davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11
CIlRISTS TOMB.
Discussion About the Exact Lo cation
of the Holy Sepulchre.

Some discussion has arisen among the
learned Palestine topographers and bib
lical archpolOgists with regard to the
to Jerusalem, believed by the late Gen
cral Gordon to be the actual scpulclrc Of
Christ, which it is now proposed to pur-
chase and preserve as an object of Chris
tian vencration, says one Of our English
exchanges. There are wci@hty opinions
on both sides of the controversy. Major
c. II. Condor, r. f., whose labors
and records Of the English
Palestine fund exploration survey
render him high authority, considers
''tlat there is not on y no reason to sup
p1sc that this tomb is the real site of the
tomb of Christ, but there is every reason
to suppose that it did not exist in the
time Of our Lord at ALL Rev. Canon II.
b. Tristram, +. II. s., whose reputation
stands as high as an authority regarding
the geographical antiquities Of Palestine,
will not positively assert that this tomb
must be the holy scpulchre, but thinks
that its site answers the required condi
tions as no other site does and there is
III tlOOl VI IdJOl cOudtl oplHipll tllhI
this tomb is of the ninth century after
Christ.
A committee of which Mr.. Henry A.
Campbell and John Murray are lead
ing promoters, has appealed to an Eng
lish public dor subscriptions to the
amount of $4,000 to buy the inclosed
piece Of land-about four acres-now for
sale at the price Of e4,O)o, to lay it out
as a garden, to put the tomb in order
and to provide for its proper care and
keeping. The Archbishop of Canterbury,
several bishops and many influential
clergymcn have expressed their cordial
approval. The tomb is distant only 23O
feet from the summit of the knoll or little
hill called FL Hcydhimiyeh, Jcrcmiah's
Grotto, the shape of which hillock has a
striking resemblance to the form OF
skull; the "Golyotna,' or "Calvary'
which Canon Tristram, i'll 1858, sug-
gcstcd as the probable site Of the cruel
tixion, arguing chiefly from its position
at just outside the gate of Samaria, the
only direct exit from the Roman govern
ors court. the castle of Antonine.
The only tomb yet found in the vicinity
which can be deemed as c'l as the date
of the cruciixion is situated rather far
thcr west and has now become the prop
erty of the Dominican friars.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11
And there were more plants nearer the

And there were more plants nearer the
edge; to them he fastened, with the
blade still dragging from his wrist, to
fall prone on little group of them, and
on huge puff-adder lying almost invisi
bic along an earth grove. Instantly the
beast drew back its head and struck him
on the bare leg; then fled.
A rage filled him; he seized the sword
in both shaking hands, brought it down
at the marked back, missed it, fell for
ward, and the steel bent and broke under
him as the enemy glided away. But
after it he painted with the strength of
revenge; caught it up as it twisted by
large stone, pushing the stone over its
neck by an effort, and, kneeling, cut its
writhing body into long stri ps with the
fragment of his blade. Then he got back
somehow to the green tufts, and while
the poison worked its way to his heart,
swectencd his last moments of life with
those leaves, till a stupor came over him
and he slept with his destroyer the sleep
of death on the border of the Sweet
Palm Coast, as the Indians called it in
their tongue.
Such was the escape of John Tisden,
whose bones have long become dust, the
only man who ever crossed the TERRA
dc Sed.-[Black and White.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11
Pottery and Porcelain.

There is vast difference between
pottery and porcelain; pottery being
opaque and porcelain translucent. "Fai-
ence" is the term applied to all glazed
pottery, and "biscuit' to all unglazed
pottery or porcelain. Technical terms
are troublesome, and therefore will DO
omitted when possible.
In China, porcelain was manufactured
before the Christian era: but the art did
not reach Europe until the sixteenth
century. Pottery had been manufactured
ut least two centuries before; bui. al.
though constantly searching, chemists
were not able to find the necessary ma
terials for the manufacture of porcelain.
The art of glazing with salt was discov-
cred at Burslcm, England, in
1880, in rather curious way.
\ servant while boiling salt for
brine, LII an earthcn vessel, allowed the
water to boil away; the pan became red
hot, and when it was noticed was COW
cred with a beautiful glaze. News of
this discovery spread rapidly; and the
potters taking advantage of the hint. salt
glaze became common.
There are two kinds of porcelain, hard
and soft; and there are several methods
by which these may be distinguished.
Inc soft paste can be scratched with a
sharp knife on any part not covered with
the glaze. 1t also has Il somewhat soapy,
warm feeling to the touch, and the frac-
turc has the appearance of cream Hard,
or, as it is sometimes called, "truc,"
porcelain is heavier than the soft, is
purcr white, and is cold to the touch.
When broken, the fracture looks like
alabaster; and, as rule, the rim under
meath the plates and other pieces escapes
the 6 !azc.-l Demorcst's Magazine.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11
Eas a Fiuger-Reduc n, Patent.

