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THE BANNER=DEMOCR AT.. VOL, XIV. LAKE PROVIDENCE. EAST CARROLL PARISH,. LA., SATURDAY. JUNE '8, 190, NO. 5, LOVE THE VICTOR Once, far back in the buried years, We will not blaie each other, dear When life was young and gay Ngy, nay, we both were wrong There came a maid with sunny hair And now we both are old and free, And eyes like sapphires, bright and rare, Ieve once more finds us out, you see, And manners blithe and debonnaire, And warms our heart with melody, Who stole my heart away. And sings his old sweet song. Those happy times with hurrying feet So. now we two are one again, Went flying all too fast, We'll thank our happy lot, As o'er the meadows sweet with hay And let the gloom of weary years We often took our wistful way With all their sorrows and their fears, And swore to love come what come may, Their earking cares and blinding tears, In vows that did not last. Forever be forgot. --Gerald Hayward, in Mail and Express. THE MADE TO OUtER KIPlIN. By Edward Boltwood. O N his way up in the elevator Loring. for the twentieth time, read the advertisement In the morning Leader: Lost-One hundred dollars reward will be paid for the return of the MS. of an unpublished epic poem in three cantos by Mr. Rudyard Kipling, called "England, I Despise Thee!" Lost by a messenger between City Hall and Twenty-third street. The MS. can be made of no commercial value except by Scott & Ioring, au thors' agents, literary brokers and sell ers of manuscript on commission, St. Louis Building, Room 111. When Loring burst into the office, Scott was already sitting at his desk. "Andy," said Loring, "I see it's in print." "Yes, and I wish it wasn't. We'll get into trouble over that fake, just as sure as the world." Loring laughed as he whirled his chair to the proper height, and sat down opposite his disconsolate part ner. "Why, it was your own proposition," he said, "and a better advertisement couldn't be invented." "I know that, Hugh. But it's a lie, that's all it is. What if Kipling ever hears of it?" "He isn't very likely to hear of it in Australia. Besides, we can always say that somebody has imposed upon us, can't we? You wait until business begins to pick up. After reading that every editor in the city will want to know what else we have for sale. And as for the authors-well, agents that keep Kipling poems on hand will have more than they can do. We'll have to hire an extra office before the week is out." Scott sighed and rolled his morning cigarette between his fingers, but in the act of striking a match he was interrupted by a messenger boy. He broke open the envelope, and then tossed the inclosure over to Loring. Hugh looked at it eagerly: "The MeScriblan Company presept their compliments to Messrs. Loring & Scott, and will be desirous of see ing Mr. Kipling's poem, mentioned in this morning's Leader. They take the liberty of adding that they are anxious to secure any other works of cele brated authors which Messrs. Loring & Scott may have in their hands for disposal." Loring snorted excitedly. "But what can we say to 'em?" haked Andy, helplessly, after the mes senger had retired. "We haven't got a manuscript that's worth a cent, and you know it." "Oh, don't worry!"' Loring ex clalmed. "The authors will have that ad. pointed out to them, as well as the publishers. I shouldn't be surprised if Richard Harding-hello, here's an other!" A second messenger, a note from Doublepage & Harclure. Even Scott's heretofore doubtful eyes gleamed at this. "Now." he said, "I guess they'll pay some attention to us. Hugh, this is immense, so long as we don't get found out." "Never you mind about that. Come In! It's probably the great American novelist." But the caller was not a novelist, he was a sharp-faced young reporter for the Kvening Universe. "Came t' see 'bout this Kipling poem," said he, glaring at Loring through a pair of very thick eye glasses. "Course, It's matter 'f great gen'ral int'rest. Anything y' want tell th' Universe?" Hugh cleared his throat and glanced at his, partner, but the latter gentle man only rose hurriedly apd looked out of the window with an Impressive air of abstraction. The rapid spoken man from the Universe pulled up a chair and produced a dirty note-book. "Youl see," faltered Loring, "I-I did not read the poem-I-I-- " "Don't want you t' recite it," the reporter said. "Only few things ne's ary for a story. What's poem about? When was 't written? How much 's 't worth? What's style? Why'd Kip ling d'splse England?" Hugh interrupted him, under the guidance of a happy inspiration. "I'll tell you," he suggested, "this is rather a' delicate business matter. You'd better let me draw up a-a sort of statement. I'll have It ready in an hour." "O. K.," assented the newspaper man. "You'll agree t' give out nothin' else t' th' other boys? They'll all be round." '"The same information will be glv en to all the papers," Lorlng declared, "in one hour." "Oood," said the Universe, and slammed the door. "What are we going to dd?" cried 