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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19
WHAT'S ONEYs

Money is the medium OF exchange.
Whatever performs this function,
does the work, is money, no matter
what 1t is made of.'-Prof. Walker
in Political Economy.
Money is simply employed for
bsrtering, as a ship for carrying. Its
action is similar to a carts, it fetches
for its owner things he IS in want
of.'-Prof. Jeyons.
The instrinsic value of money was
the idea in the days Of crude barba-
ris,u. The simplest and most perfect
form OF money is that which presents
nothing but transferable debt, such
a. paper. 1t is only when states
have reached a high degree OF civili-
zation that they adopt this perfect
, form Of money."-Rees' Encyclope.
| dia.
+, whatever power there is over the
currency is vested IN congress. Ii
the power to declare what is money
is not in congress it is annihilated '
: = We repeat, money is not a sub
stance, but an impression Of legal
authority, a printed legal decree
Wallace, $40, United States Supreme
Court.
"An article is determined 70 be
money by reason Of the performance
hy it of certain functions without
regard to its form or substance"
-Appleton's Encyclopedia.
Metallic money while acting as
coin. is identical with paper money in
respect to its being destitute Of IN
trinsic value."-North British Re
view,
"Money is a tool Of exchange and
nothing more. 1t is not a measure oil
value, Dor a standard Of value, nor
representative of property. 1t trans
fers property conveniently from one
party to another AS a wagon haul'
goods from n place to another
Prof. Price.
"Noneys are of great varieties
The palpable characteristic wheel
distinguishes money from the numer
GUS subjects that resemble it. bu
which are not money, IS its mark 0
authority, signifying thatit is issued
circulated and made payable 70
debts. services, fines, taxes and com
modlties BY virtue Of law.'-Alex
, Delmar in Science of Money.
"Money is a value created by Law
. "a statuary law The valuc of me
1 tallic money is created by law
$ Henry Cornuschi.
. The legislation assumes that il
contemplation Of law, money Of ey
cry species has the value which til
law fixes on it that congress la
n the constitutional power to say tina
ten penny-weights Of silver shal
I. henceforth be the dollar and TO tn
: Office heretofore done by sixtee
penny-wsights, four and one-hal
: grains attorney General Z. S. q
: Wallace, I. $. Supreme court pag
519.)
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19

"We are mad" exclaims the editor
of a paper in the backwoods of Ten
nessee. ''Darn the people How can
they expect US, out here twelve
miles from a railroad. twenty-five
miles from a river. millions of miles
from heaven, about two mlles from
the devil, and about 200 yards from
a whiskey shop, to get out a lively
newspaper
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19

A cheerful heart sees cheerful
things. A lady and gentleman were
walking in a lumber yard situated by
4 dirty, foul-smelling river. The lady
said: slow good these pine boards
smell = "Pine boards !" exclaimed
the gentleman. "Just smell this foul
river! "Thank you," the lady Q
Piled ; II prefer to smell the pine
boards" And she was right. If she,
or we, q carry this principle through
our entire living, we shalt nave the
cheerful voice, the cheerful face.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19

The St. Mary Sugar Belt Vindicator
is authority for the statement that at
Mr.. L. s. Clarke's Lagonda plantation
in that parish PIG pounds Of sugar per
ton were obtained during the past
season by the diffusion process.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19

M greatest year for car building
was III 1890, when lG3, 600 cars We're
built in all the shops ri the United
States. In 1891 and 1892 the number of
cars turned out was close to So, 900 in
each year. The lowest total was i'll
1893, when Sc, 9O0'were built.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19
Mr.. j. NJ. THOMPSON,

The we'll known dealer
in fine Kentucky horses, has been in
ouI midst since a few DAYS, with a
good lot of fine Kentucky harness and
saddle horses, to suit all tastes.
He is holding forth at Fl. Tetreau
& Co.'s Stable, where oil are invited
to call and see his stock.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

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and forever. be made well. strong, magnetic,
full of new life aud vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the w~onder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 400, 900 cured. Buy No-To-Bac of your
druggist, under guarantee to cure, SOC or
S1.uO. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Go. Chlcag0 or New York.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19

The first mention of money in the
Scriptures was Abraham's purchase Of
a sepulcher for 400 shekels of silver, B.
G. 1860.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19

Rheums tim is due TO the Tactic
acid in the bleod. Hoods S~arsaparil-
la neutralizes the acid and completely
cures the aches and pains Of ,lleuma-
tism. Be sure to get Hoods.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19

Good Looks Go a Great Way.
Miss Highsee is a beautiful singer,
isn't she:'
Very. That was what made her
singing SO endurable. "-Washington
Times.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19

