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The Washington herald., 1906-10-28
WARNED BY SEA BIRDS.
Frightened Cries First storm Signals
to People of Mobile.
ID IL Mempllis Commercial-AppeaL

IRON the Memphis Commercial AppeaL
Sea birds soaring in from Mobile Bay
sounded the first note Of alarm, and in
true Paul Revere style warned the people
Of that stricken city of the approach OF
the coast storm that later brought such
havoc to life and property. Through
some inexplainabIe atmospheric condition
these sea birds have advanced knowl-
edge Of coming storms, and they invaria-
bly, seek the shelter of the inland couu-
try. Not only do they look to their own
safety. but they shrek loudly as they
soar to cover and herald their note of
warning To man and beast.
As early as Sunday night the people
Of Mobile had given recognition to the
first flights OF Mother CaTy's chickens,
a rather timorous sea bird, which were
coming in droves from the coast and
passing Mobile in their early haste for
shelter. Monday morning the courageous
sea gllls began to follow in the path of
the timid Mother Cary's chickens" and
later in the day whole flocks OF pelicans
brought up the rear of the procession
that was headed to safety
The shriI notes OF these frightened
birds could be plainly heard above the
din and noise or the busy city. and in the
Oul$kltAS. aAUttl ltStitLt IdU bNtlA Nsueio
commented upon and accepted as a sure
forerunner OF the disaster that followed
so soon after The people had no fur
Their knowledge Of the. coming storm than
that supplied by these aquatic birds, but
that was assurance enough to satisfy all
that a storm was invading the coast sec
ton and that it might take its course, up
the bay
Throughout Monday the presence of the
frightened birds from the coast was the
feature OF conversation. BY Monday
night there had been such a generous
storm discussion that the people of No
bile no longer doubted the storms COM
ing but only speculated on the time Of its
arrival The day and night of Monday
had been n period of warning. and early
Tuesday morning the first signs of the
storm we're visible. BY Tuesday night
Mobile was a stricken city. the extent Of
life and property loss still being a mat
ter Of much doubt but sufficient TO have
II recorded as among the notable dlsas-
tiers Of the year.
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MONEY ORDER SERVICE GROWS.
Postal Report shows More Countries
Added TO the List.


Added TO the List.
Tie report of Auditor Ernst @. Timme.
of the Post-office Department, for the
fiscal year ended June 80 last, has just
been issued.
An item of interest in the report is
that calling attention to the increase of
countries with which the United States
has a direct exchange Of money orders.
On this head Auditor Timme says:
During the year Orange River Colony.
South Africa. and the Canal Zone gov
crnment were added 20 the list of coun-
tries with which the United States has
"a direct exchange of money orders, the
convention with the Colony going into
effect in January last and that with the
Canal Zone on July J. 1896, making in all
countries and colonies with
which the United States does an inter
national money-order business. It is re-
GREETED that an exchange Of money or
ders on the domestic basis could not have
been arranged with the Orange River
Colony. and in fact. a convention Of that
kind with all English-speaking colonies
should be entered into whenever the op-
portunity offers The commissions allow
able on orders paid in all English-speak-
ing colonies is too limited 10 offer an
objection 10 the domestic basis OF ex-
change. and as the reduction of the fees
has a distinct tendency 10 pOpularize the
mOuey-OTdeT service. and increase its
business. and besides doing away with
much detail and circumlocuuon in the &C
counting branch, the early adoption Of
this principle IN the exchange OF orders
with the colonies named would appear TO
be for the best interests of the service
Il is to be noted that the mouey-Order
convention with British Honduras has
been changed to the domestic basis. and
became effective on the 1st OF October.
1oa-
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Who Was Who,

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
OF course, everybody-who isn't a mere
amateur at the business-has lived be-
Sore With no previous experience. one
wouldn't have the slightest chance Of Nv
ing now and making a living at It.
