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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-11
GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
Case Of Confession That Had Its Com
pensation.


pensation.
One disadvantage of too ''goody"
books for children is that even the en-
thusiastic reader is prone TO mistake
the moral. Mrs. Stanley, the mother
of Dean Stanley, wrote a friend while
Arthur was a very little boy, that he
was reading Miss Edgeworth's Frank
with the greatest eagerness. Yet his
moral deductions therefrom did not
seem to be altogether sound.
One day, as his mother was dressing,
she heard him playing with the other
children in the passage outside. Sud-
denly there came a great crash, which
turned out to be from Arthur's running
very fast, not stopping himself in time,
and falling against window so as to
break three panes. He was not hurt,
but one of the children remonstra ting
with him on the crime of breaking
windows. to which he answered, with
great compoSure:
Eyes, but you know Franks mother
said she would rather have all the WIN
dows in the house broken than that
Frank should tell lie. So now ! can
go and tell mamma, and then I shall be
like Frank
When the children entered the room
after dinner. according to custom,
Arthur came first, his cheeks bright
red and mis- manner full of excitement.
Mamma" he cried, as soon as the
door opened have broken three panes
of glass in the passage window, and [
tell you cause was afraid I'd forget"
His mother says it was very evident
that he gloried in the opportunity for
dramatic confession, but nevertheless,
she OWNS, it is always something of an
effort to tell" and one need not regret
that the humiliation has some natural
reward.-Youth's Companion.
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Queer Things About Fishes.

Mr.. A. z. Verrill describes the ways
in which fishes sleep. They are very
light sleepers, and frequently assuming
singular positions; but the most re-,
markable thing is the change of colon
many of them undergo while asleep,
Usually their spots and stripes become
darker and more distinct when they fall
asleep. Occasionally the pattern of
their coloration is entirely changed.
The ordinary porgy, for instance, pre-
sents in the daytime beautiful rides
cent hues playing over it's silvery sides,
but at night, on falling asleep, it takes
On Z, dull bronze tint, and six conspicu-
Gus black bands make their appearance
On its sides. If it is suddenly awakened
by the turning up of the gas in the
aquarium it Immediately resumes the
silvcry color that it shows by daylight.
Mr.. Ferrill ascribes these changes to the
prinf;ple of protective coloration,"
and points out that the appearance OF
black bands. and the deepening of the
spots. serve to conceal the fish from
their enemies when lying amid eel
grass and ea-weeds-Youth's Com.
paniOn
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Force of Habit

II trust you will pardon me, Brother
i'uncher," began Rev. Mr.. Longnecker
rHdly addressing the reformed bus
conductor, who had lately become a
member of his flock. IF | say a few
words to you in an admonitcry way"
Certainly, Brother Longneckcr.'
was the brisk reply; 1.-The sooner am
told of my shortcomings, the better"
''The-er-ah? fault l have to find
Brother Puncher, is but a slight one
but. brother, we feel you were just a
trifie too Jealous in putting stranger
out for not contributing 10 the collec-
ton. Salvation is free, You know
and"
That's right enough. Bat III tell
you that the man WHO rides with me
has to pay his fare. If not. off he goes.
business is business. Philadelphia
telegraph.
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As Good as Married

First Sailor-No, Bill, yer don't really
know what life is till YER git spliced.
Second Sailor-W'y, shiver me TIM
bers, Inessmate! I've never been mar
ried, true, but I've had yaller fever and
cholera. I've been frostbit, drowned,
burned alive. eat by shark, blowed up
at sea and operated on for cancer. Wot
more does reasonable chap WANT
London Answers.
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ExcspcratinE.

Jack-It must be pretty tough to
ave a. highwaynian order you to and,
III?
Harry suppose 50; but. heavens,
It's nothing to having policemen tell
Jou to movc on.--N. I. Truth.
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Carte Blanche.

Wills
The man with five aces in his hand
was doubtful of the propriety of open
ing the pot Herewith.
IS"
He finally decided that IT would be
dangerous. and declined TO bust it.
''--passing STRANGE"
Bat somebody else opening he
threw one OF the aces away. md draw
ing nine spot bet his boots AID sto
inys.-N Y. Truth
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DOItfn~ II.

