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Practices a. Course of the Most
Unheard-of Cruelty On
Her Offspring.
REVENGE ON HER HUSBAND,
From Whom She Had Been Divorced,
Turns Her Into a Most
Inhuman Monster.
HOEEIBLE TOETDEE OP HEE CHILD
Followed Up for ilors Than a lear,
the Most Revolting Way by This
Unnatural Parent, Until
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A!f ACCIDENT CAUSED ITS DIBCOTEKI.
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THS GUILLOTINE TILL LIEUT CLAIB HB
reT DnaLiJ'B oabli coxrurr.i
Paeis, Feb. 28. M. Zala's theories as to
the brutality of the lower classes seem to be
confirmed by the discovery of a fresh case
of inhumanity across the Seine in the Ene
de SeTeres, one of the thoroughfares of the
Quartier Latin. Living there with her
only child, a boy, Marie Cbapoteaut, the
divorced wife of a Belgian workman named
Xystin, picked up a precarious livelihood
by sewing. Marie, now aged 25, is an un
usually pretty brunette, but her good looks
have somewhat faded since she played fancy
free and innocent on her father's farm near
the old university town of Iiourain, in Bel
gium. (, But although pretty, Marie was never
very amiable. Her temper was easily ruf
fled, and ber black eyes snapped fire on very
slight provocation. She, however, grew
well toward maturity without any adven
tures more remarkable than passing flirta
tions with the university students, for which
the qnaint old city, with its numerous fine
churches, its picture galleries, its botanical
gardens and other places of resort, retired
yet easily accessible.fnrnished ample oppor
tunity. Into a Forced "Wedding.
The time at last came, however, when
Fere' Chapoteaut said that flirting mnst
cease and the real business of li!e begin.
He proposed that Marie should marry Jean
Kystin, fiv workjnan skilled in the weaver's
craft, and ibreman of a large factory. Al
though Marie conld not bring herself to enter
tain any very warm feeling for her fiancee,
she was forced to yield to her father's
wishes, or else also rear the standard of re
volt against the parental authority, a step
that she was not then prepared to take.
She therefore submitted to the inevitable
and bided her time. After a few years that
taw the birth of their only child, Jean had
an unusually tempting offer to remove to
the French capital. There he took a posi
tion similar to the one he held in LottTain,
hut tar better paid. She had not been long
in this gay capital before Marie had lost her
heart and for the first time fallen seriously
in love with Paul Lemaitre, perhaps ope of
the most worthless vouths that had ever been
sent up from the provinces to take his degree
at the College de France.
Transferred to the Divorce Court.
The amour had lasted several months
when a prying neighbor placed Jean on his
guard, and the lovers, unaware of his sus
picions, gave him ample opportunities to
precipitate the scene that he did not hesi
tate to make. The result was that the
matter was soon adjudged in the courts and
Jean was left free to mate with some more
worthy woman.
By some extraordinary oversight, how
ever, poor little Pierre was left in the cus
tody of his mother, whose treasure of love
had all been expended when she poured out
the wealth of her affections upon her lover.
If she ever knew a mother's loye, it was now
turned to hatred of the man who had
robbed her of a comfortable home and
turned her adrift upon tbe world. It would
not have been strange if she had abandoned
her offspring by the wayside or thrown it
into the Seine, or disposed of it in some
other way, hut the intensity of her feeling
against the child's father incited her to a
more ingeniously fiendish revenge.
Horrible Coarse of Torture.
Kearly a year ago she began a course of
systematic cruelty that would seem improb
able if found detailed in the pages of a
hlood-and-thunder romance. Suspending
her victim by one arm to "the ceiling, hav
ing first carefully gaged it to stifle its
shrieks, she wonld burn its body with hot
irons and gash its tender flesh with scissors,
Pierre was so enfeebled by this torture
that he was more dead than alive when
found, which he would not have been but
lor the merest accident Last Tuesday smoke
was discovered .coming out of Marie's
apartments in ber absence, and the neigh
bors burst open the door. There they found
the poor child in a small closet, on a pile of
rags, and although Pierre was at first afraid
to speak, the good-hearted commeres of the
adjoining rooms by deft questioning soon
drew from him tbe dreadful story.
Arrest of the Fiendish Mother.
To apprise the police was tbe work of a
few moments, and the gendarmes soon ar
rived and took possession of the premises,
consigning tbe unfortunate child, whose
body was a mass of burns and putrefying
sores, to the tender care of good Sisters in
the Hospital dee Eofants.
When Marie returned from a ramble in
the lnxembourg with some of her student
friends an immense crowd had gathered in
front of the bnildmg, and had she been rec
ognized as the inhuman mother she would
no doubt have been torn to pieces on the
spot, Fortunately for her she was able to
get inside and in communication with the
officers before she was discovered.
, As it was, during her .passage to the
station she received anything but a flatter
ing ovation. Only the presence of a strong
bofly of police saved her for tbe sharp but
wholesome ministrations of the guillotine.
A SlEBiAcant Occurrence.
ir cABta to ih DisrATCK.1
Londos, Feb. 28. Americans present at
the launch at Portsmouth on Thursday were
much struck by the display of an enormous
American ensign, side by side with the
royal standard of England. Both fluttered
in the breeze above tbe pretty pavilion in
which the Queen performed the ceremony of
launching the big ironclad, the Eoyal
Sovereign.
BAD FOR THE TORIES.
ASHHEAD BASTLETrS CASS MAT CAUSE
THEIR DOWNFALL.
Tho Scandal Pats That Connected With Par
nell in tbe Shade Colonel Holler Deter
mined to Fash the Case Against lady
Blanche and Bartlett.
BT CABLE TO TUB DISrATCBV.
London, Feb. 28. Efforts made to bring
about a reconciliation between Colonel
Hosier and his wile, Lady Blanche, have so
far proved unavailing, and there seems now
no alternative but an appeal to a jury.
Hozicr bears himself like an old soldier.
