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AN AGED HERO IN POVERTY.
he Saved Thousands of Lives I'm the
Mexican War.

he Saved Thousands of Lives in the
Mexican War
The man who saved more lives, perhaps,
than any other individual in the State earns
a scauty living by washing windows and
polishing door knobs in South Bethlehem,
Pa. He is William Deemer. the hero
of the Mexican war, and once saved the
lives of thousands of American soldiers,
says the Philadelphia Record.
He went out to service with Company 81,
First regiment of Volunteers, recruited in
Philadelphia, Col Andrews commanded and
Deemers captain was ID. r. Minard.
The regiment participated in the stosmiDg
of Chapultepec, aud it was about that time
that Deerner distinguished himself. Over
900 Americans Were euartered in and
about large building. Walking through
the woods one day Deemer discovered a
heavy fuse charged with powder. He cut
a section yard long out OF it to prevent
it's carrying fire, and then quietly followed
up the line. Presently he discovered up in
a high tree the red of Mexican uniform.
The foreign soldier saw Deemer at the
same time, helatterdrew bead quickly
aud fired. The Mexican came tumbliDg
down from the tree a corpse. The farther
end of the fuse was at the bottom OF the
tree upon which the Mexican sat Then
Deerner followed the fuse back toward the
American camp. 1t led to the cellar of
the building. where the Mexicans had i'm
bedded 80 900 pounds of powder, to which
the fuse was attached.
He at once Informed his captain, and the
same day Gen. Winfield Scott sent for
Deemer, thanked him personally, gave him
ninety days furlough, $50 in gold, and
furnished a bodyguard of ten men who ac-
companied Deemer upon visit to the
City of Mexico. The hero is now seventy
three years old, and gets a pension of $12
month He served for time in the civil
war, and for years has earned livelihood
by going about washing windows for
storekeepers, aud polishing up front door
knobs.
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now likely to SPEND several years behind
the prison bars Ten dollar certificates
were the counterfeits they made and put
out on the community.
Most OF the women recently arrested
are Italians and they are found generally
ia the city of New York, W bich seems TO be
the center of the green goods aud sucn
like trades Last October a Mrs. Far
culona was taken in Albany, n Y, Mrs.
Salderno was arrested iu New York city i'll
February; two sisters, La Grande, We're
taken in New York few years ago;
Margaret Parrett was caught i'll New York
recently; two C;lrareila sisters, OF Brook
Iyn, were arrested for passing small bogus
coins and a Mrs Franco, OF New York, and
her two children, n boy and girl, We're
taken for showing the queer" and the
children will be indicted for the oIfense
with their mother.
A Mrs Freeiand was arrested during
the Worlds Fair, aua was sentenced to
three years term in prison, but was par
doned by the President. Last May
Mrs Wilcox was takeuin Baltimore, where
SHE. had been passing gold pieces that her
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Bogus MOney-Making
MOI Confined 10 Men
Agents of the Secret Service Have Landed Many
Women Counterfeiters Behind the Bars, but
Their Number Is Decreasing.

