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' ASSASSINS’ PERIOD.
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY NOTA
BLE FOR ITS ASSASSINATIONS.
Kxalted Position Han Been Often Fatal
and Invariably Perilous to Life —Tyrants
and the Killers of Free Peoples Alike
Sacrificed by Assassins.
The nineteenth is notable among cen
turies for the number of assassinations
of rulers, prominent statesmen and pub
lic characters generally, whose lives
have been attempted or who have actu
ally perished at the hands of the assas
sin. Just before the beginning of the
century two attempts were made on
the life of George 111, the last in 1800,
while on Christmas eve of the samo
year that famous infernal machine de
signed to kill Napoleon was unsuccess
fully fired in the streets of Paris. On
March 24, 1801, the crazy Czar Paul
met his fate, being strangled with a
military sash twisted into accord by
the hands of a gigantic Circassian
officer, while about half a hundred con
spirators waited the result to salute the
Crown Prince Alexander as czar. On
Jan. 28, 1817, an attempt was made on
the life of George IV, then prince re
gent, and on Jan. 80, 1885, President
Andrew Jackson was attacked with
murderous intent. Louis Philippe, the
citizen king, had a number of hair
breadth escapes. On July 28, 1835, he
w r as in imminent danger of death from
an attack by Fioschi. On June 25, 1836,
Aliband assaulted him; Mueniers’ at
tack was made Dec. 27 of the same year;
in 1840 he was in deadly peril from
Darnies, while Lecomte attempted the
king’s life on April 14, 1846, and Hen
ry on July 29 of the same year. No
wonder can be felt at the relief of Louis
in finally getting out of Paris alive, for
conspiracies that were detected and
nipped in the bud ere they reached the
stage of murderous attempt were far
more numerous than the actual assaults.
Frederick William IV of Prussia had
two narrow escapes, one on May 22,
1850, when he was attacked by Sofelage,
the other a- few mouths earlier. Francis
Joseph of Austria nearly fell a victim
to Libenyi on Feb. 18, 1853, but escaped
with a trivial wound.
Isabella II seemod to possess a charmed
life, for none of the bullets fired at her
or daggers aimed at her heart took
effect. Attempts were made on her life
by La Kiva, May 4, 1847; by Merino,
Feb. 2, 1852; by Raymond Fuentes,
May 28, 1856, and over a dozen con
spiracies against her life were discov
ered and frustrated. Napoleon 111 lived
to regret that he had not fallen at the
hands of the assassin, and that he did
not was sheer luck, for over 20 conspir
acies were, at one time or another,
formed against him und attempts on
his life were made by Piauore, April
28, 1865; by Bellemarre, Sept. 8 of the
same year, and by Orsiui and his com
panions on Jan. 14, 1858. The murder
of President Lincoln, April 14, 1866,
needs only to be mentioned to be re
called. The dagger of Shore Ali found
the heart of Earl Mayo, governor gen
eral of India, Feb. 8, 1872, and on
July 19 of the samo year an attempt
was mado to kill King Amadous of
Spain. Abdul Aziz, sultan, was tortured
to death by his ministers June 4, 1876.
Emperor William I was attacked three
times—by Becker, July 14, 1861; by
Hodel, May 11, 1878; by Nobiliug,
Juno 2, 1878—and Humbert of Italy
barely escaped the pistol and stiletto of
John Passananti, Nov. 17, 1878. Twice
was Alfonso XII of Spain attacked,
oneo by Monoasi, Oct. 25, 1878, and the
second time by Gonzales, Dec. 30, 1879.
Alexander II of Russia had many nar
row escapes before ho was finally killed.
On April 16, 1860, ho was attacked by
Karakowzow in St. Petersburg; on June
6, 1867, by Berezowski, at Paris; on
April 14, 1879, by Solovieff; the at
tempt to blow up his train was made
Dec. 1, 1879; the explosion in the Win
ter palace took place Feb. 17, 1880; the
fatal bomb was thrown March 13, 1881,
in St. Petersburg. President Garfield
was shot on July 2, 1881; he died Sept.
