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VOL. XIL. LAKE PROVIDENCE, EAST CARROLL PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1899. NO. 8. V O L. X... ... . __'________. ........... A GRAND OLD MAN. ence, - lition SENIOR EX-SENATOR OF THE agreed UNITED STATES. y Mr tion c lames W. Bradbury Is lnety-Seven hearir Years Old-Contemporary with Clay. hones Webster and Calhoun-Vote. for Jack- Mr. son, but Bolted Cleveland. Bowd thirty Maine enjoys the distinction of hav Ing among its citizens the oldest living Amo ex-senator of the United States, James were W. Bradbury. He is the last of the old fellow school statesmen in the state of Maine, and yet today, at the age of 97, his intel lectual powers still are unimpaired, and he is as keenly interested in the Regna events of the day as any man in the country. Mr. Bradbury was 18 years A old when Maine was admitted into the somel Union. Hie remembers when General like. Lafayette made his second visit to Am- of us erica, and tells many anecdotes of his dog ( triumphal tour through the New Eng- buryi land states, and especially of the en- vorite thusiastic reception which he received they in Maine. gland He cast his first vote for Andrew ticuli Jackson in 1824. He participated as a ably young man in the celebration of the more semi-centennial of the Declaration of men American Independence on July 4th, in th out coml haps then shou grea' ams an Tnso, a f of th SLon of b tS f orry lovil nine raili era' ceas rier8 othe tocr that wea Ap that EX-SENATOR BRADBURY. ers 1826, and the memory of that day is of t fixed strongly in his mind because of rega the remarkable coincidence that John byr Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both of gte. whom had been president of the Unit- and edl States, died on that day. He re- tapi calls with pride the fact that he has voted for every regular Democratic nominee for the presidency, from An drew Jackson to Grover Cleveland. lie couldn't stand Cleveland and quit vot- elea ing until Bryan was nominated in and 1896. reg He says: "I knew Webster, Clay and the Calhoun well and my relations with in each of them were always friendly. I Ia: regarded Culhoun as the superior in eas intellectual power of every other public cee man of his time, with the single excep- wh tion of Webster. In his public ad- in dresses he made no attempt at oratori- fan cal display, and yet by his intenseness to and precision and terse marshaling of chi facts he ne er failed to rivet the atten- dis tion of all who listened to him. I did ret not always subscribe to his theories, wa but it may truly be said of him that col he himself so thoroughly believed in ha them that they became his master. HE "You ask me about Clay. Ah, there at was a wonderfully able and popular Ci leader and a debater of almost unriv- ne aled skill. No one knew better thani m he how to rresent a subject, and there co is perhaps no instance on record in on which he failed to carry his audience o with him. 1 remember well his return pc to the senate in December, 1849, after a his defeat for the presidency by Mr. of Polk. ie showed his chagrin at hav - te ing been defeated by a man compara- 4 tively so unknown as Mir. Polk, but he ca controlled himself admirably and re tained much of his old prestige as leader of his party. "Of Webster I cannot speak in terms of praise tor great. During the debate on the compromise measures on the slaverygtIestion I had opportunity to see a great deal of him and I formed fmli highest opinion of his disinterested patriotism and ability. He loved the union, and was willing to make any sacrifice to preserve it. To my mind, there was more danger of successful secession then than there has been at any time since. Webster's love for the Union was so strongthat he was will ing to face the censure of friends and the abuse of enemies to avert any dan ger that he believed threatened it." Among other senators then promin ent in the public eye and who has since become a historical character, 'was Jeferson Davis. In the senate he tcccupied a seat adjoining Mr. Brad bury's, and the two became personal fnrends, Probably few people remem ber that Mr. Davls once paid a visit to New England. It was just before the outbreak of the civil war, and Mr. Da iris for several days was the guest of (Mr. Bradburty in his home In Augusta. jRumors of a coming conflict between the states were rife, and while there Iwas no visible excitement people of all parties looked forward to the iu 'ture with dread. Mr. Davis was ad verse to making a public appearance during his stay in Augusta, but at the personal solicitation of Mr. Bradbury and other prominent citizens he con sated to