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8 yl. do not bay & word to isd on You have come in the fouge, @nd I can Bee by that net }amille-on your face ate think- of something t, “But 1 the ’ Profer to come home “with me, I know you Ae, menn what I say, but i » Heavytopp does i of Soul and Song, u to alt in the ig thinkng over thelr I do, jeouree 1a a werice of ) hour, One gaine ethic, -welt-oontemplation, is jeal Hours reat, y came here from ‘this niiesion, She had polne;she had no money, i : Both were in svening ! but the @eceased had on no over- ie the other wore a short ; epat of ‘a light fawn color, Bentieman in the light coat jk here, cabby, here's some whully tight; you'd better take ld ‘ ‘then asked him if the an was his friend, but this The werlock Holmes fin very Gaturday Waition o UE BVENING WORLD ‘what enderful things @ ‘man hh Al systematic » the Detective, A tated Investor Hy Mr, Nagw, , lett, ‘They served toa, but after the sixth drawing tt was nothing but hot/ McCardell.... wator, "Of course we couldn't say anything to Mrs. Heavytopp, because her mind fg above all such gross thoughts like food, She has a good hot meal when she goes home, and, besides, she does not charge anything for the buffet lunch, which 1s real sweet of her, and all bie makes fn $10 from each person, “The soul study and ethio rest begins by Mra, Heavytop saying ‘There no disgord! All Is balmy harmony!’ ‘Then we all breathe deep and. yearn, “And Mrs, Heavytopp yearns her Money, you say? I we you think that ts a joke. Oh, Nagg, why do you snéer because § cultivate repose? Tf Mra. Styver, that screaming, snarl- ‘ing 0)d poll parrot, can take up soul atudy and ethio rest surely 1 oan, “What else do ‘we do? Why, we face the forth and rise on our toes, breath- Ing deep and whispering ‘All is Jove! ‘There is no selfishness!’ And then we breathe deep twenty times and yearn for pois and ethic rest, and Mra. Heayytopp sells more ‘tickets to those who have not taken them for the full course, “Dre. Heavytopp 1s also interested Gre only 3 cents apiece, but they Up to 5 centa after the Ist of ie and after that they ba Up fo2eents, and perhaps they, will worth $10’ share some day, “Mrs. Heavytop has no personal in- terest In the iiine; she only wants to do and that is why she gives the of Boul and Song,’ There on ainging, but there was plenty “Oh, Mr, Nagg, it has done me s0 ee and dear Mre, Heavytopp @uch & grand, person ‘and dresses 80 Deautifully that 4 am ashamed to go ‘where she ts in my shabby clothes; but then soul study teaches us polse, selt- effacement, silence and contentment!” ————S—— | | | “Riding uptown lear al 2 Ineap of bundles, iN bey [We aas eC ton It,’ ahe meant it,” Vacuums Filla Void. port, was asked: of empty things in society.” 8 e@ Simeon Ford’s Latest. When Eating a Salad. To the Editor of The ing World: #& Peculiar Word, shown in ten so that dbrded, saying that he had) “were #tanding, and| Fecognize’ him, & pace, letting the @ heap on the i aE 2 ei Fes “He won't let me take him home,’ he said, ‘so I'M just walk back to the city, and you can drive him to st. KiMa.' i “What street, sir?’ askea@ Royston. “ ‘Grey street, I fancy, 4d the othery ‘but my friend will direct you when you! get to the junction,’ “Ain't he too mich on, air? sald Royston, dubiously, “Oh, no! I think he'll be able to tell you where he lives—it's Grey street, or Ackland street, I fancy. I don't know ‘which,’ “He then opened the door of the cab and looked in, “Good-night, old man, he said. The other apparently did not anawer, for tthe gentleman in the light: coat, ehrugging his. shoulders and mut- tering ‘sulky brute,’ closed the door! again. He then gave Royston half a sovereign, it @ cigarette and, after] of the night, walked off quickly in the} d{rection of Melbourne, “Royston drove down to the Junction, end, having stopped there, according to his Instructions, he asked his eral times where he was to dr that the deceased was too drunk to an-| swer, he got down from this