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ants brother officers who had been sitting
at a neighboring table. When at length
they desisted from their onslaught he was
conveyed to the hospital, where it was dis
covered that he was one of the senior clerks
of the treasury department, and that he
had received no less than seven severe but
not fatal sword wounds.
The affair naturally created intense in
eiguation among the tewn people who
had witnessed the scene and one of them,
a wealthy young mine owner of the neigh
borhoed, was incautious enough TO eX-
press in somewhat loud tone of voice his
opinion that an attack by seven armed
men on a single unarmed civilian was
nothing more nor less than disgTaceful
piece of cowardice. A young naval officer
standing near by heard HIM, and inquired
if he really meant what he said. On the
mine owner replying in the affirmative the
officer drew his sword and aimed a blow at
him. The civilian, who had not even
stick, raised his right hand for the pur-
pose of protecting his head, WHICH he
saved at the cost of his thumb and three
fingers. These were sliced off by the
sword as if with an amputating knife and
fell to the ground.
Just six weeks later similar incident
occurred at Erlau, a town in Hungary
famed for its wines. The victim in this
case was the chief of the local police. who,
having yentured TO request party Of
hussar officers to make less noise ia cafe
chantant where a concert of gypsy must
clans was in progress was drawn into an
alteration, which ended by his being cut
down by the officers and wounded by nine
or ten sword thrusts, some of them of
SO serious nature that his recovery was
for long time doubtful
Nor should l omit the case of Count
Grotta Won Grottenegg, a chamberlain of
the Emperor Francis Joseph and captain
of one of the crack lancer regiments. who a
short time ago was placed on trial at Vienna
for having hewn down with his saber on
the staircase of his belle anaie'S house
an unarmed young man of the name of
Gartenberg, who had inadvertently iostled
him in the dark. The count did not DENY
having dangerously wounded the prosecu-
Tor, hut claimed that he was OBLIGED to
draw his sword in order Ito preserve in
tact the honor of his uniform
The excuse was regarded as perfectly
adequate and valid by the judges OF the
criminal court intrusted with the hearing of
the case and the count was acquitted. Nor
were the officers implicated IN the affrsys
ut klagenfurt and at Erlau in any way
molested by the authorities. who held that
they had been entirely justified in using
their sabers on unarmed and defenseless
civilians
In order to fully appreciate the position
OF the officers Ia the matter. | should state
that If any one of them, while in uniform,
is either struck or inSudted without aveng-
Ing the affront he is dismissed the army in
oisgrace, and not only expelled from all
the clubs and warned off the race courses.
ont also ostracised hs society in such a
manner as TO render his expatriatiop iadis.
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Mary Anderson. Photographs.

