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COLUMBUS, M
1PNESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1896.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,372.
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'MBS. PRIFTEES BANE.
EIFTER amd' fck
wife bad beem
chums, 1b tke
truest sense ot the
word, ever, since
their marriage. It
he felt a yearning
for an afternooa's
revelry at the base
ball ' park Mrs.
Drifter was eager
to go along and
share his hopes and disappointments.
. . To- him all Mrs. Drifter's hats, wraps
. ; and furbelows, when exhibited for crit
icism, were "dreams, my dear, simply
. . . great. No' other woman could have
"done so well on so little money."
. so xar.so good. But when the Drift-
- era got the suburban fever and settled
. - upon their home in a cottage at
Gravceendhurst there came an lnter-
. ruption to the comradeship. As Drifter
..says:
i5&s5iiThe little girtwas aerer one'dTf
your know-it-all, self-reliant, head-of-.
. t he-firm women. Not much. She al-
. ' ways said that figures bothered her
and that when she wanted more money
than I gave her, or she could find In my
'. .."" pocket, she'd ask for It Some fine
-. .. friend, while on a. shopping excursion
; with my wife, threw a brand into the
: . Drifter circle. That night I got thl3
; . . piece of information:
. "'Drifter, every wife should take her
- share of the responsibilities of the
" household. Women should not be
. afraid to handle business affaire. Ex-
. perienco teaches us that woman is a
. . better manager of the home, finances,
' and
" " 'What the dickens are you driving
- .- at. little one,' I asked.
.. "A woman loses her independence,
,: . sacrifices her individuality and be-
'comes merely an ornament, a play
thing, a'
j . "'Hold on! hold on!' I gasped.
;-. . ".. 'Have you joined the Female Society
to Prevent Husbands from Caring for
' - Wives, or is this a notice of proceed-
'. ' 'ngs for separation, madam?'
. . "'Drifter,' came the measured re
ply, 'I have leaned upon you too much.
'..;..' I must not only be a sharer in your
." . pleasures, but in your trials and and
' " I I m-u-s-t have a separate bank ac
; V m count There!'
; "Conversation flagged that evening.
" u . T'e next morning I learned that Mrs.
Drifter intended to purchase the new
. . furniture for our Gravesendhurst cot-'.-
tage, to buy groceries in quantities,
. ; and run the affair entirely on her own
.. t plans.
m. ' ' " 'It will give me something to do.'
.-. she said. 'The storekeepers will have
. . more respect for me, too, and you
" " ". won't have to bother at all about fit-
'; t ting up the house or running it'
... "That day I devoted largely to etart-
'. " . . lnS my wife out on her adventures,
. those of a young woman with her first
. . . bank account I -wrote my check for a
. ; . round amount and handed it to the
: ... cashier of a bank near our suburban
. home, with the request that he enroll
. ' " . my wifo as a depositor. The usual for
malities were complied with and the
":l , trouble commenced. With bank book
. and pocket check book in hand, Mrs.
. Drifter felt her new independence.
" . " .- She decided to raid the bank at once.
'.'. '.' ' ""I will draw some money out now,
she said sweetly.
"I let her proceed. She didn't get far.
The old cashier kindly insinuated that
in the banking business it was custom
ary to realize upon checks or drafts
deposited on a new account before hon-
oring demands. He told her that her
'.husband would have no difficulty in
getting a small check cashed for her
'shopping needs.
. "That nearly upset the little woman.
We went out I took her to lunch.
I MUST HAVE A SEPARATE BANK
ACCOUNT.
" 'I dou't think much of that bank.'
she said. 'Why, they've got the use
of my money, drawing interest and all
that, and then to tell me to wait a
day or so. Perhaps you will lend me
some money until that funny old cash
ier, fiuds out who I am.'
"I gave her a few pointers as to the
checking out of funds; showed her the
importance of simple subtraction as
applied to bank balances and dwelt at
some length on the necessity of enter
ing on each stub the name of payee
and for what purpose each check was
drawn. I also advised her to call on
me from time to time to look over her
accounts. Then woman's new sphere
of activity dawned upon me. Said my
wife: ""
"'Now, Drifter, dear, once for all,
do stop jokinj. . You look over my ac
counts and keep 'em straight? Not
much. I'll trouble you simply to give
me some more checks to put in that
funny little window there at the bank,
and I will do the book-keeping.'
''Go It," I remarked; and she did.
