TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, MARCH 11, 19C9.
E THIEVES OF JAPAN
-Ingenious Rascals, Among the
Cleverest In the World.
ONE OF THEIR FOXY TRICKS.
The Method by Which Tn.y Steal th.
Shoe. Off th. Wom.n'i Foot In th.
Publ io Strc.t.—How a Missr’s Money
Chest Wa. Bared and Looted.
A An Englishman entered a first class
car of one of tbe railroad trains that
run between Tokyo and Yokohama.
He was a little red In tbe face and up-
ently ruffled In temper. He bad
t discovered that his pocket bad
•n picked iu tbe station, and he ex
claimed bitterly against thieves in gen
eral and Japanese thieves iu particu
lar
■ An American who had been engaged
In Yokohama for a number of years
noticed tbe Englishman's quandary.
Turnlug round to me, be said: “Our
iglisb friend seems a bit excited. If
growls at having his pocket picked.
What would he say If he had the shoes
•toi lien off his feet?”
; “That is clearly an Impossibility,” I
laughed.
■^*“1 don’t know about that,” be re-
^urui-d “It may not happen with our
*iesicrii style of shoes, button and
^Kce: but. all the same, I have beard
ami I know it to be a fact that tbe
jKaixl:ils of Japanese have been stolen
Off their feet."
^■“Well. bow Is It doue?" I asked.
■ “Very simply." he answered. “Sup-
•
a Japanese wouiuu who has a
particularly line pair
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of ’ lacquered
’.«logs Is one of a great crowd that is
watching a passing procession <r a re
HBtelous celebration of priests In front
Of a temple. Along comes an expert
fflblckpo. hot— or pickfoot. I don't know
- .iWhJch you want to call him. Hls
^Keen eyes, fastened on tbe ground, dls-
*(,:Jtovcr those desirable clogs. There-
np' :i he makes up his mind that he
Wants them.
■ ""The first thing she knows the own
er of tbe clogs feels an unpleasant
■ •ensntiun in her left foot. Naturally
•he wants to stop It, and quite me-
Mthanlcally and almost absently she
/;Blips her right foot out of Its clog
and begins to scratch that uncomforta-
^Fble spot in her left foot with her toes,
he feels relieved.
Forgetting all
•bout the Incident, she becomes ab
sorbed In the spectacle again. Soon
the Irritation crosses over to a sim
ilar spot In her right foot. Absently,
once more, she slides her left foot out
of its clog ar.d begins to soothe the
troublesome spot with her toes.”
“The thief was responsible for the
Irritation and walked off with the
clogs.” I said.
.j
“Certainly. Tbe rascal caused the
trouble with a bit of straw or wire,”
he returned.
' “But one would think that the mo
ment the foot of the victim touched
the ground Its clog would be missed
• nd tbe thief would run the chance
of being caught before tbe second
could be stolen.”
I “Oh, that is one of the cleverest
parts of tbe trick," explained my
friend. “The thief comes supplied
with a pair of cheap wooden clogs
costing but a few sen. and the owner
of the lacquered footgear goes away
with them and never notices tbe dif
ference, at least not until it Is too
late to profit from the knowledge.”
I “Are Japanese thieves so very clev
er. then?" I asked.
f "Oh, very!” he returned. "Some
time ago I heard of one of them who
used to carry a handful of watch rings
| to fit Into the stems of all sorts of
watches that be might come by dis
honestly. Once he lifted a watch In
a train, and tbe owner, missing it, but
not knowing who the thief was, set
up a shout and had a policeman sum
moned. The police, to satisfy the vic-
' tim. Insisted that every one In tbe
train show hls watch. When the turn
[ of tbe thief came he drew out of his
pocket tbe stolen timepiece, and Its
original possessor, not recognizing it
on account of the changed ring, missed
an easy chance to regain his property.
“It was tbe same fellow, 1 believe,”
a he continued, “who managed by tbe
expenditure of a little money to have
himself enrolled under different names
in the various lists of different towns.
When arrested he gave one of these
various names to the authorities. Tbe
police, on looking up tbe record of the
name given, were unable to find any
black marks against it. Thus he al
ways managed to escape with a light
punishment for hls first offense, com
mitted I don't know how many times.
"But I don't know that any of these
3 fellows were as clever as another thief
I heard about You know many of the
Japanese sleep on a sort of bed made
up on tbe floor, called a fenton. Well,
an old Japanese miser kept bis money
in tbe bouse, concealed In a small
chest of drawer«. In tbe daytime be
never took hls eyes off bls treasure,
and at night be had bls feuton pushed
tightly against It, so no robber could
get at bls money without awskening
him.
