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Newspaper Page Text8 OREGON CITY ENThM'WSK, FKIIY APRIL 29, 1893. OFFICIAL PAUL PRYS. Postal sneak thieves op french government. THE t1tat Methods Employed by Them la Opening Letter With UttU Pstieno They Onraomt Gam, Sealing Wu or Metkl Fwtener, The incident which occurred In the French chamber concerning the viola tion of the aeorecT of a letter addressed io M. Deloaese by a high official of the tuinistry of marine bai stirred the pub- lic, which la surprised that such pro ceeding! take plaoe under the third re tmblio. Created in 1630, the cabinet loir was a permanent office under txmii Philippe and Napoleon III, who fcsed and abused it in ordei to learn the tolitical secrets of their opponent. It as generally believed by the public that the offioe bad long been suppressed ty the present government. But after he incident mentioned those who still ti lieve in the secrecy of the post, of the elegraph or of the telephone exhibit an "credible credulity which is extremely (are at this fin da siecle. Those who ire so imprudent as to write their in rnost thoughts concerning any politician in power will Le wise no longer to im agine that a letter which arrive at its destination apparently unopened baa tot been read by a third party. As is veil known, it is also easy for an offi cial to learn the secrets of the telephone ty applying bis ear to the receivers at the central offioe, and by so doing to Intercept phrases wbf?b are both in structive and amusing. ' It now appears that the postofflce officials also give themselves up to the delicate pleasure f satisfying their curiosity. They employ 20 different methods in Irder to assuage their professional in Juisitiveness. If an envelope is closed In the ordinary manner by a thin layer Cf gum, tbey bave the choice of two systems when the paper is tough and strong tbey slip with great precaution very thin but not cutting blade be tween the two gummed parts, and with 4 little practice they are soon able to Separate the paper without any tear; When the envelope is thin and brit tle they open it by the primitive and homely means of steam. These proceed ings are extremely simple, and the cor Xcspondence of many masters and mis tresses has often been slyly treated in the came way by an inquisitive domes tic. This industry requires very little (kill, and the only capital necessary is a small amount of patience. The more judicious individuals fasten their let ters with sealing wax and imagine that tbey are consequently perfectly safe from any surreptitious attack. The officials of the cabinet uoir, however, tre not so easily defeated. Ey judi clously bending and twisting the part Cf tbe paper surrounding the seal they gradually detach the latter, which final ly remains unbroken in their bands with very thin layer of paper adhering to It. After examining the contents of the letter tbey replace tbe seal intact at the xact place which it previously occu pied, and both tbe sender and receiver Cf tbe letter remain in blissful Igno tance of their maneuvers. Other correspondents, even mere sus picious, are not satisfied with gum and wax, but supplement them by a small metal fastener, which 1b guaranteed by Cs inventor to render any tampering with a letter impossible. This, although fls efficacy is far from that promised by fiie stationers, certainly complicates tbe work of tbe intruding officii. 1. lie rises fc tbe circumstance, bovever, and after carefully removing the stamp and mak ing a cross cut on the square from which it has been removed be intro duces a email steel instrument with a special book at tbe extremity. This book grips a corner of the letter, and by Carefully twistiug the sheet round the tern of tbe instrument it can be finally ? traded without any apparent injury, by cbance tbe note paper is refractory tnd cannot be twisted owing to its stout ness, tbe operator cuts tbe entire length ff one side of the envelope. The con tents are easily obtained in this man ner, but tbe reclosing of tbe envelope acquires much delicacy of workmanship 4ud is, in fact, almost worthy of an artist. About a millimeter of each of the cut edges is carefully folded inward, ffuninied and pressed together until dry. This phase of tne work, although rather iifficult to a novice, is boon acquired by practice. There are many other tricks employ- ?1, some of which speak volumes for oman ingenuity. It sometimes hap tens, nevertheless, that a letter baffles all tbe skill and