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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-24
NAPOLEON'S DREAM.

He LOnged to Follow In the Footsteps Of
Alexander tho Great.
Bonapart was q child of the Mcdi-
terrancan. The light of its sparkling
waters was ever in his eyes, and the
fascination of its ancient civilizations
was never absent from his dreams of
glory. His proclamations rang with
classic illusions, his festivals were
adorned with classic ceremony. In in
fancy he had known of Genoa, the
tyrant of his island, rs strong in
the splendid commercial enterprises
which stretched eastward through the
Levant, and beyond into the farther
orient; in childhood he had fed his
Imagination on the histories of Alexan-
der the Great, and his conquest of orr
entail empires; in youth he had thought
to find an open door for his ami ition,
ing service with England to share the
renown of those who were building up
her eastern empire. Disappointed in
this, he turned with the same lack of
success to Russia, already England's
rival on the continent of Asia.
1t is perfectly comprehensive that
throughout his early manhood his
ed to the same ideals. The conqueror
of Italy and Austria might hope to
realize them. Was he not master OF
the two great maritime common
wealths which had once shared all
eastern trade between them? En-
glands intrusion upon the Mediterra-
mean basin was a never-ceasing irrita-
ton to all the Latin powers. Her
commercial prosperity and her mastery
of the seas aggravated the exaspera-
ton of France, as threatening
even her equality in their an
cient rivalry. From the days of the
first crusade all Frenchmen had felt
that leadership in the reconstruction of
Asis belonged to them by virtue of
pree.ccupation. Ardent repu blicans.
moreover, saw Frances mission incom-
plete in the liberalizing of the CONT.
nent, and the department of marine
under the directory stamped its paper
with the motto: Liberty of the Seas. ="
Imaginative forces, the revolution
ary system, and the national ambition
all combined to create ubiquitous en-
thusiasm for the conquest of the Medi-
terranean. To this the temperame
and training of Bonaparte were as the
spark to the finder. It was with will
ing ears that the directory heard his
first suggestions about the Venetian
isles. and subsequently his plans for
the capture of Malta, which was to DO
followed by a death-blow to England's
supremacy in the seizure of Egypt and
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Turkey.-Prok
w. n. sloane, In CeptWry.
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HUMOROUS.

Honest Confession.-Admire
"What kind of a pen do you use?''
Author-''Steelm mostly, though I never
have been accused of plagiarism.''-
Truth.
What is the new boarder's bust
ness, Pauline?'' asked the Cheerful
Idiot. He is running bicycle school,, -
replied the waiter girl. ''Oh! Teaching
the young idea how to scoot, is hep
Cincinnati Tribune.
The following case of absence OF
mind is reported: An old lady, after
stirring the fire with her knitting
needle, took up the poker to knit with.
and did not find out her error till she
began to scratch her head with it.
Tit-Bits.
Tommy Figg-''My sisters sweet.
heart kicked my dog yesterday, but
got even with him; you bet" Johnny
Briggs-"How?'' Tommy Figg-"I
mixed quinine with her face powder.
Won't she taste bitter?'-Frank Har-
rison's Magazine.
She'd Go Farther.-Miss Yoangun
THE regents of the state university
have abolished the degree of bachelor
of letters Miss Oldun-'I am sc
pleased to hear it; if I had my way ]
would abolish bachelors entirely
Detroit Free Press.
Little Willowdean, walking with
over the rough pavement. Her mother
said: ''What's the matter, daugh ter?''
"Nothing's the matter with me-" she
indignantly replied. "It's the ground
is too thick in places."-N. Y. Adver-
tiser.
There was = vivacious smile on h er
face which was most winsome. 'Oh,
dear me-" she murmured happily, 'l've
just gotten such bal gain!' ''How.
dear?" inquired her friend. II sent a
telegram, only a quarter for ten words,
and at least six of them were words OF
more than three sylla bles!'-Washing.
ton Star.
-Fooling the Blind-''Why will you
insist upon writing such one-sided
political articles? Why, according to
your writings, every member of your
of light, and every man in the other
party a liar and horsethief. 1%at
kind of talk can fool nobody but bl.e>]
partisans.'' Blind partisans are the
only men I write for. Tran
script
Judge" said the prisoner, sol,
emily, I'VE don't mean it!'' "Of course
dollars jes' fur talkin' on the street
corner last night!' That's it. You
were charged with being loud and
boisterol,s" Ten dollars-an' jes' fur
talkin'. Well, judge, I'll work it out.