“For a long time a gang of thieves
had been pnxsllng their brains to find
a way of stealing the board without
being detected. Well, on a certain
night one of them entered the house
and gently, little by little, pulled the
bed on which the miser lay away from
the chest of drawers. Then he quickly
emptied the drawers of tbeir cur
rency, sboTed tbe tied back to Its orig
Inal position and made hls escape.
“Several days passed before tbe un-
fortunate miser detected bls loos."— .
Chics go News.
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HER MISTAKE.
FREAK PAINTINGS.
Th. Way It Was Explain«! to Her by
th. Clumsy Man.
Owing to the fact that the car lurch
ed suddenly as be was passing along
the aisle Bronson was deprived of
his balance, with tbe result that in
attempting to save himself from fall
ing he clutched one of the shoulders
of a handsome woman who had suc
ceeded In getting a Beat. Moreover,
he knocked her beautiful bat awry
and with great difficulty avoided step
ping on her toes. As be succeeded in
recovering his equilibrium tbe lady
turned toward him and said:
“You contemptible pup! I wish you
to understand that I am not a lamp
post or a piece of furniture to be
clung to for support. Y’ou ought to
ride in a cattle train. You have no
right to crowd in where you can tear
other people to pieces with your big.
awkward hands. You pitiful clown!
You ought to be thrown out Into the
street. You are not fit to be allowed
to go where yon are likely to Inter
fere with tbe comfort of refined ¡;- jo -
pie. You unmannerly bumpkin! You
deserve to be"—
“Excuse me, madam,” Bronson man-
aged to say. “you have made a mls-
take.”
“A mistake!” the lady demanded,
her eyes flashing with wrath. “What
do you mean?"
“I am not your husband.”—Chicago
Record-nerald.
A Tiny Work of Art and Rosa's Trans
THE CLERMONT.
Passage by Steamboat From
New York to Albany.
In August, 1808—the exact day Is a
matter of dispute—tbe steamboat Cler
mont made tbe first passage by steam
from New York to Albany. The dis
tance, somewhat less than 150 miles,
was covered in tblrty-two hours, a
record bailed as a triumph in speed,
for previously the passage between
the two cities averaged four days.
Robert Fulton had experimented
with steam several years, but the Cler
mont was the first boat he constructed
on a large scale. As he could not get
the engine he wanted In this country
he ordered one from England. The
Clermont was so reconstructed In the
following winter that It gave more
commodious accommodations to trav
elers, and the year 1808, which was
the first year of regular travel by
steamboat, Fulton made It a point to
start his boat precisely on scheduled
time. Curiously enough, a portion of
the public complained of this. It was
not until well along in the summer
that travelers got accustomed to It.
Previously boats had been held for
two hours at the request of passen
gers who weren’t ready. Fulton's per
severance won public approval before
the season closed.—Anaconda Stand*
■rd.
First
Cleared His Doubts.
A well known English gentleman
engaged a tall and powerful high
lander to act as gamekeeper on his es
tate. Ilavlng been a considerable time
at his post and not having caught
any poachers, the gentleman suspect
ed his gamekeeper of carelessness.
So one dark night he disguised him
self and went out with a gun to poach
on his own ground. He bad flred only
one or two shots when be was sud
denly pounced upon from behind and
his gun wrenched away. Then kicks
and blows were showered upon him
until he fell down half Insensible.
The highlander then walked away
quietly, and when the gentleman re
covered sufficiently he crawled home
and took to bis bed for two weeks.
He has now no doubts as to whether
the man can perform his duty or not.
Home, Sweet Home.
The old man sat on tbe park seat,
rivers of tears flooding his clothes. A
sympathetic passerby, noting the high
tide, stopped and asked If be were ill.
"Yes, sir,” said the sorrowing old
fellow. “I've jest 'ad bad news from
'ome. Tbe 'ouse that 'as sheltered me
for years is to be torn down, and I
'aren't a penny to my name to stop It.
Everybody will be turned out, and
goodness knows what'll 'appen to’em!”
“Poor soul!” said the sympathetic
passerby, bestowing a penny on tbe
■ad old man. “That Isn't much, but
you are welcome to it. And where is
this old home of yours, my friend?”
“Up at the joll, sir,” replied tbe old
man. “It seems very hard. I’ve lived
there five and twenty years.”—London
Opinion.
formed Harpsichord.
Specially prepared canvases and gild
ed frames are not essential to tbe
making of great paintings. This has
been demonstrated by the artists who
have painted masterpieces on scraps
of board, shells, grains of corn and
the walls of rooms and prison cells.
Some of the most valued art objects
belong to the freak class.
