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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-4-26, Page 2++++++++44 4 ++++4 +++4 ++ A e bout the Haas ,t t rt -H -444-442+444+-e+++++++.41 COOKING RECIPES. Mock MO.---Gt'ind one pint of mixed nets, pecans,black walnuts, or -bicker nuts; mix them with a putt of col boiled hominy, hell a cupful of sial: broadcrumhs, three hard -hotted ego chopped fine, a tablespoonful of chop ped parsley, a tablespoonful of grated • onions, one-half teaspoonful of salt, an one whole raw egg. Make into the fort of a fish, place on a grensed paper bake and baste in a quirk oven i0 thirty minutes. Whyte It is baking rut into strips and slightly brown on dozen almonds. When the "fish" i done garnish with parsley and quarte, of lemons; slick In Lhe browned almond to represent tins and use a piece o truffle to make an eye. Serve will sauce Hollandaise. quarter cannot clean your carpet without mole.Ing your furniture somewhere. Nettings tear easily, and ought not to be used In a room whore a bed to bo made must be pulled out from the wall. The bare floor is not injured by the nnoving, and its scratches can be con- cealed by a rug. Floors may be stained with a solution of permanganate of potash, the strength being tested to secure the proper shade. As this is only a wafer color, it should not be used except on new wood or on wood which is free from varnish or grease• Grouse and varnish, however, d alw•uys can be removed from old Doors; or old wood with 1ya, well washed out, and then washed over with vinegar. After a slain has been applied, the floor, to be put in• perfect condition, should receive one or more coals of fllier, depending on how elude the d grain hits been raised. Aller being r rubbed with sandpaper it mny be waxed or finished with shellac. The worst of floors elm be treated successfully if these suggestions be followed. Any painter or carpenter can supply s a walnut slain. Phis can be applied t with a brush. A coot of shellac older n the stain gives a gold polish and nukes a floor presentable with little or no trouble. II can be kept shining after It c has been we sled. by being rublind with r a cnaree harmed r1r nnet with a there suggestion of oil. • 'Bedroom draperies never should be n of wool or any heavy shift. You must f have things that will wash, unless all your nppafnfinenls are so snmphrnus that. they entitle you to the use of silica or embroidered hangings. But even 1 ellen your lisle might be questioned, e Some of the 7 cent flowered muslins 1 are most charming when ruffled Inc cur- • tains and covers or when trimmed with • a while cotton ball fringe. With ordi- nary denim and dotted muslin or even ✓ with cheesecloth any bedroom may be t made charming. There are many up chintzes that cost only 15 or 16 cents a yard. Cocoanut Dew. -To ane pint of mill and one-half cupful of rolled creekr crumbs, yolks of two eggs, two tall s".00nfuls of co.'oanut, one teaspoontu of flavoring. lake one-half hou. Whet done cover with a meringue made o thewhites twotable w tcs of the two eggs and t b e fig spoonfuls 01 pulverized sugar, an brown It in the oven. Nut Roast. -Mix together one cuptu of pea pulp and bean pulp, and on cupful. of finely -chopped nuts (Englisl walnuts are good). Senson with one Muth teaspoonful of sage and one tea spoonful of seat. Make a dressing from foul' slices of zwieliadc, by pouring eve it a lillle boiling water and letting i stand covered until it can be broken with a fork. 1he1 pour over it one-half cupful of cream, and season with one- , half salispoonful of sage, one saiispoon- ful of salt, and one-half teaspoonful of onion juice. Line an oiled baking dish with one-half of the nut mixture, then put in the dressing beaten smooth and cover with the remainder of the nut mixture. Pour over all one-half cupful of rich cream, and bake for one hour and a half. Servo in slices with cran- berry sauce, and garnish with a sprig of green. Cranberry Sauce. - Measure equal quanlities of cranberries, sugar and water until It is a clear syrup -about five'"minutes-and then drop in the cran- berries, which have been looked over carefully, and each one pierced twice with a large needle. As soon as lite berries become tender in the boiling syrup remove from fire. Mayonnaise. -For a whipped cream dressing an authority on cookery says Make the dressing as usual, with the yolk of a raw egg, half a cup of olive oil, and the juice of a lemon, and a pinch of salt: chill, and just before serv- ing stir in a cup of stilily whipped cre,un. If mayonnaise is used, it should always have olive oil In it; any other is not mayonnaise. But for those who dislike the taste of oil -end, strange to say, there are many -the following may prove useful: Rub the yolks of Iwo hard-boiled eggs smooth; add a tea- spoonful each of made mu5lard and sugar, a pinch of cayenne. and salt and pepper; mix well and add cream and vinegar in equal parts until the mixture Is thick and smooth. This is not nearly so wholesome as the dressing made with olive