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MONEY GONE WHEN HE AWoKE.
Georgian Makes IA Complaint oi
Theft to New York Police.

NEW YORK, Jan. civilian Tigpen,
who describes himself as a Georgia hotel
proprietor. just now in the Victoria Annex
at Broadway and Twenty-sixth Street,
was arrested in The Tenderloin late Sat
urday on a charge OF theft made by John
Crutcher. of Macon, Ga, who is staying at
Hotel Bartholdi. Tigpen made Crutcher' S
acquaintance in the Hotel Marlborough,
Crutcher says, and went with him to call
on a friend in the hotel. The friend went
out leaving Crutcher asleep in the room
with Tigpen sitting beside him. When
Crutcher awoke he found that a $50 bill
and 81 bill, all the money he had with
him, was gone and so was Tigpen. Tig
pen. whom he met in the hotel office later,
said that it was very strange and that he
was sorry.
But if you'll stroll down town to my
bankers's in Wall Street. ! can let you
have enough money to tide you over Il few
days" Crutcher says Tigpen added.
Crutcher accepted and the two men went
down to Wall Street. Tigpen stopped be-
fore the office of J. p Morgan & Cos. 1t
was closed so Tigpen took Crutcher out to
dinner and then to a Turkish hath in
Twenty shth Street. Crutcher found out
from one Of the attendants while dress
ing thai Tigpen had paid for the baths
with twenty-dollar bill and had hi.s ar
rested.
Crutcher said in the Jefferson Market
police court that the bill that paid for the
baths was that stolen from him. Magis
trate Flammer pat the case over till to-
morrow on Tigpen's promise to repay the
money.
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RECORDS EATEN BY FATS.
Old New York Documents Found In
MutiIatcd Condition.