The smallest painting In tbe world
of distinctive merit was executed on
tbe smooth side of a grain of corn by
a Flemish artist. Ou this limited sur
I
face the artist painted in perfect de
tail a mill, a miller with a sack of
grain on his back, a horse and cart and
a group of several peasants standing I
In a road.
The largest picture ever painted is !
said to be a panorama of the Missis I
sippi river, executed by John Bauvard,
an artist who died in Watertown, S.
D., in 1891. The gigantic canvas was
twenty-two feet high and nearly two
miles long. It gave a detailed repre
sentation of 2.000 miles of the Father
of Waters.
The largest of the old masters’ can
vases la Murillo's “Appearance of the
Christ Child to St. Anthony cf Ta-
dua.” The picture is ten feet wide and
eighteen feet high.
It i3 related that a friend called on
Salvator Rosa In Florence one day and
found him playing on an old harp
sichord. The caller asked the artist
why be kept such a worthless instru
ment.
“Why, It Is not worth a scudo!” the I
friend said.
"I will wager,” replied Rosa, “that
it shall be worth a thousand before
■you see it again.”
A bet was made. Rosa immediately
painted a landscape on tbe lid that not
only sold for 1,000 scudl. but was ac
counted a work of great merit.
The celebrated St. Juhn'3 Wood
clique of artists In London executed a
series of large frescoes In oil on the
walk of the studio of J. E. Hodgson,
one of the members. The paintings
were begun In the winter of 1SG4-5.
Shakespearean subjects were chosen,
and the figures were a little under life
size.
When Hodgson moved from his stu
dio an unappreciative tenant covered
the walls of the room with brown wall
paper, completely hiding the paintings.
The freseees were rediscovered by ac a
cident forty years afterward and re
stored.—Kansas City Star.
FIRE
The Entire Stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES
of
The Price He Had to Pay For Expert
Surgical Treatment.
The famous surgeon Velpeau was
visited one day at his house durlug
the consultation hour by a marquis
renowned for his closeness. Velpeau
Informed the marquis that an opera
tion was urgent and that the fee would
amount to 4,000 francs. At this the
marquis made a wry face and left. A
fortnight later Dr. Velpeau, while mak
ing bis rounds In the Ilopltal de la
Charite, had his attention attracted
by a face that seemed familiar to hint.
In answer to his Inquiry it was stated
that the patient was a footman of a
nobleman In the Eaubourg St. Ger
main. The «urgeou fouud that his case
resembled in every particular the
somewhat unusual one for which tbe
marquis had consulted him a fortnight
previously. He refrained, however,
from making any comments. Three
weeks after the operation, when the
patient was about to be discharged,
Dr. Velpeau called him aside and ex
claimed: “Mousieur, I am extremely
flattered and pleased to have been able
to cure you. There is, however, a
small formality with which you will
have to comply before 1 can slgu your
exeat—that is, you will have to sign
a check for lO.OfJO francs In behalf of
the public charity bureau of your met-
ro[>olltan district.” Tbe patient's face
became livid. “You can do what you
like about it,” continued the doctor,
"but if you refuse all Paris will know
tomorrow that tbe Marquis de D.
adopted the disguise of a footman in
order to secure free treatmeut at this
hospital and to usurp tbe place which
belongs by right to a pauper." Of
course the marquis paid.—Argonaut
The Storm Noee at Sea.
The picturesque name of storm nose
(Gewltternasel Is given In Germany to
the wave of high barometric pressure
which often precedes a storm or a
heavy squall. The barometer rises sud
denly and then falls more gradually.
It Is believed that this phenomenon Is
responsible for sudden changes In the
level of the sea. Observations on the
sens surrounding Denmark have led to
the conclusion that the change of level
thus produced sometimes amounts to
no less than three feet —Youth'« Com
panion.
How to Make a Cup of Cocoa.
Take a tablespoonful of cocoa and
put it In a tin cup. Add one teaspoon
ful of granulated sugar and one table
spoonful of boiling water. Mix well,
so that there will not be any lumps of
cocoa. Pour a little less than one-
half pint of milk Into a saucepan and
cook it, stirring all the time, until
it is scalded—that Is. until a film
Th. D.vil’s Kn.il.
forms on It and It begins to bubble a
Among the famous bells of Dews
little. Stir the cocoa mixture Into bury. Yorkshire, England. Is one
this and cook until it bolls up.—De known as “Black Tom of Sootbill.’'
lineator.
which was presented to the church tn
expiation of a murder. “Black Tom”
Businessliks.
