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. J. he o wer - roeast ' az Devoted to the Interests of the Lower Coast Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries and Commerce. VOLUME V. POINTE-A-LA-HACHE, LA., SATURDAY, JANUARY, 25, 1913. NUMBER , SSTATE NEW'S. The electoral votes from all states I are coming in very slowly,. of sist A Kentucky woman has endowed a southern rescue home . for southern 1 girls. mo Wi Governor Hall was in New Orleans im< last week with his family. He care fully dodged anything that looked like 1 business or politics. doi Iby More steps have been taken to urge the upon the President the value of placingt Edgar H Farrar in the position of attorney general in his cabinet. pri ttit Sunday, the feast of the Holy Name, to there was a great Catholic parade in I New Orleans participated in by a large I body of the Catholics of New Orleans. a Governor Hall has signed the death Co warrant for the execution of Lewis Haskell, of Webster parish, to be l hanged in Baton Rouge, at the State ch Penitentiary on Friday, Jan. 31st. an trial of the Teutonia Bank als who used the bank's money for their own personal purposes has begun in New Orleans. Much difficulty is be- bo ing had in selecting the jury. the mi A big rise is expected in the Missis- Ar sippi river soon. Capt. Sherrill, United States Engineer, says that there will be a bank full and that only very low and saic unprotectt tnds will be flooded. sti fri Almost aril of the trade bodies and of banks of New Orleans have held their th = anueal elections. Most all of the old ofrl, have been reelected. Very few new faces will be seen around the di- tic rector's tables. pa The Southwestern Publishers Asso ciation held their annual convention in in New Orleans last week.. There was then a mingled deluge'i f verbiage ar.d fizzes. There was much 'god cheer, in many resolutions and all had a jolly ni good time. w In a wreck on the I. C. Railroad at d Brookhaven, Miss., last week two peo- H pie were, killed and a number were D badly injured. An open Twitceh was the cause. E. J. Selby, of McComb, the brakeman, was killed. C. -Cravick, of re Crystal Springs, Miss., a fireman, was 0o the other dead man, al 0i The stretch of highway ccnn'cting the ends of St. Cl St., in the par ishb of Orleans,. the eieellent St. Bernard shbe ad will be paved with granitold. ck. The dirtaiee to be 7Off 'tw 'lie work w one by May or June. b Alfred Ruthven inventor of a muchly advertised device to prevent wrecks .and promoter of a company started to n sell the stock of the company that 'was a going to manufacture the device has been given a three year sentence and a fine of $1000 for using the mail to de fraud. The device was faulty and the stock had a small value to the promot er's friend and was very valuable when the purchaser was an unknown. "The East Baton Rouge Farmers' Un- 'j 'ion has appealed to the Board of Trade a of Baton Rouge to secure its co-opera- j tion in getting from that city and from i the parish public weights and scales and measures. The matter will prob ably be put before the city ccuncil at ~ 'its'next meeting, and taken up with the police jury in February. It is the i idea of the farmers that there should be some recognized public scales in the city, where products could be correctly Swreighed and measured. Ex-Governor Sanders was the sole I witness in the case of the ouster pro- 1 ceedings instituted by Gov. Hall to re oiove Messrs. Dumser, Hardin and ernaghan from the New Orleans Back Board. He was used by the de fen-e in order to acquaint the court swithethe intent of the law. The Gov ernor also aid that under the old law a board was self perpetuating and triled its own vacancies. He said he tinderstood that he could not under the law supplant members until their terms had expired. SThe S. S. 11 Dorado, a Southern Pa freight steamer plying between York and Galveston left Sparrows Maryland, Jan. 1st and has not beard of since. It should have >~,bed Galveston a number of days ' The captain. Wood, is a New Or <ldaan. The boat has been frequenr. ued in the New York-New Orleans eie.. The United States Revenue Winona and Winslow