His wrath is a unquenchable and he thirsts
for blood. A change has come over
Asbmead Bartlett during the past
week. From threatening any journalist
with all the penalties of libel if his name
were mentioned, he now protests his inno
cence with suspicious warmth, and, button
holing journalists in the lobby of tbe House
of Commons, seeks to prove he conld not
have been guilty of the charges alleged
against him. Lady Blanche, however, has
made some admissions which don't tally
with Ashmead's protestations, and this is
one thing which makes the Colonel deter
mined to proceed.
Among other things, it is known through
reliable evidence that a smart-looking lady
has on various occasions visited Asbmead
at tbe House of Commons; that on .the pre
text of writing dispatches he has secured
a quiet committee room to himself;
that the aforesaid lady had joined
him there a few minutes later,
and tliat they have remained in seclusion
for an hour together. There was no sign of
dispatch-writing to the janitor who after
wards cleared the room. Whether the lady
was Lady B.lancbe Hosier has yet to be
shown. But the carrying out of an intrigue
within tbe sacred walls of Parliament will,
at any rate, in the eyes of tbe legislators,
puV Parpen's :fire-eseape entirely in the
shade. ;
Bsrstt jgpegnizes that conviction for
him, jsndjstsn social and political ruin.
TueJBfftiyplI have little mercy on him,
for h7Ms$will serve to detach the atten
tion of electors from Parnell and fasten it
on tbe later Lothario. It will increase the
prospects of the downfall of the Tories at a
general election, and it is quite possible
Lord Salisbury may risk the chance of
an appeal to the country before the case
can come to a hearing and thus avert the
stigma which would attach to the Tories
after a conviction. Ashmead himself is so
sure of an action being brought that he has
instructed Sir Albert Rolllt to defend him,
and P.oliit has retained Sir Edward Clarke
as leading connsel.
Colonel Hozier has seen some service in
the East. But he is best known as secretary
of the Lloyds and an unflinching supporter
of the Liberal Unionists. Lady Blanche is
a sister of the Earl of Airlie.
LAMPOONLOT GLADSTONE.
The Grand Old Man in the Bole of an Eng
lish Hoc Drover.
BT DCHLAr'S CABLE COJJrAITT.
London, Feb. 2a The Irish question
continnes to engross a certain amount of at
tention and to occupy the skill and inven
tion of tbe cartoonists. As may be imagined,
the feeling and personalties of the Parnell
ltes toward Gladstone are every day on the
increase. The last cartoon published in ihe
Freeman's Journal represents the entrance
to a fair, which bears tbe superscription
"Hawarden Pig Snow." Gladstone is
pictured as a hug drover, who is holding a
partially closed sa:k, labelled "Home
Rule," out of hc mouth of which is stuck
the head of a f jealing hog. ,
Gladstone h.. thrown a bag of money
toward Justine McCarthy, who is in the act
of clutching it, but is stopped byParnell,
who warns him against buying a pig in a
poke, least it should turn out to be of Eng
lish breed.
BIG PEDESTBIAN EXPLOIT,
Two Newspaper Men to Walk From the
Capital of France to Moscow.
BT DUNULP'S CABLE COMPA1TT.1
London, Feb. 28. WalkiDg tours seem
to be the rage, and advantage is being taken
of this fact by young journalists in the hope
of being able to make copy out of their ex
periences on the road, which a residence in
tbe city, in spite of its comforts, 'denies to
them. The last move in this direction is
that of two young brothers of the pep, who
have started from Paris and intend to walk
to Moscow, where they mean to arrive in
time for the opening of the exhibition. They
are going by way of Liege, Cologne, Berlin
and Warsaw.
It need hardly he said that they are full
of hope and fuller of confidence, those being
perhaps the two factors most necessary for
newspaper men, but non-enthusiastic people
are questioning whether this stiff pedestrian
exploit will be crowned with success.
A LAMK EXPLAUATIOK.
Lord Mayor Savory Still Being Held Up to
Cutting BIdicule.
rnr cable to the disfatch.1
London, Feb. 28. Lord Mayor Savory
is still being held up to ridicule in regard to
tbe sermon of Spnrgeon's which he, or
somebody for him, stole. He has made an
explanation, in which he speaks of having
been misled by a few memoranda which he
long since made of an original sermon; but
as he gives S.purgeon'8 wprd lor word in
most places the press speak of the explana
tion as having an odious flavor of sancti
monious humbug, and invites him to con
fess frankly that be bought or bagged the
whole thing in an endeavor to eke out his
civic grandeur by a spurious show of pious
versatility.
BAH DOHIHGO'S. INDEPENDENCE
Celebrated hy a Bis Luncheon on the An
niversary of the Event.
rBT DUKLAP'S CABLE COKPAKY.l
London, Feb, 28. The anniversary of
the independence of San Domingo, which,
next to Cuba, is the largest of the West In
dia islands, was celebrated yesterday in the
usual manner, namely, by means of a big
luncheon, to which the principal members
of the Dominican colony were invited by the
Minister to France, the Baron.de Almeda,
who, in proposing 'the health of the Presi
dent, spoke at length on the great and in
creasing commercial and social progress
which the republic has made since it
severed its connection with the "mother
country.
BULKED BT GOOD CHOPS.
They Caused an Italian Deficit and Led to
Fremier Crispi's Fall.
Bomb, Feb. 28.,-rThe full details of the
fall of the Crispi ministry and the accession
of the Marqnis Di Budini have already been
given, but it may not be generally known
that the deficit :or wbich Signor Crispi was
trying to provide was not chiefly, caused by
depression in business, nor bf reason of im
poverishment 9( tbe people. Paradoxical as
it may seem, it was largely caused by tbe
immense crops of 1890.
Prior to that year there had been for sev-
eral years a deficiency jn the crops, requiring
tho importation or large amounts of bread
stulfs. By reason of the large crops of 1890
breadstuff's were no longer imported, and tbe
Government lost its accustomed revenue from
their importation. Thus the government
was poorer because the people were richer.
