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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-3-12, Page 6DIWOURBD BY 'WOLVES. lifour ItobemIone Ihrozen to Beath—Abney R'eople Dying leeenn, Baposure—Ileavy Snow Beale la Belgium, and Italy. A London cable says : l'he intenee cold which lute been prevailing in Belgium lute :somewhat moderatea and heavy now bee Pet in causing gated: interruption to rail- wtta' traffic,. . In Italy the stow nal has been enormous end the mond is covered to a depth of 18 mhos. The immense man of snow his oeueed many tmoidents. nt Oepprano, the root of the railway titation has been crushed in and the railway line from Rome to Naples has been blocked. The people are suffering terribly from the rigorotte weather and many deaths from exposure etre reported. In. Vienna the cold has considerably abated, but in the eaetern province:3 of Austria the temperature is still very low. Four persone have been frozen to death in Bohemia. A Crane:eau peasant was attackea by a paok of wolves yesterday and atter a terrible struggle was devoured. Railroad end telegraphic communications have been restored in Russia. BIRTHS. DEATHS AND MARRIAGES Great Britain's Interesting Returns of These Events for the Past Year. The Regietrar•General has just issued his 52n4 annual report concerning the births, deaths and marriages of England and Wales, and ii furnishes, as newel, a most interesting volume. EU: estimates the population of the country, at the middle of last year, at eoneething over 29,000,000. The marriages registered were 213,865,, correeponding to a rate of 14.7 persons married per 1,000 living. This is higher than in any year since 1884, when it was 15.0. There is a tendency for church mar- riages to decline, and for those at registry offices to increase. Of previously divorced pereons there are 150 who reentered the married state -75 .of (tech sex. Taking .be males first, 59 married spinsters, 1.4 widows, and 2 divorced women. Taking the females, 62 married` bacherore, 11 widows, and 2 divorced men. There is a steady rise in the ages at which people now marry, the average for men being 28.23, and for women 25.95. There is also an improvement in their educational qualification, as fewer people now sign the register with a cross. With regard to births, the namber is given as 885,944—the lowest rate recorded in any of the last 50 years, and a farther step in the decline which has gone on continuously since 1876. Comprised in the total were 40,627 alaildren born out of wedlock, the lowest on reoord. The deaths were 518,353, or a proportion of 17.9 to 1,000 of the estimated population. Only 23 deaths were attributed to smallpox and 137 to typhus fever. As to •scarlet fever, there were 6,698 viotims, measles 14,732, whoop. hag cough 12,225, diphtheria 5,368, diarrbcei 18,434, and cancer 18,654. Of deaths from violence, there were 17,497, amongst this number being 2,170 suicides, 12 executed criminals and 172 murdered people. Prayer in a Queer Place. That was a very pretty inoident that manned at the Newark Police Headquar- ters recently: Peter and Frank are youngsters of 14 and 16 who have lost their parents. They etarted on foot for Florida, where they have an uncle. Worn and weary after a long day's tramp, and having no money, they applied to the police for a place to sleep. Captain Corbett, who gave them a couple of cots, thought it well to keep an eye on the lade. He noticed that before they turned in they went down on their knees. It was a very remarkable proceed- ing and had probably never rimmed before in that place. So the next morning he asked them in a gentle tone what they knelt for and they replied with timid modesty, "Oar mother tanght us to pray!" That isn't the kind of people the police generally come in contact with and they enjoyed a new and somewhat startling sensation. But the upshot of it was that money enough was raised to pay the youngsters' way to Florida, and two more g grateful or happier fellows have seldom keen seant—,?vele York Herald, One of the Medium's Victims Dead. A Brockton, Mass., despatch Bays: Edith Anderson died last night from the effects of the morphine administered by her mother. The other two children are still in a precarious condition and the mother is expected to die. Mr. George, the spiritualist medium who told Mrs. Ander- son her husband was unfaithful, which caused the tragedy, was arrested toalay as an accessory before the fact to committing the crime of suicide. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. George is well up in years, and has practised astrology for a long time. He was placed in jeil in default of a20,000 bail. A Warm Reception, A Little Rook, Ark, despatch says: Last night about a dozen white men went to the home of Jim Biaokbarn, colored, SOOT& dis- tance from the city, took him from bed and gave him such a terrible flogging that lee is under a physician's oare. The mob then visited the house of Richard Brown, a colored man of some prominence, and bat. tered down the doors. As they attempted to enter the negro fired into the crowd with a double-barreled shotgun, killing Jim Huntley and severely wounding another of the party. Brown surrendered. It is not known how the trouble originated. They Cut Ms Head Off. A Bucharest cable says: The headless body of a major in the Roumanian army was found yesterday in the bathroom in the Carrol Hotel, Castendzi. Two orderlies, who were detailed as the major's body Ger- vents, were arreeted bedsy on suspicion of having murdered the officer. One of the orderlies confessed, and said they had buried the dead man's head in the sand not far from the hotel. Revenge for ill-treatt anent received by the orderlies at the major's hands is supposed to be the cause of the murder. Settled. PRINCE BAUDOUIN'S DEATH. Strange Stories Told itegartling the Late Heir to .tho' lielgian Throne. , IZIORRO WEIL END OF EIS °ABBRS. Ele Parent a Wild with qaidrataall$ of Hie Death—The New Her. A Brussele cable says Prince 'Baudouin, nephew of King Leopold and her to the throne of Belgium, is dead. He died in this city at 3 o'olook this morning. The cause of his death is alleged to have been an attaok of bronohitie The death of the prince has oaused a tretnendoue sensation, aud oreates consternation in all olsesee in Bruesele. There are all eorts of ruraore oiroulating, as the public was entirely unaware that the prince was ill. Priam Bandonin Leopold Phillippe Marie Charles Antoine Joseph Louis was the eon of the Count of Flanders, brother of King Leopld. Prince Bandouin was born in this city on jnne 3rd, 1869. He was a captain of the Belgian Carbiniers and a captain of the Prussian cavalry, being attached to the second regiment of Hano- verian Dragoons. Intense excitement prevails in Brussels and throughout the Provinces. Crowds of people are parading the streets or gathered in knots at street corners eagerly discussing the situation. On all sides the warmest expreesione or sympathy with the royal family in this their fresh trial are heard. Prince Be:adman's popularity and brilliant talente, and the bright hope centred by the Belgians on his future 'career, make them feel the Prince's loss in the keenest manner. The news of the Prince's death was with. held from his sister, the Princess Henriette, a beautiful girl of about 20 years of age, who is dengerouely sick from inflammation of the langs. The palace of the Count of Flanders, where the princess resides, is surrounded by a strong force of poliae, who are doing their utmoat to prevent the unueuel noise in, the streeta from arousing the suspicions of the suffering princess. A Brussele oeble says: The . death of Prince Baudouin has plunged the whole country, and eapecially this city, into mourning. Crape, black flags and other emblems of grief are being dieplayeti every- where through the city. It is said in official circles that Prince Baudouin had for some time been suffering from influenza, but in spite of the renaonstranoes of his phyeidiens he insisted upon passing his nights recently at the bedside of his sister, Princess Hen. riette, On Mondaylast the Prince insisted upon going for a drive, or, as some say, for a ride on horseback. His foolhardiness caused him to catch a fresh cold, and on Wednesday he was forced to take to bed. Yesterday the Prince's condition had become more serious, but it does not seem to have caused alarm, as his indisposition was not known to the public. Yesterday afternoon an un- fevorable change was noticed in the Prince and his condition canoed great apprehensions. Towards night the last sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church were administered. The Prince was later atteoked by high fever, and was in danger of lapsing into delirium. King Leopold and Queen Maria were summoned to the Prince's bedside. They did their utmost to console the sufferer, though both King and Qaeen were overcome with grief. Finally the Ministers and chief e of the royal household were sent for. They were in attendance during all the latter part of the night. At 10 o'clock the Prince was subjected to the operation of cupping, but with no result. Shortly before midnight the attending physicians pronounced the Prince to be dying, and the worst was ex- pected at any moment. Gradually the Prince's respirations became .weaker and weaker, until a sudden flow of blood from the lunge suffocated the sufferer. He died at 1.45 a. m., not 3 a. m., as at first stated. The latest and most probable version eel the cause of Prince Beadouinter death is that it was doh to a complication of small- pox, bronchitis and brematuria. The populace are enraged