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SUNDAY MORNING.
THE BOLDEST OF ALL
THIEVES ARE THE “YEGGS.”
A CLASS OF CRIMINALS ABOUT WHOM
—wm—.'-q LITTLE IS KNOWN,
They loot Country PostoSccs, Railroad Stations and
Btores-~Sudden Appoaranoos and Disappearances.
OBBERIES by the
' 1 class of criminals
known as ‘•yeggs’’
li bare been compara-
M tively few about New
I \ York City. The
“yeggs” flourish in
JI the southern and
western parts of the
State and in the country districts of
all the other States, especially those in
the South.
The safe blowing and robbery by
“yeggs” at Port Chester last week in
dicates to those who kuow the habits
of this queer class of criminals that a
band are working this way. It is on
the cards for them to be heard from
soon in New Jersey or down on Long
Island, although in the past the
“yeggs” have bothered Long Island
very little.
The men whose business it is to know
all about criminals, their ways and
the peculiar marks by which their
work may be told, have had a hard
time in studying the “yeggs.” One
reason is that the “yeggs” are a com
paratively new class.
It is only within ten years that they
have become known in this region.
If they were known previously in other
parts of tlie country detectives here
never heard of if.
Very little of their origin Is known,
but that they have a more complete
organization than even the common
American tramp is well established.
Their work is all of one class. They
loot country postoflices raid railroad
stations, country stores and occasion
ally, but not often, a country residence.
They use dynamite in blowing open
safes always, and they depend upon
the terror that their boldness spreads
over a neighborhood for their success.
Some of tlie raids that they have made
right in this State are unequalled for
boldness by anything ever done by the
stage robbers of yellow fiction.
The “yeggs” are really tramp crim
inals. They must not be confused with
the country road tramp who loots
kitchens and hen roosts, because they
do not belong Jo that class at all and
hold such petty criminals in great
contempt.
The “yeggs” arc bright, clover
thieves, who dress well and plan all
their operations with care. Their chief
characteristic is their utter fearlees
r.ess.
When they mark a place for a raid,
they don’t sneak up to it, throw out
guards and use other precautions.
They just march up with their imple
ments, break open as many doors as
may be necessary, charge the safe
with dynamite and touch it oik, Then
they take what they want from '‘lie in
terior and disappear.
If any one interrupts them they
shoot at him. Almost invariably a
fusillade follows any attempt to inter
fere with “yeggs,” and this evident
willingness to shoot recklessly always
lias the effect < f keeping people off.
It must be remembered that the
“yeggs” work almost exclusively in
country places where there is no or
ganized police force to interfere with
them.
Some folks think the “yeggs” are
gypsies, but they certainly don’t show
any signs of belonging to that race.
They don’t camp out anywhere and
they are seen very little on the road.
What road traveling they do is done
by night, as it is a part of their busi
ness to keep their movements secret.
Occasionally “yeggs” arc caught.
Then they are found to be men of un
usual They are of all
nationalities, and seem to come from
so many different walks of life th.rt the
notion that they are a class like thli
gypsies is exploded.
It is the organization of the “yeggs”
which excites the admiration of men
who have seen something of if. They
have ways of comimmicatin Avith one
another that are mysterious and ef
fective. They will sweep down on a
country postoffice, blow open the safe,
shoot several people and then get away
with the loot without leaving the
slightest, trace of their movements.
They haven’t been seen coming in,
and they haven’t been noticed going
out. A. general alarm sent out over the
surrounding country never seems to (
result in catching the participants in
any of these raids. They seem to melt
away.
A remarkable instance of this oc
curred last summer in a small town
in Southern New York. A gang of
about thirty “yeggs” descended on the
place. Instead of robbing stores they
carried out a carefully planned raid on
the residence district. This town has
a uniformed police force of some thirty
men, but despite this the “yeggs”
marched in, went into hopses without
bothering to find out whether any one
was. home or not, took what they
wanted, shot at any one who objected
and at some who didn’t and then went
away. They walked through the main
streets of the place with their loot,
fired shots in the air and so terrified the
local police that the latter did not dare
to interfere.
The next night they came around
again and went through the same per
formance. The third night they did it
again. On the three nights they got
away with about SIO,OOO worth of sil
ver and jewelry, and not one was ar
rested.
The “yeggs” fired about 300 shots
during this time and never injured a
person. They probably never meant
to. Their object in shooting so much
and so freely was to create terror, and
they succeeded.
Alarms for these marauders were
i sent far and wide, but not one of them
was ever captured. Where they
stayed during the daytime on this par
ticular raid no one ever found out,
although it must have been somewhere
inside or just outside of the town.
And what is more mysterious is what
they did with their loot. They never
could have got away with all they took
from this town themselves. They must
have had some way of shipping it.
