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Photography
and Crime,
A recent exhibition in Vienna, in
stituted by a Berlin chemist, Dr.
Paul Jeserich, who devotes most of
kis time to legal and criminal mat
ters, has fairly asiounded the press
of that city by its demonstration of
the value of photography in the de
tection of crime. Every large city
now has its rogue's gallery, and
spreads broadcast photographs of
suspects. The photographing of the
scenes of crime for the enlighten
ment of juries is still another devel
opment with which the general pub
lic is familiar, But few people real
ize that in many other ways photog
raphy has become of enormous value
in the actual detection of criminals.
To illustrate this remarkable devel
opment was the prime object of Dr.
Jeserich's display of the eighty en
larged prints which constitute his
exhibition,
The sun sees everything, however
fallible the human eye. ¥Even when
reinforced by the microscope or the
magnifying glass, the ordinary ob
server ig apt to overlook little things
in themselves of great importance.
Moreover, a detective, or an etpert
employed by the police, might behold
through a magnifier something which
he would regard as evidence, but
about which a jury might fail to take
his word. By means of the enlarge
ment of a negative, proof of a crime
may often be shown to a jury which
would otherwise be practically un
available. This is Dr. Jeserich’s con
tention, and his demonstration of it
impressed observers as convincing.
For instance, he exhibited two let
ters which had originally contained
money, and had been received with
out their enclosures. To the eye,
they had not been tampered with in
any way, and there was nothing to
show whether they had been sgent
without the money or whether they
had been opened en route. An en
larged photograph solved the mys
tery. It showed plainly that one of
the envelopes had two lines of mucil-l
age, while an ‘unevenness in the post
office stamp on the flap showed that
there had been a slight variation in
the resealing. 1t was obvious that
this letter had been tampered with;
the other proved not to have been,
for the paper shests enclosed in place
of the money showed, when photo
graphed, the imprint of the post
office stamp which it had recelved}
through the envelope. |
The tell-tale blotting paper has
figured in many a novel and play.
Hitherto it has been read by means
of a looking-gless. Dr. Jeserich won
a divorce case by first photographing
the blotter and then enlarging the
print; the resulting evidence that the
defendant was guilty by itself suf
ficed to convince the court, A mur
derer was convicted by means of the
cord with which he strangled his
vietim; a piece of it was found in
his pockets, but not until photog-
THE TRAMP PRINTER. ]
Passing of a Cnce Familiar Figure in
Newspaper Offices,
What has become of the old time
printer, once so familiar beforo the
invasion of the linotype machine?
He used to show up with the first
frost., You found him in the office
early some October morning, toasting
his back before the stove. His first
request was, ‘‘Boss, may I look over
the exchanges?” and he was soon
pawing around among the papers on
the editorial table. By 9 o'clock he
had levied sufficient tribute upon the
boys to get a shave and a drink, and
after dinner he was picking up bre
vier in a way to make an expert en
vious. All winter he worked as stead
ily as a clock. Many were the stories
he told around the back room fire on
& Sunday afternoon. Though with
out much education, his very wander
ings had made hin. an entertaining
personage,
In the spring, however, when the
tiny bees buzzed lazily against the
sunny window pane and the lilac
bushes in the courthouse yard were
putting forth their fragrant lavender
plumes and the night air was pungent
with the odor of burning brush piles
and sweet with earthy exhaltions of
upturned sod and everywhere could
be heard the laughter of children
playing in the twilight, a change
<ame over the spirit of the tramp
printer. He felt theé call of ‘the 'road,
with its luxurious days of animal de
light under the clear skies of spring,
with its privilege of work when you
wish and idle when you will. He
wished to see the boys again, to visit |
the fifty offices where he had friends.