'Andy. "Those pirates are bound to get up some kind of a story. It will ruin us-our reputation and all that" "I know what I'm going to do," said Loring. "I'm going to get away from here, run to the nearest hotel, and work out a story. You hold the reporters till I get back. I can't thblnk here, it's impossible. Keep up your nerve, my son. It's all right." He jumped up from his chair and into his overoat and out of the omee before his asutoashed partner could make ua effective protest "It Mark Twain and Anthony Hope come La." he called beek from the cor ridor, "tell 'em we' sell their stuf on a tea per cat. eemmlssioa." But Hugh, l reality, did nt feel in a eetious mooL He cremsed the etsma o the mJeffesn 'orns sat the end of a penholder. The longer he thought of It the more serious seemed the situation. A ludicrous ex posure of the false advertisement would disgrace Andy and himself be yond hope of redemption, their dis tinguished references would fall upon them Indignantly. their career in the literary and publishing world would end forever. IIe anathematized Scott for suggesting the crazy scheme, and himself for executing it and the thoughtless spirit of enterprise which had made tniem overlook the dishon esty of the thing. And then he set himself to the composition of a sec ond lie to save the first. He finished it on time and smiled complacently at the result. It filled only two sheets, and yet was Impreg nable in its simplicity. He put the statement in his pocket, and returned to the office. When he entered he found three or four men disposed on a row of chairs at one end of the single room. In the opposite corner sat a little old man, very much out at elbows, stroking his gray hair thoughtfully with a roll of blue paper. 'Scott was at his desk. A stout, bearded individual disengaged himself from the row of men in wait ing and greeted Loring effusively. "I'm Connors." he said, "Connors, the literary critic of the Daily Specta tor. Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. Ioring, upon the recovery of your treasure." "What!" gasped Loring. "It's been found," explained Andy, in a voice that suggested a man de livering his last speech on the scaf fold. "The poem, you know, the epic-the Kipling, 'England.' you know, 'I Despise Thee.'" Hugh's horrified gaze turned me chanically toward the shabby person in the corner, who thereupon arose and leaned diffidently against the wall, shifting the blue manuscript from one hand to the other. "This is Mr. Zenker," went on Scott. "I told him that I couldn't pay him the reward until you returned." "Certainly not," Loring put in, hard ly knowing what he was saying. "It's absurd. There-there must be some mistake." Little Zenker coughed an apology behind the roll of manuscript before speaking. Then he said: "How do you know, sir, begging your pardon, without a read out of the poem? Will you look at it. sir?" Loring did look at it. The manu script was pen written in a neat copy slet's hand. It was properly signed. The three cantos were bound separ ately. It answered the description as advertised in every particular. "Of course;" suggested Mr. Connors, pompously. "the interest of the press in your story determines at the res toration of this gem to its rightful owner. But itf any extracts from Mr. Kipling's lines are available for pub icition-" "By no means," said Loring, who had found his breath. One after the other the reporters started to go out; obviously there was no meat in this business at pres ent. But suddenly the" Universe man turned to Zenker. "Say, cap'p," he asked, "where d' you hang out?" Mr. Zenker bowed eagerly. "The Pelican Hotel, gentlemen," he replied, "on the Bowery, I can give you, I dare say, some striking particu lars of this incident, being an old journalist myself. But naturally I am not at liberty to speak without the permission of Mr. Kipling's agents here." "Well, PYl look you up anyhow," grumbled the reporter. "Good-morn ing." The representatives of the papers withdrew without a word About the statement, and Loring tore it up while he stared at Mr. Zenker. Mr. Zenker had red eyes and a trembling chin. His clothes were shiny and dilapl da4d and a genial odor of alcohol cliag about them. "When did you see our advertise ment?" said Lorlng, sharply. "At four o'clock this morning." "And you've written that poem since then?" "Sir!" The red eyes blinked cun nlngly. "Let me read it," suggested Scott. Now Andy was the P'terary expert of the establishment. Before embarking with Loring he had been for years an editorial reader in the biggest periodi cal bouse in the country. He bad not finished the first canto of the poem when be Jumped from his chair In asur prise. "The very Dickens, it is Kipling!" be cried. "It's the beat stauff I ever saw." "But it can't be Eipling," said Hugh. "It's as much Kipling," quavered Mr. Zenaker, "as the poem you adver tised one hundred dollars for, gentle men." The eyes of the two pptners Sashed messages between them. "He's on," said the eyes of Lorlipg. "He's worth buying." said