HOOPS PILLS are easy to take. easy
to operate. Cure indigestion, bilious
MISS. 25c.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19

Applied to the skin it will whiten it
and will keep the Teeth and Gums
in healthy condition.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19

4 perfect complexion beautitier and
positive relief for all affections OF
the skin. Delightful after shaving
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-05-27
Anpej a nos lecteurs

Les maisons de commerce oi-
dessous ont a leur emploi IN bon
nombre de compatriotes, ct m6ri
tent votre patronage. Files sont
sans contredit, les plus aohalan-
does ct les plus considerables de la
vile ct sont aussi accommodates
oustous rapports. Ceuxd de nos COM
p%atr1otes qni y sont employees, sont
bien avantageusement connus ct sc
sont acquis par leurs manieres af-
fables ct leur honnetet6, Ia CONTAIN
&c de toutes les personnes qui ont
| fa1t des affeires aveo eux.
Les danes surtout d%onneront une
preuve manifesto de patriotisme
en- se servant de la langue frspceise
pour faire lears aohats, ct
en- agissant ainsi vous rendrez SER
vices a vos compRtriotes ct q leurs
families.
The Plymouth Clothing House,
A. Cole,
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-05-27
taux iaupes des garnis.

taux iaupes des garnis.
Quand ellie lisait quill y await
un cabinet d louer, ellie s%'arretait,
ct alors ellie examfnait les aleu-
tours de la maiscn, puts la mai
son elle-meme, du haut en- baa, ne
SO d6oident ]amais 4 entrer, soft
que Photel lui paint trop luxueux,
soft que son aspect d6labr6-e sa-
lie lui r6pugnAt ct que la vue des
escaliers 6trolts. empljs de tene-
bres en- plein jour. lul soulevat lie
occur dc terreur, ct de degodt tout
a la fols,
Ellie ezra Jongtemps, intimid6e,
hesitante. .... aYant peur de tout
go. ayant peur d'etre i%nterrog6e
par la lcgeuse, d'etre oblig6e de
dire d'od ellie v%enait, qui ellie 6tait
ct s'imaginait que tout lie monde,
quand ellie declarerait son nom de
Claire Monn1er, CO nom qu'elle 81
maginait connu de tous CONNIE
note d'infamie, la re%pousserait
avec horreur. Ellie 6tait arriv6e
ainsi, indecise toujours, deyant un
hotel d'apparenee assez proprette
quot que tres pauvre, l'hotel des
Trois-B ornes, situ6 a Tang e dune
Tue ct tirant con nom, sans doute,
des trois bcrnes plac6es au pied
dc ses murall!es.
C'6tait celia presqu'a l'extr6mit6
de la rue de Vanguard.
Les murs de l'h6tel avaient etc
tout recemment blanchjs q la
chaux. Les volets 6taient frafche-
merit points, mais Ia maison 5tsit
etrolte, toute basse,u sans luxe au-
Gun, avec une toiture qui parais-
salt 6ventree a demi.
Sous la peinture, le bois des
portes ct des p%ersiennes paraissaita
crevass6, vermoulu, tordu par lie
soleil ct la plule. II y await DIES
assures dams le mur tout blanc.
Au centre, la mura1lle, tassee,
vie1llle, formait ventre CONNIE 81
ellie allait crouler.... vom1r ses
moelons... 800. lasse d'etre debout.
Claire s%'arreta.
II y await a louer des chambres
des cabinets.
L'hotel ~paraissait vide du haut
en- has, ofrsnt l'image de l'aban-
don ct de la RUNE.
Autour, Ges maisons hautes, tou-
tes grlses, chergees de fenetres ct
d'6tages, deyant contenlr dc verl-
tables fourmill1eres humaines,
ple1nes de m6nages CURRIERS', de-
bordant de msrmailles ct qui le
cachaient enforcement.
Claire poussa la porte d ella re.
vote de l'hotel ct s'engagea dams
le %couloir, un couloir plus noir que
(ceux qu'el|e await yus d6ja, ct qui
lui jeta a la face une bouf6e d'hu.
midit6 ct de moisissure.
Ellie allait -rebrousser chemin,
min, mails 3 CO moment, une voix
dit derriere ellie.
-Vous cherohez I'm logement,
mademoiselle?
Ellie SO retourns vivement, tou-
te surprise. .
O'6tajt le jeune homme qui lui,
await paris dams lie train. i
Ellie cut On. movement d'hu-
incur ct de col6re ct s'engegea:
plus avant, sans repondre, ~n'osRnt.
plus reyenir en- srri4re. /;
LIE jeune homme sc retira.
Au bout du couloir, Claire rem
con1ra une vieille femme, une rui-
ne humane, qui sc trstnait cass6e
branlante, les pieds dams ses pan
toufes trop grenaes,. gal ola
qualent sur lie pave du oouIoir a.
chaque pas qu'el!e faisait, ia tete
enveloppee de foulards. de llpges1
informes qui la. faisaiest ressem-
bier a un amas de guenilles.
~ "a %continuer:1 :a... Ii
4
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-05-27
(Suite.)

