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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21

go xE
room! SAID Sam, contemptuOusly
you'd take to your heels if anyone
threw washboiler full of water on the
deck!"
But he had to jump pretty nimbly te
get out of the way of the wash basin
full of CASTLE soapsuds, which Nathan
flung at him, in reply to this haunting
speech.
He's going to the summer land, y
sighed little Phillis, where there is NO
snow nor ice, and where dear little
brides don't starve to death. 1 wish l
could co.
That's where the new potatoes and
the asparagus come FROM" said Patty.
And the nice Strawberries, before ours
in the garden have even begun to BIOS
SON."
PATTY thinks of nothing but things
to eat and drink said sdm, ironically.
1T do, tool" said Patty, wrathfully
Il can say my French verbs deal bet
ter than you can! And Uncle Eric is go
ing to bring me home talking parrot
from the Bermudas, when he comes
backi"
'Humph!" said Sam. st should think
you were parrot enough for the whole
family"
Sam was certainly very disagree
able boy. He was always teasing and
tormenting the other children.
Just then voice called up the stair
way to them.
Come, children, are you never COM
ing downstairs? Breakfast is smoking
hot on the table. And here are four
little farewell gifts which Uncle Eric
sent over for you last night, after you
had gone to bed.''
This piece of news had the effect of
fastening the toilets of the four little
people in a truly astonishing degree.
And presently they tumbled down
stairs sutasy as,saasssss:s, sfsS sas brsaisfAst-
room.
''what. is it, mother?" cried Phillis.
Let me see it!'' said Patty.
I'm the oldest!" bawled Sam.
But Nathan tripped him DEITY up.
and leaping over his PROSTATE form
got to his mothers side first, leaving
the champion sprawling like an i'm
mense beetle on the carpet.
Give US. a look at it, mother" said
Nathan, hugging his mother around
the neck.
Not a look for one of you," the
mother firmly answered, until you
have eaten your breakfasts
From this decision there was no APP
peal; SO the children sat down, re-
luctantly enough, to their milk and
water, oatmeal porridge and broiIed
ham and eggs. And when even little
Rhfllis, the slowest of the family, had
inished her meal, and folded up her
napkin and put it into its ring, Mrs.
3uddington opened a Inysterious-Iook-
ng package, and gave Nathan little
oaper-box which happened to lie On
he top.
~.For N. Buddington.' she read,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21
A Harder Exner1ence

First Artist-Old Moneybags would
not buy my pictures wouldn't even
look at them.
Second Artist-Never mind, old man.
He was more consNerate of your feel
ings than he was of mine.
"How is that?"
s'Why, he refused to buy my pictures
because he did look at them. Brook
lyn Life.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21
No Trouble at All.

Miss Chamberlayne What does
your father, the baron, call his estate
on the Rhine?
Herr Won Griff-1t was named by
mine grossfader der castle of Schnei-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Thank you; I'm awfully sorry to
have troubled you. Melbourne Week
Nv Times.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21
Boarding a lsorse at Sen.

A horse on board. ship eats ten
pounds of hay, five pounds of oats, five
pounds of bran and one-half ounce
of nitre. His drinking allowance is
half gill of vinegar and eight gal
Ions of wat sr.-Chicago Chronicle.
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wh.e.- An !. Name.

XNhafsa In u
s.What was the matter with that
young man who wanted to get on
the detective force?" asked the chiefs
assistants HE looked like an unusu-
ally bright fellow-in fact, / judged
from his appearance that he had all
the natural qualifications for becoming
first-class sleuth.'
''He was bright enough all right, y
the chief replied, shut when I asked
his name that settled it. I'm not going
to let the reporters have any more fun
with this department if I can help it. !"
sWhat was his name?"
willie Ketchum!"- Chicago Times
Herald.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21
DiscouraginE Outlook. :

ssYoung Mr.. Homeward is candi-
date for matrimony," said Mr.. Point
Breeze, with a meaning smile, to his
daughter.
"Well," replied Miss Point Breeze.
''if he expects me to be his runnin .
mate he'll find himself very much
disappointed" - Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21

