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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-03-07

II y a, au Grand Opera de Paris
6,742 serrures avec clefs diff6ren-
tes. C'est un record.
Chaque jour dams la Grande-
Bretagne, $50 trains-express par
courent 81, 900 miles.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-03-07

LIE comte de Castellane public
la lettre suivante dams le 'tNew
York Herald, edition europ6en-
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-03-07
QUEBEC

QUEBEC
lie nouveau conseil de Vile, q
re6lu q l'unanimit6, pour un nou-
veau terme de deux ans, phon. S.
n. Parent, CONNIE maire de Que
bee.
I'm nomm6 Michel Gari6py,
domiciii6 a Lorette, a 6t6 victime
dun s6rieux accident qul aurait pu
causer sa mort. Gari6py 6tait en-
train de nettoyer un revolver, lors-
que lie coup partit soudainement ct
la bale lui traverse la joue.
La capitaine honor6 Barthe,
pere du M. Uric Barthe, journa-
llste ct secr6taire de la compagnie
du pont de Quebec, est decide, q
la demeure de son fills Philippe,
rue d d'Aiguillon. =.
Sherbrooke. -Une nouvelle pa
ro'sse Went d'etre 6rig6e q quel-
ques miles de Drumondville. Ellie
est sise sur les bords du St-F Fran
co1s, a mi chemin entire St-Z6phi-
rim ct St-Cyrille. Ellie sera connue
sous le nom de St-Joachim de
Courval.
St-Jude. I'm homme du nom
de On6sime Provencal, de St-Lou-
is de Bonsecours, s'eniyra chez lui.
II fit un bon feu ct s'assit pres de
son poele, les coudes appuy6s sur
ses genoux ct la figure entire ses
mains. lie malheureux s'endormit.
Lorsqu'il s'6veilla, il await la figu-
re ct les mains tellement br1l6es
que la graisse coulait . terre.
Ottawa, Ont, IL doit y avoir
revolution dams lindustrie du pa
pier en- Canada. Un syndicat en-
vote d'organ1sation d est d6fnitive-
ment form6 avec un capital de
trois millions.
LIE syndicat doit acheter la New
Richmond Lumber Co., q la Bale
des Chaleurs ct construire des usi-
nes. Les forets de Ia compagnie
couvrent tro1s cents lailles ct sont
in6puisable pour soixante ans.
La compagnie pourra fabriquer
% miles de tonnes de papier a
journal, qu'elle poarra vendre q
$l.80 le cent livres au lieu de $3.50
prix actuel.
La mati6re premiere, au lieu de
cotter six piastres par tonne, co1-
terra So 25. LIE bureau principal de
la compagnie est Ottawa.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-03-07
NUMEkO "A
tariff DES ANNONCES

-Chaque insertion 10 cts par ligne
Tariff special pour les annonces au mos
ct 3 l'annee-
Demandes d'emplol-demandes de d.
mestiques ou mployes-annonce pour
chambre 81. 7ension-annonces pour OBJ
Jets perdus ou trouv6s.
Au taux UN OENTIN par met
Nous enverrons un numero du journa
3 toute personne qu1 en- fera Ia deman-
de.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-03-07

-L'anniversaire de l'ind6pen-
dance du canton de Nevfchatel
6t6 c6l6br6 par la colonie suisse de
Montreal par un grand ct superbe
banquet q lhotel Forth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24
How New York Sleeps.

New York is a city of infinite variety.
There are these who have beds with
out sleep and those who sleep without
beds. Three thousand Of her winter
residents slumber in the cradles of the
canal barges that come each year from
the canals Of New York state. from
the great lakes and Lake Champlain to
spend the winter months moored in
New York harbor. In the tenement
districts a man, his wife and his four
or six or eight or more children sleep
in "A single room. and one who goes
about the city finds many a device for
slumLer and repose. On Washington
street. on the west side. where the
Turks. the Greeks. the Assyrians and
the Egyptians live near neighbors to
colony Of Irish. is queer little orien-
tai hotel on the top floor of a tenem ent
-Leslie's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24
Curing 3Duelist.

