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THE FELICIANA SENTIN OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WEST FELICIANA PARISH, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TIlE CITY OF BAYOU SARA. VOL. XVI. ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA.,-P. O. BAYOU SARA-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1891. JOSEPH L. COLSAN, AttEornkey t,. Isa'v, ET. FItANCISV!LLE. LA. Wll Tr ' cfee It the Courts of West Felltcam 4" Pointlt Coup e.. R. C. WICKLIFFE, A.tt orzLev( iLt L .~ttV Pir. FR A.ttCtV I.LLF. LA. Witt prnotiWe in theo counrts of West and aeg ltetcianlt PJointe Loui eu and adjolning ptar J. T HOWELL, " lttorney and Coounselor at Law Wllt pre'et ie t Ihe t'nlrt, of the 1.tth .lu.lb fiI I],-trot tndl 1 tho tupreoB Court of .--.-,- -- - S. M'C. LAWRASON, Altorney and Coiuselo:Fat Laii IA YOIt? SA.ttA, L.A. 'III practice in the PI'rl-h of West and i St 'l 'it innil. i OitUo CoUI:eU and aijoininl FARRAR & MONTGOMERY, .~tto()lr e vS. i t IdýtVg ROIBERT 1IONTGOMERY, Notary :-: Public, l'etotlice. ItAYOU SARA. LA. A. F. BIItRIW, M.D., Physician and Surgeon P. 0.. Bayou Sara, La. R.Lsidnco: Highland I'lantatioa. BR. KAUFMANN, Physician and Surgeon Ofll'e at Rsqidon'ro of Mrs. A. Szaho. asyou Sara, La. W. H. TAYLOR, Fhyýýi n, fr pt and bronw, ST. I'RANCI V'IILI.L, LA. Ol:ce: At resido:ico. DR. JAS. KILBOURNE, .-: Ph'sician: and Surgeon, Offlne: At r:ts:diria.c. E. C. MIcKOWVEN, Physiciani and Surgeon, JACRs'rN. I.A. Oflra re fat tfo:lt,- f .on .lonae. T' @(.I: , :"Ia c .l:.' tra';fll pll ra.spanded to. OR. JAS. LEAKE, :,ysicias n and Surgeon, PT. FICAN; I<VILLtI, I.A. Offc in Le'ioa e I ll 1 a lrg. DR. CHAS. F. HOWELL, Physician and Surgeon, L.AUIIE. HILL. LA l(fores hia tr r. f, ai1na1 tnrv!'cs to all need Incf o nao il i a wd Within the lIa111.aI. t1()k1 ANDI AT''TR 1TJIqT DATB ALL el:ot Inv oz th. .\ ino:a. J:pIl;eveiw. I.oonp end I :,Ic | "1.1 y. ,i... ti*4 lt: i1 this Parish will nl,- c,l-ld,,rr+ tr-.t,:: i lcig. , glld ad:I of Itnllcrs 1l'o;:'ulCuod tlurueflr. ,. L. JAMEIS. I L'NTIN(; OF ANY KIN'DONT 1IF A.FTON 1 11'i t aIlnd Iytn py ntl l tollll ns ll .S h.relby p'uhb~llt,1 nd tl oieleri .ll be i*ovlorusly pro,.euto ti. .' L'. CA'I'LI-I'. Agent. IT1NIING1 ON TIlE IOSEI)(tWN AND SI Inz ew pl:tc,.~. will after Ihie dute beco stiered a, trespIls.lng. JAS. P. I1 UWMAN. ()OTIC(F. IS IIIttl:IIt tIIVEN TRATtTINT. A ing tni the Amlrosla and Independence pilc,, Ii |r'.l.hitelt. \ luitltiri will be pion. euted to the lull ext,'nt out tile w. J. W. l)Ei)EDIICIK. IOTEL WINDSOR SLAUGHTER, LA. (L., N. O. & T. R. R.) First-Class Accommodations. :peid Att ation Cono ercidlin- MC TABLE SUPPLIED WITH THE BEST THE MARKETS AFFORD. Mrs. J. OSCAR HOWELL PROPFEIKTIIESS Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, Foot of the IIIL St. Francisville. ,ln:le and doub.e teams and saddle horaet 5lr hire Best accorumodations for stocrk b cs-. week or month. The est grade of stocr for sale. Stable on Sun stteet. H-.ENRY ARNAUD, IBarber and lHair Dresser, uAYOU SARA LA. ratroa$rt aeql3itd sod Uet:s!. ta!ee goUI PIt..' BANK ALOOI), DAM HJYCK, Proprietor. -THE FINEST Wines, Liqors ad ;iar, Cer. Lafayette and Laurlt Streets, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA DEFIES CO3IPETITION 1 FRANK H. TENNEY, (Opposite 4Mrs. E. Wberfu) BT. FRANCISVILLE, LA. -DEALER IN~ Sh i and ray arocerie: n AND WESTERN PRODUCE. a Dry Goods, Notions, Boots and Shoes. Ladies' Fine Dress Goods. FINE WINES, LIQUORS, ETC , Tobacco and Cigars. * ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. C. BOCKEL, Agt., Sun Street, BAYOU SARA. LA. -DEALER IN AND WESTERN PRODUCE, Saddlery Department Adjoining Stor I All Work Executed on Short Notlote F. M. MULMFORD. I O. D. JiROOKS. Mumford A -rooks, Me. 6 Principal St., Bayou Sara. SWholesale and Rotail DRUGGISTS -DEALER IN French Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Paints and Oil., 'Bohool Books, Slates and Pencils, o Stationery. Pocklt Cutlery, Albums, Picture Frames, Novelties L and Fancy Goode OF ALL KINDS, lomestic and Imprted4 WINES, LIQUORS AND ClGAR3 Prgeriptison Carefully Compounded i lJ Mlovurs, Oat qe NIshb JUST THE SAME. "-s to my faults a trifle bliod.'