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(To be continued.)
Tracing Criminals by Finger Prints.
London Globe.


In detective novels finger prints left by
criminals, preferably in blood, play an inn
portant part, but truth seems stranger than
fiction in the fact that the finger-print sys-
tenn OF identifying criminals in India has
been made so perfect that it would enable
any intelligent person in few minutes to
distinguish the individual, if necessary
from all other persons now living in the
world, or, if data were available, from all
other persons who have lived since the
creation of man. The system is simplicity
itself, and there is none of the elaboration
of process or the costly and delicate ma
chinery required for the anthropometric
system. All that is needed is piece of tin.
sheet OF paper and some printers ink.
The linked Impressions of the ten digits are
taken and filed in the proper compartment
of the proper pigeon-hole and it is on the
classification of records and their distribu-
ton into the pigeon holes that the success
of the system depends
Every finger mark shows lines of the
loop" or the "whorl" type, and by a sim
pie table of the combinations of these
types i'll the ten digits 1,024 main classes
are made. These are again subdivided ac-
cording to minor details, and the subdiyis-
ions can be further divided ad infinitum
if necessary, but with the table before him
any person of ordinary intelligence can
place his finger on the corresponding card
to a record in his hand within five min
utes, no matter how many thousand cards
there may be. at, is calculated that the
chances are abotit "a 600, 900 to one against
any two persons having single fingers iden-
tIcal, ana the chances against all ten fingers
being identical go beyond mathematics alto
frafhar ~
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get abroad about them that it is simply a
burden to deny them.
| Well, 1 lived with my mother at the
Crawfords. Amelia Crawford was year
or two older than myself, but she was a
strong. impetuous girl, good-hearted, too,
and emotional-one of those persons who
1 in youth or womanhood mistake virtue
for sentiment, and are so proud OF their
error that they not only fancy but are
convinced that they are angels on earth,
| when, as a matter of fact, they are nothing
of the sort.
1 am not of that class. Sentiment has
no place with me. My mother told me
so much, advised SO clearly, that, instead
of having emotions. 1 had only purposes.
Now, purposes are what make a detective!
They mean aim and intention to get to the
object.
Alas, if have pride in my profession.
could not, if honest. get to the goal of my
ambition in that line of life without boasting.
[ have to give it some value; it's my shop.
[ think Miss Crawford was the only abb
solutely pretty girl | ever saw. 1 don't
speak of her face, which had the values of
artists dreams written there; of her form,
divinely tall, but framed in lines of earthly
loveliness, nor OF her voice set to music. nor
eyes that were so beautiful that wondered
how she could open them and the sun have
courage to rise, but of that heavenly some
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wife and family, go to each member of i
with card. and on any pretext which you
fertile mind can suggest so readily (and her,
she smiled divinelyl get signature. Whe1
l see the signature at II o'clock tonight,
want the adjoining room to the person
shall ask for"
But this is all irregular; guests OF
hotel are sacred. We can't do that, .5
dear girl"
But we will. will tell you why. This
matter concerns an important family,
it's jewels, and its honor. [ knew when l
saw you that 1 had a gentleman to deal
with, and that is why 1 am frank. Would
you refuse to right wrong, to aid justice,
to save a woman?"
NO, will not" I cried. Command me,
and come to dinner with me. 1t is now
ready in the big dining-room."
She accepted, and | never felt so proud
in my life as when | walked by her side
down the row of tables filed with first
class people, all of them speaking to me
"HOw do you do, Mr. Wharton Hello,
Charlie" evening, sir"
They knew was clerk of the hotel
/ am notified by tie editor that am not
to write further. and that wGs only asked
to tell the real incident, any way Well.
it is hard lines, but have friend who will
ell it all better than |. though nobody can
ell this one part so well as myself.
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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Something About Our New Possessions in the Orient
.Self-Culture.

