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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-05-06
MHerIet.

Gin febr sei1mafpoqer Ser,
itttB per bieiige merifanilhe .9idr
ter yturbiee lein. Der1el6e Eat al
tttaurutbem 8apier elm NbSdie6s.
geoibt an Die tuegen Nnftiftuno au,
Grt10roung ibres @atten su Iebeng.
iarigllder 8ubtbausbausifrafe Der.
itrtbellte Guadalupe @rim1inoer
oruden laffen.
Der iebt bier Suiammenoetre<
tetien BunoessS urp fir ben Wai=
9erlrtitt geb6ren bic nQhftebenben
eeutiden @iiraer an: Mar Meidens
Dog, SObn .. Guqmaan, emil
&iibn, 5erfnann e. Ghmitt, Ser
mann Hppfer. Morib @Dfp, Ilb.
Sfeoes Mae BON San Nntunip:
SeDn9aro Win pon Center Wpint.
Mugnit &6rpeI BON Seauin. Wm'
Sorcenbdunien BON gibpfp. 6. 81.
Se1i1tueber bon 2err guuutn. Wm.
wteb BON gorftupn. 6ermann Site
ler Bpm Comfort, s.. S. Qienhori
pon Guero uno Nuauft @nibbe ppn
&enoaq GDuntp.
@dbrerb bes idtperen @epit=
terS IN Der 9nbt bonn 6pnntoo aun,
5tofttag puroe aud 6as Rabef Der
Snotueltiiden Telepbpnqelelfdloft
20 Der Off=@ Dmmerc .6trase oefrpf.
letl uno e8 6auerte oerautte Reit.
gig oer Eelepbunnertebr i'm iii65its
nc3ert Tbeile Der Stabt pie6er pDn=
itduoig bergelteQt mar.
Der Mteritaner Bipiano Conn
pos, tpelder fib i'm 81. Diitriftoe-
rld1te beg Ginbrubsbiebifahls Be-
9aligeii @noe Wedr5 i'm Nruni'Sd5en
0elgafte, ibnloia betannte, tpuroe
pom Mld3ter Glart gu atuei Sahren
Bu&tbals berurtbeiit.
- Der Hegenfau in Der Wodt
pom SOnntaa gum Wontoo beI;ss
Bon. WI Loo
Der yoli5eiribter ar0aer bic
firte Dem alien Meger Sim Nrtbnr.
meld'er ben i'm 8Dliaeiaemohriom
titltergebradten farbigen sFrauen.
5tl1sitlsrl1 W9istep susufteder pfleate,
cine @elbbuBe bon $25 au.
-. Bum aneemeinen NeoQuern
ldBetoet bic Niilitdr : @apele bes ii.
&nualerie. &egimentes am 13. Woi
1ori bier, nm fid nah benz neuert
garniipns-O rte Sort Glart su beoes
ben. sDie &apeqe ftcbt inter Der
f6biQet 3eitung oe8 6errn Oilers.
olr9 melben fie AUDI Dor ca. Sob
sesIrtft ~Urgonifirt wur6e. 6eufe
Geetto neranitaItet Brof. Oilers elm
aolgleos'&un5ert in Wutbs @arten,
au mel9em Elm iorgfdltig ausaes
uapltes yrDgrafnm aufgeifeut tpurs
g: Datielbe tuiro bpffentlid redt
5ablreih beiuht tperoen
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-05-06
Clues alien eolsatem Grfabrmma.

W. 81. Nuitin, BON @indeiter,
Sno., elm geteran oes Bireerfrie=
ges, 1breibt: rMeine Srhu tpar lebr
LANCE ununterbrpden leioenb, trDb
Der itetigen 8ebanoluug bur9 quite
Mer5te. DR.. Kings New Life
Pills, Die bel ibr @unoer pirften,
beilten iie iebub in furser Belt"
Sic perfeblen nierAals ibren 8med.
8erluht fie. Mur 25 gts. bel s.
&alteper & Snbn, @ep. S. S.
Sbmitt. @igentbumer, unb 80.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-05-06
Se,uabrte i'm sor smputatiOu

6err s.. u. Danfortb BON So
Strange, Ga, litt iebs Mionate lang
an elmer ihredlihen @unoe an
iei1em 8ein. Ct ibreibt, Budlen' q
Nrnica Salbe bdtte i'm in flint 9a=
gen gebeilt. Sc 1T bic bette Salbe in
Der Welt gegen ofene @unben,
S6nitt< unb Brand > @unben,
S6rammer uno bergleihen. @rbdlt-
LID bel s.. &alteper & Sobn, @ep.
5: S. Sbmitt, gigentbimer unb
No. DreiB.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-05-06

%- Salf. cement, Sano, Bad.
iteine, ~feuerfefte Steine uno Tbon.
9beer uno Nspbaltpapier. Dahpappe.
9beer uno Ispbalt, Del, Terpentin,
Sarben, 8laS &c. &c. ftets porratbia
BET S. 6. 9ielmar11, 306 Dft.
Gommerce=S traBe. Niebrige Breiie,
quite Waare iomie quite uno reeQe
8eotenung meroen garantirt. =
ZelepbD1t 41O
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@emx Semanb cine Meiie thut.

70 lol er tets oas a~ltbetuabrte Seilmit~
lei, eIe ct. Dernaro &rduterpinen, BEL
tg 1agreft. @eraoe auf Der @eiIe founmt
per 1ta8en ourH u%n8etupbmte Soft unb
nnre9eln1dBig eingenDn1mene Mablaeiten
euBer gronung. Die 6Dlgen fin6 unber<
eanitdBtett, ianrer @efbmad, nerpb5es
Sopffpeb unb ~aIIaemeines uebelbefinben.
per Huge &eiienbe fam leibt 6urch BEN
gebraub Der tueltbefannten ct. Nernorb
arauterptnen alien oben anoefiihrfen
Seioen einen &iegel bDr5hieben. Sic
Sllert limb aus reinen, beiltrdftiaen &rdu<
tern 9ergefeqt unb entbaIten feine benz
n1ei1ldltdsm Sbifem nahtbeiliaen Gub.
EaIasen. sic limb in allen Gpotbeten su
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Gin reiner, itdrfeuoer gonif.

Malt-N Murine lit burbaus pers
lbieoen BON ben pielen anoeren
Yraparaten dbnliben Mantens. Sc
1T Elm reiner itdrfenoer bef0mmliher
Wala 9Dnif, ndbrenbbem anbere
leoiglih itarfe, ibtparae 8iere iino.
Malt-Nutrine miro nur BON Der
Gnbeuier Bulldog rauerei, in ct.
2Ouis, &c.,, berae1teut.
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~. 6. & :. Rahu.

Mbfabrt.
0a6 8aco, Sort 8ortb, 9aIas, &an5as
gitb, ct. 9Duis un6 Chicago, tdglib,
(S.N & y. ;. Oepot) ..7:30 Mor9ens.
Nadb Waco, Sort 0ortb, Oa1as &C. (bpm
Suniet<OepDt) .......... 1915 Mben6s.
Nntunft:
Bpn gbica9D, ct. 2puis, &anias gitb,
Sauas, Sort 8Drtb un6 @acD, td9li9
(Snnlet 9epot) ..........8 $3.50 8prm.
Bon Waco, Sort 8ortb, Da1Ias &C. (S.
VI. & u. IS. 9epDt) $500. 9:25 Mbenos.
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Ser Cinderella Sduh sHalait

0o. 2O7 Mlamp Blaaa, Telepbon
585, bat eineH gr0Ben Gprratb bon
Sbuben fir 6erren, Damen un0
&inoer. Mae @aaren 1inb nur aus
BEN erlten Sabriten bespsen. 8ir
bieten ale &onfurren5 burb Quali=
tat uno Breiie. Iub Die beliebten
Ino porsu9liben &lfreb Dolae's
Jilai9ube fino pieoer angetommer.
Sprebt Bel uns pDr un6 be1ihtiat
unier 9ager Doer ibidt Cure Muf.
fridge brieffih elm.
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Gus benz 6aae miro beridtet:
Waoboem iih in benz Befinoen Der
Honigin Wilbelmine cine lebr beoenf=
ltge S"eriblimmerung eingeiteIt
bate. 1T iett uieoer cine @enbuna
gum Beleren eingetreten.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-05-06

8ir baben einen arusen @ors
rotb BON Gefrigeraturen, @afers
tlblern, @isibranfe uno See Cream
Sreeaers, Die mir gu nieorigem
Breiie aus5uoerfaufen piini9en.
6. 8. Dean 81 6 o.
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Spmtberm Yacific 8abm.

