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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13
LITTLE pERRY,s AwFuL THREAr

wont ever live in this house no more.
And I'm goin' away, way off somewhere
In the dark woods! And mebby a beaf-
Or something nobody ever saw before
Might ceHne ard cat me upi And then.
] bet you. when
My pa has no little boy. he'll be
Sorry ne punished met
And In gotn' to starve and not
Ever eat anything again at ALL
And when I'm up with God and got
Wings and can look at my pa, and he
Comes home and sees my coat in the hail
And looks all around everywhere,
And / ain't there,
! bet he'll be sorry he punished ne!
And when I'm far away
And nearly starved and can hardly stand,
They might be big, bad man come along
and say
He'd take ne off to some strange land.
And then. when the people told nay pa
How cruel he was, bet he'd be
The saddest person you ever saw,
And sorry he punished me!
And when they had no little boy no more
Mamma would cry all day,
And when no little boy would open the door
For pa. at night, and say:
Hello I bet
That's when he'd be
The saddest yet
And III stay this time, but he
B-b-b-b-better quit punishin' mel
IS. E. hiser, in Chicago Times-Herald.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13
NOT UP IN ART.
Embarrassing Ignorance Of Caller at
an Afternoon Tea.

Its so easy to misunderstood what
another Is saying 70 you at a crowded
afternoon tea that the resultant mis-
takes are apt to be confusing and even
embarrassing. The wife Of a we'll
known New YorklaWyer not long ago
had charming tea. and, being fond
ofsart and artists, they comprised not
a little of her conversation.
One Of the callers, who went 10 the
tea with an artist friend, was intro.
duced to the hostess, and she immedi-
ately began to discuss art, says the
New York Herald.
The new caller did not have any ez-
tensiFe knowledge ef art, but was
struggling to know more.
At first the conversation was about
American art and artists, and the new
caller did fairly well. The hostess.
then suddenly shifted the subject SO
that the new caller understood her to
ask
care you not fond Of chronos?"
An astonished look passed over the
new callers face. He was not sure
whether the hostess was serious or
joking.
"Well, I like them in their place.
replied the new caller, after hesitat-
ing for moment. He half smiled.
Why, what do you mean bythat?' q
inquired the hostess, sNeetly.
Z mean that they nightbe all right
for the kitchen, was the reply.
Gracious, A Gorot IN kitehenl.
gasped the hostess. Why, I am only
too glad to have one IN my drawing
room.
The new caller looked equally as
tonished, for he still thought that the
hostess meant a @chromo'' So he
mustered courage and replied: Z
never saw any chrome that would -ap-
peal to me SO much as that.
The hostess looked atthe new caller
for moment with some vexation and
made polite request to be excused
SO that she might see that everybody
was getting tea.
That evening the new caller told
his artist friend about the conyersa-
tion, and the knight Of fhe brush,
laughing heartily, exclaimed:
why, Mrs. referred to
Corot, the great French painter
The new caller gruaned in despair.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13
MEXICAN OPALS.
Ground and Polished by Natives with
the crudest of Machinery.

L have spent many years IN old
Mexico IN the mining business" !" Mr..
B. Z. Watts, Of Mexico City, said the
other night to q Washington Star re-
porter. Among the products Of the
mines ID that country are some Of the
most beautiful opals. / have noticed
in the show windows Of the jewellers
here displays Of these gems, some of
them Hungarian, but the greatest
number Mexican. Generally speak
ing, the Hungarian opal IS the more
brilliant of the two, but I have a col
lection Of the stones at home, all
from the Mexican mines, and I don't
think the best Of them are less bril-
liant than the Hungarian gems. In
the district Of Guerritero opals are
sold By the natives to travellers They
come alongside the train and display
their gems in black paper wrappers.
This paper gives the stones addition
al lustef. These jewels are mined,
ground and polished BY the natives
themselves with the erudest machine
ry, but they succeed in turning out
some beautiful work An opal in its
natural state looks a good deal like
q piece Of coarse green glass imbed-
ded in hard stone. It takes the pol
ish to give the luster.
ssThe superstition about wearing
these stones, unless they are the birth
stones Of the Wearer, has always
seemed 10 me extremely foolish. s.
have many Of them mounted IN diff
ferent ways and Z have never been
able to justly attribute any Of my
own ill-fortune TO them, thought I
first say the light of day in August.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13
TO Teach Domestic Science.