Well, the thing. went aloing. I didn't
monkey any with the hooks of my for
mer chum. When at home together I
saw that there .was a tired look about
her eyes, an expression which seemed
tp say, 'I wish that darned bank ac
count was in a hotter place than
Gravesendhurst,' but I let her new
venture severely alone. When neces
sary I handed over checks for her to
deposit That was all. She got the
furniture, fitted up the house, mean
while getting thinner each day and less
companionable. Finally a crash came.
The telephone rang with emphasis.
"'Mrs. Drifter Is very sick, sir.
Keeps calling for you and saying,
"Come home, I give up, 111 never do It
again.". I've been trying" to find you
for an hour, sir. I'm so scared for the
poor, dear lady
This from the new girL Of course,
I got home as quickly as the street
cars would take me. Then the secret
rame out Between sobs and moans I
learned that some grocer' of whom
Mrs. Drifter had ordered a bill of goods
had grossly insulted her.
"H insulted me, me, your wilt,'
she sobbed. The wsman who has m
fM' to protect her if you fail her.
Why, why should a weak, frail woaaaa
have to stand the insults of fade,
rough aaea, when she has a husbaad
who oagkt to attend to all the teat'-
"This was rich. Indeed, bat t didn't
load my six-shooter and sail eat after
the offeading tradesman. 1 soothed
the little Woman, assured her that I
was a brute to have allowed her to
wrestle with the worldly problems of
trade," barter and bills, and begged for
giveness, for having, as she said, Im
posed upon her the whole work of fur
nl&hing the house and worrying her
poor, tired brain with, prices and ig
ures and horrid old bank books.
"I found that the grocer's insult con
sisted In returning a dishonored check
drawn by Mrs.-Drifter en her own and
only- bank account for 153.16, and
marked plainly In red ink at the bank,
'N. G.' That was all, except that the
grocer had written, 1 return your
check. .ETideatbr josae mistaka.- Shall
Wewfthe bllfto Mr. Drifter?- -"
" 'What does he mean by disfiguring
my check with horrid slang? Tell me.
How dare he put "N. G." on one of my
checks? What can be done to him?
Isn't it the same as forgery?' asked my
wife.
"I looked over her book, found that
her additions and subtractions were
sadly mixed and that two other
checks were due to come back also dis
figured with those horrid words, 'N.
G.,' for she had overdrawn her ac
count to the tune of $208. And those
stubs! Bless her heart! she took me
literally. She had tried to keep track
of her expenditures so as to give me a
surprise in bookkeeping. She suc
ceeded. To give you an idea: Instead
of filling out the stub thus:
Apr. 1. i
M. Macaroni $53 I
For groceries,
Mrs. Drifter had actually endeavored
in every case to put down each separ
ate item on each bill paid by the
check. The one given in payment of
an order for groceries was a dream.
The order embraced everything from
spaghetti to roach powder, and the
poor woman with a new and separate
bank account had endeavored to trans
fer all the Items to the stub. She re
ligiously filled that stub with her fine
handwriting, then started in and filled
two sheets of note paper and pinned
those to the suffering stub.
"She doesn't run a bank account
now." concluded Drifter. "And she's
gained ten pounds since becoming
again my chum and 'an ornament' to
the cottage at Gravesendhurst"
Coyote ad Sheep.
Coyotes are not particular as to food,
eating anything that comes In their
way, but it is said that they have es
pecial fondness for mutton. This leads
them to play havoc among the sheep,
where they are found In large flocks.
A rancher In Oregon had a flock of
nineteen hundred sheep, and missing
a large number, instituted a. search.
On the brink of a precipice he found
three sheep with their throats marked
with the teeth of a coyote. Making
his way to the bottom of the canyon he
there found the bodies of one hundred
and ten sheep on which the coyotes had
been feeding for a week or more. From
other incidents of like character it was
concluded that a number of coyotes
had gotten into tho flock when the
sheep were driven off -their bedding
ground by a storm, and had herded
them to the brink of the precipice,
much as a lot of sheep dogs would do.
When the edge was reached, the coy
otes pressed the sheep so hard in the
rear that those in front were pushed
over and then the coyotes feasted at
their leisure.
Large Steamship.
Steamships are being constructed of
larger and ever larger dimensions. Out
of some 400 vessels in course of con
struction in Great Britain and Ireland
at the end of the first quarter this year
more than a seventh of the number
consisted of vessels between 3,000 and
5,000 tons. On the Clyde alone during
the month of April the total output of
shipping was some 39,550 tons, and
seven of the vessels which made tin
this total aggregated In themselves no
less than 35,130 tons. The average
size of the vessels built at Belfast was
a remarkable feature of the output for
last year, and the same thing holds
true of the work now on hand. At Bel
fast Harland & Wolff's steamers last
year, seven 'in number, were consider
ably over 6,000 tons, ranging from the
Gcorgic, of 10,077 tons, to the Veda-
more, of 6,662 tons, tho average being:
as high as 8,300 tons.
