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VOLUME XXVII.-NUMBER 22.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. If EDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1896.
WHOLE NUMBER 1.374.
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Meat, Captaia Boeenaaas, fsarea to
aeate exteaL
Fleeaare is to aw tke cbief object of
axisteaoe; taerafore. I bava erer triT
ea to aajej aiyeelf, and be prveent
wkere allartty reisaed to aara " a
coed tla" at every poavibla opper-
taalty.
ft was aur duty to move la geoa so
ciety. Tet I have been at eome pains
so to arrange my affairs and social re
Utlons as to be able to attend ssost
ft the better class of private entertain
ments given in Chicago daring the past
two or three winters. It not only gave
me no small enjoyment, but it also as
sisted me materially in my business.
It was a matter of considerable difl-
enlty to secure an Invitation to the
Lawrence reception, but I managed It
. no matter how and it was at this
8 reception that I made the acquaintance
of Captain Rosenbaum.
I had strolled into Doctor Lawrence's
library, in a wing at the rear of the
mansion, on Michigan avenue, to get
out of the hot and crowded parlors,
and, in the dim light, was leaning
' .against the window-casing, idly tap
ping on the glass with my fingers, when
I noticed at the top of the wlndow
sash a bit of metal gleaming in the
semi-darkness. I touched it, and found
that it was part of a burglar alarm,
moving when the window was opened
upon another bit of metal, and by con
tact completing an electric circuit of
some sort
I am something of an electrician, and
my interest and curiosity were at once
aroused. A brilliant idea suddenly
flashed in my brain. I unscrewed the
upper bit of metal with my knife, and,
after twisting off the wire which led
from it into the woodwork, was ex
amining it when I heard a light step
at the door.
Glancing around, I found standing by
the table a tall, dark-skinned man in
an evening dress, with black mustache
and imperial, and long rather curly
black hair in all suggesting at once
the popular idea of his eatanic majesty.
. By one of those Impulses which over
come us at times, I slipped the bit of
"metal. into my pocket and turned to
ward the stranger, whom from his
dress and manner I assumed to be one
ef the guests at the reception.
"I hope I don't intrude." he said,
politely.
"Oh, lio," I hastened to reply; "I am
glad some one else can enjoy the cool
ness here."
"I think I have not the pleasure of
jour acquaintance," 'the stranger said,
smiling; "as guests of this house, I
I TURNED QUICKLY.
trust we need no formal introduction
my name is Captain Rosenbaum."
"And I am William Vance; very
much at your service, sir," I returned,
decidedly pleased with my new friend's
.voice and manner. "I am indeed giad
to make your acquaintance. Captain
' Rosenbaum."
I found the captain a very agreeable
fellow; a gentleman of refinement and
.culture, polished and well informed, a
ready conversationalist, though de
cidedly reserved as to himself, and a
- smoker of excellent cigars. We dis
cussed books, yachting, horses, the
presidential nominations, the tariff,
etc., and the captain 6hone as a man
of wide reading and depth of thought
along many lines.
I could learn nothing, however, of
'his own occupation he was especially
reticent on that point. The captain cas
ually let slip that he had been in New
York until recently; his business had
taken him there on two hours warn
, ing; and had brought him back as sud
denly; he could not tell how sooa his
present business would be disposed of,
er where he would go next.
"I am an uncertain fellow," he said,
laughing, "and never know my plans
two weeks in advance. Indeed, my
' plans are largely made for me, aad I
go and come usually at the bidding of
others."
While we were talking, Doctor Law
rence entered, and I did not see the
captaia again that evening, for, while
I presently returned to the parlor, the
captain remained chatting with his
host
I was decidedly ill at ease, for I had
that piece of burglar alarm in my pock
et, aad could find no opportunity to put
it back. I was fully aware that my
'hasty action might be misconstrued by
eae who did not know me, and I was
aaxkras lest the captain had eeea me
take It down, though not in the most
remote way had either of us referred to
the subject.
