TSIAL OF MRS.GEOJEMJE
CHARGED WITH SHOOTING MRS.
M'KINLEY'S BROTHER- .
PelebratcJ Canton , Ohio , Case Prison
er Has Remained Remarkably Cool
While Pasainc Under the Shadow of
Death Scenes and Incidents.
The trial of Mrs. Anna E. George at
Cauton , Ohio , for the murder of Gco. D.
Saxton has aroused unusual and wide
spread interest. Had the man whom she
is said to have shot been any other than
the brother-in-law of the President of the
United States it is not likely that her fu
ture would he the subject of speculation
in thousands of homes throughout the
country and the newspapers outside of the
locality would not consider it worth while
to send representatives there to report
every move she makes and every detail
of her trial. It's the prominence of the
murdered man that attracts attention to
her. The prosecution occupied nearly two
weeks in presenting their side of the case.
-The defense opened Tuesday morning.
In the court room Mrs. George has con
stantly at her side her oldest boy , New
ton ; her sister , Mrs. Brown of Hanover-
tou , and a number of friends from her old
home. Her former husband , Sample C.
vJeorge , was present at one session of
court and shook hands with her. From
these friends and from people in Canton
Mrs. . George daily receives bouquets of
flowers , which stand on the table in front
of her and brighten the court room.
As the trial proceeds she is responsive
to every act of the attorneys and wit
nesses. All is not grim solemnity in the
court room. Occasionally there are ex
changes of wit by the lawyers and then
MKS. AX3f A E. GEORGE.
jMrs. George smiles with the rest. When
the sad features of the case are touched
upon she is moved to tears , that trickle
dowu her pale cheeks , but are not ob
servable to the great mass of spectators.
Only once has her nerve deserted her.
That was when the blood and powder-
stained waistcoat worn by Saxton on the
night of the murder was introduced as evl-
dence.
Mrs. George is apparently the least concerned -
cerned person in the court room. Sly >
.knows that the penalty upon conviction in
the first degree is a seat in the awful new
C ' : rh chair at Columbus. The thought of
it has probably come to her many times
during her long incarceration , but she is
o confident of acquittal that the visions
of the death chair do not appal her. While
the jurors were being examined prior to
their acceptance and asked if they had
any objection to capital punishment , par
ticularly where a woman is the victim ,
some of the spectators turned pityingly
to the stylish prisoner , but she gave no
evidence of a thought that this question
concerned her.
According to a correspondent , the people
of Canton have made a heroine of Mrs.
Goorge. They have paid for her meals
during her long imprisonment , which have
consisted of the best foods that the best
restaurants in town could furnish. In
addition there have come fruits and flow
er * . A local florist received a letter from
41 far-off State the other day , inclosing
money for a bouquet for Mrs. George.
The prisoner has been visited frequently
toy some of the society ladies of Canton ,
who have encouraged her to look hopeful
ly into the future. Letters of sympathy
liavo come to her from afar , from stranger
ger- ; who had read of her case in the pa
pers. Mrs. George has really been a
boarder , and not a prisoner , in Sheriff
Zaisor's care. Ordinarily Mrs. George is
brightand cheerful and in a happy conver
sational mood. Nearly every day , before
.and after court , she receives callers and
.her merry laugh may be heard in the jail
-corridors.
The prosecuting attorney , Atlee Pome-
reno. a young man of marked individual
ity , conducts the case relentlessly and he
is ably seconded by his assistant , James
J. Grant , who was Saxton's most intimate
friend. In his opening address Pomerene
k called Mrs. George an adventuress and in
timated that her relations with Saxton
wore not the only black spots in her life.
IIo said the crime could be brought home
to her and it could also be shown that she
had forfeited all confidence that Saxton
might have reposed in her.
Mrs. George's attorney , John C. Welty
who , assisted by James S. Sterling , is
making as good an array of legal talent
.as could be found in the vicinity outlined
iher defense. He said that she was uot
.guilty , but dwelt mainly on her relations
with Saxton , indicating that the defense
would rely upon the plea of justifiable
homicide or emotional insanity. While
Mr. Welty drew n pathetic picture of ner
unhappy past Mrs. George sat with eyes
clo-cd and averted and face inclined to-
jvnrd the table in front of her. With
drooping countenance she hoard the his
tory of her girlhood , her happy homo , her
removal to Canton , and her relations with
Saxton.
