THE ADVERTISER.
O. XV. FAIKHKOTHEU A. CO.,
PnUlttur VanrMiri.
A WANNING FROM THE SAWDUST
JUNO.
Tho other day, In Union Square,
I met tny old friend lire wit,
His face wa deeply lined with euro-
lie seemed nil broken down;
And yet lie used to be it most
HiiccosHful elrens-elown.
" Why aren't von on the road?" asked L
Ho turned on mo 11 K'e
Of sad surprises then heaved u sIkIi,
Ami wild: "AlasJ tho day
When I eonld Ket a date aro Konos
Or, us thoy say In pluym
" I bur superfluous to thn stuo?"
" Why, nonsense, llmwii," said 15
' Von srcly have not reached tho iifro
At which a man should dleir"
" I've reaehed the iiko," quoth ho, " at which
The sawdust will not llyl"
" II happened In tlibt wine," Raid llrowut
" Por twenty yearn or iiioru
I earned my living uh a olown,
Kopoatlng o'erand o'er
Tho antiquated Jokes you hoard
When In your plnaforo.
" At liiHt It eame Into my head
"I'wnuld ho 11 glorious thing
If something novel could Im said
Within a cfreus-rlmr:
A brand-new Joko I theroforo tried,
One luckless day, to sing.
" And flits Ih why you poo mo hero;
For when that joko thoy hoard,
Tho people rose up on Iholr ear,
Ah hy one Impulse stirred,
And threatened there to mob tho hIiow;
Thwy did, iimii my word I
" And slnco that day I've tried In vuln
My business to pursue;
Tor all tho munaircrs explain
That It would never do
To huvo a circus clown who onco
Hud jrotofT something uewl"
N. Y. rttvixr,
THE STOKY OF TUB TIDES.
What They Tell of tho Growing Length
of the Day iind of thn HlrtU of tho
Moon.
Krom 11 scientific point of view, tho
work tlonu by tho tides Ih of niiHpuiikn
blo importance Whence Is this ener
gy derived with which tho tides do thoir
work? If tho tides tiro caused by tho
moon, tiio energy they possess must
hIho 1)0 derived from tlio moon. Tlii.s
looks plain enough, but uiifortuiititoly
it is not true. Would it bo truo to 11s
Hort Hint tho flngur of tho rifleman
which mills tho tracer supplies tho on
orgy with which tho riflo-nullet is atii
nintodP Of course it woultl not. Tho
energy is derived from tho explosion
of tho gunpowder, nud tho pulling of
tho trigger is merely tho means by
which tlmt energy is liberated. In 11
M)incwlmt similar manner the tidal wave
produced by tho moon is tho means
whereby a part of tho energy stored in
tho earth is compelled to expend itself
in work. Let mo illustrate this by a
comparison between tho earth rotating
on its axis and tho lly-wheel of an en
gine. Tho lly-wheel is a sort of reser
voir into which tho engine pours its
nowor at each stroke of the piston.
I'lio various machines in tho mill mere
ly draw oil' tho power from tho store
accumulated in tho lly-wheel. Tho
oarth is like a gigantic Hy-wheel de
tached from tho engine, though still con
nected with tho machines in tho mill.
In that mighty fly-wheel a stupendous
quantity of energy is stored up, and
a stupendous quant it' of energy
would bo given out before that fly
wheel would eonio to rest. Tho
earth's rotation is the reservoir from
whence the tides draw tho energy they
require for doing work. Honco it is
that though tho tides are caused by tho
moon, yet whenever thov require onor-
I
rytliey tlraw on the supply ready to
mud in tho rotation of tho earth. The
oarth differs from tho fly-wheel of tho
engine in a very important point. As
tho energy is withdrawn from tho fly
wheel by tho machines in the mill, so it
is restored thereto by tho power of tho
.steam-engine, and tho fly runs uniform
ly. Hut tho earth is iuudoIy tho lly
wheel without the engine. When the
work done by tho tides withdraws ener
gy from tho earth, that energy is never
restored. It, therefore, follows that tho
earth's rotation must bo deoreusing.