Mrs. st. Justin Beale is soon to
open 4 schoolln New York to teach
girls Of all nationalities how to cook,
wash, sweep, dust and perform all
the practical duties Of household.
4 strong effort will be made to instill
N them tact, politeness, patience,
tidiness, kindness and silence.
Lunches, fashionable dinners and ball
suppers will be served on the shortest
notice Dressnaking, millinery, hair.
dressing and other things in this line
are to be put in.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13

president. The conductor mad pre-
pared quite a well turned and witty
little speech Of introduction, for he
realized, of course. that the million
aire wouldn't know him from Adams
house cat, but the spIendorof the sur
roundings and the cold blue ewes Of
the man himself knocked it all out
Of his head, and the only thing he
could do was 10 spread The NJ wsf1a per
clipping on the big table and blurt
out: I'm the fellow that pus YOU
off 'IndeedI said the president,
looking at him keenly How doyou
know" he conductor stumbled over
his story, and before he concluded the
magnate jumped up, smiling warmly.
This is a great pleasure, he said,
a very great pleasure-someihing /
have been looking forward to for
years. Its mutual, said the con
ductor, grinning. Thanks. said the
manufacturer. You noticed, per-
haps, in my little speech that | glad
ly ascribed my start in life to the
fact that you kicked me off the cars
instead of carrying me to Dayton on
that winter night which Yon recall
with such remarkable precision"
Yes, | noticed that said the con-
duetor, who, without knowing why,
suddenly began to feel a acurious sense
Of apprehension. Exactly, pursued
the president, rubbing his palms, and
as far as results are concerned you
were, of course, merely an instrument
in the hands of Providence. / have
returned thanks to Providence in
various ways, and think Providence
and are about even. But the kick
ing, he went on, in the same silky
voice which the conductor says made
cold chills crawl all through theroots
of his hair, the kicking Was per-
sonal touch of yoar own-a sort of
humorous establishment, without
which the throwing off Of a half-sick,
half-elad, penniless wretch might
have been bit too sember. Let me
see, he added, musingly, it seems to
me You were a good deal heavier then.'
I used to weigh $50, said the con-
ductor, swallowing in his throat. but
I've run down since. Yes said the
president, politely, my own expert
enee was just the reverse; was
greatly run down that night and have
since gained considerable IN weight,
which makes things about even at
present. With that he suddenly
grabbed the conductor by the collar,
whirled him around like lightning
and kicked him ali the way down
stairs. He landed on the pavement
all in a heap said the railroad man
in conclusion, "and spent a day de-
batting whether he would bring
damage suit or go cunning for his
cruel assailant At last he decided
that he was up against It and had bet
ter come home before anything else
struck him. He is hot anarchist
now, and says that millionaires have
no souls IN. @. Times-Demoerat.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13
The Twinkling Of the Eye.

When we speak Of a thing happen
ing in the twinkling of.ap eye re
mean to convey that the action was
practically instantaneous. That this
is not the case has recently been DEM
#onstrated by capable investigator.
He used peclally-arranged photo
graphic apparatus and affixed i piece
Of white paper to the edge Of the eye
lid for mark. He found that the lid
deseends quickly and rests a little at
the bottom of It's movement, after
which il rises, but more slowly than
it fell. The average duration Of the
downward movement was fronseven-
ty-five to ninety-one fhousandths Of a
second; the rest with eye shut lasted
yariously, the shortest durations be-
ing fifteen-hnndredths Of a second
with one subject and seventeen-hun-
.dredths with another; and the third
phase OF the wink, the rising of the
lid, took seventeen hnndredths Of a
second more, making the entire dura-
tion of the wink about forty-hun-
dredths, or four-tenfhs, Of a second.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13
AN AMUSING MISTAKE.
Julia Arthur ana Her Misjudgment Of
Two Critics

