The true Democrat. [volume], June 05, 1897, Image 2

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TII ~* TRIIE DBE OCRAT.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
ST. FRANCISVILLE, LOUISIANA.
The State of New York has by law
sade accountancy a learned profes- Alu
lion, and restricting the use of the
Initials C. P. A. (certified public ac- Iiu
sountant).
Jean Veber has had a very realistic C
picture rejected by the Paris Salon. It -
represents Bismarck standing in a Lot
room, the walls of which are hung with C
parts of human beings. Veber asserts He
the picture is a protest against war.
C
r The grain export business promises
to be good for some time. There is bu
no indication that the foreign demand
will fall off. The people in India will
need a great deal of help, and the
United States is the best place from
which to draw supplies.
Ai
!fA novel course of college instruction
is offered by the Louisiana University, w
which, in its "Audubon Sugar School,"
gives students practical and scientific
tuition in sugar cultivation. The
course extends over four years and has
become popular with students from
Cuba.
st
.'The new charter for Galveston,
texas, introduces the merit system in
the Police and Fire Department, re
quires a sworn statement of election
expenses, provides for a forfeiture of
office if money has been wrongfully
used to secure election, and makes
eight hours a day's work for city em
ployees. .
Applying the estimated population
of Europe and North America to esti
mated available supplies, Helmuth,
Schwaztze & Co., the London wool
dealers, place the consumption of raw
wool per head of population at 5.09
pounds last year, compared with 5.42
pounds in 1895. Their estimate for
1894 was 5.17 pounds, for 1893, 5.22
pounds; for 1889, 4.99 pounds, and for
1885, 4.73 pounds.
kThe Greek Parliament has sent a
message to Gladstone as follows: "All q
your glorious life has been full of com- j
bats for justice and liberty. Now that
Hellenic nation has risen to fight
vor of Crete, which is bedewed r
blood, you come to uphold anew 1
e rights of an oppressed race." To t
this Gladstone replied that what he
had said was intended not so much to n
confer: a favor on Greece as to save his
own country from the dishonor in
orred by antagonizing justice and
freedom.
' Chile is about to receive two Targe
cruisers, one transport, one gunboat
ind six sea-going torpedo boats, which
hive been built for her in Europe.
The naval development of the little
South American Republic has been
vastly more rapid, in proportion to
population and wealth, than our own,
declares the New York Mail and Ex
pr8ss. Ohile is proceeding on the
principle that the way to get commerce
is to keep a navy at sea looking for it.
Trade follows the flag, and Chile un
folds here to the breeze in full readi
ness to do business.
The Chicago Record says: "There
has beeni a consultation among the
leaders of religious organizations in
t ~ie East within the last few weeks con
ce uiung the adoption of measures to
resi~t the missionary movement of the
Mormo 1s in this section of the coun
Stry, andparticularly i~ the South. It
' asserteal y those who claim to have
ourate iLformation that there are
jow in the field between 2300 and 2400
bIormon missionaries, and that their
propaganda has been carried on so
4 successfully that there are
of'-that sect in all but nine
d territories of the Union. In
.. o d observation the work is
ed on from headquarters in Brook
lyn and Chattanooga, instead of Salt
Lake City. And it is said that in both
these cities adie not only committees of
Sable men directing affairs, but printing
ofloes and other agencies for mission
ary work. A Mormon church has re
cently been organized in the District
of Columbia, and over in Maryland and
Virginia, almost within sight of the
Capitol, are several flourishing mis
aionary stations. The most extensive
work is beig done in the South. Mor
mon missionaries are said to be swarm
ing into Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee and Georgia. Formerly the
practice of the church was to colonize
its converts in Utah, but the old plan
seems to have been changed, and wher
ever its agents drive a stake they re
main to cultivate the ground. While
polygamy is not preached or practiced
in these Eastern colonies, it still re
mains an article of faith in the oanons
,.. SONG OF.THE MODERN CGREEKS. and
fusng from the battle soil of Hellas, sun
Liberty, we know thee by thy sword, B
Sy thy beckoning, by thine eyes that tellus Mis
Thou art worthy still to be adored. a te
SChorus.
