The Brackett News. (Brackett (Fort Clark), Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 30, 1899 Page: 2 of 8
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THE JAILERS BABY.
It was all the fault of the baby. So
t*e Jailer said, and so everybody be-
ttered. At the same time It was de-
clared absurd that a baby should be
allowed companionship with a mur-
derer, and beyond all decency that
bottles of laudanum should be left
within its reach, indeed, there was a
great deal of talk, and much disap-
pointment orer the affair. Not since
the lynching of the negro Tilly, two
years before, had there been a hang-
ing in the Jail. And this time It was
to have been conducted on the strict-
est principles of the hangman's Code.
So very proper were all the arrange-
ments thst tho citizens spoke of the
coming '‘execution'' with quite the<de-
corum which an eastern town would
Use to discuss a pink tea. Small won-
der then thst everybody—especially
those holding tickets of admission—
was outraged, in fact, so much was
said that the Jailer resigned and he
and his wife—with the baby, who had
done all the mischief—moved to an
other town. The Jailer's wife declar-
ed that bis nerves seemed dreadfully
upset about the whole thing and she
was glad he had given up the "Jail
business.'' Farming was nicer work
anyhow, she allowed, and the baby
seemed to thrive better. As for the
he by himself, he told me in strict con-
fidence Just how tf happened.
The prisoner had never made thp
slightest effort to escape. From the
time sentence was pronounced he
seemed to begin to die. He would alt
for hours without moving a muscle—
would neither eat nor drink. A horrid
sort of stupor possessed him, from
which the kind-hearted Jailer was pow-
erless to' rouse him, until one day he
thought of hie baby, Ted, the only bit
of sunlight In the gloomy house of
bondage. The lovely child blossomed
like a Sharon rose In this desert of
sin and death, and the very sight of
hii”' might, so the jailer thought, bring
peace and healing. So one day the baby
was brought to the death-watched cel).
His tousled, yellow head peered cu-
riously In, and his small voice bad a
ring of pity In it as he said: "Dark,
poor man." And the prisoner came to
the grating and stretched out eager
hands, clasping the tiny fingers rested
trustfully In his, And nobody dis-
turbed them, for the "poor man" was
crying, sad so they were not afraid.
The baby came again, and often, and
they noticed that the prisoner would
always eat what he brought; a bit of
randy or a dirty lump of sugar was his
dally offering, and It was never rs-
Jcfted. One day the Jailer came, too,
and they both watched the boy. He
was playing horse with a fleer of pine
THE MAN SEIZED IT.
hoard. The prisoner glanced at It and
Mid, grimly; “Won't they need that
lit the yard!”
The Jailer could not answer, but
kept his gaze on the baby, who had
listracted the attention of the guard In
the corridor. The prisoner grasped
die door with both gaunt hands, and,
gutting-his ashen lips as near the Jail-
er's ears as the bars would allow, said,
sullenly; “Have you any Idea of how
you are going to die?"
The Jailer was alarmed and dls-
:ressed. He bad hoped to lead the pris-
oner to forget his Impending doom, If
saly for a respite of an hour, but this
juestlon showed him how poorly he
was succeeding. He pretended not to
hear, and made a move as If to go, hut
the child ran to him and, putting the
s^ick, through the bars, lisped: "See,
horsy?” *
A smile distorted bis face ns the
man took (he piece of wood, then let
jt drop with a shudder, speaking rapid-
ly and low; ‘‘Dying Is bad enough, I
suppose, under any circumstance, but
nuns of us Is heroic when forced to
lit, day by day, for a certain hour,
when we are to begin the process ,nf
rotting In cold obstruction.' Ood! can
rou think, man, how It feels? What
levlllsb Irony In the fate that I, who
have always hated any public display"
—be choked and the baby laughed—
"should die In this way—should per-
form the tragedy of my life before a
gaping crowd. 1 tell you, man, it must
not—shall not—be!”
His voice sank to a whisper, but hla
face was so livid with fear and threat
that the Jailer grasped his baby and
moved away from the cell door. The
man behind It laughed a dry, hlgli-
yltched laugh.
“I beg that you won't be frightened.
( am not going to do anything violent,
except to myself, If possible. Do you
tear, man? Except to myself. Listen
to me. Every night you pray that baby
may never be in such a devil-ridden
hole as this cell. By thoee prayers,
tnd as you hope for mercy for him, I
charge you have pity and listen to me.
