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ST. CHARLES HERALD.
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Published Every Saturday, iu a Rich Sugar, Molasses and Rice Producing Country.
VOLUME XII.
HAHNVILLE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1884.
NUMBER 37.
DOLLIE.
She sport.» n witching; Keren
With * ruffe up and down
On the skirt.
She is gentle, she is shy:
But there's mlseliier in her eye.
She's a flirt !
Fho displays'a tiny glovo,
And a da nty little love
Ofashoo;
•And sho wears her ha a tilt
Over bangs that never w4£
In the dew.
'Tis rumored chocolate creams
Are the fabric ot her dreams—
But enough !
illtnow be.tond a doubt
Ihat sho < arrios them about
In herinulf.
With her dimples and her curls
Sho exasperates the gir s
Past belief:
They hmt that she's a cat.
And delightful things like that
h In their grief.
It is shocking, I declare!
But whn '.lo 's ! 'o lie care
Wtton the beaux
Como tiooking to her feet
Like t he bees atound a sweet
I-ittle to tot
—Samuel Minium Peck , In Manhattan.
"BILL, THE WHITTLES."
A Chat With a Genius in on Old Church
at Kirkwood—Wonderful Automata Con
alrucled With the Aid of Only a Jack
Knife—A Model of the Strasburg Cathe
dral Which Will Astonish the World.
One of the most eccentric characters
In Missouri - if not in the entire Missis
sippi Valley—is Wm. Yohe, of Kirk
wood. He is better known as "Bill,
the Whittier." Bill daims to be the
champion wh ttler in the world. With
an ordinary pen-knife he has demon
Stra f d his ability to make almost any
thing a carpenter, a cabinet-make or
wood-carver can make with a full set of
edged tools. He occupies an old church
in i\ irk wood which he has ti le I almost
completely with curiosities of a novel
as well as. ut eful charaeter with the aid
•of his trusty hone handled knife. The
suçetalors who tako the tionble to visit
fn« museum will lind the collection as
interesting a: the piiturosof a famous
art gallery. A short time ego Bill made
the announcement, through the Repub
lican, that he would throw the church
doom open on a certain day in order
ihat those who desired to see his con
trivances might gratify their curiosity.
After that date no person would be ad
mitted, as he proposed to b gin the
greatest unde tak'ng of his life, viz.,
the construction of a g'ganticautomatic
concern that would sur| a-s anything of
t! e kind the world had ever seen. The
population of Kirkwood, with scarce y
an exception, accepted Bill's invitation,
■and all day during his reception the
church was filled with people Ever
since that eventful day the people of
Kirkwood have looked upon Bill as the
ciglflh wonder of the world. Hearing
ot hj.s Waxing fame, a ltcpublican re
porter visited Kirkwood yisterday and
had a very pleasant interview with
"Bill."
A VISIT TO THE OLU CHURCH.
The ltcpublican's representative,
whe.i he asked where the old church
was located, was told that it was use
less to go there, as "Bill, the Whittier,"
was whittling therein with doors closed,
agthec*'
1 by a i _
«door containing these words: "Posi
tively no admittance." He knocked,
however, and to his surprise received a
response from a clear, manly voice that
articulated in a very pleasant tone the
words: "Come in." The scene within
was strange enough to look upon. It
was quite apparent that the place had
been used as a place of worship, hut it
looked more like a museum and car
is
I
of
Ö n redchmg the church the repoi ter was
confronted ny a play caid onthetront
pouter-shop combined yesterday. Bill
was siti ng oirifc bench with a section of
a cigar-box in one hand and his favorite
bone-handled kui e in the other
whittling away as tiiough the destiny of
the world depended upon his ability to
complete his work, 'lhe blade of the
knife he used was about an inch long
and tapered all the way from the hilt to
the point.
"Well, Bill," said the reporter, break
ing the monotonous silence that pre
vailed. "they say you are the champion
whittler of the world."
"A' es, and I am willing to whittle
anything against any man living.
