Pittston Gazette

              stablUhed 185 D. (. TUL. L No. Jtt f Oldest Newspaper In the Wvomine Vallev PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1900. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. J S1.00 t Yo»r ; In AdTkaM. I 7jhe Sou/ of a ffirute | 5t RODBIGUES OTTOLENGUI, £ J Author of "An Artist in Crime," "A Ooofllot of Evidenoe," ' The Crime JC DX of the Century," eto , etc.  I reached my landing place, my boat was missing. I supposed It had broken away, perhaps because the wind waa so high. I knew that the current would take her south anyway, and, besides, the wind that night being also from the north, it would be a certainty that I should find her somewhere toward the hotel. And that is just where I did find her—on the beach at the side of the hotel lading. While I was there I saw a boat coming toward me. I waited. It was the prisoner's boat, and he was in It He landed near me and went toward the hotel after tying the painter to a stake. I swear it was he. I recognized him easily. He was not four feet away. This was Just before 2 o'clock. I know about the time because I waited until 2 to see if the wind would die down enough for me to go fishing. At a quarter past 2 1 started. Yes; something else happened that morning. I went a mile south of the hotel J© fish. About 5 o'clock I saw an empty boat adrift coming toward me. I went after it and took it in tow. It was the prisoner's boat It evidently broke away from the stake and drifted to the south. This shows I wm right about the current for the wipd had all died down by then, and the lake was as calm as a mirror. I took the boat back to the landing and tied it again to the stake. Then I went home." Cross examination did not alter this man's testimony. the Jury were moved. I felt satisfied that after the doubt thus created in their minds they would never convict me of a capital offense. The prosecuting attorney did not make a long speech, but it was a strong one. "I must congratulate the prisoner," -he began, "upon the ingenuity of my legal friend, his defendant. What the other side lack In the way of evidence they make up in sophistry. Mark that I do not say logic, for, just as it has been explained to you to be convincing circumstantial evidence must fit all the facts, so also Is it with an argument Falling at a single point it ceases to be logic and becomes sophistry, yet a dangerous argument and most convincing till the flaw is discovered. As the defense admit all our facts, which indeed they are compelled to do since they are facts, I need not go over the ground in full. I have only to explain away this sophistical argument of my Ingenious adversary and show you plainly that his explanation Is extremely fallacious, purely theoretical. And, much as I should hesitate to deprive the prisoner of a single chance for his life, at the same time T am compelled to ask you to follow me out of the realm of theory and sentiment back into the more ■table ground of truth and justice. "It Is common practice for those who have a weak case to assume what their opponents will say and then build up an answer. This is assumption indeed, and in this instance words are put into my mouth which I certainly would not utter. You were told that I would as& you to believe that these two n\eq quarreled at or near midnight in a room tq the hotel and that then they went out, in th« face of a rising storm, on a pleasure trip in a boat No, gentlemen. 1 would not so impose upon your intelligence as to ask you to accept any sucb preposterous proposition. What I do ask you to believe is easy to be, lleve, however, for, as God is hearing what I say, I consider It to be the solemn truth. It has been testified, and the testimony has neither been refuted nor denied by the defense, that the prisoner persecuted the lady who was t° the deceased with attentions which she spurned. It has been shown that she accepted the deceased and that the prisoner Immediately heaped vituperation upon him in the very presence of the woman whom that day he had pretended to lov?; True, the pretense for the quarrel was the flog, ft lame dog and a very lame pretense. Later we find that the prisoner pursues the deceased to bis very room lq the bote| la the nighttime. They quarrel, and shortly afterward they both go out Now, why did they go out? Evidently they went to settle finally the difficulty which existed between them. Harassed and annoyed by this man. who had been his rival and who did not hesitate to precipitate a quarrel in the presence of the woman to whom he was engaged, the deceased accepted a proposition to go to Deer V»- iand ftnd fight it opt Thither they went. There one man died- Now, why did be die? Evidently tjefqre reaohlng tne tagq Aortan, who was sitting )n the stent, since he had the longer para, and had his back to bia adversary, was treacherously thrown I went to Norton and remonstrated with him. Then he saw that by injuring the dog he could wound me. Again I beard of his kicking Psyche, and I probably used the threatening language attributed to me on the stand. But I ask you: When a man is angry, does he always weigh bis words? Do not all of us at times threaten more than we would execute? oars and went to the island. In some way he was drowned, and the oars floated into the bushes and the boat out Into the lake till found by the miller's son. But I wonder, did Psyche's soul lure him to his doom? THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR." THE BOOK COLLECTOR. He lbC« a Swap Which Sattifei th* leeondhand Dealer. "It's astonishing bow book collecting will blunt a man's conception of the rights of meum et tuum," said the proprietor of a delightful old secondhand store on the south side of the town. "I wouldn't trust a confirmed collector as i far as I could throw Jackson square by a the monument. They all consider themselves licensed privateers, and when one of them wants any particular volume and can't buy it the chances are It will mysterlou la isappear the first time he pays yotrS'visit. I am on to most of the tricks of the fraternity, however, and It takes a pretty smooth Individual to secure any plunder in this shop. LESSON X, FIRST QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 11. Topic For Week Beginning March 11—Comment by Rev. S. H. Doyle. T«ric.—Ejecting Chrlrt.