THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , DECEMBER 30 , JSSU ) .
Seyeral Celebrated Oases Decided by thn
Testimony of Experts.
TURNING THE TABLES ON A FORGER
Ml or 1'nlnp'H AHcrril '
1'impr of At-
-lilMM.vory of Form-ry
In n rntnotiH will Con-
trat In Montana.
Handwriting experts arc again having
their day In court In the trlnl of Holand U.
Mollnctix , now In prrigrcBs Ir New York
City. The fate of Mollnctix hinges largely
on thin class of tcalknony , nnil the result of
the trial will do much to determine the
value of evidence of this character.
Some very complicated cases have been un-
ravolcd during the last flftcon years by hand
writing experts. Ono of thu most famous
rases of this Itlnd , relate * the New York
Run. was the Dodge libel suit , tried at Ply
mouth , N. U. , m 18BG. J. A. Dodge was the
president of tlm Hoston , Concord & Mon-
trcnl rnllroad , nnil a man of considerable
wef.Ith. llo had as confidential man nnd sec
retary one Henry Haymond , a man of excel
lent reputation , who was superintendent of
the local Sunday school and n highly es
teemed citizen of Plymouth. In 1S82 Mr.
Dodge went to California for his health. He
returned n fc-w months later and In August
of Iho Hamo yenr died. A few hours before
hlo death a check for $2,500 , signed by him ,
was presented at a local bank by Raymond ,
nnd cashed without question. The check
was dated a few days before Mr. Dodge died.
Immediately after the funeral Haymond pre
sented a note for $5,000 , sinned by Dodge , to
the widow , requesting Immediate payment.
Ho explained that Mr. Dodge had given him
the check and the note tis a reward for hla
lifelong devotion to his Interests. Mrs.
Dodge , who enjoyed her husband's full confi
dence , denounced him ns a forger and a
fraud. It wnH very strange , elm said , thai
her husband had novcr spoken to her about
the matter , and he declined to honor the
note. The matter got Into the newspapers ,
nnd thcro wore oppressions of sympathy with
Raymond. Mrs. Dodge was accused of { rylng
to defraud him out of the reward her hus
band had planned for him. She replied by
denouncing Raymond an a swindler. Then
Raymond made his first mistake. Ho began
nn action for libel , placing damaged at $5,000
nnil a second action to recover the amount
of the note alleged to have been given to him
by Mr. Dodge.
Tliu Corm-ri'd.
For the Ilrst few days of the trial of the
libel suit It looked as though Mrs. Dodge was
hopelessly beaten. Witness after witness , all
men who wore familiar with Mr. Dodge's
handwriting , wont on the stand and declared
that the signatures on the check and 'the '
note were genuine. Mrs. Dodgo's friends ad
vised her to give up , but eho refused to. In
open 6ourt she again denounced Raymond
and declared that she would prove her alle
gation bcforo she got through. When the
plaintiff finally rested ho hud made out a
strong case. Mrs. DoJgo made little head
way against him at llrRt. She had engaged
Daniel Ames of this city as an expert , aud
the turning point was reached when he was
put on the stand. After an examination of
Iho exhibits In the case Mr. Ames came to
thn conclusion that both check and note were
fcrgcrlce , IIo produced enlarged photographs
of Mr. Dodgo's signature to his will and ol
the signature to the chock and note. Hu
pointed out differences that would never be
noticed by a layman nnd Illustrated them on
a blackboard In court. IIo produced a letter
written by Mr. Dodge in California to Mr.
Raymond 'find' showed beyond question that
the figures " 2C" nnd the word "Rayimond"
In the note wcrt > made by holding the note ,
which was on thin paper , over the letter nnd
tracing them. Ho also showed on the black
board twenty-eight capital DB , made in let
ters , notes and checks written by Mr. Dodge
and compared them with the D in the signa
ture on the note presented to the widow by
Raymond. The expert convinced the Jury
and the spectators In the courtroom In five
mlnutc-H that Mr. Dodge did not write the E
in the signature to the note.
