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witt and an6 ,,,',' ..,e. slsb 90
Robbins av, n CNr l1Oth st. uOXlOI; Chcs.
tor + Reynolds vs. Amelia Buschmann 224 50
Mott av. W cor l44tA s., IUxIOO, Frank
Butche VS. Carl Briudback and ano ...... IL 90
CsrrnA vs. Carl j Bricdback aud ano ,,.i.' IL 90
Wendnver ay. =. 1p3. = W 3d av. 6O.t1 irregi
Julius Mueller vs. Eta Wolf. ............ 4o1 90
mon ct al ~ -. 80
mon ct al .,.'...>. .'''O. 7s
5sth st. 33s to 842 r; Goo W WMcklehorouEh
ws JOS Is Bloomngdalr ct al ..... ......''. $50 90
Grews aud anu '...1.'..",1......... 81 90
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Assignments Of Mortgages,

Cohn. Rehecca, to the State Bank. ........... non
Dcyine, Peter ]. To Thomas Devine...... 81 600
committeo. &c.,.,.',,''.-,,..'''"'"...' - " BLOC
nae as COMMITTEES, Ic......'-"'..'.-..'' $4,000
Klinker. Anna {, to Arthur J Levy..,...... $500
bali -, '''.'..........-.., SOC
Sears, David, to Alfred W Svaman....... 1000
seaman. Alfred p " to Liberty Realty Co. 27UOt
Soyak. Frank, to Cyrus Hitchcock........,. 81.
Iuinbull. Roht j. and ano. trustees, &c, to
John Scrrven ............ ................ nom
Maurer .....,,...'. ........,.............. 5000
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Recorded Leases.
Duane at, I: Henry Jurgens to rhos K Cho

Duane at. 1 Henry Jurgens to Thos K Choc.
MOI, - yrs. ....'....-.....
Goerck At, cor Stanton st: Barnet Ham
burger to Rosenlwoig Friedman, . yrs.
Houston st, lS5. cor Orchard st: Carl
Frank to Nathan RoseuZweig and ano,
yrs ............ .......... ............. ...
Lexington av, 2Os2 2oS4; John G Thomp.
son to Thus Ryan. yrs...................,.
Sd ar. Il2. Morris doldstein to Patrick b
Burns, 8 yrs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Sd av. 6oa: Manly A Rutland and ano to
Geo S ODowd & yrs .....................
Sd av. 22e7. Ludwig Baumann to Adolph
4th av. 31s' Margaret Jones to John T
Noble. yrs s......,.......,,.........
sth av. 23d5, John Parr TO Chas W Wheat.
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Omcial Transfers.