Hail thee. hail thee, spirit; linger, hover He
Over Salamis and Marathon,
Till each hero's heart that called thee oon
lover
Rise with thee to lead the patriot on. not
'er
Slumbered Hellas long in shame and sad- mol
ness, I
Waiting for a voice to call her forth;
Hushed the infant's glee, the mother's a w
gladness the
By the brutal tyrant of the North. bre
Chorus. hot
Hail thee, hail thee, spirit; ete. cas
Long, too long, she dwelt with buried he- cee
roes,
Cherishing the glories she had known; litt
Her Caligulas, her mocking Neros col
Not by pride or tears could be o'er- 'Is
thrown, I t(
Chorus. ha
Hail thee, hail thee, spirit; etc. did
but at last, uplifted by thy presence' hoi
Floating on before her like a cloud, mo
Every arm, the prince's and the peasant's, hai
Struck, and Greece once more was free cum
and proud. doi
Chorus. sot
Hail thee, hail thee, spirit; etc. Mr
Ah, but there are brothers still whose let
weeping
Comes from over sea and land.
While they moan shall we again be sleep- to
ing- do
We whom thou hast wakened with thy
hand?
Chorus. soi
Hail thee, hail thee, spirit; etc. he
1 - sal
hasten, Liberty, and and we will follow be
Unto suffering Crete and Macedon,
Striving till, some happy dawn, Apollo
Find fair Hellas come into her owni sip
Chorus. vi
Hail thee, hail thee, spirit; etc. fo
-The Outlook. cli
lad o uncer-l
ain gec
no
,s ANEW WOMAN.T,
i- tlejohn was a
), lady of uncer
Sta ainge. of
But that sort
19 of thing is out of
2" ' style no''! n
If If twenty O°
Syears ago it tb
I2 ý". meant an old at
> maid, to be regarded by personal di
friends with spasms of blame and com- m
miseration-a life irrevocably lost; a to
soul who sat on the outside, so to speak, o
a of all comfortable existence--it was to
.11 quite another story with Esther Little- m
1- john. m
at "Such a cozy home, and absolutely
ht nothing to disturb either it or herself," 01
Jane Evans remarked. Jane had mar
rd ied young, and had a very bilious w
m husband, who was addicted to lavender tc
o trousers, a fiery temper, and melan- So
he choly pale green ideas on subjects fc
which looked fairly cheerful to ordi
to nary mortals, to say nothing of an m
is inability to provide, which made life a
n- pretty hard workaday world for Jane, ti
whose previous occupation. had been m
entertaining her many admirers, and si
hicoiehing laundry work for her dear g
mamma.
ge nryIf Jane's mouth took on a bitter
,at curve, and little envious ideas came ](
ch into her head when she passed Esther's
- house and regarded her snowy window
t oe draperies, who could blame her?
For there was Phyllis! Surely, any- I
en one who had such a treasure as Esther's e
to Phyllis could afford three hundred and r
in, sixty-five Thanksgiving days in every
Syear. Such a little black bindle of
comfort s she was, neat as wax, punc- "
Ihe tual as the clock, and in the family for 1
rce thirty years. For Miss Esther had
it. inherited them all--the cozy home in
n its homey garden, the snug little mort
Sgages and black Phyllis, who felt her
self quite as much a part of the estate
as though she had never heard of Abra
ham Lincoln.
ere Another rchoolmate, who had beenl
the blessed with three cross babies in four
i years, said, "She'd like to know what
need Esther had of a man."
on- To be sure Esther had had a lover i
to or two. There was a foolish little
the stqry that came to nlaught. Thenr there
- was Lester Irwmin, schoolellow, play-b
t fellow, rising youn.g lawyer, life-longo
friend, would-bhe lover. Her only com
v ment on 'this affair was, "I would as
are soon have married my dictionary."