This leads to a consequence of tho most
wonderful importance. It tolls us that
the speed with which the earth rotates
on its axis is dlniiulshlnir. Wo can
state tho result in a manner which has
tho merits of simplicity and brevity.
Tho, tides aro increasing tho length of
tho day. At present, no doubt, the ef
fect of tho tides in changing tho length
of the day is very small. A dav now is
not appreciably longer than a day a
hundred years ago. Even in a thou
sand years tho change in tho length of
tho day is only a fraction of a second.
Hut tho importance arises from tho fact
that tho change, slow though it is, lies
always in ono direction. Tho day is
continually increasing. In millions of
years tho accumulated elVect becomes
not only appreciable, but oven of start
ling magnitude.
Tho change in tho length of the day
must involve a eorrosnondinir olnuiL'o in
tho motion of the moon. It' tho moon
acts on tho earth, so, conversely, does
tho earth react upon tho moon. Tho
earth is tormented by tho moon, so it
strives to drive away its persecutor. At
present tho moon "revolves round the
earth at a distance of about 210,000
miles. Tho miction of tho earth tends
to increase that distance, and to force
tho moon to rovolvo In an orbit which
is continually getting larger and larger.
As thousands of years roll on, the
length of the day inoreasos second by
second, and tho distance of tho moon
increases mllo by mile. A million years
ago tho day, probably, contained mhjio
minutes les than our present day of
twenty-four hours. Our retrospect Hoes
not halt hero: wo at once project our
view bask to an incrediblv remote
epoch which was a crlsn in the history
of our system. It must have been at
least 0,000,000 years ago. It may
huvo been very much earlier. This
crisis was tho interesting occasion
when tho moon was born. The
length of the day was only a very few
hours. If we call it threo hours
we shall not bo far from tho
truth. Perhaps you may think that if
wo looked back to a still earlier epoch,
the day would become still less, and
linally disappear altogether! This is,
however, not tho case. Tho day can
never have been much less than three
hours in the present order of things.
Everybody knows I hat the earth is not
sphere, but tluu'o is a protuberance at
the equator, so that, asourschool-books
tell us, the earth is shaped like an
orange. It is well known that this pro
tuberance is duo to tho rotation of tho
earth on its axis, by which the equa
torial parts bulge out by centrifugal
force. The quicker the oarth rotates
the greater is tho protuberance. If,
however, the rate of rotation exceeds a
certain limit, the equatorial portions of
tho earth could no longer cling togeth
er. The attraction which unites them
would bo overcome by centrifugal force,
and a general brcak'-up would occur.
It can be shown that the rotation of the
earth when on the point of rupture cor
responds to a length of the day some
whore about the critical value of threo
bourn which we have already adopted.
It is therefore impossible for us to sup
pose a day much .shorter than threo
hours.
Let us leave the earth for a few min
utes and examine tho past history of
the moon. We have seen the moon re
volve around the earth in an ovnr
widenlng orbit, and eonsoquoutly the
moon in ancient times must have been
nearer tho earth than it is now. No
doubt tho change is slow. There Is not
much dill'ercnce between tho orbit of
the moon a thousand years ago and the
orbit in which the moon is now mov
ing. Hut when we rise to millions of
years the diilerence becomes very ap
preciable. Thirty or forty millions of
years ago the moon was much closer to
the oarth than it is at present, very pos
sibly the moon was then only half its
present distance. We must, however,
look still earlier, to a certain epoch not
less than fifty millions of years ago,
At that epoch the moon must have been
so close to the earth that the two bodies
wero" almost touching. Everybody
knows that tho moon revolves now
around the earth in a period of twenty
seven days. The period depends upon
the distance between the earth and tho
moon. In earlier times the month must
have been shorter than our present
month. Home millions of years ago tho
moon completed its journey in a week,
instead of taking twenty-eight days, as
at present. Looking back earlier still,
we find the month has dwindled down
to a day, then down to a few hours,
until at that wondrous epoch, when tho
miKin was almost touching the earth,
the moon spun around the earth once
evrv threo hours.