are o9 lookout for her, and all ships that i avqrse the route of the El Dorado have been notifleil to look for traces of vessel ' " Western Fruit Jobbers Associa held their convention in the city of Orleln. last week. Tme Ca.iiornia tion was a very stck'sbudch. - The that wis wrohght out in ~their t by the recentc:old wave had a effect ·on their hopes and de Incidentally the future of the iaba o'orange was discussed, and 'isrb suiggested that as Califor *ij become the supply market for 'i succeeding Florida after a's crop had been wiped out by a freeze, Louisiana should take nIss place now that the orange "*era& had been destroyed by ~ihar freeae;·-:. ;. i*1; I" " ~ i. - SNATIONAL NEWS. Miss Anna Gould, now the Duchess of Tallyrand, is in New York for her sister's wedding. Messrs. Pujo and Untermeyer of the money probe committee will go to William Rockefeller and take his test imony privately. Washington business men regret the doing away with of the inaugural ball bra by President Wilson. It will mean to rai them they say a very big loss. trol Suffragettes will preach at every cen Sprincipal corner of Washington during you the inauguration hoping by this means [uy to convert many to their faith. don Mr. Wilson, our next president, had nial a talk about the Panama Canal with che Colonel Goethals who is best able of all I ds men to tell him about the canal. chi President Elect Wilson writes the viv chairman of the inaugural committee chi and advises that gentleman that it is qu' his wish that the inaugural ball feature gar be dropped. I The government has ordered the gun san jdcn boat Nashville to New Orleans during Yb; the carnival. This gun boat was in her many thrilling fights during the Spanish cs American war. d'u The restoration of the $250.000 bill to dot aid Indian victims of disease is being tire strenuously advocated by the Indian's qui friend in Congress. This is a just way .e of gratitude. We owe the Indian more sue than that paltry sum. rat The American Publisher's Associa- me tion advocates a cut on the tariff on sor paper. Yet many of these editors on i the same paper would write editorials lui arguing for protection for American 1, industry against foriegn competition. r" Foulke E. Brandt, who was caught la in a wealthy New Yorkter's home at 1o night with this New Yorker's wife and who was then'sentenced to prison on a de charge of attempted burglary was par- m doned by Governor Sulzer of New York us He had asked for a pardon from Gov. Dix, who had refused him. Ci A North Carolina University student;: recently shot and seriously wounded ir one of a party of hazers who were about to make him "walk the plank" av or do some other more or less harmfuil la "stunt." The North Carolina student was not indicted by the grand jury. Se This is along the line of steps that have le Sbeen taken to imprison bazers, re ' Piresident trat'adviss 'ir. Wilson to beware of radicalism. "Keep to the I middle of the road," he says, "its your move and your term." By their fruits ye shall know them, seems to be in his f Smind when he says "if you succeed we ° applaud, if you fail then our course is a` proven the right course and you should E a applaud us." ta e There is a sailor called "Typhoid et .Mary" in California who ic so full of 1i n germs that no sailor will sail on ship with him. Between August, 1908 and ai February 1912 he was aboard the Acme * * Thirty of his fellow seamen were le stricken with the fever and three died. "s' ' He was discharged to prevent a mutiny. rt n t. New York State has a bill under con- el sideration which practically forces 1a- le it bor employers to take out accident in- q surance in favor of the workmen. Fort ie partial inability it provides for a week- C Id ly compensation of fifty per cent of the ii ie wages with a maximum'of ten and al Lmnimum of five dollars a week for not more than 300 weeks. For total dis ability after the first 300 weeks the le the compensation is 40 per cent with a- maximum $8 and minimum $4 a week. e- Mr. Arsene Pujo of our state and 9 chairman of the money trust committee " admits the complete failure of the money probing and cites as his reasons e t for this surrender the shortness of time and the absence of power to pro ceed which is a senatorial bestowal. A report based on thevincomplete inquiry I e with measures advocated to remove he some of the sore financial spots that !ir the inquiry hits'shown up to the people f*ill be made. 