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The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
cAmELs CARRIED THE FAvops.
But the Monkey quito Forgot to Dl..
tribute Them.


tribute Them.
The grand ball at Shepheards hotel
came OFF on the night of Feb. l saws
Cairo correspondent of the New
York Herald. This is a function of
annual occurrence, and is one of Cal
ro's greatest social events. 1t was a
very handsome affair and the Moor
ish restaurant-probably one of the
richest in point of decoration in the
world, opening into spacious dining
room. which was used for the ball
room, and opening in its turn on the
hall conducting to the suite of fine
salons furnished in the oriental STYLE
with palms and eXotics everywhere
making setting Of dark green to .he
many beautiful dresses-resembled n
wing of palace during court ball
1t was not only the ball of the sea-
son at Shepherds, but the dinner af
the season as well. At nearly every
table was n dinner party, everybody in
full dress, the ladies decollete ana
wearing their ball dresses. The coup
d'oeil' was beautiful, the Moorish
lamps lighted by multi-colored electric
JULIUS, WHICH lHCledSeu llt Npul vi
many gemmed necklace and agrafe.
Mr.. Baehle, the popular manager of
Shepheard's hotel, had the dining
room cleared by large corps of
Arabs and the restaurant converted
into a beautiful and immense salon,
with marble fountain in the middle
from the basins of which water ran
down over thick apron of roses.
Diyans and valuable oriental carpets
were everywhere.
The cotillon, which was led by
Comte de Zogheb and Fakhry Bey, was
exceedingly spirited and was danced
with much entrain, the "clou" of it
and that of the hall being the camel
and donkey figure, when two young
live camels, followed by sleek little
-colored donkey, with large side
baskets filled with flowers. were led
into the room by Arabs in pink and
lavender silk costumes. The pictur-
esque procession made the tour of the
room The live monkey, which mount
ed one of the camels, looked to the
right and left. grinning and enjoying
the sensation he was making. but sad
ly neglecting his duty of distributing
the flowers to the ladies, leaving that
to the descendants of his race, accord
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THE PARsEEs IN BOMBAY.
They Are the Money makers of tho
East.

| To the nervelessness of the Bombay
native one race furnishes an eScep-
tion-the PaTsee, says G. w. Stevens
in the London Mail. The Parsee, as
his name tells you, comes from Per-
sia, whence he was prosecuted for wor-
Shipping fire. Prosecuted races devel-
op their own virtues and their own
faculties: and now, under British
peace, the Parsee flourishes exceeding
ly. He is the Jew of the east; leaves
other people to make commodities
while he makes money. Banking
agency, commission. brokerage. mid
dleman's profits are the Parsee's Col
conda. He has perceived the adval-
tages wherewith European education
equips him for these pursuits, and he
has sedulously educated himself into
the most European of all Asiatics.
When young Parsee speaks Of go
ing home" he means not Persia
where he would hardly. be received
with enthusiasm-but England. You
can see it in the dress OF two genera
tions. The elderly Parsee wears his
shirt outside his cerise trousers and
on MS mead weird plum-coioTeu
structure like Siamese twin of n
hat that you can put on either way
up. The young Parsee wears, as a
rule, short frock coat buttoned over
white duck trousers and on his head
linoleum arrangement something be-
tween a Prussian grenadier and fly
paper man. He is shocked at our de-
nial of representative institutions TO
India, conceiving that II they were
granted he would be a representative
and forgetting that the Mussulmans
would straightway push him into the
sea and take his rupees unto them
selves. For the Parsee's rupees are
very many. Sir Jamshidji Jijibhoy.
the richest, is worth about 100000
pounds. There are many others. So
greenly flourish the Parsees that they
have nearly filled up all the eligible
sites on the ridge, the best part of
Bombay, and soon there will be no
place for the Briton. While the rich
Parsee lives in an airy bungalow, Eng
lish women have to hire land and live
in tents. 1t must be said that if the
Parsee knows how to get he also
knows how to give. Every parsee ed
ucational Institution or charity. for
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men or women, is endowed beyond the
dreams of London hospitals. One cot
ton-spinner is said to have given 1S0.-
900 pounds to the University of Bonn
bay; many others are hardly less mu-
nificent. To them, to the Bagdad-
Jewish Sassoons, and-last, but after
all essential to the prosperity of the
others-the British government, Bonn
bay owes the stately public buildings.
the spacious open places that give her
the grand air above almost every city
of the west.
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pe.fo.,. Capno. b. Cured