experience of the entire department. In that case their means jfre rough and ready they suppress it altogether. The exterior appearance of tbe letter addressed to AI. Delcasse be trayed the work of the Cabinet Noir. this proves not lack of skill of those in frusted with such an important but un qerband duty, but simply negligence. London Globe. The Critic Answered. ' An acuta critio calls attention to what he styles an inelegance in a lead Lig article of The Pilot. It is that in Thicb the following sentence occurs: And Paul said, 'But I was born so.' " .'e are sorry it is inelegant, but it must and as it is, for it happens to be tbe act words of the Kew Testament. apter xxii, verse 28, of the Acts of the postles. The Pilot never tries to im- ove upon the language of holy writ. ome afternoon when we have reformed 1 tbe wrongs in the w orld ami point- out all tbe faults of all our neighbors or tbeir reiorniution we may sit down d revise the New Testament, but it ill cot be this year nor next year. oroewhere along abont 1998 we shall nugurate these important reforms. loston Pilot. A Name. J. "Wbydoyoa call yoor bouse The blockhead?" "Simply because it is tbe first in oar jgow. "Boston Courier. BEGGING EASIERTHAN WORK At Least Thft Why On Mm told Oat a Street Stand. I ouce got a rather curious confession from a professional beggar, which if true, and I believe it was, opened my eyes to tbe reckless ways in which American beggars are made. "I bad been keeping a sidewalk stand for years, " said be. "I worked bard and earned from $3 to f i a week. Ou that I lived. One night when I started to go borne by the .Mission street oars I found that my pocket had been picked. It was too for to walk, so I decided to borrow a nickel. Tbe first man to whom I told my story gave me a quarter without j hesitation. All the way home I thought it over. A quarter was aa much as I made olear at my stand many a day. It all ended by my selling out and going to begging, always telling my first story. I bave done pretty well since then and like the business. " One day I met him in Union square, ITT I . ... . iiow a ousinessr- i asKea. lie was leaning against a tree, deeply Intent on some figures In a book. He slipped the book into his pocket and began to whine. "J. ever mind your regular Btory," I said, "I know it. Answer my question like a man, and you may add a dollar to your bank account." After a little preliminary skirmish ing be waxed confidential mace it a ruie, ne said, "never to walk less tban ICO blocks eaob day, It is a very poor block that doesn't aver age 8 cents. Two blocks will more often net me 10 cents." Heoonsulted the book. "Yes, tbe average of tbe last six months is $5 a day that is. just 6 cents a block. I bave been on this beat nearly a year now, and I bave my regu lar customers. Excuse me a minute. " He passed through the fog to the other side of the street and touched his hat to an elderly acquaintance of mine who was coming down the broad steps of the Paciflo Union club. In a moment be returned with a bright new quarter in his hand. "I told him my wife was better to day," he said, smiling pleasantly, "and that she prayed for him night and day. Well, so long 1 Your dollar passes the limit today and business is over." Can yon blame him? Five dollars a day is the wages of a first class mechan ic. Why should not begging become a profession wben people are such easy game? Overland Monthly. Disraeli' Manner. I have no doubt Disraeli loses friends by bis apparent insouciance and the method in which he walks to his place witnout looking at anybody but I surmise from my own experience that it arises from nearsightedness. I perceive that be cannot toll what o'clock it is without using his glass, and somebody told me lately tbat be saw him bailing a police van, mistaking it for an omni bus. His face is often haggard and bis air weary and disappointed, bnt be bas tbe brow and eyes of a poet, which are always pleasant to look upon. He generally says tbe right thing at tbe right minute and in the right way, and be is lustily cheered, but sitting among the opposition I have abundant reason to note that he is not completely trusted. It is said that young Stanley and other .youngsters of bis class believe in him and tbat the man who is so taci turn in parliament is a charming com panion among bis familiars and is a gracious and genial host. Some of bis postprandial mots steal out and, I should think, make fatal enemies. Somebody asked him lately if Lord Bobert M. was