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i A 0 R T 1
OF THE MURDER OFTHE MEEKS
FAMILY.
It Took the Jury but a Short Time to
Como to a Conclusion-Intense Excitement -
ment in the Court-Arguments of the
Attorneys for Dofeneo and Prosecutlon
Very Strong-Much Feeling Dleplayod
by the Taylors.
Jury Says They Are Guilty.
CAIIROLLTON , Mo. , Aug. 3.-At 2:20
o'clock this afternoon the Taylor jury
J returned a verdict of guilty of murder
in the first degree , amid the most intense -
tense excitement.
CARROLLTON , Mo. , Aug. 3.-When
court opened this morning the roomn
was crowded to the doors with the
neighbors and friends of Colonel J II.
Hale , who was booked to make the
first "ddress. The Taylor children
had been left at home , but lined up
before the jury were the two defendants -
ants , their wives and mothers and old
f man Taylor.
Colonel Hale began by calling attention -
tention to the address of Mr. Minnis ,
which he characterized as brilliant ,
but calculated to inflame the worst
passions of men. While he was speaking -
ing , little Nellie Meeks entered the
court room with her foster mother ,
Mrs. Pierce. When she saw Grandma
Meeks she climbed into her lap and
then went over to Ben Pierce and sat
on his knee , facing the jury.
The colonel called attention to his
declining years and said that he would
not ask for an acquittal if he did not
believe his clients deserved it. He endeavored -
deavored to show that the Taylors
after the murder showed no evidences
whatever of having handled bloody
- bodies. He said that Nellie Meeks
should have been put on the witness
stand , for no one now known could
tell as much as she about it. When
Nellie was rescued from her living
grave in the straw stack and went to
the Carter house , the Carters understood -
stood her , and why should not the
jury understand hel ? It is clear that
she would tell something that would
not help the case against the Taylors.
He took the evidence relating to the
blood on the wagon and picked it to
pieces , showing that the blood was
simply supposition and that it might
just as wel1 have been red paint , and
probably was.
Colonel Hale , referring to the testimony -
mony relating to the harrowing about
the straw stack , said that the corn was
in good condition for the harrow and
tried to convince the jury that it was a
perfectly natural thing for George
Taylor to do as a farmer , and that the
harrow had been driven to the stack
and then to the house.
The speaker drew certain suppositious -
tious cases of circumstantial evidence
which authorized conviction , none of
them at all resembling the Taylor
case , in order to make clear to the jury
just what circumstantial evidence was.
He pleaded for mercy for the Taylors
on behalf of their wives , their children
and their homes , while Bill Taylor
and his wife and mother wept. ' 0h ,
Gad , an awful thing it is to see the human -
man soul take flight ! " he said. "What
will be the fate of these young wives
-
if you take the lives of- their husbands -
bands ? The finger of scorn will be
pointed at their children. "
In referring to little Nellie flecks ,
the speaker said : "She was the daugli-
ter of a convict and her associations
were of the-worst. Tien her father
was taken away from her and she was
thrown into the hands of Ben Pierce ,
who will take good care of her , and
she will grow up into a good woman.
She will not suffer the finger of scorn
because her father was murdered ,
rather will she have the sympathy of
all mankind. She does not need vengeance -
geance nor does she need your sym-
pathy. "
Colonel Hale closed with an earnest
plea for the lives of his clients.
MR. BRESNEIIEN S SUMMING UP.
It was 10 o'clock when T. M. Bres-
nehen , the leading attorney for the
state , arose to close the case. He said
that he had been taunted for receiving
a fee for prosecuting the Taylors. He
thought it as honorable , to say the
least , as accepting fees for defeating
justice. "I told you , gentlemen , before -
fore this case opened , " he went on ,
"that if the evidence I should present
did not convict the Taylors I should
not come before you at this time and
ask for their just punishment. I am
here and ask for their .convition at
your hands. I will show you the motives -
tives that prompted this crime and the
threats against the poor victim of it.
