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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-02-09
4 Clever Dog.

Mr.. Stacy Marks anecdote of the
money-fnding dog, which he attributes
to Landseer, Is very prince among all
stories Of the kind The dogs master,
In the presence Of a skeptical friend,
hid fve-pound note in the bole OF a
tree when the dog was paying him no
attention. 90, fetchl' he said, sonls
time afterward, while returning by an-
other road, without further explana-
tion. The dog trotted off, and II was
few hours before he joined the twoat
home. AS there were no signs of d
note, the skepticaI friend grew safirf-
cal. But the host opened the dogs
mouth and fye sovereigns were con-
cealed under his tongue. He had fonns
the note, been to the bank sr's, ard ex.
changed il for gold Spectator. !.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-02-09
CRUEL REVENGE.

He Had His Letters Back But Thcy Were
Sayagely Improved.
! 20! Eleanor! | am SO glad to find
you here. / went up to your house
and your mother said you had come
here to be fitted;" and as Eleanor
grasped her hand the dressmalxer
ffoWned, for she didn't want the fit Of
the nesy gown ff,terfered with.
i We'll. Daisy" said Eleanor, 81 am
| glad, too, for see ii in your eyes that
you've something to tell me!''
Yes; have, and It's rich o, isn't
yoiiT gown going to be stunning! I
! envy you; and the ito, it's love1yr'
Think SO? Well, what is It you
want to tell me?'' and as Daisy looked
inquiringly at the dressmalxer Eleanor
said:
"Don't mind Mrs. Mac. She won't
tell. VIII YOUR
20, not I. Don't mind me- and the
discreet Mrs. Mac went on pinning and
fitting.
well, this morning went over to
see Kit, and ! ran right mp to her room,
as we always do, you know"
Yes" assented Eleanor.
And she was crying. All around
her on the floor were letters, and on
the bed more letters. / said, Mercy,
Kit, what's the matter?' Every little
while she would make vicious iab at
a letter and appear to be writing.
. %, Daisy. am most wild, I'm so
busy.
= What are you doingg / asked
Well said Kit, you know Clarence and
I have had quarrel and I'm glad OF
It, and here she sobbed the gladdest
kind of sob, 'and-and-he sent all
my letters back land the silver hat
marker and umbrella marker and
the lovely pipe ! gave him with his
name engraved on it--and-O, Daisy
/ can't use any OF them how can I?-
and-so I'm getting his letters ready to
return I'm II m correcting them.
And then she laughed and made an
other jab with the pen.
Correcting them2' gasped.
Yes, ma am correcting them. You
know Clarence is a terrible speller, SO
! have gone over every letter In red
ink, and made him see that it was In
territorial. Humphi I'll bet he won't
tell another man he broke It Off,
81 couldn't help laughing, but
wasn't 1t a fine reyenge?' Chicago |
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-02-09
A Matter OF Cost.

- nAsssstt "a Ntyrts
Businesslike Young Man Is this
where you Issue licenses?
Official 1t is.
How much will ! have topay for q
pedd1erss license?'
Five dollars. Z
Seems to msthat.s pretty steep.
What does marriage license cost9'
Two dollars. 9
That's more like Il. Give me mar
riage license. Chicago Tribune
Brute.
Mrs. Cumso-0h, how my head acfIes.
Mr.. Cumso absorbed IN HIS news
paper1 Why don't you hare It puIlede
Mrs. Gunso-Itss my head. said.
Mr.. Cumso (stiu absorbed Have II.
filed. then. Harper's-
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-27
SEVENTEEN YEAR LOCUST.
It's Method of Leaving tho Seventeen-year-
old Shell Behind 1t.

