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tin your money up against con man
/ wouldn't bet that / was alive. /
wouldn't bet that the sun rises in the
east, that birds fly or that a duck can
swim. I wouldn't bet con man on
any proposition you can name becuz
he won't bet unless he knows he can
take your money. That's his business
But / pertended to be dead wiIlin' to
go against this shell graft, SO / pulled
out the only fve-dollar bill that stood
between me an the poorhouse an held
it in my nit an then says: Before
l make this bet, let's have clear un-
derstandin'.' He thought he had iay
in the trap, so he went ahead an ex.
planned to me that II I picked out the
shell that had the little ball under il
then got five dollars, just the same as
fndin' it. While l was standin' there
with my money in my hand, stringin'
this guy along, some of these wise boys
standin' around was givin' me the wink
an shakin' their heads, tryin' to steer
me off. Another fellow that was cap
PIN for the game kept whisperin' for
me to go ahead. I'd reach out the
money as If I was about to put it on
the board an then I'd kind o. stop an
ask another question. 1 says: I'm
poor worl5in' boy an if make bet
on this thing want to be sure they
amt any cheatin'.' He said everything
was on the level. Finally opened this
bill that had in my hand and l says
to him: "You seem to be nice man
and | don't think it'd be right to give
you soiled bill. Now says, if you
wait here I'll take this bill home an
have it washed and ironed an then
bring it right back to you.' With that
chucked it back in my pocket an
walked away. Say, you ought to hear
the crowd give him the laugh. Thep
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-10-14
La. SATURDAY, OCTOBER Il, 1899.
= RANCE was not always the VOL