BY local applications as they cannot reach tho
diseased portion Of the car There Is only one
way to cure deafness. and that Is by consti-
infiamed condition OF the mucus lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube ia infamed
you have q rumbling sound or imperfect hear-
the result, and unless the Inflammation can bc
taken out and this tube restored 10 Its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever:
nine cases out of ten ore caused by catarrh.
which Is nothing but an inf1amed condition OF
the mucus surfaces
we will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
Of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars. free.
Sold by Druggists. 15c.
Halls Family Pills nre the best
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ANTl-ExPANsIoN IMPLIED.
Orator Has "a Double Meaning In HI,
Speech.

81 tell you," said the colored philo5-
opher, I'VE gwine ter have trouble
wild dem Philistines, yit-you heah me,
don't you? Samson couldn't manage
'em 'twell he tuck de jawbone 'er a
mule en- kilt de last one er 'um! De
only way he could fotch 'um ter day
senses wuz ter knock de heads off, "
says Atlanta Constitution. You see,
bein' yit in de gall er bitterness, en- 2e
bon's er inniquity, dey don't oner-
stan de workin's er dis 'Merikin guv-
ermint You can't beat OF in dey
heads dat expansion means dat dey
is ter be expan'ed lax we expan'ed de
red Inguns-fum one side er de coun
try ter de yuther! l see whar some er
um wuz run inter de river en- drowned;
en- mebbe dey knows, fun dat sample,
mo- bout expansion dan what dey
lowed dey knowed. Homsomever, dey
can't on'erstan' how freedom frum
one yoke mean freedom ter put dey
necks in 'n'er one. Dey got de idee
dat freedom mean des what de word
spells. We done toll 'um dat al gov
ernmint is base on de consent er de
governed, en- dey can't see dat we got
ter git dat consent by shootin' de life
out er 'um, Dey des won't on'erstan'
de new ways er dis new country, whar
everybody is free ter pay taxes en- shet
day mouth wen dey feels LAX hol-
lerin'! Dey's a onreginerate people,
en- dey won't on'erstan' dat dey ain't
got no right ter hol on ter what de
Lord give 'um wen He started 'um
ter housekeepin' three t'ousan' mile
erway FUN u.s.
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Life of Indians.

Recent observations among Intlians
show that in South America. as well
as in North America, the red woman
lives longer than the red man. But
the average duration of life is only II
years for both sexes in the south, and
90 per cent of the Indians die during
the first year of life
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
Needed Exercise.

Eight American ladies bent the knee
to royalty at a recent function in Buck
ingham palace. 1t is hoped they feel
better for it-a sort of Swedish move
gymnastic to make the waist smaller,
perhaps. Nowadays vain woman will
do anything to timber her muscles, and
reduce her size. even to paying $500 or
$500 for making genuflexion to the
daughters of the queen.
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ing to Darwin. At midnight most
sumptuous supper was served, The
long table forming three sides of a
square and loaded with every imag-
Unable Wand and delicacy, the center
and end pieces towering up several
feet, and, above all, in the middle was
huge crescent and star, exquisitely
wrought in roses and violets and ge-
raniums. a
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The HAnlu Sr,

A custom peculiar to Buddhists is
that of wandering about the country
with hammer and chisel and carving
holy symbols upon rocks by the way
side. In this country the man with a
hammer carves his way by unholy
knocking after rocks.
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founder of the Margareth Fuller So
ciety for the study of Economics and
Governments, and also President OF
the Chicago Moral Educational So
ciety. Mrs. Chandler is an ardent
friend of Pe-ru-na, and in writing TO
DR.. Hartman on the subject she stat
ed as follows:
Chicago. Jan. 6. 1899.
Dear Doctor--I suppose every one
that is confined to their desk and not
getting the required amount OF exer-
else, will sooner or later, suffer with
catarrh of the stomach and indiges-
ton. 1 know by experience that Pc
ru-na is a most excellent remedy Tor
these complaints. 1t has relieved me,
and several OF my friends have used
1t with the same satisfactory results.
Yours very respectfully,
LUCINDA B. CHANDLER
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Hlgh-PrIced Dortnr

