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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-18
RELIGION IN BRAZIL.
Evidence That 1t Is at q Discount
Fruitful Mission Field

ESidence Ihat Lit Is at q Discount
Fruitful Mission Field
Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolving, of Rio
Grande do Sui, Brazil, one of the first
Protestant Episcopal ministers sent to
that country, is touring the United
States in the interest of his work Rev.
Mr.. Kinsolving was sent to Brazil seven
years ago. He spent two years learning
the Portuguese language, and in the
last five years has made over 800 con-
verts to the Christian faith in Rio
Grande do Sui. When he went to that
country he found a population of 90
600 people, 100 of which were communi-
cants in the Roman Catholic church.
He found no opposition from the Ro-
manists to his work, and they encour-
aged him. He was welcomed by the
press and the educated people, who.
while they did not themselves believe in
Christianity, wanted the common peo-
pie to believe in it, for the moral good
it did the community.
Il cannot begin to express the condi-
ton existing there at that time, said the
doctor. The civil laws had nothing In
honor. Nothing but cowardly revenge
would do. IF man succeeded in induc-
ing another mans wife to leave him, he
had no recourse to law He would eth
er have to grin and bear it or kill the
paramount. The woman or man were
not punishable by law.
Marriage is a civil contract there.
Church or religious marriages are not
recognized, and the Roman church has
gotten into considerable trouble by
openly opposing this law.
Il have been in this country since
September 21 lecturing on the work in
Brazil and the conditions existing there.
Missions may be needed in foreign coun-
tries. but they can be needed no place
worse than they are in Brazil. The pro-
prietors of papers, editors and educated
people are not Christians. Their fathers
may have been before them, and the
Roman Catholic church is the estab-
lished church of the country, but these
people believe in humanity. They call
themselves Comptists, and won't per-
NIT the word 'infdel' to be used. Sun
udy SCuOOlS WC1C IL IOub
Brazil We now have Sunday school
of 600 children.
"a heavy tax was required by the
church to bury people. This became
burdensome, and it is quite a common
thing for deceased people to be hauled
past my door and inferred like beasts.
Such thing as burial service for the
poorer classes is unknown. The richer
people sometimes avail themselves OF
the privilege offered by the church. In
the entire district in which L live few
people are even moral.
1.-THE good work of the Episcopal
church has received the hearty recon-
mendation of all classes, and we have
little opposition from any source. Peo-
pie like to listen to good sermons, and
no less a parsonage than the gentleman
who held the portfolio of the treasury
in President Floriana Peixoto's cab
met complimented me on the work
there as / was sailing for the United
States. He asked me to come back and
keep up the work. The gentleman was
not Christian, but had heard ne
preach on charity."-Pittsburgh Conn
mercial-Gazette.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-18
Home Duties of Indian Children

