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NUMBER 40

especially recommended, although
dainty arrangements are made up In
soft woolen material, and above all
dark jersey stufis; the pantaloons going
down to the middle of the leg are but
toned below, and the blouse, which is
high and closed before, completed by q
short pleated skirt, trimmed with col
ored braid, colored pleated frill goes
round the neck opening and encircling
the wrists, band with sash bow be-
hind makes the costume fit we'll to the
figure, yet without pressure.
1t would be impossible to enter fully
into the principles of gymnastics as
practiced by the pupils, but we can on
ly state the results and assure our
readers that manydiseases of the chest
and stomach have not only been reliev-
ed but entirely cured by the daily use
OF these excellent and healthy exercises;
we have seen, too, weak growing girls
and delicate, sickly looking children
rapidly gain strength, yigor. and olas-
ITCHY as well as fresh, bright, blooming
compilations. The Season.
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VICTOR HUGO left $4,000 to poor peo-
ple in Paris. ,,-s---,---7,--.
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81. Spbn Butts
Smiths Tonic Syrup
fae Die Seilung bon
Yiebern offer Nrt,
1nalatfidte &tanfheitsu.

Ser Eisrntbaruer bieisr beribmtem Mebi3in
beanfprudt flr oieielbe ben 8oraug Dor allen
ibrigen Seilmitteln, melde BEN YubIifum ais
AIDE, fdere unb permanente
&ur se9en 5ieber auer Nrt, bon ~lanaerer ober
%fiir5erer Dauer cmpfoblen iperben. Ct ruff ale
tpefliden unb iloIiden Staaten oils 3euaen
auf fir Die @abrbeit Ter %gerideruns, nab es
IN feinem cin5igen Sale feline bcilenbe @irfnna
~bcrfaaen miro, menn bic Gnmeifunaen genam
befoIst peroeu. Sci .bielen Anfauen III cine
~ein3clne Dolls CUR Seiluns senisenb, unb game
Gamilien erlansten burd) cine einaise BIaide
ibre @eiunobeit ipieber. So 1T inbeb aeratben
unb ieoenfaus mad Ianspierisen anfalen ii9e.
rer, penn man ben @ebrau1 oes MittIs nod
cine ODER snei @o9en mad benz Nufboren be8
8iebers Forfeit. @em5bnli9 bebarf man bel
bieier Mebi3,m feines peiteren 9ulfsmittels, I'M
Die Einsemeibe in Srbnuns gu balten. Sollte
aber Der Ratient nod zines Requirement @itteIs
beblrfen, na9oem ct brsi ober bier 9olen bes
Comic genommen bat, 70 piro cine ~einaelne
Oots bon 8ents 8egetabIe s a m iIb
RiIls s~eniisen.
BULBS SarsaparilIa 1T bas alte uno auber.
ldffise Scilmittel segeu llnreinisfeit bes 8lutes
unb ifropbnl0ie anfdle - BET &onig Der Blut-
r~einiser.
DR.. John Bulls Vegetable Worm Des.
troyer 1T in @eitalt bon @anbb DROPS prdpa.
rtrt, fdon bonn aniebn unb Ieidt ~einaunebnten.
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Ueat.er Uesittee usatter /! y.

Maatter Mfattec MATTER ~!
Werbet SSbr oes NaAts geffSrtf nerben
unb in @urer &ube unterbroden bur1 bas
Sdreien zines franfen 8inbes; meldes
Sdmer5en bonn Eur4breden Der 3dbne
leioet? ST 20 Der Sal, 70 fault cine Tlafhs
pom Wsrs. @inslpws @potbins @prup.
Gr pirb ben arnteu 4leinen ipfort BON ieis
men sdmer3en befreien. Man ~perlaie iid
boruuf es bilft. So 1T feline Wutter auf
@rben, bic es periudte unb Sud nidt nit
tbeilen wirbe, baB es bic @inSeweibe re.
sulirt. ben Rleinen 9ilfe unb @eiunsbeit
unb Der Mutter Huhe peri9afft, ba6 es
ME 3auber wirft. Dos Wittel 1T fder in
allen 6daen unb unsenebm BON @eiamad;
es miro BON elmer Der dltsften uno beiten
Dcctcrinnen in ben Ser. @taaten Der.
idrieben. ueberaa 3u haben, bic Tlaide
III rs GentS.
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Weue Waarett.

