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The Wingham Advance, 1905-07-20, Page 31141140011.144010,040..* 47, 'Ort7p7,1p-74,10•44. 4++ 4++ 41 t 4 4 'D Trkk of Scotch ick • 44070'6e eittsow DetectiVe'S Experience With Shrewd 4rirnint118, 4.44-4•+++++++++++414-a++++++4•44-4•444-4444-fie++44+++++++-teen, Iliere is a notable family living with- in a three inmate walk of the tilnagew Cross, the members of whom for three generations, to my owu enowledge, writes Deteetive Elliott, in the .din - burgh Scotsman, have beea thieves, em- bracing every sigaies of the geuilis. 'The grandfather wes a thief uud in the ole convict daps passeti a laree past of his life ill Van Diemenh Land. The feting and his wife (the latter nem elating from criminal parents), served many terms in the convict prisons of leugland; and of the sous uumbering four, all have been to Peterhead. I can only deal ten) with ore or two incidents in the career of one of the sons, the most notorious, known in the fraternity by the Wet:name of "Drum"— for what reason I cannot explain. 'ilia "Drum," the eldest of this brood of thieves, got married and lived in the Coivcaddens, and he and his spouse were well known to all the members of the detective staff. Ilere at this stage t may answer a question which has been frequently put to me—namely: How thieves get their Implements made, .Are they manufac- tured by themselves or by reputable tradesmen? My own. experience Ines been that nearly all the tools used by aimi. e-41/ nals are made within_ the brotherhood, the nein who live by law -breaking. The "Drum" made inumlements for all his acquaintances, and right well did he exestitc all the orders entrusted to him, No locksmith that ever I knew could approach within one hundred miles of the "Drum" in the manufacture of a key. He was supreme in this branch of his calling, and old detectives are quite well aware of this fact. \Viten 1 was in the service, 'wherever 1 met tbe "Dium," wbether in the pub. 1t3 street, a race meeting, cattle show, or on the outskirts of a crowd at a fire, 1 ra ways took him away into mune coreer and seurchea him. He became so ;accustomed to this Interference of mine that he never made any resistance. It was seldom. if ever, that I subjected him to the scorching process without :inding somethiug to help hun with a crime. Somethres I founi a file, per. -haps a skeleton key, and even base coin, cause the "Drum" dabbled in nearly ev- erything that was criminaL He was a born rebel against society and pr etc' upon it with might and. main while outside oi prison walls. He made no pretense that the reformation which, ft prison is supposed to effect upon men had any influence whatever upon him. etiei soon as he was released he just set to work again and was for many years one of the moat difficult criminals to deal with in 1 he city. Be was so closely watched in Glasgow when out of prison that he dare not cart./ en his favorite occupation of sknoton Imy mon:facture in his own Louse. Hiti record was such that at any moment he might be disturbed by a /visit from ono of our officers. The "Drum" was, of course, perfectly cog- nizant of how closely he was -watched, and. he had recourse to numerous devices to thwart the vigilance of the police. It was a thief, if my memory serves me right, that first told me how the "Drum" carried on the making of skele- ton keys, Said that informer: "If you go to Glasgow Green almost any day you will find the "Drum" equatted on the sward at a spot where he can command a view of a wide stretch on every side of him. It is impos- sible for anyone to approach him un- seen." One is always chary r about accepting the story of a sneakthief, but on this occasion I acted upon the information supplied. Accordingly I went to the green several days .in succession, but could see no Bigots of the "Drura." It was the old story of patience and yeerseveraree. One day I did not get a ,glimpse of him. I did not know at this -tern° that the "Drum" had an accom- plice who gave hint the danger signal as ,soon as I put an appearance. When I be- zeaxae aware of the accomplice I changed any tactics. From a 'window of a dwelling in Mon- anith row commanding a good vaew of the tPeoplesa Park I one day swept the vista, from east to west with a glass, and I at -length diaeovered the "Drums' seated on the grass about 200 yards east of the Nelson monument. I could see him filing away at something, ibut what it was I could not be certain of, but I guessed that he *was employed filing keys or fix- ing up burglars' -Viols. On this occasion I gave the "Drum" a scare at any rate, and had hem hemmed in with the aid of constables in the neighborhood. Ile was caught without much trouble, but, of course Inv3. nothing in his possession to eissocittte him with aline. When I got him lodged in the Central I went to the spot on the green where I rsave him first, and there, barely congeal- ed beneath the turf, 1 found wrapped en a piece of brown paper half a dozen skel- eton keys and a smallband file. He