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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-08

The growth of weeds or other vege,
table growth while growing is not
detrimental to health; but after they
are cut they should be removed at
once. If lett to decay on the ground
they will soon produce an odor that
will become very liable to create dis.
ease. Weeds should be left growing
till they can be disposed of as soon as
they are cut.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-08
Pianos and Organs.

The fall season is come-and with
it good prospects of a good crop. Now
is the time for music loving people to
look out for pianos and organs of
standard makes at moderate prices.
These may be found at the establish.
ment of NJ. A. Malone, Columbia, s.
@. His new advertisement tells of the
instruments he can supply. He solic-
its correspondence, and he will
promptly furnish any desired informa.
ton. Drop him line.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-08

When one is hurried in mailing q
letter, and the only available postage
stamp is found to be without sufficient
glue, moisten the stamp, rub it on the
gummed flap of an envelope, and
quickly press it in place upon the let
ter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-08

We usually believe in Immortality
so far as to avoid preparation for
death and in mortality so far as to
avoid preparation for anything after
death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-08

Miss Jennie Fessier, of Mount Car
mel, Pa, who insists on sticking all
the needles she can find into her
arms, was removed TO the miners
hospital, where the physicians sue
ceeded in removing "a of the sharp
pointed instruments. DR.. Millard, of
Mount Carmel, had extracted Il nee
dies from the girls arm several weeks
opn
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31
Chicago Chronicle.

Snlcago Chron1cIe.
What has become of the safe blowers?
That is question which many Chicago
merchants ask one another when dis
cussing crime and criminals, not that
they regret the absence of the ganCIe-
men Of drill and powder, but IL bring
out opinions from those who have foc
a long time been immune from their
attentions.
The police and William \. Pinkerton
say the answer to the question is very
simple; that the safe yards thrown
around safes and strong BOXES III the
city in the way of electrical annunci-
ators, extra watchmen and police prove
too strong for the safe blowers and they
have taken to the country districts and
small towns where the chances of cap
ture are much reduced.
Years ago safe blowing was profit
able industry among Chicago criminals,
and the captures were not sufficient to
check the bold burglars, who entered
the great wholesale houses and worked
Tor hours on safes. One night six safes
were clown open in one building and
no arrests were made, the astonished
owners finding their property wrecked
when they arrived at their offices the
next morning. But of late years there
have been noticeable falling off in the
number of safes cracked until now
1t is sensation in the police depart
ment when report Of safe robbery
IS made In country towns and small
sites thu work goes merrily on, banks
Ggas rys5tofices are robbed and the bur-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

of the block. But when the safe is
connected with burglar alarm, as the
majority of them are, the safe-blowar
has no chance in the world He az
tempts to bore the door or to knock
off the combination knob and ms ant
ly big bell begins to ring blocks
away and continues to ring until some
one gets TO that safe.
WORK IS TOO RISKY.
LAS to the safes in grocery stores
and other places away from the down
town district, they don't have enough
in them to pay for the trouble and risk
of getting into them. Those small
shopkeepers usually are so afraid of
burglars that they hurry down town
and make deposit as soon as they
get couple of hundred dollars, and a
good safe cracker does not waaE to
spend his time and wear out his tools
boring into safe for $40 or $50.
1T is no trouble 70 get into the
average fireproof safe An ameteur
can do it. Of course, with a burglar
proof bank safe or vault it takes nitro
glycerine, but the people who put their
faith in safes would be surprised to
see how easily they can be broken
open. For all these reasons the safe
blowers have taken to the country and
the small cities, and there is more
Swallowing there now than there ever
was. Postofhces and banks and large
stores in the little towns may be rob-
bed with impunity, for, in the first
place, the police there Go not know
the safecrackers BY sight and they are
less liable to arrest in making their
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31
SAFE BLOWING 4 LOST AM IN BIG CITIES.

