Heppner gazette., August 23, 1906, Image 3

BEGIN WAR
ON POLICE
Killed In Scores by Bombs and Bul
lets of.ReJs.
Warsaw is Center of Attack Similar
Outbreaks in Many Other Cities
Slaughter in Polish Capital Calls
Forth Effective Volleys Reds Rob
Mail Trains.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 16. Acting
apparently with a definite plan and at
a signal the terror! its and revolution
ists today inaugurated a carnival of
murderous attacks with bombs and re
volvers on the police and troops in va
rious cities in Poland, echoes of which
are heard from Samara, Ufa, Yalta,
Kiev and even far away Chita, where
the acting chief of police was slain al
most on his own doorstep.
The revolutionist campaign flamed
out with special virulence at Wareaw,
n Viom nvr a score were killed in the
sheets, and many more weie wounded.
Among the killed, according to the lat
est official advices, were two sergeants
of police, eight patrolmen, three gen
darmes, five soldiers, a Hebrew merch
ant aDd a woman. The returns are not
all in.
Policemen and soldiers were shot
down like rabbits in the streets. Their
assailants, who traveled in small bands,
almost all eecaped among the terrorized
but sympathetic populace. The only
considerable capture waB a band of
th,ree men who had invaded a grog
shop and killed a soldier. These were
taken by a passing patrol.
Bombs were employed in an attack
on the police station at Warsaw, where
a sergeant, two patrolmen and a sol
dier were wounded.
Other Polish cities singled out by the
terrorists were I.odz, where six sol
diers, three patrolmen and the wife of
a police captain were wounded by the
explosion of bombs in the police station
and two soldiers and two terrorists
killed in the streets; Radom, where a
bomb was thrown in the police station,
killing the wife and child of the police
captain; Votslavsk, where a captain
was slain, and Plock, where at a given
signal the policemen on all the posts
were simultaneously attacked and sev
eral of them wounded.
On account of the agrarian disorders,
especially several attacks on post trains,
the railway between Samara and Zla
toust, which was already carrying
irnards on all its trains, was today
der martial law. Two of
these attacks occurred today near Ufa,
revolutionists in each case flagging the
train, bursting open the doors of the
cars with bombs and rifling the reg
istered pouches. The booty in one case
amounted to $15,000; in the other case
the amount in not known.
FIRST PURCHASE OF SILVER.
Shaw Buys 50,000 Ounces at 66.62
Cents an Ounce.
Washington, Aug. 16. Pursuant to
the announcement of the secretary oi
the treasurer that he desired to receive
tenders of silver yesterday, four bids
were made to Director Roberts of the
mint.
The bids were opened yesterday after
noon, and after being submitted to
Secretary Shaw, it was announced that
the government had purchased 50.000
ounces of silver, 999 tine, at 60. (2
cents an ounce.
It is not the custom to announce the
name of the individual or corporation
through whom the silver is obtained.
It is expected the government will re
quire from 50,000 to 100,000 ounces of
silver a week for an indefinite time. It
is the purpose, therefore, of Secretary
Shaw and Director Roberts to receive
bids Wednesday of each week until
further no'i;e.
Bodies Hurled a Mile.
El Paso, Tex.. Aug. 16. It is report
ed here that between 30 and 50 Mexican
laborers and bystanders were killed this
afternoon at 4:S0 in Chihuaha, Mexico,
by the explosion of a carload of dyna
mite on the Mexican Central railroad.
The car was being transferred for trans
portation to the Robinson mine at Santa
Fulalia. Bodies and pieces of human
flesh were hurled into the air and pick
ed up a mile distant. Windows we-e
broken in almost every house in town
and many walls were cracked. Several
Americans are reported killed.
Strikers Charged With Rioting.
San Francisco, Aug. 16. A number
of former tracklajerj of the United
Railway company, who are on a strike,
after following a number of can which
they supposed were carrying nonunion
workmen, boarded a car on Devisidaro
street and attacked two men. They
dragged them from the car and marched
them down to Fillmore street, w here
they were met by two policemen. A
fight ensued. The policemen dispersed
the crowd and returned the men.
