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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-24
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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-24

A Nkskkr nkS <rooD ~ rss< ncoswsr.
fosk. His vuiso was rich. musical and
ssisfsntiy tsss - . cultivated. fntsdh-
rmt. eincase,i nan. and 70 Van Tssssl
81 least Il bNf sltxhtlv familiar rirg
Tba I,orEiar's hsBas. 10. we're small AMI
~bste. and there Wa shout him 81 an
ulassaxahis u iiroaxrrcus ar - rsfine-
r1eut
Van Ts~sei VS. the hrSt - reccver the
49, q his intellect snif tonxue
Wac arr ya-l ard WHAT i ~ rsnan-
ffsx - this oufrsgrF b. demanded.
a thenxht. dhns zen 49,. that lad
aireasiv snrcusrsd my nsme a. T.
Pr,w'a -oess Pardon IA fov nus l,sv-
M usa.ie u eiesr. repi.ed ne burtaar.
bowinx tefrrenrsiiys
.,ts.t auf ~ hssre instantly var IA.
81 ersed. -stA v-rv rrreersihis qnsver
a. - vuirr. ffew bare I'm. SIR, III
raD .bu polics Al $50 xnla<s sea iesx..'
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-24

will you be down town tonightr
said one department clerk to another.
mo: I'm going 10 a house warming
"You don't say sol Whose house isity-
'Mins. Before started down town
this morning my wife told me she thought
Ia better come home early and see about
starting fire in the furnace.r--Wssh-
ington Star.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-24

The ground Il white and the sky Il gray,
Snow has fallen and snow viii fall;
Snow has fallen before today.
But this is the snow Of all
For the yule " whites
Fields Of December or woods % May.
White Of blossom or white Of Snow
White Il the wear for holiday.
And the old earth seems % know
For the yule h whitci
--sel.cf<a-
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-24
Mrs. S. ". White

Tells of a family blessing.
Thus she writes to Mrs
Pinkham:-
a suffered for 10 years with
emale complaints Of the worst
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-24

eng well again. Just then
cyan to take
Lydia 4. Pinkhass's Hsg
rbks Comfosrd. | followe
our directions and treatmclI
ntil | am now a perfect
sell woman.
gave IL 90 my two daugl
trs. aged IL and 10 years. an
hey arc fine. healthy girls.
II Is surely a blessing /
our family $40 iiokfy 81
ipssf Phiiadtithia. Pa
Al a,.exss s-n sssssss n saess<i<'
Lsss. Fssssss Aso O.. t~ss. Me-
Ma FgAsAssss tEv~r E1lts - s~sfs
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-11-25

heure qu'elle manquait:quand on COM
menca 4 faire des recherches pour
ellie; on ALA chez les voisins on les
membres de la famille pensaient Ia
trouver personne ne ravait vue. Te
suite on pensa au magasin a mails III
un de ses freres Sc rendit aussit6t ct
la trouva morte suspendue a une cor
de qu'elie await improvisee avec huit
brins de Gordon que Ton sert pour
coudre les sacs ellie etait encore
chaude. Depuis quelque temps ellie
souffrait de rinsomnie ct du manque
dappetit, ct on suppose QUA cause de
ce manque de sommeil ct dappetit,;
la vie lui etait devenue impossible,
ellie await perdu Ia raison
ct await commits le suici-
de. Cette mort etc pour Ia famille
un choc terrible ellie 6tait 81 bonne,;
81 complaisante pour sa mere, SON
pere, ses fteres ct ses seurs, qu'elle
regnait supreme dams cette maison
aujourd'hui jetee dams un deuil 81
cruel, ct ST profond ellie etait aimee
DIN, maniele toute speciale rac tous
ceux qui Ia connaissaient, ct sa mort
cause un profond regret non seule-
ment dams sa famille Immediate, mais
dams les families avOisinantes.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-11-25


