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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
D'Annun.io Sentenced to Jail.

Gabriel d'Annunzio was convicted and
sentenced to serve six months in iail for
adultery. His political opponents have dis
law he is forever ineligible to the Italian
parliament. and. indeed. can not even cast
the vote OF a citizen, LIE Figaro in COM
renting on 1t says that law enforced in
one blow, at
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
Mr.. Kipline Living ut Brighton.

In selecting Brighton as his Temporary
home. Mr.. kipling has done what is a
pleasant and no doubt a wise thing. It is
%lthln an agreeably easy distance Of Lon
expensive place to live in. and no matte:
how much the Cheap tripper'' may invade
tEese sands, the sea that stretches out be-
Iore the old town is gloriously beautiful.
1t is a place. too. in which a man who ha.
a mind to study human nature can find
plenty of opportunities. A"o
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14

no sergeant seemed smooth enough to
make a case against him. He was often
cfught on a dry goods box and leaning
stance his club would be tapping what pur-
ported to be a signal that he was wide
awake. 1t was months before it was finally
In his sleep with as much ease as he did
when awake. oo
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
Bj0rnsOn as n Reader.

Bjornstjerne Biorrson and his daueb+.-
Nine. Berglich Ibsen. recently gave in ~,
peTEagen an evening of music and readine
Inc NorWegian poet disclosed. notwith.
flu and resonant voice, and his readinp 81
several poems of Victor Hugo that he hai
translated into Norwegian prose was much
applauded. 0
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
Dumas Stinxiness,

The well known stinginess Of the late
Alexander Dumas has given rise to a va
was once asked whether he ever gave anv.
thing to the poor, and he answered: ooh
yes! When 1 come across a bad niece o.
money l always give it away to a blind
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
CURIOUS PLANTS IN ENGLAND.

Some Queer Effects of Cultivation
That Attract Much At
tentiOn.
Perhaps tie most curious fad pursued
by the wealthy land owners of England
is the training of various vines and
shrubs to represent human figures and
pieces of household furniture, like chairs
and tables. The extent to which this
gardening is carried is shown in the Illus
%tration. which was photographed from ma
ture. In this case a large bush has been
pruned and trained until it assumed the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14

or frame, as are the cranks in the inter-
mediate shafts. They have a Slide tbrnttia
valve on the top of dome and outside the
steam pipes. They haul one or two coaches
a. travei demands. These engines were or
lSlraiiy buflt for the old Greenwich street
elevated railroad Of New York, and are
prch&bly the Oldest elevated railroad en-
gfnes in the country. 81"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
FIJI Teeth WITH Gl...L

The latest use for glass is instead of gold
as a material for stopping decaying teeth.
1t answers splendidly and is far less con-
spicious than the yellow metal. OF course.
it is not ordinary glass, but is prepared by
some new patented process which renders
1t soft and malleable.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14

II suppose your man will come out ahead
on the election" We'll" replied Senator
Sorghum. .thoughtfully, "he'n get the ofs:ce
But l don't know where he will stand when
he comes to balance his books."-Washing-
ton Star.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
A PREACHERS STRANGE WILL.
Wants No Flowers, No Sermou and
No Monument Over His
Grave.

The will of Rev. Father Horer, Canton,
who died at Louisville is a queer one. The
will! says:
&" want no flowers. no sermon. but a
plain coffin like the poor use. Put no mon
upon my grave. but mark it with a
The will does not state what the estate
Is worth. but it is quite large.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
SMALLEST OF LOCOMOTIVES
MARROW Gauge Engines Used In Train
Service on ,Coney
Island.

Probably the smallest locomotives used
IN train service are those used on the Sea
View Elevated road at Coney Island.
There are five of these engines in use
mer. Their gauge is extremely narrow and
their cylinders are but 7x1O inches inside
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
ROUND TABLE FORMED OF A BUSH

shape of a round table laden with spirit
decanters and wine glasses, perfect III
every detail.
A famous group of shrub people are the
Siamese Twins and the Princess of Wales.
In the accompanying picture the first fig
ure is the Princess of Wales and the
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-08-14
LOCAL NEWS.


