SUNDAY, NGVEMUKR I, 1908.
TUB imilMUQ AimillAi:, A'iO.UA, O.
New York News Letter
NEW YORK, Oct, 30. That the
working of Grand Juries are not al
gether grand In thin city at leant in
exciting a good many New Yorker,
In pitc ot the closeness of election
day with its supposedly all pervaded
Intercut. The disciisilon of this mut
ter bid fair to furnUh ume startling
diicoverlc for while no one I de
manding '. the ' nholislmtcnt of " the
Gr"and Jury system, there l a grow
ing feeling that there is need for n
clijtitKc. It hai been asserted for some
time that Indictment wer too fre
quently returned, a statement which
would "ccm to be borne out by fig
ure! appearing In Appleton'i maga
zine, According to these the time
which can be giveii to any particu
lar1 case by the Grand Jury average!
only six minute. " The eonchjsion
drawn it that Justice here i' too
much of the rapid fire tylc, and the
figure! In the Applcton article lecrrt
to corroborate this. In the last eight
yean according to it the1 total mtm
bef of Indictment' returned wai 33,
232 and the total disposed of 32,731.
But conviction! on these Indictments
which went to trial amounted to only
twenty-four percent, or'" leu than
eigh thousand. In other words three
out of every four irldictmcnti'.retuw'
f 1 y the Grand Jury resulted in no
nothing except expense to the state
and to the indicted person. Ai a re
sult there hai been a bowl-for New
York is always ready to howl. Sug
gestion! to protect the man "who
Isn't proven guilty" range from that
which propoaes to place grand jury
men under bond for fifty, percent of
convictions, to the other extreme
which lays the small number of con
victions under indictment! return
ed at the dooi- of the prosecuting of
ficer!. Of course there is1 a compli
cated kind of politic underlying the
whole matter, to complicated that no
one know! what it is .In the mean
time the 'average New Yorker ha!
some very ittflinishing figures to ana
lyze and with only onfl conviction
out of every four indictments by the
Crand Jury Father Knickerbocker is
thinking of adopting as hii municipal
aong "The Grand Jury Will Get You
if You Don't- Watch Out.''
What is probably thcAoldest : and
most curioui municipal custom in the
country itill exists in New York af
ter more, than 240 years that of
lighting the entrance to residence!
of the city's mayori with large lampi.
In no other city in the United States
is this done. At present of course the
custom is not one of utility, tut sim
ply a lort of honor and distinction.
The precise origin of this curloui
custom is something, of a mystery,
but it li believed to be a survival of
a practice in the early dayi of the
city during the days of the Dutch oc
cupation. At that; time the burgomas
ter wai the chief man of the town
and carried ft lantern from the two
meeting house! since the meetings
then occurred at night-to his home,
where it was hung on the top fence
rail and left burning until morning.
Its. light served as a guide to those
who wishd to make a complaint or
give warning of trouble. It is fairly
certain that this custom has survived
since 1668, at least, for at a sale ot
antiquities one of the articles dispos
ed of was described in the catalogue
as 'a lamp, said to have been used to
illumine the front of the house of
Mayor Cornelius Steenwyck in Mai
den Lane, and to have been used for
the same purpose by three of his suc
cessors." This would seem to indi
cate that only the house of the active
mayor wai thu! marked at that time.
Aipresent the houses of the mayor
and ex-mayori as well arc marked
by the two large light! provided by
the city.' The lamps in front of the
Wickham family have been in place
alnce 1875, when W. C Wickham be:
came mayor. There are now nine sets
of these mayors' lamps burning h
the city every night. So far ai is
known Robert A. Van Wyck was the
only mayor who refused to have
these lights in front of his residence.
He opposed them on the ground that
they no serve no useful purpose.
' While much has been said and
written of the dependence of the rest
nf the country upon the financial cen
ters in New York and Chicago for
providing the funds for industrial op
erations little has been heard of the
!j..j''nf -weal enteroriss in
these cities upon the rest of the covin;
try in supporting the credit upon
which their operation depend. That
'this condition now exists and is
growing more marked from year to
year hai just been illustrated in a
striking -way. Although the. money
situation has been steadily improving
for several months past,1 a curious
development is causing considerable
inconvenience to a number of large
concerns whose disinclination on the
. part of country Tankrs to loan money
on the paper of such concerns. Ban
kers are inclined to' attribute tlii sit
uation to alarm caused among, the
financier! in the smaller cities over
the failure of the so-called "lihli-
trust." and a few other very large
concxrn! having : widely, distributed
loans,, lu general it is assumed here
iw tiiU rendition of affairs will
en use 1c trouble In New York than
In Chicago where an official of Swift
and Company, regarded as one ot
tlie largest users of. bunking facilities
in' the country, is credited with
statement foreshadowing the neces
sity of other arrangements ior nanci-
I1ng the paper of this and other big
concerns as a result of the refusal of i
the stnallert banks to lend money, to
large enterprises in the financial cen
tre! as they have beeri in th habit of
doing hretofore, .,,'.. ;
A very larce piece of change has
!..t nmr tn litfht ill till M city Slid
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it' doei not belong to John D. Rocke
WW either, although the rate at
which it! value has appreciated since
iti cominir might lead to this con
elusion, incidentally it is the largest
niece of money in the world, borne
'.where there are three more just like
it, none which, however, are bigger.
