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The thlefs at work."
Camera cried William. jumping W. IN
bring my gun"
40. you won't" sAId his father. You won I
need H.. lie won't bother us. Sevos mind your
clothes, but hurry up"
80 William got his camera and took the pio-
ture.
Better take several. William said the old
man; In case any body should call you a liar
when you tell about IT,"
To add authority To the picture. Farmer Patch
himself posed with milk pail and stool. and tho
p!g oblGinsly kept on break fasting until he was
photographed from several points OF view,
These pictures are framed In mnnv \ parlor In
fairlee now. and one NJ them WAS brought to
THE SuS by "a friend ~ the Patch family, so
that the extraordinary case OF the lsrc-nnu- Mig
might he set forth Ia n way Ia attest Its truth.
The pix himself Is pork. cooked, served, and
eaten. William wanted him brought up and
educated further. on the ground that a pig with
his Intelligence could be taught To do almost
ANYTHING: hut the old man vetoed that.
= No, sir" said lac. We'll nip that career Of
crime 10 the bud. Why. he'd cuniAtninnte tho
whole barnyard IL we let him alone. First. you
know he'd be teaching the other pigs to nnd tho
places where the hens lay and eat the eggs, or
he'd be leading old Towser asiray by showing
him how 10 tap. tho barrel and get drunk on
hard cider. No. sir: he's smart, but he's
crooked. Well XIII him now. and ! only hope
the other pigs won't take after him."
They hadn't up to last accounts. Nelly made
n russ FOR n few MORNINGS when her pig d id MT
appear. hut eho soon got over her second be-
renyement, and Is now doing as we'll BY the milk
pail Ms could DO expected.
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the local records before him. figured out that.
In seventy Ave years. the progeny OF this ono
woman IN almshou. SEES. trial court'. prisons.
and correctional institutions. involved the
Goyernmont In AN expense OF 81. $50. 900.
We recognize the right 10 protect ourselves
rom the abnormally vicious by combining them
Tor a season In prisons and warehouses; from
the violently insan. by placing them in asy-
lnms. and from individuals having Infectious
seem not to have cached tn, stage OF prophy-
tactical experiments which takes future genrr-
ATOMS into consideration and shields them
from misiOrtunrs preyentable by us,
According 10 Prof. pellniAnn, one dissolute
woman was the proUonitor OF a line OF rrimi-
nails and ontcasts that IN seventy years cost
the ,terman poople 81 .nbO, 900. averaging above
$4,000 n year. But that did not end IL. Down
through the ages 20 the descendants NJ thiso one
within tho power ~ Germany 10 have pre-.
vented the criminal and correctional expense
which started with Frau JurGh. IT, Is possibio
for us. where II Il confessed and judicialIy de-
termined, as In the Barberi case, that an indi-
viaual Is impreGneted with an incradlcabie
th,nt, 70 prevent all possibility OF future dan
London. recently. protected hsrsslf and tho
people Or ENGLAND iron, a kleptomaniac by
further expense aud danger by permitting her
to depart the Kingdom for her native country.
receive her self-confessed taint In this conn.
try; why then should sho go at large In our
midst. transmit her faint unhtndered. and sub
dsnce and tho judgment NJ the court slow 10
be imminent and probable? Restraint beyond
the possibility OF breeding while In tn . coun.
Try would DO q sAlutary pIecaution of great
value To the future. Freedom 20 20 TO her own
country. should she so Wish, might be optional.
among rms satians Ace. OF tho y,i spirit Of warfare
large, armies and fosters 4 rapidly increasing
6onnlatiSn. Thus ne time 10 propitlous, for
fed OF all talnt.
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THE CASE.
city Magistrate Druers View OF Turning
Loose the Murdrress.

i've
Loose tho Murd~ress
From tho North american Journal ~ Homeopathy.
II was an atrocious and inexcusabie murder.
Yielding IN Cataldo's passion WAS q voluntary
act on her part, She In arrested, trled. con-
victed. and sentenced for murder. An impul-
sivo and misguided sentiment brings some
weil-known citizens prominently Tor ward 10
applaud h"r act and condemn tho verdict.
She Is assisted In prosecuting an appeal, n tech
nloal error Is discovered, judgment Is reversed.
and a now trial granted. Her second trial he
gan Nov, 10 aud ended Dec. 10, with n verdict
Of acquIttal. Not that she did not do the kill
ing. for that was admitted, but that Fhe did It
while In a state OF ''psychicsl epilepsy" dur.
ing which she was personally Irresponsible.
