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PAEIS POLICE SPIES.
THEY KEEP TAB ON EVERY STRANGER
IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL.
Where and How Von Co, Who You Meet
and Even What You Say Are All Re?
corded at Police Headquarters?How the
"Mouchard" Work*.
More curious than all its strange call?
ings and its strange customs is the police
system in Paris. Kvery hotel must keep a
register of all foreigners and hand it over
daily to the special ollicers who are sent
?round to collect them. In the case of thu
Knglish or American citizen little interest
is taken unless their expenditure is no?
ticeably extravagant, and then a friendly
interest is takcli in them and their de?
scription sent to Scotland Yard.
It is almost impossible to conceive the
thoroughness of the French police spy sys?
tem. You never know who is ;t mouchard
in Franco. The waiter who serves you,
the man who shaves you, the coe.hor who
drives you, are as likely as not to lie in the
police pay. They know everything, and
they know everybody. Here is an instance
that occurred to a friend of mine only the
other day. Ho received frvm the prefecture
an order to appear on the following day.
So far as ho knew, lie had d. nothing
particularly out. of the way, and even if ho
had ho had done it unintentionally. The
magistrate invited him into his privale
room and put him lit ids case at once by
explaining ihat. tho at.air did not concern
him personally, but lie wanted some in?
formation on two or three of the Knglish
colony with whom ho was associated. Thu
answers were perfectly satisfactory, ami in
leaving he turned to the magistrate and
said laughingly, "Now, why don't you
ask mo something about myself;-" "lint.
I know nil about you," ho replied. "Would
you like to know what you did on any
particular day within tho last three
months?"
My friend replied at. random: "Take
last Friday weck. I haven't tho remotest
knowledge as to what happened."
The magistrate turned over his dossier
nnd replied: "You got homo at half past :.'
1n a cab that you had taken at tho Made?
line. You rode out on your bicycle al half
past 9. You lunched at t he Cafe do l'Ksper
anco." And so on throughout llie day he
recounted everything that had passed.
There was no reason to have made the in?
quiry, as there was not the slightest mark
on his dossier, but it suited the police to
know just, how he passed his time.
A casserole?that is lo say. a mouchard
??who has by somo indiscret ion let bis con?
nection with tho police become known and
is accordingly valueless one., told mo a
lot. about the working of (ho system. 1
had pointed nut to him thai it southed to
mo thoroughly impossible thai I could
have my footsteps dogged during a whole
day without becoming aware of the fact.
Ho answered: "Naturally. This, for in?
stance, is how I should lmvc acted if I had
wanted to llnd out all about your move?
ments. When yon left this cafe, 1 should
have followed you until such lime as I
knew you had noticed that I was at your
heels. Then I .should have piissvd tho
signal." " To whom?'' I suggest til. ' I lave
you ever noticed," he said, "that around
all the big cafes there arc men olVcring
novels out of date, but, who are always
scanning closely tho faces of those on the
torrassesf Well, I should have passed tho
signal on to one of those men. lie would
have followed you in a cab. if necessary,
and on seeing you cuter a cafe would have
followed on the pretense of selling wares
.'mil handed you on to uitothernf the hand.
And so it. would have gone on.
"After all. arc the French police wrong?
Tho foreigner comes here and inscribes his
h?mo at tho prefect ore of police. We are
not like you in Knglund. Wo have only
-tvutio not encourage the out of works of
tho world to come here. Neither down
want to harbor criminals. Accordingly
tlio police trace tho man. and if they llnd
that he is honorably earning his existence
lie is left in peace, but if there is a shadow
if suspicion against him Ids dossier gets
heavier every day, and one morning ho
ilnds l hat, lie lias 4S hours in which to quit
'ho country. It is owing to this system
'hat. tho police llnd it comparatively easy
to arrest criminals. Tie. vilest class of
rullian and the panned women you meet,
?u the night, cafes aro all useful, the wom?
an especially Your own servant may bo
Tying on you Your concierge eortainly
is."
Ho hesitated for a minute and then said
'o mo in a semiwhispcr, "Watch I hat geu
lemun in from with the ribbon ol thu Lo?
tion of Honor in his buttonhole." I look?
ed at. him. but noticed nothing particular,
?xcopt that.ho seemed very intent in Iiis
-tewspapcr "Thai's a mouchard," he
ontlnued. "I'm prepared .lobet ho has
leard every word that has passed. 11'you
'tad eyed him as closely as 1 have, you
vould have noticed that lie has been look
:ig at the same paragraph for over an
" our." The man paid for his drink and
.*ont out. Next morning 1 suppose Ids
oport was sen! in.
Tho ruses of these men in finding out
"ersons who are "wanted" have no limit.
Inly tho other day the Knglish police had
jut over the description of a man they
vould like to put in the dock. As ho
xike French without the slightest accent,
nd as it was certain thai ho would bo
? isguised out of all recognition, tho task
"? vas a dillicult one. Out: afternoon two of
hose detectives noticed a well dressed
? ? inn and suspected him. One of them took
IT Iiis overcoat and hung if upside by
ido with his. A few minutes later they
ot up to leave, and the wrong coal was
ut on. In the must fluent and polite
rench the suspected man pointed out tho
rror. The mouchard took it otf and
lokod nt tho mime of the maker and sow
hat it was a London firm. They had
?und their man.?Today.
On Loving Care.
Tho Chautntuiua Assembly Herald ro?
utes tho following amusing incident:
Miss Burion was trying lo develop the
lea of loving care in her Sunday school
'ass. To illustrate the idea siio asked,
What docs mother do for grandma?"
Makes her work," shouted a youngster.
he visitors were convulsed, but Miss
. urton rose to iho occasion and pointed a
. .oral to udorn tho tale.
