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The Exeter Advocate, 1892-5-12, Page 6A DE$TRUCTIVE $TORIT. Xishhag Boat e and Ships Driven trann the British Ooaet, IIVE8 LOST AND PERILOUS iliDVENTLIBER. A London cable says The 33ritish coast w as visited last night by a feerial storm. Disasters are ;epode(' from all quarters, especially the easteart coot eleng Yorkshire and the northern shores, and the eouthera part of Scotland. The dorm owe unex- aiededly, aa the weather for a few days pad Iia d been bright and summer-like, ' The scene off Scerborough Headland wee fearful. A number of fishing boats were e aught in the storm, which descended almost with the :suddenness of a cyclone, and made strenuous efferts to get ithin ehelter of the harbor. 1V1tiltitudes ran to the cliff, and every effort was made to assist the struggling seamen. Cheers greeted ea& at as it gained • shelter, and ready hands were extended to help the men ashore, where the women and children. were waiting in anxious crowds. Oue fishing boat was swamped and four a the crew were drowned. Otherwise no lose of life is reported at Scarborough, Off Berwick a thrilliag spectacle was wit- nessed. The Norwegian schooner Rederin- den was seen driven before the gale. The crew struggled bravely to escape being wrecked, but the storm was too much for them. Their vessel ?struck enclave's knocked, about by the waves with a fury that threatened every moment to break it to pieces. Efforts were made to throw a line by means of a rocket over the perishing ship, but every attempt was A failure. The crew of hardy Norsemen saw their only chance, and plunged into the waves. They were all ex- cellent swimmers, and the crowd on shore sent up a mighty cheer of encouragement. The men disappeared now and then in the raging sea but all made their appearance again, and each reappearance was greeted with a shout from the shore. As they neared the sands ef the beach a score of men • rushed out into the waves to the depth of their shoulders and took hold of the ex- hausted seamen and pulled and carried them to the shore and to safety. 4.11 were saved. At North Shields two fishing boats foun- dered, but the crews were saved. Along the Norfolk coast it is feared several wrecks have occurred, a number of coasting and fishing vessels being missing this morning. * DEEMING ON TRIAL. His Affianced in the Box Testifying Against Him. A Melbourne cable says: The trial of Frederick Bailey Deeming, alias Williams for the murder of his wife at Windsor, was continued here to -day. The prisoner was Silent and downcast. Several • witnesses were called by the prosecution, and they all testified to quarrels that had taken place •between Deeming and his wife while they were living at Windsor. The most inter- esting witness was Miss Kate Rounsevel, to whom Deeming, who had then assumed the name of Baron Swanson, was engaged to be married, and who was upon the point of joining him in theSouthern Cross gold fields when he was arrested. The court -room as on every emotion when Deeming has been ar- raigned, was crowded. There has never been a trial in this city that has excited such intense popular interest, and every- body is desirous of once at least gazing upon the prisoner. When Miss Rounsevel went into the box the audience leaned for- ward in expectation to hear every word. She narrated the story of how she met Deeming on a steamer bound for Sydney, and how finally she accepted the proposal of marriage he made to her. Throughout her evidence Miss Rounsevel spoke of Deeming • politely and unresentfully, though there is everyreason to believe that if she had • married him, she too, when Deeming had tired of her, would have met her death at Isis hands. Miss Rounsevel declared that Deembag's manner toward her had always • been courteous and kind. A number of letters written to her by Deeming were identified and read. IT COST A LIFE. Tragic Result of an Effort to Win a Foolish Wager. A Halifax despatch says: A tragic affair occurred at the dry dock this afternoon. The steamer Wilhelm Oelssner, which ran ashore at the mouth of the harbor, is in the dock for repairs. Three of her crew were standing on her deck this afternoon semi -in- toxicated and conversing in a loud tone. They made a wager for the beer, that one of them, Carl Nengel, could not walk from the steamer along one of the " stays " to the side of the dock. This distance was about 15 feet, and the " stay" was round and only five inches in diameter. Nengel started on his fatal trip, the ship's company by this time watching him attempt the foolhardy feat. When a little more thaft half -way across he staggered, lost his balance and fell. The poor man tried to save himself from the certain death that awaited him on the granite bottom of the dock, 30 feet below, by clinging to the stay. • It was of no avail, and, after a momentary 'struggle, • he dropped to death. His skull was crushed and the body frightfully aisfigured. He was 22 years of