•There is only one whittler on the face
of the earth who can even approach my
work, and that person is Monkey John
of Chicago. Monkey John would not
whittle agains; me,'for he and 1 have
whittled together and he knows what
I tan do. 1 was born in St. Louis, on
Morgan street, in the building occupied
years ago by the old Mound City bak
ery.
I
"When in my teens 1 became the ap
prentice of a millwright, but before my
time, was out, at the beginning of the
wÄir, Aran away from home and joined
the Dfiion army as a member of Cap
ta u G. W. Tenu'» company. While
serving a; a soldier I had one of the
toes of my right foot shot off and could
have had a pension had I seen fit to ap
ply for one. However, I had a little
pride that prompied me to vow 1 would
never,call upon 1 noie Sam for Assist
ance a* long as I could use a knife and
obtain a inelibood by whittling. It may
appear stpaoge to you, but it is true,
rieverthe'es-s, that I never knew I had
any extraordinary gift for whittling
unt 1 I had reached my twenty-third
year. Tire« I made a toy house for my
sister, which was so universally admired
-that I determined to manufacture other
curiosities. The first piece of import
ance I whittled was a complete model
of the < astle Bmgcn-on-the-Khine. This
piece was finished in 1878, and con
tained 5b0 windows. It is now owned
by a gentleman residing inClayconnty,
'Ibxbs The next piece was the model
of the steamship Br.stol, copied from an
(■»graving ou » baud b-U,
*T defy any artist to eclipse my work
with either a pencil or brush. An artist
may draw a picture as perfectly as ho
possibly can and hand it to me to re
produce in wood, and I will improveon
the picture. Some men think because
they can make a wooden chain with a
knife they are great whittlers. There
is no trick in making a simple chain, as
the man who makes one link ca« make
foity. Scrolling is by far the most diffi
cult work a man cai^do with a knife.
I tan carve perfectly a leaf or an ani
mal. With a simple pocket knife 1 have
made over S00 models which occupy
places in the Patent Office.
THE MODEL OE A STKAMSHir.
"About a year ago I made the model
of a steamship for parties in Europe.
They were so well pleased with it that
they paid me $850 for my work. This
model was run by steam and could
travel through the water at the rate of
sixteen miles an hour. My aptitude
for whittling is a gift as natural to me
as an ear for music is to some other
men. After a piece of work is finished
I often look at it with astonishment and
wonder how 1 ever succeeded in mak
ing it so complete in every detail. I
cannot draw, and know next to nothing
about mathematics, yet my propoitions
in every piece of work I make are al
ways remarkably correct. W hen 1 look
at a picture which I intend to represent
in wood, I unconsciously measure its
proportions with the eye. I will wager
my life almost that I can whittle out
any automatic contrivance ever invent
ed" in the space of a year l ni l this
year I was not aware that anything
more than a living could bo made by a
whittler, but now I entertain a diffe ent
opinion, 'lhe most I ever made on a
piece prior to this year was twenty
dollars, which was cleared on a rail.e.
A BROAD DECLARATION.
"In two weeks I can complete in ev
ery detail lhe model of any ship ever
built; and 1 will construct any kind of
a machine ever invented and make it
run in an eight-ounce bottle. All this
sounds very strange to you, yet every
word of it is true."
"Bill, the Whittler," is now engaged
on an automatic device, which, when
completed, will contain 23",'>08 distinct
pieces and 1,100 movements. These
movements will all be controled by a
wheel, to bo propelled with sand. The
device will contain a complete model
of the L-trasburg C athedral, a complete
model of the New York At West bhore
hailway depot at Butlalo, with all ils
employes at work, Noah's ark with all
the animals and Mr. and Mrs. Noah on
board, a steamship rocking to and fro
on the face of the mighty deep, a sand
engine and bridges, towers, etc. The
device will be equipped with 82,COO
pieces to be put in motion, and it will
contain 100,uOO illuminations.
and
ate
on,
lar
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1
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A FAITHFUL COPY.