Inhuman Treatment,
"la that Admiral CorveraV Ho looks
orriod and distressed. 1 am glad our
, ,:oplo are treating him kindly."
. "Kindly? Do you see that hunted look
? i his eyes? That comes from dodging
itograph flends."?Chicago Tribune.
So Bargain Offered.
"Spain should take back her stigma
' ,:at we aro a nation of shopkeepers."
"Yes; there wen- no goods murked
' iwn in our peace advertisement."?Chl
..go Record
DIVER ESCAIJEa A SHARK.
i. Thrilling; Experience, at a Wharf In
South African Watem.
Oue of tho local divers named Hatten
', s experienced a shock and a narrow
?ape, says The Capo Argus. Hi; had boon
. ^aged to recover a few heavy rails which
.1 fallen overboard between a steamer
d tho main wharf. Tie' rails woro/ound
d one had been hauled to tho surface
;en Hatten perceived a young shark
. Imming around him. Having omitted
? arm-himself with the usual diver's
. life, Ratten moved to I lie boat and. so -
.red a wcujioii, intending to stab the
irk Jf opportunity presented itself. On
iconding to the iHittom again, however,
. -(ten did not .'rej; the prowjjnjj "pwn
I stcr" anil proCeeiIe"l to the finis '\viitch lo
I niaincd to bo hoisted. He was about to
attack the next rail when, to his surprise
and alarm, ho noticed a huge shark, ap?
proximately 10 feet long, lying right
i across tho rails.
j The diver was In a quandary, because
retreat from such a monster was exceed?
ingly dangerous, while open hostilities
with the knife would have been almost
suicidal, mit only on account of the si/.o of
the shark, but on account of it ; being lit?
erally sheathed ?ith barnacles. Further?
although the shark lay almost motionless,
not a single rail could be torn bed without
disturbing h- With a view to frightening'
tiie shark Hatten suddenly released all
the air contained in ids suit, which act
caused a cloud of bubbles t" rise from tho
escape valve. Tho shark did not. budge,
and when the suit had reliliod Hatten
made several feints'us if to slab his enemy,
but again without tin desired effect. Then
tiie monster made 11:,- Iii si move. Steadily
he rolled ovci. bis back, showinga long
white belly, and opened and shut an enor?
mous mouth, framed with rows of ivory
white sawlike teeth. Hatten wisely wait
ed for no more but dipped the escape. I
valve, causing him to rise rapidly to tho
j surface. lie lost no time in scrambling j
up tho ladder into the boat, out of harm's
way. Aliumbcrof people spent a great
part of tlio afternoon iu endeavoring to
1.k the shark. Various kinds ot bait
were tried, I ut wii hout success.
PHOTOGRAPHING A MONKEY.
He Is the ??niest of All llrul?? tu fint
Hefere tie- Camera.
"One of the most difficult brutes to
photograph i- the monkey," said a man
in New Volk who makes a business of
taking the picl ores of all s.,r:s,,:' animals
and birds. "You may try as much as you
like, but you wiil never succeed in mak?
ing a monkey look straight into the con
glance always shins off to one side or the
other. Nor will it ever catch your eye
full or tlx its own upon yours, and 1 have
come to the conclusion that a monkey can?
not look at, a camera any more than if en/
look a human being in the face.
"Take a dog's head iu your two hands
and look into its eyes. The beast will re?
turn your gaze, not for long perhaps, for
I the contemplation of human intelligence
I distresses all animals, lint it. is not. so
with the monkey. Hold its head as pa?
tiently as you please between your hands,
and ii will east its eyes up to tho ceiling
and keep on winking or cast, them down
to the lloor as if asleep or twisi them
around in. a most absurd fashion lo look
over one side or the other, but never, even \
in passing by it, will it catch yours.
"Why is this? I don't know, unless it
is that the animal has sumo secret regard
ing our own origin thai- it docs not wish
us to find out. However, if they arc bash
ful, they are very inquisitive, am! if 1
were tolc.'ivc my camera unguarded for
ten minutes in a cage containing a dozen
monkeys half the family would be busy
taking photographs of tho other half."?
Washington Star.
She ami tlo- Hue.
Into the bands of an elderly matron of
much dignity and some disi inction came
not long ago I he diary kepi by her lather,
a worthy but imperfectly literate farmer
of a n mole country \ illagc. With a clus?
ter ol' hcrown children gathered about her
and pee;.ing over her should, r sho turned
the lad. d leaves of the litt.li! volume con
tabling the records of ihu year in which
she was born and paused tinally al ihn
dav of her birih. This is what, she read:
"Nov. 11 killed the hogg the .-cales brills
wen w having so do nut nowo exact wayto
but he was a very line bevy hogg darter
Loisa b. 7', pounds."
It was not an entry to enhance the self
esteem of "darter Loisa," perhaps, bur, it,
criuurcn and never rosontud by herself,
ev.-n though il relegates s., unmistakably
to second place aller the h..g in the an?
cestral annals, such a I rille as thu advent
of a baby not heavy enough lo break any
scales or mci it a ooniineiidalorv ad juutivu
? Y.,nib's I'.[itiiiion
A Modern haute.
Once upon a lime n Tramp was sorely
in need of Something* to cat. and, up
preaching a Farmhouse, he spake unto I he
Farmer, savin;;. "If you will give me i he
Wherewithal to satisfy the Cravings of the
inner Man. I will kill all I he Huts about
i.hoplaee." "Agreed," said thuTiilurof
till) Soil, and he ordered his (loud Wife to
give the Trump a Square meal. After tho
Tramp had Devoured everything In sight,
lie Went to the wood pile and selected a
stout Club; then, seating Himself on thu
Porch, be said 11? the Farmer, "Now bring
on your Kills."
