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f DARING TRAIN ROBBERY ON I ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD j Four hold-up men, three of them , wearing masks and heavily armed, ; robbed the passengers the Dia mond special of the Illinois Centra! road on the evening of Aug. 1. They held up all the passengers -n two Pullman sleepers and secured booty estimated at $l,OvO, mostly in money One young man who resisted was hit over the head with a fire j ax, with which the car was supplied, and another who showed a disposi tion to object was tapped on the head vith a revolver. One man who had already retired to his berth was stirred to animation by a shot fired under him. Before making a complete clean up of the train the robbers became alarmed, and as the train reared Mat- ' tison they pulled the emergency brake rope and stopped the train. Then they jumped from the train and ; escaped in the darkness. Detectives in hot pursuit of sus pects in the Illinois Central holdup case caught fifteen men in their drag net. In the haul they took two des peradoes who. they believe, were lead- i ers of the daring bandit band that went through and robbed the train near Matteson, 111., Aug. 1. Eight men are held under lock and key while an army of special detec tives, railroad agents, city detectives, country marshals and policemen are keeping up the chase for other sus pects. Tne scrupulous care with which the authorities kept their prisoners from all communication with the outside world indicated that they have struck clues to the identity of the accom plices and are quietly but surely sur- ; rounding them. Out of live suspects taken in the police “dragnet.” and ten more arrests made at Harvey, Homewood and Chi cago Heights, the police and the de tectives of the Illinois Central road think they have the leader and an other of the highwaymen who “stood ap” the Illinois Central’s "Diamond Special.” Smith and McGuire were arrested by detectives in a house on Van Bu ren street, near Center avenue, Chi cago, after an exciting experience. They were taken to the Desplaines Street station and then to the Bureau of Identification at. the Harrison Street station, where they were identified as ex-convicts and seen by Flagman Birch of the Illinois Central. The flagman was not positive in his Identification, though he thought he knew one of them, McGuire, for the leader. “But I could not swear that he was the man,” he said. The de scription answered that of the un masked bandit: Medium height or a little more, light hair and a smooth face. Smith also tallied well with the de scription given of one of the bandits: Rather short, heavy set, and a smooth chin, as seen below his mask. “They might very well be two of the men in the holdup job,” said Chief Special Officer O’Keefe. “Conductor Combs and Chief Telegraph Officer Groce will be here Thursday, and maybe they will recognize them. We will get some of the passengers to take a look at them as soon as we can.” Detectives Egan and Norton of the Desplaines Street station made the ar rest. They were out on the case a'l day, and along about midnight got a report at Harvey that three men act ing suspiciously, showing a roll of bills and trying to sell jewelry, had been seen at Griffith, Ind., eleven miles away. They induced a switching crew on the Grand Trunk road to take them over on a “light” engine and made a fast run, the detectives riding on the pilot because not room enough in the cab. At Griffith they picked up a trail that led them back to Chicago and to Struck King With Boquet. One of the Smith family—Margaret, c London flower seller—made a pretty mess of it the other day in attempt ing to demonstrate her regard for King Edward VII. Margaret made up a pretty boquet. when the king went to lay the corner-stone of St. Bartholomew's hospital and made a frantic endeavor to throw it into his carriage. With true feminine aim, she managed to land it with good force from her stout arm square between ihe royal eyes. A policeman promptly ai rested the enthusiastic Margaret and haled her off to a police station, but Edward sent word to release her. Her Intentions were good, although her aim was untrue. City Employes Must Work. Mayor Timanus of Baltimore has read the riot act to city employes in the matter of keeping better office hours. Being a business man him self, he can see no reason why men on the city pay roll should not give a fair day’s work for good pay. There lore he has determined that all shall rigidly adhere to the hours which are •upposed to govern municipal service. the house at Van Buren street, and Center avenue, which they reached be fore daylight. Giving the descriptions they had got from a brakeman and a street car conductor they inquired at the door ar.d learned the men were in lied and nabbed them before they could show any