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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-29

The special program given by
the Endeayorers was good, ex'
cellent and was promise for the
bi.quarterly entertainment they
propose to give in the future.
The diverse courses of reading
and lines of thought pursued were
of great interest and gave Gimp
ses into the inner life of those
who spoke and those who read.
The reading by Alex Wilson was
realistic and touched all hearts.
Works of fiction were scarcely
named by these readers and
thinkers and indeed there is little
need of frank acknowledged fic-
ton now in these days of war
rumors and of partisan articles
written at headquarters or eman-
ating from rural route CORES
pondents.
The meeting of Presbytery at
Lyons disclosed progress and
an optimistic spirit.
DR.. Irwin, our Kansas Secre-
tary of Home Missions, sent the
writer a personal note this week
congratulatlng congregation and
pastor on the work of the past
church year.
Conservation meeting of c. E.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-29
peIieateIy Put.

Two sisters while visiting in Ire
land in Victoria's time got into con-
veryation one day with a tenant OF
their hostess. One of the girls, who
is quite stout, asked the old woman il
she would have known them for sis
tiers. Well" was the answer, "ye
look alike, but yer sisters slender
while you, miss-well, you favor the
quane."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-29
Not Really "sentineIs. F."

All animals, whether quadrupeds
or birds. that feed in herds are said
to place sentries on the outskirts OF
their party. 1t is, however, obvious
that wherever there is collection OF
animals feeding or lying down there
will be members of the group at the
corners who, by their very position,
become ''sentinels."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-29

Society Sunday at IT'S P. N.
Mid-week meeting at the
church Wednesday s P. m.
Subject Sunday morning: 1.-The
Good Hand of our Cod 8 p. m.
"The Good Physician"
J. NJ. Macarthur.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-29
Daily Thouaht.

Revenge, at first thought sweet, bit
ter ere long back on itself recoils.-
Milton.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-29
Sunday May 9th.

Sunday May 9th.
There will be preaching at Ar
tesian on Sunday afternoon.
ALI are invited to worship with
US.
S. M. H.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-29
Inc GREAl M0|eSCC : SS!ISsSf f1 R0Ilge

You make mistake in buying the Great Majestic
it's the range with the reputation your neighbors
Then too its made just right and of the right kind of
AND CHARCOAL TROY
rveted together practically air tight LINED with pure
asbestos --pars being malleabe can't breall-has
moveabls reservoir and oven that doesn't wrap
that's why the Majestic little fuel bakes just
right every day in the year browns bread just right all
over without turning, heats IS gallons of water while
breakfast s-cooking properly handled lasts lifetime
and costs practically nothing for repairs
Don't buy the range you expect to last lifetime on
sight unseen; you'll be sure to be disappointed Come
to our store during demonstration week. see the Great
Majestic have its many exclusive features explained
find why the Majestic is 800 per stronger than
ether ranges where most ranges weakest.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-29

SAVE $500
AS special lnducement during our DEM
onstration week only with every MAJESTIC
RANGE and (prces always the same) we
will Give free one handsome set of ware as IL
lustrsten here or a special set of ALUMl-
NUN WARE.
Every piece of this ware is the best OF Its
kind. Not piece that isonot needed In eV-
ery kitchen. 1t cannot possibly be bought
for less than $50 This ware is on exhibit
ton at our store. DO NOT FAIL TO
SEE 1T.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-22