The American navy has practically all
fceen built since 1883.
The black plague is still raging in the
Island of Formosa.
The German Government hau express
ed sympathy with the United States in
Us losses in Sauioa.
REED TO RETIRE.
Speaker Quits Politics to Take Up the
Profession of Law.
Thomas Brackett Reed has become the'
head of the New York law firm of Simp
son , Thacher & Barnum , and it is under
stood that he will soon resign his seat in
Congress and remove to that city. The
contract has been signed whereby he is
to take up the practice of his profession
immediately upon his return from a brief
trip abroad.
Speaker Reed has known the members
of the firm for many years and has had
frequent business dealings with them.
Though he had received offers to go to the
head of several perhaps better known
firms , he early expressed his preference
for the one with which he is to be asso-
SPEAKEK REED ,
ciated. The Speaker is said to have been
assured of an income of at least $50,000 a
year , an emolument equal to that of the
President of the United States , from in
surance companies alone. He will con
tinue to act as referee for the several in
surance corporations for which he has
been recently acting , and friends say that
his income may yet amount to $100,000
annually.
Washington politicians say Speaker
Reed's retirement from Congress just now
is the best possible play he could make
for the presidency. It is taken for grant
ed that he will not be a candidate against
McKinley next year , but it is also believed
he is looking ahead to 1904. Of the can
didates for the Speakership the youngest
is Sherman , who is 44 years old. Hop
kins is 52 , Dalzell 54 , Payne 50 , Hender
son 59 , Cannon G3 , and Grosvenor and
Hepburn GO.
ARREST OF COUNTERFEITERS.
Capture of Engravers of Famous $1OO
Bank Note.
The most important arrest by secret ser
vice men for years has been made , in the'
capture of the makers of the famous $100
counterfeit bank note , which has puzzled
the authorities for more than a year. Offi
cers under the direction of Chief John.
Wilkie procured the arrest of the coun
terfeiter. He was a well-known news
paper man in Washington city.
When the "Monroe notes , " as they are
called , made their appearance about fif
teen months ago , the work was so per
fect as to be accepted at the subtreas-
uries , and Secretary Gage decided to call
in the issue which had been counterfeited.
Twenty-three million was then in circu
lation , and $0,000,000 is still out. The
men arrested are : William M. Jacobs and
W. L. Ivemlig , wholesale cigar manufac
turers of Lancaster , Pa. ; Arthur Taylor
and Baldwin S. Bredoll , engravers of
Philadelphia , and James Burns , an em
ploye of Jacobs.
A clew was found and since that time
officers of the secret service have been
eating , drinking and sleeping with the
men who were suspected. Not until they ,
were sure of their ground did these men1
place the counterfeiters under arrest. Mr.
AVilkie and a number of his men went
over to Philadelphia to be present when
the arrest was made.
The Philadelphians wore taken into
custody , but the greatest secrecy was
maintained for fear of frightening away
the culprits at Lancaster. After placing1
the men at Philadelphia under lock and
key , Mr. Wilkie left for Lancaster and
paid a visit to the men who were in league
with those in the City of Brotherly Love.
About one year ago the first clew was
obtained that has led up to the capture o
the gang. How that clew was secured ,
how it was followed up , and the details
of the secret service operations during the
last twelve months will likely remain hid
den in the secret archives of the bureau.
The success of the bureau's operations
lies in the fact that its method of work is
never made public. As the Secretary of
the Treasury said , results are what count ,
and the arrest of these men , with the tell
tale plates in their possessiofc , is all that
the public need know of the twelve
months' hard and secret work of Chief
Wilkie and his assistants.
TROOPS TO GO TO MANILA ,
Fourteen Thousand Regulars for Otis
Volunteers to Come , Home.