In those ancient times I seo our earth
to be a noble globe, as it is at present.
Yet it is not partly covered with oceans
and partly clothed with verdure. The
primeval earth seems rather a fiery and
ualf-moltou mass, where no organic life
can dwell. Instead of the atmosphere
which we now have, see a dense mass of
vapors, in which, perhaps, all tho
oceans of the earth aro suspended as
clouds. I see that the sun still rises
and sets to give the succession of day
and of night, but the day and tho niglit
together only amount to threo hours,
instead of twenty-four. Almost touch
ing tho chaotic mass of the earth is a
much smaller and equally chaotic bodv.
Around tho earth 1 see this small body
rapidly rotating. Tho two revolve to
gether, as If thoy wore bound by invisi
lile bauds. The smaller body is tho
moon. London Nature.
Humorous Writing.
Almost everv one nrivutelv indulges
in tilts idea that he would become ;i cele
brated humorist writer if he wore only
to try.
He takes up a magazine or news
paper and reads a humorous article, and
says to himself: " If l only had time I
could do vastly better than that."
Now, friend, suppose you take time
and try.
If you can produce a first-class sketch
your fortune is. made. You need not
plod along In counting houses or vege
tate behind the counter of dry goods
stores selling calico at a profit ot two
cents a yard. You can just go on with
yourflrst-elnss humor, and lix your own
valuation upon it, never fearing but it
will be paid.
Hut tho fact of it Is you aro a little
mistaken. This humorous business is
much easier in theory than in practice.
Anybody can criticise and lind fault
with our funny writers, but tho question
is, can that same " anybody n do any
better? If so, let him do it.
You think it a very simple and easy
thing to sit down with a nen in vour
fingers and a sheet of paper before you
and Indite thoughts which shall con
vulse the world with laughter, and say
ings which shall be repeated for years
to come.
Well, wo aro all willing you should
try, and when you achieve 'success wo
will laugh at your witty sayings and sun
ourselves In the flash of your diamonds
and not feel any envy. We are apt to
look upon humorous writings as a pas
time, as requiring less thought and in
tellectual power than tho heavier essays
which crowd reviews! but In this wo aro
mistaken. Your truo humorist must
have wonderful imagination, a keen
hcnso of the ridiculous, a thorough un
derstanding of men, a generous power
of language, delicacy, .sensibility, ten
derness and a strong lovo of liuuiuu
kind. Mobile Jkyister.
PACTS AND FIM'RES.
Chicago has iO.OOO girls working at
the various trades for the average wages
of $2 a week.
The production of anthracite coal
In 1881 was about 28,o00,()00 tons. An
increase of l,0(),000 tons is expected to
occur this year.
There are in England and Wales
10,000 women who arc classed as ha
bitual drunkards. The number of men
in the same category is 'J7,878.
About 510,000 people in tho city of
Hull'a'o are supported by the railroad
companies. 'J 'lie amount expended
there by the different roads in wages
alone will foot up over Jj.'J,000,000 an
nually. The securities held by the Hartford
(Conn.) banks ami insurance com
panies, during the two years ending
llecoinber ,'Jl, increased in value
S8,7(ir,02, or more than $12,000 for
every day of the two years, Sundays
Included.
It has already been noted that fires
ivcro unusually prevalent and dlsas
,rous last year. There was no ex
ception to the rule in New York City,
ivhcre the losses bv lire in 1881 were
T),800,000, against i?:i, 18:1,000 tho pre
vious year. The lircs numbered 1,780.