LES oNGLEs EFT LIE CARACrERE.-
II existe, daprss certains savants, une'
relation entire les orgles ct le caracte-
re.
Les ongles longs ct efiles veulent
dire !: imagination ct po@eie, amour
des arts ct paresse.
Longs ct plats sagesse, raison ct
teutes les faculties graves de resprit.
Larges ct courts colere ct brus-
querie. controverse, opposition ct en-
tetement.
Bien colores vertu, santA bonheur
courage, liberalite.
Ongles durs ct cassants: colere,'
cruaute, rixe, meurtre ct querellea
Recourb6s en- forme de critics hy-
pocrisie, m6chancet6.
Nous faiblesse d'esprit ct de
corps.
Ongles courts ct ronges Jusql'a la
chair Betise ct vice.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-11-25

"ALLEz A vos occuPATIoNs-Voi-
Ia le mots qui Sc trouve inscrit sur
rhorloge du Temple d Londres, ct
voici con origine Louvrier qui await
faconne phorloge s'etait souvent adres-
Sc aux lords pour connaitre Ia devise
qu'ils desiraient voir inscrite sur le ca
dram. Nantes ct maintes fois il leur
rendit visite revenant toujours avec
le meme resultat, c'est-a-dire que Pins
cription n'avait point encore etc d(:
cidee. Un jour Get ouvrier Wit tous
les lords rennis 4 un grand banquet
ct leur ft encore Ia meme demande.
On lui repondit "Allez & vos occu-
paGions". L'ouvrier grommela, r6fle-
chit ct Sc rendit droit son Outrage.
LIE lendemain tous les lords remar-
querent leur raponse de Ia veille ms
crite en- lettres dor sur le cercle de
phorloge. Els convinrent qu'aucun
autre motto ne pouvait mieux conve-
mir. car il rappelle q tous ceux qui
regardent rheure quill est temps de-
ire 4 ses affaires.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-11-25
Un Mari PhilOsOphe.


On nous raconte une bien jolie his
toire de philosophie maritale, que
nous serions tentfs de ne pas croire.
connaissant la nature humane, 81 ellie
ne nous etait 81 bien garantie. Nous
Ia donnons pour ce qu'elle vaut, tou-
tefois.
Sur les collins qui bordent la partie
sud de Ia vile de Vanceburg. Ky.
s'etait etabli un viellard nomme Will
liam McCane. II vivait seul, ne sor-
tant que rarement ct toujours portant
une carabine sur repaule. Get ermi-
te vecut ainsi en- paix sur 50 chairman
te proprieth jurqu'a il y environ
cinq ans. Soudain Get homme de Is
ans, qui paraissant avoir renonce &,
toutes les folies terrestres. devint fol-
! lement amoureux dune jeune ct jo-
lie veuve du voisinage abandonna
sa carabine ct fit 81 bien quill epousa
la iolie veuve Shumate. La lune de
miel promettait devoir durer toujou .
ou du moins aussi longtemps que Nc
Cane pouvait encore durer. Mais ne
pouvant faire tout seul, McCane duI
prendre, il y un AN, un homme pou'
soccuper des travaux de Ia ferme, e'
il choisit un veuf de 50 ans, un beat
gaillard nomme John Simpler, qu
s'employa 81 bien qu'un beau jour Nc
Cane s'apercut quill outrepassait le
fonctions de garson de ferme ct soc
cupait dams les moments perdus d.
hacher 4 sa lune de miel. II etai
trop malin pour ne pas comprendr'
quill ne jouait plus qu'un role tire
secondaire dams cette fameuse lun'
de miel. Tout autre en- presence d.
cette decouverte serait devenu fu
rieux, aurait saute sur sa carabine e
aurait voulu venger son honneur ou
TRACE ou bien il se serait arrache le
cheveux ou aurait parle de Sc suici
der. McCane fit rien de semblable.
porta son fauteuil dams son salon, ap
pela Simpler ct sa femme ct les invi
ia q s'asseoir en- face de lui. lis obei
rent en- tremblant ct alors McCan
leur parla ainsi /: "Mes amis, je YOU
aime tous les deux. Je vols que YOU
vous aimee aussi. Je suis vieux, tro
vieux pour etre jaloux de votr
amour Ma fosse s'ouvrira bientd
pour me recevoir ct avant que je par
te ie serait content de vous voir uni
ct heureux. LIE bonheur vous appai
tient; pour moi il nest plus possible.
Et s'adressant 4 81 femme IN
chere, je veux que tu prennes aussitt
les measures pour divorcer d'avec mo
Prend le pretexte qui to plaira, je n
resisterai point. Apres le divorce, t.
ct John vous vous marriez, vous REL
terez lei ct prendrez soin de moi pei
dant mes vieux jours. Tout ce a
m'appartient sera a vous q ma NOR
Et puisse le Ciel benir votre Union
Lheureux couple s'empressa d'obe
au d6sir du vieillArd. LIE divorce q 81
obtenu, Nine McCane est deven
Mime John Simpler. Hs vivent tol
les trois ensemble, heureux comm
une nichee d'oiseaux sous Ia feuille
LIE vieux Nc Cane, CONNIE vi. neg
Giant retire des affaires, ne SQUIRT j
mais avec plus de doucenf que quar-
il volt ses jeunes sm;s Sc prodigu
ces petits soins qui sont fassaisonn
ment dune lune de ,niel blen comp
se. Et il nest pas le moins heure'
des trois.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-11-25