L
A Woman's intention is sometimes
at fault, as the following incident,
written by Miss Julia Arthur in Sue
cess, will demonstrate:
The. time never comes, in the ca
reer Of any stage celebrity whom !
have ever known, when. lie or she is
beyond the pale Of susceptibility to
the thrust Of some pusillanimous crit
ic Its the incisiFeness of cold type
they feel.
can never forget some mornings
I have passed alone with the blanket
sheet dailies before me, reading and
rereading the notices, comparing and
Studying them, laughing and crying,
angry and bitter, proud and pleased.
Il have chaneed to know the writer,
or the probable writer, I have pom
dered and puzzled why he chose to
say this thing or refrained from say
| ing that. If I did not know, / have
always given him form and figure,
voice and idiosyncracies, with the re-
suit that very funny thing happened
to me in Chicago some two or three
years ago.
The morning after the first night
the notices were allvery fair, with but
two exceptions. These were in big
papers, and the one was lavish in its
praise, while the other was a delib-
crate slicing in vinegar. Both were
extremely clever and well written. ]
promptly gave the writers pictured
existence IN my mind. The good crit
ie was fine fellow of 35, a lover OF
classics, with a prematurely white
head and voice such as Plancon has
when he talks. The other was a wa
terry shrimp, not long out Of college,
clever but conceited, witty but mar
row minded.
I had a friend whom I had known.
from girlhood, who dropped in to see.
me after lunch, and he, knowing all
the critics, and hearing my disserta-
ton on them, offered to have them at
tend small dinner that evening. !
chose the two who had written the
criticisms mentioned. We were in.
the reception room when they were
announced, and I almost lost COM
posure when they proved to bethe
exact types I had preconeeived.
! chose my first opportunity to.
thank the one effusively and most
consistently maintained a frigiid de-
meanor to the young chap. He, how
ever, was not abashed, and showed
himself to be surprisingly agreeable
sort of individual. The other man
seemed embarrassed by my pleasant
attentions.
On the whole, I was mystifed.
Just as the party was breaking up ]
aimed q parting shot, in repartee, at
the young man.
The next time he saw me my host
said: How on earth could yon be so
anmerciful to poor and afterh
gave you such a good notiee?" / had
simply given them each Others places,
preserved an enemy and lost friend.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13
NUREMBERG, THE. QUAINT.
Lillian Bells Impression Of Town Dating
Back to the Huns.


love to think Of Nuremberg. The
recollection of it comes back to- me
again and again through a gentle haze
Of happy memories. The narrow.
streets lined with houses leaning to-
ward each other, after the gossipy
manner Of old friends whose conf
dence in each other is established
The jutting windows and old bal
comics which surprise the eye! They
call these pretty old houses the best
examples of domestic architecture, "
and warn you that the quaint peaked
roofs are Gothic, and the surprises
are renaissance, a mixture of which
purists do not approve. But I am
pagan. / like mixtures. They give
you the little futters of delight in
your heart, and one Of the most sat
isfaetory Of experiences is not to be
able to tell why yon are pleased, and
to feel at liberty to answer art ques-
tions with 'sjust because. Nurem-
berg's fortifcations are rugged and
strong, its towers imposing 1t dates
back to the Huns. Frederick Bar
barossa frequently occupied the castle.
which froWns down on you from the
heights. Hans Sachs, the poet, wrote
here; Albrecht Durer painted here;
Peter Viseher perhaps dreamed out
the noble original Of my beautiful
King Arthur here Lillian Bell, in
Woman's Home Companion.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13
WHY THEY ARE AT OUTS.
Northerner and southerner Couldn't Agree
Oh Ventilation Question.

