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; HI LLSBQRO, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1902. NEW SRIES--VOL XXL 'N0. 9
THE RIVALS IN THE STREET.
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LU day in the street there's a jumble,
The proua ana the careless and h.ble
At many a corner are massed!
And many a man in a hurry
Goes dodging the trucks and the cars,
With no inclination to worry
O'er the state of affair on the stag 2
Each hopes to eclipse all the rest
Who are pushing and rushing e.long,
And the weak and the timid are
pressed
Aside by the bold and the strong. .
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AH day in the rush and the rattle -
jhe contest continues, and ne'er r . ..
On the field of the bloodiest battle
Were rivals more willing to dare
Than are they that go wildly pursuirg
The maddening dollar all day,
Each ready to work the undoing
Of any who stands in the way- V1
Each hoping to pass all the rest
Who are pushing and stumbling
along
Where the weak and the timid are
pressed
Aside by the bold and the strong.
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Far away from the racket, the rioty
Two men are asleep and serene
Where only the birds break the quiet . ,
That reigns o'er the flowery scene
But lately as rivals they hurried
Where the proud and the humbh con
tend, And each of them watched and was wor
ried Lest the other should win in the end
Each hoped to outstrip all the rest
That galloped or stumbled along
And the weak and the halt are still
pressed
Aside by the bold and the strong.
" S. E. Kiser.
I gillg Smiths
grotherlg PnBSS'
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- ILLY SMITH has a Chicago
I J newspaper position that is
I J neither fish, flesh nor fowl.
He goes down to the office
early every morning, reads papers for
the city editor, answers the telephone
and does his best to stand off people
who, tightly clutching the morning
paper, come up the elevator to have
it out. There is no name for Billy's
job in the newspaper office, but,
named or nameless, it is a job that is
joyless.
Billy has a brother who is an elec
trical expert in New York City, where
he works for the biggest concern in
the land and makes as many thou
sands a year as Billy makes dollars a
week. The brother is sent by his
-company all over the United States
to see about installing plants in dif
ferent cities and to pass on the fruit
fulness of the ground for electrical
operations. Billy's brother passed
through the city the other day and
calling on Billy said he was on his
way to Omaha, where there was a big
fight on between his and another com
pany for certain municipal rights, and
where the city government was di
vided between the two parties to the
contest,
"I hope to win out," said the brother
in parting, "but there's a legal fight
on as well, and the affair may take
some time before a settlement is
reached."
Four days later, less than half an
hour after Billy Smith had reached his
desk, a stranger appeared and laid
this card before him:
: HERBERT M'GOVERN,
: CITY ATTORNEY, OMAHA.
Billy read the card and looked up at
-tne stranger. "What can I do for
you?" he assed.
"Well," said the Western city
official, "I don't know any better place
to come for information than to a
newspaper office. I did not know but
that you might have at your tongue's
ond the names of half a dozen
electrical experts that I can ii
in order to get certain information
about the actual cost of installing
iecincai plants and the furnishing of
vieciricity to consumers. There's t
row out in my town in the citv irov
eminent itself and betwepn htn Woi
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electrical concerns. The mayor and a
sooa part of the government, includ
ng myself, are with one of the com
Panies. We believe that they have a
etwr proposition than the other,
Which we think is tryiner a sham
game. This second comrmnv ninima
to have some hold on the city be
cause or an ordinance passed three
years ago and we've &nt tn itrh if
Now, if i can ge.t the opinions of some
way up' experts here in Chicago to
show that the company which I favor
has the best proposition, why it will
help secure the franchise for it, and
it's a franchise that in the end will be
"worth millions to the conmanv. Thp
concern has an expert named Smith
uow In Omaha, and T'vo hon -
suiting with him, and when I get the
yert opinions here I shall confer
mm nim again on my return and
hnd out how best to use them in car
rying our case."
Silly Smith mused a minute. Here
was a chance to hpin hi vv..