address the people. Mr. Badbury recalls the fact that he touched upon the condition of the country, but in a manner that could hot otend anof ihi hehrer. He ad mitted that the cloads looked threaten lag but ezpresed his terant hope that the danger maght be avoided. S hile he gpoke as a soatherm asn and : .ArSt, T be ueverthelesU made a i, iJr iearIUIO 31ol his md I~l ·~i~' ~·. I ence, even upon many men who were SEr destined to become leaders of the Abo lition party. "Perhaps none of us agreed fully with the views set forth PER! by Mr. Davis," says Mr. Bradbury, "but my recollection is that without excep tion our people gave him a respectful ,Is i hearing, being convinced that he was Anm honest, though possibly misguided." Mr. Bradbury was graduated from Bowdoin college in 1825. There were thirty-eight in the class at graduation, of whom he is the only survivor. Set Among his classmates, all of whom )f the were his intimate friends, were Long- whos fellow, Hawthorne, Jonathan Cilley, :ause and John S. C. Abbott. the i sious DOG CEMETERY. The rthr Regularly Maintained In Hyde Park, rati London. dxprl A good natured, intelligent dog is 1896. something that all of us can't help but mittf like. It is doubtful, however, if any rank of us woulc advocate having a regular guidi dog cemetery or carefully kept public ?arl3 burying ground for even our own fa- gani: vorite dogs. But this i3 just what sas they have in Hyde Park, London, En- was gland. The English people, and par- tar ticularly the lords and ladies, are prob- milli ably more fond of dogs, and pay fa' had more attention to them than do the sidei men and women of any other country Sucl in the world. They make a great deal ecre out of them in the way of hunting :am companions and pets generally. Per- pars haps it is not so very remarkable, Chi then, that these wealthy lovers of dogs pout should provide a cemetery for these Min great pets of theirs. Anyhow, they do tuch so, and right in a very prominent part ture of their big city of London, too. In wer this dogs' cemetery in Hyde Park, chol London, one may see rows and rows tive of handsome tombstones erected by trie sorrowing masters and mistresses in five loving memory of their departed ca- den nine pets. There, close to the iron bad railing in the rear of one of the keep- wes ers' houses, repose the bodies of de ceased St. Bernards, pugs, Irish ter riers, fox hounds and nearly every other kind of dogs. It is a very aris tocratic cemetery, for only those dogs that had the good fortune to have wealthy masters are ever buried here. A peculiar feature of this cemetery is that no one ever knows who the own ers of the dogs were, the keeper of the burial ground being the guardian of that. Most of the graves are visited f regularly and kept in perfect condition i by the admirers of the departed dog f gie. Over them flowers are planted, - and on the grave stones tender epi - taphs are engraved. 5t -------- c IN THE PUBLIC EYE. e Judge Monroe L. flayward, senator elect from Nebraska, is a republican, n and has won his recent fight on the regular party ticket. Like most of d the men who have come to the front h in western life of late years, Judge Hayward came originally from . the Seast. Born in Wellsboro, N. Y., De Ic cember 22, 1840, he was 21 years old when the war broke out. He enlisted I in the Twenty-second New York in - fantry, and was afterward transferred 39 to the Fifth cavalry. He was dis charged in December, 1862, owing to - disability arising from sickness. On d returning home he entered Fort Ed s' wards College institute, where he at completed his education. His father in had removed to Wisconsin, and young Hayward followed. He studied law re at Whitewater and came to Nebraska ar City, where he has since resided. He never held any office except that of an member of the state constitutional !re convention in 1873, and a short term in on the bench in 1886, when he filled iCe out the remainder of a term by ap- cl rn pointment from the governor. He has T ter a wife, one daughter and two sons, one H dr. of whom, Edwin P., is a surgeon in E Y the United States army. The other, 11 ra- William Hi., is a lawyer, and was a ii he captain in the Second Nebraska regi- 1 as I a tOt the and ain- JUDGE MONRO& h senator has accumu rad- ble fortune. ]Peeled Chicken.. to A party of visitors to the country the were very much interested last sum mer by the remarks of some Cincin t onati children, sent out by the Fresb t Air Fund for a week or two in the country. There was quite a numbex here of them playing about a pretty frrm s of house onS day whyn some passers-by a stopped and began to talk to them. ad- "Did you ever see any chlkken6 be ance fore?" asked one lady as a flock of the fowls came strutting down the lawn. bury "Oh, yet," said one of the cldest, wise con-ly, with a knowing shake of his head, Mr "we've always seen 'em-lotis-only t he generally it was after they wa the peeled." led- A silekier for reets. Tired- Treadwell-Ah, dat was toe he bad You asked fter bread and dey ade gives you a stone. Sauntering Sim dNaw; git it right. Git it right! I -askeD dem fer bread and dey givme me le aa hunk of coal ia de neck.