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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-1-12, Page 2THE TRIALS OF A BRIDE. Married an Advex'tithg Wife Hunter She Quickly 'Repents. A BRUTAL HOTEL CLEM A Chicago despatch has the followleg "For God's mare /some me I don% wane to go back there any more," iihouted thinly -clad women who ran bite a police- man's anus: at the corner of Sherrnen and Van/duren streets this. morning. The woman had jumped from the aecondestory window of the Atlentie Hotel. A remmkable story was elielted when the was taken to the police station, where her husband hurried to put in an appearance. He gave his name as Windfield S. Jefferson, of -Douglas nounty, Oregon, and told the following story: " I was married to this woman, Whose 'name was Mattie Alexander, be the Atlantic Hotel yesterday, I am the owner of a ranch In Douglas county, Oregon, and two years ago inserted an advertieement in a terming paper published in this city for a wife. The advertisement was answered by Mrs. Alexander, living in Kinderbroole, N. Y,, the widow of a wealthy jolietmanufacturer. We have corresponded ever since, and met In this city to be married and go to Oregon to live. I arrived in the oity last Friday and sshe arrived from the east on Christmes day. We talked the inetter over and everything was arranged setisfactorily. We were married yesterday by Rev. Mr. Nicholas. Last night we took rooms in the ,Atlantio Hotel about 10 o'clock. At mid- night I awoke and found my wife miming. Tat once dressed and went down stairs and enquired of the clerk whether he had seen a woman, and was told that a woman hadleft the hotel a short time before. I went out and found two policemen, who advised me to go to the Harrison street station. I did no, but could get no trace of my wife, and spent the night in looking for her. This morning I learned that a woman had uraped Sevin the window of the hotel, and I found It to be my wife." Mr. Jefferson says he believes his wife to be temporarily demented, and that she will be all right in a few days. When thematron at the pence station searched. Mrs. Jeffer- son she found on her person $500 in cash and $9,700 in certified cheques,. She is about 32 years old, good-looking andweighe 140 lbs., and does not in any way appear „insane. She declares that last night she becaine confident that the ranchnaan had :married her simply on account of her money and that she had been duped by him. He had already borrowed $880. She had con- fided her fears to the night clerk, and asked him to assist her in getting away from her husband. The clerk agreed to take care of ter, and gave her a room in a remote part of the house from that occupied by her hus- band, saying he would assist her to leave the house in the morning. Later the clerk entered the room and attempted to assault her. As the door was looked her only means of escape was by jumping from the 'window. The woman was badly bruised about the feet and ankles by the jump. Mrs. Jefferson says the marriage took place in the parlors of the Atlantic Hotel, and was witnessed by two men and two women, none of whom she knew. The police we after the night clerk. OR RRIOGS WINS. The Reran Eroseoution Pails Count Presented, on Every DIEGRUNTLRD ono WILL APPEAL, A New York despatch says Tito session of the New Yorle Presbytery, which is sitting as a court) on the trial of Prot. Briggs, was begun promptly at 2 o'clock this Afternoon. The calling of the roil was Proceeded with. There were forty more names to be called, and each member was allowed three minutes in which to express his views. The voting on the firsb charge was begun at 4 o'clock, and the vote on the sixth charge was completed, ane the Presbytery adjourned shortly before 6 (Polack. The result of the several ballots was then announced to the reporters. On all of the six counts the vote was adverse to sustaining the charges. On the first charge, accusing Prof. Briggs with teaching that the reason is a souroe of divine authority, the vote was as follosvs To sustain the charge, 60; against sustain- ing the charge, 68. On the second charge, which accuses: Prof. Briggs with teaching that the church is a source of divine authority, there were 55 votes cast in favor of sustaining the charge, and 71 against. The closest vote was on the third charge, that Prof. Briggs taughb that the Sorip- tures contained errors of history and fact. On this charge the vote was as follows : To sustain the charge, 61; against, 68. After this vote had been taken tveo or three of the ante -Briggs men left the court and others refrained from voting on the last three charges. On the fourth charge, am cueing Prof. Briggs with teaching that Moses was not the author of the penta- teach, the result was : To sustain the charge, 53; against, 72. The vote on the fifth charge, accusing Prof. Briggs with teaching that Isaiah did not write many of the chapters in the book bearing his name was: In favor of sustaining the charge, 