-Congressmap Z. +. Broussard
was in town last ---day.
DIR. G. w. Matin of Arnaud-
Vile was in town last Saturday,
Rock Salt, use it freely, you
need it, | know it, l.. G. Duchamp.
Miss Manette Apologize, of
New Iberia was in town last Sun
day.
Mr.. Albert +. Domengeaux,
of Breaux Bridge was in town
Monday.
Mrs. Ben l.. Durand returned
from Bay st. Louis, Miss, last
Sunday.
DIR. and Mrs. J. S. Martin re-
turned from their bridal trip last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. V. Martin re-
turned to their home, in New Or
Aeans, Monday.
Furniture, you bet, l have lots
ON hand and cheap, l.. c. Du-
champ.
-Drs. II. P. and Arthur Gull
beau of Breaux Bridge were in
town last Saturday.
Our colored people will give
"A boat excursion to New Iberia on
Sunday, the 22nd inst.
Just received-One car wagons
of all sizes and prices at Louis q.
C. Duchamp.
MIR. Chas. S. Babin, Jr., of
Breaux Bridge, was lin town on
business last Saturday.
Miss Blanche Fleming is spend
81 ing some time here, the guest of
her sister, Mrs. L. j. Liable.
Miss K. Mouton, OF Lafayette,
is spending a few days in town the
guest of Miss Aida Mouton.
Just received One car Of Bug
gies and Carriages at low figures,
at l.. G. Duchamp.
Mr.. Martin J. VOORHEES, who
was seriously sick the past week,
is recovering rapidly and will soon
be able to attend to his business.
Octave Prade, a respectable
and prosperous young colored
man, died here last Saturday after
a short sickness.
Cotton is opening very rapid
", and we expect picking to com.
mence soon. All the ginneries are
getting ready for an early season
Miss Mariquite DeLaurea
left last Sunday for Broussard
where she will pass few days
with her brother, DIR. George De
Laureal.
/ The lake bridge.ls nearly com
pleted, and work is progressing
fast. By the end of the week at
ter next, the bridge will probably
be completed.
Miss Jane Lacaze of st. Mar
tinville and Miss Sarah Berry o
New Iberia are the charming
guests of Mrs. G. A. Bailey
Jeanerette Democrat.
The Police Jury has been no
titled by the King Bridge Go. tina
work will commence on the Stee
bridge at st. Martinville, in til
first week of September.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-08-14
A WonderfuI Discovery.

The last quarter of u century records
many wonderful discoveries in medicine,
but none that have accomplished more fof
humanity than that sterling old remedy
Browns Iron Bitters. II seems to contain
the very elements Of good health, and neither
man. woman or child can take il without
deriving the greatest benefit. For sale by
"Au pealets."
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-08-14

StuLluS, Cdu cdoiy iCCouOiiO hAH
self to the expediency of securing
the assistance of a friend who is
not so heavily burdened by scru-
Piles of conscience, as to refuse a
plat take-if he is willing to go
heavily on Chronicles insinations.
The following has been handed
The Progress, and while it is per-
fectly aware that an offer of wager
is no guarantee of the Instability
of an opinion; yet, it is no evil
dence of strength of position still
at the same time it does show that
men are willing to risk their mo-
ney ON their declaration.
The Progress does not make the
offer, but if any one desires to.
Join in with Calfax Chronicle, and
run the risk of losing thousand
or SO dollars, The Progress will
no doubt find the one who gave
this wager and then will SEE how
the affair terminates.
Now dear Chronicle please bear
in mind that what you write is
here published. The Progress was
too fair to the public to initiate
your style, by saying this without
letting it's readers read what you
had to say.
Here is the proposition. Now
do something or candidly admit
to your readers that you were in
juring the character of a gentle
man about whom you know moth
ing at all:
a$l, 900 that O'Malley was never
| in Joliet Illinois, and particularly
in the penitentiary of that or any
, other state charged with any
crime. The same amount that he
has never. been convicted of felony
in his life or has ever been tried
or convicted in the parish of Or.
leans for suborhing witnesses in
the Italian or any other case. The
same amount to apply that he has
never BEEN in Louisiana or any
where else either convicted or sen;
fenced for any crime that would
impair his citizenship in Louisi-
ana or any other state.
If The Progress should win this
wager it will donate the same to
the charity hospital Of Shrete:
port. In token Of good faith and
to end this controversy hereafter
we will deposit this thousand dbl
lars in any responsible person or
persons hands named by the Cal
fax Chronicle. This is simply a
question of put up or shut up
Which will the Colfax Chronicle
do?
If the Colfax Chronicle Or those
who are supporting its cause deem
the controversy not 6f sufficient
Importance to Investigate these
facts, which are the body Of this
proposition; we will guarantee tc
refund them any expenses that
they may have to incur in firth
ering this investigatiotion; Or we
will go further and accept any
; reasonable proposition from then
: to prove the thtfuthfulness ant
the maliciousness of the accusa
ton against Mr.. UMalley:"-
Shreveport Progress.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-08-14
Let The Truth Be Known.