was sent away for this, but he was no sooner back than he, resumed. his old practices. Ono night there was a burglary of household furniture reported from the northern district, and anioug tba arteeles stolen was a costly Arm elude, No arrests were =Wont the time; but sone day while sauntering down the Salt Market I met the "Drum's" wife. She Was weeping bitter1y, and I asked :the cause of her grid. She told mo that the "Drum" had givea her a severe ham- mering, and she wag determilled to "put bine away." Would 1 assist alert When I consented the mane down to epartieulurs, "You remember," she said, "the tob- bery of the furniture in Cowcaddens a month age?" I said that I did. "You recoiled the emluable ante chair taken?" mice more reeponcled in the ailfirma- itive. "Well ,ifyouga up to our hemsze you will get the chair m a bock room. It was .the 'Drum' that took the fruniture, and Ie 4eepS every night in the arm (Asir. Vow, then." gm said, in a voice that ran- kled with vengeance, "do your duty." Prom her manner I knew that he was srpeaking the troth, and with a Constable 1 at cum paid a viiit to the "Drum s" Ito me. Ile opened the door, and en seeing us rushed back into the kitchen, seizea the poker, and woule Wive tiled it without Ceylon Tea enioys the proud distinction et being the only brand on the inei•ey but fur the fact Nutt 1 had. him safely before he coald employ it. MI the eanti,tent that Is inOtated. wow, he made a very stubborn resist- DEMAND 145ALADA" AND SEE THAT YOU GET IT. twee, and we were obligee to teed him a Sold only In lent pscketa-40c, 50c, 60. By all grocers. Black, *Ind salutary lesion in aianuers. emy wire ea, given „ away, he or green. Highest award At St. Louis, 1904. The Mare Perfect The Article the More It's Imitated. si o t 1 tl e m to nautili° r- - • - ticaltirs of how lie would recompense her Be said tbat be had been starving, that lot' doing Min this ialury. We had to iiut Christianity was e gospel for the poor the "snatellers" apon hem; in feet, lied to and the neeey and that the clergy did carry him to the Central. He got seven. not carry oub their injunctions of help: years' penal servitude for thia robbery.. ing the poor, and he helped himself. • • • • It turned out that for years this 'once hied into ti-OliblR--iVareeeeee se voting man bed been a church burglar the Central distriet was entered and, a ano wait a good many previous conam- Considerable qUaietity 91 underclothing tious were recorded agemst lam, Ile taken. I lital cliarge of the case, Ana was got off in this instance with eighteen shown samples of the goods stolen, but months, and whenever I hear of a chureli could not trace them anywhere. being mbbed the pious and God, feariug One day mite weeks after the robbery face of this young man appears before I was walking along Argyle street and me, met the "'Drum." 1 observed, that he was wearing a somewhat peculiar pat- +++++++++++++++++++4+++4++ tern of shirt, correspouding thought with some of the stolen goods from the THE Q0011.NATURED warehouse. I said nothing, but that night two eon - 4 stables and myself raided the "Drum's" DARKEY'S" "DOPE." father's howl° and found the stolen pro- perty. The "Drum" Was again sent back 4•44-•-•ee-e-4-4-e-ae-0-.4-e-e-4-4-04.4-o-alea to Peterhead. The average negro Is great on taking' He ie an exceedingty clever burglar, medicine, and. if the doctor or droagist but bis faine rests Mainly upon his won. doeska. note gives hniom pretty; ilberttal ho derful skill in making the' most intricate 'remit: wit woticgortmOtist ga7sew° skeleton keys. There is probably not a a eonstant tax on youfor medicine, and lock in Glasgow but the "Dram" coal /win take almost anything you give them. It'a "misery in meh ohist," "inizery in nuke a key that would open it. usgoeu." "nacre in med hatil," and so Perhth aps e most daring, and, I might gh the whole family of "noz- add, the most recklessburglar that pass- eras." They will take up all Gm odds ecl theotegh my bands waa "Scotch, Jim- eralig oiyour nifdicinitin"blatleite a my," who figured so prominently recent- Leseouws Ira.uvriatis. Vie g OW is Sitlign ly itt the newspapers. 1 have known was telling us the other day about his he sail had "romatiz poeerui Jimmy for a long number of yeers, and, ?lice:, who as most persons know, he is a, native of oufel•„. ;legit 'Ilteet; 'araseheee .01111:1 011 I fit:j1,1.• Edinburgh. 