THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,, DECEMBER' 22, 1907.
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NE morning I was sleeping. lost in
beautiful dream, when a violent
ring at my door, awakened me.
I got up in much ill humor. I
hastily put on my trousers and
slippers and opened the door.
A gentleman, well dressed, stood be
fore me. He demanded to nee Monsieur
Apollinalre.
I bowed.
The gentleman entered Into one room,
which served me aa a workroom, dining
room and drawing room.
He took possession of the one ami
only chair.
1 entered my bedroom to prepare a
. temporary toilet. In looking ut my
alarm clock I noted the hour of 11. I
plunged my head In a basin of cold
water, and while I rubbed my head to
Ury the hair, the gentleman cried:
"I am not a, wart:"
"With my hair In disorder I thrust my
head into the next room; he was bend
ing over the remains of a patty which 1
had forgotten to hide.
I apologised und r.sked permission to
remove the plate. to my Bleeping room.
On my reappearance, the gentleman
Smilingly said, glancing at a newspaper
which he licld in his hands:
"I have read the "Passant de Prague '
and see there that you love me."
I answered something without earing
to deny It. because 1 imagined that I
had to deal with an odd person who, se
duced by my writings, had come to de
mand money of me.
"My name. Is Oabriel Fernisoun. Warn
In Avignon," he continued. "You do not
know me, but you love the Jews. Thu.t
you love me because I am a Jew, sir."
I laughed In saying as a conse'iiuence
It was indeed true that I loved him. Hut
Fernisoun interrupted me. spying:.
"Stop, there! A man with your dissi
pated habits aa shown by t!ii hour you
teen, and vOU dare to speak of hue!"
I answered back, protesting that
habits were proper and ilmi I had
gone to bed later than 1 o'clock in
morning.
I took a chair and lie continued.
"I bob that you are not in b"ve
thus I ee J'0", reasonable. am k
a elucidate vour sympathy f"r .1
"What Jews do you prefer?"
At this strange- question. 1 answered
to flatter him:
"Thn8 of Avignon, my diar
amongst those. 1 prefer those -.-il 1
Vipiel thiose Whose names termi:
el such aa the word.-- which arc dear
to me a 'del' and 'mic),' words rnoan
Ing heaven and honcv, Tieaven. which
one anticipates, and honey, which one
cats."
Fernisoun laughd boisterously and
triumphantly cried
"There you are. lien. P.ondiou. s:iv '
bluntlv and without ambiguity. It is the
Jew of the south of Kurope. Occidental,
which you prefer. Hut it ir- not the
Jew vou so much love as it is the Ital
ian. I told , you that 1 as a Jew. sir,
but T spoke In vi w or a confession
which I will presently make: in all
nrher resnects I am lt..iian. Yon love
lnv
not
tin:
filled his glass to the very brim and
swallowed it in one gulp
He toon very care f .lly emptied th"
Ins drop on the floor, whiie 1 apolo
gized, suggesting that doubtless lie
would have preferred a bowl
l'runisoun did not deign to answer
me on this point.
"And thus. In fact." he continued,
"You have reason, you Latins, to oe
us, we Latin Jews, "because we belong
to the Latin race as well as to the
Greeks and the Saracens of glclly.
"Put we are not "Meitijiies and we
are no more dissimilar to o'her In
dividuals than the great Invasions
made the Romans of the Roman em
pire dissimilar to others.
"Hesidcs. we are the most prolific
of tne Latins."
Furnisnun drark a fresh bumper of
liquor, then hunting in bis pocket he
drew out a package of cigarette paper.
He asked me for tolw' ca. I banded It
to him with matches lie rolled mil
a cigarette, lit It end blowing the smoke,
from his mouth and nostrils, went on
talking.
"After all. what Is the difference
between the Jews and Christians? Is
it that the .lews await a Messiah while
the Christians remember theirs?
"Nietzsche has appropriated the Jew
ish idea. How maiiv Lathis have be
come impregnated with the Nietzscloi
philosophy and little expect this super
human Messtanlque which proclaims the
coming of Zarat houst ra as narrated in
the Vendldad, where he celebrates the
holy word, the heaven which has pro
duced Itself, the everlasting time, the
sir which stirs on IjIkIi, II. e good law
of the Alasdeone, the law of Z.irathnus
tra as against the work of the evil
spirits.
"Wo Latin Jews no longer have an.v
thing to look forward to. The prophets
have promised us material happiness.
We have It. France, Italy aid Spain
no longer treat us ns aliens.
"Having nothing more to desire, we
no longer anticipate. And I approve of
this. The Messiah came for us as well
as for you and I wish to a. ,u icle
The Vtt frightened me. 1 looked
."round me ilh the hope of disc ov ern.g
some arm with whhi. to defend myself
ii. case f Kernisoiint became feriteiour
1 saw on the shelf near me a small re
o.ver This doubtless saved my life,
bfause r.'rtilsonh. profiting by the
turn My 'head, had drawn a knif
from the belt under his clothing. 1 let
the books fall and armed invsi-lf with
the revolver, which 1 pointed at Feini
fcoun. 11" grew jale arid tremble. 1 viocn!ly,
iinploilng "lihM'f, pardon, you do rot
understand rue.