DR.. Willis, the medical attendant OF
King George III. of England, was
called to Lisbon to attend the queen
of Portugal for a mental disorder. He
got $4,000 month, travelling expenses
and board for himself and suite and
upon restoring the queen received
100000 in addition to the monthly
stipulation.
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Celebrate Go.,be.s nirthax

In June next Germany will celebrate
the l5Oth anniversary of the birth of
Goethe. According to German pa
Fer, the programme of commemoration
will be an imposing one 1t will last
three days
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Jern.alsm.s Faded Glnrr-

Jerusalem is now nothing but a
shadow of the magnificent city of an
cient times. 1t is about three miles in
circumference and it is situated on a
rocky mountain.
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Everything went
well up to the very
day of the wedding,
which took place in
Boston. Then when
the guests had as
sembled and the
carriages for the
drive to the church
were standing in
front of the door,
the count sprung a
surprise on his
father-in-law elect
by submitting to
him n we'll authen-
ticated record Of
his debts. amount
ing TO nearly 1.000.-
900 francs, which
he desired to have
paid before the cer-
emony took place.
The father submit
ted to the demand
with the best grace
he could. This
made NJ. lie Comte
bold. There is an
other little matter
to be arranged he
said. Il must have
absolute control OF
my wife's fortune
Dreading n scan
dal, the father con-
sented to this also,
though on condi-
tion that his daugn-
ter should agree to
it That satisfied
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
Arc You Using Allen. Foo.-Ea.sr

1t is the only cure for Swollen
Smarting. Burning, Sweating Feet
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Samples sent FREE. Ad.
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

'In Berlin there's one bicycle to every
twenty-five persons" That's all right
any kind of a rider can easily run over
twenty-four persons"
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

There are sermons in stones" Eyes
n widow generally gives her second hus
band a bigger monument than she doe!
Aer first"
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

4 gave euchre party Tuesday. and
Penelope Timmins sent regrets ANY
thing queer about that?' Queer? ]
hadn't invited her"
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

MY wife owns two hats and SO We are
always late to the theatre" why l.
that?" "She can't decide which to wear
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

st. Patrick's held the pedestal so many
years. you know. -t-
He ought, in gnllantry, to let St Bridget
have show.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

In very clear water sunlight pene-
tratos 20 n depth of over / 80" 'iet
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
Oh That pelIeiou. cons.

Costs but 1c per lb to grow. Salxer has
the seed. German Coffee Berry, pkg l5c; F;
Java ConeG pkg. 1bc. Sal1er's New Am
erican Chicory 1bc. Cut this out and send
llse lse for any Of above packages or send
logue free to JOHN A. SALZER SEED
CO.. La Crosse. wis. TWn.l
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"Is Prof Slump fine pianist?' VERY
been coming here to teach my daughter.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING syrup
For children teethtng softens the gums. in fam
nation al,ys pain. cures wind collie. IS bottle
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

We will forfeit 81 900 IL any Of our pub
lished testimonials are proven to be not
genuine. The PIso Co., Warren, Pa.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

Scientists say that trees contribute to
the heat In the atmosphere" That's so;
birch has warmed me up many n time"
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

Dropsy treated free by DR.. II. II. Greens
Sons, of Atlanta. Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their ad-
vertisement in another column of this
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Ta blets- All
druggists refund the money II 1t fails to cure.
Sc The genuine has L. b q. on each tablet
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You move every spring. don't you.
simpson, Yes. It is cheaper to move
than to break In a lot OF new neighbors."
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

Perkins gets on all right at golf now"
Has he been practicing?" No; he has
secured caddy who has no sense OF
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

Falsehood is cowardice.-Fi lou
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-16


The INDUSTRY or ASTs.-The
industry Of ants is proverbial. Sir
John Lubbock says that they work
all day, and in warm weather, il
need be, even at night too. "I
once watched an ant from six in
the morning, and she worked with
out intermission till q quarter to
ten at night. had put her to
saucer containing Larvae, and in
this time she carried of no less
than one hundred and eighty seven
to the nest" He gives several in
stances 6f this character. Hope
says that "more industrious little
creatures cannot exist than the
small red ants, which are so abun-
dant in India. | have watched
them at their labors for hours with
out tiring. They are 90 small that
from eight TO twelve in number Ia
Dor with great difficulty to convey
q grain Of wheat or barley, yet
these are not more than half the
size OF a grain of English wheat.
! have known them to carry one Of
these grains to.their nest, at q dis
tance from ak hundred to thou
sand yards. They travel In two
distinct lines over rough or smooth
ground, as it may happen, even up
and down steps. at one regular pace.
The returning, nnladen ants, IN
variablT salute the burthened ones,
who are making their way to the
general -storehouse but it is done
30 promptly that the line is neither
broken nor their progress impeded
by the salutstion.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-16


