FCBUKJIED BY
THIS ALL.IANCIS PI B. CO.
IilNCOLN,
- NEBRASKA,
NEBRASK NEWS.
Watson Decline
Washington, special: Senator Pad
dock has arrived here and has spent a
very busy day with the president and
at the various departments looking af
ter matters of interest to Nebraska.
The senator had two interviews with
the president. The first one in the
xnorniDg in relation to the cast of
Judge Goff and came away very well
satisfied. In the afternoon he called
upon the president again and notified
him of the declination of Hon. John C
Watson of the district attorneyship of
Alaska, and urged upon biin the imme
diate appointment of Mr. Johnson, of
Nuckolls county, who i recommended
by the entire delegation and also by
Senators In galls ana Allison and other
prominent men outside the state for
the position. The president thereup:
on instructed the solicitor general, who
is acting in the absence of the attorney
general, to prepare the papers in the
case for Smith for his examination in
the evening, presumably with the in
tention of appointing Mr. Johnson be
fore he leaves the city. Mr. Johnson
would have received this appointment
some time ago, but the attorney gener
al, upon whom Mr. Watson had been
pressed first for assistant attorney gen
eral and afterwards generally for a good
appointment under the department of
justice, and who had splendid testi
monials seemed to prefer him for Ihe
Alaska appointment. The senator, who
is acting chairman of the committee to
audit the contingent ex peases of the
senate in the absence of Senator Jones,
of Nevada, has also a large amount of
work on his hands in the examination
of accounts which have accumulated
during the past two months.
Representative Connellleit here after
putting in several days work at the
departments. He has rented a fine
house on Thomas Circle. Mr. Connell
went from here to Garden City to put
his boy in school there.
. Senator Paddock has placed his son
Frank in the Lawrenceville school in
New Jersey, which if the preparatory
school lor Princeton college.
All Over the Stare.
A deposit of thirty-five feet of yellow
ochre has been struck at the depth
of 225 feet, at the gas well at Hastings.
Painters of the city pronounce the
ochre a fine grade and say that it
compares favorably with the French
ochre. An oxidized mineral deposit
lies beneath the ochre. The work
of sinkiug the gas well has not been
interrupted by the find.
The Exeter Enterprise says a run
away couple from Friend, en route to
Geneva, passed through Exeter at 9
'clock Wednesday morning, and an
irate father, driving a foaming team,
came in about an hour later. Horses
were changed at LurnetVs livery stable
and, taking a driver with him, the old
gentleman overhauled the runaways
justag they were driving into Geneva,
and brought the girl back.
Captain A. M. Enoch, an old and
wealthy citizen of Humbolt, has become
insane, the effect of a bullet woun d
received in war combined with grief
over the loss of his wife a few months
ago.' . v ."'
Kaoxville, about four miles west of
33 orchard, is excited over the prospect
of a union depot there, as it i3 crossing
of theB. & M. and Wyandotte railroads
When they build one more house there
the will have three all told.
Tobias special : A dastardly out
rage was committed Thursday nignt on
the poron of Mrs, Wiiliam Caldwell,
wife a rspectaole farmer, living about
two mibs east of this place. As the
lady was returning home from a neigh
bor's house, an uaknown man sprang
from the vt-els beside the road, struck
her with a sand bag or some other
blunt aoa, knocking her insensible.
The fiend then proceeded to tear off
her cloi hiugaud otherwise outrage her
person. 5 he recovered sufficiently to
creep home on her hands and knees and
give th alarm,- but is now in a critical
condition. The country is being
searched for the villian, and if caught
will be severely dealt with.
Col am bus special : Thursday night
a gang of hoodlums went out of the
city limits and had a prize fight for a
purse of $60. The parties who had
more muscle , than brains were Ben
North, a professional deadba at, and
Tom Reagan, a tough character. ' Six
rounds were fought with bare knuckles,
when Reagan received a stem-winder
which caused the blood to flow freely
and made mm think h8 had enought
No arrests have yet been made, but i
is hoped that our city cfficials will not
let such characters escaoe without
punishment.