6ShlCuV Skou0 az
chaient....il ills avaient aperou la
bsraue....i ls avslent trouve le Ca
dsyre du mslheureux Poirler. Celia
resultait de leur conversation.
lis Sc demsndaient s'ils devalent
c%ontinuer leurs recherches ct al
tous les forcats n'evaient pas peri
avec Poirier.
lis current uns phrase qui tit
fremir jusqu'sux molles les trois
compsgnons, qui s'etaient blottis,
silencleux ct tout trembiants, dams
une fente du rocher.
-S'ils ne sont pas merits, dit
Fun d'eux, lis men valent guere
mieux, car nous sllons detruire la
barque, ct jls perlront Ia! CONNIE
il leur sera impossible de sortir,
lis mourront de falm!
Les trols hommes sc regarde-
rent, territi6s, l6 sang glac6.
Rigobert cut un movement
CONNIE pour s'6lanoer.
-Qa'allez-vous fsire? dit Judas
Marfori, qui lie retint dune pol
gne solide.
-Crier que nous sommes Ia!
Dame! Ce nest pas dro!e. s'ils par
tent ct s'1ls nous laissent!-Nous
ne trouverons pas de biftecks sur
les 1ochers.
-Silenoel dit Judas dun ton
qui n'admettait pas de r6plique.
Vous ne voulez pas Vous rem
Dire, vous?
-Jamaisl
-Jamais! appuya Anselme dun
ton sombre.
-Laissez.mol me rendre, moi.
Je dirai que vous etes mortsl
IS, IN dis un mot de plus, de-
clara Judas Marfori, 81 tn fails IN
pas, je t6trangle CONNIE un pou-
let!
ct de ses doigts longs ct durs
comme DIES doigts de fer, il selra
le oou dc Rigobert.
Oelui-ci cut un ori ct un geste de
p%rotestation.
Eth! IAl Eth! Ia!
-Tais.toi! fit Judas, qui le la
cha.
-Apres tout, MOURN pour mou-
rir.... fit l'homme dun air reslss
enc. Qaand ces Ostrogoths seront
parts, nous sortirons ct nous irons
d la chase. Nous m%ettrons les OIL
seaux en- joue, ct CONNIE nous ma
yons pas de fuslIs nous souM rons
dessus. 81 le soufHe est assez Fort.
lis tomberont; simon, ya-t-en volr
s'ils viennent! Nous allons bien
nous amuser!
II n'a]outa plus rien ct SO rem
cog1,a dams Pombre, CONNIE les au-
tres.
Au-dessus, DIES movements 81
pnifoatifs se taiseien'. Des hon.
mes envoyes en- exploration dams
File, rentraient Fun apres l'autre
deoourages.
lis n'avaient rien decouyert.
Ills doivent etre morris avec
>reutre! declsra1ent-i|s toue.
LIE chef de Y'exp6dltlon SO DIS
poealt q repartir.
Toute chance de salut s'ete gna1t.
On entendait DIES ooups Sounds
frepp6s u du bois. On brisait la
barque.
Les fugitifs SO disaient que o'6-
TAFT leur cercueil que pon olouait.
OeIa await le meme bcuit pour eux,
mais Judas Marfori ct Anselme
restaient fermes.
Valnement Rigobert leur disait:
-O'est une boulette que nous
talsons, une fere boulette!
lis ne r5pondaient pas.
lis %Ia1ss8ient faire.
On entendit les hommes monter
b.uyamment dams le canot qui les
await a%menes.... dams IN clique
It's de fusils ct de sabres.... IN
bruit de rames fouettant peau.
Puts tout d6orut, tout s'6teignit
lie bruit DIES yo1x ct de Iembarca'
tion.. :
On silence tomba sur File, u1
silence qui sembla peser d'aYanta.
re sui les fugit1fs ct qui n'etsi'
trouble que par les Girls rauques
st dechirants des olseaux de mer
Tout 6tait fni. Ills 6taient seuls
Une derniere r6volte secoua Ri
COLBERT aui voulut SO pr6cipiter ct
enneler. mails Judas Marfori Q,
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-05-27

