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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
UNCLE SANS PUZZLE EXPERTS
THEIR WORK rs TO GUESS 5000
RIDDLES A DAY.

Some OF the Riddles Devised by Ingenious
Jokers-mey Arc Essy-Others the
Work OF well.Mcaning Foreigner
~ These the Ones That Try the wits.
Nearly 5000 letters or other pieces Of mail
matter bearing defective add reach
the New York Post Offioe every day. and the
correct addresses are found for more than
IS per cent OF them. Most OF the work
is done by three or four men. the lions
share falling to Otto G. Menger. chief clerk
Of the department.
A letter thus addressed by joker reached
Mr.. Menger's desk a few years ago: Stan
In the Postofioe, North Lemon, Old
Sweater Mr.. Menger was mystifed for
a time, but suddenly it struck him that the
address. read according to the principle Of
contraries, would yield South Orange,
New Jersey" "Stan.' who was q clerk in
the post Office there, got the letter the next
day.
Among the Clouds, N, H. was another
address OF the catch variety. II reached
its destination at Mount Washington with
out any particular loss Of time. Holy Ann
was the direction on letter. which was de-
livered to a resident Of Clean. Cattaraugus
county. .Hou 4 Erie Co. was easy. II
was meant for Holland. a village q short
distance out Of Buffalo.
But the addresses devised by the funny
men are really the easiest that the blind
readers have to deal with. II 10 the
foreign-written addresses that make
trouble. The almost universal method Of
solving the mystery Is by dissecring and
analyzing the scrawl according to phonetic
principles.
aIstochinchistommo' appeared on
letter that confronted Mr.. Menger a few
days ago. II bore an Italian stamp and
the name Of an Italian. That was all the
blind reader required. After moments
study he rsdirected the letter to East King
Not less remarkable was the transla-
ton Of -Spital Carutin Hapon Harland'
into Quarantine Station, Hoffman Island.
Similarly. under the searchlight Of the
eioples- became Scotch Plains; ''sayrosa.
Pa" Shireoaks. Pa; 'Siriano street.
vile, and aBodofel. n. Y. Board Of Health,
New York city.
tougher problem as,. IN some i r pa
into play other abilities OF the blind reader
than merely his power to read Theoretically,
was presented by 'Stylmen strit. nombre
faif.S Mr.. Menger sent this letter to
Stillman street, Boston. The name on
the envelope was Jewish, and the blind
reader, knowing that StillmAn street was
short one in the Bean City's ghetto. sent
the letter there.
A letter bearing tho postmark Of an OBJ
scure town In Hungary came to the in
quiry department recently. The face OF
the envelope at first glance left the impress
sion that the writer had been practising
at making the letters OF the English al
phabet. setting them down At random
as they occurred to him. The characters
were all carefully printed with q fine pen
What appeared was something like this:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
TEX Rivedelemsss
10th JanOs
Observation-Disclosures
Neviork James Amerika

After considerable, thought the blind
reader concluded thai this letter was In
tended for some one In Riverdale avenue,
Yonkers. His guess proved to be correct.
One writer, who wanted TO send q letter
TO Colts Neos; wrote L Cold Snake. An
Junction. Still another addressed letter
to Arsenic which he really intended for
Ossining. Lakewood has been written
Liquid and on one occasion at least q
man who wanted to send q letter TO Presi-
dent Roosevelt at his summer homo wrote
the address Lobster Bay
Some blind addresses are hopeless, as
for instance:
Fred Gurper Good Neiht
Slieb Good Pensilwanlen
Nord Amenka
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04

In some places the streets have been found to be very rich, and this dirt is being taken up to be re- placed by other earth, while the street dirt will be washed in the spring, when it is not so hard to get water.
 "Of course, in the early days they were not so particular. They took out the coarsest dust and let the rest go. Then other parties came with better machinery. and the tailings were gone over again. Now they are again attracting the attention of companies who have still better apparatus for gettirtr out the gold. Some of the tailii3 3ps were used for filling the streexs and this dirt is going to be worked over again by the new companies as fast as they can get permission.
 There is scarcely foot of ground in that portion of Alaska that does not carry gold. Some dirt does not pay to work, but the gold IS there, nevertheless. There are people there who are not find. ing gold. There are endless on. portunities there just as there are in every new country. But there are men there, too, who are freez- ing, hoping and starving because their pride or determination will not let them return to the states. They have loved ones who arc waiting for them, but they will slave and freeze and starve, hop- ing against hope for tomorrow, to bring the good fortune they have been digging so long and pa tiently for. They are getting old these men. Gray is coming into their hair. Work and exposure ia telling on them, but they are sure tomorrow will come. They know 1t, and tomorrow comes to these men in some shape or other. For most of them it is the long-sought pocket But when it is covered up again we put up rough, wood en headstone at one end. This is life in the Klondike.v
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04
Mon ster Bed.