It was no business of his, though, ia
aay ease, aad I deemed myself-ia Be
way hound- to consult him about so
trivial aa affair. Besides, I was ta
cllaei to thiak he had not seea n
take the piece of metaL It subsequent
ly appeared, however, that he did see
me take It, aad his actions were etreag
ly iaf aeaced by the ideas this trifling
incident suggested to aim.
Aa it aappeaed, I foaai bo oppor
tunity to approach the wiadew agala,
aai I weat heme with the hit of metal
etUl la sty pocket
That alght aa attempt was made to
rob Doctor Lawrence's hoaee, the barf
Jars entering by the very wiadew from
which I had removed the
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tag any alameer. being frlgateaed awaj
before aay Talaables wen foaai.
New this attempted barglary .
similar to several ethers which
takea place at some of the amest
denees In the city, la each caw foOew
iag only a day or two after a rsoeptioa
er a ball similar to that at Doctor Law
reace'a hemes. As It happened, la
every similar iaataace bat one, I aai
been a geest at the eatertaiameat, aad
I had almost began to fear lest Us
people who had invited me should re
gard me as a bird ef evil emea, aai
cease to "reqaeet the heaor ef my frea
eacer at their hoases.
Probably yon are talaklag ef Cap
tola Rosenbaum la ceaaectloa with
these robberies.
I mast confess that I did not, al
theaga I had occasion afterward to as
sociate Mm more or teas directly with
all ef them. I had met him bat oace.
aad for a short time oaly. aai his
later, when Russell Dennisoa's daugh
ter was married. At the reception, la
the evening, I met my friend, the cap
tain, again, and I found aim the same
polite, chatty gentleman, but, as be
fore, suggesting Mephistophelea.
I encountered him a dozen times that
evening on the back veranda, in the
conservatory, in the garden till I be
gan to regard him as my evil genius.
Particularly did he hover in the
neighborhood of the room full of sil
verware and Jewelry which comprised
the wedding gifts.
When I left the house the last per
son I saw was Captain Rosenbaum,
who went out with me and left me at
the nearest corner, turning down a
side street with a wave of the hand and
a cheery "Good-night Vance."
I was destined to see my friend, the
captain, once more that night and It
happened In this wise: The moon had
gone down, and it was nearly three
o'clock in the morning, when, with two
friends, I stood In the rear of Russell
Dennlson's mansion, under the shadow
of a large bush. I was still in evening
dress, concealed by a dark overcoat
and had a soft hat pulled down over
my eyes. In my hand I held a revolver,
as did each of my two companions.
In pursuance of my project it was
only a minute's work to quietly open
the door at the rear of the house and
the door at the head of the stairs
within. Two minutes later we were In
the room with the wedding gifts.
A dim light burned in the chandelier,
and at the other side of the room the
figure of a man lay on a sofa.
I slipped over to his side, and with
my revolver close to his temple, sig
naled to my friends to begin their
work.
At the first soft clink of the silver ia
the bag in which they were guardedly
slipping the wedding gifts the room
was suddenly flooded with light, and I
heard an oath from one of my com
panions. I turned quickly, and saw Captaia
Rosenbaum and three policemen stand
ing in the doorway. I had time only
to see the captain smile triumphantly
and nod In my direction, before my
arms were seized from behind, the
weapon wrenched' from my hand, and
with sharp clicks of locking handcuffs,
I was a prisoner. My friend, the cap
tain, then spoke:
"Hardly expected to meet me again
to-night, eh, Vance? You tried that
burglar alarm dodge once too oftea.
Twice you played It In Madison ave
nue, New York, undetected. An ac
count of similar burglaries in Chicago,
as reported In the Chicago Record,
aroused the suspicions of Chief Conlln,
of New York, and he sent me here to
try to run you down. I am known la
the metropolis as Jack Randolph, ef
Police Headquarters. You and your
pals are my prisoners."
That consoling speech from "my
friend, the captain," made my blood
run cold, and I felt humiliated when I
thought of how I had been entrapped
by the New York detective.
As I before remarked, I am now tak
ing a rest from my social duties. I
shall stay at this closely guarded in
stitution somewhat less than eight
years, and there are six indictments, I
am told, waiting to be attended to
when I leave.