TORIES' LATEST MOVE.
A SUDDEH FRIENDSHIP DISPLAYED FOE
THE WOEKIUGKAH.
The Liberals Outwitted by This Shrewd
(lame They Are TJrced to Drop Home
ltnle and Embrace a Labor Programme
Parnell, Too, Declares Himself.
IBT CABLB TO THE DIBFATCH.1
London, Feb. 28. The Government has
stolen a march upon the Liberals by ap
pointing a royal commission to inquire into
the labor questions. Upon a most moderate
estimate the commission will not finish its
work in less than 18 months, and the Tories
know that much will happen during that
period, including a general election. Evi
dence accumulates almost daily in proof of
the statements made in this correspondence
that the Government will appeal to the
electorate upon the labor programme, in the
belief that it will prove more interesting
than Irish home rule to British workmen,
and the Boyal Commission will enable the
Tories to say that their interest in the wel
fare of the masses Is not feigned.
Editor Stead, a fanatic on some subjects,
but yet one of the shrewdest .politicians in
this country, is so strongly impressed by
this latest Tory move that he is urging the
Liberals to checkmate it by abandoning
home rule and replacing it by a radical la
bor programme, on theground that the Irish
party has not fulfilled its pledge of getting
rid of Parnell. Cynicism so unabashed on
tbe part of an austere moralist like Stead
will be extremely useful to Parnell, as an
illustration of his favorite contention that
British politicians are Home Balers, not
from conviction, but from purely selfish
motives.
But Parnell, himself, has realized the In
creasing importance of labor qnestions, and
loses no opportunity of posing as tbe work
men's friend. He has already pronounced
in favor of the statutory eight-hour day, and
is apparently prepared to accept anything
that tbe trade unionists may demand. Mc
Carthy and his colleagues, if they be wise
men, "must speedily enlarge their pro
gramme, which, as formulated up to tbe
present, consists solely of home rule Bans
Parnell.
There is now scarcely one port in the
United Kingdom which is free from labor
troubles, and in not one have the men yet
scored anything like victory. The Ship
ping Federation is for tbe moment very
jubilant, but there are signs that this pow
erful combination may break ud, in which
event the men will have things pretty much
their own way. The union leaders are try
ing to play tbe game of setting individual
interests against the common weal. They
have already, by removing the boycott from
certain steamship lines, detached several
owners from the aggressive section of the
federation.
The Unionists will give this policy a fair
trial, but if it should fail they say tbey will
order a general strike in London, Aberdeen
and elsewhere. There have been disturb
ances more or less serious, and the tendency
of the Unionists to resort to violence may
have grave consequences for them.
SOCIETY 6KXBT DAKCEES.
High-Toned Loudon Beauties Imitating
the Gaiety Girls.
rBT-BUNLAP'S CABLE COUPAHT.!
London, Feb. 28. Society here is mad
over dancing, but it is not the ordinary,
wolU to which it is devoting its time, but
that intricate series of evolutions which is
technically known as step or fancy dances.
It is the successful measure which was made
so popular by Letty Lynde and Sylvia Grey, H
when they visited America with tne liaiety
Company a season or so ago. These two
young ladies have their hands full initiat
ing Bociety beauties in theartandmystery of
this solo dancing. In fact this has become
a feature in drawing room entertainments,
at one of which, given this week by Lady
Emily Cherry, her pretty daughter, Gladys,
danced the graceful long-skirt dance.
Apropos of Miss Lynde, she has supplied
a name for the most luxurious night dress
which the mind of man or woman has con
ceived or skillful fingers made. It is an
accordian-plaited garment, made of soft
silk in delicate shades of cream, pale blue,
pale pink or pale yellow, to suit the com
plexion of the wearer. The accordian
kilting is set in a quite small square yoke
and pink empire frills of silk fall back over
tbe throat and from the wrist of the ac-cordian-kilted
sleeves. The idea was bor
rowed from a dress which was worn by Miss
Lynde in one of tbe Gaiety burlesquss.
ATTACKING UBS. SEELDOH.
A Cold Stab at the Female African Explorer
by a Woman's Journal.
IBT DUXLAP'B CABLE COXFAHT.
London, Feb. 28. That newspaper which
is known by the seductive title Woman,
attacks Mrs. Sheldon, the intrepid lady who
proposes to penetrate into the wilds of
Africa and pluck out the heart of
its mystery, under the heading of "Stan
ley's Female Kival." It says: "When
ladies have definitely entered upon the
duties of chimney sweeps, gas stokers and
street scavengers the down-trodden sex will
be revenged." After continuing in this
strain it goes on to observe: "Tbe last craze
is that of a lady explorer, a Mrs. Sheldon,
the wife of an enterprising American pro
moter, who has heroically come forward to
tread the only path in life as yet nntrodden
by a woman."
The writer then quotes Stanley in his re
marks that "no woman can get into Central
Africa and come back with her charms and
her womanliness, for it would forever ruin
her feminity," and asks, with a touch of sar
casm: "But what is this loss compared with
the unspeakable gain of a few months' no
toriety?" Mrs. Sheldon has gone on her
way rejoicing, so this scribe's stab is prac
tically harmless, so far as she is concerned,
and it mnst be confessed that it will have
very little efiect
THE D0CZSB5' STSIET,
The Block Partly Removed, bat Does Not
' Mend Blatters.
London, -Feb. 28. The Labor Council
has issued a manifesto which announces tbe
removal of the blockade declared against
vessels whose owners accept the Furness
proposals. The officers of the Shipping
Federation say that this does not alter the
situation, and demand the removal of the
blockade on all vessels before they discuss
terms for peace.
The resistance of the firemen and sailors
alone prevents an immediate collapse of the
strike. The unionist laborers are deserting
the strikers by the wholesale, in spite of the
increased number of pickets thrown out by
the latter.
A HEW NATIVE KEBELLIOH.
