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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-8-20, Page 6IVITI1 A SHARP KNIFE Anothor Whitechapel Woman Done to Doath. JACK-THE-11IPPER DEED, The Welturin,s Threat Cut and the num llalinized Into Der newels—The Ileum Found Ilneenseiens — The murderer fansipes: Last night's Loedon cable says : Mural exotement was occasioned in the Whitechapel district" this slimm- ing by a rumor that Jack -the -Ripper had again appeared and committed another butchery. At an early hour this morning as one of the inhabitants of Whitechapel, an old woman named Wolfe, was passing through one of the numerous dark alleys with which the region abounds, she was set upon by an unknown man armed with a sharp knife. The place where the assault was made was dark and dismal. The man grasped the woman by the head, and drawing her backward he, with one hand across her mouth, silenced the cries she would naturally have tried to make, while with the other hand he drew the keen -bladed knife across her tightly drawn throat, inflicting a terrible wound. Then raising the knife as a dagger he a plunged it into her body again and again. There is a deep wound on the woman's arm, , Which, it is believed, was received while she was attempting to wardoffthe ferociousblows aimed at her body,. When released from the grasp of her assailant the woman dropped to the ground with the blood pouring from her wounds, and when, shortly afterwards, she was discovered by a passing policeman she was unconscious and in a dying condi- tion. She is 70 years old. The police are hunting for the assassin. He has disap- peared, leaving no trace, save his mutilated victim. THE womaia's sT0B.Y. A later cable says The woman was taken to an hospital, and after a time she recovered sufficiently to tell of the attack made upon her. She is a German, and un- like the other women murdered and muti- lated in Whitechapel, she was not in the company of the man who attacked her, but was passing along the street when, without warning, the assassin sprang upon her. She saw the glitter of the upraised steel blade, but was unable to escape from the grasp of her assailant. She raised her arm to defend her throat from the blow aimed at it, and it was through this movement that the wound in her arm was received. When her assailant released her from his grasp she fell upon a door -step. Despite her terribleinjuries she still retained possession of her senses, and though the wound in her throat was bleeding so furi- ously she was able to articulate, the weapon not having reached the windpipe. Sev- eral persons passed while she was lying on the door -step, and though they endeavored to ascertain what the trouble was, she could not speak English sufficiently well to make them understand that an attempt had been made to murder her. It is understood that the police found a razor covered with blood near the scene of the crime. The wound in the woman's throat could have been caused by a razor, as could also the deep out in her arm, butfrom the nature of the other wounds it is believed they were caused by either a knife or a dagger, as they appear to be stab wounds, and suck as would not be made with a razor. One Man has been taken into custody on suspicion. CHRISTIAN" HOSPITALITY Keeps John Chinaman in Jail while the Farce Goes On. A Washington despatch says: An inter- esting case was brought to the attention of the Secretary of the Treasury to -day, and was referred by him to the Attorney -Gen- eral for an opinion. It appears that the customs officers at Port Huron, Mich., ap- prehended a Chinaman who had crossed over from Sarnia to the United States. IJpon reference to the law in regard to im- portation of Chinese, it was determined that the new arrival was amenable to the clause providing for his deportation to China, and preparations were made to return himto the Flowery Kingdom via San Francisco. At this juncture, however, the BritishAmbassa- dor at Washington interfered, claiming that the Chinaman in dispute was a bona fide resident of Canada, and could not be treated as a new immigrant from China. "This is the first time to my knowledge," remarked .Acting -Secretary Nettleton, "That such a point has been raised, and it has been deemed best to refer the question to Attor- ney -General Miller for his decision. Mean- while'the Chinaman will remain in custody at 'Port Huron pending a settlement of Ms ease. EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED. Two Billed Outright and Many Seriously Injured. A Champlain, N. Y., despatch says: A train conveying a Sunday school excursion from Ellenburg and Rouse's Point and intervening stations on the Central Vermont Railway ran into a rnailtrain which had the right of way just east of this station at 6.40 last night. The excursion train had 