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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1901)
Custer County Republican I P. M. AM8M5MKV , Killtnriinil I' Bow , NlCIIKASJU There are warnings llmt : lie .tounji teen who are considering matrimony fad better get engaged. Diamonds arc tolng up. The refusal of Queen Wllhelinlim to pay the debts of her Duke Is a warning lo bankrupt noblemen to marry only 'American heiresses. If , eventually , an agreement IK made jvhcrcby the Isthmian Canal may ' ) u | > ullt without trouble , It's another argu ment In favor of peace work. Strange things continually happen. A woman In a New York court , being nsked her age. promptly answered , "thirty-six , " when everybody in court agreed that she didn't look over thirty. It Is said that the Czar of Uussla Is R good whistler , and takes espofal dc light In whistling American ritttlme airs. This may In n great mcaMiio explain - plain why so many attempts arc- being made upon his life. A man beard his suspender buckle creak whnn he breathed , and argued that he had eovcrc heart disease. He foil awny rapidly but made a ( lulck re covery when he got at the facts one flay. Nothing docs a man up like a ( rood vigorous. Illusion , ; " _ _ _ * That the trolley road Is to become KU industrial factor of extreme Import ance no one observing present condi tions can deny. The New England ttud middle Western States are fast being covered with networks of elec tric railways , running , /or the most "jpart , along the highways. As soon as thcsn lines are equipped with freight 'terminal stations the much-vexed problem of good roads will be solved , 00 far as the matter of drawing heavy * oads Is concerned , y and law combine to pay a pre- hilUIn for desertion of wife and chll- flren. Brutes capable of this Infamy lire governed by a profound selfishness. { They voluntarily Incur the responsibil ity attached to marriage. They could jiot Induce any worthy woman to wed without an Implied or express assur ance of support. When morally or physically weakened , generally by drunkenness or other vice , such types of Inhumanity cast off their voluntarily Assumed obligations without remorse. Wife and children aie left to suiter to Hie uttermost of endurance or to be come recipients of charity us the sole means of living. Thcic Is no other form of brutality normal human nature de tents more than desertion of wife and child. There Is no other which It Is so iqncamlMi about dice king or punishing. The whipping post will not be tolerated Bgaln In an American community. It hould not bo tolerated. It Is less than the desert of the wife abandoner. But Its stripes would fall without effect npon such backs. The rational , the hu mane course to bo taken with a wife deserter Is to compel him to resume his relinquished duty. lie should be re quired by the State to go to work If In health and a portion of his earnings hould be reserved for his family. Whether this work shall b Indoors or out of doors Is a question for each com munity to decide according to Its local conditions. Street-cleaning would lie an excellent expedient to check wife bu < > < ! or wife desertion. Each new report of the superintend ent of the life-saving service contains o many thrilling stories of heroism and humanity that It Is easy to over look the purely material benefits the annual Diving In dollars and cents which the service accomplishes. Dur ing the last year the number of ( lisas- tors to vessels coming within the ncope of the service was six hundred mid iilnety-turee , Involving property to the value of nine ami three-quarter million dollars. Of this great sum only two and one-half millions were lost. Beven and a quarter millions were naved. It Is , of course , not asserted that all of this salvage was due to the work of the service. Not every vessel which met with disaster would have been a total loss even without assist- mice ; but the saving would have fallen for short of the actual figures. More over , there Is another great'work to be eel down to the credit of the service. iJy which enormous sums are saved every year , although the figures cannot be determined and no reckoning Is made In the reports. It Is the ounce of prevention furnished by the red liKh of the patrolmen and the warning gnus which show a vessel her danger lief on ! t Is too late. By these timely warn IngK many n captain Is enabled to work bis way out to safety. Ills vessel does not tlgure as one of those which met with disaster , yet It Is the