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THE BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE 6UNDAV, SEPTEMBER A, 1904.
SOME ODD WEDDINGS
Iriir Pkitvnif- iiiu'iitm. us il wa
, IIuiiikIii i lii- yoiiiii; iiiiin was i'inK.
Ilili li 1 MIIK III ii k l, mo lo
'ml for t'i ';iiiiii'liir. 1'imn her
irnul llicy boill lol.l iiu llicy loveil
each ii.li.fr. Hud hIiIiiiiii-U lin y lia, il
ill. il .lull ..u.i... ! 111. .IP r.'l.il i. ill kli I II
ki.i a iusmbmi in u muu.ioii ur- ... ,.ii:,, lu.w.r iml,,. ,. ,,. ,,,,
my. "A wt'f furi-d Mule lihl wlm iiii, U hour were muni,, ii-, Iut
Married h Convict.
"One Fun Iny I ua iireaeliiiis
In n
CiiiiiiiIish tire i ho romances that
li ail lo nuirriaue, liiit If ooiiruliii
love- law lahi-ii 1'roiean form li.is
luuriluu. Comedy, iniKi'ily, uud pa-
llmx, till lluil U iinliiii', much iHluaued lo tho iiriny mine wiili uu lo llie, l iiuiKl- Iut lit wife, in order
l Will In iciiiiiioiiiiIucc. mo lo be fo.in.l 1'iuy llio fliiiitl omuil. Annum llm "nl Ml" mifci mm ni 1114 uoiuoh
....i m -.1 .... (llA A.luU
In III.. niiii-riiiiii ni.'f.ini:. ,1 l.v ill.. """ ' II vuillia I.UI1 ill 0 until .....-..
, .. . ... . . .. "- '' imld vii v rloHo uMcnHiiii iii
ill llio H.nli-0 of llio duirih. Hero ttmu , llU f..ni, , , llf,ir
.ire hi. nit- rler-fruit-u'it iiurni;hot of iln m-rviro wiu over and -ocmi'il ilior-
llio oilili'st llllinliiKt'H III wlllcll cull "milly it-llilllK'il of llio life u lii' l
liccil li'llillIlK IIIHl :i,-i.lll V of lllH
piiKillnii h a convict. 1 lit crime mum
n-miil. Willi inti'iii to Kill, and lie
rvcr olllciulcil.
Thin a iiiIiiIkIit nuiHj Up on IiIh
Kiiui'd Jk( c lit sumo uk hi Iut iiiorluU
Is llio Ion on convoyed ly I lie eicr
ii lire of one ioiulur clel'K.vmiiU wlioiio
chilli II i.s crowded v illi rcircHciiialive
lillhllli':;,! nu ll. .Moreover,
in a InisiiieHM i)j ii it liinine f. I'm' IliU
leiihini lie I.s iiiioo,I lo lie a lit t lu
liieie hhrewil r 1 1 ) it Hie liveriiyc lli:ill
if Hie cloili. 'I'll Ih In I ln hi oi y of il
lllliillle we'lilini; in wlllcli lie ottlclllteil :
"One cvenlnu I lie housemaid en
lered my Hlinly," walil tlie cleruyiiiuii,
"Sin. wore n liroud ni'lu uud carrlcil a
ra nl li lier liuiid.
"The KeulleliKin nays llicy are very
li il ii his lo Hee you." Hill. I the clrl.
"Whom !i' you menu I v 'ihev'.'" I
iisKeil, i hi her tOiuriily. 'you know I
llrler receive cullers on Sal unlay."
"H'm it Keiitleiiiiiii and ii lady, nlr.
ami Ihev lay liny have lo catch a
I r.iin, sir.'
"I m'iii the servant out. tolllim her
In loll 'ho persona I could not hoc
llieiu. 1'renciilly she relurned. tryliiK
to i;ti ijii'i:;s another prill. She handed
in" :i i a nl. on which wok written in
ii iiue ciiiie t nil'' :
"I liar S'r We wnnl lo lie married
and are here only lor the evening
fn. in out of town, Tlea-e, please mar
ry us."
"Well, I did not wish to he ill tiirlie 1
Ini. wlicn u man wautH to he nr.iri'leil
rial I'tni ihe hest thlim to do is lo
marry him and gel tlimimli with it as
IHlielily lis iiosslhli1. So I put iikI'Ip
the miiniiscripl of my sermon for the
I'o.lowiiiK day. and told the (,'lrl loj
n.-iiT the pair Intif Hie sludv.
