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sections of the earth by contemporaries
have been christened in his honor.
What the layman would doubtless con-
slider the simplest Of all the map access
series is really the most difficult, and that
is lettering. States and counties and
larger streams have to be in dignifed
and rather conspicuous sized type and
the lesser bodies Of water and towns. al
though represented. dismissed with very
insignificant characters. And IL appears
that rare Is the man. sign painter or
map maker, who can achieve both equal
~ According to Mr.. Howell, his assist
ant, Mr.. Gregory, who is an Englishman
and learned his trade in the rigidly Sc
we're but thorough old apprentice days,
is withou a peer in this country as a
.letterer."
Running rivers are another tedious
phase of map making. Women are said
to be more dainty of touch and success
full in achieving IL than men, and there
are usually several working on this
branch of the art at the "Microcosm."
One of the students has been employed
there at intervals for years on intricate
coloring and modelling. She received a
bronze medal from the st. Louis expo
sition for her maps.
Mr.. Howell has so many medals from
all the worlds fairs and expositions of
the past thirty years that they are as
much an Inconvenience as an honor. And.
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A Fatal Breather.

SSKTARK TWAIN hated a gloomy
W. man." said a New York editor.
Once, at a banquet a gloomy man sat
opposite him. This man would not smile
at the most amusing Jokes.
What's the matter with your cried
Mark Twain. THE stories are all good
Why don't YOU laugh?
"'Ah. sir said the gloomy man. how
can I laugh when remember that every
time breathe soul passes into the
great beyond?'
Good gracious sad the humorist.
did you ever try cloyes?'
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Most important Thing.

COMMANDER PEARY. at one of the
~ numerous Washington dinners. fol-
lowing his triumphant return from the
pole, got the better of senator In a war
of wits.
What is the good OF your discovery"
the senator said. "I'll wager that you
didn't find a single important thing at
the north pole.
"Oh, yes | did, said the explorer Il
found one .ery, very important thing
'.Humph. What was THAR the sena-
tor grunted.
THE way back home again." was the
reply.
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arrest, January 81. 1871. residing in Day
ton. Ohio. She was suspected of passing
several counterfeit ten-dollar notes on
the First National and the Farmers and
Manufacturers National Bank of Pough-
keepsie, y. Y. She was taken before the
United States commissioner in Cincin-
natl. and then admitted TO bail in
$1,000. In April she was indicted by the
grand jury and June 81, 1871. pleaded
guilty. She was sentenced to six months
in the county jail and forced to pay the
cost of prosecution.
X
Later. I'm March, 1874. she was married
to Nelson briggs, a man who had been
reported by the secret service as sus-
rected OF dealing in counterfeit money
in connection with her parents Mrs
briggs was considered by her husband To
possess a certain uncanny intuition in
regard 10 the persons with whom il was
advisable To do business. He believed
SO firmly In this peculiar power that all
strangers were submitted to her for in
spection before any transactions We're
made.
October u, 1879. at Centrala, H.. Mrs.
briggs was again arrested for assisting
in the manufacture of counterfeit money
and for having in her possession coun-
terfeiiing material. She was indicted
and tried in January, 1876, at Spring
field. Ill, but was not convicted. Direct
evidence was hard 10 obtain, and the
jury having failed TO agree, standing ten
for conviction and two for acquittal.
nolle proseqm proceedings were entered.
July Is, 1889, at Dayton, Ohio. she was
arrested for having in possession and
dealing in counterfeit ten-dollar Treas
ury notes. She was indicted in October.
but in February. 1880, the jury again
disagreed and the case was annulled.
In connection with counterfeiting. Mrs.
briggs was again arrested March 81.
1892 at Dayton. Ohio, for mGnufa curing
counterfeit silver dollars and having in
her possession molds for making the
same. She was held by the United States
commissioner i'm $500 bond awaiting the
action of the. grand jury. The case,
however was ignored by the grand jury.
Although the law is lenient with most
woman counterfeiters, they usually en-
ieavor to escape trial. The conviction OF
one member casts a gloom upon the other
men and women engaged In counterfeit
ing There exists among them a certain
feeling of brotherhood, due most likely
10 the fact that the discovery of the
business transactions of one counter
feiter will lead eventually TO other dis
coveries. And, again, in the law they
find common enemy.
This fraternal spirit has not manifested
itself with sufficient strength to re-
suit in an organization. But IL Is sum-
GENTLY prevalent TO effect working
woman arrested for counterfeiting. The
most common method of accomplishing
this is by going on bail for the defend
ant Generally the defendant then es-
capes from the country. only small
sum from each of his friends had been
put up as collateral. SO the bond Is for
feited willingly The secret service is
usually successful in discovering the
whereabouts of the fugitive.
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True totLife.