So one Monday morning in mid-April
when you entered the office you
missed his form at the case, the
months’' familiar figure with one gal
lus down and a short oil stained cob
p("e protruding from under a slightly
Juminous nose. Yet with all of his
vagrant impulses you felt kindly to
ward your nomadic brother in the
urt preservative and were ever ready
for him to come again,
Before it is too late some gifted
pen should tell the story of the tramp
printer. It is one teeming with ro
mance and the very best possibilities
of good literary effort. True, to-day
almost every office has the remorse
less, speedy and ever ailing machine,
hut no one can wax either enthusias
tic or reminiscent over a mere ma
cLine.~—Shawnee (Okla.) Hernld.
The eunvelope was invented in 1983
and was in disfavor for a long time.
raphy was called in was the fact be
yond dispute that both pleces of cord
had originally been one. Another
victim of a murderer clutched in his
hand a mere scrap of a linen mask;
a search of the rooms of the sus
pected criminal revealed another
piece of linen. When both were
photographed, it was found that the
weaving was identical; in each plece
four dark threads were always fol
lowed by fourteen light ones. A
stolen wedding ring, when found on
the thief, bore the number }2, 12,
9% C. 8. A magnifying gless re
vealed nothing, but the camera
brought out the original mark, 8. b.
2. 88. Faint traces of blood stains
not otherwise discernible are algo re
vealed by the photographic plate.
Not even the most careful expert
has as yet been able to re-photograph
that picture of the murderer on the
retina of the victim’s eyes, which
has betrayed the criminal in more
than one novel. But Dr. Jeserich
was able to capture one criminal who
used part of an envelope bearing his
address as an extra charge in loading
his old-fashioned revolver. The pa
per was apparently charred beyond
hope, but the camera ended specu
lation as to the identity of the crim
inal by furnishing his name and
street number. In the same way, a
photograph of a bullet that had end
ed a life showed very faint mark
ings, which could only come from a
slight unevenness in the barrel of the
revolver from which it was fired,
The weapon of one suspect was used
‘again and again, and each bullet
fired showed the same faint lines.
In the discovery of forgeries, hand
writing experts have long resorted
to the camera, and Dr. Jeserich ex
hibited some startling examples of
the ease with which the work of the
cleverest forgers was revealed.
All of this shows clearly that if
new inventions and the advances of
science furnish new weapons to the
criminal, they in turn make it harder
fc~ him to escape punishment. Some
day we may yet see men like Dr.
Jeserich included in the detective
staffs of our great cities; and not
only photography, but all the other
sciences, will contribute to the de
tection of wrongdoers. Not even in
Scotland Yard have the police gone
into partnership with scientists to
the extent possible, In this city our
detectives, when not ecorrupt, are
often incompetent or wholly behind
the times. When they have scored
successes, It has generally been by
good luck, by breaking down the
prisoner’s mnerve through methods
often indistinguishable from torture,
or because of the stupidity of the
criminal, Gen. Bingham has
dreamed of the time when he could
appoint civilians to his detective
corps; but he has not yet asked for
that alliance between science and de
tection which modern developments
make feasible.—New York Post.
NOISE NUISANCES.
Some Early Efforts Toward 'fheir
Suppression,
“It is so quiet uptown now that
the patient listener may now and
then catch some of the softer noises
of the world,” said a semi-invalid
lawyer who spends most of the day
sitting by the open window of Lis
Harlem flat,
“I have naturally taken a great
deal of interest in the present crusade
against unnecessary noises, and have
been reading up on sporadic attempts
to suppress them,” he continued.
“The earliest case that I have found
was in the reign of George 111, when
a circus band was silenced by injunc
tion on the ground that its noise was
& nuisance. In another old English
law report it tells of a plaintiff recov
ering damages because a flock of
wild ducks was frightened by the
persistent firing of a gun. The
learned judge held that this consti
tuted a public nuisance and was a
prejudice to private rights. In
Georgia ‘gathering in a noisy way at
a pigeon shooting' has been iudi
cially decided to be a nuisance. A
North Carolina court held that the
stamping horses in a livery stable
near the plaintiff's dwelling was suf
ficient annoyance to entitle him to
damages,
‘‘Even the noise incident to an or
dinary business may be a nuisance,
A gold-beater pelting a thin sheet of
gold into shape, the hammering of
the anvil in the blacksmith shop, the
noise of a skating rink, and gfo on,
have all been held to be abatable
nuisances. .