Those who love to watch the opera
lions of nature will find much interest
in observing how the locust leaves the
case in which it has lived for II years
i'll the earth. One who watched them
thus tells his story:
"Naturalists say they come out only
in the night. For almost two weeks
watched them nightly, and they made
their appearance an hour before sun
down, increasing in numbers until
dark. Crawling by thousands through
the grass and over the bare ground in
their brown casing, which they are
about to throw off, they are often COW
cred with mud. Ascending weeds, posts,
fences and frame work in droves, and
particularly trees, they fix themselves
to the bark and on the leaves At this
time they encounter many enemies, as
chickens, hogs, squirrels and birds are
very fond of them. Our cat was seen
every evening watching i'll the grass,
seeming to relish them us dainty.
One evening l secured seven OH one
branch and witnessed the operation of
their new birth by lamplight They
were some time running up and down
the back part of the head soon becomes
smooth and glossy, as if stretched to it's
utmost tension. III five minutes from
the time of settling i'll position n longi-
tudnal tissure appeared, showing a
| threadlike white line where the split oc-
| ours, on the back of the head, extending
finally from the first joint, connecting
the proboscis or forceps to the body
| joint, half an inch in length In three
minutes more the head had pressed it's
way out. Gradually the fore legs were
withdrawn from their sockets-say i'll
| one minute.
"Thon the whole body swung slowly
| backward, head down and feet outward,
suspended with an occasional tremor,
| as if trying to extricate the hind part
and legs. When it had hung for three
minutes, it then very slowly, like an
acrobat, brought its body up to the orig
| inal position, withdrew the hind legs
and body, and i'll two minutes more
stood outside the pupa skin in full form.
an inch long, of white waxy appear
ancc, with red eyes like rubics, The
wings showed only rs Il mass of cramped
up white film III minute the wings
had grown to three quarters of an inch,
| by measurement; i'll three minutes to
| one inch and i'll six and Il half minutes
| to the full size of one and n quarter
inches in length and half an inch in
| breadth. In % minutes tho whole proc
ess was accomplished. The yearly 10
Gust would be us we'll worth Watching. +"
Mechanics Monthly.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-27
ALL SORTS OF SPORTS.

1t Is said that Jockey Fred Taral has de-
veloped into quite boxer.
Ex-Captain Frank Hinkoy will coach
the Yale football team this season.
Elk Governor William Il. Russell of Mas
sachusctts Is very fond of lawn tennis and
plays with considerable skill
One of James j. Corbett's friends says
tho champion cleared $40, 900 last season
from his pugilistic and theatrical enter
priscs.
The University of Chicago football team
will have the arduous pleasure of playing
Yalc's great eleven this fall if Stages
mon show enough strength to warrant an
eastern trip.
The Ladies' Chess club of London re-
comfy gave n dinner to Pillsbury, Steinitz
and Tschigorin. After the dinner pills.
bury played games with II ladies simulta.
ncously. He won IL, lost two and drew
one.
Lamplightcr has won in purses and
stakes $50, 900. Asa 2-ycar-old he was sold
for 100000 When Pierre Lorillard sold
his stable Lamplightcr brought SEQ, 000
and Mt recent sale tho famous horse only
brought 1900,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-27
Ivory Dust.

Ivory dust for jelly is sold i'll London
at sixpcnce per pound. 1t is the waste
which results from the manufacture of
ivory into various articles, and work
shop will accumulate, according to
amount of output, from five to six
pounds of dust III Il week The proper
lions are one pound Of dust to Il quart
Of water, boiled for eight or ten hours.
The product is clear jelly, which is
strained and favored to taste or diluted
for tho purpose of soup.
But the stock Of elephant ivory is dy-
ing out; substitutes are used largely in
place Of it. There is vegetable ivory,
the seed of a low growing palm in
South America. each seed about the size
Of q hens egg, and various artificial
worries, compound Of caoutchouc, sui
phur and some white substance, pipe
clay, gypsum or oxide Of zinc, or, more
simple still, a mixture of skimmilk
and borax, which, compressed, forms in
to cream colored block, and may be
used i'll place of native African ivory,
which it closely resembles
Thus even when the elephant becomes
as extinct as the dodo, ivory jelly may
still keep up, if not add to, its reputa-
tion. London Letter.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-27

