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Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09

for a new and fast selling article. Call after a. m., No 5l0 2ith St., north, near 9th ave.
 WANTED-Several first-class men or wo- men to collect and appoint agents on books. Salary and commission. R II. Woodward Co.,, Baltimore, Md. 5-9-2t. AGENTS WANTED-To insure depositors' bank accounts by selling the indellible check protector; 1t inks the perforattons absolutely impossible to- raise amounts; highly indorsed retails $5; large commis- sion. Wesley Mfg. Co.,, Times Building New York City. 5-2-wed-sun. WANTED-Agents to sell the new process window washer; best seller; exclusive ter ritory to hustlers sample 76c; ktefer WANTED-An experienced sewing machine traveller for the state Address; stating experience and references, Household Sew ing Machine Co.,, Chicago, H.
 5-S-4t-sun-tu-wed-thur
 WANTED-We want a few capable men to sell our Morris Telephone Desk; $2,OOO a year easily made by good salesmen; every telephone user buys at sight; recommend ed by every telephone exchange; retalls at $2; large discounts to agents; steady income for years supplying E. add1ti1niai attached to any telephone. Address The L. Watt Mfg. O., Cincinnati. o. WANTED-Agents best plan of fraternal life insurance extant; sells itself; bonanza for organizers. Address Royal Fraternal Union, St. Louis, Mo. AGENTS-Out6t free. No capital needed. One agent one day sold fifty bicycles. Weekly sales pay big profits. We make a high grade bicycle as low as $22. 5O Write quick, exclusive territory. Alpine Cycle Co.,, Cincinnati, o. 5-9-90. WANTED-Generala and local deputies as organizers who can build lodges for one of the most progressive fraternal life in surance orders, with many new and at tractive features; has ample reserve fund plan immediate relief benefit within twenty-four hours after death; cash pay ments for disability, or at expectation of life; unusually liberal Inducements, guar antee and permanent positions to good men. Address The Royal Fraternity, MinneapoliS. Minn,
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
CHEAP COLUMN
WANTED.

WANTED-To rent a nicely furnished room to one or two gentlemen. Address 1S2o Avenue E. b-9-3t
 WANTED-Pupil for piano; terms reasona- ble, by experienced teacher. Address Teacher, care State Herald. 5-9-2t.
 'WANTED-Two occupants for furnished room, with or without board; moderate terms Apply, Sl3 23d st. 5-5--tf WANTED-An idea; who can think of some simple thing to patent? protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth; write John Wedderburn & O., Dept. L, Patent At torneys, Washington, D. C., for. their s1.sOO prize offer and list of 1000 inyentions wanted. 2-14-yI-ly WANTED-To lease a good block of coal land, four miles of city; coal four feet thick. Address Coal" care State Her aid. 4-23-3tw-lm. WANTED-White and colored laborers at Cordova, Ala. Flint Building and con tracting Co. 5-l-u.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09

ANTED-Ladies--s sl50 in gold given away: ing but cash,prizes; read our proposition; 7 who can. form the greatest number of
 words from the letters in RESPONSE . BIL1TY? You can make Twenty or more
 woras; we feel sure, and if you do you you wiilereeeiye good reward, Do not
 English. Words alike but different mean otiafg ohi oe Proodns q5s ohs yerbsy isy aii ad
 ,rVerbs,' prefixes, suffixes, adjestives, proper nouns allowed. Andthing that
 ista legitimate word will be allow a ea,a 7. Work it out -in this manner: saole' R' eiTiSse these words in'' in .yoar s1ti aHome, a weekly paperrdevoted to the up- building of the south, will pay $50 in gold
 to the person able to make the largest list of words from the letters in the word RESPONSIBILITY; S20 for the second; !; l, sdd for the third, $5 for the fourth; $5 for
 the fifth, and ts2 each for the thirty next
 largest. list. The, above rewards are
 the purpose, of Attracting attention to the Dixfe' Home, an eight page, forty-eight column paper, devoted to the upbuilding and home life of the south price $1 per year. To enter the contest it is necessary
 for you to send 25 cents in stamps or sii- yer for a4three months trial subscription
 with your list of words. Lists should be
 The. mar mes and address of the successful contestants will be printed July l. Our
 publication was established 1895 and is constantly improving Make your list now.
 Address. Dixie Home Publishing Co.,, P.
 O. 326, Birmingham, Ala. 3-9-tf&w
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
PERSONAL.

