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Ol'FICIAI. TAI'KIt OF TIIK COUWTY
POET-TREE.
Oak, Caroline' Ilryow I pine;
0 willow, will you not bo mine?
Thy htit'l "yc-3, thy tulip roil,
Thy whvh, nil lurch, huvo turned my head;
All linden shadows by thy gate,
1 e press mi my heart and wait:
Then gum ' beech cherished, Curullnu;
We'll H lor elms or bliss divine.
(). spruce j oung man I I cedar plan
Catalpa s m mcy. It you can;
You sumach nh, but not my heart;
You re cvorgieen. o nw depart;
You'd like to piiplur that I see
Ilhch ou walnut propose to mo
Mere a pa' you'll sec hemlock thogato:
Ho maple lltely say "'tis late'."
Locust that lover, while he How
Tor elm's bttore that parent's shoo;
Ho littlo thought a dogwood blto
And make him balsam much that night,
Hawthurnoy path ho traveled o'or,
And'he wa sick and nycamore.
Till MYSTERIOUS COACHMAN.
My children, I will relate to you a
story, which wus rehtled to mo as I um
about to tell it to you, und it happened
just :is it wus told mo. It is not an in
vention designed to show you how a
fault is often sullioiont to loso si man's
life; it is an lU'tual fact, in tin recital
of which we will not give the real
names, because they would expose the
.secrets ot a family holding an illustrious
rank in one of the principal States of
Germain.
Marshal C (ho was tlion only a
General) found himself in need of a
coachman. He made his wants known
to a woman of Saint Dominguo who
kept a furnished hotel, and rented at
the same time livery carriages. At
first, this woman doclared thntfshe was
unable to procure one for whom she
could answer; almost all of those who
took care of her coaches were hired by
the day, and did not live with her. ,
There was only one, who was a .sort of
overseer of the others, who would suit
the General, and it was on account of
his good qualities that tho woman de
sired to retain him herself. The Gen
eral insisted so much the more on hav
ing him. At last, the mistress of tho
furnished hotel yielded him up to the
employ of the General.
When this man entered the service of
the General, nothing extraordinary was
noticed in him. except in extreme po
liteness, an attentive care never to en
gage in the recreations of the other
servants, and a rare promptness in the
accomplishment of his duties which ren
dered h in precious to his master. My
an exception very rare, this preference
of the master for his coachman did not
excite the envy of tho other servants.
There was such a continued sadness
about this man that no one could think
that it was through pride that ho kept
aloof from his comrades. At tho gen
eral dinner hour lie seated himself si
lently at the table, ate soborly, and re
tired to his stable immediately alter the
meal. Jn tho chateau of the General,
at tho time when tho service of the
horses gave Midler a groat deal of leis
ure, lie was not accustomed to go to tho
cabaret, nor to play as did the others;
he seated himself under sonio tree in
the park and spent all his time in read
ing. At tho time these singularities,
which were remembered later, caused
but little surprise; tlioy contented them
selves by saying that Mullor was a bear
and permitted him to follow his taste
without concerning tlieinsolves further
about him.
Almost two years passed in this way;
Mullor followed the General wherever
the duties of war called him. This was
in the neighborhood of 1807.
Mullor had accompanied tho General
to Kagusa in Dahnatia, of which tho
Emperor had made him Governor, and
it was in this village that tho littlo ad
venture happened which I am about to
relate:
One day, when tho Governor-General
had invited to his table a largo party of
tho ollieers of his stall" and tho principal
ollieers of a corps of the Austrian army form, a Colonel's epaulettes, a comniis
wldeli was stationed in the vieinitv, it ion for that rank and diplomas lor
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happened that ho was obliged to press
into the sen ice of the table all the
servants of his household, and Muller
found that he was included in this
requisition; at the hour of dinner ho
was in tho dining hall, a napkin over
his arm. The great number of guests
present no doubt prevented Mullor
lrom noticing any one in particular, be
cause tho dinner was over "before any
trouble occurred, but at the commence- i
ment of the second service, as he was '
in tho act of placing a dish on the table,
one of tho foreign general ollieers ,
turned himself a littlo, to givo more
room to Mullor, and uttered a cry of i
surprise as he reeogniod him. Muller
in his turn, looked at tho general olli
cor, turned pale as he did, was light
ened as he was. In his surprise, he
dropped the dish which ho hold in his
hand, and leu tnc dining hall m a con
fusion which struck all tho guests with
astonishment.