1t is said that Il Harvard man who
was visiting Paris in some innocent
way offended club member, who
promptly slapped his face the French
man expecting. Of course to receive a
challenge for duel. Instead of this
proceeding the Harvard man turned
and looked for an instant at his ad-
versary. then quick as fash pulled
back his strong right hand and sent
the fellow rolling across the floor,
breaking the bones of his nose in two
places.
After q few weeks. when the French
man bad sufficiently recovered from
tie incident tu discover what had hap
pened be issued :: formal challenge to
bis American of frlnler to fight Il duel,
and, being tie recipient of the chal-
lengo. the American Was permitted to
select the Wvlpons He promptly chose
4 baseball and being an old pitcher.
threw with an accuracy which resulted
III the FreDcllman's getting another
wound on the nose. curing him entirely
of the love for dueline.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24
Natures Wonders.

The common flea leaps 200 times its
own length TO show like agility Il
man six feet tall would have to leap a
distance of 1000 feet. The cheese
mite is about one-quarter of an inch
in length, yet it has been seen to take
the tip of its tail in its mouth and
then, letting go with jerk, to leap out
of vessel six inches in depth. To
equal this a man would have to jump
out of a we'll from q depth Of 144 feet.
And equally strange things are found
among the plants and vegetables. A
we'll known student of nature once
tried the growing force of squash.
When it was eighteen days old and
measured twenty-seven inches in cir
cumference, he fixed sort Of harness
around it, with a long lever attached.
The power OF the squash was measur-
ed by the weight it lifted. the weight
being fixed to the lever. When it was
twenty days old, two days after the
harness WAS fixed on it, it lifted sixty
pounds. On the nineteenth day it lift
ed 5000 pounds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24
ODD CLASSIFICATION.
he Way "a Carload Gf Trnmpa VIVA
DesigDnted In Mexico.

In Mexico tie billing OF railroad
reight r"arrc> Il knowledge and pre-
.iSinn which can only be attained l.y
years Of l""c,.,". TEis is due to the
peculiar -c!3>S;t.s'..l55H Of various arti-
clcs a1!l lie ,!i:ttl.,-at rates Of customs
duties. \ r;:>,r recently occurred which
severely taxed t.!e in4fni;:iy Of the
station agent. although Ap finally sue
ccf'i"4 ia ",ertiiI" III requirements.
The tuNu N2s orarIHN with tramps,
ana T." to":cil tojsi!.i.4o1 that steps
mus - t:@p:' - ljl tie city of ;heHl.
1t WAS .i'rAH '!ec.fh'A % r4,IIl them
mp aEzi si:t.s tterf4 sf5t ~ the country.
It Wo0.i - tau Expensive TO purchase
tickets i t9s.ey e9l.eh:sltd to !sire stock
cars ah'i siiii. tAciY frainpS rs freight
The ca%S Werc procured. ANA ~ the
aid Of t!ts polio the fl't.laDS were &Ath-
erea b';t thei the question arose :.S 10
how tie shipment Should be designated
OH the bill of fading.
The term tpersons' could not be
used, as it would conflict with the state
law relative to proper accommodations
for the travelling public, and it would
also be in violation of the company's S
rules governing the rates of passenger
traffic. Marketable commodities
would not do, as that would subject
the carload to a heavy duty upon cross
ing the tariff zone. Again they would
have to be classified as ''pcrishable' or
the dispatcher might order the car side
tracked along the line,
But fortunately there is customs
law which eXenpts certain kinds of
curiosities from duty, and so. after
much consideration, the tramps We're
billed and forwarded as so many hun
aredweight of "perishable curiositIcs-
unfit to eat"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24
MADE A GOOD IMPRESSION,
"A Case Of Well Developed Nerve.
Coupled with Wit

There is absolute Wit in some mems
nerve said Il business man TO Il re
porter. My partner and |. with tho
intention OF expanding our business.
about Il year a@o decided to send a rep
resentative through the south. We
looked over the field carefully and
finally picked out Il young man who
was possessed of good address and
who, We felt sure, would do the work.
lie had been convivial in former
days, but his department had been
such Tor Il year that it made us feel
confident he would do the proper thing.
lie was givea %400 for expenses and
was started out on the mission 1t was
the understanding that he was to make
daily report OF his efforts
Two montAs passed by. and we new
er heard from him We telegraphed
repeatedly 70 different towns that We're
on his Itinerary, hut not Il word could
be learned regarding his whereabouts
Finally one day "a hurried telegram,
collect, came. 1t read:
Il am not selling many goods, but
am making Il fine impression. Wire
500 quick
The nerve of the fellow got our
nerve, and. co you know. we wired him
the 500, and afterward he made good
We have never asked him what he did
during the two months, and he has
never broached the subject to us. 1t
was the wit that pleased us."-Wash-
inGton Star
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24
Much Ado AbOUt an 0S."

