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to guilt or innocence that, in various cases,
jailers marked with chalk the doors Of tho
cells OF those condemned to die In the morn
ing. The doors were marked when they were
opened, on the inside, and being shut at
night, the marks would not be visible; and
thus other unfortunates would be taken to
the scaffold In order to complete the requi-
kite number.
Legal murder had grown TO be mere mat
ter Of routine, depending ON the ease and in
telligence Of the custodisns of the prisoners.
Can anything more shockingly illustrate the
savagery OF the periodi In Paris alone as
many as seventeen hundred are said by au-
thority to have been guillotned In two
months The men and women who fed the
Unsuitable NAV OF the Revolution, In all
ways, throughout France have never been
reckoned, AMI never can be. Apart from tle
az, many were killed in civil war, we're shot
and drowned by order, in the south or
France; SO that 81, 900 would not, presuma-
bly,. be too large an estimate Al Slast 5000
must have perised on the scatfold, and many
OF these were 50 prominent, 50 illustrious as
TO make the number appear much larger.
II added tenfold to the horror that the
common people OF both seIes would follow
the cart carrying the condemned 10 the scat
fold, shouting at, defaming and insulting
them with all the voiubility and yehemence
Of the French populace. The better known,
the more distinguished the victim, the fouler
the abuse. Poor Marie Antoinetts could
hardly bs driven through tho crowd that
yelled itself hoarse in her denunciation. She
would have been torn TO pieces but for the
1 guards SO il was with hundreds OF others
| The mob was always fiendish and would have
/ murdered the unfortunates themselves could
they have had their will, believing every on'
| Of the condemned to DO a malignant aristo
| them in every possible manner To read th'
accounts Of thoss DAYS fills Tia mind With a.
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tions that people asked themselves. st. Just
and Couthon seconded In everything their
chief, whose bloodttirstincss appeared un.
quenched and unquenchable. Not only Paris
but the whole country, had visibly begun to
react against tho agonizing months and sea-
sons Of miscellaneous massacre.
Tallien, though he had been ono Of the ul-
traists, perceived that Robespierre had lost
confidence in him. that his head sat uneasily
on his shoulders The cause was, II cause
were needed, that In his mission to Bordeaux
IN tho autumn Of 17o3, for the purpose OF
roofing out all trace Of the Girondists, he
had, after redundant cruelty, grown sudden.
ly humane This Is explained by his falling
violently In love with beautiful woman,
still in her teens, Mime. do Fontenay, daugh.
ter OF Count Cabarrus, minister OF finance In
Spain. Born In Saragossa, but a resident OF
Bordeaux-she had been divorced from haI
husband, member Of tho parliament there
she sympathized with tho Revolution.
But the French republic, having taken
ofYense at her conduct, had thrown her into
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Lately the biggest ball on record took
place in the Palais do rIndustrie. 1t was
in reality am entertainment offered by
the exhibitors of all nations to the gov
ernment. the municipal council. and the
prin ,ipal citizens Of Paris. II is said
that "a, 900 invitations had been issued
to this gigantic bal des expossnts, and ir
such be the case there was ample room
for them in the vast interior OF the
Palais de rIndustrie, which was splen-
didly decorated and arranged for The o.
casinn EXCHANGE.
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for the championship OF the American as
ISOLATION. Carroll caught In fifty -four cham
pionship games and had percentage OF .aa5.
He also played twelve games In tho outfied
that season. When tho famous deal was
mado by Horace Phillips In tho winter OF
1886, whereby the Columbus players were
transferred to Pittsburg, Carroll was also In
cludcd. Ho and Morris were again paired OF
together, and they did effective work for
their club during the season OF 1885, Carroll
caught In 81: y-one championship games and
had an average OF .9t5
During the season OF 1886 Carroll caught I'm
seventy-one games, played first base In twen-
ty-fve games and In tho outfleld In twenty
six games for the Pittsburg club, aud ranked
ninth In tho official batting average Of the
American association. In 1886 the Pittsburg
club left the American association and
Joined the National league, where IL has
since remained, Carroll continuing with Its
team. During tho season Of 1857 Carroll
made fine record as batsman, being tied
for tenth place In the official averages OF the
National league. He caught In thirty -nino
games, played first base In seventeen and In
tho outfieid In forty-four championship
games.
In game between tho Pittsburg and De-
troit teams, May 2, 1887, In Pittsburg, Car
roll batted Baldwin safely four times In sue.
ccssion, his hits including the curious sequence
OF single, a double. u triple and home run
In tho order named. He fell or somewhat In
batting last season, but had an excellent aver
age In the hfty three games In which he acted
as catcher, and In tho thirty eight games In
which he played In tho outfeld. This season
he has been batting better than ever, and his
hard hitting has gained him high rank Ia
tho averages OF tho National league and
burg team.
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Io,.rest,pr Mortuary Relies.

