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The Norfolk lgms
The rami who mnken two weeds die
xvhoro ono tiled before 1h n pnblio bene
factor
Tho Yankee peril is growing nnd
Knropcnn trade in likely to bo entirely
destroyed by tho pot t
To cntch n woninun oyo nn
should bo placed In u department
advertisement
woo it i
BhowlU bo
itoni
store
certain to
It mny lo pnld flint t bo dronl his wifely
broken agniu Tho nforoRiiid drouth
oontinncd ns ninny ns W coiiRCOutivo
bourn
Tho World Herald thinks tho low
temperature nn iudirntion thnt tho
north polo linn decided to meet tho ex
plorers hnlf wny
An exchango thinks thnt becnuHO tho
Constitution imitated tho Shamrock by
potting wrecked wo cnu do anything
tho lirltlah cnu
Tho drouth crokor uloug with tho
calamity howler 1h by present events
oompollod to mnintnin n depressing nnd
undoubtedly agonizing Bilence
Norfolk wouldnt bo much of a town
but for her mcrchnutH nnd they Bhould
bo pntronized in preforonco to tho mor
chants of nny other town Stnutl up
for Norfolk
American sportB nro not satisfied with
being inoro cup defenders They niuBt
ro over tho pond nnd enpturo n Derby
occasionally to keep their sporting pro
olivlties in Bhnpe
Tho Into democratic m pirnut for tho
presidency went down into Missouri re
cently to show them thnt tho demo
cratic party or the principal port of it
vrns still in existence
If is presumed that Mr Brynn will
obungo tho decision of tho supreme
court in tho insular cnsoH if his party
conies into power else whnt 1b tho use
of tanking Buch n fuss nbout it
Tho Export Oil nnd Pipe lino company
of which Ohas A Townc is to be maua
per will hnvo n capitalization of 2000
000 ThnB he will rnuk pretty well up
with other mnguntesnudcorporntionists
If a democrat is really ambitions to
belong to n party of pronounced princi
ples he should loso no timo in entering
tho repnblicnn band wngon There is
room for n few moro to mako it unani
mous
Nellio Brown grnuddnughter of John
Brown tho nbolitionibt is a member of
tho Salvation Army nt Astoria Oregon
Whether sho is ns successful nt nbolish
ing siu as her illustrious ancestor is not
stated
Missouri couvicts aro nt least paying
their way while receiving punishment
They cost tho state hut year SSOOOO and
during tho same time enrued SSI 001
ISven a convicts timo is money it
would seem
If tho supremo court decision had
been in their favor what would the
fusiouists hnvo bad- to kick about
There would have been n distressing
oougestiou of kicks nbout the Com
moner editorial snuctum
Mr Brynn said nt Kansas City Mo
Tuesday night I believe we have the
be6t government ever conceived by
mnu which is ns complimentary to the
MoElnloy administration ns anything
that has been uttered by its friends
During the first production of
PaderewskiB new opera he was attacked
with a severe attack of bows having re
ceived thirty curtain calls It is said to
have taken a hair dresser n day and a
half to straighten the kinks out of IiIb
long locks
Since the Hague peace conference
wars and rumors of wars seem to have
alarmingly increased and now they
threaten to hold another peace confer
ence and it may be expected that the
world will be in a turmoil for certain
thereafter
The State Journal hopes for a govern
mental reform in the uses of the words
contagious and infectious and
thinks that n definite knowledge of the
meaning and distinction of the words
would not be harmful te some doctors
and common people as well
The Carrol Index under A P Childs
management is a much improved publi
cation and haB the appearance of receiv
ing barrels of patronage The editor
promises that the paper shall be in
depentent in politics and devoted to the
beet interests bf Carroll and vicinity
Senator Depew thinks fellows like the
Chicago professor who never kissed n
woman are deserving of the pity of the
world The senator says worlds could
not buy the memory of his first kiss
Perhaps the Chicago man will hold
them just as valuable when he once in
dulges
Thk News is in receipt of the first
number of the Sugar Beet a monthly
publication in magazine form of which
Albert L Teele of Denver Colorado is
editor and publisher The initial