Probably there is no bed capa- ble of holding so many as r in this country. But such a bed is to be found in the Mount let hut (1O,OOO feet above the seal, one of the Swiss mountain cabins belong. ing to the Alpine club. The bed is really constructed to hold only IA, but the day on which a party visited the hut was so exception ally clear, and the conditions for climbing were so favorable, that Fl members and friends. besides the guides accompanying them, turned up at the cabin to stay the night. The guides took posses sion of the kitchen, and the q sort ed themselves out as follows: Seventeen "slept" on the bed, three on the floor, and the remain ing one in chair.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04
CONCERNING RUGS.
Geography of the Beautiful Weaves
 of the Orient.

of the Orient.
 The lovely Bokharas and Sa- marcands, which come from a Russian province in Central Asia, are sui generis, being classed by themselves under the name of Turcoman rugs, says Harper's Bazar. Few of the last named are found in America, the antique specimens being most rare, the modern production small. They have a velvety, soft, short nap, are very pliant and are often of a jewel-like brilliancy of coloring. Pale warm tans, emerald green, orange, sapphire blue and Bokhara reds are usually comprised in these rugs, one end of which is al. ways fringed with cut fringe, the other with sparse twisted loops. The center is distinguished by three circles, one below the other, in varying colors, each be- ing filled with rosette or geo. metrical forms, the whole sur rounded by several border lines. The Bokhara is notable for it's uniformity of pattern and it's pre- dominating red or maroon ground. When green and blue figures mingle upon it the effect is not pleasing save to the accustomed eye. When patterned principally in dull blues and lighter reds it is not te be surpassed for library or hall use.
 The Afghan-Bokharas are dis tinguished by similar red grounds by the wide, fringeless selvedges on each end, and by the mingling of dark blue, dull yellow or tans, with cream, in the octagonal fig ures that pattern them. They are softer, have a shorter and finer nap than have the khivas, and average a slightly lower price than the Bokharas.
 The Beloochistan is among the smallest of rugs, the price rising from twelve dollars for the small est sizes to fifty for the largest, which are about eight by five feet. They are to be recognized by their dark maroon coloring and beautiful blendings of soft, glossy blue, dull rose tones, browns and creams.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04
fE FROM EUROPE.
fliar Little Plant, the Dam dAon, Is Not a Native.

A
 dNon, Is Not a Native.
 Perlaps none of our plants is more@common or more familiar than he dandelion, and certainly none IS more wonderful, says q contributor to Harper's Magazine. First of all, it is not native, but was introduced from Europe, whence have come many of our worst weeds, fitted by centuries of struggle in cultivated field to overcome the native plants of a continent where cultivation had previously been practically un- known, and where natives had had no opportunity of adapting them selves to the conditions of civil. ized agriculture.
 One of the dandelion's strong est points is the ability to obtain nourishment under strong compe, tition and in unfavorable situa tions. A deep, strong, perennial taprOot draws all available nour- ishment and moisture from sur- face and subsoil, stores nourish- ment during the winter and en- ables the plant to start far and away ahead of most of it's com petit0rs. The dandelion blossom is one of the first to appear in the fields and parks of New York city. This same tap-rOot is exceedingly bitter, which very likely protects it from destruction by moles and other animals. At least I do not remember having seen a root that had been disturbed by animals of any kind.
 But only a small portion of it's food comes from the soil. Air and sunshine are just as necessary, for the air is food and the sunshine is digestion for our vegetable neigh bors. Note the shape of the leaves harrow at base and widening to the outer end, they form a dense rosette that not only gets for the dandeliOn all the air and sunshine coming it's way, but smothers all but the most sturdy competitors. Here lies the secret of the dandc- lions presence in lawns and walks and open waste places. In lawns the grass is kept low, so that it cannot overtop and shade the dan delion, while it's own leaves lie So low and close that they are little hurt by the mower and can smother the grass underneath.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04
Testing Gold Ores.

The value of gold ores that are thoroughly Oxidized can usually be determined with a fair degree of accuracy by the banning test. Some miners are very expert in estimating the value per ton from a test of this kind. But where the ore contains much pyrites a fire assay is generally necessary to determine the pres ence of gold.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04
STREETS OF GOLD.
Dawson Rests on One of the Richest
 Placer Deposits in Alaska.