675 passengers on board. Wm. Angell, aged about 17, son of a merchant of this place, and Sim Venetta, a laborer. of Chateauguay Lake, were killed outright and sortie twenty people more or less injured. Henry La Mountain, of Champlain had both legs cut off below the knees; "Wm. Moore, both legs broken'E. Swett, of Ellenburg Cen- tre, an arm fractured and badly bruised; John Patterson, of Perry's Mills, leg broken; Mrs. Lewis, of Moira, head and limbs bruised ; Miss Bateman, of Perry's Mills, hip dislocated; S. Levy, of Albany, wrist broken and seriously bruised. The excursion train had orders to ineet the iisail here, and should have gone on the siding. en a Blaze of Gems. This is the way Lady Caithness, Mme. Blavatskyei successor was bedeckedat a recent reception in Paris: The diamond crots which she wore was the most amazing thing in the room, and was as great a curi- osity as the MozMin set of gems in the French Crown jewels. She wore an olive velvet these, embroidered with steel. She had rivers of diamonds edging the upper part of her corsage'the stomacher and the sleeves, and on her kead a counteea' ceronet, with a pearl on each spike smelly as large aa a pigeon's egg. She Ito a large foe - tune, and has just inherited $2,000,000 more. Cardinal Mannieg, who has just entered upon his 84th year, obeervecl in a recent note to Mrs. Crlecistone "Yost know how nearly I have agreed. in William's political earect, espetially in Me Irish pelicy of the last; 20 years," end g hove few of our old hien& and eozripeniOne now survive." THE WEST SHORE WREOK. Dreadful Fate Of the Deemed Italian in the Smoking -Oar. A SICKENING STORY BY A PORTER, A Buffalo despatch says: A reporter suc- ceeded in fiuding a train men this Aftentoon that probably knows as IMIO11 about the accident on the West Shore road yesterday, whon so many Italians were killed, as any- body. Ile is Robert Jackson, the colored buffet man of the car Pocasset The Pocasset was the last car on the pas- senger train. About ten minutes to 3 this morning," he said, "1 was talkine to a passenger who was drinking bottled °beer. Suddenly we heard a crash, followed by a terrible shock, which threw us out of our seats. We ran out of the vestibuled door of the oar and saw a frightful scene. "Two cars were ou fire end burning up rapidly. The bodies of a dozen deed Italians were mixed up in a wrecked day coach, and twenty or thirty mere Italians were screeching, crying and praying for help. They could get neither in nor out, and were crazy with pain. "One of the men lying with his body half under the oar was Engineer Patrick Ryan, of Buffalo. He was breathing terri- bly when I got to him, and a second later was unconscious. Myself and three or four passengers got a blanket out of a sleeping coach, wrapped him up and (serried him inside. He was more dead than alive when we laid him down, "A Syracuse doctor was on the train and he dressed his injuries. I don't think Ryan can live. I also found Bergin, but he was dead. His body was out up fear- fully. "The eight'of the mangled bodies of the Italians is before me still. I have been in three wrecks, but I never saw men cut up so badly as they were. Legs, arms and por- tions of bodies were scattered all around the track. "One poor fellow died while I was look. ing at him. Both legs had been taken oft There were four or five heads taken off and a lot of the dead bodies had lost legs and arms. "The suffering of the wounded until they were taken to Syracuse was simply awful. They groaned and cried irons the torture they endured, said people were sick at heart looking at them. i "It s simply impossible to describe the suffering. I never heard anything like it in my life. Every bit of whisky in the buffet car was given to the injured. "Although it was only a short time before the relief train arrived it seemed an age. "On the way to Syracuse one of the poor Italians died while the doctors were working over him. There was no brakeman on the train, and when the cars caught fire I went over myself and uncoupled the sleepers and saved them from being burned up. "There was nothing at hand to put out the fire, and we had to let the cars burn up. The baggage car was entirely consumed with all the baggage. The dresses and all the baggage of a theatrical troupe were POISON IN THE MILK. Suspicions of Cfaild-Polsoning to Obtain Insurance Moneys. A Chester, Pa., despatch says: It has been ascertained that little George Lewis, Who died suddenly last week, was poisoned. Just who the guilty person is that admin- istered the poison, or the motive for the crime, has not been discovered. The body of Mary E. Morgan, the adopted daughter of Mr. Lewis, who died ori July 10, will be disinterred, and an examination nude to learn if she has been poisoned also. Mr. Lewis testified at the coroner's inquest