ton Of mind that he pulled the peck
etbook out of his pocket and flung i
out into the row of leafiess currant
bushes that skirted the garden fence
And then he went about his business
and studies, feeling relieved.
This was in the morning. When thu
long afternoon shadows began to lii
on the snowy ground, Sam drove te
the railway depot with the horse afid
cutter, to meet his father, who went
daily to the city.
Father" said he. II wish you would
give me dollar"
Mr.. Buddington looked grave.
"A dollar" said he. s'What do you
want of a dollar? Don't you know
that dollars are not picked up, like
butternuts, under the trees?"
II want new sled awful bad,'s said
Sam. s'I've tinkered mine up, and
tinkered it up, until it won't hold to-
gether another day. And Lew Peck
is going to have new one, and he'll
sell me his old Eagle for dollar and
a half, and take out the half-dollar in
my pocketknife with the corkscrew
blade
THAT is the arrangement, is it?''
said his father, half smiling
Eyes, SIR" Sam answered. "And the
Eagles an out-and-out beauty. All
she needs is set of new steel run
ners."
'.Well," said Mr. Buddington, "I'll
think of it, and if there's dollar to
be spared, I'll try to help you through
with this bargain"
Father said Sam, Il wish we were
rich. / wish had all the money that
/ wanted to spend"
"And how much would that be?"
asked Mr.. Burlington, amused at the
lads earnestness. :.
''Oh, don't know" renlaapss esR
s fzsss, lEisies@, rather. olhs could get
whatever I wanted for ten dollars!''
We'll, you are about as likely to
get ten as five for all can see,n OBJ
served his father. There's Jake. You
had better go around to the barn with
him, and see that Sorrel is quickly I'M
and well blanketed."
Jake, the little colored boy who
helped around the barn and poultry
yard, was in great excitement.
Il done found you's pocketbook,
Mr.. SAM" he whispered, mysteriously,
as they were unbuckling the traces,
'outen in de curran' bushes. Here it
s! Wild bright, new cent into it,"
"A cent. Jake?"
"Clar in de inside said Jake. 81
ound it outen in de curran' bushes. !"
let me see," said Sam, dropping |
is part of the harness.
Sorrel, who was by this time suffi-
iently detached from the sleigh,
hook himself, and walked deliberate
: into the stable, and Jake grinning +
7 handed the pocketbook to his
Dung master.
He was right. In the very inner
lost pocket-one which, in his haste
nd displeasure, Sam had neglected
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21
AN ARAB LEGEND.
Story of the Good Deed That Caused
the Thorn to Blossom In
the Desert.

Once upon time, away out on the
desert, an Arab was travelling with a
caravan and large amount of valuable
| silks and rich goods He knew that
| the portion of the desert through
which they were passing was frequent-
cd by robbers, and he was anxious to
reach the end of his journey before
night
he men and the camels were all
weary, for they had come a long wav
across the dry country. but now thess.
Svel looking More cheerful, for they
would soon be at place whcre they.
could rest ard not xear-
The chief was leading the caravan
and looking carefully in every direc-
ton, so as not to be surprised by the
enemy. All at once he heard cry of
pain, and, peeping around, saw a boy
not far from the path.
sAre you sick?' asked the chief.
81 have thorn in my foot, said
the boy, "and cannot walk.
Then the chief got down.from the
back of the camel and went to tho boy
and gently drew the thorn from his
foot. He even delayed to cleanse the
sore and rub some ointment GU the
wound made by the thorn. He in
quired about how far the boy had to
go and if he had any money. LEARN
ing that the boy had but iittle, he gave
him piece of gold and then went an
Many years after the chief died and
went to Paradise. What was his sur
prise to find himself at once in the |
midst of the most beautiful roses.
"Why have I so many roses?" he
asked of an angel near him. There |
are many others who have done more |
good who have not as many beautiful |
roses.''
The angel smiled and answered.:
years ago you drew a thorn from the
foot of a boy who was crying in the
desert. That thorn has grown to be
a large rose tree, and the roses you
see around you are the blossoms frora
that tree"
One good deed done here below is
returned many fold in Paradise.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21
A Vivid Idea.

