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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24

they don't dare to. recall a rather startling
case IN point
"A sergeant was calling the roll in a certain
station house when two got into fight.
Very properly. he filed complaints against the
offenders. When the cases came to trial the
other policemen OF the platoon were called as
Witnesses Much 10 the sergeants surprise
every one Of them swore the fight did not hap
pen.
You appear TO be outsworn. sergeant I OBJ
served.
IT looks that way was all he could say
Complaints are dismissed for failure OF
proof 1 was compelled to say. 1t was a
OF hitting discipline squarely between the eyes
but there was no other course open.
zone Of the most curious cases of my expert
ence was that Of Yorkville pedler who was
forced by a policeman to jump into the East
River early one winter morning He made
complaint against the officer and then had been
frightened by the police into not appearing at
the trial. We got hold Of him finally.
Don't know nothin'. was all he would say
In answer to my questions.
We'll. II you don't know nothing tell me who
fired that pistol Did you do ftp 1 sprang It on
him suddenly.
The suspicion in my question seemed to
brighten him.
MOI Nor he cried. The officer, he fired it.
1T developed that the policeman thought the
pedler and his companions were burglars. He
followed them long distance and when they
came out OF vacant lot with their carts he
was so Disguised that he resolved to have some
revenge. He started to march them to the river.
but the other two broke away and ran He
made this unfortunate get an empty coal
barge. Drawing his revolver, he shot at his
feet making the Italian dance. Then he forced
him to jump into the icy stream. The tide car
ried him 20 Eighty-seventh-st where he man
aged 70 get ashore. He went TO the police sta
ton to dry himself. but said nothing there about
the policeman
AT the trial II was only after long cross
questioning that could get any one to admit
the fellows visit to the station Finally the old
dOorman remembered him, but the captain ser
geant and all the policemen said they had not
seen him. 1 punished the patroman. however
without their evidence"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24
WHERE JUSTICE is METED OUT TO POLICE OFFENDERS
THIRD DEPUTY COMMISSIONER is THE JUDGE At
TRIALS-INTERESTING INCIDENTS.

HEADQUARTERS court was when HI" Bloom. Of
Asbury Park, charged Policeman o'sullivan with
trying to make him treat to ice cream at
o'clock in the morning.
"Au-. cut Il outr' cried the accused. II amt
had no ice cream in five years. don't eat it,
The idea Of a cop asking any one to buy him
ice cream dazed Devery for a time. When he
came TO ne promptly dismissed the case.
A TeuderIoin policeman was charged with
talking in q doorway for twenty minutes with
a woman. The roundsman had stood just be-
hind the policeman for several minutes.
He behind my back was the bluecoats
excuse for not seeing the rounds"
Then he must have been afront OF the woman
an she didn't tip you OFF,"
But You see was bending over sick man."
foundered the policeman.
Say. you're easy. you are commented the
only" Chief. You amt got no nerve. When
you are caught with the goods an can't get
away with Il you want to stand up with nerve
and take your medicine. Next time you're talk
ing TO that young lady you want to tell her to
look one way an you look the other. You want
TO always get tipped off Now I'm gon TO fine
YOU ten days pay for not gettin' tipped of"
A police captain once testified before Devery
that he had found two Of his patrolmen in uni
form drinking beer in a saloon.
What did you so into the saloon for?" Dew
cry suddenly asked the captain.
''why-why. I went in to get cat" was the
hating answer.
Did you get your cat. captain" Devery asked
then.
NO: I walked out
Devery smiled and then cried: Complaints
dismissed"
In 1897 when police affairs were administered
by a board OF four commissioners. with Frank
Moss chairman OF the board. police trials
were serious affairs. There were from a hum
dred TO hundred and twenty-five cases week.
and the four commissioners took turns trying
them. II q fine OF more than five days pay was
imposed the sentence had to be reviewed and
passed upon by the three other commissioners.
We had deputy commissioners in those
days" said Mr.. Moss yesterday. But doubt
II we would have turned the police trials over
to them. even II there had been deputies. We
considered the trials OF the greatest Importance.
'Patrolmen swear by and for each other.
was demonstrated time and again in the course
OF our administration The best man on the
force viii not give testimony against the worst
They don't want TO in the first place. and then
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24
TWO GYPSY GIRLS.

