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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
TAPPED THE WRONG WIRE.
The Honest Brokers Bring Retrfbu
tion ON wicked Sneaks.

The Honest Brokers Bring Retrfbu-
tom on Wicked Snealks.
Il was just as honest as the rest oil
them," said the old broker, who seemed
to think self7justifcation a necessary
prelude to his story.
after had been in New York long
enough to learn the ropes and secure
some sources of inside information !
formed a partnership with d Chicago
broker, who had acquired about the
same footing in his city. We did our
telegraphing in cipher, and by combin-
ing our advantages made money very
rapidly. After we had been prospecting
for about six months we discovered
that the tips we exchanged were being
utilized on both boards. 1t was plain
that some outsiders had found the key
to our cipher and were prof ting upon it
at either end of the route.
II grew excited over the matter and
wired him to meet me at once, that we
might fix up new system. All right.
Start as soon as wei put through the big
coup now on tap came the answer. 1
was without the slightest idea of what
he meant, but next day received an ex-
planatory letter. He had a great batch
of old stocks in his safe that were not
worth five cents on the dollar. He
would telegraph me to buy all of this
stock that could, even If / had to 20
to 85. He would make bluff at buying
in Chicago and 4 was to do the same in
New York.
The scheme worked to charm.
The tappers were as keen after that
stock as hungry fish after bait We
strung them along till we had unloaded
100000 worth of the stuff. Then he.
wired me, again in cipher: False
alarm. For heavens sake, SELL Then
you should have seen the tappers hump
themselves. But they couldn't give the
stock away, and you can see that they
were not In a position to kick. De-
troit Free Press.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
CLEANING TEA AND coFFEEPoTs
Proper Pots Are the First Es-
sentiaIs.

Proper Pots Are the First Es-
sentials.
A common cause of poor tea and
coffee is the use of metal pots. Prop
erly, no metal is fit for this purpose,
not even so-called aluminium, which is
frequently SO adulterated that the
white metal would hardly know it
self. An old-fashioned brown tea-
pot, or one of any stoneware, will
brew" as sweet a cup of tea as Chi
nese mandarin ever drank. When these
pots are so cheap and easily obtained
there is no excuse for the use of metal.
Even a silver teapot acquires in time
black scum on the inside. This OK
ide of metal cannot be removed except
by filling the teapot with a
solution of soda and boiling wa
ter and allowing it to stand
for an hour or longer until the scum be-
comes loose and can be washed off with
cloth. Wind the cloth around stick
for convenience if the mouth of the tea
pot is too small to admit your hand. In
oriental shops the most picturesque
teapots of stoneware can be found in
blue and white Dwarf ware, in pale
green celadon, and in the quaint, whole
some ware that preserved ginger is
put up in. None of these teapots cost
over % CENTS.
Thepretty brown coffee higgins, which
come from Germany, leave nothing to
be desired in the way of coffee-pot.
They cost from one dollar to SIPS.
The blue and white onion pattern
in stoneware, from the same country,
costs the same. A plain coffee-pot to
boil coffee in can be purchased as cheap
as teapot.
1t is better to make boiled coffee in
common earthen pipkin if one cannot
afford the chance occasional breakage
in using stoneware coffee-pot to boil
it. These pipkins cost by the set less
than ten cents each. One can afford
to renew such an Inexpensive saucepan.
After boiling the coffee in the pipkin,
strain it into any picturesque stone or
china coffee-pot you may have, and
serve 1t. This coffee-pot must be heat
ed by pouring boiling water in It and
allowing it to rest at the back of the
steve for five or six minutes before it
is filled. In this way delicate por-
celain pot may, with care, be used for
years-N. Y. Tribune
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14