It would not be a handy coin to carry
around, since this remarkable" piece
is twenty-iix inches long by thirteen
Inchei broad, and weighs the trifling
sum of thirty-one pounds. A couple
of dozen of these gigantic coins
would make a very fair wagon load
for a single horse to haul. As origin
ally coined in 1659 by the Swedish
government this piece of metal was
worth about-two dollars. Only five
were minted, and for this reason as
much as for anything else their value
has always been great. The New
York specimen at a recent sale
brought the modest price of fsuu.
This curious coin, if it may be so
called, is" made of bronze and resem
ble! a plain, gravestone tablet more
than anything else. In the centre and
at each of the four corners it bears
the imprint of the royal stamp of
King Charles of Sweden. The enor
mous lze of the coin il accounted for
by the, fact that when it wis minted
Sweden wis at wrwithJ Russia By
making coins of, such large size the
rovernmcnt' fiaured that it would be
impossible" for Jhe" numerous bands
of roving YobbVri "to carry away any
considerable ainount of money. Citi
zens objected ?so strongly, however,
to this bulky form of currency that
only four of these, gigantic coins were
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stick." ' ' :; ;:''; ' '"
The biceest schoolboy in the world
has just been discovered here, his net
weight being nearly one-sixth ot a
ton, or 330 pounds. Also he is said to
be the best behaved ptipfl m the city.
This may be accounted for by the
fact that he is forty-eignt year! of
age; married and the father of ten
children. In fact it is because of hi!
youngster! that Hosey, as he is nam
ed is now in school. He 1s a former
strgeant, now a lieutenant, of the po
lice and is retired on a pension. His
reason for going to school at mid
dle agewith pupils thirty-five years
liis junior is simply because Tic is de
termined jffhat his children siioum
(have what he never got a good edu
cation. He was not content, liowcver,
merely to send them to "school. He
wanted to supervise their education.
So he is coins to school liimsclf,
working to keep far enough head of
th youngsters to be able to help ana
advise them intelligently, livery
night he may be found studying hard
at one of the city's high schools. For
three years now Hosey has, a he
puts it, "been studying mighty nara
to keco ahead of the kids." lie is
taking courses in algebra, geometry,
chemistry, - advanced arithmetic,
bookkeeping and English. In the
letter branch he has already taken
soecial honors. It is a curious sight
U bp tiim sittl.itr at school with
scores of pupils young enough to be
hi own children. He raises his hand
iust like tho test of 'them.
effort to give his children a good ed
ucation has adapted, himself com
if.i th regulations of the
school.
PROTECTED THE MULE.
ATT.ANTA. Ga.. Oct. JL-There
is a limit to the weight a Georgia
mule should be made to haul and this
limit was' yesterday fixed by Judge
n.A,1fi In ftnhre court at Jiw
nounds. Tudce Broyles fined C. R
Walker $5.75 because Walker S mule
was hauling a load of 4,032 pounds,
' To Curt a Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if
it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S
siohature is on each box. 25 cents.
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!FAT WOMEN AND HOUSE
WORK
Housework is harder on the
stout woman than it is on her lean
er sister for very obvious reasons.
Bending over brings on that awful
stuff ed-up feeling and causes her
face to get red and coarse looking.
As a result many fat women, natur
ally good housekeepers, let their
homes tto rather than permit the
work to make their lives a misery.
A Brood many try exercising and
dieting to get rid of the fat, but I
want to say here that if housework
will not take off jronr extra Mesh,
exercising can not. liouseworx is
the most strenuous Tana of exercise.
I recommend every woman who
.1 a tWtii wiih interest, because it
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deals with a problem of her own, to
irive nn exercisinjr and dieting as
being bad and injurious, and instead
trv tho followins: simple mixture ot
household remedies. I guarantee that
in a reasonable length ot time they
will have lost enough flesh in a na
tural, wholesome way to enaoie
them to go through their houseworK
with pleasure and comfort to them
selves. This home receipt, is as
follows: i ounce Marmok, 1 ounce
Fluid Cascara Aromatic, and 34
ounces Peppermint Water, and the
fisn. (nr tnkintf are one tea
spoonful after meals and at bedtime.
