact that the
clavicle or collar bone in the feminine
anatomy is some inches longer and set some
degrees lower down than in the masculine
frame. The long, crooked, awkward bone
interferes with the full and free use of the
arm. This is the reason why a girl cannot
throw stone.
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EDMUNDs WAS DANGEROUS.

How the Vermonter Got the Laugh on Bril.
liant Roscoe ConkIing.
New York Press.l
had recalled yesterday for my sdifsa-
tion, apropos Of the resignation Of Senator
Edmunds, an encounter that took plsss
many years ago in the Senate between hin
and the late Roscoe Conkling. On some
point at issue Mr.. Conkling rather POM
pously said: THE Senator from Vermont is
Looking straight at the proud New York
cally said: "I know it, Mr.. Rrssidnt,n
The debate got NO further on account Of The
.laughtM the rstort created
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A traveller returning from Castle Bursk,
on the Saale, the residence Of the rsigning
Princess Of Reuss (la ligns ainee3, tells Of .
wonderful cabinet Of ebony, with silver feet
and mountings, which ID said to have been
the property Of the unhappy Mary Stuart
1t Is 60 centimetres high and 20 broad, and
was used as jewel case. The present pro-
prietor inherited the relic from the Hesse-
Homburg family, which in its elder
branshas vas related to ths Enaliah kipgs.
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1519-NUMERICAL BLANKS.

Uncle Toby accented an invitation to 20
yachting last summer. He enjoyed the sail ex-
ceedingly for time and the beauty and speed
of the Sea Gull - many words of praise from
him. After time, one of the boys found him
in the part of the boat looking very pale
and miserable. "Why, Uncle Toby" he ex-
claimed, care you seasick?" Uncles tongue
had become as thick as q drunken mans, but
he managed to say: "pm = horse. Do
come - see - strength enough to get to my
bunk" The boy helped him to his stateroom
and told him he had better lay - the rest of
the afternoon, and Uncle Toby thought so, TOO
The next morning he was all right again and
- as much as ever. ETHYL.
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Tho American Beauty Of Berlin.

By far the prettiest among the ladies Of
the Engiish-Amsrican colony st Berlin is
Mrs jackson, the wife OF the second secrs-
tary of the American Legation. Mrs. Jack
son. whoIwas Miss Baird, Of Philadsl phia,
seems to flourish In Berlin's climate, and
looks much healthier than when she first
arrived. She dresses with exquisite taste, q
pastime she can well afford, a. she ID 0
millionaire ig her aga right
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HOOKING WARY TROUT.
Practical Hints for tho Finest Sport the
Spring Ahords-The Novice should Use
wOrms-How to Cast the FIy-BIg Fish
In Moose.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPA1oz,I


WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPAroH.I
In these genial April days who that has
ever dallled with the speckled queen of the
waters does not sigh for the mountains and
the trout streams This is about the time
when brook trout fishing usually begins
the time that the boy alluded to when he
wistfully said to his stern parent. Father,
they say trout are biting now."
"Well, replied the crusty old opponent
of fishing, keep away from them and they
won't bite you"
In the beauty of its colors. the symmetry
of its form, aud in its deliciousness as an
esculent, tbere is nothing of fish kind COM
parable with the brook trout We often see
attempts made BY artists to put on canvas
the wonderfully blended hues of green,
violet, orange and so on, but no brush can
come nearer than a very poor imitation of
Natures handicraft in the exquisite coloring
of the speckled beauty of the brook. In
shape, as well as in color, the brook trout
stands at the head of the fish class-"the
beau ideal OF symmetry" as Goldsmith ex-
presses it.
No Two Exactly Alike.
But while all OF the species are practi-
cally alike in shape, you will never find two
exactly alike in spots aud coloring, nor will
the coloring be precisely the same, on a
single individual, any two months of the
year. The variation in the coloring depends
upon age, food and environment, chiefly the
latter. As q rule, trout found in shallow
streams are more brilliantly colored than
those that live in deeper water, and the con-
clusion is that the difference is due chiefly to
sunlight.
The brook trout eIemplifes the adage
that the best goods come in small parcels.
If you should catch 80 of them, you might
not have one that would weigh q pound,
The average full-erown brook trout does not
weigh pound, although an old fellow o.
casionally gets up to two pounds, and even
more. But these are 30 wary that you
wouldn't be likely to hook one. They seem
to grow wiser in proportion to their age, and
they have been known to live 80 and even
40 years, it is a waste of time to practice the
usual piscatorlal arts upon the old fellows.
The Best Luck Comes Early.
1t is not difficult, even for a novice, to
catch trout at the beginning of the season,
before it has grown warm enough to make
their natural food plentiful. They feed
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ANSWERS.