The Preacher-The human mind can
form no adequate idea of hell.
The Plodder-Can't Ell? Well, you
just let your wife drag you into one
OF these department stores for shop.
ping tour-kansas City Independent
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sses4 81
away 10 sea and each finally made his
home in California. One is Senator
Perkins and the other Representative
z. +. Loud
Three men who had formerly been
newspaper reporters in Albany have
became members of the cabinet. Dan
lei Manning, Daniel S. Lamont and
Charles Emory Smith less than rs years
ago sat side by side reporting the pro-
ceeetings of the New York legislature.
Z. Carter, the mayor of Brownsville.
lex, is known in that part OF the coun-
Try as the perpetual mayor" He has
held the office for 81 years and he can
not get out of it. He has declined re-
nomination time and again and threat
ened to resign if elected, but the peo-
PIE have nominated and elected him in
spite OF it. He was the first mavor
elected in Texas under the new const;.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21
Uncle Eric'sl Presents
By LUCY RANDoLpH COMFORT.
-~-s,<s~s-s>~~s~~s>s>s>ss~.~s>s-

TT WAS radiant March morning,
the ground all mantled with new
fallen snow, the sparrows clamoring
at the window ledge for crumbs, like
bold little beggars as they were, and
the sky bluer than the bluest ribbons
on little Phillis' winter bonnet. And
the children all looked at each other
as they scrambled out of bed.
One thought was in all their minds.
This was the day upon which Uncle
Eric sailed, with his vessel, for the Ber-
Inuda islands.
i wish to goodness I was going with
him, said Nathan. I'D like to be a
sailor, and pipe all hands on deck, and
climb UP the rigging when the sea was.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21
Wit AND WISDOM.

T.. a.
The man who has never made for
OF himself doesn't appreciate syn,
pathy.-Qhicago Daily News.
She-"1o you believe that ma,
sprang from the ape2" He-"No. Bu-
| believe all women spring from tn.
mouse. IN. Y. Press.
Coroner-"Was the victim conscious
when you reached him?' Pat-sYis
sor; he wor. But bechune us, I don't
behave he knew ut. Judy.
The hungry man should keep out
Oh society; less attention is paid every
year TO what is served to eat, and more
TO decorations.-Atchi Globe.
Z eiee fEog The Insisasszs. 5sznx hstou,
take 1t was only Toppledon, the.drum
major of the Observation-Disclosures
Transcript.
Mrs. Bragg-''We gave our daughter
a piano for her eighteenth birthday.
She was playing on it this afternoon.
Did you hear her?' Mrs. Nexdore
Yes, poor girl; she stubbed her toes
on the keys several times, didn't she ~
Press
Jones-"That policeman is a new
man on the force Smith-..How do
you know?' Jones'" Some one told
him this morning there was fight
around the corner and he hurried
around in time to arrest both beIliger.
ents. Ohio State Journal.
4 was at Bilinger's this morning
ind there didn't appear to be anybody
home. Have they gone away?' mo,
ne cook struck. And they have
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mr.. Ruskin, it has been calculated
wrote more books than any three q
our leading thinkers. They number
over 10.
The Pail Mall Gazette speaks ef
Sir Henry Stafford Northcote the now
governor Of Bombay, as zone Of the
most appallingly respectable men Of his
day. - = -''s
AangWiii Is genuine and very old
surname, which came to England from
enaldea, Chaldaic being favorite Ian
guage with the Jews. The significa-
tion OF the name is: "a nail of cloves
spice, or any common flower,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21
BHT EVEN LONDON Focs
At URlaska the PIeasante.t Month
Haspniy About Week of Clear
Wether-some Historic Fosv.

