Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-09-06
EXPOSITION LETTER

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ed. in spite of his silence, by the Bertll-
Ion system of measuring criminals; for
the pavilion contains the exhibit OF the
Paris police and this exhibit again, in
clndes full exposition of the Bertlllon
system. The system has only been in
vented sixteen years, but ii is already III
use in all countries that pretend to ciyi-
lization and progress. The reason Is
that il is mt once simple and nnerring.
As NJ Bertllon says, no human being
can have distinct and precise mental
portrait of person and consequently,
without the aid of science. no one can be
absolutely certain OF criminals identi-
! ty with someone he has previously seen
however close the general resemblance
may be. 1t is different when criminals
measurements are scientifically deter
mined. and the process by which they are
determined is nfallible. The subject II
! first of all measured from head to foot
/ lie Is then seated and measured from
the Ndlsi liDN tlhs INV ''"' -
measured, length and breadth. To Tia,
fraction of millimetre by a compass
like apparatus of great nicely. .NeN AN eai
il measured then the feet. the middle
and little tingees and 50 ON, and whel
the color Of the eyes has been noteG
Identification is complete. Salsoa wa
/ . 4 - la l,a..i /
| sions of his head. A heads are long.
average, OF short. Salson's was laO mill
imeires, 50 fell among the average.
Then the breath Of his bead was taken.
II was l56 miIimeires, aud with these
two figures known II only became necez-
sarv To look through the records SO as 10
find the man 70 whom it belonged This
was done ana the name of their Owner
was Salsou. When Salspp saw he was
found ont he admitted the idenit,
Silence was no mat Il for science.
Another part of the Paris police exbibi
that il attracting attention for the nom
ami il the prison curiosities shown there
At one side you have the right hall OF til,
neayy wooden gate of the Conclergerl,
where Marie Antoinette was confined
1t i barred with iron aud defended b,
IN enormous lock. Ga the other side /
part of the main gate OF the old prison,
Of st. Pelagie. Many curious and indeeo
repnlsive pictures are displayed along
wia!a these historic relics. including {
likeness of Ravalllac, assassin of Henri
~ IN the early part OF the lIth century,
aud of Frieschi with his internal machine
The machine itself Is lying close by
tofn gridiron 1t appears 10 be, made
hollow aud death dealing iron tubes
Several Of tie relics, among them an en-
ormous key of the Bastiile, are labelle'
Collection Nictur.en Sardon" and re.
cali to memory not only the blood STAN
Ell annals of the revolutionary period,
out also draw the mind 10 the grea'
French dramatist and tie tragic store
nonse from which he has taken much
Of his material. One picture an an
craving rather IS especially touching
that OF Charlotte Corday IN prison th,
uisht before her trial and condemnation
.She is writing 10 her father aud tht
letter is quoted underneath. My deai
iather,n it begins; pardon ms Tor detl.
lug with my own life in this way; 1t L
sacrificed to ayeng many innocent peopl'
aud 10 save many more And she goes
on to recall GorJilie's saying ';that erlme
makes the shame, not the seallold.
The Painting awards al the Exposition
are now declared. aud while France, as Il
perhaps only right, receives ten Grand
Prx, only two 20 To America Sargent
an Whistler and two 10 Great Britain
ALMA Tadema aud Orcharlson.l All
other countries, except Belgium get one
apeiee 80 that America and England can
hardly grumble Belgium Is given two.
Of the gold medals France has nearly
fifty. While Germany has six, America
seven, and Great Britain SIX. The
American painters chosen, are, IN alpha
bette order, Abbey. Alexander, Miss {
Beanx, Bursch. Chase, Homer, ana
rhayer, while the English are Clausen,
Forbs, Fresory, Lorimer, Rsld, ana
swan.
A striking testimony to General Por-
ter's popularity with the French Is
atfordel by an incident that occurred II
few dnys ago in the country where the
American Ambassador happens to he ON
a tiyiup visit 10 u French Chateau. A
local festival of some SORT happened 10 he
,,oiog ON in the town Of Clermont near
where General Porter is staying and the
General. under the guidance of his host,
attended it. Naturally he made little
speech and ms the speech was, also
naturally, complimentary to the French,
it was enthusiastically received and
cbeerea. This, however, was not all
The Deputy who represents the lie
parlment in which Clermont is situated
was also present and was So much struck
by the Generals aliablity that he has
since publicly addressed him letter OF
thanks for his attendance. The Deputy
among other nice things, says that the
General has shown by his act that he
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