time of sailing the little town is crowd
ed with people for at least two weeks.
The opening of the shipping season
Is regulated by the ice jam in Lake
LaBarge-a part of the river through
which the steamer must pass.
Type or Steamers Used.
The steamers are the stern wheel
type, built very much after the plan
of the old Mississippi River boats ex-
cept that their bows are square in
stead of pointed or rounded, the de-
parture from the regulation ship be-
ing made on account of the boats be-
ing used to push barges of freight
down the Yukon. Their engines burn
wood and stop two or three times a
day to wood up" at the steamship
fuel camps. At these points great
piles of wood are kept on the river
banks. There is no wharf and the
steamer runs directly up to the bank.
From four to five cords are taken at
a time and while the loading is being
done the passengers step ashore and
spend their time gathering wild how-
ers and fighting mosquitoes.
Gathering wild flowers on the banks
of the Yukon is a real joy despite the
for the most beautiful
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where preferred charges against the
trio. Their conviction followed speedi-
ly and they went to Sing Sing for long
terms.
This case may convey in a small
measure the manner in which pick
pockets work while in crowds and 1
trust 1t will serve to warn the unwary
against permitting suspicious strangers
crowding them too closely when in
close quarters and to be always on
the alert for the man who tries to
engage them in conversation in like
situations.
There are many men who carry
their wallets in the trouser hip pocket
over which they button a flap, secure
In the belief that such flap will
balk the pickpocket. Never was there
a greater fallacy. When a dip sees a
wallet reposing in such a pocket he
knows that to attempt to unbutton
the flap would bring instant detec-
ton. So he Immediately gets busy
with a knife sharpened to the keen
ness of razor and deftly slashes out
pocket and all. So clever are pick
pockets at this game that a pocket
can be shipped out without the slight
est sensation to the person being
robbed, and furthermore, the gar
ment beneath the trousers will not
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one marked for plucking got into &C
ton, his nimble fingers deftly lifting
the wallet from the victims inside
coat pocket, his overcoat and under
coat both having been wrenched open
by the frenzied efforts of the person
in front Of him to get out of the
waiting line. The man who had lift
ed the wallet, quickly passed 1t to
still another man directly behind him,
and this latest recipient of the loot
turned hurriedly as though he, too,
had changed his mind and was about
to leave the subway.
Got Man And Wallet.
Before he could advance ten feet
had seized him by the hand that
clutched the wallet. crying out to sew
eral citizens at the same time to seize
the two confederates l indicated. If
there is one thing New York crowd
revels in it is a thief chase, and sew
eral volunteers grabbed the two pick
pockets and held them while / slipped
the handouts on my man who was
struggling frantically to get rid of the
wallet I had caught him clutching.
The subway police then came to my
assistance and with our three prison
ers and the man who had been robbed
we went to the nearest police station,
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show the slightest mark of the knife
have seen vest pockets thus cut
from which a valuable watch was lift
ed, and sometimes the thieves slash
out fob pocket and thus get pos
session of watch or what bills might
have been placed there for safe keep
ing.
Most pickpockets, as 1 stated pre-
viously, work in gangs, or mobs
There are exceptions to the rule, how
ever, among them the cleverest pick
pocket in New York City. This mar
Is known as Sammy Short or Sammy
Shaw. He invariably works alone and
in consequence splits with no one
His loot is all his own and 1t Is safe
to say that Sammy picks up many
thousands of dollars in the course OF
year. But he is a high liver and
desperate gambler and in consequence
he and his money soon part.
Works With Either Hand.
Sammy is ambidexterous and in con-
sequence it matters not what side OF
him an intended victim stands. Sam.
my can rifle his pockets equally eff.
fectually with either hand. In real.
ity he is the king of pickpockets fol
whenever his fingers dip into poke
1t is safe betting that they come forth
clutching a prize we'll worth having
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trude to a height Of about forty feet
from the center of the stream divid-
ing 1t into five channels) the pas
sengers are treated to the sensation
of running the rapids between rocks
scarcely twice the width of their boat
apart. The place is considered ex-
tremely dangerous and boats coming
up the river in order to avoid being
dashed against the rocks pick up a
cable fastened on shore for that pur-
pose, and by winding 1t around the
capstan pull themselves up the rapids.
The isolated rocks in the channel are
the breeding places of gulls and other
wild birds. At Fort Selkirk the Lewes
and Pelly Rivers join each other and
form the Yukon proper. There in
Vulnerable islands and billy shores
combine to make the scenery not I'M
like that of southeastern Alaska.
Small settlements and Indian villages
are sprinkled along the banks, and a
little farther on, nesting on a fiat at
the foot of the Dome. lies Dawson.
the Mecca of the gold hunter of 1898,
and one of the greatest mining camps
in the world-a town which sprang UP
over night and has passed through the
various stages of life typical to a min
ing camp and finally settled down into
law abiding, sober little city.
From Dawson To The Sea.
After leaving that city wild life be-
comes plentiful and frequently the
passengers are treated 10 the sight of
moose swimming through the waters
or catch a glimpse of black bear
| through the trees. Fifty miles below
Dawson the river crosses the line from
the Yukon territory into our own
Alaska. The place is named Forty
Mile, and Is the pioneer mining town
of the Yukon. Then follows Eagle
where there is great wireless sta
ton owned by the United States
Government. After many twists and
turns Circle City. at one time the
most populous settlement in In
terror Alaska, is reached. The rush
to the Klondike. however. took away
many Of the Inhabitants. In the
creeks near this place such large
amount OF mastodon ivory has been
discovered that one of the creeks is
known as Mastodon.
Farther down the stream broadens
and the shores and small islands are
dotted with Indian fishing camps. and
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Hungriest Criminals In All Big Cities Those Whose
Nlmble Fingers Abstract Valuables From
Pockets and Purses of the Unwary--
Breaking the Pickpocket Trust