sas. Tho Dame Wood colt was sold to
John II. Gentry and J. +. Ramey of
Hughcsville, Mo, before he was ? years
old and was named John r. Gentry.
Ramcy developed and brought him out
rs 3-ycar- old in 1892, winning five races
Ill Missouri and Kansas with the young
Stcr without losing single heat He
paced III 2:13l9 in ~ race and lowered tho
mark to 2:13 in Il tilt against time GEN
try did not start rs u 4year old, but in
1891 he turned up unhcradcd mt Detroit,
and defeated the speedy Nassar and doz-
en- others in straight heats, lowering his
mark to 2:0913. AT Buffalo the Same year
he was sold to l.. b. Holt and J. f. Scott
of Graham, y. c., for $4,000, passing
into the stable of NJ. f. McHenry Just be-
fore he lost his first race to Joe Patchen,
on Aug. IL. 1t was snid that Gentry was
not just right when he paced this race. Be
this as 1T may, he went on to Terre Hauto
and won handily in 2:1O from Reflector
ana others. At Chicago he upset the tai
ent again by taking the measure of the
much talked of Hal Bradcn in a:O7k,
2:0IL, 2:0S%.
After this race Gentry went through the
western southern circuit, defeating every
thing he met, until Nashville was reached
i'll October and special race was arranged
between him and Robert j. The first heat
was battle royal, the two PAGERS going
Tapped all the way, but Mt the wire Gentry
beat the champion u short head in 2:O4
The judges Numbered, calling it a dead
heat, however and us the stallion struck
leg, cutting himself in dangerous fash
ion so that he had to be withdrawn, Robert
j won the race by default
Early i'll November the pair met again
in hippodrome race at Philadelphia, but
tho stallion had not fully recovered from
the Nashville mishap, and Robert j sim
ply played with him in slow time Con
try's first race this year was paced at Free
port, july "a, when he defeated Joe Patch
en- in three heats, the latter having lost n
shoe in each Of the first two heats.
1t is worthy of note, observes tho New
York Sun, that Robert j, John r. Gentry
anu Joe Patchcn all made their records on
tho same day and on the same course. AT
Terre Hautc, Sept IL, 1892, John X. Gen
try won the second heat of the free for all
i'll 2O324, Hal Braden forcing him out. A
couple of hours later Joe Patchen who had
been drawn from this race that he might
| go against time in an effort to capture the
| stallion record, paced in 2:O4, and soon
aftcrward Robert J, starting against his
indianapolis record of 2:O214, paced the
mile in 2:O1l2. Another notable thing In
connection with the trio of champions Is
this: Since Robert j reached his estate, in
1873, no horsc except Joe Patchcn has ever
| been able To beat him. Joe Patchen. In
| turn, has not been defeated by any horse
except Robert J and John II. Gentry.
| while Gentry is in u like position, the de.
feats i'll his turf career having come from
| Joe Patchcn and Robert j.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-27
One Gun Starts In English Yachting.

The one gun start is the rule at all Eng
fish yacht races. That means that instead
of allowing the boats in any one class five
minutes in which to cross the line, MS is
usually done here, each yacht being timed
whom she actually crosses the line within
that period, they are all timed mt gun fire
and the skipper who gets his boat over tho
line first gets the benefit of the superior
Skill and Judgment that have enabled him
TO do 1t. This system adds something to
the danger OF yacht racing, but it adds
greatly to the excitement of the sport, in
creascs the interest in it from IL spectators
point of view and affords The best kind of
practice in the handling of II yacht 1t is
gradually coming into vogue here
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-27

The noxt thing on the carpet is mcdi-
um drama. This ought to he fun. One of
the new plays advance notices reads:
Mracula, spirituaistic drama by
hartley Campbell through the hand of l.
RANSOM Sanford, is the title of u new play
which is to bc produced in this city with
In month. The piece is in four acts, and
the principal parts are to be taken by me
d1ums OF national reputation. During the
action of the play four scanccs will be pre-
scented and full form naturalization by
Mrs. Mabel Abcr. The new play prom
ises TO create II sensation in religious spir-
itualistic theatrical circles"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-27
A Sure Sign.

A country minister remarked to his
wife Sunday noon:
"There was a stranger in church this
morning"
"What did he look like?" asked the
wife, who was woman first and a
minister's wife afterward
II didn't SEQ him..
"Then how did You know there was
stranger there?"
~ found "a dollar bill in the contribu-
ton box. "--Zion's Herald.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-27
THE PAGER JOHN R. GENTRY.
sot King Yet, bat Worthy Foo For
patchcn md Robert j.