Moral.?Always havu the details speci?
fied in a contract - Chicago News.
The (?realer Light.
When we were al New York, Professor
.Simpson and I went, one night to tlio ob?
servatory. We found the astronomer by
the light, of a .small candle groping about
for his instruments and arranging the
telescope. Hul when we bad got the star
full in view he bi.-u ..in his little candle
lie had now got tho light of the world, ami
the candie serve! oalj I., obscure his \ iew
Thoiiim light of vom- reason isof use only
if it bring you to'tlie Great Light, and lake
care lesi inslead of lliisil should serve to
keep you from him. ?Henry Druiuinoud
Oppietcil to Walking.
Most Chinese mandarins pass the whole
of th.-ir lives without taking a singly
yard of exorcise The late Nanking vice?
roy (father of Marquis Tseng) was eon
sidcrcd a remai k;:ble character because he
always walked 1,DHU sli p, a day in bin
private garden. I nder no circumstances
whatever is a mandarin ever ?..cn on font
in his own jiu isd'i lion.
TIMID ELkPHANTS.
Stories Which Slum- n?w Easily the Big
Brutes Are Friglit. mil.
An English writer of Indian experience
declare.- that ihu vaunting of the intelli?
gence of the elephant creates a false im?
pression. Like that of I lie horse, thu in?
telligence of the elephant has curious lim?
itations.
A few months ago the pupillae? of a
small town near Madras were frightened
out of their wils by a runaway elephant.
Which broku from ils mahout's control
and ran through the town, smashing ev?
erything thai l.,y in ?s path. It had boon
frightened into a suite, of insane alarm by
the paitc-ing of raindrops on its rider's
umbrella.
A friend of the same writer one had a
singular cxperien.f a somewhat similar
son When "oul hi Ihu district" in Bur?
ma, he grew tired of riding on his ele?
phant, u hicli also curried bis servants and
baggage, and bought a ponv in one ol' thu
village. He was careful "to make sun.
that the pony was not afraid or elephants,
but it never .,- eurrcd t., him I bat the ele?
phant might ii.- alraid of ponies.
Karly the next morning he sent his bag
gage and servants off on ihu elephant, with
orders to ball, for lunch at a village ten
miles away, and when lie had lliiishcii
some work be followed on his |.v. When
?i mi!.-or so from the halting place, lie
saw the elephant hunching along in ad?
vance and trotted on to hurry up the ma?
hout. As- he approached, tlio mahout, a
j lluriuan, began lo gesticulate. Tho Kng
I lishuian anil hi- IJengal servants knew no
j Burmese, and tho Burinati knew no
I tongue bill liisown. lie was much excited.
I The Englishman guessed i hat something
I was amiss, and, breaking into a gallop to
! see what ii might be. was astonished to
sou the elephant start oil' at a run. Thrcu
times the excited and angry mahout sue
coodud In stopping tue beast lifter ? run of i
i> mile or so, und three times did thu Eng
lislimun ride up to see what was tho mat
ter, only to observe with astonishment
that the elephant rushed olT each time. j
Finally thu despairing mahout steered j
the animal otf tho road into swampy
ground, and Ilms, shaking oil' pursuit,..]
plowed his way baek on foot to tho lialt
Ingplnie, where he found an interpreter
to explain that the elephant had boon lor
rilied by the approach ol the pony.
BATHiNG IN MANILA.
It Ih Hardly the Style Thai Would Be
Tolerated ai Newport.
There are between i.'u.olin and 0110 per?
sons employed in the manii.iilalioii of i he
tohaeoo after it roaches Manila from thu
plantations, Of ihcsu laliorers Arthur T
Marvin, wriling in Tho Overland Month?
ly, says:
By far the. greater pruportion of ? these
are girls, ranging from iO years of age 1.1
that indollnilo period thai follows _'0 years.
The e.haltiug and bustling of l.oou 01
5,000 women utight to be enough to set
any man oru/.y. yet tl;o siiperiiiU'iident of
the manufactories is a hale, hearty and
sensible fellow. The noise made by hau
d?ng the tohaeoo is distracting e.igh,
but when aided ami aliened by 5.0?O fe?
male tongues i he result can not bo iniag
inod or described.
After the labors of the day are over tho
employees lake their departure from the
factory in droves. A port'u.f them pro?
ceed toThat portion of the bay sol apart
lor bathing, where they plunge in and en
joy themselves While the i,alive- aroany
ihing but cleanly people, they certainly
batlio as frequent ly as any w ii h whom I
am acquainted. I fear that while they am
fond of water they have a horror of soap.
Every evening between sundown and
dork or by moonlight thousands of tho
humbler folk come down to the beach to
halbe und sport in the surf. Her.- men
and w.en, old and young, married ami
single, with no more olol lies on i hau when
they came into the world, can be seen
shouting and laughing, jumping ami
plunging, swimming and diving and hav?
ing n jolly good time. They do hot con
duet themselves any more indecorously
than the bathers al, Newport or Long
llranch, and no scandal seems lo be caused
hV t heir lolilClUnuli, 1,-Q :-o,n
Thu Sliarlt Was Seared.
This shark story comes from the West
Indies:
"A large steamer," (he diver relates,
"had struck on a reef and then slipped off
into deep water, taking down with her
tho mails and a valuable cargo. There
were somo papers that wore particularly
wanted, ami 1 was in the e.hartiooiu under
tho bridge working for thorn when Slid
donly as 1 turned 1 saw thu wicked snout
of a big shark close lo mo. ll was a nice
i tlx to lie pinned up in I he corner of a liftlo
square room with a big brute between use
ami tie- d.? 1 went creepy all over. 1
can tell yon. lint 1 kept still, and so did
he. except thai he worked a I'm lazily, like
a screw steamer holding on against, the
lide. 1 go! I he knife in niv bell loose and
waited. The shark evidently did not know
what lo make of me and gradually drifted
over lo the other .side of lie- ri.I. 1 be?
gan then I o move toward I iie il.-and had
almost reached it when thu shark made n
sudden rush in the same direction? and
lisuppenrod, Which of us goi the bigger
fright 1 doi.'t know."?Hood Words.