But you have destroyed a patriot. You
have druv the iron of cruel reality into
a soul that was hitherto jea' wrapped
up in idolatrous worship of the God.
dess of Liberty. Freedom of speech i.
the bulwark of our country, an when
speech gifts ter costin' ten dollars a
crack, judge, 1 pass out I'm an an
archist from now on."-WaShington
Star.
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indooences which dlsturOs none. ne
as passive as fried fish.
abides in Wolfville, 1 was pesterin'
round Vegas with Bill Locl<ridge. who
was vvorl<in' 4 small bunch of '7-bar-k
cattle way over on the Vermejo. We'd
been slashin' round the Plaza all day.
indin' fault with the whisky an
amoosin' ourselves at our own ex-
pense, an along about Ave o'clock In
the evenin' Bill allows he's some sick
of sech revels, an concloods he'n pint
up among the 'dobys e1plorin' OF Old
town a lot. So we all goes in concert.
wasn't frothin' at the mouth none to
20 myself. not seein' no relaxation
polin' about permiscus among passed.
nacheral; but 1 goes, amin to sorter
ride herd on Bill, which his disposition
is some free an various an liable to
mix him into trouble. Not that Bill IL
bad; none whatever, but bein' seven or
eight drinks ahead of that Plaza
whisky makes him feel gregar'ous and
friendly; an he's cap'ble of goin' about
a-claimin' of acquaintance with peo-
pie he don't know at all. an fcelin'
way hostile when the stranger has
symptoms of doubt.
$50 1 goes along; Bill a-warblin'
The Dyin' Ranger in several keys.
THE senoras and senoritas a-hearin'
an Bill would wave his big hat an
vhoop from rapture. IT he starts
towards 'em, amin for a powwow-
which he does frequent, bein' a mighty
amiable man that away-they gives
squawk immediate an shets the
door. Well, Bill goes on then. Maybe
he gives the door a kick or two, In
formin' 'em of his discomfort, but
that's all. All at once, while we're
prow1in' up one of them spacious al
leys q Mexican thinks is q street, we
comes up on a Italian with an organ
which he is grindin'. This yere organ
ain't SO bad an I've heerd a heap worse
strains AS soon as Bill secs him he
tries to figger on a dance, but no one'u
dance with him.
".In which event. says Lockridge, Il
plays lone hand
$50 Bill puts up a small dance. like
u Navajo, accompanin' of himself with
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but they can come no twist like that
an me ridin' herd. Mono what-
ever!
"Bill carries on this away Tor three
hours; and what on splits an what on
bets he win, he's over a hundred dol
lars ahead. But Mt last he's tired, an
allows he'll quit and call it day. So
he Tugs the old tom-tom down to
Franlklin's Office. Franklin is marshal,
an Bill turns over the organ an the
money, an tells Franklin to hunt up
Merfno an give him the whole shootin'
match.
" Where is this yere dago?" says
Franklin.
However do ] knowo' says Bill
Last I sees him he was a-goin' up the
Gale like a jack rabbit
"Just then Merino comes in view
that bullet in his organ; but when he
gets Bills donation his feelin's COM
mences to rise a lot. In fact, he be-
gins to regard it rs qui tie a scheme.
i" But you'll hav to round up to tho
alcalde, BILL says Franklin. I ain's
shore none you amt been breakin'
some law
"Bill grumble an allows Vegas 10
gettin' a heap too reserved for him.
" It's gettin' So says Bill, a free
American citizen don't get no en-.
couragement. Hero I puts in half q
day amassin' wealth for a daEo IS is
sittin' in bad luck; an elevatin' Next
cans who shorely needs it; an yere I
am layed for by the marshal like a
felon.'
well, we all goes over to Seeele's'
Franklin an Bill and old Steele, the
alcalde, goes pol1in' about to see what
ever crimes Bills done anyhow. They
gifts by the capturin' the organ. an
shootin' into its bowels; an standin'
up the tow erists didn't worry 'en none,
but the question of the music iteo'f
sticks 'em.
:" I'm shorely sorry to say it, Bill, ,
says Steele, but you've been a-bustin'
of a ordnance about playin' music on
the streets without no license
Can't you beat the game no way?'
says Bill.
".I shorely don't see how says
Steele.
"'Mi tamblen,' says Franklin.
Whatever Is the matter with tack
in them tunes on ter Merino's license?'
says Bill.
