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FROM A NEW YORK STREET I
CORNER TO SING SING. I
<P Melodrama of Honl Life In a (Ircat City.
I T Is but a short step from the
street corner to the police court,
ami mnuy frequenters take It. Ar
rests are practical sermons for
those tvho do not attend the churches.
Junctions of streets form natural
poIntB of reunion—social clttlm for luen
who cannot afford to pay dues. The
BrcRarlous Instinct tilings together
those who harmonize In feelings, In oc
cupation, In general Interests, and It
gradually comes to pass that a young
fellow feels a sense of proprietorship
In the pavement of the place where li's
friends welcome him,
While each corner group has Its spe
cial tone, Its marked Individuality, the
story of one lounger will npplj^ wltli
slight modlltcntlons, to many others,
The first of the easy, atepa downward
inny begin from nny direction, but
the Instance to be cited Is typical lu
the great metropolis.
Me was very young, not yet out of
Ills 'teens. Me hail plenty of nnturnl
quickness and brightness, which line!
been sharpened Into distrust by the
struggle for existence, Involving con
tact with only the seamy side of hu
manity. Short in stature ami slight
In physique himself, lie had an over
whelming respect for strength, lie
lind drifted from pillar to post since
he was loft on his own resources as a
lad. Me had blacked boots, sold news
papers, served as messenger, noted ns
mi apprentice lu a machine shop and
llunlly drifted Into th6 employ of a big
department store, assisting a driver
mid delivering bundles, Me hail picked
tip reading,’ writing and arithmetic,
hut tlib only advantage lie had taken
of this educational foundation was to
meet the requirements of Ills work.
lie recognized the saloon keepers as
powers In the land—persons who wield
great lulluence In politics, and whoso
hands consequently help to guide the
affairs of tho nation. Me grew to envy
tlioso who had money, and ho longed
for an opportunity to waste, dollars
as lio saw others doing. i
* first ExmiunNor, behind prison luns.
tho ppllcc court n delivery wagon from
the store passed and the driver recog
nized him with a stare of astonish
ment.
He had another anxious period In
the Jefferson Market building, lie
was soon led Into court. Tho police
man who had arrested him stood by
his side, silent, stern anil vengeful,
"Come on," said the policeman, ad
vancing a few steps, Tho youth
found hiniBelf lu front of a railing
separating the little platform, or
bridge, from the main floor. Me did
not realize that his caso wns being
heard when the policeman stopped on
the bridge and muttered something to
the magistrate In so low n tone that
not one syllable rcnclicd him, .Ho
stopd, waiting and wondering, when
the magistrate looked at him and
soon ns his Imprisonment became
known, anil ho wns gruffly Informed
that he wns not wanted.
The oustilng fortnight brought n se
ries of cruBlitng disappointments. It
seemed Impossible for him to obtain
steady work of any kind. He loitered
in saloons trying to pick up odd jobs
that would keep his body and soul
together, and lie slept on docks and
open lots, wherever lie found a chance
to escape observation.
He grew despbrate ns time pnssed,
and lie would have been willing to
tiflie nny chnnco to get money. Visions
of loot anil plunder filled his mind, tho
only question was, what he should
do. Ho dhl not know whore to begin,
ns he lacked experience 111 crime. Ho
helped a drunken limn to his home one
night, nml ou the way paid himself
for Ills trouble by tnklug what money
he could find—a handful of change
amounting to about $2.
There had been so little difilculty
about tills theft that he wondered that
he had not made a similar attempt be
fore, arid lie spent tho following even
ing looking for persons under the In
fluence of liquor. Ills eyes glittered
when he saw the fat roll t>f green
backs pulled out by n man paying for
a drink; this fellow was taking fre-
LOAFING OK THE STREET OOllNElt.
He found at his corner ono evening
la man who lmd returned froth the race
track- with a pocketful of winnings,
who wnB anxious to celebrate his luck
by a debauch; mid who sought-merry
company. The result wns disastrous
for the youth, whoso brain became In
flamed with liquor, and who wished to
lioso before his now friend.
The .evening was not very far ad
vanced when a street fight varied the
monotony for passers. Ono blow felled
tho elder man, who lay Btunned on tho
dhlcwnlk. A policeman who hail been
standing ncross tho street could not
uvoid seeing tho occurrence, and hur
ried over to stop tho now frightened
youth, who resisted arrest until sub
dued by n few violent strokes of the
ulglit stick. IIo thou beenmo very
penitent, .anil with tears lu his tones
begged for release. He had, however,
gone too far, and, with Ills late an
tagonist by. Ills side, lio started for the
police station. t
Tlio youth hung Ills 'head when ho
heard tho change preferred against
bill!. Ho answered the questions put
to him, giving Ills linmp, age, resi
dence, occupation, Ills parents’ name
mid the fact that lie could read.