I have thought of escape. 1 do not
fear death. ' What would life be to me
sow? I killed him for her. and now—
•ow I must die for him. Be It so, but
•ot that way"—and he pointed to the
hit of wood the child had dropped —
Sod' not that way!" Then as the Jail-
er moved a little nearer, the man suf-
fered to his feet and whispered hoarse-
ly: "An old bottle, I could break It In
pieces; or a rope—but no, the guard
would see me. Some drug—anything.
•• It be strong enough, but bring It—
Ob. let me have It before—before they
eome to me!"
Not a word bad the Jailer spoken
tfuriag this plea of agony. Then the
guard came up with the little one.
“The kM wants to kiss man.'" and
tba prisoner atretebed bis srms
through the grating and stroked the
etrrly bead. The beautiful baby far*
III np wl(b aa angel’s smile “By-by.
mao." be aald, aad Me father carried
•la away, with no sign of raspaaas to
the wild look of entreatyli the eyae of
the doomed man.
Next day the baby cane again. This
time he passed the guart returning his
challenge, "Hullo, tw<>wear-old!M by
only a dignified stare. He toddled up
to the prisoner's cell, and the first
glimpse of the yellow hetd brought the
wretched occupunt forward. His at-
tention was attracted 0 the small tin
can the child carried "Bee there!"
And the little one p.oidly tapped I'
against the Iron gratlnt. With fever-
ish haste the man aelwd It, and with
an effort wrenched off the cover. In-
side was a small bottlr containing a
brown liquid, which he smelled, then
sighed as with Infinite relief. A sec-
ond's hesitation, a (lance upward,
which waa more a despairing Inquiry
than a prayer, and he raised the phial
to hla lips. Then he crawled to the
cot and crouched upon It, while the
baby tip-toed to see. Only the baby!
No pitiless crowd of ghouls; no vul-
tures watching the dying struggles of
their prey; only the baby! And to ths
dying man's vision the aureole of hall
and beckoning hands were those of a
heavenly spirit. »
The phial dropped to the floor, ths
shaven bead sank back, and the pris-
oner was free,—Oertrude Gunning.
HAS A CHAMBER OF HORRORS.
How a Certain New Orleans Men Knter-
tslna Ills Friends.
"I have a chnmber of horrors at my
lodgings," said a man about town who
takea great pride In his fantastically
decorated apartments."that haa proved
a tremendous hit with all callers. To
be absolutely accurate. It la a cabinet
rather than a chamber, and consist!
primarily of an old cupboard, The
history of the collection It contains la
somewhat peculiar, although it Is not
the history with which it Is generally
accredited. One day, when I was
prowling around the place, I ran across
a lot of old rubbish In the closet. It
was such debris as old shoes, hats,
broken crockery, and so on, and I was
about to chuck It out, when I had an
inspiration. I thereupon cleaned up
the cupboard and arranged this plun-
der on the shelves, each article bear-
ing a label. For Instance, a broken
hatchet was inscribed. ‘Weapon used
by Ld Yen, the notorious Chinese high-
binder, In the commission of eleven
murders.' A rusty tin cup was tick-
eted as ‘The tup from which Mrs.
Deborah Rlmklns poisoned her hus-
band and six children.’ Visitors were
cautioned to beware of the arsenic
which still adhered to the bottom.
One of my old razors, spoiled by chl-
ropodlstlc exploits, figured as 'the
celebrated suicide razor with which
seven inen had taken their lives.'
Then followed a detailed list of .the
victims. Several Innocent sections of
clothes line courted fame as various
hangman's nooses, and a tin platter
was put In the collection as the plate
from which a certain notorious mur-
derer devoured hla last meal. One of
my year-before-last's shoes was labeled
Shoe worn by Jack the Ripper and
left In the room of his last victim.’
and a discarded four-ln-hand did duty
'a necktie taken from the corpse
of Billy the Kid, the celebrated Apache
desperado.’ These are merely a few
samples. The outfit Included a little
of everything, from cigar stumps to
tin cans, and occasionally I would pick
up some picturesque addition on the
street. Altogether the cabinet has
proved the must attractive feature of
my establishment, and I have noticed
that It exerts an extraordinary fasci-
nation upon lady visitors. A number
of little parties have been organized
especially to see It, and everybody goes
away delightfully thrilled. The scheme
Is something I would recommend to
anybody on the lookout for pleasing
novelties,!’—New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat.