Like his Ercatrr rival, .Joo Patchcn, tho
famous PAGER John II. Gentry was bred
I'm Kansas, and by II strange coincidence
both were also bred the Same year In tho
Very same county. Gentry WAS reared by
III. q. Tolor of Wichita, who owned his
sire, Ashland Wilkes, us well us his dam,
Dame Wood. Ashland Wilkes Is son of
Red Wilkes. Dame Wood was brcd by
John s. Clark Of New Brunswick, n. j.,
and was by Wcdgewood, 2:l9, one of tho
gamcst troitcrs on the turf Is years ago.
She WAS II fast natural truttcr, but was
blind i'll ono eye, and her dams breeding
being thcn in doubt Mr.. Clark got rid of
her at auction, and sho was taken TO Kan
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-27
AR EG u LATO r 7
8

Are you taking SIMMONS LIVER REG
JLAToR, the "KING OF LIVER MEpI-
CINEs?" That is what our readers
want, and nothing but that. It is the
same old friend to which the old folks
pinned their faith and were never dis
appointed. But another good recon-
mendation for it is, that it is BETTER
THAN PILLS, never gripes, never weak
ems, but works in such an easy AID
natural way, just like nature itself that
relief comes quick and sure, and one
feels new all over. 1t never fails.
Everybody needs take Il liver remedy.
and everyone should tako only SIM
mons Liver Regulator.
BE sure YOU get it. The !sc0 y
is on the wrapper. j. Il. Eeilia =.
Co., Philadelphia.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-27
VIRGINIA COLLEGE

Oilers special advantages pupis
department. Children young years
for this department Advantages Music Eouon unur.
passed. Violin taught by lady Dresden under
the Rappod. reasonable Apply to Col
furthe
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

ayes, SIR"
"what did you put down on the 27 tn in
your diary?"
The witness hesitated and spoke very
low when she replied that she did not
know. She was asked to explain how the
diary helped her in fixing keeg ans ac-
tions on the 9th, and not re reivi ng di-
rect answer Mr.. Dubois iaqu.red just
what she put down in regard TO Keegan.
Mr.. Dubois enquired: "Is there any
thing upon your record that. shows the
comings and goings of the deieB eBdant?"
81 think not"
"Would your record enable you to de-
termine what the defendant did on the
25th of September"
"It might"
ain what way?"
81 don't know unless have got 1t set
down."
"what part of your diary contains ref
erence TO this defendant?"
"a number Of places"
"Did you make any more references
than to the fact that he paid his board?"
81 never kept record of his board"
"Did you record how Keegan was
dressed?"
"Nothing OF that sort"
smoked?"
"Did you put down the times when he
ate his dinner?"
81 think might"
"Can you tell when he had any dinners
September
"I don't know, might have made
record OF his suppers."
HDid Won make suCh a record on tho
9th OF September?"
IL don't remember. It's gone from me-"
care you still keeping your daryl"
al think am.u
"Did you make a record OF the calling
of Mr.. Parker, Mr.. White and Mr.. john
SOM"
~ think did,"
"Did you make any record OF any times
when Keegan came home in September q"
81 think i did,"
"When was it?'
81 don't know"
"You didn't make any record on the
9th"
al don't know"
allow about the 25th?"
The witness did not answer and then
Mr.. Dubois asked, "Didn't you record the
fact that he was
Out All Night
on the 25th?"
The witness spoke low and the Attor-
ney General did not catch her answer.
"What!" he cried, "was he out all
night?"
eyes"
The 18th was the night which Keegan
spent with the Laird woman i'm driving
about in East Providence.
Mr.. Dubois, continuing, inquired.
"Can you remember anything else that
you recorded?'
"No.v
GLOW did you put it down about Kee-
gsn's absence?"
Il out all night"
"Now, did you have a talk with Mr..
Parker about the week on which tho
murder occurred, and say to him that you
didn't remember that keegan was out?'
I'll remembered the circumstance later. 1
could not recall 1t nt the timer"
Continued on Page a.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

Monday and the case. will not reach the
jury until Tuesday.
The defendants cou nsel have finally de-
finitely decided not to put the witness on
the stand, SO that there will be no chance
TO get in the testimony of Mrs. Laird.
Yesterday was the defendants oppor-
tunity to turn the tide which had been
steadily flowing against him since the
opening of the case. 1t was no easy task,
for the net of circumstances which the
prosecution has woven was complete in
every mesh. Unless il was broken the
guilt of Keegan was an established fact.
All day long the struggle continued, and
when the court adjourned last evening
the question on everybody's lips was
"wiff Kccgan's Alibi Stand?"
At the noon recess the defendants
chances for acquittal were great and had
the case rested there the verdict would
hardly have been problematical.
Charles X. Smiths testimony as to
Keegan's whereabouts at 5 o'clock on
September "a, il mistaken, would estab-
lish the defendants innocence, and this
was the point against which the Attorney
General directed all his energy. The
cross s-examination conducted by Mr..
Dubois was mastery, ana when he had
concluded the witness's testimony was
damaged in several important particulars.
The court room, crowded TO the doors,
was profoundly silent as the audience
leaned forward TO catch every word that
was uttered. Mr.. Dubois was the central
figure in this scene as he stood before
the witness calmly, rigidly question
ing him in regard to every utterance
he had made on the stand and allowing
no vulnerable part to escape his attack.
When Mr.. Smith had taken his seat Mr..
ID. l.. Mowry told his story OF seeing Kee-
gan on Market square ah3:55 O'Clock, near
Greene's drug store.
"Have you ever seen him there at any
other timer" asked Mr. Dubois.
81 never have" replied the witness.
"You simply mean that you do not re-
member that you hsve?'
eyes; have no recollection"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

