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Two Bards. A bard who wrote in staves Once made a heathen hymn. It hod this stern refrain, And moved as though in pain, “The undorthouarht of graves * Makes the sea grim." A south-land singer sung With happy heart and free; The living, not the dead, lie dealt with, and he said, “The world is glad and young, And good to me." Ami ever since mankind Is shuttled back and forth Between these singers twain Of glad and sad refrain : The south-land warm and kind, The bitter north. —[Richard K. Burton, in Harper’s Weekly. DETECTING A ROGUE. BY LAWRENCE LESLIE. One of the cleverest feats in tho de¬ tection, pursuit and capture of crimi¬ nals that has been developed for years was performed by an officer of the New York detective police force some years since. About that time the officers of tho City Bank of Ncav York discovered that they had been swindled out of $75,000 by means of a forged chock for (hat amount, purported to liavo been drawn by Commodore Yander. bilt. Nearly a month passed before •the fraud Avas discovered, and in the meantime several other checks for large amounts, drawn by the same party, had been honored; so it was almost impossible for any of tho bank officials to remember Avitli satisfactory distinctness any of the circumstances connected with the payment of tlie fraudulent document. IIoAvevcr, it was placed in the hands of a shrewd detective, and he Avent to work to find a cIcav and trace out the mystery. The officer’s first suspicion was that some of the clerks of the banks bad been in collusion Avith tlie forger, and doubtless shared the profits of liis crime. After two weeks’ scrutiny of the character, habits and associations of the various clerks, that theory was abandoned, and it only remained for him to gather from them, if possible, some clew, however slight, of the bold operator. His first inquiry Ayas if any otfO, ^ HVtl*e habit of presenting •checks, had been doing so within the past month. Only tAVo of the clerks bad any memory on the subject, and theirs was of the most shadoAvy and unsatisfactory character. One remem¬ bered seeing a stout, elderly man driving a strikingly beautiful black horse and fine carriage up to the hank, enter the office, and transact some bus¬ iness, lie know not what, and depart, since which he had not seen him." The other clerk, after a thorough examination, and a multitude of questions put to assist or quicken his memory, at last concluded that he did recollect a strange man, avIio entered the bank one day about the time the forged check was presented, and had a draft cashed for a large amount. A peculiarity in the man’s neck-tie at¬ tracted his attention, and he looked him full in the face, and retained a vivid recollection of every feature. He was an amateur artist, and especi¬ ally expert in pen-drawing. Taking a sheet of paper and an old pen which was lying upon tiro desk, lie quickly produced a portrait, Avliicli Ire , de¬ clared to bo a good likeness of tho man he suspected. The officer did not look upon these clews, if such they might be called, as promising much hope of success, He first exhibited the drawing to the clerk Avho had seen tiro suspected rogue drive up with tho line black horse, and he confidently identified it. Hero at last Avas some encourage¬ ment. The first attempt was to traco the horse and carriage, and discover who owned or Avho had hired such a rig. The effort was unsuccessful'; tlie officer, lroAvever, was convinced that the mau, whoever he might bo, was an admirer of fast and stylish horses, and he therefore commenced a search among the establishments devoted to tho stabling and sale of such animals, hoping that he Avould find some one who could identify the parties. After going to nearly all such es¬ tablishments, exhibiting the portrait, he came upon a man who recognized in the drawing one William Living¬ ston, Avhom he had known a year or two, but who had disappeared within tho past month, after paying up some old debts and buying one or two fancy horses. Further inquiry brought out the fact that Livingston was in very straightened circumstances but a few months previously, and how ho could honestly obtain the means to pay his oid debts and gratify his love for horseflesh was not so clear, and gave fresh encouragement to the persever¬ ing detective. To follow Livingston wes necessary, but how could he be traced? Ho had disappeared, and no one knew when or whither. “\Vhat, then was to be done? Should tho trail be abandoned and the case given up as one of the mysteries that baffled solution? Never, said (he indefatigable officer, and he went to work with desperate energy to unravel the tangled skein. lie linally reached the following conclusions: The perpetrator of the forgery was Livingston; lie was a good deal of a liorse-fancier, and would doubtless spend a considerable portion of his dishonest gains in the