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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1906)
Thirty Years of Solitary Confinement How Jesse Pomeroy, Boy Murderer, Has Familiar ized Himself with the Sci ences and Languages During His Long' Incarceration. H a tnah .tone cell, erer .Inc. th.' Th. c.ee will mmi dajr arter the story I Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, of th. crime, li forgotten-serve to 111.!.-1 I there ha been locKca ip in m ..n,t,,o... puo- 1,Ti t ta state Prison In Cli.rle.town "i opinion and the execution of J u mice. . ut. nrlutift whiwe name la familiar ; Thlnklhg to strongly of Pomeroy'. crimes. ? Lm n.w England. perhaps "ir'' ' ,h pu,'"c "1,,e rared he waa a mere HJlinn of the reading pul.llc. Blue, boy. fourteen year old. and waa .atls v tCn there " l'nl,,d 9'""" lwl "ed h" jury brought upon htm the KfliO OOO mh.blt.nli. wrdlct to b. hanged by the heck until iv nrla-.ner in Maaeachusettv dead. Hut thl. public did not know the n - , 11iitrir doliline wnole turv. with t. tti,.i ut... ' a. a, wi I renin. undrgotng contlnuoua outrage in their eyes, the Individual. ment. . . . vr ahmet' who tnailp tit thai r,..v.ii .1 . 1 and cneenoa . - - "- F u . . v. ei pu not 101 1 " . . ..... Vila fare has cause anil n.vni.i,.i 1 .1 itx.n him. For tmr.y - ,,- ""-" The warm . ... a mile. The rlnveetin ..t ik. , .,' " rdTnY'hV ..".7y"chiracter however, knew the,; dM.n, .ndT S Ne-" Knalfnd to, more the But. . th. , . pactac.e of hanging a cllld. . i.i- aubtect. rer-iYet It was an unimunl on ma D,t th. k ihuii mi a most any -7 - .,, j . .. .. 111m IttW vw publicity rr.u.-."- ,nrl slstent ...n ever before ta.ned fewer actual im dcu,,ic.n. kept life 1" .0 P10"".;, Tn Ata--Jl Pr,Srmii.""- been .0 chiselts-haa public 1 ntlnuousl Here Will ccntlnuou-iy '".. ,,. ,h, flrit time lll be prwny- mg iiiuny f'U hlttitfiio u.-f"-- jFMe pom troy. . . n.w,boy and hi. It I. M.ln.1 a fl7'"h "' ory .Ull nur erltnM t:.at th. P 0 ,n pomt. ,ur lnu.nr mj Xrnoeflend. Behind roy' cell U nelt tier - . aft4S. hout bis era'. to-day a man arr..- w)th the penitent. ,., year, of an dead many year.. New Governor. ... lie demanded unusual venaeance. rrrtm this fact may be explained why the pris oner I. now llvlna- under conditions more familiar to th. day. of the BaMlle and In the unhappy fiction of Duma and Bal ac. With such circumstance, born of h!h public frellna-. It Is little wonder, therefore, that ofHcluU who have thl. case thruat upon them dtscourafe any pub licity that will keep the .ubjeot rankling In public opinion. . JOLTS0 '1 ' ?urvlval- The judge, who trlexl him, the Attorney General and th. District Attorney who prosecuted him the lawyer who defpnded him n.i .k. awyer who defended him and th. ..w va, tun me an nave been passing of forty-aeven unusual lire. almot within a hun- Surrounding elm.Vhe turmoil ot - SLrWian With th. rry ewenc. of nK crnVury .11 "?J "'mHn Uvea tn lh -olHud. of m.v'L.- Right in th. town of hi. birth h. Ii by Vwl.ty. H. ha. no f utur. ""'e' iidao. with hi. far. turn.d toward the put. torn duplloate. th. lift of n anchorite ofth. Dark Age. with tl- three vow. en toraed upon htm Wjr th. tXimmonwe.lth of Vfautitiaailla Utiange yth that h. wa. and poullat mn tha.t tti tr-iuaual clrcum.tanc. of hie lira ia.va tfeveloDed. Pomeroy I. a rarity for Hyohtlolcal tudy. Not on. to uvuholoalatM. howerer. but to pnolorl.ts r.J t liwv.n Interested In th. .volution of legal Interpretation, hi. oa. Will atand out in histories like a algnboard on a devi ous road. Valuable subject Shat he I. to many field, of tntellectual erxioavor, how ever, accurate dafa regarding him are meagT. and difficult to obtaUn. Much Untruth Told. Were this a paternal gov.rnm.nt wher a strict centorahlp could be placed upon publicity or where 'the topic oould be absolutely placed