-Chl'age b N ew., con-~ ~ *J ihakoigsaeo i ed SENATOR J. K. JONES. at PERSONALITY OF A GRZAT POLITICAL GENERAL. l1s Recent Illness Has Caused Deep Anxiety in All Sections-IIow 1e Defeated W. C. Whitney In the Early Fart of 1890. c Senator James K. Jones, chairman r )f the Democratic national committee, r whose recent illness in Washington I :aused widespread anxiety throughout C the nation, is one of the most saga :ious political generals of the century. The people generally know of the ov ?rtbrow of Clevelandism in the Demo zratic party, which found its best expression in the Chicago platform of 1896. While it is on every hand ad mitted that the revolt came from the rank and file, the movement needed the guiding hand of some great leader, and ?arly in the year 1895 the work of or ganizing the forces fell to the Arkan sas statesman. Pitted against him was W. C. Whitney, the financial pil lar of Clevelandism. Whitney had millions at his beck and call. Jones had little money, but great ability. Be sides a great principle was involved. Such battles are invariably fought in secret. Emissaries from the opposing :amps were busy in every state pre paring for the struggle at the great Chicago convention. Mr. Whitney poured money into Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Ken tucky and Ohio. Jones poured litera ture and saw that the country papers were supplied with matter. Whitney chose young men as his representa tives. Jones selected as his advisors tried Democrats of the old school. For five months the duel proceeded. Sud denly W. C. Whitney found that he I had been beaten. Not a single state - west of the Alleghenies but had de j% . aSENATOR JAMES K. JONES. 2-2 clarcd against the Whitney program. inm The latter had one more card to play. the He could buy the Chicago convention. Du By that timc certain influences were a po: little tired of putting up money. "Get wb it in England," they said to Whitney. fu: To England he hied himself. In June Fr he returned well loaded with funds. sig HIe went to Chicago a week previous to be the convention. As soon as the dele- he gations began to arrive they were met ca by his emissaries. Hie believed that 181 they would be easy prey. But he wi learned a lesson in generalship. In- th stead of the kind of men that made up va the past two national conventions he nc found old war horses like Harris of Tennessee, Altgeld of Illinois, Thur man of Ohio, Campau of Michigan,Tur pie of Indiana. Very soon Whitney as found that he had not the slightest la show to win, that he had really come .I to attend the funeral of Clevelandism. 114 And such it proved to be. Of the 900 fa delegates, few were found to raise their cc voice in favor of the principles ad- of vocated by President Cleveland. The constructive genius had won against money. From the tumult and uproar h of the convention arose a majestic fig- cl ure, a master hand in politics, and withal a statesman of the very high- ti est order. Senator Jones endeared P himself to the rank and file of his party. Even at ward and precinct con ventions his name is often heard, and scarcely ever has the chairman of the national committee been acknowledged ' with such marked reverence. Perhaps it will be many years before the south land will name a president. Then Senator Jones will be too old. In personal appearance Senator Jones is typical of the southern plant- c er as we knew him in ante-bellum days. He is tall, straight as an arrow, broad-shouldered and equally well pro portioned-a perfect man physically. It is said of him that he has never used liquor nor tobacco in any way. Nor has any one ever heard him use a profane word. It is not generally known that Sen ator Jones was educated for the min I istry, and that he devoted several et years of his life to preaching the gos r pel. He is a Methodist and attends the tame church in Washington that does President McKinley. This bring P to mind the fact that Ihough Senator Jones and the President are somewhat radically opposed to each other in pol- St itics. otherwise they are good friends. J. II. WADE. A FRENCH STATESMAN. Clement Armand Fallicres, the re cently elected president of the French senate, has been one of