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Show 'W A CLEVER ROBBERY. r3 office CENTRAL detective bit oft the end of e big black be sat at cigar, one of the email tables in an up-town cafe a few evenings ago, and as be struck ft match to ignite the weed he (aid: A professional V dlamondthtef about as shark they make 'em, He 'doesn't hold people up on the street And tf ttnt-bfte- n that he commits burglary to get the gems lie may sneak them, but that's about as far ss be goes In the way of breiklng the law. Af bort time after Bvrne reorganised the detective bureau I had charge of a case which was Ike cleverest piece of work on the part of a diamond thief I ever beard of. I reported at One morning when headquarters the chief said that a retired business man, who lived on one of the cror streets near Fifth avenue, wanted him to send up one of bis mm to investigate Into the loss of a valuable diamond. The chief assigned me to the Job? and la half an hour I was at the house.' "This la the atory as the man gave It to me. lie was a widower, and among his deceased wife's jewels was a pair of I t f i Ai- - large diamond earrings JHaving no use for them, he had tried to aell them, "but the diamond dealers would not give him more than half their cost, so he advertised them The next day a Pine street broker, whose name he mentioned, and whom 1 knew well, called on him and looked at the stones. He took quite a fancy to them, but said he only wanted one of them, which he Intended to have set as s scarf pin. The owner fixed ft price upon it something like twelve hundred dollars. The broker did not object to the price, but wanted to have the tone passed upon by k jeweler, saying he would send s check for It If the report wss favorable. He took the stone way with him. The day following' the broker called uoon the owner of the diamond and informed him that be had been robbed of the stone. He had placed It In hts safe at the office the night before, and w'hen he went to get It the next morning, Intending to submit It to a Malden lane diamond dealer for his opinion as to Its value, he found it had disappeared. He was positive that Be had placed It in his safe, and the only person besides himself who knew the combination was his son, who was west at the time. He was willing to pay the owner for the diamond In case it was not found, but thought It best to let him know of the robbery. The broker said that, he was ffcl cities, but no due to the missing dl& monrt was obtained. All efforts tc discover the thief or to ascertain the method by which tbs robberies bad been commuted were without result, and I wss beginning to fear that It was a case that could never be cleared up when one evening tho telephone bell rang, and I waa wanted. The person at the other end of the phone waa the owner of the diamonds, who wished me, to meet him In the lobby of the Metropolitan opera house I went up as seiras I could get there at once, and on entering the looby the first person I caught sight of was the osner of the, diamonds, walking nervously up wnd thsw-j- sad esMaa'iy In an excited condition of mind. He spied me while I was a dozen paces away, and with a smile of recognition beckoned me to approach him. Ive fpund the dlamonda and the thief at the same time, he said excitedly That a good, said I. where ore they Come with me and I'll show you,' He led the way down he aisle on on&elde of the building until he nearly reached the orchrs'ra Handing me his opera glasits, he said' 'In the eighth row, war the center, s'ts a stout, blonde woman wearing a pair of large diamond earring Those are the earrings that formerly belonged to my wife, and the man who Is talking with the woman Is the Pino street broker who Is supiosed to be In Europe I turned the glasses toward the couple and gave a careful look at the people he had pointed out Pine street broker said I, lowerThat's no more the ing the glasses Pine street broker than I am. That Is 'Bu recognize him positively as the w ho called on me and presented nan his card as the broker said I, that's the way 'Oh" you ohtalnel your Introduction to the Pine street broker, Is It- - gave you his card, did he? Well, I am not surprised at that man there presenting somebody Ches card. If there was anything to be made out of It. That fellow Is one of the sharpest confidence men of Chicago and this l the first I knew of his And as for the being In New York woman with him, shes a notorious Tenderloin character who has gotten the better of more than one moneybag In this town. If that man Is your Pine street broker, you can be pretty sure those earrings she has on are your property. I gave the tip to one of our men whom I found in the lobby, and as we didn't care to make a scene during the performance, we waited until It was over and then gathered the pair In and took thAi down to headquarters. It was easy enough to hold the confidence man, but It was hard to get the woman to give up the diamonds. She finally consented to surrender them under protest, but, of course, she never made any more fuss about it and the owner kept possession of them. n "This wiMntS tnaa Mad la prison about two years ago, and I never learned the solution of the mystery of Uls getting both of the diamonds until a few months ago, when the story came out. n The impersonation of a broker