1 lenow a brother et his merit, an' dat don't do no good, ien resident there, but he is not in the bur- gwinter try Soma other remegiment. Got glary line of business. any Joyner's Spectant for coughs? Da „ lady's rite tiersom 'bout her °Min', A characteristic of all "Scotch Jimmyel to, an" suffers wid er Wader noyish in he big smathes is that the were done on a !gum:nick. Got, anytbia' 'ate good ferr Saturday night or Sunday morning, go aatg has seldom departed front this rule of only( w:ndin the other morning, "Got i few?" "No, wo are out of Itis, and the reason is too obvious to need that, but we have Some worm candy." explanation. The o.ppodunities are bet- "Oh. ahaw, I don't want to be messin' wie ittlitelf!tink. Itircanu' sum o'dow vdorLeiro ter and the. pollee seem le,ss vigilant on a oil. 0, I Lot- 'hour bottlet7fergit14aney sez Saturday niedit than in the stir and. tur- moil of a week evening. git her ten cents wuth o' tiat haaperack Another creature of Jimmy's work is peep fer de baby's cough. Wile you ever the excellence of the implements with which he invariably operates. The tools must be thoroughly good; the "jimmy" made of the very best steel and the chis- els and "jumpers" of the best quality. The only weak spot in his armor as a burglar is that he must have accom- plices. The burglar who understands his art, never trusts to anyone, but ',Scotch Jimmy"' must have assistants. I do not believe that Jimmy could effect a really clever burglary without the aid of "pals" • 'lar, b leave I'll gib dat ole lady or box er consecrated lye. Nuthin else. Bring. yer sum cotton Ilex' week." A. stranger came in the other day with business air, "Got any salts you take?" Yes, sir: we have." " Are they good ones?" Oh, yes, genuine sulphate of magnesia." "Well, now, sometimes they bits weak, but I'll try half er poun' any way, it you are sure they are good ones." "Yes, sir, 1'11 warrant every one of them salts. I've tried 'em inyself, and every one did full duty." Reminds mo of old Abner (Sark, in an incident which in my recollection will not, soon lose its savor. The old man in anxious tones in - Mere ingenious and inventive than iin- quired at the grocery for fre4.n11asa.w salt. `a' steer is kinder nosed up, s • er' tak' sum salt an' exalt it au' rub "In1 Mat! sell.was connected with one of Jimmy's wld it. It kinder freshea 'Im up, sir." in one of the principal thoroughfares Wee an tele& nweai exploits in Glasgow. A. jeweler's shop Henry reenter wbsa?nrsvhioeonde.10 otaithothuheatrtaciliesserHaers- and cheerful spirit! always was broken into late on a Saturday oregthebeitsy" presence welcome. One early night. When the owner made his usual. mme Sunday call at the shop he found ev- erything in confusion, 'with the safe lying open in the centre of the floor. All the soft stuff that could be laid hands upon was placed under the safe to deaden the noise. Several hundred pounds worth of stock was taken away. I made an examination of the place on the Sunday, and although I unilerstood that "Scotch Jimmy" was at the time in London, I concluded that he was at any rate, one of the robbers in this instance. It was strange, however, that I had not heard of his arrival in thh city, because no man's movements are more closely watched than JiminY's when he deigns to settle down in the city. .After my inspection bf the shop I want back to the Central and reported my suspicion that the robbery bore marks of the headwork of Muirhead. 1 questioned the men if they haa heard anything concerning him, but none had heath anything of him for months. Yet I did not lose faith in my opinion, and on Monday I set out to ascertain if Jimmy had been seen anywhere. When I got possession of him I decided that, whatever might happen, he would not escape me on the journey. There- fore I had him double handcuffed—that autumn day he came into tho store, which also served as the neighborhood post office. 'Mani soz please koreek and stomp this letter, an' then gi" me an example of you' aohair caliker." "MI right, Henry, any -r thing eLse?" "Yes; main sex sen' her 'er yard and er half er that brown cambridge far 'Min', an' er spool er coatin' thred, an' of yo uitin't got that, sen Clark's ont. Et yer got any nice relets canker, she's cocain' down to see 'em. The old man was sick last nIte, He's bin right timersum 'bout his catin' lately. Sum how er nuther, his food don' seem to sub - lest, He's bia takin' sum liver reenation, an' he thot it help hira sum, but he was mighty bad of last nite. I was about ter fergit, the old man 'wants three o' them methodic pills, 1 b'leeve that's the doste. Now, calkerlate it all up an' see w'at it surmounts to. Bring you stun cotton Monday evenln". Henry came down to the gin the other lay, and back- ing up his steer, he dumped out his bag of cotton, with little regard for the mud, remarkin' that it was a morgan, ("mort- gage') bale anyway. "I owe that ler fur- teliet got a half turn up store as' spring," "How's the crop golnd to turn up this fall?" we asked."Mity poor, cap'n. The Bible speaks of wars and rumors of wars, pestles and fitsulows, an' I think the time's enbout come. They tell me the boars and filliptans ar' Min' over yonder, an' the drowthil so bad it looks like we ain't sty -inter have no crap. The elt man's been Mightily bothered with Josh Tur- ner's steer lately, gettin' in his co'n, but I don fixt him." "What did you do, Heniy?" rI done Shot him Wid spoil shot. "Did you kill. him?" "No,- but I is to say, handcuffed by the wrists and nPepwnaportreodorttilhimhilliasu.71ricietianyty.", av'h'IeInowyatuar were handcuffed to myself. This is always a pulled itetly, but Intre'ckon Illell,wals 'tot? asknoflt safe method when tha prisoner is likely uu ex to bolt if tho opportunity presents itself, as from hero tp that crib door (oomo thirty 1 told the guard of the train who I was - yLaall.re,esdai!..ofatil.:,28.Walaleigh'ho(Uut. ocrjhuNnenwsor tilled toltbty. and, the man who was in my charge. We got on all right, Jimmy and 1, a.nd ' - he gave me no trouble. He asked for WHY "DAGO;" is OFFENSIVE. beer and this I refused and limited bis • — wants in this reepeet to plenty of sand.