-Old ayinag My darling, it your silicon hair Were just a trillio red, And should those small, bestippereal fee{ Fall In their nimble tread AiO make you walk with lagging pace, Or c'cn a trifo lame, I would not care a single bit, But love you just the same. And if, my dear, those pearly teeth Were not of nature's own, Dut purchased at some dental shop, And hard as any stone Remember, ago takes all we prize, And if aeprived of such I'd be to those a trifle blind, And love you just as much. Ab. If those lovely eyes of yours Were not of deepest blue, I'd know full well that in th'llrdeptbs Love's light burned warm and true; And oven it one stellar orb Was made of pure glass, I would not care a fig, my dear, But let that item pass But If that little nose of yours Were slightly out of joint Of course 'twould worry me a bit, But that is not the point; If you were so unfortunate * From all your charms to part, I still would love you just the same I only want your heart. -F. Parker. Jr.. in Brooklyn Eagle. A MANIAC'S STORY. Torriblo Penalty of Ungoverned Jealousy. Dr. IThyford was my chum at TTar varil and my most intimate friend as well. Of course he was not an 3M. D. then, but ouch he soon after becamne, :,nd having more spare time than cash, as mnore experienced and better estab lished physicians got all the paying patients, he was obliged to look around considerably in order to find a favor able location. After several changes he finally drifted off out west and then I lost all knowledge of him. We had written oc casionally for some time, but every body knows how difficultit is to answer letters amid the cares of an active life, so it is not strange that our corre spondence died a natural death at last. A few years afterward I, too, went west to pay a visit to a favorite uncle, and in less thl.sa a week from the time I arrived ut his house I came across Will l[P:vfdrd. The surprise and pleas ure of the meeting was mutual. W\ill told me that hle had made a special study of insanity and hadi been so successf ul in its treatment that lie had opened a small private madhouse just out of town in order to accommo date his wealthy patients. At that time.there were several being treated there. After a short conversation the doctor was obliged to leave me, but ere lie went lie made ine promise to call at the asylumn before I returned east. "I do not usually admit any visitors except the immediate friends of my paitienrts," said he. "but in your case 1 im only too glad to do so. , ('ome any day atul you will be almost certain to find noe in,. as I devote my whole time to th afflicted inmates of my hmusc bold." - So it happened the I spent the after noon at the asyluom a few days. later. Will was very glad to see me, and we had a long, plea,"ant talk about old times and acquaintances. le had a ebrt many questions to ask about people and things at the cast, andl the time passed by rapidly. At length, however, Ire invited me to inspect thle institution, a thing I was exceedingly anxious to do. I saw several interesting patients, and my. friend, the doctor, gave nce brief accounts of their lives and the various hallucilnations under which 'they were laboring; but to me the last one to which we camnto.as the most in Steresting of alL l'Pausing before adoor in atl isolated portion of the building, the doctor said: "ilere i's a patient I have never al liwed any:lone to se ei-ccop the brother who brought him here: 'Ile is a young aIxan of good .education; and excellent family, but he is hopelessly insane. At times he is violent and a single un f'guarded word might serve to make I him wild; hence my precaution int re gard to visitors. I have confidence in you, though, and you can talk with himl as mItch ais you plea;se as lie lhas been quite rational for some days. Conversation of the right kind may do him good.' So saying Dr. HIayford unlocked the door, and then I saw that there was another one beyond it made of grated iron, through the liars of swhi,.h looke-l ( out a pale, emlnaciated young maitn who had evidently been strikingly ha ndl,ome Swhen in health. Even then there was a certain devilish bauty ling.'ring about his thin but regular features anti glittering eyes, in whose restless depths glowed the lurid fire of tmad ness. "llave S:un hear',l fro:n Emmn?" he called out to Inc in a voice of pasiion ate appealing, as