ioS &as1 ~ Starr soS n'a'R So.
xi3sTI,li il1i4s; Minnie Yetter to torne. 1900
AVA. :, |s.4 n 10Th st. 25176; Esther
shapiro to Max Weiss ........:.......,... $4,000
rictta Binn to Albert J Adams. .......,... 80 900
Brook avs cor Wendoyer ay. ?6Ilo4ax
25Il"A.lo; Vim Oestng and wife TO
BIf?"in" It. Nv n ", cor Ludiqv y; David y
kidansky aud anO to Samuel WaCht......:
Eat rS14"a s1 & TO- +, hdx T% Walton ct al 80 600
Eldridgc st. 10. :. l2d.T Hester st, POLO
Xo",dx2l.2I,n.s; Louis ciordon to Harris
Elton ay, n " cor I5,th st. 251o9.Gi Fer,di.
: uand llccht ct al to Paul Mayer. .,'....,... l
Ks 2lX : iooN II; exr Catherine Hogan
ucrry st, ipI, rs, 25xs7.G; Theresa samuels
to Max linmGn and @ ano..,:.,,,,,, ,,..,.,.
thau. 23d ward MaXimlan Mu-EenthAu
and wife to james b Powers .....,. ......, 300
th1H, ~ a$I ward, Mp!imiiiSn Mor;snthau
and wife to Richard Patterson and wife s75
Lntul. map 1870 lots, 2%d ward. of grantor:
Maximilian Morgcnthau and wife to Ida
Lot. liz to IL map i5o lo,s. 2ad ward. Of -
grantor; ,MaAimiiian Morsenthau and
Lot ': - map 10 Sitn l"ts 2sd ward of erantor
MaHlmitlan Morgenihau and wife to Good
Lot s.. map iiolots 2ad ward, Of grantor;
MaKimil an Morsrpthau and wife to Lizzie
Lots 2i to 81. AZ to %. map 1870 lots. 2sd
ward. OF grantor; Maximilian Morgenthau
Lots a 4 auI / AZ man l6n lots c3i ward of
grant n. Nnximilan Morpenthau and wife
tH ti", r..,. : Wolworth '-. Vs. 1000
Lot, 81 ~ r.3 and ii man lSD lois prop
Of NJ MDr,,n han oad ward, MaIim;linn
MorrutLau To- ,anes McIiarry ~ q 200
Lots 81 and 80 man / 40 lots prop of
Mnr,er tIInu Dad ward. Naximiiian Nor.
rrnrhnu To- Anne Garrety .N 1900
I,Vt ~ na man I,,O lots prop OF VI Moruen.
thau .Si ward Maxilnilian Morventhau
to Julius and Harry Bachrach .,..;;..;... $50
Lois t ~ iet I" 80 man westrhester Hei;bts
WestcLest@r and Van Srst Lana e., To- MAY
Lufficr -.,,...."''
lot 10 man 100 lots NIaxin,ilian Morgan.
thsn; MaTiinilan Mor@anthan 10 Danini
Denny
Lot, n and 5H man !, 30 lots Maximilian
Morccnthau; Maximiiian Morgenthau 70
L ' M.smtan s i ",i MonEcnRnn 20 ISrEs1 PatTaE
Devinr -. ..,,, ~ 400
Lots ~ ~ and lO7 map ~ lots Maximil.
MOrRrnthAl; MaXlmilian MOrgruthAu
H. 'John Toinniisky '.,' " ~ ''1 2a2b
Lots l24 and l26 map 1870 lots Macmillan
SGn II Praytr NoFH'"'nau 10 900
Madison av n 9 cor l22d st, 2O.llElOO;
MADISON av' - e ~ 2WS 8Stl At, 26IIih;
Harris Fahuestock 10 Addie d SicEerson 1lhOOO
Madison av. 272 VS.. 24sxi2o; LeauderE r
Mott q, Isl VS., 2SIi6o; Barnet Levy, eIr, "''''
Norfaik ' st. l2s DV'S' cor RiIin.ton ST. NicIo
sysr ia"n a. 70 % IS,'i Roseis st. eaIioo; Irv
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0eth ct. $. 375 Central Park West, 5o11oo5;
Emily Bryant vs Louis Allen TO declare trust &c)
attys, Bullowa X b.
HHth u. So 375 W Central Park West. 5o11oo.5;
Emily Bryant VS. Louis Allen ct al ito cancel deed,
&c); attys. BullOwaE b.
