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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-02-23

Eugene Fields Way of Helping the On
fortunate.

fortunate.
A story has been going the rounds
of the newspapers, which is partly
true; but it puts facts in false light.
as stories always do when only half
told. 1t was originally printed several
years ago, and ran as follows: Mrs
Field had laid by enough money to pay
the quarterly installment upon Mr.
Fields life insurance, and she handed
him the sum to make the payment. On
his way downtown he met a man who
had large collection of butterflies,
consisting of 500 specimens, which so
about the life insurance, and immedi-
ately purchased the entire collection
The truth is that Mr. Field did start
out to pay for or buy something which
was needed, but not to make a life in
surance payment. Also, he did meet
an old man with collection of butter
flies. The old man was a gentleman
he knew, friend who had lost his
wife and two children. Besides, the
week before, the house with all it's
contents had been destroyed by fire.
The man was bsolutely without means,
home, or friends. He happened to have
the butterflies left, as at the time Of
the fire they were in the house of a
friend. When Mr.. Field returned, he
said:
II did not want the butterflies. but
l had to give that poor old man the
money, and he would not take it I'M
less accepted the collection"
1t was simply one more instance of
the fact that the gentlehearted poet
could not leave friend in misery while
he had the money in his pocket to help
him.-Martha Nelson Yenowine, in St.
Nicholas
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ATTORNEY GENERAL.
John j. McCOOk, of New York, Selected
by President-Elect Mckinley.

John j. McCOok, of New York, Selected
by President-Elect MckinIsy.
CANTON, O., Feb 10 -President-elect
Mckinley has made another cabinet
selection. 1t is his attorney general
he has selected this time, and his
choice is John j. McCook, of New
York. This announcement is made on
the highest authority.
Maj. Mckinley made up his mind
Thursday. The letter inviting Mr..
McCook to enter the cabinet has
not reached New York. but it is only
matter of mail schedules until
Mr.. McCook receives the official
tender which his intimate friends
have been saying he would receive for
the past two weeks. Mr.. McCook has
in turn intimated to his friends that il
the tender was received he would &C
cept, so that the position in question is
as good as filled.
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MAT RIMONY IN INDIA.
Jewelry Is the Most Important Factor in
the Marriages.

Sewelry Is the Most Important Factor in
the Marriages.
Never during it's existence has India
been so rich in jewelry as now. The
people are always adding to their stock.
Savings from nearly all sources are dis
posed of in this way, and these savings
are being constantly made-often at the
expense of clothing, sometimes at the
expense of greater necessities of life.
The making and the storing away of
wealth in this form is the national pc
culiarity of the country.
Jewelry is regarded as the most stable
kind of wealth, and fortunes are never
counted without estimating the value
OF the stock of jewelry. 1t can always be
pledged or disposed of. The market
for its sale is never closed and never
depressed. The most ignorant native
who wishes to sell a piece of jewelry
knows it's market value quite well.
He can scarcely be cheated.
Jewelry forms the greatest factor in
matrimony. The most low1y bride has
her stridham, which is occasionally
equal in value to five years income of
the bridegroom. There is often a
scarcity of clothing. sometimes a
scarcity of cooking pots, generally not
particle of furniture, but nearly al
ways stock of jewelry. The wife that
has no jewelry possesses nothing else;
she cannot be robbed. The family that
does not have jewelry is absolutely in
digent.
One of the greatest boasts of the Jew
elry owner is that his boards cannot be
taxed. \ man may own iewelry valued
at lakh of rupees, and pay no income
tax. This is a source of great satisfac-
ton. Jewelry yields no recurring in
come, but it is priced more than gov
eminent paper. If it never increases
it never dhninishes, is national saving,
common among men and women alike.
No native marriage, except among the
most impoverished, takes place with
out transfer of jewelry, and very fire.
ouently Of new jewelry.-Detroit Free
Press
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GEN. ROBIN SON,
After . Weeks Illness, Died at His Home
in Bing hamton, n. Y.