' Assassin! 1 cried, "go perpetuate
cIm where tne crimes wheh you believe
pa i donable. M y principles do nut per
mit me to denounce you. bur I hope that
before r.iglit your savag. rln will be
punished."
While I spoke Fernisnun plckc? up
his books and getting up (mplnred my
pardon for haying frightened nie With
the revolver still held toward hirn. 1
ordered him to give me the knife, whhh
In did.
That night, from reasons of economy,
1 took dlnne- in my room. I ate what
was left of the patty which Fernisoun
had bent over
I hud no idea that I was running any
danger, but 1 soon found out the black
ness of the soul of Fernisnun.
I was taken with terrible pains.
Fernisoun had poisoned the dish.
Hy the prompt use of antidotes, I at
length recovered. The following days
the papers were filled with the reciial
of sensational crimes committed in all
the corners of Paris.
Children and old people were found
chokea to death.
It w.na remarkable that these crimes
were only committed on feeble persons.
Passers-by in the crowds that moved
alor.g the boulevard l.vle nl night had
their legs and arms cut Tiy a razor,
which wllh one stroke penetrated
through their clothes and flesh. The
CRUELTIES .CAUSED BY WITCHCRAFT
Recent Slaughter of a Little Russian Girl Calls Attention to the Sway of Superstition in Czar $ Domain
WARSAW - Superstition Is ram
pant In Russia. n tho conn
try districts belief In -wltch--
craft Is almost universal The
mental atmosphere In which
the Russian peasant ltv Is tint of L i
lope In the middle ages. Instead of
dispelling Ms faith It; Incantations,
spills mid evil spirits, his religion
strengthen It. He will rnir.mil r bar
bail act of cruelly, or even actual mur
der. In the full assurance this he Is per
forming a most laudable deed of ph-lv.
Just a fanatical priests used to .n
demn hcieM.s to (lie stake and the lark
convinced that thi rfby tbev were lay
ing up treasures lor th mrelves In
lie l V ll.
if this striking Proof recently came
from the village of fey-smow, A lew Him
Mlatmt Hi a tragedy there wen. irp
uriiphrd to other Huropesn untiles,
sod wisslby to Alnei l" . fait not until
this week, when the police rep u t on the
nltalr IseCsine public propeily, was lt-
full horror realised, even In Rns-ia At
Hoiow there dwell it humble ph-
alio were lo years mitrriej Lcf..tr a
child was burn to them. From lt- blrci
ll was sickly. H cause the mite had
been ro lerj In arriving, and was such
a feeble mile, I he inmor spread anion.-:
the village folk -that It had been
brought Into tho world by "nan -
Itrhi rutl.
told by Ihu frantic mother what was
happening, arrived on the scene. Nat
Isl.a was dosd. Kolectwskl hnritiot the.
:lrlitet notion that lie had really com
mit led H horrible crime. And how fsr
the pesK.tut were from renllilng that
th.-v IihiI aided and abetted In an tro
cl .us murder Is shown by this Incident.
I, lie the police report was bring drawn
up an old women called at the station
an. I said that she wanted lo be "wrlttoii
down" too.
Hut did vou help kill the child?"
asked the off'lclul
"No." was the reply, "but I held tho
lighted can. lb- while the good Koc
rsk stamped upon her, snil for that I
think I he government ought to give mi
foniett.lng, too."
It Is not among the fieasantry alons
that superstition Is decp-rnotod. In
many households of the better rlass
(hers Is fur niore faith In the heallti
c!'flenr "f some magic ooncoctlon than
in lha drugs of a doctor. If soma ser
vant chsneos to be. smitten .with soma
ailment recourse- is flrs bad to the
neatest wlx.ird or wise womnn, who Sup
plies some supposedly mvsterlous pow
der, which, mixed with salt Is placed In
a sau. er This Is sprinkled over the
pal l.-ni to the accompaniment of a hodge
podge or an Incantation. Fuieh treatment
Is i opposed to be a sure specific for nil
th.- common Ills. Ordinarily, It Is only
when the witch or wizard tails that the
doctor Is culled In If It bo not then
too late
tack In a few days and Is then led In th
crossroads that contain what ha Wants.
What the wliiM does remains a so
rrel: hut It Is to be presumed that so
Intttnritn knowledge of graveyards and
the possession of a shovel and a knlfo
"Jo the trliik." The strange part about
It Is 'hat every peasant will tell you
thet this remedy bus never been known
to fall
Ah suicides ars burled at crossroads
there Is a Urrlblo amount of competi
tion In order lo get possession of th
heads of these uiihsppy people. Peas
ants wilt walk for miles, linger round a
suicide s grave for hours and finally
fight over the corpse In order to gel
the head for their sheep sheds. The
wlssrd Is not only the sheens' doctor, he
rures die shepherd too. When a esa
iint has rheumatism he 'goes to the wls
urd who gives him a hare's foot, dried
In the August sun any other sun won't
do- to wear around Ills flock. Buch
charms arc soil hy auction after their
possessor's death and fetch various
price from a b-an hen to a plump
h'eken. The nil) or a Iltard, when
dried and "spelled" bv a wlsnrd. Is a
preventive against cholera. A rst'a
bend, prepared In the same say, keeps
off fever.
and stone hr. till blood flow freely
from her wounds and has washed the
evil away The companion of her fault
generally beats harder than anybody.