49; against, 70. The vote on the sixth charge, accusing Prof. Briggs of teach- ing that sanctification is progressive after death, was as follows: To sustain the charge, 57 • against, 69. The case will be appealed to the general assembly, which will meet in Washington early inthe spring. The assembly will appoint a commission consisting of fourteen unprejudiced mem- bers to act on the appeal. The friends of Dr. Briggs were greatly pleased with the result. They had calculated on a majority ranging from four to abr. WEIR ST. GEORGE'S DISASTER. Settlement ot Suits .Against the Grand Trunk itatiWaY CO. ‘1A Woodstock despatch says: "The last -elf the St. George cases have been settled by 'the Grand Trunk Railway Company. About a year ago several of these suits were set- tled by the plaintiffs getting only a small amount more than theybad already paid tint in costa. In June judgment was given by the Chancery. Division Court in favor of the plaintiffs:, and at that time all were set- tled, withthe exception of those of Mr. D. W. Karn and Mr. R. W. Knight. The de- dendanta gave notice of appeal, and the time for setting the cases down for argu- sment expired on December 30th last. Mr. Karn gets $7,500, of which $500 represents his solicitor's costs. Mr. Knight gets $7,000, over half of which amount is com- posed of the costs of Messrs. Read, Read & /Knight, his solicitors and counsel. Mr. Mani has secured fol himself a muchlarger mum than any of the other plaintiffs in these suite. Mn J. Gs Wallace was solicitor for Mr. Karn The other five suits for dam- ages were settled, ib was reported,for tnese amounts: Mrs. Swan, $3,500 ; D. Peacock, 2,500, Mrs. Francis $2,500 ; edrs, Peers, $1,000 ; Mrs. Martin,' $2,000. FOR A ROYAL swansAGE. %Arent Preparations Making for the IFeaedi- nand-alarie wedding. A Berlin cable says: All the arrange- ments for the marriage of the Primes:3 Marie, of Edinburgh to the Crown Prince of Roumania havesbeen practically completed. The marriage ceremooies, both Protestant and Roman Catholic, will take place on January 10th at the old Schloss at Sigmar- *gen, in the presence of Emperor William, the Duke and Dutchess of Connaught, ...Evince Charles Anthony, the father of the 'bridegroom, and official representatives of Queen Victoria, King Humbert, Eroppror Franz Joseph, etc. The bride will be given away by her father, the Duke of Edinburgh. 'There will be no bridesmaids, but the Princess will be accompanied by her sisters and the Prince by his brother. The wed- ding festivities will take place in a tempor- ary structure of iron and gleam built on the model of the Crystal Palace in London. s, The Schloss at Sigmaringen is pictur- esquely situated near the Danube, bub is not generally visited by tourists, the neighboring vilio.ge being smell end offering no accommodations. The resources of the :Seldom: are not very large and will be greatly strained to am:mei:date the wed- ding guests. British Zustite. The severity of British justice was well illustrated at Nortbaropton recently, where a trial for murder was in program. The jury having been permitted to partake of a lunch in their room, one of their number profited by the opportunity to step out of doors to post a letter. The judge, to whom this act was reported, promptly gave the Offeeding juror a sharp lecture and fined him $250. He dismissed the jury and Anew pee was empanelled. A small vase of Sevree ware only eight inches high %MS reoently sold in London for $7,205, Husband—Will you go to the theatre with me to -night, Mary? Wife—Thaek you; no Pe—Why not ? W,—You know mery well that I havret a theatre hat. All my bats are little low crowned things. The members of a club of rich young men en Venice are pledged to marry peer girls. The shopper (examining Oc. cotton ,prints)—Will the Miler min 1 Salesnian (ivith prompt aesurence)--Not unlete they're we;. lady ; how elegy Wag 1 Samovar (evidently relieved)—Give me eight yards:. Hee-My heart beats for you alone, She n-Nottsenee 1 that' a your watch ticking, It is MOST MORlit_IBLE DISEASE. the Wages of sin and is maned ' Paresis. There is but one common disease that invariably brings its victims epeedily to the grave. This most ruthleea of maladies is that terrible form of insanity technically called general paresis, andcommonly known as softening of the brain." Its unvarying history entitles it to precedence over con- sumption, cancer, Bright's disease; in short, places it peerless in bad pre- eminence. It changes a man's personality, dethrones reason, almost eliminates the mind, and steadily weakening the body, leaves towards the last a mere skeletal, vegetative being scarce recognizable as the vestige of his former aelf '• unknow- ing, unfeeling, mindless, to the friends at once a tearful memory and a terrible objtc- tive presence. Finally death comes in a form horrible enough to be the fitting climax of so awful a disease. To make the image yet sadder it should be added that paresis usually selects for its victims the more intellectual members of the com- munity. But paresis does not come un- bidden. It need have no terrors for any- one who does not invite it by his actions. And this, perhaps, is the saddest fact of all in the sad history of this baleful disease. To stand helpless and see a strong man cut down by disease is always appalling; but to feel that the disease was preventable ; to know that he is but reaping as he has sown • to have the words come unbidden to your lips, "Tho wages of sin is death"— this is indeed a bitter experience.