last night that his son George was first taken sick at supper on Tuesday everting, after drinking a glass of milk. The dose was just sufficient to cause nausea, and the following morning he was apparently as well as over, excepting that his appetite was gone. At dinner he had a glass of milk, and immedi- ately became violently ill. Doctors were summoned, but the child soon died in ter- rible agony. Mrs. Lewis, who is engaged through the day, and who did not know of her son's illness until she reached home at supper time, is not implicated in any plot to take the life of her child. Mr. Lewis declared that George was in his company the greater part of the time and no one else was in the house but his 15-year.old daugh- ter. The autopsy of George revealed arsenic in sufficient quantity to produce death. An autopsy on Mary's body will be made. The lives of both Mary Morgan and Georgewere insured. The Lewis family are very poor, and the father has been out of work for some time. SHE SHOT TWICE. -- A Wffe's Effective Interference to Save lifer Crippled Husband. A Toronto report says : A serious shoot- ing affray happened last night about 9 o'clock in a house at Adelaide lane. A man named John Rhodes and his wife live in the house, and a French-Canadian named Frederic Bolduc, who lives at 276 Parlia- ment street, called on them last night. Rhodes is minus a leg and is badly crippled, and the Frenchman is deaf and dumb. In some unexplainable manner the two men quarrelled and a fight ensued. The mute struck Rhodes and knocked him down, and was throttling him on the floor when he called on Mrs. Rhodes to go up -stairs and get a revolver. The wife ran up and got a 22 -calibre revolver, which, it is said, she levelled at her husband's assailant and shot him, first in the thigh, and a second time in the back in the lumbar region near the back bone. The shot and noise attracted the police, end. the husband and wife were soon placed under arrest and locked up in No. 3 police station. Drs. Little and Watson were called in to attend the wounded man. They probed for the bullet, but were un- successful in their search for it. The injured man was then sent in the ambulance to the hospital. The doctors consider there is no immediate danger, unlese blood - poisoning sets in or he suffers from internal hemorrhage. Just Regan Housekeeping. Han.per's Bazar: " This liver is awful, Maud, said Mr. Newwed. " I'm very sorry," returned the bride. " I'll tell cook to speak to the livery man about it," Among the passengers in the train was an elderly lady and her pretty young niece; also a young gentleman, The train had passecl through several tunnels, when the maiden aunt said : "My, clear, we are doming to a long tunnel ; you had better sit over on this Aide." Pretty niece --No, auntie just let me stop where I am. Oise more tunnel and I am enganed, It ie a great, thites to be frieridly.and sym- pathetic, bUt a Man needit to disornoinato ittle before he tries to be friendly with a steange dog. The bed of the river, Simla be covered with Winding sheet. WIFE DEAD, IIUSICAND DRUNK. aii tieene His York aty.a Squalid New kh .A New York despatch says: This after- noon Officer Seeley, while -patrolling hie beat, detected an offensive odor proceeding froze a smell shanty ou a lot on 591h street between Madison aasi Park avemies, a fashionable residence locality. He entered the cabin with another policeman, and Lound. lying ia the doorway an old man fast asleep with an old dirty pillow under his head, while in the room adjoining ley the body of an old woman swollen to twice its natural proportions, and covered with blood. A blood-stained underskirt and an old dress thrown over the lower limbs were the onlycovering, the woman's wearing ap- parel being heaped upon a chair beside her. Pools of blood stained the floor, and everything in the room was in confusion. There Were evidences of a struggle having taken place. Bits of pasteboard, covered with clots of blood mingled with a woman's long grey hair, were found in the room and in the yard near the kitchen door. The woman had evidently been dead several days. The body was in'an advanced state of decomposition, and the face had turned black. The condition of the body was such that no examination for marks or wounds was made by the officer. The sleeping man was awakened. He gave his name as Wm. Coleman. Ile had been on aprolonged spree, and the dead woman was his wife. Sarah Coleman, an old candy woman, who kept a shop in that portion of the shanty facing the street, said she had been sick, but she thought the man's wife had been dead five days, but she had taken uo notice on account of her illness, She claims that the old woman, while chasing some boys, who wereannoyiug her, off the lot, hurt herself by a fall. MELANCHOLIA THE CAUSE. A Brantford Lady Suicides:by