The distinctions made by the expert were
based almost entirely on Infinitesimal differ-
i-flcefi In shading and loops. In the mallei
of 'tho letter D the expert brought out his
strongest evidence. Ho showed that everj
D written by Mr. Dodge In notes and letters
Iho genuineness of which was not questioned
could bo oxaclly boxed In an exact square
wlth.eomo portion of the letter touching the
sides' and the top nnd bottom. The Ds In tin
note aud check would not fit in n square ;
In fact. It took all kinds of angles to mukt
a box for the Ds which would allow of semi
portion of the letters touching each sldo am
the top nnd bottom. Yet be/ore they wen
boxed the letters were so much alike that m
difference could bo discerned by the inox-
jiert oyo. There was a complete change o
sentiment among thu people of riymoull
nfter Mr , Amos' testimony was in. The vcr :
people who had been nbuslng Mrs. Dodge rat
to congratulate her nnd Raymond found him
eclf without a friend. His attorneys throv
up the case nnd surrendered the forged noli
to Mrs , bodge. Raymond was arrested n
once , charged with forgery and only escapee
the pcnltttitlary by jumping his ball.
AVII1 of Minor I'M I n r.
An even more Interesting case which wai
solved by Mr. Amen Involved the will o
Minor I'alno In this city In 1SSO. Hero n deliberate
liberate attempt to get away with Homethlnj
llko a half million dollars was made. Whei
' qultp a young man James II. I'alno "was i
clerk In n Boston business house. Ha In
horlted a lot of money nnd came to this city
where all trace of him was lost. He speculated
ulatod with the money aud everything hi
touched turned to gold. Ho soon became i
very wealthy man. Then ho became u mUer
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Mu&t Bonr Signature of
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See Pac-Sltnlle Wrapper Below.
Tory mall and
to toke an ngur.
' FOR HEADACHE.
CARTER'S FOR DIZZINESS.
ITTLE FOR DILIOUSHESS.
IVER FOR TORPID LIVER.
PILLS. FOR CONSTIPATION.
FOR SALLOW SKIN.
FOR THE COMPLEXION
MVI
Purely VeffctaW
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
He went around the streets In MRS , lodged
ta a garret with n French family on the west
side who took him In out ot pure ehatlty , an !
lived on the leavlnga which restaurant'
keepers gave him. There was only one thing
that ho would spend money on ; that was
music. He was passionately fond of music
and for years was a familiar figure In the
lobby of the Academy of Music iltirlnR the
opera season. Ho would go thcro early In
the evening and beg people to pay his way
In. If he didn't nnd a philanthropist ho
would buy a ticket himself , but ho never
gave up hope until ho knew that the curtain -
tain had risen.
Finally Paine was run over by a cab In
ttroadway. Ho was taken to a hospital , but
made such a fuss about staying there that ho
was finally removed to his garret home. He
died there In a few days. Then a man came
forward with a power o > attorney which he
said I'alno gave him In 18S5 and which au
thorized him to take charge of I'alnc's Inter-
pat In Iho estate of his brother. Robert Treat
I'alno. The closing paragraph empowered
him to attend to all of I'alnc's business and
to dispose of his property without consulting
anybody In the event of anything happening
to him. Nothing was known then of I'alno's
possessions. Later Chlckerlng. the piano
man , came forward and said that some years
before Palno gave him a package wrapped
up In an old bandanna handkerchief for
safe-keeping. Ho had opened this pickagc
and found that it contained $300,000 in bank
notes. Other possessions were nlso found.
When the holder of the power of attorney
sought to get possession of this property
some distant relatives of Paine attacked the
genuineness of the document. It wns finally
placed In the hands of Mr. Ames , who
showed thnt , whllo the greater part of the
paper was genuine , the sentence giving the
holder the power to act for the dead man
In all matters nnd to dispose of his property
as ho saw fit was forged. The only power
of attorney ever given by Paine was In the
matter of his brother's estate. Mr. Amos
proved the forgery by making comparisons
bcforo a Jury.
Cclclirntfd Darin Case.
Another famous case that hinged on the
testimony of handwriting experts waa the
Davis will conspiracy , whcro the swindlers
came near getting away with J13.000.000. An-
droiv J. Davis was a Massachueetts man. Ho
went to California in the late -tO's with a
i bad case of gold fever. Ho made some money
there nnd afterward lived successively In
own , Indiana and Michigan. Later he moved
.o Montana , where ho accumulated a for
tune of $13,000,000. Ho died there In 1800 , a
single man. His next-of-kln were three
Jiothers , Irwin , Calvin and John A. Davis ,
'our sisters and several grandchildren. For
some tlmo after his death it was under
stood that he died Intestate and It was prac
tically agreed among the heirs to divide the
estate. The .fact that he had left no will
was apparently settled by several friends
who said that Davis had told them shortly
bcforo his death that ho had not made a
will , r.nd by an old friend nnd business as
sociate named Knight , who said that ho had
made n will , for Mr. Davis In 1S80 , but had
afterward destroyed it at Mr. Davis' com
mand. Davis told Knight at the time that
ho would never make another will , as he pre
ferred to let the law divide his catate.
