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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
DARING JEWEL ROBBERY
Messenger Bound and Gagged j,
Sitting Room Of Paris Hotel.

PARIS, Jan. 12-The police are search
ing for man with II strong German ac-
cent, who has carried, out a daring rob-
berry from n Partisan jeweler.
After selecting about $500 worth of jew
elry at the shop, the man suggested that.
an assistant might be sent with him SO
that his wife could make her selection.
On arriving at the hotel named by the
man the assistant was shown by him into
a sitting room. There tho man presented
a revolver at his head and said, IF you.
move, l will fire"
and after gagglng the assistant, bound
him securely and left him helpless. He
then departed with the $500 worth Of
jewelry and has not been seen since.
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BULLDOG AS POLICEMAN
Thieves Dread His Fangs More Than
Clutches OF Police.

PARIS, Jan. ia bulldog named cyr-
ano Yesterday arrested three men who
broke into a workshop in tho Rue ober-
kampf
NJ. Charles Dangeot was awakened In
the middle OF the night by the ferocions
barking OF his dos, and on looking out Of
his window noticed light In the work
shop belonging to his neishbor. NJ. Jean
Roulezier.
Calling to Cyrano TO follow, no entered
the workshop and found three men riding
tho safe. Leaving tho thieves in charge
Of the bulldog. which stood at the door.
he went In search OF the police. On re-
turning With them, he found the men
very anxious for the advent OF the police.
whose clutches they evidently feared lesa
than those or Cyrano.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
WOMAN RoUTs FOUR BURGLARS
wounds One With Revolver Shot and
All Make OF.

BELFAST, Jan, ia woman living In
palfast confronted u gang Of four men
who entered her house with hurglarious
intent Yesterday, and reduced the craven
band to ignominlous retreat.
Tearing strange noises in her house. the
lady, who lives alone, made investigations.
and endeavored to raise an alafm' one Of
tha thieves promptly threatened her life
ie any resistance were shown.
The woman Immediately produced re-
yolver and fired. one of the shots taking
effect.
Tho burglars Immediately cleared on.
taking their wounded comrade with them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
DEATH is RESULT OF
A PLEASANT CHAT.
Chemist While Speaking on In
-teresting Subject to Customer
Gives Wrong Medicine.
PARIS, Jan. u.

I.. 1l PARIS, Jan, II.
Nine. Hargault, woman of 60 years OF
age, residing with her son, lace manu-
fucturer, at S21Isouevard Sebastopol. hav-
ing SLIGHT heart trouble. called in doc
tor. who prescribed sulphate Of sparteine
pills for her,
The old woman took pill and died half
an hour later in terrible agony. The doc
tor discovered symptoms of strychnine
jpoisoning. examined the pills and founo
that they were composed OF strychnlne.
The chemist had made a mistake OWING
20 the similarity Of two jars, He admits
his, mistake, and says that he made VI
the pills while chatting on snb1ec
which Interested him With customer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
"JAGGERs" IN PARIS
American Woman Furnishes City
With Corps Of Messenger Bows.

PARIS, Jan, 12.-''Jaggers" has come
and conquered Paris, thanks to the efforts
of Miss Daisy Andrews, an energetic
American girl, who was determined to
bring Paris up to date in this respect
She obtained the government concession
for the laying of the call wires, collected
the necessary capital invented smart
gray uniform and her company is now an
established fact. Already the new mes
senger boys are a feature of Paris streets.
Miss Andrews has trained her boys to
be smart, to salute In military style. to
use their intelligence and, above all. to be
polite. .as
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JEALOUS MAN KILLS RIVAL
Friends Become Deadly Enemies fol
Love of q Pretty Waitress.

PARIS, Jan. 1o.-A man named Leon
Angler yesterday killed a former friend
named Marcel in cafe here.
The two men We're in love with wait
ress named Jeannette who treated then,
with impartiality encouraging first one
and then the other. A close friendship,
which had before existed between the
men, soon changed to hatred.
After his dinner yesterday Angler
chatted with Jeanette in full view OF
his rival. who was sitting at another table
Presently Marcel, could stand 1t no lonse:
and struck Angler in the face. Arsie1
stabbed him to the heart, and Marcel
fell dead at the feet Of his sweetheart,
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at Work at 121.

RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 12.-An ex-slaye
who Is l2l years old, and who IS still able
manual work, Is living at Santa Gather
Ina, Rrnxil,
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Wanted Her Uncle's Wooden leg.