the eyes of Stott. Mr. Zenker, in'the mean time. steadied a trembling hand upon the back of his chair. "Isok here," Andy demanded, "do you write muck of this kind7 Be ceause tif you do, we'll waive the ip "My work is mast Irregar, sir," te little man replied, "most irregular. And I do not get ea well with editors. I am net a faveorite saller la pdlish. lgs elea." "I should think not," Hugh thought. "Still. I have some things which I could show you. ,I left them in my overcoat at the Pelican." "Well, bring them in here," sug gested Scott. "Unfortunately, my coat is held for room rent," objected Mr. Zenker, mildly. b'orty cents, I think." "You go and get your verses," said Hugh, giving him two or three dol lars. "And the reward for this Kipling epic?" added the poet. "The report ers, you remember, have my address." "If you'll keep your mouth shut, it will be worth your while." Andy was the one who made this acknowl edgment. "I think we understand one another." Mr. Zenker buttoned his ragged coat over his blue manuscript, murmured his gratitude, and departed. As for the younger men, tiey spent their lun cheon hour in telephoning a revised "statement" to the newspapers which made such an unimportant story out o of the episode that not a line about the occurrence appeared in print. "Has Zenker showed up?" Inquired Hugh the next t morning, before he had fairly closed the office door. Scott handed him the Leader, and pointed without: comment at a city item in brevier type: "A well-known Bowery character named Zenker was burned to death last night in his room at the Pelican Hotel. While intoxicated the unfor tunate man is supposed to have over tirned an oil stove. The fire destroyed more than half of one floor, including the effects of the lodgers, before it was extinguished." Loring whistled. "You'd do more than whistle," sighed Andy, "if you'd read that poem." "Which was written to our order," concluded Hugh. "Poor old Zenker! What a story Kipling might have made of him!" -New York Independ ent. Ice Caves Ia Malne. Being a rock State, Maine abounds in caves, of which the outside world knows very little. It is true there are no caverns like the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky or the Luray Caverns in Virginia, but some of them are very pleturesqug and awe-inspiring. The Greenwood ice caves are sufficiently interesting to be better known than they are. These natural curiosities are about a dozen in number, Walley's Cave being the largest. It is a double storied cavern, the lower chambers be ing some four hundred or five hundred feet in length and about twelve feet in width. The exit is at the top of the mountain. The upper chamber is very much smaller, and is connected with the first by a passage large enough for half a dozen persons to pass abreast. One of the caves is shaped like a well, and is from twenty to thirty feet in depth. There are regular steps, which wind around the sides to the bottom. Here are two chambers run ning in opposite directions, one of which leads nearly to Observation Rock. It is called Snake Passage, and to pass through it one is obliged to crawl on hands and knees. The other chamber leads into a cav ern which is large and somewhat tri angular, having several chambers, one of which connects with Well Cave. The walls of this chamber rise upward seventy-five feet or more. In some of the caves ice may be seen all the year round, and torchlight produces a beautiful effect upon the glassy ice and the cavern walls. There are two great rifts in the mountain, one running northerly and the other in the opposite direction. These are great curiosities and attract the attention of all who visit the caves. Amphltheatre Cave is really a great depression In the mountain over looked by Table Rock, the highest of a series of rocks or ledges that con vey the impression of rows of benches. Altogether, the caves are well worthy of a visit. Laihytte's Rose-Lest Bed. Mrs. Sarah H. Bradford, mother of the wife of Admiral Crowinshileld, tells an amusing incident of Lafayette's visit to New York In 1824, which al most became a tragedy for the hero. Some of the society belles and their smaller sisters, among them Mrs. Crowninlshield, resolved that he should have a bed of roses to lie on, and for days before his expected visit they busied themselves gathering rose leaves, and, having filled a white silk sack with them, conveyed it to the house at which he was to spend the night. When, however, the Marquis made his appearance next morning he was suffering with influenza of the most pronounced character. With French tact he endeavored to ignore his condi tion, the horrid concomitants mean while proclaiming it, and the anxiety of his friends being equally hard to silence, the truth of the matter was gradually revealed. Lafayette was subject to a malady known as rose cold, and the odor of the flowers tor tured him. In an effort to escape from it he rolled himself in a blanket upon the dfloor. It pursued him, and the draughts from the doors aggravating the situation a cold was the logical se quence.