The Patent Office has granted pat
ent on a device worthy of the ancient
Greeks. 1t is system Of inger-taper-
ing and ioint-reducing bands. The idea
is to make thimble- shaped bands of thin
and plant aluminium in sets of various
sizes to tit the fingers and thumbs, and
by wearing them at night gradually pro-
duce the slender and tapering digits so
much admired by the fashionable half of
the world. The aluminium baads are
provided with rings which are crowded
down on the outside so as to compress
the fingers and drive the blood back to
any desired state Of diminutiveness. The
letters patent do not state whether the
use of this new device is attended with
pain or not. 1t is said these bands have
been thoroughly tested by several of the
best known women of fashion in Wash
ington and New York, aud they speak of
them In the highest terms of praise. The
leading merchant in cosmetics and toilet
articles in Chicago is forming stock
company to buy the patent and boo N
the finger taperer at the Worlds Fair.
The patcntee says his idea will go like
wildfre, as have SO many other inven-
tons to produce beauty, and he thinks
his patent is worth at least $50, O00.-
Chicago Herald.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11

When John Jacob Aston died in 1913
worth $25, 100000 he left $40, 900, 600
more than the richest American before
him. But in the last ten years at least two
men wv. HI. Vanderbilt and the second
John Jacob Astor) have died with for
tunes twice this size, aud John D. Rookie
teller is ordinarily estimated to be also
worth S10O,000,OO0. 1t is estimated
that there are only seven American for.
tunes of over $50, oOO,0O0 Huntington,
Sage, William Rockefeller, Stanford,
Mrs. Green and William Aston; six over
500, 900, 900, D. o. Mills, Armour,
scarles, Charles CrocAer's estate, Henry
Hilton and the L. s. Higgins estate.
OF fortunes of over SO, 900, OOJ there
are seventeen.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11
GAINS AND LOSSES.

Come the hours when we sit in the shadow
That falls like the droop of wing
| Ger the nest that is naked and empty
When tho fedglings have learned how t
sing,
Then woe is the heart for the old time,
The time that was busy and gay,
With the world aud its cllmor about US,
And we in the mi(.st of the fray.
In the shadow we count up our losses;
We creep where we marched with the best
Oh! the ache when we try to walk softly,
The cry of our soul against rest.
And we grieye for the golden heads vanished
Our children are women and men,
And wistful and deep is the yearning
TO have them but children again.
And we fret DER the fruitless endeavor,
The labor that satisfied not
Till the shadow grows thicker AMI longer,
And the blur in our eyes is blot
On the lingering splendor of sunshine,
That taps with its lances of light
At the shut and barred door of our memory,
An after glow radiant and bright.
Do we see nothing else but our losses,
We mourning there, fools and purblind,
With the crown and the kingdom before us,
The conflict and turmoil behind?
Shall the harvest lamont for the, seed time,
The bud be less blithe tan the leaf?
Is there joy when the plough breaks the fur
row,
And mono when the hand binds the sheaf2
Oh! wings that are folded and dropping,
Spring wide in the evenings uplift;
Reach out to the stars that are showing
The skies in a silvery rift.
No day of our days is so hallowed
AS that when we see, just before,
The light in the house of our Father
Shine out through His half-open door,
-lMargarctE E. Sangster, in Harper's Bazaar.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11
Twenty-Five Billions Insurance..

