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duchess removed to England to be near her
son, handsome, dark-eyed youth of 16,
whom she had placed at Beaumont col
lege, Windsor. -Four years later she mar
ried Lord Barrogill, fourteenth earl of
Caithness, and chief of the clan of Sinclair.
No two temperaments could have been
more different. The earl's was q positive
mind fond of the practical side of science.
The new countess was full of romance and
mysticism.
In 1S76 she accompanied her husband to
the United States. The couple spent over
a year in New York. Here she became
deeply interested in spiritualism-an in
terest which was deepened and strength
ened by an acquaintance then formed with
Nine. Biavatsky.
The turning point in her career, however,
came in London in 1873. At one of the
meetings of the Occult White Cross soci-
ETY. she heard lecture delivered by the
American spritualist, Mrs. Fletcher, who
claimed 20 be under the special control of
The spirit OF Mary, queen of Scots, and
who, under the direction of that spirit,
had founded the society. The seat of the
Caithness earldou was in the vicinity of
Holyrood, where queen Mary lies buried
A long line of dead and gone earls of
Caithnes> are likewise buried in the royal
mausoleum of mat palace, by the right of
their descent from Robert Bruce and their
kinship to the s uarts. Nothing more was
needed to inflame he impressionable i'm
agination of the countess. On the storied
spot she sought direct spiritual communion
with the illustrious shade. Her experience
is related in little book called "A Night
at Holyrood.'
That night was a most eventful one. As
the clocks in Edinburgh below were strik-
ing IL, the spirit of Mary, "gloriously
beautiful appeared to the anxious seeker
and held converse with her un il cockcrow.
I.
continue her efforts toward the securing ol
equal rights for women, promising to
watch over these efforts and to aid them.
| Chronicle.
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HER STRANGE FANCY

An extraordinary and picturesque career
came to an end in Paris on Monday week,
with the death of the lady who, in the
Scotch peerage, bore the title of the Count
ess of Caithness, and who, by papal crea-
tion, enjoyed the additional dignity of
Duchess of Pomar. Nor were these her
sole credentials to social consideration.
On her mothers side she was great
granddaughter of the Marquis of Nor
mandy. She inherited from her first hus-
band, the Duke of Pomar, the cross of the
order of the Holy Sepulcher. To this the
queen of Spain added the order of Marie
Louise. And to back up all this titular
grandeur she possessed unusual beauty,
vivacity, charm and intelligence, and en-
joyed an income of over 100000 year.
From her earliest years she displayed
great seriousness of character and energy.
Her father was Spanish aristocrat, Don
Jose de Mariategui She was born in Mad
rid about the year 1925. While still in her
first youth she married the General and
Count de Medina Pomar, gentleman who
served in the Spanish war of succession
and who some time afterward purchased a
dukedom from Pope Plus TX. When the
duchess became widow she continued to
bear the title by special stipulation with
the pope, her son inheriting the title of
duke.
After the death of her frst husband the
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, arms and laid her head against the
cheek of her companion, and waited
| for death.
"They thought of their meetings in
/ the cool nights in summer, when the
forest was clothed in the beauty of
June. Then, suddenly, the woods
were denuded and bare, covered with
snow and filled with moving forms,
| with glowering eyes and open mouths.
"But Solange and Laurent were not
destined to die then. Providence, I
believe it, young people; Providence
sent me that morning in my sleigh
through the forest. 1 held the reins,
my coachman had a gun and watched
the road. Without doubt, the sleigh
bells frightened the wolves, for we did
not see one. Before the huge elm tree,
at the foot of which lay the young
lovers, my mare jumped aside. Aided
by the groom 1 lifted them into my
sleigh, wrapped them up we'll, and
then took the wolf 3 head also.
''It was about am. when we arrived
at d'Ursay. The farmers and assist
ants of M. Roger Dufio, and number
of villagers, alarmed about the disap-
pearance of Solange, came to meet us.
That evening in the great kitchen at
Roger Dufio's, Laurent and his sweet
heart elated their terrible experience
of the night before"
Sand afterwards, Doctor? Were
they married?"
"They were married." replied our
host. "After the adventure of the
wolf her parents consented to her mar
risge to Laurent Grillet. The we'd
ding took place the following spring
and the fifty francs bounty purchased
the wedding Dress"
We saw Solange-au-Lcup dress the
two boys and return towards the
house. She passed by us and smilei
at the Doctor, who said: "Bonsoir, So
lange."
Copyright 1895, by R Gardner Curran.
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WOMAN'S NEWEST CApES