| fRRANcE was not always the vol
eano 1t is to-day and has been
u for the past century and more.
For more than a century it has been
fighting for that liberty that has come
to other peoples, but its battle has been
longer and fercerathan has the same
battle in other nations. How long it
will be before France emerges triumph
ant from the conflict only history will
tell.
When England aas in the throes of
civil and religious war France looked
on with horror. Times changed sud-
denly. England, emerging strong and
stable, viewed the widest riot of the
widest passions in the country that
had regarded her so eontemptuously
for her disorders. It was the struggle
for liberty in England. It was the be-
ginning of the struggle for liberty in
France which has eonvulsed civiliza-
tion and under the mastery genius of
Napoleon placed all Europe in his
shackles. Empires rose and fell, king
doms were swept into dust, boundaries
were wiped out, countries absorbed,
whole peoples obliterated. Such has
been the Frenchman's ferocious strug-
gle for liberty, the most fascinating
page in all history.
The country was a despotism. The
Bourbon kings had discontinued the
sittings of the advisory council or ma
tional assembly more than 180 years
before. There were no checks on the
crown who could impose taxes, impris-
on without redress, interfere with the
courts of justice, such as they were
The kings ordered wholesale massacres,
ruthless deportations, sent thousands
to the galleys for life, robbed the people
in the name of loans, making picture
of which the populace but painted
copy in the reign of terror. Louis XIV.
laFished more money on his harem
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| 1t was the commencement of the ter
rife conflict of % years. The invasion
began in August. On the night of the
9th an organized mob seized the com
| mune chamber and the city govern
ment. The next day it wrecked the
Tuileries, slaughtered the Swiss guard,
and the Bourbon king was oyerthrown
and imprisoned. La Fayette, unable to
control the national guard, fed, and
Danton started the mobs in the horrible
wholesale butcheries Of September
The invaders armies were defeated by
Dumouriez and Kellerman, and the ma
tional convention, just elected, declared
republic September %, 1892 Louis
XVI. was tried and executed, and
France sent armies to overthrow other
monarchies in retaliation for the in
vasion. They were in Belgium, Holland,
Savoy, Nice, Mayenee, and threatening
Germany. All Europe combined against
the republic. The mob again rose SUI
preme under Robespierre, Morat and
the Jacobins, and the reign of terror
was at hand.
Inc reign OF terror ran its long
course Of blood before the more mod
crate again secured control. The French
army gained success over the allies,
the BaRarian republic was established,
Holland reeonquered and the armies
were spreading in all directions. Eu-
rope in awe dissolved the coalition, and
Spain and Prussia sued for peace. A
reactionary mob rose in Paris October
4, 1T95, which was put down by Bona
parte, who had been found in poverty
in garret, and the authority of the
convention was restored to be succeeded
by the directory, who sent Bonaparte
into Italy. He conquered the country,
and defeated Austria, displaying aston
ishing skill. He took land from the
pope for his opposition to the republic,
and later set up a republic in the rest
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than he spent In any department OF
state. The offices were sold, canals and
roads were in ruins. whole provinces de-
serted, whole masses of peasant
slaves starving or feeding upon, nettles
and pulse.
It was in 1889 that the king paid
heed to the c1amor of the tradesmen
and the serfs for reform. Then for the
first time in $50 years did the Bourbon
permit the advisory council to meet.
Twelve hundred deputies of the three
estates were there to devise means to
save bankrupt France. Voting was by
orders or estates, and two orders vot-
ing together formed a majority. The
mobiles and clergy had always stood
together as against the commons,
but the commons outnumbering
the other two orders, ROW de-
manded change in the system. The
deadlock continued until July II, when
the commons, a few mobiles and half a
dozen Of the clergy declared themselves
the national assembly and announced
they would begin the work of nation
v
sailles palace was closed against them.
and they went to the old Jenniss court
and took an oath that they would
never separate until they had set the
constitution on sure foundation The
king threatened. Mirabeau said that
nothing but bayonets could drive them
away. and the assembly voted the per-
sons of its members sacred from ar
rest, making it a capital crime to mo-
lest them. The king built batteries and
brought regiments to Versailles. The
intelligence caused Paris to rise, and
the German and Swiss troops, ths Kings
guards, were placed in the principal
streets and squares. The populace held
meetings and marched, and the troops
killed a few, among them two
of the French or city guard. The
guards nutinfed and fired on
the German regiment. All the
French soldiers refused to FIRE on the
populace and the foreign troops fol-
lowed their example few hours later.
The criminal classes came from their
haunts, and the riot, with its terrors,
was unbridled. a committee was or
ganized, created the national guard
from the commune, armed them with
pixies, guns. old cannon and clubs. The
French guards joined in the uprising.
