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The herald., 1897-09-12
gravity and leaves the sportsman free
Kansas City Star.
AssAss1Ns WORK ON SUNDAY
European Notables Usually Attacked
on That Day


Sunday seems to be a favorite day
for political assassinations in Europe.
The death of Canovas on this day re-
calls the long list Of rulers who have
either met death or narrowly escaped 1t
on the Sabbath at the hands Of anarch-'
lists, communists or nihilists. The fact
that in the old world Sunday Is the
great festival day, when the rulers go
around and give their subjects an op-
portunity to look upon and get near
them is perhaps sufficient explanation.
Alexander II, the Russian czar, was
returning to his palace on the afternoon
of Sunday, March 13, 1881, when dyna-
mite bomb was thrown at his carriage.
The carriage was blown to pieces, ami
Alexander died within few hours.
President Carnot Of France was at
Lyons attending an industrial and art
exposition on Sunday, June. "A, 1884 That
night, as he drove to theater, Cesare
Giovanni Sarilo, young Italian anarch-
list, sprang upon the step of the presi-
dents carriage and plunged knife into
his abdomen. Carnot died within few
hours.
President Faure anrrowly escaped
death on Sunday. June 13, last. He was
driving on the Bots de Boulogne to wit
ness the Grand Prix at the Longchamps
race course, when bomb was exploded
near his carriage. 1t was Of faulty con-
struction and hurt no one.
Two attempts have been made on the
life Of King Humbert of Italy on Sum-
days. On Sunday, March II, 1878, Clio
vanni Pasanante climbed into the king $
carriage in the streets Of Naples and
stabbed him in the thigh with sword.
The king fought back, cut his assailant
on the arm, and held him at bay until
the police took charge of him. On. Sum-
day. March 26, 1893, religious fanatic
named Berardi attacked King Humbert
in the streets of Rome, but was captured
before he did any harm.
William I of Germany, grandfather of
the present emperor, was twice attacked d
by would-be assa ssins on Sunday. On
July IA, 1861, Oscar Becker tried to shoot
him, and on June 2, 1878, DR.. Nobiling
repeated the attempt. Nobiling blew his
own brains out when he saw that he had
failed.-Washington Star.
The herald., 1897-09-12
THE BIRDS UNAwAREs

CATCHING THE BIRDS UNAwARES
which are inserted the legs Of the con-
cealed sportsmen, for whom there are
Accommodations for two, one at each end
of the decoy.
Formed in the sides Of the frame at
suitable points. are windows or openings
protected by outward swinging flap
blinds, and through these windows. the
sportsman in the rear may discharge his
fowling piece when the game has been
successfully stalked. For the firing OF
the hunter in the front of the decoy
there is provided downward swinging
portion which includes the head and neck
of the animal, so that by releasing a
small catch from the inside Of the frame
work this releases the swinging front
portion. which Immediately drops by
The herald., 1897-09-12
STRANGE TRIO
Criminal Cases That Span
the Continent
OF A SIMILAR CHARACTER
THE HARVARD PROFESSOR AND
CHICAGO SAUSAGE MAKER
In Line With the Hattie Woolstein
Case, the Most Noted Trial in
This City

with murder mysteries in an 'ele-
CANT suficiency at their very doors, the
people Of California have little need to
pay attention to the extraordinary cases
in other states" remarked a lawyer,
prominent at the local bar, yesterday
"And yet" he added, "the Luetgert case
in Chicago has certain novelty about
it that places it in rank with two other
cases, one of which was a cause celebre
in Southern California, and but for no.
table incident during the trial would
have gone on record for all time in the
law books"
Adolph Lletgert, whose trial at Chi
cago has aroused interest throughout
the country, is a wealthy sausage maker,
to be seen again. The state has charged
that he murdered her and then destroyed
the body in vat OF caustic potash at
the sausage factory.
The case is one altogether dependent
upon circumstantial evidence In order
that the contention raised by the pros
ecution should be undisputed an expert
ment was made in the laboratory Of the
Itusu utulCdl cOueSe. "A CdUdVGT was
placed in boiler filled with a Is per cent
solution of crude potash, and in an hour
the body had become an BILE
mass; in two hours scarce a bone re-
mained. In less than three hours the
body had disappeared.
In the vat of caustic potash at Luet-
gert's factory were found a certain por-
tion Of the skull of a human being and
two rings which have been identified by
witnesses as having belonged to Mrs.
Luetgert. While the state is engaged in
presenting a mass Of testimony tending
to substantiate the claim of murder put
forward, it is upon small bit of bone
and couple of finger rings that the case
will actually rest.
This unique mode of murder, conceding
It to be such, recalls the similar case of
DR.. Parkman, who was made away with
by Prof. Webster in furnace The ac-
cused was one of the faculty at Harvard
university and his trial occasioned a
widespread excitement throughout the
east. While the furnace in which he ha
burned his victim did its work well, GER
tain Of the telltale teeth that had been
qlled with gold and W hich were identified
upon the trial, suficed to send the
learned professor to the gallows.
The herald., 1897-09-12

