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Show a srxitiT OF kurder" Seems to Constantly Hover Over the City of Paris. i Tin. ln Arc lllll ' '- i (Ion of tlic llluoilr acme nt I Jlptollidoit ltl , nml iM7 History seems nbout to repent Itself In 1'aris. That unhappy city, bapllzeil su often with blood, Is threatened ngniu with a murderous disturbance such ns those which hae o frequently blackened black-ened lis fnlr name. It Is but a thin barrier that stands between I'nrUnml n slaughter of the Innocents. Uprising j In which blood hns flowed freely , .....i. .. iini nKoiirpiire ns to be with In the memory of all, nnd the further back one goes In the couutrj's history the worse are tho deeds of thlshlghl) Mrung people. The terrible days of the roiolutinn, during which the whole country wni deluged with blood, were succeeded by n lull that wns broken after the capture of I'nrls by one of thoe terrible murder mur-der wnvcs'thnt hnic given the 1'arislan populace so unenvlnblo r. repulntlon. On March 18. 1871, the city wns in the hands of the red republicans, nnd nine days Inter the commune wns dcclnretl the only lawful government. Nothing was Mife from the wild mob nfterthnt. The column erected to the memory of Nnpolcon nnd his nrmy In one of the principal squares 'of l'arls wns pulled down ns n "monument of tyranny." A systematic wnr wns begun on nil public pub-lic buildings, petroleum being Used t-timllp t-timllp them nnd the llnmes being fed with oil to mnke them burn the fntdcr. Nn one wns nllowed to Interfere with the progress of the Haines, nnd the loss wns Incn'lculnblc. many priceless rel'cs iK-Ing destroyed. Murder stnlked through tho streets by day nnd night. Iliunnn life wn counted so cheap that the sight of the dead lying In the street excited scarcely scarce-ly nny ntlentlon nt nil. While the murderers mur-derers were killing they were-themselves being killed, for thu government troops under Mnrshnl MneMnhon flcrc.v ly attacked the Insurgents, nnd behind hastily thrown up barricades of jinilng stones, wngrms, household furniture nnd anything that enme handiest, the strife ran nil in the streets of l'arls. Cannon shot were fired nt the barricades, barri-cades, volleys were fired up nnd down the streets! the sight nt n mnn fleeing for his life, normed by n mob of demons firing nt the fugitive unlit he fell riddled with balls, wns a sight that could be seen nlmnst eiery hour of some of the dnjs. Ho demoniacal had become the murderous mobs of I'nrls thnt women were shot down In thestreets, nnd the Hernia who did this, not eontent with killing the lliing. would empty their guns ngniu nnd ngniu Into the flnecld corpse In sheer excess of jKisslon and wnnton eagerness to kill. The communo came to nn end only when 25,00(1 prisoners hnil been tnken nnd l'arls had been so torn by strife that It seemed n hopeless tnsk to bring order out of chaos. Many of the prisoner pris-oner suffered death, while a number were transported. The commune wn beaten down, but not killed entirely during this terrible era. The spirit of the communo sunhes In I'nrls, nnd, n tho late riots prove, It needs only nn opportunity nnd n lender to brenk out red-handed once more. The commune nnd the spirit of the commune nre old nnd familiar phantoms phan-toms of I'nrls. Tho wnr thnt gave America its freedom gnw birth In Prance to the hoK that theie wns relief re-lief to the people fiom the lash nude' which they had groaned for so long. Contemptuously Kicked nslde by the nobleB, .treated far worse than the horses In the nrlsfocrntlc stnbles, the Trench peasants cowered nnd shrunk from their persecutors, but nursed feel Ings of revenge iirveHhcless. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A pneumatic corset, for tho nso of women learning to swim, hns been Invented. In-vented. The stocKmen of Colorado nnd tho adjoining slntcs hnio figured it out that the wolies ent $100 worth of their property npicee ench yenr. Orcnt llrltnlu and her colonies lend the world in ten drinking, allowing per j ear 88 ounces for cr.eh person. We use 110,000,000 pounds n jenr (S4 ounces nplece). An attractive lnwn-mowcr lias just como Into use. It is n leloclpcd to which is attached n sharp Knife, nnd this cuts thu grnss ns the tented operator oper-ator moves along. An "ice-creeper," for wcnrlngon the shoes In slippery streets, uns been In-icnted In-icnted by n Missouri lady. It hns small steel teeth to pierce tlic Ice ns the wearer wear-er wnlks, and can be applied to the solo In ten seconds. A summer oiercont is n iuury, noi n necessity. This Is the opinion of n sherltf In llerlln. who seized n light ciiercont In liquidation of a small debt. The debtor brought suit to ricniur the ront. but the court sustained tho sherllT. Distressing noises, In her bend Induced In-duced Hnrnli Lourn. nn elderly lady. t seek relief nt St. Mary's hospital, Philadelphia. Phil-adelphia. The surgeon dlseoiered thnt n lliing spider had made n nest In her enr, and ho quickly rcmoied the intruder. in-truder. It hns been suggested that deaths from neeldentiil poisoning might be grcntlv reduced by compelling druggists drug-gists to usu iKitlleS of npecullnrkhnpe for nil poisonous preparations. Jn hminloss drugs, bottles with smooth sides; for poUoiin, corrugated bottles, S(iinnlr of Trmel, "I hnven't M'un your daughter since her return from Kurnpe." "No, bhe hns been so bus : slie Issil n lot of foreign labels thnt she lind lo paeteon her trunks." Chiongo Iteoord. |