, Jf "o uiuiUTl tu
wnom he was beholden for many
vuiS. "lve been n dhi r
Porter for many years, Mr. McGov
rnt he said, "and I know personally
three or four of the biggest electrical
sharps In the city. I don't mind tew
ing you, though It isn't necessary to
co into details, that I feel a peculiar
Interest in this Omaha case, and if you
don't mind I'll go out with you as
soon as the city editor gets down and
introduce you personally to the men
you want to see. Sit down and read
the papers for a while."
Three hours later Billy and Attorney
McGovern were in the office of . a man
who knows so much about electricity
that you get a shock every time you
shake hands with him. The great
electrician wanted to please Billy,
and so he listened carefully to what
the attorney had to say and then gave
him a lot of figures.
"This is enough of itself," said At
torney McGovern after they had left
the office, "to carry Smith's and my
case against that shark company.
They went to three other offices and
were given (three other signed expert
statements, which Mr. McGovern de
clared clinched his case beyond per
adventure of a failure. After this
business was closed up Billy Smith,
in the warmth of his' heart and with
the recollection of many brotherly
favors in his mind, . took Attorney
McGovern to the swellest Chicago res
taurant and made him his guest at a
luncheon at which several costly up
right things stood by the plates. Then
they went to a matinee and Billy
Smith bought the tickets. It was the
happiest coincidence in the world for
this newspaper boy that it was the
one day of the week when he looked
upon the face of the cashier.
By the time they were out of the
theatre for good and had pledged
eternal friendship before saying fare
well there was just a solitary dollar
note left in Billy Smith's pay en
velope. He considered the money and
the time well spent, however, in the
effort to help out the case of his
brother's electrical company against
the greedy rival who was trying to
grab off tilings in Omaha. Billy had
not said one word to McGovern about
the reason for his interest in the
Omaha case beyond the statement at
starting that he did hold such an in
terest. "Good-by, Mr. McGovern," he said
when the time for oartine came.
When you get back to Omaha you
tell Expert Smith with whom you've
been conferring that a newspaper
namesake of his in Chicago did what
he could for you. I think very likely
Smith will know whom you mean."
"I'll do that same," returned McGov
ern. "Smith's a miehtv eood fellnw.
w tf CP --,
Ever since he came from his com
pany's headquarters at New Orleans
month ago we've been in close
touch."
"Company's headquarters in New
Orleans!" gasped Billy.
Yes," said McGovern. "that's whero
the company, that he works for hails
from. The other, the srrasninc nrn-
cern, is located in New York. and. bv
the way, now I think of it. thev've
got a man named Smith on the
ground, too. He's a shrewd cuss and
expected to have hard work to
down him until you helped me out
to-day. Why! Do you know this
New York Smith?"
"Slightly; he's my brother." Ed
ward B. Clark, in the Chicago Record-
Herald.
The Richest Nation.
Some interesting statistics have been
prepared by the United States Bureau
of Statistics for the London Daily
Man Year Book. They are verv far
from being exhaustive, or contribu
tions to the discussion now going on
over the enormous balance apparently
due lis from foreign countries as the
result of the. commerce of the last ten
years. They are Interesting and im
portant, however, as far as they go.
They put the United States at the
head of the nations in point of wealth,
estimating our property at $81,750,000,
000; that of the United Kingdom at
$59,000,000,000; that of France at
$48,000,000,000; that of Germany at
$40,000,000,000; and that of Russia at
$32,000,000,000. At the same time our
public debt is the smallest, and that
or France is the largest. The per
centage of debt to wealth Is also low
est in the United States, being 1.4,
while the percentage of debt to
wealth in France is 12.3; in Russia,
11.1; in Germany, 8.1. The remainder
of the table shows that our wheat
qrop In 1001 was nearly 450,000,000
bushels in excess of the crop of Rus
sia, which is our nearest competitor,
but produces less than half our own
product. In 1900 we made , about
5,000,000 more tons of pig-iron than
were made in the United Kingdom,
and nearly 6,000,000 more tons of
steel. Harper's Weekly.
Noise a Passport to Popularity.
Noise is not usually a passport to
popularity. But the Archbishop of
Canterbury by CMs stentorian voice
won the affections many years ago of
a Devonshire farmer, who was over
heard to say, admiringly, near the bot
torn of a church where the then Bishop
of Exeter was preaching: "I du love
the beshup, 'cos he hollers proper."