H Km Tm Mack.
"Did you ever." remarked the maa
who delights in facetious antiquities,
"hear of the hayseed who went to the
ticket office and asked what time the 4
o'clock train left?"
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" said his friend polite
ly. On the face of one of the bystanders
there was, however, no answering
smile. Instead there was the strained
look of one who fails to see the point
"Well," he said doubtfully, "what's
wrong with that?"
"Why, man alive, can't you see? It's
the worst kind of a chump question.
What answer would you expect?"
"O. I don't know. Maybe 5:45."
"My friend, whom do you find willing
to pay money for the use of your men
tal powers?"
"Eh? O, you mean where do I work?
Pm ticket agent on the Middle South
ern." Chicago Tribune.
HUehteg thm Blcyel.
A aew bicycle kink has developed,
A rider stopped in front of a store and,
after he had dismounted, he took a
heavy weight that was hooked Just be
hind the eeat and attached it to a chain
which he took from his pocket He
fastened the chain and weight to the
bicycle, and, apparently satisfied that
it was bow quite safe, he went Into the
store. New York World.
Just as a Mount Sterling family had
sat dowa to dinner aad while the head families, their household, aad their
of the family was saying grace a nun- women, their children, and their rela
gry tramp stole the pan of biscuit oat tkma by nurriage, their brethren aad
of the stove. ' their friends, their possessions, and
Moral You should watch as wen aa
pray. Winchester (Ky.) Democrat
Brmtal f Bter.
Tewwibly hot is it aot Miss Teas
er? My poor head feels as if it is ea
are."
"Yes! I thought I could smeU baraei
wood." Chips.
Campbell is the anther of tie fee
tatiea, "Like aagel visits, few aai fat
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D1ATH TO CRETANS.
ntlOHTPUl. BARBARITIES TO
THB HUMBLE CHRISTIANS.
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whole world
beea horrified
by the frightful
Terktsh war of ex
termination aa the
Armenians. Now
the same crime is
being repeated ia
another part of the
Sultan's domlaloas
in the Island of
Crete.
like the Armeakuuase4
and it ls-fsr this' reason
that they are being massacred. Their
slaughter is accompanied by the same
circumstances of horror as was that of
the Armenians. Old men, women and
children are outraged and murdered
and nameless cruelties are committed.
The Sultan Is again demonstrating
that he is a monster, capable of any
crime. He has permitted during the
apace of two years every conceivable
outrage and cruelty to be perpetrated
under his authority and by his officers
in one part of the unhappy land which
he rules. Now he allows the same
crime to be committed in another part
As in the other, case, ho is doggedly re
sisting every effort to obtain mercy for
the victims of his brutal officers.
In personal Intercourse with Euro
peans the Sultan appears to possess
many of the qualities of civilized hu
manity, but those superficial qualities
do not make less hideous the crimes
which he has permitted. He Is really
an Infinitely worse savage than King
AFTER THE TURKISH
Behanzin of Dahomey, or King Prem
peh of Ashantee, whom the French and
English have ruined for their alleged
misdeeds. The Sultan is a criminal un
lit to live, let alone to rule.
Will the Cretans fare any better than
the Armenians? That is still an unde
cided question. It Is not probable that
they will get any more help from the
sympathizing civilized world than did
the Armenians, but on the other hand
it is likely that they will make a good
light for themselves. They have strong
friends in the Greeks, to whose race
they belong, and Greece may even de
clare war on Turkey to save the Cret
ans from extermination.
The Cretans are now in open rebel
lion, and are holding their own in cer
tain parts of the island. The Turks, on'
the other hand.have slaughtered Chris
tians in the cities and destroyed many
ef the unprotected villages of the coast
which were easily accessible to the sol
diers. Some photographs sent to England by
the Rev. William Bourchier, chaplain
of the British war ship The Hood, give
a vivid and grewsome idea of Turkish
methods in Crete. The Hood witnessed
a series of outrages committed by
Turkish war ships, but under instruc
tions from the government was power
'ess to Interfere.
