HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1891-08-07, Page 7Longing.
I'm a goin' back to the country ; 1msick o' this
darned old town;
It's a reggeler flyin' Dutchman, a whirlin'
axonal' cted
I'd as lief be locked in a prison anworkin'
away in a cell ;
I don't say farms isheaven, but a pity is mosly
hell
Cheatin' an' 'yin' an' braggin' an' buyin an'
sellire votes,
An' every trade tri' perfession a matte' each
others' throats •
pst e clown kW' iMdid.0 out, 44:1'
enal poise-
s a buttin' agin the sky an'
wines n' eat-sun-noises—
Death in the feed an' water, an' nary a soul to
Care
Death o e streets an' crossin'a, and death in
th •ussid air ;
Why, h oicAl if the own or women draw hardly
it uiet breath • • •I
Fer broodin' over the eity• is the black -faced
angel o' death.
1 want to gi t out it the country an'set in the
ole (le egraliss„. •
an 4,4
rini Fill', se% hen folks is goin'
to church;
.An' hear the waggins a creakin'along the dusty
roads,
Filled to the harks with Children -the ginooine
Sunday loads ;
A settin' there in the sunsbinean'smokin'aWay
like 4 Turk,
An' up in the furdest . corner a watchin' the
wasps at work,
it
HISTORY OE THE BASTILLE
Sucking of the infamous Piwisial,Ditageon
and •the Reasons for it.
The building of the Bastile was begun in
1369, during the reign of Charles V. It was
destroyed by Pea ithkit-gdPhOple July 14-th,,
1789 -jt St 102 years ago' to -day -a people
infuriated by the misrule of profligate kings
and a dissohite aristocracy, who seized and
cast, int a Bastile dungeoI1 whom they
mann' with • • pleased and on any pretext.
The selected victim would -be- -seized-at
-night on the erreet, hurled into a "trellis"
carriage, a cloSed carriage, without win-
dows, and with a pipe in the roof to admit
air and keep the unfortunate fare alive.
The carriage seiorthe invention of Louis
XIV., and his own Minister of Finance, M.
'Foquet, was among those who rode in this
royal hearse, to emerge from the Ilastile
corpse, years afterwards.
Alketa-a5)91 .efifta2*T mis-
ruled Las Belle France in the middle of the
seyenteenth century, thrust his own brother,
the Cardinal de Bourbon, into this sepulchre
of the living, and it is told that each day he
visited the eage and stood with folded arms
.before the grating to listen to the pleadings
of the prisoner.
Then he would lau h sardonically
ere app es
is gain to waste,
A sizin' up the. biggest an' wonclerin' how they'd
taste;
A thinkin' about the winter an' the girls,an' the
cider press
A.n' hick'ry nuts an' apples, and the rest of it -
well, I guess !
You kin talk of (Air life in a palace, in the city
or out to sc
But if you woul like to get livi,n', tonne out on
the farm N 'th me.
An' I'll make you wailer in clover till you've
clean the choke
Of the dust of your tarnal city an' its hangin'
clouds o' smoke ;
An' I'll take you out to the pasture a' show you
• a chunk of sky
That you needn't be feared of lookin' fer a
cinder in your eye.
An'I'll let you go barefooted a' dress like -a
counnori tramp.
An' eat your grub with your fingers, 'tie like it
would be in camp,
An' only wear one solo `gallus"-they call 'em
" suspenders" here -
An' 'you can jis' cavort aroini' like a wild-eyed
Texas tither. .
There'Insornethin' the folks '11 make you fer
easin' a pain in the back,
Out o' milk an' honey an' nutmeg, with a whis-
per of "applejack";
"Salvation :water" they call it -it's violets
dipped in dew— .
• An' speakin' o' "app e -jack," you know, there's
au extra jug •yoii.
,Bo_eciine with -me -to -the. lronWtead-j' rest your
heart and eyes,
.An' get your fill o' chicken' an' doughnuts an'
' apple pies,
dyin' to see a river as clear. as a pane o'
glass -
I'm like old Nebbykudnersar, so turn me out to
grass.
-.Judge.
CAUSE AN. .111)_EElf-ECT.
