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A Lion Figure. Ia ID vorcs Salt.



PARIS Feb. CA very Iuser divorce suit has
come before the courts At Bale. A certain gen
tlsman oil switzerland went TO Paris. and hay-
ING poured out many li0atlons To Bacchus.
went oil 10 inspect travelling menAgerie.
The PRIDE OF this monagerie was a lion cub
who having beea lett an orphan at II tender
age was being brought up with much ma
ternal solicitude hy large dog, who, having
also lost her puppies mad adopted the fuTlOrn
stranger The swiss, on seeing this INTEREST,"
ing couple, WAS moved To tears. and offered so
large a price for the foster mother and nuTs-
ling that the owner eagerly cluseh with him.
Meantime the swiss returned % the conlugal
dumiriie. became himself again. aud forgot
both his emotion and his purchase. until q let
ter arrived Tor him announcing that his lion
Was on it's way. His wife. who was jealous OF
him. opened the letter and. after inyestiga-
iion, discovered that tIe dinner and the baoy
lion were acquired m Joyous feminine eompa-
ny. SO. her cOnluEAl ire icing excited. she lett
her husband. vOwng she would divorce him
because OF the linn aud other indiscretions,
and a. she natural ~ look away her own orr
waite fortune on her departure the poor man Is
lot lanentiug with q healthy lion, an enfee-
ble,i p0ck ethoOE. an emlIy house and vague
hope that perhaps the lion, who is the uncon-
sciuus author OF his Wee, Will one day grow u .
and eat him. thus ensuTlng a release from this
troublesome world.
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PENAL SLRTTIUDE I0R LIFE.

Sentence 81 A,rre iI-t I.nu:hier. who Tried
q" Kin 81 '-s Bon g-oi-."
p,rIs. Feb. 23-Lco Lauthier. tho Anarchist,
was to-day condemned to renal servitude for
life for having stabbed ". GcorRevitch. Special
Envoy oil Seryia to France. on Nov. - 1893.
On that evening VI. GcorCevltch was seated In
the Bouil!on Duyal Restaurant. on Avenue de
rUprra. when he was approached by Lauthlcr.
10 whom nobody aid any attention until he
drew an ordinary shoenakcr's knife and made
lunge at the Serviau Envoy NJ. Georgevitch
fell from his chair bleeding and Lauthier ran
from the place iefore the astonished guests
and attendants coull stop him. As Lauthier
reach ed the street he was grabbed. knife In
hand. by Two g-ndarn,.s and locked up.
N. GeorRe,itch was conveyed to hospital.
where his wound YVES pronounced severe but
not dangerous. He became worse. however,
and for u short time 1t was thought he would
die. but he finally recovered.
Lauthier. 1t was learned. was shoemaker.
H. years old. When he was arraignsd for
trial he maintained cool demeanor and re-
ceived his sentence with equal composuEe.
He said he had no grievance against Nj.
bourgeois" and the Servian Envoy appeared to
answer those rel uirements more nearly than
any other person In the restaurant.
Emile Henry who threw the bomb In the cafe
he was responsible for thu explosion. in the
police station on tho hue des Bons Eniants in
November 1892. he said that he atone formed
tho plot 70 blow u tho office Of the Carmaux
1t on the staircase leading to the offices.
whence II Was taken to the polio. station. Hs
denied that no had any accompiice or CONT
trial for throwing the bomb in the cafe oil the
Hotel Terminus will take place at the Seine
Assizos. probably beginning on March b
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EVENTS BEYOND THE OCEAN.
1BE lords FTNTsn WORK ON THE
PARIsB COUNCILS BILL.

