The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

crafty in his revenge. Being under notice
to leave his situation he one morning
purposely distributed sour milk to all
his masters customers, thereby causing
his employer to lose a large proportion
OF them.
He was scarcely more ingenious, how
ever, than the young European gentleman
elegantly attired who was seen walking
UP and down the Buyukdere Quay at Con-
stantnople, recently, shouting at the top
OF his voice, Death to the Sultanl'
He proved to be NJ Anitschoff, one of
the attaches of the Russian embassy and
therefore immune from arrest at the
hands of the enraged Turkish police. The
diplomat, who was In drunken fury be-
cause he had not been invited to the
Sultans reception. continued to shout to
the crowd until the Russian ambassador
sent servants to bring him home.
At Cardiff again. recently, the electric
current suddenly went off, and the whole
tramway system of the town was stop
ped for twenty minutes.
Officials ran to the power house, and
found there a dismissed wireman lying
unconscious. By way of revenge he had
cut two cables, and in doing so he had
received shock which Frustrated him.
For days he lay at the infirmary, hover
ing between life and death. Later on,
however, he recovered and was sentenced
to nine months Imprisonment at Cardiff
quarter sessions, so that altogether he
had to pay pretty dearly for the outrage,
which might have plunged the town in
darkness and caused a disastrous panic
Even more malicious were the burglars
who recently broke into the provision
stores of Messrs. Picker Bros, at Forest
Gate, and, being disappointed in their
hopes of securing a Dig haul of money,
made chaos of the stock.
Getting hold of all the mustard they
could find they mixed it to the usual de-
gree of consistency with the aid of rum,
sherry. gin and other liquors.
After covering the shop floor with a
thick layer of this, they scattered over
it scores of pounds of tea, coffee and CO.
Goa tobacco, rice and sugar. with a case
of carefully broken eggs
Finally they poured many bottles of
whisky brandy and scent upon this con-
coction. which altogether cost Messrs,
Picker Bros $500.
But trust a woman to show ingenuity
in getting even when she feels that
way inclined.
When. for instance. Mrs Martha J.
erosion. the widow of the well-known
signal inventor. died recently in New
York, she left in fher will the following
odd bequest:
..iro my friend Lydia Turner leave my
Staten Island. She will guess where they
are
Another American lady, while making
trip the other day on the pleasure
steamer La France. on Lake Geneva. took
a French gentleman's seat, which had
been reserved by placing an overcoat on
it. When the Frenchman claimed his
seat the American angrily protested. and
eventually threw his overcoat into the
lake and walked away.
The lady's revenge had been more COM
plete than she bargained for The over
coat contained a pocketbook in which
was ESQ
When the boat arrived at Geneva the
gendarmes escorted the lady to the police
station, where she settled the matter by
paying the amount.
In a recent case. the details of which
have been privately discussed with much
gusto in a certain northern center, dis
charged clerk brought round to the local
printers what practically amounted to a
history of his late employers life. As the
clerk had been In a confidential position.
and the magnates life shady one, the
account made racy reading.
In view of the libel laws, however. prin-
ter after printer refused to have anything
to do with IT.. Finally. the clerk produced
a few hundred copies himself by means of
a mmeograph.
These he posted to a select list of his
late employers social and business
friends. Then he fled the country to avoid
arrest for criminal libel. His late en-
ployer has discreetely retired from
business.