The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-11

| fuenco ia exerted Just as much by a yea,,.
faced. wobbly limbed consumptive with
peaked head and hectic Rali as Il Is bv -
grandll0quent gentleman with a protuber.,.
wastcoat and q black. silky mustacho ~
inyeigles man ntaa wildcat publics,i,.
where he can sink thousand q week 80
even sets him 10 cursing Providence that tt.
venture is not big enough ~ sink ano.is,
thousand. That's hypno.ism.
MODERN HAMLET
The usual chapter Of horrors has intere..s
Paris this week as every other week Ti.
most unique of all these thrilling inciden,,
is already few days old and SO possibly ma,
have reached You, but as II IS warning !,
amateur actresses and may save some OF III,
American maidens from becoming too much
wrapped up in Shakespeare, think a re.er.
ence 10 II il excusable.
The heroine Of the affair ~ Marie Lombard
who lived with her husband and her FAITH,
on the Rue de Granville. Marie. II seems ha,
taken very much 10 private theatrlcals, and
one of those infrequent French coguettes via
has n tendency for Shakespeare. Hamlet All.
pears TO have been her fad, and 50 closely ds
She study the incidents OF the play TIA
She finally decided she would tel
one OF the scenes at least upoa
her husband. She prepared tor it ty
making fire in the stove. which natural,
excited her husbands comment when he rs.
turned home and told her the thorm0mot,
was at about eighty. but ~ he was accs.
toned 20 her original methods Of dong
things and Was likewise very much tirei Via
his davis work be paid very little ettentiont5
il and laid down on the bed. quickly ial.in,
asleep. When Marie discovered that De W.
"a far gone az her plot required she put %
Of lead over the fire and melted H. thaa
al t.f.
her room. poured it into her husbands ear
n i needless TO say there was an uproar a
once and when the neighbOrs rushed On
thinking that riot had broken loose, taay
found the man with one ear and all the les.
on that side of his face gone.
Marie is now studying Shakespeare m jail,
and her husband is damning him IN the hos.
pitai.
FUNNY INCIDENT.
4 rather funny incident. with q painful a.
tribute happened on the boulevard the othe,
dsy. | was walking near the Avenue do Ciichy
when my attention. rs well az that az ever
one else's IN hearing. was attracted 10y te
cries of q woman standing on the platform Z
an omnibus. while at tho same time . little
girl with an innocent face and Dolly Warden
dress. was trying % get through the crowd
that Quickly gathered. Following the WI.
mans excited directions a man seized t's
little girl and took her back 10 re
bus where the woman explained that The
child had stolen her pocket-boOk, which s-fs
enough was in the young ones hands. Ae
defense could be given and gen arme Pre-.
pared TO walk the prisoner oil, when woman
in a furried condition pressed forward end
uttered a protest In fact her protest was Sd
energetic and persistent that Il excited lis
suspicion OF the officer. and when ne lookols
little closer he discovered that the woman
wore the same Dolly Warden costume that vas
worn by tho little girl. and they were Ney
clearly cut off of tho same piece. lt was soon
learned that the woman was the mother OF taa
girl. and under the pressure Otthe gen d arms
she disgorged eleven pocket-books that she
had accumulated during tho day. These TIVE
are also in Jail now.
FEARFUL CRIME.
Ii has often been remarked that tho French
women are much smarter than the French
men. They certainly indicate 1t IN Their
business transactions, but unfortunately they
likewise indicate it in the depth OF their VII.
lainy. Most OF the smaller crimes IN France
are perpotrated 10y females. Apparently, %
live up To this record. "A French woman Df t.8
name of Catherine BrOusses killed her inial.
yesterday in particularly bloodthirsiy
manner.
Tins singular mother lived at Pieusse. ami
Yesterday fete was TO be held by the local
people About o'clock IN the afternoon hr
NhrlhEu tNlllH llNlAl' AtNfH Wa tftt'A ~ -
put on his holiday clothes 70 go out and tAko
part in the festivities. The Wife for some
reason was not included IN tins celebration.
and her later action showed that ~ msls
some impression on her and she resented %.
She quietly watched her husbands prepara-
tons for "A few minutes and then. in the usual
wifey WAY she made sarcastic remarks about
never having any pleasure and her husband
absorbing il all The husband adopted ,1e
method too frequent among men Of nll
yenturing 10 make any reply, thinking
the storm would exhaust itself ylu
shortly. and that policy only served
10 mako the woman the madden. Finally,
unable t. attract her husbands attention any
other way she shouted, We'll, II lscant ~,
IN kin tho kid anyhow" and before tho
husband could interfere she seized the four.
months-Old baby sleeping in It's crib. grasped
IL bv the ankles and dashed its brains oli
AGAINST the floor. And yet Nine. Carnot in.
terceded recently with her husband g. such
good effect that the woman berland vas
spared from the guillotlne, fearing thai
would shock the tender hoart Of female t0
have her head chopped of.
A singular suicide occurred NJ Montaigs
day before yesterday. A corporal IN Tie
Thirty-second regiment OF artillery named
Henri laas drowned himself i'm the canal De-
cause his captain accused him of drinking the
coffee and sugar that belonged 20 some OF ha
messmates. The super-sensltiyo young mar
left a note in his quarters reading. Mon capl
tame ie meurs honnette.n CURIis BoSD.