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with this during a. reception at the Office, at which not only the Barons also the enmre royal family save the were present. Although the mosl There was very little excuse for General de Cissy, since he should liaVe known who the woman was, as only a couple of years previously she had been literally driven out of London by a more reputable female diplomatist, Mme. do Novikofi'. The letter, on arriving in London after a. stay in Russia, found Mme. de Kaulla, enjoying a. considerable amount of social prestige and currency. She had a beautiful house in Queen’s Gate, Hyde Park, and was a wel- come guest in all the diplomatic and official salons of the British metropolis, the bril- liancy of her conversation, her beauty and her perfect taste in dress rendering her particul u-ly conspicuous. . Mme. de NoviEotf at once informed her friends of the antecedents of the lady, as well as the fact that she had been expelled by the Russian police from St. Petersburg as a. German spy, and also as a. blackmail- On these occasions the Baroness and the General always remained pretty long attahle â€"Lhe cuisine was as excellent as the wines were generousâ€"and during that time a. couple of Prussian officers belonging to the Hmdqnarters’ Star? at Berlin, and who were attached to Mme. de Knulla’s house- hold in the guise of foo1.nen, were in the habibof carefully perusing the contents of the General’s ministerial portfolio, which, with almost criminal insouciance, he would zm’aribly leave in the salon during the re- past. Stenographic notes were rapidly made of the documents contained in the portfolio, and that same afternoon the Ger- man authorities at Berlin were in possess- ion of A detailed report of everything that had when place at the Cabinet council held at the Elysee under the Presidency of Marshal Mac Mahon, just three or four hours previously. Oi course, 37 moment; arrived when all this beeame known, and it resulted in the General’s removal from the office of War Minister and his retirement from the army with a cloud of such heavy popular appro- brium hanging over his head that in was not: long before he succumbed to a. mnlady which, 11' it cannot be called broken hears, was certainly broken spirit. She managed to make the acquaintance ’i the Minister of War by asking an audi- ence of him, for the purpose of securing his intervention with her former husband, whoee signature she pretended to require for some purpose or other. The Minister became completely aubjugated by her charms, and soon got. to be a frequent visitor to her house. The latter was Situat- ed within a stone’s throw of the Elysee, and on the days when the Cabinet councils were held at the Presidential Palace,the suscept- ible old General would remlarly stroll across after the meeting was over, to her residence to share her noouduy breakfast. This Marquise seems to have played the same role as that of the infamous Baroness de Kalle during the Presidency of Marshal MacMahon. In that instance the dupe was not a mere captain of the staff, but the Minister of War himself, General de Cissy. Baroness de Kaulle,a very beautiful woman, was the daugbler of an Austrian Govern- ment oficial, and had married the French 'leneral Jung, the well‘known military his- “orian, and until recently Governor of the port of Dunkirk. Her morals were so dis- graceful that the couple soon separated, and the lady, being left to her own devices, resumed her maiden name at Baroness de Kaulla and resorted to spying for a living. He stands accused of having availed himselfofhia position to communicate to the Italian Government and through it to the German and Austrian governments, not only all sort: of plans. drawings and specifications, the secrets concerning the manufacture of the smokeless powder in use by the French army, the mechanism of the new rifle and of the impioved ordin- ance ;but also of having betrayed the en- tire project of mobilization of the French “my in the event of a declaration of war This document is of a most voluminous character and arranges for the assignment of the various regiments, brigades and di'lisiions to their respective posts, for the provision of the troops, for the means of conveyance of the latter, even going so far as to state the hours at which the var- ious railroad trains conveying the forces and the war material are to start and to arrive at their destination. WHO WORM STATE SECRETS OUT OF WEAK DUPES. THE WOMAN IN THE CASE. As usual; there is a. woman in the case. There always is in such instances as these â€"-a. lady who plays the role of Delilah to thin of Samson filled by the weak and treacherous officer. In Captain Dreytus’ case it seems to have been a. beautiful