-Philadelphia Record. Mr. We sad the College Girls. It was in his call upon the young women of Beecher Hall that Minister Wu most thoroughly enjoyed himself. "What Is your name," he asked of the head of the hall as he crossed the threshold. "Miss WIllace? You are not married? How many girls have you here? Why do you keep them in one building together? Why do you shut out those young men? (as Pro lessor Laughlin closed tue aoor on the men students). Is this a convent? Do the girls learn? What do they study? Do they-'make good wives? How old are they?" The interrogatory eloquence was cut short by the dormitory yell which sud denl.y butiarst from half a hundred fem Inlne throats: B-deouble e--h-e-r. B-double e-e-h e-er. B-double e-e-h-e-r, Beeeher'" The cheer ended in a shrill treble and was followed by nine "Rabs" fur "Mr. Wa." • "O" exclalmed the MIlbstr, taken aback. "The gils-d they yell? Do they plaw tootbf, toeaPW-O esa • t..nu. Soil for White Clover. White clover is short, will grow on all kinds of soil and is preferred by horses and sheep to the red clover. An application of lime or wood ashes will enable the land to grow *hite clover if the red variety fails, as pot ash is beneficial to all leguminous plants, but white clover seems to re spond more readily than any other kind on soils that are sandy or not fer tile. Good Iaying Hfles. The number of eggs that a hen should lay in a year depends so largely upon circumstancesof climateand food as to render it impossible to select any breed as the best. Individual characteristics largely affect the result. In all flocks, no matter which breed may be used, there will be found some members that lay from 50 to 100 per cent more eggs than others, even when the hens or pullets are full sisters. Any one who should be so bold as to claim any breed as the best for laying would find others ready to make the same claim for other breeds. Even the best layers in a flock may be be hind the others the following year, and to make claims in favor of breeds is to refer to some particular flock only. Color of Yolk.. There is nothing in the color of yolks to determine the quality of eggs. The proportion of the coloring matter in an egg is very small, and the color of the yolk is deepened in proportion to the coloring matter of the food. In sum mer, when the hens get a variety of food with plenty of green stuff, there will be more color in the eggs. Dur ing the winter when grass is scarce and there is an absence of all animal food, the color of the yolks will be very light. Carrots will make the color of the yolks very deep, while eggs from fowls that have no vegetables will be decidedly pale. Still, the quality of the pale yolks are just as good as those high)y colored, but as a rule the pale eggs denote an absence of necessary variety in food, and we should en deavor to give a change when possible. -Home and Farm. The Retaining Power of .11s. The soil varies, even on the same farm. Some soils permit water to leach down, while other soils retain water for a long time. The mechani cal condition of soils largely influ ences their capacity for retaining moist are. Liebig is quoted as claiming that rain water, filtered through ordinary feld or garden soil, does not dissolve out a trace of ammonia, potash, phos phoric acid or silicic acid, the soil not giving up to the water any of the plant food contained, even during continu ous rains. It is further claimed that the soil not only firmly retains all the food of plants, but its power to preserve all that may be useful to them also extends to withdrawing from rain or other water all the am monia and other plant foods held in solution. It is possible that Liebig re ferred only to the insoluble plant foods, as his claim may not be sup ported when soluble plant foods exist in the soil, though much depends upon conditions. Many soils are rich in plant food which is not available. botbeds and Cold Fammes. The southern vegetables which fill our markets in early spring have dis couraged those who formerly used hot beds and cold frames to produce early vegetables for our markets. Only those who have the most modern ar rangements can compete with them, and they are asserting that there is but little profit in early produce, al though they get better prices for what they grow than can be obtained for the southern products, most of which must be gathered before it reaches the best condition, and must ripen during its transportation. But this should not cause the farm ar to cease using these aids to an earlier production of. his plants. To matoes, celery, peppers, cabbages and others can be given an early start un der glass, that not only gives them a longer bearing season, but enables the grower to obtain better prices for any surplus he may have. He should have these luxuries of the season for his own use as early as the mechanic can afford to buy them in the market, for no one is better entitled to the fruits of the earth than the gardener who grows them. And we have sprouted potatoes, corn, beans and cucumbers under glass, so that we were able to have them on our table much earlier than we could produce them by planting in the open ground. To do this we generally used paper boxes to plant the seed In, which could be easily torn apart and thrown away when they were carried to the field for transplanting. The work of making a hotbed is not much, while the cold frame, in which the glass merely protects from freesing, and raises the temperature a few degrees during the hours of sunshine, is even less troublesome and expensive. Plants that are started in the hotbed can be moved into the cold trame, and the former used for other plants.