Dawson Rests on One of the Richest
 Placer Deposits in Alaska.
 "The streets of Dawson are paved with goldw Two prospec- tors who have just returned from the frozen north, says the Salt Lake Tribune, confirm the dis patches which have been sent out from Alaska's municipal gem that the streets of that far northern metropolis are carpeted with vel low dust. The men are John Bige- low and H. Woolaver. Bigelow is a Denver man and has been in the north for several years. Woolaver has been in Alaska for eight years, hunting the precious metal, and he says that his coming back to civilization is like the entrance into strange land.
 "The feverish impatience has left Dawson," said Woolaver. "Money is plenty there, and busi. ness is good and prices are reason able. Except for the extremely cold weather you would scarcely know it from any pushing western town. People have given up the dreams and excitement and set tied down to business. It is, of course, easier to get in and out if the country than formerly, and we are ill close touch with the out side world. When l first went there you were locked up in great snow vault that had the sky for ceiling and the mountains for a wall. It was difficult to get in and dangerous to get out.
 "Gold? Plenty of it. New strikes are being made in unex- pected places, but there has been no discovery of another Klondike. In my oplnlon, there never will be. Before 1 left intense excitement was created by the discovery that the principal street of Dawson rests upon one of therichest placer deposits in the country. A hole was being dug in front of one of the principal business houses of the city, and the prospector was banning out large pay dirt. It has also been discovered that the streets are fairly lined with gold that will pay to work. The streets were filled in with the washings of some of the mines, and then, too, the spring freshets bring down dirt that carries gold.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04
He Wanted to Know.

"I'd like to know" began the little Eden street boy.
 "Well, what would you like to know?" asked his mother.
 I'd like to know why sweer. breads haven't any bread in 'em and sweetmeats haven't any meat in 'em."-Baltimore American.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04
dOOL.
EYttle Journey h.

5fopian Country.
 Tba Dollhouse itself, to begi with not barrack, says tn Imprd ssions Quarterly. It's : charr} }hing building, as much as pos sibl{e like our homes. The views frofm it are glorious; it's full oi tlfe purest air; it's gardens and Is4 4hrubbery are fine; inside there are | 4owers everywhere; and it is fur Finished beautifully; hung, too, with @ood pictures-good ones, not the dAeary sort of thing with which clubs and art associations and graduating classes, in their ignor- ance, so often endow the unhappy schools of the land. Why, Iknow, and Il dare say you can parallel it, of h school that has on it's walls a huge staring photograph of broken columns, labeled Roman Forum" ;" colOred print called My Mary, She Minds a Dairy" a #platinette" of coquettish slen. der angels in a belfry entitled lFChristmas Bells" and Sargeant's ' neVer-failing 'Hosea," the pleas ant young prophet in a becoming burno0se. The money for these was raised by woman's club, and they were chosen from the cata- logue of an 'educational compa- n.y. by a committee of eminent citizens and their wives, who 'knew what they liked," and got it!
 Oh, Pm "setting myself up," Pm we'll aware. But who can help it, when he sees such = bumptious- ness? For that's exactly what it is; confidence in yourself as the measure of all things under heav- en. It's the note of the American life; just the bad side, I suppose, though of a general tendency that's sound.
 But our school. As the building is different in many ways from oth- CTS, so is the life that is lived in it. You'll see but handful of pu- pills in any one room, six or eight or ten. They're gathered round the teacher informally. They're allowed to whisper! Think of it. o temporal That is, if one of them is burning to make some comment to another upon what is being said or done, and will do it without in terruption or discourtesy to the teacher, it's permitted. "Com ~ munication! You allow com municationw an excellent woman once said, while visiting us. If she'd said: 'Matricide. You en courage matricider' her tone couldn't have conveyed more hor TOT. She had taught"
 This all means that our school work is vital The children have the same sort of eager interest in what is going on that a group of brothers and sisters has at home where the right kind of father or mother gathers them for instruc tion, Perhaps I might claim that as our ideal-to make the school as similar as possible to the best child life in the best home. Usu ally 1t resembles too much '"zoo,' ? where the poor animals shift rest lessly about, in cage not too clean, and dream of freedom Even the very best schools are full of bad air and languidness, and the children pay for their knowl edge of partial payments and the restrictive relative and the mag netlc meridian with headache and nearsightedness and indiges ti0n.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04
Her Opinion.

When a woman says she has her own opinion of another woman it's a safe bet that the opinion wouldn't look we'll in print
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04
News of the World