on So Mbiss Esther went her cheery,
Ler comfortable way. She belonged to a
club or two, was a member of the
50 church, and, above all, was charitable.
are The poor people blessed her. Her
line dear Aunt Maria, who had gone
In ethrough life with an eye for the worst
is side of everything and everybody,
sweetly remarked that "Esther Little
ok- john had a natural-born desire to die a
alt martyr, and it wasn't much matter
oth what new-fangled fad accomplished her
f end." Of course, this came to Esther's
ears in due time, but as she was quite
in well acquainted with the dear old lady,
LoD it did not quite annihilate her.
re- One morning Phyllis' round, smil
io tuing Ethiopian countenance appeared
at the door of her mistress's sanctum.
"Please, missy, dat dar ole Daniel
the Tubbs dun come agin; face long's de
nis- jidgment day; dun say got see Missy
sive Littlejohn. Anyting tire dis chile, it's
tor- poah white trash forever asservating
quality folks!"
"Why, Phyllis!" Esther looksed up
ina, from a pile of missionary papers with
athe anything but an aggravated expression.
nize "Show the poor man in, that's a dear."
S Phyllis retreated with a grunt of
something besides satisfaction, and
her soon opened the door forthe disdained
re- representative of "poor white trash."
hile He was an old man of some seventy
iced winters, and from the poverty and ut
r- terly hopeless dejection of his counte
in anoe, one could readily believe he
he 031 adbeen banisheed to the frigizone
and kept underground every day the eon
sun shone, all the year round. blei
He lifted a spare, dirty gray face at she
Miss Littlejohn's cheery greeting, and tha
a tear stood in each eye, the only sign ary
of expression in the stolid countenance. Thl
He plunged headlong into his story: an(
"You know my Jane; poor ole a
oomau's been sick this long while, an' cor
not 'and nor foot can she raise since ent
'er stroke, and I with no work the six
months." unl
Esther nodded with the patience of Es
a well-tried friend, who remembered itl
the many bowls of soup and loaves of sol
bread which had traveled to the little He
house in the hollow, with only the
casual memory of a friend; but he pro- ow
ceeded: "You know our son Willum. ern
Well, our son Willum was up to our ful
little place up north, an', I writ' im to an
collect the rent han send us the money. mi
'Is mother tried to shak 'er 'ead when
I told 'er. Money's halways 'ad such de
ha peculiar haffect on Willum, but it du
did seem 'ee couldn't be hanything but we
honest habbout the money from 'is I
mother's little place, han 'er so sick ne
han 'elpless! Wall, to day the money it
cum, all but forty-five cents, which is
doin' well for Willum; but through ar
some mistake the order's made out to tir
Mrs. Willum Tubbs, hinstead of Mrs. of
Daniel, han the man to the hoffis won't en
let me 'ave nothin' hon it, an' us 'thout no
ha bit or sup hin the 'ouse, han I sez fr(
to myself, han to 'er, wat 'ill hi be si]
doin', han then hi thought of you, han
cum straight." co
He stood there, poor, dependent old pc
soul, waiting for Miss Esther to adjust pc
her eye-glasses and his affairs at the ne
same time, confident that there would di
be satisfactory results in both cases. hi
Now, Esther Littlejohn was impul- tip
sive, and not exactly possessed of the
wisdom of the oracle she impersonated bi
for the moment. She was a little in- st
clined to be perfervid, especially in hi
charitable affairs. She herself had a lip
lurking impression that Mr. Irwin did ce
not exactly approve of all her enthu- o
siasms, aird although she knew him to
be quite as correct as the above-men- to
tioned dictionary, she kept oil in her pi
own perftrvid way, considerably to her I
personal satisfaction., f
But we must not leflve poor Daniel ti
a Tubbs standing, hat in hand, while we
r examine the gray matter of the brain
of the last of the Littlejohns. e,
tt Miss Esther was not acquainted with si
f the new postmaster, and still there was ce
no reason why he was obnoxious to her, si
y so she spoke with scarcely a moment's, a
it thought, and a trick she had of getting fi
ad t things easily. "I will cash your or- g
l der," said she, and handing the old ix
man eight dollars and five cents, much p
to the disgust of sable Phyllis, who was e:
not too proud to listen at the crack of
the door, and hear the jingling of the fi
money, she went on looking up the u
matter for a paper on America. re
y In the afternoon she went to the post- j<
office, signed Mrs. William Tubbs to s,
r_ the order, received her money, and b
i went on her ivay rejoicing, happy in I
r the thought that"the family of Tubbs, ti
n Sr., were enjoying peace and plenty ti
s for a short space. a
I wonder how many of our cheerful li
L musings would evapopate; how many of
a our pleasant hours be turned to sixty d
, times sixty pin pricks of irritation, if ti
, we knew the adverse influences con- iu
d stantly at work, the mighty plants that t
a grow from a single wicked mustard t
seed.