There are home duties as we'll as pleas
nres for the children. Boys are re-
quired to look after the ponies, to lend
a hand in planting, to help in the
harvest; and they are often made to do
active duty as scarecrows in the newly
planted field, where, like little Bopeep.
they fall fast asleep. The girls help to
gather wood, bring water, and look
after the younger ones. As they grow
older they are taught to cut, sew, and
make garments. In former days, the
old Omahas say, no girl was considered
manageable until she had learned to
tan skins, make tents and clothing, pre-
pare meat for drying, and could cul-
tivate corn and beans; while a young
man who had not learned to make his
own weapons and TO be n sKillful hunter
was not considered fitted to take upon
himself the responsibilities of the pro-
wider of family.-Alice c. Fletcher, in
Century.
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peril. A sudden outcry in her garden
one day brought her in haste to the
spot, and there were a drunken soldier
and her quadroon maid Elinor-he de-
handing liquor and she the return Of
q pitcher which he had evidently
snatched from her hand. Madam Wall
toms stately presence and her imperious
order that he leave the premises at once
only partially sobered him. He gave
her to understand that if she reported
him he could bring shame upon her
head-he knew more about her affairs
than she dreamed. His insolence tried
her temper, but could not alter her tone
and bearing. 1t was not until he was
gone that Esther, trembling and in
tears, came and begged her to lodge no
complaint against the man, as he in
deed knew more than she supposed.
And then, in reply to her mothers de-
mand, Esther brokenly admitted that
she had already heard of Floyd's en-
listment and desertion through this
very soldier. He had been at the house
before. What she did not tell her
mother was, that the news first reached
her through Walton Scroggs.
And then, without warning, Floyd
suddenly came home. So troubled had
he been by the condition of his mothers
health and affairs as confded in Esther's
letters (sent under cover to an old fam
lily friend nov serving as a surgeon in
the Juarez army that, having earned
n 10 10 oc al
back and appeared there late at even
ing, worn and weary, before those low
ing yet terrified eyes. He had ridden
miles on horseback that day, as he
feared recognition by officers or soldiers
still at Quitman if he came by rail that
way, or by, federal deputies if he came
the other. Esther alone had received
him on his arrival, for she, poor girl,
was watching at the old arbor near
the south fence for the coming of her
r-husband, that day released from
the clutches of the law. Then, after
hearing her recital of their needs and
sorrows, he had sent old Rasmus with
a message into camp, while she had
gone to prepare her mother for his
coming.
Late that night, Mrs. Walton, kneel-
ing by the bedside of her sleeping boy,
became suddenly aware of a scuffie GO
ing on underneath the window, and,
noiselessly descending the stairs, I'M
fastened the side door and came at once
upon the intruders, with the result al
ready known. Not until aroused by
the screams of Elinor and his sister
Kate did Floyd know anything of the
affair. Half asleep, and bewildered, he
had jumped into boots and trousers
and rushed to the rescue. One glance
explained the whole thing, but it was
Esther who in desperation seized and
held him back when he would have
sprung to release his mother from
Riggs drunken grasp-Esther who.
hearing the coming rush of Lsmbert's
footsteps, realized that what meant in
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-18
TTo BE Continued
SIR THOMAS BROWNE.
He Appreciated the Value Of Fossils and
Studied Graves.

He Appreciated the Value Of Fossils and
Studied Graves.
He was physician, and while Civ
ing only his leisure to science and lit
erature, he became a leading authority
in the zoology and botany of Great
Britain. He introduced the word
'commensality," now in common use,
to express a state of many living to
gether, as it were, at the same table.
This word is mentioned by johnson as
an example of a useful term, whic'.,
if rejected, must be supplied by cir
cumlocution.
Browne was pioneer in the scientific
study of graves and their contents. He
appreciated the value of fossils He was
also comparative anatomist, and con-
stantly engaged in such topics as the
anatomy of the horse, the pigeon, tho
beaver, the badger, the whale. In a
note on the autopsy of a spermaceti
whale the following passage occurs:
1T contained no less than 60 feet in
length, the head somewhat peculiar,
with a large prominence over the
mouth; teeth only in the lower jaw, re,
ceived into fleshy sockets in the up
per. The weight of the largest about
two pounds; no gristly substance in
the mouth, commonly called whale
bones; only two short fins = on
the back; the eyes but small" This is
a very good note, we think, and written
in scientific spirit.
He studied animal mechanism. es-
pecially the gaits of the quadrupeds
and the acts of swimming and floating,
the problems Of right and left handed.
ness; and the erect figure of man. He
tells us that '.temperamental digno-
TONS can be detected by studying
spots on the finger nails. Physicians
even in our own day have not formu-
lated knowledge on this curious sub
ject. He discovered the animal soap
now called adipocre. ''He would have
made very extraordinary man for tn.
privy council we are told by his BIZ.
ographer.-Popular Science Monthly.
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slant rescue for her mother meant
equally instant peril for him-Esther
who actually ordered his hurried re-
treat at Lambert's appearance. Not
until the following day did it occur
to her mother to ask how it was or
why it was she was up and dressed at
that hour of the night. At any other
time, perhaps, she would have found it
far more difficult to frame plausible
excuse, but almost anything would an
swer now. For hours she had been
listening for the tap upon her window
that should tell her Walton had not
beer spirited away to a place of safety
until he had come to bless and COM
fort her with his love-words and ca
resses. To her, at least, despite the
wild oats of his earlier days, her cousin
husband was all that was true and
tender and fond For. him she had
dared her mothers wrath, her younger
sisters indignation, and Floyd alone
was her supporter in the secret mar
riage that took place during her brief
visit to the Claytons in the early spring.
With the dawn of Sunday, his sig
nal at last was heard, and she stole out
to meet him-to tell of Floyd's return,
and to plan with him for their Joint
escape, for Floyd had told her that it
would be folly to attempt to remain
in hiding there. Already certain ne
groes of the neighborhood had seen
him, and it could Lot be long before the
military authorities were informed.
Walton was all helpfulness and SYM
pathy. His brother, the conductor, had
planned to send his horse to the Wal
ton barn at ten that night, and wal"
was to ride cross country to friends
in Barksdale county, leave the horse
there, and be at the point where the rail
way crossed the country road at 1880,
when the "Owl' would stop and take
him on the baggage car-unless some
of Parmelee's spies or deputies were
aboard. There would be no trouble at
the capital, where the Owl often waited
an hour for the express. The engi-
neer' would slow up just east of town.
Walton would drop off in the darkness
and make his way around to the west
by brisk tramp of a couple of miles,
and there be taken on again about 1: 80
a. m. and jostled away to the river. Once
there, all the sheriff's posses in the
south couldn't find him. Walton
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-18
urged that FLOYD 90 with hin