A Butler county farmer named
Conffal, living east of David City, com
mitted suicide by cutting open the ar
teries of both arms with a razor. Hi3
body was found by the roadside
twenty-focir hours after the deed was
done. ";r -' ';'
A box car on the Union Pacific con
taining imported. horse in charge
of its ownek Mr. Mackay of St. Louis,
caught fire fear Genoa and was en
tirely consumed. Mr. Mackay was
badly burned before ho couldbreak
out of the car. , -
The Niobrara Pioneer says that a
drove of 700 cattle passed through
Niobrara on its way to the Upper Brule
agency, as one of the many donations
of our generous government to the red
man. -.' ' '-:
Gates college at Neligh has changed
its weekly holiday from Saturday to
Monday in order to allow the teachers
i i i
in tue surrounding country an oppor
tunity to see the workings of the insti
tution or: Saturdays. ;
The Chadron Jsurnal says: "The
;xard of county commissioners and Pos
Traders Paddock, of Fort Robinson
are having a tilt over whether the
latter shall pay the a00 liquor license
i- for his saloons on the miliary reserva
tion. The board thinks he should, and
hav notified him to come to the center;
Paddock says he has stood them off a
good while, and will keep it up as lotn
as he can, claiming immunity on the
that the state has no jurisdiction over
the military reservation. As an act was
passed by the last legislature for the
purpose of raking in the post traders
on this question, it is probably that
the county commissioners will be
victorious in the tilt.
' The Gothenburg Independent says
the lotf water in the Platte has driven
the fish into the deepest hole3 of the
water at different points, and many
have been caught with pitch forks and
other simple implements.
The steam syrup works at Fairfield
are turning 100 gallons of syrup per
hour, twenty-five men being employed
m the mill and ten men and teams
being kept busy hauling cane.
About two weeks ago a little girl
named Minnie Josephs fell from a ham
mock at Atchison and sustained injur
ies from which she died Sanday.
Elton J. Baird, a resident of Hayes
county, has become insane and imag
ines that be has been appointed Laird's
successor in congress. He has been
sent to the asylum.
By an order of the county commis
sioners of Dakota county the voting
place of Covington precinct has been
changed from Covington to South
Sioux City. The change will stop a
great deal of illegal voting this fall.
A young housekeeper of York bought
a-chicken the other day, but returned it
to the dealer and got another because
it had a cancer. It was the first gizzard
she ever saw. ;
The Nebraska Guards.
Camp Grant despatch : The third
day of the encampment opened bright
and beautiful. The air was crisp and
and cool, and the boys enjoyed the
early breakfast heartily. Every one
recognized the fact that play was over,
and that the brigade must now get
down to business, and every one ap
peared ready for it. The programme
arranged for the day left little time
for rest and none for pastime.
After breakfast, the first order of the
day of general interest was guard
mounting at 8 o'clock. v The hour was
too early for visitors, but by their in
dolence they missed one of the most
interesting exercises on the programme
and one that all should manage to see
before the encampment closes.
At 10 o'clock came company drill
the first of the present encampment.
The companies occupied the space
west and south of the camp, and the
scene as viewed from the high ground
at brigade headquarters was a very
pretty one indeed. The drill lasted
until the recall for dinner at 12 o'clock.
His excellency, Governor John M.
Thayer, is in camp, having arrived at
1:30 o clock this afternoon, accom
panied by Fen. A. V. Cole, adjutant-
general; Col. M. W. Stone, assistant
adjutant-general; Ma. J. C. Watson,
udge-advocate-general, and Col. R. E.
Sizer, aid -de-camp all members of his
staff. The following members of his
staff preceded the governor: CoLE.
M. Correll, quartermaster-general;
Lieutenant-Colonel H. S. Hotchkiss,
inspector-general, and Col. A. J. Bills,
aid-de-camp.
