The Newark Journal.
O F. CRAIG, Editor.
NEW A RK- - , ARKANSAS.
SPOTTING CRIMINALS.
Hard for Them to Successfully Dis
guise Themselves.
“I can easily spot a pickpocket
in a crowd," said one of Washing
ton's best known detectives, who
lias been attached to the detective
bureau at police headquarters
for the last 15 years, in conversa
tion with a Washington Star re
porter the other day. "It is not
necessary that I know my man by
sight first before 1 can spot him.
A thief as a rule, you know, has a
habit of glancing frequently over
his shoulder in a furtive manner
to see that he is not being
watched, and it is by that habit
that a thief has often betrayed
his occupat ion to me.
"Frequently 1 have had to track
and identify men whom 1 have
never seen, my only means of
identification being a photograph
taken years ago. This is usually
very difficult to accomplish,
however, as it is easy for the
criminal radically to change his
appearance. It is possible for a
man to pose as a sailor, a farmer,
a tough or a pastor within, say, 2-1
hours. Many criminals make a
specialty of disguises, and 1 as
sure you they can alter their ap
pearance to a remarkable degree.
"Disguises, however, no matter
how cleverly got up, do not always
conceal a man's identity. There
are, for instance, 1 he color and ex
pression of tin* eyes. These can
not possibly be altered, and they
have been one of my most fre
quent aids in identifying fugi
fives. Another identification
mark, although not an infallible
one, but one nevertheless by
which I have on several occasions
detected a criminal when other
means failed me, are the cheek
bones. Like the color of the eyes,
they cannot be changed.
“Descriptions as to the weight
and circumference of a ‘wanted*
man frequently prove faulty, and
therefore unreliable as aids to de
tection. This is especially so
where the man has evaded the de
tectives for any great length of
time, for it is possible the criminal
may have lost a great deal of his
weight and corpulency, while on
the other hand a spare man may
have gained in avoirdupois and
bulk. In such cases, however, I
have in one or two instances es
tablished the identity of the man
I was after by his ears. As a rule
the worst criminals have oddly
shaped ears, and no matter how
cleverly they may disguise them
selves they can seldom succeed in
concealing their tell-tale ear
marks from the detective who has
already made their acquaintance.
“The eyebrows also afford an
other means of personal identity
because they are invariably dis
tinctive and characteristic to the
trained detective. About three
years ago I raptured one of our
cleverest crooks, a man who has
served many terms in prison, by
t he peculiar slant of his eyebrows.
At the time I arrested him he was
wearing a wig and a Mowing black
beard. The disguise might easily
have deceived the casual observ
er, but to me there was one thing
lacking to make it complete. He
had forgotten to alter his eye
brows. and they alone gave me the
cue to his identity."
Baldness and Meat.
A Belgian physician declares
that early baldness is frequently
caused by the excessive eating of
meat, ib* asserts that he has
often checked cases of falling hair
by combining with local treatment
a diet of milk, eggs and fruit.
Old Steam Engine.
At Farme colliery, Rutherglen,
near Hlasgow, there is still at
work a stationary steam engine
yhich was built in 1800, and lias
worked continuously up to the
present time.
The Trend of the Times
By W. BOURKE COCKRAN.
HE present condition of society here is full of promise.
| We have the greatest fortunes of the earth—greater
I than Roman ever dared dream of—and, though phil
I osphcrs sav that where wealth accumulates men de
cay, I see no cause for despair. When a large for
tune is not gained by robbery, bv fraud, or bv the
manipulation of the laws, then it can be but a boon
to the nation. My neighbor’s prosperity increases
my own and that of the earth.
Nor do modern fortunes tend to the increase of luxury. On the
contrary, men become more self-denying. I see no sign of decay in
the human race here. The labor question is in process of solution,
and every row is a step towards this. A laborer cannot get more pay
than the value of his product, for then the product ceases to be made.
Nor can he get much less, because of the element of competition. The
laborer of to-day is not a servant, but a partner of his employer, and
their good rests in a mutual understanding.
But the blot I see upon our civilization is the increasing number
of divorces. In the ancient state the supreme importance of life was
to increase the importance of the state. To-day the end of life is the
individual good. But the individual good lies in the prosperity of the
family, and it is at this point that the divorce strikes. If not checked
it will destroy the family.