"Tile man was a lariie. line looUinHj
i liau. n-illi a w'll-ioilo air. and of the
inei ive city hred typ". Kroin th man
ner in wlrili !e sialeil Hie I'ael.s relit- J
live to the ceremony I fell lie was
ii'li'n:- (he trelh. After 111 - ceremony,
liad heeit 'lerfornied lie-cnllei me
iiiiiile and said in an omharrassed
:iv '
of
the ninrilaue,
il would crra'e
of talk and
place l lie weiiian In u false liuhl. 'Ill
insisted, however, uud r.Khl ilu re In
. hlx npartnicnlK, I ni.urieil them, lio
i n revered, partly in least. n:id llv
"I advised against
l Mini: tin m lii'Hi that
a tremeiidoiiR anuneil
pleaded Knii:y. As I t-h Mi'i; hands ! f'r kcvciuI years. Tlu-v ip' til their
with hill I Clare hnvliiu' he polte ill.
". win I to hpeiik to you a iiiemeut,'
he aid.
"I niie:i him in lell ni wlnt he I ad
lo kiiv In as few wo'iIh iih pii.-si'u'e.
mi I he told uie the slory of his Irou'i'e
hlH'lly.
"'I ain't say In' I didn't do It,' hr
ciinela.il il. '1 was ili'imk as ii foul,
and It's a wonder I didn't Irll h'm
even " up wn H:ci in v clip.
"Our little slslir see. ned much Inter
ciil'd In li I in an-' a;d;ed him nuinv
iiiieslloua. Ills face I'chted u a he
iinswerii. mid I felt t''en and lliere
that that pa'r ha.) tiiken a deep Inter
est In one mini her. He wont tu pt'lH
on, hut she wrolo to him and nine e
twice Went in see lliin. "e Hervc.' llhl
term, which wiih liulitened hv t;ood Ip
liavlor. and when lie came back in ilii
city lie soiiuht me and asked me to
Hid him in Kcttini: work, lint It wan
I he little HHter who uot ll'in 111', first
.loh, I lutt of jii'iltur in an o(lie hril.l
iliK. Wiililn two yearn ho had save!
ciiiiauli to i tart a (jrocory. Hut he nl
wav'H found lime lo come lo the meet
liir.H of the Salvation Am . One
lilpht. he and the Utile sister ninie up
lo mo aft or the service and asked mo
to niarrv them. I did xo. nnil wh'le
II was a simph; ceremony, I want to
till you It was the end of one of the
mettiest romanccH In the history of
our oriranVr.'loii. That little ho'iso
hold is now cue of 111',' happiest In the
lown."
Dc.v.h Bed Woddlnn.
""One ma'riase I performed IniiKht
me more clearly than an'thin;,' I u'.ei
knew what il means to a woman to
hear I he mi mo of Uie mnn idle loves,"
sa'il a nriest. "Anions the parish
iiaii'is was a puir 1 wai i;nallv i'-t-iaclteil
lo. Tlie yoiuift man was a
hu'id.some. dashiuK l"''. and when
ti... ..mk. ...I'l. .... I .'..u ...'in. in. n'fint
" Dorlor I came over here lust for, t j l i i Ti i t : i to serve in Ilia army
.1 I I . i , H l',l M I , .1 II' I . .11 l.T . '1 , Ml 1 11 III "-
j enonuh for the usual necesmirv ex-,
pem-.es. I want to show you that I1
aiil'reciale vonr kinunes
: iu perform-
:in,l I shall have lo
a chock for mo, if
In;; this marriage
ask von lo cash
you will.'
"This was rather a st ratine pro.-e-'-
il re. hill the man shov.-c:! me s:'ver;di
)l I irs. or. ralhcr. envelopes, ad-'
tlrei'i-ed to the name he Kave. Theyt
liire ns return curd llm names ot
men well known to ntc in hu;ines. i
l"Hipi"'"il I" have the money he asked
for. The chock was drawn for $l"0.
"'Just lei uie have $1'H on that,
Poetor.' said the mnn. 'I Intend that
vou shall have $:,0 as your fee, if that
iK satisfactory.'