He was led through a room lu which
eat several policemen, whoso faces
were, .familiar to him; he pnssed
through tin Iron gate dowii a fow
steps, and then ho was shoved Into a
coll mid tho grated door clanged be
hind him. When daylight finally ap
peared, ho felt disheveled, dirty and
disreputable.
The doorman came around and
opened tho colls, the ponderous key
grating In tlio locks and the hinges
grinding lu a manner that would dis
tract a nervous person. Again the
youth walked through the sergeant's
quarters. He- went right- oh' and
asked, "What havo you to say to this
charge?"
He hail Intended to say many things,
but Ids tongue wns silent nml his br/iln
was lu a whirl. t Tho magistrate, with
kindly fnco, but an abrupt, severe
rnnnner, resumed:
“Come, now, what hnve you to say
for yourself? Tho olllccr snys you
wore drunk nud fighting nml that you
attacked him wlion he nppronched you.
Ho snys you nro one of a gang of lonf-
ers who give n great deal of trouble
to tho police.”
Anger mndo tho youth’s face flush.
This was more thnn ho had expected.
"Ho's a liar," ho cried, "nud-I’ll get
oven with him.” Ho could not keep
Hack the" profanity to which he wns
accustomed. The magistrate held up
Ills hand In warning nud, ns tho pris
oner stopped, said lu an undertone:
“Ten dollars."
Tills wns a crushing blow for the
young man, who had assumed that
tho night lu Jail would complcto Ills
punishment. He lind been.thinking of
running up to tho storo to his work,
and lie lind made up Ills mlml to Im
plore tlio driver who lind Been him lu
tho patrol wagon not to mention tho
fact to nny one. As ho did not have
$10 to pay tho lino the alternative was
Imprisonment.
He was one of ten crowded Into tho
Marlin a. cell-llko wagon with peep
holes and small shutters to admit air.
There was a long jolt ovor tho cobble
stones to tho cast side, nml then tho
door wns opened and he stepped out
upon n pier.
Tho Brennan carried him by tho vast
cnstlollke structure of gray stone on
tho southern extremity of Blackwell’s
Island to the lauding pier further
north. Ho had not realized before
that tho Island wns so large. Ho looked
about him with curiosity, wonderlug
which of tho buildings wns the pen!
{outlary, He was led there, and .when
ho reached the office his pedlgreo was
again taken.
Trlson life was dismal, but by no
menus fis bad ns ho had Imagined. Ho
wns assigned to a comparatively easy
task—assisting tho bakers. lie pulled
a little wngou loaded with flour from
the storehouse to tho ovens, and when
■the long, crisp loaves were ready ho
took them away. Tho work was no
worse than nny other In the line of
routine; tlio only, objection was the
ever present souse of restraint and
supervision by day, tho locking of the
cell door by night.
The ten days dragged slowly by and
ho was restored to freedom. He was
quont potations, but wns by no means
helpless. In fnct, he could take enro
of himself, even though Ills legs wab
bled anil he lurched towurd the curb
when he came Into the open air. He
walked up a side street nml stopped
by a stoop, ns though In doubt whether
ho should enter tho house. <
There wns no other person In sight,
though the hour was quite early, nud
the young man who followed.conclud
ed to make a supremo effort to get tlio
roll of bills. Ho brought a lionvy
stick lie had been enrrying down with
crushing forco upon the liend of his
Intended victim, felling him. Then ho
Jumped on him and grabbed the bills
from tlio waistcoat pocket. There was
a fierce fight on the ground and tho
older and heavier man finally got on
top and, pinning the other down,
shrieked for the police.
When the youth was taken to tho
pollcb station lie wns recognized by
tho sergeant. Tho charge against him
tills time wns highway robbery, and
conviction did not mean n few days In
A HIDE IN TUB BRACK MARIA.
THE MUS’-’ROOM FAD.
1 Xew Mrnnn of Pin Mtmfy For 'Women
Who IIn re Cellar*.
Mushroom growing Is said to be tlio
latest fad that has attacked Balti
more, -and Interesting stories of the
success, both material nud finnnclnl,
that private growers of mushrooms nro
meeting with nro being circulated, The
cellars of a brewing establishment no
longer In operation In tho southwestern
seeilou of tho city Iinvo been convert
ed Into mushroom farms by-some en
terprising growers, find It Is said that
they are yielding very satisfactory
crops.
Besides these growers, who havo
gone Into the business on an. extensive
scale, a number of women have start
ed smaller farina In tho collars of tho
houses In which they live. Accord
ing to tho figures given by Theodore
Bcklinrdt these women farmers run a
fall- chalice of adding very consider
ably to their pin money.
The yield from a llfteen-foot boil.
Mr. Eckhnrdt satil, should be nbout
ninety pecks In three months. Tho cost
of tho bed would be about $10. The
mushrooms would sell for 75 cents
n pock, bringing tho farmer $07.00,
making a gain of $57.50 on the under
taking.