=. Photographers are at a discounts !;
UnalSka. This weird island is shrouf
ed inpg 11.months out of the - Ser
tembf is the one fine month. and on =
averaf there are but seven DAYS :
brigh sunshine during this glimpse O
sumrfr.
ThSeason of this gloom is the meet
ing ofhe warm flood of the Japan cur
rent 18th the icy draft of the arctic
"niele swirls through Behring straits
/; $han one place in the world (
~ -; e very occasional glimpses 3
s.scflIy bad during the fishing sea
1ceknu sometimes has whole sum.
mer Z thick fog. This happens every
four n five years, when a number OF
big idbergs float over from Greenland
and &ound on the northern coast Of
the iSand. On such occasions the hav
crop Iceland is a toal failure, and so.
owin&to the chill of the waters,-is the
fishing
A nrt of the foothills Of Peru is
steepH in mist from May to October.
But IRE the fog is kindly, for it takes
the phce Of rain. Above the height of
1,2o0 ieet it is replaced by violent rain,
On stgne farms half the area is irri.
gatsf by fog, the other by showers.
IONS fogs have been almost as
ellle's4s they are to-day for over two
80, 49, rs, but used not to last SO long.
The 3 2 that VIE Iwas' psEhapl
IA streets and rs by drowning were
attributed to it. It's most strange ef-s
feet Fas upon the fat cattle at the Is
lingtn show. They all got i'll and ex-
hibitH symptoms of poisoning.
In he heath districts of North Ger
many some 10000 acres of peat are
burnt over every year. The smoke will
drift from this $50 miles without losing
much sof its density, and constitutes
what Germans call the Hohrauch. In
a dry summer it hangs over the country
for weeks.
Vdcanoes are sometimes responsible
for fogs which cover millions of acres
at a time. In 1912 the ash dust from ST,
Vincent darkened the sky over the
'vhde group of the Barbados for many
lays On 1894, all South Italy and part
- = szEeorssfe.-s-~eu
veeael 5y an outburst from Mount
Etna.
The most extraordinary fog ever
znown appeared at Copenhagen on May
a, 1883, and, spreading all over Europe,
covered France early in June. 1t was
noticed from Russia to Canada, and
asted in some places for four months
t yelled everything in q pale blue haze,
md i was not affected by rain or wind.
1t showed no trace OF moisture, and |
lad strong and very unpleasantlacrid |
dor. It's result was severe cpl |
emic OF influenza, and, after causing
errible alarm in almost all civilized
ations it ended in series of terrific
hunderstorms, felt most severely in
rance and England
Perhaps the most startling part C..
his fog, and a similar one which an.
earssl ~ 1881, was that at night there
'as NO real darkness. The air seemed
uly luminous. Fine print could be
eau at mldnight.-Stray Stories.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21

reading the label before she handed
to him. with Uncle Eric's love ;,
"Ho, ho!" cried the little lad io1
fully; tits Uncle Eric's silver f, ~
knife, with e. b. engraved IN ~
blade in jolly Old English letters ar,
little sharp spike for q nutn;o,s ;, "1
For Phillis Buddington. > said tn
mother. sou W.
And Phillis' ewes snar,slod "a q.
| sight of n nratty 1;++ia a. 'n'
| the size az : s;,,... oocA, aDou'
Had NAM o.ar. winch she
Er;o,e st..,,.. o,e aunlred on Uncle
aAnl I e,oie.
o;ven - ~. ,nA 'lls must have been
z1ssz,- punctual l;tts seacn you to be q
"Oh5 oh-how hea, -,
P6SlliS 4ra,,.l,.... vi u cried
i,rht "a 4 \ ,ng an over with de-
wind T. ts,,e oan
key?" 1'1 =
"And be very s,,ra Won do,,,4 -
the kew, said her ,,othsr l..ra. .ose
lessness is one of vonr fsul4s 90,
as unpunctualitv. - '1'
"Ilibe very careful ), rro,o;saa ph:,
lis. retreat;nr with ha,. I'LL -
one hand and H. la, !, ~ 80 -
For PATTY. the scholar a. 80 f.,
lily. there was fine new d;arv.baall
with gilt edges and % t;nv go, ots ~
keen It's accor,nanv;,,n sas:, 80. -
straying away ~
sob. how nicey,, sa;d pa+4 arr,
write dawn il tba ,,ara.. 81
everything that has Is nyensa
the dav: and when Ir,,nIa 1r,.;a ss.-ns
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21

And how do they expect to gain
wisdom p Golden Days..
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1900-04-21

from no the days of st. Johns revelation
TIE marvellous story is told.
And down thro' the ages has oor,o a..
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-14
The Day For Spring Retoicfns..

