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The silver star., 1899-03-23
A Mr,cor,c i.roIcrt,lc.

The discovery OF meteors that have
actually Leen seen to fall Is a rare
piece OF coed fortune. Such an event
occurred last August. near Andover.
Maine. The meteor fell on u cloudy
morning. and exploded with noise
heard for many miles around, and
which was generally supposed to be
thunder. Its Path through the air
was marked by trail OF black smoke.
Tearing its way through a group OF
trees II almost struck man passing.
1t did strike stone wall and buried
Itself in the ground. from which II
was dug by Mr.. Henry Y. Poor, the
well-known editor of the Manuel OF
Railroads. II weighs about seven
pounds. and consists mostly OF stony
material. with n little iron.
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CHURCH SALOONS,
England Possesses Several and They 30
Thriving business

Warwickshire. England, possesses
the chief OF a class of anomalies OF
which up-to-date America can exhibit
no par. 1t is nothing more nor less
than minister of the gospel who
openly runs a public house. The Es-
tablished church is far from being tee
total in its doctrines. as teetotalism
even among the more rigorous OF the
sects. has never been popular in Eng
land. The public house came into the
possession OF the parish OF which Rev
Osbert Mordaunt. the gentleman in
question. was the rector. through the
will Of an eccentric old miser who.
perhaps, as much in irony as good
faith, left 1t to the yestry In charge for
the benefit of the poor of the parish
When this was made public the rever-
end gentleman consulted several tenn
peranee reformers, who. OF course, ad-
yised him to sell Immediately. The
majority OF the ves;ry, however, were
in favor OF running the place on
equitable terms. and devoting the pro-
ceeds to the purpose prescribed. The
result has been successful beyond ex-
pectation. an appreciable income be-
ing each year derived for clothing.
coal. etc. The principles are as fol-
lows: l. The sale OF pure beer. 2.
No profit whatever to an Individual. 3.
No credit allowed. Since the success
Of this place several English ministers
have taken out licenses on the same
plan. and in each instance are reapIng
a harvest for their parish poor.
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aloo reward. e1oo.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased "a
lenrn that there Is ut least ono dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all Its
stages and that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known 70 the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitu.
tional disease. requires n constitutional treat
ment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the paticn!
assisting nature in doing it's work. The pro.
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars FOL
any case that It fails to cure. Send for list oi
Address f. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo. O
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family pills are the best
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Eaue.,lon .nd pl.elplln..

To guard from error Is not the In
structor's duty. but to lead the errlng
pupil; nay. to let him guam his error
In deep. satiating draughts Is some
timos his best wisdom. He who only
tastes his error will long dwell with
II. will take delight In II ns In q singu-
lar felicity: whilo he who drains It
To the drcgs will. n he be not crazy.
find out what II IL. nlso reckon II
essential that We lay down and con-
stantly impress on children certain
laws. to operate as kind Of hold in
life. Nay. could almost nssert that
II Is better to be wrong by rule than TO
be wrong with nothing hut the ftfui
caprices Of our disposition to impei us
hither and thither.--Ex.
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FOR SALE CHEAP.

II any one HIS use for n church and
would like 10 buy one for s25 here is
his chance Preparations for the new
exchange building in Birmingham.
England. Aaye necessitated the remoy-
al Of Christ church and It has been
put up for sale. The public has been
net little amused at the terms of
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what wss Needed.

81 guess. maybe. we'd better have n
receiver for this enterprise" said to
man who had been noating machine
that had never done anything. Not ut
ALL" replied the partner. I'VE don't
want my receiver. What we need Is
few more gIvers. Washington
Star.
The silver star., 1899-03-23
Olllus Rs,.s,s,

A novel use for petroleum III the oil.
ing Of roadbeds In order to prevent
mud and dust. Accident led 10 tho
discovery that petroleum flowing over
dirt road forms u waterproof cover.
Ing that serves to keep the roud
smooth and hard. Experiments m.
Gently made give excellent promise
that country roads can be greatly Inn.
proved by the use Of oil. Many rnIi.
ways are now thoroughly sprInkicd
with oil over their whole length.
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$4,000 for . New Corn.