Association Of Ideas.-Now it CHANGED
that the pilgrim accosted an inhabitant
of the town through which he journeyed.
"It seems to me-" remarked the pilgrim,
"that there are a great many muddy
crossings in your town." Mere illusion.
old man." answered the inhabitant.
You get that impression from so many
Of our ladies' wearing knickerbockers or
short ts."-Detroit Journal
The herald., 1897-09-12

In England of 1000 persons, sixty-eight
are named Mary. sixty-six William,
sixly-two John, sixty-one Eliza, thirty
nine Thomas. thirty-six George. thirty
six Sarah, thirty two Anne, thirty-one
James and twantv-thraa CharlAA
The herald., 1897-09-12
A PATENT COW FOR HUNTERS
It Carries Them Into the Midst Of
Unsuspecting Game

A Nebraska man has invented patent
cow for hunters. The specifications have
been received at the patent office and
the illustrations are taken from them.
The invention presents the perfect
outward semblance of most peaceabie
and amiable cow, but the forelegs and
hindlegs are in fact the two pairs of
legs of two men, They are armed with
guns and have a plentiful supply of am
munition.
The patent COW moves along like an
ordinary, harmless animal until 1t Is in
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-09
What Do the Children Drink ?

Dom give them tea or coffee. Have Won
t i the new food drink called Grain-Of It
rs ueilcious and nourishing and takes the
place or coffee. The more Grain-O Won give
t inc children the more health you distribute
through their systems. Grain-O is made of
pure grains; and when properly prepared
tastes ike the choice grades of coffee but
costs COS about Il as much. All grocers sell it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-09

WISE MEN KNOW it is folly to build
on poor foundation. Relief obtained by
deadening symptoms is short. Hoods
Sarsapslilla cures and gives lasting health.
HOODS PILLS cure nausea, sick head
ache, indigestion, biliousness. All drug
gists. $50.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05
for the two years follow:
,tal. fiIs,44,t0 an, $50, ~

lotai...s.'... flit,l.3,tN HI,hO,2U W.
But for the heavy increase IN tho
liabilities of the failures in the New
England States, WHICH was unexpect.
eddy large, 53.4 per cent, the showing
would be much more pleasing. De-
Quoting the New England totals, the
decrease in liabilities for the remain
der Of the country is 40 per cent. Not.
outstanding the confidence that the
large and profitable crops have insplr'
cd In the Western States, no division
Of the country, the territories except
cd, makes 81 favorable u showing
as the Southern States, which, for the
nine months, present a decrcasein the
number VI failures from 1854 in 1875
to 1875 In 1897, with total liabilities
Of $l3. 023. $50 in 1897 as against $Z3,'
6S3, S02 In 1897, a decrease Of As per CT.
A peculiar economic feature OF the
figures given is that the great manu-
featuring States Of New England have
not responded to the general tenor "'
prosperity found in the other sections
OF the country. The showing for the
last three months Of the TWO years, On
the other hand, Indi eating that bus'-
ness in the New England States is as
suming a more satisfactory condition.
The liabilities for these latter three
months for the two years about coan'
terbalance each other. Yet. compar'
ed with the rest of the country, th's
showing is anything but s~atisiactory'
the totals for the United States being
ga, 1928, l64 In 1897 as against @o,oi2''
$50 In 1876. In these latter three
months the comparison, so far as inc
Southern States are concerned !"
somewhat remarkable. The total ia
bilities Of the Southern States Tor t'c
period In 1895 was %, 836, 800 as against
81, $3.50, 600, a decrease Of 81 per cent
liabilities and u decease In the num-
her NJ failures from 532 In 1870 %
against 200 in 1897.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

