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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-8-10, Page 2CRASHED HED INTO AN ICEBERG he Captain of the Cashmere Says it Stood 180 Feet Above Water, "THHIELING ESCAPE OF THE BARQUE. IST, ye landsmen, to this: stirring story of the sea that Capt. Thompson, of the British barqueCaeh- mero, 204 days from Piaagua, Chili, to this port, told to his wondering audience when the vessel reached her dock in ..,%d Erie Basin at 9 ;, o'oiook last night. Thompson .-_,r il) Capt, T son . p is a hale old Scotch - maxi, of some 65 or 70 years, with grizzled whiskers, sun-tanned features and rolling Salt - Like his prototypes of the story books, he belle a good tale, so here he goes " We set sail on January 2nd with a well trimmed cargo," said the Oa' ,ain last night. Tha wind was all right, I bad a good crew and everything went well. We rounded the t3ape on February 28th, and as we came on the easterly side we ran into a thin mist and met with a few email icebergs. I didn't worry much about the ice, because I leadbeen around the Hern twenty times, and had seen loth of it. "I decided to put extra men on watch and I rigged out Third Mate Pontet with my marine glance when I put him on the lookout on the evening of March 1st. We were about three hundred miles off the Falkland Islands at that time. " With the extra Iookout and the watch alert we crashed into a berg at 10 o'clock that night. The Cashmere is an iron ship of 1,200 tons. The bowsprit is in two sec- tions, composed of hollow steel twenty-four inches in diameter at tbe base. Well, sir, the forward section of the bowsprit was just telescoped into the other part, and then the whole thing was jabbed right into the for- ward bulkhead and clean through to the held. Our deck beams were broken and the timbers were ripped up. " The ice that was broken away by the force of the collision came tumbling down on the forward deck in massive chunks un- til it was piled high above the bulwarks, :end the vessel looked as If she was a turtle back. The deck slopes back a geed deal toward the stern and immense pieces of ice rolled down off the heap and slid right along the alleys on the port and starboard sides until they struck the stern rail and careened over into the water. " The sailor men who were asleep in the deck house grabbed their clothes and sea boots and rushed out. One of them, known only as Dutch Albert, was struck by one of these big hunks of ice and he was lifted on tep in some way. He passed us on hie strange seat with one hand holding hie eea boots and the ether grasping his hair. "The wind coming around the berg formed a Bort of eddy and drove ns against the monster a second time, but the impact then was light and we suffered no injury. We sheered off a bit with the rebound and I had a chance to size tip the berg. "Ib was easily three times higher than the truck of our mainmast. That would leave it about 800 feet above water. It was shaped for all the world like the head and neck of a colossal crane. Well, sir, we just ant right under that overhanging break of the birdlike berg, and as we passed under the keel grated on the projecting part and listed ns to starboard. "As soon ae we got clear I had soundings made and the pumps were examined. We made no water, though some of our plates were strained. Our collision bulkheads held out in great shape. We floundered around in a region of ice- bergs for eight days. On March 9th in the afternoon it began be rain. I saw deliver - Ann near, for rain in that section is usually followed by a southwest wind. Sure enough, the wind came up and we made Rio Janeiro on May 28th." The captain regrets the loss of the figure- head of the Cashmere. "It was modelled after the Maharajah of Jummoo," he said, " He dropped off the day after the collision, and the iron on his _feet dragged him down feet foremast." A TERRIBLE WEAPON. A Wonderful French Gun That Hails Deadly Missiles. The Paris Autorite on Wednesday pub- lished an interview with M. Turpin, the Inventor of melinite, on the subject of the new gun designed by him. " It le said that with your weapon four discharges could be effeoted in a quarter of an hour, sending 15,000 projectiles a distance of one league In several directions, covering an area of 22,000 square metres at each discharge. All this appeared formidable and may have been semewhat exaggerated," observed the inter- viewer. M. Turpin smiled and replied, " Those figures represent a minimum. I ]tope soon to be able to clear in an instant a whole plain covered with several army corps. A few volleys would suffice. The apparatus is light. Only two heroes are required to draw it and four men to work its The projectiles are diminutive shells. With this the strongest fort could be swept siway with Ina few hours." " Might 1 ask on what principle your invention is based 2" ;said the interviewer. "For obvious reasons cannot just now divulge my secret," was the reply, "but I may say this, that it rests e i a new electrical principle. Ib is the simplest thing in the world, and everyone will wonder when it becomes known why ib was not discovered long since." ' Lives in a Tree. In Windham County, Connecticut, lives Hulitt Hazowell, who for 25 years has made Ifs home among the branches of an ancient chestnut tree on a farm owned by him. He has the reputation of being well off, and his residence in the treetop is the result of a bet made in 1868 that Horatio Seymour 'would be elected President, Hazewell's house rests in the forks of Revered large limbs about 20 feet from the ground, and is as well built as if it had been intended to stand en the ground. The eccentric occu- pant has made friends with the birds and squirrels of the neighborhood, az d in the stammer they go in and out the tree dwelling at will. Fruit in Stone. .A collector of odds and ends in this city has a remarkable representation of fruit in atone. It is a bunch of grapes carved from tlmethyet of rich purple, with stem, teams and tendrils ounningly wrought from mala- Ahite, serpentine and jade. A basket is also heaped with apples, peaches, oranges, plums, apricots and raspberries that prove an inepeotion to be made of nfalaohite, rhodenite, jasper and oddly -colored marbles, Mho Ruebiana are clever ab this kind of Work, and they .Hake handsome tabled of mttlsohfte.—New York Sun. Mr. Suddenly Good—I dropped a ten. dollar bill in the contribution box in ohuroh lent Sunday. His friend contribution ie---bid yo Yn you, indeed I What wain the matter with 162? TAYLOR'S TERRIBLE DEATH. Horrible Scene at an Auburn Electrocution. TWICE PLACED 1N THE DEATH CHAIR In detailing the bungled attempt to elec- trocute Wm. G. Taylor, the murderer of Solomon Johnson, an Auburn, N. Y., de- spatoh says : Not ainoe the electrocution of Kemmler three years ago has any exam - tion of the death penalty caused such wide- spread sensation as the double electrocution of Wm. G. Taylor in the death chamber of Anburnprieonyeaterday. Whenthewitneeses had been liberated after two hours' enforced they confinement, t y began relating r g the har- rowing scenes they had observed, and soon the entire city was discussing the failure of the State's executioner. The scene at the first attempt to eleetreoube the victim was semebhing indescribable. The moment the full voltage was eaitabed into his body the rigidity of the muscles became so great that the front eupporte to the chair to which his lege were strapped were torn from their fastenings and fell upon the floor with an ominous clatter. But the powerful current shill held the bodyand the chair to wbioh it was strapped in a firm embrace. The speobators were very much startled at this unlooked-for occurrence. The victim sat motionleea in the chair, nob even twitching hand or foot, but when the ourrent was turned off tbe body sank back from its rigid position, and the chair with- out its front legs tipped forward, the body slipped perceptibly, and if the stout straps had not held it would have pitched prone upon the floor, ®TEE SPECTATORS STARTLED. There was a smothered "Oh l" from the spectators, but not a man moved. Nobody had as yet realized that anything particu- larly horrible had taken place, as ib nae taken for granted the victim had died at the first contact. But in a moment more a shudder passed over the little throng. Froth and saliva bad appeared at the mouth of the victim, which was left ex- posed by the narrow leather mask. A strange noise was then heard. It was re- peated, and was then recognized as a gasp for breath. HE STILL LIVED. "He's alive," was the awful thought that ' oppressed every epeotater. The spasmodic gasping continued, but was soon succeeded by stenterons breathing, and some of the more nervous epeotatore were afraid he would soon come to life. The warden ordered the electrician to renew the contact, and the switch was again turned, but much to Davis' surprise no current came. He announced in a low tore that a belt wan off, or the dynamo bad broken down. Here was a dilemma. The labored breatbirg of the victim continued, and his ebeeb rose and fell convulsively. What xas to be done was the question that forced itself home to every spectator. Ib seemed as though Taylor might revive at any moment. The body had assumed a reclining position in the chair, with the lege stretched well out on the floor. Mr. Davie tried his lever again, bub still no response. Taylor was now breathing regularly, but etentorously, and those who did not know that he was unconscious expected to hear him cry out. Ib