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IS NEARING AN END, *vec TUB TIUKt I* OS -rnr. tV * TO A irrruauwT. INDIVIDUALS GET in I'WE. or TUK Hl RAILROADS m\ thb oiEiuroii*. nrr.k Van.- WA.k tfcr M, r of A order and C., • Advrf ®*P cr '’- tf Fonr Mow of tlar .Aoml Operator. Will Make itflmu Offer—Mew Sow ■■ Strike , r , *„t arrrln In Ik* il4 . e * Pa. Ocl. I.—The hellel preva „„ ,:. A t the anthracite coal atrlke U* an end l cooerierabty * 1 “>- r l*ht by the action of the Hj,,-. jjal operate* in fo;low ing the lead t . b IT • oai-torryln* and coal-mtntoc ,iuroa*i by offering a net Increare of 10 ill the wage* of their employe*, t!,, r.rit break among the Individual M> .. ... ; n thi* dlnrlct wai made to-day , M A Pardee A Cos., operating the fnaberry and Cr- •e' Ridge colllarlea. <w v. their employee a ten per cent. In etM r in wage* and a reduction In the I powder to 1160 per keg. The de p. in 'he price of poader la 10 be tak _ .count In the advancing of the t . u four more of the Individual rJ ., . Ai :ei will make the Mine offer le lijnU'. doubted. fr .dean Mitchell of the United Min. wl , , it much intereated in the ad * nude by ehe Individual ,-ompanie*. , A would aey nothing for publication. i* • arrotig belief here that Mr. Ml' !i(4l it walling for all the coal eon:- pui,.e n the anthracite region to offer , jo per cant. Inoreaae before he will u! a joint convenTlon eo conkler the Mr. Mttchell would v *,:• ■ - on thie twitlcular aubject. ll* 1 3 . .., along edvorated uniry of action. j-.d : l tr.la that trengthena the opin io 'hat he will nail the* convention after • l ti.a compantaa have made an offer He cvutlr.u** to aay theet the etrlke can to. t.<- eettled without a oonveinlon. and IMt hr ta waiting on the operator*. 1 "he mear.eime the men now on etrtke, ap.l to l umber ’.M.fluO. are not wavering j.Ur the proffered Increase in wwgee. It the Lackawanna and Wyoming dlt irV fs not a mine I* working The oondl <ur. remain ulout the same In the Lehigh region, while In the Schuylkill detriot more men have la el down their col* end gutv. WOSI&S Tllltl'W aroSK.a. ft run f r to May, Moinf of Thrlr Mliillft Ponttil Thrlr Mark!. Hazleton. Ta . Oct. s.—Eight Italian* employed on the night shift of the Cal v. Pardee Ar Cos. colliery at lat timer, wire attacked In the public road lead- Hk fr>>n t mt place to Hollywood early tt ' morning, by twenty-five women, who h*J march eel from llMnoDYtlla. The w ni tv* re moeliy Hungarian* and Ital- They left Mtlnesville nt 4 o'clock, rt *<i through 1-attimer, two mile© find waited to nit re ok the m©n *v In the Da t timer mine as they ,mml along the rood which lead# o ti* r l eu** at Hollywood. A f**w of the women were firmed with e!-iK- but mn of them carried atone* of II i*e* In their apron*. The flr*t non •?rikMig mine worker* to leave the colliery ‘r. i litle bind of eight Italian*. They ?iw the women on the road ahead of them rend. suspecting an attack, cro*ed I • Id In an endeavor to avoid them T * women, however, were on the alert and 'iej also crossed the field and. over taking the men. hurled shower* of atone* it t m The workmen did not attempt to defend themselves, but ran away and * r soon out of rea hof the fury of the tx knd women. Or- man received a aevere cut on the h' *1 w hile several of the other* wrr • i” k by piece* of rock, but were not in jure i The women returned to their home* •j • - lied with their demonftratlon. UILL4\G TO tiIVK to PER CERT. About All flie Operator* 4re Pre pared to llwkr the Alliance. N>w' York. Ocf. s. —I? |* mid to night ib* r ** r©o|t* of the work am nr th* roi! peraror* 1- that about evtrjr one of them I* willing to make a Id per cent, advance 1? wage* if thin !w necessary to -ettle- V'-i More than this none of tfhem wi:i do. The D<U aware and Hud non Company. • h has been inclined to hokl out -t any advene, It now ready to n * • that oouresalm with tha other Companies and operator*. At to the attitude of the coal roa*le. I’ *: lent Maxwell of the Jeraev Central. • Tier *<lmittlng that there had been a conference last night, sold: r e operating com pan lew hove mad. * v * f v concenion that they intend to d"3K* Such of the companies aw! Inde f* dei t concern* a* have not yet agreed to *n advance promt#* to announce their n *gne*# to-morrow. It will then n© n< * th© miners. They will do well to remember that It 1* their opportunity. •\* WJ l* hot go beyond that." I *‘ r ® talk among the retailer* of thlt 'y of auothor advance, probably fiu cent* • ton, for ktove, chestnut and inch site*. mist accept io per c;ext. II Miner* Do Slot, the Strike Will be Fought Out. Ni ' w York. Oct. 6.