(7
A at Bar Abmt an II U "rirat MgkL."
The famous play, "The Lady' of
irons, was in rehearsal In the early
rt of 1S38. On the evening of Thurs-
hy, Feb. 13, it was announced for rep
lantation. , Curiosity had been for
ne time excited regarding the power
id brilliancy of this play, and the first
presentation was therefore attended by
i on usually large audience. Men and
men of rank 'and fashion filled the
jxea, The curtain rose, and the play
,"an amid breathless interest. Ma-
i-aJy, who took the pa of Claude
lnotte, had nerer acted with greater
fee and energy; Miss Faucit (now Lady
jirtin) played with dignity and grace;
1 before the first act waa finished t
ry rue predicted that the drama
old pve successful.
'urios.Yy regarding the anthor was
v rife. A thousand surmises were
leas to Lis name. None seemed to
Vgnize the work as Bolwer'a. As the
v went on the applause increased.
la Fancit not merely won plaudits, she
t tears from the andience. "Her
indication of changed feeling," says
ilorg Chronicje, "from agony to
. at lirt word mother addressed to
Widow Melnotte, waa an exquisite
h of gennine nature.
A TALK WITII A BURGLAR
MEANS AND METHODS USED BY
SUCCESSFUL CRACKSMEN.
Bow a Maa Who II aa "Done Tlmw for
Rata Break lag Oparataa Ha Bar Tbak
Ofm Safe la Comparatively Kaay
Work Tin and Moatf Spaat ea Taola.
Did you ever meet a real live fleth and
blood burglar? I mean a man who has
made a living by cracking other people's.
safes, by housebreaking and robbery
who has "done time" in various prisons
and who is under police surveillance
everywhere he goes? The man with the
cast iron countenance, the shifty eyes
and the hunted look?
Of course, no. Ton would shrink
from such society. Yet there is a cer
tain novelty in the sensation. Such men
pass you on the street and leave no more
distinct impression than the touch of a
bank president who has absorbed the
money of his depositors, and is yet at
large unexposed. It is only when you
are brought face to face with the bur
eau while, Dnlwer was not present.to 'glar in a dark room, with his blinking
ess the triumph of his production.
Was detained in the house of com-
by a debate on the ballot, in which
ok part. The curtain had risen on
ast act when he entered Lady Bles-
, on's box. The audience was follow-
.the play with rapt attention; and.
.y, as the curtain fell, burst into a
jJt of prolonged applause. Chatn
! Journal.
Foreign Aalbora Rataraa.
'nay be interesting to know how
tj men fare, both in France and
'.any. In the first named country
' rs have certainly not much cause
j ) for her Memoirs;' Ladrocat paid
w rami for flftv nf hia "f-ananna
sites," and twenty pounds for each
aire poem: tire same publisher gave
rtine .'22.000 for one editiou of his ( on an iunocent and woe begone look.
bullseye shining in your face and the
cold murile of his pistol pressed against
your temples, that the sensation is ex
perienced in all its blood curdling in
tensity. And I feel snre yon would
rather be excused from such a meeting.
To have an old friend "on the force"
aay to you suddenly some day: "Would
you like to meet a burglar? Here he is
now," and raising a significant finger
draw a plainly dressed and shambling
figure from the passing Broadway throng
into a back room and say, "This man is
a bank sneak and burglar." That con
veys a different and perhaps more agree
able son nation. And that is the sensa
tion I have jnst experienced.
CAST WORK TO Org ANT SAFE.
" Whenll you fellers let np on a man?"
was the first and rather plaintive in
quiry of the ex-conrict.' His face took
Walar Marks of the Karl? Paper Maker.
The first water mark on record waa
the coat of arms of a town. The early
paper makers were not slow to adopt
this idea in impressing upon their sheets
the device of the place where their mill
was situated. For instance, the coat of
arms of the village of Rives, a dolphin,
is a common mark on old papers. This
mark is still in nse today. The first use
of the water mark then waa as a signa
ture ox emblem to point ont the place of
manufacture and to recommend the ma
terial. For all that, certain of these emeleins
were used by different makers, and even
in different countries, with slight varia
tions "brisnres," as they are called in
heraldiy which were evidently not ac
cidental, but intentional. The letter
"P." used by numberless makers, is a
good water mark to take as an example,
since we find that not only Is there an
endless variety of forms of the letter in
the product of different mills, but that
the same maker modified the "brisnres"
of the letter on different qualities of his
paper. Another use of the water mark
is more evident still. '
The names of the principal sixes of
"papier verge" have been handed down
to us. and the whole of these have sug
gested water marks. Rising from the
smallest sheet to the largest, tbey are as
follows: Bell, not, ecu (a three franc
Here ta a Truth.