age, unmarried, and a native of Luebeck, Cterrnany. The two men who won tbeir bet of the beer but saw their mate die, are Otto Sonntag and Carl Lichte. , . A HAMILTON ACTRESS DYING. May waitron, stnart RObson's Wife. a Victim of Pneumonia. A Cincinnati despatch says : Mrs, Stuart Robson,wife of the well-known i comedian, who s playing an engagement at the Geand Opera House is hopelessly ill at the Burnet House, suffering from pneumo- nia. • Her stage name his May Waldron. She has been the wife of Mr. Robson but a few months they having been married in Brooklyn before Mr. Robson's company started on the road." Mrs. Robson was born and brought up in this city. lier father •fivits Mr. William Dmigherty, for some years employed in the Timis office. Be removed froin here to Chicago quite a number of years ago. Mrs. Robson's stage name was lalay Waldron,- She was an ac- complished metros, and was in Stuart Robeon's company AS leading lady kir sone time before he married her, an event which occarred a few nuniths age. WOVIAt WO HIS ON, Verne" Griefatrieliezt Father lateune for a Week Of Life. A Leaden cable says; Sir Harry Verney, the distinguished diplomat, soldier and politicien, who is now 91 years of age, is suffering from congestion of the lenge and his condition has become critical, He im- p1orer3 the physicians to prolong his life until the release of hie on, Captain B. 35. Verney, who was recently expelled from Parliament and sentenced to a term of inn prisoument for immoral praetiees Sir Harry longs to embrace his on once more. Capt. Verney's seatence expirea next week. The excitement under which the elder Verney labors in the fear that he illay never see his son again aggravates his disease, and the doctors are afraid that hiF3 dying wish cannot be gratified. It tran- spires that Captain Verney has been allowed to remain in the prison hopitol during his entire term of confinement on the flimsy pretext that he was disabled by the breaking out of an old gun -shot wound in his leg. Despite this piece of favoritism it is hardly likely that the matter will be raised in Parliament, as it would certainly be if the prisoner were a less popular man. Notwithstanding the infamy ef his private life, as exposed during the recent hearings of the case, Verney retains to a marked degree the friendship of his old companions. Ile seems to have succeeded in convincing his intimates that his sins were los heinous than commonly reported, and that to a large extent he has been the victim of circum- stances. It is again said that when he is released from prison, and succeeds to the baronetcy on the death of his father, he will start for Africa to serve as a mission- ary. He is said co be thoroughly repentant for his lapses from virtue, and anxious to expatiate them by a life of self-denial and good. works. A tennessee Mob's Vengeance. • A Nashville, Tenn., despatch saye : Eph Grizzard, a negro, who, with two com- panions, was confined in the Nashville jail on a charge et having assaulted tvvo young women at Goodletsville, near this city, on Thursday night wad taken froth the jail by a mob yesterday afthrnoozi, hanged to the bridge over the Cumberland RiVer, in the heart of the city, and his body riddled with bullets as it hung in the air, The real " insatity expert " is the man who succeeds in getting sent to the asylum ion lie deserves to go to the penitentiary. THE WEATHER'S VAGARIES. The Terrific Storm That Paralyzed Business in Manitoba. A Winnipeg despatch says: The storm last night turned out to be the most terrific ever experienced in this country. "Old Timers" say they never saw anything half so bad in their lives. The cold was intense, and the snow was blinding. It was impossi- ble to see two feet ahead. People were blown off the sidewalks and traffic had to be suspended. Terrible havoc was wrought to telegraph and telephone wires, and great damage was dorm to property. The a P. R. telegraph service suffered severely. Re- ports from the west indicate that both poles and wires were demolished for miles, especially between Portage la Prairie and Brandon. The passengers on incoming trains state that the storm was experienced as far west as Calgary, but gathered strength as it came east, and raged with great fury between the western boundary of Manitoba and the city. The wind was so high that the passengers were forbidden to move from coach to coach, and the few who attempted this say they were nearly blown from the platform of the car. The wire for twenty miles was blown down along with the poles The wire was carried over im- mense stretches of country, and could not be fbund. At Reaburn, 25 miles west of here, Mr. Frank E. Lundy, a lusty young blacksmith, in going a few hundred yards from the dation to a hotel, lost his way and was frozen to death. He was unable to see a foot ahead of him'so fierce was the storm. He came from the village of Lundy- ville, near Lake Manitoba. A despatch from Port Arthur says the storm struck 'there and cleared out the ice from Thunder Bay, opening navigation. No damage to vessels reported. MIIRDER SIISPECTED. Affidavits Made in Which an Inquest 13 Demanded. A Belleville despatch says: The late Jacob B. Croak was a man of extremeaccen- Welty. He lived a quiet, secluded life, and amassed a fortune of $150,000 by the frugality of a lifetime. In Belleville, he was known as Jake Croak, the miser. On Friday, Maroh 5th last, a fire broke out. in his house, and when the dead man was taken out of the building he was half cremated. It was generally believed that he kept his gold hidden in a cellar, and now the supposition has got abroad that his death was caused by foul means.. Affidavits have been made by Dr. Curled, Mr. Whit- field Croak and Mrs. Cronk to have the body exhumed, and an examination made of the stomach in the presence of Dr. Yarker and Dr. Gibson. Whether this announce- ment had anything to do with the proposed removal of the body or not is net known, but it is a fact that the steamer Annie Gilbert was chartered yesterday, by the executors, and the body was to have been taken from the Belleville cemetery to Northport, in Prince Edward County, when County Crown Attorney Henderson put a stop to the proceedings until further advice was received from the Attorney -General. The affidavit sets out that evidence can be produced to show the deceased was poisoned or stultified by drugs, in which state he lay down and the building was fired while he slept. A $380 Bite. A New York despatch says: Annie Kelly, a domestic in the family of Arthur Bender, the publisher of the Maritime Register, of No. 406 East Fifty-first street, was bitten by a Si. Bernard belonging to her employer two months ago. The dog bit out a piece of flesh weighing an eighth of a pound from the graceful curve of that part of her lower extremities which figures in the legal papers as " the said calves aforeeaid." The Jury, after careful delibera- tion, decided the said calves aforesaid" had sustained $380 worth of injuries, and Mr. Bender will pay up. Deadly Naphtha Explosion. A New York despatch says: A fire was caused this morning in the Cayuga flats, Fo. 109 West 33rd street, by the explosion of mime naphtha in blie office of Dr. Patrick Briggs on the first floor. The naphtha was being steed to clean a lounge. Dr. Briggs was badly burned about the face and hands, and M.rs, Catharine Moore, an aged woman, also received severe burns. Two bodies have been recovered. One was that of a womaa on the third floor. The other body was found on the fourth floor, but it was so badly burned that, it Was impossible to identify the sex. An Insane Husband's Work. A "Jersey City despatch 'Aye: Henry • Wood, a retired real estate dealer, who was to have been removed to the Imam Asylum yesterday, tried to knock his Wife's brains out with a hammer yesterday morning, and failing in his purpose shot himself in the cheek. Mrs, Wood had her wounds dresoed, and Wood was taken to the hospital. His injuries are net fatal, although the wound is an ugly one. , "That " roared the tragedian as he tapped the "stage with his eword, "that rennacla ane of the einblein of the Iih people. 'Tis a sham reek, sir." And then the (gallery yelled themolvea hoarse and the tragedy Was redeemed froth failure. DREADED IVIAY DAY,, The Work of theAnarehists Less Disaetreus Than Feared, ALL QUIET IN ENGLAND. A. London cable says : The Anarehiete had an improvised platform ba Hyde Park, from which Louise Michel and others spoke, but they failed to attract much attentien. A Paris cable says: A despatch sent from Ancona at midnight eayes that during the evening a bomb was thrown int() a casino in Sinigaglia. The missile exploded with great force. The windows of the building and all the furniture in the casino were demolished Several arrests of whims suspected of implication in the affair have been made. The Paris Petit Journal says that an un- known man placed an iron pot filled with powder and scrap iron in a china shop on the Boulevard Voltaire. He was seen and compelled to decamp before he was able to ignite the fuse attached to his impromptu b°1111).C noisT By BIS owN PETARD.." The first authentic report of a May day dynamite outrage was received at 2 p. In - from Tows.