Tie museum at The Hague has just
been presented with the tongue Of John
de Witt and the toe Of Cornelius de
Witt, the two Dutch statesmen who
were torn to pieces by raging mob In
1872. They are the gifts OF Mr.. Cock
huyt, of Leyden, whose ancestor OBJ
tanned these valuable" relics on the day
that the DE Wits were murdered, and
and they have since been carefully pre-
served in his family. Truth.
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CAREER OE OANTON.

49,. ,... .ho roro,,,,s. f,,,,ra %
panVoh "aS a. ,aa,itir,ata s,,c.
inc I'eso,u.,Un as,u.m - ho ~ n ,nanv resr.,c,s
= esseo. =. ~ H. ..s Saa, ,raatIy tradncaJ
I NO - arran, dan,o,ogro n yorv
Porua.e' E.oan a. 49,. anr;na that socia,
MI ''a,;,;oor o1nyuISion mpst as has been
s.;1 hars had his share of demapopjsm.
CaI,,, stotssmanshin was impossible at such
- -, tho ,aon,a were in the ascendant.
ia ,,,;,h f,,ry ayersa 70 ~ not incanabIe of
raaac,;on The leaders dealt with the ma.
80, ,hav ho5 and 4, n wav To render IL
...r;o.aIio In establishino tbs renublic Dam
-, NO. 80 lot. yaors been rescued from much
- a.. o,,;,n, cast unon him A man of yio-
tn,,n.ss;ons ~ sxtreme audacitv. of remark
80 ,osonrcss ~ excentionol self confidence.
ha uos snra 10 90 10 great lengths for what
-. "a ,n.s,aroa b;s im.gination and con-
v;c,;ons
Cro,,, HE oor,v vsar, be yy,s an enthusiast
l., h.ha,t ., Srscdon detesting the varv mama
- ..;,,,o a. Liu- In o,,ary sonsa ba 1.s an
psSi,,s ,,nofr,nron,isin, dsr,ocrat aa Ger
S. ,o .,,,,h;n, fnr tho canso ha nod heen
sorn 20 aS,,ouse No man of his aga was bet
- al ~ ,,ot,,ra and temnaramsnt for n
,avo,,,t,orarv career and circumstances Co.
tnc;dsd x,;th and furthered his destiny A
sar;ss ~ accidents in boyhood marred his per.
so,.I .,raaranca and smsllnox comnleted
Mo d;sagurament .Nature. he said "has
bestowed on mo the massive figure and the
harsh expression of Iberty.n
The stories of his illiteracy are untrue.
uo haa a fair classic edurat,m. was dill.
-. r.sdsr especially of pure literature.
Snaw many Ianp,apes-yery unusual for a
Frenchman-and wrote spirited verses. At
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engineers Ria o
volunteers. He has
won several prizes,
among them tn Q
gold medal Of tho
National Rife asso-
citation, tho g old
badge Of the cham
pionship of I h Q
United Kingdom
for 1889, and the
queens prize of
f20. The compe-
tition was very
close between the
sergeant and Maj.
Psarse, Of tn o
Fourth Devon EiHs
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GARNER de rAube hawls out, THE blood d
DaHton chokes youl"
And all around the terrible clamors
"Down with the tyFantl"
Some one yells "Tbs accusationl"
The whole assembly rises, aud glowers at
him. Resistance u futile Despair settles
down on him. His hour has struck.
He, with ST. Just and COutbon. is dragged
off TO the prison Of Euxembourg.
The Commune organizes nn insurrection;
rescues him; conducts him to the Hotel de
VILE, where he refuses 10 sign an appeal TO
arms; but his party acts without him. Ths
convention, learning Of the rrhelliou outlaws
the accused and the members 81 the Com
muns. Hanriot, commander Of the armed
force, Joins ths Robespierreans and prepares
to resist the troops of the convention. Tho
Hotel do Vile Is besieged In the night tths
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as were the bulk Of the Hebertists, already
executed. Their substitution Of reason for
the theologic deity had offended Robes
pierre, not probably because he had any re-.
ligious scruples, but because he thought the
common people, whom he was always court
ing, would be alenated by any system OF
rationalism. He may have been kind OF
theist; but whether such or not, he evidently
esteemed it polite to assume to bo. There
fore he used his secret influence, nearly con-
trolling the committee OF public safety
against Danton and his confederates, and hii
influence was fatal He is said afterwards to
have opposed their arrest. This inconsis-
tency, his hesitation to take decided course,
was characteristic Of him, but he supported
by a speech In the convention ST. Just's mo-
tion for their arrest, which sealed their fate
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he would In another
era have gained d
fame a. poet or
novelist But, an
ideal democrat, full
Of aspirations for
freedom, he became
. pamphleteer In
l!s9, issuing "Phil-
osophy for tn o
French People" and
"Free France"
which brought him
to the front. His
ne W spaper, Tho
Revolutions 8 Of
Erouro and Rra.
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volunteers, the gold medallst OF 1875. The
majors total score was 2sO, including " at
the 500 yards range.
Sergt Reid's score was as follows: 81 at
the first stage, ITO at the second stage, az at
the 500 yards range, and ~ 1T the 900 yards
range, amounting TO a total Of 2sl. At the
$40 yards range he made two bulls eyes.
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FRED n. CARROLL.