19, while the next chief of a great coun
try to follow* by the same means was
President Carnot, who was mortally
stabbed by Closure Santo, Juno 24, 1894.
A host of smaller notables have, dur
ing the century, come to an untimely
end to gratify private vengeance or
political animosity. Spencer Percival,
English premier, was assassinated in
1812; Charles, due de Beri, father of
the Count do Chambord, thus died in
1820. Capo d’lstrie, the famous Greek
diplomat, was murdered in 1831; Arch
bishop Affre of Paris fell a victim in
1848, as did his successor, Darboy, dur
ing the commune. Rossi, the Italian
statesman, was killed in 1848; Ferdi
nand, duke of Parma, in 1854; Daniel,
the prince of Montenegro, in 1860; Mi
chael, prince of Servia, in 1868; Mar
shal Prim of Spain in 1870, while two
attempts have been made on the life of
Bismarck.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
“Treehopper” Test Tn St. Louis.
The newest thing reported in pests is
a little creature called by scientists
Proconia undata. The ordinary unscien
tific citizen of St. Louis is calling it
names ever harder than that.
The multitude of proconiae is be
yond belief. In the suburbs of St. Louis
they have become such a pest that it
lias been found necessary to extinguish
lights in houses; otherwise the rooms
would be indescribably crowded with
them. Traveling on suburban car lines
is a positive misery, as the electric
lights attract the pests, and they light
upon the passengers in hundreds. A
p< rson can’t open his mouth without
the risk of swallowing from one to a
dozen of them.
They have been known in that region
for many years, but this is their first
serious attack upon humanity. They
have been called “ treehoppehs” because
*!> y luck like grasshoppers and live
upon the tender leaves of young trees,
ilu >- are bright green with white
trimmings.”—New York Journal.
SLAVERY IN CALIFORNIA. “
Presideut to Ho Appealed to For Chinese
Girls Hold as Slaves.
Leaders in Chinese mission work at
San Frauoisco are circulating a petition
to be sent to President McKinley ask
ing him to request congress to appoint
a commission to investigate the horrors
of human slavery that are perpetrated
by those who hold Chinese girls in
bondage. This petition, after reciting
provisions of the fourteenth amend
ment, declares that there is now in San
Francisco and California a condition of
slavery under which there are more
than 1,000 women held in bondage,
bought and sold as chattels and kept
in involuntary servitude. Those slaves
are scourged, beaten, tortured and even
killed by their owners in insolent de
fiance of law. The number of these
slaves is annually recruited by importa
tions from China, in violation of the
exclusion act. Workers in Christian
missions receive constant appeals from
these women, calling for aid to escape,
but it is difficult to offect their escape,
and those instrumental in this good
work have recently been threatened
with death by traffickers in human be
ings.
If the president acts on this petition,
congress will surely appoint a commis
sion, which will ascertain what federal
officials are responsible for this illicit
traffic, that means such large profits to
Chinese slave dealers. A constant
stream of recruits is coming in from
China to supply vacancies created by
cruelty, disease and death. Recently
some aggravated cases of cruelty and
bold throats of slave dealers against
mission workers have led to this appeal
to the president to stamp out the vilest
form of oriental slavery which has
gained a firm foothold in California.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
FOR DEFUNCT CHINESE.
New National Celestial Cemetery Near
Philadelphia.
All the Chinamen buried in the cem
eteries around New York will be ex
humed and' reiuterred in the new Na
tional Chinese cemetery, near Philadel
phia, according to Chinese agents, who
are canvassing Pell, Doyers and Mott
streets for the sale of lots.
The purchase of the old St. Mary’s
farm, at Wynnewood, for this purpose
was the idea of Li Hung Chang, who
became impressed with the soldiers’
cemeteries and the plots of organized
veterans and firemen in this country.
Lee Toy, the mayor of Chinatown, in
Philadelphia, fostered the new burial
plan for Chinamen, and 110 acres, at
the enormous price of $2,250 an acre,
has passed into the possession of the
Celestials.