, Just one week later Esther Little- I
e john was the recipient of a large yel- t
L' low envelope, postmarked Cook's i
, Corneis, and addressed in. conspic- e
uous characters to Mrs. Wm Tubbs, 1
Swith "Esther Littlejohn" below in
r' small brackets. No. 22 Ingham Place
d was added in triumphantly large let- j
ters. The contents, which Esther
of read with constantly opening eyes
.c and emotions difficult to describe,
o were as follows:
ad PLEASBE M--I take my pen in hand, I
in bein' as I've heard you're passin' yerself off
as Mrs.Willyum Tubbs, and maybe you think
Irt- you be, for all I know, but I can prove that
e- I took in washin' fur six years back, an' I
ate kep' that misserable, shiftless Tubbs in
'bacco and breeches, to say nothin' of the
r- twins an' the boarders from the Junction
an' little Jim, that cum in November. Wall,
enI kicked Tubbs out come spring an' told
ur him, the weather bein' warm, I thought as
he might shift fur his own self, an' I uend
hat wash fur Jimmy an' the twins an' now, for
the land a-living, I hearn tell as he's gone
ver and got another woman, and is actually
tle sendin' her money! You can't deny it,
bein' as one of my neighbors who had gone
rc to town happened into the post-office an'
ay- seen you cashin' an order for $8 and five
centsl My, btt you must be a hustler to
g get that oot'n Will Tubbs, as never worked
Sa day 'eept when I was sick and couldn't.
as I don't want him back agin nor to make
you no truble nor to try him nor nothin'
but bein' as I have a felli'n on my hand an'
y, had to put Jimmy in the Orphant Sylum, if
o a you will send me G35 and fifty cents to take
he me an' the twins back to my folks in Ver
. mont I won't make you no trouble nor
nothin' an' bein' as Jim Sylvester says
er you've got a bit from your mother that's the
one way to squar it. Send me $35 an' fifty
rst cents an' you kin have him titel clar.
Cook's Corners. MEHITABEL TUBBS.
tle- Now, the Littlejohns had very aris
a tocratic noses, and it was not surpris
tter ing that at this juncture the eyeglasses
er of the last of the Littlejohns flew com
e's pletely off, and, required an extra
ite amount of coaxing before they would
dy, properly return to their proper sphere.
But the Littlejohns were sympathetic
il- in spite of their aristocracy, besides,
ed Miss Esther could no more avoid being
im. charitable than old Mr. Lincoln around
iel the corner could help eating his break
de fast at the free lunch, and dropping
isy the fifteen cents he saved thereby into
t's his strong box for his sons to quarrel
ing over when he was gone.