Late statistics show that to the .,
000,000 Japanese people there arc only
about 1,000,000 head of cuttle, or two
head to every one hundred people;
while in the United Slates there aro
seventy-three head of eattlo to every
one hundred people.
t The amount of money in circula
tion in the country at present is esti
mated at the enormous Mini of $1,J."(,
081,010, composed of: Legal tender
notes, :M0, 08 1,01(5: National bank
notes, !W;i,()00,000; Gold, !-C)G:J,000,000;
Silver, S180.000.000.
The Chicago Tribune states tho
number of private banks in sixteen cities
at 717, of which fi08 are in New York
City, OB in Philadelphia, 17 in Huston.
21 in Chicago, 10 in Haltimoro, 11 in St.
Louis, J) in San Kranoisco, 8 in Cincin
nati, 7 in Pittsburgh. 7 in Detroit, 0 in
Washington, fi in New Orleans, 1 in
Cleveland, 1 in Milwaukee, .'J in Louis
ville, .'( in Albany. Capital, $fi8,(i:,
JI00; deposits (New Orleaus omitted)
?8J,9!)(i.A in.
During the past year there ha:? been
a steady increase in the number of money-orders
sent from and received at tho
Now York Po.st-ollice. The total num
ber of domestic and foreign money-orders
issued during the year ending De
cember .'$1, was 01,288, and the amount
was !?l.M8,O8;j.07. The fees thereon
were $U,(570..i5. Drafts were paid on
letter of credit account to the amount of
810,22r,,5!)2.0n. The domestic and for
eign orders paid mid repaid numbered
88:1,802, and the amount 8,JW2,861.()2.
There were :I02,0:12 international orders
received and certified to Europe for 8(5,
179.718.7o, which, with other items,
makes (he total business of the year
$.8,!)!)2,708.81, an increase over 1880 of
457, 70 1,0 1 0.77.
WIT AND WISDOM.
"Its scold day when I get left,"
Xantippo remarked when Socrates went
oil" to tho circus without hi'v.liurliiuj
ton Hit take ie.
It lias been discovered that the
Arabic for cat is gilt." This is the
English form of speech applied to
trumps. Ar. (). Picayune.
A New York paper savs there is no
champion billiard player now. This
national calamity should bo looked after
at once. N. O. Picaiune.
The niiiu who has all knowledge at
his lingers1 ends should not bite3 his
nails; ho might bite oil" more than ho
could conveniently chew. Motion Tran
script. A priest once asked a condemned
criiuHial in a Paris jail: "What kind
of a conscience have you?" It's as
good as new," roplied the prisoner,
" for I have nevor used it."
Talinnge says: " Men of talent and
commanding intellect are never good
dancers." That is the first time wo
have seen any public allusion to our
awkwardness in dancing. Texan Sift
iwjtt. Lady "Mario, go and seo if tho
butcher calves feet has?" Mario, back
coining "Madam, I know not. I hare
them not see could." Lady" What?"
Marie " If lie calves has. He has boots
on."
The orineiiml amusement in rmi1
New York this winter is guessing at tho
weight of a hog. Tho guesseis pay fifty
cents a chance, Iheu'they guess, and the
man who guesses nearest the correct
weight takes the hog. At a village near
Crolon Lake one hundred and twenty
three men took chances and four men
gues.sed the exact weight live hundred
and eighty-nine pounds. Thus does tho
cultured orient gild tho precious mo
ments witli the germs ot intellectual
growth, while in tho rude unlettered
West the ignorant masses hunger for
the food of thought, and pine away in
sad tust hello inanition. Uurlinylon
Haivkeit.
A Missouri paper tells of a farmer
who owiul Walt Perkins twenty-live dol
lars, and had owed him for years. One
ilnv ho met. W'ntl mill said: " Don't. Iw
uneasy, Wall. 1 have the thing all fixed
by which I c;in pay you." alt asked
him how he hud got ft fixed, and tho old
granger said: "Well, Walt, if nothing
happens, next year I hope to raise a
good crop of corn, and I intend to trade
some of (he corn for a yoke of oxen, and
1 know an old man In St. Charles Coun
ty that owns au old mare, and ho wants
to trade her for a yoke of oven. Now,
Wall, when lalso tho corn, and got tho
oxen, I will make tho trade for tho old
mure, and then I will bring her homo
and raise inulo colts ami Walt, tho
very lir.st mult coH I sell you shall have
tho money."