seemed as though the attendants who had gene to tell the engineer of the failure ef the dynamo would never return. Warden Stout paced the floor visibly nervous. " I'll go myself and see what's the matter," said Davis, and he hastened out to the power -house. GASPING FOR BREATH. Everybody remained quiet, and the pain- ful stillness was only broken by the gasping of the viobim, while the fluid from his mouth had now saturated the strap stones his chin. Mr. Davis returned with the in- formation that the armature had been burned out. Ib could be used no more that day. The apeotaters still wondered what was to be done with the rapidly -reviving victim. Finally the straps were removed, a cot was brought in, and he was lifted upon it and carried into the next room. He was now groaning aloud, and moving his head from side to side. His eyes were closed, bub his features were not distorted with pain. The witnesses were instructed nob to leave. Taylor's pulee grew stronger, and his breathing seemed less labored. He might recover. He was even now attempt. Ing to rise from his cot. Ib was neon - nary for the keepers to pinion his arms and legs. GAVE HIM MORPHINE. Dr. Conway gave him a hypodermic In- jection of morphine to quiet his struggles. He was asked if the patient would recover with sufficient time, and he replied most assuredly. The bbree physicians present coincided in the opinion tbab Taylor was absolutely unconmious from the first con- tact, and they did net think be had suffered for a moment. He eves row in the same condition preeie.+ly os a mei. rertehen with apoplexy. His eye proms woes the name. There was certainty . o bvrncug of the flesh. In 15 minutes more r. .+ ail does of chloro- form was adminiet.-red. There wee only one way to carry oun the sentence of the law, and, Inhuman as it seemed, the un- conscious form muse, be strapped into the chair once more. Linemen were already ab work stringing wires from the city's electric light plant through the grated windows of the death chamber, making connection with the switch -hoard for the second attempt at Taylor's extioctson. KILLED HIM IN THE END. In one hour all was ready. The limp form of Taylor was marled to tbe death - chair by three keepers. The brotien foot- rest had been repaired. He war held in position by straps, and the current was turned on. The body stiffened up, but not with half the force of the first attempt, and for half a minute 1,240 voltn coursed through hie system. The current was then turned off, the stethoscope applied, and he was officially pronounced dead. The witnesses then signed the death certificate, and were excused from further attendance. The Autopsy. The flret electrocution took place at 12.46 and the second at 1.55. Tho autopsy fol- lowed at 3.30, and was conducted by Drs. Brown, Wright and Mooney. The bedy was not marked and did not differ in ap- pearance from any of the other victims of the chair who bad suffered by a single electrocution. The doctors' oerbifloaten state that Taylor's muscular development was very marked. There was an abnenee of rigor mortis. Brain, heart, lungs and kidneys, normal. Upon being asked the Intuition all of the physicians agreed that R'a ler wan insensible to pain after the firat centaot. Electrician Davie was asked to explain bbe failure of the dynamo, He replied that it was timely theburning out of the arma- ture, something that could not be foteseen and yet was likely to happen to ant dynamo, He wanted to say, however; that ell of the State's dynamos wero crowded beyond, their capacity at oieotrocuttonr. They wero emelt dynamos, not intesdaif to generate norm than L,000'volts erdiomrily, but they wero repeatedly runup to nearly twice that voltage. Before the exeoutfonthab morning 1,820 volts were attained, and nearly that. number was registered when theohairbroko. "Why did it nob kill him outright," watt the next question. Mr. Davis thought that the giving way of the foot rest might have impaired the contact with the electrode on the head and Taylor could not have received the fullforoe of the current for more than an instant. In some Deese two or three shooks are given before death ensues. He considered it very fortunate that the officiate emerged from the difficulty as well as tiny did. Warden Stout was ooneiderably disturbed by the mishap. He did not feel that he was blameworthy in the least for the failure of the electrical appliances, for they were in the exolusive charge of the State's electrician, who had pronounced everything all right. The chair certainly looked massive enough to withstand any strain. The foot -piece should have been bolted instead of screwed. Fitzhum made no impression on ib only a month ago, bub Taylor was much more muscular. He would have a new chair of his own deeign