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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-04
BIG MONEY.
Prices Paid for Some Of the Choicest
Articles in the World.

Prices Paid for Some Of the Choicest
Articles in the World.
The costliest building of modern
times is the state capitol at Albany.
which has already had spent upon 1t
the immense sum of $2O,0O0,00O.
The highest price ever paid for
horse was that given for the mighty
race horse Ormonde, which totaled
up to no less than $150,O00. 1t should
be remembered that this famous horse
never lost a race in all his career on the
turf. s.-t
Aoart from race horses the largest
sum paid for horse was that of $685.
900 which Senator Stanford gave for
Arion i'll 1892 to Mr.. Forbes, of Boston
The most expensive government
that is, as far as the legislature is con-
cerned-is that of the French. They
paw for it the sum of $3,750,000 an
nually.
The costliest paintings of modern
times have been Meissonier's "1S14" and
Millets ''Angelus" N. Chauchard gave
S175. 900 for "1S-4" and $15O,OO0 for the
"Angelus" These two paintings are,
in the opinion of all connoisseurS, quite
worth their money. which is more than
can be said for all the things which
have cost large amount.
The shah of Persia, who OWNS 50
many valuable articles of jewelry and
fancy goods, is the possessor of what is
doubtless the most expensive pipe in
the world, it being worth some 100000,
The whole of the long stem and bowl
are simply incrusted with jewels.
There is a book, Hebrew Rihle, in
the vatican library which Pope Julius
II. refused to sell for its weight in gold;
and as this would have totaled s:J5 COG
| this may be taken as the most valuable
| book in the world
The greatest sum ever asked or of
fered for a single diamond is 81, $780,
| 900. which the nizam of Hyderabad
| agreed to give Mr.. Jacobs, the famous
| ieweler Of Simla, for the Imperial dia-
mond. This is now considered the finest
stone in the world
| For cane that was once the proper
ty of George III. and afterward of
George ". the sum Of $4,000 was given
\ uU dn Ill bOHuOu. LII was dIl Gu
ony walking stick, with a gold top, en-
g.raved &c. r." and with a crown, and
also contained some locks of hair of
Princesses Elizabeth, Mary and Sophia.
To the shah of Persia and the sultan
OF Turkey belongs the honor of pos
sessing the finest mats on the globe.
Each of the mats is partly made of
pearls and diamonds, and is valued at
| s., 800 900.
The largest carpet ever made was
for the Carlton club; it is a superb spec
linen, and cost $4,000.
The late Col. North's greyhound Full
lerton, which won the Waterloo cup
four times, sold for S. 5000, which is the
highest price ever paid for a sporting
log. The well-known ST. Bernard
: Plinlimmon, however, fetched some
s21 ,250 few years ago-Cincinnati En-
1uirer.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-04
TWO BABIES.

On the well-worn stoop Of an humble homo
In e. clean though narrow street,
While the day as yet was young and fair
AS the springtime sun was sweet,
Sat an aged man in decent garb,
With a look half vague, half sad,
! And he held the hand in his trembling
clasp
Of a sturdy four-year lad.
Said voice: "Now, dad, don't you quit the
steps
Take good care gran pa, John, dear!"
Such knowing nod as the baby gave!-
But the old man did not hear,
Yet he pressed smore firmly the soft wee
hand,
Sought the eyes so quick and bright,
And protecting love just as clearly felt
As the warmth of vernal light.
All, I wondered how and Of what they
talked,
Those two children in the sun;
Did the babe of age and the babe of youth
Find their plane of being one?
And / thought might, could 1 learn that
tongue,
Make of life the burden plain,
Till perhaps the tired in His love would sit
AS in light the babies twain.
IL. Mitchell, in Springfield (Mass) Re-
publican.
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in Yankee blue-when Lambert, alive
to the desperate nature of the situation,
quickly cast loose the two or three
buttons of the flannel sack coat then SO
much in vogue, and, slipping out of that
and into the hall, rejoined his imper
turbable sergeant.
Il hope the lieutenant will pardon my
taking his flask. / saw it in the tent
this evening, sir, and the captain didn't
leave the key of the medical chest-with
me, leastwise."
You did right. That WAS some good
cognac they got for me in New Orleans.
/ hope it will revive her Ought we not
to send for DR.. Hand?"
'No, sir" whispered Burns. ''She
wouldn' t have him for one Of her niggers
and be damned to them. / know now
where Riggs had been getting his
liquor, and where our coffee and sugar
has been going. He's bribed these
thieving servants of hers to steal that
precious brandy, and those damn scoun-
drels broke into the cellar, tonight 10
get more"
But they must have been drinking
in the first place. Where could they
have got that liquor? Hers was gone
sold.'
'In town, somewhere. I'll find out"
| But here the lieutenant checked him. A
feeble voice was just audible in the adj
| joining room:
''Have they gone? Have I been i'll?
Esther-daughter see that-No!
must see that young officer, at once"
Not tonight, mother" answered the
elder girl, pleadingly. 'sNot tonight.
| Tomorrow; you'll be rested then"
THAT may be too late. Whatever
happens, there must be no courtmar-
tial. He said ] should have to testi-
fly; so would you. You saw, Esther,
and if under oath we should have to
! tell
.Quick! Come out of this." whis-
pered Lambert, hoarsely, and dragged
the sergeant after him to the dark and
] wind-swept shadows of the yard.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-04
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