Gives Up Polar Trip.
Iindon. Aug. A dispatch from
Christiania to the Daily Mail Fays .that
private letters received theift from
Hpitzbergn state that owing to the late
iipfs of the season Walter We'lman,
chief of the Chicago Record-Herald
Arctic expedition, has abandoned the
project of ballooning to the north pole
this year.
CASHIER BACKED BOOKIES.
Hering Represented Himself Wealthy
Man Seeking "Suckers."
Chicago, Aug. 17. Absolute proof
that Henry Hering, cashier of the
wrecked Milwaukee Avenue State bank,
was financial backer of a bookmaking
syndicate which laid odds on horse
races, was brought to light late today,
when Inspector Shippy found a check
made payable to Harry M. Smith, who
for years ran the Buffet at 56 South
State street, and whose place was closed
this spring, because of running a band
book, that handbook being none other
than that run by the syndicate headed
by Hering, but whose name never ap
peared as connected with it until to
day. Other men in the syndicate were
Charles Francis, ThomaB Rowe, Walter
Frantzen, Harry Thorpe and Henry
Troy.
All these men were interviewed by
the inspector and all admitted that
they were connected with the book, but
denied that they knew Heiing was con
nected with any bank, and said that he
represented that he was a wealthy
man, and that he wanted to increase
his wealth by separating "a few suck
ers from their loose change."
BUYS ST. PAUL SYSTEM.
Harriman Secures Railroad Coveted
by James J. Hill.
New York, Aug. 17. It can be au
thoritatively stated that control of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
road has passed into the hands of E.
H. Harriman, via the Southern Pacific
Railroad company, which is controlled
by the Union Pacific Railroad com
pany, the main Harriman concern, a
rumor to the effect that Harriman
sought to own the St. Paul property
has been heard on vanoua occasions of
late, but not until today could it be
learned from a competent authority
that there wae good foundatioa for the
report.
As a railroad deal this purchase of
the St. Paul by Harriman is more re
markable than the coup by which he
secured the Illinois Central control
nearly a year ago. Harriman had for
years been an important factor in the
Illinois Central management, but until
now he has never been mentioned in
connection with St. Paul.
The present deal is also interesting
from the fact that in 1900 James J
Hill. Harriman'B arch enemv in the
railroad arena, made strenuous efforts
to mirchase the St. Paul, but was re
fused control by the Eame Standard Oil
intereets which with willingness turned
the property over to Harriman.
PEOPLE GROW CALLOUS.
Eye Witness Describes Warsaw After
Outbreak of Terrorists.
London, Aug. 17. Tne Tribune's
Warsaw correspondent telegraphs a de
scription of the scenes witnessed by
him after the disturbances Wednesday
"The hospital surgeons, fatigued by
their labors," he says, "were unable
to attend to cases, and wounds regarded
sb fatal were left to take their course.
"The scenes in the morgues were
horrible. In one I counted 32 civilian
bodies, all dirty and dressed as they
fell.
"The people have grown callous
with too much death. I heard a young
girl laugh heartily at the sight of a
woman whose brain-pan bad been torn
off by a bomb.
"In one hospital I saw a youth who,
when bayoneted yesterday, feigned
death. The soldiers trod over him and
their heavy boots crushed his fingers
to a pulp, but be successfully stood the
ordeal. He was carried to the morgue,
when it was discovered be was alive
He is now progressing favorably.
"Last night resulted in an orgie of
blood in the Jewish quarter. The num
ber of persons clubbed or bayoneted ex
ceeds three hundred.
"The morgues are crowded with
dead. The bodies were arrayed in
rows, the clothes dirty with the filtn
of the streets where they fell. No
effort was made to do more than pile
the corpses in morgues, and very little
has been done towards indentifying
them. Relatives and friends of those
who lost their lives are fearful of
brutal treatment at the hands of the
authorities if they visit the morgues
Oldest Fxed Date in History.