She was.:.a poor, ignorant. unattractiye so-
man. and neither abe nor her family and
friends had tho means or the influence To carry
on q vigorous defence, nevertheless this i'm
pecuninus woman secured counsel. obtained
medical testimony to support a defence OF ir,
court and Jury for three weeks. put the city TO
an extraordinary expense OF $40. 900 for medt.
cal ex pert testimony. anh Il acquitted OF muir
dor. What stronger rGfutA;ion could be had
OF the suggestion frequently heard that the
RI II and powerful alone can evade justice IN
Il has beon judicially determined, and, ther-
fore, can nowhere be questioned. that this
woman Inherited u malad\ which, when pro-
voked or excited. will divest her utterly OF
self ,ontrol and impel her 70 do the most afro
cious acts and commit thu most brutal crimes.
she commended that this malady was In the
family blood and came To her through u long
limo ~ ancestry. Her medical experts sup.
ported this contention anu the Jury practically
so found. That question, so far ms her case 10
concerned, Is now res ddVudicdtd. She and her
friends have no right to dispute IL. II trans
mitted TO her she Is quite cepable OF transmit
ting IL 20 posterity, Therefore, this woman,
still young, il sent out Into the world, the pro-
linc source OF endless crime and i1oAloulAble
expense to vox and embarrass future genera
tivns In this country.
A clear idea Of the probable injury thus on
tailed on the future may be gathered from
the Investigations Of Prof. Psllmann of the
Bonn Up,versity, In his study OF hereditary
who diod .in. 1900 aud who was a drunkard.
tramp, aud thief for the last forty yrars OF her
life. Hor descendants numbered S34, OF
whom TOO we're, traced from youth. to death.
One hundred and six wern born out OF wedlock.
One hundred and forty.two were bezgars. and
sixty'four more lived On charity, or the WON.
the family 70 c%onvicts. z a. whom were sen-
tsa0sd Tor murder. Prof. 'Psllmaan. having
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the country. IL that Is brisk and times are
prosperous the bicycle business will boom cor
respondinxly. but the business world ls some
what a. a standsttll now and Is likely to remain
so until this tarir question Il settlyt."
don't agree with YOU Ut ALL said the
other manufacturer. People viii almost 20
without bread to get bicycles. They are going
70 have wheels, tarir or no tariff. good times or
bad times. The bicycle business Is booming.
After. THIS show Is over nobody who handles
bieycles Will be tale. and the show has proved
that every body, from tho man who sells cooking
stow % 10 the one y ho supplies watches. IL deal
Ing In wheels. Those who don't keep wheols
for sale. rent, or hire, keep something TO be worn
By wheelers.. It's wheels. wheels. wheels from
morning until night. and soon Il will be wheels
from night until morning. too. I'm thinking.
The manufacturer last year were only part.
" prepared for this boom In single wheels and
tandems. and the indications are that they will
md Themselves in the same box this year. Cy-
cling never had such n rrm hold on tho public
mind "a II has now. and one has only to mix
with the crowd To realize this"
That's right" said the cynic. as the crowd
made Tor the door, regrettIng that the show did
not last two weeks instead ~ one. =" and before
the next annual show comes on i'm going 10
Join the procession"
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A COW MILK ED BY A IRA.
Farmer Patch Discovers at Last the Thief
Who Was stcniins H.. MIN.


Who Was sicniing His Mnk
All his Life Samuel Patch has owned and run
n farm on tho shores OF Lake Mercy. Falrl-o
Post once. Vermont ana all his life he has
kept q quiet and well-conducted assortment OF
live stock. 1t remained for a pig OF this years
growth to bring open shame upon the Patch
barnyard by a crime which is know in legal
parlanco as larceny from the person. the In.
dividual upon whom the theft was committed
being the moody COW Nelly. The THE. was
caught and photographed, ed-handed. or. to be
more accurate, white mputhed, as his greed had
outrun his capacity, and tho picture herewith
printed Is a reproduction OF exhibit No. / In the
Lake Morey Animal Rogue's Gallery.