Two girls who say they related to the royal
family OF Romany gypsies have rented a storeroom
In Atchison. In which they tell fortunes and also
eat and sleep. They say they are sisters and give
their names as Madge and Alpha Stanley Accord
lag TO their statement, their grandfather is Sugar
Stanley, a rich gypsy, who owns a good deal of
I2ho near Dayton. Ohio. The Romany gypsies are
Elshsh' II seems. having come TO America from
swamp country rot far from London. They settled
near layton. Ohio. early in the present century
Ano meet there every year. The young women In
Aichlson were educated in the public schools al
Dayton ana while they jabber of the language
OF the gypsies with apparent freedom their English
is not broken
They say old Sugar Stanley stin travels in COW
ered wagons IN spite of his advanced aea ara
wealth. ana that their parents are also IN .be
fortune telling business in covered UaPors " 80
There are three four tribes Of gTSsta. ,v.or.
them the Romany gypses the RlIssisrt
the Hungarian gypsies. but all Were orielsII,, a.,
Egypt. The gypsles tell fortunes bv the scieyca ~
palmistry and also with cards The vounS 49,, %
Ia Atehison admit that the men are Isz~ h,I,
offer the excuse that they are sharp at horse trad
ing They say the women do the fortune telling
or hustlng for the living, and then also do tbs
cooking and housework. They say there is no such
thing divorce among the gypsies-(Atchison
Globe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24
THE SACRED BEETLE.
Relics of a Venerable Religion in
ancient Egypt.

scarabs which tourists and collectors often bring
back from Egypt. something moro than mere
curiosites Their extreme antiquity alone would
entitIe them to peculiar veneration because they
arst came into vogue between 1900 and 5000 years
ago But they symbols OF a religious faith
which Influenced human sentiment for longer
period than has elapsed since the foundation OF
Christianity.
In the latest issue of 1.-THE Records Of the Past"
c. De w. Brewer mentions gold foil impression
OF one of these sacred embleras that IL supposed
10 date back to King Menes about 477T B. c.. but
this may be forgery. No doubt Is expressed
to the genuineness of those which assigned to
the days q Cheops. the great builder OF pyramids
(sslo b. CCand Nebkara. first King of the third
dynasty t42l2 B. c.. With varying degree OF
popularity the scarab continued in use until the
Persian period 600 B. Co. so that its sway extend
ed over an interval OF something like $500 years.
The beetle. Of which a scarab is a representa-
tIon stood for Immortality. do the egg and
butterfly to-day. The Egyptian word for that in
sect lin the process OF coming into exist
ence" or 'sef-generated." Thus ii came also to
indicate the sun god and was associated with
of the dominant forms Of worship In ancient times.
The nanimate image of the beetle was worn dur
ing life as amulet. account OF its supposed
power Of protecting its owner from peril. and at
his death entombed with him. Sometimes 1t
was incased in the mummy wrapPings, sometimes
IL was hung from a necklace. and sometimes IL
Would r eaoe Oh inc heaf' which inc eoaneF
Scarabs were made out of a variety of materials
The cheaper forms were moulded out Of clay, and
then glazed. Others from limestone
and stained. The substance and finish are often
indication OF the 20 which a specimen
belongs. Such costly stones the garnet car
nelan. jaspar and amethyst sometimes used
and at later period gold. The vast majority were
not half three-quarters of an inch long
but few were much larger. They were inVari.
ably perforated lengthwse. Among the ornaments
buried with Queen Aahotep, of the seventeenth
dynasty huge. flexible gold necklace with
@ scarab pendant, incrusted with blue glass paste
and having rays OF gold projecting
Upon these strange objects were inscriptions Of
OF kings or other Distinguished owners. soms
were the emblems of deities. Some were pious
phrases notices. Pictures Of more or less his
torical significance were carved there occasionally
In addition to these markings there was usually
more or less observation-disclosures lines, scroll work
or even more elaborate desiguA
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HUGE PENNSYLVANIA BASS
It Measured "a 1-2 Inches and Weighed 8
Pounds s Ounces.