'a- Edward F. Mylius, of London, Eng en land, who was convicted of libelling " King George of England by the pub ot lishing of a story relative to the mor ye ganatic marriage of the King with the Y5s daughter of an admiral of the English - Navy at Malta yearsago is held at New st- York. Immigration officials contest the ;nS right to admit the English journalist .ue into this country. Mylius' attorneys 0.!) qlaim that the offense was political. at i The officials claim the offense criminal. I do If political the journalist should be ad:- j of mitted, if criminal the law of the land prevents his entrance. ' ia- - Governor Cole Blease of South Caro of lina, who stunned the members of the nia. Governior's Conference at Richmond 'he some. time ago. by saying things that ieir they'believed yet did not dare to say I a their belief, attacks eiewspapers in his de- message to his state legislature and he the declares that such unbridled attacks mnd may cause bloodshed. Governor Blease ror- is a dynamo of sensations. He is al for ways supplying the world with sensa Oter ttional news. Now he says that the ya people of other states have maligned! ake 'him in their papers. He tells the legis age i lature to stop these attacks or blood by shed will some day follow from their inaction. L' Habitation Saint=Ybars Ou Maitres et iscilares en Louisiatie. Recit Social Par Alfred Mercier. La plantation de Saint-Ybars em brassait, dans son ensemble, un ter- de rain d'un mille et demi de face sur tail trots de profondeur. I1 avait quatre ait cents esclaves, hommes et femmes, tud pour les travaux des champs, dix-hult et. ouvriers speciaux, dix jardiniers, vingt dre domestiques pour le service de la vei maison, deux cents mulets, trente J chevaux douze de luxe, une vacherie, rer des troupeaux de moutons et de tra {chivres, plhsieurs basses-cours, un ei vivier, quatre colombiers, vingt-cinq cbt chiens de chasse, un dnorme dogue re: qu'on lichait seulement la nuit, pour sta garter la maison. dic Une discipline sagement ralsonnie vis s'appliquait A tout le personnel de ce mc dcmaine. maltres et esclaves. Saint- ma Ybars Otait severe, mats juste. Mal- vit heureusement, 11 Otait sujet d des ac- loi i ces de colre, qui quelquefois Otaient El d'une telle violence qu'ils faisalent ses douter de sa raison et de la bontd nat- cri f urello de son coeur. Mais ii dtait celui toi 3qui souffrait le plus de ses emporte- et i rents; car, A ses explosions de fureur de succedait une tristesse ambre qui du- so: rait une semaine. 11 almait tendre- L'i - ment son pere, et le vdn6rait; macs, A de a son tour, il exigealt que ses enfants, .Oc 1 dont ii se savait aime, eussent pour tri 5 lui-m me le plus grand respect. Aus- no n at, quand on le vit arriver avec Chant- ell d Oisel, tous les membres presents de ex t la famille alltrent-ils au-devant de lui, hi t pour le saluer et I'embrasser. cu d La votture s'arreta sous un groupe li1 a de palmiers dont les tiges Olancoes de niontaiont jusqu'au niveau de la bal- pi k ustrade du toit. se . A ina manitre dont chacun caressa Vi Chant-d'Oisel, P6lasge comprit qu'elle d' t 6tait la gAt6e de la maison. Elle s'em- pl d prLeca de demander des nouvelles deg: . L6 mou; on lui apprit qu'il Otait sorti ge 1 avcc son trebuchet, pour attraper des c it tapes. t Quuelques minutes aprts le retour de ja SSaint-Ybars, la premiere cloche pour pl ,e le diner sonna. Chacun se retira, pour tr refratchir sa toilette. Un des: irres q [te DsMfi utlitiifst Pdlasge ila chinm 1L toe tIre ou'on lui destinait; elle Otait sit- ci ui e aO l'extremitd de la galerie, A V s gaucye, faisant an fleuve. gi is i II Ia trouva entitrement de son gout. ie r Apris en avoir.contempl6 les details lf is avec plaisir, 11 s'avanga sur la gal- di Id erie, et parcourut du regard tout let ci tatilcan qut s'Otendait entre la mafson idet le fleuve. 