New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-04

to supreme power in France. It is calculated to
add strength and solidity to the nation in gen.
eral which will henceforth be able to count
upon the loyalty Of its bue-blooded fellow-citi-
zens. no matter what government may happen
to be in power at the time.
ABsTEMIOUs STATESMEN.
In proportion as drunkenness increases among
the masses Of the nation, so does the sobriety
Of the directing classes of the Republic become
more remarkable, and there is probably at the
present moment government IN the civllZed
world that Is SO strictly temperate ana cool
headed-so far as abstinence rom a1conolc
stimulants Is cOncerned-as that or france.
True President Faure, in addition to showing
taste for big cigars and for smoking Driar-
wood pipe, occasionally takes his tnimp.e-
full" but he probably does this more on the
ground Of policy than out OF the mere love OF
LIQUOR since he is a Norman and the Normans
would look with suspicion and distrust at MIN
were they TO eaten him in the act Oh turning
aside from glass Of calvados.
NJ Ribot however is most abstcmious, and
never touches a drop Of anything save water
and the same may be said OF most OK MS prsde-
ccssors at the Ministry OF FINANCE lnciudinS
NJ. Carnot, Leon Say and N. Alan Targe rms
is what may in their particular cases be called
setting bad example, since the treasury derives
a considerable portion of its revenue from the
impost on drink and tobacco, which would
quickly show a decline were the taxpayers TO
follow in the footsteps Of the CHER OF the
Treasury Department, and forego their petts
ycrres"
NJ Brlsson. the austere Republican. who pre-.
sides the deliberations or the CnaHoer OK
Deputies is 4 strict temperance man. ara ~
.O0 is NJ Challemel-Lacour, the PRESIDENT OF me
Senate though ~ differs from vi. i5rsson IN 40.
staining on the ground Of health, rather ihan OF
principle ,
a drop of any alcoholic liquor IS ". de treyclnet
nicknamed the white Mouse" who has he'd
Office as Premier and Cabinet Minister more
frequently than any one else since the cohsu'u-
ton Of the Republic
II. Clemencoiu. too Tie man who has the
credit Of oyerthr0wlng every Administration 10
which NJ de Freycret has belonged ana many
other Cabinets besides, not only a3siains iro,n
every kind OF stimI!ant. but even stlnts himse!
with regard 10 water. tea and coffee being OF
the opinion that the less a man drinks the more
likely he is to remain in full enjoyment OF men,
tai and physical v.gor.
II. B0ulanger. another CABINET minister put
~ relation IF the celebrated general 0, thaI
name initiates Mr. Ciemenceau, ara so, TOO, does
OK Prcnier Goblet whereas NJ ROuvier and NJ.
Constant. neither Of whom can lay claim 10
tn. unblem!shod reputation Of Goblet or R;oot,
are each not for their fondness OF good cheer'
liquid as well as solid
Lot it be added that leading literary men.
such as Dumas. lola. Daudet, SaTcou ana Nell
hac every one Of them. drink nothing out MIN
eral waters. while Henri Rochefort, in spite OK
the rubicund hue Of MS face, and especially OF
his nose which with his white nair, gives MIN
the auDelranco Of q strawberry clipped III cream,
is never tired OF declaring that II al his country
men were as abstemiOus as himself with re-
Gard 70 ..petl,s verres" and tobacco the Gov
eminent would speedily become bankrupt.
TWO CLEVER swINDLERs
There is not a newspaper reader either on THIS
side Of the Atlantic or in America VINO has ho'
at one tine or another seen or heard something
about the so-called hidden-treasure swlndie
whereby creduous people innumeraoe have peen
oh Ia 81
In its details yet in tn main il was always
the same. II usually took the form u let1er
bearing n Spanish postmark sometimes uate1
from Madrid at other times from pen.tehuary
or oven from penal colonies. sucn as Ceuta. ana
purportng 10 have been written by some prisoner
or convict UNDERGOING term of penal servtude
for political offences. Usually the writer de-
carcd that he had been one II the cniei pay,
masters u the Carlist insurrcctonary army. ana
that he had buried the whole OF the immense
sum ~ money contded 10 his charge "nen on 'ie
point Of being captured. lie declared that ne
was on the eve Of being liberated. ana that ne
would assure his correspondent one-na1 OF tHe
entire treasure II the latter would only advance
him a sum anywhere from $500 to So'oVc. FOR
years tho police Of Europe have been endeavor-
Ing 10 obtain c.ew 10 the iGehtl'! Vi .he
rascals engaged in the swindle SO as 10 put
stop 70 their depredations. when nave oeen
an an almost incredibly large scale. To the
detective police here. who have been SO ihucn
and SO unjusuy abused. ooth at noris anu
abroad belongs the credit or having many run
thor IN Garth They turn out t. be rrenchman
named Chavanon. who has served several terms
~ penal serv.tude here. but VINO mas long oeen
rosidant i'm Madrid and a Spanish eX-conVict.
Pedro Bacque who. with his red wh'skers ana
hair and rubicund face. looks from head 10 1901
the English sporting man when ne professor
hi,osals :, no II was he who. through ex-
,@msiye knowledge OF Spanish iails. and OF thsir
inmates. was able 10 secure the mailing OF ,ns
letters from the various points rroH "n. H
,h. u,ara directed The two men. who Tor
vears have lived in luxury at Madrid on me
nroceeds Of their swindes have just been con,
denned by the Paris tribunal 10 I'VE yeai' p. ,hn
sarvitrde each which, unfortunately is the
maximum term.