SLY, ne didn't do thing to Them. n
was great, even to us, who were on the
bill. gave him proper credit when
l saw his work. | concluded that he
was one square mesmerist, if there
never was another in the business.
''After the show that night this fell
low passed me on the way out WANTED
to square my talk, and SO spoke to him.
But he turned hateful look on me
and said: "Oh, no; I'm just fake;
you said SO. But, look here, Mr.. Zeno,
fake as you call me, I'm going to prove
it on you. Tomorrow night I'm going
to mesmerize you when you go OF that
rope. Then We'll see what sort of a
show you put on. think very likely
| shall viii you to drop off. It's only IA
feet to the orchestra chairs. Good
night"
Say, I didn't quite understand it
for half minute. stood there just as
dumb as post, and when got in talk
ing shape he was gone. walked out
and to the hotel mighty still and silent.
felt creepy, I can tell you. I thought
about the way this fellow had made
wiser people than me do Just as he
pleased, and saw that if he had mind
to it would be 'Kittie-bar-the-door'w with
me. He was sore on my calling him a
fake, and he was going'to prove to me
what already knew-that he wasn't.
Il didn't sleep awfully well that
night. For the first time in my life I
N III i n
were to fall off the rope. If that guy
really meant it, believed he could do
what he said, but hardly thought he
would. Then / remembered how he
looked at me, and it seemed likely. You
see, it was yes and no all night as I
viewed it, and it was yes and no all
next day, too. / tried to get next him.
but he kept out of my sight. didn't
even see him at the palace when I
showed up to go on with the nights
performance. If I'd seen him really
don't know whether I would have beat
him half to death or apologized.
BY and by the time came for me to
go on with my act. I went out and
bossed the putting up of the rope, and
for the first time in my life / noticed
how small thing it was It kind of
scared me, and I didn't know why
was afraid of it till, looking across the
stage, 1 saw him there in the wings
throwing his eyes on me, black and
shiny. Then knew he had made me
afraid By his very look
"A sort of chill came over me. I'll
fool him. said; .I'll brace up against
his will and fool him. But I looked
carefully, oh, mighty carefully, at the
guy ropes and anchorages. They
seemed weak to me. T had never
thought them so before. + usually did
q few ground jumps before going up
on the rope. Tonight, do you know, it
seemed to me was afraid to tackle the
simple throws I had made since was
a kid. was even leary of common
back somersault, for couldn't tell but
that fellow would will me to do just the
wrong jump and break an arm for me-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
NAL always slow and numbering in its
movements When the rhinoceros' cage

NAL always slow and numbering in its
movements. When the rhinoceros' cage
is cleaned out, which is done daily, the
keeper first attracts the great creature
to one side with a tempting mess of
food. Then he-siips a moose of rope
over the animals horn and settles it
down around the neck and makes the
other end fast around bar or two of
the elephants cage adjoining. This is
done to keep the rhinoceros from pitch
ing into the keeper if it should take a
notion. The same precaution is taken
when the rhinoceros is oiled. The ele-
plants, however, kneel at the word Of
command. 1t is not necessary to plant
ladder against them in order to reach
the upper part of their sides in rubbing
in the oil.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
Ready Reparfee.

what are you doing here?" asked
"a policeman and butler Of burglar,
.sFho was discovered making square
meal of the marquis OF Ornon1e's
gictuals and drink Can't you see?s
responded the burglar. Tn 'avin'
something to eat A parallel case of
ready repartee comes from India. An
excited lady rushed up 70 man at a
railway station the other day and said:
.Dh. Nh. Williams, are son here?"
Yes be replied, calmly, II am;
where are you ?"--London Gle be.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
ptneann1e MnrmaIat.e.

Select large sugar loaf pineapple:
peel them; remove the eyes with a
pointed knife, then CRATE the fruit;
put the pineapple pulp in preserving
kettle over the fire and boil 20 minutes
without a cover; then measure it; add
for each pint of pineapple pulp three
quarters pound sugar; boil and stir five
minutes; then put it into pint jars.
close tightly and keep them in cool.
dry place. The best time for preserv-
Ing pineapples il the latter part Of June
and TIE first week In July Brooklyn
Eagle.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
CHARACTER I'M The HAIR
Students of the Subject Claim Much
Merit In the TheOry.

Merit in the Theory.
1t is a pretty hard thing to conceal
ones true character nowadays. A new
fad is hair reading, and this is said to
give us away" in an unpleasantly ac
curate manner. The new science is not
fully developed yet, but its devotees
have already discovered many interest
ing facts and are constantly searching
for more, says an exchange.
Fine hair is said to denote gentle
birth, and the amount of care the hair
shows will determine the mode of life.
1t is also claimed that the closer the
ends of the hair cling together, that is,
naturally, without artificial force, the
greater is the intellectually the owner
possesses. A tendency to curl denotes
inherent grace and poetic nature.
straight hair is the sign of a firm, posi-
tive and practical disposition. Such
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
bad qualities as treachery and jealousy

bad qualities as treachery and jealousy
are generally found in people with
black, lusterless hair. The lighter the
hair the more sensitive and "touchy"
the owner generally is. Brown hair
must be a yery desirable thing to pos
sess, for the hair readers say It is al
ways found on people having in a high
degree common sense, good judgment
and reason. Red hair is sign of hon
esty and also Of cleverness. Nothing
whatever is said about freaks of tenn
per as an accompaniment to red hair. It
may therefore be safe to conclude that
another popular idea has been dissolved
by the searchlight of science and in
yestigation.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
curtosltien u an Ola Sea bottom.

