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DREYFUS’ PRISON LIFE. Absolute LouelineM Without a Human to Speak To. . . I learn on very good authority that Dreyfus is now practically unrecognizable, writes a Paris correspondent to the Lon don Telegraph. His hair has turned white, and he is a complete wreck. He exists, and that is all. The only wonder is that he still lingers on. Countless persons en dowed with strong constitutions would already hava succumbed to the system to ' which he Is subjected. Such is the opinion of those who have watched him on the spot, aS a letter just received from French Guiana abundantly testifies Since he has been settled at the lie du Diable, Dreyfus has only been rarely visited by the govern or of the colony and other officials. Elev en wanders are told off to guard him night and day, a couple at a time, who are re lieved every two hours. They are strictly enjoined never to speak to the prisoner unless there Is some imperative reason for their doing so, and then as briefly as pos sible. Thus Dreyfus spends days and weeks together precluded from converse with a fellow creature. Until tho month of July he dwelt in a hut situated in the lower part of the Island, but he was then removed to a plateau higher up. The structure which he now inhabits is about 80 feet in length and 10 feet in rooms of almost equal size. One, with but two windows looking out on a sort of courtyard, is Reserved for Dreyfus, egress from it being through a door in the parti tion which separates it from the other chamber, where the warders are posted. In front of this hut is a bit of ground some 40 square yards in area,' inclosed by a very thick palisade six feet in height, so that the prisoner cannot catch a glimpse of the surrounding scenery, but has only a dead wall to gaze upon., The wretched man tried to convert the ground into a little garden, but the soil is so poor and pebbly that ho had to give up the idea. When he arrived at tho He du Diable, he used to beguile the time by working opt algebraical problems on a slate, but after awhile he abandoned the practice, and he now passes hours together in reading and writing letters. As for the provisions with which ho is supplied by the authorities, they are reduced to the simplest expression, fresh meat alternat ing with bacon, while bread, vegetables, salt and pepper, the last even regarded as a favor, complete the miserable list. Owing, however, to the money which ho is per mitted to receive from Franco—£2o a month, as is believed—Dreyfus is able to supplement this meager diet and to pro vide himself with good wine, oognao, pre serves and also with cigars, which ha smokes continually. Such is the life or rather existence led by this unhappy man, and from which his relatives and friends are endeavoring with might and main to free him, while' clearing his character aS well. The Heir to the Austrian Throne. The heir apparent to the throne is the nephew of tho emperor, Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Este, a weakling in body and mind, whom nobody knows, for whom no body cares, who has not one single quality to enable him to grasp the reins of the un ruly dual team and lead it safely and successfully on its dangerous road. Most likely Ferdinand will find at his accession to tho throne—like his uncle In 1848—the whole country In uproar and revolt, some wiseacres advising him to drive tho state carriage as a German-Magyar-Czoch troy ka; others clamoring for a Czech-Polish- Magyar-German four-in-hand, and the majority of his subjects shouting wildly for a “go as you please” steeplechase. In well informed court circles it is whis pered already that Ferdinand, who Is of delicate health and not able to stand the climate of Vienna, will never sit upon the throne of the Hapsburgs, and even if he should attempt it would not occupy it long. Since he is a bachelor, the reins would pass to his younger brother, Arch duke Otto. Then goodby, Austria! This imperial prince—if all be true that is cur rently reported—despised alike by all the people, regardless of nationality, creed or party, for his principles, morals and man ners, could not find a score of decent men to unfold his banner. Neither could any other member of the Hapsburg family— most of them afflicted with hereditary pre dispositions to epilepsy, insanity or de bauchery—concentrate upon himself such popular sympathies as would make his accession to tho throne a lasting success. —Review of Reviews. Wolf Hounds and Wolves. A pair of Irish wolf hounds, imported recently/will receive systematic training on a treadmill and in other ways this win ter in Louisville, and in the spring will be furnished an opportunity to show their ability in killing tho American wolf. The outcome of the experiment is said to be eagerly awaited by the cattlemen in the far west, who suffer much loss through the depredations of wolves. Russian wolf hounds and American deerhounds have been tried in vain. Ono of the great diffi culties in the way of killing the American wolf is the peculiar thickness of the ani mal’s neck and tho large quantity of mat ted hair therfon. This renders it almost impossible for a dog to choke a wolf, and in a battle with dogs tho wolf’s phenom enally sharp teeth usually cut the dog to pieces. Then they have such a phenom enal spring that they can frequently jump a distance of 10 or 15 feet and land on tho dog’s back, tearing their opponent’s head and face with their fangs. Cowing to these facts Kentucky dog fanciers do not gener ally believe that there is a breed of dogs in existence capable of exterminating the American wolf or to even interrupt him in his marauding expeditions on the great cattle plains of the west.