The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-23

only the present tine but also the pas arousss Count Tolstoy's Indignation and disgust. He cen dsScover only ons virtuous ruler. Mercus Aureiius al othern are only wortfy Of contempts
 For the present day,n rulers Count
 Toistoy has the sfneerest pity-and good citfsens should dEht not against the:r persons but against the prejudice of the necessity of the State, and idea
 which is unchristaan and which im- pcdes the progress Of hupnanity. Tn regard to the Prussian law of expro- priation he gays; T pity the creators of the idea of th:s robbery and their minious who are to carry ft out more than pity their virttms for these will play better and more sympethetic part, Tn another country and under condi- tions they win remain what they have been. But I pity the oppressors, pity the msn. who belong so nation, . state and believe ina state of robbers and their solidarity with 1t.
 Tries te Paa.nn Fsnsiiy.
 Not even the imagination of Victoria Sardou has been able to convince "a more dreadful deed than the attempt ed Abbstiaie which has set all France
 An attempt was tsaas to poison the proprietress of the chateau, Mime. He- bert and number of her heirs, who had eathered there In family council. by mixing strychn;pe in their food. Only the bitter taste of the poison saved the intended victims from death. Suspicion is directed against another member of the fafaily who was not present at the poison dinner.
 For more than twenty years Mme. Hebert had been living in the chateau which, during the reign of Louis Phil- ippe, Twas an Abbey. In spite of her age Mime. Hebert had until a year ago managed her vast pessessicns, but lately she had shown signs of mental .nfirmity and had been placed under kind of guardianship.
 Tho members of her family had gathered in the chateau to decide what was to be done to safeguard the in- terest of the heirs.
 The other day at dinner one of them, the novelist Theodore Poet found the roast to have a peculiar bitter taste Asfew pieces were fed to a cat which d:edf with all symptoms of strychnine poisoning and 1t was found that the deadly poison had been spyinkied on the roast in quantities to Kill more than one hundred people.
 A game keeper who had been dis charged some time ago but had been reinstated by the suspected heir has been arrested.
 The first news of the affair shocked the country but now the tragedy be- gins to assume some of the character- isfics of a burlesque.
 The supposed murdered accuses his intended victims; tbese are collecting proofs against the man who is suspect ed of having employed the garnekeeper as a tool and who fs stiIi at Hberty.
 The correspondent of La Petite Re publiquer writes that the people of Bernay laugh at the affair. No one knows what is true and what is not and e fine collection of family skele- tons is about to be paraded.
 Until old Monsieur Hebert died 1t was generally believed that Colonel Theyssier was to be the sole heir. He was daily guest at the chateau and the confidential servant of the owner. the gamekeeper viale was his constant com nanion on his stroiiss through the forests of the estate.
 This Viale seems to have been thorough good fellow. An Italisn by birth. a rough and ready woodsmar, with . golden heart. who was the fav- or:te of the people Of Bernay. who de- lishted in his hunting stories told oyer the wine at the inn. For seventeen years he had faithfully served the fafn- fly at the chateau.
 Then the old master died and times changed. Tho brother of the widow moved into the castle and with h;m came crowd Of heirs. the, gayest of whom was M. Calm. a Partisan author and son lin Jaw of Mame. Hebert.
 He and Colonel Theyssfer soon guar relied and at last the colonel left the and went to Paris. Viale. the soon followed; he was ae- cused of dishonesty by M. Calm whom he in turn called e liar and rascal.