—Mark xii, l-». THE PARABLE. The topic, rejecting Christ, la Illustrated by Christ's parable of the wicked husbandmen. By this parable a certain man planted a vineyard, let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country, an Incident of common occurrence. At proper times he sent his servants to the husbandmen for the fruit of the vineyard. But they shamefully treated them, beating them, wounding them and even killing some. At last he sent his only son, thinking they would reverence him, but instead they said, "This is the heir; come, let us kill hhn." "And they took him and killed him and cast him out of the Text of the Lcuon, Mark It, 1-12. Memory Venn, 9-13—Golden Text, Mark 11, IO—Commentary Prepared by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. Husband—Why don't you bake biscuits like mother used to make? Breakfaat Repartee. I come now to the day upon which 1 asked Martha Temple to be my wife. 1 see now how ridiculous that was. She had known Norton - before they met here, and she loved him. At first she accepted my attentions as a pastime. Later, when he came, It was done to Incite him through jealousy to a proposal. She refused me and laughed at my suit. In an unenviable frame of mind I sought my dog. Poor beasti 1 bad been neglecting her for this heartless woman, and now in my misery 1 felt tbat I had been recreant to my love for the only being who loved me. Imagine my feelings when I discovered Psyche hiding under my bed, moaning piteously. I drew her out, and as she licked my hand with her tongue I dls covered that her leg was broken. 1 rushed down stairs and made Inquiries I learned that Norton had Injured Psyche by striking her with a stick as has been told. 1 then searched foi Norton. I have no hesitation in saying that had I found him alone 1 iniglr have murdered him. 1 was so enragethat 1 had almost lost control of nij self. I say almost for when I foun. him with Martha Temple 1 did proven myaelf from killing him on the spot This was only because of her presence Yet we quarreled violently, as sL claimed. Wife—Why don't you buy me hats like father used to buy?—Baltimore News. [Copyright, 1800, by D. M. Steaim] 1. "And again He entered into Capernaum after some days." According t« iome harmonies Mark i, 39, describes His Srst general circnit of Galilee, which Math, iv, 23, states more fully in thess words, "And Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people." Between verses 39 and 40 of chapter I these harmonies tell us that there comes MEN OF MARK. William Jennings Bryan asked recently what was the secret of his health and endurance replied, "Activity." Secretary Hay has presented to St. Paul's Episcopal church of Warsaw, Ills., a carved oak altar as a memorial to his parents. -- [Copyright, 1889, by Bodrigues OttolenguL] me If I went ofT on a long walk anywhere and come and sit by me if I took "Manslaughter in the first degree"— that Is the verdict of my Jury. "Twenty years of peu&l servitude"—that la the sentence of my judge. Yet now that it Ib all over, am I guilty of this crime? It Is an odd question to be asked by the prisoner, is It not? Two weeks ago, when placed on trial, my Flea waa "Not At that time would have sworn t hat, I bad nothing to do with the death of I'hiUp Norton. Now, strange as it tuay seem, I am . sell tn doubt I have listened attentively to the evidence as it baa been &»wn from the Witnesses, and I am pbllgetj to confess that\ the Jury has gendered a just verdict even a lenient one. Would you care to hear tbat evidence which has almost convinced me —myself—that I am guilty of a crime of which up to the day of my arrest I could have sworn that I was innocent? If so, I will relate the most Important facts of the trial, after which. If you ■till have an Interest In the recital, I •will tell you the whole truth as far as I know it President Qompers of the American Federation of Labor has gone to Cuba to study industrial matters there, with a view of forming unions. "Only recently I circumvented an. old gentleman In a manner that is apt te adhere to his memory for some time. He Is a passionate admirer of Dickens and has a fine collection of early editions and books In general relating to the great novelist One of bis sets, a very handsome print wltb the original Crulksbank plates, is short one volume, the eighth. 1 have a copy of the same edition, and be has tried repeatedly to get me to break It so as to complete bis own, but I have of course refused. in the sermon on the mount and the draft of fishes of Luke v, 1-11, then the healing of the leper of Mark i, 40-46, after which Mark tells us that because of the healed leper's blazing the matter abroad Jesus could not enter the city, but was without in desert places. Luke says that He withdrew Himself into the wilderness and prayed (Luke v, 16). Our lesson begins with His return to Capernaum an* its being noised that He waa in the vineyard." THE INTERPRETATION. The owner of the vineyard la God. The vineyard is the Jewish church, the husbandmen the Jewish nation. The servants sent are the prophets whom God sent at different times to the Jews, whom they persecuted, abused and even killed. The only well beloved Son is the Lord Jesus Christ, the only Lord Dalmeny, Lord Rosebery's eldest son, has just passed the Sandhurst examination. He is nineteenth out of 29 for the cavalry and foot guards. Isaac Cutler of Boston is to give $10,- 000 to the town of Farmlngton, Me., for a public library. He is a native of Farmington and spent his early years there. house. 2. "He preached the word unto them.* A house full of people and crowds .at the door, and He preached the gospel of the kingdom as He had done all through Gal* ilee. He had but one great topic, the good news of the grace and the glory ot Son of God, whom the Jews rejected and crucified on the cross of Calvary. The judgment pronounced is the Judgment that God has and will continue to bring upon the Jewish people for their rejection of Christ. A contract has been signed for Maitre Labor!, who was counsel for Alfred Dreyfus during the trial at Rennes, to lecture 18 weeks in the United States next autumn. "Then 1 noticed that be began to drop In of afternoons with a book tmder bis arm, looking np and down tbe shelves. The volume he carried bore a close external resemblance to the copy of Dickens be wanted, and I suspectcd at once that I wonld some day find them exchanged. Consequently I locked np the coveted volume 8 and substituted a worthless treatise on mathematics bound In the same manner. My visitor knew the ixact location of the book on the shelf, and the other day I purposely gave him an opportunity to make the shift It was done in a twinkling, and presently be strolled out I haven't seen him since. Tbe book he left was a very pretty copy of Keats. [ am well satisfied with the swap."— Sew Orleans Times-Democrat "We rowed doecr to ft and. fovn4 fht cecped.