pocket is the easiest of marks for
the pickpocket, for such a receptacle
for bank notes can be slipped so easily
from the victims pocket that he is
hardly aware that anyone is near him.
let alone robbing him. I have stood
on the rear platform of car and
watched mob work inside and by
actual count witnessed the slipping of
eighteen wallets and pocketbooks be-
fore l closed in on the thieves and
nailed them with the goods on them
1t matters not whether man carries
his wallet in hip pocket or the inside
pocket of his coat, a dip can get 1t
If given a fair chance and the man
who brags that mo pickpocket can
get near me-" better not let dip
hear him make this boast, for 1t is
the wise guy" they take the most
pleasure in trimming.
Coats No Bar To Them.
have seen them go for a man
wearing heavy overcoat and, de-
spite the fact that this outer garment
was buttoned tightly, the thieves
gained access to an inner coat pocket
and got away with the wallet with
out arousing the least supicion. The
pay-as-you-enter street car Is a verit-
able paradise for the pickpocket, for
on these conveyances there Is always
SO much jamming and crowding on
the platforms, when those just enter
ing are busy with their change that
the dip reaps a harvest with their
banks notes. This style of car ap-
venience and profit Of the pickpocket
who prefers a car line for his field
of endeavor to the crowded lobby
of hotel, or theatre.
A few days ago I was descending
the stairs to one of the stations of the
subway. A line had formed at one
of the ticket windows and at a glance
saw there was suspicious bit of
jostling going on. l slipped behind
one of the pillars from which vantage
point I could survey the operations.
knew at once that a mob was at work
and 1 didn't care to make a move I'M
til could get them just as / wanted
them. 1t is impossible to bring about
the conviction of pickpocket in
New York court unless you catch the
thief in the act and get the wallet.
he has stolen, in his possession.
One of the men standing in line
was being violently jostled by man
standing directly behind him. To the
unwary 1t appeared that the man do
Ing the jostling was in a hurry and
chafed at the delay of the line ahead.
When the man who was being SO
roughly handled demonstrated with
the one directly behind him, the lat
ter apologized profusely saying that
1t was due to the rush behind. Just
then man directly in front of the
middleman, or victim, decided that
he would worm his way out Of the
line, turning in his tracks and nearly
twisting the clothes off the body of
the man directly behind him-the VIC
tim of course.
While this man was squirming out
of line the man in the rear of the
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kinds. grow there in abundance. The
season lasts only three months, but
during that time bluebells. honey
suckle, wild roses, sweet peas and
myrtle run riot over the hills and
bloom even at the foot of a glacier,
The ground is perpetually frozen and
only about two feet thaws out during
the summer season. The melting ice
furnishes plenty of moisture and the
warm sun does the rest.
A walk on the deck of the first
boat will convince the traveller that
all sorts and conditions, of men and
women make up the passenger list,
for the first boat Invariably carries
gamblers and women of the half
world as well as miners and supply
dealers. AS soon as the steamer pulls
out the games are on in the smoking
room and before the boat reaches
Dawson a number of men are Cleaned
out" of money. Those who travel sec
ond class bring their own blankets
and sleep In tiers of canvas strung up
like hammocks. The space about them
is also used as baggage room for
the luggage Of the first class pas
sengers and for storing mail.
Sand Bars And Ice.
Getting on sand bar Is part of
the Yukon programme and this act
generally begins on the first day out,
and occurs at least once a day during
the entire voyage. The river Is con-
stantly changing and a new channel
is formed every year. All steamships
carry huge poles, known as shears or
sometimes called ships legs" When
sand bar is struck the pole IL
dropped off the side and stands up
right in the sand. A pulley is at
