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Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

ed the curious instrument OF punish
ment which visitors to the crypt Of the
famous Beauchamp church there are
familiar with. Kenilworth also pos
sesses well-preserved ducking stool.
In South Vernon, VT, monument Is
to be at once put in place marking the
spot where the three States Of Massa-
chusetts. Vermont and New Hamp-
shire join. The monument is block
Of Windsor green granite, 10 feet 6
inches long, 2 feet square, and will
stand six feet above the ground.
The tail of a whip-tailed shark, an
extremely rare visitor to the waters Of
Narragansett bay, is on exhibition at a
market at Pawtuxet, r. l., having been
taken from q shark captured off Sea-
comet. OF dull slate color, difficult
to distinguish in the sea, the append
age. which forms the most important
part Of the shark, is about ten feet
long, resembling long sword and end.
ing in point.
There is at least one law in Hungary
which might be copied by other coun-
tries Of the world. This is the prohibit
tion applied to the cripples and people
who are deformed enough to offend
the public eye from selling papers on
the public thoroughfares. In addition,
children under IA may not be employed
in the trade which, in a populous city,
is by no means free from danger.
The public speaker can now see in
his spectaces what he Is to tell his
audience-at least, an invention to ac-
complish this has been made. 1t con-
sists Of double pair Of spectacles. Be
tween the two sets is a pair Of tiny
rollers, upon which winds a scroll Of
paper, containing, in minute manu-
script form, the speakers notes on the
subject which he is to discuss. The
first pair Of glasses sufficiently magni-
fes the handwriting to make it dis
tinct to the speakers eyes.
Difference of views as to currency
ratios has profited one of the Italian
prisoners lately returned from Abys-
sinia. He was wounded at Adowa,
where Menelik's men plundered the
Italian camp chest Having no use for
Italian bank notes as money, and be-
lieving that the engraving on them had
magical power, they plastered the pris-
oners wounds with notes to the value
Of 10000 lire. He was arrested on his
return to Italy, but a court-martial
set him free and decided that he should
retain the money.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
BIPTHPLACE OF SOL SMITH RUSSELL.

guished actor, this plain-faced old
"story and q half house, Is the most
famous of the landmarks of the quaint,
Old-fashiOned town. Oddly enough,
the house in which the gentle character
artist was born does not mark the spot
Of ground which was his natal place.
No house does for that matter, as the
lazy, alluvium laden waters of the
Grand River drowses over the place
where this and many another building
stood as a part of Brunswick when it
was famous for the amount Of tobacco
and the number Of ''niggers" sold there
every year.
The town was originally built on the
left bank of the Missouri River, and
among the first residences Of the town
was the Russell homestead, so local
tradition runs. There were no rail
roads then, but packet boats made
regular calls. Then the river became
restless and rolled over against the
town and tore away it's foundations.
Nearly all of the buildings were
saved from the capricious flood by the
energetic efforts of the house mover.
Among the structures rescued was the
Russell home. Along with the rest Of
the town, it was moved back tothe foot
Of the bluff When the town had got
itself cuddled up in a safe place the
river turned to the right and flowed
over into Saline County, leaving Bruins
wick five miles inland A few wears
later, however, the Grand River crept
into the old bed of the Missouri, and it
has been doing there ever since, ex-
cepting when the rains come in the
springtime to wake it's current.
1t is not related in Brunswick that Sol
Smith Russell has ever exhibited his
art there since he became famous, or
that he has in late years revisited his
ancestral home. A heavy footed man
who is a hostler in livery stable lives
in the house now.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
A WOMAN FIEND.
A Hungarian Wretch Who Poisoned
More Than 100 People.