' I replied thai $")0 was perfectly
vlisl'acinry, and the pair left with my
Sinn. Th.it half hour cosl mo just
thai sum. for i he check came hack
marked 'S. CI.' "
there. His Kweetluart
nir.nicd him before he
foil desperately id and
was post pencil until his
i her, I fancy, had anv
that niiiiht mean. Hlu
was lo ifv
left, hut she
the wedd'iiK
rot urn. Ne!
Idea of what
Krpw wor o
Lucky Thirteen.
1 "I mire ofliclateii at a hoodoo mar
riage," said ii niini' ter in cliai'KO of a
down town congregation, "flue ovo
ltMi;; 1 was stimmnncd into' the recep
tion room of my home and I was con-It-jiilecl
by a man who had the des-ii-n.ition
nf 'sporty' wrillen till over
hi, n from th" top of liis
In the tins of his patent.
"JitIi- s'vi'.s. With him
lHillaaioii'led blond per
vim. lev ille lv:,('
between the fin
timdied his hal
shinMic; bat
leathers and
was a much
am of the
Twirlinir h's cane
or- of one hand, he
on i he back of les
in
hi-
iiead and tipiiin.t; forward on nts iocs
lie befrnn:
"Doc. we want to et married.
"I did not rel'sh bis familiarity, and
cold, icy tones asked mm n
s:''efed me.
Wiiliont lh- sliixhtist warnin.it no
cave me ii rcsoundim; slan on the
i liiinlili r thai almost up ( ;ne.
'Aw come on. Doc,' be bawled.
! -piTuilv. 'belli a feller out. Thisuct-t'"-
linrriet ji mi" a ''end easy snap.
in t Mill lis li up ciuicu mi , - i-
. , n,'.i .iu v hen vou ininiii a feller
icriioles: 1 nun.
I'll'
III ') Mil
Ml
and her malady developed Into ron-i-air.ijiliin.
The disease became rapid
and wasting. Titin; after time he'
family and physician thoiifilit tu0
could not survive another da v.
" 'I shall not die before he come
back,' she insisted. 'I could not die
unless I were .bis wife.'
'That almost frenzied decMon was
the onlv spark nf vitality left In her
frail body. I tried to sot Iter ( think
of the hereafter, but ah would put
me aside vv'.ih the cry to have him
come home, lie did come, hut aftei
a year and a half. She hosst'd mo lr.
marry them.
"T can no4 die until wo are married.'
she pleaded. "His name mils', he on
my tombstone. Please do it. I have
wailed so lint?.
"Her lover was only too willing
and he overcame my objections. 1
married them. She was lyini? in bed
wiih the iial'or of death already on
Iut emaciated face. As I pronounced
I hem niiin and wife she sank bind'
with a ra'nt. ftap of joy. She. whis
pered:
"'Thank do'd I have lived to sec
this day and bear myself called his
wife.'
"This was the end. and when I saw
ti,f. v'oio'efful smile on her thin,
wasted face, 1 could hardly regret
iv hat I had done."
The Deceased Father's Wife.
"In order to tell vou the story of
what I consider the ipieerest ninrrl.-is-t:-ceremony
a! which I ever officiated. I
shall have to jto hack and give you
the preliminary ro'mance," said r
prie-t. "Several years aso there lived
on Fifth n vanue a wealthy family con
sisting of a man. his wife and two
sons. Amonir the servants was an un
usually pretty Irish nirl who was It"
housemaid. The wife died, and
while Hie two sons were away nt coi
tus U'ik " , ! il... I......I i.f the hnnsello il mar-
cniircn, :- f-- " " " . .
'lied Hie I.Tetly ll'isn mam.
"Mihcai-'-i ihr-'e vi'iiv liad elapse
.., .- .lnti'i he'eier lo no
..,.i mi new i anv syiiimoui-
'si',.;,.,.,",. Hi'-at-s. I'd n dern Kiltht
.,... i-e married in U'e conn mm
. II. iu lu 11
r, r ,,m. n ason. mi
hi ii notion in my head llm' l
,1 to be married on lh; i::t' day
. n,."i,h 1'ci-iese D! Is mv lucky
in.i.iber. " e ve I" ' Wi i; i"'. "'
m.i. ..r .veli tnoi.tb. honin' lo rri niar-
. ,i .... Kriitav the l::th day
... . !,' i, u-.i'iM cone on. W
i':-.v i- I'll lav. the 1
wr. wonlil try to
va , thi' ontv
i-rpi t. I tiai
r
ieiv
D.e :
v an'4
if ib
of any
11. to-.