The reason thai actresses are so sue.
cessfuily photographed is that they un-
derstacd the laws Of photography and
conform TO them They usually assume
the direction of the performance for
themselves, and the photographer is will
ing to let them Mary Anderson always
srperirtends every detail Of the opera
ton tI,ar puts her features upon paper.
Her London photographer says 10 pct
ure Of aer face, except in direct profile.
was ever made without having the mega.
tive changed so rs TO make the outline
of the cheek a little fzsser than 1t Eat
urally is Miss Anderson thinks the
contour Of her full face Is not oval
enough. and 50 she is careful tEat any
photograph Of her shall remedy the in
perfection York Evening Sua-
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snow behind a spanking team of four
young Trakener horses. when my compan-
ion and host, Prince T, who was captain
there, got into some alteration with a
drunken peasant, who had frightened our
nags by cracking his whip.
The man was Just intoxicated enough to
be disposed to be ugly, and was daring the
prince to "come on" when suddenly the
house door few open and the princess, a
delicate, fraA looking little woman, rushed
out, holding a drawn saber. which she
thrust in. her husbands hand. She had
noticed that he had neglected to buckle on
his sword when he started out for the drive,
and now fastened to repair the neglect.
The sight of the saber appeared to have a
kind of SOLDERING effect Upon the peasant,
who, without saying another word, whip
ped up his horses and vanished round the
corner at breakneck speed. AS soon as we
got into the house the prince kissed his
wife'S snail hand in a most affectionate
manner, and thanked her warmly for her
presence of mind" ia bringing him his
sword in time
Without you, my dear Marga," he ex-
claimed, II should now be a dishonored
man, and should have nothing else to do
than TO blow out my brains" Zine Kugel
durch dea Kopf jagen).
On another occasion, during the grand
maneuvers of the Prussian army, l had
just finished luncheon with lieutenant
of dragons when his orderly announced
that little batch Of about dozen young
privates, who had misbehaved themselves
was outside the door awaiting his instfuc-
tons with regard to their punishment.
The lieutenant strolled cut into the street
in front of the house to the spot where the
men stood, without taking the trouble to
either button up his coat or to buckle on
his sword.
One of the soldiers having returned a
displeasing answer to his remarks, the
lieutenant raised his hand aud applied two
vigorous slaps on the face of the man, who
remained standing at attention without
stirring an inch or uttering another sound
At that moment a stranger who was pass
ing on horseback exclaimed, ''Pfuil for
shame" Without a moments delay
the lieutenant dashed into the house for
his sword, but by the time he had reap
peared the stranger, who had probably
guessed his intentions, was out of sight
Had he delayed he certainly would have
been cut down by the lieutenant who was
man of excellent family, of many ac-
mplishments, and who ordinarily was
the most gentle, the most courteous and
high minded of men.
At the University of Bonn, on the Rhine,
there is still current a we'll authenticated
story of two young American students
who on being attacked with saber by an
officer who regarded himself as insulted by
some remark that they had made, knocked
him down in true Yankee style and broke
his sword in two On the following day
both young men were expelled from Ger
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MRS. J. @. GREENWOOD.

the robbers had gone. By persistent and
painful effort he released himself from the
chair to which he was fastened and slipped
his feet out of their bonds. Weak and
dazed he could not stand. Neither could
he loosen the ropes that held his arms be-
hind mis- back. But anxiety for his wife
gave him courage, and he painfully rolled
over and over until he reached the door to
her room. This he managed to open.
Making his way to the couch, he tried to
rouse her. but she uttered no response to
his feeble appeals.
1t had taken two hours for Capt Green
wood to get from the chair TO the bed. He
now resolved upon longer journey to the
road, 100 yards away, where he hoped to
attract the attention of some belated passer
by and secure aid. Just as the clock
struck II he reached the hallway There
he again met the robbers, and there began
the actual fienaishness and tragedy of the
night
The two men, whom the captain de-
scribes as being an American and Swede,
assailed him with the epithets of assonish-
nleIt and rage. They threw him from his
knees to his back, and the American fired
two bullets into his head. One passed
through the left cheek and dropped into
the mouth. The other ranged upward
after striking the cheek bone Greenwood
didn't lose his senses. but simulated death.
His would-be assassin remarked:
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pensaDIe. While it is always possible 70
avenge, by means of duel, an insult on
the part of an equal or Of superior, officers
are not permitted to meet on the so-cailed
"field of honor" interiors, such as mer'
chants, tradesmen, peasants. non-cemnls-
stoned officers, or Privates.
They are therefore debarred from OBJ
tanning satisfaction in the ordinary way
for any blow or insult received from infe-
riers, and are in consequence doomed 70
irremediable disgrace thereby unless they
have Immediately and on the spot cut
down the offender, and wounded him in
such a manner as to shed his blood. l may
add here that whenever the latter Is
stranger and unknown to them they are at
liberty. until he presents his card and indi-
Gates bis social rank, to presume that he Is
an inferior, and TO act accordingly.
The result is that continental officers, I'M
like those of the British army. are rarely
if ever seen in uniform without their
swords. My attention was called to this
popularity during visit which paid to
Vadowitz, in Galicia, some ten years ago.
[ was just stepping out of the sleigh, in
which had been spinning along over the
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While Bound, Gagged and Dragged.
Tragic End of Jane Harding's DISCO
lutte Life-A Soldier Shot Down,
Three murders of recent date are sure of
prominent places in the permanent annals
of crime. Each was characterized by I'M
relenting ferocity and unspeakable coward

