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The Forrest City times., 1895-08-16
COUDERT DENIES
That He Has Been Offered the Vacant Scat on the United States Supreme
 Court Rench

PARIS, Aug. 13.-In an interview last 1,senlng with the representative of the ohited Press, Mir. Coudert said that he nao not as yet received any offer of 'he seat on the bench of the supreme court of the United States, made va cant by the death of Justice Jackson. From the incidental conversation. however, it was gathered that MT. Oonaert had some reason to expect euch an offer, and that he would ac- . seept It when made, but in the absence VI tangible offer he was unwilling 70 authorize the United Press to say that he would accept it.
The Forrest City times., 1895-08-16
DESPERATE AND BLOODY.
A Battle in Which All the Participants
 Were Fatally Wounded.

NowATA, l. T., Aug. 13.-A desper- ate and bloody battle between the Me Gurk and the Walker brothers oc- cured here yesterday morning. There were two on each side, and the four were armed with shotguns, and the fight was hot one. When the smoke cleared away all of the participants were fla tally wounded. The tragedy grew out of an old grudge.
The Forrest City times., 1895-08-16
MAY SAY IT IN DUTCH.
The Court Decides in Favor Of Waldeck
 Lodge, Knights of Pythias

CHICAGO, Aug. 13. Judge Brentano, in the superior court yesterday m orn- ing, gave Waldeck lodge, Knights of Pythias, authority to use the German language in it's ritual. The rulings of the court, which gives in detail the history of the differences between the Waldeck lodge and the grand lodge of the state, orders the issuance of writ of mandamus compelling the lat ter body to restore the charter it took from Waldeck lodge; to give back to it's members something less than Sl, ,000 worth of property that was held pend- ing the litigation and to furnish them with the password of the order. which is changed twice year.
 An injunction restraining the grand lodge from further interfering with Waldeck lodge because it's members persisted in using the German language during services in the lodge room was made permanent.
 Attorney Charles Anthony, of coun- sel for the grand lodge. declared the matter would be appealed to the su- preme court. The case has been pend- ing since last March. Many members of Waldecl lodge were present in the court room. and representing the grand lodge were Grand Keeper of Records and Seals Harry Caldwell and Past Grand Chancellor Charles Bour- pOyne
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
FOND OF WEDDING CAKE.

< Post Oface Ret MakIii. Free in Cleve.
 land with Letters and Packages
 "Have you ever heard of our post office rat?" queried handler of Cleve- land mail addressing 8 writer for the Leader. ''IIc is llleptonlaniac, born thief, l guess" continued the clerk. "Hc steals letters and we cannot keep him from it. He has taste for we'd ding cake, too, and his conscience never restraints him from indulging it. We have set trap for him repeatedly, but he is too wise for us." The clerk then discoursed concerning the habits of the distinguished rodent. He hides among the rubbish of the room," he said, ''and has several means of ready access to the outside world. He takes charge of affairs when we are out. The other day he was seen sitting upright on the table nibbling at a package of hickory nut kernels which happened to be sidetracked during transit through the mails. Not long ago box of wedding cake got lost. A card was mailed to the sender to come and cor rect the address. She called and when we looked for the package it was gone. A feeling something like that which crept over old Mother Hubbard when she went to the cupboard to get her poor dog bone gradually gained pos session of us. The rat had made of with the cake, and the closest search revealed only scattered fragments of precious sweetmeat. We thought for long time that some in9uisitive per son was taking certain missives, but our suspicious proved to be unfounded. One day we discovered several of the missing letters near hole made by the rat under desk. He had taken them as far as he could, and then had bade them good-by."
 The rat makes the correcting clerks office his principal rendezvous. It is there that stray letters and packages are held for time to ascertain their correct address CT for additional postage.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
BONNETS AND CIGARS.
Sure Belief for the Man Whose Wife Buys
 Cigars for Him.