purchase of fine stock; and, further, that the stock would bo purchased in New York, as that market promised a better selection, and tho criminal con¬ sidered himself entirely safe from de¬ tection. The first step, therefore, was to learn if any one had recently made any extensive purchases of such stock, and if so, to run them down and see who they were. For weeks the search was without reward, but at last the case brightened. A man was found, of whom several horses had been purchased by a man much resembling Livingston, but here giving the name of Peek. The horses were shipped to Buffalo, whither “Mr. Peck” stated that he Avas going. Here was a long-sought clow, and the officer lost no time in visiting Buffalo, to learn further of Mr. Peck’s present abode. Another disappoint¬ ment met him here. The freight books showed that the horses had beeii received two or three months pre¬ viously and taken away, but nothing further Avas known concerning them or Mr. Peck. Nothing daunted, however, the in¬ quiry was pursued, and finally the horses Avere traced to a stable, but Avere now owned by a Mr. Welch. Several other animals Avere purchased, and the whole then shipped to Chi¬ cago. From the description, the officer Avas convinced that Livingston, Peck and Welch Avere one and the same person, and the pursuit began to wax interesting. Arriving at Chicago, he found that the horses had been taken away, but the most careful inquiry revealed nothing more. As they had not been reshipped, the officer concluded they had been driven into the country. There Avere some mares among the stock, and he concluded that the party, wlioeA r er lie was, designed to open a stock farm. Finding all other attempts to trace the horses vain, he attempted to learn if any farm suitable for such a purpose had been purchased recently, and if so, by Avhom. At one of the real estate agencies lie found that a man from the East,named "William Livingston, had been looking for such a place, and had finally pur¬ chased one, but where was not known, certainly not in Cook County, as an examination of the records proved; but the officer reasoned that it could not be far from Chicago, as the stock was apparently driven instead of being If, reasoned the officer, Livingston, who was without doubt the criminal, lias purchased a farm of this charac¬ ter, he must buy a large quantity of tools, harness, saddles, Avagons, and like goods for its use. A careful search among dealers in those articles revealed the fact that a liberal quanti¬ ty of such goods had recently been bought by a Mr. William Livingston, and sent to Du Page County, about forty miles from Chicago, where he had bought four small farms and con¬ solidated them into one handsome stock farm. Believing detection im¬ possible after the lapse of so long a time, he had boldly taken his own name, and, though almost within the clutch of the officer of justice, was yet entirely unconscious of his danger. The game Avas found—now for its capture. Taking four or five police officers from Chicago, all in citizens’ clothes, the party went out to the farm, and inquired for William Livingtou. The “elderly, short, stout gentleman,” who had figured so conspicuously in the officer’s search, appeared, and tho correctness of the pen and ink sketch impressed tho officer as remarkable. The party represented themselves as from Chicago, Avho, having heard of his farm, and come down to see for themselves, and perhaps purchase some of his choice slock. They Avere cordially received, Hos¬ pitably entertained, sIioavh over the place, and finally dined and Avined in the spacious mansion, On rising from the table the New York officer remarked: “Well, Mr. Livingston, do you like this place and this quiet life as well as life in New York.” The man Avas startled,looked sharply at the officer and answered: “Wlmt do you mean? I was never in Ncav York in all my life.” i i Weil, then,” retorted flic officer, “you Avill lmvo an excellent opportu¬ nity to go there. William Livingston, I arrest you!" Livingston turned as pale as a ghost, and gasped out: ‘What for!” “For the forgery of a check on the City Bank of New York for $75,000,” replied tho officer, draAving a pair of handcuffs from his pocket, and ad¬ vancing toward him. “Stop, sir!” exclaimed the culprit. “Stop, sir! This is an outrage," and he glanced around tliQ room for some weapon Avith which he could defend himself. lie was quickly surrounded, however, and the irons fastened upon him. For a time he raged furiously, mak¬ ing fearful threats against his captors; but the storm soon spent itself, and he was able to talk over the matter calm¬ ly. lie represented that a relative, Avho had recently died, had left him a considerable sum of money, Avith Avliicli he had purchased the farm and stock. On searching him, however, a roll of bills amounting to $10,000 was found in an inner pocket, many of them being entirely