The army now numbered $4,000 men.
The symbol of tyranny, the Bastile, was
captured and the commanders head
raised on pike. The king temporized,
recognized the Paris committee as the
commune. and granted it extraordi-
nary powers, who made La Fayette
commander of the naticual guard. The
provinces fired by the result in Paris,
arose, branches of the national guard
being everywhere organized.
Austria and Prussia declared their in
tention of restoring the old order IN |
l7o2y and the assembly declared war.
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/ of his territory, and several other re-
publics in Italy. Bonaparte was now
sent to Egypt. Europe again prepared
TO crush the republic. France, meet
| ing defeats, the internal affairs fell into
| bad shape. and Bonaparte returned
| from Egypt. He was hailed by all as.
| tie only man who could save the dis
tracted country. A coup d etat made
him first consul, and France had at last
a commanding intellect at its head
But France had ceased to be repub-
lie. The consulate yielded to the EN-
pire, was overthrown by Europe re-
allied, in 1914, and the Bourbon mon
archy restored, to be in turn over
thrown by Bonaparte, who again fell
before the powers at Waterloo. The
bourbon again had the throne, but
revolution gave it to a son of the duke
Of Orleans, under constitution, to be
followed by short-lived republic.
which gave way before the magical
name OF Napoleon born by a nephew
of the conqueror, a grandson of di-
yorced Josephine. The second empire
disappeared at Sedan in 1870, to be fol-
lowed by provisional republic, that
made defense as gallant as that of
1898, and put down the Jacobin fury.
the commune of 1871. Grevy was elect
ed president of the provisional assem-
bly,, which contained but 100 republic
ans, the majority, or over $50, being
monarchists, Bourbons, OrIeanists or
Benapartists. There were socialists,
anarchists, and the clergy, who want
ed old privileges and property restored,
and exclusive control Of the schools.
and who elamored for France to re-
Store the pope's temporal power, which
the italian revolution had just deprived
him of. The monarchists ousted Greyy
for Buffet, and elected as president Mar
shal Mac Mahon, as a step to restora-
ation of the monarchy, an agreement
having been reached in favor Of the child
aess Bourbon, Count De Chambord, with
the Orleans house to follow, but the
conspiracy failed. New constitutions
were made. Ministries fell almost as
soon as named. The clergy combined
with the diminishing monarchists, be-
cause kle priests and the confessional
were excluded from the public schools, q
and education made compulsory. A
coup q etat was frequently threatened,
the Boulanger conspiracy, the Panama
canal frauds, the assassination of Pres
ident Carnot. and now the base conspa-
acy against Dreyfus, all excited rage
and turmoil.
All were blows at the republic The
ferceness Of the conflict, the seething.
roaring naelstrom OF passion and
hatred under coTer OF parliamentary
proceedings are without parallel, and
in relief against the sea Of fame stand
the courageous patriots of France,
the upholders Of her liberty, with vivid
ness Incompatible.
n 4. WxLLIAMsoN
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the race on him. told him to shut up
an be sport, but he wouldn't He
beefed so hard had notion to give
him his money back, but I didn't.
What fine bunch of country girls
saw" continued Billy. Why my!
Alf in white dresses with dust up the
back and these new hats that are all
puffed out on top like hot biscuit.
4 got TO talkin', to one of 'em that was
settin' next to me in the grand stand.
I says to her: Do you see that horse?'
pointiu' to one that had just win the
race. WE'LL says, I own him. and
just to prove 1t | told her how much
he cost me. Then / begin to point out
another things around there that /
owned, and before got through l con-
trollec the whole. .shootin' match. told
her ms name was Richard Croker ar
lived in New York Then / wrote the
name on card so that she wouldn't
forget it, an she promised to write.
i can just see Richard tryin' to make
out what the letters all about if she
ever writes TO that address. She was
the easiest mark | ever saw. She'd
stand for anything. Do you see this
ring hereP got it off of one of the
Doherty boys for two-doIlar loan. /
told her bought it in Paris an it cost
me hunderd an fifty. She believed
every word of it.
I run into something later on that
wuzn't quite so soft. I'd been out
around the stock pens, sizin' up them
hogs that's so fat an lazy that one
of 'ern won't even open an eye when
you speak TO him. On my way back
j come across feller that had a board
laid across the top of barrel an was
lnonkeyin' with three walnut shells |
an a little rubber ball Now, that |
game was chestnut when was in my |
cradle an man that's sucker enough |
TO go against it deserves all he gets,
but pertended not to know anything /
about 1t, so / walked up to his knobs |
that was runnin' the little ball from
one shell to another an says: What's i
the object of the game?' He explained I
to me that was to keep close watch |
on the little ball. SO could tell which I
shell 1T was under. watched him do
MI this smooth work an purity soon he
made the play. saw the little ball |
go under the shell an if I'd been easy
I'D made bet, but I've seen too many
shelf-workers. When it comes to nut
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-10-14
The Origin of Pew Rents.