Capacity of St. lVfers.
It needs fifty thousand persons to
make a crowd in St, Peter's Cathedral
at Rome. It is believed that at least
that number have been present in the
church several times within modern
memory, but it is thought that the
building would hold eighty thousand
as many as could be seated on the tiers
in the Coliseum. Such a concourse was
there at the opening of the Oecumeni
cal Council in December, 1S69, and at
the two jubilees celebrated by Leo
XIII, and all three occasions there was
plenty of room in the aisles, besides
the broad spaces which were required
for the functions themselves.
Largest Bible la the World.
The largest Bible in the world, it is
6aid,' Is In the Vatican. Itjs a manu
script Bible and written in Hebrew.
The book weighs three hundred and
twenty pounds, and there Is a his
tory connected with It Some Italian
Jews obtained a. view of the precious
volume, and told then co-religionists of
Venice of it The consequence was
that a syndicate of Venetian Jews en
deavored to purchase It offering the
Pope the weight of the book in gold as
the price. Pope Julius H, however, re
fused the offer. At the present price
of gold the offer was one of no less
than 1,800,000 francs (f 62,000).
Aa aatcttoa.
"Isn't It awfully annoying to be near
sighted?" asked the man who delights
in personal questions.
"If you had waited as I have," an
swered the aalcted one, "nearly ten
minutes for a blamed little lightning
bug to get by, under the impression
that it was -a bicycle beginner coming
down the street you would know that
it was annoying." Cladanatl Eaauixw
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FIGHT to the
between the' :Umg
great onsteridt
the ocean tW
sperm whale and
the giant squid-
was recently wit
nessed by a natu
ralist Of all the wonders
of the deep that
men witness who
go down to the sea in ships none could
be greater than this. It was a fight,
htaanJiMfaatar elthf- f whwa
could have destroyed whole companies
of men.
To see these monsters come up from
the depths where they are supreme, and
fight In the light of day was a rare
sight for a man. It Is fortunate that the
witness, was a scientific observer, who
has written a narrative which cannot
be treated as a sailor's yarn.
The sperm whale is the most valu
able, as well as the most formidable
of the many species in which the fam
ily Is divided. It is distinguished by
the possession of teeth. Frequently it
attains a length of a hundred feet, and
Is therefore not only the largest animal
In the sea, but In the world. There are
records of individuals much larger than
this. So Powerful in tho snerm whaln
it can sink a ship.
The squid is one of the most fear
ful creatures to be found in tho ocean,
although only in a few species does it
reach a size to enable it to struggle
with the whale.
Tho giant squid attains a length of
forty feet It is furnished with ten long,
flexible arms, each having a sucker at
tho end capable of dragging a weight
of many hundreds of pounds through
the water. It has a large cutting beak,
shaped like that of a parrot and black
eyes of a most evil expression. Those
of the creature described in the pres
ent fight were a foot In diameter. The
giant squid has been known to throw
one of Its arms Into a boat and drag a
man out or it. It has the power of eject
ing an Inky fluid, which conceals its
whereabouts in the water.
The naturalist who witnessed the
great fight was Frank Bullen, an Eng
lishman, with an established scientific
reputation. He was cruising at the
time in a whaler and was in the Straits
of Malacca, between the NIcobars and
the Malay Peninsular. He writes:
"I had the watch from eight bells to
midnight, and at about 11 p. m., was
leaning over the lee rail, idly gazing
seaward, where the rising moon was
making a broad lane of silvery light
upon the smooth, dark waters. "Pres
ently, there was a commotion in the
sea, right in the way of the moon, and
I immediately went for the night
glasses to ascertain, if possible, the
nature of it. In that neighborhood
there are several active volcanoes, and
at first I judged the present disturbance
to be one of these, sending up debris
ftflm tlln ak,Jl a
iivui iuc oca mm. a very snort ex
amination satisfied me that the trouble,
whatever it might be, was not of vol
canic or seismic origin. I called the
captain, as in duty bound, but he was
Indisposed to turn out for anything
short of actual danger, so the watch
and I had the sight to ourselves.
"We edged away a little under the
light draught of windT so as to draw
nearer to the scene, and presently were
able to realize Its full significance. A
very large sperm whale was engaged
in deadly conflict with a monstrous
squid, whose far-reaching tentacles en
veloped the whale's whole body.