NEW YORK, Jan. s.--valuable public
records have been discovered by Comp
troller CoIer, and he will send them to an
exhibition to be held this month at the
Lenox Library.
These old documents, among which are
the original Dongan and Montgomery
charters and the first seal of the city,
were found in tatters. They had been
I eaten by moths and gnawed by rats.
| Comptroller Coler was astounded at his
! discovery of the carelessness of former
! custodians OF these papers. Big rolls Of
/ parchment, yellow with age. had been
I thrown together in heap in an old box
covered with CRIME and dust.
The exhibition at the Lenox Library will
be arranged under the supervision of DR..
John Shaw Billings The principal objects
Of interest will be the old Dongan and
Montgomery charters. together with royal
commissions, oaths, rolls, and other yalu-
able documents connected with the early
history of New York
When the comptroller discovered that
these papers had been so long neglected,
after consultation with Dr. Billings he or
dered their restoration. Mr.. Coler has a
fondness for old writings and rarities Of
all kinds. Long before he entered public
Office he was a discriminating collector OF
old books His library contains many valu-
able specimens. He has a manuscript set
Of tables showing the suns longitude for
every day in year, prepared by Thomas
Jefferson. He is member Of the Grolier
Club and has a complete set Of its publi-
cations.
1t was a rude shock to Mr.. CoIer when
he found the most valuable records OF
the city in a mutilated condition. The
clerk in charge of the department made
the startling admission that they had
lain in the old box as long as he could
remember. He has been in charge for
forty years. They could have been
easily stolen. Mr.. Coler has ordered a
special oak case to be made, and viii
keep them hereafter under lock and key.
The original Dongan seal is preserved
with the charter. as are many royal
seals of the period Of the early history
of New York. The Dongan seal is 4 small
affair. IL is made of red sealing wax,
broken in several places. When Col.
Nicholas Bayard was Mayor of New York.
in 1885, he recognized the historic value
of this seal and had it placed in a small
silver box. where it still reposes. This
box has a fac-simile of his autograph on
the outside
There is record in the Lenox Library
of the trial of Colonel Bayard for high
treason against the English throne which
will also be exhibited this month. The
sentence pronounced by Colonel Atwood
for Colonel Bayard was that Colonel Bay
ard should he banged, and being alive
and being cut down, should be cut up, the
climax to the sentence being that after
he had been sliced to pieces-still being
alive-his head should be cut off. The
sentence was never carried out. Colonel
Atwood was himself sentenced and exc
cutsd in England.
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regarded by many as the best horse that
stands. The Barb. or BaTbary Arab, on the
contrary, is a large horse, whose history,
while less ancient than that of his brother,
the Arab. is second to none other. To the
man whose knowledge of horses extends
no farther than that which he learns from
behind his coachman's shoulders, or from
the items in his veterinary's bills, the
Barb would present the better appearance
if shown beside the Arab His frame is
rot only larger. but it is much more heav-
ily built His chest is of great depth, and
the clean-cut limbs and splendid body
muscles give an impression of unusual
strength
Napoleon is said to have ridden Arabs
exclusively. Lord Roberts also bestrides
a son OF the desert. and one that he rode
for thirteen years was decorated by
Queen Victoria at her recent jubilee. The
Sultan of Turkey presented to General
Grant the thoroughbred Arabs Leopard
and Linden Tree, both of which arrived
in this country May 80. 1879. To these
MIR. Huntington bred a number Of his
horses, procuring, among other results,
Beale and Hegira, foaled in 1881 and 1882
respectively. Another Arab, of equal
breeding and blood with those named, was
Naomi, chestnut sorrel mare desert bred
from Haidee and Vaughan, both Name
ghi-Hedrudj animals. She came into the
possession of Mr.. Huntington in August,
1888, and in May, two years later, pro-
duced Anezah by General Grants Kehe-
liam Arab. Leopard. When Naomi died
two years ago there was regret among
lovers of blooded horses.
There are several families among the
Arabs, which may be generally classified
as small medium. and large. The Oyster
Bay family is of the last class. Every
colt born OF it has the same chestnut sOr-
rel coat.
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factories that produce wooden rulers.
memorandum books, tin signs, banners,
and calendars. Coshocton turns out
1000 600 calendars a year.
In this business 90 per cent of the
calendars made are for free distribution.
The calendars without advertisements,
that are sold in the stores. scarcely
count. | suppose that in Philadelphia
during the Christmas holidays some s1O,-
600 worth were sold against millions that
were given away as advertisements.
There is practically but one kind of
calendar made. the panel with the pad Of
the months set in a prominent place on
it. This is the most convenient calendar,
and nothing in the way of an advertise
ment could beat ii. The owner Of this
calendar has before him, from the be-
ginning to the end of the year, the name
of the firm who gave him it, and daily
he finds himself looking at this name.
THE calendar business is always year
ahead of the times. ! am Just complet-
ing my line of samples for 1902, and my
statesmen Will start out to sell the 1902
calendars in a week. The business re-
quires plenty of capital and plenty Of
storage room, for, although / shall be
making calendars all this year, ! shall
have to hold them for delivery until De-
cember, and payment on them will not
be due me until next year. That IS ev-
erywhere the rule.
THE business has offered for some time
a good field to art students. These young
men and women have learned that the
photographers are always on the lookout
for good designs for calendars and that
they pay good prices. Young artists can't
always be painting on canvas, nor can
they always be making magazine illustra-
lions for, though their work may be real
ly excellent, the painting and Illustrating
field is overcrowded-the supply exceeds
the demand. Some Of my best calendars
for 1902 were made h art students, who
have found in this work a very pleasant
way Of supporting themselves until the
expected time when they will be famous
as painters and illustrators"
The distribution of calendars for adyer-
Using purposes began thirty years ago in
a small way. Previous 10 that time alma
macs had been distributed by the great
patent medicine firms. The almanac fash
ion was started in America by Benjamin
Franklin, whose Poor Richards Alma
nae" was not, however given away. but
sold. Some ingenious medicine man got
the idea from Poor Richard" of the great
advertisement a free almanac would be to
him; he put his idea in execution; others
followed him, and then. by degrees. every
body came to giving away calendars in
stead of almanacs. Thus the father OF
the present huge calendar business was,
IN a sense, Benjamin Franklin, with his
Poor Richards Almanac"
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at usurious interest, though the debt was
already largely fictitious. So it often
happened that the peasant came into the
clutches of the saloonkeeper without hope
of ever being able to free himself.
THE salutary effect Of the reform has
been felt already. Drunkenness has dimin-
ished 20 an important extent and deposits
in savings banks are on the increase In
order TO provide places of assembly and
recreation for the country people, many
private individuals have opened temper
ance houses, that are scattered all over
the country. In many instances small
shops are attached to these houses. Gro
ceries, hardware, iron, tobacco, cotton
prints, and everything needed to supply
the modest demands OF the villagers are to
be found In these shops, which are OF spe-
cial convenience when they are at a dis
lance from towns.
ION recent visit in Poland l visited
one of these temperance houses. 1t was a
large frame house with an old-fashioned
flower garden on both sides Of the en-
trance Dahlias, nasturtiums, sunflowers
and pansies were conspicuous among the
flowers. The interior was simplicity itself
The spacious room had whitewashed walls.
along which stood implanted wooden
benches. Several tables for the use of the
customers were placed near the benches
others was used as a counter
Here were displayed pot-cheese. white
bread. ginger cakes, apples. milk. coffee.
and tea. An enormous samovar occu-
pied a conspicuous place Potted plants
and flowers adorned the windows and
helped to brighten the room. 1t was Sun
day, and several tables stood outside the
house for the use of the persons who
brought their own lunch. Adjoining the
room was library and . reading room
provided with newspapers ard books. SIM
ply written, to fit the needs of the hum
Bile readers. What 4 contrast this picture
presented to the old karczma Qiquor-sa-
loom which formerly on Sunday was the
scene of quarrels. debauchery, and fight
ing
These coffee and tea houses are not
yet in sufficient number to meet the needs
of the country population. but they have
proved such n success and assure so good
profit that their number is rapidly in
creasing. Though the great reform was
undertaken with humanitarian ends in
view, it has also profited the State. The
sale of liquors of improved quality 1t Uni-
form prices is giving larger revenues to
the Government than the former taxes on
distilery products yield"
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SERVED ON THE MAINE.
The Body of Brent Mccarthy Taken
to Portsmouth. Y. H., for Burial

