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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-11-26
Dear DruGs.

Dobbins-These druggists are rob-
bers. just had q prescription filed,
and they charged me So for it,
Bobbins-Oh! that is easy! Why,
I had doctors prescription filed the
other day and il cost me s75.
Dobbins-H eavensi
Bobbins-Yes the doctor pre-
scribed bicycle for my wife. and 7
had to get it for her. Puck.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-11-26
Sympathetic Boston.

Gotham-People are 80 different
here in Boston. See how sad every.
body looks.
Backbay-Naturally. How could
they look otherwise when they think
Of the unfortunate people who cannot
live in Boston?--Boston Transcript.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-11-26
Presence of Mind.

He Gust introduced What . very
homely person that gentleman near
the piano is, Mrs. Black.
She Isn't he! That is Mr.. Black.
'How true il is, Mrs. Black, that
the homely men always get the pref
test wives. Life.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-11-26

Ethel-Do you think that George
was struck by my beauty?
Clara hardly think he was severe
ly injured. --Tit-Bits.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-11-26
A Journey TO the
Land Of the Sky.

II was the last day OF February.
The portion of the world visible from
the platform of Southern depot was
white and cold. The air was q soft
blur of falling snow.
A tall man paced the length of the
platform impatiently. The collar of
his topcoat turned up about his ears
almost met the soft felt hat pulled
down to protect his eyes. Delayed
trains conduce to restlessness, and a
sleepy railway station ia not exhilarat-
ing under favorable conditions.
His native land had given him
cold greeting. Not q patch Of blue,
not glimmer of sunshine to welcome
him. The laden sky gave color to his
thoughts. Women change so, and the
years had been long. II was ten years
since he babe Margaret good-by on the
rose-covered porch of her fathers
home. He had lifted his miserable
eyes to the soft indifference of hers,
and avowed to love her-only her
forever. The roses bowed their heads
in sympathy; or was it to hide their
laughter2 Her picture had never fad
ed from his memory. Even in that
busy, hurrying life he could not for
get.
So he had determined to come home.
Tomorrow he would see her again,
would watch the smiles dimpling her
face. It was worth trip across the
continent, he told himself, to see once
more the dimples born of youth, and
10Y steal in and out about her ripe, red
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-11-26
Polite Georgia.

George, I'm glad to see that you
are polite and offer sister the oranges
first"
.'Yes'm, cause then she has to 10
polite an take tn little one."
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20
American steam Engines In Africa.

looked in vain for anything American
connected with the railway service. Sir
James Sievewright was himself of the
opinion that American locomotives and
trucks were eminently suited to the class of
work required between Cape Town and Pre-
toria, 1000 miles away, but that there was
one insurmountable objection-namely,
that represented by the prejudiccs Of Eng
lish railway employees. Al one time two
Baldwin locomotives had been brought ont
from Philadelphia, and also dozen freight
cars So long as the American manager
remained with them they worked very
we'll but when he returned to America the
authorities discovered that everything be-
gan to 60 wrong. The workmcn, who had
been accustomed to English machinery dis
liked any Innovation, and took particular
satisfaction in creating difficulties for the
new engines. The authorities finally gave
up the attempt TO conquer this local preju-
dice, with the result that today the whole
system Of colonial railways In British
South Africa IS "a duplicate OF what is com
mon in England.-Poultney Bigelow in
Harper's Magazine.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20
Dismarck's Boswell.

Bismarck's Boswell. Herr Moritz
Busch. studied theology. but In 1S4S
went into politics as a violent demo-
crat, came 10 the United States about
the same time as Carl Schurz and for
short time filled the pulpit OF q German
church. He returned to Europe In 1853,
to travel in Palestine on behalf Of the
Austrian Lloyds. edited the Greusbote
till 1866, anG after acting in various ca
pacities i'm Schleswig- Holstein and Han
over was employed by Bismarck as
press reporter. Among his duties as
such were the writing and forwarding
Of articles which the chancellor wished
in the interest of his policy to see pub
lished in the leading papers. He re-
mained in Bismarck's service without
any distinct functions till 1873.
After the war number of sketches
from his journal were published in the
Gartenlaube, but they were suddenly
broken off by the editor of that period
ical, whereupon Count Bismarck wrote
TO the editor expressing his fathers sat
isfaction. Busch is the most copious
and minute of the princes biographers,
with a genuine Boswellian veneration
for his subject. which Is by no means
the least qualification for such func-
ton
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20
SWAPPING HORSES.
An Animal That Was Too Hard For
General Grant To Manage.

