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reserved and uncommunicative, and
takes no pleasure in material things
except his table, which is said to be one
of the finest in the Russian capital. .
city noted for its exquisite cuisine.
Shishkin began his diplomatic career as
Russian agent at Belgrade, Servia where
he succeeded in bringing about a sep
aration between Prince Michael of
Servia and his wife, Countess Julia
Hunyadi, a Hungarian noblewomnn.
thereby making Russian influence para
mount and humiliat;9g AuStria-Hun-
gary. His debut as 81 international
mischiefmaker SO pleased his supe-
riors that he was appointed minister to
Peking, China, where he obtained a
personal interview with the emperor, a
feat not before accomplished in modern
times by European diplomat. From
China he was transferred to Washing
ttn where he served during President
Grants second term and President
Hayes administration. He became
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BENTON, LOUISIANA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1897.

own which could lead to association of
your name with the crime-did you?"
lie spoke with great positiveness, and
then' as though regretting what he
mad said, leaned back in his seat and
looked with nervous earnestness at his
newspaper-staring companion.
That would be the act of an imhecile
and not of clever man, such as am.
Also that would be the way vulgar
murderer would perform" said the lat
ter. But l committed the crime stu
diously. skillfully. That is why it
could be SO readily traced to me. The
question arises: Who slew this man
dolt or person of intellect? Straight
way comes the answer-based on at
tendant facts-which shuts out of con-
sideration any but q man of intellf-
gence. 1t confines the murder to very
narrow circle-do you not see? Prob
ably one-fifth of the people of this
world are intelligent enough to be
clever in matter of murder; the other
four-fifths, given a crime for commits
sion, would perform the work blunder-
| ingly and mateurishly-would slaugh-
ter and 60 away. This crime was not SO
committed. Consequently a shrewd
and gifted man did the job. Conse-
quently, also, four-tifths of the number
Of men who might otherwise have been
held as possibly blameworthy are ex-
culpated by the fact of their obtuse-
ness. Do you not see how blame is CEN
tered? AS an illustration, let us take
the number 1000. Say our culprit is
among these. Well, il the crime shows
that the work was of dullard, we
would have to search among the full
thousand. for the intelligent man can
do the work of the clown, but the clown
cannot counterfeit the man of brains.
But, on the other hand, the indications
are that the criminal Ia a man of high
order of intellect. BY the cold, hard
proof of unlying figures we straight
way strike of 800 from the list of the
blamable, and we have but 200 to In
vestigate."
Interesting, but still you have a
great number, and your man may yet
escape A strange look was on the
face of the match borrower.
Impossible. Do you not see that the
philosophy which will allow the cur
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was compelled to fight number of
duels with men who were concerned in
the charges against him. One of these,
Baron Won Schraeder, master of cere
monies Of the Prussian court, was
killed, and Won Kotze confined in a
fortress as a punishment. 1t is now
believed that Maj. Won Tausch was the
head Of conspiracy formed to i'll
jure the reputation of influential Off
cials, and that the anonymous letters
ascribed to Won kotze, on whom sus-
piclon was fixed by the detective officer,
were dictated by the latter. The whole
episode reads like a piece of fiction,
and would be amusing did it not expose
a phase of official rottenness unparal
leled in German history. 1t is sup
posed that Maj. Tausch was actuated by
