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,a s' S'no Ky. May ID
Bryan iIs p,1 apa found ,st guilty. !, ANY,:
ment at death, 's' I'M y
AT i2;l5 the jury ,,,v,,.,
room with a verdict. Am' Avn. W
iehee tho foreman - Amld taa
me Jerk, who rsad LANCE \, s n
We. the jury, lind Il ~ aolc.'
s,,,e and Fix his nlr dsStt % u
mn, ne ~. Judge mad p reSiosssl y
e e,,a' no demonstratIon ~ =.
approval by the spt su " spp'VI
m!tted. Deputies W vera q, wa
. .he room with ins,rus,ppn,M Y
in ose ,., ,nv court any person A ~. ',
. i.s,ruv tion. TO be puni, Ss u, !.
Consequently the verdIei s y
ssiienee, but immedIaisi,v .u
ihent Of court the spsc,s; va
Jurors ard shook ths, ss'Vn ~
l,hey also shook each oth ssla
-, ,h a hearty approval w,s
Jackson received his aoon
IL station Of emotion sr Wy 4
ing ashy raleness Of he fas.n
isi'li'es were present. NJ ". y
on fearl Bryan and hsr MI
hfNah, were presen, when ,t WY
rent, red. The usual ma,ts
,''ai was tncn made, and N.
was taken away TO ,ail Hs s.,.j
Iruhded by n half dozen a, =, ~
When tNe Jury came In and ~. ~
'teh protection, although ,s.s
'no i to indicate a NM
10 hluch care. The general ~
th@u the verdict is right
IN aniicipa lon OF ,rol,hls !, III
OF a disagreement or aeuui,,., I,
inonwea.th had arranged "a,
ram TO transfer waiing n
Jackson, to the State psnI,s,,l
Frankfort. This train wa, 49,
noon and no one knew .nv,s..
except thu officers and raiirs, u
IN a long interview Jarss,
ms surprise over the verdict N !
tnat he had proved an ain ,
maintains his innocence ana ~,
Nallins killed Pearl BRYAN NJ,
Is srra .ly depressed over The ~
in his interview could NOT rrr2
respondent feeling. WaIllns y
heen Interviewed since The y,ts]
eNpresses his satisfaction. He MI
thins that Scott jackson kjlld n
and in his interview Repeatedly n
Jackson deserved hanging.
ON Monday, January q. irr
weeks aso last Monday, PsxiI N
ire-ncastlc. Ind. arrived ia ~
to put herself in the hand, d +
trhyer. Scott jackson, at his M
be relieved, as she was led BY lid
from slime 70 herself and 10 M =
After heiHe with him Tuesiay 4
day, Thursday and Friday. she "
murdered, beteaded and with M
never yet found. Just fourtet, 4.
ea'.r ~ Scott jackson, viii
NJ Wallinr. an accomplice, WI 4
and charged with the murdr \
ale shoe and some bloody q
pointed out the identity Of IN
\ scar on one hand and a peculr
lion II tho toes of one foot I'd
ihe identify Of Pearl Bryan hsytA
The anrben county tKy.l nd
indicted both Jointly for thu mus3
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-15
SOME MYSTERIOUS cS,s,

Last midnight passefs ~ ,,,rad q
nue. heard loud cries OF pjs
third story window Of 'as 81 u 4
corner Of Congress as'u ~ !
street. II was In q Wa ~ ~
search was made tnroa,so@a,d III
police who were su Th1
peop.e being present. ~ -
which the cries oam ,,ssis vAf
showed signs of II struSss1 -
entered, Two men AM Az buillM
Of the Officers wen, 10 !,,s s % ~
ton win them, but n ~ Thai ~
said the woman sth.'fh er con-
ply frightened wlen nsaksnsi
s ssnss ,'ns a ,sG Fivs s VI; .s,l's
a large crowd who "a ~
ments was disappo!n,su.vseil5Sy
serves some offi'is'
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GEORGE NJ. FLANAGAN

~ LOUIS, NO., May l-Gcorce n r,a.
asan, proprietor Of n cor,,,s, ~, '""
se1s S,o lo9 Nay Liabilities about SD M as
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jus, h. ~ ld mis bosom had bought for him
''"' III only escaped from wearing rho
-! many made-up lie.
Indianapolis Journal.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-15