The governor expressed himself as
highly pleased with what he had al
ready seen of the encampment. It is
understood that he will remain until
after the sham battle. The governor
arrived from the east yesterday, and
came immediately to Camp Grant after
attending to necessary accumulated
business at Lincoln.
The sham battle is fixed for Thurs
day, the 18th inst. The battle begins
at 2 o'clock and will last about three
hours. Both regiment of infantry, the
battery and the cavalry will partici
pate. An immense amount of ammu
nition has been provided and the sham
fight will be the most realistic of any
thing of the kind ever witnessed in the
state.
To New York via Picturesque B. & O.
Pullman's Vestibuled Sleeping Cars
are now running through without
change from St. Louis to New York via
B. & O. 11. 11.
The vestibuled express leaving St.
Louis daily at 8.00 a. in., via O. & M.
Ry., carries Pullman vestibuled sleep
ing car through to JNew xork without
change, arriving m INew lork the sec
ond evening at 7 :20.
The O. & M. express leaving St.
Louis daily at 8.05 p. m., carries Pull
man palace sleeping car through to
New York without change, arriving at
New York the second morning at 9.45.
Great improvements have been made
in the roadway y and equipment of the
IS. cc O. 1. 11. in thelast two years and
its present train service is equal to any
in America. In addition to its attrac
tiveness in the way of superb scenery
and historic interest, it is via the B. &
O. only that the national capital can
be visited while en route between the
east and west.
All through trains between the east
and west via B. & O. R. R. run by way
of Washington, Baltimore and Phila
delphia. Tickets via B. & O. R. R. can be
procured at all principal ticket offices
throughout the country.
TDE MARKKTS.
Lincoln, Neb,
CATTLE Butchers' eteers,
,2 50
,. 2 00
,. 3 TO
, . 8 ( 0
Cows.
HOGS Fat..
Stackers
8HEEP
03 05
3 00
65
SO
80
19
1 85
25
2 00
4 0
WHEAT No. 2 spring..
OATH ISO. y .
5i3
RYE No. 2
CORN No 3 new...
FLAXSEED ,
POTATOES
APPLES per bbl.
HAY Prairie, balk..
1
21
Qll 10
(ti5 CO
Omjlha, Nee.
CATTLE Prime steers ...... & 80 &4 15
Cows 1 75 (23 25
HOGS Pair to heavy -8 95 00
iiiized 3 85 34 00
- Kansas City, Mo
CATTLE Corn fed $3 00 (5.4 15
Feeders 1 GC (o?3 00
EOG8 ttoo&to choice 4 20 (a 80
Mixed... 3 90 (4 15
Chicago, Ili
CATTLE Prime steers 4 20 S 25
isfiocKera and feeders . .... 2 20 (A3 25
HOGS PacRJogr 4 0
0i 30
0A 80
c.xi.Ktfi' Zisuvte... .......... 3
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THE HOUSEHOLD.
Thing Abont Home.
Any method which will keep the
air from the inside of the shell will
preserve eggs for a certain length of
time. ;
Figures in the arithmetic do not
lie; but the figures in a cook book
sometimes represent indeterminate
equations.
If fruit stains are washed in tepid
water they will generally come outl
It's the putting them in suds that
sets the color.
If you borrow, you must lend;
therefore, whatsoever you are un
willing that men should borrow of
you, borrow not of them.
The bread of sorrow is leavened
with error, mixed with imprudence,
kneaded with perversity and baked
in the oven of dissipation.
To clean chamois, wash in ammo
nia water, or tepid water and castile
soap, rinse in clear water, squeeze,
and stretch to dry in the shade.
Clean brasses on mahogany or
other furniture by rubbing with
chamois skin dipped in either pow
dered whiting or rotten stone mixed
with sweet oil.
To protect ham from flies it is well
to put it in a thick paper bag, such
as is used for flour. This is the time
to see about having all meats safe
from the millers.