seat, opened ceased Iying back in the corner with ‘a handkerchief across his mouth, Ua put out his hand swith the Intention of Fousing him, thinking that he ha¢ to alee, But on touching Mim then. | geound fal tad a On exainination, fo his, "a Os yston puna the man ¢ dead. bear at what had taken tt HAY gentleman in ve to the police out ‘You?’ he] » Hin identification jever, stead of using a fork? The wu preferable, To Clean a Waist. To tha’ Editor of The Evening ‘World: 'G. My, How can’ clean a white crepe de: chine waist, the sleeves of which are; wolled? Mra. C., WADE. ‘Wash the waist in gasoline. Dipping 4f turned up-|it up'and down, gently press in hands, | should enter on the 9 do not rub, Be sure to do this.in day-| father, «It ts fo longer customary tor|to ‘indicate: that” you are unmarried,’ erial Story, Which Begins To:Day, Will Bi station at St. Kilda, and there mad rt. The y of the deve also discovered that the hamdki which was tied tightly ‘over the 4 ee THIS IS THE ‘POINT AT WHICH THE STRANGE MYSTERY BEGAN. 2. b VM ig BC AT was eaturated with chloroform. He had no hesitation "in stating that from the the handkerchief was presence of chloroform, had been committed, an om all appearances the deceased died way jm which pied, and the easily, and without a struggle. cea ‘with a, dark complexion, evening dress, which difficult, as costume which has no dist! will it. ts ered, and the cloth y The in @ andkerchtef, of the cor in red may hi mm\ re th The assassin, used his own handkerchief ose of his name they 0 hig detection, some evidence may solve t Jn Monday wus the fol rence, to the matter following additional has ween obtained may zit on the mysterious murder m cit of which we@eave a full *: An-| the I an called at the po- gave a clue which will, she door of the cab, and found the de-| no dowbdt, prove of value to the detect~ iver Ul thelr search for the murderer. the was driving wp the morning when he was hailed Who | strat. to lel - in aturday's issue: other hansom. lice offic vy He v Bt about 1.99 o'el by a gentleman in a light con aiopped into the cab and told drive to Ponwlett street, In. Bast hourne, He did 80, and, after pay ‘him, the gentleman got out at the o ner of Wellington parade and Powi Friday iach noticed an elderly Irish- woman struggling to arrange & jaisted her and| she ‘thanked me, whereupon I) sald: ‘Don't men- “'T won't, Mttle man,’ she: re- of it to any one,’ I've been wondering ever since how iy HENRY CLEWS, while chatting. mith a leading: merchant-in» New- “Don't, you think eociety le an empty thing?’ } “Possibly it is @0 considered by many who | never have ' entered ‘within {te portals,” replied the banker, “but from ‘personal experi- ence and close observation I .can safely say. that there are shoals SIMEON FORD takes his annual ‘vacation in Svotland, He says it is alone worth the journey to the Clyde to be eble to golf among the ‘thistles, The Sootch character also appeals to his saturnine, hu- mor, The following. Uttle\ Inckdent to his last vist tickled him: He ‘Was,called off. the'links to act ara Is it evor proper to pick salad from the dish with the fingers in- of the salad fork ts always the awed od was slender, of medium height, and was render tive mark to rondir It noticeable, There were no papers or cards found on the deceased from which his name could be discov. ing Was Not marked A 2 i hows which was tled across his mouth, |was'of white silk, and marked jn one with the letters ‘O. W.' of cours € the crime, #o that if the Initials may ult. vere will he an (nauest held on the body of the making a few remarks about the beauty! qeceased this morning, when. no doubt, may be ellelted which ing article appeared with evidence throw ABE GRUBER tells this thus: of the ceremony the venerable clergyman thrice the bridegroom whuther ‘he took ‘this woman” as his wedded wife, without drawing forth any reply. “he «entle-faced old divine at fast fired up,'’ on a Broadway T gallantly aa-| counts Mr. Ford, “and, For a nothing had been Siched tories, * vinces ‘time. “The fire or gas, { Wedding Queries, , ‘To the WMtlor of The Bvening World: |” ‘Who furniaties ‘the bouquets for (bridesmaids .and “flower ‘girls?’ On! ) which arm ‘of; father does the bride. ‘enter the church? At the wedding reception who' cuts the cake and at- tends to putting it, in boxes? And what carts should accompany each . box? LM, BR. ‘The bide furntwhes the bouquets, She ht arm ‘of her up Powlett rove back to ‘but there Street, while 1 town, Here ail clue. ends, can be no doubt-in the minds of our readers as’ to the identity of the man In, the light coat who out of Roy; (ida, toad w: ston'é ‘on the St. the one who entered other cab and alighted therefrom at Powlett street. Jinere could have been no sruggle, had any taken plice the cabman, rues ston, muiely would have heard the nolge, | The supposition Is, therefore, that the deceased waa too drink to rake ive ‘ena iat cing bly , watching is opportunity, Ae the handkerchlet saturated iwith” ohio toform ‘over ithe mouth of ‘his vi a The In the Heht coat, judaing from his duct befpre wetting into the cab, ap- peuns to have known the deerased, though the elroumatance of ‘his walk ing away on recognition and returning again shows that his: attitude toward the deceased was not altogether a nes | ifmeutt to ulty is where to start from \ Jn the search after the author of what | appears to be a defiberaite murder, a3 | he deceased seems to be unknown, and his presumed murderer has escaped. But {t {8 Impossible that the body can | remain long without being identified by | some one, as though Melbourne ts & large city, yet it le nelther Pans nor London, where a man oan Ouampear tn a crowd and never be heard of again, ‘The first thing to be fone ie to estab- Msh the Identity of the deceased, and then, no doubt, a clue will be obtained leading to the detection of the man in ght coat, who appears to have been the perpetrator of tne crime. It 19 of the utmost importance that the mys- tery. in which the orime ts shrouded should be cleard up, not only in the. In- terests of justice, but also In thioge of the publie—taking place as it did In a publle conveyance and in the public To. think that the sawhor of and perhay : for lag ag +f pret hee, nervea, sdathlecdaalatin iis AshiaiSehaaiisial tc in LD: ‘ST URDAY' EVENING, FRARUARY: eta lt tae: entice beninpebiintitan gent lateral bridegroom, exolaimed; ‘Casina yo boo, ye brite?” ' 8 © Not ‘ae Crooked ae His Talk, JOBIAH / FLYNT, quenve the ,writer replied in a in open-monthed : astonishment,’ gut recovering him- eelf observed with a wink and: @ corkscrew emile: “Say, pal, what's your lay?’ : “Ploking beggars’ povkets," retorted Mr, starting te walk envay, but noticing over, his shoulder the Giscomfted man's furtous haste in secing that Sense of ‘Humor Twisted. MOATOR M’CLELUAN..bad an pxperience’.recently ‘which con- 1s prone \to laugh at the wrong Joyed, the apeeches, but there was ‘one old fellow who cook @o long to reétrospestion and lost ‘the drift of his discourse, » Questions That. Are of Special: Interest time tnd .in a rbom-where.there Is.no/the bridal cake to be out by the bride. ne ih 25, ked ies ‘turning to the tongus-tled who writes rephrase of thievos' slang, ‘moment the besgar gazed Tiynt, from -his ‘well-tined depos! ‘him that even a etatesman other night: I was'at a ban- he says, “aiid greatly en- ‘The caterer prepares pleces of rich frult in emall white boxes on which are ‘the’ thitials of the.bride and bridegroom's surnames in silver: or gold... These are placed conspicuously:on-a table, one for cach’ guest, In Correspondence. ‘To the EdMor of The Evening World: In writing to-a young man how ‘@hould I sign myself Smith” or “Mary Smith Mary Smith Js the correct form. If Hard Travel for the man, is a stranger and you wish ‘ tated ‘An Omntbus Mystery,” a murder clogely resembling this unabgedy lakes pass, in. an but we question even that author woudl have been daring to wutte abou Levers ed Hide 