-Massa chusetts Ploughman. Farm Wells. The location of the well on the farm is of the greatest importance. In many instances the farmer starts his well near the buildings and yards, and soe leets the lowest point as a location, with the idea that he will not have to dig as deep as he would upon high er ground. This is often a mistake, as we know of several places in a vil lase where the wells near the top of the hill are not as deep and are not as much affected by a drought as those on the lower land at the foot of the hill, though there mky be 50 or 100 feet difference in the elevation. Bnut the chief objection to the 1well oa the low ground is that it receives the sur teas dralnage from the higher land, sand thus the wter soon become so ooatamiated as to be unait er na, efther by the family or the salamisa Sto e healthy they must have pure wrater. In these days .d dri+va we ) a pipe can often be sunk on the high est gravel knoll or sand hill on the farm more cheaply than in the low land, and when water is reached it Is pure and will continue so, because the surface water runs away from it and not toward it. If a windmill is erect ed the wind power is better, and by tank and pipes water can be brought to house, barn and yards, or carried to irrigate the garden and strawberry bed in a way to make it doubly pay for itself, first in saying of daily hard la bor at the pump, and next in increased crops by having a water supply when needed. We hqard a market gardener near Boston say, a tew years ago, that he put down driven wells, bought a steam engine and pump, built a tank and laid pipes and the increased value of his crops paid the whole expense the first year, including cost of run ning the'engine. Farmers in the east ern states cannot get the United States to build reservoirs and irrigating plants for them as western farmers are trying to do, and it may be a good thing to investigate the irrigation problem when deciding on new wells, but water for family use is all impor tant. Many a man who thought he could not afford to put in a new well has paid out more cash for doctor's and undertakers bills than the well would have cost.-Amprican Cultiva tor. Wiaterlng -wlme oe Dairy Farms. Where there is no more remunera tive market for the skim milk, the breeding and keeping of swine may be made profitable in connection with dairying. Where there is more or less of milk the year routd, the induce ment is greater to engage in this busi ness. The conditions for success are always breeding pigs on the farm from good stock, thus saving a considerable outlay, warm, comfortable pens with plenty of dry bedding and suitable feed. Those farmers with winter dairies who have roomy, warm and comforta ble stables, are well situated for this work. With these conditions there is little if any more trouble in raising and caring for pigs in winter than at any other time of year. They can be made so comfortable as to know noth ing of the severity of the weather out side. In large basement stables, there is usually room enough for a litter of pigs. With plenty of bedding, land plaster and proper care, there is little need of making the stable unwhole some for the cows. The skim milk can be kept in the stable where it will be warm and convenient for feeding. In a little time after the pigs are taken from their mother they should have a small amount of grain feed, wheat middlings and bran or ground oats, along with the milk, increasing the amount as the pigs become older, aiming always to keep them healthy, thrifty and growing. In this way they will grow right along and at six to eight months old be ready for the mar ket, where they will be wanted at com paratively good pirces. A secondary condition in the busi ness is the making of a large amount of manure of good quality, that will be of the greatest use in the produc tion of better crops on the farm. For a considerable number of years I have followed this method, keeping one brood sow raising pigs all the time. With a dairy of 18 cows having milk the year round I have sold $100 worth of pigs a year besides fatting enough for a large family. During this time no pigs have been lost by disease and it has proved a profitable business in connection with dairying.