O9~*" H~CtTtV 0WVUe
Mbfabrt.
Nab Stem Orleans, SouiDn unb CAL
neIton taglib.. ....... .12:OO Mittaas.
ytaeb Often, 3ug SEQ. TO-. $50 Mben6s.
gaeb 81 8aio, galifDrnien unb Merito
900 8prm.
Nab NorbeSeIas, ct. 2Duis unb gbica<
go katy Flyer 1915 Gbenbs.
Nnfunt.
Gon NorosTe1as, ct. 9ouis unb Chicago
(Katy Flyer ..........8:30 MDrgens.
Bon Netp Orleans, Souitph nn6 Col
neiton td9lib. .4:45 Noehm.
Son 81 8aio, galifornien unb Merifo
ian 9Ihpnha
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Ambemler=8 nid'sly 8nomeHer"

lit BON rein=gOloener Sarbe, iebr
ret9 uno bat einen punoerbaren
@eibmad. Sc ioate in ieoem Sis,
Sbrant uno auf ieeem gBtiid Der
fetniten Sausbaltungen su finoen
lsln. Die 9otalz0 eriteaung oieles
Bieres lit grDBer, als Die aQer an6e.
rem Slalhenbiere ~aulammeneenum=
men.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-05-06

- Die be It Ell unb billiqz
ten Nnaiae fir 6erren, Die
1h0nite Iusmabl BON Stofen BEL
%. S. 2ubert,
12O Npro MlnntD : GtrnEe.
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Giienba6n Ta6r=Y lan.
:. & q. u. wabn.
Gbfa brt.

40 U BTl.
0ab alien Worbs9 eras.8unften ........
..sst.CO o0ltt.
geoh ct. 2Duis, Mempbis uno benz
Often. 1873 MittaaS.
Nab 8acD, Norb<Seras, Santa Sc unb
5rtscO<YuHften SIS Mbenos
Nab ct. 2Duis unG benz cten 900 i,
Nab 2arebo unb MericD. 800 gprm.
Nnfunt.
8Dn st. 9ouis unb benz Often. ~. 30 Gprm.
Son NDrosSeras. Santa Sc unb 6riscD<
Hu1ften 8.45 Born.
Bon lDcalen 8untten .......6.3O Naehm.
Gon ct. 2Duis urb eem D jten IL. As Mbb8,
Won 9areoD unb Mertto. $50. IL. 10 Nadbm.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-05-06

8enn SIR See Cream Stree
5ers, 6efrigeratoren uno @aiier=
tibler taufen moat, gebt gu 6. $.
Dean & s o., ba oieielben ibren
Borratb gu reousirten 8reiien aus=
nertaufen. SEPT lit Die Belt, gu
faufen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-05-06

wrnnbeiBentbnm&s= itebertrasumaeu.
Wm S. Bring an Cha S. Bob
net, 6 @runoitiid auf South 6eiabts.
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@mlf g6pre @ahn.

Nbfabrt.
3ah Stodbale, taslih, 1900 8orm.
Infunft.
Bon Stodoale, taalih. 1900 Wadhm.
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@enn SIR Elm 8icpcle erlter
&laiie 81 nieoriaem 8reiie faufen
pput, gebt 81 6. $. 9ean& 6 o.
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g. n. & u. q. 8abm.

Ssab GalpetDn, Soufton uno guero taae
900 Bprm.
Neb Corpus g4riti, aranias ToB unb
Beebile td9lib .....~...9 uhr 8orm.
unb 2:20 Nahm.
Nab 8brne nnb aerrpine, t6alicb
$3.50 8orm,
Nntunt.
Bon @alpefDn, 6ouiton unb guerp taas
ltb 700 QbenoS.
Won CORPUS ghrifti, Nranias 8aB uno
BeebiIe tdgli6. ..........2:O5 Wadhm.
Bon 8brne uu6 8errnine. tdglib......
$3.50 Wbeub8.
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@etsiimf@t tperben lebeubioe.
aiisgemabiene Tauben bel
@~ueffas & Ierlet.
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Db cine Bruft beforirt miro,
bdn0t oft bonn Miden ab.
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=. SdenermeDer's Tamilienaarteu