11 vit deux homnies it p of Icheval entrer dans l'avenue qu'il ven- v ait de suivre, quelques instants apar- a yip nd avant, avec Saint-Ybarc et Chant-d'Oi- ti sel. A mesufe qui les cavaliers s'ap- p re procherent, 11 distingua un viellard a isuivi d'un jeune negre. Quand ils tu- li rent arrives, le jeune negre sauta i p terre avec la souplesse d'une panthtre. t 'n et alla tenir le cheval de son mattre: le vicillard descendit plus prestement o- que n'eussent fait beaucoup d'honimes or i::oins Ages qui lut. Saint-Ybars ac- r courut, embrassa le vieillard, et ces parolles arrivbrent aux oreilles de P0- i i lasge: I iot "Mon pere, comment vous portes- t hej us?" ,tht "Tras bien, mon fils; toi aussi, a. ce queo e vois. Et Chant-d'Oisel!"' "Parfaittment. J'a encore fait une 1 .nd folie pour elle." Lee "Ah! qu'eat-ce done?" he "J'at achetd une jeune femme dont I s elle ayatt envie." of "Tu as bien fait, mon fils; 'It faut, I r;autant qu'on peut, rendre les enfanta .lheureux; on 'ne salt pas .ce que 'ave iry i nir leur r~serve; une satisfaction ac ve at cordde I une fillette par son pare, meme au prix d'un exces de complais ance, e est autant. de gagn6 pour elle dans cette partie d'cheecs quoe tous, rg- jeunes on vieux, nous jouons avec le ing sort. ub- "Je crois," - continua Saint-Ybars, or- "que j'at en la main heureuse pour tha Ddmon; j'ai trouvd un jeune profes lish sc11 quit parait tres bien." 'eTant mieux, mon fits, mile fois the ist mieux; ,D6mon est terriblement on retard! espDrons quoe le nouveau eapl jyr:cepteur saura tnl faire rattraper tq temps perdu. Ton Monsieur Heh6, n'eon adi ddplaise' it cousine Pulcherie, est, avec and toute son erudition, un maladroit qui n'a jamaIs an... P41asge n'entendlt pas la fin de la phrase; te vieux Saint-Ybars et son the I fits avangaient tout on parlant; leurs hond paroles se perdirent souis la galerie. thatt Quand leurs pas retentirent sur I'ess h caller, qui conduisait du.-rez-de-chus shese i ta galerie d'en baut, ii alla an eckse devant d'eux et salua le vietllard. ase Cette marque empressee de defdrence at- fut une heureuse Inspiration; elle plut nsa beaucoup & Saint-Ybars, et non momns the " :on pere. ied Sur I'habitation on appelait le pbre ,gis- j de Saint-Ybars vieux maitre, on conmme tood- disalent les negres en on seul mot heir Vieumatte; nous le nommerons de la mgmen maniare. Vieumaite dtait, comme soq fils, haut Les( de taille, mais un peu courlT4; ce n'6- un l tait pas le poids de 1'A e qui l'inclina- 0ono0 ait ainsi en avant, mais bien l'habi- p`r tude de so tenir penchO sur ses livres rem 'Lal et ses paperasses. Au besoin, 11 se re- ma dressalt; alors, son front dtait de ni- A veau avec celui de so files. tail Au premier abord, 16lasge no se n e rendit pas compte de l'mpression ex- qua tr.o dinaire que VieutIiaite produisit Si srr lui; elle tenait i e quo les deux tScu] BPp cdtds de la figure du .leillard no se resseniblaient pas. Los peintres et les vin cell statuaires, que leur art oblige A dtu- cell dier alternativement tos les traits du es Svisage, savent trds bier que sos deux I La tics moitids no sent jamais identiques; lasg mais jamais ni peintre ni statuaire ne vit cette dissemblance poussde aussi loin que chez le pere ie Saint-Ybars. e Elle commengait A la - te; A droite, Ia ir~e sos cheveux se dressalent comme une crinire de lion furieun A gauche, ils osC YtI Stomlaient d'un air dplose sur la tempe et le front. L'oeil droit, 'un beau bleu siC] tior de cil, dtait largemon -ouvert; 11 en ti sortait une lumidre :'lve mais douce. L'oeil gauche se voy;alt A peine entre d'01 mna I des paupidres, demi-closes; il- s'en ma auxY dbhappait un rayon mirin, froid, pane r trant. A droite, lee 1lves etaient pro nonedes et bienveillants; A gauche, elles etaient fortement. tirdes en bas, pro s exprimant la ddfiance cette expres- Ipro ;~s : qu'~ lon de defiance dtait utant plus ac- at tEar: cusde, que le vieillard vait la singu e lidre habitude de tenir tre ses dents, iu s de ce c8td, une petite lranche de cy Spris dont le poids augz entait I'abais 1,101 semnent de as bouche : Fait curieux a Vieun;aite ne regardt. jamais que et e d'un c8td; diu ct6t droit, si . on lul .lu lusi 1 plaisait et