soon as lie s aiw me stantling out:,ide. "1II;s she forgiven ille yet?" l"Tali with hin if you like; only hu mor him," said thie doctor. "I nlust :go anti give No. 7 his medicine now,' antd so sayin- he dlepartd,. leaving ine still standling before the door of Ni. 13. Turninig toward thie untfortunate young man I -oothlingly answered: "Yes; Emmna is -well and haIppy, and I think she will forgive yeul so-,. hlitt you have never told lle tl what ,he inhas to forgive." "Doln't you know? Then I w-ill tell you the hllole terrible story," said tlhe pale young mnatn with thle bunlting eyes; andli he begatl at once as follln.w:,: "I always hant a tonging for the stage, antd whln I bwcinel of age I at once started fo.r the city; in ordler to tcultivate Inmy natral] ability as an actor. After repeated efforts I sue ceeded in gtting a chance -as a 'supc' in one of thld relading theaters, and soon began to have more important parts assignedl me. "'lut I did not find theatrical life as congenial as I expectel anti biesles that Ity lI,,e for I Nmqlr . Garlsiuon la.s ilrais hii imie, back tO n iy ltiv, villa.id with an alti s irre's itb , piw r. ('ii. how bceaun.t. .hC was! NSi \o "wonler I no:rshiipu-l telvervs :ients that at S~vore, and 0il , ; . '. lim w h fi , . , ...." "Bq, at the end of two years, n, turned, only to find thalt a perfumed A dandy from the city was pnlding every effprt to win the girl .1" adored, and ap parently with a good show of success, it as he was a handsome and dashing fel- et low. I soon found out that 'he was a pitiful coward and sneak at heart, but ai of course Emma did not believe me tt when I told her so. She only laughed hi at me and said that I was jealoun di "Jealous! Yes, I was jealous. Who a would not have been with the hand ai and heart of-a girl like Emma Garrison r atstake? But in spite of that I knew Hlarry Claymore was a miserable pol- ti troonutterly unworthy of even enter- T ing.her pure presence. fI "When this man found that I toe a loved Emma, the manner he assumed b toward me was not to be endured. Hie , at once saw that he was ahead in the b race, and so felt. p malicious pleasure 3, in torturing me. 1l " 'I am going to call upon Miss Gar- d rison by invitation to-night,' said he to ' me, one day with a self-satisfied smirk. n 'Don't you wish she had invited you, a too?' " 'No; I don't,' I shortly answered t' as I turned awty. 'I don't want to a breathe the same air with such a pitiful r sneak as you are.' r_ " 'You had better come, anyway,' he h dalled after tae. 'I think she is quite t fond of me, but I should really like the t Opinion of a disinterested person like yourself.' a "I did not reply to the cutting taunt, v hut I made up my mind that if I could c keep Harry Claymore away from Em- s ma Garrison's side that night L would t do so, and I rather thought I could. 1 "Among the souvenirs of my theatrs 'I cal life were a skull mask and a suit of I black tights, I took some white cloth and cut from it outlines of all the prin- 1 cipal bones; these I sewed upon the front side of the latter and so produced a close imitation of the human skeleton t upon its dark background. That night t I put on my ghastly attire, wrapped a myself from head to foot in a long c black cloak, and set out for the home t of Emma Garrison. "There was a small cluster of trees near the house, through which I knew I my rival must pass; and beneath their I branches the shadows were deep and gloomy. Concealing myself among them I patiently watched and, waited t for his coming.. "It was only a short time before 1 I heard quick, light footsteps approach- f ing, and throwing the enveloping cloak t wide open I rushed toward the advanc- i figure with a deep and hollow groan. The pasteboard skull that concealed my face and the skeleton lines upon the tights gleamed white and ghastly against their inky background, and the moans I uttered were appalling, even to myself. "The figure stood stone still for an instant, then it sank in a heap on the ground with an awful shriek that will echo in my soul until my dying day. 1 turned and fled from the spot as an ex cited.thtong poured from the door of 'Mr. Garrison's house . with. lighted lanterns; and beguan searching for the aifthbrif that wild,nd riderthly cry. Im agine my