All this happened so quickly that no
ono could explain whotlior it was tho
surprise which caused tho accident or
the accident which had caused tho sur
prise, and tho dinnor continued with
out Midler's reappearing. But the
General had too well remarked that tho
Austrian ollicor and the coachman rec
ognized each other; ho also noticed
that their astonishment could not bo
that of a master who simply recognized
again an old servant, or that of a serv
ant who found again an old master. A
singular emotion, a profound terror was
shown in tho faces of these two men,
when thoy found themselves face to
face, and the preoccupation of tho
-Austrian uonerai during tno romainnor
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ot tho dinner did not oscapo tho atten
lion of tho General. If war had existed
at that time between Franco and Aus-
trlrt, the Genera) might havo thought
that this Mullor, whoso manners an
nounced that ho was moro than a coach
man, was a spv, whom tho bono of a
gi eat reward had induced to play this
role. But as tilings wore, there was no
probability in this supposition, and it
was moro reasonable to suppose that
the coachman, who concealed himself
with so much care, had formerly sorved
the general otlicerwhom ho had roeog
nizod, and in whoso house ho had boon
guilty of sonio action tho revelation of
which alarmed him. Although tho
General had every reason to bo content
with the sorvico of Mullor. ho wished to
know if this was not a case of one of
those old, hypocritical servants who
wait ontiro years to obtain tho confi
dence of their masters in order at last
to bo able to abuse it in a manner more
profitable to themselves.
Tho dinner ended, the General
sought ov'erywhoro for the Austrian
otlicor that ho might question him, out
the ollicor had disappeared from tho
salon, as tho coachman had from tho
dining-hall, and neither of them put in
an appearance during tho whole even
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ing.
When ni ir lit, (iiiip. the General. I
whom this double disappoaranco had '
p" I...W.- m -- .
anuoved. inquired of tho other servants ,
what had become oi Aimier; ho learned i
that immediately after his accident at
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tho table ho How to tho stablo in ex
treme agitation. Tho General also
learned that after the dinner the Aus
trian ollicor had inquired for Mullor,
and that, after hearing whore he was,
lio had hurried to join him. and that for
a long time they had been closotod
together; that one of tho other servants
liad heard between them a spirited con-
crsation. and that at
last thoy had
both lett tho hotel, continuing their ,
conversation.
The next day the Gen- i
oral sent down for an explanation of
this mvsterv. Then ho learned that
Mullor had reappeared at the stable and
was taking care
of
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ordinary impassibility, ino uonorui, i
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whoso curiosity was greatly oxeueu,
wont immediately to the stable, think- '
ing to surprise Mullor and quolion him
unexpectedly; but as soon as tho latter ,
perceived him he respectfully ap- '
proaohod his master and presented
iiiin a letter almost exactly in those '
terms: I
" On my honor, I answer for tho fidelity and I
good conduct ol the coachman, Muller, and I i
will be ery much o lined to the fount ('
if ho will not seek to know tint Hocrot of tho
existence of this man. Tin. Cm nt V."
'And if I wished to know it?" said
the General to his coachman.
"1 would be forced to quityour serv
ice, "' said he. "I would do it with
great regrot, because I esteem myself
happy to live with you; but I would do
it immediately."
The good conduct of this man, and
the recommendation of the Austrian
ollicor, decided tho General not to push
his inquiries any further. Muller re
mained in his" stable, and in a few
months this event was completely for
gotten. Probably it had been entirely
effaced lrom tho General's memory,
when a terrible accident again called it
to his mind.
One morning when Mullor was load
ing his horses to tho watering place ho
was upset bv one of them, and carried
to tho hotel with his skull fractured,
and in such a condition as to leave no
hope of his recovery. In fact, he died
the same day, without having recovered
consciousness.
The next day, when thoy were pro
ceeding with the burial, tho General
charged one of his aides-de-camp to ex
amine Midler's chamber and to take
note of everything ho found there.