- Derived From Diane, a Very Cominon eviches and water. Jimmy's career was Spanish Name, so full of incidents that a recital of tsonie of them made the time pass el- A. correspondent eontenas that the beast pleasantly. word "dago" ought not to be deemed 'When I got to Glasgow he was brougbt offensive, as it has what he calls "a. at once before the sheriff and sent to very worthy derivation." His e inplane- Duke street. I relied almost solely for a teen e that wheit the English-speaking conviction on the evidence of the wo- Americans reached Califoid0 they found so many of the Spanish -speakers man in. London in eviaose house the bur - there answering to the name "Diego" glnrs put up with the swag. Jimmy's that elley hit upon "clap" as a general friends in London, on hearing of his term, without eneaning to be . arrest, got the woman removed, and the 'dohneetive removal meant the collapse of the case, of!eusive its use. It was stated, but cannot vouch for ;Dago" is undoubtedly derived from the truth of it, that the woman was 'Menet" The dictioharies say it ment either to Aineriea or Australia. One elieee4 Over the United Statat from thing, however, is certain—Louisiana, here is as first used to that she die - describe men of Spanish extraction, appeared suddenly. mid aftetwerd as applied to Italians, I remember one tine the GlasfeoW a ewe el ea., whose first large immigration came kirks being in as great citement over the depredatioes or the through New Orleans. But "Dago," its a contemptuous or abusive word, burglar as they ever were over a her - as helieli olderthan the American ac- esy hunt. It was rather It strangte case pusition of either California, or Louis- altoether, and it took some time before weg laid our hands upon the nndividual go who ransaeked the thurchts. Diewas at one thee, and probably , aPplies1 the patient seldom servivee is yet, the commonest of Spanish • when oitee the disease is fastened upoa XI's finished always by en"Ying 1/1-" ea Cliristian names. Several notable mid bor. Lydia B. Plinchara's Vegetable the raost likely Bibles: About the place, apparently miraculous 'victories in the CtInPulia 1'8 th° °mist °fficieht teeat' particularly the pulpit one, if be eould centuries of war with the Moors are raent for kidney troubles of women, lay his hands on it. Ile "meth's" e"eee " devoutly cleseribed in the Spanish citron- and is the only medicine especially a haul of hommunion plate, whieh he icles to the aid of San , or Santiago, prepared for this pttrpose. generally got in the vestry when hunting or St. James the EDiegolder, who was imen When a woman is ttoubled with paid Or the wine, charging the enemy chid in brilliant or weight In loins, baelmehe, /rennet:it, For several weeks we lied regular re- . armor and moonted on 4 white horse. painful or scalding urination, swelling " feet, Ili ad th and deames and other church hificiale, patron Saint, anti the rumieet Spanish °Yes, an uneasYs tired fling ibn .tiliree Along the restless way, ' 1 id understand French, and vice verse. When the ancient Greeks called those who did not understand Greek, "bar- barians" they seem to have meant "those who do not speak intelligibly," or are not exactly human. And so any 'terns invented or picked. up to 'describe those who do not understand. us is eer- twin to have contemptuous implication. Of course, the word "dago" as not al- ways -used offensively. The other day a Chicago tredestuan was heard to speak of the Italian fruit vendor before his shop, to whom he would, on occasion, intrust its care, as "the dago." But in the overwbeinung majority of eases "dago" is used offensively. Our fellow - citizens of Italian extraction properly resent it, jint as black Americans pro- perly resent being ealled. "niggers." - In spite of its derivation and long use "dago" is a term to be evoided, and it will be avoided by all persons whose self-respect moves them to respect the feelings of others. • * ANXIOUS MOTHERS. The summer months are a bad time for little ones and an anxious time for niothers. Stomach end bowel troubles come quickly during the hot weather, awl almost before the mother realizes that there is danger the little one may be beyond aid. In every: home at this season there should be kept a box of Baby's Own Tablets, and at the first - symptom of illness they should be giv- en. They promptly cure cholera infant - um, diarrhoea and stomach troubles, and are just the thing a mother needs at this time to keep her children well. Mrs. Frank Moore, Brookfield, N, B., says: "I always