Chicago, Aug. 17. Professor James
II. Breadsted has announced in an
article in the Biblical World that the
"oldest fixed date in history" is 4241
B. C. Id that year the calendar was
established, the year beginning on
what would now be July 19. Conse
quently the calendar now in use was
6,147 years oid last month. The pro
fessor arrived at these conclusions dur
ing his long exploration trip in the
Nile valley, when he compared the as
tronomical data in the old and middle
kingdoms of Egypt.
Rebel Headquarters Broken Up.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 15. Phe au
thorities attach great importance to the
capture of revolutionists at Moscow and
vicinity. They believe they have brok
en up the headquarters of the military
fighting organization and arrested the
leaders. In addition to seizing their
clandestine printing establishment and
a large supply of bombs and explosives,
including Shimiee powder, the author
ities secured elaborate plans to be used
in the event of an uprising.
Seized at Prison Door.
New York, Ang. 17. Charles C.
Hrowne, the convicted Fede.al silk ex
aminer, who was ordered released from
the state prison at Sing Sing Tuesday
on a writ of habeas corpus, issued by
Judge Hough, of the United States
Circuit court, was rearrested as he
stepped from the prison today and ar
raigned before Judge Hough.
GIVEN IMMUNITY
FOR TESTIFYING
Railroad Men Turn On Standard Oil
to secure Themselves.
Evidence Will Insure Indictment, as
Railroad Men Have No Hesitancy
In Uncovering Their Transactions
With Oil Combine Octopus Has
No Friends.
Chicago, Aug. 14. Immunity to dif
ferent railroad officials from prosecu
tion for violating interstate commerce
laws in giving rebates to the Standard
Oil company is the price which the
Federal authorities are paying for tes-
timonv upon which they will try to se
cure the conviction of the Standard Oil
company and some of its officials. It
was announced today by local railroad
men that they will have no nesitancy
in uncovering all the transactions be
tween the roads and the oil combine to
the local Federal grand jury, because
they are sure that by so doing they will
be themselves exempt from prosecution.
When the oil combine prosecution
was first launched, it was found by the
Federal authorities that railroad offi
cials familiar with the facts declined to
come forward. An inquiry addressed
to such officials brought forth an an
nouncement of the railroad men s posi
tion by the different general counsel of
the roads. Open notice was served
that the officials of the roads would not
eive information because in so doing
they would be placing themselves and
their own railroads in danger of indict
ment and prosecution. After consulta
tion between counsel for the railroads
and the government the silence of the
railroad men was broken and proot is
now forthcoming upon which indict
ments will be voted oy the grand jury.
It was explained by one of the lead
ing local railroad attorneys today tbat
the definite understanding has been
reached between their clients and the
department of Justice that, in return
for proof upon which to indict and con
vict the oil combine and its officials,
the railroads will not be molested with
any prosecution, so i'ar as the giving of
rebates to the Standard Oil company is
concerned.
EVEN STOLE COLLATERAL.
Limit to Stensland's Crimes Not Yet
Found by Inspectors.
Chicago, Aug. 14. The belief that
large amounts of collateral given as se
curitv for notes in the Milwaukee Ave
nue bank have been stolen practically
became a certainty last night, when a
note for $9,000, known to be genuine,
was found in Stensland's house at By
ron street and Lawndale avenue.
Search was made for the collateral se
curity, but it could not be found.
The discovery opened up a field for
almost unlimited speculation as to how
far the looting proceeded before Stens
land disappeared. If the real estate
and other securities in the bank have
been stolen or are found to be worth
less, the amount of money left to pay
the depositors probably will be reduced
as low as 25 per cent.
Assistant State's Attorney Olson was
informed yesterday afternoon that Pres
ident Stensland has large land holdings
in Mexico, and that he may be in the
Southern republic now. The informa
tion came in the shape of a letter from
an acquaintance of Stensland. Mr. Ol
son said that it will take only 24 hours
to run down the clew.