at what they term the blundering of unsuspecting dootore, Prince Baudouin was upon` the point of being betrothed to hie, cousin, Princess Clementine, the third and youngest daugh- ter of his uncle', King Leopold.. All the theatres and public institutions are closed, and will remain closed until after the funeral, which will take place from the Royal palace at leteken, in South Brabant, about two miles north of Bruesels. The Parliament has elso adjourned. Princess Henrietta is said to beworse thie evening. The extrerae danger of Prince Baudonin first became known at noon yesterday, when he had a hemorrhage of the kidneys. The King and Queen, while at the Prince's bedeide last night, were overcome with grief and wept together. The Qaeen was finally obliged to retire in consequence of the violence of her grief. The Prince tried to reassure those at his bedeide, saying: "I shall be better to -morrow." The physicians were still hopeful till 10 p, na,, when the patient was onpped. At midnight the Prince motioned Dr. Melia to approach his bedeide, and thanked him for his kindness is voice was then almost inaudible. At 1 o'clock he motioned to his parents to oome closer to his bed. He raised himself with difficulty, and embraced them in farewell. Both were weeping. The brother and sieter of the dyingman then knelt at his bedside. The Prince recognized them and feebly reached out his hand and touched their foreheads. ' Soon after he had a fieeh hemorrhage, and died at 1.45 a. m. The phyaidans in attendance are homceopottli. them The Royal family have full con. fidence in them. • be body of the Prince has been cm-, balmed. • 'A 'WO= SN THE men ° A Brussels cable says,: Tho audden death Prince IsatadOnin has ceused the most alarming ruiners to be circulated en all elan, and the 'rumors grew in import as -the day progreosed. It was openly asserted that the death of the popular Belgian • Prince was a repetition of the sad dream- sterices surrounding the death of the Arab. dtke Rudolph; the heir to the Austrian throne, who Mei his death in such it mete - teems manner on January '80th, 1889. It *ea added thee a beetatifta German governees who had been recently banished from the Belgian conet by order of King Leopold had been in ionic way connected with the death of Painoe Baudouin. Rumor also had h that there bad been an intrigue lasting a lotg time between the tgavernees and the Prince, end the resell: of their lialeon is said tO have belort the'birth of 5 child. In any cese Me dee% of the Priebe is dur- rounded with kniret017 and speculation. The demi lphYtiolans in the death oerLii- sate ennounoe that the Prince's death was clewed by hetnotritege f011etehm a !evert stink dtbronObitie. The physioiane also web thee the Prince °Aught a chill while 'wettohinetialie befleade of hie siner, thes New York Herald: Pliamnut (a week aft t:the ntiptialm—Are you eicely settled St Ethel? Ethel—George thinkso; but I don't. Motanta—Really I What aten George say? Ethel—Thie morning he got up and got lie own breekket ; I heard him say,1 "Well, thie settles it 1" A. Gamester Chicago Herald: Mies Nomer—What in a flirt. Charlie Eforee—A girl who takes deeper. ate ohatiode of being en Old Maid. An atithetity WaITIS young Warden the the pretty wey of going to eleep with one hand tucked under the oheek 15 net wise I* makes a fold in the soft ellin that by and by helps the weinkiee. • Prinoen Henrietta, who has been ill for eonae time pan. But the statemente are far from oonvinaing the people butt the real callee 91 the &meth Of Prim Baudouin how been given to the publio, end the start- ling unison: already referred to are poptt. Serly believed to be foundedsm solid basis Or foot of emu deaoriation- THIS NRW HEM. The brother of Prince Baudouin, Prinoe Albert Leopold Clement Marie Mimed, who was born April 8th, 1875, is now heir to the throne of Belgium. Prince Albert ie studying under the direotion of a number of tutors in preparation for peeing his examination previous to entering on a mili- tary career. TRE PHYSICIANS' REPORT. BEUESSHIS, Jan. 23.—The official bulletin of the Omni playeicians states that Prince Baudouin died of congestion of the lungs, canna by a chill contracted while watching at the bedside of his eieter, the Princess Henriette. The remains of the Prince now lie in state on the bed in which he died. King Leopold vieited the dying Prince'a bedside at midnight and the Ministers were also present. Suicide by Starvation. A Newberne, Ill., despatch eaye ; The thirtieth day of the strange fast of George Harris has almost exhausted his wonderful vitality, and it is now only a question of hours ineteed of days until his unnatural desire to die will be gratified. All his relatives and near friends took occasion to visit him yesterday and epent a consider- able time with him. Ms attendant, Shell