under the ban It I. prob able that Jena Pomeroy'. nam. would long au have been eliminated from type. All oHlclaldom would rejoice could forget his name. Curiosity lng him. nevertheless, continues a 1 lei- vir and the public huogrlly keepers, year after year becoming respon- muie iui ma tare, nave m Merited from their predecessor, traditions regarding him. It Is a cimtom, almost a secret com pact, that so far a. the public I. concerns 1 t-omeroy uiea thirty years ago. That he1, I'uiuic is protected f rom I him and where he Is protected from the1 public la to official thinking a professional I maiier, a legal rormillty and a detail of prison routine exclusively the business of proper officials. 1 IntccurMte Storitt. Such officials, with th. exception of Pom. ery. heart broken relative.. monotioliM in. personal lacis nt nis existence. The relatives al.o bitterly oppose any bub llilty. In . recent petition to the Gov ernor asking for a pardon th. following siaiemeni wa. maa. : "Th. tun h.ver shine, on hi. head: he cannot go to chapel; h. I. denied a.sool atton with human beings. Th. prisoner lias had no opportunity here, and ha. been handicapped by the unfounded but par .latent newspaper notoriety In th. case." 'in. nanaicaip of thl. publicity can ju.tly be attributed only to the Inaccuracy of public Information and to th. lack of a presentation of the complete facta. It th. world really knew that Pomeroy'. crime, cam. from a malady over which he had no crt trol and really knew what It mean. for a human being to be atvut In a small rell without human association for thirty year, public opinion would probably ask executive authority to extend to the pris oner at least a few harmless privileges. HI. only hop. la publicity of actual fails. If he ha. been handloapped or has suf fered more aeverely thiin he has deserved lip' smMni - SS.'if'.V, 11 . .WKW',.! i' liit',k,in,V',;' . V.I- Hi';. ., J " " I i I J J.V Jl J, ifr'MA tt- fin , f'A r 'V'.. ' n ' . ' .V W i ftHw& ' Mi'-- .- -X'r. -rf.i 1 ii m "mm nelir.l on in ,. n)Ml ,,,,, ne topi,. that h.i Lri'ti i-iinst.int coii:omp1.itlnn all tn u - -th it ,,r J i.mi, ,.. "I'j ymi r.ii;y tlunk they would?" he re;-nn. I'M. "Ve, Jesse. I actually tliink Hint I. whet would happen." "Would that be Justice coinrnutit. was his only In Po VI tl' In ti.ii Ii,!. the IimI, V'ic Tor thirty yezxs his face ha.s never been seen to brightJiwithaj-mile. Mar -mm li.iJIL Hs would pbee a- cup of wter for me. bi rd to "bathe in Pomernv's h.irpln- on the suMrcf or I tl.o Is t!.e keynote :., h,, . ' f J 1 ! " 'V'J- ""1 the Her 1 U .!. nrgued In h's .Iclence ttih 'v ve-.r. -.J that h.. brum w.i, nnor:, . ' Vv ul ." "" t"nv,'r "f li.l.lhitloMi no 1 1,, 1 , not ,i,. lact, wli--h .e .!!.r.,T The .... "iniu-ii npra ,...t The hoy wn Mii.vi..',...i i rrlmh.,1. ..' ini. "th'ic iV, SMr' "h": jT,.p,.,-, r,, h-,; ;'"ni or J,n9 a f. l ..n's cell wW hJ. J "mor"V !l l.. n.ver ilre.,,,,.1 1 h" l""'H" i . ' ' oimruv ttifiv h -i iMiiwiif. rnr , . n blind .,., 1 - -m.,K,er t.:ati lr.if o nor .. !' n to m.:nl..Mi .. - ... .'."'.."" nit i 1... , ' . ' " l" "It!,! -.... Ma, I'lipn,,, of the j,,-, ilre.l nie 1 t no m.ite n . ,.,,,11,1,. rr h;, s.. ' 1 'M-i'iitus mnti bi..w 1,,. ""ot see. a The hoy Metlm (lf :inBh'" 'V' I H'l.l. .... . ii .11111; Ktlow- n !uin .. itiit lured 1111 into ,, ., r I''nom- Tiiererotv to , ?, ' S""p vt"m tr lire. Un..r;,t of l i -. ",'Lm',r' In His cell oo(-nti tl-e rro-n.,ti "p ""!" :niB,rrn.,nfn,n!h'" bi-h"-1' '.'.IV at the .'"'" He I, 1 n-liiant. 00 reasoning Is lie 11 1 .. . of hir youth. nisn-. 'He emotion -'-ve.oH.j .m,'iUVX;,rI:,,f,,!- h-'v ""rpej the iloniihrn,;, of L . f"rn h1" belns n. I,e ii ..V,VVof.n,! !"'. Such Pt his Mte arj;,s,V.e ;"'''V C"nnot one of Ptmicmy's eyes hud to be removed "'"."""P;" r his 'deedns?"he 'haa beefiiise of his Injuries. This Is slid ntll- " ,me a "l'fernt heinir. 