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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-03-07


that is ALL He was not TO be put
down by a little thing like that,
and called her in again during the
afternoon and dictated the following
note:
"DELMoSIco's: Will you reserve one of the
largest private dining rooms for me this even
ing and prepare supper for one hundred. find
my rooms are too small and will have to have
one OF yours Serve the same supper ordered
nnd prepare door for dancing. You can GO to
any length in the matter OF decoration, but
keep the cost OF the flowers down to one thou
sand dollars. Yours truly
The other note was;
DEAR OLD MAN: 1 should be very glad to
accept but Tuxedo never did agree with my
digestion. Certainly you can have all the
horses you want The two leaders are in town,
but will have them sent out 10 you. think
the price you offer for the coach is reason
able and l will let you have It for that. as
an going to give up coaching and get yacht.
Yours"
The third note was:
"DEAR MIR BURGESS: The designs arrived
yesterday and were beauties l sure IL
looks go for any thing, that she should beat
any thing afioat- hope you are right In what
you say about her being a better boat than the
Mayfiower. and I will certainly follow your sug-
seStion and enter her, whea completed, for the
cup. Yours truly"
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something. He felt that he was get
ting on.
But on the fourth day she appeared
with even a colder and more naughty
air and laid three letters down upon his
desk. She always opened his mail for
him and divided the private notes from
the business letters. Here" she said,
''are three notes which did not know
whether to hand to you or to the clerk" :"
Bulles glanced at the bottom of one Of
them and read the name 'Charlcs Bur
CESS" The note ran:
HENRY BULLEs-Dear Sir: am in receipt OF
note signed by you and bearing the mum Der of
your Office which refers to yacht aud to an
imaginary correspondence which has passed
between us on the subject OF such yacht. As
do not know you or any thing OF any such
yacht, ! can only imagine that some one is i'm.
posing upon you and return you your letter.
Yours truly, CHARLES BURGESS"
Mr.. Bu11es grew exceedingly red and
dared not look up: he wondered how far
the girl had read. The second note said:
"The private dining room and supper ordered
for you for Tuesday evening were prepared and
! in readiness for you as directed; but no one APP
peared. Are We TO understand that there has
been a mistake, or is your letter, which we
have retained. to be considered In tho nature
OF 4 hoax, or has some one forged your name:
Awaiting your reply, etc. DE!MoSICoS.
Mr. Bulles sank still further into his
chair. He opened the last letter with a
trembling hand. The girl still lowered
above him like an avenging spirit.
The letter was from a friend and con-
tained a clipping from newspaper.
DEAR HEN. cthe note ran>, Have you seer
this Associated Press clipping, and what il
Heavens name does it mean? Some one has
evidently been playing practical joke on you.
and one that must strike you as i most un
pleasant one"
The clipping read as follows:
IS HENRY DULLES INSASE'
TIRE wEIf-KNOwN NEW YORK BROKER GIVES
HIS FRIENDS GREAT CONCERN
WAsHINGToN. d. c., Jan 5.-The Secretary
of State is in receipt of most remarkable
communication from Henry Bulles, the New
York broker, in which that gentleman refuses
to act as Minister to ST. Petersburg with much
haughtiness. He is quite unknown TO either
the President Mr.. Blaine, and it is supposed
here that his mind is unsettled or that he is the
victim OF practical joke.
Mr.. Bulles laid the clipping down and
gazed desperately at the typewriter
girl. Ibid you post those letters?' he
asked.
Yes" said the Duchess, severely. -
found them on your desk after you had
left and supposed you had forgotten
them, SO posted them myself. Wasn't
that right"'
II guess said Mr.. Bulles, that I
won't need yor any longer. You know
too much"
That" said the typewriter girl
calmly, .'strikes me as the very reason
why I should remain. Don't you think
so? You can say you have been made
the victim of a practical joke, but if ]
lost my position l might say YOU had
not. Don't you think you had better
raise my salary a little and let me
stay?'
Mr.. Bulles gazed gloomily at the
newspaper clipping on the desk before
him. Yes" he said. grimly, you had
better stay.''-N. Y. Evening Sun.
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NE HAD BEEN a MINER.
Ono Experience Of Digging For Gold In tn
sferraa Was All He Wanted.