vigilance of the coast-guards to which alone must be credited the saving of ship and cargo. Such cases are numerous. The total annual cost of the service Is only a trltle more than n million ind a half of dollars , Judged merely .cm the ground of outgo and Income. It Is therefore - fore more than justified , and no one who has ever read one of the annual reports could Judge It on that ground alone. in the hist ten years the center of population In the United States moved westward only fourteen miles , and conthwnrd about three miles. In the previous ten years there was a west ward movement of forty-eight miles ; In the decade ending with 1880 , fifty- tight miles ; 1870 , forty-two miles ; 1SGO , eighty-one miles ; 1850 , fifty-live miles ; IS-IO. fifty-live miles ; 1&10 , thirty-nine miles ; 18UO. fifty miles ; 1810 , thirty-six miles ; and 1800 , forty-one miles. In 100 years the center of population has moved westward -KM miles. In tins same 100 years there has been little variation from the line of latitude on which the center of population has inou'il westward. In 180 ! ! , after the development of Alabama , Arkansas , Mississippi and Louisiana , and after the annexation of Florida , the center of population deflected southward of the thirty-ninth parallel of north lati tude , but In the years after that the center of population drifted northward again and Is now farther north than It IVUH before 18(50. ( Excluding Alaska , .lawall , I'orlo Hico , and the Philip pines , the center of the area of the United States is In Northern Kansas , or three-fourths of a degree north of and thirteen degrees west of the cen ter of population , which is now In Southern Indiana about six miles east of Columbus. The greatest change In : lie center of population was In th- loeade ending In 1800 ; the slightest rlmnge. the decade ending with HKM ) . AH there arc no more new Slates to be thrown open to settlement In the West and as many of the Eastern States are showing n steady Increase In inhabit ants , II is believed that there will bo as little change In the center of popula tion In the next decade as there was in the last Trusts cannot wither nor combina tion ! * stale the tender grace of that memory which has carried Senator Do- pew back to one moonlight night in June when his boat rocked Idly on the deep current of the Hudson while ho and his sweetheart looked lulo each other's eyes and all clyslnm Rwam be fore them in the meeting of their lips. The song awakened In his heart Is sing- hit ; there- still , inid this Is the story It tells ; Wli } , worhh couldn't buy the memory of tny llr l kiss , there on the river at rceksklll , in I lie moonlight ! 1 remember it yet with an oM'iiIsltc thrill. I can feel the brush of her curls iipiinst my chuek , fed the thrill of her touch , see her blush r.nl her roguish eyes before me now. Pity , pity the poor creature who 1ms never enjoyed an experience like tlmt ! When 1 was n boy in my teens I wns a great oarsman , mid I W H often on the Hudson hi my bont. This night my lit tle. Lrlsht-eyed sweetheart was w.tii mo. The moon was shining. IlaMj you ever scon the bis round moon shining on the HiuUon nt 1'eoknklll on a .luuo nlulit ? If you have you know \vluit it N for a liov to ho out alone with liis sweetheart hi tlmt moonlight. I remcmbe. how 1 pulled out Into the silvery stream , her mischievous eyes upon me. A king on his throne wns nisvur happier , and hu never had half the rixht to be. Well , we talked. After n while we. let the bout drift , I rather think. Maybe her eyes drew me nearer to her. Maybe her loose curls touched tny check. Maybe we were snyliiK tender nothings. Maybe I touched her hand. Then IT happened. It is the touch tlmt does it the electric thrill. A youiiK fellow could no more help it than be could stop a storm , and the irl couldn't , either. And this Is what is happening nil over the world to-day , by river's brink and mountain side , where waters run and prairie zephyrs blow. The same touch , the same song , the same rushing to gether of the lips. And life Is diviner and better tlmt it Is so , and Unit no mat ter what befalls no memory Is greener than that which carries the man of throe score and ten back to the rocking boat , the discreetly smiling moon and the touch whose after glow never fades completely from the heart of true man hood. Verily , trusts cannot wither nor combinations stale the Infinite and In comprehensible touch of the vanished hand tlmt one time or another has led every real man captive. 