resistance. Two blue-stoel revolvers that lay on a table where the men were sleep ing furnished one of the strongest bits of evidence against the men. and they were quickly gathered tip by the offi cers. When the men were searched no money was found on them, but the theory of the officers is that they se creted their booty and overdid the job by hiding It all. A search through the records showed that McGuire, under the name of Daniel Moran, had been before the police for several small crimes a year or so ago, and was sent to the Joliet penitentiary for larceny about a year ago and paroled out last June. The I>oliee also had information that he was arrested in Cincinnati a few weeks ago for larceny. Smith, alias Sawyer, was sent to the penitentiary from Chicago for burglary in 189? and was released on parole in 1899. He was arrested early this year on the charge of carrying burglar’s tools, but was not convinct ed. Both men deny any connection with the holdup, but as to whether any further statements were made in the "s*veat box” the police are silent. The Feinberg brothers were arrest e4 at their home, 217 Newberry ave nue. by a squad of detectives under Detective Sergeant Ryan. The police are not very strongly of the opinion that they were in the ’ Diamond Spe cial” holdup, but expect to connect them with a number of other rob beries that have been committed in the southern part of the city recently. All three of them are said to have police records, and the picture of Jo seph Feinberg was found in the "rogue’s gallery.” The ardor of the chase after the highwaymen has increased rather than abated, and every police officer in Chi cago was engaged upon it, specifically or generally. The famous "dragnet” was thrown around the entire town. There were dozens of arrests of sus picious characters besides those re ported, but those who could give a clear account of themselves were turned loose. The scene of the search for the high waymen shifted from the country and I suburbs near the scene of the holdup | to Chicago, so far as the city police ! and the majority of the railroad de tectives are concerned, but various country constables and small town officers are still regarding almost ev ery bush, ravine, sand hill and strip of woods with watchful eyes, and ev ery “Weary Walker” that tramps the tracks or the country roads stands an excellent chance of being chased down, questioned, and perhaps held in the nearest lockup for a day *or two, for the next fortnight or longer. Democratic Millionaire. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, the Phila delphia millionaire, is by far the most democratic of all the rich people at Atlantic City this year. Nearly every one calls him “Tony Biddle” and he seems to like it. One day an over zealous New York newspaper photog rapher took aim at Mr. Biddle with a camera. The millionaire yelled: “Cut that out, young fellow, or I'll hand you one that you won’t forget in a hurry.” As the millionaire is well known to be “very handy with the gloves” the photographer obeyed and hastily departed. Mr. Biddle insists that he can have a much better time in Atlantic City than in Newport oi in any of the European seaside le sorts. New Microbe Causing Trouble. Hundreds of New Yorkers are com plaining of peculiar physical dis tresses resulting from visits to Coney island. Even the physicians are dis cussing the subject, which has been Drought to their attention by suffer ing patients. Some of the symptoms related by a victim are a splitting headache, rising temperature and nan sea. If this had occurred to visitors in ne exhilarating days of theoldCone> .sland, the diagnosis and remedj might be easy, for fhe beer was then none too good and the temptations manifold. But since the reformation in that resort it must be that there is a new microbe at work. “Joe” Chamberlain’s Eyeglass. Joseph Chamberlain, England’s ex colonial secretary, was once an actoi and it was then—as an amateur in Birmingham—that he acquired the monocle habit. He played the pari of PufT in “The Critic” and found the single eyeglass so well suited tc his appearance that he has continued its use ever since. Of course it couldn’t be set down to a streak ol vanity in Joey’s nature. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS NEBRASKA IN BRIEF Fillmore county has a large peach crop. A new park is projected for West Point. The David City Chautauqua is prov ing a great success A case of smallpox was r‘ported at Virginia. Gage countty. Dodge county has organized an anti horse stealing association. Lincoln has commenced making preparations for Labor day. Seven persons were baptized in the Missouri river at Plattsmouth. The recent haiistor min Lincoln county did much damage to crops. O. P> David is getting the Nemaha county exhibit ready for the state fair. The Auburn Canning company will commence work about the 10th of this month. The wheat yield in Johnson county this year will average ten bushels to the acre. Three thousand people were on the grounds at the opening of the Fremont Chautauqua in Fremont. The Otoe Poultry company is en gaged in preparing a forty-acre tract upon which to raise chickens. Wayne people believe that they have one of 'the best towns in the state, both artistically and commer cially. Two hundred and ten acres of unim proved land live miles northeast of Kearney was sold recently for ten thousand five hundred dollars, or an even fitly dollars an acre. From 1,500 to 2,000 people partici pated in the annual meeting and pic nic of the Custer County Old Settlers’ association at Broken Bow. J. W. Dry den of Kearney was orator of the day. Alma is to have an alfalfa meal fac tory, with a capacity of twenty-five tons a day. This is expected to in crease the local demand for alfalfa to such an extent as to raise the value of alfalfa land in the vicinity. News was received to the effect that Charles inscott. a former employe of the Burlington shops in Plattsmouth. had one of his lower limbs blown off as a result of an explosion in the I'tiion Pacific shops at Omaha. The barn of H. \V. Shufeldt. a farm er residing two miles northeast of Friend, was burned. The building was well filled with hay and grain. The stock and tools therein were saved. Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state by the San Jose Mining ami Milling com pany of Albion and Los Angeles, Cal. The incorporators are Raymond A. Gardner and John P. McCullough of Albion. While plowing in a field. Ivan, son of A. U. .Marshall of this county, rolled out a rattlesnake nest containing thir ty-two eggs. He killed the old one. which had six rattles, and in the eggs he found little snakes about three inches long. Thomas Hattan, residing about six miles south of Edgar. fell dead while threshing wheat. He was in his usual health, ami had been feeding the ma chine, and stepped down to get a drink of water, and while in the act of taking a drink dropped dead. M. Pellen, a paeking house striker, and wife were struck by Union Pacific passenger train No. 11. the Colorado special, at a point about half a mile east of Avery, about three and a half miles south of South Omaha, and in stantly killed. Both were quite aged people. Sixty men. neighbors of Gerhard Tieken of York county, are searching cornfields, straw stacks and out-of-the way buildings hoping to find Tieken. whom the neighbors believe has lost his mind through the death of his wife and illness of his family. He has been missing for some time. The tenant house on H. E. Clark’s farm, three miles northwest of Stella, burned. The house was occupied by John Jenkins. The fire caught from the kitchen flue. The secretary of the state hanking hoard ha'k authorized the Security State bank of Plainviow, which is in corporated by M. D. Duteher, J. M. Dutcher. W. M. Duteher, J. D. Duteh er and R. E. Dutcher. The new bank has a capital stock of $25,000 and the paid-up capital is $15,000. Henry Rhodes, a resident of Hall county, south of Doniphan, attempted suicide by taking three teaspoonfuls of arsenic. He is 55 years of age and has a wife and two sons. He was for merly well to do, but recently had financial reverses, and took to drink ing heavily, which is believed to have caused the despondency. Out of 300 people who registered for claims on the Rosebud drawing eleven Seward county people were winners. The highest number was 2192. Dr. John Anderson of Seward and James Mahoney of Germantown drew Nos. 482 and 483. At $ 115 expense Hill lor the trip, Sowrard county spent $4,500 trying for land for 300 individuals. onerm .vioses or HRiierourciie, s. IX, left McCook with E. H. Yearsley and W. H. Moore, two young men wanted in Butte county, S. D., on the charge of stealing sixteen horses. They were arrested on the Yearsley farm in Fron tier county, north of McCook. A gasoline stove exploded in Bea trice at the home of Mrs. Jacob Shaw, and her escape from serious if not fa tal injury was somewhat remarkable, considering the fact that she is about 70 years of age. She was thrown across the room by the force of the explosion, but was not much injured. Bender is infested with a number of chicken thieves and garden snatchers. Night marauding has become frequent and a number of hen roosts have been depleted by “poker players" and “crap shooters.” Owing to the terrible results from the use of cocaine as exemplified by the tragedy in Nebraska City, authori ties have not been slow to act, and a notice was served on all druggists pro hibiting them from selling any co caine, morphine or opium except when so ordered by a regular licensed phy sician by a prescription in writing. THE STATE TAX LEVY In a Number of Counties Assessors Figures Are Raised. LINCOLN—Six