"A AuSdr1an WretCn w no. FO1SOneQ
More Than 100 People.
Hungary has produced the greatest
woman criminal of the century and
perhaps of all time. According to her
own confession she prepared and sold
the poison by which over 100 human
beings were relieved Of life and her
only regret is that her victims were not
more numerous.
The name of this debased creature is
Azalia Jager Mari and she is 62 years
old. Recently she was convicted Of her
crimes in Budapest and sentenced to
Imprisonment for life. She started out
In her criminal career by killing in
fants and soon developed a mania for
murder Of all kinds. Through her in
strumentality husbands became reliev-
ed Of diSagreeable wives and wives of
disagreeable husbands. Then others
sought the poisons which she manu-
factured to rid themselves of relatives
and reap the insurance on their lives.
The woman never administered poi
son herself, but she understood the sub
jects to be experimental upon SO well
that she could tell to day when the
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
MAUD DURRANT.
The Condemned Students Sister
Studying Abroad.

The Condemned Students Sister
Studying Abroad.
On the other side of the Atlantic, in
the German capital, Miss Maud Dur
rant has for two years been waiting to
know the fate Of her only brother, con-
demned to death for murder in San
Francisco. Little has been said of this
sister, far off in a foreign land, and
only the most intimate friends Of the
Durrants have realized the extent of
her suffering.
There has been considerable surmise
as to why she did not hasten home i'm
mediately after the arrest of her broth
er, some time during the trial, or after
the sentence. People have wondered
whether she would or would not come
back if the extreme penalty Of the law
should be imposed. But no stranger
knew, and the Durrants remained ST.
lent. They have been careful from the
first to keep their daughter in the back
ground, screened from the public view.
The truth is that the sister across the
water has never for a moment thought
Of neglecting her brother If it shall be-
come necessary for him to give up his
life.
At first the parents opposed the re-
turn of their daughter. They feared
the nervous strain, the terrible shock,
would be too severe tax on her
health. They advised her to remain
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
Reeds First Speech.

The speech which opened Reeds way
to fame as a man was short 1t was de-
ivered not long after he began his
career In Congress. He had not, up to
that time, taken much part in debate,
but one day, while he was making a
somewhat labored argument, an older
member tried to break him up by put
ting question to him suddenly and de-
manding an immediate answer. Reed
gave the answer readily. Then he
paused, turned toward the speakers
desk and drawled out: "And now, hav-
ing embalmed that fly in the liquid am
ber Of my remarks, l will go on again."
The House roared The galleries took
it up. The newspaper correspondents
sent it flying all over the country, and
to his own surprise more than any
ones else, Reed found himself a man
Of note from that hour.-Illustrated
American.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
Spain's Raisin CrOn.

Under date June "a, Messrs. Oliver
& Co., Denia, Spain, in letter to the
editor of the California Fruit Grower.
say that the weather has continued
very warm and that as result the
crop is in more advanced condition
than it has been at that season in
twenty five years. In the light lands,
say these gentlemen, grapes are ripe
and barreling for shipments to England
has already commenced. Such ex-
ports were unknown twenty years ago
and they show. an increase every year.
This takes all the grapes which former.
ly were converted into early raisins
and but for the exports in barrels we
should have had this year raisins early
in July-an unprecedented thing. AS
it is, we shall have raisins late in that
month and so our crop will actually be
one month earlier than last year. We
shall be shipping raisins before they
are wanted, for this article is not re-
quired in any market before Septem-
ber 1. The yield, if all ends we'll.
will be larger than last years crop
but certainly under the average. There
is pretty good show Of grapes but the
punches are thin and stalky. So far
as can now be estimated we consider
the crop may turn out about 5000 to
10000 tons.
A. Amanda Chordi Of Denia, Spain,
in letter dated June 23, states that
the new crop of Valencia raisins will
be larger than last year. say about 3d.
600 tons. and the probable price will
be from So. SO to s. per cwt.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets. inf1amed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed deafness is the re-
suit, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing bnt an intiamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any care of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS

We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA," and
"PITCHERS SCASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, ofHyannis Massachusetts.
was the originator of" PITCHERS cASTORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS
CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers Of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind :y0w haze alvays bought and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
Every Preparation.