Shortly after Mr. Davis' death letters of
administration on his estate were Issued to
John A. Davis , his brother , despite the pro
tests of the other heirs. John had been ad
ministrator for about a month when news
came from the backwoods of Davis county ,
la. , that a will drawn up twenty-flve years
bcforo by Mr. Davis , in which ho bequeathed
all of his property to his "dear brother
John , " had been discovered. There was a
howl from the other heirs at once nnd they
showed that If there was one relative who
was not dear to the dead millionaire , It was
this same brother John , with whom he had
had frequent quarrels.
The newly discovered will left all to John ,
with the exception of some money for the
maintenance of "T. J. and Pat Davis , " al
leged to be natural children of A. J. Davis
nnd a Miss Rurgett. The executors named to
carry out the 'provisions of the will were
Jt mes Davis nnd his son Job , who were
In no way related to A. J. Davis. Both had
been dead long when the will was produced
nnd the only living witness wns one J. ( ! ,
Sconce. Of course the validity of the will
was attacked. On the trial Sconce told the
story'of how it was drawn In great detail.
Thcro wasn't a thing about It that he didn't
seem to remember. The heirs alleged that
the will was a forgery and that It was drawn
by Jamps U. Eddy , a nephew of Job Davis.
Kddy figured as the discoverer of the will ,
but It developed that neither ho nor any
body else in Davis county , Iowa. , had ever
mentioned the subject of n will until the
news of J. A. Davis' death and the fact that
hit had left an estate valued at $13,000OUO
found its way out to Iowa. Mr. Ames wa.j
called in. Ho first dug up the fact that Job
Davi's , who , Sconce eald , wrote the will , waa
a man of some education and , at any rate ,
a good speller. The spelling in the will
was execrable. Hero are some samples :
"Gulve" for give , "wherther" for whether ,
"shcat" for sheet , ' "ahal" for shall , anil
"warldly" for worldly.
Then the expert declared that the paper
on which it was written waa comparatively
now , but that it had been steeped in coffee
and tobacco to give it an antique appearance ,
nlbo that the edges had been scalloped with
n knlfo or clssors nnd then gratwl down ,
to glvo the appearance of having crumbled
from size. Then the paper had been partially
carbonized by heat and punctured with pin
holes in simulation of holes which often op-
pear In the creases of old paper.
iMr. Ames next showed thnt the signature
to tbo will was written bcforo the body ol
the document was put in. Tills was clcai
frcm the crowding of the last few lines ,
and the reason for It wns obvious. It was
necessary to get a entlsfactor/ signature be.
fore writing the body of the will. By com
paring the will with two nfber wills which
Kddy admitted having drawn. Mr. Ames
wliowod the same misspelling In all three o :
the documents. Then ho began making hand'
writing comparisons and after two days In
and the other handwriting exports employee
on the case , convinced everybody of tlu
fraudulent ! character of the will. Hut on <
Juryman hung out tor the will and couldn'i
bo Induced to change. So there was a dls
agreement. The case was ect down for <
now trial , but it never came off and It ii
understood that the legal heirs finally dl
vlded the millions left by A. J. Davis.
Kentucky I'ulltli-nl Speroli.
A candidate for the otllco of constable I :
noono county , Kentucky , recently made th <
following speech :
"Ladles and Gentlemen , [ or I am glad t
we that there nro BOIHO ladles hero. N
place In the wide world nro ladles so fal
of face , so bright of mind or so Hmull o
feet ns on Coal river. In offering mynel
as n candidate I am called forth by th
need of the hour. The country Is going t
ruin. The president hits tried to check I
b > h'sulnjr tiniuls , but the country need
free silver. AVliero is the man In this vas
audience ( there were Just fourteen present
that dare : ) to deny that u double gtandari
ain't butter thau n single one ? Ain't i
double trco better than a single tree ? 1)1' '
you ever tco u elngle man that was nny ac
count ? This ain't no one horse country : I
nt-wls all the standards It can sit. Th
pictldcnt ain't been able to help you. Con
grout * ain't been able to help you. The conn
try Is Ruin' to ruin. The old uhlp of ptat
is Koln' down grade with all brnkca on
miino und tall n-llyln' , n boll liooplr
Cut-use mo , Indies , but that'u Just how who'
to Its destruction. Hut , thank Go < !
ilioro'H IH > JH < yet. Elect me constable , an
I'll settle the whole foiifouiid > 'd alTalr. "
Not Qiiallllfil fur tlie
Chicago 1'ost : "No , " t.ild the munagci
"I am afraid I can't Uo anything with you.
