TRAGEDY OF JONES. FLORIDA'S EX-SENATOR DIED A LUNATIC. lion the Pride of the People of III* State, He Died an Object »f Public Cliurlty—HI* Fatal Lore Affair Fall of an Able Man. BY this time the re mains of ex-Seua tor Charles W. Jones of Florida, who died a few days ago, will have I>cou laid away In I he little cemetery at his (dd home town, Pensacola. Ills death ut De , trolt must have come as a relief to his broken spirit. A little over a decade ago he was the idol of his people, from Floaiaaton to Tampa. There never was a profound er lawyer In the Palmetto state. His practice was i normous, and he lived the life of a happy student and thinker until the desire to enter congress at tacked him. From that moment his entire life became a changed one. From ■'r^' ihe quiet, unostentatious gentleman of f Florida he became the dud" of I’enn A sylvan la avenue In Washington. Once Mp In the senate, he quit his law books. I He never entered Into the debates of H; tbe seriate, and it was frequently ihe E case that, lie absented himself from the W chamber for (lays. From the life of an I active lawyer he soon nursed the hn m hits of a sybarite. While in Washington he lived at the B Illggs House. He spent hundreds of dollars with tailors. Ills clothing was r CHAS W. JONKS uf the most expensive kind and of pe culiar pattern. He affected the style of the old type of dress that picture tiooks tell us was used by the south ern gentleman In the days of Calhoun and Yancey. His trovsers were of broadcloth, his vest of it'.k ar.d his coat facings of velvet. He wore high heeled boots, a sloucn hat and finely plaited shirt bosoms. »Je was a rare specimen of physical manhood. 1 know of but two men who were before the public in Jones’ day that approach ed him in physical size. These were Senator Coke of Texas, now dead, and Justice Harlan of Kentucky, 1 qnee saw Coke and Jones walk down the aisles of the senate chamber arm locked. They Instantly became the cynosure of all eyes in the gallery. When debating a subjejt Jones’ voice was very loud, but it was quite mud: cal. His gestures were those of an orator, and his natural manners were those of a gentleman. Hut in time he became foppish and eccentric, and he had been In congress but a short while before he succeeded in making himself thoroughly disliked. In the early part of 1S.SG there ar rived at the Riggs House a Miss l’alm of Detroit, accompanle 1 by her mother and maid. She went to the national capital to participate in the social fes tivities of the season. She was not un known in Washington. She was a woman of pronounced beauty. It has been said of her that she was one of the most accomplished women In Mich igan. Her carriage was graceful, and her eyes were of the dreamy kind that make men rave and lose sleep. She was not long In mejtfug the Florida senator, who at once became a : lave at her feet. He paid her his undivided attention. He bought her extrava gant presents, and one of the expen sive Washington florists was engaged by the senator to supply her room with fresh flowers moraine an 1 evening. So warmly did he proiecuty his love case that Miss l’alm had to i!y from the city. She returned to her home, think ing that she would get rid of her ar dent suitor, for whom she cured noth ing. lones went upon ih< theory that •faint heart ne'er won fair lady." , He bought it ticket to Detroit also. lie remained there, vainly ap.teailng from day to day to lie allowed to see ihe Idol of his heart. Hut as fiat us he dis patched notea to the home of the young lady they we-a us quick', return* d. Jones Anally sought the fuller of ihe , woman, who Ared him from hla pres - cure with the velocity uf a constable j . selling a slot machine The senator j ( walked the street In front of Miss ! 