When lovely woman stoops to folly and sets out to bay her husbands < cigars for him one of two things is reasonably sure to happen, says the New York Press. If the unfortunate head of tho household is of choleric temperament he uses language and pitches the offending weeds out of the window. This naturally gives pain tc their innocent purchaser and is ex sremely likely to bring about family hurricane, with plentiful shower o1 tears. If the victim of his wifc's good intentions is suave and diplomat he
 avs nothing, but .adroitly substitutes a box of cigars of his own choosing fo1 the gift which was meant to add to the comforts of home, and generously pre- sents the first box to the Italian boot black around the corner. This is un- loubtedly the better method of the two, but it has the serious disadvan- tage of encouraging the misguided wife to repeat the experiment which apparently worked well. This is apt to be trying to tl.- patience even ct a patient husband. Besides it is very hard on the bootblaclz.
 Assuredly some method should be adopted to prevent occurrences so re- yrettable. Since argument in such eases would in all human probability DC utterly useless, we venture to sug- yest another remedy. When 9 mans wife inflicts on him the gift Of box ot cigars let him accept them sInilingly, remembering the bootblacb around the corner. Then let him reciprocate by going out and purchasing his wife q bonnet approved solely by his own masculine judgment. The cure may seem trifle expensive, but it will work. The woman does not exist whC would not take the hint. For the bon net chosen by man without reference to his wife's tastes is certain to be as acceptable as the cigars which the wife buys for her husband.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
Made Love by Lightning.

The late Prof. Morse made love by lightning, as it were. He met his first wife during an evening call at the house of her father and proposed mar riage to her before he went away that night After some happy years she died. leaving him with several children. He remained a widowcr until at the age of fifty-seven he attended the we'd ding of his eldest son. One of the younger ones was what the Scotch tendcrly call an innocent" and it was the kindness of a relative of the bride to this boy that attracted his fathers attention. He invited the lady to drive with him the following day Ehen they returned from the expedition they
 wore engaged to he married -
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
THE WEIGHT OF A TOn.
Attorney ThonaR, of Warrington. Ea'
 liGhtens ths District.


 In the last district appropriation bill there appeared an item allowing 5c cents per ton for the removal of gar bage in steel tanks, says the Washing ton Star. Shortly after the law went into operation question arose as to what number of pounds constituted a ton. The contractors claimed that 9,0c0 pounds was the legal ton and made returns On that basis. The first auditor, however, was not disposed to pass the account until the commission CTS explained the definition of the word ton"
 Attorney Thomas was called upon to give his opinion of the matter and re- turned the papers with the following opinion:
 ''The act does not specify the num- Der of pounds which shall compose a ton and hence we must go outside for definition. Among other definitions of the word ton given by Webster is the following: The weight of twenty hundred gross or 2,24O pounds. In the United States the ton is commonly esti- mated at 2.000 pounds; this is some times called the short ton.' The law in relation to the collection of duties on imports prescribes that whenever the word ton is used in reference to weighing bulky articles in custom houses, it shall be construed to mean twenty hundred weight, each hundred weight being 112 pounds avoirdupois, but this section throws no light on the question, since but for the statute 2.0o0 pounds might have been consid- cred by custom-house officials as ton. Nor would there seem to be any prac- tice in the district amounting to usage, since by an ordinance of the late cor poration of Washington in regard to the sale of coal, 2,240 pounds is fixed as ton, while section 1,190 of the dis trict revised statutes makes 2,000 pounds of hay or straw ton. In the absence of a definition of the word ton in the act of March 8, 1893, no special importance is to be attached to section 2,951 of the revised statutes, in regard to the collection of duties, making 2,240 pou nds a ton, as showing what congress intended by the use of that word in the act of March 3, 1893 For these reasons my opinion is that 2,0O0 pounds is to be taken as a ton il weighing garbage under the act o lS93."
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
RUSSIAN EMPERoR's METHOD.
How He Replenishcd and Maintained the
 Imperial Treasury.