One Experience Of Digging For Gold In the
sferras Was All He Wanted.
Eyes" observed a young lawyer tho
other day. 81 have been a gold miner
in my time, and I had about all I
wanted Of it in that one experience, I
can assure you.
"You see," he went ON, II was pos
sessed with the idea when loft college,
some Ave years ago, that I'd like to go
into gold mining as q business. First
I'd learn the practical part of it, then
I'd locate some valuable claim some
where and take things easy afterward,
merely taking out enough gold to pay
my running expenses. Sounds well,
doesn't it?
"Well, had couple of hundred dol
lnrs saved up, and with this bought
an outfit of rough clothing and a ticket
for the West. Without going into de-
tails, found myself some two weeks
afterward in Grizzly Flat, mining
camp in Ell Dorado County, California.
My money was about gone, too, and, as
had no way of procuring additional
funds, had to set to work whether
wished to or not.
sI met a mine boss up there who
agreed, in consideration of a ten dollar
gold piece-the last money ! had-to
give me a Job as helper in one of the
lower levels of his mine. The next day
l started out for my new field of labor.
cold. The snow was about two feet
deep on the level and through this we
had to tramp u distance of half mile
to the mine.
s'Thus far the outlook was not en-
s~l, IN he,
cage there said the boss pointing to
box-lil<e affair suspended over hole
in the ground. With some misgivings
l got aboard and then down we went.
s.Down, down, until it seemed almost
as if we had reached the center of the
earth. 1t was dark rs pitch, too, save
for the flickering rays of the candle
which carried. Then had to crawl
on my hands and knees through a mar
row, damp passageway until we reached
the face of the drift. Here, JIM said
the boss, here's a new hand for you.
Better set him at work holding drill
81 put out my hand and felt thick,
Shiny oose against the wall. Small
streams of water trickled from above
down the back Of my neck. There was
no gold in sight, either; no Aladdin's
treasure place greeted my eyes, as
had fondlv hoped to see. 1t was an
uncanny place-damp, dismal and alto
gcther horrible to contemplate.
"sHere, young feller, git 4 hold on
this drill, will yer? And as I instinct
lively obeyed Jim prepared to strike.
Whish! and down came the hammer on
the head of the drill. l remember only
seeing Thousand stars and then all be-
came n blank.
"When I returned to consciousness
found my arm in sling. The blow
had glanced and the hammer had de-
scended on my forearm. You're in
luck; your arm isn't broken said the
mine boss, and then he added, with
evident contempt: Say, you're nc
miner. think school teaching is more
in your line
.Hc was probably right. At any
rate, ! worked my way back to the
coast and was glad enough to see New
York City again, can tell you. No
sir no more gold or any other kind OF
mining in mine. Not if 1 can help it. >
N. Y. Herald.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-03-07
THE CLANS LOOKED GOOD.
She Thought They Were Intended For In
a ix.at ion


ternal Application.
'Hope v amt got the toothache,
num-" said the fish man the other day
to Jersey City girl, at whose house he
was delivering some oysters. The fish
man spoke in compassionate tones. for
the girl was sitting forlornly in a chair,
with both hands pressed convulsively
to the sides of her face.
NO, not the toothache," she moaned,
s.only a horrible sore throat that is n
thousand times worse than any tooth
ache ever could be-
.1s that alp replied the fish man.
'Why, if you'll listen to my advice,
you'll have that all cured in no time"
do tell me how" exclaimed the girl,
"and I'll be forever grateful to you
''There amt nothing easier said the
fish man, than to cure a sore throat.
You can get rid of it in no time. All
you have tc do is to get a raw clam and
bind it over on the place where the sore
ness is. and it will jest move out and
not leave any sign of ever havin' been
there. Raw CLANS are great fur diph-
liberia. too. My boss cured a case OF
diphtheria, mum, with raw CLANS ap-
piled outside, that the doctors had given
up. That's the truth. that is, and I adj
y y
sore throat"
"Wcll. if they'll do any good, l wish
you'd send me round a couple" said the
girl, land Ill give them trial
That l viii, mum, and I'm sure
they'll fix you up"
The fish man did as he promised He
selected two extra plump CLANS. opened
them carefully. and sent them round to
the house. A few DAYS later, having oc-
casion to leave an order at the house,
he asked the girls mother if his CLANS
had done her daughters sore throat any
good.
.'Why. to tell you the truth" replied
the mother, "she did not apply them in
the way you advised. She said they
looked so appetizing that she could not
resist the temptation, and then ate
them. y. Y. sun.
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ing woman of much beauty and with
the haughtiness of a duchess. She
dressed well and richly, and her man
ncr when sitting before her machine
was that of grand woman of society
who condescended to play occasionally
on the piano. She had much the air of
q woman who was employing the men
in the Office to take care of her millions
and make out her accounts. Mr.. Buiies
always felt as though he ought to ask
her permission to smoke. and was al
most afraid to ask her to take down
any of his correspondence. What work
he dared to give her she did as well as
it could be done, SO he had nothing
against her except her pride. lie de-
termined finally to break down her
pride. He had been uncomfortably inn
pressed with her dignity, now she
should learn, what it was to feel that
way toward him.
So the next morning he called her in
and, after debating a few business let
ters, he said: Now, on the smaller
paper, please Are you ready? Let me
Sec" he unused as he bit carelessly at
the top If his cigar and gazed out of the
window.
DEAR JIM. Che began) Thanks, very much.
but it will be quite impossible. Ihave positive
iy refused to go into politicalife in any capac-
fly, and though the position OF M:nister to SO
important n city as St. Petersburg to succeed
Smith is highly complimentary. I could not
leave New York and my work. Tell the Presi-
dent in the proper official language that he is
very good, but that he must look for some one
else. Give my best love to Mrs Blaine and ac-
ccpt my confidence at the loss Of your house.
Yours.
"The Hon J. G. Blaine. Washington, d. c."
The typewriter girl took this down
With a calm, unrufficd countenance; her
severity of demeanor was absolutely
unchanged. SIS that aII?" she asked.
eyes" said Bulles meekly, II believe
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-03-07
DECORATIVE FABRICS.
Tanned Skins Are the Favorltes Of q,
Season.