The printing of the Bible is the most
strictly guarded work in existence, a
fact which appears strange until We
reflect ON the mischief an inaccurate
Bible might bring about The kings
printers and the two universities Of
Oxford and Cambridge give to the
world all the Bibles printed in the
United Kingdom except some printed
by special license. a few years ago
the question arose whether the word
spirit" in Matthew iv, I, and Mark i.
II, should have a capital "S,' it having
been previously printed With a small
one, and, although the word was obvi-
ously wrongly printed, it was not until
after the ruling powers at the univers-
ties and the kings printers had met in
solemn council that leave was given to
use the capital letter.
Nothing sanctioned by authority in
1911 may be changed without creating
something akin to revolution in the
places where Bibles are printed.-Liv-
erpool Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24
Confederate Camp Flags.

The Confederate stars and bars were
in 1863 supplemented by the camp flag.
This was in size and shape like the
other, except that it was white. with
no stripes, and the battlehag in the
upper corner next the staff 1t was
found deficient in actual service In
that. displa ying so much white.~ it was
sometimes apt to be mistaken for a
dag OF truce ard ON Feb. "a 1865. it
gave pace TO the last flag of the Con-
federacy. NE outer half being red
vertical hAr Appearing so late in the
war. il WIS ror so familiar as the 9th
ers-in &. -. ii was comparatively little
known
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24
ROme's Churches.

The guidebooks are responsible for
the popular impression that there are
365 churches in Rome. one for every
day in the year, but that is a mistake.
The exact number is 332. including the
four great basilicas outside the walls.
Besides these there are about 91S chap.
neries. schools and private palaces and
a large number Of shrines erected by
individuals In different parts Of the city
to fulfill vows or show gratitude for
deliverance from peril or sickness.
There are SO monastc esta blishments.
~ for monks and 26 for nuns.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24
How tD s;ake a Bulldog Let Go.

Says Il breeder Of bulldogs: The
quickest way to release a person from
the jaws Of Il bulldog. if he be unfortu
nate enough to be bitten. is by catching
the dogs hind paw. in the center OF
which is an exceedingly tender spot
called the heart. This should be pressed
or, even better. the paw taken into the
mouth and bitten with the teeth. The
dog will relinquish the hold at once. 1t
is Il desperate remedy, but a sure one,
and one that is resorted to by the pro.
fcssional doGfghters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24
The Umbrella Coincidence.

A correspondent contributes another
to the series OF umbrella myths. Dur.
ing a smart shower a gentleman who
was unprovided hurriedly overlook an
acquaintance whom he CHANGED to see
some distance ahead Of him carrying an
umbrella. intending to ask ii he might
be permitted to share its shelter. He
was almost up to him. when suddenly
the other turned around and with a
guilty look thrust it into his hands and
vanished.-London Globe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24

l travellers Insurance company
January /, 1902, had paid policy
Irc, claims amounting to $46,OS3,-
and will pay policy holders
Loar between four and five million
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24
PhilosOnhy Of Mr., Peckem.

Mrs. Peckem-.John, hear that
Jones house burned down a week after
he was married.
Mr.. Peckem-Well. troubles never
come singly you know.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24
His Weak Spot,

Casey-Did ye hear about poor Flan-
merry?
Cassidy-Sorra the word.
Casey-Sure, the big stame hammer
in the foundry dropped down ca his
cEist an killed him.
Cassdy-Well. Dim not surprised,
for he always had a wake chist.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24

Ioapon ticket agent has
With illustrated and de-
ture showing the beau.
Emery and resorts Of
tne Rocky mountains.
re free for the asking,
Fser Road" will be glad
assistance by CORE.
your choice of a Pate
Vacation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-24