OLD TIME SURGERY.
The lllirbar.mil Mel hods That Were Em?
ploye.i In the Sixteenth Century.
Amhroiso Pare, a barber surgeon of tho
sixteenth century, tolls in his notes how
in l.ViT he went to tho long wars lo get
practice in surgery. lie. invented somo
new processes, particularly in I he treat?
ment, of amputated limbs.
lip to l'arc's time the most barbarous
means had been used to slop the bleeding.
In his own words: "So soon as Ilm limb
was remov ed I he surgeons would use many
railleries lo slop the How of blood, a Illing
lory horrible and cruel in the mere lolling.
And truly of six thus cruelly treated
scarce two ever (souped, and even those
were long ill ami the wounds thus burned
Wore slow lo heal, because tho burning
?aused sin h veliemenl pains ! hat they fell
into fovcr, convulsions ami oilier mortal
accidents. In mo.-i of thorn, moreover,
ivhen the sear fell off there came fresh
bleeding, which must again bo.stallchcd
ivith the cauteries. So thai lor many heal?
ing was impossible, and they had an uloor
lo the end of their lives, which prevented
them from having an artificial limb."
The Idea of abolishing such cruelty iiy
using the ligature occurred to Pare in one
of his war journeys, and his success went
beyond Iiis own expectations. His other
discovery was made within a few hours of
his joining the army. It was believed by
(he surgeons of the day that there was
poison In a gunshot wound, ami one of tho
accepted authorities insisted that they
must he cauterized "with oil of elders
scalding hot. mixed with a little treacle."
Tho pain was intolerable. Ii happened
that at his first treatment of gunshot,
wounds Pa re's oil ran short, and lie used
Instead "a digestive made of the yolks of
eggs, oil of roses and turpentine." To his
surprise, he found next morning that tho
patients ho hail tbus treated wore in bet
tor condition than the others. "Thon I
resolved le ver more to burn thus cruelly
poor men with oiiush.it. wounds."
j\ t.liosi I ader the S.a.
Tho story is told of a diver who saw two
ghosts, "full fathom five" under tho sur?
face. He had gone down to t he wreck of
a large sieamer ami was crossing tho maiu
saloon when two gray shapes of enormous
sizo came shambling toward him. Hedid
not. wait, to make notes for tho Psychical
society, tint gave tho danger signal and
was at once" pulled up Told in tho cheer
ful light of day, it seemed rather a lanio
story, and another diver went down to see
what he could make of it. Toward him
also euino the shambling gray shapes He
stood irresolute for a moment and then
going boldly forward, struck his hatchet
through?a mirror! The ghosts were only
a dim reflection of his own legs, much
enlarged, of course, as everything is that
u diver sees through tho great frontal oyo
of his helmet.?Gi.n.1 Word*
AILT IN PA PER MONEY
THE DELICATE WORK DONE BY UNCLE
SAM'S ARTISTS.
Care and Caution That I'reval! In the Mu?
rrain uf Engraving ami Printing The Pa?
per That In Cued For All Uuverumeut
iKKueM?A Com plicated Prueews.
Tho making of the artistic green and
black notes is more complicated than
might bo imagined from a casual glance
at thoir gracefully lined surface. Tho
lengthy process is most unique and inter?
esting, and a visit to the bureau of en?
graving and printing iu Washington,
where it may be seen, is a very entertain?
ing one. There is a great deal of work
accomplished here, as this bureau issues
the government bonds, legal tenders, sil?
ver certificate*, bunk notes and internal
revenue and postage stamps Tho largest
face value of any issue is a registered bond
of $?l),OU0 and the smallest a 1 cent stamp.
All of tho engravers aro specialists in
thoir particular department, and tho deli?
cate tigures und intricate designs of their
work are often marvels of artistic skill.
Portraits of living persons aro never put
on the notes, and all the figures, vignettes,
borders, etc., uro engraved separately bo
fore they they arc put on the plates.
The engravers sit, each ono below a
window, with a screen of ground glass
tu.nil them, and another of white linen
above their heads Their work is so lino
and delicate that the greatest precision
and care aro required, and tho room iu
which they work is not open to visitors
First tlio engraver works out his design
of face or figure, and after transferring it
by hand to a plate of soft steel tlio plate is
hardened and a soft stool roller takes tho
impression from it. After this roll is
chilled another impression is taken upon
another steel plate, and after this latter
has been hardened it, is ready for use.
Tho geometric lathe which makes the
borders is so complete and wonderful a
piece of mechanism as to scorn almost
alive. The graceful lines for tlio borders,
hacks and other conventional designs soon
on the notes aro made by this machine, if
indeed jt.jjiay..lio.iviliv'J "Wkeii \If motion
by steam power, the tiny diamond and
stool points begin thoir work, and there
suit of this mathematical calculation
shows on the small section of steel an in?
tricate border of the undulating, circular
linos, with their st range effect of light .-mil
shade. This lathe work is one of the
surest guards against counterfeiting, for
ouch bit of work represents an abstruse
problem
In tlio engraving room aro two large
vaults, iu which an- kept all the plates,
rolls and ot her implements, t he position' of
head of the department being a very im
porlanl and trustworthy one, as it is one
of tin-few offices where great conlidcuco
is placed in the honesty of ono man.