LONDON, Jan. ia woman applied
to the Elton Union guardians yesterday
for the wooden leg. which was worn for
years by her uncle, who died In the
Her request was granted,
and the woman took the leg home with
har 4
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-07-05

Yamada, lse, Japan.-How much
religion have the Japanese and what
is it? A sweeping answer to that
question would be that Japan's 'atti-
tude towards it's religions is pretty
much that of the small boy in the
country toward the eel skin which
he ties around his ankle to keep away
cramps when he goes in swimming.
He doesn't much believe in it, or
think about it, but still tradition
awards 1t virtue, so he keeps on the
safe side.
1t would be easy to write learnedly
Of Buddhism and Shintoism as elabo-
rate and beautiful religious systems.
IT l did so few readers would finish
this article, and, what is more to the
point, l would not have come within
mile of stating the actual situation
as it exists here to-day. After three
months spent amid shrines and tenn
pies and idols, and largely within
sound Of temple bells and drums Zone
of the latter is booming as l write.)
| am prepared to say that the Japa-
nese as whole are Indifferent to all
religions: while of the few who do
care. most regard religion as a sort
Of charm to keep away evil or to pro-
cure certain tangible benefits.
There are two religious systems,
aside from Christianity, which claim
the worship of the Japanese.
Buddhism and Shintoism. OF there
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PRESERVING FRUITS.
New Process Used in England Which
France Is to Adopt.

The following process of preserving
fruits, which has been in use in Eng
land for some time, formed the SUBJ
ject for discussion at a recent meet
ing of the National Society Of Agri-
culture of France, in to which country
it IS now proposed to introduce it.
The Literary Digest gives the follow
ing translation from the Revue Scien-
tifique: "The fruits are plunged into
cold water containing per cent of
a Ae per cent solution of formalde-
hyde, and after ten minutes INNER
sion they are arranged on screens
where they drain and dry. In the case
Of scft-pulped fruits of which the
whole" is eaten, like grapes, cherries,
plums, etc., they are dipped for five
minutes into pure water on taking
them from the formulated solution, be-
fore putting them to dry. But in case of
hard-pulped fruit which are pared be-
fore eating, like apples and pears, this
second washing is not necessary The
results of this method would appear
to be excellent. The formic aldehyde
disappears almost completely, and the
fact is that 40 per cent formaldehyde,
whose antiseptic power is we'll known,
ought very quickly to destroy fungi,
bacteria and other microorganisms on
the surface of the fruits, which are the
agents of putrifacation and decay"
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metal bands which encircle the head
and support branches that -vibrate
against the eyelids. Some hypnutists.
we are told, employ a large drawing
of a human eye, on a card, while 9TH
ers use combination of magnets, re-
lying on the common idea that mag
netfsm is connected in some way with
the hypnotic sleep, It may often be
necessary to employ makeshifts in
case none of these devices is at hand.
Says Mr.. Watkins:
"A candle placed behind an ordi-
nary brown or colored bottle is some
times used in lieu or a hypnotic lamp.
The candle flame focuses itself at q
spot on tire side of the bottle nearest
the patieAt, who hiss been given the
suggestion that steep will result
when, after staring 11xedly at this
spot, the light will 60 out. The candle,
cut short for the purpose, burns itself
out, and the sensitive consequently
falls asleep when there is no longer a
vestige of light in the room"
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THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
-Cuticura Remedies Cured at Cost
Of Seventy-Five Cents.

my little boy, when only an infant
Of three months, caught the Cuban
Itch. Sores broke out from his head
to the bottom of his feet. He would
itch and claw himself and cry all the
time. He could not sleep day or night,
and light dress is all he could wear.
I called one of our best doctors to
treat him, but he seemed to get worse.
He suffered so terribly that my hus-
band said he believed he would have
to die. had almost given up hope
when lady friend told me to try the
Cuticura Remedies. I used the Cuti-
cura Soap and applied the Cuticura
Ointment and he at once fell into a
sleep, and he slept with ease for the
first time since two months. After
three applications the sores began to
dry up, and in just two weeks from the
day commenced to use the Cuticura
Remedies my baby was entirely we'll.
The treatment only cost me 75c, and I
would have gladly paid $10O if I could
not have got it cheaper. I feel safe in
saying that the Cuticura Remedies
saved his life. He is now boy of five
years. Mrs. Zana Miller, Union City,
R. F. D. No. 1, Branch Co., Mich, May
II, 1906"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-07-05
DOCTORS FOOD TALK
Selection of Food One Of the Most In.
portant Acts in Life.