Fourteen thousand , regulars are to be
sent to re-enforce Gen. Otis at Manila as
soon as the necessary marine transporta
tion can be provided. It is not expected
that the bulk of the large body of re-en
forcements can reach Manila until the end
of the rainy season , which has just be
gun , but they will closely follow the de
parture of the volunteers from the Phil
ippines.
With the regular troops alrea'dy ordered
and on the way to Manila , Otis will havei
an effective force of 21,729 men , in addi
tion to the recruits being sent every few' '
days for the regiments already in the
Philippines. This force is to be raised
to 35,000 men by the time aggressive operations - ]
orations can be pressed in the early au-1
tumn. The volunteers to be returned to- '
this country from Manila number 12,000j
so the determination to send 14,000 able-
bodied regulars to take their places is calculated - |
culatod to show the rebel leaders that thoi
United States is terribly in earnest about ,
mooting "rts responsibilities for preserving
order and commanding respect through ,
the archipelago. (
It is stated that the army in the Philip- '
piu'js will be increased to 35,000 men ,
whether the rebels abandon the field or
not. If Aguinaldo gives up his hopeless
fight as a result of the negotiations now in
progress between his followers and the
President's commissioners , 35,000 men
are deemed the right number to garrison
the forts in the outlying islands and es
tablish lawful government in them.
Queer Things that Happens
William Whist of Denver died of apoplexy
plexy while saying his prayers.
A Detroit burg Tar stole the piano and a
stove from the house he robbed.
TEAP DEWEY'S MEN.
FIFTEEN OF THE YORKTOWN'S
CREW CAPTURED.
Ambushed by Filipinos at Baler , in
Isle of Luzon Gunboat Had Gone to
the .Rescue of Spanish Prisoners-
Admiral Cables Brief Details.
The dispatch from Admiral Dewey re
ceived at the Navy Department in Wash
ington , reporting the ambuscade of Lieut.
Gilmore and his party , and stating that
their fate was unknown , caused great con
cern at the department. Because o the
cruelty known to be used by the Filipinos
toward their prisoners it will be a most
grateful surprise to naval officers to learn
that the heads of Gilmore and the others
have not been cut off and their bodies mu
tilated.
Instructions were sent to Admiral
Dewey to use every effort to ascertain if
the party is still alive , and if so , to secure
their release , if possible , either by ransom
or in exchange for some insurgents held
by the American forces. Gen. Otis and
Admiral Dewey have about 1GOO Filipino
prisoners in their possession. Aguinaldo's
well-known reputation for feathering his
own nest leads to the belief , however , that
he will prefer to lis'ten to overtures for
, the purchase of the freedom of the Amer
icans.
. ' According to Admiral Dewey's dispatch
the warship's cutter , with fifteen men
aboard , was sent from the Yorktown at
night to make soundings near Baler ,
where a small Spanish garrison had been
iresisting the insurgents for nearly a year.
| The object was to ascertain how close to
the shore the gunboats sent by Admiral
Dewey to rescue the Spaniards could go.
The cutter had gone for some time when
suddenly three volleys , fired in rapid suc-
eession , were heard aboard the Yorktown.
A- curious feature of the affair is that no
jvply to the shooting was made by those
Aboard the cutter , which had a machine
Sun in her bow. This leads to the impres
sion that Lieut. Gilmore and his men
vere ambushed and perhaps all slaugh
tered before they could raise a hand in
their defense.
Dewey's dispatch reads as follows :
"The Yorktown visited Baler , Luzon , east
coast of Luzon , P. I. , April 12 , for the
purpose of rescuing and bringing away
the Spanish forces , consisting of eigjity
soldiers , throe officers and two priests ,
who were surrounded by 400 insurgents ,
some of the insurgents armed with Mau
ser rifles , as reported by natives. Lieut.
.T. C. Gilmore , while making an examina
tion of the mouth of the river in an arm
ed boat , was ambuscaded , fired upon and
captured. Fate unknown , as insurgents
refused to communicate afterward.
"DEWEY. "
A MOTHER'S HOPE.
Still Thinks of Finding Her Boy , Who
AVas S-tolen Fifteen Years Ago.