A more beautiful archipelago never
lands. Some of the mountains are high
enough for grandeur; few are active
volcanoes with all the spectacular fea-
lures of eruption; and the nearer rocks
sparkle with iridescent hues amid the rich
green OF the picturesque tropical foliage.
while the waves of the blue or emerald
sea break against white coral beaches and
rugged cliffs. Many of the islands ara
artistic gems. to which only the pen of q
Ruskin could do justice; but the jewel is
guarded by dragon. Let the white man
remain ashore during the wet season and
thrust his spade into the soil, and he is
fortunate if he escapes the fever. In
truth here every prospect pleases and only
man is vile; that is, man and the ants,
musketoes, reaches, locusts, centipedes,
scorpions, tarantulas, snakes, crocodiles,
and sharks. Perhaps this is unjust to the
snakes, for the natives use one kind as
domestic rat-catchers.
The climate is of course tropical. with
three seasons-wet, hot. and dry. The dry
season-November to February-iS quite
comfortable for Europeans in the northern
islands, if they can escape nervous pros
tration caused by the warm sociability of
the numerous creeping and wriggiing popu-
latiOn Just mentioned. IL there is any
thing calculated to Danish tropical ennui,
it is the excitement OF turning down cover
ings and lifting pillows to see which of
your venomous neighbOrS mas elected to
share your bed, looking through your
sleeves or trousers before inserting limb,
and knocking your shoes by the heel to
dislodge previous occupants. We were
even obliged to insist upon firewood without
adhering bark, as it furnished cosy hiding
places for picturesque horrors, and after a
few narrow escapes [ never plucked a
banana without lifting it carefully by the
end to see if some hairy-legged creature
was waiting for me on the other side of it.
During the hot tseason-Augustto to October
Ia man reared in the temperate zone is
almost stified. The hot stones blister the
feet; an iron railing is too hot to touch with
out discomfort; and the air seems baked
and lifeless. My thermometer was gradu-
ated to 11Oo F., but the ex xpanding mercury
burst the bulb. have sat with my face
in my hands, watching the perspiration
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drop from my chin faster than the sun on a
hot deck could dry it. and in Is minutes
been chilled to the bone by the drenching
and rapid evaporation of rain-squall.
Fortunately no one Eothers much about
clothes, except in the capitals. My usual
costume was a cotton shirt and denim
trousers, grass slippers and straw hat
This was more clothing than half-dozen
natives wore. For full dress 1 added a
necktie and pair of socks.
In the wet season-March to July-you
can have no skepticism about Noah. I'M
agine what we call cloudburst every day
for months, or several times day, or all
day and all night. Everything is soaked
like a wet sponge; roads-where there are
any-haye no bottom, and rivers no def
mite top; leather shoes mildew on Your
feet; books and glued furniture fall apart,
and you long to put creation through a
wringer.
These downpours are accompanied by
heavy thunder and lightning, often of
awe-inspiring grandeur; and twice year,
when the monsoons change, also during the
hot months, devastating typhoons occur.
During the interim earthquakes destroy
your faith in anything built by either the
hand of God or the hand of man, and give
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CHAPTER II.
WHAT THE LADY AGENT SAYS.

WHAT THE LADY AGENT SAYS.
When my mother was Mrs. Crawford's
maid 1 lived at their big house at Over
brook. They were not very rich, these
Crawfords, but they were very proud, very
lovely and respectable people, with some
thing like ancestry. Their progenitor was
doctor in the navy, have heard, with
Paul Jones in the Bon Homme Richard
have my doubts-l always doubt every,
thing except Charlie, who is so vain that
he keeps two pictures of himself on the
desk, and only one Of me in the Agency
where he writes the books of my business
You see, when you marry man you mus
keep him out of hotel and make use OF
him as you can. But trust Charlie, be
cause he is such dear fool. In the de
tectiye life you never meet people who are
not fools; perhaps that is the reason they
send for detectives, and only the fools do it
Hiss Crawford was Just out of schoo
when my mother went to service in the
house. We were an English family, anC
my mother had training as a maid there
To hold that place in England means more
than in America. The maid must not only
dress hair and temper bath water, lace
corsets and shoes, fatter her mistress, and
discuss with care for the present feeling ol
my lady" the suitors and admirers of las
nights dinner or ball, but she must be able
to cut and fit gowns. keep touch with fash
ion, and in extreme cases to compose a
bonnet or hat. Further than that she
must answer my lady's letters in a beauti.
ful hand, and be so sensible, wise, pre-.
yoyant, and discreet that have wondered
often which Of the two have the real equip.
ment Of the lady.
CAME TO AMERICA.
Well, my mother was one of these women
who knew all her business well, and who,
having lived in great houses, had added
curious stores of knowledge besides. But
a ruddy-faced. laughing milkman, who
served the Spencer family at their town
house i'll Seymour street, London, was toe
much for my mother, and she used to come
down carly to meet him, and when My Lord
Frederick, since dead by delirium tremens,
came home from his club one early hour
and found my mother and the milkman
sitting Oh the steps with hands clasped and
the gioiy OF love in their eyes, he just gave
her notice, and sent word to the dairyman
whence the millSman started on his daily
rounds, and was always late. So they
were both out of a job, and they got mar led
as quickly as possible and came to Phila-
delphia, where ] was born
tell these things because some profess
sional successes have had caused stories
to be told that / was the daughter of an
English nobleman who was killed by being
thrown from Il dog-cart coming from Ascot,
and that ny mother died of broken heart
because of it. Nonsense! My father
Grove an ice wagon till he died, when was
six years old, and my mother, still living,
was lady's maid until she retired from
service. want to put these things right,
because when a woman gains fame as a
detective,-and 1 know 1 did unrayel the
Crawford mystery, 80 many foolish stories
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1t all came out as Jane said. AS I was
going off duty, near II O'Clock, heard a
cry on the second floor. Itwasn't a scream,
| but one Of those utterances that stop the
heart beating. / ran there at once. In
the hallway in front of the door of room o
stood Jane holding by its chain dainty
pair of steel handouts clasped around the
wrists of a handsome woman. knew the
woman well.
What is it, Miss Barnsworth?" cried.
go back to your register and your keys"
she said calmly, and went.
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an extra rattle to joints already shaken by

