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ROSNIXC DOWN THE THUGS ,
/ Iho Parii Secret Service and III Thorough
Going Methodi.
rtT PAPA DEIBLERS' DEATH MATINEES.
P in Execution l > y Onlllotltic mid How
II AlleolH Ilio l' ( > | iiiliii ! ( ; No Sen-
tlinoniViiHtiMl Over tlio
Condemned Mon.
"A good pollco Is the cornor-stone of
Civilization. " Thin is the motto adopted
by Iho chief of the 1'nrls secret service ,
M. Gustavo Mnoo , for the guidance of
his justly celebrated body of men.
Heart nml soul have 1 > uen put Into the
work. The results , as shown by M.
MIICO'H sorles of olllcial reports , have
been' wonderful. "Wo have now , "
writes that gentleman lo the French
v government , "not only rascality to deal
\ with , but the powerful agents of steam
nnd electricity , which furnish comfort"
and aid to the escaping criminal. "
One of the many Innovations intro
duced by the Paris seerot service is the
French system of measuring criminals ,
lays a writer in the New York World.
This has bean partially adopted in thin
country and Knjjlund with much success.
M. Bertllloii , a clover aid of Mace , is
the inventor. It is known In Franco by
the somewhat scientific lltlo of Anthro
pometry. The Implements used are two
small measures. Onois shaped something'
like the Instrument used by a shoomnkor
in taking Iho dimensions of the feet of
a customer. It la a plain carpenter's
rule with a sliding scale attached at
HIM. right angles. This Is properly called
the sliding compass. The other is a cir
cular arrangement , also with a movable
Hoale. This is the thick compass. As
BOOH as a prisoner is arrested and
brought to the station-house he is im-
medintely measured and the ligures
/ , placed opposite his name , occupation ,
Vk. address , etc. , in the blotter. At the
Biuno lime he Is mode lo open his eves
ho that the color can bo taken. His
body is examined , and any birth-marks ,
tattooed emblems or physical deformity
carefully noted nnd jotted down in the
book. Should the prisoner resist ho is
at once clapped Into u straight-jacket
and his bearings taken , nolens volens.
"I regard this system , " says Mr. Mace.
"In some Inslances bettor than the old
Btylo of photography. Wo avoid con
tortions , grimaces , etc. , which prisoners
frequently resort to in order to escape
further detection. The record Is almost
perfect and many criminals have been
identified by referring to the pages o
this register. "
The sliding measure is made to take
the proporlions of Iho body lengthwise
while , the thick measure is for the head ,
the face , roundness of arms , logs and
trunks. The measurements of height
taken by the sliding apparatus give the
dimensions of the "prisoner in his bare
feet. There has been some objections
raised lo this system on the ground of
cruelty. As every person under arrest
has to nulTor anthropometry , It has been
i bometimes a bourco of great annoyance
1 to people who have boon acquitted of a
misdemeanor , who object to their bodily
defects being on lllo. M. .Mnoo consoles
these unhappy persons with the coljl
comfort that they should have avoided
.in thu firrttinstance getting into the
f hands of the police. This is a bit of ad
vice easily to bo observed in Pariswhore
arrests for personal or political spile are
unknown , and a clubbing gendarmes
would bo a curiosily. To the ignorant ,
hmvovor , the measuring is full
of ghastly suggestion. Every gamin
nnd every vagabond knows that just be
fore the condemned is hurried away to
the guillotine ho is measured for the
last time and nnthropomolry Is looked
upon by criminals , outside of other con-
uideralions , with well founded dread.
When sentence of death Is pronounced
on a criminal at the court of assizes ,
wherohois tried by judge and not by
jury , nnd whore ho Is allowed almost
unlimited freedom in his methods of de
fense , ho is brought to IM Iloquotto , tlio
' tombs of Paris , to await his execution.
IIo is placed in that part of the prison
reserved for condemned criminals , but
which has not the suggestlvoncss of
Murderer's Row. IIo has u very short
time before him two months ut most
before his head Is gathered into thobns-
kot. So much latitude la allowed at the
trial that red tape appeals are very rare.
Sometimes there is hope of a pardon
from the president of the republic. M.