What a Fool TlCxiks. '
The fool thinks it is a sign of strength
to cherish a grudgo. Chicago .Record
1 Herald.
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The Style in Chemises.
Chemises, the most delightfully
feminine of garments, are built on the
time-honored lines, only fitted a little
closer to the figure wnder the arms
and in the back. Chemises to wear
with evening bodices are conveniently
made with sleeves, but tie on the
shoulders with ribbons. An inset of
tucked medallions or ones of lace is a
novel innovation. The hand em
broidered chemises were never so
beautiful. A delicate flower design
outlines the top and sleeves and eye
let holes are furnished for the rib
bons. This style are .apt to be un
trimmed at the hem, but the chemises
with lace yokes are also embellished
at the hems with lace or embroidery.
Chemises to be becoming and grace
ful should only reach to the knees.
A Story of George Sand. -
The French Academy not long ago
placed a tablet upon George Sand's
house at Garligsse, which has resulted
in a renewed interest in the great
French writer, and the recital of
stories, old and new, about her. One
of these explains how she came to
adopt the profession of literature.
In 1831 Mme. Dudevant was living
alpne with her daughter in Paris,
where she earned her livelihood by
painting flowers and birds in water
colors on a tiny surface of two square
inches. One day she showed to Balzac
the MS. of a novelette, and was ad
vised to go back to her painting. Un-
discouraged, she took ttie MS. to Dela
touc'-.e, editor of "Figaro," who at
once gave her an engagement, so that
her earliest work was done on that
journal. She wrote her first romance
in collaboration with Jules Sand, and
the book was published as written by
"Jules -Sand." Her next work, "In
diana," was entirely her own, and to
it she signed the name George Sand,
which she never discarded.
Costly Trifles.
The society woman who solemnly
asserted at a ladies' luncheon, in,, con
fidence over teacups, that she had on
a gown that cost $75, while the small
things of dress not her . undercloth
ing, but the visible articles cost $800,
was no extravagant exception to the
rule. The class of women who dress
in this manner Is a large one and in
eludes not only the magic chain of the
women of the 400, but many more.
It is an easy matter to put $800 into
trifles these days, and from the waist
upward it can be done. Beginning
with the gold link purse which hangs
at one side the size of a dinner plate.
to the neck, where dangles a gold
chain with its pearls, and its little
jeweled tablets there are great pos
sibilities.
The chou, from being a mere trifle
of adornment, has now become some
thing handsome. It is made into
saucer size and in the centre there
rests a rose.. From the middle of the
chou, coming from under the rose,
there hangs two ribbon ends, and
these are tied Into a bow, which is
fastened to the side of the belt.
Bf ethod in the Perfume of These Charms
A famous medical journal has given
Its scientific sanction to the using of
perfumes. As a preventive of Infec
tious diseases perfumes are aspoWer
ful as camphor and other so-called
"precautionary talismen," says this
dignified and learned Journal. The
original "scent ball" worn by the
ladies of long ago (when infectious
diseases raged, as the Board of Health
does not allow them to do In these
enlightened days) was a ball or hoi
low" ornament of gold or silver, which
contained a sponge saturated with
aromatic liquid. This was worn at
tached to a chain round the neck or
carried in the pocket. A fashionable
jeweler has recently revived these
scent balls, and they are in as great
demand as are the small mirrors
wnicn reflect the whole head in
miniature.
The old-fashioned name, of these
scent balls was pomande. The word
means scent ball, and is derived from
pomme de aumbre. an apple-shaped
ODject hiied with some highly odor
ous mixture, probably mainly repre
sented by ambergris. Sometimes
nutmeg was used, set in silver and
decorated with pearls and other lew
els an aromatic ornament or rare
price now. Then, too, an orange was
a favorite preventive of infection, with
the inside scooped out and a vinegar-
saturated sponge inserted, while in
the old pictures will sometimes be seen
thie fruit itself, studded with cloves
and stuffed with spices, the popular
antiseptic of the times.