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bor contninR mnoli of interefit to tho
sugar lcol grower nnd beet migur
fnotnrer
Tho Fremont Tribune quotes Mr
Urynn If 1 wore thu Mily oppouont of
republicanism in tho United Stntcs 1
should bo pbul to hnvo tho fnot written
on my tombstone nnd coininentH riH
folloWH Well they hnvo written two
epitaphs on his toinbutono Whnt moro
doeH ho wnn t
Tho people of York county during
May deoreaBed tluir fiirm town nnd
chattel mortgago indebtedncBB by moro
thnn f7rt00 nnd Tlio Kopubllcnn 1b
convinced thnt tho glnd tidings will not
bo conveyed to tho people by n single
pop paper If tho bnlnnco wns tho
other wny it would bo dltrerent
Tho nttoudnut who was giving a denf
mute nn alcohol bath at Uorklev Cnl
and threw a match into nnd lighted tho
lluld bnrniiiK the patient to denth
Khonld realize tho utter degencrncy of
tho cigarette habit It wiih aftert light
ing one of these coffin uiiUk that tho
fatal nccldeut took place
Ilixby thinks that nothing will Kill n
hero off any deader than going into
politics and refers to Dewey as an ex
nmplo Kissing 1b likewiBO n fntnl
habit look nt Hobt on I FntiBtou eooms
to bo tho only BnccesBful hero perhaps
becauBo ho bellovcs in keeping everlast
ingly at it
The telophono iB said to bo n highly
appreciated invention by tho peoplo of
Cuba not that it Boves timo and facil
itates business but that it panders to
thoir ludolonce Tho telephone may be
appreciated by the lazy man but the
energetic also lluds it a wonderful time
Baver and convenience
King Edward has dispensed with the
services of 1M chnplaiuB as n matter of
economy There are Btill n force of n
dozen in his employ however and his
spiritual welfare will undoubtedly be
quite carefully looked nfter Perhaps
he wont bo nny better than common
mortals who havo one ohnpluin to sev
eral dozen persons
Sarah Bernhardt thinks the American
girls rival her countrywomen in bennty
nnd dress nnd wnB surprised nt discov
ering tho largo number of nourishing
colleges for women in this country
Sarah is uot the ilrst to discover that the
Americnu girl is nil right Tho girls
countrymen will henrtilr endorse her
tlatteriug opinion
Edgar Howard thinks that if east
ern people tako the nssessors returns for
it they will look upon Nebraska as a
commonwealth of paupers and seriously
objects to tho showing thus made The
Telegrams kick is a righteous one nud
the method of levying taxes in No
brnskn should undergo a radical change
Tho trndo mark used by tho South
Omaha street fair management mny
seem ghnstly to Eome but tho broad
grin on tho porkers head would indi
cnto thnt it is n plensure to bo killed in
thnt city It is to bo hoped however
that tho management will not add this
to tho other pleasures of their guests on
thnt occasion
A Germnu exploring party in digging
up ancient Babylon has discovered
thnt it Is only one fifth tho size of Lon
don Another explorer of the mystic
paBt has learned that Croesus wenlth
was but n few millions now if some
one will discover thnt Solomon was n
mero child in wisdom compared with
Mr Bryan ancient history will lose
much of its charm
According to the late census the num
ber of cultivated farmB in the country
haB increased from 4CI4G91 in 1890 to
5700000 in 1000 and still in these days
of MoKinley prosperity there seems to
be no danger of overproduction becnuse
the consumer is able to work overtime
It also refutes quite a general impres
sion that farmers are nil moving to the
towns and cities
Tho newspaper has a wonderful power
in this land nnd all tho really great men
nro willing and able to testify to its in
fluence The men wielding this power
should be careful to Bee that it is rightly
used or they will lose it A power
abused soon becomes a weakness nnd
every newspaper man should see to it
thnt a diguity essential to power is the
ruling motive of his paper
Democrats who are inclined to think
MoKinley nn ultra protectionist Bhould
refer back to the history of their own
ancient leaders to find one of the real
ultra sort The Boston Journal i6
authority for the statement that Thomas
Jefferson wished that the Atlantic might
be a sea of fire to keep out foreign goods
No republican has become ultra enough