eyes, said Lieut.. Peary, as he look
ed about him preparatory to starting
for the north pole again. eyes, we
have made every possible arrangement
for our journey. We are prepared to
face the coldest kind of climate"
He paused a moment and added
sternly:
"We shall even start from Boston,
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27


her childhood playmate, Miss Durrant
threw advice to the winds.
eff it comes to the worst, I shall go
home to my BROTHER she wrote; II
could not be satisfied otherwise
So her parents consented. They felt
they could say no more. The money
for her fare was forwarded to Berlin
and several times during the past few
months Miss Durrant has packed her
trunks and prepared to start for home.
Each time she was prevented by favor
able news from her parents. The
young lady has been in constant COM
munication with her parents by post
and cable since the first dey of their
great sorrow.
Through all the dark days the Dur
rant family have passed during the last
two years the sister has never waver-
ed in her faith that her brother Is inno-
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
Ancient Criminal Trials.

The cold-water ordeal was one Of the
most important tests Of guilt or inno-
cence few hundred years ago. If the
accused floated he was guilty; If he
sank he was innocent. In the twelfth
century some altar vessels were stolen
from the Cathedral Of Laon and the
learned Anselm proposed that a child
from each parish, and then a child
from each household, should be put to
the test, and so on until the guilty one
was found. The proposition raised a
great outcry and the people clamored
that those who had easiest access to
the church be the first to undergo the
ordeal.
This looked reasonable enough, so the
bishop ordered the six priests OF the
cathedral to prepare for the test. In
the meanwhile Anselm thought to try
the experiment himself as prelimil-
ary test. So he was bound and placed
faction, as we'll as discomfort, he
promptly sank. The day arrived, and
with it an immense crowd, to see the
trial. The first priest sank, the second
floated, the third sank, the fourth
foated, the fifth sank, and then Anselrn
himself wonder. of wonders-in spite
of experiments and protested inno-
cence, foated around with the buoy
ancy Of an air-bubble. While he was
serving his sentence in prison Anselm
found time to write a learned treatise
on the 'Inexpediency Of the Water Or
deal and its Failure i'm Many Cases.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
NEXT TO AN APPROVING CON
SCIENCE.

A vigorous stomach is the greatest of mum
dane blessings. Sound digestion is a guar
anty of quiet nerves, muscular elasticity. a
hearty appetite and a regular habit OF body.
Though not always a natural endowment. 1t
may be acquired through the agency of Hos
tetters's Stomach Bitters, one of the most
effective invigorants. and blood fertilizers in
existence. This fine tonic also forti6es those
who use it against malaria, and remedies
biliousness, constipation and rheumatism.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

cent. And that is the cheering mes
sage she sends him.
Il have as much love for. and con-
fidence in you to-day, TheO. as | had
that morning kissed you good-by, and
whispered, BE good boy, dearic. and
be sure to graduate''
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

poison would work it's fatal effects.
quantities and the victim slowly sank
to death without any outward evidence
Of poison having been administered.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
BIRTHPLACE OF AN ACTOR.
Tiny House Where Sol Smith Russell
First Saw the Light.

First Saw the Light.
In a little side street that ends
abruptly at the foot of the bluff that
overlooks the town Of Brunswick, Mo-,
stands modest looking old-fashioned
frame house. 1t has the narrow caves
and the low upper story that distin-
guished the style of architecture that
prevailed in Missouri before the war
Old residents Of Brunswick point 1t
out to strangers as the house in which
Sol Smith Russell was born.
On account Of this close association
with the earlier days of the distin-
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

she is one of the leading lawyers of the
town." "Gets pretty big fees, eh?" 81 should
say so. Why, it is almost as cheap to buy the
Grand Jury as to hire him.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

Pisos Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with us since 1866. 4.
Madison, 24O9 AID Ave-, Chicago, Ills.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
TEA GARDEN DRIPS.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

Try it, and you will find it better and sweeter
syrup than you ever tasted before.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27
TEA GARDEN DRIPs.

