The Exeter Advocate, 1891-12-3, Page 277,1.
Matra TO ROG.
Mr,
An Impatient Croteal Eseay to Cheat the
Itingman,
A Plymouth, N. IL, despatuh Bays : la
the murder case to -day a verdict of guilty
a murder in the first degree was rendered,
and Almy evaa sentenced to be hanged on
the first Tuesday in December, 1892.
A Concord, N. I -L, despatca sap :
Several people gathered at the station whea
the trabl with Almy artived.fromPlymouth.
The prisoner walked on his crutches from,
the cars to the eerriege iu which he was to
be conveyed, to tlse prison, a elistance of
several rocs. He wallted with emeh shire
culty, and stopped two or three times to
rest. Airily was surroureled by sherifia
and members of the pollee force. As he
approached the earriage, cries of "Han
him !" " String him up with a rope !" and
" Lyneh him !" were heerd, After he got
into the conveyance a fur coat was placed
about his shoulders, and the conveyance
containiag the prisouer and ten officers was
driven to the prison. The party was
received at the prison by the warden and
the deputies. Almy was escorted to the
room for the reception cif prisoners. He was
aligned to one of the murderers' cells. His
nearest neighbor will be Sa,vstelle, who is
sews to be executed for killing his brother
'Hirano.
Christie Warden, the murdered girl, re-
peatedly refused to marry Almy, and ono
evening while she and her mother were on
their way home from a, visit he suddenly
appeared, dragged the girl from her
mother's side into a field and murdered her.
He escaped and left no tracks by which he
could be traced, but was found in the
Warden barn a month later, within twenty
feet of the house in which his victim had
lived. When, it was known that Almy was
hidiug in the Warden barn, hundreds of
farmers came from miles around, armed
with Winchesters and shot guns, to assist in
the capture. Almy resisted, and the barn
was peppered with bullets, one of which
broke the raurderer's leg. Although crip-
• pled, Allay kept the crowd at bay for
hours, and surrendered only when the
sheriff promised him protection from the
mob. Later it was proved that Almy was
George Abbott, the notorious Vermont
outlaw, who had escaped from the Vermont
State prison three years ago.
COLLISION IN Tin itosmoinis.
The Steamer Eddlethorpe Goes Down and
Three Men are Drowned.
A Constantinople cable says : A collision
occurred this morning in the Bosphorus
between the British sitetuner Rugby, bound
from Odessa for Shields, and the British
steamer Eddlethorpe, from Port Said for
Odessa. The Eddlethorpe was so badly
damaged that the water poured into her in
a tremendous volume, and she went to the
bottom almost immediately. The steam
launch belonging to the Russian embassy
was cruising near the scene of the accident,
and when the Eddlethorpe sank she at once
started for the spot. When those on the
sinking steamer saw that there was no hope
of the vessel keeping afloat they jumped
overboard. The steam launch picked up
several of the men in the water, and the
humane efforts of those on board of her
prevented what would otherwise have been
a serious loss of life. As it is only three of
the sailors of the Eddlethorpe are reported
as missing. The captain of the Eddlethorpe
was badly injured when the steamers
came together, and though he was rescued
from drowning it was only to die a short
time after he was taken ashore. The ex-
tent of the Rugby's damage is not known.
The Eddlethorpe was a barquentine rigged
iron screw steamer of 1,735 gross tons.
WITII HER LITTLE GUN,
Mrs. Mason Terrorises the Saloon Deck Pas-
sengers of the Mongolian.
A London cable says: An exciting inci-
dent which occurred on board the steamer
Mongolian'm which sailed froMontreal
November for Liverpool, has been rnade
public. It appears that while the steamer
was passing Londonderry on Friday, bound
up the Irish sea, Mrs. Mason, the
stewardess, rushed on deck revolver in
hand, and fired at Purser Stewart, who was
on the saloon deck. The purser tried to
disarm the woman, but before he succeeded
in getting the weapon from her she dis-
cheaged the pistol three times. Two of the
bullets struck the purser. A number of
passengers were on deck at the time and
great excitement prevailed. No reason is
given for Mrs. Mason's act, and she was
permitted to leave the vessel unmolested at
Liverpool. Stewart's wounds are serious.
.A 9EA.T11-B1ED SCENE.
Jealous Nettie Bledier's Victim Dies of
• Rer 'Wounds.
An Omaha despatch says: Capt. Hattie
Smith, of the Salvation Army, who was shot
in the street here by Nettie B. r, of
Council Bluffs, died on Monday. „ it
was known that her chaned bf tecovery waa
slight, the members of the Army, who had
thronged the room, fell on their knees and
prayed fervently an true Salvation Army
style that her life might be spared. At times
the voice of the dying girl was heard clear
above the others as she implored that this
cup might pass from her. Among those
kneeling at her bedside was Lieut Berry, of
Boone, Ia., to whom Capt. Smith was soon
to have been married. He fiat all night by
his dying fiancee, offering such consolation
as his bruised heart could suggest.