In every respect the Strasburg
Cathedral model will be a fathful copy
of the original. At regular intervals
200 child: en will ) ass out of the C hapel
and the main aisle of the church to the
alter, and the twelve Apostles will ap
pear at the proper times over the dial
of the clock, .which is to contain 100 il
luminations. When the bulls in tlio
spire of the cathedral ring a queen will
appear before the cross. A full-rigged
brig, to Le represented on the hoso u of
the ocean making a voyage, lias already
been completed. It is compose ! of
1,800 different pieces and weighs only
eight ounces. In the towers of the rail
way depot there will be four clo ks.
Noah's ark. which is complete, is forty
inches long, with a nine-in h hold, and
a nine-inch beam, measuring twenty
inches from keel to deck, and containing
3,4' 0 pieces. Th s remarkable curiosity
the famouB whittler made in eight days,
with his pen-knife. When complete all
the pieces of the automatic concern will
occupy a space forty-eight by sixteen
feet. The depot is to he nine feet eight
inches and a half high, and will occupy
a space of fourteen by eleven feet.
A DESTROYER OF CIGAR BOXES.
As the figures pass to and fro pan
oramic views will move along behind
the scroll work near the depot,
roak ng this automaton, Bill has thus
far whittled up 2,250 cigar-boxes and600
feet of lumber. The stationary engine
connected with the concern lias been
finished, a Ltd. it contains only < ne piece
of iron, a crank shaft eighteen inches
long. It was whittled out and works
perfectly. The automaton when com
pleted will certainly be one of the
grandest devices of tho kind ever con
structed. Mr. "Bill, the Whittler," lias
two partu rs, and it is their intention to
take the automaton to Europe after ex
hibiting it in a few of the larger cities
of the i nited States.
Said Bill to the reporter, as he cut a
notch in the lid of a cigar box: "I have
every reason to telieve my work, when
it is shown to the wo ld, will create a
sensation. I do not say this in any
egot stical spirit. Persons who have
seen all the copies of the Strasburg
Cathedral aaid other automatic curiosi
ties declare my present venture will lay
over them all. I am still a compara
tively young man and proposo to do
something 'to prove to the world that I
am all 1 claim when I say I am the
champion whittler of the world.
'they will not meet him.
"Mauy w hittlers have laid claim to the
championship, yet not one of them will
meet me in a contest. I have given this
class many opportunities to try conclu
sions with me. I will even lay a wager
that no whittler or moehanic in the
country can take down and put up my
automata in two weeks, and that I can
accomplish the feat in three hours.
Like, the builders of Solomon's temple
I make and fit every piece of the auto
maton uefore putting it up, and every
piece fits perfectly.
"-omo years ago I constructed a
FB'-Uel ot tie btfito oapltol o( Texas,
as
I
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a
of
it
and the concern conta'ned 62,844 sepaiC
ate pieces. The work was completed in
two months and twenty-one days.
"The automaton I am now working
on, I have told you, will bo run with
sand. A large sand dome will be
placed over a wheel with buckets simi
lar to thoso of a water wheel. The
sand pouring into those buckets con
stantly will cause it to revolve anil run
the other machinery connected with the
figures of the automaton. The engine
room will contain a negro figure in the
a t of sawing wood, and several other
figures. The four bridges and tho
towers connected with them will be
equippod with railroad tracks. When
a miniature train passes over these
bridges its weight will cause ninety-one
i gures the towers contain to move about
in various directions. The bridges con
tain in the aggregate 87!) Jiieces.
HE HAS AN AMBITION.
"I have an ambition, but whether it
will over bo realized is a question very
difficult to answer at the present time.
1 want to spend four years in Europe in
constructing, from the originals, models
of the historical stri dures of the E: st
ern continent. After returning from
Europe it is my intention to whittle out
the models of tho capitol buildings of
thirteen d fferent States and a model of
the United States capitol building.