Muller was a ' carotid and economical
man, and probably had accumulated
some savings; ho possessed, besides, a
gold snuff-box and a lino gold watch of
great value, and tho General desired all
these objects to bo collected that they
might bo delivered to his family in case
I thoy discovered who ho was. The aide-de-camp
proceeded to Muhor's chamber
to execute tho orders of the General,
but his surprise wns groat when, on
1 opening tho coachman's trunk, tho first
1 thing he found was an Austrian uni-
other orders. Tho regalia for these
orders, many of thorn ornamented with
diamonds, were inclosed in this trunk
with tho unitonn. Tho aide-de-camp,
who was not aware of the adventure of
the dinner table, suspected at once that
these objects wore the product of nu
merous potty thefts on tho part of Mid
ler; but when ho gavo an account of
what ho had discovered to tho General,
the latter recalled the cent we have
recorded above, and wished to see for
himself tho objects found in the cham
ber of tho coachman. Ho hoped to find
there some papers which would explain
this mystery; but he found no other in
formation than what was contained in
tho commission spoken of, and which
wore all issued in tho name of tho
Count do V . Outside of those there
' wns no correspondence or previous act
of tho coachman which botrayed what
there was in common between tho
coachman, Mullor, and tho Count do
V., Colonel in the sorvico of Austria.
Ho was again loft to his conjectures,
and many weeks passed without tho
General learning anything new con
corning this strange man, when ono
day ho saw tho Austrian ollicor who
had recognized Mullor in such an ex
traordinary manner enter his apart
ment. Ho had not appeared at Hagusa
.since the event of tho dinner table, al
though ho lived in the vicinity.
A chance conversation had apprised
him of tho death of the General's
coachman, and ho presented himself to
reclaim the papers which had boon
found in Mullor' s htimbor. The name
of this ollicor and the consideration ho
11! . .
enioyod wore suuiciuiii io remove any
doubt as to his right to this horitago
tho moment ho claimed it; nevertheless.
tho General believed it his dutv to do-
mand somo explanation of him, and
tho oflicor replied immediately:
'1 will inform you tho moro willingly
on what you wish to know, sinco you
have rolled on asimploattostation from
mo in keeping this unhappy Mullor in
your sorvico notwithstanding tho mys
tory which surrounded him. This uni
form, these epaulettes, thoso decora
tions belonged to him justly; ho bravely
earned tliom as a soldier. A fault
caused him to loso them, but ho has so
nobly expiated it that 1 think 1 can bet
ter render hoinago to his memory by
rovcaling it to you, than by leaving
you perplexed by doubts which you will
not bo able to explain.
" Mullor is none other then the Count
do V , niv older brother. There is
nothing extraordinary in his history ex
cept what you know. At an early ago
ho had gained tho grade and tho dis
tinctions, tho titles of which you have
just discovered, and Ids military fortune
had boon so rapid that lie raised hopns
in my father's mind that ho would rlso
to tho highest ollices of honor in tho
State. A sintrlo event, as so often han-
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.wi.io .liiot intfiil nil lllfwil lintinu
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ho had distinguished himself, was forced
to retire to the waters of Carlsbad In I
order to recover, lie toniitl thoro a i
largo number of his fellow countrymen '
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possessed oi liniiiuiisu lonuues. .u
Know to wnat a mint uiu passion ui
nlav is carried in
arriod in llioso resorts, whero
a person comes of toner to expose his
wealth than to recover his health. My
brother, forgetting loo easily that ho
possessed nothing but ids rank as a
Colonel, engaged In these gaming par
ties, whero tho porsons wiili whom ho
pla od had much more money than ho,
and cortainlv much less honesty. In a
short time he found himself ruined and
encumbered with that species of debt
which peoplo are accustomed to call
"debts of honor" and which, for all
that, havo little that is honorable about
them. If niv brother had not boon so
young, ho would not havo felt as ur
gentlyas he did tho necessity of paying
these debts in a few days, and perhaps,
to repair a fault, would not havo boon
driven to commit a crime. In his de
spair, Ids reason lost, imagining that
ho could no longer appear in public
without having paid tho amounts he
hail lo3t, he had recourse to a very dis
honorable means of satisfying ids cred
itors; he forged tho name rif my father,
who, at that time had great credit in
Germany; ho discounted tho draft, and
very soon freed himself from his em
barrassment. I hit ho had scarcely
committed this crime, when lie foresaw
all the consequences of it; ho lost his
lioad, and, profiting by a certificate of
convalescence which ho had obtained,
ho left Germany.
