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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20
PRINCE AND PRINCESS MuRAT.

Story of the Royal Couple whose Bodies
Are Buried In Florida.
In the well kept little cemetery in
the quiet little city of Tallahassee, the
capital Of Florida, side by side beneath
the shade of the trees. rests all that was
mortal of a once well known prince Of
royal blood and his American bride,
their graves turfed ove and marked
by plain marble shafts. One Of these
stones bears the following inscription:
Departed this life April Is, 1S47,
Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat
son Of the king of Naples and Caroline
Murat, aged ~forty-seven. This monu-
ment is dedicated by his wife Catherine
In perpetual memory OF her love"
Upon the other shaft is cut these
words:
Sacred TO the memory Of Princess
G. A. Murat, widow II Colonel Charles
Louis Napoleon Achi'le Murat and
daughter Of the late Colonel Bird G.
w Is, Of Virginia She departed this
life on the 9th day Of August, 1867, in
the siXty-fourth year uf her age. A
kind and afiectiolate wife and sister.
A sincere and devoted friend. None
knew her but 10 love l.er None named
her but t prai-e e. This monunen is
erected 70 her memory by her bereaved
brother and si-ter.'
The Prince and Princess Murat re-
sided upon q cir plantation in Jeffer-
---W - e T.Hak.--a. 81
OWNED mr. -rous slaves. They lived
In grand s-yle, and pictures Of their
royal robe and magnificent jewels are
yet fresh in the memories of old resi-
dents
When the remains of the prince
were brought from Tallahassee fO
burial the funeral cUrtege presented .
novel appearances. There we're al
riages, buggieS wagons, carts and buck
boards, drawn by blooded horses, ordi
mary horses, shabby horses, mules, don
keys and oxen. Everybody for miles
aroCnd attended, and among the
mourners were 900 slaves, all in fune-
real black, and there yet remained upon
the plantation many slaves either too
old or zoo young 20 come.
Prince Murat was an eccentric char
aeter, and old citizens who knew hin
well delight TO tel anecdotes and remi-
niscences Of bis peculiar doings. Sew
eral Of his former slaves are yet living
in and about Tallahassee, and they,
too, are proud 10 have n listen 70
their marvellous tales Of "Maus Muh-
raw" The prince had three favorite
slaves-Mingo, Jerry and William
who took part in all his hunting, fish
ing and exploring expeditions.
The prince was a great sportsman,
and he always shot any bird or beat
that came within reach Of his gun He
never shot anything but once that he
did not eat in fact, he was often heard
IN say hat before he stopped he in
tended knowing the flavor Of ever
animal, fish or fowl 20 be found II
Florida
One day he brought in a bird and De
Hvered it 70 William with instructions
to cook il.
Good Gawd, mausa, yuh amt gwan
tub eat dat ting, is yuhf asked VIII
liam.
Il viii eat zat crow, William; You
cook eet!'
But, mausa, OATS nh buzzard!"
You cook eetl'
The buzzard was plucked and put IN
the pot 70 parboi, but soon the atmOs
phere became so dense with such a pc
euliar efiuvia that even the prince had
TO hunt purer air. He did not eat that
bird-Detroit Free FresS
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

Continual dropping wears
away the stone"
The continual breaking of
lamP-chimneys costs a good
deal in the course of a year.
You can stop it. Get Mac
beth's "pearl top" or pearl
glass" You will have no more
trouble with breaking from
heat. You will have clear glass
instead Of misty; fine instead
of rough ; right shape instead
of wrong; and uniform, one
the same as another.
You will pay a nickel a Chin
ney more; and your dealer
will gain in goodwill what he
loses in trade; he will widen
his trade by better service
Ptkburg. GEO. A MACBETH \ CO.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

Clara lhaughtily)-I went 10 the the.
ater every night last week and had q
different escort each time.
Rival Belle .yiIdictively - You
should he more cautious, my dear.
''Cautioust
Yes, my dear III natured people
all over town are saying you can't get
the same man To- 60 with you twice. -
New York Weekly
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

and sent the game 10 the ground In a
series of s~omersaults. with the breath
knocked out of them, without spelling
their skins eud flesh. The old man
never maugles Lis game. He is AN eX-
ample Of democratic simplicity ia his
everyday makeup. but not ayerse TO
social enjoyment. Galveston News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