~ ““The test laid “down in the booke
is that any ‘noise which constitutes
an annoyance to a person of ordinory
'sensibllity to sound so as materially
to interfere with the ordinary com
[tort of life and impair .the reason
able enjoyment of his habitation, is
a nuisance to him.’
“It is within the bounds of possi
bility that in great centres of popus
lation a new class of experts will
‘arise to draw salaries from the muni
~clpality as noise specialists. Un
' usual noises long continued undoubt
' edly induce deafness, aside from irri
ltaunx nerves and murdering sleep.
. At any rate, they destroy a diserim
'lnatlng nicety in hearing, especially
i in those who have what is called a
!mualcal ear.,"-—From the New York
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portion to her size than any other city
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worn over a guimpe is one of the
prettiest included in the younger
girl’s wardrobe, and this season it is
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simple wool fabric, or from pongee
or some material of the sort if a more
dressy frock is wanted. In this case
the blouse is trimmed on itg edgss,
and the trimming is extended over
the centre front of the entire dress,
but whether this last shall be used or
omitted is entirely a matter for indi
vidual taste to decide.
It consists of the over blouse and
he skirt. The shoulder edges of the
ver blouse are joined for a portion
of their length, but fall apart prettily
over the sleeves, and the under-arm
edges can be seamed for their entire
length or left open a portion of the
way as liked.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (ten years) is
three and a half yards twenty-four,
three yards thirty-two or two and a
half yards forty-four inches wide,
with seven yards of banding.
All in the Sleeve.
In the new sleeves lie the most
novel of the waist features. They
vary in length, fulness, shape and
mechod of trimming. They are
plain or full; tight from wrist to
shoulder, or puffed, or capped, or
slashed, and filled in with net or filet.
They are extravagantly trimmed or
verfectly unadorned.
Scented Buttons. s
The latest fad in buttons made
over molds is to have them scented.
Sift powder under the material be
fore making up the novel dress trim
mings, then milady’s costume
breathes just the faintest whiff of
her favorite sachet.
New Satin Ruff.
The latest neck ruffle is merely a
satin pleated band with a bow and a
single tulle frill at the neck. 7
Simplicity in Lingeric. ~
A superfluity of trimming on stout
women’s lingerie is not desirable on
account of its fluffiness, yet the plump.
type usually likes dainty underwear
quite as much as slender women, and
80 a description of a charming yet
suitable model for the former will be
interesting.
Blouse or Shirt Waist,
There is no waist quite so useful as
the simple tailored one, and this model
would be charming made from linen
or soft finished pique, from the pon
gee that is so serviceable and so
fashionable, from the thinner madras
and also from silk or from washable
flannel. It makes a most satisfactory
model whatever the material may be,
and it suits both the separate waist
and the gown. The tucks that are
stitched for their entire length give
a tapering effect and the wide box
pleat allows successful use of the or
namental buttons that make such a
feature of the late season. In this
case white linen is trimmed with big
pearl buttons and worn with a collar
of striped lavender and white.
The waist is made with a rntted
lining, which can be used or omitted
as liked, and consists of the fronts
and back. There are tucks over the
shoulders that are exceedingly be
coming, and there are narrow tucks
at both centre front and centre back.
The closing is made invisibly at the
left of the front. The sleeves are in
regulation shirt wajst style, with
straight cuffs and the neck-band,
over which can be worn any style of
collar that may be liked, finishes the
neck.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and
three-quarter yafi:&;—-twent;m;:
three and a half yards thirty-two er
two and seven-eighth yards forty
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ture is, it is said, to be one of the
leading materials for fall waists for
tailor-mades. Net of the same color
as the gown is also to be used.
| The Classical Bandeau.
The chaste and artistic simplicity
which is the characteristic feature of
the jewelry of the moment is no
‘where seen to greater advantage than
in the classical bandeaux now so
fashionable.