There le a spirit In the mud of early
spring, which appears when the snow
are melting. It Is favorable to the
sowings, therefor nothing on earth will
prevent the commune from sowing In
this slush, which often washes half
the seed away. "The seed that the
spirit iook away nc nneoeij tne pheas
ants argus and go on cheerfully lnslnr
half their sowings year after year.
Blame on Others.
The evil spirit that lurk In Jealous
people are supposed to be harmful to
little children. If a baby dies In any
thing like an unexplained way, th
peasants ant) their neighbor rack their
brains to remember who spoke envl
oualy of It so aa to have the sails
fsetlon of healing the person gullly
of Its death. As a rulo th verdict
falls upon aorne passing pedlar, .or link
er a plun which works very well, ou
sederlng how high the rat of infunt
mortality I In Russian villages.
on the child -was
smaller tl
Its nr.r" an!
Th-se thi-
belief t.: "it
Mil
It
Remains Delicate.
As the years went
remained delicate. It
the average child of
duller understanding
strengthened the popular
was a witch rhlld. Hut the pu-i
cherished It fondly, perhaps all tlo ni.
because lt was so weak ant punv.
was a girl and they cilIM ll Natlsha
In the nam vlll-irn lived a man ha I
his lot been thrown anitmg benrgnr d
heathens, would have l.feu termed a
vvRch doctor. Kolervkl was h'-
name, llu wus poss. ,-e. of--for Uuss'a
-a fair education, and taught the vil
!no children. Also he was n man of
fervid piety according to his lights, and
much respected. The village e b-rx
often disbursed with him the ipiestl-.n
whether or no A' relish a was n witch
child, and what ougnt to la- done to h. r
If she were. He told them that he was
keeping her under tdiserv a( ion and mak
ing her the subject of piaycrttil on
ilderHtlon, and In due time be oiild an
nounce to them his decision.
Natlsha had reached her sixth yc-tr
when Kolecswskl rendered his vrdlv't
He snld that it hud been revealed t
him that Antichrist was lodge J In
Natlsha s body, and that, for the goo!
of the world In general sml the Inhabi
tants of Hysofcow In particular he would
have to be expelled from his human
abiding place. The whole commune
summoned to witness the casting forth
of Antichrist and, Incidentally, the
sacrifice of Natlsha.
First n grave was dug In the forest M
the accompaniment of hymns aril
prayers Then, at dusk, poor Natlshi
was bioucht forth and laid on the grave
The vlliugcrs formed a circle ariun.l
her and there followed more pi a , ers
fitr! hyson singing. Intersperse vvC.'i
the reading of passages from the IIII I
To the poor, Iguoraru peasantry It vv a i
n solemn religious ceremony In wi
they were participating, an art of
vine vengeance which they had iss
bled to witness.
Witches in Villaf.es.
A a Itch or wtxard Is to be found In
i . iv vl lage or commune. These mys
l ilous people roughly divide Into two
, la the ordinary witch or "vlednio."
-'y l lv fixated In the black cult with
out having any special religious propen-
tie" and tho prorog or seer sap
id,
.II-
I osed to he inspired by (Jod, deeply re
pglo is an i well versed In isles of the
saints, their different llkrs. dislikes snd
eustoii'.-- an Important asset In a coun
ii. where the peasant arranges his seed
time nnd harvest according to the saint s
. .il. nd ir and believes that the seven
-hi ping bro'heis can give blni a fair or
foul corn-r.ittlng us surely as spring
fol'ows th" winter. The "prorok " gen
era ly has a smattering of learning, can
i. id and add up. write his name and
I :s neighbors. ' Prorokl" are rarer tlnn
vl.dniv" ns they n'-ed the above men
tl. rei qualifications; but they are sup
posed to be much moro powerful and
rule communes which tire happy
.noich to possess them Their fields
arc Ing.-r und their barn better filled
thai their neighbors' thanks to the
. re.lulitv of the latter, who would not of
fend the "prorok" for anything In the
win Id KoleczwskJ belonged to this lat
t . r i ;.is
P. it whether the wltard be religion
or i-ot be Is applP-d to for advice on all
o. ca- Ions and under every misfortune
n l difficulty that lesets the peasnnt
S'.'.ppoi ing n man is unlucky with hie- vests.
sheep and tnev die ofr In large numbers.
II.. believes that an evil spirit has got
'u'o his shed and must be bunted out
b. f .re the misfortune can be got rid
if. Tradition tella him that the head
of i c. ad mnii. burled at the cronsroads,
must lie hung up over the door of the
she. n shed'. This alone wfll drive away
h evil spirit. If the gruesome relic
),-.. once belonged to a shepherd, all
the b. iter.
Full of Spirits.