According to the Church family
newspaper OF London some accounts
which date back to 1888 show that the
principle of allotting sittings to par
ticuiar people and charging for the
same was then in force. At ST. Law
rence's church, Reading, there is an en-
try under date 1547, for reforming the
mayors seat and at Rye the church
wardens expenden five shillings for
making pew for the magistrates
wives. In 1886 the church wardens de
creed that women occupying seats in
certain favored positions should pay
fourpenee each. For still better posi-
tions near the pulpit the charge was
sixpence. At Dorchester, in 1925, Rob-
ert Polden's wife is noticed as paying
one shilling sixpence for a seat in the
"women's square" So there is reason
for believing that originally pew rents
were charges made every time partic-
ular seats were occupied.
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he made a funny crack at me an ]
walked back to him an told him if he
said another word I'd throw him up in
a tree an let him hang there all night.
l was the bravest thing you ever saw.
l had dozen OF these big two-fsted
farmer boys backin' me up an knew
they wouldn't see me licked. Mr.. Shell
Man quieted down and said nothin'.
Mebbe you think / didn't make a hit
with the farmer boys. They took me
over an set 'em up to the red pop. an
I couldn't get rid of them all the rest
of the day." JOHN HAzELDEN.
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woman,s Hair her Pride.

A woman's glory is her hair, and that
of Mercedes Lopez. Mexican, is said to
be unique. Mercedes height is five
feet, and her hair, which is said to be
the longest in the world, trails on the
ground four feet eight inches. It is so
timex that she can wrap it around her.
self till she is completely hidden by it.
Mercedes is the wife of poor shepherd,
and so fast does her hair grow that She
is able to sell large tresses of it to hair
dealers every few weeks.
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did II Say, 1 took in everything
from the prize punkin to the country
girl that had a new pair of shoes and
walked with a limp. Yes, sir, played
the whole aggregation from soda to
hook and spent my money like sailor
just come ashore. I dumped in pink
lemonade and ct some popcorn that
was tougher'n an oyershoe. I wal
loped the poundin' machine an threw
baseballs at the rag babies an won
some cigars that burned like kerosene
lamps an tasted like jimpson weed.
Yes, sir, certainly had swell time.
I bet so cents on the pacin' race with
some granger that had long skilHgans,
all over his face. His horse was about
a quarter of a mile ahead when it come
into the stretch, then all of a sudden
it went up into the air like toy bal
doom and my horse come poundin' along
without break an passed it easy.
Say, I've seen man at race track
tear up ticket for thousand and
never turn hair, but his whiskers that
lost the half kicked till you could have
heard him mile. He said they throwed
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-10-14
McKinIex MRde

The Philippine situation has been sim
plified for the democrats. They have
been contending that If the administra-
ton would promise the Filipinos the
same sort of government that was
pledged to the Cubans there would be
no necessity for the long, costly and
bloody war that has ensued. They in
sist that If such promise were made
now that the war would come to a
speedy close. The FiIpinos would
throw down their arms and diplomacy
would accomplish what war has failed
to do. Mckinley has made this impos-
sible and must take the full eonse-
quences of the terrible struggle that
must jet ensue before the Iberty-foy-
ing Tagals are crushed by superior
force. From political standpoint the
democrats have reason to rejoice at the
issue he has Chattanooga News.
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A RuraI Ignorarnus.

Pretty Girl (at hoteD Who is that
handsome stranger at the next table?
Fayorite Waiter don't know, miss;
some country gawk, s'pose. He don't
know nothin' bout fash'n'ble life
Indeed! Why do you think SOP
Hes sittin' there starvin' instead OF
feein' waiter an gettin' somethin, TO
eat."-N. Y. Weekly.
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Hend In Name Only.

rs the head of the family in7" in
guired the census enumerator.
'.The man who calls himself the head
of the family is in replied the deter
mined looking woman who had opened
the door, ''but you can't see him. He
is hiding under the bed and is afraid to
come out IN. Y. Journal.
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'.Ah, well" she sighed, I'll die some
day, and then you will begin to appre-
ciate how helped you along in life.''
MARY" he said, '.if you knew how
anxious / am to give you credit, you
wouldn't wait day longer. Chicago
Herald.
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A Dombtfnw V,hamaa

dis hyah talk bout Mother Eve be-
in tempted Wit er apple, remarked the
colored philosopher, "am de rankest
kind o. nonsensness Now ef IL had er
bin er watermillin, den yo' all might
talk slo 'nuff - Chicago Daily News.
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ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
~ h N
qRITz2f TGz9Ia1[S
Singing.

Il would l were bird!" walled the
fair girl at the piano.
Il would you were a box of axle
grease" hissed the dark man under
the palm.
Il wonder what he means by that?''
asked the lemon-haired maiden.
He means that axle grease stops
schreeching," whispered the man in
black suspenders. Chicago Daily
News
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Afass AIack.

You may salt, you may season
The cucumber II you will,
But the old collie prerogative
Will cling to 1t still.
Chicago Daily News.
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II Truth wore knoun

What bewitehing little thing your
niece, Miss Mabel, ISL declared the
prim old bachelor. 'sShe is so chic and
animated-a charming little bundle of
energy
Horrors! What a time I've had,' -
said Mabel, after he had gone. ''These
shoes are SO tight they nearly killed
me. I was simply writhing in agony;
couldn't keep still minute. Detroit
Free Press.
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Her Selection.

Mrs. De Fine Here's my new bonnet.
Isn't it a darling? Only s2s!
Mr.. De Fine-Great snakesi You
said bonnets could be bought at from
three dollars up.
Mrs. De Fine-Yes, dear. This is one
of the ''ups. IN. Y. Weekly.
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Dfdn,t ReIish the Prosnect.