Save all your broken and crooked
carpet tacks, and keep them in a box
in the kitchen for cleaning bottles.
They are better than shot, for the
sharp edges scrape off all the stain.
Often after cooking a meal a per
son will feel tired and have no appe
tite. For this beat a raw egg until
light, stir in a little milk and sugar
and season with nutmeg. Drink
half an hour before eating.
Bric-a-brac is already imported in
very large quantities for the holiday
trade. There will be considerable
that is new and beautiful, the, Paris
Exposition having given a great
stimulus to this particular line of in
dustry. The Leghorn flat, with nod ding os.
trich plumes, is out again in all its
glory at Newport and Lenox. A gen
uine, and consequently expensive,
Leghorn is the fashionable rule,
better go without than have the imi
tation article.
A drop of ammonia on the spot
stung by a wasp, or any insect will
relieve the pain. Soda moistened
with water answers the same pur
pose, but a plaster of mud is about
as effectual as either, and more cer
tain to be at h-ind.
Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi,,
taught her sons, even in the days of
Rome's darkest dissoluteness, to be
pure. "There are women somewhere
in the world," said she, "who are to
sit beside your hearthstones. You
must keep yourselves as. pure fcr
them as you want them to keep
themselves for you."
Miss Mary F. Seymour, who has
served two terms of two years each
as Commissioner of the United States
Court of Claims for the State of New
York, has been appointed Commiss
ioner of the Court of claims through
out the United States for a term, of
five years.
Poultry is everywhere the best
meat for summer eating especially
so for farmers who cannot always
get fresh meat of other kinds. Old
hens past the age of profit will usual
ly be found better eating than the
half-grown chickens of this year's
growth, unless the latter are of the
breed for broilers.
Charcoal is a great sweetner of the
breath, and besides that it
"strengthens and whitens the teeth
removes the tartar, prevents tooth
ache, and gives the gum and lips an
attractive color." About as. much
as can be placed on the point of a
knife should be rubbed gently into
the interstices of the teeth on going
to bed, to be rmsed out thoroughly
in the morning. The objection to
charcoal is its grittiness, and it must
be reduced as nearly as possible to
an impalpable powder. Its purifying
qualities are invaluable, and it is
said if taken inwardly it will cure in
digestion. Fainting proceeds from different
causes, the commonest being a dis
turbance in the circulation of the
blood in .the braia. For an ordin
ary fainting fit you should lay th8
patient flat. Great harm has often
resulted from the treatment ot igno
rant people in trying to make the
Eatient sit up, or propping up his
ead with pillows. You want to
send the blood back from the heart
to the brain, and so the flat posture
is absolutely necessary. Let the pa
tient lie so that the feet are highr
than the head, throw the clothes
about the chest and throat open,
sponge the face with cold water, and
give him some cold water to drink.
There are two kinds ofporBpiratioa
the sensible and the insensible: th
first is shown in the form of very
little drops adhering 1o the skin,
and the latter is sepeiatd in th
form of invisible vapor. The insen
sible perspiration is. of the utuiaat
importance to the health , an! whoa
it is lessened the most injurious ..re
sults occur. Insensible pftrsptratlo
liberates the blood from sujerflout
animal gas, azote, and water, and
discharges noxious excrements ham
the same, hence the strong odor of
some persons. Sensible perspirat
ion is of great importance also in
discharging morbid matter irosvi t)
system; this is especially observable
in acute and chronic diseases, when
much that ; is hdrtful is expelled
through the copious sweat that at
tends them in some of their stages. .