A Mass. doctor, says: "Our health
and physical and mental happiness
are so largely under our personal con-
troll that the proper selection of food
should be, and is one of the most i'm.
portant acts in life.
"On this subject, I may say that l
know of no food equal in digestibility,
and more powerful in point of nutri.
ment, than the modern Grape-Nuts,
four heaping teaspoons of which is suf.
f1cient for the cereal part of meal,
and experience demonstrates that the
user is perfectly nourished from one
meal to another.
Il am convinced that tho extensive
and general use of high class foods of
this character would increase the term
of human life, add to the sum total of
happiness and very considerably i'm
prove society in general. I am free to
mention the. food, for I personally
know of its value"
-Grape-Nuts food can be used by
babes in arms, or adults. It is ready
cooked, can be served instantly.
either cold with cream, or with hot
water or hot milk poured over. All
sorts of puddings and fancy dishes can
be made with Grape-Nuts. The food
is concentrated and very economical,
for four heaping teaspoons are suf1-
cient for the cereal part Of q meal.
Read the little book, Tho Road to
Wellville," II pkgs There's Rec,
o0u. ss.s SS.s... 5
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multitude which no man could mum.

multitude which no man could num-
ber. i&
These two shrines are the most i'm
pressive In Japan-far more so than
the ornate Buddhist temples at Nikko,
kioto, Toxic and elsewhere. He who
expects display will be disappointed:
one traveller exclaimed: There is
nothing to see and besides they won't
let you see it."
The simplicity of the shrines is real
ly grand: plain. unpainted timbers for
shrines and tori with never an orna-
ment in sight. They suggest the old
Hebrew tabernacle idea. At the outer
gate. before which hangs a white
linen curtain, the people worship
twenty-five feet or more within this
largest inclosure, which contains moth
ing but rough stones, carefully swept,
is a second, with a gate parallel with
the first, and similarly curtained.
Thus far men of certain rank may
penetrate, as did Field Marshal Oyama
and Admiral Togo, when they accom-
panied his majesty on his pious pill
grimage. The emperor himself and
he alone, is permitted to enter the
holy of holies.
The extreme sanctity which sur
rounds these shrines (there are two
of identical pattern at Yamada, al
though called an inner and an outer
shrine) is shown by the fact that when
on one occasion member OF the
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A Machine for Inducing Hyprotism.
The Little Knob CIaims and
Holds the Subjects Attention.

the rapid change of environment view
ed from a rapidly moving swing. That
which fatigues the ocular muscles, of
course, favors sleep, and physiological
drowsiness is but the vestibule to the
hypnotic state. The eyelids becom-
ing heavy, the skilled hypnologist has
but to command 'Sleep!' and the SEN
sitive is then ready to abide by his
will
Other mechanical aids are: The
"electro-hypnotic head-band"-a rub
ber band, clasped about the forehead,
holding tiny incandescent light be-
tween the eyes; bright disk, illum-
ined by miniature search-light; and
mirrors, revolved by electric or me-
chanical motors, and known as "alou-
ettes," some with single, others with
multiple, disks, while still others have
wings like those of a bird, or geomet-
rical solids with mirrored surfaces. A
single alouette may hypnotic an en-
tire roomful Of persons at once. pro-
vided all have previously received the
suggestion that the machine will
cause sleep-a condition necessary to
the success OF all mechanical aids.
Another device, the vibrating cor
onet' of DR.. Gaiffe, consists OF three
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-07-05
Comfort While U sing the Unilens.