How He Repleni6hcd and Maintained the
 Imperial Treasury.
 Among other expedients to raise money, Ivan resigned the crown in favor of a Tartar khan, who was bap- tized under the name of Simeon, says the Gentleman's Magazine. Ivan feigncd to withdraw himself from pub lie affairs, but in realty he held on to them, and made the new czar call in all the charters formerly granted to the monastcrics and bishoprics and all the charters were cancelled. The curious interrcguum, or by what other name it should be designated, lasted nearly a year, and then Ivan declared he did not like the new regime, and dismissing the baptized heather, again took up the sccpter which, as matter of fact, he had never really discarded
 He issued fresh charters to the monas- teries, but was careful to keep back several fine slices of the revenues, eX- torting from some of them fifty thou sand and from some others one hundred thousand rubles annually. We shall see, as Ivan character is unfolded, that this spoliation of the monasteries was not the only thing in which he resem- blcd our own merry monarch, Henry VIII. He would send his agents into the various provinces, there to buy up at low prices the whole of some partic- ular commodity for which the province was noted.
 After retaining the monopoly for awhile he would sell for a high rate and even compel merchants to buy at the prices he named. He followed a similar course with foreign imports, creating a monopoly and forbidding others to sell their stock until he had disposed of his own. By these means he cleared two hundred thousand tubles in a vear.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
THE USE OF PAPER mOnsr
Common to Nearly AIi CIrilised COuntries
 -Istrcs in YSri .ag EA;.oas.

-Istucs in YSri .1s JA:.oas.
 Almost. II not quite, all civilized countries use paper money to facilitate payments within their own jur;sdic. tions. says the St. Louis Globe-Demo crat. The United States uses paper money to greater extent than any other country. and in notes of smaller denomination than any other country of equal importance. All Of our paper bills except the gold certificates are ir the denominations of S1, g., s, S10, S3O. $50, Sl00, $500 and $l ,O00; our gold cer- tificates do not appear in denomina- tiors less than SD. The Dominion oi Canada issues S1 and 8 notes. and various banks issue notes varying from s to Sl.OO0. Mexico issues paper money of 10 pesos and upward and the South American states issue paper ot similar denominations. The Bank ot England issues all English notes in de nominations of G5. C10 G20, e50, elO0 E300. $500, 9500 and 1000. The banks of Scotland and Ireland issue notes oi 91 and upward. The Bank of France issues notes for 5 francs, 100, 900. 5OC and 1000 francs. The Bank of Belgium issues notes Of 70 francs and upward. Italian banks issue notes of 1 lire ana upward to 1000 lire. The Bank of Germany puts out notes for marks and upward to 1000 marks. Austria issues notes of guld T and upward. Russia is the only European country which issues government notes, its paper money being of the dcnomina- tion of l ruble and upward. Sweden. Norway and Denmark issue by their banks notes for krone, 10, 25. 50 and 100 krone. India does not issue paper money, nor does China now. Japan provides paper money of yen, 2, 5, 10. 20 and 100 yens. and the other countries as rule, issue paper money, the low est denomination of which is usually ten times the value of the coined unit of value
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
AN oLD-TIME PERSONAL"
A Baronet Advertised for Baroness, and
 Without Success.

A Baronet Advertised for a Baroness, and
 Without Success.
 Those who believe that the matrimo- nial advertisement originated with the modern Sunday newspaper should con suit the Ipswich Journal of August 21, 1902, which contains this advertise ment:
 ITO the angelic fair of the true Eng fish breed, worthy notice. Sir John Dinely, of Windsor castle, recom- mends himself and his ample fortune to any angelic beauty of good breed, fit to become and willing to be the mother of a noble heir, and keep up the name of an ancient family en- nobled by deed of arms and ancestral renown. Ladies at a certain period of life need not apply. Fortune favors the bold. Such ladies as this advcr- tisement may induce to apply or send their agents Out no servants or mstrons) may direct to me at the castle, Windsor. Happiness and pleas ure are agreeable objects, and should be regarded as well as honor. The lady who shall thus become my wife will be 8 baroness and rank according y as Lady Dinely of Windsor. Good will and favor to all ladies of Great Britain. Pull no caps on his account, but favor him with your smiles, and peans of pleasure await your steps"
 Notwithstanding this tempting offer to the fair sex Sir John DiHely died a bachelor in 1908, an inmate of the poor knights quarters in Windsor castle.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
Sunreme Courtesy.