"Hut you have had absolutely no test a
my ability , " protested the woman wh
wanted to eo on the utagc ,
"Not lu'ceusary. ' ' replied the manager. '
tun looking fur Bomcono to t > tar In soclet ;
pi ty * and I have discovered that you ar
aitunlly llvliiK in peace and harmony va
your tiuubund Oh , you wouldn t Uo at all , '
PICKINGS HERE AND THERE
Extra Sugar Lamps that Sweeten the Toil
of Members of Congress ,
WHAT THE PERQUISITES AMOUNT TO
.Mlli-nur Tirrnt.v Ontn n Mile Very
llntiilv for U > tern Mrn Uommox
of Vnrlon * ICIndtt Hwrll tlic
Siilnry.
The compensation of n member of con
gress Is supposed to bo $5,000 n year. As n
matter of fact , relates the Philadelphia
Press , It 1 " $5,000 and perquisites. " Since
the famous "back pay congress" the Forty-
third when the members raised their salary
from $3.COO to $5/K)0 ) and made It retro
active , for the entire term of two years , no
one hns seriously proposed Increasing thr
annual stipend , but year after year there
have been tucked Into the corners of appro
priation hills Items which arc In the nature
of n bonus to members.
The rnojt substantial perquisite that goes
with a Heat In congress is mileage at the
rate of 20 cents per mile each way , to nnd
from the capital , once each session. For ex
ample , If the member lives 1,000 miles from
Washington , on arriving at the cnpitol ho
finds the sergeant-at-nrms of the house , If
he Is a representative , or the secretary of
the senate , If ho Is n senator , has credited
his account with $400 , or nearly nn extra
month's pay. The rate of 20 cents per mile
vnsllxed long ngo , when transportation was
%
ilgh. The members from the Pacific slope
are luckiest in the inllcngo hand-out. One
> f them gets $1,412 per session , or $2SS4 for
ho term. If a member rides on railroad
passes the mileage Is all clear gain.
Allowance for Stationery.
Congress appropriates every year $125 per
nember for "stationery , postage nnd nows-
laperu. " The stationery clerk opens nn ac
count with the member , crediting him with
5 at the start. He may take his choice
) ctwcen drawing $125 the first day of the
session , or he may let his account remain
open during the session , drawing from time
o timu such supplies of pens , Ink , paper ,
etc. , as he needs , which an. charged to his
account as he gets them. At the end of the
session ho signs a voucher for the unex-
> endc < l balance. Wise members , old In the
service , never leave a pen nnd holder on
their desks in the house. If they do , before
the ink dries on the pen some colleague bor
rows It and absent-mindedly locks It up In
its desk. Then , too , the congressman need
not buy letter paper when he can get from
the committee of which h. Is a member
paper on which his name appears In splendor
aa a part of the committee's olllclal heading.
The chief clerk of the house contracts
with various jobbers fcr these supplies , nnd
they arc furnished to members at their
actual coet to the government. Thus ,
whether ho draws his $125 In cash nnd pays
for what he takes from the stationery roomer
or keeps an open account , the member pays
about one-third to one-half what other people
plo would pay for the same article.
The allowance for "postage nnd news
papers , " Included In the $125 , Is another
relic of the old days when members put
postage stamps on their letters and news
papers In which they were supposed to feel
: he public pulse cent fancy prices. The
Cranking privilege has changed all that , and
the congressman delights In nothing more
than In his ability to send tons of stuff
through the malls free of charge.
AliiiMf of FraiiUliiK I'rlvllcuc.
The franking privilege baa had its upi
and downs. Years ago U was practically
carte blanche members franked everything ,
tint the privilege was so much abused that
the law was repealed. Then the privilege
was limited to public documents nnd letters
to officers of the government on ofllclal busi
ness. The last change made wan In ISM ,
when members were authorized to send
under frank any communication "on olllclal
business" to any person , provided the weight
did not exceed two ounces. The weight limi
tation Is Ignored by members and it is not
enforced.