glars escape as usual but in Chicago
there has not been a safe blowing Of
any consequence for years.
DRIVEN OUT BY ELECTRICITY.
The reason safes are not cracked
in Chicago and other large cities as
they once WERE" said William Pin
kerton, is because we have made il
very Improbable for the safe-crackers
to attempt job. Three-fourtnS of the
safes and vaults in the business dis
trict Of Chicago are connected by cleo
trio wires with the Office of a protective
company and the instant one OF these
safes are tempered with an alarm bell
rings III the Office where a dozen men
are on duty waiting for such an &C.
currence. Nc bell rings where the safe
is. There is nothing to disturb the
burglar and if he keeps on with his
work we are very likely to catch him
in the act, as has been done half a
dozen times. Now, the expert safe
crackers all know this and for that
reason they give Chicago a wide berth.
Add to the protection of electricity the
fact that the buildings are all guarded
by watchmen and that the police are
quite numerous in the business dis
trict at night, and you will see the safe
cracker has not the show he used to
have.
1.-THE principal safeguard, however,
is electricity No matter how con-
scientiously watchman might make
his rounds lit might be possiDle for
couple of handy men to get into a
store and id a job between trips while
the watchm&n was in some other part
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

given tWenty-four hours to leave town
If they attempt to do a job here the
chances are they will be caught, and
the risk is too great Therefore, they
stay away from large cities and work
the country towns and cities, and they
work them good"
PETTY THIEVES ARE NUMEROUS.
Chicago is getting more Of smaller
graft, such as room working and
pocket picking, than il ever did before,
criminal occupations which are not
accompanied by any great risk or any
heavy penalties. The room and fat
worker is getting to be pretty good. BY
the way, ii might be well for women to
remember when they are going down
town TO do their shopping not to pull
down the window shades. Il is di-
rect hint to the fiat worker that no.
body is at home. Nine women out of
ten when they are ready to go out and
leave their fat empty will pull down
all the shades-they don't know why,
but just get into the habit Mr. Room
worker walks along the opposite side
OF the street and sees the shades
drawn on the second or third fiat OF
q building. He counts the houses to
the corner, say it is the sixth house.
Then he ambles around to the alley
and counts the sixth house and finds
the rear shades are drawn Then # is
a cinch no one Is az home He goes
up to the fat ard rings the bell or
knocks II any one is there to open
the door, OF course he has some ques-
ton to ask or something to sell. If
not he takes out his little bunch Of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

appearance in town than they would
be in Chicago. Then the safes have
no electrical attachments, the police
are scarce and the burglars can work
without molestation and get away.
That is what has become of the safe
blowers ana that is why Chicago is
free from them
FEW SAFE BLOWERS IN CHICAGO.
Lieutenant Michael Evans, superin-
tendent of the Bureau of identifica-
ton Of the Police Department, who
knows more crooks by sight and by
record than any man engaged in the
thief-catching business, agreed with
Mr.. Pinkerton thoroughly as to the
reasons for the freedom of large cities
from safe-blowers.
THE graft is not good" said Lieut..
Evans. 1--WE got after them so sharp
~ in various ways that it is seldom
they drift into Chicago now They
work the country, and they work it
good. for there they are not known,
but they steer clear of Chicago. There
is not a safe-blower or a bank robber
of any note in the country whose pic
ture | have not in the cabinets here.
with his record in the books. Many
of them are known by sight to the de-
tectiyes Of the central station. Be
sides, their movements are watched TO
a large extent by the police depart
ments of various cities, who CORE
spond with one another. Often we are
warned when a party OF safe-blowers
leave ST. Louis or some other city,
and We are on the lookout for them.
They are arrested at the depot and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