He IL q Catcher and Likewise = Heavy
Halter Of tho fittsburg Club.
A picture Of Fred H. Carroll, ono Of the
catchers as well as one OF the heavy batters
Of tho Pittsburg club, Is here given from The
New York Clipper. He was born July .,
1854, In Sacramento, Cal, weighs about 205
pounds, and Is fcct II inches In height His
baseball career began As an amateur with
clubs Of his native city and San Francisco.
His first professional engagement was in 1889,
with the Reading QPa) club, Of the Interstate
association, when he caught for Morris, tho
noted left handed pitcher. Ho gaiusd quito
a reputation that year, both as = batter and
fielder.
At the end Of the season hs ard Morris ro-
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b. JUHIUs HENRI BROWNE
tcopyright 1850. BY American Pres Association

Il is hard to understand, without . good
dsal OF investigation. why man like Robes.
pierre, oe Whose anteoedents and peculiart-
tiss Va have spoken In the Last article, should
such an upheaval He was singularly diff
ferent from the other leaders, who were
noted for will and force, full Of passion and
daring, Of flery hopes and desperate enter
prisea What contrast was he TO his imme-
diats asociates-NArat and Danton, Fou.
quier- -Tinville, Chaumette, st. Just, Couthon,
Camille Demoulins-any Of the furious ievo-
lutionists who rushed headlong on their fatei
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DOWN WITH THE rYRANr.

Dantons words to Robespicrre ~ drag,
him after me-" were winged with prophecy.
From the moment that Dantou fell, even thoss
nearest to the dictator felt that they might
follow him at any hour. Their feelings were
entirely vindicated Week after week the
guillotinc was pressed 10 do the bloody work
required Of It. Would there be any end OF
the slaughtcri Would Il not 60 ON until
France had been depopulatesit were the Ques-
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Jim usrt,. Pronossa Trim.