. auyer vinaigrettes were forty or
fifty, years ago always found in
Hiladj's work basket or were carried
la her pocket, and one of the treasures
travel era seek for In Norway are
fBoosXi flat silver boxes with a per
forated Interior, also in sliver, to keep
In place the sponge vinaigrette. These
It was once modish to carry to church
In company with a clean handker
chief wrapped round the prayer book;
and no small, comfort must the reviv
ing odor have ; been, judging by the
absence of fresh air and the conse
quent stuffiness encountered in such
places of worship even In these en
lightened days. New York Commer
cial Advertiser.
Mrs.; , William Douglas Sloane, the
New York society woman, has a won
derful collection of fans of all periods.
Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes has
started with a $3000 contribution a
fund to secure protection for Amerir
ca's native birds.
One of the first Indian women to
take up the calling of a trained nurse
is an educated girl of the Pueblo
tribe, Miss Seicher Atsye.
Miss Belle MacKinnon, of Utica, N.
Y., has been admitted as a partner by
her brother in his big knitting estab
lishment, and has charge of 2000 em
ployes in the mill.
One of the quaintest and most beau
ful libraries in New York City is in
the home of Mrs. George Jay Gould.
Its decorations are Moorish, gold be
ing the prevailing color, and its walls
and ceilings are ornamented with a
rich stucco done in gold.
Mrs. Mary Bryan Cobb, who died at
New London, Ind., in her ninety-ninth
year, was an original Daughter of the
Revolution, and a "widow of the War
of 1812." Her first husband, Louis
H. Bryan, a veteran of the War of
1812, was the great-grandfather of
Colonel William Jennings Bryan.
Mrs. May Alden Ward, of Cam
bridge, who has retired from four
years' leadership' of the Cantabrigia
Club, of that city, to assume the
presidency of the Massachusetts State
Federation, has received a beautiful
diamond brooch, as a token of the
club's recognition of her valuable ser
vices.
Courses in photography, etching and
art needle-work have been introduced
this year at the Woman's Educational
and Industrial Union of Buffalo, N.
Y. The course in photography is de
signed to give a practical working
knowledge of the art, through the
various steps, from the exposure of
the plate to the finishing of the print.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow
of the "Pathfinder," General John C.
Fremont, is still living, at the age of
seventy-seven, in the pretty cottage
in Los Angeles, th gift of the women
of California. During the early part
of . Queen Victoria's reign she visited
England and was presented to the
Queen and Prince Albert, and she has
known personally every President
since Jackson.
A pretty hair ornament is a knot
made of many loops of narrow white
ribbon, with narrow gilding on either
edge. j
A gay pair of stockings has clusters
of flowers, upon the instep, a line of
two or three of these showing con
spicuously upon the black ground,
scarlet flowers, and green foliage.
Some of the white felt hats have
eyelet holes, through which narrow
black chenille is run in close lines, an
arrangement which proves good for,
tho milliner, a fold of velvet being
generally placed beneath.
A recent importation from Paris is
an exceptionally handsome reception
gown of green velvet combined with
white, cloth, gold braid and black
chenille embroidery; a feature of the
bodice was a large fur incrusted col
lar. Imported Swiss muslins show Ori
ental effects. For instance, a pink
muslin has a palm leaf design, the
leaves looking something like the
back of an India shawl, a medley of
colors, but altogether producing a
soft effect
A stunning waist In dark blue dotted
velvet Is fastened down the front with
a lacing of white taffeta silk about
two Inches wide. The lacing is run
through large white crocheted eyelets,
and extends to the waist line. The
same idea is carried out on a high
collar, and ' at the lower edge the
taffeta is made up into a large bow.
Corset covers are no longer pro
tectors of corsets if dark skirt bands
are worn, as tney only reach to the
waist line. This garment, like all
other undergarments, Is built to make
the figure look slender. The newest
pattern is cut circular without seams
under the -arms and quite plain at the
waist .line, where -an - embroidered
beading is placed through which a
rj&bon is run to form a belt
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ATTAR OP YLANG-TLANG
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS THE SOURCE
; OF THIS PERFUME.
Now in Great Demand-Manila Oil of
Tlanjc-Tlanft Sells For From S40 to
. SR5 a Pound, and the Demand Ex
ceeds the Supply.