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ana e jS69 $4,000
to Livingston wetmore.. .....,,,......,..., 100
aad 4, 5z1 Y: aSIioO.S; johanna Horuis
4$sh y igs '1Ss ". isGi1Si aiIs ,io,ss.s;
sShg' SE.s' Sdfss sesEGssa sns 10000
az e WIN Z g Chandler snd 100
Amory ...',.,....,,. 16leo
bacher to sophie Mlnton ,.',..'.'.,,'',. $4,000
ME and Philip Beck to the cheroiec Club. I2.76o
and ano, eIrs, 70 R ii irri.Cn ,.'''''.,. ' i.IAo
Spp ppTS and .no sa to az X 'SMS1iSat Mosan
sun aarsn st s;T,. ssS :. t.1nsisn s3ni022 100
s%eds and vie IL 70 Anna "a Gt,siS' Wsf1 'onn
Q wchrum to VIM ii Fain ......>.,....o.... 10000
lGta c.sS e GS.a5tS AZ S.rl 100
os 3, Elizabeth Elliot to CAROLINE d Finley il75o
1o7th st, all W. 2OIiOo11; Perez stew.
Art, Art and @ sno TO TO ANDREW Patterson .;, 100
l12th F1aa.r,d2 st. "a w % sSIlooi Walter Reid to
Iisth Us. as i.t av 251ioo.io VIM
tav witten borg to Peter Srhlafor. ..,.......
oretia g Cloves and .no to John Robert.
fsid ct Al II to "a Augusta Weller s1' i'O"cD
xIRhon.. hcxsnauor tIit :, q 70 "A Annie Res.n
l2Uth ,T sIHw Of IN =. av ,.i51r 251loS S,
man ..-....,..... $3.50
man and wife to Ellen Morse ,..'.,.,,,".. 1000
18tth ct, W, 26xgp.ll: Adolph Balschun
and wife to Bernhard Manner. ............
14Oth st 8 $, 100 y Amsterdam av. 25x9p.11;
Arthur 4. Lnrta to Walter ID. starr. ........
Sarah Dickson ct al ..',.,,i,,.....o...', $500
153d OF. W cor Melrose av, 2i.4xloo; 10.
seph Welch to Carsten II Bohlen ....... 1000
172d st. Z. lO5 W Washington av; 4bIlO5;
Walter Mclndoe to Chas II Schroeder 1900
hanty. ref, to Ernst. Marx. Nathan Co '..', 1000
l76th st, 3, 100 " 1th av, 5pN43.lN5O
ert c RAthbone '.,..',,.'.,. $500
17sth st. "a cor Madison av, 96reO. .eIYs.21
900; Chas Bull and wife to Harry O
1soth ST. ss, 1926 " Amsterdam av. 5ox1oo;
Wadsworth av, e 8. 4p.l1 n 1s4th at, 5OI
rs; John Semer to Mary Llen...
1Soth ST. 6. old line. IL Mapes av. old
line. o.lx1o2 IL. John PFarrell to Charles
Bjorkegren Observation-Disclosures.
1sOth st. = old line pol Mapes av. FAX
Locser ct al ,'',.tI''. 1900
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East Seventy fifth street. Nos. 237 and 23a
north side. l25 feet west OF Second avenue
b3.4xlO2.2. two four-story stone front tene
ments: foreclosure sale joseph Hobeman VS.
Isaac Wolf ct al. Lewnson. Kohler 4 Schatt
man, attorneys: Quinton Corwine. referee
due on judgment. S3.S84.44 and interest
costs and allowances. 81 '3O9 and interest
taxes. assessments, &c. S50h63 and interest
prior mortgages. S2B.OOO and interest.
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MINING MACHINERY FRASER & CHALMERS
Nl 40 Broadway, New York, manufacturers of min
Ing and smelling machinery. Estimates on mining,
milling and smelling supplies promptly furniAAed.
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SEND STAMP FOR
EWTON'S 81 MINER RDARbISG

reliable descriptive list If best hotels and coun-
try boarding places with rates. routes of travel
Is. I. NEWTON, lot Broadway. New York
An IRISH CATHOLIC HOME ON the farm at Lib.
"a rrty, y V, telephone, toilets and baths, mile
from Catholic church, table first class. Address
WASHINGTON bros.
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Court of Appeals Calendar.
MINING VIEWS.

SARATOGA, June I5.-Court of Appeals calendar fo
tomorrow: Nos Al. ~. Al. 80, pl3, g. - and 81.
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Auction Sales To-Day.


BY WILLIAM NJ. RYAN.
Kirkside avenue. east side. 844.9 feet north
OF Wellesley street. Twenty fourth lward. 50x
Cooperative Building and Loan Association
VS.. William Limmer ct al; William Langdon.
attorney j. Edward Swanstrom. referee: due
on Judgment, $4.HI7O2 and interest costs and
slowances, S2'S q: taxes and water rates.
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VIRGINIA.
Country 1oard Wantcd.

BOARD waited for l2.yoaroll boy on farm, near
ID water, within 20 miles 81 New York city give
particulars dnG b. ~ terms TO months. July and
August Address School, box 200 sun otlr',
l,ENTIE EMAN lusIrcs rrst class arcumluolqtiun
" tHr N" summer with II hye or ten o. INIT of
Brighton ~ Manhattan Re lrh; larlr cool room
with breakfast and dinner Please send fun particu
lars to BlITLEN, box l2u sun office,
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BUTCHER HOUSE
M0N0N0TTO INN,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

With or without money drop Httarhmonts. rent 4
Tor the summer months or bought easy terms.
For particulars cAll or write. T. r. Bt T., I'm Err
Decker building, Union square, New York
LoWERRE. NoSKEHs, \. y, close to Van
Cortlandt Park, on limo Vow York and Putnam Rail
way. from 18th Rv. l. ruad al ln,th st. 40 minutes
from city Hall. AprNGte family will accommodate
q few huarltrs for the summer; references cN-
changed. For terms address Mrs. HuEMMER, Van.
slice
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aflrairaI,


OF THE CRY OF NEw YORK MEDICAL DEPARr.
ndsr OLD h bR GRiNbLEs !" synSc @ no'GS m
blood and skin diseases. pains III bones, red spots,
ney and bladder COMPLAINTS scalding Inflammation.
gravel undeNeioped organs. weak Oak Lost vitality.
Men about 10 marry should consult OLD DIR GRIN.
DE ENrry r%"hy smn"RrrS I0 MI'
oID bR. GRISTfE never fails One" over Il year;
at III West 18th ST. between 'ith and 7th avs. Ad.
vice free. Mediciucsi. Hours eto9 sundays 0to 8.
OLD DIR. GREY, A. years II specialist in
diseases Of men only. Quickest permanent our9
pois1m. KIN dIs'ascs kiin,y AMI bladder trouble,
weaklras, nervous debility. errors Of youth. had
wage S"S S CoWsult I'D br Ore, nr.t he is the "ii.
.ni'sn"1 and the icnsrs, IN Er'r,ss Of any %
Fast 9Th St. near Union e!uarr Hours to s" sun
icine only 30 cents. No charge unless cured.
A DIR, AND MRS SIMPSON. The leading special
private 'anltarium; trained nrrs"s treatment guar.
antecd; fre" Connd"ntlal advice. - to 81. - West
27th st., near broadway.
A.-A.-A.-OUICKEST PERMAS SEST
CURE in diseases Of men, dangerous cases solicited;
r"licfat once those dgsins only hrstclassSc
ion-chur III West 3Ist st.. 10 =, Ito i. sundays.
10 tol.
A -nR CoNRAD'ssANlTARUM Scientific skill:
"A. full treatment of all dI-"a,csu uf women private
ye .H' ,3r I@sRi,t b@s
% W wS, 4h st. .@ il 1 r G5 !" gtn t9t booklet
DN AND MRS; REINHARp - West AID at
rl f'mal" INA fl4 S2mEilSn, ,r G ,r.4p;r ] .$isHa m
safety guaranteed, "" wears 'Nr'r,"nre.
nocTOR MRS. HoHLMANN treats female irregu-
L lantlcs; singh. lnarn"d 80 SearN experience;
Ill-ith Av, near 4Nth ST.
W positively cure all female Irregularities
w turn money; regular physician, 80 wears, ex.
pcriComre, cGnsultston free. pr. and Mrs. AMEs,
7 TREE plLl.s.--Iadtcs;, functional rrcgularues
: Iymod!ed, anxiety nll@syy A.gth". ares 81
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The New York Realty Bond. Exchange and
Trust Company has bought from Harriet L.
Schuyler through John F. Doyle l. Sons the
old buildings Nos. 52O and 622 Broadway.
25xlOO.
Schneider & Bachraqh, have sold to Abre-
ham Bachrach the old building on lot 25x1O3 3.
No. ,i07 East Thirteenth street A six-story
tencnent will be erected by the buyer.
i. Isaacs has sold the four story high stoop
house No. East Eighty-sxth street.
4, The Thomas Gcraty estate has sold the
three story brick house. on lot 25x1O22, No.
81 East Seventy ninth street.
James l.. Putnam has bought the old dwell
Ing. on lot 25ND2. No l3 East Sixteenth street.
for about S,i5. 900
Levin HerzberG has bought through Miles 4
Helfor the old buildings Nos. 45 and a Di-
vision street.
=, lillian Preuss has sold to MIR. Broderlok
the lot; 331Si on the south side OF 149th
Julius Bachrach has sold to Morris Green the
six story tenement. on lot 24.10xlO6. No. 244
second street
Frederick Zittel has, sold four lots on the.
south sid of Ninetleth h street. 100 feet east Of
Amsterdam avenue. for immediate improve
mcnt.
Il, A. Maclaire has sold the house No. 2O95
Tiebout avenue to Mrs. Elizabeth Helburn.
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West Side.
FURNISHED Rooms & apartments to I