Sew York Tribune.
To the fashion of denouncing success- j
ful men as "monopolists," "public one-1
tuies," "oppressors of the poor," etc., j
may be easily traced the spot iul forms of j
.insanity illustrated Lv recent develop- j
uients. Ilalf-cdurnted, idle and shift-'
lens men rending and hearing these j
tilings wiuie irKnng over tlieir own ,
miserable failures, are iiiipresHetl by
them. They get tilled with tli; insane
idea that they are in wiine way the
siMHrial victims of these "oppressoi s of
the poor," and gradually work them
selves up to the madness of undertak
ing by violent means to avenge their
own and society's wrongs. When that
oint is reached a single assassination
or wholesale slaughter impends.
The Meal I Uhrrln.
Washington, Dec. 14. Treasury
Agents Williams, lavender nnd Hurray
wiio put in the past season on the
Alaska seal islands, have submitted a
final report in regard to the seal fish
eries to the secretary of the treasury,
but the contents will not be made pub
lie until Secretary Foster recovers suffi
ciently to take tlio matter under consideration.
Special Sale ! Novel Attractions !
. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1891,
Aye'page Day
at
Thf jr are now Free-.
JiONOO.N, iHf. lo. Today
Miss St.
piece), crown, shell, grape, large grape, !;!. .iirr,,..,i. l..r v.nnu.l' ar,i.ii.-t
i . . 1- I -k I I Tl. ! " " ' "I I "
size "jesus" was indicated by the letter
"j, the rest by their emblems. In the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth centuries the
members of each trade guild were com
pelled to mark their merchandise with
the seal of their guild. Paper Record.
K and sahsequently 1,600 for his
e d'un Ange, while his "Histoire
iron dins" brought him 16,000.
une amount twaa paid to Thiers
"Histoire da Consnlat et de l'Ein
It is a well kuown fact, too, that
hi authors dispose now of their
at fabulous prices. In Germany,
er. things are by far not so flour-
ntber's time seven pence perprlnt-
;i was considered to be a high figure.
as obliged to offer his celebrated
Vtion of Homer direct to the pub-
Imx shuilngs per Yolum because
plisher would pay him that sum.
;A received five florins per page
The policeman addressed him familiar
ly, asked him what be was doing on
Broadway and a string of questions;
not severely, but rather inviting con
fidence and conversation. When the
man found he was not wanted, and that
a newspaper man waa his other auditor,
he talked glibly. He had been reading
a recent interview with a well known
safo manufacturer.
There isn't a bank vault or safe lock
made," said the burglar, "that can't be
opened by an expert. I became an
adept at the business while in the' em
ploy of a safe manufacturer. 1 picked
locks as a legitimate business from New
York to San Francisco. Ever? aafe
I'JroL iresner & Co., in Zurich, j company lias men who can do the same
i "Komiache Erxahlnngen," and j thing. The first thing a bank official or
.ick'a -Messiah" fetched six shil- anvbodv Vise does, when the safe lock
gets out of order, is to send to the manu
factory and they send an expert who
opens the safe. The ordinary combina
tion lock U easily picked. There are
time locks which cannot be worked so
easily, especially modern ones. Some
combination locks have a micrometer
nmof iLt l.nrhmniL That? Whir It'a an
i authors compared to their more j arrangement which is supposed to pre-
-er printed page. Schiller, and
Ily Uoetbe, fared much better in
pect. Cotta, the publisher, paid
13,000 for a complete edition of
rka, and moreover bought the
ht from Goethe's heirs for 22.
'here is still, however, a great dif-
I in the amount paid to modern
Starting II alba.
Now is tho time to start your bulbs in
glasses for tho winter's bloom. Grow
ing them in vases of water is popular for
two reasons. In the first place, it is a
pleasure to watch the development of
the entire plant, and, secondly, it is a
very easy and clean way of obtaining n
goodly show of beautiful flowers. It re
quires, moreover, no horticultural knowl
edge or skill, ns any one may be success
ful by observing a few obvious rules. It
must be remembered always that in or
der to prodo.ee fine flowers all bulbs
must first form their roots, and as the
darknesH prevents the top growth of the
plant, but rather aids that mysterious
process of rootmaking that is generally
in plant life carried on nuder the friendly
cover of the earth, it is better to place tho j
glasses in a cool cellar or closet, where
there is at the same time plenty of air.
until the roots are well formed and the
plant begins to sprout
The water in the glasses should just
reach, not touch, the bulbs; and after
they have been brought into the room
where they are to flower, they should oe
kept in a n3 where it will not be too
hot TbeyMike rather a low tempera
ture, although requiring plenty of air
and light In choosing yonr bulbs select
those that are hard and heavy, as for
window plants you will want the very
best New York Tribune,
the justice before whom th9 divorsc case
was tried, asking for a judicial separa
tion from her husband, Maritis. The
application was granted, ami now they
are practically fn-e. The court orderell
)liss St. John nnd Marhis each to pay
their own costs in the action snd counter
faction brought by them for divorce.
