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The times., 1901-03-24
A DIPLOMATIC DAUGHTER.
Adhcrins Too Literally TO Express
sions of Her Father
(From the Detroit Free Press

There is very bright little girl in De
troit whose mother is now trying TO teach
her that she can use her tongue with both
truth and diplomacy. This is a difficult
task, the child does q great deal of Iea-
soning for herself and has the straight
forward logic of an unprejudiced mind.
A certain incident led up to this train
ing.
The father had high-salaried position
in leading factory. The Institution was
absorbed by a trust and the father
thrown out of employment. In the heat
of his wrath he repeatedly declared that
all trust and monopoly magnates were
robbers and thieves. and the little daugh-
ter implicitly believed him. He happens
TO be one Of those rare men whom il is
very difficult TO replace, and he was Of
fered his former position. But. being
shrewd and knowing his own worth he
was not to be had except for come stock
I'm addition TO his salary.
So he became part of the trust but did
not understand why the little daughter
looked at him 80 doUbtiugly and was
more conservative in the bestowal Of her
caresses. one evening there was com
pany at the house and the host became
involved in a heated political debate " ith
a peppery guest The former made a
statement which the latter fatty denied.
why, my dear man." laughed the host
you don't mean to call me a liar?"
No, he don't" declared the little one
as she sprang in front of the visitor and
glared at him with flaming eyes. and /
won't have 1t. My papa is robber and
a thief, but he is no liari
Explanation as above was soon secured
from the child, and the hilarity following
the expose was the JOY of the evening.
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A Real Bit of Acting.

agement to my husband. I sprang down,
punched up my skirts and raced back
along the passage. ran as never ran
before. I Knocked against furniture in
the darkness: l stumbled and fell. bat
still. impeled as by a supernatural force.
| rushed on,
Through the picture gallery went.
down the second corridor. across the hall,
into the drawing room
| must have looked a remarkable fig
ure as I rushed among my guests NY
hand was bleeding, and the blood had
stained my white evening gown. MY hair
was half down, my dress was torn But
what did appearances matter TO me-
The mddman. i gaSped. painting for
breath. The escaped madmani He has
got into the east wing. and FeIx-my
husband We must burst the door
open. Come, Comei"
All eyes were turned on me, but not
soul offered to move
Don't you understand me2'' I cried
wriHSing my hands in impatience. There
is not moment to lose NV husband IL
fighting for his life, Whv don't Won
come? Mr. Fleetwood, you hear me2
Have pity-have pity"
sprang on Charlie Fleetwood like a
tgress and Strove to drag him from the
room by main force. What diabolicaI
spell possessed them all that they were
Indifferent to my appealy IL all seemed
like horrible dream-unreal. grotesque.
You will be too lstei" l screamed in a
perfect frenzy. Felix viii be dead
strangled by that madman's fingers
1 repeated that awful word. scarce
knowing what j said The blood was
rushing wildly in my head. / began 70
reel, clutching desperately in the air. And
then, OF sudden, strange, half-remem-
bered sound rippled through the rootn-a
sound terrible TO listen to at first. yet
giving me in the end an inkling OF the
truth.
II was the sound Of hands clapping in
applause They thought / was acting,
/ stormed and raved and shrieked as
surely no actress could or would I en-
treated and impiOred, and struggled tho
while with the feeling Of faintness and
uumbneSs that was stealing over me.
And then, at length. seeing that my ef-
forts 10 make them understand We're Ut
terry useless. / suddenly stopped and sum-
moned up smile as l listened to their ap-
plause and congratulations.
Somehow or other / induced them 10
follow me from the room, telling them
that | had something to show them in
the east wing-a further entertainment.
which my husband and l had prepared.
Their curiosity was whetted and they
consented TO dawdle along behind me,
laughing and chattering the while
Only when they heard that last des-
pairing cry Of Felix did Fleetwood and
one or two Of the other men begin TO gain
4 glimmer of the truth. 1t was with ever
increasing alarm that they hurried for
and finally, using the oak table as RAM
burst It open.
All OF which l recollect as something
! that happened when | was in a semi
trance. have vague memory or look
ing into the room and seeing several per-
soEs there and struggle going on. / can
recall the sight of Felix running out pale
and limping. but smiling. and of his hold
ing out his arms to me. / went to meet
him, and then-I SHOOned.-Auswers
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had an immense audience. Bayard led
off iD one of the best efforts OF ms ilfe,
the very air was charged with magnet
ism he was cheered TO the echo as ha
proceeded. and when he sat down there
was a perfect storm of applause. was
to follow. l was boiling over with enthu-
siasm myself, and / stepped forward,
| raised my arm and extending the index
finger towards the vast throng. cried out
in the elation of my spirits Boys we We
got EN-, we've got EN-. we've got EN-.
rhereupon very thin shriil, piping voice
arose above the din. Yes, you We get
'em bad; what s your Ticker? The voice
was so peculiar and the witticism 50
apropos, that the whole audience was
conyulsed with laughter. But imagine, II
you can, my chagrini ] was unable 70
go on, and retired while making forced
effort to join in the general merrl-
ment.'
Judge Stiles tells me of a very anus
ing incident he himself witnessed IN iowa
where Henry Clay Dean was making on
of his most impa ssioned addresses bsfole
a large outdoor audience. He was appeal
ing with all the fervor OF ms great ei9
ouence to the grandeur of the DemCcratlc
marty the glory of its achievements, us
patriotism and Old-fashiOned honesty. As
he touched upon this latter point hl5
form heightened. his eyes gilstened WIN
pride and turning himself with raised
hands to the different points OF ms auul-
ence. he defianuy exclaimed IN tones
which once heard, could never he lot
gotten: / defy and challenge any man IN
this vast audience To point out sinSie
act of extravaganza in this or any other
Democratic administration: rms Mas
during President Buchanan's admlnistra
tion0 Whereupon. i'll the rear part oI
the audience, a man arose ana saiu;
/ can point ont one What was II!
Point il out point it out, detiantly re
torted Dean. calmly folding his arms. II
was when the Democratic party msae mace
the Government pay Henry Gay Dean
for PRAYING in the United States Senate
Dean, probably for the first time IN ms
life on the rostrum, was nonplussed for
a moment he was speechleSs with rase'
then, raising his voice to tone that . car
ried il far beyond the confines OF tnat
| vast audience and shaking his INST at
| the fellow. exclaimed with the feroclty Oh
| a wounded tiger: You are 1ar, slr' You
! are liar, sir. My prayers might De IN
! strumental in saving all but such hypo-
| crites TO religion and such Tenegades to
society as you; all such are oeyoha Iss the ne
! saw that the man wilted under the reply
| made by Mr.. Dean. No one mas ever ever
! heard of him since. He should nave
known the buzz saw was IN fuil nolion'
/ MIR. Dean was the quickest man IN re-
| partee / ever knew. lie toucheu anu
killed. smiled and buried
The times., 1901-03-24
THE LORRAINE CROSS.
An Interesting Relic OF the French
and Indian Wars.
(From the Montreal star ]