overweening ambition, and hoped to
rise by dscrediting the government
in power, and by the elevation of his
friends to the highest Offices in the en-
pire. Like all other shady characters,
the ex-head of the hated political police
is a coward, and has already threatened
to betray his coconspirators, who, he
iptimates, are of such exalted standing
that the crown will not da1e to push
its case against him. When the Panama
revelations startled France few years
ago it was thought that the depth of
official villainy had been reached, but
the recent Berlin revelations, it must be
admitted, are far more degrading in
their effect on public morals, and dem
onstrate that German official life is by
no means as pure and honorable as the
German press would have us believe.
From St. Petersburg, the cradle Of
court cabals, comes the news that a
powerful faction has been organized TO
discredit Nicolai Paulovitch Shishkin,
recently appointed minister for foreign
affairs in succession to the late Prince
Lobanoff. The new dignitary is not
stylish" enough to suit the dandies of
the court party and too incorruptible to
find favor with the professional politi-
clans. However, he enjoys the conf
dence of the young czar, as he did tha
of Alexander and Nicholas before him.
NJ. shishkin is not an imposing looking
parsonage, being extremely short and
quite fat, 10 10 saosteptatious. very
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tailment of figures to the extent have
mentioned will proceed with another
equation and set aside-well, let us say,
$50. Then the pursuer has but so per
sons to look after where five minutes
before he had 1000. Another simple
process of figures and the so is reduced
to 20, the 20 to five-and so on until
you come to the one of all where the
blame lies. DO you see? I, the murder
er of Old Winchester, stood at his body,
and in an instant all this flashed be-
fore my mental eye. Why, even as
looked about me, l saw how this de-
tail of preparation for the deed was
going to cut out 1s per cent, and that
other incident, which l had considered
so clever, was absolutely certain to re-
lease 80 per cent. of the possible Grim
inal population from the diffusion of
blame. Did they not teach you in
youth that figures cannot lie?'
The other man looked intently into
the face of the philosopher. He seemed
to be attempting to read the strange
thoughts back of those burning eyes.
He did not answer.
''As 1 stood there" the man with the
newspaper continued, II foresaw how
horribly 1 had erred. 1 saw that the
night beyond was filled with proofs,
not of my identity, but proofs that it
was not this man or that, or one OF
this so or that 100 who had slain
Mr.. Winchester. Oh, no. I had
planned it all with wonderful fore
sight, and there was absolutely moth
ing to connect me directly with the
death of the old man. All, but the
proofs that the murderer could not
absolutely could not-be any of that
large number which might otherwise
be suspected were equally numerous.
1t is very simple. A death is brought
about by violence. Some man is the
author of the wickedness. We take all
those who by any shadow of possibility
could have performed the function, and
by the process of elimination we find
our man. We may have to start in with
the whole population of the world
but the end is as definite and certain
One from two leaves one in Illinois
Just as it does in Syria. Arithmetic
cannot be set aside any more than car
the law of gravitation. All this ap
peared to me as looked down upon the
face of my victim. l saw how ! mus,
keep coming back to the scene to re7i Use
and amend my crime, so that blame
might be thrown elsewhere"
The other man started in his seat
He placed his pipe in his pocket.
" saw that I must dwell forever ir
aa atmosphere Of 3ool!shly astemps
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TOGETHER.