Lots were selling tlio other day in
Chinatown, New York, at from SSO to
SSOO, and a privileged resting place for
almost every Chinaman buried in Cy
press Hill has been subscribed for by
surviving members of his family.
The National Chinese cemetery is the
only burying ground owned by China
men in this country.
Native rites of the Chinese, which
have heretofore been denied by the au
thorities of the local cemeteries, will be
exercised in the new burying ground.
Part of the oeremouy consists of a
banquet of roast pig, rice and chop suey,
left on the grave, and which is never
eaten except by some hardy and occa
sional tramp who visits the grave after
the mourners are gone.
An old custom of seuding a bone of
the dead back to China may be dispensed
with now that the colonies in this coun
try will be side by side in one great
reservation.—New York Journal.
City In the Laundry Business,
In Glasgow municipal paternalism
has been carried so far that tho city
government undertakes to do a general
laundry business for bachelors and fam
ilies who have no one to do their wash
ing. Those establishments, however,
will not do ironing. They send the
clothes home “rough dried” and charge
accordingly. This, however, is all that
a workingman requires, for ho does not
wegr “boiled” shirts and starched col
lars and cuffs. If he cau get his under
clothes and socks and flannel shirts
thoroughly washed and dried, he is well
taken care of, and the price he pays is
just sufficient to cover the expense. Tho
public laundries serve another good
purpose in furnishing employment for
a number of women who need food and
shelter until they can find permanent
positions. Therefore nearly all the wash
erwomen are refugees who are sent to
the laundry by the police, the inspect
ors of the poor or the sanitary inspect
ors who have found them in a desti
tute condition.
Maken Money by Doing; Fined.
The Italian hand organ grinders in
London manage to make money out of
being fined. The process is as follows:
The organist defies the law against
playing at certain hours, is run in,
feigns ignorance of English and insists
on having an interpreter. Tho latter is
invariably a compatriot in league with
the Saffron Hill gang. His fee is 7s. 6d.,
and if the organ man is fined 2s. 6d—
the usual sum—s shillings remains to be
divided between the two confederates.
An Invitatiou.
Come ’long, Mr. Fall Time!
See mo lif my hart
Blow de ho’n for shuckin co’n
En make de possum fat.
Come Tong, Mr. Fall Time 1
Hope yo’ way ain't los*.
Turn de punkin yallur
En spice him wid do fros*.
Drap dem heavy hie’ry nuts.
Brintf dat squirrel meat.
Fill up all de tater Imnks
Ell make dat cider sweet.
Lutchstring’s on de outside gate;
Don’t you stop ter ring.
T’row some sand on top dat fio’
En make dat fiddle sing.
Come Tong, Mr. Fall Time!
See me lif my hat!
Boss shoe’s lmngiii on de do’
Whar Tn livin at. I
—Atlanta Constitution.
THE TIMES: BRUNSWICK, GA„ SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUbT 22, i897.
• SUPPOSE. ~ v- V
*•’ -•
Suppose, my dear, that you wore I,
* And by your side your sweetheart sate. |
i Suppose you noticed by and by
. The distance ’twixt you was too great.
Now tell me, dear, what would you dot
I know, and so do you!
V. j
J And then, so comfortably placed,
£ Suppose you only grew aware
* That that dear, dainty little waist
t Of hers looked very lonely there.
i Pray tell me, sooth, what would you do?
§ I know, und so do you!
Then, having done what I just did,
With not a frown to check or chill,
Suppose her red lips seemed to bid
Defiance to your lordly will?
* Oh, tell me, sweet, what would you do?
t I know, and so do you!
—Pearson’s Weekly.
A TOOTHBRUSH FOR KOKO.
CJostly Toilet Articles Purchased by Iticli
Girls For Their Pet Dogs.