Hanging in a Buffalo Friend's MOUS°. A Buffalo despatch says : A sad suicide occurred here about 1 o'clock this after- noon at No. 121 South Division street, the home of Mr. James McKay. The suicide was Mrs. Grace Biggert, of Brantford, Ont., a sister of Mr. McKay, who had been visiting at the home of her brother for some time. Mrs. Biggert had been a sufferer from melancholia for some four months, but her condition was not thought serious enough to warrant confinement in an asylum, although this had lately been suggested. Nothing unusual was noticed in Mrs. Biggert's action's to -day. After having pre- pared some pastry she picked up a roller towel and ascended the stairs to her room. Mrs. AfeKa,y was at the time employed. Mrs. Biggert had been gone about twenty minutes when she was discovered by a wo- man of the house who had inadvertently entered Mrs. Biggert's room. She was hang- ing from a closet door with the roller towel wound tightly around her neek. The fright- ened woman immediately ran screaming down stairs and acquainted Mrs. McKay with the fact. She telephoned to her hus- band at his place of business, and on his arrival the poor woman was taken down and laid on a couch. Restoratives were applied, but life was extinct. Mrs. Biggert is described as a slight woman, of medium height, with brown hair tinged with grey, blue eyes, and a pale face. Mr. McKay informed a reporter that Mrs. Biggert had been his guest on a previous occasion; but after a stay of about eight months had returned to her home in Canada. In April Mrs. Biggert, accompanied by her mother, returned to Buffalo, and has since made the McKay household her abode, INDIA. PARCHED, And AM Mopes of Averting a Terrible Famine Abandoned. A Madras cable says : Though the mon- soon set in some time ago in some part of India, dispelling all fears of a failure of crops in that portion of the country where the rains had fallen, there has been no rain- fall in the Chingleput and North Arcot districts in this presidency, and all hopes of averting a famine have been abandoned. The heat is unprecedented. The standing grain and other crops have succumbed to the long drought, and all are withered and burned. Already the effects of the scarcity of food. are being felt, and there is great suffering among the inhabitants of those districts. Many deaths from starvation have been reported. It is also impossible to get food for the cattle. The pasture lands are devoid of grasses andin many places the streams have dried up, rendering it impossible to get water for Ahem. Horses, cows, donkeys and other live stock are dying in large numbers. It is not only the poorer classes of she population who are suffering from the scarcity of food. Many natives of high caste are making applica- tion to the authorities for relief to keep themselves and their families from star- vation. A FALSE CHARGE Crazes a Young Girl and Drives Her to S a lei de. A West Superior despatch says : Josie Linberg, a beautiful girl of 17, whose body was discovered on the beach of Superior Bay, is said to have been driven to her death by the harsh accusation of Mrs. Billing, with whom the dead girl lived. Mrs. Estlirtg's baby was taken -violently ill of cholera infantum and the woman became convinced the child was poisoned. She upbraided Josie bitterly,charging her with giving the infant fly poison, and said she might prepare to spend the rest of her days in prison. A policeman approached the house just then, and the girl, becoming fearful that Mrs. Estling would cause her arrest, rushed out of the hoes° and was never again seen alive. She had wandered about for some time, and it is surmised became crazed at the woman's threat. When the body was found it was evident she had walked out into two feet of water, laid down, and held herself under water by catching at the rocks. No foundations existed for Mrs. Estling'e charge and the coroner' e jury censured the woman. marrws Big Contract. Boston Transcript He—Yes, darling, and it shall be the purpose of my life to surround you with every comfort and to anticipate and gratify your every wish. She—How good of you, Harry! And all on $12 a week, too 1 A. Personal Sermon. May—So the Rev. Mr. Thirdly wee pro- posing to you, was ho? Belle—Oh, no ; he was just preaching a personal sermon. May ---Indeed 1 What was his text s. Belle—Gen. fi., 18—" It is not good:for man to be alone." A curious old character known as "Walk- ing Davis" is regarded as the fastest pedee- trian in Florida. When in his prithe he could walk faster than any river steamboat could go, and frequently he Would throw the tow -line Of it stertiner from one landing and be on hand at the next, stopping -plate to 'take fhe line up. Among the darken lhtvis has long beeo eredited with poesessme powers of witcheraft, THE WORK OF A MONSTER GUN. A