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DREYFUS DISGRACEDPOUND GUILTY AGALWYET TO GO FREE.BUT THE STAIN REMAINSPrisoner Receives a Ten Years' .sentence Which in Effect He Has Already Served—His Pardon Anticipated Soon—Demonstration in Various Parts ot France.Rennes, France, Sept. 10.—'Yesterday the great retrial of Dreyfus on the charge of selling war secrots to Germany ended in what is reported to be conviction and yet virtual acquittal. Dreyfus’ sentence is for ten years and, ■lt;t he has already suffered live years solitary confinement, which counts double, Dreyfus will be rroe inside of a fortnight. Should the president of the republic not pardon the prisoner, he will be again degraded inside of eight days. The votes of the court were taken separately, beginning with the inferior grade and the youngest in the last grade, the president of the court having to give his opinion last. The decision of the court was as follows: “The court declares on thequestion, by a majority of 5 votes to 2, ‘Yes.’ The accsued is guilty. The majority agreed that there are extenua-ing circumstances in consequence of which, and on the request of the commissary of the government, the president 'put the question and received again the votes in the above mentioned form. As a result the court condemns, by a majority of 5 votes to 2, Alfred Dreyfus to the punishment of ten years detention.”Dreyfus was told the result by his lawyers, and wept bitterly, but when in the presence of the officials of the court-martial, he listened impassively to the sentence. Midwife, who was waiting in torture and suspension at her house, bore the news bravely, and showed no sign of her suffering as she walked from her carriage to the prison Ma'ithieu Dreyfus was present In the court in the afternoon, but visited his brother after the verdict had been rendered. He found him perfectly calm and wltl out any manifestation of surprise at the finding of the court The prisoner simply shrugged his shoulders, uttering an expressive sentence, adding as he embraced his brother as the latter, was preparing to leave: “Console my wife.”The general belief is that Dreyfus will be pardoned: hut this will not satisfy his admirers. They will refuse to submit to the verdict and will con tlnue the battle until the judgment is reversed. The verdict, they say, directed more against the Jews than against Dreyfus and If It is allowed to stand, will make their existence France Impossible, mm. Labor) ami Demange took a midnight train for Paris. They will sign an applica tion for a revision of the cast, al though there is no hope the verdict will be reversed.The rioting in the city was wild and was suppressed hv the police. In Paris some turmoil aico occurred.GRANTS’ ANCIENT LINEAGE.We are apt to think that when an American girl weds a titled man that she must necessarily be inferior in birth to her husband. If Miss Julia Dent Grant marries into one of the princely houses of Russia she can feel assured that in her own veins runs the blood of a noble and worthy ancestry. to trace which has proved a fascinating study. The lineage of the Grant family, briefly told by Col. Teetor, genealogist, of the New York Tribune, Is as follows: A celebrated manuscript in Scotland bears the title, An Account of the Rise and Offspring of Grant, and the author shows a great deal of ancestral pride in his attempt to trace the origin of the clan of Grant to a certain prince named Wodlne. This prince came out of Asia about the year 600 and settled In Norway, where he built a great city and where prayer and sacrifices were made by the Norsemen.Coming down to the ninth century history records the name of Hacken third of that name from Wodlne and earl of Trondelagen, one of the most renowned men for courage and strength In the kingdom of Norway. Because of an unusual feat accomplished over his enemies, he was called Hacken Grant, the latter word being used in the sense of great, and ail descended from this Hacken were called Grants. It is said that Hemlng. son of Hacken, having become converted to Christianity through the influence of his wife, a daughter of Adelsteln, the first Christian king of Denmark, was banished from Norway. Whether the Grants came from Norway to Scotland by the way of the Hebrides or as followers of Rolf the Ranger, ancestor of the duke* of Normandy, they were ui.doubUtfJ* Normans. They did not rise to the proportion of a clan until about the beginning of the fourteenth century. Richard I*e Grant was archbishop of Canterbury In 1228. About the same time William Lee Grant, married , Albreda Hyget of the baronial family of that name, and he went as a crusader to the Holy Land in 1270. Sir Lawrence l,e Grant was high sheriff of Invemcsshlre In 12.78. Sir Duncan Grant was the firet owner of what Is now the castle and barony of Grant, chartered to him as heir of his mother, Matilda of Glencalrne. Sir Ludovic Grant is fifteenth In descent from Sir Lawrence, and was the first to be / ed Grant of Grant. He was the son of Sir James Grant by Lady Mary