I hen, if I am able, 1 want to secure a
building in St. Louis and e tablish a
museum that will su pass anything of
its kind in the world."
Those who examine "Bill's" work arc
never surprised when they hear him
speak of ins contemplated trip to
Europe. Probably no artist has over
had a I etter reason for desiring to visit
Europe than "Bill the Whitt e;."
As tho reporter was about to leave
his place he said to him: "You can stato
if you desire that I will give any me-i
chanic $50 ) who will take down and
put up my automaton in three week ,
and 1 will agree to perform tho feat iu
three hours.— St. Louis ltcpublican.
Fashion in Bogs.
' Evcrv now and then attention
drawn to some canine novelty, or, on
the contrary, the very rarity of a onee
popular variety in like manner forces
itself upon the public, or at lca-t upon
that portion of the public who : re sup
posed to take more than a passing in
terest in matters appertaining to dogs.
During the present quarter of acentury
very groat changes liavo been wrought
in almost every breed common to the
Britisli Isles; and not only liavo there
been these changes in existing breeds,
but others new to I his country have be
come popularized, and in at least one
instance to so great an extent as to se
riously interfero with other variét és
which are e ;nally useful, perhaps more
so, and decidedly more handsome.
With theincrcasiug popularity of shows
came a turning point in the history of
tho dog. It was soon found that an
animal had the greater chance of suc
cess in the ring the cleaner it was
shown, and the more comely it was in
Appearance. A rough, unkempt,
unwa hed, unca eu-lor crea
ture, whose home was in
the converted sugar barrel in the back
yard though the bluest of blue blood
might beat in his veins, as long as he
remained so. had not the ghost of a
chance of beating its less-pedigreed
brother whose homo was the parlor, or
even the kitchen, and whoa e "tubbed"
each Saturday or some other night with
as great regularity ns are the chi dien
themselves. Befo e the exhibition era
the bull terrier was kept as a lighting
dog; the terriers to kill rats in the pit,
or to draw badgers; tho I nil-dog was
oftener the pet of the pugilist than the
cqjnpanion of the gentleman; the
mastiff and tho bloodhound wore re
tained on the estates possessed by the
owners of baronial mansions, li ing in
the kennels there; while the pugs toy
spaniels and Italian greyhounds found a
cozy corner, in my lady's boudoir.
The hounds and sporting dogs generally
held their own position in society. They
could not be done without and had
flourished, ami would no doubt have
continued so to do without the int r
fe.euue of any intlucr.eo outside that
their owners and admirers would have
brought to bear in tho ordinary course.
But as exhibitions gained in popularity
it b came the fashion of the man or
woman who was fond of a dog to kee
one. of some distinctive breed, and
possible good enough to show perhaps
to win a prize. One success begat an
other, until a mere admirer of tno dog
of
n
it
g
became an ardent fancier; in plaoo ol
one he would keep half a dozen, and
each so good as to equal or surpass
those of his neighbor. At least, such
was the ambition which prevailed. A
new trade, indeed, sprung up; before,
the dealings had for tne great part beon
confined to men, many of them most
respectable, who boro no good rcjiuto
because they were dog fanciers." Later
these professionals had, so to speak,
their noses well-nigh put out of joint,
for the trade was entered into by cap
ita'ists, who, always liking a bargain
over a horse, now found a more re
munerative and less troublesome one in
buying and selling dogs; and when
some of then) could obtain a name for
knowledge of canine matters in ad
vance of tiieir. less fortunate fellow
men they were invited to judge at cer
tain shows, and thus placed in a more
favorable position than ever for the
purchase and sale of canin - live stock.
So fashion varied, and that which was
once upon a time considered trade tit
only to be carried ou in connection
with a "public" or beer-house in due
course so rose in respectability as to be
in advance of that o! the araat ur wine
or c gar merchant, who seeks to poison
or iiuiocate his friends in order that h)
may be a few pounds per rnnum the
richer .--London '
A Kalnjr Bay.
It is a genuine rainy day—not show
ery, nor mill and drizzling—hut there
is the sound of abundance of rain."
The t ,:r-!y earth drink» up tho rain
AIIU t ur.'iy Ull ES» utilisai IIJ« »IIV lam.
And drinks and (rasps for drink again.
It is likely to have enough of it tide
time, for the windows of Heaven are
open, and at this rate, before night, the
dry wayB will he turned into brooks
and the brooks into rivers.
Suppose there are some persons to
whom th's rainy day is a groat disap
pointment; it interferes with their plans
and disturbs their appointments. But
to others it com -s as a benediot'on; it
is just the day for indoor work, wo
have a good excuse for not leaving the
house, aud the weather is an effectual
protection against the intruside or vex
atious visitors. We can settle down to
our writing or reading, or whatever
eiso we have to do, without tho danger
of interruption, and this gives a charm
to our work. Wo are, of course, vorv
sorry for those who are not allowed to
stay within tho doors, let the weather
be as it may—for the milkmen, the
butchers, the bakers, the postmen and
others who must face the sto m. even
if the rain comes down in torrents; but
then, they are used to it, and have long
since accepted it ns one of the inoidonts
of their location.
We would npt care to live in a rogion
where it seldom rained. By scientific
in igation good crops may be made to
grow, but the artificial ditch is a poor
substitute for ttie rain, l'ooplo want a
l.ttle vari ty in tho weather, as they do
in everything elso. V\ e en oy things
oy conti'iist, and' the long, driving atom
makes the morning all the more glori
ous when tlio sun comes out.
In the first place the ra n washes the
atmos|ihere. of its foul odors, swoops
away into lhe river the decaying su >
stan" os which would breed pestilence
on the land, replaces the stagnant wa
ters with the dews of hca.cn, nnd
furnishes to man the only effectual
material for its purifient ou. Gne thing
which the rain does is to regulate tho
temperature. Another function of lhe
rain is that of vivifier. Life would be
inijiossibie if there was no rain. \ ege
tatiou of all k nd would w.thor, beasts
and birds would die, and tho habitation
of man would be desolate. i- till an
other office of the rain is that of a fer
tilizer. V\ ater is tho medium by which
nil that goes to form the substance of
living tilings is brought into contact
with and assimilated hy them. The
roots of a tree may bo imbedded in tho
richest soil, tho warm sunshine m -y
play upon its leaves, all Hie
materials that are ind spensnblo
to its growth may hover about it,
but unlesss thoie is moisture to open
the pores aud convoy to it its loud, it
will soon die. The desert is such from
want of water; let tho rain come, and
after a little while the wilderness will
bloom wilh fördere lldestino was onee
n land flowing with milk and honey
it is fiarron now because the rain has in
ag.eat measure ceased to fall,
1 hero are some mysteries about tho
rain which science has novor fully re
solved. Sometimes we have what is
called a very dry season—for weeks or
months there is no rain, and yet the up
per air must he full of moisture, for tlio
evaporation of the ocean is never sus
pended. There is all the alternation of
heat and cold which is needed in order
to tho condensation o' that flioist.ure,
but, from some cause, communication
between the earth and the clouds seems
to be suspended But in any event it is
satisfaction to know that men can
never stop tho rain when tlio clouds are
ready to empty themselves; if they
could we should be at tho mercy of
hay-makers and oxcursionis's and
coach proprietors. Une of tho profound
sayings that lias come down lo us from
antiquity is this: "When If rains let it
tion
The
able
and
iug
It
erts
Joa
an
of
the
rain." We do well to accept this with
out qualification, for wo doubt whether
it is in the power of man to regulate
the ra n and tho sunsh'nu to any nette
advantage, even if the matter woro put
under his control.— Wacerly Maijaune.
en
to
(Jiicer ton voyances.
