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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-5-26, Page 6EX -DRUNKARDS' LEAGUE. :Keeley Graduate s Perm an Orgallizatiou of the Renoouooro of Rom, A RED PRO Y BEHIND A BAND A New York deapetoh seys : More than a hundred mem each one of whom hals spent 'ear e of his life in marching up to a, bar and asking for whiskey, in husky one, pareded the streets of White Plains yesterday after- noon behind he local .fife and drum corps on their way to a banquet at whiolx cc flee and ise wister efeee the only liquid stimulants, Keeping step to the music, which hap- pened to be " Tamaneelsootteder-em," were ex. -drunkards who up to a, short ' time ago hadn't done any steady walking to epeak of for year. Their mode of locomotion -through life had been,• more in the nature of a stagger. yet they stepped it jauntily along the main street of the village, proud that Cidef of Police Bogert had consented to lead the procesision as drum -major, giving their reform a sort of official approvd. There were those among them who lied followed the police before, but not so far behind. All these winners M the fight with alcohol were graduates of the Keeley gold cure. It was a reunion to form a State organization, composed of the freshmen, sophomores, seniors and graduates of the institutions; of this State and of the geadu- ates from other States who now live in New York. There are four institutes in New York, located at Binghamton, Geneseo, Westfield and White Plains. A fifth is to be opened at Babylon, L. L, shortly, under the charge of Dr. George H. Nicholson. At a preliminary meeting yesterday after- noon the first steps wore taken to form the State league of clubs, and after committees had been appointed an adjourement was had until this morning. H. D. Nutting, an Oswego lawyer, presided. He is a man whose acquaintance with liquor had been long and close. He has just got through with the treatment and he considers him - pelf cured. "I cannot make a good speech," he said, "ID the first place, because 1 am sober, and, in the second place, because I feel so happy that to -morrow .1 ani going home to my wife'saved." After the business meeting the parade was made to the Bichloride of Gold Club, whose quarters are in an uncient frame building that has been saved from cellapse very much in the same way as some of the graduates. There a collation was served and speeches were made that rung with enthusiasm for the treatment that had put the orators on their feet. Thetoast, " Dr. Keeley, Our Noble Benefactor," was responded to by Thomas H. Rodman, jun. who sailed into the news- papers for their jun., toward the Keeley cure. He admitted that there had been a few failures, but there had been many sue - ceases. " What would you take for what Dr. Keeley has done for you ?" he de- manded, and many of the graduates replied that they would not part with their changed condition at any price. Major Alfred R. Calhoun said that when he went up to White Plains he expected to find a lot of old, disreputable bums hanging about, and he was half ashamed of his mis- sion and thought of changing his name. To his surprise, however, he discovered that the Keeley graduates were by far the best people in the village. He himself had no more of a desire to drink whiskey than he had to drink ink, and they were both quite dose to his desk. In the evening a public meeting was held en Lafayette Hall and speeches were made by many graduates. Several stories were told by the graduates showing the popular impression that it is necessary for the patient to arrive at the institute drunk. .A young man went there sober and took the treatment for two weeks. Then some one informed him that he hadn't started right He went down to New York and got gloriously intoxicated, returned and began the treatment all over again. CHOLERA IN THE EAST. Great Precautions Being Tamil. to Prevent it from Reaching; England. A London cable says : There is some reason to fear another extensive cholera alarm this summer. Great precautions are being taken in view of the apprehended danger to puhall possible obstacles in the way of the westward spread of the scourge from its breeding places in the Orient. At the request of the various European Gov- ernments the authorities of Egypt are exercising unusual vigilance to prevent that country being traversed by the disease. Experts say that, as "a result of careful study on the subject, it has been found that cholera travels along two distinct lines in its advance upon Europe. The first course is across India, Afghanistan and Asiatic Russia. It is believed by those who have been investigating the matter that the disease is now raging in the latter country. The fact is carefully concealed from the public, but it is known in official circles that a special committee has been appointed by Russia to enquire what is best to be done in the premises. The second route of the deadly malady