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The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
AIRTIGHT STEAMSHIPS.
A Curious Scheme to Save Vessels From
Loss 10y Sinking.

A Curious Scheme to Save vessels from
Loss by Sinking.
An English mechanical genius has
devised a method OF indicating ana
stopping a leak by the use OF COM
nressed Air. He divides a ship into
alright compartments fitted with doors
provided with packing material ana
connected by tubes with a room on
deck. called the ''switch-room. In
this room is a junction chest supplied
with compressed air from fixed or
nortable compresSors, and so arranged
that the air can be delivered to any
of the compartments. Other tubes
lead from the compartment from which
wafer can be forced out when requir-
ed. and electric indicators are also
connected with the switch-room to in
dicate the accumulation of water IN
any of the compartments. Should the
vessel spring a leak the Indicator
will show which compartment is af-
fected. so that the compressed air may
be forced in TO drive the water out
The invention also includes the
means for indicating the position of
sunken ship. this being accomplished
by means of a buoy connected to a
coiled rope. To refioat the vessel a
diver can descend and connect the
junction chest with the various COM
partments, so that by supplying COM
pressed air the water will be elected
and the vessel fioated. Other objects
of the invention are the prevention Of
fire and means for eXtinguishing the
same, and also for ventilating the
cargo.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13

Mr.. James W. Clarke, in a paper on
ssProblems Of PreSumptiye Proof in
the Atlantic SHOWS that circumstantlal
evidence is usually all that is available
in the case Of serious crimes:
1T needs no brilliant jurist, how
ever. to teach us the plain and simple
truth that men do not commit crimes
openly and in the light of day, but
stealthiIy and in the darkness of con-
cealment. The very root of the word
murder taken from the old common
law (murdrum). conveys the idea OF
concealment A man about to forge
a note does not call his neighbor and
bid him watch the forgery. Neither
does a man about to commit murder
announce his intention either to the
proposed victim or any of his friends.
Burglars are not accustomed to ring
the front-door bell before picking the
lock of the back door nor do they, as
a rule. leave their photographs on the
entered premises to assist in their pur-
suit and identified ton. So that, until
human nature is essentially changed,
we may conclude with certainty that
the overwhelming majority of criminals
must either be punished upon indirect
enormous the crime and the more
severe its punishment, the more GER
tain it will always be that proof Of
guilt, nine times out of ten, cannot be
direct. and must be presumptive.
while the popular notion is that
wrongful convictions on circumstantial
evidence have been numerous, the
records of the courts and the data af
forded by history point to the converse
conclusion, and suggest more strongly
the perils of what is called direct evi-
dence. The most memorable miscar-
riages of justice on record are not
those in which circumstantial evidence
and mere presumptions made thereon
led to unjust verdicts. but those in
which either direct evidence. or evi-
dence which. though not absolutely
direct. was apparently open to no sort
of reasonable doubt led to the con-
viction and execution of men and
women who were afterwards shown to
have been entirely innocent of the
crimes which were so conclusively
brought home TO Them
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
The Bunco Game.

The bunco steerer has as many tricks
as a mule, and what he doesn't know
isn't worth knowing. His victims
aren't always green cOuntrymen,
either.
The bunco Steerer doesn't conflne
himself to one line of operations. All
is fish that comes to his net He is
willing to show gentlemen who have
lost their way where there is good
hotel, and incidentally to put them on
to a square game. He works with
the green goods men and brings them
victims when the gambling dodge won,
work, and when a victim dlSciOSeS
amorous propensitieS he always knows
a frail lady who will help to play the
badger game upon him.
The buncO Steerer used to be in the
habit of greeting a stranger etfuslvely
as Judge Smith, of Wayback." In
formed with much dignity of his error,
he passed the word to his pal, who
presently went off with Squire Jones'
of GoshtoWn, and told him lot about
the folks ''to hum"
This doesn't work now. The papers
have printed the story so many times
that the first renconter would awaken
Squire Jones'S suspicious. The present
method is to get the names from the
hotel registers by various devices OF
number of visitors from rural districts
and then to make a hasty study of
their homes.
Suppose a man comes from SwantOn
Centre, Vt An air of verisimilitude
can be given to bald and uninterest-
ing narrative by a study of the gazet-
teer and map. And when man says:
why, Squire Jones, how are you?
Don't remember me, [ suppose. Saw
you once at the Centre, but that was
years ago. I'm from Franklin myself.
Been here four years now,' it's very
convincing, especially when backed up
by some bit of State gossip, easily
cleaned from the Boston, Springfield
and Albany papers. And the Squire
who hesitates is lost.
1t is only in the case of the most
transparently stupid visitor that the
clumsy old device can be worked any
longer. But by more subtle methods
I've known even a city man of some
experience to be taken in. Only the
newspapers don't print it! He never
squeals!
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
Ocean Greyhounds Left Behind

