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bt MShSieOF fJuNei.
Prosper remained silent
Have YOU" persisted the judge.
'any cause for believing that Ken
sieur Fauvel robbed himself2"
The prisoner reserved rigid si-
lence.
II see. monsieur said the Judge,
that you need time for reflection.
Listen 20 the reading of your exam
nation. and after signing IL you viii
return TO prison.
The unhappy man was overcome.
The last ray of hope was gone. He
heard nothing OF what Sigauf read.
and ne signed the paper without look
ing at it.
lie tottercd as ne left the judges
Office SO that the keeper was forced
10 support him
81 fear your case looks dark.
monsieur" said The man. but don't
be dishearteued, keep up your cour-
age"
Courage, Prosper had not n spark
of it when he returned 90 his cell;
but his heart was filed with anger
and resentment.
lie had determined that he would
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preached himself bitterly for having
trusted TO che Judges benevolent
face
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claimed. SEQ can chat AN exam'na-
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'No ".' n'd eol.ed
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-06-02
FILE NO. 113.
ONE OF THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS, AND HOW
1T WAS SOLVED.
a. EAssLE oABORiAUJ

I'm straif-iacl<ct. seeing around him
an these rich people with whom mon
ey assumed the place of the wand I'm
the fairv-taie. ne envied their lot
Tie studied the beginnings Of these
financial princes. ana fopnd tbat ar
the starting point they possessed far
less rhou himself.
How. thcu. had they succeeded2 nv
force 90 energy. industry and assur-
ance.
TIC determined to initiate and e,cel
them.
From th'- day. with "a force of win
much less rare than ,ye tbirl DE- inn
posed silence upon his instincts. He
reformed not his morals. but his man-
ncrs. and SD strictly aid he conform
Co tle rules of deoorum. that he was
regarded as model off proDrietv bv
those who knew him. and had faith
iu his character: and his capabilities
and ambition inspired the prophecy
that Dee would Dee successful i'm attain
ing emiucnce and wealth.
And thc end OF an was this-im-
prisoncd for robbery, that is. ruined.
Fog Dee did mot attempt to deceive
himself Tie knew chat. guilty or in-
noceut. MAN once suspected is MS iu-
e0aceably branded as the shoulder
/ OF caNeN-eiavc.
Therefore. what was the use OF
STRUGGLING What benefit was a tri-
Jump which could not wash out the
stainf
When The Jouer brought him his
supper he found him lying ON his
pallet, with his face buried in the
/ pillow. weeping bitterly.
an ne was not hungry now Vow
'h"t he was alone. he Ted upon his
/ own niiter thought lie sunk from "a
state OF frenzy INTO one az stupefy-
I ing despair ana FainlY did DE endeav-
or TO e.e'r ms com used mind and ac-
count lor 'ne Dark cloud gathering
ABOUT Nuns no ioop-hole Tor escape
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/ JUDGE of Instructions
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| let. Said.
| "Con.a an ouf,l.f-
The constable remarked AS thev
! walked along.
/ "lou are very fortunate I'M having
your case brought before an honest
man."
Tie was RIGHT.
| Endowed with remarkable penetra-
/ tion firm. unbiased. equally free from
false pity and excessive severity. ~.
. patr'gent possessed in an eminent
degree an the qualities necessary for
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concealed in them. NJ Lecoq waved
them aside with am air Of authority.
and said:
'You have done enough"
He was obeyed. All the formalities
being ended, the unfortunate cashier
was taken 10 narrow cell; the heav-
ny-barred door was swung TO and
locked upon him; ne breathed freely;
at last he was alone
Yes, be believed himself 10 be alone.
He was ignorant that prison is made
Of glass, that the accused is ike a
miserable insect under the micro
scope OF an entomologist. He knew