Esther paused a moment to wonder
up if she had better go over and ask those
ith wretched Tubbs people about the mat
ion. ter, but shook off all idea of further
r." entanglement with them. With a
of groan for the new fall jacket she must
nd now forego, she enclosed ten dollars
Lned in a letter of explanation to the Mad
h." ame Tubbs, of Cook's Corners, poor
nty soul! Her heart went out to her in
ut- sympathy, the letter was so genuine,
nte- so honestl Then Esther, in a way o61
he her own, dismissed the whole matter
one. fromn her min, and turned her atten
some children up North who were
blessed with a clerical paternal and abr
short rations, and were to be more 1
than blessed with a generous mission- pici
ary box from "The Willing Helpers." bro
The fact that Mrs. Tubbs soon died, lac
and the old man took up his abode in I
a distant county house, gave her the nor
comfortable feeling of no future refer- dic
ence to the affair. sor
So things went on quite as usual, ma
until one afternoon in November, when to
Esther returned more chilly and spir
itless than usual from a meeting of
some committee at the "Old Ladies' Iol
Home."
Evidently someone was on the look
out for her, for while she was yet sev- int
eral rods away from the house, faith- ast
ful Phyllis rushed out of the side door gs
and threw herself on her astonished as
mistress. un
"Missy! Missy! I dun know.what
de house am cummin' to. Dis .chile sai
dun been in de fambly since befoh you on
was bown, an' nebbei 'spected de like. bri
I doan say nuddin' .to yer charitable
ness, but dis hohlin, dirty chile, am do
it to stay? Oh, Missy."
Esther's curiosity was now fully
aroused, and although Phyllis con- pr
tinued to pour forth voluble torrents
of sentences, and fragments of sent- ,
ences, they were neither satisfactory no
nor to the point, and she opened the sa.
frantf'door with a trembling hand and tee
sinking heart.
There, in a big arm-chair, before her tal
cozy grate fire--I came near saying re
posed, but there was anything but re- so
pose in the waving arms and kicking on
neither limbs of the fat infant, whose ti(
I dirty, red, tear-stained face seemed to ,,
have bidden adieu for two or three life
- times to all complacency. sa
3 When Esther had regained her hE
I breath, and was able to control herself co
sufficiently, in spite of the deafening th
1 howls, it dawned upon her that Phyl
I lis had all the time been holding an in
I envelope toward her. She tore it
open and read the following:
IMadam-When your child was admitted Pi
to the Orphan Asylum, we supposed you a m
r person in indigent circumstances; we are
satisfactorily informed to the contrary.
We return your child, utterly refusing it sa
farther support or sustenance. Our insti- m
1 tution is not for the aid of imposters. m
e BOARD OF THE SHERMAN ASYLUM.
This, then, was little Jimmy. Was i
ever a sensible, respectable woman in
h such a position! Imagine an aristo- th
s cratic maiden lady under such circum
, stances! Our Esther sat down and had re
s. a good cry, the baby meanwhile con
g fining itself to soprano Itotes, with the
grim identity of a masculine, who
d must sing bass the rest of his life, and
h purposes to make the most of the pres- s,
,s ent opportunity.
f Our Esther was not very different
e from other women, and after ten min- I
.e utes at this profitable employment rose
refreshed, snatched up his small ma
t- jesty, scoured him as never orphan was
o scoured, fed him a generous supper of
d bread and milk, clothed him in a cozy
n little night dress of tennis flannel from
;, the convenient missionary box, and g
y tucked him into her own bed fast
asleep, completely exhausted with such 81
il luxuriance.
)f Just what Phyllis thought I would a
y dislike to take time to inscribe, for t
if there were volumes of it; but Esther
1- ulti~ately decided that the easiest way
t to s4ttle the whole matter was to keep
d the baby and say nothing.