But for tho detective instincts Of Farmer
Patch, the thief would never have been discov.
cred. For some time the COW In the case was
supposed TO be at fault and tho small quantity
OF milk to be derived from her was laid to some
bovine and personal peculiarly OF her own. She
had calved oil right. the calf had been torn ruth
lessiv away from Nelly amid the lamentations
OF both. and Neliy's contribution to the species
had been directed into tho milk pals ~ tho
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When | found him he was sitting on one Of tho
benches, with q lot Of tired-out suburbanitrs. and
was glad enough 10 have me ex plain to him that
there are bicycles for all sorts and oond tions Of
mon, women, and children. l told him he could
was with him. or one Tor himself ,ha, he could
share with his wife. or that he could own one
s shss w@ %a. Safr ioi Z p sI% ,h SS"' ,Es1 n,% arc or w a. sis
that will carry three. four. five. siX. or seven
riders. and others that are mems wheels one
minute AND womsn's wheels the next, he Imply
When began TO run over a few Of the hun.
wheel, telling him where hs could see them, he
frankly oWnsd that lac thought u bicycle was n
complete machine that you bought. mastered,
mounted, rode away, and that was tho end OF II,
A person so ignorant about wheels Is u real, live
curiosity In THIS age Of wheeling. isn't her"
ward aud away from tho plump little figure In
bIoo ners. because he, too. learned some things
toward a aueer. looking couple pha, drew q biz
was portly and strutted' around like a pont-r
pigeon. He wore Rn Did fashlOned frock coat
that would have done a Methodist circuit rider
proud. trousers Of a large plaid pattern. IA fancy
waistooAt. and an immense gray wool hat. This
woman wore the regulation country brides cos
tune of pale gray and n conscious look. lie
patient In. instructing her. aud she hung on
every word that he uttered about cranks, gears,
Spr9skst'. ana C ains. FINALLY he said
you want 'em."
ouu khNu MS arm u ilttle pat anu bhlu!
| do. II you want me TO have one. I
don't care = cent II mother does think It's inn
proper for Il woman To get Rstride a wheel. |
don't bslong TO her nov do | 2"
n by ,Golly. You don't" answered tho happy
man. as he gave place to II crowd OF college
boys: This, WAS more than the oynic could
sIand. lie had been pushed and pulled, ierked
and damned, squeezed and showed until he felt
AL his time had come TO drop to pieces. He
sat down with n line OF tired suhurbaniLos, and
thought he would try tho gymnastics OF rest
that ne had been hearing about. The first
step Is 10 look away at an Imaginary
horizon and rest The mind through the
eye. He looked, but in every direc-
tion men and women with wheels In their heads
moved around from exhibit 10 exhibit and
thlked as fast as their tongues could wag.
When the music stopped there was a lull, but
ns soon rs II started, again the wheel talk went
on more confrsedly than ever. Finally he
thought he would try looking M at the ceiling.
Tier upon tier OF down-turnea faces met his eye.
The galleries were damned with people too
tired TO walk another stem. but all unwilling TO
leave the exhibition, They bad gone through
the show and were now happy In looking
down on the endless procession of new
corners below. II the cSac had been the phi.
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that band. Woman. ,hi, I. tho finest
yet Listen to 'em. Everybody Is talking
wheels. wheels. wheels. l love to hear EN-.
don't you ! tel you the wheel 10 the greatest
Invention OF the century. People. told me 1t
would pull the fesh on me. Well. It's been .
little disAppoiutine In that particular. but |
don't gain any these days. and my rides keep
me In love with myself and everybody else.
They make me forget all my troubles and"
A plump girl 10 boomers wsdged In right IN
front OF the cynic. and before he knew Il he
was As much interested In her and what she
had 10 say a. he bad been In Jack sprAtt and
his wife. The bloomerits wasted no time In
looking at loop. frame wheels. She did me- talk
TO any body In the crowd. either, but dealt dSect-
ly with the representative OF concerns who
call themselves missionaries. After talking
over some particular i'm provements in q wheel
Of q certain MAKE shs said to the authority;
"Dont you feel sorry for the people who
don't ride that stray In here p
II don't know. Why should II"
The cynic drew up stiil nearer.
oh. because q cycle show IL confusion. worse
confouDdsd to them. IL you'll believe It, an
old man. who has been all over every where.
actually told me = while ago that he didn't know
that there were more than half . dozen differ
ent makes, and he dropped in here 20 see what
kino Of . show they could get up. He was par
alyzed when no found that there arc hundreds.
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which is 1850 tons lightweight and 1900
tons measurement. Tho very little sldewheel.
square.r!rced steamship heeling to port on the
starboard quarter of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
~giantess 10 the American steamship Savannah.
the nrst vessel propel,cd by steam that ever
crossed the Atlantic. The illustration lie taken
from the French paper. IL ldoii.
The Savannah measured $50 tons. The Penn
sylvania's displacement 10 about 23,4OO tons.
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paddle wheels could be unshirpcd and put on
deck In stormy weather.
She left Savannah amid the plaudits OF crowds
that lined the hnrbor front for Liverpool. where
she arrived after q voyage Of twenty-five days.