*' . In opposition to this strong case my lawyer bad scarcely any witnesses of importance. A few friends testified as to my character and mild manners. A servant swore that be had seen Mr. Norton strike my dog Psyche with a stick, breaking one of her legs. This gave me a Just cause for quarreling, but did not exonerate me  clde. Not a single facf of any consequence offered by the prosecution could wfs refute. £0 pur side closed, and my lawyer began to SUip up. He argued on the following lines: a chair on tbfe piazza. He would Insist upon dancing with me when we had music at the hotel aqd was forever pestering me with invitations to go out In bis boat. Thank heaven, I never did that, or I might not be alive to tell the tale." Colonel George T. Perkins of Akron, O., has presented to that city 80 acres of land to be used for park purposes and children's playgrounds. The property is valued at $100,000. God, revealing the Father's purposes an# telling of the Father's great gift eves TH* APPIJCATIOIC. The explanation and application of Himself, In whom all the grace and glory I this parable are easily made. There la were made sure to each one receiving | nothing difficult to understand in the Him, and they might hare remembered f parable, nor is it hard to apply it to that it was written, "The Lord will ghr« j, our8elve8. The JeWB were the cho8en 5SLS?&LSTSI:^He *?er T* Ill Tim. iv, 2). the other nations of the world and 3, 4. Four men come carrying ob a bed made them His peculiar people. He gave a fifth who was sick with palsy. We an them great opportunities, which brought not told what distance they came, but with them great responsibilities. They they came with a determination that did not measure up to their opportunl- Jesus should see their sick friend and ties. They persecuted and even killed heal him. They had no thought of car* Qod'a prophets, and when at last He rying him home again, for they fully ex- t ~ t th th pected to see him walk home. What Hl!'J*?, V1*"1 their thoughts were when they saw that Hlm- and God's Judgment has restthe bouse was full and that they could uP°n Jews ever since. Jerusanot even get near the door may perhaps l®m was destroyed, and the gospel waa be imagined, but perhaps not, for they sent to the gentiles. The rejected were men of great determination. Many Christ was offered to the whole world, would have been utterly discouraged, but This includes us. Christ Is now before not so they. Soon they are on the roof n8 for our acceptance or rejection as and have broken it up and have lowered He was once before the Jews. What the sick man on his couch into the midst ... , ... .. . before Jesus (Luke v, 19). In Luke Iv, weT do W't\?lm? HoW fate 17, it is written that Pharisee, and do* of the Jews should warn us against retors of the law were present from J* jecting Christ! If God spared not His daea and Galilee, and the power of th* own people when they rejected His Lord was present to heal them. They dM Son, much less will He spare us, who not know that they needed healing, they are not of the chosen family of Israel, did not come to be healed, but God had by nature aliens and strangers to planned that they should see something covenants of promise. °'pcH.i.8TP°Wer t0 ,..A » rrD»,* TCD reject Christ Is to stand In the 5. "Jesus saw their faith." The faith .. . / . ... . . of these four interested and pleased Him. lltf n " interests, to de- That the sick man had faith also we are str°X aI1 hope of the eternal salvation not told. In Math, viii, 10, it was the of our souls. It is to turn our backs faith of the centurion that brought health upon our best friend and* to trample to his servant. In Math, xv, 28, it was underfoot the cross of Calvary—yea, the faith of the woman that brought even the Son of God Himself. Are we health to her daughter. It was tfce faith prepared to do that? Dare we do it, of Rahab that saved her kindred. Co» remembering that we will answer to sider what you may bring to others by f k , th d f 1nriCrmeBt? faith in God. Faith is Just believing God for K in tbe day orjuagmeatT what God says, taking Him at His word, TnE PRAYEB UEirmo. fully persuaded that He will do what He Make this meeting evangelistic In uys. character. Give an opportunity to any 6, 7. "Who can forgive sins but God who may be present, who have not' only V Thus these self righteous scribes done BOD to accept Christ. Make a spereasonsd in their hearts, not knowing clal effort to Ket members that th* God wboforgive. - t chrlat tQ Hlm la their midst, the same one concerning j. whom the nation will one day say : "Lo, n ® u7. p_ „ this is our God I We have waited for Bible {leadings. Sam. viii, 1-7, Pa. 11, Him, and He will save us" (Isa. wcv, 9V 1-12; cxvill, 22; Isa. lill, 1-3; Math, ii, The only one who could forgive their 1-18; xxvll, 15-26; Mark v, 1-17; Luke sins and without whom their sins never |y, 16-31; xvlll, 24, -26; Heb. ii, 1-3; x, could be forgiven, yet they knew Him 28, 29; xii, 25; Rev. xxi, 17. not. It is not by reasoning that we obtain the redemption that is In Christ Jesus, but by receiving Him, putting our whole trust In His precious blood shed for us, then we can appropriate Eph. 1, 6, 7, and Isa. xllli, 25. 8. "Jesus perceived In His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves." He knows all our thoughts and our words before they are spoken (Esek. xi, 5; Ps, exxxix, 4). We can hidj nothing trom Him, and the darkness and the U*ht are all alike to Him.. Jt must have been a surprise to them to experience such extraordinary mind reading. What a wonder that they did not perceive that God was in their midst! Why did they not say: Here is one who reads our very thoughts and who forgives sins. This muBt be our Messiah. 9. "Whether it is easier to say to the sick of the palsy, sins be forgiven thee, or $o say, Arise and take up thy bed and walk?" A physician might ftfMWihty be used of God to give health to this man's body, but 90 mortal man could blot out M® sin a. The more difficult, the forgiveness of sins had been accomplished in their presence and In their hearing, and He who did the more difficult could easily do the other. He who forgives sins will surely give a perfect body to all His forgiven ones lt\ due time, for this body o{ shall be fashioned ilke unto His glorious body at His appearing (Phil, iii, 20, 21). If He wUla that any of His redeemed ones should continue a longer or shorter time in a frail, weak, suffering body, It must be in the (ight of the kingdom and the glory* the very best that His infinite love and wisdom could plan. "As for God, His way Is perfect" (Ps. svtik 30)u JO, 11. "That ye may know that the Sou of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins." This was the main thing He sought to emphasise before them. Their bodies were in health, but their souls were sick, and He longed to save them, but they would not let Him. The power of the Lord was present to heal them, but they would not be healed. To speak if possible, more powerfully to them, He said to the sick man, "Arise and take up thy bed and go thy way into thine hoase." We may imagine the palsied map so rejoicing in the forgiveness of his sins that perhaps he almost forgot that he was palsied. 