"The livid whiteness of those writh
ing arms, which enlaced the cachalot
like a nest of mighty serpents, stood
ouUln bold relief against the black
bowlder-like head of the aggressor.
Presently the whale raised itself half
out of water, and we plainly saw the
awful-looking head of the gigantic mol
lusk. At our distance, something under
a mile, it appeared about the Size of
one or our largest oil casks, which held
336 gallons. Like the rest of the cal
mar visible, it was of a peculiar dead
white, and in it gleamed two -eves of
inky blackness, about a foot in-diam-eter.
"To describe the wonderful contor
tions of those two monsters, locked
in deadly embrace, is far beyond my
own powers, but it was a never-to-be-forgotten
sight The utter absence of
all sound, for we were not near enough
to hear the turmoil of the troubled sea,
was not the least remarkable feature of
this titanic encounter. All around the
combatants, too, were either smaller
whales or Immense sharks, who were
evidently assisting in the destruction
of the great squid, and getting a full
share of the feast As we looked spell
bound we saw the writhing gradually
cease, and the encircling tentacles
gradually slip off the whale's body,
which seemed to float unusually high!
At last all was over, and the whole
commotion had completely subsided,
leaving no trace behind but an intense
ly strong odor as of a rocky coast at
low tide in the full blaze of the sun.
"Since that night I have never had
a doubt either as to the origin of all
sea-serpent stories or the authenticity
of the old Norse legends of the Krakcn;
for who could blame a seaman wit
nessing such a sight, nd all unaccus
tomed to the close observation of
whales, for reporting some fearsome
monster with horrent mane and float
ing 'many a rood.' An interesting ac
count of the French gunboat Alecto fall
inginwith a calmar forty feet in length,
lying on the surface in the North At
lantic, once fell into my hands. It
told how those on board succeeded In
getting a hawser passed round the
creature, but in heaving it tight the
rope cut its way through the soft, gelat
inaus body, which floated away in
halves, and gradually sank."
Jaat a
"I am poor," he aaidf "it would be
many years before I could give my
wife a yacht" "WelL" answered the
girl of 96; "couldn't you commence
with a little smack?" And so it came
to pass. Puck. ,
The wasp has one strong point, bat
it Is not la hta favor.
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It is welL
Rothschild's tt
were It no for his
the school would be laabk to j
vast expefciltufea. . It la alic to
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who wish to take;
being asked. Again, fc:
bey wtth Luit
Doota ana'tfMry glfl f!U a fleas and a
pair of boots in the month of April,
near the Jewish passover.
An idea of the poverty of the chil
dren may be gleaned from the fact that
not more than 2 per cent of them de
cline to avail themselves of this char
ity. A second pair of boots Is offered In
the month of October to every child
whose boots are not likely to last dur
ing the approaching winter. It Is
scarcely necessary to state that few do
not get them.
A very popular feature in the school
is the savings bank department insti
tuted by the kindly president In order
to encourage habits of thrift, he allows
an Interest of 10 per cent per annum
on all savings, the said savings not to
exceed 5 In a year. The teachers are
also permitted to avail themselves of
the benefits of this bank, the maximum
savings allowed them being 15 per an
num. It remains to be mentioned that in
pursuing this noble work Lord Roth
schild is following in the footsteps of
other members of his family, who have
supported this school in a princely
fashion since Its foundation fifty-five
years ago.
Dry Shampoo.
Apropos, the "dry shampoo" is a lux
ury which one may indulge in by a
system of reciprocity; that is, a sister
can furnish this delight for another,
with a promise to do the same office
for her. This sort of weather is the
time for a very moist shampoo, and
that once a week. But for the woman
who does not perspire freely about the
head, and who is fond of being cosseted,
let her take down her luxuriant
tresses, which are so hard to dry after
washing, and shake them loosely over
her shoulders. The head should now
be well manipulated with the fingers,
taking care that the finger-nails do not
scratch the light scurf-skin.for this pro
motes dandruff. The pads afcjheend
of the fingers are excellent for a sort of
massage. Brush the hair thoroughly,
all over, in and out in this parting and
out that, with a stiff brush that will re
move all dust or foreign matter that
may collect If a tonic is required, it
may now he rubbed In, the hair gently
combed out of a few possible snarls and
the ends clipped or burned off. By this
time you will be in a delicious drowse
Exchange.
Experience Taught Her.