Home for ramltlm ot Hsiullts.
Not actuated by remorse, but by purs
philanthropy, Jim Jenkins-, hunter of
outlaws, has concluded to devote all
his money to the maintenance of a
home for the orphans and widows ot
men he has run to earth. In particular,
and of criminals of the great South-
west In general. Jim Jenkins, now of
Kansas, Is now «5 years old and has
spent forty years us a scout and hunt-
er of bandits and train robbers. In this
way he has made about IGO.OOO. Among
the distinguished outluws he has
chased were Jesse James and his broth-
er, Hob Ford, Kill Dalton and BUI
Cook, while he wns the leader of the
band that caught Cherokee Bill In 1895.
In the Dalton ruld in Coffeyvllle, Kas..
Jenkins was shot eight times. He esti-
mates his bng of l ad men af ajwut 150.
The home, which Is being built on a
5,000-acre farm owned by Jenkins,
near Pryor Creek, I. T.. Is to cost *20.-
000.—Buffalo Express.
Nnrfar* ObfiBrmllon.
The remarks made by a countryman
when he gets his first view of the
ocean are not always remarkable for
depth and appropriateness. A stroller
on the beach of a Massachusetts sea-
port overheard the opening remarks of
a farmer and his wife who htrl come
from northern New Hampshire, as he
subsequently learned from their con-
versation. " Well, I feel to be glad
we've come. William," said the woman,
with a sigh of pleasure, turning from
the sea to face, her spouse. "Would
you ever have believed there was such
a sight of water In one place in this
world?” "No, I wouldn't," returned
William. "And when you consider
that we can't see any but Just
what's on top. It’s all the more aston-
tshln’, Sarah, now ain’t it?"
Rooming Homo Indaalrlos.
“The Internationa! peace conference
ha* turned out to he a good thing for
thte country."
"How do "mi mean?"
"I»ok how many orders we are re-
ceiving from other countries for new
•hips and guns."—Ohio Bute Journal.
t'omprrnnS Flour.
An English process for compressing
flour Into block* in molds, Is said to
render It less liable to atmospheric and
insect damages, without Impairing ita
bread-making qualities, and It requires
leaa space.
The spear points of tempUtton may
be use daa spur* to urged us u Uod.
SABA THE DIVINE.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
GREAT ACTRESS.
Shu Tulls ths CormisindMl About Her
l.lfe. Hrr NsrrMua t.n.1 lh«* Many
Things Mis Hopes Ysl lu Accom-
plish.
(Paris letter.)
"I will see you at 3." So ran a
line from Madame Bernhardt to me.
and at I 1 was well on my way to the
fashionable part of Paris, where the
queen of the drama, "Sara, the Dl-
vlne." as they call her In Paris, lives.
Approaching Bernhardt's house
through the tiny courtyard. I saw
hanging alongside the door a big bunch
pf purple grapes, and behind the
grapes was the door signal. In answer
to my touch the neatest of French
maids opened the door and showed me
across to a veiy pretty square ball-
way with stairs leading up. The hall-
way It used by mudamc as a reception
room.
Scarcely bad I seated myself when I
saw a figure upon the stairs. It was
Bernhardt. She had been standing
upon the top step reading by the un-
certain light of a colored lamp, but as |
she saw me she came down the steps
with outstretched hands and a hearty
“I am so glad to see yon?"
Of course she spoke Is French, for
Bernhardt does not know English. She
haa alwaya declared that she would not
learn It for fear It would spoil her
French A charming Idiosyncrasy,
truly, and one that la appreciated by
both French and English audiences. If
foreign stars, says a well known critic,
would cling to their own language, we
should not be put to the mortification
of bearing our own tongue murdered
upon the stage. Speak correctly or not
at all should be the rule for public
speakers. But we Americana are ao
good natured! I thought of all thts as
Bernhardt's smooth, musical tongue
not decided yet" Bernhardt can be
haughty, and there Is Just a sutgestioa
of haughtiness as she speaks. She bat
the habit of carrying the hiad well
back and speaking with her iyes cast
down Slightly, yet looking dovn at you
Instead of up. it la a stage trick, very
pretty and effective, which (Ives dig-
nity. That lx Bernhardt's wty.
