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THE BANNER=DEMR TRDA
VOL. XIII. LA.. PROVIDENCE, EAST CARROLL PARISH, LA., SATURDAY MARCH 16, 1901 . 4
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HIS DOWNWARD CAREER CHECKED.
Instead of Becoming a Thief He Became a Hero.
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The old detective stood at the cor- were u
ner of Broad and Wall streets talking their d
with a friend, when a dignified look- "It a
ing old man came along. The old de- to stay
tective touched his hand to his hat as kind of
the elderly man passed, and the latter the oh
returned the salutation. The old de- that nw
tective watched him disappear around roused
the corner of Nassau street with a cu- mind.
rious smile on his face. He didn't stop his ph
smiling until the man was out of rangen
sight Then he turned to his friend early I
and remarked: elabori
"There never was a better illustra- him al
tion of the old saying that truth is his wil
stranger than fiction than the history the th
of that man. There is a man who is She w
highly respected by all who know him. senses
He is a model of honesty and integ- iaver;
rity, and it any man intimated that Sea isi
he had ever done anything dishonest of the
he would be laughed at. Yet the basis ture c
of that man's fortune was an act that of a c
would have sent him to prison for 20 ago, I
years if it had ever been known. I crazy.
know the story from the only other cating
man in the world who ever knew the so as
truth of the affair, and in all my life story.
I never heard of anything to equal it. made
Do you happen to know that man?" possib
"Never saw him in my life, and the b
wouldn't know him if I met him five some
minutes from now," remarked the old was v
detective's friend, who was wise in his hand
day and generation. a half
"Good," said the old detective. could
"Then I'll tell you the story. I won't "La
mention the time, the place or the worki
real names, for I would not want you ing b
to identify those who played a part him a
in this affair. I'll call the old gentle- lie cl
man who just passed Lavery, because office
that isn't his name, and is about as he wi
far from it as any I can think of just but a
now. Well, 20 years ago Lavery at th
worked in a bank in Kings. Kings the c
isn't on the map so far as I know, but hard,
the place where Lavery worked was, out.
and is. Nevertheless, we'll call the night
place Kings. Lavery was a product of He h
Kings. His father was a poor but whicl
much respected clergyman. He was then
a pretty fine preacher, and I believe work
had a lot of high-salaried calls from desk.
time to time, but he was one of those aboul
fellows who thought his field of labor playi
was right where he was, and for whom labor
money had little attraction. Lavery caus(
was brought up in Kings, and his old
father made a good job of it. He was room
the model young man of the town. He nighi
was no namby-pamby boy, and any swer
one who tried to come it over him old I
found himself up against a stiff propo- earl)
sition wnen he went too far. Lavery "Il
was the best swimmer, the best boxer ery
and the best all-round athlete in valie
Kings, yet, withal, he was a church the
boy, never smoking or drinking, gam- sum,
bling or using bad language, and al- look
ways attending Sunday school and was
prayer meetings. He was pointed to cess
as the coming man of Kings, and the sligl
town was proud of him. dart
"There was nothing remarkable in ever
the fact that when a vacancy occurred and
in the First National bank of Kings, gres
Lavery was called to the place. Right on 1
here his career began. Nobody in wor
town was jealous of his good fortune, doo
no one thought of being, for the whole and
town sort of regarded it as Lavery's Ae
right to get the first good thing that thel
eame along. Now the job that Lav- wal
ery took was not very remunerative.
He only got $3 a week, and his work coo
was of the most menial kind, running ma
errands and doing office work, from ws
early morning until quite late in the tur
evening sometimes. I say it wasn't has
the job, so much as the opportunity h
that it gave Lavery to rise, that made on
it a good thing for him. Well, Lay- the
ery boned in like a good fellow. He fie
was just the sort of a fellow to dig in pal
and get on to things. He fairly thirst- wa
ed for knowledge and I verily believe wa
that he would have made a go out of a ha
peanut stand, if his father had started at
him in that line.
"Careers in banks are not of the
meteoric order, but Lavery certainly fal
established a precedent in this regard. sol
He didn't have to wait for people over ex
him to die, in order to get ahead. He to
crowded the men over him out, and be
when he was only 80 years old was on
cashier of the National bank of Kings tr
at a salary of $5000 a year, which was do
quite a good deal, even for a bank offi- p
cial, in a small town like Kings. Lay
ery had married the sweetestlittle at
girl in the town, in the meantime, and a
had duplicated her with another little e
girl, who was his pride and Joy. He
was the happiest man in that town,
and with his home, his wifeo and his
baby, he had every reason to be. Ieo
had a little money saved up and a Afine ti
fat place that no man living could get
away from him, as long as he behaved
himself. u
"Now, I've had a great deal of ex
perience with crooks, and I have stud
led their ways and the motives that h
lead them to live lives of crime with b
great care, but this man Lavery was a h
mystery that I never could solve. Here h
was a man who had never done a dis- tl
honest act in his life, who had nothing ,
to gain, and everything to lose by dis
honesty, and yet carefully planned out ,
a robbery of the bank with which he a
had been connected since early child
hood, and the officers of which trusted r
him implicitly. Don't ask me why he
did it. i do not know, and no one else a
knows. He had never speculated or
gambled, had a good home all paid for,
a loving wife. a baby and a fat sur
plus at the bank. If you want to know
my real opinion of the matter, I will
tell you that I think Lavery was
crasy, clean crazy, and yet in posses
sion of all the faculties that enable a
man to plan and carry out some great I
enterprise.