Bernard Shaw, for instance, lived very
often before. He started as Adam, who.
It may be remembered. was vegetarian
not only with regard to diet. but also In
the matter of clothing Then Shaw be-
came Sophocles. and did we'll After that
he rested. In the fourteenth century he
vas carrot and won prizes at it.
Later he degencrat ted into Shakespeare. q
mere meat-eater 1t was toss-up
whether he would be reinearnated as
Clement Shorter But he lost Next
ume he viii be SuDer-Shaw.
Lord N0rfhcline began as Napoleon.
Kerr Hardie used to be Bodicea. Since
then he has, of course. become more
patriotic.
Presumably. Dr. Reich devoted many
years to being Plato
Savonarola is clearly stfll with us, as
Father Bernard Vaughan.
Han Caine was never Shakespeare or
anybody else. If he is ever allowed
another chance, he viii probably be a
great-gveat- granddaughter of Marie Co
relIi
Bcerbohm Tree was Garrick.
So WAS BOurchicr
I was Solomon ard liked II.
Henry VII lives again TN King Cleo
pold
F. E Smith has improved very much
since his Cicero days. and Paul RuOens
appears. to have forgotten his Wagner
period.
N Bit is absurd 10 imagine that
Siegfricd was ever Richard.)
Ahsalom is now Pref Sims, the hair
specialist
The Kaiser learned a good deal as
Ahasuerus. Frederick the Great. Velas.
queZ. Dante. Columbus. Louis XIV. Mol
Iiere, George Washington. and Mother
SInptcn.
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and commercial codes we're taken. No
protest has yet been made by any foreign
er as to the integrity OF the judiciary or
the justice IN which the laws have been
administered. The American is Just as
ssf,aiy protected In his rights as If be
organized under the laws OF Rhode Island.
Alabama. or New Jersey.
Possibilities of the Market.
Recurring to the fabulous possibilities
of this market. It must be borne in mind
that It eomprehends ali of Japan. the
countries of Korea and Aianchuria. the
vast confines OF the Chinese empire and
even Eastern Siberia. II is q market the
surface of which has been only scratched
England, Germany. and America are
struggling to get a fo0thoid. although
even now the trade between those coun-
tries and the East Is reckoned in mil
lions. What has been stated relative to
cotton manufacturing applies to other In
dustries. The Orient Is adopting Western
ideas and methods. There should BE a
demand there for everything that is
practical and IN demand here
John w Gates, in his early days as a
salesman Of wire fence. demonstrated to
Texas cattlemen that a bunch Of steers
stretched around them. AS a result Of the
demonstration wire fence encircles the
earth. Why should not an American ploW
or Teaper or any other farming imple-
ment have It's certain place ia Japan.
Korea. or Manchuria. as well as In these
United States? Why should not fabrics
woven on American looms in Tokyo from
the cotton Of india, China. OF Egypt sell
IN Japan as readily as cotton fabrics
made IN Manchester?
''in fact. there Is no limit 10 the num-
Der OF manufactures which can be safely
and probably established in Japan. for
coal. coke. iron. copper and other min
erals are plentiful
Her Tenacity of Purpose.
las stated before. Japan is awake to the
huge possibilities Of the commercial situa-
ton. II her kindly invitation TO Ameri-
cans is not accepted. Japan's commercial
growth and development may be slow, but
IL Will be sure. One trait Of the japanese
characte- particularly dominant is tenac-
Ity Of purpose. when once her people
Determine 20 accomplish a certain thing
they never give up. Forty years ago her
wise men selected bright young men and
sent them To the United States. Germany,
England, and France 10 be educated
When these boys had finished they re-
turned and other young men were sent
IN their stead This campaign was per
sistentiy. quietly and effectively carried
on for a number OF years. at the end IF
which kline corps OF instructors was
working IN Japan. which has had the re-
suit of reducing iIliteracy from % 10 less
than 10 per cent. Every little hamlet has
its SChO0Ih0UseS. and there is uO limit 10
any ambitious Japanese student. He may
become a doctor, lawyer, engineer, or
diplomat, trained % speak fluently ard
without accent any modern language
What Japan has done in an educa-
uonal way she confidently expects TO do
in commerce and manufacturing II IS
therefore for the American TO consider
whether he has not a better chance in
that country than he has here, where
trusts, combinations, keen competition.
