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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-04
Spotting Criminals

can easily spot pickpocket in q
crowd" said one of Washington's best
detectives, who has been attached to
the detective bureau at police head
quarters for the last Is years in con-
versation with a reporter the other day.
1T is not necessary that I know my
man by sight first before 1 can spot
him. A thief as rule, you know, has
habit of glancing frequently over his
shoulder in a furtive manner to see
that he is not being watched, and it
is by that habit that a thief has often
betrayed his occupation to me.
Frequently 1 have had to track and
identify men whom I have never seen,
my only means of Identification being q
photograph taken years ago. This is
| usually very difficult to accomplish
| however, as it is easy for the criminal
| radically to change his appearance 1t
is possible for man to pose as SAIL
| or, a farmer, tough or a pastor with
in, say, "a hours. Many criminals
make speciality of DISCUSSES, and l as
sure you they can alter their appear
| ance to a remarkable degree.
'Disguises, however, no matter how
| cleverly gotten up. do not always con-
ceal a mans identity. There are, for
| instance, the color and expression of
| the eyes. These cannot possibly be
altered, and they have been one of my
most frequent aids in identifying fugi.s
| tives. Another identification mark, al
| though not an infallible one, but one
nevertheless by which I have on sew
eral occasions detected a criminal when
other means failed me, are the cheek
bones. Like the color of the eyes, they
| cannot be changed
| Descriptions as to the weight and
circumference of a wanted man fire.
quently prove faulty, and therefore un-
reliable as aids to detection. This is
especially so where the man has evaded
the detectives for any great length OF
time, for it is possible the criminal
may have lost a great deal of weight
and corpuency, while on the other
hand a spare man may have gained in
avoirdupois and bulk. In such cases.
however, have in one or two instances
established the identity of the man 1
was after by his ears AS rule the
worst criminals have oddly shaped ears,
and no matter how cleverly they may
disguise themselves they can seldom
succeed in concealing their tell-tale ear
marks from the detective who has al
redy made their acquaintance.
1.-The eyebrows also afford another
means of personal identity because they
are invariably distinctive and charac-
teristic to the trained detective. About
| three years ago L captured one of our
cleverest crooks, a man who has served
many years in prison, by the peculiar
slant of his eyebrows. At the time
arrested him he was wearing a wig and
4 flowing black beard The disguise
might easily have deceived the casual
observer, but to me there was one
thing lacking to make it complete. He
had forgotten to alter his eyebrows,
and they alone gave me the cue to his
identity. '-Washingto Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-04

Again Mathews made good and McMur-
ray was puzzled.
After studying bit, he decided that
it was a poor time to quit bluff, so
he put up a thousand more, and Dusty
Jim said. doubtfully, My hand is
worth a lot more than that. but | have
not the chips to play it. I'll raise for
all | have" and he pushed about fif-
teen hundred into the pot.
Again the newcomer stayed and Nc
Murray was at his wits end. He
could not rely on Dusty Jim to raise
again. so as to give him another chance
and it seemed useless to try to BLUM
Mathews out So he simply covered the
last raise.
1t was Dusty Jims deal and Mathews
called for one card. McMurray heaV-
ed a sigh of relief, figuring that if
Mathews had had better than two
pairs he would have done some rails
ing himself and he also called for one
card which was an ace and made hlm
an ace full Dusty Jim stood pat.
Mathews bet five thousand dollars
after looking carefully at his hand, and
McMurray looked at him a long time
before playing Then he called darky
and sent him to the cashier for the BANK
roll.
When it came he counted it carefully
and found twenty-eight thousand dol
lars in it.
81 bet you that" he said putting il
on the table.
THAT all you got?" asked Mathews
coolly.
Yes said McMurray.
81 call you and he showed down
four queens.
There was a new man in possession
of the place next day. but McMurray
got his mail there for a time Among
the letters that came was one thai
made him swear quietly but viciously
1t read:
First class poker players do some
times do stunts with the cards.
JAMES KENT.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-04
The Greatest Engine.