"You are very busy, raadame?" 1
asked.
“Oh, dear, yes. Wh»t can I say? I
have promised to write my recollec-
tions and experiences for a publisher
and to soon finish tl* book. I have
contracted to complct! my theater by
the opening of the Exposition, and that
means the earning of the necessary
money for It. Uurine* reverses have
t.ouwhAswe low In mosey, and I must
be active. Then there is a new play
to select and rehearse, and the com-
pany alwaya needs much drilling. Ah,
if It were not for Hanlon, wbat would
I have done?"
Madame sighed and hswed her head.
It waa S' dramatic monent. Then a
merry laugh burst from her llpa. for
she la a creature of moods. "But that
la nothing. I am so glad that my Ham-
let la a success."
At that moment there waa a sound at
the curtains, and the maid ushered In
s caller. It waa madamr’f reception
day, and 1 knew that I must not take
up too much of her time.
"Come again,” she murmured, aa I
departed, and then she stood up and
held out both hands again and smiled
upon me one of her wouderfu! dazzling
amiles.
Aa I walked out Into the warm Au-
gust sunshine 1 pondered upon this
wonderful woman who. upou the sun-
set slope of llfe’i mountain, still re-
tains the face anil figure of a girl. Ab-
solutely babyish li complexion, youth-
ful In eyes and 'xpresxJnn, fresh la
voice, lithe aa a iat ami possessed of
all the atrong qualtles of manner, this |
woman, though o'er 55, Is today the
greatest living act ess.
At the age whenmost of us are will-
ing to settle dowi into old age she Is
struck upon my ear, ss she came for-
ward with both wnrm hands out-
stretched. She shook mine cordially
and pulled me toward a curling tete-
a-tete. one of the sort in which you
face each other, though sitting on op-
posite sides. “You see me at a dis-
advantage." declared madamc, laugh-
ingly, "for I am alone. My friend who
has been visiting me Is away, and I
like never to be alone. This house
waa built for many guests, und 1 am
never without some one."
"Your son?"
"Oh, now," said madame, touching
the lace upon the gown as though she
would place her hand upon her heart;
"you mention the deurcst and kindest
fellow In the world. 1 love Maurice
and he loves me. He Is the most de-
voted of sons. Every day he comes,
and mary times some days, to see how
I am. Am 1 lonely he does not leave
me. Am 1 tad he brizgs me bright
flowers and pets and books. He is a
darling. Maurice."
As madgme spoke she glanced around
the room which was filled with many
beautiful objects, perhaps the gifts of
Maurice. There were many small
clocks, for I learned afterward that she
Is very fond of time-pieces, and there
were vases and easy chairs and ruge.
Yet the room w»* relieved from Rohe-
mlnnlty by the similarity of the style
of ornaments, which sll belonged to
the pure French renaissance, and
were not scattered articles of virtu and
bric-a-brac of all nntions. "1 am rest-
ing now," said madame, "for In a few
dsys I start upon my topr of the prov-
inces. 1 shall play my Hamlet entire-
ly, for It Is the geratest success of my
life. Yes, 1 like to play It. There Is
a novelty about U. Bhall I go to Amer-
ica? I hope so. for 1 love your people.
They sre to appreciative. I could play
for them forever." And' now you must
have a pen picture of Bernhardt. She
Is petite, though so slight that you
take her for taller than she Is. I do
not think she Is over five feet three.
Bhe weighs about 145 pounds, and her
hair Is a light shade of natural red.
It le curly, and ehe wear* It iA.t> French
coll from which ripples curl around
her face. Her complexion Is | iuk and
her teeth are white and et n Her
hands are the long slim one! of the
artist, hut so delicate that you wonder
how she could ever have haudi d the
large figures which she will tell you
that ahe modeled "The future? ff that
I cannot speak accurately," tab! mad-
ams," hut I shall play here ner.t year
In My own theater, which I am build-
ing now But By Mat play? That is
planning new achievements, And at the
time .when many of us are counting our
grandchildren she is counting the new
deeds that lie before her for accom-
plishment. And she has grandchildren.
Maurice Is a great man of over thirty.