TRrsrE SUIc1DE.-Lundi dernier q
peu pres & quatre heures de rspres-
diner, Mile. Loemie Robichaux, file
de MI. Alidor Robichaux, s'est suicl-
dee dams le magasin d mais de son
[pefe. II y avait peine une demie
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-11-25

La recolte de coton pour rannee'
1S 1894 est estimee entire 1890, ,0OO
ct 1000, 900 de halies.-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-11-25

La recolte de sutfe serf ties grande'
a l'ile de- Cube ct lon oalcule meme
qu'elie depassera un million de tonnes
Des pluies abondantes' oHt active Ia
croissance de Ia canine ct embelli la
perspective au point d'embarrasser se-
rieusemen. les planteurs lis ont plus
de recolte qu'ib men peuvent exploit
ter. n'ayant pas rafgent necessaire
pour couvrir les depenses de Ia roulai-
SON.. Lam dernier, les banques leur
ont fait des avances genereuses qu'ils
mont pas rendues, faute de pouvoir
vendre leur sucre. Ceux qui obtien-
nent quelques avances patent des in.
t6rets ruineux..
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-11-25

LIE president a lance la proclama-
ton dusage designant le dernier jeu-
di de novembre CONNIE jour d'actions
de graces' ct invitant le peuple des
Eats Unis 4 robserver par des prieres'
ct des actes de reconnaissance envers
.Celui qui ne cesse de nous combler d.
ses bont@s.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-11-25
People'sStateB
LAFAYETTE, LA.

Does general banking business on sound and nservave
business methods and invites the accounts OF MERCHANTS
Planters and Individuals.
1,lterest allowed TINE DEPOSITS and every accom-
mediation extended to customers.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-11-25

| A. Baldwin & Co. Limited.
hardware, StOUes. .uNcztt1se.y.
and .4gric,sztus.nl xmspl plenseasts.
Corner of Camp and Common Street, New Orleans, La.
Estimates cheerfuy furnished for the complete machinery
| of Industrial Plants.
Correspondence solicited.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
How Do You Perspire?

The greetings of the diverse peo-
pie who congregate on the Midway
Plaisaince at the Columbian Ex.
position are said to be deeply in.
teresting to those who are sufi.
ciently acquainted with the Ian
guages to understand them. The
Arabian observes to his fellow-Arab,
''Thank God, how are your" The
Swede asks the rather inconsequen-
tial question, "How can your" The
Frenchman solicitously inquiries,
"How do you carry yourself?''
Germans want to know "How goes
it?" or "How do you find. your
self?" The Russians formula is,
"How do you live on?" But the
Egyptians is the salutation which
appeals most strongly to tie
broiled sightseers in his cosmopoli-
tan reservation. He anxiously in
quiree, "How do you perspire?
There is a wonderful affinity be-
tween the greeting from the land Of
the Nile and the crocodile and the
familiar question put by Americans,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and from the lakes to the gulf,
"Is it hot enough for you?"-Pitts-
burg Chronicle Telegraph.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
Men Who Deceive Bankers.