l~lnermiblid In feinem @ifer, bas Bette su
bisten, pas BET Marft Iiefert, bat Der befannte
S1ubbdnbIer 9err JAS. MARTIN ei-
men neuen 8orratb bon Damea. unb Rinbet.
Sduben einselest, Ser allies iibertrift, mas mir
bisber in biefer Brande fnben. Sic tanbse.
n1bten Sdube finb BON elmer 2eidtisfeit nn6
elesana, nm ieben GuS, MOLTEN fasen iebes
Gib1en, an aieren. @ir eriuden bic Damen,
iid bic neuen @aaren an3ufeben unb re tperben
nit ms ibereintimmen, bab Sas. Martin iei.
men Ruf, Der faibionable SGubbanbIer unferer
@taot su fem, aufredt erbdlt.
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SamprrbOteeu Seilmtttei.

Samorrboiben babeu sewobnlid borber.
aebenoe edmeraen i'm @iiden, aenben unb bem
llnterleibe. 10 bab Der Yatient slaubt feline Aie>
rem, Ober bic na6fen Oraaus feien in einem
franfbaften 3uffanbe. 8eitipeiie fino 3eiden
bon llnberbaulidteit s~esenpdrtis, als Sid.
buns. nnbebasli6seit Ses Masens etc. Fine
1en9tigfeit pie SdpeiS, etn un%ansenebmes
sas,' if 's sia ss'1ssaiid pa' ssslsits saa" s assss
S'asiS %sia aaS lsfi sessa ssn ssa 81. s. %sss;s
Sdmarrboiosn Ssitmittel, tpsl6ss brett auf bic
trantbuftea SteIIsr einpirft, Bic 9umor OBJ
iorbirt, bas beftige SUDDEN b~e1eitist unb cine
6auernSe Seilnns berborbrinst absefeut.
Yreis 80 @ents. abbreiire: Sbe Or. 8ofonfo
Mebieine 60, Wiaua, Ohio.
8erfauft Bel 8. Ralteber 6 Con.
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0iefe SSee.

bab bic 2ente nod Colorado, Neu . Megifo unb
benz @eften geben, nm bic Sdwinbfudt au er-
Ieidtern. 1T gar nidt notbis. Sober berniinf.
tise Wann uirbe Or. Bofanto's Safen. uno
2unseu Sgrup in benz erfen grabe ber
S1uinbfudt sebrauben. Sc 1T unfeblbar in
alien Gdlen bon Suiten. grfdltungen, 8ron.
9itis, Sdmer3sn in ber 8ruft unb aler Spnap.
tsmen, meI9e aIs @rrldnfer Der @dninbfu6t
belten Yreis SO Gents unb 81 90. 8erfauft
gel 3. &alteber & Con.
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Mper's Maue.@ Cure aepdbrt nidi

nur ausenblidli6e 2inberlng, fonbern
entfernt oas Heterogeneous @ift, obne
nadtbeilige 6olsen gu binterlafen, mie
es bel @hinin unb pielen an5ern auges
Seisten 6ieberarBneien Der Gaa lit. @s
1T bic ein5ige Ar3nei, bic man als elm
unieblbares Mittel gegen We6felfeber
uno dbnlide 8ranfbeiten betra9ten
fann.
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Cine &arte.
Office bes ct. 2eonarb GoteI,
Main Ylaaa.