-E. t. Towle, in New England Homestead. Warm Water for Cows. The actual data on this subject are somewhat meagre, but there cannot be a doubt but that water at the tempera ture or ordinary well water is much better than from a tank full of ice, which if the cow drinks her fill causes her to shake for half an hour, and must be very detrimental to her pro duction of milk. Tank heaters were used to warm the water for the steers fed on the Kan sas Agricultural college farm last win ter. The water supply is from the city water system, and was let into the tanks as often as was necessary to keep the cattle supplied. The tanks are ordinary wooden ones, seven feet deep and stand in the open without protection or covers. Eighty steers were fed in four lots of 20 pch and two lots were watered at eaich tank. The heaters used last winter resemble a deep east Iron kettle provided with a removable grate four inches from the bottom. The lid is provided with opena ings for admitting fuel, controlling draft and the attachment of pipes to carry away smoke. The draft is the same as the airtight heater, the open ings being the same-at the top--nd carried below the grate by a sheet iron pipe at the side of the body of the heater. We used coal as fuel exclusively and had no trouble in any way with the heaters. The fires seldom went out and only required a little poking and additional fuel twice a day at feeding time. The ashes need removing occa sionally and we found the easiest way to be to take up the heater, which is held in place by rods which screw into a platform on which the heaters are set and empty out the ashes. This needs to be done only once a week. We have no positive way of estimat ing the values of the heaters, but cer tainly all will admit that water about the temperature of ordinary well wa ter is better for cattle than ice water. An animal does not drink often, but drinks a large quantity at a time and a difference of 20 to 20 degrees in wa ter taken into his stomach must cer tainly have its effect. Another strong point is that when the cattle have to drink eice water they usually stand around the tank and sip for a long time -perhaps have to come out of the shed where It is warm as compared with the location of the tank. They fill up on ice water, shake their heads and make a run for the shed asian, where they shiver until taey get the water. The bad efects of the cold wa ter esa hardly be estlmtP.d-J. 0 Haney, tin Amercan Arsealturbste An sathrLty conaider tbat tm windmill was laperted late lrames and aItan frem th east in the UIh ceaury, thaough it may bae bees b as -rU. ;REMATION'S ODD PHASE 9 NAY IN WHICH PEOPLE 'DISPOSE a OF THE ASHES OF THEIR DEAD. ODe Widow Credited With Eating the Ashes of Boer Busbad - Many Aasho Scattered to the Winds-Bodies Proe I Abroad to Be Cremated. A good many queer things have hai pened in connection with crematio$, but perhaps the strangest of them I was the case of Mrs. Matilda France-. fort, relates the New York Sun. Ma tilda ate her husband, which sound cannibalistic, but isn't. L In 1896 Mr. Francefort left his. I sphere of usefulness in Brooklyn anmL I his soul, it is to be hoped, soared to a I better world. As for his body, they took it to Fresh Pond and cremated it. Then his widow went after the ashes I and took them carefully home with her. All widows do not. Some de't even buy a niche for them at the ere matory or pay storage for them in the: cellar. But Mrs. Francefort was different. She got the ashes of the late Mr. F. and carried them home in a Japanned 1 tin box, llke a tea canister or a spiee box. Perhaps that was what sug I gested to the sorrowing widow the dis., position she should next make of them.i At any rate she decided to eat them.' There was mbch to be said in favor of this plan. It was economical She would save the expense of an urn and Sa niche and a monument by being all j that herself. Then, too, she and the I dear cremated had lived together for a thirty-one years and she was lonesome without him. She was informed that the ashes would enter permanently into her system, and it seemed to be a clear case of eating your cake and a having it too. Anybody could see that 1 under the circumstances it was the only way of keeping the family to gether. Having decided to eat her husband the next question was the manner in which he should be served. Mrs. Francefort went over his qualities with a sorrowful heart. He had been ta witty man, there was always a spicy flavor in his conversation. Mrs. Francefort made a note: "Spice." Then she defied' anybody to say that he had not been the salt of the earth. Another note: "Salt." Stilll.sbe had to admit that he had a bit of a temper. Note number three: "Pepper." But then, he was always sweet to her. Final note: "Sugar." Clearly, Mr,. Francefort's post-mortem specialty should be in the condiment line. Mrs. F. determined to make a seasoning. S o she put a pinch of him in her cof fee at breakfast and sprinkled him lightly over the boiled shad. At lun cheon be went into the tea, and con tributed distinction to the lamb stew. At dinner-well, at dinner the supply of Mr. Francefort's ashes went down in