I'arllamentary Kauri lnt Not elel.
1)MM), iVc. l.V The Staudtird'g
Ierl in correspondent, referring to the
reciprocity iirrariKciiient between tier
many and the I'nited Slates, says:
' The reduction in the duty on Amer
ican corn and the removal of the duty
on (icrinan sugar was effected by the
simple exchange of notes, and parlia
mentarv an lion Is not needed."
The NctablA lrk.
lioger (). Mills has li-vii quite sick
with l.a t"ripie for the jia?t week. One
lung Is aflvrted nnd pneumonia is
feared.
Knssct Sage .has recovered from the
effects of the bomb throwing.
The bomb-thrower who lately at-
tvmpted the life of Itussvl Sujre of New
York, lias been identified oa, Henry 1,.
Narcross, a note broker of Boston, Mass.
Mrs. U. Goldsmith wife of the chair
man of the democratic state committee
and ex-mayor of Portland died very sud
denly last Sunday night at Lus An'gelos.
e English and French confreres.
nani Messenger.
Am ISatlaaat mt LawalL,
i-nse of loss in the case of Lowell
kably personal even among those
not know him, but it is very
tiore than personal. His natare
j-aUrly rich and f ulL As one of
It intimate friends said, ho was
t ordinary intelligence. Another
3 that what be said or wrote
j but a drop from a vast reserve
Vces. He never lost his playful
alnd or manner, although they
ippear to all men. He was not
cceasible to everybody, because
iot willing that hia life should
Vtated by the dull and merely
ind idlo. Yet his charm of man-
faacinating, and Ills gracious-
kindness were often remarkable
vho had no claim of any kind
regard.
among us probably was so fa
he with literature in general or
'-sources so completely at com-
t he felicities of his conversation
wt ii , v ' ' .tatty. c
him was like reading a good
bis slightest notes have some
rd or hint which makes them
r-GeorS William Curtis in
It Waa a Waa a a.
jwas standing on the curbstone
It a street vender's sale yester
boon, when a horse's head ap-
i-r his shoulder.
f there," he said, catching the
1 the neckrein. "I'll bet a jews-
a woman is driviqg you."
t'l Let go my horset Til rail
:". screamed an excited worn-
want your horse," said the
I don't vf ant to be drir over.
Thy don't you take to the
nd give folks in the street a
their lives?"
jumped back as a whip struck
tnd as be looked after the re-
ihicle he chuckled:
right! Mash 'em! Run 'em
ye over 'em! 'There ought
to compel folks to stay in
hen women go out driving,
its of livea." Detroit Free
ftimn. tlia Naa Bias-
y tru.it a native paper at
-j Hindis) none ring is doomed.
of memtier of the Cutchee
al caste had been held at
inder, when it was resolved
'r their women should wear
jie nose instead of the cus
ring. It was stated tlr.t the
Siose rings had led to "much
couiuient," and it was
veil that if any woman were
wear a nnse nng sue would
a fine of IU. 10-4 annas in j within
t'ji forfeiture of the orn.
lon News.'
vent the successful use of the micrometer.
a little machine which can be attached
to the handle of the lock and has an in
dicator which shows the thickness and
variation of the tumblers.
"Some of these cheap cotnbinatio:.
locks have a bell-like sound or click and
these can be easily read. And some com
binations rnn in grooves and can be de
tected at once. You might as well have
a bouse door lock and latchkey on a safe
as one of them. The latest and best com
bination lock Rives out no sound what
ever, and, while it may be opened, it
would take an expert a good deal of
time. There is a good deal of sameness
about the old style combination locks,
and tthen you get used to them they are
as easily opened as a street door.
BAPLT MADE SAFES.