Tanned Skins Are the Favorltes Of the
Season.
Tanned skins, especially the lighter
skins, such as kid and chamois, are the
popular decorative fabrics of the sea-
son. Each takes color finely, and at
the same time preserves its own tex
ture. This in kid has the effect of
stipple, and in morocco that of crackle,
contributing thereby to the decorative
effect.
Skins used to be regarded as especial
ly appropriate to the service of men.
mouchoir, or a necktie case, of cha
nois, though lined with down and per-
fumed like Araby, seemed to be less
effeminate in its covering of hide But
skins are now used in the dain.iest ap-
purtenances of the toilette. The deco
rative idea is to secure the effect of one
color, or rather tint, for nothing SO pro-
nounced as color is given. This is done
by treating the surface to thin water
color wash. The favorite tints are rose,
pink, terra-cotta, pale blue, Nile green,
and pale yellow. The leather is then
comb bined with silk velvet or plush Of
the same hue.
The above refers to kid and morocco.
Chamois-skins already tinted can be
bought. The hues in this case are much
! different The decoration is bolder, and
| always in deeper tints on the dyed
| chamois, aceentuated with touches OF
| gold. The ornament used in finishing
articles in chamois is in kind, such as
fringes of cut chamois half an inch wide
and braided grasses. These are very
effective.
Kid is more dclicately treated. White
kid is always chosen, and the thin wash
gives it the requisite tint Floral orna-
ment, cherubic boys, and Greek draped
maids, and nautical scenes are the pre-
vailing types of decoration in the three
genres. The light touches which arc
sufficient to render the sense of sea and
sky, with sails for detail, make these
preferred to the heavier touches, and
the greater amount of detail which land
and foliage require Sprays of flower are
given in broad washes, in which the
hues TO not wander far in from the
ground tint: the figure scenes are in
nochrome.-Harper's Bazar.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-03-07

High colors, prominent stripes or fg.
ures are less genteel as well as less sen.
sible than plain materials in quiet col
ors and exquisite quality. Brown in all
its shades has been Populnrized by the
Princess of Waiea whose exquisite taste
has realized the possibilities in her own
beautiful toilet. Tan in countless tints
and combinations with brown or green
is mu.h used, blue is well worn, gray in
affected by the few to whom it is be-
eoming.-Jowa State Register.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-03-07
TKEsPAsS NOTICES.

NOTICE Is-HEREBY G1yENTHATH HuNr
~ ins on the Amorosfa and Independence
places IS prohibited. Eioletors will be prose
cutcd to the fun extent o the Law.
- ---J 8. Wy DEDERlCK.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-03-07
HIS TYPEWRITER
Mr.. Bulles Tries to Impress Her
with His Importance.
She I1ns the Air Of Duchess, and His At
tempt Results in Disastrous
Failure "A Tale CT
Ambition.

R. DULLES, the
broker, had a
new typewrit-
er. He made
his head clerk
try the different
applicants and
test their skill,
and engage the
best one. The
one the head
clerk engaged
was 4 large, inn
pros S ivc-lOOk-
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-12-10
sitting Bull nns Murdered.