A Bengalese magistrate, having been informed of the whereabouts of 8 mad dog, armed himself and went to the place where the rabid animal lay by a house door. He learned upon inquiry that two women were in the house and sent word to them that he was about to shoot the dog, and, therefore, they should not be alarmed by the report, and that as he might not indict fatal wound at the first fire, and, in fact, might miss, they should remain within until notified. Such a supreme cour- tosy is ia .2la 1E.ei contrast with that ot western civilization.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
A UNIQUE FACTORY.
Where Medicine and Food Is Manufsc
 tured for Dogs.

Where Medicine and Food IS AfancKsce
 tured for Dogs.
 One of the two factories of this coun- try for the making of patent food and patent medicine for dogs has been de- scribed in the New York News. The founder of this novel esta bliShment was a Scotchman. He was employed in London kennels, studied the needs of dogs, thought out special treatment for them, and finally took out patents on food and medicines, and in his unioue business amassed fortune.
 On the second floor the visitor enters the receiving room of the raw mate rials. Thousands of pounds of butchers scraps are brought here in the course of a month. Oatmeal in wholesale quantities and tons of herbs are used. The old-fashioned dogs bane, boneset, catnip and beet root, under various scientific names, find use as food CT as medicine.
 The second floor is occupied by four curious machines with great cylinder attachments. After the fat and the meat have been sorted. they are ground separately III IlISoS 1A4dC4A4HCo, ChN OAAOAA placed in great wooden tubs where various mixtures are added.
 The next process seems so much like the ordinary bakers work that one is quite disposed to taste things, and when the round and square cakes of tempt ing brown have been taken from the brick ovens, one really envies the se4o 4so h0 biscuits are packed in neat paSteboard boxes.
 According to size these boxes are la belled for pet dogs, for greyhounds and for St. Bernards. There are spec ially prepared dishes for cats. Suffi- cient food to keep pussy for two days may be had for five cents. But it costs pretty penny to keep a dog. A large dog must have six or eight cakes beside a quantity of meat. The meat costs probably about ten cents and the cakes are four cents apiece.
 The most interesting department is that of the patent medicines at the top of the building. The mixture of herbs and chemicals are boiled in great ket- ties, and the liquid is brought up to this floor to be put in bottles of various sizes and labelled "cure for mange, |" ''liniment for sprains,' and ito prevent badness" Sure cures for seventeen diseases, and pills as well as liquid med icines are made.
 This curious establishment also makes dog collars, dog soaps, crates for carrying or shipping dogs, dog brushes and combs, blankets and mack intosh waterproofs with hoods, for greyhounds.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
A Yankee Shippers Cordwcod.

Capt Robbins had an experience with the peculiar taxes in Sicily, says the Portland (Me.) Press. He took over cargo of oil from Philadelphia to Marseillcs and had thirty cords of ordinary four foot frewood to pack the oil barrels with to prevent their roll ing. It is called by the sailors ''oil wood" He paid for this wood one hun dred and fifty dollarf in Philadelphia. He did not sell in MIarscilles because he expected to get more for it in Trapani But the dealers there offered him only fifteen dollars for the whole of it, say ing that the enormous tax upon it would not allow them to offer more. He declared that he'd bring it back to America before he'd sell it at that price, and so he did, and it is here in Portland now, after travelling eight thousand miles over the ocean, and it may go three thousand more, because if he can't get a decent price for it here he will take it back to England, where he is going from here with spool wood There he can get about one hundred dollars for it. England doesn't want cordwood. She has got enough coal, and loss is paid for cordwood there than here.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
NAPOLEONS HATS.
Existing Relics or tho Great Freuch En
 DoroF.