tached at the top. the engine is started
and the boat lifted and swung for
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very often on account of the steamer
getting on sand bar the traveller gets
a good view of the great strings of
fish being dried in the sunshine.
At Fort Yukon the river runs to
the edge. of the Arctic Circle--the true
land of the Midnight Sun as for sew
eral days in June the sun is never out
Of sight. At one time this place was
an Indian trading post After this
come the Yukon flats which spread
out for at least one hundred miles.
after which Fort Hamlin comes into
view. Thousands of geese may be seen
on these flats. Rampant City-a place
founded in 1897, is the next stopping
point At present there is a hydraulic
mining proposition in operation there
which employs a large number of
men, but the "city" is not attractive.
At Tanana those who are going to
Fairbanks change boats. The Gov
eminent keeps herd of reindeer at
this point which is really worth go
ing miles to see. Another amusement
at this place Is baseball, and in mid
summer the games are called at ten
pm. and end between midnight and
one A. NJ.
Below Tanana the current OF the
river increases and Kokrines is soon
passed. Kuykup and Nulato. an In
dian village, arouse the curiosity of
the travellers. especially the latter.
where the Indian women with tat
tooed faces come down to the wharf
to sell curios. About this time there
Is new arrival of mosquitoes and be-
tween bargaining with the Indians and
fighting the voracious pests the travel
er has lively time. The majority of
the settlements of the lower Yukon
still retain their Russian names and
life goes on much the same as it did
under the Russian regime. At Kallag
there Is Government station and q
trail which is used as short cut to
Nome by mail carriers with their dog
sleds in winter. From this place the
river flows almost directly south to
Koserefsky. then northwest to An
dreafsky and into Behring Sea. st.
Michaels. built on an island near the
rivers mouth, is reached through a
channel between the island and the
mainland and the travellers journey OF
two thousand miles on the Yukon Is
ended--a trip which though at times
monotonous Is never uninteresting.
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sumption that an ounce of prevention
nipped many a nice little robbery,
with Annie as the thief. in the bud
and now she is almost afraid to pur
her head outside of her home. But at
that she makes a little sortie every
now and then and 1t is a safe bet that
Annie never comes home empty hand
ed She would rather steal than eat
She is worth lot of money and could
retire and live luxuriously on her i'll
gotten gains If she SO chose. But
stealing is a joy she cannot forego.
Got Annie In The Act.
1 recall an instance when 1 got
Annie with the goods. She appeared
in Fifth avenue. which was sufficient
warning for me to get on her trail.
saw that Annie was following an
exceptionally we'll dressed woman from
shop to shop, but apparently she could
not get close enough to her victim
to get at her handbag Emerging
from fashionable confectionery store
in Fifth avenue, where I had seen
Annie steal several little trinkets that
attracted her fancy, she sidled up to
her victim and deftly opened the bag.
1 saw her withdraw her hand from
the bag with the rapidity of a snakes
fang and transfer 1t to huge pillow
muff she carried. l knew 1 had her
so leaped forward and enveloped her
| in a bearlike hug and held her until
she had dropped the muff and the
bills. Annie had extracted Just S210
from that handbag and while she
whined and pleaded and raved and
cursed 1 held her until the woman
who had been robbed identified the
money and consented to accompany
me and prosecute the case. We had
dead case against Annie that time,
but she gave ball and forfeited 1t,
jumping to Chicago, where she re-
manned for some time. That charge
Is still hanging over her and we will
yet put her away for she cannot re-
main long away from the lure of
Broadway.
known in the underworld as the "Bos-
ton Sisters who are married to two
tin horn gamblers in New York. These
girls have made fortunes by shoplift-
ing and pocket picking, yet I doubt If