I will show you beyond a reasonable
' doubt , by a chain of circumstantial
evidence in which there is not a link
missing , that the Taylor brothers murdered -
dered Gus Meeks and his family on
Jenkins hill on the night of May 10 or
the morning of May 11. It was a
butchery. It were flattery to call ; it
simple murder and its details are very
horrible. I will show you that these
men , William and George Taylor , are
the butchers of the Meeks family , and
I demand tlreir'punisliinent. "
Mr. Bresnehen next made a terrible
arraignment of the Taylors. As he
talked Bill sat white and nervous ,
George's face was fiery , and Mrs. Bill
Taylor's lips trembled and she had
difficulty to keep from weeping. He
showed the absolute certainty of the
testimony as going to show the guilt
of the Taylors The told of the omnipotent -
nipotent hand of God raising little
Nellie as a living a witness. His argu-
ment affected the jury strongly. He
said : "The defense cannot bribe those
harrow tracks , those wagon tracks , or
the blood on the wagon. They are
witnesses that cannot be bribed or bulldozed -
dozed or intimidated. The doubt of
the guilt of these men is the dream of
a dream. They are guilty , do your
duty , jurymen. "
MrBresnehan's address grew
tron rer as he proceeded and iust before -
fore he closed he rose to a height such
as is seldom seen in a country court
house. When he closed the people
burst into a roar as they realized that
the case was all closed but the verdict.
LTIIE BANDS OF TBE JURY.
Sharp at noon the jury was locked
. in the court room to deliberate.
F After the case had gone to the jury
Colonel Hale stated that he had looked
,
s
for acquittal , but tnought the jury
would be out for one or two days.
Judge Brinkley , for the defense , said
he did not expsct acquittal , but rather
a disagreement.
T. M. Bresnehan , prosecuting attorney -
torney of Linn county , said : "If that
jury is an honest one , as I truly believe -
lieve they are , they will convict Will-
lam and George Taylor of the murder
of the , Meeks family , and that speed-
ily. [
As the Taylors passed down the
court house steps after the trial a reporter -
porter walked with them and asked
Bill : "Well , what do you think of it
now ? "
"I have had no reason to change my
mind , " was the reply. "If we get
justice we will be acquitted. "
George , who walked behind , was
sullen and refused to say anything. "
NO DOUBT ABOUT APPLES
The Crop Will Bo the Largest in Years
and of tlio Very Finest Quality.
CIIICAGO , , Aug. 3.-At the annual
meetingof the National Apple Ship-
pers' association , with delegates present -
ent representing all apple growing
states from Maine to Colorado , it was
announced that the July report of the
department of agriculture indicating a
short apple crop is entirely incorrect
and misleading. Local information in
their possession shows that in New
England the crop h one of reasonable
proportions , and in New York , while
light in .ome districts , the aggregate
exceeds last year , both in quantity and
quality. West of the Allegheny mountains -
tains the crop is declared the largest
grown in any recent year and much
larger and of better quality than that
of last year , the only section being in
limited districts of Ohio and Michigan
and in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Those in attendance at the meeting
unite in declaring.the outlook tobe for
the largest aggregate crop of best
quality in recent years.
will Visit President Clevelana
WASIIINOTON , Aug. 3.-Mrs. Hatch
will visit Gray Gables to interview the
president in behalf of her son , Clyde
Mattox , who is to be executed at Wich
ita October 11. She is encouraged to
believe that she will secure an audience -
ence with the president , by letters she
has received here from personal
friends of Mr. Cleveland's , and it is believed -
lieved that the president will hear
what she may have to say , in behalf of
her son.
Taylor's Bondsmen Much Worried.
Sioux CITY , Iowa , Aug. 3.-lleports
from South Dakota are that the sureties -
ties of W. W. Taylor , the defaulting
ex-state treasurer , are considerably
worried by their principal's delay in
turning his property over to theta to
secure them against loss on his bond.
They are threatened with executions
on the judgments against them.
Japan Inclined to Resist.