the promi nent political factors in France for more than tw nty years past. Born in le: France in 1841, he began the practice at of law some twenty years later, and id 1 w i. a a CLEMENT ARMAND FALLIET'ES. s g soon distinguished himself by reason o of his marked forensic abilities. In ii t 1875 he was elected mayor of Nerac, I Y the little metropolis in which he lo- r cs, ated on being admitted to the bar, y and in 1576 he was elected one of the v republican members of the chamber of I s deputies. On account of the distin y guished record which he made in the - chamber of deputies he was subse 5s quently re-elected to membership in i )r that body. In 1808 he was appointed 1- under secretary of state, but he sub ie sequently gave up that position to en te ter the house of deputies again. In 1- 882 he was again called into the cab inet as minister of the interior, and on "wi the resignation of Prime Minister to] Duclere, he was asked to accept that tics post of responsibility and honor, Th which he did. In 1883 the senate re- wh fused to accept his bill directed against mo French royal pretenders and he re- pie signed, together with the other mem- bin hers of the cabinet. Since that time gal he has filled other positions in the spi cabinet of one kind or another. In fla 1891 he was elected to the senate, in "ft which body he commenced to make "fi the able record which has since ele- ye; vated him to the position which he let now occupies. arn the Phantom Party. CO "What is a phantom party, papa?" Us asked Willie. "You'll find that out W later in life, my boy," was the reply. be "When I am married?" persisted Wil- i lie. "Precisely, my boy," answered his kr father. "When you are married and r come home late from the club you will ie occasionally find something in the na- bt ture of a phantom sitting up-" This was the point at which Willie's mother in r hastily carried him away to bed, do- te claring that she would not permit him et to listen to such outrageous exhibi tions of masculine humor.-Chicago Post. ai d Cars Without Wheels ID Street cars without wheels are the u e latest novelty in vehicles. The cars al run on ball bearings, and being near ii the line instead of raised above it, c) are not subject to the same amount of Ii n resistance in the form of centrifugal cl force. Much greater speed is thus obh- n t tained, and the wear of the balls in g m carrying the car is much less than the a wear of the wheel rims. The move- a R' ment of the tramcar is easy and agree- r able. Bad ns Brooklyna. a American contractors have recently constructed an electric railway in .. Cairo, which will soon be extended to n_ the Pyramids. In the first four weeks al after the opening it is said that no .. less than 80 persons were killed, and ds since that time the weekly average 'l at victims is seven or eight. PIE NOT SO POPULAR. more the pl SUCCULENT DISH OUT OF dine. FASHION. OUR Pie Founding a Lost Art-The Peopleo Amerl Say That the Bakers Don't Make Them as Good as They Used To-Big A Slump in Two Years. V ganin The be st The horseless carriage and the cow- pens less butter have come. Automobiles of he and oleomargarine are said to be rap- of tb idly supplanting the best efforts of the tion horse and cow. Scarcely has an ap- couni pliance or an article of diet, a gar- has ment or an animal been rendered in- it w nocuous and obsolete by modern im- room provements that we find ourselves the wondering why we clung to the oil that methods of working, eating, riding freqt and dressing so long. We invariably inter find a substitute that is better than adop the original in some way. The pie is of e' becoming obsolete. Thus far no ade- be ( quate substitute has been found. If weel we are honest we will not deny that Duri there was something incomparably time good in those succulent disks of lus- to b cious fruit and flaky crust that riother meel used to make. Is pie building a lost ject art? Or is the falling off in pie con- Ame sumption due to a change in the tastes meet of the American people? There are ther less than half as many pies devoured Am( in this country nowadays than were enjo required to satisfy less population five club years ago. Time was when the pie they e wagon shared the honors with the muc brewery wagon and the fire depart- Ame ment in racing through the streets. ly ti e The doctors were inveighing against quaf pies in those days, but the more they larg inveighed the more pies were con- sive d sumed. It must be over 100 years ano since Cowstetter's Almanac got off of I that famous joke about the husband ulat n who was always quarreling with his cesE wife because she didn't construct pies effo % like "mother used to make." Canvas- org