davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
A SUNSET DREAM.

Reside the hearthstone, old and gray,
Where fires throughout the passing years
Have lit a hoEae of mirth and tears,
I sit and watch the close of day.
Here, where / breathed my earliest breath
And cried my earliest cry of joy,
And played my pastimes when boy,
I linger still-and wait for death.
/ see myself again child,
With laughter ringing high and low,
And playmates Of the long ago,
AS glad as l was, and as wild. .z
And voices through the deepening gloom
Are whispering fondly in mine ear:
And hands that seem SO strangely near
Are beckoning in the dusky room.
They beckon to the golden west "
Where sunsets perfect glory lies;
While higher in the quivering skies
Appear the &tar of evening rest.
And crimson clouds-like angel bands
Assembled near to watch and pray
Have gathered round the dying day
With palms of glory in their hands.
The darkened twilight deeper falls;
The misty moon hangs large and red
Above the forests shadowy head.
And bark, l hear voice that calls
Still further do my dreamings roam,
And further take the hue of truth;
l feel sudden gush of youth,
And some one points the pathway home.
Arthur L. Salmon, in Golfers Weekly
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
COMMENTS or THE PRESS.

Whether the sugar schedule Is
looked at through a polariscope or
telescope, the people can't see where
their interests are consulted Kansas
City Times.
The sugar trust scandal has conf
pany in Washington this time. All the
pet trusts that f1onrished so much in the
period of McKinleyism are on deck
Utica Observer.
The underlying idea Of the senate
tariff bill is that nobody must be taxed
who can kick" Exception is made in
behalf of those who are willing to re
slinquish their kick" for the sake OF
their share of the "pork. IN. Y. World.
President Mckinley need not have
attended the meeting of the American
Medical association to find out that
the country is very sick indeed, and far
from patient. His protection pills for
currency ills have made bad matter
worse.-Albany Argus.
I'VE have got to be patient says
Mr.. Mckinley. This is very different
talk from that be gave us before the
election. Does Mr.. Mckinley now know
any better what he is talking about
than he didSwhen the great promises
of immediate relief were made last
year ?--St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
President Mckinley, Secretary
Gage and the republican leaders at
Washington are urging legislation to
provide revenue for the government"
by increasing taxation. Is there no one
to speak for the already overtaxed peo.
PIE and appeal for reduction of ex-
penses illinois State Register.
The united silver sentiment OF
this nation will prove irresistible. II
must be united. The ecause of humanity
demands it. self-preservation requires
II. Let silver be the watchword, lay all
minor matters aside, organize for the
struggle Of 1898, and make sure OF vic
tory in 1900. Chicago Dispatch,
In defending the senate dmend-
ment of the sugar schedule in th@ Ding.
ley bill, Senator Aldriell asserted that
a differentia1 afforded to the sugar re-
finers was .sabout one-eighth of one
cent per pound :. it that is the casel
why should not the bill declare in Sc
many words. and let the people know
what the tariff means Pm. Z. World.
The republican party win be
judged with especial severity because
it has always claimed to be the party
Of prosperity. Foolishly or wisely, the
people are going to hold it to its claims
A happy chance may save it and SO say,
| the country from the frightful calamity
of free silver. But 1t has no right tc
trust to chance SO long as 1t can do any
thing to relieve the existing depression
It must take up and carry through
| wise financial reform at an early day.
-Indianaelis News.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
FASHION NOTES.
Items of Interest for Ladies Wha
Ear.ass In Sly lie.