Office bes st. 2eonarb 9oteI,
Main pla5a.
San NntoniD, Seras. 1884.
&ebafteur Der nGreien Yre1e": 9a
i'd beahf6tige, oas rSt. 9eonarb 1o=
tel" benz groBen publifum popular gu
MAIDEN, mo linn Der Comfort zines /.
9lafe 9otel aewdbrt merben tann,
babe i6 meme Staten auf $3.50 upb 50
per Sag reouairt. Sd -perbe oaber
erfreut fein, Sic unb Greunbe gu ieben
unb ibnen ole Mufmertiamfeiten gu
ermeiien. Or. 6. u. Srerler, friiber
BON Central 0otel, bat fid mir afpz
ciitt un6 siebt unferen beutiden Gunben
in ibrer Mutterfpra9e iebpeoe Aus=
funft.
@ars unb poftutf9en fabren an Der
Sbtr borbei. SIR ergebener
pbimas g. 2ounsberrp,
26, 2t4mm3M @isentbiimer.
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Cine 8arte.

an aue, pelde on Golgen bon 5u9enbfin.
ben, ncrboler Sdpade, fribeia 8erfaa, 8erluf
Der Wfannesfraft etc. leiben. ienbe i'd TO # n.
fret &ecept, Oas fe furirt. Dieles sro6e Seil.
mitlel uuroe pom einem WGiliondr in SGo>
Mmerifa cntbedt. S9idt abreIIrtes Goupert
an &eb. Soiepb s. Snman, FStation 8, Retp
9orf 9th. 21,7,tupli.
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sImproved Condition Powders'' fir Yfer.
be unO @inobieb. Elm ausseaeidneteS unb er.
probtes YuIber in Der 8eban0luns bon SUB.
trantbeiten aGer Nrt, alsemeine unpdblidfeit.
Mnpadirn Der Sant, &dube, selbeS BaHer,
ManseI at slppetit. Gebraudsnumeiiuhg anf
Der Etifette. Gabri3irt bon unb gum 8ertanf
bel MboIpb OreiE glamo Ylaaa, sssen.
iiber ber Yoiofiee, Gan antonio.
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Mua. S. Quttcrfise & Co.,

Blumbers u. @assGitters
sS5 Of. Souifontrabe, Gan s~lntonio. 8abe.
i%pannen, etursbdber, Baferelofets, Marlnor.
platten, @ummiidldude, 8lei- unb Giienrob.
rem, 8%ierapparate uno @~asfxturss aler srt.
stae Auftra9e tuerben prompt ausseflbrt.
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&opf unb Mueen mirit ou beilen
Miitelit guten Shnupftabats.
Mert's unb fcuf' mad biefen 3eilen
Dir elm pddden Sail & A."
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= 6. S. maaer, @holeiales uttb

6. S.. MILLER, @boleiales uttb
3etuilbdn6ler in Garben. Oelen, Mns
INSTRUMENTATION, Commensurate,
Sau Nntoniu empfieblt Icin grobes
2agsr in bieien Irtiteln gu Stem Sort
greiien unb mabt aans befonoers auf
ben ~9ewdblten 8Orratb bon 8ilbern:
GbtomOs, 9upfers unb Stablnihen,
S%el9emdloen uno pbantaiie Bilberm
aller Ntt. ferner auf Die 9ei6madpole
Nuswabl BON W%ilbe,rabmen Der a0ers
m%oberuiien Gorm unb auf bic Mles
umfaIlenben 3eidenmaterialen auf=
merfiam. I0e Muftrdsv fir ir9enb cine
Der obigen 8ran1en meroen prompt
ausgefibrt; 8ilber bon ieber @r6Be ein=
aerabmt uno ole Mrbeiteu m6gli9ft
iGnel uno gut beiorst, bic in bas Gad
fblagen.
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s@.syfII'sss'yg .|;s Rs MI. ! 81 s 81 e .sI.sst
H<z* 414fz<{6fbeff 1e6en t6tpesttdbe pSex
S<{tt{ es<Ha4 t1ieslss 4ltdt @atttss
zszss:' ssdssIsssiss lsls
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Dead Shot" Sereip @orm eini>
ment piift ii4er mno idneu. Diefes eminent
tootet Die @irmer ausenbIidli1 bGIt GIiesen
ab unb beit Die @unbe. SIM @afier aufaeIof
III es Gin aussejeidnetes 9eiImitteI sesen irsenb
pelde @unocA beim 8ieb. Yreis so Gents.
graparirt uno gum 8erfaui bel u. Dreie,
Gun Intonio. 1876 tup
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-pbOtOsrapbien, wel6e in Gallo
~ . 8aIlsrie, 413 on QDuitons
StraBe genDmmen meroen, finb in
ieber 9inii6t pDItommen unb f0nnen
ni6t iibertrofen merben. Wer cine
poraIgli6e pbDtograpbie gu mdBisem
preiie tpiini6t. benz empfeblen ipir, nod
GauawaDs @allerie gu geben, umb ct
mirb 5ufriebengeitelt perben.
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@mpfeblenSmertb 1T bas
a1aentttn befanute unb belieb=
te HlaibenzU Bier Der 3elpb=
rabsfp'iden Brauerei fit
5au sbeearf Beiteuunaen
Bite man brett an bic Vraues
rei III 1enfen. 8,12,t1S
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Wills I'D 81 1rtlgef { 6fen be5Dns
slslsf: Fl aeIl tsgisiis n i0I4s 81
I'll it8<t<@ - 4trffff unb Deru<sd9sn, tab
Ersan5&mns k1r3 he 0essatrf, unh burd dire
<<@<5Ae 11ixfnfs4 drf bic Dexbauuu91csente
!< s!l<ess:ss iefsis nts s~tabisasQs tsrssis
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DT. 4. F0ntaine's PIeDara6Ol