is by way of Persia, Arabia, and the Red Sea ports. To -day's mail from Aden brings information that leaves no doubt of the prevalence of the disease along this line of travel. It is epidemic in the interior of Arabia, and frightful accounts of its ravages come from that region. Hundreds are dying daily from this cauee. At Harrar, where thousands have died, the epidemic iS now abating. Fugitives from the stricken district arriving at the coast estimate the naortality at 15,000 during the past fort- night. Commerce ie paralyzed, and no caravans have arrived from the interior since the middle of April. The deadly, effects of the disease are said to be un- paralleled. A ?dining Morror. A Leadville, Coe, despatch says ; An appalling accident happened in the Penrose mine yesterday afternoon. The steam pipes on the 315 foot, level burst and filled the level with steam, scalding the men horribly. .A. W. Cromer Billy Little and James Mur- ray were hurethe worst, and preeented horrible appearance, the flesh on their faces rolling up in great chunks. Four physicians are attending them. Their sufferings are intense, and their ories MU be heard over a lblook away. Not an AillePts "1 had to be away from school yesterdisy,' said Tommy, ; 'You triust bring an excuse," said the teacher. a' Who from ?» "Your father." "Ie ain't n� good et making exoueess Ma catches him every time." • Doctor—How is the patient this morn- ing 2 Nurse—Wellhe had been wandering a good deal ie his Mind. Early blies niorn- fug I heard hire " What an old Woman that doetor 19 1" and I this* that was about the Islet teeny rational oMark he made PRISONER WILD 'WITH RAGE. A Morderor Tries to 13raiu District Attoruey. EXOITING HOWE IN COUBT. A ,Washington D. C., despatch says Howard J. Schneider, convicted a anent ago of a peculiarly brutal murder of hi wife, after a trial which, partly on accouu of the standing of the two familiem an partly on account of the ciremestencee attracted more attention than others 0 recent years, attempted, while feig-nin insanity, just before Sentence was inaposte todlay, to kill District Attorney Cole. When Schneider, who, during his trial as before, was a well dressed, fashionable looking fellow, came into court to -day short, black growth of beard covered face, his hair was matted and disordered and his clothes were disarranged and in a most untidy condition. His coat cella was pulled up about his face, and no signs of collar or cuffs were seen. Hie counsel, ex -Representative Jere M Wilsoriasked the court, Judge Bradley, t order an examinatien as to Schneider's men • tal condition, which he said would show • him to be insane. The court refused to d this, and also overruled motions for a new trial. The District -Attorney then said: You Honor'I now ask that the sentence of th court in the case of the United State against Howard J. Schneider be pro nounced." Then occerred a scene never before wit- neesed in the history of the court. Hardly had the Diatrict-Attorney ceased speaking, when Schneider, with a loud cry of rage, sprang np from his, chair, and grasping it by both hands'raised it above his head and sprang attheDistrict-Atterney with the undoubted purpose of braining him. The room had become densely packed with men, women and children, and as Schneider sprung toward District -Attorney Cole with the uplifted chair, his face purple with uncontrollable rage, bis eyes flashing with wicked intent, nearly all sprang to their feet, and several of the ladies screamed and attempted to make their way eat Baliff Joyce had been seated in a elude just behind Schneider's right hand, while the prisoner's usual guard, Springman, stood some distance off Before Schneider could bring the chair down on the head of the district attorney, who sat with his back toward the prisoner, unconscious of his peril, Joyce and Springman sprang upon Schneider and caught his arms. They were immediately reinforced by Bailiff Ramsdell and one or two others, and it required their united efforts to wrench the chair out of the man's hands and throw him back into a chair. Springman clutched the prisoner's throat with his right hand and tightlyheld his left wrist with the other. Joyce pinioned Schneider's arms from behind, while two other bailiffs assisted them in holding him down in the chair, but, strong as they were, they failed to completely control the pris- oner's struggles, and as he would not cease his struggle Judge Bradley cut the matter short by saying: "Handcuff him, and if he still resists tie him in the chair." The hand= ie were quickly prodriced, and Springman snapped them on the pris- oner's wrists. He then quieted down somewhat, although he still fiercely glared at the court and at those who held him. In ainoment the court room, which had been in a state of most intense excitement during all this time, became perfectly still in expectation of the sentence about to be pronounced. Springman and Joyce raised the prisoner to