East Side.
I EXINGTON AV.. 100 corner 27th Gt.,-Iady alone
IL would let handsome cool parlor. or suite, to
parties apprccatug refined home and surroundings
board optional KREBAEh,
17Tn ST., 1870 EAST. .--Desirablo cool, we'll fur.
nished rooms large aud small. for gentlemen
27TH ST, 13o EAsT-CCorner housed. Desirable
PLY AiciAn's or dentists ofioe.
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REAL ESTATE NEWS.

Dealing in realty yesterday was slightly moro
active than for some time past Two rather
important transactions were reported. one be-
Ing purchase OF Broadway property by the
New York Realty Bond, Exchange and Trust
Company, and the other the sale OF d wellng z
adjoining an upper Fifth avenue corner.
In the legal sales in the auction room the
plaintiffs we're largely represented among the
buyers. Auctioneer InRraham sold fourteen
OF the eighteen lots on Morningside Heights
which were owned by the Central National
Bank. The prices realized seemed fairly good.
but President Langdon OF the bank was not
satisfied and ordered the withdrawal Of the
balance of the Offering.
Max Marx has already disposed OF the lots
purchased by him from c. II. Brown. The
property is located on SedRwick. Lind and
Lawrence avenues and Graham Square. and
consists Of about forty lots. This quick resale
and the success which attended the Cammann
sale speak wcll for realty on University Heights.
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GENTLEMAN S RESIDENCE, Furnished, To Rent
Sclrrt Board.
Fast Side.

Fast Side.
A LARGE and small handsome cool rooms, with
"A. hrst.cla,S board, Southemors accommodated
1872 Fast 10th st,
| EXTINCTION AN., 44H, near Grand Oentral.-FX-
IL CcptUnally I'm" rrOms, en- suite or single.
pcrior accommodations; lOard uptiouRl special ar.
ruuGemrnts To- parties using own furniture,
MADISON Az. ds-Nowly decorated; furnished
-'l thrOughuut suites with private baths single
rooms, service dainty; table sUmptuou-, pArlOr din
ing room; cultured p"uplo Will md ideal hume
references imperative.
MADISON AN.. ~ Boarders wanted largo and
4'l small rooms handsomely furnished; centrally
located superior board, transients.
DSTH ST, 1lH FAST near Madison Squnrcl.-
~ Handsome large and small rooms: delightful
table board reasonable.
DSTH ST. loS EAsT.--Nrwly furnished double
- and ~lngl" rooms; with board strictly FIRST
class family house
West Side.
9TH ST., l67 wEST-Suito three handsome
III rooms and bath single room, Suutlerners aC-
commodated; board II desired
STU ST, 81 WEST. fourth.Aoor front
oI room closet; running water; hall room; large
closet. references,
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"PRINTED MATTER, 6c.-German steamers sailing
on Tuesdays take Printed Matter, &c., for Ger.
many, and Specially Addressed Printed Matter,
&c., for other parts Of Europe. American and
White Star steamers on Wednesdays, German
steamers on Thursdays and Cunard French and
German steamers saturdays take Printed
Matter &c, for all countries for which they are
advertised to carry mails.
After the closing OF the Supplementary Trans-
atlantic Mails named above additional supplement-
mails are opened on the piers of the American,
English, French and German steamers and remain
open until within Ten Minutes of tho hour Of sail.
ing of steamer.
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FURNISHED aooms s apartments to gst
West Side.