During a, recent trip to Peru, Mr.. s.
f. Emmons observed near Lomas
plain from ten to fifteen miles broad
stretching between the mountains and
the seashore, and elevated 500 or 600
feet above tide water, which, not very
long ago, as time is reckorad by geoio-
gists, was a part of the sea bottom. 1t
still retains interesting relics of the
days when it was the home, or haunt,
of ocean monsters. Scattered among
its sands and pebbles the inhabitants
frequently find the teeth of sharks, and
occasionally they turn up the jaw bones
of a whale. With the latter they con-
struct crucifxaG whose white forms
are conspicuonsly placed on headlands.
Youths Companion.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
German settlement I'm indiana

diana make up a German settlement
where German customs prevail exclu-
siyely in the home habits of the people,
although all the inhabitants speak Eng
lish and the children learn English as
well as German. The towns are Ferdi-
nand and st. Henry, in Dubois county.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
GREAsINe THE ELEPHANTS.
Rhfnocel os, Too, Coated Twice N Year
with Neatsfoot Oil.


Twice a year the elephants and the
rhinoceros in the Central park menag-
erie get coating of neatsfoot oil, which
is thoroughly rubbed in with the palm
of the hand, says the New York Sun.
The oiling and the manipulation cleanse
the skin, remove the dead skin and open
the pores, freshen the animals up and
improve their health, and they seem
to like the process. The oiling is done
only in the spring and summer; if done
in winter the animals would likely take
cold from it. The rhinoceros at the
park is in good condition and lively and
rather frisky for SO big brute. Some
times it steps about with a step that
is very much like dancing step and
likely to surprise one who sees it for
the first time and has been accustomed
to regard the rhinoceros as an ami
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
Creating an AbsoIufe Vacuum.

An absolute vacuum. or what is be-
lieyed to be one, was recently produced
by Prof. Elmer Gates, of Washington,
by novel method. Into a test tube
made of kind OF glass which melts at
very high temperature he poured a
molten glass which melts at a much
lower temperature, completely filing
the tube, leaving no air space. After
melting this inner glass it was pal,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
wanted Dfrectfons.

Busy Cabnan (cIosing the door)
Where to, sir?
Apop1eetic Gentleman (gasping) i
III can't catch my breath. FL feel
as If were going to die.
Busy Cabnlan---Y Yes. sir. Shall i drive
to an undertaker's or the morgue, sir ?
: N z Weekly
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
Insanity In ireland.

Insanity is increasing in Ireland.
English statisticians say that one se-
rious cause of lunacy is the abuse of
ten, another an oserindnlgence in al
cohol. third the disappointment of
having tried emigration and failed.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
nd 81. Meinrad and Maria Hill il

and st. Meinrad and Maria Hill, in
Spencer county. Ferdinand, the old
est Of the towns, was founded by mis-
sionary priest, Father Kendrick, in 1s4o,
and was named III honor of Ferdinand /.
of Austria. There are no Americans in
it, and there are only two families of
Americans in St. Meinrad, which is the
seat of Benedictine monastery.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14

tally withdrawn from the tube by ex-
hausting the air from the outer side
and allowing it to flow down by gravity.
but not so far but that the end of the
tube was completely closed. It was
then allowed to cool. AS no air could
enter the space left by the withdrawal
of the glass it is believed that perfect
vacuum was obtained.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
snmpIe Indian Nnmea

The beauty Of American Indian
names has been the cause OF congrafu-
lations to us from foreigners ON many
occasions. Among the Santee Sioux
Indians who petition congress to pro
hibit the sale of fire water" to their
tribe are Julia Goodthunder, Mary
Ellen Iron Elk. Nancy Pay
Day, g. d. Redowl, j. Crow. D. Coon
and Charles Standing Soldier.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
a Change

She You were once SO energetic and
active. What do you do With yourself
now?
He IA retired doctorl- III only kill time
aow.U Date.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
Danger There.

Statisticfan tat western lunatic asy.
irm1 Have you many patients that
have been crazed by religious enthusi.
asm2
Superint ntendent- Bless yon, no! Our
lunatics are from Chicag Y Week.
".
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
Atr.hfna IN Germnny.