But Bernhnrdt alone of all who sur-
round her Is fresh and youthful.
You have hoard how this woman
forty years ago went on the stage at
the Theater Franculse In a small part,
und how she made a failure. She was
so thin, so untaught yet so earnest
that the audience ridiculed her. For
ten years she struggled, then came suc-
cess.
In 1SR0 she was at the very height
of her first fame, and In that year she
modelled statuary, painted for the
Salon, played to packed houses, suc-
cessfully toured America and set all
Paris gu.xxiping with her eccentricities.
One of these was to sleep In her coffin,
which she continually decorated unew
with handsome bits of lace und choice
silk for the bccomlngnqfes of the final
moment.
Her latest and greatest success Is In
the role of Hamlet, the part which was
played by Churlotte Cushman with In-
different success, and by Anna Dicken-
son with failure. Other women have
tried Hamlet and failed. Ellen Terry
predicted defeat, though she hoped for
the best. And no one presaged suc-
cess. But Bernhardt's Hamlet Is the
wonder of the century In stageland.
As I passed away from Bernhardt's
home 1 looked back. Madame was
standing at the window, her back to
the pane. The lovely, long, unbroken
line* of her relcstlal blue robe showed
through the glass, and her clear, red
hair gleamed above. Around her neck
was a string of many rolored beads,
which supported. I remember, g
lorgnette. As 1 looked madame moved,
and the long, sinewy line of her figure
pasted out of sight. "Wonderful wo-
man,” 1 said. And a passer-hy stopped
and echoed m.v words. Yes. Bernhardt
is wonderful! ANNIE R. RUD.
Ancient Nonet Prna.
At the Windsor flower show, re-
cently held In Isindon. there were ex-
hibited some sweet pea vines which
! were grown from seed taken from the
j tomb of an Egyptian mummy buried
2,000 years ago The obmaoms were
I of a delicate tfink and white In color,
and slightly smaller than the ord nary
size.
It coats • lot mors to svenge a
wrong that It does to forgive It.—El.
IHE WOMAN IN WHITE
SHE WHO HAS HAUNTED THE
DREYFUS CASE.
lift* KltMitj by tbe 1'nrtuiiM at tlie lam*
will* Kt«r SI ms Ilia' Time of IIU
I lr«l Arm I \ ••!(««! I m ju-rur Mllllttm
In UU Helm If.
Who Is the mysterious woman who
wax never absent ftom any phase of
the Intricate Dreyfus is.e? Who Is
the woman who attended every ses-
sion of the Zola, Esterhazy and Pic-
quart trials’ Who Is the one woman
who secured a scat on the dais behind
the Judges In the Lyeee at Rennes
when the second trial of ('apt. Alfieil
.Dreyfus began? Clad ever In white,
she has earned the Inevitable sobri-
quet, I.a Dame Blanche. But what 1*
It that holds her keen interest in the
cause celebre? And who knows her
Identity?
These are questions which have the
deepest Interest to the public of Parts
today They have the same. If not a
greater, interest. In I-ondun, In Berlin,
in America; for at this dlstunce the
sceues nnd Incidents In the world-fa
nious drama are seen In a splendid
perspective, and the famous woman in
s’hlte Is thrown out In eapeclpl promi-
nence by the very contrasts afforded
by her sex snd ber peculiar costume,
not to mention her unique interest. So
the question is passed from lip to lli>
Who Is the woman In white? What is
her interest In the famous case?
All the actors in the great world
druma are known to ber. She Is a pro-
nounced Dreyfuglte. Her advocacy of
the innocence of the harassed captain of
artillery ia well known, Hhe has visit
ed every man of prominence concerned
in the ease to plead his cause. Hhe
has offered her assistance to h s law-
yers. She has rendered that assistance
unsolicited when the opportunity has
presented.
Not a scene of lbe sre it consp.racj
has ea< aped her. What could be w it
nessed of the early trial of Dreyfus
she has seen. Even the degradation
of the cupiain before tlje public she
saw. The trial of Esterhazy and Co!
Pirquart she followed through Its mi-
nute details. The sessions of Zola s
trial she attended. The sittings of the
Court of Cassation all found her at-
tendant. Every feature of the ease has
claimed her presence.