The finding of Gerald Lapiner , the kid
naped Chicago boy , has kindled anew the
fires of hope in the breast of Mrs. Lizzie
Dickinson of Houghton , Mich. Mrs. Dick
inson believes that she may yet find her
boy , now grown to manhood , who was
stolen fifteen years ago.
In 1884 the Dickinsons were living at
Florence , Wis. , where Mr. Dickinson was
a mining engineer and superintendent of
the mines. One day the boy , Willie , was
stolon. He was then G years old. The
theory was advanced first that the boy
had been kidnaped in a spirit of revenge
by some of the miners who were identified
with a strike. This theory was abandon
ed later , a search having been made in
the meantime of all the abandoned shafts
in the vicinity in which the boy might
have fallen. Almost a year passed before
the aid of a detective was called , and then
a thorough and organized search for the
little fellow was made.
The little fortune owned by the parents
was spent in the hunt for the boy by the
Pinkerton detectives. Clews were chased
from one end to the other of the United
States. Several times it was believed that
success was at hand. One clew , which
was undoubtedly a true one , led the detec
tives into the South and into a settlement
of negroes , where the boy had been se
creted for several months. Unmistaka
ble traces of the Dickinson boy were
found among these negroes , his playmates
having learned the same prayers he re
cited when at home and also having gain
ed a true description of his home in Wis
consin. But tli boy could not be found.
In the years that have elapsed the moth
er has never wholly abandoned hope. The
husband is dead , and the brokvn-hearted
mother has traveled all over the United
States. She has seen 153 boys about
whom there was mystery , pointing to an
abduction , and has been the agency of re
storing thirteen stolen boys to their par
ents. If living Willie is now 21 years old.
Chicago Record.
GIRLS DIE IN A FIRE.
Orphans' Home at Berne , Ind. , To
tally Destroyed ,
A dispatch reports the burning of the
orphans' home at Berne , Ind. A terrible
panic was caused among the fifty-seven
inmates. All were rescued , with the ex
ception of three , who were burned to
death. The fire started from a stove on
the third floor and swept -through the
building with great intensity. The home
contained inmates from nearly all the
Central States. The institution is con
ducted by German Mennonites , .
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHS.
Wisdom in Looking After Yonr Scat
tered Pictures.
"My first act upon hearing of Mrs.
Blank's death , " remarked one girl to
another , "was to sit right down and
write that friend of hers who has been ,
living with her for some years to send
me back all of my sister's photographs
and mine. You see , Mrs. Blank left no
immediate family ; her heirs and all
those who would have anything to do
with her possessions , were utter stran
gers to us , and I didn't propose to have
our personal likenesses pass into any
such hands.
"Why , there is no knowing where
those photographs might have turned
up , nor who might have got hold of
them , and I didn't care if it did seem
cold-blooded in. me. I meant to have
them. My sister and I were very fond
of Mrs. Blank ; we had sent her pictures
about every time we bad one taken , but
it wasn't a pleasant thought that any
thing so intimately belonging to us
should become common property.
"Girls who sow their photographs
broadcast among men as well as women
would do well to ponder upon the possi
bilities that so general a bestowal can
hardly fail to entail. One's likeness ,
no less than one's self , is sure to suffer
by being made too public. My advice
to all girls is , first , to be careful about
giving away your pictures , and , second ,
to make no bones about having them
returned to you when the particular
friend to whom you gave them is no
longer alive. "
It was an astute photographer who
realized the force of the above argu
ment to a very profitable extent recent
ly. The photographer had taken an or
dinary cabinet photograph of a young
girl in her bridal costume , which was ,
however , extraordinary both as a like
ness and as a piece of photographic art.
The family of the girl were each and all
delighted with the picture , a large num
ber of copies were ordered and were
distributed , though with characteristic
discrimination , to many admiring
friends the country over. All this last
spring.
This pleasant Christmas season the
photographer saw fit to send the father
of the girl a picture "upon approval. "
It was an enormous tbiqg , measuring
ever so many feet , and upon being open
ed proved to be the enlarged likeness
done in crayon of the cabinet photo
graph. The work was excellent ; the
charm of the original was , if anything ,
enhanced , but there was no getting
away from the fact that never , never
would the family have ordered just
such a picture as that on their own ac
count.