-. ,oved each other long and true
And at last in April weather.
u,hsn the crocus buds were breahing
through,
And the dying moon hung faint in the blue.
Va nut to sea together.
ror wears we sailed on the sunny main,
And then came stormy weather;
orr vessel groaned with the tug and strain,
And out in the shrieking wind and rain
We faced the gale together.
nut whether the sky was dark or bright.
Or fair or foul the weather.
on, love was ever the beacon light
That cheered our souls in the darkest
night,
And held our hearts together.
And now we sail In our battered boat.
ITnnindful of the weather:
The winds may rave and the clouds may
gloat.
mt little we care II we sink or float,
so we sink or float together.
Henry Lyndcn Flash, in N. o. Times
Democrat
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GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.
Berlin Furnishes the Worst Scan
dial of the Decade.
Corruption In High Circles - Intrigues
Against Russia's New Minister Of For
eign Anairs-Stabillty of Brazirs
Government Assured.
Especial Letter.l

German newspapers are in the habit
Of making much of official scandals oc-
CURING in France and other countries,
but just now they should be sweeping
before their own front door. No court
sensation of recent years equals in
downright degradation that which has
just been brought to light in Berlin
III the course of the trial against Baron
Won Luetzow and five other journalists
who were charged with accusing the
government of printing bogus version
Of the speech delivered by the czar dur
ing his visit to Germany. The prosecu-
ton succeeded in securing an admis-
sion from the defendants to the effect
that they had received their informa-
tion through Maj. Won Tausch, commits
sioner of detectives of the imperial po-
litical police. The libelous publica tion
accused Prince Hohenlohe, the imperi-
al chancellor, but more especially Baron
Marschall Won Bieberstein, German
minister of foreign affairs, of wilfully
and maliciously "editing" the czar's re-
marks before delivering the copies Of
the speech to the press. The charge
compromised Baron Won Biberstein to
such an extent that his Withdrawal
from public life was demanded by the
newspapers of the empire, but the trial
in open court, which was vigorously
pushed through the exertions OF his
friends, has vindicated his honor and
assured him prominent place among
Cermany's statesmen. 1t has also
cleared the reputation of Chancellor
Hohenlohe, although no one ever seri-
ously believed that he would have given
his official consent to a revision of an
official speech, no matter how uncom-
plimentary it might have been to his
emperor or his country.
The fall of Maj. Tausch, who is un-
der arrest charged with perjury,
forgery, lese majeste and calumniati ton
of ministers, has reopened the notori-
Gus Won Kotze scandal which, a few
years ago, shook all Europe from CEN
ter to circumference. Won kotze, who
was royal court chamberlain, was ar
rested in June, 1894, accused of having
disseminated anonymous letters maxi
ing indecent personal accusations
against members of the Hohenzollern
family and the highest German aris-
tocracy, was acquitted by military
tribunal. After his release the count
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uooy were no longer my own. l felt
rue sudden sensation of horror which
sones TO one who has just taken life.
VI horror not because of the wickedness
oi the crime, but because of the i'm
PROBABILITY of escape. l fancied myself
s'andlrg over the victim, whose body
.sy like pulpy and disorganized bun
aie before me, and wondering what had
naoe me so foolish as to kill him in
exactly the manner which would cause
'ne crime to be traced with unerring di-
ee.hess TO me. Every provision had
made for safety seemed now to be a new
proo1 OF guilt. My artfully-contrived
.e'iees Tor concealment were open dec
'arat'ons of culpability."
sut: said the other, "you left no
pHSea ~eapon-ao property Of yesF
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Girls Winter Frocks.

The frocks of babies one to two years
old come an inch or two above the shoe.
top-enough to avoid any risk OF the
tots stumbling and falling over it's
skirts. At three years of age they are
now shortened to the jauntiest proper,
tions, and come barely to the knee. AT
six years skirts fall just below the knee.
and from then on they are gradually
heightened, until at IA they fall Iush
with the shoe-tops, while at 1e they
are carried down to the ankle.-Har-
Ders BaZar,
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MEXICAN PIGMlES.
A Futile Effort Made to Find . RACE
Tradition Tells About.

Tradition Tells About.
Somewhere hidden in the heart of
that land of marvels, Mexico, there is
without doubt a nation of pygmies.
Few they are, but fierce; short of stat
ure, but long of life. Science, which in
this latter day goes out into highways
and hedges and compels all sorts of c'l'
rosities to come in, has not been able
yet to put it's positive finger on these
people. But the Aztec traditions, old
before the beginning Of history, have
said they existed. There is echo OF
the story in the early histories of that
land full of wonders. Prescott only
told Of a small part of the strange
things to be found in Mexico.
1t was in the belief that we had the
clew to almost the precise location of
these tiny folks that l started to jour
ney into the wilds of Mexico. So def
mite was the information upon which
the expedition was based that thought
we might go directly to the home Of
the dwarfs. l knew there were noun
tains to climb and rivers to cross, hum
dreds of hard miles to travel, untold
hardships to face, but to find the pyg-
my Aztecs was a great enough accom-.
plishment to tempt any scientific man
to make all physical discomforts seem
trivial. went. l invaded the remotest
and most uncivilized districts of the
great country to the south. Of the
men and customs / have seen many
and studied them from the United
States border to the isthmus. l have
seen strange people and gathered relics
of bygone civilization, but the race
of pygmies we could not find. do not
say that they do not exist, but merely
that l did not find them. They may
still be hidden somewhere among those
mountains, where some day lucky man
will find them and bring them to light.
At any rate, I have come back to the
haunts of everyday modern people and
the duties of every day, wiser and hap
pier than when started on my mission.
The stories of those wanderings in
Mexico will be wonder story to tell
by and by, and rich memory for old
sge.-San Francisco Examiner.
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Sleeve EaPniturA.

