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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-03
WE ARE NOT GOING "STEADY."

Dear Miss Grey-We going steady with boy
Is for home places when
of the boys? Also
small gifts them? We
among them exactly with
them, of the girls do.
A. is NOR fun gvth
morgaged property.
crowds" neighborhood affairs there
attending them coming home with of the
careful to the habit
running everywhere anywhere at night.
Yhe gifts smaL girl does not want to feel
obligation
THE HIGH SCH0OGl GIRL AT HOME.
Dear Miss Grey-It would help me II would tell me
how ought old girl and
high school There four family
all well all the help got
think girls should a rule. Thank
ing before hand. WEARY.
AThe amount of high school girl do at home,
studies the distance
school taking suggestions:
Have her do definite tashe same work every day. and at
stated time the world she will learn to do
well In less time the it..
She should be able to do hours work the morning and
afternoon
evening" you
promptly time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

the applicant would only receive dole In
kind Gig. lO).
a sword OF a gun syrnbolizes the dread
ed aendsrme, and the much priced sym
Dol OF a bicycle points out the house OF
generous donor, who will give help on the
road to the interloper dig. III. A
spiral line traced In a square IL the most
hated Of all indications by Migrants and
nomads. for il is the sign OF the presence
OF O dog Gig. ~. The clumsy draw
ing Of woman (F'ig. 19 graphically OK
plains that lonely woman lives theresa
much the worse for her.
One Of the most suggestive IL composed
Of a circle crossed by two arrows directed
the same way Gig. 40, which urges the
initiated to show a clean pair OF heels
without loss of time. At the present day
most rnalefactors are content TO inscrfbe
their pseudonyne, or even monogram.
with other directions. instead Of the BAN
dts biazon Of former days.
Tho gypsies are the princes OF the
whole amy Of wandering pariahs. for
these ubiquitous nomads and thieves leave
signs Of their passage by every sort %
cunning device, such as bits OF rag fixed
&c twigs and branches. heaps OF stones
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
A MODEST YOUNG RlFLEMAN.

Somewhat apropos Of all this Is story
told Of one Draw Scotch laddic who was
% bc n single unit In boys rifle brig
ader Of ten thousand 10 be reviewed at
Glasgow not so long ago by "Bobs.
when. at tic last moment, the hopf
carl" vas forced 10 cancel the engage
ment a local notability being hastily sun
stitut,d fo- him. the managers OF the al
fair thought II only right to inform those
Who had purchased tickets that the
famous soldier would not be present. But
in one instance they sadly oyerrated the
effect ofs their announcement when the
small youth In question came for MS TWO
tickets he was told the news. and replied
with delicious unconcern: "1ts no LAIRD
Roberts that father and mither are coonl-
In to see; It's INC"
II II a tale that undoubtedly VIII mo
its place in an photographed volume
which the grizzled field marshal is now
writing, for ne has the keenest sense oil
buuor This book is 70 include the period
~ the South African "unpieasantness
and IL the writer sets 20 cold types such
comments on certain generals VINO hgured
IN that campaign as he has not in the
least hesitated 10 express In private con-
versation II is positive 10 cause sensa-
ton. It will be n supplement, "a IT were
10 the "Forty-one Years In India pub
ushel IN 1897, which. In it's turn had fol-
lowed by twenty months not less than
mastery account OF The Rise Of Yelling
ton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