Wilson, who is his brother an -law, said that Harris bad grown very much weaker in the last 24 hours, and that he had spells of restlessnese in which it was neoeseary to change his position every few minutes. The striking spinners at Clark's Thread Mills, in East Newark, N. J., are now contemplating—with eome amazement it is true—another phase of the system which "proteote" the American workingman. The protected firm intends to beat the strikers if it can be done, and for a begin. ning has eetablished agencies at Cohoes, Valatia and Willimantic for the recruiting of hands to take the places of the etrikers. Canadians are preferred for obvious reasons, and the agency at Willimantic) has been established because that class of labor flooke there. The firm is prepared for a siege. Provisions and other necessaries have been delivered in large quantities at the mills, and the new hands as they arrive are told that they will not be allowed to go outside again until further netice, for fear of being terrorized bythe strikers. Thus doth the protection wing of the eagle bird "protect" the Protected workingmen." Bough on the Lawyer. An Ottawa despatch eaye : One of the cruelest things ever eaid from the bench, whether intentional or not, wee heard yesterday in the Supreme Court. Counsel for the appellant in a one from the west had been for a good half hour stating his case to the court. Mr. Justice Strong had been talking freely with the counsel, as is his wont, and wee apparently helping the timid pleader out, when he started at something the lawyer said and asked "Are you for the appellant ?" "Yes, my Lord." "Oh," said the Judge, bluntly, "I thought you were on the other side." The feelings of the counsel, who had been stating his case for 30 minutes, only to find that he had given this impression to one of the clearest -headed jurists on the benole, may be imagined. • 1,000 Tons in Ten Hours.' A powerful steam crane, recently built by a firm in Scotland, is to be used in °online steamers by a decidedly novel method. Ordinary railway coal oars, with their fall load, are run upon a large table near the crane. The table, with the loaded oar securely Instened on it, is then boisted to the wherf and ie lowered directly over the hatchway of the ship. By an ingenione arrangement the car is tilted and its contents empted into the hciist With this aparatue the Werk e! loeding vessels is greatly !militated, it being possible with it to load 1,000 tons of coal in ten hours. Improvements in Ocean TraVel. It is authoritatively stated that the directore of the Cunard Steamship Line propose to take the present compound enginee out of their steamers Umbria and Etruria and replace there with triple - expansion engines, to be constructed by Clyde engineers. This change, which will involve the disappearance of the compound engine and single screw, is significant as marking a radical departure in the propulsive machinery of first. oleo ocean steamship& That machinery is only about seven years old; and the fact that it bee been already found neoes- eery to supersede it for purely business reasons tells the whole story of the won- derful development of modern ocean travel. Rage for Black, "Tho rage for black underwear among women is the most tremendous thing we have," said the buyer in a large emporium up town to me yesterday. "It has com- pletely revolutionized our entire trade. Black underwear can be made of wool, cotton and Bilk, brit looks best when there ie silk combined with the other fabrics All silk is the best, of coarse. But silk is ex. pensive, and yet every woman who oen get money enough has bought black silk under wear. We have run out of stook time and again this winter, owing to the great de- mand and the difficulty of be:tiring new goods. The old etyles of oolore are simply unsalable."—New York Press. A Hedger. etttry : "I'm something of a free-trader," mad Johnny, as he dole a bushel of apples from his father's neighbor's orchard, "bub," he added, tapping the seat of his trousers, within whioh he had placed three towels and a sheet of tin, "1 believe in the protective principles when protection is needed." Vegetable Diet. Detroit , Free Pres: Jones—That's all nonsense about eating meat being injurion to health. My arum:tors for Intndrede of years ate meat. Vegetarian—Yee, and where are they now? Dead, ain't they ? Very Near It. / Van Dolder(indie,mintly)—I am not quite feel, Miss Arne/ ! Amy—No—not quite. Miss Abbott is perhaps the richest woman on the nage, her fortune being ceitimeted at 0,000,000. She is a member of a snore of charitable organizetione throughout the country, and last epring, When s good mitt of Levantine was blown down, she was the first person to send her oheok for 01,000 obi behalf ot the eufferers. Hon. David Mills will address s mewling of