keep Baby's Own 'lab - lets on hand in case of emergency. I do not know any other medicine that ma equal them in cases of stomach or bowel troubles. And this medicine is absolutely safe — it is sold under a guarantee te contain no opiate or harm - f ul drug. You can get the Tablets from your medicine dealer or hy mail et 25 cents a box by writing the Dr. Wil- liam& Medicine Company, Brockville, Ontario, LADY HENRY SOMERSET. The Present Activities of Widely Known Women. Among the world's great women who are as well known in the western hemi- sphere and hi the Orient as in the Euro- pean countries is Lady Henry Somerset, the distinguished British reformer a•nd 'philaatbrepiet. Lady Henry's activities are as nuiny-sided a.9 the needs of hu- innavity ,for whoae betterment she has freely contributed`of her fortune and di - :heal,' ..leee_ „ha e amOng the working 'people, be says, Are better bouees, better and nors plentiful watersmore whole:mine amusement and recreetion, playgrountle for eliitdreu, narks, bands, and, "Maly° all, taking the factories i»to the <unitary end the larger epreatl of mill villages,' She reeponas frequently to calls for public epeahing, in which she is all adept, having great powere ef extempore one - tory, inellitling eloquence, grace and fer- YOr, liegaz•ding platform work, Lady Henry vae•e she has no speeial method. "1 try to Bay what I mean, and I try to make othere believe what I think." lier advice to amateur speakers is, first, to endeavor to train their voices, that they may be beard; (second, to forget themselves, and, third, to think -of their subject. 'Ile erninent Englishwoman sbows little sign of the passing years and of beavy reeponsibilities, lier eye is briglit with the sparkle of youth. Heir dark, WaYilly; iltur is parted over the low, Dread, intellectital brow. Her voice is melodious and eweet. Iter laughter is clear and ainging. She has the beauty of the perfect repose and of the refinement which consummate culture bestawie Itad- lent is the word which describes her per- sonality, Mueli of Lady Henry &mor- sels' +time just now is devoted to writing for publie journals, magazines, etc. She is a staunch believer in the 'power of the printed page to give wings to thought and to aid the (wrest social and reform movements of the day. 04..4.+4,444-41-11.444-44-104-444' Can You Swim ? /44-0-40+4044-•-e-0-404-4***-•444-4-41-4-41• (Chicago Chronicle.) An old story says a scholar was once being ferried across a river and asked the ferryman if he knew anything about astronomy. The ferryman said. ne did not end the scholar rernarketl: "One- third of your life is gone." A little later he asked the ferryman if he knew any- thing about geology. The ferryman said he did not, and the scholar sadly re- naarked: "Another third of your life le gone." A little later the boat was upset and both of them were thrown into the water, "Can you mini ?" asked. the ferryman of the scholar. °Alas, no," said the scholar: "Then," said the ferry- man as he struck out fpr the shore, "all of your life is gone." No matter how much a man may know he is an object of pity if he does not know bow to swim. If he can not swim not only is his life exposed to a number of unnecessary hazards but the knowl- edge of his helplessness prevents him from enjoying various recreations on the water and in the water which he might otherwise relisb. It is true, of course, that there are some situations in the water in- evhieh the ability to swim will not save a per- son's life and some in which it may cause his death: If he falls from a ra- pidly moving vessel in znidocean swim- ming will not help hina, and expert swim- mers, presuming on their expertness, of- ten undertake too much and lose their lives by it. In some countries sailors ' make it a point not to learn to swim, because, as they say, it only makes them - careless, and because if they fall into the sea it simply prolongs the agony of drowning. These are anomalies. The practical fact is that being able to Mint robs a water of its terrors, makes a person feel safe in bathing and in sailing, and. in ease of accidents on the water goner- ally- saves his life and sometimes the lives of those with him who can not j swim. The art is both an invaluable versified talents for nearly tiventT yestrs. As pros, eari tho wamena ()Resume protection and an inexpressible pleas - Temperance Union she gives an irapulse ure. Learning to swim is a great mystery. 