Among other -things, it appears now
that by capturing the Philippines we
have captured the chief source of the
famous attar of ylang-ylang, almost as
costly as attar of roses and equally
delicious in perfume.
The Divisipn of Insular Affairs of
the War Department has compiled
some information about it Attar of
ylang-ylang is obtained from- the flow
ers of the ylang-ylang tree, a cultivated
and wild tree often attaining a height
of sixty feet. It belongs to the custard
apple family, and its drooping greenish
yellow flowers three inches long are
of extraordinary fragrance.
The popularity of violet as the latest
favorite in the list of perfumes is
threatened by the attar of ylang-ylang
of the Philippines. Colonla Agrippina,
the choice perfume of the Romans, so
named in honor of the wife of the Em
peror Claudius, after enjoying in mod
ern times an unrivaled lead for nearly
two centuries as the eau de Cologne,
from the city of the Rhine, the first
place of its modern manufacture on
an extensive scale, yielded to the' more
lasting fragrance of the sachet in evi
dence In all forms, in all places and
among all classes and conditions of
women.
The attar of roses, the famed es
sential oil of the damask rose of 4Ka
zanlik on the sunny slope of the Bal
kans, finds its equal in perfume in the
Philippine product, and the ylang
ylang .tree is a better yielder of es
sence from the flower, and therefore a
less costly basic essence for the per
fumers' art.
The ylang-ylang, sometimes spelled
ilang-ilang, while indigenous to many
parts of tropical Asia, reaches its great
est perfection in the Philippine Islands,
where it Is a faVorite among the na
tives. Besides its value as an attar
in preparations for the hair and toilet
waters, it is also held to possess cura
tive virtues in tooth and other aches
and pains. In a preparation of cocoa
nut oil known to commerce as Macas
sar oil, for the hair, attar of ylang
ylang Is the perfume. .....
The perfumers of Europe and, to a
less degree, of the United States, makes
it the base of some of their most costly
extracts. The Manila oil is practically
without competition in the markets
of the Western nations on account of
superiority, and even at from $40 to
$55 a pound the supply is unequal to
the demand.
Hitherto the United States supply
has come through Germany or France.
Together with England those countries
have a monopoly of the product, which
is generally secured In advance under
contract for the entire output.
The tree is common to many locali
ties south bf Manila. It is found chief
ly in the well populated provinces and
islands, and the natives say that it
thrives best near the habitations of
man. The propagation in plantations,
by seed or cuttings about twenty feet
apart, each way (108 trees to the acre),
is easy and the growth rapid in al
most .any soil. The first flowers ap
pear in the third year, the eighth year
yielding often as high as 100 pounds,
the bloom occurring in every month.
The greatest yield is from July to 'De
cember. The process of converting the long,
greenish yellow fragrant petals of the
flower into essence is by the simplest
form of distillation, using merely water
and the choicest flowers. No chemicals
of .any kind are required. The best
quality is clear as distilled water and
fragrant. The second quality is yel
lowish and smoky. The oil is drawn
from the bottom of a glass separator,
the water remaining. The oil is then
filtered through talcum, and Is ready
for the market
Seventy-five pounds of flowers yield
about one pound of oil. Flowers are
worth from eight to fifteen cents gold
per pound. The cost of manufacture
is placed at $4 a pound. The yield in
the case of attar of roses is small,
150 pounds of rose leaves producing
but one ounce of oil.
There are whole flowering groves of
ylang-ylang trees in many parts of
Southern, Luzon and the VIsayan Isl
ands. New. York Herald.
Against lav to Kill Eagles.
The discovery has Just been made
through the prosecution of a hunter
that there is a law on the statute
books of Illinois which provides a pen
alty of $5 fine and Imprisonment in
jail for ten days for any one convicted
of killing an eagle or being found with
one in his possession. This law was
passed by the last Legislature, and is
a part of the new game measure. The
framer desired to prevent if possible,
the danger of these birds becoming
wholly extinct. There are compara
tively few specimens in the State
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
When They Get Attention.
Some men are like anthills, attract
ing notice only when people stumble
against them. Chicago Record-Herald.