the electors of Simotte ege 0011ingWood on Friday, inittary -001h, sums( or A. PUKE. Bedford's Death VallSed by a Bullet Fired by RIO Own Hand. A London ceble Bays : The coroner's jury which inveetigated the decab of the Duke of Bedford formelly rendered a verdiot to the effect that the duke died from a bullet wound through his heart, and tlaet be cemmitted stuoide while suffering from temporary insanity- during an abut of pneumonia. The whole affair ie shrouded in mystery. Five daye elapsed before the duke's death was registered, and the newspaperjoin in censuring the attempts of the various public) ofataiele concerned to lamb the matter up. To nob an extent wee the polio), of secrecy followed that eVell some of the membere of the duke's family were not aware of the real cause of his death until the feats were published in the newspapers. At the inquest it was learned that the duke was entirely alone when he committed nitride, having dismissed his nurse just a moment before firing the fatal bullet. The coroner states that the inquest was hold at the late residence of the duke, and that nothing out of the usual course co- ourred. The jury was chosen in the regular manner, and the house was open to the publio. The coroner added that he did not know whether reporters were present at the inqueet or not. DEVOURED BY WOLVE'. the Starving Animals Attack an Indian Camp With Terrible Results. A Manitoba despatch says: The fol- lowing letter was received by the Free Press to -day from Mr. Settee, Indian missionary at Dynevor : James Sinclair, Indian councillor of Jaokheed, Lake Winnipeg, brings in a report that a camp ot Indiana huuting on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, not very far from Bloodvein River, near Doghead, was visited by a band of wolves, about 100 in number, which attaoked the (lamp and killed many Indians and de- voured them. One Indian cudgelled and killed twenty wolves. Another Indian climbed up a tree with his gun and shot down twenty wolves. One got up on a stage, whioh was not very high, and the wolves got him down e.nd devoured him. There is, therefore, a great panic among the Indians in that quarter. The Indians say that there are no deer, consequently the wolves are mad with hunger. What is to be dons? Some steps should be taken to save the poor Indians." THIRtY THOUSAND SKATERS. One of Whoin was a Cue -Legged" Genius on Sheets." Tbe Pall .71Iall Gazette says : There were upon the Serpentine on lueeday a total of 30,000 skaters and sliders. Anaong them were a very large number of ladies and children, Mao a ontalegged man, skating with grace and rapidity. With the skate on his only foot he balanced and guided himself with a walking stick having a spike at the end, which, according to hie wishes, he stuck into the ice, bringing himself to a stand in a second. Torches were lighted as mon as it was dark. 'There were probably more than 50,000 people on the Serpentine up to 11 at night. A. Pathetic scene. A pathetic scene was witnessed in front of the post office Wednesday afternoon. The divorced wife of a well-known Port Huron citizen was walking down the street with her newly -wedded hueband. A little daughter accompanied the mother. Up the street came husband No. 1, with a young lady companion. The parties never spoke as they passed by, but the little girl caught sight of her tether, and leaving the side of her mother, she rushed up to him, and throwing her arms around hie neck kissed him several times. Finally the father bid the little one good-bye, and told her to run along with her mother. The affair was witnessed by a number of the ao. quaintances of both parties. It ie evident that the little girl knows no divorce law, and that her affection for her father and mother is as great as ever.—Port Huron Times, Make Home a School Make home an institution of learning. Provide books for the centre table, and for the library of the family. See that all the yoanger children attend the best schools, and interest yourselves in their studies. It they have the taste for thorough cultivation, but not the means to pursue it, if possible, provide for a higher education. Daniel Webster taught in the intervals of his college coarse, to aid an elder brother in the pursuit of a claseical education, and a volume of his works is dedicated to the daughters of that brother, who early closed a brilliant career. Feel that an ignorant brother or sister will be a disgrace to your family, and trust not to the casual influence of tbe press, existing institutions and the kind /Alma of strangers. If the family become:3, as it may be, an institution of learning, the whole land will be educated. Petition to the Queen. A remarkable petition is on its way from India to Queen Victoria. It is more than sixty feet in length, and is signed by more than 10,000 women