Women have found the long rufsie
cdging on the sleeve, hanging half-wa '
down over the hand, so decidedly in the
way and SO soon getting mussy and
soiled that they are adopting a two.
inch ruff of chiffon as sleeve garnjture
nstead.-Chicago Tribune.
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night came two men who made speed
10 find comfortable positions of semi
recumbency in the smoker. One Of
them drew an evening paper from his
pocket and began reading it with ap-
parent interest. The other filled briar
pipe and interrupted the reader to ask
him for a match.
The man with the pipe forgot to
smoke, and the man with the paper, al
though he must long since have arrived
at the place where the story was inter-
rupted by the fold, did not turn his
journal, but stared into it with eyes
which read nothing. Both desired to
disinclined to make the first vocal ad-
vance. Finally the man with the paper,
with his eyes still intent on the big,
black type of the heading, said some
thing about the storm.
ut is very bad weather for one to be
out unless he positively has to-" the
other remarked. II wish I didn't
"You got on at Bineton, didn't you ?"
inquired the reader.
"Yes. Horrible little town. Istopped
there to do some business, but the en-
tire population was taken up with dis
sussion of the murder, SO l had to pull
out" disgustedly.
Il thought saw you at the station"
the other said, "but l wasn't sure. l
pity you. Ipity anyone whose fortune
sends him into a muddy little country
town In stormy weather. That was \
strange murder, wasn't it? Ihave been
reading OF it in the evening paper. Do
ycu know it affected me most wonder
fully? The newspaper account was so
realistically presented, you know, and
itseemed to take possession of my mind.
Possibly 1t was the motion of the train
and the transition into light from dark
ness, and perhaps the lulIing influence
OF the storm from which | am shell
tered, but whatever the combination
1t set me to dreaming on one propo-
sition of that murder and l hardly
seemed myself"
lis that SOP" said the man with the
pipe, in tone that indicated sudden
and intense interest.
Yes, | got to thinking about the MUIR
uerer, and about how he must feel just
now. pictul ed myself as the author of
lhccrime. Itried to conceive what would
De my sensations if l were really the
man who had killed Old Winchester.
AS read, it seemed that some sort of
nm influence came over me, and some
strange metamorphosis changed me
irom my real personality, giving me
mat CT the assassin. yielded myself
70 the phenomenon, and mind and
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A ComihS ChamPIohs' 71T'' y
DO you wrestle at school, my son, a.
they used to when was boy?'
"Yes, pa; an beat ev'ry feller in the
school at wrastlin'."
Pm glad to hear it, my boy"
"Yes, pa; no matter " at boy wrastle
With / allus reach the ground frst"-
N, 7, Tribune.
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wild horses are found in great num-
hers both in Asia North and sout.
America
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THE AUTHOR OF THE CRIME.
BY CARL SMITH.

ITH an alarm which
was not entirely
unmelodious t h e
engine dashed in
alongside the plat
form, and out Of
the Deighboriny
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-10-20
The Ideal Young Man,

