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Show A Native Dancer $ of Tahiti. Wireless Telegraph ! Plant Operated by Boy: adtsUble ? t "v J acmdir' From stereograph. Uv Under woi - ti A I J la Newport, E. L, are two wireless telegraph plants owned and operated b boys, which are perhaps the most complete amateur plants tn the country. They belong to Lloyd Manuel, who has hu plant at his home on Third street, and Henry Booney, whose appai sms is situated oa ML Vernon street Both bo s receive and send messages, hut are particularly busy In receiving the main messages that are sent to the wirelebs station at th naval tot ido station At time the operatois at the tnipedo station talk with the bin oratots at Newport, j The length of the with this apparatus by moving the chtjis in efthei an upwaul or downward direction titer aseei taming preiiselv the light position foi a certain station. It is au .tsv mullet to keep this in inind and no furtllei troutde is exeriented Though uthei eta' ions than tile one thev are tail ing nun reiene the message it b boild most distinetlv In tin- - station to which the apparatus Is ail lusted The greatest improvement over instalment is In the wave de lei tin Two picecs of eai bon with ai ordinal i needle placed across them nilerwnml, N large shell with a hole in one end. but nOw they have added the concertina to their orchestra. They are now on a tour of the United States and Will visit the large cities. MONUMENT TO A THIEF. VE ami bv otliei ,i1ium-He wa one of tin- - most tacksmen in the expert i nited States li a he who first int milm-ei- l hr pi act ice of making a (iii of wav about the top ot the safe tiooi ami pom Ing in nitroglycei in. let ting it hi tei into the crack between tile door and the safe, instead of drillWhen hot he ing a hole toi powdei had on his person a pound of wax and a quait bottle of nitroglycetin He is known to have opeiated in South Carolina. Ohio, Illinois Minnesota Iowa and other states of the cential West, and latei in the Pacific coast states For manv tears government office is and the Pinkerton detective agenci weie on his trail, but he was nevei ariested. and it remained for a young cleik in a country store, who had been frightened bv tales of robberies In neighboilng towns, to fire through a stovepipe hole from an upper room and end tne career of this t Killed by Clerk While Burglarizing a Store Dead Man Said to Have Been Member of Prominent Family. St Albans. Vt tn the little ceine tery in the neighboring town of Shel don a gravestone has just been erect ed beating this inscription. 'Tnknown man shot in Jennison A Gallup company store while buiglar-izinthe safe on the night of Oeto ber 11, 1905 This stone, which cost $20. was erected by GeoTge E Stebblns. first selectman of the town, as adminis trator of the dead man's estate At the time of his death $118 20 was found on the burglar Of this sum $56 has been used for burial, gravestone and settlement of the estate. The remainder, under the laws of Vermont, will be held In trust by the town of Sheldon for 17 years, with the right to use the Income, and at the end of that period, if no legal heirs appear to claim it, the money goes to the town. one appeared to claim the body e money, and the town authori-ttdar- e the Identity of the norant Iitertoti criminal who was shot dead hr Tiugene Trudeau, a clerk la the Jennison A Gallup company store, almost exactly'! year ago. Previous to the attempted robbing at Sheldon, the burglar, with some accomplices, had robbed the postofflce at East Fairfield. Some of the loot was sent from Rirhford bv express, addressed to James Graham. New York, and this property was recovered. The postal authorities Investigated the case and Postofflce Inspector Gray discovered the Identity of the man, but steadfastly refuses to make it public. He admits that the man's first name was Henry, that he was a member of a prominent and wealthy family of Hartford, Conn., and that they had used much money and their good Influences in a vain attempt to reform him. At the time of his death he was 36 years old. He attended Harvard university two years, until 1888, when he left, it being repotted that he was expelled on account of an affair with a young woman. His record as a student was very high in chemistry. The burglar was known as Conectl-cu- t Billy. Fred Adams. Fiank Howard The House Used in Wireless and the navv men, both enlisted men and officers, aie much interested In the work of the amateurs Last winter Charles Fielding, a messenger boy employed by the Postal a telegraph company, constructed wireless Htation and sent and received messages- - So inteiested did Commander Albeit Gleaves of the torpedo Experiments. was the way in which the first de tector was made Now the bojs use an electrolytic iccelver This con alsts of a hair like platinum wire, which Is partly contained In a recep tacle containing add, to which It L fastened by means of a screw ad justment Another tunning roll Is used, similar to the one used in send Ing, but In this coll there are many more turns of wire. A sliding con tact is employed, and in this mannei any part of the coil can be used station become In the apparatus and work of the messenger boy that he visited the Improvised station at Fielding's home, with the result that daring criminal. A receiver, attached to the Filding was enlisted In the