Anyone who had heard the peals of
- laughter that issued that evening from
- the last of the Littlejohns, as she sat a
's in her study, might have guessed her t
c- a trifle hysterical; but the time came
s, when the tormenting little every-pres- e
in ent Jimmy, who seemed to be quite as n
e much alone in the world as Miss Little
t- john herself, grew to be 'more to her E
r than the absent cherubs of the mission- I
s ary fields. c
, A~id in the winter evenings, when
the curtains were drawn and the fire- t
d, light flashed out from the open grate, (
off Miss Esther hushed the little lad to
Ssleep, and more of a home feeling than
ms she had ever known crept into her
in heart and made her kinder, happier,
he more satisfied.
i And so Miss Esther went her way
ld through the bright springtime, full of
as the merry renewal of life and hope that 1
Smade the trees and meadows burst in
ne to bloom, played with the little Jimmy, 1
ly worked and sang,and sang and worked,
it, and made her life as complete a suc
n cess as though she never were guilty of
ve doing those rash, impatient, improvi
to dent things which the Theosophists
Swould have us believe are fraught with
ke eternal consequences.
n' But one sad day, through the sun
an' shine and the springtime, a stranger
wandered to Miss Esther's gate. He was
r- travel-worn and travel-stained by the
or turmoil of life and the ties he had
a counted, but confident as a prodigal,
ty not exactly coming to his father's
house, but thankful for the small favor
of a friend from whom he proposed to
is- ask Jarge favors.
is- It was William Tubbs-insolent,
es familiar-who, having spent part of
im- the winter with Mehitabel (it goes
ra without saying, that she had recovered
ld from her felon enough to take in wash
re. ing), had heard of the ten-dollar bill,
tic and thought best to return to the place
as, where such things grew.
ng He was not to be dismissed, and
md Esther in despair at last seized her hat
ak- from the rack and fled into the street.
ing With burning face and beating heart
nto through the moist spring air she
rel rushed. Overhead the sky was full of
fleecy clouds; a storm was brewing;
der there was a storm already in Esther's
ose brain, and its name was Tubbs!
at- She went straight to Lester Irwin's
her office. How she told her story I can
a not tell. Idonot think Mr. Irwin had
lst ever listened to just such testimony as
ars the case of 1Mr. Tubbs versus Little
ad- john, but he listened silently, patiently,
oor in a very business-like manner to the
in end.
me, Esther paused and looked up im
6f patiently, a trifle injured that the
ter friend to whom she had fled for coun.
ben- iel should express solittle lively sym
"What do you advise me?" she said,
abruptly. -
Then there came just the least sus
picion of a twinkle into his merry chi
brown eyes as he replied quite as
laconically, "Marry me." 20(
If he afterward added some sort of
nonsense, evern men as correct as the to,
dictionary are often betrayed into that
sort of thing, and our Esther, new wo
ma'r that she was, was quite too wilted
to resent or resist.-The Home Queen,
MONEY AND OMENS.
Points Drought Out in a Debate at the
Superstitious Club.
When the Superstitious Club went ve
into session last week its president
astonished and somewhat awed the
giddy members, by announcing that du
"Money, In All Its Phases,' would be tic
under discussion. gi
"You must have often noticed," she
said, sweetly, "the money that floats Sb
on the top of your cup of coffee at ha
breakfast?" ba
"It is about the only place I ever
do see it," remarked Helen Stewart, bo
spitefully. co
"How do you treat it?" asked the an
president. th
"I stir it up with the coffee and
swallow it. Brother Fred says it's all g
nonsense about its being money. He icf
says the bubble that looks like a quar- tri
ter is caused by the sugar." fa
The president's gavel rapped the
table with emphasis.