ready for the next eleobrocution, and would make certain It would not come apart. "But," he could not help adding, "if the current had not given out the electrocution would have been suooeesful." Taylor's remains were buried in the pri- son graveyard last evening, tint receiving a covering of quicklime, as provided by law. POISON IN THE MILK. Unaccountable Poisoning of Many People by Ice Cream. PROBABLY A PTOMAINE. A New York despatch says : Fifty people have been severely poisoned since Saturday night by eating ice Dream, purchased at the establishment of Naber Brothers, No. 1,527 Broadway, Brooklyn. Great excitement reigns in the neighborhood, and many of the people are not yet out of danger. The first family affected was that of Building Inspector James Caulfield, wbo lives at No. 152 Winfield street. Dr. Frank E. Wilson, of No. 1,242 Bushwick avenue, wail called, and attended Mr. Caulfield, his wife and child and mother-in-law. They were all seriously 111, and ib was only by hard work that they were brought around. The family of Frederick Hornby. at the corner of Bnehwick avenue and Winfield street, next required the services ef Dr. Wilson. Up to last night, according to the doctor's statement, he had over fifteen cases of this kind. Dr. Samuel Eden, of Bushwick avenue and Scheefler street, had over twenty cases, among them being the families of Mr. Gil- len, 400 Chauncey otreet, and Mr. Embley, 43 Eldert street. Dr. George Bulmer, of 1,210 Bushwick avenue, attended a number of persons when names he refused to give, wbo claimed to have been poisoned by eating ice cream purobased at Naber Bros.' place. The Nabors, while admittieg that they had similar trouble three weeks ago, are at a loss to account for ib, as they use only the purest ingredients. Samples of the ice cream have been submitted to a chemist for finely sis. INSECT POWDER. How it is Made From a Plant That Grows in Dalmatia. There are few people who have any idea to what extent the flowers of chrysan- themum cinerarirefolium are cultivated in Dalmatia, for the sole purpose of making the powder which bas such a reputation as an insect destroyer. The whole of the supply of these flowers has hitherto been derived from the Austrian Province of Dalmatia and the neighboring StateMontenegro. Trieste is the market to which these flowers are brought and from whence they are distributed to the average annual value of £40,000 to £50,000. The plant is one that is easily cultivated in any kind of soil, and almost in any climate. Within quite recent years it is said to have been introduced into Australia, California and South Africa, In each of which its cultivation on an extended scale, for commercial purposes, is contemplated. In the neighborhood of Berlin It is also stated that the plant is grown largely, but np to the present time Dalmatia is the chief source from whence Europe and America draw their principal supplies. The harvest commences at the beginning of June, and in face of the report that the plants had suffered much from the severity of the past winter, the crops are looked forward to with some anxiety. Spiders Eat Their Mothers. One of the moat unnatural things In nature, if the expression is allowable, is the manner in which the young of the common wolf spider, found everywhere in this country, treat their mother. After the little creature has laid her eggs she envelopes tbem in a silken covering, so as to make a bal. about the size of a pea, and this she carries about wherever she goes, and will defend it with her life. When the young are hatched, tbey climb on her back, giving her a monstrons appearance, and ride about until nearly half grown, and as soon as they discover their strength they fail to and devour their mother. As a rule the mater- nal relation is recognized in the animal and insect world only as long as the necessity for protection exists, but instances of the young actually devouring a parent by main force and crmmon cowman are extremely rare. —London Nature. Inveigling Lobsters. In the neighborhood of the Bermudas the sea is extremely transparent, so that the fishermen can readily see the horns of lobatera protruding from their hiding places in the rocks at ooneiderabie depths. To entice the orueteceans from those crannies they tie a let of ovalis in a ball and dangle them in front of the emulous lobster. When he grabs the bail'they haul him np. Jonkins-That is Professor Sohneffel. heueen, the eminent Oriental scholar. Tutwtler—Ab 1 and what has he donee? Jenkins—Ile has invented an entirely new and original way of spelling "Mahomeb," The hen may be justly called a lay mem- ber of society. "I like Chicago," remarked young Soft. letgh: One epee so much bustle there." And then he wondered why tbe Boston girl frowned, and all the