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The Exeter Advocate, 1891-11-19, Page 6IIERIAN BANK BURSTS. Dramatic Suidde of Father and Soo Partners in TE FflIEDUNOER & SOMMERFIELB BANK Seal:Idalena Story of Recklessness and Extravagance, Another account says : A sensation was caused in financial and social circles here to -day by the collapse of the banking institution of Friedlander & Sommerfield., As the facts in the case developed it appeared that the father and son met in their offiee in the bank early this morning and discussed the crisis in their affairs. After talking over the matter pro and con they concluded that as they were laopele.ealy embarrassed they would die. It is under- stood that this resolution to take their own lives was due in a great measure to the fact that their arrest was pending, as Felix Sommerville, the son, had become involved in speculations which were more than likely to lead to his arrest on a criminal charge. Having arrived at this decision, that death was preferable to arrest and disgrace, both shot themselves in the head, using revol- vers. When the clerks in the office, alarmed by the reports of the pistols, ran to the private office they found father and son still alive. They were taken to the hospital in a dying condition. The inquiry in the affairs of Hirchfeld & Wolff realizes the worst anticipations. The firm has been in business for sixty-four years and had as its chief Herr Wolff, who occupied several other positions of trust. He was a prominent society man, who had lived a life of ostentatious wealth, his household expenses running to 400,000 marks a year. He did little in the specula- tion line until recent years, when his private extravagances at the gambling table ie ti to his embarrassment. He tried to recoup his losses through dealing on the Paris and Berlin bourses. As a matter of fact the firm had been insolvent since 1883. For a nuraber of years he has been living by selling and pawning securities of depositors, working in connection with banker Jos. Leipziger. It is asserted that Wolffi with all the feats being known to Leipziger, floated fraudulent drafts through Leipziger and pawned securities of depositors amounting in value to 3,500,000 marks. Leipziger finally went to the wall and his failure has tended to the downfall of Hirch- feld & Wolff. Among the numerous aristocratiocreditors are Prince Henry of Prussia, who loses 500,000 marks; Prince Giinther of Schles- wig-Holstein, brother of the Empress of Germany, whose losses also reach 500,000 marks, and the Count Luttichon, a promi- nent leader in German society, who is out 300,000 marks. Other members of the aristocracy who are severely hit are Count Zeedlitz Treschler, Count Breclow Reich - stager Goldschmidt and Count Eulandberg, of the imperial household, and Count Lehn- dorff, chief of the royal stables. A large number of industrial companies lose their deposits. Wolff is confined in prison. He says he is unable to make any estimate of his liabil- ity. He has a number of heavy gambling debts. On Sunday, before his arrest, he had a party in'his box at the Opera House. After the performance the party . visited. Dresel's restaurant, where a costly supper was served. It may perhaps be unworthy of note, but the bill for this supper is still unpaid. Wolff was president of the Res - source Club, an organization composed of wealthy men who are addicted to reckless playing. It is recorded that upon the eve of the failure of the firm Wolff refused to pick up a couple of thousand marks in bills which he had accidentally dropped at the gambling table. The Emperor designs to clean up high society, and his good intentions have received impetus from these disclosures. This evening a laige crowd assembled in front of the bank and threatened to carry the building by storm and recover their securities. The police had great difficulty in restraining the mob from carrying their threats into execution. The many artisans are infuriated at the loss of their deposits. Friedlander, the senior surviving partner, is staying at IVIentone. A telegram has been sent summoning him to return to Berlin. Later—The Sonimerfierdia father and son, who tried to commit suicide yesterday, opened the veins of their arms besides shooting themselves with a revolver. When found both were bathed in blood. Felix expired on Saturday evening. Sigmund is still alive, although there is a bullet im- bedded in his brain. Sigmund is conscious at intervals, and there is a bare chance of his recovery. The firm was established in 1873. It was involved in the conversion of a large num- ber of private industrial concerns into com- panies during the "80h," besides furnishing money for the develpment of Bing, a seaside resort on the Island of Rugen. The assets will thus be slow of realization. Sigrnund's wife recently filed a