mills levy *on a val uation of $29t.00o.000. This is the re sult of the deliberations of the state board of equalization, which has fin ished its deliberations. Twenty-two counties are raised, the increase amountin.tr to $3,000,000 above the es tmiates of the assessors. A 4% mill j .eenerai levy is made, one-half mill is devoted to schols and the 1 mill state unversity levy is maintained, j Counties increased 5 per cent were: I ' Boone, Boyd, Rurt. Gage. Howard, j Johnson. Knox, Nemaha, Pawnee, ' Pierce. Rock and Stanton. Counties j raised 1<> per cent: Box Butte, Chey- | eune. Dakota. Deuel. Kimball. Lincoln, Perkins, Richardson and Sherman. The levy will bring in approximate- j j ly $1,320,000 for general fund pur- i poses. Perhaps $100,000 will be rais ed in fees. This will largely pay run ning expenses of the state. In fact the debt may be increased. Last year I TVs mills was the levy. The amount raised was $1,523,316, while this year it will be about $1,585,000. Proceedings against Douglas coun | ty v ere stopped by Assessor Reed. , who denied statements credited to i him. Officials from Lincoln county | succeeded in getting off with a 10 , per cent raise. The board intended a 20 per cent increase. LOOKING FOR COAL VEIN. Fremont Man Strikes a Thin Layer While Boring Well. FREMONT—\V. .1. Harmon has a force of men at work on his place six miles southeast of the city boring for i coal. Evidence of bituminous depos its has been found in this vicinity at different times, and Mr. Harmon pro i poses to ascertain whether anything valuable will come from it. A thin i layer was encountered at a depth of 325 feet. This was passed through and the well was sunk deeper. Year before last deposits were found under the Remelle farm north of the city. Boring was done to a considerable depth and several small deposits were found, but the work was finally aban doned. Mr. Remelle still thinks some thing might be developed if the work i was pushed. Policeman Shoots a Thief. NORFOLK. — Lewis Aultman of Boston, who came from Bonesteel. aged 25. stole a grip off the train from Dan Dee of Denver. He r.as located by Officer Pilger and shot through the back in making a sensational escape. He was found in the second story of a hotel, and leaped through (he win dow to the ground and ran. From up stairs the policeman called upon him to halt repeatedly and fired alarm shots. Teh thief not stopping, he sent a fourth bullet, which brought the , man down, who had made for the , river. Aultman is being operated on and will probably die. Treasurer Wants Money. ' State Treasurer Mortensen intends to start proceedings soon to secure possession of a total or ten dividends that have been declared by Capt. J. E. Hill, receiver for the defunct Lincoln Savings bank, payable to “State Treas urer Joseph“S. Bartley.” In an inter view recently Captain Hill informed Treasurer Mortensen that he was holding the money because he did not j know whether to pay it to Bartley or to the state, as several attorneys had told him that the money should be paid to Bartley. This aroused the ire of Mr. Mortensen. and he at once told Captain Hill that the money should be paid to the state treasurer, and that he would fight, any attempt on his part to pay it over to Bartley. Found Farm After Thirty Years. NEBRASKA CITY—About thirty years ago John Shoff. who had built the Grand Pacific hotel of this* city and who was supposed to he a very wealthy man. died. When his estate was probated it was found that he had less than $;’.00 with which to pay Iti.OOO debts. The creditors were paid pro rata. Now after thirty years it is found that the deceased had a quar ter section of land in Cedar county w'hich was not listed and the probate j court has opened the estate. Robs Sutherland Postoffice. SUTHERLAND—The local post | office was robbed the other night. [ The office is kept in Burkland’s store and the thief got in through a rear window-. A small amount of cash was taken from the drawer, but no ; stamps. Twenty dollars was taken j from the till In the store, together with a pair of shoes and other small articles. The burglar left his old shoes. — At Plattsmouth Ray Elliott has been bound over to the district court on the charge of arson. Grafters^orking Farmers. FREMONT—Reports have reached Fremont of the operations of 'graft ers in the country east of the city. Agents for a separator, it is said, have been taking orders from farm ers for the use of machines three days on trial. After that the agent would not show up again, and a month or, so later another man appear with a note for the price of the machines. The farmers. It was found, instead of signing a paper to return the sep arator in three days, had signed a note. Special Train to Boston. LINCOLN—Arrangements are now about completed for the special train which Is to take the Nebraska Grand Army