She was the wonder OF the shipping world on
tho other side. She carried on her voyage
She cost about $500 In her log. which IL
still in existence, there are entries showing that
the paddle wheels were taken Ia ON deck several
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CAMEO czsRrsx A1EoA1.

The New Hs-su~G Lsssr Fenasyiverts
.nd The First ste.nser TO Gross the Ocean.
The colossal steamship shown In this picture
10 tho twin screw Neutrality-suspicious. liner
Pennsylvania. the largest cargo carrier 10 this
world. She is also . passenger ship. but she 10
distinguished chiefly for her carrying capacity,
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io.ophsr that he thought himsslf he would have
joined these people In one OF the galleries
end seated himself. at . point Of vantage 70
enjoy the sights and the band concert, but he
was no more philosophers than the most enthu-
plastic cyclist. Aftor pulling himself together
ne made his way upstairs only to take his place
In the procession and push along at q snsirs
pace through all. tho rooms. lie watched
the people snatchlnR literature concerning
the various wheels and their accessories,
and no heard q great many complaints
about there being no souvenirs this year.
lie was amazed when he looked down and
found his own. arms nlled with a stack OF cir-
culars and catalogues OF sufficient thickness To
weigh pounds. He heard men aud women bear
witness that the wheel had cured them OF this,
that or the other .ailment. He heard from
others that tho wheel had made them unselnsh
and good-humored, while still others declared
IL had DESTROYED a taste for smoking. drinking,
ana swearing. Business men told that II had
helped their business. and finally he stopped TO
hear " manufacturer talk about the prospect
OF tho spring trade In wheels.
Il don't think we can toll anything abont
I, tsriS S''n aue .GoaTe'' sn %''' sns and Tess on sIey ,hs
trade depends upon tho general trade Of
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times; II required only thirty minutes TO un-
ship them. A description OF the paddle wheels
says. They were Enclosed in canvas, held in
place by iron rims. instead OF the paddle box"
On her trip TO LIVERPOOL the Savannah used
her engine fourteen days and on the other days,
when the wind was favorable, she used sails
only. She sailed from Savannah to ST. Peters
burg, where the Russians had n chance to
stare at and admire her. She sailed thence to
savannah. whore her machinery was taken ont
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1t was great fun TO fall in with the crowd
snJvhsre. a. Il surged around from booth 70
booth. Themost striking thing about the throng
va that all classes were present at all times Of
HE day, and they moved along together on .
perfectly friendly footing. The artisan ex-
hanged IDEAS with the artist, the man with an
immense income listened respec tfnlly 70 the
'pinions OF the man who has TO work hard TO
Atsiy his hunger: and women In Jewels aud
'urs and furbslows chatted with the girls
who serve them in the shops. The fat
consulted the thin and Tho thin poured out thsir
condolences to the fat regarding the value Of the
.heel when II comes to putting on and pulling
"a .voirdupoi.. Tots of boys and girls discussed
.olfings, reinforcement chains, dress guards.
iandls bars, and saddles as giibly as did their
ss brothers and sisters. and whits-haired men
rnswsd their youth. The show demonstrates
PORE clearly than ever that wheeling belongs
70 'ounr and old. rich and poor. little and big.
,pens while one ds, watching the whselers a.
,sey came and won't. made up his mind 10 get In
ne crowd; hs Is one OF those men who always
= Atgued that tho bicycle IL . hobby. that IT'S
,~opulsIity VIII not last that when people lake
70 anythihg so enthusiastically they always
dIi In !. f Ssistl S;s snd so 90, IL: @h.pp.Gsd :: fsli
rhsy stopped IN front Of the sThibit made b.;
sss eynio stopped, too. The elrrs eyes grew
Tighter, and her cheeks Rlowed as she put her
sasd on a loop frame before her. and, stroking
~ me would, a %fevorite dog. exclaimed
I'M, 10 the wheel I ride"
upnos. ;sid her escort. Ierking IN a bit, II
,ihueed II H." sho went on enthusiastically.
hssueh = pity you aren't mp on wheels snd
s,I,rnnnsi thsn you conld appreciate its superb
Stt.nly, hut do let mo show you a point
40 The catalogue says that the lend
s.sy thIs wear II toward much HIGHER
wars Many manufacturers Of hinh-grads ana
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plying between Savannah and this pori. Sl,e
hnAlly. was wrecked on Long Island.
