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These surprising conclUSions will be found set forth in the Febru- ary number of the Forum. Is the professional criminal physically degenerate? Of course, it has been im- possible for Mr. Flynt, as a fellow traveller with tramps and only a casâ€" ual observer in the open, to conduct such investigations as have been prose- cuted by the scientific students of pris- oners. He has had no opportunity of measuring skulls, of inspecting teeth. or of testing the pulse under exciteâ€" ment. It is certain, however, he tells us, that the pictures drawn by the erilninolcgists are very different from the real criminals whom he has known. Very seldom has he encountered the retreating forehead, and the depraved expression of the eyes and mouth, which are popularly considered typical stig- mata of the criminal’s face. The maâ€" jority of those with whom Mr. Flynt is acquainted, particularly those under thirty years of age, could, he says, if well dressed, pass muster in almost any class of society. After thirty years of age, indeed, and sometimes earlier, they acquire a peculiar took; but instead of calling it a criminal look, Mr. Flynt would describe it as that of along resident in a peniten- tiary. Prison life, if prolonged, will give the most moral men priSoni fea- tures; and it is no wonder; that men who make a business of crime, and are so often in prison, eventually acquire them. And as to the other alleged ab- normalities, such as absence of hair on the face, remarkable eyesight, unusual length of certain fingers, insensibility to pain, the exceptional development of the lOwer jaw, high cheek bones, pro- jecting ears, and stooping shoulders. Mr. Flynt reports that he has found them no more noticeable in the crimâ€" inal class than among ordinary people. Neither has he found criminals so; ad- dicted to tattooing as has been alleged; on the contrary; it is considered by most of thema mistake to have marks on the body, seeing that these natural- ly aid detection. 1 â€"â€"-â€"' It is another paradoxical announceâ€" ment that the general health of the criminal is good. Up to twentyâ€"five years of age he is as! hearty and Ivig- orous as, the average person. Al- though he comes, almost always, from the slums, he gets, somehow, a better constitution than the average, and, if hecwould take care of it, might live to a good old age. {\Vhen' he nears his thirtieth year, however, his strength begins to fail him. {\Vhy ‘5 Because by that time he has served a itnmmber of terms in prison; it is the! prison exist- ence that drags him' down. There is, in Mr. Flynt’s opinion, no more con- clusive proof that it is the prison and not. his business and mode of {life that makes the criminal diseased, than that which is furnished by tramps. These men live almost entirely in the open air, and as a general rule, suffer more hardships than does a criminal; yet they are about the healthiest people in the world. ' Criminologists like Lombroso insist that the criminal is abnormal mentally as well as physically- The assertion is not confirmed by Mr. Flynt's ex- perience. Lack of will power is alleged to be one of the first shortcomings ob- served in the criminal; Mr. Flynt= de- clares that out of prison and in the open, the will is one of the criminal’s strongest points: Most criminals, at least while they are young, have will enough to satisfy any standard; could they but be brought to use it in! hson- est industry, they might become the most successful people in the World. {It is also alleged by Lombroso that: the criminal is, more or 10m, an epileptic. Mr. Flynt reports that he has never met an epileptic criminal“on the road;" and he cannot recall having heardi’the subject discussed by tramps or crim- inals in such a. way as to' lead him. to believe the disorder at all common among them. It is, however, a favor. itc trick among tramps to feign! epil- epsy. If criminals in prisons are as clever as tramps at it, Mr. Flynt: can. well believe that they might deceivea scientific observer. Again, among tramps. and criminals under twenty-five years of age, Mr. Flynt has never known a single clear case if insanity. The few examples of mental derangement that he has en- countered after that period, have been men who have undergone long sentences ' in prison. There seems to be no more cogent evidence attainable of a crim- inal’s ability to reason than the fact that the minute he is convinced that crimed'oes not pay,.he gives-it up. ‘After a. time. long, or, short. according THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, Mar 4,1897. ‘ to his success, be generally comes. are told, to the conclusion that crime [is not remunerative, and he drops it becoming what Mr. Flynt calls. 