The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-23

f5 per day He had scarcely been gone four
months when Lord Dnnlo married Belle Bill |
ton OF the Music Hall stage and tho Corinthian !
Club. who had in her absolute possession /
tho young biic-a-brac dealers heart, and |
whom tho Earl Of Clancarty ordered ;
tho young husband to India for n
year. with the chaste hone. as he admitted !
in court during tho divorce proceeding after |
ward. that his daughter in-law would be +,
driven to prohibition by poverty. Wertheimer !
could not resist tho impulse that drew him !
back to London to DO Lady Dunlo's guardian |
angel until her husbands return. He took for
her II house In Avenue road. He gave her three
horses and between $500 and f4OO worth OF
jcwelrs. for which no still owes; but though no
lived In tho same house with her ladyship
and drove her home in his private hanson
from the music halls each evening. neither
the driver OF tho hanson nor the servants
OF tho house saw aught In tho conduct OF
the pair that traNsgiessed the laws OF morality
however social conventions may have been
outraged: nor did Werheimer's unsolhsh
Offices cease whom Lord Dunlo's suit for divorce
was decided against him and he returned
to his lady's arms: for when the disappointed
and angry Earl Of Clancarty. who promoted
the divorce proceedings cut OF his sons
allowance and that young nobleman was
forced to suhsist upon his wifes earnings 1t
was Wertheimer whose purse supplied the de-
flcency In the household expenses. 1t Is
pleasing to note that now that the Earl has
gone under his mausosum and his son has
inherited the title and estates. the Countess
has not forgotten her admirers generosity, as
IS demonstrated by the circumstance that IL
Was shown in court that she only recently
loaned Wcrthcimer fi2O and has not put in
any petition with the rest Of the creditors for
it, return
Nevertheless Isdore has gone to the dogs.
His four race horses. whose names. by tho
way reflect the pleasing sentimentality OF the
young mans nature-Sweetie. Tootsie. Sugar.
and Sweetheart-have boon sold. His cham
bers and their furnishing have boen dstrnined
for rent His credit is Gone at his outnttsrs.
and nothing is left him but his wardrobe aud
the bitter memory OF unkissed kisses and
songs that ne'er were sung"
The students OF ancient languages buried
civilization. and Biblical and historic research
attach considerable interest to tho ninth In
ternational Congress OF orientalists, which is
to be held in London from.the LIST to thelOth of
, next month. The Duke of Connaught
and his imperial Highness the Arch
duke Rainer are the patrons OF the
gathering The Marquis OF Dufferin and
Lord Lytton nre honorary Presidents. and the
Lord Chancellor is President Of the organic
ing and reception committees. In addition 10
| all the countries OF Europe representatives
! will attend from Egypt. Algeria. India. Persia
Batavia. America, and Australia and already
| over l4O papers on various subjects. and
several collections for exhibition have been
! promised. 1t will thus be seen that the CON-
| ference is no mere holiday outing. The pro-
Gramme. however. includes banquet on the
last working day. and an excursion to Cam
bridge to finish IN with.
The Commissioner OF her Maiesty's Customs.
in his thirty-flth report to the Lords OF tho
! Treasury. gives some interesting statistics re-
! larding the consumption OF tobacco In spite
OF q recent reduction in duty the gross rove
| nue. from tobacco in 1S9O-91 reached the sum
| of f9.7l7.7s4. the highest figure ever attained.
| or increase over tho total revenue for
1SS9-90 OF f503157. This increase. the Com
| missioner points out. is derived almost on
tirely from tho ordinary out tobacco consumed
| by the working c!asses whose i'm proved wages
| have undou btodly assisted to bring about this
satisfactory and gratifying state OF revenue.
The amount OF drawback paid on snun which
is abandoned as of1al has increased to such an
extent that 1t is regarded by the Commissioners
| OF Customs as unsatisfactory. and the alton
| tion OF Mr.. Goschen is invited TO tho best
means 10 hold in check attempts to evade the
existing provisions Of tho law and regulations
| made to meet the evil The smuggling Of
| small quantities OF tobacco and CIGARS the
Commissioner says. Is increasing. while at.
| tennis to smuggle on q large scale show do
cided decrease. A little over FL. 600. 900 is the
| sum the British Treasury lost last year through
the reduction Of duty on tea from sixpsnce to
| fourpence pound. as the consumption OF tea
| previous to the reduction was in round figures
l79.O0O00O pounds avoirdupois. The loss, OF
| course. would have been greater but for tho In
| creased demand which invariably follows .
| decreased imposition. The actual increase
| from this cause was rather more than %. UOO,-
| 900 pounds. or little moro than l2h DOR
| cont. 1t is curious to note that in 1885. when
the duty ranged from eighteen pence to three
| shilinGs according to the quality OF the arti.
| Gle. the revenue from this source stood almost
exactly at the same figure rs at the present
| moment, when all kinds OF tea pay Only four
pence.
Mr.. James Berry. the.leading hangman Of
Great Britain and ireland. is at present On.
| gagged In q controversy with the physician OF
Kirkdals Prison in Liverpool concerning tho
execution OF one John Conway on last Thurs
day morning. on which occasion the head Of
Mr.. Conway was nearly jerked from his body
Mt the end OF the rope. Berry asserts that this
accident occurred because the physician in
sisted on a six.foot drop instead OF four feet
six inches. and tho physician says In effect
that tho mans head nearly came of because
Berry was drunk. or course. Berry insists that
he WAS not drunk, though no admits having
taken a brandy and soda before tho execution
but tho reporters who were present say that
his conduct was extraordinary.
Tho Liverpool Mernu'v man writes that
Berry was rough. sharp, and rude to de-
grse never before Witnessed at Kirkdale. He
insisted i'm mediately after tho pinionin2 had
taken place upon placing tho white cap on tho
niurdsrer's head before he left tho corridor "f
tho reception house. thing never be-
ioro heard o.. Father Bono at the time
objected to this procedure as unusual. and
fet justified in removing tho cap. the
placing OF which on Conway's head at tho time
was contrary to all precedent. Conway thero'
fore left tho reception house whore he was
pinioned without tho white cap. but in passing
from the FIRST set Of rooms to tho scafrold
house Berry took the opportunity Of replacing
the cap on the prisoners head rs he had
originally put 1t. Conway was dreadfully in
convenisnccd and discounted by this strange
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