A Victim of Occultism.
A Bridgeport, •Conn., despatch says :
Mrs, Eugenia Carpenter, a young divorced
woman living at No. 221 Myrtle avenue,
bas been courted by a young man whovery
recently ceased to calI on her. • Mrs. Car-
penter bought a fortune-telling board called
`Ouija," and from it, received the predic-
tion that her suitor would notretttin to her.
Oa Friday night she Was f011tld wandering
almost nude in the street. Her reason was
gone, and at intervals she cried out,
Ouija, said so, and I knew it was true."
Catholie clergymen are waging a war upoh
Ouija boards as dangerous to the young.
Swiodled the Chicagoans.
A Chicago despateh says : A dozen or
more Beal& of Trade firms claim to have
been fleeced out of sums of money ranging
from $500 to $1,200 each by Sidney Ii
Winters. Until a few days ago he was the
postmestee at Woodbine, Ia., but is now
fleeing from detectives. The fraud, accord..
ing to the etry, was accomplished by means
of forged bMs of lading, which were not
siispected until they were discovered by the
• general claim agent of the North-Western
road.
Recently, in St. Loi, a large builditig in
one of the best businesis streets of the city
was tore down simply beeause it was thought
to be " hooclobed.
A new gas tank at Bolton, Eng., will
lave a capacity for storing upward of
200,000 cubic' feet of gas. The tank ie 84
feet in diameter and 24 feet sleep, and will
regifire 3,000, tons of water to All it.
The Volunteer is ashore oa Newfound-
land and will prove a Wel loss, 'No lives
were loet.
WRECK OF TOL LISTELLE.
Gailant Efforts at Rescuing the Captain
Fail.
A Manistee, diob., tlespetois rays: The
crew of the Estelle, which went on the beach
north of the pier, ooneisted of Captain D,
Estelle, of Qhicago, a female cook nettled
Annie, of Duffel°, Albei.t Davis and jatnee
Stone, of Port Hope, Out., Christian We,
of Buffalo, T. Steverson, ot Cleveland, end
James Miller, of Morristown, Mieh, When
her nose touched the pier „James Stone
climbed into the fore rigging, and by a leap
reached the pier, from which bo barely
escaped being washed off by the sea.
WY°, Steverson aad Miller were safely
landed by means of ropes shot to them by
the life-saving crew. Davis, suffering froin
a broken leg, was unable to reach the rope
and was drowned.
One of the life6
.savine crew reached and
boarded the vessel andtried to reach the
cabin, where it was supposed the woman
was, but the vessel was broken amidships
and it was impossible, the waves dashing,
over her every moment.
Several lines were shot to the captain,
who was clinging to the mizzen mast, but
he was unable to grasp one. He hung there
swaying to and fro with the mast, calling
to the men on the pier and beach, within
100 feet of him as if giving orders what to
do, but his voice was not audible by reason
of the roar of the storra and the cracking
timbers. The men ashore rendered all
assistance possible, but none that was
effectual to the captain, and at 9 o'clock he
slid down the mast on to the deck, where,
in a moment, he was washed over the side
and drowned.
FilESTO, CHANGE:
Sam Jrones W01 Turn Lawyer to Fight for
Sam Small.
An Atlanta, Ga., despatch says: Rev.
Sam Jones, the evangelist, is going to turn
lawyer for one day at least. Rev. Sam
Small was recently assaulted by Thomas
Minor, a saloonkeeper, who kicked out one
of his front teeth. Mr. Small sued Minor
for $15,000 damages. Sam Jones has
agreed to be Sam Small's lawyer in the case.
Fifteen years ago Sam Jones was a lawyer
in Cartersville. Then he turned preacher.
All he has to do to be a lawyer again is to
pay the State license of $10. This he has
done, and he will seize the opportunity to
deliver a lecture on saloonkeepers.
Rev. Sanuarl Cotten Not a Catholic.
The following letter, which we copy from
the Catholic Weekly _Review, corrects a
statement which was copied by the Titus
without personal knowledge of the facts :
To the Editor of the 21faii :
Sla,---Inthe issue of the Mail of Monday
last, 2nd ult., there appears amongst the
cable news what purports to be a despatch
from Dublin, dated Nov. 1st, a portion of
which reads as follows :
Since the arrest of the Rev. Samuel Cotten
charged with criminal ill-treatment of the
children in the Carmagh Orphanage, the local
excitement has been mereased by further
sensational developments. Rev. Mr. Cotten is
the Roman Catholic Rector of Carmagh,
County Kildare, etc., etc. [The italics aro
mine.]
This paragraph, in so far as it calls the
Rev. Samuel Cotton a Roman Catholic, is a
most despicable falsehood its manifest
object being to make capital against the
Catholic Church.