1‘ulm'a residence fur hours every ntkhi l|( watched ths shadowa uf Ihe even- j , lag lights falling on the laan and im agined that hla sweetheart aaa nv.tr | , them. H« ****** t*“*l*» 1* the shadow , , til Ihe tiara and left hi» vflu»:..n» *».i , ► the doorsteps »h*re th*v *vre •• pi , away by erorl servants the following j , luorwiu. lie sang songs under h r , , window until slugged by the ptiloi. I ■ Hull the young woman remained un- t , Ivmrked Abe never left the boUsw tor j , fear of meat tag the love sic k seaaior j And so he fail went on and dnutly i Mian |*alm an*' her garenta went to j 1 Hew York vote I r fur Ihe gurgua of I evading Junta The house was ihod j* and the lights inside ceased to burn, ( but the fire In Jones' heart grew more furious. Senator Thomc.s W. Palmer wa • J sent to Detroit to urge Jones to re turn to Washington. His mission was fruitless. Then his friends from l’lor- ] Ida appealed to him to return. A del- < ega'ion of gentlemen from Tai’ahassee went to MieWgan to Intercede vlth him. He listened to his friends, bor rowed money of them, and then ’.old : them to go h .’tie. He would stay In i the north, sad he did. Finally his j tP'm in '.he senate expired, an I then his Income rented. He had spent all i the ".mi money he had depodtel in a Pensaco'a hank that he had left when he proudly iioarded n train with hit commission as u si nntor hound fot Washington. Ills hills at his hotel grew Into large proportions and were not liquidated, lie was aHk 11 for hi;i room. He then went to a private < hoarding house. Finally he was ad judged Insane und was booked for the ( slate asylum. He had lost all of his Florida friends. Hut before he could he removed Senator Palmer and (Jen. erul Alger had him committed to a pri vate sanitarium. Jones was a bachelor, and it is sai l that Miss Palm was the only wumaa who had ever couched his heart. While he was In Detroit und before being de clared Insane Miss Palm was courted by one of the meet prominent physi cians In Michigan. The doctor was a married man, but he got a divorce and wedded the beautiful woman. His di vorced wife, I am told, is now soar where In the east unconflned In ary iiUL'Iiim l.nt lu Irt u ilomnnlidl pflflll i f if 111 Whether the doctor and Ills second j wife are living or not I do not know. Hamaon had hla Delilah, Anthony hla Cleopatra, Hurdanupalus hla lone, Bou langer hia Dejon, Dllke hla Crawford, Parnell hla Kitty O'Shea and .fonea . hla Palm! Poor old man!—Jamea S. Evans. I PROFITS OF MONTE CARLO. | I Winnings of the Hank *1.000 000 Last Year Tile merchant whoae losses are the reault of untoward and unforeseen changes In the market receives sym pathy and help, says Oood Words. Hut what hank or private friend will ad- ( vunce money to a gambler? The bet ting man who has Btaked his last shil ling and Job; It Is pronounced a fool, and has put himself beyond the ream of practical compassion. The sharpen who has fleeced him has neither grat iiude or pity He uses his victim as the butt of his ildlcule. And tho vic tim himself, who lias risked his money on mere chance, or on baseless Inform ation or on fraudulent representation, > freely pronounces himself u fool. Judg ing himself In the light of the issu *. To fancy that we shall be exceptions 1 a.id win where others have lost, that we- shall be the solitary lucky oner, among tho thousand unlucky, Is n folly to which we are all liable, but It Is :ione the less a folly. It is stated that the winnings of the table or bank at Monte Carlo last year amounted to L800,000; that is to say, this was the net sum lost by those who played. Yet each gambler who stakes his little pile fancies he will he the one to win. There are some thousands of bookmakers In our own country. Out of whose pom pts no they pick so comfortable a liv ing? Out of the pockets of their dunes, who so bountifully contribute !o the maintenance of their worst ene lilies. SHE COT EVEN WITH HIM. 1 Handed Him Over to the Law Hecause ' He Had Abused Her. A sequel to an elopement story which came from Atlantic City last | summer, has Just been worked out In ( the state department, which has issued a warrant for the surrender to the itus i I sr t JUDKO KAPLAN. ilan authorities of Judko Kaplan. This man wa* arrested in Atlantic City last lummer for abusing a young woman lupposecl to be hi* wife. The girl, to tvenge bcraeit for ill-treatment, con 'cased that she bad eloped with Kap- | an. who she said was a fugitive from ' uatIce from Husain. ilefore the Hue dan authorities could lw> communicated „ vitii, the man escaped, and was recap k ured only after a long pursuit The j (, [Iri s atatemenl proved to tie true John ,, {apian was a poor tailor living in the f) InselaB town of Kiev Nearby lived a 4 vell-to du turrchanl named J. Kaplan g ludko availed himself of the similarity ti »f names lo