Mrs. Bowline had a tussle with that
"gentleman peddler" who did College
street so brown. He rang the bell and
said, "Do ycu admit gentlemanly ped
dlers?" "No, I don't," said Mrs. Bowline. "We
don't admit nobody but tramps and
dogs, and we don't wan't no furniture
polish, young man."
"Can I see your mother?" said the
peddler, trying the old game, with an
insinuating smile, intended, to -soften
the adamantine female heart
Mrs. Bowline, who is 53 and rather
fine looking, was up to his game.
"No, you can't," said she, "My
mother is busy learning the two-sten
but grandmamma and grandpapa are
in. They are busy just now, because
they are dressing my elder sister for
the children's party this afternoon, but
perhaps you can see them."
He didn't care io see the family.
Lewiston Journal.
A KegaUr Clincher.
"Now, gentlemen and ladies," said
the street fakir, exhibiting a bottle of
his famous hair restorer, "this prepa
ration used externally will insure a full
suit of hair to the smoothest pate in
the crowd. But remember this one
necessary precaution, when the hair is
once grown, then take a couple of
doses internally."
"What's that for?" asked the pros
pective purchaser.
"To clinch the roots," replied the
fakir, as he handed down the bottle
and pocketed 50 cents. Washington
Times.
Fly-Eating- Plants.
By far the most remarkable imitation
of our method of digesting food is furn
ished by the Sundew and Venus' fly
trap. When a fly or other insect
alights upon the leaf of either of these
plants it is seized by the curving over
of hairs, or the sudden closing of the
two halves of the leaf. Then a glutin
ous fluid Is poured out, which dis
solves all tho soft tissues of the Insect,
leaving only the wings and hard in
teguments.
Satpicloas.
"Why did you break off your engage
ment with Miss Bertha?"
"Because her parrot was always say
ing: 'Stop that, George.' "
"ButiWhat difference did that make?
Your engagement was not a secret"
"But my name Is not George." Tit
Bits. "
Aa Adraatag.
Raker Do you know I envy a news
paper man his lot Scribbler Think
you'd like the work? Raker Oh, not
particularly, but you've got such a
splendid excuse for staying; out Jate at
night Philadelphia Record.
The XoeaeltKaemir.
Catch a few dragon files and hang
them in the porch or around the piaz
za, ani the boldest baddest mosquito
will disappear like lightning. Bat
"first catch your hare." Boston Her
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GRAYED BY A NOTE
HOW A PARISIAN ASSASSIN
FEIGNED INSANITY.
GaUIetli
Caaiplit.
aTartcriy Actta of the
Were Da
DROWNING man
will clutch at a
straw and, as haa
been shown often
in causes celebre, a
murderer of whose
guilt there la no
tfoubt will cling
to the
M laaaalty.as
aatatr.tM;-.
commission of the crime, surrendered
himself red-handed to the police and
confessed the deed, while his foolish
utterances and the peculiarly shocking
and unnatural -circumstances of the
murder convinced the judges that none
but a madman could have committed
so hideous a crime.
So complete and masterly was the
acting of the assassin that even the
lunacy experts who examined him were
deceived. One false step, however, ex
posed the murderer and turned his feet
from the asylum to the guillotine.
At about 11 o'clock on the night of
Dec 9, 1895, a young man carrying a
traveling bag of black serge presented
himself at the gate of the hospital of
St. Louis, in the Rue Bichat The
satchel, which was suspended from his
shoulder by a leather strap, bulged at
the sides as if it contained a spherical
object
"Eh blen!" he cried to the doorkeep
er. "I come to ask you to examine my
brother, who is very ill. Open the
door for us."
When the door was opened he at
once entered and stepped into the re
ception room, saying that he wanted to
consult a doctor concerning his brother
and that he had heard voices that had
ordered him to make this great sacri
fice. Alarmed by the man's incoherent
talk and his wild aspect, the doorkeep
er called two porters, who took him
around to the commissalre of police at
the Porte St Martin.
There the man opened the satchel
and held it under the light of a gas
burner. The po'lee agents were horri
fied to see that It contained the head of
a young man of about 20.
, The madman, as they believed him to
be, said to them:
"It is my brother's head! My brother
Alphonse!"
This head, which had been skillfully
severed from the trunk, was covered
with brownish-golden hair. The fea
tures showed refinement
The commissalre of police sought by
prudent and searching questions to
find out how the madman had come in
to possession of the head. The fratri
cide replied without hesitation that his
name was Baptiste Laborle, born at
Calvinet, arrondlssement of Aurillac,
on April 5, 1S68. He was a house-servant
of the mayor of Pouilly-les-Fosses"
and had had for some time the idea
that his brother Alphonse, who lived
at home with his father In Senezuerges,
was very unhappy there because his
father was a man of violent temper.