The enormous increase In the fire in
surance business of this country in
recent years is shown, remarks the New
York Times, by some figures just col
lected by q well-known adjuster, who
fixes the total amounts insured at the
close of 1892 at $4,000, 100000, which
represents about 32.5 per cent of the
total property valuations in the United
States. In 1862 the percentage of
amounts insured in the total property
valuation was only nine. In 1870 it had
increased to 1918, in 1880, to 20. 80, and
in 1890 to 30.41. The total amounts in
surcd to-day are nearly thirteen times
greater than they were in 1860, while
the property valuations are only four, or
at the most four and half times greater.
C. G. Hine, of New York City,
an excellent authority on fire
insurance matters, said recently that the
amount of this increase is not so very
astonishing, because every industry en-
larges here phenomenally, but that the
percentage of increase on the values to
be insured raises the inquiry whether the
fire insurance mine has not now been ex-
haustcd. Whether or not these reduc-
tions as to the fertility of the fire insur-
ance field arc correct, it is certain that
there never was more grumbling among
the underwriters than there is to-day.
The year that has just closed has been
remarkably severe for fire losses, and in
Brooklyn and Milwaukee the field men
are in a state bordering on CONSERVATION.
This condition of affairs is the result of
numerous causes, extending through a
term of years. Increasing rates and de-
creasing commissions, together with a
complicated agency system involving
agents, brokers, and middlcmen of high
and low degree, have each contributed
to the general decentralization of which
the underwriters complain
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11

The professors in the colleges ofSpain
are miserabiy undergrad, often receiving
no more than 5000 per year. They en-.
deavor to make small profit out of
their textbooks, each requiring his own
book to be used. These books are fire.
quently in manuscript, or, if printed,
are sold at unusual prices. The students,
also poor, resort in consequence to
secondhand shops and the annual fair,
where speciality is made of collegiate
textbooks.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11
Victoria's Last Resting Place.

When the Queen dies her mortal re-
mains will rest in the gray granite sarco-
phagus with the late lamented Prince
Albert's ashes. Underneath the arms of
the Queen and Prince Albert, on the
monument, is inscribed Farewell, we'll
beloved. Here at last | will rest with
thee. With thee in Christ | will rise
again" The white marble recumbent
statue of the Prince Consort is in the
uniform of a Field Marshal, wearing the
mantle of the Order of the Garter-this
is on the right; the left side of the lid
and the unoccupied space is where the
Queens body will be laid Bronze angels
with the outstretched wings and flowing
robes are at each corner OF the tomb
London Society.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11
Sneczing.

The practice of saying "God bless
you" whenever person sneczcs must be
widespread indeed when we find SINH
lar salutation, MbuhW.' 0itcrally, equals
liveD obtaining among the Fijians Of the
South Pacific. a race developed by the
blending of the Malay o-PoIyncsians with
the papuans, the FIJI group being the
bordcrland between the two. 1t has
been said by a London physician that
one is nearer death at the actual moment
of sneczing than at any other period of
ones life. Herein, perhaps, lies the
reason for the kindly wish, and may ac-
count for the prevalent idea that it is
dangerous to interrupt person in the
act Of sneezing. -jNotes and Queries.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11
Immense Dining Hall for Students.

An immense dining hall for students,
to be known as the Mensa Academica,
was opened in Vienna, Austria, the other
week. In it 1000 students can dine
together. The intent of the institution
is to enable students to eat together at
minimum cost, instead of being COM
PEELED by reason of their small me ans to
obtain their meals in cheap and low re-
sorts. The privileges OF the Mensa
Academica are restricted to reg ular SUBJ
scrlbers, and tie rates are for dinner,
So. so month; for breakfast and din
ner, 1926, and for breakfast, dinner
and supper, $4.75 a montb.-Chicago
Times.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11

1t may not be generally known that
Queen Victoria once had poetic aspir.
atoms and carried them so far as to write
O book of verses. She sent this to pub
Usher under nom de plume and had the
pleasure, well known to some humber
folk, of having it promptly "retusned
with thanks "
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11

Herr Kirschner, Breslau lawyer, has
been elected Under-Burgomaster of Ber-
lin. German papers speak of him as
sacrificing magnificent" law practice
to accept the place, and one paper puts
the figures as high as $500. PROBES.
sional men, lawyers especially, having
incomes as great as that are rare in Ger.
many, alleges the New Orleans Plcayuue.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11

There are 10000 curates in tn,
Church of England, and, according tt
the New York Mail and Express, a ma.
jority of the clergy, both established
and non established, are miserably poor.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11

He is sociological philosopher, in
the estimation of the Boston Transcript,
who says that the world is divided be-
tween those who eat too much and those
who do not have enough to eat.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11

Barry Pain is not far out of the way,
the New York Tribune is convinced,
when he says that the habit of writing
has spread and increased far more than
thc habit of reading.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11
SagaCioUs Animals.