lam feet and tightly held •him between them, and told him to face the judge. "No,' interrupted Judge Bradley, "1 will not sentence him while he is hand- cuffed. Take them off. You are able to hold him." Springman unlocked the handcuffs and released the prisoner's hands, although he and Joyce never relinquished their grasp on him Springman,-who from the first, has had almost perfect control over Schneider, whispered to hen to be qniet and brace up like a man. This he did to a certain extent, but he absolutely refused to look at the court. Then the court said: "Howard J. Shneider, the jury have convicted you of the murder of your wife. Have yen anything to say why the sentence of the law should not be imposed upon you? Do you wish to say anything why the sentence of the law should not be imposed on you, ? " Schneider replied, sharply: "God d—n you." Judge Wilson, turning to the defendant, • said: Say nothing."' Judge Bradley then continued: "That your insanity is all a sham and dodge is perfectly apparent from your action here this morning. That your weakness is all a • play and a sham is apparent, when it took two powerful men to hold you when you undertodk to execute your malignant pur- pose upon the district attorney, as it ap- peared to the court yon were just now attempting to do. "It is idle to claim for a moment that you are not now in condition to have sen- tence imposed upon you. The same malt. nant and devilish purpose that actuated you in the accomplishment of the hellish design which yon executed upon your wife has been apparent in the action which you took this morning. "It certainly is not a pleasant duty for me to perform. I do not like to impose the sentence of death upon any man. But if there was ever a ease in this community, or ID any other in this country, where fiendish malignity had accomplished ite purpose and was apparently subject to the righteous execution of the sentence of death, yours is that case, and, without any further remarks, the court will impose the sentence of the law. "The sentenee of the law is that you be taken hence to the common jail of the Dis- trict of Columbia, from whence you came, and there be committed in close confine- ment, aed that upon Friday, the 20th day of January, 1893, you be taken to the place prepared for your execution within thewalls of geed jail, and that then and there, be- tween the hours of 8 a. in. and 12 noon, you ID hanged by the neck until you be dead, and may that God whose law you Lave defied have that mercy upon you and upon your soul which you refused and denied to your inerdered wife." Immediately after the sentence wee pro- nounced Schneider wee hurried to the cage below, and the °rimed in the court room began to leave. 'A publishing firm of New York city bought et. a Beneon auttiOn a copy of " Tamerlane," by Edger Allan, Poe. It is add to be the Only copy in existene,e with the exeeption cif the one in the Beitish MUEIOUTIL It wise published When Poo Was a yottli. Tho preee field wee $1,856.. —Worry is the most effective, anti -fat, in be ' e -A bit of Shekespeate up te date Bacilli in bocke, germs' im the , limeOng broektis Inietoleiss ite esserything, FIENDS IN HUMAN SHAPE. Oruolties Praetized on Ohildren in • Euglitna, SOME TERRIBLE TALES. A London cable says: A report iseued by the Society for the Prevention ef Cruelte to Children has caused a sensation by the statements it contains relative to the oruel, and oft -times inhuman punishments in- flicted upon children. The crime of Mrs. Montagu, who claimed that she was impelled by such a high sense of duty thee, she wise constrained to inflict extraordinary punishment upon her child- ren for their souls' welfare, and wbo finally by this means caused the death of her 3 - year -old daughter, was believed to be ex- ceptional. That some parents wofully neglected and abused their children was conceded, but hardly anyone believed that ouch fiendish cruelty as is set forth in the report of the society could be systematically pursued in England. The report makes special refer- ence tobirs. Montagu and declares that hers ia not an isolated case of cruelty in families of high soeial position. • The society has interfered with clergy- men, officers, barristers and other members of the reentry who it had learned were treat- ing their children inhumanely. Among the, punishments people ot thia class inflicted upon the helpless children are mentioned, punishing a child by putting pins into its nostrils, putting lighted matehes in a child's • nostrils, biting a child's wrist and burning the wound with lighted matches, biting the limbs of a seven -months -old baby till they bled, keeping a baby in a cradle for weeks till toadstools grew around the child as a result of rottenness; shutting up for hours in a dark closet a 2. year-old child, tying a rope around a boy 6 years old, dipping him in a canal, bringing him up, and when he has recovered dipping him in again, and repeating the