- *Early this morning a borals exploded near the Guise barracks. The noise was terrific'and for a time it was thought that the Anarchists had attempted to blow ap the National Powder Works. Soldiers from the barracks at once ran to the spot and found a man lying senseless in a pool of blood. One of his hands had been blown offs and he was otherwise in- jured. He was the victim of his own crime. He was taken to a hospital under arrest, and at last reports he had not regaine sciousness. d con- A CIRCUS BuRED. The grand circus at Troyes was set on fire to day, presumably by Anarchiots, and burned to the ground. While the fire was burning a loud explosion was heard in the interior of the circus.. nioT AT stAlisEILLEs. A Marseilles cable says: Ameding held in the outskirts of this city to -day led to a riot, in which there was a free exchange of blows. The police dispersed the meeting and arrested some of the rioters. Later de- tachments of cavalry cleared the crowded streets of the people. A NARROW ESCAPE. A Rome cable says: Great excitement was caused yesterday morning by the an- nouncement that an attempt had been made after midnight to blow up the palace of Prince Massimo, one of the most ancient and noble houses of Italy. The Maseimo family were noble even in the days before the Roman Empire, and they claim descent from Fabius 411.iximue. They are strong Catholics and good friends to the Jeamits. The outrage was doubtless planned on Friday, and it must have been late on Friday night when the petard was laid in the vestibule of the palace. The explosion occurred shortly before the Prince returned from a social visit, and there is every probability that the designers of the outrage intended that the petard should injure the Prince or some member of his family. In this they were disappointed, as the only injury was to the vestibule and to some servants, who were notfatally hurt, by the stones and pieces of iron with which the petard was loaded. Some of the miscreants who laid the plot were waiting in the near vicinity for the re- sult. The palace guards saw them andrushed out to arrest them, but the weuld-be assassins suc- ceeded in making their escape. There was for a time a great panic among the inmates, and the arrival of the Prince was anxiously awaited. When he came he was astonished to see members of the household running to meet him and overwhelming him with caresses. The Prince remained up for a long time with the officer of his guards. The old Catholic nobility are reluctant to have anything to do with the Roman muni- cipal authorities, but news of the affair was carried to the police, and they at once un- dertook an investigation. Several arrests were made yesterday of persons supposed to have been concerned in the outrage, and when the facts of the attempt on the palace spread throughout Rome the greeted anxiety was caused everywhere. OUTRAGES IN BRUSSELS. A Brussels cable says : A tin cylinder, with a fuse attached, was found between the colonades of the Foreign Office to -night. This discovery created great alarm, which was intensified by news fa= Liege, where two dyneanite cartaidges were exploded this evening, one • in • the residence of Senator Desleys and the other in the residence of his son. These explosions caused serious damage to property. Enor- mous crowds collected at the scenes of the explosions. Later another explosion took place in the choir of St. Martin's Church, by which the stained windows, valued at $20,000, were shattered into fragments. A fourth cartridge, with a spent fuse, was discovered later ,• A feeling of panic prevails there. Repoits rem all other parts of Belgians speak of labor parades and meet- ings as remarkable for the display of the greatest good humor. BERLIN QUIET. A Berlin • cable says: The day w ushered in with cold weather and rain. A • number of excursions left the city, but they were sparsely attended. A large number of eosialists attended the meetings arranged by the leaders, but there was no disorder. A. Determined Suicide. A Berlin cable says: First Lieut. Matz- dorf, of the Guards, who was recently trans - erred to a regiment of the line in East Prussia, has committed suicide in the wild park, close to the new palace at Potsdam. He placed a noose around his neck, tied it to the limb of a tree, and shot himself in the head with a revolver. As the shot took effeet his body /ell forward, causing the noose to tighten and making .death inevi- table. Matzdorf wasin , 'deeply debt, and the suicide was undoubtedly due to his financial troubles and to despondency over his being reduced in rank. A High -Handed Act. An Andover, X. B., despatch says: Word has reached here that near the hour of mid- night on Thursday levet three citizens of the United States drove to Tilley settlement, Victoria 'county, seized a negro named Benjamin Robertson, who wail suSpected of having aet fire to buildings in Aroostook county, Maine, handcuffed him, and carried him foreibly across the the international boundary line into Maine, afterwards he was sent to Houlton jail. It is said the kidnapping parties had no papers either American or Canadian, to 'warrant the erred. —The greatest battlefields in the world are in the boated Men.' The great struggles are The rimier that W. J. Sdanlati is dying has no foundation. Itis mental condition is incurable bub the Bloomitigdale doctors eased the; he is in excellent physical health .re AOTOES AND AOTEESSES MISSING. Supposed to itaVe 'Been Lost in the prPoAelikio, rire, PRINTING^ ATIOA AND THEATRE BURNED. The peak) in the theatre was great. Nearly fifty persons, mostly ocoupants of the galleries. were hurt, none, however, seriously. The Central Theatre is located in Walnut street 'between