SlU 1 ARIZONA I I . V - WW000 A-K1U
( I Nmeico I 1 n r r kSW
RAILWAYS V--S ..iZT Afc,
NOW 80 COVES S SL,ltTB. 0 "
1MB COUNTRY 2k. V tl"'rO'j0 . jf SglCV
hSU V cent. America rV 0f the Gsiim Population In 1890: 1L
ADiREc? " 1 chili00 W V f 4255,977 will reside West of this Line. rM )
JoCHiCAGO. a600000' XJj 22,354,186 will reside East of this Line. JW
Places on the llaavy Una are
NOTES ON THE ABOVE CHART.
line," show that all places in the United
all places west of the line, and even some
Pittsburg, Penn., 12 miles east of the
lines from Chicago to Florida, Georgia, and other southeastern sections are as
radiate in all directions from Chicago than from New York or Washington.
HOW TO HANDLE A RAZOR.
There is a Knack in It Which Few
Persons Are Able to Discover.
There is a worthy g-entleman living
out on the West side who has had some
experience of lats-that may be chroni
cled briefly for tbubeaefit of some way
faring soul t.vj. .)omit may come a
wise counselor timely advice. Wishing
only to- relate th(; circumstances as
they actually occurred, his identity
need not. be- made known further than
by calling- him "Da via.
There is one thing this estimable
gentleman has already prided himsell
on,, and that is his- carefully kept face.
bee him when youi may about the
house;, down-town at the base-ball
park,, or the races and he will look
as- fresh, sweet,, and clean about the
face and neck as a dimpled babe.
Every, one remarked it over aud over
again, bub it grew day by day to be
more of a task andrburden this keep-r
ing sweet and clean so that it seemed
to him about one-fifth of his time was
spent hanging around the barber-shop.
There' were- a great many things he
was not compelled to- do or could neg
lect doing,, but shaving: was not one of
them..
It got to be a regular "hoodoo." His
wife and daughter- made all kinds of
sport, of him- Even the neighbors
used to joke about, it until his wife
was made- miserable. One day he
made- a desperate resolve; said that
from' thenceforth be intended to do
his own shaving and would see if he
had tO' always be at the beck and call
of any "beggarly barber." The first
step was- to. get an outfit, and, knowing
that there- are kinds- and quantities of
almost everything else ia the world,
he rightly supposed that the same
rule applied to razors, and made up
his mind to-have "the best.
Of course he didnt say anything to
hia. barber; didnt ask any advice and
did not. want any. ,
He'-didat know any thing-more about
the qualities of the blade than he did
of the- mechanism of a fire-alarm box,
but said; he- was going about it intelli
gently and read up. In looking over
the article-on edged tools in tbo "Cy
clopedic of Common Things" he dis
covered that the first attribute of a
first-class instrument is "weight;" by
that he understood it should about
balance between a broad-ax and an
automatic- button-hole cutter.
The next attribute he learned is
"form," which he inferred to mean
something that no well-regulated razor
can do without.
Then he went on to read "as it was
written" in the said cyclopedia that in
the selection of a razor great care
should be exercised as to the weight of
the "tang."
. That was a stumper; he had never
heard of that word before. A little
further on he read in clear, bold, cold
blooded type: "From the foregoing the
merest novice can at once perceive the
necessity of preserving the requisite
proportion between the blade and the
tang.'"
By this he saw that "tang" must re
fer to the wooden or bone handle and
went on. Passing rapidly the refer
ences made to such qualities as con
cavity, hardness, durability of edge;
length, etc., it was all easy enough un
til! "thickness" was reached; that was
a snag, sure enough. He was caution
ed to observe when about to purchase
a weapon "that the thickness of She
back of the blade should bear a corre
spondent proportion to its breadth."
This was the last and it was a poser.
In a day or so he bought a complete
tonsorial lay-out as per encyclopedia,
and one or two price-lists.
It so happened that Davis is one of
the most unreasonable protectionists
in Chicago. He believes there is no
cunning in the world like the Yankee
cunning, and it so happened that the
very first blade they shoved out to him
at the store was a handsome, pearl
handled, full hollow-ground American,
made at Worcester, Mass.
There is no better razor in the
world, but he wouldn't have it, and, of
course, bought one of the best English
make.
The next day was Sunday. Davis
went out and got shaved, but it was
the last time.