CEORGE AIDE, at a dinner at Hazel
den farm, his Indiana residence. said
of his two wears silence:
'You see. / am thinking up original
and realistic ideas. And for my new hero
inc I've hit on a remarkable good thing
It's so simple and so true It's wonder
it never occurred TO Pinero or Hervieu
or somebody before"
What is it?' a guest asked, eagerly.
My heroine said Mr.. AIDE. lis a bru-
nette i'm the first act and a blonde in the
last"
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A Real HeIpmeet.

yOHN MITCHELL. eniarging on his well
J known theory that every man who
works should belong TO a union. said to
an indianapolis reporter:
Every workman should resolve on
Labor day 10 join a union. The union IL
stronger and more resolute than the in
dividual. II gets things done. In fact, In
it's beneficent relation TO its members II
reminds me Of Hobson's wife. She said:
".Hobson was q confirmed smoker with
a tobacco heart when / married him a
year ago. but today he never touches the
weed
Good for him. said her listener. To
make a change like that requires q pretty
strong will
"'Well. I've got one.' said Mrs. Hob
SON"
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of the time-stained walls, 1t means
hundred feet
After these layers have been cut in sur
ficient numbers they are paced Just
where the topogra phical map indicates
When pupils are doing this Tart of the
work wooden blocks OF the attitudes de-
sired are set up "a precautionary models,
ard the cardboard il every case must
just equal them.
OF course the base represents sea Level.
Whereas the student worker stolidly foi-
lows the wooden relief model, - the map
maker il Is. to quote Mr.. Howell as
vision of the land itself" This card
beard is added layer by layer, each rep
resenting a definite increase in elevation.
Gradually one sees the country rising IN
a series of minute steps, caused by the
thickness of the cardboard layers. These
are placed so carefully that NJ ragged
edges remain.
At this stage the map resembles most
strongly the puzzle picture efforts Of some
ingenious child. But now the modeler in
wax takes charge. With that plastic ma
terial, which appears almost to grow into
life under his skillful, persuasive touch.
the steps" of the cardboard are filled in
to suggest the slopes of tie land. All the
uncouthness has departed and little
reddish brown exGuisitely proportioned
uninhabited world has been created by
man.
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MIR. Edwin Howell Makes
N4 Maps for the World in
General and the United States
Government in Particular
Calls His Studio on 18th
Street "The Microcosm'-
Has Been Manufacturing
Relief Maps for Two-Score
Years-His Work Has Taken
Medals at All Expositions
and Worlds Fairs-Months
Are Sometimes Taken Up on
a Single Map-Various Little
Things That Count in Ar
ranging a Relief Map.
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CircumIocutory Bachelor.