—New York Post. lie Looked Young. The Hon. Clifford Sifton, Canadian minister of the interior, is very youthful looking, a fact which gave rise recently to the following amusing story. When the government party to visit tho Yukon em barked at Vancouver on tho steamer Quadru, Mr. Sifton appeared at dinner in a Yukon traveling suit, the prominent features of which are described as “ a blue flannel shirt and copper riveted overalls.” The captain, who did not know the min ister of the interior by sight, appeared at dinner dressed in his full uniform, and after waiting some little while began fidgeting and glancing continually to the entrance of the saloon. When the soup was getting cold, the captain heard one of the party address the young looking gentle man as Mr. Sifton, and turning to him said, “I beg your pardon, Mr. Sifton, but do you know if the minister, your father, is coming in to dinner?” Explanations ensued, and the dinner progressed. But the captain thinks that when members of the cabinet take passage in future they should be preceded by their photographs. <g-New York Tribune. • DUTY OF PARENTS. , Wise Guidance Needed For the Youth Who Is Leavfnc Childhood Behind. . “There is something pathetic in the struggle of tho child to cast aside its child nature and put on the nature of manhood and womanhood, ’ ’ writes Flor ence Hull Winterburn in Tho Woman’B i Home Companion. “He is beset inter nally by misgivings even while he is urged on by ambition. He wants he scarce knows what, but something new and never before possessed. Perhaps, in a nutshell, tho great desire of his-soul is to be left somewhat to himself, yet with sympathy within call, and to be trusted. It is a great evidence of tact now for the mother' or father to say, with a kind smile: ‘Do what you think best about”" this matter, my sou. You are old enough to judge what is right. ’ Happy responsibility! Delightful confi dence I Influence is never stronger than when it withdraws slightly into the background, leaving its object apparent ly free. A good deal is said nowadays about the extraordinary freedom our children have. Seemingly it is so, but looking here and there an observer notes little real change among the aver age people. "A young friend of mine whose happy married life has not yet driven from her memory a cramped and im bittered youth confided to mp that the one idea that haunted her from 8 to 18 was that of running away from home. If she had been less conscientious, a lit tle more reckless, what a gulf of ruin her innocent feet might have plunged into to escape the intolerable nagging and interference she was subject to in her father’s house! “We little know what effect our thoughtless and meaningless words of comment and chiding for every small matter that goes wrong produce upon the half grown girl and boy. They are apt to be reserved and to become sullen under restraints they dislike, and when this sullen attitude once sets-in we may say farewell to all confidential inter course between parent and child. To avert such an evil we will do well to apply all our powers of tact and kind ness. Let us avoid arousing the spirit of perverseness that stirs in every young creature at this period of life, and, by enlarging his opportunities for action as his ambition extends, soothe any bud ding revolutionary ideas and inspire in him the trust and confidence in parental benevolence that will be his safeguard when he needs advice- and assistance, for youth never stands in deeper need of wise guidance than at this time when there is a desire to dispense with it. But the guidance must be so wise, so tactful, so gentle, that even the most independent young soul will feel that love, and not force, is the motive power that draws him toward what is best, and that he is restrained by nothing ex cept his own honor and trained sense of right. ” POLITENESS NOT WANTED. In the Case of the Elevator Man It Should Be Discouraged. In view of the fact that the various petty employees of large corporations are usually not overburdened with po liteness or consideration for the public, the complaint recently made against a passenger elevator man seems remark able. It was alleged that the man was “too polite for safety. ” The man who was the subject of the complaint did what hundreds of elevator men da When the elevator gets to the