He had learned how to select a good
blade bad, in f.act, made the selec
tion. Now the next thing in order
THE WOBLD'S EXPOSITION OF 1892.
Enualfy Distant from Chicago and
The equal length of the dotted lines
States west of the heavy line are nearer
places east of it, have shorter and more
line, is practically nearer to Chicago on
was to learn to use it He had the
supervising care of a mule at one
period of his life, and in his younger
days had devoted some of his genius
to the management of a billy goat, but
the fostering care of a razor had as yet
never fallen to his lot.
He was convinced, however, from
observation that it is "as easy as fall
ing off a log," and after carefully
reading the directions printed on the
case of his new strop, that were writ
ten in 1826, he lierhted a cigar and
proceeded to "whet her up' From
the advice gleaned by reading several
works on "How to Keep a liazor," he
understood that the general purpose
of stropping is to remove all injurious
roundness that may accumulate from
time-to time, and then strive to pro
duce a fine, keen, flat edge.
That was clear enough for any man
to grasp, and he went at it. in the
course of twelve minutes he lifted three
aSparate pieces of cuticle oif his new
elastic strop about as large as the
thumb nail, and then stopped to smoke.
After giving the other razor a round
and shaving two or three more slices
off the new elastic he examined the
edges of the blades through a field
glass and pronounced them ready for
business.
Tho next morning he shaved, but
during the operation learned what for
some unaccountable reason had not oc
curred to him before that his face was
not built for that kind of a razon
He explained to the edge-tool man
why a circularly-curved blade would
not readily blend itself with the pecu
liar conformation of his shaving sur
face and said what he wanted was a
perfectly straight edge. This was fur
nished without a word, together with
a fancy horse-tail strop. The razor
vender saw at a glance that Davis
could never learn to shave himself de
cently with a straight edge, curved
edge, or any other kind of a blade.
He saw that his beard grew in tufts
and snarls like buffalo grass, and had
to be approached , from a different
direction at every stroke. He also saw
that Davis had tried to use his razor
after the same manner that he would
have used a draw-knife or jack-plane
but said not a word. About three
weeks later on Davis dropped in to see
the young man who sojourned at the
edge-tool counter. His conceit was all
gone. Altogether he had purchased,
about $35 worth of shaving parapher
nalia, including varieties of the
"safety" fakes, and had chucked the
whole lot into a grip and thrown them
up on a shelf in the coal-shed.
"You see, began the young man,,
who, though a practical barber and; ex
pert razor-grinder, had as yet said,
nothing, but sawed wood, "you see,"
he continued, "in the first place a
razor is a saw. It is made and: cuts
upon exactly the same principle that a
common bucksaw cuts. , It can not. bo
used like a plane, but must be given
a rotary or swinging motion. It has
absolutely no cutting edge it used
straight," and here the young man
showed how- the tongue could be
struck squarely with the sharp, edge
without breaking the skin, etc.
"Another point worth remembering
is that the English razors are usually
set from - heel to point, while our
American- blade is set from point to
heel, so that when our people get hold
of an Ensrlish razor they proceed at
once to work it from the wrong end,
and this causes unpleasantness."
Chicago Times.
The Law ot Libel.
The law should be so framed as care
fully to protect private citizens against
the consequences of malace or careless
ness on the part of newspapers; it
should also protect the newspapers in
their discharge of the duties that lie
within their sphere against the plots
of legal shysters and speculators who
are ever on the watch, by methods that
savor of blackmail, to excite needless
litigation. The newspapers have a
right to such reasonable protection at
the hands of the law, as is enjoyed by
every other interest in the communi
ty. Brooklyn Times.
Plenty of Warmth.
Tom "So you've been married a
year! Now, say, Gus, honest Injun,
does your wife greet you as warmly as
she did at first?"
Gus "Warmly? She fires up every
time I open my mouth."-New York
Weekly.