—The Evening Poet I’■ .-eidetic J. Horri Maxwell of lersey Central an.l tha praatdant of •no her > nal-rerrylng railway, who <ie iu ii quoted (or publication, marie | - <, *SoHa announcement to-day that no ‘onorttona would b granted to * ■•' king miners, and that If they did '*' P* '! 10 per cent offer, the atrike 1 and fought out. ' 15 euppoeed that thi* decision wo> 1 '•* 4t a Joint meeting of coal rall ■ fi.lent. and operators, which was 1 ilie I.chlgh Valley o!!l ei in this ' evening. " ILL UK romo TO-DAY. 'lteeled That News of the \dvaner "111 he glade Known. i lelphla, Oc. 5 —To-day's derision •' in hvidunj coal operators lo offer a • cnt. increaa* In wages to th* mine workers Is regarded i! -The anthracite region sa I lie k of the end of tha strike. Near 'hs individual operators maks an • nt to-day of their willingness lo lncreas# and notices to this ef- Ull It Is expactsd. be posted at the * important collieries to-morrow. ‘ hiV * already been potted. It Is 1 thst the few O(.erators who have • •'!T* rr, ‘**® , * ,h * ,r,n, * n,lo hon the sub ,,l,! In lino wtln the others arid ' "a increase. ,0 *>m of tha operators, pu , * l * l *• *old o the miners at tI.U '*■ ■ tl *'' , ad of £.73 aa heietofore charged. tut thta reduction will h# taken Into consideration in figuring th* net 10 per fit ilvance. It 1* the general opinion that a greet majority of the striking tn:ne worker* will be iiihflfd to MCOrpt the offer irxl re turn to work, hut they express dcttrmln* Btim o await the decision of President Mitchell of the United Mine Worker*. bfHKI.U TO Jl)|\ l> Tllh om:H. IndhMnal Operator* U 111 (.rant the Per ( ent. Adrance. Scranton. Pa., Oct. 5.-The individual operator*, at their meeting here thi* aft ernoon. heard ehe report of their commit tee that went to New York on Monday, presumably to ask concession* on freight eatea from the coal-carrying railroads They agreed to join in the offer of i 10 per com. increase in wage* made by the Mg companies On* of thoe present *ays they could not secure any concession*, but they received a hint that if tne> expect conal derat lor. in thl* line they will rand a T*eater ahow of getting it by ceasing their revolt. aiITCHKM* im:\ik* it. Those niargrd With It Did *ot Flan the < tl Miner*' atrlke, Hazleton. Pa.. Oct. S.—President MKrh #ll, when show’ll a dispatch to-day In which an officer of a politico) organisa tion was quoted as saying that the an thracite coal miner*’ strike wai planned by Mr. Johnson of tne National liemo cratlo Committee, the Mayor of Indian apolis and himself at * recent meeting In Indianapolis, said that he was reluc tant to believe that the gentleman quoted had made the charge and stated positive ly that the story was untrue, he weld he lid not know Mr Johnson end had never held a conversation with Mayor Taggart In his life ICCKtCLA I* CHICAGO. Ka-Controller Spoke in Favor of (smlilnatloa of Capital. Chicago. Oct. s—James H. Efekels. cx- Controller of the Treasury, spoke m the Auditorium to-night to an audience that packed the great hall as tightly as It could he packed, hundred* of people being turned away. The meeting was under the auspices of the Pusiness Men's Sound Money Association and embraced men of all parties who oppose the 16 to 1 plank of the Democrasic platform. Mr. Eckels was Introduced by William Davia of Chicago, president of the Amal gamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, who made a short address. The Iron and sleel industries were strongly represented In the meeting. Taking up the trust question. Mr. Eckels said: "There I* no man of any prominence to day standing in defer s of illegal combi nations of capita), whether great or small, formed for the purpose cf throttling ail competition, raising the price of articles of consumption and burdening the jeo ple. Hut their are a vast number who. reccgnixlng the economic soundness in the added volume of business to be obtained through aggregated Capital, property brought together and wisely managed, deny that from such any harm flows to either the consumer, or the laborer. They g* further and assert, with an emphasis not to he mistaken, that far from being harmful, such comb rations are on the contrary productive of most of all to the laboring man "Asa rule labor 1# more steadily em ployed and