In Paris the advertisement must be
true. 4 Paris t~obacconist. who had
perhaps been in America, advertised "a
certain cigar to be THE best in the
world for five cents. He was arrested,
failed TO prove il the best, and was
fined sixty dollars for malicious inten-
ton TO deceive San Francisco Bul.
letin.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

Uncia a.l MoGary inherited an
other tr a kuockiur ont the
bulTs-eyo from Dis ANCESTOR fhe hunt
en- of he. -.Iag dill not shoot
bullets into squirrels but, as the phrase
was, barkei Them The shots went be
tween the rll.us Of the small animals
and the limb, on which they stood,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

Ethel W..,t did you say TO George
when bee proposed
Maud asked for time to consider,
it was 81 unexpected, you know.
Ethel-lt always l., after one has
Given uu ai hope -Muusey's Weekly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

There is "a log Of yellowish colored
wood standing just outside Of Chi Hua
gate, Pekin This log has remained in
its present position since the fall Of the
old Wing dynasty. IL is in good preser-
walton, and has commanded the respect
Of all classes and conditions of people.
Insects in China usually make inrOads
on timber in a very short while, but
they are said never 70 alight upon this
sacred tree trunk, and il is true that
they have not left a single trace Of their
work upon il, while the timbers in every
direction are a perfect honeycomb Of
insect work.
The Chinese people believe that the
log is the habitation Of some god, and
on that account gather and worship at
its base at least once a year. Among
the higher classes the day for thu
unique species Of worship is the first o
each succeeding month, unless that da.
should happen % be a new % day.
On Oct. l Of every year the emperor
commands the board Of ceremonies 10
appoint = committee TO pay their re-
spects TO the deifed log.-St Louis
Republic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

Trlmp-Wm this dog bite u poor old
tramp
Hired Girl-Just Is quick as . lat
young one. Git,-Epoch
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20
snnthem VII I'm War.

"As we are reminded by the author
Of -Four Years in Rebel Capitals, " the
south, as well as the north. needed TO
exercise its sense Of humor, whenever
that was possible, to carry it through
the terrible strain Of the war. Some
Of the puns, burlesques and repartee Of
that dreadful time have become locally
historic. Colonel Tom August, Of the
First Virginia was the Charles Lamb
Of Confederate wal wits, genial and
e gay
Early in secession days a bombastic
friend approached him with the ques-
ton, well, sir, l presume your voice
is still for war;
"Oh, yes, replied .he vii, perfectly
stLnr"
Always % be remembered is Genera
ZebulOu Nance's apOstrOphe to the rab
bit, flying by him from a heavy rifle
fire: $50 IL cottOutaill II | hadn't =
reputation 10 be with your
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20
, dE MILES CITY ASSOCIATIO

Wa tbs veal admitted TO a membership IN he Montah circuit u IL
,no,otou o. - ,ar with spy Association in Montana, besides having a better
and faster track. Owners Of hores training here expect to max q
record on this track, believing it to be the fastest track in the stale
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

The Listener heard one about DR..
Brooks the other day which did not
ONE out of "a book Of anecdotes and
which is probably true Alady who
had come with her little boy from the
west happened to be 40 fl house where
DR.. Brooks was calling The boy was
only sever years old and very small Of
his age but he seemed to have brought
o good deal ufpuguacity with him from
the wild and w0olly region whence
De came. Tor Doe was seized with violent
and uncomfortable arw.tv the moment
be saw tine doctor. Marching up 70 him,
De shook h- little fist above his own
head. and with hi. neck thrown away
back 20 look up. exclaimed ferpciously,
Il can lick you, Flips Brooks "-Bos-
Ton Transcript
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20
THE POLICE

THE POLICE GAZETTE
l. the only illustrated paper In the
world containing all the latest sensa.
tionai and sporting news. 70 Saloon
Keeper, Barber OF Club Il On can af-
fO.- 20 be- without II. II always makes
friends wherever il goes.
Mailed "a any address In the United
state, securely wrapped, Il weeks for
tl.oO.
send five cents for sample copy.
tRICHARD.K FON.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