The person in question, who, with his
wife, Elizabeth S. Cotten, was arraigned at
the Petty Sessions Court at Robertstown,
County Kildare, on Tuesday, Oct 27th,
before a bench of magistrates and com-
mitted for trial, is an Anglican and not a
Roman Catholic minister. This fact must
have been known to your correspondent, the
more especially as the trial, with all its
horrible disclosures of brutality and negli-
gence, took place on Oct. 27th, whilst the
Mail's Dublin despatch was dated Nov.
1st, or nearly a week later. Reports of Mr.
Cotten's arrest appeared amongst the cable
news of the other city dailies of Oct 30th,
in none of which, however, was he cited as
a Roman Catholic rector. I would not
wish to infer from this that the despatch
was "cooked" by the Mail before publica-
tion, but the above mentioned facts are
significant.
The Catholic Church has repeatedly, been
falsely accused and assailed upon charges
with as little groundwork of truth as the
foregoing. In this her life has been the
counterpartoathat of her divine founder, a
hfe of trials, persecutions and vilifications,
but also a life of triumphs and victories—
and if the misstatements in the Mail's pre-
sumed despatch were allowed to go uncon-
tradicted, another item would be added to
the stock -in -trade of every anti-Catholic
fanatic.
As this item from the Mail has been com-
mented upon by, several, and republished in
other journals, I would ask yon in fairness,
to give to this statement of fact, the same
prominence as was accorded to the slander-
ous misstatements in the despatch of your
correspondent of Nov. 1st. Yours truly,
DEGRumay, Editor Catholic Weekly
_Review.
Toronto, Nov. 9th, 1891.
CorroN oorivrcrEn
A London cable says: The coroner's jury
investigating the case of Rev. Samuel Cot-
ton, who is charged with having caused the
death of a boy named Brown an inmate of
the Caroghe Orphanage, in Brown,
to-day
returned a verdict that the boy's death was
caused by ill-treatment at the hands of Cot-
ton, and that Cotton was guilty of man,
slaughter. The jury also expressed their
regret that they could he include Mrs. Cotton
in their findings.
To Care for Mrs. Bevis.
A Richmond Va despatch says: Mrs.
Jefferson Davis and her daughter, Miss
Winnie Davis, left the city yesterday for
Memphis. The Richmond _Dispatch, in an
editorial on Mrs. Dt..vis, says : "The
Southern States ought to vote a pension to
Mrs. Davis, and Virginia should lead the
movement. It is nothing but fair and
proper that we should put her on the same
footing that the Governmentplaces the
widows of its Presidents. The duty de-
volves upon the States that composed the
Confederacy. As the Confederacy is a
thing of the past, it cannot be a very costly
precedent for us, inasmech as there will
never be another Confederacy; therefore
never another widow of a Confederate
Presid.erit "
A Robber with Many Aliases.
A Barre, Vt., despatch says : Detective
F. H. }Buds, of the Pinkerton Agency,
arrested Oliver Curtie Perry at Washington
yesterday. The prisoner is charged with
having stolen $5,000 in cash and a large
amount of jewelry from an express car
near Utica, N. Y., on September 306h. The
American Expreca Co. offered a reward of
$1,000 for the robber's conviction, The
prisoner is 26 years old and has fourteendif-
ferent names.
Electric welding has been found to pro -
&ice sitch satisfaetory results in the manta
facture of lsicyclise that it is extensivelyused
in many of the lerge factories. '
Dr. Scott, Mrs. Harrisoxi's &the'', who
new lives at the White Howie, has a
large cortespenclence though 82 yeah( of
age.
A DICTAT011t UP/ltiNS-
Oa Fonseca Finds Brazil Too /Rot for SUM
, and Retires.
A New York despatch says : Despatehes
from Rio de Jane's° this afternoon bring
the intelligence that the oppoettion to Dic-
tator Fonseca has gathered sufficient force
to break through the baniersereeted by the
Gevernment, to hold it in check and to melte
itself master of the situation. No details
have Yet been received aa to the precise
Methods adopted. All that is known is
that the uprising was so formidable that
Fonseca considered it impossible' longer to
maintain his ascendancy, and has surren-
dered his authority. In retiring, or " re-
signiug," as he called it, he declared he
did so in' favor of Mariana Peixotto, the
vice-president or vice -chief a the Pros
visional Government, of which Fonseca was
the' head.