Jim Hart contemplates taking . trip
through South America, Mexico and Cubs
next winter, to sound these countries and hy
out a route for baseball tour the following
winter. Jim always was q boss scfsmee On
winter tours, and we believe the frst 30 No.
tion the possibility Of al Australian trip so0e
years ago
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sixty, seventy,even
eighty persons Were
beheaded daily in
Paris, and often
persons Of m O . {
different polit les.
Royalists, moder-
ate republicans,
extremists, social
lists, were condemn
ed In patches dar
fournees,. Their o
was such a rage for
massacre, an d so
little attention paid
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RoBEspIERRe's HOLD ON THE Peo-
Pile.

Robespierre seems to have had very little
passion Of any sort He felt through his
mind; he was deliberate, circumspect, criti-
cal, and may for this reason have inspired
confidence In his adherenta Although not
eloquent, he was logical and plausible. aud
was eagerly listened to In the Commune. the
convention and the Jacobin club, and made q
deep impression In spite Of q weak voice.
Marat had called him the Incorruptible, and
he was 30 as respects money, which had no
temptation for him. This trait, however,
was shared by nearly all the chiefs Of the
period and Is an argument in favor Of their
sincerity. But beyond this, he had none Of
the qualities, personal or mental, that COM
monty belong to leaders He wAs small In
stature, rather Insignificant in appearance,
by no means magnetic, his complexion sickly
pale, his manner nervous-his eyes continu-
ally blinked-reserved even to shyness and
suggestive Of suspicion.
Always extremely poor, his dress was scru.
pulously neat, and his bearing academic. The
demagogue was never denoted by his be-
havior, and he Is said to have been man to
excite belief in his absolute honesty in any
company free from prejudice. They who
count him conscientious patriot-and there
are such-maitnan that he was a constitu
tional lover Of peace and law; but that per.
ceiving tho Revolution must be purified by
the sacrifice Of many lives and extreme meas.
ures, he did not hesitate to demand the sacri-
Gee for the ultimate good it would produce
He was convinced that he knew better than
any Of his contemporaries the proper course
TO pursue; that he alone could solidfy tho re.
suits Of the national insurrection, and render
them permanently remunerative He sent
men to the scaffold wholly for what he
thought to be the public good. As man, he
pitied them; as a patriot, he considered their
execution duty; and, therefore, shrank not
from it, however his feelings might recoil
That he was very astute, and compre-
hended the nature of his own countrymen,
there is hardly any doubt. II marvellous that
he could have controlled the revolutionary
government for FIVE of the most turbulent and
terrible years known to history without being
himself, in any true sense, a man Of action.
His intellect must have been extraordinary,
superior, so far as direction of tho masses
went, to any Of his contemporaries, Mirabeau
perhaps excepted This view, difficult as II
Is 10 accept, extinguishes the long prevalent
opinion of the bloodthirstiness, the pitiless
demagogism Of him who has been charged
with aiming at and substantially reaching
the dictatorship Of France.
His opposition to Danton, who shared his
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BROUGHT. TO A CLOSE.
Events Marking the Tsrminatiea
Of the Reign Of Terror.
raE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN 1904,

Camille Dssm ssliss sad His Desds-Ths
Tsrroe - lH Acas-Ochiocratse Hor-
rors-DoeM ss the Dietator-Decapits-
tioa Of Robesplerrs Described.
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'N 900 stones on the.
tower. but they soon disappeared. Four
years after the leaves were again seen
between stones on the tower and con-s
tinued TO thrive through the warm
months. In about two years time well
defined and proportioned tree spread
its limbs and leaves from the
great height above. Greensburg became
known all over tho state as the Lone
Tree City," on account OF this curiosity.
But In time it will lose this name. as In
1875 moro trees appeared and six instead
of one adorn the tower.
The trees are Of the silver poplar vart
ETY. and are from three and one-half to
nine feet four inches high, the limbs
measuring a little over three feet. They
have a firm roofing and healthy appear
ance. and also cause the stones to spread
about one and one-fourth inches apart,
but just above the crevices spread out
and measure from four and one half
to seven and three-fourths inches in cir.
conference. The trees can be plainly
seen from the Union depot and attract
the attention Of many travellers, and are
regarded as the pride of Greensburg.
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By JUNrus HENRI BROWNE
tcOpydshs isss By American Press Association.