The remedy to this, as I see it, is to realize that matrimony is a
state, not a contract, and divorce must be stopped. Divorce strikes
at the virtue of our women, and this virtue is what preserves the state.
Divorce is the one foul growth upon our soil, and upon its riddance
depends the fate of our future. ,
If we are to choose between divorces and polygamy, give us
polygamy.
DREAMED OF AN OSTRICH.
Hunter Fell Asleep on Veldt and
Thought He Was Robbed,
limiting yarns were in order
and it was up to the African ex
plorer for his contribution, says
the New York Tribune.
“I was (rekking along the south
ern coast of Africa a few years
ago,” said lie, “and had spent most
of the day shooting pheasants,
spring hoks, vlek boks, duyker
boks and the other kinds of •boks'
with which llie country abounds,
when I was suddenly confronted
by tin* biggest ostrich I oversaw.
As he stood before me, intently
regarding me, he looked to be six
feet tall, and for the moment 1
l lost my presence of mind. Then i
1 backed away, intending to shoot ;
j the big bird, but to my utter dis
may found that the magazine of
my gun was empty. Then I re
membered hearing that the legs
of an ostrich turn pink when he
is angry and 1 looked at his limbs.
They were not only pink, but al
most red. and, as he startl'd
threateningly toward me, 1 threw
myself Hat on the ground, this be
: ing admittedly tin* best way to
I escape death or injury from the j
blows of one of these bids when
infuriated.
i lie osii icn camo ciose to my
side and after intently regarding
me for a moment poked out his
Ion*' neek, inserted liis lull into
the pocket of my waistcoat, ah
straeted my watch and calmly
swallowed it with a look of in
tense satisfaction. Next lie ex
ploited the pockets of my trousers
and. linding my knife, gulped that
down with an expressort of gas
tronomic delight. My hunch of
keys followed suit, as did every
thing in tin* way of metal or glass
I had about me. Then, having
made a sumptuous meal of my
personal belongings, he stalked
majestically away, leaving mean
harmed. I got up finally and went
through my pockets to set* if he
had left anything, when, to my
utter surprise, 1 found my watch,
knife, keys and everything else in
j their proper receptacles. Then it
| dawned upon me that 1 had
dreamed a had dream and I re
| sovled never again to take a nap
on the veldt."
ROMANCE OF THE EGG.
Is Becoming a Very Commonplace
Sort of Affair.
We always more or less regret
seeing these stories in print relat
ing that a young woman in an egg
packing establishment wrote her
name and address on the shell of
an egg, and thereby resulted a ro
mance which ended with her
j marriage to a prince—romance al
i ways ends with marriage. The
; reason we regret it, says the St.
Louis Globe Democrat, is because
if (his sort of tiling keeps upevery
boiled egg you get at breakfast
will have a name and a dress on
the shell. This will distract your
attention from the morning news
paper or the planning of your
daily tasks. Your companions at
the breakfast table will compare
eggs and addresses, and theentire
conversation will turn on tin* one
subject of beautiful maidens in
egg packeries, and rosy speeula
t ions on the relative comeliness of
the one named ‘"Pearl” and the
other named “Mattie,” so that you
will be denied your usual joyous
morning pastime of reading about
fellowcitizens dragged under the
trolley cars and thefts of §:?()() dia
mond rings that cost $4.50. At
lirst it may have a shade of inter
est to scan the names on the egg
shells. What are the wild eggs
saying?—you know. But after
awhile it will bo as monotonous
as an uncalled for letter list,
which tills so much space and no
body reads. And if all the eggs
bear shy and modest reminders
that there are fair maids busy
every day with fairy fingers plan
ing thousands of eggs in their
proper receptacles for shipment
few will respond to the sugges
tion that intimates a possible cor
respondence, and the prince will
no longer be forthcoming. The
prince, of course, yon understand,
is usually a young man of ambi
tious intentions, who is employed
at a salary of not exactly $500 a
month. Too much ehirographv
on eggs Avill make it con,mon
place, and commonplaceness is fa
tal to romance.
“Handy Man’s” Novel Duty.