Government May Complete Work.
Washington, Aug. 14.-As soon as
inventories have been taken of the con
tractors' outfits seized by the Geological
survey at Corbett tunnel and Shoshone
dam, on irrigation projects of Northern
Wyoming, consideration will be giveu
ti plans for completing those great con
tracts. The failure of the contractors
is being investigated. It is likely the
Geological survey will continue the
works with the equipment and supplies
seized, rather than let a new contract.
More than 11,000,000 is involved in
t le projects.
Railroads Offer Bribe.
St. Paul, Aug. 14. A meeting of the
State Warehouse and Railroad commis
sioners was held today for the purpose,
it is stated, of acting on a proposition
from the Great Northern, Northern Pa
cific and Soo Line railroads, which
agree to reduce the freight rate on
wheat 1 cent a hundred pounds provid
ed the commission will call off the
present investigation and agitation of
freight rates on commodities. The
proposition was rejected.
More Damage by Texas Flood.
Houston, Tex.. Aug. 14. The work
of repairing the Southern Pacific tracks
at Sanderson is proceeiing rapidly,
and unless there are further rains traf
fic will be resumed Thursday evening.
The cloudburst of yesterday washed
away 6,000 feet of track and 1,000 feet
of bridges in Meyers and Willow
Springs canyons, near Iangtry, in ad
dition to the six miles already gone.
One Mexican fell into a swollen etteam
and was drowned vesterdav.
Custom Houses for Manchuria.
Pekin, A ntj. 14. The Jpanee min
ister has informed China that Japan is
ready to establish a customs service at
Tort D.ilny and nrges China to make
similar arrangements at the frontier
etations in Northern Manchuria, so a
to place the traffic on the Japanese and
Russian railways on au equality.
MOB IS SUPREME.
Russian Terrorists Wreak Vengeance
on Hated Police.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 15. Advices
received from Libau state that the riot
ous demonstrations that began there
Saturday night still continue and that
the Hooligan element absolutely holds
sway in the city, the police being pow
erless to check it. Law abiding citizenB
are unable to traverse the streets and a
reign of robbery and rapine ia in pro
gress tnat win not be cnecked until
troops are Bent to aid the police.
So far all appeals to the government
at St. Petersburg have fallen appar
ently upon deaf ears and this fact has
emboldened the disturbing element to
add murder to its other crimes. Five
storekeepers have been murdered dur
ing the past 12 hours and hundreds of
shops have been looted. The rioters
raided the alcohol depot, and after
filling themselves up on the fiery fluid,
paraded the streets, shouting threats
against the Jews and factory owners
and storekeepers.
Three police officers have been mur
dered since Tuesday morning, the Ter
rorists apparently having seized upon
the confusion as offering a magnificent
opportunity to eliminate the hated
members of the police who have been
active in working against them.
There is one regiment of infantry in
the local barracks at Libau, but it is
mutinous and the officers some days
. . ii ii '..
ago took irom tne men an ineir am
munition, as it was feared tnat tney in
tended to mutiny.
FIRST INSURANCE TRIAL.
Test Case Upon Earthquake Clause
Set for Trial.
San Francisco, Aug. 15. The first of
the insurance cases involving the earth
quake clause was set for trial today by
Superior Judge Hebbard. The case is
tbat of the Rosenthal Shoe company
against the Williamsburg City Fire In
surance company. The attorney for
the insurance people asked that the
case be not set for trial until opportu
nity could be given the judges mutual
ly to arrange with the insurance com
panies for a test case. He said that
the insurance companies would demand
a jury trial in each case, and unless
proper arrangements were made for a
test case the courts would be occupied
for years in hearing insurance litiga
tion. The attorney for the plaintiff declar
ed that there were points of fact in this
connection tbat could not be settled by
a test case. The court then asked the
insurance attorney if he waived a jury
trial, and was answered, "No." The
judge then asked, "Do you demand a
jury trial?" but could not get a direct
answer.