ground floor, the conductor usually steps out of the car to get a whiff of fresh air, to say a word to the hallman or possibly make inquiry about tho ball game. The hallman or starter shouts “Go ing up!” to the people coming into tho hall, and the elevator man stands in front of the cage and politely asks his passent. rs to “step in,” while he re mains on the outside until the starter shouts “’L right!” Then he cuts his sentence short, steps into the cage, starts the elevator and slams the door after the ascent has begun. Most persons “step in” when asked to do so, but occasionally a man with an eye to self preservation refuses to do so, and one of that class made the com plaint The man who insists on the ele vator man being in the car before he will go in is usually looked upon by the man of many ups and downs as foolish ly careful, but owners of buildings who are held responsible for the safety of their tenants while riding in the eleva tors are pleased to see them firm on that point It may look well for a uni formed man to step asido and ask the passengers to precede him into the ele vator cage, but many persons will agree with the man who made the complaint that it is a case of politeness which should be discouraged in the interest of safety.—New York Tribuna Horse Model Maker*. “Making full sized models of horses is quite a distinct and well paid busi ness, the models for the whole world almost being made in London,” said the manager of a great firm of carriage builders in Long Acre. * * There is scarcely a considerable car riage builder or dealer anywhere who has not in his shop or warehouse one or more full sized models of horses (we and some other firms have respectively several such models always), which are not only used as a mere attraction, but are also, being movable, put into differ ent sets of shafts, so as to show custom ers how a complete turnout will look. “Then, again, extra good models are made for exhibitions, shows and the like, and many of the best harness mak , ers in all countries keep them in their ! shops for trying on purposes. , “I have given as much as 60 and 70 guineas for a good model, but of course i the general run of these things costs far ; less, except for exhibition purposes. I have seen models made of the skin of ' a real horse, but the imitation variety ? is the rule. The men who make the , models—quite artists In their way, sonic of them—ore also the sellers, w. a role ” —Pearson’s Weekly. PHOTOGRAPHY. * A Critic Who Say. That It Haa Lowered .\ the Standard of Art. Has photography accomplished any thing? Yes; it has cheapened art great ly. It has lowered the standard with a public that instinctively prefers the sham and the machine made and tho microscopic. It has reduced the artist to a demoralizing struggle with the amateur simply to get his bread and butter. In the beginning of the century England was celebrated for its beauti fully illustrated books, in which the greatest artists, engravers and printers collaborated to produce a perfect whole. Today the place of these books has been taken by The Strand Magazine and The Sketch, thanks to the services of photography. In the making of books, however, the tendency has always been toward the survival of the cheapest, and the cheapest—usually the newest—has always interested artists for awhile, though for other reasons then its cheap- ness. Steel engravings succumbed before wood engraving and lithography, and they, in turn, have succumbed to the cheapness of the process man. In many ways until lately process was a great advance upon any other form of repro duction. Now process block makers are mostly photographers, who are killing each other in the race for cheapness. I do not want any one to think I would imply that photography is not useful to the artist On the contrary, it is, and especially in illustration, since it pre serves the illustrator’s original design for him. It enables the architect to get, at’small expense and without the trou ble of going to see and draw them, bits of detail in foreign lands, though this is a questionable advantage. The world’s greatest architects managed very well without it. One critic has said that if photographers would turn their atten tion to the recording of historic events, like the jubilee, or of vanishing build ings they could do an immense service to art In one way this is true, in an other it is not Surely this critic would be the last to suggest that the cinematographic “pic tures” —the whole 22,000 of them, shown at the Empire, I think —are equal to one picture of a procession by Carpac cio, painted centuries before we had any photographs. No doubt 22,000 artists would be required to secure as many views of the jubilee procession as were obtained by the cinematograph, and their employment might have been too much of a good thing. But if, say, half a dozen accomplished artists had been commissioned and allowed to do what they wanted, might we not have had a record of some artistic importance? As to the photographing of old