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
Thegiftflof Mr. Georgo I. Senoy,
of Hrooklyn, to Wesloyau University
now amount to $550,000.
Two ladles, Mrs. Caroline Wyckoft
and Mrs. Mary Olin, were recently
elected trustees of the Presbyterian
church of 'Perry, Wyoming County,
N. Y.
The total number of students in
regular attendance at Oberlin College,
Oberlin, O., is, according to the latest
catalogue of that institution, 1,5125, of
whlelr number 801) are residents of Ohio.
Tho Lutheram Synod of Missouri
numbers 817 pastors, 970 congregations
and 40,722 voting (male) members. It
has 808 parochial schools, with 41,51251
children in attendance. The baptisms
last year were 18,7515; confirmations, 8,
5180; funerals, 0,040.
The grandson of Horace Hinney oc
cupies the same room at Harvard Col
lege which his illustrious ancestor lived
in seventy years ago, and many of the
old books and pictures are back In their
places after an absence of three score
years and ten.
It is proposed in Switzerland to pass
a Federal School Law for the govern
ment of the schools which are at pres
ent under the control of the separate
caty 0119. One section, of this law pro
vides that every youth, after leaving the
primary school, shall spend at least two
hours every week in a night school.
Shaw University, a Haptist institu
tion for the education of the freedmen,
is reported to have graduated over a
thousand teachers and preachers during
its existence. These have gone out
among their race and have proved most
ellicient home missionaries, especially
in organizing and currying on Sunday
schools. The Rev. Georgo O. Harnes is con-'
ducting, in Louisville, a religious re
vival which in most respects is not un
common; but he introduces a novelty by
carrying a bottle of oil us he goes among
the penitents and anointing them on
their foreheads. He claims Scriptural
authority for this ceremony. Although
harshly criticised for his oddities, he is
said to l)e sincere in his work so sin
cere that he will take no pay 0: uept
food and lodging and his converts tire
numerous.
A story is told of a member of a
certain theological seminary who was so
sensitive as to any suspicion of plagiar
ism that he never allowed himself to
make the slightest quotation without
giving his authority. On one occasion
lie commenced grace at breakfast thus:
" Lord, wo thank Thee that we have
awakened from the sleep which a writer
in tho Edinburgh llcvicw litis called 'the
image of death.' " Methodist.
There are 5,705 mission stations
now, against 502 fifty years ago. The
number of ordained missionaries litis in
creased, in the same time, from 050 to
0,090, and the assistants from 1,25)0 to
5155,850, and the communicants from 70,
000 to 857;;i82. The annual contribu
tion from America for the work has
grown from 8250,000" to 2,500,000 in
the same period. During 1880 t Great
Britain contributed $5,544,750, nearly
one-half of which was given by the Es
tablished Church".
m
The Impending Ruin of Chios.
Chios would, if a telegram from
Athens prove correct, seem hardly a
profitable place for tho investment of
money in freehold land. Not only have
earthquakes of late given the inhabit
ants more than ordinary trouble, but
the ground is gradually sinking, hot
springs are everywhere appearing, and
tne lniiaoitants look forward to uniting
tho whole island submerged in the sea
at no very distant date. This does not
seem to lie by any means a pleasant
prospect for the natives who, while they
deplore the instability of the land which
thoy have been used to regard as home,
are scarcely prepared to share its for
tunes should it sink much lower than at
present. Hut as in the darkest storm
there is often a streak of light, so in the
troubles of Chios there is one section at
least of humanity that will find room for
consolation. It is in Chios that tho
linest and headiest raki is made; the
raki which beguiles oven the followers
of Mohammed, and makes the gravest
Christians of Athens at times a little un
steady in their gait. With Chios at tho
bottom of the sea, this .seductive fluid
will enchant the Eastern epicure no
more; and, in default of tho tasteful
liquor, he will probably drink nothing
but water. The disappearance of Chios
might accordingly be regarded as a
great temperance movement in tho
Orient. London Telegraph.