of the Republic veterans to Bost^.i for the national encampment, | which begins there August 15. De partment Commander Bross returned from Omaha, where he has been per 1 fectlng preparations. The through train from Lincoln to Boston will leave Lincoln over the Northwestern road at l o’clock Saturday afternoon, August 13. Any one will be allowed to go on this train. BATTLESHIP OHIO DOES WELL ON HER FIRST SPEED TRIAL The battle-ship Ohio was given her speed trial in Santa Barbara (Cal.) channel Aug. 1. The course was up the coast thirty-six miles to a stake boat opposite Point Conception. On this run the Ohio more than made the required speed, and as she swung around the stakeboat at full speed was half a minute ahead of the time required to make, eighteen knots. On the run down the coast the »lde and wind ware against her, however, and she lost a minute and a half ir, the thirty-six miles. Rear Admiral W hiting, who acted as the govern ment’s representative aboard the Ohio, and Capt. Forsythe, represent ing the builders, were sanguine that the Ohio would show the required speed. Capt. Forsythe said the Ohio will have another trial run, possibly within a week or ten days, over the same course. EVA BOOTH A GREAT ACTRESS. Salvation Army Leader Bountifully Equipped by Nature. The Canadian contingent at the Sal vation Army congress in London was under command of Miss Eva Booth, the “unconscious actress,'’ whose wonderfully dramatic manner was the astonishment of all who heard her speak at the gathering named. Her tones are sweet, full and vibrant with passion and her enunciation is flaw less. As she approaches the climax of an appeal for converts her face becomes almost ghastly pale. With hands uplifted she strides to and fro upon the platform, now bending al most to the floor, now sweeping the assembly with a compelling gesture like a young queen of tragedy. Her pose, walk, every movement, is grace ful. Mr. Choate, the United States ambassador, is credited with the re mark, after hearing her at the Royal Assert hall, where Lord Rosebery and otaers were present: “I have heard but one other woman cn our side of the water with equal oratorical gifts, and that was Anna Dickinson.” One dramatic critic says: “Even Coque lin could not improve her in point 01 facial expression.” OVER “TOM” REED’S GRAVE. Granite Monument Reared in Memory of Ex-Speaker. A granite monument has teen erected in Evergreen cemetery, Port land, Maine, over the grave of ex Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed. The monument is cut from white Hal lowell granite, and rests on a broad base stone of tne same material in the form of a parallelogram. The monument itself, which is about ten feet high, tapers slightly as it rises, and its rugged simplicity is relieved only on the side bearing the inscrip tion. There is carved in relief a laurel wreath, after a design of St. Gaudens, as seen upon the Shaw me morial in Boston. Beneath the wreath is this inscription: THOMAS BRACKETT REED 1889—1902. His Record Is with the Faith- : ful. the Brave and the True : of All Nations and All : Ages. •. • Works of Untaught Sculptor. Henry Merwin Shrady, who is to model the Grant memorial monument to be set up in Washington, is a son of Dr. Shrady of New York, who was Gen. Grant’s physician during his last illness. Young Shrady, singularly enough, never took a lesson in draw ing, painting or modeling. Still he has on his merits succeeded in sev eral competitions for the production of heroic statues, in addition to tt • one above noted being a Grant monu ment for Brooklyn and a statue i £ William the Silent for Riverside park, New York. Potentate Has Queer Whim. I Sidi Mohammed el Haj, bey cf Tunis, has Just returned to his north African domain after a visit to France, where he was much of a curi osity with his fez, gold braid, profu sion of jewels and gorgeous entour age. His dusky highness was greatly Interested in all things military, but found time also to visit a good many theaters. He took home with him a number of portraits of actresses, gravely informing his French friends that he intended to distribute these counterfeit presentments among his wives. All Had Humble Beginnings. It is interesting to recall how men now of prominence labored in their early days. Grover Cleveland when ?. lad worked in a country store, Sena tor Beveridge was a railroad laborer, Senator Fairbanks a carpenter. Judge Alton B. Parker taught school, Gov. Odell of New York delivered ice. Car dinal Gibbons was a clerk. Gov. Her rick of Ohio sawed wood and peddled dinner bells and organs. Bishop Mer 1 ill learned the shoemaking trade. Age Has Not Withered. Rev. William W. Howe, the vener able Baptist clergyman of Cambridge, Mass., celebrated his ninety-eighth birthday on Wednesday last. Mr. Howe, except for a severe cpld, is in good health and is remarkably bright. He still keeps up a keen interest in what is going on throughout the world and on many matters, of public interest has decided convictions. Great Author Died in Debt. The estate of Maurus Jokai, the Hungarian author, who recently died, shows liabilities to the amount of $20, 000, with assets practically nil. GIVE FEW RAILROAD PASSES. Vanderbilt Family Chary of Courtesies of This Descript on. A peculiar characteristic of the Vanderbilts is that individually they t-cluora, it ever, give railroad passes. 