"Iavery didn't Juggle his books or
monkey with any other man's ac
counts, If he had I wouldn't have had
this story to tell. He would then have
been an ordinary, every day felon, and
wPuld be wearing a number in some
prison. No, that was not Lavery's
game. With all the cunning of an ex
perienced thief, he planned to rob the
bank of all the money in the vaults,
and then Just drop out of sight What
might have been the stiffest kind of a
Job for a band of experienced cracks
men, would be easy for Lavery, be
eause he and the president were the
only ones who had the secret of the
ersat locks to the yul1. a( ther
ola pre
were the only ones who ever stayed at in, the
their desks alone late into the night. friend
"It was nothing unusual for Lavery always
to stay late at the bank. He was the were
kind of a man to work constantly, and entere4
the old watchman knew him so well kind 4
that nothing he might do would have ran o`
roused the slightest suspicion in his eyes.
mind. Lavery knew this and he laid 'H
his plans accordingly. He made ar- p
rangements to get out of town on an had a
early morning train, and had a most be sa
elaborate plan for his wife to follow heart
him at a later date. He did not take said t
his wife into his confidence. If he had, bed,
the thing would never have come off. speak
She would have brought him to hip to do
senses with a round turn. As it was, doctor
Lavery went on dreaming of a South to tal
Sea island home, far from the clutches saved
of the law, with every luxury that na- nothii
ture could provide. It was the dream you a
of a crazy man, but as I said a'while officer
ago, I am convinced that Lavery was you tl
crazy. Well, there was a lot of inter- so thi
esting detail, which I'll omit just now, of yo'
so as to get down to the meat of the "Ti
story. The night came when Lavery Laver
made up his mind that the best chance few v
possible offered for the plundering of strugi
the bank. In the great vaults were there
some $200,000, every dollar of which came
was within easy reach of the trusted her 11
hand of Lavery. Of this amount over two 1
a half was in such shape that the man had 1
could carry it off with ease. leadii
"Lavery spent that day at his desk work,
working about as usual. After bank- build
ing hours he got the clerks around havir
him and straightened things out. Then old c
he closed his desk, walked into the some
office of the president, announced that "'E
he was going out for some luncheon, hadn
but would be back and would remain got a
at the bank late. The president told' the v
3 the cashier that he was working too he h;
t hard, but Lavery only smiled and went when
out. He came back at 8 o'clock that dowr
e night and the watchman let him in. ran I
f He had a large black valise with him, pisto
t which he put alongside his desk, and quiet
a then from 8 until 12 o'clock, he he si
e worked away over the papers on his selve
a desk. The most remarkable thing the
e about it all was that Lavery was not from
r playing for time as he worked. His burg
' labor was genuine-I know that be- time
Y cause I saw his books afterward. The foun
Ls old watchman came to the counting with
a room at 11 o'clock, and again at mid- got
Ie night, and spoke to Lavery. He an- exce
y swered cheerfully and once told the you
n old man that he might be around until Oh,
>- early in the morning. mqt
y "It was about 1 o'clock when Lav- witl
er cry rose from his desk, picked up his in i
n valise and started down into one of thol
h the vaults, the one where the large t0oo
sums of money were kept. He didn't sun
1- look to the right or the left. Never tor
d was man more confident of the suc- loni
to cessful operation of his pans. A ban
he slight noise as he passed thrjgh the tur
dark passageway failed to m ke him the;
in even start. He passed on to the vault and
ed and when he stood in front of the unt
s. great steel doors, put his valise down
ht on the floor and after a few seconds' trie
in work, succeeded in swinging back the ble!
Ae, doors. Again there was a slight noise
nle and this time Lavery looked around. en
y's A shadow flitted up toward him and tng
iat then disappeared in a niche in the the
wall.
ye. "'Is that you, John?' asked Lavery a
coolly, thinking it must be the watch
ng man. There was no answer. Lavery a
tm was disturbed, but not frightened. He Yo
in't turned to the vault and with some he
ity haste began to pull out great packets cld
ade of bills. One or two packets he laid
av- on the ground, the rest he placed in kn
the valise. His only light was the do
in flickering gas jet at the end of the of
rt- passage, but not an inch of that vault wi
ve was unknown to Lavery, and he could th
f a have done his work without any light ca
'ted at all. an
"Suddenly this flickering gas jet to
went out. Now Lavery was no fool. he
the He didn't delude himself with any we
anly false ideas. He knew that there was fa
vrd. somehting behind the gas going out c
eexcept a draught. He put two and two th
He together, and concluded that he had or
and been followed into the vault by some p
s one, who didn't care to be seen. He
ngs tried to think what he might have i
w os done or said to betray himself or his It
av- planrw. He could think of nothing. The k
Sfact remained, however, that he was tl
ttle at the end of a blind passage with a t
and valise full of the bank's money. Who- ]
ttle ever turned out the light knew the w
H trtth. Lavery put his hand in his ,
wn, pocket and slipped out the revolver ,
hiswhich he always carried when he g
Ie stayed late at the bank. His reflec
fine tions had occupied less than a minute,
Sget and during that time not a sound had
Scome from the passage. Lavery waited
until it became impossible for him to
ex- remain quiet another second. The
tud- more he thought the more convinced
that he became that he had been cornered
with by the oficers of the bank. That was
as a his guilty conscience. He thought of
Here his wife, and a certain little baby,
dis- then with an oath, something Lavery
hing wasn't used to indulging in, he strode
dis- forward until he had gone about 20
Iot ofeet. He heard some one breathing
Se ahead and without a moment's hesi
hld- tation, aimed his revolver in that d>
usted rection and fired three shots in rapid
y he succession. There was a most terrific
else outcry. Lavery plunged ahead again,
d or but before he had gone three steps
I for, something struck him on the back of
sur- the head. As he fell he turned quickly
know and fired the two remaining shots
Swill from his pistol. Then he went slowly
was out of the world with yells of pain
sses- and shouts of alarm from somewhere
ble a in the distance ringing in his ears as
geat his mind gradually passed away.