this day Thus. the graphic symbol copied
in Fig ! explained 10 adopts that the
fourth house indicated by the point Of the
arrow would De attacked in the night of
tho last quarter of the moon. This rough
tracing was discovered on the wall Of All
isolated chapel in the forest OF Thurfngia.
This was proposal by the instigator TO
secure the help OF experienced accom-
plices. The second line shows that the In
yitation had been understood and appre-
ciated by adopts. for the five enigmatc
figures on the second line merely repre-
sent the blazous. the means Of recogni-
ton, of five miscreants ready 10 do the
tob. In the form of bird, a dice. q beer
mug, "a key and a chain. The mural sig
natures in the form Of embems, the signs
found along tho roads, are not always
symptomatic OF atrocious crimes, but are
always a means Of communication be-
tween bandits and even common cadgers
of every hue.
For instance, a professional burglar will
point out the object OF his journey by
key crossed by an arrow, as In Fig 2;
while card sharper sketches roughly
three cards traversed by an arrow. as In
Fig. 3. Another figure 90 shows the in
scriptions OF a horse stealer, who thus an
nounces his passage on the hut or a road
member between Pacy-sur-Eure and Con-
ches, accompanied by two comrades, two
women and two children, on November I,
1898. and that he would return the same
way on the 18th Of the same month.
Sometimes a rough portrait is found
tracing In few lines the most salient
features OF some officer Of the law or
eendarme particularly Jealous in tracking
doubtful characters, or some one specially
detested by lawbreakers In general. usu-
ally portrayed with vengeful daggers
roundabout. such obnoxious peTsonages
are also referred TO b. a nickname show
ing a Characteristic attribute or prom!-
nent feature Gig. Co. In such cases
the guardian Of the peace should look TO
himself lest one day he might receive
few inches OF cold steel In the back.
The signs OF strolling nendicants, IL
less dangerous, are far more numerous.
For instance. an open hand. with two ar
rows pointing In opposite ways, informs
the wandering beggar that aims are given
in those houses marked by the ciphers In
front of the arrow heads. Generally when
prowlng trudgers on the stump have no.
ticed likely house they leave hastily
scratched imprint with chalk or other ma
terial, which will serve as clew 10 way
farers Of the tatterdemallon tribe.
circle Gig. 81 means that the numper
Ia nd
cross Gig. 81 represents a gift in money.
and a circle crossed by two diameters In
the form Of a similar cross, explains that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
CODE OF FRENCH TRAMPS
How Wanderers on Highways
and ByWayS Communicate.
Paris. September 3.

IdIlSs SSpLSlHD'i q
The examining Judges OF France are
often puzzled at the skill displayed by
sootpads and lawbreakers Of every
feather in communicating between them
selves by means OF secret code formed
az hieroglyphic signs known only 20 the
class Of outcasts Wandering beggars
who need only an opportunity 20 become
criminals are able 20 give information
20 each other BY means OF strange cabal-
,stic signs and crude forms scraped on
walls or other handy surfaces along the
road
Thus IN country districts those VINO
have given aims IN money or kind TO more
or less pressing demands will soon have
q continual succession of mendicants ap-
pealing TO their pity with narrowing tales
of misery and asking their prayers with
sturdy determination. No doubt much
information is conveyed from one 70 the
other when on tramp, and In the naunts
where outlaws and tickct-of-leave men
hide from too inquisitive police officials.
The surest means Of intercourse, how
ever. between homeless Migrants and re-
turned Jail birds is the codlned system OF
signs understood only BY tho outlaws Of
the community and by few expert
members OF the brigade Of mobile police.
The favorite places selected by evil
doers for showing their cunning in eniG-
matte drawings are wayside chapels,
barns, wooden fences. walls and stone
crosses az the crossways whore these
rogues and cut-throats are wont TO leave
In passing useful Information TO the broth
erhood OF crime No discrimination can
readily be made between habitual crimi-
mails and nomads under the ban Of the
law, such as Migrants. gypsies and the
Ike. who begin on the road that leads TO
penal servitudo by first pilfering in farm
yards and sometimes stealing children.
Scamps Of all degrees In the army OF
crime, vagabonds and ne'er-do-wells,
sturdy beggars and house breakers, in
cendiaries and murderers have from re-
mote times left hierogiyphic tracings
along the road they followed to guide
those OF their fraternity who might jour
ney that way.
Germany was devastated for a long time
after the end of the Thirty Years war In
the seventeenth century by Lands of in
cendiaries. and some OF the signs used
~ these rufiians have been preserved 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
l Calls ~Bobs" Who EIGHTY Tomorrow Abet Soldier OF lime
Brilliant Services in "Mutiny Days" in Afghanis.
tan and in Africa, Dot Is Record with
Stars-His Zeal in Promoting
Rifle Clubs and His Rem.
inscent Writings.