Whether the opposition will be content to
allow Peixotto, about whom little it known
here'to assume the leadership of the State
is not known. It is not believed that he
will be permitted to act as chief executive,
even temporarily, unlees he is in sympathy
with the ideas and principles of the leaders
of to-dayas revolutionary movement
Rio de Janeiro is in a i3tate of great ex-
citement, but no reports have come as yet
indicating mob law or serious disorder. The
uprising, however, has had the effect of
putting a stop for the time being to all
kinds of business. The Exchanges are
closed, and everybody is so interee ,ed in
watching political developments tb‘•
at no
thought is given to commercial purs its or
business. eugagemeuts. The new that
Fonseca has resigned spread through the
city like wildfire. Everywhere it was
received with enthusiastic cheers and ex-
clamations of satisfaation The cenoaship
on telegrams has been partly removed. The
insurrection has been smouldering in Rio
Janeiro for severe]. days. The firat overt
manifestation was the cutting of the railway
near the city on Saturday night. The Hahn
came to a head this morning, the navy
leading in an open revolt, and demanding
the resignation of da Fonseca. Finding
resistance useless, da Fonseca announced
that he would comply with the demand.
Intense excitement prevails. 4 riotous
crowd has destroyed the officei ( of two
Government newspapers. Senhor Peixottb
is forming a Government.
REBELLION IN PERSIA.
An 'Uprising fluel---led. But Not Without
Much Bloodshed.
A Teheran, Persia'cable says: The Muju-
tabid, or high priest, of the Shiquoh sect,
which is the predominant religious sect of
the country, its followers numbering nearly
seven million, recently fomented a revolt in
Mazanderan, a provincein Northern Persia.
The Government took prompt measures to
suppress the revolt, and a body of troops
was despatched to restore order and to
place the high priest under arrest. The
rebels, however, made a determined resist-
ance against the Shah's soldiers. They had
entrenched themselves in a strong position,
and when sumraoned to surrender refused to
do so. Orders were then given to attack
the stronghold of the rebels, and a long con-
test and desperate battle ensued. The rebels
fought with desperation, knowing full well
the punishment that would be inflicted upon
•them by the Shah should they fall into .his
hands ; but they were finally defeated, not,
however, until two hundred of their number
were killed. The loss of troops was twenty
killed. A large number of rebels were taken
prisoners, and it is expected summary jus-
tice will be meted out to them. Among the
prisoners is the high priest.
ARISTOCRATIC BURGLARS.
TWO Doctors and a Liver/man IF rtc
• Combination.
A Joliet, Ill.,. despatch says: Gardiner,
twenty-eight miles from here is greatly ex-
cited over the discovery that two of the
city's leading physicians and a livery stable
keeper are responsible for the recent daring
burglaries that have alarmed the citizens.
Drs. Boyes and McAdam and livery 'stable-
man Briggs were discovered early this
morning trying to blow open the safe of the
Gardiner Bank. Burglaries • have been
frequent during the last week, and a detec-
tive was employed to ferret out the thieves.
He suspected the trio, and joined them in
order to get at their secrets. He helped
them to plan the burglary of the bank, and
while they were in the act of blowing open
the safe called on them to surrender. They
resisted and attempted to escape. The de-
tective shot Dr. McAdam and brought him
down, and captured Dr. Boyes. Briggs
escaped. It is said this gang recently
robbed James Keon, a resident, of $600, and
committed several other daring burglaties.
The doctors are regular practitioners, and
stood well in public confidence.
TIIE OWEN SOUND SENSATION.
--
Death Was Caused by Blood-Poisoning—
Blue Discharged.
An Owen Sound despatch says: The in-
quest concerning the death of Mrs Joseph
Jackson was concluded to -night. The evi-
dence showed that the woman before dying
had stated that whatever blame there was
attached to herself, adding that she was
"the missing one." There was no evidence
to connect anyone else with the affair. The
post-mortem showed that death was the
result of blood -poisoning. The jury brought
in a verdict in accordance with the evidence
that Mrs. Jackson died from blood -poison-
ing, supposed to have been the result of a
miscarriage, whieh took place two months
previously. Coroner Cameron at once
ordered the discharge from custody of Mal-
colm Blue, who had lived with the woman
for some time, and was arrested on the
Supposition that he was instrumental in
causing her death.
• ONE DAL'S CRIMES.
Three Murders and Two Suicides Reported
• from St. Louis.
A St Louis despatch says : Charles
Durgan, who attempted to commit suicide
in Kansas City some three weeks since,
arrived at his home here a few days ago,
and while laboring under a temporary
aberration of mind early yesterday tnprning
entered the room d taro sisters, Gertrude,
23 years old, and Adelaide 18, and brained
both of them with an iron poker. It is
thought they will die.
Miss Julia Albetz, school teacher, while
despondent yesterday morning took a pistol
and blew off the top of her head.
At noon yesterday e telephone message
from Eat St Louis stated that a murder
and suicide oecurred there in the morning,
Social Amenities,
Cloak Review Bingo—I'm going to bring
my 'wife around to call on you to -night.
Witherby—That's right; but do me a
favor, old man. Don't let her weaa her new
sealskin cloak. I don't want my wife to gee
it jest now,
Bingo—Why, that's What we are coming
for.