better paid under corporation having a large invested capital and em ploying many men. than under those hav ing a small capital and a few nvn In such a corporation there Is always an ability and power to adjust the work, which under any circumstances Is large, to the prevailing situation, so (hit at n< time are all the men Idle for any con siderable length of time The wage-ques lion wrlih such Is more easily set thi) and for n longer length of time, for s a rule the manager and the laborer readily te cognixe the beneficial results to hoth co-operation and omblnat|on If combination of capital neither Increase* the price to the consumer nor diminish*** the nunil>er of laborers, nor the amount of wage. It cannot be either ii menace to society or a detriment to the public good. It certainly does not pre sen: such a situation in the country's affairs, as to <Jemand unusual laws or extraor dinary action." Mr Eckel* declared the Issue of Im perialism was* conceived to divert atten tion from the real purposes of the epp** eltlon. saving that Hryan may denotinc* trusts, bus hln acts in office will be 4 n tne interest of silver. lItNM I.AIGIIX Allot T IT. Telia of the Incident nt the lee- Thrnwlng In < hirsgo. Chicago. Oct. A—Senator Hanna made merry to-day over the siorle* about the "attempt ro aesasrlnate" him. He raid: "The facts are a- follows'' After I hid done epeaklng and was sitting down list ening to Con (rest man Mann, a piece of Ice about as big as your closed list struck the corner of the table in front of me and fell to the floor uf the platform 1 paid no attention to It, ihlnhlng someone had upset the water pitcher and the the Ice had fallen out. I looked up and raw a hole in the top of the teni through which the chunk of Ice had ev idently come It could not have been aimed at anyone, as whoever threw It In. could not have seen anyone Inside. "The glories about It weighing live or ten pound* are ridiculous I paid no at tention to the incident t the time and have not thought about It since." - a- i GOT BIT TIIMY.K Jl Itrtlt*. Case of Vonlsey for the Mtirder of Goebel Knrced to Trlnl. Georgetown. Ky.. Oct. 8— When th* cose of Henry Youtsey. charged with be ing a principal In the murder of Oov. Goebel, was called In the Circuit Court m-day, counsel for Ihe defense, moved a fur'her postponement. Tha common wealth Insisted on trial, and the Judit" ordered the regular ponel of Jurymen to be called. Counsel for th* defense then moved that the .lefendiint be discharged, alleg ing the Indictment filed In thi* county was only a copy. This motion was also over ruled. Hut three Jurors were se. ur<d to-day. The regular panel was exhaust ed, and a special venire was ordered. •OITHKnH Mt'lYlf JtKKTISO. Directors Did Aot t sssltlrr a kue resaor for HaatlauCan. New York, Oct. 5.-A meeting of th* directors of tha Southern Pacific It.nl road Company was held in the company's office* her* ro-d*y. Chairman Charles H. Tweed sold that nothing of public Importance transpired et the meeting. h* business being simply routine in char acter. Nothing was said of a successor to the lato Collie P. Huntington as pres ident of tha company. A'lklng at rieofo-i>. Havana. Oct B—The frilled State* rev enue cutter Viking which ran aground early In the week on a key about sixty miles from Batabano, during a tour of Inspection ot the coast by (Jov. Gen Wood, has arrived at Clenfuegos Gen Wood and the members ot his party are walk THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. OCTOBER 0, 1 >OO. WHY MRS. PINKHAM Is Atl> to llolp Sick Women When Doctors Full. Tlnw (jlatlly would wen fly t<a wo man's aid did they but understand a woman's feelinp*. triuls, M-neibilitiaa, end peculiar orpauie disturbances Those thin?* are known only to women and the aid a mun would give ia not at hiit command To treat a case properly it is neces sary to know all about it. and full information, rauuy time*, cannot he given by a woman to her family phy- Mu, ti. U. CUArrtLL aVian. She cannot bring herself to tell everything, and the physieian ia at a constant disadvantage. This ia why, for the past twenty-live years, thousand* of women have been con fiding their troubles to Mrs. I'inkharo. and whose advice has brought happi ness and health to countless women in the United States. Mrs. Chappell, of Grant Park. 111., whose portrait we publish, advise* all suffering women to seek Mrs. Pink- Itarn's udvioe and use Lydia E. Pink ham'*#Vegetable Compound, n.s