SSTHE late Judge Craig Biddle,' said
a member of the Rittenhouse Club
OF Philadelphia. had In court A dislike of
indirect and roundabout witnesses.
Speak up. speak. SIR he once said to
the defendant In a libel suit. Answer
with a plain yes or no. Why. sir, you
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HERE may really
be mo royal road
10 learning" but
Mr.. Edwin Howell.
maker of maps ex-
traordinary to the
world in general
and the United
States government
in particular. has
done very much TO
lessen the mental
trials of any
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substratum OF sand. Here the well has
been sunk. Evidcrtly the water must
he pure because ii comes up through
rock But nature mas SO arranged the
assures at this point that they all slant
from the stable toward the well. and
down through the soil and rock TO the
sand goes the pollution from the stock
yard to the water supply.
Mr.. Howell has made maps showing
the mining Of coal. with every detail Just
as one would see in a genuine working
mine: maps OF blast furnaces: of buildings
lighted by electricity: of New York. or
rather Manhattan Island, showing the
present city and having numerous ghostly.
faint lines 10 indicate how IL looked In
1116 His relief map OF Niagara Falls
Is almost awe inspiring. Probably, from
technical standpoint. the three repro
ducing the Bay OF North America and
including the Gulf of Mexico and Carib-
bean sea: relief map of the United
States made for the weather bureau and
colored 10 show annual rain fall and lines
of temperature. and a relief map OF the
United States showing the distribution OF
forests are most remarkable.
Only by standing patiently for several
minutes and watching a man who has
been for each working hour of several
weeks. measuring and calculating, past
ing and modelling. recasting and coloring,
hunting up blue prints and studying the
world in relief can one hope 10 get an
idea OF the amount of work involved In
L
eminent has ordered from Mr.. Howell an
imaginary map showing mountain ranges.
forests and the formation and real ap-
pearance OF every known body OF water
and land for study at West Point. II
has just been completed and Is the first
of its kind in existence.
y.
But probably the most modern and
unique use 10 which this distinctive
artists maps have been put is seen in Q
complete golf course now in wax stage
at the "Microcosm." II was ordered by
a syndicate which proposes TO lay out
courses on a most ambitious scale. In
Guiding clubhouses. walks and appro-
pirate settings for ideal summer homes.
the venture being mainly a real estate
one. OF course.
His collection of minerals on the first
floor Of the .Mcrocosm," would be the
despair OF any woman who could view
them. To him they mean merely perfect
specimens hut to her OF the orna-
mental sex they spell exquisite earrings
of topaz. bracelets OF Jade. rings and I'M
set turquoise. pearls. amethysts. pink
coral and rarely beautiful lepis iazuli and
aquamarines. Bits Of rock are frcrusted
with unpublished tourmalines and. the Jet
that sparxles from the cases seem rob-
bed of their true place about some wom-
ans neck.
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COncelhinU
Well-knOWn peODIp