and labor strikes make profits uncertain"
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he passes the different cells. and his re-
tlnue. carrying a. large box like u Sedan
chair, pass YOU tin box containing The
banquet FOR that day
All Thev Want to Eat.
Oae cats as much rs he can from the
pic plate. and then caches the balance for
his supper or luncheon. as the plate.
spoon and tin box men get very busy
collecting them IN order TO get their own
dinners. While there are only tWo meals
breakfast and dinner. and the fare plain
ana unsaruished. it IS wholesome and
abundant for the ordinary eater Here
is the menu for the week the year round:
OIondav-Brcakfas5 quart Ct susveetcnsl coaec.
laf loaf wheat bread, siN or seven steged primes
oue palato- dinner. wheat CT corn bread. boiled
meat. potato. water.
Tuccdsy- Breakfast. bread. rice, mOiasses. coffee
dinner. bread quart vegetable soup. boiled meat
Welncslay Breakfast bread. hash. potato coffee
dinner, bread meat. and cabbage.
Thursday breakfast sane as Tuesday dinner,
saWe.
Fu5ay-Br,5klast. bread, boiled mackerol potato
u.alasses coffee. dinner bread. bean soup.
satUrda5- Breakfast. bread. hash. potato. coffee;
dinner. sans a. Tuesday
SUNDAY Brcakfast, bread. bash, potato, coffee;
dinner, bread, meat. ecbhage, potato.
itt+o Diit bl tdfG - cHi4 dtNidttd IRON
when Z guest is I'll, when the physician in
charge orders that the patients diet in
clude toast, hot milk. rice, sweeteued
coffee, &c.
The workers. those prisoners who are
drafted for work around the big building,
and the ones in the south wing awaiting
grand jury trials. receive coffee and a
sandwich at noon IN the event OF ser
iOus illness. the tier man Immediately
reports the matter to the doctors mes
Scnser. who notifies him, and every at.
teHtion is given the patient If neces.
sary, ho is removed to the sick ward in
the building.
Doctors Look Them over.
The doctor looks over the daily batch
on their arrival. and shortly after the
bath they are vacch ated. It's very
smaH percentage OF those who leave who
IRE not in far better condition than when
they arrived. The enforced confinement
and medical attention handed out to
"Rumu,ies'' and Dope" victims is a per-
feet Godscad to them. 1t beats the but
Jon-holing- hot-air treatment 10 a fragile.
1IoTal suasion has 10 duck
In the morning when YOU hear the night
guard unlock your gate at o'clock IT'S
setting up time. Then comes the hot
water man. who fills your tin basin.
After washing GENES the pie plate fen fan
ana your breakfast, after which YOU get
a broom handed il and you sweep. Then.
(. bucket Of soapy w,,ter appears and q
seTubbng brush ana the cell floor IS gone
over and wiped " Tor the day. Then
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Have you ever been pnched2 No!
Never. been a member Of the Goat Club
down al the District Jail?
You can easily acquire membership.
Soak your next best friend in the optic
refuse to go home when the cop kindly
advises you te-this IS sometimes classed
as incipient insanity-absenI mindediy
walk OF with any sum under fifty dollars
or Some small article belonging TO an
absentee owner; or take a Tot OF crazy
water rs an aid TO science and help TO
old Borax's" theory as TO its effect on
your carcaSs.