A score or more of dainty toilet arti
cles, gold mounted and jeweled, were
scattered over the glass counter, and
the obliging clerk in the fashionable
shop was vainly endeavoring to satisfy
the whims of a daughter of wealth,
■who had every appearance of having
been spoiled by overindulgence. She had
a costly' toothbrush iu her hand and
was poking the other articles with it
in a dissatisfied way. “This is not
small enough,” she said, “and the hair
is not fine enough. ”
“It is our very best grade of goods,”
suggested the clerk half apologetically.
“Then you ought to get something
better. Yes, really, you ought,” ex
claimed the willful customer. “I cau’t
take such a clumsy toothbrush as that
home to my Koko. ”
“Ah!” murmured the clerk, with a
scarcely perceptible air of impatience.
“Then you want a toothbrush for your
dog.”
“Yes, of course'l do, and I want
something very soft and very dainty,”
replied the young woman. And, after a
pause, she added, with an affectionate
purr, “There isn’t anything too nice
for my Koko. ”
“Certainly not, ” responded the clerk,
with a cordial smile. “Here are some
brushes of rare quality. I bad over
looked them. Here is one with hair as
soft as silk and a liandlfof solid gold.”
Tho girl fondled tho expensive trinket
for a moment, and, without asking the
prico, said, “That will do. Have it sent
with the other things, please.” When
this spoiled maiden’s father gets a bill
from the fashionable jeweler, he will
doubtless be moved to emotion by the
entry,“One toothbrush for dog, $22.50. ”
It is no uncommon thing for shop
keepers in New York to be called upon
to supply toilet articles for dogs, mon
keys, birds and other domestic pets.
Some stores maintain special lines of
combs and brushes for pet dogs, and as
a special concession to the enthusiasm
of the fair owners of these pots the
prices of dog combs and brushes are
kept aristocratically high.—New York
Times.
The Blackguards of Malaga.
Besides my man Mohammed there
were several other Arab passengers
aboard, and the appearance of these, as
they leaned over the bulwarks of the
steamer, was the signal for a shout of
derisive laughter, curses aud stone
throwing on tho part.of the crowd of ill
fed and ill conditioned boys who throng
ed the quay. J? or downright black
guardism nothing cau beat the type of
the youth of Malaga, whose expression,
like their morals, is of as debased a type
as could well be imagined. Howls of
filthy language greeted the appearance
of the Moors, who, had they disem
barked, would have run a great risk of
being torn to pieces, so great is the an
tipathy of the Spaniards to thoir former
conquerors. The captain of the steamer
appealed to the police, but the two rep
resentatives of this noble body were
busily employed in stealing figs from
tho cargo and paid little or no attention
to the fact that an infuriated crowd of
the worst characters of Malaga—that is
to say, the worst in the world—were
pelting the steamer with stones aud
mud. Affairs, however, reached a cli
max when one of the Moors, who spoke
Spanish, asked after the health of Gen
eral Margallo, the general who had been
killed before Mclilla, and then the cap
tain was obliged to order them below,
though the ill conditioned crowd hooted
and jeered until at sunset the steamer
left.— Harris’“From Batuin to Bag
dad.”
Millions of Frogs Knin Down.
One of tho most curious phenomena
of nature is the precipitation of frogs,
fish, crabs, angleworms, etc., with
rain from the clonds. The story is told
in the annals of the French academy
and may be found in the August num
ber, 1804. The narrative is by one Pro
fessor Poutus. In it lie gives an account
of an instance of millions of frogs which
fell iu a shower near Toulouse. He
states that he himself saw numerous
youug frogs on the coats of two gentle
men who were out in the shoWer. Pro
fessor Poutus says that ho “forthwith
repaired to the spot where the storm
had burst aud found the roads and
fields literally alive with youug frogs
and tadpoles.” “In somo places,” says
the professor, “they were three or four
deep all over the ground, and the hoofs
of the horses and the carriage wheels
killed thousands of them.”
Economy and Morals.
Wife—John, don’t you think you bet
ter give up trying to shave yourself and
go back to the barber?
Husband—Why, of course not. See
how much I save every mouth.
Wife—Yes, I kuow that, but then
Willie is always around when you
shave, and he is learning so many bad
words.—Ohio State Journal.