neten &ade bes beiten &uIes BEL
0teiteen uno Sremoen uno miro
oementiprebeno BON Sreunoen elmer
auten oeutiden Soft fart patrons
lirt. D~elifateiien Der Sailun emit,
lprebeno. Milhereiprooufte auer
Nrt. SIN Saloon finoet man itets
frtlbes gier, quite @eine, 2iauDre
l1no elgarren. S9euermeper's So
milienaarten lit elm Grbulunssplas
eriter &laiie.
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Die groBte Gntoedung oeS 3eitalterS
Gingetragene 9ambelsmarfe.
MOTHER SUPERIOR Wntter Oberin)
Seller lln6 Miereuz She.

Sos srDBe 5eilmitteI fur ale 9eioeu
0es Slutes, 6es Wtasens. Der Nieren, Der
seper. FUR Seroanunssi6pdhe, @allig.
fett, Mi9rdne, &beumatismus, WerifD.
pfmng unb Srauenleiben. Sc tpir6 ana
l%eltenen uno tbeuren &rdutern heroeieIt.
lotuie aus 8urseln un6 Blumen. ipefrhe
aug Irabien, Mesbpten uno IaIdlina
importirt tperben miilien. Oas WifteI
iptro empfoblen ourb Die berpprraaen6.
ten Ner5te oer Welt unb tpirb NIT GrfDfo
tr auen &l6tern unb BON ben Barmhers
5t9en Shtpe5tern an~getpenoet.
gtatt beacbte Die breifarbiee. ROTH, fpets
Mno grine ober selbe Gillette. Man
nehn1e niHts anberes.
~ baben in alien Mpotbeten. 8reis
rs Gents bas Iadet
SuedWestiche0ffice: 443 0st-commerce-Str
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MeXcQDCeDhd Rd|W0V Co. Lid.
hertueift ami bic 9hntiad,e

ner'petft anf bic 7batfadet
S@B ne Die ein3ise breitipuriee einie bon Der @reuss
Der ger, Staten nab Der 6aupttaot Merito it,;
SaB ie Die eiu;ige 9inie 1T, Die Dem ~reiieneen
Yublttim Die eroBen nit Yintl9 Gas erltuhteten
pullman Draining 9oom Sdlafpasen bietsn tann;
DAB man nit hieer 9inie obne @agenpediel BON
st. Houis mad Der Stabt Msrito reiien fam;
DAB es Die ein5ige Clinic bon 81 Yaio nad Der
Staot Merifo 1T.
Die einie flbrt ourb Is BON ocn 81 Staaten Der
Eepublif.
a8enn 5br etne 6efhaftsretie atadbt, oeht
eabtn, tur 1efdbdfte oetban iuerbem. Sur bier
Gtdote bon lber $500 Ginpobnern in Der Gepublif
tperoen bon Der Wfegiean @entral= 9abn nidt bernbrt.
Sdgliter Shlafpa9eroienf sipildeu ct. Qouis
uno Staot uSsrite, vi 9aie uno Staot Weriio uns
uingetebrt.
G.. r. HUDSON, w. D. MURDOCH.
U. r, II. 9. u. q. g. 81
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-15
Paris Postal Stories.

Some Paris postal stories are going
the rounds just now, says the Paris
Messenger. One of them has refer
ence to a letter posted at little coun-
try place in France to the Minister of
Public Instruction, Paris. The sender
did not put stamp upon it, knowing
that Government officials letters are
carried Free
The provincial lady official, however.
evidently not knowing this. put a
stamp upon the letter and sent the
postman to collect the fifteen CEN
times from the sender, whose name
by some mysterious means, the secret
of which is in the possession of her
sex, she managed to discover.
Another anecdote relates that a
welESnown Partisan lawyer sent
letter to NJ. Millerand and put a fifteen
centime stamp ON it, evidently forget
ting that stamp was unnecessary.
Now, the letter was over weight. and
the postoflice people, apparently think
ing only of the stamp and not of the
privilege, claimed thirty
centimes excess. This, of course. M.
Miilerand declined to pay, and the let
ter was sent back. The unlucky send
er was forced to take it back and nav
the thirty centimes, making in all
forty-five confines out of his pocket,
whereas had he put no stamp at all it
would have been safely delivered.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-15
The Hearth Cricket.