Easter the world over means first of
all, the coming of light and the going of
darkness. 1t means, too, happiness, IL
holiday, flowers. springtime gladness,
the putting away of the old and the put
ting on of the new. 1t means comfort.
confidence. rejoicing. the fufillment Of u
promise, the death OF old doubts and the
birth of new certainties. Indeed it means
so many things and much that il any
of us really understood them ali life
would never seem bother or a burden
any more. We would all be better men
and women and the world itself would be
so much better place in every way that
the kingdom of heaven at last would GER
tainiy be found among mortals.
And there are many ways of PROV
ing that these things about Easter are
true, so many reasons to give for them,
that you or l might easily spend all our
life in talking of nothing else and still
leave much to say to those who came
after.
Suppose. for instance. we made the
meaning of one fact about Easter our
own, what a load of misery, of doubt
misunderstanding, rebellion, wild ques-
tionings aud despair would disappear all
at once out of our way. We celebrate
Easter. as you know, because on that day
Christ. who had been crucified, rose again
from the dead. Now, among people
known this same time of year was kept
with celebrations and rejoicings to com
memorate the idea of delverance, the
coming of light, the resurrection of the
flowers and all green things which had
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-14
FLOWERS OF EASTER.
THE LILY STILL QUEEN -vIOLETS AND
ORCHIDS ALSO FAVORED.

European Flower Gardens, Once SUI
preme, Now RivaIed In the Large
Cities of America - Evolution In
Horticulture.
Consider the lilies of the field. They
toll not neither do they spin, but l say
unto you that Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these"
So the Bible in precise and inspired
language tells us of the flower which is
synonymous with our ideas of Eastertide
the lovely blossom which finds its way
at this season into all drawing rooms,
churches and even into the humblest
rooms where a token of inspiration and
new life are desired.
These lilies certainly deserve all the
praise they get, but the people who grow
them and buy them and care to have
them about as reminder Of Easter and
the resurrection have to toll and spin
great deal.
The demand for Easter lilies has grown
to such an extent that the propagation of
these lovely spring flowers has become
lucrative business to hundreds of green
house men and growers. The lily bulb
fiourishes best in Bermuda in narrow
patches often alongside of the whole
some but unsmellable onion and the use
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-14
THE LEGEND OFTHE EASTER
EGGS.

Cathedral bells, with their hollow lungs
Their vibrant lips and their brazen tongues,
Over the roofs of the city pour
Their Easter music with joyous roar
Till the soaring notes to the sun are rolled
As he swings aloft in his path OF gold.
dearest papa says my boy to me
As ne merrily climbs his fathers knee
why are those eggs that you see me hold
Colored so finely with blue and gold?
And what is the beautiful bird that lays
Such beautiful eggs on Easter days?'
Tenderly shine the April skies
Like laughter and tears in my child's blue eyes,
And every face in the street is gay;
Why cloud this youugster by sayir. nay?
So cudgei my brain for the story he begs
And tell him the tale OF the Easter eggs.
You have heard. my children. of One who died.
Crowned with keen thorns and crucified;
And how Joseph. the wealthy, whom God reward,
Cared fer the corpse OF the martyred Lord
And piously tombed it within the rock
And closed the gates with a mighty block.
Now, close by the gate fair tree grew
With penduious leaves and blossoms of blue
And deep in the green trees shadowy breast
A beautiful singing bird sat her nest
Which was bordered with MOSES like malachite,
And held four eggs of ivory white.
"Now, when the bird from her dim reces.
Beheld the Lord in his burial dress
And looked on the heavenly face SO pale
Anu the GEAR teti pierced with the cruel nail,
Her heart nigh broke with a sudden pang,
And out of the depth of her sorrow she sang.
can night long till the morn was up
She sat and sang in her wreathed cup
A song OF sorrow, as wild and shrilI
As the homeless wind when il roams the hill
So full OF tears, so loud and long
That the grief of the world was turned to song.
but soon there came, through the weeping
night,
gliminering angel clothed In white,
And he rolled the stone from the tomb away,
Where the Lord of the earth and heaven lay,
And Christ arose in the cavern's gloom
And in living luster came from the tomb.
"Now the bird that sat in the heart Of the tree
Beheid the celestial mystery,
And its heart filled with q sweet delight,
And it poured song on the sobbing night;
Notes climbed notes, till higher, higher,
They shoot to heaven like sparks OF fire.
''When the glittering white robed angel heard
The sorrowing song of the grieving bird
And heard the following chant of mirth
That hailed Christ risen from the earth,
He said, Sweet bird, be forever blsst,
Thyself thy eggs and thy moss wreathed nest.'
And ever, my child, since that blessed night,
When death bowed down to the Lord Of Light
The eggs Of that sweet bird changed their hue
And burn with red and gold and blue,
mankind, in their simple way,
Of the holy marvel of Easter day."
Selected.