3 dis“ couraged criminal. It appears that the reason why a criminal is afraid to go beyond the fifteen year limit is, after after that time he is likely to get what is called the “ shivers. ” The victim of this species of palsy is posse- ed by such a terror of capture that each member of his body is in a con- stant tremor. we II ith respect to the classification of criminals, Mr. Flynt has found that those who commit crimes against pro- perty are greatly in the majority. The native intelligence of these men com- pares favorably with that of the aver- ] age person; Mr. Fly nt has been unable to discover in them any mental defects until they have been a long time in prison. Nearly all of them can read and write very 3v ell indeed; there are many who have read far more than the ordinary business man. Concerning the nationalities of criminals, Mr. Flynt propounds another pardox. A great deal has been written about Europe dumping its criminal population on American soil; most of the offenders whom he has encountered in the open have been natives. So far as his experience goes, the average age of criminals is between twenty five and thirty years. The sex is predominantly masculine; for every female criminal Mr. Flynt has found twenty males; the proportion in the United States is even higher. It is not to be inferred that the women of the same original religious environment are less ambitious than the men; but, to satisfy their craving for high living, they take to the street instead of to crime. The final conclusion to which Mir. Flynt’s studies have brought him, is that the criminal is physically, men- tally, and morally responsible. The fact that the so-called discouraged crmiirnal is a product of punishment or expiatory discipline, is pronounced a lesson in p-enology. If a. man does wrong know- ' ingly and wilfully, he must be taught by discipline that society will not tolâ€" erate such conduct. The discouraged criminal is one who has been thus in- structed. After he has sunk or risen to the status of a tramlp, the same prinâ€" ciple should be applied to him again; he should be made a discouraged vagaâ€" bond. Such, in Mr. Flynt’s opinion, is the treatment which society should birng to bear on the deliberate law- breaker. JUDGE AND JURY An exchange tells a story of awellâ€" known judgeo 33' he is noted for his fond- ness for c0nve3 mg in his charges to jurors, in his own opinions in regard to the merits of the case in hand. Re- centl3 in giving such a charge, be ex- pressed his views very plainly, but to his amazement the jury remained out for some hours. The judge inquired of the officer what was the matter, and learned from him that one juror was holding out against the other eleven. He sent for the jury at once, and stating to the jurors that he had plainly intimated how the case ought to be decided, said he understood that one juror was standing out against the other elev- en. He proceeded to rebuke the juror shar p.1y The obstinate j,uror as it happened, was a nervous little man, and as soon as the judge was done, he arose and said: Your honor, may I say a word? Yes, sir, said the indi nant ud e what have you to say? g J g ’ Well, what I wanted to say is, Iam the onl3 fellow that’s on your side. ABANDONED TO THEIR FATE. The spirit of the Parisian beggar is well illustrated by an interview with one of the veteran members of the fra- ternityJ- He has complained a. good deal of the cold lately, and is undoubt- edly old, and has for some time been trying to arrange matters to retire from business on the competence he has gained in it. The other day, therefore, when the mercury had taken a sudden drop, he said to an old patron: ‘ \Iiell, I don’ttcare; after next sum- mer am geing o g1ve up the business. But what about your customers? ask- ed his pa.tron \Vell, I' m sorry for them, said the old man, but they ’lly have to t best way they can! ge along the ARMEN IAN HEROIN ES. It has been commented upon as some- what strange th'alt in the year of mas- sacre in Armenia no man of that coun- try has risen to the stature of a hero. gathered around him a band of his countrymen, and, if nothing better, died fighting. There is much to account for the submissiveness of the Armenians and if their men have given no conspi- cuous evidence of valor, the Armen- ian women have afforded ample proof of heroism. On several occasions, when resistance was hopeless and when con- fronted by the alternative of Islam and worse or death, they have wel- comed the latter by throwing them- ' selves from lofty rocks or into rivers. There have been and there are heroines among the Armenian women. FOLLOIVING PRECE'DENT. I I’m too practical to do as heroes do you bluntly, will on be No! Thanky y my Wfie? I won't. jden in some other home. naturally think that when a. match .had been arranged that the 01mg .very rosaic, as the wedding in books, Miss Slightso I'll! just ask due by proxies, and neither bride you, Mr. Terse, I myâ€" 5110]: 'br H self don’t believe in those sill bo kish ’ notions, and as the silly herbineg al- ways says yes, why I’ll {ell you: .blunt- 13. n0. sir _ . AN [MEAN GRAVEYARD WHERE VESSELS FLOAT TILL THEY SINK WITHOUT DELAY. " Ships Th at \V clrdly Float on the “ aters of the s .u g.issoâ€"slr11ugc c'l‘ales of s‘eameu. Far out in the Atlantic, away from the regular tracks of ocean travel, and avoided with superstitious dread b3 sailors of all nations, is that pecul- iar portion of the ocean known as the Sargasso Sea, a veri. able ocean grave- yard. In that sea