He is one who could never be
ip6aced to use profane language,
one who never uses his ears as a
receptacle for vulgar stories, one
who is never seen with his fingers
stained with the poisonous nlco-
tine from the filthy cigarette, one
who scorns lie, one who shuns
the company of mean people, one
who spends his evenings at home
with mother and sister and finds
their company more beneficial in
his future than 1.-The downtown"
boys. | admire a bashful young
man. | would rather see the rose
tint stain the cheeks Of a grown
man than watch a dozen hills Of
ripening straw berries. | love a
Young man who loves his mother
and is not ashamed of it, one who
thinks there is nobler career in
life than being a 1irst-rate dancer
or crap shooter. One who never
drinks any intoxicating drinks,
one who is honest and square in
all his transactions, one who can
not be laughed out of a principle
or ridlculed out Of a purpose. |
simply love a young man who
hates whiskey and thinks too
much of the brains God gave him
to make smoked meat out of
them with cigarettes. In the moral
and physical world the cause of
truth and virtue calls for cham
pions and the field for doing good
is white with the harvest. In
every young mans future there
are obstacles TO be surmounted
and difficulties to be vanquished,
yet with truth for their watch
word they will march onward and
upward; will ascend to the top
most round of the ladder Of fame.
His brow Will be crowned with
honor. He may never wear the
warriors crimson wreath, the
poets chaplet of bays, or the
statesman's laurels, or be the
founder of a republic which shall
be distinguished star in the con-
stellation OF nations Even more,
his name may never be heard out
side the narrow limits of his own
neighborhood, yet his mission is
none the less high and noble
one.
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understand the business we are
convinced that the cultivation
would be OF the greatest impor-
tance to this country and in a
short time would rival the great
Belgium region of Courtrai.
II wish to draw attention to
the fact that the difference in
wages between this country and
Europe in flax culture is fully
equalized by the cheapness and
fertility Of our lands, by the use
of superior agricultural imple-
ments, and by the larger amount
of work that the American farmer
is capable of performing"
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neither will your Father forgive
you your tresspasses." He told
the people of their malice toward
each other and upon enquiring
we learned that its members were
fighting each other in almost
every conceivable way. Now, that
church is dead, hatred stirred up
strife and strife killed. Its best
members united with another
church of the same faith and or
der, and ere long the building
was sold. We know church
which was the pride of its pastor
for years, but hatred worked its
cruel way into the humble coun-
try church and such awful strife
was stirred up that its influence
was paralyzed and it is almost
dead now. When it dies, for die
it will, demons will clap their
fiery hands and shout over hatred's
victory.
1t stirs up strife in communi-
ties. In some neighborhoods such
strife is rising that good people
tremble for their safety. In a
certain county in the north west
ern part of this state there was a
lovely valley. Six years ago we
passed through that beautiful vale
and lovlier spot we never saw.
Broad fields of tasseling corn, and
lruiting cotton, greeted the eyes.
The people lived in beautiful
houses. The yards were fragrant
with sweet flowers, but best of all
III that happy, beautiful valley
there blossomed the Rose of
Sharon which sent forth a fra
GRANGE that carried the blessed
power of healing wounded, bleed
ing hearts. Alas alas the homes
are neglected. the fields are poor
~ cultivated, the flowers no long
er bloom, the sweet Rose of Sha-
ron no longer blesses the spot.
Why is it such an uninvitins
place to-day ? The demon, hatred
walked into that community and
spread its black wings over it and
from them dropped poison which
dealt death. But enough with
this. Reader, don't allow hate to
blight your life and damn your
soul.
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American Flax.

y most encouraging report is
made by Special Agent Charles
X. Dodge Of the experiments con
Quoted with American grown flax,
at he Barbour mills in ireland.
y ton Of flax straw grown in the
Puget Sound region in the state
Of Washington in 1898, was sent
to Ireland for experimental pUr-
poses. The experiments accord
ing TO Mr.. Dodge's report, devcl-
oped the fact "lhat for flax cul-
ture, the Puget Sound region is
the equal in climate of some of
the best flax producing regions
OF Europe. The superior quality
of straw produced which resem-
blcd the straw of the famous
Courtrai region of Belgium, at
tractcd the attention OF the Bar
bourS, resulting in this firm un-
dertaking the retting experiment
in ireland at their own expense.
"With the Barbour report was
received large series Of lax, the
best scutchcd fibre of which is
valued by them at $3.50 per ton.
out of this lot, however. flax was
hackled that is worth II pence
per pound, or about $500 per ton.
There iC No louLt tbnt ~ bottnr