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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-17

Here the old man seemed exhausted
from A. Of coughing. but he rallied
somewhat after dose of his medicine,
and he resumed his story.
Jimmy. my lad, % said he, .sthat ba By
Was You! promised my darling Ar.
nette that would be both father and
mother to you, and I have tried hard ia
do the BEST could fo- YOU"
oh. dear, dear MASTER" sobbed the
| poor lad, you arc not going to leave
do? You have always been so good and
| kind to us both, and a dear, kind, good
father to me-"
Grimmy. hearing his name men,
TONED, came to the bedside. and sat up
begging. with his shaggy head on ono
SIDE. rs IT trying to say: II know
there's something wrong. Cant do
anything?''
Poor Grimmy!' said .'SpanRlcs. -
You'll be good to him when I'm gone,
Jimmy. and never part with him while
he llves??''
Grimmy jumped on the bed. and
licked the old mans hands ana face,
and it was a. much as Jimmy could do
to remove him.
II will, indeed. be good to him, and
never part with him, dear MASTER"
said Jimmy, but. oh! what are we to
do when you are gomez" And the poor
lad sobbed piteously.
he q brave lad, Jimmy and He who
cares for the sparroyvs will not forget
either you or Grfmmy. Be always
truthful and honest, however YOU
may be tempted to do otherwise, and
whatever you find to do, do 1t with all
your might. Bear in mind that your
mother is an angel, Jimmy, and 1 am
going to join her at last. In Gods
good time you. too. will join us; think
how happy we shall all be there; and
when tempted to do wrong, just think
that If you do it you may be prevented
from ever coming to us. and God will
help you to do right. You and and
poor Grimmy have played through
many towns. and tramped for many
miles together; vet we never had an
angry word, whilst we sought to earn
an honest living. Poor old 'Spangles'
Is going to leave you, but life is before
you yet, my lad; and although l have
not been able to save much, yet you
will find enough in my bag to bury me
and to give you q start"
He then sank tack exhausted, and
while the lad sobbed as if his heart
would break Grimmy howled piteous-
~, and sat up begging in all directions.
During the succeeding night the old
man rested more quietly. but had scv-
eral severe paroxysms of coughing,
which thoroughly exhausted him; he
was also, at times. delirious, when his
mind seemed to be dwelling among
earlier memories and bygone scenes in
which the name of Annette was fre-
and fondly mingled
On the following morning, when the
doctor called again. he was deeply
moved by the intense and unrestrained
grief of the poor lad. who held his dy-
ing masters hand In his own. whilst
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-17
eR1MMY SAT UP BEGGING.

5 takes when learning the acrobatic
6nsiness.
ss.sssssIn . few years, however, I became
sAlxa the Flying Wonder;' then a
mea4er of The Illustrious Schmidt
EAn1i1y,' then an acrobatic clown, and
Anally = ring-maeter. during which lat
{ ter period I became devotedly attached
to Mile. Annette, the Daring Eques-
tftenne, and we ultimately got mar
ried and left the circus business alto
gether.
MY happiness, however, was short
Hved, for my poor young wife-who
had Wavered in her affections between
me and Sig. Lupino. the Matchless
bareback Rider although she finally
consented to become mine deserted
me one morning and left a note be-
htndssaying: Dear ,Jim-you are too
GOOD to me. have gone to him! God
bless You. And only saw her once
aimee.
didn't blame the poor wench, for
she was little better than q child, but
4xelt her absencc cruelty, and don't
think have ever been the same since,
5aIthouGh have tried to do my duty.
IS The greater part of my life was af-
tsryerds spent In travelling shows, Of
gone sort or another, all over England,
ma Tor some years was with q stroll
448 company Of actors. who did the
ks1ac drama; but it was Just about
Or thirteen years ago, when
; NNout atty, and my poor wife was
0Ne tAirty-ave. that shc sent me q
E: sagine me to come to her. as
'&&4AWAa Ms and !. tllinking of nothing
eetng her nGAin, went 1t once,
~ 70 ind that he had been killed
tltee taontha ago, and that
III Hf153Sl Yer iyin0 births 90 :
ts=zz5s = - *
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WHEN you CAN NOT SLEEP
The Doctor Tells You just Why You Can,
and ,yuat What % llo.