not a stupid ass. "No, no," said Benja min, "not at all; he is a clever ass." "My Life In Two Hemispheres," Sir Charles Gavan Duffy. A Picture of Zola. This is bow Zola is described by Stuart Henry in "Hours With Famous Parisians:" A business man, no emo tion, no ideals, no imagination, no poetry, in bis personal intercourse. He does not try to win or entertain you. He takes no personal interest in you and does not expect yon to take any personal interest in him. He talks frankly and freely about everything, but in a secular way. He makes life seem to you merely a commercial career. Fiction for him is editions of 100,000 francs a year. His magisterial and mag nificent panoramas of descriptions, un equaled for tbeir kind, are all measured off in bis mind as so many rods of print ed matter at so much a rod. No personal magnetism, no sentiment, no perfume, no rose colors. Life bas been for him a blunt, rude, brutish thing. He has con quered merely because he has worked harder tban any one else. With him naturalistic literature succeeds only by the sweat of the brow. What loins of strength nevertheless I What Titanio capacities to achieve! He towers over all his Parisian contemporaries, as Vio tor Hugo towered over his epoch. The Elephant Corps. An English newspaper, in an article on tbe Siamese army, says: "In one re spect tbe Siamese army is superior to every other, and that is in its elephant corps. Eight hundred of these animals, which are stronger, though smaller, tban those of Inaia, are organized into a special corps, commanded by a retired Anglo-Indian officer, and tbeir heads, trunks aud other vulnerable parts are protected against ballets by india rub ber armor." A Costly Dish. "Ob, mamma, do Christians eat preachers just like tbe cannibals do?" "Why, no, my child. What put tbat notion into your head?" "I heard Mrs. Ceekon say this morn ing tbat she was going to have her min ister for luncb." Brooklyn Life. It Costs Nothing. Thackeray tells of a lord who never saw a vacant place on his estate, but be took an acorn out of his pocket and dropped it in. Never lose a cbance of saying a kind word, of doing a kindly act It costs nothing. WHEN YOUR EYES SMILE TOO. Wba your ryes unit too when your ys null too. It's then I know your bidden boart ii laughing out with you. It's often I hv mo your Up go Mwrchlng up Mlltln, And, oh, 1 eoniehow knew your heart Wat grieving all the while. And lh tky wtedark and gloomy and the bird ongi were o fuw, And the ran forgot Its ahln Ing till your eyes Bulled tool Whrm ?! "mlU to-rl ur ay.. anille too. Oh, the listen of the willow and the glisten of th dew I Oh, the brightness of th meadow and th tlghtnex of th grain. And the muslo of the Uttl winds that laugh along th lane I Oh, th whisper of th valley and th deepness of the blue. And the glory Just of living when your eye smile tool -New York Press. FIRING ON THE MOB. Th Sosa After th Death Dealing Volley Umd Dana Its Work. Uad Done Its Work. The yelling mass below n eared the walla. A whistle pierced the tumult. From the windows jetted swift lines of flame, and a shattering volley tore the air. A crash, and then stillness on tbe mob, an intense busb, a swift paralysis: a blue gray smoke cloud floated up the walls and out over the juilyard. Meu gasped, then hold their breath. From their nests in the eaves startled spar rows flew above the crowd with fright ened twitterings. In tbe jail corridor sounded the clink. clink of empty shells falling to tbe floor as nervous fingers fumbled at boxes or shoved fresh cartridges home with a snap snapping of breechblocks, while staring eyes were fixed upon the scene outside. From below came a new sound, the noise of agony. Ou tbe outskirts of the crowd men were running. Tbe mob surged back from tbe jail walla In tbe space left clear lay prostrate forms out stretched or huddled in attitudes of gro tesque norror on the stone raved wav. One figure half arose, wavered back ward and then foil toward the retreat ing mob with a gasping cry. Men run ning back from tbe crowd with appre hensive glanoes at tbe wiudows carried off tbe limp forms. In tbe crowd men bore up other men who reeled and stag gered to and fro. The corridor was very still. The guard stood in silence. Here aud there one drew a long breath, with a slow heaving of the chest and a lifting of the shoulders. Turning their eyes with an effort from tbe mob, they glanced at each other aa though seeking confirma tion for their thoughts, to be assured tbat all this