The man who is fond, of a joke always
puts a bill on the plate, crumpled up so that
the gossipy old maid in the next pew can't
fell to save her neek whether it is a one ora
twenty.
TUE GREAT BLOW.
A Destructive Cyclone Swoops Down on
Washington and Baltimore.
A Washington despatch says : A terrible
rain and wind storm vaseed oyer this city
at noon to.day. Telegraph counnunieation
between here and outside places ha,d been
greatly interfered with during the fore-
noon by high winda, but the storiu above
montioneL1 prostlt c1 many more wires,
ses,
and greatly increased the difficulty of tele-
graphing.
A heavy wind and ram storm passed over
this city about half -past 12 o'clock to -day,
which amounted almost, to a hurricane,
doing great damage to property. The walls
of the new Metzerott Music Hall, in course
of constriction, were blown down, and
several persons were killed and many in-
jured, Geprge White, a ladies' tailor, and
one of his sowingwomen were taken out
dead from the ruins in an acljoiniug build-
ing, and two others badly hurt. One of the
reservoirs of the Washington Gas Company
was struck by lightning and burned. Loss,
$50,000. The total losses in this vicinity
will aggregate more than one hundred
thousand dollars.
A Baltimore despatch says : A tele.
phone ' message front Washington reports
that a cyclone and water -spout struck
that city to -day. Seven persons are Kidd
to have been killed, and Metzerott Hall
is on fire. The storm has struck this city,
making telegraphing almost impossible.
Communication with AVashington is cut off
at present.
Shortly after 1 o'cloek this afternoon
a wind and rainstorm of unusual intensity
struck the city from the southwest, blowing
down signs and flagpoles, and doing other
damage. The arrival of the storm was
heralded by a very dark cloud, which over-
shadowed the heavens, and made gas light
necessary in many business offices. In the
central portion of the city the ram poured
down in torrents, and was swept along by
the high wind, which at 1 o'clock was blow-
ing 28 miles an hour. At 1.30 the roof of
the oyster -packing house of C. S. Maltby, at
the foot of West Fall avenue, was blown off
by the wind. A number of persons working
in the top story were injured, but none
seriously. Flags were torn from their hal-
yards, and catching upon telegraph wires,
whisked them about, destroying their
utility and that of the other wine -which the
flying lines were brought in contact. ,,The
storin was not unexpected, as the barometer
was falling all the morning until 1 o'clock.
when it registered 29.28.
SMUGGLERS AND SPIES.
The Contraband Trade Said to be Diiileult
to Deal With.
A Washington despatch says: Mr. A. K.
Tingle, supervising special agent of the
Treasury Department, in his annual report,
shows that during the past fiscal year the
special agents seized goods to the value of
$143,236, and recovered $225,690 on account
of seizures, fines, duties eta. He grave
several instances of fraudulent importatious,
and refers to difficulties under which the
agents conduct their operations. Mr. Tingle
says one of the serious questions confronting
the department in the exercise of its function
of collecting the revenue is the great diffi-
culty under present conditions of enforcing
the laws against the smugglers who make the
Dominion of Canada the base of their opera-
tions. There are only four collection dis-
tricts upon the Northern frontier between the
Lake of the Woods and the Pacific ocean,a
distance of about 3,100 miles, each district
embracing a large territory. The number of
officers for preventive duty upon this long
line of frontier does not exceed 20, and the
present systeni of appropriating will not ad-
mit of any material increase of this force.
DIDN'T SEE TASCOTT,
But Did Meet a Pack of Savage -looking
Wolves.
A Winnipeg despatch says: Mr. Shogenen,
special agent of the United States Treasury,
left this morning for Chicago. Mr. Shog-
enen believes the story that "L'ascott is living
with Indians in the Turtle Mountains,
and inspired by the promised reward of
$5,000 for the fugitive's capture he set out
last week from Killarney for the mountains.
He had not gone many miles when he found
travelling very difficult owing to the depth
of snow on the ground. While driving
through a little valley, skirted by a woods,
he suddenly found himself confronted by a
pack of wolves. Without stopping to
scrape a, closer acquaintance with the fierce -
looking pack he returned to Killarney ,with
all possible speed. He says he will go back
for Tascott when the wolves are not so hun-
gry as they appear to be at present.
.11111ed While Putting 011 a Belt.
, An Ottawa despatch says: James Smith,
ho has been employed for many years as
Machinist in McLaren & Co's. mill here,
was placing a belt this afternoon to connect
a piece of machinery with a wheel which
was making about two thousand revolu-
tions per minute, when the wheel suddenly
burst, and a large piece of iron struck the
unfortunate man on the head. He was at
once taken in the ambulance to the hospital.
His skull was badly crushed, and he died
this evening. Several months ago two of
his children died from diphtheria. A great
deal of sympathy is felt for his family.