in India who are :maims to have the legal marriage age for girls raised from its present limit of 10 to 14 years. Be Beats "Denver." Chicago Mail: Sitting Ball is still quite dead, but his pony is very much alive. He ie now on exhibition in the dime museums of eleven different States. The Proper Thing. Teacher —What did the anoient Egyp' tians do with their oats? Bright Pupil—They embalmed them and lid their bodies in catacombs. An Awkward Break. "Well, I called on Miss Bobbett last night and broke the ice." "How unfortunate when ice is so hard to replace," • Mrs. Reeves, the novelist, is one of the literary celebrities of London. She is of Irish parentage and was one of twelve children. She is a good horsewoman, and an excellent " bat " at orioket and a fair run:eh:1n SO old sayingthat a coachman " ne'er goes back again " to the lend of his birth. And in the case of David Jeoks, the California millionaire, one can easily under- stand why it should be so when he oan ride twenty milee on a straight line on hie Monterey estate and be Werth a ronnd $7,000,000. Go "back spin," indeed One of Mrs. Langtry's West achieve. Intents is a pearlmolored eilk with rose. colored silk train. The low out corsage is filled in partially on one side with white lace, and on the other shoulder node a lannola of rose-colored ostrich feathers. The skirt is edged with a deep lace flounce looped with pink ostrich feathers. The eider of Emperor William L: the Grand Ducheee of 1taok1euburg 1Per- ionely 111, TRAINED OATS eeND Beers. Wonderful Results Secured By Education, and &simulation With One Another. There is a renutreable allow at the Crys- tal Palen, London, whioh represents the paillenium on a email :male, says the Chi - cage Post, The lion does not lie down with the lamb, but the oat and the rat, the mouse and the canary all live in peace anti harmony together and enjoy the benefits of a good elucation. The educator of the animals is Miss Tine, who has taught them some remark- able feats. The oats walk the tight rope, which has white rate end mice and chirp- ing canaries strew all over it. The oats piok their way carefully among their natural prey without molesting thens, and will even carry some of them on their backs without being once tempted to gobble them up. They walk over the, tops of chairs, piok their way among a mass of champagne bottles without displacing a eingle one of them, and jump through rings of fire with- out the slightest hesitation. Miss Tina trains her trate, rats, mice and birds from a very early age. She begins with a kitten when it is about four months old and manages them by kindness. She never beats them, and says they oan be trained to almost anything by persever- ance. The rats and naioe become accus- tomed to the oats and lose all fear of them. All are well fed and seem to eejoy their life, TRIAL BY COMBAT. A Free Fight in a Court—Id Jittery Called in to ,Quell it. A Paris cable says: A despatch from Bona, Province of Constantine, :Antes that a serious riot bee occurred there. M. Omessa, a Dative of Corsicana and editor of an Algerian newspaper, recently shot and killed hie wife and a man whom he suepeoted of being her paramour. For some days Omessa has been on trial at Bona, and yesterday he was acquitted on the ground that the relations existing between Mme. Omesse and the dead man were such as to justify the killing. Daring the trial orowde of friends of the prisoner and of the man who was killed were in court, and when the verdict was rendered there was a wild tumult. A free fight followed between the factions, during., which both sides were joined by reinforce- naente of rioters, who rushed into the court eoom and joined in the fight. The few gendarmes on duty were powerless until a strong detachment of polioe and a detach- ment of Turooe arrived and dispersed the combetanto. The Physician's Bore Bell. A physician, who was confidential, told a visitor that all physicians with any prectice bad a bore bell. "And what may a 'bore bell' be 2" asked his visitor. " A bore bell," said the doctor, "18 an invisible bell arranged somewhere in the room; though generally in the floor near the chock where a physician is generally seated at the time be ream: his patients. l'ibenI feel that I have given the last comer enough of my time I quietly put my foot on the secret spot in the floor, and before anyone oan say Jaok Robinson' my men has appeared and announced that I have a telegram, or that someone wishes to see me immediately. The patient naturally bows herself out—yon see it is generally a woman—and by means of my little subter- fuge I am free. Of course, I do not mean to Bey that I am obliged to toe the bell every time I receive a woman patient. Bat I tell you I have found it a lucky escape sometimee. It is all very well to listen to an amount of the