neAV, and on the City Bank—the very notes which had been paid out on the fraudulent check some months before. After this dis coveryhe was more quiet, and will¬ ingly accompanied his captor to New York. The cash found on his person, the farm and stock were taken possession of by the victimized bank, and man¬ aged so judiciously that more than $65,000 was realized, leaving the bank a sufferer for less than $10,000. Livingston Avas soon after brought to trial, convicted, and escaped Avith a sentence of four years and a half. Al the expiration of his sentence he went West, and Avhen last heard from Avas opening a small stock farm in Iowa. The case in all its phases ranks among the most curious and interest¬ ing in criminal annals. The slight clew so perseveringly followed, tho little incidents Avhich pointed so uner¬ ringly toward the culprit, and the sa¬ gacity Avith which all these little hints Avere followed to the end, places the detective art among the most notable and useful of the sciences.—[New York Weekly. A Maltese Dog. A rival to the Maltese cat is the Maltese dog, an irresistible bit of canine beauty Avliicli comes straight from the Paris kennels, liis mistress, a Washington belle, Avho lias but just returned from abroad, considers him the most val uable prize she has secured during her wanderings. He has been dubbed Marquis, and is thoroughly French from the top of liis curly Avhite head to the tip of liis snOAvy tail. Spoken to in French ho becomes a most obedient dog, but liis knowledge of English is at present very limited.— [New Orleans Picayune. Kept His Appointment. Mrs. Blifkins (time, midnight) — Horrors! husband! husband! I hear some one burrowing through the Avail I Mr. Blifkins—Well! well I It must be that book agent. I knew we’d all be in bed by 11 o’clock and I told him to call at half-past.—[GoodNeAvs. Vegetable Diet. Jones—That’s all nonsense about eating m#at being injurious to health. My ancestors for hundreds of years ate meat. Vegetarian—Yes, and where are they now? Dead, ain’t they?—[Texas Siftings. Items ol Interest. Last year there was spent in this couutry, for tea, the sum of $50,000,000; for coffee. $122,500,000; and for malt and spirituous beverages, $000,000,000. Stale pits in railroad restaurants have long Recognizing been disseminators member of dispepsia. the this jact, a of Missouri Legislature has introduced a measure compelling bakers to date their pies. A Tim ee-year-old corpse is carried around the country in a zinc-lined case Chicago drummer, and shown to undertakers as an evidence of the excel lent quality of the embalming fluid used to | reserve it, of which he is the agent, Temptation for desperadoes exists in the secret hoards of Avcaith in India. An Allahabad paper estimates that coin and gems to the value of $1,850,000,000 are locked up in ihat country. In Amritsar City alone there are hidden jewels worth $ 10 , 000 , 000 . The hatching of alligator’s eggs in an incubator is a new industry in Florida. villages SJfiT little negroes in the arc poking in the sandbanks all day long getting eggs for the artificial hatchers. Boston is the only city in the world which preserves an exact record of the proceedings of its common council, Evcry motion, argument and remark, no matter how unimportant, is stenographi cally taken down. The members are therefore very careful in their utterances, A Bkahama hen on a farm in Cecil county, Maryland, belonging to Wm. I), Summers, of Philadelphia, lately sur prised its oAvner. It laid a dark-brown egg which measures seven audthree-quar ter inches in its long diameter, and six and a hall inches in its short diameter. Drunkenness is the failing of tbe Hercules beetle, a South American insect. It sometimes attains a growth of six inches in length. It is said that it rasps the bark from the slender branches of the mamma! tree until the juice flow’s. This it drinks until it drops to the ground in¬ toxicated. In Holland there is an original way of collecting taxes. If the taxpayer omits to promptly him, pay after notice has been good sent appetites to two soldiers /possessed of are sent to his home, to be there lodged and maintained at the expense of the delinquent, until he rushes doAVn to the tax-office and settles. John Schiumsuer, of Emporia, Neb., weighs 145 pounds, and his Avife weighs 404 pounds. She is thirty-one years old, and is still gaining flesh. Her father weighs over 500 pounds, and her mother tips the beam at 410. She has a sister, twenty- seven years old, who Aveighs 460 pounds, and she has four brothers whose combined weight is over 1,500 pounds. Electricity is employed in a Berlin cafe to boil coffee. A platinum wire passes in spiral form through several glass jars, the electrical current quickly raising the water contained to boiling point, and the coffee is thus prepared in the view of any one in the room. 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