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sOUN D.

The reasons of the talkstive mortal are mostly sound.-Dsllss News.
 The child that Is spoiled by harshness Is never mentioned as spoiled ohild"; but this doesn't prevent him from being ore. Puck.
 Collingwood-Ssy, Tfllinghsst, didn't you tell me that Miss Eiderkin was an art isti Tillinghsst-No; said she was 6 work of art.-Detroit Free Press.
 When we see 6 young father wheeling his perambulstor for the first time In the street, we obtain realizing sense of the joys of carriage and pere.-Ht Bits. She listened 10 the sermon A d the prayers and music, too; On her heart now lay no burden, For her hat and dress were new. Chicago Times. Too Much of a ComplImsnt.-She-Y so MT. Murray says. That I look five years younger when I am skating. He Why you lock twenty years youngeri- Life.
 Mrs. Dsntoa-BrIdget. what Is wrong with this sponge cskel It is very tough. Bridget Gnst ovsr)-Sure, mum, perhaps the spopgs I used was purty owld.- Judge.
 She was Boston teacher and was very careful about her grammar. "Johnny,' said she, "I want you to bound-er-Ah- | toto bind the state of New Jersey."- Rsrpsr's Bszsr.
 Mrs. Winks-So you have taken snothei l companion for better or worse. ebi Mrs Second Trip-Only for better, my dear He can't possibly be woree than the othel | one wss.-TitBits. Gszzsm (st the prizs fgh)-Who's that fellow over there aslsepi McFIngle-0h
 thst's college football player. He ssid fl
 wasn't exciting enough to keep him awake l-Boston Traveller.
 Fiend-Are you hsppyi Spirit (throusf
 medium)-Perfectlys 60. ''Csn you stat,
 what has pleased you most since you lefi
 usi' "The epItaph on my tombstone. Il
 both smszss and delights me. ."-TeIs
 Siftings.
 Newly made wIdow-He is a fashionsbl'
 undertaken, but even his charges are fsl
 below what I can afford, and l want tt
 give my husband the most expensive flu
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-08

Bessie-Does your minister always em-
 brace you SO .ffusivelyr Kitty-Yes; he thinks Pm in the infant class yet. Its very annoying, but he's 90 old. If 1t were younger man 1t would be different =
 Brooklyn Life.
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FASHION NOTES.
Quilted Bath Robes

The bath robe is invading the field of the wrapper and even the tea gown. This is because It's possibilities aesthetIcally are being recognized. When made of richly
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

It is said that there are Democrats in this State who still vote for "Old Hickory" Letters are sti!l occasionally received at Msrshfisld addressed to "Hon. Daniel Webster"
 A scheme to prevent runaways is to have c small electric battery in the vehicle with wires running to the horses nostrIls. When the animal bolts press of the but ton will stop him instantly. It is said to have never failed.
 Earthenware sleepsrs, the invention of Matsui Tokutaro, 6 Japanese, were recent ly experimsnted on at Shimbashi Station, Japan. Fairly good results were obtained. It is claimed that the increased cost oi earthenwsre sleepers is amply compensated | by their freedom from decay.
 The United States Supreme court is mak | ing good progress in disposing of cases Last October the docket contained 1.03; cases. Since then 85 cases have beer docksted, while the court has disposed o 27s, leaving ss9 remaining. At the sam' rate the court will clear It's docket of al accumulated cases ct the conclusion of tn, term of 1s96.
 Chief Qusnal Parker, of the Comanch ! Indians, posssssss some odd traits of char
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-08
WHAT ARE THE "BLUES"p Woman's Color Is an Unfailing Ther.
 mometer.

ESPECIAL TO orE LADY RrADEEsl A woman's thermometer is her color. She is red with embarrassment or some
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deep emotion: she is white with fright; ; she is supposed to be green with envy; but when she is blue it means that she is sick.
 Ii is not the fault of the woman if she  has the blues
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-08

Probate Court, District of New Haven, ss.)
 New Haven, February 6, 1894.
 UPSTATE of ULARISSA WALL, late of Stock U bridge, Mass, owning property in sad Upon application of Miles E. Dunbar, praying that an instrument inwriting purporting to be an said deceased may be proved, approved, allowed and admitted to probate, as per application on ORDERED-That said application be heard and determined at Probate court to be held at Haven, in said district, the 18th day of Feb and that notice be given of the pendency of ssid application and the time and place of hearing thereon by publishing the same three times if some newspaper having 8 circulation in said dis trict. A. HEATON ROBERTSON f7 3tt Judge of said Conrt
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Lady May

Flannelettes-A magnificent line of beautiful little figures and stripes upon the new and desirable linen col ored grounds. Will be bought quick
 .~ l. At 10c.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-08
Velvet Ribbons,

Several hundred pieces of Black Silk Velvet Ribbons-selling at half price. .--.. =
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-08
EmbrOiderieS.