ell. FOR TIIE UNEXPECTED. Dainty Cutlets. -have the little chops quite ready. Put in a buttered sauce- pan a small onion chopped fine, sea- soned; one-lutlf lump of sugar, and fry yellow. Take out carefully every piece and add seven small, crisp -lettuce leaves and fry; remove those with the onion; add a cupful of green peas to the hot pan and heat until they have ab- sorbed the last of the onion. Sear the chops as if toasting them, then cook more slowly until done. In the mean- time nut the herb dressing where it will keep hot. When ready to serve put onions and lettuce below and the peas around the little chops and serve hot. Bread Cutlets. -Cut seven or eight rounds of bread, white, two days old, without crust, and prepare a dressing of two eggs, beaten lightly, with salt and' pepper•, a little nutmeg, and a cup of rich milk, add a dash of cayenne et preferred. Have a smooth frying pan hat, with. a teaspoon or more of hot butter. Soak the bread in the egg dressing until each piece is wet, and drain ready to fry. Fry a light cinna- mon brown. The butter must be care- fully watched. The cutlets must be moist, succulent all through, and they must not be scorched. Season again 1f required. A good cook never fails with these, Egg Plant Cutlets. -To make these at their best, remember two things : Don't soak the egg plant and do not peal it. Wipe It dry after washing the skin and out it In slices around onedhird of an inch, thick. Fry in butter or good drip- ' ping es you would any chop or steak. They taste like delicrde oysters and do not need any additions of herbs or seasoning but a little salt and pepper. ' Besides, they are healthy and nourish- ing. They should be brown on both sides, soft, and of a grey color when done. All Routs of changes may ba made in "trimming" them, chopped, herbs .and the like, but they need no addition. Sotnotimcs a Milo bacon is cooked crisply in the pan first., and thea afterwards 1s out to dice and stirred Into a flour gravy, quite broom, to which Is added capers or (shopped pickle. But the cutlet made simply is most satisfactory, There Is hardly any vegetable obtainable that gives so much tor the money as egg plant when its portent flavor is nal. spoiled by soaking or scorching. FOR THF BEDROOM. The smaller the bedroom the greater the necessity for a barn flood and rug, It is impossible to keep it clean In any other way, If in an apa•iment•ft moat he remembered that pats are not 1L'ce n houso with les many hails as there are dorio& You cannot 1111 your 088 lhorougli. fare, therefore, With klrntture, and you USEFUL EIINTS. When cleaning windows use a tittle ammonia or common soda in the water. Polish with an old newspaper. When washing wood or point, al- ways begin at the lop, so that dirty water may not drip down into the parts newly cleaned. Stovepipes can be put away without fear of rusting if well rubbed with lard and done up in several thicknesses of paper. To glaze scones brush over with one teaspoonful of sugar dissolved in two of mills. This is cheaper than using a beaten yolk of egg, and quite as effcc- live. To prevent knots in cotton while sew- ing always thread your needle before cutting the length of cotton from the reel. This will prevent both knots and twtstin g. The remains of cold mutton can be minced. and with tete trimmings of any pastry you may happen to have had for dinner, may be made into pies for luncheon next day. Woollen goods, according to an au- thority, should be hung on the line without wringing out any of the water, Dried in this way, the shrinkage is said to be very little. Dark colored taffeta and Bros -grain silks can be made as geed as new by sprinkling with clear water and rolling tightly upon a curtain pole. Allow tt to dry slightly on the roll. 'When It is desirable to store a pair of shoes for any length 01 time, they should, after being wiped clean, be rubbed over lightly with vasell_ne ap- plied with a flannel cloth. This puce. serves the leather. 4 A GIANTESS. The largest woman in America is claimed by Let. ell, Massachusetts. flee name is Mrs. Flossie •Ouellette. She is forty years old and weighs 442 pounds. IIer arum measures 30 inches round, her waist measure 1s 58 inches, and her chest measures 7 feet 4 incites. Her height is 5 feet 8 Inches. Unlike marry stout people, Mrs. Ouillette is light on her feet, has always done her own housework, and she is a great walker. While her pace is slower than ordin- ary, she does not get out of breath. She has weighed 500 pounds, but has been losing in weight of late, Iter father, an Irishman, named Maloney, weighed 258 Hounds, and her mother, a French-Canadian, weighed 264 pounds. They had eighteen children, ail of enormous size, a deter weighing 366 pounds and a brother 306 pounds, while the smallest of the lot weighs 212 pounds. Mrs. Ouellette be a widow, and her husband weighed only 135 pounds. She has had eleven children, and only one of them, a daughter, takes after her mother in size. WINDMILLS AS NEWSPAPERS. In Holland births, marriages, and deaths, instead