and captivating Italian Marquize, now beyond the reach of the French police. She got the captain completely infatuated by her charms, and after having wheedled a secret of minor importanoe outl of him terrorized him to such an extent by her threats of ex- posing his indiscretion to his superiors than she was able to obtain from him all the suhseqqenb information than she required. Cnpialn llrcyl‘u‘s Sly Marqukeâ€"Hnw Gen- eral not'lissy Was lluinul â€" Demi- Momle. Too. Serve Europe’s Courts. Of all the cases of treachery that han- taken place in the French army since chm: war of 1870 there has been none of a more aggravated, flagrant and altogether inexcusable characcpr than that; charged against Captain Alfred Drvyfus, of the Headquarters’ staff, who has hitherto occu- pied a. confidential positron in the intelli- gence bureau of the War Department. SKIRTED UUURT SPIES H0“? THE BARONESS WORKED HIM‘ ate Granville was made ale: tel-mine auxinted Foreign aiploma III as to cause much misery to Empress Eugenie. The latter may be said to have obtained 'her revenge on one of them ; Xor she took advantage of the power comerred upon her as regent after the departure of Napoleon for the seat of war in 1870, Lo imprison the beautiful Duchess of Lina. at: Vmcennes on the well-founded charge of being a. German spy, and there the Duchess remained until the battle of Sedan had been fought, and the Empress forced to fly from Paris. There are many well-known Europ- ean statesmen now living who abtribube no the intrigues of these two ladies the secret cause of the inexplicable Franco-German list, such ex ed ladies a Mme. de war. which led to -the overthrow of the Napoleonic Empire and the consequent, withdrawal of the French army of occupuion from Rome. The kepi of the last French soldier bad no sooner vanished from the Eternal City than Victm Exnm-muel, wwh his besieging army made his appearance before the gates of Rome and book forcible possession of the capital. Auother petticoated diplomatiat is the Russian PrinCess who a.ch as lady in wait- ing to the mother of the Khedive of Egypt. Her record is such as to redder it prefer- able for her Government. Lo utilize her ser- vices, not in Europe, but on the banks of the Nlle, Where so many damaged repute.- Vices‘ the 1" tions impel tains that evervthing that she heard was report ed at Berlin, the information thus secured proving most valuable in 1870. After the War she married the wealthiest of all German nobles, Count Henokel Donncrsmarck, and having gratified her spite against the Empress Eugmie by buy- ing most of her jewels. erhdrew to Ger- many, where she withdrew & few years afterward. Others whose names deserve to be ment- ioned in this category are the Italian Duch- ess of Litxaaud the Comtesse de Casbiglxone- both celebrated for their beauty, and who played so prominem a. role at. the court. of the Tuilleries during the reign of Napoleon III as to cause much misery to Empress France’s diplomacy. On her return to Paris she established herself in luxurious apartments in the Rue de la 'l‘remoille, where her salon was quite as much frequented by newspaper men, diplomats and members of the French Foreign Office and Government as that of the celebrated Marquise de Paiva previous to the war. And yet the lesson taught by the latter should have had the effect of arousing them to observe more discretion. Mme. de Pawn was the daughter of a Moscow cobbler named Lacluumm. who after making her way to Paris and figuring for a time on the police registers as a. member of the demi~ monde, finally succeeded in obtaining along with Wealth a certain amount of prestige. More specially after she had induced an unfortunate Portuguese nobleman of ancient name. but of impoverished purse, the Mar- quis de Paiva, to marry her. As soon as he had done this he realized the ignonimy of his conduct, and blew his brains out in her presence. Her magnifi- cent house on the Ronde Point 0! the Champs Elyseea has just been converted into a resturant, but during the latter days of the Empire, the “ Hotel de Pavia." was thronged wnh all the leading men of the day, who were wont, to discuss even afiairs of state in her presence. It was only after the wer broke om that. they discovered that; she was in the pay of Bismarck ar formerly Minister at Cairo. She spent. two winters in the Egyptian capital, and her association with the Marquis was the talk of that scandal-loving plx-cs. She enjoyed the reputation of influencing the policy of the French envoy in behalf of the Ger- man Gnvernmenn, and is generally believed to have been one 'of the prime movers of the nhortive coup d’ ebab of the Khedive in connection with the dismissal from the Premiership of Musbmpha Fehmi Pacha, and which cousnitubcd such a defeat for France’s diplomacy. On her return to Paris she escablished herself in luxurious the abortive coup (1’ connection with th Premiership of Mu and which cousnicu Another Baroness of the same kind, who hts achieved similar, though not, altogether as great. no:orieny, is the so-culled Baroness de Kurth, who almost succeeded in wreck- ing the career of the Marquis de Reversnux, now French Ambassador at Madrid, bub .