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LIGHTNlNG'UP ‘A WAfEa COLUMN.
One of Edisonts Ideas Accidentally Tested
~Possibllity of Electricity in “fanfare.
When Edison some time ago'said
that 'he could defend a fort against
an army if he were supplied with a
powerful dynamo and a fire engine,
many regarded the statement as one
of those little jokes with which the
inventor loves so well to relieve the
strain of his almost incessant serious
work. He proposed to connect the
hose to the dynamo and then start
both. The heavy current would pass
along the water, and any one advanc-
ing toward the fort on whom the jet
played would be instantly killed. This
has very nearly been done in sober
earnest.
At a recent fire in the basement of
the power house of the Chicago City
Railway Company the firemen had
great trouble in getting at the blaze.
They had to chop holes in the floor of
the dynamo room before they could
get a stream on the blazing pile of
waste. Not waiting for the dynamos
to be shut down, they crept through
the black smoke and [turned a stream
on the flames. In an instant they were
flung to the ground, with great vio-
lence, and the hose was sent flying in
the air. A heavy current had passed
along the stream and had shocked.
them. Though unconscious when res-
cued, they quickly recovered; but had
the dynamo been as powerful as that
proposed for the .defence of forts, the
firemen would undoubtedly have met
the fate that Edison has in store for
the enemies of the Stars and Stripes.
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A Hopeless Case.
The Senor Partner-J guess we will
have to give up trying to get money
from Sharpe. , '
The Junior Partner—Really?
“It looks that way. His oflice is in
the second story of his place, you
know, and he threw our last collec-
tor out of the window, where the man
fell through an awning, you remem-
her.”
“Yes.”
“Now he sends in a claim for the
damage to the awning.”-Cincinnati
Inquirer.
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1910119 Serious Still.
He—Oh, Edith! you have broken
my..—
She—Not your hear,t surely!
lie—Bo; my w hole pocketful of Cl
1311's.— -Son1 crvlllc Journal.
in Accomplishment of the Duke of York.
The only member of the Royal Fam~
gt; who can dance a genuine sailor's
hornpipe is the Duke of York, who
learned that accomplishment while a
young cadet, and it is told that often
lie-and his brother. the late Duke of
Clarence, would get into a cabin to-
gether, and while the latter whistled,
Prince George would go through the
steps with untiring energy and enthu-
siasm.
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suggestive of the Inquisition.
FRANCE ’SJ UDICIARY.
PRISONER’S TORTURED IN ORDEF.
TO FORCE A CONFESSION.
All Sorts of Devices llcsorlevl to “’ith the
Accused—One hian’s Nose Broken, and
Diners Fed on Salt Fish, \‘l'ith Little
Water Given Them to 111-1111;. ‘
The widespread scandal in France
created by the dismissal from office
of the Juge d’Instruction, M. Due, at
Sayeux, for having pommclled prison
01‘s into confessing the crimes of
which they were accused—in one in-
stance actually breaking the nose of
aman—has served to fix the attention
of the public on an almost incredible
abuse of power by the lliagistrates
who conduct the preliminary investi-
gations into criminal cases.
Recruited from among the lawyers
who have failed to secure remunera-
tive practice, miserably underpaid and
with their prospects of promotion de-
pendent entirely upon the number of
convictions they secure, the French
Juge d’Instruction literally stop at
nothing to obtain admissions of guilt
from the accused. ‘
The methods which magistrates 01
this class adopt savor of the old sys-
tem of torgurc. Some of the Juges (1’
Instruction adopt methods of persua-
sion to compel confessions that are
They
will have a prisoner fed almost exclu-
sively upon salt fish and given only a
minimum ratio-n of water. Then the
poor wretch is introduced into the
presence of the magistrate; a bottle of
clear spring water is placed tempting-
ly just beyond his reach. He begs for
a drink. “Not before‘you have an-
swered my questions," replies his tor-
mentor.
. Another method is to hint that the
prisoner’s wife, whom he may not
have seen for months, is waiting in a
private room of the court, and' that if
he is amenable to “reason" he may be
permitted to see her.
There is literally no limit to the
powers which the Juge d’lnstruction
possesses over unconvicted prisoners.
The unfortunate Marquis de Nayve
was kept for two years in solitary
confinement, and subjected once or
twice each month to examination. by
the magistrate before the latter finally
consented to send him up for trial,
which resulted in his acquittal.