they cured her of inflammation of the ovaries and womb ; she. therefore, speaks from knowledge, aud 1t experience ought to give others confidence Mrs. Pink ham's address is Lynn. Mass., and her advice is absolutely free. KILI.GO ABOt T COTTON. Ml. A. Mrlntokh flliof (•. V McKinney In Abbrvlllr (‘minty. Columbia, 8. C.. On. 6 -A* PonVHiux, Ablw*vi!le ooiinty, to-day, Blna>ton A Mclntoth that awn of Goorf4 N McKinney had moved wim* cotton In which Mclntosh hod an int**re*t. The el der McKinney declared that he did rot believe It and he would |fo to a mofT- I*trate at McCormick to-morrow, ond if Mclntooh could produce one wi*ne* to support hi* claim he could put the hung er McKinney on the chalngang. • No." *ai.l Mclntosh. "Thi* will settle It better." and thruttltur a pistol to Mc- Kinney'* mouth, pulled the trigger. In hi* death struggle. McKinney seised Mc- Intosh nd would hove Injured him with hi* naked hands, but one of Mclntoth't iN-groes threw him down. Doth men are farmers of prominence Mclntosh killed * neighbor nine year* go and wat ior*kned by Oov. Tillman. IIOIIKIM) t %l *KD A MIR. Iteelarecl That *|>nln aeem* on (he U it) to n Hrvolntlon. Madrid, Oct. s.—Benor Romero y Rohedo. who, in lfcWl. w*i*B mtnlMer of Justice in the cabinet of ihe late Henor Canovaa del CaaHUo. ha* caused a *tlr by n violent speech dealing with the political am! eco nomic situation of Spain. He declared tha. If matter* were to continue long a* they are now. revolution would be inev itable. Although he has always been a stanch of the monarrhta) prin ciple, he hinted that in certain eventual ities he would espouM* the republican cause. He warmly eulogised the "Union Na tional." a widely ramified organisation now agKatlng for drastic administrative leforms and economic* In the public ex penses. REPOIIT OF TIIE HOARD. Ilceontmenrinf Inn* kulimltted Rela tive In Viral V*lnt. Washington. Oct. 5 The board of vh- Iter- to West Point ha* submitted k* re port to the Hecretary of War. The hour* rncommenda that the standard of ad mission be raised, awl that new building* be constructed to acrommodate the in crease in the endat corps. The board think th.at military cadets should receive 1809.£0 per annum instead of present com pensation, ■ i PRIXTI OF TIIF DRV DOCK. Mendter nt Newport linr* Will lie nn Adilltlon to tVie ftervlee. Washington. Oct R —The navy depirt ment h#s receive.! print* >f the new dry dock a* Nem - |K>rt New*. |roje< ted by prl vato parlies, with the statements that ft will he ready to receive vc*.els next spring. This Is one of the Urgent .try dock* in the world, capable of receiving two battleships .*t the same time it I* over 1 '"# feei long. It !m viewed by ihe department as a valuibe adjunct to the service. THI MTV AM) THE Dt KKi. \\ naltttiatini Duke tin* Oirr* the ( allege Another Raleigh. X. C\, Oct. s.—Trinity Col lege. n Methodist institution at Durham. N. C.. was to-do y th© recipient of a gift hf lUih.ooo from Washington Duke, o wealthy cigarette munufacturer. T:ils l ist gift makes altogether half a million •kalians given by Mr. Duke to this college In addition to this, another member of the Duk** family hoe given the college fiohoiM and u library that will cost |lou,- >*jo nowlxing ImilU by J 11. Duke. * commiti:i> Tin; m:\ti;m h •*iesllent Private Miller From n Firing s<|nai. Washington. Oct. S.—Private Frank Mil ler, Company I. Twenty-third United Btates Infantry, was convicted by court martial at Cebu, P. 1., of the charge of criminal assault, and sentenced to "he shot to death with musketry." The cat# having been submitted to the President for his action, he < ommuted the sentence to confinement at hard labor for twenty y* r * ( undentiel (lit- Policy, Cape Town. Oct s—The Presbytery of the Dutch Reformed Church by vote of 23 to 4. (©-day adopted r olu(lon strong ly condemning Great Britain's policy in grtuih Africa- The chairman. Rev. Mr Btalller. in the course of a vigorous speech, declared that ha was only loyal under compulsion and did not care who JtlttW U* The Newest Fall Fabrics In Ready=made Suits You’d scarcely expect to sec the beautiful new stuffs, such as the best merchant tailors are showing, in suits ready-to-wear, would you? You can sec them here. The swell Worsted, Cheviots, and the Koughcr Cheviots in rich dark effects, green, red, blue, grey or white, fine stripes or joint overplaids, or dark blue, Oxford, brown, green or black grounds. $lO, sl2, sls, $16.50, $lB, S2O to $25. Elegantly made, some with the new peak lapel, also without The best fitting, rcadv-made clothing in the world. The latest in style. As near to fine custom work as ready-made can possibly be. Prices lower than for good clothes anywhere else. EXAMPLE Here’s a suit of the new cut English Walking Coat, overplaid effect, or dark bronze-green ground, for sls. Another store says S2O for the same goods, made as near like ours as they can make it. WORSTEDS are the standby for many men. of course, because of their long-lasting qualities, and we have a beautiful line of worsted suits at the above range of prices. Young Men s Suits Are handsomer than ever before, fashion says. Give the youth of 14 to IS the military cut—-coats have broad, high shoulders. Trousers cut shapely and fit. * $5.00 to $20.00 Boys' Suits. School Suits. Shirt Waists and Knee Pants. Suits $2 to S7.SO, Waists 50c to $1 each, Knee Pants 50c and up. Boys’ Caps 20c upward. Men’s Alpines and Derby* $1.50 to $5.00. one P’ 3 ' ll Price i o*l l | f AQ — SAWNNAh'— 1 WO* WON'T JOIN LI HUNG. Continued from First rtiffe. northern armies, to Join LI Huns Chana. have bean eountermatvleil A landing party from the British arm ored cruiser Aurora has occupied Cljlnu Wan Too. An order ha* been sent to Rhamrhsl for th* Immediate delivery of n plant, for the construction of a branch railroad from Tan(fno. on the gulf of Liao Tung, lo Chink Won Tao; also, for the erection of a pier to which ship* may be moored It t expected that the work will bo com plete.) within two month*, thus securtu* facilities for a winter port. The Hermans have demanded posses sion of the railroad between Tien Tsln and Pekin, and th Russians have agree I to let them have It.- The Ciermana will shortly tiegln to repair the portion of the toad between Yang Twin and Pekiu. 1,1 KING FOB -:KI\. The Carl Will Be Aeeompanled by Haeelans and an Keeorf. Tien Tsin. Oct. J. via Bhangbai, Ort. LI Hung Thnng and M PeGlers. the Rue slan minister to China, had a lengthy conference o-*tay. after which It ess an nounced lhat LI Hung Chang would de part for Pekin tn-moriv.w LI Hung Chang will lie a room |>nn led by the Itue *lnn admiral, a Ruaslan general, and nls own bodyguard. Peaceful rondltlona pre vail. The failure of the Russian* to rebuild Ihe rnllwnv to Pekin, te causing talk among the commander* of the restor)tlon of the line to the Kngltsh owners for recon struction atul operation The sick among the American* are being sent to the lion pit tl ablp Maine, which will tail soon for Nagasaki ami Yokohama. MOVKMKNT* OK MILITARY. Intentions of < nmn.andere Regard ing Their Tronpe In I'ekln. Pekin. Ocl. 1. via Tln Tsln. Ocl. 8. via Shanghai. Oct. 4—A email body of Im perial Chinese trooiw api>*ar*d at Pel Tal Chu yesterday. They Informed th* Brit ish garrison that their purpose was lo disperse the Boxer*, ami they were Mid molested by the British. It Is announced that the German* will winter MO> mn tn I’ekln The Biltlsh are reducing their force In pre|Hiratlon for Ihe winter One thousand coOUe* will start for India soon, and the Indian cavalry will probably be withdrawn. The volume of business being dune I* steadily Increasing. especially In Ihe Japanese and American districts. 1)01 IIT- TUB COB HKAPOI*DENT. News From VI nslilogtan Is Dlarrrdll ed Im London. London. Ocl. 6. 4 a. m —The Dally Chronicle publlehe* the following elate mem by It* Washington correspondent: "The United Stale* government ha* proposed to the Power* to Insist that Prince Tuan be beheaded, that ihe Km peror be Induced lo go lo Pekin lo form a government of Progressive* under Ihe support of Kuropean bayonet*, anil that the Kmpreea Dowager be depoaed " Kven ine Dally Chronicle admit* that It And* considerable difficulty In believing title report. KtDR A FATAL HIST IKK. ' t Russians nml French Took Cnrh Ollier for Hovers. Rom*. Ort. s.