WAsnINGTON , Aug. 3.-The diplo
matic corps is watching with interest
the settlement of the question of the
evacuation of Port Arthur by the Japanese -
anese under the demand of Russia ,
France and Germany that the entire
Liao Tung peninsula be evacuated
without reference to China's fulfillment -
ment of her part of the Shimonoseki
treaty obligations. It is believed that
Japan will not accede without a vig-
rous protest.
Coney Nomhated for Governor.
CoLtr ums , Ohio , Aug.The whole
forenoon to-day in the Populist state
convention was spent in tearing to
pieces the platform reported last night
by the committee on resolutions.
Jacob S. Coley of Massillon was nominated -
inated for governor
Sirs. Frey Stricken With Paralysis.
SEDALIA , Mo. , Aug. 3.-A telegram
was received in this city summoning a
physician to attend Mrs. J. J. Frey of
Topeka , ran. , who had been stricken
with paralysis at Colorado Springs.
Her husband is general manager of
the Santa Fe and is absent in Europe.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Coinage last mouth amounted to
G3,2:3,000 of which nearly 55,030,000
was gold.
Diplomats in Washington are very
much interested in the Port Arthur
entanglements.
Secretary Morton has been informed
that Germany has established a new
form of live stock quarantine.
Permission to see the North Atlantic
squadron's maneuvers has been denied
to officers of foreign governments.
Nissouri will sue Iowa to bring
about a legal settlement of the boundary -
ary dispute.
Kansas City primaries chose silver
delegates to the Jackson County con-
vention.
Thousands of dollars damage has
been clone by the Dhssouri river at
Sioux City , Iowa.
Comptroller of the Currency Eckels
says that free silversentiruent is dying
out in Illinois.
Ben Howell , who is charged with
aiding Cherokee Bill to escape from
jail , has been arrested.
Reports from the flooded districts in
the West show that great damage was
done to property.
President Thompson of the National
Lead company says lie never saw such
crops in the West.
Judge Taylor of Terre Haute , Ind. ,
decided that the Nicholson temperance -
ance law is inoperative.
Sheriff Tamsen and ex-keepers of
the Ludlow street jail , New York ,
were indicted for allowing three prisoners -
oners to escape.
A London sport offers to back Peter
Jackson against Corbett.
Fitzsimmons will do his final trafn-
ing at Corpus Christi and Corbett at.
San Antonio.
In the United States circuit court
Judge Caldwell ' decided that judgments -
ments against the 'Frisco took priority
over all mortgages , and that the receivers -
ceivers must pay them in full ,
General Campos has issued , a proclamation -
mation absolutely prohibiting the publication -
lication of news about the war in '
Cuba if it is not of official origin.
The anti-oleomargarine laws are '
practically inoperative.
Juhn Garrett , deputy United States
marshal and a Creek sheriff , was assassinated -
sinated from ambush by three Creek
Indians near Okmulgee , Creek nation.
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THE T ENGULFED
SOCORRO , NEW MEXICO , BADLY
WRECKED BY WATER.
Waves From the Mountains Wipe Out
Many Lives-Three Feet of Bushing
Water lines Madly Through the Principal -
pal Streets , Carrying Away Fifty
Houses-Vivid Lightning , Crashing
Thunder and Blinding Storm.
Cloud-Burst in New Mexico.
Soconno , N. M. , Aug. 2.-A tremendous -
deus roaring startled the people of
Socorro Tuesday afternoon about 4
o'clock. Shortly after huge waves of
water came rushing down an arroyo ,
which drains the eastern slope of the
Magdalena mountains , and almost encircles -
circles the town. At first it was hoped
that the flood would be confined to the
lower nortion of the city , but soon the
water came over above the town and
three feet of water began to rush
through the principal streets. It engulfed -
gulfed women and children , mingled
with the crashing of falling houses
and dying wails of souls swept into
eternity. For two hours the work of
destruction continued , the horror being -
ing increased by vivid lightningcrash-
lug thunder and blinding rain.
