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UPHEAVES ALL FRANCE, g
Life of the Famous Exile in His Prison on
Devil’s Island. ^
” The suiciilc, in his prison, of Lieu-
tehant-Colonel Henry is the lstost not
performed in the drnrnn of tho Dreyfus
osse, and everything seoms to indicato
that the fifth and last not will end, us
in classical tragodios, by virtue being
rewarded and crime punished. That
is to Bay, a revision of the secret and
illegal trial of Captain Dreyfus will bo
granted. This is all that is wanted by
■universal conscience, for thp question
•of the guilt or innocence of tho prison
er of Devil’s Islund is a secondary one
when contrasted with that of the^ su
premo right of any man in a civilized
nation to bo judgod not within olosod
doors, and not without being shown
the documents whioh liavo led to his
indiotmeut, sentence and degradation.
It is this aspoot of the Dreyfus ques
tion which has made it a subjoct of in
terest throughout tho world.
For the last two years a tremendous
fight has been kept on in Franco in
favor of a revision of tho Dreyfus case,
by tho lovers of justice and fair deal
ings in tho courts. Emilo Zola, Cle-
mencean, Janres, Pressenso and a host
of other celebrated men have fought
in vain for tho revision. The French
people refusod to listen to any necusa-
oity of Cayenne—iwhioh was denomi
nated, togothor with its neighbor
Binndondria, the "dry guillotine,”
when it was ohoson as a plnoe of de
portation for tho Terrorists nnd anti-
Imparialists sentenced by the Di
rectory and by Napoleon I. But it
appenrs, according to tho latest do-
spntohes, that DreyfuB, whoso death
was often reportod, is thoroughly ac
climated, and physically in good
health. Ho will bo able, therefore, to
answer any oharges which may be
e front of the troops; and dur
ing this awful funeral march he did
rrfrt cease to cry that he was innocent.
The captain was embarked at the lie
de Be, in February, 1895, for the
Devil’s Island, where he remains un
der the guard of twelve men, in a
cabin or hut, enoloscd recently by a
high board fenco which outs off a view
of the sea.
If there is any hope for Captain Al
fred Dreyfus that hope will bo realized
through nnd by tho splendid efforts of
Lucio Kugeuie, the captain’s beautiful
wife. Soon after his arrival at his
place of exile he wrote to Mmp. Drey
fus: "I rely upon you tc solve this
horrible mystery.” Then this faithful
wife, who had offered to Bhare her
husband’s awful fate and was pre
vented doing so by the Frenoli Gov
ernment, set to work to free the cap
tain, or at least to secure for him n
now trial. She went to Berlin and
flung herself at the feot of the Era-
poror. One word from him, she
pleaded, would relense her husband.
“Say," she prayed, "that the German
Embassy received no information
from Captain Dreyfus.” The Em-
THE REALM
OF FASHION.
A Cutaway Effect.
The new ciroular flounce and cuta
way effects introduced in capes this
season are extremely fascinating, and
a revival of this popular and conveni
ent wrap is already heralded. The
tion against the Genoral Military Staff,
tho only accusers of Captain Dreyfus,
who practically hypnotized the nation,
to which thoy represented themselves
•as tho immaculato chiefs of the army,
upon which the French confidently ro
lied for obtaining tho recovery of tho
two lost provinces, Alsace and Lor
nine. But the suicide of Lieutonant-
Colonel Henry, tho faototum of the
General Staff, and his avowal that he
bad forged ono of the seoret docu
mentis used against DroyfuB, have
opened the eyes of the Frenoh people,
t Thus it has suddenly boen shown
that not only had. tho oaptaiu been
condemned without being allowed to
aee and discueB tho documents which
influenced the opinion of his judges,
bnt that one of these documents, at
least, was a forgory, confessed by tho
forger himself. The first illegality
was admitted by a Paris paper
L’Eelair, the recognized organ of tho
CAFE WITH CIRCULAR FLOUNCE.
brought against him, aud to diBouss
tho value of tho real or the forged
documents which wore not communi
cated to him or his advocate at tht
timo of his trial, which took place in
Decomher, 1894. Two months before,
a "bordereau,” or megoraudnm, re
vealing, as said a\)ove,'the programme
of the mobilization of the French
corps d'armee, was brought to Colonel
Sandhorr, chief of the Intelligence
Bureau of the General Staff, who died
soon after, and whose plnoe was filled
by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry, the too
famous suicide nnd forgsr. The
bordereau" had been found in the
waste-basket of the Germnn Ambassa
dor at Paris by a servant, who acted
as a spy in tho interest of tho French
Intelligence Bureau. At least suoh
was the explanation given at Drey
fus’s trial, though it is more than
strange that documents of suoh im
portance should be carelessly thrown
by a diplomat in his waste-baskot. As
to this document, it was asserted by
the aooused captain that it was not in
the handwriting of Dreyfus. On the
other hand, some papers circulated a
story according to whioh the captain,
having boon summoned to the General
Staff and required to write a few lines
diotated from the "bordereau,” throw
himself at the feet of Colonel DuPaty
de Clam, and admitted that it was he
who wrote the treacherous documont.