! Travellers Insurance company
January /, 1902, had paid policy
re, claims amounting to $46,0S3,-
\ and will pay policy holders
oar between four and five million
$.
! Travellers ranks first for prompt
mt of claims. as an illustration
Is the late John W. Sullivan
er1v of Pine Bluff held a Trav-
ife policy for $4,000. On Decem-
1901 he died at Newport, Ark,
cember 13 Mrs. Sullivan notified
mpany of his death; on Decem,
inst ten days after, Mrs. Sulll-
ceiyed a draft for the policy.
Travellers issues all the stand
rms of guaranteed policies, and
them for about 20 per cent less
m than is charged by other
I'd companies writing business
Bluff. The Travellers write a
payment policy for the same
the mutual companies (such
New York Life, Mutual Life,
ble and Massachusetts)
for a mutual twenty
It life policy, the saving
full years premiums and
through paying premiums to
hpany in fifteen years instead
ty years means a great deal to
.holder.
inc of policies written by the
rs include ten, fifteen and
premium policies, 5 per cent
Ids and endowment policies.
endowment policies Of the
IS operate in the same way as
money in a savings bank, the
older is insured all the time
epositing premiums with the
and in addition to the insur-
receives interest on every
pays them.
I, ing man is thirty years of
takes a twenty year $4,000
rayelers, if he dies before he
, vears old the company pays
h y $4,000 in cash, but if he
). be fifty years old he himself
:. $4,000 in cash. Should he
~ it all in cash the company
!" him a cash dividend of $4,-
's then at his death pay dis
ii! 900, making a total of 49,
/. cies of the Travellers are
tn the latest non-forfeitable
ind if on account Of inabil.
. premium the insured does
. bat he has already paid the
To illustrate this on the
ty year endowment, should
say, ten of the premiums,
~ would loan him without
/ y, except the policy, $3,740,
pany will keep him insur.
= ten more years, when the
Ill return in cash to the in.
,, o rnearly the entire pre-.
0yes the first ten years, in fact
It Of the insurance under
. rs less than $40 a year for
years on a 100000 endow-
lpac
O,OO0 er, the insured pays all the
alums and lives to be fifty
. se when he collects the
8 had the benefit of twen-
oods, lrance for $4,000 at a net
2ls self Of $65.3s a year more
mium Cost him.
Of prominent business
mixers in Pine BLUM are
,hins us kind Of policy in the
~ nd to take life insurance,
investigate the contracts
. Plers. The agents of the
be glad to explain the
,able. IS OF insurance and quote
r,,,o apany's rates for the
- Kind of insurance you
- ny writes policies for ST..
the limit on one life is
)nfec
Flou' ues given for Travellers
guaranteed; no estimate
erything the Travellers
Ter IN IS plainly stated in the
,ctor! rial: INSURE IN THE
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-01
BRIGHT BITS.

-Jim-"I miss my morning maps
these days" Jack-"How is that?"
Jim-"The man who sits next to me
in History XVI keeps me awake with
his snoring. Harvard Lampoon.
-Misled.-Fond Mother-"Willie you
should have known better than to fight
with that little Smith boy" WiIlie-"I
KNOW mamma, but l thought L cud
lick him. State Journal.
On the Boulevard.-Tom (admiring-
ly)-"Ah, there goes the young widow.
Now, she is a woman worth talking
about" Ida Cealously)-"I guess she
must be. Every one is talking about
her."-Chicago Daily News.
Her Idea of It.-"Mrs. Geezer in
tends to have a number of literary
evenings" said Mrs. Tensport to Mrs.
Hojack. What is her idea of literary
evenings" We'll, she's to give a Ben
Hur' progressive euchre followed by a
Longfellow ping-po Detroit Free
Press.
Philip was saying his prayers be-
fore going to bed, and ended his sup
plication with Amen, Phillip Evans. J."
why, Philip. why did you say
that" asked his mother
Well he replied, II didn't want
God to mix me up with Brother Ed
he does act so dreadfully! Boston
Transcript.
Judge A. NJ. Kelley used to mar
rate that, while on the bench in the
International Court at Cairo, after a
witness whose nationality was a puzzle
had been addressed in French, Span
1sh. German, Portuguese, Italian and
Arabic, and failed to make any re-
Spouse except to indicate by shaking
his head that he did not understand
Judge Kelley turned to a brother
judge, and remarked soto voice, Il
wonder what language the IDIOT speaks,
anyhow" The same as yerself, yer
honor" came from the witness in the
broadcast Tipperary brouge.-New York
Tribune.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-01
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Mobile Register Oem.) says:
The future of the American negro is
wholly bound up in the success of the
white mans government. Independent
of the white man, or in opposition to
him, the negro would be the absolute
failure in this country that he has been
in all ages in his own country"
The Norfolk Landmark (Dem) SAYS:
I'm an address before a Georgia
school Mr.. WI took occasion to praise
the Empress Dowager of China for the
skill with which she managed Chinese
affairs during the Boxer troubles. Our
willy diplomatic friend has begun to lay
plans to keep his head on zSfaight aft
er he goes home"
The New York Press (Rep) says:
Cuba has paid a doubtful compliment
to the United States by intimating will
ingness to pardon all native-born
Americans now in Cuban jails. 1t is
suggestive OF that mistaken kindness
which dictates the removal of a fly
from the nose of ones friend by crush
ing the fly with a baseball bat"
The Boston Globe Dem) saws:
Senator Hanna declined TO accept the
gift OF cigars sent 20 him by Cubans
in Washington who are working for
reciprocity and when sent similar gifts
70 other leading public men. I will not
LEI "A box Of cigars stand in the way OF
10Y doing what ! may believe 10 be
right he said. Perhaps some day this
noble sentiment viii be chlselled on his
monument"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-01
The Panama Hat.