not that the walls have stretched ears
and watehful eyes.
He was so sure OF being alone that
he at once gave vent 20 his suppresseI
feeling, and, dropping his mask of int
paSsi bility, burst into a flood of tears.
His long-restrained anger now flashed
out like a smoldering fire.
In a paroxysm of rage he uttered
imprecations and curses. He dashed
himself against the prison walls like
wild beast in a cage.
Prosper Bertomy was not the man
be appeared to be.
This naughty, correct gentleman
bad ardent passions and fiery tenn
permanent.
One day, when he was about TWEEN
ty-four years OF age. he had become
suddenly fred by ambition. While all
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"AN -ttAtk WIN ILtNohtt>. NtihtliNltc,
above the noise of their heavy boots
tramping along the aag-stones, could
be heard a woman's stihed sob, and
looking around YOU would see some
poor mother or wire with her face
our'eo DID her hanoAerchiet' weeping
utterly
AT snort intervals the door would
open ana shut and a balm call out a
name OF huInper'
rms sitting atmosphere, and the
sight OF So much misery, made the
cashier lli and faint; he was feeling
as it another 1--WE minutes stay among
,neSe "feJcheu creatures would make
MN 'e' .hit 9lch'"hen little old man
dressed pa black. wearing the insignia
u ms "N.,t' steer cuain. cried out;
'oNper hertomN.
ne unhappy man arose. ana, with
"D' showing now found himself in
'Ny once 'I ihe l'ose OF instruction
'' q moment he was blinded. he
h1d come out of dark room: and the
one '' winch he now found himself
i,'' " "'.'o" directly opposite the
,ooI' $50 'n'' q Hood OF light fen sud-
'i,' Al.i,
i's ''''e' ""e al those ON the gall
le'S was OF very ordinary appear
' ANA 'ineN-
The wal was covered with cheap.
car N-tften paper and ON the floor
was "a .'loeo's Drown carpet very
On, .,'1',e me ooor was large desk.
,., .. o"'0ies oi ia"-r'pers, ne-
t- 49, ~, ''.'' ''S S."'e" lne Judge toe-
.''t 'h'7e VINO entered. Sc that his
r, i' ''' sii"e'c' "nue that
or.l......, ... el " .'eSSes whom he
WAS I" +.'Fe OF night.
NJ 'I'e rehi before % ittie table,
s'' ''e'N writing The nd.s Ucusabie
"OI''.'L 'i 'he Judge
.'", ''>l''f observed none OF these
details; ms whole attention was CON
'i''" inc "Fniier OF his fate.
"' '.'S'iF examined his face
'S CON, ..'''" lnat The loiier was
Gaming "''" an honorable
g.. l"Hneit face, with
49,, ,' '"'i'"e ana short req
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gent t0' ana e Kindly expires
-, I'D impress one
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.N. @''" - N"id 20 Prosper.
-''s '.''.' ',''@''on was gratefully
'H '"e prisoner, Tor he had
contempt Tie looked upon 10 as q
t'DN 7'-"' ana AIe mind felt "a slight
90, '-e"' turned toward the
w. ' '"o 0''"'
'''H ho"' >ieault; pay
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Summoning all has courage. he turn
I'd the door-knob, and was about 10
enter. when the constable stopped
him.
Don't be in such haste" ne said;
"you must sit down here, and wait
till your turn comes, when you win be
called"
The wretched man obeyed, and his
keeper took a seat beside him.
Nothing is more terrible and lugu-
brious than this gallery of the judges
OF instruction.
Stretching the whole length Of the
wall is a wooden bench blaclsned by
constant use. This bench has for the
last ten years been daily occupied by
all the murderers, thieves, and suspi-
cious characters OF the department of
the Seine.
Sooner or later. fatally, as filth
PUSHES 10 a sewer, does crime reach
this gallery, this dreadful gallery with
one door opening on the galleys, the
other on the scaffold. This place was
vuigarly and pithiiy denominated by
certain magistrate as the great pub
lie wash-house of all the dirty linen in
Paris.
When Prosper reached the gallery
IL was full OF people. The bench was
almost entirely occupied. Beside him,
80 close as 10 touch his shoulder, sat q
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-16
The Plausible Lie.