"Lavery saw the light of the world
ks or again two weeks from that night. He
s ac- came to in his own home and with his
ehad wife bending over the bed. For a mo
have ment he couldn't recall anything. Then
a, and like a flash it all came back to him.
some "'I must get away,' he cried to his
very's wife. 'I must get away. Quick, give
an ex- me my clothes. Oh, my God. my God!'
h the "Lavery went off into delirium, and
aaults, the doctor shook his head and looked
What serious when he saw him and heard
.d of a what he had said. The next time Lay
racks- erj's wandering senses came back to
7, be him there was a strong man along
ir the side of his bed and when he tried to
of the jump again he fonund himself pinned
I they 4444,
You may have guessed the situation' ,OlfO
by this time, but remember that Lay
ery had not. When these two days of
utter despair had passed, there was a AN EXI
call on the sick man, Which caused
him to bury his face in his hands and
weep the first tears that he had shed gow C,
since that eventful night. It was the Tran
old president of the bank, who came Bette
in, the old man who had been Lavery's centa
friend since childhood, and who had Dr. E
always idolized the boy. The tears Penn.,
were streaming down his face as he of Scht
entered and when Lavery saw that of Pen
kind old face, his cup of bitterness Ing the
ran over. He couldn't look in those i zed sc
eyes. In th
"'He's nervous,' said the nurse. in a ft
"'Poor boy,' said the president, he's ten, b:
had a hard time of it. Well, he must try lo,
be saved for his reward.' (Lavery's nearesi
heart almost burst at this.) 'Lavery,' poses,
said the president, leaning over the comple
bed, 'don't you feel well enough to of a
speak to me? I have waited two weeks town
to do my duty in this matter, and the graded
doctor tells me you are well enough two pl
to talk a little. Lavery, your courage Ohio, I
saved the bank $200,000. Of course, Ohio,
nothing that I can say now will give Mani
you any idea of the gratitude of the opentm
officers and directors. I want to tell centre
you that you must hurry and get well,or hducal
so that we can show our appreciation ducal
of your conduct.' tompl
"Then the president went out, and traliz
Y Lavery, almuost stunned by those last provi(,
few words, rolled over on his face and passe(
f struggled to think. For hours he lay law d
e there silent, but thinking. His wife ten o.
came in for the first time and from for th
I her lips came the story. For a month and t
r two famous burglars from New York or mc
n had been tunnelling into the passage that 1
leading into the vaults. They had submi
k worked from the cellar of an office electo
building adjoining, one of the men are ii
d having secured permission to use an duty
n old coal bin there as a dark room for proce
e some photographic work. of th
it "'And dearie,' said his wife, 'if it The
i, hadn't been for you, they would have tral
n got away with all that money. John, five
d' the watchman, says that the first idea town
o he had that anything was wrong was grad(
it when he heard your pistol. He ran Ish t,
Lt down toward the passage, and as he to al
a. ran he heard shrieks of pain and more quari
a, pistol shots. Suddenly everything was build
id quiet, and when John lighted the gas Gr
ie he saw two men trying to drag them- aucti
Is selves along toward a big opening in of s5
ig the wall. The blood was streaming them
et from their wounds. They were the-. the I
is burglars. You shot one of them three Gre
e- times and the other twice. John eerie
he found you unconscious on the floor all t:
eg with your head all crushed in. John a ru
d- got help and that's all there is to it, seve:
n- except that they're only waiting for cloal
he you to get well to try those two men. heat
til Oh, dearie, those men almost got the the
money. They had a big, black bag scho
v- with them, and there was over $50,000
,is in it when it was found. There were Co
of thousands more scattered around the for
ge floor of the vault. How you must have mar
n't surprised them. And, dearie, the doc- eacl
rer tor says that you must go away for a TI
ac- long time, and the directors of the clud
A bank have voted to send us all to grac
the Europe for six months. Beside that to t'
Im they have voted you $10,000 reward, A
ult and your place will be held for you the
the until you get back.' the
wn "Lavery's wife went out and Lavery kno
ds' tried to think. He found it easier than I
the before. The truth came to him like an dos
electric shock, but he was strong Gre
nd. enough to listen to it without betray- A
end ing himself. He got well fast after blai
the that, and that's all there is to tell you ste
about the matter. You saw Lavery tim
pass a few minutes ago. He never did eac
ery a crooked thing again in his life, and al,
Ich- verily believe that he never thought ant
cry a crooked thought again. He is a New of
He York bank president now, and I guess the
3me he is a director of about 20 others, in
lets cluding the National of Kings. , $
"Now you're going to ask me how I
know all this. Does seem strange, bul
the doesn't it? Well, I got my first hint ple
the of it from the head crook of the two de
ault who did the job. He told me in jail hea
uld that it was a moral certainty that the en
Ight cashier was robbing the bank when he .