An amusing story is told Of .
good old New England minister
who had great love for music. bat
who religiously excluded from his
meeting house all instruments save
little wooden pitch.pipe. A mem
Der Of bis choir had learned to play
the bass viol, andone Sunday morn
Ing, anxious to exhibit his skin, he
introduced bis ponderous instru-
ment into the singing gallery.
When the ilrst prayer vas ended.
~lliis che snnnzster was toruinx .erl
the leaves OF his Watts the bass
viol player attracted bis attention
by trying hls strings in somewhat
ostentatious manner.
The minister paused, laid down
his hymn-book, took his sermon
from the cushion, and proceeded
With his Discourse. as ifsinging was
no part of public worship. and e.
nally dismissed the congregation
without giving the choir chance.
The choir was indignant. The
young people refused to 20 into the
singing seats for the afternoon
service, and the elders who did 90
there had the aspect Of men whose
minds we're fully made up.
Services began as usual in the
afternoon. The minister took his
book in hand. looked over his spec
tacles at the gallery. read Psalm,
and sat down. No sound followed.
The 'leader' looked-or tried to
look-perfectly unconscious. AZ
ter o long and most uneasy silence,
the good doctor, with a flush on his
stern face, rose and read the Psalm
again, paused, then re-read the first
verse. and then. pushing up his
spectacles, looked inter- gatively at
the gallery.
Upon this the leader arose aud
said, with an attempt at decision in
his trembling tones
There Won't be any singing here
this-afteruoon.
Then there won't be any preach
ing,' said the minister, promptly;
and taking his cooked hat from its
peg, he marched down the pulpit
stairs. through the broad aisle and
out Of the house, leaving his con-
gregation utterly astounded.
The bass viol never appeared in
the singing seats again, bat the
quick-tempered, kind-hearted doc
tor preached to o submissive con-
gregation for many years afterward.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-16

The greatest danger from La Grippe
is Of It's resulting in pneumonia. II
reasonable care Ii used, however, and
chamberiain's Cough Remedy taken, all
danger win be avoided. Among the
tens Of thousands who have used this
remedy for Ia grippe we have yet to
learn Of single case having resulted in
pneumonia which shows conclusively
that this remedy il q certain preventive
of that dangerous disease. Il viii cure
In grippe In less time than any other
treatment. Il Is pleasant and safe IN
take. For sale by William F. Green
well & Son, Leonardtown, and all
countsy stores.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-16

KINDLY MEAxT.-"You'Il have
q fit when ! get through with you, /"
cried the frat.
'Jnst try i on" promptly re-
torted the other.
No, gentle reader, they we're not
quarrelling. The frst speaker was
. dressmaker and the other her pa
eron.--Philadelpbia Record.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-16

\ saau r&pluig, III you call outs you
are dead man.
sAh, he was q German, but he
was so brave, 90 bravel He did
not even wiace, bat he looked
straight into nv eyes and smiled.
Ah,' he said lightly, q strata
geml Who are you and what do
yon wants'
Monsieur le prince said. 4
am the daughter Of the miller al
Penney. NJ lover, Felix Labardie,
vas taken b your men tonight as
Ea-1aSsucstisur. /. be Il not alrssx. !
dead, he 10 condemned. I want
his life or-You lose yoars. mon-
sieur.'
{" A woman + he said. We'll
done, and he smiled, and the pis-
tol almost dropped from my hand
with the pity Of it till / thought of
Felix. Il know nothing Of this,
my good woman. No, but stay.
Here are some papers Elberfeld has
left for me to sign. Alb, here it is.
Felix Labardie, taken with arms.
To be shot at 8 a. M
''He shall not die, your high
ness, or'-I could not threaten him
with words, but my pistol was
steady.
'' But he 10 an assassin
No. cried, she is Q soldier,
though he does not wear the uni
form. Imagine. your highness,' I
said, if should have dared so much
for a murderer
''But be has fought as Franc
tireur, not soldier
What OF that? And il he had
not fought for France in her hour
of need would spurn him from
me. He must 60 free. your high
ness. il you value your life.'
my life is in the hands of God,
mademoiselle,' be said, lifting his
eyes to mine. Threats do not
move me, but you are q brave wom-
an
And then my courage left NE,
monsieur. and dropped the pistol
and flung myself sobbing at his
feet and beseeched and entreate6
him. And he raised me. monsieur,
and made me drink wine and tell
him all the story. All, but he was
brave and true gentleman Aud
when told him all he said. HE
shall be pardoned, adding with q
smile, Such devoted woman must
not 60 husbandless.' Aud then /
fell to weeping again, monsieur.
and kissed his hand and tried to
thank him. And he took me to
Felix. and he was released. flung
myself on Felix and cut his bonds
myself, and We thanked the prince
together. We women don't find
ont if men are worth it till after
ward monsieur with sly look at
her husband. 'Three days later an
orderly came with bracelet from
bis highness, and on it was engray-
ed, ITO q brave aud devoted French
woman See, | wear it still.
'Ah, monsieur, we wept when
that noble prince died, and the
great doctor could not save him.
We sent wreath, and ] presumed
to write to the empress. She is q
worthy daughter of your queen,
monsieur. She sent me a letter
written with her own hand. She
was worthy Of that true and brave
gentleman. her husband
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-16