of being recorded in newspapers, are indicated by wind. mills. When a miller gels married he stops Ids mill with the arms of the wheel In a slanting position and with the sails unfurled. His friends and guests fro- quenUy do likewise with thelr mills, in token of the ceremony. To indicate a birth the wheel is stopped with the arms in a slanting position, but at a more acute angle than for a marriage, and with the two upper sails unfurled. Should a miller die the sails of his mill aro all furled, and the wheel is turned round until the arms form en upright cross, In which position they are left until after the funeral has taken place. SUMMONED HIMSELF, A Bristol police sergeant tho other day proved the serving of a summons on himself for allowing a chimney at Stoke Bishop pollee -station to be on fire. He acted as witness and defend. eat, and explained that the fire was caused by a child throwing paper r)1 the coals. Ile was away at the time, but his wife called him by telephone to detect the offend). He was fined $1. "1 suppose ff a pretty girl should dome Meng you wouldn't caro anything about me any more?" "Nonsense, Kabel What do 1 oaro for good looks? You Suit me au rlghtl ISUICIDES OF NIAGARA TiHE MIGHTY \VATERFALI FASCINATING. Acts and Sayings 01 People More They Leap Over the Cataract. Every year people end their lives 'n the ruled runuiug waters of Ningern, and .Ilse record of years shows tunny strange eases. The r'ecor'd goes fur baric. Ovei• llfly year:; ago it was 111- cordetl thiel Auu hall, 34 yours old, had committed suicide by ping aver lite vuterfall. She was a bride of but a week. On July 15, 1885, the territory about the teetered on tate New Yu9c side was thrown open free to the public by the creation of the State reservation, while , on the Canadian side a similar step was taken on May 2e, 1858. The new con- trol was intended to redeem Niagara. In some reepuuts there bus been int- tc provenuls, ltut the suicides go on es before. Each suicide appears to have a differ. 001 idea es .to how best to jaunt into eternity. in the long list of Niagara sufcfdis there have bean many renael - able incidents. Ou Sunday. Aug. 10, 1584, a party of vis tone wt ere tv to enjoying h: scene from • the titled Sister Island, when they were lurliid by 0 man who emerged from the bushes, clad only in lige' under- wear. Tossing articles of jewellery 'to them, he leap d into the hailing waters close by. Ha was Herman Wuttke of Buffalo, A DESPONDENT MAN. All the self-destruction at Niagara does net occur in summer. Thus, on the afternoon o[ Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1885, a young man descended the incline rail- way, walked out to a mound of white- ness toward the miner suspension bridge which then spanned the gorge, and, after stamping down a level place on the icy hillock, deliberately shot him- self. Occasionally, a hotel beat leaves something on the river bank to indicate that he thought life not worth living, but hotel nien do not always accept the testimony of the cast-off articles. There have been suicides at night as well as by day. C. V. Sweet, of Jersev City, on Aug. 31, 1885, strolled down from his hotel to enjoy Niagara b moonlight. At Prospect Point Ile found a roan's coat, and papers in the pocke indicated that it belonged to Chaunce hough of Batavia, N.Y. A week later Mr. Hough's body was taken from tit whirlpool. It Is said at Niagara. that when a sue ride occurs there will be at least thre before the epidemic stops. It is remark- able how one suicide influences another. On January 3, 1887, Frank Ernest Cutting of Buffalo leaped from the of railway suspension bridge, and on Feb. 15 of the shine year John Stever fol- lowed the young man to death in the rapids, hawing also leaped from the bridge. On the afternoon of Sunday, June 19, 1887, F. Trigg of Washington leaped from the bridge connecting the second and third Sister islands, Edwin Miles and R. H. Trebor, two minstrels, strolled to Prospect Point on Friday afternoon, Nov. 16, 1888, TO VIEW THE FALLS. "I wonder," said Mr. Trebor, "how Inc a boot could come down those rapids and not go over the fall." "Say," called a stranger standing by as they passed. "t don't know how far a bout could go, but I will show you how far I can go." With that, the man buttoned up itis coat, pulled his hnt down on his head, threw may a cigar, and, leaping upon the parapet wall, dived headlong into the current a few feet hack from The brink of the American fall, over which he was quickly swept. He was Charles Campion of Buffalo, 24 years old, whin tad no trouble, so far as his friends mew. "The suicidal season has again com- menced, as it nearly always does as soon as the summer season com- mences;" said a Niagara paper on May 8, 1880. The remark was made because a Buffalo man leaped from Goat Island Bridge into the rapids. On June 14 1889, a woman hurried straight from the railroad station and plunged over the Falls. "Over a week has passed without a single suicide," wrote a reporter on Sept. 25, 1889. "The