Shell. Seat Forty Feet Into Steel, Iron, 0014 ibbranite, Concrete and. Brick. Some idea of the power of the heaviest modern ordnance may be gathered from the following feets about the English 110.ton gun : It weighs 110 tons, is 43 feet 9 inches long, and has it diameter at the breech of 5 feet 6 inches and a calibre of IQ inches. It is made at the Armstrong works, at New- castle, England, and the shortest tinse in which it can be built is fifteen months. Its charge is 960 pounds of best prismatic gut - powder, and the cylindrical steel shot weighs 1,890 pounds. The expense of firing it single shot is £177 (about $860), and as the gun will not hear firing more than seventy or eighty times its deterioration must fur- ther be reekoaecl as expense. A battering shot from this nun penetrated entirely through compressed armor (steel faced iron) twenty inches thick ; then through iron backing five inches thick ; then it pierced wholly through twenty feet of solid oak, five feet of granite and eleven feet of hard concrete, and went three feet into it brick wall. It is very apparent that the projectiles from this gun would penetrate any fort now existing, and would go very nearly clean through any man-�f.war afloat, no matter where it hit her. There are several serious drawbacks to this, gun, however. The chief one is that it is not strong enough to sustain its own weight. The guns on board the battleship Victoria have it decided droop, and it is believed that guns of this BIZ° cannot be built up by the present system of construc- tion with a certainty that they will main- tain their shape. It is also admitted that their lifetime is very short, and that de- pendence could not be placed on their safety after about seventy, shots. No more of these guns will be built for navy use, and it is doubtful whether they will be in much de- mand for fortifications. • CHAINED, STARVED, BEATEN. Horrible Cruelty of a Step -Mother to a Young Girl. A Shamokin, Pa., despatch says: A young woman named Rose Sheshinski was found in a cellar yesterday in a half insane condition. She was able to tell the story of the shocking cruelty to which she had been subjected by her brother and step -mother. She saicl they wanted her out of the way that they might get some property that she owned. Some months ago they attempted to poison lune, and she told a doctor and an investigation was to have been hold; but one night her step -mother and brother dragged her down into the cellar and padlocked a chain round her waist, the other end of which was fasten- ed in the wall Here she had been kept ever since. She was given very little food, andwas frecpientlybeatenby her step -mother. The step -mother admits having chained the girl in the cellar, but says it was on account of her insanity, and that she was sometimes so violent that if she had not been fastened up she would have done herself or some one else an injury. An investigation will be held. ONE FEE. World's Fair Entire to be Seen for Fifty Cents. The World's Fair Committee on Ways and Means has decided to permit no side shows on the exposition grounds to which an extra admission fee will be charged. This disposes of the claims of a large num- ber of schemers and places the fair manage- ment on substantial ground from which there need be no retreat. The decision should be rigidly adhered to. It will relieve the directors of much annoyance and the public will be assured that the enterprise is to be managed in good faith and without resorting to the paltry tricks that charac- terize the circus or agricultural horse trot. One admission fee of 50 cents entitling the person paying itto see everything within the grounds, is a sufficient charge. More money will be made by adhering to that rule than can be accumulated in any other way. Moreover, it is the only honorable course to pursue. The committee has acted wisely and nothing should induce it to reconsider its decision.—Chicago Herald. LONDON'S LATEST GUEST. -- Visit of Victor Emmanuel's Grandson to the British Capital. Following Emperor William's visit to England is that of the future King of Italy, grandson of Victor Emmanuel Victor Em- manuel Ferdinand Maria Geunaro, Prince of Naples, was born in that city on November llth, 1869. He has been well educated under the direction of Colonel Osio who is a good scholar as well as a good soldier. The young Prince speaks English, French and German with equal fluency. Me has traveled in the East, where he took many notes of his observations; but this is his first visit to England. My Lady and the Washerwoman. London Modern Society: In Toronto there resides a family which has long aspired to " lead " society in that town. Some little time ago the head of thefamily received a handle to his name, and the importance of both husband and wife in- creased in proportion. But "my lady," like Johnny Gilpin, having a "frugal mind," wrote to the institution where her family washing bad previously been sent applying for a reduction in prices charged her, on the ground that "the patronage of a titled. family" avoulcl be of great value to the institution 1 Needless to say the request was indignantly refused, and, according to a Canadian paper, it is intended to respectfully enquire of Her Majesty if she approves of nevvlyanado knights using their title to get their shirts arid collars washed and starched under trade twice? John Morrissey and tile tord.'s Prayer. Saratoga Ne708 Ex-Congresman James M. Marvin and ex -Senator John Morrisey had been jocularly twitting each other of ignorance concerning matter% of a spiritual or religieus nature. "Now, look a-liere," eaid Mr, Morrissey, "I'll bet you it a5 note you can't repeat the Lord's Prayer." Mr. Marvin covered the amount with a crisp " fiver " and then began : " Now I fayme down to sleep—" " You win I', interrupted Mr. Morrissey, and Mr. Marvin pocketed the money. The twieted wire nail—a cross between a screw and the ordinary plain wire nail—is said to be working its way into popular favor, and is believed to represent as great an improvement upon the plain wire nail as that useful invention is over the old cut nail. The twisted wire nail not only crushes the fibers of the wood less than the two other forme of nail, but by its screw shape passesses anaueli greater holding power than the other forma. Old Lady Aylesbury is one of the most extraordinary figures in London society. She is nearly eighty and wears a wig of cork- screw curls. She is noted as the possessor of a sharp tongee, arid her long:sego is at al dime; picture:3qm oma vigorous. She (coquettishly)—aMy bathing suit is nothing if not entrisedieg, don't you think? Ile (ainiably)—/ think it is both. EXECUTION IN INDIA. Worse Thula Indian Atrocities 'With Eire and Stake. Uzinan Afzul Khan, being a striot Mo- lreminedan, was sentenced by the general court martial to be executed by being blown from the mouth of 04 gun. Saturday, the day following the Sabbath, which is our Friday, was the clay appointed, subject to the approval of the " finding" by the com- mandant. The commandant approved of the finding of the court, and the execution parade took place the following Saturday. The native troops, all unarmed, formed two sides of a square opposite to one another and facing inward, The white troops formed one side. They paraded with fixed bayonets and loaded with ball and cartridge in view of the Sepoys. On the fourth side of the square a 12 -pounder gun was posted, the muzzle pointing inward, in charge of the European artillery, The corn- n-tand.ant and staff stood in the centre of the square. Presently the convicted subadar- major was marched into the square ancl halted in front of the gun facing the troops. The charge, finding and sentence were read by the adjutant in English and Hindustani, and the commandant asked the prisoner to say his last words. The prisoner, who was, to do him but justice, a brave, soldierly man, said in a firm voice that he was punished for his groes breach of military discipline, artd aborted the Sepoys to adhere to the British Raj, which he said would be suc- cupsful as it had always been, writes a correspondent of the Muriel...Journal. He was then tied securelyto the muzzle of the min, his back to it, facing the parade. The gun was loaded with an extra charge of powder, with a clod of grassy turf lightly rammed honse. The man's face Was pale as death, but he still had a resolute look, and did not trem- ble one whit. He certainly died a brave man. The word. was given by the commandant and the lanyard pulled. A dull explosion followed, and the unhappy wretch was launched into eternity, blown into eternity, blown into fragments I He, however, had a certain revenge, even in death, for his right arm, being tightly drawn back on the gun,on the latter being fired, was violently projected back, striking with force a stalwart sergeant of artillery on the throat and hurling hun to the earth. The sergeant was six months in hospital before he recovered :sufficiently to rejoin his corps. A party of the deceased mutineer's regiment picked up the pieces very care- fully, as to miss any of them would entail much suffering in a future state, and car- ried the remains off to be buried by his friends. Pretty Yellow, This. Writes "Amber in Chicago Herald: What an egotist nature is ! How satisfied she is with herself and her works, however man may mourn and the wicked rage! The other morning when a little fellow was dashed to deittliby his flying horse, how charmingly the waves kisse the shore, how radiantly the sun's sparkles wove themselves through the shadows, how the birds sang and the fountains threw high their banners