bass believed TO be the largest ever caush' -
the inland waters OF Pennsylvania, has oeeN '-
to the State Building at the ST. Louis Exposlli'.
DIT. I. T. Trumbower. OF Norristown. caush- =
bass In the Perkomen Creek September : OF
last year 1t measures 24s inches long. Ia inc-'s
in circumference back OF the first IN. and V7z Gu
pounds ounces.
DIR. Trumbower had spent the afternoon nsh-NE
near COllegevflle with Indifferent success. Amo''s
his captures was a catfish between four and Hta
inches long. As the sun began to sink he thoush1
OF the catfish as suitable bait to lure any big ba'
before night set IN. -,-
His conjecture proved correct. for IN a few mn
utes the bass bounced upon the catfish Ineh u
struggle began. The bass was gaIney. ana A.
TrumbOwer exhausted all his skill TO land a. as Z
lacked landing net Finding the struSgle hli as
end IN the escape of the FISH. Dr, TrumooWer Sal.
for assistance. Reese P. Baldwin. OF Lower F 80,
dence township. who crossing RsrAloul9-
bridge at the time, aided the struggling nsnernA-i
and the two men landed the bass. -.
DIR. Trun1bower. in order to establish the VeIaCiss
OF his ish story. reported It's size and wslsat %
State Fish Commissioner Meehan At Dir. Meenah
suggestion DR. Trumbower had II mounted 81 =
plaque and sent a TO St Louis. Commissioner Me- No.
han that IL the largest bass ever cangal - ~.
State according to the records OF his ceparluisA~
-6Phtladelphia Press.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-07-14
Death of George F. Emery.

George F. Emery, LII. d., who until 1881,
was managing editor and treasurer OF the
Boston Post, and who for years was promi-
nent in the old-time Maine democracy, was
found dead in his room in Portland July
was brother-in-law of Vice President
Hannibal iIamlin. He was for years a
leading lawyer in this State and held sew
eral positions of public trust, serving eight
years as State pension agent. He was
clerk of the United States circuit court s
years. He was born in Paris Hill, gradual
ted from Bowdoin College at the age of Is
years, and entered Portland law Office.
On his 21st birthday he was admitted to
the Oxford bar He wrote editorials for
the Daily Eastern Argus of Portland and
the Oxford Democrat during the campaign
of 1S47, when Hannibal Hamlin ran as a
candidate for United States senator. OF
six children, only two are living, John A.
and II. ii. Emery, both of Portland.
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Literary News and Notes.

Mr. Chapman's articles on '"The Law
of Advertising" are worth many times
the subscription price of Profitable Ad-
vertising to advertisers and publishers.
They began in the January number and
will continue through the year. In the
August and September numbers Mr.
Chapman will treat of Postal Laws
and Regulations
"Uncle Bob's and Aunt Betty's
Strange Adventures at the Worlds Ex
position" is the title of book just
published by Laird & Lee of Chicago,
and sold for 25 cents in paper covers or
Is cents in cloth. 1t is supposed to be
the story of an old countrymah and his
wife and daughter who went from
Skowhegan to the fail at st. Louis and
claimed to be rural characters true to
life" The characters are about the
same as those seen on the stage in
country plays and if the rest of the des-
crlptiOnS are no nearer to reality than
the part referring to Skowhegan, which
the author evidently thinks is little
country hamlet way station, it isn't Of
much account as guide to the fair. If
one likes the kind of fun there is in it,
the book will just suit him. There is
quite story woven in with it, and if
one can stand the alleged humor of the
old countryman it will be an interest
ing book, with more or less informa-
ton sandwiched in.
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A Grange Veterans Meeting.

Veterans meeting was observed at
the session of Skowhegan Grange, We'd
nesday evening, July 9th, with pro-
gram especially prepared for the old
soldier. The evening began with talk
on the formation and maneuvers of
armies in battle by X. A. Withee. A
paper, "What is the duty of the coun-
try and its citizens toward the old sol
dier?" was read by Mrs. Clara B.Leavitt.
A prose selection was read by Henry A.
Fry. Mrs. Edgar G. Dunton then sang
''The Star Spangled Banner" S. F.
Emerson gave talk OH the general
outlines and personal "reminiscences of
the battle of Fredericksburg, and this
was followed by poem by Mrs. Mabel
c. Smith. Alonzo Smith, George W.
Nash, Albert w. Smith and Alonzo
Varney contributed incidents of their
service in the army and navy, and pa
per entitled women of the War was
read by Mrs. Ella H. Crowell. Aaron
Frost told why he became soldier, and
readings and recitations connected with
the war were given by Augustus Crow
ell, J. F. Libby and Henry S. Varney.
S. F. Emerson was elected newspaper
correspondent for the third quarter.
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Lots of Children.