The :More Oudisit,. the More Old 'Molds, Cnts
and UuwbJ, !geese .
This is not so bad when you get through
the prefaces A .professor at Ann Arbor,
Mich., was discussinig the process of fertil-
izing plants by ineans, of insects carrying the
pollen from one plant to another, and to -
amuse them, told how old , maids were the
ultimate cause of it all. The humble bees
carry the pollen; the field mice eat the
humble bees ; therefore, the more field mice
the fewer humble bees and the .less pollen
and variation .of plants., Ant .eats- devour
field -rake and old maids protect cats.
Therefore,. the more old maids the more
• cats; the fewer field mice the 'more. bees.
Hence old maids are the cause of variety in
plants.
Thereupon ' a sophomore, with a single
eye -glass, an English umbrella,. a box
coat, with his trousers rolled up at the.
bottom, arose and"asked- :
" I sa-a-y, profe'ssali, what is the cause -
ah -of old maids, don't you know ?"
• " Perham Miss Jdnes can tell you,'
suggested the professor.
• Dudes !" said Mise Jones sharply and
without a moment's hesitation. ---Vem York
Tribuye. • •
'intraday Reflections.
We're never too old to unlearn.
• Theme's who has • to hoe his own row is
foolish to befoul the soil with wild oats.
.An average awkward squad makes a good
display of a wheel within a wheel.
• It's always more agreeable to tell the
truth about one's neighbors than one's self.
Some people seem to imagine that preor-
dination offers an excellent excuse for a life
failure.
Balsam's ass showed wisdom in speaking,
but supplied a bas.L..precegent . to his sue -
Cern,
DV A MODERN HERETIC. •
Snarker-Even the Bible doesn't deal out
even-handed justice.
Barker -You surprise me.
Snarker--Well lust consider for a
moment the Oppo e fates Of Ananias and
Jonah.
HARD ON THE
than the angels. •
Binnielt-lVlan was crear a little lower
. Cynic7-Then angels can't be all they are.
cracked up to be.
A REMEDY.
'Those honored by the truly good •
Are blessed in great dcgtec,
Though offered tip as INA fopd
Reside the far South Sea.
So, when a dominie ire had,
W11080 preaching wouldn't do,
We honored him, and made, 111111 glad,
1Vitha charge -At rinibuotOo.
And all the preachers in the land
Whose sermons aro sedative5.
ehouldsi raigh t be forwarded 1)11' hn tyl
To soothe the wayward natives.
A Nohle Wotioin.
First 'Woniai4 Rj ts Advocate slIas
Mrs. Armstrong ever ne anything to (lis-
tinguish herself?
Second 1)itto-Certainly she has. Didn't
yon know she was once arrested for beating
her husband ?
A roetic 1View.
" What did the poet mean whon he called
this country the land of the free and the
home of the brave ?'"
" He was probably referring. to bachelors
and married .men." said old Mr. 8mithers,
sadly.
The largest bog ki Ireland. is the bog of.
Allen, which stretelies across the centre of
the island east of the Shannon. 4
another sun.
The Bastile was originally a fortress, and
as such it was used down .to the time of
Charles VII. It was situated at the Gate
St. Antoine, Paris, and consisted of eight
towers-hoge, massive, impregnable.
The tower walls were twelve feet thick, of
solid masonry, pierced with small apertures,
assailant.
through which the soldiers might shoot any
But under Charles Beaumopt the grand
fort became a prison. A circular ditch,
twenty-five feet deep, entrounded the group
of towers ; iron bars an inch thick were
mortised into the masonry, crossing and
barring the little apertures in the walls ;
cells were cut into the masonry,' and others
were built in the ground under the fortress;
while a garrison of 100 picked men, under
command of a Royal' Governor, a royal
attendant and a royal major kept relent-
less guard over the prisoners, so that the
unfortunate wretch who was cast into this
place was virtually buried alive.
At the whim of the King, peaceful citi-
zens were seized and hurried away to this
worse than death without trial by judge
or jury, and that was the end. of thein
unless another whim happened to seize 'tlie
irresponsible Government and let them free,
But the Bastile did not- become applitica
the --sixteentircen
Charles Goutant, son of ' the g. mat
Marshal Biron, died' here, even when his
father's praises were on every lip.