other girls giggled, Mrs. Bower—That young Walker has been calling on Marion quite a long time now ; 1 wonder what be intends doing 2 Mr. Bower—I think bis intentions are all right, but at present, I believe, he has not quite salary enough to Marlon. "Ab, mo," sighed the lover, " I'm fired With . love, and I'm afraid to declare lemma" " What aroou afraid oft" " "I'm afraid' that I'll git fired—fired with, out love.' In Norway persons who have not been, vocefnated ape not allowed to vote at any election. CRISP LONDON GOSSIP Some Afterthoughts and Unpublished Incidents of the Royal Wedding, A KING EARNING HIS LIVING. A Few of the Royal Guests and all Albout Thein -The Czar's Son and Ills New Garter -deoxy of Prussitr. Six Feet in )ails Stocltingo-Queen Victoria's iflar- rlage Proverb -The Tech's Castle in the Fatherland and the Legend in Con- nection With it --Funny Incident of the Wedding, T HA S taken mere than a week to re- move the miles of stands and hoard- ings erected along the route of the wedding proceaaten whilst the gasmen have been reaping a golden bar- vesb taking down the iliuminatiegpipee they were at ouch pains to erect. One by otte the wedding guests have departed and of all the gorgeoeeness of the past the only foreign royal lee now lettere the King and Queen of Denmark, who are on a private visit to their daughter and son -in. law, the Prince and Prinoess of Wales. The presence of the King and Queen in London considering their age has attracted no little notice. There lit certainly no European ruler who enjoys so singular a position as King Christian, for while personally, per- haps, the meet popular monarch new living, politically he is by no means a favorite with his Danish subjecte. But then Papa Chris- tian belongs to the old echos]. He hue little or no sympathy with the strengly developed Demoorattc tendonoles of the Danish nation. A KING WHO EARNED HIS OWN LIVING. The Democratic Dante do not forget that their King was in his early years called upon to earn hie own livelihood. That was in the days when be had but email chance of succeeding to the throne of Denmark. But when Ferdinand VII. died without an heir, Christian, as the husband of his nuc- 1 cessor's sister, was selected as a suitable ruler for the little Danieb kingdom. What cared he that he was chaffed as "the Pro- tocol King." He has reigned now for thirty years over a nation which has probably only remained faithipi in ita allegiance to the monarchical principle out of respect for the present occupant of the throne, and hie scarcely less beloved consort, Queen Louise. THE MOTHER-IN-LAW OF EUROPE. As for the Queen, from whom the Princess cf Wales has inherited that unfor- tunate deafness from which the is so acute a sufferer, her activity of mind and interest in everything artistic and literary have long endeared her to all brought in contact with her. It is, perhaps, the best evidence in the world how truly loved are the King and Queen of Denmark that every year their fortunately married children gather around them at the old home of their child- hood. And this year the family group will once again be brought together, with a fresh addition, who adds yet another reigning monarch in posse to the remarkable family of a Queen who has not inappro- priately been nicknamed he belle mere de 1' Europe. COMING RULERS AS WEDDING GUESTS. Three of the wedding guests were young men whom a stroke of Fate might suddenly call to retentions of supreme authority. Prince Henry of Preseia, in the event of the present German Emperor's death before the Crown Prince comes of age, would be Regent of Prussia, while the Regency of the Empire would most probably devolve on one of the German kings. Prince Albert of Belgium may be expected bo succeed his uncle, King Leopold 11., when that monarch dies, as the Count of Flanders. Albert's father and the King's brother 15 stone deaf and little inclined for nares of State. Fer many years the heirship of the Belgian Crown tae carried a strong element of luck with it, The King has seen two of his heirs die, one after the other—the Duke of Brabant and Prince Baldwin—and be has only tbia one nephew left to represent his line. Prince Albert is all the more valuable on that account. Am for the Czarowitz, his very title indicates the important position in store for him, should he survive hie father. ONE GARTERED KNIGHT TOO MANY, The bestowal of the Garter on the Czaro- witz by Queen Victoria raises the number of the knights of that famous Order to forty- nineof whom fourteen were elected as foreign sovereigns, three as foreign princes and eeven as descendants of George II., while the remaining twenty-five areordinary knighte. Twenty-five le the full number of ordinary knights. The authorities did wrong when they gave