rides a fleet composed 0"- vessels of all nationalities, but with- out a single soul to man them. Among I sailors it is known as the: Death Fleet. To this spot drift nineâ€"tenths of the l derelicts abandoned in all parts of the Atlantic, and, joining the Death Fleet find an end to their: wanderings. The Sargasso Sea lies west of the Azores Islands, approximately in lati- tude“ 05 north, longitude 40 west, and i is in appearance unlike anything else on earth or sea. It lies just at that point in the ocean where the east- ward currents lturn‘ southward, and half encircling the Sargasso sea, move sharply westw ard. ' i The ocean here is nothing but a. solid mass of seaweeds, so dense in Places as to support the weight of a man for a short time. Once within the confines of the sea, it is rare that aship ever escapes without the aid of' 5 steam or sail. Indeed, isolated far away I from the ordinary track of ships, it} is seldom visited except by occasional 1 scientific parties, and some of the re- ports which they have brought back Dead MORE LIKE FICTION TH'AN FACT. , There are ships in all stag es Ojifâ€"fi I I wreck; some lying on theirg beam ends, others turned bottom: up, while others are apparently as staunch and; Seawor thy as on the day they were launched. Some are partially dis-i mantled, while the rigging of all the different craft is in all stages of diâ€" lapidation. Seagulls find a resting- place everywhere about the abanddned craft, and there are also ungainly crabs and shellfish unlike any thing in» any other part of the globe. venturesome salvage seekers to capture 1 some of. the craft 00f this Death Fleet, but owing to the density of the sea 33',eed and in every case to combina- tions of unforeseen circumstances, the attempts {have ended in failure. In the majority considered themselves lucky to get away with their lives. Many of them 33 hen they reached port told wild tales of hideous monsters, with hundreds of arms that reached out in all directions from aboard the abandoned craft en- twining in a grip of death the men who had the hardihood to invade their Iairs. They spoke of strange, uncanny sounds at night, when in the darkness the adventurers would stand upon the deck of their own ship, and ' GAZE m HORROR ‘, as they saw pal-e, greenishâ€" â€"blue lights lit about the decks of the Death Fleet. Under such circumstances it is hardâ€" 1y to be wondered at that the averâ€" age sailor refused to continue the work of salvage seeking, and that it was difficult to engage crews to make furâ€" ther expeditions to the Sargasso Sea. And yet there is more than fancy in these strange sailor yarns. The hun- dred-armed monster which entwined men and gradually killed them was only one of the huge cattle or devil' fish which abound in that sea, while the, weird greenish blue light, which they took to be the forms ofa ghost- ly crew moving about, was only the PhOSPhe'rescent gleams well known to every schoolboy to be caused by atmos- pheric action on decayed wood, and made visible by the darkness of the night. . A record of some known derelicts and their driftings has been kept. The longest one on record is that pof the American three-masted schooner Fan- nie E. Wolston, lumber laden, aban- doned October 15,1891,off Cape Hat- teras. Two months later she was first reported asa derelict, in almost the same. place where she had been aban- doned. In all she was sighted thirty- four times, after which she is believ- ed to have joined the Death Fleet in the Atlantic’s graveyard for such wan- derers. I» MARRIAGE IN CON STAN TIN OPLE. In this city of the Orient, marriage is very much a. matter of business. A quaint custom, which obtains among these people, robs it of all the poetry of love-and it is indeed a. very much cut-and-dried affair. Young people are not supposed to choose for themselves, hence such a thing as love or court- ship is entirely unknown. IWhen a. young man reaches an age which is considered marriageable, the parents make a list of youngg girls who are considered possibly eligible. Then she sets out upon a round of calls upon the mothers of :the girls, where she inquires what they can do. The mother who receives a. visit of this kind then . exhibits embroideriesâ€"a-mo'mg WhiCh is always a. rugâ€"which. are her daughter’ 3 handiwork. These rugs alway 3 ‘become fheinlooms and are never sold. If tthe :mother of the wouldâ€"be bridegl‘ oom ap- proves of the girl' 5 needlework, she takes awa t d d :t to hi. he emibmi eries an shows r son. If it so happens that the young maiden’ 5 outs do not a - prove of the yo par p ung man, then the visit- llng' mother is advnsed to go elsewhere, asshe may find a more beautiful mai- One might people would be allowed to mee, butt ' ét’hey are 11012.13; is still a. matter of busuness, and the arrangements are I8 con- “Hasn’t she lovely teeth?" Almost too lovely. I can’t ymalke up my mind whether they are real or realistic.” Several attempts have been made by ' of cases the Wreckers ‘ I EN D OF A TRAGEDY. Millionaire Exec-and for Killing Ills “ ife and Child “'hilc Intoxicated. LArthur Duestrow- was executed at Union, Ohio, at one o 'clock on Monday afternoon. Duestrow shot and killed his wife and only child, a boy aged eighteen months, on the afternoon of Feb 13, 1894. For some time the millionnaire medical stu- dent had lapsed from duty to his young {5) wife, and was spending much time and money upon an inmate ofa disreputable m coast 3.1:“:ch 1 ._ . ”WI @ house. On the day of the tragedy he a Dhngshgfiiqud. . 