4 ! 'reSontlnuiil ! | A few months before this Ingenious artist was se'1/.ed with the malady with which be died he conceived the Idea of his extraordinary work entitled "Tall- Ple-co. " The Idea Is said to have been Inspired at his own table. "My next ! undertaking , " said lie , "shall be the end of all things. " "If tlmt Is so , " said one of bis friends , "your buslnobs will be finished , for this will bo an end of the painter. " "And Ihorefore. , " answered the artist , sighing heavily , "the sooner my work Is done , the hotter. " Ac'cordlngly he began the next day and continued his design with a dili gence that se-eined to Indicate an ap prehension that ho would not live to complete it. His Idea was original , oven grotesque. He grouped together everything lie could , denoting the end i ' of all tilings ; a broken bottle , a broom worn to the stump , a bow nnstiiing , towers lu ruins , the waning moon , Phcu-bus and his horses ( lead In the clouds , a wrecked vessel. Time with bis hour-glass and scythe broken , a j pipe In his mouth with the last whiff of smoke going out. an empty purse iiiul many other signs of elostruct'on. ' "So far. MI good , " orled Hogarth , "noth ing remains but this , " and taking his pencil In a sort of prophetic * fury , be dashed off a painter's broken pallette. About a yoarnflor finishing his weird , remarkable "Tall-Piece" ho died. Odd NiunoH n > r Kcllhlo * . lu London a Hhoop's head stowed with onions is called a "Field lane duck. ' Potatoes are "Irish apricots" and "Minister plums. " A herring Is called lu different localities of England a "Dlgby chicken , " n "Norfolk capon , " a "Dunbar wether , " or a "CJourock ham. " In Franco It Is customary to call a herring a "poulet de careme" ( Lenten fowl ) . In our own country. In Now England , codfish Is frequently known as "Cape Cod turkey. " You know how other people bore you. Look yourself over ; inuybo you bav the habit. FRIGHTENED RY A SNAKE. Indlu- , e\vriipcr ! KelntcH n Ilnr- i- -lilt' fii 'c of Woe. Ill the luf copy to hand of nn In dian COM . .uriiry Is an Interesting example < > L Malm loquacity. It takes the familiar form of a "Letter to the Editor , " and runs an follows : "Honored Sir I should like tp bring o notice of public , through widely cattcrcd columns of your valuable otirnal , a peradventure that overtook ny personality while taking nocturnal H-rainbtilatlons on West Moat road , In 'i-cler ' to caution fcllow-clll/ons against Imultaneous dangers. While wending my way along above said thoroughfare on the evening cjf the 21M lust. , and iiirsulng n course as crow files toward uy humble abode , 1 was suddenly and nstnntaneously confronted with mon- Urotm hlHsliig and much confounded ow In Immediate vicinity. 1 first re- nalncd sotto voce , and then on apply- ng close scrutiny of my double optics 0 spot whence proceeded above said llsturbanco , I was much horrified and empornneotisly paralyzed to lo and be- mid a might enormous reptile of cobra lo capollo making frontal attack. "My pedal appendages being only clothed In wooden sandals , I thereupon Immediately took to nether limbs and beat hasty retreat ( as stated in war telegrams ) , or , In other words , made rapid retrograde movement by loco motion of lower shanks though per sonally much courageous. I would like to Indignantly question , What are our newly elected city fathers cogitating that they should not take commensur ate stops to relegate such carnivorous animals to limbo of oblivion and Insure safety of pedestrians uud footpads ? Plonso answer mo this Inscrutable ( juestlon , famous sir. Praying for your wolf II r and Increase of filial bonds , 1 am , most obedient sir , your ever obedient servant , "BUBU QIIOWDUIU BIIOSE. < X. B. If * this epistle is consigned to wastepaper basket and no notice taken of my above humble complaint , I shall mcmorlate In other papers. " RECENT INVENTIONS. A linticly mucilage or blacking bottle has been designed , having a removable cap , which keeps the liquid from dryIng - Ing up when not lu use , a sponge bolus ; Inserted lu the nozzle with nn outlet through which the gum Is fed to the Bugs are supported for filling by i handy new holder , composed of n base carrying an upright post , with a curvei band Ut the top , adapted to pvlp the luvmth of the bag and hold It open , the band being adjustable on the post for bags of different length. To prevent accidents on circular saws an Englishman has designed 'i guard to bo mounted on the saw table. which