The Inhabitants of an African Island Bevolt
Against the Portuguese.
Lisbon, Feb. 28. Dispatches received
here from Bissao, un island and Portuguese
settlement opposite the delta of the Jeba
river, and once tbe great stronghold of the
Portuguese slave trade in West Africa,
brings news of a serious rebellion which has
broken out there against Portuguese rule.
The Fortugnese inhabitants of Bissao are
said to be in an utterly helpless condition.
PITTSBURG, SUNDAY,
MAKING UP HISTORY.
Events of the Past Week That Hay
Be Recorded in After Tears.
THE CAEEER OP 0SMAH DIGNA.
Fictions In OH That Pass as Original Por
traits of Queen Marx.
A PKETII PBIKCESB TO BE A QUEEN
WBITTEK FOB THE DISPATCH.!
In the mad rush of events in this wonder
ful nineteenth century incidents are ocenr-
' ring time ana apaiu
which are given but
trivial.if any, notice
atthetime,although
their fruits may
mark many impor
tant destinies. It
maybe that the af
flictions with which
this country has
been visited lately
in the deathsof some
of its most distin
guished citizens
Bipnor Maglfanl have made it less
alive to the affairs of foreign nations. There
is hardly any doubt that this was the reason
the newspapers gave hut meager, If any, no
tice of the death of the famous Italian states
man, Signor Agostino Maglianl, which oc
curred on the 21st inst. In Europe Magli
ani was considered one of the greatest finan
ciers of tbe century. He it was who solved
the problem of the resumption of specie pay
ments, a herculean task in a State as heavi
ly taxed as Italy has been. He had been a
Senator since 1871, but never sat as a Depu
ty, passing directly from the Senate to the
Ministry of Finance, which he held during
the short term of the Depretis Cabinet in
1877-78, and again in 1881. He was looked
upon as almost infallible in matters pertain
ing to his office, and long ago was given a
title, the full meaning of which was "the
man of many resources."
Elms Beeves Farewell Performance.
Once again Sims Beeves, the greatest of
English tenors, announces his "absolutely
final farewell performance" on May 11 next
It will be taken for granted that this time
"it's a go,"inasmuch as the singer is within
a few months of 70 yean of age, and the
voice that once held all England in thrall
by its rendering "My Pretty Jane" is rap
idly becoming nothing but a memory. It is
a well-known fact that ths Britishers are a
people of favorites once popular, always
popular, and enthusiastically such. In
Beeves' case, he was a favorite of favorites;
and many years will have to pass away ere
that sweet voice will be forgotten. Even
when recollection fails to do so, tradition
will keep it alive in tbe generations to come.
It is said Christine Nilsson is to come from
Madrid especially for the farewell concert,
after which Beeves will devote himself to
teaching.
Portraits of Queen Alary.
A certain Charles Stuart Kennedy, of De
troit, claims the possession of a cotemporary
portrait of Mary
Queen of Scots.
As to .its authen
ticity and value
one may judge by
the fact that at the
"Tercentenary o f
Qneeu Mary's
death, held at
Peterborpueh,
England, in 1887,
nearly 0 alleged
portraits, gener
ally believed to 27te .Morion Portrait.
be "originals" by their owners and
hundreds of engravings from both
sides of the Atlantic, nearly 'all of
which may be marked "doubtfol," were ex
hibited. Horace Walpote once said that he
never could ascertain the authenticity or
originality of any of the so-called portraits
of ber except the one in possession of the
Erl of Morton. Excepting the latter there
does not seem to be another in existence
which can be considered as being absolutely
original. Portraits ascribed to Holbein are
in existence; and he died before she was old
enough to be painted. "Vandyck was born 12
years after her death; Borddne may have
seen her ,hut that is not certain, and Zuc
;aro may have painted her, but it is' doubt
ful; yet to every one of the above "authen
tic" portraits are attributed. Labanoff says
that quite a number of artists painted her
from imagination, which will explain the
existence of so many portraits of Mary, dif
fering from each other.
One of the best known, if not the most
authentic, is the portrait in the Lord Ra
pier collection. It bears a, memorandum in
the handwriting of the seventh Lord Na
pier, dated 1790, stating that the picture
was painted when Mary was 12 years of age.
It is tbe exact counterpart of a portrait of
the Infanta of Spain, who lived many years
after Mary, so that there is little ground for
the belief'thot the "original" represents the
unfortnnate Scottish Queen, Clouett, court
painter to several of tbe monarchs of France,
made a portrait of hr in 1555, wbich was
sent to the Quecn-Begent of Scotland, Marv
of Guise, since which time it has been lost
sight of. Another portrait ascribed to the
same artist is at Castle Howard, which may
he the first sketch of the other one. It is
supposed to represent a child of 13, but in
reality it looks like a woman of 20 or more,
and docs not in the least resemble the Na
pier picture. Still another by the same art
ist, said to have been' painted during Mary's
first widowhood, and known as "La Bcine
Blanche" is now at Hampton Court. It
has the appearance of haying been restored.
It at least has the certainty of having at one
time belonged to Charles L, whose -monogram
it bears. Its previous history has not
been satisfactory to antiquarians. If Clouett
painted it at all, it must have been before she
was 20 years of age, and yet the picture is
that of an elderly lady, whose face is very
sad. Many copies ot it, in most cases al
leged to be the originals, are known to be iu
existence.
Patrick Fraser-Tytler has attempted to
prove that tbe picture known asthe"Fraser
Tytjer Portrait" is the one painted in' 1660
and sent by Mary to Elizabeth. It is at
tributed to Zuccafo, but how or when this
artist could have painted it is not known,
as he would have, been only a lad at the
time, and really did not go to France until
10 or 12 years after her returnljto Scotland.
The portrait of Mary and James Yl., by the
same artist, must necessarily be false, as the
King is represented as being about 5 or 6
years of age, standing by his mother's side,
when in reality he was taken from her,
never to return, before be was a year old.