Having compiled with any one Of the
above mentiQged requirements and been
assessed By q police judge, you. and
some otheE goats. are herded in Slated
room that reminds you Of a private wine
~ellar, and remain there until the arrival
Of the Siberian. bdlIet-proof van. in which
you are "toted" cat TO the club You are
paired with some other member, and for
fear you-H lose him you are hitched To-
geJher with pair OF gives
All Carefully Searched.
On yovr arrival at the jain. after a few
llC+i44l44-1-l l-- WI az tuA tiNA WV AZ h4-N
guard. escorted to a bench and told 20
take of your shoes. thus showing that
the clC5 is q Frat" You now disgorge
your pockets-evcrything goes In the dis
card-and Gardy" carefully searches
your junk for -Cheesers Cthe official
name for any sharp-pOinted iastTumenO.
poisons, or dope. and your roll
Any OF these are taken from YOU. and
The baianCe-lerters. 6sc.-yeu are told %
put in your hat. after the hatband has
been searched. Standing, your clothing
and shoes are carefully Inassaged by The
suard, and nothing being found but the
apparel. YOU lre taken 10 the steel cage
sad turned over 10 the .trusty" clerk
inside. Wfo t.Eas Eour name for tha tier
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from Birmingham. in England. ali over
the country. il is the same. The learn
ing Of a trade Is being made practically
impossible. For long time foreigners
held the best of these for themselves or
for their children
Now II Mr.. Fitzpatrick viii read. In
dustrial Education. " published by the Blu
reau OF Statistics. when II had the d.
vision of consular reports under its
charge. he viii see what the Germans
have done In the way Of supplying just
what he thinks we should have. And the
sequel 10 the Industrial education is In
dustrial Germany" found In the same
volume. which tells the marvellous story
OF Germany's wonderful progress since
the system of education referred 10. be-
came a fact. II IS so brilliant that ! Of
ten refer 10 IL as the romance of indus
trial history The story of the empire 8
textile. blacksmith. plumbers. and other
schools surpasses anything In the record
ed history of recent educational efforts or
movements. The schoolmaster helped 30
make the empire He sat in the saddle
with Won Moltke and Bismarck al Sadowa
and Sedan; he was behind Bismarck and
the Krupps when the great gun makers
built the wonderful wharyes and snip
yards, IN which the merchant and fighting
ships that were to wrest the pennant OF
Industrial, If not Of commercial, suprem-
acy, from England. were built
Strength of Germany.
The Deutschland that eclipsed all pre-
vious records, rode. after England had
passed a law requiring all foreign made
goods TO bear the stamp OF the country
Of origins-into Southampton harbor with
the words. Made In Germany" in huge
letters, from stem 10 stern, and she was
made-all OF her. in the empire
No schools on earth get so near TO
meeting a nations needs as DO the indus
trial. industrial art. technical. and COM
mercial schools OF the German Empire
Our wonderful resources have made
much Ct our marvellous progress possible.
But for her schools. Germany would be
far behind US. England, and others. She
has 10 buy cotton here. in Egypt and
India: wool IN Australia. South Africa.
and Argentina. iron I'm Sweden and
Spain; q million tons Of coal year, in
England; hides in all parts Of the world:
silk IN the East and in ItaIy; copper here
ana elsewhere. These she makes up into
marvellous textiles, tools. and machines.
and sends them on her homemade ships
20 all parts OF the world. There IS no his
tor Of trade or manufactures more fas-
chatting than Germany. and all that story
stands upon the empires wonderful.
schools. J. G. MONAGHAN.
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tubs filled with warm water. whera you
scrub yourself aad enjoy a bath equal 10
any The majority Of tie outside set set.
Get Clean Clothes.