1 to the cause of temperance and purity If the human body is heavier than wa- lis tile globe. ter certainly no amount of kicking will addition her personal interest and serviee are accorded to all her broad un- make it float. If it is lighter than wa- dertakings along a multiplicity of civic, ter not knowing how to kick ought not j reform, social, educational and religious tpoeretsounsedriotwnto ?sink, How, then, can any linAel the present time Lady Henry Som- The explanation is that the body, 1 erset is most deeply interested in settle- though lighter than water, is eo little ' ment work, as well as the famous Meta lighter that when floating very little of riate farm eolony at Duxhurst, which ehe it is above the water. If that little is founded in 1895. She recently became the mouth and nose a person may float head of the settleraent connected with and live intlefinitely. The trouble is the parish chureh at Bromley, East Lon- that the body is irregular in shape and, don, which is a Christian social enter- like other floating matter, bobs up and prise on theapprovedeettlement lines for down and the face is apt to be subinerg- I work aen.olV women and children in gos- ed. This produces a panic in a timid pel misaion work, hospital, temperance person and he may inhale enough 'water work, etc. With special work of civic to make his body heavy enough to sink betterment on her awn exteneive real ' so that he will drown. properties in the city of London, she is j This shows that floating and swim- 1 lending a hand improving conditions ming, which are simply locomotion Wined. as fast as old leases expire and opportun- to floating, are . founded. on confidence, ' ity permits, The best palliative for life nerve and self-control. They are largely la matter of faith, and evhen a persorilins once been assured that he can float and ' swim he never doubts it again. He may - - stay out of the water twenty years and if he then enters it again he does so with generals, writers and diplomats. Baron increasing Among Women, But ail sof the old confidence and swims for Rosen's brother is one of the greatest a little time with all of the old experi- living authorities on Arabia, and. the Sufferers Need Not Despair ness. , Baron is a. ot the highest cultivm It is the solemn duty of every man tion, speaking English, French, German, TUE BEST ADVICE IS FREE and woman to learn to swim and of all lietlian and Japanese, and being a deep parents to see to it that their children student of hietory and ithernational Of all thediseases known, with which the female organism is afflicted, kidney disease is the most fatal, and statistics show that this disease is on the increase among women. KIDNEY TROUBLES 4-.+4444-4+444+41**+4+144+1H0+04444ete44.0.4.404-4400+414.44sas The Peace Envoys. Aotecodonts el Murovieff and Rosen, %intent and Omura mot 104phiro, Japoftese, Consmis,ioaoret .els-e**-4+*-e-4-.44-1444-e-s+4•44*.+4.4-s-e-elo-e+.**.+++.44444.44+4-ss N. V. hfuravieff was born in 1850, and is a member of one of the oldest faMilies of RUSSIA, widen ,has been prominent la the empire ever since tire year 14$8, when the Muravieffs obtained the landed eetates in the Uovornment of Novgorod, which they nave held ever sine*. learly in life be gained a great reputation in Ruseia as an authority on lew, and. in isn lie was appointed President of the Criminal Section of the Senate, which is the highest court in the empire, ln Jan- uary, 1804, on the death of M. Mums- ' 61. „ iveressrmarases-smensanscessti AMBASSADOR MURAVIEFF, Russian Envoy to Italy and formerly Minister of justice. twin, heavas appointed Minister of jns- tice, and under Ms direction the judicial reform of the Government of Astrakhan and Archangel and the various provinces of Siberia was carried tbrougb. In:August, 1903, the Ozer appointed, M, Muravieff arbitrator at Tbe Hague of ' the dispute beteveen Veneeuela. and the allied European powers, and in October of the same year be was made President of the Venezuela Tribunal. At The Hague Mura•vieff increased his reputation as an international lawyer and displayed greet gifts of eloquence and acumen. M. Muravieff is a brother of the 10..+4 Count Muravieff, the .famous Foreign Minister, who died suddenly in 1900—a suicide, according to report. Baron Roman Rornanovitch Rosen is not only an earnest advocate of peace and an ',opponent of RUSSieS "forward." policy in the far east, but is also better liked and more greatly trusted. by the Japanese than perhaps any other subject of the Czar. Ile comes of very old SWed- 1511 stook. His ancestors followed the banners of Gustavus Adolphus in. the in- vasion of Russia. in the seventeenth cen- tury, and settled in Lithua•nia, vibeee the family estates are situated. The Resens ha.ve given Russia- many distinguished AMBASSADOR TAKAIIIRA, Japanese Envoy to America. WitiArn2n2a frzaty.pr: Unless early and eer:rect treattnent is 1 learn to swim. In most cases the pro- male, Baroness Elizabeth Alexcvna cess is both a luxury and a means of en- Rosen, is an accomplished musician, joyment to the end of life, but even if daughter of Gen. Odintzoff, who for it should involve trouble alni expense many years. was Governor-General of it ought to be religiously attended to. j Nizni-Novevorod. The Baron heorbeen for To neglect it may mean a funeral in the many years in the foreign 'service of Rus - family and. many broken hearts. site He Charge ti'Affaires at Tokio, and later bectiane thipul-Genetal in N et4t York. Tater -OM he became Charge at Washingten during Preeident Cleveland's Some people insist upon it, after years of effort, that they eannot swine and possibly they are right about it. There may be human bodies 'whose specific gravity is greater than that of water. This may be caused by unusually large bones, the absence of fat and the small capacity of ihe lungs. This could be tested by noting the displacement of water, as in the ease of a ship, and comparing the weight of the water dis- placed with the weight of the body. It would be interesting, instructive, and useful for any man to know the specific gravity of his body, especially where he found a difficulty in learning to swim. A Prayer. : (Chicago Chronicle.) 