navy, head, though two years under the age limit. similar to the ones used by telephone WOMAN CUTS TEETH AT 77. This last act was waived, as the navy operators. Is used. The sliding conGrandma Parsons of Portland, Or., was anxious to have the services of tact is then moved up and down unthe Commander til the apparatus responds. young expert. Having a Novel Experience. Gleaves made a full report of FieldThe general atm of all experimentPortland, Ore. It le not every one ings apparatus to the navy depart- ed In the field of wireless telegraphy a the present time Is to discover a who has lived the allotted three score ment. Fielding Is now an electrician and ten years who can boast of cut- in the navy, and la stationed at the selective system of transmitting mesting teeth at that age, but such Is the Brooklyn navy yard. , - I sages, This is s system .whereby it Manuel and of pr&tWTfdf M possible to transmit messages C, Rooney, spend Mary Hr. unique ot tically all. their spare time working from one point to another without Parsons of thin city, mother-in-laLabor Commissioner O. P. Hoff of Sa- and experimenting with their outfits, outside stations being able to -- interv - " and have made several Improvement! fere or "butt in. lem. additions to and 77 ParMrs. their first of Is rather This now latter the age, years Although greatest defect in wireless telegraphing, as other, sons la as healthy and vigorous as crude apparatus. In the part of the apparatus whiek stations than the one intended get the though but 60. Wlth the exception of a few of the molars In the lower la used for sending messages, a con- message. Of course, these may not jaw and some of her Incisors, her denser and a tunning coll are used. understand the message if It is sent in teeth are in good condition. She, This is a brass wire connected with a code, but they are able to bother the however, was obliged to have some the aerial and to the instrument Itself sender and receiver to a greater or by means of leads or chips, which are less extent of them removed, and has been wearing plates for some years. Recently she consulted a local dentist and was having some crowns put In, when CANNON BALL. BEHIND HIS BACK. something, at first thought to be a sliver of the jawbone, was encountered, but it afterward devoleped Into Measuring Its Velocity by Aid of Elec- A Trick That Will Amuse an Evening a full size double tooth. A day or two trically Charged Screen. Company Immensely. later a new front tooth was discovof cannon a the Measuring velocity ered. and the dentist is inclined to Public entertainers of all kinds art ball may seem to be a difficult matter, the belief that Mrs Parsons is growalways anxious to get on good terms but it is really one of the simplest of .with ing a full set of new ipeth their audiences. One of the sur Mrs. Parsons was born in Peoria, methods of attaining this is to de et III., and came to Oregon in 1849, setceive the spectators with some, appar tling in Eugene. She has lived in ently genuine, trick, and to then, as Portland for the past five yeais. part it were, allow them to discover that of the time with her son. W. H Par the feat is really a bogus one. sons of Vermont, and part of the time A good example of this is afforded with her daughter, Mrs Harriet Hoff by a conjurer, who, putting a plate on with whom she now makes her home top of pedestal, places a billiard ball upon it. Facing the audience, he steps in front of the pedestal, then steps aside again, and, lo, and behold, the billiard ball has disappeared. The performer searches for the buildings The fire was quickly comball, and soon, pretending to see It municated to the remaining structures dropping from the clouds," he catches and lastly to the casino, which went it, and holds it aloft in hiB right hand like a heap of straw for all to see. It was here also that one of the first In reality, fbe performer's left ar- mfixed In front of him exjierliTients with a toriiedo boat was is, from elbow civil was war. made This dining the downwards, a dummy one, and It is Cannon and Targets. The The attempt was not a success and the with his real left hand that he pick boat went to the bottom. It was scientific problems. The accompany up the billiard batll, behind his back fished up some vears ago out of Bayou ing diagram shows the whole thing Soon, In the search the ball is se- St. John. plainly. Somewhere In the path of the pro- FIACEB MAY BE WILD MANS" BODY. sene, jectile are placed two wire screens, marked C and XT, each formed of a NATE. Skeleton Found in Michigan Wood simple frame, across which a wire Believed to Be That of a Lunatic. runs back and forth, forming part of an electric battery circuit In which an T TRICK L'Anse, Mich. A human skeleton accurate timepiece, T. is also InterMt ITS has been found in the woods near posed. EjCFlAMATIM It was the cemetery at Herman. As the projectile, on being fired about six months ago that a Flnnlst from the gun passes through the The Trick Illustrated. laborer, whose name could not b screen C, the circuit of which it is In the of vicinity learned, appeared a part is broken and the clockwork is cretly transferred to his right hand, Herman in a demented condition and started, the index originally pointing and the trick --- neatly finished.. terrorized the inhabitants. to zero." On passing through theVtheF A gout ot laughter invariably arises