by presenting a card with the brokers name on It was a simple device to get possession of one of the diamonds. The thief had learned of the brokers intention to sail for Europe In a tew days, and thia?fact was made use of to keep that part of the transaction in a fog until the broker's return to New York. "Wien the confidence man called upon the owner of the diamonds to announce the supposed robbery of the day before, he had planned to secure possession of tho other stone tor the alleged purpose of having a diamond expert make a careful discretion of it It being almost an exact duplicate In wolor, weighFand shape and by this means the mlsslpg diamond could be Identified by any pawnbroker or diamond dealr to whom It riHgbt be offered. The owcerof the diamonds wss at luncheon in thellntng room below shea the confidence man called, and the servant was directed to show the visitor into the ljbrarylt waa In tb la room where the owner bad met the supposed broker on his previous visit, and it was here that the safe containing the diamond stood. The confidence man had carefully watched the opening of the safe the day before, and be had noted that It was worked by a simple combination. When the servant disappeared from the library the thief glanced around, and, seeing that he would be unobserved and could readily hear any approaching footsteps, he set to work to find the combination. It was only five minutes after he had been left alone before the owner entered the rooom and found his visitor apparently highly agF tated over the mysterious disappearhad he ance of the diamond taken away with him the day before, and leaving the owner in ignorance of. the faet that while he waa quietly eating his luncheon In the room below the combination of the safe had been discovered and the other atoie was at that moment in the vest pocket of the man who stood before him. Of course the owner never saw the thief afterward until he accidentally met him as I have related. It la not hard to loss ones self In New York, hut this thief took the chance of meeting the owner of the diamond's In the crowd st the opera, . and lokt." well-know- 11E SET TO WORKNTO FIND THE COMBINATION. obliged to go to London on, . Saturdays steamer, and he requested theowner of the diamond to have a detec: the matter up, and he would pay penees. If the detective would call office he would give him what informa tlon he had, but he didnt wish any of the clerks to know about the matter, , at he didnt want them to feel under suspicion. As the owner had told me that the stones In the two earrings were almost similar. I asked him to let me see the remaining one, so I might be able to Identify the other stone In case I should stumble upon It st any of the pawn shops. The owner went to a small safo In tho corner of the room and opened it. Pulling out one of the drawers he came toward me, st the same time looking for the diamond. He was unable to find it, and thinking he might have placed it In anothor drawer, he cx- -' amlned that also, tyut the diamond was nowhere to be found. lie wss positive he baI ptsced It In one of the drawers of the safe after delivering the other diamond to the brokef.'and he was jhe only person familiar with the combination. Here were apparently two diamond robberies, each happening about the same time, tbs purpose of the thief to obtain possession of the air of earrings. I made the usual examination and inquiries about the servants tn the house, and then went down to the office of toe Pine street broker. The large safe, to which the clerks had access I was not Interested in, and quickly passed upon it as being in ft proper position In the private office of the broker was another and much smaller safe which stood little distance sway from window that looked upon the street. This sate was no Situated that It could easily be seen by passers-by- , and as there were no shades to the window It was not likely that the safe had been tampered with during the night, since it was In plain view of the police and private watchmen who passed the building every tew minutes. 1 was not able to see tbs broker when I called on the following day, and did not visit the office again until the next week, when I was told he had sailed for Europe. , "The pawnshops were searched and a report of the case w:i'.?jt to other -- Tb Itriowam of Imp Imw A widow of 40 at- - Richmond. Ky., biother-ln-lamarried her and the same day another widow of 55 at Lorraine, (X, was Joined in hands of wedlock lo youth of 20. This is one of the serious phases of lssp year. t THE MENDACITY Off VANITY. ' ft OraoHir A4ipt SIX FEET OF T SfotboS to Belli Point. j Washington Star: A Stab Ilat4 HAUL HE PROVED THE OMEN. tailor's THE LONGEST TRESSES iht THE tpnUiioiu Follow! bjr Prodtctloa of Hi Oww DMib Dlo-aat- JFYoYn the "Speaking of sailers supeHrt.ilens, WORLD. reporter waa contending the point that remarked the veteran lighthouse-keepe- r, however vain a person might be, esJihih Reeves, of Sea Isle City, to a pecially a woman, her vanity was no Sweep the Crmad Wbea Uo-- AH New York Herald man, reminds me the Family Have Wonderfal Treaaea of an incident that strong enough to destroy her sense happened half a of truthfulness. The opposite aide was and Her Niece Uae a century ago off the Fiv Fi.hoin Bank defended by a New York travels Twenty One lech Braid. lghtshlp. in which a sailor s pieoiction. man, commonly known as a drumbased on an omen, resuli-'family to mer, and he waa not only a stylish RS. D. J DAVIS. the prophet himself fellow, but be had the nerve that is A bright Winler of San Francisco. morning had caused sometimes ascribed to that pfrtpaut'-freteratty- . has the long- the of the lightship to row a short Cal., . est hair in the distance away in a sma.l o,it in search Come with toe, he said, and 11 world It clusters In of codfish, which are vei v abundant off prove my point,'.