automatically drops over the saw when not In use , the passage * of a log on the carriage raising the guard high enough to clear the log. Bicycles are easily supported by n new attachment , which is bro-igbt Into use without the necessity of turnini ; screws or pulling down a rod , tweeds being fastened to the front fork in such n position that when the wheel Is reversed they will rest on the ground on either side of the tire. l-'isb are automatically hooked as soon as they take the bait on a newly patented hook , the slightest pull on the Hue releasing a trigger , which dis charges a sharp phi at the point < > ( the hook and Impales the fish's Jaw , a spring being mounted In the shank to drive the pin and hold it fast. Mnv O'lloll In Now York Society. Wlillo Max O'Kell was lecturing In tbls country a certain well-known so ciety lady offered him a handsome fee for a private lecture- , which , contrary to bis usual custom , he accepted. Then : he ' looked at the lady's letter again , and noticed the following postscript : "I presume you will not expect to be entertained afterward. " He promptly canceled the engagement and sent the following ' polite reply to the lady : "Dear Madam : As a literary man of some reputation , I have many times had the pleasure of bolnjr entertained by old French and English aristocra- Icies , and. If It will Interest you. I may add tlmt 1 have had the honor of being entertained by royalties ; but my ambi tion has never been so wild as to ImagIne Ino llmt I should one day be entertain ed by the aristocracy of New York ! " lllaukinore'N Accidental SWC'OSH. "Lorna Doono. " the masterpiece of narrative and romance * , was offered by Its author to eighteen publishers before It was printed , doubtfully , by an un known firm. Then it did not sell , until the marriage of the Marquis of Lome and tin * . Princess Louise took place , whereat some one. loyal and Imrobrain- eel. thought that the now novel must In some way treat of the happy couple * . Kvory one rushed to the booksellers ami in this way the grand story was discovered. iovo Iie'ttei-s. An Kuu'llsb woman has just bad her maid servant arrested for stealing the love letters tlmt she. her mistress , wrote to her husband during their en- pacemeitl. The maid. It was brought out at the trial , considered them su perior to any model letter writer to be found , and was going to use them as models In writing to her own sweet heart.- Tlio Teacher Now , what little boy can tell mo what a pyramid IsV Sammy Slimmer Why , dal's de shape pool balls Is set up In fur do break. Philadelphia Press. "Believe only half you hear , " says the proverb ; but when a woman tells you her ago the chances arc you will hear only half what you believe. WHERE YOUR HATS ARE MADE. New York Produce * Most of Tliouc Worn In Thin Coiintrj. The business of manufacturing en's and boys' bats Is one of the most irlvlng Industries lu the United tutes , " said a leading wholesale but ealer In New York to a Washington Star reporter recently. "Some Idea of IB enormity of the trade may be form- 1 when It Is known that there are at ircscnt In this country over 1200 niniiu- icturlng plants producing hats and tps tor men and boys. The hat fac- orlcs give employment to 125,000 per- ons who turn out a finished product allied at $ li5,000,0K ) annually. Of the Ignntlc business New Tork has the on'a share , there being about $0,000- DOO Invested In the manufacture of hats ml caps , and fully 12,500 bands cm- loyed. The value of the trade lu New ork was last year between $0,500,000 ud SIO.OOO.OOO. "New York leads In the manufacture ) f fine silk bats , while most of tlio crby hats are made in Dnnbury , South 'orwalk , Bethel and other Conuectl- tit towns. The cheap soft hats are mnufucturcd at Orange , N. J. , while he wool hat Is the product of factories t Peckshlll and Newburg In New York tale. There are 100 salable shapes i the soft hat line , while the silk and erby hat styles arc , as n usual thing , mited to half n dozen different grades , 'lie most popular find largely sold hat hroughout the United States is the erby. This hat Is worn commonly in Northern , Eastern and Western cities , n the South the prevailing head cover- ng is the soft hat ; perhaps to the ex- cut of SO per cent. "There Is practically very little Im portation of men's and boys' hats. Of course , there arc a few Anglophobia people who must wear bats because hey are made In London , but thaj i quantity Imported for their benefit la very small. We not only