Can't do it nohow.' says Steele.
Well. is this yere ord'nanSe ac-
cordin' TO Hoyle an the declaration Of
independence?' says Bill Il don't
stand It mono on1ess'
Shore says Steele
Turn your cards, tnen,' says Bill;
I'm q law-abidin' citizen an all
wants is . square deal from the warm
deck
$50 they fines Bill fifty dollars for
playin' an organ on the streets with.
out license, and he pays it an goes
away peaceful."-Chicago Tines-Her~
aid,
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THE SUMMER PROBLEM.

Where shall ~ 80 this summer where shall
The brief aad al too nesttns Aour-tAe swest
vacation dayt
In mountain lands or sea shore. on farm or
hotel gsyf
Whore shall We 70 this summers the problem
Shall We get ON IN ocean steamer and HE to
old Parcel
Or sock out Aunt Amanda way up in Seho-
haree3
Shall ws 60 to the wondrous valley-she grand
Yos0miteef
Or take = cot on q sandy lot hard by the sound.
ing sesl
Shall NO 20 to the piny forest and Ash for the
specklod trout,
And haul in splendid catches that all town
friends will doubti
Shall We 60 to the rock-oound island on the
ocean ten miles out.
Or spend two months In . Teuton town end
dine On 00u0fkraut?
Shall wo 90 to the Lake OF Comof shall We
sock swell Nowport's oharms1
Shall We bosk in the eye OF Nature, or whirl in
Dsmo Fashions armsf
Shall we put on our l1nen busters and 60 with
the doar school-marnS
Through tho stony Hampshire mounta ins and
the old abandoned farms?
We won't do . single ono OF these-nsy. nay!
for IL seems to mo
The worry best plaoo in the summer for my wife
ana ohiAdren three
Is hero in my dosr suburban homo on the J.
}. h 4 c.,
Whore We know wo'n live in comfort and the
bathtub's always free.
-Harper's Bazaar.
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OUT or THE nut.

me Strange bat Saecesaful Departure 81
Southern Planter.
A young farmer in the south west,
having come into possession OF q small
plantation through the death Of his
father, deter mined to introduce some
radical changes. The farm had not
been pro6tabl for several years. His
father had borrowed money of mer-
chants and put every acre into cotton,
buying his food supplies every year
and running every year more deeply
said. ito get out of the rut."
He decided to abandon cotton pla Mt
ing, and to raise Strawberries and 9th.
err fruit on q large scale, and. so far as
possible, to make . living from his
farm by producing his own food sup
plies. He began with a few acres OF
strawberries, and put the remainder Of
his land in corn, oats. grass, potatoes
and vegetables, increasing his supply
of poultry and pork.
him. A southern plante~ they said,
who did not raise cotton, but who de-
voted his energies to small fruit and
''trucking," would be of no account
socially, while inviting financial ruin.
The young farmer was warned that in
breaking away from the customs and
traditions of the cotton belt he was
lowering his dignity and degrading
himself to the level of 1.-The poor white
trash"
One critic was even more outspoken.
He was the father of the young woman
whom the young farmer had been
counting, and who was engaged to him.
''You are acting like lunatic!'
grovled this veteran. ''What can you
do without cash crop like cotton?
Where can you find q market for your
Strawberries? You are as mad as q
March hare!"s
''The finest varieties of berries will
grow here to perfection. I can make
arrangements to send them by rail
north, where shall be ahead of the
season, and also south for the latest
varieties when the home crop is ex-
hausted. AS for cotton, it is impover-
ishin9 the planters here, as you we'll
know. Why should I raise cotton
without profit for the sake of what you
call social prestige?'
''Well, sig" was the angry reply, "ii
you are bent upon going on with your
crazy schemes. you shall not drag
a cotton planters daughter, and shall
not be a truck farmers wife"
As the daughter sided with the
father, the engagement was broken
off. The young man, undismayed by
the disapproval of his neighbors. car
ried out his plans with resolute deter
mination. The experiment was sue
ceSsful.
He was obliged to be patient as well
as determined, and the result was thai
he was soon obliged to double hi:
| strawberry acreage. He then intro
| duced raspberries as crop to follow
the Strawberries. The result has beer
that he found his psofits warranted
the purchase of another farm, and the
enlargement of his fruit business.