s'ill.avait con Iance; du coted u eu e gaudie, cquand. it se tnait sur se5s :1 gardcs, ou quanid ii n'allat pas la per 5 -Onpp-- rincde devant Il. a I . a: Les nigres, on le sa t, no laissent .e jamais in apergues lea particularitds 1 sy ir physiques ou morales e leurs mal- ( ir tres:; Hs. les dosign tonjours par $ quelque mot ben aappr I_.8u- haki a- hintlii gainit-Ybars, lee esciaves appel- I sa t- sient la moiti& droite du visage de il \ mnite le cte du soleil; lIa molti6] gauche 1e cut6 de I'ombre. Quand ils t. le vcyaient venir, ils disalent, solon Is les circonstances, avec la prdclsion an I- du langage crdcle: "Cote solell ounla le cote lombe ape vini." . in "Saint-Ybars laissa Pdlasge avec sonp iI pore. Le vielliard engages la con- tri n- versation, en opposant i son interloc In: .r- uteur le cute d l'ombre. Pdlasge ne )i. tarda pas comnprendre que le granu p- pre de Demon, en lui fournissant a rd avec courtoisie l'occasion de prendre u- Ila parole, le sendait; acceptant I'& Li, ii preuve sans crainte comme sans os ,e. tentation, is parcourut rapidement la6 e: gamme des connaissances humaines; ut tl passa de l'histoire A la philosophie, el fril es ot Ce cellecdi aux sciences; puis, re P, Ic- mu-tant aans le.passd, ii prit la poedsie es 4 sa source dans Homdre, et Ia iuivlt 0 ria o pvers les Ages daas Virgile, Dante, , Milton, Byron, Lamartine et Hugo. II z- dessina, en quelques traits, les an tipucs pinmes de l'Inde et de la Ju A di .e. A mesure qu'il parlait, la ttte de l'octogdnaire pivotait Insensible- I oe ment sur son cou; peu d peu le oc6t de i'ombre s'effaCa, le cdtd du soleol parut. Etonud de la science et de at i'erudition du jeune professeur. Vieu maite d~piouvait une jole mele d'admni at, ration on 1'entendant parlor, dans un Its langage: simple mais chaud d'enthousl t ve. ImUe, des choses quoe lau-tme il aim ac- ait avec passion. re, Quand la seconde cloche du diner tis- retentit, Pdlasge avait entibrement i lie fait la conquete du vieutx Saint-Ybars. us, CHAPITRE IV. La Famille A table, es, La salle A manger dtalt au rez-de z. Chanssbe. Elle formait un rectangle os-l dent chaquc grand cOtd dtait dclaird 0 par cinq portes vitrdes, celle du mi ois iiei 4tant cilutrde et plus large que les ' ent auties; elles donnalent sur les galer ~au ies.. Un dos petits c6tds avait trols 1q poites virdes; . l'autre deux separdes t 'en par tne cheminds; elles conduisalent i vec a l'office, aux caves et A differentes qui Pidces se rapportant au service de la table; i Q.a Quand Vieumaite entra dans la salle 11 son A manger, appuyd sur le bras que Pb nirs lasge liii avait offert. avc un respect I *iC. filial, le premier service 6tait sur la l's- table, et tous los convives attendal ius- eit, debout, Ie vdndrd chef de la fa an- mille. II y avalt vingt-quatre con ra. verts. Vieumaite pr-senta le nouveau Ice profeaseur aux personnes qui no l'avai plut ent pas encore va, et s'assit. Aprds jlns llui Saint-Ybars s'assit jiuals, chacun p1-it sa place. Trois siges 6taienit in Bre cccupds; 'un dtait celul de Ddmon, les sine deux autres dtaient r;s&bd anux mot Ibdtes quoe le basard pouvalt amener. I e Ia La cfhaise -est~e vde avecct 4de Pd lasge, dtait celle do son iitur dldve., I Les deux bouts de la longue table etai cut occupes, I'un par Saint-Ybars, sa A fille ainde et son mari, Chant-d'Oisel as a et Mile. Nogolka; l'autre par Vieu- one maite, une de ses petites-filles et son for 1 marl, et P6lasge. Mme. Saint-Ybars wha ties. avait sa place au milieu de la rangde, ans. e la droite de son marl; Mlle. Pul- and cherie 6tait vis-a-vis d'elle. so Quatre jeunes n6gres, une mulat- "1e3 resse et trois quarteronnes se tenai- othe ent autour de la table, attentifs a leur so0 I Lesogne. A l'un des coins de la salle. un negre du plus beaui noir, a physi onomie intelligente, se tenalt debout 'W pres d'une table en chone massif; il the remplissait les doubles fonctions de ilg maitre d'h8tel et d'6cuyer tranchant. I mad ing Au-dessus des convives, deux 6ven- an tails suspendus au plafond etaient mis wirn en mouvement par deux negrillons de the quatorze A quinze ans. Suir on signe du maitre d'hotel, lea I scupiures pos6es sur