An Animal That was Too Hard ro,
General Grant 10 Manage.
General Horace Porter, In his "Cam.
paigning With Grant" in The Century,
tells the following anecdote of his chief
during q ride from Petersburg to City
Point:
Owing to the heat and dust the long
ride was exceedingly uncomfortable. NV
BEST horse had beoD hurt, and was mount
ell on bay cob that had a trot which ne
cessitated no end Of saddle pounding" on
the part OF the rider, and If distances are
TO be measured by the amount of fatigue
endured, this exertion added many miles
10 the trip. The general was riding his
black pony JEFF Davis. This smooth little
PAGER shuffed along ut a gait which was
too fast for walk and not fast enough for
galIop, so that all the other horses had
TO move at . brisk trot TO keep up with
him.
When we were about FIVE miles from
headquarters, the general said to me I'm a
joking way: "You don't look comfortable
on that horse Now feel about as fresh
as when we started out"
replied. ut makes all the difference In
the world, general. what kind Of horse
one rides"
He remarked, "Oh, all horses are pretty
much alike as far as the comfort of their
gait Is concerned"
In the present instance" answered,
II don't think you would like to swap
with me, general.
He said at once, "Why, yes; I'd lust
as lief swap with you rs not" and threw
himself of his pony and mounted my un-
comfortable beast, while put myself
astride Of JEFF. The general had always
been famous rider even when a cadet at
West Point. When he rode or drove a
strange horse, not many minutes elapsed
before be and the animal seemed to under
stand each other perfectly. In my expert
ence 1 have mover seen q better rider, or
one who had more steady seat, no mat
ter what sort of horse ne rode But on this
occasion it soon became evident that his
body and that Of the animal were not al
ways In touch, and he saw that all the
party were considerably amused at the
jogging to which he was subjected In the
jeff Davis was pacing along
with smoothness which made me feel as
II were seated In a rocking chair When
we reached headquarters, tho general dig
In manner which showed that
he was pretty stiff from the ride. As he
the ground he turned and said
with quizzical look, "well, / must &C
knowledge that animal Is pretty rough"
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20
TRUE CHARITY.


Iheb w nlcn IL Recognized ana Pr8ctioeo
by All In India and Japan.
India, which has no poor law sys-
tenn. is the home Of the ideal-religious,
metaphysical and domestic-to an ex-
tent which makes those ridiculous who
speak OF her creeds as ignorant. or her
Inhabitants as heather" You never
see any but the most wretched women
begging for aims there. Why? The
explanation proves how elevated, even
II mistaken, the average moral sense
Is OF the people. Every woman not de-
formed, or an outcast. or insane-at
least in the higher castes-has been be-
trothed at an early age to q boy, whose
household thenceforward adopts her
entirely. II the little husband dies be-
fore or during marriage the disaster is
regarded universally as the penalty for
sins committed by the female In a pre-
vious life. The widow must submit.
and will submit not marrying again.
but hoping. by patience. to rejoin her
lord after death. and his family will
until her demise Loyalty support her Cor
his sake. Practically these views OBJ
tain all over the land. and as every fe-
male child becomes betrothed all wo-
men are definitely provided for.
II the rash ardor OF certain crude re-
formers could have Its will and alter
this so as TO promote the remarriage
Of Hindoo widows all those who be-
came wives for a second time would
ind neither OF the two allied families
willing to sustain a wife belonging in
the next world to two husbands, or to
none at all. Besides this. the sentiment
OF the bhao-bund, or blood relation
ship. Is all powerful In the land, and
never repudiated. As also in Japan,
where there are no poor laws and no
the ties OF kinship are every
where acknowledged. discharged and
repaid, and the household cakes will be
TO all who put forth the
claim Of poverty. hunger and relation
ship. Add To all this that charity is
not so much a virtue In India as a
habit. a religious necessity. an indis-
passport to further prosperous
existences, and il Will be seen why In
1ia I'm most tender and effective man
ner fulfills the law which Christians
only. or principally talk about.--Sir
Arnold In North American Re-
view.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20
MONEY IN WASPS.