Since then it has boon discovered that
tho real author wns probably Com
mandant Esterliazy, who was twice
acquitted by two courts-martial, but
who is reported in the latest de
spatches from Paris to have disap
peared as Boon as it was stated that
the Government had deoided to grant
a revision of the trial of 1894.
The trial resulted, as is well known,
in a seutence condemning Dreyfus to
imprisonment for life and degradation
from all military rank and honors,
Alfred Dreyfus is a Hebrow from the
the oity of Mulhauseu, in Alssoe, who
had eleoted Frenoh nationality after
his native place had boen annexed to
the German Empiro. Ho was an ar
tillery officer, a married man, fathor
of two ohildren, qud possessor of a for
tune sufficient to exclude the idea
that he would resort to treason in or-
peror said tho word she asked for, but
it was of no avail. Next she visit
ed the Emperor of Bussia, who
took a keen interest in the case and
did what ho could to help the plead
ing wife. Next the Pope was drawn
ipto tho affair, and also the Queen
Begenl of Spain. All of these eminent
persons used their influence to seouro
a reopening of the case, but with no
success. Still the work which Mme.
Dreyfus did was bearing good fruit.
The newspapers continued to fight
about Dreyfus. Zoln and Max Nordau
took up their pens and wrote with gall
about Borne of the big people in Paris.
Count Esterliazy was tried on a eharge
similar to that on whioh Dreyfus was
conviowd, and although not found
guilty, the faot was all in favor of
Mme. Dreyfus’s campaign. Then
Colonel Pioquart, a friend of the
model here illustrated ia of light-
brown oloth, made en costume. The
revers are faced with brown velvet,
and brown satin is used for the band-
some lining. The upper portion fits
smoothly, a single dart taken up on
each shoulder regulating the adjust
ment, and the fronts are out away from
the neok down.
| The cape has added length given by
the ciroular floouoe that iB joined to
bretelles have an interlining of tailor-
canvas between the lining of white
faille and the cloth. The fronts lap
in double-breasted style and are
closed by diamond-shaped cut steel
buttons.
The skirt is seven-gored, in the
latest mode, the narrow front gore
being outlined with the trimming, an
effect whioh gives height and dignity
to the figure. The guimpe effect is a
wonderfully attractive nnd becoming
feature of the season’s styles aud may
be plain-tnoked or lace-covered. Any
of the plain-checked or novelty mixed
goods are appropriate for its develop
ment, and braid, velvet or ribbon
may be used in decoration.
To make the waist for a woman of
medium size will require two yards
of forty-four-inoh material. To make
the skirt in the medium size will re
quire five and one-eighth yards of the
same width material.
klialnm Instead of Linen.
Collnas,. cuffs, shirt fronts and like
articles usually ihade of linen are be
ing made of aluminum, coated with
white Japanese varnish, on which de
signs in imitation of weaving and
sewing are marked.
The Coat of Freeing Cuba.
The United Steles nre certainly entitled to
retain ptwaeselon of the Philippine Islands If
the pence cointnlaelonore bo decide, for the
coBt of the war runs far tnto the millions, and
tho end Is not yot. The motley paid out
reaohee an isstoulBliIng total, lo free the
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howe.er. Is not nn expensive undertaking A
few dollars Invested In Hostetler's Stomach
Ritters will accomplish the task easily. The
poor aa well as tho rich can afford It.
A Skirt Much In Vogue.
One of the most fashionable skirts
now in vogue is here illustrated in
mixed gray veiling trimmed with ruoh-
ings of the- material edged with nar
row satin ribbon.
The upper portion is of eironlar
shaping fitted. at the top by short
darts, to the lower edge of whioh the
graduated flounoe is joined. The
flounce is very deep in back and nar-
row in front, whioh gives the admired
tablier effect so very generally becom-
ing.
The plaoket is finished at top of the
centre eeam in back, the fatness at
East Indian perenulal ot the nettle family,
hut now cultivated In the West Indies nnd lu
the southern part of tho United States, iscOU-
sidered to be tho coining textile fiber.