1 God groat us nil a balm ; To soothe the breaking Mart, j A quiet space ot calm j To heal the bitter smart, IAnd when by neentlay heat oppressed A eluette in whieh to rent. , God grant us all good cheer, I Through all the livelong day, ; . C Thue Diego beeame tlie Spanish nationalFull laughter ringing cleat ports lodged at the n ra v but none bad ever men the t ne o war try was alt. Jamee, and Forward, dust seditheat in the trite, she should not understand rt how he disposed of Spain ' lose no time it commencing treatment the piles of Biblei that lie took away, Lydia becauee plavhbroker, uhless the book is When Engeish Merchant ships beganwi to frequent Spanish ants with 'molar- th. Pinnhain's Vegetable Compound, its it may be the Means of Of SOMO Vithle, rarely purchtisee this class of literature. Ono day on the round to the pawn- ity iem crcmws tOUUd 80 fl1tti1 ot saving het lye. Spaniards with whom they had to *elk For peoof, read what Lydia E. Pink. called "Diego" that this proper name wee ham's Vesetolle Conipound did for Mrs, thereve e! I s statiding talking to a pawn- speedily vorrtipted into a eommon noun sawyer; broker, 'when in Comes a young fellow, descriptive of all working ehtss Spame eenhot ovate the tetanee agteigeg very Well dressed, ond -dieted for pledge iards. And they British seamen. passed tad to endive A dermotementof the female a pulpit. Bible, I reeoneefka nu no onto on to describe ell 'Waterside workers , orgens developed uervoat prostration and a abettt the thelta from the, Mite, and I' whose laniniage emnided Ifini Spanish l'4 gertoUg kidney troult 1111°01 4tthndttl (The Sketch.) of the book had been torn out and the an Korth Europeans eantehmeet, whose ihy ailed I toula uot 'jive. Timmil, dotid,S , dory he gave. me of how be came into wither tongue Ives hot English or to try Lydia E. Plaltheenti Vegetable -Com- pomassion -of the book wag flimsy Tina Femme, • pound tit It Lest ecsort, midi am toolay ft ttoll net at all a likely one. i However, the enteetest Mankind of women. I eannotpfaiee ibtrobigaly, and I pressed him, arid nt latit he eonfeeme ehy nation are pron-------. der itlI t41°"r? °titterhig "km Ab6ht mY e55e1/2 ' Anil when the shadowa softly creep The blessed boon of eleep. Goa grant no all sweet peace Auvidet the noise ol Strife, And at the end release Prom the men of lifa .A quiet plum lumeatli the sod, Where daisice bend and tod. Keeping Tab on Mrs, Honeymoon. arrested the young tes.n. "The flyleaf itclagus,u just es they Islet ante te eau in4it'islin'onzatertb„lito mitpaa nngditorig,,titonin Mrs. touomoos (to miasma to trillway PartY (confidentially, from the °Hilt treat, to brldeancom)--Shee tithed you forty- . nevelt melee sheathe get ma bete, but t lave the score wait gentleman by the Window. that he was the man who stole the who do not understahd their mother Mra Mr9' 11'11113141r"/ Cas .onyelp„Gs" t . Bible*, the communion plate And the tongue as infetioe to themselves. The • • 1 Nell -She refused nun twiee Communion wine. Vrenehmaii is always stir- rinitss.t"n nath.e81 Chhalbh°ht 14/hht. nee:times are always e/erti te, seem - IDA defence was a iminewliat iinVel one, **boa end the t nglislutian doe* not "Atli" . , t 'untried him after all. Belle—Well two maualk.dinitgalf...lataaftat heimezmermesierantoash L BARON VON ROSF,N, CZen Ambassador and Peace Envoy. first Administration, and he still lateens Itis looloberfalip in the Metropolitan Clab tit Neheitingtoll. In le93 the Baron Was appointed him- er to 'theta fuel remained then, until the outbreak of the wer with Japan. Paton Bohm Wait appoint el Antbasseelor to the United ntatee in sucetasion to Count Caeenu in May last. Boron •Jutaro letimura, the Poreleet eilitieter 'tf depen, aim educated in the letiteti States, raid was formerly Japan- ese Minieter -at Washington, where be atm eueeredea by M. Takallita, tbe pie- -mut Miiii,der, On leavieg the llnit•sd States Minima went to St. Peter:ilium 51 Minister of Japan. 