Young Husband Speaking to his
wife)-oh, yes! she's dear little wom-
an and all that, but she 5 so internally
silly.
Elderly Friend-oh, we'll! that viii
improve in time. As we grow o.dsr. &C
we grow wiser.
Young Husband-Aye, but some wom-
en- never grow any older!-Aliy Sloper.
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AIYynya fn sfock.

'.You haven't any smokeless tobacco,
have your asked the smart young man.
Lots of it,, said the matter-of-fart
person behind the counter, producing
bladder of snuff How much do you
want 2' Chicago Tribune.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-10-14
weH-Eoy.naea raar

Dealer This is a prayer rug, and the
cost of it is only s., GOO.
Lady Customer A prayer rug? am
afrsfd if ! bought it at that price my
husband would use it for purposes of
profanity Town Topics.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-10-14
Consolation.

81 hear said the man who was
home-hunting, tsthat no one can live
in this place but doctors. !. = So. q
'sYou are wrong replied the native;
Il live here and I'm no DOCTOR
Indeed! And might | ask what you
are?''
4, SIR. am an undertaken Chicago
Daily News.
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In the same Direction.

It see,'' said the opposing council to
the late Emory A. storrs, you hate to
meet the truth in this matter
Il never do meet il" was the prompt
reply. 1.-THE truth and | always travel
in the same direction. Boston Jour-
nal
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M take to Them-

Wiekwire These funny men would
not see so much fun in doctors bills Ii
they had to pay a few.
DIR. BoWlessNor would they IL they
had to collect them Indianapolis
Journal.
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Feminine Inventive Genius.

Miss Van Nilla-The Scientific News
says ice cream freezers were invented
by woman.
Mr.. Promenod--I don't believe it.
Miss Van Nilla-Humph! Perhaps
youthinkwomen incapable of inventing
anything?
Mr.. Promenod-N-o. Women doubt
less invented ice cream saloons.-N. Y.
Weekly.
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pivided Renponslbllity.

Kitty the man marry the wom-
an or the woman marry the man?
Tom Sometimes one way and some
times t'other; but usually the man and
the woman are equally to blame for it,
Boston Transcript.
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Frennent nnfcnune.

The wrangling parties talked and talked.
They waited, and they waited.
And. saying they ne'er would arbitrate.
Went and arbitrated.
Chicago Tribune
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A GentIe warninr.

Helm thinking Of proposing to
you.
she-I hope you win postpone if
awhile.
He Why?
She-I don't know you well enough
yet TO refuse you.-Town Topics.
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Poor Hennecked.

Che wrapped him around her finger:
But lately it appears
That since they have been married
She raps him around his ears.
IN. 7. World.
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Obviously Incorrect.

!: do yon believe one can find the
initials of ones future husband in the
tea dregs?''
NO; I've tried it and tried it, and i
never could find anything but the
initials of my present husband. De
troit journal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-10-14
In Eyerxbody,a Month.

Hoax See that littss chap over there?
He doesn't look like a celebrity, end
yet his name is in everyone'g mouth.
Joax-So? Who is he?
Hoax-Why. his names Mohler : Tit
Bits
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Hard ON fhe Brain.

Small Boy don't wonder that wom-
ems heads so often ache.
Little Girl-Why2
Small Boy Every time they see any
of their children they've got to think up
some reason for not letting them do
what they want to- STRAY Stories.
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The GIadness Tfat Failed.

The sky is blue sighed the maiden fair,
And the scents that come from the
fields are sweet;
0, the world is glad, but what do care p
Ny shoes are overcrowded with feet!''
Chicago Times Herald
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Imnnrtant Fncfor.

From as far be 1t to despise
The unsuccessful mani
Think what the human race would be
Without the also ranH'
Detroit Journal
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Those men who see IN the plat
form of the Iowa democracy a DISPOSE
ton to sidetrack silver are warned that
it is time for them to consult some
skilled oculist. Omaha World Herald.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-10-14
Refined Cnntennnt.

Il don't see why You persist in re-
ferring to that young person as cad
die He doesn't take any interest in
golf"
7 wasn't thinking of golf,' an
swered Miss Cayenne. s'He isn't big
enough to be real live cad, and i
thought I ought to use diminutive."
Washington Star.