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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7404, 20 September 1902, Page 3

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.m.IMiORN COBBLER., i-,„u,t Edward Stadion, a scion o! , ~. '„| the noblest families in.Aus- ' having squandered his inherll- ,.,'■,: lirramc quite destitute. Event ill'v be met a shoemaker who in-1 ■..li.itVd a hut in a Hungarian forest ,',', l rave him shelter. The count af- ',,., a while became an expert cobbler and supported himself by his trade Months afterwards he received a letter Irom Bohemia informing Inin that owing to the demise ot all the near male relatives of his .house,, he had become entitled to the immense Bohemian estates of the Stadion family and a seat in the Austrian House of Lords. But the count has acquired a taste lor his new life, and,, refusing to visit his castles, lives in one ol his own Bohemian forests in a hut like the old one, where he amuses himself by making his own shoes.

FAITHLESS PARSEE.

Dorabjce^ Eduljee Mody, a Parsee timber merchant of Bombay, aged - twenty-eight, heard of a young lady named Bai Nawazbai, to whom he got himself bethrothed in I'arsce iasiiion. But when lie saw her he was disappointed, and declined to, mairjr her. The case came before the liomhay High Court, the lady claiming iCOO damages for breach of promise. The young man declared that the teeth of his fiancee were bad. Four Jic described as missing, while the others he aspersed as not firmly attached. The eventual result was a decree for £100 damages.

MUSOLINO'S BILL. Musolino, the famous brigand, who was recently sentenced to imprisonment for life, had a visit from a lawyer in prison. The lawyer came to present to Musolino the bill for the cost ol his trial, amounting to £1,080. The brigand smilingly took the bill and promised to look into the matter, and, 11 he found the am- j ount correct, to pay when he came out of prison- Seeing that he has no | money whatever, and is not likely to be liberated, the presentation of the bill i 3 the most complete farce. A DtOG ADOPTS A CHILD. Recently a peasant woman "-.at Ostergaard in Silesia had occasion to leave her house to do some work outside. When she returned her eight weeks-old baby, which had been lying on the floor, had dissappeared. All the rooms In the house were searched, but to no purpose. Eventually one of the neighbours discovered the child in the kennel of a huge St. Bernard dog, the animal affectionately licking the infant with its tongue. The St. Bernard, whose litter of puppies had been taken away,, had carried the child into its kennel and -was treating it with all the affection of a human being.

" MIRACLE WORKER'S " REVENOE The town of Grojetzk, Russia, is connected with the outer world by a railway which derives the major part* of its revenue from Jews travelling to seek preternatural aid from the Rabbi of Grojetzk, a reputed miracle worker and divine-healer, who, by the way, as principal shareholder of the railway had recommended his followers to use it. At the last shareholders' meeting, however, a conflict of opinion arose between those present, which resulted in the sale by the rabbi of his stock. At the same time he strictly prohibited his followers from using the road, owing to which the trains are now running entirely empty.

AN ANNUAL TORTURE

General James McLeer, a prominent New York citizen, whose arntf was shattered and his leg broken at the second battle of Bull Run in August 1862, sutlers pains akin to those of neuralgia on the anniversary of the battle each year. He says that days passed before he received proper medical attention. When he closes his eyes he sees the whole scene just as--it happened, and he thinks the mental picture and tho memory of the wound awaken the nerves and cause the excruciating pain. Otherwise he is healthy, and he gradually overcomes the trouble by the exercise of his will power.

A LADY'S STRATAGEM.

Faultlessly . dressed in .a silk hat and frock coat, a negro gentleman recently addressed a lady in the street at Wiesbaden, and forced his attentions upon her. She strove to avoid him, but in vain. He begged to be allowed to escort her to her door, and seeing a way of escape she accepted his offer, and conducted him to a house at which she knocked. On the door being opened she spoke to a person inside. The negro was admitted, but the lady remained outside. The house was the local police station, and the negro was not released until tho lady waß well out of sight