Perhaps the best known case is that
of the celebrated Radical leader, Ras-
paivl, who was falsely accused of be-
ing implicated in a conspiracy to up-
set the Government. The examining
'judge, unable. to obtain a particle of
evidence at length summoned M. Ras-
pail to his private office and addressed
him as follows:
“My dear Mr. Raspail, try to forget
for a moment that I am a Judge, and
let us talk freely like two men of the
world. Supposing I were to attempt
to upset the existing Government and
you were in my place, what would you
do with Inc?’
“it “UL 1.] be such a l1aw—b1ained at-
tempt,‘ remarked Raspail, “that 1
should at once have you locked up in
the lunatic asylum at Charenton.”
The Judge broke off the conversation
there and then, and on the following
day llaspail, without being allowed
an opportunity of explaining matters,
was esutenced to two years’ imprison-
ment for having insulted a magistrate
while in the exercise of his judicial
fuuct‘1011s.——.\'ew York World.
Smoke for “'oumls.
The smoke of woolen rags is a cure
for the most dangerous wounds. A
lady ran a machine needle through her
finger. She could not be released till
the machine had been taken to pieces,
and it was found the needle had brok-
en into three pieces in the flesh. The
process of extraction was most diffi-
cult, the pain reaching the shoulder,
and danger of lockjaw was feared.
Woolen rags were put on burning
coals. and, by holding the finger in
the smoke, all pain was driven away
and never 1eturned, though the finger ’
took lo ong to heal.
The smoke and smell of the burning
rags may be unpleasant, but that is a
slight drawback compared with the
danger of lockjaw, or great pain and
consequent fever. Another instance
was the cure of a wound inflicted by
an enraged cat, which tore the flesh,
from the wrist to the elbow and bit
through the fleshy part of the hand.
One ministration of the smoke ex-
tracted all the pain, which had been
frightful.—Answers.
Nu oubt-A‘mut It.
A man owned a parrot for a long
time, and all that it could say was
“There is no doubt about it.” At
length the owner, being tired of this
song, resolved to sell it. He took it
to the market at Huddersfield, singing
out: “Twenty pounds for my Poll.”
A gentleman who was passing the
market heard the price, and went to
the parrot and said:
“Art thou worth £20?”
Polly’s reply was, of course: "There
is no doubt about it.” ' ,
The gentleman was much pleased at
this, and readily bought the parrot.
After some time the gentleman found
(fat, to his surprise, that Poll was all
“No doubt,” and he, full of rage at his
twenty pounds’ worth of disappoint-
ment, exclaimed to the Poll:
“What a fool I was to give £20 for
a thing like you!
Poll then most‘decided-ly replied:
“There’s no doubt about it!”—-From
Answers.
He Got it in the Back.
Flannigan—How’d yez git th’ knack
oye, Casey?
Casey—Oi shlipped on’ landed on me
back.
Flannigan—But, Inc M 111011, y'1
face ain’t located on y’r back.
Casey (gloomily)—.\'o. 11:1ll1cr
Fin11cgau.—~’l‘ruth. ‘
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POMP ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN.
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Prince Nikita Sustains His Reputation {
. The Old Man was Willing to Do Right but
Regardless of Expense.
Like several other princely spend-
thrifts in EurOpe, Nikita of Montene—
gro is as generous in times of scarcity
11s in times of plenty. His civil list of
540,000 a year is to his creditors some-
thing like the great prize in a lottery;
the lucky one gets it and the rest get
nothing. In Montenegro this kind of
princely bankruptcy encounters few 01)-
stacles, for Nikita rules with the aid
Df dungeons and swords for the rebel-
lious creditor, and is totally callous to
the appeals and remonstrances of the
unpaid.
The one trip which did not lead him
to his Russian source of supplies was '
that to Italy to attend the wedding of
his daughter and the Italian Crown
Prince. As father-in-law of the future
King of Italy, Nikita doubtless felt it
incumbent upon him to do the grand
thing, so be scattered costly decora-
tions~sta1s, crosses, &c. —hither and
thither 1among the Italian cou1ticrs.llc
let no available man escape, and con-
sequently had an order for any quan-
tity of Montcnegrin decorative jewelry
to be made by the Rome goldsmiths.
1‘0 one firm he gave an order for $20,-
000 worth of decorations, . and to
another one for $15,000 worth. A
third rcceivcd instructions to make up
$8,000 worth. This third firm was in
luck, for, having the smallest bill, it
was able to collect the money at once
upon delivering the stars and crosses.