The greatest of all luxuries iu central
Africa is salt. To say that a man eats
salt with his victuals is the same as
saying that he is a rich man. Mungo
Park says, “The long continued use of
vegetable food creates so painful a long
ing for salt that no words cun sufficient
ly describe it,”
A CLEVER DETECTIVE.
A Library Card Cave tho Clew to a De
faulter's Whereabouts.
A manager of a branch office of one
of the big paokiug houses in Chicago
was found to bo short in his accounts,
and the day this fact was discovered he
disappeared, says the Detroit Journal.
His bond was furnished by the Baltimore
company, aud Mr. Macbeth was sent
to Chicago to take chargo of his books
and, if possible, secure his arrest. Pink
erton’s entire force was put to work ou
the case, and the city was searched for
two days without revealing any trace of
the whereabouts of the missing man.
Mr. Macbeth and Billy Pinkerton went
to the übsent manager’s office to look
over his books and personal effects ill
hopes of findng a clew. They ransacked
a private desk without finding anything
to which they attached any importance,
and Pinkerton had turned to leave the
room, when Macbeth spied in one cor
ner of the desk a public library curd is
sued in the name of the man for whom
they were looking. He observed by the
entries on the card that several books
had been taken from the library within
a period of a mouth and that tho date
of the return of one book corresponded
with the date of the issuing of another.
He put this card in his pocket and left
the office iu company with the detect
ive. After they were in tho street the
detective said:
“Why did you take that library card?”
“I havoau idea,” Macbeth answered,
“and I want to go at once to tho public
library. ”
Au examination of the oard showed
that the missing man had procured 14
different books, and a comparison of the
numbers ou the cards with the titles of
the books at the library revealed the
subjects he had been studying. The first
book taken was entitled “A Trip to
Nicaragua,” the second “A History of
Nicaragua,” aud nearly all the others
related to Central America.
“He has gone to Central America,”
said Pinkerton.
“That’s right,” Macbeth answered,
“and it’s not yet too late to catch him
at New Orleans.”
Telegrams were sent to the Crescent
City giving full descriptions of the
man, and the next day he was arrested
iu the office of a steamship company
while waiting for his turn at the ticket
window. He would have sailed a few
hours later for Central America.
ASHAMED OF HER CHILD.
A Heartless Mother Drowned Her Son
Because He Was Ugly.
Idella Powell Banks, widow of a
well to do cotton planter, was commit
ted to Brooks county (Ga.) jail recently,
charged with the murder of Albert P.
Banks, her 4-year-old sou. She has con
fessed the crime and said to a minister
who called upon her that she wanted
to he hanged as soon as possible. Ac
cording to her statement, the boy was
so ugly in appearance and so lacking
iu intelligence that she was ashamed
to have him grow to manhood. She had
been visiting relatives iu Lowndes
county, aud on the train returning she
made up her mind to murder the little
fellow, who sat in the seat facing her
playing with the conductor’s punch.
Ou her way to her residence she passed
a pond and threw the boy into it. She
says he seemed to know what her in
tentions were and held ou to her dress
so strongly that sho was afraid the
struggle would attract somebody. After
he was iu the water she went to her
home aud went about her business as
usual until the body was found aud
she was called before the coroner’s jury.
She is possessed of considerable prop
erty aud has no other children. She
originally came from the north. The
murdered boy was not bodily deformed
in any way, hut his face was disfigured
from birth.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Number of Our Ancestors.
Dr. D.i\ id Starr Jordan computes
that the child of today must have had
at the time of Alfred tho Great 870,-
672,000,000 ancestors and at that of
William the Conqueror 8,598,094,592.
This is a simple matter of arithmetical
calculation. Every child has two par
ents, four grandparents, and so ou, the
number doubling with each generation
iu the ascending line. But, to take the
later period of \\ illiaiu the Conqueror,
we know very well that there was no
such number of peoplo on earth at that
or any other time as 8,500,000,000. At
this point, therefore, our arithmetic
appears to break down. It is only' by
the repetition of these ancestors many
times that we can escape the force of
the calculation. From these data Dr
Jordan infers that “the blood of each
single person in Alfred’s time who left
capable descendants enduring to our
day is represented in each family of
strict English descent. In other words,
every Englishman is descended from
Alfred the Great, as very likely also
from the peasant woman whose cakes
Alfred is reputed to have burned.”