AN EDITOR'S HOAX. The editor ola Chemnitz (Gers man) paper has been condemned after %.. an appeal to a fine of £2 10s, or ten _ti days' imprisonment for hoaxing some v 400 people in that town. He announced in his paper that two well-known spiritualists now in gaol on charges of swindling would be released on a certain day, and would give a performance at some pleasure gardens to which all Chemnitz was invited. Some 400 persons assembled at the gardens, and after waiting a long time were confronted by a placard with the date " April 1" in enormous characters. PROPERTY IN A NAME. At Zurich the other day a curious case came up for trial. A young actress named Helene Kaufman had ta- • ken the professional name of Hallwil, which vclosely resembles that of a •^ell-known Swiss family whose ancestors fought in the battle ot Morat and were ennobled. A member of this family asked the actress to change her name, and thg jequgst h^ ing refused, hp placed the matter In the hands of his solicitor. The judge found that Miss Kaufman had assumed the "name of an honourable and distinguished Swiss family wHfccmt permission or right, and ordered her to renounce the name $nd pay the exppnges' of the trial. MILLIONAIRE SHOT DEAI?.. Mr Charles Smylie, ft millionaire liquor manufacturer, who saw service in Cuba as a major during the Spanish war and escaped unscathed, was shot dead in mistake for a deer in the Adirondack Mountains by Judge Storrs, his closest friend. By the dim light of a lantern Judge Storrs saw what he thought was a red deer, and his guide insisted that he was right. After arguing the matter and seeing a pair of eyc3 gleaming through the darkness, Judge Storrs took careful aim lor a spot betij?ee?i thg shining polnti' His'aim was ate, and Mr Smylie was instantly kjiled.' Judge Store's grier was pathetic. STRANGE LOVE TRAGEDY. The bodies of a lady and gentleman, named Mme. Wagner anc[ Ligutenant dp tamßecfe. (if the Austrian army, • have been found near Evian-lcs-Bains. Bpth had' been killed by revolver shots. Investigation showed that the couple had eloped from Vipnna some weeks ago, and had been, tracked to Evian by Mme. Wagner's husband, a captain in the sfimp regiment as"'Lieutenant dp Lambeck. Before leaving Vienna Mme. Wagner had ab^ stracted £2000 from the regimental safe,' Which V»s >» her husband's keeping, as "paymaster of the regiment. It wis with this money tiftt visited various parts of the Continent When thp'lovers heard of the arrival of Captain Wagner they were seized with ps^ni.e, and the n§xt thing that was heard p«i.tiWffi t__ covery of t}ie|r feodjps : Hpw they eame'by tfigir death is shrouded in mystery, the idea of suicide not befog generally accepted by tho inhabitants of the t°Wli FRAUD ON A FRENCH PRIESTA French priest named Golin, who has lor tho last twenty-eight yews been a missionary in Moxico, on ma return to France has been the victim o! a cruel fraud. He made tho acquaintance while crossing the Atlantic on the Lorraine ol an Italian named Giraldi, who did all he could to worm himsclt into the good gracos ol the venerable Abbe. The two men travelled together to Paris, where Giraldi prevailed upon tto Abbe'to entrust him with all his nioP'wr'.' " Yon had bptt^r,'! ba: sa(i\, "'put your £400 in my strong box, fl.s''j(; Is not safe in Paris to car^. pout feo large a' sum-" The siniplpihinded pr|est handed over all his rqqfaey, and, hpp'dless to say, hp has pevef fi'cfn ftpy mftfp flf ir- " TAMER INJURED. A performance of Pezon's monageric, at Batagnolles, France, was interrupted by an exciting incident. Although the animals were in a very nervous state, M. Jean Carrcre, one ot the lion tamers, refused to be dissuaded from entering the central cage, containing four lionesses and the Hon D'Artagnan, a fierce and powerful animal. As .D'Artagnan showed signs ol ill-temper and retreated into a cornp.v the trainer struck Jim on the muzzle iX:ith awhip,' wtie^ tcupon the maddenpd brute sprang upon him, and with one blow or his claws tore open the tamer's right hand In spite of the excruciating pain Carrere did not lose his head and wielding his whip with all his force, was ablo to keep tho infuriated animal at bay until ho reached .the door of the cage and escaped. 'fi. terrible scene of panic occurred among the audicnce t and several wo-1

CABIN BOY KILLS HIS CAPTAIN The story of a singular sea tragedy is sent from Honolulu. The four-masted ship Fred. J t Wood, of San Francisco, arrived-In' the harbour with the captain dead, the cabinboy lashed to the mlzzen-mast charged with murder, and the cook in irons on suspicion of being an accomplice. The ship was carrying timber Irom Astorin to China, and Captain Jacobsen was accompanied by his wife and two little children. On July 30 he went into the galley to speak.to the cook, a Japanese named Oto. Tho cabin-boy, a Jap named Tanhana, was lying asleep, and the captain put his hand on the lad's shoulders to'rouse him. A sailor immcdiittelv afterwards heard the captain crying out as if in pain, " Boy, liny, give me that knife," and on looking Into the galley he saw the young Jap slashing at the captain's bare head with the weapon. Oto, the cook, meantime had fled from the scene, and when the mates and Mrs. Jacobson rushed up they found the captain lying dead and the murderer beneath him.