Certainly.
ooklyn Life: Bogge—What is your
idea about what the United States should
do with its ex -Presidents ?" Foggs—Let
'em alone. Hayes is raising chickens, and
Cleveland—well, you read the papers, don't
yolt ?
The Chrome System Gone Mad.
Life.: "Don't you want to subscribe to
the Gazelle this year 9" asked the editor.
"1 &limo," eaid Sikes. " What yer
pa,yin' subscribers this year 9"
There is a great deal of truth in the l.re-
mark-of the Troy Pre,se that "cooking
schools may be all right ih their way, but
girls who want to become good cooks should
go into the kitchen at home. Tffere iswhere
the best cooks are graduated."
An order was issued by the Russian
Government on Saturday, specially aimed at
the Germans, forbidding lawyers to practise
in the Baltic provinces unlese of Russian
extraction.
Robert Dinnie, poet and antiquarian,
and father of Donald Dinnie, the famous
athlete, died at Kincardine -O'Neil, Scot-
land on the 29th ult, He was 83 years of
age
A plumber is not the only man who make
money by the judicious use of soft solder.
A 4-year.old daughter of David Gil-
lespie, farmer, township of Fitzroy, met
her death recently. She was playing with
a dog in the barnyard, and folloveed the
animal into a cow -byre. In runieing about
the byre sheaccidentally fell underneath the
eow's feet The latter moved about, trod
on the child's bail and head and inflicted a
fatal fracture of the skull. The poor little
victim lived less than an hour in great
agony.
To remove obstinate stoppers from glass
betties, dip a piece of woolen cloth into
boiling water and wrap it tightly around
the neck of the bottle. In a few minutes
the stopper can be removed
A WOMAN OF WAR.
She Commands the Fronk and SW'S
Salvation Army.
La Meredith) Booth-Clibborn, the leader
of the Salvation Army forces in Vranee and
Switzerla,nd, is one of the most talented
members of that remarkable family which
is the head of a religious movement that is
singular in his history as having been organ-
ized and become known in every part of
the world in one generation. She is
making an American tour. Mrs. Clibborn
is the oldest daughter of General
13ooth. Site is an elocittent speaker and
pOSSOSSOS to a wonderful degree the
power of moving the couvictions of men.
She haea stroisg earnest face which, wleile
it expresses more feeling than intellectuality,
is not lacking; in signe of mental force. As
commander of the Salvation Army forces in
Switzerland and Franee, 1VIrs. Clibborn has
undergoue scene great privations. For
instance, in France the Army workers were
not permitted to advertise their meetings,
• and the only way they could secure an
audience was by personal solicitations in
the dives and done of the great cities. But
by patience and hard work they succeeded
in getting the crowds, and then the
difficulty was in getting rid of them. In
Paris one night a police sergeant said they
had half the cut.throats of the city in the
hall. The people derided La Marechale's
amusingly poor French, but she kept
steadily at work, and now many barracks
exist under the tri -colors of the republic.
The opposition to the Salvation Army
work. in Switzerland was more bitter, and
the soldiers of the cross were persecuted by
the police and the masses. The officers
were frequently lodged in jails, and when
decrees against meetings were passed the
converts had to be sought secretly. Now
they have an immense number of soldiers in
Switzerland.
Col. Denison's Off -Rand Shot.
Toronto Telegram : One of the worst of
Col. Denison's celebrated speedy judgments
was reversed Thursday by their Lordships
Chief Justice Galt and Justice MclVialion.
Their decision set a boy at liberty after a
confinement a more than five months and
saved him from spending five years in the
penitentiary and enduring fifteen lashes.
Seldom has there been on record a case
that better illustrated the inhumanity of
some detectives and the off -hand methods of
Col. Denison. The boy was taken from his
mother's house late one night. He left be-
hind hint the assurance that everything was
all right and that he would return in the
morning. The next day the poor simpleton
pleaded guilty. He was not allowed time to
consult his inother, and the Magistrate
promptly sentenced him to five years in the
penitentiary and fifteen lashes. The arrest,
the trial, the conviction, the sentence, were
all disgraceful. Detective Watson must
have urged the boy to plead guilty. Either
under the pressure of advice from the detec-
tive or in ignorance as to the nature of the
offence, the prisoner admitted guilt. Surely
it was Col. Denison's business to warn th
culprit that his plea wrecked all chance of
liberty. But no ! The detective was there
to secure the credit of a conviction, and the
Magistrate was there to fill the penitentiary.
Why should they pause? It only takes
the couft about three minutes to sentence a
Ina.n to penitentiary for five years. It takes
the inan somewhat longer to serve the term.
Fortunately for himself the boy had a
mother who Was not too poor to retabaJ. G.