—Dr. E S. Williams in 37. A. Renew. BE MIA 11 PORT. She Arrives ill New York Seven Days Overate, A BROKEN sun AND STORMY SEA. Drifted in a Storm Until Taken in Tow by the noheania-The liawser Parts end Mee Two Vessels Lose Mien Other in a now storan-The Galata l'asses Der and ECCIISCEI to Go to Her Aasist- anee-The Machinery Repaired, She Creeps Unaided to New York -Calm Behavior of the l'assengers. Umbria (Captain Horatio McKay) arrived oftSandy Hook at 3.15 o'clook this morn- ing, seven days behind time. A fd her was discovered in Lher shaft an machinery was stopped south of the of Newfoundland at 5.30 o'olook afternoon of Friday, the 23rd in After drifting for twelve hours in a storM she was towed 75 miles by the Bohemia, of the Hamburg -American line, but the cable between the two steamers was broken in a heavy gale on Saturday night, and they lost track of each other After drifting for three days to the southeast she started again with her own machinery, vvhiole had been repaired under great difficulties by Chief Engineer Tomlinson, and °wee on in fine weather and half speed to her destina- tion. , Two tenders were required to bring the mails from the wharf at Queenstown to the Umbria, so that she did nob get away until 2 o'clook Sunday afternoon. That night* a gale sprang up, which increased in violence until Thursday, it being impossible for those passengers who were able to leave their statemooms to go upon the decks, and the violent pitching and rolling of the steamship almost preventing sleep at night. The Umbria's ueual average per day is something like 500 miles. At Monday noon she was 405 miles from Queenstown. In the next twenty-four hours she made 420 mules; but the next day's run was but 390, the day after 402 and the day after that 390 again, so that the officers of the ship said on Friday that she could not in all probability land her passengers before Christmas . mormng. The twat intimation the passengers had that there had been an accident was after dinner on Friday, although the engineer had been watching the shaft with anxiety for 48 hours, and the machinery had twice been stopped during the previous night for an inspection of the flaw in the great steel casting. During dinner Friday the steamer came to a standstill, which caused some speculation among the passengers, though S8 the weather was rough, it was not at once perceived that the machinery was not in motion. About 7.30 o'clock in the morn- ing as the men in the smoking room were lighting their eigarseCapt. Mc -Kay came in. "Gentlemen," he said,"1 ism very sorry to inform you that we have broken our shaft and shall be unable to proceed at pre- sent. I shall, however, accept a towing offer from any vessel large enough that comes within hailing distance." The conditions that confronted the com- pany on the Umbria were not entirely gleeful. The big steamehip lay disabled in lat. 43.48, and long, 57.17, about 200 miles from Halifax and 500 miles ,frm New York, with a heavy gale blowinkd 'Never- theless there was no actual danger and almost every passenger on board accepted the situation . cheerfully. There was very little commotion when the ladies were in- formed of the situation. They took it as calmly as the men. The principal anxiety to every one indeed was on account of r friends and riends at home. Chief Steward Gore said there was Lough provisions on board to last three weeks more 'without anyone being in the slightest degree stinted, or even for four or five weeks with the deprivation of a few luxuries. Very few of the passengers remained up much later than was their wont Friday night, although they fully realized they were drifting helplessly in mid -ocean in a s'orzn. Oil was poured upon the water through the draining pipe of the ship, and she was guided while the ratiohinery was in motion. Juet about daylight those who were asleep were awakened by se-veral reports from this Umbria's gun and the sound of her whistle. In ten minutee almost every one was on deck to ascertain what WaB the matter. A ship was in eight just in tbe edge of the horizon, bound east- ward. For half an hour, during which the gun was continually discharged and the hoarse whistle blown, it was impossible to detect whether the other vessel had seen or heard. the 'Umbria's signals, as during the entire voyage she had sighted but two other vessels and the passengers felt it was almost too much luck that help should be at hand so