husband had put through the Sweating
process-that is, he has filed away the coin
and put new milling around the edge
aud few Noticed the reduction in weig ht.
By this process of stealing a bit OF gold
from each coin, large amount can be
gathered in day.
SUITED TO THE WORK.
The penalty for making counterfeit money
is an imprisonment of from one to fifteen
years, and in each court the sentence for
the very same offense will be different
as it will vary according to disposition of
the presiding judge.
Counterfeiting is also done by "rais-
ing note, which is TO change the deHomi-
nation from a lower to higher note, as
a ten dollar bill to a hundred or by split
ting counterfeit note in two parts and writ
ing i n the inside the fine red and blue lines
which are threads In the genuine money
These threads are the greatest safeguards
that the government has to protect itself,
and no counterfeiter has ever been known
to succeed in making paper in which the
threads were interviewer in the way they
are in the real note. All this kind of work
can be done admirably by women, for their
hands are used to more delicate work than
a mans. But to their credit ii is to be
said that they seldom attempt it.
The engraving of the counterfeit notes
is done almost entirely by men, and the
few women who have made bad money used
their skill in the way of fashioning coins.
With molds and proper dies good imita-
tion can he made of any coin, and even
the tiny ten-cent piece has not escaped
counterfeiting This kind of work also
requires u good outlay of tools, and is much
more easily detected than the making
of all imitation note, for the implements
take up considerable room and are hard
to conceal in the event of raid by officers
The art OF photo-lithography has made
the work of Photographic imitation more
easy of late, and it is strange that more Of
the women criminals do not take to this
branch. but confine their talents TO put
ting the money on the market, which is
really the most dangerous part of the
business. If the money were never passed
no counterfeits would he in circulation
and no one would be arrested, but it is by
watching the women who pass the money
when shopping that the principal catches
are made.
FEMININE COUNTERFETrERS DE-
CREASING
OF course, ali the workings of the de-
partment OF secret service are not made
public, for that would destroy the useful
ness of the branch. But there are many
hundreds OF men, and each city has Of
ficers whose sole duty is to ferret out
those who are breaking the law in this
respect. They are detectives, men highly
trained for the work, aud its efficient ser
vice makes it not worth the time and money
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used to make bogus Doodle, even from
standpoint in which conscience has no CON
sideration.
II the women continue TO decrease in
the proportion above named it viii be but
few years before there are no feminine
criminals in the business. a large picture
of the noted women Counterfeiters OF many
years ago shows that there were a vast num-
ber employed in tie business, but in the
last five or six years there have been only
about dozen. Many of these cases are
on hand now and i'll every large city from the
Atlantic to the Pacific there is some woman
awaiting her trial. In New York there
are probably two or three.
Whenever a man is arrested for this Of
fense, the chief says that in nearly every
case be finds that the wife has never
consented to the work, and Will tell her
husband that now has come to pass the
punishment which she long predicted would
oyertake him in his unlawful trade. But
as rule, she will stick to the nIau in his
adversely though the wrong which brought
it on him was against her better sense
and Judgment.
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Rats Canght low CLAIMS.

They tell big stories about the feats Of
Puget Sound clans, but the one told by Ed
ward A. Chase, of the NorthP acific Fishcom-
pany is jst trifle ahead ofmosto of them.
Saturday morning, when MI Chase went
into his warehouse, he heard rustlinP in
box of CLAIMS. Oninvestigation he found that
a rathad invaded the box and, ,justas heap
preached, the jaws of a monster clam shut
down on the rodent stall holding fast. The
rat suueeled, but the clam f:sld it tight. Mr..
Chase. anticipating the comment of friends.
who would cry ''clam story when he would
relatet he circumstance, called witnesses, and
then set about extricating the imprisoned
rat. The result was that the rat was re-
leased, ,butgot away minus aninch oftail.
An hour or SO later Mr.. Chase returned to
the warehouse to find that rat
had veutured into the box and in an attempt
topuIl some of the clans out of the shell with
his forefoot, had also beenmade prisonerby
the clam shutting down on the member. For
several hours the firmly attached pair were
exhibited and then the rat was killed. Ia
coma Ledge.
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Chief HaZen, the chief of the secret ser
vice of the Treasury Department, is now
on trip to Canada in order to assist at
the trial OF a noted woman, Anna Mack,
who was arrested in Michigan in Febru-
ary last for passing counterfeit money,
and there is no doubt that she viii be
convicted and sent 10 the penitentiary
for the offense.
Mrs. Mack is not the only woman who
is under the arm of the law for this offense,
for there are at least half dozen more who
have been caught at this game within the
last year. The proportion, however, of
women in comparison to that of the men
is small. and in the last twenty years the
women have decreased about 10 per
cent, while the men have increased at
the rate of So per cent This is an excel
lent showing for the women, who, 80
Chief HaZen says, seem to be much more
sensible of the wrong OF law breaking
than their husbands and brothers.
Very few women make the false money
and about the only part they play asa rule,
is to pass it, or shove the queer" as 1t is
known in criminal parlance. The men
make the stuff and the women will take
it out TO shop with and thus get it into
circulation, but il woman is once sus-
pected She is easily caught, for her sphere
OF action ismoTe limited than that OF u man.
Anna Kelly, of San Francisco is about
the only woman, except Mrs. farran,
who makes the money herself, and her
method is TO initiate the coins OF the
country. This 6 done by having an alloy
covered with silver, and by putting glass
and bit of copper into the composition
the weight and metallic ring OF the genuine
money is admirably copied so as TO deceive
the uninitiated.
FACES OF FEMININE ROGUES.
All of the pictures of these women are in
q huge case up in the room OF the secret
service division, and are kept so as to be
able to trace and identify the criminals in
future. One woman so decidedly objected
TO having herself photographed that pen
and lux drawing had to be made of her in
court and this is preserved i'll the case with
the photographs. AS a rule the women
are rough ana illiterate in appearance and
have hard countenances, which speak of a
life of labor and crime.
Mrs Farran, who was arrested in Feb
ruary, was a short while ago clerk in a
restaurant in Los Angeles, Cal, and while
there met an old man, whom she married.
The husband took TO making bogus money,
and she assisted him so well that she is
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WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