In the newest cape models all consider
ations of warmth seem to have been sacri-
feed to appearances. The capes are short,
stand out from the elbows so that the chill
of all outdoors can come in under and get
in it's deadly work, and in many exampl es
are open at the top so that the throat is
left unprotected. With such garments of
the most costly materials offered in abund-
ance, women are not to be blamed for
wearing short capes of the material Of
their dresses late into the winter. They
give quite as much warmth as the most
swagger fur capes.
The newest theatre bonnet is made
about tiara of cut steel set with rhine
stones. The tiara is not much bigger than
finger ring, but stands up like an elabo'
rate section of wire fence, five barred at
that. This little affair is set on frill of
lace and under the frill of lace is laid a
soft fold of silk or velvet. Right at the
back of the tiara, for all the world as if to
keep it from slipping off its little doiley of
lace, is big bow that spreads to either
side of the head. Sometimes the bow is
omitted and the tiara stands all alone like
an open top thimble on rufiled pin cushion
of lace. OF course, the woman who has a
tiara of real gems may wear it, but the
steel and rhinestone affairs are offered at
prices that are quite enough to make most
women stop and think of something
cheaper.
Skirts are to be trimmed again soon, so
it is said, and an indication of the change
comes in the appearance of skirts made of
lowered material. These are worn with
plain colored bodices, which. is an innova-
ton, but it must be said that the fiaring
skirts of the present look very well when
carried out in material all sprawled over
with some effective design. Cashmeres
are being shown in black ground with flow.
ers of the old-fashioned rose kind. These
patterns are quite like what is shown in
silk, and dresses made of this material
may be lined with silk in the brightest
shade shown in the flower, and bit of
lace may be held in place by several straps
of ribbon to ma CHI the lining of the skirt.
The result is very pretty gown with quite
a catchy and modish effect at no great out
lay.
The women that have bsen letting their
hair grow in front to accomplish the right
sort of severity in the parting are not
pleased that the pompadour is 10 be worn,
and it is for the benefit of these women
that an eXaggeration of the part-and-de-
murity idea is advanced. Its promoters
divide he front hair at the central part
and separate it from the back by part
over the top of the head from ear tip to ear
tip. Each lock is curled at the ends
loosely in single curl that hangs down at
the side of the face over the ear, and that
should be long enough to rest on the
shoulder. The curling of the lock does
hair being left in all it's severity down over
the temples and along the cheek. OF
course the style is trying one, but when
becoming it is delightfully."- quaint.
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the mean time to fit his boots to the
footprints in the marsh.
THE cONFpOST tTTON