President Cleveland has re-. quested his friends to refrain from discussing him as the probableI nominee of his party for president.8
 The San Domingo government has capitulated to the insurgents, after six weeks fighting. Foreign powers have landed marines at San Domingo city to protect their subjects.
 Gen. Reyes, the special envoy of Colombia to Washington has sprung a surprise by offering to the Unit ed States the right to build the ca- nal across the isthmus absolutely without the payment of cent, and also assures the granting of all the concessions provided for in the Hay-Herran treaty. Gen. Reyes de- clares the defeat of the latter treaty by the Colombian senate was due entirely to politics. :
 The efforts of Alfred Drerfus, the French army officer, to secure a < judicial examination of his case have at last been crowned with suc- cess. After examining the dossier in the case submitted to him by Gen. Andre, the minister of war, Minister of Justice Valle has trans mitted that document, together with the petition of M. Dreyfus, for a revision of his sentence to M. Durand, the president of a commis- sion instituted by the ministry of justice. This commission will pro- nounce upon the admissibility of the request for a revision of sen- tence.
 A bill of general interest to dwell CTS behind levees wamintroduced in congress recently by Representative Macon, who attended the recent levee convention held at New Or leans as delegate at large from the St. Francis levee district. That convention adopted resolution looking to government control of the levces as well as to their main tenance by the federal authorities. The Macon bill has been very care fully drawn and is entitled "A bill to provide for the construction and maintenance of levees along the Mississippi river from the hills above Cairo to the head of the pass es by the government of the United States.
 Harvey Van Dine, Gustave Max Peter Neidemeyer and Emil Rose Ri, young bandits captured near Chicago after desperate battle in which two men were killed, have confessed to no less than half a dozen cold-blooded murders, com mitted in Chicago for the purpose of robbery. Following are the crimes for which indictments have been found against the men: Van Dine, Roseki and Marx for the murder of Otto Bauder on July 9 I Neidermier, Van Dine and Marx for the murder of Frank $. Stew art during the car barn robbery on August 30. Van Dine, Neidermie1 and Marx for the murder of John B. Johnson at the car barns at the time Stewart was slain Marx fol the murder of Detective John Quinn on November 21. Van Dine and Neidermier for the murder ol Adolph Johnson, August l, at North Seyenty-eighth and West North avenues, in the saloon of B c. Lagrosse, also for the murder ot Lagrosse at the same time.
 
 Mrs. W. H. Warren and her sis ter, Miss Morris, were burned tc death at Centralia City, Kas., by the overturning of a lamp, which set their clothing on fire. A c.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04

The Chicago street car strike has been settled by both sides making concessions.
 It IS announced that if Turkey' does not at once comply with the Austro-Russian demands for reform Tn Macedonia, the two powers will proceed with their own forces to es- tablish order.
 The grand jury of Montgomery county, Illinois, sprung big sen sation by indicting a number of wealthy citizens on the charge of falsely swearing to the taxable value of their property,
 Senator Quay of Pennsylvania is one of the notables that will retire from the senate next year. MT. Quay could secure a reelection but he prefers to spend his remaining years free from public care. \ Believing that he was about to be attacked by highway robber, FL mer Jennings, IF years old, shot his friend, Walter Brewer, on a plantation near Millington, Tenn. The shooting was the result of a practical joke, Brewer rushing at Jennings in the dark, and was shot in the mouth.
 Three hundred Moros are known to have been killed and many oth- CTS were carried off dead or wound ed as result of five days severe fighting recently in Jolo between the American troops under Gen. Leonard Wood and the insurgents. Maj. H. L. Scott of the 14th cav airy and five American privates were wounded.
 The cases against W. A. Morrow, confidential clerk to Gov. Cookery, and F. E. Barrett, former marshal of the St. Louis court of appeals, charging them with fraudulently securing naturalization papers for foreigners, have been dismissed by the presiding judge on the grounds of lack of evidence of guilt.
 The mystery surrounding the hold-up of the cashiers offices Of the Chicago City Railway last Au- gust, during which two of the en- ployes of the offices were shot and killed, has been cleared up by the confession of Gustave Marks, who was arrested for the murder of De tective John Quinn. Harvey Van Dine and Peter Neidemeier are namd by Marks as his accomplices in the car barn murders.
 Football has claimed its usual list of victims this year, not fewer than seventeen fatalities being recorded to date. If it were possible to se- cure the entire number of death. from the national fall sport the total would possibly far exceed thi: number. Last season the list was not as large up to Thanksgiving day, but several deaths were record ed after that date. Minor injuries such as broken arms, legs, ribs, mo- ses, collar bones, etc., do not show any decrease this year. z
 In a twenty-round battle at San Francisco Robert Fitzsimmons was given the decision over George Gardner. Both men weighed 16e pounds, and Gardner is twenty years younger than his opponent. who had the best of the fight from start to finish. Fitzsimmons claim cd that his knuckles were in bad shape when he entered the ring. and says that the reason the fight was prolonged to twenty rounds was on account of the fact that he injured his weapons early in the fight.
 R. J. Hale, a printer in the gov ernment printing office at Washing ton, killed his wife and then sui cidcd Thanksgiving day. He had just been discharged from his posi-
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-04
Back 70 fbe C'ounfr1s
By DIR. JOHN MERRITTE DRIVER,
 Prominent Chicago Divine

THESE days of want and vice and crime in all great cities growing out of the waste and superhuou populations ot every great city, there urgent need of vre voice to cry aloud III the twin of patriotism and Christian y Back to the counry and for the people in every great city known to every priest and preacher to every officer and charity worker every phanthropist and amoner the refusal to heed the cry and profit by should be rec oned little short of crime