Some Ohio girls have formed al associa-
tionto wear the ebIoomercostume. Twenty
four have already adopted the short dress
Full woman suffrage south Australia is
an accomplished fact. Queen Victoria
has signed the bill and it has become a law.
Women are employed IN telegraph offices
and in postoffices in Russia because. cor
porations find them more accurate in de-
tails and more careful to please customers.
Mrs Louis 4 gassiz has contrib uted largely
to scieatific literature, writing jointly both
with her husband and her stepson. She has
also written for children.
Miss May Proctor has takeaup herfather's
work aud recently gave an entertaining
lecture for the benefit of the WOmaD's
Press Club in New York, Cn ''0ther Worlds
Than Ours" which was Illustrated with
many pictures aud maps.
Several young women in London have
started novel aud sensible dTessmakins
establishment They take last seaSOu's
dresses aud make them over in the prevail
ing fashion. No entirely new dresses are
made and the charges are reasonable.
Miss Stainforth and Miss Larpent have
opened an agency in London for the rent
ing Of houses aud flats and tOsecure lodgings
for those who desire them This they do
not only in London but in towns on the con-
tiueBt They also do shopping for their
out-of-town customers aud propose to add
a theater-ticket bureau.
Miss Susan B. Anthony, who, at seventy
five, is 1.-THE, graceful and active, aseribes
her health to her regular habits She has
esche wed late suppers, rich food aud over
work After her days work she goes
straight to her rooms, takes bath, drinks
a cup of hot milk aud eats a cracker. Then
she sleeps niue hours aud arises refreshed
Miss Julia E. Underwood has been teach
ing in the public schools OF Quincy, Mass i,
for forty years. She began at the age OF
sixteen and has kept at the front in the
progress of Observation-Disclosures. As IA model
teacher in a model school town she has
received offers from nearly every State in
the Union and from the famous school foF
the bliud in London.
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The Times has just received another
Immense consignment of the stand
ard premium books any one OF which
is offered, with The Times for one
month, at Thirty-five cents.
Those who have sent in subscrip-
tions and have not received their
books Will now be served as soon as
possible.
The Times kindly requests all who
have not received their books to leave
the price of subscription, which is in
advance, at home, TO insure the imme-
date delivery of the books by our
agents.
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Drowned In Wine.

At Mostar, in the herzegovina, hus-
band and wife died a most extraordinary
death together. The wife went to the
wine cellar to fetch a mug of strong new
Wine for her husbands supper, and as
the enormous eask was not full she leaned
over and fell into it. Her husband imme
diateIy dropped in after her to save her.
and both Were drowned in a few minutes
Their property is valued at 1000, bus
they lived as simple peasants.
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a ent Hope.

A man meeting on the street Henry W.
Paine, the distinguished member of the
Boston bar, addressed him as Mr.. d. a
man Of very different reputation.
II am not Mr. D." was the answer
''but Mr. Henry W. Paine
u beg your pardon" said the man, for
making the mistake"
Il will excuse you," replied Mr.. Paine,
''but I sincerely hope the devil will nos
make the same mistake"
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Swindled.

mo said the pensive maiden, ''it is i'm
possible that this engagement should last
longer I thought loved you once. but
know better now. Can you forgive me?'
well, I should say not, missed the young
man, making grab for his hat For more
than year-all for you-I have not been to
picnic; have played no billiards; nave not
takena dr. +; Ihave turned thecold shoulder
on every tvsSl that has tried to flirt with me.
How am going to get paid back for all the
funI have missed? Oh, yes; I'll forgive you
dou't think k"-Indianapolis Journal.
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Racial diseases.