i The Doctor Tells You just Why You Can,
and just What to do.
''What is the next most common com.
plant among women to melancholia? p
| reflected the doctor. ''Well, y good
| many of them complain of sleepless.
ness. OF course, that is sometimes an
! accompaniment of real disease, but
there are numerous cases of it in my
| experience where it is a separate and
distinct ILL.,
How do treat it? Oh! 1 usually be-
gin by asking questions. asked my
patients whether they have unusual
worries which they lie awake O.
nights to think over. 1 inquire
if they make practice of going
to see exciting plays or reading eX-
citing books before they seek their
downy couches. And you have no idea
how many women regard an evenings
entertainment as a miserable failure
unless it is full of excitement. They
go to see their Second Mrs. Tan
querays" or they read their Heavenly
Twins" all evening and come to me
the next morning to know why they
much foe to slum Der as a guilty con-
science is.
''Then l find out what kind of physical
food they take before going to bed
whether it is harmless cracker or
two or a rest-disturbing Welsh rarebit
OF IrleO oysters. VI course, IL tncy
persist in foolish evening feasts,
whether material or literary, can't
do anything with them. But if they
assure me that nothing more thrilling
than Maria Edgeworth's tales and
nothing more indigestible than Graham
crackers form their bedtime banquets.
I am willing to take them in hand.
II tell them to take a very hot ba TIL,
or, at least, a hot footbath, before go
ing to bed. That will almost invaria-
bly, produce the most deliciously
drowsy sensations. Then I bid them
open wide their windows, for fresh air
is a great aid to healthy slumber.
Then when they are safe abed I charge
them not to let their minds think of
anything connected with the daily
routine. try to make them picture
to themselves long. even stretches of
prairie, with The grass slightly brown.
or the calm of = quiet sea. If only they
can get firmly before their minds some
quiet, soothing image, they are saved,
and will be asleep before they know it.
Drugs? Oh! 1 believe in mind cure
for most womsn's insomnia."-N. Y.
World.
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SCHOOL AND c,4vRcl4.

Scholars attending the New Yori
public schools have formed an anti
cigarette-smol<ing league.
That female teachers are driving
the report of the school superin
tendent of Iowa.
Two sons of Japan, who were sent
to Chicago to represent the japanese
government at the Worlds Colum bian
exposition, have been converted tic
Christianity.
Hawaii was pagan in 1920 and Chris.
tiAn in 1870. Seventeen thousand were
baptized by the veteran missionary, DIR.
Titus Coan-5, 600 of them in one year
and 1, 700 in one day.
The department of the Salvation
Army's Darkest England scheme,
known as the bridge" q bureau for
helping discharged prisoners, reports
failure in scarcely per cent. of the
convfcts received.
-Siddhu and linda Ram, two Him
docs, have arrived in st. Louis to begin
the work of converting the city to the
tenets of the Arya Somaj. A few Sun
days ago Emin l.. Nabol<otf sounded
the MussulMan call to prayer in Union
square, New York.
The Buddhists of Japan ar rec
newing their fight against Christiani-
ty; are organizing salvation armies
timber so that churches can not be
built; seeking to persuade hotel keep
ers not to lodge Christians; and in
some cases they are resorting to force,
destroying chapels and other build
ings.
st. Pau1's is the metropolitan
church of London, and the third ca
thedral dedicated to that saint, built
upon very nearly the same site as its
predecessors. The first church was
founded, according to Bcde. about A.
D. $40, by Ethelbert, king of Kent,
but destroyed by fire in 1857. The Sec
ond church, "Old st. Paurs,' was de-
stroyed in the great fire, 1865. The
corner stone of the present building
was laid June 21, 1915.
The Harvard annex for women is
hereafter to be known as Radcliffe col
lege. by which name it has been Off
cially recognized by Harvard's over
seers. 1t is to be part of the univer-
sity, and the Harvard seal will be at
tached to the diplomas it gives. The
name is in honor of Anne Radcliffe, of
England. afterward Lady Mou1ton,
who, In 1G4S. gave to Harvard s1oO,
the first pecuniary gift to the univer-
sity that any woman had ever made.
The Waldensian church is peculiar
in this: it is practically two churches,
though nominally one. The one is the
Church of the Valleys, the original
church among the mountains, where
the blood of the martyrs flowed SO
freely, and the other is the mission
field. the rest of the kingdom of Italy,
in which the mission churches are
The remarkable fact is that the or
dained pastors in the mission churches
outside the valleys are more than
thrice as numerous as those within
Them. The mission part is becoming
the great body of the church. A COR
change of organization is
about to be rnade.-United Presby-
terinn.
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tCepyr,sht 1898. By tho Author
n:1.ltD