surpriso and.consternation when I saw Harry Claiymore among them. "A moment later they were bending over.the figure prostrate in the road, and by the lights they bore I saw to my horror that it was the girl I adored who was lying there, writhing in terri ble convulsions and with the froth of agony flying from her quivering lips ~,he had been detained at a neigh!bor's that night, and I had terrified the dar - ling oflm hea-t with my heart with y ghastly ap parel, instead of her cowardly suitor as t I had intended. "She lingered along for several days r in awful agon-, but she passed rapidly from one hysteric fit into another, shricking with an insane terror all the time. Then I was told that she was - dead. Told, because that very night I was caiptured aind fotind while making t the most desperate efforts to ap~iroaeh i my sti icken darling's side. From that Sterrible time until now, how long I J know not, I have been kept" constantly under lock and key, and without a friend or a comfort.in the world. . "1 "Yes, they told me that my darling ; was dead. Dead whvile so young, so .beantiful, so gooi.l: and I who Iovedl her o with an all-absorbing love had been the cause of it. Dead, andt without e one word of forgiveness to him whose i idol she had been. De.v!, in the full ! bloom of maidenly love!iitess. It was I terrible. Ah! sir, never frighten any . one, even in sport, for you cannot e know what the result will be. liBut she will forgive rie yet. Some time she will come to me and tell me I so, and I am living in daily expectation i of a messa;e of love and pardon from her. Tell me, for the love of Heaven tell me, if you bring me any word from e Emma (iarrison." At that nmoment Dr. llayford re e turned, and nee went ldon.ustairs to the Sti tliee together, ,but I shall never forget the a:rpeara;nce of the grief-striceni i. mnanise as thi" outer door closed nm him i (,nce imiori. lie wass crouchlingf upon the I huior ill an attituide of misery an, lboee 1 less dej(ection, r'ockiing himss-lf back was-d naid forvwar.l in hiis despiair, and at tilmes giving utterance to the one sai appealing cry: i "Emma, Emma! 0. Elmma: forg!ver it mel I ,r the love of God come to me s andl asure me of your pardon:' I never saw the unfortutnate youlng It man again, ,as I returnedl ca.;t in a few Sidayi, but I heardl that he diied somo ; ears after, wreckedl and ruined in mind and body. despairingly insaune. e the victim of his own jealous action it \What a terrible warning against pir • .poscly frigi'htenin- people is contanlcid n in the sadl story of his a°st c.l life:--O - E Young, in Goialll's Sun. S --"I read myself to sleep on Dant.s'. t 'Inferno last nighlt, but I'l never io ii again." "Why? Did ~'ii b-are tead s dreams?" ".' I .lhoulh say so. I . tlhnuht I was walkin- thli floor wi:th s the baby all .aight.7- I:uffhal l.,per-rc. i" -.. -~evrr.llearl, i1- ones. i: I you eFt" hear the asi'ng of the .hir.t?' s.x-a.tng iLL & t"rJ, ~, A dd. - l-snet A'JVSs \wii4t chers 4ed T.Tar otn shirt couli r.. " ; - ,- ,, pr5 t cri..* " bs-rN. SIMPSON'S ROCK. pie A oanement to the Herolsm of a Oreat Indian Fighterr. i Out at Talidad, Col., Just south of the the town, is a huge, flat-topped took on plc the top of a hill perhaps three hundred hag feet high. It is called Simpson*a locki, pie and is one of the historical points in ori the west Indeed, it is a fragment of the history from that time when heroic the deeds made sacred by the spilling of the white man's blood ushered in the safe La and prosperous era of white man's stif rule, tog laimpsot was a ploieer and ctie to be the place long before the name of tio Trinidad was heard. le was a toj freighter, an finding many advantages is about the spot he prepared a home for wt his family on the bank of the Purga. the toir tiver. tie had a Wife Atd two A boys In his home at Santa Fe, and no fo, mnan ever more lovingly prepared a an lodge for his love than this rough on driver fashioned adwelling In far-away th Trinidad. He had everything in readi- str ness as he passed through to the east, let and meant to brlong out him wife and on Children on his next trip west. But lid the Indians had risen that fall and ne swept all the settlements down the wi river, They fOtrd iindpson's home just se' ready for