In blnk n2mCOn, NJ Il.
BINGHAMToN, n. Y, Feb. 19.-Gen.
John Cleveland Robinson, after a
weeks illness, died at his home in this
city at 4:2O p. m. Thursday. Gen. Rob.
inson was born in this city April 10,
1917. He spent three years at West
Point, afterward studying law. In
1889 he obtained commission as
second lieutenant and entered the
Fifth infantry. From this period until
1869, when he retired from the army,
Gen. Robinson served his country in
the military service, rising through
the various grades to briga-
dier general of volunteers He served
through the Mexican war and after
that cam paign went to Florida to as.
sociate with the forces against
the Seminole Indians. In 1872 he was
elected lieutenant governor of the
state of New York. He was COM
mander in chief of the G. A. r. In
1877 and in 1888 and in 1889 was elect
ed president of the society of the
Army of the Potomac. He has been
blind for several years as the indi-
rect result of an injury received in
battle
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CHAPTER I.
A COLONIAL RESIDENCE THAT FIGURES I!

a COLONIAL RESIDENCE THAT FIGURES IN
THIS STORY.
On the bank of the Cape Fear river.
and some 80 miles from where it
elnpties its waters into the broad At
lantic, stands the old, old city of Will
mington; so old, in fact, that the build
ing that was the headquarters of Lord
CORVALLIS when the town (for Viii
mington was then a town of no small
Importance was occupied by the Brit
ish soldiery during the revolution of
1776, though still standing (at least as
to it's frame), has of necessity, as age
and inclement weather caused it's roof
and sides to wear and rot away, been
recovered and the frame reclothed with
Cardinals pine many times; but be-
Meath the covering of to-day stands the
same old frame and in the same location
as it stood in the troublous days Of the
American revolution.
True, the time-worn floors that were
pressed in turn by the feet of Corn
wallis and a Washington have been re-
placed by others, but underneath the
SillS and girderS that supported 1T rest
to-day as stanch and true as they did
when placed there century and quar-
ter ago, and testify to the endurance
of Cardinals pine.
The rooms that in the days of long
gone by have echoed alike with the
laughter and revelry Of British sons and
daughters, and the music Of Sambo and
Cuffy, as they called ''all hands round,
promenade ALL" while the sons and
daughters of the Tar Heel state kept
time with flying feet, retain their same
dimensions.
The misguided Andre and the traitor
Arnold have stood within these very
rooms.
Here the Father of his Country" and
that patriot from across the sea whose
memory is dear TO all Americans have
conferred together, and as small incl
dents in the lives of great men live be-
Find them, so many live in Wilmington
,tl.af are said Ira II hspi1rsead, in the
Washihgton aa& iadfaEftte.
stGsonee small one is that On 4 certain oc-
easionl IT at Fer etalitie oansgii one
" night ordered his eoat hn1ani to have his
carriage and ibis 4ts va bright bays ia
frontrof theomaaIsionaat tdipSn effdhy. as
he and ia FAY ray fte sf a Visiting a
fort on the riverisefowssZ bns atnsfn
Tt is said that in the morning when
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term, "The curse of the coast" was
often applied to him, there is little
doubt but that his beard was false
one, and worn only on occasions when
he was willing to be recognized as the
pirate captain. Undoubtedly he often
visited cities and plantations on our
southern coast and there laid his plans
for raid, which soon followed.
The fact as related in regard to his
kidnapping negroes from planters of one
section and selling them to those of an
Domingo episode in which the reader
first makes the acquaintance of Black
Beard.
He undoubtedly successfully cleaned
out the vaults of several banks; de-
spoiled many merchantmen at sea, and
held the entire southern coast in ter
ror. .s-s-.
He was a man of more than ordinary
intelligence, of Herculean frame, brave
and daring, and his craft, a two-mast
schooner which not many crafts OF
Uncle Sam could overhaul, many a time
has lain at anchor in the harbor of Will
mington, Charleston, Savannah or
Beaufort while the high seas were be-
ing secured for her and immense re-
wards were offered for her captain s
head.
First, 'The Clara Belle" then ''The
Ranger" then THE William B. Niles,
then ''The Fisher Boy" always ''The
Old Clara Belle" but after each trip
sailing under a new name and present
ing a different appearance.
Tradition says that Black Beard ac-
cumulated great wealth, and that al
lies to-day, or did lie, at some point on
the Atlantic coast frequented by the
pirate before he so mysteriously dis
appeared.
AS stated, the coast has been fire.
quently explored by parties in search
of this hidden treasure; only last sea
son the swamps of the Altamaha river,
Georgia, were secured by negroes who
believed the wealth buried there. ]
have located it, as we'll as terminated
the career Of numerous parties to this
tale, at Smiths island,' near the
mouth of the Cape Fear.
Tradition has it, on the Carolina
coast, that this island was for time the
rendezvous of the pirate; it has been
often dug over in search of the treasure
by treasure seekers from Maine to
Texas. If buried there, why was not
the hidden hoard discovered?
You will know why when you have
read the tale.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-02-23
SECRETARY HERBERT
Reviews the War Vessels of admiral
Bunce's Squadron.
Thousands OF Strangers In the City to
Witness the Event-The Modal of Hon
Presented to Seaman CreeIman-
The Naval Oficers Banquetted.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Feb. 19.-Charles-
ton was thronged throughout Thurs
day by thousands of strangers from
South Carolina and the neighboring
states who had come to the city to see
Adm. Bunce's feet that has been block
aiding this port, pass in review before
Secretary of the Navy Herbert. Among
the special guests of the city for the
day were Gov. w. Fl. Ellerbee, of South
Carolina, all the state officers, senator's
apd legislators
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what are you going to do, corbett.