( CORNELL, HTth st. and Central Park West.-Cool.
" comfortable rooms; meals optional; permanent
, rpa
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
MECHANICAL CARD CHEATING.

MECHANICAL CARD CHEATING.
One of the most successful of the meth
ods employed is shown in the accompany
ing illustration. A mechanical device is
employed to carry cards up the sleeve of
the operator. Houdini says there are
only 20 of these in existence, and they
cost $115 each. The device consists of an
extension frame, with a spring grip at
the end of it, into which a card, or a
number of cards, can be slipped at pleas
ure whenever it is extended within reach
of the palm. 1t is operated by an appE-
ance strapped TO the chest of the opera
tor and worked by respiration. Drawing
in the breath and expanding it extends
and contracts the card slip attachment,
which is strapped to the bare arm under
the coat sleeve of the operator. The first
figure shows the machine contracted; the
second shows it extended, with the card
which is to he sleeved in the palm; the
third shows the card inserted in the clip
ready to be drawn under the sleeve; the
fourth shows the clip closed, with the
card safely under cover. When the de-
sired number of cards have been manipu-
lated in this way to suit the gamblers
wishes, the set is thrown back into his
hand, with, of course, disastrous conse-
quences to his opponent and perfect Sc
curity apparently against discovery of
the cheat.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
SURE Death IN DRINKS
France Is Frightened Over the
Consumption of Absinth.
s'KILLiNG THE LITTLE WGRM."

Wood Alcohol and Petroleum Have
Become Popular StimuIapts-Vitri-
oil Used In Making Cheap Drinks
For the roOr.
France is getting frightened over the
evils of absinth drinking, and a system
attic crusade has been organized against
the consumption of the deceptive liquor.
Drinking shops in the poorer quarters
of Paris are open at 4 o'clock in the
morning. aIl even then there are shiver-
ing men and women who have braved the
uipping air TO kill the little worm.' as
they call their thirst for drink In the
poor quarters. writes Eduard Page Gas
ton, l have seen by night little groups of
women put their drink money into a com
mon fund 50 the amount of alcohol ! .ay
he bit larger than if they had bought
separately, and they drink it oftentimes
in its full strength. This use of meat"
drinks Is steadily growing. So fierce Is
the appetite for the strongest Installations
that the law compels chemists to sell
methylated spirits only in colored form,
which means that they are poisoned. Al
eohol from wood Is deadly, but popular
with them. In Paris they drink ether, i'll
the north of France turpentine is grow
ing in popularity, and here and there q
case is found where kerosene oil is taken,
although this is generally done secretly.
Petroleum especially has a terrible effect
and causes severe vomiting and other
sickness until the stomach becomes in
ured to the horrible practice.
Normandy is the most drunken of all
the departments in the republic. While
the fishermen and peasantry of the north
coast are bad enough as men, the women
are worse. So besotted have many of
these people become that they work but
five hours week, earning but enough for
the barest necessities of life and to keep
themselves in drink. So keen is the de
sire for liquor that on the farms, after
the apples have been pressed for cider
making, they are put through a fermenta-
ton and another milling to gain further
intoXicant from the rancid mass. Much
the same is done with grapes in some
sections.
Ii absinthism is not checked, France
may go insane as a nation. 1t is only a
few years since two old women living in
a secluded mountain valley in Switzer-
land gave out their secret for brewing !
drink of rare quality from the little alb
smith plants growing only in that local |
ity, but now absinth is known around |
The world. Nowhere has its sale grown |
to so great or threatening proportion as
In France, where its excessive use annu- |
ally drives thousands to wild insanity. \ |
friend of mine here in Paris had an Eng |
llsh cOachman who was a model servant |
for years, but who was noticed as be- |
coming a trihe erratic. One day he was |
driving out with two of the children
when Sudden frenzy seized him. and he |
attacked them to do murder. 1t was only |
by help being at hand that he was over
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
UP TO DATE BANDITS.
Row the Business IL Worked TO the
Limit yn CuI,H