Still , they decided to buy it , and for a
very natural reason the knowledge
that if they did not do so it would be
sure to grace the walls of the photog
rapher's place of business , where all
might see. It would be a wonder , in
deed , if lie didn't use it as a street ad
vertisement for the front of the shop.
"Still , " said the mother of the girl in
telling the story , "it is to be hoped that
he doesn't proceed to enlarge the pho
tographs of all of us in the same way ,
for sooner than expose ourselves to pub
licity we should feel compelled to buy
them , and before long I'm afraid it
'oulcl bankrupt us. " New York Sun.
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1i
A whale's weight lias been estimated
by Nilson at 100 tons , equal to that of
thirty-eight elephants.
Incandescent lamps for special pur
poses are made as small as one-sixth
of an inch in diameter.
The beautiful colors seen in the soap
bubble arise from the fact that the
bubble , being very thin , reflects light
from both the outer and inuer surface
of the film.
The fleeting hues of the soap bubble
are given by a French chemist to paper
by coating the surface with a thin
'
turpentine damar varnish , which forms
a transparent glaze breaking up the
light rays.
In experiments with the compressed
air pipes of Westphaliau coal mines ,
II. Schwab lias found that the greatest
distance to which the sound of the
voice could be conveyed in a straight
pipe was between 1,500 and 1,700 feet.
For moderate distances a pipe of about
twenty inches in diameter gave the
best results , a slightly larger one being
better for long distances.
Salt made from aquatic plants and
used by natives of the Congo State lias
been found by M. Leon Fredericq to
consist of chloride and sulphate of pot
assium. This is taken as disproving
Bunge's idea that we use salt or chlo
ride of sodium to counteract the ef
fects of the potassium salts of vege
tables , and as indicating that salt is
taken with food for its flavor , is being
without special action.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes sang the
praises of the "burly , dozing bumble
bee , " which lie described as an "ani- {
mated torrid zone. " But according to *
recent investigations by entomologists , {
Dr. Holmes' "yellow-breeched philoso- (
pber" is extraordinarily fond of cold
climates , for it appears to be the only
kind of bee native to Alaska. Trevor *
Kincaid made a special search for bees
among the Alaskan wild flowers last
summer , and found only bumblebees.
Dr. W. H. Dall , when in Alaska , also
failed to find bees of any other genera.
This recalls a picturesque incident at
tending Colonel Fremont's ascent of
the great peak bearing bis name in the
Rocky Mountains. He thought he bad
left everything pertaining to the lower
world far beneath him , when suddenly
a bumblebee buzzed through the chilly
air , and to his astonishment settled on
his knee. Peary saw a bumblebee at
the. northern end of Greenland , and
bumblebees are .also common in Si
beria.
In one of the recently published vol
umes of the Smithsonian institution
James Mooney explains that the under
lying principle of the Sioux ghost dance
is the doctrine that at some time the
whole Indian race , living or dead , will
toe-reunited in life upon this earth , un-
tflfubled by death , hunger or disease.
The object of the dancers is to fall into
a kind of trance , in which they can see
and converse with their dead relatives.
The medicine-man plays the part of a
mesmerist , keeping the sun full in the
face of the dancers , making passes be
fore their eyes , and twirling sticks and
feathers until they become entranced.
Such warlike outbreaks as that of 1890
are due to the attpmpts of ambitious
chiefs or medicine-men to anticipate
the Indian millennium through the an
nihilation of the white man.
A LANGUAGE OF SIGNS.
It Is Understood by All Central Amer
ican Indians.
Mexico is a land of many tongues ;
but above the Indian dialects and
Spanish there is one universal lan
guage the language of the sigiia It
is the most expressive of all , says Mod
ern Mexico ; the Mexican eye and band
are eloquent members. It is capable
of infinite variation ; its shadiugs and
suggestions are beyond all translation.
But there are certain gestures that
have a fixed meaning , a signification
well understood by every nation and
every tribe from Guatemala to Texas.