thing had happened, tbat the dark forms on tbe pavement below had been a grim reality. A slight, pale faced private threw his rifle to tbe floor and turned his face from the window. with a burst of shuddering sobs. Others swore apparently at nothing and busied themselves with their weapons. No one paid any heed to the private who wept except tbat his next rank man stooped and picked up his rifle. The smell of burned powder bung in the air. H. H. Bennett in Lippinoott's. Dog houses and Dog Kennel. Doghouse is the name applied to a bouse made for a dog to live in out of doors; dog kennel to a house or box built for a dog's quarters indoors. The doghouse is likely to be for a big dog; tbe kennel, in private bouses, for a lit tle dog. There are few doghouses used in tbe city, and in nronortion to tbe number of pet dogs not a great many kennels, bnt still tbe number of kennels in tbe aggregate is considerable. Doghouses are made with a sloping roof to shed rain. No such necessity ex ists iu tbe case of the kennel, and ken nels are always made with a flat top. Things may be placed on top of them. Tbe kennel is practically an oblong box made of yellow or white pine or of whitewood, and customarily painted white and without ornamentation. The kennel bas a grated opening in tbe top for purposes of ventilation, with a cover to pot over to prevent draft. Former ly the doors of such kennels were made of wire cloth; now they are all made with bars of a very small sized gas pip ing. The kennel of this kind is so made tbat it is raised at tbe corners enough to make the bottom clear tbe floor, aud it is often mounted on casters, so tbat it can be conveniently moved about from room to room. Such kennels are made by carpenters, and tbey cost 5 to $10 each, according to the size. New York Sun. What "Goes" on th Yukon. In Tbe Century there is an article on "Tbe River Trip to the Klondike," written by John Sidnoy Webb. Mr. Webb says: Alaska is a country of more square miles tban square meals, and the legend ary governor of North Carolina would bave found little else but muddy Yukon water, assaying CO percent solids to the liquid ton, in which to quench bis cele bra ted thirst. "Do as you please" is the motto. In civilization coats are worn for various reasons, "on the Yukon" because it blows up cold or rains. Nap kins, tablecloths, sheets and pillows do not "go" on tbe Yukon, or have not heretofore. Even tbe Klondike million aire packs bis blankets and takes what be can get. Song and Talk. "What is a song recital, Uncle Chris topher?" "A song recital? Well, somebody sings all afternoon, and an audience of women talk through the whole perform ance. "Detroit Free Press. The "Prisoner of Cbillon" did not suffer in the cause of liberty. He was a troublesome rogue sent to prison for mischief making and spent his term there in making indecent verses. The vineyards 8,000,000 acre. of Italy cover nearly SHOE HIEROGLYPHICS. Occult Symbols That Hava lUea Devised to Deeelv Womankind. "People oftou ask me tbe moaning of the apparently crasy hieroglyphs aud figures tbat are ' stamped ou the iuuur side of the uppers of ready made shoos nowadays, " said an F street shoe dual er. "As every shoe manufactory has a secret stamp code of its own and there le tllnrfnr tin tu-iuull.1 I it w r9 it . Dublin loarhinif t...r. than that sunt. codes exist, I may as well tell you that the vauity of modern mortals, and es pecially women, is at tbe bottom of these peculiar stamped characters and figures. You'd be surprised to know, for instance, bow many women there are who imagine tbat thsy wears No. 8 shoe when in reality their sise Is a couple of figures larger. A shoe sales man who understands bis business cau toll precisely the number of the shoe a woman customer wears at a glance. But as often as not a woman whoso foot is a ! v. ll.. t i i . . . ' I nu. a nuns tur a nine a coupiu oi sizes smauer, ana me mysterious stamped hieroglyph scheme wus devised for tbe purpose of eucouraglug her in the belief that bur foot is a couple of sixes smaller than it really measures iu shoo leather. W hen a woman calls for a No. 8 to fit a No. 0 foot, no shoe sulesmnu of this era who cares anything for bis job is going to say, 'Aludam, your foot re quires a No. 6. ' He simply breaks out a shoe of the style she requests that he feels confident will lit bur comfortably and lets it go at that. "A wouiuu rarely thinks to inquire if tbo shoe is really of the sue she asked for, for she takes it for granted