\ very interesting relic of the tribal
wars between the Huron and IroGuOis
Indians II the seventeenth century reach
ed Montreal short time since IN the
shape Of "a Lorraine" cross This was
found about three months ago b. an In
dian named Michael Cat. on an island in
Sucker Gut Lake, in the Lake Temiscam-
inGJe district Of northern Ontario. The
cross is about I'VE inches III length By
three in width is made of solid silver aad
resembles in shape the oid-fashiOned
AFchbisHcps CrOzier. In other words ii
looks Ike Roman cross. with the addi-
ton. however. of second arm, which is
placed Immediately below the upper arm.
The latter is a little shorter than the one
beneath, and the ends of each as well as
those OF the upright centre. are deiicateiy
carved and shaped. The cross has been
pronounced by Father Jones. of the Jesuit
College, to be one of fifty given By the
Countess OF Lorraine TO the chiefs of the
Huron tribe of Indians in the earlr years
of the seventeenth century, to induce
them TO become allies of the French
armies then in Canada. At that time the
Iroquois We're the active allies Of the
British troops in tine american Colonies.
and had been supplied by the British Of
ticers with modern implements OF war,
which they used with terrible execution
against their deadly and hereditary enc
mics, the Huron Indians.
With a view of securing the sympathy
and cooperation of the Huron chiefs for
and with the forces Of the French King
then in Canada the Countess of LOr-
raine presented fifty of the Lorraine
Crosses" TO the French officers for dis
tribUtiou among the chiefs. The form
of these crosses was limited in it's use
to the Lorraine family by special edict
OF one of the Kings Of France.
The particular cross found by Michael
Cat must have been given to its owner
some time before the year 1873. for in that
year the HuronS We're eXterminated by
the Iroquois. The fact that the cross was
found in part Of the country occupied
by the Algonquin Indians-of which tribe
LongfellOws Hiawatha was member
is regarded as a proof that the Huron
chief TO whom il belonged had escaped
from his enemies. the Iroquois, and had
taken up his abode with the AlgOnquiss.
An effort viii be made this year to To-
cate his body as 1t is believed that II
must be buried somewhere in the vfcinf-
ty of where the cross was found. The lat
Ter is at present in the possession OF
Harry G. Woods, who Is the Hudson
Bav agent at Bear Island post. The ident-
ity of the cross was ascertained by the
officials of the colonization department.
of the Canadian Pacific Railway who re-
ferred the matter to Father Jones'
The times., 1901-03-24
THE TRUE JEWISH SABBATH.
Points Concerning the Day Made by
q Rabbi In Boston.
(From the Boston TranseFlPt.J }