There was only one way In which his
brother could be relieved from his
misery, he said, and that was to kill
him.
This being resolved upon he left the
employ of the mayor and with 300
francs, his wages, walked to Melun,
where he bought a revolver and a box
of cartridges for 20 francs. At another
shop he purchased a butcher's knife.
He then took the train and arrived at
Senezergues. His brother was working
at a neighbor's, so he had supper with
his father and awaited his brother's
return.
When his brother came home he
asked him to accompany him on a
short walk. Alphonse consented, and,
when they were out of hearing, Bap
tiste drew his revolver and shot him,
killing him instantly. Then he cut off
the head and, after washing the severed
part in a brook, put it in his bag and
took a train for Paris.
At 6:45 he arrived at the Orleans sta
tion. On the train he had made the
acquaintance of two men, with whom
he had dinner at a cafe near the sta
tion. He had spent the evening in
walking about Paris and at 11 o'clock
had rung the bell at the gate of the St
Louis hospital.
The assassin furnished all these de
tails in a simple tone and with un
wavering voice. It was only when he
mentioned his dead brother's name
that he showed any excitement. Then
his eyes protruded from their sockets
and he declared that to kill his broth
er was the only thing that remained,
since he was so unhappy. He ex
claimed: "It was my duty to get him away
from my father and I obeyed the Most
High, who ordered me to perform the
task. I loved him very.much."
The commissalre of police sent the
head to the morgue and Informed the
authorities of Senezergues, who found
the trunk of the unfortunate Alphonse
In the woods of Delmar, just where
Baptiste said they would find It
The examination before the juge
d'lnstructlon was brief and the mur
derer was held to await the action of
the assizes. The trial took place in
January and two days were consumed
in taking the depositions of witnesses
and physicians, who gave conclusive
evidence of the man's insanity.
The mayor of Pouilly-les-Fosses
testified that he had noticed that his
servant had not been quite right in
his mind for a month preceding the
murder and that he considered him at
the time mildly demented. On paying
him off he had advised him to go di
rectly to his home, which the young
man had promised to do.
On the third day of the trial a dra
matic scene was enacted. In one of
the pockets of the dead Alphonse a de
tective had found a note written by
his brother threatening him with death
if he did not cease paying attention to
i young woman who lived in Senezer
juea. Baptiste was her fiance. The
note also referred to 10,000 francs
which had been left them jointly by
their grandfather and which, it ap
pears, Alphonse had entirely appro
priated to his own use.
Tke face of the prisoner
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deathly pal while the letter was tela
read by one of the Judges, aad when
It was Inished he broke down com
pletely, wept like a child and mado a
full confession. He was condemned to
the guillotine.
GAVE HIS
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SAM.
TO UNCLE
Utlgatlaa over BttMSje WW Cm
William W. Merriam, a wealthy resi
dent of Manorville, L. I., died on JBft
ary 30, 1889. He had lived alone in the
village, and it was not known that he
had any relatives. After his death his
will was found. It was a short aad
remarkable document The testator
had written In July, 1883: "After the
payment of my just debts I give, devise
and bequeath all my real aad personal
property, wherever situated,- to the
avemment of the United States of
America."
evinHfore&Ttte ttW8hrem ttfcr-
ment was valued at sizt,wv. u con
sisted of valuable -real estate and rail
road stocks and bonds. When the will
was filed by the executor, Clifford B.
Ackerly, with Surrogate Petty, of Suf
folk County, Merriam's relatives turn
ed up to contest It They were sisters
and half-sisters, and live in Springfield,
Mass.
The struggle was a long one. It was
contended by the relatives of the de
ceased that he was of unsound mind,
and that In any event the United States
could not receive a bequest of real
property. The surrogate finally decid
ed in favor of the government and ad
mitted the will to probate.
Then there began a controversy be
tween the county treasurer of Suffolk
and the government's representatives
as to whether or not the United States
was subject to the collateral inheri
tance law of the state. The amount of
the tax in this case was only $3,967,
but the United States authorities de
termined to fight for the principle. The
surrogate decided against them and
the supreme court upheld his decision."
The case was next taken to the court
of appeals, which sustained the lower
court.
United States District Attorney Ben
nett finally brought the matter before
the United States supreme court The
federal court has just handed down a
decision sustaining the state courts.