l35ssGs 80 lCokyr3ght, 1893 by the Authof.1
gn4A0re and weary. ono autumn
aSss an old man. lad, and 4 dog
I, RIVED N Nottingham, where they put
ssap At = common lodginK-house. They
4 ettutsd travelling show. and,
g pef3crming all day In tho streets
s esaau9 they had walked over
a Qae4ence OF ton or twelve miles.
~ y old nan seemed broken In
81 sAnH suffered from q severe
hat ON this particular evening
q EorAe than usual, for he had
e04 n@ills and was glad to Law down
d ~ sSgaxy homes In bed, soon after his
h Oomplained Of feeling very
- Ands thirsty, and the lad procured
S4t1Asoome tea. which they both en- loved.
sss7timuay to give him his fun
arimyvald. the dog, was not for
u Tor tho trio were measurable.
aseA6 0oons efterward3 they all retired to
"a 19nsdpR the night the old man be-
$500 Hery feverish, coughed incessantr
and complained of a pain in his
EsehseN but Jimmy, the lad. did all he
1n00ld for him. and sat up most Of the
M eht With him.
~ In the Inorning. poor old ..spangles''
name dear to many children
throughout England-was no better.
ma when the doctor was summoned
md had examined him, he told the
S1Andtedy that he was very i'll, suffering
4 from An attack of inflammation Of the
1un3ss and that he feared it would 90
hAedsvvith him.
sSpangles" recognized his own dam
ger, and calling the lad to him, said:
imlny. my boy you've been a good
lad to me. and I fear the show will
seo0n be closed forever! Sit thee down
s6esS1e me, lad. as I have something to
tell thees" When the lad had sat down.
ss&panRles" proceeded:
The great Mr.. Shakespeare SAYS: "A
man. during his life, plays many parts
aud that's the truth; for in my time I
Ehsye played many parts. and und err
nysand divers names; but will be-
rim ut the beginning.
MY father died when I was only a
boy, aud my mother married again
.eome time afterwards, my stepfather
bedng an ill-nntured, cruel man, who
hateS and il1-treatcd me: and, unable
TO bear his cruelty any longer, I ran
,away FROM, home and joined a travelling
'ciEcnk
Hut soon found had gone from
the frying pan into the fire. for the
new task-master to whom had been
shnund had no compassion. and during
the earlier part of my appren-
tfceship used to treat me shamefullv
H. was clumsy or made mis-
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AERoNAuT,c SPIDERS.


They Can Baild Balloons and Make Jour
neys I'm the Air.
There il q certain species of spide,
which is moved by instinct at certain
seasons of the year to travel, and t.
travel distances that no one would
suspect him DESTROYS of covering
What, then, is his methods? The
spider select the right kind of a day
one on which there is almost a calm in
the air, rather one when there is just
the slightest breeze.
He crawls up tree or a flagstaff. OF
= bullrush. or anything that will give
him free position. He then begins
to emit the free end of web FROM his
flament bag, and this is so light and
fresh that IL floats away in the air a nd
is carried along by the light breezes.
He may emit one hundred or two
hundred yards. and every now and
then he tries whether there is enough
go his grip on the tree or other eleva-
tion. By a nice system of calculation
he ascertains just what will buoy him,
and then, letting go his hold. the fla
ment is borne of by the wind, and he
himself at the end of it, and in this
way he can travel miles and miles.
IT he finds himself coming near the
water he pays out more of his cable.
and in that way he obtains more float
ing hlament to bear him up. If, on
the contrary, he hnds himself going
too high he draws in his cable and
descends by lessening the amount of
floating hlament.
water, leaving the pole above the sur
face. and put q spider upon it, he viii.
exhibit marvellous intelligence by his
plans to escape. At first he will spin a
web and hang to one end while he al
lows the other to float off in the wind,
l.
object.
OF course. this plan proves failure.
but the spider is not discouraged. He
waits until the wind changes and then
sends another silken strand foa ting
of In another direction. Another fail
ure is followed by several .other sim1-
lar attempts. until all the points OF
the compass have been tried.
But neither the resources nor rea-
soning power of the spider have been
tried. He climbs to the top of the pole
and energetica1ly goes to work to con-
struct u silken balloon. He has not
hot air with which to infiate it, but he
has the power of making it buoyant.
When he gets his balloon finished he
does not go off on the mere superstition
that 1t will carry him, as men often do,
but he fastens it to guy rope, the
other end of which he attaches to the
isla nd pole upon which he is prisoner.
He then gets into his aerial vehicle
while it is made fast, and tests it to see
it is capable of bearing him |
away.
He often finds that he has made il |
loo small, in which case he hauls il |
dowti, takes 1t all apart and constructs |
It on a larger and better plan. A spide, |
has been seen to make three different |
balloons before he became satisfied |
With his experiment.
Then he will snap the guy rope and.
from flament, will sail |
way to land as gracefully and as SUI.
independent of his surround.
ngs as could be imagined.
World.
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"A Frenchman was teaching in a
large school, where he had reputa-
ton among the pupils for making some
queer mistaken. One day he was TAX.
ing . class which was rather disorder
". What with the heat and the
troublesome boys, he was very snap
pish. Having punished several boys.
and sent one t. the bettoa of tho forn,
he 1t Last shoatsd out in = paasion:
Rita ss:s
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HOME HINTS AND HsLps.