One of Mr. Bourchier's photographs
Shows the desecrated Christian grave
yard at Galata. It seems that the Mos
lem should be satisfied with his sim
ple and sincere belief that every Chris
tian must go to' hell, but he is not He
wants to make earth a hell for the un
believer while he lives, and to insult
his remains when he Is dead,
la the Galata churchyard the Turks
have deliberately dug every grave,
thrown rubbish Into It scattered the
bones about the ground and destroyed
the crosses which served as tomb
stones. Many other graveyards were
similarly desecrated.
Some light Is thrown on such conduct
'by the following Mohammedan prayer,
which Is sanctioned by the highest au
thority and is recited five times daily
throughout Turkey:
"Oh, Lord of all creatures! Oh. Allah!
destroy the Ghlaours and Polythelsts,
thine enemies, the enemies of religion,
Oh, Allah! Make their children or
phans, and defile their bodies: cansa
their feet to slip; give them and their
their race, their wealthy and their
lands, aa booty to the Moslems, Oh,
Lord of an creatures!"
Oa Jaae 4 Mr. Bourchier saw two
aai a gunboat hud four thou-
id soldiers at Sebroaa, where the
garrisoa was besieged by a small force
ef Cretans. After liberating the. gar
risoa they proceeded along the shore,
baraiag all the villages they passed.
These eoldiers were fresh from the Ar
menian atrocities.
They had thea spent five successive
days ia baraiag anoffendinc TfUacea
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"has never beea permitted by
Crete Is an island lying to the.
east of Greece aad to the south'
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Turkey, in Asia. It" is 156
length and SS ia width. The
tion is SHlftS. It is painful to; rems
that they have a riiiijpimn repatatioa
for untruthfulness, but thai, of
furalshes Mr reason sat
them. - v? str i&
The people are ef para Greejtraee.
aad ancient Greek Is still spokeaja the
interior. Crete Is conspicuous raJayta
elogy as thai home of Mlaetaur..
Crete hasconsiderable commercalB
wines, olives and other Baturalafei
ucts, and In very pretty silk fabrics).
It has several fine harbors. The' capital
is Canes.
In the course of Its history it has had
many masters. The Roman Empire
annexed It In 67 B. C, and wit fottpwed
by the Binoeayaad next by theBy-ssMMnmar1The.Vaetk4ba-
11c Mnl H la 1204 A. D. aaoTthe
Turks took it from them in 1669. The
Cretans took part In the Greek war of
independence, but were -held by the
Turks. Twenty-five years ago they ob
tained a local legislature. In spite of
this they are ruled by Turkish officials
and have less freedom thanthe Cubans
had under the Spanish.
The present trouble is ons of a long
series which will continue until the
Cretans have been exterminated .or
achieved their independence. While
the Turkish conduct in Crete and In
Armenia is similar, it must be under
stood that the Cretans and the Armen
ians are different The Cretans are a
very aggressive and warlike people and
have had a large share In causing the
present trouble. There have been mas
sacres because the Turkish soldiers
have taken advantage of the helpless
situation of individuals or small bodies
of Christians.
The Cretan patriots are in active'
communication with the Pan-Hellenist
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SOLDIERS HAD ABANDONED A CHRISTIAN CEMETERY.
party in Greece, and have been sup
plied by them with arms, money and
men. At the outbreak of the present
hostilities there were 20,000 Cretans
and Pan-Hellenists possessing arms.
They had been drilled secretly.
The outbreak was precipitated by the
Turkish soldiery, men who had taken
part in the Armenian atrocities. The
Mohammedan citizens Joined them. At
thte end of May they broke loose or
were turned loose in the streets of
Canea, the capital. They murdered all
the Christians they met and plundered
many of their houses. The sickening
scenes so often described in the case
of Armenia were repeated. Little chil
dren were thrown into the air and
spitted on bayonets, and women were
abused and then slaughtered. The ca
vasses, or guards of the Greek and
Russian consulates, were stabbed to
death outside the doors of those build
ings. Turkish soldiers were to be seen af
terward in the streets of Canea carry
ing ears of Christian women as decora
tions. A state of bloody anarchy continued
in Canea for two days, at the end of
which the authorities, thinking that
the patience of the European powers
might be pushed too far, did their best
to restore order.