We land creatures are very proud
of ourselves. We think we are so
superior in every way to the creatures
that dwell in the seas, and when we
discover that we can make a steam.
ship which, under favorable conditions.
can travel from New York to Queens,
town in tritie under six days, we call
that vessel an ocean greyhound. WHY
we should give a greyhound the credit
for all the speed in creation-amonp
living things-is not quite clear to those
who know something about whales.
The whale is not only a creature of
great strength, but he is one of the
most rapid of moving things. He can
go faster than a locomotive when he
gets his muscular steam I'D, as Won
will see for yourself when you realize
the fact that the whale moves through
the water with velocity which. if
continued at the same rate. would en-
able him to encircle the whole earth
in less than fourteen days. Consider
ing this, one might properly ask, why
ocean greyhounds? Why not steam
whales: Philadelphia Press.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
overworked Cabinet Wives.

A woman, whose husband was in
the Cabinet throughout an entire adj
miniStration. has said that during the
four years that they We're lin office
she spent nearly her entire time in
cataloguinS and returning her numer-
Gus visits. -Four or five days of every
week in the season. she said, Il ac-
tually took my lunch in the carriage
and started out at l. o'clock in my
endeavor to catch up with my visiting
book before nay next reception day
brought a fresh hatch of callers to
overWhclm me. 1t WAS the most dis
piI'itirg thing Imaginable and WAS the
hardest work | ever did. Something
ought To he done Ia relieve the wives
Of the Cabinet officers from such a
burden
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
is ADA REHAN BoW-LEGGED?
Or why Do Women Giggle at Montana's
Big silver Statue of Justice.

Or why Do Women Giggle at Montana's
Big silver Statue of Justice.
1t has been frequently noticed by
men who visited Montana's exhibit at
the Worlds Fair since the silver statue
Of Justice was unveiled that whenever
there was party of women without
escorts around the statue they invari-
ably got to laughing at great rate, as
if they had made some great discovery,
which was just too good to let the hor-
rid men into the secret Of.
Yesterday, however, in an unguarded
moment, one Of these unconscious crit
les let the cat out Of the bag. There
were four or five Of them standing
around the statue gazing at her classic
pose, when one of them, who had
been looking intently at the ankles of
Justice for several minutes, suddenly
burst out with: "Oh, girls, she's bow
legged-just look!'
There was gathering of heads in
one place, and a craning of necks and
J much raising and lowering Of eyes, as
if trying to mentally follow the direc-
ton taken by Justices ankle where it
was lost under the folds Of her toga.
Then there was unanimous nodding
of heads and a great deal Of giggling.
as if the discovery constituted one OF
the rarest jokes ever heard of.
A careful survey of the lines of JUS
tees right ankle confirms the criti-
cisms passed upon her by the women.
There can be no question that, taking
the original departure of the ankle
from the foot upon which it rests and
extending it in straight line, the up
per end would leave the main trunk of
the statue somewhere about three feet
above the pedestal, and, if further pro-
jected, would strike the roof Of the
Mines Building about $50 feet north Of
the point Immediately over her head.
The only possible way for her ankle to
reach the main trunk Of her body after
starting out the direction it has is to
describe sort of horseshoe bend some
where about the knee joint.-Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
POWER OF PLAIN MEN.
An Ambassador Advises His King to
Make Peace without Delay.