1 hese favors are managed more or >e3s b>' Chauncey AI. Depew and H. C. l inal. In fact, many stories are told ir.v guests of Frederick and William K. Vanderbilt, when there was no -pedal train, having their fares paid ior them by their hosts. The dis tances, except where special trains <>. car.', were provided, were compara i\el.v short; ror instance, up to Fred erick \ anderbilt's place on the Hud* ion. The Xewport and Long Island country places are on other roads and the \ auderbilts, except on some ext/a occasion, travel like ordinary mortals, t he first change in this system has keen made this summer by Alfred \ anderbilt, who has had a light caught yacht built, with a fast motor loat, for the accommodation of his guests from Wickford landing to his I country place outside Xewport. — OVERCOAT HIS ONLY GARMENT. Datrick O'Brien Hurried From Bath to Cast Vote in Parliament. Members of parliament are called upon most unexpectedly to attend a envision of the house. When the bell sounds the summonses there is in variably gathering in haste to present i snap votes being taken by the oppo sition. Patrick O Brien, an Irish mem ber. was once caught in an uncomfort | fcble predicament when a division was called. He was enjoying a piping hot bath off the dressing room in the par bament building when the clanging of the bell reached his ears. It was a desperate situation, but Mr. O'Brien was cot dismayed. He put on some kind of overcoat, walked boldly up to the division lobby and did not allow even his nearest friend to suspect that, except for the overcoat, he was dressed with the same absence of the superfluous as the first parents when they wandered happy and unclothed, and probably unbathed, in the mean dering paths of Eden. FIGURES THAT DIDN’T JIBE. Man From Village Thought He De tected a Palpable Exaggeration. Henry Clews, the banker, who has had an experience in Wall street ex tending over thirty years, was riding on a crowded Xew York elevated train a few weeks ago. He was accompa nied by a friend from up the state, and the latter, not accustomed to be ing jostled, remarked with a great deal of emphasis that it was terrible the way people were packed into the elevated cars. “This system,” said Mr. Clews, who has a penchant for statistics, “carried 246.587,022 passen- | gers from June 30, 1902, to June 30, 1903. “I know they do a big busi- 1 ness,” said the man from the quiet village, “but they couldn't carry that many people. You know this country only has a population of 80,000,000.” Democratic Ghost Appears. Esopiis chroniclers have another mystery to solve. It is said that the ghost of Garry Van Wagonen, a fa mous Democrat of that place, who said he would never have his hair cut if Abraham Lincoln was elected, has been seen at Union Center, near Judge ] Parker's residence. The ghost has ' made its appearance periodically ever since Garry died, first in 1876 (Tilden), next in 1884 (Cleveland) and again in 1892. Democrats look upon the wraith’s appearance as a good omen. There seems to be no question about its identity, as it is reported to have ’ Garry's peculiar loping gait.” Helping the Shipwrecked. Emile Robin, the aged vice-president j of the French Society for Saving the j Shipwrecked, has not only done a great deal for this association, but he olso assists similar societies in other countries* At the recent meeting ot the allied German society it was an nounced that M. Robin had again sent a handsome sum—$7,000—the interest on which was to be divided among old mariners and widows and orphans. Violinist’s Great Fortune. Herr Kubelik, the Bohemian violin ist, who lately received word that he was the proud father of twins, is said to have made over $500,000 in the last three years. With some of his great earnings from his violin he purchased Kolin castle, near his native place, in Bohemia. Assassin Took His Cue. It was perhaps a coincidence that on the very day of the lifting of the ban on the use of balloon torpedoes in warfare dynamite should have been employed by an assassin in St. Pe tersburg for the destruction of human life. ^©•©•©•ewcwowja The Masquerade. Masked dancers in the dan. r nt' life We move sedately . . . weaiih t set her. ! Afraid to show a sign of inward .-tr. We hold our sods in tether. W£.