and his pal happened in. If it wasn't
jet for the fact that they were making a ni
fool. hero out of the cashier, he said, he
any would go on the stand and tell the p
was facts as they really were. He was a
out cute duck, though, and told me that bil
two they had made such a popular idol fa
had out of the cashier that the jury would P'r
ome probably soak him harder if he cast m'
He any aspersions on the savior of the
have Iank. The rest of the story I got from o*f
Shis the only other man in the world who
The knows it and he told me the whole hl
was thing when I threw at him the facts p(
th a that I had got from the burglar and to
Vho- the result of my examination of the fe
the watchman. It was years after the af
Shis fair, and so there is no harm in letting aa
olver me in. Who he was, I leave you to st
i he guess."-New York Sun. tc
nute, Luxurtous Moolles. a(
Shad According to tradition there was oa
aited once an old woman who kissed her
mto cow and said, "Every one to his own :
The taste." Out at Bustleton there is a h
inced .'gentleman farmer," who can give the
nered aforesaid old woman cards and spades I
t and beat her at her own game. He
ht of doesn't kiss his cows, but he does a
baby, something more remarkable. He ac- d
avery tually scrubs their teeth with a large
strode tooth brush! This man has many pe
ut 20 culiar ideas about his live stock, and
ething particularly his cows, which are of the I
heal- very finest breeds. So cautious is he (
at d about their eating and drinking that
rapid all the water the cows use is distilled.
Ierrllc It is said that he has a separate tooth
again, brush for each cow, and, as he cannot
steps depend upon his men to do the brush
ack of ing, he does it himself, using the very
u oklt best Castile soap. He feels that in
so adopting this course he is assured of
slowly pure milk, free from the possibility
pain of microbes.-Philadelphia Record.
Wwhere
nra as The Paslnag of Backwheat.
world Tde practical extinction of the
it. He buckwheat cake of our fathers must
ithhs 1be laid at the door o'f the miller. He
i m- s accused of mixing with Luckwheat
SThen mcur wheat bran and shorts in the in
o him. tPrests of economy. For a while the
tohi adulteration was undetected, but
give g adually consumers began to com
God!' plain that the buckwheat cakes don't
Sand tiaste any more like they us3i to in
ooked the good old days on the farm and
heard people began to stop buying buck.
eLay- wheat flour. As the demand fell off
cto the farmers raise less and less buck
along- wheat. A race of honest millers, co
eed operating with the farmers, might
r inned raise the buckwheat cake to its for
mer proud position,
'OflIV0'S CENTRAL SCHUIS teaecher
with a
AN EXPERIMENT IN EDUCATION IN compete
THE RURAL DISTRICTS. be derpy
STardin
How Children in Two Townships Are cause of
Transported to and From School- bers.
Better Attendance and Higher Per
I centages Among the Benefits Secured. Propel
I Dr. H. H. Longsdorf, of Camp Hill, has inc
Fenn., by request of the Commissioner aice aAt
of Schools and Agricultural Secretary
t of Pennsylvania, has been investigat- or
a ing the workings of the rural central- i ee
ized schools of Ohio.
In the New England States, likewise CAN
in a few Ohio districts, a town sys
tem, by which children living in coun- High Cc
try localities are transported to the
s nearest village for educational pur- After
poses, has long been employed; but a Acaden
9 complete system by which the schools dent R
o of a rural township, remote from a of Min
Itown or city, are combined into one was at
e graded central school, is used in but was co
I two places of the United States, Green, the Ste
e Ohio, and Gustavus, Ohio. Ferril,
, Many townships throughout Ohio are Captail
e opening their eyes to the fact that Depart
I centralization is a practicable method the me
1 for helping country pupils to better Curat
, educational advantages. Last April. a proved
complete law to provide for the cen- sued, %
td tralization of township schools and backwl
st provide a high school for the same was he rat
ti passed by the Ohio Legislature. The slowly
law defines centralization as a "sys- lowed
fe tem of schools in a township providing when
m for the abolishment of all subdistricts went I
th and the conveyance of pupils to on3 first a
rk or more central schools." It requires attack
ge that the question of centralization be this si
id submitted to a vote of the qualified tablist
ce electors of a township. If the "yeas" cause
en are in majority, it then becomes the to the
in duty of the Board of Education to not tr
or proceed at once to the centralization covers
of the township' schools. compi
it The Board of Education under cen- Capi
ve tral school management consists of Relic
n, five members elected at large in a heard
ea township. It is required to support a the th
,as graded course of instruction and furn- a well
an ish transportation to and from school go ho
he to all pupils living more than three- caim
)re quarters of a mile from the central curio
building. numb
,as Greene and Gustavus have sold at snake
m- auction their "little red sclbol houses" tails
in of sentiment and have supplanted tain
lag them by a handsome new building in meths
the the heart of each township. saw i
ree Greene's $5000 edifice of brick ven- Its he
,hn eering with stone trimmings is about entili
Dor all that need be desired in the way of demo
>hn a rural school building. It contains "bad
seven rooms, besides an alcove, library. Mr.
for cloak closets and spacious halls. It is scien
en. heated with steam and has many of ject
the the equipments of a modern city of.-]
ag school.