She boasts a small but select salon
in the old-fashioned villa where she
lives In the environs of Paris. It Is
essentially tin ilc siecle and mm h lie
sought‘by a recherche circle of wits
and writers of the day. Small as this
circle was II would he astonishing tli.it
It did not. betray her identity when
her peculiar interest in the Dreyfus
case attracts public attention so
strongly to ber tint for one fa* t. It.
made a habit • of keeping do* -tv to |
itself and avoiding as far as possible j
public discus ion of -its individual in-
terests. It was absolutely unknown
to the usual habitues of Bohemian re
sorts of Paris and prided Itself upon
Its select obscurity.
Com tease de Martel (that Is her
name I then knew that she was ab-
solutely safe from Identification by
her friends Others she did not fear.
She came and went freely, attracted
continual attention, lint successfully
obscured her identity, \ ‘few beyond
doubt knew her secret, hut they c iuTl
never be induced to betray her.
She was held in too high regard to
render such a possibility worthy sci-
ons consideration. Her wit and b ting
ratlrc. no doubt Inherited from her dis-
tinguished ancestor, the' great Mtra-
beau, enshrined her queen among her
friends, while her geniality and ex-
treme good nature enabled her to
maintain her power absolutely. Her
risque stories were much appreciated.
Imt never led to any liberty with, her
or her fair name: To all she was
kuown :ts a faithful wife, good mother
and stanch friend. Cntil the Drey’ux
carte assumed international propor-
tions, though, this ultra-vivacious
Frenchwoman had not startled the
world with any gauchcrlo or bizarre
exploit. . Hut she yearned for a new
experience and Paris always yearns
for a new sensation. Presto! comes on
the stage a new feminine figure, "la
dame Blanche!”
Every one will remember the story
that came from Berlin n few months
ago. It told how a mysterious veiled
woman had visited the emperor and
besought his intervention in behalf of
the beset Dreyfus. This myster.ous
woman wns no other than l.a Dame
Blanche. A daring and startling thing
that he had never heard of Dreyfus be-
fore the publicity given hla unfortunate
affair. Nor had he received from him
or any agent of his ai*v information
whatsoever regarding the French army
or Ita conditions. Much good this av
knowledgment did her. For Pails was
In no mood to arcept such a denial
from such a source. True though it
might be, It was worthless to the ex-
cited and prejudiced minds of the Par-
isians.
Not less notable was tbe action of 1-a
Dame Blanche In this country. Hhe
came here Incognito also. H«f con-
nection with the incident that followed
was unsuspected for a considerable
time. This is what occurred
Early last spring a woman of con-
siderable beauty called st Tiffany’s, on
t’nlon Square, New York, and left a
beautiful string of pearls to tie ap-
praised nnd possibly purchased. The
next day two men. obviously French-
men. made minute Inquiries about the
very same Jewels. The following morn-
ing the woman culled and In some ex-
citement demanded the pearls, saying
she had changed her mind about dis-
posing of them und would leave town
immediately for London.
The whole affair wax ao puzzling
that detectives were set to work to
ascertain who the queer trio were.
Then it was whispered that the Jewels
were some that had been presented
Tlie consumption of qulnii' t».v
American soldiers suffering fi¥» one
southern fever or anything dull.; tin*
past year Is -aid to exceed IjlMV'O)
giallis Vbi re wns Imrdly a toll in I be
field w ho Tl i l et lake the dry at idle
lime or another.
Tailor Yon lulve ris'etulyialieriled
n nice Hein of money from u'ir uncle.
Why don't you pay me? I Winner- I
hate all outward show. I im't want
it to Is- said that my new# acquired
wealili lias mused a ib-pit ire from
my former simple habits f\ he Rival.
' I pal Mil It "ft
Prize fight it.g nitty not t a plmix.mt
subject blit :t tea* lies ; I 'ssou the
Inability of iiinti to hold |e champion-
'd.Ip fur any lei gth of tl***. I low uu
ike l hat grout ehllinplsi of health,
"-■tetter's SUniineli which lin«
d' fifty years cured eoA 11 put Ion, ties
« |i*Ih. bllioiaucsx aiu/liver trouble.