8 na lelallv to be untrue, but Is bused no m tliej liable to believe Ihni ii,. , . . . .. .i,,i ,i, ,.i.i., .. no vo hi. nlwavs oy were Iho . . ,r " " iho ' V - - .. . , w ucen inipured. . wn mceu that E;c&pe Idea Abandoned. Shue th') sis explosion Pomeroy hns ...... .... p, j i no- UOV or lOllir nr Mkm less Interest In plnnnln :.. escape i,,,,, phT, fsoX' bv force. Were he ever to litem throns.-h' , , ''' '!" the two foot walls of merry Hill he wo,, Id " 'J L f n f.en bo only :,s near freedom as are the "( L . ' bo. other nris-iners In the main yaivf. In tlns! "r,sn' Ve tn,,n"t ill. Pomerov sponslbl- for what he nd tL7 inon. unwllline tn 1 he ma("re the boy o o,V "rrJ'lr,:.Sp''"'.i,'I'l'y T : .. " ""s mniiff it nut foe of fatalism. Powers no control, he nr,.,,. boy In the unfortunate t IAO 11... ii.ni 1 .... " ""- tunes or the open sp.rc he would ue consiicuous 'o - - - "') inat punishes him the t''jrj3 on the wans and towers, anu . ne cannot believe Would onlv be .1 mark for Mile lire. Wwi'l there Is a Ood that would allow In he to esca'iie the bullets he would sllil fae 1 Justice to be heaped upon him For thl. the npcessltv of scaling a twenty-two foot' M'"on Pomeroy refuses to tolerate the will without a ladder. , teaclilnps of religion. He has no rellKus .More potent than these phvs eal dllllcul- belief, no faith. He reasons thut If there tl( however, a 'mental suuiest on Klvenlwcr Ood. this superior force, would to him has made him resigned to h s fa'einot permit society to punish him. unless he should Kaln leave to make his In such ft predicament, feeling himself a exit by the front doors. The following victim of fate, It 1. not remarkable that Ishment which h. I. liable to endure by be better than might be expected I Shown walls, he finds a suisttilnlnK Interest in tha aruraaalrl aentenca tu tint of aolltarv bv the amount of read ni he accomplishes a mniTlXlne of nilidOor oastlllies and Imprisonment at hard labor In the Btate , with the use of only one eye. Vision with, princely rountry estates. He has s aid ttv'.t prison during hi. natural life." the other eye Is obstructed by a white! If he were ever permitted his liberty he Solitary that one word In the decree (film, which with years haa become almoet would get a farm In some Isolated portion oiuque. 01 Maane, wnere lie wouiu rame pumo iw differentiate. Pomeroy'. past thirty years from those of other "lifers. Where Ht Exists. Customarily evety day he sees nobody the rest of his days. except the deputy In charge of Cherry Viong the errors In newspaper accounts , Hill. This niert WRtehniiin pnnvtun 1 1 V 1 nt Unmnpni, four tn.iv hj n.irmlpil here.' 111! cell I. tne mo.t .equesterea in mai patrols tho corridors and at frequent In- tn keeping with the former public notion Isolated fortress within the prison yard t, rvals noiselessly and suddenly peer at 0f ih. prisoner's crimes. Pomeroy has auwwu mm iunrjr inn. i " " i "iiii-i uy ianiuj n ine Kniiins willloul en-. iM,r., . t ip vlct in of lur it a -coiinis or now built on the ea.t of the main building. ! gaging In needless conversation. doorle. except from the interior of the. To the lone prisoner one duy Is like ano-' main building and conspicuous because itslther. l-'rom morning till night, season af-u.-lrHonru n ra imii 1 1 aonn.re holes iilo:iu ter season, htt reads and nhma and sin, lit a " -t - - " . . - imniscen. 