Some birds are known to fly long dis
tances carrying their young on their
backs. Small birds take pa-sage Aördsfl
the Mediterranean' Sea on the hacks of
larger and stronger ones. They could
not fly so far. i heir streng h Would
give out and they Would drop in tiie
water. Along the northern shore of
the sea, iu autumn, these little brdS as
semble to waft the Coming of cranes
from the north, as people wait for the
train at a railroad station. With the
first cold blast the eranas- arrive, flock
after flock. They utter a peculiar cryi
as of warning or calling, It attsW r«
the same purpose as Ihfi ringing of tlio
bell whelt the train is about to start.
The small birds understand it. They
get excited.. They hasten aboard,
scrambling for places. The first to
Como get the best seats. If the passen
gers are too many, some will have to
flit baek to tho hedges till the next
train. How they chatter good-byes—
those who go aud thoss who Slav- No
tickets have they, but all the same they
are conveyed safely. Doubtless the
great birds like this warm covering for
their backs. In th s way the small
birds pay their fare. And it is these
last who must be out in the wet if it
storms. The little passengers are of
different species, like Americans, Irish,
Germans and Chinese traveling to eth
er in ears or steamships. Their journey
':ig[
ft
takes them through the a r, high above
waters. They are
the wide sweep ol
close companions on the way. By and
by they reach the beautiful south'eoun
try. 1 herp they build nesis and sing
sweetly, as they build hero Hnd slug for
M« in our happy summer time. Judutd,
God cares foe tji«
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
—It is now stated that the substitu
tion of iron for wooden sleepers on
railroads is only a question of timo.
The change has already made consider
able progress in Germany.
—Paper labels may bo removed
from bottles by wetting tho surfaco
and holding for an instant over any
convenient flame. The steam pene
trates tho label at once and softens tho
paste. — Exchange.
—The growing of ohioory is boeom
iug an important California industry.
It is said that $3,000 worth is sold
monthly irom tho plantations on Rob
erts and l'nion Islands, in the San
Joa ,uin delta .—San Francisco Call.
—A New York ice- ream manufac
turer claims to be able to make ice
cream keep a year iu just as good
condition as when first made. It is in
brick form, about 8x1x3 inèhos, and
wrappod up in wbito paper.— N. Y.
Mines.
—Literature comes every year more
and mure completely under the dom
inance of newspapers, and now that
an ingenious inventor has devised a
proves - hy which, with tho aid of oleo
tricity and photography, 3 0,000 copies
of a sheet may be printed in an hour,
everything else may ns well retire from
the field. — N. T. Times.
After spending a small fortune in
experimenting, a New York photogra
pher succeeded in so diffusing and soft
en ng the shadows cast by tue electric
light that it answers every purpose of
sunlight in photography, 'lno method,
however, w.ll never' be generally
adopted on ncuoutit of the expense at
tending it.—AT. Y. Sun.
A Connecticut whittler has cut
from a single block a group of figures
representing a span of horses attached
to a carriage in which are seated two
men. Even tlio spokes of tho wheels
are perfect, and tlio wheels res olvo on
their axles freely. Tho harness is com
plete in evory detail, a id ran be moved
on the horses. Several months morn
will be required to perfect the m nor
details. -Hurt ord Co traft'.
—Bricks made of cork now con
stitute one of the new German in
dustries. '1 he usual size is ton hy four
and three-foùrths and two and à half
in- hos. They are prepared from small
corks, refuse and cement, and have not
only been used for certain building
purposes, on account of their lightness
and isolating properties, but are also
employed as a covering for boilers in
preventing tho radiation of heat.—
Chicago Herald.
—Astronomers, sav that tlio length ol
the year has not diminishe I ten sec
onds in 2JKH) years, nnd that eon
luently the mean distance of our
planot from the sun is only about
twenty miles less turn itwa< twenty
ceutunes ago. At til's rate it would
take a hundred million of years to
bring us a million of miles nearer thd
sun, or less than a third of tho present
range of distance due to tlio cooen
trieity of tho earth's orbit.
< PITH AN» POINT.
—A.Pennsylvanian named Burt poi
soned himself last. week. He took a
bottle full of morphine. He had four
wives living. No cause for the rash act
can be assigned. Hurlinr/thn Nankei/e.