Elizabeth Curie, one of Mary's attendants,
Douai, where ft remained until the French
devolution. It, was concealed in a chimney
for more than 20 years. In 1830 it was taken
to Blair, near Aberdeen, where Agnes Strick
land saw and accepted Has authentic There
a re many evidences that the portrait is not
from life.
A number of coin portraits were issued
daring her life. Que is a Scottish silver
coin of 1553 and another of 1661; also a gold
coin pf 1555. Then there is the medallion
cast at South Kensington Museum and the
medals containing hers and the dauphin's
head, made in France shortly after their
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marriage. How correct these may be as
portraits cannot, be said.
Begardlng the Morton picture, which 1b
generally considered tbe most authentic,
Hutton says it was painted according to
generally accepted tradition, by Mary's own
order in 1567, when the unfortunate Qneeu
was 25 years of age, and during the first
year of her confinement at Loch Levejn. It
is on a panel, is of life size and has been at
tributed to Lucas dp Heere. The present
Earl of Morton is descended from Sir
"William Douglass, Laird of Loch Leven,
and the elder brother of George Douglass,
to whom Mary is said to have presepted the
picture because of his assistance in effecting
her escape from the castle. The fact that it
has been in the possession of the family for
upward of three centuries is perhaps its
Strongest claim. to originality.
From (he above it may be gathered that
the chances of the Detroit picture being
genuine are not very great. Although it
may be genuine it would be difficult to
prove it.
Tho Wonderful Osman Dlgna.
According to Dr. Schweinfurth, the
famous African explorer, and others the life
of Osman Digna, the Pervish leader who is
now fighting the
Egyptians in the
Soudan, is one of
the most roman
tic interest. It
is said he is in
reality French
born, his father
being a certain
who failed in
business and
then betook him
self with wife
and child the
Osman Digna. latter being the
alleged Osman Digna to Esypt, where he
soon afterward died. The widow married
within a few months a Mohammedan mer
chant, who having no children of his own,
took a fanoy to young George, his step son,
and entered him at ths Cairo military school
as Osman Digna, Jr. In 1860 tbe family
moved to Suakim, where Osman the elder
rapidly accumulated, a fortune in slave
trading. At his death, the adopted son
succeeded to the estate, adding rapidly to
the wealth of (he family. It was not long,
however, before the slave trade being abol
ished, his wealth decreased. Actuated bv
revenge, Osman collected a force and at
tacked Sinkat, in August, 1883, suffering
defeat. This lost him prestige, and his fol
lowing fell away to 75 men. Two months
afterward, however, ha gained quite a
victory over the Egyptian troops, and re
gaining favor by more successes, he "made
himself in a short time practically master of
Eastern Soudan. He is described as a man
of herculean stature, with eyes of piercing
blackness, shaggy eyebrows, and an im
mense beard. He has lost his left arm in
battle and contents himself with as few as
three wives, who, however, are daughters of
the chiefs of the most important and pow
erful Arab tribes of the Soudan.
The Pretty Princess of Hawaii.
The present Queen of Hawaii being in
delicate health and liable to die at any time,
me jrrincess u.a!ani,
heiress to the throne,
has been summoned
from Europe, where
she has been at
school for the last
two yesrs. Princess
Kalani is the daugh
ter of Archibald
Scott Cleghorn, of
Honolulu, and the
"Princess Like-Like,
and is described as a
very intelligent and
pretty girl oi lb.
Among her many ac
complishments she is
an excellent musi-
rfnn nn CTp,nfinn'il
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linguist, and one of the most daring eques
triennes to be found anywhere. In case
Queen Liiiokalani dies, tho young Princess
may be the means of bringing the divergent
factions of her country in harmony, as she is
said to be a eeat favorite among the Sand
wich Islanders.
The Dowager Empress and Art.
The Dowager Empress of Germany still
retains her interest in art matters, as is evi
dent by the energetic manner in which she
labored among the French artists to seenre
their exhibits for the coming Berlin Expo
sition. Ever since her marriage to the late
Emperor her influence on Berlin art life has
been marked. She has devoted the greatest
attention to art and art manufacturing insti
tutions in that city, and it is claimed that
she is mainly responsible for the revival of
artistic metal work throughout the German
country, and in 1860 tbe Academy of Arts
made her an honorary member of its guild.
She is also quite clever herself. The
great painter, Anton von Werner, has
praised her work highly, and in a published
article tells of her industry in Venice in
1875; copying the famous works, painting in
water colors, etc. Her interest and practice
of art does not end with painting, as she
writes memoirs, corresponds with philoso
phers and professors, sculpts, composes
music and makes architectural plans.
Deroalede and His Doings.
The capacity of the French publio to make
itself ridicnlous is marvelous at times. Its
latest exploit of rais-.
Princeu Kalani.
ingthe"hueandcry''
against those artists
who meditated exhib
iting their work at
the Berlin Exposi
tion is a direct sub
mission to the will of
the minority (he
Boulangists as rep
resented by M. Paul
Deroulede and his
following. The lat
ter is a hair-brained
f.fool, whose zeal in
the cause of Boulan-
M. Paul Deroulede. gerhas'led nim jnto
quite a number of foolish transactions re
cently, the latest of which was insulting his
old-time friend and compatriot in the cause,
M. Laguerre, and then in the duel follow
ing, permitted the latter to shoot twice at
him without returning a shot.
It shows the condition of France politi
cally when the public is led into a false
position by an insincere element that seeks
to strengthen its weakened hold on tbe peo
ple by a patriotic bluff which, far from be
ing beneficial, may lead to undesirable re
sults in the future. It is difficult to con
ceive how France could lose prestige by its
artists exhibiting their works in a foreign
country, even though that country be an an
cient enemy. The very fact that the Ger
mans evidence so much eagerness for a
French display is in itself a direct conces
sion to the merits of the latter, and in the
opinions of all thinking people who have
expressed an opinion should have- met with
a different return. "WllKIE.