Greencastle, Ind, May N'-@s'
sons mother arrived here l1shs-
the close of the trial at Newpon ~
received a telegram today that "
convicted and sentenced 70 ma
Iarkson. the mother OF Scott NJ
ed and everyone here sympas.
hor. although there Is genera ", .s.2
the homo Of the organs o'a I ~
Later IT was learned thai ~
would hear arguments az Ml
urday on motions for ne. y" n
1t is expected that the brs~ as
friends will again go to seSp'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-15

The Post acknowledges tho receipt of an
invitation 10 attend the Seventeenth Com
mencement of the Sam Houston Normal
Institute ut Huntsville the 2Jd OF this
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Nut ia-'9eei - means.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-15

Police Commissioner Roosevelt Of New
York has issued orders that In official
reports officers shall uso the word
trousers" instead OF pants" Mr. Rooae.
Welt is one OF the most conspicuous Illus
trations on record OF an ofhcIal becoming
too big for his pants
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-15

The Methods, conference han been Luit
ty or ISLANDER" ana "v.igperatlon.' II
has declared Bishop bowman, who II 40
and Elshop Foster, who IL - year Of oge
"non-cffcctiye" on account OF their weight
OF years.
Evening star., 1896-12-26
He Made a Sale.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald
Druggist Ito new clerk)-"I am goins out
now, James, and hope you will be careful
while am gone. You may throw off forty
Fer cent from the regular prices IL a Gus
toner stands out and won't buy without
But don't drop cent below that. The busi-
ness won't stand it."
New Clerk (gleefully. upon return Of his
employer half an hour later)-"I had only
one customer while you were out, Mr..
Squills. but l stuck him nicely. He was
after postage stamps and he wanted to
know If we allowed any discount in selling
a quantity and"
Druggist (breaking in excitedly)-"Great
Moses! You didn't throw Off 40 per cent
on postage stamps. did your?
New Clerk (calmlyt-"Oh! no. saved Won
10 per cent on them. told him he could
have them for 20 cents on the dollar. and
the great sump that he was, he never tried
to beat me down another cent-just yanked
out his pocket book and took all we had
yes. sir, every stamp in the place. q clean
$40 worth. at that figure. And-er-whats q
the matter. MIR. Squills? Hain't having a
fit, are you?"
(And during the next fifteen minutes peo-
pie passing the establishment got the idea
that cage Of wild animals or q ward pri-
mary had broken loose inside of the place
But this was mistake. 1t was only the
proprietor explaining the sliding scale of
prices more fully to the new clerk.)
Evening star., 1896-12-26
HOOKING A SEA LION.
A Couple of Fishermen Have an Ex-
hilaratfng Time with 1t.


A Couple Of Fishermen Have an Ex-
hilaratfng Tlme with 1t.
From the Xaxuma Post.
Last Monday; while Comrade Ewing and
son william were fishing In a small boat
Just inside the bar at the mouth of the bay.
one of their big hooks, to which was at
tached a small line, accidentally caught a
fish, which started of at terrible pace
before William could get twist on the line
to stop 1t. When he did eventually succeed
in making the line fast. the pull stopped
instantly, but q, moment later the ''fsh"
popped out of the water, and, with bellows
that echoed and Ye-echoed along old oceans
shores, made for the small boat at a 2.02
gait, believing and lashing the water In
awful rage at every jump. Consider the
case of the two handsome orphans, long
ways from land and home and kindred, and
only couple of oars apiece with which to
defend themselves from the rage of a fish"
which they now discovered to be a sea lion
of the thousand-pound variety 1t was
case where something had to be done in q
hurry, and they hustled the oars into the
water and splashed the bosom of the
mighty deep until the boat rocked as II in
q mighty storm, while their yells outrivaled
anything they had ever put up.
Anyhow, the Wild circus astonished the
sea lion that he turned tail, and, instead of
wrecking the frail boat, he dug down.
into the water and fed out over the bar.
But in his rapid flight he soon took up the
slack in the line and finding the hook still
fixed in his anatomy, and proving a great
Evening star., 1896-12-26