rere I Competent teachers have been hired -I
the for the primary, intermediate, gram- "p,
ave mar and high school grades, which reme
oc- each occupy a room. earn,
)r a Three years of instruction are in. - p
the: cluded in the high school course. A new,
to graduate therefrom will be admitted Greg
that to the average college. abou
ard, A music teacher goes the rounds ot' car
you the central building twice a week that cella
the rising generation of Greene may noon
very know how to sing. he I
;han In covered vans, having glass win- tired
e an dows at front and back, 100 pupils of "A
rong Greene township are carried to school. banl
ray- A van driver announces by the shrill ,
tfter blast of a horn his arrival at a home- spen
you stead. Five minutes is the limit of Ike
very; time allotted to tardy children at to
- did each stopping place. Usually punctu- mon
and al, the children clamber up some steps exet
ught and pass through a door at the rear allt
New of the wagon to take their places on that
,uees the seats stretched along its sides. ten
I, in- Almost on the moment of 8.30 of a bles
school day morning eight vans rumble up
up the drive leading to the central
Inge,'building. Having backed against a ,,
hint platform the wagons unload their bur- littl
two dens of noisy boys and girls. From
jail here the children pass dry and clean cus
tnthe into the sheltering haven of their
n h, school rooms ma
asn't Before the dismissal of school at and
nga night the wagons are waiting by the
1 the platform for their passengers.
Isa The drivers are in the main anm ar
that bitious farmers of Greene, anxious to it
idol fatten their slender pocketbooks. They to
would provide their own vans and receive bol
cast monthly salaries of $26. ate
t the When farm work presses, the women
from etten lend a hand in driving the vans all
I who The eight school routes of Greene ,
whole have been apportioned as fairly as pie
facts possielble. The wagons covering the
r and four and five mile routes carrying the
f the fewest pupils.
he af- In winter, when the air blows cold
etting and roads are rough, the children will
rou to still be snug in their tedious journeys
to and from school; for heavy carpets,
heaps of blankets and hot bricks wll Ve
add to the furniture of the "kid" wag- m
e was ons.
td her The van drivers have specified rules
s own of moral conduct to obey. They also
is a hold authority over their passengers,
ve the Tnd usually keep them fairly quiet and
spades well behaved.
re. He "I'll not stir from this spot until you
Sdoes are all quiet in your seats," a woman
Ele ac- driver threatened one night. The sur.- B
Slarge prised children desisted from their
,y pe-, fracas and the horses went on.
:, and The crude method of rural mail deo
of the livery that has been established In 1
Sis he Greene and Gustaves by means of the
i that central school routes is proving sathi
lstilled. factory. For a small compensatio.
e tooth each van driver gets the mail from the a
cannot postofflce at night for the families a
brush- along his route and delivers it.
he very An approximate estimation tof cur- s
that in rent expenses in Greene, makes the I
ured of cost of maintaining her central school
isibility $3000 annually, $700 more than the "
:ord. yearly expenditures under the sub
district system.
t. But as partial offsets to the hight
et the ened expense thirty-three more puplls,
rs must some of them being out of town stau- 1
er. He dents, paying tuition, are enrolled in l
zkwheat the new school than in the old ones, 1
Sthe in while high school pupils enjoy two
hile the extra months of Instruction.
d, but Gustavus maintains her central
to com- school for about $400 more than the
es don't annual current expenses of her sub
!i to in district system. After nearly two
um and years of experiment Gustavus people
buck- are almost without an exception in
fell off favor of centralization.
s buck- The advantages it offers to country
LcrIs co- children need not be partlcularise~d.
Smight Anyone, by comparing a rural school
it8 1or where there ag either so few pupil
so latsrwst can p9Selblb bp swakenu4
among them, or else so many the ne
teacher is overwhelmed by classes,
with a good graded school having
competent teachers for each grade,
will readily. discover the benefits to
be derived from centralization. M1
Tardiness or absence from school be
cause of bad weather are back num- some I5a
bets.
Property of Greene and Gustavus Somet
has increased appreciably in value beauty
since ,the establishment of their cen- gable o1
tral schools. Farmers are eager to buy aonplat
or rent land in townships, offering so- As tol
perior educational advantages to their riety.
children.the ba
and thi
CAN A RATTLESNAKE BACK? there's
While
High Colorado Authorities Disagree Ovwe
an Interesting Question.
After the meeting of the Colorado many I
Academy of Science at which Presi- attractl
a dent Regis Chauvenet, of the School good d
i of Mines, delivered an address there come a
b was an argument about snakes. It shold
t was continued in a desultory way at than a
, the State Capitol by Curator Will C. robe.
Ferril, of the Historical Society, and Thee
e Captain Cecil Deane, of the War Relic of tasl
,t Department, the men who started it at new e
1 the meeting on the day previous. apon a
r Curator Ferril claims that he has An I
a proved that t rattlesnake, when pur- to dee
I- sued, will retreat and go into its hole sous g
d backward. He says that a month ago sweep
Ls he ran across a rattlesnake which enlivel
ai slowly went toward its hole. He fol- you ce
5- lowed with discretion and a gun and dion p
1g when the rattler reached its home it fronts
s went in, according to Mr. Ferril, tall these
13 first so that it could protect itself if pleati
Ps attacked. Mr. Ferril is aware that touch
le this statement is contrary to the es- lovely
1 tablished records, but says that be- brocai
R" cause it has never before been known You
hP to the world does not prove that it is guishi
to not true. He will mention this dis- "quiel
nn covery in his biennial report now being white
compiled. for tb
n- Captain Cecil A. Deane, of the War An
of Relic Department, says that he never an ev
a heard of such a thing. He claims that alter!