When very young looking woman
got on trolley car the other day she
found there an old friend, also very
young looking woman, who she evil
IDENTIFY had not seen for some time.
After an exchange of greetings, which
attracted the attention of other riders,
one of the women said:
"How many children have you now?"
All who were in earshot sat up and
listened breathlessly for the reply.
Let me see," said the other slowly;
and then, after pause, 81 have sixteen
now. How many have you?"
ooh, l have only twelve" was the
reply.
Even the conductor pinched himself
at this to see if he was awake, and other
people looked around to see if either Of
the young women were accompanied by
doctors or keepers. There was general
air of dumfoundednesS among the pas
sengers until from further conversation
of the two women it transpired that
they were teachers in separate private
schools for children. Then everybody
looked foolish and made more or less of
an attempt to appear as though they
had taken no interest from first to last.
philadelphia Record
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II do wish the woman back of me
would stop kicking my chair" sighed y
woman ut the theater the other even
ing. Ever since the overture began
she has been keeping time with her
feet. and besides all that she is tanning
the back of my neck and trying to hum
a tune she doesn't know. Isn't it
strange how some people act when
there's any music about? Now. just
look at that little woman in the second
row tapping all five fingers of one hand
against her forehead. She's uncon-
scious Of it too. And there's another
woman over there in the box who
seems to think she is leading the or
chrstra with her fan. The men are
just as bad 100. Just look around and
see the number of men who are keep
ing time With their heads. their hands
or their feet Then there is always
some creature who makes Il nuisance of
himself hy wilistling through his teeth
all the time The orchestra is playing.
Even you. my dear"-this to her hus-
hand-"are keeping strict time with
your programme while I'm lecturing
about ether peoples misconduct. y
New York Times.
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What -. People ReadP

Every roadside fence is now a prim-
er for the passerhy. every trolley car is
a first reader to The traveller and every
boarding a treatise on zoology, manu-
features and social problems. Today
most read little. if only the signs and
posters; some read ncwspapers-prob-
ably 1O,00n.En TO 2OT)O,000 of the 49,
100000 who co1lid read them if they
would. a few read novels, If the most
popular novel finds only 100000 buy
ers in country where 4O.O0O.0O0 could
read it if they would. who can say that
novel readers are more than few? A
very few, possibly 100000 to 3,000,-
600, read standard literature and seri-
GUS contributions to thought and knowl-
edge. Sur, ly the procession of read
ers grows larger every year, relatively
as we'll as absolutely
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The New York Tri-Weekly Tribune.

For those who want to get the New York
news and news of things the world over
and don't want to spend the money or time
in buying and reading metropolitan paper
seven days in the week The Tri-Weekly
Tribune fills the bill. 1t is issued on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday of every week,
and contains the essence of The Daily Trib-
une for the whole week. To those who are
interested in the prices of flour, grain,
eggs and other farm products, its market
reports are invaluable, because of their
correctness. Its interest in agitating the
building Of good roads in the country sec
tions has elected heartfelt praise on the
part of our readers. Price, $3.50 year.
Send $3.50 to The Republican journal Pub
fishing Co., Belfast, Me, and get The
Republican Journal and Tri-Weekly Trib-
une one year each. For a free sample copy
of the Tri-Weekly send postal to the New
York Tribune, New York.
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VETERAN OFFICE HOLDERS.
Ex-Soldiers and Ex-Sailors of Civil War
Employed at Washington Number 2,175.