down the military command Vi no.
which had been his FOR an even 80
wears and served in turn as Coiir'a.'o'
IN. Chief in Ireland QSS- 49, IN nou'"
Africa 1852 1900, where he relieved Mn
harley. and captured CronJe WIN me-
"Armv of the West" and lastly OF Il"
,ho pr,,,sh arms u9O1-'00. He then De
oar,a chairman of the imperial defence
committee. .,.e,,
This last post, however. failed 10 saueI'
him Younger men, to be sure, had 10 oe
a,ven the active commands, but, none the
less no sort OF silly clerkship $50 tuo
man dubbed I'D could hold him. Against
the pleadings of the then Premier N"n,p
hell Zimmerman and. 1t is said. hiiis Eu
ward's self. he resigned to throw hfnseii
With all his energy into the work ol VI
gon,z,,g rifle schools and clubs through
an, England. which should, he hoped, SO
far supplant cricket and footDali az "
breed ND n generation OF soldiers tralhe"
from youth. He was then and Is sui % d
considerable extent prone TO oorfo"
JeremIah's point OF view as to the islshu
a,ate al unpreparedness against possible
invasion. 1T is a wiIful gamble with inc
safety OF the heart Of an empire nc
says. To reinforce his plan ne are" anu
presented to the peers bill looking tow
ard compulsory service IN the territorlei
lreserve) army of all men between inc
age. OF eighteen and thirty.
In one speech on the subJect-whlcn' IL
Is 10 be added. ne has vtalized TO the sN-
,.nt OF some sixty-odd schools OF CLUBS
now I'm active existence, though the meas
urc iust referred to has not become law
he said: II am aware that II is urged
against my proposals that they are niue
abort Of CONSUMPTION. Now, | have ire
ouentIy asserted that am altogether op-
posed 70 consumption as being totally III
annlicabIe 10 an army the greater part
NJ which must always be serving abroad.
Rut f. there not all the difference in the
world between nation every man oil
which js Obliged to serve in the ranks OF
tho regular army and perform while IN
those ranks all the onerous duties OF
regular soldier during times of peace ana
for small wars Gas is the case on the
Continent) and q nation, which, Whlle
maintaining n regular army fC- foreign
service. asks every man TO undergo such
training as will fit him 10 take useiul
mart IN a great national emer Sency. when
every true Briton would be, In point OF
fact, certain TO volunteer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

placed In various ways and strange de-
signs md ciphers understood only among
themselves. The meaning OF the last fg-
uro has been alone discovered Uig. 2D:
I'VE have gone IN the direction of the
longest line" The other tracings remain
mysteries.
by way OF practical Joke tie writer
traced on the gate OF his country place
near Vernon a circle with two arrows
dig. ~. and. greatly to his relief, all
the tramp, during the present summer did
not annoy him, but went promptly and
eacefuly on thei- wav. .. ]. Il.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

Oficial returns from ten regiments prac-
Using at tho rife range at reekskill an
that the men are experiencing great dif-
flculty in mastering tho new rules, and
few have managed to win the marksman' 4
decoration. II is admitted. however, that
the instruction Is the most practical yet
developed, as men are taught to load and
handle their rifles just as they would do
ia actual battle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
DEBATE OF GAR AND ROBERTS.

This may be called mere speculation,
but al Englishmen believe II true. quito
as all Russians scott at the very idea.
And once upon a time 1t was coolly de-
bated by authorities no less than thit
same Lord Roberts and the Gar. The
two are good friends, It should be said. so
that II was possible, while On a visit In
ST. Petersburg, during which he was
several times granted imperial audience
for the British soldier 10 ask when the
Russians were coming to India"
Never" replied the Car, with emphasis.
II could not conceive a greater disaster
for my land than that we should even
make tho attempt" But We all expect
10 have to fight YOU there some day."
went on the daring "Bo5s. 20 which came
the reiteration: Never, I hope, Such a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

II Major General Roberts, marching
down victorious from out tho Afghan
passes, had but brief road to travel to
reach his field marshals taton nc COW
cred ii quickly. He was lieutenant gen
eral when he took the field In Burme in
1886 and before 1880 had passed was full
general; his field marshals commission
bears date Of May y, ls%. Then he laid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