—An anxious inquirer Wants to know
the fashionable color for dog's pants.
— P.iladclpMa Call. Well, we'll toll
you; we delight to Impart useful in
formation, ltispurp —1.— Oil Cilg Der
rick.
— An inventory of a Boston lady who
died in 1763 contained an entry of olio
"silk harlequin counterpane," valued
at c'ghl shillings. Dear! dear! An i
everybody thought tho crazy quilt was
something new.—/ oston Trans-riph
A great Unsettled question In this
country is, "When does a young lady
cease to bo young?" The worldgenor
orally says after she has become
grandmother; but some women wont
have it that way. — Yonkers (Id teil
— Professor, who is instructing the
class in history as lo the character
the American Indian: "Why does an
Indian usually make up his mind more
tjuiokly than a White man?" L mall
boy:' "Because he generally has less
mind to make up.— dulden Days
— A toï.oise Leafing tho inscription
W.,.1774," was found in a grove
hear here yesterday. There is nothing
bogtls about it, either, V\w know tho
young man who cut the initials and
date on tho tortoise only two days be
fore it was found, - Norristown lkrald.
—What is my opinion Of ltfck? it
seeing wilh both eyes shift w hat nobody
elfiti can s8o W'th both eyes open,..
.....- Ills r
Whit is my opinion of labor?
thd
hard shell around th ■ milk in the * ocoa
nut. . .What is my opinion of love? It
is a pretty honeysuckle, with a raw
bumble bee in It .— Merchant Traveler.
—The daughters of Longfellow, while
the guests of Mrs. Ole Bull, in Norway,
this summer, will take a trip to see tno
midnight sun. What a Strange place
Norway must be. In this country the
girls do not have to take any trip to see
the midnight son. The midnight son
generally takes the trip to see them.—
'(mien Statesman.
-They were standing at the front gate.
"How bright the moon is to-night,
George, dear!" she said. "Yes," re
plied George, "It is a perfect evening."
•■Do you put any faith in Mr. Wiggin's
alleged dis o ery of another moon—a
dark moon?" 'he asked. "Well, I
hard.y know what to think about the
matter. Suoh a discovery may bo pos
sible, but I don't know In fact,' he
continued, frankly, "when I was at cob
leae i never paid any attention tq bob
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COMMERCIAL LAW.
Brief IflfMt. of Lato Koctslon«.
(Compiled Spooiekf lor the Midland In In*
trial Gazette. St- Louis. Mo.1
EXECUTION—PARTIES IN INTEREST MAI
AGREE WHAT PURCHASE SIA'Y
embrace.
A, B and 0 owned a certain tract ol
land, each an undiv sled one-third. A's
interest was passed by a sale under a
(iced of trust given by him, and 1) be
came tho owner of such interest, sub
ject to a judgment against A and B,
which was a prior lien to that of th«
trust deed, if became the purohnsof
at tho sale under o edition of, this
judgment. E having a later judgment
against A und B, after tlio expira. ion
of twelve months, redeemed from th«
first execution sale and levied upon the
land, and to keep 1> from bidding at
the sale, by an arrangement with B
ami 1), agreed to hid off tho land on Ids
execution, and that the sale should in
no manner affeot the title hold by D
to the undivided one-third of tho Und,
or the interest of A, he had bought
under h s doed of trust. In this eiusö,
Kell vs. Worden appealed 1o the Su
premo Court of Illinois, itwivt held
that tlio contract, was a valid and bind
ing one and timt K by Ills purehns 1 at
tho Short IV sa'e. acquired only Jb's un
divided one-third of tlio land.
LIFE INSURANCE—FALSE ANSWERS lit
APPLICATION. -
The insured stated in his application
that, nhne of his no ir relatives had b ien
afflicted with consumption, whe.eiws,
in fact, he lift! near relatives who wore'
so ft'l loled. The answer In the sub on
this policy was nold I« he bad for fail
ure to state ihu naiai'Siuvd degree of re*
iationship of such relativem. The near
ness of such relattou within the mean
ing of the contract is a (iuostlou of law.