@
Items of Interest for Ladies VINE
Dress In Style.
Kid belts are worn with all sorts Of
frocks, and they come in charming
colors and with beautiful buckles. In
white they arc as soft as glove kid, and
are strapped tight about waist with
charming effect.
The newest .vinaigrette is made OF
agate. The stones polish beautifully,
and those of red and green are particu-
Iarlv popular Just now. The tops of the
yinaiprettes are of silver, gilded, and
are usually embellished with stone
of the color that predominates in the
agate.
Grass lawn seems 10 have taken a new
lease of life, and bids fair to become q
greater favorite even than it proved
last summer. It appears in SO many
beautiful effects that.it is certainly
hard to pass by in.l1nalsing selection
Of summer textilles.z Tine sheer grass
lawn is to be worn over daintily colored
glace silks, many of which are first
accordion plated.
A fashion that seems to hold its own
indefinitely is having the corsage diff
ferent from the skirt. tits both econon-
ical and seryiceable, as well as becom-
ing, which is doubtless the secret oe its
success. Whatever may be the cause,
we are content, for it increases our
wardrobes twofold. Whether in the
shape of a funey silk top or muslin
lingerie blouse, it is worn with Il linen
collar and smart cravat of some kind.
Very many of the organdie and fiow-
cred and dotted muslin dresses have
plain tinted batiste or lawn for the
foundation skirt and waist lining, in
stead of taffeta, on which they were
formerly mounted. The batiste lining
makes a cooler gown, and a more dain-
ty, If a little less rich looking one, and
this soft lining can be had in all the
pretty shades of pink, lilac, yellow,
green, or other tints that form the back
grounds of figured muslins.
scarfs of point desprit or of fine
net edged with lace are used for cravats
with fancy bodices. wound twice about
the throat, and lnotted on one side.
Real lace scarfs are used in the same
way, and butter-colored lace of the
many pretty imitation patterns is used
upon hodiees, upon which both black
and white lace is lavished. Black net
blouses with applique motifs of white
lace are charming with a girdle of vivid
green silk, black skirt, and cravat OF
butter-eolored lace
A dainty chemisettc to be worn with
jacket fronts was made of pink crepe
de chine, accordion plated from the
neck. A two-inch band of cream satin
ribbon started from under the chin,
ending in a handsome knot at the
waist. This band was embroidered in
solid stitch, with Asiatic flo, the de-
signs being clusters of pink arbutus,
buds and leaves. The stock of pink
ribbon, the same width, had bow at
back. and one q little to the left of the
chin, and was edged with a narrow
doubled plating of the crepe.-Chica-
go inter Ocean.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
marrying n Man to Rcforlss rim.

The most subtle and deceitful hope
which ever existed, and one which
wrecks the happiness of many young
girls life, is the common delusioD that
woman can best reform a man by
marrying him. It is a mystery to Ins
how people can be SO blinded to the
i retts, Of
nifty where tottering homes have fallen
and innocent lives have been wrecked
because some young girl has per-
sisted in marrying seoundrel in the
hope of saving him. / have never
known such a union. and have seen
hundreds Of them, result in anything
but sadness and disaster. Let no
young girl think that she may be abba
to accomplish what a loving mother or
sympathetic sisters have been unable
to do. Before there is any contract OF
marriage there should be convincing
proof that there has Eeen real and
thorough regeneration.---D. {. Moody,
IL Ladies Home Journal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
BUNDLES That PEOPLE CARRY.

Curfous Things to BE Seen in the
Cfty's Streets.
SIN Broadway at he lower end of
Park row the other day." said Mr.. Bugle-
ton, Il met man carrying scythe.
1t wasn't Father Time, but a young man
with dark hair and elastic step, who
could swing the seythe in the field. New
York is not what you would call an
agricultural community. In Greater
New York there may be now and then
a farm il the outskirts, but the region
where Park row comes into Broadway
is certainly not a farming section, and it
seemed at first d little strange to see a
man walking along there carrying q
scythe, even if it was done up in paper.
'But it seemed strange for a moment
only. You don't meet men every day
in Broadway carrying scythes, but you
meet at one time and another people
carrying pretty much everything.
There is nothing made anywhere that
can't be bought in New York, and peo-
pie come here from everywhere, far and
near, to buy the things. and sooner or
later you are likely to meet, 'em on
Broadway carrying mandoli11s and guns
and bird cages and innumerable other
things, including scythes.
'eFhe particular scythe that was seen
at Broadway and Park row was carried
by man who was doubtless on the way
to some downtown ferry, bound for a
place in the suburbs. And that reminds
me of something that you see. every
year, but that still seems strange when
you see it for the first time in season,
and that is the man walking along
Broadway carrying bundle Of plants,
the tops projecting above the paper,
nodding as he walks. These plants al
ways look sort of curious here, because
you don't see just what they have to do
with trade and finance; but they'll be
all right where they're going-they are
tomato plants carried home by some
man who lives in the suburbs.
'tHe bought the plants in the city.
You can buy anything in the city; and
the bundles that are carried in great
city are pretty nearly as various and al
most as interesting as the people that
carry them.''-N. Y. Sun.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
Nerve of a Setting Hen.

Fire broke out the other day in
she'd The fremen saved a life and pre-
vented the fire from spreading. A set
#ting hen occupied a nest in one corner
sof the she'd and notwithstanding the
fact that she was drenehed with chem
zeal matter. she refused to move. The
fire was all about her. and finally one
Of the men picked her up and carried
her, nest and all, into the alley. The hen
showed her disapproval of the famil-
iarity on the part of the fireman By
iacsling loudly 1aianapolis Sentinel
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
ALI HAD MoTHERs-IN-LAW.
And They Wanted Set Of False Teeth
at Once.

at once.
81 seen mighty queer piece O. busi-
ness when I was in town." said Jay
Green, who had just returned from a
days sojourn at the county seat. It
was standin' in front O Simpsons store
when / heard a sharp report-suthin'
like shotgun-in the dentists Office
upstairs in the buildin' across the way,
an downstairs bulged a feller with a
big cloth around his neck an his mouth
full O cement, a-splutterin' an a-gob-
blin' lille all gee whizz. Right after him
came the dentist, with his hair an whis-
kers singed off. The smoke poured out
of the windows, an guess the whole
place would have burnt up if the hook
an ladder company hadn't an put
it out.''
''What was the, matter, anyhow"
asked Eben Appledry, to whom Jay
was relating his adventures.
THAT was what everybody that run
up wanted to know The dentist ,ex-
planned that after he had filed the pa
tient full o plaster he had started to
put in the time while it was settin' ex.
perimentiR with a set o. false teeth
made of q new composition that had
been sent him for examination. He
went on to say that he had hit 'em with
q hammer to test their strength an
they had exploded like dynamite.
When the dentist had got this far
along in his explanation the patient
managed to spit out enough of the
cement to enable him to ask if teeth
made-of that material wouldn't be liza
BILE to explode an blow their wearer's
head of. if they were bitten down hard
on bone. The dentistreplied that such
would probably be the case, an four
men in the crowd who overheard him
say it hollered out that they'd take n
set O. them explosive teeth as soon as
he could furnish them. An the man
who had had the cement in his mouth
shouted:
ME, too. I've got d nother-in-law
nyself. .''-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
Breathing of Insects.

The insect effects its breathing, not,
as men and animals do, by the lungs, but
through openings in all sides of
the body. 1t has an intricate sys-
tenn of tubes running through
Eli parts of its person, through
which the air is brought in contact with
the legs, wings and SO on. These tubes
Eare each protected by delicate mem-
branes. In the fly there exist certain
air nnnches in addition to the ffhns
which serve as reservoirs OF air-Bos-
ton Budget.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
ell EGuipped.

rs your daughter properly equipped
FOR literary work z" 2" asked the editor.
Equipped? I've bought her q Louis
somebody desls, a fountain pen, a silver
inkstand and a mother-of-pearl PEN
holder. besides the most expensive sta-
tionery in the market. guess that
comes pretty near being a literary out
St .-D.sroit Free Press,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
Getting 1T All.

Itispossible to goareund theworld and
touch on British territory ali the way,
viz: From England to Halifax, N. s.;
across Canada to Vancouver. across the
Pacific to Hong Kong, thence to Sing
apore, Penang, Mauritius, Cape Town,
st-Helena and england; or from Penang
TO CeyIon, Bombay, Alden, Perrin, NAL
ia. Gibraltar and home N. Y Sun.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
PrnIiffc w ON en- .

Aristotle mentions b woman who had
FIVE living children at one birth four
times successfully. Menage tells OF
one who had a1 children in esven years
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
EmDty Promises.