back, celluloid, gutta percha, ostrich fail outrage, hidden horrors and several hot other terms of reproach were directed tba at the pie by doctors and wits for the ula express purpose of running the pie be. out of business. Societies for the sup- nut pression of dyspepsia made continual not war upon the pie. Specialists wrote Ne' and even read papers tending to show that pie-eating was responsible for the are prevalence of suicide and the overpro duction of red-haired babies. But all to no purpose. The pie habit grew un til the reformers themselves fell into the maelstrom and gorged them- wi selves with pie. With the disappear- se; ance of all organized opposition, how- gr, ever, the piety of the American peo- in ple began to flag. Three years ago sp there was a sudden slump in the di trade. Men and even messenger boys us in the down-town lunchrooms be began to call for milk toast, sand- Ai wiches, hot tamales, wienerwursta, lo spaghetti, everything and anything it, but pie. Since, the pie-eating daily in performances of the people of St. gB Louis have depreciated steadily. Time to was when 50,000 pies found way into m the popular abdomen here in a single th day. But now the consumption of 15,000 is said to be a banner day's F business. In the old palmy days of the commercial pie no shop would tl care to face a customer with less than fa nine kinds of pie. Apple, peach, lemon, th custard, gooseberry, cranberry, mince of and pumpkin were the favorites, and enterprising confectioners and res taurateurs kept grape, cocoanut, blue- h berry, blackberry, strawberry, plum, pineapple and even orange pies. The most captious epicure could tell one from the other by the initial cut into ^^ the lid, and the exacting customer tl on "with a mouth for pie" did not deign r, ster to pause and consider whether his par- d hat ticular brand of pie was in season. fi nor. This unreasoning demand for "filling" a re- which was out of season probably had a inst more to do with the downfall of the t re- pie than the doctors and the wits com- I em- bined. Enterprising pie founders be- t Ime gan to flavor their product just as the the spry attendant at the soda fountains In flavor the soda. The use of different , in "fruit syrups" gave the factories a ake "full line" of pies at all seasons of the ele- year, and the stenciling of the proper he letter in the upper crust of the baked article completed both the illusion and the identification. Even the more conscientious confectioners began to use canned fruit for their pies. They a o were driven to this by the unreason ing demand fdr fruits that were not to ply be had in the market. Good canned Wilh fruit was followed by a cheaper grade nhii known as "pie fruit," and the once an estimable pie began to fall rapidly will into ill repute. The finding of collar na- buttons, hairpins and other little ar This tides of no dietary value hidden away ther in the secret recessed of pies has a Sdo- tendency to weaken the confidence of himeven a messenger boy. And so it hibi- came to pass that the pie has lost its cago grip. High-class hotels and restaur ants no longer think of putting for ward anything but pies of their own make, and even these are not popular the unless they are of rare workmanship cars and replenished with the most satisfy near ing interior works. The pie-eating e it, class is not as large as it was, but it nt of is just as exacting and far more dis fugal criminating than of old. For instance, s ob- no pie connoisseur will attempt to ne ls in gotiate a pie in which cabalistic signs a the are stenciled in the lid. He must see nove- what "there is in it," and therefore gree- roofless custards, pumpkin and cocoa nut pies are now most popular. A restaurant will sell ten cuts of lemon meringue to one cut of covered fru!t pie, for the reason that the latter is ntly always a doubtful proposition. In time y in the pudding may take the place of the ed to effete pie, but as yet the pudding in Weeks dustry is only in its infancy. Statistics at no do not show that dyspepsia has de , and creased with the drop in pie consump •e ' 'a. On the' ccntrary, we are told that this peculiarly American malady is more prevalent than ever, and thus the pie is vindicated even in its de- The cline. ast, :ew n OUR CLUB WOMEN IN LONDON. :ell t - ario American Organization Lately Started lWII in English Capital. i res A woman's club has lately been or- nan i ganized in London by Americans. i Bi The American club woman is not to W¶ario be subdued merely because she hap- shoot pens to be somewhat far from the land lumb of her birth. The latest development and of the woman's club is the organiza- hey , tion founded by the