Aftc~ :his you get a clean pair OF over
alls and "a jumper. such as railroad men
wear take the towel you have used
and report TO the '-trusty.- who assigns
sou 10, say. apartment .. Second Tier.
which is q small ballroom furnished
with couple OF comfortable iron
hunks. one above the other. tin
wash basin, a barred sinister window,
chocolate-colortd cement car9et pure
alabastiHc v!itcwash on the walls. and
in a corner near the peek-a-boo iron door
is an iron safety deposit box for the
''.uh. Here you fgd your buddy. who
takes quick inventory OF you. and
lacUnicaily asks. What they got yer
fee ard you answer .'Doin' nothin"
} yoC don't saw this YOU arc looked
upon with suspicion. and the other mem
bsrs during ''waIk rounds tell you you're
NOT IN their class
The new arrivals at the Jail get there in
time u make their toilet. become ae-
quainteG with bud and bed down be-
fore dinner. which is served about 9
O'Clock iD the afternoon. The new men,
her usually does not have any appetite
which benefits buddy" who has ac-
cuired healthy one, and gladly appro-
PIRATES yours.
Dinner is announced. likewise break
fast. by tao clashlng of several hundred
tir pie plates. two of which a waiter soon
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Not His Hour.

From tie Pittsburg Gazette.
A Chicagoan was praising the late Mar
shall Field.
Mr. Field was a kindly mar" he said.
He spoke III of no one. and when his
opinion was asked of q person. and il was
net a favorable opinion, he would express
# in such a gentle and quaint way that
its sting would be mostly lost
''Once at a dinner 1 praised the CONVEX
sational talent Of a man across the table.
I said to Mr.. Field:
DO you know him.?
~ have met him. the other answered.
Well. he is clever chap ] said. He
can talk brilliantly for an hour at a
stretch
Then, when ] met him, said Mr..
Field. ii must have been the beginning Of
the second hour.
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different services are
not only very I'M
pressive but novel.
and the rotunda is
always filed by the
visiting public.
Week days the rel
atives. and occa p
siOnally friends. arc
permitted 70 visit the
prisoners from ~ a.
n. until , P. N. Con
versations are held
z l7rrrfe-il Gfaef
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Between Two Fires.
From II Riso

FToro II kis0.
Young Bellarine had at the same time
a sore throat and pains in his stomach.
SO he went 10 the doctor. who said that he
must take something sweet for his throat;
but he protested, saying that it would be
bad for his stomach. And said the doc
tor. refusing TO iisen, for your stomach
you must take seRething strong
But" protested once more the victim,
that viii be bad for my throat"
bio mio,' exclaimed the doctor, out Of
patience; you are a little too much. De
eide instantly whether you prefer q soTs
throat or stomach trouble
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IT WAS TOO MUCH MONEY.
Boy Afraid to Take sI.IOO, and Con-
tented Himself with $50.

From The Chicago Chronicle.
The sight OF pile of SO and So bills so
over-awed a thirteon-year-old boy that he
was afraid 10 steal the money He had
never in all his lifetime seen more than a
few dollars together at one time and his
heart sank within him when he viewed
the great pile Of greenbacks. which look
ed bigger 10 him than The hoard Of Monte
Crist0. The boy was Theodore Harry
lowicz- He told his experience in the
Juvenile Court In another part Of the
grocery store where he saw the stacks Of
greenbacks and from which he had fed
in awe the boy found 50, and this time he
was able 10 conquer his agitation long
enough % take the lesser sum II was for
stealing this that he was arraigued.
William Barbcsky who owns a grocery
near G57 North Ashland avenue. where the
young culpTit lives, was in such a hurry
TO go 10 church last Sunday that he for
got 10 lock the doors OF his store he told
the court. Harryi0wicz and a companion
Frank Chabelski, twelve years old, pass
81 By the grocery after Barbesky hal
left. and, seeing the door open, went in 10
investigate.
All the towers Of sardnes and fruit
and vegetables in heaps did not tempt
the boys. They were after something
more substantial. Chabelski went outside
and stood guard while his companion in
vestigated further. He found so in a
cash drawer, and piled it up on the coun-
ter. Then he found the larger sum in Il
safe In the rear Of the store. The door
was open. but the spectacle Of such vast
wealth was too much for him. Reverent-
y he put il back. and then shut the door
and turned the knob for fear. as he told
Judge Mack, that real burglars might
get it,"
He then went hack and pocketed the
$50 Then he crcpt out Of the store and
divided with his accomplice
But whv. asked Judge Mack. when
you had that 100 before YOU didn't you
take Il as well as tho other cash?''