Mr.. James REIN, of the American
chronological Society, has made a
special study OF the cricket life of
Philadelphia. AS a result of his stud
les, he writes:
Most Americans were formerly IA
miliar with no other cricket than the
black field cricket, but recently light
brown species with bars of dark brown
on its head, has made it's way into
our cities, and this visitor is none other
the hearth cricket, the friend of Caleb
Plummer and John Perrybingle. 1t
cannot be denied that we have always
had, so far as we know, the little min
strel; but recent years have seen a
very great increase in their numbers
IN and around Philadelphia. His chirp
is quite different from that of our
black crickets, and he shows a great
preference for the vicinity of a stove,
where he soon let's himself be heard.
''The hearth cricket is found over the
greater part of Europe, inhabiting
dwellings and outbuildings, but the
insect particularly loves the vicinity
OF fire, such a situation as Dickens
describes in his Christmas
Stories philadelphia Record.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-15
rie-Eating For odd Reasons.

School teachers sometimes ask their
pupils queer questions, if one may be-
lieve story told by the youngest men,
Der of the Wilmington family.
His mother one morning discovered
a shortage in the supply of pies, baked
the day before, and her suspicious fell
upon Johnny.
Johnny" she said, "do you know
what became of that cherry pie that
was on the second Shelf in the pam
try?"
YES. ma'am." he replied, 81 ate it.
But / had tor
You had tor exclaimed his aston
ished mother. what do you mean.
child?"
THE teacher asked yesterday if any
of us could tell her how many stones
there are in cherry pie, and 1 couldn't
find out without eating the whole pie.
could I? There's just hundred and
forty-two. youths Companion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-15

tell by the fainter sound of her bare
feet in the sand.
Run" he called "Open your eyes
and run, but don't look back, and don,t
stop till you stand in the tepee with
Mar-tala."
rs that all of the new game, Kan
noga" she asked. doubtfully.
| No." he answered.; "there is more"
Meanwhile he still sat In the same
place, watching the cougar and hold
ing its attention by the constant move
ment of his slender arm and of his
grimy, tattered sleeve.
When Aakloo was at a safe distance
the sense of his own danger came sud-
denly upon him.
If Sis-sos-ka would only come with
his rife-or Gray Beaver, an old man
now, but still great hunter. If he
had only told Aakloo! He turned his
head and looked after her. Down the
winding track Of sand beside the still
lake, both grown dull gray in the
evening light, he saw her running, and
he knew that long before she could
reach the tepee he would be beyond
the need of rescue.
He had turned his head for only an
instant, but In that instant the cougar
mad crept nearer and its long tail had
begun to swing slowly, stealthily, from
side to side.
hannoga saw no hope of escape, but
with every sense alert he studied his
desperate chances.
The panther lay crouched with it's
head toward the forest, while he sat
facing the lake. When he had care
fully measured the space between
them and the distance to the water he
jumped away from the log and ran di-
rectly under the panther.
The animal instantly shifted its
head, as If to leap down from the other
side of the limb. but the boy did not
appear there. and 1t turned with mar
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-15
An Old Engine.

At The F'arme coliiery, near Glasgow,
in Scotland. there is an atmospheric
or "Necomen' engine, which has been
at work drawing coal since 1909. The
cylinder is open at the top, and the pis-
ton is packed with hemp and water
A man works valve, which alternate
iy admits steam to raise the piston
and water to condense it, so that the
weight Of the atmosphere will push it
down again. With the exception of
one of two cog wheels broken by acct
dent the engine is exactly as it was
when originally set up, nearly 100
years ago. 1t is the oldest engine AT
work in Scotland. The cylinder is
thirty-two and one-quarter inches in
diameter and has sixty -seven-inch
stroke. 1t Is run at twenty-seven rev.
olutions per minute, and deyelops
about twenty-seven horse power.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-15
WERE WELL FURNISHED.
Utensils of 5000 Years Ago Not Unlike
Those of the Present Day.