A large audience at the Temple Ohabei
Shalom last evening listened 10 an ad-
dress by Rabbi Samuel Htrshburg on the
subject. The True Jewish Sabbath His
remarks were a reply TO a recent state
ment made by Rabbi Charles Fleischer OF
the Temple Adath Israel that the Jew
ish Sabbath would soon be merged IN the
Sunday Sabbath. Rabbi Hirshberg spoke
in part as follows
# am heartily opposed to everything
that sayors of a quarrel or a challeDgs
to a quarrel in the pulpit. The brother
rabbi who has given the occasion Tor TINS
discourse is indeed in every sense OF Lhe
term brother raDOI or mine he anu l
are knit together by o0nd OF earnest
and sfocere friendship. We have hVed
these past five years and more together IN
this city and many years before these as
school comrades. In cordial felloNshlp- I
respect him as man OF hohestS oA
thought and sincerity OF conviction pc
fore all else, and however radlcai ne may
be AT times in his utterances, or however
much I personally. though not SO very or
thodox myself. may differ from nm. l
give him credit for saying whatever ne
has TO say from the firm idea that It IS
the truth. ma s.,- -
nnch discussion in local Jewish circles,
but which seems by so many to nave Deen
misapprehended had bearing only as
applied to his own congregation A pecu-
Iiarlv Jewish Sabbath would cease WITHIN
a generation, and Sunday-SaO Opath
adopted In its stead-were indeed the
terms of a prediction ventured by him. put
ventured be il observed. only with refer
auce TO his own congregation
Il am a reformed rabbi, deNoted hedrt
and soul TO a progressive Judaism. nave
believed ever since | was able 20 think Tor
TnvseIf that Judaism. 10 be living faith,
,,1st ne growing faith, that IL cannot re-
vain ~ a standstiH content with what IL
has mad traditionally handed down 10 1t
from the past in the way OF beliefs. doc
trines and ceremonial practices, nut tnat
n roust be prepared freely 10 give these
I'm ne IL finds them 10 have parted with
their significance under altered conditions
of thought and life of today. and grace
fully adapt itself TO whatever changes
modern conditions might make necessary.
II am as strongly as possible OF this be-
life still and so do / mean Just as strongly
TO remain IN the future; but yet do
stand. and many more like me. reformers
as we are shoulder 10 shoulder with our
orthodox brethren IN loyal championship
before the world Just as zealOusly attached
as pious Israel OF old, 20 the historic Sab
bath of the Jew
saStrike at the old Sabbath OF the Deca-
logue and you strike at one Of the most
yifaI institutions I'm Israel. Take II away
and YOU take away one OF the cornerstones
that serve to uphold the edifice of our
faith. insuring II stability and perina-
nence Thus say T. and the voice with
which / say II Is the voice of almost all
OF modern Jewry not in our own city
merely but the world over
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29

ly. The death OF the body is the birth
OF the spirit The death trance con-
tinues at times for days. even for
weeks. The lungs then cease to
breathe, the heart to act; the corpse
like face, glazed eyes, absence of sem
sation and intelligence. rigidness and
coldness of the body-not one, nor
even all OF these appearances, are con-
elusive that the person is really dead.
The only sign of death which is sure.
both to manifest itself in due time.
and to be absolutely conclusive and
undeniable, is the development Of
Sufficient degree OF putrefaction.
The retired lawyer silvery-haired,
bright, eyed, animated sat in the parlor
OF his home and discussed the subject
with enthusiasm, the writer being hts
auditor. He had a copy Of the bill in
troduced into the present legislature.
He read the section which deals with
certain tests by physicians and OBJ
3ected. ATmoment later he was on his
feet leading the way to the case which
contained volume after volume Of the
literary works OF Andrew Jackson Da-
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29

too. he opened and there in sight was
the private mortuary. The old bare
walls of the end of the shed have been
plastered and are white and clean. The
little rafters are painted blue The
room now is furnished like an ordinary
sleeping apartment. with single bed,
washstand, mirror. picture or two.
knicknacks and chair. An exit at
the rear leads directly out into the
open air. where lattice work bars the
Intrusion of wandering men, women
aad children.
"See those windows" exclaimed the
old gentleman. as he pointed to OBJ
long apertures in the walls which were
head high. These are for the admis-
sion and emission of air. The casket
would be brought in and placed upon
the floor perhaps. The temperature
OF the room would be kept at moder-
ate degree. Here in this closet l keep
some Of my books and magazines"
DO you see this place at the pres
ent time"
The query was suggested by the
neatly ma ie-up bed.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29
To Prevent Burial While Alive.

20, yes. Sometimes have friend
as guest who sleeps here when he
tarries under my roof
Mr. Giles does not have much faith
in the schemes devised for the ringing
Of bells and the shooting of balls into
the air, etc, which are meant to give
notice that one apparently dead is yet
alive. He does not approve even Of GER
tain tests by physicians placed in the
bill before the legislature, because, in
his opinion, the spirit is more sensitive
to suffering when disentanglng itself
from the body than before that mystic
rious process begins.
He says that, without specially look
ing for any, he has found in the news
papers the details of some 60 or more
cases wherein the patient was con-
scious OF preparations being made for
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29

What if in the tomb l awake!-Ro-
meo and Juliet.
Alfred E. Giles, ABB, LIB, who was
educated at Brown university and prac-
ticed law in Boston for quarter OF
century, has made provision to guard
against premature burial without
waiting for legislation by the general
court of Massachusetts.
He resides at 265 Fairmount av..
Hyde Park, Boston. The house stands
on the top of high hill. amid pleas
ant surroundings, the outlook Of the
fairest. A shed runs at right angles
from the main building. and therein
he has prepared room. furnished it,
and in this apartment, whenever the
time may come, his spirit will olsen
gage itself from the body.
Mr.. Giles believes that real death
works gradually; never instantaneous
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29
He Came Early.

A certain mans wife was much trou-
bled with the thought that the house
would be broken into. Her husband
being kept awake at night by her anx-
iety. hoped to cure her of the delusion
by arranging with man he knew to
enter the house and pretend to be a
robber. while he would satisfy his wife
by going down and soaring him away
by firing his revolver. The man
agreed and received small fee for his
trouble. On the night in question the
wife heard some noise. so aroused her
husband, who crept downstairs with
his revolver. All was quiet, but he
boldly entered the dining room and
crying. Hands up!" fired his revolver
into the ceiling. With sudden feel
ing Of anxiety he struck a match and
found every particle of plate and valu-
able things gone. The man had como
early and made the most Of 1t.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29
Parrots Initiate u PhonoRrapb,

bird fancier in London is using
phonograph to teach parrots how to
talk. He educates about forty birds a
month by this method entirely. The
parrots classroom is divided up into
little compartments, which are kept
dark. Each bird is placed in a sepa-
rate compartment and two or three
times day a phonograph is lett with
it. The machine is automatie and
will repeat a sentence or a number of
sentences over and over again for
hours, so that the birds very soon
learn to initiate the weird mechanical
voice that comes out of the darkness.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29

Wis. Tenderly he laid open great
books with such profound titles as
The Divine Revelations of Nature"
and "Harmonial Man: or. Thoughts
For the Age" He showed a steel en-
craving of young woman on bed,
the physicians close by, watching,
while the spirit OF the maiden rose
into the air from the body. Then,
returned to the easy chair, the genial
old gentleman conversed concerning
his practice of law in Boston from
about 1850 until 1876. His children
having died, he saw no necessity for
continued accumulation of money, and
so he retired He has lived for 80
years in Hyde Park.
Mr. Giles threw open door and dis
closed what appeared to be a closet
with clothes hooks. But the back of
this closet formed second door. This.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29
MINUTE CREATURB0.
vsas Microbes That May Prov Ussfsl
Ii..>.~A n. 1a..A..iolo.l.aa