After this affair the Cretan moun
taineers assembled under arms and
swore that they would not lay them
down until they had avenged their
brethren and escaped the yoke of the
Sultan, either by annexation to Greece
or by Independence.
The outrages in Canea were the more
criminal because the city had taken
little or no part in the patriotic agi
tation. The Turk is a savage, who will
rather attack the helpless and unof
fending than the armed and aggressive.
The affair at Canea was followed by
risings of Cretans in many places. The
Turkish government immediately sent
reinforcements to the island, and the
army there now numbers over 7.000
men. They have been unsuccessful in
many encounters with Cretans, but
they have found most occupation ia
outrages on the helpless.
Th Tava'f Croekad Dlvldta Uafc
"There is a reason for most every
thing," said a Cumberland man, when
he was asked how in the world they
came to have such a crooked line be
tween two towns In his county.
"There's a reason for this crooked line.
Yon see, some of our towns established
in pioneer times, when land was abund
ant aad people were few, had a big ter
ritory, which was afterward sliced off
to make new towns. It was so in the
case you mention and when the cut
off was made people along the line ef
division were of different minds aa to
which towa they wanted to be In. So
the legislature drew a straight llae be
tween the two parts aad thea provided
that persons dwelling on lands adjoin
ing either side of this line might he
in one town or the other as they should
aeciae witaia ninety days after
tag the act, Borne weat eae way aai
the ether aad the lias was
i al
ap to accommodate tfc
Lewmtea (Me.) Journal.
THB LOCH SALMON.
Ctaiatag along the seedy share aai
traillag the flies Just where the water
eaddealy becomes profound there
to pass a mighty commetiea; a
form loomed eat of the side of a wave,
a broad tall swept around ia the brown
water, the liae tightened bravely, the
good greeaheart beat In sympathy aad
away weat the salmon, buzzing off
thirty yards of line at a stretch, says
Blackwood's Magazine. The charm of
these tech ash Ues ia the splendid fight
they show for liberty. Maay a river
fish earn be played under the point of
the red and landed without running eat
mora than half a desea yards 9t llae.
Ifctt Is far sstsji latwaea there m
plenty of sea room, with no' banks er
shoals to cow the fish and nothing to
bar hie powerful rush toward deep
water. It is this and the splendid dis
play a loch fish generally makes on the
rise that compensates the fisherman for
muck weary, monotonous flogging of
the surface. The bold rise is very
characteristic of loch salmon. In'
streams where it is expedient to fish
the fly deep, a flsh in seising it most
often never breaks the surface; but la a
loch the flies cannot easily be kept la
motion if sunk; they must be drawn
along near the top and the salmon must
dash to the surface to catch them.there
by imparting a peculiar charm to this
kind of sport Well, our flsh made a
grand run, the gillie bent stoutly to his
oars and followed It, the anchor was
dropped In a few minutes and the dis
pute soon ended in favor of the angler,
who, peering at the index of the steel
yard, complacently pronounced the ver
dict "Eighteen pounds, neat!"
Hit Very Object.
"My dear sir," said the publisher to
an author, "why do you wish to print
on the title page of your book the line,
'for private circulation?' I thought yon
wished to sell the volume in the general
market"
"That's the very Idea, sir," replied
the author. "That's the very idea, i
wish it to obtain the widest possible
publicity." Exchange.
Rererad.
Diner "Waiter, there Is a slight mis.
take. I ordered a spring chicken and a
bottle of 1884 wine." Waiter "Yes,
sir." Diner "You have brought me
some wine of last spring and a chicken
of 1884." Paris Messenger.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
John Morley said recently that as a
man grew older there was no branch
of literature which seemed calculated
to give more refreshment or exhilara
tion as the study of Greek.
In Sweden the education of Journal
ists is treated as a function of the state.
Under this system the young Journalist
gains a knowledge of the world by trav
eling at the expense of the taxpayer.