- a great mass about 'The capes in winter time A Yew 'hours It was about II oclock In the mornher head, and fishing resulted in a goodly catch and ing, and the conversation was otxar though she Is a tail a return wag made to the lightship ring in an office on F street. woman, --being five The fish were cleaned ard the refuse How?" inquired the reporter fed cine inches in thrown overboard, but v alm sea, with "I'll show you how, if you come height, long not a breath of air to dis.urb It. caused with me. the refuse to drift in a circle around tresses, when unThe writer agreed to the proposit on coiled, Sweep upon the for near- J the ship Toward noon a large (lock ground and the drummer escivted him to a dry Her hair is just six fet of geese came in sight and settled unly a foot. goods store where women congregat' and eight Inches in length der the lightship's very bo .vs and comand led him inside. They moved at out Mrs Davis comes of a family re- menced to feed. The water fowl betb plate for fifteen or twenty minues, markable alike for their height and the came very tame and swam chattering the writer asking for an explanation length of their hair Though Mrs. and hissing close to the Fivip's sldfs of the strange manoeuvres every time Davis is five feet John Crowell, a grizzle! old memnine incies In height, he had a chance, and getting no y ohe is shorter by nearly an inch than ber of the crew, shook his head and answers. Finally the drummer either of her three sisters But while predie'ed death to some one on board overheard a lady tell a clerk she want- they have the advantage in height, within twenty four hours. He said ed her packages sent down to the train they cannot equal her in the matter of thatwhenever geese became so tame in time for her to get thorn there and hair, notwlths'anding that all three as to feed around a vessels bow or carry them home with her. The next have curls over a yard and a half long stern. It was an unfailing omen of minute, as she turned away, he rusTcl Not the leust remarkable part of this death on board. Ctovells up to her with his hand extended and wonderful hirsute development is that companions laughed at his fear, but he the lady shook hands with him while all three of Mrs Davis gisters told them to bide their time. How do you do? he said tn the had long hair from "Toward noon a strong gale came out early childhood friendliest way, How do you do? she responded, but with some doubt In her voice. "I dont believe you remember me he said In a hurt tone. I Your face is quite famlkor. but I dont quit place you. Don't you remember," he explained that I met you at the German an bausador's not long ago, and also at tho dinner dance at the Brices, and again at the Assembly? She hesttateda moment, looking h m over as she did so. Why, yes," she said, smiling verv pleasantly. I remembor jou quite well now, but I wasn't expecting to see you, dont you krow, and didn't recognize you at first. You know how it is in Washington. She smiled again and he smiled and chatted with her a while, then they parted, and the drummercame back to tho writer and took him out on the street. "Now, what do you think of it" he asked. Think of what? . Of my proof that I was on the right side of that discussion "I dont see any proof. You merely met a lady whom you bad met before and recalled yourself to her. There wasn't any proof In that "Wasnt there" and the drummer Think a minute. You know laughed. I dont know anybody in Washington outside of three or four merchants I sell to her, and them only in a business way. I never was at the German ambassadors In my life, nor any of those other places I mentioned. I have read of them In the newspapers, thats all. And the lady? Why she doesnt live in this town st ah. Didn't you hear her order her patklges sent to the train to meet her? I never saw her before. Just the same vhea she saw a man identifying her as a member of the fashionable set of the capital, and knew the clerks and HAS THE LONGEST HAIR IN THE WORLD. other women were hearing it, too she let It go at that and never said a word to correct me. She never was st any of the young lady herself could never in- of the nor'east and kicked up a heavy those place any more chan I waa, but duce her tresses to fall below her shoul- sea. Crowell was on the forward or she was too vain to deny it. even ders, so that it Is only within the past bow watch. though she had to lie to maintain her years that they have developed such a Many of the crew were In the main ?posit lonTTIcetfMeney to eclipse Paderewskt's shag- cabin tielgw, enjoying asocial game of The writer saw very clearly, but he gy maae. euchre, checkers or dominos, when sudnever would have seen if the proof had But it la not surprising that Mrs. denly they