ih so we tlioimm ,
ult veu becioiso V'l'i i
preacher on Thirteen! 11
s i.-.w it was. n s ii,' (
v n tw a'! nclii. j
' -w;,o co il'' r-sl v'-.ch r,'i ;-
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... . . i. t nin-l.. : n
t Ti -tTi ma "' . "' :
1. a wo' l'l c..nv!ic.-.a-,fl -v n
-.1 ili.-m. Af'- r the I I'" '::"'-
hri.li-ci'i'ea ''Mi oni i i
' iir I l4'' 4 ,1 I
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in. n v i n
slime t' e di ath of Hie f -rttier wife the
fnHi'T found t'-a4 th" sons wee viy
hitler toward him not only for Retting
mar-led but f".' uial r; iiic a si l van1
They ri'-fured tn livo under lb- nar"n
tal roor. ami Hie'r father took his
yoeiift wife an I wi nt to Rurope. Tbr
iiair spent Iiv" vars abroad and th
husbaail i'l voted a irrent deal of pa'n.
li.v.-prd ilii.-atiiin- the toun-r won-an.
She Iir' a'l lb1 li b an: p::"" of tb -. ' os'
tencbers an ! trave'.nnrl as h- was an
l t pupil le- actinired not only s"r
fare ai l omiib-bin, nt s. but a fa i :
all'4""!? "f cr''ii
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lurnt a tha
fi- ,:i si: ;:t r:-t it i ii
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1 his'aiid d'el h"V"-'
- iii-.ivi: I'-n-s for bis wife
Ikt r lis'i n'4' fr;" '''ini in
-.-, . ..fa Letieiou.-: p:irlin
When fiinw. br."'
it rv lo -' I ' ;'' 'iln h" tin
i, , -,l v. iih t'"
cr-tlS p'-a'p. Ktl"
b in He- i
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lime traveling and trying evt rv avail
able ne 'uns for the hiiKbaml lo retiabi
Jih healili and Hlrcn.L'ili Tlu'v wi
very happy ti yetlier. I'liially he die l.
leavlmt her for il-e vocoiid lime a
willow4 Willi the same inline. Hie onlv
i use of Ms k'rd ihat ever cwmo under
mv olmervatlon
Uider ulsc Pretnnc,
"Oil. these people that want In pet
married!" exclaimed u cleirvinan.
'One n li ci in niii I was enbed lino my
1 1 cciii leu roiiiii aiid there I saw a
."ouple who nib-slim was plain, but
hopeless. They looked the part of
yoiiiiir perstms who are iduhlni; for
wediled liiisK. but Ihev were youns -iidly
yoiiiiK. They itiiled their ai'er.
He was she ciiid tshe was 1.1. I
llsml seil them wl'h a !"ctiii
"One ninht several nioiiihs no at
i lie end of Hie evctilii4,' srvlee a yoiiun
couple came up in me and r.sked me
:o innrry tin in. The brldc'.Toom elect
'.ore a niusiacbe of suspiciously v lit
irons p'owth but thai thoimhl did
not come '- me with sulllcleiii force
ill aflerwaril. The lady in the case
was youthful, but her I. air was dime
up in the bitesi style unit he nown
trailed on the Hour. I (pie -tinned
'hem inliiutely. I even asked:
"'llnve you not been bil'e before?'
Ibit the lieitalive was tslnut ami reus
.surins. "Alter the cercinonv (lie newlv
made wife (iirned (o m-. and chirped:
"Now, Doclor, see what a Ion;; skirl
loea. Yon' woii'd not innrry ns three
rnonllis a.!to lieeause I had on a short
kiW '
"f was asloiindcd, mil It made me
-so ! 1 1 --! I cnithl reply. There win
anotlmr lec4ure !' ed of I""
'oiiKue, but the bridegroom cut it
v. .. H. i.ls ,:,., she!.
"'And see what a mustache does,
loclor, he said Willi a bra.en chuckle,
'.lid it doesn't c':st much, eh her.'
''ti , i ;,at be .'Hilled nfi' th" ill";!"
nl blond mustache you ever saw. He
!: have l; ii"ht it at a pawnshop.
Mo was (be in me youth of 1! nvrao'
I don't know what I would have sai.t
nt. they I'lineil my iinni I'diint o'"
ursl by rxcniiinjt as iiooii as they
oiiuld rcacb t!:e ''oar."
Their First Falsehood.