n Goes Hset to tbe Co@-ers-Lordou Fo-
lice rrsvsut Rist ne ths F.nerr, of Az
.restst "noursiu - Austrtrs, Frtneh,
aaa osrrnu Anarchists seat 90 rrisor'
I.oxpoS. Feb. 23-The House Of Lords this
.yeninr agreed TO permit the Parish Councils
10 hold meetings in the parochial school
houses Their former refusal Of such permits
sion was most severely criticised. as It meant
that in the rural districts the saloons would
have 10 be made centres Of political activity.
Tho Duke Of Devonshire leader Of the Lib
.Unionists, moved that the County Coun-
ellis be made the tribunals 10 decide upon the
compulsory purchase OF allotments under the
Lllotments act. with the power OF appeal {"
the local Government Board. This motion
was passed.
lord Salisbury. Conservative leader. pro-
posed q new amendment which would give
parishe. Of 200 to GOO population the choice
between council and no council. The amend
ment was approved by a vote OF 81 10 Iu Lore
Salisbury then moved that the Parish Councils
he allowed TO elect only one-third oil the trus-
tees " local charities. H..
The Earl OF kimhelIey secretary o, 1'a aonId
oppoae this ame ndment. The Duke o. Devon :
shire smoke briefly against Lord Salishnrys
fha ArchbIshops Of Canterbury and York sur.
ported Lord Salisbury. and the amendmen'
the House next agreed to drop the amend
ment excluding London from the scope OF the
The Lord. finished their work on the rarleh
Councils bill this evening, and sent the Dill
back to the Commons.
ToSDoS. Fab. 4.-In leader on the Parish
Councils bin in the House Of Lords. the DonH
Ny,rs expresses the hope that this measure
will prove the third Item. after the Home Rule
and I'm rloyers' Liability bills. In the reckon
inc Of the people with the Peers The Ne,cs
insists that the upper House must yield the
amend mpnts which IL still maintains In oppn-
sition TO the decision OF the House of Com
mons.
Tho DIjlv Cn-op'rle expresses the opinion
Tint the Perrs roni Messed last evening their
defeat aud tho triumph OF the Com mons Ii
Lord Salisbury presented the eccentric
mixture NJ strength Of speerh and weakness
Of chnrn cter which belongs to him. The ma
ton will rtjolce in the humiliation of the
House Of Lnrds"
The dmmin assumes that the Parish Coun-
cils Lil will pass in approximately its present
forr'. and conEratuintsa both sides upon es-
GAPING the diaagrrrnble result which was
threatened. &c II would have Leen lamrnta-
hIe' says the Standard. e II the LII had been
sacrificed to pinue.
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PREPARING 10 uSsEaT CoFFEY.
A senate sah-eoamIuss T'EiaE Testimony
In the - ,c0ad Senate District.

A senate sab-eommIues T,kiaE Testimony
In the - ,cOad Senate District.
The first steps TO unscat Michael ]. Coffey.
the only remaining Democratic senator from
Kings county, Were taken yesterday. Senators
Pound. Wolf. and Mullin. a su6-cOm mittee OF
tho Senate. took testimony in BROOKLYN. upon
which Mr. II. Quinn. Dir. Coffsy's Rspubli-
can competitor. expects TO he declared the
reprasentAtiye OF the Second district.
More, than a score OF witnesses were ex;
amined. Their testimony tended to show that
Mr. CofTey made arrange ents with some OF
the Republican managers IL the di.trlet 10
swell his Vote. w. II. Grimm OF ~ Ferris
street sWors that James johnson. who WAS
then the recognized Republican leader In the
Twelfth ward. came to him before election
and proposed that he should turn over, twenty
In the ward 10 CofIsy and the other Demo
cratic candidates. Johnson told him that
there would he something In the Job for 10th
OF them. The witness asked Johnson II II was
intended 10 dump Shieren as well as the other
Kepub lican candidates He replied:
"Oh. yes let us dump the Dutchman. He's
no good. | can get twice as much from the
elected won't get anything"
Johnson lso said hat II he wanted to Keen
his iob in the public stores lao would have to
Testimony was also given that scores Of al.
legged disabled voters were assisted 10 prepHr-
ing their ballots by democratic watchers. The
number in one district reached l:M Several
witnesses told of IA dispute In one district over
scratched ballots. Il Was finally decided tn
toss M a penny. The Democratic inspect or
won. aud the ballots were counted for Co1ey.
Tho hearing has not been concluded
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STGNOR WHALES RIDDLES.
ONE cOsT $1,000 AND 1Hs oTHER
COST SIxTT CENTS