The leaves OF the sisal plant are of q
dull green color. four 70 six feet long.
as many inches wide and terminated
by a stout dark spine. The margin
are commonly described as smooth, a.
they are without teeth. but in all ths
plants examined by the writer ttS
leaves were slightly rough on t., edga~
and in many Of the young plants sOm
Of the leaves had well developed teeth
A full grUwn plant presents a rRthe
striking appearance, brstling all ove1
with the long. Siny tipped leaTeA
thickly rlsdiating from the short cylin
drcal trunk, wthch is crowned by .
darp slender, cunelike bud Indeed
q large plant makes M think Of a 81
gaatc SEA urchin. The leaves as they
unfold from the bad slowly assume .
horizontal position but remain rigid
and straight, W eurinz downward
as they do in thu CENTURY plant.
When the plant arrives at maturity
and has a sufficient stOre Of nourish.
nent it sends up its flower stem,
known { cultivaturs as the mast" on
pole" This il from twenty 20 twenty
FIVE feet nigh and about six inches in
diameter near the hrse. On the uppe
tUo-thirds braIchfs arsdsveloped. con
verting. ttp pole into a huge panicit
covered with innumerable grvenish
yellow no~yer.-Jom ]. Northrop y
Popular Science Monthly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

pR1CL 10 cEETA
49, $780, 49,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14
Heroic Annie Bender.

Annie Bender, the eighteen-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Margaret Bender, of
st. Clair street, did an act Wednesday
afternoon that was worthy of strong
and courageous man. and may thereby
have saved two lives.
Some time Wednesday afternoon
flames were noticed on the roof of Claus
Steffens' house. Neighbors rushed hast
fly over to alarm box PAS, but the de-
partment was hindered by the awful
roads from reaching the house prompt
ly.
In bed on the second floor of the
house, directly under the blazing roof,
lay Mrs. Steffens and her two-day-oid
I infant Several women rushed up stairs
to carry Mrs Steffens and her baby out,
but a physician, who had just arrived,
forbade it. He said the fire was not
spreading rapidly, and the fire depart
mcnt would probably reach the house
in moment. The minutes went rap
idly by and the engines did not come.
Then Miss Bender resolved to act.
She placed ladder against the caves,
seized an AK and climbed to the roof.
With score of blows she chopped
away the shingles from around the
flames, which had then spread but a
few inches from the chimney. She
worked with all her might and main
and soon had all the inflammable ma
terial cut away.
While she was thus engaged two
other young women stood by Mrs. Stef
fens' bedside, and determined to re
main there until il became evident that
! the house would bum, when they
would carry her down stairs.
Just as Miss Bender finished hel
/ work hook and ladder company 6,
| from the new fire station on Windsor
+ avenue, came, the wheels covered witt
mud and the horses foaming and per
spring from their hard pull through
the horrible streets A few minutes
work with the exting,iishers put out the
fire with no very great loss.
Miss Bender's brave act no doubt
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14
Evarts Would Wait.

A good story about Senators Evarts
and Hoar has just come out, rather
late, but not too late to bear repetition.
They were both members of the senate
committee on the library. Mr. Hoar is
industrious and Mr.. Evarts is not so in
dustrious as he might be if he were
younger and of different tempera-
ment. He would not do anything that
did not appear to be absolutely neces-
sary, and one thing that Mr. Hoar came
to think he would never do was to call
meeting of the library committee.
One day Evarts and Hoar met by
accident in the committee room. Mr..
Hoar, in his querulous way, said to Mr..
Evarts, Look here, Evarts, when you
get ready to call a meeting of the com
mittee on the library wash you would
be kind enough to notify my execu-
tors" Mr.. Evarts kept on reading his
paper for a moment, and then replied,
in his dryest and most deliberate tone,
Nothing viii afford me greater pleas
ure." Mr. Hoar did not pursue the
subject further-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14
Illustrated from Nature.


II have curiosity here" remarked
u down town restaurateur, 1.-THE first of
the kind seen in this country for long
time" pointing to red backed non
descript that looked like a cross be
tween lobster and Gulf crab. The
shell was ten inches long, the claws
black at the tips, and large enough to
hold in wise quarter OF lamb. Il
was passing up Park row the other day
when my attention was drawn to a
sailor who was Offering this fellow for
three dollars to crowd that had gath
cred around him The sailor said he
had brought it from Liverpool, as no
doubt he had. 1t is an English sea
crab, found only in deep water in or
near the English channel.
Only once in great while does one
get so far from home as New York.
This one is little more than baby, for
it weighs but eight pounds. The aver
age for full grown crabs is at least
double that had not had this fellow
day when an English customer of
mine offered me twenty dollars for it,
with the privilege of keeping it on
exhibition until he called for it. A
choice company of his friends will get
a rare crab salad treat from it Sunday
afternoon. New York Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14
TO THE
FARMERS Of VERNON I F.!