Mother--Johnny. how often have
told YOU that you must not bolt your
fool?
Johnhy-Guess t isn't no worse tc
bolt my food than it is for you to turn
tile key on it when it's in tne cupboard.
-Das1n Transcript
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:. n. LAMBERT,
L. S. Army.

AT SlSnU OF WHICH the conductor
checked the half jocular, half resentfu!
TRADE he was composing for the benc
fit of the stationmaster and abruptly
asked:
"Whuh's it goin'?''
''Tugaloo, suh," said the rearmost
negro.
"Well, hump it abawd, N be quick
about it, Then, raising his voice, he
shouted across the platform: 'Shuah
You amt gawt u feedin'- b;rwtle or a cake
o soap or SIM other truck to fetch me
back again, Hank? Dawg GAVIN f
reckon we ever will get to Quitman
t this rate!"
The darllies about the coffee-stand
gave d OUTLAW of sympathetic rejoicing
over the officials humor. The conductor
was evidently more popular than the
station master. One of the trunk bear
ers came iunging in at the front door Of
the car, and, humble yet confident, APP
pealed to Lambert:
Little somethin', sub, fur totin' de
trunk. Bin los. mos like, # it had n
bin FIR us. Thanky, sub. Thanky."
And the Negroes eyes danced, for the
douccur handed him by the young owner
of the vagrant baggage exceeded his
hopes. He strove, indeed, to turn and
renew his thanks at the rear door, but
was colIarCd and hustled unceremoni-
ouSly off the car.
You amt goin' to get off at Tugaloo
this time O. night?" asked the conduc-
tor. finally. and with that odd en-
phasis expressive of doubt as to pas
senger's knowledge of his own inten-
tions so often heard in our thinly-settled
districts. Lambert interpreted it. to
! mean Anybody else, perhaps, but not
you" He was already cogitating as to
whether or not the conductor had in
tended some covert sneer in his recent
reference to "feeding-bottles," for Lam
ert was but one-and-twenty. and youth
| ful-looling for his years. The tone
Of this inquiry and the look which ac-
companied it after deliberate pause and
, study of the proffered ticket, however,
we're far from aggressive or discour-
teous. yet the unintentional misplacing
| of the emphasis, following an allusion
equally hapless and alike unintentional,
had given umbrage to the boy. You
must expect to hear no end of unpleas-
ant things" he had been told at depart
ment headquarters. where he had re-
| ceiyed orders TO 60 on and join his COM
pany, then in camp at Tusaloo. Every
| body is mighty sore yet over the late I'M
pleasantness. Hold your tongue ard
Keep your temper" were the parting in
! functions; and he meant 10 do both.
All the same he did not intend to allow
people to treat him with discourtesy-
certainly not conductor of public
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young Teller n the sleeper all know

"Young Teller n the sleeper all I know
Of"
Got him." answered the conductor,
as briefly as possible for man long
attuned to the southern drawl and
whose got" was more like 'gawt."
Reckon we might as well git. then" he
continued. returning to the colloqulal
present indicative of a verb of manifold
meaning and usefulness. Tell Hank.
will you?-Let FER go, Jack" he shouted
to the engineer, with a wave of his Ian
tern. A yelp from the whistle was the
answer; the fireman crawled out from
warm corner in the baggage car and
shambled drowsily forward to the cab.
Sudden jets of steam flew kissing out
on the frosty air. One after another the
three cars lunged sharply forward and
then slowly rolled forth into the night.
The conductor clambered up the rear
steps with parting wave of his lantern,
slammed the door after him and came
up the narrow aisle to look at his pas
senger Before he had time to speak,
however, his attention was attracted BY
a succession of yells from the track
to their rear. Giving an angry yank
at the bell rope he whirled about and
hurried to the door. The train came
willingly to a sudden stand, and Lam
bert. slowing his hand luggage on the
empty seat before him, heard the fol-
lowing lively colloquy, as did everybody
else who happened to be awake and
within a radius of 200 yards:
"What d'you want?"
"Come back hyuh. I say"
What d'you wa-a-nt? 1 amt goir'
o back in thar now"
"ITuyh's trunk"
''Wha-at?"
"A tru-u-nk."
"Why in hell didn't you sling it abawd
| fihst off?" sung out the conductor, dis
gustedly. Amt you felluhs got any
brains? Back up, jack" he shouted
forward. signaling with his lantern
again. somebody's left band-bawN,
by criminy!" And so, growing volubly.
the custodian of the ''Owl" swung him
self out from the steps, hanging by the
left hand to the iron railing and hold
ing extended his green and white Ian
| tern with the other. \ couple of stall
wart negroes came painting forward to
: meet them, the offending trunk on their
| shoulders, and went stumbling up the
| sloping cmbanllment towards the slow
| ly-backing baggage car. The light from
| the lantern fell on the new canvas cover
and on the fresh brown finish of the
| straps and handles, then on the inscrip-
| ton in bold black letters at the end:
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-29
A GREAT DAY.