Don't miss Groetzinger's special sale of
linoleums that got canght in the flood.
Begins March 2 and lasts one week. 627 and
629 Penn ayenue. uwsn
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A HUSTLER IN OIL
Erie Has a Man Who Can Give the
Standard Company Points.
HE DOESK'T INSIST ON THE CASH,
Bat Trades His Grease tor Chickens, Lum
ber or Anything Use.
H0THING OP YAL&B "HE TC0HT TAKE
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Net Yoke, Feb. 28. A. E. Heald, for
merly of Cincinnati, but tbe past two years
a resident of Erie, Pa., is a living proof I
that a man does not need to have any con
nection with the Standard Oil Trust in order
to make money in tbe oil business.
Heald has developed a little oil business
of his own, that stands unique and alone.
The Standard Is not half so secure in its
monopoly as Heald is In his, and he goes on
day after day selling oil in his own peculiar
way, and doing business, too, where the
agents of the Standard are unable to make a
trade. Heald is a go-ahead, energetic man,
who never makes a false revolution. If he
was not born in New England he ought to
"have been, for he has all the business in
stincts of the shrewd Yankee. Ha has no
partners, agents, clerks, cashiers or book
keepers. When I knew him in the oil coun
try he did not even have an office, and I
dare say heliasn't one now. Heald loses no
time in uttering imprecations against tbe
Standard, and whenever be' finds a dealer
who is doing that he goesa right into that
dealer's territory and makes a few trades by
wav of vindicating his own opinion that it is
the fellow who says nothing and saws wood 1
that gets along best in the oil trade.
He Has no Imitators.
Although he has been in bnsiuess for
several years and has been making money
all the time, uo onehas songht to imitate
his method, perhaps because no one but
Heald could do business just as he does it.
His peculiarity lies iu the faot that he
will trade oil for anything that has a mar
ket value, or is "likely to have a market
value. His customers are country mer
chants, with here and there a manufacturer
who requires oil for machinery. As he
employs no agents he is known personally
to thonsands of merchants in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and New York. The last time I saw
him was in Oil City where he had
traded several barrels of oil for a lot of cow
tails. "What are you going to do with the
cowtails, Mr. Heald?"
"I don't know," said he. "I don't know
what they are good for, but I will find out,
and I will have no trouble to market them."
That illustrates his style of doing busi
ness. If be finds a man who wants a barrel
of oil, or a hundred barrels, he will prefer to
sell it to him for money, but if the buyer
does not have the cash he will take any
thing else that has a value.
A Good Judge and Nervy.
He is a good judge of the value of odds
and ends, but even if be does not know the
value, as in the case of the cowtails, that does
not stand in the way of a trade. He will take
chances. His main object is to make a
trade, regardless, apparently, of what he
gets iu the transaction. He trades oil for
butter and eggs, for chickens, for farm pro
duce of any kind that will keep until he can
get it to market.
He is known to pretty nearfy everybody
in the towns he visits and has a way of find
ing out what their wants are in tbe way of
merchandise. This enables him often to
make a dicker for some outlandish thing
knowing at the same time just where be
can find a customer for it. Mr, Heald told
me one time that he would trade oil for a
dotr if the dog was worth it. If a farmer
wants a barrel of oil he will trade with him
for a fresh milch cow or mule colt anything
to make a trade and keep the wheels of
commerce moving. I have known him to
have large quantities of hides on hand and
lumber, lath and shingles in quantities to
suit all kinds of buyers.
How He Slakes Bb Figures.
In conversation with him regarding his
peculiar trade he said: "Everybody wants
oil some time or other, but they may not bo
ready to buy just at tbe particular time that
you call. Well, you have been to tbe ex
pense of visiting 'them, aud if you can't
make a trade you are out that'much. Now,
these people 'are all in business, selling
something to the publio, and I reasoned if
they can sell it why can't I? Sol made it
a rule to never leave a man witbont making
a profitable trade with him, although I niay
get no money at the time.
"For instance, I go to a manufacturer who
uses lubricating oil for his machinery. He
says- he still ha, two or three barrels left
from his last purchase, and doesn't need any
just now. Very well, I will say, the oil will
keep. You have some plows
here, some cooking stoves, some
wheelbarrows whatever he happens
to be engaged in manufacturing. Take ten
barrels of oil and send me cooking stoves for
it. The result is we make a dicker. I tell
him I have to sell the goods again and I get
all the discount he can give me. He ships
the goods wherever I order them, and I
turn them into cash.
Bockafeller .Can Take Care of Himself.
"I'm selling oil all the time. Beef I
don't buck against the Standard to any
great degree, and they figh, t shy of me. If
Mr. Rockefeller does not wish to trade a
barrel of oil for a coop full of geese, that's
his own lookout. I do. I know where I
can sell the geese, and the chances are I will
sell them to the hotel keeper or, someone else
right in that town. I tell you it's a pretty
business if you'know how to do it. Bocka
feller understands the oil business pretty
well, but be does not understand this part of
it. Here's where I get the better of him
every time."
Mr. Heald talks on in this pleasant way,
and you get the idea of his peculiar line ot
trade. He follows it industriously, and the
amount of stuff be manages to turn over in i
the course of a Tear is surprizing, tie brats I
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the business when he lived on Price's Hill.
Cincinnati, generally cultivating a trade ad
jacent to the oil country, and two years ago
he moved his family nearer to the scene of
his operations, and located in Erie. The
only thing that will divert him from the
business of an oil trade is spirituaiisticphe
noniena, and he will travel many miles to
witness a good seance, although he is a
skeptic. He is the friend of everybody,
and everybody is his friend, which may ac
count in a measure for his ability to always
sella msn'oil whether the man wants oil or
not. B. W. Ckiswell.
HOW HE ESCAPED DEATH.
A COHFEDEEATE CAPTAIN TELLS A STOBY
OF THE WAR.
He Is Canght in the Act of Smuggling Arms
Across the Xino and Sentenced to Die
When Apprised of Xfls Boom lie
Slanaces to Flee.