supply out ionic market , but we have some left over for export. Many thousands of American bats are now solel In Canada nnd also In Mexico and the neighboring countries , nnd there are mimliers soiu In South America , largely In the Ar gentine Republic. Considerable num bers arc sold In South Africa , exclud ing the soft hats benight by American and other herders and miners. The number exported to Europe Is not great , but It Is enough to count. It has doubled within a year , and Is still In creasing , " Miss Myrtle Heed has been accused cloven times In one week or ueing me author of "An Englishwoman's Love Letters. " and many people have wrlt- en her about It. It Is safe to say she lid not write the book. G. W. Dlllliigham publishes another ilstorloal romance by Mrs. John Ells worth , called "Tho Toletoc Savior. ' Mrs. Graham Is a native of Wyoming Valley , Pa. , and a relative of the late Alice and Phoebe Cary. Paul Laurence Dunbar , the colored author , is keeping steadily at work to win recognition as a novelist. Dodd , Mend fc Co. will soon publish his third novel , "The Fanatics. " He has out grown the ambition to be known solely ns the teller of stories of his race. Flora Annie Steel's new novel , "ihe Hosts of the Lord , " Is published by the Macmllbin Co. , uniform with this au thor's other works , which Include "Voices of the Night , " "On the Face of Forgiveness. " "In the Permanent Way. " "Ued Rowans. " "In the Tide way" and "Tales of the Punjab. " One would think that on the subject "Napoleon" so much had been written by eminent writers , that there was nothing more to be said. Yet Miss Ida Parboll's "Napoleon" has reached n sale j of 1 < ' < 1 , < K10 copies. Jt lias oven boon revised and reissued by McPlure , Phil lips & Co. , quite recently , under the title of "Napoleon and Josephine. " Literary records are always interest- Ing. Of English works the largest cir culation of any work In copyright has lioou reached by "Enquire Within. " of which a million and a quarter copies have been sold. The largest circulation of any Kugllsh novel in copyright Is that of "Fast Lynne , " of which the public have- bought nearly half a mil lion. The earliest published work still In copyright Is Tennyson's "Poems , " which date's from IS. " . The largest amount ever given for serial rights Is 7,000 for George. Eliot's "Uomola.1 I'lie huwst chock ever Riven to an ICn- srllsh airhor Is UO.e ' < ; 0. n ceived by Lord Maeaulay for his "History. " The most expensive single volume lately Issued is Morris * "Chaucer. " published at UO. I'lie thickest single volume In pr'nt Is the "Catalogue of Current Literature , whleh measure's'lOLj indies across the sack. The highest price given for a Srst edition Is 515 guineas for an uncut : opy of the "KIlmarnooK Burns. " Divorced Womun Club. A club of divorced women has been formed In the Austrian capital , the ob- lect being to provide the comforts of Qome for all women who have been jompellcHl to divorce their husbands. Brakemen are unusually smart about some things , but you can got them to ( iay10 for a0 watch by having an engine engraved on It. In the game of matrimony , It cobts deal to call. THE ENGLISH POPE. Monument to He ISrcetecl to Aelrlnn lVf ( Nfcholni JlrcnkBpcnrc ) . At last tlio only Englishman who ev er sat on the papal throne seems to bo about to receive honor from bis own country. The project Is now on foot to erect a monument In St. Peter's to Nicholas Brcakspeare , Adrian IV. , which will be worthy of him and En gland. The only other Englishmen who have a monument lu the Vatican Basilica are the two last Stewart pre- teuderH , who were commeuioratcd In by the great Gauovn , but the genii who guard the tomb offended the by- pur-seiisltlvu modesty of Leo XII. , w ho bad them draped. Tlio situ for the uew monument baa not been mentioned , as the scheme la us yet only a scheme , started through the enterprise of Mr. Grlsclle of Ox ford , who hopes to raise sulllcleut funds among English Catholics , espe cially those who tire now on pilgrimage In Rome and those resident In the Eter nal City. The design of the monument Is already In existence , having been made centuries ago , and has waited all this time for some one to execute It. The pontiff and ecclesiastical au thorities look with great bcncvoleuco on this subject , which really seems likely to be carried out Nicholas Brcakspeare was a most In teresting man. lie was born of poor parents In 1100 , at Laugley , near St. Albaus , and although he wished to