to wish for protection to that extent
The sentiment in favor of a harvest
home festival this fall seems to be strong
among the business men of Norfolk and
it wonld probably require but little
effort if some one took hold of the project
to get up an enjoyable celebration
orioiK nas aone nothing for several
years to attract a crowd and it would be
a reminder of old times if a progrnm
were prepared to call in the people for
miles nround Preliminary work should
begin at once an interesting program of
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THE XOKFOLK NEWS FltJDAY JUNK M 1001
nmnnoinouts propnred
libcmlly ndvortified
nnd tho event
When MoKluloy was first inducted
into the olllco of president tho deposit b
of tho Imuks of tho country amounted
to 1050000000 Tho last report shows
thnt such deposits hnvo iucreoacd 70 per
cent nnd now rench tho mnguiflcent
totnl of 27fiO0OO0O0 Facts Beein to
have Blight regard for tho wishes of tho
fnsionistA who would profor thnt their
calamity wail might have a little chnnco
for existence
William II Nowmnu who has just
been elooted president of tho Now York
Central linilrond compnny furnishes
another example of how tho young- man
may riso to place nnd power by his own
efforts Mr Newman began his rail
road career as n Bwitchmnn and now nt
tho age of M has renched tho top in his
profession It can rendily bo couceived
that Mr Newman didnt put forth his
efforts toward killing tlmo nnd seeing
how many cigarettes ho could consume
without becoming a wreck or mnniao
Uncle Sams mistakes are often both
expensive and valuable contradictory
as it may seem In printing the Pan
American exposition stamps tho ex
press train on ono sheet was put on up
sido down nnd now stump collectors aro
offering big priceB for thoso identical
stamps although it undoubtedly cost the
government not a little to get the train
in n position that well regulated trains
should occupy Thus 1b the nnnmoly
explained tho mistako wns expensive
to tho government but vnlnable to the
fortunate person who becomes pos
sessed of tbo misprinted spainps
An exchange is responsible for the
following argument in favor of ndver
tiBiug during n dull season For a bus
iness man to say to tho advertising
solicitor Oh goodness no its too
dull to ndvertiBO now wait until times
pick up a little is equivalent to n sick
person Baying to a phyBicinu Oh I doc
tor I cant take any of your medioine
now Im too sick Wait until I get
better nnd then Ill take it When
tho patient gets well if he ever does
he will not bo in need of medicine
The time to advertise iB when the need
of stimulants is the greatest and that is
when business is dull
Humphrey must be n good town to
live in the celestial reporter of the
Plntte County Lender having discovered
the following argument in its favor
A good man dreamed that he died and
of course went to heaven and knocked
at tho golden gnto and was promptly
admitted After spending several hours
taking in tho sightB of the city ho sud
denly came upon a man in chains
This greatly surprised him so he in
quired of St Peter if they had to punish
men in heaven Oh said the good
saint thnt man is just from Humphrey
wo always have to chnin the Humphrey
peoplo to keep them from going back
Mr Brynn snys that the people have
not yet voted on Imperialism What
then became of tho paramount issue of
1000 It certainly wns not tho fault of
Mr Bryan nud his supporters that such
was not tho issue of the Into enmpnign
Every popocrotio curbstone orator nud
two-by-four newspnper in the country
was howling that n vote for McKinley
was a vote for imperialism and Mr
Bryan made the historical utterance
thnt if McKinley wns eleoted imperinl
ism would prevnil aud celebrations of
the Fourth of July would pass away
That geutlemaus parnmountcies have
a faculty of disappearing or appearing
at his veriest whim it wonld seem
Fusion journals have made a great
roar about the junketing party of con
gressmen who are to circle the globe in
a government transport at government
expense Their kick was registered be
fore they learned the personnel of the
party which is composed of five demo
cratB and three republicans They are
Bacon of Georgia De Armond of Mis