The paper for all tho issues is manufac?
tured at Dalton, Mass.. under the super?
vision of government officials, and that
? used for thu bank notes, silver certificates,
j etc., is seal cut in sheets large enough to
; contain four notes In appearance it is
like any other very heavy linen paper, ox
I cept that it has two perpendicular linos of
I short, uneven silk threads running
through it.
On Iicing received it is taken with the
blue and while papers for tho internal
revenue and postage stamps (both water
i marked) to the ?'wetting department," as
I it. is railed, where it is counted and re?
counted, and u receipt gkven for it. Then
, it is put between wet. cloths and pressed
j being shiitcd about every six hours to in
' sure each sheet an equal amount of- iiiuis
furo. This process lasts about three days,
then, after another counting, it is deliver
ed to iho printer, who must give a receipt
for tlio sheets given him. At the end of
i tho day ho returns another chock, stating
the quantity received, tho number of notes
he lias printed and the blank or spoiled
sheets to he returned.
The printing room is a scene of great
I activity, with its many presses and work
ers. Here the paper is again moistened by
j applying it i-. n wet board, then it is laid
j on a stool plate that has boon carefully
j prepared with tho ink, which also is made
, on the premises. There aro two workers
at each press, usually a man and a woman
I The man fills the plate with ink from a
! roller, then wipes if off and finally, after
' dusting his hands with chalk, ho gives it
[ a last, polishing. Then, after wetting tlio
paper, thu woman lays it on tlio plute,
Ihu press is applied, and behold tho
clear, clean back of thu notes, which must
be carefully examined before they Icavi
"tiie primer's hands. This process is re
peated each time. Thu press is a self reg?
istering one, and tlio employees uro al?
lowed to spoil a certain porccntageol' their
work, but if they exceed it their labor is
deducted
Then the notes arc sent down stairs, and
for I J hours are subject' to great, heat in
an airtight room. In the room adjoining
they arc again examined, assorted and
sent back to receive their "face value"
from the plates prepared, showing tlio de?
nomination and tlio facsimiles of the sig
natures of tlio proper officers
Thon comes the "wet count," as it is
called, and after being dried the notes aro
put. in a solution of bi/.ing, which gives 11
greater durability to t!io paper. After this
short process they are again sent to tho
Jumpering room, where tho edges are
ii'i:uiucd. and tho number is put on by u
maorrino whose every revolution auto?
matically throws the figures ono digit
higher. In this room they aro given tho
last count, and aro .then sent to the treas?
ury department, whore the red seal of tho
United States treasury is atlixed and tho
single shcci cut into four notes.
Jsuar this room is a great vault with a
double tone lock, where all ti e work, no
matter uhat its stupe of development, is
sent for the night. It must ali bo in and
all the accounts must balance or no one is
allowed lo have the building. The supply
in this vault is always a little in advance
of the demand of the treasury, and once
in there is no getting it out, except on tho
requisition of the chief of the division.
One man is never allowed alone in tho
vault. There must, always be two or moro
in "*"''l?a 'U- ? i'blludcluhluThiM*
MARCH WINDS. "*'"5?"**^
Far herald from the frozen north.
The green of itriisses bringing.
With violets on tho wnysido slopes
And sounds of bluebirds smuiiis.
How shall we joy to Hud thee lo re
When spring tins slipped her tether.
Swift seattvring from her. far and near.
Winds and thu windy weather
By night tho wild goose phalanx lono
Tu polar 7.unu is flying,
By day the ki!Idee plover thrills
The pastures with his eryiir.-.
The white liftht Hung from fa ruff skied
Drifts downward like a leather
And bending marsh grass signified
Winds und thu windy weather.
The orchard sup begins to stir
As-wift the March wind passes.
The primrose and the wild flower meet
Where euol wood shadow masses.
And o'er the hills the rain and sun
Tioop down thu days logelher.
With wuavnig mane of blossoms spun.
Winds and thu windy weather.
-Ernest McOiiflfey in Woman's lb.mo Cum
patuuii.
A MODERN SOLOMON.
The Docs In an Arabian Family Made to
Tell the Truth.
A recent French judgment may be cited
us an illustration of Arab manners and
'Jaliio astuteness. All Arab was Iiaveling
through tho interior with his wife Ho
! was on dullkev back, and she was afoot.
I By came a rieh Arab on horseback and
j offered her a lift behind him She accept
i ed and presently, in the course of the jour
[ noy;conilded that she was unhappily mar?
ried. Her companion proposed a plan by
which she might elope with him. and she
agreed to it readily. Accordingly when
they came to a branch road they increased
their pace anil paid no heed lo toe proles
tat ions of the husband, who was soon left
behind. Ho succeeded in tracking thorn
to the horseman's village, only lo lind that
precautions had been taken against his sir
rival, for all asserted thai they bad known
I lie runaway pair for many years as man
and w ife and Ihat the real husband must
bo an impudent impostor.
The unfortunate man had recourse lo
tho French, who wore at first puzzled how
to act in the race of a village's unanimous
jtirreil to tho'judge. lie placed the real
husband's dogs iu one room anil those of
tho other man in another and confronted
'ho woman with both. A ruh dogs are
very faithful to their own households and
very lierco toward all strangers, so. though
..lie dhl her utmost to irritate her own
dogs, they could not be restrained from
fawning on her, and, though sho lavished
every blandishment toward tile dogs of
her now home they barked and Showed
their teeth with ever increasing fury Tin
judge thereupon ordered her to be given
liaek to her husband, and lie placarded
the village with the following notice.
"The testimony of one dog is hero more
tobe believed than thai of ton Arabs.'