Are certain diseases racial7 Dr.. John
Billings, who is careful statisticIan, says
that the death rate of colored children Is so ex-
cessIve that 1t excites surprise Irish children.
on the contrary, are remarkably healthy and
sturdy, but when they get 10 be men they seem
to lose their force. aud easily knocked
over Germans liable TO digestive disorders,
bat the Jews longlIved people. AS Tor as
Americans I may observe that we are rather
grasping, and have pretty nearly every complaint
that is going We delight especially in bald
heads and iocomotor stAxIa.-New York Herald.
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BLUM BROS,
743, 745, TAT Eighth Street S. E.
Another noteworthy weeks

sale.
CARPET DEPT.
Just the thing you want to make Rugs;
quantity is not very large, so aVall youTseli
of this opportunity by an early can.
500 remnants heavy Brussels Garpet' one one
to three yards, 39c. q yard, real Vaiue' cut
$50 remnants Body Brussels Carpet, one
to three yards, 49c. a yard, real value, cut
from the piece, $1.10 yard
10 pieces Worsted Rug Fringe, all coiors,
sc. yard, real value. loc.
10 pieces heavy Worsted knotted Kug
Fringe. all colors, 15c. yard, real Value
25c. Zo.-
so pieces Chinese Heavy Seamless Fancy
Mating. &c a yard, real value 2Oc.
100 pieces best quality japanese Cotton
Warp Seamless Fancy Mating, 2lc. yaro'
* pieces niece best quality Chinese Damask
Seamless Fancy Mating, 24c. yard, real
Is pieces extra fine warp Japanese Seam
less Mating, 15c. asyard, real value zoe.
ACC. heavy opaque Window Shades, 3x6
feet best spring roller, with all attach
In addition to the, above we will in
augurate a IN
SALE oFTWo DAYS.
Monday and Tuesday. These prices will be
Withdrawn Tuesday,5 May 28th, at Z
O'Clock p. m. thB
| WINDOW SCREENS
DOOf1
window and Door Screens made to order:
25c. adjustable window Screens, l9c.,
| Fit any window. ntssB
30c adjustable Window Screens, 24c.,
39c. adjustable window Screens, 29c.,
| fit any window.
ST .25 Screen Doors, well made and dura-
| Bile, all sizes, with all attachments, SIC.
| $500 Fancy Oak Screen Doors, all sizes,
| with all attachments, $1.39, just the thlng
| for q front door.
THESE BARGAINS IN OILCLoTH.
| 3oc. heavy Floor Oil Cloth, 19c. a yard.
csc. best quality Table Oil Cloth, l2c
10c. best quality Stair Oil Cloth, 15 inches
wide, 6 / &c. a yard.
UNDERWEAR SPECIALS.
Mems 25c. Gauze Under Shirts, 15c.
| Mems SOC. imported French balDrlggan
| shirts and drawers, long or snort sleeves
| 29c. each.
| shirts and drawers, colors are angola' jl ean,
| blue and cream, 75c. per SUIT, SOLD only
/ by the suit.
Mems 40c. pepperell Jean Drawers, double
Ladies fine Ribbed Vests, crochet neck
| 4c.. real value 10c.
/ Ladies fine yptian -thre ad RiDDed ests
| short sleeves, 15c., real value Goc.' ohi9
! three to each purchaser. ;,
We will buy your bargains from you II
/ case you become dissatisfied.
BLUM BROS, ssh St. $: s:
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Duty as Directed.

DR.. Pmem-Did you administer the opiats
at o O'Clock, as I direeted?"
Mrs. Camp with a sniffl-That did, sir.
But it seemed pity TO have to wake the
poor man out of the first sound sleep he's
had in four days to give 1t to him--New
York World.
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She Liked Excitement.

He-I don't believe in long engagements,
DO you, Miss Alithea?
She-No, Mr.. Bunthorn. / prefer short
ones and many of them.-Judge.
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Monday, S1.19.
100

Carpet Sweepers, called the
Kann Sweeper, made express
ly for our house by the Bissell
Co., and in order to introduce
the same, although they are
cheap at $3.50,
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This entire line of
Bargains can be found
in our Upholstery De-
partment, Third Floor.
Take the Elevator
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Monday, $t.9S.

$1.5o Hammocks, with pill
lows and spreader-woven bed,
In all colors,
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Monday, CSC.

80 pieces of Genuine Japa-
nese Gold Cloth, for all kinds
of drapery. Regular price
25c a yard.
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Monday, 17C.