The congressman determines for lilmsaH
what constitutes "official b"slness. " At the
beginning of the last sesblon * of congress
there came Into the house pretofllce one
day a typewriter , boxed , bearing the frank
of a BcHton member of congress. To him
that was "oincial business. " Not very long
ngo one member used to frank to nnd from
Ills home , 500 miles away , weekly , the family
wash , which was laundered and returned
to him under frank as "olllclul business. "
An agrarian member was accustomed to
have sent in from his farm fresh supplies
of butter , green vegetables , etc. , under a
frank which -declared them to be , in the
member's opinion , "official business. "
Then comes the matter of clerk hire. Ur
to the time of the fifty-third congress mem
bers not chairman of committees had to pay
for clerical work out of their own pockets
Some rich members maintained competent
secretaries nt a reasonable salary , hut the
majority simply paid small sums to n steno
grapher for an occasional batch of letters
These who had no clerks were simply er
rand boys for their people nt home. When
they should have been In their committee
rooms or on thn llocr preparing themselvc :
to vote Intelligently on public matters thej
were scattered about the pension bureau
the War department , the Postotllco depart
ment and the need division , using the tlait
for which the people paid them $10 n day U
petty business that could bo handled by any
Intelligent clerk.
Joe ( Jiiimon mid III * Clerk.
The fifty-third congress , therefore , pro.
vldcd that members should receive $100 pel
month during the ttessloti for clerk hire. Hut
It was only during the session. The fifty-
fourth congress met'the proposHIon that n
good clerk could not be had on n nesslon
basis iby making the rlerk hire $100 peri
month the yenr nround. This did not Include
clerk hire for chairmen of committees. The |
chairman of n committee appoints the clerk
of the committee and the clrrk of the com
mittee aels as the chairman's private secre
tary. Twenty clerks on the annual roll of |
the house get $2,000 n yenr each. Clerks .
to committees for the session only "session
clerks , " ns they nre called get $ C a day dur
ing the session.
In the second session of the fifty-fifth
congress It wns provided thai chairmen of
committees having nnnual clerks should also
get $100 per month clerk hire , not during
the session , but , verily , during the recess of
congress.
Few people , even about the capltol , know
Just why this wns done , but the reason for
It lp.y In the fact that the clerk cf Uncle Joe
Cannon's committee on appropriations had
nil the Job he could handle right In his com
mittee room during the recess In preparing
for the succeeding session. Now , Uncle Jo ?
rcnlly needed n private secretary ns much ns
any oiembor of the house , for there wns a
campaign on nnd Uncle Joe's district , usually
appreciative cf his valuable services , has
nevertheless once or twice left him by the
wayside. It would not do , however , to give
recess clerk hire to one chairman unless
other chairmen nlso received It. So they all
got the extra $100 a month. Clerks of nnnual
committees getting $2,000 n year thus re
ceived about $ ,00 extra for their arduous
labors In helping to reeled their chiefs to
congress during the campaign of 1S9S.
"HuUr-IHT" from t'li-rUi.
There Is , however , a well grounded sus
picion that In n good many cases congress
men have regarded the $100 monthly clerk
hlro as another perquisite of their own. It
clerks to members draw their $100 tit the
disbursing office nnd signed the pay roll llko
other employes of course there would bo no
rnke-off for the member. IJut the clerks are
Unknown officially. The member signs n
voucher which states that he "has paid or
agreed to pay the sum of $100 for clerk hire
'during the month of , " nnd files It with
the disbursing clerk , who thereupon sends
the member a draft for $100 , payable to his
own order. The law saya "not to exceed
$100. " and a few Instances are known where
members have certified only $50 or so.
Some members have regular clerks to
whom they turn over the $100 straight.
Quite a number of bright men handle each
the work of two , three or four members ,
receiving from each $10 or $50 a month the
member making suitable disposition of the
balance of the $100. A resolution was offered
In the last congress to put the clerks to
members on the pay roll , letting them draw
their own money. Of course It was promptly
stilled.
Salary , stationery allowances and clerk
hlro glvo the member $0,325 a year , to which
must bo added the variable sum received for
mileage. This exhausts hla pull on the treas
ury , but If ho Is BO minded he ftlll has the
opportunity to turn a penny by selling his
seeds or public documents.
Ills nnnual quota of "seeds , plants and
cuttings" Is ns follows :
Vegetable seeds ( Ilvo papers In a package ) ,
5,200 package's.
Flower seeds ( five papers In n package ) ,
400 packages.
Field corn , fifty quarts.
Lawn or graps seed , sixty quarts.