As a dog is one of the Arab's worst terms
of opprobrium, this notice was doomed a
wor.-o punishment than lines or imprison?
ment.? London Pest.
Nothing Itrolieii.
A recent bride in Washington, who re?
ceived many handsome piocesof glassware
and china among her wedding gifts, is ex?
ceedingly proud of her treasures and has a
per feel jewel of a maid, who hasn't broken
a single pine. One afternoon not long
ago the mistress came homo and found the
maid out. An hour or so later the do
?nestle retun.ed. Hur arms were full of
bundles, uml she carried a basket. Her
face was rudi.-.nt.
"Oh," she said, "the table was perfectly
lovely! It was just, exactly tho way you
fix yours win n you have company?can?
dles and every thing. It was just too sweet'
Everybody thought so."
"What aro you talking about?" asked
tho mistress.
"Why," answered tho maid. "the
luncheon my sister gave today. I didn't
have time tu usk you. but 1 knew you
wouldn't mind. Nothing's broken. " And
unwrapping her bundles, she disclosed to
her mistress'astonished eyes the very pick
of all tho cherished wedding china and
glass, not to incut ion sundry pieces of sil
vor. They had adorned thu luncheon, and
the tablo was "perfectly lovely."?Ex.
change.
LINCOLN'S JOKE.
How lie Fixed the Responsibility For tho
? Loss of Harper's Ferry.
President Lincoln's jokes, especially
when perpetrated in connection with grave
matters, usually had a purpose in I hem.
After Loo had taken Harper's Ferry tho
president, realizing how great a calamity
it was To tho northern arms, determined
if possible to fix tho responsibility for the
loss of the Important position.
Hallock was summoned, but did not
know where (he blame lay. " Very well,"
said Lincoln, " I'll usk General Sohonck."
Tho latter could throw no light upon the
question, further than to say that ho was
not to blame. Milroy was the next to bo
called to tin; presence of the commander
in chief ami to enter a plea of "not
guilty." Hooker was next given a hear?
ing, and Fighting Joe made a very em?
phatic disclaimer of all responsibility.
Then the president assembled the four
generals in his room and said tut hem:
"Gentlemen, Harper's Ferry was surren?
dered and none of you, it seems, is re?
sponsible. I alii very anxious to discover
tho man who is." After striding across
the room several times thu orcsident sud?
denly threw tip his bowed Iff ad and ex
claimed: ' I have it! I know who is re?
sponsible."
"Who, Mr. President; who is it?" asked
tho distinguished quartet as they looked
anxious, if not troubled.
"Gentlemen," said the president, with
n meaning twinkle in his eye, "General
Leo is the man."
? There was a lack of mirth in tho laugh
croatod, and tho four generals took their
departure with a determination that they
would not a^ain bo placed under suspi?
cion.?Detroit, Freo Press.
A coquette Is to a man what n toy is to
a child?as long as it pleases hltn he keeps
't?Anonymoa*.
HORN WORK IN INDIA.
Skillful and Ornamental Curving Dono by
tiie Native Artisans.
An official report issued iu India under
tho name of tho "Agricultural Lodger,"
contains some interesting information
concerning artistic work in bison and buf?
falo horn in that country. The ornamental
work in bison horn is an industry carried
on in tho Katnagiri district as a side lino
by many who are also carpenters ami metal
workers, and who have acquired tho art
front their forefathers, liison horns aro
used because the ornaments usually made
arc small stands for offerings in tho tem?
ples, and the restrictions of the Brahman
faith would not allow the worshipers to
touch t hem if t hey wero made of cow horn.
Tiie horn is prepared by being kept
moist with cocoanut oil, and is t hen heat?
ed before a lire, when it becomes its soft as
wax and can bo pressed into the required
form, tools aud a small iatbe completing
tlio design. Tlio oil upon being heated
does not discolor the horn, but gives it. a
trausluccucc which produces a very pleas?
ing effect. The horn after being carved is
polished with tlio rough loaves of a tree of
tiie Ileus tribe which grows iu the district,
and serves as a natural sandpaper. Ad?
ditional ornamentation, which is general?
ly of a simple and graceful kind, is done
with sh e! graving tools. I.iko most other
native artisans, the liatnngiri horn carvers
use very few tools. The entire equipment
usually consists merely of a small lathe, a
lino saw, u pair of calipers and perhaps a
tile.
The commonest ornament is a sacred
bull supporting a Hat tray, with a cobra
rising out- of t lio middle and roaring above
it with expanded hood. Tile conventional
figures aro those commonly used in tin.
brass work and embroidery and even in
tin-rust ic mural decorations of the coun I
try. and consist of circles with regular or
undulating circumferences, radiating
lines, loops and rings arranged in grace?
ful patterns.
In Bengal ornaments of buffalo horn
uro made at Moagbyr and consist chielly
of necklaces and similar ob jects of personal
adornment. Combs aro tnado in Dacca,
where about Pin Mohammedans are em?
ployed in the industry. A special casto in
Balasot, on the coast below Calcutta, is
engaged in tho production of walking
slicks made ot horn in Madras black
horn is worked by tin- Vishnu Brahmans
of Yizagnpalain, who turn out beziquo
boxes, picture frames anil similar articles
of very beautiful design. ? .Manufacturer.
Easy <:..Sng Central Americans.
A writer in the Providence Journal tolls
of a conversation lie oi.ee had with a
wealthv and educated Central American
coffee planter:
I "His estate, upon which more than half
i of Ids time was spent, was -jo miles from
town and postollice and reached only by a
j bridle path. Allot' his coffee laid to bo
j sent to shipping points by pack mule and
j household stores taken home iu the same
I way. 1 asked him it a carriage road could
tan easily bo built lo Ihu district where he
lived.