ailment and give the required amount of sympathy to the patient before you, but when she drags in all her relatives there has to be a stopping place— therefore, the 'bore bell.' " How to Wash the Hands. Now about your hands. Wash them in hot water, using almond meal instead of soap, just before yon Eo to bed, and during the any don't weeh them too much in cold water. A woman who has very beautiful hands told me that during the daytime she wiped off any stain that raight be upon them with a piece of kid, on which was a little veseline. However, I am a bit old. fashioned, and prefer water to this. Then, when you have the time, sit with you finger.tips in a bowl of hot water, and, after they have soaked well, dry them and trim the nails, keeping the skin at the base of each down in its place. Push it down either with the end of a sof t ivory file or a bit of wood, but do not out it off. Do not point your nails, and do not polish them too much. The first makes the skin supersen- sitive and causes it to grow quicker, while the second and third are counted vulgar.— The Ladies' Home Journal. A Nine Months' Nap. A Dixon, Ill.'despatch says: Miss Grace G. Ridley, of Amboy, Ill., who went to sleep about nine months' -ago, awoke yester- day afternoon for the first time. Sbe wan- dered about the house, but did not epeak a word. At tee time she took her mous. tomed seat at the table, but could eat noth. ing, and when some of the family attempted to assist her she motioned them away with a guttural sound, but no die. tinot word was spoken. Expecting a Good Deal. Binghamton Leader: "Brethren," said the minister, "bot us now offer up a heart. elt prayer for the Conversion of the choir." This One Don't. Buffalo Courier: The evening newspaper is a queer institution. On holidays, when the people have the most time to read, it suspends publication. er,The passenger train on the Denver ter io Grande, due at Salida, Col., at 3 o'clock Yesterday morning, was delayed nntil noon by the wreak of a freight train near Howard Saturday night, he whioh several oars were demolished. Two tramps were killed and Brakeman Stales fatally injured. , Wm. C. Duncan, aged 19, a city stiles - man for the diamond house of Lewesohn Co., of New York; has disappeared with $30,000 worth of diamonds and pearls. He took the goods from the store on pretence of selling them to uptown firms. Duncan °erne to his eriaployere web recommended, and his habits were sttpposed to be good. Within sixty-two years Mexico heti hathfifty-four Presidents, one regenoy and one Empire. "Rout loin of elephant" figured as a dainty in a hotel dinner in Cincinnati a few days ago. The loin was a part of Chief, shot at the Cincinnati Zoo for vie:lour:nese. A IMV7 material called biotite" bee recently appeared in Englend as a substi- tute for bane or celluloid. Casein is the principal constituent. The Duke of Bedford, whoa death le announced, came of a family that was enriched by the reoklees munificence of Henry VIII., and at hie death owned estates in eight countiere beeides valuable properties in the hen* of London. Unlike some of hie brother plutearate, however, he wail a man of brains and high attain - Mull& NEW YORK'S GREAT STORM, . The City in a Tangle of Eleelrie Wires and .in '.Darkness. " liexptn.7dF TEM BLOW. A New —Yerk despatch says: A storm whiolt set in late Inee endtcontinued until Weil • to,•day .evee the severest experienced here in the way of cutting off oonamuniostion with the outeide world eince• the gest blizzrrd of Mantle 188e, Tele- graph, telephone, electric light and fire sierra wires are dowu in all directione. Advices from New Jereey and Long Island report a similar state of affaini. Several narrow eeompea are recorded in the upper part of New York city. The streete are oovered with wires and fallen poles. The whole story of destruction will not be known until to -morrow, although it ie.. believed no human lives have been led. The storm reached New York about 11 o'clock laet night, in the sleep° of rain, which ohahged to sleet end snow at mid- night. It is thought the storm did not' extend more than 100 miles inland. At- thia hour (11 p. m.) only three through wires ars working f rom the New York Western Union office, and tile other cone - patties have no conneotions. WIRES ALL DOWN. About six inches of snow fell, and it was. of the wet clinging kind that fastened iteelf to everytianag it touehed, loading. trees until they were shorn of their branches cr fell prostrate with their trunka snapped off as though they had been mere twigs'and clinging to the electric: wires until they gave way under the preesure and broke in all direotione, or until the poles on, whioh they were etrang, breaking under the enormous weight, fell aoross streets and against houses, blocking all treffia on the former and threatening deeth