T9 sA PERSONAL. --~<1<<~->- -l-l---S- = ~ HOW BIG IssYOUR BUsT?-Dr. Conway's Bust Tabloids is the only remedy on earth which enlarges the bust 1 to 10 inches; no injury; no appliances; no poisons; home treatment; $l0OO if we cannot sealed par ticulars 4c stamps. Conway Specific Co.,, 122 Boylston St., Boston. Mass. AUTHORS AND WRITER'S UNION, Charlton, Ia. Cash prizes; best serial, S25; short story, $15 poem, $10. Inclose return hostage
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
IF AND IF.

We will sell a choice South Highlan~s lot cheap, and lend the purchaser the moTrey five years at per cent. interest to build a house on it. No better proposition could be asked by any one who wants home. See?
 A. R. DEARBORN & CO, 1Q21 First
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
SALESMEN.

SALESMAN---s10 daily made selling our ma ccbipes for cooling rofrigerators; guaran- e'teed 75 per cent. cheaper than ice: charged
 agtieIes indefiniteIy: irdestrnctIble ever
 lasting; every owner of a refrigerator .-,lDlfys them exclusive agencies given good men. Address headquarters. Arctic Re- frgerator Co. Cincinnati, o. a5-S-2t-sun-tus.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
Telephone, No. 24.
FOR SALE.

FOh SALE.
 s2500-2-story residence, modern improve ments on lot 50x140, on Avenue E, near 18th street. 4g7f t,at--., t4>
 $S0Q-40, acres, two miles from city. $1 1500--2-story S-room residence in good re- pair, at 311 18th street.
 Slo,OO0--One of the handsomest homes on South Highlands
 s2,0OO-S-room dwelling, No. 1917 Avenue D. $2,400-Lot S0x215, Highland ave-; very choice . ,..at...-.+n. ments on lot 100X200, South Highlands. s6O0O-Handsome South Highland home on lot 100x200. [. f-
 $220O- South Highland cottage on lot BOX $l2OO--Lot 6Ox175, Eleventh ave, south very nice.
 $2,2OO-New Groom residence Avenue B. near goth, on lot 50X190.
 $5000-Brick store house on lot 25x140 1st avenue. between 18th and 18th streets; a SIS, Splendid block of well improved property; great bargain.
 MOTION & STICKNEY. Phone 221. z. 11S15 18th St. RrCVET,ES STAHPARD ,ee7 models ut reducel prices for limited time. Write quick for particulars. SUPREME E CYCI,h CO. S1. Louis. Nc.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
FOR SALE


 sG00-G3 acre farm log houses, barn, stablei well, etca; 20 acres in cultivation, on Tennessee road s miles out; one-third cash, balance 1 and years.
 S2, 100--75 acres near Iskoda, S-room houses stock wagons, tools, etc., fine spring was ter. ...e s sss $500-~Cash; 5A acres, blocks from electric cars at Fowler station, Woodlawn; under feQce.a ,.l.fs.. ,sSEsczr4ss><l J $4, $4,0oo-=5ex19o, with s-Foem modern house, on sth ave, near 18th street; $1,00O cash, balance long time. $2,i50-One=third cash, balance l. and 3 years, corner lot 100 feet front on 9th ave. {; Groom house in splendid location. .-'. S9,59e-Sex1 +0--7-feom- house, 9th ave, be- tween 24th and 18th sts.
 $300-One-third cash, balance $10 month, 100x190 on 9th ave, near 18th St.; this is a pickup. i..s
 $3, 3,2OO-S-room 2-story house on Avenue J, near 10th St.; fronts south.
 $90O-6Ox175 on 11th ave, near 10th St., South Highlands.
 $500-50x10O 4-room house. Smlthfeld, fronting east, near boulevard.
 $. E. THOMPSON, Telephone, No. 24. 215 Fist St.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THIS LIST.
 s.-s.ssf-.ssi FOR SALE