Cnrnot is not very free with these par
dons , but M. Grovy , his predecessorwas
called "tho falhor of crlmlimls" by his
political enemies on account of his clem
ency. The execution always lakes place
at about an" hour before dawn and its
date is supposed to bo kept secret.
The press , however , is always on
hand , and nil Paris knows within mi
week when the Interesting event will
occur. All but the luckless prisoner.
Ho is kept in total ignorance of his doom
unless some kind friend smuggles in the
news. Tickets are given out to a favored
few by the government entitling the
holder to an orchestra chair or a seat in
the gallery. They are also on sale at
the principal cafes on the boulevards ,
.anil there is always a good house at the
"soirees , or rathormnllneos , us they are
called of Papa Delblor , the olllchil
headsman of Paris.
An hour before the curtain rises the
prisoner is nwakonoil and the cheerful
intelligence of his doom broken lo him
by his confessor. Ho is then hurried ,
often still da/od with sloop , to the ollico
of the prison , where ho at once goes
Ijirough that dismal ceremony known as
ho last toilet of the condemned. There
is no death watch , no last break fast with
It3 inevitable beefsteak , fried potatoes
" eggs. The free cigars are missing
and HO are the tears and farewells of a
train of tondor-honrtod turnkeys. The
Frenchman goes to the scaffold on an
empty s'lomach. The doctors cat Iho
breakfast. Nevertheless , with all these
disadvantages , the guillotine and Us
attendant ceremonies are quite dra
matic. It would never be French with
out a proper display of red lire and a
little blow music. Much Is made of the
y toilet , tind the subsequent inarch to the
HcntToUl is operatic and fully recom
penses the sympathiser for previous
lack of melodrama.
There is no prison in the world which
has so dismal a setting as that of La
Koquotto , Newgate in London , with the
roar of High Holborn and the clanging
bells of St , Sepulchre , Is rather cheerful ,
and the Tombs , although a little forbid
ding In Unclf , Is situated in anything
but a dismal neighborhood. La Ilo
quotto two/lark , Hombre buildings shut
in by high , stone walls , bristling with
iron bars and guarded by massive gales
Is in ono of the most mli-orublo quart
ers of Pnrlfl. It Is almost in the suburbs ,
but its environment possesses neither
the charm of country nor the cheerful
ness of town. Wretched hovels , tumble
down rookeries , tlio rosortn of thieves
and malefactors , long , low barracks de
voted to the storage of nothing nnd
slowly falling into decay , murk the approach
preach to IM Iloquotto from the oity. A
ulngy plot of ground , with not tin oasis
of grass , and whoso oruarneuta consists
of n few bllglito , ! willow trees mid HO\-
cml old wooden Ix'iH'hos , occupies the
( tpace between the two ) irlHons , nntl IB
iinu-ed hi tlio name ol La 1'laco do la
llo < | uolto. U ! VOH birth to u narrow
Btffcct. ( iiivi'd with high cobble stones
and without Hldewalk.i , whloli climbs up
a Ktuop hill , and with grim observance
of tlio propriutluri , Iliids Its teriniium u
few blocks onward at the grout whlto
gates of the ( .loinelcry of I'oro la'halt > o.
ICucli Hldoof this doleful thorough faro
is lined with the vards of tombstone designers -
signers nnil inarblu vulture and the shops
of dealers in the o hideous black-bond
( loath emblems which the French are HO
fondof , placing on the tombs of their do-
mrtod frlondn. Ut the entrance of both
prisons known as the Grnmlo nnd the
Potlto Hoquetto walk norpotual bcntl-
nols. It Is In the yard of the Grand Ho-
quuttu whore the death dealing ilivon-
tion of the I'urls doctor , nnil named after
him tlio guillotine stunds ready to do
its duty.
For novorul nljjhts before the porform-
nncu of the tragedy the 1'lnco (1o ( hi Ho-
quultu Is taken possession of by n howlIng -
Ing mob of the worst chnraotorsof Paris.
These scorn attracted to the scene as
beeves led on by the sinoll of blood will
surround a slaujrhter house.
They jest , sing and iniiko night hideous -
ous walling for the tlmo when the news
of the beheading within shall have
reached them. It Is Impossible to see
anything. The high walla , the closed
ballon gates and the sentinels , reinforced
by soldiers , present n formidable barrier
to the Intrepid and morbid sightseer.