An Ambassador Advises His King to
Make Peace without Delay.
When the British officer dined with
Gen. Marion and found American Otfi-
GERS and soldiers content with Il meal
of baked potatoes he thought it useless
for England to undertake to conquer
such men The following incident
proves that the Ambassador of Philip
Ill. Of Spain made similar discovery
in his intercourse with the Hollanders,
says an exchange.
Philip III. Of Spain sent his AmbasSa-
dor to treat with the states of Holland
about recognizing their Independence
When the great man arrived he was
shown into an ante-chamber and told
that if he waited in that room he would
see the members Of the State pass by
The Ambassador waited very patient
~. and seeing none but number of
plainly dressed men carrying bundles
in their hands or under their arms,
which bundles contained their food and
clothes-for many of these persons
came from different parts of the State
he turned to his interpreter and asked
him when the States would come. The
man replied:
1.-The persons whom you have this
moment seen are the members of the
State"
Upon hearing this the Ambassador
lost no time in writing to the Com
.mander-in- Chief of the Spanish army
to advise his royal master to make
peace without delay, saying in explain
alton:
Il expected to have seen in the
States a splendid appearance, but in
stead of that l saw only a parcel of
plainly dressed men with very sensible
faces, who came into the council with
their provisions in their hands. Their
parsimony will ruin the King, my mas
ter, in the course of the war if it is
continued, for there is no fighting with
people who can live upon few pence
d day and their mobiles upon a shilling,
and who will for nothing do everything
that their country requires"
The King had the good sense to listen
to this sage advice and agreed to treat
with these Hollanders as an indepen-
dent State, and thus put an end to the
war.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
Price Of LOTS ONLY !fGe.

TERMS OF PURCHASE: Five doi-
lars cash and TWO dollars per
month, with no interest. Hal
cash, 10 per cent discount; all cash
20 per cent discount.
Money will be advanced TO par
ties desiring to build.
Ii a husband purchaser dies,
before his purchase is completed,
deed In fee will be given to his
widow, if the property mas been
improved. or if not. tie amount
already paid will be returned her
The above presents an opp0rtu-
nifty never before offered the Col
ored people of the city of Wash.
lngton to secure a valuable lot.
either as an investment or for O
home Oh monthly payments, and
at the SAM time, entitled them
TO vote and a voice In the Gov
ernmeHt of the country.
Those who apply first, will have
the first choice OF lots.
Already many have made their
homes in the "City of Bowie,
and lots purchased on the above
terms should double in value with.
in the next six months.
For further information apply to
or CAMPBELL CARRINGT(sN
Owner, sos ID ST., L. W.,
Washington, ID. G.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
Walking-Sticks for Woman

If you have not seen the new ladies'
walking-stick you will do so before
long. The stick has the appearance
of an umbrella. rolled extremely tight
and slender TO Il degree The handle.
in ebony or light walnut, with gold
band. is convenient 10 hold, says the
st. Louis PoSt-Despatch. Nothing. in
deed. could be smarter. Many women
who love walking with a support fore
go the pleasure because of the man
nish look of the ordinary stick The
mock umbrella changes all this. It
has, moreover, the advantage of being
as light as a feather. We may expect
to see it before many days are passed.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
FOR LAZY FISHERMEN.
The Fish Rings the Bell and the Angler
Does the Rest.

Does the Rest.
eAs lazy as a fisherman is proyerb
of general acceptance, but it is a safe
bet that there are fishermen along the
Hudson River who can grand discount
the men about whom the proyerb was
first made, SAYS the Oswego Times.
/ These Hudson River men have con-
trivance by which they are spared the
labor of holding the line as they sit on
the river bank or on the end of dock
and fish for the festive tomcod and the
sIlcculent eel. In fact, they needn't sit
at all if they don't want to. They may
! lie down and 90 to sleep if they feel
like it, and most of them DO Ana
therein is their laziDess superior to thai
of the ancient angler, who had to Keep
awake or lose his fish.
Like most great inventions, this pro-
! moter of laZineSS is exceedingly simple
I 1t consists Of a pointed stick, a piece OF
Whalebone and a bell. The bell Is fast
ened to the whaleb0ne, the Whaiebone
is fastened to the stick, the stick Is
stuck firmly in the earth or in creyIce
of the dock; the line is fastened TO the
whalebone near the top of the suck,
and there you are. The angler bats
his hook and throws over his line, and
l then settles himself for nap. The
foolish fish comes along, takes the bait.
rings the bell, and announces that he
Z is caught and wants 10 be taken up.
I An angler new TO this style of fishing.
who set his line and went to sleep
/ beside it, thought when he got Il bite
s that it was the breakfast bell at home
/ and growIed as he rolled over that he'd
be darned if he'd get UP. In rolling
I over he knocked the stick out of the
h crevice, and the fish darted away with
his line. He aw0ke just enough TO real
ize that his tackle was disappearing,
\ and as it went over the end of the dock
he went after it, 1t took four men TO
| fish him out but he had the line with
him, and the biggest eel that was
caught that day.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13