occupancy, captured the men ro' he had employed to take care of it, and int then laid in wait without disturbing a ha thing till the owner should come. pu Simpson had seen signs of their ray- on ages, and knew the knife and brand be were devastating the country. lie cir- ilk cled around his cherished home and thi saw enough to warn him. Ilo drove to tie the foothills, south of the river, and began preparations for a guarded camp. br The Indians did not wa:t for barricades, TI but attacked at once. The helpers bo I .re slaughtered at the first assault, br but Simpson, with one canteen of co water, fought his way through the line an of screaming Utes and clxmbered up F< the hill. They followed him as well as ve they could, but darkness favored him, in I and he gained the hills. Next morning of early they found him, and he retreated th a lt'..le further up the hill, killing se- Pi cral of his assailants from a better in z cover. In the afternoon they drove to lhim from that, and he clambered a lit- at tie higher up. So the warfare went sn I on. lie had shot so many they would at not leave him alive, but they could not st I rapture him. The second night Simp-is ,on retreated to the very top. of. the in i hill, rolled up a shelter of stones in a e3 Sr.pt where he could command the one a e approach, and waited. IIe had eaten L nothing and could hope for no food. tI The only chance of deliverance lay in st d the possible coming of soldiers to G n avenge the massacre of settlers. Lying it y there in the broiling sun by day and s: e the chilling air by night, the grim old w n man watched sleeplessly, picking off ti his enemies as they crapt, one by one, fi n up the path. s e Day after day for a week, without ii I other food than cactus root, with no ji 1 water than that one canteen full, lie p :- stood off his enemies lie never shot n if till a head was in sight, and he always a d killed. Ten days, and lie prayed for a death. Eleven and he lost his cartridge b. belt. lie found it, feebly crawling A n iabout his little fort, on the evening of g the twelfth. . lie killed three Indians on the thirteenth. -"In the thick dark- a g ness before the dawn of the fourteenth s] , day he feltrather than saw an Indian at S1 Sthe path, and shot without a waver. b d lie heard the voiceless Ute roll down d i- the precipice and pumped in another e of cartridge. ti s That was his last. They found him 0 's so at noon, his deal eyes wide open, C r. his rifle laying along the rock, his g . pinched, heroic frame starved for food r s and famished for water, so thin that t' they spurned it with their feet. For h fourteen days he had fought them, and v then he had ,liedl defiant. Trinidad people have raised a cross to e mark his grave and pcrlpetrsate the P s memory of the most hopeless, the most v I surprising fight in all the Indian annals. f g -Chicago llHrald. i CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR MEN. d lHow to MTake a 're-tty It:lnting Case For e - the lIally Newslaper. 1 Christmas presents for fathers and brothers are often lharde=t to choose, especially when the work of one's own Shands is best appreciated. Among I r articles useful and pr.etty is a hanging case in which to keepi the daily paper. To make. it, a piece of buckram or any I stiff lining material is required for a 11 foundation, which should be thirty I inches l-ong and thirteen wilte. Cover e this on one side with drk blue plush 1 and on the c.-her with gold-colored si;esia. ,Let tt.e plush-lap ove r.the edgles about an inchl and he:n down nicely le upon the siclsia lining. If desired the 7Q plush may be previously stamped with the word newspapers, or with a flower m design, and out'ined with gold thread. n Then sew the ends of the strip to an gether, letting the joining c,,me at the back. Through one endl slip a small he git rot,! with chain attached, such as is Ssold i: the picture stores for mounting nanels or banners. This case is also very pret'y for cngravings or photo graphs. he A postal card holder is made of the Sc-lluloid t,) be f.oiunl in fancy goodls kstore. If cream-white celluloid and rcllow ribbun are used it is very p pretty. Cut an oblong piece fourteen inchcs long an l six inchsc wide. As Sthe polished surface is on one side only, face one end down for aboiut six inches ,.ith a,:uher piece of similar width. "r lhis is done bv culltting tiny slits in ' each corner and taking a few stitches o which are afterward coccated.L Then n turn up th* ther end to a line five iC. inchers from the top, ntting slits through Ti which narrow satin ribbon is r- passed andl the edges held firmly in l posi:ti on. 