All night long homeless people were
being brought in , and cared for. Yesterday -
terday morning a scene of desolation
was presented. The majority of the
business houses escaped heavy damage
or destruction , but hundreds of poor
people lost everything , being homeless -
less and without money , and almost
naked. More than fifty houses are
known to have been destroyed , while
almost every residence in the city is
damaged. Since the water receded
many adoba , houses have fallen and
many others must be abandoned. Two
bodiesrecovered have been identified as
members of the Duran familysever al of
whom are missing. Four more bodies
were taken out and identified as those
of the Durans , making six recovered.
Other bodies are reported as being
seen , but owing to the treacherous
nature of the ground they cannot be
reached. The destructive waters
spread over the entire city , and carried
death everywhere. Many are missing.
Reports coming from towns north and
south of here tell of heavy losses.
For twelve miles south destruction of
property was terrible , frame houses
and crops being entirely swept away.
The Santa Fe tracks were washed out
between here and San Antonio in several -
eral places.
NEW SILVER MGVE.
The Financial Policy of the Present Administration -
ministration to Be Attacked.
CmCAGo , Aug 2.-A special to the
Post from Washington says : "Politics
in the state of Virginia are beginning
to assume a new phase , and the silver
members are all preparing for a form
of campaign which they believe will
have the effect of changing the character -
acter of the present controversy between -
tween the factions of the party. They
propose partially to abandon free coinage -
age as the leading issue of the campaign -
paign and to place the sound money
men upon the defensive by attacking
what they regard as the most
vulnerable points in the sound
money doctrine. To do this they ,
propose to use the president's message
to the last congress upon the financial
question , the report of Secretary Carlisle -
lisle upon the same subject and the
bill which Mr. Carlisle prepared and
submittal to the house , together with
the bill which was afterward substituted -
stituted for the Carlisle bill by the
banking and currency committee , to
show that the administration and its
followers would retire all of the
greenbacks , the treasury notes , and
ultimately the silver dollars , thus
causing a contraction of the currency
by the withdrawal from circulation of
more than $800,000,000. They will
further attempt to show that the
definition of sound money given by
the advocates of sound finance means
gold coin and national bank notes. "
SWAMPED BY A F1tESIIET.
Iountain Cloudbursts in Colorado Derail
a Freight Train.
CRIPPLE CREEK , Col. , Aug. 2.-A
freight train on the Florence and
Cripple Creek railroad was caught in a
freshet and derailed near Adelaide.
A succession of cloud-bursts occurred
at the head of Eight Mile creek , about
twelve or fifteen miles north of Adel-
aide. Engineer Ben Gove and Fireman
Dlaurice Lyons saw the water coming
down the creek. Lyons managed to
escape by climbing up the side of the
mountain. Gove is supposed to have
been drowned. Brakeman Dolan is
known to have lost his life in the
water. The flood struck the town of
Adelaide , doing great damage. The
hotel is said to have been swept away ,
and Mrs. Carr , Lee Tracey and a man
named Watson drowned.
Six persons are known to have been
drowned at Adelaide , and two others
are reported missing. The railroad
for ten miles nears Wilbur has been
washed away. It will be at least a
week before the railway can be re-
paired. and the damage is estimated at
$100,000. More destruction is reported
at Camp McCourt.
Claim for S23,000 Damages.
HosoLur.u , July 23.-James Durrell ,
held a prisoner for seven weeks after
the last outbreak , has filed , through
United States Minister Willis , a claim
for S5,000 damages for false imprisonment -
ment
Ten Thousand Men Locked Out.
PITTSrURG , Pa. , Aug. 2. - There
were fifty factories represented at the
green glass conference yesterday. It
was divided to refuse the demand of
the United Green Glass Workers' league
for a restoration of the fourteen per
cent cut made in 1S94 , and to declare a
lockout in all union factories , thus
throwing out 10,000 men.
Strikers Drive Away Non-Union Men.