n CORRESPONDENT writ n G
~ from Odessa says: Within the
{ "A last few days there have ar
rived here eighty-five female
convicts from the central forwarding
prisons at Moscow and Kharkoff, for
embarkment to the penal island of
Sakhalien. Nearly the whole of
these wretched women have been con-
demned to deportation and hard labor
on capital charges or other equally
heinous crimes. About, one-third of
them are guilty of child murder.
About a score of these female con-
victs have been convicted of murder
ing their husbands, some of them no
doubt driven to the capital crime by
the brutal ill-usage which the Russian
law permits to the husbands ',discre-
tionary correction" while others are
the heroines-or the victims-of more
or less romantic tragedies.
Among those of the latter category
whom I saw yesterday there is a beau
tiful woman of about q years of age,
a lovely brunette, with dark liquid
eyes and with a supple and perfect
figure, which even the unsightly and
baggy prison garb failed entirely to
conceal. On this handsome convict
face there was not trace Of COM
junction or remorse; her features
wore the serene composure of immo-
biiity of absolute Indifference and fixed
resignation. She was forced into a
loveless marriage by landed proprie-
tor, who, failing to win her wifely af-
lection, made her life burden by his
studied brutality and by occasionally
locking her up in her apartments until
she was well nigh famished.
In neighboring proprietor the ILL
used wife found sympathetic friend,
and this friendship ultimately ripened
into a strong mutual affection. An
elopement was clendestinely planned
between the lovers and secretly be-
trayed by maid servant to the hus-
band The latter determined to sur
prise his wife in the act of leaving
his house and, at midnight rendez-
vous, she had just entered the carriage
provided by her protector when he
appeared upon the scene and attempt
ed, with many vile epithets, to forci-
bly, draw his wife home again. Before
her lover had time to intervene the
desperate woman drew her revolver
and shot her husband through the
heart, killing him on the spot.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

keys, opens the door and gets in. If
it is q spring lock he has in his inside
packet caseknife ground square and
fine and thin at the end. This will
slip IN between the door and the cas-
ing and move the bolt Of the lock. and
then he goes in and makes the fat
look as IL the family had moved out.
But the safe blower has no use for
the large city. Improved police meth
DDS, the number OF officers and Of
private watchmen and the general
adoption OF protective burglar alarm
systems has driven them TO the
woods"
Some OF the cleverest men the police
authorities of the country have to deal
with are the safe blowers and bank
workers. Many Of them are not mere
burglars: they are men Of brains and
skill, men Of good appearance and ad-
dress. The large amounts Of money
they secure enables some OF the high
rollers to dress well and live in style.
although the ordinary cheap safe blow
er spends his money as fast as he
gets it
SOME OF THE GOOD" MEN.
Macmillan Swinburn is one OF the
most famous bank robbers the coun-
try ever gaw and he has also q GRIM
inal record In Europe. He Is a man
of much polish and fluent linguist
and finds no difficulty In making his
way in circles far above those in winch
the ordinary thief moves. For this
reason it is extremely difficult for the
police to capture him. as - Is always
advised Of their movez but be
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31


n ONDON has a cemetery for
= dogs. 1t is behind the keepers
i \ cottage at Victoria Gate, Hyde
Park, and in it lie some 200 dogs
and about half dozen cats. Each
grave is sunk to depth of about two
feet six inches, and in some as many as
three dogs are lying. One dog buried
recently has been honored with a prop
erly built vault. When the dog died
the family solicitor was deputed to
make all arrangements for the inter-
ment, and it may be added that this
gentleman was faithful to his trust.
The dog was buried in a coffin of pol
ished oak, with silver mounIings, and
the lid, instead of being screwed on, is
secured by two locks, one at each end,
and the disconsolate owner posses the
keys.
AS dogs of all degrees are represent
ed, so their owners comprise all sorts
and conditions of men from the late
commander-in-chi Of the British ar
my, the pasrician priest of the Catholic
church and the greatest burlesque ac-
tress down to the faithful companion
Of the shop assistant. Many of the
stories Of the lost pets are touching
in the extreme. In July, 1892, Rev.
Lord Petre erected a little stone to
poor, dear Toppy.
Another stone tells its own story
more eloquently than the pen of great
writer. This is what we read: Curly,
faithful friend. He pined for his lost
mistress and died November, 1892 ;"
The tragic death Of a lady's dog is thus
recorded: "In memory of my dear little
Chinchilla Chilla)-lovely, loving,
most truly faithful. Poisoned July 81,
1895. GOD restore thee to me, so pray
eth thy ever-loving mistress. Helene"
The most interesting of the graves
is that occupied by the favorite dog
OF Miss Florence st. John, who has set
up characteristic epitaph on the
tombstone, upon which we read:
''Pompey, the favorite dog of Florence
St. John in life the foremost
friend, the first to welcome, foremost
to defend. Byron. 10 Nov, 1885,"
Miss Mabel Collins records the fact
that she celebrated her suffering pets
demise. In one instance dog lying
in this little graveyard has been hon
ored with a biography which was
printed for private circulation.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