omission must be a mistake on somebody's part." "I cannot live like this any longer," wrote Louisa Petschko of Buffalo, before she threw herself into tho river from the Third Sister Island on Oct. 11, 1889, her sixth wedding anniversary. That night her husband carried hone a gold watch as a present to her, but she had GONE OVER THE FALLS. "Good -by, boys) I'm going over the Fells," was the statement of Jacob J. Kirchner of Brantford, Ontario, before he entered thee river from Prospect Parlc, Aug. 4, 1800. "Sit still. I'll save you," called brave Jade McCloy, the former guide, to a young man who had leaped 'into the river from Goat island Bridge, .tan. 25, 1891. After sirllting the water, the young man climbed out on the tee on ,t reef. McCloy hurried down a ladder with a rope about his body. Ho tried hard to gat rho man, but the suicide threw his hands up in the air and al- lowed hbnselt to be swept over the Falls. Ile was Hari A. Stevens of Buffalo. People who hurried to Prospect Point on the afternoon of March 18, 1801, found a single fooLnrint in the snow on Ute parapet wall. A woman had soon a man leap into the river. The snow recorded his last stop on earth. He was 1. J. flank of Chicago, who had lett home In go to Bohemia, ile died volun- tarily at Ningara, and thus started on a longer journey. A suicide wen nnnntmrnd 011 the after. noon of July 13, 1891. There were hun- dreds of wittessr5. A woman fejt feinting in the park and W8$ Carried Into the temet'inlen- dent's office, guile, Crmvhteed her hue. baled had been swept over the Valls, • n t Y a e d was offered for the recovery of his body. The lower river was watched as never before. Men gave up thole regular oc- cupations, hoping lo win the reward. it was surprising the number of bodies found, but none was identified as that of Schumm. On Aug. 3, 1899, a negro standing at Prospect Point saw a man float down the river. As he passed, the negro called to him to come back, but he was on his way to the brink and death and could not respond. A Frenchman, Hippolyte Schneider, added novelty to the manner of dying at Niagara. On the morning of March 30, 1900, he walked out on a reef above the Goat Island bridge and Dred his re- volver in the air. Twice the report rang out, as though to attract attention, and then Schneider was seen to place the date' in his mouth. There was a dull report, and the man tumbled into the water and was swept over the fall. Ile was infatuated with Lillian Russell, the actress, and for her had died. On May 25, 1900, a priest, Father J. d. O'Donnell of New Ynrlc, leaped Into the Whirlpool Rapids and died. At the hour of his funeral a young woman also leaped into the rapids to death, show- ing how one suicide actuates another. She was pretty Gertrude Roth of Allen- town, Pa. "That water fascinates me," she had said. TL is the same old stogy year after year. Poor, despondent, heartbroken souls lay down their lives in the cool, tumbling waters as they rush toward tltn calnract. Thera am many pitiful stories. leach suicide denotes a sorrow or trouble of some kind. People crazed by liquor or drugs, people whose lovo is not return- ed, or those whose loved ones have been taken from them, go to the mighty minden and in the dashing, chaotic strentn end it all. Husband-- "Weil, madam, you've got your wt- 1 -.you've married n rich hug. Land." Wife • No, deer; I've mailed u rich man, but a poor husband." ife had disappeared !n the bushes and returned. Sorrow was mani- fest e 1 t at n had the laces o nil gathered there. • o f h 4. f rsL n by r 6 Then thio door opener, in walked a , w o nulrrhed sh'ui hL u � In L1 a man,. h g 1 t weeping, sobbing woman, ile lute' his hand on her shoulder. She raised her head. Their eyes 11101, 81113 LEAPED 1'0 11ER FEET, "Oh, papa, Is it emu?" site cried. "What are you making such a fool of yourself for 7" lie 0.sked, Etrryhody laughed, Then the dues. Run mac, bud there been a suicide? The next day poetics visited the lulls looking fur a Mr. Sherman of Clifton Springs. A body was seen in the whirl. pool. Time after time it was carried about the great river pocket unlit the welalers un shore could stand It no longer. A friend of the missing man volun- teered to swim out and make an effort to capture the human forst being dash- ed about by the currents of the n1uel- 51rom. lie left rho shore and was shun plunging lawmen the body. 1113 seized It and after a struggle succeeded in landing it. The body wns not that of the man they sought, but of Fred Udell, of Nia- gara Fulls, who lad been missing since July 4, while the date of thio rescue was July 15, 1891. Udell was Nought to be in Maryland. Ills pockets were Inside out, and it was suspected he had been thrown from the upper suspenslon bridg rod e. Sherman 1 was found in Y ' the Whirlpool July 20. On Thursday, Sept. 10, 1891, Niagara was is startledby] a demi] suicide but e the incidents had no relation to each other. Waiter Haywood of Buffelo leaped into the river from Lunn island, while Mrs. Bessie Luccrs of New York entered the river from Prospect Parte. Haywood was financially unfortunate. In her trip to eternity Mrs. Bessie Luders bad a helping hand oulslrelohed to her at the very brink of the Falls, the incident being one of the most tragic ever known at Niagara. 