whsu = Brootiyu A udisues Saw Hiv. Roe
Ht- Haas TarouEh His Hair, Throw =
Fiaa;s on the Stnrr. esd STEP ThrouEh
n. They Didn't Kaew witch ope u Wa.
sIenor Giuseppe whale was one Of the favor
its artists who took part in the big Washing
tons Birthday concert at the Brooklyn Taber-
nac'e on Thursday night. He IL a big-chested
brlRht-eyed Italian who Ia expert Mt
violin playing. He cnms out unon the
platform with a thousand dollar violin
early in the evening and played u
solo from Abt and a selection Of his own COM
position, and an hour later he gave a solo err
titled Army Lie" Introducing drum and fie
effects. the tramp OF soldlery and other incl
dents Of battle. This caught the fancy Of the
audience that packed the Tabernacle. and they
demanded an encore with noisy enthusiasm.
Signor WHALE rosined his fiddle bow and gave
them Home. sweet Home"
The listeners kept on anplauding, and tho
artist appeared again and keyed up his violin
Tor Annie Rooney" The instrument
squenked. and he touched the key OF q piano.
and set the violin keys tighter yet. Nothing
but discord resulted from his effort with the
bow.
The italian seemed to be excessively ner-
vous. He ran his hand through his flowing
hair. tried again, and finally. seizing hold OF
the handle OF the violin. threw the instrument
down on the stage. and raising his right foot
brought Ii down on the violin with n terrific
smash that eplintered the instrument. The
spectators were startled. Signor Nitale glared
at the ruined violin and LETT the platform
Every body look Oh at his neiehbor in amaze
ment. Then SONS Of the audience began to
applaud. but he did not reappear An at
tendant gathered IN the fragments OF the
violin. and after u long pause the concert was
continued. Scores OF tho Assem- hlage hurried
to the trustees after the concert was over nd
asked what WAS the matter with the viollniat.
The latter lad left the building long before.
and tue trustees were not able to enliRhten the
innuirera
siGnor WHALE was found last night in a serene
frame OF mind.
dollar violin ?" was asked OF him.
A broad smile lighted M his face.
" Hal hal" ho aaid. halt a hundred OF my
friends have asked me the same question to-
day. 1t was a practical luke that happened to
come into my head. did not Jump on my fa-
vorits violin at all. Tho broken instrument
cost Just sixty cents outside OF the strinZs
which were first class and were not harmed
by the wreck Of the cheap violin. | wanted
to see II could dem on strnte that art does not
entirely depend upon a good instrument 1t
would seem TINT tho practical joke worked
for | suppose that the audience must have
thought 1 WAS crazy when they saw me smash
my fiddle. No viulinist would be foolish enough
to Jump on really good fiddle. changed the
Instruments Just before the Home sweet
Hama SOHO
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BOURBON hurled.
Police Quickiy Suppress - Demonstration at
the Anarchi>i's Fun raj