women from this goats country who live in London. The club 'shar has been as carefully organized as if it were in an American city, and oldes rooms have been engaged in one of The s the leading London hotels. In order liters 1 that the women may see one another in tl 5 frequently and not have time to lose Putn y interest, an arrangement has been mort I adopted by which during nine months s of every year the club members will cour be certain to meet once every four Sweeks. Then a luncheon will be given. suc .t During the late summer and at other wise y times when the members are not likely to be in London the regular plan of Ci r meeting will be abandoned. The ob- I us t ject of the club is to provide for you American women in London a place of drip s meeting similar to those which exist frie: e there now for English women. The tect d American residents of London have self *e enjoyed the privileges of the women's you e clubs, but they have come to feel that Ohis le they would probably enjoy themselves D ie much more in a club that would be they t- American as well as limited exclusive- Ing s. ly to the use of women. So the club's abo it quarters were engaged in one of the the y largest London hotels, and the exten- trie . sive club life of London has received the rs another addition. The women's clubs ver g of New York have never been so pop- up id ular with the sex or so generally suc- col is cessful as those of London. The only Isla es effort made to establish one of these no( ,s organizations on an elaborate basis to ch failed. The club as an institution, al however, is far less necessary here S ed than it is abroad, whatever the partic- bee he ular character of the organization may sto fie be. That is shown by the greater nei number of London's clubs. They may F ial not be so elaborate or luxurious as wh Ite New York's organizations of the same tri kind, but they are more numerous and rie he are less frequently in financial embar- are in- rassment. all wI In- Hide and ireek. be Ito The pursuit of Cervera's fleet is not pl m- without its parallels in history. The , ar- search for Sir John Franklin was a ac iw- great deal like trying to find a needle eo- in a haystack. 1113 expedition was last lgo spoken in July, 1845, and thereafter the disappeared without trace into the then nys unknown maze of sounds and islands ims between Baffinland and British North nd- America, comprising sixty degrees of sta, longitude and nearly twenty-five of lat ing itude, hidden in Arctic darkness,bound lily in ice and covered with snow for the St. greater part of every year. More than lme twenty expeditions searched that im nto mense area, first for the explorers, and j gle then for documents telling of their of fate, but it was not until 1859 that Sir 'y's Francis McClintock, in command of of Lady Franklin's forlorn hope, the lit uld tle Fox, succeeded where so many had C han failed. Nelson's celebrated quest after ion, the French fleet, previous to the battle Ince of the Nile, throughout the Mediter- U and mean, and to the West Indies, is an rea- other notable historical example of lue- hunting for a man who had just left. um, __ onThe Arab Music. ii into Arab music has been described as mer the singing of a prima donna who has n eign ruptured her voice in trying to sing a par- duet with herself. Each note starts d son. from somewhere between a sharp and ing" a fiat, but does not stop even there, had and splits up into four or more por the tions, of which no person can be ex com- pected to catch more than one at a be- time. Ithe - tains A Vitiated Tastea, Irent "I suppose," she said, "you are a s a close student of literature?" "No," an the swered the young man with black oper rimmed glasses, "I'm a student of ili aked literature. I like dialect stories." and Washington Star. more T t.etrlbatioa. s Mrs. Bronxborough-I heard today ot to that our janitor is going to get mar nned ried. Mr. Bronxborough-It serves grade him right. Now he will find out how once it feels to be tyrannized. :o11la Qees's Travellng Expenses. e ar- The queen's annual comings and go away ings to and from Scotland alone cost as a her close on $25,000 a year. 1o it FACTS OF REAL INTEI st its There are 17 metals more uable for- than gold. ow Out of every three persons struck by pular lightning two recover. nship In Italy there are 600,000 people en sti gaged in silkworm rearing. but It The right hand, which is more sean e dis- sltive to the touch than the left, is tance less sensitive than the latter to the to as- effect of heat or cold. signs Pistols were first used by the Brlt ist see ish cavalry in the middle of the six refore teenth century, the first revolving coco- chambered