Strawberry plants , 140 plants.
Grape vines , forty vines.
This seed luxury costs the people like $100
per year for each member.
lIooUN of ( iooil .Mnrlii-1 Value.
As for the public documents , the congress
man gets each year twenty-five large wall
cuaps of the United States , which cost the
people $1.25 each. IIo gets nearly 100 copies
of the Agricultural Yea.r Book , a bulky doc
ument full of colored plfit.es. lie gets from
time to time , such valuable books as Rich
ardson's "Message and Papers of the Presi
dents" In sets of ten volumes , now selling at
$24 to $32 a set ; the ' . 'Diplomatic Correspond
ence of the American Revolution , " seven
volumes bound In sheep ; "Moore's Interna
tional Law , " quoted at $20 a set ; the book
on "Diseases of the Horse , " or "Diseases of
Cattle , " reports of the geological surveys and
the bureau of ethnology nil full of expensive
plates und in some cases costing $7 per vol
ume.
ume.His
His order will draw a large number of ex
pensive charts from the coast and geodetic
surveys und from the geological survey. Font
thousand farmers' bulletins nre annually Is
sued to him from the agricultural depart-
I ment. The postoffice department furnishes
him each session a post route map of his
' state , mounted on a roller. Ho Is entitled
i to have bound for his personal use at the
, government bindery "one copy , " and later
j a "remaining copy" of every document
printed by order cf congress during his
term. These magnificently gotten up In
full morocco , with his name stamped on
them In gold. Or ho can have a constituent's
name placed upon them. A member whc
serves several terms cnn accumulate a stocli
of books which have a satisfactory market
value , if the government binder has been In
structed to omit the member's name froir
the binding.
The clerk of the clerk's document rcotr
furnishes the member , each session , tbrc ;
parking boxes , two large and one small
They nro made of smooth boards , with Irm
handles , locks nnd keys , and the member's
name Is stenciled on the lid If he so directs
The largo boxes bold about as much aa f
small trunk , nnd the member uses them tr
send back nnd forth from home his valu
able books nnd papers. The small box Is sup
posed to be bent by the member's order tt
the United Stnlcs botanic garden , where tin
superintendent of that Institution will till li
with a hundred or HO of small plants geran
iums , fuclislas and what not which ihi
member franks homo to set out In his o\u
llowor garden or to distribute to his constit
uents.
( ifttlnir Aronml ( In * I.IMV.
Hut what the member really lough for ute
to be chairman of a committee. Arrived a
that distinction , he Is In clover. The com- |
mil tee of which he Is chairman hns n I.ITRO
pleasant room assigned to Its use nnd this
room becomes tinchairman's private ofnVc.
The first thing he does after receiving his
own appointment from the speaker Is to ap
point his seorctnry clerk of the committee.
The next thing Is to obtain from the house
leave for his committee "to have printed -ml
bound for Its use such papers and docu
ments ns may be deemed necessary during
the th congress. " ' On n simple order
with his name signed to It the government
printer will turn out thousands of letter
heads , envelopes , pamphlets , cards overv-
thlrlg printable , nnd bind books In full
morocco , ad lib.
The law says the expense of this sort of
thing "shall not exceed $500 during the ses
sion , " but in Washington they have n smooth
way of doing things whereby this Is con
strued .to mean that the expense of any one
order "shall not exceed $500. "
The doorkeeper of the house assigns n
messenger to look after the loom , see that
It Is kept In order , gunnl the rortat when
the committee Is In session nnd run errands
for the chairman. These are some of the
Items that go to make n representative's lite
a happy one. Senators get the same pcr-
qulsltlcs , only more. Their clerks get higher
salaries , they have more luxury l < i their
committee rooms and they get a larger pro
portion of documents nnd like stuff.
Size doesn't Indicate quality. Hcware of
counterfeit nnd worthless salve offere.l for
DeWltt's Witch llnzcl Salve. DcWItt's Is
the only original. An Infallible cure for
piles nnd all skin diseases.
HI IMCU TOWN OF .V.MAI.FI.
Xovoll.nt Criitvforil TnlkH Aliout llu
lllxtnrli- Italian Town.
V. Marlon Crawford , the novelist , who Is
familiar with every foot of the Italian const
nnd has slept many nights In nn open boat
beneath the overhanging cliffs of Amalll ,
conversed about the historic town to n re
porter for the New York Times. "I spent
some tlmo there last June , " he said , "and
as a matter of fact have visited the place
every summer and often during the winter
for the last fifteen years.