3 perspec ‘place, hansom cab, . Here ls a chance for some of our Gotentives to render themsdives famous, and we feet gure that they will do thelr utmost to ‘race the ‘author of this cowardly and Gastardly munder.” CHAPTER II. Mystifying Testimony — “Chloroform Feloniously Administered by Some Person Unknown’’—Un- identified. A’ the inquest held on the body found in the hangom cab the following articles taken from the deceased were placed on the table: | 1, Dwo pounds ten shillings in gold and ellver, % The white silk handkershtef which ‘ag saturated with chloroform and was found tied across the mouth of the deceased, marked with the letters O. W. tn red ailk, % A cigarette case of Russian leather, half filled with "Old Judge” cigarettes, 4, A. loft+hand white glove of kid} |rather sofled—with black seams down jthe back, Samuel Gorby, of the detective office, was present In order to see if any- thing might be eald by the witnesses Ukely to point to the cause or to thé author of the crime, The first witness called was’ Malcolm Royston, in whose cab the crime had been commilted, Hoe told the same Ghary 0 aad alveaty appeaned im the Siac hl aa Met When the'sat dwn I isughed heartily, es @ course; butmy neighbor at table whispered “LE think (your uneesmly levity hae: moi fended that: speatoer,'" “Why, in what way? T inquired, Mi * ‘Well, you appear to be the only ene'tn the room who doesn’t know\that he was trying to tell »’pa- Phatlo atory.’ * . Bampy Appeal:to Court, JUBTIOD emads Ht Seated beside him) was an gentleman suffering eeverely from to Women. encloke .“"Misal*. in brackets, . preveding Pak * 8 eon Va were ‘none too /goot, corrugated ‘ros | Justice; Truax turned to his elderly companion and asked/with con- stdorable eolicitude: “Is there mothing: I can, do ‘to ‘re lleve your discomfort?" ‘Yes, ‘Yeur Honor”’—bump, ‘oump, bump-"'you -will”—bump, bump-—‘greatly— Telleve me by""—bump, ‘bump, bump, . bump—"‘over- ruling this motion.” i > Bookiea, d JHSSH LEWISOHIN recently met @ bogkmaker who was once pros- Perous,, bub whose luck the past meagon seems, to have deserted him, | ‘ , “Well, I presume you are pur- jauing the even tenor ‘of your the. name, Braising..°, ot To the Exiidor of The Bvening World: We What ts bralsing and how may I oook in that manner? Braising !9 a form’ of stewing andthe term is properly. used. when the food {a stewed between ‘fires, That 14 to aay, heat above and below. A braising pan is deep and wide and’ should have a tron ld’ with a de- and remults' can ‘be ary, pan, with ined deep, tight-fttini pression for but ‘patisfactor, HWLON' BARKIBR. holding ‘hot . coals from: an ol Ughuly ftted cover, ie Printed’ Complete in’. T Argus, and the following facts’ were elicited by the Coroner, Q. Can you give a description’ of the gentleman én the light coat who was holding ‘the deceased when you drove up? A. I did not observe him. very b pd “The Gentleman’ Who Hailed Him Was Supporting the Deceased, Who Appeared to Be Intoxicated, closely, as my attention waa taken up by the deceased, and besides the gen- tlethan in the fight coat was In the shadow, Q. Deseriibe him from what you s.w of him. A, He was falr, I think, be- ouise I could seo his mustache, rather tall, and in evening dress, with a light coat over it, T could not see his face very plainly, as he wore a soft felt hat which was pulled down over his eyes, Q, What kind of hat was lt he wore— a wideawake? A. Yes, The brim was tumed down and I could eee only his mouth and mustache, Q, What did he say when you usked | | him 4€ he knew the deccased? sald the didn't; that he had just picked him up, Ay He Q. And afterward he seemed to rec- ognize him? A. Yes, When the de- ceased lobked up he said You!" and lat him fall on to the ground; then he walked away toward Bourke street Q, Did he look back? A, Not that 1 saw, Q. How long were you looking after him? A, About a minute, Q. And when did yoursee him again? A, After I put deceased into the cnb 1"turned round and found him at