1.-THE pay of Greek soldier is about
four dollars a, month" ''Well, they
give him good run for his money
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
-"Well, Miss Molly, SO there's a new
baby, is there? Which is it, a boy or
girl?" 'sWhy, nobody doesn't know yet,
cause it hasn't been christened. Fun.
-She-"Are you sure you will like
married life as well as you do your
club?" He-"Oh, yes!" She-"And
are you so awfully fond of your club?"
He-'Not very."-Tit-Bits
Little Willie-"Pa, why do they call
them minor poets? Pa-'Because they
ought to be working with the pick and
shovel instead Of writing poetry, my
son. cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Brown-''I am the mother of
seven boys. Do you wonder that am
breadmaker?" Mrs. Jones-''I am
the mother of seven girls. Do you won
der that am matchmaker ?''-Truth.
Misunderstood. "Why, all the
worlds awheel!" exclaimed Sprocket,
enthusiastically. That's just like you
bicycle fellows" grumbled Grumpy.
''You want the earth. "-Philadelp
North American.
"A Martyr to the Craze.-"What
silly young man that pretty Miss Cam
ington married." eyes; how did it
happen?" cit wasn't her fault, He was
one of her mothers bargains. Chi
cago Record.
well, did he pay you anything?"
asked the business manager. Eyes"
replied the female collector; she paid
me a compliment. "He said he wouldn't
be afraid to trust me with the money If
he had any."-Yonkers Statesman.
A railway contractor recently adj
vertised for 300 wooden sleepers. By
return Of post he received a letter from
neighboring clergyman offering him
the whole Of his congregation on rea-
sonable TERMS Saturday Review.
There's no such thing as perfect
contentment," remarked Widow Gil
gan. ''When John was alive I was
half the time worried as to his where
abouts, and even now there is an uncer-
tainty that still makes me uneasy
Boston Transcript.
A Worldly Antithesis.-Mrs. Van
Schlesinger-''I think the Sweetly
brothers are thoroughly charming.
They belong to that nearly extinct ge-
nus, In the world, but not of it. y
Miss Sharp-"Do you, indeed? / al
ways considered them rather a COM
mon species of the world, but not in it,
you know Harlem Life.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-04
TO SLEEP WELL.
How to Properly Court the InduI-
gence of Natures Sweet RestOrer.
4 LIGHT supper lust before retiring is