N. A. Painbolt of Norfolk, Neb.,
who was present at the Worlds Con-
gress of Finance at Chicago, said
to the writer: II ana more fearful
of the man who makes a good ap-
pearance than of the other kind.
Men who expect to deceive bankers
understand how much we have to
depend upon looks. They prepare
themselves accordingly. If man
comes to me with certain amount
of timidity and want of confidence,
| am more inclined to take him at
his word and give him what he
wants than if he is ready of fspeech
and entirely self-possessed. AS for
the theory that the confidence man
betrays himself by his manner 1
have my doubts. 1t hasn't been
my experience with them. Dickens
is considered an authority on hu-
man nature. Dickens said some
thing like this: The general inn
preston is that a dishonest man
cannot look you in the face. Let
me disabuse your mind of that, for
l promise you dishonest man can
look you out of countenance every
hour of the day if there is anything
to be gained by it, My experience
in the banking business confirms
that view of it.
J. M. Dinwiddie of Cedar Rapids
said: "Let me add my experience.
A man came into my bank with
check for $15-his wages as car
penter, he said. He was dressed
like a working man. He looked
like one. In every way he had the
appearance of an honest man. l
hadn't the least doubt he was what
he claimed to be, and cashed his
check. He had forged the sigma
ture. He cashed six others just
like it in our city that day. We got
him, and l looked him over after
ward carefully, but I couldn't see
anything about him which con-
Aicted with my first judgment that
he was an honest working man.
Even after he was in prison he was
Just as honest looking as when
he came to the bank window"
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
A Delicate Compliment.

To be able to compliment with
out seeming to aatter is a rare gift,
and probably no men are endowed
with that gift more extensively
than the French.
An example of the Frenchman's g
rare tact in manners of this sort is
shown in that sweet little story OF
a man who had ventured to COM
pliment white-haired old lady
upon her beauty.
"Ah," said she, II fear you fiat
ter me. You call me pretty? Why,
| am an old woman, my hair is
white, and, see, here is wrinkle" /"
"a wrinkle?" he replied. Never,
madame that is not wrinkle. It
is bu. smile that has drifted from
its moorings. '-Harper's Young
People.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
A New One for World Fair Visitors
+" That's mine !"
+" It's mine -

"That's mine !"
It's mine !'
The two men spoke simultane-
ously and reached at about the
same instant for a crumpled piece
of green paper on the sidewalk.
The man with the purple necktie
was shade the quicker of the two.
His hand closed over the paper just
in time to be clutched itself in the
grasp of the other man, a dusty
travel-stained pilgrim carrying a
valise.
There was momentary struggle,
but the man with the purple neck
tie retained possession of the prize.
81 saw that first !" exclaimed the
traveller.
off you saw it first, my friend" I"
replied the other, why didn't you
pick it up?"
"You jumped in ahead of me. F"
81 saw it as soon as you did, il
not sooner. I was making for it
when you stopped p
II was nearest to it! l had the
best right to it! l demand -"
"Softly, my dear sir" said the
man with the purple necktie, re-
treating, as the other advanced.
Possession is nine points Of the
law and the point you're trying to
make is not we'll taken. I think l
saw it first and I certainly got it
first. [ am going to keep it unless
hello p he exclaimed, as he opened
out the piece of green paper and
looked at it, 'it's 500 bill !"
"It's bloody shame and a."
"Hold on! This is bigger find
than l expected. thought it was
fver. / am willing to divide it
with you. Isn't that fair? Isn't il
a little more than fair?"
The dusty traveller reflected mo-
ment.
WE'LL" he said, II guess that's
square enough. Got $40 bill?"
"No; but if you'll wait here a
minute I'll take this into a cigar
shop round the corner and get 1t
changed.
"You needn't do that; I think
I've got a ten."
With some alacrity he drew a
leather wallet from his pocket, open
ed it, extracted bill and handed it
over, receiving the $40 in exchange.
Two hours later, with a fierce
gleam in his eye and a hickory club
in his hand, he was hunting for a
man with a purple necktie.
The $40 bill was q counterfeit
Chicago Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09

He rides camels and patronizes
side-shows and buys trinkets. He
circulates and promotes trade and
restores gayety and stimulates en-
deavor, where his city-bred cousin
has sown the seeds of distrust and
discomfort.
Oh, pleasant and sure saliva
ton is our country cousin!
So, hurry up your harvesting,
good cousin !! Stack up your grain
and fill your barns full diligently.
We pine for you; we must have you.
Welcome to the glories and
charms and destinations of our great
show. Share them with us; and
share with us, too, tie abundance
that has come to you from your
bounteous crops, the combined re-
suits of Gods blessing and your
own honest, prudent and patient
toil.-Chicago Record.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
Jolly Polyanders.