'Men the war between japan and Mari began, Kerimra was called. to Tokio, and at et* aloe* WitS tient to Peking as Minieter to Chine. Later, in September, 1901, he wu made Foreign Minister, and in vehruery, 1902, was made Enron. As Foreign Minister Komura engaged in the long negetiations with Baron Ro- sen which culminated in the great straw gle, which has resulted so disastrously for Russia, gamura was one of the first Japanese to come to tbo United States for hls education, and is mid. to he es first Japanese who received a degree at Har- vard. He is a great admirer of the Uni- ted States and bas many friends * this country. Kogoro Takabira, Japanese Minister to the United States, Was bern in 1854, in the Province of Twat°, Northern Ja- pan. Ile was educated at the Impale( -College at Tokio, where be devoted much attention to the study of English and French, both of which languages he speak,/ fluently. Immediately after be- ing graduated he entered the service of the Government, and after occupying an obscure position in the e'oreign Office for about three years be was appointed, in 1879, an attache of the legation at Washington. Later he was advanced to the Secretary of Legation, and serv- ed some months as Charge d'Affaires. He was recalled in 1883 and appoint- ed to a Secretaryship in the Foreign Of- fice, where he remained until 1885. His next diploraatic position was that of Charge at Seoul, Corea, where lie re- mained until 1887, when he was trans- ferred to Shanghai, where he acted as Consul General. until 1890. Again he returned to the Foreign Office and was g .1. ,1,1 .1 I BARON KOMURA, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs. inade Chiet of the Political Bureau, and a year later became Cosul General at New York, In 1892 he was made Minis- ter at The Hague, then he was appoint- ed Minister to Italy, and later he was sent to Vienna. While he was Minister to Italy the China -Japanese war broke out, and he rendereti valuable service to his coun- try in the negetiations connected with that war. While at Vienna he negotiat- ed treaties for his Government with . Austria-Hungary and Switzerland. He was again recalled to Tokio and made Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, which office be held until he was sent to the United States as Minister. 7 FRESH AIR AND THE BURGLAR. The principles of living as mud as pos- sible in the fresh air ehould, of course, extend to the bedroom, although there is a common but erroneous impression that night air is unsuitable, if not damatrous, for respiration during sleep. As a mat- ter of fact, night air is generally purer timn ehe air by day, since it is freer from suspended particles of dust — bacterio- logical entities which arise from the dis- turbance of the day's traffic. Night air is, moreover., comparatively free from the pollutions of the chimney, but it is nat- urally cooler than in the daytime and often deposits moisture, especially en an unclouded nig,ht when the radiation of the earth proceeds rapidly. -Such mois- ture is, however, deposited on rapidly cooling Surfaces and is not likely to be formed in the bedroom. The sleeper is, as a rule, adequately protected against changes of temperature by the powerful non-coreducteng property of the bed- clothes, and, of course, it is desirable that no part of the body should be di- rectly exposed to a cold draught. There tan be no doubt that the inspiration of fresh, pure air during sleep considerably promotes the well-being of the individual and gives him a. much stronger sense of recuperation than when a supply of fresh air is excluded. Oxidation and. the de- struction of teak products are encour- aged in the former case, while in the lat- ter the impure products of respiration may be breathed again and again, Many parsons who are 'professed followers of the doetrino of fresh air are precluded front carrying their cenvietions on this point into practice at night bemum they fear that leaving windows open will give an easy opportunity to the bergear. An in many houses, emeeially in the suburbs and onintry, such is undoubtedly the ease. It is a pity that such fears tend to prevent the healthy 'policy of sleeping in the fresh air from being carried out, but there should be no difficulty in over- coming them. The fact that the major- ity of persons eleep during a third paet of .their lives enhances the desirability of eeeognizing the important° of the ad. - mission of fresh air into bedrooms, 6 Speed Of a Prairie Michels, That n ivrairie chicken fliee tvith ten:fa- ded speed: to propel itself through heavy plate glass was proved by o recent incident at the little town tif Weiser. Beadle eounty. Prof. Shepard, of time village gehoolo in the dischaege of ids duty, rang the school bell, when a couple of prairie elecke.ns that had taken refined in the sehoolhouse tower from a storm Were friglaened from their place of refuge. They flew as straight and swift as on arrow for the plate gems front of a bud - !VIA house. The geese *Mai .five,eighttis of ten Melt in thiekiwee, but one of the frai- 1 ie ehieltene went straight through it as thonah it, were paper, dila dropped dead on the floor inside the building at a die - Louie of about twenty h:et from the win. dim. film prairie PLIAtal went tbrougli Dos plate gleoe with sufficiett force to tut a hole oix hathee in diameter in this heavy gennaahlinneapolis Tribune 'Toast—Wile wis it said that ilietittato loads ettellAntment to the view? (Naito* Soiue Milo* who Ives ovitiontly arm WA