The main difficulty at the present time
seems TO be that tho men are so anxious
to FIRE of their allotted shots within the
tlmo limit they do not take enough
care in aiming. for fear of taking too
much time. The following shows the
number OF qualifications as marksmen In
the organizations named, that or the
coast artillery regiments being much
easier than the infantry:
sth Coast Artillery Regiment, is marks
men; 9th Coast Artillery. S: 18th Coast
Artillery. q; Troops OF LIST Cavalry. sta
toned In New York city. u marksmcn;
Troops OF I'd Cavalry. stationed in Brook
lyn, l0 I'd Engineers, % marksmen. 18th
Infantry. 2; I'd Infantry, IS; 18th Infantry
7, and 69th Infantry, 10 marksmen.
The difficulty OF qualifying as u marks
man may be Judged from the fact that
out of over 1000 officers and men at tho
targets only ii9 have been able to win
the coveted marksman's badge thus far
in the organizations mentioned above
Former Captain Louis W. Stotesbury
OF the eth Regiment, recently appointed
an inspector general on the stan Of Gen
eral Organ, with the rank OF lieutenant
colonel has passed his examination and
has been sworn into his new office.
There IL still vacancy OF aid on the stan
OF General Organ.
A notable error at the review rf the lst
Brigade, under command OF Brigadier
General George Il. Dyer. at Piping Rock,
a week ago yesterday afternoon. that
caused great deal of astonishmeut was
that the Governor and commander In
chief of the national guard, with his
stan, should have been in a wrong posi-
ton when passing along the line during
the standing review. The Governor and
his stan should have ridden next to the
line OF troops, In order that the Governor
could have inspected them. General
Dyer and his STAFF, however. rode between
tho Governor and the troops, which, OF
course, was entirely wrong.
This gross error said well known
officer, twas not the fault OF General
Dyer. who started to take his right posi-
ton, but the error was due TO )ne OF the
leading members Of the Governors stafY.
celebrated for his overofficiousness, who
headed General Dyer OF and told tho
Governor to take a position on the right
OF General Dyer instead Of on his left, as
he should have done. The result, OF
course, from a military point Of view, was
ridiculous 1t is not the first time, how
over. that this self-oplnlonated young man
has assumed to know more than officers
OF ripe experience and has given silly
directions. In the old days every idng had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

more famous of these works is sunnmes
I'D a deal Of career and character .,
reads "To the country, 10 which 7 am
so proud Of belonging; to the army. IN
which / am so deeply indebted, and 10 The
wife, without whose loving help nv
'Forty-one Years in India could not have
been the happy retrospect II is" The
romance thus limited at began when the
Just created captain of twcnty-seven was
home on MS first leave. There he met
Miss Nora Bews, daughter Of the com.
mander Of the 73d Foot, and after few
months courtship the two were welded /,
the little parish church IN Waterford.
OF the six children born 20 the union
three died in infancy, while the son, Lien.
tenant Frederick Hugh, in whose budding
military career lay 50 much Of high prom
Use, was mortally wounded on December
-, 1899, i'm a gallant attempt, which won
him his ~. c." 70 save the guns at the
disastrous English defeat of Colenso. It
was in the shadow Of this grief that lord
Roberts went out TO the Cape g. take COM
mand and change the whole face Of tho
campaign. The two surviving children
are Lady Aileen May and Lady Ada Ed
wilma Stewart
A happening of their earliest married
days shows how III Mistress Bews was 70
be the bride Of this gallant soldier. Her
husband had hoped to Doe sent to China TO
aid IN wlping out the rcpulse experienced
in the Anglo French attack on the Taku
forts, but he had not been named.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
THE DAYS OF THE "MUTlNY.'

Soon dawned dnrkly the bloody days OF
the terrible "Mutiny," through all OF
which this stripping IN his twenties served
as deputy assistant quartermaster gen
eral He took his part In the siege and
capture of Delhi In 1884, once being
wounded and ar another time having
horse shot under him: an expert
ence. by the by, twice after repeated; at
Bulandshahr and at Kanant lie fought
during the relefs Of both Lucknow and
his natal town of Cawnpore, and was
present at half q score OF other ncaNy
actions, and lesser fights innumcrable.
Small wonder that the close OF that
dreadful time saw him captain, with n
majors brevct
The Abyssinan expedition QSs7-'sS)
made him brevet lieutenant colonel. and
the Lushasi expedition 0S7l-'72) brought
his colonelcy. His Christmas present
from the War Office in 1878 was promo
ton 70 major general.
Which brings one 70 the mans most
renowned exploits, centring about Kabul
IN tho December of 1879. and At Kan
dahar in the January following, though 1t
Is % be borne In mind that he had already
been mentioned for conspicuous gallantry
in action IN official dispatches no Less
than twenty-three times. Afghanistan
merely capped tho climax TO this record
Of ability and hravery-and IL was no
small thing to plunge northward into re-
gions practically unknown, barbarously
hostile. and we'll beyond the reach Of
news or ready help. But he marched up
into tho Buffer State" Of the Amir, 81
the head Of not ten thousand men, broke
up the Afghan army, relieved kabul, and
at Kandehar secured from these wal
loving mountaineers a peace that has
never since been broken. One hesitatcS
which to admire most In the exploit, the
cold blOoded courage which made 1t posi-
bic or the ever ready capacity which
brought such fine success. but the fact
remains that for more than thirty years
India was thereby safeguarded from
possible, perhaps otherwise probable,
Russian attack.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