About 50 pieces of beautiful Elm, broideries-fne and elegant work both narrow and wide. Have been I5c., 1Sc., I9c., 2oc., 22c., 25. Will be bought quick
 At I0T/
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-08

Too Much of 8 Compllmsnt-She-Y so MT. Murray says. That I look five years younger when I am skating. He
 Why you lock twenty years youngerl-
Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-08

Chisf QusnAl Parker, of the Comanche Indians, posssssss some odd traits of char
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-29

what he has told you. The Democrat:
party has done monstrous well to hold
the general soserrnme ths tTgSthe Ian. n9a
co rsHnS' to- the as1i an S the s doga #
you was to turn the country over 20
a waste howlin wilderness Everybody
would quit work and go about huntin
for free silver. They would turn the
farm hands out and let stock in to go
pro,vlin and pilferin around through
your fields till the land would be SO
durn poor you couldn't even raj . a diff
durn for you and me, or the people and
the country in general They are after
free silver they are. Now Andy Lucas
amt no statesman, as YOU all know put
the bulls eye when he said that free
silver is one of them things what you
hear tell of SO durn frequent and see so
tlurn never. If silver was free like the
water in the creeks and the leaves on
the trees it wouldn't buy nothin nohow.
If that is what the Third party is here
somebody else will have to meet the
funeral expenses.
julie Nabors told you that Thomas
jefferson was the first original Third
party man Shades Of George Wash
ington, did you hear that ? The facts
in the case. fellow citizens. is that
Thomas jefferson was born and bred
and buttered and brung up as a Hard
shell baptist and a daylight democrat.
He come from a long line Of God arin.
debt-payin dram-drinl<in, democratic
people, and finally at last he died with
a bad case of lleart-Hiscasc, which the
same he caught because he heard that
one of his SecOnt cousins had lincd the
Third party and brought the gray hairs
of the family down in sack cloth and
ashes to the grave. julie is chargin
around as usual about Wall street,
when right now he Wouldn' t know Wall
street from Weaver's woodward if he
was to meet both of 'em in the big road
with linen busters on. They say the
people must have free silver or go to
the Poor House. That may be SO. fell
:o7- citizens. but the democratic party
is the onlyest party that can give YOU
free silver. free whisky either as for
that. The Third party can't give it to
you. They aint got any. And if the poo
pie know which side of their bread is
buttered. which they generally do, they
will stand by the democratic party. and
vote the democratic ticket and follow
the old democratic flag till the COWS
come home and the evcnin stars sing
together"
The election is now past and gone,
and of course it went right. The dem
ocrats win the race in a dog walk and
whipped the fight hands down. l;ut it
amt much probable that the mectin at
fuckers mill and the speeches that
Julie Majors and Handy Stribblin made
had anything to do with the case. The
creeks are still run.lin down stream and
the country amt gone nowhere.
RUFUS SANDERS.
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big, blacl<-bearded man of about
forty, and, though he did not address
her across the table, 1 detected his
eyes attentively fixed upon her more
she, on her side, studiously avoided his
gaze, and even appeared distressed by
it.
1t had only needed the element of
rivalry to make me her abiect slave;
and though she gave the bearded
stranger no encouragement, hated
him and adored her most desperately.
The chatter Of the facetious landlady
eoaded me to evaporation, for the
newcomers name CHANGED to be also
montgomery" and the gave opportu-
mites for second-class boarding house
| wit of the most approved type. ''Nlr.
Montgomery, will you pass Mrs. Mont
gomery the salad?'' Mrs. Montgom-
cry, Mr.. Montgomery is waiting per-
mission to smoke fguratively
CRASHED my teeth, and showed my dis
dain of such bad breeding without dis
guise
must admit, however, that Mrs.
NIontgomery's avoidance of the man
| suffered no abatement as days went
by, and SO far as dared to hope I was
| not indi fferent to her, ! did hope. One
| afternoon she was especially nice to
me. We were alone in the dining
| room after luncheon, and I fancied I
| read IN her voice the GAVIN OF inc 1cel-
| ing SO ardently desired. We talked
of many things: of my chances in my
| profession. and the value to young
| fellow at the outset of his career of a
| good woman's influence.
l said I personally regarded it as of
| moro value than either money or in
| terest, and. while she did not agree
with me in toto, she acknowledged
| that she also felt it noble mission on
a woman's part to play mentor to a
! boy of talent.
| '.As a wife," I said, "for prefer
| ence?''
| She smiled. Not necessarily a. a
wife" she replied, for the disparity
in their ages would be against such a
relationship as that. Say as a friend
where it is possible"
''Between you and me, Mrs Mont
| romery," asked, ''is it possible with
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NEWSPAPER ADVICE.