"Tho mountain back of the cliff rises tea
a height of more than 4,500 feet , nnd , like
the greater part of the shores of western
Italy , Is of limestone formation. The Hotel
Cnppncclnl , which slid Into the sea , was
formerly a convent , nnd stood on a plateau
nearly 300 feet above the sea level , directly
under n vast mas of overhanging rock. The
scenery Is among the wildcat nnd most
picturesque on the coast nnd the path that
leads from the hotel terrace to the top of
the mountain Is so steep that the greater
number of visitors who desire to roach tin )
summit are carried there by the mount
aineers. The face of the cliff upon which
the hotel wns built waa almost sheer to the
water's edge , near which stooj the old
Capuchin monastery in n hollow of the
great rock.
"The harbor , although not a good one , Is
one of the best on the western Itnllan shore ,
nnd during the last year has been Improved
greatly. In fact , the harbor Improvements
were still being carried on so as to Improve
the place as a beaport , for It must be re
membered that except the bay of Messina
thereIs no natural harbor on the entire
coast.
"The natives nre among the most Indus
trious In all Italy , und nt one tlmo domi
nated the Mediterranean. They had quar
ters In every city of importance , where their
agents carried on business with other resi
dents nlong the entire length of the se.i
const. The city was roundel 'by ' the Knights
of Malta fifty years before the first crusade ,
and the convent , which was one of the last
In Italy , was founded In 1212 by Cardinal
Pletro Capuano for the Cistercians.
"A short distance away stands the mon
astery of La Cava , where the bones of
many pilgrims and crusaders have lain for
centuries. H is one of tha last two monas
teries that remain In Italy , and contains a
magnificent library. The architecture is of
the period of Roger the Norman , and Is one
of the objects of Intercs't to all trnvelers In
Italy. Another point of interest is the cave ,
said to bo the last hiding place of Masa-
nlello , whose history has been Immortalized
In the opera of that name.
"Tho principal industry of the natives Is
the manufacture of mnccarnnl , and back of
the town arc several mills , where the coarse
paper used for wrapping that product Is
manufactured. Other residents follow the
sen , nnd are acknowledged to be the most
daring nnd skillful small boat sailors on the
Mediterranean. During the last few years
a railroad has been cut through the mountains -
. tains so that AmalH can now be reached
from the Interior by way of Vletri , which
Is a station on the main express line. He-
fore this railroad r-nd been cut through
communication with the town was obtained
exclusively from the sea. A 'boat ' drawing
ten feet of water can safely anchor fifty
yards from the base of the cliffs , and the
water deepens rapidly , BO that even the
largest square-rigged vessels can come well
within the harbor.
"The harbor works have doubtless been
destroyed , tout I trust the reported"lops of
life Is exaggerated. From my own experi
ence these disasters nro not uncommon on
the Itnllan coast , nnd there IB generally
Eomc wurnfng in the shape of small pieces
of rock falling for probably n week before
the grcnt mass tumbles down Into the sea.
I saw the great mass of rock that was dis
placed on the Naples road In 1SC5 that de
stroyed It entirely , and nlso had n similar
ni'cldeiit an my own rlnce nt Sorrento three
years ago. In each cnso wainlng was given
before the most Important masses cruHho.l
downward with the noise of a great earth
quake.
"The cause Is plain. The entire coastline
la llmcstcno and badly cracked. Rain formfl
In the strata and in time the portions must
of necessity fall away. The various basins
nlong the shore nro all of volcanic forma
tion , nnd not its stable a foundation for the
great cliffs as they might he. "
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REMARKABLE SERIES Of ARTICLES.
WRITE FOR THE BEE ON THE
To begin the new year , 1900. THE BEE utmouuces
a number of great special articles , fully illustrated.
Each of them is written by a man celebrated the
world over , each discusses a topic of universal in
terest , each reviews in some degree the progress of
the century now closing.