soon after the breakdown. Soon, however, it was seen that the reewoorner was making toward the drifting ship and at 8 o'clock she was alongside. She proved to be the Behemia, of the Hamburg -American Line, bound from New York to Hamburg. Sheeat once responded to the Umbria's reqUest for a tow and before noon she was connected to the big ateamehiP by a eteel hawser, and was steaming slowly westward. The storm grew heavier in the afternoon and it was all the Bohemia could do to drag her big burden in the teeth of a headwind. After dark a heavy snowstorm sprang up, which obscured the lights of the two vessels] from each other. . About midnight the steel hawser broke in a violenb gale, and on Christmas morning the passengers of the Umbria found themselves again adrift in a raging storm, with naught in sight but the eky and sea. What becarne of the Bohemia no one knew. She probably lost track of the Umbria in the snowstorm after the hawser parted. A larger percentage of the passengers than usual attended divine ser- vice conducted by Purser Field in the saloon that morning, and the responses to the prayers were unesually hearty. Christmas: day passed without any demon. sitration a discontent among Wee passengers. Jusb at dusk a light woe sighted to the out hwarn and again the passengers flocked on deck, leo:Acts were fired and goon the light that at first seemed ifs Me away be. gan to grow more and distinct, aud in half an -hour a smell steamship lay alongside. In answer to the Umbria's signals the new- comer reported she was a vessel of the Wil- son Line, bound for Philadelphia, and that She coulii not take the other in tow be- eauso elle did not have coal enough, with which pleasing information she signalled good-bye and departed. From the hour hor tisne was taken at neon Friday until she broke down that evening the Umbria had made 124 mile& She drifted twelve miles to the southeaet during the night, and the Bohemia owed her 75 Milea toward New York on St , dem At neon eloneay she beel drifted 4. miles and the gala was still blowing. Jos' after M luncheon onday a steamer Was \ ,' ghted prdeeeding weetWarct Iti anow0 to the A True BM. If anything very doleful ever happens to you, the sting may be allayed if you can only throw the blame of it on the shoulders of some one else. You may feel terribly, but if you can drag another into it and say: "11 it hadn't been for you I never would have thought of going into such and such a thing; it was all your fault," you will feel much better and represent to the world how you were persecuted against your better Judgment. Yet if the undertaking proves a success there is no thought of giving any credit to any one but our own selves, and we go about pluming ourselves on our own superier insight. Strange as it may seem, says a contributor to the Philadel- phia Times, nnefortune is doubly hard to bear if we bring it on ourselves by some foolish action. If there is no one else on to whom we can shift the responsi- bility for a financial landslide, a domestic earthquake or social cyclone, we are crushed to the earth with double force. Therefore in every calamity men and woneen seek for someone or something out- side of themselves and their individual actions on which to rest the blame. When a man fails it is his3 wife's extravagance, not his own, that brought it all about. If a woman loses her purse she blames the dressmaker for not having put a pocket in her gown, though she knows in her heart that she herself vetoed that same suggestion, as there was no place for it where it would be . bandy to get it. If a man becomes intoxicated he blames "Mist confounded system of treating," never lor an instant thinking that his own refusal would have averted the evil—treat- ing or no treating. No, it is born in us to blame others for our misfortunes when we are alone responsible for them. This ten- dency develops et a very early age, for even the little toterlso can scarcely speak plainly will, if it tumbles clown, tern to the person nearest at hand and lisp forth, "See what you made me do," It is the way of the world. We pretend to be very independent and firm, and so we are during our days of prosperity and happinem, but when ven- tures tune out badly and the clouds of troubles gathenlike the little petulant child we cry out, "See What you have made ire " No Cards." He, a bright young neurepaper man, and elm'lovely as an Indian summer day, were outclriering. " Do you know," she eaid„ "I shoulel like to be a tows:papa man." " You can be the next thing to it." " What is that?" • " His wife," And just then a ahadow fell. The Dun woe holding a (Amid in front of his face *bile he sonekered. Be thorough in whatever you undertake make that nemieurereent read like this; Chest, 32 ; shoulders, stooped and sloping back, very narrow; anne to match, B. —Pad so as to havo,. garment correepoild to measurementfirst. given. Umbria's signals she earn() alengeide and proved to be the Manleanset, bound from $wanree to