en ter an English monastery , the request was refused. lie then wont abroad mid rose from honor to honor until , at the age of fj-1 , ho was elected to the chair of St. Peter , fl. was he who con fcrrcd the sovereignty of Ireland upon England , and It was he who procured the execution of the celebrated Arnold of Brescia. To bis account must bo laid the beginning of the long and bitter fund of the papacy with the House of llobeiistaufeu.IIe had a personal strug gle with Frederick Barbarossa who refused to hold his stirrup for him to mount his horse which resulted In a complete victory for the English Pope. In 1159 , the quarrel having gathered volume , he was about to excommuni cate Frederick , when he died , and Frederick thus escaped what , at that time , was almost a matter of life and death. And tbls man , to whom emperors bowed , has bad to wait 800 years for his monument I Rome Cor. London Pall Mall Gazette. COULDN'T LOAN HER MONEY. But Jnmes J. Hill I'roVeil il True Friend to the \Vlilf.vr , James n. Hill , the SL raill railway magnate , does uot pose Its a philan thropist , yet he iloos many charitable deeds without ostentation. The wid ow of an early friend applied to Mr. Hill for a small loan. She said she was going to open a boardinghouse. "Sor ry , Mrs. X , but can't let you have it But you'd better get your boardinghouse - house started. " "Why , Mr. Hill , how can IV I have no money. " "Don't need money. " "Why , surely , I must pay for the furniture. " "No you mustn't ; get a good house , get a bill for six mouths' rent , furnish the house , and send the * bills to me. I'll pay 'em- sorry can't let you have the money. Good-morning , Mrs. X. " Mr. Hill was one day walking down Third street , once a flourishing thor oughfare , but now deserted by the ; general public * . lie stepped into a lit tle tobacco shop kept by a German who had known him in the village clays of 18UO. "Hollo , Joe , " ' exclaimed the railroad president , "how's businessV" "Bat , ferry bat. I have der chop , but verc Is der bceplesV" Mr. Hill glanced over the shop. There was no assist ant , tobacconist whose discharge could be recommended. But Mr. Hill asked for a blank check , and the following week ( bo old tobacconist was besieged by "beoplos" In a modern , well-stock- eel shop in the- principal retail thorough fare. Some months ago -Mr. Hill visited the otllco of a railroad In the stock o which lies had Just obtained an Influen tial interest. Glancing through the doorway of one large ofllco-room , he asked , curtly , "How many men here ? " "About eighty-live , " was the answer. "Can't you get along with less ? " "No , we never could. " "Well , I'll get a man who can. " Paid In Ills Own Coin. The Atlanta .Journal relates an amus ing encounter whlc.li Maurice Barry- more once had with a stranger. "Will you oblige me with a lightV" said Bar- rymore to a belated stroller. "Certain ly , " said the stranger , holding over his cigar. But when Barry more handed back the perfecto the owner Hung It away. Out cttino Barrymore's cigar case. "Take one of mine , " he said , with a tone to the Invitation which made an order of It. The stranger hesitated and took the cigar. "Let me otVer you a light , " aded Bar ry more , giving his lighted weed to the other. Upon regaining bis cigar , Barrymore , of course , flung It away. " 1 should like to continue this Indef initely , but I have only a few cigars , " he said , and walked off. Barrymore would devote * as much thought to a trifle like this ns he would require to write a brilliant essay or memorize a part. And Slio Went. "I thought , Mrs. Slmrpe , I'd stop and ask how you were. I must go again Immediately. " "You are very kind and thoughtful. Mrs. Borum. " Philadelphia Times. What has become of the old-fashioned man who used to say to the boys : "The next time I meet a nickel rolling up bll ) I will give It to you. " THE PRINTS OF FINGERS. N'ot Alwuyn Kellnlile an a Mcani oil' 'A identification , r- The constancy of human finger prim * las chiefly been discussed In connec tion with the Identification of crlmln- tls. Assuming that the evidence of fliv lor prints is to be admlss.ble lu crlm- nal proceedings , It will be not only nco ssary to prove that In the case of th auie man the linger prints remain un- Utered , but that no two persons have .dentlcal . finger prints. Where Is the ivldcnce of thlsV There arc probably 1,000,000,000 men ind women 011 the earth. Can we sup pose tlmt no two of these have Ideutl- jal linger prints ? Nor , Indeed , Is thlo ill. We may be comparing the flnger prints of a living man with those of one who 1ms been dead for years past , ind the doctrine of heredity might lead us to expect to find similar finger prlnta In the co.se of parents and children , and af different children of the same parents. It Is , at all events , certain that If this finger print system were once Introduced Into our courts of Jus tice there would bo any amount of wrangling as to whether they were Identical or only similar experts con tradicting each other and Involving the whole subject In confusion. Moreover , professional criminals would probably soon find some mode of ilterlng their linger prints. No doubfl If the person who committed a crime t murder , for example has left the lin- jrlnt of his finger on anything It may H'ove an Important clew ; but the same : hlng may be sold of the imprint of his Soots or shoes. But a , clue Is one thhiR tud a proof Is another thing. j Let me point out another difficulty. In a country where there are a largo lumber of criminals whose fingerprints V ire collected the number of these will teen be very large. How long would Ik lake to examine this collection In orde- : o find out whether any of them corro- ipondcd accurately w-lth the finger prints of the man who Is now nccustdT riie task would , I think , be a hopelesr. > ne. i That finger prints may be important Ji the detection of crime whenever th : rlmlnal has left the print of his fln- ? ers behind him , I do not dispute , but- without much stronger evidence thaa ve now possess that no two persona- lave undlstlngulshablo flnger prints , men evidence ought never to be per- nltted to outweigh what appeared to ) e a tolerably satisfactory alibi. - Knowledge. -n CnrncRio in Bare Fee- Andrew Carnegie had n curious 'lence at Alx les Bains. He walked lour miles down n rugged mountain' ' llde in his bare feet. Mr. Carnegie- iad started early with three compun- ons nn English woman and two French women who were stopping af the same hotel , to explore the Savoy illls. A mule , carrying a basket ot uncli , accompanied the party. When It was time to return one ot he women found her shoes too tight ler feet had been blistered frightfully ind she declared she was unable tt go home. The spot was deserted and- light was approaching. "Do you think you could for oncct- tvalk four miles In your bare feet ? " isked the girl of the millionaire. Mr. Carnegie was puzzled , but th& pretty maid llnally Induced him to giv tier his shoes , which , though tremen dously large , enabled her to proceed- jlowly. Mr. Carnegie at first accepted the or * Jeal In a spirit of fnn , but the stones and thorns often made him cry ont Half way down he was compelled to liscard his socks , which had become too tattered and lllled with pebbles an * land. When the sedate Mr. Carnegie , who was somewhat ahead of the othcj three , was seen to enter the lobby of the fashionable hotel In bare and bleetV Ing feet carrying a pair of dainty lndy't > ooots swung on his alpenstock over hi * shoulder there was great excitement Knirfix Spring H'orrti Tin. From Berkeley Springs , W. V * . . comes word that the mineral sprint set aside for public use n hundred years ago by Lord Fairfax has boon blown up and do- strayed by tLo people who were enraged because l < had been leased to outsiders for it term of years , 1.0111) K UHFAX Lord Fairfax , whose public bequest has thus beeo nullified , was the original owner ol more than fi.OOO.OOO acres of Vlrginlt land. Ho early made the acquaint * anco of George Washington , then c youth of 10 , and employed him to survey vey and lay out his estates. In thlt way began a personal friendship whlcb survived all political differences , and lasted until the death of Fairfax. Bry au Fairfax , who succeeded to the tltle\ was oven a Creator and more Intimate friend of the father of his country , In 178 ! ) ho became an Episcopal clergy man , and for many years had cliargv of the parish of Alexandria , Vn , HU jlulm to the peerage was acknowl edged by the House of Lords In 180ft out he never asserted It. Conclusive. "Did you refer to tlmt physician ut i good , old-fashioned doctor ? " "I did. " "But he Is a very young man. " "I don't care about that fact UK \ old-fashioned Just the same. " "How can you tellV" "I sustained an Injury In the leg and ae didn't hesitate to say he could say * aiy life without performing a surgical jperatlon. " Washington Star. * " A bride who lives with bis felka tuun't much of a BUOW.