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Homer pigeons, in calm weather,
can travel at a speed of 1200 yards
a minute. With a brisk wind prevail
ing and blowing in the direction of its
flight, a pigeon has been known to
make 1900 yards a minutse.
" In the total number of mammals,
birds, reptiles and amphibians (4034)
on exhibition, the New York Zoolog
ical Park stands to-day at the head of
all the zoological parks and gardens
of the world. Berlin comes next with
a total of 3149,
John Ruskin, the great English es
sayist and critic on art, at the age of
seven wrote verses in rhyme and kept
a diary.
It is claimed that the harbor facil
ities of Montreal are almost as good
as those of Liverpool and have cost
much less.
A great tunnel has lately been
found at Gezer, in the land of the
Philistines, in Palestine.
A locomotive engineer remarked
that he never made a run in his life
at night that he did not strike sev
eral skunks.
As a rule the white flowers are
more fragrant than those of other col
ors.
Though Russia has much coal and
iron her industries are quite undevel
oped. Russia produces only one
tenth of the quantity of iron produced
in the United States, and only one
twentieth of the quantity of coal.
There never was but one oil por
trait of Daniel Boone painted from
life, and that was by Chester Hard
ing, a distinguished artist of Boston.
New York City has 133 department
stores. >
Twenty million feathers are sent
from Germany to England every year
for millinery purposes. ;
It takes about 2,000,000 cords of
wood a year to make the newspapers
that go through the presses of New
York City,
There are 20,000 dangerous crim
inals in Paris who are capable of do
ing murder and 100,000 who live by
dishonest means.
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The feature attracting the casual
observer is the vessel’s harpoon gun,
situated forward of everything, from
which the formidable harpoon is fired
into-the whale. The gun looks like
a small cannon, and about a pound
of powder is used to discharge the
harpoon, which is rammed home in
the same manner as a shot would be,
and tied fronf the outside end with a
small cord, this breaking, of course,
when the gun is fired, The harpoon
is a very heavy missile, weighing sev
eral hundred pounds, which necessi
tates its being fired only at pretty
close range; the lance head pierces
the whale and soon afterwards ex
plodes a bomb contained in it, while
still farther back on the shaft are
barbs, which expand on entering the
whale, making it next to impossible
for the harpoon to be drawn out
again. Each harpoon, after being
fired, has tc be straightened by a
blacksmith in order to again fit the
gun-barrel. A stout hemp rope, four
inches in circumference, is attached
to the harpoon about eighteen inches
from the point; this line is of great
flexibility and strength, and is manu
factured solely for whaling in Nor
way. A few fathoms of this line are
coiled on a plate directly under the
gun, the remainder being below
decks' clear to run. There are two
of these lines each 1800 = feet in
length, and sometimes they are none
too long for the purpose.—From
“There She Blows,” by C. R. Patter
son, in the Metropolitan Magazine,
One-Sided View.
“A member of the Georgia Legisla
ture,” he remarked, ‘“has introduced
a bill whiech provides that any man
who is lured into marrying a woman
who has by artificial means enhanced
her beauty may, if he wishes, have
the marriage declared null and void.
That is to say, if the bridegroom dis
covers that the bride is compelled
when she goes to bed to hang any
of her supposed charms upon a chair
he may consider himself free to wed
s2ain.”’
‘‘And what about it,”” asked the
lady, “if a bride discovers after the
ceremony that the groom wears a
wig or dyes his mustache?”
““Any woman who is foolish enough
not to know a wig or a dyed mustache
when she sees one ought never to
make any complaint about it.”’—Chi
cago Record-Herald.
Insulted,
The big stray dog loomed up from
behind an ash barrel.
“Look here,” he growled savagely,
“I have a bone to pick with you.”
The multi-millionaire’s bull pup
looked up with wounded dignity.
“What!” he responded, in the dog
language, “pick a bone? Why, I
never ate anything but boneless
chicken and ham in my life. On
your way, you iramp!”