souri Gaines of Tennessee Burleson of
Texas Green of Pennsylvania Mercer
of Nebrasfen Driscoll of New York and
Smith of Indiana The five first named
are democrats and the Inst three repub
licans The members are undonbtedly
anxious to learn conditions of the
United States outside interests to aid
them in passing upon them intelli
gently
It will keep the gullible busy keeping
themselves informed on new fakes and
other methods of making money in easy
but not quite legitimate ways The
following from the Howells Journal is a
new one The latest fake to strike
this section of the country is a man
representing some snide liquor house
He goes among the farmers and offers to
sell them whiskey and other liquors at
very low prices and of course guaran
tees his goods to be pure The proof
that Ihey are not is shown by the fact
that in some cases he has sold whiskey
for lesB than the government tax on the
pure article Of conrse the fellow is
catching some suckers As long as
there are people waiting for a chance to
be swindled there will be fakirs abroad
in the land to do the job
The fusionists promise to leave the
administration rest for a time and di
rect their attacks against the supreme
court for its decision in the insular
case They may believe this to be
pnroly patriotio but many who have a
high regard for lnw order and govern
mental institutions will bo compolled to
differ with them How can thoy hope
to Bervo their country by worshiping
tho constitution and declaration of iu
dopoudonco nnd nt tho samo timo dis
paraging tho action of ono of tho most
honored institutions of tho country or
vice versn If tho instruments men
tioned dCBorvo bolng honored thon cer
tainly tho institutions created through
them should be uphold Their notion is
probably to be expected howover ns
tho history of tho party is lull of incon
sistencies
President MoKlnley Is distinctly op
posed to a third term nnd ho has volun
tarily set nt rest the speculation of the
politicians as to tho possibility of his
third nomination stntiug thnt he wonld
not accept such a nomination if it wore
tendered to him Mr McKinley hns
made a satisfactory executive officer
nud the country could not expect to do
better under nny other ndmluiBtrntion
thnn it has under his but the objection
to n third term candidate is bo thor
oughly Implanted on tho hearts of
American voters thnt is very improbnble
if it could bo nprooted oven where ns
great nnd ns good a president as McKin
ley is concerned Bnt the politicians
have had their Boy and Mr McKinley
has had his and ho will not bo a factor
in the next presidential campaign
The finish of the modern magazine
story may be after an approved faBhion
but is not satisfactory to tho average
reader Until some fellow who con
ceived himself smarter than the average
began to mako light of the ending nnd
they lived together happy over after
ward the BtorieB were more or less
complete but sinco the modiBh writer
ixncTrmtvtw
hns secured fall swny he seemB to de
light in carrying the reader to the most
obscure place in his story and shoving
him into space with tho unsatisfactory
ending And she smiled or He
kissed or some equally unsnggestive
or nonsensical phrase His object seems
to be to see how near the middle of his
Btory he can begin and how nenr the be
ginning he can quit leaving nil the in
teresting Tortious to the renders
imagination when in fact the reader is
depending upon tho writers imagina
tion for his entertainment When the
writer of descriptive nrticles sketches
nud news stories gets into the snme rut
with tho story writer it will be time for
tho avernge reader to despair
Today is Flag day On Tuue 14
124 years ago congress enacted That the
ling of the thirteen United States be
thirteen stripeB alternating red and
white that the union be thirteen stars
white in a blue field representing n
new constellation For a time when
a new state was admitted n new stripe
wnB added until in 1818 the thirteen
original Btripes were restored and made
permnnent by tho following enactment
on April 14 That from and after the
fourth of July next the flag of the
United States be thirteen horizontal
stripes alterunte red and white that