ice but, if there are degrees IN vi}lainy of
this sort, first rank must be given to the
killing of Mrs. Greenwood The tale of
her assassination is horrible one.
Capt. J. Q. Greenwood and his wife lived
Oh an extensive ranch six miles from kapa,
Cal They were a childless couple, of mid
die age and considerable wealth. They
leased their lands to tenants and employed
no servants in or about their handsome
residence. One afternoon not long ago
Mrs Greenwood drove to neighbours for
a brief visit while her hszsband busted
himself with various tasks At the barn.
Returning to the house in tho early even
ing, he was met on the threshold by two
strangers, who pointed pistols at his head
aud ordered him t. throw up his hands.
Then they took hiM to the kitchen, bound
and gagged him and forced down his
throat some sort of Supplying drug. At
this juncture Mrs Greenwood arrived, and
leaving her horse standing by the rear
porch advanced to the door. As she
opened it one of the men tried to seize her.
She stepped backward and fell from the
porch to the ground, where she was PIN
toned and then dragged to the kitchen.
She, too, was tied hand and foot, gagged
and dosed with the opiate After that the
miscreants carried her to another room
and threw her on a bed. A thorough
search of the house for plumber followed.
At about 9 o'clock Capt. Greenwood par
TALLY recovered from the effects of the
narcotic he had been compelled to swal-
low. He heard no sound and supposed
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Abandoned Her Little Ones.

Parents must have sunk to the lowest
depths of poverty or depravity when they
leave their little ones to the chances of
starvation or the cold charity of strangers.
Yet there are such people, and hardly a
day passes when the papers do not record
some case of abandonment. One evening
recently in New York city Policeman
Matthew Cooney, of the East Eighty eighth
street station, found Jennie Tracy, 6 years
old, and John Tracy, 1 year old, in the
basement of No. 81 East Seventy eighth
street They were without food, and were
sparsely clothed. Their father is prisoner
on Blackwelfs Island, and their mother
had deserted them. The girl was taken to
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children and the baby was cared for at
police headquarters
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Convicts in Penftentiaries.

Special Agent Frederick Howard Wines,
who has charge of statistics Of pauperism
and crime for the census bureau, has re-
ported regarding the number of convicts in
state prisons and penitentiaries in the
United States on June 1, 1890. The figures
given, when compared with the report
made by the same special agent for the
tenth census, show an actual increase Of
$685. in the number of penitentiary con-
victs. The population of the country ac-
cording to the tenth census was 80, 155, 7S3.
The number of convicts in penitentiaries at
that date was 30,659, or, including the
leased prisoners, 1888. The ratio of con-
victs to the population was 100 in each mill
ion. The eleventh census shows the popu-
lation to be g., 622, 25G, and the number OF
convicts s,23a, the ratio of convicts to the
population being 722, an increase of only IL
to the million. Mr.. Wines, who, according
to Superintendent Porter, is undoubtedly
the first authority in the country in all
matters appertaining to the statistics of
pauperism and crime, is of the opinion that
this growth is not alarming, since further
study may result in an explanation of it,
or even in showing that crime of serious
character is rather on the decline in Amer
ica than on the increase.
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Important Period in a Girls Lie.