Some OF the Oddities That Arc Hecohas
rcnded the Public by the Pres".
To some Of those masculine mortals.
whose lot it is to foot the bills
of their feminine kindred, it ap-
pears as if many of those persons
who are supplying out-of-town
newspapers with information up to
date do not intend to shoot over
the heads of their fair readers Not a
few of these writers prattle with child
like simplicity. In fact, some of 1t ls
so simple that child in the ''goo-soo
stage of mental development might al
most understa it. Anyway. they
go right along from day to day. Who
knows but that the persons who are
spluttering their information are men,
not women. If such is the case, they
may be excused for the lackadasical
fashion in which they handle it. This,
however. is. Lord Dundreary was
wont to say, ..one of the things no fell
low can find out.
For instance, this helpful ;''f@7----1-r-
ton for women appears in a t..lca2"
newspa per:
.Partly worn sleeves may be =.,tsc 40
good as new by cutting off tn lowe
portions. .
One in Dubuque instcucts trunk pack
| ers in this fashion:
Roll tightly all smaller undcrgar-
ments. niShtdresses. towels. ETC.. thus
securing much more ROOM
| \ st. Louis print gravely says: ITO
| remove candy from a plush chair very
! hot water may be used. care being
| taken not to wet the plush.
| The person who gives household hints
| in Seattle daily announces: Thou
| sands of superb heads of hair arc never
| put in water. People who are aversc
to washing their wigs maintain that
| water rots the hair. browns out the
| oil glands and gives the head a moldy
smell that is certainly unpleasant.
The scalp may be kept in excellent
condition and the trcsses clean and
| beautiful by the frequent use of bar
| Der or military brushes
| Touching the time when straw II
| may be called in. Leavenworth pa.
| says: Coarse black rough and reas
| straw will be worn through IL
autumn. Indeed. it is not unusual tt
see these hats until holiday time
This is a helpful hint culled from a
| Wheeling newspaper: Veal, properly
| cooked. is most toOthSorne meat and
seems to be gaining in popularity"
From Baltimore daily comes this
happy thought: Use the blanket in
preference to the comfortable"
Feminine readers of a certain paper
Published in Boston may have an ach-
| ing void filled by this news:
| Linen stuffs in delightful colors are
| now to be found in the large stores.
! This may cause modish wOmeL IF
Philadelphia to jump for joy:
'.Capcs will be much worn again '5s
season, both long and short, dou
and SINGLE
What would the girls of st. Pa>ri dc
if Minneapolis girls, instead of them
selves. had newspaper containing
gems like this?
For hanging photographs in
young girls room, ribbons of her favor
lite color are quite RECHERCHE
A housewives prompter, writing for
a (\eb.) paper. sagely says:
When. from any cause. wall paper
shows a spot of grease oil, it is Ger
tain that the grease has penetrated to
the wall beneath. 1t is useless to re-
papcr.''-N. Y. Advertiser.
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was vacant, I became one OF the board
ers with a degree OF pleasurable on
ticipation.
l established myself the following
morning, arriving with my inpedl-
menta in a hanson, and descending
to luncheon when the gong sounded
with my best coat on. The woman
whose face had captivated me was not
present, and 1 Immediately feared she
might have left.
TO NV unspcakable delight she en-
tered while I was endcavoring to con-
sole myself with the reflection that 1
was, anyhow, comfortably installed,
and that the glimpse l had obtained OF
her the preceding day in passing had
probably saved me from a less desir-
able establishment. Her seat, by
good chance. was next to me. and
though l did not in this way have SO
favorable view of her, the arrange
lnent held out the promise of agree
a bic conversations
Let me declare 1T once that the
promise was fulfilled. l was intro
duced to her, and learned that her
name was Mrs. Montgomery. She was
q slender, graceful woman, with the
grandest gray eyes l have ever looked
on, and a voice that made common
places a delight.
found that she had been staying
in the house for three months She
rs she painted in water colors, and
disposed Of her work often as she
was able to find n customer. Her age
was, perhaps, two or three and thirty,
| and when knew her better l DIS
covered shat she had considerable ex-
perierce of the world. Not that she
referred expressly to her experiences,
but rather that they tinged her re
MARKS, and impaired to them n GER
tain breadth and depth not to be found
in the criticisms Of the rest, 1 mi ght
even say Il certain bitterness. She was
never cynical, but ''bittern css'' con
veys my meaning fairly we'll. She APP
| peared to have lived and suffered, and
now and then, when she dropped the
mask and the real woman spoke to
| me, almost felt as if she were guild
| ing my hand toward 4 half-healcd
| wound. I was interested and curious,
and before long I found out that the
| curiosity she had excited was not
| limited to myself
| A boarding house is a very hotbed OF
comment and inquiry, and it was moi
| to be supposed that a woman like
| Mrs. Montgomery could escape the
common lot She was. moreover, sin
| gular1y reticent about herself ant
thus gave the other vomen's imagina
tions greater scope still. Where she
came from, who she was, how long he
| husband had been de adj, such :natter
| formed food for daily gossip, and Their.
| was not even wanting the plain ant
spiteful woman to suggest the posi-
bility of her being Divorce, and no
a widow at all.
I was 4 man. and Il young one. an,
my zeal outran my discretion. 1 hat
the modification OF percciving that. il
my ardent circumstances against thi
misera bic i,nputation, I procured 70
myself the reputa ton OF having fal1el
in love with the lady, and, 50 far from
cndearine myself to her by my cham
pionship, succeeded, on the contrary
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us? I mean. of course, supposing !
have talent and you have the necessary
liking for me?''
hoped She would say "no,'' and she
did. But she betrayed none of tho
confusion l had hoped for
circumstances prevent it with us,
she said gently; NOR am l az all quail.
fled to play such r role"
l touched her hand. Emo ton was
mastering me, and what words might
have uttered next l can only guess.
Happily. or unhappily. the door opened
at that juncture, and our tete-a-tcte
was ended.
l went ont into the street with my
head in u whirl. Almost I meditatcd
proposing to her rather than keep my
| love locked up forever in a breast for
| which it was too big. I walked with
| out stopping for some hours. and re-
| turned to the house only as the gong
| was proclaiming dinner.
! To my disappointment, Mrs. Mont
! gomery's chair was vacant, and she
was evidently spending the evening
ont. I had just noticed that the
strangers place was empty, too, wher
| l heard she had left for good.
| 'Left?" l exclaimed. ''It-it was
very sudden, YVES it not?'
"C,.ite,'' said the landlady; ''she told
me she had news, OF something. That's
two people I've lost to-day. Mr.. Mont
| gomcry has gone rs we'll
! My world had fallen about my cars
! / spent the evening in my bedroom.
smoking and Illuminating on the mex.
| plicable occurrence. 1 felt as bereft
! as if had lost a fiancee or a wife. md
| the idle talk of the others below, their
| Indifference or callousness, as termed
! it, was hateful to me.
! The following morning when took
| in my shaving water a letter for me
| was lying the can. 1t was from
| Mrs. Montgomery, and ran thus:
| DEAR MIR. GoRE--In leaving Woburn
place so very abruptly, feel that ]
| owe, to you, al least, some explanation
! We were good friends, and I shout
not like to think that had been guilty
! of any discourtesy. I have left it with
my husband, from whom have been
| separated for three years. Chance
brought us together agar. in the
| boarding house. and we intend to
make a homo together once more. l
have told you this for the reason I
have given, but if may ask favor of
you it is that You will consider it a
confidence, and refrain from mention
| ing it to the rest. With kindest re-
| cards, believe me, yours sincerely.
| ''HELEN MONTGOMERY.
! came across the letter yeSter day;
have always kept it. But l never saw
| Mrs. Montgomery again.-N. Y. Ad-
| vertiser.
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Crane Preserve.