Tlio modern guillotine looks some
thing like an old-fashioned ncalc. On a
pedo.it.il there are two parallel columns ,
set lit u proper interval. Ontlio Insldo
of each of these columns there is a
groove in which the knife Ills and runs.
Underiieiilli the Icnlfo and between the
grooves there Is a long board with n
semicircle chiM-llodouttit ono end. This
Is almost the counterpart of the boards
Indies have for sewing or cutting out
gowns. The bemlclrclo , however , is
smaller , and made to lit tin ordinary
nock. The parallel columns are mova
ble and can also bo adjusted to the re
quirements of Iho executions.
There uro different sized boards for
different nl/od people , u ginned at the
police blotter giving the exact incasuro-
inunt for n comfortable fit. A "basket , ' '
HO called , which is nothing else Ihan an
a bath-tub linu with vjlne , receives the
head. As soon ns the prisoner , dressed
in bin best sul ! . of clothes , has been re-
measured and registered , M. Uclblcrtho
headsman , place * his nigimturo across
the blotter and the history of the con
demned man is ilnlshed. He belongs to
his executioner.
Ho Is made lo sit onn low stool , while
ono of the aids binds his legs with knot
ted cords. These ligatures are wound
around the lower part of the leg near
the ankle. Another deputy bherill ties
the hands together. Tlio cord is knot
ted "for precaution's sake , " according
to M. Mace. Two olhor cords arc
tightly drawn around the shoulders and
are fastened in ono big knot with the o
kindlng the hands. These tight liga
tures compel the "patient" to hold his
head erect , throw back his shoulders
and present n military appearance.
A lust binding united Iho logs with
the hands , tying the man up in a heap
xintil ho re.-embles a fowl trussed for
roasting. "Thus prepared , " bald M.
Maeo. "the man walks slowly , " us well
ho might "hold up by deputy slier Ill's
until lie reaches the board with the
semi-circular end underneath the fatal
knife. As this board is long , the sawed-
oil end , with lls place for Iho head , rests
up In the airin the manner of a faeo-saw.
The condemned is placed face down
wards on this board , which immedi
ately rights itself by reason of his
weight. The victim , bound and tied as
he is , is simply helpless. Above him , at
nn oblique angle , is the knife. Attached
to the knife are two eighty-pound
woiglitrt operated by pulleys. The sig
nal is given nnd the pulleys freed. The
knife at once descends with lightning
rapidity , and with ono fell stroke severs
the head from the body. "
The head tumbles inl * the zinc reposi
tory and all is over. The modern guillo
tine has been so improved that the
headsman is simply a figurehead. IIo
touches the button and the machine does
the rest. It has been proposed to attach
the mechanism of the guillotine to an
electric wire , and by touching a button
placed perhaps near the head of his
bed the future executioner of Paris can
perform his duties without being present
at the scone of action , and return to his
warm couch and his morning nap con-
scions of hnvlng done a good deed. This
very utilitarian method , however , sins
against the inisu-on-scono the delight
of u Frenchman's heart.
A wenlt buck , with a weary aching Ininc-
ncsa ovorlho hips , Isa siifn of diseased liid-
iiL'ys. Use Iho beat kldnuv curative known ,
which is Burdock IJlooil Hitters.
lilK.K PATH Kit DAMIION.
Heroism of Fattier Ilnkkcr Amorif ; the
Lepers ol'Ouluiin.
Bishop William Wiillingh , of Dutch
Guiana , preached at St. J union' Catholic
church , Kagor and Aisqulth streets , re
cently at vespers , says the Baltimore Sun.
Kev.'Charles Currier , the bishop's ' com
panion , spoke interestingly of Guiana ,
tho.nature of the country , its physical
features and the work of the Ko-
domptorist fathers among the lepers.
In the Sun of Saturday mention was
made of a priest who has spent his life
at the leper colony of Batavia nnd is
now dying from the loathsome dibeaso.
This hero is the Kov. John Bakkcr. IIo
is about llfty-sovon yours old and was
born In Amsterdam , Holland. IIo
entered the Kedomptorlst order and was
ordained a priest In his native country. In
1803 the Redomptorists , at the earnest
requestof the pope , accepted the work
in Guiana. It had previously boon c.on-
ducted by seculni clergymen , but as they
were not so thoroughly equipped for
such an undertaking as thu religious
orders Pope Plus offered the duty to
three different orders before the Iledemp-
torists were asked to assume it. Each
declined to'aeoopt the tusk.