"'Certainly.' be replied, 'but. what
would be tlio use'.- What bettor way is
there t'i travel than by hor.-eh .ck: We itTl
I lovo it, and w hen we want to ride in c.-ir
i riages wog,, to Kti rope or the Sialus.'
" Mint.' I said, 'your eolToo could then
bo hauled in wagons and much expense
und inconvenience lie saved. And 1 slip
j home and more frequent mails.'
??lb- laughed heartily. 'I assure you,
j jny dear sir,' lie said, 'that we get our
j mail quite often enough. 1 always dread
the day on which it arrives. It means
work, lor I have ,;ui;.- a correspondolico.
j As to the coffee, there is profit enough in
it already, so \v)iy not let tin- >???'???' ""-I
A Twentieth Century Wonder.
The groat engineering feat which opened
the iron gates of the Danube and made
thai river navigablo for its entire length
will sink into insignificance compared
with that undertaken on 1 he Nile, to get
around 1 he obstructions caused by I he cat?
aracts, and by moans of an immense dam
open the historic river continuously to
liavigat ion. (Ipcrali' ins are a I,out to com?
mence under the direction of tlie eminent
British engineer. Sir Benjamin Baker,
who recently ha/.ardod the prediction that
by the beginning of rhu twentieth century
the first steamer would pass through the
locks into the reservoir, on its way to the
upper Nile.
Though tho work is ono of immense
difficulty there is no;!,,tibi i: can I.o car?
ried to success and that i: will Staudas an
engineering achievement worthy to mark
the opening of a new century. The same
quarries at Assouan that furnished gran?
ite for the temples of I'liiia: it,Hill) years
ago will be drawn nil to supply the stone
for tho latest triumph of man's handi?
work in overcoming vast natural obstacles
?Buffalo Commercial.
Bismarck's Memoirs.
"Very soon." says the London corre?
spondent of the New York Times. "1 am
given to understand from tv publisher and
friend in I.eipsio, there will be precipitat?
ed upon Germany, springing, as it wero,
from the grave to which Bismarck takes
all his nurtured hale and malice, a sensa?
tion compared to which the scandal over
LiulTukcu ami Frederick's diary is not
worth mentioning.
"Bismarck could not bring himself to
trust Iiis sons to deal after his death tho
terrible bloc.- he has been so long prepar?
ing for the. kaiser. Tho old prince's mem?
oirs therefore are sale in his publisher's
hands at Stuttgart, and his intimate cir?
cle of biographical and-journalistic para?
sites, like Moritz, [lisch, Horst and Kohl,
have b"cn busy from the hound" his death
in preparing the press fur the tremendous
uproar they will create. There arc even
statements that tiie publication will begin
as soon as a month hence."
Needles.
Needles wore undoubtedly the invention
ol prehistoric man. as they have been dis
covered among the oldest remains of hu?
man life. Some rude specimens Hindoo!
horse's bom- aud evidently intended for
sowing skins were found not long since
in a cave in l-'rance, together with other
traces of primitive life Noodles have also
boon discovered in tho oldest Egyptian
tombs and among the rcmaiusof the lake
ii W?llings of Switzerland. The date of the
invention of stool needles is unknown, but
judging from ' the rich embroidered gar?
ments dose' bed in ancient record it,
would apnc.r that line noodles of steel or
some ot her material were in use at a very
early period.
California.
Tlio name of California, derived from
the twoSpunish words, calicnte fornalli?
i. c, "hot furnace"?was given by Cortes
ill the vea." l?ll? to the peninsula now
known as Lower California, of which he
was the discoverer, on account of its hot
climate.
The Icelanders' Language.
How strange it, would seem tu us today
If- there exislcd, say in Newfoundland, a
colony of Anglo-Saxons, sent thoru by
King Alfred, and speaking still tho pure
old Saxon longuoof King .Min d's Wesse;!
Yet this would exactly parallel the case of
Iceland. While Danes aud Swede-; have
modernized tho ancient Scandinavian of
tlio Sagas into the Danish and Swedish of
tho present day the Icelanders stili go on
speaking the tongue of their forefathers
pretty much as it was spoken by Kolf tlio
(langer and Harold Hardrada. They read
the Sagas in tlio tongue of tlio old singers
as easily us our children can read Shako
spcuro and the English Biblo.?Graut Al?
len in Popular Science.
CLEVER TRICKSTERS.
VERSATILE SWINDLERS THAT INFEST
MONTE CARLO.
A Detective's Story of the Ways That Are
Dark at the Famous Gambling Resort.
How Oue Man Worked the Hau??An
English Woman's Experience.
To ho n detective at Monte Carlo is to
he all things to everybody at one time.
Tho plaoo is no sinecure. 1 spout two full
seasons at it, and felt an exhaustion when
1 finished as the veriest roue did who hud
spout his time in every dishonest game.
My lifo there was one absolutely behind
the scenes. I was not a detective for the
gambling house, but for prominent jew?
elers, a firm who hail to watch every jewel
of note and value worn in that rendezvous
of adventuresses, ex-convicts, swindlers
and sharpers.
Tho diamond necklace worn by the
beauty at supper would bo rented from us.
I would have to keep ten puces near her
during the ball or dinner. Did she dunce,
I glided about tho room. Did she have a -
quiet flirtation in a recessed corner, I was
there Did sho take supper a deux, I
watched every mouthful. Was I afraid she
would rim away with them!' Possibly.
But; what 1 did think about was this, that
the baud that dangled tho monocle was
ready fur the revolver the instant somo
loan at tempted to take tho jewels from
her throat.
Would sho thank mo forever for my
kiudnchs. Perhaps so, perhaps not.
Sho was most probably in tho scheme.