Sweetest and richest favored table syrup ever
made. Try it.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-27

Every one is more Of q crank than
he is willing to admit.
The times., 1897-03-23
"UucIe Toms Cabin.

II any one thinks that the popularity
of that Nestor of the American drama,
Uncle Toms Cabin is on the yaue. the
idea might have been dispelled had its
possessor observed the crowded houses
and enthusiastic reception that greeted
this product of the pen of the late Harriet
Beecher stowe at the BijOu yesterday.
No play within the dramatic annals OF
our stage has heId it's own so persisueurIy
and added each year fresh laurels to it's
wreath of fame. The production at the
Bijou has been put on with a care that
has not marked it's presentation here in
years. The thrilling escape and pursuit
Of Eliza and her child, the river of floating
ice, the fierce bloodhounds and the tab
leauX have all been treated in manner
highly realistic, while the many elements
of Southern life in ante-bellum days are
given with q faithfulness that is most
enjoyable In addition to the regular
features, Manager Stowe has added many
new ideas. There is i double quartet, who
delight the house with camp meeting and
plantation melodies, buck and wing dane
ing and other amusements of the old
plantation days. The cake walk between
the first and second acts is likewise good
VILLAIN Curry, as Uncle Tom, gave
sympathetic delineation of that ancient
parsonage that won the good VIII of the
house from the start. Florence 0ckerman
presents as amusing Topsy as has teen
seen in tbs city since the old days when
Milt Barlow wonfame as Uncle Tom. Harry
Webber plays a laughable marks, and Fred
Hoey is Snon Legree.
The times., 1897-03-23

share of credit. He was the villain. and
not only sang and acted against the syrnpa-
thies of his emotional hearers, but, novelty
or novelties, his sinister role was scored for
tenor, and he sang viHainous Vaccinations
with pure, high tones. His acting of
Mixes temperamentaI transitions from
treachery, TO comedy, to pathos, and over
the entire gaIuut of human emotions was
throughout splendid
Dennis O'SulIiyan was the Shamus. He
is an ideal Irish gossoon, physically and
dramatically, and he sang with a rolling
baritone OF good timbre. A. G.. Cunning
ham makes a dignified figure of the
priest, though his voice, baritone Ike
OSulliyan's. scarcely rivals the hero's
The fourth OF the quartet OF male singers
is Reginald Roberts, as the captain, with
a soft tenor.
Miss Anna Roberts, though suffering
with cold, played as well as sang the
role of the hero's wife with ability, and
Miss Carr Shaw not only denoted herself
a soubrette of refined and effective meth
DDS, but quite as entitled to fame in her
way as her brother Bernard is for his
erratic literature The chorus was large,
vocally distinguished, and it may be
said Of them as of the principals, they
are actors is well as singers.
There will be no performance Of Sharnus
O'Brien'' this evening, as the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra have the Columbia 1t is
reported that President Mckinley will this
evening attend the Symphony concert. This
will be his frs appearancein in Washington
theater since his Inauguration.
The times., 1897-03-23
Biograph's inaugural Scenes.

The audience which greeted the Bio
graph exhibition at Willard Hall last
evening was both enthusiastic and ap-
preciative, and bespoke fun houses Tor
the entertainment during the remainder
of the week This marriage of electricity
and photography, as it is aptly termed. has
produced wonderful results. The inaugural
scenes, showing President Mckinley, ex-
President Cleveland. and other nOtableS,
also distinguished military organizations
on Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth
street. on March 4. were almost startling
in their vivid realism; the motion OF men
and horses being an exact reproduction Of
life on that notable occasion Other views
showed Photographic reproductions in life
and motion OF military maneuvres, the fir
ing OF a great gun on the seacoaSt, an
exciting fire scene, the Empire Express
train approaching at the rate of sixty
four miles an hour. the Presidential special.
and many others, including some comic
views from real life, which caused hearty
rounds OF laughter.
The times., 1897-03-23
"The Mau-o.war's Man."