To the peasant's mind his home and
Immediate surroundings his fields,
granaries and meagre forests are full
of spirits, who have to be appeased at
certain sensons of the year, and who,
If neglected or offended, will wreak
Ihelr vengeance upon him and Ms fam
ily. Hero again, the wiiard acts as me
dium. Tlies.i spirits are too numerous
to mention, their names and hnblts
varying with different localities Snd cli
mates. In White Russia, for Instance,
there Is a wster sprite, who must be
appeared on the twenty-fourth of June
(old stylo), a similar sprite has great
attention paid to It a few weeRa earlier
In the Caucasus and a few weeks later
In Liberia
If his "name-day" Is neglected he will
spoil the harvest by pouYlng water In
the form of rain upon the crops. On
this dav. the wUard, a "vledmo."' If
the village doea not possess a "prorok,"
but a "prorok" for choice, followed by
he Inhabitants of the commune, goo
In a solemn procession to the river.
Falling a stream the largest pond la
resot'ted to. Here they sing songs In
honor of the water sprite, throw wreaths
of flowers and grain Into him and dance
tcutid him till daylight. In wet seasons,
young girls, the prettiest In the village,
are thrown, or. In the ecstasy of the
moment. Jump Into the water. If the
rlrls get safely back to the banks It
proves that the water sprite does not
want them, being satisfied with the
other offerings If they sink to the
bottom tho whole commune believes that
only their sacrifice has saved the bar
Cross
rinlv
Roads Secret.
Police Notified.
With knife In hand, while son . of
the spectators muttered pravers aril
others crooned lament a I ions, Koleczwski
advanced Into the center of the circle.
He stamped upon the helpless Natlsha
and hac-k. d her poor little body with the
knife
When the police, who had been
the ocnl witch or wizard knows
wl.rc such tilings nre to be found,
liriviixr knowledge of crossroads and the
r.- r ts they contain. It goes to the
witch or wiiard, who. on payment of a
fee (which varies according to the peas
ant's wealth and the number of sheep
he Ins lost) promises to find out by In-
corpse lies burial.
en r ta
The I
ions, where a
urassed peasant returns to the at-
Wolf Spfrits.
These are the spirits of the bad
dead, who pass Into wolves' bodies.
There are supposed to delight In suck
ing pigs, or, when very wicked. In very
young children. It Is not an uncommon
thing to hear of some peasants, at
tacked while sledging by wolves, saving
themselves by throwing a child out of
one of the sludges to them. When pls
happen to be at band, they generally
suffice; falling Ihem, a child Is sacri
ficed. A peasant woman Is unfaithful to her
husband. Why? Kecausc an evil spirit
has taken possession of her The whole
village agrees that It must be driven
out before doing further mischief. Ro
the woman Is stripped bare, tied to the
bark of a carl and driven round the
village (Russian villages are long and
straggling) while nil who will can beat
Other Evil Doers.
Amongst the Innumerable spirits to
be appeased are the grain spiritsV
who demand that an offering of corn
be left outside the door when tho har
vest Is gathered In and the spirit of
the threshold. This spirit feels math
offended If people shako hand over
bis dwelling the tlu-eIiold or a room
or cottage and Is slfre to bring mis
fortune upon one or the other of i ho of
fender; unless. Indeed, they atone for
It by paying the local witch to beg
hi pardoti. The same sort of super
stition prevails amongst the Cosnacks--whose
uustorns differ widely from
those of other people In Russia - but
who make a point of sitting down near
the threshold before leaving home on
a journey or expedition. If they rlid
tiot pay the spirit Ibis little attention
he would bo angry end not allow them
to cross hi dwi'lllnR again. Russian
peasants are about th dirtiest people
In Kurope, except perhaps the Rulgir
lans. but thoy will not j;lv food to
dogs or other animals In the basins
they ent out of for fear of offending tho
household spirits who live In them and
who would smash the crockery to get
out of It, were such a slight put upon
them.
The spirits which the peasant fear
most are those of the dead. Their re
turn to the cottage, their owners live.
In whilst alive Is the forewsrning of
some cslanilty. Therefore, evervthi.iir
thein In their coffins
many candles as im-
the funeral lo light
the spirit world, but
are placed on their
graves at regular Intervals because, if
they have plenty to eat and drink hun
ger will not send them back to their
old homes. On All Souls' eve the cem
eteries and graveyards are scenes of
solemn gatherings. The families of the
ib-nd come to visit them lest they
should fee lonely and want to return
to their homes. Stories aie told round
the graves and hymns sung by the
"ptirlk." Fruit, milk and barley are
left there and Innumerable lamps are
lighted. Of course the peoples Imag
ination g.'ts worked up to s-jc h an ex
tent that evirvhoclv sees and talks
"I'll some rplrlt. who t.lls the listen
ers how it fnics with hl'n or her In
the n-xt world. Iioubtbss from these
"Iizlady." as such gatherings are
called, ha sprung the belief that crows
pick out the hearts of the wic-li'd
(lead, who suffer endless thirst and
agony, whilst the good ones walk In
shady forests listening to beautiful
music.
is uone lo Keep
Not only are as
slide hurni-d at
them sufeiy to
food and drink
rnz Ar
foi t r:
until
guilty
I w
.-.Ullio
Well 1
Kern
1 without pain and the irn
!i.i not fall In their blood
a few inomeniH and the
i remained unknown.
is oft. n tempted to denounce the
- o! th'-se crimes, because 1 knew
1 could be Do other than 'Jabrl'i
oun. v-.lio was very busy while
"nt- r
it.-s
n. r
I ''"
l.. king forward to baptism Hut my
eKoN-rii triumphed. I had escaped from
this monster nral 1 allowed him to go
on wi'liout denouncing lilrn.