Haw York Ciiy. Places Vcsj of this
extending from Chicago and New York to
to Chicago than to New York. An accurate Railway Map indicated that nearly
direct railway connections with Chicago than with New York. Yor example,
account of the straight and level
direct as those from New York to the same
FACES OF CRIMINALS.
Inspector Byrnes Discards the Sci
ence of Physiognomy.
It is a wise man who knows his own
Ignorance, observes Inspector Thomas
Byrnes, of New York, in the Philadel
phia Times.
I am moved to smile-when I hear of
men who could not have met one-tenth
as many, people as-I have, or under
such various and peculiar - circumstan
ces, asserting that they understand
human nature. I doubt if. oven one
man is thoroughly understood, by any
body, least of all by himself. For tho
purpose of my business, long- exper
ience in dealing with men and womea is
of incalculable value; it enables the de
tectives to judge' quickly concerning
the individuals and acquaints him. with,
many general characteristics of the
human family; but after all this valua
ble experience teaches one most impor
tant lesson that it will, never do- to
jump to conclusions dn . appearances.
It leads the detective- to distrust ail
generalizations, as rules for discover
ing a man's tendencies, all- that so
called scince, physiognomy, and to de
pend solely upon facts and. evidence, :
meaning by the latter term things that
will hold good in a law court
It i true . that "the - cast , of. a. man?s
features may be of service, and that
no detective will examine a supposed,
criminal with his eyes shut; but phy
siognomy is merely, a factor in. the.
work, not a guide to it.. If. all; men
were savages, if they grew. from, in
fancy to manhood and old. tigo.-with. no
artificial influences to bend their na
tures, physiognomy might be reduced
to an exact science. I do, not assert
that it could, but admit that, it might.
In the complex, civilization, of tOrday it
never can be. For education modifies
the lines of the; face to a. remarkable
degree. The- growth, of intelligence
imparts not only, a new,, softened, ex
pression to the face but actually
changes its. appearance to; an- extent
that will, inevitably throw the rules- of
physiognomy, into, confusion. Not that
a. crooked nose- may become straight,
or. a large mouth, small; but wisehabit3
and. the desire to. appear well in. tho
world, may. erase tho ugly,, vice-bom
wrinkles about the eyes, and on the
forehead, and. effect other chang.es. of a
similar nature.
While the lines maybe, modified an d
the nature refined, the brutal oc crimi
nal tendencies are nol, unhappily
eradicated. They may lie dormant
throughout a lifetime, and they may
break out, if the provocation arises, at
any moment If this- happens the
criminal, is- a hard case for the detec
tives. His education has taught him
some things that his. less fortunate
brother in the dives can make avail
able. It sometimes, happens that vici
ous tendencies remain dormant for
generations, during- which the lines of
a man's face have been subject to con
stant improvement. In cases, however,
when a boy of vicious parentage grows
up in vicious surroundings, where his
animal nature is given full swing. e
grows, to manhood a marked crii. .;d
and can be picked out at sight. Just
what direction his nature takes, how
ever, whether to burglary, swindling,
murder, licentiousness or petty thiev
ing, can not be determined with ac
curacy at a glance.
I have said that physiognomy may
be regarded as a factor in criminal de
tecting. Even then it must be applied
with caution, and never be depended
on without evidence. It is a good plan
to get evidence first and then back it
up, if you like the diversion, with an
analysis of the features of the crimi
nal. : In dealing with suspects I try to
get hints of their character by observ
ing the mouth, tho eyes, jaws and ears.
From tho mouth a fair estimate may bo
obtained of the subject's character as
to determination or weak will power,
brute coura ge or timidity, chastity or
licentiousness, generosity or selfish
ness, cruelty or kindness.