a the theory is ridiculous and that it is and
n- a well-esti blished fact that the rattlers white
1o0 go home head first. In proof of this ThE
claim he says that the way in which 'roan
al curio dealers secure rattlers in large
numbers for sale is to follow the roses
at snakes to their holes and cut off their ture,
'6" tails as they dive in the holes. Cap
ted tain Deane says he has pursued this skirt,
in method on various occasions and never decol
saw a rattler even attempt to go into front
en- its hole tail first. He asserts that asc- o
)nt entific experiments have already
of demonstrated that a rattler cannot
Ins "back up" or "back down' and that ness,
Lry. Mr. Ferril is needlessly exciting the more
is scientific world in bringing up a sub- mo
of ject which has already been disposed eo
Ity of.-Denver Republican. othe
An
red The Case Was Entirely Dierent. them
'- "Papa," asked the little boy, "do you tie a
ich remember the first money you ever one
earned?" are I
in. "Yes," said papa; "it was a nice, Ja
A new, shiny five-cent piece that old Mr. je
Gted Gregg, the grocer, gave me for doing its I
about a quarter's worth of work in won
i o' carrying a load of potatoes into his Or
that cellar. I worked all Saturday after- love
nay noon to earn that nickel, and when fires
he paid me I ran three blocks home, the
sin- tired as I was, to show it." boa
5 of "And did you put it in your little ligh
iool. bank?" asked the little boy. ders
brill "No; I got father's permission to
ºme- spend it just as I pleased. However, c
Iof kept it for three or four days, just q~
at to have the satisfaction of havingt fa
ctu- money of my own, earned by my own brli
teps exertions. And if I could have bought cor
rear all the things I thought of buying with she
s On that nickel I would have had about ago
ten dollars' worth of books, toys, mar- ig
of a bles and what not Finally I made t
uble up my mind. What do you think I hex
atral bought?" of
st a "I am sure I can't guess," said the the
bur- little boy. "What did you buy, papa" hal
rom went to the bakery and bought a
lean custard pie." t
their "Why, papa! And you said grand- a
ma always had custard pie at home
and let yon hase a slice of it as soon 5
the as you got home from school."
"Yes, I used to get a slice, but not i
Tm a wholepie, and she never let me eat T
Is to t the way I wanted to. So I went b
Thei to the bakery and bought my pie and
elv borrowed a spoon from the baker, and
ate all the custard and left the crust.
omenI never had anything taste so good in
vans all my life.'
reene '"ou never allow me to eat custard
y a pie that way, papa," said the little a
Sthe boyp
Lg the "Oh! That's different," said papa.-
cold Indianapolls Press. ..
Swill Observations.
reys Curiosity is one of the vices of age:
Swil verbosity its visible form. 1
ag- A young man harried is a young man
married.
rules 1eal virtue is the ability to defeat
also evil. Sham virtue the ability to
screen it
e tn A neglected child of affluence is
poorer than a beloved little beggar.
Society and heaven alike demand
11mo tthat those who enter shall have culti
vated the talents vouchsafed them.
But there the parallel ceases.
Who pains a child by a lie sins; who
al de comforts it by suppressing the truth
sd n hall be forgiven.
O oth Women love and lose; men lose and
sath- love.
satlo An aphorism to be good must be bad, b
om the according to the majority. And yet I
alle an aphorism is no joke. 8
Life is real, but no longer earnest, t
cur- save to those who have a goal to
Lea the make.
shoo Many a born fool has died a phil.
aa the osopher, according to eulogy.--Phll- I
e sub- delphia Record.
iight- s Experenee eor one Dars I.
pupils. Colonel Richard Malcolm JohnstonI
v w stu- tells a story of an eminent Georgian,
Iled in Walter T. Colquitt. who was a judge
d one, by day, a divine at night and a good
Stwo deal of a man all the time. While
serving as a judge on the OChattaaloo
central chee Circuit, Colquitt was returning
ban the one evening from church in company
er sub- with several members of the bare
l two "Well," said he, "my experience to
people day has been varied- I held court m
ation in the forenoon, in the interval for din
ner made a political speech in the
coontry courthouse square, held court in the
aarised afternoon, after adjourning whipped a
i school Whig who made insulting remarks 15
wrppas my presence about my noe ppehO ,
wakekn4 sR preached to-pig't"
In faCt, I
for child
little ads
MODES THAT ARE NEW. orm of
inmae Itsuaa msz se or ermat ito milk and
leehk as Wlhite ter, and
Somehow a lace collar is not only a either sa
beauty spot of Itself, but is often ea- or omels
pable of revivifying a hopelessly com- this age.
monplace bodice.
As tot shapes, they are of every va- Frait
riety. There are tabs In front, or in quantity
the back, or even over the shoulders second
and there are collars so round that anges, a
there's no suggestion of tabs. raduall
While the real laee collars are a joy needle
to the heart feminine, yet there are sound a
many Imitations which are not only of gres
attractive, but which are worn by should
good dressers. Some of these collars than be
come as low as a dollar, though these
should grace nothing more ceremonial Food
than a dressing sacque or a lounging from tt
robe. highly
I These two prime virtues in the field given V
of fashion are actually found in one or coffe
new evening wrap, which was seen
upon a woman of distinction.
