The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-10
MKS FROM PARIS LIFE.
= ~r.v TOpCHY COUNT OF THE DE-
GENERATE SCHOOL.
- Novelist whose Recon-
-~..e Was Greater Than HIS Fane
a hector Who Counted His Own
p.ls~-ToId Of Deaths Approach.

4 tatxhabls Incident which has grown
- - sh< regent trouble Of a nsIicur ma
- sn the cnAn6sr Of deputies Is .tne
se~l.~Uxs sent By the Comte de Bernis 10
= 1aurss The later .was the insuited
.ssty 10 begin with, since IL was only al
- s.xtnx called an advocate Of the Drey-
- ~vuasrate. that he INDUCED In the
ssotcs French epitnets which irameaiate-
- sat the place In an uproar and gave
EusrraI grave and reverend deputies their
fblack eyes. Nevertheless. b. lie Connie
- himself sxgrisged, and sent his sec
1ras 10 those OF M- Jsures 10 arrange =
lneI what was the surprlss OF PaEif.
s~~weyer 10 learn that the seconds Of the
sssssiissfc deputy had informed those sent
gh,, the comte that the former would CON-
- 20 a fight with ne asn VINO had prov
a himself 20 be q coward, which ali the
rafr noy knew the cornte 10 be. II seems
~.snsf during the melee In the chamber the
sente had watched for his opportunity.
80 sesxsng II when IL arrived, had run
: behind NJ Jaures' back and struck
In from behind Before the latter could
,uru the Comie de Bernis had fed away
zuto tho nisdst Of the tgmuis again and
hsd escaped. Thus A. Jaurss has secured
"A exquisite revenge by holding UP his
anmsnIy assailant to the FiaicuIe OF all
PARA That he Is right goes without say
tn. fer the cowardly incident is vouched
- by . bakers dozen witnesses. who say
s.Aat no more contemplate action ever
sceurred In the chamber. Not only was
ysurss hit from behlnd-fhat was bad
soeugh--but the blue-blooded oomte ran
Z n Ike . weakened boy.
AGe are more glorious names In French
venture at the present time than that
Emile Richebourg, who died a few
Ian ago, but certainly no more popular
y abundant writer can be cited through
81 The whole century. His vogue for
years past has been tremendous among
"a claaes Of French society. and his sto-
- netted him 100. ooo francs a year. and
lpmesknes stiil higher sum. They were
fi,k quite In what We cal the solitary
ipenAn style" but they were all toll
s.uble examples OF the melodrama dear
b Z newspaper reader here. Riehebourg
-rAel 70 tail ''rattlin' good Stories which
VssM appeal to sveyy class OF fiction-lov-
r. Aualaniyy, and his talent for produc-
isf that kid Of iiterature made him the
alkneWlelged standby OF nearly every
oktor n Paris who discovered that his
pspers circulation for any cause was de-
sr0ang. A paper has been known TO In
cfeoss lts circulation as much as $1,000 q
vol after . story by Richebourg began
:, Appear In Its columns. and his feuIle-
tena. OF leading articles. which were print
II 10 weekly journals. counted their read
~ By hundreds OF thousands. He never
~suld write In any papers bat those
which. on account Of their chear price,
tsachs1 the largest number OF people
Richsbourg was the son OF cutler Iiv-
ins some distance from Paris: but, imme-
esteiy on reaching his 18Th, year. not car
! ~ for his fathers trade. he commenced
| bic literary career. for better or worse.
He succeeded from the start. and never
Geaged the metaad In which he so firm
/ 4 believed. This was 10 avoid anything
uks "fad' In writing. and always TO
vrise rather for the most uncuitured than
n the most cultured Of his readers He
80 and meant TO remain man of the
p<sDle. pure and simple. and a prodigious
! S,t Of his Income was spent in aiding
sang writer's. preferably those of like
GSin with himself II they showed
ny medleum Of talent and lot OF grit
shsy had a friend in Riehsbourg. and
many Of the ntserateurs whose names arc
iIstr'ous In Parts today have found
ehsMseiyss helped over a hard place by
Ms Kindly hand. He nsver married, but
FPvu the hfe OF a iaborious scribe in HIS
ltYs 1sme at Bougivai where he was
ioened BY hia feliow-townsmen and
-frs his study was a perfect workshop.
" this room some curious stories are
so'd. II Is said that II contained five ia
nsss on which each day were spread FIVE
e.Herent tasks. unrelated TO one anoth-
u and Consisting Of some piece OF work
promised 10 editor or publisher tn the near
: .Nufe His daily programme never va
IT. IN the early morning ne sat down
~ thc nrst of these tables and wrote a
Far he.
pssed 10 the next paper. and perhaps
Ah'sheu another chapter In a romance half
eIptted. By the time this was accom-
tMneo ne began 20 think Of tho work
4 wmsh Ay on the third table: from the
| I'm ne passed to the fourth and when
We gay was done he had performed five
J tsexs Instead Of one 1t was only hv thus
| ~yinE the object OF HE energy that he
sad create at all, he declared The re-
s, sksoie part OF such manifold aprlica-
IN that. az FAR "a any one can tell.
\ nsssr mixed up his characters. never
a.Hea bride OF one romance To a
i xeefoom Of another. and siwavs easily
\ ~ ap the threads OF each rlaee oF
s,s k at exactly the right point. II was
). ~ matter Of habit. he thought; ana he
/ - mat even had he slipped up." he
@ on such good terms with the rahIge
1 sas they would forgive him and enjoy
AZ Joke
e. ais week saw the death of another
..e,ions Partisan. One OF the NOS,
.saea ef modern surgeons. Or. Pear dIe,,
ss'nay morning. ~. Illness was very
&C. ana was made light - by his
80 who tried Ia vain 10 cheer the
| ,,s.. nave Rst counted my pulse" he re-
80 ana J tell you that no man has
49, what ava IA, this moment under.
n an honr shan bs a dead ma, o..
| vas fssht. for he expired twenty mia.
!, -. A'eT rs words HIS career had h.a,
~. rarid and brilliant thus ne eainss
~. ssfiy IN his llfe 20 devote himself -
e.. ,u'kfeat sperialties fr ofhr~ We
-. :, vas a wf'l-known Squire fn p,r,s
interested in charitiss anA etn,e4t f.
on all Vuhie matters ss far a.
.,s,,.1 @'eshefefs quarter q tha ft,s "a.
"a RS salon Vas ~ra 80 -. ~
80. sesent Eeacra,ior ~ prominent ~.
aha hr dfa neg rcnans hls VIE.
,a,. purely medical s,lo3scts "a, .c,,,
> epu,s . a. many hfe~sry controy>rs AMI
UP his Pc 'a the g.rtferes. esr
II knD-.. y she Partisan rales,t{-. -4-,.s -.