A lady correspondent OF the Pitts
burg Post, who has felt the pinch OF
the Dingley tariff, writes as follows:
II have been paying more for Hour
more for sugar, more for meat and
other household necessities, and l
find ] must pay a good deal more Tor
wooden clothing for myself and chill.
dren this winter. Every way our ex'
penses are going up, bnt my husbands
wages are at a s%tandstill. III this Is
good times l would like to know it. l
don't like them, and l find that the
women of my Acquaintance are pretty
much in the same boat l find my
self"
When the Mckinley tariff was
smashed by the people in 1892, it was
Tom Reed who sadly remarked while
viewing the wreck: 1.-THE women did
1.-THE women who go shopping" AS
the Dinglcy bill is clearly a tariff for
taxation and not a tariff for revenue
it. is quite probable the Republican
party will hear from the women again
in 1900. The women, it is true, have
no vote, but they have a tongue ana
they know how to use it with disas-
trous effect, and the moment they ar
ray themselves against the Dinglcy
tariff that measure and the Rcpubll'
can party are gone coon skins.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

1T STOPPED HIS GROWING

Detroit Free Press.
Grumpcr Isn't his name, but n w,n
serve. Hes big man with a biz yoi.o
big appetite, big heart, big bank 49,
count, and rather big opinion O, him.
self. lie belongs to that extensive
class that come in from the conn.
begin In u small way and push alonv
till they are among the leaders in
:hcir respective callings. 1t is not lonu
since he married a dainty little wo'
man, whose chief aim Is to please him
For weeks, day by day, he registered
the familiar old complaint that m
cooking tasted as good as his mothers
used tn. Mrs. Grumper was SO any
ious to please him and remove this
cause Of complaint that she roasted
fried, stewed and br0lled herself n
the kitchen, but Grumper neve,
ceased to yearn for mothers cN
ing "a
One day a plain but cherry old lady :
appeared at Gruniper's front door
She was the mother and had come \
long way just To see her boy once
more and give him u surprise. Ue
would not be home ill evening. ann
his little wife enticed the old lady jnto
the cooking department, determined
that he should at least be made happy.
The mother used plenty of grease.
made plenty OF smudgc and felt more
at home than she would have been in
the parlOr. She was induced to re-.
main In her room until the meal was
well under way To see II Grumper did
not recognize the food as prepared BY
her hands. He shifted the air of the
dining room and there was nm unplcas.
ant look on his face. He scanned the
table and the look drepened. lie tried
a few dishes. laid aside his knife and
fork, turned to his wife and declared
that he could stand It no longer. lie
had hoped that she would learn, but
this was by NIL odds the worst yet. lie
would write for his mother and she
could remain till the wife learned her
ways.
When he knew all, he wilted, admit.
ted that t0baccO might have spoiled
his taste. and now eats any old thing
with a relish.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

that the flea literally makes a cutting
into the skin OF his victim.
, Not less wonderful are the muscles
Of a flea's leg. You know how he is
able to jump. II you and l were en-
dowed with the same muscular power
a leap over Washington monument
would not be Il difficult matter.
Yet finer than the surgical instru-
mcnts Of the flea is the sting OF the
bee. Compared with the point OF "A
No. IL needle the latter looks blunt
and heavy, more like the stick OF car
hon in an electric light.
But when a m%icroscopist wants to
really astonish you he goes a step far
ther and shows you the infinitely tiny
parasite that infcsts the bodies OF
e'cn such small insects as the house
fly or the flea. 1t is something OF a re-
lief, something OF a satisfaction to
know that these nuisances are Them
selves preycd upon by parasites OF far
greater size relatively than the in
sccts are to us. The idea helps along
EmersOn's law OF compensation.
Again, II you were to take Il hair OF
youl head and make a cross section
OF the tip II would have something OF
the beautiful granting Of a pomegran-
tic cut in two. III you looked at a
highly magnitied portion Of your scalp
you would think that you were gaz-
ing at some steep and jagged cliff. 1t
would remind you OF the walls Of a
Rocky mountain canyon.
After this perhaps you will hardly
be 50 skcptical as to the value OF the
expert testimony that is often intro
duccd in the murder trials rs to mi.
croscopiC examinations of the blood,
Provided that the blood be reasOna.
bly fresh. it is not mt all difficult to
determine from what kind of animal
it came.
Then, again, blood shows very diff.
ferently under varying conditions Of
health and disease. 1t is regarded by
some as possible to anticipate a mum.
Der Of different diseases simply from
an examination OF Il drop OF ven0us
blood that the prick OF a pin on your
hand will draw. Just what will be
the final estimate rs to the value OF
this micrOScopical examination to
medicine the physicians are as yet at
wide variance.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05
GOOD SHOWING FOR The SOUTH.
Mobile Register.