Meanwhile the planters around hin
were many of them impoverished by
low prices for cotton. The veteran
who had called him q 1unatic was re
| duced to such straits that one or two
| of his children went into the fruit
| farmers fields to pick strawberries ir
their season for the wages they nigh,
receive. Everyone now is convinced
that there was method in the young
planters madness Youths Com
paniOn. ~,
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


-Thacl<eray adored the memory OF
his mother. He said: '.Mother il the
name of God on the 1ips of little chill.
dren."
-Cortez always carried in his bosom
. little prayer book. which no relig-
iously read from beginning to end
every month.
AT the annual meeting of the New
England Woman's club Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, who was the principal speaker,
said: '.Once it was the eccentric woman
who belonged to . club, now it is the
eccentric woman who docs not belong
to q club"
Miss Margaret Smith has just died
1T Ferndale, Inverness. Her father,
DR.. Neil Smith, then = surgeons mate
In the royal navy. attended to Lord
gar, when the great admiral was NOR
tally wounded.
-Gustav Freytag. the famous Ger
man author, who died q few weeks ago.
left a fortune estimated ut 1000, 600
marks. about $3.50, 900, in addition tc
his real estate in Wiesbaden and Gotha.
He wrote his will himself. His library
contains many rare books and manu-.
scripts.
Herbert Spencer, who was one o,
the three men outside of Germany
who were recently appointed by En-
peror William knights of the Order OF
Merit, has declined the prodered
honor on the ground that his opinions,
repeatedly expressed in his writings.
debar him from accepting 1t.
"A Bridgeport Comm clergyma
recently preeched q sermon in which
he thanked God that there had been
frost enough to destroy the apple-blos.
SONS in that section, and trusted that
it would destroy every apple-blossom
throughout the length and breadth OF
the land. This would destroy the ap-
pie crop, he argued, and consequently
there would DE no cider. and the cause
of Temperance would be benefited.
One of the first women lighthouse
keepers in this country was Kathaleen
Andre Moore, a descendant of Maj
Andre She had charge of the light
house at Black rock, on the coast OF
Massachusetts,, and tended the lamps
father had done before her. In later
years her only companions in her lone
ly vigil were two large Newton Midland
dogs and a pet lamb. Her library in
the Lighthouse contained some of the
best books of the day.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe tells two
anecdotes illustrating the shyness OF
ing attempted to make a speech at q
dinner given to Charles Dickens, but
after mumbling a few words indis-
tinctly he remarked, II can't go on
and sat down. OF Hawthorne's tilnidi.
ty she had a glimpse while calling with
her husband on Mrs Hawthorne in
Concord. While they were in the par
lor they saw a tall. slim man come
down the stairs, and Mrs. Hawthorne
called out: Husband, husband, Dr.
Howe and Mrs. Howe are here!" Haw
thorne bolted across the hall and out
through the door without even looking
into the parlor.
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whoops. But the daRo can't play Bills
music so the ball comes to a halt
".Whatever is the matter with this
we're tune box, anyhow? says Bill.
Gimme the music for a green corn
dance, an don't make no delay
"'This yere man can't play no green
corn dance,'I says.
"'He can't, can't hep says Bill,
mighty soornful. Wait till he tries I
know this man Of yore. I meets him
two years ago in Druce's, an me an
him has quite . time
"'whatever is his name then" 1 asks
".Antonio Marino,' says the dago
".Marino.' says Bill, that's right.
recalls it because it makes me think
fust he's sheep man, an gets
quite hostile
".I never SEQ you says the dago
eyes, you did, says Bill. You jest
think you didn't SEQ me. We has
drinks together an goes an shoots up
the town arm an arm like brothers.'
-.But the italian insists he never sees
Bill. This makes Bill ugly lot, an
before I can get to stop 1t he outs
with his six-shooter an puts hole into
"sT6sse ysss taaes aears - ea$,
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-Da Vinci read Pindar and thought
him the noblest poet who ever WROTE
! IN sny Language
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ACCORDIN' TO HOYLE.
ny A. H. LEWIS.

ES," said the old cat
tleman, as he munched
a meditative Glow
1T h ere Amt much
paw and below, head
down-an'-tail-up bust
ness to q co " b oy.
Speakin' general an
not allowin' fer them
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
A PLOT TO BREAK JAIL
New Brunswick on the Verge OF
Another Delivery.
ONE PRISONER LOST HIS NERVE

Plans Had Been Perfected to XIII the War
den and Get Possession of His Keys-Ths
Prisoners Incensed at the Frustration OF
Their Well Laid Plans.