That's what this new corn cost. Yields
sls bushels per acre. Big Four Oats go
bushels-Salzer's Rape to pasture sheep
and cattle at 25c per acre yields 80 tons:
potatoes n.20 per Dbl. Bromus lnermis.
The greatest grass on earth: Beardiess
grasses and ciovers. etc.
Send this notice to JOHN A. SALZER
SEED CO. LA CROSSE. WIS. with i0c
Gooo Corn and 10 Farm Seed Sam.
pies. IW,u.
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organic matter. this color Will G,ve
place in the course of a few hours to
a more or less dirty reddish brown.
II the color of the bottle remains for
twelve hours unchanged from the rose
purple hue 1t assumed when the per-
manganate OF potassium was first add
ed. It may be considered free from or
ganic contamination.
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Railroad Acro.. tn. Enx.l.h Channel

The English Parliament is consider
ing the plan of connecting that country
with France by railway. Engineers
say roadbed can be laid on the bot
tom OF the English channel This
seems beyond belief. but 1t is perhaps
no more remarkable than the cures nc
complished by Hostetter's Stomach
Bltters In cases of dyspepsia, indiges-
tion and constipation.
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nSAmaA.

"Pa. what is = hypocritc?" "A hyp.
ocrite. my son. is man who does
what his wife thinks he shouldn't do.
and then Ii too thoughtful Of her feel.
ings to tell her sbout II. t."-Dctrolt FREQ
Press.
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Isabel, wat sacrifice shall you make
during Lent?" well, we have such a
charming young clergyman that sup
pose l ought to give up going to
church,"
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Dog Run. a Printing rr....

Gypsy is II Wisconsin dog that runs
a printing press. He is an English
mastin and was purchased from
stranded Snowman by the Plymouth
Review some years ago. When he
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"whnt was the trouble between you
and BadgerI" He wanted me to
stand on the corner and let him tell
me how cold waves are generated"
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st. Patrick held the pedestal SO many
years You know.
He ought. In gallantry. to let St. Bridget
have a show.
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x...r.. a.a y.e.s,ri,s.

The King Of Italy Is the only vess.
tartan monarch In Europe. and the
only king now living who was over
wounded In battle.
The silver star., 1899-03-23

"Clemen;ine. how did vashti Jones ex-
plain her rudcness In asking you the price
OF your new gown" .Why-she said she
wanted to know
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Have you locked all the windows
Ciara?' No. haven't. / wouldn't lock
out even n burglar on such a cold night as
this"
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Piso's Cure for Consumption Is our only
medicine for coughs and colds.-Mrs. q.
beitz, 439 sth Ave, Denver, Col, Nov. s, 95,
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What this country needs In n barom.
eter thnt VIII Indicate decent wcnth,r
and keep Itself right there.
The silver star., 1899-03-23

CLARA said she gave you n cut-glass
bowl on your anniversary" Yes. she did
but YOU know there are great many diff
fcrent grades OF cut-glass."
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Isabel. does your husband get angry
when he tells you to wake up early and
you don't do IT, No. dear. he knows
that know that he doesn't mean it."
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well. did you get n wife at that mat
rimonial bureau?' NO the agent didn't
IKE my stipulation that the girl must
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'Boozer doesn't seem to have any NOR
a. courage. No, but he is chUckful OF
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Ia blets- All
druggists refund the money IL II fails to cure
Sc The genuine has l.. H. q on each tablet
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MIS-. Winslow.s sOotniIg syrup
or hildren teethtng. .-oftenr the gums A. n,
nation .Aiiys pain. collie Is cents LottI.
The silver star., 1899-03-23
Power in Lifting the Ey.,,d.

In twelve months the average man
lifts his eyelids about $4,000 900 times.
Each time he lifts them he exerts 4
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Agents Wanted In this County.
To represent the Union Accident Co. OF Dcnver
Colorado A Western company who.e dlrccior, r.t,,
resent an aggregate wealth OF millions OF dollars
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1T Is terrible how much coal we burn
daughters young man hasn't vcntured
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They work whll- You s,.c,.

While your mind and body rest. Cnscnrcts Candy +,
thnrtic repair your digcs, liver Owels
put them In perfect order. Alldrry.sts lvc 3s ic
The silver star., 1899-03-23
Spring U,locks
The Eog,,,..
70 P.inf fhe L,,,6;a,,< g..