The iuftoBiiIlct.
The rillo bullot in use in the United
Slates service is formed by compression;
is made of lead alloyed with 0.0 per
cent, of tin and weighs .405 grains; in
form it is cylindro-conoidal, with a
hemisphericariiead and a small cavity
in the base; it has three broad grooves
on the cylindrical part to contain the
lubricant; it enters more than one-half
its length into tho case, which thus
covers and protects the lubricant; it is
securely held In place by turning in tho
end of tho ease closely against its sides;
this crimping efVeetually closes the case,
and protects tho powder from moisture,
making tho cartridge perfectly water
proof, but Is attended with a loss of ini
tial velocity to the bull of twenty-three
feet. Hulfets for long rungo firing huvo
usually one part of tin to twenty of lead;
a soft lead bullet also inflicts a worse
wound t him ono that is hardened. The
word caliber applied first to tho weight
of the bullet, (hen to tho diameter,
which determined tho diameter of the
gun, now signifies the diameter of tho
noro of any firearm, and is expressed iu
Inches or fractional part of an inch. JV
J'. Graphic,
GARFIELD'S ASSASSIN.
Tim I.Rt :) or tho Trial " (Jullty an Tr.
dieted" Tim Verdict Urculved With Upl
rmiroun DrinotiNtriUloii of Apiral
The Uotltlctcd lUurderer Tnkcti to dull
Ainltl the Jeer itud VulN or un Kxclted
Crowd-
Wasuinoton, Jiumiiry 25.
After the Jury huil been out about twenty
minutes iccees whs taken until StlXJo'dock.
Miitiy of the mullcnee, who luut li tunlly boeu
imprisoned bIiicc lMIiO In the morula;;, availed
tlieinpclvch ot the oKrttuilty to obtain fic.h
ulr mill lunch. The prisoner, 11 1 his requcHi
had been allow cd, soon after the Jury left the
court-room, to retire to the little room he lias
occupied hu.T the trial bei?un as a waiting
room dui'liitf i-cccm. llcforo lo.ivlnj; the court
room he evinced eomdilemble nervoiiMicM,
but on getting away to comp.iratlve seclusion
IiIh tiMial composure and a-uranec hood re
turned to him. He sent out for some apples
with which he treated his attendants, mean
while chatting familiarly and good-naturedly.
He was acKcd what he thought the Jury would
do, and leplled: "I think they will acquit mo
or disagree, don't joul"
Within ten minutes after recess had been
taken the jury called to the b lllll in waiting
that they were leudy with their Verdict.
The were Informed that u recess had heea
taken and .Iud;e Cox hud lei t tho court-room.
So they lemalncd iu their room until the court
icukcmh!cd.
The rumor tint the Jury had agreed was ,X
quickly spread from one to another, and the
excited crowd s'irged back into the court
room, and anxiously awaited whit all seemed
to expect, a verdict of guilty. The musty,
antique room Is devoid of gas, and a score or
more ol caudle w htchh.id been placed upon the
dc-ks of Judge, counsel and reporters Im
parted a weird and fanciful, unnatural as
pect to the grim old place. The shadow
thrown upon the (lurk background of the
wullv.-eemed like fitting specter- to usher Iu
the ttomhci proccfduii of iIumu who held la
their haiidh the destiny of a human life.
'lrst eame the prisoner, with a quick, nerv
ou step, and, ni he seated himself inthedock,
perhap.x for the l;it time, the light of a soli
tary candle fell full ukiii bin face, and dis
closed Its more than uiiial pall'ir. Not a tre
mor of the limbs or movement of the muscles
of the face was observable us. be threw back
his head and llxed his gaze upon the door
through which the Jury were to enter.