How . Long Headed Farmer Utilized the
Habits OF the Insects.
Along the banks Of the Cape Fear river
In North Carolina arc lowlands behind
which lies higher level or bench The
lowlsnds are subject to more or less fire.
quent overflow by freshets, which are de-
structive to crops planted thereon. A num-
Der OF years ago farmer, resident in the
Vicinity, made very comfortable sum Of
money by insufiDg his neighbors' crops
against these freshets. His unvarying suc-
cess as an insurer was for many years .
profound mystery 20 the people Of tho
region. The years when he declined to In
sure were invariably years Of destructive
overflow. The years when he was willing
to insure were equally certain to be seasons
Of exemption from disaster. @ p
In the earlier days in England this
mans reading of the future would have
brought him some unpleasant experience
as a dabbler IL not an adept in black art
In the middle ages of Europe he would
probably have been revered as prophet
and saint. Yet his information came from
no occult soucre. Observation had shown
him that certain species Of wasp, which
built its home in the ground, built some
years on the 'Owlands and other years up
on the higher level Experience taught
him that when the wasps built on the low
lands there were no freshets and when
they built on the higher ground the low
er would some time during the season be
submerged. The man had simply noted an
instance of that little understood preset
ence manifested by certain insects and ami
mails, better knowledge of which might
even be of service to our national weather
bureau. 1t was only at his death that he
revealed his secrct.-New York Post
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20

A famous astronomer, whose knowledge
OF arithmetical facts was dreadful engine
Of conversation, once diverted himself by
asking tho company II they were awarc Of
the iminense distance they were from
hsaveti. 1t was, he ipformed them, 80
many millions Of diamcters Of the eolar
system and would take many thousand
years to tra~erse. II don't know the dis.
tsficc nor the time" exclaimed Scotch
man who was present, "that it wonld take
You to get 10 heaven But I know this
lit will not take you q millionth part
OF the time 10 go to ths other place. "--San
Francisco Argonaut -
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20
A womAM's souLoovv IN 1860.

know my husband really tries
pleasant home to make,
But he can't seem TO make such pies
Az father used to bake.
He keeps the parlors very neat.
Cares for the baby too.
But. oh. he doesn't roast the meat
AS papa used TO do!
He has good taste I'm cutting out
And sewing chiidren's clothes.
That means economy, no doubt.
But fathers cooking goes!
really must insist that Jake
Sha.i seek n cooking school
And lean TO make such pies and cake
AS father does. by rule.
And then how proud and glad I'll be.
When ma brings father here.
To hear her say. Its plain to see
Jacob can cook. my dear"
u. l.. Heaton In THE Quilting Bee"
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20

There are two kinds OF trolleys--those
that are built TO carry passengers and
those that are built to sell bonds OF
and to sell machinery to. They may
look alike at first but in time the diff
ference becomes very apparent. and
there are obvious dangers in multiply
ing the latter variety. 1t takes some
body's money to set any trolley line
going. The people are full of the idea
that real estate doubles the minute a
trolley line touches 1t, and there is in
the air more or less OF the spirit that
led, thirty years or so ago. to ruinous
Investments in steam roads all over
the state. The farmer who takes his
savings bank deposit to help build q
trolley that ID to pass his door may
mortgage his home next TO keep the
road running. and eventually may see
the service stopped and the house sold.
People don't run trolieys at q loss for
ever. Somebody must foot the bills.
II is asserted In some well informed
quarters that one must search long 20
find a single cross country trolley that
pays. Be that "a Il may. IL liz obvious
that a good many are projected that
cannot pay. and II II equally true that
eventually the line that doesn't pay
VIII come TO grief.--HaItford Courant.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20

AIgcrnon (mAkipg a call)--what ARE
tbssc noisss hear, Miss Maud!
Miss Maud (whose mother is vindictir.
ly making a wholly unnecessary noise In
wasbing the dishes)--It's dear mamma
she dearly loves 30 sort over the brie-s-
brsc. .-Sunnd Magazine.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20
fsetter Than Nothins.