remind me OF that circumlocutory fellow
who, on being asked by a lady IL he
were not a widower, replied with a bow:
I'm as much a widower. madam, az
il is possible for a man to be. who has
never married.
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other phase Of crime. BY
their acumen and inherent love for play
ing a part they have entered voluntarily
into criminal work and have bafiied the
authorities more successfully than most
men thus engaged.
by report, few women have attempted
counterfeiting. and exceptionally few
have gone into 1t of their own accord"
said John F. wilkie. chief Of the United
States secret service, recently. Perhaps
there is a father whose business it is to
counterfeit notes, and to whom the daugh-
ter feels an allegiance which Is stronger
than any ideas Of right and wrong that
the case might involve. Again. there is a
sweetheart with whom the woman is
ready TO fight for his work and any rights
which he considers to b. his.
a certain Gertrude briggs, formerly
Gertrude Stadfelt. was before her mar
riage convicted Of passing several coun-
terfeit notes. At the time she was ac-
as suspected OF dealing in counterfeit
money. and who afterward became her
husband. IL was most probably her love
for the man that induced her TO go into
the work and to take the risk necessary
for passing imitation money. But there
are on record women who have, by
scheme of their own. dealt cleverly in the
making and passing of counterfeit cur
rency
Mary Mack, alias Tinsa Macmillan,
was a woman OF this type: In fact she
was typical of the American rogue. Cor
responding to this class Of American
rogues is that of the Italian. OF which
Rosa Russo. woman well known at
the time. was type. With less daring.
but equally as clever as Mrs. Mack. she
was successful until, in the vernacular.
she lost her nerve She was then i'll
treated, but, i'm spite OF this. when the
opportunity came she rejoined her hus-
band and helped him again I'm his work"
Although all of these women schemed
for and aided in the passing of counter
felt money. none of them actually made
the notes. But there have been women
of this type. one of the cleverest OF
whom was a certain Belle Freeland
Her work was the making of raised
notes. and she was famous for her deft-
ness in this delicate Craftsmanship"
The women referred to above are
prominent in the history Of woman coun-.
terfeiters. Although they were OF differ
ent nationalities, they possessed charac-
teristics common to all women thus en-
gagged In defrauding Uncle Sam
The character of the composite female
counterfeiter is more interesting I'm traits
and manifestations than IL is easy to de-
termine. Since no two women are ever
alike female counterfeiters possess GER
tain dominant characteristics In common.
but differ as widely in minor traits as
their sisters In more conventional walks
of life. They are seldom women of much
education or refinement. but they usually
possess cunning-a necessary attribute
The counterfeiter Is considered one OF
the most elusive of criminals and the
fiercest Of fighters when 1t bay. While
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Such guides. or blue prints. are not al
~ays forthcoming. and then the maker OF
maps would fail miseraby did he not pos
less the threefold ability OF the mathe-
natician. the artist and the agricultural
st-or rather fourfold. for he must also
~ naturalist. \ minute knowledge OF
he various fora, fauna, minerals and in
iustries Of the earth. with familiarity
With their many locations. a memory for
ivers and towns and water sheds and
Irtistic talent for applying just the cor
ect shadings that mean so very much in
reather maps. all go 10 make the perfect
leviser OF maps.
His motto might we'll be that definition
u genius which calls IL IAN infinite
apacity for taking pains" This map
making as conducted within the gloomy.
,aintless and ancienr.smelling walls of
be 18th street "MicroSosm" suggests the
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terfeiting United States securities In
this city they met Louie Orlando. a
photographer and engraver. who willingly
helped them in their work. Russo fur
nished the capital and Orlando did the
engraving of the 81 and s. silver certifi-
Gates. The plates were first photo
graphed on lockwood. This work was
begun in December. 1887. and continued
chased in Paris and the plates were
made. Mrs. Russo was with Orlando
when the wood. paper. ink and press was
purchased, and after about $4,000 coun-
terfeit money had been made she de-
stroyed the plates by burning them in
the fire.
THE money was sewed in her skirt
and her life was threatened If she re-
After arriving in London she was afraid
TO go farther. and no amount Of per-
suasion could move her. Russo very
promptly drugged her by putting an
opiate in her coffee. He. with Orlando,
took the money and sailed for America.
leaving Mrs. Russo in the streets of
London without a penny. She. however.
soon recovered and found means OF re-
turning 10 her husband. In spite of the
I'll treatment she had received at his
hands she helped him again. and in New
York August 30. 1883. they were arrested
for passing and having in possession
cunterfeit 81 and s. silver certificates.
In October they were indicted and
serve term OF twelve years in the Erie
county penitentiary and fined 81. But
Mrs. Russo's history was known and the
law was more lenient with her, sentenc-
ing her to four years I'm the Monroe
county penitentiary Of New York"
Among the instances of woman counter
feiters cited there were none who with
their own fingers made or altered the
notes. II is very seldom that women en-
ter into the actual work of making the
money. but there are some exceptions In
the famous Johnson family there were
women who possessed very skilful fin
gers. and did work which only men of
great deftness could accomplish. With
fine curved needle handled so that IL
passed only half way through the paper.
they sewed silk into the notes The ends
were clipped. thus leaving real silk in the
notes.
Belle Freeland was also one OF the excep-
tions who entered into the actual work
of making the bills She was clever with
cutting the UNNECESSARILY from a one
dollar note-she was able TO insert a
larger figure. She was first arrested at
November *, 1893. for passing
one-dollar notes raised to $50. she was
convicted I'm March, 1894. and on the 2lst
of that month fined 500 and sentenced TO
three years of hard labor in the peniten-
tiary at Joliet Ill But In November of
the same year she was pardoned by the
President. Kindness seems to have little
effect. for within two years she was again
at work. September 10 1896 she was ar
rested at Mountain Lake Park for passing
notes raised from 50 10 soD In October
she was convicted. and fined 81 and SEN
fenced to one year at hard labor in the
Moundsville CIV. Va penitentiary. July
I. 1900. at Mountain Lake Park. she was
sd n4tn
but at her examination, at Cumberland.
Ma. she was released.
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H1EZ ZxalE FOR A4zWE H0SNZN c1ERlNCE