dASO QuA nV0AV :
A la care, ellie s'informa. Ellie
osa parler a I'm employs st deman-
der d quelle heure passait le train
ponr Paris.
L'homme qui 6tait oooupe a rou'
Ter des bagages, r6pondit, sans me.
me jeter un regard q la personne
qui l'interrogeait:
-Vous avez encore uno demi.
heure.
Une demi. heure! 80. O'etait
plus quill men fallait pour prem
Dire son billet.
Claire SO dlrigea vers lie guichet'
II n'6tait pas ouverr encore. Ellie
ALA s%'asseoir dams I'm coin, dams lie
coin lie plus sombre de la care.
Des gems allaient ct venaient, eta
res, des families sveo DIES enfanta
qu'on tra1nait par la main, dams
IN coup de bouscplade, aveo des
pouss6es, DIES oris, une animation
qui 6tourdissait. Claire ne voyalt
rian, ne remarquait rlen, toute q
sea pens6es, r'esprit reptile on de-
daDs d'elle-meme.
Ellie fat arrach6e q con r6ve par
lie cr1 dun employs traversant
tout 3 coup le murmure de la ga
re:
Lies voyageurs pour Paris en-
voiture!
Ellie se leva dun bond, chercha
DIES yeux le guichet, y courut.
I'm billet pour Paris, sill vous
pla1tl
-Une premiere?
-Une troisieme... madame.
On le dit alors, fit une volx
bourrue.
Et par lie gu1chet un petit car
ton rassa.
Claire d6posa un louis sur la
planchette 800 TT ellie allait se re-
tirer q la hate quand la voix dit:
EFT votre monnaiel
La 1eune lille revint ramassa
les pieces planohes ct les sous qu'el-
lie trouva sur la %plenohette, puts
ellie s'6lolgna, oherchant de quel
cote ellie devait SO diriger.
LIE meme cri qu'elIe await d6ja
entendu s'6leva dams la care, Oh il
Y await a CO moment ranima tion
ct le coup de feu dun depart i'm
portant.
LES voyageurs pour Paris, en-
voiture
Ellie montra son billet a un em>
ploy6.
Par ici!
Et on la fit passer dams une sal
lie.
Par lAl dit I'm autre employee en-
la poussant dams une autre sa]le..
ct pressez-vous!
CLAIRE go hata, ahurie, bous,ul6e'
Ellie arriva sur lie quai, Wit un
movement qui lui parut enorme
des wagons arret6s devAnt ellie, lie
po1tiAre ~ouverte, aveo, dominant
tous les autres bruits, fermeture
de portieres. -appels ct Girls, des
mugiassments de vapeur qul fai.
salient frlsonner la toiture de YER
re de la gare.... Une confusion:
I'm. brouhaha.... Claire courut, az
hasard, la tete perdue, ne saohant
Oh monter. syant peur de SO from.
per-.
Ellie avisa I'M employs.
Pour Paris, monsieur.
-Vous avez votre bl(letI
-Oui, mon sleur.
1T ellie le montra.
L'homme ouvrlt I'm wagon dc
trols1ame.
-Montez lei!
Et Claire EXTRA dams une voitu.
re d6]a pressure pleine, Cd hut
paires d'yeux la fusillerent de re.
garos hostiles.
Toute confuse, toute rouge, ellie
ohercha tim1dement une place o6
8 asseoir, ct il sly laissa tomber,
son petit paquet sur ses genoux...
Tame plus triste que jamais, ca,
ellie entrait dams l'inconnu, ellie
le sentait. =
Tous oes visages qui rentou.
raielt lui 6taient 6trengers, ct &c
serait toujours ainsi m%aintenant
dams la vie.... Pas une figure d'a.
mi.... Tous oeux qui, Ia connai.
traient la fuiraient... File mere
....f1le de foreat....
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11
In McClure's
Magazine f o r
September Geo.
e. Graham de-
ScriheS the de-
McCLURt'S.

struction Of Admiral Cerveras fleet, as
the work done from Commodore Schleys
flagship. the Brooklyn; and w. A. NJ.
Goode describes it as he too saw it from
Admiral SIMPSONS flagship. the New
York. Together the two papers give a
complete and most vivid account of what
was undoubtedly the most picturesque
event of all the war, and, being illus
ers, pictures of all the ships and views of
all the wrecks. largely from photographs
taken by the authors, they leave nothing
to be desired.
Some very interesting "reminiscences and
letters of Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of
President Lincoln. are given in an article
by her sister, Emily Todd Helm. The In
dian chief Two Moons story of General
Clusters last fight. as taken down by
Hamlin Garland, has, besides its value as
being the Indians version of a famous
battle between him and the white man,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11