The IJov. John Bakkor was ono of the
pioneers of his order to go oul to the
alllieted community with spiritual and
physical comforts , and ho worked with
unremitting zeal for their welfare.
About 1SSO tlio ( Irst symiitoms of tlio
dreadful plague manifested themselves
upon the good priest , Ho , however -
over , remnlned at a little plantation
called Llvorno , outnido the city of
Partimarlln , the capital , until about
five yeiu-s ago , when ho was removed to "
the lojwr settlement of Batavia , where"
ho Is expected to die in the near future.
Kov. Mr. linkkur is perfectly helpless ,
nnd has to bo dressed and undressed by
the abslstant physician , who Is also a
lopor. Bishop wolllngh once asked Mr.
Bakkcr if ho wanted any favor of him ,
saying ho would grant him anything ho
wnnted , He at lirst smiled and refused
to accept anything. Upon being pressed
to make u request ho only asked to bo
allowed $10 a year to spend for his phy
sician. Ho is obliged to keep his room ,
but in the midst of all ills sutlorlng lie it )
always very cheerful.
Kov. Charles Currier has spent about
thirteen months in Guiana. About two
years ago ho wns stationed at the Church
of the Sacred Heart , Canton , for about
five months. During his remarks at
vespers ho spoke in part ns follows : "It
is a country exceedingly wild and cov
ered by an immense forest. People who
&ro la any way civilized Uvo generally
on Iho banks of the great rivers on ,
plantations. A great portion of the InI I
liiibUiintH are heathens. They consist
of the aborigines , or Indians , and of |
blacks who Home ccnturlos ago ran away
Irom their masters and llvo today In-
nreclscrV the same manner ns the liihnb-
itantfl of the African continent. It Is
believed that snvngcs live in the doplhs
of the woods who have never seen the
face of a whlto man.
"Tho work of the missionaries In that
country Is in the first plaio to convert
the heathens. These unknown inhabit
ants of the forest must bo reached utility
cost. But the work is accompanied by no
fewer dltllenltlesthnn these which Stan
ley encountered in crossing Africa. The
plan which the bishop lias in mind is to
erect asorles of mission stations by which
the fathers may be able to cross the for
ests. Butho has no means lo carry on
the work. Those savages whom wo know
must also bo attended to , but ns their life
is completely nomadic the only way to
work for them elllcaciously is to collect
them together In villages and teach them
the arts of civilization.
"A great drawback to all the efforts
of the missionaries is the deplorable
immorality of the country , to which the
whites have contributed no little. The
onlv hope for the present population is
to bo found in the children , whom the
missionaries endeavor to remove from
the obnoxious intluonces that surround
them.
The present governor of tlio colony , a
most estimable man , shows himself dls-
po od to second the bishop in all his
efforts to prevent the spread of Iho
disease and if possible lo stamp it out.
The bishop intends , if means are forth
coming , to erect a hospital and obtain
the aid of sisters to attend the lepers.
Had the laws been hitherto enforced
leprosy would not have spread ns much
as it has. "
Father Currier says there are 11,000 in
habitants inlllclod with leprosy. Of
these the majority live in the capital
city. They keen witnin their homes
durinc'tho day , but at night come out
Into the streets and mingle freely with
the population.
Bishop Wnllliigh is about fiity-two
years old. lie was born at Bols lo Dus ,
Holland , and entered the Congregation
of the Most Holy Redeemer at the ago
of twenty-two , nnd was ordained n priest
During his labors In his native country
ho enjoyed the reputation of being a
great speaker and filled some of the
most important positions 'n ' his order
Two years ago he accompanied his pro.
decessor , Bishop Schaab , lo Surinam.
Af terj the hitter's death ho was appointed
by the pope as successor in the See.
lllshopVulllngh was consecrated in the
cathedral ot Boislo Due ; where ho had
been baptised by the bishop of that oity.
The bishop has n brother who is also a
Kodemptlonis-t priest in Holland. . IIo is
one of the most distinguished pulpit
orators in the country , and is also
president of a society of literary gentle
men in Amsterdam.