my elhow. Q. And what did he say? A.J said; “Oh{ you've come back,” and hy onld: “Yes, I've changed my mind and Wis see him home,” and then he got inte te cab and he told me to drive to Bt. Kilda, Q, F a come bac! penned 7. ‘ognized him only when he looked u and perhaps having had a row with him walked away, Te spoke then as if he knew the A. Yes; I thought thet he but thought he'd OU Geo bites eeming back? 4, matter, at tally of- aaetiy || fixed out with her AAAS | a aa 4 TGMSTION may be exactly defied aa ‘consisting of those functions or actions: which result In the conversion of the food into a state or condition in which It can be added to the blood, ‘ One of the curlosities of digestion is that. found in certain plants, In all Plants, of course, digestion occurs whereby the water, minerals, carbonlo ‘acid gas and ammonia (which consti- tute the menu, of the ordinary plant) re oouVverted Into plant tissue, Many plants store up food against what may be This Teault we seo In the case of tubers, ({fall of @tarch, .which, converted into Rushing the Season. _~— ‘By Alice Rohe, 6“ OULDN'T it make you tired,” W complained the Pessimist, “tha way, women go dippy om rushing the spason? Why, I walked down Broadway the other day behind ® qroman with a etraw hat on. ‘Think of Mt! and ice on the ground and the thermometer down. at-a bitch to freewe you. Women’ go 0 crazy on the hat, question, anyway, t t's @ won- der they get a chance to think about ahything else, What I can't stand for is their distorting the real characteris. thes of the neasons, “Why, you no sooner get your wifo fixed ‘up for winter than she begins to be troubled with the spring bug. In the summer, just as soon as you've gon broke on laying in a tock of organd! and mosquito netting cloths for her, is all to the anxlous'over the fall styles ‘The same thing happens when she's umn finery, She commences to pla nat kind of fur she'll have for winter and then before you know it she's stuck you for the price of a-mink turban, and all this While the Indian summer aun js sizzling your gray matter, ‘wyomen ought to be travelling sales- Tien, That's’ the only way to keep up ‘winter line of styles, and keep distort: ing the seasons till they were good ani eatisfied. I've stood it for a long time, but it's gotting worse evory day, When it comes to buying straw hats when the red ball is wp at the Arsenal it me. If there is any alate women to be artiftolal and unnatural, they'll find It out; but it vertainly takes nerve for them to try to monkey with | the eeasong.” HE EVENING WORLD. No; the first I saw of him’ was at my elbow when I turned. ft out. A, Just . And when did h att ‘was turning down by the Grammar ‘on the St, Kilda roud. 5D you hear ct sounda of fight- ing in cab during the fo; the road was rather rough, and the noise of the wheels g ing over ie ipl pu have prevent- ie Wi fen the ae eman in the light coat got out did he sppeat disturbed? A, No; he was perfect! y calm, Q. How could ‘ou tell that? A. Be- cause the moon had risen and I could Did, y you see his face then? A. No, hat was pulled down over It, hin T tered the cab in Collins street, Q, Were his clothes torn or disnr- ranged in any way? A, No; the only aifference 1 re ned in him was that out Was buttoned. mo kad was it opened when he got in? A. No; but it was when he was hold- ing up the deceased, *Q, Then he buttoned it before ‘he came back and got into the cab? A, Yes. oP What ald he pay when he got out of the bate ee Bt, Hellaa roar? Manage hat the dece: would no face hin home, and that he would walk back to Melbourne. Q. And you asked him where you were to drive the deceased to? A. Yea; and he said'that the deceased Hved etther tn Grey street or Ackland street, St, Kilda, Dut that bite deceased would direct me ¢ Junction, Liab tg mot think that the de- ceased was too drunk to direct you? ‘A. Yes, I did; but his friend. said that the sleep and the shaking of the cab would och Lt) @ bit by the time I ot to the Junction, bi ‘The