the Garter to Lord Rosebery, the Order being then complete. If they now leave the Garter alone until there is an- other vansncy they will pub themselves right. Their mistake arose flora their regarding the Prince of Wales as a descend- ant of George I. But in the modern nannies providing for the admission of re•yal knights ib ie expressly deolerod that the Prince of Wales, if a Knight of the Garter, is a " constituent part " of it, that is, he Ie, as he was in the original creation by Edward Ili., one of the twenty-five knights. There are now twenty-four Brit - Joh peers out of royal blood in the Order in addition to His Royal Higbnees. HENRY OF -PRUSSIA A GOOD SORT. From every point of view ib has been a matter of congratulation that it was Prince Henry of Prnasia wbo Dame to the wedding to represent the German Court instead of his brother, the Kaiser, wt o, however' is to give the British nation the benefit of is presence by the end of the month, when Cowes wee& commences. Prince Henry' bas little or none of William's apparently uncontrollable manner for placing himself first and forma et wherever no may be. He le perr,apa more of a "military sailor" than the English appreofate, but lien he le one of the flreb Gorman princes who has ever turned his attention to navel meteors to the extension of those military affairs which so exclusively interest the Kaiser. Henry :thane with tie uncle of Ildioburgh a par- tlelity for fiddling, a point in which once ogain tie German taster aro apparent. He is a tall, manly Iellow, who etande a good six feet in his steokinge. Ho le not exactly handsome, but he is essentially clever, and he is married to the winsome Printers Irene of Hoeso. QUEEN VICTORIA'S MARRIAGE PROVERB. Victoria, like her grandeon William, a certainly the greatest matchmaker of the day. The Emprees Eugenie need to say she was " une pratede marieuee," and tbe title Was a jest one. Not long ago ,ho wished to reako•up a marriage between a lady and gentleman of her court The former did not seem to an in and proved rebel to the retyal adel.eet nuoting ,t. Feed femme= words, " He who marries doeth well, bub he who does nob merry doeth abili better." "My child; meld the Queen, " be content in doing well ; let those who can do. bettor." INS AND OUTS OF ROYAL ETIQUETTE. According to the ruin of royal etiquette it is only the lady of bile highest rack in the carriage or in the company who is permitted to respond to the cheers and salutations of the people, so Mary of Cambridge had to sit like a dummy upon the occasion in ques- tion. Thua, if the Duo/lees of Edinburgh happens to be driving with her eiater-in-lacy, the Princesn of Wales, the Duchess, though the daughter of a Czar, is pretended from bowing and is compelled to leave that duty to the consort of the heir -apparent in spite of the fact that the Princess Alexandra, as the daughter of a petty Danish Prince *as not oven entitled by birth to the title of r., Royal Highness' and her parents were ho straightened In their means that the girls were forded to make their own frocks and gowns and brim their own hats. MORE ROYAL HUSBANDS WANTED. As regards the retrocession to the Crown of England it is now tied up with George and May, or Louise and Maeduff, after the Prince of Wales, and among all Queen Viotoria's grandchildren nobody else can wield much influence in the State. The ten royal bridesmaids and an interesting variety of prinoelete have yet to be dis- posed of in the matrimonial market, bub their weddings will be of little moment beyond the court circle, and may as well Dome off at Balmoral or Osborne as in London. THE TEOKS' HOME IN THE FATHERLAND. During the flood of information as to the doings of the Teck family, nothing has been said respecting the picturesque Gor- man castle from which the new Duohese of York's ancestors take their name. The Schloss is a ruin and has been uninhabited for some three hundred years and more except by ghosts. It was in a revolt of the peasantry, early in the sixteenth century, that the greater number of the nobles' castles throughout Swabia were sacked and destroyed, and the ancient house of the Took family shared the fate of its fellawe. Tho oaetle for many generations had been in the possession of the Tecke, the issue of a younger branch of the house of Zehringen, which still rales over the Duchy ef Baden. Since the death of the lasb male heir direct of the family the title has been held in abeyance by the reigning house of Wurtemburg, by which, however, it was revived in favor of the children of the marriage ef Duke Alexander of Wurterebarg with the Countess Claudine von Rhedev. LEGEND OF TIIE CASTLE, Of comae, there is a legend attached to the castle beneath which extent a subter- ranean vault, known in the district an "Sybil's Cave," Sybil was the mother of the three sons, three valiant knighte, whose exploits filled Swabia with their fame. The three young fellows, the younger members of an ancient but impoverished house, had succeeded in oarving,with their swords, in characteristic reediE real fashion, a goodly slice of Swabian territory. They settled in Wielandsteln, and their friendly amity was the talk of the countryside. In times of peace they shared the labors of their estates, in times of war they fought side by side. ALL LOVED THE SAME WOMAN. This brotherly affection was doomed to be dispelled by the appearance of a woman. The three knights all fell in love with the daughter of their neighbor the Lerd of Teck. Coquetry apparently was nob un- known in the Middle Ages, and eo success- fully did this artless maiden encourage each of her suitors that finally the once closely united brothers declared that the contest for the fair one could alone be settled by arms. A fearful combat ensued between the jealous brothers, ail three of whom fell mortally wounded. The local legend runs that in expiation of their fratricidal prime the three brothers are condemned to fight over again each night in their ruined home at Wielandetein till the crack of doom, and the muperstitione peasantry of the locality will enema that on passing the spot late at night the sounds of the ghostly encounter can distinctly be heard. The fight lasts until the appearance of the unhappy mother ef the combatants, wbo, with the girl, the cause of all this jealous strife, rides over the castle ef Took in a chariot of fire, and separates her mortally -wounded offspring. Such is the legend of the rained castle of Took, which the Duke of York and his bride will make a point of visiting during their coming tour through Germany. HUMOROUS INCIDENT OF THE ROYAL WEDDING. One of the moat amusing incidents in con- nection with the late wedding was created on the parade of the troops at Whitehall by a dozen of the very dirtiest, raggedest little boys ever seer, who had unearthed, from goodness knows where, some old arblllery busbies, and armed with eworde, made from pieces of wood and toy guns, gravely marched in front of the regiments told elf to line the streets. I asked their leader—a very grubby, dirty -nosed little urchin about 10 years old—who his friends were : " We're Prinoess May's Guard of Honor, we 10." A truly delightful exhibition of loyalty. The Graded Sponge Bath. When through exercising do not stand around until you cool off, but go immediate• ly and take your bath. After one minute's sponging all over with warm water, let the cold water run into the basin or tub with the warm water. Quickly sponge off with this when it is cool enough to give a comfortable shock ; then dry the bedy with a soft absorbent towel, and with one a little coarser until the surface is warm, dry and pink. Such a bath will not take over five minutes of your time. It should be taken in a warm place, and where no draught of air will blow on you. The bent evidence that your bath has done you good is a sen- sation of warmth and elevation of spirits. thus proving that a batb, properly taken, is a natural tonic and stimulant. This is the safest bath for all to take. The Next Cable. The manufacture of the new cable, to be laid between Lisbon and the Azores was begun on June 19th. It will be laid in September, and 3e expected to be in full working order by the middle of November. The cable is considered of meteorological importance, as the Itlond of Flores, the nearest point to the Gulf Stream, Will be put into direct communication with Europe. Bending Stones. Of most etonen rigidity is one of the marked characteristics, and it is hard for uninformed people to believe that there are any stenos that can be bent. Thorn are home, however, that are more flexible than wood and bend readily under slight pres- sure without breaking. The most abundant of these le itacoluncite, or flextble sand. More , Which le found in large depositt in Braili. 'England said Wales have 15,170 free Schools. "By what wore you Mosb forcibly struck at the World's Fair 2" " A policeman.'' THEY CALL IT A REFORMATORY,. But the Indeterminate Sentence and a• Cruel Superintendent MAKE ITAHELL OF TORTURE ILItIORE, the ex -con- vice from, the Elmira Reformatory out on, parole, and whom the Elmira ofiioiala are strenuously endeavoringg to return to that lnati- tution, was in Supreme Court C.heirxctors this forenoon on habena oorpue proceedings pond ug a motion for his, release fromn detention in theTombe. By consent of the District -Attorney and at the request of Lawyer Friend, of Friend & House, the case war adjourned for argu- ment until Thursday next. Counsellor House is out of town and heir to argue the nee himself. Gilmore, before