We resent calumny, hypocrisy and
treachery because they harm us, not
because they are untrue. Take the de-
traction and the mischief from the un-
truth, and we are little offended by 1t.
Turn it into praise, and we may be
pleased with it. And yet it is not cal
umny and treachery that do the lar
gest sum of mischief in the world
They are continually crushed and are
felt only in being conquered. But it is
the glistening and softly spoken lie,
the amiable fallacy, the patriotic lie of
the historian; the provident lie Of the
politician, the Jealous lie of the parti-
san, the merciful lie of the friend and
the careless lie of each man to himself
that cast that black mystery over hu-
manity through which we thank any
man who pierces it as we would thank
one who dug we'll in a desert. Hap
py that the thirst for truth remains
with us even when we have Willfully
left the fountains Of it.-John Ruskin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-16
Horses and Grass.

A famous veterinary surgeon de-
clares that grass beats all the drugs In
creation as cure for sick horses and
mules. Horses should have a few
quarts Of grass daily from spring until
fall, he says. The prevalent notion
that it is harmful Is idiotic and cruel.
Grass to horses is the same as fresh
vegetables and fruit to us. Their cray
ing for it proves their need Of 1t. Yet
ignorant, unfeeling drivers yank them
away from it as il It was poison in.
stead Of the life giving medicine 1t is.
designed by their Maker for them.
When they gnaw the bark of trees OF
eat leaves it is because they crays
grass and can't get It, Millions of bush.
els Of grass 60 to waste yearly by the
wayside which should be utilized fol
our noble, faithful, helpless, dumb col
league, the horse, thus making him
healthy and happy. Summer visitors
who hire horses should remember these
facts and give the animals chance to
get at the grass by the roadside once
In awhile
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The marvel. of science.

When we hear of rays of light capa-
bic Of achieving photography through
q foot thickness of solid iron, of the
charting of the sky itself on such q
scale that thousand million members
Of the armament can be recorded each
In its appointed place, of the discov-
cry Of something like the sense organs
Of human knowledge on the roots,
stems and leaves Of plants; of the
tracking Of. diseases which decimate
humanity to their obscure source in the
parasite Of parasite and of the proc
ess by which two patient and humble
scientists working upon few grains
Of an clement in mere secondary
form managed to revolutionize our
whole conception Of the most st,lpen.
dous forces Of the physical world it
seems indeed mystery that the ap-
petite for surprise and sensation should
turn aside from what the pursuit Of
truth can offer and prefer to regale
itself with the petty products Of trump
cry, invention and ingenuity. Pail
Mall Gazette.
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ZOrOastr1an Beliefs,

The Zoroastrian faith acknowledges
Ormazd, Ahura Mazda, Lord Wis
DOM" as the supreme god, with six
archangels, Amesha Spenta, and a
company of angels, Yazata, about him
to rule and guide the world. The in
fernal host of fiends and archfiends
who war against heaven and strive to
destroy the future life of man is led by
Anra Mainyu, the evil spirit. In dis
cussing with these Zoroastrians the
subject of the origin Of evil I found
that they look upon the supreme being,
Ahura Mazda, as comprising within
himself the two powers Of good and
eyil-namely, Spenta Mainyu, the holy
spirit, and Anra Mainyu, the evil spir-
It. This is similar to the monotheistic
view held by, the Parsis of India in
opposition to the statement frequently
made that Zoroastrianism is pure dual
ism. They believe also in the resurrec-
ton Of the dead, which their faith has
taught them since early times, and this
doctrine is connected with the belief
that there will come a saviour or mes
siah, called the Saoshyant.-A. v. vii
Jams Jackson in Century.
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Reauty of Clouls,

It is not Of first sight easy to say
why people so rarely give more than
passing glance to the realm of air
above them. Is it because we cannot
have finger in this department of
the wonders Of nature, cannot net and
label anything in those blue fields. pin
It down on cork OF fatten it in Canada
balsam; cannot here annihilate dis
lance with our ingenious instruments,
that we neglect the phenomena OF the
sky2 There above us, always ours for
q lift Of the eyes, Is beauty in endless
change for the contented mind and for
the restless one the challenge of the
ceaseless thaumaturgy which seems
httie nearer being found out than
when the world began, and yet in COM
paEison with such lines of research as
saFe offered by cuckoo's eggs or the
protective devices Of caterpillars the
region Of the clouds may be said to be
unexDlored. Saturday Review.
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CASTRO SAID TO Be DYING
PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA RE.
PORTED NO LONGER ABLE
TO SPEAK OR MOVE. .