'lie the ribbon in pretty rosettes and sew them. Vith gold paint or ink letter the part turned over. For this a common wooden toothpick is preferable to the brush. 'Make two mrore slits at the upper end ad for the ribbon by which the holder is I 5iuspended. Filled s-ithl postal cards th and with a nice penhiolder laid inside, ' this makes a'present sure to bIe used. The v-ery best brush for sa ,fgeote i man's si;i - eaver hat can be made in tle fllswiug wasy Cut fro;u sti',f stc cardboard en or " five inches nug khd .il t'r'e inc-hers nI . Cit two similar an pieces from sc lething lighter; postal oards, being thin and tough, are exdel- & lent for these. Baste carefully over the thick piece a coe-ling of nice silk A plush, turning it over the edge about )eal half an inch. Covert the two thinner a pieces in the same way, but with silk des or satin of the same shade. Now ereass leat these latter ones lengthwise through the the center, taking an invisible stitch in A the middle to hold the satin down. em; tay the two halves together on the car stiff piece. The other halves will come ogs together and form the top, which may ceu be used as a handle, and baste in poet sua tion. oversew the edges and inish the me top with a small bow. The plush side the is used *t smooth the hat, and the cnt whole .say be folded flat and carried it. I the vest pocket. re A threaded needlebook is convenient th for the boys who are asway at school wi and have an occasional button to sew to on0 but dread the preparation more pa than the sewing. This is made of a tet strip of lining material half a yard in A length and three inches wide, coverg4. an, on one side with a satin ribbon arid Va lined With white cashmere or flan- fro nel. Thread needles of different sizes with dark and light cotton and sw sewing sillk. Run them in parallel fer rows, taking up long stitches at regular' intervals. Double the thread so as to the have a long needleful. which may be wi pulled out all rerdy for use. Across tw one end of the book a fiat pocket may for be added and filled with the buttons gls likely to be needed. The whole can we then he rolled up or folded flat and un tied with a ribbon. A novel way to make a handsome qu broom case is in shape of a butterfly. It The materials required are stiff paste board, some pieces yellow and golden we brown plush and yellow satin, a ball of th. copper tinsel and some bright spanglcs fey and odds and ends of mbItroidry silk. For the body a roll of brown plush or he velvet, about five inches long and an wi inch in diameter, is used Severr; strips of of the tinsel are wound around it. Cut rah the wings from pasteboard in twe to, pieces, the larger ones to measure tea ha inches across, and five from top to bot- ho tom, the smaller ones, six inches across, and four from top to bottom. Cover bl smoothly with the plush, and decorate tr4 according to the pattern, -vith silk go stitches and lines of tinsel A'spangle is put at the end of each straight line of in the wings. Add two black beads for re eyes, and some pieces from the web of p a black ostrich plume for the antenn. sll Lap the upper section of wings over the lower and confine with a few th stitches. Line the back with satin. th Cover on both sides a strip of c-ard six st inches long and four wide with the satin. Bend the butterfly's wings back- ea ward, creasing the card a little through cp the middle, and then sew the body h, firmly in place. Sew the ends of the hi satin-covered strip on the back, draw ing it. rather closely, so a; to allow i just room enough to slip in a pretty pearl-handled whisk-broom. Ribbons h matching the plush in color are added at top and bottom.-Chicago Herald. g HER SECRET. p A Thiundertorm Causes a Painfal Con • -. . . euton.. 