Much uneasiness is felt in Egypt at
the deficiency of the water supply,
which is causing loss to rice growers
and threatens the coming maize crop!
This season's Nile flood Is a fortnight
late.
Thf success of Giordano's new opera,
"Andrea Chenler," bids fair to surpass
that of "Faust." as already it is booked
In upward of 130 theaters in Italy, like-1
wise at bc retersDurg, Marseilles and
Lyons.
The commission on pauperism ia
Paris recently heard several managers
fit theaters on the subject of a great
grievance. A tax for the poor is levied
on the total receipts of theaters and
other places of amusement and this the
managers want changed to a levy oa
the est receipts.
MISCELLANY.
Cycles are used In large numbers in
Johannesburg, South Africa. It is said
there are 4,000 ia use by all classes la
that place.
Japaa bow ranks fifth in population
among the nations of the earth, only
China, India, Russia and Germany be
ing ahead of it
Wheat In 100 parts, contains 14.4 of
water; mineral elements, 2; albumen
olds, 13; carbohydrates, 7.; crude
fiber, J, aad fats, L5.
It is aot generally kaowa to farmers
that wheat straw is a most valuable
food, far stock, contalntoralnmTa;
uch aearisameat as hay.
Ta 1M1 w1ia .1 ,m
nawk uvy ui uie world J
waa estimated at 2487.00e.e00 busheia1
of which the Uaited States raised $12.
M0,eae, er OTflr one-fourth.
In Ceaaeeticttt the rent of farming
maa w tee most serious item of ex
j pease ia the production of wheat, belag
j ao Ues than f Jl per acre.
CONVICTS OF NAME.
TITLED CRIMINALS WHO
WEAR STRIPES.
NOW
ONVICT garb Is
aew worn by a
large aamber e f
priaces aai ,great
nobles ia the old
world, a fact called
to mlad by the sea
satloaal trial a e t
teag age ef Priace
Charles ef Loos
Ceswarem, scloa ef
fkm tmrwmmrW maw-
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ft mm Aft rftaMaam ffaf f hTMl-V U1 frftOmL T
says the New York World.
In olden times this strange anomaly
would have beea impossible, since the
mere fact of being branded as a felon
on the shoulder and forehead and hav
ing occupied a seat in the galleys car
ried with it the loss of all nobility priv
ileges, titles end prerogatives.
It to in Italy and Russia that la
stances of this kind are the most fre
quent owing, in all probability, to these
two countries being afflicted with a
larger number' of princes than any
other. Thus, at the great penitentiary
of Maddelena, near Naples, there are
two Sicilian princes who are dukes as
well, namely, Don Francesco and Don
Pietro de Villarosa-Notarbartollo, who
are undergoing a term of penal servi
tude for the cowardly murderof a young
Infantry lieutenant named Leonl, who
was betrothed to their sister, the Prin
cess Katarina. The assassination took
place at Palermo, in the magnificent
Villarosa palace owned by them, and
where they had Invited the young offi
cer to dine In the most frhmdly man
ner. After dinner and after Leoni had
broken bread with them the princes
took his life by stabbing him in the
back as he was about to leave the pal
ace. The trial was to have taken place at
Palermo, but the two princes, like
many other great Sicilian nobles, were
affiliate with the Mafia, which ren
dered it absolutely impossible for the
government to secure witnesses for the
prosecution or Jurors willing to risk
their fortunes and their lives by ren
dering a Just verdict It therefore be
came necessary to change the venue to
Naples, where, owing to the relations
that exist between the Sicilian Mafia
and the Neapolitan Camorra, convic
tion was obtained with the utmost dif
ficulty. Another prince confined In the same
convict prison Is the prince and duke of
Caracciolo dl Bella, sentenced to ten
years at hard labor for the murder of
his wife. The latter, a woman consid
erably younger than himself, was re
nowned for her beauty and wealth.
The Princess Regina d'Avalos, which
was her maiden name, was regarded as
the greatest heiress in southern Italy.