During the summer two young
men, one from Minnesota and one
from Georgia. took a couple Of rooms
together in this city. They were both
young men, just starting into bnsi-
ness, and 50, in order to economic,
they doubled up, as they express it,
IN this fashion, using one room for
den. or slnoking-room, and the other
as a sleeping apartment.
During the warm months, says the
Baltimore News, all went merry as
marriage bell, and the two became
friends somewhat Of the David and
Jonathan order. There wasn't a hitch,
indeed, until November Then there
came a cold night Tie man from
Minnesota retired earlier than his
ehum that night, closing the register
and leaving it for his roommate to
open the window
When he awakened at seven the
next morning his 1irst thought was
that he was taking d Turkish bath,
the next that the house was on fire.
When he became fully aroused he
found that the man from Georgia be-
fore he retired had carefully closed
all tile windows, including the inch
or two usually left open at the top
for ventilation, had opened the reg
lister, left the gas lighted, and, in Q
spirit of greatest kindness. had piled
the entire wardrobe Of the Minnesota
man on its owner recnmbent and un-
conscious form He was himself
equally protected, but he was sleeping
peacefully and calmly, entirely I'M
mindful OF the remark his Well-nigh
suffocated chum was breathing over
his head.
The next night the man from
Georgia went to bed and to sleep first,
and the man from Minnesota, coming
IN late, opened the windows and
closed the register before lie retired.
The next morning the man from
Georgia awakened him To say that he
hadn't been born il d barn, nor get in
the arctic regions, and that he didn't
propose to freeze to death to suit any
one.
Relations were strained after this,
for the Georgia man put weather
strips around the windows and doors
and insisted that the two should de-
pend upon the cold air that comes
through the register at night for ven
tilation. He also affeetionately called
the Minnesota man Eskimo to ali
their women friends until thar
youth rebelled and moved his lares
and penates to another house, where
he said, contemptuously, there
were no old women to get cold when
bit of fresh airstruck them.
Thus ended friendship that had
firmly withstood the seylla of religion
and politics, only to be wrecked on
this Charybdis Of ventilation.
Il is said that the lowering and
raising of windows has caused more
divorces than any other one thing
However thatmaY be, il iscertain that
ssair-its advantages and tlisadyan-
tages leads to many violent family
discussions that are not always CON
cluded in amity.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13
TO SAVE TIME.
Many Big Business Concerns Serve Mid
day Lunches to Employees.

It is becoming more and more the
custom with large concerns to have
employees eat lunch in the building.
The idea started at some OF the fac
tories, but It has spread to different
kinds Of business, and now IN New
York, says the World, it is praeticed
By dry goods shops, insurance COM
panies, dressmaking establishments
and industries Of every description.
In some cases a light lunch, con-
sisting of a sandwich and a cup Of Tea
or coffee, is furnished free, but in most
instances these are furnished afabout
cost price.
In some Of the department stores
there is large lunchroom, and all
employees bring their own lunch and
eat it there. Hot drinks are served
by an attendant for three or four
cents.
One firm inaugurated the plan Of
serving hygienic lunches at small
cost. Soups, cereals, milk, cornstareh
or rice pudding took the place Of the.
popular sandwich, beans or pie. The
new menu was not a success. The
girls rebelled SO violently against eat
ing food from the standpoint Of
hygiene, rather than the personal one
Of likes and dislikes, that the man
agement was forced to return To the
old diet. Even health food disciple
who was engaged to come and give
them talk on the value Of noarish-
ing food, and to dwell especially on its
vast benefit to the complexion, failed
to convince them of the error of their
way.
Some large concerns employing
many men have large and we'll
restaurants where anything
wished may be procured at regular
prices. 1t is the rule Of many Of these
firms that no emploEe shall leave the
building at lunch hour. Theserestan-
rants are sometimes leased to an out
slider; again they are run BY the firm.
In either case they are supposedly run
for convenience rather than for profit.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13
But a dental parlor. .
a Fish with an Eye Glass.

There has lately been caught in the
Thames, member of an up-riyer pis-
catorial society writes, a remarkable
fish Of the roach variety. It was or
namented with an eyeglass. How it
got hold Of il is a mystery, but, sure
enough, the black cord was stuck in
its fms, with the monocle dangling at
the end Of it.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13
Have to Grurnble at Something.