Employed at Washington Number 2,175.
Complying with request from the
House Committee on Civil Service Re-
form, the Civil Service Commission has
prepared a statement showing that the
ex-soldiers and ex-sailors of the civil
war employed in the executive depart
ments at Washington number 2, lis, and
the widows of veterans so employed
sSS. The information was asked in view
of complaints that there are many SUI
perannuated clerks on the payrolls.
The largest number of veterans, 641,
are employed in the Interior Depart
ment, while the Treasury Department
carries 553 on its pay roll, and the War
Department BAT. There are only TWEEN
ty three veterans in the Navy Depart
ment, and only seven - the State De
partment.
The ages of the old soldiers and sail
ors vary from fifty to eighty-two years.
There are 211 who are sixty-one years
old, while those one year younger form
the next larger class, 1877 in number.
Nearly two thirds, or 1883, are from
tifty-eight to sixty-fve years of age.
Those over seventy years OF age num-
Der 226, and of this number eleven are
over eighty. The veteran with the
longest service is seventy-seven years
old He has served tifty-two years.
Nearly two-thirds, or 1882, of the 2,175
veterans, receive salaries ranging from
81, POO to s., 500 per annum, while sc re-
ceive more than 81, 300 per annum.
Those receiving $40 or less number 476.
The veterans and widows of veterans
constitute 10 per cent of the number of
persons employed in the departments
and government printing offices in
WASHINGTON.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-07-14

] Miss Nettie Blackmore, Min. y
neapolis, tells how any young
woman may be permanently
cured Of monthly pains by TAX
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound.
headaches of severe nature, dark
spots before my eyes, and at my men
strual periods l suffered untold agony.
A member of the lodge advised me to
try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, but l only scorned
good advice and felt that my case was
hopeless, but she kept at NE until l
bought bottle and started taking
it. 1 soon had the best reason in the
world to change my opinion of the
medicine, as each day my health I'M
proved, and finally was entirely with
out pain at my menstruation periods.
am most grateful" NETTIE BLACK
MORE, % Central Ave-, Minneapolis,
MINI. $4,000 forfeit if original of above iette,
If there is anything about your
case about which you would
like special advice, write freely
to Mrs. Pinkham. She will hold
your letter in strict confidence.
She can surely help you, for no
person in America can speak
from a wider experience in treat
ing female ills. She has helped
hundreds of thousands of women
back to health, Her address is
Lynn, Mass. her advice is free.
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Lunar superstitions fingered until
late period in the British islands. A
writer of the seventeenth century says:
In York shire. etc. northward. some
country pP"nle doe worship the new
moon en- their bare knees. kneeing on
an rarthfaSl siDVr. And til" people of
y yllol in the hiIi.l1nIS of Scotland, doe
worship the nsW mnan." Speaking of
the Irish. he cal iuupS wv neither or no
they Worship the moon know not. but
when they first see her after the change
they commonly bow the knee and say
the Lords Prayyi md near the wane
address thelAss'!, - her With a loud
voice after tbs j."nner. Leave us as
we'll as thou foundest'"
Sylvester O'Halloran. the Irish histo-
rian. speaking of the corresponding
customs of the I'hunicians and Irish,
adds: Their deities were the same
They both adhered Eel Tor the sum- the
moon and the stars The house of Rim
mon. which the Phu,nicians worshiped
in dixie our temples of Flechta in
Meath, We're sacred TO the MOON
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prohibit it in all other territories now

prohibit it in all other territories now
belonging to or hereafter acquired by
the United States; to repeal the fugi-
tive slave act of 1850; to permit the
States where slavery exists to continue
to be weakened and injured by it till
reason, removing the veil from their
eyes, shall induce them to benefit
themselves by its abolition; to protect
the constitutional rights of all citizens
going to other States; to advocate the
democratic and oppose the aristocratlc
principle at all times and on all occa-
sions," The Ottawa mass meeting
chose delegates to the congressional
convention in Bloomfield on September
II and also arranged for county con-
vention in La Sale, Grundy and Liv-
ingston county to select delegates for a
senatorial convention in Ottawa on
September End.
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A resident of Florida tells this story
of an Old negro who came to a watch
maker with the two hands of a clock:
SI want yer to fix up desc hams.
Dcy amt Kept ne correct time for mo-
den fix uUnf;"
We'll. wu"rp is the clock!' respond
ed the matchmaker.
'Out to my cabin
But must have the clock"
"nidn' t.il Yer dar's nH4In de mat
ter wL ,!s' c.,e'k 'r.rtin& de hans: An
here dcy he You jess want de clock so
you Kin tinker ii uH' charge lLc Il big
price. Gimme back dem hans"
And, 81 s;tyim.; I've started OFF to find
an honest Matchmaker.