The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-03-25
"cHARoE HIM IN THE BILL"

N. Y. Sun.
"chARoE HIM IN THE BILL"
An OIL Baron's First visit to Foreisn
Lands.
It was in the days when oil was hrst
struck in Pennsylvania that one lucky /
nossessor of some valuable land sold 1t
at an excellent. bargain. he had long
had desire to visit Europe, and a. ms
present means enabled him to gratify |
his wish, it was not long before he was
ON one of the ocean liners blowing his
wav to the old world He did England
and Ireland in first-class style, acquir-
inn q fund of experience from contact
with landlords and others that was cor
tainlv valuable, il only for what IT cost
him to acquire It Learning what he
did at the price among those who spoke
his own language, it made him IN
measure curious to see how the counter
carts of these gentry would treat him
in sunny France and Italy Tue rev
INQUIRIES he made did not reassure MN
that Gallo or Italian hosts were any
| less frugal or exacting than those OF the
British kingdom, so that he not unnat-
urally judged from past experience tnas
so much of his time as was not employ
ed in sleeping would be chiefly occupied
in opening his pocket-book and making
various payments and donations moro
/ or less just to almost everyone ne was
brought in contact with
Whether he was right or wrong IN
thus assuming that everything went 80
long as it was paid for, he could not Pos
sibly decide for some time. The theory
that it was all right had carried him
through Paris and other Of the principal
cities. after visiting which he had come
to Marseilles. Here his eyes were de-
LIGHTED with reading the legends on =
rather poor-looking hotel that English
was spoken there. Entering. he found
that statement only partly verified, a.
= knowledge of that speech was con-
fined to the proprietor. Still, as he had
made out hitherto. this was nothing OF
, a shock, although he soon found the pet
ty extortions practiced upon him were
The slightest service was treated In the
light of an item for the bill. Opening
a window seemed to be made . mem
! orandurn of by the officiating waiter
/ and handing him light for cigar had
!, the character of q special extra
This went on for about half . day
E when he had an alteration with an OF
: fetal whom he erroneously took for thu
. man that BACKED his boots Asneithel
understood the other too well. the trav
t eler. possibly installing the garcon'
{ natural vivacity for offensiveness
: knocked him over couple Of trunk
Q and down the stairs
& In moment up rushed the proprie
t tor.
# mon dieu, monsieur" he said. "yo'
d have killed the waiter!"
q "Killed him, did I?' was the some
e what surprised answer, "Oh, wei
charge him in the bill."-Philadelphi
Ne Times
- An Evident Case.
q They were discussing the private TO
in tunes of the town magnates when 20
q Blanks name came mp.
~ ssWhat's he WORTH" asked one.
N. .sBctween two hundred and fifty "a
BY two hundred and sixty thousand do
as lars, 1 should say" replied the stati
ID tician.
q. mo more than that?"
1T ethan what7 Isn't that pretty got
co fortune?''
ne ssren thousand dollars? No T.
ne got that much myself
s.Who said anything about ten tho
IT. sand? I said he was worth between tv
M hundred and City and two hundred q
II. sixty thousand"
n. swell, isn't ten thousand betwc'
two hundred and fifty and two hundr
The and sixty thousand?'
ler But the other man got hufy a
81 wouldn't answer. Detroit Free Pre-
ale He Did Not Complain.
ted Globetfotter-Ihad an experience Ii
ply time I was over The inn where
stopped in one town was full, and
he had to take the haunted room or sit
ler all night
bit Host-Did you take 1t?
ON les; and II ever TO-
the was really and truely haunted that "
lily Every time ! woke mp, felt wi
hn, seemed like another person In bed w
ith me, but when / lit the candle nothi
rst was there. 1t was horrible.
or Host--I should say so Did You
run the landlord?
ere Globetrotter-No indeed. He VOL
have charged me for lodging for two
ing n Y. Weekly.
al Her Artful Way.
tba Mrs Gazzam- George, dear, hel
avs Ian article on how to keep moths GU
an sealskin sacques.
- Gazzan-That can't be OF much
h;s terest to you. as you have no seals
md. sacque.
-. Mrs. Gazzam-That was what W
~. we ed TO direct your attention to. Low
10 Detroit Free Press
put A Matter Of Length
M. He-It's wonderful how short
nal sofa looked before we sat down on
ark and how long it seems now.
rate Shell have noticed the revers
ap- that popularity about your arm
r Truth