What do we do with old shoes that
are left here?" said a shoe dealer, re-
peating customers question. We'll,
we never do anything with them.
There's pile in the yard now waiting
for the ash man to carry off. If, while
it is there, any old bum wants to be
shod we send him out and let him take
his pick. But 1 know one shoe store
that keeps all it's cast-offs for col
lector. In fact, I'm not sure that he
doesn't pay little something for them.
Haven't the least idea what he does
with them, but shouldn't wonder if you
could buy the best of them afterwards
In Hester street for ten cents a pair
and, for all 1 knQWj some of them may
be worked oyeE to cheap stock"
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
Work of Volcanoes.

Few people ia this country imagine
what terrible work Il volcano of the
regulation size can do when it once
gets fully aroused. In 1888 CotapaXi
threw its fiery rockets more than 5000
feet above the crater, and in 1851,
when the blazing mass confined in the
ISame mountain was struggling for an
Ioutlet, it roared so loud that the awful
InoiSe was heard for a distance of coo
ImileS In 1897 the crater of Tungur-
Iague, one of the great peaks of the
Andes, flung out torrents of mud and
ilava which damned up Il great river.
sopcned new lakes, besides making Il
deposit Of Seething mud. ashes and lava
600 feet deep over the whole area of a
lvallcy which was twenty miles long
land averaged LOCO feet in width. The
lstream of lava which flowed from We
lsuvius in 1887 and passed through the
valley of Terre del Greco is estimated
Ito have contained 3::ff3. 100000 cubic feet
Iof solid matter. In 1T60 Aetna poured
1out a flood of melted stones and ashes
(which covered eighty-four square miles
,of fertile country 10 depth of from
ten to forty feet. On this occasion the
sand Scoria, lava. etc. from the burn
ing mountain formed Mt. Rosini. a peak
two miles in circumference and over
1900 feet high.
In the eruption of Vesuvius in the
wear 20 A. d.. the time of the destruc-
.tion of Pompeii, the scoria, ashes, sand
and lava yomited forth far exceeded
the entire dimensions Of the volcano
itself, while in 1860 Aetna disgorged
over twenty times its own mass. We
Suvius has sent its ashes into Syria.
Egypt and Turkey. 1t hurled stones
of 500 pounds weight to Pompeii. a dis
tance of six English miles, during the
eruption of 20 A. u. CotapaXi once
projected n block of stone containing
over 100 cubic yards Il distance of nine
and half miles.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13

.Lup
RFHstires In
oiler words, we
Will teach you
FREE, and start
you in business,
at which ynucan
Rapidly gatherin
the dollars. V 9
4 can and will, IL
you please,tcach
you quickly how
! 70 earn from So
to $40 a day
OF The start. and
more as you 20
on. Both sexes,
allagps. in any
part Of America,
you can com
nence at home,
giving all your
time. or spars
moments on y,
to the work.
What we offer IS
new and il has
been proved
lover and over
again, that great
Ipsy is sure ff
eysry W Orkef.
I Easy 10 isarn.
No special sb.i-
ty require j..
Reasonable IN
dustry onlynec-
! essdry for sure
lqTge succe
I'VE s'art you,
. ! furnishing ev
ieTv:ijue. This is
one cr the q at
I5tElrs forward
al workers. i -
people have ever
B. Fuii par;icnisr3
!. EG1EGE
faalnes
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
| 1aAl IGIs EaR ssLE.

L. the city of Bowie, State Ci
Maryland. Only 20 minutes ride
from Washington. Double track
% trains stop daily. Fare to and
rom Washington, only Six cents
by commutation ticket. The june,
ton of the Baltimore and P0to =
mac and Pope Greek Railroad.
Telegraph and Express Offices.
The best depot on the Baltimore
and Pott &c ra lroad. res.
churches AM. hools already built,
The most healthtul spot in the
State of Maryland. Title to prop
erty perfect. No Taxes, and pur~
chasers of lots will receive their
deeds, with certificate of title
"Free
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13

Economy laughs at hard times.
The Washington bee., 1894-01-13
Fifty Cents Per Week
S5CASH
AND~~
soc. Per eek