Judge Ok boon afterward took his scat.
The crier called "Order," and the jury, at
&:H5, filed slowly Into their seats. Every
sound wn hushed save the voice of the clerk
us he propounded to the foreman tho usual In
quiry: "(icntlcmcii of the Jury, have you
agreed uikiii 11 verdict!"
Clear and distinct came tho icply: "We
have."
"What l our verdict, guilty or not guilty I"
Willi equal distinctness came tho reply:
"(Jullty as Indicted."
Then the pent-up feelings of the crowd
found exprc'slou in uproarous demonstra
tions of applause and approval.
"Order," "order," shouted the bailiff.
Mr. Scovlllo and counsel for the prosecution
wete simultaneously upon their feet. Mr.
Scoville attempted to addiess tho Court, bufjj
the District-Attorney shouted: "Walt till we
have the verdict complete and In due form of
law." JL
Order was at length restored, and the clerk,
again uddie.-r.Ing the jury, oald:
" Vour foreman says: '(Jullty, as indicted.'
'So say we all of usf" "Wo do," all re
sponded. Another demonstration of approval follow
ed this announcement, but not sft prolonged
us the lint. Mr. Scovlllc demanded a poll of
the jury, which was grunted, and each juror
was called by name, and eaeh, In a firm voice,
promptly responded: "Guilty." As the liufc
numc was called, the prisoner shrieked:
" My blood will be upou tho heads of that
jury. Don't you forget It."
Mr. ScovlIIo again addressed tho Court, say
ing: ' Your Honor, I do not desire to forfeit
any right I may have under the law a) d prac
tice in this District. If there Is anythiugthat
I ought to do now to save those right, I would
be indebted to your Honor to indicate It tome?
Judge Cox, in reply, assured him he should
have every opportunity, that the charge would
be furnished lilm In print to-morrow, atid ho
would be accorded all the timu allowed by law
In which to tile his exception, and that he
would also be entitled to four days within
which to move arrest of judgment.
Gulteau, who, from the moment Judge Cox
began delivering his charge, had dropped
completely his air of flippant arrogance, and
sat with rigid features and compressed lips,
called out in tones of desperation: "God will
avenge this outrage."
Judge Cox then turned to the jury and said:
"Gentlemen of tho Jury: I cannot express
too many thanks for tho manner In which you
have discharged your duty. You have richly
merited the thanks of your countrymen, and I
feel assured you will take witli you to your
homes the approval of your consciences. With
thanks, gentlemen of the Jury, I dismiss you."
With this announcement the court was de
clared adjourned. And now the. famous trial,
which has absorbed public Interest and atten
tion for more than ten weeks, was ended.
The crowd quickly left tho court-room, and
the prisoner, gesticulating with his manacled
hands, was led out. As be passed tho report
ers' table be Igaued over and called out to an
acquaintance: "Tho court In bane will re
verse this business."
His apiH'urance was that of n man deeply
moved with Indignation at some outrage or
indignity which bad been put upnii.hini. Ah
be was being put hi tho van the crowd of men
and l(oys yelled and shouted themselves
hoarse Iu mockery of this prisoner's boast:
"Tho American press and people aie all with
me."
Tho van was quickly driven away, followed
by the Jeers and yells of the crowd.
Mr. beoville w 111 probably lllo a motion In
arrest of judgment and for a new trial on ex
ceptions. Tho law gives defendant four days
to file u motion and reasons for u now trial,
and it is customary for the court to sit some
day to hear argument thereon. Should this
motion be overruled, defendant will appeal to
the general term, and under the law the de
fendant Is entitled to a suspension of sen
tence until after the next general term, not
exceeding thirty days. The January general
term Is now in session, and the eae cannot go
there, but will lw appealable to tho April
term. It is tho custom at tho April term to
adlourn until September, tnklug u recess over
July and August. Hut should It bu dosed by
the latter part of May, then, If judgment is
affirmed, the execution might take place la
July. '
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