"Oh. u was too much money. Judge.
replied the boy.
Well. I do not think you are n1tural-
~ dishonest. so / will parole YOU" said
the court. The money taken was nearly
all restored to the grocer.
It's Profitable.
Al lawyers Ike to take rest,
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che guard. Prisoners are permitted 70
buy tobacco, matches. fruit. and the daily
papers.
characterization Punished.
II one gets too gay after p. m. or
rough-houses any of his comrades or the
guard or tier man. he gets punished to TT
the crime. Sometimes he's kept locked In
his cell for a week on bread and water.
or IL u fragrant case is SWUNG to the
gate" which means backing him up TO
his cell door passing his arms thro' the
bars and Handwriting his wrists outside.
Talking is not allowed after p. IN. when
the lights go out in the tiers. but an occa-
SIGNAL still whistle. the crow of a rooster,
or the squeal Of "a pig is heard, but If the
comedian IS caught he regrets il.
The night guard makes q round OF his
wing every hour after 8. Water Is car
ried around every half hour until 7:30 p.
n. in the evening biGe-head matches are
distributed and the smokers soon learn the
trick of splitting each match and getting
two lights from one.
Men who are confined for fifteen or
thirty days are seldom called upon 10
work. This is generally given the long
tsrmcTs and the repeaters Some of the
regulars are 50 fascinated with the life OF
ease they live that when discharged
promptly return within tWenty-fOur hours
10 resume their life of luxury and idle
ness. They know a good thing and work
ii tor the limit Some of them sell every
thing they possess down to their under
clothes. Tor they know they'll be clothed
from the bonnet to the bT0gan.
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guards silver whis-
he blows returns TO
his habitat wonder
ing why so many Of
his associates never
done muffin.
Should you desire
10 sew your raiment
The cell Inspector
gives you thread and
needle. which you
must return on de-
mand.
Tuesday the whites
battle. and If you
vzant any washing
done you hang it in
l.
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Brought to Book l..

From the Boston Transcript.
What's become Of that fine IL
brary you used to have?
Brown-D!sposed OF IT, Circumstances
alter bookcases, ycu know.
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passes through tllr
door. IN about ten
minutes Spooney.
a % II n g T waiter,
hands I'm two spoons,
To Dc followed by
another waiter with
water 70 20 din
uer. shortly follow
"a by The cell inspec-
tor announcing Ono
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comes the walk around Of half hour for
each tier. commencing with the fourth
ard working down.
During this spell one makes new and
strange aequaiatances. and when the
The Washington herald., 1906-10-28
All Carefully Searched.

feSlSttf, iShS YOU II
You have any conta-
gious disease and
then husties YOU
down IL Fatty. the
sable custodian OF
Jhc baths. There
your clothing silent
ly disappears, and
you approach one OF
the norcalqfs lined
The Washington herald., 1906-10-28
TYPES At The JAIL
White and Black Prisoners
Lead the Simple Life.
GUESTS OFTEN COME BACK

Easy to Get In. hut Hard TO Get Out,
AMI Those who Stay long Improve
in Physical COndition-Fare Is
WhOIeSomey 81 plain. and Every
thing Is CIean-The Weekly Menu.
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TOWED BY DEVILFISH
Sixteen Boats Went Out to
Sea with Monster.
GIANT WEIGHED 1900 POUNDS

Army Surgeon Tells of Exciting Ex-
perieBces with an Immense Ray at
Tarpon, Tex.-HarpoOns and Rifles
Used In His Capture-Great Fish
Measures Over IL Feet Long.