Bishop Wultingh is trying to collect
funds for his work in Surinam. During
the week ho remained in Boston bolli
Catholics and prolcstants responded
generously to his appeals. IIo Buys ho
hopes Baltimore will show itself no less
generous. The bishop will bo ti guest at
St. Jnmcs's church until "Wednesday ,
where unv gift for his cause will bo re
ceived , lie will go next toRiiding Pa. ,
thence to Is'ow York , from where he will
sail for Holland on July 6. On July 21
ho expects to bail from Holland for
Paramaribo. Rov. Mr. Currier will stay
with the bishop until ho takes the
steamer.
Immense Australian Estates.
Roman nobles sometimes had whole
provinces for estates , but these are al
most paralleled in Australia , whore im
mense estates are numerous. Three are
advertised for sale in n Melbourne
paper. The area of the llrst is 4"A
square miles , of which the rent is ; 121
pounds Is. Od. only , and the cattle on
the pasture are valued at 2 pounds 10s.
each. The second comprises G18 square
miles and the third C55 ; square miles.
All these are in Queensland. The lirst
lot is described as watered by a river ,
and having a town ninety miles distant
on ono side and 150 on the other. The
advantage of the second is that its lies
between three towns which are re
spectively 180 , 300 and 850 miles away ;
and the third , apparently most fortu
nately located of all. is " ithin ono hun
dred miles of a railroad. '
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your canvasser told you his encyclopaedia was a brand now book ,
just issued , ehV
f Only published by HIS publishers he meant. But if he had
i spoken the truth about the matter he would have told yovj that the
first volume of the latest edition of tne Encyclopaedia Britannica was
I issued fifteen years ago , and the greater part was compiled at that
[ aate. So you see they didn't get General Grant in it after all.
( That depends on the kind of book you want. Let me ask you a
; question or two. You live here in the United States , don't you ?
f Yes , I thought so. Now tell meabmt which do you want the
j most detailed information , an American cty ! or an English town ?
j An American state or' an English county ? The battle of Gettysburg
[ or the battle of Waterloo ?
r Just so. But , you EOS , the Encyclopaedia Britannica wasn't
compiled for the use of men like you. It was put together to be used
I by Englishmen in England. And , you see , they want the exact op
posite of what you do , and the Encyclopaedia Britannica , very prop-i
J erly , gives itto.thern. It fills pnges with the account of some insig
nificant English borough or county that you may never want to
know anything about whatever , and gives naif a dozen lines to
some state or city here that you want the fullest particulars of , but
.about which an Englishman cares just nothing at all.
Right as a trivet , whatever that may be ; I .never saw one that 1
know of. But you're just exactly right , all the same. It's the AMER
ICANIZED Encyclopaedia Britannica that we propose to put in
every home in the West. The long-winded articles on petty British
subjects have been cut down to the same length that would have
j been given them had they been French or German subjects , and the
articles on matters of American interest have been all rewritten and
treated just as exhaustively as they would have been in the original
[ work had they been specially interesting to Englishmen.
( Well , rather. One of the best and most complete ever written ,
i And there are three thousand new biographies besides , in fact , the
J work contalnsthelife of every distinguished man or woman , Amer-
I lean or foreign , now living , or who has died since the Encyclopaedia
[ Britannica was compiled.
( Oh , yes , a few. The entire work has been revised down to the
j present year for one thing. Then an entirely new set of maps has
j been added , Including a separate map for each state in the union.
[ There are a great many very excellent illustrations , too.
f Ten good-sized volumes , exoellently bound. About 7.OOO pnges
4 altogether , or 14OOO wide colums , equal to about HO ordinary 12-
[ mo , books.
And that is ?
Ha ! Ha I Ha ! It seems as though wo were ready for you at
every turn. Why , of course , you can get them sooner. And you
needn't pay any quicker on that account , either. My dear sir , you
can get the books at once , or.practically so. By paying a first install
ment of SS.BOthe/irst C volumes will be delivered to you then and
there. The remaining five volumes are being got to press as rapidly
as possible , and we guarantee to put them in your hands within
four months at the very latest.
Softly , softly. Wo must do things in order , you know. Give mo
your address and I'll see that a representative of the paper calls on
you before the day Is over. And if you hear of anybody else who
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