'My father was far from suspecting
all that had happened; and when tho
drafts, which had been drawn on him,
and which ho was supposed to havo ac
cepted, were presented to him, he did
not recognize his signature and pro
ceeded to prosecute as swindlers thoso
who had presented thoin to him. In
passing from hand to hand it was not
long before tho person from whom tho
dratts had issued was found, and you
can judge of mv father's despair when
ho learned that it was his son who had
committed this crime, and thai he, his
father, had publicly dishonored him,
by the rigorous inquiries which he had
instigated. In spite of His anger, mv
father sacrificed his ontiro lortuno to
tho pa.ment of these forged drafts.
, and when he learned of the circum
stances which had .surrounded my un
i happy brother, ho folt disposed to
1 pardon him. But all our otlbrts to
discover his whereabouts were in vain.
.Notices inserted in the lournals an
pounced that it was by mistake that
tho old Count V. had failed to recognize
his signatures, Hint the charge of fraud
which was made was entirely duo to a
misunderstanding, and that all tho
sums drawn on him had boon paid;
this indirect way of announcing to my
brother that his honor was shielded
from all suspicion, and that ho could
reappear, was without success, and wo
formed the coin iction, all but certainty,
that, in his despair, he had put an end to
his existence.
"You will remember my astonish
ment when I recognized the servant at
your table; lie w.is no more able to con
trol his surprise than I, and after tho
dinner was ovei 1 hastened lolind bun.
I was resolved to make him return to
our family. The idea that ho had
killed himself to scape dishonor had a
longtime simo appeased the indigna
tion of my father, and, without doubt
tho information I would havo brought
him ot tho punishment my brother had
indicted upon himself, would have ren
dered his pardon still moro easy, but
my brother was deaf to my pnnors, ho
remained innno able in his resolution,
and answered me that he would never
resume a name which he had showed
liinisolf nnwortln "I boaring. All that
I attempted by way ot argument was
frustrated bv lus resolution, and ho
made mo promise not only to tell you
nothing of his sn ret, but to continue to
conooal lus existence lrom ourunimppy
father, and not to awaken new dospair
from a sorrow winch no doubt had boon
calmed by time. I jiolded to my broth
er's wishes, and the recital I am mak
ing to you this day has no other object
than to prevent tho inquiries you would
huvo folt it your duty to institute, and
which no doubt would havo caused ex
planations that would havo reached my
father's ears and troubled the repose of
his declining ears."
This, my children, is tho story as it
was related to me. Without doubt it
has not tho interest which tho men who
ordinarily write for your instruction
1 know how to put into their narratives,
but if it lacks this merit, it has that of
being true, and it is for that reason
that it should servo as a great lesson to
you.
It would havo boon easy for us to
have introduced strange incidents, and
perhaps wo might have introduced tho
despair of tho father when ho discov
ered his son's fault, especially at tho
time when ho discovered that it'was his
own proper investigations that wore
tending to establish" tho dlsgraco of his
sou. If we havo not done this, it is be
cause wo havo wished that this story
should go to you as it came to us; be
cause wo boltovo that truth carries with
it a power of instruction to which no
invention has tho right to protend.
You see, my children, that one may
follow the destructive passion for play,
until he commits tho most strimoful of
crimes a crime which dishonors a
whole family. Translated from the
French of Frederic Soulie for the Cleve
land Leader, by Newton C. Vhiswcll.
I'iriili's and (Jypsjinp Parties.
For tho picnic proper, only cold pro
visions and such as can bo easily trans
ported are made ready. Roast and
broiled chickens should be cut into neat
joints, ham sliced, and the suporllous
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mt iriiiimuu away irom huh as lruiu
fresh meats. If
you have a sandwich
box largo enou
gh to hold our moats,
divide each kind irom tho rest ny clean,
odorless white paper. Tho next best
uiing 10 a uu iuuai-ua.su is u imiiruvisu
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substituto by lining neatly with
white paper as many small, Hat paste
board boxes as are" needed. There is
generally a goodly supply of such in
every house in this day of meltings,
cull's, collars and bon-bons. Pack one
Willi ham, another with chioken, a
third with cheese, and so on, tjing
them up securely. If tho boxes are
greased thoy can bo thrown away when
empty. The third best way of carrying
moats is to do up each kind in writing
paper, thou in a small napkin pinned
securely about tho parcel. For sand
wiches, chopped or ground ham is
preferable to sliced, and tongue bettor
than either. Butter biscuits at homo,
slice broad thin, and fold over upon
tho butter. Wrap the pile in a napkin
not'so tightly as to crush it, apd give it,
when you can, a basket to itself. This
is even more expedient with cake,
and a necessity with fruit. In one re
ceptacle put up such condiments as aro
needed.