rents for $1 GOO. ss,.s s4,50O-S,rooms. residence, good location, South Highlands ss $3,500-7-room lsfesidence, good location, South Highlands.sss5A
 $2,500-S-roome residence, Avenue D, be- tween 18th and. 20th sts xss=,.... $S.Ooo-6-room residences Sixth averfue, be tween Fist and 22d sts. 2s7-
 $10,0O0-25x14O, 3-story building, Second ave-, renting well. S4,OOO-25x14o, .S-story building, Second aye, renting we'll. renting well. a
 s65OO-25xl40, S-story brick, Second avenue, building cost .$12, 300.
 8 furnished residences on South High lands for rent fersthe summer. Prices, two at $25 per month and one at $35 all within a block of electric car line.
 Money to loan on central business and residence property.
 W. N. MALONE & CO.,. Fire Insurance and Real Estate Agents, 2017 First aya0lla
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09

successful treatment of opium, morphine, ehloral and cocaine habit. Elegant accommodations; very best care; terms reasonable. M. F. Pen- field, manager, East Chattanooga, Tenn. 5-S-4t-sun
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
SITUATION WANTED.

WANTED-1000 900 men ana iadles to buy shoes of D. B. Luster the fashionable boot and shoemaker, and dealer in shoes, leather and findings, 2l7 18th street. 4-5-sun-tf
 WANTED-Situation in an office with some reliable firm as clerk or bookkeeper or stenographer and typewriter; am young man of good moral habits, energetic and reliable and want a position badly. Ad. dress, B. C., care State Herald. o-b-t1 SITUATION WANTED-Position as stem ographer and typewriter. Best references furnished. Address B, room Potter bldg. 5-4-20t.
 WANTED-Positon as office boy. Ad- dress c. M. w., care State Herald 5-11-tf.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09

WANTED-Salesman, to represent factory '9 making celebrated, high grade overall, "a apecialty in that line; liberal commits s sion paid to right man; must have knowl- : edge of the trade and come with first i class references from business houses.
 Give full information as to territory, COW
 cred. age, present or former employer, -@etc. O. l.. H.. Box 179, Saint Albans. Vt.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
FEMALE HELP WANTED.


 LADIES WANTED-To try for s5,2425O given away We offer the above amount to the readers of this paper who can make word ENTHUSIASTIC. The first prize is a $700 upright piano: the second prize, a set of Century Dictionary; the third prize, Worcester bicycle; the fourth prize, a Monarch bicycle; the fifth, a White bi- cycle; the sixth, Racycle (you have your choice of wheels-ladies' or gentlemen's); the seventh, one set Standard Dictionary D the eighth, one Webster's International Dictionary, and 425 cash prizes, and 400 dress patterns, and 167 cameras-in all l. GOO prizes. We give these prizes to intro duce our great popular ladies pa- :. per. Womans, World and .,, Jennesss ..it 1t three 1Gti mo7rt6s for 25 cents, and nlistd Here is a chance to win grand prize by a little effort. No canvassins. < World and Jenness Miller Monthly. We win send it three months for 20 cents, and full rules and regulations how to make a list. Hhere is a chance to win grand '' prize by little effoffrt. No canvassing. Why not ,send today and make list for the piano lor4one of the bicycles? The awards will be made by Rev. Jcs Sander ,. son, D,D., ,LL,D,. John Habberton and Horatio Algef, Jr. If you will mention : he name of the paper you see this adver- adisement in, and send 25 cents now for Y three months subscription and for full :. rules and regulations, we will send you 3s free, as, an extra present, Robt. Louis riand, :" a 2OO-page book Address, enclosing 25 cents in stamps or silver, Woman's s Werld;s Dept; c. A, p end A N. William N street. New York. N Y,
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
sMIsCE1;LANssou

SPECIAL DESIGNS of fnrniture and In- terior finish. and sash. doors and blinds made by Hawkins L,ii,ber' Company. 18th street and Powell avenue. 4-5-tf-sun
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
FOR SALE.