Grapes are good in season and out;
that is. they are delicious when pre-
served. and now is the time for putting
them up. In preparing grape preserve
a tender-skinncd gra pc should be used.
The Concord grape is too tough-skinned
to make satisfactory preserve.
squeeze the pulp out Of the skin, and
after putting it in the preserving l>et-
tie set it the fire. Stir frequently
and cook until the pulp will break up
readily. This will require only a few
minutes boiling. Rub the pulp through
a sieve. rejecting the seeds Measure
the skins and pulp and put them in the
preserving kettle. For every quart
CT the fruit add one pint and a half of
sugar and one gill of water Cook for
twenty minutes after the preserve be-
gins to boil: then put in jars and seal.
If YOU choose, use less sugar. or, if you
prefer to have the preserve svvceter. al
low Il pound of sugar for each pound of
fruit.-N. y. World.
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II REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU
In creating n GOODNESS in her bearing
toward me which made me wretched.
1 do not mean, of course, that she was
aware that had caampioned her, but
that she was speedily rallied on my de-
votion.
have just said T was young. I did
what every young man does under
such circumstances. 1 asked her the
reason of her altered manner to me.
She lifted her eyebrows in faint pro-
test at such stupidity.
"I really don't understand you," she
said. Glow have 1 altered?''
She had, dexterously enough, re-
versed the positions, and the awl-
war,iness of explaining was now mine.
you were more friendly ~ me-
stammered; more kind"
my dear Mr.. Gorev' she nurlnured,
depreca tinRly.>
s.You-of course it is difficult to say
went on with hot checks-''hut you
are sitter to me than you were. Have
l offended your
Not in the very faintest particu-
lar" she answered; pray believe it. y
1 had perforce to be content. but
strovc by every means in my power to
regain the former footing.
-I-svas anncyed at.this stage by the
arrival OF new boarder, whom i'm.
uediately observed to be strongly ut.
Jsaeted ~ Mira Montgomery. He wea
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-29

