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.
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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.