cash a draft for 201100 rou q ilea drawn lo the order of the m*r- ' »< hant. and mm sped tu America, teat leg ag ta Kurope a wife and rbildrea It ‘owing to lb at on. he wet hie cuoain ll iad eloped with her. The elate d»- o Hirtmeat ha* issued Its warrant for his A slum lo Husain upon th# cuMWHwsnt • if a iorumissioner la Nets York el —[ n It ta estiMaird that a single brewery ] tr a Manuk make* |4i»w a year egtra * 1/ sslltag Nam Instead of kaer an the w bp ml each glare | s CHILDREN’S COLONY. TREET ARABS FROM NEW YORK MAKE THINGS HUM. Chap Wlio Trilltf«l In f.iick for ?oo*l anil Kalmont. hut Was lUslil to C.I10 Front When Then* Was i n 11 vr Mlnhlcf. (Special Letter.) \ industrial colony has been In active progress at (Surdl ier, N. Y., during 1 he lute summer months. Its man agers strive by ev ery possible means to make those In - their care under ~ — stand the principles " of the republic itn lor which they live, the ultimate pur >ose being to develop honorable and ervlceable citizens. The institution s known as the Industrial Colony As oclntlon. It Is a New York city ar [anizatlon, and the Inhabitants are 'hlefly from New York, and they are ill boys boys of the street, brought ip with no knowledge of the home iave that afforded in the most niiser ible tenements, and with still less mow ledge, perhaps, of anything en abling In life, There are about 2F of liese boys there, typical street lads, is their language and manners show, mt ten weeks' practical education on he farm has smoothed off many of he rough edges, and in iransiornims he original lough little Arabs Into airly refined youngsters. The farm has 140 acres. 1 ho farm louse Is a typical old Dutch building, ait It Is not so much the big chimneys, >r the enormous fireplaces, or '.he nassive rafters, or the old door knock ■r, upon which Interest Is centered, as he rows of little cots lining the four ildes of the spacious, sharp-roofed at le, the dormitory rooms down stairs, he lockers where the hoys keep their neager possessions, and the rosy, ro und cook who supplies the hungry ur •hlns and their teachers with three quare meals a day. In the main room, ivhlch probably was kept dark as the ompany parlor In the good old days, ire several rows of benches facing the vawning fireplace, and here Sunday ichool is held every Sunday and even ng service every night. These ser vices are quite Impressive. At each service a talk Is given, short, pointed, ind In language so simple that the voungest can understand. After the veek-day services the hoys play tames, read, talk and write letters, ind at an early hour are trotted off to heir comfortable cots, and by the ime many New Yorkers are prepar ng for an evening’s amusement the vhole house is wrapped In the quiet iess of slumber. The ages of the hoys un from ten to fourteen years. While he lads have plenty of time for fun, hey are taught the seriousness of life, -"our hours' work a day Is required Tom each boy, and for that he receives !5 cents in colony money. He Is not absolutely compelled to work, hut he s compelled to pay five cents for his odglng and for each of his thrpe neals, leaving a profit of five cents for its day’s labor. Experienced laborers ind officials, Including the supervisors ind that dignified personage, the shcr ff, receive more. If the boy does not vant to work he becomes a pauper and •ecelves pauper food, unless he can mrrow from some of his more thrifty irethren, hut this Is not easy to do, or the boys soon come to respect in lustry. The work consists of farm abor, carpentry, housework, such es crubblng floors and dishwashing, and he care of the stable and horses. The toys are Justly proud of their farm, for hey have as fine crops of sweet corn, lotatoes. beans, peas, and rye as any if the farmers around. One of the Host interesting, as well as laziest boys n the farm is a diminutive youngster mown aa ’’Little Po’kipsie.’’ His irother Is ’’Dig Po’kipsie," and they re about the only ones who do not iail from New York city. "Little Po Ipsie" Is one of those proverbially azy boys who were born tired. For early a week he refused to do his four ours’ work, living upon the raiinifl GETTING HEADY KOH HHKAK KA8T, tut generoalty of lain brother, until i* latter* patience and Hnamc* tie* an to auffer, and then "Util* 1‘ti'kll* *" had to huatle fur hla living Hut III, when he I* Interested. "I.title |V ipale" can lie aa energetic ga any one, r, during the ralalug of a Uric Hug ale In front of th* houae, hr waa ihe rat on* to hurl a atone into the halt ag for the pole, and then wa# tru ral to dltMb It One of the object* of te colony I* to hrtag out th* g«io<•• ah* need - go to a aeighbccria* farwhuu** for tlh mi4 he had **«*r dranh taw r lih until h* cam* to Uardtaer and lotb*r ambition* tad tu rtry ear ] ions lo close the barn doom early one evening so that the fireflies might not ( fly in and set fire to the hay. The summer's work has Just closed for this season. The colony has Just been In- i corpoiated a» Albany, and its manag- | crs look forward to a more successful season next year. FEDOR KOVALYEFF. Tlic 1C ii tftlu ii FamUle Whoic Crime* J*er|>leierican lint* 4k m*n omrkl/tttoil Inside the ship. The average amount of coal hunkered Is 3.000 tons, the time required to unload and stow Is about forty hours, and the totul average cost of the work is $1,000, These figures, varying only with the coal consump tion of the ship, will apply to the ves sels of other trans-Atlantic lines. Ef forts lo reduce this expense have been productive of many ingenious mechan ical devices, and the Inquiry is often raised why none of these Is In goneral use. The answer Is given in the state ment hy a representative of one of tho trans-Atlantic lines: "We havo had many offers to deliver coal to our steamers at the rate of anywhere from 50 to 500 tons per honr, but what l«j the use when we cannot take rare of It Inside any faster than we do now?" In a modern ship fuel must he stored wherever room can be found that It; not required or avulluble for other, purposes. Coal cannot be received or, board faster than It can be stored away In bunkers, which, in the esse of u modern liner. Is at the rate of ubouti one and one-half tons per day. More primitive method# prevail In porta of less importance than thoae at either end of the Atlantic lines. In the West Indies coaling is til moot exclusively I done by negro women, who pour In a ■ ease less stream over the g-.tng planks. •*aeh carrying about loo poumla uf coal in a basket poised on her bead. In Mediterranean ports the work Is done I by men Instead of women, but for th« I moat part with the saute primitive la- I •triimenta shovel and baakal. Has Plenty In,«if«llens. tilr William M-t' otuat , president , f the Hoy a! College of rturgeotta la Is n don la perhaps the most highly 4 r- I uiBtvd member **f the profession in (treat ItrttaiM He has the Order »f Medjldte the I'rssR of Praam.*, the H iter Kt*m of Itavarta. Inuaebrug ('rung uf Italy I'roaa uf the Tuhoyo uf her v va Order uf Merit of it pain aad ' Portugal and the Air of hsontew He la ika K eight of Hrae# of the Order of '< iti John uf Jerusalsm Ml? William was twira la lllf. has taken part with th< voluaiaer atedb at >o«pa la the l'ni< >, CtsMlM Tur h<»-her via a and H-itsn I Turkish ware He In an eglhoelggog j •thermae aad gull player THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON IX NOV. 28 - I. PETER 4 : 1-8. (•olden Text: "He Vn Therefore Safer, and Watch Unto Prayer*’ I. Peter 4 : 7 Salutary Warning* f irst Epistle if M. Peter. The First Kplstle of Peter appears to have been written from Babylon (l Peter f*. 13), and It Is most lateral to understand by tills the well-known city of that name. At the date of Col. 4. It* Mark was In Home, but about visit Asia Minor; at that of 2 Tim. 4. 11 he was In Asia Minor, and to be brought by Timothy to Home to rejoin Paul, lie may have spent the Interval with Peter In Hahylon, or may have gone thither after the death of Paul, (hi one supposition the epistle was writ ten between 63-67 A. 1).; on the other, af ter 67 A. I>. We do not know whether or not the Mllvauu* of 1 Peter 5. 12 was Iden tical with the Silas of Acts 16. 22. 32. 40; 16. 1!*, 2ft: 17. 4, It). 14; 1H 6, and the Hilvunus of I Thess. 1.1; 2 Thcss. 1. 1; 2 Cor. 1. 11*. This epistle appears to lie addressed (1 Peter 1.1) to the very district* In which Paul had labored, and this suggests that it may have been written during Ids Im prisonment or some temporary withdraw al from work. Compare < la 1. 2. 9. It was addressed especially to persons under trial (I Peter I. 7; 2. 