The merciiess advance of Mckinley
prosperity goes steadily on. Banks
close, workingmen are thrown out of
employment, and times grow harder
and harder. The people misled last fall
by specious promises are realizing day
by day the result of the false move
ment that put the present administra-
ton in power. A great revulsion sets
in, and the end is not far to seek. Every
succeeding opportunity for expression
of public opinion at the polls will pro-
duce overwhelming democratic gains.
The people, tired of empty promises,
will turn from the party that is friendly
only to Wall street, to the party that
is friendly ever to the people, because
it is of, from, and always with them.
The only hope for the future Of the
plain people, whether in national, state.
or municipal affairs, is in the return to
supremacy of the party of the people.
the democracy of the United States.
Tammany Times.
The tariff fight is on in the sem
afe, and troublous times are ahead.
The powers to be protected are squab-
bling among themselves for the rich
rake-off Of excessive import taxation,
and the republican leaders find it hard
to control their clients when it comes
to a question Of fair division Of the
spoiIs. Meanwhile the country suffers.
hard times grow harder, and the fallacy
OF Mckinley prosperity becomes more
and more apparent to the deluded who
put the present administration into
power-Tanlpaany Times.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-17
- ..-g.9 Iss-ss lfs-. 11ls9. .IFl.7.
Wanteds A Plumber.

s.He is filed to the briIn with expert
ences."
s.That would not be SO bad If he did
not regard his tongue as faucet. - n;
Y. Truth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-15

We have little to learn or gain by
adopting the measures of continental
Europe. Three-quarters, or nearly so, of
the commerce and traffic of the world is
carried on by some form Of appliance.
whether moved by wind, water or
steam, which has been built from Eng
lish measures by some English speaking
people, and the proportion is all the
time increasing.
Why adopt another and more incon-
venient system which will render all
systems of screw threads, gear teeth,
foundry patterns, shop drawings, etc.,
obsolete, as well as shelving the most
valuable collection of mechanical liter
allure in the world and requiring
all its tables to be translated into a
foreign measure, merely to obtain the
advantages of decimal system which
we already have to all intents and
purposes in a far more convenient
form than we should obtain from
the introduction of the meter and
its derivatives? Besides these two unit
measures-the inch and the foot-we
also use the cubic yard, in civil en-
cheering, for excavations and earth
work, but for mechanical purposes we
could get along very we'll with no other
unit but the inch. -Cassier Maya
zine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-15
EDMUND KEAN.
To See Him Act Was Like Reading Shakes
peare by Lightning.

To See Him Act Was Like Reading Shakes
peare by Lightning.
Before the third century after the
birth of Shakespeare had reached its
first quarter there was born in England
to a stage carpenter and strolling
actress child destined to grapple with
the poets highest thought and interpret
it with a vividness that to this day
stands unrivaled Coleridge's terse COM
ment, that to see him act was reading
Shakespeare by lightning, reveals him
with the fullness of volume. Edmund
Kean, along with most people early
trained to an art, had little, if any, ed
ucation of the Schools He was when a
boy provided with instruction by some
benevolent people whom his smartness
and beauty attracted, but he rebelled
against the tasks of study and went to
sea. But life there was too rough for his
fine nature. He returned to England,
and at the age of began the study of
Shakespeare characters with his I'M
Gle Moses. This he continued with an
actress named Tidswell, who taught
him besides, as we'll as she knew, the
principles of her art.
At that early age he had the credit of
originality SO surprising as even then
to challenge the supremacy of Philip
Kemble. AT IA he played Hamlet
King George had him recite at Windsor
castle, and it is said this incident led
some gentlemen to send him to Elton,
but there is no record of it. At 20 he
was in provincial troop, member
of which he married, and for six years
thereafter, until his glorious night at
Drury Lane, his life was one of hard
ship, struggle, obscurity, but, thanks to
the faith in himself, not hopeless. His
London debut was made at 80. He had
fought for it hard and long and would
then have missed it but for the falling
reputation of the theater. London de-
butts i'll first roles are not easy for pro-
vincial actors, and none knows better
how hard they are to get than Henry
Irving. Kean seems to have been at his
full splendor, and made hit. After that
his habits were altogether prejudicial
to the refinement of taste or the acqui-
sition of knowledge. ST. Louis Globe
Damocrat
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-15