Police 0uickiy Suppress u Demon stratiou at
the Anarehisi's Fun r..
LONDON. Feb. 23-The burial OF Martial
Dourdiu. the Anarchist who was killed By the
premature explosion OF one OF his own bonn bs
near Greenwich Observatory on tho night OF
Feb Is. took place this afternoon. The hearss
started from tho Ilace where tho body has
been lying. In st. Pancras. at l :35 =. NJ. Only
one carriage followed the hearse. Large
crowds filed the roadways some in expecta-
ton OF witnessing an Anarchist demonstra-
ton. and others intending. II possible. to
participate in one. The I.olice were out in
torcr. pref ared for any emergency.
There Was no sl.u OF disturbance until the
hearse reached Marylsitone road, where II vast
thrOng awaited the arrival OF the body Of the
dead anarchist. At tnis pnint some one in the
crowd holsted a red flag with q black border.
This wEs the signal for an cutlery. nut the po-
lire charged the crow'l, scattering thei0 IN all
dir"ctups. and tearing down and carrying
away tho red flag. strong Gordon oil police
Thereafter protected the sIIeet from further
Invasion.
The crowd having been dispersed after the
eap;urs ~ the rod Tag Ia Manufacture road,
the horses drawing the hearse were urged tn %
gallon whirh was Kept VI until FinchleY
Cemetery was reached. where the body was
lowered In q he grave winch bad been made
Tor it"s quickly rs ~ ssihle The authorities
having given positive orders to prevent the
crowds from gaining admission to the Gene
tery, lew ersoLs were present when tie body
has inferred, ~ the co,fin was being lowered,
quinn. tGe Anarchist isaGeE. Attemnied to de-
liver an grafton. HD had ONLY begun his re-
marks when lie was seized by the police Ind
hustled outsidr the cemetery gates, whore he
wHs set Mt !Ii srty, JegEwhile ths BODY had
hen buried and the groups Of Anarchists and
Others who had cOn2rrGAted outside the en-
closure quickly ana quietly dispersed.
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They Got Lower Bsrths.


There 10 a decision and energy about Eng
lishmen sometimes which arouses admiration.
A case In point occurred on Monday. Two
men. whose clothes. pipes. monocles. and ac-
cent forcibly announced their nationality.
called at the ticket office OF the Southern Pa
cilic Railroad and asS ed for two lower berths
on the train 10 San Francisco.
They are all gone, You can have uppers.
though" was the responce.
Oh. no: doncher Know me friend Is ~. and
he cahnt 60 unless he has n lower berth. He
must have one. doncher known
The agent was sorry. but as he only had up
per berths. he could do nothing. Then tho
spokesman ms stei on seeing Mr.. Crawley.
and that Official az ain explained the absence
oi any lower berth. only to receive the reply:
"Aw, yes; but We must nave u Iower doncher
know" .
the Official " They will cost you Just S2bi'.
NE have an extra car here and can put it in
for you at that figure. II upper berths are not
good enough"
"Aw! les. thanks awfully."
They paid the money, tho empty Pullman
was coupled on to the train. and the boys at
tho depot say that before the cars left the
Englishmen had made the porter make up
every berth In the car. Thsy said they had
paid for each OF the sections and they propo sed
10 come as near as possible to getting their
moneys worth.
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LAST sUBSCaIP7ION NIGHT.
"F.ust" Closes the Reruisr Season orOper
-Mi-bsp or IA stout Enthusinst.