If cohl toa and coffee aro provided
and thoy are always welcome-pour
them into bottles, carefully corked. At
tho cost of whatever inconvenience,
liavo ice to cool thoso, water and lem
onade. A lump o"f ico, wrapped in dry
tluunol and this inclosed in stout paper
bound firmly in place with twine, the
wholo sot in a covered basket, will keep
for hours without molting into serious
waste. Strong, cheap tumblers are best
for picnic use. For plates vou may, if
you like, buy the light wooden or .Jap
anese paper ones sold for this purpose.
Tho weight of crockery is a serious ob
jection to carrying it on a walking
party. If you go by carriage or boat,
pack one hamper with plates, tumblers,
knives, forks, spoons and other needed
utensils. Into this can also go table
cloth and napkins. If you use paper
doyleys, yet see that three or four tow
els" are put up also. Afew haud-towols
and a cake of soap should not be for
gotten, since lingers usually supersede
lorks on such occasions. A littlo prac
tice will enable you to stow away all
tho articles I havo named in a surpris
ingly small space. Olives and pickles
are acceptable at all cold collations.
Sardines aro convenient and popular,
also potted moats, such as deviled game
and boned chicken.
The gypsying-party is a variation of
tho picnic, and. in my opinion, is an
improvement upon tho original plan.
' It is, however, hardly feasible when tho
excursion is pedestrian, unless mo
camping-ground is selected so noar t
a farm-house that a largo iron-pot or a
tea-kettle can be borrowed. Of course,
either or both of these aro easily car
ried in a wagon. The kettle can bo
hung upon a horizontal polo lashed at
each end to a tree, or supported upon
forked boughs. A more picturesque
stylo is tho coinentional three polos
thrust into the ground and inclining
toward ono another until thoy meet,
and are bound together at top. Tho
kettle is swung from the point of inter
section oyer a clear fire ol dry sticks,
which has been kept up some time bo
for the water is trusted above it. Green
wood and a newly-kindled flame make
artistically graceful smoke as the back
ground ol the encampment, but creo
sote has not yot been decreed, even by
high art, to bo "(jiiito tho thing, jou
know," in toa. Should tho big pot bo
suspended instead of the kettle, pota
toes and green corn may bo boiled.
Or, tho impromptu crane may bo omit
ted, and a rude oven bo built of stones
and the fire made therein. Tho pot
may bo set on this over the accumu
lated bod of embers, and potatoes in
their jackets and corn in the inner husk
bo roasted in tho hot ashes. For fish
ing-parties a frying-pan is indispensa-
I Mo. Marian Uurland, in Examimr and
Charles Elliott, one of tho wealth
iest farmers in tho town of Knox, Mo,,
who recently died, loft a will providing
that if tho legatees (his daughters and
grandchildren) or their children "shall
use tobacco in any form, cither to smoke
or chow, or drink any ardent snirits or
alcoholic liquors in any way unless pro
scribed by a plisieiun under an oath
that it is necessary (and that not to last
but thirtv days), after this my will is
approved by the court, for euchclcnso
ot using tobacco or alcoholic drinks, as
aforesaid, thoy shall bo cut off from
their dower in my property for six
months for the first ollense, and one
year for each subsequent ollense, and
.'or ono year ot total abstincneo of its
uso his or their dower to bo rostored as
boforo provided."
PERSONAL AND MTKUAIIY.
Mr. Edwin Arnold, tho author of
"The Light of Asia," lavory ill in Scot
land. Tho circulation of fiction from tho
Boston Public Library is only forty-threo
per cent, of tho wholo.
Dundroary often inado throo thou
sand dollars a wook. But as Dundreary
was fearfully extravagant, ho loft only
eighty thousand dollars.
Alexander II. Stophons, notwith
standing tho fooblo condition of his
body, is activoly engaged on anothor
work on tho war, and Keeps omployod
several clerks and stenographers, who
decline to bo interviewed as to its pro
clso character.
Captain Isaac Bassott, tho veteran
doorkeeper of tho United States Sonato,
who will complete his half contury of
sorvico In tho Sonato Chambor In De
cember next, Is busily engaged in pro
paring his forthcoming vouuno entitled
"Sketches and Hommlsconcos of tho
United States Sonato 18!U 1881."