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MME. LUCIE EUGENIE DRET7US.
EX-CAPTAIN DIIEYFDS AT HIS HUT UNDER GUARD ON DEVIL’S ISLAND,
General Staff, in its nnmber of Sep
tember 15, 1896. Anyhow, it was the
publication in L’Eolair which began
to open the eyes of the unprejudiced
Frenchmen to the matter, and which
-caused the opening of the campaign in
favor of the revision.
At that time Captain Dreyfus had
^already been confined for nearly two
years in his awful prison of Devil’s
Island—the worst spot on the ooast of
French Guiana, nearly opposite tho
der to make money. After his sen
tenco ho was takou from the military
prison of the Cherche Midi to the
squnre of the Ecole Militaire in Faria,
where troops wore assembled to wit
ness tho painful ceremony of the de
gradation. The insignia of his rank
as captain, the badges of his profes
sion, were torn from his coat and cap;
even the stripes wero torn from his
tro-isers by the adjutant, and his
swvrd was broken. He was then led
Dreyfuses, fought a duel with Colonel
Henry, and then came the last chapter
of Henry's confession and suicide.
Captain DreyfuB did well to rely on
his wife to eolve the truly horrible
mystery, and that eho will certainly
succeed in liberating her husband or
vindicating his memoiy if he should
die there enu be no doubt whatever.
Mme. Dreyfus mades this declaration:
I am convinced of my husband's ab
solute innocence and mean to prove
it. Jehovab, God’or Providence will
ere long crush bis enemies and restore
him to me." This prediction cer
tainly seems about to be fulfilled.
Mmo. Dreyfus is still a beautiful
woman notwithstanding the trying
timo she has passed through and tbe
great grief she has felt. The sympa
thy of the world is hers. Newspapers
and people who formerly proclaimed
that Dreyfus was guilty, and that his
partisans, called the Dreyfnsiste,
wanted to surrender France to the
practical domination of Germany and
the German Jew financiers, have given
up that criminal and stupid theory.
They are clamoring now for a prompt
revision of the trial of 1894, under
standing at last that this is the only
means to restore to the country the
interior peace which has been so vio
lently disturbed, especially during
the last two years.
A Woman'll Matrimonial Ventures.
Mrs. AugustusThistlewood.of Provi
dence, B. I., has been mnrried six
times. At her last wedding fonr of
her former husbands were present and
acted as ushers. The fifth sent his
regrets nnd a present, and an invita
tion to the bride aud groom to spend
the honeymoon in his house. The
average term of servitude for these
husbands was ten months; all the di
vorces were granted upon the applica
tion of the lady without opposition.
The dissolution of matrimonial ties
has been due to the tact aud diplo
macy of the lady, who convinced her
several spouses that they were mis-
mated.
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A Model Fruit Seller.
A thrifty Italian fruit seller on on.
of the most populous thoroughfnres
down town, who tulles fluently with
his diverse pntrons, is nn Interesting
character. " Ills personnl appoaranee
gives no outward suggestion of Uls
profound book loro and his versatility
In the modern languages. Underneath
his commonplace counter; he : always
has n box of books on poesy, history
nnd biography, nnd whatever timo the
exigencies of business allow, this as
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English, and can converse Intelligently
with his Germnn customers. At sev
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he knew no language hut Italian. A
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WOMAN’S BASQUE AND SEVEN-GORED SKIRT.
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Bandolph H. Waters, an inmate at
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His sister had placed tho headstone
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of the Civil War aud after it was over
he went West.
its lower edge, and extends on the
fronts, where it reverses at the top to
form prettily shaped lapols. A piping
of the oloth is inoludod in the seam.
The neok ie completed with a high
flaring collar, faoecl with velvet, and
made in sootions to roll over slightly at
the top. Bows of machine Btitohing
give an appropriate finish. Some
very drossy capes ere made of satin,
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in this style, deoorated with ruohings
of silk or ribbon, braid, paasemeterie
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Heavy oloths, in smooth or rough
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without lining.
To make the oape iu tbe medium
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of fifty-four-Inoli material.
A StyllsVXuiumh Costume.
The stylish costume shown in the
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noon o| morning wear. The material
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white ribbon. The hat is of brown
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groups of three evenly spaced rows,
which must be done in the cloth be
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centre. The two-seamed sleeves have
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at the top and the wrists are finished
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The basque portion is joined to the
lower edge of the waist, the seam
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Both the basque and the stylish
the waist being laid in deep single
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Almost any style of material can be
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Princess Dress Popular.
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