The things that are necessary for
success In mushroom growing, accord
ing to Mr, Eckhnrdt, are, first, the
cellar In which they are to be grown j
(and this must be so arranged tlint the
plants can be. kept at a -temperature ,
of from sixty to seventy degrees); sec- |
oud, good vcntllntlon, ns plenty of
fresh nlr Is ’essential. Arrangements
must bo available also by which tlio
soil can be kept moist.
Good manure, l-lch In phosphate, ;
must be used to form tho foundation i
of the' bed, which will bo built profor- j
ably upon n dirt floor. Two loads will I
be necessary for a bed flrtecn feet j
long, Tho mushroom spawn can be
procured lu the shape of bricks from
tho florists and nurserymen. The tem
perature of the bed must be tested,
nml no planting must be done until It
Is below ninety-five degrees. Then tho
bricks can bo broken hi linlf-lnch
pieces and distributed evenly over the
bed.
In eight or ten days a white thread
like growth will begin to appear, anil
when this Is noticed the bod must be
covered to the depth of one-half to
three-quarters of' an Inch with sandy
loam, The beds are -built In conical
shape, starting from n base about
three feet wide and building up to
nbout two anil a tialf feet high, with
n width of nbout ten Inches on top.
A framo of stx-Inch boards may bo
used to keep the bed In place.
The expenses will be: For manure,
$4; labor, $2.50; six bricks.of mush
rooms spawn, $1; loam, $2.50:—Balti
more Sun.
Twa Vd«tsn«.
"Tm, it's bon.tsd I-'.1(-I*«1 Si-sft. "1't.
sen In In untersble engagements, end jell
L.art,"
Tho Oldest Banknote.
This noto is In thn possession of the Bank
of England. It Is dated December IS, ISOS,
and is for S55 pounds, but on account of its
ago same Is ntndo very valuable. On* of tho
old,st and most valuable stomach medicines
before the public Lh Hostetler's Stomach Bit
ters. For the east fifty years It lias been
the standard of such remedies for dyspepsia,
Indigestion, biliousness, nervousness or lu-
sornnln. It will otfeol a euro when-faith*
fishy talon.
Her Fete
"So Iren lute met her futo at iaet."
"IndeedT
"Yes. it is n'ty yonrs old. bnldhended and
awns a grocery."—lndlnunpotls Press.
tolled for Concord philosophy.
Happily, this was not difficult,
"It matters little," he wrote, “whl«h
shoulder you see the now moon over,
provided you put the shoulder to the
wheel!"
An Intuition told him at. once that his
literary fame was now secure.—De
troit Journal,
The Resemblance.
Jackson—The baby's getting more
tike Its mother every day.
Johnson—That so?
Jackson—Yes: It's learning to .talk.—
Indianapolis Sun.
tlio penitentiary, but several years in
Stnto prison. Ho was held' by the
police magistrate and sent to tlio
Tombs to await tbo action of tho
Grand Jury. His photograph was
added to tho collection known us the
Rogno’s Gallery,, which Includes like
nesses of thousands of criminals.
lie learned that bo bad been In
dicted, nud then ono morning lie was
lqd ncross tho Bridge of Sighs to tbo
Criminal Court Building and taken
before a judge of the Court of Gener
al Sessions to plead. It was almost
useless for him to say "Not, guilty,”
but, ns a matter of form, ho did so. t
The caso wus so clear that It re
quired but an hour to try nud the re
sult wns conviction. The sentence Im
posed two days later was Imprison
ment nt hard labor In Sing Sing for
eight years and six months.
It so happened that the young high
wayman was tbo only convict booked
for State prison that day. He wns
taken from the Tombs with bis right
wrist handcuffed to the left wrist of
a deputy sheriff. They boarded a
north-hound Fourth avenue car lu
Centra street and went to the.Grand
Central station, entering through the
FoFty-second street gateway, ordln-
nrijy reserved for . arrivals. They
walked* to the smoking car and tool:
their places, looking through'the win
dow as a score of laughing girls hound
for tho' Ardsley golf : links rushed to
ward the train. The bell rang nnd tlv-
prisoner was on bis way to Sing Sing.
■New York Herald.
IK JEFFERSON MARKET COU1UV BOARDING TRAIN FOR SING SING.
stepped into -the patrol wagon with
other unfortunates.
The horses started ou a clattering
trot and- ho peered out at the street. I
Midway between the station house and
left at tho water front shortly after
four o’clock In the tifternoou, uud lie
Immediately started for the store to
see If ho* could recover his employ
ment His place had been Ailed as
Overrated Actors.