Mr. J. C. Harris ("Undo llomus")
lias written a story of Southern life,
which will bo ready for tho printer in
tho fall. It will probably be pub
lished in the Century as a short serial,
and appear in book form later In tho
year. Mr. Harris has written two or
three other short stories which will ap
poar in Hie same volume.
Tho mother of Oscar Vlhlo has
boon, in hor day, a distinguished
beauty and an important inlluoiico, tho
former as Jane Francosca Elgoo,
daughter of an Anglican olorgyman in
Dublin; the latter as "Sporau.a," tho
loading pool of tho "Young Ireland"
day, 18 18 and thereabout. Abrothorot
hers was .Judge Elgoo, of Louisiana, a
local Confederate loader and mombor
of tho Confederate Sonato. Sho mar
ried Dr. Wlldo. of Dublin, in 1851.
JIU9IOKOUS.
Nature koops the ocoan tide, and '
that is why It does not run away like a
river. N. O. Picayune.
A homely young girl has tho conso
lation of knowing that when she is sixty
sho' 11 bo a pratty old girl. Boston
Post.
Tho conlidenlial olork now takos
his vacation to givo his employer a
chnce to look over his books. Newark
Call.
"Parting is such swoot sorrow,"
remarked a bald old bacholor to a
pretty girl as ho told hor good night.
"I should smile," sho ropliou, glancing
upon his hairlossnoss and wondering
how ho over did It. Steubenville Her
ald. - A Rhode Island man called a
neighbor a " lantorn-jnwod cockroach."
A suit for slander resulted, and tho jury
returned as follows: "Not guilty on
lantern-jawed, but way oil' on cockroach,
and wo lind damages m the sum of throo
cents. -Detroit Free J'rcss.
-l'ond friends tried vainly to cheer hor,
To Htop up the team that fast fell;
And hImi ohiHpcd her daughter M 111 nearer,
Ami in agony uttered iarowolll
Thegiooin with Ills bride Inn depart od,
To Journey far oil In Hi range lands,
And tlio mother cries out, broken-hearted;
"Well! I'm glad that ghl'H oir or niy
hands."
)fn MoIiim Mull.
"I'm not very proud of your prog
ress in school," remarked a Now Haven
mother to her sou who was struggling
along in grade hvo. "There's Charley
Smart is way ahead of you, and ho isn't
as old." "I know it. Teacher said
he'd learned all there was to learn in
my room, and that left me without any
thing to loam." Guess the boy will
koop. New Haven Itcyistcr.
Shoplifters.
Said a city retail dealer: " I could
dispense with a number of my clerks
wore it not for tho necessity of guarding;
against the thieves which infest all
largo stores. Shoplifting is a erinio
that is becoming enormous in its pro
portions, and at present wo aro power
less to combat it. All our clorks aro so
disposed behind my counters that thoy
can watch each other's customers, and
this they are instructed to do at all
times. Wo detect a woman in tho act
of pocketing goods, call in an ollicor
and have hor arrested. What is the re
Hult;, At tho examination her friends
and relatives come forward and testify
that sho is insane, or subject to fits of
insanity, and she is discharged to go
and proy upon somo oilier merchant.'
Once in a while ono of them is hold for
trial, but a specious lawyer works upon
tho sympathies of the jury and ho or
she is acquitted. Country as woll as
city people plunder us. Quito rocontly
a well-known lady residing in aristo
cratic stylo came in with somo country
relatives. Wo detected ono of thoso
putting goods into hor baskot, but, sho
speciously explained that in tho coun.
try whero sho livod it was tho custom
when looking at goods to put those
which sho wished to purchase into hor
baskot, and, when her shopping was
completed, to hand the baskot to a
clork, who figured up tho value of tho
purchases, took his pay for thorn, and
sho carried them away in tho baskot.
Of course sho got very rod and con
fused while tolling this abominable lio,
but I ' figured up' tho amount of hor
purchases,' sho paid forthomand took
them away in hor baskot. With somo
professional shoplifters tho covered
market-basket is a favorite receptacle
for carrying off plunder; but somo ush
a capacious pocket or bag fastened
about tho waist and hanging beneath
their skirts. To got tho plunder into
this tho oponing in the dross that would
lio taken tor a pockot is merely a slit,
hidden by folds of an ample skirt, and
similar openings are in tho underskirts.
A dexterous tluof in a morning's shop
ping will mako a few trifling puwhasi
auufpockot a bushel of ;oou3."