. "While the modern bank burglar most
be and usually is an expert on combina
tions, he by no man relies upon that
A doxen years ago I could open any lock
within forty-five minutes. The improve
ments have been such, however, that
that method cannot longer be depended
upon. It isn't true, as stated in this safe
manufacturer's interview, that the safes
operated upon successfully by burglars
are simply fireproof safes, and that no
so called bnrglar proof safes are being
cracked. All that formidable looking
array of bolts you see on a burglar proof
amount to nothing if yon can pick the
lock. . The two aide bolts are the im
portant ones. The others catch the eye,
but don't make the aafe any stronger.
"The weight of material is not so for
midable to a burglar as the quality, and
there is much poor material put into
safes. Npw, there is a weakness in al
most every aafe, and it is the burglar's
art to find it out Some liave better
steel in the back than in the front, and j
sometimes the .steel is tougher and bet
ter tempered in one part than another,
lean tell at once aa to the hardness and ;
thickness of steel . plating. Fve had '
drills, however, that would go through :
anything. I could put a hole through
two average steel plates in thirty min
utes. The skill and genius that have
been expended upon burglars' tools is
something extraordinary, and the pains
that are taken sometimes to lay the
foundation of great burglaries or a sys
tem of small ones would be astonishing
to honest people.
"I know of a case where a valuable
safe was purchased for the experimental
work. For instance, severs! country
banks may be found using the same safe.
By the purchase of one of the same kind
and mske the expert had an indefinite
lime to study out iU weaknesses. They
then descended upon the selected spoils
and got away with the boodle.
"Another way is to go right to the
manufactory aud see bow tbey are made,
Just like the fellow did who wrote that
article. You have read accounts of re
peated bnrlries in certain sections
very short time? Well, they
are nsually on a certain set of safes."
New York Tel'gram.
Vagatabl Ivory llaltoaa.
."The principal use of vegetable ivory
now," said a broker who deals in the ar
ticle incidentally, "is in the manufac
ture of buttons, i X good many people
probably think that the buttons on their
spring clothes are made of rubber or
bone and so they used to be. Now.
however, vegetable ivory is the principal
material rued. Tho nut in its green
state is filled with a milky substance
which hardens upon ripening into a fine,
even grain and a tough substance. In
this state it is sawed into slabs of the
necessary thickness and turned into but
tons by machinery.
Unlike rubber aud bone, ivory is not
affected by heat or cold, and is not liable
to break in the eye. The manufacturers
are located in .a number of eastern cities,
though the raw material that comes to
this country is nsually landed at this
port The cost of manufacturing is the
principal'item of expense. About B0 per
cent of the cost of the manufactured
article is in tho labor. The greatest pro
duction in this country was in 1880 and
1890, but the Germans are now able to
successfully compete with American
manufactures." New York Telegram.
A Woaaa'a Saparatitioa.
That the Friday superstition had any
hold on the sex I was not, however,
aware. I imagined that it was confined
to sailors and felons sentenced to death.
But last week I met in a lawyer's office
a lady of my acquaintance eminent in
society and so good a business woman
that she has for years managed a vast
estate herself and made money by it
She was arranging for the purchase of
some property on very advantageous
terms, when suddenly she rose and
said, "Yon will have to wait until to-,
morrow to conclude this transaction."
The astonished lawyer naturally de
manded why the delay should be made.
"Because," replied the dowager, "it is
Friday, and I never do business on Fri
day." And nothing could move her
from her resolution. New York Cor.
Pittsburg Bulletin.
The New York U'rff continues its
demand that the dumocratic jarty shall
"drop all eastern candidates fr the
presidency and seek victory by nomi
nating a western man." It asserts that
"In no other way can the tight be won
next year."
The receipts from rattle thi year in
Montana hare footed up the enormous
sum of 1 10,000 ,0x, while those from
horses, sheep and wool amount to
between foorand five million more. The
number ol cattle sold is estimated at!
X,000 at an average price of 4U a
head.
Two thousand cases of Ii Grippe arc
reported in Indianai-olls. In Ietrolt
physicians rcort themselves swamied
with ilicnts eulfeiiiig from pneumonia
and bronchitis. An epidemic of La
Grippe has api-ared in Cincinnati and
seventy teachers in the public schools
are more or less disabled by it.
Mrs. Ada Snow, the wife of Chester
A. Snow, a well-known Washington at
torney has obtained a divorce from her
husbsnd. Instead of the usual fight
over the matter Mr. Snow escorted bis
wife to Sioux Falls, on her mission to
j procure the divorce and in let'urn for his
gallantry she kissed him good-bye at the
j depot before be started on his return
itrip.
j And now it is asserted. with some de
gree ol exactness mat ine uregon ueie
gatioain congress has agreed upon Joe
blmon as Oregon's candidate for the
vacant district judgeship. Should the
appointment be made the honorable
senators and congressmen can stand in
the lobby and hold their noses aa the
loud-smelling announcement is made.