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Brown impel lied qidis are both In-
i \|iciislve 11111' conifofnIde. HIiched
utn two Inver* of stuflor cotton sheet-
ing. It llinkcs p rcallvgeod quilt. Sewn
di the w aiHt.eout of a ir,an who la not
properly clad t will icrve to keep him
warm. Again very comfortable pel
ticoals can !»• made for old peopV |>v
wadding laid be'weeti two layers of
brown paper and covered >vitt any
light niuteral.
Uin Tuny
WV cfT-r One M.iiiit-pit P'lllsr* rewxrS MriciV
x-e o’ i uurrn mat canuol Uo cured uy IUU »
al% j J HUNKY li CO., Props.. Toledo O.
We. ttu- umlei'-ign* it. huvo know c I' I
Chenev for liw last lit can and » ' -/nil-n
sll iMwluux.tr cixair t'ow.
perfectly honorable tn altlio-in**-*tz ci-;w i me
out financially aide to carry (ml anyoUi.i t-
tlons made Uy their firm ....
West A Truss. Wholnsalc l>r.i«glst«. boln-tn.
n . Waldlug. Kiiinaii A Marvin. Wiiolosni*
Uruagiftt-- Toledo OUlo.
M.,li h t'ntarra Cure tw taken Int. rnallv, act-
ing directly upon the iiloodaiidnnioiMixwurr.il ',
of the KV HI Hill Te diinooialx wont ireo. Pries
7V per l.ottl • Sold l»y all druggist*
Halt s Family Pills aro tba .hast
COMTEHSB DE MARTEL
(The Woman in White.)
to do, certainly; but quite In acco'd
with the character of tbe wonderful
woman. Hhe traveled to Berlin In dla
guise. She sought In various channels
unsuccessfully for an Interview with
the great German war lord. She failed
along almost every line she attempted
At tart she secured an audience.
When her business with the Kaiser
whs asked she declined to make It
known. Her refusal almost lost her
her opportunity. Her persistence, how-
ever, accomplished what to most sny
othe. woman would have been Im-
possible. She reached the Kal er, snd
poured Into his ear a Isle that brought
the sad fate of the martyred captain In
• new light before the Imperious Wil-
liam. It Is remarkable that his temper
did not lead him to some Indiscretion
In the matter, but It did not. Ills
hands were tied and he could do noth-
ing that would better the condition of
the exiled man.
She did secure through that Inter-
view the acknowledgment of Col
ffchwarttkoppen that he had received
frtsn MaJ. Rsterhssy an less than
communications, all trearhsrous. She
ffalned the further acknowledgment
MME. DE POIS.
fFriend of Esterhazy.)
to Madame do l’ais, the intimate o!
Esterhazy, ihen living In exile In
London, Tills ww incorrect, for Ma-
dame de Pals was always addicted to
diamonds, not pearls, while Comiesse
de Martel,, "La Dame Blanche," nat-
urally claims pearls as her especial
adornment.
The comtesse was no.stranger in the
American metropolis, as -he bad been
in this country in 1897, und she had
patronized the leading New York Jew-
elers lavishly. R was at this time that
the Jailer ou Devil's ’ Island put Drey-
fus to extrnofdiUHry suffering, encas-
ing his ankles in irons, us well as
ke* ping him cuntmcd strictly to his
iron cage.
The reason was, he said recently,
that lie had liouid stories, of a bold
plot to aid Dreyfus to escape An
American yacht, it wus reported to the
jailer, was expected off Devil s island,
and a night attack on the sma I gar-
rison was apprehended.
Who was behind the daring scheme?
Comtesse de Martel had not lit en seen
in I’arjs for some time. A strange
Frenchwoman had offered lie: jewels
for sa’e to an American firm. The
conclusions are obvious.
A little while prior to this it was
stated in the Frankfort Zettung that
the family of Capt. Dreyfus had en-
gaged Sir George Lewis, the distin-
guished London lawyer, to discover If
possible I he author of the memoran-
dum upon which Dreyfus was convict-
ed. Sir George Lewis was at the time
said to have got on the track of Es-
terhazy through the agency of an
American lady. This was an obvious
mistake. No American by birth has
thus far been involved in the great
Gallic scandal. But the plqtiunte (urn-
tetf-'e Martel was in America wheR this
information was made public. It was
then said that the Informant of Sir
George Lewis had learned through a
porter at the Gefmau embassy in Paris
that the German officials talked of the
Infamy of the conviction of Dreyfus
and of the necessity of Informing Em-
peror William.