• Richelieu and Voltaire, Latude and
lives.
Blaizet n,ere prisoners here during their
Latude escaped by lowering himself from
the u er Jitery_ofnesof 411e -towers. , •
ickens and • Thackery, Hugo. and
Dumas wrote some of their most stirring
stories around this historically tragical
place.. •
Louis XII. walled- up the subterranean
passages under the already infamous prison
at the end of Rue St. Antoine, but the reign
of terror that led up to and produced the
" Reignof Terror" was the blackest in all -
the history of peaceful times.
Small wonder that the exasperated and
outragedpeople of France were transformed
from blithe and gay and careless children to
fiends in human harms and that -in 1789 the
Quarter St. Antoine became a seething
cauldron of, hatred and Vengeance,
The story of the carnival of blood that
.
followed two' years later has been told again
and again. It began on the 14th of July,.
1789, in an attack on the Bastile itself.. .
The Governor, .Delaney', defended his
stronghold 'with a half heart and finally sub-
mitted 'to the aroused people. The mob
from the wine shotia of St.: Antoine rushed,
in, passionate men arid very devils of women
who had been robbed.here of their loved
ones in days gone by. They ransacked the
place, tearing down and breaking. its•. fur-
nishings. •
They opened the barreddoors to the pH-
soners-there ,were seven there -and next
day, with the strength of Sermons, they
pulled down the hated. walls. and razed the
Bastile to the ground. . . •
They found skeletons in the subterranean
passages, and evidences of the incarceration
there of many a husband and father who
had disappeared suddenly'in days gone by
from thehaunts that had. known him -.-the
fireside and the family circle.
It was the first period in the history of a
free people. " Liborte, Egalite, Fraterisite"
had been advanced One step.
A splendid shaft was erected on the site'
of the, infamous old prison,' and to-dafthe
Column of July marks the spot. -Xu, York
World.
An Ice Cracking Machine.
A newly invented machine for the crack-
ing of ice is rapidly coming into use. This
consists of a hopper, underneath which are,
• two cast-iron plates covered with teeth, the
Plates being set' at angles to each other,
open at the bottom. Two, perforated sheet -
steel plates extend from opposite sides of
the top of the hbpper tonearly the bottom
of the teeth, the perforated plates being
parallel with the teeth plates. When the
lever handle is pushed down the teeth are
pressed togetheisand the ice is crushed. One
of the teeth plates is adjustable, and by it
the size of the ice leaving the machine may
be, regulated.' The machine cracks' ice
rapidly, easily, uniformly and economically ;
and as it is adjustablealarge or small lumps
can be had as required. All the working
part 4 that the ice conies iri contact with are
galvanized so as to prevent rusting. The
machine is in successful operation in severaD
of the leading cafes and saloons in New
Pithiburg Dispafrb.
The $117:1,au10E4LSelir 0L: tor
Alakes a Good Law
(Daniel Dougherty in the
Eminence and fortune at th
fou -n4 often united: - The
whose alin is riches will not
neut. He who aspires to fat
ratlike a large foituneush
..
say, may for a time be succ
true lawyer will starve ratises-
o any indire,ction. An indi
maybe an excellent business
nese abilities afford opportune
lation, for fortunate'inve
lansisoislasss er may become
and co-partner of the capita
negotiations! and managemen
the, high road to much wealth.
fortune or start a trust may b
, ,,a4sdsillosernsiSsissgssfilit
ar may be aided by natural g
training -a legal mind, self -den
study, absorbing devotion to
The student, not the business
the eminent lawyer. The 1
aspire to fame,.by a seat on the
he soceeds, then away with the
of fortune -even of a competene
tenifire----T-"7-
annot. If the lawyer be min
doubtless enjoy a handsom
and-, dying, may leave his
competence, Init. not what
days is called a fortune. A gr
never speculates. Very few of
famous lawyers of our country h
left large fortunes. I venture
lawyer should confine himself ex
his profession. To combine the
the law with any other calling, h
rtant, respectable or literati
gatory to the administration
he advice I would give the r
loner. would be to train his
bits of severe study and a love
a Science; never .to deviate
eadth from the nicest integri
thfubalike to the client a:nd.,
is, with those before in
uded to, are some of the qua
1 surest help the climber to th
p him there.