Eichjioitd, Ya., Feb. 28. "I have one
man under sentence of death for smuggling
arms across the lines, and I hope Mr. Lin
coln will approve it," This sentence was
contained "in the letter from General Sher
man to his brother John Sherman, written
from Memphis, Tenn., under date of Auzust
13, 1862, and published since the General's
death.
The man whose death sentence was re
ferred to by General Sherman is M. A. Mil
ler, an ex-Captain of Engineers iu the Con
federate army, who lives on a farm in Hen
rico county, near this city. Captain Miller
has narrated the story of his wonderful
escape from the doom that awaited him.
Says tbe Captain:
"It was one afternoon late in Jnly, 1862,
while I was in he Federal prison in Mem
phis, that a frieud of mine, a Miss Gibson,
who, had been to call on me, whispered:
'Lieutenant, you are under the sentence of
death and are to be shot at an early day.
Take my advice and get away from here.
"Mr. Lincoln did approve the sentence of
death, bnt I am still here while he and Gen
eral Sherman have gone to join Lee and
Jackson and other good soldiers. It is true,
as stated by General Sherman in his letter,
that the mercenary spirit of bis people en
abled us to buy anything we wanted for
gold or cotton. When Sherman first toot
possession of Memphis he issued an order
declaring gold, medicines and salt contra
bands, and as such prohibited their sale to
the people. But his orders were practically
ignored, and we trot anything we wanted.
"For a month I was steadily supplying
our soldiers with arms and- met with no
serious difficulty. But one afternoon iu
July my good lnck deserted me. I was car
rying over two boxes of o'fficers'.swords, and
was in the middle of the, river when a picket
boat ran up to me. I ' at ones knew that
danger was ahead, and jumping on the gun
wales of the boat I tried to sink it. But the
skiff was too heavy and would not dip. The
officer in charge of the picket boat arrested
me, and the skiff man also, and took us,
with the two boxes, to a gunboat near by.
"Tbere'the boxes were opened and as soon
as the nature of their contents was disclosed
I was at once carried to tbe military prison
in tbe Irving block in the center of the
city."
"Mill, ffeflrfTikea Tiifl frinl KvrftT,T -navtffll
conviction, and sentence to be shot tbe Fri
day following tbe Monday of bis convietion.
Of his escape the Captain says that be in
duced his guard, who was not aware of the
gravity of his sentence, to let him go home
to see a sick child. While iu the house he
went upstairs, jumped ont of a window, and
fled through the lines.
No other house in Pittsburg in the drug
business was ever so well known as that of
Jos. Fleming & Son, 412 Market street. So
thoroughly is their name identified with the
business that tbe mere mention of itjuggests
drugs, proprietary medicines, perfumes,
toilet goods, sponges, chamois skins, pure
wines and liquors, medicated and table
waters, etc., etc., unsurpassed in extent and
variety, embracing almost ery item con
nected with the drug business, all of which
they sell, speaking from experience, at prices
that are popnlar with the masses.
TZBGXNIA THE BONANZA OF THE
FUTURE.
The
ComlJiE Iron District of the United
States.
For maps, reference book, pamphlets, etc.,
descriptive of the wonderful mineral and
agricultural resources of the State, apply to
agents of the Norfolk and Western Ball
road, 290 Washington street, Boston, 303
Broadway, New York) 1428 Pennsylvania
avenne, Washington, or General Office,
Boanoke, Va.
8100 Until May 133 SO.
12 cabinet photos, or ono life-size crayon
for f 3 60 at Aufrecht's Elite Gallery, 516
Market street, Pittsburg. Use elevator.
Fine watch repairing; lowest prices at
Hauch's, No. 295,Fifth avenue, tvpsu
A FEATURE
OI Crest Interest to Benters.
The special rent lists appearing Mondays
and Thursdays in this paper are very help
ful to borne hunters. Look at them.
Parlor and Bedroom Furniture.
An endless variety; h .dsome designs.
All new, and the lowest prices in tbe city.
An early call will convince you that they
are all bargains.
Hoppkb Bros. & Co.,
307 Wood street.
Corset Bargains.
Very fine sateen corsets, 60c, worth 51;
fine French woven, common sense, 75c,
worth ?1 25; Madame Foy'a improved, boxes
slightly soiled, 5L AH popular makes,
American and French corsets, cheapest at
Bosenbaum & Co.'s.
CASH paid for old gold and silver at
Hauch's, No. 293 Fata avenue. ttsu
AMERICAN COMFORTS
Widely Advertised in london, but
Yankees Can't Eecogniza 'Em.
CAEICATURE OP A COCKTAIL
Barbers That Lure Unsuspecting TraielerJ
into Bleed Them.
TAB MUSIC HALLS ASD THEATERS
rcOBSESrOXDXXCX or TUX DISPATCH. 1
London, Feb. 22. When the dapper
young man at the American bar in the Cri
terion cafe said, "Wot'll you 'ave sir," ray
hopes of getting a good whisky cocktail
were instantly shattered. A Londoner would
not see the anomaly furnished by the spec
tacle of a bartender who could not comtrol
his aspirates attempting to compose the po
etic draught that rejoices iu a basis of good
old Kentucky rye and is crowned by the
aromatic oil of lemon. This Is because the
Londoner has n0 lespect for the cocktail.
He could not be expected to, having become
acquainted with it in his own city.
There is something quite sad" in the fatu-
' ous belief held by certain large publicans of
London that they are selling real American
drinks to the pnblic. One can only
pity the childlike state of mind that Ameri
can travelers are accustomed to such spec
tacular concoctions as "corpse revivers,"
"chest caressera" and "brandy flipflaps,"
all of.which weird affairs are to be observed
at the so-called American bars of the tows.
The Bartender's Argument.. .
Most weird of all, however, is the cocktail
of whisky. The composition of it is a
mystery, and the flavor unlike anything
ever experienced before. I have a suspicion
that paregoric is used in the place of bit
ters, and I know tbe whisky is Canadian.