more ways than one. And what ever the gentleman may have done in life, there is one thing sure, he never disagreed with his widow when he was dead, though a little of him did perhaps go a long way. i People who take to cremation seem I to have a fondness for having their ashes scattered to the winds. There r was the first man who was cremated a in this country. That is to say, the a first in recent times. Toward the end . of the eighteenth century a southern I er by the name of Lawrence left a re f quest to be cremated. His sons built a i furnace especially and the first crema I tion-not Indian-took place on Ameri I can soiL But in 1876 Baron von Palm was " cremated in Dr. Lemoyne's private crematory at Washington, Penn., and his ashes were scattered upon the Hud son River. Then there was Ernest · Rosin, who, in 1897, stood on the BEads j bridge over the Mississippi and poured his father's ashes into the stream be low. In both cases the dead men had asked to be thus thrown adriftt. It is said that Joaquin Miller has made a similar request. Another case of the same kind was that of William Petersen Appleby, an officer in the Mexican and the Civil wars. His body was cremated at Fresh Pond in 1898 and the widow took the ashes to her home In Hemp stead. IHer husband hgd asked her to scatter them abroad on the first windy day after his cremation. She walted Suntil a gale was blowing, and then in Sthe presence of some of her husband's tfriends held the ashes out by handfuls and let the wind blow them away. At Bromberg, Germany, in 1897, the ashes of one Robert Aromns were sold at puble auction for $8.75. The pur chaser was not a member of the dead man's family. The records stop short there, and one is left rguessing who I wanted the ashes badly enough to pay S$8.75 for them. It would seem, too, I that there must have been more than one bidder, for $8.75 would hardly I have been offered as a starter. L1 ' heremains of Abble Sage Blchard I son, the writer, who died in Italy, were brought to this country to be cre I iated. They were incinerated at a Fresh Pond. Her brother died from t the shock and was cremated on the following day. I Kate Fleld's body was also brought Shome to be burned. She died in the r Sandwich Islands and was burled a there. It was a long time before her • friends got the money together to s bring the remains to this eountry, but I it was finally done, and they were ere mated at 8an Franelsco. Mrs. Whlt SIng, to whose eforts the carrying out Sof Miss Field's wishes were due, t brought the ashes from Sa Prancisco Sto Boston in a handbag filled with flowers. The ashes were finally buried t at Mount aborn beside the grave of I Miss Field's mother. Emma Abbott, the singer, was cre mated at the Washington Crematory. An interesting item about this case il . the eostliness of the gown In which the Sbodly was burned It was an Imported Sgown of silver and gold brocade. and Sthe papers of that date placed its cost I at goo. That may have been a trl p hih, but the gown was certaily Sworth a great deal A pecauliar case was that of T, E Davis and his wife. Davirs was a Call tomrla mllonaire. The wife died ast LShe was remasted, and bar hisbl d pa br ashes la a bOx twie tthe usal alse, becaus bee Ibseded to bare hli own mingled with Ms ws wf e Le S a Io l die h las tr. lpe., md the ldsahesfe Sat sia ,I wm n s ssbisthe Sdyr. se hdme -seu embasss a tl a he aesJis ·, ·' 2 · .,· A'· he eremated it. Then he was Instruct. ed to send on the ashes, but this he declined to do until his bill for em balming and cremating had been set tled. In the meantime trouble over the ldead man's will had broken out in Californa, and nobody was paying bills Just then. So a peculiar state of affairs came to pass. The urn with the wife's ashes-which rattled lonesomely around In their ample receptacle-was produced as evidence in court, while the busband's ashes were held in Phil adelphia as security for the undertak er's bilL Apropos of California eremations, there was that of Durrant, the young murderer. The crematories in San Francisco were so squeamish that they refused to burn the body, and the father had to take it to Pasadena. The medical men of the State had been keenly interested in the young man, and were anxious to have the brain for 'examination. The family was determined they should not get it. So the father did not let the coffin out of his sight until he saw it placed in the retort of the Pasadena crematory. Pet animals have sometimes been cremated, but the prize Instance of this kind was when a rich London woman had a pet Yorkshire terrier, named Monkey, cremated, and the ashes placed in a $3000 urn. Branch 90 of the Cigarmakers' Inter 'national Union is at the Labor Ly ceum in East Fourth street. On the top of a desk there is, or was not long ! Sago, a novel exhibit. It was a collec tion of fifteen cans and one urn, con tainng the ashes of sixteen members of the union. In a vault alongside of the bowling alley in the Arlon club house there is a similar collection of the ashes of dead