1t has accidently come 10
my knowledge that you oc-
casionally make complaints
because Of the small sums re-
ceived for your Dairy skins.
The fault is your own, for il
YOU would take them off and
properly care for them you
would rarely find skin that
would bring you less than so
cents, and a great many of
them would bring you 60, 70
and even so cents each.
Poor skins, like poor butter,
are poor property and bring a
poor price. It will cost you
only a penny for postal card
on which to send me your adj
dress, to secure full printed
directions as to the proper
method oftaking off and caring
for your aNfskins. | will very
gladly mail these to you free,
postpaid, if you will send me
your name and SO request.
In most ofthe towns Of Yer
mont | have BUYERS but in To-
caIities where | have none
would suggest hat a half doz-
en- farmers club together and
ship their skins in quantities OF
q or more in which case !
will pay all l''ei9hts after de-
livery at r. R. depot. | can
not allow you wholesale prices
in towns where / have a buy
er but where | have none
VIII gladly arrange with any
reliable farmer who is willing
to attend TO the matter Of col
lecting skins taken off in hi
vicinity, and in such case vii
Of course allow the buyers
commits sion.
CA RROlL S. PAGE,
HYDE PAX, Vt
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14
prevented serious destruction of prop.
erty, if not, indeed, the loss of the two
helpless lives just beneath the roof
Cleveland World.
Achilles and the Tortoise.

A paradox which has been inherited
from the Greehs-that of Achilles and
the tortoise-is familiar.
Achilles (the swift footed allows the
tortoise hundred yards start, and
runs ten yards while the tortoise runs
one. Now, when Achilles has run a
hundred yards the tortoise has run ten
yards, and is therefore still that dis.
lance ahead. When Achilles has run
these ten yards the tortoise has ran one
yard. When Achilles has run the one
yard the tortoise has run one-tenth of
yard. And when Achilles has run
the one-tenth of yard the tortoise has
run one-hundredth. 1t is only neces-
sary to continue the same process of
reasoning to prove that Achilles can
never overtake the tortoise.
Of course it is a fact that ..chilles
does overtake the tortoise, notwith
stand this apparently logical reasoning
to the contrary. New York Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14
PEDIGREE.

Young TRICEPs is years old; 10 81
hands high; weight l,030 lbs, chestnu-
color with plenty of bone and muscle,
can show fine trotting action; was sired
by TRIcEPs, horse standing l6 hands
high, weight ,l50, bright bay ana a fine
trotter. Showed three heats at Cambridge
in 2;3S, 2 :36 and 2 IA without break
Trotted race at HOosick Falls the fol
lowing week over new track and won in
straight heats, and logged down the
stretch, time 2 SO. TRICEPs has FIVE
colts that can trot in 2;40 or better, all
from common mares. There is one in
Greenwich that can trot low down in the
sos.
Young TRICEPs dam was Nellie / s.
kins; sired by young Ethan, he by Id
Ethan; her dam by Darkey, the sire
old Highland Grey.
F. A. RUSH, Owner.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14
EIntsam and Jetsan,.

\ whale sixty-eight feet long, and
dead from the thrusts of a sword
fish, floated ashore on the South Caro-
lima coast the other day, and the two
parties of negroes who found it fought
for four hours as to which should take
possession. Then some white men came
along and gobbled the prize.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14
What Woman suffrage Would Do

One of my weightiest reasons for be-
lieving in woman suffrage is that think
it would be the surest means of securing
for women the simple justice of equal
pay for equal work. Facts show that
voters alone have their interests properly
guarded.-Eary l.. Booth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14