like the fisherman. he cares most about
the "one that got away" a map Of his
Colorado Canyon was sent to the expo
sition at Madrid and created a sensa-
ton. Somebody from the United States
geological survey also happened TO be
there and, reading on the copy Geo
logic map, work of Mr.. y. II. Dalton"
who is of the survey. promptly usurped
the gold medal IL won for its superb
modelling and color and left Mr.. Howell
discorsolate, with only about half hun
dred other such trophies to console him.
The Typographical map is usually only
the skeleton for the wonderful finished
product turned cut in this little house
opposite the stately War Department.
Not only Is the land made 10 roll and
undulate and mountains to rear rocky,
tree-crowned CT snowy crests from the
lesser heights, but perfect models OF
whole towns or counties are often in
cluded in the setting
For the Alaska exposition at Seattle
the people of Skagit county ordered
map showing the many soils, general
products and plan. Over the map proper
was placed soil from each OF the sections
where IL differs. Models were made OF
every contrastive tree in IL. a complete
bird's-eye view of the layout of the
area given, the roads. the forests, even
the most unimportant mountain trails
leading down into the valley and one OF
every kind OF boat that makes landing
there placed on the realistic bodies of
water.
Ii took three men six months to create
that Illusion, and the county of Skagit
paid well for it. too. but it was worth
the price.
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"And now" Mr.. Howell explained, 1T
becomes evident why such an emphasized
or exaggerated vertical scale is essential,
for looking down on the map, you find an
flatness. In order that the eye
may perceive the same eminence to which
1t is used when looking upon nature, this
remedy has been accepted"
RevSrently as one who conveys the dead
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The law Is often lenient with the wom-
en- because il Is usually under duress
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In a model of the University OF Ten
nessee the campus has been exactly re-
produced, with every school building and
dormitory. clump of trees and bit OF
roadway represented. When a relief map
is evolved tending to show the homes and
methods of certain business concerns the
mechanism has to be complete I'm every
way-that of the first Edison electric
power station even being equipped with
dynamos.
Perhaps the most typical, as indicative
of what a Observation-Disclosures the map
maker must be. is the copy of the map
made for the marine hospital and public
health service to warn persons against
having wells dug by any one ignorant OF
geological conditions and as a plea for
the artesian well. This has a painted
background of sky and trees. with two
wooden structures-one a dwelling, where
painted figures gaze from the windows,
and the other barn. The regulation
stableyard soil is there and in il modelled
chandeliers, pigs and COWS disport them
selves. In the foreground a cross section
of earth reveals first a straight drop of
sell, then a stratum Of rock and lastly
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OMEN have figured to a great
degree in all criminal history,
but less actively in the work
Of counterfeiting than in any
other phase Of crime. BY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-12
COUNTY DEFAULTS
ON SCHOLARSHIPS?
No Applicants for Two Free Courses
During State Fair at Spring
field.

commission consisting of County
Superintendent Of Schools S J. Fer
gGson, II. B. Hayden, superintendent
of the Rock Island city schools. and W.
II GrOh, principal at Port Byron, was
20 have met yesterday 10 award scholar
ships in a school which is to be held
At Springfield this year in conjunction
with the annual state fair. The COM
mission did not meet. however. as
there were no applications for the
scholarships. Rock Island county is en-
titled to two such scholarships, one for
student in the schools in this city or
inc and one who is enrolled in the
country schools. The scholarship en-
titles the holder 10 make an inspection
and study OF the state fair exhibits
under the guidance OF able tutors. The
work will be of benefit in almost any
line of work and it is rather surpris-
ing that there have been no applica-
tons. In case none is received by
September, the scholarships belonging
to this county will so by default
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-12
GROCERS TO PICNIC
AT LINWOOD JULY 20
Ball Games and Other Pasttimes for
Annual Event-BOat Arrange
mentS.

Arrangements have been completed
by the Rock Island Retail Grocers' as
ISOLATION for the annual excursion and
picnic Of the association. 10 be held
July 20. LinwOod is the place chosen
fer the outing and the grocers and
their friends will journey TO and from
the resort on the Steamer Wenona.
Two trips viii be made, the boat leay-
ing here in the morning al $50 on the
first trip and at 1:30 on the second
trip. All Will return in the evening.
Some interesting stunts have been
planned for the days entertainment.
including two ball games between the
grOcers and the clerks, one to be play
cd in the morning and the other in the
afternoon. Besides the games, other
athletic sports and amusements will
figure in the program for the day.
There will be dancing at the inn.