Now, 'don't make the mistaice oi
fliinklncr that because these three
things are simple home remedies the
combination of them can't be good
for reducing the flesh for as a mat
ter of fact I don't believe there is a
better combination for taking off fat
quickly and safely than the one 1
have given you above. It does not
disturb the stomach or cause
wrinkles, and it renders dieting and
voivkinor entirely unnecessary, in
addition to these advantages, which I
am sure you will admit are enough
a rei-nmmend it to any woman, it is
inexpensive and easily obtainable at
any drug store. , ,j -,',.
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UNCLE SAM TAKES HAND?
In The Great Aeronautical Exhibit At
New York On Tuesday. 1
NEW YORK, Oct. 30,-The wea
ther bureau at Washington has de
cided" to tak6 'part in the aeronauti
cal contests to be' held in New; York
tti A mpnVan Aeronautic ' Society
with an exhibit of various sort of i SAN FRANCISCO, , Oct. 01.
instruments ' with which observa-, t orcea to appiy ior cnaruy u
tions are taken. Among , these , had added a dozen years. to his rec.-
will be the great box kites which areord as a centanan, Captain ,,0,.- V.
sent up to nigh .altitudes ana, tne Ju"amonu ww ,'!
sounuine oaioons wun vinsiruiucuis vmu
attached will register various con'di-.
tions miles in tie air. It is also ex
pected there will be a series of ra
ces between aeroplanes, the first ever
held in the United States. ;
ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD.
French Dealers Sell Pictures
" Use A Simple Trick,
And
NEW, YORK, Oct. 31.-Whatthey
believe to be an attempt to defraud
American buyers of French paintings
has been discovered by the customs
authorities here Customs examiners
found that a number of paintings im
ported ; from Paris, bore daubs of
paint in one corner evidently for the
purpose of covering the signatures.
When this layer of paint was remov
ed it was discovered that beneath
were the, name of great artists Co
rot, Diaz, . Rousseau and otbers of
equal prominence. It is believed that
the paintings are of obscure artists
' and that the forged names were care
lessly covered in a manner as to make
their discovery certain, thereby en
hancing the value of the paintmgs.
ics and publisher of a pamphlet , on
vegetarianism, yesterday appeared
at the Emergency Hospital and ask
ed to be admitted to the County poor
farm.
; The man with 112 years to his cred
it was born in the , shadow of Ply
mouth, Rock in May. 1786, and he re
calls well the expedition against the
Barbary pirates, the War. of 1812 and
other facts that the grandfathers of
the present generation have not re
membered since their school days.
He embraced the vegeterian diet in
the Spring of 1828, he says, and he
is a strong advocate of the turnip
Sick Headache.
, This distressing disease resultj ,
from a a disordered condition of the
stomachand can be cured by taking
Chamberlain's Stomach and , Liver
Tablets.. Get a free sample at Frank
Hart. and leading druggists, and,, try,.
it , :
MISCI
Plate Racks, Wall Pockets,
Music Racks, Clock Shelves
Just in See us
Hildebrari
Old Bee Hive Bldg.
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FINANCIAL.
-irsf ilaf ional
Bank of Astoria
G. C. Flavei.
ADURTERATED OLIVE OIL.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31-The
federal grand jury has returned an
indictment against the firm of Getz
Brothers & Company, charging a vi
olation of the National Pure Food
Law. It is alleged that in October of
last year the firm shipped to John
G, Munting at Walla Walla, Wash.,
a dozen bottles ot onve on xnai nau
been adulterated with cottonseed oil.
DIRECTORS
Tacob Kamu W. F. McGregor
J. W. Ladd S.S.Gordon
Capital . ; $100,000
Surplus ....,.... .......... .......... 25,000
: Stockholders' LiabiHty . . . 100,000
KSTABLI8HEJD WHVi.
J. Q'. A. BOWLBY, President ',
O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President
J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier
FRANK PATTON, Cashier
1 Colds and Croup in Children.
' 'My little girl is. subject to colds,"
says Mrs. Wm. H. Serig, No. 41
Fifth St., Wheeling, W. Va. "Last
winter she had a severe spell and a
terrible cough but I cured her with j
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with
out the aid of a doctor, and my little
boy has been prevented many times
from having the 'croup' by the timely
use' of this 'syrup." ' This remedy is
for 'sale' by 'Frank' Hart and leading
druggists.
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