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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 tho responsibility for her future is largely in the hands of tho 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. Dear Mrs. Pxkkiiam I cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound enough, it is just simplv wonderful tho change your medicine has made in me. I feel like another person. My work is now a pleasure to me, while before using your medicino it was a burden. To-day I am a healthy and happy girl: I think if more women would use your Vegetable Compound there would be less suffering in tho world. I cannot express the relief I have experienced by using Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound.”—Miss Pearl Good, Cor. 99th Avenue and Yeslar Way, Seattle, Wash. Owing 1 REWARD ■ tho fact (hat florae skeptical : from tiro* to time questioned ■ (AM UV nutV too genuineness of the testimonial letter* d NfttIon “ l8 cftyXnk^or ^n' h MaM.r?5^ •which will be paid to any persrn who ran show that .the above testimonial is not genuine, or wns published before obtaining the writer « special permission.—Lydia E. 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