TO Paint tie Laughing SOL"
And not even Nature 4,,o,,,,
allosv the flowers to o,o.,.
and blossom 10 peHsetio.
without good soil. No.
Nature and people are n,ueS
alike; the former must hsu.
sunshine. latter must hso.
pure blood in order to han.
perfect health.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures blood .,-~
bles of all sorts. It is to the hum..
system what sunshine is to Natu,-
the destroyer of disease germs y
nerer disappoints.
Poor Blood" The doctor sa,a a.,
were not seven drops OF good blood IN ~
body. Hoods SarsaparIlla built me pn.nz ~
made me strong and we'll" SUSIE Rsn-" ~"
l6 Astor Hill. Lynn, Mass.
Oyepepsla, otc.-"A complIcat,on ..
troubles, dyspepsia. chronic catarrh ~ y
Inflammation OF the stomach, rheumati,r.
etc, made me miserable. Hadtno appefiir
until ! took Hoods Snrsaparilla, whirh
acted Ike magic. ! am thoroughly cured
n. B. SEELEY, 1874 w. 18th Av., Denver. Coi
rheumatism My husband -.
obliged to give up work on account OF yhsn.
matism. No remedy helped until he M
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which permanent
cured him. 1t cured my daughter Of =.
tarrh. give 1t TO the children with eood
results" MRS. J. 8. McMArH, Stamford. d.
dO014s s00aJab0kM
E23zl7SlE5yJa,,2
LIZ
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does not tread fast enough In his
treadmill wheel he Is stimulated by
the sight Of the oiilce cat.
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&o1A: :SaagapaM


Hood. Pills liver ills. the non Irritating "a
the only cathartic to take with Hoods safsapsfijla
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
(For the Children.)

The Barnes children couldn't have
any Christmas this year. They live
In the country, and there were trees
enough, to be sure. But there was
nothing to put on one to make II look
"sparkly." as tree ought to look, and
there was not penny to spend for
tree trimmings.
The Barnes children, however, had
a jollier time than they had ever had
with a tree. Joe said so, and George
said so, too; and Grace and Winnie
agreed with them. This is how 1t
was done delightful young auntie
lives with them. They call her the
Lady with Bright Idea. She always
has new bright idea just in the nick
of time. but this year it did seem as II
the idea was brighter than ever. 1t
fairly shone.
We'll give the presents in a funny
way" she said to the children. Eyes.
We'll give them in two or three funny
ways. You'll see!"
There was a very mysterious feeling
in the air Christmas morning. Every
body loked at everybody else, and then
they all smiled Something good was
going to happen. When the breakfast
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

tercourse with the outer world. They
carry oil and copra in open boats to
Apia or Page Page for barter.
All of these new possessions are free
from dangerous animals. In the
mountains exist few wild dogs, be-
lieved to be descendants of domestic
species left by visiting sailors. Wild
hogs also roam in herds in the forests.
and the natives say that they antedate
the first white visitors. Other fauna
are the vampire bat, the flying fox,
sometimes four feet from tip to tip
of wings, and the remarkable tooth
bill pigeon, with three teeth upon each
side of its lower mandible. The prin-
cipal fishes are the dolphin, monte and
mullet.
The most valuable commercial prod
uct of Tutuila, Annu and Manua group
is the cocoanut palm, from which CO.
pra, used in the manufacture of cocoa
nut oil, is obtained by drying the kerr
mel of the fruit. While the cocoanut
crops of the two large islands coded to
Germany has been greatly reduced
during the native wars, that of the.
islands now belonging to us remains
unframed. The breadfruit tree. grown
in great abundance, will always sup.
ply the natives with their staple article
of diet. The fruit furnishes their staff
of life, while the wood furnishes the
framework of their dome-shaped huts.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

he has sat enthroned for ages past.
Give us Santa Claus! Throw the
good old saint out into the snow? Put
away those delicious Christmas eve
dreams, when every stir in the house
hold after dusk meant he stamp of a
reindeer? Bring up child without
the belief in the chimney and its ca
pacity to stretch on Christmas eve?
No; a thousand times no,
There's too little poetry in life now
Let the children have all OF it they can
get Says a recent writer: II wish
there was a grown-up Santa Claus
Id love to believe in him, and | would
not thank anyone who told me he
wasn't true. I'd listen to his sleigh
bells with something very much like
rapture, I'm afraid. 1t wouldn't be for
the presents, either. That isn't why
the children love Santa Claus. They
love him because he means that some
where there's a great-hearted creature
who is thinking of them and planning
all the year through TO delight them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