\l me. de Kaulla’s expoatulationa were less 'iolenb than might have been expected :nder the circumstances. For, having seen \er enemy, Mme. de Novikoff, in conversa- inn with Lord Granville just a. moment vefore, she must have known without any xplanatxon on his part the reasons that ed him to practically expel her from his uterbainment. Lu; Jfeted her his arm, as if to lead her around 1e salon. He thu conducted her down- airs himself, ordered her carriage and aired with her until it came to the It us an early 1 ‘ret'. which t2} sha DE PALVA BLOWS OUT HIS BRAINS. e. de Novlkofi of that, highly he A FAIR RUSSIAN INTRIGUANTE. outinent )wing Lo “'RECKED AN AMI 11d 3 HE BLEW HIS BRAINS OUT‘ m found a. 5- I] be fair to include in this regpecbqble and respect:- mmumc nd att ll] ASSADOR. ammg Throu he banks of aged repute.- rough her the tersburg 01)- fresh state mmeut finds sue to the l ing from Trafalgar Square Westward toward lVeatminszer Abbey and the House of Com' mons. Well what is Scotland Yard? It is the headquarters of the greatest detective system Without question in the world. Imagine for a moment what a. city like London, with its upward of 5,000,000 citizens, requires; not only that, but the British Empire at large, in emergencies, : calls upon the services of Scotland Yard to unravel mysteries, arrest criminals and protect its extended interests over an em- pire upon which the sun never sets. What a task for a. body of men to perform. Yet, when one examines the component parts of the body corporate, we find in the Scotland Yard officials a highly capable, intelligent. Well educated and absolutely fearless body of men, that not only compare favorably l with but emphatically outstrip the records ' of any other secret .service organization in the world. Now Scotland Yard, or, to speak official- ly, the criminal investigation department. is a distinct service in itself, and has no actual connection with the metropolitan police force. The Scotland yard officers, many of them at all events, are drafted from the regular service. Here it may be stated that. the London police force is arranged divisionally and in alphabetical order; thus the A division is the foremost and principal of all. The duties of the A division police are relegated to the entire west end of London, including a close in spection of all the government buildings, the House of Lords and Commons, VVest- minster Abbey, and, in fact, every place of importance. It naturally follows that the members of the crack A division are exceptionally fine men, both physically and morally; as a rule in height they are six- footers, and their moral characteristics are pr01,ortl0nally elevated; few of them, howeVer, in possession of some spare moments are above consulting the delicacies of the area kitchen, and their ardent admirers, the honsemaids, contrive ever and anon to surretitously administer to the requirements of the force with such tidbits as the cold roast beef of England, washed down with unrivaled end unlimit- ed Bass’pale ale. The politeness, in fact one might say gallantry, of the British policeman is proverbial. lo the densest crowd he is omnipozeut. Take Piccadilly omens any afternoon at the height of the season, and what chance has the ordinary pedestrian to effect a crossing? None; yet let him appeal to one of the popular A policemen. and in an instant an upraised arm causes the immediate cessation of the entire traffic and a passage as safe as that enjoyed by the children of Israel in crossing the Red Sea. is at the disposal of the distracted traveler. The value of the A division men in the House of Commons is beyond ordinary de5cripbion ; especially since the attempted dvnamite ounrugea have the energies of the A men been particularly demanded. The iniLiated or habitual frequenler of the lobbies of the House of commons has liblrle difficulty in placing the Scotland Yard men who have haunted the historic pile ever since tne days of Guy Fawkes. Without any exaggeration, on an ordinary debate night, fifty, at least, of these bright Hawk- shaws might; be counted Within the House of Commons itself. An Irish nightâ€"nine or ten years agoâ€"they might; have been numbered by thehuudred. Those were in the dramatic dynamite days. directly opposite the Horse hall, London. People whc With