Lieutenant Godfrey L. Garden Is in
the city in the interest of the st. Louis
Exposition. He has recently returned
from Europe, where he was engaged
in securing exhibits for the Worlds
Fair, and in particular with reference
to the power plant which will be util-
lied for performing the various func-
tons of the exhibition.
The total floor space in Machinery
Hall and in the adjoining Fuel Gas
and Steam Building" will approximate
nine and a half acres. and the space in
Machinery Hall proper has been applied
for some five times over
Lieutenant Garden said yesterday
that the gas engine display viii be of
sition, he declared. the largest gas en-
CINE exhibited was one of 600 horse
power. and a. year later at the PAN
American Exposition. an American firm
presented a 600 horse power gas engine.
At the Worlds Fair in st. Louis the
Societe Anonyme John CockerilI. of Sc
raign. Belgium, will install 5000 horse
power gas engine. This viii be the
largest of its type in the world at the
time of it's installation in the spring OF
1904 A German firm will install a gas
engine of l $50 hopse power 1t IS IN
teresting to note that the Germans
claim that the 1,750 horse power can be
developed on 1875 pounds Of anthracite
coal per hour. which is equivalent TO
less than one pound of coal per horse
power per hour. There will be num-
Der of other notable installations Of gas
engines Record.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-04

feet in the audience, and here and
there demonstrations by the hands.
felt that the CONCEALED condition of the
atmosphere was giving way. 1t was
encouraging, l made another charge
while the melting process seemed to be
present. I said:
" The State which. later, gave to the
world an example of patience. LOYALTY
to his State, and valor, whose name
commanded the respect and admiration
of our whole country, as we'll as of ali
nations-the Christian soldier. Lee
"A whoop from the back benches
greeted this. 1 recognized in it the yell
with which we all became familiar in
the greatest of civil wars. 1t was con-
tagious. 1t swept the old court house
like prairie fire. 1t seemed as If the
plastering had been loosened from the
ceiling.
The rest of my speech was necess
sariiy confined to the campaign.
spoke of it as a business issue, dwell
ling upon the financial question in
volved. 1t received respectful atten-
ton. but not of a demonstratiye char
acter
AS I was leaving the building there
was another demonstration which was
very fiattering. 1 felt as if 1 had been
successful. All public speakers like to
have that feeling after their efforts.
Il learned though after / left the
building that the noise heard was il
honor of the appearance of another
speaker, local celebrity, who had a
date to follow me, and to answer me.
1t was his audience that L had been
trying to work up
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-04

did good turns for McMurray, and
without any urging, played faro for
perhaps half an hour, neither winning
nor losing to any alarming extent
After a time he rose, and, yawning
portentously, remarked that he never
did care much about faro, anyhow, but
if 1t was draw poker now
And the young man who brought him
in said he didn't play draw poker him
self, but the proprietor did sometimes
He'd see if they couldn't start a game.
And, accordingly, a game was started
1t was five-handed game McMur-
ray and Dusty Jim sitting in as a mat
ter of course, and the gentleman from
Denver, who introduced himself as
Mathews which was not his name
| taking the third seat. Besides these
there was a Chicago man named Duff
field who was known as a good thing,
and another house sitter named Char
ley.
Table stakes, 7 suppose" said Nc
Murray as he made ready to sell chips.
We'll, I haven't any objection to
table stakes" said Mathews coolly, eff
| you put your whole pile on the table at
the start. Otherwise, I don't like the
| limit When I play poker I like to get
out when I can breathe
Suits me-" said McMurray, who had
sized the newcomer up for a plunger
And he gave Dusty Jim a meaning
| look.
My limit is thousand" said Duff
| field. It's all I have in money, and
l won't draw checks in a poker game
Quite right said McMurray. Sup
posing we take a thousand apiece for
a starter
| This was agreeable all around. es-
pecially TO the two sitters who were not
| accustomed to being staked so liberal
| ly. The checks We're whites dollar,
reds, ten and blues. hundred. A
| deck of cards was opened and the
game began.
For the first twenty minutes Matf-
ews lost. and lost so rapidly that he
had to buy more chips. AS he paid for
| them he displayed a roll of thousand
dollar bills that made NcMurray's eyes
CLEAN.
Then Duffield went broke Dusty Jim
capturing some nine hundred dollars
| from him on a full house. which he
made on a two-card draw against Duff
| fields flush He accordingly retired.
leaving Mathews against the house
! forces.
Presently he opened a jack pot. and
AIcMurray raised him a hundred, Civ
ing Dusty Jim the signal to raise again
He obeyed the instructions, but Math-
ews stayed.
1t was evidence of strength, and Nc
Murray had only two pairs, but he
| promptly raised it five hundred and
Dusty Jim made it five hundred more
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-04