The other two firms could not collect
their bills, and therefore refused to do
liver the goods. Hence great indigna-
tion on the part of his Montenegrin
Highness and embarrassment on the.
part of King Humbert and his court.
Appeals to the two suspicious firms
were in vain; they had heard cf Ni-
kiia's ways. and were not to be hum-
bugged. So eventually the Italian
comt ma1shal in chief felt obliged to
lntc1fc1" to save the dignity of the al—
licd house of Montenegro, and after
Nikita had paid $5, 000 to one firm and
ii. 500 to the othei, guaranteed the pay-
cxnt of the balance on the installment
glan. The stars and garters were then
:l.-iivcr1:d. the. Italian court was deco-
: :tod plentifully according to pro-
1:11:111110, and his Highness of the Bal-
ms went home in the‘ happy con-
s-tE 1: sums that when he should default
11. 11 :\ fut-11w installments, the Italian
“:1": 1.112131 accept its burdens and
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Filled the Dog’s Tooth.
A dog doctor was called upon to per-
form a strange operation. A well-
knowu society lady visited the hospi-
tal with her pet King Charles spaniel,
who was suffering with the toothache.
The doctor wanted to extract the tooth.
but the lady protested that the loss
of one of its front teeth would spoil
the beauty of her pet, and asked that
the tooth be filled. The doctor sent
for a dentist, put the dog on the operat-
ing table, and soon had the tooth
filled with gold, returned the spaniel
to its mistress and received a large
fee for his work:
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COMMUTATIOfl COIJRTSHIP.
\Vished Matters on a. Business Basis.
“Step into the library a minute,”
said Blufi’erty to the young Nincom-
noodle as he was admitted by the
maid. The old gentleman 'slammed
the door and cut loose.
“You call on my daughter, sir?”
“I have the pleasure occaulonally.”
“Occasionally? Thunder and Mars!
young man; what would be your idea
of calling frequently? You’re here
seven nights in the week, to say noth-
ing of three or four m-abinocs. This
continuous performance business has
got to" be stopped.”
“Do——does Marcia object?”
“Miss Blufferty does not object, sir.
Mrs. Blufferty does not object. They
would like {to give you the front. room,
board you, adopt you, make a favor
itc son of you. But I object, Mr.
com'noodlc, and my objections are al-
ways S112; aincd in this “ouschold.”
"You 11 on’t forbid me calling at
all. 2111'. Bluffcrty?”
‘ Not at present, sir;
give you an occasional day
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but I am going
to and
evening oll“.
this astonishing constancy. You see 'a
fellow trying to ring the doorbell of
this little card I hold in my hand?"
"Yes. sir.”
Notice that 'it's numbered from one
to seventeen? Same principle as a
milk ticket.”
“Yes, sii.’
“Tl;-’s.1t got to do you a month, sir.
Evciy time you c111 the maid will
punch out a nun1b01.‘.‘i'hcn the ticket
is used up you can't get in here till
1 the next month.
young man.
“And I’ll be case 'kecpcr myself,
Any bogus tickets, brib—
' ing the maid, meeting on the sly or
2 trying in any way to brace the game
i
2 kicked out bodily
against me means that you will be
111d kept out. I’ll
give you a benefit this afternoon, but
L the ticket system goes into operation
- at sundown.”
A Curious Find.
Some years ago the late Precenter
; \"cnables was visiting at Crewe Hall,
f and found in his bed-room an odd pic-
' turc
. history?
handsomely framed, but having
for its subject nothing more than a tri-
pod pure and simple. What was its
On inquiry, it appeared that
Sir Joshua Reynolds had painted a
family picture of the Grevilles, and,
as his manner was, had exercised his
fancy with some of the members of it,
painting young Henry Greville as Cu-
pid and his sister as Hebe. Years
passed; the boy and his father quar-
roled, and the angry father had Cu-
pid cut out and a tripod substituted for
It, at which Hebe might be supposed
to be ministering. After another in-
terval of time, some one told the late
Lord Crewe, the possessor of the pic-
ture, not only the story of the tripod,
but also the fact that a Cupid—cer-
tainly by Reynolds-was at a certain
place. It was, in fact, the identical
portrait. The portrait was then care—
fully restored, and the tripod was also
framed as a memorial of the loss and
manner]:
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