New York, the property Q$ Ames MoCaldin, one of the paoeengers on the Umbria, • The Manhaneet had hardly come to a etandstill, however, and con sidered the big prize money she would obtain by towing the disabled vessel to New York, than a much larger steamship hove in sight and bore down rapidly toward the drifting vessel. In a few moments she was close enough for the officers on the Umbria to distinguish her as the Gallia, of their own line, en route fromBeston to Liver, pool. The offieere of the Manhanset also recognized the Genie and steamed off home- ward disconsolate, done out of her prize money. Everybosly on board the Umbria was jubilant, and the consternation of captain, came, crew and passengers may be imagined when, in response to the ITnabris.'s signal, " Disabled, stand by," the Gallia returned, " Can't Maud by, carrying mails." The Umbria signalled back, We hold you reeponsilsle, ' whereupon the Gallia enrip17 dipped her ensign, eignifying " good-bye, ' and disappeared to the east- ward as the Manhanset paesed out of eight to the west. The passengers now were many of them genuinely alarmed. They did not place muoh faith in Engineer Tomlineon's promise to mend the broken shaft, and as many be- lieved that Capt. McKay had deliberately sent the Gallia away, much discontent was expressed. There was talk of forming a committee to demand of Capt. McKay that he do something, but no one could suggest anythingfor him to do. They called a i meeting n the ansoking-roona to peso a vote of censure on the ship's officers, but the antiAtiokers came in and put a quietus on this project by forrning what was called an Amusement Committee, with J. Henry Harper as Chairman, its object being to have a repreeente,tive obtain information from the captain, and is it was not known how long the Umbria would drift, to get up entertainments in the saloon for the even- ings. Captain McKay expressed himself as entirely ready to co-operate with this corm mittee. He told Mr. Harper he was as muoh surprised as any one on board at the conduct of the Gellia ; but as she WaS of the Cunard line he would not say anything more about the matter. After drifting for three days to the southeast the Uumbria started again with her own machinery, which had been repaired under great difficulties by Chief Engineer Tomlinson, and came on in fine weather at half -speed to her destination. She arrived off the bar at 3.30 m 111.1 and all well on board. The Umbria swayed in company with the Britannic, of the White Star line and an oil tanks steamer. Both her esocrts left her at the outer lightship and went up the bay at a rapid pace, compared to the speed of the Umbria. She was steaming nine miles an hour. The slow rate was maintained as a precaution against further damage to the shaft. As the vessel entered the harbor Captain McKay was congratu- lated and thanked by many passengers who had waited up all night to see the welcome lights of New York again. • TOE DESTRUCTIVE LAI:UNDUE. It it Reforms Not Every Family Will Have to Do up its Own Shirts. There must be something done to reform the current laundry processes ; else we shall have to "do up" our shirts ourselves. Since the trip•hammer double baok-action bosom einasoulator has been added to the laundryman's chamber of torture the shirt is absolutely not the same style after it gets through one experience. There must be some system of doing laundry work pro- perly on a large scale. The improvement in the laundry of the white ;shirts turned out in bulk by makers of well-known brands indicates that the dull finish can be success- fully achieved in wholesale manufacture. This is laundrying on as big a scale as in any regular laundry; and why the same methods cannot be employed in the latter, where they make a business of washing and ironing shirts, collars, cuffs, etc.—unless it is one of those ehort-sighted phases of quick money making that is ultimately its own detriment—is a mooted matter. There was a time when all linen shirts were gen- erally worn by the rich men of the town, and there are a number of the old guard, and many of the younger men of the town, that pay so much as $12 each, or $144 per dozen, for their all fine white linen shirts. These are with and without collars and cuffs. The laundrymen do not get a chance at them. Some old fashioned retainer handles them tenderly, and gets the home- like dull -finish on the starched shirt front. --Clothier ancl Furnisher. C13.18P PARIS GOSSIP, A Week's Political .Boolety and Booial Dos in the Gay Capital, comet cnritstorers last supper-reculier Predicament or si Indy or Title- 5'iiy old oneness Mecklenburg - Paris StOICIECOperhi 1111.41 wheir Cum tanners, "This Pudding's Froze." In Mr. W. H., Lucy's "Diary of the Salisbury Parliament" there is a story relating to Lord Roseberry and one of his Scotch guests whioh is worth quoting. In the month of May, 1889, there was an even- ing party in Berkeley Square, and in the early part of the day Lord Rosebery had