entbideIt binneii 60 Saeen
cine berrIide aorm, bic bon
Douer 1T unO berei Anfanse
idon mad ben erfsen 10 gagen
tpabr5unetmetl Fnb. $50 cine
bouFdn6ige 8iffs fdon bors
!bauoenif tpirb biefelbe in BET
orus tsttoIllcullnnet. Gin
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5fIatt. 8uis IS Sta. ~ 1ensraB IT. R.D.
4ntta n1 6dr6uuSamittel.
oEeats fkS@Icster gssiseaar turA cine einslse
4gylic1sicn tifite G4rbenlitteis tn tdu7ennts
naf1<Ii&e Carrie petlelbeut. Bet Mpclbefern ju
11&fnx cher 8e9t1 Gmpfane ron ~ per {typreb per,
'snst. clzses 4&1zsfFas e., atH D'st-
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HALIFAX CO.. N FEBRUARY 2e

was choice of it for grandmother's sake;
it is now mine, .doubly priced for.its in
teresting history, and its association
with the loved ones gone.
Fifty seven years have brought great
changes. There is probably no one now
living here who knew Frances De Harte:
If this story were fiction, we could ten
the career of Captain B. and how he
prospered with his ill l-gotten gain; we
could tell the subsequent history OF that
worthless husband; but if we believe the
Lord reigns, we know that justice has
been given them, but when and how it
is not for us to know.
The oak tree mentioned above is still
growing on the hillside-a beautiful and
noble tree; these fifty-seven years have
greatly added to its beauty and gran
deur. Houses have been built on the
hillside, and in summer time groups of
children can be seen playing under the
tree But of all who have sought its
shade, which one has more romantic
history than the subject of this story2
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In the Soudan.

Mr.. ]. A. Cameron, the war CORE
spondent of the London Standard, who
was killed in the battle of Abu- Klea
wells, sent to his paper two weeks be-
fore his death the following interesting
pen picture of the country between Dom
gola and Khartoum traversed by the
English army: 1.-The small towns are
built of sun-dried brick, on gravelly,
sterile land, and are surrounded by date,
orange, lemon and pomegranate trees.
The Egyptian houses, even of the better
class, have not much furniture. There
is bed frame. with strips of buffalo
hidel stretched across it, on which are
laid neatly made maps, so that it forms
seat in the day time Round the walls
hang wooden bowls of various sizes,
which are used instead of crockery. The
kitchen is separate, and in it there is
Nstone mill for grinding corn, and three
large stones forming fireplace"
The Nubian woman's DRESS" he
continued, sis a piece of dark blue
calico wrapped around her waist and
coming half way down to her ankles, her
head and the upper part of the body
being covered by white muslin scarf
with a red border. which can be drawn
across the face. Her hair is sometimes
gummed into kind of bushy circle, at
others hangs down in thick masses of
innumerable plaits; and necklaces of
agate and amber beads, coral bracelets,
silver and coral rings, earrings and mas.
sive anklets complete the costume. The
upper class in Nubia have curious way
of cleansing the. skin. Every evening
they rub it all over, first with kind Of
doug gh and then with aromatic oil. This
refreshing"
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A Marine Monster.