scription of the operation is. therefore.
given for what 1t Is worth. 1t states that a
commercial success has been made OF a
process for renewing burned-out lamps
which renders possible the use of the old
bulb at very slight expense. By the new
method the collar or bare end Of the lamp
i5 not disturbed, the old filament being re-
moved and the new one placed through a
small hole in the lamp bulb made by re-
moving the tip. The small hole is subse-
quently closed exactly in the same manner
as In the case of the new lamp, leaving
nothing to indicate in the finished repaired
lamp that 1t lad ever been opened. 1t is
stated that some 100000 lamps have been
repaired by this method, the filament be-
ing inserted through the small hole re-
ferred to by skillful twist of the hand
and secured In position by special carbon
paste. The black deposit on the inside of
the bulb is removed by fitting the lamp to
the holder and removing 1t In a gas fur
mace; while Immediately following this ope-
ration small glass tube is fused to the
opening made in the bulb, through which
the lamp Is exhausted. When this has been
done and the last trace of air and gas alb
scrbed, blow-pipe fame is directed upon
the throat of the tube. which is melted into
the point exactly in every respect a coun
terpart OF the original lamp
Evening star., 1896-12-26

drawback to his peace Of mind. he seemed
to forget, through pain. his scare of the
previous moment. and made another grand
beating water into a great foam But the
beleaguered fishermen were "onto their
job" and raised such a pandemonium Of
sounds upon his approach that he again
fled; and so the retreat and fall back
fight ragged for about .an hour. and then the
Eon broke" for. the deep blue sea-" much
to the qualification Of the entire boats
crew. who had been engaged in more pro-
longed. energetic and exhaustive labor than
they had bargained for.
1t was a big fight with big fish," and
while they were not at all alarmed during
the scrimmage. two-thirds of the partici-
pants are willing to make affidavits that
they don't banker after such fish as sea
lion, especially when so far away from
land
Evening star., 1896-12-26

the judges. some of whom probably had
post-calling headaches themselves. were
went to mark S. s., for sentence sus-
pended" after the name Of every one who
&C uld show that he had made a beast Of
himself in the Observance Of the good
old knickerbocker CUSTOM"
Most of the callers went on foot in those
davs. and all wore what is now known
evening dress their New Year rounds.
In fact, it was almost a breach of etiquette
among young men of society to wear any
coat but a swallow tail while making the
New Year rounds.
Late in the ffties the abuse came to be
so great that the newspapers and the min
listers took 1t up. and many were the edi-
torials written and many the sermons
preached against it. 1t was not long be-
fore these attacks began to take some ef-
feet, but the custom was still in flour
ishing condition at the close of the war.
In 1886 50 many extravagances had come
into existence in connection with New
Year calls that one of the illustrated week
lies gave several pages to pictures and let
ter press designed to administer death
which obliged every public man to receive
herds of ward heelers from his own and
other districts at his home on that day.
Experience in Other Cities.
1t must have been almost as late as this
that the custom began rapidly to grow in
other cities. and, no doubt. this was aug
ted by the outcry in the New York
newspapers against the custom an ex-
travagance of metropolitan fashionable So
ciety. Almost every city In the United
States had just such an experience as New
York had previously had, even to the pub
lication of lists of callers In the newspa-
pers-thorgh that did not obtain away
from New York, to any great extent, till
late in the eighties.
At last the custom began to decline IN
earnest among the really smart set In
every city, though for years after 1t died
dred'' in New York. it hourished with un-
diminished vfruience among those lower
down. 1t is related as one Of the standing
jokes OF society that some time in the sew
enties a family, now of the very inner
circle, but then clamorously hammering at
society's door, brought down upon them
selves the amused contempt of those whom
they envied by announcing In the papers
that the ladies would receive, and then
setting up most elaborate spread. There
were plenty of callers indeed. but not from
the ranks this family desired to enter 1t
was Wild mob of nobodies who swooped
down upcn the house and goreed itself
with tie wines and confections so literally
provided, and the modification of the host
and hostess was exceeded only by the
wreck the reveiers left behind them.
There is still some New Year calling in
more than one city that the writer knows
or Nowhere. however, Is the custom per-
slstent as an elaborate social function, but
simpiy as sensible interchange of cour-
tesies between good friends.
In this city the requirements of official
etiquette favor the continued observance
OF the day. and so In that respect there has
been practically no change In the custom.
OSBORN SPENCER
Evening star., 1896-12-26
CITY OF PEkIN.
The Chinese Capital is One Of ii,
Oldest In the World.