Mobile Register.
The liabilities OF the failure Of the
United States for the nine months Of
1897 co'nparcS with the same nine
months OF 1896, as furnished by Brad.
streets, present a most favorable
showing as TO the country at large,
and IN all OF the divisions OF the
country excepting In New England,
where the liabilities for 1897 largely
exceed those Of 1896. Below Is gwen
the figures as furniScd by BradStrcct's,
with The percentages OF increase and
decrease in the amount Of liabilities
added thereto for comparison. The
figures for the two years follow:
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

TAX CRAzY.-MOnongalia county,
W. Va, has a citizen named Raymond
Grigg, with an ambition so peculiar
and unusual that some people think
him crazy. For many years he has
made 1t a point to be the FIRST citizen
In the county to pay his taxes. About
three years ago aud for the first time
IN his life hc was beaten by a swiftc,
Taxpayer and 1t seemed to almos,
break his heart.
mississippi Messenger.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05


A TONGUE TMGLER.-lf your
tongue be in good condition for 90.
Ing a little acr0batic work try reao'ne
the following word curiosity aloud -
may be familiar to some OF vou' y"
II IL one OF the treasures that We ""e
up out OF an old scrap book.
II you stick stick acrtss a st.cs'
Or stick a cross across / stick,
Or cross Il stick across a stick
Or stick n cross across a cross
Or cross a cross across o stick,
Or cross a cross across a cross
Or stick a cross stick across a SUI,
Or stick a crossed stick across "
crossed stick,
Or cross a crossed stick across :
cross, ..oss n
Or cross q crossed stick across '
stick,
Or cross q crossed stick across
crossed stick.
Would TINT BE- nm acrostic?
fisustnn journal
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05
SHIPS FOR LAND AND WATER

New York Journal.
Not content with the supremacy Of
her ships on the ocean, Great Britain
is now contemplating a plan by which
her battle ships will also have suprem-
acy on land.
This bold proposition is now under
consideration by the Lords OF the Ad-
miralty. 1t is the scheme OF an
English engineer, who proposes to
construct the wal vessels OF the future
in such "A way as to enable them not
only to keep themselves from getting
stranded on any shOal they may strike
in unknown waters, but also to roll
from the water up the beach to land,
provided the slope is ordinarily gentle.
The man-of-war thus becomes a travel
ing fortress, which car be used either
for the protection OF a city, town or
coast which is weak In defenses, and
is likely to be attacked, OF else can
attack a city in the unprotected rear.
The plan Of the new vessel is sim
pie, although the cost Of It's COnstruc-
tion would be quite a good deal larger
than that Of such a ship as the Iowa
OF. Uncle Sans navy. But it is claim.
ed by the inventor that the cost OF
the new vessels could easily be Offset
by making fewer stationary fOrtresses
along the coast.
The new vessel would be exactly
like the present man.Of-war above the
water line, but the bottom OF the new
vessel is Il gooG deal wider and nattcr.
-Four rOws Of transverse Sits, each
consisting OF six Sits are made in the
iron-clad bottom OF the new ship and
into each of these upOn a huge steel
rod Is fitted a large steel roller, which
is corrugated like a cog wheel.
The rollers are invisible when the
ship is in deep water. The rollers are
turned by "a powerful engine, either all
simultaneously or else one of the outer
rows at one time.
Should the vessel strike a shOal or
rock in unknown waters, instead OF
the ships bottom itself srringing a
leak or getting stranded the corrugat.
ed rollers of the ship bear the shock,
aud their teeth grasping the surface
Of the rock quickly the vessel over the
shoal or rock to deeper water, or Il
the water proves shallow on the one
side, the vessel IA be suspended In
safety till the pilot asccrtains the bes,
direction In which the vessel can bt
turned.
or course, /. Is only where the shor,
, has a gradual descent toward tn,
. water that the new vessel can dra,
herself on land, but ia cases where tn,
, natural conditions would make it i'm
possible for the vessel to reach from
the water to the shore by the aid 0
; the rollers, the new vessel can ut leas
+ come much nearer a coast city than a
, present. 1t could occupy shoals nea
, the city which at present are counte,
among the city's chief means OF dc
Tense against the war vessels Of tn
enemy.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