The airship craze is said TO be nearly
as strong IN Germany as in this coun-
try. Prof. Hoffman, an imperial coun-
cilor, has invented a machine con-
structed on the principle OF dragon.
with steam propellers. which he is con-
fident will work all right.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
Arnerfcan Pecnns

Eight million bushels OF pecaEs are
estimated as an average years crop
In the United States.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14

population the landsis estimated comprising
8
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-14
MEMORIAL MONUMENT FOR MRS. STOWE.


noble the which be VIII be
right suppiant bawny
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-12
EL COLLAR DE LA REfNA

NO tienes raz6p, Legrigneux,
porque al Beausire hubiese sido
obseqnioso, ros habria mostrado
su g. nora, y nosotros Ia hubiera-
mes preso del mismo modo.
Bsausre tonfa apoyada en- eus
manos su cabeza ardiente, y nj 81
quiera hacia alto en- que sus dos
criados hombrs y mujer, estab n
abajO escuchando esta escena ex-
trshs que pasaba en- medic de la
esq alera.
Ocurriosele una idea; le sonri6,
y al pu' to le dejo mas serene.
-IVosotros habeis venido s
prenderme a mi2 dijo & los agen-
tes.
No, ha sido una casualidad,
respondieron sencillamente.
No importa podfais prender-
me, y por sesenta libras me deja-
bais en- libertad.
-iOh! no; nuestra intenci6n
era pediros ahn otros sesenta.
y nosctros no tenemos mas
49, poiooio, aHaulO ci OIio
cgente; aei, por ciento veinte lni-
ses te dejaremos libre.
-Pero. sesta sef1ora2 pre-
gunt6 Beausire temblando.
-lOh! esta sefiora es muy dife-
rente, replic6 ell Positive.
La seflora vale doscientos lui-
se4, sno es verdad2 se apresur6
decir Beausire.
Los agentes So echaro- d reir
de nuevo de un modo terrible, que
Besnsire comprendi6 denasiado.
-ITrescientos. =. dijo; cuatro
cientos. mil luises! Os dare mil
luises, pero la dejar6is libre.
Los ojos de Bsauslre cenlellea.
ban al decir este.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-12
BfBLfOTECA DE "IA DEMOCRACIA

Frst=e Luata d. Go

Estas palabras hicieron endere-
Ear las orejas de los sabuesos,
quienes embromaron aiegremente
q Beausire sobre aquella compafie-
ra oculta cuya compa fiia es para
un ermitafio la salsa de todas las
felicid AIDES que la soledad y el di-
nero proporclonan.
Beausire go dej6 embromar, pc
70 no mostro a Olivia
Sirvieron un excelente almuer-
20, al que hicieron honor los dos
ageptes.
Bebieron mucho y echsr,n fire.
cuentes brindis la dana ausen-
.e. 80.
A los postrea, habiendose calen-
tado Las cabezas, los sen res de la
polici, Juzgaron que serfa inhu-
mano Ell prolongar ell suplicio de
su huesped, y dieron IN giro dies
tro la conversation haciendola
reaer sobre ell placer que expert
mentaban los bnenos corazones al
encontrarse con conocidos ami
gos.
Sobre 10 cual Il ,ausire, descor-
chando un frasco de licor de las
Islas, pregunt6 a los dos dssco-
nocidos en- que sitio y OCCASION los
habfa podido conocer-
-Eramos, dijo uno do ell. ). los
amigos de uno de vuestros socio.
Ia So z6n de un negocillo que
hicisteis en- participation con
otros varios: el nego 10 de la en-
bajada de Portugal.
Be .usire pali ieci6.
Cu.ndo SO toca a semejsntss ne
gocior, rec uno sentir ell cabo de
una cnerda en- los pliegues de su
corbats.
-,Ah, on verdadI d 10 temblan-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-12

no como un furioso que va d bus
car un arma. Los esbirros sc levan.
toran de la mesa, y fieles & su
principle, corrieron detras de Bea-
sire, sobre ell que echaron sus ma
nsZ1s.
Este grit6, abri6se una puerta,
y Sc apareci6 una mujer turbada
y asustada en- ell umbral de los
cuartos del primer piso.
Al vsrla, los agentes soltaron 8
Beausire y lanzaron un grito, pero
de alegris, de triunfo, de exalta
ci6n salvaie, pues acababan de re-
conocer d la que tanto SO parecia q
la reina de Frsncis.
Reausire, que los orey5 un mo
mento desarmados Lor la aparl-
ci6n de una mujer, qued6 bien
pronto y cruelmeute desilusiona-
do.
El positive Sc acerc6 & Mile Oil
va, y con IN tono muy POGO cor
tea, en- atenci6n 6 la semejanz !:
-;Ah, sh! exclsm6. Daos pre-
"a.
-iPresal grit6 Beausire. SY
r3s que?.
-Porque nos ha dado Ia orden
NJ. de Gre sne, respondi6 FL otro
ageDte, y Dosotros estamos al SER
Vicio de Nj. de Crosne.
I'm rayo que hubiese caido en-
ire los dos amantes no los habria
aterrado tanto como esta declara-
ci6D.
He ahf 10 que no es haber an
dado obsequioso, dijo ell Positive
Beausire.
El sgente no era l6gico, y asf
10 10 hizo presente su ccmpsfieTo
diciendole:
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-12