Important Period in a Girls Life.
The years from twelve to sixteen are per-
haps the most important in girls physi.
cal history. She is passing from child
hood into a more mature stage, and mind
and body are both taxed to the utmost to
meet the demands upon them. She needs
wise and tender care at this time. help to
understand the new problems that are
forcing themselves upon her, and to DO
surrounded with the best hygienic condi-
lions to secure an adequate physical de-
velopment.
II child has been properly dressed and
fed, had sufhciency of exercise, plenty Of
fresh air, an ample allowance of sleep and
not been permitted TO overstudy, she
reaches this critical age well prepared for
the strain she is 70 encounter.
II, on the other hand, no care has been
exercised in these important matters. they
should at once be carefully attended to, in
order to remedy, as far as possible the i'll
effects of past neglect. In these days,
when so much Is said and written on the
subject of hygiene, the care of the health
receives an attention tnae was very uncom-
mon a generation ago. and yet there are
still mothers who from want Of thought
or the pressure Of other Cases, do not give
it the consideration that it ought to have.
1t is much easier TO preserve health than
to restore it when IT y host To do this Il
is not necessary to hedge a gih around
with nambe of tiresome restrictions that
fret and worry her. IF she has been Al
lowed TO form bad hatits, of eo1H they
must be broken Of, add ttz(s Is never
pleasant proceeding. Apart from this,
judicioas regulation Of fosd, rest, EXERCISE
and dress need not be particularly irk-
some. If it is begun in early youth i be-
comes second nature, and the giri uncon-
sciously obeys the Laws OF health because
she has never been accustomed 70 violate
them.-Peterson' AagAxine.
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aisrespectfuhy of the imperial OF royal
family or of the imperial or royal uniform.
Moreover, he is not only authorized, but
ever Obliged TO use his saber without hest
tation or renorse if he believes himself to
be m danger OF being insulted or struck by
person whom he supposes to be his infe-
rior in rank, and as such debarred from
giving him satisfaction for the ofense in a
duel Now continental officers are pro-
verbally sensitive on the score Of their
sovereign and of their profession. They
are apt to regard the slightest piece of in
dependent and straightforward criticism
In the light Of an insult, and before the
American Traveller rs aware he may find
bis remarks cut short by sudden blow,
not with the fat but with the keen edge of
the sword, across the head or the shout
ders.
As an illustration of the readiness with
which European officers draw their sabers
on unarmed civilians, i may cite an incl
dent of this nature which took place at
Klagenfurt an important town Of Aus
tria, last a8tamn, and which has recently
been engaging the attention Of the author
kies at Vienna. A number of officers be-
longing to an infantry regiHent that
formed part of the garrison were listening
TO the music of a military band in the
beautiful public garden of the locality,
when suddenly a dispute, followed by a
Rcuffle, took place between two men near
the entrance. One of the officers, who hap
pened to be passing by at the time, inquired
what had occurred Of a gentleman stand
ing beside him, looking on The question
was put in tones so gruff and so offensive
that the civilian to whom it was addressed
declined to make any reply. His silence
enraged the officer to such an extent that
he made use of an insulting epHhei, W hieh
was Immediately returned In kind.
The officer thereupon boxed the ears Of
The civilian, who responded with his fist On
the nose of the lieutenant. The latter at
once drew his sword and cut down the
civilian with blow across the shoulder,
and before the PROSTATE man could recover
his footing he found himself assailea with
drawn sabers by a number Of the ieuten-
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Nurses Marry Ofteuest.

Miss Mabel Goddard, who has been
stud1ng the relations between industry
and matrimony Tor the past ten years,
states IN pamphlet form that the proper
ton OF marriages is greatest among trained
nurses than any other class of women
workers. 1t may be gratitude that moves
the hearts OF men, and undoubtedly ad-
mlration and affection have something TO
90 with the result, but whatever the main
cause the TACT remains that quiet, docile.
lntethgenF sand competent nurses End
themselves at the head of homes aud fami-
lies in remarkably short time after grad
uation. Like the Vassar girls. these
daughters of mercy marry weil.-Ssn Fran
cisco Argonaut.
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JANE HARDsG-cHRIsroPHER INGRAM.

JANE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NJ GRAIN.
THAT settles him; now for the woman. I"
The human devils proceeded to the bed
room. Prone on the floor. bleeding. ex-
hausted and unable to defend the one he
loved, the captain listened, tortured by
such agony as few men ever know. The
clock licked loudly the passing seconds
seemed like hours, and after ten minutes
there came the muffied roar of an explosion.
As developed later on, the robbers pressed
a pistol against the forehead Of the gagged,
bound and dragged woman and blew out
her brains. Con&d the imagination of q
Poe or Gabotiau conjure up a deed OF
more ferocious eowardices
Well, the men departed at midnight.
They secured a the reward of their crimes
81 In money, little jewelry and some
clothing. At g q m the rancher extricated
his head from a mass Of eoagulated blood
and about daylight reached the road There
Hugh Kelly found him. his hands still tied
behind his back. his hair clothed with gore
and MS tongue almost Paralyzed By PAN
tomllne more than by words he told the
hldeous story Of the night, aud within an
hour the country see was reused Mrs.
GREENWOOD Is in her grave, the captain is
recovering, and at Sacramento two men
have been arrested upon suspicion OF being
the perpetrators of this alaost Unparalleled
outrage.
christopher NcGrain. aged 80. lies in
jail at Toronto, Ont, charged with muir
der lie had lived for some time upon
terms OF unlawful Intimacy with a woman
named Jane Harding. The other morning
ne beat her nish,tully as she lay xick in
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II TRUE YANKEE STYLE