Several attempts were made to cap- screen, D, the projectile Interrupts the as, fter bowing low, the performed ture him. but each time he would second circulL with the effect of In retires up the his left forearm elude his pursuers and disappear tn stantly bringing the clock mechanism and band now, sUge, of course, showing be the wods, and finally disappeared to a stop. plainly against hla black cloth coat , A week following bis final entirely Knowing, then, the exact distance departure a number of men went into between the two screens, usually rev Power of Light. of him, but they sral hundred the forests In search feet, it follows that by diThe were unsuccessful, and nothing was extraordinary resuscitating viding It by the number of seconds or seen or heard of the unfortunate man fractions of a second marked on the power of jlght recently received s curious Illustration In the silver mines until the discovery of which there Is clock dialt representing the time that every reason to believe are his bones has elapsed during the passage of the at Lauritini. a mine had been alien There was nothing found by which to projectile from screen C to screen D, doned 2,000 years, when some poppy was found beneath the slag. The Identify the skeleton, the clothing and we obtain the number of feet per sec- seed being removed. In a short time slag It disappeared. flesh having entirely ond that the projectile was traveling the entire apace was covered with the is generally believed that the man had most gorgeous show of become exhausted and died, and that popples. After When a man of evil stock tries to do their 20 centuries rest various wild animals stripped the they had bloomed as vigorously as if right, Jur is fighting all his fcody. they had been brnoe by flowers of affince. yesterday. w QUICK WITTED ACT OF A TEXAS COWBOY. oiupiefiemliug the situation At a glance, his coinage began to nee. lie knew that the poison of a snake coithl be sit ked from the wound and GIRL BY BITTEN A SNAKE he also was well infoimed as to the risk and danger the young man was ii i in Hug You aie a Inave hoy, he xi la'iiod a biave bov Young Man Immediately Sucks Poison from Wound and Wins Haughty nd wtiai will mil a biaw boy do to. ihe giil In- love'. mid ou of the Fathers Consent to Their inw box s Marriage It toon bet am evident that I fie lloiixuu) lev A dozen oi raure luting woman i life had been raved, HI u u III the emplnv of old roubuv rod linn all i o were lurried npoa dei bus ' Ha run on the famous Lo l.u k Flnntds lunch, lu southwestern Texas li was no .,u the i anc h that witnessed ,i few das s since u lemark the handsomesieiei cowlmy and the lonng aide siene and the display ot des putn glil whose life be had saved pet ate devotion on the" part of a coin mile that ha few puiallels either in tact oi fiction MLta iidlliti,, llaion galloping d losk Hie plains wlili in eoinpHliv her talhei and a bunch of cowboys when she accidentally saw a pietty tlowei blooming near a huge cactus Phis film. ms belle of the Rio tji anile la an ai oniplished and spirited ridm-- i apable of pot tOi filing many feats on hoiseback that astound even the most daring broncho buster Without sla k eiiiug th' speed of lie! fine racer she swung net lithe body towards the ground tn ordei to seize the fragrant bloom that had attracted hei at tent Ion Her hum! had no sooner touched the flowei than theie was a warning lat-tlso familiar to the ears of Texans, and the next Instant the fangs of a monster rattlesnake were driven Into the white arm of the venturesome New Orleans Spanish His- fort, on West End and Milnebtirg, is no more. Fire destroyed the casino and the old buildings which for the last century had withstood the assaults of the lake winds and which marked the spot where General Jackson landed when he hastened from Tennessee In 1814 to take command of the army which was to defend the city against the English. During the civil war the fort was garrisoned with several companies, cannon were put in place and military precautions taken to make It a great defensive barracks, but It was never used. Many of the cannon are still to be seen on the grounds, half sunk In the earth and rusting In the shadow of the trees. Fifteen years ago Spanish fort wae a select summer resort." Here the old families of New Orleans loved to go. The rise of West End, however, with ft new attractions and new clientele, deprived It of ita pristine splendor and gradually the old fort sank from public notice Into oblivion. It Is remembered only a one of the old landmarks and Interest attaches to Itxinly by reason of Its historical associations. Until the Are few went there except for a good gumbo or a crawfish bisque Fewer still went there to study ita history, for other resorts held forth more enticing recreations than did the old pile. Saturday' a spark from a passing launch fn Bayou SL John old ramsbeeHe Ignited one of ft Lake Pontchartrain. between To-da- y -- , j - a! V ( ' r girl Old man Huron saw the glitter of ihe mad serpent's eyes and the flash of the forked tongue and the murder mis fangs sinking Into the arm of htr' adored daughter She Is his only child, and one for whom he has hoard ed a million. He loves her better than Th his own life. Realizing that death usually follows the bite of such a Rattler 1 Drove His Fangs- Into Her Arm, monster, the terrified father threw up had long