BLUEFIELDS , W. Va. , Aug. 2.-Non-
union men are being forced to leave
the coal fields by the strikers who
threaten personal violence to those
who wont quit work w
THINK CAPTAIN BECK FAIR ,
Settlers Hold a Meeting and Endorse the
Indian Agent ,
BAYCRQFT , Neb. , August 2.-At a
meeting at the Omaha agency resolutions -
tions were adopted and accepted by
the settlers sustaining Captain Beck in
his action and declaring that they have
always found him to be honorable and
just in what dealings they have had
with him , T , R Ashley of Decatur , a
large leaser of Indian lands , was elected -
ed secretary of the meeting. Mr. Tib-
bles , chairman of the meeting , then
opened the meeting by an informal
talk and said that the conduct of Captain -
tain Beck as agent of the Omahas was
just and honorable. He had never
heard of any complaints in his neighborhood -
borhood by white settlers , and further
remarked that the Pender people accuse -
cuse the renters of Omaha lands of conspiracy -
spiracy against Pender and its good interests -
terests , which was false in every respect -
pect He said the renters of the Flour-
noy lands have been notified time and
time again that they are in the wrong.
Other renters made speeches , after
which the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted :
First , We whose names are hereunto
affixed hold Indian lands upon the
Omaha reservation under leases recommended -
mended by Captain Beck , United States
Indian agent , and under regulations
prescribed by the Indian department at
Washington.
Second , That many of us prior to the
enactment of the law under which said
leases are made held private leases with
the individual Indians not approved by
the Indian agent , and upon receiving
the printed notices which were served
to all renters by Captain Beck to vacate
the premises or take leases through
him under the law of the government
and the rules and regulations of the
department , at once cancelled our individual -
dividual leases and took leases as directed -
rected by said notice.
Third-That in the procurement of
said leases through Captain Beck we
have each received from him courteous ,
fair , justand honorable treatment , and
we can see no reason why the Indians
or leasers can complain at the treatment -
ment of Captain Beck.
Fourth--That so far as our knowledge -
edge extends we know of no complaint
from persons holding under leases
recommended by Captain Beck , and
that complaint only comes from those
who are unwilling to take leases under
the recommendation of Captain Beck
and the laws of the department.
SHADY BOND DEALS.
Money UseQ to Secure the Purchase of
Some Kansas Securities.
TOPEKA , Kan. , Aug. 2.-Before the
permanent school fund investigation
committee yesterday afternoon , N. D.
McGinley , for a time bond clerk in the
office of the state superintendent of
public instruction during the Republican -
can administration which preceded the
Populist rule , and since then agent in
the sale of securities , gave sensational
testimony concerning negotiations for
the sale of bonds of various Western
eountiesto the state school fund com-
missioners. He said that he sold Harper ,
hIamilton and Wichita county bonds to
the Populist board. The Wichita
county bonds amounted to $35,000 , and
it was not until after he had divided
his commission with three Populists
whom he believed were in the confidence -
fidence of the board that he was able
to make the sale. Two of the three
were 0. 0. Osborn , son of IL. H. Osborn ,
secretary of state ( a member of the
board ) , and Grant Gaines , bond clerk
and a brother of U. N. Gaines , state
superintendent of public instruction
( another member of the board ) . The
name of the third person he professed
not to know. In all lie paid $1,100 to
make the Wichita county sale go
through. He testified , also , that he
paid money to Grant Gaines and'O. 0.
Osborn to help in the sale of the Ilam-
ilton county bonds late in 1894 , about
which such a scandal was raised at the
time.
LIONIZING DURRANT.
Foolish Women Make a Hero of time Pus
over in San Francisco.
Say FRANCISCO , Aug. 2.-Two additional -
tional jurors were secured yesterday
to try Theodore Durrant for the murder -
der of Blanche Lamont. The third
panel of seventy-five names having
been exhausted , an order was issued
for a venire of 150 new names. The
additional jurors secured are M. R.
Dempster , a commission merchantand
Nathan Crocker , contractor. Four
jurors in all have so far been secured.
Counsel for both the prosecution and
defense are pleased at the character of
the men thus far chosen to try the
case.
Instead of being driven , as heretofore -
fore , from the county jail to the city
hall in the sheriff's private buggy ,
Durrant was conveyed in the ordinary
prison van with the less notable pris-
oners. He still continues to be the
subject of much hero worship. As he
was leaving the court room a well-
dressed and handsome woman rushed
toward him with endearing words ,
and attempted to embrace him. The
sheriff protected Durrant from this
admirer , and also refuses to deliver
the quantities of flowers sent to his
cell by strangers.