Sitting Bull was murdered, says Courad
Disstler, who made the 90 mile march across
the sand plains Of the Sioux Reservation from
Fort Yates 70 Grand River with Troop Il, Sth
Cav, on Dec G 1890 Disstler says he was an
eyewitness Of The killing.
" Bed IOmahawk never liked Bull" saws
Disstler, T" aud he was glad Of an opportunity
10 20 into his camp under Government orders.
The Indian police were ahead OF us, and Red
I0maha@k. their leader, found aud entered
the tepee Of Sitting Ball. When he tod the
Chief that he was 20 come with him Bail made
n0 resistance, but came out. He was surrounde cd
by women, aud they, alarmed, made an Outcry.
Red Iomahawk suddenly drew his pistol aud
shot him. Bull fell 10 the ground, wounded
but not fatally, while Red T0mahawk and his
party made for a log cabin, where theY were
quickly bosieRod by tho hoziiles
Capt. Eetchet brought the two field guns
into play at once. and the h0stiles led with bat
poor Oher OF resistance. Sitting Bull, after
receiving his wound, had cruwled into q bush
aud there with bis rife was making a fight
! he was dragged forth. aud an Indian police
man beat la bis head with a club, while Others
4 broke his rife over has head, and still other
slashed bis face with their knives. In thi
manner be- died.
Lieut. siocum did an he could 20 prevent
] this brutality, but the police were infuriated
/ and, having lost five or six Of their numbe
ln the scrmmage, they were not 10 be paci
] fed %
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Spare Pearline
Spoil the Wash
The Grotio o. PoslllDO.


Tho grotto of PosilpO was enchanting. ls
i5 an ancient gallery roughly hewn through
the mountain, between Naples and the wonder
tul region that opens upon tho other side
Narrow, lofty begrimmed with The smoke
ard dust Of centuries; lighted dimly By row
OF lamps that dwindled in tho distance, and
became lost in the glimmeriug disk Of daylight
at the Oppos 10 end; filed with tho musical
tinkle OF bells from the locks Of goats that had
been driven into the city to bo MIXED at poo-
pies doors, and were now going out again. at
tended by rough and sw1rthy goatberd5; sing
lug peasant girls with burdens on their heads;
dOnkeys loaded with great pannicrs Of vegeta-
bics company OF sOldiers-such was the
grotto. with the moving life in it. on the Jauu-
airy morning when I first beheld it with the
keen senses Of ardent youth open 70 every
sight aud sound.
/ kept on eager to SEQ what was at the other
end and there, on the threshold Of this region
Of wonders extinct volcanoes here lake that
was once a crater, there crater still smoking,
vineyards growing on old lava fields villas,
villages, ruins with the lovelists views Of capes
and bays and mouutaia- fOrms-there, as I say,
/ picked up ms guide.
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CAPTURING A GUNBOAT.
Comrade Simmons Says 1t Is a Ridiculous and Alb
surd ImpossibiIitY.

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: / notice in
recent issue Of your paper that COmrade Dome,
OF Prescott, Ark, asks for information con-
cerning an alleged capture Of a United States
gunboat at Sabine Pass, Tex, toward the close
Of the war. and giving as his authority an item
on the subject copied from the Memphis AD-
peal- Aualqpche The whole matter is so ridicu-
lously absurd and improbable that it could only
exist in the imagination Of a crank. The
writer was on duty in that locality toward the
close Of tho war, and If such an event Oc-
Cured would have known it.
IL is impossible for guabOat Co go within a
stones throw Of a fort on that part of the coast
Of Texas, and there was no fort there. It was
simply mud battery Of about three guns, from
which it is alleged that ball entered the
portfolio, exploded the magazine, aad sunk the
war-ship." Such ridiculous assertion only
merits a smile Of contempt. Then we are told
that 4" as soon as the FederaIs could they sur
rendered" but We are not informed how or to
whom they surrendered when their vessel is
alleged to have been sunk. Then we are told
that they threw down their arms and were
marched up the hill" Now. the crew of gun
boat fight with heavy broadside-guns. Then,
how could they throw down their arms? And
there IS no hill in that part Of the country, If
my memory serves me right, and / think it
does. Hills are scarce near Sabine Pass.
IL the Memphis AppeaI- Aralanche will give
Us the name OF the vessel, or name OF It's COM
mander, or inform Us when the alleged event
took place, its Avalanche" Of falsehOOds
might have some eOloring Of truth; but for the
information of COmrade Dome, the Memphis
editor, and all others interested, / am prepared
TO demonstrate that the navy did not do busi-
ness that way on the coast of Texas or else
where. Official reports Of its operations were
submitted 10 Congress each year Of the war,
copies OF which are IN possession Of the writer,
aud there is no evidence on reeotd Of the trans
action referred TO.
The Confederate forces on the coast of Texas
surrendered to Admiral Thatcher, of the q. s.
Navy, June 8, 1856, the writer being present on
that interesting occasion, and took special in
terest ia naval movements. Therefore, in the
absence Of any material facts. name Of gun
boat. its commander, or date of the alleged
event. do not hesitate to pronounce the affair
a willful, deliberate. and intentional falsehOOd.
WILLIAM SIMMONS, Corresponding Secre-
tary, Survivors Association Gulf Squadron,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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AT GETTYSBURG.
Where Soldiers Received GbSOIutiOn Before En-
gaging the Enemy.