11 n uuf uiiu in: "mi " It. eaves. Which look like ventilator. In In Peasant weather his. keeper rtin relieve eaary bird In his cell, but he cherished a cold storage house. In the m tin build- " "'' y somew nai o an nout- ol , , , ln lhe nlornlngs he would ace a cup ef water for the bird to bathp he ha. tortured and mutilated cats, birds and other pet- It need only tie asked w here he would get access to such animals In his cell. It Is tru that he once had a ini are about sixty cells, two tiers of them ' x"t-l.fc" a, ""''' brick-walled yard, the'1, 7, th7pub . yr hT;Stt.to eat i". -nd then would watch It as it spread .lty regard- ,d yBCuaIiy Understand Pomeroy ! h?"Bn.We ' "fj'?1 MeorrWor but from t. fncm W"t,u,,t k,,ife or f"rk ",,ce --" ", W",g an,J mdt,', ,lu' w.;,y of th' tlnue. year,th h curate pu.bllclty It I. prot-bl. ; p" yn '.m Once a month Prison Into the sunshine. I he bird would inertly swol- ()f bated woul(1 "t,'d' Ji.'l"!1! n"""l eviay away about an hour at a time while .uw. w.. aB.niy n-w. or nun man. niaaitw nd th-t hl, nm,,,. yef4rs would known In spite of official prohibition , utllJer rtIltroton, mcr, human, and hat ha. been printed about him .Inoe merciful hi. Imprisonment ha. been one part facti , , ' . . . ,. , ,. and nine parts Imagination. Th. ac! fo plIn wtiavt h-l to-Sy onmm-iiio,. i- ih- n..hii .,a . .,. casary fli.t to rehearse briefly th. bark. diluted and often polluted literature ha'r,,unU of hl" llfe' 81nc aeptemb,r . j'l.leeping men by night. Through an open keeper and the chaplain r.ted a popular conception of th. prlgon- "T" P" "".h' "van of! er whlc-h would be difficult to eorrect. f. i n B.row.r .nfl darker cornuor 10 He Will Not Work t la at . ixil,la l eat an oilier prumiTi. n win i.fi of this rise, an austere aeuu wmh.i public to consider dl.pas.k::ately th. ub-:',r, old on n,t Noven;ber w":wKh It. .mall window, high overhead. To Ject of their prejudice, however. It would nM tmrteen jrr.re om wn.n n. -a. not be difficult to .xplaln to thl. public " en lnto to,J-- l-'?1n.1h, ,co"; that Pomeroy ha. received much Jnjuatlc. i f on of torturing and mutilating Ivy. HI. crime, were bad .nough. but the ub-ot taur to f5 h wa "1l tJ Jeot of th. cause, of hi. .rim, hag'th. Reform School In Weetboro, Bop tern alway. bean hinted at publicly as unfit j ber to, 1871 H. wa. pardoned from thl. i acncoi on rmriii a, tmim. rvw" after h. kllltd and burled In th. cellar of t.U father' .tore a little girl nve year. old. Uu th. following April Bt, th. blackest day In hi. history, h wt. arrested, charged with the atroclou. .laughter of .flve-vear-old boy ln Soutn oo.ton. in prisoner may look out upon the long row or cntv years of aire Is nermitfuH n ,i, p..,..r,,v would nie.inw-hlla entertain hlm- opposlte ceils. This part of th. buildins H'lilin a brief visit. The Governcr. th. Oov-iaelf in anticipating Its return. It has also, practically a dormitory, as most of Its einor's Council und the Primn Commis- been written that Pomeroy'. crimes are; occupant, during th. day work ln the 'sinners see him on their yearly or some-' ex ulicub'.e by irenatal Inrliience; that hl.i prison shops. It Is a building nearly al- tlnu-s more frequent visits to the prison. , father was a butcher, nnd that his mother ways .dent; empty oy aay. anu niieu wim ne raieiy aees prison omciais, except hlsiat a vital period aided ln the work of nen by nignt. i nrougn an open Keeper una me onupisin. i lie venerable1 at the eastern end stretcnes a cnapiain provides mm witn reading. for public dlculon. 80 It ha. happened that th. whole mbject ha. been unknown to the condemning publlo and Pomeroy haa received th. full fore, of comnleta oppribrUmi; where a. a. ha. been In part deaervlng of aympatlty. It may be cen turies before some hl.tolan of Am. Mean prison, will dare to breaent fullv m via mat Uie society which heaped such ex- September he Wat convicted and Mntenced treme punishment upon an Individual wa. itaelf responsible for allowing an Irrespon sible defective hi. Illwrlr. and then urM. fled at what cam. to pass because of such neglect, not only locked the barn after the to be hanged. He wa. not yet fifteen year. old. Th. Supreia. Court without avail reviewed hi. defence of Insanity. On August 31, 176. after