FL H. L. Htlde vae del da puerto tomar
Espna asbdo Puerto al directo
sale puerto da alguno de La
H dc v]e del 28 tomara spaha abo1
PusrtcR dsco sale de gual puerto 81 da
eada
desde Il de Mayo al 80 de shena
ade los pao sola
Santana
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-12
CAPfTULO XXXVI
LAS ToRToLILLAs SON ENJAuLADAs

,saasire Sc l.evsba su idea en-
entrar por la puerta del patio !;
guerra haeer bastante ruidO para
advertir a Olivia que estuviese
alerta, pues, aunqne no saba ma
da sobre ell negorio del collar, sa-
bia bastantes cosss relativas al
bale de la Opera y la de la Gu
beta de Mesmer, para temer ell que
SO moktrase Olivia q unos desco-
noeidos.
En- este obraba cuerdamente.
porque la joven, que estaba le-
yendo novelas fffvolas sobre el So
fa de su saloncito, oy6 ladrar los
perros, miro al patio, y vic B "a
usire aeompahado, 10 cual le i'm
pidi6 salir a recibirle como acos-
tumbraba.
Por desgracia, estas dos torto-
lillas no estaban faera de las ga
rras de los buitres.
Fue precise encargar ell almuer
20, y IN criado torpe los criados
del campo no son. uuos FroLtin-)
pregunt6 dos 6 tres veces 81 habfa
que tomar las ordenes de Ia 50
nora. -
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-12
BanOs de COamO

hotel, con nueyas habitacioncs, tenemos
el gnsto de ayisarlo al publico para que
las personas que 10 deseen no tengan de-
mora en- concurrir al balneario
Ponce, 27 de Julio de lsa7.
UusJeruut u Boir.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-12

segu,oad de sus s'ss en- Fhren
e condolences em h6res ae ep0" c
busi6n erpou,dnea, aslco de hunso mai olor.
los hacen preebe
o orecen los po son mas
de les marc extranjeras
Agentes generates IsIa: sss sob1inas
Z ess Juan Puerto Rico Ponce, s1es Fehc
Costa e c. . ., 800
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-12
LOS MEJORES ACEITES PARA E AlUMbRAD|
DE LAS FAMIIIAs, SON MARCAS
Luz briIIante ELEFANT TE
YtUz SOLAR AGbftA
las ouales estan registradas certifcadas
las cuales estan registradas certifcadas.

Estes aceites. r ro-
ducto de una f. bri
caci6n especial, de
bida 8 la experie ncia
adquirida d u r a n te
much $ amos en- la In
dustria de re hnar pc
troleo, tanto en- los
Estados Unidos, co
mo en- Cuba, Mexico
y otros ps1ses. son,
sino superiores, igua
'es q los mejores que
Sc importan del ex
tral no. bajo diver
SOS non bres y mar
cas-. va por sus bue-
mas cuaiidades luml
nicas, cuanto poT Ia
Arizona republican., 1897-11-20

Pippo saw the point and withdrew the complaint. Schnitz was dis charged
THE TORMENT OF TWO MINERS.
Manned by Dynamite They Crawled
 Out and Down a WinZe.

Leadville. Colo, Nov. 19.-Thomas Cassidy was fatally injured and Wil- liam Gallagher very badly injured by the explosion of a missed hole in the Little Prince shaft of the Big Six mine this morning. The two men were working in a drift, and ex- pectedly they struck missed shot. It exploded with great force.
 Cassidy had his right hand torn eff, lost four fingers from his left hand, had his left eye blown out, and his other eye badly injured, and was eth erwise badly hurt.
 Gallagher was badly cut about the face and both eyes are seriously in jured, but it is thought his sight can be saved. The two men were alone in the drift at the time of the acoi- dent. After recovering consciousness, they, by eXcruciating efforts, crawied through a drift over 200 feet to a winze, and then down this Winze over 100 feet to the shaft. After enduring the most awful torture, they finally reached the shaft, where they rang for the bucket and were hoisted to the surface. They Were taken to the Sisters hospital. Cassidy is unmar- ried and about 26 years of age. Will liam Gallagher is a married man, and his wife is now by his bedside.