The whaling bark Alaska, which ar
rived in this port few days ago from
the Arctic ocean, brings a strange story
of the narrow escape from death of six
of her crew. The first officer, George
johnson, stated the circumstances to a
Chronicle reporter, as follows: When
the vessel was forty-six miles south of
Alaska, an object was perceived in the
distance whose proportions and shape
indicated it to be monster sea lion. A
boat was Immediately lowered and
placed in charge of First Officer John
SON and five Of the crew, named Andrew
Nelson, William Wilson, An
and Hans Stuten. AS the distance
was being decreased between the boat
and the huge animal they became con-
vinced that it was the famed sea serpent.
When they came within few hundred
yards the monster made dash for the
boat, striking out its immense tail
against the craft. Several of the occu-
pants were precipitated into the water,
but were rescued with difficulty. A
harpoon and lance were fred into the
body of the beast and it disappeared be-
meath the surface. Half an hour later it
reappeared, floating on the water, dead.
Itwas secured with ropes and towed
to the vessel and hoisted on the deck.
There the capture was seen to be vii
lainous-looking thing. Its head closely
resembled that of an alligator. while the
body resembled that of lizard. It
measured thirty three feet in length, the
tail alone being nine feet long. The tail
was cut off and brought to this city and
is now on exhibition in a waterfront
saloon.-San Francisco Chronicle.
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Typhus Fever.

This fever prevails in England, Scot
land aud Ireland more than elsewhere.
From the latter country it sometimes
finds it's way to this in emigrant ships,
and is known among us az ship fever.
IL Europe it is called camp. fever, whole
armies having been nearly swept away by
it. 1t is sometimes called spotted fever,
from the extensive rash thrown out on
the body of the patient who is prostrated'
by it.
Typhus fever is very contagious. It,;
however, mainly attacks only those who,
come into close contact with it. From!
1861 to 1864 nearly fifteen hundred cases.
were admitted to Bellevue hospital, New.
York-over five hundred within the last
six months of the period. During that
time forty persons connected with the
hospital service took it, as did also
twenty-six patients admitted to the hos.
pital for other diseases. The poison
seems to need to be concentrated to be-
come dangerous. A single patient sell.
dom communicates it.
ing places Epidemics of it prevail I'M
Liverpool more than elsewhere. Large
numbers of the houses in that city arei
DullC DICK 10 UdCh Ill uuNCulAfLlCu COuA 70.
In these quarters the fever often attacks
every person not protected bya previous
attack.
It is disease of cold and temperate
climates, and is unknown in the tropics.
It is also largely winter disease, doubt
less because of the lack Of ventilation n
the filthy lodging houses of our CONNER;
cial cities, and the depressing influence
of the cold and of the utter destitution
of the poor.
It attacks persons of every age. Most;
of the chiIdren-ninety per cent
recover Of persons over sixty, sixty-six
per cent. die. The mortality increases
regularly between these ages.
A person is seldom attacked twice by
the disease. It's duration, if uncompli-
Gated. is from twelve to twentyone days
When the crisis is passed, the recovery is
exceedingly rapid. The subsequent
health is generally good. Medica! sci
ence knows no means either of curing it
or of cutting it short, but simply seeks to
paIliate the symptoms and to support the
system until the poison is eliminated by
the proper organs. Youths Companion.
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by Germany, states that it contains
large population, and is very hilly. Re-
ferring only to that portion of the coun-
try which he visited, he states that there
are no hereditary chiefs, a man exercis-
ing influence and authority according to
the wealth he possesses. The people
are miserably housed, but they are an in
dustrious and trading people, who, how
ever, have the drawback of being con-
firmed man eaters-that is to say, they
always eat their prisoners of war. The
young learn quickly, and soon adapt
themselves to the ways of civilization.
There are volcanoes, and earthquakes are
not unfrequent. The rivers contain
crocodiles, and there is said to be in the
interior race of men with tails. These
remarkable persons appear to be shy of
coming down to the coast.
The New York Times remarks that ag-
riculture makes garden of the earth;
gold mining makes it a waste and ruin.
This has been the result in California
where the hydraulic system of mining
has filled the rivers and covered fruit full
farms with waste of barren sand and
gravel. The "cursed thirst for gold" is
exemplifed in its most revolving results
in the total wreck and destruction of one
of the fairest and most beautiful locali-
ties in the United States in the mountain
region of Northwest Georgia. Here the
picturesque hills, clothed with valuable
forests, slope in every direction to ver-
dant valleys, of which the richly fertile
soil gives promise of the most abundant
recompense to the husbandman. The
clear mountain streams have been en-
slaved, and in the fetters and bonds of
| ponderous sluices have been forced to
wash the soil from the slopes down into
the valleys through the miners ''riffles"
for the sake of the wretched pittance of
gold it contains. The few cents thus
obtained have reduced the land to hope
less barrenness, while the money thus
obtained has been less than tenth part
of the ye.rly value of any ordinary farm
crop upon the area SO destroyed. The
result thus unhappily obtained has had
another disastrous effect in the financial
ruin of the spectators who have thus
spread waste and ruin over fair land in
their 'tcursed thirst for riches;" while.
had the land been cleared and made into
farms, it would have beautiied the face
of the country, and made it permanently
productive.
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. THOUGHT.