buildings, which would the architect rather have —an etching by Piranesi or a photo graph by one of the most revolutionary of the Salon photographers? Joseph Pennell in Contemporary Review. Why They Cheered. Dr. Whewell, master of Trinity col lege, Cambridge, was a great but un popular man. When he entered the sen ate house, it was the ill mannered prac tice of the undergraduates to begin a loud and continuous whistle. “How this originated I do not know, ” writes Dean Farrar in his book “Men I Have Known. ” “There were two leg ends about it. One was that it intimat ed that the master would have to whis tle for a bishopric; the other —equally absurd—was that when some one had asked him how to pronounce his name he had said, ‘You must shape your mouth as if you were going to whistle. ’ ” But under the rough manners of the students there was genuine goodness of heart Dr. Whewell’s wife died. He had been tenderly devoted to her, and when he attended chapel after her death the undergraduates were touched by an “old man’s anguish and a strong man’s tears. ” “When next he entered the senate house,” writes Dean Farrar, “therewas dead silence. For the first time for I know not how many years not a whis tle was heard, and then a moment after ward as by spontaneous impulse the whole crowded mass of undergraduates in the gallery burst into a loud and long continued cheer. It was not aston ishing that such a proof of sympathy should move the heart of the great mas ter or that the tears should run down his cheeks. Ido not think that he was ever whistled at again.” A Great Awakening. “Richard, why do you wish to stay at home this evening? You promised that when we were married you would go to church with me every Sunday evening.” “Well, my dear, I have been keeping my word. ” “But this is only the third Sunday. I think you ought to tell me frankly why you do not wish to go. Is it that you have ceased to love me so soon?” “No, Susan, it isn’t that at all. The fact is, I can’t stand your favorite preacher; he is too dull for ma ” “Too dull, Richard? Why, the rev erend gentleman is regarded as a great revivalist!” ' “H’m, yes, I have noticed that there ’ is always a great awakening after his ’ sermon!” Then she began to cry, and he had to ’ go to pacify her. —Pearson’s Weekly. 9 ■ Why the Blind Do Not Smoke. A peculiarity about blind people is that there is seldom one of them who ’ smokes. Soldiers and sailors accustomed * to smoking and who have lost their sight ’ in action continue to smoke for a short ’ time, but soon give up the habit They say it gives them no pleasure when they ' cannot see the smoke, and some have ’ said that they cannot taste the smoke ’ unless they see it—New York Ledger. Coptic Superstition. r The Coptic Christians believe that on ’ Christmas eve the nature of every sav age beast is tamed; that children may 1 play with a lion, and that all venomous reptiles lose their power to harm. ■ ' * Kquil Vo Uh (houwou. Tho Bektuabea in an Influential and en lightened order of ilerviahea which no sul tan haa ever been able to suppress. At tha present time tho gentlemen of the order belong to the Liberal or Young Turkey party; they havo always played a promi nent part in 'revolutionary movements, and In connection with a period when those were In exceptionally bad odor, the author of “The Sultan and His Subjects” relates a comical anecdote: Rival orders, taking advantage of the situation, endeavored to induce Sultan Mahmoud II to suppress the Bektashoo, which, in truth, he wit* not at all reluc tant to do. His majesty, however, deter mined to put the unpopular brethren to a tost. He accordingly gave a groat banquet, to which be invited all the principal dervishes in Constantinople. What was tho surprise of his guests to find that each was supplied with a spoon having a handles yard long I How on earth were they to eat their pilaf? They looked at each other and shrugged thoir shoulders, and wondered what it could mean. “Come, come,” cries the sultan from bls throne at tho upper end of tho room, “why do you not oat your pilaf?” The dismayed looks of tho dervishes plainly Indicated the puzzled condition of their minds. Suddenly, to tho intense amusement of the commander of the faith ful and of the company in general, the Bektasheo began to feed each other mutual ly, across the table, with their giant spoons. “Well done!” cried the padlshah, clap ping his hands with delight, “you are in deed progressive and sensible men, O Bek tashee, and I shall not suppress your order to please these idiots, who aro so dull of comprehension.” The Mammies Are Still Alive. Egyptian mummies aro being cruelly' maltreated, according to Mrs. Eliso Braun, a tbeosophist and pastor of the Progres sive Spiritual church of St. Paul. Refer ring to some mummies in Minneapolis, she says: “If those poor things wero on sale, and I only had money enough, I would purchase them and end their suffer ings by incineration. The lowest astral form of life still exists in these poor old ‘physicals,’ and