"F.u.t" Closes the Reruisr Season "rOpera
-Mi-bsp or IA stout Euthusinst.
The last subscription night at the opera was
a repetition OF the first performance In almost
every particular tave two. The attendance
was larger at the close than at the opening.
and Nine. Melba sang the role OF Marguerite in
Faust" in place OF Nine. Eames.
Tho extra crowd tried the patience Of the
ushers, and the crush in the upper balconies
was the cause o: some amusing Incidents.
Every hox ana seat had been sold in advance.
except few In the hands OF spectators. who
held their seats until few hours before the
performance and then made the anxious pur-
chssers empty their purses "
--Iftrv iuws,t price paid on the sidewalk was
So for a parquet seat. and the average price
was 81. while in many instances ~ was given.
Until tho garden scene only few, Of the
the opera accurately enough TO arrive
in time to see the love sSens be, be.
i hoSse was a'g mass Of people from the mem
ami women who would cling to the ceiling TO
hear the .,y %q. ss to below the jean as Il ike
in nj. soliloquy In the garden received
two bon1qets OF Jack roses from 4:
Obliged to repeat twice the last few bars OF the
Jewel song to quiet the applause. In point Of
duration and earnestness IN. reeep,lon given
Tho curtain was raised three timss at the
and Bauermeister and Jean and Edouard de
Rsszke appeared as many times ut the stage
door
Enough flowers were received by Marguerite
and Martha TO do Justice to an elaborate we'd
ding
scene. when .HeDh'siOphripa and the worthy
winning the heart OF Ndr9us!'rC. the persons
sitting In the middle left OF the second balcony
above the grand tier OF foxes were treated to
an amusing but somewhat embarrassing in-
cident.
4 stout woman who hal expressed her adj
miration for the opera with frequent elacula-
tions In German leaned far forward over the
row lust In front OF her TO get u better view OF
the stage.
She sat in the last row. which IL a full foot
higher than ths row in front, and she evil
IDENTITY did not apprec late the distance. for she
lost her equilibrium and fell forward ex-
claiming: Ach I'm slipped"
She tumhled into the laps Of gentleman
and lady. For an instant there WAS u vision OF
flying skirts and nutterinG white stock ings
and then the admirer OF opera, whose
was pushed bnck. She stuck to her seat dur
ing the remainder OF the opera.
MdrgueIHe's song OF forgiveness In the prison
was greeted with cheers, and Mme. Melba was
given to understand thar she had thoroughly
won the hearts OF the audience.
After the opera many OF tho occupants OF
the boxes and tho row OF shirt fronts in the
omnibus box adjourned to, the Naude-
vile Club theatre. where Miss Theresa
contortionist; HarriGan. tho tramp iueGler
Mile. santori. the dancer and several other
variety stars made n strong contrast with the
preceding entertainment.
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the GREAT PARIS CONVENT.
Its Importaut Fart Tn the Great World 81
the French Capital.

From ne s.. Tout, GHS,. Dsrrcerni.
PARIS. Feb. within the last few days the
name OF tho Convent OF the Sacre-Cnur has
been on every lip. popular attention having
been attracted thereto not only by the recent
marriage OF the Due d'Uzts to Mile. dc
Luynes. which was celebrated in the chapel Of
that institution. but likewise because two
young girls who belong to the loftiost rank OF
society. and who for the last two seasons have
been conspicuous figures nc most OF the FASH
iouable entertainments. are about to forsaks
the world and it's pleasures In order to become
For strangers it IL dificult to realize the
part which this conyent plays IN the existene.
Of tn. Psrisisn great world %nd IL fact Of the
woman Of any social promlnence on either
bank Of the Seine VINO has not received her
establishment and who has not since main
tanned in a lesser, degree her conuection
mem bers OF an ASSOCIATION called the Danes
Enfants dc Marie" which is composed ex-
msmbers periorm retreat S Of eight d"Ss do"
voted to prayer and meditation In the convent.
snS IL mf SS
bonrg st, GERMAN In the Rue de varenne, the
Duchesse de Maine. OF the Duo de Biron. and
q the Due de Gharos. whose widow sold Il Ia
Nine. Barat. who died as recently as 1865. was
the daughter OF cooper. She was influenced
her brother was = priest OF remarkable elo-
auence and emil htenment and Il was in def
erence to his advice that at the beginning OF
this century she first laid tho foundation alike
abe quickly obtained pupils. Converts at
that time had oil been DESTROYED and their
inmates dispersed. and means OF education
for young girls Of noble birth Just then
were exceedingly rare. SO great was the
success of Nine. Barat that Just about the
epoch whom Napoleon married the Austrian
Archducheas Marie Louise. Nine. Barat was
elected superior Of the order. hor deputy be.
Ing the Comtssse de Gramm ont. who had been
lady In waiting TO Marie Antoinette.
The school occupies the mansion Itself.
while the ma lority of the nuns are housed in
separate buildings, which in several cases
were formerly used by the servnnta OF the
original proprietors. One Of the features of
the convent is its extensive gardens. some ten
the very centre OF Paris. beneath the shade OF
which In their school yenrs have lived such
great ladies' as the Duchesse de Rohan. the
Duchesse d'Ursel. Comtesse de Lostange.
Comtesse de la Garde. CoIntesse de Nun. the
MArIuise Hervey de saint Denis. and last but
not least. tho three daughters OF Queen 1sa-
bella OF Spain. one OF whom, the lnfanta Eula~
lie. is SO well known in the United States.
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Mr.. HEWl1T'S CRITICISMS.
SOUTHERN CONGREssMEN RESENT
THEM UITH INDIGYI TION