s An Empire ulster comes the nearest Mot
to describing the shape of this luxur- tremes
e lons garment, which is one splendid lowing
o sweep of black uncut velvet. Not one even a
h enlivening touch does it show until betwee
I- you come to the black chiffon accor- a sor
d dion pleatings which edge it down the certain
It fronts and form the tall collar; under other I
1 these there are foamy white chiffon twoye
It pleatings which give an exquisite
t touch and seem to be a part of the best
s lovely lining of crepe-like, white satin
e-brocade. For
,n You can hardly imagine how distin- the 1lt
's igished this garment is, and while as
s- "quiet" as any one could desire, its insist
kg white lining makes it a safe covering eating
for the most delicate dress. memb
sr Another stunning magpie creation is
er an evening dress composed entirely of
at alternate inch-wide tucks of black anable
Is and white mousseline, made over satdy
r white. diet
Is The tucks are let loose to form happy
,h 'round-the-feet fulness and the trim
go ming consists of ribbon and chiffon »
he roses en applique. This novel garni- The
ture, the roses shade through cream to lege,
lP pink, takes a spiral turn 'round the woma
'is skirt, while it forms a frame for the thoug
decolletage and white mousseline menti
fto front of the bodice. derst
While some belles favor the revived opene
gardenia, with its fragrant colorless- The I
ot ness, many more have adopted that free,
e delightful fashion of wearing one or and I
more roses in their hair. ward
Bed roses are the favorites. was
Sed ome choose one glowing beauty,* room
others take from three to five. will 1
And there are just two places for ret C
them. With the high coiffure they nes- ment
on tle at the left of it, and with the low a pa
ver one they (more usually one, though,) will
are set just down behind the left ear. most
Just as the appearance of a splendid ties.
r. jewel or a fine picture depends upon their
ing its setting, so does that other gem, are
In wonman's beauty. , ad
One thought as much upon seeing a Bell
er- lovely brunette in a black evening
bon dress. The frame, which suggested
me, the thought, consisted of a beautiful A
boa of white ostrich feathers, laid en v
ttle light 'round the bare pearly shool-large
ders.-Philadelphli Record. try.
to -are
ver, cnto4 Goveoress Turns cowba. ng
last Texas, famous for its cowboys, has to
ring a feminine cowboy, Miss Fanny Sea- cowl
)WU bride, who leads all her masculine ple
ght competitors in the rapidity with which on
rith she has achieved success. Five years com
out ago Mis Seabrids left Chicago with a
ar- few dollars in her pocket, a pair of The
ade strong hands, two energetic legs, a p
ik I heart full of courage, and a head full
of ideas She started for Texas with side
the the intention of being a governes tes
pha via read from time to time that ord
hta there were great opportunites for mu
teachers in that State of free and easy
ways. bhe was moderately success
ome futal in her work as teacher, but there
S was not enough money in it to satisty
her ambitions, ad becoming imbued
not with the adventurous spirit bred by
eat Texas air, Bshe learned to ride a
ent broncho and handle frearms.
and Always on the lookout for a chance s
, to branch out into some other work '
than teaching, she found it when a pil
f ence rider on the famous Horseshoe lac
XX ranch was thrown by his horse '
and badly hurt while on his way to re- bal
pair a break in the wire tence which mt
surrounded it. Miss Beabride knew co:
himn, and she insisted on taking his Job. eri
She mounted his mustang, and with a
hatchet, wire staples and a rifle for t
Scompanions, rode thirty miles to the
* break, repaired it, and returned a in
triumph. She immediately applied to t
m on lonel Sansome for the position of
fence rider and cattle guard on the ro
Horseshoe ranch-and she got It, on
trial
She has held the position for nearly de
teour years, and during that period has 0a
'and Ulled and sealped 581 coyotes, forty- re
mald- six lobo wolves, thirty-nine wildcats,
th m. thirteen jaguars and two black bears. II
For the scalps of these animals she di
. who was paid a bounty of $125L w1.
tra The shrewd, energetic young girl as
aved almost every dollar of hebar money
sand from the beginning of her Western a
career and invested it in the best i
ebad, breeds of white-ftaced cows and ealvs. c
d yet Her wages uas fence rider and eattle a
guard, together with the bounties that E
arest, the ranchers paid her for the scalps of
dal to wid animals, amounted to about $100
a year. Commenclng with nearly 100
aphil- cows and avesh three years ago she
-Phla- has managed to add about 800 bead to
her herd up to this time, and she has i
branded more than 400 calves. It is
samid that she now owns nearly 1000
h nsto head of the prettlest, fattest and most
grg an, docile Herefords on the Western
J udge pIlas. She has recently contracted
agood for the purchase of a large body of
While land in the Peess Valley, which she
itthoo- Intends to fence.
l on3,g _ _4
psny T Da's Die.
bar. Even though a child has cut all his
ac to "milk teeth," there should be no hurry
ort m to add to its diet, especially at this sea
Sdin son. 'The breakftast should const of
t thea soft botled egg or a saucer of some
n the well-cooked ereal, with buttered
pped a bread and a ciPfl of mhllk.
pee e hA ,~mle t of brse adi mS lk
tsea abosii t ensatte t-g - , P.ulp,
In faet supper shoat aiw 7s be lil
for children.
Between the third and rorht year a Gover n
little addition might be made to the Lis.
breakfast, itf it seems desirable, the pi eaL
form of easily digested mea But the ri
milk and teal, with bread and but- V. Calho
ter, and variations in the form of eggs Auditol
either soft boiled, scrambled, poached Treasa
or omelette, is sufficient for a child of
this age. - Don Caff
" ** B
Fruit should not be given In any 1 Dist:
quantity until toward the close of the 2 Dit
second year. Begin with sweet or- 8 Dist
anges, peaches, pears and grapes, and 4 Dist
gradually add others. It .is perhaps 5 Dist
needless to say that all fruit should be 6 Dist
sound and thoroughly ripe, but this is .
of great importance; also that it
should be eaten at meal time, rather
than between meals.