The buffaloes in Sumatra, accord.
ing to an English traveller, in fear of
their enemy, the tiger, Jake refuge
at night in the rivers, where they
rest in peace and comfort, with only
their horns and noses stocking above
the water,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11

In stamping letters it is sometimes bet
ter to wet the envelopes than the stamps,
for this does not remove any of the
mucilaglnous substance of the stamps.
and the stamp is not so liable to be lost
from the letter.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11
st. Landry Democrat.
BY L. A. sANDOZ.
CpelouSas, - Louisiana.

1t is prognosticated that Nebraska
will be growing more tobacco than sugar
beets in the year 1900.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-11

| though they were, so that he lay down tc
rest on each as he got upon it. Then he
came to the long ridge, highest of all
this huge inclined land, and saw it's edge
winding away to right, to left, for miles
in the hard moonlight, and the rock floor
sloping downward far below him, for
miles and miles more
Looking behind, the sight of the fear
full maze of wilderness he had wonder
fully come through filled him with terror,
and he fled away from it, down and on,
only to fall again like a child Then for
awhile his tortured frame could carry
him no more; there he lay, dcliriously
mumbllng about streams, and lakes, and
fountains, till the sun came and struck
his bare head with its hot rays. Still
he lay there, now awake and, strange to
say, not mad, though very weak, sorely
suffering, and hardly able to think at ali.
Indeed, he did not think, but merely
followed up his instinct VIXEN he crawlcd
up on to his feet and staggered along,
swaying one way for many PAGES, then the
other, hanging his hands and head, moan
ing in dry, broken way, like cut bel
lows, yet still going on. And then his
dim eye received refreshing momcntary
coolness-a plaut growing green at his
fect
Down he sank upon it, seized it, chewed
the dusty leaves; there were little drib-
lets of earth here and there. Another
bit of green caught his eye; he raised
his heavy head, and saw that 100 PAGES
away the plateau on which he stood
broke off sheer. He had crossed the
desert, for down there, 5000 feet below,
were green plains, palms, and a river,
and beyond-the blue Pacific.
The poor, wasted creature raised his
bony, cracked claws and gurgled with
triumph. lie had cheated the Spaniards
and the Thirst Lands; hurrah!
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-11-23

to fulfill his manifold duties as pastor.
writer, lecturer and director of a score Of
charitable and benevolent institutions.
He is as well known among the wretch
ed tenements of New York's east side
Ghetto as to the members of his own con-
gregation and is popularity styled the
Father of the Unfortunate" an affection
ate pseudonym bestowed upon him by
Jesse Seligman, the New York banker.
DIR. Gottheil was born in Posen, Prus-
STA, in 1927, and began the study of the
ology before he was 10 years of age. He
completed his studies at Berlin under
such famous teachers as Haldheim,
Zung and Heimschneider. whose infu-
ence as reformers upon the religion Of
their race has been deep and lasting.
For few years DR.. Gottheil was assist
ant rector of the Reform congregation
in Berlin. In 1860 he became rabbi Of
the congregation of British Jews at Man
chester and remained there for IS years.
Then he came TO the United States and
succeeded Rabbi Guttheim as pastor of
Temple Emanuel. When DR.. Samuel
Adler, senior rabbi of the temple, re-
tired after n long career as one of the
foremost teachers of Judaism, DR.. Gott-
he'll succeeded him. Soon after he be-
came director of the Hebrew Union
college in Cincinnati and for many years
maintained Hebrew preparatory school,
from which were graduated many of the
present pastors of Hebrew synagogues
in this country.
AS n writer ON theological matters DR..
Gottheil long ago established his right
to place among the foremost church
men in the United States, and no He
brew has more respect and admiration
from Christians. DIR. Gottheil lives in
fashionable quarter of upper Fifth
avenue. He has four children. One of
them, Richard Gottheil. is professor of
Semitic and rabbinical literature in Co
lumbia college.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-11-23
Tho Educated nee,Ier coskroaeh.