operation time after time ; keeping a child always in a cool cellar till its flesh became green, tying cords tightly round a child's little thumbs, then tying the extended arms to the foot of a bedstead and beating the child with a thorn bush. Like Mrs. Montagu, some of the culprits pleaded their high sense of moral discipline and their regard for the victim's soul. One individual whom the society interfered with urged that he could not do his duty as set forth in the Bible without mutilating the face of his child. • The report of the society has caused con- siderable discussion, and it is hoped that the law will be invoked to its utmost to punish heartless parents. It is thought that one effect of the report will be to put a stop to the mawkish senti- mentality that seeks to procure the release of Mrs. Montagu from Londonderry jail. The Duke of Fife was present at the meeting and made a strong comment on the shameful disclosures made. The most subtle cases of cruelty, he said, seemed to be perpetrated by persons of apparent respectability. Mr. Fowler, M. P., suggested that legis- lation was needed to protect children. The most revolting recent instances of cruelty, he said, had occurred in families of affluence and the creation of public opinion was wanted to fight the evil. GEN. GUESSER'S JAB. QuitelVs Vitaline Rilling Off Russian Generals. • A St. Petersburg despatch says : Gen. Gresser, prefect of police, died to -day from the effects of an injection of the quack medicine "vitaline,"which produced a sudden and violent attack of blood poison- ing. The stories that have been circulated to the effect that Gen. Greaser was the victim of a Nihilist conspiracy and all the sensational details of the case are without a single word of truth. He was the victim of quackery, and Gatchkowski, the inventor of " Vitaline " finds himself in trouble, with the police because of Gen. Gresser's death. He was arrested yesterday, and to -day the police searched his resi- dence and seized his stock o :vitaline, a quantity of chemicals and a lot of papers. It has transpired that 'Gen. Greaser is not the only victim of the quack medicine. Gen. Baranhoff died last Sunday, and now it is stated that his death followed shortly after an injection of vitaline. Gatchkowski maintains however, that his death was not due to the use of themedi- cine, but that it was caused by an illness from which he was suffering before he used "vitaline." It is said that the medicine consists of glycerine and berme, but it is not believed that these substances would cause such rapid and fatal gangrene as marked the case of Gen. Greaser. The authorities have prohibited the future use of "vitaline." The fate of Gen. Gresser has caused great indignation among the people against Gatchkosvski. Excited crowds besieged the prefecture when the prefect's death was announced, and they denounced the quack in the most bitter terms. SITRPRIsED BANK BURGLARS Attack a City Marshal and Beat Mini to Death. A special to the Nashville American, from Toccoa, Gm, says : Marshall Carter, at Toccoa, Ga., sliscovered four negroes drilling in the Toccoa National Bank's vault this morning between three and four o'clock. Alone he entered the building, contemplating the capture of the gang ; but the instant he stepped through the door he was discovered, and a desperate fight ensued. This morning thebeely of the dead marshal was found just outside the bank door. At first the dead man was a mystery, but when the bank door was found open and -tampered with the mystery grew less deep. Beside the body of the dead marshal were footprints that led toward the railroad, and hi a box cisr were found pieces of steel, with which the marshal's bead had been crushed in. From the car tracks led to Jim Redman' a house. Redman was arrested) and after an inter -view with tlae ofecers Will Bruce, Gus Roberts and Bob Anderson, negroes, were taken into custody. The evidence before the coroner's jury thews that the four negroes are responsible for the marshal's death and the safe -blowing. It is feared that they will be quidlly dealt with. The Newspaper Graveyard. 11 ±0 easy to stare a newspaper, but it re, quires genius and money to keep one going. During the twenty-five years ending with 1885, 1,491 new papers were started in New York, including 60 dailies and 611 weeklitse. Of these papers 1,105 died before the end of the twenty -,five years, leaving a 'percentage of about 33 surviving. sewing the Account. Mm. Duton--Mrs. Nuriche has an 'at home" on the 12th. linicketbecker—ls that so 2 I'll heve ote the same day and invite her. Thal, will square things. The moat populist. of all Mr. Gladstone's ublications was his pamphlet on 4° The atm= Decrees." It is said to have gone threrigh 110 editions, COLLISION IN A. STORM. A Freight and Oannou-Ball Spada. Rush Together at Cleves, MANY PERSONS KILLED. A ;special to the Cleveland Plain Dealer from, Cleves, Ohio, says; In the midst of a