Detectives say that the "yeggs” ship
everything they steal right into New
York by express. At this end it. Is
handled by a fence, and they get their
share when they return at the end of
a trip.
“Y'cggs” will be hoard of in one place
and next heard of 200 or 300 miles
away. All of their movements arc
mysterious and the fact that they are
rarely arrested proves their wisdom in
this respect.
Some detectives profess to believe
that the routes of the “yeggs” are all
mapped out for them before they take
to the road. The date of each raid
is ns carefully scheduled as a National
League hall game, they believe.
This may or may not be so. Only
the “yeggs” can tell that, and “yeggs”
take their medicine without sayiug
anything when arrested.
Hundreds of “yeggs” live in tlie
Bowery lodging houses in this city
during the winter, it is thought. They
prefer these places because they arc
safer there and are among companion!,
of the under world.
They are well equipped with money
and enjoy life. They stand by <,;n>
another, too, as is shown when a
“yegg” is occasionally arrested. Money
for his defense, if a defense is worth
making, is always forthcoming.—Netv
York Sun.
Plural Names of I'Miblc Fish.
A few days ago 1 was asked by a
foreigner, “Why do you say ‘two her
rings’ and ‘two soles’ and not ‘two
cods’ and ‘two salmons:’” I do net
think my answer was very satisfac
tory, but the question suggested the
thought that there are several cases In
which it would be difficult to say
whether there is anything like a con
sensus of opinion as to whether a plu
ral form cf the name cf a fish is ad
missible. Wc all speak cf soles, her
rings. sprats, lampreys and anchovies,
the singular form never, 1 believe,
doing g<jg,ice for the plural. No one,
1 think, says mackerels, cods, salmons,
trouts, breams, shads, carps, plaices,
Ilasses, barbels. Sturgeon, perch, mul
let, pike, turbot, tunny and skate have
not unusually the plural form in “s.”
Fishermen and fishmongers are in
clined to avoid the plural ?orm in some
Instances where it is employed by the i
majority of educated people. In some I
cases there Is considerable uncertain- j
ty. This l have ascertained hy means j
of a fair number of tests. Among them I
are carps, shads, tenches. Compilers I
of English grammars, so far as my ex- i
pcrience goes, in treating cf plural I
forms of nouns make no note of the !
names cf fish which do not vary in j
the plural.—Notes and Queries.
tonic- in Dangerous Situation.
George Carroll Curtis, a Boston sei- j
elitist who has just returned after ex
tended observations in the volcanic re
a ions of the West Indies, visited Venice !
some years ago, aud is well acquainted I
with the geological formation and his
tory of that region. lie suggests that i
the shifting of the sands upon which ;
Venetian buildings rest may have !
caused the recent fall cf the Campa- \
nile. He says: “The city of Venice ;
is built in a great lagoon, and what j
land there is for the erection of build
ings- is sand bars. These are soaked
with water at high tide and laid hare
at low tide. When uncovered, they
dry, and the sand shifts like that in ;
any sand bar. The shifting of the top !
caused changes in the lower part. It j
would not be at all strange if this shift- :
lug process had attacked the land un
der the Campanile and displaced some
of the piles. A slight displacement of
she foundation would cause the struc
ture to crack. In rny opinion a gradual j
lowering of the whole country would j
not overthrow any building. Every
thing would be lowered Imperceptibly
and equally, and there would be no
jar to overthrow a building.”—New
York Post.
A Suillax Invasion. %
But a few years ago only Ameri
cans eared for smilax, now, says the |
Journal of Greengrocery, it is omnipo
tent in England. Its cultivation is i
upon a very large scale. Whole houses, j
nay, whole ranges of houses, are de
voted to it. The rows of sinilax re- j
semble green walls, straight and even, j
Flowers may be more beautiful to the j
eye, but thes? upright wails of delight
ful green and glossy foliage are exceed
ingly pleasing, aud they are not so
transitory In their character as flowers.
They are more profitable, too, and j
every trail grown may be accounted as !
at present prices worth from 3d. to j
•Id-, and seldom falls below 2%d. From |
a house 250 feet in length by thirty j
feet planted with smiiax an annual |
crop has been taken of the grtts value {
of £45.
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CARE OF MATTRESSES.
Very few people take proper care
of mattresses. In France and Ger
many, they are remade every spring;
and the mattressmaker is a regular
institution in Ihe country. In how
many houses in America is this done?
It is considered too expensive to send
them to shops, so they remain in the
same condition for years, perhaps, and
we get so used to lumpy beds that we
accept them as one of the necessary
evils of life.
But if we cannot afford to have
them remade every year, wo can at
least take every pains to keep them
fresh. As soon as a mattress is made,
it should be enclosed in a cover ot
unbleached sheeting. This will pro
tect it from dust, and the sheeting
should be removed and washed at least
once a year. Whenever a room is not
likely to be used for some lime, the
mattress should be lifted from the
bedstead, so that the air ran reach
it on all side3. It seriously injures a
good hair mattress to keep it for long
without a proper airing, and every
mattress in regular use should be
turned at least once a week. —Chicago
Record-Herald.
LAUNDERING LACE CURTAINS.
When the lace curtains need laun
dering, take them down and shake
them, to remove the dust. Heat the
water until it is as hot as you can
bear your hands in, dissolve a little
borax in it, and enough good soap to
make a strong suds. Put the curtains
in it, let them soak ten or fifteen
minutes, then wash with as little rub
bing a3 possible to get I hem clean.
Rinse through two clear waters and
dip in very thin boiled starch, which
should he slightly nine if you wish
them to be a clear white. If an ecru
tint is desired, add a little clear cof
fee. Saffron tea gives them a creamy
tint. Do not hang them on the line
to dry. Spread two or three sheets
on a doer that is not used constantly,
holding them in place by pinning
them to the carpet. Spread the cur
tains on these, stretching them
smoothly and pinning each scallop in
place. Open the windows so they will
dry quickly. They will not need iron
ing.
TO CLEAN NICKEL PLATE.
To clean the nickel plate of t.he bath
room a mixture of washing soda and
ammonia may bo used for the cleaning
part, with a little thin whiting paste
when it comes to the polishing. These
fitments are easily kept clean and
bright if treated once a v/eck, but
the surface once thoroughly clouded
through neglect it will take many re
peated rubbings to restore the original
polish and brightness.
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It is wiser in the long run not to bor
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Burrowing For Food.
New Yorkers are more and more
burrowing for food; that is, the num
ber who go underground to eat is rap
idly Increasing. Why this rodent na
ture, that we have carried through
our evolution, should so strongly as
sert itself there is no knowing, but
the fact is that now about 30,000 in
habitants of the metropolis daily dine
below the level of the streets.
The rathskeller habit has taken
hold of us. People may not like the
name, hut they quite evidently like to
go down stairs to get a luncheon or
dinner. A few years ago you wouldn't
see A New Yorker going into a cellar
to get something to eat, or drink, or
both, hut now you can see them in all
portions of the city bowing their
heads to save their hats as they de
scend into subterranean restaurants.
From the increasing number of
“rathskeller” signs that appear a lit
tle above the level of the sidewalks
and sometimes below that level —there
must boa fascination in these dun
geons that are at times entitled to
that name from their decorations and
furnishings. To sit behind plate
.glass windows, subject to the vulgar
gaze, w’hile one is eating is no longer
the thing, and the male taste, at least,
is going to the opposite extreme and
seeking food as far beyond sight as
possible, where the surroundings lead
the attention from the ordinary city
environment to the strange, unusual
and often the weird and grotesque.—
New Y’ork Herald.
Origin of a Famous Song.
Bizet, the composer of tlie world
famous opera “Carmen,” and Ilalvey,
his librettist, once occupied apart
ments whose outer doors opened on
the same landing. As soon as he
had finished an air Bizet would hasten
to submit it to the most severe cri
ticism. From morning to night the
piano resounded in the composer’s
apartments. One night Bizet finish
ed a dramatic bit in which he flatter
ed himself he had successfully sketch
ed the pride of his triumphant torea
dor after a successful hull fight. But
Ilalvey listened in silence and show
ed but a moderate enthusiasm. Bizet
somewhat piqued, asked the cause of
this coldness.
"It’s good, 1 adrflit,” said Ilalvey.
“In fact, it’s too good. It lacks
movement. It. lacks snap—in short,
it's not. popular enough.”
“Not popular!” shouted the piqued
composer. “Do you want me to write
for the slums?” He went out in a
huff, but soon relented and in an hour
returned with another air. "Listen
to this,” said he; "here is my torea
dor idea written down to your popular
level.” it was indeed the song of the
toreador, and the only one which on
the first night received an encore and
scemd to move the first-night audience
from its torpor.—Chicago News.
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A neglected cold is frequently the
cause of death.
It Is more often, however, the cause
of some chronic disease.
There is not an organ in tlie body
tiut what is liable to become seriously
deranged by a neglected cold. Dis
eases of the kidneys, bladder and diges
tive organs are all frequently the result
of a neglected cold.
Hundreds of dollars are spent on
doctors aud medicines trying to cure
these diseases, but until the true cause
of them is discovered there will be no
use in using medicine.
Dyspepsia medicine, diarrhoea medi
cine aud constipation medicine is of no
good winterer when catarrh is the
cause. Tlie catarrh must be treated.
The cause being removed, the derange
ments will disappear.
I’mtna cures catarrh of the digestive
organs, the urinary organs or any of
the internal organs.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
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giving a full statement of your case,
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