Food fried in fat should be excluded
from the child's diet, also all sour and
highly seasoned food. Milk should be
given to the child in preference to tea
or coffee, so long as it proves appetis
Ing
Mothers are very apt to go to ex
tremes in regard to sweets, some al
lowing candy to be eaten at all times,
e even whelt it is handed to the children
ti between meals; others discarding it
e as something almost poisonous. A eig t
e certain amount of candy, if pure, or seemse
r other sweets, may be allowed even a
a two-year-old child if given at the prop- es g
a er time-immediately after a meal is
t best. be SI
n " " s se
For the older children, as well as for
the little tots, prepare only plain food.
Allow them to eat until satisfied, and ""a"
insist from the beginning upon slow e
eating and thorough mastication. Re- "
member that each child has his pecu- *
s 'arities, and what one can eat with "
perfect safety another may be entirely L
unable to digest. It is necessary to "
sutdy the children in order to give the *
diet that will make them healthy,
m happy and robust.
n-J
) First college Settleoment in Seoaltd.
It- The girls of Queen Margaret Col
to lege, Glasgew, are founding the first
be woman's settlement in Scotland, al
be though there are many college settle
ne ments in London, and a house in An
derston, Glasgow, is about to be
ed opened as a residence for workers.
Bs- The premises have been granted, rent
fat tree, by the owners, who are women,
or and accommodation is provided for a
warden and two residents. The house e I
was originally built for girls' club- *
ty, rooms, and one has been retained, and o
will be managed by the Queen Marga
for ret College graduates for their settle- *
es- ment house. Miss Marion Rutherford. ,
ow a past student of Queen Margaret's, *
,) will be the first warden, and will al
r. most immediately enter upon her du- *
did ties. Among those who have shown "
son their practical interest in the work "
'+, are Lord Rosebery, Lady Blythewood,
Lady Stair, Lady Kelvin and Lady "
ga Bell.
Ing 9
ted Injurious to the Feet. "
Ltal A shoe dealer asserts that city wom- "
nid en wear shoes from one to three sises a
ul- larger than those who live in the coun
try. The artificial pavements, he says,
are responsible for this, as the yield
ing earth is the only'natural substance
to walk upon. "The foot muscles of
he country-bred men and women are sup
line ple, soft and elastic," he says, "while
lch on hard pavements these muscles be
tha come hard and unyielding, with a I
a gradual enlargement of the whole foot.
rof The trouble experienced by so many
4 a people with the feet is caused less by
tight shoes than by stone and brick
rith sidewalks." The remedy suggested is
ess, to wear shoes with thick, soft soles, in
that order to minimise the difmcualty as
f much as possible.
There are new silk petticoats, with laci
ane flaring fehtherboned flounces. Ia
work The latest evening gloves are sup- Bl
en a plied with jewel fastenings and allk
shoe lacings.
1ore The blouse and bolero jackets of
Sre- baby lamb are so much worn and so
rhich much in demand that the skrlns are be
tnew coming scarce.
job. erie of gold framlg panels of pleated
white chiffon was the exquisite crea
t for tion thqt was worn at a smart church
Sthe wedding recently.
Ermine fur and white chiffon form a
Stf ashionable combination for evening A
t ot and bridesmldaids' hats, and a bunch of
i the roses at one side is the only trimming.
White caracule is being aused a good
early deal among those who can afford dell
4 has cats and ephemeral furs. A princess
forty. robe of white caracule with embroid
dcats One of the new things in the jewelry
bears. line this season is the introduction of
Is she delicately carved ivory bits of fllgree
work with which women delight to
I girl adorn their costumes.
moe7 Three-quarter length fur coats, loon
stern and straight, are very smart for morn
best lng wear, with large, fat and slightly
ualves carved muffs. These coats when of
cattle caracule are pleated and hang loose
f5 that from boleros of another fur.
alps of A fanciful muff, regently seen here.
10was of white panne, with tiny bands
ry 100of sable on the ruffled edgees. It was
Sworn with a hat of white felt, with a
black velvet scarf fastened at the
he back with a cluster of white chrysan
Sthemums.
in 10o0 gle skirts arere preferred this win
ter in heavy fabrics, but for evening
wear the tunic skirt is frequently
a o dopted. The trimmings are most
elaborate and costly in painting, em
boldery or incrutations. In some Pa
rislan gowns each gore of the skirts I
will have a separate garniture, and
all his no two alike. -
o hbrry Every woman of fashion in Paris in
$his se- variably wears a veil when she sets
fi t of foot out of doors. What are known as
of some "completxion" vels are favored, while
btwd many colored vells are sen principally
i ehifon, where red and ble are
taklng the plaee of green, and brown
mlk, aIs gslectre to mateh tp -ea. eg*3
IPper, t~powp llCOstwe -
itna- Ooerno~A bert Est
Seoretary of Sta--John Mibehel.
Superintendent of EdueStioh--Johu
V. Calhoun.
Auditor-W. S. Frasee.
Treasurer--Ledow E. Smith.
U. S. BENATORS.
Don Caffrey and 8. D. McEuery.
BEPRESENTATIVES.
1 District-- C. Davey.
t DLtriot-Adoph BMryer.
8 Distriot-1R F. Bronasard.
4 Distriet-P raseale.
5 Distriot-T T. E r.andell.
6 District-- M. Robinson.
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