promptly urged that Floyd go with him
Rasmus was routed out from stumble
in the barn and sent away with mes
sages to Col. Scroggs and Cousin Bart"
and then the voice of Kate was heard.
calling for her sister. Instead of be-
ing asleep, Mrs. Walton was painfully
awake and planning diplomatic let
ter to be sent to Capt. Close. For hours
the only refuge they could offer Esther's
husband was the cellar, for Mrs. Walton
had insisted on being up and dressed
to meet Cousin Bart, whom now she
desired to send for and consult.
The letter which had so bewildcred
the company commander was brief
enough. 1t bore neither date nor
place, but went straight to business.
Mrs. Walton presents her colnpli
ments to the officer in command of the
federal troops here in camp and begs to
say that she finds upon investigation
that the two soldiers who visited he1
premises last night did so at the re-
quest of a member of her household.
who sought their aid in bringing Ger.
tain supplies from town when her
servants proved too ungrateful to be
relied upon. Mrs. Walton deeply re-
grets that the soldiers referred to are
now in danger of further punishment,
and, while utterly disappearing the
action which led to their employment
in violation of her express orders, she
nevertheless accepts the entire respon-
sibility and begs that no further steps
may be taken against them, as she will
not only positively refuse to appear as
a witness in the case, but will prohibit
anyof her household from soappearing.
Sunday morning"
And possibly the lady of Walton Hall
felt quite assured that her mandate
overrllled any subpoena the federal
authority could draft One thing is
certain, when Close read it over a sec
ond time he handed it to Lambert, say
| ing: $50 far as / am concerned, that
blessed old lady shan't have any trouble
on account of them two scallawags.
She's got too much of her own. Unless
you want to make an example of Riggs,
you can release him in the morning.
Murphy ought to be let off anyhow"
But when morning came it was found
that Riggs had released himself. How
he managed to cut his way out of that
guard-tent without disturbing any
body, no one could explain He was
gone at daybreak, leaving no trace be-
| hind.
rrO
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-18
CI,armed by Jennie LIND.

Dean Stanley actually suffered from
listening to music, and yet Jenny Lintl
once told Max Muller he paid her the
highest compliment she had ever re-
ceived. Stanley was very fond of jenny
Limo, but when she stayed at his fathers
place at Norwich he always left tn,
room when she sang. One evening Jen.
ny Lind had been singing Handel's Il
Know That My Redeemer Liveth.; 50
Stanley, as usual, had left the room
but he came back after the music was
over and came shyly up to Jenny Lind.
You know" he said, 81 dislike music;
L don't know what people mean by al
miring it. l am very stupid, tone-deaf,
as others are color-blind. But" he said.
with some warmth, ''to-night, wheel
from a distance [ heard you singing
that song, [ had an inl1ling of what
people mean by music. Something
came over NE which [ had never fell
before; or, yes, L had felt it once be"
fore in my life" Jenny Lind was all
attention. "Some years ago" he cor"
tipued, 81 was at Vienna, and one ever
ing there was tattoo before the pap
ace performed by 400 drummers. Ifelt
shaken, and tonight, while listening.
to your singing, the same feeling came
over me; felt deeply moved" 'sDear
man." she added, Il know he meant ii,
and a more honest compliment never
received in all my life" = Chicag,
Chronicle
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-18
GHOST FAIRIES.