. t the end of a few months I found
pi-, s.-lf lii c.rnp.Tiy with a number of
o '.I a rsons who frequent the Latin
quart, r.
W" were gathered about a table at
th" Lorraine. Ane'iu: them was one of
r hose newspaper writers who easily
coyer three page. with more or less
unreliable chronicles, a chauffeur In a
ionir sealskin coat, one of those Indi
viduals easily found at different places
on the Avenue Grando-A rmee, who In
vites vou to taker on Interesting ride in
1,1s automobile and In spite of the nluah
aski you for the loan of a hundred
cent; the re were also, a student of the
p'-aux Arts. 'and an ensign from a boat
recently returned from Martinique.
The ensign for the third time had re
counted the e-untlon of Mount 1'ele,
vvien Philip, oT.tibtful student, arrived
with Nelia.
NYIIh was a quite pretty brunette.
Philip shook hands with us, took off
his lint and coat, arranned Ms hair, his
cravat ar-el seated liiins-lf facing Nella
nt the text table. Having given his
order .n th w'ilcr, he turned to us and
saldt
"i have a good one! N'clla has a de
sire to be a nun."
The chauffeur cried, "There nre no
longer any convents."
The Journalist said that 11 war; neces
sary to have a fortune.
Xella afflrmen that she wKhed to ho
rcmic a "Little Sister of the I'oor."
vVe lauthod and each demanded, "And
why Is 111 is'."''
Philip also laughed and said, "Tell
the story Nella. "
" '. 'I, then." she began, "I had busi
ness en the Rue Stain;Laiarre near the
Place Saint August In and I was com-ins-
from the Boulevard Males ITerbes
with the Intention of taking the omni
bus to the Madeline. All of ft sudden
at the corner of the Rue Mathurius a
man stood before me crying:
"Madame' I am a Jowl I am going
to die! J'.aptlze me!'
"I became alarmed. I wanted to run,
hut the man. who was out of breath,
hung on to my arm. beseeching nie and
crying"
" i am a great criminal and T have
nccl'lenta'l v poisoned myself. I now
repent, M adana. and I beseech you, get
water and baptize me. You have onlv
to pour some on my head saving. "I
baptize vou in the name of the Father
and t he Ron and the Holy Ghost!" Hur
ry! the poison begins to work nnd I feel
mvself dying!"
"Fassrnby stopped and looked at us
curiously.
"The man staggered. With eyes glar
ing he ;"aned over toward the gutter,
aearchlng for water there, but there
was none.
"At this moment, some officers came
along. The man became delirious, cry
ing. 'Oh, how I suffer." And Immedi
ately died In convulsions."
Peath had come upon Fernisoun like
a thief In the nleht and with tho step
of n wolf, and hJd, after all robbed him
of tho means whereby he had believed
that at the last moment he would be
pardoned of bis many crimes.
The devil no doubt laughed loudly as
he bore him away to his reward.
TJie Bad Boy Hotson, Still a H
r
Ily Anton Tschechow.
ANOVIT3CH LAPKIN. a young
man of very pleasant apscarance,
and Anna Semenowna. a young girl
with a pug nose, climbed down the
steep cliff arid sat down on n
bench. The bench stood dose to tho
water's edge among a group of young
willow trees. A dry spot! Sitting
there one was hidden from all tha
world, only the fishes and the water
bugs running swiftly across the sur
face of the water could see one. The
young people had along with them fish
ing rods, nets, brilt, and everything
else useful on a fishing expedition, and
tney immediately lagan to try their
r
J
An alien who was allowed to settle
at Athens on paying a tax, but who
was allowed no civil sights.
Mr.
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in ti
the Jews, the .Portueu . nnd !
Jews, for Instance; 11 . who we
verted and took Iron ic -ir Spai
Portuguese parents Heir Spa 11 1
Portuauese names. "You !'., th
Ish
'U1-
1 or
.Tews
h as
the
-the
ben who have Catholic names, sue
Panta Crus. or Ht Paul. You love
Italian Jews and the French Jews
Comtadins. for Instance.
'"I think I told yon. sir, that I was
tvorn in Avignon, of n family wi tch has
been established Ihere for centuries.
Ton lovo names such as Muscat of 1-Ci -nlsoun.
You love the Latins nnd thus
we are of accord. You love us because
as Portuguese or Oomtadins we are not
accursed. No. we are not. We have
pot partaken Of the Judicial crime.
Therefore the maleelictlon does not wait
for us."
Fernisoun stood tip gesticulating, his
face red. while T remained seated.
I looked at him with mv mouth open.
At length be became calm, and looking
B boot him, with a pouting air. said.
"Till are Tory badly installed here,
rtoudiou, ! --"While- I remain here I will
Close raf eyes to the surroundings.