PORTSMOUTH y. H.. Jan. 6.-The body
OF Paymaster's Clerk Brent Mccarthy,
L. S ", who was found dead in the Re
we're House Boston, this noon, was
brought to his home in Whidden Street
last evening. Mr.. Mccarthy was native
of this city and had been a paymaster'S
clerk for nearly twenty years. He was a
member Of the crew of the Maine when il
was blown up in Havana Harbor, but for
tunately happened 10 be ashore when his
ship was blown up. The direct force of
the explosion was directly under his office.
Since then MT. Mccarthy has been at
sea nearly all the time, his last ship be-
ing the United States ship Massachusetts
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6.-Everybody is
on the lookout for one OF those free cal
endars with which, during this month the
mails are crowded. In Philadelphia H.
o00 600 calendars are made annually for
free distribution. In New York $4,000, 600
are made Some 10000, 900. altogether. are
manufactured and distributed, as adyer-
tisements, over the United States every
year.
There are a half dozen firms in this
country Zone is in Newark and another
is in Philadelphia that all the year
through make nothing but calendars.
Then there are countless printing, litho-
graphing, and engraving firms that carry
on calendar making as a side line. over
$4,000 600 worth of calendars are given
away annually, and these range in cost
from SO a thousand to $500 thousand.
Life insurance companies. are the most
lavish distributors, and there is one such
company that gives out every year a con-
tract for 1000, 600 calendars. A maker
said yesterday:
II have an annual output of 1500, 900
calendars l sell these TO the iobbers,
who sell them in their turn TO the con-
sumers-that is, to the butchers, millers,
Rrocers, etc, who distribute them as an
advertisement to their patrons. l make
hslf-tone and colored calendars. The de-
signs on them are OF a pleasing but gen.
eral nature, as you see. Here is a pic
ture Of snow scene. Eere IS a modern
man-of-war. Here. again, is a pretty
yirl. These would serve as calendars
for the advertisement OF any kind of
business. Underneath the pictures are
blank spaces, for the insertion of a name,
address, and puff.
such calendars as these, not In any
sense made TO order, are the cheapest on
the rlaEliet. They cost from $40 a thou
sand up 10 about $50. OF a general nature
as / say, they are suited TO any purchaser.
Here though, is a calendar that the coun-
try newspaper would tend TO buy. because
there il a picture or II OF a bright lad
selling a paper to a girl. Country news
papers are excellent customers. They give
many a I6.G00-lot order
And here said the dealer lis an idea
OF my own-tle religious half-tone calen-
dar. / brought e out last year, and it
had good sale in the West"
Ihe calendar was very religious one.
The crucifxion occupied one panel. the
annuneiation another, and host o. angels
the third
ITS an original idea, the religious half
tone. II has sold very well, indeed. among
tie undertaking trade said the dealer
a maker Of calendars 10 order said:
Insurance companies and brewers get
the most expensive calendars The indus
trial companies get particularly expensive
ones. They give them away TO the people
whom they insure on the installment plan
at the rate. you know. OF ten or twenty
cents a week. These people prize the
calendars and make them the chief orna-
nnent of their little parlors.
New York and Philadelphia are the
leading calendar making towns OF the
country, and Coshocton, Ohio. comes next.
Coshocton is town where advertising
novelties are made, town Of clean, neat
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Henry miller as Richard Savage.