Eighth and Ninth, in the) most thickly 'settled portionof the city, and immediately in rear of the theatre was the Times building, which faced in Sanson street. At the theatre "The Devil's Auction " was being presented, The house fortuna- tely was only partly filled. The panic that ensued, however, was terrible. As the confusion subsided the casualties were found to be more serious than was at first euppood. Forty-one people were ad- mitted to the Pennsylvania Hospital. Most of them were suffering from burns, and about 20 of them are in a serious oudition. The injuries are mainly about the face, and many, it is feared, have been blinded for life by the fierce flames they fought their way through. The Jefferson Hospital attended to 30 of the injured, but of this number only nine were seriously enough burned to he kept in the inetitution • It is reported that William L. Brooks, Vincencita Chitten, Sarah Goldman Thomas Loyale and his wife Flora and Miss Conyers, all of the theatrical company playieg at the Walnut street theatre, are missing. Philadelphia report that • the following named persons, who were on the stage of, the new Central Theatre when the fire broke out there last night, are miming: Daniel •Sweeny, Thomas Lorrella, Mrs, Thomas Lorrella, Miss Congers, Miss Brooks, Miss Golden, Miss Valencia Chitten, Miss Annie Stickney, all members of the Devil's Auction CompariY: Miss Chitteu is one of two sisters, both offevrhom are per- formers. They are twins, and their resem- blance to each other is so strong that it is exceedingly difficult to distinguish one from the other. Several people stated that they had seen both of the sisters after the fire, but it was afterwards ascertained that they had only seen one of them. The Lorrellas lived on Twelfth street, but they had not • reached their home up to 1 &clock this • morning. W. J. Gilmore, the proprietor of the theatre, estimates his loss at about $137,- 000, upon which the insurance will amount to about $55,000. This includes the scenery and costumes of the " Auction ' and "Twelve Temptations" and the comic opera, "The Sea King," all of which were owned by Mr. Gilmore and stored in the theatre.• • All , the type, presses and other paraphernalia and machinery for printing the Times were in the annex and the work of getting out the paper was actively in progress at the time the fire occurred. The loss falls upon the Times PublishingCom- pany, of which Frank McLaughlin is the manager. Mr. McLaughlin said last night that the total loss will aggregate $300,000, including the building, which cost $150,000, presses, type, engines and machinery. In addition the baok files of the paper, a valu- able library and a large lot of important manuscript and relics were destroyed. The loss is about • two-thirds covered by in- surance. • The houses on Eighth street were old and very inflammable, and four of the seven were totally destroyed. The loss on this property is about $5,000, which is partially covered by insurance. • LATER.—The eight persons reported miss- ing last night, and who, it was feared,had lost their lives in the Central Theatre -fire, have all been -found except two—Miss Congers, leading lady of the "Deil's .Auc- • tion " Company, and Miss Sarah Golden, of the same company. These two ladies are still unaccounted for. LOOKS TAKE MURDER. A Railway Flagman Charged with Heating his Wife to Death. A Flushing, L. T., despatch says: The mystery surrounding the death of the colored woman found murdered in Winfield is about cleared up. The body has been positively identified as that of Mrs. Annie Hamilton, wife of James Hamilton, employed as a flagman by the Long Island Railroad Co., between Great Neck and Little Neck, and who preaches in the lVfethochet church on Sundays. From the evidence produced by the investigation made into the case it is thought Hamilton undoubtedly murdered his wife. A broken cane found near the body has been identified as his property, and the description of the man seen talking with the woman previous to the murder tallies with that of the accused man. Cap- tain Charles Hance, of the Flushing police, who has been working on the case, arrested Hamilton at the place where he was working. •Hamilton, when taken into custody, denied knowing anything about the murder, but when asked how it was that his cane was found at the scene of the crime he told dit- ferent stories. First he said he had lent the cane to a friend to kill a dog, and then said that his wife took it with her. Hamilton is now locked up in the Newton gaol. Three lady Students Drowned. A Chattanooga, Tenn., despatch says: While picknicking yesterday on Chicka- mauga Creek, three members of the middle class of the High School were drowned. They are Wendell Sanders, Son of President Newel Sanders, of the Chattanooga Plough Company; Miss, Betty Cheny, and Miss Blanche Barr, the latter a daughter of a prominent attorney. All three victims were sixteen years of age, and belong to families who are