Economical: First farmer-"Did they
hev fre-escapes at the hotel where ye
slept. Zeke?'' Second farmer-'No, but
it was the most eckernOmical tavern 1
ever seen" First farmer-"In what
way. Zeke?" Second farmer-'Why,
they had rope hanging in every room.
so that you could commit suicide with
out wastin' the gas. '-Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-04

A useful attache: why should l
give this man position?' said the Sui
tan of Turkey. Because he may be
very useful in an emergency" answer
ed the grand vizier; "he knows how to
say. We apologize in every modern
language. "-Washington Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-04

Col. Charles H. Denison. chairman of
the Republican Clubs Committee on
National Affairs and one of the Ma
tional Committees effective speakers,
said he knew something about round
ing up a Southern audience himself.
He was sent into Virginia during the
last Presidential campaign to talk the
business end of the McKinley-Roose-
welt ticket to the Southerners who had
baked at Bryan. The first meeting
he addressed was in a court house in
typical Virginia town. Col. Denison's
account of the meeting is appended.
'1 began by saying that this was my
second appearance in the State of the
Mother of Presidents. My first visit, 1
said, was rather under orders than of
my own volition. I remarked that that
visit was brief, and that I had almost
hurried out of the State on account of
circumstances over which l had no
control.
II added that I still carried a re-
minder of that visit, and if perchance
| the gentleman who was the cause of it
was present, l should like to meet him,
in order to assure him that, notwith
standing the incident I bore him only
the good win of comradeship.
1.-THE audience sat under these words
immovable. There was not an indica-
ton that what I had said had made
any impression, favorable or otherwise.
They just sat there like so many
images.
81 then quickly recalled that when
took my stand there had been no greet
ing, such as a Northern audience all
ways gives a speaker when he is in
troduced. My reception was so chilly
that I almost broke down. L tried
again.
lit is indeed a great privilege
said. to stand on the soil of old Vir-
ginia, the Mother of Presidents; the
State in which the eloquent voice of
| Patrick Henry was heard in the first
dark days of our beloved country
ST paused a moment, but there was
not murmur. I continued: The State
that gave US the genius which triumph
ed in the struggle for independence,
and which when the conflict was over
was selected to guide us in our first
steps as a COMMUNICATING Of Vir-
ginia.'
There was a slight movement OF
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
Rossetti md whistler.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti once showed
whistler n sketch for painting and
asked him how he liked It. 1T has
good points," said Whistler go
ahead with 1t by all means"
A few weeks later he asked how the
work was progressing "All right"
answered Rossettl cheerfully. I've
ordered stunning frame for It,"
Happening In at Rossetti's in Cheyne
Walk. Whistler asked to see the can
vas. which was brought out beauti-
fully framed.
you've done nothing to 1t since I
saw 1t, have you?" said Whistler.
NO" replied Rossetti, but I've writ
ten a sonnet on the subject If you
would like TO hear IT,"
The former of course assented. and
the poet-painter thereupon recitcd some
lines Of peculiar tenderness and mel
ody. They were barely ended when
Whistler broke In with:
'Rossetti, put the sonnet in the
frame"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02

A family in the south had coal
black cook named Sarah. whose hus-
band was suddenly killed in a quarry
accident. For the time being her grief
was allayed by the preparations for an
elaborate funeral. and on the day of
this event, SO dear to negroes who de-
sire to show their Importance, she ap-
peared before her mistress In deepest
black, but on her hands were a pair
of white gloves, such as soldiers wear
at dress parade and guard mount
"Why. aunty," exclaimed her mis-
tress, what made you get white
gloves"
Sarah drew herself up Indignantly
and said in the chilliest tones. Don't
you suppose I wants dem niggahs to
see dat TIE got on glovesY'-Lippin-
colts.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
QUEER SUPERSTITiONS.