D Clsra--5be is very thoughtful girl.
Tom Barry-1ndceds 3, ra4 ft,.s.
= Clnra--Yes. Why, she has trimmed her
nsw thcatsr hat with pair Of opcra glasses
for the use Of the gentleman who sits be.
hind her. er.--Philndelphia Prcss
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20

Chicago sets up the claim that from 1886
to 1882 more Browning books and moro
Dogs wore sold than In any other city in
the world
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20

The earliest contrtvsnce for keeping
time was the hourgiass, which. OF
uncertain antiquity. was, stin employed
vt the beginning OF the present centu
ry. and. indeed. is now in use on Some
reading desks In the Engilsh churches.
On the pulpit OF the queens chapel az
Windsor therc IL a twenty minute
glass. which time the orator for the
Sunday 10 advised not To exceed. The
clepsydra. or water clock of the Ro-
mans. was Invented by scipio Nssics
lbs II. c., and .toothed wheels were In
troduced into these pieces of fneehsn-
ism by Ctesibius about is0 II. c.. The
earliest complete clock or which there
10 certain record was made by "a Sara
cen mechanic In the thirteenth century
Ihe most ceiebrated clock I'm the world
that Of, The cathedral at strassburg.
which tells not only the hour, but the
day OF 'He week. the month. the day
of the month aud the year IL con
tains large number OF autcmatons. he-
ures OF angels. saints ana animals.
which appear NJ regular intervals, and
crowd always assemblies at the hour
of noon TO witness the processiou Of
sutorNstops az that time. -.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20

Corpcillc could not wrlto poetry until
he fell In love. Thsu hs could not write
enough. f '''-" it't '.i.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
WOMEN FARMERS.
Three Illinois Girls who Are Making n Great
Success I'm Agriculture.

Women have certainly become a factor in the
money making world, and there are no argu-
ments woighty enough to convince the advanced
woman of the day that she Is not fitted for any
walk in life which is sought by educated men as
a means OF earning a living. Farming as an oc-
%cupation for women may not sound attractive
to ladies OF culture and refinement, but it has
been demonstrated by three young women in
Illinois that it is both "A lucrative and enjoyable
business for the gentler sex, and also that they
need not lose their taste for the finer things of
life in this humble employment. They be.
lieve that woman can properly manage any
business IL she is trained for it and will
closely observe all the details and attend to it
herself. Experience has taught them that agents
were not II success. as they very soon began to
trade on the supposed incapability OF women as
5as;.css managers and tried TO deceive them by
charging Tor work which was never done. Their
farms, which aggregate 1900 acres, says the
their father. John d.. Gillett. q well-known man
in Illinois, who owned II 1000 acres in Logan
county at the time OF his death, nine years ago.
The young. women are practical agriculturists
having picked up much OF their knowledge going
over the farms viii their father, and yet they
taste for art. literature and music.
They devoted their entire time to the farms
management, and now the land yields twice as
much us il did at he time OF their fathers death.
Corn Is their principal proauct; and the average
a lake OF 400 acres by digging a ditch a mile and
a half long. The farms are divided into small
sections, which are titled by tenants with
whom they divide the crops. These women ride
thirty and forty miles a day on their
tours OF inspection, which are not at stated
times, SO the tenants have no way OF knowing
when they are coming. Miss Nina Gillett SAYS
there is no work she would prefer to farming,
and thinks a woman who has a knowledge OF the
subject and some experience is just as good a
farmer as a man. Miss Amy Is quite as much in
love with the buSinpas. and. while they hplipye
in all the science which can be applied to agri-
culture. they rarely indulge in experiments, but
not be done with land.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
willing 20 Re Helped Out.
Ernm fhs Defrnif Ercn Prnaa