If you mention to the bartender that there
is anything peculiar about the drink he
will observe with some asperity that he
"learned the h'art, sir, from a barman 'oo
was 'ead of a 'otel in "Ainpshire," or offer
some other defense equally as convincing.
The price of tbe cocktail has been a shilling,
and It is necessary to have a pint of wine to
dispel the lurking flavor. Therefore, for
tbe sake of one's health and fortune, it is
best for an American to waive his national
preference in London and seek inspiration
in the smoky depths of Scotch whisky,
which, with warm soda, as it is served here,
tastes somewhat as a burning rubber boot
smells.
Another delusion and snare in London is
the American barber. Tho native barber,
with his rake and file, has proved so painful
that foreigners have instituted a boycott
against him, and will go unkempt and un
comfortable for days rather than resign
themselves to his torture. Taking advantage
of this sentiment certain barbers have hat'
signs made announcing ,. themselves a
capable ot performing their work on th
American plan.
Jack the Ripper Barbers.
The announcement is sufficient to lure the
passing stranger within doors, and though
he suspects he has been deceived when his
eye lights upon the little cane-bottom chair
that the attendant motions him to, he is not
sure of the fraud until tha razor touches his
lace. Then he is too proud to confess be has
been made a iool of, Ed sits with bis hands
clutched aud teeth set while the barber
bleeds him. After the ordeal is over, and
he is allowed to rub the soap from his own
face, he is asked the inevitable question,
"Will you ave your 'at ironed, sir?"
This climax of coekneyism, coming as it
does on tbe head of a partial homicide, is
almost sufficient to turn a usually placid
American into a raging avenger, ready to
slaughter the man who could be guilty of
such base, deception as to call himself an
American barber when everything goes to
prove him the original Jack the Bipper.
I observe that the American dentist is
also very plentiful in London. If he is as
goad an imitation of his prototype as the
bartender and barber are.of theirs, he doubt
less extracts teeth with ice tongs and fills
them by means of a steam drill.
Evolution of the lloslo Hall.
I cannot help noticing how the Loudon
music hall of old has evolved itself into a
rrgular variety theater, as the term is un
derstood in America. The hoarse-voiced
chairman with his fathomless accommoda
tion for liquor has been crowded ont of the
business, and in place of the drinking tables
there are now luxurious theater chairs, with
a small rack in front of each for glasses.
It is a misnomer.certatnly, to call sneh spacious
and pretentions theaters as the Empire and
Albambra "music halls;" and there is an'effors
on the part of tho managers to have them
termed "Theaters of Varieties." which Is surely
more appropriate, considering the splendid en
tertainments presented in them.
Ballet is tbe principal form of entertainment
in these two houses, and such exquisite ballet
as has never been seen in an American theater.
At the Pavilion, Trocadero aod Tivoli the old
style of comic singing constitutes the main
featara of tbe programme, a programme so
long that It continues without cessation from
8 o'clock till 12.
Facts That Make Them Profitable.
The fact that each performer appears at
various halls every nizht, thus making his hire
by one manager comparatively inexpensive,
that, also, prices exist equal to those charged
in tbe first-class theaters of New York, and
that thoTiiiaor receipts are very Iarce. combine
to make a music ball in London nrofltable to
its proprietor, whereas an establishment of
similar dimensions run on tho American plan
would mean immediate bankruptcy. It Is an
interesting feature of tbe business here, too,
that it is impossible to bay a seat to one of ths
popnlar bouses after 8 o'clock in the eveniDg.
It gives a notion of the very infantile spirit m
which tbe music ball patron takes hia enter
tainment when it is known that his favorite
song at present is one called "lif-tlddlev-ni-ti-hi-tl-hi."
In wbich a very Inebriated young man
tells a long story of bow he made a night of it,
and was arrested for breaking windows and
otnerwise misconducting himself. Tbe Zulu
refrain merely represents tbe uncontrollable
hilarity of tbe yonng man. when words will not
express bis tumultnons joy. and bo feels Im
pelled to bnrst forth in a wild self-congratulation
of drunkenness, "Ili-tfddley-bi-ti.hi-ti-hil"
I am told this song is so effective that it causes
an immediate xush in the bar business every
time It is sung.
Fall Dress at the Theaters.
I could not help thinking while looking about
the honso between the acts at Mr. Irvine's per
formance the other night, how deeply shocked
those eminent moralists wbohave so vigorously
denounced the ladies of New York for wearing;
low cat dresses to tho opera uonld belt tbey
could glance over tbat billowy sea of decollete
costnmes and realize that- every theater In
London presented the same picture at the
same moment. We still are Puritans, certain
ly, in our sentiments concerning this fashion,
and probably this strikes the stranger as ths
sharpest contrast observable between the peo
ple of the two countries. Even when she baa
removed her hat, as she is compelled to do, an
American lady feels conspicuous in a London
theater If she is dressed in the fashion prevail
ing in New York. She utterly lacks tbe splendor
of the women about her. no matter how elabor
ate ber own attire may be. Tbey, with tbelr
ornamental coiffures, and with their handsome
cloaks spread on the chairs behind them, are,
according to the American notion, dressed for
a rashiouable and formal fete, not for a casual
evening at the play.
There Is, however, nothing strange, even to
tbe humblest resident of London. In the sight
of women in full evening dress, for the reason
that, amone tbe very samo class of people seen
in New York theaters every night dressed in
modest street garments, it is an unbreakable
rnle that evening dress mnst be put on for din
ner, and a lady is snilty of nothing less than
exceedingly bad taste if she appears la a high
necked gown. To the American pride heard
so often in tbe crnsade against the decollete
dress tbls must appear like a nation! falling,
indicative of adegiadatiou equal to anything'
known during tbe Roman decadence. As a
matter of fact, it lends a beauty and brUIlahoy
to a London night that ths dark city very macs
needs. Y.
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