Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-24
Catching a Rogue.

Catching Rogue.
 In a great city like London there are many importers who make a busi- s.ess of appealing to public sympathy Ly shamming sickness. Not only do they pretend to be crippled or blind, Eut they al51 feign epilepsy and other diseases. and are taken to public hos pitals i'll a state of assumed uncon- sciousness One of these imposter5 was carried into hospital from a po- lice van and laid on a sofa in the ex- amining room. The resident surgeon had a keen eye. and watched the pa tient closely. As the apparently un- conscious man was deposited on the sofa a few pennies fell out of his pockets and rolled on the floor The patient opened his eyes and made quick movement to recover the coins Then he bethought himself and drew back
 The doctor. accustomed to deal with such pretenders. turned to an attend ant and remarked:
 You notice, probably how limp the man is and how heavily he is breath ing. It is a bad case, and needs i'm mediate and severe treatment. Fetch the battery
 There was suspicious trembling of the patients hands, and the loud breathing ceased. When the battery was produced, the doctor added, brisk ly:
 He scarcely breathes. You must be quick. Let him have the full power of the battery. Half a charge will not answer the purpose
 The patient by tbs time had opened his eyes from sheer terror. and before the wires were well in hand he had found his voice Sitting bolt upright on the sofa, he shrieked:
 Let me go, beg of you. There is nothing the matter with me. I am only poor sort of humbug. that tries to make a few pennies by shamming. Turn off your batteries and let me gos
 The patient was dismissed after he had picked up the coins which had fallen under the sofa.
 M A k RiANzEA BlzE AGES-
 In Portugal a boy of 14 is considered marriaaai Je and woman of 12.
 h Germany a man must be ai least IS years of age before he can marry.
 In France the man must be IS and the woman 16. In Belgium the same ages.
 
 In Greece a man must have seen at least fourteen summers and the wom- an twelve.
 In Switzerland men from tHe age of "A and women from the age of I2 are allowed to marry
 Ia Spain the intended husband must have passed his fourteenth year and the woman her twelfth.
 h Austria a sm n and a woman" are supposed to be capable Of conduct ing a home of theif own from the age af il.
 In Turkey any youth and maiden who can walk properly ard understand the necessary religious service are al- lowed to marry.
 In Hungary for Roman Catholics the man must be 14 years old and the woman I2; for Protastants the man must be IS years and the woman 15.
 in Russia and Saxony they are a little more sensible, and a youth must refrain, from entering into matrtmonv till he can count IS years and the woman till she can count 1G.
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 Texas Cotton for Japan.
 Texans recently shipped their first cargo of cotton for the Japanese mar Eets. It consisted of 1882 bales, and was loaded on the Japanese steamer Tamba MarH. She is said to have been the first vessel ever loaded at gulf port for Japan, and will go by way of the suez Canal to Kobe. Yokohama, and Nap9ealsi Fnolisbulpn command