HOME HINTS AND helps.
Southern Corn Cake: Ono pint but.
termillt. q tablespoon Of -four, two
| eggs, one and q half cups sffted meal,
| teaspoon of salt, three-fourths teaspoon
| soda Bake in thin cakes ON a hot,
CREASED griddle. If they do not turn
well. a little more. -four or meal may
| be added. Butter while hot.-Detroit
Free Press.
Chill Sauce: One quart canned to-
matoes, two onions, two tablespoon
fu1s each of salt and sugar. one tea.
spoonful each ofpcpper and cinnamon.
three teacupfuls of vinegar. Boil the
tomatoes and sliced onions an hour,
then run through q colander and add
the condiments; then boil half an
hour.-Ohio Farmer.
Pickle for Ham: Six gallons Of
water. nine pounds of salt. two pounds
OF sugar one-fonrth pound of pepper,
one-half ounce of saltpeter. Pack the
hams tightly in cask without salt,
press down with a heavy stone that the
boiling hot brine when it is poured
over them shall not scald one place
more than another. After lying In tho
brine six weeks. it is ready for smok-
observation-disclosures.
cup of rice in three pints of milk until
1t will pass through sieve. Crate the
white portion of two or three heads of
celery on bread-grater: add this to
the rice milk after it has been strained:
put to it a quart of strong white stock:
let boil until celery is perfectly tender;
season with salt and cayenne and serve.
If wanted rich, substitute one pint of
cream for the same quantity of milk
N. Y. Observer.
Almond Macaroons: BIanch and
pound finely six ounces Of sweet al
monds. Mix in a large bowl the whites
OF two eggs and twelve ounces of pow
dered sugaf. and beat with q wooden
spoon for fully five minutes. Drop
through a pastry tube in pieces about
the size and shape of a silver quarter
or to sheets of buttered paper placed
in baking pans. Bake in slow oven
for twenty minutes, until the cakes
are OF golden brown.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
.-vermicclli Soup: Cook a cupful of
sliced vegetable oysters, a stalk or two
OF celery. two slices of onion, a parsnip
and half q carrot in water Just suf-
fcient to cover we'll. Meanwhile put
u cupful of vermicelli in a quart of
milk and cook in double boiler until
strain off the froth and add it to the
vernicelli when cooked. Season with
salt and a cup of cream. Heat two
eggs light, and turn the boiling soup
on the eggs, stirring ebriskly THAT they
may not curdle. Reheat is not thick
ened, and servc.-Good Health.
Barley Soup: Cut three slices of
bacon and two pounds of the neck of
veal III small pieces, put them in a
with pint of water. Let
this simmer for three-quarters of an
hour, then add one small onion, a car
rot, two stalks of celery. all cut fine,
a bouquet of sweet herbs. a teaspoonful
Of SALT half a teaspoonful of blaclt-pep-
per and two quarts of water. Let this
boil two hours or more. Strain the
soup, and when cold remove the fat
Place the soup on the fire and add a /!
pint of barley which has been washed
and soaked in water for at least three
hours. There should be pint of the |
barley after it is soaked. This is the
right proportion for two quarts Of |,
Budget. |
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SHE MERELY WANTED TO KNOW.

And Did Not Realize that Her Curiosity
Was Delaying Trafnc.
The cable car had just stopped at
the corner when she started to enter It.
Let the passengers off first, :" yelled
the conductor.
climbed up with her two hundred
pounds upon the platform. Stopping
just before the door. she turned
around and inquired sweetly If the
car went to the postof1ice.
Take the downtown carr said the.
conductor, adding, Let the passen..
gers off,
.'Indeed," she chirruped back, .sand
how long will it take to get down.
there?''
Twenty minutes; let the passen-:
gers of please fairly screamed the.
conductor. Another car had come mp
behind and two had whixzed by, on
their way downtown. &
'.Will I have to change cars ony.
where?" she smilingly inquired.
The conductor was about to do soyne.
thing desperate. His face had become
as red as the proverbial beet, when Nhos
woman suddenly dropped her fan upom
the ground. $ ssss Il
to climb down. In an instant fhos
whole line Of passengers who Snasa
waiting to leave the car pushed 1
ward, the stylishly -dreaae6 lady -
showed overheard, and, bo1eeo - IT.
recovered her senses, the aAx yvAo 1asess
rying aroand the eurvo at Ua&6l
square. The last seem Of her u =
stapdiAe In the nlaAle Of tlzS ~
writing soAesAin9 on Ase AhteA
ably "that h0Erla c0AAoeeeesSilIss
bern. r. 4eceed6k. S z7ss;sS
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ANTS BIGGER THAN FOXES.