When the open fire is lit,
In the evening after tea,
Then like to come and sit
Where the fire can talk to me.
Fairy stories it can TELL
Tales of a forgotten race
Or the fairy ghosts that dwell
In the ancient chimney place.
They are quite the strangest folk
Anybody ever knew,
Shapes OF shadow and of smoke
Living in the chimney fue.
Once" the fire said, s1ong ago,
With the wind they used to rove.
Gypsy fairies, to and fro,
Camping in the field and grove.
Hither with the trees they came
Hiding in the logs; and here,
lowering above the flame,
Often some of them appear"
So watch, and, sure enough,
can see the fairies! Then,
Suddenly there comes a puff
Withstand they are gone again!
Frank Dempster Sherman, in Youth:
Companion.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-18
Her Doughty Ncpbey.

"Your lawn is coming up beautifully
Mrs Suddenrich.''
Eyes; I'm trying new kind of lawn
seed. 1t costs dollar pound. Ny
nephew Tom buys it for me and he
says it's the real rekerlSy article"
what is it called?"
"Let me see-what did Tom call it.
o, yes; patty-dee-foy grass! Queer
name. isn't it?" Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-18
She Was Too Young.

The other day couple of little girls
came to physicians Office to be vac
cinated. One of them undertook to
speak for the other, and explained:
doctor, this is my sister. She is
too young to know her left arm from
her right, so mamma washed both of
them. "-Twinkles
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-18
Got ON All Right.

She-How are you getting on with
your bicycle, Capt. Vert?
He Ia beginner)-O. splendidly:
getting on about every two minutes
Fun.
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SCARED THE LADIES.
FerrybOat Washington Pokes 1t,
Nose Under tho Rridue

A peculiar accident happened to- the
ferryboat Washington of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad this morning was COM
ing into the Courtlandt street slip on its
9:15 trip from New York There was an
immense crowd of people waiting to
cross the river. Scarcely had the gates
been pushed back when the people rushed
forward onto the boat. The weight on
the front depressed it for several inches
and the wash of the river drove the nose
of the boat under the dock Some OF
the women screamed when they saw the
situation, being firmly convinced that the
boat would founder with all hands.
Let me off," shouted one angular wom-
an with highly acidulated countenance.
All right, num- consolingly said one
of the deckhands. 'you amt going to the
bottom yet
You're an impudent man. she re-
torted, "and I'll report you
There, that's what you get for being
perlite to the~loidies,' said the man, gen.
orally addressing everybody near HIM
During this colloquy the boat was back
ed out from the bridge and when the ex-
cited women found they were still alive
they. subsided and fixing their hats on
straight marched into the ladies' cabin
looking as If accidents were delightfl III
things which they were used to every
day. The damage done was exceedingly
slight.
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THE BRUTAL POWERS.
IRy Cable to the Associated Press.l