12. "We never saw it on this fashion, j. As they saw the sick man arise in health, take up his bed and go forth before them all they, with amazement, uttered these words. Both Matthew and Luke, as well as Mark, say that the people glorified God. Matthew adds, "Who had given , such power unto men" (ix, 8). So, while one was healed in body and soul, and at least he and his friends had great Joy Two days later Psyche disappears altogether. Naturally I accused Not ton of luting something to do wi' this. He laughed at me, even jeered al me for "moping after a brute beast" Those were his words. Work has proved beneficial for Senator Hanna, and his rheumatism does not trouble him as much as formerly. He still uses a cane, but gets over the ground in a pretty lively manner. Once more the Judge reprimanded the witness. She continued: The first witness was Dr. Roberts. He testified that the deceased bad been drowned. Upon cross examination be admitted that a carefql autopsy, conducted by himself and frssistauts, bad disclosed no marks of violence, Arthur Hamilton gave evidence as follows: 'T am as much a friend of prisoner as I was of the deceased. I met them both here at the lake for the first time this summer. I would not say that the deceased was a quartv'Jp relsome man, but he certainly had a high temper. Yes; I have seen an exhibjUpji o* if—once. Be was quarreling with the prisoner. It was about h dog, I think, though some said that the dog wa» *jpretense, a love affair and a lady being the true cause of animosity. J did not hear Mr. Norton make any threats. 1 heard the prisoner say, 'An; one who would wantonly ipjuce a dc fleserves no consideration from Uifi f }ow pen/ The quarrel was brief. " no Mows were struck. That was "The quarrel which occurred in my presence was on the 1st of  How do I remenjber it? Because on that morning the prisoner asked me to be bis wife, which I promptly refused." This caused a sensation in the court | "In the afternoon I went out to walk with Mr. Norton. We sat on a bench. Mr. Norton asked me to be his wife. I accepted him." This caused a greater sensation than the first announcement While there had been rumors that I and the Heaq man UAd been courting Miss Temple, nothing definite had been known before the lady told it upon the stand. She continued: "The prisoner came by and began to abuse Mr. Norton, calling him the most outrageous names. I think they would h$ve fought had I not been tbehJ. Mr- Nortoh finally gave me bis arm and led me away." t ,,Thls ended the direct examination, and my lawyer took up the witness. . Her testimony In brief was as follows: "The men Quarreled about me. The Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior, now in Africa, is an unusually large man, a good orator and but 39 years of age. lie is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he took high honors. The days went by, and nothing war heard of PsycUo. Stop! Did I say nothlpg was beard of her? I should mention here that often at night I would fancy that l beard her moaning. I would follow the direction of the cry, but it always led me to the edge of the lake and then died away. I concluded that it was my imagination. "Gentlemen of the jury, circumstantial evidence Is most unreliable. To be perfect it must fit into the theory which It upholds at every point A single failure Is fatal. Now, while I am compelled to admit the majority of facts sworn to by the witnesses tad while I also admit that these facts, taken as a whole, militate against my client most strongly, nevertheless there Is that flaw to which I alluded. Therefore, as a whole, we must no longer consider this array of facts, while singly each one Is Innocent enough itself. True, these quarreled, but we have; shown that the 'deceased had brutally attacked a poor dumb beast breaking her leg with a stick. Was It not natural tbat my client should resent such treatment of his faithful friend and constant companion? Was it not natural tbat be abould Judge Taft, who has been made the head of the Philippine commission as successor to President Schurman of Cornell, Is, comparatively speaking, a very young man, being but 42. He has long been known as one of the ablest lawyers In Ohio. THE LEADING ARTICLE. liTtat ul DerelopaMit of tk« IIItorlal la Mewapaperi. "I know what 'leaders' are, for I have written them," said Benjamin Disraeli n the course of a speech in the boose it commons, Aid, though all of ns mar hare written "leaders" for The Morning Post and other newspapers, Ike Disraeli, we all at least know the meaning of the term "leaders." For more than 100 years after the " u AW - « * il.lt. - This brings me to the night of the 12th. The bo; was accurate in stating tftat »1) f*mr oars were in the boat. Noticing this myself as I passed the place, 1 took them out and carried them to my boathouse. Then I went to the hotel. As 1 was going into my room Norton made a Jeering remark across the ball. His door was open. 1 went in, and we quarreled again, as we had done several times since my dog's disappearance. At last 1 left him and went into my own room. But the occurrence had unnerved me, and I went out again, hoping that a walk would quiet me. 1 had scarcely ventured out when I thought that I heard PsVcbe moaning. I dismissed it ft* fancy and resolutely turned my back. Put as I did so the cry sounded louder. Looking around, I was amazed to see Psyche herself lying a little way ahead of me on the ground. Delighted that she had returned, 1 called to her, but she did not respond. 8be continued to moan. I approached her, when she jumped up and hurried ahead, limping. I followed, trying to coax her to me, but in vain. Finally she reached the shore where my boat was tied and, to my surprise, scrambled into It Thinking that she was frightened, but sur$ now that I should catch her, I did likewise. In some way the painter slipped from the stake, and before 1 realized It we were drifting away. William L. Hawkins, colored, of Milwaukee, who has been appointed to a clerkship in the census bureau, is a graduate of one of the high schools of Milwaukee and will attend the night sessions of Howard university while in Washington. 