terrible storm of wind and rain •two "big four" trains crashed into each other neer here this morning with an awful effect, the fell horrors d which are not yet known. This morning the summer schedule went into effect, and orders had beeu issued accordingly. Freight No, 43, a through train, north bound, hid orders to stop at North Bend to allow express No. 80, a cannon -ball special, to pass. The trains passed at another point some miles; further on, Instead of stopping, the freight engi- neer pulled ahead and approached Cleves, running aboet twenty miles an hour. Why he did not stop at North Bend will never be known, as he is dead, but it is thought that in his anxiety over the storm, which might have washed out bridges, he forgot the schedule, and hurried on. As the train approached Cleves, Charles Smith, the telegraph opera- tor, rushed VS the signal wires• and dashed out the danger signal. Either it was not seen in the blinding rain or the engineer could not control his engine, for it sped on by without checking speed. At that moment the express came in sight. If any effort was made by either engineer to elacken speed it was not apparent, and the engines crashed into each other. Both • locomotives were battered into a shapeless mass and rolled off the track. The oars be- hind were mashed into kindling, and the track for 100 feet was torn up. Telegraph poles were throwit down, and it was two or three hcurs after the wreak before word reached thie place'and a special train was sent to the scene from Cincinnati. Long before, the people from he little village and from the surrounding country had gatnered, and in the frightful storm were doing all they could. Many of the wounded had been taken away,and the number cannot to- night be definitely known. Not a person on either train escaped uninjured. With the arrival of the special train the work of getting out the dead began. Up to six o'clock five bodies had been recovered, four of them shockingly mangled and •mashed out of all human shape. Under the freight engine, bruised and scalded, were found Engineer William Hidds and his fire- man, Hiram Bruce, both of Indianapolis ; under a mashed freight car further back Phillip Gibbon and David Harwood were found. Nearly every bone in their bodies were broken and their faces horribly dis- figured. The fifth body was that of Berry Edwards, engineer of the passenger train. His fireman, Henry Tyrell, had jumped before the crash, but had been caught under it mass of wreckage. His chest was crushed ID and his head cut. He was taken to Lawrenceburg, but cannot survive the night. John Schroeder, conductor of the passenger train, was injured in almost the same. manner, and can live only a few hours at the most. AN EXTRAoRDINARY BALL. The Halt, the Lame and the Blind Have a High Old Time. At Pittsburg, it few days ago, there was it strange gathering of curious people. A class of people that are looked upon as out- side the sphere of physical enjoyment are those who are maimed and disfigured by accident or other causes. The sympathies of the hale and hearty are always aroused for the cripple or the one -limbed members of the human family, and it is for the pur- pose of calling attention to the success of the Cripples Athletic Association, in the direction of affording muscular amusement to the class deemed so peculiarly afflicted, that reference 15 made to a unique ball that was given for their benefit by friends and sympathizers. The spacious hall of a popular place of amusement was crowded with members of the cripple population of Pittsburg. It was a remarkable sight. One-armed men seemed to predominate and to have the easiest part to play, but the one -legged members were not behind when the figures were formed. The grand march, led by the president of the association and a pretty little brunette for a partner, was worthy of an artist's study. The joy of the occasion gave the incongruous column an elastic st and an air of jollity that was strangely in contrast with the general movements and appearance of the participants. There were many that took the step of Richard III. The " Hunchback "was also represented. William Ghost was there in flesh and blood, and walked on the wrong side of his partner on account of an armless sleeve, notwithstanding that accident came near making another kind of ghost of him. And so they passed along. The stiff -legged man saluted a fingerless acquaintance, and the cripple who wore an iron brace on his left ankle bowed respectfully to the man with a hook for a hand. When it came to dancing it was wonder- ftd how these queer -motioned people suc- ceeded in going through with the figures. But the handsome women, the entrancing music and the general joyousness of the scene gave the participants a more stately and steady step and they acquitted them- selves to the entire satisfaction of their friends. These people represented many accidents by rail and machinery, suffering in various forms, and the effort that brings back to them some of the lost joys of active life must be praiseworthy indeed.