being taken back to the Tombs, handed a statement to the reporters. In it he prepared a table of b0 convicts in Elmira who had been transferred from there bo Auburn Prison on the menet suspicion of, having violated the rules of the Reforma- tory. In this statement Gilmore says.: " A can of horrible cruelty on the part of Superin- tendent Brookway was that of Prisoner O'Brien, now bo be found at Sixty-fifth street and Second avenue. "The prisoner bad a five year maximum sentence, having been sent to Elmira in January, 1868. When paroled he had served four years end nine months. "He was out on parole about a month, and when he was taken bank, he bad fifty- nine days to serve. The very night he reached the reformatory he was placed in solitary confinement in a dark dungeon, chained to the floor and kept in that posi- tion fifty-nine days, getting four ounces of bread and a pint of water every twenty-four hours. He was paddled twenty-six times in ancoession " Gilmore adds bhe names of twenty-eight boys who, he alleges, have been frightfully puniehed with the " paddle" for the atroci- ipus prime, as he puts ib, " of being dull in school." Then he adds : " I cite the case of another young man named Earle, when father is an undertaker in Brooklyn. Earle has been punished no often that he is at times a raving maniac and Is all the time jabbering to himself, and 1 am positive his• parents can say he was sound in body and mind before being taken to the reformatory. " He bas now been there three years and can be held seven years more if the superin- tendent wishes." " In the case of Bonner, where he was ' paddled' twenty-three days in succession, the offence he was charged with last August was writing a note from one inmate to an- other. He would not admit whether he wrote the note or not, and Supt. Brockway took the means already described to force• him. After twenty-three days the Superintend- ent was heard to exclaim : " We might am, well let him go, he will never tell and We no • nee killing him." Bonner has been confined in Elmira Re- ne fermatory four years and eighb months,hav- ing four months to serve of a five-year maxi- mum sentenoe. " Another case, that of a man named Zinke, who has been there two years and a - half. He has been ' paddled' nearly every month since his incarceration, sometimes as often as six times a month, for being dull in., school, and through no fault of his own, as he is affected with very weak eyesight. Aa all the studies are pursued at night under the electric light, it is impeesible to keep your eyesight in good condition for any length of time. "I think it would be a most humane act bhab ever was done to have en investigation started. I for one am willing to swear pos- itively to what I write and can get several ether men to corroborate my abatement. "Another fact to be mentioned is that • only for the persevering kindness of R. Monks, Superintendent of Schools of El- mira and who is a teacher at the Reforma- tory, it would be far worse than ib is. "Prof. Monks takes such eninterest in the inmates that he does all in his power to make the time pan pleasantly by giving them boeke, a practice which had been stopped. bub revived through Prof. Monks' ' efforts." A WIFE'S DIAILV. How She Managed to Go to the World's Fair. Monday—Observed to Charley at the breakfast table tide morning that I thought a change of air would be beneficial to us both. He replied that it would be impos- sible for him to get away from his buainere' at present. ro T'nesday—Ventured to remark that, when we took a trip, it would be just splendid to go to Chicago. He seemed vexed at the re- newal of the subject and said quite decid- edly that there was no use of talking about it. Wednesday—Wrote dear mamma, inviting her to pay us a visit, and requesting an answer by telegraph. Thursday—Made no alluelon to our g lin out of town, but followed Charley to the front door and kissed him affectionately as he left). Friday—Received a despatch from dear mamma, saying she would comenext week, Left 11 lying open on the bnroau in Charley's room. Saturday—Charley says he has arranged hia business,. We're off for the ,World's Fair by the first train on Monday morning. —Judge. The Consumers' Gas Company has de- cided to ereot a gas plant on the Island at Toronto. The hay crop in the Kingston district is above the average in quantity, though the quality will not be as good as last year. NO QUARTER Will do yon as much good as the one that, buys Doctoref.fierce's• Pleasant Pellets. This, is what you getwith them : An absolute and permanent cure for Constipation, In- digestion Biliouau Attacks, Sick and Bilious Headaches, and all derangements of the liver, stomach," and bowels. 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