8enator Warren of Wyoming is said to be the only open advocate of unrestricted woman's suffrage in the senate. His bill to give the right to vote to all women is .merely the outcome of his views. He says that for three generations his family has worked for the cause. on onC only quarrel, so far g» I koow- Yesj I remember Sept. 13. It was the day upon which we found the body of the deceased. The prisoner Invited me to fo out in his boat. He asked me to get Jii* oars from the boathouse. He asked tot tfie shorter pair, J opuM Rot them, r brought the longer pair. He expressed surprise that the oars were not in the boathouse. We started toward Deer island. The prisoner was rowing. Yes; he- told me his object in going there. It was on account of a dream which he haCJ ha4 on the night before. He had dreamed that his dog iras dead on Deer island, and be wished to test the matter. The dog bad for tei» daps. I remember •»w that the quarrel of which I have ttfied began by the prisoner's acous- Mr. Norton of having stolen or klll• dog. The dog was a valuable an- It was a Laverick setter. Her name was Psyche. What was the first thft J RPtlced at Dfw Mlafla? well; It *aa t$e missing pair of oars. ,They were floating In the water and caught In the weeds near the shore. Mo; I did not get out of the boat The prisoner did and went some distance into the pushes. Next J heard a ery, |nd he'came running back, with the Jead body of his dog in his arms. He Mid h« had found tfce dog exactly where ha had dreamed she was lying dead. He put hpr Into the boat, and we started for the hotel landing. Did I find the body of Mr. Norton? No; the orisoner saw it first. He called my attention to it. He said. 'What is that?' Then we rowed closer to It and found the'deceased. The body was caught in t|ie bushes. After taking it into the boat we then rowed back the Way we bad come. Tb?t ft ftll J knoy.f ' |3e was then crpss examined by my lawyer as foltow*; Q, Was the accused surprised at finding the corpse? A. I do not know. I only an don In General Jamont the French commander in chief, when on a recent tour of in* spection along the coast narrowly escaped drowning at Quiberon. , In the dark and fog he walked over the quay and fell into the sea. His aid-de-camp and orderly sergeant at once plunged In after him and succeeded in bringing him to land. prisoner pretended to quarrel about the dog, bat any one could see that be was angry because I bad refused him and accepted Mr. Norton " It was'evident thar nothing to my advantage could be extracted from this witness, so my lawyer let her leave the stand. In spite of the fact, apparent to all, that this woman was prejudiced against me and hoped to see me banged tor Jhj death of the m*n whofia sh# had loved, bier testimony was bound to 0 L a- - At 1 Alfred Qwynne Vanderbilt has sailed for £ or ope to join his former traveling companions, whom he left when his tour of the world was interrupted by hi? father's death. He does intend to resame the tonr, bat he will stay abroad about six months. He expects to go to Cairo and to do some traveling in the Holy Land. tell against me because It explained more fully the cause of 111 feeling between myself and Norton. It supplied a motive for the supposed murder. . overboard- The oars, slipping from his hands, floated off and were not easily order that It migbt recovered. Therefore they were left It was a villainous murder, plain and simple, and I am assured you will agree with me." My lawyer arose and asked the court to direct the jury to dismiss from their thoughts the jlieory of intentional rwuing suggested by the prosecution, not a bit of evidence bad been ad- pearaoce ittract the eye of even the most casual reader. After a time It was called "leading article" or "leader" or "editorial," names by which It Is now universally known In newspaper offices. At the beginning "leaders'* were published only tentatively. Their publication waa Irregular. In form they were brief—we should call them "editorial pa* graphs" now—and they were prin- i BRITON AND BOER. The next evidence was cumulative. A waiter at the hotel swore that he had heard me quarrel with Norton, charging him with having kicked my dog Psyche. He claljued that Norton jeerefl ftt me, sayiug tbftt he TffOUld kick jfce brute whenever she came tn blB way. Then he said that he heard me reply, "If you hurt my dog again, you do It at the peril of your life." Cross Examination did not shake this evl- to direct special attention .portant event recorded In the amos. Bnt 75 years ago they a settled and regular feature of the dally newspaper and a potent agency for promoting opinions, political, religions and soclaL—Cornhill Magazine,The Boer plowman is making his farrows with shells this year.—St. Louis Post-Disp&tch. ed The English find it just as hard to get into Lsdysmith as do the Boers. It is not a hospitable place. — Detroit Free Press. Thrssck Mcriis to U(*. The rest of this experience I do not pretend to explain. 1 can only  It. As 1 reached forth tq grasp, Psyche sfce sprang out of the boat Into the wa- By going down to death and rising again therefrom Christ overcame death "The tnptrwat still burning." duced upon which It could be based; be heard in angry remonstrance? Was Secondly, that, as the prosecution ex- It not even possible for him to use the plained the presence of the two In words charged against him In a mo- the bg$t fey claiming that they baa meat of anger without yeaning gone pu{ to fight, Jury should give literally that he yould tfike human the prisoner the benefit pf the doubt, life?' I think so. Hare not many of. and if the killing occurred during the us used words in anger wblch could be fight they should bring uo greater ver* brought up against us tn a time like diet than manslaughter. Both of these thisT I confess that I have. Yet you requests were denied by the Judge, but and I are not murderers. Far from it they had their Influence upon the jury, But we are men, and men are prone to I am sure. Their verdict you already say thoughtless things when In anger, know. The Transvaal is enjoying the peculiar advantages which come to an inland power, apd England's navy is without a job —Birmingham News. and brought life and Immortality to tight. Through death He won the victory.. The same general principle Is taught In what la said that our sufferings work out a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Death wnrketb In us, but life in you, said the tpostle. This Is true of the pastor, of the Christian worker in every other Une. We must undergo suffering if we would enter Into the highest life. We most come into the sufferings of others if we would help them and lift them out of their depression. The rital principle must east off its hard surrounding* if It would grow.—United Presbyterian. Mpally to some news a ter. Then she swam to where the painter dragged and, taking It her mouth, started toward Peer island. I tax*. lA" boy swore that be bad been fishing alt the end of the bote) dock until 10 O'clock op the night of the 12tb and that my boat was afloat there, tied by a rope. He distinctly remembered that all four oars were in the boat They were In the boat and not In the oarlocks. No cross examination. That interesting novel of military life, "The Crossing of the Tugela," by Sir Redvers Buller, is now in its third edition.—Chicago Daily News. General Buller ought to be getting so familiar with the fords of the Tugela river as to bp able to wade across with his eyes sinf.