—Befalo News. HANGED AFTER FOUR TEARS. John Cox Expiates His Crime, but is Sure • Ile Will Cto to Heaven. A Raleigh, N. C., despateh says: John Cox, colored, was hanged at Trenton, Jones County, to -day, for the murder of William Sutton, also colored. The crime was coin. mitted in September, 1888, and the case was twice before the Supreme Court, which at the last term affirmed the sentence ,of the lower court. Gov. Holt thereupon issued it death warrant. Cox confessed the crime, but denied that it was •malicious. He alleged that Sutton was pursuing him wit a knife, and that, being in bodily fear, he shot him without intent to kill. Some months ago Cox,was taken to •Now Berne and lodged in jail for safe keeping. The attendance at the exeoution was large. Cox received baptism and the sacrament at the hands of it Roman Catholic priest. He Was entirely self-possessed, and said he was sure of gob:3g to heaven. He was only 25 years of ego. There was not the least motion after the drop fell, and in ten minutes he was pronoteked dead. ' • A Good Time. He—Did you have it good tirne on your eamping party last summer? She -1 should say so. We had seven girls and seven men, and when we came home there were eorey-nine engagements in the party , —Man proposee, woman disposes, mar: riage composes, time exposes and finally death deposes and novice, A JEALOUS WOMAN'S CRIME. A Polish Lady's Brutal Murder of a Pretty 'Pallet Carl, • SHE ROBS HER VICTIM. A Warsaw cable says : The upper society at Warsaw is etirred by a frightful tragedy involving it story of jealousy and murder, Josephine Gerlach had the reputation of being the inost beautiful ballet girl in 'War- saw. She was of German perentage, with blue eyes, light hair, regular features and it faultless complexien. Her beauty made up for what she lacked in dancing ability, and ever duce her edvene on the stage here she has been the daze among the Polish nobility, both young aud middle-aged. Josephine encouraged and profited, by these attentions, and had accumulated it considerable quan- tity of money and valuable presents from her admirers. To a few of these she showed particular favor, and sho seemed rather to enjoy the unhappiness of the noble young ladies who found themselves deserted for the star of the ballet. A few days ago the town was shocked by the announcement that Josephine Gerlach had been found murdered in her lodgings. The condition of her room showed that she had been taken by surprise by some visitor of whom she had no suspicion. Her skull was beaten in, evidently by some blunt instrument, and her hair was matted with the ooze of blood. There was evideuce that the girl had not given up life witheut it struggle and her disordered attire showed the dutch of bloody hands. The finger marks left by the murderer were not large, but rather slight, and indicated to the police that a woman had done the deed. The apartments had been ransacked, and jewels and money were missing. This was taken as evidence that robbery had also been it motive. The police ascertained that it woman, finely at- tired, and apparently somewhat dis- guised, had called upon Josephine. The woman had not been seen when she went away, but the authorities at once con- cluded that she had something to do with the crime. Searching inquiry brought out the fact that it lady of high position named Boguslawa Crezica had been heard to utter threats against the ballet girl, This lady belongs to one of the upper noble families, and her ancestors are distinguished in the annees of Poland. The family is, like many of the Polish families, no longerwealthy,but in sufficiently good circumstances to maintain its ancient position in society. Boguslawa had occasion to be jealous of Josephine, and this fact was well known throughout War- saw. The police) in view of the fact that Boguslawa answered the description of the woman that had been seen at Josephine's lodging -house, did not hesitate to arrest her. They took her by surprise, and were astonished to find upon her conclusive evidence of her guilt. For some reason the had not disposed of the weapons with which she had murderedthe ballet girl, but still ,carried with her a hammer and it dagger which bore proof of having been used in the sanguinary work. On the hammer was blood and hair, and the dagger was stained with fresh blood. The lady confessed both the crime and the motive. Joseeihine Gerlach, she said, had ruined her happiness, and she re- solved upon revenge. She went to the girl's room as if upon a friendly visit, and, watching her opportunity, struck her with the hammer. The girl attempted resistance, but Boguslawa struck her again, this time breaking her skull and braining her. She then stabbed her repeatedly with the dagger. After committing the deed she robbed the room of the jewelry and money she found there. The news of