It will bo observed that this does not
go so far aa to make a suspect flatly a
criminal or honest man; it simply
suggests his tendences. In seeking to
determine whether a person is telling
the truth I depend a good deal upon tho
eyes; not, however, upoa their general
appearance, for the most evil-eyed per
son in tho world may tell the truth at
times, and some of the best of men may
Line are Hearer to Chicago.
any point on the heavy perpendicular
non-mountainous railway line westward. The
localities. Many times-more railways
prevaricate upon occasions of great
temptation. It is rather the action of
the eyes that tells the secret I try to
place the person who is in question so
that the light shiues fully into his face.
Then I can .see the pupils, and if they
waver or contract more than the light
would call for I feel pretty confident
that I am dealing with a liar. It is
practically impossible to control the
pupil. One whoso eyes do not waver
when he is deceiving a detoctivo usual
ly betrays himsolf by the very effort,
which gives to his face nn appearance
of over-confidence, and his assumption
or innocent candor becomes a calm
stare.
Ibere is not a great deal to bo learned
from an inspection ' of tho jaws and
cars, but I have noticed that heavy
wide jaws usually go with small oars
that lay closo to the ho id. Criminals
f this class are generally desperate
characters, hard to handle, who are
little amenable to reason, and appreci
ate only the argument of force. On
the other hand, men with lantern jaws
and fiappy ears present little difficulty.
A striking proof of the uncertainty
f physiognomy in determining a
man's character, to say nothing of tho ,
nature of his deeds, may be seen at a
glance at the rogue's gallery in this
eity. Three pictures were placed be
fore a visitor one day. He knew from
the circumstances that they, were ,
criminals. Ono ho fixed upon unhesita
tingly as a brutal murderer, another
as a swindeler, and the- third
looked so much like a benevolent cler
gyman that the visitor disliked to rate
him any where, but finally put him
down as a thief.
"He might have a mania for steal
ing books from libraries," said tho vis
itor, apologetically.
Turning to the backs of the photo
graphs the visitor read the summarized
records of tho three. The "murder
er's" worst crime had been tho snatch
ing of money from a lady's hand as she
was carelessly displaying it in the
street; the "swindler" had committed
an atrocious murder, and the benevolent-looking
"thief" was tho keeper of
an infamous resort. And the visitor
thought he knew somathing about
physiognomy and human nature too.
'Ihey Were All Hanks.
In tho Western Reserve about eignt
out of tea men you meet are called
Henry, or, rather, christened Heury
and called Hank, according to tho
Topical Talker of tho Pittsburgh Dis
patch. A newspaper man who. given to
amusing himself in eccentric way
was once at a loss for a hearty laugh
while traveling toward Cleveland over
the Lake Shore railroad. Ho and his
companion knew that about threo
hours of accommodatJcxi-train weari
ness lay before theui,, and though they
had a good many broad smiles in a
quart bottle they desired something to
shatter the monotony.
An idea struck the newspaper man
first. At tho next station the train
stopped at thero was tho usual crowd
of gawky rustic assembled to see tho
train come in and go out As the
train was moving out the two travel
ers in search of fun raised tho car
windows, and, leaning out with an air
of intense eagerness, shouted loudly
over and over again: "Hank! Hullo,
Hank!"
Nearly all the men sprang forward,
and as they did so tho jocoso travelers
fell back into their seats, laughing im
moderately. They repeated this mild
practical joko at several stations with
the same results, and then tho laugh
went over to the other sido. They
were leaving a small town, and mak
ing the "Hanks" In the crowd go
through the usual evolutions, when tho
engineer, for some reason or other,
stopped tho train. Tho jokers woro
still shouting "Hank! Hank!" when
tho cars came to a standstill. Several
of tho "Hanks" carao up to tho car
window, and wanted to know why
they had been called. One very big
farmer guessed tho meaning of tho
whole business, and tried hard to
reach tho head of the newspaper man
with his fist. Tho crowd was about
to board the cars and take vengeance,
on their tormentors when the conduc
tor started tho train in a hurry and
pulled tho latter out of danger. There
was no more crying of "Hank!" after
that '
"Flatterer !" is a dolicatcf periphrasis for
"say so somo more." Puck.