The diversity of duties English
naval officers are called upon to
perform is exemplified in an in
cident which occurred at the Is
land of Tristan da Uunlia when
the gunboat Thrush paid its
visit. There is no clergyman
on tin* island, so the services
of Lieut, ('ommander W'atts
Jones were requisitioned for
the christening of 18 children.
A precedent exists for the officiat
ing of a naval officer at the cere
mony, the commander of tin* gun
bo it Widgeon having performed
a similar duty in 181)8.
Whistling Tree.
The “Tsofar,” or whistling tree
of South Nubia, is so called from
the flute like sounds made by the
wind in its branches. The sound
is caused by holes bored by an in
sect in tliespi es of the branches.
Railway Mileage.
Europe has 4.4 miles of railway
for 10,000 people; the United
States 25 miles.
AN ERRAND TO DO.
Traveler* Asked to Stop In Te\m on
Ilia \Vu> from Chicago to
l>w York.
One brothel" is a rich merchant in the
Straits settlement on the Malay peninsula.
The other brother was, until a few weeks
ago, the cook in a cheap restaurant on Soutii
Clar k street, says the Chicago Tribune.
1'he merchant sent to the cook a draft for
sufficient money to pay his expenses out to
Asia, arid the cook gave up his job and
started for his brother's home. Trie inter
esting thing about tire w hole incident is the
letter, written by the wealthy merchant,
which accompanied the draft.
In the first place the draft was made pay
able in New \ork.
"1 send you tire money in a draft payable
in New York,” wrote the brother from far
off Asia. “You can go over and get it cashed,
there. On the way 1 wish you would stop at
Texas and see brother Thomas. 1 haven’t
heard from- him for two years now, and I’d
like to know how he’s getting along.”
The Teacher tVon.
Hinton, Ky., Nov. 2.—For over two years,
two of the best physicians m this part of the
State have been treating Mr. iv J. Thomp
son, a popular local school teacher, for Di a
betes. They told him that but little could be
done to help him. He made up his mind to
try a new remedy called Dodd's Kidney Dills,
and says:—
“They saved me when the doctors held out
no hope. 1 took, in all, about ten boxes. 1
will always praise Dodd’s Kidney Pills for
the great good they have done for me.”
Many people, and some physicians, still
persist in the belief that Diabetes is an in
curable disease. Our teacher. Mr. Thomp
son. says it is curable, for Dodd’s Kidney
Pills cured him after two good physicians
had treated- him for two years without suc
cess.
A remedy that will cure Diabetes will sure
ly cure any case of Kidney Trouble.
“They say Miss R- is a brilliant con
versationalist.” “Indeed, she is. She toid
me ti;e whole story of her life in five sec
onds.” “Talk in shorthandd” “No. Showed
me her bank book.”—llultimore World.
HE TOOK PIE IN HIS.
Kentucky Senator find to Keep fa
Line with the Soft
Drill ka.
When it comes to story telling. Congress
man Samuel L. Powers, of Newton, can held
his own with any of them. The other night
he related one which was much appreciated
by those who heard it, says the Boston Post.
The story is about Senators Blackburn ami
Fairbanks and Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw. When the latter first came to Wash
ington Senator Blackburn had some busi
ness with the secretary, and while in the
office met Senator Fairbanks. After the
business was concluded Senator Blackburn
invited the other two out to have a libation,
and they accepted.
All hands lined up against the bar of the
Riggs house. Turning to Secretary Snawr,
Senator Blackburn said: “What will you
have, Mr. Secretary?” "Well, 1 guess I'll
have a glass of lemonade,” was the reply.
The gentleman from Kentucky then turned
to Senator Fairbanks and said: “And what
will you have, senator?” “I’ll have a g’as*
of Moxie,” was the reply. The bartender
leaned over the counter and said to Senator
Blackburn: “And what’s yours, senator?”
“Oh,” said the distinguished g---title man
from the blue grass state, "I guess 111 have
a piece of squash pie.”
Miiim the ConKh
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Throw all you cares in the deep, deep sea.
And thereafter do not go fishing.—N O.
T ime s-Democrat.
Do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consump
tion has an equal for coughs and colds.—J.
F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, lnd., Feb. 15,1900.
The secret of success i» constancy to pur
pose.—Distaeli.
Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more goods,
per package, than others.
Fair words never hurt the tongue.—Chap
man.
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