of silver spray ! How green the grass was along the park roadways, and how, like abelt of gems—opal diamondandshadedpearl--the horizon linked the sea to the sky. Afather's heart was crushed in the iron grasp of agony such as is seldom experienced by mortal man; a fair-haired boy was brutally mangled and torn, torn by the furious beat of hoof and roadway; a tender mother's soul was tortured by anguish for which nothing but heaven holds any balm, and all the while fair nature present and proud in heartless beauty like a senseless parrot or a worthless peacock. Where was the arbitra- tor of high heaven then? Where was the tender care that notes the sparrow's fall and marks the bruised reed that it be not broken? Bad for the Affections. Emersonis.—Charles has gone to Europe, and I shall not hear from him until his re- turn. Julia—Why, how is that? Won't Ise write to you? Emersonia—No. His epistolary style is so defective that I told him not to do so. His letters would alienate my affections.— Munsey's Weekly. The Syntpathetie Crook. Burglar—Your money or your life. Victim (from bed)—When I explain, sir, that my wife and three daughters have gone to a fashionable hotel to spend the sum- mer — Burglar—Enough ; I'm pretty hard up myself, but here's a dollar for you. (Exits weeping.) How To Wipe the Face. Thousands of people, when drying their faces after washing, wipe them downward— that is, from forehead to chin. This is a mistake. Always use upward—from the ehin to the forehead—and outward—toward the ear—motions. Never wipe any part of the face downward. Killing. Jaspar—Judging from the reports in the papers it seems to be quite the proper thing for young men to kill the girls who refuse to marry them. jumpuppe—Yes. If it goes on there is a danger that all the sensible girls will be killed off. The Proper Thing to Do. Brooklyn Life: Tom Ilightly—I'm going to stop running around so much. To tell the truth, rm tired of having a good time. Arthur Heripeck.—Then why in the name of sense don't you marry? A lineation of Belief. Judy: She—Oh, yes ! I quite believe there's it fool in every family. Don't you? He—Well--er—my opinion's rather biased. You see, I'm the only member of our family. —King Humbert is an amateur took. His sister--Hacl you heard that Laura Figg's pug has run away? He—Well, what of it ? His sister—Oh nothing, only I thought- that if you intend proposing now is your time. A 'woman's heart is often caught in the rebound, you know. THE STREET OAR DRIVER'S DOG. There's it little black doggie that runs up and down By the side of the street cars all over the town. One day he trots eastward, the next he goes west, Or northward, or southward, or where he thinks best. None knows where ho comes from, none knows where he stays; By tho side of the street ears he passes his clays. De cares not for tags, and from muzzles he's free, As any bravo little street Arab should be. No time front his ditties he e'er SOCIIIS to borrow, Unless now and then while he's chasing it sparrow. None knows where ho picks up the grub that ho oats, 'Unless that ho gets it patrolling the etreote. When lie lies down at night tired and weary, alone, If ho coraes to your door -step please throw him it bone. --A. If. W. Father—But how will this young theolo- gian be able to sappert you if he doesn't get it charge? Daughtor-,-Why, pa, he's an ex. jieriended atinniter hotel Waiter. BANISHED TO SililillIA. oak af ItellueLStreit'swtribttet:odIrlorianfletr, According to it letter received in tsmaha,. by Abe Goldstein, it well Immo citizen, S. Gerber, who has lived in Omelet for the past five years, has been exiled to Siberia by the, Russian authorities. Gerber went last. Mareh to Myszyuca, near the German fron- tier, his native town in Poland, for the pnrpose of returning with his family, who , had remained in the old country.. His ap- pears,nce in the little town excited suepiaion, and his arrival soon reached the ears. of the authorities. Fearing arrest by the minions of the autocrat of all the • Russias, Gerber fled, across the frontier into a neighboring Ger eanprovince. Events proved that his fears were well founded. A demand Ives made updes the authorities of the Getman town in -which Gerber had taken refuge, and ho was turned over to the emissaries of the Czar, who took him in chains to Myszyuca, whole he was tried on. the chargeof running a way to America Gerber claimed to be a citi en of the United States, and showed papers lproving that he' was a naturalized citizen, . but in spite of this he was sentenced to i ' prisonment for one year in jail at Lomsey, the capital cif ' the province, a,nd afterward t be banished. to Siberia for five years and his property confiscated. Gerber was rep rted to be well provided with this world's goods and had intended to return to OrnaPsa with his, family