2 The well-known fact that "out T the ii abundance ofa the 'hdit ''the mouthy speaketh" was amusingly illustrated a short time ago at a large and fashiona ble hotel on the North Shore. A thun- O der shower which tame on early in the evening increased to violent propor- % tions and was accompanied by a gale f of wind which shook the house and caused considerable alarm among the el guests. Many of those who had already el retired to their rooms came out into tl t the corridors, while the 'gentlemen ti r hastened about assisting in closing A windows, fastening doors, etc. ti A sudden blinding flash of lightning, o followed by a heaidy crash of thunder, tl proved too much for the already over- n t wrought nerves ofone member of the tl fair sex. Rushing from her room, she precipitated herself into the arms of a gentleman who happened to be passing A " down the hall at that moment. "Oh, save me!" she cried. "The housa will be struck; I know it will." c 1 Mistaking her in the dim light for a married friend.of his wife, he diseri n gaged himself somewhat 'hastily from g her clinging arms and sail, .dryly: g "There isno danger, madam. But why I do you not go to your hpsband?" "'I y haven't any. I hai'en't any." she a sobbed hysterically. "Oh, I i.ish I y had." The gentleman who tells the I 'r story says that the pent-up longing in h the tone in which the last five words d were uttered was a revelation in itself. .s --oston ;Gaette. Opening Letters ly Law. e "I noticed a short time ago," said a i h Washington official. "that some objec tion was made by a Mir. Pell, of the Sana . omingo Shore Line road, to the open- i 0 ing of a private letter by the chief of the secret service bureau. It is not genernily known that the rules of the , post offilce department empower iT. splcctors to open suspicious letters at Sdiscretion. The public appear to be Svery much astonished at this proceeld ing mentioned, but I assure you that it e is carried to a greater extent than even Is those who know all about it suppose. id In fact, under the rulesof the postoffice Y i department, almost any private letter n can be opened and rend. This will sur p rise some people, 1 presumnie. bat it is Snevertheless true, and a refererxe to the private instructions to post mflice inspectors which are in printed fdrm, wiil convince anybody of it Whether such secret priv-ileges are ever used n illegitimately would be difficult to find e out. It is a good deal like arresting a ghman on suspicion. As a matter of fact, therefore, you will see the United i nStates mails are no more sacred than the mails in Russia or any other coun try so far as government espionage is concerned."-N. Y. Herald. .h -John II. Parnell a brother of the d Irish leader, says he thinks the. "un. ts crowned king" left a considerable es ds tate, though much of it may have been le, consumed in the litigation forced upon him in his last years At the time of le- iisgreae test affuence he was wortlh in l .I:.,0. Ile.had an: estate':oa Cunrty ii W'iicklow, some-a3one '-,sa'yse coppor thu mines' ind rillsa but it IpnnmLaowl? laxy .vlmbhhe they wea martps"4. - FORU OF HABIT. I The Dog Uied to Be on the stege sa -1 A very tall and very slim young man leaned against a eloed gatb Ia troi6t;,' 'a house in the suburbs and brushed the deat from a pair of well-worn patent leather shoes as he watched a 4pg an, the othar ide.. Around his shoulders swuoeg dh empty portfolio, and in one hand be carried, in a bound volume, the autobi ography of a great and recently de ceased war generaL The fact that the autobiography was written for com mercial purposes during the week of., the war general's funeral does not enter into our story. It was the plain ambition of the dog to reach the slim man's checked trousers through the pickets of the fence, and while his efforts in thatdireetionfailed to interrupt the thorough polish of the patent leathers, they attracted'the at tention :and interest of a third party. A& short man. whose costume of rags and dirt showed evidences of veteran vagrancy, was limping toward the gate from across toe street. "For a quarter, pardner," he said, swinging himself easily to a seat on the fence, "I'll call off th' dog." The slim young man looked hard at the stranger, who endured the scrutiny with cheerfulness, and then reached two fingers into his vest pocket. Be fore withdrawing them, however, he glanced at the dog, whose blazing eyes were turned on the ragged man with unmistakable