an extra rattle to joints already shaken by
malaria.
The monsoons are trade winds blowing
from the southwest from April to October,
and from the northeast during the rest of
the year. The mountainous islands are
damp on the weather side and dry on the
lee side. When the wind changes and
blows six months from the opposite direc-
ton, the rainfall shifts to the other side of
the mountains. The varying topography
of the islands therefore mixes up the sea-
sons in some localities in way to make a
Yankee feel quite at home.
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Perplexed.
ChicUOO Ne1rS

Pearl-Our Minister has been standing
in front of that store for the last hour.
wonder if he is waiting for any one?
Ruby-No; he just tied two knots this
morning.
Pearl-Matrimoni knots?
Ruby-No; handkerchief knots. He is
trying to remember what his wife put them
there for.
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SPECIAL AGENCY
OF A LADY.
The Linked-in Stories Told by
the Hotel Clerk, Lady Detect
i've, the RObber, and the Lover.
Ey ELIZABETH RAYMOND.
CHAPTER /.
THE HOTEL CLERK LIES.

THE HOTEL CLERK LIES.
. The porter at the ladies' entrance of the
Continental Hotel came shuffling up to the
desk on the day on which this mysteri-
our affair began. He was splay-footed
man, tall, dean. silent, suspicious. and
observaEt ] vas always afraid that he
knew more of what was going on in the
hotel than |. and nay fears, | am confident
were well gio IRdcd. He was polite. care
full servilc il attention, and secretive,
and he had an evil habit of telling to the
proprietor thirgs he never told me.
This made me hate him A hotel clerk
cannot by any reason be happy when he
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BALTIMORE, & OHIO RAILROAD.
Pspslsr Excursions to Niagara Falls
Thurstayj September II.
Thssday,i September 70.
Thufsday; October II

hhutSooyt OetOver
Sle.oo. Roand Trip. SIo.ee
A Ten (1O Day Tour to Americas Great
est Natural Wonder, via b. & O. Royal
Blue Line and fheI Lehigh Valley Route.
through the Lehigh and Wyoming Val,
leys-the Switzerland of America
through train Of elegant day coaches and
parlor cars will be run on above dates. on
following schedule:
Lv. Washington, ID. C... S.3Oa. m
Baltimore, Md Camden Sta
Baltimore, Md, (Mt Royal ~
Station). 9.24
Wilmington, Del. ........ 1852
Chester, Pa. 11.O9
Ar. Philadelphia. ........... 11.27a. m.
Ar: Niagara Falls. Hoop. m.
Stop overs allowed on return trip at
Buffalo, Rochester, Geneva, Burriette wat
kins Glen), and Mauch Chunk.
Side trip to Thousand Islands from
Rochester only $3.50 Round Trip. Tick
cts good five days, but within return limit
of Niagara Falls ticket
Special arrangements for dinner and.
supper en- route at very reasonable rates.
Call on Ticket Agents, Baltimore & Ohio
r. R., for full particulars.
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Hoods Sarsaparilla is the specific remedy for
troubles of the blood, kidneys bowels liver
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23
Change the
Vibration.
Ut MAKES, FOR
HEALTH
Use Grape-sutS.

SOME HINTS ON FOOD.