Mr.. Henry Miller ana most excellent
company OF players will present for the
first time in this city, at the Columbia
tonight, his greatest success Richard
Savage" from the pen Of Madeleine Luz
cette Ryley. The sale of seats and boxes
have been unusually large, and this great
actor will be greeted by audiences that
will test the capacity of the theatre The
social as well as the literary world are
taking a great interest IT, Mr.. Miller and
Richard Savage" and the combination Of
the two assure Mr.. Miller a most success
full future.
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THREE KINDS OF POISON.
4 Kentucky Farmer Commits Sui
eide ut Hotel.

LEXINGTON, Ky, Jan. John T.
flynn, farmer of Dodge. small station
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad near
Winchester. killed himself at the Phoenix
Hotel here this afternoon. He was found
at $50 y. m. dead in bed. Three viais
containing morphine, strychninc, and car
bolic acid we're on the table and a note
saying thai he was tired OF life. Flynn
said in the letter that he mad notified his
relatives. He left money and gold watch
with the clerk which he wrote his wife
would call for. He had evidently died in
agony
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Joseph jefferson Buys Florida Land

PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan. G.-Joe Jeffer-
son has located here and will be prop
erty owner. Yesterday deal was con-
cluded whereby he and Mayor Whildon Sc
cured fifteen acres of fine property, most
of it in city limits. on one fine lot II Is
their intention TO erect large winter no
tel at once. 1t viii have large theatrical
patronage.
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Everybody is Cf one opinion. and so viii you
be ii You phone d34 Arlington Bottiing Co., for
case Of ilcurichs Macrzen, Senate, or Lager.
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THE CALENDAR SEASON
Forty Millions Distributed Through
out the Country This Month.

An Enormous Free Gift Enterprise
which Started From Small Begin
nIngs - BENJAMIN Franklin It's
Originntor--His "PoOr Richards
Almanac" the First of the Kind.
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Are free from all crude and irritating matter.
Concentrated medicine only. CaTter's Little Liver
Pills. Very small: very easy TO take; no pain; no
gripping; no purging Try them.
The bee., 1901-03-21
LOCOMOTIVE BLASTS.

to look after the company's interest
at that point, and also to lend what
aid they could to subdue flames.
After an illness of several months
the wife of Superintendent Logsden,
departed this life one day last week.
We understand her health had been
very poor for years past, and it was
hoped change of climate would be
beneficial to her when she moved to
Evansville, but climate or medicine
is of no avail when the Divine
Father issues the final summons.
Friends of the bereaved husband ex-
tend their sympathy to him in this
his hour of affiiction.
Operator Fawce't and family are
spending this week with friends in
East st. Louis.
Operator Cravens is again back at
work here,now working in day time,
while Mr.. Fawce. is away.
The meeting of the Henderson
city council which was to have been
held week ago to take final action
on the projected railroad improve
ments at that place, was postponed
until this week when it is thought
favorable action will be taken.
The bee., 1901-03-21

Our great need is a good mill. We
do not think better point could be
found for q good mill, as we are in the
midst of the best farming district of
Hopkins County. Shipping facilities
are all that could be desired, fuel is
cheap and convenient and we are
thoroughly convinced that money in
vested in good mill at this place
would yield a handsome return.
We wish to thank our postmaster
for favors shown us and to assure
him that they are highly appreci-
ated by RUsTIous.
The bee., 1901-03-21