among the most prominent ID Chattanooga. The Lily in a New Rine. A London cable of Saturday says : "Tho Fringe Of Society," a comedy in four acts from the French, was presented by Mr. Wyndhim's company and Mrs. Langtry at Criterion Theatre this evening. Addi- tional interest was lent to the piece by the fact that it as Mrs. Langtry's first appear. arm after an absence from the stage of over a year, and there was consequently much curiosity to eee her. It was one of the meat brilliant first nights of the season, nearly every person of note in literary and artistic circles being present. The New Death Dealer, The heaviest modern ordnance is the Englieli 100 -ton gun. Its charge is 760 pounds of the best prismatic gunpowder, and the cylindrieal steel shot Weighs 1,800 pounds. At the last test this enormous shot penetrated entirely through compressed armor (oteel-facecl irca)twenty inches thick; then through iron backing five inches thick; then it pierced wholly through twenty feet o otla five feet of granite Find eleven feetof hard concrete, finally tearing three feet into a brick wall. No existing fortrese, much less an armored vessel, could with - dead Such a shot. The Cleveland diamond will be placed en exhibition at the doming ActedFund Fair. It Weighs 44 carate and ie 'atued at 825,000. • THEY'LL KILL NO MORE, Two Exeoutiouero Who 'lave Retired, Fatuous la Ma War—One Maimed reePle in England and the Other Guillotined French Criminala—lloth Aro Now Opposed RI) Capita Punish. ment. The opponents of capital punishment bey° received extraordinary reinforcements, Jame Berry, Englend's famous hangman, and M. Deibler, the otill more famous French executioner, known as Monsieur de Paris, have resigned. Both declare against capital punishment, and Berry will at once enter upon a (anode against it as a lecturer and writer. The Frenchmen has held his office forty years and guillotined 208 persons, while Berry has held his but eight years. Yet the latter has hanged 134 murderers and been retained in a still greater number in which the criminals were reprieved, figures which auggest an extraordinary disparity between English and French executions. Berry tells a truly amazing story. He declares that he has hanged several persons who were not really responsible for their actions, and probably a few who were innocent; that several who were reprieved undoubtedly deserved hanging more than did those who suffered, and that such in- justice, or rather such unequal justice, is done that the general effect upon the public sense is bad. In his letter of resignation, however, he says'"My reason is on account of Dr. Barr interfering with my responsible duty at ,Kirkdale jail, Liverpool, on my fast execution there." That was a peculiarly painful case. The home office experts decided on a standard length of rope and drop. Berry declared their alleged scientific calculations to be false, a,nd that drop and,rope ehould be adjusted on a sliding scale according to the weight and build of the criminal. Dr. Barr insisted on his method, and the result was that the man's head was twisted off. In another instance Berry went to hang one John Lee, convicted of the murder of an old lady near Torquay. When he pulled the lever the drop did not fall. The local officials said the woodwork had swollen on account of the rain, and had the part they thought at fault sawed away. Still the trap did not fall. For over half an hour the criminal stood in the agony of expecta- tion then the sheriff's heart failed him and condemned wastaken back to prison and eventually reprieved. Berry says the fault was in the movable iron -work below the platform'and that the convicts who constructed it had purposely made it wrong. • For each execution he received ten pounds, and five pounds where there was a reprieve, besides his expenses. Be went to every part of England when called for by the sheriff, the matter being at the option of that official, as the hangman is not an officer of the law, but only an appointee of the Home Secretary. Berry is said to be a very intelligent and gentlemanly person. He starts on a lecturing tour with flattering offers, and it is reported in London that he has been offered a largesum for a tour in the United States. He will not only lecture, but will circulate petitions for the abolition of eapital punishment. M. Deibler has had a far more sensa- tional career, and many a time as he rode in the gray dawn of morning from the prison of some provincial town to the place of ex- ecution he has heard persons in the street cry out to their friends: "There That is M. de Paris on the front seat. I saw him when he clipped' guillotined) So-and-so at such a place." The French method appears shocking to English and Americans. The condemned is not allowed the slightest hint of the time set for his execution. He may wait for it a week or many months. Some day M. de Paris gets an order from the Minis- ter of Justice directing him what road to take and what hour to