that great, city huvc modem drum), haveeveratbracted admirers- What is an the bottom of the magnetism the mere suggestion of the word detective invokes? Undoubtedly the halo than sur‘ rounds the detective is chiefly supplied by the pliant. fancy of his admirers. In ordinary life he is a very simple individual. Whercaoever Lhé English tongue is spoken the public is more or less familiar with the words “Scotland Yard.” FirsLly, Scotland Yard is a location, and is to be found almost directly opposite. the Horse Guards, \Vhile hall, London. People who are acquainted In all of one diV police force there i‘ composed of the bni the posibion of detec Au ordinary, ever}, his sergeant, some cl it; may be, with a either of murder, t uncc paliccm reaches (‘rumprislug the Pick of the London F0ch They Have Generally Provexl Fqnal [0 "no Greatest Enlt‘rzenclesâ€"â€"The Fines! "elective Service on Earth. The Hawkshaws of the dime novel, a well as other counterparts in medieval an all alumb meL SUSTLAND Part of the Greatest Police System in the World. braucl police and it all lung: form of highest amenb’a termost going well, the “ plain crystallized and a._fu_ll-fl th PROMOTION GAINED BY MERIT 0N min may be ynnecte of murder m, or any ad our law mm is mar clothes” otfi Id or half Wt y member oi are dubbed r not; nor sleep. Men who at a. 15’s notioeare prepared to visit the 33!. parts of tine earth, familiar with guages, capable of every conceivable f disguise fom the bishop of the church to a. Whibecliapel tough, provincial dude to a. oockneycoscer- ', These various specialities are on I can be burned out. in the twinkling THE CRACK A DEVISION. of the :e that :ted withtf vigilant the i is from the detective ous divisions of the Lnd Yard is recruited. for granted that; all e celebrated Scotland sleuth-hounds, who Tate > are acquaint-e 1 spot in Walk stard toward House of Com' ied, maybe 3.1 depots I and the 3 we among Peace's burglarious implements were remarkable. He had several disguises. His favored role was that of a preacher ;he also went about frequently as a. one-armed veteran ; his tools were cleverly construct- ed ; several pieces of wood, about half an inch thick and one foot in length fastened one to the other with screw nails,constitut- ed his ladder, a hook on one and enabled him to each on to a convenient cornice.and, nimble as a cat, the old manâ€"he was nearly 60 years of ageâ€"speedily reached the prin- c‘pal bedroom window. Peaco’s burglaries were perpetrated principally during the Winter months, and when the family were at dinner. Once in the bedroom, Peace immediately locked the door, and inserted a small block of wood, V shaped beneath it; he then secured the door to the jamb by a long screw nail, which had an eflective hook on the end. To thisa rope was attached, so that if flight was necessary, everything was in readiness. In order to enter a room when the door was locked, Peace invented an instrument somewhat like at exaggerated watch-key of the class that fits all watches. With this he caught hold of the small por- tion oi the door key that protrudes on the outside, then his key tightened upon it, so that it became the simplest thing in the world Loopen a locked door from the outâ€" side. Without belonging to the aristocracy of the detective world, which is undoubtedly Scotland Yard, “the Bow street. runners” have a. history of their own little less re- markable and equally full of interest. Forewnrncd ls Forearmed, and Everybody Can Watch 0:". Prof. Rudolph Falb of Leipzig, the dis- coverer of the “critical days,” in giving the number, order, and dates for the coming year in the Deutsche Kaiser-Kalender for 1893, states that the obervations begun in 1863 convince him that the attraction of the moon and sun upon the waters of the sea. had 9. similar effect upon the ocean of the earth’s atmosphere, as well as upon the liquid and volatile masses contained in the interior of our globe. He discovered that great atmospheric disturbances, shocks of earthquake, and explosions in mines were surprisingly often the coincident with the days upon which the. most extensive tides and other oceanic commotions were caused by the influences of either moon or sun, or both. These periods Prof. Fth distinguishes by the name of “ critical days,” because they mark, on the one side, periodical There is an interesting museum in con- nection with Scotland Yard. It is news» snry to obtain an order from the Home Secretary in order to visit. this unique place. Here may be found the various belongs of the “ crscksmnn,” the common burglar and assassin. On the occasion of the writer’s visit, he Was upon entering the museum handed a pistol and a bullet to examine. “ Do you know the case they belong to '3” was