OIdeSt In the World.
TIE city Of Pekin is one Of the Oldest in
the world, says a writer in St. Nicholas.
but 1t was not made a capital until Kublat
Khan, somewhere about 1882, fixed his
court there. Under the Mongols the name
OF Pekin was Khanpalik, or City of the
Khan; and this title was easily converted
into Cambaluc. by which name 1t is known
In the accounts of those times. Pekin is
now divided into two parts; the northern
portion is the Tartar City, and contains
about twelve square miles: In this are the
palaces. government buildings. troops and
military barracks. The southern part is
the Chinese city. and is more populous than
the Tartar, less Of its space being taken
up by gardens and public buildings. The
population Is estimated at different figures,
A wall separates the Tartar from the
Chinese city, and wall of varying height
surrounds the whole, that of the Tartar
section. being about fifty feet high. These
walls are OF brick and stone filed in with
earth and paved on the top with slabs of
stone. anording promenade twelve feet
Wfde. There are sixteen gates in ALL and
each gateway is fortified with towers OF
stone and other towers are fixed at inter-
walls OF about sixty yards all around THE
walls. These towers project fifty feet from
the outer side Of the walls, and those at.the
gateways have In front Of them fortifica-
GoA "a ScAi-CirCuidr shape, SO that the gate
must be entered from the side and NOT from
the front.
The Tartar city is divided into three in
closures: each being surrounded with its
own wall. and each inside Of another. The
fnnermost of these Is the Prohibited CITY.
and contains the imperial palaces and
offices. Its circumference Is nearly two
miles; the wall Is covered with imperial
yellow tiles which look brilliant when seen
from distance. The inclosure next out
side OF this is occupied by the government
offices and by the army appointed to keep
guard over the emperor and his family.
The next outside Of this is the outermost
OF all, and consists Of dwelling houses and
shops.
Evening star., 1896-12-26
Georgetown University.
Willie Was On.

From the New York Herald.
Just about Christmas tire Mr.. and Mrs.
Harlemfiatte find it necessary to do a
great deal of spelling when they converse
regarding shopping tours in the presence
Of their n, in whose mind they wish 20
preserve the Santa Claus traditions.
The other night Mr.. Harlemhatte had
come in laden with bundles, and when he
had been relieved of them and was seated
at the dinner table the conversation began
in the usual way, for little Willie was
present.
"D.d you get the skates and the
drum that he has b-e-e-n asking for?'
asked Mrs. H., as she began serving the
vegetables.
.'Yes. and there was n-i-c-e-s-l-e-d for
one eighty-fiye, and i took it, answered
Mr.. H., smiling at his young son and heir.
You didn't forget the tim s-o-l-d-i-e-r-s
and the t-r-u-m-p-e-t L hope% said his
wife, '.and the wig and the w-h-i-s-k-e-rs
that you are to wear with the S-a-n-t-a
Claus costumeg
mo. Got EN- ALL answered Mr.. Har-
lemfiatte.
'.rn bet you forgot the v-e-l-o-s-s-i-
p-e-d-e. now didn't your" she asked anx-
iously.
That amt right" broke in little Willie.
Tt v-e-l-o-c-i-p-e-d-e, amt it. pop, and
say pop, is it one of the kind that goes all
round the block without stopping"
Evening star., 1896-12-26