petition for divorce. Both Sigmund and Felix married heiresses. Felix's wife is a daughter of the millionaire Pinkess. All have been personally extrava- gant. Felix was an epicure and wrote cookery articles for the Boersen Courier. Many creditors and small capitalists were attracted to the firm by the high interest offered on deposits. ON THE INCLINE. A Gravit3r Railway Wreck inWldch Several Were Killed, A Reading, Pa., despatch says: While a train of two cars was coming down the Nount Pent Gravity Railway this afternoon the rails were so slippery at a steep grade owing to ram that the cars could not be held, and while going around a curve jumped the track, dashed into an embank- ment, and were badly smashed. The list of c,asualties is: Irwin Houch,conclactonkilled; Anthony Keely, brakeman injured about the head and legs, expected to die ; Mary Beck, Philadelphia severely cut about the head and body; 'Frank Klemmer, Phila- delphia, badly injured about the head, con- dition critical; Thomas M. Genther, cut above the eye and leg injured. George Johnson, the only remaining 'Passenger, jumped while the train Was going 25 mile an hour and escaped injury. A Huntsman's Predicament. Chappie—I cawn't get the impweesion out of me mind that I have forgotten ;tome, thing. Dumley — Not your flaWalc ? Chappie—No, nor me loading tools, nor inc compass. Here are me cleaning im- plements, shellsextwattor, and Me cart. widge bag. Aw, 1 have it now. I have left me gun at home. Deucedly awkward, istft it 7—Brooklyn Life. One of the notabIe students at Oxford is Cornelia Sorabje an olive-ekinned Hindoo girt She ie a rettlarkablOcholer, especially extolling in her ktiowledge of the Rontan *la A STARTLING RUDIOR That the U. S. 31n -of -War Baltimore Has Been Blown Up BY A (MILIAN TOPEDO BOAT. A Washington despatch says. A rumor is current here that the United States man- of-war Baltimore has been blown up by a Chilian torpedo boat. Commander Schley is said to have been killed, together with 09 sailors. The rumor has spread with groat rapidity, and the news centres are crowded with people seeking information. Great excitemeet prevails, and the anxiety in the absence of authoritative information is intense Secretary Blaine has heard nothing from Valparaiso, and is awaiting with nianifest anxiety official conarmation or denial of the report from Chili. Secretary Tracy has heard nothing. He reeeived a despatch from Capt. Schley yesterday morning dated Friday night, but it contained no suspicion of impending trouble. The United, States steamship Baltimore, Capt. Schley commanding, has been in Chilian waters for some time, and has at- tracted considerable attention from the fact that her commander has been at the head of naval affairs for the Government of the United States during the eventful period of the Chilian revolution. The attack upon his sailors ashore, however,, by a Chilittn mob and the complications arising there- from have made the Baltimore an object of great interest, and have drawn towards Commander Schley the attention of the civilized world. Navy Yard Activity. A New York despeach says: "The Brook- lyn navy yards to -day present an ap- pearance of activity witneesed for the first thee since the exciting times of the rebel- lion. The hum and din of the busy work- men on the war vessels IVEnantonimah and Atlantic disturbed the Sunday stillness. Workmen have been busily engaged day and night for the past week in preparing vessels for speedy service at sea. The un- usual bustle and activity at the navy yard is not due to a false report of the sinking of the Baltimore but it is conceded that the strained relations between this country and Chili have caused the Government much anxiety to get all its war vessels ready for any possible contingency." A PARNELLITE MANIFESTO. Redmond and Harrington Scold O'Brien and Dillon. A Dublin cable says: John Redmond and Tiraothy Harrington have issued a state- ment, to which is attached their names, in reply to Wm. O'Brien's recent revelations in connection with theBouloane negotiations. They characterize Mr. O'Brien's statements as artful, dishonest misrepresentation, a shameless breach of confidence and a wan- ton outrage on the memory of the dead leader. The burden of the statement is that O'Brien has given an iticomplete and colored account of the negotiations at Bou- logne, at the same time suppressing his own copy of the proceedings, which would show that he and his friends proposed to obtain the withdrawal of the denunciation of Mr. Parnell by the Catholic bishops and to give Parnell the right to veto anyllome Rule 3'. ill proposed by the Liberals. The latter con- dition, it is evident, they say O'Brien omitted in his revelations from fear of the Gladstonians, and while publicly canting morality he was privately willing to spit upon it. The Parnellites did consent