the union be twenty stars white in n
blue field nnd that on the admission of n
new state into the union one star be
added to the union of the flag nnd that
such nddition take effect on the fourth
day of July next succeeding such ad
mission Observation of Flag day is
urged by the American Flag association
organized in 1897 from veteran military
pntriotio and historical societies of the
country to promote reverence for and
prevent the desecration of the flag of
our country It is a day that should
be generally observed Americnns have
no emblem that they reverence more
than their flag and a like feeling should
be encouraged in the children of rising
generations and among the foreigners
who come to America for a home Let
everyone honor the birthday of the
American flag
She was tall and stately and her pose
was one to attract attention A beauti
ful purple toque adorned her head nnd
underneath locks of shimmering gold
peeped forth Her supple form was bs
comingly clad in n fashionnble gown of
black satin the jet ornamentB being
artistically arranged and indicating
something of the cost of the attire as
well as the tedious employment of the
dressmaker The contour of the soft
kid gloves indicated a softer and beauti
fully shaped hand In her left hand
was a modish muff of expensive fur and
her right rested lightly on a railing be
decked with flowers which might be
taken to mean that either she was in a
conservatory or that she bad the muff
out for a summer airing Her flashing
blue eyes were large nnd lustrous and
her pink cheek glowed with the bloom
of youth and health Her rosebud
lips wore nu irresistable pucker and her
face beamed with contentment bnt Bhe
had fallen very low about as low as 6he
could The magnificence of her attire
and contented features indicated noth
ing of her true position nnd those who
did not know would scarcely believe
that she was bound for destruction and a
consuming fire was awaiting her She
was a tasnion picture out irom tne
magazine by childish hands and had
been neglectfully left on the floor while
the little imp responsible for her con
dition was employed at other amuse
ment The good housewife was ap
proaching with a broom and her fate
can thus be readily foretold
Now Ex Senator Pettigrow is invest
ing in Wyoming oil fields Tho senntor
is setting a horrible example to other
anti expansionists
The Woodmen havo gathered iu St
Paul to nttond tho bend camp iu droves
nud tho city should tnko rigorous
methods to see that Its shado trees are
protected
Frost created considerable havoc in
tho Jim river valley South Dakota last
week nnd Nebrnskn again eBcnped with
nothing worse than n chill Stand np
for Nebraska
Tho robbers who touched tho First
National bnnk of Mineral Point Wis
for f 131000 used n hidiug place for their
ill gotten gains thnt must have mndo it
filthy lucre indeed
If yon havo a dollar to spend and
dont want to Bpend it at home give it to
Bomeono who believes in homo patronage
In bo doing yon will nt least have tho
satisfaction of knowing thnt your town
has been helped
Of t V 1 ti 0 oauvit ts iu the prisons of
2J claim to be collet pradu
ntct It is Mite to wuger a doughunt
agniust a Bpool of barb wire that the
edu ation responsible for their ii
was not n portiou of their regular
college curriculum
Fremont believes in nevtrtising and is
keeping the firem s tournament to be
held in that city July 10 17 and 18
strictly before the people through various
means of publicity What Fremont ad
vertises she will undoubtedly deliver and
those anticipating a good time at this
state event of fire fighters are not likely
to be disappointed
If Mr Bryan would but consent to
take lessons from President McKinley
on how to open his mouth without put
ting his foot in it it might save him
self nnd his party many of the ii con
veniences they have encountered in the
past Mr Bryan may be nn eloquent
orator but he hns much to learn before
he iB ns smooth a statesman as William
McKinley
A statistician has discovered how far
and how fast an editor moves when the
ordinary mortal imagines he is handling
an easy job It is said thnt a fast
penman will wiite thiity words n
minute which menns that in an hours