la table lui furent A upportCes.. Dans un temps tres court, cov vingt et une assicttes pleines d'un ex- Seti cellent potage 6taient placees devant a Ies convives, at le diner commengait. In La conversaticn s'6tant engag6e sur abII Sfor des questions particulibres au pays, PB 1 lasge resta discrctement silencieux; ce Squi lui permit de faire connaissance avec tous Les visages de la famille. scr II :egardait ct reflechissait, 6vitant "ca avec soin de prendre lee airs d'un phil- litti oscphe on d'un 6plucheur. Mme. Saint- -eMt Yiars lui plut; elle avait une expres- d sicn de grand douceur et de resigna- she ticn un peu triste. Mlle. Pulcherie ne le seduisit pas; elle lui parut p6trie d'orgueil et de sets prejugas. 11 re marqua qu'elie donnait plus d'ordres the aux domcstiques que Mme. Saint- als, YI;ar2; elle parlait haut et d'un ton the rimp6 leux. Elle n'avait jamais 6t6 de- all msmande en mariage, et i1 n'6tait pas has 3 ec probable, avec sea quarante-cinq ans, se qiu'ciie dfit I'tre jamais. Elle 6tait du q( rang des Saint-Ybars. Conime tous He fos I gens de cette lign6e, elle 6tait t une taille 6lev6e; mais encore plus y grosse que grande, elle 6tait obligee, nu Si'our faire contre-poids j la masse ki x enorme de sa gorge, de t6nir ses 6paules ali +o 1ut sa tite rejetdes en arriare, ce qui xi lui d&nnalt un air' de reine dedaign SceuCe ct mecontente. Par ses maires ig anchantes et dominitrices, dlle avait th( - iris beaucoup d'empire sur . Saint- I bu bar'; II avait plus de confiance en at ' it son jugement qu'en celui de sa femme. is i Mlme. Saint-Ybars, qui avant toute schose voulait la paix, cedait toujours t I lIa terrible cousine, quand celle-4l, Isatit ses raisons une avalanche de ti: le paroles et de cris. SMlie Nogolka fun une dse-personnes isM. Hh6. M le. Nogolka fut une des personnes n qui attirent le plus I'attention de Pe-r u lasge. Ii se demanda quel age elle pouvast avoir. 11 n'4tait pas facile de 01 Sr6pondre. Les cheveux de l'institu- b ,n.{ j trice etaient deja presque blanes; I m mais sa figure, bien quo fatigu6e et le dIcoloroe, accusait au plus vlngt-cinq LU ans. Sa physionomie avait un carac-or ntre de concentration profonde, 'gt re no quelque chose de mysterieusernent '6 Lragqiue; 11 sembla & P6lasge qu'elle I. devait vlvre beaucoup de ia vie intd sa ricure. Mail, dans cette retraite en lhi ; elle-mime, de quelles pens6es se nour- s erissalt-elle? "Voila, des yeiix, se dit in ulPasge, qui ont bIeaucoup pleure, m ou beaucoup veill6 pour .1lre et r 6crlre. Quo pout-il y avoir dans to, le pass6 de cette interessante per .onne? un chagrin peut-6tre, dont le rtn souvenir l'obsede encore. Qul salt?' Sioeut-atre ia prdoccupation doulour ite cuse dont elle s'alimente, a-t-elle ses ile racines dans le pr6sent." 3t6 eil PBlasge regarda encore une fois Mlle. Nogolka. "Elleo a. dl tre bien belle, se dit-l;' eus oile l'est encore, ma fol. Ses cheveux mi bIancs ne le d6parent pas du tout; ello un ressemble 8 une jeune femme du Im- temps oil I'oi. se poudrait la t6te." P4lasge ramena ses yeux sur son as siette, et continua son monologue men- c ner tal. Quand ii releva Ia t~te, Ml1e. No golza avalt les yeur fixks eur lui. 3rs. "Du son cOt6 elle m'observe, pensa t-l; quelle id6e peut-else se former i; do moi? En tout cas, je feral de mon t -de- mieux pour m'attirer son estime; ello igle parait trop distinguee, trop intelli ir6 gente, pcur quoe je n'ale pas & cosur mi- de lui inspirer luno bonpe opinion deo les mol." er- On allait passer au rdt!, loreque plu- i rois sieurs enfants, lee uns noirs, lee aut '6ee tree bruns plus: au moins clairs, vin-j lent rest so ranger en demi-cercle pros de Ites Saint-Yb~irs. Nds de parents attach6s I la an service do la maison, ils 6talent I blen diff~rente des enfants dont lesei alle pores et m~res travaillaient aux P.- champs; toujours en contact avec pect leurs maltres, ils 6talent beaucoup plus r la 6veill6es et plus espi~gles que les ne Idai- grillons du camp. ii fa- "Ah! vous void, vous autres, mau cou- (To be Continiued.) reau ysa- it Depends. pros "Does a hen 'lie' or 'lay' eggs?" asked the teacher. "She doesn't do el, ther when the prices are high," ex 0 in- plained the ~young suburbanite.