A visitor in Pass Christian, Miss, the
other day heard some pistol shots and
asked negro boy what they meant.
"Oh," was the reply, them fellows
dun be shootin TO- hats. !" Shooting
for hatsP' exclaimed the visitor, what
on earth do you meanP" "Sure, dere is
muffin strange bout dat. They's doin it
ebry day most. When de train is COM
in, day jes' fires dem shots when she
gets good on to de bridge. an de men
day sticks dere heads out to see what's
up, an de wind jes' takes dere hats off
an drops 'em in de bay. Den dey rows
around an picks 'em up Sometimes
dey gets lot of 'em. Other day Josh
johnson got seben." "What does Josh
johnson do besides shoot for hats?" was
asked "Oh, he fishes an does odd Jobs
an lives. New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-15
is 1T A MATTER OF TIME?
What Was Considered Modest and Proper
a Hundred Years Ago.

What Was Considered Modest and Proper
Hundred Years Ago.
Modesty as has often been said, may
almost be considered matter Of time
and place. In the time of George III of
England, though the drapery was of the
scantiest, it was not considered delicate
or refined to uncover the forehead. Some
young ladies who had been abroad were
considered bold looking because they
wore their hair Madonna fashion. La
dies not in la premiere jeunesse very
generally wore wigs. The princesses
had their heads shaved and wore wigs
ready dressed and decorated for the
evening to save time for the toilet.
Widows almost always shaved their
heads. Lady Murray says her mother
beautiful hair was cut off for her deep
mourning, and she never wore anything
but wig i'll after years.
At Windsor castle in those DAYS
luncheon was not, as it is now, a gen
eral meal. Each lady had chicken, a
plate OF fruit and bottle Of kings cup
(the peel Of lemon put to soak for
some hours in cold water and then
sweetened with sugar) brought to her
room every day. Those were the days
for servants perquisites On all the
highest saints days a tinsel cross Of
divers colors was placed on the tables
of the ladies or sent to their residences,
and guinea was understood to be due
in return. A bottle of wine every two
days and unnecessary wax candles were
the perquisites of the ladies' maids.
Candles were extinguished as soon as
lit, to be carried off by servants. Pages
were seen marching out before the royal
family with bottle Of wine sticking
out of each pocket, and the state page
called regularly upon each person who
attended the drawing rooms with his
book, to receive the accustomed gra-
tuity. The ladies in waiting then wore
the Windsor uniform, which is at pres
ent confined to the gentlemen attend
ants. 1t was blue cloth habit, not
long, as worn for riding, but the length
of a gown, with buttons having a star
surrounded with the motto, "Honi soft
qui NAL y pense" and scarlet collar. -
New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-15
YoUARE GOING TO oALIFoRNIAq

Then be sure to take the New Jersey G.
E. Special of the finest Pullman Palace
Cars, leaving New York (by ferry from
foot of Liberty street, and going by the
Royal Blue Line via Washington, Cincin-
natl and St. Louis. This train will start
Monday morning June 2s, at nine o'clock
No lower rates for the same conveniences
can be obtained on any regular or any
other special train.
The entire distance traversed by the
New Jersey Special will be over 5000
miles, the return route being entirely
different with the exception of 300 miles
The entire time occupied in making the
trip will be over twenty five days and all
the necessary expenses can be fully met
for less than $3.50. Very low rates will be
given for side trips to all important places.
Among the places whore this New Jer-
sey special will stop are Harper's Ferry,
Cincinnati, st. Louis, Kansas City, To-
peka, Colorado Springs, Mantou, Salida,
Marshall Pass, Gunnison, Glenwood
Springs and Salt Lake City. On the re-
turn trip stops will be made at Portland
a sail on the Columbia river. Tacoma,
Seattle, Spokane, Helena, Yellowstone
Park, Minneapolis, st. Paul and Chicago,
Are you going to California Then take
the Jersey c. E. Special, June 2sth. For
full information address the Transporta-
ton Committee,
Rev. w. 7. S. Lumbar,
Moorestown, N. J..