[By Cable to the Associated Press.1
C0NSTANTINOPLE,A April 27, lS97-The
European Cabinets are exchanging views
with regard to the expediency of mediat-
ing between Turkey and Greece.
The successes of the Turkish troops in
Thessaly have caused the greatest satis-
faction in military circles here 1t is now
believed Edhem Pash will occupy the Port
of Volo and the important town or
Trikhala, almost due West of Larissa and
about forty miles from that place, with
the view of Strengthening his position
The Turkish government will then call
upon Greece to evacuate the Island of
Crete on the condition that the Ottoman
troops are Withdrawn from Thessaly
With the occupation of Trikhala by the
Turkish forces, the Greeks in Epirus will
find themselves between the troops under
Ahmed Hifzi Pasha and those of Edhem
Pasha and in danger of being cut off from
the rest of the Hellenic forces.
AS to the campaign in Epirus it is not
thought here that Janina is now in dan
ger of being attacked by the mutinous
Albanlans as, owing to the effects of the
Palace officials here, combined with the
efforts of the Albanian Chiefs. the mu-
tineers are said to have submitted al
though the outbreak at first caused SER
ious apprehension at the Yildiz Kiosk
The Turkish Government acting upon
the recommendations of the Ambassadors
Of the Powers, has authorized the
Greeks in the service of the Consulates.
hospitals, foreign missions and postoffice
to remain in Turkey. All other Greeks.
however, will have to leave the Empire,
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early in the day. and kept in force to
prevent accidents.
A rumor gained currency about noon
,faat rhat Mrs; Mckinley had been taken Sc
lady wisely left the Tomb and accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Mckinley
repaired to the hotel. from the windows
OF which she viewed the parade.
one of the most striking features of
the day was the profuseness of the dec
ooratlons THEY were elaborate and pro-
fuse, not only along the line of the big
parade, but throughout the city general
ly. With the exception of October 81 last
the occasion of the business mems s
sound money Observation-Disclosures has
been no SUCH display of bunting in New
York as hsss been prepared in honor Of
the hnal inserment of the nations great
est soldier.
No expense had been spared by pri-
vate citizens and societies to make the
DECORATIONS worthy of the day. The most
lavish displays were to be met with in
the upper west side, along the route of
the parade. Riverside Drive, from Sew
es.nty-second street to Grants Tomb, is
lined on its easterlyi side with stands,
and every foot of the front of these
huge structures is covered with American
flags. The effect of the wholesale dis
play of bunting was very imposing, espe-
cially from the river.
From a, lofty flag staff erected on a
mound on the north side of the monu-
ment floats the largest American flag in
the world, it's tapping folds being visible
from, distant points on the neighboring
palisades and far up the Hudson
Fhe Stars and Stripes were displayed
from many of the handsome residences
that dot the slope on the east side of the
Drlves and the houses of the boat clubs
The rnnicipal buildings, as well as
those of the Federal government, were all
decorated with the National emblem
Here and there, interspersed with the
National emblem, Were to be seen the
flags of other nations, giving the dec
orations wider significance.
The clubs on Fifth avenue were par
ticularly lavish in decorating their hand
some buildings. Among the most artis-
tic decorations were those of the Colonial
Catholic Union League, Manhatta New
York and New York Yacht Clubs
The stand located Immediately in front
of the Tomb for the accommodation of
the .officials and other dignitaries was
covered with bunting of royal purple hue
which imparts to the granite of the mau-
soleum in the background the. whiteness
OF n1arble. The front of the monum
was adorned with Sannallias leaves
brought from South America, and laurel
and victory leaves were strewn about the
foot of the columns.
Many tropical plants were displayed on
the speakers stand, and on one side was
huge bank of American Beauty roses
The brisk westerly wind" of the fore
caster, early developed into a cold half
gale which played havoc with some of
the decorations and SO loosened the sup
ports of one of the big stands at Clare
mont that the Department of Public
Works tore it down, intended occupants
Delng provided elsewhere.
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DIED.

CURRY-On Sunday, April 25, 1897 Alice
M, beloved daughter of John H and
Alice E. Curry, aged q years.
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from the residence of her parents, No.
GIL Jersey avenue. corner Fifth street, on
Wednesday April IS, at 9 A. M; thence
to St. Mary Is r. q 0.s= Church, where a
solemn high mass OF requiem will be Of
fered for the happy repose of her SOUL.
DOBBINS-On Monday. April .26, 1897,
John beloved son OF Michael and An-
ME Dobbins aged Z years ard 3
months.
Relatives and friends are invited 10 at
tend the funeral on Wednesday, April 2S,
at two P. NJ. from q Brunswick street.
IIAGER-In this city, on Saturday, April
"a, 1887, Maria l.. Hagers
Funeral services Will be held on Tues
day, April q, at fiye P. NJ, at her late
residence 100 Sip avenue, Heights.
lnterment at Burdette. N. T..
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CAMPAIGN IN EPIRUS.
by Cable to The Associated press.1

SALONICA, April 27 1S97.-The Turkish
forces are assuming the offensive at
Metzoro ard Luros, Province of Epirus.
The Portuguese gunboat Guadiana ar
rived here today. Her commander reports
having met two Greek cruisers and two
Greek torpedo boats about twenty miles
from this port. The Commander Of the
Greek Squadron ordered the Commander
of the Portuguese gunboat to go on board
the largest of the Greek cruisers. The
Portuguese officer protested, saying he
would only allow the Greeks to see his
ships papers and has reported the out
rage to Lisbon.
Several British warships and a French
war vessel are expected here. Public
feeling is becoming calmer here at the
news of the victories of the Turks
The Turkish Headquarters has been
removed from Elassons to Chatallar
(Tsatalar) about five and one-half miles
south of Tyrnavos and about six miles
west by north of Larissa.
A French mail steamer, bound for this
port has been stopped at the entrance of
the Gulf by Greek warship. After in
spection the mail steamer was allowed
to DrOcead