The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, August 26, 1896, Image 1
W?tT vaicjsB?ia-i; --j?.?H'. I2S-3THSel5:VS,S2SrJSJ- '.ji "Bfr? ,' -- T -d . T3 . JTi Ji- ;-- - - ? ft?-stSrai v y)C. i!" i.? LJ ,iT , Cr - - fi '-i - : SS5? :.5r tMhr-h. ' ,' -M...3- . Wt ," iCv.i ,3 - '':-:T'': " x .t.iv -,v. tg-f,," : , a"1-" "i . X'. '-"'v- -- i ?w: ?. Ar3S?i ?S: .J PT.: r,- V -t -- i'.'2: "4 ;-' &S3; iTar rs -c . .". X1 '.'. - - ".v -tWl vut;j.iriti"-a JPH - ( i-t 3?ki j A. l-T "i: sesSrt?; ''v. ; "i ,-- 9 ?r i WW VOLUME.XXVII.WlrtlBm 20j .j.-,- COLUMBUS, M 1PNESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1896. WHOLE NUMBER 1,372. Zr-2?Jr, 2 ?? .4 Ejjc 'st a-cts. t - e " - rf " - ""ii rf fc- . t i - . r r & . fii. - -. w - j V " ' .aflaatBaW A. -. i '.-. Ai- V -iL .Cea'eBaT' -a"a bus - mm ntfs4tfAi A "' fc?? 'rf-' 'V--Ii.'3i .' : 6f Sr--X -i- - '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 DEVILFISH VS. WHALE -, DUEL TO DEATH IN MID-OCBAH. 5 . - - -.-"R3 -r : BtM? a -f ifwit Omght C tvtt Uk Vast mi- Wi '"- T'? 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. z--mmL ' - 2 '4rT7y ISA FOUNDUM!? A ..i.J,-!sb "- '-x2T-i. aw..aavveaav 7 trx:---?-'- i;.'ii-V--? - !?"""B!"ttr4.i . wituaastawfU08ii 1.- . - - , . 'JVii -.fc " T-' , el, aw, MJmm Sf : worst ateWeVfl la the worldi 4i.M-J:-.-2MM-i-L u'afRina: ttaim, Low. sfhartiilaVvi ll41,fWheaineer Thteselwolt4amtasl waging a 'Jews; and has a'sjaff '. It is welL Rothschild's tt were It no for his the school would be laabk to j vast expefciltufea. . It la alic to iv ". r " ijvi.- -i i iiii,' Bcuccuaiij uiai. 4revr vnaMmv n Tonr mjinifajrrtA-aal J 4 ..- ... --- j ," 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 ald. ... haaVaaW! aa ' 1' jl ,-afi a - . : ,-T " r-r 7 KeBv9W4a?JaPaflK BJaaww-JII laatitotJa 4 -' :s?220xmzz 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 turned iFT 2aalHlaV H 1 ! aVaaaT WaaW CLTOaL MsL. aa!Ba4vBaaaKaCBl aaaUaaUX' - aaaTaaw!--.. :" 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 ESTATE 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. IT l 111 BllHiff Ik Cawtte Cohnftto -State .Bank) a flat Hat pro i najuMn BUYS GOOD NOTES 4 Airosracro laUKDSB GXBXaXD, Pm't, B. H. Hwrar, Vice Pratt, If. BnucKOB, Cashier, Jomr STAumcn, Wm. 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