to Mr. Parnell's retirement, because they knew it would have been a sham re- tirement. They challenge O'Brien to publish Parnell's letter renouncing these conditions. The making public of this letter is most important to the Irish people. They also have accused Dillon and. O'Brien with suppressing various letters which had passed between Parnellites and Gladstone and Morley, the Liberal leaders, and Archbishop Croke and Bishop Walsh. They utterly deny that the Parnellites con- sidered the Liberal araturancee satisfactory. They also allege that Mr. O'Brien was not satisfied with the promises of Liberals, and in support of their statement challenge him to publish a letter which they say he wrote to Morley, begging him to amend his as- surances, and Morley's reply, in which he refused to alter a single comma. SKULL CRACKING CONVENTION. A Hundred and Fifty Persons Hurt in a Melee at Waterford. A Dublin cable cays : Mr Dillon left the convention hall at Waterford on his way to the railway station guarded by police and 100 priests. A mob followed, and kept up a continuous attack until Mr. Dillon obtained shelter in the station. A number of skulls were cracked. Thirty delegates while crossing a toll bridge were thrown to the ground and trampled upon, many being badly hurt and bleeding pro- fusely when rescued by the police. Several thousand Parnellites held the approaches to the convention hall, and everywhere struck down opponents. The whole quay, a mile in length, was the scene of savage fighting. Many persons were taken to the hospital. It is estimated that 150 persons were seri- ously, a.nd many others dangerously, injured during the fighting there to -day. A. FIENDISH CRIME. A Murderous Swede Compels a Young Girl to 8W71110W roisOn. A Boulder, Col., despatch says : A ter- rible crime was committed here on Monday night. Geo. Weiderholdt took Dora Ander- son, a pretty Swede girl, for a walk, and, it is alleged, forced her to take poison against her will. She fought strenuously, but he held her and forced her to drink a large vial of laudanum. He then threw away the bottle, which was found the next morning still containing some of the poison. As soon as thecrime was made known physicians were called, and they worked over her from midnight until 9 o'clock the next morning, when the unfortunate girl died. Weider- holdt was arrested and lodged in jail. He denies all knowledge of the affair, but the evidence is said to be strong. Salting Canadian Thistles. A farmer who tried for ten years to ex- terminate the Canada thistles on his farm by cutting them with a scythe in August found that they _increased steadily all the time. He then concluded to try salting stock on them, especially sheep. In one patch of hell an acre, where the thistles were very thick, he sowed the salt thinly ; on Others dropped a pinch, beginning as seat in May as the plena; appeared. They were eaten readily, the sheep gnawing into the ground. .Aa fast as fresh shoots sprang up they were salted, and so on through the bummer. In one year enough could not be found in 100 acres to malt the sheep on. During a visit to Stratford -on -Avon this summer, William Winter, the New York dramatic critic, discovered a jug and cane which belonged originally to Shakespeare. They belong to one of the dramatist's dee. 1 aendante, a Mrs. Fletcher, of Gloucester, , who has docuMents establishing their authenticity. THE PARNELLITE ROUT. llow the English Tories Worked Against the 11100arthyites. BIT OF A FIGHT IN LIMERICK. A London cable says : The :weeping triumph in Cork, of the patriots over both the Tories and their partners, the to -called Parnellites' ahnewhat exceeds expectiatioas. From Cork1,200 was telegraphed me yes- terday as the probable plurality, and that by a rather sanguine man. 17Vhen it was realized that some 600 Tories voted for Mr. Redmond, one can understand what a poor little faction it is which is filling Ireland, with drunken clamor, hurling paving stones into crowds from the roofs of houses, throw- ing dynamite bombs, insulting ministers of religion and forming plots to murder leading citizens. After this smashing defeat it is doubtful if the Tories will put up the money for any more ,Parnehite contests. The most interesting feature of the ca,m- ign is the open way in which all Tory 1I trnioniet papers of these islands 'lave syra- pathized with Mr. Redmond, and the mehaelessmanner in which seal few of ' thenalike the Times, as have correxpondents in, Ireland, have been served with ies about the patriot perty. These lies lve dealt principally with exaggerations o the part which the priests took in the con est, their purpose clearly being to excite an i-Romish feelings among English, readers This has been the policy of the Tories fron the very outset. When the priests, as gooU eitizens and good Irishmen, took sides against