as a result they have been suffering for thousands of years. The low est astral does not leave the body of flesh and blood until it’has entirely returned to its original condition—dust. When a physical is embalmed, disintegration is prevented, and tho astral cannot take its flight. For this reason alone I believe tho practice of embalming is a relio of barbar ism.” Describing the transition of the divine spark—the “I am”—from the physical to the beyond—in other words, the deathbed —Mrs. Braun says that astral forms often left the physical with the greatest reluc tance. Consequently the body frequently took on the semblance of death while life yet remained. For this reason she advises all people not to allow tho burial of a loved one until the fourth day after the supposed death—or until decomposition has set in. As an instance, she cited tho case of a man buried when death was thought to have Intervened who bad endured untold agonies in bls grave for 30 years. The astrals had not deserted the physical. The only proper way to set the psychic free from the body as soon as death has actual ly been ascertained is by cremation. They Weren’t Great BuatneM Men. Micky Doolan and Patrick O’Connor were brought before the magistrate for having violently assaulted each other. It was explained that they had invested 5 shillings, their joint capital, in the pur chase of a small keg of whisky to retail for twopence a glass at the local fair. This exhausted all their money except a solitary twopence, belonging to Micky. Ho be came thirsty on the road to the fair and purchased a gloss of whisky from his part ner. Patrick became thirsty in his turn and handed back tho twopence for a drink. Micky paid It over again, and so the proc ess continued until the keg was empty and the two proprietors were decidedly drunk. As each had paid twopence for every drink and there were 50 drinks in the keg, each agreed that there ought to bo Bs. 4d. to divide between them. As in fact there Was only twopence, each accused the other of stealing the pro ceeds. Words led to blows, and tho as saults wore tho consequence.—Pearson's Weekly. Diaz Gave Her a Doll. Not long ago President Diaz of Mexico received a letter from a little girl of Pueb lo, in which she said: “Mamma locked up my doll, and I wasn’t naughty. Please make her let me havo it again.” A day or two later the child got by post from the genial president a handsome doll, with a note stating his belief, should she remain good, her mother would never have occa sion to lock it away. By that time the girl’s parents had got wind of the message to Diaz, and they wrote to him, express ing regret that their willful child had tak en it into her head to communicate with him. A note was received in reply from the president’s secretary assuring the worthy people that his exalted superior had quite enjoyed the experience and was pleased to havo the worry of holding office relieved occasionally by such a quaint epi sode. A Century In the Postoffice. W. R. Beatty, while splitting up a tree on hip farm, near Sciotoville, recently, found in the heart a buckskin bag con taining a letter, discolored ff>y age. The writing had practically faded away, only a word here and there being intelligible. The tree was evidently 150 years old, and it is thought that the letter had been placed there 100 years ago when the "Lit tle Scioto” trail from the Ohio river to Chillicothe was used by traders, and which passed close to where the old tree stood. The hole in which the letter had been hid den had been completely covered by the new growth of the tree. It was undoubt , edly one of the “postoffleos” of the pio neers.—Portsmouth (O.) Letter in Cincin nati Commercial Tribune. The Lobby of the House. What more particularly attracts the at ' tention of the stranger when the capitol is the decayed, wornout and un ' clean appearance of the lobby of the house ' and tho shoddy furniture that is supposed to decorate it. Tho walls are begrimed, ' the gliding is turning black, and tho fres i eolng, which at one time was a “thing of , beauty,” now falls far short of being a "joy forever." The cheap woodwork of the furniture, tho shoddy red plush that covers it, and the badly displayed portraits of some equally bad statesmen, the emana - i tions of inferior artiste, create the impres sion that the lobby is a weak imitation of • a hotel corridor instead of a lounging I place for the lawmakers of the nation.— Washington Times. - .. , . . „ , . AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “ CASTORIA.,” AND “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK. I t DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, qjf Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “PITCHER’S CASTORIA," ths same that has borne and does now 0/1 bear the facsimile signature of wrapper. This is the original u PITCHER'S CASTORIA,” which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought on and has the signature of wrap- per. 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