The following are some curious su-
perstitions that are still extant among
English speaking people:
If you kill frogs your cows will ''go
dry"
Tickling baby will cause the child
to stutter.
To thank a person for combing your
hair will bring bad luck.
To kill n ghost 1t must be shot with
a bullet made Of q silver coin.
To dream of unbroken eggs signifies
trouble to come; If the eggs are broken
the trouble is past.
If you boast of your good health
strike wood Immediately with your fist
or you will become i'll.
To dream of live snake means
enemies at large, of dead snake
enemies dead or powerless.
To allow a child to look into a mir
ror before it is a month old will cause
1t to have trouble in teething.
A child will have nature and dis
position similar to those Of the person
who first takes 1t out Of doors.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02

when you see the new moon hangin'
straight up and down, loolSin' sort Of
sour like, you're not goin' to have rain
for at least two-thirds of the month"
said an old observer. when she comes
up lookin' like she wouldn't spill, then
it's goin' TO be good weather for two
thirds of the month.
"You can bank on that, boy. I've
been watchin' the moon for weather
more'n thirty years on land and sea,
and the dip tells the story better than
nny weather prophet that ever called
turns on the weather from headuuar-
ters down In Washington.
Further than gettin' cue on the
weather." he continued "you can tell
by the color of the moon whether It's
goin' to be warm or cold rain.
IF the wet moon looks red it's goin'
to be n warm rain. If. it looks bright
and slvery like It's goln' to be chilly
rain.
"I've been watchin' Luna, as they
call her, come up over Jersey for a
number of years, and haven't found
her sign to fail et."-Philadelphia In
quirer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
The Munkn Bride.

Here is picturesque incident In the
Munka wedding ceremony in India:
The bride goes to stream or we'll near
by with her pitcher and, having filled It,
raises 1t aloft on her head, steadying It
with her hand. The bridegroom comes
behind, as she turns homeward, and,
resting his hand on her shoulder, shoots
an arrow along the path in front Of her
through the loophole formed by her up
lifted arm. The bride then walks on
to where the arrow lies and picks It up
with her foot, still balancing the pitcher
on her head. Transferring 1t grace
fully to her hand, she restores it to the
bridegroom, thus showing that she can
perform her domestic duties well, with
hand and foot at his service. He In
turn, by shooting the arrow In front Of
her, has shown his ability to protect
her and clear her path of any danger
that may beset 1t.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02

A shaving Of wood curls up owing
TO contraction on one side and expan-
sion on the other. This expansion Is
accelerated by what II known as the
back iron" or cap Iron" which 10 used
In most planes.
The object of this 'cap iron" is to
break the shavings into short lengths
and to prevent the 'cutting iron" from
tearing or splitting the fibers Of the
wood, which lie always more or less
In n slanting direction.
The nearer the edge of the "back
iron" is placed to the edge OF the "cut-
ting iron" the shorter the shavings are
broken off. These are smooth on one
side. and the serrations on the other
correspond with the distance between
the edges Of the two irons.
All wood. too. is formed In circular
rings, such as can be seen In the Sec
tion of any tree trunk. 1t follows,
therefore, that when the rings of wood
are cut across, as they are to certain
extent In the act Of planning, they are
relieved from tension, and curl up In
the endeavor to expand themselves.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02

Moro music is strangely unrhythmic-
al TO European ears, says writer In
Everybody's Magazine. 1t consists
mainly of monotonous reiteration OF
sound, even supposed change Of air
being almost imperceptible to an ear
unaccustomed to the barbarous lack of
tone. The Moro piano IL n wooden
frame shaped like the runners of a
child's sled, on which small kettle
drums are balanced by means of cords
and sticks laid horizontally. These
rather resemble pots for the kitchen
range than musical Instruments. but
each is roughly tuned. forming the
eight notes of the scale. Women crouch
ing on the ground before this instru-
ment beat out wailing sound from 1t
with shaped sticks, while from larger
kettledrums hung by ropes from a
wooden railing at one side, two men
accompanied the piano, and one old
woman in the background drummed
out an independent air Of her own on
an empty tin pan.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
A STORY OF VAis1LeR.
The Picture Tint was His Even
Though IL HID Been Sold