"Miss Stewart is out of order," she "
- said sharply. "If the dictum of mere be
outsiders.is to be taken for the tradi
tions of the Superstitious Club, then is
we may as well adjourn sine die." pe
"How beautifully she presides,"
said Maud Johnson in a whisper to fel
her chum, Margaret Potter, who was wl
cf omforting herself with caramels on tw
9 the sly. ga
"Let me give you some much needed Ia
instruction on this matter of money
"I rise to a point of order, Miss pa
d President. We are discussing matri- pl
mony." bl
"Some people think they are smart," th
t said the president, ignoring parlia- sq
1- mentary rules. "I said matter of
money, but it is plain to see where hi
your thoughts drift. Now, girls, this
is a most serious thing. If you do p
hnot separate your coffee money from
the coffee without breaking it, and
swallow it while, you will not get the
real money of which it is a sign." b
"Signs are so deceiving," quoted
e laud Johnson from one of the club
d lyrics. "I have always stirred my
coffee money up with the sugar and
swallowed it. No wonder I'm poor!" ý
"Who has seen the new moon?" in
quired the president.
"I saw it over my left shoulder,"
e said Nellie Wright. W
"Poor thing! No luck for you this m
month. Anyone else?"
"I saw it, Miss President, with l.
money in my hand, and there was no r
Sglass between, and I wished ever so 37
hard. Papa gave me a dollar when I n
told him, and called me a 'slave to m
superstition.' But my wish came true tr
Id all right," said Lily Irving. -
"How many of you know the rule of tb
r the itching palm?" asked the Presi. 1
r dent. "Please recite it in concert."
"If'your right palm itches,
A stranger comes to stay.
If your left palm, riches h
of Will surely come your way.
n "Miss President," asked Kate En- a
at sign, "is it in order to ask if our quar- i
or ter of a dollar is an unlucky omen?"
ie "I should say not. Those who get
s- enough may consider themselves a
ts mighty lucky."
e- "You bet they are!" said Helen ]
er Stewart, who was immediately fined a
n- for using slang, said fine being or
dered paid into the marshmallow fund.
an Miss Ensign then explained that
e- there were no less than ten repetitions E
e, of the unlucky number 13 on one side
to of the twenty-five-cent piece. She
an enumerated 13 stars, 13 letters in the
Ler scroll the eagle holds in its beak, 13
ir, narginal feathers in each wing, 13 tail
feathers, 13 parallel lines in the shield,
ay 13 horizontal bars, 13 arrowheads in
of one claw, 13 leaves in' the branch in
at the other claw, and just 13 letters in
n- the words "quarter dollar." Would
y, the president please say if such money
d, would be unlucky to spehd?
ze- "A-hem," answered the diplomatic
of presiding officer, "I never heard that
vi- the original thirteen States were un
sts lucky, did you? Or the thirteen stripes
th on our flag-[applause]-and if any
member of this club has a pocket full
n- of those unlucky quarters, I should
er not advise her to throw them away.
Vas Will some member pass one around for
he inspection?"
ad But a canvass of the club failed to
al, disclose that amount of lucky or un
r's lucky money.-Chicago Times-Herald.
vor
to Pearls Buried Under WVater,
An interesting story is told concern
t, j ing some of the jewels belonging to
of the Empress of Germany. She owns
oes a very fine necklace, made of large
red pearls, well matched in size, and
*sh- singularly pure in color. The neck
ill,! lace, however, had been laid aside for
ace' some time away from the light and air,
and as a natural result the color of the
md pearls had suffered considerably. In
hat fact, when the Empress took out her
et. necklace it was so discolored that she
art found she could not possibly wear
she it in its then condition. The court
1 of jeweler, when appealed to, gave it as
ng; his opinion that nothing would restore
er's the pristine purity of the pearlsex
cept a very long immersion in the sea.
n's A glass case was accordingly made,
can- with holes in it to admit the water,
had the pearls were deposited in it, and it
Sas was sunk "full fathoms five" in the
tle- waters of the North Sea, says Madame.
tly, The spot chosen is close to the shore,
the and it is said that sentries are on duty
there night and day.
im
the It is said that some time ago a small
in- potentte in: Afghanistan offered a
ym-, British collector PrbO0,or a complete
CURIOUS FA
Great Britain has a 500
chard.
A grasshopper can spring
200 times its own length, ,
There are twenty-three acre}
to every inhabitant of the glob*
The first printing prss i~f
was established at Cambridg;
in 1639.