Pltny Could Discount Ananlas In the Art
of Drawing tho Long Bow.
Pliny. that rare old gossiper, tells,
among other extraordinary stories, that
of the Bactrian method of obtaining
: gold. The sandy deserts of Bactria in
the days of that historian WERE so the
. old man says, literally swarming with
ants slightly bigger than foxes"
These gigantic Representatives. of the
genus homenoptera burrowed deeply
into the sandy wastes, their tunnels
and galleries often being hundreds of
feet in extent. The earth removed
from these burrows was always car
ried to the out side and thrown up in
hills creme mber Pliny says this) "cf a
bigness exc eeding that of palace"
This bris-sand. earth, etc:-yvas
soon found to be wonderfully rich in
small nuggets of gold. The danger from
the ants was greater, however, than
that from the Indians in the early DAYS
of gold digging in the western United
States. and many stories are told of
men who were literally devoured in a
few moments by the fierce owners of
some disturbed burrow. Some observ-
ing old hunter at last discovered that
the giant ants slept during the hottest
hours of the day. After that the seek
ers after the yellow metal only made
their incursions at the proper time,
and then they only stayed long enough
in the deserts to fill their sacks with
the golden sand, which they took home
to sift at leisure. With all this pre-
caution the ants often s.swiftly pur-
sued the feetest horses. and it was
ouly by using various Stratagems that
the invaders managed to escape alive"
Chicago Tribune.
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Some OF the C0mstoclx mines IRE 80
deep that NO means have yet been de-
yised to overcome the excessive heat.
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Double Faced.


Lawyer-Now, madam, you say that
on the night of the robbery the moon
was 50 bright that you could see the
robbers in your room. Was your hus-
band awake?
Witness-I don't know, sir.
WAS his face turned toward You or
away from you?''
81 can't say, SIR
''Now, your honor. and gentlem of
the jury, do you hear that? This wom-
an positively Identifies these men as
the robbers who were in her room,
and she can not tells us how her hus-
band was lying at the time. And, turn
ing to the witness. he continued: Why
can't you tell us. pray?'
II could not see."
''Ah! you could not soc? Yet you
positively indsntify the prisoners. How
is this?''
well, you see, sir, my husband Is SO
very bald that in anything but bright
light can not tell whether he is look
ing at or away from me."-N. Y. Her
aid.
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Toilet sachSta,


Among the many dainty fixtures of
the modern bedroom the fashion of a
pretty hanging cushion for the toilet
bile, perfumed with some sachet pow
der, suggested by the color of the room,
is one of the most delightful. The
sachet powder may be violet for a blue
room, in the form of blue Russian
violet, if you fancy, or a simple affair
of dainty blue silk and lace, much su9-
costing the favorite flower of the hour
For pink room it may be perfumed
with rose powder in the form of a full
blown rose. or in any dainty form in
pink and white which the maker fam
cies- Lavender makes one of the most
delightful sachets, the color contrast
ing well in q yellow room if used in a
combination with a delicate shade of
yellow. Very pretty wall sachets are
made of tissue paper, crimped and in
some delicate color, suggesting flowers,
while they do not in any way COPY
them.-N. Y. Tribune.
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Tho Wisdom Of Years.

Tho Wisdom of Years.
Fatllcr-Your income is small. and
that girl hasn't Il penny in her own
right.
Son-ThaI's true, but she has lots Of
rich relatives, who are sure to re1nem.
Der her.
Father-That's the trouble. They
will visit you by the dozen, eat you
cut of house and home, and outlive
you both in the end.-N. Y. Weekly
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A Slight Confusion.

She tripped down the stair and an
swered the postman's knock, for she
was expecting letters far too precious
to be intrusted to footman or maid.
What have we lere?' she inquired
slnilingly, as she took the missives;
''Billets doux?''
Not exactly, miss replied the new
letter carrier with a blush; .'my names
Bill Dooley. '-Washington Star.