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SEA CHARTS OF STICKS. J
Marvelous Navigating Feats of Marshall
. . Island Natives.
The German protectorate of the Mar
shall Islands, which lie just east of th
Carolines, in the equatorial Pacific,
contain the most daring sailors known.
They are constantly performing feats
In navigation that . European sailors
feared to venture, on long after they,
had the compass,' which instrument,
by the way, the Marshall Islanders
reject as useless.
The archipelago lies in two widely
separated groups, the Radack and the
Ralick chains, and in each chain the
islands lie, for the most part, at ex
tensive intervals. Yet the native pilots
conduct voyages all over their own
archipelago and to the Carolines in
one direction and the Gilberts in another.-
For this voyage they rely upon
charts of their own construction, the
knowledge having been handed down
from' remote antiquity. These charts
are generally about a yard square and
are constaructed of slender sticks tied
together. At some intersections of
the sticks are fastened small . shells,
which stand for the different islands.
The pilot posts himself; in the bow of
the vessel with his chart before him.
He begins by establishing the partic
ular shell corresponding to the island
frbm which he is just sailing. He sets
the course as indicated by one of the
stlcks radiating from that shell in the
proper direction. Thereafter he watches
.the course of the sea with very slight
use of the heavenly bodies for the de
termination of direction. - j
They make no secret of their art
They are of ten at great pains to teach
it to. white men, and wonder that no
one has yet been found capable of
grasping it. Their explanation is that
each stick on the chart shows tha
course of a stream in the sea, and that
by following the streams they ' can
find their way to their destination.
They claim to see these streams with
their intersections just as shown by.
the sticks. Whatever may be the ex
planation, it is certain that they navi
gate hundreds of miles of empty ocean
with neither compass nor chronometer,
nor other instruments save a chart of
sticks. If by . any accident they go
astray they make no attempt to con
tinue the voyage, but run at once down
to leeward until they make a familiar
landfall. San Francisco Chronicle.
wise Words.
Give honest worth its honest praise.
There are no fruitless deeds; all, bear
either good or ill;
'As a man advances in years-he real
izes the limits of his ability. j
It is better to fall in one major ef
fort than in all minor ones.
The finger of suspicion is not nearly
as true as the weather vane. I
The strength of woman is a mors
subtle force than that of man. I
The trinity of womanliness consists
of virtue, modesty and affection.
Confidence is an asset which hus
band and wife should not fritter
away.
Young knowledge is a braggat, but
aged wisdom teaches the creed of hu
mility., !
The semi-literate are loudest in their
denunciation of Ignorance. The
learned pity the unlettered and try to
aid them. .
Carry Your Wealth With Ton. ;
This greatest riches In fact, all the
wealth that is of real value must
centre, in yourself. You must' be rich
within, not outside of yourself; rich
in the .things that financial panics,
fluctuations of trade, accidents by
flood or fire, dishonesty of business
associates, or errors of judgment can
not rob you of. Your greatest invest
ment must be self-investment; invest
ment in health, in courage, in kindli
ness in nobility of manhood or wo
manhood. Whoever you come In contact with
should be conscious of your wealth; its
influence should radiate from, every
pore; It should look out of . your eyes;
it should exhale fragrance In your
speech; it should manifest itself in
your deeds; it should shed ,w2mth
light and comfort within its radius;
It should reach your whole com
munity. Real riches should be like
the wealth of the rose, which flings
out its beauty and fragrance to every
passer-by. Thsce is no stinting of its
favors, no reserve of selfishness; all
it has it gives. This is true wealth.
O. S. Marden, In Success. ,
A Forgotten Street.
'A queer discovery has been made In
Paris in the shape of. a street unin
habited and ignored by all, says the
Paris Messenger. In the course of the
work In progress for widening the
Rue Vaneau, this roadway which it
would be Incorrect to describe as a
thoroughfare, considering that the ends
were blocked up was discovered. It
had neither paving stones nor pave
ment was two metres wide, and an
old inscription showed that It was
formerly called Rue d'Olivet. It would
be useless to seek the name in a direc
tory, for it is certain that until a tew
days ago no one knew of the existence
of the Bue d'Olivet