man territory, being conducted to the
frontier with handouts on their wrists.
The officer, however. was forced to leave
the army for having permitted the honor
Of his uniform to be sullied by an I'M
avenged blow, and finding himself cut by
all his former associates and friends and
ossracised by every one who was worth
knowing he committed suicide within
twelve months afterward
ES-ETPrO
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LITIGATION.

Pryer-What is the point at issue in the
case Of Jaggs against Henderson which
has been dragging through the courts so
long?
Lawyer-The trouble began over the
ownership of valuable coon dog. The
litigation has been going on about six
years and mas cost the contestants nearly
20,0O0 so far.
Prysr-Who will win the dog event.
ually, do you think?
Lawyer-The dog! Oh, he died early
in the second year.
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to begin his duties. As he entered the
kitchen shot was fired through the door.
Almost Immediately second shot crashed
through the window and Nonneamann
fell dead. Blackman ran to city police
station and gave himself up He claims
that he "acsed in self defense" and that
his victim struck him while on his way to
work. But self defense hardly covers the
case of firing through window at man
who is committing no assault.
All three of the tragedies mentioned are
without palliatiDg circumstances. If they
show anything it is that human beings,
even in this boosted era of civilization. get
so depraved that their existence is more
perilous to community than that of a
rabid dog or rattlesnake.
F. z, WHITE.
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EX-DTPLOMAT,

Henry Meyer, proprietor of the Puck
hotel at Port Richmond. n Y, died re-
Gently, and by the provisions of his viii;
his body was cremated and the ashes scat
tered to the winds from the top of the
statue of Liberty in Er.'- Yorsz harbor.
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The Jerseyman Had Nerve.

Mr.. Wheeler, of New Jersey-it's pity
the tale doesn't include his first name and
postoffice address-while in Havana not
long ago accidentally jossled Cuban.
The hot blooded native demanded an i'm
mediate apology or duel. well fight
right here, and now, !" remarked Mr.. Wheel
err, of New Jersey. Distance, ten PAGES;
weapons, revolvers. l have two; favor me
by accepting one" The son of the lever
faithful isle" concluded that he wanted
reparation of no kind whatever, and dis
appeared around the nearest corner
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A Doctors Hundred Mile Ride,

A doctor living at Caribou, Ne, recently
took one of the longest professional rides
of which there is any record. He was
called to distant lumber camp to perform
q surgical operation. He started at 10
a. m, and beyond Grand Isle found four
teams stationed at different poiAts await
ing him. He arrived 1t his destination at
midnight, having made the distance Of 1e2
miles in fourteen hours. The drive was ali
the more remarkable because of the condi-
ton of the roads, which was not favorable
for fast driving.
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Shot His Way to Favor.

Matrimonyis reached sometimes through
devious methods. For long tame hand
some Henry Meffest, of Louisville, KY,
eourted Mary koenig. She refused to favor
his suit, And few weeks ago he tired TO
Kill her with revolver The bullet veRt
wide of It's naark, and Heary went to jail.
Then Mary reaenked She visited tie prison
the other DAY with a JUSTICE OF the peane
and became Meffert's wife. The ceremony
bsE . criminal prosecution.
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Youthful Skepticism,

Bjenkenson had just returned from
church in dim religious frame of mind and
for the instruction of his 4-year-old daugh-
ter he told her in graphic style the Bibli-
cal story of Jonah and the whale. When
be had finished Ethel looked up in his face
and eagerly said:
Now, papa, you listen, and see if I can't
tell you bigger lie than thatI-Somer-
vile Journal