What are you going to do, Corbett.
about Uncle Jobe?'
Why, Clarence says that where he
got drownded it's three miles up the
creek, nearly to the pond; it's too late
to go up tonight, but your son said he'd
take some of the hands and go up in the
morning and drag for him."
That's all right, Corbett, if the alli-
gators don't eat him before that time;
but, as you say, by the time they could
get there tonight it would be so dark
among those cypress and pines that
they could see nothing. Well, pre-
sumo you've got things moving all
right, Corbett, so good night"
Good night, SQUIRE"
lTO BE CONTINUED
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Family M.ssacred by indians.

WINoNA, n. D., Feb, 19.-The bodies
of Rev. Thomas Spicer and wife. their
daughter Mrs. VIM. Rouse, with her
one-year-old twin boys, and Mrs. Wal
dron, mother of Postmaster Waldron,
were found on the Spicer plantation
near here Thursday. All were horri-
bly, mutilated and the tragedy is sup
posed to have been the work of In
dians from the Standing Rock Indian
reservation.
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Six Work men Killed.

CADIZ, Feb. 19.-While a force of
workmen were engaged Thursday in
lowering a boiler into the new Spanish
cruiser Princess of the Asturias, which
is being fitted out at the naval yards
here, the tackling gave way and the
boiler fell into gathering of men
below, killing six of them and serious
ly injuring ten others.
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Gov. Bushnell Rent. a Residence.

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 19.-Gov. Bush
nell Thursday rented residence in
the city and set at rest the report that
he Intends ts9 ieaFlI aHse xtfSTssssion of
the legislature with a.S3eY tolelecting
himself to the senate The lease as
made e,,tl hqY YsfssTr,s .exgires in October
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lantic coast was
for several months
held in a state of
terror by a pirate,
who, from the fact
that he was always
reported by those
who laid claim to
having seen him as
wearing a black
b e ard, became
known to the
coast as Black
Beard.
II h o u @ h the
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eFnnanah.nn.5Ym ST.. E.aobI,

inaNEw YOBK FebgflG IT hes funeral of
VIM. BPS Sc ,aohn, Ithe sex, banIe presi-
deny ana ltknowh advocate of the
free coinage Iof 4si2veF, fsQgd died SUN.
day night, took place Thursday 1morn-
ing.
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Torpedo Boat Eric.son Commission

BROOKLYN, Feb. 19.-The torpedo
boat Ericsson was put into commission
at the navy yard Thursday afternoon.
She has asspeehsof - Knots and beside
Lieut.. Usher in 60 mmana, her compile
ment is IAN kensign, an gineer and
about twenty. sailors and fremen. As
soon as She has taken On stores and
coalshe will sail to SoinAdm. Bunce's
sauaeren.%sa w W H
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TOGETHER.
Scott jackson and AIonzo WaiIing
Will Die at the Same Hour.