—Baltimore News, Bis HIat For • Raise. "There is In tbe employ of oar house," said tfie hardware drummer, "a young man who Is assistant bookkeeper. He's a steady chap, minds his own business and is as shrewd as they make them. The other day the senior partner of the firm, who seldom comes around, made a tour of Inspection, and as he approached tbe assistant b&kkeeper be noticed tbe solemn expression on his face. Desiring to be genial, he said; The Boers' inning has been a long one, and they have scored heavily. But the British will soon take their turn at the bat.—Hamilton (Canada) Herald. The next witness was the hallboy of hofel. He testified: ' ''I ana on'night duty in the h&U* of the Lakeside hotel. I knew the deceased very well; also the prisoner, iliejr Jijid roqpis oq $9 game hall. Mr. Norton on the night of the th went to bit* room about 11 o'clock, I know about the time because 1 am obliged to register my presence at certain places at special hours. I carry a watchman's clock for this purpose. The keys are at the different places. I was fixing E clock at 11 when Mr. Norton passdi1 aud to his room. 'About )' minutes later the prisoner passed me in the hall on his way to hie room, M I t&ouyhfc Tpb ro'rnrteg ftfter, heaping loud voioes at the end of the hall, "To come to the matter of cnrrents, I Now, I will endeavor to givo fts clet^ this line of evidence, Introduced no a lilstory as possible this jnysterioui doubt bj my learned opponent because fcffalr ftli it ib known to me. Early li I questioned the first witness as to the the summer I came to this place wlti possibility of the oars having drifted pay dog Psyche for ft seaspg Qf buntiftj to Deer island, though refuting my first ftfld fiphiug, I must tell you at onc« theory, is still Quito satisfactory to me. about Psyche, for she was the keynoti 4 auoui tnat I mougut mat tne oars 0f an that has occurred. About three might have drifted to Deer island, but years ago I met with a bereavement li that was my own idea. It has been death of my only relative, mj shown to have been Impossible, and brother, which left ine absolutely alom now I am ready to accept it as a fact jn the world. After ft time this louell that they did not drift there. This ness preyed upon me to sWh'ftn exteni brings me to the flaw in the «hftin o| t6 escape''from it I secured a cam eyideitfcj;. We have panlon by buying a setter puppy, ! 8howtD Mr Volton and my tave alwftM do**, but bad nevei Client were heard quarreling In OW before. I did not immedl Norton's rC*Dm ftQd tbftt ftfter tbftt tb« ately choose a name for my dog, bm deceased left the bouse, as did also my was satisfied to call her Puppy, tC client Later the miller's son sees my which she responded readily. As shC client return from a trip on the lako. grew her affection for me and her Intel Here, then, from the mouths of the llgence Increased to such an extent thai prosecution's witnesses we find the I soon discovered thftt \ foad a treft8ure weak spot in their case. My learned I oome tukoe 4t night ftt tlmei will wplftlfl fbftt the oars flred out 'ftnd depressed in spirits, anc Found tin the island reached that point enter a room which would have addec m the boat; that the'two men went to £D my gloom but for the presence  the island together, thus using both t!hls faithful whom no moodiness pairs of oars; that the killing wft" cyulcj alienate. $5ver on the watch foi there and.that my client thep returned, piy'coming, her cheery bark would bid |eav\ng the osrs behlnd tifm as well as me welcome as soon as her keep Cftrft the dead body. Now, gentlemen, 1 ap- would detect my fO®t8lPft- She would peal to you, 1* that reasonable? These pound into the air as I entered and kiss meq Jy«t before this trip. Is me 'U the fftce, whining for joy to |t likely that they would Immediately me again- Where la the human love after go off on a pleasure trip to Deer »o great that nothing can disturb it? IjrtftQd at midnight? Is It likely that Yet is it not a characteristic of the cathey would be In the same boat at all? nine race to love thus unselfishly and Certainly not But even granting that constantly? Now that bayonet charges are described as useless by certain London  what shall be done? Perhaps the attacking force ought the enemy out by away,—Kansas City Star, i "When the time comes to talk of intfciftnitles, Mr. Bull should ftlloy? the Boers something handsome for pointing out fa jpehind the times in the British military system.—St. Louis Globe-Demo' __________ Some think they are too well to go to a doctor, though dybig of a stealthy Spiritual Hrpoehaadrls. disease. Others have a sort of spiritual hypochondria, imagining they have everything ailing them, while a visit to the doctor reassures them that they are well. All should welcome God's revelation of self, for they can but reassure the holy and will clearly Indicate the weak spot of the sickly.— Christian Standard. *"How a*e yon, young man? 1 see yon are at your work. That Is good. Close attention to business will always bring Its own reward. Tel) me, what are yon esrnlcg now per week 7 was very much excited. Q. Did he assist in lifting the corpse into the boat? Did he shrink from aandilng it? A. Yes; h« helped me to lit the body oat of the yater. He did pot appear to shrink from it ' Q. Was he surprised at finding the earn? A- I cannot tell yon that either, fie Jumped from the boat as soon as we ran on the beach and went In search of the dog. I took the oars from the water while be was gone. MATRON AND MAID. "The yonng man, without a moment's hesitation, answered. Twenty dollar* sir, bat I only get half of that' "—Philadelphia Call. f tried to pull her back, but the effort toat useless. know that this was against a strong current and in the teeth of a heavy windstorm and that it is unbelievable that a dog could swim a mile, fragging a boat, in fact, that 1# why 1 did not gq upon the witness stand and tell my tale. No one would believe it, yet it Is the solemn truth. I tried to pull her back by the rope, but the effort was useless. 1 haC| qq so was powerless. After a time we reached Deer Island. Psyche at once started Into the bushes. Determined to see the affair out, i followed tlU we reaehed a bit of thicker brush, into which she dashed and disappeared. 