I506-L Hans Sachs (the cobbler poet OF Nh.
remburg). 2. John Godfrey SAKE.
1507-M eddie.
l50S-Eras. scar, ears, rase.
15n9-l. Passed, pastor. 2. Fie, IRE. Knee
near. 4. Pose, poser. 5. Bit, bitter.
l5lO-L Tressed. dessert. q Drawer, reward,
3. Diaper, repaid.
l51l-Eli.jah.
15l2-L Per-roselIn-um. Satisfaction,
8. Beam-feat-her.
15l3-Sugar.cane.
15l4-William Tecumseh Sherman.
l5l5-Gripe. ripe, rip.
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WILL call at your residence with samples
and furnish estimates on furniture reuphols-
terry. HAUeH 8 KEENAN,, 33 Water street.
81
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1517-RIDDLEs.

am sinuous and slender, never straight yet
not awry;
II the curves the line of beauty, doubly beau
tiful am /.
speech,
And though beginning softly, am heard In
many q screech.
I've a share in all your sentiments, your sigh
ing and your kissing,
And though Pm not q by.word. am certainly
Kissing
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1524-ENIGMA.

1524-ENIGMA.
Arel fco Jeg ypti anglo ~.
Once on q time, in Afric's land,
A stone was found beneath the sand,
And on Its face was this inscription,
In language seemingly Egyptian.
To learned men it was submitted,
But all confessed themselves outwitredt
Not one of them could tell its meaning,
With all their searching and their cleaning.
At length one without erudition
Thought he could give its definition.
"'Tis plain as A b c." he said,
And instantly the puzzle read.
And now, II you have no objection,
give 1t here for your inspections;
And If you are exceeding smart
QUILL know its meaning at the start.
A1DYL.
1625-TRANsPosITIo
There is q maiden one to me,
Whose eyes ! cannot ttDo;
gaze therein. and only see
That they are deep and blue.
thres not try to know my fate,
Without their welcome light;
three not, either, to translate
Their meaning as might
Their secret-would that I were sure
There was one, the cause
Is hidden in their depths so pure,
And 80 doubt and pause.
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telligent tribe Vt blacks in the neighborhood
of the Cameroons, named theDuallas, which
imposes from the first q very violent test
upon the constitutions OF their offspring.
Like the ancient Germans, tine Duallas take
child when only or days old and
plunge it in the river. This is repeated
every day till the child is strong and hardy
enough to- bathe itsel', or till it has sue.
cumbed beneath the treatment. Other less
intelligent and more savage tribes of Airi-
cans train their children to endure torture
from very early age.
Even the average nursing of the negro
mother is enough to try the toughness of the
child's constitution. When the child is
being fed he is set astride his mothers hip;
and he must hold on how he can and get
what nutriment he can, whiler his mother
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1620-ANAGRAM.

"Honelter novels dtDelp' on m any q shelf,
But his are read by great and small;
When years have vanished, centuries passed,
His books will still beloved by all.
MESA,
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161S-CHARADE.

The jeweler must keep his wares
Within total trim,
Or else some shrewd pickpocket shares,
Some day, their care with him.
Must spread them out SO they may first
Their beauties readily,
And In the ttOo be so dispersed -.
That all may plainly see. Al
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The @. q 4 and g. whereof,

Sin he shall overthrow,
And cause his tempters all to dy
Is power TO answer, "Nop
BITTER SWEET.
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1621-NUMERICAL,

We cannot total our mistakes
By penance and by prayer;
The soul true reparation makes
By deeds more true and fair.
We /, q. s by deeds, not words,
Show we are penitent;
All honor to the one VINO giIds
Himself, with that intent
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It has various uses. but this may be saidi
Though it often is driven, it can not be led3
fastening, measure, protection or guard,
Consider a moment, you'll soon understand,
For each of you keeps an assortment on hand.
Nj. g. g.
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1622-DIAMOND,

l. A letter. 2 To delineate. 3. Rendered
coneshsped. 4. Bowls. 6. Consisting of invis-
ible particles. 8. Furnished with form of in.
forescence in which the cluster is irregularly
branched. T. Stole. 8. Conducted. 8. Sur
feited. TO- A color. IL. A letter. MESA.
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HOW THE BABY FARES
In Some Parts of the World He Gets
Very Severe Treatment.
ONLY THE FITTEsT SURVIVE
The Duallas Plunge the Cherub In the
River on His Fourth Day.
WHY THE CHISAMAN Has A FLAT NOSE

ABIES are treated very
differently in different
lands. Even where In
fanticide or exposure"
is not practiced, says The
Strand Magazine, 8 sim
liar result is worked out
through the hardships-
sometimes unconscious,
sometimes designed-of
infant life. The condi-
tions OF existence among
many savage tribes are so
severe that only the ''ft-
test" E" the sturdiest, or
wiriest constitutions can
survive. There is, for in