fFO" ~ y v
I'm a believer in the bicycle" declared a law
yer OF prominence the other day. "In fact, /
ride one myself and derive a great deal OF benefit
from 1t. but | know OF more than one instance
where 1t has led to family dissension.
81 was called upon professionally the other
day by a hne.looking. intelligent. nicely dressed
woman Of about 30. Without any tears or other
preliminaries she stated that she desired my ser
vices in procuring "A divorce.
Upon what grounds, madam
"'You can give them u technical name after /
have told you what they are. No couple evor
lived more happily than did Fred and myself
until he brought n tandem home for our Joint
use. He thought II best that we should do our
wheeling together. and ! agreed with him. His
thoughtfulness and desire to be with me were
very pleasing.
"'But all my anticipations. were blasted. lilo
developed u stubbornnesS that / never discOv-
cred In his character. He never proposed going
where 1 wanted to go. II had my mind set
upon going to the island he went TO the boule-
selected another. 1t often occurred. too, that
when one OF us was ANXIOUS TO 20 out the other
was not in the mood. i cannot endure another
ibid it ever occur TO you. madam, that it
might be wiser to give up your tandem than
Indeed. I'm not going to give up the bicycle
just because he chooses to be a tyrant. i want
you TO commenc proceedings
"'Perhaps. without letting him know what
band to buy you a wheel Of your own
"'Oh, II you only couldl Tho latest and I'm.
est. I'm sure he would; Fred's so generous, /
was confident you would help me out"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
ALIASES ROYALTY ASSUMES.
Tho Names Kings and Queens Take ON Their
Travels.

Travels.
President Faure's recent interview with Queen
Victoria at II French railroad station was a
breach OF the strict etiquette OF royal incognitos,
as the Queen on her travels is the Countess of
Balmoral and can be recognized officially only
by that title. French sticklers for etiquette are
discussing now whether the Queen of England
is residing on French soil incognito or only half
or a quarter incognito. A similar break with
tradition was made last year by King Leopold
II. OF Belgium while in Paris, In acknowledge
ing the cheers OF the crowd for the King Of
the Belgians and accepting dinner invitations.
inasmuch as he had gone to Paris as the Count
of Ravenstein and returned to Brussels under
the same name. The Prince OF Wales has never
been in Paris; it Is the Earl OF Chester who Is
the hero of all the naughty adventures ascribed TO
Albert Edward. The aliases assumed by royalty
when seeing life In the French metropolis were
divulged recently by lie Figaro.
The Empress Frederick. though to the Gov
ee%5eGhl slf by wal the eng Ge lns n0 and Bri thgsf EniS %@s
sizes when IN Paris in 1891. The Empress Of
Austria calls herself the Countess Of Hohcn-
embs. the Empress EuR6nie, Comtesse de Pierre
ponds. the medieval stronghold which she had
restored. Ifyou meet the Countess of Toledo on
H., once Queen Of Spain; the Duchess Of Castro
is ex-Queen Sophie Of the two Sicilles; the Count
" %if saG 9sesn A 4 Mshs f Is the :? Ma r9u.ssa dc S@ %ii has
cosa; Prince Victor ,Bonapartc calls himself
Count OF MOncallere; Prince Ferdinand OF Bull
garia. Count Murany: the Swedish Crown
Prince, Count Carlsborg; ex.King Milan of
One OF the first monarchs to use an assumed
name on his travels was the Emperor Joseph
H., who appeared In Paris in l777 as Count
Falkenstein; Paul !. OF Russia, while Crown
Prince, visited the city under the style of COmte
du Nord. Louis XVIII. in exile called himself
comte de Lille; Charles x: after he was driven
C0mte do .Neniily. The Due do Bordeaux,
Henry w." lived all his life under the name OF
TN.ntn do Tl.ut.hnrl Inannh Rnnnn nj ~ tnnk
the name OF Count OF Survillicrs when in Amer.
lea; TIortenso Beauharnais, when no longer
Queen OF Holland, called herself Duchesse dc
Saint Leu.
In spite OF their assumed names, persons who
come In contact with these royal travellers are
expected to treat them as though the incognito
did NOT exist. In Switzerland alone has the dis
guise been taken seriously. The late King VIII
liam III. OF Holland was once treated like a
private person at Geneva, and came near being
taken to the police station. One summer even
ing he undertook TO promenade on n hotel piazza
without any clothes OH; and the subsequent
legal proceedings were stopped only on his
promising that he would leave Geneva at once.
He never returned to the city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
IL DaVs to bun at Vantine's.

Our Oriental rug department
news this week is very inter
esting from the standpoint of
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and upwards. Bear In mind that EAAa,
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damaged.
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