Synopsis--lIeavy rains have fallen ia sec
tions adjoining the Gulf of Mexico. and
stormy weather prevails today in Atlantic
coast districts, from North Carolina 10 the
southern New England coast. The approach Of
the cold wave has been delayed by the
storm now In progress, but the temperature
will fall decidedly by tomorrow afternoon and
tonight. II Is very cold in the western lake
region and from thence 10 the Rocky Noun
teins, with zero temperatures in many parts.
the lowest OF which is - degrees below zero.
at st. Vincent, Minn.
The thermometers have risen In New En-
gland and are In general above freezing in
coast sections. The conditions are very
threatening over this district owing TO the
southern storm. which may develop con sider-
able energy before reaching here.
Northeast storm signals ave ordered at all
display stations along the coast from Delaware
breakwater to Portsmouth. n. H., at 1880 a. IN.
WASHINGTON, Feb. p For New England
Snow today and tonight; fair Sunday: much
cooler Sunday afternoon; variable winds, be-
coming westerly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02
Feel the Worn Out Brain With
Paine'S Celery Compound.
Let Changing Seasons Find System
in Health.
Take the Great Remedy That 1Iakcs
People Well.

A perfectly healthy body has It's parts
com pIetely nourished and its nerves con-
sta atty refreshed and stored with energy
fro I'M the vigorous blood that all the time
ithcs it.
But to do this important work of con-
geying sufficient nutrition to the tissues,
the blood must be kept rich and full OF
red corpuscles.
The only trouble with two-thirds ofthe
men and women whom the coming spring
will claim for its victims is q pitful lack
!, OF proper nerve food. What these weak,
nervous people need is q more general
feeding and storing of their blood and
| tissues with fresh, highly vitalized
material. There Is undoubtedly nothing
that can compare with Prof. Phelps re-
markable discovery, Paine's celery COM
| pound, for restoring health and strength.
| The great body OF physicians through
out the United States, England and Can
ada believe profoundly in 1t, and prescribe
1t in all cases OF nervous weakness and
debility. In preparing this greatest of all
nerve tonics and blood -renewers, the emf
nent professor of Dartmouth College
Edward 4. Phelps. M. d., IL. D., had in
mind the countless men and women with
| brains overworked and nerves unstruug
| by worry aud lack OF proper nutrition.
Clerks, their employers, lawyers, doctors,
mothers of families, hard working men
! and women in every State and country,
and hosts OF brain workers--the most in
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ofrheumatism, neuralgia, nervous exhaus-
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spirits. Paine's celery compound cures
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Paine's celery compound makes people
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irritability from the nerves, and gives
that calm, strong feeling of assured health
that invariably accompanies perfectly
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Get rid OF languor, clear the muddy,
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get back to normal vigorous condition
with Paine's celery compound, and begin
now.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02
BROWN UNIVERSITY.

The various classes have elected leaders
for the squads competing at the annual
athletic exhibition at Infantry Hall.
The seniors elected Clapp, the Juniors
chose Locke and the sophomore class en@
trusted its team TO w. A. Scott.
The Sophomore Ball will be given again
this year in Lyman Gymnasium, Feb. 81.
The following committee have been elected
10 have charge: Chairman Colby, Dash
ieil, Harris, Foster, Cottrel, Scott, Utley,
Watson and Cook.
The Brown University Glee, Banjo and
Mandolin Club and reader gave concert
at the opera house in Lawrence last even
ing. Many Brown alumni were present
DIR. Smith OF the Rhode Island Hospital,
gave n lecture this afternoon TO the
students upon "Accidents and Emer-
Repcies.n