The first opportunity offered
colored people to secure Homes
On Weekly payments OF - centa
q week or Two Dollars per month
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-06

the situation had been greatly exaggerated.
He stated that no attempts had been
made TO weaken the supports to trestles
that there had been no threats of dyna-
miting. or no disposition to destroy prop
erty; nor was there any disposition to
restrict and embarrass the railroad busi-
ness beyond what they thought necessary
to secure the success of the strike.
\ sympathetic strike.
Mr.. Purcell practically acknowledges
that the men in this region are out mere
" through sympathy with the miners of
Pennsylvania. The fears are, said Mr..
Purcell that if the miners throughout
the country do not support the miners of
Pennsylvania that the same conditions
will exist here. The wages that are Of
fered there are. by no means. living
wages Statistics prove that. in 1898, the
average wages received by miners was
but s262.50 per year, or about IS cents
per day They want to cut us % per
cent. and that is why we strike. Out Of
this sum, too. there is a possible ex-
pense of $50 per year. 1t is fight Of
sympathy and for protection; not a fight
between all miners and operators, but a
fight at the market. 1t is a condition
we do not like 10 s-. Operators are cut
ting themselves until they can make no
profits and they are striving now to
make their profits out of the men who
go down underground and do the work. q"
When did The men go out?" was
asked
We stopped at noon. on April 21.''
What was being paid them
THE scale then was 10 cents for BIZ
luminous coal and 20 cents for camel
coal. and a proposition was made to re-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-06

tention, after the conference, of sending
most of the troops home tomorrow, re-
tanning a sufficient force TO prevent in
reference with the trains until further
developments should dictate the removal
of all the troops.
Sheriff Leming and deputies conveyed
the three prisoners to the Washington
jail about o'clock. A vigilant search
was made all day for Degman and Kelly
but they avoided all attempts at arrest.
Judge Heffron consented to give the
three men their release on bail in the
sum of $1,000. which was given in each
cese The miners threatened violence If
bail had not been granted to the three
prisoners, and threats were made TO at
tack the structure should he not con-
sent Judge HeffrOn suffered no intimi-
datiOn. He granted the petition because
the ofenses were bailable and the Sc
curity offered was ample.
1t appears that the Washington COM
pany had considerable trouble in getting
away on Saturday. when ordered out by
the governor. Capt. Barber and thirty
two men assembled at the armory and
when they appeared on the street 1G0 bel
ligerent miners made threats TO disarm
them, the crowd being fully armed. The
better class Of citizens cOunseled against
tEiS and the men were prevented from
carrying out their determination. The
company was marched to the depot with
bayonets fixed and a double-quick time.
This instance shows clearly the atti-
tUde Of the miners and their sympathiz-
erS. The camp at Cannelburg was named
camp Robbins. Capt. COnde was officer
Of the day. The roster showed 46S men
in camp. All day a complete guard sur
rounded the camp, and this was kept up
during the night. Regimental dress
parade was held at o'clock and was
witnessed by fully 500 people from the
surrounding towns. There has been no
sickness Z. II. 3.
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the face and it is one that cannot be
overlooked. The stores are beginning
TO refuse them credit and without this
starvation viii surely come as but few
of them have any means
Credit has been refused at the stores
for the keeping of men who come from
other parts Of the county to aid the
strikers at this point. Without the help
Of outsiders the strikers can do but lit
tie and this VIII contribute very largely
to an early settlement
The troops had hardly been landed
this morning when a wrecking car was
on the scene. The first coal car which
was almost at right-angles across the
side-track was turned over into the ditch
and it was but three hours before the
train Of thirty-tWo cars was in readiness
to move. The few miners who hung
about the station glanced moodily at
the troops as they saw the
coal carried from the side-track on
To the main track and down the road.
There was no attempt at violence. Meek
submission was the rule. The train went
sailing down the track and passed
through Washington at a lively speed.
There goes your COAL was the ex-
preston Of a number Of bushes men as
the cars passed by the main street The
latter were secretly glad that the coal
had been moved, but were afraid 10
make any outward demonstration for
fear of the effect on their business.
Among them it was generally felt that
the backbone Of the strike, 50 far as it
concerns this region, is effectually
broken.
Saturday Nights Work.
The storm was at its hight on Satur-
day night and the reported violence and un-
ruly conduct of the miners was all too
true. The miners are possessed of arms
and ammunition, which they have con-