Yesterday was a great day for the
Sheffield Scientific School, which has
had many great, though less conspicu-
Gus days. Indeed, all its days have
been great in labor and achievement
Fifty years ago two professors and
eight students made up the school, and
faith, hope and zeal We're its chief
equipment. Now it has much of that
which it needs to work with, it has
fame, long and full record of deeds
done and a glowing prospect. 1t will
be an enduring monument to its chief
benefactor whose name will be linked
with it while it stands, and it will
be more and more what it always
has been, source of sound and prac-
teal learning and training for effective
work in the worlds advancement.
Behold how great a matter a little
fire hndleth," The little fire of fifty
years ago did indeed kindle a great
matter.
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by selling THE True History of Grace
Darling's Life" and THE Journal of
Grace Darling's Father"
The house in which the heroine was
born and the house in which she died
are still standing and occupied in the
charming village of Bamburgh In the
unique parish church of which-St.
Aldan's-Grace was baptized. She lies
buried alongWith all the Darlings In the
still churchyard of Bamburgh and for
the third time since her interment in
1872, the canopy memorial above her
ashes has just been restored, After
having stood few years the etllgy of
the heroine-a recumbent figure with
an oar on her ARM looking towards the
islands which she made illustrlous-
began to decay, and was removed to
the church. where it still lies, weather
beaten and rainworn.
Very curiously, the roof of the tram
sept in which this original efllgy is
preserved has just given away, and is
declared unsafe. The outside monu-
| ment some fifteen years or so ago was
restored, and new effigy placed be-
| meath the stone arcaded canopy, but
in the great storm of fur years ago the
canopy was blown down, and the
| second effigy defaced. After lying in
ruins for some two years, new canopy
has just been erected and the recum-
bent figure Of Grace Darling repaired.
The coast is a wild one; but there has
been something strangely fatal in the
fortunes of the tombs of one whose
praises once rang through Europe Far
worse, however, than any ruined monu-
ment is the cold neglect of the horoine's
last surviving relative. Surely" says
! the correspondent who sends us these
particulars, something should be done
to brighten the eventide of the life of
one so closely associated with a great
English heroine. "--Westminster Ga
Zette.
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REELECTED.