"It is said there should be implicit
onfideiice between married folk,'
(aid a Methodist clergyman. "I am a
eliever in this little iiijuncl ion, but
1 am also cerlain that 1 once married
i pimple who tried to deceive not only
mo another, luif even t be'iisidvrs. nl
he altar. I knew them both. He was
bachelor of 70; she was a spinster
if about tin. Hut. you would not have
houftht. so when llicy enmo lo pet me
n marry them. She was nltired like
shop jrrl out for li"'- first, hall. -and
' is raiment bespoke 'ho youthful dm'
f 22 or H:s snow-while mn--.
iche bad Iven dyed black and waxed
ntil the ends looked like kill! tin4.'
'ced.lees.
"1 asked them their nrtes.
"Thirty-five,' be said ftrnvely.
"Thirl y.' she sliiinereil.
"Now. each was aware of deceivini4
he other, but T want. o tell you both
looked positively happy and unlrouh
'cd over the conscienceless falsehoods
viih which (hey hal bettiin their mar
-led life."
VILL YOU TAKE OFF YOUR HAT?
t.ovelv Woman's Detention of Her
Hair Ought to Teach Ba'd Heads
a Lesson,
"riini the Thieauo Chroiiicle.
Ihlldness lias lately been given as
ne of Hie s'tfiis of ,le;;ciieriil ion. Tlie
'.let that women are not apt to become
aid as men are puts an end to any
such BiippiTsilion, for no one would
idniil that men are more ileKenerale
han women. In many ways a woman
i?ives evidence of decay enr'icr I liar,
i man. bat her hair, vvhV-h llie iiible
calls the :ory of a woman, reimr'is
:n its vi'ir baiit after lier Inisliaiid
has become as buhl as the while head
"d eagle niipears to be.
This baldness is a myst'-ry fii'lin
for niliiiii i. In li'-n of any olln-r ex
planation it is the craimi nowaday!
to fa I bacit upon Hie germ thenrv
Hid the germ Is ten' i-n-,li;", w' b
i-'p; tb" cause of ba 'I'u ss. It is
u-lii-ii-ii ihat the barlier's shop is
mi i.Hi'ii ih'-eb-ating li'i'ise of all
.lis if cai iila'.v ami ii-'ii'-'sis ;:f
"' Cl'i.n.--. and : rv ''av hi i' I 'h i
v.-o.i'.l It. 1-,-tt. r Hi - ." i.lbiv
'lis wlfo or hV. . is' --v in cm h's liar'.
;.Hi' r i''i"i trust to the can b ssti,
ir (!: ignoranc" of lb" luirb'-r. I'n-H
le i 4u ! l'""ry 's shown to b" a tin l
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Mill taken i II
Mill been to
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1( W ine of C'ar.lui lu -' done so niili li for oilier women, why Won't It
nnrn -..ni Voir Iroiilde. iheii'-li painful, may i,. -ivmlily tit Wimi of
(' "idiii W inool Cardu! never fails to lieneiil- llm wr,t. eisrs ,.f ,lUr.ler.'.l iucii.iliuiiti..n, Uaiin;r
il'ivvn li'iiu i mid female wciil.ness. The womli rful hi-ilim; ipi.ilitiei of lliis iiicilit imi liavo Miruicil
tb.,:4 .uls of ilesimiidcnf siiffercrs by l-rin-in;: III .iiioMy lo lie.illli. It I.s mvilVss .i r:-y that inn
1 j, . . 1 . I I 1 .... I...... .... t ... . . I il., IS UUIVJil-V
if I'-udiii lr i clireil tlioiiiiiiuls ot mck women w m "' pi''n op ..v,..
Wine of t'iililui h :i "''I'l loiiio that every woman idnmM lake, l'very i!rn4.:l t i i
CIVF. WINE OF CARCUI A TRIAL TCDM'.
bor.les.
st t. bats are i!omt, and whether
hi'se or some kind of ilegi ner.iey is
he cause of Hie prevallini; liiibiuess.
THE REIGN 0? THE DINOSAUR.
Cutting Off Those Giant Reptiles Al
!Vlost Sir"ult.-inrous the World
Over.