the mean time to fit his boots to the
footprints in the marsh
THE CONFORMATION.
The po little mutilated body lay
on table covered with white cloth.
"Come, jesse" said Detective Wood,
taking the boy by the arm; 81 want
you to look at this little boy and see
If you know him.
The boy pulled back and turning his
face and body away, shook his head.
81 don't know him." he half whis-
pered; al don't know him. [ never
saw him before"
"How do you know whether you ever
saw him or not if you will not look at
him? Come along, now, and see if you
recognize him."
The boy would not move or turn bis
heads so Wood took hold of him by the
elbows and pushed him up to the table.
But still he turned away his head.
Then Wood held his head in such a
position that he was forced 20 look
upon the mangled little corpse before
him.
"Do you know this little boy, Jesse?"
The boy trembled violently, but did
not answer.
The question was repeated sgain and
again. Finally Pomeroy became ex-
cited and tried to wriggle away. Find
ing this impossible he finally blurted
out: "Yes, know him.
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Although poor, she was courted by the
rich as we'll as poor young men OF the
neighbor hood, but did not respond to
the advances Of any person save Lau-
rent Gillst.
'sThe parents of Solange did not
relish a union of these two poor young
people, so sent her out at service in
the family of M. Roger Dufios.
"You think that the meetings ceased
here? No. After dark they would
each leave the farms upon which they
worked and meet each other in one of
the little short outs off the main road
of the forest, and being together again,
would remain until the break of day;
the motherly forest being the accom-
plice of their young love. This was
1879. Summer and autumn passed
this way, then came the most terrible
winter We had ever experienced. The
Cher was frozen from bank to bank,
and the forest trees covered with snow
bent as the timber work of heavily
burdened roof. The roads to the forest
were closed and the forest itself was
deserted.
''As 1t became unfrequented by man,
the wolves took possession. They dis
turbed the isolated farmers and their
destruction became so great that fifty
francs were offered as bounty for
every VOLTS head.
"Neither the winter nor the wolves
prevented Laurent and Solange from
meeting each other every night, and
they continued their meetings in spite
of the dangers surrounding them.
each evening Laurent left Lurcy
Levy, with his gun under his arm, and
wended his way through the slippery
paths to their trysting place. On
Christmas eve, in hurrying to meet
SloanRs, he slipped and fell, breaking
the right leg and spraining his wrist.
"Solange endeavored to raise him,
but did not succeed, and, after strug-
gle, MANAGED to move him against
great elm tree. wait for me, my poor
Laurent; will run to d'Ursay for
doctor, and he can bring you back in
his carriage She hurried away, had
passed the first turn in the road when
she heard the report of gun and the
cry: TO me-
"She hurried back and found her
friend, pale with fear and pain, his
right arm squeezed between his gun
and the earth.
"sWhat is the matter, LaurentP
Did you fire that shot?'
4 did, he answered. Il saw beast
with great red eyes and believe it was
a wolf
"'Was it at him you fired?'
"'No, 1 raised my gun, brought
back my arm and fired at the ground,
in order to frighten him, and you see
he has gone
"'Will he return?'
4 believe he will, and 1t is neces-
sary that you remain here with me,
else L will be eaten by the beast
swell, then,' responded she, Il will
remain; give me your gun.'
"She took it, put in fresh cartridge
and the two waited. An hour passed;
two, three, perhaps more; the moon
was still invisible and Laurent
groaned and shivered. Poor Solange,
:gonized with cold, leaned against
tree waiting.
Suddenly loud barking WAS heard
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in the distance, and looking up, So
lange could SEQ two fiery eyes glaring
at her. 1t WAS a wolf. Laurent tried
to rise and take the. gun, but fell back
with cry.
"'Oock the gun, Solange; shoot soon
and aim between the eyes. She
shouldered the gun, aimed and fired.
The beast WAS unhurt, but WAS slowly
hurrying down the road. Again they
heard the bowling and barking.
"By this time the moon had risen,
lighting the forest as the footlights of
theater illumine the stage. They
could see five wolves slowly advancing
toward them.
calm at the leader said Laurent;
If you can kill him the others will eat
him. and that will give us some peace
"Ihe wolf advanced; they could
distinguish the fiery eye, the bones
projecting through the body, the open
jaws
"'Shootp cried Laurent. She fired;
the beast jumped to one side and with
cry tumbled forward. The others
ran away, bowling and barking.
"'Run quickly, Solange,' cried Lau-
rent; carry it down the road as far as
you can. The others will not come
back for some time
"She hurried off. He called: Cut
off the head, so we can get the bounty
Have you knife?
"Yes, in my glrdle.'
"She took the huge knife, cut the
throat, the blood running upon hel
hands, clothing, face, and then quickly
detached the head from the trunk
Hardly had she finished, when the
wolves, drawn by the odor of blood, re-
turned. Lourent was suffering from
the pain of his broken leg. Solangt
fought bravely to keep awake. Twice
the gun she held in her hands had
fallen to the earth.
"The wolves having finished eating
their dead comrade approached the
, two lovers. Solange fired, but did not
hit them. At each shot the beasts
would run off and then return.
"The two poor young people con-
cluded they must die. Solange lay
| down beside Laurent. She folded hei
The herald., 1895-12-15
POISONED BY A FLOWER