0. 1, Heist of Philadelphia saw the woman come floating down the river. Without thought of the danger, be climbed over the wall and waded out six feet to a point only ten feet back from the brink of 'the American Fan. Three times he grabbed her clothing, but as may Limes did she pull away. Site was SWEPT OVER TIIE BRINK. It was with difficulty ihat tfeim regain- ed tate shore. Clerks in the Niagara Falls poslofTice and express offices occasionally have strange experiences with people bent on suicide. In the latter part of 1801, a man called el the American Express office and sent his watch and money to Louisville. Ky. The agentsuspected the man, and the police arrested hint. He Fndnitails•ted he was bent on going over rho On Monday, May 16, 1892, the body of a woman found floating in the lover river was idenlibed as Miss Emma C. Auperle of Philadelphia. IIer friends said that once while chatting she said: "If 1 ever commit suicide I will go to Niagara. I selected the spot two years ago when I was there." "It is all for that woman," wrote Noble Kenny of Buffalo, before he went to death from Prospect Point. "It is home trouble," called fifteen - year -old Ethel Lynnan In Policeman Burch, as she was wading out to the river at Luna 'Island. The officer caught her. Jennie Newell threw herself into the river May 28, 1893, but was rescued. "Don't pull me out, boys; let me go," she cried. Tho next day she was a mother. "My God, it's a man," n n v s the startled exclamation of W. I. Connor of New York, when at 11 p.m., June 299-, 1891, he was viewing the Falls by moonlight. Ile saw a form come down the river and slake the awful plunge over the brink. The suicide was Harry C. Dudley of Buffalo. Few Niagara suicides created such a sensation as that of Peter Schemm, a wealthy Philadelphia brewer, on Tues- day morning, Sept. 13,' 1898. Ile had driven about elle reservation, and on the return from Goat Island deliberately leaped from tiro bridge into the rapids. A REWARD OF ;1,000 BIG HOTELS KEEP SPIES EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS Tun ARE 'I'.1KEN. The hotel Guest You 'Peke 10 be a Foreign Ambassador May. be o i)etective. The secret service department of a large hotel is u necossery and muse int- ;'orlunt part of Ile orgatee/Mien. '.'0 n large extent the gusts are dependent mum 11for lite safely of their prepeety, and even ut their lives. It is a orhulual Investigation depart- ment In itself, and only when all its 10 - sources have failed, or when it is absn- hdely necessary that the puttee should l:now of tiny breach of The peace or law tdtnt has been comrullled wilblu blue he- lel•R walls, are they informed and mat- ed Inc usislanee, Yet, despite ibis, the hotel secret service department works hand -in -haul with the pollee so fur as supplying particulars of any of its visi- b.t's or residents is concerned. Not every intelligent and educated per- son stakes n successful hotel spy. Ad- ded to a lilting for deductive analyse,. he must have the polished air of a tree - clod man-ofd.he-world, and the tact and care of a diplomat. FIOBNOBli1NG1T11 T1 L 0 Il. T NAIRI•,S. W Consisting at east two persons - most o [ 1 most of the huge London hotels usually employ four, one of whoa, perhaps is alady-the members of tete meet ser- vice department may not be known to the hotel servants or oven to melt other. They appear to Le just ordinary guests of the hotel. Their bills of ex- penses are given to them, end they are paid by them as if they were merely casual sojourners. When there is little doing they hobnob with the latest-ur- rtved millionaire and the usual crowd eI well-dressed men who frequent the smoking and billiard roars of the pala- tial establishment. Indeed, it is in these places, and at the most unexpected ntcments, that a chance word, a mere accidental action, has been the means of sending many a smooth-tongued card -shaper or a swell erecksman to a prison cell, or to hurri- edly search elsewhere for quarters. To further keep up the itlustan that rho members of the secret service de- partment are nothing more than ordin- ary visitors, sone hotels change their spies for a time. The reason for this will be explained late'. In at least one big i.nndon hotel, how- ever, is a member of the secret scrv'ce Jena anent of whose services the pro. prietors fear to be deprived. Ile is far too valuable to them. AN ARTIST IN UNIFORM. '!'hough dressed in an ordinary uni- form of an hotel porter, with an office in the entrance hall, he Is a cunning draughtsman, and not a single visitor to the hotel passes his little glass win- dow without his features, his distingu- fahing characteristics, and a description of his attire are faithfully set down. Many a rogue has been tracked by these rough, impressionistic sketches, and many a