Orphaned at an early age, Regina had
already witnessed one sanguinary trag
edy before she had attained her 14th
year. In her presence an aunt a wo
man of the most incredible violence of
temper had shot down and killed in
cold blood one of her farm bailiffs,
who had been guilty of some gross in
solence. When Regina grew up it was determ
ined that she should marry and the
bridegroom chosen was a lieutenant
In the navy, who was a brother of her
aunt's husband. On the morning of
the wedding day, however, the lieuten
ant was found In his apartments with
his brains blown out and a revolver at
his side. It was a clear case of suicide,
but no explanation was ever vouch
safed as to the cause of his act, most
extraordinary rumors being current on
the subject
Eighteen months later the young prin
cess married Caracclola di Bella. But
the union was an unhappy one. Hence,
when one day the princess was pois
oned, leaving a will in which she be
queathed every cent of her immense
fortune to the husband whom she de
tested, suspicion was naturally aroused
against him on the discovery that the
drug that caused her death had been
purchased by him, he was arrested on
a charge of murder, convicted and sen
tenced to a term of penal servitude.
There are at least a score of princes
Neapolitan, Sicilian and Roman doing
time, not including those half-dozen or
more who are paying the same penalty
for complicity in socialist and anarch
ist outrages, who, although treated as
ordinary felons, may be regarded as po
litical prisoners.
Prince Eristoff deCourie, whose title
is of the most authentic character, and
several of whose relatives occupy offi
ces of great dignity at the court of Rus
sia, served two years in a German peni
tentiary for frauds committed at Ber
lin and subsequently underwent six
months' imprisonment in France for
offenses of a similar character. He
likewise suffered ignominy of arrest In
England for swindling, in spite of all
of which he was received with open
arms by New York society, the German
ambassador, Count Arco, who was In
happy ignorance of his criminal ante;
cedents, actually giving dinners and
luncheons in his honor and officiating
as his social sponsor. He was on the
point of contracting a wealthy mar
Mage in this city when he was un
masked in the nick of time by a London
clubman who had known something of
his previous history and whose state
ments were by the most fortunate of
chances verified by the Scotland Yard
detective, Iaspector Jarvis, who hap
pened to be in New York after other
game, but who had been the very man
to clap the handcuffs on the prince's
wrists in England.
There have beea some rumors of late
that Priace Nicolas Savine, formerly
lieutenant of the Chevalier Garde de
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Saghalien and that he is now In this
couatry. Six years ago he -was sea
teaced by the courts of St Petersburg
to penal servitude for life for a kmg
leas saccemloa of crimes, comprisiag
arson, forgery aad fraud ef the
colossal description.
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Saw fthmss Begtea Avalw Was
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ma ef the wett
marshal ef the eeart ef
mansm Alexander IL, Is aew es the
peiat ef completing, aot ia Siberia ew
la the greet lake prisoa to the east ef
St Peterseurg, a term ef eight years'
peaal servitude for the murder ef a
Polish actress at Warsaw. He blew eat
her brains ia a fit of Jeateasy when
abowt to hM farewell to her previous to
their final parting. It waa solely the
late oxer's appredatiea of the teag aai
faithful service ef his father that saved
him from death.
RIDES HIS WHEEL ON A RAIL.
er
AttaTmmrm1 AftftSmatloNBe
R. G. Wilbur, of 1427 Broadway. Oak
tead, hi looked upon aa a cariosity by
the hikers ef Alameda county. He
races with railroad trains, rides his
wheel oa a railroad rail, aad does
other eg
VaVCMIM
alase. Thursday WUbar
Barrow-gauge trala'freea the
pier to Oakland, riding his wheel oa a
single rail behind the speeding train.
Wilbur for some moathe has been prac
ticing riding his wheel on a single rail
road rail. His method Is to take a com
panion wheel and use it for balancing.