A certain Lady So-and-so, who ad-
mircd Whistler's genius to the extent
Of purchasing one of his pictures,
never was able TO obtain possession of
her property. One day she drove to
the studio I'm her victoria. Mr.. Whis
tier went out to the sidewalk 10 greet
her
Mr. Whistler" she said, "two years
ago l bought one of your pictures, n
beautiful thing, and have never been
able to hang II on my walls. 1t has
been loaned to one exhibition or an.
other. Now today have my carriage
with me, and would like TO take It
home with me. l am told II is in your
possession"
Dear lady" returned Whistler, you
ask the impossible. | will send II to
you when have 1t again, but it is not
here. You have been misinformed."
And SO forth, and so forth. to the same
effect, and the lady drove off without
her picture.
After she had departed Whistler
commenced to poke around the studio
and, to the great astonishment of n
friend who had been an involuntary
listener to the above conversation, he
brought forth canvas.
Here II Is" he said. "She was right
about one thing-it Is beautiful" And
II was beautiful.
'But the impudence Of these people,"
he continued, who think that because
they pay few paltry hundred pounds
ly secures them the privilege Of having
them in their houses now and thenl
The pictures are mine|-Harper's
Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
Head Massnse saves Hair.

''The hairbrush Is responsible for
much Of the badness that we see," u
barber said. at irritates the scalp. II
destroys the little. delicate. tender fol-
licles of hair that are trying their best
TO get on in the world"
What would you substitute for the
hairbrush-the comb2 man asked.
by no means. I'd substitute rub
bing with the hands--massage. A lit
lie massage morning and evening with
a shampoo once week. would keep the
hair In excellent condition. 1t would
encourage new hair to grow. whereas
the vigorous brushing that is 40 com
mon scares and kills all the feeble new
hairs as soon as they sprout out The
brush and comb should only be used
to part and arrange the hair-for about
half minute. that Is, daily"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02

No bird can fly for any appreciable
distance tail first. The nearest ap-
proach to such movement is shown in
the tumbler pigeon when that bird
slews his wings forward and, suddenly
turning back his head, throws a somer-
sault, but this is not true backward
flight.
When a bird wishes to reverse its
motion 1t tilts Its body literally, as a
railway carriage would be tilted in
taking curve, or increases the number
Of beats given by one wing as COM
pared with the other or keeps one wing
extended while the other Is partially
fexed But bird can no more fly
backward than ship can sail astern.
Some birds, however, and particular
ly the albatross. can fly half upside
down-that is, with the wings pointed
In direction nearly perpendicular to
the sea-and when turning quickly In
this position the appearance is some
times almost as though the bird were
using its wings I'm backward direc-
ton, though their structure is not really
adapted to any such movement. and
when poised, facing strong wind,
birds may seem to move astern.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02

The Cherokees. as far back as the
whites have any knowledge of them.
occupied portions Of northeast Ala
bama. southeast Tennessee, western
North Carolina and portion of north
west Georgia. They were essentially
n hill people and their homes were
among the mountain ranges. The
Choctaws, on the contrary occupied the
comparatively level regions of middle
west Alabama and eastern Mississippi.
Between them and the Cherokees were
the Creeks on the northwest and the
Chickasaws on the north. The Chero-
KEGS and Choctaws were widely sepa-
rated and were never neighbors, at
least in historic tines Montgomery
(Ala.) Advertiser.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
Aristesr.sY Of wealth Not Probable.

Aristosrasv Of wealth Not Proba able.
Whatever the tendencies Of wealthy
Americans Of the present day, II Is ex.
tremely improbable that an aristocracy
Of wealth should ever come into being
1t has been seen that an aristocracy
depends chiefly upon two conditions
the continued possession and exercise
OF power and the consequent unity Of
aims nnd ideals.
The aristocratic body In England, for
Instance. is self conscious: Its members
are united by mutual understanding
They acknowledge certain well recog-
nlzed laws of life and manners. They
depend upon each other to uphold these
laws. Individually, wealthy Ameri-
cans may be both self conscious and
self nssertive. but collectively they are
antagonistic to one another. The ac-
cuniulation Of wealth implies struggle,
and struggle does not bring forth the
kind Of qualities which make Of the
gentle and stately men and women Of
Nandyke's canvases one great family.
Anna Mcclure ShOll In Guntons
Magazine.