that the salesman bas given her what she de manded. But wheu a wouiuu Joes ask, for instance, 'This is a No. 8, u it?' It's the salesman s lusiucsa to uublushiugly reply, 'Ycs'm, it's a No. 8. The wo man customer might examine the bloro glyphs inside the uppers for a week w ithout finding out any different, and even if she had the key to the puzzle it would only mnko her feel bad; so what would be the use?" Washington Star. ARITHMETIC 1700 B. C. Sums Over Which Egrptlau Children Pus (led Their strains. Probably tbe oldest copy book for home lessons iu arithmetic was recently unearthed iu Egypt. .The papyrus, which was found iu excellent condition, dates from the period about 1700 il. C tbst is, about 100 yeurs before the time of Mores, or almost 8,600 years ago. It proves that the Egyptians had a thor ough knowledge of elementary mathe matics almost to tho exteut of our own. Tbe papyrus bus a long beading, "Di rection how to attain the knowledge of all dark things," etc. Numerous exam ples show that their principal opera tions with entire units aud fractious were made by means of addition aud multiplication. Subtractions and divi sions were not known iu their present form, but correct resells were obtained nevertheless. . Equations are also fonnd iu the papy rus. Among the examples given is tbis one : Ten measures of barley are to be divided among . ten persons iu such a manner that each subsequent person re ceivea one-eighth of a meusureless thun the oue before him. Another example given is: There are seven men, each one bas seven cats, each cat bas eaten even mice, each mouse bas eaten seven grains of barley. Each grain of barley would, if cultivated, bave yielded seven measures of barley. How much barley bas been lost in that way? The papyrus also contains ralculuiions of area, tbe calculation of the an a of a circle aud its transformation iuto a square, aud finally calculations fit the rubio meas urements of pyramids. Philadelphia Record. Shaking Hands. Men shake bauds with strangers of tbeir own sex with fur greater readiness than do women. Two men, on being presented to one another, will frequent ly extend the hand in a grusp of greet ing, which gives opportunity to form a general idea of each other's mako up, and know whether they are attracted oi repulsed. Occasionally there ia a roan with sufficient good nature and oonruge to refuse another man's bund without causing offense. There are men who bave been so impressed with the dis coveries of bacteriology tbat they main tain handshaking to be tbe cause of dis semination of disease gorms. Tbe bare band comes in contact with innumera ble germs looking for pasturage on some vulnerable spot of our anatomy. A cut or abrasion on the band leaves a door open for tbe admission of the enemy. Therefore it is with reason that meu argue against promiscuous handshak ing out of the home among the meu met in business life. Science long ago frown ed upon the practice of promiscuous kissing, which prevailed among women. Is the ungloved handshake also doomed? New York Ledger. Great Kat Catcher. According to an account in The Jour nal d'Hygieue, rats have become so abundant in Eru.il that a domestic snake, tbe giboya, which bas about the circumference of the arm, is sold iu the market place in Rio Janeiro, to be kept in tbe bouse us a protection uguinst ro dents. It would seem that the serpent pursues its prey more for tbe pleasure tbat there is in it than from a sense of hunger, since it is snid it rarely eats tbe rats caught. Similar in its habits and attachments to the domostio cat of our more northern latitudes, the giboya will, it is said, find its way back to tbo house of its master even if transported to a considerable distance. Tbe seal worn by tbe pope and used by him ou official documents to which bis signature is attached has on it the engraving of a fish, with the cipher of the wearer. Since the thirteenth centu ry every pope has worn a ring of this character, and it is shattered with a hammer wben the wearer dies to pre vent its use on a forged document r REGON CITY j New and Enlargod Shop with all appliances for MACHINE WORK & CASTING All work executed in tba bent manner possible. teed on all orders. RBPAIHING- - Prices tho lowest to be had in near Main, Oregon City, Oregon. J. ROAKE & CO. WHEN YOU BUY, ALWAYS GET THE BEST This applies to real estato as well as other coniculities. Every family in need of a homo desires tho best location. 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