his fool, ana In these days some Gov
ernors have"
II was supposed that the colonies OF
the 7th, 18th. seth and fist regiments each
understood that they should make their
own arrangements for providing lunch
con for their men on the train on the way
home after the review, and tho PlplnS
Rock Club. in addition TO paying othcr
expenses. had agreed 10 give each regi-
nent sie5 toward defraying the expense or
the luncheon. the bill 10 be sent to the
club after the review. Colonies Appleton
OF the 7th and Bates OF the INST Regiment
had seen 70 II that their men were pro-
vided with n temporary filler for the inner
man, to keep off undue hunger until the
arrival home. Colonies Huston OF the
18th Regiment and Colonel Conley of the
seth, II seems, did not understand that
they were TO give directions themselves
70 provide. the luncheon for their men,
and assumed that the luncheon was 10 be
placed on their train az PipinS ROCK by
the brigade commissary or some one else
The men OF the 18th and 6Sth regiments
accordingly had nothing TO eat, and when
they witnessed the men Of tho 7th ana
list on their respective trains with sand
wiches and bottles containing q popular
beverage they felt decidedly angry.
While the Eth and G9th regiments
were hungry, the Eth and list regiments
while on the parade ground suffered from
the cold. These regiments wore white
duck trousers, and as the ceremonies
were not over until dark the men OF tic
eth and list we're chilled 10 the bone dur
Ing the long wait on the ground. Mnch
time could have been saved had the morse
furniture for tho waiting horses for the
mounted officers been shipped to Piping
Rock the night previous to the review
As II was the saddles, etc, were taken
out on the trains with the regiments. ana
when Piping Rock was reached the horses
OF the different officers had first 70 DO
searched for In the general mixup and
then sadded and bridled This work de-
layed the review fully an hour, as 1t was
not until 4:2o D. m. that the head of the
column arrived on the drill ground. This
delay made il impossible for the cere-
monies 10 finish before dark, and many
spectators got cold with the chill air
after SHUTDOWN and left before the parade
was finished This delay Is attributed by
experienced officers to bad management,
az all the regiments arrived at Piping
Rock before 8 o'clock.
Captain James A. Moss. 10Th United
States Infantry. according 20 orders Is
sued from the War Department, will re-
port at Albany on October to reorganize
the office OF "the aijutant general" This
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

II one cigar makes a man III, would
two make q manillaE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

The riding class OF Company +, 'ih
Regiment, will have an outdoor rae on
Saturday, october 5. from Roseville, j. :.
to Montclair. where the horse show VIII
be visited The indoor rides VIII com
mence on october IS at the Central ram
Riding Academy.
AT the annual meeting of Company ~
Sergeant Coleman was unanimously e'ect
ed first sergeant. Prizes for shooting were
distributed by Captain Towle, Sergeant
McGufie, taking the captains cup. am
Private Cunningham winning the rlne o.
fcred in the individual handicap.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

The organization selected 70 fire the 81
lutte at Albany Saturday incident TO the
unwilling Of the Soldiers and Sailors
monument, IS Battery y. lSt Regiment OF
field artillery. which viii be under COM
mand Of Lieutenant Ferguson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

thing Is not only outside our IDEAS hut
would amount to national madness Why
look at the immense distances, the ono!-
nous difficulties OF transport. the loftiest
mountains In tho world 10 cross No, u
is impossible" Roberts. remaining skepu-
cal, went on: but sire. you Will. think.
come down all the same. And YOU Will then
ind that there isn't village In sill India
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

is considered a very good move and II Is
assumed that more simpliNed method
Of keeping records and papers viii follow
in due time as a result OF the visit or Cap
tain Moss 70 Albany. The captain has
been engaged some time IN simplifying
the paper work at the War Department
and is known as an expert IN this line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

where there In not traditional prophecy
that some day a white people from the
north viii conquer the land Then WHY
on earth DO you not claim that you are
that people," burst in the Autocrat. You
are white You are from the north. why
insist that We are the ones referred TO?
You do three peoples u great HARM And
there the matter csts-uusettlcd still.