'But after at!, yon certainly must nos
es some sort of drink Your visitors
would be . more appreciative of your
thoughtfulness."
I went to the chimney and took from
there a small "flagon of liquor.
Fernisoun uncorked It while I lookevd
for a glsa , While, J vmn praising the
onallty of tfce liquor which-I had got
from- a distillery of Ourekhelm In the
I'sJatluate, without listening to me, he
- i.-. r . - '
"80 in my heart. I am a Catholic.
"Why? you will ask.
BecaUftV there Is no longer an He
braic religion In France. The Russian
.lew, the Polish Jew, the Oermtin Jew.
have preserved at least the exterior re
ligion. "Hut we with others, we eat thiriK
cook'?d in Inrd, wo oat greedily oftla
cochineal fig. without worrying about
Moses and the prophets.
"And as for me. I adore a dinner of
crawfish, and I even have a failing for
the snail.
-Ho I Ignore the Jewish religion. It
is abolished like paganism. Rut It sue
vivos tn Catholicism, which above all
attracts bv its theological character.
"Alexandrian Judianism no longer
uses its Mosiac t!teol"gy, It now ap
pears false and vulgar.
"Catholicism, however, has made of
this theology divine dogmas. This
mirecle renews Itself each dav nt the
saTTTflce of the mass. Tire history of
the sacred heart Inflames my ancient
soul ,,f the Latin Jew.
"I am a Catholic, oil but being bap
tisrecl." "That is very simple," I said. Have
yourself baptized. Baptism Is a sacra
ment which anyone can administer to
vou; man, woman, Jew. Protestant,
F.uddhist or Mohammedan."
"I know ll." said Furnlsoun, "but T
do not wish to usejt until later. While
waiting. I wish to amuse myself."
"Ah! Ah!" said I. "The effect of
bat. t Ism ace to efface all Bins. As we
can onlv employ It once you wish to
put ir off ft long PS possible."
"Thai is ... I no longer anticipate a
Messiah, but I look forward to bap
tism This hope gives me all the Joy
possible. 1 lovo completely. T assumo
myself sunerhlv. I (Heal. I kill. I rob
graves and 1 will go to heaven because
1 expect hap! ism." ' .
"You exasperate," I replied, "I be
lieve you to he too greatly Imbued with
certain literature. Be careful, deatli
comes like n thief In the night, with
the step of a wn.lf. unexpectedly, and
if I had the happiness that you have
In believing as von rin: I would add
that Vol) Is paved with good inten
tions.' After all. w-t books do you
rend?"
"This will interest vou," he answered.
"Here is my library. It Is very edify
ing." i
He look out of hi pocket two torn
books, which I. took.
The title of the first was "CjiTechlsm
IN THE EMPIRE OF THE AIR-By Colonel Gaedke,
Famous German Military Expert
j:y
G'
Colonel Oacdke, Famous Military
h xpert.
KR MANY has lo-t the military
championship of the world, and
especially in regard to technical
Inventions I-rsme- has repeatedly
and distinctively parsed US.
France constructed the first real rapid
fire gun, while we- in elc-iniany spent an
enormous amount of mom y to iritroduef
in our army an anti.piat-.l system. In
France the first submarines were btillt,
in the French army the automobile was
first used and mane pia.-ti.al, and In
France they first mastered the problem
of navigating the air wiih elirlglljle air
ships. That Germany has also been loft
behind on many other p-.i.,s which ur
not necessary to mention lire is a. well
known fact, and I shall only mention
trie problem of adopting i( practical
modern uniform.
That we have gone- ahe ad at all Is not
duo to any efforts made by the govern
ment, but rather to tin- genius and the
hard work of men of the pi-oplc.
Also, In regard to airships, private
Inventors have shown the way and ut
last made it possible for ns to overtake
Franco and probably outdi.-itancu that
country.
Encouraged only very little by the
government and helped alone financially
only by a lottery, Count. Zeppelin worked
for years upon the great problem which
he has after many attempts and many
failures Kucceeiied in solving. Accord
ing to all that is known at the present
time, his gigantic airship is the best,
the most reliable, most dirigible and
fastest of all airships which have at
tempted to navigate the air.
In the meantime another syndicate for
the manufacture of airships driven by
motors had been formed, partly because
of t lie success of the French and partly
because the slowness of our government
aeronauts worried the nation. In the
Interest of this company Major von Par
seval worked diligently, and he alto
succeeded last fall in constructing an
airship which Is at least practical, even
if it Is doubtful whether his compara
tively email ship may be compared to
that owned by the French government.
The airships mentioned here may be
All have crtaln f d vanta tres. and cer
tainly it Is at this lime impossible to
say which syst-111 will make tlie t.es'
showing. It Is more than li-o lv that -ill
three Will e-ontinui- In evi:;t .-;ito some
time, and to Improve tni-ir models ia
varienis ways.
In the balloons built after Count Zep
pelin's system tne ba!t....n its. if con
sists of an aluminum .'-k . i c t i 11 covered
with silk. Inside this ii,-.-. are numer
ous small balloons filled with ;;is. The
loss of yas elurine; naviratini; lues thus
been brought down to a minimum and
the balloon proper will keep Its form
and stability even vvh.-n the wind Is
very s'rong. To different eorne-rs the
bodv is coniifclecl with Hie I
very solid and rigid inarmer
Is possible to place in the
strong motors.