HE Pacific schooner Emma and
Louisa recently went through a
severe experience. She sailed
June 20 from San Francisco to
explore the islands Of the gulf for gold
and guano, under concession obtain
ed from the Mexican government by
Jesse r. Grant and others.
Upon the approach of the schooner
near Tiburon the Serbs came off in
canoes and exhibited such dislike for
the whites that no attempt was made
to go ashore. The Serbs swarmed
around the schooner, their naked
bodies hideons With mud and paint,
and with their bows and arrows con
spicuously displayed.
Every night Indians could be seen
near by in score of canoes. Captain
Harris is positive that an attack would
have been made on the schooner if an
opportunity had presented itself. The
chief of the Indians boarded the
schooner the second day, but only to
beg. When asked for permission to
send number of men ashore he shook
his head and replied in Spanish that
the request could not be granted. For
hours the chief remained on the
schooner, finally leaving with the
twenty bucks that had escorted him to
the vessel. They were all large and
muscular, and except for the indie
scribable ferocity in their faces were
above the average Indians of the
southwest.
While on board the chief presented
Captain Harris with an ola filled with
a sort of meat stew, but none of the
crew dared to eat it. Later Captain
Harris fed a portion or the stuff to a
sea gull, which died in less than five
minutes from the effects of the poison
contained in the mixture. 1t was
learned from Mexicans in the gulf that
the Serbs poison meat by holding it be-
fore Tattlesnake until it is soaked
with venom.
Great quantities of hair seal exist in
the gulf. Captain Harris found evil
dence, however, that the Mexicans liv-
ing down the coast are killing them of
quite rapidly in order to get the oil.
On Consag rock, Georges island and
elsewhere fires had been built to dry
out the OIL The skins are of little or
no value. Tustles are found all through
the gulf by the million. The Indians
and Mexicans eat the turtles and be-
lieve the flesh gives them strength and
immunity from pulmonary diseases.
On the return voyage the Emma and
Louisa was almost wrecked by a sue
cession Of storms.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

! HE Hahnemann, which left New
caStle-on-Tyne the latter part of
January last, bound for San Fran
cisco, had run of PA days. Her
captain died and her crew incurred
scurVy from starvation. May 81 the
ship reached the Horn, ninety-nne
! days out, and encountered severe
squalls and sometimes gales, which
reached their height June Z, when the
seas carried away the starboard screen
and parts of the deckhouses, smashing
one OF the lifeboats. For several days
following this the yesse, labored heav-
lily, with spars and decks coated with
two inches of ice. June "a, four months
out, the vessel succeeded in rounding
the Horn, after having been kept south
of the cape for over three weeks.
On her northward course the Hahne-
mann again encountered Gains and
head winds, and it was at this time that
the shortage of provisions began to
make itself felt Captain Bindon, who
had been suffering from a mild attack
of erysipelas for several weeks, became
a great deal worse in the closing days
of June. July Is, feeling that his end
was near, he gave orders to run to Cal
lao, but before these commands were
carried out he died. Nine of the crew
contracted scurvy. July %, with the
water almost out, the ship drifted into
a rainstorm. The few members of the
crew who had strength enough left for
the labor spread the sails and so were
enabled to replenish the tanks.
The heat in the tropics was intense
and added to the sufferings of the sick
men. On August 26 the mate told the
crew that the -four was exhausted and
that he would be compelled to provide
them with rice as a substitute From
this time on provisions became more
and more scarce. The morning of Sep
TENDER II broke fine and clear. The
calm, however, still continued. The
allowance, barely enough for the sub
sistence of child, was served out, and
desperation was written on the face OF
every man aboard, when steamer
hove in sight on the lee bow.
The .rescuing steamer was the United
States training ship Adams, and as she
stood up underneath the bow and
swung around in answer to the signals
the crew of the Hahnemann sent up
feeble cheer.
With difficulty the second officer and
four Of the men launched a boat and
pulled aboard the steamer As soon az
the ships plight was made known TO
the captain of the Adams everything
possible was done for the men aboard
her.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