--Bufi ,les tfalo Express. mer. I Man's Allotment of Blood. P6- The averasinan hae twenty pounds Ive. of blood. Sharp Witness. A humorous man being subpoenaed T as a witness on a trial for an assault, bee; one of the counsel, who was notorious and for brow-beating witnesses, asked him joy what distance he was from the par- his ties, when the assault happened; he answered: "Just four feet five inches and a half." "How come you to be so very exact?" said the counsel. yei "Because I expected some fool or sh other .would ask me," said he, "end co so I measured it." Strengthening Bed Springs. When bed springs sag in the middle row the defect may be remedied by plac- row nlug under the springs another spring Dea made of woven wire fencing; stretch- ev ing the wire as tight as possible. For an iron bed the ends of the woven wiro may be undone and fastened to the bed frame. ar Found New Use for Whisky. th A new use for whisky has been dis- th covered by a Sepoy of Ipoh, Straits Settlements. The man recently poured a quantity of the spirit into his eyes in order to inflame them, and so en able him to procure a medical order on for a pension. the ha' Mattei' ofi Sound. Ina It was at one of the West Side schools the other day that the word "catch" came up in the lesson. The little girl, who was reciting did not by recognizs the word, and another small I ert damsel was asked to define it. "Catch?" helrt Sshe acked. "'Why catch means just he td ketch."-Mother's Magazine. Teaching Good Writing. Good writing is mainly, a habit, f therefore b'oegin early to teach It; it is e also a matter of keenness and care, Ing 1 therefore, insist, at all times and in aer - all places, on good, legible, careful 3 handwriting. These two principles seem tr me to lie at the root of the quc;ticfl of teaching this subject."- SHeadmistress Ladies School.k 3 -n__ __ _Ith( t_ _ f "hi 0 :oi. Protecting the Game. I Where should be r.a law limiting tht number of sportsmen a gunner mna Skill in one season.-Washington Her kn S aid.' 1fe ife< tot º Concomitant. s "What! Fifty centa for putting in t the load of coal? You charged only a qLuarter the last time." "'Yes, mum; nbut coal has ris."-Boston Transcript. j ye The Sneezer. I "At whom are you looking?" de s manded the young lady of the young iOman who. obatructedo ihr path, o "rep lied' the hay fever vie-'I 1tim, and hurried away. n Keeping Tea Xot. Any hot drink, such as tea, may be ci sIkept in scalding condition ii, a tightly 1 sealed *jarthenwaru jar. The jar is I placed in the- center of a box stuffed with hay. The tea should bh poured a Le off the leaven after proper infusion, h 11before being placed in the far. ea 8t iNew Way, Flirt, and the men dirt with you; C love, and you love alone.-G. B. I % Bterne. at __ _ _ _ _ _ j i lei Daily Thought. 1 Alexander the Great, reflecting on ml his frienda degenerating into sloth ir- iid juxury, told them that it was a iot nwst clavish thing' to luxuriate and a iomot royal thing to labor-.-Isaac Bar So. That the Woeli May Knr.w. e. A good many wvidows get n:mritid merely to show that they can, and not I because they )iave any likirg for As Why Women Are '-ost. The truth is women are lost b'e cause they are dellberate.-Amelia E. Barr. du I Not an Appetizing Thought. Electricity may be a nourishing food, but imagine going into a restau e I rant and ordering a volt smothered in Bf-oiions. And Gossip. sa- Neither does culture consist entire. icr 1y in joining a literary society devoted o to bridge whist.-Atchison Globe. i. Began With Laughter. Nothing ever happened on this globe, der for good, at which some people did a not have thair fill of laughter in the outset -Charles DIrtens. au- Quite a Number. tin- 'I understand when Smith went out de for the first time in his new machine hs he struck quite a gait." "I believe ent he struck a dozen gates before he fin les ished the machine."-Exchang2. mux vec Perita of Science. ilus The discovery that aa'gle worms can . think raises the di':tum that an oys ter may be sr.ssed in love irom a hon 'mot to a debatable scientific proposi lu- n. Let Ananias Lie in Peace. One of the boys is talklng about casting a light on Jonah. Yes, let's change biblical characters for a. while and. give poor, overworked Ananiaa a deserved and to be appreciated rest. .Milwaukee News. Pa' I *nm Ous!