W. T. STEAD ,
For EJitor of tlio " Kcvlcw of Reviews , "
January 7th ON
"Breaking Through the Veil , "
K wllli n lirlof rovli-w of fluiiroitrrnN Jif the country In
c , Mr. SU-ail Irmln itiMTnril tliroimh Ilio ninrvol * of ( he mntrr-
Inl irnrlil , trli-Ki'iipliy , < rlcilionc , X-llnyn , < trlrlrrlronrniii' nnd
" nlrpli-HH lolom-niiliy , to the linrdcrlniiil Jimt lipj-oiul tn the IIOB.I-
MIltli-M of Iliouuht triumfcrciico or Iclfimtliy , ihf rlrolii tolcn-
nililiy of tlioiiKlit. ! ! iirrnoiitu tin- whole * xiilijrot of tmycltlr rc-
cfiruli HH It iii > | " ' ! > r.i nt I IncinNof tin- century In I olcnrrnt nnd
mint oonvliifliiir innniicr. In tliU nrtlclr thr writer iilno K-C ! the
ciaul mctlioiln of coiiiiminliMitliiK liy tcloimtliy , NO Unit anyone m 117
praolleo it.
. T. STEAD ,
Editor of the Review of Reviews"
For ON
Jammry 14th "True Incidents of Thought
Transference/ '
TItN IN nn nniiHiinl norloN of liit < rrlny KlioMt Mtorlrn.
Hclc-Mtlflr m-comit of ninny notiililr limtniirpn of ( oloiiuMiy. of ilunl
cinlioilliiiriit. mul of niipnrltloiiN. HOIIIP of irliloli IMIIIIP uiulrr Ilio
rrrlter'N iM-r-xina ! oliiorvntloii. TUP article ttlno trpntH fully of
nn-tlui.v of medium tvrltluir.
HENRY M. STANLEY ,
The World's Greatest Explorer ,
For ON
January 22st "The Unexplored Regions of
the World- "
'In till * story of the unillncoVPTPI ! the worlil'N urrntt-Nt explorer
dpneriupN HOIIIC of tin * tnnlcx vrhluh the Ki-onrnplier of the -Otli cen
tury mil Fit nolvp. HP telln irlth ara-ililo Intel-cat of the liunjfer o {
the nation * for Africa , how ilecnilo by itecaile , the ISiiftllBli , th *
( iermniix , the French , huve hecn crowding : ilecpi-r nnd deeper Int *
the JuiiRle mill yet lenvtiiK vimt nreRH nlnnmt untouched. Illn no-
count of the commercial mid Hclentlfle. pimnllillltlPH of imdlftcorered
South America , Aimtrnlln , .Siberia , In of n kind tn fire the Imnnlnn-
tloii of the youiiKcr nenerntlou which immt noire Ilirxp problem * .
The article will IIP very fully Illustrated with ninpM nnd vrlth the
Intent portrait of the author.
Dr. CYRUS EDSON ,
Famous Chief of New York Health Department ,
For ON
January 28th "Medicine in the Closing Year of
the Nineteenth Century. "
A rr.iild mill fnnclnnllnK nnrvey of the recpnt nntonlnhlii ( ; nc-
cniiiitllahmpntH In mpdlclnc nnd nnrirery , with nil Invnlunlilo nnm-
jniiry of the very Intent inethodn of treatment of nonie of the more
Important illNenncH. "Cnn typhoid fever lie cured f"Vhnt nre the
chuiicei of recovery In piiemiioiiluf" "Ooen I'nntenr'n Inoculation
rcnllr cure rnblenf" Thenc < | iientloiin nnd ninny other * equally Im-
liortnnt mid Interentluir lire nil miNwereil by one of the urcatrit
of American iiiitluirltlen In medicine nnd In the light of the world' *
latest Itnowlcdicc.
Dr. FREDERICK A. COOK
For Famous Antarctic Explorer ,
February 4th ON
"Walking to the Pole. "
Ir. Coolt bcllcvCH thnt the pole will finally be readied by a
ntnrdy party of American * nn foot ) IIP ulven In thin article the
reiinon for thin liellcfi telln whut eijuliiiiiciit In nepe.iinry nnd how
IOIIK n time Mill IIP neccuMiiry to complete ( he expedition , Thn iir-
tlclp IN , In Nhort , n clear and conclne preneiitiitlon of the very late.t
poiu-limloiiN of exiilorer * on the problem of the polen. It will be
rlrlily Illuntratcil with plcturen tnken by Dr. C'ooU In the Ice. melon *
PROF. N. S. SHALER ,
For Famous Geologist of Harvard ,
February 11 th ON
"The Earth's Deepest Depths. "
Thli article promUeH to be of much more than ordinary Interr.t.
Immediately following Prof. Shaler's article ,
there will be articles by SIR NORMAN LOCKYER ,
England's greatest astronomer ; by PROF. JOHN
DEWAR , the famous Chemist , who was the first to
liquefy hydrogen ; and by several other men equal
ly celebrated.