For Hissing Another Man's Wife.
WICUITA , Kan. , Aug. 2.-John Pul
Liam one of the wealthiest farmers in
this county , was arrested to-day on a
complaint sworn out by a neighbor ,
G. W. Wentz , which charges that "on
July 30 defendant disturbed his peace
by kissing his wife , Martha Wentz , in
a loud , boisterous , felonious , malicious
and unseemly manner , against the
peace and dignity of time state and
contrary to the statutes thereof. "
NE'iVS IN BRIEF.
Mississippi Populists met at Jackson
and nominated a state ticket.
Secretary Carlisle will spend part of
his vacation sailing on this lakes.
Fourteen more negro colonists have
reached Eagle Pass from Mexico.
The operation of the new mineral
law is proving very unsatisfactory.
The agricultural department is going
to experiment with flax growing.
Ship registry taxes for last year
were $52234 , against $529,000 the year
previous. -
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FOR BOYS AND G L ,
INSTRUCTIVE SKETCHES FOR
OUR JUNIOR READERS.
I
ftory of Grandmother Gray-Little Ellen'
and time Iiing-Trying to Save her
Trouble-The New Woman - Some
Twice Told Tales ,
i
DEAR , little , old
lady is Grandmother -
mother Gray ,
With hair smooth
and white as
snow ,
And a tiny white
cap , under
which she can
nap ,
And dream of the ,
I
eng ago.
She has always a smile on her beautiful
face ,
Though she sits in a chair all day ,
And the children delight , before dinner
each night.
To bring up her supper tray.
I wish you could see the Jacqueminotl
rose ,
And the linen embroidered in wheat ,
And the water-like dishes , that make
more delicious
The desserts and the waffles and
meat.
'I never could tell you one-half nor so
well ,
As those who have seen It say ,
How two little girls , with the brownest
of curls ,
Can decorate grandma's tray.
Dear Grandmother Gray Is a fairy , I
know ,
For never a time slips by ,
But a piece of rock candy pops up very
handy.
For two little mouths to try.
Or a bun with frosting of chocolate ice ,
Or some peppermints hidden away
Inside the Sevre cup , looking saucily
up ,
From the side of dear grandmother's
tray.
Oh , long may time time In the future
be hid ,
When those lips with the beautiful
smile
Will cease to relate fairy , tales and the
fate
Of the Duke and the Duchess of
Style.
And long may , the pleasure be given
the two ,
Who delight more than all to array
The mignonette sprig or the crocusses
big
In the center of grandmother's tray !
-Arthur Joy.
Little Ellen and the King.
Virginia Yeaman Remnitz , in St.
Nicholas , tells a true story of the adventures -
ventures of two young Americans at
the court of the King of Denmark.
They were children of the American
ministers and had been invited to a
children's party at the palace. Here is
what followed :
It was to Ellen
a never-to-be-forgot-
ten night. The crowds of happy children -
dren , the great room brilliantly lighted ,
the strains of music , the presence of a
real King and Queen-all combined to
make the scene a fairyland wherein
events took place which made Ellen
feel herself a sort of fairy queen.
The King opened the ball with little
Ellen. Hardly understanding the honor ,
some sense of it , nevertheless , thrilled I
her childish heart. She could not even i
see his face , so tall was he , but his '
strong arms bore her around and
around , she knew not how , for Ellen
danced with as little precision and
method as the leaves on a tree or the
ripples in a lake. Yet all through her
being she felt that she was dancing
with the King. It seemed but fitting ,
after the dance to find herself seated on
the sofa between the King and Queen.
With royal disregard to the claims of
other small guests , and with royal indifference -
difference to the effect upon little Ellen ,
they lifted her up between them. She
looked pretty , natural and unconscious ,
and was herself a little queen in her
ways. While Ellen sat there , too happy -
py and pleased to feel proud , the other .
children danced on. With no thought ,
of imitating their elders in manmier or
motion , the young dancers abandoned
themselves with childish freedom and
simplicity to the enjoyment of the hour.I I i
Those who had never been trained
the different steps adapted their movei i
meats to the promptings of happy : '
hearts and light feet and were as contented - t
tented as the others. And little Ellen
rested comfortably between the King
and Queen until she was ready to dance t
again. I
The evening wore on , and Ellen was
overcome with weariness and sleep.