Goldilocks and ! were walking back
Of Moss valley and happened to step.
together, upon the Enchanted Flying
Phantom Field In moment we were
flying through the air, and in less time
than you can count six plainly we were
once more in Fairyland, under Tam
aipais mountain.
And then what do you think we
saw?
Santa Claus picking plum buildings
from trees! Real plum puddings from
real trees!
This was in the plum pudding or
chard which the fairies planted, long
ago, for Santa Claus. He was whist
ling and chuckling and laughing, "Hol
no! hoi" and sometimes slyly winking
one eye as he viewed the many grow
ing heaps of buildings as he laid them
under the trees, and thought what 1ol-
lily there would be Christmas day
when they were eaten-and what tum-
myaches afterwards!
Goldilocks thought the plum pud-
ding orchard wonderful. 1t was wa
tered by sparkling fills and was sur
rounded by hedges upon which candles
and nuts and oranges were growing.
These hedges were made all Of Christ
mas trees. the burning little candles
on which furnish Santa Claus light at
night to work by. He will have only
the candles to work by because they
seem to bring him nearer to his mil
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Something About The People Lately Taken Into
Our National Family.

BY the partition of Samoa, few
miles Of additional Pacific island ter
ritory, and makes $500 more Malay
Polynesians American subjects. The
five islands falling to us are hardly
fourth the area of the entire Samoan
group, yet in many respects we get
very generous third. Tutuila, the
largest Of these five now our territory,
contains $40 square miles, and is, there-
fore, only a seventh the area Of Long
Island. Savaii and Upolou, which fall
to Germany, are each more than dOu-
BILE its extent. Nevertheless Tutuila
is more suited to our wants than either
of these. Although it is barely men
toned in popular literature on Samoa,
the state department has slowed away
in its files several extensive descrip-
tions from represen atives who have
explored it. Their accounts attest that
it offers better facilities for a naval
station than any island in the Pacific
ocean. Page Page, it's magnificent
bay coded to us as far back as 1872,
is the most completely landlocked har
Dor in the world 1t is by far the
largest and safest in the entire group,
while that of Apia, coded to Germany,
is treacherous and Unprotected against
storm, as proved by the great disaster
of few years ago. Page Page, formed
by submerged volcanic crater, ex
tends two miles inland, and can con-
tain our entire navy, sheltered against
hurricane by perpendicular walls Of
rock, in many places 1000 feet high.
IL lies in an almost direct line between
San Francisco and Australia, and near
ly in the path of vessels plying be-
tween the Philippines and the pro-
posed Nicaraguan or Panama canals.
Considering this magnificent location
and the fact that the navy last year
began preparations to utilize this bay
for coaling and supply station, it
would have been folly to have coded it
with Tutuila 10 Germany in exchange
for a larger island.
Americans in Tutuila will enjoy the
most beautiful scenery of the Samoan
islands. Here and there their eyes
will feast upon grottoes and natural
fountains. At many points liquid
lava, irregularly cooled, has formed
great caverns opening toward the sea
and often communicating inland with
the upper levels of the cliffs through
hollow shafts of natural formation. AL
though there is considerable rain dur
ing the year to keep the soil moist,
there is no dreary rainy season, as in
the West indies or Philippines. The
eternal summer keeps vegetable life at
its height the year round
Uncle Sans 300 new subjects in
Tutuila are independent of the two
royal houses of Malietoa and Tupea,
which have waged the troublesome
native wars. This fact alone will be
advantageous to us. The Tutuilans
are governed by their own hereditary
chiefs, Fulmora, Tutele, Statele and
lie Tun, each of whom reigns over a
district. Above them all is Maunga the
great chief of the whole island. These
tribes are descended from one great
family, known as Leatou What has
been published in regard to the natives
Of the larger Samoan islands applies
to them generally. They are Malay
Polynesians, like the Tagals in the
Philippines. but are higher type men
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Il
lions of dear children, and-a secret
Santa Claus is in as much Of a hurry
for Christmas eve as you are.
The plum pudding orchard had hun
dreds and thousands of trees In 1t. The
way the trees came to bear plum pud-
dings was this; They were grated.
The bread-fruit trees furnished gratis
for plum pudding dough, and gratis
from rasin grape vines, citron trees
and current bushes supplied other
"fxings." The birds brought oak and
holly leaves and Christmas berries for
decorations. The sun Drowned the
puddings just right and the leaves on
the plum pudding trees turned snowy
white just in time to furnish plum pud-
ding bags-one for every pudding and
not one to spare. The stems grew into
pudding bag strings. The trees bent
low with their weight of buildings. The
air smelled as sweet as a thousand
Christmas dinners all in onel
When Santa Claus had pulled all the
puddings from the trees new ones
sprouted-for birthdays and next
Thanksgiving.
Jingle, Jingle, tinkle, tinkle! Santa
Claus reindeer stamped their little feet
until all the bells on their harnesses
jingled and tinkled again, while watt
ing for Santa Claus and the thousand
fairies who helped him to load the
puddings into his sleigh to carry them
to the Boy Proof Pantry of Ten Thou
sand Shelves. Some fairies, when the
first sleigh load was on its way to the
pantry gathered the small piles Of
buildings into one great heap. Then
along came the bad boy fairy, tied two
dozen puddlngs together by the pud-
ding bag strings and fastened them TO
his kite. which drew the long string OF
buildings away up into the sky.
One fairy, leaning backward 20 watch
the kite, lost his balance and fell
against the small mountain of pud-
dings. They began to roll and roll
and chased each other and chased US.
but they were not hurt one bit. Santa
he came back and saw the fun and he
winked one eye at the bad boy fairy
and shook one finger at him, as he
saw the boy stick in his thumb and
pull out a plum.
When Goldilocks and / stopped run
ming we were outside OF Fairyland. but
we could still hear the buildings roll
ing softly about and Santa Claus
laughing while still upward few the
kite. skyward. with its plum pudding
tail.
No word is Ill spoken II It be not Ill
taken.-Proverb.
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build barricaded war canoes, holding
two hundred men, can throw up earth
works and use firearms, they can be
kept in order by a small garrison in
time of threatening trouble. The re-
puted savagery and bloodthiTstiness Of
these people caused their island until
late years to be always avoided by
ships going to Samoa. Information
collected by the missionaries, however
indicates that this reputation was un-
deserved. In 1887, La Perouse,
French explorer, landed off Tutuila. A
boat containing twelve Of his crew was
attacked in a small bay, off the south
west coast, and all were massacred by
travelling party Of natives from Upo-
lou. The place is still known as Mas
sacre bay, and the Tutuilans have al
ways received credit for the crime.
The Samoan partition added to our
list Of potentate subjects a real live
king, who will probably be treated
with the same policy as applied to the
sultan of Sulu. This king, TUT Manua,
rules over the island of Manua, or
Tau, as it is often called, the largest of
small group of three islands, sixty
miles east of Tutuila. Although Ma
nua was classed among the Samoan
group, the native subjects of King
TUT have always made their own laws
and have kept to themselves.
Their potentate although a Chris
tian, is not permitted to walk, to drink
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SMOKING BY WOMEN.
1t Has Become Common Practice in
Aristocratfc London Cafes.