met in Pa.ocadilly a Scotch farmer with whom he had some acquaintance, and he asked his friend to "look in" in the course of the night. The farmer duly presented himself in something that resembled his idea of an evening dress. All went well until the Scotchman got into the supper room, and, after eating of a variety of dell- o:idea, he lighted on an the cream— % form of nourishment that was new to him. Having taken a large spoonful, he managed to conceal his discomfort. But seeing his host he thought it his duty to in- form him of what had taken place. "1 don't suppose you know, my lord," he loudly whispered, "but I think I ought to tell you—there has been a mistake some- where and this pudding's froze." Lord Rosebery grasped the situation in a mo- ment. With perfect courtesy, and a pretty appearance of critical inquiry, he tasted the ioe cream. " So it is," he said ; " that's very strange " ; and then, after speaking to one of the servants, he returned and said to the Scotch fernier, " It's all right ; I am told that this is a new kind of pudding they freeze on purpose," and taking his friend's arra led him out of the room. • The Largest teasbolder. What is mid to be the largest gaoholder in the world has just been oonspleted for the gas company ab East Greenwich, Eng- land. The holder is 300 feet in diameter, and, when fully inflated, is 180 feet high, The floating vessel of the holder weighs 1 300 tons and the eapacity of the arrange - merit is 12,000,000 cubic feet. • The Society for the Protection of Birds: of Great Britain bat increased its membership during the as year from 1,200 to 5,200. Its eneurd report says the English goldfinch is threatened with extinction'because of the present detnatul for its feathers for "murderous millinery, Is it true that your wale it of a rather skerical turn of mind " " She used to be, at I gob her a new remlskin amok and she goes to church every Sunday now," Quidnunc—Do you believe in merreirm a girl for her motley ? Yotieg Ilifly— Xot as a rule but sometimetimes met hastre got to get it. In %Dinah women propose to men, anis, Jan.—The late Mimetry is the twenty. seventh, which has been formed and expelled from office by an adverse vote, in the twenty-two years that have elapsed since the fall of the Empire. For some ten or fifteen years there was always a show of statemenship in the Cabinet. Men were to be found with portfolioo, trained to offioiel life, of diplomatic experience, or in some way qualified for adnumetration, but fitness has long ceased to be a qualifica- tion for office in Paris. Thus the most unoorupulous partisan, the loudest talker, the most virulent writer who rises to the ourfame becomes the man in powern,with the result that the Ministry is one of nonentities headed by a mediooritw whose only chance of obtaining ease is the conflict of 'Artist which virtually outraoises all the political experience of the country. As to the Panama scandal, it is to be doubted, with all its purity of intention, whether any Government of the Reeublic will get to the bottom of it. But it is already made pretty evident that a vast proportion of the sum subscribed by the peasantry, the email shopkeeper and the humble rentier went into the pockets of needy journalists, smart financiers and push- ing deputieo. It is doubtful whether Paris or Paname had the larger slice of the leaf. CHANTAGE A HIGH ART. Not a few of the Paris papers live meanly by means of chantage, or " blaokmailin,g." The most preposterous sums are demanded in cold blood "to keep out" so-and-so, the peccadilloes: of monsieur or the " adventures " of madame, or even (such infernal scoundrels are the blackmailing tribe) of mademoiselle I A man attached to a blackmailing journal ferrets out small indiscretions of this or that individual who is known to possess money, writes them out, gets them set up in type, and armed with a " proof " of the defamatory matter, marches into the salon of the victim and menaoea him or her with "your money or your ruin." The names of many of these blackmailers are well known in Bohemian circles ; one of them died only the other day, and he was amounted a prince of blackguards. There is one Paris journal in particular which has a very bad name for this kind of swindling: No wonder it canafford to pay high peens to its contributors and to indulge m more swagger than its contemporaries. .COUNT CHRISTOBEL'S LAST SUPPER. A rowdy party, characteristic of the budding French benediot, was given a few nights ago, where champagne flowed like the proverbial milk and honey, while naughty little actresses tull of surprises and pretty repartee,laughed, romped and played the piano until about 6 a. m. This peculiar affair, attended by over thirty-five guests, was given by the Comte de Christobel as a final festive adieu to his —perhaps regretted—bachelorhood. The invitations were 'issued by the reckless young host on yellow paper, deeply edged with black, bearing the following exhorta- tion : "Monsieur,—You