in 1896. when he was 60 years
old, Dean Swift was disabled by fire.
quent attacks of deafness and vertigo.
His infirmites rapidly increased and
in 174O oft-repeated fits of passion
ended in violent mania. This con-
tinued for two years, when it left him,
and the last three years of his life
were spent in speechless torpor Eo,
many years he seemed to have antics
plted madness. Once when walking
with friends he Jagged behind, and
when they returned in search of him
|. he was found gazing at q tree whose
branches were dead. II ana like that
tree" ne said. ~ shall die Agst IT the
ton"
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MRS. MONTGOMERY.
Why She Preferred the New
Bcacder's Socie ty.

HAT l was in
love 18th her
admits OF no
doubt. To COM
1nence with, I
had only chosen
that particular
house because
she had been
standing at the
window, a n d
when I found
the terms were
ordinary terms,
Il nd t h a a
single bedroom
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Copyrighted 1891

1t was Novem-
Der the third.
and Saturday at
that. There was
Il mighty comm
together of the
people down at
fuckers Mill.
Z h e elcc ton
was comm Off
the next Tues
day followin.
The race was
1larrOwin down
~ - iSh
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SQUIRE RUFUS SAUNDERS
The sOne-Gallus Statesman" Ro-
ports a Political Meeting.

CAMPAIGN Speeches by Third Party Man
and a Denaocrat-what tho Third
Party is Here For-Who Was
Thos. jefferson Anyhow.
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The Smart boy.

What arc you doing. Freddie?" said
the pa infuliy smart boys uncle.
..Dr; win pictures on my slate
What is this supposed to repre-
scnt?''
"A locomotive"
'.Eut why dou't you draw the cars:'
..Whv-cr--thc locomotive draws the
cars IVA Shin-ton Star.
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Little Ioy--'rhe teacher is reall, in
tcrcstcd in me.
Fond Motncr-J am glad to hear
that.
Little Eny-Ics-m. She said she was
coin. 20 tell YOU that l never know my
lcSsonS-(;ood News.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-29

"a pig sly is not good pearl mar.
ket. Rams H0Ya.
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Aunt (stcrnly)-Do you mean to tell
me. Gertrude. you couldn't tell which
of the gentlemen kissed you?
Gcrtrude--\o, aunt. it was dark,
but Judging from the style of the
kiss I fancy it was Capt. hughes
E,.,1tl
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-29

--MatanzaS Inlet, Florida. was
named by Menendez to commemorate
his victory over Ribout. The word
means massacre.
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just immediately after the last
Rrsso-Iurkish war, l happened to have
some business to transact with a we'll
known maker of surgical appliances,
and while friend and I was talking
to one OF the members of the firm, we
noticed a mum Der of wooden legs being
packed for consignment to CONSTANT
nople. Rather an eloquent protest
against the war;" said the mem Der of
the firm. pointing to the cases. Yes"
replied my friend. they arc stump
spceches.' -Illustrated London News.