 peror.
 Careful inquiry has led to the discov. cry that there arc no fewer than nine of Napoleon I. s hats still in existence. A writer in The Vie Contemporaine gives list of them. One is in the pos session of Nine Claitte, whose grand father, Gen. Giraud, picked it up at Marengo. At a critical moment Bona parte started off at Q gallop, and the wind blowing off his hat he did not stop to pick it up.
 Another of the hats, says the London Daily News, is in little crypt beside Napoleon's tomb at the Invalides. This was worn on the 7th, 6th and eth of February, 1907, at Eylau. and it is the identical one represented in the colossal picture of the battle by Gros, to be seen in the Louvre. During the peace which succeeded the battle Gros was commissioned to paint the picture, and in order that the figure of the em- peror might be faithfully depicted the hat was given to the painter.
 At the death Of Gros in 1885 it was found under Q glass case upon a wooden stand. and it was sold by auc- tion among the painters effects for two thousand and forty-seven francs fifty centimes to Dr. Delacroix, who presented it to Louis Philippe. The latter, after tho famous second funeral of Napoleon, ordered it to be placed be- side the remains with the cmperor's crosses and the sword he wore at Aus terlitz. Of the remaining hats, one belongs to Prince Victor Napoleon and another to the museum at Gotha
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
A ZONE RAILWAY SYSTEM.
RAsults in TriplinS the Passenger sasi.
 mesa in Hungary.


 mesa in Hungary.
 A remarkable revolution in railway travelling was brought about in Hun gary some years ago by the introdhc- tion of cheap fares and the zone sys- tem, says the London News. The fares were lowered from about 10 to 80 per cent, and the country divided into zones, having Buda-Pesth as their cen ter. The first zone is fifteen mile! broad, the second to the twelfth or. each nine miles, the twelfth and thir- teenth fifteen miles, and the fourteenth includes all the rest of the country. The fare for each zone is Tod. first class, Sd. second and 5d third; while the rates arc reduced one-half for parties of worlmcn.
 What tho new system has accom- plished is shown by report just issued by the Hungarian government. dealing with the working of the state railways for the years 1891 and 1S92. From 9,000, 900 passengers carried ill 1888, the year previous to the introduction of the zone system, the number has risen to over 2S, 500, GOO, an increase of 21e per cent. This result is almost entire ly due to the new system, the augment ation being six times greater than or the Austrian railways during the same period.
 The receipts have improved to the extent of 40 per cent. The third-class carriages were abolished last year on express trains running beyond the short distances. The growth of the traffic in the first zone by the ordinary trains has Teen as much as G27 per cont, mostly in the third-class. It is noteworthy that the first and four tecnth zones, ur the shortest and long est distances, give the largest results. both in the number of persons caTrief aud in tho receipts.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-11
Caste in India.

Some idea of the extent and petty distinctions of caste in India can be obtained from few figures like the following from the last census: Over one thousand three hundred divisions of caste arc named, while over seven thousand are not specified: five hun dred and twenty-one kinds of Brah- mins- 4 single division of the ner- chant class has four hundred and eleven subdivisions, while the outcast oulubs rs iEndi eds of classes.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-06-13

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ly that, as | remarked to my wife,
it would be impossible for me to
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Numbering that l had some of
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the afflicted parts thoroughly with
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-06-13

ately at Crossword. The doctors
are already there he said rapidly.
But What is it % demanded Ra-
chel, impatiently.
well, there has been a disturb
ance, and Oscar Ludlow has been
hurt-very badly, am afraid-and
and they think a clergyman had
better see him at once; and, in fact,
this man says there is not second
to lose.'
Great commotion, of course, then.
Father Carmel rode away on horse
back.
When he had disappeared, Ra-
chel, frightened, raler than before,
asked for additional particulars,
and Stubs, the groom, told what
he knew in his homely way.
1t was all about a lady who had
been stopping at the Crossword
with her husband, Colonel Mark
harm, so the servants reported.
The Colonel, who was a very yio-
lent gentleman, had quarreled with
Mr.. Oscar Ludlow, and Mr.. Lud-
low had flung pack of cards in his
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-06-13

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