Slipping away from the children , who
now were whirling around in some dizzy
game , she threw herself on a couch.
Just as the scene grew misty to er
eyes and the dazzling events of the E
evening began to weave themselves into
the suggestion of a dream , she was
aroused by some one asking , "Where
did you gat your pretty pink slippers ,
Ellen ? " and she opened her eyes. Why
was the King sitting beside her and
talking to her when she was so sleepy ?
She had a confused idea that he ought
to put on his crown and sit an a throne.
"Please , Mr. King , don't hover me. I'm
so happy , " and Ellen , turning her face
upon royalty , slipped away to her pleasing -
ing dreams. "Little Ellen , little Ellen , "
said the King , musingly , "it 1s not often
that I hear the truth so plainly told ,
and it is refreshing to my ears. "
Uncle Sam's Bank Nob. , .
How few of the many people who are ,
fortunate enough to have a dollar 1)111 i
in their pocket think of it as a work of
art ! Two hundred years ago this pece
of paper would have been of almost incalculable - .
value and have awalenetl
calculable , : i
an interest among the artists of that :
day which we can scarcely realize.
Look at the portrait on the left face of
the note. Here we have a beautiful
specimen of pare line engraving-much ,
better work than most of that done by .
some of the old masters and now considered -
sidered classic. Then there are on
both face and back the fine , delicate effects -
fects of light and shade produced by '
the ruling machine and geometrical engraving -
graving lathes. Further than this can !
be seen elegant designs in scroll work .
and lettering. i
This may be a piece of "the root of all
evil , " and we may know it is only
"filthy lucre , " only worth 100 cents to
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as to how it Is made.
Line work Is the only picture work
that can be used successfully In banknote -
note work , for it Is much more difficult
to Imitate , and consequently give
greater security , being less liable to b
counterfeited. This is so , also , because -
cause a line cut with a graver is smooth ,
sharp and clean , whereas an etched or
bitten line is ragged and rough.
Line engraving is the most expensive ,
for it takes much more time to produce
a picture by this process than by any
other. Some of the large plates by the
late James Smillie cost as high as $10 ;
000 , and took the greater part of two
years to complete.
It % Vns a Funny Thing.
One day a fairly well-dressed anti
pleasant-appearing man came up to me
in the New York post-office corridor ,
and laughingly said :
"Sir , I find myself in a ludicrous sit-
nation-ha ! ha ! ha ! It is both ludicrous m
and embarrassing , and I have been 4
chuckling for the last ten minutes-ha ! I
ha ! ha"
"And what Is it ? " I asked , grinning itt
chorus with him. li
"Why , I am in business down at Key-
port , N. J. , you know , and after being
in town all clay and just ready to go a'
home find myself penniless-ha ! ha ! v
ha ! "
"That's funny-ha ! ha ! ha' !
"Very funny ! Man north $75,000 can't k
scrape up 50 cents to pay his way home
-ha ! ha ! ha ! I know a hundred business
men here , but as the hour is late I , 4
can't get to see any of then. "
"And you want to borrow 50 cents of
me-ha ! ha ! ha ! "
"Yes , that's what I was-ha ! ha ! ha !
-about to ask you. I'll send it up to-
morrow. The idea of my being broke
and having to ask a stranger for my
fare home , when I can draw my check i '
for nearly $100,000-ha ! ha ! ha ! "
"How funny-ha ! ha ! ha ! "
"Yes , how funny-ha ! ha ! ha ! "
"Your little game has been exposed In )
the papers half a dozen times-ha ! ha !
ha ! "
"And you twig-ha ! ha ! ha ! " ;
"I do-with [ a gurgle. "
"Then I slide-vanish-depart-ha !
ha ! ha ! " R
And he departed into Broadway , wip- 3
! ng the tears of laughter from his
cheeks as he went , and , ten minutes later -
er , at the Astor house corner I ran
across him ha ! ha ! ha ! lug a stranger
from Missouri.