A man tried leaving OF meat, potatoes
and coffee for breakfast and adopted q
breakfast of fruit, dish OF Grape-Nuts
with cream and cup of Postum Cereal
food coffee.
His health began to improve at once
for the reason that msat eater will
reach a place once in while where his
system seems to become clogRed and the
machinery don't work smoothly.
A change of this kind puts aside food
Of low nutritive valus and takes up food
and drink of the highest value, already
partly iigssted and capable of being
quickly changed into good, rich blood
and strong tissue. The most valuable
feature of both Grape-Nuts and Postum
is the natural phosphate of potash oh
tanned from the grains ana this product
is the element which transforms albu-
men In the body. into the soft gray sub.
stance which fills brain and nerve GEN.
tiers A few days use OF Grape-Nuts and
Postum will give one a degree Of ner-
vous strength well worth the trial.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Mary A. Doughty Of Cumberland to
Arthur L. Doughty of Cumberland for 81,
o lot Of land In the south part of Great
CbebeaRue island, Cumberland.
Sadie g. Weston, Gertrude b. Good
now, Edwin Weston and Charles b. Good-
now, ali of Fryehurg to Charles III. and
Edward A. Hay both Of Portland for 81.
a lot of land in East Sehago village.
VIM. H. Czech of Frseport to William
Gore of Freepprt for s37. so. the undivided
half of one acre of land in Freeport. This
deed bears date of September 23, 1856.
Lorenzo ID. Morton of Naples to James
G. Morton of Naples for 81, lot OF land
In Naples.
Herbert W. Noyes of Frseport to Helen
L. Gore of Freeport ct ais for 81 a lot of
land with buildings in Freeport ON Green
street.
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sHAW'S NEW STORE.
Largest and Finest Grocery East of Bos-
ton.


A parallels for epioures is the elegant
new Congress square store of George G.
Shaw & Co., the largest and finest gro
Gerry east of Boston, which will have q
formal opening today to which the pub
lie is cordially invited. On the fourth
floor is located storage room for light
goods, such as crackers, coffee, etc !,
which require dry place. The manufae.
turing department. of the firm begins on
the third floor, where there Is light, airy
kitchen, equipped with a Smith s. An
thony range and rooster. the latter hsv-
ing room for about so chickens The chef
is Edward Springer. This is new de-
parture for the firm.
The second floor is hive of industry
Twenty people are employed In the candy
department. on this floor. The large
bakery is located here also, and the equip
ment includes three large ovens made by
the Merritt. Jarvis Co.. of Boston, all OF
which are lighted by cleo tricity. About
10 men are employed in the bakery which
lie run day and night the public being
welcome as visitors. There Is also large
PANTRY and big Toe box inst off the bak-
cry.
It is when the big store on the street
floor is reached that the elimination Of
the firms enterprise Is seen and here the
public may lind everything in keeping
with the firms business.
The new store is much larger than the
old, has steel ceilings, electric lights.
steam heat, hard wood floors. while all
fittings are of the finest quartered oak,
emhellished with mirrors, plate glass and
nickle trimmings.
In the rear is large bookkesper's ami
general office. where Manager Elmsr
BatcheIder is located, while MIR. Shaw
and MIR. Walter Sabin have private offices
The store has an electric coffee mill, in
fact, all modern improvements. A Morse
elevator installed by the Belknap Moto-
company reaches every floor and all goods
are received at back door, while deliv-
cry is made from part of the old Mlllets
store on Congress street.
There are four cashiers located in differ.
ent parts of the store. The very large
basement is used for storage Of heavy
goods
There are also special store rooms for
cigars. mineral waters and bottled goods
The establishment occupies about 26, 0OI
square feet. or over half an acre Of floor
space. About as people are employed,
(about 30 of which are in the manufac-
tory), while those at the other stores in
crease the force to nearly 100 people. The
firm has in use IA horses and 10 teams.
The work ON the store has nearly all been
done by Portland firms.
The building Is a credit to the city and
firm and is well worth visit either al
today's opening or later.
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HARBoR NOTES.
atsms OF Interest Picked Up Along the
water Front.