are hereby re- quested to attend the funeral of the Comte de Christobel, who has met with an acci- dent in the marriage market. You will drink to his health. May he rest in peace. Among the aristocrats who are just at this moment in Paris, the name of Comte Joseph Prirnoli may be placed at the head of the list. He is enjoying the hospitality of his cousin, Princess Mathilde. The Prince in question is the great-grandson of Lucien Bonaparte, brother to Napoleon the First; and he is the offspring of the Com- tesse Primoli, nee Princeese Charlotte Bonaparte, who heldso prominent a position at the court of Napoleon III. Since 1883 ales has been an interesting widow. She lives and entertains in Rome, her salons being noted for their brilliancy and. dis- tinction. CLOCX STOPPING EXTRAORDINARY. M. Papua is another wizard of the period who is being talked about. He can stop the pendulum of a clock when it is many yards away from him. All that he has to do is to thiuk about the pendulum in such a way as to get his psychic forces to lay upon it. He has taught other people the same trick, and they, too, can stop clocks merely by an act of will. With such a faculty the poorest man might take a very pretty vengeance upon a rich enemy. I1 clocks can be bewitched, why not indi- viduals ? Where now is the superstition of believing in the "evil eye"? TILE MIX BEWITCHES THE BELL. A publication that deals with "occult- ism " tells the story of a servant girl who bewitched a bell, but without intending it. Her mistress had fallen into the excellent habit of retiring to besi early, in order to read there. One evening the bell belonging to her room rang, and the servant went to inquire the motive. The mistress declared that she had not rung the bell ; but as soon as the girl looked at the bell in the passage it began to dance again. When he took her eyes away from it, it stopped. In con- sequence of this inconvenient relationship between herself and the bell, she had to seek another situation. FRISKY OLD nntairESS. The Grand Duohess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz has once more taken up her winter residence at Cannes, where she holds a miniature court. Though more than 70 years of age she is as gay and bright as at 50. Her hobby its lawn tennis, and despite her portliness of figure she makea point of playing every clay. She usually invites an expert to match her and the game comes off in the tennis stoma of the Reardon Olub. This °VMS its origin to the Grand Duke, who has repeatedly helped it out of finances,' COUNTESS CAUGHT IN THE RAINSTORM. den she heard a masculine Voice at her side making a prepense " Give me SiX sous? madame, and 3. will miner you through the • crowd." The Couutees turned round. The author of this interested offer was a handsome young man drowsed as a workman. After is moment's hesitation, the lady said bravely, "Bo it so ; take me to my carriage," And lifting up her skirts, she put one arm around the robust man's nook, who lifted her up as a feather and ,gaily commenced his expedition. All went well., till they arrived about half weir across the road close to a large pool of muddy water, When the man stopped shed. " Eli bien, what's up now ?" asked the Countess. " Eh Lien," resolutely replied her " pony," "you must kiss nae' ' Plait.it ? " Kim me or 1 will put you down and leave you 1" What was to be done ? The situation was a critical one, even a little ridiculous. After all a kiss door not kill. It is soon over (alas) on the theatre as well as in real' life. This was the meditation of the Countess: and she gracefully bent down and kissed her carrier. The rest of the journey was eatifactoril performed and the Countess was placed cone fortably in her carriage, where a littl flushed and confused she took out her pu and brought forth a franc, which she otfe' to the man. But he politely taking off cep, bowed, saying " 11 ne mwuquerait plu que cela I Pour qui me prene von Merci ; jct suis assez pays," (this Wonl only be smiting. Whom do you tak ma for ? Thank QU, I am sufficiently paid) He then turned on his heels and walked away. The Countess, mystified, went h way wondering who the man was? The Count de Bayonne is however on hie • track, and in pursuit of hissearch is causing. - much merriment in all the Paris clubs. It is expected that a duel will be shortly the - result for the delinquent is supposed to be a man well-known in society, who strange to say has suddenly disappeared. 