and set up in business. THE ENMITY JEWS. The Outrages loy the liusalans Cof Wino Unabated. Adwices from Elisabetgrad, Russia, that recently several thousand farm 1 ers, small lansi owners, and others enga, in agricultural occupations in the eoun surrounding Elisabetgrad, marched into th town and proceeded to the Jewish quarter. The terrified Jews upon seeing the mob, approaching, made frantic efforts to hide themselves from their enemies. Amid cries. of "Kill the Jews !" the thousands of yokels descended upon their cowering vic- tims. They attacked the Jews' shops and dwellings, driving the owners from them or holding them .powerless to defend them- selves or their property, and plundera them of everything valuable. What was., considered not worth while stealing was. wantonlydestroyed. Some of the braver Jews resisted this looting of their property,. but this only made matters worse for them„ and three of them were killed. Many others who attempted to defend their families or. property were set upon and severely wounded. The rioting in the Jewish quar- ter continued for hours, and although the - authorities were well aware of the outrages being committed they did not take a single, step to prevent them, nor interfere to pro- tect the Jews. state or - Boycotting the Boys. Chicago Tribune: The young men of Tennille, Ga., have instituted a boycott on girls who break engagements. The positioris of the new organization is more fully ex- plained by the following resolutions: 1. Resolved. That we organize a boycott,. 2. That this boycott applies to the young ladies iu the Town of Tennille who persist in going with small boys. 3. That this boycott does not apply to any one young lady in particular, but to those who persist in going with small boys. 4. That the boycott does not apply to any lady under 15 years of age. 5. That information having reached our ears that certain young ladies in. the Town of Tennille are in the habit of breaking en-, gagements, resolved, that we condemn thist habit in the strongest terms possible and • that we boycott the young ladies in the future who are guilty of this. 6. That we boycott any young lady over 15 years of age who allows boys under 16 years of age to call upon or accompany her to any place of worship or amusement. 7. That WO boycott any young ladies who make two engagements for the same. night. 8. That we solemnly pledge ourselves tp carry out the above resolutions. ' Several Cities of Europe. Prague has a jubilee exhibition. Florence's whole water supply is under official ban. Typhoid. The two finest streets in Britain are Princess', street Edinburgh, and Sackville, street, Dublin. Christiana, Norway, has the largest ship- yard. Forty ships load at its docks at one time. The lumber yard runs a mile. Salzburg has been celebrating the Mozart centenary with great pomp, although the - actual anniversary of the composer's deatho does not fall till December 5th. A Stockholm firm has a contract to supply a Brazilian company with 855,000, worth of wooden villas every year for five years. Alicante, Spain, is putting in 4,000 elec- tric lights. A commercial museum has recently been. opened at Constantinople. Hints to Travellers. Know your route before you commence - your journey. Have as much money as possible, but keep little of it in sight. " Read your ticket carefully; it may be your guide. Avoid useless queetions, and others will usually be answered politely. Be on time; trains and boats wait for no- one. Keep your eyes and ears open. Guard against pickpockets. If yoa have not you ticket ready to show at the gate don't get fluetrated. Slip aside Ili a,nd look for it calmly—it saves thne. If you have several parcels put them alt into one strap. They are easier to carry. Don't stand so as to obstruct the way of others while saying good-bye to your friends. —17en, Yorl.: World. Beginning of the End "What do you think of my angel cake ?"',, she asked. "It's too heavy to fly," he replied. ThiS, was the beginning of the end. The WomanTront Boston. Miss Bacon—Do you think it is worse for a woman to smoke cigarettes than a man? Miss McBean—I never knew of a woman who smoked a man. tinder the new tax law in Indiana bank offieials are compelled to give the assessora. a statement of individual deposits. In the town of Lawrenceburg Alois° $300,000 cash was discovered which had been withheld from the assessors. This sum, with a penalty of 50 per ceat., was then placed on, the taX duplicate. a What a miSerable day for a picnic," said Mr. CUMSO, as it proeession of children marched by in the pouring rain. "It's all right," replied Mn Cuomo, "that's a Baptiat Sunday school. A Mall in Pennsylvania who was elem.* by lightni ,,no. didn't 'know it until somebody told him, Ile was probably waiting for the re- port of the committee of investigation:=— Adge.