9teady writing he has drawn his pen
through a spnee of about Ii00 yards
The authority fails to calculate the
swiftnesB and distance of ideas
Trcea and Landowners In England
By the general laws of Englaria oak
nsh and elm are Umber If not youn
ger than 20 years or so old that a good
post cannot be cut from them What
constitutes timber varies slightly ac
cording to locality but when a tree is
proved to bo timber a person who
has only a life interest in tlie land it
grows upon cannot cut It down unless
it be on an estate cultivated solely for
the production of salable timber or
unless be basaspeclal agreement giving
him power to do so A mere life
not even cut down trees wblcl
are not timber but which would r
the age of 20 years attain that dinlt
Botanists differ as to the poisonoi
nature of yew trees There suv mat
Instances both of their polsoinus at
their harmless effect when browsed b
horses nnd cattle but the pnrtlnllj
dried clippings of yew are certulnlj
most dniiKerous If a yew tree over
hangs a neighbors lnnd and bis horses
eat the yew without trespassing the
owner of the tree is liable to pay for
any injury the horses may sustain On
the other hand If the horses or cattle
cannot browse on the tree without put
ting their beads over the fence the
owner of the horses must bear the loss
for his animals have trespassedLon
don Answers
Fairly Good Time
Seated nround a Topeka railroad
lunch counter the other day were four
old Snnta Ke engineers They were
telling of fast runs Three of them had
told their stories The fastest run 1
ever made said the fourth after lis
tening to the lies of the others was
between Topeka and Emporia not long
ago It was a bright moonlight night
We were behind when we pulled out of
Topeka and bad orders to make up all
lost time between here and Emporia
After reaching the top of the Pauline
hill I pulled the throttle wide open nnd
let her go The old engine fairly ate
up the track When we stopped at
Emporia I looked back n mile or so
and Baw something black approach
ing us 1 could not think what It was
I watched it closely Finally It came
up opposite the engine and stopped It
was the shadow of the train Kansas
City Journal
A Safe Rlak
Bhe Are you superstitious
ne No I think not But why do
you ask
She I was going to get you a pocket
knife for a birthday present but eome
one told me the gift of anything sharp
cuts friendship
He Ob Ill risk It Im sure no knlfo
selected by a woman would cut any
thing Chicago News
Cutting Off Boer Supplies
Cape Town June 11 The military
authorities are enforcing stringent re
strictions in the distribution of food
stuffs northward from De Aar and
southward from Buluwayo Only essen
tials are permitted to be distributed
and these only In limited quantities
so as to deprive the Boere of this
source of Bupply
AE FOND KISS BEFORE WE PART 1
Ae fond Mm and thon we icvcr
Ar lirewcd aim torcrrl
lHep In heart wruntf t an Ill plrrice
VtarritiK tK nl foam rjl vit thw
Who Minll ry that lortiinc grieves him
While lift Hint of hope tlit Icavci hlrut
Mr nac checrfu twinkle HrIiI mc
Dark tlccpalr around benights mc
Ill neer blame my partial fancj
KarthliiR could resist my Nancej
Hut lo tee tier was to love ncr
love hut her and lore forever
Had we never loved eae kindly
llxl we never loved se blindly
fcvr mf1 nr nnter nartrA
We had rxer been broken hearted
w ta MI ltn flt at anrl fatfftfl
mi
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Fare thee weil Ihou best and dcarcatli
Thine be Ilka Joy and treasure
Peace enjojment love and pleasure
Ac fond kiwi and men wo icvcr
Sal
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Beep In heart wrung tears Ill pledpe keel
Warring eljhe and groana Ill wage thee I
Hubert Uurna
FAMOUS DUELING GROUND
Plctnrenqrie Portion of the New Or
leanu Park Known as The Oaka
One of tho most picturesque nnd1
beautiful spots In New Orlcnns and re
plete with historical Incidents Is the
Oaks the Cheues dAllurd as they
were called of old They nre now a
pnrt of the City park and a favorito
resort for the children of tho Creole-
quarters dozens of Bwlngs being at
tached to the massive live oaks which
shade Bcvcral acres of ground
The lnnd was formerly the plantation