'COACHING A LA MODE. Coaching ie the rage just now in and around Paris and quite a specialty in toilettes are adopted by the elegamtes who accompany their male friends and relatives on their 'four-in-hands" for gay excurs dons around the environs of the French capital. Genre Anglais is the dominant • taste ; the trees are bare and the winda are cold. Mdlle. Darland, who is a renowned "coach -woman," has just had a paletot driving coat made for herself of a beautis fully thick water -proof cloth. It is made rather thick and large, lined with fur and ornamented with mothemonpearl buttons. Buttons of this descriptions are de rigueur • for whosoever wishes to have thissort of garment striotly up to date, and they should be always engraved either with the name of the coach or the arms or cipher of the proprietor. They are of almost prim cisely the same cut for male as for female wearers. French ladies, however, complete their driving toilette with a specially made skirt. It has two openings, buttoning at the sides,. so that it can be slipped on anci off with the greatest ease. As to headgear a little toque, with a puffing of cloth and velvet and a bird's plumage for trimming. Trioorne hats also are specially stylish this year, and - they are trimmed with breiohwantz, a sort of astrachan, with a stiff straight plume in the same style, and a few folds of velvet for trimming. For the meet, those tricornes are quite the fashionable wear, and should be trimmed with feathers and galon, of the kind specially called " venarie," in gold, silver or black. HINT TO ST0REICEEEERS. An innovation in the way customers are treated at the leading stores has been insti- tuted by the proprietors of the Bon Marche. For convenience of ladies who patronize that colossal establishment there is a large, sumptuously -furnished apartment, fitted up. with comfortable chairs, writing Wales and materials newspapers, posnoffims, etc., where ladies can meet their friends, write, read and be supplied with various delight- ful sirops et siphon, all of which, including " the drinks" are provided free gratis and with the compliments of MM. les proprie- aims. The following piquant anecdote becurred a few days ago to ties Countess: de Beyonne yourig married hely well:known in Parise fan society : The Countem was cornieg out of an mom bitiee of paintings in the Clhampo Eleteee, Paris when 0. heavy rainstorm setting in rendered the fammia Bilden fields nothing but a muddy marsh. To add to her raider- thno her victoria—through the great erowd of carriagee which Were there—happened to be on the other tide EA the roast She hailed her oeachrnom'who Mettentive, did not look for hie mIstrees ; eonsequeritly did not see her signs nor could he hear her at that distance ancl the pretty woman was obliged . Geographical Don'ts. Don't say or write Austro-Hungary. The best writers prefer Austria-Hungary. Don't, for meroyes sake, say "The Smith.- sonian Institute.' The name is The Smiths- sonian Institution. ' Don't forget that Orientel names ending in " an " have the accent on the last syllable, as Teheran, 13eloochis-tan. Don't call the Chinese Mongolians." Ib- is better to reserve the latter name for the people who live north of China proper. Don't speak of a native of China. am Chinaman. You would not say that you had an Ireland maxi digging in your garden. It- is better to call John a Chinese. Don't call Bermuda a "North American island," as a writer in a New York newc. paper did. There are plenty of North American islando, but Bermuda is not nne- of them It is an oceanic, not a continental' Don't be mystified if on one map in your atlas Hudson Bay seems to be larger than the Gulf of Mexico, while on another sheet of the same atlas the Gulf of Mexico appears larger than Hudson Bay. The—, apparents discrepancyis doubtless difiPto the different map projections employed. Don't, say that the compass points to the true north, for it doesn't, except in certain places. The compass points to the mag- netic north, which is at present consider- ably west of the north pole. When Lieut. Greeem was at Lady Frauklin Bay the de- clination of his needle was found to be very great, the needle pointing toward the mags ntic pole in a direction nearly southwest. When you are writing a novel don% get. your geographical facts badly mixed. In one oi the popular novels of the day the writer introdueed his hero into the antarc- tic regions in January, and speaks of the "inky blackness" of the nights he experi- enced there. The month of January is the height of the automatic summer, and the entire month is one continuoue day.—Goldo thwaite's Geographical Magazine. Filet boy—No, sir '• you don't catch me, aliteraning off sick to stay hem° from mehool mid get all dosed up with castor oil and such Stuff. Second Boy—Oh, I'm ali. right on that. We're homo3opIths at our house. Ells Beason. Tho reason Imnrried her, said White, Wm simply alio, sho sat Dfreetly in front o r me one night At the play, and remelted her hat. The net was sigstincant to mo, And the thooght possessed tny mind. That rh (3 eve:nen veto did such a thing must he. tinselflah and good and kind. Maud (aged 13 with withering ecorn)-.* I pity the man you'll get for a husband, Ethel Smith. lithol (aged 14, with lofty eontempf)--And I'd do as much for yoe,, Maud Jenee, only it woold be abserd to *ago pily on whet you"ll neVer get. tetilell'nokreriTegicirtlealinalYrqieisit YF°Iyttph;-v-°B °c, 1164-, to give tip her offerto iu despair. Of a rind- please.N.