Sho ron.od the jewels at a good price. A
man. her accomplice, would rob hor of
them ir. a dark corner. Sho was accepting
his attentions ostensibly because ho was
Count Blank. She would report in tears
of her loss to the 11 nil. But what could
sho do': sho would ask. Her accomplice
would have time to disguise himself und
get lo Purls, soil the jewels and finally
the two would divide the profits. They
might luituully bo of noble birth.
And I ir these tricks land my colleagues
watched und waited. It was a madder,
wilder lifo than any one knows. That is
why I can toll you stories no one olse has
ever to! I you. tales that have never yet
appeared in print.
Now lot mo tell you a story that no olio
but a detective could tell you.
I'll give you one ot my hardest cases. A
man (Kissed a forged draft at the jeweler's
in Nice for jewel.-: thou another at u shop.
I was put on his track. Here's his history:
.lohn Julies was a swell in fashionable out
lit, cane: iiionuolo and all tho parapher?
nalia of "dudism." lie "wont broke" at
the table ami applied to the company for
money I i return home (they always give
that) He was iduutitled as a player by
the banker, who watches every lace, given
sullician: money lo take him homo, pay
bis hotel bill and send him out of town in
good manner. lie had to sign a paper
saying ho would not return to the table or
allow the money they bad given him to be
placed on the carpel. '
lb- relumed from the Hrst station, had
si barber shave him. Instead of the blond
mustache aro black side whiskers and a
let black wig. a pair of colored glasses tin -
ishii.g the disguise. He boarded at a now
place, edled himself John Smith ami
played his return money. He goes broke,
ipplies at t lie olliee fi ir rotiirn money un?
der a new name and face. Now Mr.
Smith i^ no more, but 1 bad a widow,
fascinating, eoy and young. Tho disguise,
was excellent. Tho veil bad to be kept down
or when raised a fan kept at i he mouth.
The pour widow was not lucky. Sho lost
again ai d again and went to tho office for
her return mouev.
.'_....- ,,.is niaeoi an old
man. suffering pain, fearful of people, sb/.
He was very cautious, avoided every Of.o.
He was registered James While. Ho lost
and coul 1 get his return money, but says
he would rather kill himself than humili?
ate Iii ins uf. The next day a hat, coat and
note are found near the sea by a reporter
for a famous journal in Nice. Hush
money was paid, ami in Nico 1 found my
young fellow running aoafoand selling to
victims :-, sure combination to win at tho
? in and It) or at. the roulette; also ready to
write lie; most, sensational articles for
newspap Ts.
This is how I found him: I was watch?
ing with suspicion a young woman. She
took the train l'6r Moiitoiio. So did I. On
the car 1 played the hayseed, made in?
quiries about the games and interested
her so that .-lie promised to go back tho
mSxt day with me and show me some com?
bination.;. Sho told mo she played irregu?
larly for fancy. Her husband at Moiitoiio
was dying of consumption. 1 went homo
with her in a casual manner and was pre?
sented to tho husband. In him 1 found
my man I needed my handcuffs and re?
volver before I got through with them
both, Tor she also was an export.
I did o:io slight piece of defective work
over tho tables which was interesting. 1
was watching the players lather strictly,
trying tu.ipot a woman whom 1 wanted to
arrest. An oi l maid came in and sat
down at tho (able. She was Knglish and
very shy and alone I turned my atten?
tion to her. I fancied she was green, and
1 watched her play with an amused inter?
est for a moment. She pulled out her
purse and with hesitation placed a gold
louis on No. 2?. Ii was her lirst, gamble,
ami tho old maid looked seared out of all
her senses. 1 saw she thought, she would
never be reinstated into propriety after
that louis dropped on the number. No. 22
canio out. and tho banker paid :!ii louis.
The wheel started again, and once moro
22 came out The banker paid tho limit
and then re.narked that the sum, being
above the limit, could not remain on tho
carpet No olio moved. Then the dozens
of hands reached out for tl.onoy, some
carelessly, somo eagerly, all with tho in?
tent of scouring the money. By that time
it seemed every one remembered ho really
bad placed a gold louis on No. 22. The
old maid hadn't moved. She was looking
on in interest at the whole proceeding. I
quietly stepped to the table and laid my
hand over tho money, at the same time
calling out to the banker that No. 22 need?
ed investigation. 1 gave my word that thu
Knglish lady had put the louis on No. 22.
The bankers inquired of her, and she ?iid
quickly slio had placed the money thoro,
but didn't, understand enough of tho game
to know that this heap of money belonged
to her.
She nearly went, wild when sho found it
out; but, poor deluded soul! sho got so
excited that sho played the most impossi?
ble combinations and listened to every
ono's advice, and in a tow davs had lost
every cent of that gleaming pile of gold,
with a good bit of her own small stuck of
money added.?Philadelphia Press.
Wily Anglo-Saxons Win.
Ill "Westward, Ho!" Charles Kingsley's
story of tho Elizabethan wars with Spain,
he explains why the Knglish so offen got
the better of the Spanish when tho odd*
wore against them. Ho claims the su?
periority of their ships, their bettor gun?
nery and greater weight of metal, the
agility with which they could bo managed
because of their rig, but ho counts us tho
distinctive advantage the finer quality of
tho men. Each, ho says, " fought for him?
self, with the self help and self respect of
a Yankee ranger and, once bidden to do
I his work, was trusted to carry it out by
Iiis own wit as best lie could. In one
word, ho was a free man."
Salt In Their Shoes.
Tho mountain people of North Carolina
and West Virginia are said to put salt in
their shoes in order to keep off tho witches.
Bancroft relates that one of tho aboriginal
tribes of North America refrains from eat?
ing salt in tho belief that it turned the
hide white.?Baltimore Sun.