gentieman in the light coat apparently did not know where the de- ceased lived? A. No; he sald it was either In Ackland street or Grev street Q. Did you not think that curious? A, No; I thought he might be a club friend of the deceased, uh For how long did the man tn the Nahe ! coat talk to you? A. About five minutes, Q, And during that time you heard no nolae In the cab? A, No; I thought the deceased had gone to sleep, Q. And aften the man in the Heht coat sald “Good night" to the deceased what happened’? A. He lit a clgnretto. gave me a balf-svereign and walked | off toward Melbourne, . Did you obverve If the gentleman In the Haht cout had his handkerchief with him? A, Oh, yes; becnor Ve dusted his boots with It. The road was very dusty, Q, Did you noties any airing peon- GQ Hatity about him? A, Well, no; cept that he wore a diamond ring, What wes there peculiar about} that? Q. What was there peculiar nbout that? A, He were It on the forefinger of the right Nand, and T never saw 1 that way. before, @, When did sou notice this? A. When | he was lighting le cl 6 Q. How often did you ceased when 1 got to the J A. Three or four times, I down, and found he was quite Wonders of By De Andrew Wilson. led & phyelological rainy day. |. e in atyles~) drill, only saw as much as I did when he en- , be proved. that Digestion. is augat—for starch and suger aré qheme ically ilied—la ultimately used In the processes of vegetable life, Tt 1s much the sate with ouradyes. We consume a deat of starch dally, finding it in bread, rice, taploca, pote toen and like foods; but starch, Ae such, Is usclegs to us. Tt must be converted {nto a sugar before it can be utilised tn the frame, The saliva of our does the sweetbread julce; for sumar Is soluble, and can 9 carrled.‘by tl blood; while starch 1s not, Via Animals and plants,’ therefore. tain of thelr digeptive processes, | @till mors Clearly is this seen when we con- template the case,of plants which feed’ on animal matter, Such plants ‘as the Verius fiytrap and the droseras, or @un= dews, capture insects by ald) of thelr sensitive leaves, In: the leat the insect | {8 duly digested. by means of @ seore- tion which Is poured out from the, leag glands, When analyzed, this secretion {s found clorely to resemble elther the gastric juice of.the animal stomach, fas some botanists think, the jules the sweetbread. : ‘The popular idea that the stomach pests everything is erroneous, foods over which the etomach ease {te power are euch ae beef julde, white of egg, milk, &c., generally classified! aa nitrogenous material H urlosity of the digestive process... are intended for rapid absorption the blood. ‘They mu iat dealt with speedily and at once, they constitute the material which to repair the actual tissue frame, The stomuch, having o the meat foods into peptones, pRages them on to the Hyer, he peptonés are sent to the use they are isons and gained access to the blood would ‘us Ii, The liver acts as filter the blood and the food. ———__ Autograph Quilt, Displayed at a sale of work at a N conformist church In Lond jwas & gorgeous quilt: be the graphs of o¥er 400 peri ta ly bers of the congregation tures, originally mat Ba ona leces A ini were. featherestitehed In. oo cotton by the ladies — Animale’ Agea,: } years, a rabbit about seven, & #41 or hare about elght, and a fox | fourteen to sixteen years, 9 ad ponienerter, “ongestion. Tal <morter « 5 Fe brain. was. dyperaccnte there ‘ied a Lapa hele) boyy ff mae tion, eapec! apparent in fielal Vepeels, ymete was no brain die- eaue. ° ‘The lings were healthy, bul slightly congested. On» thomx there was a faint epiritous’ Mavernible, ‘The stomach ocontaine dbowt a .pint of completely di fedrt. contained ‘a commiderabbe rt contain a a Alty of dark fluid |, ‘Mere ion. aonie bre ae tb . You say there wi tendency ‘atiy degeneration the ministered while t! @ state would hi a one to accelerate ithe fatal result, same time, I may mention ¢! post-mortem signs of poisoning chloroform are mostly negat Dr, Chington was then rm! rotire, and Clement ni “snsom cabman, was call eposed: IT am a cabman, living in n@wood, and usually drive @. I remember Thursday ceased A, Not of itself. But chloroform heart was in In a light coat; he wi oking it as vlgarette, and told me to ‘ave, ‘bf Powlett street, East Melbo . so, and he got out at the. corner’ ol Wellington parade and Powlett s Ay paid me half a eovereign for faro and then. walked up street, while I drove back ¢o Q, What time mas it when you a! at ti daladis street?’ A, Two o'clock ex actly, = ©, How do you know? A. Because 18 1 night, end I heard the Poste ck strike 2 o'clock, 4 Q. you notice anything peouliag about the man in the tight coat? A, No, He looked just the same a@, aoy one else, I thought he was some swell of the town out for a lark, Hig hat was pulled down over his eyes, and,t could not see his tne, Q. Did vou notice if he wore a ring? A. Yes, T did. When he was handing me the half-sovereign 7 saw he had a diamond ring on the (qretinger of his Halt hand, Q. He did not say why he was on.the St, Kilda road at such an hour? . A, No, Ho ald not Clement Rankin was then ordered to stand down, and the Coroner en summed up ‘tn an address of hat hour's duration, ‘There was, he pointed out, no coubt that the death of fhe Aereaged had resulted not from natnral causes, Dut from the effects of poladn Ing. Only st Renee had been abe falved + ent time regarding the cir the case, but the Ny sod ot > orlme itered tha ¢ Welday mori » Bratch Chure) Wills’ im the had her en he ene Q, How was ne lying? A. i Wed un in the far corner of the oy very much in the same position a Jieft him when T put him fi was hanging on one side, ¢ was a handkerchief acrosa hia m When I toucied him he fell into the| dence, during whteh Gorby had ho Jeontinually taking notes, Robert Chin- | | ston was called, He deposed Tam a duly qualified medical prac. | thttoner, residing In Collins street Kast 1 made a bprlatulh m examination af] the boly of the deceased on Friday, | ©, That. Was within a few hours of lite death? A, Yes. Jud from the | position of the handkerehiet and the | presence of clore orm the de. | ut ceased had dled from the eff anaesthesia, and knowing how the polson ‘evaporates, Imada the ex- wmination at once, Cofoner—Go. on, air, Dr, Ciinaton—lixternally. 8 of | th , was healthy looking and. wellnoty ished, re were no matka of yio- tonne, apparent at the PY ee other corner of the cab, and then 1 / found out he was dead, T Immediately Jarove to the St, Kilda police station | Jand told the police | At the concluston, of Rovston's evi- ‘apldly |: ed tie Wile 6 Roo) health, thotigh in i » and the the eaby may dn the light With a bandkeroh 16 wanee atate of | foot that he wes n, Royston, after ot had lott tha f saturated with Nie mouth, would ho had died through of ehotoform, whieh had | administered, AlL tha | ably evidence in the case was erthelaes, slic me had been ¢ mitted, ‘There a8 the clroumstances of the cage pointed to one conclusion, the jury could not do atherwige than frame a verdict In accordance with that conclusion. : ‘The Juicy retired at 4 o'elock, and, utter an we of A quamter ‘of an var, retinmed with the following vais mehistvoly th wt the deceased, whose name there evilence 07 determine, died-on te. day of July from tie effoats of polgon, namely, chloroform, feloniously. administered by some person Unknow, and the jury on thelr oatha say Ln no the M4 unlenown perso: f. wilguhy and malloboualy at sabe (30 be gorutinued.> tendency t ity LJ ¥ 10 thy degen deceased died tore we a such vapor as _chiorod or effeote this starch conversion, aa also | i hibit a close likeness in reapéot of cere). a ae of the church, whit | upon finishing the quilt presented it be id | their pastor, ‘A dog lives om the average. froin ten! to, twelve years, @ cat nine to ten. Se eee \ 4 Lo Thursday had driven a party down to St. and was returning about 190 A short distance past the .Gi School I was hailed by tefl) f