A general upward movement of the
body , shoulders shrugged , eyebrows
raised , lips pouted , and palms out
spread , varies in meaning from "I
don't know and I don't care" to a most
respectful "Really , sir , I do not un
derstand you. "
The index finger moved rapidly from
right to left , generally before the face ,
means "No more , " or simply "No. " To
move the right baud palm outward
from the body toward another person
means "Just wait , I'll be even with vou
yet. "
The index finger on the temple ,
moved with a boring twist , means ,
"He's drunk. "
The right band held to the lips , three
lingers doubled , thumb and little fin
ger erect , varies from "He drinks" to
"Have one on me. "
To move the open band over the
check in imitation of a razor has refer
ence to the idiom "playing the barber , "
and means "to flatter. "
All four fingers and thumb held
points together and moved toward the
mouth means "to eat. "
The right hand held before the face ,
the two middle fingers moving rapidly ,
is a familiar salutation.
The Mistake of the Middle Division.
The youthful gentlemen who figure in \
the good story below , taken from a re
cent book concerning amateur acting
and actors , were taught a salutary les
son which undoubtedly served them
well in all their future histrionic at
tempts.
Once "The Corsican Brothers , " a
standard French drama , was given at
Eton with great success. The pan- >
were so well taken by the young ama
teurs that even the masters were pleas
ed.
One master in particular was highly
delighted with a scene in which a snow
storm of paper was a highly effective
bit of realism. Subsequently he missed
a bundle of the Middle Division Trial
papers , which he bad left on the pupil
room desk. He asked sternly if any one i
had seen them.
"Please , sir , " came a Quavering voice ,
"the suow. "
"The what ? ' ' said the master , much
mystified.
"The snow , sir , for 'The Corsican
Brothers. ' AVe needed a great deal and
we asked you if we might have the pa
per in your room and you said we
might. "
"Well , " said the master , dryly , "I can
"
only say that it Avas not my intention to
contribute so largely to the success of :
the evening. " :
But that was not all lie said. A little
'or. all the Middle Division were told
that they would take that exam , again !
Baking Porcelain. ,
Although porcelain was known to
both the Chinese and Japanese for
ages , it was not introduced into Eu
rope until the beginning of the eight >
tec-nth century , when John Bottcher , a ii
native of Selilaiz , in Yoigbtland , was si
the first to bake it. This man was apprenticed - a
prenticed to a Berlin apothecary s
named Zorn , in whose shop lie conferred - 1 <
forred some favor upon a professional tl :
alchemist , who in return promised to o
teach him the art of transforming the r ;
baser metals into gold. t : ]
Bottcher , after studying under his l
now master for a time , imagined that
bis fortune was made , and in 1700 bo
ran away. He was pursued , but found
protection among friends , who de
manded to witness an exhibition of his
pretended skill , and- the poor fellow
was eventually compelled to acknowl
edge that he had boon imposed upon.
But lie persevered in bis labors , and
on one occasion , having made a mix :
ture of various finely organized earths
for the purpose of making strong cru s
cibles , he discovered , after bo had >
taken the compound mass from the
oven , that he bad gained a kind of pottery - '
tory more beautiful than he had ever
seen.
When a school teacher walks borne !
from school with four or five pupils
banging on her with their arms around
her , one wonders why some widower
with children doesn't realize what a
Lovely Character she is.
Be thankful ; if you are not loaning
money , be thankful if you are not bor
rowing.
Theoretical philosophers are sometimes - ,
times practical fool *
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PRIVATE MARKS IN WATCHES. '
How Repairers Can Tell When an f
Where Work Was Done.
the counter
There was a crowd around
ter of n jewelry store where watches
nre received for repairs. A woman who-
was evidently in a hurry made her way
to the place where the man with the
magnifying glass stood , and handed a
little watch to him.
' Will you please tell me what ails
this watch ? " she asked.