94:;“9‘m‘ Q spent several hours at the house of his @ (0t'.GIK.§oss or .1251»: :21221, t d k and from there DE BHUTM “IO 1) Kiwi 1. :11“. 3' mis 1953 In 1‘11} 111%: 7’4 q th 9 articleurcmupt 111311-11.“ a want diIBCt to his home” 1 011 Bytbeaidof’l‘he‘ D. 6‘." 1:1::‘.-.f-~: l".i'.'ew,-I. Compton avenue He had an engageâ€" anaéruiacm c011,; 1: “-1.1 m.- 1.1;...1 Hyma over a year,:.11d have gum-.1 . «$3.39, ,. ment. to take his wife sleigh riding that . m gm 1111 ed this 1- 111': . “. ..' 71., I. hIS when the time came a1.1111id1:"..};uj1_ ° ‘ : afternoon, and when he drove up 0 . T11 31.311. .111, 1; .1'.:.: door, Mrs. Duestrow sentaservant to 506 1111-131 no” 111p Q, inquire if she could prepare foraride. 0 DAVlS LAWRENCE 00., LTD 'i’iUNmEALO ”You have not any right to speak to . . . O 9 Q 8 9 Q g Q 0 me before I get into the house, ” he M “‘ shouted to the se1vant, and made a. motion‘a as if to strike her. He was inâ€" flamed with drink and staggered up the stairs where his wife met him.‘ If you want to stiike some one, Arthur," said she, “‘don't strike a stranger; strike me.’ ' "All right, 1 will, ” he said, and struck her a oblow that felled her. He then took up the boy, aged eighteen months, and went downstairs, but returned soon with a pistol in his ' the day of the tragedy until the drop fell on yMonday, had been fought by D‘uestrow’ s attor- ne ys to save their client from the gal- lows. By the term of his father’ s will Duestrow received (a life income of $10,000. I - . -. - hand “Don’ t shoot, Arthur, you ’re drunk, ” said his wife. “I’ ll show you ’ who is drunk, ” he said, and fired two 3 ' shots into her body. He then held the shrieking baby by one arm to the wall , and fired a shot into his brain. From, . a notable legal battle Do without Implements, because they can't sow or reap profitava without them. But when they buy. theynaturally want to do so as cheaply as possible. This in wny somany dealwlth new“ buy forcashandsell atamodecc profit. We keep in stock in our Big Warerooms in Upper Town. all kinds of Farm Implements. in» cluding the makes of MAXWELL ‘ andlother Well-known manufacturers. Buggies, Road Harts, Wagguns, Stoves, and Musical nstruments All kinds of Repairs keptonhand Retiring. . . . ke Aycris Pills, and you will sleep better and wake in better condition for the day’s work. Ayer’s Cathartic Pills have no equal as a pleasant and effectâ€" ual remedy for constipation, biliousness, sick headache, and all liver troubles. They are sugar-coated, and so perfectly prepared, that they cure with- out thc annoyances experienced in the use of so many of the pills on the market. Ask your druggist for Ayer’ s Cathartic Pills. When other pills won ’1: help you, Ayer’s is THE PILL THAT WILL. THE CHIEF 11:11:11. What The BE SURE AND CALL. ares McKinnun, IMPLEMENT AGENT, UPPER TOWN, - Donna The “Empress of India’s" Chief Engineer Tells an Interesting Story. Mr. Francis Somerville, one of the best known men in the steamboat traffic on the rivers and lakes of Ontario, having w been engaged in this business for fifty [I “I I g years, and who resides at No. 195 Upper' When they go to buy. on 5:63; is to find the price in accord- ance with the time. Our prices are always low All we ask Is an honest pufit Has your clock gone new I or is your watch not keeping time? Bring them to I18 and we. will set them right. A. GORDON, Watchmaker and Jeweler EDGE PROPERTY P03 8‘“ m 1111: TOWN or 11111111 Entity of Grey. including a valuable W Colborne Street, Kingston, speaks as follows of his recovery from the sickness which has affected him for some time. Said Mr. Somerville: "The grip left me with kidney troubles and gravel. I had severe pain over the kidneys and in the small of my back, also between the shoulders and in the bladder. “The urine wasvery dark-colored with a great deal of muddy sediment. I went to Mr. McLeod’s drug store and bought two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills. I have taken them with what people tell me is the usual good result. “ They have cleared the urine, removed the sediment, relieved me of distressing pain in the back and between the should- 0"” BriCk dwellin and many lots, will be so in one or man! his. No. 60, 0011.2, W. G. glen}! not. 100 acres, 2adjolullzizg TTOW Mortgages taken for part purchase manor Apply to JAMES EDG Oct. 2nd. Edge Hillll' RC. 1“ The “ Chronicle ” Is the only zlz-Paze Local No a Western outer-1c. W per h ers, and have builtme up in a. surprising manner. In fact, I am entirely free from the troubles which affected me before taking these remarkable pills, and I recommend them as a certain cure for all troubles arising from kidney disorders.” rink. Kingston: ’ \ . 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