Stewart, niec* of MaryQueen of Scots, and iras called the Highland King ” He was succeeded by hi6 son. Sir James Grant of Grant,baronet, member of parliament for many years, who died in 1747. Castle Green Ijas been the home of the chiefs of the clan since the fourteenth century, and Is cherished and venerated accordingly by all who bear the name of Grant. Among the features of the castle Is the magnificent dining hall. 47 feet in length and 27 feet In width and of proportionate height. The walls are adorned with numerous ami rare works of art and 99 ancestral portraits. The possessions of the Grants, as the chief dwellers of Strathspey, wore situated between the Craig Elaehies— two great rocks on the river Spey. “A mountain in flame” Is the Grant crest, taken from It. The name means “rock of alarm,” and in the time of danger huge fires were kindled on the craig as a signal of alarm for the clan to assemble. “Stand fast. Craig Elalche,” was the war cry, and is today the motto of the clan. The oldest, stateliest, and most formidable dwelling place of the old clan chiefs is Castle Urquhart, built upon a rocky promontory on the west side of Ixch Ness. It was founded In the Norman period. It was besieged and taken by Edward I. In 1303 and was chartered to Grant of Grant in 1509 by King James IV. It Is the lordly seat of the Grants as earls of Seafleld, and Is a mouldering ruin of eight centuries of Scottish history and 400 years of the annals of the family of Grant. Matthew Grant, 40 year* town clerk and surveyor of Windsor, Conn., was a lineal descendant of this old Norse race, called in Scotland a Highland clan. He came to this country from Plymouth, England, landing at Nantasket, Mass., on May 30, 1630. Gen. IT. S. Grant was the seventh in the line of descent from Matthew Grant Sir William Frazer of Edlnborough met Gen. Grant upon the occasion of his being accorded the freedom of that city while making the tour of the world, and he salfi the resemblance between the distinguished descendant of Matthew Grant and Sir James Grant, earl of Seafleld, was so striking as to be generally noticed and commented upon.HOW DIFFERENT NATIONS EAT.Refined, the Reckless and the Go-as You-Please.The English and Americans are ad mltted by all unprejudiced foreigner: to he the most refined eaters in thi world. To see them go through thi various stages of their dinners is ti have a lesson in the art of gracefu eating.Very different is the behavior of thi Russian, who does not disdain to US' nature’s weapons when he consider the latter more convenient than th knife and fork.The Frenchman will use a piece o bread in nearly all cases where h should use a knife. The German, oi the other hand, plunges his knife inti his mouth in a way that is terrifying The Swede cuts all his food tnti tiny pieces first of all, and then, hav lug laid aside his knife, proceeds ti take up piece by piece with his fork.The Italian uses a spoon quite a often as a fork. He will employ tin former for vegetables, and sometime even for fish. The latter use of tin spoon is somewhat curious.The Japanese diner uses chopsticks a form of implement somewhat dlffl cult to manipulate without consider able practice, while the Chinaman tear: his food with his long nails in a man ner thoroughly repulsive:The Greek swallows his meat It huge mouthfuls, and would prohablj devour a steak weighing half a pound In half a minute. Taking a very .sharr knife, he divides the meat Into foui or five sections, each of which he fling: into his mouth in rapid succession It is not to be wondered at that thlt; Greeks suffer much from Indigestion Omaha Bee.CANADIAN HALF-BREEDS.The more I have seen the haif-bn of Canada, the more 1 have rone admire them. They are of fear stock, and have inherited many g traits from both races. They re* with amusement and pity their h brothers, the full-blood Algonquin: the remote forest, but they underst the arts of wood-lore which make more than endurable there. T have French, English, Scotch Scandinavian family names, and e one who thinks they lead an unc fortable life Is very much mistake Frederic Irland In Scribner’s.HOW THE BEAVER BUILDS HIS HOUSu.The beaver's habit of building for himself and family a comfortable and conspicuous residence enables the hunters to take a pretty accurate census of the population, and to tell jiiat where the animals arc to be found. On our way We turned aside and photographed a bcaver-dam and a house. The natural hiatory books generally picture these ost ructions as quite symmetrical affairs, but all I have ever seen have been rough piles of sticks und mud, and the photographs show typical beaver construction.— Frederic Irland in Scribner’s.THEIR BE8T.Folks that alius does their best Finds at last the sweetest rest. Troubles come an’ troubles go— Tempests o’er their dwellings blow; But the way -the way they know— leadin’ still to perfect rest Folks that alius does their best!—Atlanta Constitution.The hot weather recorcLwas broken In Chicago and other towns.
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