How to Properly Court the InduI-
gence of Natures Sweet RestOrer.
a light supper just before retiring is
usually of advantage. Babies and brute
animals are usually somnolent when
their stomachs are well supplied with
food the activity of the stomach with
drawing the excess of blood from the
brain, where it is not needed during
sleep. On the other hand, people who
are very hungry usually find it diff
cult to sleep. And, then, habit OF
sleep at a regular time and during prop
er hours should be cultivated in CASE
this habit has been lost. In accomplish
| ing this the attainment of a favorable
state of mind is of great Importance.
Sleep cannot be enforced by direct eX'
ercise of the viii.
The very effort of the will to com,
mand sleep is enough to render its at
| tainment nugatory. The mental state
/ TO be encouraged is one of quiescence.
one of Indifference, a feeling that the
recumbent posture is proper one for
rest, and that if the thoughts are dis
posed to continue active they may be
safely allowed to take their course
without any effort toward control. This
state of mind and thought is next akin
to dreams, and dreaming is next akin
to sound sleep.
| Many mental methods have been adj.
vised and put in practice for the pun
pose of securing sleep, the design being
10 turn the thoughts from objects OF
interest to a condition of monotony, as
by mentally repeating well-remem-
bered phrases or sentences or by count
ing. But the state of indifference. il
this can be obtained, is likely to be the
most efficient, as being the least ac-
tive. The mere mention of these simple
methods will be sufficient to suggest
others equally effective.-Medical Rec
| ord
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-04
Her Preference.

The Judgment of men is apt to be
warped by sentiment and feeling. In
Scotland the people abominated hymns
simply because the Episcopalians used
them. The Presbyterians sang only the
Psalms of David. The Episcopalians
used stained glass in their church viii
dows, and for that reason the Scotch
looked upon stained glass as something
of mholy origin. A Presbyterian mia
lister had been bold enough to Intro
duee this hated innovation. He was
showing it in triumph to one of his
female parishioners, and asked her how
she liked it,, "Ay!" she said; lou ays
it is bonny. Eth! but ] prefer the glefSa
iist as God made itl"-Youth's Compaf'-
ion.
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LTo Re Continued
BUILDING Or RoME,s COLISEUM.
Convicts We're Compelled to Do the worl,
by Pope Plus VII.


The Coliseum was made to stand for
ever. If we gaze at it from the east
side, where it appears still intact, we
are forced TO exclude the possibility OF
a spontaneous collapse of such sub
stantial structure. Yet the repeated
conclusions of the earth in the fifth CEN
tlIry may have caused crack or rent
like the one which cuts the Pantheon
on the side of the via dell Palombelia.
II such an accident occurred in the
Pantheon in solid wall Is feet thick,
built by such an experienced archi-
tect as Hadrian, it is even more likely
to have happened in the Coliseum, the
outer belt of it being of stones without
cement, and pierced by three rows of
arcades and one row of windows. The
equilibrium once destroyed, the re-
suits are obvious, especially if we re-
member how quickly arborescent
plants and trees take root and pros
per in the dry soil of an abandoned
building. The stones on the edges of
the crack must have been lifted or
wrenched from their sockets by the
roots wedged themselves into the
joists and acting us levers Readers
familiar with the vignettes of the Col
iseum of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries will remember how exact
~ they represent this process of dis.
Indignation of the ages, stone by stone.
When Plus VII. determined to build
the great buttress to support the edge
of the outer belt on the side of the via
Iii S. Giovanni in Laterno he was Obliged
to employ convicts serving for life,
promising them 81 reduction IL tie
terms of Imprisonment if they src>
ceeded in propping it up. The danger
was such that the forest timber used
in the scaffolding could not be. removed
bile the masons were progressing
with their work, but had to be left ina
bcdded in the thickness of the support
ing walls.-Atlantic
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-04
Auntie.s MoIasses Candy,