Is always rung on Christmas eve. Its
The Beloved One—You object to solemn tolling as it strikes the first
Horace because be'« not businesslike. tap at exactly midnight Is known nil
Stern Parent—Certainly; he's only aft over Yorkshire ns the "devil's knell.”
er you for your money. Beloved One It being the notion that when Christ
—Well, pa. doesn't that prove he's was born the devil died. — London
businesslike?—Kansas City Independ Standard.
ent
Shut Him Up.
Net a Matter of Chance.
Baldhended Gentleman (baring bi«
The Vicar—Is ft true. Samuel, that hoot« polished In a hotel)—Confound It.
your father allows games of chance to you take an abominably long time
be played tn your house? Tbe Boy— about It. Shoeblack—Yes. sir. It start
There ain't no chance about It. xur; done so quick as when you ’«• your
they all cheats!—London Opinion.
'air cut!—London Tlt-BIts.
Where there la much pretension
Do you wish to find out the really
much baa been borrowed; nature never sublime? Repent the I.tAd's Prayer.—
prêt end».- La va ter
Napoléon.
the
Red Front Shoe Store
IS
A CHARITY PATIENT.
FIRE
FIRE
Is offered for Sale at COST
Owing to the damaged condition of the store building
am compelled to dispose of my stock at a sacrifice on account
of the ¡ate fire. The public is invited to come and get lots
of Bargains from a well selected stock of Boots and Shoes
Remember the place: The Red Front Shoe Store.
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The Three Churches of the Bible. children of Israel were in bondage ami
[TO THE EDITOR TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT |
The old testament is devoted mostly
to describing the old Jewish church and
its customs. There has never been a
better organized body of people on the
earth, their laws and mode of living
made them prosperous both financially
and in number.
We have no way of computing the
number of people that claimed heirship
to Abraham.
The new testament treats of the
Gospel Church of Jesus Christ, and was
very poorly organized.
Unlike the
Jewish Church it depended on conver
sions from other religions instead of
birthright, although every Jew was cir.
cumcised the 8th day.
John introduced baptism by water,
which has always remained the sign or
token of the Church of Christ and no
one has a right of recognition in his
church who has not been baptised. The
sacrament is for the full pledged Chris,
tian.
Go I promised that a remnant of
Israel should be spared ami the Jewish
synagogue is a modument of that
promise to this day, and Christ said his
church would stand forever, so long as
time lasts.
The third Church was revealed on the
day of Prnticost and the Bible gives us
very little light on how this church
should be managed, for if it did, there
would be no need of the Spirit.
We read “ they were all with one
accord in one place ’
Just as God
promised Abraham that hie seed would
be as the stars <>f heat an and thesaioh
of the sea shore without number, and as
he promised a Saviour that would re
deem the world, the Holy Ghost was
promised. Christ had told them that
when he went away, he would send it
They were looking for something they
could not descrilw. relying simply on ti e
promise "and they were all filled with
the Holy Ghost.” Nothing of this kind
had ever been heard of before. This
was seperate and distinct from any
thing iu the time of Mow« or Christ.
T.ie promise of God became a reality.
Etery religion has its di awbacks. Th
Christ and his followers persecuted, the
world did not understand them, so with
these people. " These men are full of
new wine.’
What to me is the most sacred of all
Go I’s »creation appeared to those who
had not received the gift of the Holy
Ghost nothing but a new wine drunk.
People who are devoid of conscience
are never effected by the office of thp
Spirit any more than a person who could
not read would be effected by the law
of Moses or the gospel of Christ.
There is a wide difference lietween a
Church of th« Holy Ghost and a lunatic
asylum, but if I were filled with the
Holy Ghost I would terribly hate to
truU my case with the decision of the
popular preacher.
I respect the church of Christ and the •
Jewish synagogue, but unless there is a
church that is dedicated to the gift and
offi *e of the Holy Ghost I can have no
place of worship, I would as soon meet
to worship with a band of monkeys as
with men who are'dumb to the com i
munion of the Holy Ghost.
J. C. Gori.
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Stiff Neck.
Stiff neck is caused by rheumatism of i
the muscles of the r.eck. It is usually
confined to one side, or to the back of
the neck and on»* side. While it is often
quite painful, quick relief may be had
by applying Chamberlain’s Liniment.
Not one case of rheumatism in ten re
quires internal treatment. When ».here
is no fev«r and no swelling as in muscu*
|ar and chronic rheumatism, (’haniher ■
Iain's Liniment will accomplish morel
than anv internal treatment. For sale |
by Lamar's Drug Store
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Laxative Fruit Syrup
Pleasant to take
The new laxative.
Does
not gripe or nauseate.
Cures stomach and liver
troubles and chronic con
stipation by restoring the
natural action of the stom
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<«fu»o aubatltutaa.
Price BOo.
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