In this manner he can ride on a rail
road track for miles. One hand is
used to steer his own machine, end the
other rests on the companion wheel
which he pulls along by his side. Af
ter many experiments on the Seventh
street track Wilbur decided he was pro
ficient as a rail rider. The sport on
the ground was not exciting enough
for him, so he determined to ride a rail
over the long narrow-gauge trestle. At
7 o'clock Wilbur started out from the
mole behind a train with his two
wheels, one on the track and the other
jumping over the trestle ties. He
made good progress, but was unable to
keep within hailing distance of the
train. But his speed was high consid
ering the fact that the slightest slip
meant a fall into the bay. The Web
ster street drawbridge was crossed in
safety, and when the rider arrived at
First street he dismounted with the
remark: "I defy any other wheelman
in California to make that ride." Not
satisfied with this feat, Wilbur left Tib
uron yesterday on a run to Santa Rosa,
using the railroad track. The run was
made In good time, and now the wheel
man is looking for some other moda
of astonishing wheelmen. Wilbur sim
ply takes these wild rides in order to
amaze people. He likes to be called
queer and pointed out as a crank. I
can beat any man in the United States
riding a bicycle on a railroad track,"
said Wilbur today. "I like to be called
a crank and pointed out as a fool for
taking chances. This thing of riding
a wheel In a rail is only a matter of
practice. Any man with a steady nerve
and a little courage can do it Next
week I am going to make a trip from
the Oakland mole to San Leandro on
my wheel, and will ride a rail all the
way." San Francisco Examiner.
Thy Had Lwt Faith la BTaaceta.
Two men were talking about luck
at the corner of Baltimore and South
streets last night Neither of them had
had a recent visitation of Dame For
tune, and in consequence both were
lost in their denunciations of that
fickle lady.
"I haven't had a good thing for three
years," said one of them in a tone of
deep disgust "I have tried my best to
overcome the hoodoo, but somehow I
can't do It I've tried every sort of
mascot, but I can't get out of the rut
For two years I have carried a rab
bit's foot, but It seems to have come
from a Jonah rabbit, and not of the
regular kind. Darn this luck, any
how." The other man sympathized deeply,
and told his own troubles in the same
disgruntled style. He, too, had a mas
cot in a Chinese coin.
"They are all a snare and a delu
sion," he said, and his face looked more
woe-be-gone than ever. "Darn this
luck anyhow."'
"Mascots are not what they are
cracked up to be," assented the other.
"I'm almost tempted to believe in
Jonahs as the harbingers of good for
tune. I'm going to get rid of this rab
bit's foot, at any rate."
"I'm right with you," said the other.
"Darn this luck, anyhow."
The rabbit's foot and the coin ap
peared from their pockets, and with a
more hopeful manner than they had
yet shown the two charms were tossed
together in the middle of the street
near the tracks of the City Passenger
railway. Then the two "hoodooed" men
went down the street arm in arm.
"Darn this luck, anyhow," was the
last thing heard as they disappeared
in a doorway. Baltimore Sun.
Tha Fallacy or Isod Tabic.
Tables giving the respective percent
age of nutriment-in animal and vegeta
ble foods are quite common, and are
often consulted by those wishing to
gain nourishment from the smallest
quantity of food matter. Such persons
forget that the measure of nutrition to
any Individual case is not to be judged
by a table showing the nutritive parts
of food as determined by chemical
analysis, but depends upon its digesti
bility in his or her particular case.
Cheese, measured by the elements of
its composition, is far more nourishing
than beef, yet cheese is to most people
difficult of digestion, and therefore beef
in the majority of cases affords much
more actual nourishment. All depends
on the person. Many times food that
is practically poison to one is nourish
ing and Invigorating to another. We
are not only fearfully and wonderfully
made, but we are made so unlike in
many respects that we must not take
it for granted that another man's diet
will suit us till we have tested it welL
From What to Eat.
Alalia tfca Btcycla
Bicycle saddles which have becom
stretched by use may be renovated to a
certain extent by dampening the under
side of the leather. This will cause it
to shrink and If the saddle is not too
badly out of shape, it will, after treat
meat, be nearly as good as new.
A newly patented saddle is made ol
sponge rubber covered with fine saddle
leather. The virtues claimed for it are
many, among them, resiliency, perfect
veatilation, perfect shape which never
changes, and conformation to the mo
tion of the rider's body. New Terk
BvesdagPeet.
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