One cupful of molasses, two cupfuls
of sugar, one cupful of water and one
tablespoonful of vinegar. just before
it is done add a small piece of butter.
Let all but the butter boil briskly with
out stirring until crisp threads will fall
from spoon tabout half an hour. then
pour into buttered platters or pans
Commence to pull as soon as it is cool
enough to handle. Another way to test
is to drop some of the boiling mixture
into cold water, and if crisp it is ready
to COOL Boston Budget.
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Z
young woman threw herself at her
mothers side and began chatting and
slapping the slender white hands and
begging all manner of absurd and i'm
possible things of the PROSTATE, pallid,
death-like form Elinor, who had
obeyed orders and locked the impulsive
damsel in, had now released her and
then collapsed.
'Do not try to raise her head,' said
Lambert, gently, to the frightened
child, who, having exhausted one eff
fort, was now striving to revive her
mother with passionate kisses. 1--WE
must restore the circulation to the
brain. Pardon me; have you little
brandy? or whisky?"
''There isn't a drop in the house."
said Miss Walton, piteously. "We had
| some, that had been in the cellar for
years, that mother hid, during the war;
but-you-it was being stolen, or some
thing-and she sold what was left"
Burns quickly left the room. When
he returned, few minutes later, he
held forth little flask. Mrs. Walton
still lay senseless, and her condition
was alarming to one and all. Lambert
poured out stiff dose. snake her take
it all, little by little" he whispered to
Miss Walton, and then, with calm de-
cision, stopped, and, encircling the
slender waist of the younger girl with
his arm, quickly lifted her to her feet.
! A tress of her rich, redzbrown hair was
caught in his shoulder-strap, but neither
noticed it. Such was\ the patients
prostration that for q moment even
brandy failed of its stimulating effect.
Not until several spoonfuls had been
forced between her blue lips did there
come that shivering sigh that tells of
reviving consciousness. The white
hands began feebly to pluck at her
dress and the heavy eyelids to open
slowly. "We will fall back" whispered
Lambert. "Ill wait in the hail."
But when he turned to tiptoe away, a
very touzled, tangled, dishevelled, but
pretty head had to come, too. There
was too much of that fine, shining, SHIN
mering tress to let go. Burns was al
ready crealling out into the dark pas
sage Miss Walton was absorbed in her
mothers face. Miss Katherine'S round
ed cheek had flushed as red as the in
valid's was white, and both her tiny
hands were madly Juggling and pulling
at the offending tendrils; but who could
work to advantage with the back or side
of ones head practically clamped to the
work bench? Miss Katherine could not
tear herself loose except at the risk OF
carrying away square inch or more
of scalp, for the strap would not yield
and its wearer could not help so long
as her own hands were Juggling. There
was every likelihood, therefore, that the
tableau ON which Mime. Walton'c open.
ing eyes should gaze would be about
hevery last she would care to see-the
bonnie head of her precious child re
posing, to all appearance, on shoulder
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road After night of SO much excite
ment camp slept late. Lambert was
aroused somewhere about seven by a
scratching at the tent flap, and Sergt.
Burns, answering the summons 10
''come in poked his freshly shaved face
through a framing of white canvas to
ask if he might send the lieutenant some
breakfast from the cook-fire. 1t was
barely "A hours since his arrival in camp,
and so crowded had these hours been
with event, experience and novelty that
/ the young officer seemed to feel he had
been a month on duty. There lay his
blue flannel blouse at the foot OF his cot
Unseen hands had tossed it from the
window at which on his first appear
ance the previous night slender, white
robed form had been piteously crying
for help. He drew it to hssa and
searched the left shoulder strap. Yes!
Even now three or four curling hairs
were twining like the tendrils of a vine
about its dead-gold border and across
the field of sky-blue velvet-another
| vogue to the day. ''She had time to dis
entangle the mass, but could not see
these fine filaments in so dim light"
he laughed to himself "Only fancy
what my Merrimac madre would say if
she were to hear that pretty heads
southern girls head-had been resting
| on my shoulder the very first night l
got herei Only fancy what the damsel
herself would say, if she had a chance to
say anythingl And as her mamma
well. 'wIatwouldn't she say?"
Lambert had lots to think of rs he
made his soldier toilet and came forth
| into the gloomy, moisture-laiden air,
| for the southeasterly wind was sweep
| ing the rain clouds up from the distant
| gulf, and nature looked bleak and dis
NAL. Two items occurred to give him
comfort. No sooner had he stepped out
into the open space than theone sentry
| at the other end of the camp shouted:
Turn out the guard-command of,
ficeri' which was unnecessary at the
distance and under the circumstances
yet clearly proved that the disposition
| among the men was to "brace up" in
recognition of the arrival of an officer
who knew what discipline meant.
And then, looking suspiciously a:
though he had been waiting for chance
to undo the i'll effect of his blunder OF
the previous day, there in front OF
Burns tent stood Corporal Cunningham
company clerk; and the salute with
which he honored the camp commando
was as pregnant with good intent as i
was clumsy in execution. Somebody
had placed an empty clothing box by
the side of the tent, covered it with can
vas fly, and set this improvised table fol-
one with the best tins the company mes.
afforded. Somebody else had carefully
BACKED the lieutenant's boots and shoes
and presently up came young Germa,
soldier bearing the lieutenant's break
fast on the company cooks breadboard
which was covered with a clean whit'
towel.
[To RE Continued
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-04
COcOanut Ice.