1 forced my way through, aud there In the middle of a clearing 1 saw a ghastly sight. I saw It clearly, for at that very moment the clouds parted, and the moon lighted the scene. Psyche was tied fast to a birch tree and lay dead, with a gaunt, terrible expression In her eyes that told me she had starved- 1 hurried bacfc to th* boat and Jumped In. The impetus pushed it out Into the lake, and the current, as has been correctly testified, carried Hie south, landing me Just ftt the dock, as the same drift had taken the young miller's boat. Miss Eleanor Corbett, the danghter of William Corbett, has just died in England aj t,b»» of 94 years. l&rs, Spurgeon's health has Improved, and It la believed that she will soon be able to resume work on the final Volume of her husband's life. * Time's Harvest. How the hungry grave i» longing Their Little Weikieuu. "Nations and women are a good deal alike." I went there and beard the two men quarreling in Mr. Norton's room. A moment later the prisoner came oat of To detpoil the fairest charms, All relentlesa in ita wronging. With the clasp of cruel arms. Miss Edna May, the theatrical star, safcl recently in a, London publication, tvMy only principle in life is to eat, drink and, if possible, do what I like." "In what way?" Q. Do yon think the oars might hare floated away from the boat accidentally, apppoelag that they had been left fa the boat on the night before? A. tea. If they had been left in the oarlocks. That has happened once before, When some careless boys forgot to take |hem intq the boathou#«}. ft. Did they float far on that occasion? A. About a mile. Q, D«er island is less than a mile from the bote}. Tb«H ypU thin* thjasp oar* may have floated from the landing aa far as Deer island? A. Certainly not Mr. Norton's room and went to his own. Ho banged his door after hjm, drlock'H was my duty to Jfe tn tint TlCtolty agatn, and on my way fhere 1 was passed by the prisoner, who was fully dressed, lie spoke to me f*s be wept by and said be gojhg out for a walk. When i got around again at 1 o'clock, I noticed a light in Mr. Morton's room and in the prisoners. TlUs was against the rules, and it was my duty to see that the lights were put out. I knocked at Mr. Norton's door, but got no answer- I tried the knob. The door was not locked. I While we mourn the aad intruding, Aa our flower* death'* hand shall reap. Blessed thought, the grave eluding, Only dust it haa to keep! "Well, when one woman gets a new bat her neighbor wants to go right away and get a better one, and when one nation builds a new warship all the others start right out to get bigger ones."—Chicago Times-Herald. Lydia Mayer, the mayoress of Brownsville, Brooklyn, the largest purely Hebrew pettlemept In America, has passed her preliminary examination for the bar. When the stricken, heart is sighing Requiems o'er the loved and fair, Planting flowers where they are lyiag. While they seem to borer there. The mother of ex-Senator Ingalls of Kansas Is still llvitfg at the ripe old age of 90 years. She lives In Boston and recently sent the ex-senator's family three slumber robes which she knitted herself. Cold Cmfort. Mr. Pens—Sir William Thompson says that the end of the world will not be brought about by Are, but by frost, and that tbe finality will come in 10,- 000,000 years. Its s holy mystic meeting, Wi,th a thrill of pensive bliss, TO return the sephyr's greeting As responsive to their kiss! Mme. Loubet, wife of the president of France, is an expert milliner and a good chess player. She has a large circle of girl friends, who ar? advised by her to themselves, above "showy tal- Oh, how dear is their entombing. Consecrated spot of earth. Where the cypress, ever blooming. Tell* of an immortal birth! Q. Why not, since that la less than a mile away? A. Deer island la to the northward. The current flows tcf the Southward. "!• • ft was evident-that this witness had He was trying to tell '4th as far as be knew it Hla lad a distinct effect upon 1ft t and injured my cause. _ni rhe next witness was Miss Martha Temple. In taking the oatb she kissed the holy book three times and then *■ made the sign of the cross npon ber bosom. There were four Catholics In the Jury box, and I felt certain that tti)s was doije fop pffept ppoo them. P©w any ope can resort to trji|w*y of such a nature When a fellow being hai his life in the balance Is beyond my comprehension. Yet 'tis not uncommon. Beipg sworn, she testified as follows:' |*I had known the deceased about a yedr; mef the prisoner about fwi months ago at the lake: Yes; f knoW that the two men had Quarreled, t think that they quarreled about me.'' My lawyer interrupted to object to hef giving her opinious. Before' the Judge could speak she snapped back fiercely; "Well, i know it, then. How do I Jtnow ltt The deceased tojd me b§," ©bjecnonby my lawyer. "Weil, then, the prisoner told me. That Is hearsay also? Then suppose I tell you that they quarreled once before me and**Dut me? Will I tell you about that? \ will tell you gbout it in the Justice, plough It wy PH" went In. Mr. Norton was not there. I turned the light down to a taper. I had the same experience at the other t came around at 2 o'clock, the tapef was still hurting in Mr. Norton's room, hut the one ta the prisoner's room had and admitting the killing, is it probable that my client would deliberately leave behind him a pair of oars known to belong to Or, pvpg panting {orffetfulness tq that extraordinary extent, is it likely that he would take a witness him on the following qaflrpiqg to ti»*t TW? l«lJWl to fllSPftver the body aqd show the oars floating to the water? Is It not more likely prob- One night, pondering over this, began to wonder why It ts that  ligiontsu deny1 {o animals the  8fan of jC soul? Yet surely they are iqconsistent, for do they not claim that pure love is the highest attribute gf the soul? And la not the love pf a dog for his master the very purest and highest type? To me at least the argument was convincing on that night as In the heart an echo lingers. Whispered in the mourner's ear. As the touch of angel Angers Wakes their harps the soul to cheer. Mme. Antoinette Stirling, the singer, makes it one of her rules never to appear before the public In evening dress. She frequently speaks as well as sings at temperance meetings, being a great advocate of teetotalism. Mrs. Anna E. George, who was acquitted several months ago of the murder of President MeKinley's brother-inlaw, George P. Saxton, in Canton, O., is earning a livelihood as a model i? a Chicago cloak store. and the confident expectation of the believing four was fully realized, these blind, self righteous doctors, and probably many others went away simply wondering.(jeeq pyt 0*4? I tried t|je door, ftnd It Was (ocked. The taper in Mr. Norton's room burned all night, Be never came back. I saw the prisoner come out of his room about 7 the next morning, Just before I went off duty." Cross examination elicited nothing of consequence.'The ne#t witness was go old white halrad man. Be said; MI am a miller. 