Private Anen Thr~R;eas 60 Make FUSue
RepiV-Nr. Bankherd ot Alabama Sc -
ar. Hewitt Can go 20 the Drvn. snd Mr.
Caruth Say. Hs 4. "a Hi- DotsEs.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.-Abram & Hevitts
criticisms on the nineteenth century South
ern statesmen. as reported in THE suN this
morning. are not received with very great
favor by Southern Congressman.
Mr.. McCreary Of Kentucky said that he found
the best way OF treating such things was TO
ignore them. and he should do 30 with this.
MIR. Allen OF Mississippi said that he would
at some future time take occa sion 10 give an
extended public expression OF his opinion.
Mr.. Lester OF Georgia said that he did not
! feel like using language in com enting upon
the speech which would lie suitable to print
hut lie would cay that ho regarded the speech
| as calculated to do great injury to the Demo-
cratic party
Mr.. Bankhead OF Alabama said that the Mt
terances were contemplate. lie believed that
| 1t was prem e,lltated anil u part OF O plan Of
concerted action on the, part OF so-calied Dem.
TO destroy the Democratic party. He could
see nothing else in it except this vicious 90.
upon the assumption that Il was malicious
and 4 was OF Kind with the action OF some OF
himself he said he could see no solution OF
tho problem except to tell Mr.. Hewitt and his
ssd TO t. S f pd Ssn " HIRE
alliance must be between the south and West
Mr.. Enloe NJ Tennessee raid that II was .
deliberate purpose to insult and tradnce the
sout6ern people because they would not con-
sent to be robbed and to take commands from
Ts sGeHn 81 ne Ds f sSsTs New i t:
when no one could DISPUTE his intelligence
but II might he that he was now in his dotage
and suffering from disappointment, or Il light
be that he had Joined that gang in the Fast who
are trying to put their hands into other peo-
rle's pockets. and are indignant tha. there
should lie any resistance or protest. The ap-
evidence that however feeble Mr.. Hewitt's In
who sy n nathizsd with bis utterance. ''''
MIR. Caruth Of Kentucky said simply that
Mr.. Hewitt was in his dotage.
was unworthy of Mr.. Hewitt and departed far
As to men OF. brains. Mr.. Livingston OF
brains Of the South had gone North. The
said he. are few and far between. do not
has gone North. but | do cay that Few
when no says that the Industrious men
Of the. South have remained homo be-
sy oS q this
the beginning OF it's history until the war. and
now again they are getting control 10 every
path 81 industry For every Intelligent South
erniman who goes North. my intelligent North.
SSrS
thern. unless they go to gamble In stocks and
bonds and to JOIN the robber band and DO as
man pulation Of the revenues Of the Govern
ment. As Tor the ign ORANGE OF tho Southern
men. being southern Congressman myself;
/ shall say nothing: but when he speaks OF
our devotion to silver as the touchstone Of our
Ignorance. must remind him that In this We
w ~, hs Of IL cy
and Lincoln
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III. s,.,..n.a ana Tho PA,Io.opA.r.


Congressman Turpin OF the birmingham
Pennsylvania avenue brigade OF beRgars
couple OF nights ago. go
Honest now. what do you want lust three
cents forr'
know where can get drink for five have
two pals on the corner. We all want drink"
y" hut don't you think IL would be wrong Tor
a minister OF the gospel to cOuntsnance your
drinking and treating bv giving you Inonsyr'
"oh. sir II you are a minister beg your
:" You didn't Well. honest again. What
did you think l was
people We think We can work. We sometimes
can't agree. This time we did. All three OF us
thought you was a gambler In luck
Congressman Turpin offered the gentleman
q hye-cent piece aud was handed two pennies
in return.