With the arm fully extended, which
is roughly equal to a distance of six
feet between the eye and lens, the OBJ
ject has its maximum magnification,
though at this distance there is a
slight blurring. .~.
The best way to use the "unilens" is
to sit down and rest the hand holding
the stick on the knee, when the glass
is about four feet distant from the
eye, and the user is able to see OBJ
jects clearly and sharply.
: The lens has the great advantage of
always being in focus and it is q use
ful aid to the natural sight in the ex-
animation Of hanging pictures, the ar
chitectural features Of buildings, and
similar objects. Although the appli-
tance is not suited to all sights, three
people out Of every four can use the
..unilens' quite satisfactorily, and
with good results
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-07-05
The REoRGANIZED NEW YORK
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

The new Board of Trustees of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
chosen by the policyholders under the
Armstrong laws, has taken charge Of
the company's affairs and has begun
the work Of reorganization.
In choosing the principal officers Of
the company, the Board has adhered
to the idea that life insurance COM
pany should be managed by life in
surance men. The new president is
Darwin P. Kingsley, a college bred
man OF good New England stock, who
has been in the company's service in a
variety of capacities for a period of
nearly twenty years. In the parlance
OF life insurance, he 'began with the
rate book" and has advanced step by
step up to his present position.
The first vice president Of the com.
pany is Thomas A. Buckner, who has
served the company for more than a
quarter Of century,-indeed has
never had any other business connec.
ton.
Associated with these men are
others long trained in the companys
service, each an expert in his own de-
partment of work. VIM. E. Ingersoll,
who has for many years had charge
of the company's great business in
Europe, is one of the second vice pres
idents, and will continue at the head
of the company's Office in Paris.
Rnf11o :" "011>c xyh0 hos to-
the companys service for nearly forty
years, ranks next to Mr.. Buckner as
vice president, and continuous as chief
actuary of the company.
The policyholders have expressed
their belief in this company in no un-
certain terms. The upheaval in life in
surance within the last two years has
resulted in great deal of misunder-
standing and policyholders, alarmed on
matters which were not very clear to
them, have been disposed to give up
their contracts at heavy sacrifice
! This has not been true in the New York
Life to any great extent. The COM
pany had $4,000, 900 insurance on
it's books when the life insurance in
vestigation began, and while the laws
of the State of New York now do not
permit any company to write over
$3.50, 100000 a year (which is about
one-half the New York Life formerly
did, the company's outstanding bust.
uess still exceeds $2,000,000, 1000.
Policyholders generally will be still
further reassured by this action of the
Board, as it places at the head of the
company to protect their interests men
Of thorough training and unexception-
| able character.
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A novel form of field-glass or tele-
scope of {, remarkably portable and
handy des cription, has been invented
by Major Baden-Powell, F. R. A. S.
It consists of a single convex lens,
21z inches in diameter, mounted in
metal rim, and may be carried in the
waistcoat pocket. The mount has a
small clip and screw, enabling the
lens to be attached to a walking-stick
or umbrella. J.. ri /. = ~ & r s
The invention is thoroughly practi-
cal, and with it a large view Of dis
tant objects may be obtained, the
maximum magnification being about
four diameters. i
The "unilens" is the most efficient
when mounted on walking-stick and
held at arms length, as the further
1t is held from the eye the greater the
.magnificattxh
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MAcHlNE.MADE HYPNoTlsm.
Clever Mechanical Devices That win
Produce Sleep.

1t has long been recognized by ex-
perts in hypnotism that the hypnotic
sleep is induced by the subject him.
sell. All that the operator can de- is
10 persuade the patient that he has
ABILITY to produce the sleep. Any me-
chanical device that will cause the be-
lief that sleeptis inevitably approach
Ing will do as we'll, and number of
these are now in use by physicians
who resort to hypnotic suggestion in
the treatment Of nervous affections.
Some OF them are described in the
Technical World Magazine by John
Elfreth Watkins. We read:
"One of the newest of. these me-
chanical aids employed by the hyp-
not1st is the hypnotic ball. It might
De mistaken for the half hour of an
hour-glass mounted upon a short
handle of ebony. 1t is, in fact, glass
ball, half-tilled with sand, and having
a bottle-mouth, into which the wooden
handle fits snugly. Stuck into the in
terror extremity of this handle
end protruding inside the ball-is pin
whose head extends to the center Of
the transparent globe The sand is
dyed a bright indigo blue, as is the
globular head of the pin. Thus we
have a little ball-the pinhead-with-
IN larger transparent one, and be-.
tween the two, a bright colored pow
der.
"The subject concentrates his eyes
upon the pinhead, while the ball, held
at about the height of his head, is re-
volved by the operator with both a
circular and rotary motion within a
foot of the subjects eyes. The ro.
tary manipulations cause the sand to
fall like a cascade behind the pin
head.
Thus there are three movements
circular, rotary, and vertical-all in
tended to puzzle sion as it inQuisi-
lively follows the bali.
In this way the ocular muscles be-
come quickly fatigued, the influence
being an exaggeration of the soIorific
stimulus caused by the rapid flight of
the landscape past car window, or
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LITTLE CAUSE FOR WORRY.
tloeo Or Less Giitterlns Bait Held OUT
% Cow Punchers.