A 81. Louis woman speaker said the
other day that in time, II machinery
continued to supplant manual labor,
she looked for female tramps 10 this
country to become az numerous as
those OF the male persuasion. We
should dislike very much to live u
see that day and know that IL will
never come In the South.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Mr.. Mckinley will have to appoint
another receiver OF public moneys fol-
this State, as his recent appointce,
| Mr., Matthews. has been killed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-17
REJECTED BY THE ENGINEERS.
No End I'm Sight for the Great Strike of
British Workmen.

No End In Sight for the Great Strike of
British Workmen.
London, Dec. 1.-THE ballot taken by
the unions Of the Amalgamated Society
of Engineers is almost unanimously
against accepting the proposals Of the
employers. The ballot referred to grew
out of the conference between the rep
resentatives of the striking engineers
and their employers, which began on
Nov. "a last and after several sessions
was adjourned on Dec. until Dec. Ia
in order to allow the delegates of the
engineers to submit to the various I'M
ions the terms of the masters.
The employers declined to recede from
their position respecting freedom i'm the
management of their business, without
the interference of the unions, and en-
phatcally pronounced against reduc-
ton in the hours of labor on the ground
that such a diminution would mean a
smaller output and inability to meet
foreign competitors. The general inn
preston when the conference was adj
journed to allow the ballot was that
unless the unions accepted these terms
there would be a renewal of the dead
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-17
Luetgert's RetriaI Begun.

Chicago, Dec. 15.-In Judge Gary's
crowded court room yesterday morning
Attorney McEwen, speaking for the
state of Illinois, told new jury how
the state would attempt to prove that
Adolph L. Luetgert murdered his wife.
renee Harmon explain how he would
demonstrate Luegert was a victim of
police trickery and an outraged man.
Through the statements of counsel. pro
and con, the prisoner sat leaned against
table, chewing gum smiling com
placently and taking voluminous notes
for suggestions to his lawyers.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-17
Mistake to Cut Him Down.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 15.-Ed-
ward vanoy. the Bear Creek young
blacksmith who, drunk and jealous, two
two weeks ago shot and wounded his
sweetheart and her brother, attempted
The other prisoners in the same corri-
dor discovered what was going on and
gave the alarm. Vanoy was later taken
into court and sentenced to Jackson
prison for twenty-five years. He was
expecting about ten years, and collapsed
when sentence was pronounced
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-17

Synopsis of the Proceedings In the senate
and House.

Synopsis of the Proceedings I'm the Senats
and House.
Washington. Dec. 1.-THE house yes
terday passed the pension appropria-
ton bill without amendment, and adj
iourned till Monday
Washington. Dec. 14.-Lodge made an
effort in the senate yesterday to secure
an immediate vote upon his immigra-
ton bill, which is substantially the
same measure that was passed by the
Fifty-fourth congress and vetoed by
President Cleveland. After brief de-
bate it was suggested that the final
vote on the amendments and the bill
be taken Jan. II. at p. M This sus-
gestion was accepted by Lodge and tho
order for a vote at that time was made.
The bill giving the right to make Sec
ond homestead entries was passed. But
Ter spoke for savings bank system.
Wilson of Washington presented
resolution directing the civil service
commission to transmit to the senate
statement by fiscal years since 1890,
showing the total number of persons
CAoiiiuCds Tic toteti AaAipSA Pe'oe~1t IT,
total number appointed, in the several
branches of the government service, and
the total number of persons on the
eligible lists OF the several branches of
the civil service at the beginning or
each Of those fiscal years. The resolu-
ton was agreed to.
Excepting the reporting of the legis-
lative. executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill the house did no public bust
ness. In both houses the chaplains re-
ferred in their invocations to the death
Of Mrs. Mckinley.
Washington, Dec. 15.-The senate was
in session just fifteen minutes yester-
day, adjournment being taken out of
respect to President Mckinley who was
in attendance upon the funeral of his
mother.
The house after a session of about
two hours adjourned out of sympathy
for the president, whose mother was
buried at Canton in the afternoon. The
time Of the session was devoted to the
consideration of the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill.