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JoiLYING A sOUTHERNER.
The Rcparce OF Hotel Clerk Sileuced ~
Atlanta Visitor.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Quite funny are some of the experi-
Genes narrated by persons returning
from the Atlanta exposition. A local
newspaper man who got back from the
south on Monday tells this one on him.
self Upon arriving at Atlanta he
chartered IA hack and with that fine
scorn of pecuniary considerations char
acteristic of his profession. ordered the
driver to convey him to the best hotel
in town" Entering the really gorgeous
caravansary. he dropped his grip before
the desk. held a pen poised above the
register and inquired.
what kind of room can you give
me. and how much?"
The clerk. "a typical southerner, with
sallow complexion, drooping mustache
and long goatee, replied in an indiffer-
ent sort of tone:
We'll. sub. All ken give yo' a foth flo
room foh fo' dollahs a day. suh."
"Foth flo. TO dollahs. repeated the
visitor facetiously mimicking the soft
southern accent: then / presume you
can give me first floor room for 81,
eb?"
Moo, suh." drawled the naughty
Georgian. "Ah kain't give yo' fust
flo room foh one dollah. sub: but All
ken give yo' room without any flo at
all foh nothin', sub Jest go down thar
to the balm and inqui' foh the mewel
apahtments."
The ,Philadelphian made no further
attempt to have fun with the natives
during his stay In Atlanta.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-18
SKILLED INDIAN COOKS.
AbOrigincs Of California Make Some Fa.
nous and SavOry Dishes.
r,,o,,. Xt,o n.,,,I,,,l ,To,.l,I,,
From the Overland \


have watched the women, az many
hours more. gathered in groups along
the bank on the lovely slope Il little
eastward. preparing their cuisine for a
great feast or big Times" Here and
there lazily curled the smoke from
fagot fires on which smooth stones were
heating wherewith to cook acorn soup
and bread and other luXuries. Shallow
circular depresSiOns. some two feet i'm
diameter. were made i'm the sand for
washing the acorn meal. to remove the
bitter. astringent properties. The
acorns after being dried were plilver-
lied in stone mortars of rude cOnstruc-
tion with stone pesties and put to
these shallow cavities. Water was then
repeatedly poured on till the bitterness
was gone. Then with the finger the
dough was marked into squares. lifted
by one hand and the adhering sand re-
moved by a dexterous application of
water with the other. 1t was then
transferred to the heated stones. on
which fresh grass or leaves were hast
lily laid to receive it. Then another
handful of grass on top of the dough
and hot stones upon that until 1t was
baked. My husband says they also
made the dough into bans and put it
into holes in the ground. previously
heated. ana added heated stones on top.
The meal not made into bread was di
luted with water and boiled into soup
in large waterproof baskets of beau
tiful shape and ornamentation. made of
grass roots, wild smilaX and certain
shrubs. The stones were lifted from
the fire with two long, pointed sticks.
dipped into a basket of water to re-
move the ashes, then dropped into the
soup and on cooling returned to the
fire This was repeated until the soup
was thoroughly boiled. buDbling like
mud geyser. The very aged still ad-
here to some of the ole customs.
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HIS PATENT IN PERIL,

Attorney Garrett McEnery recently
appeared as counsel in a case before q
Justice Of the peace at Suisun. accord
ing to the San Francisco Post. Nc
Emery found It necessary to make fire.
quent objection to the evidence that
opposing counsel was attempting to in
troduce. The Justice. whose first rule
Of evidence Is Everything goes" looked
first annoyed and then indignant. Fin
ally, he could contain himself no longer,
and, as O ruling on one of Mr. Nc
Enery's objections, roared:
"Mr. McEnery, what kind Of q lawyer
are you, anyway"
II am q patent lawyer" replied the
attorney, facetiously.
well. all I've got to say is that when
the patent expires you will have q hard
time getting It renewed. Go on with
the case"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-18

Yet they give the biggest city in the
world the best police service. and prove
better than argument may what q real
ly civilized community London Is. Even
Paris arms her police with q huge dag
ger, by courtesy called sword, an in
strument Of defense and assault that
the dapper gendarmes are only too
ready to draw and put to use. Sunday
does not end with daylight. as 1t does
in some communities that temporize
with religion, but rounds out the twen-
ty-four hours. Therefore, there are no
Sunday evening amusements. Thea
ters, music halls, vaudevilles, concert
rooms. everything Of the sort is scrupu-
lously closed. So very strict are the au-
thorities in these respects that 1t Is
only with the greatest difficulty and by
the smallest majority Of votes that per-
mission Is given for the Sunday opening
of such rare and temporary public bene-
fits as the loan collection Of old paint
ings at Guildhall.
Recently concession has been made
to music. and 1t il possible now to at
tend classical and semi-sacred concert
Sunday afternoon and evening, but
these are infrequent. there being only
two advertised In last Sundays papers.
Whether this Sabbath day rest be die
tated by sentimental or by sensible
considerations. there isn't the slightest
doubt that its value to London Is so
great. that II all religious scruples We're
removed. the present metropolitan reg
ulations would continue in force. for
the public Is well aware of the benefit
to the individual and to the community
of this ordered suspension of "wrang-
ling worldliness" 1t need not be in
ferred from this that London is a COM
munity of churchgoers. Indeed. my OBJ
servation leads me to the conclusion
that an extraordinarily small proper
tion of this vast population is-to bor-
row the phrase OF an impiOus wretch
addicted to church. But they make up
for the deficiency by love of nature
for the outdoor life of the English Is
itself q religion. You would think 50.
indeed to see their swimming races In
the Serpentlne In Hyde Park on Christ
mas Day. What other people takes an
open air plunge into water every day
In the year. often breaking through ice
to do 1t. l. Is not puritanism alone
that bids such u people keep one day In
the week for better things than work.
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ABOUT FAMOUS MEN.
DEPEW'S LATEST.

Chauncey Depew, as the President or
another, very important railroad, came
down to his dinner with one OF his M
imitable speeches, says the Washington
correspondence of the New York Sun. lie
is looking thin. James Hustled. now deaa,i
once told me that he was college maze
of Depew at Yale, and that DepeW evenat
that time was striving for the laurel or
oratory, and finally did get the valedicr
tory Depew's gentlemanly nature has
had much to do with his high promotions
lie is both u good fellow and courtier
He delivers speeches just as Oliver Wen
dell Homes wrote poems, because inry
are In him, and bubble out like the springs
of water under pressure. He has iine
capacity to invent anecdotes or to adapt
old ones, as when at this dinner he con-
vulsed the house by describing new
member of Congress seated In an old
black barber's chair, and saying. "Yon
have shaved many other statesmen In the
past. such as clay and Webster"
''Yes SIR replied the barber, somewhat
frigidly; .''you look somewhat like Mr.
In my brow?' inquired the statesman
who has In the meantime been rendered
helpless In the BARRIERS chair.
NO" replies the negro. In "your
breath"
This anecdote. shaped by Mr.. Depew
himself, Is of the character OF the news
paper comments on public men which sew
eral speakers that night appeared to
reprobate. Democracy makes sport of IT.
self. While Mr.. Dep.w was thus referring
TO Mr. Mebster's bacchanal!an breath
some OF. those very invited guests were
having their will of Mr. Depew's consti-
tuition. He got credit for being everything
but a railroad man, yet heard him say
some time ago that he gave more hours
to his railroad duties than any corpora
tion President in the country.
WEBsTER'S PERSONAL FORCE.
Once, when Daniel Webster was ad-
dressing a political meeting i'm Faneuil
Hall, says the San Francisco Argonauf
the standing multitude within the hail.
pressed by those who were endeavoring
to enter from without, began to sway TO
as helpless to counteract the movement as
If Faneuil Hall were being rocked By an
earthquake. The orator was In the midst
of a stirring appeal. urging the necessity
of individual exertioD and uniiinching
patriotism to avert the dangers that
threatened the political party, whose prin-
ciples he esp0used. when he perceived the
terrible swaying OF the packed assembly
and the imminent danger that might en-
sue. Webster stopped short in the middle
of a sentence. advanced to the edge of the
platform. extended his arm in an authori-
tative attitude, and in q stehtor,an voice
OF command cried out: Let each man
stand firm!' The effect was. instantane-
Gus. Each man stood firm; the great
heaving mass Of humanity gained its
equilibrium. and. save the long breath of
relief that filled the air, perfect stiffness
ensued. That" exclaimed the great ora.
tor. Is what we call self-government"
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for the whole ground was fiat and mar
shy and at the time the buildings were
erected the science of foundation was
probably not well understood. ~"
THE CAMPO SANTo. 10 t
The Campo Santo. or burial ground,
Is the fourth building of this group
Fifty-three ship-lOads of earth from
Mt. Calvary were brought hither when
the Crusaders were compelled to evacu-
ate Palestine. and as a consequence of
the possession of this holy ground. the
cemetery was known all over Italy If
such thing can be said of cemetery,
positions there were much sought for.
The walls of the enclosing Gothic ar
cades are covered with frescoes, almost
obliterated, but of great interest to the
student as many celebrated pictures
are traced back to suggestions received
from these paintings.
These are the sights of Pisa. The
city itself Is a strangely quiet; sleepy
old town. with quaint, deserted streets!
There seems to be no especial industry
there. and the shops are hid in under
dim old arcades. My chief recollection
of the people of Pisa is that there I
first encountered what may be termed
the Tuscan toga. This Is an ulster of a
peculiarly vivid shade of red, some
thing between orange and brick color.
1t is trimmed with heavy cuffs and
collar of fox-skin. and usually lined
with green. To a limited extent they
are worn at Florence and Sienna. hut
Pisa seems to be the main seat of the
fashion. One is very likely to think on
first catching sight of man in one OF
them that a comet is coming around
the corner.
But every people to It's own fashion.
and these are perhaps popular there
because they are both warm in color and
texture. Or perhaps the Pisans wear
them to counteract the quietness OF the
town, Winford J. Northup.
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Italians. A good column has long
life. and perhaps some of these old
travellers will make yet another jour-
ney before they return to their original,
primeval dust.
IN THE CATHEDRAL.
The effect Of the interior of the cathe-
dral. with its copper gildeds roof, its
many colored marbles. It's old stained
glass windows and its fine paintings, is
very rich, made all the more so by the
subdued hight which. however, prevents
one from fully seeing the fine Audica
del Santos of which the fhyEch is own
er. Just opposite the facade of the
cathedral stands the fine circular domed
Baptistery, built a hundyvd years after
the cathedral and occupying the same
relative position to II as does the one in
Florence to the cathedral there. The
interior Is bare and desolate now. ex-
cept for the celebrated marble pulpit
by Nicola Pisano. regarded ms one of the
finest works of its time. Like the tower
this building also leans out Of the per-
pendicular, but of course not to the
same extent. Some parts of the
cathedral are also out of plumb"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-18
OLDEST OF ITALIAN CITIES
Four Sights One Always Goes to See
In Pisa.
FIRST IS THE LEANING TOWER
Then Comes the Cathedral. the Campo
Sauto and the Baptistery-Whata an
American Traveller Saw to
Interest Him In Pisa.

Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Pisa, March 2.-There were three
Italian cities that became, in the early
middle ages, great naval powers. These
three cities, Genoa, Venice and Pisa.
grew rich and luxurious. To their eff
forts the preservation of Europe from
the MOhammedan is largely due. If 1t
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-18
SUNDAY OBSERVED WELL.
10 the Sinful Capital City Of Darkest
England.
ALL BUSINESS is SUSPENDED
Tho Inhabitants Of London Are Not
Specially Religious. but They
Firmly Believe In Resting Ono
Whole Day In Seven.
Barron, in the Times-Herald.

Barron, in the Times-Herald.
A London Sunday is q very solemn
II not a pre-eminently religious day.
Perhaps there is no city in the world
that. to the stranger. shows as austere
and repellant on the "Sawbath" as this
modern Babylon. To issue from your
hotel or domicile at 10 o'clock In the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-18
HIS EXCUSE.

Mr.. Justice Hawkins, of London, has
been at IL again.
"You are charged with trying to COM
nit suicide" he said, sternly, to the
prisoner at the bar.
81 was driven to 1t. Your Lordship."
stammered the unfortunate: II was
driven tn ii by woman
Hum" mused His T.ordship. Then.
suddenly. "Did she refuse you, or did
she marry you?"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-18
SENSITIVE ABOUT HIS AGE.

An attorney of Springfield, ILL.,. was
at the Capitol the other day, says the
Washington Star and the subject of
sensitiveness about the age came up.
"The most remarkable instance of that,
he said, was a man-not a wOman-
and a very able man mentally too.
Judge Snyder Breese. for many years
one of the justices of Supreme Court of
Illinois, died at a very advanced age.
but no one ever knew how old he was.
Upon one occasion the judges of the
Supreme Court of Iowa visited the Ill
inois Supreme Court. Judge Wright.
of Iowa, was at that time very old, and
he had gone West from Ohio, the State
of Judge Breese's nativity. At the ban
quet table Judge Wright said to the
venerable Illinois jurist:
Judge, we must be about the same
age. We left Ohio in the same year.
We have served on the bench an equal
length of time. I wonder how much
further the coincidence extends.
would not be surprised If we were born
during the same year. Tf not an i'm
pertinence I would ask how old you are?
am 49,
Judge Breese arose from the table,
his face livid with anger. and saying.
fiercely. II would consider II the height
of impertjnence. sir and left the room.
and would not appear again when
Judge Wright was present"
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ANECDOTES OF THE BAR.
YOUNG LAWYERS CLAIM.

A young man with a delicate. straw
colored moustache and football hair
parted in the center and glued down to
his temples, sauntered carelessly into
one of the Superior Courts the other
day, says the San Francisco Post. He
eyed the Judge through his glasses. and
sized up all the attorneys. Then he
walked out of the court. The judge
a glass of ice water.
The Judge who is nervous and testy
had observed the young man and
frowned down on the glued hair and
glasses. When the young man boldly
walked up to the bar and took a glass
of ice water the Judge fairly boiled with
Indignation at such temerity amounting
almost to contempt. The young man
was just raising the glass to his lips
when the judge roared:
''That water, sir, Is for attorneys and
other officers of the court"
The glass almost dropped from his
hand, he started violently. turned red.
then placed the glass on the table and
walled out of the court. The judge
chuckled.
Half an hour later the young man
entered the court room again with
roll of parchment in his hand. The
judge glared at him savagely. but he
never flinched. Finally there was a
lull in the proceedings, and he address,
ed the court:
"Your Honor!'
"What Is 1t, sir?"
81 wish to submit to the court my
certificate of admission to practice in
the Supreme Court and all other courts
of this State and he passed the parch-
ment to the clerk.
"Well, what of that?" growled the
Judge.
Nov, Your Honor. having presented
the proofs of my admission to the bar,
l would now move the court that I be
permitted to drink from the official
pitcher" and he calmly drained the
glass of water he had left on the table.
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name of Great Jehovah and the conti-
brigadier general At 80. and our own MAD
Anthony" Wayne at "a made his brilliant
attack on Stony Point. Struck BY bull
let while leading the charge and believing
that he was fatally wounded. he cried:
Garry me into the fort and let me DIE
at the head Of my column" Henry Knox
was but - when he Joined the infant army
before Boston: ana ne was ,arv put 70 D. wner wsr
Our invincible naval hero. who sought ms
adversaries in English waters and won his
great victory of Flamborough Point ana
within sight Of the English hsn ,S soss,
Of his little fleet he engaged larger one
Of English ships. HAS your ship struck
called out the British captain. and Jones
to fight" Few struggles on the sea were
ever so desperate. and no victory more
brilliant. Youth Is a tradition with our
navy. for Lawrence was but ynen no
poured out the blood of his gallant heart
on the decks Of the Constitution, with his
last utterance of indomitable courage:
Don't give up the ship" Decatur Was
but % when he entered the harbor or Iri-
poll and destroyed the captive vessel Phil
adelphia. and but 2s when he was made
a commodore: Perry but 2S when he won
his memorable victory on Lake Erie anu
sent that historic dispatch. which can
only be fitly compared to Caesars "Seni.
vidi. vici." I'VE have met the enemy and
they are ours
YOUNG LAWYERS.
Again, II We take the Constitutional con-
vention. which framed the wisest instru.
ment ever struck off by the brain and
purpose OF man at a given time, We cannot
hut be reminded that the three master
spirits OF that convention were James
general assembly of Virginia and at IS
became a member of the continental con
gress. and at 81 entered the constitutional
convention: Alexander Hamilton VINO was
convention. and Gouverneur Morris, who
was the same age as Madison. These three
young lawyers were most Instrumental IN
shaping the constitution, ana they. WIN
supported II by the Federalist. The latter
was only - when elected to the consti-
mental congress. and at J. ne became
chief justice Of New York; what gal
rick Henry John Jay. Thomas Jefferson.
Richard Henry lee. Charles &. Pinckney.
Robert K: Livingston, John Marshall;
Oliver Ellsworth. Elbridse Gerry. all
shine respondent as stars Of first mag.
nitude. 10 this list should be added, II
need were. Joseph STORY, who ut ~ was
an associate justice of the supreme court;
William Writ, who at Is was employed to
prosecute Aaron Burr; John G. Calhoun.
who at 80 was chairman of the committee
on foreign relations of the house: Henry
Clay, who entered the senate while under
the constitutional age-bcing only ~
and at "a was speaker of the house. Daniel
Webster. who entered congress at 30. and
at 81 argued the famous Dartmouth col
lege case. Stephen A. Douglas. who at 20
was made attorney general of Illinois, and
william II. Steward, who at 81 became
governor of New York. Nay, II We look
in our own state, We cannot but remem-
ber that the wisest OF our Judges, such
as Gibson. Black, Sherwood and the la
mented Allison. have been recruited from
the ranks Of the junior bar.
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for the whole ground was fiat and mar
shy and at the time the buildings We're
erected the science of foundation was
probably not well understood. ~"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-09-27

value of such articles of female wearing apparel, but presumed enough to nod his assent. And everything else in the house is marked down at a corresponding ratio,n continued the dry goods merchant. And tell the people in your Sunday morning paper, not to forget to stop in at Blum's and see the bargains when they come down town Monday bargains never be- fore equalled in Pine Bluff.
 Mir. Blum has employed large corps of polite and efficient clerks to accommodate the public. His corps of clerks will be as follows Misses Helen Rosenberg, Ruby Johnson, Marcia Levine, Nettie Meyer, Evelin Smith, Litha Hem iagway and Julia Brown; Messrs. Leo Blum, J. H. Eddin, J. F. Kin caide, J. F. Mayes, R. E. Lee, W. W. Scull, Ed Levine, Sam Solmson, Bennie Altheimer; Milton Blum and Kimp Toney, wrappers, Jacob Frank, office.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-09-27
MOZART CONSERVATORY
wnI Give Concert rn Connection wish the '. NJ. c. A. Reception Next
 Friday Night.

The Mozart Conservatory of Music, Elocution and Art will give an art exhibition and opening con cert of the season on next Friday night, in connection with the recep- tion by the Y. M. c. A.
 A very choice program will be rendered by Prof. and Mrs. E. S.. Luce, Misses Vickers and Baown. Miss Rita Williams, the art teacher of the school, will make a fine dis play of work in the various branches of her department.
 A cordial invitation is extended all friends of the Y. M. c. A. and Conservatory to be present. Con- cert will begin at 8:15 sharp The following is the program
 Piano Solo. Polonaize in E.. Lizst. E S. Lnce. Violin Solo Minnett and Alligro from sonata
 op. 137, Schubert ... Miss Rosa vickers Reading "Geneora.' Coolidge, ....-.......
 .M Miss Lenole Brown Vocal 1lo, Lullaby Hush Little Gne' BsNi
 guam ........ Mrs. Elizabeth E. Luce. Violin Solo, "Baiearolls' spobr ..-..... .......................... M Miss Rosa Vickers Series of Del Sarte Posing. ..... Miss Brown, Piano Solo, a. Murmuring zephyrs, Jensen
 Niemann. b. Vale adele (for left hand
 alone) Zeichey. .....,- .-..........P Prof Luce Vocal Solo, Bebrrggis, Lara9ina from Semi
 ranide, Lossini, . Mrs, Luce. Clarinet Solo. S0unam bula. Thornton...,
 ...... .......... Prof. Luce, Readings, a. sandy's Romance. Davenport b. Jimmy Browns Sistels weddign, anon ymous ..........M Miss Brown Overture Don Juan, Mozart. -..-.--.-...--,..
 Mr. t Mrs, Luce, Misses Vickers & BrowI
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-09-27
The Christian Church.

The Christian Church is holding services in Ingram's hail.
 Sunday School at 9:30. e. m., and Preaching at Il a. m. and 7:30 p. m,
 The Pas&pr, r. E. sapp, will preach on Gonsercration to Christ, this morning, and this evening will preach on Conversion; or change of heart as viewed in the light of New Testament teaching.
 Friends and visitors are cordially invited to attend.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-09-27
Don't Miss It.

Not man in town should miss hearing the address of Rev. A. O.. Evans, at Merrill Institute, today at o'clock p. m. The subject is: Thou shalt have no other Gods be- fore Me, and the address Is for men only. This is the first of a series of addresses on the Ten Command ments.