The attorney for the Bhoe company
then announced tbat to save time he
would formally demand a jury trial.
The cass was set for August 27.
HAD PREPARED FOR FLIGHT.
Stensland Took House Furnishings
and a Woman With Him.
Chicago, Aug. 15. Testimony indi
cating that extensive preparations for
flight were made by Paul Stensland,
president pi the Milwaukee Avenue
State bank, and tbat a woman entered
into these preparations, were secured
by Assistant State's Attorney Olsen to
day, through the cross examination of
Miss Allen McCracken, housekeeper for
Stensland. It was learned that Stens
land took with him in trunks and boxes
sheets and other bedding, towelB, win
dow curtains, carpats, rugs and a silver
dinner set. Some of this is said to
have been traced to Baraboo, Wisconsin.
The large trunk that is being traced
is said to be three feet high and bound
with iron. The box traced to Wiscon
sin weighed 375 pounds when it was
placed on an express wagon at the
Stensland home on the day of the
flight. Telegrams have been sent all
over the world to trainmen to look for
the big trunk.
Another warrant charging Cashier
Hering with forging a note for $10,000
in the name of Marius S. Kirby was is
sued today.
Car Service Stopped.
New York, Aug. 15. Following the
arrest tonight of three division inspec
tors of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company on charges of assault, the
company shut off entirely all of its
surface lines leading to Coney island,
taking the position that this was the
only way to stop the rioting which has
been in progress since Sunday morning
at the points where a lecond fare was
demanded by the company's employes.
The elevated and express trains to the
seashore were augmented. The in
spectors were released on bail.
Come From the Antipodes.
San Francisco, Ang. 17. The cry
for labor sent out from San Francisco
has been heard around the world.
Forty skilled mechanics arrive 1 yester
day from Australia, where they were
paid $3 a day. They will receive at
least twice that pay heie. Every day
sees rapid progress in the work of re
habilitation. Already $400,000 has
been subscribed to construct the Young
Men's Christian association building,
and $100,000 more :s assn-ed.
Freight Tunnels Under Chicago.
Chicago, Aug. 15. The freight bores
of the Illinois Tunnel company will
carry merchandise of all kinds in car
load lots for the first time today. This
movement will mark the practical com
pletion of the Illinois Tunnel company's
system of underground freight railroad,
construction of which was heguu five
years ago, and which has cost its own
ers about $33,000, X! J
The "Halnr-Dar Gmtettm."
Tlie children's nosea were flattened
agaliwtt the window panes Mnrjo's and
Cecil's at one window, Tom's and EIs
peth's at the other. The trickles of
raindrops outside might as well have
been tears trailing down from all their
eyes. A great, long, rainy, iu-the-house
Hay ahead of them!
"What shall we do?" they sighed.
"Edit a dally newspaper." That was
Uncle Ned's voice.
"Do wha-at?" four voices chorused.
"Get out a dally," went on Uncle
Ned's voice, cheerily. "It me see:
Cecil can be managing editor and Mar
Jo read the exchanges and get clip
pings, and the twins can be reporters.
Get paper and pencil and two or three
newspapers, and come here and get
started."
Uncle Ned cleared the library table
In a hurry and set a chair at each end.
"This end Is yours, Cecil. You must
write the editorials, you know. And,
Marjo over at this end see what bits
of Interesting news and Information
you can find in these papers, and cut
them out carefully and paste them on
these half-sheets of paper, ready to send
to the printers. Tom, Elsple well, I'll
he city editor at first and give you your
'assignments,' over on the bulletin
board, you know."
Uncle Ned wrote some lines hastily
and posted them on the atlas cover
slanted against the wall. The lines
read:
Elspeth Interview Bridget. Get
"story" of trip over In the steerage
and make It "snappy."
Tom Go to mamma and Aune Helen
for locals. Interview the new woman
upstairs and get her "views."