This gives us a somewhat modest idea
of tho value of descent from Alfred the
Great or William the Conqueror.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Royalty Hold. New York Bonds.
The dowager empress of Germany is
a holder of New York city bonds and
draws her interest regularly. The sum
of $433.75 was remitted to her a few
days ago by City Chamberlain Anson
McCook, being the regular half yearly
interest on $31,700 of 5 per cent Cen
tral Park bouds. The money was sent
through the banking house of J. p
Morgan & Cos., the agents of the dow
ager empress.
On the books of the city she appears
as “her imperial majesty Victoria Ad
elaide Marie Louise, dowager empress
Frederick of Germany and queen of
Piussia, princess royal of Great Britain
and Ireland.” Just how she obtained
possession of the bonds is not exactly
known iu the chamberlain’s office but
she has been drawing interest on them
for 16 years, according to the memory
of some of the old men.
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There is a funny case of international
honesty down in Arizona, just ou the
line between that territory and Mexico.
A Yankee farmer lives there, one Ama
sa Barrow by name, and it is his busi
ness to raise chickens. Chicken feed is
cheap in Mexico and chickens bring fine
prices in Arizona, but to raise fowls in
Mexico and bring them across the bound
ary or to buy the feed and bring it
across, would involve tlio payment of a
considerable duty, which would eat the
profits about as fast as the hens could
eat the corn. As for smuggling, that
was not to be thought of.
Amasa is a Yankee, and he is so hon
est that his neighbors say be wouldn’t
take advantage of a man in a horse
trade. But he is also full of Yankee in
genuity, aud after deep cogitation he
built a long, slim hencoop, one-half of
it in Arizona aud the other in Mexico.
Ou the line there is a gate. Over the
line there are barns containing feed.
At feeding time the gate is opened, and
the chicken fancier shoos his flock into
Mexico, where they eat their meal.
Then he shoos them back to the protec
tion of the American flag, where they
digest this Mexican grain, lay their
eggs and carry on their family affairs.
Mr. Barrow saves about 60 per cent on
his grain and makes about that much
on his chickens, and if there is any
smuggling done it is done by the inno
cent and irresponsible biddies.—Wash
ington Times.
The best teacher of duties that still
lie dim to us is the practice of those we
see and have at hand.—Thomas Carlyle.
They that will not be counseled can
not be helped.—Benjamin Franklin.
OUR SMALLER COLLEGES.
In Many Kcgpecta They Are Doing: Better
Work Than the Larger Institutions.
“There are a few striking facts about
the small American college,” writes
Edward W. Bok in The Ladies’ Home
Journal. ‘‘One striking fact is that 60
per cent of the brainiest Americans who
have risen to prominence and success
are graduates of colleges whose names
are scarcely known outside of their own
states. It is a fact also that during the
past ten years the majority of the new
and best methods of learning liayp em
anated from the smaller colleges and
have been adopted later by the larger
obes. Because a college happens to be
unknown 200 miles from the place of
its location does not always mean that
the college is not worthy of wider re
pute. The fact cannot be disputed that
the most direct teaching and neces
sarily the teaching most productive of
good results is being done in the small
er American colleges.
The names of these colleges may not
be familiar to the majority of people,
but that makes them none the less wor
thy places ot learning. The larger col
leges are unquestionably good, but
there are smaller colleges just as good
and in some respects better. Some of
the finest educators we have are attached
to the faculties of the smaller institu
tions of learning. Young girls or young
men who are being educated at one of
the smaller colleges need never feel
that the fact of the college being a
small one places them at a disadvantage
in comparison with the friend or com
panion who has been sent to a larger
and better known oollege. It is not the
college; it is the student. ”