Holmes. The lawyer oracle a great fight and
finally freed the prisoner. 'There may be
other boys sent to penitentiary under simi-
lar circumstances, who having no money to
right the wrong are suffering the injustice
done to them by a high-pressure Radice
Magistrate. Col. Denison is generally right,
but the case in point is proof that he is not
above trifling away a, prisoner's liberty and
ruining his life in order that he may get
through his days' work before 11 a. m.
From an Old MS.
Once when I was in Rome I was shown a
MS., from which I copied this: "There
appeared in these days a man of great virtue
named Jesus Christ, who is yet living among
us, and of the Gentiles is accepted for a
Prophet of Truth, but His disciples call
Him the Son of God. He raiseth the death
and cureth all manner of diseases. A man
of stature somewhat tall, and comely, with
a very reverend countenance, expressing
both love and fear. His hair is of the color
of a chestnut, full ripe; plain to the ears,
whence downward it is more orient, curling
and waving about his shoulders.
"In the middle of his head is a seam or
partition of his hair, after the manner of the
Nazarities. The forehead plain and very
delicate. His face without a spot or wrinkle,
beautiful with a lovely coloring. His nose
and mouth are formed as nothing can be
reprehended. His beard thickish, in color
like his hair ; not very long, but forked.
His look innocent and natural. His eyes
gray, clear and quick.
"In reproving he is terrible; in a,dmon-
ishing, very courteous and fair spoken.
Pleasing in conversation, mixed with gravity.
It cannot be remembered that any have
seen him laugh, but many have seen him
weep. In propox tion of body most excellent.
His hands and arms most delicate to behold.
In living very temperate, modest and wise.
A man for his singular beauty surpassing
the children of men."
Publius Lentulus, the writer, was Presi-
dent of Judea, and Tiberius Cresar was
Emperor of Rome.
War Before Peace.
American in Rome (to picturesquenative)
—Great Geewhillikins Just listen to the
racket in that building. Sounds like an
anarchists' meeting or a prize fight in
America. What is it? Some sort of a
mill?
Native—Ah, non, signor. Eet, eez zee
eenternationale peace congress making zee
debate upon zee aboleeshment of war.
Forty-five .families of farmers front the
German borders of Russia arrived at New
York yesterday by the steamer Spaanclam.
Each family averaged ten members, all
bound for North Dakota to form a settle-
ment.
Johnson—And so Jimson has gone to his
reward? Bronson—Yes, poor fellow, I'm
afraid he has l—Boston Gazette.
The most chivalrous organization of mod-
ern times is the Ma,riahilf Matrimonial Club
in Austria,. The members, who are rich
men, take each a vow to marry a poor girl.
If one breaks this vow and weds a rich
woman he pays a, fine of $2,000, which the
club devotes to giving sortie impecunious
betrothed couple a start in life.
Lord Randolph Churchill will return from
his African tour abotit the middle of Decent,
beta
--Cyclops and Sandowe, the recently
arrived herculean giants from the Royal
Aquarium, London, have att open chal-
lenge to any man breathing who can dupli-
cate their feats of strength, and will cheer.
fully defray their expenses from any part
of America., and allow $100 bonus to pay
for their trouble.
device of English parentage is a petite
balance combined with a knife in which
the letter is hung to the blade of the knife,
the handle of which is balanced on the edge
A ClIAPTE_It E.011.1VINES.
Timely Illrell'OlailOO Aboot Masculine
Apparel—IIOW WINN.
Soft fabrics with slightly rough. finish, .
says Ila7we7's ilazar, are worn by well-
dressed men at all hems of the day and
evening. Their business and travelling
suits are of dark ',mob's wool or of vicuna .
cloth, or else of lighter plaids and checks.
The principal colors are blue and black
mixed and very dark brown. The coat is a
single-breasted sack fastened by three or
four buttons, with \rest to match.
Frock -coats are made very long, extrem-
ists wearing them to reaeli below the knee.
They are of black rough elieviots with silk -
faced lapels, and a cord finihh On the edges
iestead of braid. The vest is of the ina,terial
of the eeat) and the striped trousers are Of
dark grayish -blue. This es the suit for day
weddings—alike for groom, ushers and
guests—and far any .entertainment in the
afternoon.,
Evening suits are of undressed worsteds
and cheviots of fine quality and purest jet
black. Per drees.coate the shawl collar
aud peaked lapels are equally popular. The.
shawl collar is fumed entirely with silk, but,
peaked lapels are faced ouly to the button
holes. All edges are corded. Besides a
low -out vest of Week cheviot, a white silk
vest is usually provided with dress coats to •
be worn at weddings and the theatre,
Overcoats for walkieg and general wear
are single,breasteel sacks of beaver cloth
'natio loose, of medium length, with plain
seams,double-stitched edges, and velvet
collar ; they are lined with plaid cloth.