wealthy and careless person has reason to sing their praises. There is, of course, a head to the de- tectives. Ile Is in close touch with tris manager, to whom ill complaints and particulars of thefts aro made by real - dents. Tito chief spy, usually an elderly man with a varied and world-wide experience in the investigation of all kinds of crime, records In diaries, and index- books, particulars of these complaints, no matter how trivial. He gives all in- structions to his men, advises them what course to take, and records all the details they have gathered by investi- gation, research, or by chance 0onver- snllon or observation in the public rooms. Ile, too, is in telephonic communica- tion with his men, so that one can be aroused, if necessity demands it. in the middle of Ilse night and dispatched upon an errand of investigation. MAN 1S KNOWN 13Y HIS LUGGAGE. It Ls a rale in the secret service depart- ment that only, those guests of Llto ho- tel who are known by long experience or by repute to treed careful surveillance who are free from it. Only by such means is lite intrests of all guests pro- perly protected. Until their actions or investigation proves them to be other- wise, little known or unknown visitors aro regardecl as "doubtfuls." This class may subsequently be divined into "0. K." ("all right"), "still doubtful," and "dangerous" scollons. Naturally the dangerous section are given the great- est amount of attention. All new arrivals aro carefully sha- clewed during the first few days they take up residence at the hotel. Those slaying but a night or so are ignored unless their actions warrant suspicion. it is easy to discover what class of per- son a guest Is by the places he visits and the company he keeps during li,o lust fevv hours of arrival. Ms luggage, particularly their labels, outfit, servants, if any, and all details noticed by trained observation are given to and recorded by the head spy. Thus.a good Idea of 11 guests' degree of wealth, personal character, and oilier individualities is •obtained before he has sat down to a first meal at the hotel. If, after, say, a couple of clays' sha- dowing, he is Lound, like tete majority of guests, to be engaged merely 11t business m' pleasure -seeking, he is put on the "0. It." llst. Should he visit clothe districts or be seen in the cntn- Hnny of suspicdous•lookin,g fndivldunls, to say rho least, of linin, lin is regerderl ns "dangerous," while if, after the sha- dowing, lir. spy is not satisfied In Itis mind concerning the guests, he is put on the "doubtful' list. By this simple process of shadowing new arrlvnis, scores of expert Peewee blackmailers, and gamblers have been stint out in the street and "tabooed" by all fie first-cless hotels before they have leen able to put into opernlion n single one of their cunning tricks. Thero 18 a honk kept at most big ho- tels for recorrifng the name.' and fil- th (sees of all callers neon lino hater,: guests. the visilhng-carr they give Ihr porter supplies these pm'licnliu;a, w'ftk'bi are w•rtllen down by )thin on ;1 Anna r ellp loglcih r with the lime of h;. nrrhn ] 111. 1int, of dhpnrltn'n 11-11;;1(.111-.1. ,at 'I'n suapk'ions•lnniclhg cisallersalio ai) 1 ,,0 lisithAg "dangerous" guests ate given further attention, Each, as Inc as pos- eihlu is shadowed, u 1 end Ida, place t 1 tt.o n tele 1 l v s ice and other useful particularsa r, - coded In anticipation of any evenlu• till With ! 111 hese >" t la.enulin is J t !t s c• t 1 of- ten -limes possible, even when a theft has been committed with apparent suc- cess, to put a hand upun the astounded culprit before lie hes had time In dispose Of the stolen property. 1100DS S'l'(.)LEN AT Mil'. The thous that give the secret service department the gran lost trouble 1110 those wlilch occur et uighl-Ilium. unrl are evidentlyy pelmet need by snmenitn wilhiu the hales. Althor;it lite cnt'rtbune ere silently 1.1111011011 by a sleeted night staff, the expert, creek:noun, ley n turn of Itis sere - It ton key, is al nit:' in lie 100111 Where Ile: wealthy p11 11'.1 jewels Dud vahIIaldes lyltg cur,'[l illy nt baud -- 1; 11111;11c1,1)1128 11d(1:10. sleeping, without, p•+ramps, hue - Ing taken lite pereuulion to bull lin door. In less line five minutes, with properly worth hundreds of pounds leo thief is Lock again In Its ream, and provided he rides not give himself away by his subsequent movements, hero; is 11111e hope et capturing trim, Ny8lertous iltctls :ur somu'11mes per. P0l1a1ed by lite hale! scrvauls Itann- selves, it is Inc this reason that the members of the st'eerl service din art. local strive. In remain unknown to then, and Ileal they sometimes exehunge pine - OS with meo on he staffs of other helots. Changes are con lenlly being made in the ranksofmul. melds, t• p, r les, anti welters and this oceaslmlally is made Ilse open- ing for a meud.er of a dangerous pang lo commence 111,11' nefarious business with little fear of detection. A LiFf: OF LUXURY. Requiring most cam of all, however, is the professional gambler, the unscru- pulous 