—The Trthuna publishes a dispatch frem Taku. date I Ocl. 4. which, after c nflrmlng carllar raports of the brtlllant behavior of th# Bersaglierl (the Italltn fore# of 3<v>> in the Hhan Hal Kwan forts, says that a mistake orcurrei between the Russians and th© French, who fired upon each other In th# b#ll#f lhat th#y br#r# assailing the (lox#rs. an ) th.it several were killed and wounded on each tide. RtMIA AMl'.liTt. I* oposn Im In son Hnelow'a \(r of Ocl. I !lne Been Accepleila Berlin, Oct k—The loUoning dif>atvh from 8t Petersburg has been s#m4-ofTl - Issued here: "Th# Russian aovernment assents to the prn|)ostlh in Count von Buelow's not© of Ocl. 1. I M DeGlrrs (the Iturrlan min ister at Pekin) has been Instructed In that •©nsc." MOTE U KIX IIK( FI V KD. (•erninn OfVlf*inl h%e VNierr* Were Plen-ed Will. It. Berlin. Oct. 21 —A high official of the foreign office to-day asserted that the sec ond German note had met with a warm reception everywhere "Th© Chin##** cjuention," said he. "will now make more rapid progresa toward solution so for ns the powder* are con < ertied. All. however, depends on th© at titude of th© t'htnesc government." Now that Germany has accepted the Chi nese Intlativ© In the meting out of ishment. the opinion !* expressed here that this offers a prosjie-t of more effective vengeanc#. Inasmuch as the Chines# know th# guilty pan leu bettei than th© foreign mlnl*t#r* could and will he Incline! to im pos© more severe penalties than the Eu ropean conscience would tolerate Frcm Its correspondent at Hhangh.it the Dokal Anxelgcr has received a dispatch saying that Count ven Walderaee has begun systematically to clear the country I*©tween Tien Tsln nnd Pekin of Boxers Dl Hung Chang, according to th# Mime authority. Isft Tien Ts.n under Russian escort, deeply depressed because Wal dersee refused to receive h‘m WAVE OF POHf If (I*l MIII.ItV Clever Thieves Roh While Fnmlllea Are ( lose ret Hand. From (he Chicago Chronicle "When you go out of your house for the evfntng leave the *a* burning In some of the ro m ©ay* Inspect -r "Jack" Shea "When a house Is all dark IWore 9 or 10 o'clock It's too much of a hunch to porch climbers that nobody Is at home *• Of course the re |pe r>f the veteran thief catcher I* not an !n'ali|l le preventive of robbery, many a house has been ran sacked while iti*- whole family was at din ner downstairs, but It may help some ft tnkes a b Id thief p prv open a window anl ©lip Into a house whl< h h© thinks Is U ranted, ind porch climbers are i>ot hold They are cow irdi.v sneaks, a* a rul© It taket a hold and desperate thief to hold up a pedesirlan, ret knowing but he may be a po Ice cflfcer heavily rme.| and readv for trouble. But It d©e* require much courage to climb tip on a he| under rover of darkness, softly mis© a window and slip into a room The "porch climber." as he has come to le known. doe not tak# many chances, when everything 1* con sidered lie always leave© an avenu# of escape op#n behind him and flees at the slightest alarm If Is only on exceptional occasions that he ge's irto when he chances to encounter someone brava rrough to kop his nerve and attack the Intruder. If any man want* io know how easy It I to r h . house under s m© clrcum tan- p* let him try It In hls own house or flat som<- night. The exi*ritmnt Is not attended with danger and may lead to better pro tectlon fr* m In'ruder*. In ©core* and hun dreds of houses th outer door* ar© left unloeked-pe h >p f< T lumeoiie Who is ex pected home who doe* not carry a key; l>rrhap* by some carelec© person who falls to turn th© key after entering I*©t the man of the house. Instead of stamping aw the front steps as usual, approach the iioor softly and open it \*t\ gently. lll fimlly may Ik- In the iitnlng-ro>m or library, the hired girl In the kitchen. No one has heard the door open, at*! there fore no one suspect* hi- presanea. Let him steal softly up ihe stairs and if. as Is usually tha case, no one is a hove stairs In the chambers early In the evening the rooms and their contents a*e at hi* mercy. He can gather up watches, rings or what ever else is utwill and handy, and. thrust ing them Into hi* pockets, slip down stairs again as sMtly as before. Perhaps some • ne la playing the piano In the parlor. That muffle* any slight noise he may make—even a loud conversation will do that— acid re will probably find he can make his exit a- ©sily as he cam© Ir. After that he will not wonder how "porch c'lmbt r*" so easily escap* detection, either from the out-lde or from those In a house. Of corns' rhe title conferred upon this class of thieves by the poilca reporters is u good deal of misnomer, since they do not always climb porch pillar* to reach se- ond-story window* Rut It Is used to distinguish them from the burglars who pry open hack doors or slip window fasten ings in th© dead of the night and pursue their calling* by th© light of a hull s-eya lantern Th© porch climber must have thing easier of a©e#s* before he will taka a rhino© lie does r.oi like to sneak through l ack yardt and use a "Jlmmv" on a door or