Tho big Pennsylvania arrived here last week
from tho yards OF her builders, Hurland x
Woln OF Belfast. She has two sets OF uuadruplo
expansion engines. which work independently
" about fourteen knots an hour. Com lori,
rather than speed, was the chief consideration
IN her construction. Sho IL ass feet long, O2
feet Team. and AZ feet deep. She can carry 200
passengers In the nrst cabin. 100 In the second
cabin, and 200 In the strerage,
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being inserted in 6anxs and tvisteS
over the. rim as in 'oe. this years hub has studs
In H. and the spokes sre put In direct from the
extra sleeve on the inside in the front and rear.
direct"
That's straight. for the catalogue says 20.
How delightful. eh. Alley 2" said the young
woman, remembering once moro her escort.
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ford wheels. and have long ago como to believe
that the fesn.and-blood horse is . tame animal
compared with the steel steed. After these
came that class Of people who own both horses
md wheels. Most OF them dashed M In their
carriages. So It was tho whole week through.
Everybody went to the cycle show.
OF course the show was q serious thing to
those up.in cycle cult. To the uninitiated, who
know no more about wheels and wheeling than
Q rat does about the flavor OF cat meat, the
Grand Central Palace was merely . place TO
study what they called another weak side Of
human nature. It was amusing 10 an outsider 10
watch the enthusiasts. The irst thing they did
on entering the hall was to rush around until
the space occupied by the manufacturer Of their
isvorite wheels was found. Nine times out Of ten
they did not even stop to see what tho improve
nents In the '97 model were, but heAved . great
,igh OF relief or a grosn OF regret. according to
the creditsble or discroditabls display made By
their pet makers. Later they looked over the
Nov eonsclentiou,ly and thoroughly.
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va 10 bVTH.
."Y-e-s. I suppose So" he answered. "but
and"
We'll. ! wouldn't. own Il in this dsy of
whseis, wheelers. and wheeling she broke In
thority had been talking about was Greek TO the
cyntc, he smiled. A very stout. short man and q
and the young couple.
Amt Il a great show ~ said the man.
Garden" she answered.
Yes, rs, too. greater no contended; Its
a heap higher. We've just come In on tho
main floor. Why. you ain't seen nothing yet.
This show Ia In stories begins on the ground
hoor, where We are now. and rises. up like tho
pagoda In the centre crowned with a circle of
~ models studded with electric lights. and look
up at the two galleries with all the lights and
buntins and people. Floors filled with bikes and
bike hxings open on. those galleries. Listen 10
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RUSH FROM
The Miners Are Fleeing to Escape
starvation.

starvation.
San Francisco, Nov 1.-The Alaska
Commercial COmpany's steamer Excel
sior, Captain Higgins, arrived tonight,
IA days from ST. Michaels and 81
days from Unalaska, the only interme-
diate port at which she stopped. She
brought 5000 ounces of gold, all be-
longing TO the Alaska Commercial
Company. No miners came down on
her. She carried three passengers
Mr.. and Mrs Ducos, who started some
time since for Dawson City. and got no
further than St. Michaels, and Edward
Hamilton, the journalist.
There has been no recent cOmmuni-
cation with Dawson City, the Yukon
being impossible, but the latest infor-
nation received from Fort Yukon,
which now constitutes the base of sup
plies, is to the effect that the people
are swarming out of Dawson City and
Circle City 10y every possible means 10
escape suffering and possible starva-
ton. Small boats can still be used on
portions of the Yukon, and in one OF
these an agent for the Alaska CONNER
cial Company came down from Circle
City to Fort Yukon He confirms the
reports of a great scarcity of provisions
at all the mining camps. Those who
succeed in getting out in time will be
very fortunate, for hunger will surely
be the fate Of most Of the midwinter
hUallars IN I'll. EIn,I;Ea
The rush TO escape from the gold
fields exceeds the influx, and the indi-
cations are that a large colony will
winter at Fort Yukon.
Captain Higgins, of the Excelsior,
confirms the news CT the probable loss
OF a portion of the whaling feet, but
a add no details to those brought
down by the Thrasher. He also tells
of the rescue of the men of the Nevarch
from an ice foe, but says there were 10
saved, and not IA, as at first supposed.
1t is not expected that much, if any,
gold will come down this season, I'M
less some OF the miners succeed in
reaching sailing points by land routes
from the interior. Sam Wall and
some other newspaper correspondents
got as far as Circle City. so miles from
Dawson, but were obliged to retrace
their way to Fort Yukon, where food is
o~btainable. They may remain there
until spring, but it is more likely, if
opportunity offers. that they will try
TO reach St. Michaels and return home
to recuperate for a fresh start next
spring. Captain Higgins says it is
worse than folly for any one to go to
Alaska now.