The Death Warrant Placed in the Hands
OF Sheriff Plummer-The Death Watch
Appointed for the Condemned Men
by Judge Helm, Of Newport.
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.1sSIENNAtIEF Feb m5a ~ lihesrUAustrian
Squadron inns 6retatIA waite hsen re
ipdaasHA aled aaEtn,s 4AiRkpAas assumed
.Ofuman<
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where aig.norancs Is Bliss. u

md - Hhri3 slimplrss What! .Manet9 get a
psy maid foE6oF Fashion afShin Beaae chg Why
don't You stake the ei4oQqnlfe one you haye6fs
Slimpurser1 She kneWs how we
Ilivewhenweireat h0me.-hNl5Ys JNeeklyt
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-Thei Ribleeysecietiesi .of the Fworld
have printed the whole, or parts of the
ascriP 5thGffRe . ia 44fs Inherent iahg dages or
dialects.
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PREFACE,

I'm 1881 the At
The herald., 1897-11-08

fittest. That is Tammany's secret re-
vealed. OF course, such a powerful fac
tor in politics could not escape detrac-
ton, denunciation and condemnation,
bitter and unstinted. OF course it still
is the recipient Of unmeasured abuse.
But no man Of common sense can look
on the history of Tammany for the last
hundred years without realizing that
behind all the alleged corruption
and political impurities of the great
wigwam, there must necessarily have
been not only great worldly wisdom, but
much of the leaven of fair dealing, JUS
tice and patriotism. 1t would be folly
to suppose that the association could
else have not only survived the wreck of
such great national organizations as the
Federal party and the Whig party, but
that after more than one hundred and
eight years of active and successful lie
it would achieve the greatest victory of
it's career in the year of grace 1897, after
one of the fiercest and greatest political
contest ever witnessed on this or any
other continent.
The herald., 1897-11-08
Alphabet of Proverbs

A grain of prudence is worth pound
of craft.
Boosters are cousins to liars.
Denying fault doubles it,
Envy shoots at others and wounds
herself.
Foolish fear doubles danger.
God teaches us good things by our
own hands.
He has hard work who has nothing
to do.
1t costs more to revenge wrongs than
to suffer them.
Knavery is the worst trade.
Learning makes man fit company for
himself.
Modesty is guard to virtue.
Not to hear conscience is the way to
silence it.
One hour today is worth two tomor-
row.
Proud looks make foul work in fair
faces.
Quiet conscience is quiet sleep.
Richest is he that wants least.
Small faults indulged are little thieves
that let in greater ones.
The boughs that bear most hang low
set.
Upright walking is sure walking.
Virtue and happiness are mother and
daughter.
Wise men make more opportunities
than theySind.
You never lose by doing a good act
Zeal without knowledge is fire without
light.-London Sun.
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The Eyelashes

A few drops of haZeline in water is
an excellent lotion for the eyelashes.
They should be bathed in it's every
morning. A little powdered borax in
water is also good, or even still smaller
quantity of carbonate soda. But the
best beautifier is healthy eyes. No one
with weak eyes can expect to have long,
thick lashes. Children should be taught
not to rub the eyes, for this is most in
furious to these sensitive organs. If
a child has perfectly strong, healthy
eyes, the lashes may be improved by
occasionally slightly trimming them.
but this should be discontinued as one
reaches maturer years.-New York
Journal
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made on the transaction. Now it 1
rumored that he had paid only a deposi
on the purchase money up to the time q
the yachts sale. The further signifi
cant report has just come to light tina
within fortnight the Count and Count
ess of Castellane's financial agent ha
been in London arranging to raise mon
ey in anticipation of dividends on stool
owned by the countess.
Count Boni's extravaganza has beel
the talk of Paris for some time, but |
was fancied that his resources wen
equal to the drain he was making Of
them. 1T is an open secret that his nev
palace on the Avenue de Bois de Bou
logne has involved him in an enormou
expenditure beyond his calculations, fd
the actual outlay nearly trebled tn
original estimate.-London Gable Z
the New York World.
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Men to Blame, Not Systems

Whatever we suffer from corruption,
incompetency and failures of justice is
due not to systems. but to men. Instead
of wasting time and energy in planning
impracticable reforms. men should try
to do their duty as individual citizens.
They should first go to the primary
meetings of their parties. They neve,
will be really good citizens so long as
they do not find out. until they read the
papers next day, that candidates and
delegates have been chosen in their
ward. There are usually enough ANA
teur reformers in every ward to carry
the primaries. OF course it is not so
interesting as sitting around we'll
laden table and concocting beautiful
schemes for an instantaneous revolu-
ton. But ceaseless endeavor is the price
of excellence.-Kansas City Times.
The herald., 1897-11-08
M'KINLEY WON'T ACT