Triclchg a Crab. ;
In Africa there exists a certain mem- r .
her of the crab genus commonly
known as the great tree crab. This peculiar -
culiar shell-fish has an offensive trick
of crawling up the cocoanut trees , bt-
1ng off the cocoanuts and then creeping
down again backward.
The theory is that the nuts are shattered -
tered by time fall and the great tree
crab is thus enabled to enjoy a hearty
meal. Now , the natives who inhabit
the regions Infested by this ill-con-
ditioned crab are well aware that the
lower portion of the crab's anatomy Is
soft and sensitive and they believe that
the "bivalve" was thus constructed in
order that he might know when he had
reached the ground and when , consequently -
quently , he might with safety release
his grasp of the trunk.
So what they do in order to stop his
depredations , which often ruin the cocoanut -
coanut crops , is this : While the crab is
engaged in nipping off the cocoanuts
they climb half way up the trees and
there drive a row of long nails right
around the tree , allowing an inch or so
of the nails to project.
The crab has ntr knowledge of disaster
nor yet of the fitness of things. As he
descends the sensitive part of his bed r
suddenly touches the nails. Thinking
lie has reached the ground , he naturally
lets go. Instantly , he falls backward
and cracls his own shell on the ground.
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I'attis .Method.
Madeline Patti , it seems , takes a good
deal of trouble to preserve her youthful '
appearance. When asked the secret of
keeping her skin so fresh and fair , the
diva replied , "Hot water , plenty of rubbing -
bing , and no worry , . "
Two-thirds of the secret is without m ,
question in the last word , and for the
rest , she has her face , neck , arms and
hands steamed twice daily , in hot cloths ;
that is , towels wrung out in hot water
tnd wrapped around the skin , and held
there until they begin to cool : then they
are heated again , and applied as before ,
for say ten or fifteen minutes , and the
skin is then dried , and some almond oil
s thoroughly rubbed in with the hand
for about ten minutes , after which it
S rubbed dry with a soft towel- She
disc takes a general bath every day in
epid water. Iy following out this
plan , the madame appears to be in the
first flush of youti : , and enjoys perfect
heath , in spite of her laborious and
trying life.
Trying to Say : , ltcr Trouble.
A woman residing in a fiat ordered
a piece of ice from a grocery. The youth
who brought it was a German. lie put
it on the dumbwaiter in the basement
to be hoisted up. She pulled away.
'Gracious ! " she aclaimed , "how heavy
this ice is ! The grocer must have given
me good weight" By great exertion
she succeeded in getting the dumb-
tvalter up. To her astonishment she
found the boy seated on time cake of ice.
With what br ath she had left she demanded -
manded : "What did you make rr-e pull
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you up here for ? " "Why- , " the boy replied -
plied , 'l thought the cake would be too
heavy for fiou to lift , so I came up to
help you off with it "
The New 1Yonm
The new woman is pte.y ha : rely
She was ahvays od J but was never
good form till now. She knows her
husband by sight Nates children.
Ind cats. Toils her age without ask-
ng. ; 's'ears loose slces and tigi . : mr-
set = Pars twice : : e pri of natural
iciets : er artificial an'i wears : : merr
from choice. Eats raw orions to pus
n effect her heaven born : , 'gat tie-
lines to dance before being aziew and
plays checkers all night sth a du = e.
Goes to the theatre in the aferroor
and to church in the evcnng. ; Wba :
do you think of her boys and girls ?
: in't she a korker ? HuIy g.e.--Tomsty.
Ire vin.
: iair oa III' + ' iiesds.
The hair on t ; e heads of hundreds of
thousands of dois is made from the
, air of the : t ; c. coat. This pros uc :
S controlled by an Engish syndicate ,
and is valuad at ; 401,00'1 a year . After
the hair is prepared it is sent to Munlch
tnd made Into wigs b : ; trim.
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