The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09

spread your feet apart q little. 90 Stretch
your arms straight from the shoulders a.
far an you can" Ycu are like one cruel
fed At the tips Of your fingers the meas
uremenss are taken. New put your foot
on this block. Lean forward Rest your
wright as much as possible on the bent
leg. So With the strain on the muscles
the length OF the foot Is taken Now.
SIT down" A pair Of delicate compasses
IL applied 20 your head, the skull being
measured for its length and breadth
There is a measurement OF the fingers.
a measurement of the ears. All the time
the measurer has been calling out TO the
bookkeeper. who writes the date on
stout card. with your name and all the
rest. Then he scans your face. color OF
eyes. shape of eyes. shape Of nose face,
mouth and ears. according TO fixed ideals
or types The hands and arms are exam
ined: and IL is finished BY the practical
working OF this system suspected man
In any part Of France may be looked up
In half a day, and II Ia possible to tell
with certainty whether he has ever been
convicted or accused OF any previous
crime or misdemeanor. And with this
reference may be found TO all that justice
ever knew. or suspected about the man.
ali docketed in various pigeon-holes TO
damn him. Indeed Ii Is the ambition OF
French justice to anticipate. as much as
possible. the great and terrible day Of the
Lord when all mems acts shall be re-
vealed and a general judgment summed
UP OF each life. For example, none OF
these young men can ever receive the rib
hon Of the Legion Of Honor. Nor can
they enter the diplomatic service. Nor
could they become army officers. And
when they come TO marry II will be upon
their record that they were one time ar
rested.
After the first twenty-four hours only
thirty OF the rioters were held. The oth-
ers. charged with simple insults to au-
thority, were given their provisional
liberty" as We would say. on ball. No IN
nuence in France can get the others free.
Charged with rebellion" without arms,
they will get. IL convicted. from six
months to two years in prison. Baron de
Christiani, who struck the president. will
get two years at least. He may get 1--WE.
One OF the most romantic escapes was
that OF what one might call an American
by alliance. the Comte Boni de Castel-
lane. Madame de Casteilane herself
whose pleasure II Is to do her husbands
willis said to have hurrahed yehemently
for the army like a hot little royalist.
The son-in-law of Jay Gould was carried
Off by the police in the very thick OF
II: but when the moment came he said.
impressively. Finland me- ! am dep
uty." In fact he is deputy, from his
own town of Castellane. in the south of
France They had to release him. What
happened subsequently l will quote from
the Matin:
Scarcely half an hour after the row.
mounted municipal guard trotted out from
the pesage OF the private owners gate.
He had an important air. looking keenly
about him as he rode. In the distance
one could see the cavalry Fastening to
protect the president. What could he be
about? All eyes were turned on the
mounted municipal guard When he rode
I'D to a policeman the interest increased.
Hurry up the carriage Of Comte Boni de
Castellane.' he said. with authority. And
the policeman never doubted that 1t was
his duty TO hunt up the carriage. We
must say this for him: OF all the gilded
youth who made so sorry display. Count
Roni seems to have come of the best.
Perhaps his American wife has something
TO do with Ii. He became a deputy TO
please her, and it was his deputy's posi-
ton that saved him. No one doubts that
ne was in the very midst of the conspir-
acy. Surrounded by a group OF elegant
Understanding to the Siecle-he pulled
out his watch and said: 1T is 3 o'clock.
Behold the moment 1t is going to be hot"
And 1t was hot. Stirling Heilig In the
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat