The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-07
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
OLD WORLD.
An African Joan.

\ QuskN Joan ol ARC Is reported
from West Africa, where she is en-
Gagged in collecting an army for King
Prempeh. Unlike Joan, however, she
is moi beautiful and is mutilated worse
than the Amazons of old, lacking
an arm. an eye and an ear. But she
10 great witch doctor--a Rider Hag
card heroine knowing some tricks
which throw Hermann in the shade.
During an engagement brass pan is
placed before her, into which the bull
lets of the enemy drop without hurt
iDg he! .,,diers. With half a dozen
Maxim -uns firing at once, the pan
will ha,a to be emptied frequently, or
il will run over.
Income Tax in France.
The new income tax scheme just sub
mitted in the French budget levies on
everybody with an income of $500 and
upward. One per cent is levied on an
income of S500;2 per cent on 81, 600; 3
per cent on $1,000; per cent on 5000
and per cent on So, 600 and upward.
The most striking popularity about
the scheme is that by which deduc
tions are to be made on account of the
number of children Il man has, which,
in the case of a large family, might
wipe off half of his taxation.
More of the Armenian Atrocities.
The stories of the great slaughter
that occurrd in the recent battle be-
tween the Turkish troops and the Ar
menans who had captured and held
the town of Zeitoun, are confirmed.
The exact number of the dead is not
known, but it can be stated with GER
tainty that it will be very large.
Twelve hundred men have already
reached Marash and many more are
following them to that place. Many Of
the wounded have died, either in
Marash or along the road from Zeit
oun. A number of prisoners have been
taken to Marash. Their treatment
was cruel in the extreme. All sorts of
indignities were heaped upon them,
and in a large number of cases they
were so shockingly maltreated that it
is impossible to publish the details.
The official report of the Armenian
commission on the Sassum outrages
confirms the newspaper statements as
10 their nature-burning victims alive,
the violation of woman, the cutting
Jpen OF pregnant women, the tossing OF
!hlldren on bayonets. etc. but denies
heir extent, There has been exagger-
alton DIS to the number so treated. The
irmenlans are not proven to have been
n revolt. The constant extortion by
lurds and the rapacity of Turkish of
icals created discomfort among them
which was famed by the Armenian
Committee abroad. The agitation
which ensued and which could not be
'acitied, eXasperated the Turkish gov
Inors, who decided on DISCRIMINATING
he Armenians in two of the districts.
The number of victims at Sassum is
laced at 800.
Also Falling into Russ las Arms.
1t is announced that Prince Ferdi-
and of Bulgaria will formally pro-
lain the conversion of his eldest son,
'rince Boris. to the Greek church on
ebruary 8. This means that Ferdi-
and, whom Europe has been watch
lg ever since the murder of STAN,
ilof to see his feet slip in the blood
his victim sees in Russia's help |
is only hope of holding his throne
nd so currys Russia's favor by join,
ig her church. He had just returned
Sofia after his trip to Paris and
hence to Rome, where the pope sheer
at him as too despicable for the
lurch's wrath and Rampolla showed
I'm the door, and to Vienna, where
lie imperial officials refused to see h i'm
all. In his absence the Bulgarian
inistry has issued Invitations to the
,remony of Prince Boris conversion
the orthodox faith, called out the
ilitary to suppress any possible dis
der, and stands ready, apparently,
dictate terms to Ferdinand.
Another insurrection on large
ale has broken out in Formosa,
span.
A terrible accident, resulting in the
Hing of eight persons and the wound
G OF sixty, occurred Sunday at Man
vrler, French village. Mass was
ing celebrated in the village church
I'd the structure was comfortably
led, when the building collapsed and
e root fell on the struggling throng
meath.
An unknown American, apparently
'ont seventy five years old fell in a
while walking in Paris last week.
had lived in apparent poverty IN
cap lodgings for u years, but Bos-
check for $500 was found in his
1thes and a search of his room re-
aled French bank notes, American
curlties, etc, placed at various
ints in the apartment, of the total
lue of 2,oCO,OO tsi00, 0OOl- Efforts
now being made TO ascertain the