Against the slip e-om.-s the
the balloon when nol fill, el
transported, anil that it Is
to have- special docks, some
ascends as well as where it
This evil is lessened someivb
tit the Uioeese of Avignon"; that of the of three different systems and all three
icicrrv H hv have solved the nroblem nf navic-nttn?
Heeond "The Vampire of Hungary.
Dora !almet.
by have solved the problem of navigating
the air theoretically and practically.
lllonn In a
so that It
ship very
fact that
cannot be
m e e'ssa ry
where it
d'-scends.
at bv tho
circumstance- that this balloon goes bet
ter against the- wine) than any other,
and that it can stay up very Innx.
and carry a very laro quantity of
gasoline. It thus gains a large radius
of action and it will pearly always bn
possible for it to return to the intend
ed place.
Count Zeppelin has maelP trial trips
through the air lasline; eight hours
considerably longer time than any
other balloon -and hopes with certain
improvements to uje able to navigate
for 1 :.'t"i hours. In this way he would
certi.inly win great Independence of ac
tion as soon ns a number of neriil
forts are constructed along the bound
ary lines of the coiintiw, bordered oy
strong fortresses. Hitherto he has not
been uble to follow and- assist th?
leaders of the army in their opera
tions. Count Zeppelin's balloon lias a ca
pacity of J,3utJ cubic metres, and thj
length 12S metres is considerably
greater than that of the largest Ger
man man-of-war.
The cost. of its construction is high
er than that of any other airship
about 200,000 marks which, of course,
is only n-email amount when It is re
membered that battleships at the pres
ent time cost about 30,009,000 marks,
and that their cost In the future will
probably be more than 40,000,000.
The airship constructed by Major von
Parseval Is entirely different. It Is
not rigid, and has the great advantage
that it may descend easily arid without
any risk at any place, and that it
weighs considerably less. When tak
en apart it can easily be transported !n
a fdnglo railroad car. The basket is,
in fact, the oifly part of it which is
made from hard material, but It is
small, being only 4!! metres long, and
with a gas capacity of only 3,000 cubic
metres. It will carry besides tho 00-horse-power
motor, only four people,
while Count Zeppelin's ship carries
nine, and tho larger one he Is about
to build will probably carry about 30.
Tho disadvantages of the Parseval bal
loon are that its mechanism is rather
delicate and easily gets out of order,
and that the ropes from the balloon
easily get tangled In the propeller and
stop it.
The French airships, which are ad
mittedly ahead of any others, are con
strucled after the semi-rigid system.
Tho bag containing the gas is shaped
like a torpedo and carries underneath
a platform made from aluminum pipes
upon which it rests. The basket is
suspended from this platform. This
airship has been tested under varying
conditions and has given absolute sat
isfaction, so that the French govern
ment has not hesitated in ordering five
more. Airships of this kind are to be
stationed at tho fortresses of Verdun",
Toul, Kplnui, Relfort, Uesancon anu
Lyons.
All dirigible airships have so far been
tried only in small altitudes not ex
ceeding 500 metres although the Frenc.i
military authorities state that they
have navlgateel the air 1,200 metres
above the ground, ft is believed that
balloons flying that high will he out
of the range of guns, but although
this may be so at present, special guns
are being constructed which may bo
fired at an anglo of 60 degrees, nnd
it is theoretically possible to reach
them at any height.
It appears from this that although
there aro great possibilities in dirig
ible airships when they shall have be
come perreot, their present importance
Is not Very great. It cannot even be
said that a besieged fortress can bo
cut off from all communications with
the outside world; on the contrary, the
enemy will be able to blockade It with
luck.
"How good it feels to be alone," Lap
kln said looking around. "I have so
much to tell you, Anna Semenowna, so
much when I saw you tho first time
you have 11 bite now I knew immedi
ately why . I had been born, knew that I
hael found my goddess to whom I must
devote my whole life, an honest use
ful life It must be a big one that's bit
ing now when 1 saw you, I loved for
the first time In my life, loved passion
ately don't pull in yet, let It bite a
little more tell me darling, I beseech
you, may I hope that you also I Uara
not say love mo for I am not worthy of
that, but dare I hope that now pull
in I'
"Anna Semenowna pulled in the line
and cried out with Joy as she saw a glit
tering fish on the hook.
"Oh, how lovely, what a big fellow!
Quick, quick, he is off the hook now."
The fish which had torn itself loose
from the hook lumped Into the air to
ward its proper element and disap
peared once more in the water.
While trying to catch the fish Lap
kin quite acclduntly caught Anna Sem
enovvna s hand, and pressed It also quite
aeeldontly to his lips. She drew back
her hand, but it was too late and th
iips bad quite accidently already kissed
it. Everything came thus accidently.
The first kiss was followed by a sec
onel, by many, and endearing words and
promises. Those were happy moments,
but alas there Is no perfect happiness
to be had in this world. Elthor hap
piness carries the poison in itself or it
comes from the outside. Thus it hap
pened here. As the two young people
were kissing each other they heard sud
denly somebody laugh aloud. They
looked towards the river, were terrified
to see standing in the water quite
naked, but for a pair of bathing trunks,
Kolja. Anna Semenrjwna's brother
from tho high school. He stood In the
water and looked at the young people
and laughed as he had never laughed
before.
