, 1898-09-14
From the Daay 3'elsgraph.)

From The Dasty 7sl"graph.)
Various, indeed, and complicated are the
gases arising out of the miserable Dreytns
affair. NJ sooner ia one to all appearances
disposed Of than another comes to the fore.
Then there is a whole procession OF appeals,
and 80 the changes are rung until ~ Devil
dered public asks what is going 10 happen
next, and if it will ever be rid of all these
weary questions. M. Fabre, Examining
Magistrate, is on the point Of submitting to
the PrOcureur Dc la lsepublique the reports
and other documents bearing on the Picquart-
Leblois business. 1t will be remembered
that the lieutenant colonel was accused OF
having shown, when he was Chief of the
Intelligence Department at the War Office,
cel tain important, not to say secret, papers
TO the barrister. This he denied having
done, and nj. Fabre has been endeavOufing
to get at the bottom of the matter. A
decision is expected to be arrived at III the
course of the next few days, and meanwhile
our contemporary the Temps remarks this
evening hat it has reason TO believe that
Lieut.. Colonel Picquart and NJ. LeblOis Will
be prosecuted, special reference being male
i'll the charge to certain articles of the Law
of 1886 relating to. espionage. These clauses
treat of the communication by ~ public
1uuCbIOuhEy W ~ pOEoOI wiz 10 NV A"AAON
to take cOgnisance Of them of secret dOcu-
merts affecting the security of the State
Such is the view expressed Ivy the leading
Republican journal, which ! reproduce with
the utmost reservation. These cases. l
may add, ore tried in ordinary police
courts.
alcoholism is increasing to an extent
which would compromise the national defence
itself if q remedy were not speedily found
So says NJ. Guillemet, Deputy for Vendee,
and one of the officials of the Chamber. tie
intends to bring forward q bill for the State
monopoly of alcohols, his idea being that
only the best quality should be produced
and % higher price charged all round. M.
Guillemet calculates that if his plan were
put into execution it would annually BRING
10 the national Golfers more than 900, DOC, OOOf,
a goOdly proportion Of which might 10
devoted to the creation Of a retiring fund for
old workpeOple.
Every imaginable trade, from fortune
telling to pocket.ricking, seems to have been
tried in turn by two elderly mendlcant',
whose latest undertaking has proved an
unlucky venture, as it has brought one OF
them into unpleaSantly close acquaintance
ship with the police. This versatile pair,
two sisters of mature age and highly respec.
table appearance. began by selling old
ribbons and trinkets in the streets. Times
were hard, however, and a better plan was
imagined. One Of the sisters has lost her
eyesight. The other ~bethought herself on
the nine days wonder created lately by
Mdle. Cou esdon's prophetic utterances. 1t
occurred to her, moreover, that second sight
is often vouchsafed to the blind. Accordingly
the pair spent some profitable weeks III
restaurants and oremeries, where credulous
shop girls take their lunch and breakfast.
Customers were found in plenty, who were
willing to pay for having their fortune told
with or without the traditional cofee'grounds.
AS for that, the seer protested to be on
intimate terms with all the Saints OF the
calendar, who revealed the future through
her agency. So far so good, and the law bad
no cause to interfere. Unfortunately, how.
ever. the second. sight line of business ceased
fter a time to be u lucrative trade, and the
sister whose normal vision was sound used
her eyes to watch in the street q lady whose
rocket she eventually picked. The proceeds
OF the undertaking reached &3. The final
r.sn.. Mas less fortunate i'll one respect, but
..,;.roctorv in another. The pick. pocket is