Arlonites. t Helen Bertram, one of the Boston. ians, was credited with carrying her husband's ashes in a chamois bag sus pended from a gold chain around her neck. As the ashes from a full grown body weigh from three to five pounds it is doubtful if the singer carried more than a small sample of her hus band with her In that way. It Is by no means uncommon, though, for surviv ing widows to carry the ashes of the departed with them whenever they traveL CURIOUS FACTS. In a state of nature teas trees grow to a height of forty feet; in cultivation they are dwarfed by pruning to not Imore than three. The common potato, when decompos ing gives light enough to read by-a light so vivid that once a cellar at Strasburg was thought to be bn Are when shining with the phosphores cegpe of decomposing potatoes. A bird never before seen at the Lon a don Zoo is the open-bill, and it owes its name to the fact that the two halves a of Its beak do not meet for some dis tanc9 from their bases. The open-bill is tall, with long legs, presumably for I wading, and hails from Africa. a A South Paris (Mo.) man recently secured a prize in the form of a horse which snores so it rattles the dishes in I the pantry. The owner of the horse hap to turn out in the middle of cold I nights and go down to the stable and - teed the horse so he will stop snoring and the family can sleep. I '0tessional story-tellers roam from house to house in Japan, to spin their yarns, In the city of Toklo there are a about' 00 of these professional roman cers. Their pay averages twenty cents Ss ahaur. When the story-teller dlscov 4.' that his romances are becoming Sdu11 from frequent repetition he moves into a new district. There is at present to be seen in the British Museum an extremely curious I once possessed by Queen Vie t a and presented by her to that in stituation. It is composed entirely of a tortoise shell, and though both costly Sand curious can hardly be said to be elegant. It was made some years ago t euprely for Her Majesty by the na tfiSi of the Samoan Islands, who have Stheir own ideas on the subject of fash a Ion. SThe inhabitants of Hanover object a to sying highly for the fire brigade, Swhich seldom has to extlngialsh a fire., o so teyt now require that the wearers of the itgulation helmet and saxe, shall atteo4 to accidents and sudden illness I In the publle streets. For instance, says a Hanover correspondent, it an I old lady feels taint she has but to at trcAet the attention of the nearest po p lleeman, who In his turn telephones forthe fire brigade, which promptly turns up in a carriage and four. Dlmmeoted br wys**nm*eie GeOrm. The standard Joke about the French man who got "extenuating elrcum stances" In his trial for the murder of his parente on the pathetic plea that he wtas an orphan, says the Westmins ter Gasette, is not so far removed from the truth as might be imagined, ac cording to the story told in the Parld letter of the Daily Chronicle. A man was tried for parricide, and the medli cal expert declared that the prisoner, instead, of being punished, was to be pitied. He was dominated by hystero genic germs and ant-peristaltle symp toms, and the idea of "suppressing'hls father for the benefit of his family" Swas a thing that grew and had to be completid. We quite agree that many Srimes arise from physical and mental defects reacting on each other, but It is Shard on the aunfortanates who asse "suragpreed" The case reminds one of the sstem In "Erewhon," where moral oqenees are treated as physical coamplints. - S.swre Oselee.t T owa nsee. a An extraordinary survival from the i primitive tradition of the clergy open I ly Iotoethag their own "daues" in kind t from the people may now be seen in s funll swing in the rrarl distrtets fet r UPPer Saoy, in Switserlad. hvery year about the middle of October, dersymes, attended by youths bear lns sacks and baskets, go tfrom village l to vtage, receiving the Ceatribfltes I fo their prisbesers. No sort et con I sranese 'commedity esmes amiss, lthglh mosey is meet tovored, aud Severy emeg, the seaek or tassk~t goes bekair the y leaded. Theso esattibe - tims re a p dpular test of espsetahill. l ty, s inssT a bo~aswie was bes I hSbW*bes benew the whole amous I at o at ~e~ds to the paohiaI Iha. p et.r ;i.· r . State Grea ntf f Loniial Governor-W. W. Heard, Lioutenant-Governor-Albert Esto. pinal. Secretary of State-John Michel. Superintendent of Education--Johb V. Calhoun. Auditor-W. S. Frazee. Treasurer--Ledoux E. Smith. U. 8. SENATORS. Don Caffarey and S. D. McEnery. REPRESENTATIVES. 1 Distriot--e. C. Davey. 2 District-Adolph Meyer. 3 District-R. F. BIroussard. 4 District-P. Itrazeale. 5 Distriot-"J. E. RIansdell. 6 District-S. M. Robinson. coxSncOut, COLLGB -, or. false promises made. no harlatomo pra aticd. Over 00 Gold and Siyver Med Diplomas et., awarA s American and Europeas xpos tloua. Comme rdal Course Includes Rxert Ac meatinttg and A dit s l1 Ouarsnteed I nher and aoperdor to any other in the, South. 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