and destruc- tion to the latter and their inmates. Wrecks of trees and telegraph poles were to be found on every street, while irregular - festoons of wire were strong on every sidewalk. While the snow did not offer a bar to • railroad traffic, the prostrate poles and fallen wires pre- vented the running of cars ori many streets, and even the elevated railroad trains were often brought to a etop by the wires that had f ellen across the tracks. The police and fire departments were @special sufferers; all wire connections between the varione police stations and the central office were broken, and recourse was had to messengers. The fire department moults were generally broken, end 58 no sierras could be sent out excepting on a very few circuits patrols of the firemen were estab- lished throughout the city. Many quarters of the city woula be wrapped in aarkness to -night but for the fortunate circumstance that the moon eupplies in part the lack of the electric lighte, none of which were working in any portion of the city, excepting in some sec done in Harlem distriot. ACCIDENTS CAUSED. A partial Bet only can be given of the accidents caused by the storm. At 9° o'clock thismorning seven huge telegraph poles on Fourth avenue between 2let and 125th streets were broken rff aloe° to the ground, Janine with a ereet crash into the out of the New York Central Railroad, effectually blocking the trek. Fortunately no train was passing at tte time, but the train for Peekskill 'whinh left at 9 o'olook had a narrow escape. It was nearly two hours before the wreckage was cleared away and baffle on the road was resumed. Several poles fell against Ow Union Square Hotel, doing some little damage to the building. The entire line of poles on the web side of Park avenue from 591h street to 791h street went down, encumbering both street and sidewalk. The poles on 125th street between lst and 3rd avenues and between 9th and 10th avenues are down, The debris blocked the 125th street cable road for several hours. At an early hour this morning a telegraph wire broke in front of No. 116 Chamberstreet, and fell across an elea- trio light wire and received its current. The wire fell on the borees of an 8th avenue oar, and the deadly current killed one of them. Two or three fires were caused by the broken electric light wires, but were extinguished with triflingdamage. A RAILWAY WRECK. A Peekskill, N.,Y., deepetch says: The terrific storm this morning caused a serious collision on the New York Central neer Roahook. The Albany way express ran into a,freight in the cut, completely wreck- ing the engine and smashing BIM freight oars into kindling. The passengers had lively shaking,up.e.nd were badly frightened but not hurt. The trainmen escaped by jumping. • THE STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA. A Pittsburg, Pa., despatch says: att. epeeist to the Times rrom Harrisburg, Pe., Bays, the eastern pare of the State was visited by a eevere snowstorm last night and this morning. Pemengers from Phila- delphia report that the storm was very severe there, great hevon being done to the telegraph and telephone wires, and telegraphic communication is practise:9,11u suspended. The Western Union wiree here are working westward, but Philadelphia,. Reading arid Washington are shut out, while Baltimore asid Now York are being; reached by a long and circuituons route. Novelist N,I7estale. William Westale,, the novelist, lives at, High Standitig, Lengthen, and is a Lanca- shire man. He was borne in 1835. In appearance he was elight and slim, about. 5 feet 5 inches high, with grayish hair, much bewrinkled forehead, bright blue, eyes, etraight note, a sort, silky, grayish beard, which would delight an eastern, cadi. He speaks very cleerly and emnhati- °ally, and it is evident that he has a good deal of reserve force. When deeoribing a. Nene his eyes light up, and you cannot - fail to feel that he is seeing the whole thing as he speaks. He haa a great fund. of humor, and every now and then some, quaint little story comes on. He proton - °ally began to write stories when he wits in his teens. Then he contributed to then local papers.' In Chicago, the Great. At Chicago Knight's Templars' ball the - fine total of $10,000 Wakl soored for charity.' An indoor virus of baseball the other - night netted 92,000 for the Chicago Nemo - boys' and Bootblacks' Home. Weetern avenue, Chicego, is twenty.four mike long. Halsted street in the soiree, laity is twenty-one and a half miles long. Clhioago has beeonae the Great Smoky. As seen from the Auditorium tower,"' nye the Tribune, "the city looks to be one bleok smudge." Our Jury SYstenu "1 don't see how you could sit on thaV jury as you aid and not find McClain guilty 1" "Oh, he Was insane." "Web, thereat no denbt about hie being/ bled by a juty able peers I"