Similar overcoats are made of gray and
black cheviot, Dress topcoats for evening
have the Inverness rape, end are made o1
black cheviot, faced to the edge with silk.
Shirt fronts remain plain layers of linen
in shield shape, fastened by two small studs
—those for the day made of gold,.
with pearl or white enameled studs for'•
evening. Standing collars are worn of good
height and self -rolled or to meet, as is most
becoming. Cuffs are square -cornered, with
the edges meeting when fastened by linked,
sleeve buttons.
Dark scarfs are again in favor. They are.
in the familiar Ascot, four-in-hand and
puffed shapes, with aleo the small square
English bow. The TieW fancy is for rich,
dark, red scarfs, especially for wearing with,
brown suits. Grayish -blue, stone -color and
heliotrope are also fasaionable for neckwear.
Silk underwear is woven not only in
ivory -white or fieslecolor, but also in pearl,
rose, salmon, blue and heliotrope.
Black silk socks very slightly embroid-
ered are worn with evening dress. Finely
striped Balbriggans for day use are in stone •
colors, tan or wood 'browns, and soft fine -
cashmere socks are of natural gray and ecru
shades.
Buttoned gaiters of calfskin for street
wear have low heels, and either medium
pointed or broad toes, the style being
again for rather broad shoes. High -but-
toned shoes are also worn in the evening „-
they have galoches of patent leather with
kid tops.
Walking gloves are of reddish or yellow -
tan shades, and are worn in English
fashion of heavy qualities that were •
formerly used only for driving. They have
very slight stitching on the back, and are -
fastened by two buttons.
The crown of new silk hats is even more -
bell-shaped than that worn last season, and
is of two different hehalits, that for elderly
men measuring six and three -fourth inches, .
while that for young, men hl a quarter of an -
inch less. MO
Was Ile it Bigamist P,
Continental lawyers ate greatly inter-
ested in a legal case to he decided soon in
the English courts. A subject of the Queen
left his wife in London and went to Naples, a
where he fell in love with an Italian
woman. Persuading her that he was a
single man, she consented to follow him to -
the altar.To his great relief he received
word on the day of his seconcl marriage that
his English wife had °died. Easy of heart,
he returned to Londoe, but was at once
arrested at the instance'of his English rela-
tives on a charge of bigamy. He insisted
that the charge was groundless, as the Eng-
lish wife had departed ,this life on the day
he had been united to his present better.
half. The relatives, however, were able
to prove that, taking iato consideration the
difference in time between London and
Naples, he was the hesband of two wives,
for 23 minutes. The trial will prove
whether the relatives have a right to prose
cutethe man on these grounds. The case,
so far as can be learned, is unique, but it
bears upon contracts of a different nature
and kind. a
OrganIZICO labor.
New York Daily Commercial Bulletin:
About a third of the' inhabitants of this
country are engaged in gainful occupations.
Out of a population of 66,000,000 this would
mean about 22,0110,000 engaged in the
various forms of labor, trade or transporta-
tion, and after deducting say 2,000,000 for
employers' there would, still remain
20,000,000who labor for compensation. Out
these 20,000,00 a about '270,000 are con-
nected with the Knights of Labor, accord-
ing to its official reports made at the recent,
national convention. It is supposed that
the federation would embrace a somewhat
larger number, but if it ineludes twice as
many, the entire number would still be only,
about 800,000, or but four in one hundred of
the workers for compensation. It may be
that the farmers who own or rent
farms are not strictly wage earners, though
they labor. Deducting 6,000,000 for these,
there would still remain 14,000,000 wage
earners, against not more than 800,000'
enlisted in various oroanizations.
11,e—Why are you so sad, darling? She
—I was just thinking, dearest, that this
was the last evening we could be together
till to -morrow.
She—How odd of Mr. Ergent to make me
'a present of a parrot 1 The parrot—Not at -
alt! Heal trained inc to epeale a good word
for him.
Tun onexray BOARDER.
Ile was a cranky boarder and was always find
ing fault ;
There wasn't anything just right, the pepper
nor the salt
The cake, the eudding and the pie and every-
thing he had •
If you believe as he declared were simPly very
bad.
His landlady, a patient soul, with eheekis all'
earned with care,
She never sauced him back 'until she heard this
man declare
Her beefsteak all was leather—her retort Ito
won't forget—
"'Tain't leather when you've eaten it, for then.
it's leatheret."
According to the Rod and Gun, Herbert
Spencer was once advised by his physieian
to live for a while in is hoarding -house, in,
order that he might be rest ed mentally by
the light, cheery and brainless conversation',
at the dinner table. He took the advice
but did hot stay long.
A Clarliofnia, man has invented a, birdcage
perch, one end of which is attached to the
bars of the cage, the other end being free
aad extending but half -way into the cage.
Mote freedom it thus given the imprisoned
bird.
Chinese streets are not often more than
of the table. eight feet Wide.
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