window un ess he |* forced to do so. Hls spe. laity Is robbing bouses In the • ir|y evening hours #hen the family Is either at dinner or absent tr<m th# house The preside# of half a rbvxen people In a houoe doe* n>t bother the porch climber partb ularh . Of oouts# If he finds a hous# closed and dark with no one "at home" h# plays In big luck, for then he is almost rirtain not to h disturbed unless soma inquisitive neighbor should spy him an4| give the alarm Th© style of 4'ottages known g©n©rally a* "Queen Ann©." which # so popular In fashlon-tble res'd©nr© neighborhoisi*. of fers exceptional opportunities for th© porch climbers Nearly all of them are built with mile v'r.ifiJa*. ihe toofs of whl h are directly below the second -story windows The ornamental work on lh© pillars or supi orts gives an active young fellow a good foothold to climb tip to the rcof and th# shadows of lh# tree© which penally line ihe streets shelter him from observation A eonf©d*rate usually takes a stand In some dark corner from which he ©an give ihe climber the alarm If any unforeseen Interruption occur*. One# on th© roof the rest Is easy. The thief can cautiously peer into th© room and dis cover If It Is vacant. The windows ara usually fastened, but even If they or© sup lo*©dly sreur** fh©re nr# many ways of opening wind w' eatgh©* from the outstd# If a map nas ihtn-oiaoe ca egnir© ;© n ‘iy raising the *a*h h* stp© inside and five minutes later his travirsed th# rooms, gn hered everything of value, tossed the clothing or other large articles to hls "pal" on th© ground and mad© hl eac|e If he hears a footstep approaching In th# h.u © I e i a* hut to hurry to the oj #n win d*w and climb out I sually he la safe from interruption If the family Is at din ner. for It I* seldtm anyone goes upstairs during that imporant hour The closed and darkened house, howevar. Is ili© most enticing to the porch climber. Hornetimes a house |s wretched for a night or two that the else of th# family, thw number of men and their usual move ments may b© learned Perhaps th© watch ful picket Bees the f.imtly krevli gin body to attend the Iheater. A few minutea later th# hired grl Is sure to Slip out to make a * a I or go to a dance, rend then the coast la clear fi#r two cr thre# hours at leaat. Of course, there ! alwuya a hatwe of in terruption A neighbor may notice moving figure* around the house or a policeman stroll by If n© do©* not |t Is not his fault. A patroimren with a beat a mile or so in length cannot be everywhere at one© and it la. of course, th# m#r©#t chance that he ebouid hnpi'en o puss a house in which a burglary #s- going forward Even then. |f tne thieves were quiet nhoui thtlr work, the chances .ne decidedly against their he- Ing discovered. There is nothing in a closed and daraened house to attract an officer's attentmfl ,ind he might pass by serenely uni<oi*clous that hls movements were le- Ing wach©d from i#hlnd th© shade* by a pair of burglar* Porch climbing is com preralively easy. A south •‘ld© man resUilng In s Mg apart ment kous© has m scheme which go©* In *l e tor Ph©a's advice oite better He has been robbed two or three times In the past y*ats and finally grew tired of It and set about devising som© mean* of warding off th© robber* which would not necessi tate tximeone remaining in the flat every # ven'ng Not only does h© leave th© gas lighted, but Ip* has purchased a iiono grnpb which taiks in a 1 >ud and resonant tone for a tlm© and then throws out a few (©marks In a d©p©r voire. a compart t#l b . much lo tighter The "record * Is that of a omv rsatlon between two men ar.d was mad© to ord r Th© IDtener out sida the of the flat would swear two U.gra burly m©n wer# in the mom. and. aa tlte ccnvereation Is a long one relative to the ©as© with which one of ta© men threw two other men downstair* a few nights b'fot©. I* Is calruiatod to mak© a burglar pause tnd reflect. A m*ga.honi* horn Is sttached to the machine, which Increases the volume of the voices, and when th# owner of the device wishes to take hls w|f> to the thea.er he sats the "repeat" switch, which will reproduce the convemretion as long as th© battery lasts turns on the machine and goes blithely away He has not been robbed tine© he iisStalted the device. —Mrs Edith Wharion. the novelist, writes tn the morning of six days a week anil produce* only about MO word* gi a •Jttiaft RE HUE OF DIIIEmO*. flood Shot* With fb# tan and Pistol W If bout Righting. Frem the New Orleans Times. Democrat. "Yes, I've heard a good many storied about 'hip shooting.