Port Of Spain, Island of Trinidad,
Oct. 16-According to the latest ad-
vices received here from Caracas,
Venezuela, the condition of President
Castro, who has been ill for some
time, has grown worse. It is asserted
that he can no longer speak or move
and his death may occur in a few
days. To conceal the facts the news
papers of Caracas have been publish
ing reports of acts of clemency of the
president and texts of numerous tele-
grams of congratulation purporting to
have been received by him on his re-
ported complete restoration to health.
In connection with the critical state
of President Castro's health it is as
serted that an uprising, which is likely
to become general throughout Ven
ezuela, is certain to occur on the an
nouncement of his death.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-16
BERTHA kRUPP MARRIED.
Emperor William Attends Wedding o
Richest Woman In World.

Emperor William Attends Wedding Of
Richest Woman In World.
Essen, Prussia Oct. 16.--In the
presence Of Emperor William and 14O
guests Fraulein Bertha Krupp, the
richest woman in the world, and Lieu
tenant Gustav Won Bohlen und Hal
bach were married in little impro.
vised chapel adjoining the brides
birthplace. the Villa Huegel- Huegel.
The ceremony was performed by the
pastor Of the neighboring village
shurch, where the Krupp family has
cong worshipped.
While in no sense beauty Fraulein
Krupp is described by those who know
her as a healthy looking, robust girl,
who does not differ in character or
manners from thousands Of other care
fully reared young German women in
aft1uent circumstances.
The position which Miss Krupp holds
In the social, industrial and political
affairs OF the German empire Is unique.
Sixty-three Thousand employees are on
her payrolls. In Germany alone she
has $50 mines, while a fleet of power
full steamships conveys coal and iron
to Hamburg from her mines in Spain.
A score of stone quarries contribute
to her wealth. She has shipyards at
Kiel and gun and armor works at Mag
deburg, besides the giant steel and
gun works at Essen, whose estimated
value is $75,0O0,000. ..-5..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-16
CROKER SUIT SETTLED.
Libel Case AmicabIy Adjusted Out Of
Court.

London, Oct. 16.-The lawyers rep
resenting the Amalgamated Press,
publishers Of the London Magazine,
against which Richard Croker brought
suit for damages on the ground of de-
famatory statements made in an art
icle headed "Tammany in England, y
in which Mr.. Croker was charged with
having used his Office as chief of Tam
many Hall for purposes of financial
profit, have informed the Associated
Press that the case has been amicably
settled out of court It was added
that counsel is not yet at liberty to
announce the terms of the settlement.
It was learned, however, that the
terms include the publication in the
next number of the London Magazine
of full withdrawal of the statements
complained of and an apology. and,
probably, statement that the series
of offending articles will be discontin-
ued, as the defendants have under
taken to make no further personal
references to Mr. Croker therein. The
defendants also will pay Mr.. Croker's
costs. 49,.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-16
TWENTY ARE DEAD
MANY OTHER MINERS ENTOMBED
IN ENGLISH COLLIERY BY
" FiREDAMP EXPLOSION.
- -. -, y - 49,.

:, Durhamy Eng, Oct. 16.-An explo
sion occurred in the Wingate colliery
near .here,l sat about midnight, result
ing in some 200 men being entombed
About 100 of these are believed to be
safe in lower part of the colliery
but there were between sixty and
eighty men in the seam where the
disaster occurred. Up to 2 p. m. TWEEN
ty-four bodies had been recovered and
thirty miners had been brought out
alive from one portion of the colliery
while forty four were liberated from
another.
It is expected that the 131 men who
1t is now announced, are confined in a
lower main, will be safely brought out
before night. They have signalled
that they are all right and are not con-
sidered to be in danger. r. ~.
The total number of deaths from the
explosion, which apparently was
caused by firedamp, is twenty-seven.
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Faithful to His Friend.