been in love with one as- other Nothing had stood In the way of the union of the happy hearts bpt the bitter hostility and determined opposition of the haughty father of Sallie Baron. The trembling old father, standing by his daughter s horse, breathing hard, with his head against her vented the poison from reaching be- bosom, reallzed that the time had come for capitulation. yond hla grip. Making a des As other comrades sprang to hla as perate effort to master hla feelings. slstance Jack pressed hla Ups to Ihe he raised his eyes, swimming ln tears, wound and began to suck tho deadly and taking his daughter hand., he venom from the white ana with nil placed it within (he clasp' of the he-the strength he possessed. role youth who had saved her life at""' Old man Beron had fallen frpm.hls the risk of losing his own. saddle in helpless terror While some Here, my brave boy, not one Bias of the boys were dispatching the in a million would have desred te de others were helping the dis- what you have done. My daughter fs tressed father to reach the side of a better Judge of young men than I his daughter. He Is an old Texan, and, am. his arms with a moan of despair. Jack Garland, a quick-wittevalorous happened to be close enough to seize the frightened young woman's arm as she threw If up, and he grasped it above the wound, encircling it with his thumbs and forefingers with sinews of steel that pred 1' 'y big-rattl- 1QOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOCOOOOOOOC FINDS TROUSERS, NOT LIN6ERIF, IN SUlTdSE Mischievous Youths Flay Joke on Brides Bister,- - Just Back From Wedding, Norristown, Pa. Ugh! trousers, mens clothing!" exclaimed pretty Lillian Bergey of Bridgeport and other as she opened what she supposed was her own suit case to take out some 1 had just returned from Readings where I attended the wedding ot say sister. I set down my grip while waiting for a trolley car. Upon my arrival home I opened the grip to shore the wedding cake with my relatives, when, lo! I found trousers and things. I hastened back to the station sad found a young man tearing his hair out by the roots searching for the very grip I had. I had become so sick of it I turned It over to him, when ho proved his property, hut I wgs unable to find mine. I notified the railroad authorities and they have bad detectives on the case, 1 guess. It has transpired, upon further investigation, that mischievous boys, with eyes and a scent for the grotesque,' had substituted tho male for the female belongings at the station, moving the latter to the watchmans box They are probably laughing yet. g OLD SPANISH FORT BURNED. Famous Resort in Louisiana Had toric Association. , HIS SWEETHEART tu regulated The Tahitian Dancers now the United States photographed at ' Lvdora Park. Oakland. Cal., whilevisiting performing there natrve war dance. The original instruments used were a drum and a flute made of bamboo and a VERMONT TOWN MARKS-CRAOF 'CONNECTICUT BILLY. RISKS LIFE --FOR Girl Spends Night in Ice Box. New York. While policemen hunted high and low all night for her, 12 year-ol- d Helen Cobb lay Imprisoned In an Ice box In the cellar of ber home on Freeman street. She was liberated next day by her father, Patrick Cobh. He feared she had been abducted. Cobb Is a widower and Helen kept house aBd looked after thiee smaller children. Wednesday night he seat Helen to a grocery store with three cents to buy kerosene and she stopped to play and - Afraid to go borne, she said she had crept Into the cellai and then Into the Ice box and closed the, door when she heard her lather, call her The door had a spring lock nnd closed her In. Cobh became alarmed toward uidnight and reported Helen's disappeaiance to Captain Then he - and policemen He made searched for his daughter several trips to the cellar of hla home and called, but in vain. He did not go to work yesterday, but continued Ihe searcfiT khd" fieitr irOdfl tte "got A faint response to bis call and traced tbe voice to the Ice box. lost the money I Found Trousers snd Things. etc, upon refrom her sisters wedding at turning wedding cake, lingerie, Heading. Thereby hangs an interest Ing story, which was brought out at a county commissioners' meeting. . stilt case, containing wedding finery, etc . had been turned over to the commissioners by William Webster,- - watchman on the bridge between here and Bridgeport He explained that It had been deposited In his watch box while he was absent and he couldnt conceive why. In the suit case, when the commissioners opened It, however, was a letter addressed to Miss Lillian Bergey, Bridgeport, Pa and, complying with official Instructions, the commission era' clerk called up Bridgeport by phone and finally got Miss Bergey at the wire. He explained the suit case an! the letter. wbfteupon the aweet voice at the other end of teu wir - " aid: A cake, woman's o - V ' Enjoying a Nice Long Nap. Berlin. It has been discovered that a jruinielpsl employe in this city has been asleep for two years and four months On the 20th of June, 1904. this employe was summoned te ea plain some fault commffted by the mo nlcipai authorities, and in alighting from the tar he fell. He was able to answer all questions put to bias, but on his return home, be fell asleep, and has not awakened since. The doctors in attendance have been able to nourish him and keep him alive fof over 28 months. |