KNOW.
Tells What
Yer.
ksanectiiea
e bar are no
young lawyer
bucorne
eXzj-
ne will rarely
cheek, trick.essfuli but the
-than resoft
%rent lawyer
man. Busi-
ties for pecu-
stments:
the associate
list, and by
t soon be on
To wreck a
tiriatja,WiiFL
elite a the
efts or severe
ial, incessant
the science.
man, makes
awyer may
bench. if
possibilities
V. Si hari411.
TIC 1, ju ges
ent, he will
e income,
family a
in these
away unti
A File Slander.
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Two T , exas ladies meet. Says number
one : Why, do you know what I heard
about you ?"
" I've no idea. •
" 1 heard that when your husband was
sick and not expected to live, you went to a
picnic."
" it's a vile slander ; it was nnly an ex-
cursion and I didn't stayMore than a week
or ten days after the funeral,"- Trans Sift-
ingg.
--M. Meru, by arranging his own
payouts, has firrectreded in photographing the
flight of insects, the exposure of the plate
being necessarily not, ovrr 1•25,000th part of
a second.
_
IIE WAS AN INSURANCE AGELV -
NEWS or THE WEEK. •
n Germany will adopt the system
p------robably
d of execution by, elnetricisy. • s. - • •
Thee Porte is preparing a new plan for the
e conversion of the Turkish debt.
The French squadron was given a cordial
reception at Cronstadt yesterday.
and-3.7fri: Joseph Chamberlain Will
visit the United States in the autumn.
John 1SicLean & Co., Wholesale milliners,
of Montreal, have assigned. Liabilities,
8281,222.4.
And he Badgered a Polley Front a/Merchant.
He came •into- the office of a merchant o
Jefferson avenue, and, with a cheery "Coo
measssing,s," aa ibisfamillan friends pulled'
chair up near the desk and sat down. Th
merchant eyed him for a moment and quietly
remarked •
` Weil ?"
' " thanknn,
" I hope you are well also."
It almost jarred the merchant out of his
chair.
" I didn't ask you you whether yon were
well or IiC4t," he said, getting hot, " and it
is none of your business how I am. What,
do you want ?"
"1 want $100,000 and a palace and a
yacht, and a four-in-hand" he taint drsass
pssaltAlessfissiescliWseirys-Rec aime the
merchant, "what do 1 cal e what you
want ? "
"I don't really know," he answered in.
the best humor imaginable, " but I presume
you did care or you would -et hav ked
ss -as
"Conte, come," stuttered the angry
merchant, "this in past enduraneP
sszss.anass..alssaseesagorre; ( you come
in bele and ta,ke up my e a,nd talk like
an idiot. What do you come here for ?"
" For a few minutes only," said the torserenely, arid with the same placid de-
meanor.
eat lawyer " Oh, did you ?" and the merchant
the really jumped out of his chair and started for him.
ave, dying, " Well, if you don't get out in two minutes
to say the P.11 break your head for you."
elusively to "Now -now -you are talking business,"
practice of calmly responded the visitor. "Go right
owever int- on and break my head, and my arm and rny
ve, is de- leg. That will lay me up for at least 12
of justice. weeks and I'll get $50 a week from the finest
ising prac- accident insurance company , in all this
mind to beautiful world of ours, sir, the very finest
of the law and surest, and niost reliable and richest.
a hair's 1 represent that company, sir. Don't you
ty, to •be Want a policy with us ? )ead sure snap on
the court. 8,50. a week if you are injured by an acci-
cidentally dent, and 810,000 spot cash and no commis-
ities that sions if you get killed. I carry two policies
e top and myself, and when I hear a man talk about
using me as you threatened to do, I fairly
beam with joy and hope breaks out on me
in great blotches. I have been"
"For heaven's sake !" interrupted the
Yrench victim, "shut up ! How much is a policy
for a year ? Give me sale quick and get out,
before.' commit suicide and stick your com-,
pany for the full value."
• Tensminutes later therVictijn waThr th;
net, and the captor'had departed with 'his
gall for the next one. -Chicago
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'POINTS FROM PARIS.