desire. "Go ahead," he said. "I'll leave a quarter on the fence and you can have it when you come back-alive." The stranger waited until the coin was deposited on top of a picket, and then slid to the ground inside the fenoe. Thrusting one foot in fron of him, he raised his right hand and pointed with a dramatic effect toward the rear of the yard. Then, as the dog came rapidly in his direction with every front tooth visible and the slim young man's hair arose on his head, he whispered hoarsely: "B'gone, Tirego! See'st thou the bloody trail of thy unhappy mis tress-s-s-and destest tjon wait! B'g gone, I say!" A look of surprise stole over the face of the dog as he brought. himself to' .a reluctant halt. Thea, .at the.last word, pis nose dropped to the ground and he. slunk across the lawn. - Th1I ragged man: came and opened the gate, while his companion wiped the perspiration from his forehead and stopped to pick up the autobiography. "D' dog use'ter work on d' stage," explained the stranger, abstracting the quarter and sounding.it against a nail head in the fence, "an' he ain't fergot his part. But-'f you'll excuse me--" "Certainly," said the slim young man. "mD' ain't. much rise t' go in dat house." The other was already inside the gate with his book opened at the first page, and he turned about "Why not?'! he demanded. "B'cuz d' people moved away las' falL. .D.cdog b'longs to de actor w'at lives nex' door. '-N. Y. Telegram. 'IMMENSITY. OF AUSTRALIA. One rhase of the Subject Which Americans Often Miss. Among the tacit misconceptions into which distant critics are most likely to. fall about antipodean affairs is that, which is based upon ignorance of the enormous area and possibilities of the colonies. Especially is this likely in the United States, where the assump tion may be that, as the population of Australia is about the same as that of the thirteen original seaboard colonies of America, the surface over which they are distributed is also approxi mately the same. As a matter of fact there is no such proportion. New South Wales alone is as large as they were: Tasmania, the Rhode Island of Australia. is as large as that state with Ni ew Jersey, New Hampshire and Mas sachusetts added; Victoria, the smallest colony of the continent, is equal in size to Great Britain; Qieensland surpasses the united areas of Austria, France and Germany; South Australis one-third greater than Queensland, is nearly as e large as Western Australia, which of itself has nearly four times the extent of Texas, while the two colonies to gI ether are larger than the whole of e Europe without Russia The seven n colonies between them occupypa terri tory greater than that of the United States. excluding Alaska. It is true that at present Australia has barely four millions inhabitants, but these a immense areas represent a potential - population to which it is impossible to a set bounds. No part of the continent . is so hot and so unhealthy as to forbid f white settlement, and if the strip of low-lying coast lands in the north be is omitted there is no parrt of it yet colon zed in which Europeans cannot work. st Port Darwin, the country about the a Gulf of Carpenlaria. and an indefinite - belt toward the northwest lie within t the tropics and are suitable for tropical n productions; but the high plateau of . northern Queenslnad, which runs close 5 to the sea, is found thoroughly healthy r for English miners and graziers and r- enjoys a bracing winter. The back coun is try, though' waterless by ~omparison to with the Mississippl valley, is able to o carry stock well in most seasons and n, with well tank\s and dams may be made er to dobae in all years. The desert coun ed try of eastern Australia has yet to be ad found.-Scribner's. Clrcumetances Alter Price. Genteel Customer--I want a pair of ad bracelets an .TJeweler--John, bting those plain gold Shbrace!eta For your wife? Customer-N-no: for my typewriter. Jeweler-Never mind, John., Bring he me those fine diamond goods.-Jewel n- ers' Weekly. es -A tailor was startled the other day on by the return of a bill which be had o sent to an editor with a nttie that the S"mansceript" was. respectfully de 'Uined. . . pr -Perfnmed'oil %pr:lrld. sa iibry • sbelves, nuchL as ol ~t sittlfr; w py. - ent aIid on boo"b