th. Governor'. council had listened to . r.vi.w 01 ex horse w. atolen, but avenged Itself upon tenuallng .ciraum.tance. ln hi. behalf, the luckles. Individual. Governor Kloe commuted th. sentence In year, to com. Massachusetts will beThe document under which Pomeroy I. no more proud of the way the State hand- held reada: died the case of thl. dangerous defective "We do, by and with th. advice of our than Ma.sat-hu.ett. 1. now proud that it I council, grant to him. the aald Jesse Hard ona. burned wltoha. at sjm. ling pomeroy, a commutation of the pun- butchering. This story is absolutely without founda tion, bs the buy father newer did any butchering nnd his mother was a dress maker. From no such cause can his mother explain his peculiarities. Regard ing Pomeroy". attempts at escape much fiction hns also been written. It Is true that he has attempted to escape, and has therefore In times past caused his cus- unlll h!s; Indians some anxiety. With tools former- tomb, ar, known as, th. "pum.lmit llke gnencrlan . copperplate " aVtfunii Z "F "n ''""'"rZ te.ra.rl . ... 1. - . 1 1 ohaatenlng of violent and unruly Prisoner..! e h. ,h. call of l.ODO .book.: , the 1 " J'V . ' ."n, hB" Th. f.i-ihit oii r tiii row. in ine imxvk, nrmnn iiDrarv nrt nr -hniii rin u ; v v ' - Despite his seatenop. Pnrriprnv ha. the right as one enter. 1. a row of darn ii ymri, 1 nis is one rare subject e,T dble door., a .quar, grat- I. no known to other prls - r-JS? t..hh.dn,ra,r Z'. about th. .lie of a cigar bo. These , h.ndwrltlnir I. beautlfull ) Pfrtot. I, takJir S . v.. .r. known as the "Dunl.hmejit , uu .,i ly furnished cell. " and ar. used only for the temporary .haded, firm, regular and small lettered. In times past fashioned crude Implements which he has used In vain efforts toward freedom. Except ns samples of what may he done with a minimum of material, wh n corner of the wing. Is supposed to be Pom- chaplain", private collection. For thirty troy's world, ft need never be passed by year, he has read from them. Of lute anybody tn .the prison except for express years he has outgrown a fondness for flc PrHaon officials Ho not Identify tlon. and has .pent most of his time wim It to the vlitor- they only lure you away history and In the acquiring of foreign Ian- desperation rather than ne. ess.ty Is the from It. Although remote from the aotlvl- guages. He has n rending knowledge of mother of Invention, these Implements wri iiidii. a 1 riiv 11, tiwn limn, lIHllflfl I fin VB 11 Kf II Ul VI Ct 11 V UDCirsfl. 1 I IK 1IIUBL deMppfute nttcnii't Pomcrny evtr muUh w.i wi trtllil lilt An hour of exercue in JTnalJ trjcX-wlled yard- tie. of"prin llf. and In .tch en auater. I-atln. Oerman French. Spnnl.h, Italian " 11 r. world fh. on la nld to and Arnblc. Of his- proficiency he aiotla he fitted ud for wwmantnt abode ad to be know.: but with his lexicons be translate. , in 1(7. hen he used the lllun.inating gas materially comfortable a. any in the, 'rom the foreign books. t hi. cell to create an explosion which nrlaon That rueh a plac. must be wluule- H's favorite novelist, are Pnlsae nnd not only wrecked the cell but nearly .ome 1. evidenced by Pomeroy'. ordinary Uuma.. At times ne nas read a Oerman killed him. Of this escapade even content health and by the fact that his brown hair newspaper, presumably for practice In Kirury prisoners In Cherry Hill tell con- conversatlon once took place In his cell: he has never been known to smile In thirty 'If you ever d d succeed In pelt. 11? tiion years. His mind all the years has been im- ha. n T'yet turned to gray. 111. pal. and Oerman. a. he has prac.Ued reading llct.ng details. An account written by .'