III las become "a Common Practice in
Aristocratic London Cafes.
While l was in London last
month"; said New Orleans broker
who has just returned from a trip
! across the big pond, Il was greatly
surprised at the number Of women [
saw smoking in public. OF course, one
can always see that sort of thing in
the bohemian resorts and the cafes
patronized chiefly by folks from the
continent, but it wac something Of a
shock to bump into It at such estab-
lishments as the Savoy and the Hotel
Cecil. In both places, and three or
four other equally aristocratic, | saw
society women putting cigarettes as
coolly as chappies at a roof garden. The
spectacle is SO common that il mas
ceased to attract any attention. ana
it was tolerably evident that the ladies
who were indulging did so because
they liked it, and not merely to be
eccentric. | dropped into the Cafe Roy
al one evening with a London friend
and we were shown to seats in the
large public dining room not far from
what was evidently theater party of
eight or nine people. They were Just
concluding a late supper, and one of
the ladies, who was the picture of ell
egant refinement, and by no means in
her first youth, produced a jeweled
cigarette case and passed It around.
In a moment everybody was smok-
ing. The lady was the American wife
of somewhat noted London club man.
and was formerly conspicuous figure
in Philadelphia society. | mention the
incident merely to illustrate the prev
alence of the habit, which reminds me.
by the way, that the London of to-day
is very different from the London OF
eight or ten years ago. There is every
where n marked accession OF gayety
and sprightliness; one notices il in the
shop displays, the theaters, the res;au-
rants, and the aspects of the crowds
at night, and the city in general has
much more the air and manner O,
the great capitals Of the continent.
The change Is particularly noticeable
70 an infrequent visitor like myself
New Orleans Times-nemocrat.