, 1881-11-15
Adventures Of n French Representa-
tive Of the Genus Crank,
Beginning rs a Literary Peller," Tie
Ends ~ Deal.Deat and
Assassin.
He Buys a Revolver and Shoots People
on General Principles.
lie DECLARED Himself saue. The Nedleaf Expert
Agreed wifi Hin,
And He Was Condemned to
Death, as Guiteau Must Be.

And He Was Condemned to
Death, as Guiteau Must Be.
Tho noble army Of woul-bc lslnattcs has OF
late becm jnlncl by m rKreRlotls knave nntnel
Morisset, IT Tours, France. whose history 10 ~
well related in tho report nf tho medical cx-
prrts banner and fcgrAna tlu sa.llio, that It IS
given hero nlinost ycrbHtin:
1.uctou Morissct WIS nAroly yents of hEo
when hr lost his mother: this md IN att,ck Of
,Arasica wcrc tho anlc msfurtuncs Of bis chtld-
boot. From the ave Of to that of II he nt.
tended tho schnoi Of tho commune OF his rIltnKc.
subsequently tnktnH private lessons for Senr
md working In his futner's garden. The result
Of n careful Inquiry Into the mental condttton
Of his relatives bus shown thnt none VI them
werr insane or tnckiug in intc1ltKrnco; tho moral
education ar hi. tnnsher, howcvcr, seems to
have been snlly neglected. When il years old.
AforIssct was sent IL Tours AMI placed III tho
Office Of notary. Morin by nntnc, rs clerk OIL
satnry Of IL frnncs per tnonth--about 1t cents
week.
At this a0e and while Il, receipt OF this liberal
pay. hu wns-n tim words Ut tue cxper1s-"Hl-
iclRent, Ernt1o. polite. uf pleasing address, anu
serious; he had lively imagination, and read
eonstantiy."
His rrlpE MAS 1stslESsEt
@'@ Aa-0'"-N. ~
willie IL mcre boy, he was spvnroiy reprovcd by
his fnther. This Injury to his self-refpcct, Or
rather tn bis sclf.cotsccit. 30 weighed upon him
tnA. so.1e se"1s aatet"a' .,.a ~ y nv ~" .nua,s
!n"s".u. !"Ao' "..u''sse, ~" u.ap"t ,I. w. 80 80
a4hSci1 'n'o tho Hsc7 ener, out y. "uea' ,s,,
ever ne thana9su 'o ec.nlno'o WIN 's.s ..s.o
!oss o' Snu' w" usssu .nu ,pnso s' ~ W. ~
TEMPT al siloiae nc Feo''ea' Liz naa Nv oD-
jcct for tne."
After his sucttia, flasco be entered tho ollco Of
ano9aet tnotafy-Aohsieur MoFla c'iue"t.s 'ce'.
ing that % cents Week saVea was - centA
eaf1led. althonRh tho o1pcfh w NOT ae'4u ~
give tho fcnsons Of Aofl8sets chat'ke' b't
merely s'S TINT tno natno u h's rev an'ployu.
WIS dnlp!n. anu that no renltthesl Win nsn' un'h
June. 1851. FOR the past Hfo or SIX ye"Es h1s
pf'he|n"4 oec"pauoh' "utsino 'ne utau"na uut'ts
as Mos'rys CLERK, "as Foaalfsa' a1u 10 eonsr1'ea
10 ahd limo 10 aeeont Ats imthense huhoeE VI
pooKs' 2loFco'c', III XIII pfNAtS VI u.e oG"-
cha'socr ne wonla. III hls 'csare houts' uoo.ai"'
ut Ercat length not Only IRON, tue wrtinsao ol W.
rloas hntnofa, huL oven MS o"" pfec'ou9
thuuEhts and ldoas.
lie beEali 10 t'rcaue OF making name IN 1HeF'
ntnrc, OF incoming u Joarha!'st anu 1oloinR aho
edltor1ai staa OF newspaper aabseaaonty cut
tns n 'i9urc III polltics-to ....-..
nEcoNE foitE1GE MINISTER,
which u'fcc, by tho why. seems to have a Pc
citlIar fasc!nat'on for men Ut tho Eo"us
"trhfik.
With tho literary Idea In Wow ho began to try
bis hand ut poetry, undattntcd by tho many
thousand cords Ut that rather dhsnlublo article
now III the market. and AlrugKicd hravely
u,sllust tho sasnc otds TINT certain well-known
bard III AllchiBun Inns found troub!cs"1no-Hhme-
Is: lick Ut curly literary advantages. ANY 0he
WIN has tho pnyste,'o to rend storlsset's literary
lucubrattons will he occasionally refreshed With
noblc sentiment scattnrcd here and thoro
ttFStt II Sftsfn ftfE E3r II