Assistant District Attorney Roy has
asked for an accounting. He has al
ready received on account a check for
$94,000, which he sent to the secretary
of the treasury at Washington this
week. New York Journal.
THE PARROT HUNQ ON.
Two IacldeaU lUaatratlag th. Kxtra
ordlaary Agility ef th. Bird.
There is something about the huge
paper beak and solemn visage of the
parrot, coupled with his unexpected
agility, that suggests the masked and
painted clown of the circus, says an ex
change. One of the serenest sights to
be seen on a boulevard of a warm
afternoon is a green parrot the size of
a hen hawk which takes his daily air
ing on the handle-bars of a lady's wheel.
His owner, a boarding school girl, is
making desperate efforts to teach the
bird to sing "Daisy" in recitative.
No jolting can dislodge.this fowl of
the tropics. He sits aloft on his nickel
perch and without turning his head
keeps watch on the track right and
left ahead, evidently with a view to
giving warning of the approach of col
lisions. The wheel had an accident the
other .day, but the parrot executed a
lightning change In front and when a
policeman ran to the scene the wheel
was upside down, but the bird, still
clinging to the handle-bars, was right
side up and shrieking with amusement
This is the same bird that used to
get an odd constitutional every after
noon in the spring. The residents of a
west side flat saw the windows opposite
raised each day and a bird clinging to
the clothes-line come sliding out an
invisible hand manipulating the pulley
rope. When the parrot had traversed
half the distance to the pole its
progress ceased and it tightened Its
toes for- the Homeric sport to follow
four flights above the stone flagging.
Suddenly the rope would begin to
twitch and dance, while its passenger
trimmed sail. There was a jerk or two,
during which Poll performed the us
ually difficult feat of being in two
jlaces at the same time and then noth
ing was seen in the sunny court but a
flash of green moving so rapidly that
it became an emerald cartwheel. Round
and round swung the rope between
earth and heaven, with the parrot hold
ing on beak and toes for her dear life.
When the revolution abated there sat
Poll.
Cereaatieas at
The coronation of the czar is the fifth
which has taken place at Moscow in
the present century. At the corona
tion of Nicholas I Great Britain's am
bassador was the then Duke of Devon
shire, who spent fifty thousand pounds
of bis own money on the "representa
tion," as it Is termed, and formed there
by a friendship with the czar which
lasted until the death of that autocrat
Lord Granville represented Britain at
the coronation of Nicholas's successor,
and the late Sir Robert Ppel was his
secretary. Britain was not specially
represented at the coronation of the
late czar, but a grant of. six thousand
pounds was made to her ambassador at
St. Petersburg for his expenses, which
were much greater, at Moscow.
Gaardlar Royalty's Geld Plat
About 10,000 pieces of gold plate came
up to town from Windsor .for the state
concert. It was brought by special
train under a guard of soldiers, and
was hedged round at every step with as
elaborate a system of receipts as the
heirloom jewels of the empress of
Austria, There is about 110,000,000
worth of plate in the care of the gold
pantry department. London Leader.
New Uses fer Glass.
By a new process, glass Is made to
appear like wood with a very high pol
ish. It is used in windows, and gives
a peculiarly subdued and agreeable
light. The glass is put through what
might be called a veneering process,
being coated with a liquid that repre
sents the wood which it Is desired to
imitate. Tke color after drying is var
HELD BY THE ENEMV
TB
The wife of the German chancellor.
Prlaceas Hehenlohe-Schlllingsfaerst,
was, until recently, the owner of a cas
tle hi France that has a very roman
tic history. The princess is the daugh
ter of the Princess Sayn-Wlttgenetein-Berleburg,
nee Barlatlnsky, a member
ef a wealthy and aristocratic family ef
Russia. Her brother was the Russian
prince Fetor Sayn-Wittgensteln-Berle-burg,
who waa adjutant to Czar Alex
ander HI. The priaee made his home
In France for more than hajf a century.
He became smitten with the charms of
the little vaudeville actress Rose Leon
while serving as attache of the Ruasian
legation in Paris. At the same time he
came Into possession of Castle Kerieoc,
which lies half way between Lander
neau aad Brest He contracted a mor
ganatic marriage with the fair Rose and
the marriage feast waa celebrated at
Kerlee&-imthe nresence ef his-entire
household, consisting of seventy per
sons. The bride had been playing in
the "Seven Wonders of the World,"
which had a lone run in the Porte-
Saint-M&rtln. "The eighth wonder,"
said her husband to her, "will be your
castle in Bretagne."