Mr. Parnell, every effort was strained to raise the No -Popery outcry aga.inst them and the Home Rule cause. John E. Redmond, the defeated candidate for the late Mr. Parnell's seat, aber the result of the poll had been announced,, at- tended a meeting of Parnellites, where he delivered an address. .He declared that though a majority of the electors of Cork city had refused to support his candidacy he was determined to continue the struggle for an acknowledgment by the people of Ireland of the justice of the policy pmsued by the Parnellites. William Redmond also delivered an ad- dress. He said he regretted that the prin- ciples of the "Parnellites had not been sup- ported by the electors of Cork city, and he denounced the interference of the priests in the election, • He attributed the defeat of the Parnellites to the -tactics which the priests had employed to coerce the voters. LIMERICK, Nov. 8.—This city to -day was the scene of a fierce conflict in which forty soldiers and a mob of people were engaged. Four soldiers were seriously wounded with knives. Six civilians were arrested'. Damara Nov. 8.—Mr. John Dillon, speaking at Templemore, Tipperary County, to -day, said that Irishmen the whole world over are burning with pride and gratitude that the people of Cork had perfOrined their duty so nobly. He appealed to the Parnell- ites to consider the hopelessness of their position and seek for a reconciliation. Mr. Tim Healy declared that the landlord Orangemen supported the Parnellites, and that Mr. Redmond had received fully 1,000 Conservatives' votes. There is more jubilation in the National Liberal Club to -night over the Cork result than I ever saw over any of the numerous successful English bye -elections since 1886. It is said that .both John and William Redmond have tickets for Australia and will leave very, soon. Their original tickets were for October, but John was persuaded to stand for Cork on the understanding that he would remain if elected, so both ex- changed for a month later. They both have wealthy Australian wives, and John will practice at the Sydney bar. It would, have been better for him if he had gone a while ago, because the Irish in Australia will End it difficult to forgive him for this abortive attempt to destroy his country's hopes. AND SO TIIEY PARTED. smarms A Bride Who Clainis That She Was De- ceived lby Her Husband. A Halifax despatch says ; Two months ago to -day T. A. Soper, of this city, niarried a daughter of Judge Hawse, of Cincinnati. The weddingtookplace at Kalarnazoo,Mich. Last night Alm. Soper went aboard the steamer Halifax and took possession of a stateroom preparatory to sailing for Boston. This morning at 10 o'clock Soper put in an appearance on the steamer, seeking for his wife. She had previouely told Capt Hill thather object was to get back to the States and never again to see her husband. Soper, she said, had led her to believe he was a wealthy capitalist or she would not have married bine. When she came to Halifax and found he was only a bookkeeper her indignation was great. It increased as time wore on, and now she had de- termined, to go back home to her father's house. Soper soon put in an appearance, but the captain would not allow him to enter the stateroom for his wife without a search -warrant. He could not obtain one from any magistrate, even though he al- leged that she had stolen jewelry belong- ing to him. The lady claimed that the jewelry in question was her own'so there was nothing for it but to endure the part- ing, and Mrs. Soper is now well on her way. to Boston, while her husband remains to mourn her departure. SLAUGHTER OF MINERS. Fourteen Men Killed By Au EXPlesion cf Gas in a Shan. A Nanticoke, Pa., despatch says: The usual Sunday quiet was disturbed about 4.30 o'clock this afternoon by the annouce- meat that a terrible explosion of gas had occurred in No. 1 shaft of the Susquehanna Coal Company, by which a number of men had been killed and others terribly injured. Only a short time elapsed before the news spread throughout the town, and a large 6rowd gathered at the scene, including rela- tives and friends of the miners employed in the mine and while they waited for news from the shaft the scene was heartrending in the extreme. It was soon learned, how- ever, that owing to the fact that this was Sunday there were only fourteen men at work in the mine. Of this number aiX were instantly killed, and some others so badly burned and injured that they cannot sur- vive. Go West, Young Man and Marry. Milwaukee Sentinel In Buchanan, Mich., the presence of a matrimonial ex- pert has been made public. Twenty years ago Miss Mary Mitchell married. Mr. Svvearinger, was divorced, married Mr. Sherwood, became a widow, married Mr. Thompson, was divorced, remarried Mr. Thompson, was divorced again, and has just remarried her first husband, Mr. Swearingen