Just at this time, when so many
ladies are apparently finding even
one husband too many, Mrs. Isa-
bella Bishop contributes to Leisure
Hour chapter on how the women
of far-away Thibet are happy as the
day is long with four or five hus-
bands apiece. Their determination
to stick to many husbands instead
of one is thus far the insurmount-
able obstacle to converting these
Thibetans to Christianity, Mrs.
Bishop says:
The Thibetan eldest son is the
principal member Of the family.
When they reach certain age,
even his father and mother must
step down and out and 60 into a
smaller house, leaving him the
main establishment. There he
takes his bride. He is her "frst
man." so to speak, but along with
him she takes as husbands all his
brothers, be the number great or
small. The more brothers he has
the more husbands she. The
women all like it and declare
they would not have it otherwise
for the world. "We have three or
four men to help US instead of one"
they say. The stupidity and mo-
notony of living with just one hus-
band, European fashion, are appal-
ling to them, and they pity their
European sisters sincerely. Here
is there unanswerable logic: ''1f |
had only one husband and he
should die l would be q widow; If
| had two or three I am never a
widow. See?"
It is the custom for all her ac-
auaintances to make a present of
money to the Thibetan bride. With
this she leases q field for herself,
and it's crops are thenceforth for
her own use exclusively. 1t is
rather odd that polyandry was in
troduced among the Thibetans orig
inally as en- economic measure, so
that the population should not out
run the means ofsubsistence.-New
Haven Leader.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
An Appeal for Hayseed.

Wanted, at once, and for the rest
of the Worlds Fair season, the
Western farmer-the guileless coun-
tryman, with hayseed in his hair
and Hboodle" in his wallet.
He is wanted, and wanted badly;
The rich man from the cities and
larger towns is welcome, but ne Is
not the saving grace. He does not
spend his money. He is, in sense
too blase for the purpose OF this
show of ours; he has seen too much.
If he does not know it all he thinks
he does, and he is hard to deal with.
But the hayseed fellow-he is the
guest whom we would have within
our gatesl He is ingenious and
enthusiastic. He has an inqmrlqg
mind and he is willing to pay for his
experience. He diffuses prosperity.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
New Card SWindle.

Through the arrest of a man for
bond swindling / discovered one of
the latest tricks by which men are
swindled at the gaming table. The
culprit was a man who had won
many thousands of dollars by his
methods of gambling. He told me
that he had visited all the principal
cities of the west and south with
great success; it was not until he
came to New York that he met with
disaster. His plan of operations
was simple though artistic. He
would visit a city, select the gam
bling house he intended operating
in and visit it for a few weeks quite
often. During his visits he would
ingratiate himself into the good
graces of the attendants. He would
select an attendant at some one
as the best man to take into his en-
ploy, and supply this man with
several packs Of trepand cards SIM
liar in style to those used in the
gambling house. Then for a few
evenings he would drop in and lose
liberal amounts at the gaming tables
in order to ascertain the best time
to operate. When he finally became
seated at a table where thousands
were being staked he gave sign to
the bribed attendant and called for
a fresh pack of cards. The attend
ant skillfully changed the pack CIV
en- him for the table at which the
swindler was seated. Of course the
scheme secured big pile, but it
was not through the ordinary meth
DDS employed by gaming tricksters
to mark the cards.
He always wore glasses that mag
nifed 1000 times when about the
gambling house. On the prepared
cards which the bribed attendant
handed him were series of dots
and dashes so small that detection
was absolutely impossible. But to
the swindler these signs were like
the tick of the telegraph key to the
telegrapher and as easily read al
though not discernible by the naked
eye. The glasses worn by the
swindler were magnifying glasses.
So it can be readily seen that the
minute dots and dashes on the back
of the card enabled the rogue to
know exactly what cards his oppo-
nents held, and hence his success.