A singular case was that of the actor,
Joseph Wheelock, who some four or five
years ago was said to have been bewitched
by flower. While travelling in the west
in the pursuit of his profession he suddenly
developed peculiar symptoms. He could
not sleep, except by taking occasional maps
at the close of the performance, though
usually calm, phlegmatic man, he would
become unusually talkative, demonstra-
tive and full eff enthusiasm. He was usll-
ally man of few words, but on these oc-
casions he would grow very fluent and re-
dundant in expression.
He would relate to his friends mar
velously eloquent descriptions of
scenes and incidents. In diagnosing his
case some physicians said that the cCyer-
ing of the actors brain was infiamed
others said that had in some way absorbed
into his system some deadly poison. The
last named explanation proved to be the
correct one. 1t seems that two weeks
previously, while the company was pass
ing through Washington. ID. G.. the SUPER
inte ndent of the national botanical gar
dens invited Mr.. Wheelock to be present
at the unfolding of night.blooming ce-
reus.
The actor accepted the invitation. At
the conclusion of the phenomenon the SUI
perintendent invited Mr.. Wheelock to
take the flower. Taking penknife from
his pocket, the actor cut the flower from
its stem. In doing SO he inflicted slight
cut upon his right thumb, and in this wav
he became inoculated with the juice of the
flower. which is very powerful and dis
titled for use as homeopathic medi-
cine. The actor had also preserved the
flower in alcohol, keeping it near his bed,
thus inhaling the 8 light vapor and empha-
sizing the influence of the deadly drug.
Homeopathists say that there are one or
two cases where men have purposely
placed themselves under the stimulus Of
this poison for it's effect upon their brain,
and while under it's influence have die
tated weird poetry and eXtravagant ro-
mance.-N. Y. Independent.
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"Did you kill him.

"Did you kill him?'
THE CONFESSION.
In half-sobbing voice the boy re-
piled: "Yes, I did,"
"What made you do it?"
To this Pomeroy made his only
answer-the only answer which he has
ever made, the answer which he makes
now when prison officer brings up
the subject: II don't know; some
thing told me to do it."
"How long had you known him?"
went on the remorseless questioner.
II never saw him till l took him
down on the marsh"
"Where did you see him first?"
"He was playing on one of the lots
near Dorchester avenue, South Boston,
and asked him to come with me-"
"And how did you get him to go
down on the marsh?"
81 told him I'd show him something"
What did you kill him with?"
"My knife"
"How did you get the blood off your
knife?"
II stuck it in the mud and washed it
in one Of the bitches on the marsh"
"When you started off with the boy
to the flats had you any intention of
killing him?"
81 don't know; / think 1 meant to
stick knife into him, but do not
know whether intended to kill him
or not"
ANOTHER CHILD MURDER.
In addition, Pomeroy made the
fright ul disclosure that be had about
three weeks before killed Nellie Cur
ran, little girl five or six years old,
and that her body could be found
buried under the stairs in his mothers
cellar. Mrs. Pomeroy, it seems had left
Jessie temporarily in charge Of the
store, and the little girl. coming in to
buy candy ,,lad been invi ed d wnstairs
to see some kittens. AT ho cotton of
the stairs the wretched boy clutched
her by the hair and, pulling her head
violently back, cut h throat. Then
he buried the body and removed all
traces of the crime.
During his many years in prison
Pomeroy has developed a wonderful
knowledge of mechanics. He reads
books on mechanics nearly all the
time, and is so clever at devising means
of escape that nothing of metallic
nature is permitted to enter his cell,
which was made particularly for him,
being lined on floor, walls and ceiling
with heavy boiler iron. The only open
ing is a very small window in the CELL
ing. Not even gas jet is allowed in
his cell, as his rare skill might make Of
it some tool by which he could escape.
There has been long standing order
in the prison for the guards to kill
Pomeroy on sight if he is found out
side his cell. He has made wonderful
tools from the wire ripped off tin cups,
and in some inexplicable manner once
caused an explosion in his cell which
alDo wrecked it.
Recently the experiment has been
tried of giving him some employment.
At the first indication that he is turn
ing the work to his own advantage it
will be taken away from him. So far
he has violated no rule.
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Curious Prehis toric Monkeys