"Oh, so that is what you call fish
ing." he said, "to me It looks very
much like kissing, you may be quite
sure Anna that I'm going to tell mam
ma.
"I really hope that you will behave
like a gentleman," Lapkin said with a
blush. "To listen Is bud enough, but to
toll talcs Is mean, disgusting and com
mon. 1 feel quite sure that you as a
young gentleman and a young man of
nonor '"
"If you will give me a rouble I
won't say anything," said the. young
man of honor; "If you don't I'll toll."
Lapkin took a rouble bill from hi.
pocket and gavo it to Kolja, who took
it with his wot hand, put It Into his
mouth and swam away. But the two
young people did not feel liko kissing
any more at tho present time.
The next day Lapkin brought Kolja
a box or paints, and a iootnan, ana
his sister gave him another rouble.
ero
From the New York Kvenlng Sun
I'ST when everybody was thinging
that Alabama's rising young
statesman, Tth hmond p. llobson.
had ele-flnilely committed himself
to a future of interminable advo
cacy of illimitable naval expansion, and
had become quite resigned to the appar
ently inevitable prospect, the situation
suddenly changes. Mr. llobson Is go
ing to congress to work for government
pensions for the Confederate pensioners
of the southern states.
It is very evident that the windiest
orator who has ever appeared In tho
south has decided that it is far better
to make himself solid with his con
stituents than to become a figure of na
tional Importance, which was under
stood a while ngo to her the destiny ho
had mapped out for himself. Certainly
his latest scheme Indicates a radical
change of plan, for long as It would
take him to get his world-beating navy
It will take him a good deal longer and
call for the exclusive exercise nf his
famous gift of gab to put his pension
scheme through. In time, perhaps, he
may persuade the country that the
great Recession was really a movement
for the preservation of tho Union, but
it will take time.
It Is a fine thing to have In public
life a young man who Is not reluctant,
who seems even anxious to make an
ass of himself. Hobson Is still a hero.
moment's peace. He threatened to tell
on thent listened to everything they
said, and demanded presents almost
every day. ile could never get enough
and at last he even began to hint thai
he must have a gold watch. 'What was
to be done? It was necessary to prom
ise him the watch.
One day at the dinner table when
waffles were being served he suddenly
burst out laughing, winking his eye
nnd looked at Lapkin and snld: "Say,
do you want me to tell somebody some
thing?" Lapkin blushed and bit his napkin.
Anna Semenowna got up from the tablo
and ran Jnto tho next room.
Thus the young people passed a mis
erable tlmo until the end of August,
until the elay when Lapkin at last found
courage enough to ask Anna's father
for his consent, oh. what a happy day
that was! When Lapkin had spoken to
the parents of his fiancee nnd received
their consent he lost no time, but ran
Into tho garden fo look for Kolja: when
he found him he thought he hadn't felt
so happy for a long time. He. caught
him by the car and Anna Semenowna,
who had also looked for her brother,
got him by the other, and now it was
Kolja. who passed some very disagree
able moments, cried and begged: "Oh,
dear, darling sister and brother-in-law.
Oh, forgive me; I will never do it
again."
Later both of them acknowledged
that never during all the long time that
they had loved each other had thoy felt
so supremely happy as during I he few
minutes when they were pulling the
cars of the had boy.
next present was shirt studs shaped
like little dogs' heads. The bad boy
was immensely pleased and to get more
presents he made up his mind to watch
ills sister. Wherever Lapkin nnd Anna
went he went to. Not a minute did ho
leave them alone.
"The rascal." Lapkin cried, "so young
and still such a rascal. I am sure he
will end in a bad place."
Throughout the whole month of June.
Kolja did not leave the two lovers one
a fleet of airships, as effectively as
lie can blockade a fort.-
Military balloons, will as - far as I
can ssee, only become- useful as scouts,
and probably as a means of transport
ing; small bodies of troops, but as a
weapon Of 'attack they will probubly
never amount to very much.
Infallible.
It was at the sportsmen's exhibition,
and a sweet young country maiden at a
stall In oiie of the balconies was expa
tiating on the merits of a new stick
ing plaster which she wa.? endeavoring
to dispose of -by the package!. She had
Tim .evidently been verbally primed asejo her
utterances, which were delivered in a
level monotone devoid of anything ap
proaching spontaneity.
"Thus," she concluded her harangue,
"thus can I confidently, nay, even en
thusiastically, recommend to those who
tempt the wilds of the Adirondacks, or
whose sportive tendencies lead thr-m
further astray into the Inspiring forests
of aMaino, where abrasions aro of fre
quent occurrence, this invaluable plas
ter, for you merely attach it to the sore
place, and will discover that it will
never come off."
"'ihen," Inquired a wag; from tho
background, "what do you do when the
ore heals?"
"Oh, yes," replied the Imperturbable
yendor, having imperfectly heard the
question, "we find it infallible for sore
heels!"
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