Ili-nrv Fairfield Onboru lu the Century
Never in the w hole history of I he.
world as we now knoiv It have there
been such remarkable land scenes
as were presented wm n uie reign oi
these titan' reptiles w;is at its cli
max. It was also the prevailing life
picture of England, Germany, South
America and India. We can lm;i;t'ne
herds of these creatures from fifty loi
elghly feeL in leiiglh, vvlih limbs and
r,filt aiialagous to those of gigaulie
ephaiilH. bill Willi boliics eMeii'lmg'
linoiigh (he long, flexible i.iid taper
ing necks inio the djminut ive lieads,.
imi reaching back into the eipially;
inch a dii'eiici-bss
ripiiily followed by
point, would lie
lis cxtinctlonn.
Cute J"d the Army.
From Harper's Weekly.
A Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, six
mm-roniiiiisslnneil olliccrs have hi en
reduced to the ranks Tor running what
is techn'eally known as u ."blind pi4;"
or u.'i.iw I'ul caiilci n. When the nun
grumbled I Imi I hey were doing no
more ihun th. coinniis.sioiieil olliceis
did, Ci -lon.'I Wh'Jeliall. it Heenis, d's-cl.-red
wilii .-.oiiie emphasis that what
,Mis meet for oMicern in the uist club
h ,!se was no; necessarily proper for
le ivates in iiiiarlers. The pupers say
that he said: "To put the private
en the same fooling as the coniniis
siini d iilli'''er would lie ruinous to dis
c'pline. We must have casl' ii Hie
M lil'y just ;is there is casle in oiiisl le
society. Wo have the same class dls
linciions. and williout (hem we could
li ive no discipline."
Colci'.'.'l Whiiehall's scnl imelits are
: "end enough. Imi if he was ipiolcd
long and still more tapering tai n. j .,,...,.!, a,, be was mil fm'tuiiale iai
The four or five viirict'es which e- i,i.; u fluids of eMiressimr I hem. Mil
J1
is-
isted logeliu r were each title, I lo
some special mode of I'.fe: some living
more exclusively on land, oi'ieru lor
longer periods in the water.
The ci;miel ii ion for exis'i nee was
not only with I he greal carnivorous
iinosaurs, but with oilier kinds of
lerhivorous dinosaurs (the igu.iiio'
D'ltt I wlrihlrid much smaller bodies
lo sustain and a much superior looth
mechanism for I he taking of food.
The cutting off of (his giant dino
saur dynasty was nearly ft not ipuie
simultaneous, the world over. Tlie
xplanation which is dedncible from
similar calastrophes to other large
types of animals is that a very large
frame, with, a limited and specialized
special - food, is , u dangerous, eondii-
at if jii of hiiiiiciers. Such a monster;
uganisni is no longer adaptable: nnv
erioiis change of comlitVins which;
.'on Id tend (o eliminate tii" special'
"ooil would ;ilso f'liiniiiiite these ereal
'.irinals as a necessary conseipieiice. j j, jj
llilie IS illl l-llilli'iy 'I,!, !'., I IJ.ir.-i;
f explanations, however, to be cnn-l
sldered, which iire cnnslslen! bolh.
villi file colli i n lied Illness of struct
ire of the giant tbnouusr tin inse ves'
Old wiih the survival of their especial
"ood; such, for example, ns the in
t rodi'cl io'n of a new enemy morel
deadly even than the great cui'iiiv-j
oious dinosaurs. Among such Hieo-'
ries the most, ingenious is Hull of
llie late I'rof. Coi", who miwiii' d
'hal some of the small, inoffensive!
and incoiispiciio'is forms of Jurassic
mammals, of llie s'.xe of the shrew,
-and tlie hedgehog. con'racO'il 1 1n
habit of seeking mil the iirv;; nf
, hese iliiiosaiirs, gtiawing ihrou.".h tie
shells of I heir eg.is and thus destroy
ing their young. Tlie appearance, or
cvoiiiiion of any "-g lest roylng ait'
mals. whether reptibs or mammaln.
which -i il 1 1 j iillack Ihi.; cnai rnci-.il
D ii rv law gives olliccrs privileges
which private. i do not share. II cre
1'ies ini ail iiieial cat'.le for miltaiy
piir.i.ises, tlioiigh whither it, forinally
gives oflicers larger liipmr pr'. ilege.--,
than it give:' t" privities is :o'giialiIe.
nut in oiil'dde society American law
re oiurzes no caste and no class distinction's:.
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Louisiana day. This will be the rcatist day for us.
Everyone should fjo, so o and help to swell the
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T.Mi Train Leaves 7:15 A. M. Daily
Affivi.ir; in St. Lccis Next Morrlng.
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