She has been divorced three times and married five times, and is still only 36 years old. Among peculiar legaciee Maybe chronicled that of the strangely constituted widow who eft A SUM M money to provide real cham- pagne et theatrical performances in Paris, where the drinking of wine was a feature of the play. nriarsEn Imo DUIVICKENNESS• mehlorido reitieuas Death—A Salt Over A Testimonial. A New York despatch gash the Ban mays : For nearly a month newspapers all over this country have been reprinting an article written by Col. John F. Mines for the October number of the " North American Review." It was the IS ost authoritative ae well as the meet interesting article that had yet Appeared. regarding Dr. Lealie E. Keeley's bichloride of gold cure fOr drunken- ness. It was -written by a man of unusual ability, who frankly confessed that he had for years beeu subject to attacks of drunken - nese, and who proclaimed the efficacy of the cure. Col. Mines began a prolonged spree ten days ago. He was found drunk in the gutter on Wednesday Let, was conmaitted to the workhouse on Bleckwell's Island, and died there yesterday morning. There are reports_ of a relapse by another New York patient of Dr, Keeley's. It should be added that the gold cure does not profess to in- sure a patient against a relapse, but pro- fesses to remove the appetite for alcohol, leaving it to be acquired again if the patient chooses. A Chicago despatch says: Dr. L. S. Major, one of the most prominent citizens of Chicago'and the builder of the well- hnown "Major block," hae sued Dr. Keeley, of inebriate reform fame, for $10,000 damages. In his capacity as a physician Dr. Major corresponded with Dr. Keeley on the subject of the celebrated gold cure for drunkenness, but it was not for a personal use. A circular distributed by Dr. Keeley perports to give a list of refer- ences of reformed drunkards, and among •the list appears the name of Dr, Major. The cireular of Dy. Keeley is peculiarly worded, and Dr. Major has received scores of letters asking the nature of his intoxica- tion, and how long it took him to get cured. He was never at Dwight as a patient, and as he is a temperance man he seriously objects to the use of his nano in such a connection. BIG BUILDINGS COLLAPSE. Narrow Escape of a Score oi People Frani Among the Debris. An Akron, 0., despatch says: Two Howard street business blocks collapsed yesterday afternoon, and it is feared several persons are buried in the ruins. One of the buildings was oi brick, three stories high, occupied by the bakery and confectionery establishment of S. B. Lafferty. About twenty people were in the dining -room in the rear portion of the bakery. These heard the cinching of the walls and rushed out of the back door, all being saved. The block occupied by Herrick & Sons was owned by Henry Clark, of Hartford, Conn. The tine occupied by Lafferty was owned by the estate of Dr. E. W. Howard. The loss on the former is $25,000 ; on the latter 1$15,000. Herrick & Sons' loss ia $20,000 ; Lefferty's loss about $4,000. The rear walls of both blocks stood intact, and the wreckage there did not fall to the first floor, as in the front, thus giving the occu- pants a chance to escape, and it was, as it seems, a miracle that a score of lives were not lot. The wall between the two blocks has been gradually undermined in the last few years by water washing from an over- flowed sewer. The Isabell and Stark build- ing was pronounced unsafe some time ago. .A Cleveland despatch says: A special from Akron says everybody escaped from the collapsed buildings. Nobody was buried in the ruins, as was at first supposed. Miss Miner, of Johnson's Corners, was pinned to the ground by a heavy stone, her right leg being completely crushed from above the knee, andonly the bleeding stump left. Walter Stanley was crashed so that his foot will have to be amputated. A DEADLY PLAGUE. A Disease Known as Asiatic Black Tongue • Appears in Indiana. A Chicago despatch says: An epidemic of a new and dreadfully fatal disease has made its appearance near Kirklin, Ind. A few days ago one of the children in the family of John Wiman was attacked with this peculiar :disease, that baffles all medical skill, and in 48 hours the child was dead. One after another the children out of a faanily of four contracted the disease and died, and the father is left a raving maniac. The cleierip- tion of the disease is almost too dreadful to record. For the first few hours the patient is affected with -a mild fever, the tongue then becomes inflamed and assumes huge proportions; the organ then turns very black in color, decomposition sets in, and in aeroxysms of the most intense safferings death ensues. Physicians say the disease is ktiown to them, as ib is described in medical books, and that its home is in Asia, where among the natives it is as fatal as cholera. They call it Asiatic black tongue, and con- fess their utter inability to combat its deadly work. Later news from the affected districts says news cases are reported begin- ning with the same symptoms. A CANON FINED. He had been Dining and was a tittle " Overloaded. A London cable says: On Tuesday even- ing the Rev. Frederick Hayford, said to be a minor canon of Westminster, sax g the police helping a hysterical woman into a cab in front of a saloon. Harford, who appeared to bean a somewhat excited condition, pro- tested against the leniency of the police in not arresting the woman, and said that she was di runk nstead of being hyeterical and oughtto be in custody. The 'police paid no attention to the canon at first, only telling him t4 go away and mind his own business. This Made the reverend gentleman more effusive, and the police at last were obliged to arrest him. They filed a charge of drunkenness against him. The appearance of a cenon of Westminster in the Police Court, even though only a minor canon, created' a sensation. Harford was dresseal in the most correct garb. He denied that he was, drunk but adnaitted that he had been dieing. The evidence of his disorderly conductwa.s overwhelming., and the Magis- trate after severely censuring him, imposed fine of £4, which the canon at once pro- duced. ?imam Olt DIE. The Alternative Offered a St. l'aul Belle— She Chose Death. A St, Paul despatchsays : Andrew Kohler, a young farmer living near North St. Paul, has been courting Vinnie Dree'who is a pretty girl and ta,e belle of the village. She had several times refused him, and on Friday night he appeared at her homeand demanded An interview. When alone with her he drew a revolver'and said " You must take , your choice; moor death." She thought it was a joke or a trick to frighten her, and laughingly said Pll take death in mite)." He firers, the bullet piercing her left breast and killing her instantly. Kohler sprang through the door and disappeared in the darkness. The police are scouring the coun- try in search of him. Wages are to lo* in India that men may he hired for $2 a, month to do house- at:44 work. A cicalae is a great hem to them, and One meal m day the rule, UNEXPLORED CANADA. A Million Square Miles Still Unexplored. la a paper recentlyread before the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club, by Dr. G. Dawson, it was stated that the unexplored and unoc- cupied regions of Canada present an aggre- gate area of nearly 1,000,000 square miles. A great many of the districts included, however, lie to the north of profitable •agrie culture, which Dr. Dawson defines as the isothermal line, 60 deg. Fahrenheit in the month of July. The following are the Maas which await the explorer : The country between Alaska, the Porcupine River and the Arctic Ocean, 9,500 square miles ; be- tween the Lewis and Yukon Rivere„ and Alaska, 32,000 square miles ; between/the above rivers, the Stickeen and the coast ranges, 27,000 square miles ; the ter- ritory between the Polly and Mac- kenzie Rivera, 100,000 square miles ; be- tween the Great Bear Lake and the Arctic Ocean, 50,000 square miles ; between the Great Bear and Great Slave Lakes and the Mackenzie River, 35,000 square miles ; a tract of 81,000 square miles, bounded by the Rivers Stickeen and Laird on the north, and the Skena and Peace on the south ; 75,000 square miles between the Peace, Athabasca and Loon Rivers; 35,000 fiCillare miles to the south of Athabasca LalreS; an area of 7,500 square miles between Bathurst Inlet and the Coppermine River; and a territory of 31,000 square miles between Black River and the Arctic Ocean. There is also a vast region made up as follows : An area of 178,000 square miles between the lakes already mentioned and the western shore of Hudson Bay ; an extent of 22,000 square miles between Hudson Bay and the Rivers Severn and Attawapishkat ; an area of 15,000 square miles between Lakes Trout and Seul and Albany River; and about 35,000 square miles south and east of James' Bay. Finally, almost the whole of the interior of Labrador, estimated at 289,000 squgre miles, is unexplored country. FROM HIM THAT BATH, ETC. The Parable Strikingly Illustrated in a Modern Sunday School. The Sunday school needed money, and Mr. Smith, the superintendent, had a new way of getting rt. Ile proposed giving each boy half a dol lat; at the end of the month the principal, together with what it had earned, was to be returned to him. The scheme was good, but it didn't work quite as Mr. Smith had anticipated. The fourth Sunday found the superinten- dent ready to audit the profit and loss ac- counts, and he connnenced with Johnnie's clase "flow have you done, Johnnie?" "My half dollar has earned another one," said Johneie, with the air of one having an option on a halo. "Good," said the superintendent. "Not only is Johnnie a good boy in helping the school„ but he shows business talent. Doubling one's money in a month requires no common talent. Who can tell but what we have a budding Wanamaker among us. Johnnie, you have done well. And now, Thomas, how much has your half dollar earned ?" • "Lost it," said Thomas. "What I Not only failed to earn any- thing, but actually lost I" said Mr. Smith. " How was that 1' "1 matched with Johnnie," was the reply, "and he won."—Life. How to Ruin a Husband. Be had a wife. His talary was $2,500 per annum. But she complained. She wanted a better house. Better clothes. Nothing fit to go out in. No country cottage. Nor carriage. Nor society. She coveted a place on the ragged edge of the four hundred. She kept it up. Night and day. And moaned and Wept. He lacked style, also. As well as new clothes every six weeks and various other thing& He knew how his employer made several hundred daily on the street. A thousand or so would not be missed for a few hours. So he took it and went up the street and won. She got her sealskin. He took more and lost. More yet. Defalcation discovered. He wearsthepenitentiary check. Others are going, too. Beware. Better is a modest room up two pairs of back stairs than a cell in jail. • Newspaper Mistakes. How thankful we ought to be (writes a Jaded Journalist to the St. James's Gazette) for the competitive news -providers. Late last night all Fleet street was excited by a cablegram that one of the greatest "liners" (named) belonging to one of the greatest steamships companies (named) had been wrecked at a certain point (named) off the Newfoundland coast. In a few moments we had out all our books of reference, our gazetteers and maps and charts ; we were hunting up the history of the lost vessel and recording the previous disasters of the company. No sooner had we knocked together a couple of readable columns than we were greeted by later intelligence. The vessel lost is not the City of---." it was a cattle -boat This was a relief to our feelings, though it meant the loss of our labours. In another hour we got the latest news—" No vessel lost. The whole story has been traced to an insane seaman." And yet our readers wonder and complain tbat sometimes the newspapers publish state- ments which turn out not to be authenti- cated. Shim Sizes. A third of an inch gives us a full size in length of shoe ; a sixth furnishes the inter- mediate point between t,wo sizes, the saving of which is desirable, if practicable ; a small fraction of breadth goes a good way in securing comfort, and in girth of ball or instep an infinitesimal part of an inch is sometimes an ell of freedom ; e quarter of an inch is a good deal of letting -down or elevating at the heel, and the difference of a sixteenth is readily perceptible at the sole. For thee° reasons, sudden and extreme changes in size or weight of &ices are injudi- cious. --Shoe and Leather Repo-rter. In the United Kingdem 70,000 girls are males ed in public houses and bare. It is rumored in London that the Duke �f Cormaaight will succeed Sir Frederiek oRfoloneartiari.ae comtnarideran-chief of the army Queen Amelie, of Portugal, is a tall and stately youngwoman, with marc of the (Mon in her oaring than many royal ladies poses& She is 26 years old ancl daughter of the Comte de Pam A doctor's preScription to women as cou ducive to health—and that means good looks --is simple and easy' to follow : "Sleep eight &Airs out of the 24, eat three meale a day and walk on the stymy sile of the way, A. 111111id IOW WhiCh S140111411 the 1' inor er or NO 011:141:::111,18Nw:11.1S. " One of the most etriking instances of mind euro' I ever saw," said judge W—e- one day, "was exhibited in au old lady client of mine ; but it was a case of self cure. Her name was Norton. She had been a second wife. She was in bed, seri- ously ill, and sent for me to draw up her "1wUL hastened to the house with paper and pea. I found a table and cliair ready for me at the woman'e bedside, and in a few moments told her 1 was ready to prepare the will if she would tell me what she wished its provisions to be 1 wrote the introductory phrase rapidly, and, leaning, over toward her, said : Now, go on, Mrs Norton.' "'for voice was quite faint, and she seemed to speak with an effort. She ttehoniad'Fust of tm:yloNsvonHarl1 lvnttoyasnfijagmeisve; ti huem s tfaprui. " But,' said I, -You can't do that, Mrs Norton ; the farm isn't yours to give . " The farm isn't mine" she said, in a . voice decidedly stronger than before. " No, the farm isn't yours. Yon have only a life interest in it " This farm that Pve run for goin' on 43, years next spring, isn't mine to do what I please with ib' Why not, judge' I'd lik to know what you mean' "'Why, Mr. Norton—your husband— gave you a life estate in all his property, and on your death the farm goes to his sou John, and your children will get the city houses.' " And when I die John Norton is to have this house and farm whether I will or no?' " Just so.' "'Then I ain't going to die,' said the old woman, in a clear and decidedly ringing healthful voice. "And so saying she threw her feet over the front of the bed, sat up, gathered a blanket and coverlid about het, straightened up her gaunt form, walked across the room a.nd sat down in a chair before the fire The. doctor and 1 mune home. That was fifteen years ago The old lady's alive to Telegram. ONE GOOD HUSBAND. Theodore Parker's Ten Rules of Marital • Conduct. When Theodore Parker was married he entered in his journal, on his wedding day,' the following resolutions : First—Never, except for the best reasons, to oppose my wife's will. Second—To discharge all duties for her sake freely. Third—Never to scold. Fourth—Never to look cross at her. Fifth—Never to worry her with com- mands. Sixth—To promote her piety. Seventh—To bear her burdens. Eighth—To overlook her foibles. Ninth—To save, cherish and forever de- fend her. Tenth—To remember her always in my prayers. Thus, God willing, we shall be blessed.—Rouse/,old. Lord Stanley Criticised, London Truth Lord Stanley of Preston will resign his appointment as Governor- General of Canada next spring. It cannot be asserted that Lord Stanley has been a success in Canada, and his apparent levity in startingoff on a salmon -fishing expedition just at the height of the recent parlianiena' tary crisis has created a, very unfavorable a impression throughout the Dominion. Lord Stanley, moreover, has com- mitted the fatal error of identifying him- self with a political party in Canada; and, having lost any small powers of useful- ness which he may originally havepossessed, the sooner he returns home the better. There must be none of the usual jobberyand favoritism in appointing his succeasor, for a really strong man of hrst-class capacity is now urgently required in Canada. It will not do for Lord Salisbury to send out some hide -bound Tory peer for whom a lucrative and dignified place is needed. Canada has not been governed by a resolute and able Statesman since the days of the late Lord Elgin; but I fear that Lord Salisbury isnot likely to find another such Governor-Gen- eral among his awkward squad of place. hunting peers. MUNDY Thoughts.front Heine. Poverty sits by the cradle of great men and rocks them up to manhood, and is their faithful companion through life The modesty of a woman is a protection to her virtue, more secure than all the robes in the world, however little they may be cut down at the neck.—Leland's Heine. . Women has 30,000 different modes of ren- dering us miserable to only one way to make us happy. Only through some manifestation of pas- sion can men gain fame on earth. Generous nature never entirely disinherits any of her creations It is an error to suppose that when woman deceive us they have also teased te love us. Women and the Ballot. Rochester Herald : What ca.n equal the absuraliby of confining the privilege of the ballot exclusively to the male sex' The argument is wholly, totally against it and only usage and prejudice continue the , practice. But women themselves are to blame if they do not get the ballot. The ' time was when men would not have granted it. That time is over. As soon as a general movement IS started among women in favor of demanding what is as clearly their right as it is the mght of men they will get the ballot. The enlightened portion of the male sex recognizes the folly of disfran- chising women and is prepared to remove the disability as soon as women shall t genera ally agree in asking for the ballot Dr. Richardson Says.: "lis the presence of alcohohthere can be no true nervous action. There mayabe a. a certain wild pleasure in the first stage,. but there can be nothing more, and I sup -- pose the mot bigoted alcoholic would not: assume that it was ever good to pass beyond the first stage. Many would like to go through the first stage but no further, butt, that is An impossibility, because to excite the heart day by day and hour by hour is , to bring on that automatic actiore which, leads finally to the destruction of nervous, balance." 1Chili has an area of 217,000 squeal) miles, m being almost a fifth smaller than Texas, and: a population of about 3,000,000, or half that, of the State of New York, Valparaiso, its, chief port, is about the size of Syracuse, and Santiago, the capital, has about the same htittber of people as Rochester, Her ' regular army numbers nearly 6,000 officers . and mere with a militia force of 50,000. She has two iroe-clads, a monitor, eight torpedo boats and a couple of corvettes left. Young Osbourne--Miss Tomax has a great ramd. Van ..Tay --She has, indeed ; and she is very liberal with it. She isidwayta giving somebody a piece el it. a;