"Soufe of the ‘celebrated’ actors now
on the stage of England and America
ought to be at school, learning the n-b-
C; of their profession,” says Bronson
Howard In tlic Century. "Mcii- nud
women like them in the next genera
tion, If our schools and great ‘teachers
make their full lltfiiifiiee felt, will
have no place on the stage at all. The
public.will say to them: ‘Go and learn
your business first, ns other people do,
nud then come back to us.’ ”
A Snake Tlint Crotvs. . ~
There exists In Venezuela a species
of snake of an exceedingly venomous
and crafty character, Tills suffice ut
ters a cry tlint Is tlio almost exact
l-cpllcn of a cock crow. The unwary
traveler when walking through the
bush will be astonished to hear neat
nt hand this extraordinary crowing.
Ho proceeds toward the spot, wlieu
the snake, darts out and stings the
unfortunate man with Its terrible
forked tongue. If not taken promptly
In band, tbo sting will lu nine cases
out of ten turn out to bo fatal.
The natives of Venezuela are very
superstitious. And as regards the rat
tlesnake they have a curious belief.
They affirm that If a' rattlesnake Is
captured nnd the hones lu Its tall
which form the rattle removed the
snnlco will never rest until' It has.
sought out tho man that committed
the theft nnd exacted vengeance foi-
the robbery.
They cite Instances of men who have
taken the ratttes nnd gone far Jour
neys only to bo followed by tho in
furiated snake nnd killed. Whether
there Is any truth In tills Is matter of
conjecture. If half the talcs that are
told have nny truth In them. It would
seem superfluous to gainsay the super
stition.
. Soino Odd Conclusions.
The proper study of mankind is man
-said Pope. Ilqw long havo we been
hero? Tho mussel beds of Cagliari
prove that wc fished there more than
20,000 years ago. The coral reefs of
Southern Florldn show that we mas
ticated there 10,000 years ago. It Is
only nt the age of twelve that boys
and girls are of the same weight.
When man and women have attained
their full development they weigh al
most twenty times as much as at birth.
Their height Is about three nud one-
fourth times greater than nt birth. la
old age man and woman lose from
thirteen to fifteen pounds In weight,
and about oue-thlrd of an Inch It)
height, . Man doos not acquire Ills
complete growth until ho lias com
pleted his twenty-fifty year, he attains
his maximum weight nt forty and be
gins to waste sensibly at sixty. Wom
an attains her maximum weight nt
fifty. The average strength of a well-
developed man is 100 pounds, or about
forty-two pounds more than tils
weight In tils clothes.- The l-lglit hand
Is about one-sixlli stronger thnn the
left.—Victor Smith, In New York Press.
Heard Him Sigh.
“I have been sitting on the porch lis
tening to the sighing of the wind,”
She said sentimentally, by way of ex
planation of her long absence from
tho house.
“\*es; I heard him sigh,” promptly
put in the small hoy.
"Hint? ’Who?” demanded the head
of the household.
■ “Why, that yomm. fellow you always
said was nothing but wind,” answered
tbo boy; and thus wns the secret be
trayed.—Chicago Tost.
Every mother possesses information of vital value to her
young daughter. That daughter is a precious legacy, and
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mother. # The mysterious change that develops the thought-
loss girl into the thoughtful woman should find the mother
on the watch day and night. As she cares for the physical
woll-bemg of her daughter, so will the woman be, and her
children also. •
Whon tho young girl’s thoughts become sluggish, when
she oxpononces headaches, dizziness, faintness, and exhibits
an abnormal disposition to sleep, pains in the back and lower
limbs, eyes dim, desire for solitude, and a dislike for the
society of other girls, when she is a mystery to herself and
friends, then the mother should go to her ala promptly. At
suoh a time the greatest aid to nature is Lydia E. Pink-
ham’s Vegetable Compound. It prepares the young
system for the coming change, and is the surest reliance in
this hour of trial,
, following lotters from Miss Good are practical- proof
of Mrs. Pinkham s efficient advice to young women.
Miss Qood asks Mrs. Pinkham for Help.
ten .. Juno 12th, 1809.
Dear Mrs. PnntnAM i-—I have been very much bothered for some
time with my monthly periods being irregular. I will tell you all about
it, and put myself In your care, for I have heard ao much of you. Each
month menstruation would become less and less, until It entirely stopped
for six months, anil now it has stopped again. I have become very ner-
yous and of a very bad color, I nm n young girl and have always had to
work very hard. I would bo very much pleased if
g ou would tell me what to do.”—Mias Pearl Good,
or. 29.th Avenue and Yeslar Way, Seattle, Wash.
The Happy Result.
,, _ _ February 10th, 1000.
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Cor. 99th Avenue and Yeslar Way, Seattle, Wash.
Owing 1
REWARD
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: from tiro* to time questioned
■ (AM UV nutV too genuineness of the testimonial letter*
d NfttIon “ l8 cftyXnk^or ^n' h MaM.r?5^
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