21), evidently eon verted Gentiles, and contains elevated Christian doctrine mixed with practical exhortation. I essou Hymn Thou Judge of quick and dead. Before whose bar severe, With holy Joy or guilty dread, We all shun soon appear; Our cautioned souls prepare' For that ire mentions day, And till us now with watchful cure, Ami sllr us up to pruy. o nmy wc till tic found Obedient to thy word, Attentive to the trumpet's sulimt, Aim looking for our Lord, o nmy we thus Insure A lot among the Ideal; Anri w«leli a moment to secure an ever lasting rest. Chari** Wesley, The verses for to-day's lesson follow: I forasmuch then as Christ hnlh suf fered for us In lire flesh, arm yourself likewise wlih the shme mind: for he Him hath suffered In the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2. That he no longer should live the rest of Ills time III the flesh lo the lusts of men, lint to the will of Hod. :t. For the time psst of our life may suf fice us to have wrought the will of the •Jennies, when we walked III lascivious ness, lusts, excess of wine, reveling*, ban queting* ami abominable Idolatries; 4 Wherein they think It strange that ye run not with them lo the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you; B. Who shall give account to him that Is reinly to Judge the quick and the dead. H. For. for this cause was the gospel preached also lo them that ale dead, that they might lie Judged according to men In the flesh, hut live according to Hod 111 the spirit. 7. Itut the end of all things Is at hand; he yo therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. H. And above all things (lave fervent charity among yourselves; for charity shall cover Hie multitude of sins. Hints to Teaehsr. It Is suggested by the Lesson Commit tee Hut with this lesson Ihe truths of temperance be emphasised, especially a* It falls upon a day set apart In Kngland, and lo some extent In America, as Tem perance Sunday. Kvery principle laid down In these verses may be directly ap plied to the temperance reform. I. The principle of self-denial. Verse I. Christ pleased not his own flesh, hut suf fered for us; even so should wc deny our selves for Ihe sake of others. Suppos ing. though It Is a dangerous supposition, lhat the moderate use of liquor will do us no harm, would not Christ's example bid us to abstain In order that we may help others? If, The principle of loyalty to Hod. Verse 2. The disciple Is not his own mas ter. He wear* a yoke, though It Is easy, because lined with love. He has submit ted til* own will to the will of Hod. Be fore he can lake a glass of wine he must ask, "What I* my Father's will? Would Hod approve my doing this?" Who can doubt what the uuswer to Hit* Inquiry would he, HI. The principle of the new creation. Verse* 3, 4. The apostle Is writing to peo ple many of whom had lived In pleasure and open sin. He names the dark cata logue of their vices. But ho tells them ihut all these things were ended when they became followers of Christ. The Hint past hudices for these things; now we arc new creatures, and must lead new llvea. These are the badges of Hie world; we pul them off forever when we cease to live for the world, amt begin living for Hod. IV. The principle of accountability. Verses B, 6. Kach man stands ulono be fore flod, und must render an account foi his life In the day of Judgment. We shall meet there the reckoning for every deed of shame, for every secret sill, for every sensual pleasure. Lot us be ready for thut trial. V'. The principle of charily. Veraea 7. «. As illst-lples of Christ we should lie ruled by love to one another. Would he that loves Ills brother man show him an exam ple that would corrupt his character? Haulier, the Amateur Artlat. Like Thackeray, Victor Hugo and gome otner famous writers, Theophlle Haulier began life with the determin ation to become uu artist. It was as an art student that he wore his famous red waistcoat and attended the (hea ters In order to applaud Victor Hugo, letter In life the main use that he made of his acquirements was 111 draw - ing fancy heads of his heroines, and he possessed the ability to portray varied types of character no leaa with the rrayon than with the pen. Kngravlngs ftom several of his sketches were used as frontispieces or vignettes on the title-pages of his