And leaping into his master's
$20,000 automobile he was whisked
off to the park.—Chicago News.
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MR. WM., F. VAHLBERG.
Mr. William F. Vahlberg, Oklahoma
City, Okla., writes: :
“One boitle of Peruna which |1 have
taken did more toward relieving me of an
avated case of catarrh of the stom
aeg than years of treatment with the
best plysicians.
e | Ymd given up hores of relief, and
'onlf tried Peruna as a last resort.
“1 shall continue using it, as | feel sat
isfled it will effect an entire and per
manent cure,
“I most cheerfully recommend Peruna to
all who may read tiia." ‘
Peruna is usually taken as a last resort.
Doctors have been tried and failed. Other
remedies have been used. ‘anitariums
bhave been visited. Travel has been re
sorted to. -
At last Peruna is tried. Relief .3 found.
This histo? is regeated over and over
again, everg. ay In the year. It is such re
sults as this this give Peruna its unas
sailable hold upon the peo‘slle. We could
say nothing that would add force to such
testimonials as the above. That people
who have had catarrh and have tried
every other remedy available, find relief in
Peruna, constitutes the best argument that
could be made.
Sample treatment
P I L Es RED Cross Pile and
Fistula Cumre and
Beck sent by mail
FREE.
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Most people, philosophies the Dal
las News, give advice about the
things they don’t understand and get
it about the things they do.
Hicks’ Capudine Cures Nervousness,
Whether tired out, worried, overworked, or
what not. It refreshes the brain and
nerves. It’s Liquid and pleasant to take.
10c., 25¢., and 50c., at drug stores. -
Aesop In: “Little Italy.”
A school teacher in the Italian quar
ter of an American city told her
children the story of the fox and the
grapes.’ Tony was especially delight
ed with the story, and eagerly sought
his chum, Joe, who was in another
class. By good luck, the teacher over
heard Tony’s version.
In his excited, broken English he
told the fable much as it is written,
until he came to the end. This was
his rendering of the climax:
| “De olda fox he say, “De grape no
good, anyhow; alla sour! I guess I
go getta de banan’.’”—Youth’s Com
panion.
Petroleum Production Is Large,
The petroleum production of the
United States in 1907, says the Geo
logical Survey report was character
ized by a total output far in excess
of any previous year, an unparalleled
accumulation of stocks, in spite of
which the price of all grades of oil
was kept at a high level. Sensation
al developments were the great in
crease in the new Illinois field and
the phenomenal yield of Oklahoma,
together with increase in both quan
tity and price in California. The
total product was 166,095,335 barrels
in 1907, an increase over 1906 of 39,-
601,399 barrels, or more than the total
product of petroleum in any year up
to 1889. The total value increased
from $92,444,735 in 1906 to $120,106,-
749 in 1907. The average price de
creased only slightly.—New York Her
ald.
NEW LIFR
Found in Change to Right Food.
After one suffers from acid dyspep
sla, sour stomach, for months and
then finds the remedy is in getting
the right kind of food, it is something
to speak out about.
A N. Y. lady and her young son
had such an experience, and she
wants others to know how to get re-
Hes. She writes:
“For about fifteen months my lit
tle boy and myself had suffered with
sour stomach. We wera unable to
retain much of anything we ate.
‘“After suffering in this way for so
long I decided to consult a specialist
in stomach diseases. Instead of pre
scribing drugs, he put us both on
Grape-Nuts, and we began to improve
immediately.
“It was the key to a new life. I
found we had been eating too much
heavy food which we could not digest.
In a few weeks after commencing
Grape-Nuts I was able to do my
housework. I wake in the morning
with a clear head and feel rested and
have no sour stomach. My boy sleeps
well and wakes with a laugh. /
“We have regalned our lost weight
and continue to eat Grape-Nuts for
both the morning and evening meals.
We are well and happy and owe it to
Grape-Nuts.”” “There’s a Reason.” -
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read ‘“The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs.
Ever- read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