tCOpyright i6ea by Amertcau Press Association.I
x
Dantou had rightly complained Of being
put on trial with swindlcrs and stock jobbers,
alludtng to Chabot and Junius Frey. an Aus
trian banker, charged with defrauding the
.eoverumsnk Men Of different nationalities,
politics and alleged crimes were dragged to
death with him, making batch 0ournee,, a.
was common during tho Terror. The guillo-
tine was 20 taxed with slaughter that there
was no leisure to discriminate Not half the
sufferers were adherents Of Danton; but
among these the most conspicuous was
Camille Desmoulins, who, a. We have seen,
was the first to incite attack on the Bastile.
A lawyer, he never practiced, having bias
In favor Of literature Possessed OF genius
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EXECUTION or .6lITOy.
Tho Courage and Fiery Character
Of the Man Considered.
HIS TAKING OFF WAS IN issA.

3As Dssrss u ths Power of Rebsspierrs.
1 zAs Ennity between Him and Dsutss.
nsw Did Rebespisrrs Gala H,s Powssf
Dustos's Fearless Bearisg on the sca9ssa.
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prison, where Tai
lien finding her, re
leased and married
her. Going to Pa
ris, her beauty wa,
great tly admired,
her home became .
center for the mod
ate republicans
and, later, OF the
most brilliant 30
ciety Of tho CAPT
tai. She naturally
dreaded and hatet
Robespierre, and
knowing her hus
baad's feeling.
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The Ousen's Prize Winner

The Queen's Pri,e Winner.
Sergt Reid, who recently won the "bluo
ribbon" OF tho rife ranges for thelast time
on Wimbledon common, England, Is . steady
eyed son of Scotland. His calling u that Of
q telegraph clerk at Glasgow.
Sergt Reid belongs 70 the First Lanark
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a Handsome Yacht

From tho great work done In harnem ~
the schooner yacht Constellation u dos nCe
appear that Designer Burgess hand has lcee
It's cunning. The boat wns designed for r. d
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power, and to Dan.
tons adherents, in
cluding Ca lille
Desmoulins, all rep
resenting modera-
ton and advocat-
ing clemency, Is
generally attribut-
ed to fear Of them
as rivals, and de-
Ntermination to get
rid of them. One
reason Of his disap-
proval and distrust
of Dantou is that
Danton was what is
termed an atheist,
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AN ELEVATED FOREST.

Trees Grow ON tho Top os the Towss ~
Greensbarg Court House.
Greensburg. Ind, possesses q natutoI
curiosity in the form Of an elevated f6gs'
est on ono OF the towers Of It, court
house. In the center Of the business pr
,ion Of the place Is a handsome paR1Is
which contains within Its bounds 3
grassy lawn and a choice variety Of sha6o
trees. In 1854 ono Of the finest Of cos1S1
houses was built in this park. The archl.
lecture Is Of pleasing variety and u
workmanship OF the best quality..- ----'
On either end Of the huilding are two
large towers; the ono OH tho east stands
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THE CONSTELLATION.
York Yacht club she showed evidence Of -
specd by capturing the first prize In the Sun
from New London TO Newport That de ~
not capture the 0oelet cup was probably dus
70 IN accident CAUSED by her foresal ripplnG,
There can be NO doubt that she n great boa4|
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100 feet from tho
level OF the
ground to The
fancy stone or.
nament at the
top In building
the tower, about
thirty feet from
the top an arch
W as NJ ads Of
brick, on whiclr
stono was laid
about two feet IN
breadth and three
or four feet IN
length. In 1853
n few leaves wero
seen protruding
from between thH
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