book*. It Is aa a imlniMO In wnrtlii (hat (UutlAr will limn eat tie remembered In fact. he may b* aald to have created that hind of literary art. Hut It la probable that he would never have been nble to pro dure the delightful word-patulinga In hla "Krnau* et t'ameea." hie "Knrtu natua" and other itorlea, nnd hla book* •f travel If he had aot practiced with crayon and brush and learned the lan guage of I he aiudtoe Art Amateur. JUST A MINUTh Woman la aeldoat merciful to the man aho la timid Kdward Hulaer Uvtton The average weekly tone at veeeeta on the tea# throughout the world Is twafce. The reeideats of Nodaway rousty. Mo, arw greatly bathered by limber wolves Al present t Sfeeda eoppttsg mg fourteenth of tha no ported food of tireat Britain SLICING CRIMINALS IN CHINA. An Atrocious Uw Tbnt It Happily ('online Inin HUrepar*. The horrible means used for inflict ing the extreme penalty of the law by the Chinese has been the subject of many articles all over the clvilltecl world, but of lute little ha* been heard of these cold-blooded executions. It seems, however, that although the In exorable Indlseretionary law has pars ed out of existence In the more civil ized portion of the empire, It Is still In cITect In other localities, where the condemned la put to death by the slicing process. A case has recently come to light In the northern part of China, and although efforts were made to save the offender, they were unsuc cessful and he was killed In the old time way literally butchered alive. The victim was a Ixiy 11 yearn old, who, while playing with a pleca of metal attached to n ord, accidentally struck his mother on the head, her in jury proving fatal, lly a peculiar Chi nese law the child who kills a parent, wilfully or by accident, must pay for the act with his life. The child In this case was accordingly taken Into cus tody at once, a mere form of trial was gone through, and a verdict of guilty found and sentenc ■ of death by the knife passed. The condemned Is tied upon a table similar to those used for surgical operations In this country. The feet and hands are firmly tied to gether und he Is strapped to the hoard In such a manner that only a slight movement can he made. He Is neither hooded nor gagged, his persecutors lis tening lo his cries und watching the horrible facial contortions until death comes. A keen edged knife Is used, the executioner first cutting away the fleshy part of the body, beginning with the sides of the trunk, from which large steaks are cut. The abdomen Is next slashed, hut In such a inurin'r that If there Is still life in the body the cutting will not prove fatal at, once, the great object being to produce 11s much sitlTorleK as possible. The lower limbs are now stripped of flesh, followed by the tirmi. Kcw live after HI/ICING TUB VICTIM. (be first few slices have been faken away, but that makes no difference U* the executioner, who finishes his fiend ish work until only the skeleton re* mains. Tliruu Queer Tunnsaseu Vurmurs. "There is In Tennessee a family of three sisters which presents some of the most startling peculiarities Imag inable," said Mr. J. J. Kennedy, of that state. "The three sisters live to gether on a farm, their sole means of subsistence, und work early and Into to earn a livelihood. Two of them work in the Held; the third does the cook ing and other housework. There is but one period of the year when any member of the trio has anything to say to any other member. All during tty> winter, spring and summer they go about thoir business with the seal of silence on their lips. When fall comes and the crop Is harvested they break the Bllenca, and then only to quarrel over the division of the pro ceed*. When each has succeeded In getting all that she thinks possible, si lence reigns again until the next har veft time. The sisters, as you may Judge, have made a name for them selves. They arc known far and near as the ’deaf and dumb triplets,' al though such a title Is scarcely apt ro« prlate."—-Washington Post. K»ii»u" Judge Coin* it Wont. They were discussing various ihlngs In the clerk of the Supreme Court’s df tloe the other day, that Is, u patty of judges were. Klrtully the talk drifted on to the subject of coining words and phrases, Mr. Justice Allen made the remark: "I coined u new word the other