Toole and Irving were friends from
the days when they were both strug-
Cling beginners. On one occasion IT.
wing was to be presented to Queen
Victoria and was delighted at the hon.
or. An oficious court functionary took
it upon himself to tell the player mot
to mention this matter outside lest
other actors, such as Mr.. Toole, might
think that they should be presented
too. t.Let me tell you, sir" said Irving,
''that Mr. Toole is not only a deserv-
eddy renowned comedian; he is also a
truly Christian gentleman. Toole often
saved me from adversely, perhaps star
walton, when was unknown. If John
L. Toole is not worthy to be presented
to her most gracious majesty, neither is
Henry Irving. l wish you good day,
sir!'-London Standard.
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DR.. BRoUWER ON THE STAND.
Denies Testimony Of Witnesses for
Prosecution. Is

Toms River, N. j., Oct: 16.-Dr
Frank Brouwer, who Is on trial for the
alleged murder of his wife by poison,
took the stand in his own behalf.
After witnesses had testified to the
relations existing between DR.. and
Mrs. Brouwer DR.. Brouwer told of his
marriage to Miss Hyer July 1, 1896,
and of the financial relations between
him and his wife. All the money that
went into their home, he said, he
earned.
The witness said he never told Eliza
beth Hyer, his wife's sister, that he
had no respect for Mrs. Brouwer or
that he intended divorcing her. He
had never, he said, struck his wife.
While in Lakehurst, to which he said
he was summoned professionally, he
was told over the telephone that his
wife was worse and he hastened to
her. The night of Sept. .16 Mrs. Brou-
wer had several commissions and the
witness telephoned for DR.. Forman Of
Freehold, who, however, was unable
to come until the following day.
Meanwhile, the witness said, he had
been obliged to leave his wife in order
to attend another patient.
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GREAT WILL CONTEST BEGUN,
Fight for Weightman Millions Called
for Trial.

Philadelphia, Oct 1.-THE great
contest to have declared invalid the
will of William Weightman, the mil
lionaire chemist, who died leaving an
estate valued at about $50 1000, 900, was
called for hearing before Judge Ash
man In the orphans court.
William Weightman was the founder
Of the Powers & Weightman firm of
chemists. which since his death has
become the Powers Weightman- Rosen-
garten company. He was known to
have acquired vast fortune and when
he died the public generally was sur
prised to find that it was left entirely
to his daughter, Mrs. Walker. Under
the terms of the will as offered for
probate nearly all of the vast fortune
was bequeathed to Mr.. Weightman's
daughter, Mrs. Anne Weightman-
Walker. The suit to set aside the will
was instituted by Mrs. Jones-Wister,
who was a daughter-in-law of Mr..
Weightman but who remarked at the
death of her husband, John Weight
man. Mrs. Wister, on behalf of her
minor daughter. Martha Weightman,
seeks to prove that Mr.. Weightman
left codicil to his will amply provid-
ing for his granddaughter and the
other heirs to the estate. Mrs. Walker
denies that any such codicil exists and
says the will probated was her fathers
last and full expression of his desires
In the matter.
II thes will Is broken five grand
daughters and a grandson of Mr..
Weightman will be benefited. The
case has attracted considerable atten-
ton because of the social prominence
of those concerned A sensation was
created by Mrs. Wister's declaration
that Mr.. Weightman, who was past
eighty years of age when he died,
made proposal of marriage to her
after the death of her husband, but
that she rejected him and married Mr..
Wister.
After hearing several witnesses the
hearing was postponed on motion of
the attorneys for Mrs. Wister. Ru-
mors of compromise were denied by
attorneys for Mrs. Walker.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Mamie Jackson, the colored nurse
Of President Roosevelt's mother, is
dead at Evergreen, L. I. She was
ninety-four years old.
Wholesale dealers in diamonds have
sent notices to the retailers that dia-
monds will cost 20 per cent more this
season than they did last year.
The Italian naval authorities are
testing American armor plate with a
view to it's extensive use in the con-
struction of battleships and cruisers.
At Chicago. Monday Charles Will
Jams, negro, shot and instantly
killed Mamie Nichols, a negress, and
then committed suicide They were
to have been married Monday, bit
Williams had become jealous Of the
woman.
St. John Lewis, scenic artist en-
ployed at Hammerstein's Opera House,
New York city, has received cable
gram from London apprising him that
he had inherited $1,5OO,0OO under the
will Of Sam Lewis, the money lender,
whose widow died last week.