asked. Replying nega- tively. the answer came: “ That pistol and that; bullet killed Carey, the arch informer, who at the Invincible trial in Dublin betrayed his fellow assassins and richly deserved the death he met with.” Among the curios were the relics of the celebrated burglar, Charles Peace, who, efter a life of daring robberies, closed it upon the gallows, he having been sentenced to death for killing a policeman. Prior to his execution Peace confessed to a. murder which had occurred seventeen years prexiously, and for which another man had been arrested, tried and sentenced to death, and by the merele chance royal clemency had been granted. Otherwise an innocent man would most assuredly have been pub to death. service fund, and no doubt; Scotland Yard absorbs 8. goodly share of it. Political detectives are employed to follow, watch and reporL at meetings of an extreme char- acter,which are generally held in Hyde Park. Various foreigners find employment in the “Yard” and receive handsome salar- ies. “ binning points” in the equilibrium of the nepbunic, plutonic, and atmospheric masses above mentioned, and on the other side aflord the measure and means for comput- ing the degree and effect of lunar and solar tomes upon opr planet. The individual constellations effecting each for itself an increase of these forces are: First, the perigee, that is the time when moon and earth are nearest. to one another; second, the moon‘s equatorial pos- ition; third, the perihelion, when our globe is nearest the sun; fourth, the sun’s equa- torial position; fifth, the syzygies, or new moon and full moon; sixth, the lunar or solar eclipses. Lions fixedin your mind’seye cmnpai‘e them with the shoes of the first policeman you meet; chen observe the similarity. The duties of Scotland Yard are multifarious. Poliucal and criminal detectives are always in demand. There is an annual sum of money voted by parliament to the secret, and grades of individual efl‘ectiveness,Prof. Falb takes care to state that the results of the strongest attractions often precede their "critical days.” as theoretically com- puted, by one or two days, while those of lesser import may be from two to three days later than periodically fixed. The latter may also be the case at the time of critical days of the first order whenever long continuing and extensive atmospheric pressure or eastern Winds prevailed pre- vious to those dates. The following are the “critical days” for 1895: Of the first order: Sept. 18. March 11. Aug. 20, Feb. 9, Oct. 18, April 9, July 22, and Jan. 11. Of the second order: May 9, Nov. 16, March 26. April 25. Dec. 31, Oct. 14, Feb. ‘24, June ‘22, Sept 4, and Nov. 2. (lf the third order: May 24, Dec. ‘2, Dec.16,June 7, Aug.5, Jan.25, and July 7. The ye‘ar 1895 will be especially notable for the fact. of its three most: critical days being accompanied by eclipsaa. In men- tioning the dates in their different: orders lzhe outskirt are a number of curiouspeople, invariably with umbrella of an unmistak- ably new and unused appearance. These men as arule are detectives. Another point. Lhat without; fail gives the detective away neside the clumsy manner in which he carries his umbrella, is his shoes. They are ever of the policeman pattern. Glance at. them, and with their classic proporâ€" be curious conglomeration that goes :omposc a London crowd, _ and always CRITICAL DAYS OF 1895 THE MUSEUM OF CRIME cond order: May 9, April 25. Dec. 31, Oct 2, Sept 4, and Nov. 2‘ [it Seventeen wills, each representing ,‘fier- sonally above $2,500,000, have been offered for probate so far this year in En land, being the largest, number in seven lyears. The third Duke of Sutherland 1 it the largest estate, six and a third million dollars, and four others were of mo '6 than five millions each. 0f the sevente n for- tunes, five were left by brewe a, one by a Wine merchant, three by one each by a colliery owner, a manufacturer (Clark of Paisley), mercer (Marshall of Marshall and Snel- grove), an iron merchant (the Ea lof Bective), a cotton spinner, a dyer. a d a merchant. The late Lord Tweedmc th appears as abrewer. Together their swo 1;; value was over sixty-six million dollars. Two facts of interest were announced at the recent meeting of the Paris University Council. An all the lycees the number of boarders is diminishing and that of day Scholars increasing, which shows that the value of home influence on the education of boys is felt more in France. In the faculty of medicine there are 1,002 forei 711 students to 4,142 Frenchmen, while of115 women students only 26 are French. / Emile Ollivier. the Minister of Napoleon III. in 1870, who entered into the war with Prussia, “ le cceur leger," is on the point of publishing his account