Ssns Microbes That May Provs Ussfal
Discovered BY Baeteriologisss.
The bscteriologists are learning to
take new views Of the minute creatures
which they study. When the startling
world Of micro-organisms was discoV-
cred there was nothing but hard words
for it. The first bacteria found were
those Of disease, and the bacteriologists
were SO Mortified by their misdeeds
that they condemned the whole tribe
OF micro-OrganiSms to death without
inquiring further into the matter. The
humorist and the comic artist lent aid
in blasting their regulations, making
jokes and drawing imaginary pictures
OF microbes with horrible jaws, eyes
and tentacles, until the mere word bac-
teria came to mean something dreadful
1t was much like mentioning cobra
or boa constructor to even speak or
them Pasteur-the great. wise Pas
teur-so feared bacteria that he kept
bowl of scalding water by his plate
at meals. dipping his dishes, knives
and forks into it before using them by
way of preventing the smallest mi
crobe from passing his lps-and did,
IN fact, prevent it SO effectually that
he ruined his digestion, poor man. For
in scalding the evil-dispOsed bacteria
to death he scalded many more that
were necessary in carrying on the
work of his stomach, and so deprived
himself Of their aid. The bacteriolo-
gists now know that there are many
well meaning microbes among their
charges. The microbe tribes are made
up like those of the larger creatures.
They are useful, harmless COWS and
dogs and sheep and poultry as well
as murderous tigers. lions and vampire
bats in the microbe world. In fact,
the useful bacteria are in the majority,
Just as the useful animals Outnumber
the savage ones. The bacteriologists
| have lately found several most promis-
ing species among them. There is one
tribe, for example, that may be turned
into scavengers. They are very greedy
for refuse Of all kinds, and it is sug-
gested by the sanguine that in time
they may be raised in large tanks and
| made to devour the garbage of citles-
! Another microbc in favor just now IS
one that furnishes light. The bacteri-
ologists are very guarded in talking or
1t, and do not want to promise too
much. but they admit that this new
! mlcro-organlsm may be induced 10
gives serviceable light in the future. 1t
Is the microbe that makes phosphores-
cent fishes luminous Heretofore it
| was generally thought that this light
came from PHOSPHORUS like that used
| in matches, but the experiments with
these microbes prove otherwise. by
| placing the flesh of fresh haddocks or
herrings in a weak brine and keeping
1t at 40 degrees above zero for few
days the fish, as well as the brine it
self becomes luminous, giving off pale
! green light.-Chicago Record.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29
Sir DInahaw Manockjee Petit.

Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, OF
Bombay. is the second native of India
to be made baronet. Like the we'll
known Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, the
first baronet of India, he is a Parsee
merchant, and as a mill owner he
might be called the cotton king OF
western India. Born in June, 1923, he
began his commercial career as long
ago as 1910 in an English merchants
Office. In 1859 he inherited consid-
cradle fortune from his father. He
Is the founder of technical institutes.
colleges for both sexes and hospitals
fae men. women and children,
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29

his funeral, and yet was unable to
manifest the slightest sign Of life.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-10-31

on paper, was looking over the situa.
.ion at Springfield, Mo, and gave out
the route as follows; Des Moincs to
Glasgow, down the river to Boone.
vile. where Il crosses IN the NJ, X. &
L. bridge, thence south to Springfield
at misses Mobcrly clear, but then
Mobcrly is we'll supplied with roads
leading to both termin points. Ad-
ditional lines TO them would be Of no
practical value as outlets, except rs
the new limo opened up and made ter
ritory TO Mobcrly's trade. If 1t were
not for the barrier OF the Missouri
river several north and south roads
would, no doubt, have long since ira
versed a large area Of rich country in
both north aud south Missouri"
A dispatch from Icllyi!le, Ark, TO
the Lead and Zinc News says: News
regarding the movements Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific aud Iron Mountain Is
growing more decisive. From Noun
tain Home comes the information
that engineering corps to the number
of seven with full crews have bocr To-
Gated along the route between Lhher.
~ creek and the Baxter county line.
These assistant engineers will have
charge of the different departments
Incident to tho construction OF tho
road. The first 90 miles of the road
will be ready for the steel by the first
of December, 80 the story goes, the
contract for clearing the right or way
for 40 miles having been lot. This,
together with 20 miles now being
graded, makes 60 miles, which takes
tho road 10 the baxter county line.
II Is also known that the surveyors
are working In Stone county, appGr-
emily for a time, through Taney com.
ty into Marion, thus orcning up the
richest portions of the groat zinc field.
Rapid work Is hcing Gonc westward
from Batesville. where between 500
aud 600 mon and $50 teams are nt
work, while these numbers will be
doubled ~ soon as they can bc So
cured. Twenty-Five subcon,ractor'
now scattered along tho line pushing
grading. trcstlc-work, stone work and
other work as rapidly as possible,