the arrest caused extreme excitement among all classes, and crowds flocked to the court to see Boguslawa • arraigned for the crime. It is believed she will be sent to Siberia for life. ' STAGE ROBBERS' WORK. They Fire on the Driver and Messenger and Get $90,000. • A Redding, Cal. despatch says: A stage robbery and murder took place near here about 6 o'clock last night. The Redding and Shasta stage had reached the top of the long grade, five milesabove Redding, on the river road, when it was stopped by two highwaymen. John Boyce was driving, with a man named 0. J. Suhr on the box beside him. Buck Montgomery, the mes- senger, was on the back seat inside. A man armed with a shot -gun andwearing a red bandana mask ordered the stage to stop and the passenger on the box to throw up his bands. He then ordered the box to be thrown out. The driver complied, but the messenger inside fired upon the highway- man who dropped to his knees, and, with his partner, who was hiding in the bush, re- turned the fire with rifles. The messenger was shot in the abdomen. The passenger received three buckshot in the right leg and the driver got five buckshot near the right knee. The robbers then disappeared with the boxes. The driver and Suhr were not seriously hurt. The Wells, Fargo boxes are said to contain $20,000. The messenger has since died. A large posse is out search- ing for the robbers. One of them was un- doubtedly wounded. The members of the local militia company went out to aid in the search, and one of them, George Holesworth, was accidently shot. MURDERER FANNING RESPITED. Ile Will Not TAILS His Seat in the Fatal Chair, A Sing Sing despatch says: Henry 0. Fanning, who is under sentence to die by electricity in the State prison here during the week beginning at midnight Sunday for the murder of Emily Taylor in New York, April 18th, 1891, has been invited by Governor Flower, and will be imprisoned for life. Fanning was a Utica boy, who went to New York several years ago with his parents. He married and thrived for a time, until domestic discord and evil temptations drove him from his home to consort with a mistress. The latter is the Woman whom he was accused of having murdered. At his trial the defence was wretchedly mismanaged by an, incompetent lawyer, and the jury, reposing its faith on the testimony of alriend of Fanning, who swore that the latter had confessed the crime to him, found him guilty. Fanning was converted while in the Tombs through the efforts of Sister Dominica, connected with one of the re- ligious orders in New York. When he is not writing or reading letters he devotes his thne to it etudy of religious works. He is an inveterate smoker. He eats heartily and sleeps itt soundly as any man in the • big gessy prison. Hotel Clerk—Sorry, but can't action - modiste your troupe. Theatrical Manager— You don't suspect we'd be elephants onyotw hands, do you? Hotel Clerk --Oh, no 1 I've een no signs of trunks yet. --Johnny7Do you say your prayers every night • Jnniny—I do whenever Ihremottet sleep the folding bed. —Suriclity School teacher—What is the oonscuence? Bright boy --It's web makes you sorry Ween you get found out. EATING OILliNGES. Young Pau Shoal,* Never Do It IA the Presence orMs Sweetheart. A youni; lady paid the other day that she hated oranges because one bad some between her and her lover. He had called on her one evening, and.„ after sitting awhile, ima preducbd a couple of bright Florida oranges out of his pocket and euggested that each eat one. bihe now says that she cannot drive out of her mind the sight of his nose, cheeks and chin dripping with juice, and he hos been whispering eozneihing horribly similar about her. -Evidently you cannot love a girl and is citrus aurannum at the SUMP time says the Pittsburg Despatcla. • Otte of ;he best remedies for an orange— sort of whipping the devil around a stunino- is te mite is spoon. The directions advise you to cut the orange carefully into halves, taking care to do so acmes the grain, so that a spoon can slip in readily. A gentleman who has lived for years in the American countries in which the orange grows is waging is war against the slovenly manner of outteig the orange up and serv- ing it on the table. In such it case he re- commends that it very sharp knife one ae, keen as a razor, be used, and the fruit cut into slices infinitesimally thin, and built, layer about with pulverized sugar. Since the spoon has been relegated -ea o modern dinner civilization almost, is fork in, used to eat it with. In southern Europe the peasants always eat eruie in its natural: shape, and never think of treating it to doses of sugar, salt or other seasoning. Around Naples and in Malaga the people bite it hole in the orange, suck out the juice, and then throw the orange away. Smell American people often de the same, but of course the American must try his hand at • improving nature, so he puts a lump of sugar in it. An orange planter thinks such\ a thing desecration. On board ship it unique way is alwaye a• popular way to do anything. There they take an orange, and, with a very sharp • knife, cut off a slice of skin across the top. This is placed below the orange and skew- ered by a fork into position. Holding the fork in the left hand, the knife cuts down the peeling, which indifferently falls off or hangs down. Then the same knife cuts the juicy meat thus left exposed into small portions, which are conveyed on the point of the blade to the mouth—one of the cases on recordwhere a knife enters the mouth by common con- sent of the fashionable world. The small quantity of juice that flows down falls on the false bottom of the orange, and thus the hand is protected. The orange never eats --, better than in this way, and it is also, as may be observed, freed from all untidiness. • The trick with the orange called the "sea -sick passenger" is played the first thing upon the voyager whose stomach is • suspected of uncertabaty. The eyes, nose and mouth of a man are cut on the side of' the orange, the eyes and nose being made by it slight removal of the skin, while the mouth is it deep incision. ,The orange is then put on top of it strong tumbler and. pressing on its edge is rolled about to imi- tate the heaving of a vessel. The juice is thus forced out of the mouth incision and is very miserable passenger portrayed. If this sight doesn't at the same time force it good many people to seek their cabins hurriedly the result is considered to be very disappointing. READ THIS TALE Poverty Drives a Woman Insane in the City ' of Toronto. Toronto News: No food, no fire, no fur- niture an insane mother and two starving little fur- niture, Dr. McKeown discovered in a little house on Hamburg avenue while attending to his duties as medical health inspector. One of the youngsters was sitting on the floor gnawing at a mouldy crust while the other looked greedily on. Neither of the children had 'any clothing worth speaking of on them, and the mother - was only partly dressed also. Everything had gone to stave off the privation which at last drove the poor unfortunate mother insane. "I'm the Queen, I'm Victoria on her throne," ancl she laughed insanely as the doctor entered. "What ! have you nothing in the house for the children to eat ?" asked the visitor - after looking around. "Nothing, nothing: This is the milleniurn and we don't eat now, under the new order of things." That is all the information the poor crea- ture could give. She believed herself the Queen, and declared that as the millenium had come food was unnecessary. Inquiries among the neighbors elicited the informa- tion that her name was Hamilton and that the raving woman was once a happy wife and mother in a comfortable home. Her husband, who was a bookkeeper, de- serted her, and poverty and privation have deprived her of her reason, The case was • reported to Inspector Archibald to have her - sent to the asylum and the children pieced ID some home. A PARISIAN TOILET. How to Get Rested and Refreshed—Howo Sonne Women Retain Youth. 1. A tepid bath of 20 minutes' length, and, a shower bath of five. 2. A rest of 30 minutes. 3. Face, throat and Peck subjected to it. gentle friction of elder-flovver water, mixed with half a goblet of warm water. This re- moves all impurities from the pores, and gives the surface a clear ivory hue. 4. Scented orris powder rubbed in the hair and brushed out again, being careful tor remove all traces of it from the temples and nape of the neck. 5. A delicate creme, similar to cold cream, the juice of lettuce being the ehief' ingredient, laid over the face, neck and hand. After ten minutes remove with a fine linen cloth. , To follow the foregoing diiections liter- ally, under all circumstances, would be difficult. It is quoted here to give some idea of the manner in which age is con- ceded by people who have made conceal- ment a fine art—Youno Ladies' Boman% " Dubin." " Onida's "name is ROM de la Rama, and she is the daughter of a Frenchman. More, information than this the most indefatigable interviewer has not been able to get from the author. She lives in is lovely villa about two miles from Florence, where she is surrounded by books, pictures and, what she prizes more than both of these, dogs. She hat a burying -ground on her place for her dogs, whore they are laid away with it tenderness that is not alvvays•• bestowed on the human race. "Oujda was an unknown writer, glad to earn ai it. page for her magazine stories, when her novel of "Granville de Vinge " made her reputation, and now every novel she writee finds a ready market a $7,000. Professor Elilau Thoinpson, in it recent, article, states his belief that 130,000 home - power at 500,000 volts can be transmitted 240 miles through three wire§ about as largo, as a good-sized knitting-tieedle, and, more- over, that this can be sea underground through 0, konalepipe, esing only Cotton and cheap oil at an insulator.