Utensils of 5000 Years Ago Not Unlik.
Those of the Present Day.
The modern housewife may witt
reason pride herself on the conven
fences which her kitchen affords, bu
she need not smile too superciliously
/ at the thought of the rude makeshifts
OF days long gone by. She certainly
would not do so if she were to spend
morning as did a writer in theEng
lish Illustrated Magazine, in the Ma
tIonal museum at Naples, and look al
the kitchen and other household uten.
sis that were in use 1000 years ago
Surely there was very much more OF
comfort than we are apt to suppose.
Such, at all events, is the impression
left upon the mind after an inspection
OF the relics of>buried cities in Italy.
which give to the Naples museum its
unique attraction.
Kitchen utensils not unlike those in
use at the present day are to be
seen there, although many have an
elegance and costliness that the mod
ern house wife would consider extrav-
agant. Saucepans lined with silver.
pals richly inlaid with arabesques in
silver, and shovels handsomely carved
figure among the household goods of
those times.
An egg-frame that would cook %
eggs at once and pastry molds shaped
like she'll suggest Injuries of this
kitchen of 1000 years ago. Gridirons
and frying pans, tart dishes and
cheese graters were in use then as
now.
When we leave the kitchen and en-
ter my lady's chamber, we find lux
urious equipments equally prominent.
The Roman lady's toilette table was
well supplied. Ivory combs, bottles
of perfume, pots of cosmetics, but
tons, hairpins and even a hair net
OF gold wire figured there.
Bronze thimbles and spindles are
to be seen among the relics. The Ro-
man lady even had her safety pin, for
there is specimen of this little con-
venience which, before the one In the
Naples museum was found, was be-
lieved to be strictly modern inven-
ton.
The Roman lady, however appar-
emily lacked one essential. She had
no hair brush. Neither had she a
glass mirror. All the mirrors in the
museum, with one exception, are of
silver or some other white metal.
The exception is a dark purple piece
of glass let into the wall of bedroom
in the house Specie in Pompeii
In surgical instruments the world
was rich. Those found at Pompeii
deprive modern science at the credit
of more than one invention. Needles
probes and forceps resemble closely |
those in use at the present day.
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this way theft by assault and battery
is not necessary. and the same object
is achieved In the quiet suave fashion
described, and the victim, because Of
MS position as a would-be dispenser
OF false bills, is blocked from com
planning to the police.
This is the simplest method OF
greengoods procedure. There are q
thousand variations to this theme
each OF which is hard nut for US to
crack You ask why cannot one of
our men impersonate a credulous per-
son and then arrest the blackguards
We have done this, but have practi-
caliy abandoned the idea, because gen.
orally we have been unable to pro-
duce enough evidence to convict. The
sending of the kilograms and letters
is so adroitly managed that the train
OF evidence which we may collect is
likely to break at an important poiEt.
OF course, the detectives life is in
constant danger when pursuing these
crooks.
Where do the sharpers get the
money with which to play their trade?
Where did the man in the case cited
get his $4,000 in genuine money!" was
asked. Mr.. Swift replied:
THAT is the most interesting part
of the story. The system does not
depend for it's success upon the re-
sources of few needy swindlers.
These men are simply agents of
wealthy criminals, who manage their
men, outline the plan, think of new
schemes and pay their agents gen.
erous percentage of the amount they
steal from their victims. This veal
thy criminal is the king sharper of
the crowd; it is he who furnishes the
capital. To prove my knowledge of
the existence Of these facts, I'll say
that | know one of these king crooks.
He lives in Pennsylvania where he has
a magnificent stock farm. Many acres
OF rich land, on which are costly cat
tie and horses, stretch on all sides
from his baronial-like mansion. There
are others like him, closer to New
York human vultures, who by the ex-
ercise of a peculiar cast of intelli-
gence have been able to amass large
fortunes. They have wrought so cum
ningly that. while we are certain
that they are exceedingly dangerous
to society, we are almost powerless
to convict them. The very nicely of
the law of evidence renders almost
impossible the fulfilment of justice. |
We have been fairly successful, how
ever, in driving these highwaymen !
from our postofice, and what we
want now Is just this amendment to |
the interstate commerce law which |
will make telegraph and express COM
panies-the former particularly
more heedful of their duty. We have |
law in New York state which pro- |
1ibits this wretched business being |
carried on by telegraph or mail. All
states should have such a statute or
else let us have Federal law to, the |
same effect. New Jersey has a statute
telegraph and express
companies from aiding and abetting
hese swindlers. We have recently /
lad a New Jersey operator imprisoned
or violating this law.