of chiral! of the empire in “ L’empire hbeml ” in seven Volumes. The preface has just been printed in the Figaro. Russian Engineers are studying the route for the waterway to connect, the White Sea. with the Baltic. The total dis- Lance is about 180 miles, in part, already navigable. A uniform depth of thirty feet can be obtained for the whole canal it'iK estimated, at. a cost of only 86,000,000, *’ C)mpressed 1111- has been applied to sweeping railroad cars in France. A rubber tube, through which is applied a. pressure of ten or fifteen pounds to the square inch, removes the dust far more effectively than any brush and in half the time. Baring Brothers & Co. will soon be ready for business again. The great liqui iation is ended, a syndicate having taken the last block of securities, amounting to $7,500,000, held by the Bank of England. In is thought, that, about $3,000,000 will be left, over irom the settlement for the Baring family to divide. Viscount. \Volsely and 8' Donald St??- nrt, have just received timi Field Mar’ - al's batons from the Queen’s own haudéé. Right; Hon. Sir Julian Pauncefota file is now. He has just been presented «to the Queen as a member of the Privy Council. Here is an appeal sent to Mr. Labou- chere . “ We, Moses Bird and wife, in following the Divine commands, find our- selves unable to buy a preambulator fox our twin offspring. Therefore we take this liberty of asking you to help us in our time of need.” Oxford‘s plan for regulating advanc 6 study and research is the establishmen two new degrees, Bichelor of Let-Lew. Bachelor of Science, which will take cadence of the Bachelor of Arts, holders of which may be candidat Master of Arts. Candidates for the degrees, if they are not Bachelors of Ar must be 21 years of age, give evidence of a“ good general education, and of fitness for a special study, which may be pursued profitably at the university. These, by the way, are identical with the qualifica- tions of special students at Harvard. Residences for twelve terms, as for the B. A.. or fcr two years at least, is required. The outline of the plan WaB recently adopted in convocation by a. vote of 89 to 20, Women are not to be included. When carried out this plan will give the Oxford M.A. to men who know not a. Word of Greek. Savorgnnn de Brazza. haa rbtained leave to return to France after a. residence of three years and a half on the Congo, as administrator. Mrs. Keeley, the English actress, recent 1y celebrated her nlnetieth birthday. She first appeared in London in 1825 as Ros- ina in “ Love in a Village.” Her famous parts were Smike, in “ Nicholas Nickleby,‘ and Mrs. Peerybingle. French Deputies are no better than other representatives. The library of the Palais Bourbon contains 150,000 volumes, but the historical and political are never opened, while there is a constant; demand for the works of the elder Dumas, Flau- berb, Daudet, Zola, and even for Ponson du Terraxl’s long stories. The enormous increase in the capacity iron and steel works has its justificat' on and warrant in the wide variety of 'new employments found for those metals a’isuba stitutes for wood. The German Iron rade Association has lately taken the paiiis to point out, at great expense, for the benefit of all concerned, the many advantages to be gained by the reort to steel ; and it‘ would seem that there is barely a single use left for Wood in constructive detail and not much in ornamental finish, except gen- uine carving. The modern edifice is nearest perfection in point of durability and safety according to the proportion in which metal has excluded Wood. It is now proposed the Wood shall be dispensed with entirely in the framework of railway rolling stock, and this means something when we remember that there are about 2,500,000 railway veh- icles exelnsive of locomotives. In mines metal is doing away with wood, and the use of iron-pit props in France has shown that they need to be renewed only half as often as those of Wood. At the same tim , metal hasits own special risks, and it 's suggested, for example, that unless ca e- fully insulated, a large building full ofisteel and iron might be as susceptible to "elec- trolytic action by stray currents eating it. and iron might be as susceptible to ,‘elec- trolytic action by stray currents eating it up as though it were rail, forming part of an electric railway circuit. or gas (91‘ water pipes adjacent; thereto. If this ue ' danger exists, its remedy should be readi dis- coverable. ( Apples are plentiful and cheap-1 on Pacific coast. In Oregon, w in Maine crop is so large the farmers are not gat ing the fruit. but allowing it to drop row. It is Worth too little to make pic and packing profitable. Wood Going Out of Use. the the her- and