"There," Uncle Ned said, "that will
do for a starter. After you've written
up your 'stories.' I'll give you some
more assignments. Off with you. Llve
ly's the word for you rejiorters !"
Bridget had come across seas only a
few months ago, and her voyage was
fresh In her mind and full of enter
taining little Incidents and accidents.
She received her interviewer cordially,
and that small scribe was soon writing
In big, swaying letters her story of
steerage life on nn ocean liner.
Tom flew about collecting locals.
There was "Blue Shequer," the homing
pigeon, Just back from a 200-mlle flight.
There was the baby bantam rooster be
ginning to crow; Dame Trot, with her
brand-new pussies; the flag-raising at
school next week; the Pussy -Willow
children Just "coming out;" oh, and,
best of all, the new woman's first
tooth ! But that came properly into tne
Interview. Tom went upstairs and
gravely Interviewed the new woman.
She lay In her cradle and beamed and
bobbed up at him, and expressed her
"views" in the funniest language you
ever heard !
Dinner time came and Interrupted
things for a while, and then on went
the work again. The editorial office of
the Rainy-Day Gazette was as busy as
a hive of bustling little bees. Report
ers hurried In and out. pens flew and
tio nnner how It grew! At three
o'clock it went to press.
"That didn't take long, you know,"
Elsple confided to mamma, In confi
dence. "We didn't have any machine,
so we pressed it by hand under the
dictionary, you know, an' Tom an' I
sat on top."
The paper was a great success. Ev
er v body subscribed for It the moment
thev saw It even the editors them
selves and the reporters! Bridget want
ed two copies.
"Why, It's raining!" exclaimed the
managing editor. In his first leisure mo
ment, gazing calmly out of the win
dow. Why, so 'tis!" echoed the exchange
editor.
"Pooh!" cried the reporter. "Guess
we knew that. Been doln' it all day.
It's a beautiful rain for the the crops."
"The news crops." said Uncle Ned's
voice. Youth's Companion.
fete Toddle'a I'paettlnar.
What have we here? I do declare.
Something is raiding Peter's hair!
fan It be he something fearful
That makes him look so far from cheer
ful? Peter's upset. If you'd discover
What did it, Just turn Peter over.
At first It may perplex your mini
It.uv any ore so soft and kin. I
Mr. I.uvly here appears.
fnuhl so raie Peter Tod, He's fears,
p.ut though he s--"iis goti,l a creature,
It ha;;'rs he i Peter's teacher.
Atid tho iuh so inn. tit's his lock, he
Know that Peter's ;daing hotkey.
1 rtil-t"ti- of rrnrt.
You Ivtvo -'I not'.vd the !aut'..ul
rristnati colors on the Inner surfa-v
lf slicl!. even of t'ie tn,tr-:i ivs'T
tbcl's This sut fa.c Is iviux'OMftl oi
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substance called mother -of -pftarl, anoi
Its Iridescence and Its gloss make It
beautiful. Do you know what make
it Iridescent? The substance U niado
up of an Infinite number of little parts,;
separated by minute lines, and this ha
the effect of breaking up ordinary light
Into Its prismatic colors. It Is a sim
ilar arrangement of the particles that
makes the opal Iridescent The so-called
"unlucky" nature of the opal consists)
In the fact that It sometimes burst
without apparent cause, but the burst
ing is merely a natural result of its pe
culiar composition. Sometime a sud
den change of temperature makes it
burst; sometimes the breakage Is due)
to a cause that even a lapidary can
not determine. The belief that the
stone Is "unlucky" Is nothing but a silly
superstition.
Thoae Fimoni Foul.
Newfoundland Is famous for Its
heavy fogs, which, under certain condi
tions, drift out to sea and make navi
gation dangerous. It may be that you
do not know why the fogs are so heavy
there. They are caused by the mingling?
of the Arctic current with Its Ice fleid
and icebergs, with the warm waters of
the gulf stream. This produces great
masses of vapor, which, when westerly
winds prevail, 5s carried out to sea;
but when the wind Is from the south)
or the southeast the fog is carried ia
on the Island, covering the bays and
the headlands.