not a collection of sharp technicalities
and angular facts and chronological
tables and dry statistics, Our religion
is compared TO frankincense and to
cassia, but never TO nj yhtshade. 1t is
a bundle of myrrh, 1t is a dash of
holy light 1t is sparkle of cool
fountains 1t is an opening of opaline
gates. Ii is collection of spices.
Would God that we were as wise in
taking spices to our Divine King as
Queen Balks was wise in taking the
spices TO the earthly Solomonl What
many OF ms most need is TO have the
humdrum driven out of our life and
the humdrmn out of our religion The
American and English and Scottish
church will die of humdrum unless
there be change,
An editor from San Francisco few
weeks ago wrote me saying he was get.
ting up for his paper symposium from
many clergymen, discussing among
other things "Why do not people go
to church," and he wanted my opinion,
and gave it in one sentence, People
do not go to church because they can
not stand the humdrum" The fact is
that most people have so much hum
drum in their worldly calling that they
do not want added the hundrum of re.
ligion We need in all our sermons and
exhorations and songs and prayers
more of what Queen Balkis brought to
Solomon namely, more spice,
The fact is that the duties and cares
of this life coming to us from time to
time are stupid often and inane and
intolerable Here are men who have
been bartering and negotiating, climb
ing, pounding, hammering for twenty
years, forty years, fifty years, One
great long drudgery has their life been.
Their face anxious, their feelings be-
numbed, their days monotonous.
What is necessary to brighten up that
mans life and to sweeten that acid dis
position, and to put sparkle into the
mans spirits? The spicery of our holy
religion, why, II between the losses
of life there dashed a CLEAN of an eter-
nal gain; if between the betrayals OF
life there came the CLEAN of the indy
ing friendship of Christ; if in dull times
in business we found ministering spirits
flying to and fro in our Office and store
and shop, everyday life, instead of be-
i,,r, st,,ri1 h. i,
glorious inspiration, penduluming be,
tween calm satisfaction and high rapt
ure.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14
S. NJ. Aldrich Farm, Peru. Vt.
TERMS

Ten Dollars to insure II foal, payable
March l>t 1892. Should any one lose
their Colt within that time they can re-
turn tn" mare free the following season.
All Mares disposed of viii be consid-
cred with foal
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14

Ammonia is very useful household
article. For washing windows, brushes,
and for performing many other services
it becomes almost indispensable to the
careful housekeeper.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14
Young TriCeps
owned by
f.. A. RUSH.

r. a. RUSH.
PERU, Vermont
This well known Stallion viii Stard
the ensuing year at the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14

Observation-Disclosures the matter
Tramp-Nervous prostrationl
Philanthropist-- Impossible. That dis
atse is brought on by oyerwork.
Tramp-We!l, I've had nothing but
work offered me since struck this town.
-Munsey's Weekly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-14
AN INExpLIcABLE MYSTERY.

How any woman keeps house with
out the religion of Christ to help her is
a mystery to me. To have to spend
the greater part of ones life, as many
women do, in planning for the meals,
in stitching garments that will soon be
rent again, and deploring breakages,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-08-26
Redwood Notes.

John O'Leary, fireman in the Chica-
go & Northwestern railway yards at
Milwaukee, was here Sunday visiting
his mother and friends.
Mrs. Ferdinand Lemerhirt and chill
dren, of Beloit, visited with her sister,
Mrs. Henry Hoeffs Saturday and Sun
day.
Lemerhirt & Ebbert have threshed
out the small job in thisburg this year.
Mud Lake sportsmen are making big
calculations upon great hunt this fall 4,
predicting more ducks than any other
year.
Miss Kate Kelly, of Kenosha, is here
for visit with relatives and friends.
Fred Hike had house warming Fri
day night, giving his Shields and Water
town friends great time until the wee
sma' hours.
Jas. Dunn is entertaining his cousin,
Miss Bridget Damn, of Fall River, Mass
Many farmers report complete fail
ure in corn, while some are obliged
now to feed their stock, pastures hav-
ing all dried up, and others have sold
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-08-26
NEW YoRK Nov Q 1910
Postmaster,

HORACE GREELEY.

postmaster,
Norwich, n. Y.
The chirography is quite plain, and
in marked contrast with that which
characterized Mr.. Greeley's manu-
script in the latter years of his life.
Another feature of the letter is the fact
that Mr.. Greeley. the editor of one of
the greatest newspapers of that time,
should have looked so closely after the
details of The Tribune's management,
and labored so industriously in it's be-
half, as to write with his own hand a
letter such as quoted, which was proba-
bly, one of sixty written by him to other
counties in New York, for similar in
formation. 1t will also be noticed that
the news he sought was to be sent him
after the supervisors met, (then as now
the following Tuesday after election).
That would be considered rather slow
and unsatisfactory in 1891, but with the
facilities or rather lack of them at hand
in 1849 for news gathering, Mr.. Greeley
was not wide of the mark in giving his
correspondent a week S leeWay. Thanks
to railroads, telegraphs and telephones,
the news which it then took days to
collect, can now be obtained in as many
hours. 1.-The world do move"