NEW BRUNSWICK, n. J., Aug. IA
plan for another wholesale delivery Of
prisoners in the county Jail was accident
ally discovered. The leaders in the plot
were Thomas Kelly, q burglar, and Mi
chael Il. Barry, who is awaiting trial for ar
son in New Brunswick. Everythingayas
in readiness, and the men were to Seak
jail tonight, but one Of the inmates weak
enod and informed the sheriff.
Ever since the escape Of seven prisoners,
led by a murderer, in June last Sheriff
Seryiss has personally inspected the jail
every night. Tho men are ordered into
their cells at 8 p. IN. sharp, and then the
sheriff, who is about go years Of age, gooi
through the corridors, locking each cell
in succession. He carries all his keys on
one ring The conspirators were aware OF
this custom and planned to overpoweI
him, steal the keys and make dash fol
freedom after having freed all the Other
prisoners.
tAn tAlt AiOiiA llt JUL WIS W iittNN btNn
made from cell No. 10, the window OF
which was large enough to permit Of the
passage of a mans body. This cell was
occupied by Barry at night. IL is next to
cell No II, through the roof of which the
seven men took their flight in June. Both
Barry and Kelly were allowed the free
dom Of the Jail and could go in and out
OF any cell on either corridor during the
day. The two men worked together, but
It is known that Kelly was the leader.
The Woman In the Case.
Since his imprisonment Kelly has been
visited frequently by woman, and it Is
thought she Struggled the files and saw
used by the conspirators. Tho men sawed
through all tho bars Of the window in cell
No. 10 without being discovered. They
used butter ON the saws TO deaden the
sound. The bars were cut from the out
side and not clear through so that from
the inside Of the coll the turnkey could
not see that anything was wrong, although
a strong man could have easily wrenched
out all the bars
Tho escape was TO have been made to-
night After Draining the sheriff, accord
ing TO the story of the sherilf's informant,
all the cell doors were TO have been opened
and everybody given a chance TO skip. The
leaders had arranged TO have a team on
the outside. When the sheriff learned OF
the plot, he at once transferred the men
TO other cells and searched the corridors.
In addition to the files and saw used the
prisoners had managed to secure a heavy
stone and q slungshot Tho stone was
wrapped in a cloth and made a deadly
weapon.
The men were furious when they learn
ed that they had been frustrated and de-
clared Shat they had fully intended 60 kill
the sheriff and were sorry that they had
not been able to do so. There is no doubt
here that the money for the enterprise
was furnished by Barry's friends. Special
guards were mt once put on duty, and
Barry and Kelly are now in close contine.
lnant
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
Lstters That Never Went.

Usher Truman aud a couple Of porters
at the p, w q B station made raid
on the hospital boxes at the station
where papers and presents are deposited
for hospital patients. this morning. Their
obisot la going into the boxes WAS
30 rescue sens Important mail matter
that had accumulated there ~ result
Of thoughtless persons who mistook
these large receipt sces Tor Uncle Sam 3
nail boxes Out Of one box four
letters we're rescued and from
the mass Of papers In another, three sp-
parently important mail missives were
sorted aud transferred to the proper
place of debArkation.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
PAID THEM IN SILVER.
Secretary Morton Gives what He Regardx
Object lesson.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Secretary Nor
ton of the department of agriculture gave
what he regards an object lesson to the
employees Of his department He heard
arguments by many Of his subordinates in
favor Of silver and when pay day came he
ordered the paymaster to pay out 81, 000
in silver coin, Weighing 60 pounds.
The silver coin was paid 60 messengers
and well known silverites in various posi-
tions in the department. Unless Mr.. Nor
ton receives a petition to the contrary it
is expected that silver will be paid out
again to the men who are known to favor
it as currency
There was a good deal Of kicking among
the employees, and some of them have in
dictated to the paymaster that they want
paper money on their next pay day One
of tho men who was given several pounds
Of silver to carry home remarked:
81 think Secretary Morton is very un-
fair in what he terms as his object lesson.
He might as well pay us in nickel pieces
or in copper pennies, and if we protest
that that is not a convenient form of mon
ey to carry he might say by that protest
we are not in favor Of copper and nickel
coin. As mntter Of fact, If a man were
paid, say SIG, 600, in gold coin, which he
would be expected to carry home with
him, he would protest as strongly as we
protest AZ being paid our monthly salary
in silver dollars "