 FOR SALE-Handsome broom cottage, 5th st., East Lake, 100xl5O, corner First ave; perfect order, good garden, strawberries '. peaches, pears, asparagus, grapes, etc. i; q. good well. A bargain. Call room 403 ChalifouX Bldg. FOR SALE-A grocery and ship chandler of renting the same at reasonable terms. 5sApply to John Marques, Mobile, Ala. Jf~l 4-l0-taW-St
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09

BARGAINS FOR SALE. Residence Eighth avenuue, North, $5, GOO. Vacant lot, 100x100 feet, $700.
 Vacant lot South Twentieth street, $3, 150 Vacant lot South 18th street, $1200 Vacant lot Highland avenue, $2,500. Six residences, paying r per cent, S5, S00 Three brick residences, paying 15 per cent $7000.
 Elegant South Highland residence. s15.- Elegant South Highland residence, $7, 500 Residence, North Side, 19 rooms s2,250 Residence. North Side 19 rooms, $5,250. Lovely farm, close in s, 800.
 Residence, 5th avenue, North, S6,250. = :. 25 foot 1ot.2d avenue and 23d street, north, $1,000 E,.< 5z1~ ,.,,. z Brick store 2d avenue, $15 900. j. Brick store 2d avenue, S7 800 Brick store, 1st avenue, $14,000 House and lot, 4th avenue $2,000. Brick store, 20th street, ,000.
 sf<f.s w. B. LEEDY & CO.,, Telephone 42. szse-. 3- ' 1141a N. Fist. St. ts
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
Yle,rs BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.


 FREE INFORMATION and how to make profitable investments; 20 years experi- U efce on Chicago board of trade and New York and Chicago stock exchanges. Safe ana sure plan explained in our new book sleJS How to Make Money" and "All About Stocks.' Markets letters free. The .iIime for action is now; never were better opportunities offered $25 to S1OO of your in- come may lay the foundation to fortune. Address at once Lincoln & Co.,, Bankers and Bi okers, Department l, 123-125 La Sadie street. Chicago. 10-20-sun-1y DO YOU SPECULATE?-"Guid to Sue cessfu Speculation" mailed free. Wheat U Rnoyison, cotton and stock speculation on Limited margin thoroughly explained; cor respondence solicited. Warren, Ford & 7 Co, Il Wall street. New York. 5-3-1yr-sun CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE-Write for our Expose of Bucket Shops" Invest ,yors. Manual etc; free. References any Chicago bank. c. A. Whyland & Co., tirain Provisions and Stocks 10 Pacific ave, Chicago. Members Chicago Board of Trade and Stock Exchange since 1S0.
 s. sit m fn- . 4-11-6t-sun FOR, SALE-Valuable improvement in nursing bottle. Provided with flexible covering which prevents bottle from being broken and yet allows same to be readily hreansed. Efficient and durable. Very simple and cheap. For particulars ad- .ticess Maggie Sanders. care John Wedder- bu:a & Co, patent attorneys. Washing ton, D. c.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-Elegantly furnished rooms, f ceol and clean, 75c. to $1.50 per week. Board z, If desil ed, $250 per week. 2l0lia 2d ave. FOR RENT-Half of house to couple with
 out children; sS per month: references ex- - changed. 1905 7th ave.
 FOR RENT-Wcll connected furnished
 rooms; also store room at 172S 4th ave. FOR RENT-A comfortably furnished front
 room on South Highlands, with or without S board; private family. Address "C," care ' State Herald. 4-27-tf. FOR RENT-Furnished rooms; 1902 9th ave.
 4-25-tf.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09

sSALESMEN-S3O weekly salary and eX- 'penses paid statesmen for cigars; experi- ~sence unnecessary; permanent position. r7CThe w. L. Kline Co, St. Louis, Mo.
 4-3-St-su&wed
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
BoARDBRs WANTED.