THE Nan-0 War s-Man- is a fine and
an exciting melodrama. full Of stirring
action, OF heroisIn, and OF patriotism. It
isa better play than most of the meIodrg mas
that we get, and it thrills an auCiierce
quite handiIy. However, though the play
is fine and the scenery excellent, it is not
too much to say that Mr.. Thomas B. Shea,
the gentleman who plays the hero's part.
and whose name is chronicIed in black
type on the play bills, and the program,
really fills very large part IN the pro-
dnctiOn and in the estimation of his audi
ences.
Mr. Shea is a broad-shouldered. we'll
built young fellow, looking the part of the
daring Capt. Jack Conway, and he is spir-
tied anddramatic and yet notstilted, either
II all the heroes Of meloJrama were as CON
vincing in their parts as Mr.. Shea the funny
men would not make their jokes so much
about the melDdTamas andthe gallery gods
would not be the only ones who would ap-
preCiate them Mr. Shea is supported by
good company, among whom are Henry
Testa, who took the part OF the Spanish cap
tain, the villain, and Gardner Crane, whose
part was that Of one OF Conway lieuten-
ants. Frank Bouman as the young Irish
man, and Rose. Addelle as his French
sweetheart, played the usual comic sketch
between the Irishman and bis French
sweetheart with rather more than the usual
humor.
The great naval battle in the last act
was a really good scenic effect. It was
received by the house with tremendO ap-
plause. Among those present last night
were Secretary Long and his daughter
Margaret. who occupied box: Congress
men Bailey, Fitzgerald, Miliken. Simpkins.
and several other CongreSsmen from New
England, Mr.. Shea's home. President Nc
Kinley had engaged a box for yesterday
evening. and had intended 20 witness the
play. but press of appointments kept him
away, and Secretaries Cooper and Boyle
occupied his box.
The times., 1897-03-23

North Dakota, and the veteran Senator
Morrill,. of Vermont; Representatives Curtis,
OF Kansas; Cup, OF PENNSYLVANIA; Pierson,
North Carolina; Hopkins. Illinois; ex-Repre-
sentative Murray, of South Carolina; the
colored man whois contesting Elliott's seat
in Congress: Gen. Miles, and many others.
At O'Clock President Mckinley held
a public reception, that was attended by
more persons than any other informal re-
ception ever given at the White House. 1t
is estimated that the President shook hands
over 2,G0e callers inside OF three-quarters
OF an hour Among the notable persons
who attended the reception were Mrs. John
q. Carlisle, who called to pay her respects.
The times., 1897-03-23
Frank Bush In "GfrI Wanted

Down at the Academy last night COM
pany OF merry vaudeville people, headed
by Frank Bush, the WeIlknOwn Hebrew
impcrsonator, held forth, and the large
house was kept in roar from the first
to the last curtain. Bush has been a
well-known figure in the variety world
for many seasons, and has probably a
greater following than any Of his asso-
GATES. In starting out in the legitimate
ranks he has taken for the vehicle OF his
mimic versatility Girl Wanted" during
the course of which Bush gives dozen
or more impersonations in his ininitabIe
style. as a delineatoT OF the Hebrew
character he has no equal, and his work
last night showed that his capabilities are
not confined to that line alone, for he
demonstrated his ability to initiate almost
every nationality known to fame upon
the mimic boards
There is no pot TO the farce, but it is
obviously used to show off the variety
work OF a company OF variety people, who
are high up in tEeir business. The Darling
Sisters are a clever team, with their
yodlng and dances, while the Dillon
Brothers keep the audience in a ICar with
their eonyuisive porodies Of up-to-date
songs Shorty Healy and w. A. Mason
are as funny as when last seen here in the
variety raEks Ola Hayden has contra
baritone voice Of unusual sweetness and
fiexibliiy, and her work last night met
with very favorable reception. Ed
Chrissie made a Iaughable hotel proprietor,
while Queen HethertOn did some clever
work
For good hugh, Frank Bush and his
clever company are good pTescribers, and
do doubt the Academy Will be filled with
the eadmiTersGf thisp popular during
the rest of the week