Reflected Glory.-Visitor-"An who
are you, my little man?' Cuthbert
with conscious pride)-"Tm the ba-
by's other"-Tit-Bits.
It'd like to know" said Edith, "why
they look at horses teeth to tell his
age"
Huh! That's easy enough" said
Davie; '1f they're false he's rold, that's
all."-Judge.
There is one idea that every spinster
secretly cherishes."
what is it?"
"That lots of men wish they had mar
ried her instead of the girls they did
marry. "-Chicago Record.
so you asked her if she could be
happy without money?" 81 did" "Was
her answer encouragement" mot ex-
actly. She said she was sure she
could; that she had always preferred
buying things on credit. "-Washington
Star.
IT lost me last job" exclaimed Way
worn Watson, "by carryin' out me or
ders too faithful" "Really?" said the
listener. eyes. Old farmer gimme a
job o. leanin' agin the fence fer scare
crow an I set so still that the crows
fought I was a real, dead scarecrow an
didn't pay no attention to me" -Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Mr.. Mann-"Did you see that woman
just as we crossed over?" Mrs. Mann
you mean the woman in the camels
hair gown and beaver Jacket; the one
who had on bronze shoes, hat trim
med with fuchsias and heliotrope, will
pink ribbons and chiffon veil? No;
didn't notice her in particular. What
were you going to say about her?'-
Boston Transcript
A gentleman calling at a hotel lef
his umbrella in the stand in the hal
with the following inscription attached
to it: f'This umbrella belongs to a mar
who can deal a blow of $50 pound:
weight, I shall be back in ten min
utes." On returning to seek his prop
erty he found in it's place a card thu!
inscribed: "This card has been left BY
a. man who can run twelve miles al
hour. I shall not come back."-Tid
Bits.
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or an omelet? Certainly the bronze
and green tail plummage of the gay
rooster is being used on hats, and
wings that look much like those Of the
domestic duck are seen. All this, how
ever, if we must wear birds, is better
than parrots, paroquettes or the worst
of all, the dainty humming bird
A type of the fashionable chenille
hat is shown herewith. It was of tan
and white chenille with rather high
crown and narrow brim turned up in
front. 1t was trimmed with a novel
draping of figured silk, which ended
three white and tan ostrich plumes
lifted. Happily birds and plumage-
except ostrich feathers-are kept off
children's hats. This youthful MILL
merry is laden with bright colors almost
as if it We're for garden wear, while
plaid ribbons tied in great bows under
the pretty chin is still another notion.
For the street, women are wearing
duplicates of their brothers gray felts
bound with black. The hat is very
large and sets so low that the forehead
does not show. The green alpine is al
ready on view, and they say that the
prince of Wales is going to wear the
green alpine, though he will look a sight
if he does so. The black alpine with a
little black cocks feather at the side
and made a good big size is voted nat
ty, while the all brown like mans is
rather more stylish. All these hats are
held on by elastic, and to put hat
pin through them would be to confess
yourself away out of it. A hat elastic
is comfort, especially when the hat is
so big that it would almost stay on OF
itself. FLORETTE.
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FASHION NOTES,

To the Provision Man for Hat Trimmings.
Natural feathers and birds Of brown
plumage are much used on hats, 1t is
claimed that such plumage comes from
birds that would be shot for the mark
ct anyhow, and so the woman who
wears their wings or their whole beau
tiful bodies has right to feel that she
is not encouraging the slaughter of
birds. Many of these market b%ds are
pretty large; the pheasant, for instance,
so it is not unusual to see the entire
top of hat covered by a fowl of some
kind, its wings cooked up at an attrac-
tive angle, a bow or so Of ribbon or a
few more feathers completing the eff
feet. Now why not have chicken
brooding comfortably over the head,
and for further elaboration few eggs
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Il HOT TIME.

The campaign in New York is seven
times hotter than it was, and it was
hot enough. Low, Tracy, Van Wyck
and George are all going to be elected,
if the vociferous supporters of each are
right in their perceptions and predic-
lions. And if the landslide in Lows
direction which is said to have started
pans out according to the ideas of those
who have seen it start nobody but Low
can possibly be elected. The Low cam
paign is singular affair in several
ways, but in none more singular than
in the fact that it's managers don't
want any more money Formal notice
was issued yesterday by Mr.. Tod, treas
urer of the Citizens Union, to the eff
feet that no further contributions of
money were desired. mo candidate on
the Citizens Union ticket" says Mr..
Tod, ''has contributed directly or indi-
rectly one cent to the treasury, nor
have the contributions of corporations
been solicited or accepted" And he
adds: A faithful statement Of expen-
ditures will be rendered to you as soon
as my accounts can be audited. Fur
Their contributions are unnecessary, and
the surplus fund they would now Gre
ate would be an embarrassment to the
finance committee. 1t would be diff
cult, perhaps even impossible, to restore
such surplus legally and rightfully,
since a great number of the contribu-
tons, large and small, which have
reached the treasury, have come from
anonymous sources.
A political finance committee that
has money enough and would be en-
barrassed by more is an unusual if not
an entirely new thing under the sun. II
will be interesting to see how the Sur
| looks at such a committee.
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IN LID TO BEAUTY.