.galn. tr ,7ed v .,, wh, X'h ,' "", """" ' ';'SS O Lllow face, however, Shows that h. live. French n.wapapers. Ironical as It seems, convict who was recently pardoned Is de-: you "Yhe nwn : te le.r .ih " oV.t r reek dram . , ""t ln p.Tp.tu. rhadow.' That hi. light mu.l , although his life I. bounded by narrow oled by th. authorities. Th.s related how ri.l. .Intend l eLrly ? There the he'V J -X o?wperhumaa f" V." Curiosities of Cut Glass nID you ever hear of th. famou. iwlth bar. feet on th. clay for month., and glass dress mad. for the Infanta then mould H by hand that no seam may klulalie, of the wonderful cut appear. On. finished pot costs llw. and lass arrvWa nicml l,v iioiua v i Ii- acctdant of a lilaht mav ruin It. The I J Child., of the Immense punch beat developed In th. process of the glass ' bowl, decorated With the HtarS mixture melting 1. ternble. but cold air and Stripe., presented to th. lata I blast. In front Of the furnace help the Pre.ldent McKlnley? All of these are, men to bear It, and great care Is taken American triumph, of th, giaaa blower', with the crucible, as well a. with the nulr art. and Justly cause pride not alone on lng ma... account of their beauty but from th. fact Arter b8, m,Uwd In the th, prod i ni ""'" fraft of glass making an Opaque ma... which can be o t Perfection In a new country. ,htip,j but wll, no run anJ whlcn ,ak((. Only within the last flftv vear. has It ...... , . 1 . - Km.. 1,. u... .i . . 1 - , " . iroiu 1 111 iv ih lurir iiuui. iu luui iv h been known that America produced .and , , . 0. , ,. ,un- Possibilities of Fruit Tree Grafting. tine enough to make superior glass. Thl. I. found In few place. th. U.ikshtre Hill. : Hollow Iron dIdo into It. Ttie luminous brf.,2 on5 P 1 o .V a ML",!m. ln.tanUyadh.re. to th. cold Iron, a , d wnT.Trt.J S , l.Lh' Jl! V gUy turning tb. rod th. man can t S tnrmitin?.1' on . much of the molten glaa. as will en basesTed T "ad oolxltolxr. ."I"11" ealrl. Tbl "gath.r.r " n. hr..'n.hh.1ttPrm. noth,? U h vrtou flr.t ..cret of cut gU.s m.klng. Th. n.U-lm" "nhd p" ,hm,0n I lng room, in which thl. first proca. l.lmea b,8Wr wh, UkM lh, n1 tirted are Interesting place.. ni th. bluw " oubb IhstanUy appear mlxer" la an Important man. He know.;'" n th. molt-n ball, whloh with con the aecret. cf the baaes. the compounds; tant turning, rolling t. fit a mold and likely to result In certain hue. and hard- meaning wlh compaeoe. turn, out to b. ne.s. He makes tb. dlffer.no. between the a bowl- "laf, ,f magnificent ornament brilliant varletUs. and th. common .ort. nt ,or Jly ,4blr T11? " blower" or wrvl Potash and soda render the glaa. mor.'Vr 'ulr wonderful .kill and Inel fuaible. Urn. make. It harder and leadl d"'!' develop, fine lunga. It I. a curl g1ve( it lustre. Oxide of lead U used for oul ,act thal machinery cannot do thl. th. finest glas. and great ear, t,afcSajwor " buntaa being In every .tag. of 1U manutastur. It give.! Thl. proca. dona. th. piece, must be n a clear ten. when .truck and by metallic nld. tor a draught of aold air wlU oradi oxide, th. color can be chanrvd to anxithem Instantly. To do thl. a boy carries THOUGH every on. ha. heard of th. th. pit. Mr. Burbank crossed this .ucccas cro. f!-illiMtlon and hvbrldlxatlon of .fully with the rVench prune and other I I plants, there are many who would be. plums, and after .01119 ten years began to ' puzzled to give a clear definition of see the results of his work In sweet and either. Cross fertilization Is common 111 sour damson-like fruits of all sizes. Afur I nature, and consist, of bringing the pollen several more eur. of experiments there . ,1,.. aril ,,f another, the appeared among the seedlings a strong. flowers b.lng at different part, ot the plant vigorous, close Jointed tree with large or on different plant, of the .am. .pedes. leave, and prominent uuds.whl. h produced But hybridization requires that the pol- the seedless plum. This Is called the ' Mlr len of one species or genus should be oar-lacle," and Is of much belter