Attonan
Our entire stock of Mens' Casjiimore Suits $13.00
These oomprise our mil lh.,t formerly sold tot IU. 116, lis iM j)
Our entire stock of Mens' Fine Worsted Suits in boxes $16.00
The units sold for 1, J0, 122 and Ii"
Our entire stock of Youths' Suits, long pants $ 7.00
Our entire stock of Boy's Suits, knee pants $ 3.85
A line of Boy's Suits, knee pants, for every day wear $ 1.50
All our Mens' Black Frock Coat $ 5.00
A lot of Boy's Coats , i
A lot of Boy's Vests 05
Our entire line of Boy's Cassimere knee pants , $ 1.10
Our entire line of Boy's Cotton knee pants $ .75
All our Mens' fine white and colored laundrled shirts . . .$ .95
All our Mens Shoes on first counter. $1.20
All our Mens' Boots on second counter . . . . $ 3.00
All otir Mens' Hats in Window
All our Mens Caps in Window 4 .75
Our entire stork of Ladies' French Kid Shoes $ $.85
Our entire stock of Indies' Ijioe Calf Shoes f 1.40
All our Indies' Fine Shoes on first counter , $ i.jkj
All our Ladies' Fine Shoes 011 second , 2.0O
Or.r entire stock of Cowlcs Bros. Fine Kid and Goat Spring Heel
Shoes:
-S $ 1.10
S'aies 8 to 10is 1 j40
Sixes 11 to 2 .' $1.80
(Jilt ridge Shoe Dressing f .20
Our entire stock of Corsets $ 1.00
All our stock of Fine Yarns $ .12
This comprises Shetland Wool, Saxony, Coral Yarn, Fairy
Floss, Spanish Wool. f
AH our stock of Bath Towels. , $ .15
Our entire stock of Ladies' Gossemers :
Circulars ... . .75.
l:glsitie $ 1.50
Newmarkets .... $ 2.V
Our entire stock of Umbrellas . .s $ 1
Average Sa"
You alt understand that in this
the first comers can secure the better bargains
come early, get them, and avoid the rush.
How Ua Bajajaa It.
"Did you enjoy the sermon this morn
ing?" asked the landlady Sunday of the
tax boarder.
"Oh, yes, very much," he replied
promptly.
"What was the text"
"I don't know."
"Why, Mr. Chinkley, how could you
enjoy the sermon if you didn't know the
textr
"I wasn't there, Mrs. Bifstake. Please
pass me the butter." Detroit Free Press.
Stilts aa a Mai af Laeeaaotloa.
In some parts of Malaysia the natives
walk almost habitually on stilts. Na
ture and necessity have brought about
this result, as excessive inundations of
river and sea often submerge the whole
surface of the land in many places, ren
dering ordinary modes of locomotion Im
possible. In parts of Holland also it is
a very ordinary sight to see people walk-
1 ing about upon stilts of various sizes.
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Clothing, Gents' famishing f
Boots and S'
Full Assortment of the Le
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A :! till' the Ami'. . Tin peopli- j-o: ilier-' in
etily o u- pii'iwiraCu i t.f (u:mi rl!U ai-iaoii
tiie UrrU and ir. liit t!iii Imimrltut InoiMf,
aud that la Joya VefeJalili- Parxipu.-Illa. U re
lieve It la 21 boiira. au. I u:i i-ralonal i!ou
prevent return. Vc refer by ) ruiiwlou oC. E,
EikUiTt .in, 125 Lot-tttt Avenue, Kan rraurlaco;
t. II. l;riwu, Peuluma; II. 0. Winn. Geary Court,
kiu I'rsiK'tfc o, an4 hundredi ol vtliera who Uvo
tul it in roDitlpatioo. Ouv letter U a sample ol
hun.irea. Elkingtou, write: "I have been tot
years tubject to bIKou heaJacbcs sad constipa
tion. Hava beeu o bad for a year back have
bad to lake a phytic rery other night or la I
would hava a headache. After taklns one bottle
of J. V. 8.. I am la scleddid shsne. It baa dona
wonderful thing for me. People similarly
troubled should try It and be courlnced."
Joys;
Vegetable
arsaparilla
.afoac modern. : i m .T ti ". largeat bottle.
Sams price, ll.oo. ., 1 tu.0.1.
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