Incident Of The Recent Famine In India

A nmrder case has bren feried at Mysore, where the prisonerj were a nnmber oí íumiue-strickeii boys wuo mnrdered a eompanion. The whole of tlie boys wore iu the habit of going about the streets pi ing tip the leaves with the refnso of food that were tbrown out of the houses (jL nátives, and eatiug the refnse. The deoeaeed, beiag the biggcst boy of the lot, always came in for tho lioii's sharo. Tue others thereupou held a conRultntiou and deoided that lie shonld b! put todeath, and they formed a plan for putting their deoielon into execution. Thcy aslied the big boy to come lor a walk beyoud the fort walln ; thén thcy took liim to tliE trenoli, threw ii big stone ou lniii, and cut him up witli a kiiife, whioh they afterward hid in a garden. The boy nwrderers were senleuced to ten jears' rigorous imprisor.rnent.