 BEANS STATION, P. O., East Tenn.-Mn- eral Hill summer resort open for guests and visitors; located near Ia te's Spring and one-quarter mile from the depot; nine different waters; Sulphurs, Epson, Lithia, etc.; terms reasonable. W. J. Heacker, T Prop. 5-5-25t
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
LOST.
LOANS.

'LOST-Saturday, May 1. ring set with three
 diamonds, about 5s carat each; liberal re- z ward for return to 2125 2d ave. 5-6-3t
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09

--?r------.I-o-rH removal from $l0 up. s. R. Searle 17th street, between 1st and 2d avenues.
 my 2-tf
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09

k STOCKHOLDERS MEETfNGs ! IA meeting of the stockholders of the Age Herald Publishing Company Is hereby call cd, to be held on "Wednesday, May 26, 1897, fit 12 clock at the office of the Age Herald Publishing Compafy, Birmingham, Ala, for the purpose or mprtgaging its property real, personal and franchises to secure a loan of money.
 This 24th day of April, 1897. --
 c. A. MOUNTJOY, Prest.
 H. M Wilson, Secy oaw-4t.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
AGENTS WANTED.

->--~------<c------>------ -7-7-->---' =, -c = I WANTED-Agents at once ladies and gents for a new and fast selling article Call after a. m., No. 5l0 2ith St., north, near 9th ave.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09

E-SLESMEN-Fo cigars; s125 monthly and .expenses; old established house; experi- 'ence unnecessary. c. c. Bishop Co.,, St.
 Louis. 4-25-sun-4t.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09

WANTED-Several first-class men or wo- men to collect and appoint agents on books. Salary and commission. R.. H. Woodward Co. Baltimore. Md. 5-9-2t.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04

Gus livelihood by looking for scraps OF
food accidentally left around.
1t happened that the men always
kept bottle of oil uncorked, and fas-
tened by wire to a certain part of the
machinery. 1t was in constantu use. One
evening the thoughtful rat betook him
self to a study of this bottle. 1t lay
open temptingly before him. It's con-
tents would make him fat and shiny,
and a social leader among his COM
panions.
Could he not get at the oil2 He
scratched his head and thought hard
er. Then his thinking gave brilliant
result. He had a tail-what use was he
making of it? This tail was an oppor-
tunity, and he had been wasting it,
but now he could use it.
Immediately he inserted the long tail
as far as it would go into the narrow
neck of the bottle and soaked it thor
oughly in oil. Then he withdrew it and
licked the oil carefully from Off it. Aft
err that he repeated the same process as
often as he felt hungry. A little judi
ciously selected wood provided the
necessary solid element in this diet. He
became fat and sleek and a leader
among rats.
One day he was taking n copious meal
of oil, when he realized that he had for
gotten his hereditary caution, and that
man was watching him. The man
showed no sign of attacking him, but
rather a pleased curiosity, and the rat
therefore stayed. The result of this
meeting was that in time the rat got
into the habit of taking his meals in
the presence of the workmen, and that
to have killed SO clever creature would
have been regarded as crime. He led
a happy life, and died of oil and years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04

ordinary cat. Indeed, it is more like a
dog; for it will follow it's master any
where, hunt with him and fight for
him.
Scientists have been very much puz-
zled to know why the Manx cat is not
provided with a tail, like others of its
kind, and a great many theories have
been advanced to account for it. The
general opinion now seems to be that
the first ManX cats, living hundreds of
years ago, sat down too much. That
sounds odd, doesn't it?
The soil of the Isle of Man is very
damp, and the air, also, is full of moist
ure, and the early cats in sitting on
their launches acquired some disease
of the tail, so scientists think, and
gradually the tail disappeared entirely.
The Manx cat is not the only tailless
cat. In Siam and Burmah there is cat
with tail only half the ordinary length
and curled up in knot like pigs tail,
md in the Crimea there lives race of
cats entirely without tails and having
the general appearance of Manx CATS
Chicago Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
TWO LITTLE BOYS.