The defiant manifesto of the Cuban in
is supplemented by the outline of what
is alleged to be President Mckinley S
policy with respect to the revolution and
the relations between this country and
ers will accept nothing less than inde-
pendence. They have no faith in an au-
tonomy proposed by Spain and since the
intervention of the United States will
not be accepted there is no guaranty to
accompany the proposal except the word
of the Spanish government. The latter
has lost the only opportunity it had to
save it's Cuban dependency Autonomy
would have been gladly accepted three
years ago.
President Mckinley, in the face of
this critical and perplexing situation,
will do--nothng. He has made his bluff
and it has been called. So it is not sur
prising that it should be announced that
the president sees nothing in the existing
situation to call for intervention and
that there will be no change in
his present policy toward Spain until a
reasonable time has been allowed to
test the new autonomous reforms; re-
forms that the Cubans will not accept
Nor is it likely that the president will
recommend radical action in his mes
sage to congress. The time is passed
when such action would be of immediate
political value. The president is once
more in the hands of Wall street. 1t will
be to congress rather than to the ad-
that we may look for inter-
esting developments in the Cuban ques-
ton next winter.
The herald., 1897-11-08
Japanese Hemp Culture in California

Japanese Hemp Culture in California
To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: In your issue of October 23d
Professor A. j. Cook. in his short article,
FLAX Raising" makes such an aston
ishing misstatement that 1 am sure. in
the interest alike of your readers and
truth, you will have the courtesy to cor
rect same. We have never advocated
flax culture, for the simple reason that
this climate is wholly unsuited to it.
We shall be happy to furnish proofs of
the correctness of our statements to
Professor Cook or anybody desiring
same. and who will take the trouble to
investigate the merits of an industry we
have been largely instrumental in Gre
ating in this state, which bids fair to be-
come as important as it is likely to be
profitable. Mr.. John Haney and Mr. J.
Kirk of Gridley, Butte county, who have
been raising hemp on an extensive scale
for two years past, and have 400 acres
out this year, will be able to say some
thing about hemp culture which will
surprise some of your readers, and l
think that Professor Cook will be the
first to desire to set right an error, which
doubtless he has been led into in the
hurry and rush of business.
THE HELIX FREMEREY DECORTI-
GATOR COMPANY.
Bakersfield, October eth.
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More Leisure Now in Order

Are we not entirely too fast? Is speed
to be the end of our efforts. or only a
means to something vastly better? 1t is
we'll to do work quickly. But is it so il
we are only to keep on working? We
should say not. 1t is not through booms
and deals and record breaking alone that
the kingdom of heaven is to come to
man. If increase of speed enables us
to achieve more in a given space of time
it should also enable us to have more
leisure for the enjoyment of that which
we have achieved If it means more
wealth it should mean more Iightful
use of wealth. If it means more work
it should also mean more play.-Minne
aDOliS Times
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HOW 1T HAPPENED

I pray you pardon ME, Elsie,
And smile that frown away
That dims the light of your lovely face
AS thunder-cloud the day.
l really could not help it
Before 1 thought twas done
And those great gray eyes flashed bright
and cold
Like an icicle in the sun.
| was thinking of the summers
When we We're boys and girls,
And wandered in the blossoming woods.
And the gay winds romped with your
curls;
And you seemed the same little girl
l kissed in the alder-path:
l kissed the little girls lips and alas.
l have aroused womans wrath.
There is not much to pardon
For why We're your lips so red?
The blonde hair fell in shower of gold
From the proud, provoking head,
And the beauty that flashed from the splen-
did eyes,
Rushed over my soul, like a warm sweet
That blows from the fragrant south.
And where, after ALL is the harm done?
l believe we We're made to be gay,
And all of youth not given to love
Is vainly squandered away,
And strewn through life's low labors,
Like gold in the desert sands,
Are loves sweet kisses and sighs and VOWS
And the clasp of the clinging hands.
And when you are old and lonely,
In Memory's magic shine
You will see on your thin and wasting
hands,
Like gems these kisses of mine.
And when you muse at evening
At the sound of some vanished name,
The ghost of my kisses shall touch your
lipe,
And kindle your heart to flame.
JOHN HAY.
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Anna Gould's Extravagant Husband

London-Is Count Roni de Castellane
living beyond even the splendid income
he acquired by marrying Anna Gould!
That question is being asked in social
circles in Paris. and the tendency is to
answer it in the affirmative. The cable
dispatches recorded two weeks ago that
Count Boni had disposed of his steam
yacht Valhalia unexpectedly. The
yacht had been in his possession only
two months. and he sold it for no rea-
son except to get the profit Of $4,000 he