she HAD.-Hesring q faint rus
tie in the dark hallway below, the
elder sister, supposing the young
man had gone, leaned over the bal
ustrade and called ont:
Well, Bessie, have you landed
him p
There was q deep, sepulchral 81
lence for some moments. It was
broken BY the hesitating, constrain-
ed voice Of the young man:
She has. Boston Journal.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-16

From waversy Nes -.
Felix.Labard Bad been q French
tirenr in the Rxt vax Of 1870, and
I liked nothing 5stfer ia the even
ing than to and listen to bis
stories Of the I<efr1bIe time when
Francs iay gas kna bleeding.
0ne evening W nad been silently
smoking Tor 1e Lime when be
eeia f'ia. ies 9n MONSIEUR,
bow ! fsq bands of The
uermans and ot again
mo, ! ssiu, tnonght the Ger
mans shot all the guerillas they
caught.
sThey let me q free, monsieur
ne said with 9 grim laugh. 1T
may seem incredible, monsieur, but
Jeanne yonder hea the life OF roy
atty on her hngertips.
4 should like very much to hear
the story said.
Certainly, monsieur. and it
monsieur thinks What was done vas
wrong he must excnse q woman in
love.
After Sedan, mpnsieur, q meet
ing was called il our village and
thirty of us enrollsd ourselves as
company of Frascstireurs. We
felt We could do more for France
as irregulars that serving under
incompetent generals. We were
well armed, and aIbraye and skill
ful old veteran commanded us. As
the Germans were in force around
Metz, We marched in that direction
and made oar headquarters in the
hills behind q villkge called Peucy,
about three leagues from the fort
ress. It was i'd which Pency
Jeanne lived, ana from the frat
moment | saw her, N monsieur, said
to myself, sIf fortune is kind, Fe-
lix, that girl shall be your wife.
Her father was the miller of Penney,
and the accused hlans, had ssl-
most ruined him. They were very
bitter against the invaders, and my
profession made me find favor in
her eyes. Before We had been at
Pency . month we had piIghted
our trosn' on the understanding
tnat we should not marry until
France was rid OF the enemy.
Small as our band was, we made
ourselves terror TO the marauding
Uhlans. thanks to the generalship
of old Montbon, Jeanne was inval-
uable to rs. She was all eyes and
ears, and Montbon called her the
head OF the intelligence depart
ment' of our band. l used to meet
her every evening, when it vas pos-
sible, in little cave | had discoy-
cred, which, having no outlets, was
proof against surprise.
we STAYED three months at Pen
cy, and then the place became too
hot for as, and We prepared to leave
for a village some leagues to the
south. | fell into the hands Of the
Bavarians the yery evening before
we were to leave Psncv.
Jeanne declares to this day, and
l believe rightly, that I was betray-
ed by q villager. q young fellow
named Odeau, Who believed the
Virgin had intended Jeanne for his
wife, and who was even savage when
she refused him. But be that as it
may, monsieur. | was seized at
dusk that evenir IS x-was on nv
way TO meet Jeassns, and taken so
completely by surprise that had
not the least chance of defending
myself or trying to escape, and,
worse than all, was taken with the
rifle in nv hand.