A Good Swim.
Daniel Terkins was a man of few
words, and a man of true worth and
courage, says the author -of "The Log
of a Sea Angler." Early in his life
he was the skipper of a coal schooner1
which traded up the coast from Bos
ton. Off Ogunquit a gale struck the'
schooner so quickly on one trip that)
before anything could be done the ve
sel was over and going down, and Dan
iel was thrown Into the water, tea
miles off-shore In his oilskins.
He managed to get out of the oil
skins, and then, taking his bearing
started to swim to Ogunquit
Captain Sam told me the story. 4,
friend of his, It happened, was going t
Boston In his schooner. He had reach
ed Boon Island, and was bowling along
at a good clip when he heard a hall.
"Hold on, will you? I want to come
aboard !"
The skipper was "struck all of a
heap," as Captain Sam said, for there
was not a sail In sight nearer than five
miles ; but he Jammed the tiller over
and came up Into the wind, and nearly
ran Into Daniel Ferklns.
"How are ye, Daniel?" said Captain
Sam. "Which way ye goln":"
"Why, I was going home to Ogunquit,
but if It's all the same I'll come'
aboard."
So Daniel swain up to the quarter,
and Captain Sam hauled him In. He1
had swum five miles, and had been In1
the water nearly half a day; but Cap-'
tain Sam said. "He didn't seem tuck
ered, and would have struck the coast'
somewhere between Portsmouth
York Beach, sure."
and1
Trial by Ordeal.
In the Slnal peninsula trial by ordeal
is still practiced. In all criminal cases
w here no witnesses are forthcoming the
Judge, "el mabashaa," tests the sus
pected person by flre, by water or by
dream. In the first the Judge places an.
Iron pan in the flre until it is red boa
and gives it to the accused to touch
three times with his tongue. If marks
of burning are shown on the tongue the
accused is pronounced guilty. The the
ory apparently is that If he Is not guilty
the moisture on the tongue prevents ia
from being burnt; If guilty his tonguej
uould dry up from fear of belug di
co ered.
Tht test by water Is described as fol
lows: "The 'mabashaa' sits with tha
accused and the spectators in a clrctaj
with a copper Jug full of water placed
in the center. This Jug is then mad
to appear to move round the circle by
means of witchcraft or hypnotism. Ii
the Jug returns back to the Judge ths
accused Is pronounced not guilty, but If
the Jug stops opposite the accused he 1
pronounced guilty."
This description is rather wanting la
detail, and It Is difficult to know how
a Jug which only appears to move cat
be it trustworthy index. In the test by
dream the "mabashaa" sleeps and see
in a dream If the accused is guilty of
not. Chicago News.
Keiiirn)!'! Home.
On one of his early concert tours of
the West, before the famous vloliuist,
E.luard Kemenyl. was thoroughly fa
miliar with the railway routes of th
1'ulted States, he inquired In Chicago
concerning the best way to reach a
town in Illinois.
"f. B. & Q ." replied the hotel clerk,:
without looking up.
Kemenyl was quire daed. But. says
the contributor of the sto-v to the re
vnt memoir of the violinist, his seusd
of fun carried him through.
"Ah!" he said gravely. "Then I will
g. D. A. T."
It was the clerk's turn to be puzzle. 1.
"What docs that mean"? he said,
looking up this time.
-Weil, what did you mean?" demand
ed Kouienyi.
fhioago. Burlington and Qulney, of
course."
"Ah! I meant day after to-morror,"
lln) Mootl I In- 1I.
What makes y.-u think you are aa
actor ':" said the tnanug- r coldly to th
applicant.
'P.urg'ar ca:m !''- my rvti list
nigh:." replied the y-'iing mar. with a
air
asle
,f pride "and I pr--te i led to b
l'ii
la.l. lp'iia I.--d.:-r.
l'.lsy motley is so ca'.icd because It
Us. easy to st rid of.