The people who have plenty 10 eat
and drink and wear, and who are.
comfortably housed. do terrible Lot
of grumbling when a pin scratches
them. Atchison Globe.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-04-13
AN EASIER THING.
Preferred His Teeth Pulled to His Picture
Taken.

lakeus
Ill think [ must have made d
mistake" said the man who stood in
the door of the dental parlors and
looked about him.
Perhaps So replied the dentist,
who was sharpening gum-eutting
lancet.
Ny wife, You know, has been teas
ing me for the last five years to get
my photograph taken, and this morn
ing | finally setout to haveit DONE
.And got in the wrong shop, said
the dentist.
T see this is no photograph gal
lery.
No,
But a dental parlor.p
aYes.o
Well, I've made a mistake, but
Tn glad Of It. Here, let me sit down
and have three teeth yanked out, and
I'll put the old photo off for another
FIVE years. Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Evening journal., 1901-09-07

four crops per year of this hay from
the same fields.
William b. Thorp. of Pennington.
has resigned his Office of justice OF the
peace and accepted the principalship
of one of the Chester's public schools.
Real estate transfers this week are as
follows Noble r. Jerman and ]. e.
Jerman, have purchased of Noble T.
Jerman. the 219-acre farm situated on
the Kenton road, for $5,775.
Samuel w. Hall has purchased the
Wiley farm. situated on the road from
Postles Corner to Little Creek Land
ing, and consisting of 100 acres, fol
$3.50
/. X. OGDEN has purchased of Levi:
c. Winter a lot in Wyoming, pric,
5000.
Isaac Jester, of Milford Neck, raiset
this year from twenty-five acres O
land 653 bushels of wheat, averaging
twenty-six bushels per acre. This wai
on corn and tomato land.
The cunning on the lower Ken
county marshes is reported as goOC
for plover.
Evening journal., 1901-09-07
COMMITTEE OF FIFTY NAMED
Proposed Members will be Notified by Sec
rttary Of Their appointment

In the Office of William r. Kurtz, No
911 Market street, the committee oI
nine, together with the officers OF tn,
recently organized reform league, met
last night. and an enthusiastic meet
ing followed.
The work of the committee was con.
fined to selecting the committee OI
fifty which will have direct supervision
of the future movements of the league
All the men chosen are representative
citizens of Wilmington, and today viii
be notified of their appointment by thu
secretary The names of the meI
chosen will not be made public a
present, but they will be requested +;
meet next Friday night and discuss th'
reform question and outline plans fol
their future action.
On Wednesday night the committe,
OF nine will meet again and fill tn,
places of any who decline to serve ol
the committee OF fifty.
Evening journal., 1901-09-07

and humane President of the French
Republic It murdered tho inoffensive
wife of the Emperor Of Austria and
spared not the popular ruler OF Italy.
when shall It stop?
America has given three Of its great
est Presidents to its red-handed greed.
An were serving the people in the
light of their high sense OF duty. The
first is now recognized as an heroic
figure; the second gave promise Of
equal,ing the highest traditions of his
office. and It only needed the lapse OF
time to place Mckinley by their side.
What shall we do? One duty is plain,
to tear out every branch OF anarchy.
To stamp # out ruthlessly Il is an
enemy TO the race If we shall be at
the mercy OF few intolerant, unrea-
sonlng brutes. our boast OF civilization
is at an end. and we had better return
TO the forests from whence we came
where men may be ambushed and muir
dered without an accounting. Either
that, or the death of anarchy
Evening journal., 1901-09-07
EXCITEMENT CONTINUES
AT FEVER HEAT In DELHI
Special to The Evening Journal.

FlhNNtoA " NAAS AANtilAllb 1NnA iltAts
Delmar, Sept Excitement !
continues at fever heat over the dil
pearance of Mitchell II. German.
day and yesterday groups Of people
along the street have been discus
the affair IL has been the gen
topic. Creditors becoming anxi
have been filing their claims.
sheriff from Salisbury arrived on
early train. and laid an attachment
the Maryland property. Work at
brickyard has been discontinued.
At noon yesterday Sheriff Hart
Georgetown. came and made a lev.
the Delaware property. the claim
gregating in all about $4,000.
German previously had obtained n
the sale Of some property, mortgs
etc, some abOue $4,000. which h
supposed to have taken with him v
he left on the morning of August
under the pretense of going to A
deem. Md. for the purpose of clio
the deal for the site there. whel
was said he was To move his |
plant next season.
Some persons seem TO be OF the {
ion that German has left the III
States Others think that he has
foully dealt with. Creditors seem
satisfied that there are sufficient a
outside of the mortgaged popert
cover all the claims.