5-foot wood pole with wood
fixtures and curtain Pins COM
plete. Colors of poles cherry,
walnut, ash and oak, worth acc
Monday, 25e.
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100
Monday at Ssc.
|, Floor, take the elevator
800
LIST Floor center.

Pieces of Silkaline, all choice
patterns, full width, extra fine
and sheer, sold everywhere at
I21zc a yard,
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NOT MANY

Items, but the few we have
advertised for tomorrow are
some of the best; these specials
are only to be found advertised
III Washington Times.
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Mexican Grass Hammocks,
large size, extra strong, regu-
lar price 75c-,
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Monday, 6 SAC.


Pillow Sham Holders, for sin
gle or double bed. very dura-
bic and light, sold everywhere
nf 0rC
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-06-05
FIFTH EDITION,
In superlor 6,,ht.


After argument until 1s O'Clock on the
tered Into the manufacture OF mortar by
the Charles Warner Company, Chief JUS.
tice Lore In Superior Court to day sus-
talnud the objection of Mr.. Nields which
was that as the company dealt In sand to
large extent aud was enabled to got Il
much cheaper than 1t could be bought In
the regular market and for this reaeon the
cost OF the sand could not be used to de.
termlne the profile.
The casa wac then resumed by the call.
Ing OF Mr.. Curry. who testified that 65. 1877
bushols OF lime enterad into the m anufao-
ture OF the 44S9l. COL pounds OF mortar
made from March, 1892, to February, 1894.
The pla,Ltln was asked how much money
wac saved on the prlos OF lime under The
now process OF manufacture, but Mr..
Nlelds objected and for while 1t looked
as though another lengthy argument
would follow. but Mr.. Ball changed the
form of his question aud the plalntlH re.
piled about 25 per cent. Tho coat price oil
the lime to the Charles Warner Company
was Is cents per bushel.
The plaintiff could slack as much lime
In seven hours us could twenty men In
ten hours. which meant ynst saving to
tho company under tho new process.
In tho capins case OF |. hamburger and
Sons Vs. Harry E Brackson. Walter
Hayes motioned for the quashing OF the
writ ard the discharge of the prisoner on
the ground that he WINS nonresident
and Lecause OF the ineuflicency OF the
affidavit The court agreed with him and
the prisoner was discharged. He resides
oil Salisbury. Md.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-06-05
Wanted Their Car Fnre,

Judge Ball rs usual was on tlms this
morning when $50 O'Clock arrived and
fhe hrst Gaze to be presented was that
@f Hans Lawrence. llans was al.
lowed to go on condition that he abstain
from Intoxicating drink for two years.
Officer Scott OF fishing fame, scooped ln
Conrad Moulton yesterday at Front and
bhipley streets. while intoxicated He
vac fined ~ and costs.
Officer Lyons found Peter McGlInehy In
Q ndrunkon condition along the railroad
hac denied the assertion and was given a
fhance 20 prove he was sober at the time
py having the case continued until tLls
eyeDlng,
The case of John NJ. PrItchett was con.
xlnued until Friday morning at S 30
O'clock. Pritchett ls charged with assuu ID
AMI battery on John A. Newell.
Samuel We'll was charged with adVortls.
Ing bogus sale of clothiug at 12s Market
street. and obtaining money under faise
pTetences.
Henry George not OF single tax fame,
however deposed he lived near Chesa.
peake City.
He read Wells advertisement In the
newspaper. came to this CITY und bought
pair OF pants for sl.75. He then asked
zaf MIS- car fare from Rlrkwood which was
% cents
y John NJ. Ward OF glasgow, testified he
Seht 10 the ole bought pair OF pnnt5
Tor . 50 and expected ~ cents back as hi q
gar fare to ana from Portef's station, lie
was refused and then gave the lpforma.
non ond the warrant was sworn out.
Samuel Myers testified he 8 Clothing
mhnufhcturer at Third and Market stret4ts,
thilauelyiln. The firm is going out OF tho
business and Well was eni tOyGd as agent
20 cell the Eoo'is at Der cent. Well has
eaen In business for the firm IN Connecti-
put before he came to Wilmington The
case at this stage was continued nn:lI this
evening ut O'Clock. The defoudaut was
: -FepEescnted by MIR. Marvel.