arrive at the pro- vincial town. His five assistants promptly pack the guillotine and start with it. At 2a. m. they proceed to the ground, un- pack and screw it together in working shape, then try the lunette (which holds the criminal's head) and the knife, to see if it runs properly. Meanwhile monsieur has delivered his sealed letter to the local officials, and they all proceed to the prison a half hour or ao before daylight. The condemned is waked and knows at once that his hour has come. He will not see „Pie sunrise. Forty minutes, as a rule, is the length of time he has to live. Mass is said if he desires it. The back of his neck and base of his skull are then shaved clean, and he and his priest enter the. cart. Already the streets are crowded, for it is impossible for M. de Paris to get into a town without being seen. Arrived at the "place (le guillotine ' the condemned is bowid to an upright board turning on a hinge. The priest holds up the crucifix. Monsieur quickly turns down the board. The doomed man's neck fits nicely in the lunette. The hugh steel knife, weighing 120 pounds, set diagonally and as sharp as a razor, drops—the ends running in grooves of the upright beams. The crimi- nal's head drops into a basket and his blood spurts into the sawdust; and for Ruch work M. de Paris receives $1,200 . per year and traveling expenses. Putting Gloves on Chickens. H. D. Thoreau was once called upon by Mrs. R. W. Emerson, whose flower garden was being scratched up by the hens, to help her devise some plan to prevent further damage. After a consideration of the ways and means, Mrs. Emerson hit upon the ex- pedient of putting linen gloves upon the feet of the gallinimeous vandals. Thoreau, who had a keen sense of humor, restrained the laughter which was needy choking him, and gravely, under Mrs. Emerson's direc- tion, bandaged the claws of the assembled barnyard in stout linen cloth. For an hour or so the fowls did no harm, and the Macre son household %vas greatly pleased.s Finnily there was heard' an exultant crow. The rooster had scratched through his bandages and was triumphing over his ,exploit. The hens followed suit and Mrs. Emerson was reduced to despair, while Thoreau went to the woods, where he could let his laughter have vent When Fish are Freak. All fish suffer by being kept long out of the water. The modern method of freezing fish preserves them to an extent, hut they are never so good after having gone through 'this prom. .After having lteeri frozen they decay almost the instant they are thawed. These should only be called fresh fish by courtesy, There is one criterion by which all fresh fish may be judged. That it the clearness of the eyes and the firmness of the flesh. When the eye ie no longer fresh and clear, or when the akin is soft a purchaser may be confident that the fish has been too long out a water. When oysters are freeh, the 'shells are tightly closed. When they are open the oyster ia dead, and no longer fit for food. —" Young Mice: Netvwed used to be haughty, proud and arrogant, now she is humble, 'meek And spiritless; what caused the change' " Her husband had his salary raised and got her a hired girl t" AFTER TWENTY YEAR. Strange Oase of a, Woman's Unfaith— fulness, A TALE OF TWO COUNTRIES. London Free Press ; A remarkable case of bigamy came to light here yesterday, through the sudden departure of the woman, concerned, for Buffalo. Some thirty years. ago two young folks residing in a eolith of England village were married and for nearly a doiede they lived happily together, when. one evil day a third aerson, a middle-aged bachelor friend of the hesbatid, appeared on, the scene. Not long after a mad affeetion. sprung up between the bachelor and the wife, and it became so apparent to the bus -- band that with all the fiery jealousy of his - nature he ordered his visitor to leave. This ID did, and for a time the husband's fears. were dispelled, when one evening he re- turned home from his day's work to find his. two little (saes alone in the house, with, their mother nowhere to be found. Not a. trace of her could be secured for several . days, when the grieving man learned that the former despoiler of his happiness had, too, left his hotel, and his whereebouts were unknown. After two months of search it was discovered that the missing pair had left for Americo, in the mine steamer, and , presumably had gone together. The husband was almost distracted by his troubles, and made every effort to learn whither the two. had flown, but a number of letters to the police of various cities in the United States, brought no reply, and other means employe& proved equally useless. Years rolled on,. and one of the children whom the erring parent had left behind, now a young man,. came to this side of the Atlantic and settled. in Buffalo, where he is said to be an enter- prising merchant. After leaving England,. the runaway couple took up their abode in. Rochester, N. y., and. there3ethey were mar- ried; but did