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
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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<t
rallthm of Juat *ui b Imynli uaturva
i thla It would tab* too long to tell
all th* luteieating lenturv* of tht*
itirnciH* colony, the mtlitary drill*
i* giaul older at th* table, wi b two j
r three of th* hoy* aa welter*, the j
•• country **th* which th* t*neh*r*
i* them, and th* a murine of th*a»
ty urvhlna at many at th* country
iatI'ttca tin* of th» *><•• 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|>leie<! the Authorities.
Fedor KovalyefT, whose portrait l« !
here reproduced, was the chief actor
in the late terrible drama of self-lm
molaling fanaticism enacted at Tern
ofka. a sectarian settlement In the
neighborhood of Tiraspol. In South
Russia The Illustration shows Kov
alyi'ff In the semi-monastic garb in
which the male ttegounl attire them
selves for their devotional functions,
the latter being usually performed with
much mysterious seclusion In caves,
cellars .and subterranean tilts. After
Ills arrest KovalyefT was removed to
the district penitentiary at Odessa, and
eventually, by order of the minister of
the Interior, was sent bark to Tiraspol
to be tried before the ordinary aaslsee.
In the meantime the accused had losl
the hardihood of his previous stole
fanaticism, and had become abjectly
remorseful. Ills only desire whs to
save his miserable life at all costs, and
to this end he ordered the sale of Ills
property at Ternofkit, In order with the
proceeds to retain the services of one
of I he first criminal lawyers of 8t. Pe
tersburg. The authorities and more
especially the Holy Synod were by no
means pleased with (he prospect of a
public harangue by u leading counaol
lor on the general subject of the pro
found depths of besotted Ignorance and
superstition In which the mass of ihe
Russian peasantry, both orthodox and
sectarian, are hopelessly burled, and
eventually the government decided to
I 111'
FEDOR KOVALYEFF.
abandon the prosecution. Kovalyeff,
who Is now In his twenty-sixth year,
will probably be confined for life In
a monastery.
COALING A BIG STEAMER.
Vary I'rude Methods Vat 1’ravall—Cost
of tlie Work.
All the ships of the I raps-Atlantic
lines are eoaled by practically the
name crude method. Bargee of about
*60 tons capacity are brought along
side of the ship, booms arc rigged, and
by tackle controlled by a donkey en
gine; steel buckets are lowered to the
barge, filled by four men with shovels,
and hoisted to a projecting platform,
where two men dump the bucket and
shovel the coal Into the porthole. It
Is then taken by other men and stowed
away in the ship's bunkers, hive and
a half of these buckets la equal to a
ton, and tally by count of the buckets
Is the only record to show how much
coal the steamer has taken aboard. In
coaling the steamship 8t. Haul of the
Am<>rican 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 <luy. It Is u good one, I mink.
Hud perfectly natural, but I have been
unable to find It in any dictionary. The
word is 'enforeiblllty.' " The lawyers
present studied a while and Anally all
agreed that the word would be very
useful, and ttt certain fuses exactly
Chief Justice Poster declared tba: he
once used a word that exactly describ
ed a certain case, and It seemed to hint
that It was by far the best term to ap
ply. The word he used was “oliteu
tton," meaning the act or obtaining.
Judge Duster Anally discovered the
word in a rare old booh on Interstate
law —Topeha Capital.
Mint the Ulet's Ur*.
Two men saved the life of a little
girl in New Ynih a few days ago by
I clasping hands and making a cradle of
| their arms. Into which she fell from *
j third-story window. The child hsd tees
left alow# in the room and had crawled
i out on the window ledge, where she
! was aeeu front the street. While a p<».
. livemau ran up the stairs to warn ihet
mother the twu members of the Yoloa
j leer Idle Ha*lag Corps of New York
sot under the window and prepared to
catch the child It fell before anvono
: could get la it. bwt was taught by in*
twu at*a and returned to the negligent
mother untnjwred
tfeiie tree.
Vt keweter you begin to foe. I bat
want people to Ihlnh ywo are yooagar
than »w* are yog are gvowiag old
Posh.