heard the sound of a chain Davis and her sisters should have such running rapidly through the starboard not been presented In such unmistaka crowning glory to boast of, for the bow scuppers. We rushd on deck In able form. mother of this Interesting family had dismay, thinking the windlass gearing bair that dangled five feet from the had given way. The sight witnessed N flap I Carry a Watch. A pretty woman wor her watch-w- ell, crown of her head. Mrs. Davis seems will never be forgotten. Crowell had where do you suppose In her to have lived all her life among long- been caught in the relief chain and neck. Who but a pretty woman would haired people, for her Blster-ln-laground around the rapidly reiolvlng think of putting It In such a place? As with whom she now resides at the windlass. His death was instant His Union hotel in the Potrcro, has over omen came true. the youngsters say, she was a atun-neOne of Jier n four feet of hair, and her niece, a little the stage dared to reveal liher coungirl, scarcely three years old, has a A Egyptian llrlilp. Inches In length, tenance that she thought a white satin braid twenty-on- e At the marriage In Egypt of PrinIn succeeds which she dally neckband waa a queer place for a tangling cess Alinet Hanen sister of the Khewatch. The owner of the tiny gold badly, and for which she as regularly dive. the bride came in preceded by a timepiece, which was not larger than does penance when the comb' Is applied. woman musician all dressed In white I never brush my hair, said Mrs. satin. She was a medlura-atze- d button, was of the brilby two as she removed those long coral bridesmaids Her supported Davis, liant brunette type and I've seen a gown was of white held coils in great place about satin, but one co:Id scarcely see the mettlesome black pony's eyes flash as pins that bair might be material because of the heavy gold hera did when she lifted her hand and her head bo that Jerked out of her soft satin stock her measured, for the reason that I do not embroidery. Hr neck and arms were w ateb. She tucked it hack quarter of belleva it is good for the hair. In fact, simply covered with diamonds, and on I have demonstrated my belief to my her head she wore a high crown of prean inch beyond the turn of her exquisby experimenting. ite chin and the blue enameled fob own BatlSTjetlon cious stones, to which was attached her When a girl I gate very little attention vail of silk and gold. On either side of chain, with Its tiny ball, dangled Just below the throat band to my bair, and In consequence it did her head were ornaments of gold and of the white satin vest that completed not grow at all Sometimes I felt very Jewels, with thieads of gold reach-ln- g to the grouud, of such weight that her modish attire, New York Herald much cbagrlne4to see how mueh long-e- r and prettier was the hair of all three the bridesmaids had to carry them. of my sisters, but I was scmiewhat care- She was one of the most beautiful I ( If Thf Go to less. When I became a woman 1 sudwomen ever seen, and when 'she was The Second Adventists of Philadela desire to have long seated on the throne it was a picture. developed denly phia have formed tha.most unique life Insurance company on record. ThX hair like theirs, and began to take the She and her surroundings were beaudeclare in a circular letter that the old utmost care of what little I had. Every tiful beyond description. When she reline companies discriminate against morning, and sometimes twice a day, I tired the Khedive stood on the throne newly-coine- d money among the adventists because no provision ia brushed It thoroughly, but It did not and threw the ladles for luck. I Then better. noticed that any grow made for the payment of insurance when men are bodily --arrled up into the brush, after the dally application even when the latter had no CompmrmtlT 1 oat of (Telght by Water heaven, which is one of their beliefs. to the hair, ml Roll to fall out, would be filled tendency Hence the leading clause la an the polireIt has been proved by actual test that cies of the new insurance company Is with very fine hairs, and soon I had no a single tow-bocan transport at one alized that while the To the effect that when there la.troo? effect upon the long brushing It effectuhair 0 trip from the Ohio to New Orleans that the Insured man waa canght up tons of coal, loaded in barges. Estiinto heaven the company most pay hla ally killed the new growth, and I decided to stop. mating tn this way, the boat and Its heirs the face of the policy. Ex. Since then I have used nothing but tow, worked by a few men, carries as a very coarse comb. Every morning I much freight to its cesttnattoir as 3,000 Layalty. and care- cars and 100 locomotives, manned by Above all party Is country, and go over the hair thoroughly until snarl it is 600' men. could transport. every removing fully, above country ia humanity. It la in I aa water. as Then and free flowing politics as In ecclesiastics. Denomina-Then Wa Na Vtolenr. tional fealty la a good thiag. But It , braid it and eoil It into varied coiffures ! never used cosmetics head. keen about has thrown out my Bigland of ia by no means the first thing. That II oa my hair. . work, hasnt he? man serves his denomination most Well, his pay has been stopped, if truly who serves Christ moat