My boy" remarked an old time Gu
ban to correspondent of the New York
Sun, there never WIS time when the
bandit industry in Cuba was not worked
- the limit, even during the last few
years of the war. One does not hear
much about them just now. for private
griefs have been Cclipsed hy national
wrongs. And people were not apt to do
much talking. anyway. for the reasons
have just given. Cuban bandits work in
Il thoroughly modern way. They use the
mails as much as they can and spill a.
fttle blood as possible. They don't mind
shooting n man down If he is known to
rarry much money aud is far emoG"h
from town, but as a rule they conduct
their business by correspondence. y man
of means is watched for Il time and his
resources estimated. Then Il letter i;
written TO him advising him that he is.
assessed so many pesos. He is further
notified as to the days of grace allowed
and the manner in which the money is To
be delivered. The letter throughout
breathes the spirit that an early remit.
tance is respectfully demanded.
''If that man has lived long in Cuba he
will probably know enough about the
way bandits do business to give him aS-
gravated insomnia, and it is more than
likely that he will send his agent to the
place designated, and on the appointed
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
Bathing In Russia.

i family of father, mother and SOD
have just returned from a sojourn of sew
eral months in southern Russia and are
now staying at the Grand hotel. In the
old white town" of Baku-there is a.
new black town" now. where petroleum
is refned-they registered at the Hotel
de rEurope, and papa ordered a bath.
After his ablutions he proposed u bath
for mamma and another for the boy, aged
10. The proprietor brusquely informed
him that his wife, his son ard himself
were expected to use the same water. In
the heart of the Caspian oil region they
never thought of filling the tub a second
time for Il mere family wash. The water
had to he carried up stairs in buckets.
and he had not sufficient help to accom-
plish that task.-New York Press
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

powered, and he was led away raying
maniac. 1t was found he was an alb
sinth drinker in secret and had got up
to eight glasses Il day. Such is the effect
Of this inSidious craze upon those who
follow it far enough.
In the last stages of this form of sui
eide the victim sometimes drinks 16
glasses Of ahsinth in day and is the most
pitiabe of all the types of drunkards.
In the better cafes absinth costs 90
rentimes. or 10 cents, but in the dives
Il is only > sous Il glass. As such it is
little less than Il deadly poison, especially
when dash Of vitriol is added to give il
I'm extra bite" Nitriol is regularly used
in many of the cheap drinks and even in
the better ones.
Last week | had an interesting talk
with Senat sur Jules lie Jeune, secretary
of state in the Belgian cabinet, who is
pushing bin to prohibit the sale of alb
sinth i'll Belgium.
at is doing much the same for us as it
is here in France" he said. Il also have
a bin before our parliament to gradually
decrease the number of public drinking
houses through the country in the next
ten years. At present we have 29S.00U
of these to a population of but G,00a0O0
of people, or one to every "a persons.
My plan is to make the proportion one
drinking place to every 200 people, but
the proposal is too radical to carry with
out material amendment
Some of the continental governments
are posting temperance autographs III
public places rs a warning to the people
on the effects of intempcrancc, and the