From the Baltimore American.
There was a man whose chief desire
Was a Panama hat.
He said That's what 1 most require:
1t is the thing I most admire;
III have to beg or buy or hire
Me Panama hat"
He envied every man he saw
In a Panama hat;
He gazed at window shows with awe
And sighed: They cost a heap, but.
pshaw!
1 pretty near would break the law
For a Panama hat"
He talked to every man and maid
About Panama hat
No chat of marriage he essayed.
Nor weather, crops or trusts, or trade:
Just: How I'd like to be arraved =
In a Panama haiti"
He soon fell i'll: he worried so
over Panama hat.
And when he lay in sickness low
They asked him where he'd like to go.
Wherever" he said. they can show
Me a Panama hat!"
At last his feeble spirit fed
With no Panama hat.
They preached sermon Ger his head
In which they hoped, the speaker said
That he with wings was garnish-ed-
And a Panama hat
Take warning from this lesson true
on a Panama hat.
Don't let your longings poster YOU
Until you're sick and sad and blue.
But II you must, go dare and do
For a Panama hatj -
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-01

great style. She had magnificent
country places and a great mansion in
Paris. She gave serperb entertain
ments. and the bankers kept furnishing
her money. Finally. at the end of
twenty years, some importunate credi-
tors insisted upon having Madame
Humbert's safe investigated. A day
was fixed. When the persons appointed
to make the examination appeared at
her house neither she nor her husband
could be found. They have not been
found yet. although most diligent
search is being made for them. There
was nothing of any value in the safe.
There never had been.
And it transpires that the story
about the rich Robert Henry Craw-
ford and his nephews was a myth. AS
far as known yet the only party con-
cerned in the swindle was Madame
Humbert, otherwise Therese, the
peasant girl. How far NJ. Humbert,
her husband, was implicated is not
known. A diligent search is being
made for Madame Humbert's supposed
accomplices. And is it not strange that
suspicion was not aroused when the
lawyers of the Crawford nephews never
saw their clients? They were satisfied
as long as they got their fees.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-01
LAWYER ROSES STATEMENTS.

The statements made in Washington
by Abram ]. Rose, one of the attor-
neys for Capt. Greene and Col. Gay
nor, indicate that he thinks that event
ually the fugitives will be given up
by the Canadian authorities. In that
event they will of course have to stand
their trial here in Savannah.
Mr.. Rose was quoted as saying that
they would return to Savannah vol
UNFAIRLY if they were assured that any
other judge than Judge Speer would
preside at their trial. According to
Mr.. Rose they do not believe they could
have fair trial in Judge Speer's court,
because of the feeling of prejudice
which he has against them. In fact,
they pretend to have evidence that he
has made remarks in public which
showed hostility to them.
All this looks like an effort to ex-
cuse themselves for fleeing to Canada
instead of standing their trial 1t may
be true that Judge Speer commented
rather severely on the delay OF the
United States judge IN New York in
deciding that they must return from
that city 20 Savannah for trial. but
II Is very doubtful II he ever expressed
opinions that showed that he was hos
tile 10 them, or that he would endeavor
70 bring about their conviction IL they