1 have managed my mill for 20 years. I know about the currents in this lake. By the lakeside hotel It sets due south. It never' varies. In my opinion, It would be impossible for a pair of oars to float from the hQtel dock to Deer island, because the current would be dead against |t. same would hold ft* to the corpse of ft man. Bven if the current were right i£ is not at all probable that two pftrg woqld float nearly ft mile ftfid Iftnd at exactly the same point" Not cross examined. The lust witness for the prosecution was the miller's son. Being sworn, he said: AU night I tossed In restless delirium, and early in the morning I must have dropped into a fitful sleep. I know that I awakened suddenly, and as the whole horrible thing came back to me it was Impossible to say whether it bftd been a reality or a dream- in this mood I started for Deer Island, taking Hamilton with me. I asked him to get my short oars and was surprised when he reported that they were not in the boathouse. I was also astonished t° And them floating jit Uew" islaud- I discovered my poor dog tied fast to t°he birch, Just as I had seen her the night before. Then I knew that ttlP V'lUttiu Norton Uftd murdered her. I say murdered, for to deprive a soul of Its earthly existence is to commit murder, and gurely my dog had a squI, how could she Itave warned me of her sad fate? I was amazed but not sorry to see Norton's dead body floating near tbe qhore. There was ft Jn my heart that lie had met with retributive Justice in dying at the very place where Psyche's soul had dewted- able that he would have gone alone to recover the oars and that he would my dog and I cuddled up together on my bed. I named my pet Psyche. have left the body where it was till oth- Shortly after my arrival I met Mar- Mrs, Q, O. Hall, who has bought the larm on which William Henry and Benjamin Harrison were born, paid 515,000 for the property and proposes to place in the wall of the dwelling house a tablet telling of the tWQ presidents born undei to root, GLEANINGS. ers found it, perhaps weeks af * ward? Certainly, as you are intelligent men. you win see 'that the theory of the prosecrtitiou is ridiculous. But I must tha Temple. With a precipitancy often exhibited by my "ex, I once fell iflj love with her- I bate 'Go reasou t«| fciVe fpi* this, and now, In the retro- Late statistics show that In London more than 800,000 families earn less than 75 cents each day. A club is now being formed In Paris, the members of which swear never to *bnke hands with any one unless wearing gloves. in some way, then, account for the presence of the oars' at' the Island. We know that Mr. Norton was out. Why may it not be that, after n»y client had returned to his bed and a£{er the miller's son had go'qe Ashing, Mf. Norton took this pair pf oars, loosed the boat from the stake and over to Deer •peotlve, It appears to me that I must have been temporarily out of my mind- The woman Is totally devoid of all that thave usually considered tobtiwtj. ulsite in ofl© YfW could command my (ovp. 'Vet so It was. J showered her with attentions which, despite her evidence, she was nothing iQfttb to awept. Lady Roberts, wife of General Lord Roberts, knows something of the sorrows of war. Her only son lies in a soldier's {TOY? at Oolenso, Natal. Her husband, who is at the front actively engaged in directing affairs, is 67 years old. Lord and Lady Roberts have been married 41 rw. It took 20 years to build the statue of Victor Emmanuel, recently unveiled at Turin, and the frequent disputes over it have made it a byword In all Italy. Two Chicago schoolboys engaged in a fist 8«hi. and one of them had two teeth knocked out. His father has In his behalf sued the mother of the other boy for $ 10,000 damages. IsHnd, where by some accident lie was di \ef*" \nd tfce oftt-fl left ifl the pflW the boat floating southward till found by the miller's son? Why Is not I taught thftt she was destined to be (nine till Philip Norton came upon tbe scene. You might suppose from the evidence Mme. Rejane, who has just returned to Paris after an extended tour of the continent, brought back with her decoratk'.Qti and medals from every court that visited except one. The king of Portr. ii did not decorate her, but instead A man, "apparently educated and refin.-d," has been fined $50 for mutilating publications on file in the Chicago Public library. He pleaded to be released, saying that he needed the clippings in compiling statistics. that possible? You will ask what car- tlift . tUIs man was a good fellow, as ln- ried him to the island. I do not know, deed It was his constant aim to appear. any more than you know what carried the two men there In one boat. But If I might guess I -jhould say that after the quarre} he ■yrent "JO, *&e Island to bury thftt poor dog, missing for ten days—missing because he had taken It to Deer Island to spite my client and In truth, he was u heartless, scoundrel. JJe laved Temple Insanely jealous of myself. tet he was too much of the cunning; rogue to let this appear openly to her and too much of a coward to woo her publicly before me. His was one of gitv-e her a handsome pair of driving Wulea, Mrs. Anne Wlttenmeyer of Pottstowi Pa., who died the other day, was one c the best known army nurses in the civ war. She served from 18(11 to 1865. 1 "I remember the 12th of September very welL 1 went to bed earl};, interjd'- Jpg tg gert up at 2 In the mailing and go flsbing for basa. I woke earlier than that and started, tt was a black night, and the wind blew almost a gale. There were heavy clouds, plenty of lightning, but no rain. The wind was Iran the northwest. My house is along the shore between D«er island and the How be oame to his death and how be happened to be at Deer Island I know no more than you do. But If I should venture upon a theory It would be that when I came ashore he saw me and fancied that I had been searching for my dog. Tbinklng that I might go a Defer island, be may have determinto go there himself and remove the carcass of the poor beast which be ted ,*111. Tfcatt. D*rhaa* b* Bit k*D« A special service for tbe detection of gambling has been organised by the police in Vienna. The police seek for offenders not only in cafes, but in clubs and even enter private apartments in the hope of surprising poker players. was she that introduced the diet kitchen service In the army, and during the war raised |2Q0,0(l0 for the sanitary commission.re admonished her to adhere s without irrelevant remarks left it there to die, a piece of brutality quite on a par with his having broken the poor animal's leg with a stick." I was very proud of that argument, i thought that my lawyer had done remarkably well with & poor ease, and^l those atrophied souls which vent their Bpite upon the Innocent dumb brutes that chance to be present during their rage. Thus it was, I think, that Norton first kicked Psyche. It was in sheer wantonness. Some one, however, ■spotted. tha (set tome, and lu.a ra©» The special train in which the Russian emperor traveled In his recent German trip carried among other things two cowa to supply the three little princesses with pure, fresh milk. Fresh food for these cows was always ordered ahead, by telasnob. _ ...  ee and the like. She looked temptuously and went on: ie first night when I met the Hot Like Real Financiers. ,  1 tear he will not riae to tame,  Be tiu indeed a studious bent, Ntjat Sat SU with mm mar read his ntnt ££ ItHfa be Bgna a AxubuL