II from one week to three months conane-
ment in the prison of Ste. Pelagie or La
Sante. both situated within the limits Of
Paris. In executing The sentence Of the
court the authorities usually consult the
wishes OF the convicted one. Upon giving
ms woro OF honor to the warden to report
at the prison on a certain day and begin
the serving of his sentence he Is allowed
TO depart. perhaps for a holiday In the
country or to finish some urgent work in
naHu. AS the DAY agreed upon draws near
the journalist receives remin Ter like this:
Monsieur: You are requested % present
yourself at the Prison de Ste Pelaeie on
the lst of February at am. Accept the
sdiutauon OF yours truly,
JEAN FROCHARD. Director.
ms Is draft upon his honor. which the
french journalist will break his neck to
meet. Most of the newspaper delinouents
are consigned to the Prison of Ste p. .lagie
wnich mas a section dubbed the Pavilion
oes Princes, reserved for prisoners of this
ciass. mere the cells" are light and clean,
ana the incarcerated scribes are permitted
u furnish them with such things as they
need Tor the pursuit of their newspaper
Work. They are treated with great int.uI-
svnss % oy their 1aiiors. almost as hcncred
guests They have the liberty Of the cor
rioors and the jail yard, and are permitted
TO pass their time as they see fSt leine
only nomnally bound by few prison
rules. III man has mol.y he can COM
Mand for his table all the ielicacies of the
Haiies Centrales. and IL impe,unious. his
more fortunate fellow prisoners will con-
test for the honor Of having him a guest at
dinner 9"
An Orderly Jail Delivery.
AT nightfall there is orderly, but none
the less speedy. Jail delivery from that sec
ton OF the Ste. Pelagie. One at a tine
well-dressed men with SLOUGH hats 6rawn
oown over their eyes may be seen to slip
OUT OF the prison door. mix with the crowd
IN the street and then drop down a bywav
lhey are not escaping, but merely paving
sisit 70 nearby marchand de vim for a
game o. plquet and bottle or two In ius
nncauon OF themselves for extending This
privilege to the journalists the prison an
thorlties nafvely explain that men who
nave been writing all day in cell need
change o. scene In the evening The caha
ret In winch they gather is one patroniZed
almost exclusively by the royalty" as the
people OF the neighborhood have aicknamed
the denizens of the Pavilion des Princes"
Here
Many wasSail bout
Wears the long winter out:
Often their midnight shout
Sets the cocks growing
To get leave for these night excursions
the talismanic parole d'honnerr again does
service. No especial limit is set as to the
duration Of their stay outside, but there is
a tacit understanding that they shall be
nome by am. an eminently Seasonaple
hour, from the journalistic point of view
There Is no record that any scribe ever yio-
lated his parole by failing TO return to the
prison at some time before the expiration
OF his sentence. There have been some cx-
ceedingly close shaves. though.
Evening star., 1896-12-26
INCANDEsCENT LAMPS.

How the Burned-Out Fflament May He
Replaced and Renewed.
From the Providence Journal.
1t has been generally supposed to be
fruitless task to attempt the renewal of
burnt-out incandescent electric lamp. al
though there appears to be some economic
fallacy involved in the destruction or wnat
Is except in one small IL important particu-
lar a perfect piece of apparatus. 1t Is not
Intended, as a rule, to give in this column
descriptions Of American devices or achieve
ments drawn from foreign publications.
This subject has. however. been taken up
by the English Journal, Industries and Iron,
and although it states that an American
process for renewing these lamps after the
filament has been broken has been develop
ed 1t does not give the name of inventors
nor state that the process has come INTO
anything like general application. Its de-
Evening star., 1896-12-26

humorous when regarded from his point of
view. But no matter how much, or by
whom. the memory of the custom may be
regretted, II seems to have vanished perma-
nently as general Observance. Certain it
is that today 1t is as dead as door nail in
the swell circles whose members once held
it in the highest regard. and it's individual
Evening star., 1896-12-26

ed them ''beaus'' and 'dandies'' and gal
lants'' then-attired themselves In their
best and started out early in the morning.
calling first at the houses where matrons
received, and afterward upon the younger
ladies. The drinks that were offered at
every house of any prominence were ardent
and diverse. and whosoever declined to par
take thereof was not thereafter 'fn it." to
Introduce q bit OF latter-day slang. though
1t Is not recorded that there were many
instances of that sort.
1t was not until about the middle Of the
century or thereabouts that the abuse which
finally led to the customs decline began
For years the dandies of New York rivaled
one another in the length of their calling
lists. and the calls soon came to be nothing
more than hasty stops-mere rapid gorg-
ings Of cake and gulpings of wine-instead
of the old-time friendly calls Of men upon
the families of their friends and acquaint-
ances. Then the ladies-the matrons as
well as the young women-began to vie
with one another in the number OF their
callers. This led to the most extraor-
binary practices. Callers were recruited.
up by dealers in soap. Cards announcing
that Miss This-or-That would be "at home
on January l were sent out almost indis-
criminately, and the burdens OF the post
men were increased just before New Year
day almost as much as they were few
years ago in advance Of St. Valentines
day.
Abuse Of the Custom.
Then the Sunday papers of the time be-
gan to print lists of those who would re-
ceive. and the houses Of those mentioned
in the lists were sure to be besieged by
numbers of men whom the ladies had never
met or heard of and desired never to meet
again. Men would go calling In couples
and parties, and even in droves Of thirty
or more, remaining as short time at each
stopping place as possible. and announcing
everywhere how many calls they had al
ready made and how many they expected
to make before they finished. At every
place they drank. and at each place, of
course, a different brand of wine. The
result was drunkenness and a crowding of
the police stations at night. Naturally
enough the second dGy of January was al
lays a field day in the police courts. and