little bad boy with little cross face
Came slowly downstairs in the morning;
or fun or good nature he showed not a
trace;
He fretted and cried without warning
He'd not touch his breakfast, he'd not go
and play;
If you spoke he Just answered by snarl-
ing:
He teased his pet kitty; and all the long
day
He really was ''nobody's darling"
A little good boy, with little bright face
Came down in the morning time singing,
And indoors and out, and all over the place,
His laughter and music wenI ringing.
He ran grandpa's errands: his orange he
shared
With Sue; and he found mammals
thimble;
To do what was asked he seemed always
prepared,
And in doing it equally nimble.
These two little boys. who are wholly ur-
like,
Though they live in one house. are not
brothers;
That good little lad and that bad little tyke
Have not two kind fathers and mothers
But there are two tempers to only one boy,
And one is indeed such sad one
That when with the good one he brings us
all JOY,
We ask: HAS he really bad one?"
F. K. Batchelder. in Outlook.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
Hymns and Boiled Eggs.

Bishop Paret, of this city, some time
ago was the guest of an Episcopal fam
lily in West Virginia. Learning from the
bishop that he liked hard boiled eggs
for breakfast, his hostess went to the
kitchen to boil them herself. While
so engaged she began to sing the first
stanza of the hymn "Rock of Ages"
Then she sang the second stanza, the
bishop, who was in the dining-room,
joining in. When it was finished, there
was silence, and the bishop remarked:
"Why not sing the third verse;"
"The third verse;" replied the lady,
as she came into the dining-rooan, carry
ing the steaming eggs. ooh, that's not
necessary"
81 don't understand" replied Bishop
Paret.
"Oh, you see," she said, when am
cooking eggs, always sing one verse
for soft-boiled and two for hard-boiled."
Baltimore Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
The Skinner Was a Rat.

The London Field tells this story:
"a rat was caught alive on board a
British naval vessel in trap, and the
beast was thrown from the trap into
the water without being killed. A large
gull that was following in the wake of
the ship opickup scraps of food thrown
,sverboard by the steward, stopped sew
cral times, endeavoring to pick the rat
up. Once the bird got too close to the
rats jaws and the beast grabbed it by
the neck. After q short fight the rat
succeeded in killing the bird. When
the gull was dead the rat scrambled
upon the birds body, and, hoist
ing one wing as a sail, and US
ing the other as a rudder, sue
ceeded in steering for the shore.
Whether the rat reached shore or not is
a question, since the ship soon got out
of sight of the skipper and it's craft"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
THE CARRIER PIGEON.
An Explorers Wife Cheered by the Mes
sage That 1t Brought.

One day wonderful bird tapped at
the window of Mrs. Nansen's house at
Christiana. Instantly the window was
opened and the wife of the famous arctic
explorer in another moment covered
the little messenger with kisses and
caresses, says the Philadelphia Times.
The carrier pigeon had been away from
the cottage 80 long months, but it had
not forgotten the way home. 1t brought
q note from hansen stating that all was
going on well with him and his expedi-
ton in the polar regions. hansen had
fastened message to carrier pigeon
and turned the bird loose. The frail
courier darted out into the blizzardly
air. 1t few like an arrow over 1000
miles of frozen waste and then sped for
ward over another 1000 miles of ocean
and plains and forests, and one morning
entered the window of the waiting mis-
tress and delivered the message which
she had been awaiting so anxiously. We
boast of human pluck, sagacity and en-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
Hanged and Then Vanished.

An English custom of not SO long
ago was to hang smugglers on gibbets
arranged along the coasts, and then
tar the bodies that they might be pre-
served long while, as a warning to
other culpriCs. AS late as 1922 three
men thus vanished could have been
seen hanging from Dover castle. Some
times the process was extended to rob-
bers, assassins, incendiaries and other
criminals. John Painter, who fired the
dockyard at Portsmouth, was first
hanged and then tarred in 1776. From
time to time he was given fresh coat
of varnish, and thus was made to last
nearly IA years. The weird custom did
not stop smuggling or other crimes,
but no doubt it worked some influence
as preventive.