The Shreveport Progress has of
late taken it upon itself to cham
pion the cause of Mr.. Dominick
c. O'Malley, of the Daily Item,
and it strenuously asseverates and
intimates that Mr.. OMalley has
been a much-abused man at the
hands of the State press. Since
The Progress has started to de-
fend Mr.. O'Malley, it should ex-
plain to it's cousins of the rural
press Just how innocent Mr..
O'Malley is of the charges suborn-
ing witnesses before the courts at
the time he was run away from
New Orleans in the Italian lynch
ing affair. Also, as to the charge
that Mr.. OMalley served a SEN
tence in the Joliet, Illinois prison,
we believe it was, there has never
been any statement vouchsafed to
the public, by O'Malley or any of
his friends, that we have seen.
The Item of late has published
several half-hearted defenses OF
its editor by The Progress and
other papers but not one word OF
intelligent defense or explanation
of the situation is given. We
have no desire to malign Mr..
OMally, although we have little
love for him, for several reasons,
chiefly on account of malicious,
untruthful and objectionable at
tack permittend and made through
his columns on us during the last
campaign. We met the insinua-
ton and accusation squarely, and
demanded, both by personal and
private letter and published de-
NAL and protest, an explanation,
which for political reason he saw
fit to ignore and would not pub
lish. If Mr.. OMslley or any OF
his friends have any statements,
reasons or explanations to offer as
to why he should be allowed to
stand before the commonwealth
sans peur ct sans reprOche, we
imagine the people of Louisiana
would like very much to hear
them. -CaJa1 Chronicle.
You are about as fair in this as
you were in the other matter be-
tween Chronicle and The Progress
| which is so little so, that unless
you would assert your desire to
have it be so construed, no one
! would ever imagine that you were
serious. How can you, Brother
Goodwin! as one who processes to
be a Christian; a professed dici-
pie of Him who gave His life fol
principle and fairness, make such
charges against The Progress;
your insinuations against Mr.
O'Malley? Town Talk was manly
enough to say that while it die
not admire Mr.. OMalley, still il
made no charges of his being
| Jail bird,-because it knew moth
ing against him. Calfax Chroni
Gle can learn a good lesson IL
Christianity from this excellent
Alexandria journal. And its edi
tor could employ his time well BY
reading the LIST verse of the I'll
chapter of Mathew.
If The Progress has defended
Mr.. O'Malley-whori Gala,
Chronicle thinks has an uncertain
reputation it has never endorsed
the stuffing of ballot boxes whel
the contestants were honest whit
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-08-14
SarsapariIta

Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
-. =. D.,s cure liver ills; easy to
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-08-14

To Cure COnstipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c OF -
II G. Q. c. fail to cure. druggists refund money.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-08-14
SPEAKING RIGHT OUT.

If wasn't for what brought you your money wodidn
possess much value 1t isn't the money that you work ior
it's what it brings. Make 60 as far possible
, 1897-03-30
ANCIENT WATER HEATERS,
People Two Jhor-and Wears Ag" rIai
Some Practical Convenienc--

People Two Ihor-and Years Ago" uad
Some Practical Conyeuienc.-.
In two Of the museums Of cid Roman
antiquities at Naples there are several
water heaters, which indicate that the
principle of the water tube, thc crown
ing feature of modern boilers, was fully
understood and appreciated some 2,00O
years ago. Mr.. ". T. Bonner of Gu
cinnatl has been Investigating these
heaters and found them to be as inter
esting as they are beautiful. One of
them consists of an outer she'll i2
inches i'll diameter and nearly II inches
high, ~sur1nountcd by Il somewhat hcmi-
specifically shaped top. Inside this shell
Is an internal Cylinder, also having Il
hemisphCrical top. which is 10 inches
i'll diameter and l2 inches high. The
two shells are connected at the bottom
by Il rim, like the mud ring of a loco
motive t~ircltox, and the space between
them was filled with water. The crate
was formed Of seven tubes made from
sheet bronze. rolled and solGcrCG a.
brazcd. These tubes open ut 10th Cuds
into thcl ottcm Of the space between
the shells, thus forming Il water tube
CRATE for the fuel to rest upon.
Charcoal was probably used with this
heater and was placed on the grato
through an opening is inches high and
4 inches wide, closed by Il beautifully
decorated door. The gases from the fire
escaped into the outer air through three
small openings formed by tubes cross
ing from the inner to the outer shell
about SO inches above the crate. The
whole apparatus was raised about II
inches on Il tripod so as to allow air to
reach the fuel. In another boiler Of
somewhat the same type the outer shell
has the form of an I'M, while the inner
shell rises from Il water tube CRATE to
an opening in the side. 1t is ~ inches
i'll diameter at the widest part, 17.G
inches high and supported on a tripod
about 4 inches high. Its general shape
is much like that of the silver cream
pitchers known rs the Paul Revere pat
terms, although, of course. it is much
larger and has Il top closed by Il lid. 1t
may ave served ut some time to heat
wine as well as water, which suggcs-
ton appears reasonable, Us many his
torians state that the Pom pciians made
great use OF hot drinks. |. may he that
they were found i'll u of the tormpOdi
or cafes, Of which there were several i'll
POmVrii Boston Transcript.
, 1897-03-30