The watch doctor opened the case de
liberately , peered into the works , and
said : "It needs cleaning. "
"My ! that seems strange , " said the
woman , "you cleaned it only a few
months ago. "
"Is that so ? " asked the man , and
opened the case once more and made t
another examination with the aid of a
J
miniature microscope. Then he hand
ed the watch back and said : "We
cleaned this watch in December , 1890 ,
and it has not been in our hands since
that time. "
"Is that so ? I must be mistaken ,
but how do you know when it was
cleaned last ? "
The man explained that it was no
trick of memory , but simply the result
of a system. "Whenever a watch is
brought to us , " he said , "to be cleaned ,
regulated , repaired , or 'fixed up , ' we
put a tag on it which is numbered to
correspond with a number in our
work book. In the book we record the
styles and make of the watch , the
owner , what repairs are to be made ,
and the amount charged for the work.
and when the workman finishes the
job he puts the same number in micro
scopic figures on the edge of the inner
case. A letter or sign also shows what
has been done to the watch. So , you
see , when a watch comes here , we
look fora mark of that kind , and when
we find it we refer to the book , and
there you are. "
The woman left the watch with the
man of system , and when she had gone
he said : "That happens many times
a day. We have the most fun with the
people who say : 'You guaranteed this
watch for a year when you repaired
it , and here it is out of order again. "
The glass usually reveals the fact that
the watch was 'due to break' months
and sometimes years ago. "
All watchmakers keep records and
mark the watches which are placed
with them for repairs , but no two have
the same system. Some makers mark
the watch with the name of the work
man , and a record number after it ;
some mark the date and the workman's
initial on the case , and others have
signs in conjunction with these desig
nations to show just what work has
been done on the timepiece.
The system of marking and recording
watches is of much service to the po
lice also , and lost and stolen watches
are identified daily by moans of the
watchmaker's private marks. Chicago
Inter-Ocean
FIRST SILK HAT
Worn in London Caused a iot , and "Its
Owner Was Arrested.
On the wearing of the first silk hat
in London an old newspaper dated Jan.
1C , 1797 , gives this quaint and amusing
account :
John netheriugton , haberdasher , of
the Strand , was arraigned before the
Lord Mayor yesterday on a charge of
breach of the peace and inciting to riot ,
and was required to give bonds in the
sum of 500. It was in evidence that
Mr. Hetherington , who is well connect
ed , appeared on the public highway
wearing upon his head what he called
silk hat ( which was offered in evi-
lence ) , a tall structure having a shiny
luster and calculated to frighten timid
people. As a matter of fact , the officers
jf the crown stated that several women
fainted at the unusual sight , while
children screamed , dogs yelped and a
rounger son of Cordwainer Thomas ,
ivho was returning from a chandler's
shop , was thrown down by the crowd
tvhich had collected and had his right
inn broken. For these reasons the de-
"endant was seized by the guards and
aken before the Lord Mayor. In ex-
enuation of his crime the defendant
claimed that he had not violated any
aw of the kingdom , but was merely
ixercising a right to appear in a head-
Iress of his own design a right not
lenied to any Englishman.
Reckoning from Hours.
Since the beginning of May a new-
system of reckoning the hours has been
n force in Belgium , noon being repre
sented by 12 and midnight by 24 or 0.
iccording to circumstances. A train
starting exactly at midnight is said to
eave at 0 hour , and one arriving at
hat time is considered due at 21
'clock. The dials of existing clocks at
ailway stations have been adapted to
he new system by placing the numbers
L3 ; to 24 under the 1 to 12.
Plastic Tool.
A new decorating tool has been in-
reduced for making raised designs and
ettering on walls , vases , etc. It has a ,
eservoir for clay at the extremity ,
ivith a piston which forces the niate-
ial through a flexible tube to the
lozzle ; the latter is held by the openi-
or , and guided in accordance with the
lesign required , and the plastic clay
forced on to the substance to be dec-
rated.
The Power it Eloquence.
A Dakota lawyer was recently arrest-
si for stealing wood , but such was the
ov-er of his eloquence that he made
t jury believe that he was only walk-
nin his sleep and thought that'he was
. . cing flowers on the grave of his first
/ii'e. New York World.
Vhen a woman who
keeps a cow can
-it the breakfasts out of enou"h
am to make butter she is very indiV
Jint that her grocer doesn't offer her-
prices for it.
' : he loafer's idea of happiness is noth- ,
g to do and lots of time to So it iu , *