In several places in the Cape Colony and
Orange Free State of south Africa caves
have been explored which yielded hum
dreds of mummif1ed remains of a queer
species of six-fingered monkey. All of the
full grown specimens of this remarkable
species of quadrumana have the tail situ-
ated high up on the back from three to five
inches further up than on the modern
monkey-and other distinguishing marks,
such as two sets of canine teeth, boards on
the males, etc. Whether these creatures
were mummif1ed by human beings, who
formerly held them in reverence, or were
overtaken by some catastrophe, such as
sudden convulsions of nature, or a cata-
clysm width entombed them in their caves
and thus preserved them, is' secret that
can never be known.
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With three companions we marched
the whole afternoon. The little vii
lage d'Ursay, situated on the Cher,
marked the end of our journey for that
day, and after dining at the house of
an old friend, the m Oldest physician of
the five or six neighboring villages, we
lighted our cherry pipes and watched
the scene around us.
A young woman, dressed in red
flannel skirt and white linen blouse,
started from the next house. With
one arm she held a child closely
pressed to her breast, with the other
she held the hand of small boy. Ar
irving at the Cher she sat upon large
stone and quickly undressed the chill
dren and put them into the water.
One of our number, the artist, said:
"There is a picture which would be a
success at the Salon. How nicely she
holds herself. How nicely the sun.
light brings her out. What a pretty
effect the red skirt makes against the
sky and surrounding fields"
Even as he spoke voice behind
said: "You are looking at Solange-au.
Loup, young people"
1t was our host, and to our q ues-
tions as to b ow she had come to have
such an odd nickname, he related the
foil owing:
"That Solange-au-Loup, whose real
name is Solange Tournie, wife of Grill
let, was for 10 years the most beautiful
girl in all the country Of Trousay.
"Todsy the work of the fields has
fstigued her, but, at 30 years of age,
she is still beautiful. At the time the
adventure occurred which gave her
this strange nickname, she lived with
her parents, poor farmers, on the farm.
Refine du Boise near Lurcy Levy
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Arabian AntiuuitieS

In speaking of DR.. Glaser's recent dis
covery of ancient inscriptions in Arabia.
Professor Hommel of Munich says: TT ls
my conviction that Arabia itself will fur
nish lis the direct proofs that the modern
destructive criticism of the Pentateuch is
absolutely erroneous. The age of the Min.
can inscriptions runs parallel with that Of
the so-called code of the priests. If the
former are as old as Glaser believes them
to be and the Arabian civilization, as
have proved in my article, already existed
at the time of Abraham, then the laws OF
the priests of Israel are also very ancient
The best proofs of the historical accuracy
of the old testament traditions corUe more
and more from without. from the inscrip-
tions of the surrounding nations.n
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CHILDREN AND
CRIMINOLOGY
Cases of Jacob Beresheim
and Jesse POmerOy
TYPES OF BOY MURDERERS
One a Man-SIayer by Accideai, We
Other by Choice.-.POmeroy's Soil.
tary Life in the Massachus.
ettS State Prison.

New YORK, Nov. 29-Scientists who
have a fancy for the study of GRIMM
ology have had a new field opened to
them through the murder of the old
restaurant keeper krauer by the IA
year-old boy, Jacob Beresheim.
OF late many books have appeared on
the psychology of woman in crime and
man in crime, but the question of chill
drcn in crime has been seldom treated
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Drinking Costly on Sunday

The Sunday law in Germany hits the
drinker instead of the purveyor. The
court of appeal at Erfurt has just sustained
the decision of the lower court in timing
thirsty man rs cents for drinking glass
of beer at tavern during the hours of di-
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1t looks very much as if Mr.. German
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themselves wholly to private business be-
fore great while.-Boston Globe.
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Massachusetts voters decided at the
ratio of two to one to let the women keep
on keeping house.-Syracuse Post.
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