Conductor Albin, who has for
years past had charge of passenger
train on the Henderson and St.
Louis divisions, after brief illness,
departed this life last Monday.
There were few conductors more
popular than he was. Always agree
able and sociable with the passen-
gers in his charge, and he will long
be remembered by the travelling
public.
The railroad company has been
making extensive repairs on their
side tracks this season at many
points. An extra crow has been
kept busy at this work.
Chas. Kennedy, who has been one
of the faithful switchmen in the
Darlington yard for the last few
months, has resigned his position
and as the boys say will pull the bell
cord over q mules back, on an Ohio
farm this year.
Assistant dispatcher Savage is
now taking q much deserved and
much needed weeks rest.
The big fire at Madisonville last
Tuesday night caused considerable
excitement among the railroad Of
fici Ills here, and who at once sent
a switch engine and crew over there
The bee., 1901-03-21
NFBO NOTES.
Neswy and Interesting Letter From Our
Nebo Correspondent.

Farmers are busy sowing oats and
repairing fences.
Great damage has been done to the
wheat crop, many fields being en-
tirely ruined by the late freeze.
We had peculiar fire in Nebo
Monday, in which the contents of
the house were entirely consumed
and the building entirely uninjured.
The whole affair looks just little
mysterious.
Some thief broke into the store OF
Mitchell & Veazey ut Manitou Satur-
day night, but took nothing of any
moment. Sunday morning two new
umbrellas were found at the gate of
Mr.. Dight's, supposed to have been
left there by the thief.
Some time ago Toney Bradley's
store at Nebo was broken open but
nothing of any value was missed.
The only wonder is that there is not
more taken,
Mr.. II. r. Cox, who has been alb
sent for several days, returned Sat
urday and is now receiving his
spring stock of goods.
Mr.. ID. G. Morrow, of the firm of
Eudale' & Morrow, is now in Gin
einnati buying goods for the Nebo
market. Dave" is an, experienced
merchant and knows the demands
Of his trade. He is the only mer-
chant in Nebo that advertises in
THE BEE. as
We have always found that q man
who advertises literally is sure to be
liberal man to deal with.
The firm of Jenkins & Sights, who
have been in the grocery business for
some time past, has been dissolved,
Mr.. Jenkins retiring.
Rev. McMican filed his regular
appointment Saturday and Sunday
at the G. p. church.
VIII Langley, of Providence, KY,
visited bis pap" Saturday night.
Ern Hill, of Manitou, attended
church at Nebo Sunday.
J. III. Clinton and Son, of Provi-
denoe, passed through NebO en- route
to Madisonville, Tuesday.
Cicero Whittinghill was in Nebo
Tuesday.
Aunt Ailsey Morrow is quite sick.
A great many of our people are
having their gardens planted, acting
on the principle that the 'early bird
catches the worm"
Ruby Laffoon spent Friday night
in Nebo. Ruby has great many
friends in this vicinity.
Zack Craig was here Tuesday
mingling with his friends. Zack
was raised in this neighborhood and
, has a host OF friends here and no
enemies.
The Red Hill correspondent thinks
he can beat us on dogs and widowers
and tells of one man owning twenty
seven of the former. We are so ig-
norant that we do not know where
Red Hill is located, nor the popular
ton of the city. but nothing short of
an actual count will ever convince us
that they have more dogs than Nebo.
We undertook the task of counting
the dogs on one street in this place.
The first man we met said he did not
have as many as usual-he had re-
duced the number until he had only
ten. Taking that as a basis, we made
close calculation and put the fly
ures at nine hunered and ninety-nine.
Now IL any one doubts our statement
we invite them to come and we will
render them every assistance In our
power in counting them.
A certain young lady in our town
wants to know more about those
widowers. She says she has des-
paired OF getting one, while yet
young, and has concluded to take q
warmed-Over man rather than none.
Our town Is improving; many new
buildings will be built here during
the summer.
The bee., 1901-03-21

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM; Il
was suffering such tortures
from nervous prostration that
life was a burden. / could
not sleep at all, and was too
weak to walk across the floor.
Ny heart was affected SO that
often | could not lie down at
all without almost suffocating.
l took Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and it
worked like magic. l feel that
your medicine has been of in
estimable benefit to me-"
Miss ADELE WILLIAMSON,
foa n boulevard Atlanta Ga