ack and forth across the woof of years
The shuttle of each life the weaver throws
And here and there small bits, whence no
one knows.
ink with the thread the mystic pattern
/ weaving,
Then lose themselves amid the smiles and
tears
kich DER the web are lights and shadows
leaving
heard them not-those fragments inter-
lacing
nth ours some life that crossed our path
one day,
30 many seems the tangled threads that
stray0
It'll amazed we pause, some figure tracing
brown up in bold relief, and see and
know
thread whose worth we failed to under
stand,
ut now whose wondrous beauty serves to
show
matches wisdom of the Master Hand.
Sally NeiU Roach, in the Current.
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Charlotte COrday.

Charlotte Corday, who ended her short
but eventful life through the ministra-
tions of the guillotine, in Paris, on the
18th of July, 1898, was the daughter of
a poor Norman nobleman, and was born
in the department of Orne, July %, 1868.
Her father was the author of works of a
republican tendency, and she inherited
not only his literary, but also his literally
patriotic tastes and temperament. She
was impulsive, vehement and passionate
to high degree. She formed a violent
attachment for a young cavalry officer,
who was subsequently assassinated at
Caen. Determined to avenge the death
of her lover, who was a Girondist, she
went to Paris and took an apartment not
far from the dwelling of the great jour
nalist, Marat. For time she was
undecided as to whether Robes
pierre or Marat should be the
victim of. her vengeance. The ad-
vocacy by the latter of the killing of
more Girondists decided her choice.
Providing herself with knife, she
called at Marat's house on the evening of
July 13 and with some difficulty obtained
an audience, having promised TO acquaint
Marat with the plots of the Glrondists at
Caen. Marat listened to her story. and
at its conclusion remarked: "Within a
week they will go to the guillotine." At
that moment the young woman drew the
knife and plunged it to the hilt in
Marat's heart. The blow was not only
struck with lightning like quickness, but
was aimed with bold and untrembling
hand
Charlotte Corday was tried on the
morning of July II and was beheaded
on the evening of the same day. Her
courage did not forsake her, and she
proclaimed, as she was brought face to
face with the instrument of death, that
she had ''killed one man to save hun
dred thousand. Her courage so i'm
pressed an unfortunate young German
enthusiast named Lux that he wrote a
pamphlet suggesting the erection of a
statue to her memory, for which unwel-
come suggestion he was himself arrested
and subsequently guillotined.