of Louis Allard n very learned French-
innn of early New Orleans It wns
bought by the great philanthropist
John McDonough and finally passe
Into the hnnds of the city and wan-
dedicated as n park Its most eventful
history was In advance of Its park
days when It was practically waste
land Lying ns It did on the shell road
to Bayou St John nnd Lake Pontchar
traln within easy distance of tho city
yet deserted and uninhabited It afford
ed the very spot for the duels so fre
quent among the fiery creolcB nnd no
less fiery Americans of New Orleans
In antebellum days Here under tbo
Bhnde of a primeval forest of gigantic
oaks either with pistol or rapier moro
cspeclally the lntter the difficulties be
tween gentlemen were fought out
under the Btrlctest rules of the code of
honor
At these times New Orleans al
though to n large degree cosmopolitan
was essentlnlly a creole city and bound
by the creole habits nnd Ideas and ono
of these ideas was that a Blight or af
front could be wiped out only by blood
Bhed in a duel The result wns to pro
duce the greatest punctilio among men
A blow was strictly forbidden nnd suf
ficient to debar the striker from tho
privileges of the duello A gentleman
who would so far forget himself as to
6triko another was exposed to the Ig
nominy of being refused a meeting on
the field of honor
Most of tlfi duels had then- origin to
tho ballroom where to brush rudely
against n man was often deemed suffi
cient cause for exchanging cards Some
were political some the result of
breaches of politeness or etiquette
Chevalier Touiasl fought n duel with a
native creole over the proposition that
there were larger rivers In Europe
than the Mississippi each man being
willing to risk his life for his homo
river Several duels are reported from
mere excess of spirit because the night
was so good for an nssaut darmes In
tbo winter of 1S57 8 the opera pro
duced nn epidemic of duels The two
prima donnas then In vogue had each
her army of supporters and to hiss his
favorite was supposed to justify any
creole In handing his card to the of
fender nnd demand a meeting at the
Oaks
Most of these meetings wero secret
known only to the friends of the prin
cipals It was only when some one
was killed or seriously hurt and not
always then that the facts of the duel
became known The duello continued
In Louisiana as more or less a custom
of the country until about 20 years
ago An occasional meeting Is held
even today but they nre growing
Bcarcer for tho police now Interfere
and nrrest duelists whereas of old
they kept out of the way The oaka
are among the finest In the United
States some of them shading nenrly
an acre of ground and each oak has
a dozen traditions or stories of tho
duello attached to It romantic and
bloody Leslies Weekly
Attached to the Dak err
A plausible tale of a man who bought
a loaf of bread nnd took away more
property than be paid for Is told by the
Iawtutket correspondent of the Prov
idence Telegram The man was in a
hurry to catch a car
Ills Impatience made the clerk nerv
ous She forgot to snap the string
which bound the paper about toe loaf
End away sped the man with the loaf
while the string reeled off behind him
He caught the car all right and al
though the conductor and some of tho
passengers noticed as bo sat dowo
close to the door that the twlno paid
Itself out as tlie enr rolled along the
man did not discover the tonglo until
ho alighted In the meantime the con
ductor was having a good time As
passengers stepped on the platform ho
cantloned them not to walk on that
string and they did not
It might have looked mysterious to
the people who saw the string moving
along the street for the unraveling
continued until the bakery twine bob
bin had been nearly emptied by th
connected loaf a mile away The man
with the brend felt a tug at his loaf as
he stepped down from the car Then
he followed up tho cord winding as he
went
He was one of those strictly honest
men who want nothing that doeB not
belong to them and the best part of
the Btory Is that he followed the string
back winding ns ho walked and In
due time entered tho bakery and f
tared tho ball of twin
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