-s!ue l* M:S- pcI ~L5Si8A 'Aliaap ~Ic I suq puup~az z.a~ei siuorf~ AuiyW ;~puviueZ MON Joy-Ride Feature. The witness testified that he had been knocked down by a motorcar and that the chauffeur, who was a joy-rider, had given no warning of his approach. No Escape. "I saw Dr. Flint stop at your house yesterday. Anything serious?" "I should say there was. He came to collect his bill." Never a Business ?roposltion. "There a!n't never no use of bor rowin' trouble an' givin' up your peace of mind as security, 'cause you never get the security back."-Myrtle Reed, in "The Jack-O-Lantern House." Mismated. "They say, 'The fool and his moaey are soon parted."'" "That's all 'ight. What beats me is why the dickens they should go together to begin with." Exit. Since there are no longer alny guns on the gun deck or any berths on the berth deck, the naval authorities have wisely decided to:. abolish the names.-Chicago Recordflerald. Origin of the Scientist. After reading an exhaustive treatise by some scientist who claims that povw erty ito the cause of bow legs, we can't help wondering what causes some sci entists.-Philadelphia Inquirer. Hardly Worth the Finding. An advertisement recently appear ed in a daily paper in Germany offer Ing a reward for a watch lost from ap i aeroplane. Hj is Snakeship. Charlie, two and one-half, was play ing in the yard. A snake ran across the walk. "O," he called excitedly, "here is nothing with a tail on it!" Buperscience. Modern science is that practical Sknowledge of truth that urges us to feel an oyster's pulse and. look at its tongue before we eat it. Part of the Dowry. Housemaid-"And are you going to your young lady's wedding?" Cook "Rather. Mistress has given me tb !her as a wedding present." I. 4g Real Joy ofstFopptng `uio, after she has purchased a bar- 4 gain, in looking arouind and trying to find a place where rbhe might have 1bought the same article a few cents Scheaper. Is i 15 On the Contrary. "People in very cold climates ggi d a heavy diet." "No, they don't-thfey , have light diet. Don't the Eskimo eat candles?"-Baltimore American. Abraham Lincoln'at Plea. Both read the same Bib. and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other. Let us judge not that we be not 'judged. Abraham Lincoln. As to Music.. a To love the best music, and to de a rive from it all the good which it can r- give us, we must hear good music, and hear a great deal of it.-The Bell man. i Hair. \. A French cclentist makes the an ot nouncement that baldness is a sign of r intellectual greatness. Let us not be hasty in accepting his theory. He may have a grudge against some fiddler. be New Light on a Terpsichorean Event. S"What," sked' the casual student' of the higher literature, "did the poet refer to when ha wrote:, "On with the. dance; let joy be unrefned?" "Oh, I ag don't know," replied the lowbrow. "un u. less he was describing one wf those in turkey trot affairs." Woman's Limitations. "Is there anything n-oite'a esn't do?" ire asks the Birmingham Age-Hierrld. We ted have never heard of at m-.- : i; h. : was able to become a lfth:r-in-!lcw. Importance of Play. be. To the decree that mankind shall lid work for its daily bread, is added the he decree that mankind shall play, for the salvation of both its body and soul -a decree so inwrought in the very constitution of man that there is no ut greater danger to mankind, especially me in its state of childhood, than the ,ve prevention or misdircctlon of play. n -Richard Watson Oild'.r. What's in a Name? "Eve, the eldest, was called Eve I on purpose that she might feel human, .an and not compelled to wear a halo, like rys the people called Marie."-Eve, by )on Maarten Maartens. Love Altered. Some women's love is like a foot man's livery--slightly altered to fit out and handed on to the new man.-The at's rattler. hile .; a ' Poor Man. t He has only beek wearing trousers since 1814. put I e Daily Thought. S ime misspent is not lived, but Ast. 4 .- .Tiner.