1110 of menus who lives by his wits, and very wail, lou, and who puts et, at the best Helots at home and on the Continent. It is easy to see that be invariably wins, and that Itis prey is usually the youngest and most inexperiencei of elle wealthy guests, yet, unless his anteced- ents are known anis brought to light, or he is detee.led In deliberately playing en unfair gn.me, managers hesitate to open- ly accuse him. And knowing this, con- scious also that he is being closely w•aloltcd by the hotel spy, the rascal takes full advantage of the toleration, and eventually moves off to another M- ite with an extra couple oI hundred pounds or an in his pocket. Altogether, the life of a hotel spy is a pleasant one. It is, jolly, luxurious life, with a spice of danger sometimes, and Immense oppnr- 1lu hies fm' charecter-study of the af- fluent murh travelled person. Ho comes min Anse touch with many cf the leading men in different parts of the world, and numbers countless friends cod acquaintances, who IiI'llo suspect that he is a paid omelet with orders le spy Into their manner of life and char. actor.-Poarson's Weekly. — 4 PERSONAL POINTERS. Interealin9 Gossip About Some Prom- inent People. Me. J. M. Barrie, the novelist, Is one of the most painstaking dramatists of We day. So hard is he to please that he frequently re -writes en act eight or Hine tines. Mme. Patti believes that the pleasures 01 the table are not. for the singer. Site follows a severe regimen of plainly. cooked meal and toast. When she has to sing at night she dines off beef and potatoes and baked apples in the after- noon, fasting after that until she Inas sung. Lord Ashton ]s at immensely wealthy poor, but his generosity is on a scale with his income. Ile has node his vest fcrlune out of the great carpet and linoleum works founded by his father to L antrishire. The town of Lancashire cnly last year accepted gifts from Lord Ashton to the amount of $500,000. His lordship has no son to inherit his wealth which will probably go to his daugh- ter, who is married to the Hon. Wm. Peel, eldest son of the ex•Speaker, Vis- count Peel. At her maui'lage Lord Ashton settled $.150,1100 a yews on hie daughter and $50,000 a year on her li.us• band. Sir James Siveright is a Scotsman who had a notable career at the Cape. 'I'Ito eon of a master stonemason at 50- chabers, he showed brilliance at Aber- deen University, and afterwards hccante a tutor, Taking up the study of elea- triclty, Ito passed first in the competi- tive examination for the Telegraph De- partment of Indic in 1866. He eventu- ally went out to South Attica as general manager of telegraphs. Then lee drifted inlet politics, and, attaching himself to Mr. Rhodes, he wns In Itis first Minis- try. Ile loft South Africa in 1108, and having made a fortune, stetted down in Scotland, purchasing the '1'ullyallon es. tato. The Earl of Harrington was born sixty-two years ago and succeeded nes father 111 the title in 1881. He is one of the pea's who have dabbled in trade. It 1894 he opened a fruit strop In Par- liament Street, London, Ile is an enthu- siastic sportsman and polo -player, and holds the record for serious falls in die hunting field. ills seat, Elvaston Cagle, was rebuilt not many years ago from designs by the late' James Watt. tin lire servants' hall Is one of those rare emblems of hospitality and good lb/Ing- o black -jack, to held about eight gal- lons. The gardens aro laid out in the ancient taste, with t'0008 and statues among the parterres. The late Lord Ritchie was not re- nowned as a wit. but a few years ago hie scored ngahiat n pompous poet' who resent -est the inclusion of a mlddhaelass Commoner in the Cabinet. They met at at "official" dinner, given on fho ere of the ripening of Parliament, and, when they were introduced, the peer teemed. ed Mr. Ritchie somewhat superciliously and .quite irrelevantly introduced ilte suhjo0t of tha augru' trade, inl watch Ale. Ritchie was ornnmerrinUy Inlorrsl- ed. Quito an interesting business," said the peer, playing with his eye- Jdhnss, "Veru ntnert sling," thio Minister asscleled, 1iHov ranch sugr0' goes in the pound, Mr. Beelik?" inquired the per. w'iih a slow, 171solenl .vette, "A a00nr1 01 50',ta' and n P„•lnd of etikum a 1 •h i+xacily the 81.1113 , my lord," re - 1 :r. i1 \h'. laic hu„ 'I ha p0. r turned 1 v;,y witis to alloy fhtvh, One of 111.E 1.0'tiit•:'4 h' 1 133, idly been convimt- ect of (rand. THE CRIMINAL CUSTOMER now 7'!n; CLEVER •SelOPLII^"Plift REALLY W0858. Every Age and !Seery Strata ot Soctely Appears to Contribute Ila Proportion. 