flavor than rled to the pistil of another specie, or ' the best damsons, and Is greatly Improved senus. Although this uroceas does occur jn form, color and size. It even surpasses I ln nature. It I. extremely rare and I. ou-ill. pate t. the French prune, fir it Is .Idered an aruneiai process. ,ir.ei, nue u lhi n... . it. faaclnatluo for the gardener Ilea productive. In th. fact that the result can never be The fact that the plum Is seedloes Is not foretold, but If there 1 on., It I. some- a bar to Its prop igatlon, for It can be thing new and strange. Ther. ar. many grown by grafting ajid budd.ng. The ba surpnses, and there are great limitation. nana af jtie tropica is practically seedless desired .had. tt require, a ttm para lure ef loot Fahren heit to tlux a glass mixture a heat not to be Imagined lhe prepared batch 1. put th. article, on an aabeatoa board to the Arlhg room, wher. the snail pleoaa are sat ln pan., which are pulled with wireleos chains from the hot to the cool end of the In the work. For Instance, the apple ana Uie plum, though nearly related, nave never been hybridised, and the same U true of th. aurrant and th. gooseberry and depends for Its propagation on suckers. The elimination of the s.-ed from the plain Is but one part of the treat work nornud in X Z'U fertilized must be cut out; great precau tlons must b. taken to guard the flower. mcnt for the work can secure in the fruit 'XS iliani Na .raa.wi ana - a put iiuiii atixo nv w V I Intd a orucibx or clay pot. which In tlaelf la'ov.n. dually twenty-four hour. ar. con wvadartul, for U U mad. by tau who tread .tuned u, UUg proeaa uon. rau ,- "-" T L,,,,,,,,,, greater hardlh od. wider lnM7Zr; Mtowr of tin., uf fruiting or .lowering, r' lygrva, reputation;;-- ned-SuV: a. a hybridizer, for he ha. had many and ' J Jg mUl ll lhue striking succa One of them the uf ,lurMl.uiturB seil.ss plum, .Ilk- haa resulted ""tr, reaJtr lo , c lhe mujiy year, of experiment, bom. eighteen re,u,,, 1f Ul endeavors. Just now on. ob yeaia ago he .tarted with some .eedlu.gs . t 1)f Ule government experiment, m tais front France of what ar. called PrunU ,,, , lo glo an orange which will be .ana noveau. a fruit which has been lnjr. hardy than those now grown. This known as a eurlnslty for hundreds of wrM treHn when the severe frosts in Fl 11 yesrs. ruli.eJ the various fni.L ci.-ps. l-'"r on The frclt is about the size of a snud ior-i:l liny selected the Usj;. orange, cherry, Uks the damson plum In flavor and which grows quite far north, and because oolor, and wLa ft tue warily aovariag. eX in b.aui nt XdUag. u used a. aa or namental shrub. Its fruit Is .mall, about the sl.e of a walnut. This .upplied the hardiness required, and the sweet orange of Florida supplied the other quslltles desired. By using the Florida fruit as the father and the other as the mother, and vice versa, liyoilds have been produced which have the qualities of butli. These are beginning to bear now, and the fruit, though not as hardy as the Osage, Is, of course, much mute so than the other. It has some of tne characteristics of the lemon and Is val uable fur marmalade and other purposes. When the eharacterstles of the sweet or ange have been further bred Into thl., the end will have been accomplished. Another experiment has been to Improve upon tne grape fruit, which Is so popular as a breakfast tonic. This pomelo, as it is sometimes called, has been crossed with the tangerine, or velvet skinned orange, and the result Is a grape fruit which has a loose skin like the tang, line and can be eaten out of hand In the same way. The marriage has Just taken place of a centenarian couple at Maysvllle, Ohio. The bridegroom Is Captain Kuhns, aged lol, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, while the bride, .Mrs. Sarah Crawford, has just passed her hundredth