| r. EV. EMANUEL CHARLTON, of
* Gloucester Mass, is, with the
assistance of friends, fitting out
a gospel ship to minister to the
spiritual needs of the 1900 deep-sea
| fishermen sailing out Of New England
ports. A similar enterprise is success
full among the British fishermen. One
of the problems that puzzled the mis-
sion directors at first arose from the
action of trading boats from Holland
and France, called ''copers," which
had been in the habit of supplying the
fishing feet with bad spirits and to-
| bacco, and, having no rivals, had built
up fiourishing trade. -.
The North sea fisherman's time was
divided between furious spells OF work
and sna ches Of leisure which proved Of
little profit to them.
Before the days Of the mission there
was no recreation or change possible
for the smacksman, except that af-
forded by the arrival of the "copers. y
Their appearance was the signal for a
general orgie, and the fisherman's ca
pacity for work was for time spoiled,
in business which demands alertness
of action.
Nowadays the name of cooper" is
rarely spoken, for the Dutch and
French traders are almost entirely
driven from the field. The directors
Of the mission had the good horse
sense to engage to supply tobacco at q
rate favorably comparing with that OF
the 'copers," considering the quality
of the tobacco. The mission boat car
ries numbers OF books and papers, and
also warm clothing, gloves. mitts, etc,
gifts of kindly disposed people, for free
distribution.
Of course, the primary object Of the
mission was not lost sight Of
Through ministering to weary bodies
the mission workers hoped to reach
the souls. Nor have they met with
failure The fishermen take simple
delight in attending service on Sun
day, and they not only join in, but
generally manage to conduct the SER
vice, in a manner rough, but eloquent.
An eye witness says that it is a rare
treat to hear the harsh voices rolling
out the hymns or relating. expert
ences."
Fifteen years work among the Brit
ish fishermen, and the growth of the
mission feet from one to a dozen YES
sells in those years, show how urgent
was the necessity, and how profitable
to the fishermen has been the deep sea
mission.
The queens name stands at the head
OF the list of officers as the patron of
the society.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-31

N 1VERS and seafaring people are
interested in the descent made
by the Smith diving bell to the
Sunken PeWabic in Lake Huron.
which went down in 1865 with SCI 900
worth of copper. The vessel lies in
100 feet of water. Worden G. Smith,
OF Milwaukee, invented a diving bell
and organized a company to raise the
cargo, and the apparatus has been at
work for several weeks. While in the
vicinity j. S. Gadsden, agent of the
insurance company, had the experience
d, OF seeing charge of dynamite placed
an the vessel and fired off by cleo
ksrieity.
When we were about twenty feet
below the waters surface" said Mr..
Gadsden, in relating his experience in
the diving bell, there was a slight
leak at the edges of the cover, but as
we got down deeper the overhead
pressure was SO great that it was seal
ed tight and not drop came through.
We were in telephone communication
with the surface all the time and the
bell was lighted by electricity. We
were lowered first on one side of the
steamer, which we inspected 1t was
hazy day and rather dark, still at that
depth we could see the heads of the
bolts that held the gunwale of the
steamer in place at distance of six
or seven feet Through the glass in
the bottom and sides we could see be-
low us and on every side in the water.
"A piece of rock was lowered from
the surface, and it was pushed into
position where it would hold the cable
to which it was attached. Then a
piece of dynamite was lowered and
was placed in position in the same
way. An electric wire was attached
to it, and we told them to lift it up.
When the dynamite was exploded the
surface of the lake was greatly agi-
tated and large numbers of lake trout
were killed by the shock and soon
were found floating in the water. The
men on the barge were so eager in
gathering in the trout with nets that
they neglected to lower us to see the
big bubbles made at the bottom.
When we went down the sediment was
so agitated that we could see nothing.
Three weeks before the wife of
Captain Peterson, of Thunder Bay, her
sister and another lady were down in
the bell, 1t was the first time women
were ever at the bottom of the lake
and survived"