'l'!to tenders most favored with the al- teuliuns of the light -lingered fraternity, um, of course, the universal providers, whose premises, hurley -coalbed as they. tura with passages, offer exceptional lnuIlilies for expeditious retreat, and jewellers, the great value and smelt compass of whose wares are olttduusly, att'active. It is in conjunction with the bailer that. Most celebrated coups have taken place. A famous instance of scientific shop- lifting, rented:lble both for the auda- city of its conception and the sIclil of its execution, is ono in which a well•kno a Louden jeweller and diamond merchant was victimized some years ago. During the slack part of an autumn afternoon the shop was visited by a venerable old gentleman of aristocratic bearing and imutaculalo attire, who wee desirous of purchasing sonic uncut diamonds to lake back to America with trim.Ife ex 1 t n ' n ped Ihnt ' cus- tom was his t s t CI tont 10 visit Europe every "fall," and that he was than in London for two or three days, ell route for Paris. A large selection of stories was shown 10 /11111, some small ones of which ife, purchased. Ills Juste in target. gees, hoverer, could not be met by the shopkeeper, who discovered while the visitor was drawing on his gloves preparatory W leaving that one of the most valuable which had been displayed was missing. NO LEDGES N0\V. Shopkeeper and shopper wore alike much agilaled, and the latter insisted upon lila door being locked, the ponce sent for, and upon being searched. This was done, and, of course, nothing found. The gentleman, In eventually taking his leave, expressed his extreme sorrow at the occurrence, and Ills lit• Witten of revisiting the shop on his re- turn from Paris, in hvo weeks' time, to ascertain whether the Jewel hind been discovered. Ile curled out his promise, and called, but, the shopkeeper having no news for hits, with renewed expres- sions of regret, he withdrew, never to be hea,el of again. No ono had entered or left the shop during tine whole of the nest interview, and so the matter remained a mystery until some months later. A cimr- woman, in washing the counters, dis- covered under the ledge of one of then a large piece of cobblers' wax bearing an impression of the lost stone. This had been left slicking in position during the whale of the fortnight which elapsed between the customer's first end second visit. Ledges have not enteral into the construction of jewellers' counters since. Some time ago a method was in vogue which proved exceedingly successful. Eventually it became known, and it is not employed to -day. Tho scheme was for a swell-mobsman to Brier a shop for the purpose of CHOOSING SOME DIAMONDS. During the examination some three or four stones would be dropped upon the floor. The customer would then stand away from the counter and request the shopman to come !round and find them. When one of Dore proved to he miss- ing, the shoplifter world insist upon being searched, to no good purpose, of, course. 'Pile secret lay in the fact that the heels of the clan's bones were hol- lowed and filled in with cobblers' wax, It was only necessary for hint, there- fore, to tread on the jewels, end they would disappear into his boots and re- main there. A lady thief who took her ewer to the well once too often wits found to be wearing a fur -lined reunite, all round the inside of which were concealed hun- dreds of fish-hooks. from which expert - sive lace was suspended. In her sleeves, which, like those of the heathen Chime, were long, she possessed a clever ar- rangement of clips and cluetic, by means of which it was possible to grip an article In the pain of the hand and make it disappear, u la conjurer, up her sleeve. CUTE CONFEDERATi:S. The most °labornlnty planned diamond robbery from a sb ep in the daytime of which there is any reword wns executed at the expense of another London Jew- eller by a gang of American shop thieves. LL was as daring as II. was ex- pedient, A gentleman visited the firm by appointment for the purpose of selecting some uncut diamonds. Before he had been many minutes in into shop several were not to bo found. Two policemen stationed near were called in, searched him, and found the stones in his pookel. He was arrested on the spot, placed in a cab by his'baptors, and driven off to the station. The con- veyance never arrtved, however, and the authorities had no record of its num. bee, As a matter of fact, the police, their prisoner, and the cabman wera all confederates -London Answers. CHURCHYARD NOVELTY, in the churchyard of the tittle Middle sox village of Pinner England, there stands a monument quite distinct from all those which surround it. It con- sists of a tall, square pyramid, over- grown with ivy, through the middle ot which projects it coon made of stone, This monument wns ratted by a son to bis parents, William and Agnes LoU- 1 .,. 115 the inscriptions tell. They do tee however, tell why he choseto have his parents' remains poised in mid-alr in the stone shell, instead of being bur- ied he the usual manner. This merlons ad Is accounted for In a strango man- ner. It appears that his parents came inlet some looney which was to be theirs "so long as their bodies were above the ground, When they died, therefore, in order that the money should not pass into other hands, their son "buried" then In thls mu'ious manner, and, de- spite the n.ppar'onl injustice, his abject was attained. Generally speaking, the smaller n man 11' the larger Itis troubles seem to bC.'