While q gentleman was at his Office
desk day or two ago, one of these dis
reputable reaches ran across the paper
on which he was writing. He tipped it
against the wall with his finger, and it
bounded back on the desk, lighting upon
its back 1t remained motionless for
some time until it recovered from the
shock and then endeavored to get upon
its feet again, but in vain. Smaller
reaches passed by their PROSTATE brother,
evidently without noticing it, but larger
one came along pretty soon, stopped,
went over to the one that lay upon its
back, straddled across it, and giving it
a quick jerk with its forelegs landed it
deity upon its feet, and the two disap-
peared over the edge of the desk.-In-
dianapolis News.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-11-23
THE SOUBRETTE-

Edward Harrigan has written 81 PLAYS.
Leopold Jordan is writing new musical
extravaganza for Henry E. Dixey
Neil Burgess is at work on new play,
which will be produced in January.
Mary Hampton has brought suit against
her husband, E. j. Henley. for divorce
Christine Nilsson, now Countess de Casa
Miranda, lives in a luxurious hotel in the
Quarter Marbony in Paris
King Oscar of Sweden has decorated
Nine Melba, the opera singer, with the
gold medal for art and science
Sadie Martinez will be the leading lady
Of The Voyage Of Suzette," which Will be
produced at the American theater, New
York, Dec. "A.
Nina Harrington, the soubrette, who was
her connection with that manager and
sailed for Europe.
American singers popular abroad ara
Miss Pallister, Miss Zelie de Luasap. Mis-
Lucille Hill and Mesdames Albani. Nor
dica. Minnie Hauk and Emma Nevada. and
to these Miss Nancy Mcintosh now makes
a notable accession.
Richard Mansfield in n newspaper inter
view sees no reason why this thentricol
season should not compare favorably with
snose OF the past. No production Of mer-
IT. ne Is quoted as saying, will have
cause for complaint"
Al Milan, Italy, stigma" a new oueru bv
=. a towen, the EnRliah compose was
Poooeed The hbretto IL based upon Out
1A novel OF the same name. Mr.. Cowsn
.1s called before the curtain air timea AZ
the end Of the nrst "a.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-11-23
THE COINER.

The coinage Of trade dollars began in 1874
and was discontinued in 1878.
The coinage of 30 cent pieces began in 1878
and was discontinued in 1878.
During the reign of Henry VIII % to 25
per cent Of coin metal was alloy.
The most ancient coins are Of electrum.
four parts OF gold to one Of silver.
Before the days Of coined money the
Greeks used copper nails as currency
Cakes of tea in India, pieces Of silk in
China, salt in Abyssinia and Goldfish in Ice
land have all been used as money.
The first mention Of money in the Scrip
lures was Abrahau's purchase of a sepul-
cher for 900 shekels OF silver. B. c. 1850
Edward III ordered innkeepers to search
all their guests in order that foreign money
might not be brought into the country.
The American Indians used money to-
kens made of coal. bone. shell, mica, COT
nelian. agate. gold. copper, lead and iron.
France has n currency of els, oO0, 900
gold, ESQ 900 silver. GII5, 900 600 paper,
IN all E+4S, 10000, or Ellis per inhabitant.
The skins of various animals passed cur
rent among the American Indians, and
were to small extent adopted also by the
early settlers
Inc roman as or libra was q pound
weight OF copper or brass stamped by the
state 1t was oblong like y brick, and was
not struck, but cast
In 1911 the Austrian empire was bank
rupt and converted" its notes, the holders
receiving one for FIVE. Five years later the
new notes fell in value and were again
converted, the holders getting two new
notes for seven old ones
Queen Elizabeth raised the standard of
English money to point higher than was
ever before known, but at the same time
made separate coinage, containing half
the usual amount of precious metal, for
special use in Ireland. Its good enough
for the Irish,' was her remark when n
remonstrance WAS made.-St. Louis Globe