Never say Manhattan Island when
you mean the island of Manhattan. The
briefcr term was properly applied i'll
such Il way that now it cannot be ap-
piled ut all. The place that bore it is
no longer disccrniblc. Manhattan Is
land was u knoll about an acre i'll c
tent which lay near Corloars Hook, sur
rounded by marshes and partly sub
merged ly high tides. Later On it be-
came the enter Of a place which did Us
noble service, but again has been oblit-
Grated, gave for the lingering nickname
of DrydCck Village. Here were built
most of our ships i'll the days when NJ
one could build them quite as well as
we.-Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, il
Century,
, 1897-03-30
OUTWIT TING AN EDITOR,
An Exciting Political scheme In Which
McCullngh Figured.

MctullaEh Figured.
When David r. Francis was IL cundi-
date for governor of Missouri. his
friends succeeded in using The Globe
Democrat to further his chances Of cleo
ton. Editor McCUllagh had turned on
''Our Dave" as Mr.. Francis is known
in st. Louis, with his short paragraphs
with telling effect. and Francis friends
got together ana concoctCd Il scheme to
offset the editorial work Of the paper.
They wrote out display advertisement,
and at II late hour of the Saturday
morning Immediately preceding the
election of 1883 took it to the counting
O of The bc-Dcmocrat. The clerk
on duty gave the copy Il casual looking
over and without Il word accepted it.
1t occupied Il full page, and at length
and in glowing terms set forth the
great business capacity and eminent
qualifications of Mr.. Francis to occupy
the gubcrnatorial chair of Missouri"
That advertisement caused the big
gcst row even witnessed in Il newspaper
Office in St. Louis. When Editor Nc
Cullarh found what had been done, he
ragged and stormCd for n week. The fast
mail had distributed the paper all over
Missouri before McCullagh had his at
tcntion called to it. He left his quarters
at the Southern hotel on II trot. Reach
ing the corner of Fourth and Pine
streets, he found the streets and the
office Of The Globc-D Democrat jammed
with people, who were %clmmoring to
stop their subscriptions, McCullagh had
filled II column oil the editorial page
with ''squibs' strongly opposing Fran
els and advocating the Republican nom
inec, but the big display of Francis
friends was the first thing seen II open
ing the paper.
MI. McCullagh at once issued an Cx-
ira, in which he deprecated the over
sight by which the advertisement had
found its way into the paper, but it
was some time before The Globc-Dcm-
ocrat Office recovered its equilibrium
st. Louis Letter i'll Chicago Record.
, 1897-03-30

A S~harpsburg man who has beer
drinking too much liquor for his Owl
good was induced to sign the pledge tn,
other day. His wife was delighted. She
took the document and said:
lyon must let me have it. | viii
keep it for YOU"
So the paper was con1ided to her Gus,
tody. On the next day the man wa
drinking again rs freely as before.
"How is this?" askA a friend. "You
signed the pledge yesterday, and now
you arc ~guzzling whisky again"
ITS all right" replied the pledge
signer i'll unsteady tones. "Idon't have
to keep that pledge. My wife says shell
keep it for me. That's the kind of
wife to have, old fellow. Let's TAKE
a notwithstanding Chronicle-Tele
praDh.
, 1897-03-30