More than 2000 people my'
disappeared from London ery
and are never heard of again.';
New Zealand has adopted A
venting the importation of ~
tive or vitally diseased person,
The Indian buffalo, whie
dustan is the substitute for the
tic ox has horns eighteen
girth and two and four feet lo
Wash-a-Kie, a "poor Lo"`:Q
Shoshones, now ninety-three!y
has embraced Christianity, ;
baptized at Cheyenne, Wyom
In the British Museum lab
books that are presented areie
color, those that are purchased
and those bound in blue deo
they came by copyright.
The rodent family, owin
great number of skins, holt
ically the highest positioni
trade. The squirrel belowl
family is an important contii
Russian doctors are her'
wear as a diploma a little;
badge,. a silver oval plate an'
a half long by an inch wide o
is a design of two intertwi
pents.
Bengal was in 1770 devasi
fearful famine, during the:"
which nearly one-half of the
tants died, the trade becoming
ganized and the revenues
ancollected.
Scissors which can be useýas
mer and screw-driver havelatel
patented and a
placed on the inner.- 8rfa'
blade; when the blades eara~
their widest point the edges
square.
A resident of Trimble, Ten
his pointer to remain int t"
punishing it when it went 'o
pup took the lessons to hearty
day when it saw the famil.
across the street and sit' do
over, caught the cat by the
brought it home.
The etymology of the word
is a subject that has been 'fr
discussed, but the Britilh
water, wyog, pronoundedýwU
the derivation of the 'wor b
the famous Caledonian be
known. The Scotch aelic
water is very similar to.
ing uisgue, pronounced *bi ;
A souvenir collector lives i
lyn whose weakness is for bill
There are over 4000 in his ci
and it embraces everythinhg
menu line from the cracked
mining camp dugout to the .
trees with which Queen Vi
galed her subjects on jubil
f the Czar gorged his starving sub
hs coronation festival.
Indians Evict PalefateO
The Tarratines, a' tribe
have decreed that every
now living on the renati
a Maine island in the Peni
immediately leave the reserv
find quarters elsewhere. .-'
t This final edict has be
Sabout by the marriage of M
the white soothsayer oft
SMine. Bishop is well knon,
out the State, and has many
who thoroughly believe v ie h
ecies. Her mother. gave a
SIndians that they mightiia
SShe grew up there and m~
e dian, aid is the' mother o
e family. A few years agoshe
widow, and from that tim
3 cently she has had a respet
Sthe councils of the tribe. S1
many years made t.ripst
nState, telling fortunes bya
n system, entirely original. 4
a While she remained a wido#
d dians were proud of her, bni
Sried a white man, and by that
the displeasure of the Indi
Sincreased when she had a'
dence erected on land leasedf
i tribe and took her new hus
Sto live.
i The Sachems in solemnc
11 declared her. residence an
Sproperty forfeited, and hav
Y. her to leave the island with
or All other white persons livin
island must go, too. Many.l
to sons who have married In
- or squaws, and are living on
r vation, will be greatly inCon
by the enforcement of the ei
tribe sent a delegation to Tow
n- consult Judge F. Whiting inr
Susing force in banishing the
Sfrom the reservation, but he4
e to act as counse5l.--Chicago e
A Blind Card plyeo1.
J. J. -Chase, of Lewisto
Sblind veteran of the war, .s
In Uncle Solon Chase, plays I
Sremarkable facility and abl
he uses his own pack of car
a edges are notched in a dis
rt way understood only by hm
as is told what cards his compi
and chooses his own by
Sfinger quickly along the edg
'a. York Times.
Le, A Preacher Teaching
r, In Waterloo, Me., there .
who used to be an expertl.i
he college days, and last Win
ie.lessons in the manly art to I:
eof his neighborhood.
Bil Posting by
A bill-posting machine,
all bills on walls, eveasa
a bithoutthe.' use f
ste I8d -~7~