between them. AS fast as they steal
their respective husbands gamble
away the proceeds yet they go on
stealing and their husbands continue
to gamble in luxury. These sisters
are among the best dressed women in
New York. Their toilettes are always
turned out by fashionable modistes.
milliners and bootmakers, and wher-
ever they go they are sure to attract
admiring glances from women and
men too. These sisters are as dam
gerous a pair as ever operated to-
gether. They frequent the fashion
able hotels and shops and on matinee
days they are at their best In flush
times their jewelry is of the costliest
and these are among the few women
of the underworld who can mingls.
with those of the most exclusive circles
without arousing suspicion.
f, All large cities are fairly swarming
with pickpockets. Children are be-
ing trained by Fagins in all parts of
the country and those who go about
with large sums of money in their
handbags and wallets cannot be too
careful. In conclusion let me add
Beware of the Dip. for his greed is
Unsuitable"
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| have trailed this crook for days al
a time, well knowing that he was
| about to pull trick yet seemingly he
possesses some sixth sense which
warns him of danger and he pulls
away just as 1 think 1 am on the eve
| of getting him dead. I have caught
him in the act several times and twice
| | have convicted him, but on one or
two occasions l have seen him rob a
victim and before l could seize him, in
some mysterious manner he disposed
of the wallet and had no case against
him. He Is the smartest pickpocket
| l know and one worth watching at
all times. He rarely leaves his house
that detective is not at his heels,
and this he knows
Doubtless, the most expert pick
pockets in the world are women. They
are so dexterous that they can work
without the least danger of detection
and In consequence they reap veritable
harvests in the shopping centres and
those places where women are wont
to congregate. 1t is much more diff
cult for the initiated to spot a wom-
an crook than it is to pick out a
man VAIN a
The average man crook looks the part
The majority of these women who live
by thieving are we'll dressed and many
of them can pass muster in any gath
ering without arousing suspicion.
Wives OF Crooks.
In nearly all cases these women dips
are the wives of crooks, burglars.
bank sneaks or some such members
of the underworld. In very few cases
do the women and men work to-
gether. Each has his own lay, and
their paths rarely cross when a job
is in prospect. When the men make
haul 1t is usually for a big sum and
husband and wife lead riotous lives
until the money is all spent. Then
the wife gets busy, goes out and ap-
plies her trade. With such funds
keeps herself and husband going I'M
til he strikes another big stake. II
is come easy go easy in the under
world and as nearly all the crooks in
the country today are dope fiends 1t
requires a quantity of money to keep
them going for with the stringent
Federal laws hampering the Illegal
sale of narcotics the dope fiend has
to pay dearly for his favorite drug.
The smartest woman thief In New
York City by all odds is Annie Harris
the possesser of a dozen aliases and
the wife of English joey" burglar
now doing a four-year stretch in Sing
Sing prison. When Annie makes UP
her mind to work it is a poor week
II she can't turn a few tricks that
will net her $500 at the least. She
has the deftest pair of hands in the
business and when she goes through
big shop she usually leaves a trail
of yawning. empty hand bags dang
ling from the arms of the women she
has robbed. OF course, the women
robbed deserve little or no sympathy
for the careless manner in which they
carry their shopping bags is but an
open invitation to any nimble fingered
thief to open them and rifle them OF
their contents.
Annie Harris is just as good a shop
litter as she is pickpocket. She
has robbed the Broadway and Fifth
Avenue shops of thousands of dollars
worth of valuables and now 1t is only
necessary for her to appear in these
thoroughfares for the store detectives
to get busy and arrest her on sight
We all know what attracts her tc
these centres and we go on the pre-