pistol being invented 300 . years later. lemon The work performed by the human I fruit body in a day, in circulating the blood, tter is breathing, and other involuntary pro ntime cesses, is equal to that of 22 horse of the power for one minute. ng In- The title "admiral" originally came ttistlcs from the Arabic phrase "amir-al U de- bahr," meaning "rulcr of the sea." sump- When the last word was dropped and Id that a "d" was added, it became "admiLral." IN THE GREAT STORM. The great storm of February 13th ast, had many tragic incidents, but :ew more thrilling than one that be 'ell two boys and a man of East lfarion, Long, Island. These were ilwin Tuthill and Daniel Brown, sons if residents of East Marion, and Her nan Kuehne, gardener at the place of t Brooklyn gentleman near East lfarion. They went out on the 13th to ihoot ducks, which gather in great lumbers along the shore of Long Is and Sound, and having killed some, ;hey put off after them in two small )oats, of the kind locally known as 'sharnies." Mia. Kunz reminus us that the very oldest inhabitants were pearl-hunters. The mound-builders possessed pearls literally bushels of them. At a mound in the Little Miami Valley, Professor Putnam and Doctor Mets unearthed more than sixty thousand-all, of course, decayed or altered so as to be of no commercial value. The Indians, succeeding the mound-builders, like r wise sought and treasured them. A Deteetive Umbrella. Customer-Look here! The first time I used this chean umbrella I bought of r you the black dye all soaked ort and of dripped all over me. Dealer--Mein t friendt, dat vos von new batent de e tective umprel. You see it e zelf-dedector. If -anyvons dake him s you can dell him py his clodings. Lt Ohio State Journal. .s Daylight of the 14th showed that e they were off Montauk Point and drift long seaward. There was open water 's about them, and they resolved to leave 1e he raft. They launched the boats and 1- tried to row to the nearest shore, but sd the thick masses of drifting ice pre ss vented them from doing so. Giving P- up hope in this direction, they turned C- northward aid rowed toward Fisher's ly Island, and arrived ;here in mid-after se noon of the 14th. They -rled for miles is to effect a landing. but could not i, EloterlS At ilan l .itnels. re Several varieties of bn'tera have c- been discovered in freshly-fallen hail ay stones. Two of them appear to be er new, according to their discoverer, Mr. ay F. C. Harrison of Guelph, Ontario, as while others are manifestly of terres ne trial origin, and must have been car nd ried up into the clouds by wind, or ir- ascending air-currlnts. "Dreadful! That young man and his wife who seemed so much in love have been arrested as swindlers." "''That lot proves their devotion, you see. They he were taken up with each other."-I'h*l a adelohia Bulletin. die ast ter Tlen YAOO " Mississippi Valley lat Railroad madabdt Unsurpassed : Dally : Service im- bete and SNEW "MOSL & IWR - Sir connecting at Memphis with of trains of the Illinois Oen lit- tral Railroad for had Cairo, St. Louis, Chicago, Cin te cinnati, Louisville, ter- making direct connections with through an- trains for all points of NORTH, EAST AND WEST, including Buffalo, Pittebnrg, Cleve land, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, as Baltimore, Richmoud, St. Paul, Min has neapolis, Omaha, Kansas City," Hot sg a Springs, Ark., and Denver. COose arts connection at Ohicago witb Central and Mississippi Valley Boute, Solid Fast sere, Vestibuled Daily Trains for por- DUIUQUE. SIOUX FALLS, SIOUX CITY, ex- and the West. Partiuonlare of agents it a of the Y. A M. V. and connecting lines WxY. MuanT, Div. Pan. Agt., . New Orleans. Jwo. A. Soorr, Div. Pa. Agt., a s Memphis. an- .B H.LHUmo, O. P. A., lack- Ohioago i - W. A, Lnr L , A G. P. A., Louisville. SILLINOIS CENTRAL rve RAILROAD, THE GREAT TRIK LINE Detween the . North and South. Only direot ronte to Miaiphis, St, Leuls, ChIcag0, lsts (its and all points IORable TH, ES D W .ST ck by Only direot route to I- Jarckson, Vickshburg. Hew O~stm e en- nd all points in Texas and the sooutk west ft, is Double Daily Trains 0 the Fast Time Brlt- Closo Connections. e six- Through Pullman Pa'ace Sleepers ring- between New Orlease arnd Memphis, S300 Kansas City, St. Louis and Cbhicage without change, makibg direat emeoe tuman tions with Arst-claJiliiee to ail poinats blood, The great steel! bridge spanning the 7 pro- Ohio river at Cairo completed, and all horse- trains (freight and passenger) U.w rutn iong regularly over it,thn · iftllinp th - came delays and sano anUe , - nir-al- frby ferry bort. sea." A. H. tl.vso, ean. ' - .. ed and Amoseng niral" IsaA. Surs A-* *