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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. THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. r /mskwm i^SL^shoes. THE BEST SHOE ; NKOyIN AMERICA ( \ TAME NO if ] SUBSTITUTE ll I) IF YOUR DEALER 0018 \\ J ""Y -I NOT CARRY THEM., Vv jCs Ny/ A POSTAL CARD TO US V\\ J/ WILL TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN GET THEM. CBUPPOCK-TERRY CO. LEADIKC SHOE MANUFACTURERS OF THE SOUTH. LYNCHBURG VA. _ CAM DY CATHABTIf. Baa. SO*. DratfgUU Genuine stamped CC C. Sever sold in ball;. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell “something just as good.” 500 YCUNB ton’* I‘rfU'-ileal Raltvay ln,i., Indianapolis, lntl. 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. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Write for testimonials, free. Manufactured by F. J. Ciif.nky A Cos., Toledo, O. After a man is dead it’s funny what a lot of unsuspected good traits we discover he had. FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervous ness after first day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Groat Nerveßestorer.satrial bottle and treatisefree Dr.li. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., FMls.,Pa. It may seem funny, but the fellow who pays cash is a man of no account. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething,soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. abottle The man who throws care to the wind may find the wind blowing it back to him. j am sure Plso’s Cure for Consumptionsaved my life three years ago.—Mas. Thomas If ob - bis-s, Maple St., Norwich, N, Y., Feb. 17,1945. One good turn deserves another, but it seldom gets it. Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more goods, per package, than others. It is wiser in the long run not to bor row more than you need. - R.-fund.l bv Y;Hr Merchant.. -..Why Not TcYll? Prjjde :,nr 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. CURES BLOOD POISON, CANCER. Aohin? Hones Shifting Paint, Itching Skin, Pirupins Latlnrr Sore*# Etc. 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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 isfactory results from tlie use of I’e runn, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. O. and blessings to you for Peruna.”— Miss Kate Brown. MRS Touristy, sportsmen, Limiters ami fishermen find Ripens Tabules art always handy article in hotel, sleep ing car, field and camp. They are the best and only medicine needed for an outing, as they keep head, stomach, bowels and liver In the right condition, and thus prevent any other trouble likely to arise from exposure or sitting at late campfires. At druggist#. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, fiO cents, contains a supply for a year. i rw~Give the name of this paper when I writing: io * and /ertlsers- (At. 42. 'O2)