birthday. The r coui tsulp commenced seventy years ag . James Nation, Assistant Elite Audit iT of Kansas. Is one of thirteen children. His father. Heth. Waa bom on Apr.l 1J. elll.sled iu toe cicil war August 111. was nominated treasurer of .NeoSlio cjUllly tietember 111 and took ottice October U. I lie wid Uiau Is ail v. aad wL Gambling on the Weather fxEriHAPS ln no count re Is uamblinn IJ.11 every form and fur stake, of every I size so prevalent as In India. Put a particular kind which is peculiar to UlU laud Is that w nioli Is the fashion dur ing the rainy season. Tills is cuh.d atta. or ridn speculation, and has the advantago over mast forms of Bumbling of allowing no opportunity to chut per. to "lix tho returns." I Those who think themselves weathtr wtse, and there are many all over the world, bet according to their opinion, and It rests wlfh the elements to decide who win.. The betting may take pl.ee any where, .o long a. there Is a roof und a spout, or a rain kuigc, which Is recognized by both parties In the transaction. Should the gambling tak. place in a room there will probably be a long counter-like table extending fiMin one end to the other. At oiih side lit the bookmakers, und b their sides a gorgeous brass bound box, native Inkstand and sand box. These men book 'the Kme ut which the gambler think, the rain il descend. The means for settling the (.uestlon are very simple and are of I two kinds. One Is a long gutter running along the eaves of the house or building, ut the end of which there Is a sniail hole, to which a spout Is fined. Tin -.jugn this nar row aperture the water trickles when he rain falls tn the form of a sllehl drizzle. jH.it when It rains In earnest t.,e r.i.-h of ,ater is not sole to ii,'i;. Ihromjn the I small water spout, o tills up the gutter and pours over the end. It Is on this de-s.-i tej end that m.ift .of the b. is are bo..k d. The other method of tilling the a:u..u'it of r.il.u wtilch falls Is a rouh k.nd 'of rain ga.ige supported on posts some aevaa blgti aud .taJuLng la a uwuga. tor .loin :it- The scenes of excitement reach their height In the gatnbl.ng dens on a cloudy day, when tne chances between u hiMv'y downpour and the passing of the laiu clouds to another district uie about even, iiien the gamblers rush in anxious to b iuk iheir bets. Th. ricil merchant, und trad ers, poor .oldiers und cle.ks, all c aa.iii in tact, look anxiously at the sky and t.Kk i.l the money thev loni , . .... 1 tlu.es even that which Is not thVir own. me liuiiur.iie lo.i.l'ie. la . ... . them when betting on the weather as uU the sweepstakes oil the Calcutta Cup. Another n.n 1,1,,,,.,,,,.,.,.. ,.ww... ,, .v.. IUI ill Ul b.ing in ind.a, u sonieihing I.Ka cock 1., 1I1IT. Insleu.l ...... 1,. . .... ..... , - - -Jn.m idiiuua UlIUS ill. ubcd, the particular kind of bird vurvn.g according to the part of India. Ch.'l.or. which ure larger than a partridge, .no found on the lower slopes of tne in.. m ''' .nd are ganio to the extent of kc .1 lighting, no tne mule birds ate frequent. pitted against each other. PartrlJtjea uie more r.iiiiiii.n.'i i. u.. .... ... - - oioei 11;: many belrg s0 clever.'y trained thut t ore expert flKhters. A gijui f nat:v. may often b. seen squatting In a ring ac betting the mount of their money on t. b rd which they favor. uaaus sr.' also extin-.iv.-lv used fighting, partly because at certain sen- inej ;o moon aii over India, but especially lo-.'ause there Is no oth-i of its 3 ZC Which IS llioriw au,,,u I.. .. When properly trained t'.ey uive an union ur uird ng.iting which In most scli-n 1 llo. and they are fr. game to 111,. di-ath. tJiialU uc no pi.u-Mi-clous that thise which re smre.l .-, a c .rnllcU and arc to he reserved for u-e on the table have to be kept in spela.1 prepared uaU piu Ull eenUsO. ' f T rroe 1 T I ...I- m-l l. r- d "l'ie! tly