The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-19

 name. A great many of the manifestants protested and disturbances followed. | The students threw chalk. paper pei lets and notebooks at the members Of the jury. following these up with eggs The professors remained impassive, while all sorts of projectiles were aimed at them
 Professor Landouzy was caught in the head by tomato He shrugged hts shoulders and wiped his face with his handkerchief. Finally a number of com ettors objecting to the Insult ainer at the jury, separated from the others, and thus two parties were formed. ard a gen eral scrimmage ensued. After fighting for some time they finally decided to sign their names according to the rules.
 The trouble was caused by the fact that some of the students were dissatisfied with the rules.
 M Sala, the Spanish painter, is so vexed at a portrait of his being placed so high up in the Societe Rationale salon in Paris that he has attempted to ruin his own work first by means of a fishing rod, then by riddlng it with bullets.
 His attempt with ten-foot fishing rod having proved unavailing, he disguised himself with false beard In order to evade the attendants To preserve his incognito, he did not show his exhibitors card on entering. but paid a franc at tue gate He walked about the picture gal leries for some time unobserved.
 At length he reached his goal, the room in which his portrait is hung. He look ed around He was still unnoticed. and no watch was kept over the picture Sud . denly he drew a revolver and fired four bullets into his canvas. Luckily. he hit no one else's painting on the wall.
 "Murderr' shouted several ladies. Girls ran away screaming. and an old lady fell down on the floor in a faint. Attend ants rushed up. seized the smoking re- volvet and walked off the painter who seemed exultant. to the nearest police station where the usual report was drawn
 M Sala, having been released, said that his anger would go on increasing steadily until he obtained redress. Either he would be allowed to remove his picture or 1t must be hung lower. If not, he was determined to destroy it. If he had to riddle 1t with shot or fire machine gun at it. the picture should be destroyed somehow.
 The four revolver bullets did not do very much damage. They did not hit the face, but pierced only the background.
 At a banquet in Paris the other day the menu included an omelette of ostrich egg, pythons, African gazelles and porcu- pines Several women were induced to try python ragout, which they pronounce ed delicious.
 The Paris bar islaughing at the ruse of a youthful advocate who had to defend man whose reputation was not of the best
 After much thought the counsel ocn- cluded that if he could produce document arv evidence of his claimants honesty all would be well, and to obtain an ac- quittal would mean much as far as his future practice was concerned. Like most suspects the client was pennfless. so to produce the necessary evidence it was needful to provide the means.
 The advocate gave his client 5-franc piece-about dollar-and suggested that he should take 1t to the police and say he found it in the street, and thus obtain a receipt.
 The client acuuiesced, went to the DO hce office, and returned with a receipt.
 The advocate gave a cursory glance at tho document and tied 1t up with his brief, little thinking of the sequel.
 On the day of the trial the young ad : vocate relied entirely oa the police re- ceipt, and thus terminated his appeal to the jury
 "I have a document which shows that during the past week my client found a 5-franc piece In the street, and without delay he took it to the police. Is that the act of a thief?"
 Then he triumphantly handed the doc ument to the president of the court. The judge examined 1t closely and asked:
 Was 1t francs that he found?'
 ''Yes, MT President" was the reply. "I am quite sure as to that
 But said the president, 'the receipt is for 1 franc only"
 The court was convulsed. and the jury, appreciating either the ingenuity of the
 -l.- -A It -I.- acquitted the honest" knave.
 The Paris executioner, M. Deibler, ar rived at Sisterton, in the Bases Apes. recently for the purpose of executing a murderer named Office, and foud himself in an unpleasant predicament. The gull lotine, which had been dispatched from Paris AS hours previously, had not ar rived.
 There was the greatest excitement in the town. Telegrams were dispatched 'n all directions, and finally the truant gull lotine was located by another station and hurriedly forwarded to Sisterton.
 The condemned man heard the uproar and was with difficulty persuaded that It had no reference to his fate. The exc cution was duly carried out
 Olice or Fanzoni-the latter is believed to be his correct name-was the chief of bloodthirsty band of adventurers known a. the Strangers of the Alps. He and several companions had been indicted for a murder of peculiar ferocity. but the jury had somehow found exetenuating circumstances for the accomplices. Office himself had hopes to the last that his own neck might be saved.
 Vidal a man condemned to death foe . triple crime, was executed at the same hour at Algiers. When the judicial au- tt critics aroused him by entering his cell he understood that his hour had come, thanked his counsel, conversed with the prison chaplain and, after taking a glass of rum, submitted without a murmur to the toilette" Vidal walked with a firm step to the guillotine and was at tempting to address the crowd when ne was seized and thrown on the fatal plank.
 Another alliance between the stage and the aristocracy is announced. Liane de Pougy the Parsan music hall beauty, whose head-dress was the cause of d fight the other day between her escort. Prince George Ghilka, and some French townspeople, has promised to be the bride of the gallant chevalier.
 Prince George belongs to the we'll known Roumanian family of Ghika. one member of which is claimant to the throne of. Albania. It Is not SO very many years ago that Liane was so hard up that even her bed was sold for 3 francs. Now she owns splendid house rt~