* ** said a veteran hunter of thla city, "but I n#ver saw hug one nrvnn who professed to be ah|# to do the trick ll© was a physician named Webster, who cams from some where near Charleston. 8 C. I hunted with him twice, at Asheville, and on each occasion he gave remarkable exhibitions of hls skill, lie used an old-fashioned Par ker breech-loader. )2-hre. and when ho shot fmm the hip he grasped the stock Just behind th© Immmer with hls right hand, and held th* barrel firmly in his left som# eight or nine inch#* below tha rausxh The flat of the stock was pi©g£g .•gainst hls right side at the top of th# hip bon© and a little to tha front, so ha did not face th# object he shot at, but had It quartering on hi* loft I am aura shout these details becauo© I wretchol him lrtlcularly. "The first thing I saw him knock over w.is re rabbit, which was loping across a plowed field He steadied the gun for on Instant, with a gesture that remind'd ma somehow of a man holding a Mills id ©uo. and then biased a*ty. The rabbit drop ped Afterward I saw him shoot a lark on th© wing and two other bird* silting. He afterward missed a couple of wing shot*, but I saw enough ty ©onvtn-e ma thai ther© was no accident about hls first work. Me didn't |r©t©n4l to shoot as well from th© hip as frorfl the shoulder, and ad mitted frankly that h# couldn't bring down dlflb ult game, such, for Inalanco. as anl|©. 'I ran hit at amt three out of five,’ he aakl, ‘when I pick my own con ditions,' and I believe ha could do even bsttsr. "When I asked him how he did H ha laughed 'There Is no mystery' about hip •hooting.' he said, ‘and it t# a great mya taka to suppose it ne©aary to look over the sights in order to hit things. How doe* an archer bi mg down flying birds? ll© doesn't look along th© arrow; ha shoots by sens© of direction, and I do tha same thing with a gun. It Isn't every body who pose©**©* this sense of direc tion.' he added, 'bur those who ha vs It— perhaps on© out of three—can learn hip shooting without difficulty.' "I believe th©r© Is a good deal In tha •*©ne-of-dlre. tlon' theory," said another sportsman In the group. "I lived In tha West five or six years, and I know for <i certainty that nearly all of the best off hand pistol shots among the cowboys fired without aiming- 1 mean without sighting In the usual manner along the barrel They woud look St the target In stead of th© weapon, and would generally give their pistol a slight forward thrust before pulling the trigger It was don# on lh# inatant. ami those who were clever at It could be fairly confident of hitting a mark th# sloe of a man's hat at. say. fifty piiSt. None of them claimed to be able to shoot as accurately that way as h# could by sighting, but It was a pratty trick, all the tame, and very valuable lo a sudden melee. "One of the best offh.ind shots 1 ever knew was a cow puncher named Bill Italney. He attributed hls skill to the lUMi of laying hls index Anger along the barrel of hi# wix-shootar. 'I don't p’lnt the gun.' he said; 'I Just p'tnt my finger and th©r l#i her go Gallagher!’ Thee© we* probably more in that practice than Bill himself suspected. We are accustom ed from Infancy to pointing at things we desire to Indicate, and no doubt uncon sciously cultivate tha very oenae of dlroc tion of whl h you w©r© .*j*- n king a few moments ago. I have oven Rainey knock over an oyter can five time* out of tlx at a distance of over fifty feet, without doing a particle of sighting, and firing al most as quickly as ha could pull the trig ger. On# of hi# p©t tricks was to whaeJ and Hr©, and th# accuracy with which he could pMnt a bullet while hla body wit still turning was marvelous. One thing 1 noticed tn particular In regard to shoot ing without tiklng aim along the barrel was that It must be don© vary quickly or the bullet Is aimoat certain to fly wld© of Its mark If there is any hesitation or attempt to calculate th# direction U Is safe lo wager on a miss The cowboy# whe were most expert at this style • em©<l tc find their target by a sort of Instinct, an.! pulled the trigger tha moment the arm was fully extended. Aside from Bill Rain ey and his Index finger theory. I never en countered anybody who was able to throw any light on the performance When questioned, th# cow punchers would look bewildered and say there was a 'kind oi knack about It,* and beyond that wart evidently at tea themselves-** 5