crushes, once for all, the story of sur
PRISE, he does 1t with positive knowledge
OF the previous orders given and received
by General Wheeler and Colonel Wood.
me conversations he had with the men
IN the night are vivid bits of dramatic dia-
rogue The whole article is the fullest
as Wen as the most thrilling account of
the Guasimas fight yet published, and will
stand as the historical picture of that ia
nous event. The illustrations give many
OF the best known men in the Rough Rid
ers, ana views OF the country over which
they fought. There are also drawings
from life by the artist II. c. Christy, who
was there.
Episodes of the Santiago Campaign are
given In brief and exciting narratives.
EDWARD Marshall,the heroic Correspondent
who insisted on debating his account of
the tight while supposed to be dying on
the field. is now in New York hospital
and has written his recollections of the
Guasimas fight. What it means to be
shot and 10 be in a field hospital expect
ing death has never been presented so
feelingly before. What most affected Mr.
Marshall was the unselfishness and kind
ness of other wounded men around him.
Another correspondent, ]. E. Chamber
lin, was in the thick of the fight, and de-
scribes How the Spaniards Fought at
Caney." 1t is a generous recognition of
what so many officers in the regular army
have commented upon-the brave fight
ing OF the Spanish in the trenches
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11
AINSlEE'S.

L. Z
of contents, a great part of which is dedi-
Gated to the description of different
phases of life in the navy. 1.-The Making
of a Man-o'-Warsman'' is a very clearly
written and adequately illustrated account
of the manner in which men are enlisted
in the navy, how they are trained and in
structed in their duties and what these
duties are.
The Land of Sunshine for September
comes to hand just as bright and cheer
full as usual. The articles are all read
able and instructive and the pictures ex-
cellent. AS a departure from it's usual
Photographic illustration the frontispiece
is from a painting by William Keith, the
famous artist.
Guntons Magazine for September con-
ing the results of the war 1t also deals
with most Of the important and sociologi-
cal questions of the day. The Gunton
Company, New York.
Dinners and Diners is the title of a new
magazine of gaStronomicS The first num-
Der shows high order of excellence both
in the articles and illustrations. There
are many hints in it for all who consider
themselves good livers. Dinners and
Diners Publishing Company, 50 Nassau
street, New York.
The September Book News prints a list of
four hundred and seven works relating to edlI-
cation, including text books published in the
United States from August /. 1897 to August
1928 Thls is the only list issued of educa-
tional books published within the past year
Hands All Around" short story contributes
TO BOOK News by Miss Sarah Barnwell Elliott
gives vivid description of the growth of new
ing the war. John Wanamaker: Philadelphia
and New York.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11
THE ATLANTIC.

partments of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
anecdote-offering material of unsur-
passed freshness and value. Especially
prompt and timely is William r. Thayers
brilliant sketch of Bismarck's character
and political work; while the newly dis
covered Carlyle family correspondence
annotated by Charles F. Copeland, Prince
Krapotkins unique autobiography with
Robert E. Ely's predatory sketch. Pro
fessor Newcombs social and astronomical
"reminiscences, together with the sketches
and reviews, part personal, part critical,
of Sir Henry Maine, Burne-Jones and
Whitcomb Riley. form a combination of
rare variety and unusual attractiveness.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11
THE OVERLAND.

number. And IT is also a California mum
per, typical of the great and glorious
west All the articles are timely and
show careful selection. The contents are
varied and interesting and can be read
with pleasure by all Californans Volume
last June, and the bound books are now
ready for distribution. 1t makes an in
teresting book and is a valuable record
of the part California took in the late
war The Overland Publishing Company,
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11
THE DRUIDs.

There were sixty Druids presents at the
meeting of Hesperian Grove last week
to welcome Supreme Representative H.
]. Collier on his return from the Supreme
Grove session. He was warmly welcomed
and after the routine business had been
disposed of he gave an account Of the
legislation had in the supreme body.
Much, he said, had been done. that
would prove a benefit to Druidism in
California. He spoke of the law passed
which authorizes the establishment Of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11
WHAT TO EAT.

watermelon twice as large as himself,
while the frontispiece shows Uncle Sam
devouring a slice of the same fruit, Ia
beled 1.-The Philippines"
The United States Department of Agr1-
culture has an article telling how man
can live on 16 cents a day. The menu
looks inviting, and the prices are all
given.
The theory of a French scientist regard
ing sleep and how to obtain it is interest
ing and worth testing. =,
''The Widow Eatons Dinner Party"
by Oakley Hail. "A Funny Conversation
and the Complexion Mushrooms. as
Food" and stories and poems beautifully
illustrated in colors, make up the number