The Bath ship W. b. Babcook, which
has Just sailed from New York for Homo
lulu, had on board one of the largest car
goes Of manufactured goods that has re-
Gently been sent TO Hawaii. In bridge
mnterial there were $50, 200. machinery
81, 900, steel rails 5000, and contractors
supplies some 5000 worth. Many ship
ments ranging from $4,000 to $1,000 worth
of manufactured goods were noticeable
on the manifest Of the vessel. According
TO merchants in the Hawaiian trade, In
that market they require the highest
grade of material 10 all articles used.
The trade of the Hawaiian islands since
they became possession Of tho United
States has increased very materially.
The barge Bath, s24 tons net register.
was launched at Bath few days ago for
the Bee line transportation company.
She is 200 feet long. 80 feet beam and Is
feet depth of hold. Capt. Bunce win
command her.
The steamer Cumberland arrived at BIS
p. m. yesterday.
The Norwegian bark Ragnor In tow
of a stsam tug left the harbor alb ont o 30
a. m. She Ia loaded with lumber for
South America
9here were two sulphur arrivals from
Girgentl, the Austrian steamer Vienna
and the British steamer William Storms
The Nina and Lizzie arrived with 7C0O
Holsters
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York County Nearly
Solid So Far.
Election of a Few Cumberland
Delegates.
ESPECIAL TO THE rHEssi

Biddeford, September "a Eleven more
delegates were added to Candidate Amos
L. Aliens list at the Republican caucus
here. this evening. There has been a
great deal of talk on the Democratic side
TO the effect that the Biddeford caucus
would result In q big row, and that the
4nti-Allen forces would triumph. But
the anti-Allen element didn't materialize,
and the caucus was as harmonious as
Quaker meeting. thsre being only one
ticket In tbs field.
The eleven delegates chosen are: Robert
Macarthur, Jas. NJ. Tarr, L. j. Rsnouf,
George Il. Andrews. John Mundsy, John
E. Goidthwaite, Chas. b. Harmon,
Octave Dubois. Anthony Dwyer, Charles
H. Prescott, *. w. Switzerland.
Though the delegates were not instruct
ed they are all favorable to Candidate
Allen.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23
IMPORTANT FESTIVAL INFoRMA.
TION.


Arrangements have been carefully CON-
sidered and plans perfected for the sale OF
the course tickets to those whose names
ara on the patron list at Cfessey, Jones
81 Aliens, which will positively close at
SIX O'Clock on Saturday, sept. 30. The
sale of course tickets as already adyer.
tised, will begin Monday, Sept. 25th, and
continue for tire, days. After that time
no course tickets can be obtained. The
old established rule of first come, first
served" viii be strictly adhered to, and
1t is the intention Of the management to
conduct this sale on the fairest possible
lines and satisfy all purchasers No
tickets will be selscted for any one until
the sale opens. no credit will he given,
cash must accompany each sale. Parties
desiring to select and secure seats must
come prepared to pay for the same when
ordered.
Remember only those whose names are
ON the list can purchase tickets. Solicit
tors who have secured list OF patrons
may select and purchase tickets for their
entire list OF subscribers II so dssi red, at
the time of the sale.
IL will greatly facilltlte the selection
OF seats, If ths patrons will decide from
study of the diagram in advance Of the
sale about what location they desira.
Mr.. Allen desires to state that at seven
O'Clock on Monday morning, he win dis
tribute numbered tickets to thoss already
In line, SO they may leave for breakfast
to return before the sale opens az nine
O'Clock, and claim position in line as per
the number on the ticket.
Mail orders out of town purchasers will
receive prompt attention, and are fillsa
in the order of application.
The sale of single concert tickets will
begin Thursday morning. Sept. 2Sth at
nine O'Clock. and continue daily at Ores.
ssy, Jones & Aliens until Monday Oct
2nd., when all tickets must be procured
at the box Office of the auditorium.
An imE rovement has been made in this
convenience of the box office at the audi
torium.
All reserved seat tickets will be sold at
the entrance ON Market street, and those
who have not already purchased tickets
must form in line there.
The main entrance on Milk street Will
be reserved for all holders of tickets,
either course or single. Much confusion
will be avoided by the use of this en-
trance.
All chorus members must enter by the
stage entrance at the lower door on
Market street.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23
LAST SUNDAY EXCURSION TO THH
WHITE MOUNTAINS.

The Maine Central Railroad Announces
In our advertising column its last Sunday
excursion to the mountains by special
train next Sunday at ST 90 the round trip.
Those who have taken during the pa st
few days trolley rides 60 the city's su-
burbs or have taken in the magnificent
views afforded by our promenadea must
have noticed the brillianoy of autumn
foliage about our city by the sea-
These glowing colors are but sugges-
ton of the prllliancy Of the autumn tints
which now clothe the mountain sides ia
the Crawford Notch. They are now in
their height of beauty in Respondent hues
Of crimson and gold melting into the
sombrs green and blue shades of the ever,
greens.
The trip is always one Of great pleasure
and undoubtedly there will be many who
will take this last opportunity Of visit.
ing the mountains at small expense.