not long remain, drifting frome one place to another, and fearful lest they should be discovered. The second husband was a worthless fellow' and rapidly thef twain went down hillin life. Finally:. they came to this city, and have-, lived in a small hduse in the north- ern • part of the second ward for. two or three years, he working on the corporation occasionally, 'while she washed for several of her neighbors, bitterly repent- ing having left the happy home in her native land. The two had frequent quar- rels, and he was indeed a burden, until at length the woman reeolved to know whether her fleet love still lived, and she wrote an appeal for forgiveness. The mission reached its intended havens and found the wronged husband leading ta quiet life in the home of his married daughter. It awakened within his breast, - all the old love that had stirred him in his younger days, and he yearned to see her for whom he had now been wait- ing these twenty years. A letter came here by the next mail conveying the intelligence that all was forgiven long ago, and that he was coming out to meet her by the first boat. The wife was made ac- quainted with the son's presence in Buffalo, and was asked to await the arrival of her husband. Yesterday the expectant woman packed up her belongings and had them *shipped across the line, and this morning she followed them. The final parting be- tween the two here is said to have been very affectionate, but the husband No. 2 learning that their whereabouts had been made known was willing to let his unlawful wife leave rather than encounter •the righteous indignation of.a grossly injured man. He says he will remain here. WHERE IS MR liltETSCHMANN ? He Has Been Missing Freya Toronto Since. • Tuesday of Last Week. There may be some excuse for the man who promises to marry, then repents and fails to show up at the appointed time; hut there is no excuse for one who, having married, deserts his wife and family and leaves them destitute. If he suicides he is a coward. If he runs away with another woman he is a villain. If, however, he departs while his mind is unsound he need not necessarily be classed as either. Mrs. Kretsehmann has been at her house, 3/Stewart street, for the past week think- ing me to which class her husband Hugo be- longs, and has came to the conclusion that it is to the latter and excusable one. Hugo Kretschmann, as his name euggests, is a German. Over seven years ago he came to Toronto and commenced work as a surgical machinist at Charles Cluthe's on King street. On Tuesday week last he left his home at 230 in the afternoon'telling his. wife that he was going to work. Since then nothing has been heard of him. His wife is left with three children in an almost desti- tute condition, and is in a terrible state of anxiety. For ten years he has never re- mained away over night without letting his wife know where he was. Before going he went to the bank and drew therefrom $11, which represented all the cash he had on hand. The missing matt is 38 years old. He is fair, rather stouts and has a light sandy moustache. He is bald and has a blue mark on his forehead. When he left home ID wore a pair of dark pants with a grey stripe, and had on a brown overcoat with a dark patch on the left side. It is now nine days since he left home, and whether or not this is another Stephens case remains to be seen.—Toronto World. How Merchants Fall. An old and experienced dry goods mer- chant in this city recently said that the majority of failures in businees are due to the fact that managers do not rightly esti- mate the difference between the cost price and selling price of a their goods. In other words they break down because they do not allow sufficient margin for expenses, let alone a reasonable profib. Into the cost price of goods should be reckoned the cost of selling—freightsa cost of handling lathe store, rent, insurance,, clerk hire, book-keeping, and free delivery. These must all be paid for out of the selling price, not to mention bad accounts and cost of collection. An article which costs $2,, audits sold for $2.50 does not represent 50. cents in profit by any means. Ib represents only 15 or 20. cents after the expenses of selling are all paid, and, in cage of failUre,, the inference is that it represents no profit at all and has not done so for many months - prior to the collapse. The centre" upon, Which the business engine is most likely 1' to hang " is when expense and profit meet. It Ought to be After Lent. Minnie Ball—I know you have proposed a great many time since leap year began. Amy Butt—How do you know t Minme•Ball—Because your gown is bagged at the knees. And Rabbits. " Johnny Wilkins, what is the chief pro., duct of Wales ?" " American tin, ma'am." Mis Finehout—I tee that Mrs, Porker Seems tohave an increasing affection for the, Inemoty of her late hueband. Mr, Dunn— What, is he dead i I've been away, yeti know. Miss Fitiehout—ITO • but he's made a heap of Money since their divorce.