Obviously it was a Parisiennc, and
a clever and during one. who man-
aged to get this knowledge; not an
American unused to the devious ways
Of the Parisian concierge. The woman
who lias managed to get a conspicuous
scat at all the Zola. Esterhazy and
Dreyfus trials wus the woman who
conjured the secrets out of the Ger-
man embassy, who went alonp to Ber-
lin and saw the emperor, who engaged
the great English criminal lawyer to
unravel the Esterhazy Implications,
who schemed to rescue ("apt. Dreyfus
from his guards at Devil's island.
To what lengths the woman in
white might not go in behalf of Drey-
fus none can say. Hnpplly the neces-
sity for active Intervention Is now
thought to he removed. The present
trial can end but one way. La l)ame
• Blanche has played her part. There Is
nothing left to her now but to remain
a spectator at Rip trial.
An Indian's I’eiiniire.
Salt Lake Tribune: H. P. Myton,
Lnlted .States Indian agent at White
Rucks, Utah, lias among the Ute In-
dians on his resi vatlon a man w ho for
20 years has done an awful penance
to atone for the nccldentaly killing of
his mother, but who, In spite of what
he has gone through, thinks that he
I ns not yet suffered sufficiently for his
transgression. The killing was en-
tirely accidental, and the tribe held
the Indian blameless, and did not pun-
ish him. Hla conscience, however, waj
his accuser, and It held him up as a
criminal. When his first burst of
grief was over he imposed a harsh sen-
tence upon himself. He made a sol-
emn vow that for the rest of hla life
he would not wear clothing or enter a
house, tepee or other dwelling. For
more than 20 years the redskin haa
kept hla word He sleeps tn the open
air, with a piece of old blanket about
three feet square hung over him on
some sticks. He is entirely nude. Mr.
Myton says the Indian lies on ths
ground through the winter, even whan
the thermometer gn» s as low aa 40
‘degrees below aero
All Paris la raving over a monkey
i that plays the violin Musical monkeys
| are plentiful In Chicago.
The human system can endure limit
of 212 degrees, tlie boiling point oi
water, because the skin l.x a bud <x>u-
duetor, unit because the perspiration
cools the body. Mon have withstood
without injury u limit <>f 300 degrees
for several minutes.
Do luor Fc«t Ach« mihI Hnrnf
Shake into your .shoes Allen’s Foot-
Kase, a powder (or the feet. It uiuk<;t>
ti^ht or New Shoes' feel Eua? Cures
Coiuh. Bunion*, iWolien. ITof ami
.Sweating Feet. At all Druggists ,uid
Shoe Stores, 25<\ Sample sent FRiOR.
Addresh Allen S. Olmsted, Leltoy, N. Y
Tunis lm« booh n French province
for i*!.giiiocn your**, but the ,nv‘*ni i-on
turn vhtiws only 20.MOO Fremduih n in
I lie colony*
Tlie IV*4| Tree^rlptlon fl»r t litll*
#nd Fc*t in (i frott c. i f leuovr. n Ta£ •
Chili. T> > « It in xtuujly Ir *'i tit. I cViiime
u« a BH/orr:. Inijcuitt^iii. t>ay .-we-
The productire pnpn< ty of tie* labor
Fftving nuiehlnery of flie I'nited Slates
the p.cM'li! filch* is e«jt|{ii to Ji I'lind*
lyoWvlUfi pupuhili.m of
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t*. !•»'• A0r,
starving pejis.-mts in Russia have
horn driven to mitiilg lie- Kltusr
llinti hes of their bi'tx.
St I,mils lx tlie greatest iiiiiI.- market
hi the world.
Purls hits..a detective whose watch
was Slidell by a pickpocket.
1'wlleve my prompt iixs of PDo'x Fur*
retf-ul**' |Ul"k eoUMiniptioii. Mr.- Lucy
d a 'c. Marquette, Kxu , Dee. 12. 'A.
The height of the rock of Gibraltar
Is about 1437 feet.
"The Prudent Man Scttet'i
His House in Order."
Your human tenement should he gh en
even more careful attention than the
house you live in. Set it in order hjt
thoroughly renovating your whole system
through blood made .pure by taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla. They every orq.x i
will act promptly and regularly.
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gSot Fish Hi«tid I'ommel Slicker —
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