Over in tho Salmon river meadows
country, in Idaho, ranged a wild and
Woolly bunch of long-haired COW
Dunchers, whose knowledge of the
world was confined mainly to trips
after cattle into surrounding counties.
Into this reckless but verdant COM
munity there came the smooth
tongued representative Of . wild
west show. who hired several riders
at Z high salary to do q hair-raising
act, the chief feature being that they
should appear to be thrown from their
horses and dragged by the foot.
After they had practiced in . corral
Tor . while one Of them loosened
himself and rising from the dirt, dis
heveled and dazed, inquired:
Say, mister, amt this ruther dan
esrous? We might git killed."
"That's all right" chirped the
shows representative cheerfully.
"Your salary will 60 on just tho
same."-Lippincott's Magazine.
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Good for Evil.

Ono Sunday a teacher was trying
to illustrate to her small scholars the
lesson, Return good for evil" To
make it practical she said:
Suppose, children, one Of your
schoolmates should strike you, and
the next day you should bring him
m apple-that would be one way of
returning good for evil"
To her dismay one Of the little
girls spoke up quickly:
"Then he would strike you again
to get another applet"
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EXAMPLE I or TRUE cHlvALRN.
Modern Lover Proves Himself Equal
- Heroes Of the Past.

There was Z moment of profound
silence. He was the first to speak.
You are richer than I an" = hs fal
tered, with emotion. n #
She bowed her head, replying moth.
Ing. But now the true nobility Of his
character manifested itself.
Yet for all that I am NO better
than you are!" he cried, and folded
her to his breast.
And when, her conscience accusing
her. she tried to tell him that not
only her father but four Of her uncles
were Pittsburg millionaires, he sealed
her lips with kisses. and would hea,
noth1uG.-Puck.
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the latter scarcely aspires to be re-
ligion; since it's most intelligent ad-
herents declare that 1t is only an
cestor and nature worship. AS for
Buddhism, old Buddha himself would
never recognize this perverted sys-
tenn, with it's pantheon of more than
a million gods, and it's innumerable
CONCESSIONS to Shintosim. In fact,
the common religion is mixture,
which nobody but few of the learned
priests processes to be able to under
stand, of both Buddhism and Shinto-
ism. Practically one must agree with
the statement that Patriotism is the
religion of the Japanese"
A Diety Who Mods.
The emperor himself is Shintoist:
yet l have been in no less than three
Buddhist temples which have apart
ments reserved for him, which he has
occupied, when he has gone to the
temples to worship. He seems to be
beautifully impartial in the matter of
religion, favoring Christianity by
: large gifts, and have heard it whis-
pered in many parts of the empire
that his favorite diety is one Bacchus.
1t would be treason to speak such a
thing out loud in Japan, although for
= eigners have a very simple explana,
II tfon for the drowsiness which often
: besets his majesty on the occasion of
his public appearances. i
ass Undoubtedly the common people
worship the emperor himself The
educated classes give another explana-
$stion of their reverence toward him,
while students laughingly repeat the
4 gossip that somehow manages to pass
y the two walls and double moats of the
imperial, palace. l have even found q
sstcompany of co}lege-bred Japanese VIII
ing to discuss the possible future of
the monarchy, in the light of the
81 democratic tendency Of the times
b Nevertheless, the great bulk of the
6 Japanese sincerely worship the en-
Id peror His picture is in every public
%school and the pupils bow down to it
g3s daily. Mission schools also display
tho portrait and pay all possible re-
spect to it; by law they are required
sSnto, save 1t first in case of fire, and
nothing ii may be hung above it on the
s3walls.
sHS Yamada, in the province of Ise, may
8be called the religious and patriotic
s@center of Japan. Here the emperor
E came to. worship at the shrine of his
Imperial ancestors, to give thanks fol-
;;ssst the victorious conclusion of the recent
war. Hither also hundreds Of thou
sands. of pilgrims come annually from
sssall parts. of the empire. On ordinary
days the number is from 700 to ], 900;
Ssson special occasions 1t mounts &c
ss1 1000 a day. OF course, when the EN-
iptsror Was here there came also !