gaging The Enemy.
To perpetuate memorable scene enacted at
Gettysburg on the second day OF that fierce
struggle. Mr. Paul Wood the artist has been
requested by Prof Edwards to paint a picture OF
the Irish Brigade, Of CaldwelFs First Division,
Second Corps, composed Of tho 2Sth Mass, esd,
Goth, and 5Sth New York. and Il6th Pa, com
manded by Col. Patrick Kelly, in the act OF
receiving absolution from the hands Of a CathO-
lie Priest, Father Corby. The picture is to bo
eight by III feet. and will be placed in one Of
the galleries Of the Bishops Memorial Hall "
at NOtre Dame, Ind.
The scene will represent what took place on
July 2, when the Irish Brigade was sent 20 the
assistance Of SickIes's Third Corps, at that
time defending, heroIcally, Little Round Top.
Father COrby, who had accompanied the Army
Of the Potomac from the first Bull Run and who
was in at the Round Up" at AppOmattOx. stood
out in front Of the Irish Brigade aud gave each
member present absolution the men kneeling
aud receiving the bened ictiou Chaplain COrby
stood in front Of the brigade on a large rock
and explained what he was about to do for the
soldiers, saying that each one could recei ve
tho benefit Of che absolution by making sin
cere act Of cOntritOn and firmly resolving TO
embrace the first opportunity Of cOnfessing
their SINS urging them % DO their duty well
and reminding them Of the high and sacred
nature Of their trust as soldiers and the noble
o'JtCb TOT NhitH bucy louGuLt cudluG Oy saying
the Catholic Church refuses Christian burial 20
the soldier who turns his back upon the foe or
deserts his eountry's hag. As he closed his ad-
dress every man fell on his knees with head
bowed down. Then lifting bis right hand.
Father Corby pronounced the solemn words Of
absOlutiOn. The sccue was moro than impress
sive, it was awe-inspriug. Near by stood Han
cock. surrounded by brilliant throng of Off
GERS, who had gathered 90 witness this unusual
spectacle. While in the Second Corps was
silence, bursting shells screamed through the
air, tha roar Of battle rose and sweled through
the woods. making music more sublime than
ever resounded through cathedral aisle
Gen. MulhOlland, witness Of this sublime
scene says: " / do not think there was a man
Ia the brigade who did not offer up a heartfelt
prayer. For some il was their Last; they knelt
there in their grave-cOthes ia less than half
an hour many Of them were numbered with
the dead. Who can doubt that their prayers
were good? That heart would be incOrrigble
indeed that the scream Of a Whitw0rth bolt,
added 90 Father Corby's touching appeal,
would not move to ContritiOn."
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met a man who knew him who did not love
him. This was so with the servants about the
White House during his Presidential term.
There Is now in the Executive Mansion tall,
thin, black. whiskered messenger named PEN
die who has been there for nearly 30 years and
who was on duty The night the President was
shot. lie told me the other day how the news
WAS brought 10 the White House. aud his eyes
filled with tears. lie described how little Tad
sobbed out: "Oh, they have killed my papa !!
My poor papa Let me 90 TO my paPal"
Messenger Pendle has the black brOadelOth
coat which President Lincoln wore the night
be was assassinated. One sleeve Of it is badly
cut aud it has never been worn since then.
Mr.. Pendle keeps IL rs n curiosity.
There is man in Washington who has q
shawl and black silk stock which President
Lincoln wore when he was shot. There is a
merchant named Petersen in Washington who
has the bloOdstained pill0Wcase and sheet upon