iovally. ! All moths produce some form of silk. that Is what you mean. Detroit Neirs. Re. R. Thomas. Three-Year-O- ld d 1 hr 11 satis-f.ntor- -- -- well-dress- r! fellow-passenge- hr at 29,-00- THE SPANISH CAMPAICN III IS Xu ICS pit (onttsuY V Horte kfttrm frillaro. !The F.entn interests 4n Spain were ltft In a moot deploiable condition. The populace of Madiid received the hero of the age with coldness, and shut theiibilu-- up in thtlr houses to avoid forming a irowd or treating any In the streets. They would not even toinc out to ste the gorgeous niilitao para le vvliih was arranged for benefit The gentrj and were alike and cold It was clrur that Spain could neither be wheedled cajoled, nor threatened into even io the. ns 'X, conquest. It ws essential therefore, that another coarse should he tried On December !, Napoleon, in th- - role of reformer-statesmapronounced and Issued frotn Chamarttu a seiies of the most thoroughgoing edict. All feu lal mual customs privileges all inter-pio- v dues were swept ewa , the Inquisition was abolished and the number ot co T1 rse vents was reduced to a third measures woe ,u the moot .1 utarj, and struck at the verv :oo of the up is tree under the baneful slide of which Spain bad been slulj If iag But to do gool th mu be n forced, there nuts' be a cornple e in' i tar) conquest of the coumrv am' a There v s capable administration neither Tne Spanish arrnv had b.n defeated, but, severe as had been its punishment, its resistance was not destroyed, the occupation of the country w.as alo sadly ircomplete, and it mad no difference whither French soldiers marched, or what stategic points they held, some kind pf Spanish fignting force, no matter how irregular, sprang up behind them and on their sides The of complete military centralization Prussia had made Jena decisive for the whole d territory of that kingdom, the compact territor) of Spain and the local independence of her peoples made regular victories utterly fruitless so far as the open country was concerned I s tb. ro-Ml- itj n, cs i loose-jointe- Orttmlmn'i ddlnf Gown. Lo' here is grandma, just stepped dew a From the picture on the wall, Dressed in her famous wedding gown To attend the fancy ball' No wrinkle mars her dear, sweet face, She looks with cheeks aglow. Just as she looked, in pearls and lace, Seienty years ago! No wonder she was worshiped then In all the country-sid- e' No wonder hearts were broken when She wore this gown, a bride' And O' shes Just as fair. As when Bhe wore It so, ht With girdled waist and powdered hair, Seventy years ago! The satin, once of spotless white. Is yellowed with the jears. The veil that fell In folds of light Is stained, but not with tears, For grandmas life was one long May, As free from ill and woe As was her perfect wedding day. Seventy years ago' in all her youth and grace, For all to praise that see, The old love-ligupon her face, She comes to dance with me. Ah, rose so like the parent flower' Full soon our love shall know The joy that crowned her bridal hour Seventy years ago! Lewiston Journal. To-nig- ht An IniUrldnil Preference. "Some fellers as is interested In silver wants silver money, remarked Plodding Pete, thoughtfully, while others think gold is right. Ive even heard of fellers thet wanted to deposit wheat an things an git currency fur em. Yep, replied Meandering Mike. deal depens on yer pusnal Interests. Now es fur me, I think a heap o time could be saved by gittin out orders on responsible breweries negotiable at all bars In the country. Washington Star. COLD FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. xIf castor oil Is applied to a wart once a day for a month the wart will entirely disappear. In many cases It will not require so long a time. If a piece of camphor gum is placed in the drawer where are kept dress waists that are trimmed with steel it will prevent the steel from tarnishing. It Is said that If parsley Is eaten with enlons or a salad containing onions the odor of the onion will not affect the breath. The sprig of parsley should be eaten as yoj would celery. A small pice of candle may be made to burn all night bY putting finely powdered salt on It until It reaches the black part of the wick. A small even light may be kept In this way. Wormwood boiled in vinegar and applied as hot as can be borne on a sprain or bruise Is an Infallible remedy. Tha affected members should aftprward he tolled In flannels to retain the heat An excel nt remedy for a cough is made by slicing two lemons thin and adding to them 10 cents' worth of licorice rfiot, one gill of water and a little sugar. Boil until quite thick and strain. To e'ain wood to look like ebony take a solution ot sulphate of iron and wash the wood over twice. When the wood becomes dry apply two or three coats' of a strong decoction of logwood. Wipe the wood dry and polish with a flannel wet in linseed oil. Ink may be taken out ol paper in the following way if the stain le not too old: Take a teaspoonful of chlorinated lime and pour over It just enough water to cover it. Take a piec of old linen and moisten It with this mixture and do Bot rub. but pat the stain, and It will slowly disappear. If one application does not remove th stain let the paper r dry and then apply again. The assessed valuation of property in New York City it ?1,6I3, 057.735. u |