On the day following the wedding
the foundation was laid for the pres
ent magnificent castle of Kerlcon,
which the prince surrounded with ex
quisite gardens and immense hothouses
for tropical trees and rare exotic plants.
To this magnificent property Prince
Peter added tho Russian pavilion of
Kerjulien, a second castle of enormous
proportions, as a gift to his bride.
Rose Leon died August 2S, 18SG, at
Ems. of which resort she had been a
regular patron. Her husband bad the
coffin with the white-robed dead con
veyed to his castle of Kerlcon, and
eight years later she was buried in the
little cemetery of Relccq. The prince
could not be persuaded to leave Ker
julien after her death. At table a place
was laid for his wife opposite his own,
and every day at breakfast and dinner
a bunch of flowers was served with
every course for the dead princess.
Such conduct was not calculated to
prolong the life of the millionaire
prince. He died one day while sitting
at table, with his eyes resting on the
flowers in his dead wife's place.
Prince Peter left no children, and his
sister, the Princess Hohcnlohe-Schill-ingsfuerst,
was his sole heir. But it
was a difficult matter for her to come
into possession of the property of the
former adjutant of the czar. Every
effort to sell the beautiful castle, which
had cost 2,000,000 francs, and the
lands of which yielded an annual in
come of 30,000 francs, failed, because
"patriotism" prevented the would-be
buyers from wanting to have anything
to do with the German heirs. A few
weeks ago it was sold for 210,000 francs
to the Count of Guerande, who rented
it for the summer to the Count of Nan
tua. The charming castle of Kerjulien
the Princess Hohenloho retained for
herself, and occasionally she spends a
few weeks on her Russian possessions.
Kerjulien is said to be one of the most
artistic and beautiful properties in Rus
sia, and surrounding nature is in har
mony with the character of its slmplic
ity. St Louis Republic.
Th. Pitcher riaat.
In the swampy regions of India and
China a herbaceous plant is found,
which has very curious leaves. Each
leaf has the mid-rib prolonged to a
great extent, far beyond the leaf prop
er, and terminating in a very singular
pitcher, from which tho plant derives
its common name of "Pitcher Plant;"
this again terminates in a lid, which is
regarded by botanists as the true blade
of the leaf. In this pitcher a fluid is
found, which comes from the plant
itself, and is probably necessary for its
nourishment This fluid, which con
tains some potash, varies much in
quantity, sometimes only a drop or
two, but often there is enough to drown
any inquisitive insect who may ven
ture inside, and such insects are frc
quently found' in the pitcher.
Far.Tala Weaiaa.
There is a splendid regimen mapped
out by a specialist to help thin women
gain flesh. Breakfast, porridge, and
milk, followed by cocoa, weak tea or
coffee and milk, with rather fat bacon
or fish and Jam. At 11 o'clock a cup
of milk, bovine or eggs and milk.
Lunch, meat, plenty of potatoes and
sweets. No afternoon tea, cocoa being
substituted. Usual dinner with plenty
of vegetables and sweets. Eat fats,
sauces, bread, butter, gravy, and sugar
In abundance and all starchy foods,
besides pears, beans, etc. This, with
the rubbing in of oil (always upwards),
will soon make a change in her appear'
ance.
Aa Oplalea oa Carreaey.
"It's a great relief," remarked Mean
dering Mike, "ter t'ink dat dere ain't
no call fer us ter worry 'bout de finan
cial polisy er dis country."
"Still ye can't help kinder t'inkin'
bout em," replied Plodding Pete,
"'specially when everybody else is
givin 'emselves up ter it Right down
In yer heart, Mike, what metal do yer
honestly favor, gold or silver?"
"Neider," was the prompt response.
"Ez long ez beer is 5 cents a glass I
don't see no use er bavin anyt'ing but
nickel." Washington Star.
Oataat of Books la Britain.
The Publishers' Circular estimates
that in Great Britain the output of
books Is as follows: Sermons, one vol
ume a day; novels, five a day; educa
tional books, two a day; art and sci
ence, two each every week; histories
or biographies, six a week; and law,
one every two weeks.
A Great rreaca UzMaoase.
The illumination In the lighthouse at
Cape de Heve, three miles from Havre,
France, is equal in power to 23,000,000
candles. It is one of the most brilliant
artificial lights, in the world, and in
clear weather can be seen at a distance
of 144 miles.
BaaM Wrltlar.
A rapid writer can write thirty words
in one minute. To do this he must
draw his pen through the space of a
rod, 16 feet. In forty minutes
bis pen travels a furloag, and in five
aad a naif hours a full mile.
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