The Warwickshire Herald. — 1894-12-13 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

ANCIENT SACRED PICTURE. All Paris has been docking to the English Catholic 7iitireli of Saint Joseph, in the Avenue 'cloche, in F .ris, to see the portrait of Jesus and the Virgin lacy, said to have been painted by St. Luke the .ivang,elist. This picture; now belongs, a cones ondent says, to the Pessimist Fathers,having been o•queathed by a Hungarian, Colonel Srierelmey,who a .me into possession of it in 1829. Tbe.Colonel was „ravelling with a caravan from the, Haty Land tii Egypt when he met &Greek monk lying dangerously i,l, having been abandoned to his fate by another a:woven. He took the monk on his camels .and, at he latter's entreaty, paid his passage to Europe. Cie monk, however, died on the way, Mt at the tost moment be bequeathed. to Colonel Szerelmey a uch containing his belongidgs. The Colonel set .., little' value on this legacy- that he ordered his tervent to throw the Issi overboard, but the servant lisobeyod the order. The pouch contained, along . with a few articles of clothing, a black metal cup, , n antique monstrance containing 24 pieces of bone vith Greek inscriptions, and a picture of the dadonna with the Infant Jesus; Ale two pieces of nirchment inscribed with Greek letters. The black aup proved to be of silver, and of the earliest syse9tane period, the monstrance, also of silver, watrof the 14th C.Bttury, and the pieces of bone, recording to the inscriptions, were relics of Palestine nirrtyrs. The famous linguist, Cardinalsilepotanti, 'ought the monstrance for 10,000 sou& 'lli ideture di re painted with the ancient untie colours on mpper, and is 10 inches lit e tOn batik cleaned, it disclosed strange Inscriptions, which Cardinal , ifessofanti and other Hebrai te declared to be genuine ialdaic, belonging to the earliest times, of which each another documentary monument was scarcely to oe found. On the back of ths picture are inscrip:ions in Chaldaic and Greek of the 104 frod. 3rd, 4th, Ind sth centuries. The picture was found in a ;tone coffin buried in a dried-up well near Jerusalem.  An Englishman, who recently arrived at Dieppe from Pau, has committed suicide at the Hotel du dlobe. The reasons for the act are not known. He iad a sum of 2,330 f. in his possession. The leerebtry to *e lieltaeht gouadron has elegraphed to the NO, Y Yacht Chib a challenge !or the America Cup on behalf of the Earl ofDunraven. An exemplary couple, the oousects, living in the ' due Potion, Paris, fell victims to the mania for setting on horses, and have ended their lives owing so losses indurred thereby. Their downfall dated from a Grand Prix day, when they happened to put many on a horse out of curiosikr. Rortune smiled ilitheir first wager, and they resok4d to try again. go luck came, however. They were obliged to sell their last stick of furniture and to borrow heavily from friends and relatives. They accordingly smothered themselves by charcoal fumes, and left :heir two young children to the care of the woman's father, to whom they sent a letter Informing him of (heir intention to die. Bound to be odd.—Dr. Slaws: "Grumley Is a queer genius —always trying to outdo somebody." Home "vox; he ilri(ling a bicycle now." Dr. Mews "He is? Well I'll say this for Grumley he'll never be satisfied with one hump; if he can't I be a camel he'll give up cycling." Mrs. Midas: "Doctor, what dq you think is the matter with me?" Doctor "lam inclined to think that your blood is not pure. I thihk I must give you something to purify it." Miss Midas (haughtily): "You are probably not aware, doctor, that I belong to a good old Norman family."  with  Wane, J.P., of West -oil Raiusgate, 87, Onslow-square, who died on October 4th, has been proved, the value of the personal estate amounting to over £218,000 'The will, with two codicils, of Mr. Gesso' Hibbert, of Mark House-road, Leyton, Essex, vie died on October 7th, bag been proved, the value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of £194,000. The testator bequeaths £B,OOO free of dfitV te the Ecclesiastical Commissioners tor Englima in trust for the bettor endowment of the new Church of St. Catherine, Leytonstone, Essex; £l,OOO each to the London Hospital (Whitechapel), the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest (Victoria Park), and the London Orphan Asylum (Watford); £l,OOO to the vicar and churchwardens of St. Mary, Leyton, to be invested, and the income, called "The Hibbert Charity," to be distributed at their discretion among the poor of the said parish; £250 to the vicar and churchwardens of St. Mary, Leyton, to be held and applied for the benefit of the National Schools connected with the said church; t£2so to the vicar and churchwardens of the parish of St. Saviour's, Walthaunstow, to be held and applied for a similar purpose; £2lO each to the Convalescent Homes at Bexhill and Waltonon-Thames. the Children's Hospital (Walthamstow) and the Walthamstow Dispensary • £2OO to Mrs. Gladstone's Convalescent Home (Woodford).  Church  codicils, of House,  John  Henry !ad  The will and codicil of Mr. Richard Entwisle, of Old Burlington street, who diei on October 4th, at Brighton, has been proved, the value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of £99,000. The will of Colonel the Right Hon. John Sidney North, P.C., of Arlington-street, Piccadilly, who died on October 11th, has been sworn (under this year's Finance Act) to be of the net value a £91,484 10s. 2d. The will of the Right Hon. George, Baron Basing, of Basing Byfeet, and Hoddington, in the county of Southampton, who died on October 22nd, has been proved, the value of the personal estate amounting to over £49,000. By his will the late Professor James Anthony Froude, of Woodcot, Salcombe, near Kingsbridge, Devon, and of Cherwell Edge, Oxford, who died on October 20th, appoints his son, Ashley Anthony Froude, C. M. G. ,and his daughter, Georgina Margaret Fronde, executors and trustees. Estate duty amounting to £5,305 has been paid upon the value of the testator's estate, including property aggregated under the provisions of the Finance Act, 1894. The will of Mr. George Hughes, of Montpelierroad, Brighton, formerly Commissioner of Customs under the Chinese Government, who died on October sth, has been proved, the value of the personal estate amounting to over £53,000. The testator bequeaths £5OO to Dr. Barnardo's Homes. The will of Mr. William Smellie Graham, of Abercom, Richmond-hill, who died on Oct)ber 19th, has been proved, the value of the personal estate amounting to over £31,000. —lllustrated London News.