Pithy Pickings From the Latest
Capital Letters.
Goldfinds' increased favor on ladies! hats
arid dresses.
A' pretty wajst isssana4es-of4engahne
"trimmed -With Chantilly lace.
A nice 'baby mantle of pique has the skirt
portion laid in hollow folds.
• Balayeuses come into use whenever dresses
are; as at present, worn long.
Blouses are greatly worn. Light zephyrs
and musseline de laine ane the materials. .
In children's hats the_tisre *golan-d-atyle-
leads; as -it -affords. protettiOn against the
sun's rays. '
• For winter children's capotes will. be
favorites: The styles are very nice with
ruche borders.
Serviteurse washable and heavily starched,
of plain, white or colored cretonne are quite
popular.
The Sunsn Gtrl's
9.30 a. m. ' Ate breakfast -wondered
where the men 'were.
10.00. Went, to" see where the'. inen
vrelre:
030_. Found: --the- men playing tennis-
.
wished I were a man.
11. 30. -Talked
with the other girls about
the men, and wondered what I would do if
I were itanan.
12.30 p. rn. Went to lunchen with the
men -wondered why there are not more
men.
2.00. Took a nap and:dreamed about the
men.
5.00. Played tennis' with one of the'
men.
8.00 to 11.00. Danced with the men. , •
•
11.30. Engaged to one of the men at
last.
11.45. ent to bed after saying "A -men. "
. • • , A Slight Misunderstanding.
It is almost an affliction to be deaf ; any-
how, it is a little embarrassing at times. A
certain city edit?. went out to report a•
party, the other evening, ivhere the home
was blessed with a new baby, Accompanied
by his best girl; he met the hostess at the
door, and. after the usual' salutation, asked
after the baby's health. The lady, who
was quite deaf, and was from the
grip, thought he was asking about her cold,
and told •him though she usually•liacl one
every fall, this was the worst one she ever
had ; it kept her awake nights a good deal
at first, and confined her to 'her bed. Then
noticing that, the scribe Was getting 'pale
and nervous, she said she •could tell by his
looks that he as going to have one just
like hers, and asked him to goand sit clown.
The paper was out as Initial- that week, but
the local editor has quit -inquiring about
babies. -.Ex.
Apropos of Proposals. •
Philadelphia Peiviy/ : . Maud -I wish'
l wouldjiaanedkns
Maud-No. 1 want to get shim off my
Ethel -Why, do you wish to marry him ?
hurry up and propose:
- .
-Australiatis are the greatest tea
drinkers. • s
First l'armer-How's your wife Farmer
Peart ? Second Farmer -Oh, , she'ss cone
plainin' some. First Farmer -I thought
she'd be under the weather when 1 see her
pitchin' hay in the field Vother day. Second
Farmer -That didn't hurt her. Shewalked
half a Mlle after a new bonnet yesterday,
and 1 calclate the walk was too much • for
her, -Judge.
It is a curious little fact, and worth
remembering that on the same day, April
23, 1016, that William Shakespeare died in
England, Minguel CevanteS, the celebrated
Spanish author of " Don Quixote," died'in
Spain.
,
-Minneapolis TriSane Miss Smooth -
That flower on your mat is a bachelor's but-
ton, is it not, Mr. Allaine ? Mr. As-Ves,
Miss Smooth ; why do yon ask ? Miss S.--
1 was wondering if T touched the button
would you do the rest ?
-Al Mrs. Mackay's recent elaborate
reception, thefirat she has given hi !WHOM,'
Lominn palace, t he 'hostess 'was dressed
very plainly in pale • amber satin, brocaded
in • a floral desrgn. She wore no jewels
whatever.
•
Empress Frederick of Germanyowns Nen;
Vork Central park bonds to the amount of
834,700 and $1,000 in water honds. Her
quarterly interest checks }WC made payable
to " her Imperial Majesty Victoria
Adera.ido' Marie Louise, Dowager 2s4nprests'
Vrecterick of Germany, Queen of Prussia,
Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ire-
land," or order.
Switzerland yearly receives allot) t
0o0,000 from foreign tourists.
Pretty Goof' Prices ,for 0141 Tin in the
Vicinity of a Ailtit.
Three thousand -dollars -for. an ol
in
roof would be a pretty._steep price, says the
--/?Ceo-rd; ut the man who gets
the battered roof from the old Tabernacle
Church, at Broad street and South Penn
;Square, which is nonNbeing torn away, for
that sum will be in great luck. Some years
ago the paint .was scraped off the old roof
and yielded $5,000 in fine.. gold. • . It is
almost certain to yield as much this time.
The gold comes from the mint. When gold
is being coined a considerable quantity of it,
volatilizes with the sinoke through the chim:r
ney, and as soon as it falls on the air it.
falls. Much_of . it ,Strikes •the• roof of- the
inintj.so iOnoh of it that .the officials save
even the water that falls upon 'it during a
shower: • All the drains froni the roof are
connected with large vats in the cellar of
the mint. .Before the water finally gets to
the sewer it is strained -through many
blankets and sieves which retain the gold.
Notwithstanding all these precautions,. the
gold that is annually.Washed into the Dela-
ware fi•orri the mint is worth thousands of
dollars. Every particle of dirt swept up
about the mint is carefully stored away with
the washings from the roof, and once, every
year it is sold to the • highest bidder, as it
cannot be use( at the mint. •
The Boastful PuMpkin. •
A pumpkin which was growing in the
midst of afield of corn got the big head one
day and began bragging itself up.
"1 am not only a fine vegetable to look
at," observed the pumpkin with great coni-
placency, " but I am nourishment for both
man and beast. Made into pie I am wel-
comed all over America, and even kings
have condescended to eat me. As food for
the bovine tribe nothing can take my pieces
In fine, take it all around, thevorld could,
not do without me."
Just then the owner of the field and his
hired man happened ahing, and the owner
caught sight. of the Pumpkin and called out :
"Here, Bill, this thing is taking op room
wanted by the corn: Root it up and throw
it over the fence !"
Moral : The man who thou-
ght he owned,
the earth died several weeks ago, but th
big wheel hasn't skipped a cog yet. -M,
Quad.
. • E ronpooi..
The whalebacker, Charles Wcstmore, thc.
result of whose 'trip across the Atlantic was
awaited with a good deal of anxiety in ship-
ping and mercantile circles,has shown the
confidence of her, owners in her;sca-going
powers to liai•e been well:founded, for she
arrived lit Liverpool safely yesterday: 'She
Ina& the trip from Sydney to Liverpool in
nine days. Th•isi is the first time a boat of
the class of the Westmore has ever crossed
the ocean. Its route' was from Duluth,
through the lakesamd the' Welland Canal,
down the St. Lawrence and thence to the
ocean.
In France four stretches. of strategical
railway have been opened recently. '1 hey
extend from Aurillac to fiaint•Denis-les-
Martel, tons-le-Saulnier to Champagne's,
d'Estress-Saint-Denis toSaint,,Jast-en-
Chaitssie; and d'Estrees•'Saint-Dennis • to
Fraissy.
-New.Vork World ; A single white rose
is laid each day on the grave of (la mbetta.1
His greatest eulogy is the fact that the
French Republic survives his loss.
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The Farmers' Alliance is said to be com-
bining to corner the whole wheat crop of
the United ;states.
,
three�ou-ny, "y., exploded, killing
'men and fatally insuring five others., s•
The break the Erie canal west of Sche-
nectady, N. Y., will be repaired in about
two weeks. The damage amounts te$10,000-S
The Brush storage battery patents have
been sustained by J udge Coxe, of New York.
This Creates .a monopoly in t - - • :.•
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'The mcinbership of the Order of the Gar-
ter made vacant by the death of, Earl Gran- .
has been conferred on the Earl of
Cadogan.
The Queen has consented to the appoint-
ment of a royal commission to supervise the
British exhibit at the corning World's Fair
in Chicago.
'Recently two children 'died of typhoid
fever M Kingston, and subsequently the
well water they drank was analyzed -and de-
clared to be poisonous.
Information has been reeeived from Alla-
habad that a party of 500 Russian explorers '
are engaged in extending the influence of
Russia in the Pamir plateau.
1t is reported that the Canadian. Pacific
Railway Company intends to place a line of
freight and passenger steamers on the route
between Duluth and Montreal..
Tuberculosis has broken out amoeg, several
herds of cattle near Hainesville, N. J. .A
number of cows have died of the disease, and
ten cows, valued at8800, have been killed.
With the exception of one point all the
charges in the West Algoma election trial
have been dismissed. • Judgment tin the
point in 'question has beenreserved Until '
September.
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-George-A-ndersoweaTeontlieeper in East
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St. Louis; ,yesterday shot and killed Dennis
Ryan, another saloon -keeper, «and then.
blew out. his own brains. The reason is
unknown..
The. barque Syringe, 'from Philadelphia to
Vigo, worth $27,000, was burned yesterday.
Itsoargo consisted - of petroleum,' and the
sel was owned -by A:11M; of St. John,
N. B. The crew escaped. •• •
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The Grand Jury yesterday found an in-.
dictrnent against 'Charles Hennessy, city'
editor Of the New York "Daily • ...Vew.c;
charging him with' misdemeanor for pub-
lishing an 'account of the recent electrocu-
tionEnat Sing' Sing: •,
The first vessel from Iceland since the
winter has arrived at Gloucester, Mass.
The winter was as severe as usual, but no
great distress prevailed. Fishing is re-'
ported to have been a failure. On April
12th a Norwegian boat went ashore -and all •
the crew were arowned.,
Prof. Koch has resigned all the public,
offices held by him. This step is associated
with supposed disappointment over the un-
satisfactory results of his . discovery of
"tuberculin" The Academic Senate „will -
bestow an honorary office upon am, permit-
ting him to Inbture whenever he chooses.
Fresh trouble has arisen between the Pope
and the Italian Government The Govern-
ment has closed several parish chorches
which; having had their sources of revenue
coefiscated, found themselves no longer able
to provide for the expense of public worship.
It •is- expected the Hely See. will Shortly
publish a protest against this action. •
About eleven last night a fire broke out at
Delhi in the back end of the livery stable of.
L. A. Mehlenbacher and spread to the shoe
shop and • dwelling of.Fred. Schmidt, and
thence to :Morgan's brick dwelling and store.
All'were totally destroyed,nrnd only by the
strenuous efforts of the citizens were the
adjoining • buildings saved. There is no
record of insurance. ,
Albert Pearson is being tried at,Portage
on a charge .of dangerous insanity. Ile was
employed on the farm of George Hunt.
Poplar Point, and after sortie. days' absence
returned last night and threatened his em-
ployer. • Inthe scuttle which followed Hunt ,
shot Pearson in, the ' -back of the neck.,
making a serious wound. Pearson was an-
inmaie of the Selkirk Asylum about three
years ago. •
Two murders, similar in character to
those ascribed in London , to " jack -the -
Ripper," have beepeonimitted in Marseilles ,
within .a week. A man giving an Italian
name twice took rooms accOmpanied by a
woman, and in each case the woman was
afterward found murdered, having been
strangled and theft multilated: A. letter
was sent ,.to the police stating that 4hese
crimes were the beginning of a series.
Arthur H. Olmstead, a full-faced young
man, was arraigned yesterday at the Toronto •
Police Court on the charge of having em-
bezzled 81,070 from the,Grand Trunk. Rail-.
way Company•while he was their agent at
Swansea. Hepleaded guilty to the charge
and .was sentenced to a year in the Central
Prison. The prisoner achnitted that none. •
of the money had been' returned, and
though he felt his position keenly he took
his sentence calmly
Fashion Note.
.747,x(4.4 : Miss Highton -10 you
going to the country thii year? Everything
is so green and lovely. ' •
Miss Elite -No, l'm not going. Green is•
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not becoming to inc. •
The Queen of Saxony maintains ,three
physicians Whose sole dutylis.- to attend to
he ailments of the suffering poor. The
Queen pays the physicians' ontof her own
private purse. '
A member of parliament proposes that
the Scotch deer forests should be bought and
converted into popular farms and pleasure
grounds. The present rental of Ake areas
IS abut .eno, ono a year.
Chicago's statue to (;rant, in Lincoln
Park, has been completed and put in posi
lion. It esill not be unveiled until nes.
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