Whet'o the answers to questions In
the appllont'on arc by the con
tract u arraubid to bo I rue, and if tin
truo the contract is to tie avoided, such
questions are to ho strictly construed
against tho insurer. If there is any
amhiguitv In a question, and tlio nn
s wer In itself be true though incom
plete, tho Insurer, if content with the
partial answer, cannot claim a war
■anty extending beyond such partial
nnswor.—The l'enmjylvania Mutual
Life Insurance Company vs. Wilder,
Supreme Court of In liauu.
AimrioN— mouto'ukk'.s in hr sT.
When a testator explicitly direct* Id*
executor to soil Ills real estate and dD
vlite tho proceeds among Ills child en,
their interest is no more than a right to
receive a share of the proceeds, and
an instrument. In tho form of a mort
gage, purporting to charge tho mort
gagor's interest in the land, opera!i*
only as an assignment of the share
which will bo due to him when the con
version Isao .nnlly made; but if, instead
of a sale by the executor, there l.s a par
tition of the load itself by the b uuu,
liqiarlos, such an instrument at onco
obtains ail the force of a mortgage
upon tlio purport allotted to the mort;
gagor, its lien dating from the 'day
when it »vas recorded. — I ai ley vs. Thd
Allegheny National Baux, Su pro mo
Court of l'onnsvlvanio.
»ITS FROM XI K«
l*KOt*KtlLY SOLD
Pro] erty was sold to 11 by order of a
court of bankrupt oy; ho uot paying tiff
it, the eourt, without notice, vaunted,
the order of sale, and made an mylar
selling it to C, who paid for it nnd
wont into possession of it. Afterward,
on review, the sale to C was set as do
and tlio sale to 11 reinstated» If, luiv
mg paid jor tho property, received pos
session of it, ami afterward tho mo my
mid by C was repaid to him, ami suit
jrought by H to recover the profits
derived from th« use of tho property
while C had it. Judgmont having l(eetu
awarded H hy the tire nit Court of tho
United Stales for the Northern District
of Illinois C appealed lo the Supremo
Court of tlio United Ktnies where tho
duois on of tho lower court was roversed,
tlm opinion of the court being t at C
was not liable to pay to ll tlm profits
derived hy him from the use of tho
property while lie had it.
FHAUDULENT STATEMENT.
A merchant who furnishes to a mer
cantile agency a statement of his af
fairs for the use of tho agency Is rc
sponsib e to thoso whom it reaches,
ami who are Influenced by it, and in
case his representations are false an
order of arrest founded on them will
be sustained. Ho held by. tins Ijenoiul
Term of the New York Supremo Court
In the recently decided case of Schulz
vs. Harris.
BROKER—WHEN ENTITLED TO OOMM 0
8TONS. ,
In order to entitle a broker to com
missions for procuring a purchaser of
property on *peeitt»<l term«, he must
nrodueo a person ready- and will ng to
puichase on those terms, according to
the decision of tho Mipremo l our of
Minnesota in tho recently decided case
iff linmlin vs. ? chults.
I'RINUli'AL LIABLE Full ACTS OF AGENT.
The Texas Court of Appeals, ip a re
cent ease, hold that where a'prinepal
puts it in the power of his agent t»
make oontracU of to do acta apparent
ly wit'dn his authority, which result m
injury to innocent third persons or to
the principal, the law will impose ti e
loss upon the latter.
SUIT MAV BE BROUGHT BY AGENT OK
PRINCIPAL. •
A cont act not under seal mode with
an agent in h s own name for an iin
dis dosed principal may.be 'sued upon
by either thé agent orthe principal, ac
cording to the decision of the Mary
land tourt of Appeals in the recently
decided o»w of the Baltimore t ool
Tar Maaufaciurlug Cowpaay T*