Lovely woman must, we suppose, look
pretty, even if in looking pretty she
breaks hearts, makes all kinds of
trouble, and causes the slaughter Of
millions of birds as pretty as she. But
she really ought to think a little about
the birds, even If she doesn't about
the rest of the sacrifices made to her
beauty. A writer in the Forest and
Stream wildly pictures what happens
that she may be supplied with one of
her most appreciated aids to beauty.
The hunter pushes quietly into the edge
of the nesting ground, ties his boat
firmly within easy range Of the tall
snag he saw the day berore, and takes
out his rifle. There is an egret on the
tall snag. Taking a steady aim, he
fires, and the bird whirls down, dead.
One or two other birds start on their
perches In the same tree, but settle
back. One by one, they too, whirl out
and lie in white tangled mass at the
foot of the tree. An egret raises herself
up above the rim of the nest on which
she sits, and the tiny bullet pierces her.
She whirls down, lying white and mo-
tionless. The little ones cape and cry,
but no food comes. The father was
killed on the tree near by. One by one,
out of the nest, off the limbs of the
trees, here, there, anywhere--for the
birds are all about, and so stupid with
the breeding fever that they will not
leave-the slender white birds meet
their doom. That tall snag has yielded
twenty victims. Jones has not moved
from his boat. He has over two hun
bred birds down. He can tell by his
cartridge boxes, for he rarely misses a
shot. 1t is easy shooting. After noon
he gathers up his spells. A cut of the
knife, and the clump OF piumes is off.
| Two hundred carcasses of egrets are
| left lying. That many more to-mor-
row. Many more than that the next
day, for by that time the wailing of
| the dying young of the first days vic
| TINS will have ceased. From then on,
| day by day, increasing in threefo1d ra-
ito, the harvest of death goes on steadi-
ly, pitilessly, on the sowing grounds of
life, out in the silent wilderness where
the birds have tried to hide their
homes. In less than a month it is over.
The long white lines no longer cross the
country going to and from the feeding
grounds. The white forms no longer
appear ON the naked trees. Doubly
naked the forest stands in silent desc
lation. Sodden and discolored, the once
white forms below the trees are sinking
into the slime. From beneath the trees
and from the nests UP in the trees q
great stencil goes up. Not bird, young
or old, is left alive. The old ones stay.
ed till death came, bound by the great
instinct of nature to remain with theil
young.
OF course Lovely Woman was no
made for birds, and birds were mad,
for Lovely Woman. But it will not d.
Lovely Woman any harm to bestow al
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THE LAST OF DARLING FAMILY

The news will be received with some
surprise, not to say disappointment,
that the only surviving brother of the
per in receipt of parochiaI relief.
George A. Darling the last of the family
is an old man and though once fairly
prosperous, has through the failure OF
the poor fisherman of Seahouses, North
Sunderland, where he lives fallen into
such poverty as to necesitate ms re-
ceiving relief from The parish rates.
The old man adds to his scanty living
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Darling" he whispered, sit costs no
more to keep two bicycles in repair
than one"
Love is eternal; its decisions even are
mutable only in respect Of their terms.
Detroit Journal.
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The colored brother has made HIM
self felt. One hundred and seventy
nine negroes have been appointed to
Office since last March, with an aggre-
gate salary list of $129,320.
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Henry George says: "The voice or
God has spoken and shall be elected"
Henry would do well to wait until next
Tuesday night before making such a
speech.
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occasional thought upon the beautiful
birds which are made and pitilessly
slain for ner.
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Governor Atkinson makes a notable
suggestion to the Georgia legislature.
He advises that the law be changed
SO that prisoners may be armed when
attacked by mobs, and allowed to de-
fend their lives.
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Bicycles are used for smuggling on
the frontier of France and Belgium.
The customs officers at Tourcoing took
to pieces the machine ridden by man
they suspected and found that all the
hollow tubing was stuffed with to-
bacco.
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THE ONPUBLISHINGC co.
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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The League of American Wheelmen
now boasts a membership of more than
100000, and is by far the largest asso-
citation Of it's kind in the world. And
yet it's membership includes only a
small part of all the people who ride
the wheel.
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"A Partisan who suspects that the
food or drink that he purchased is
adulterated can have the article analy-
zed free of cost at the municipal labora-
tory. If impurities are found the city
undertakes the prosecution of the
tradesman, and after conviction the Of
fender is not only liable to fine and
Imprisonment but may be obliged to
display in his window a sign reading
"Convicted of Adulteration."