£?nc,'’ wjfProm; and mill p W-th (rank app> .ilinp <>\es, ui* hands clin«ins. We sins, and few win <t , tl, . slips A sob into our singlnt Each has n certain step i., , Our prisoned feet mo.. t lt' pa ces. And to and fro we „ , stern, Patiently, with mask'd Vet some there ar> who ] .s They sit apart most splenidd. Bit all the rest trip on .1 , 1 l titil the Dance is ende« —Olive C «tar. * Electrotyping Apparatus. <"apitai electrotype copb ,,f . impressions of seals and eo;n> b«- taken with the following u lions: Take an ordinary tumbler and p , St in a strong Mniu’ion of nipt.a; . copper. dissolve i cent ,rh 0{ ,, vitriol, powdered. m oa f a pint of boiling water, « a<• * p. . mi- cei I. iak.ng •otiie ttoi' * ,ap‘ . an : rolling it on a • , ««, ♦ r, fatteoigg will -• *. ir - r,r. a bottom to U .. Place tbi-"• • tJl ; pbate of cow** • ■- ■' u mixture (prparec -,«r ,, rj f»v. parts of water wad otse ,..*n « t ml of vitriol, n the ee*I. Rar - • : *u.■. of zinc amalgam*'cu : ..c .t first with weak oil of viirx with mercury, twist a piece f wire round this zinc plat* &-:a . ,? the wax impression to .»»• a; i wax must be coated with black 1 and polished with a toothbrush. After remaining in the ceil at* -r :2 hours a beautiful impression of the seal in copper will be obtained. Speed of Birds Express trains at their fast* : nr, tor cars defying the law, cannot con pare, in respect of speed, with the doings of some birds. It is imp ble to say how fast the frigate l * could fly if put on its mettle. It has been timed to do 100 mile' an hour in calm air, but its velocity seems to depend upon its own in clination rather than on any limit to its powers. Among wild fowl, the mallard covers from forty-five to fitly miles an hour, the pintail from fifty ; to sixty miles in an hour, the wi. • from sixtv-five to seventy-five mil*-', i the gadwal' from sixty to seventy miles, the pochard from eighty to ninety miles, the teal from eighty *.» 100 miles. The common swift car fly at the rate of ninety miles ; hour, clearly proving a good title | its name. Of game birds, the sp- * j of the pheasant is thirty-eight t> an hour, and that of the partr- - .- • thirty-two miles. Malay Superstitions. You can scarcely ever get yon money from a Malay on Friday. cause they believe that if they -.;i their creditors on a Friday they will be overtaken by penury. Malays never shave or cut their nails or Sat urday or Tuesday, because these ar* unlucky days, and if they do part w • their hair or nails on the*-e days th •> believe that they will be alwavs :r trouble or will die quickly. Th< Ma lay never sleeps in the aft- :; such an action shortens life’ Wh a rat bites a Malay’s clothes it > fies ill lock, and usually the rat in clctlies are given away to the po- . Liquid Molecules. Take a thin glass flask part'.a'l filled with a liquid, such as wat • spirits of wine, etc., and focus th** rays from an arc lamp at a -hort d - tance above the surface of the liqu After gentle beating a large num! of small spherical bodies are floating about in the space above the liquid. Mr. Hovenden, the scien* -• claims that these small spherical i >’ ies are molecules of the liquid. - Albinos. The human species offers frequent examples of individuals attack* ’ ! albinism. It is found oftenest am. : ’ men of the black race. White albinm have skin of a peculiar palen-> blonde hair, white or colorless 1 a ! pink iris and red pupils. The n* gr albino has skin of variable aspet. .r some cases it is white as milk, in uth er it is like wax, or rather resembles the hue of a corpse. Why the Hair Turns White. This is the explanation of the hair turning white: The all-devou: - g cells known as phagocytes are th ■ cause of the mischief. These e which frequently have ameba like ; - cesses, are developed in the centra modullary part of the hair. wl> •.< * they make their way into the cure or cortical layer, where they ab and thus destroy the pigment gru: ules. Valued Relic of Washington. S. H. Powell of Fulton. Me . i owner of a diminutive gold coin wh> was presented to his grandfath r soldier in the Revolutionary war. h> George Washington, while the lart r with his army, was making his c*>;. brated crossing of the Delaware r • at Trenton. N. J., in the early morrir.g of Dec. 26, 1776. The coin was mili** i by Spain in 1720. Has Lincoln’s Old Wagon. Abraham Lincoln’s old wagon is in the possession of a citizen of Lawtoa Okla. Bocm for Maryland Veteran. The comrades of the G. A R in Maryland are considering the presen tation of the name of Past Commander John R. King, now United States j>. : don agent at Washington, for Junior dee commander-in-chief. Comrade King was a long service soldier in he Sixth Maryland, one of the fight' ng regiments. He was repeatedly and severely wounded. He has been an ictive and hard worker in the Grand krmy, and has helped to keep th-* ;amp fires burning brightly in hls ?tate.