Put one pound of the best loaf sugar,
broken into Jumps, into a saucepan
and pour over it one-half pint of water;
let this stand for half an hour, and
then place it on the fire and allow it
to cool for five or six minutes; remove
the scum and boil the sugar until it
is thick and white, then stir into it
one-quarter of pound of the white of
fresh cocoanut, finely grated; stir
INCREASINGLY until it rises in mass
in the pan, then spread it as quickly as
possible over sheets of paper which
have been dried before the fire; remove
the paper before the ice is quite cold,
and let it drY.-BostOn Globe.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-04
{ HOUSEHOLD WISDOM.
1t Consists in Avoiding the Small
Stumbling Blocks.

tDiOChs'
A young girl once heard a bit of wis
dom from the lips of very aged woman
"a woman who had rounded the full
Term of 90 years, and with eyes still
bright and clear looked out upon the
inrolling waters of eternity. The girl
was impressed by the emphasis with
which the venerable dame said to her:
Bessie, never insist on having the last
word" The determination to have the
final word leads to more quarrels ana
more bitterness of feeling at home than
almost anything else in domestic life.
The fact is, that one may so control her
tongue and her eyes that she may allow
her opponent the pleasure of this COW
eted concluding thrust, and yet placidly
retain her own opinion, and in the
homely colloquial parlance of the up
country, where one finds strOng-willed
people living together in great peace
with the most pronounced diversity of
characteristics, "do as she's mind to-"
Another bit of wisdom may be con-
densed into pithy sentence: avoid ex-
plantations. In some families nothing
is taken for granted. Every action,
every decision, every new departure,
every acceptance or rejection of an in
vitation, must be endlessly talked and
fused over, explained and reeXplained.
In that way lie all sorts of stumbling
blocks. AS rule, beyond your parents
or your husband there is nobody who
has the right to demand of you explana-
tons at each step of your onward path.
| Don't give them. Establish a reputa-
ton for keeping your own counsel. 1t
| will serve you well in many crisis, and
| be no end of comfort.
Again, don't be forever setting people
right. There is household fiend with
can never sit still and hear papa say
that he went downtown on Monday at
eight, without correcting the state
ment with the remark that the hour
was half past. If mamma happens to al
Jude to Cousin Jenny's visit as having
occurred last Thursday, this wasplile
impersonation of accuracy interposes
with the statement that it was Friday
not Thursday which brought Cousin
Jane. A dozen times day eXasperat-
ing frictions are caused by needless cor
rections of this sort, reflections of this
sort, referring to matters where exact
ness is not really imperative, the affairs
in question being unimportant, and nc
violation of truth being for an instant
intended.
A manifest bit of wisdom is to re
frain from criticism of food. The sauce
may not be quite piquant enough, the
salad may be wilted, but in the name o.
decency say nothing about it in either
case.
Silence is golden in nearly every in
stance where a defect obtains in th'
home economy.
To abstain from superfuous apologize
is also the habit of discretion.
There should seldom be the occasion
for apology in the household, where al
would do well and wisely to be constant
w gentle and courteous.-Woman'
Home Journal.
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BE Eyidentlx Was ouibbung.

81 will write you good recommends
ton as to-your working ability" said
'Rastus' employer, who had been forced
to part with him because of the mys,
FERROUS disappearance of sundry small
articles. "but I am afraid can't say
much for your honesty"
TELL you, Mr.. Blackwell" said 'Ras.
tus, after a moments thought; "yo
might put in de words dat l is as honest
as kin be. knin't you ?'-Cincinpatl
Enquirer.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-04
She DiHn,f

This" said the school friend who
had not seen her for year-"this is
the girl who vowed to me that she
would never belong to any man, eh?'
II don't" said she, who had been
married the matter of some few months
,or SO. ''He belongs to me. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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TX.

Sunday morning came, gloomy,
cloudy, with the wind still moaning
among the almost leafess branches and
whirling dust-ciouds from the crooked
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a ,JudicinI Decision.

''Why do SO few women seek adnais-
sion to the bar, judgeT'
''Because,Ih they would rather lay down
the law than take it up.r-D Detroit FREQ
Press.