When VIC were children, We We're
taught that it was next door to a crime
to destroy books. OF course books are
not rs expensive or as hard to get now
Us they were q quarter of Il century ago,
but all he same they are too valuable
to vast" or throw away.
ChilCrn should be taught how bes:
i TAX" care OF books and ought never
to be emitted to throw or bang them
about or Tar them in pieces. They
should be encouraged to accumulate
volumes, and to do this must have a
place in which to keep them. Good,
plain hooEshclvcs cost but little, and
every child shOuld have il set.
In well ordered household there
are five youngsters, between the ages of
. and 10 years. Each child has a book
case, one of the ordinary, plain sort
that cost ST or 50. There are curtains
made from the skirts of wurnuut dresses
or of paper muslin. for the family has
but little of this worlds goods to use.
and every dollar. even every cent, has
to be counted. But there is in this
household u spirit Of consideration that
Will not allow interference with private
property, and each member is expected
to take care of his or her posses
sions, to be responsible for them and to
exercise absolute control and ownership
over them. Especially il it the case
with books and toys. These are borrow
ed ann loaned only with the owners
consent. New books are carefully Gov
cred and marked with the owners
name, not only on the cover, but also
across the first page Of the Story or read
ing matter. Names on the tlylcaf may
he oblitCratcd or torn off, but when
placed across the beginning of the sub
jcct matter they are apt to remain and
are easily identified. Nov York Lcdg-
, 1897-03-30

Screws are now made altogether by
machinery. The rods or wires from
which the screws ere manufactured are
received by n machine which stamps
the head, cuts the groove i'll the top and
then makes the spiral by cutting out
the material in Il gradually decreasing
cont until finally the point is reached.
Watch screws are made of a size so
minute that, to the unaided eye, they
resemble grains of sand, but when view
ed through Il microscope are seen to be
perfect i'll every respect, even to the
groove On the top.
, 1897-03-30
Some French Ducls,

The most prCsaic, the most bourgeois,
of all eminent French statesmen and
historians, the late NJ. Adolphe Theirs,
fought Il duel when a young man with
the irato fnrher of ii pretty girl whom
Theirs, while anxious TO mnrry. did moi
wed, because he was tOo poor to support
her. Shots We're exchanged without re,
suits, and the comhatunts embraced.
The famous journalist and littcratcur,
NJ. Emile de Girardin, editor of Ii
Pressc, fought four ducls in 1884 witt
the editors Of other Partisan Journals
because, the annual subscription OF
French daily newspapers being ut tina,
time at 50 francs, he had reduced the
price Of Li Prcssc by onc-half, with the
result that the circulation of his papcr
was enormously increased. In the last
of these du"is he had the misfortune tC
kill Armand Carrcl. man Of talent and
Il popular Idol. Girardiu. who was shot
i'll the hip, had fingered between life
and death for weeks before he recovered
from his wound, and mover. i'll spite of
repeated ~provCcatiCns. could be induced
to fight another duel. 'Ducling." he
said, lis Il fault Of our education against
which III intelligence protests Blu,
i'll Franco you must have killed your
man to be able to say that. -Cornhill
Magazine.
, 1897-03-30

Velvet is manufactured by placing in
the loom rows of very short threads of
the material designed to be employed,
whether cotton. or silk. These are then
caught up by the cross threads in the
weaving ana fastened i'll such a way
that tho f1eecy ends present themselves
all on one side of the fabric. The manu-
facture Of velvet is SO slow that for a
hand weaver a yard is considered a good
days work. The machine made velvet
Il Of course turned nj much more rap
IDLY,
, 1897-03-30

Astrology was the invention of Chal-
dean and Egyptian priests. There is
a to believe that astrology was
practiced in connection with astronomy
in Chaldea and the valley Of the Nile
between 1000 and 5000 years B. G.
, 1897-03-30

Hicks-Te.l me frankly, when
Smoothebore gets to telling his army
experiences don't you sometimes wish
he was dead?
Wicks-The idea! No, indeed; but l
sometimes wish that the war had oc-
CURED SO years earlier. Tran
script.
, 1897-03-30

Grumbling is a potent cause Of i'll
health. 1t Keeps the sensitive nerves
constantly vibrating with discordant
emotions, and not or,ly hurts the grum-
bier, but every one W no hears it. 1t real
ly prepares the system of the grumbler
for an attack of any malady that hap
pens to be prevalent.
, 1897-03-30

Philetas, a poet Of Cos, in the third
century B. c., was Of such diminutive
size that his acquaintance humorously
said Of him that he was obliged to carry
weights Of lead in his clothing to pre-.
vent himself from being blown away