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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19

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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19

TllN a. r.. o:53T "a COURIER.


The LelOuds SaiIiHL 0ttcIr Company.
rlrou@llg GIT from ava nr:u. urr<5&.nr.
has G~0sthings for balm nj @t;.l - tie
Heck 4 ira loving We C,mHmn-. 0fNrw
i0rljA, tof gIadneJr their uCN truck.
IA Ede-S~7H-
NEw Q BngsNs., Ia, April II, 1880.
Attl. 'H' Ihin4 session of tic
Lv2is}at'S wee shois State, | shall subs
mir L proparoling for the privilege OF
malntainigaVlottery in Louisiana, For
this privilege l will offer to pay the
state, quarterly in advance, the sum If
S@UO,00O per annum, or %I2,500 500
FOR the hlndhise for twenty-five
years. This annual license of half q
mlliion dollars, l wouId propose 4"
have deT"trd@0ne-third tothc pUhtIr
school system of the state; ome-thjrd +"
existing charitable institutions and
such others rs may he creatcdj and
the remaining third to the c"nNtruc
ton, maintenance and rvapalrs OF
I~cvccs, | trust that you will give
this proposition calm consideration.
and let the people of the state know
your views on the subject. 1t is Il
question which members OF the press
should consider, I think, without
prejudice Of any kind, looking only to
the best interests Of the state.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19
&. ID. Ell EREOE,
"hceiriglIt& Blacksmith

Does all kinds of Wood and Iron work al
SO repairs Guns Sewing Machines and Clocks.
Ja4i-yl. ~Shoa-2mnos below Houma.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19
VANIESE.
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
ILpak-

List of Jurors drawn for til
of the shove named Court:
No. Wd. No.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20
Patient Dressmakers.
From the Detroit Tribune. |

eyes, we meet many cranks," remarked q
dressmaker yesterday. "The first grade are
those ladies who have dresses altered. I
had some experience with one of this class
not long ago. She sent for me. Miss
x she said, 4 want this drees made
over. The material is very expensive and
cost me four dollars yard. am almost
afraid to let you undertake IT, Very well,
then,' I said, rising. However, think I
will trust you,' she continued.
$50 after the usual preliminaries of meas-
uring and fitting sat down to take the dress
to pieces. applied the scissors and cut the
aleud. worked for about half an hour
while she continued to get more and more
nervous. At last she arose. 4 can't stand
II any longer she said. Il am too nervous.
You must 60. I can't hare you work any
more to-day So left.
"The next day received a note to oall.
Il suppose you might ss we'll finish what you
have begun she said when entered, but
work - quickly as you can.'
"Well, I was never before 30 harassed.
She groaned whenever I touched the scis-
sors. The dress turned out a perfect success
and fitted her splendidly. As a result the
lady has taken great fancy to me and like
her, although social gaieties have made her
partial victim to nervous prostration.
''I recall another case," continued the
dressmaker. 81 made dress for lady ont
of decidedly cheap material. When she
tried 1t on she said: 1T is too long,, Ltook
1t up an inch. The next day ,shs said. 1t is
too Short I let 1t down the inch. She
said; sOh, dear, you have made 1t too long
once more took it up half an inch.
Then it Waa too ehort once more Seven
times let up and took out that half inch.
At last she said: THAT is right It was
right because it was just as had it at first.
Yes, q dressmaker needs patience"
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20

domicile within six months of election day
cannot vote. He Is not voter In the place
he has left, because he Is not an inhabitant
there. He cannot vote at his new home, be.
cause he has not lived there six months.
Two successive Legislatures have decided by
the requisite majorities that these persons
ought to have the right to vote for State
officers in the towns in which they lived be-
fore their removal. Now that tho legislature
has done Its part, . demand comes for q
special election, to be held a. soon as possi-
BILE, SO that the people, by ratifying the
amendment, may Immediately relieve them
selves of the burden which they had borne
for more than century before they discov-
cred that it was hardship.
The Tribune gives some good advice con-
cerning the sugar problem when 1t says: No
good reason can be given for retaining any
duty whatever on refined sugar If unreHned
il admitted free. The actual cost of refining,
supporters of the trust have openly boasted,
is not greater here than in other countries,
and close proximity to the West Indies, from
which most Of the raw sugar comes, must
give to American reiners some advantage in
competition with those Of Europe. The re-
fning industry, Therefore, If it deserved the
utmost consideration in other respects, is
not in any need of defense by dihsrential
duties. But the trust has 80 deied public
opinion and violated law and has 20 openly
conspired to deprive the public of all the
benefits which protection aims to secure that
1t would be eninsntly just to take away all
duties on refined sugar If raw sugar is ad-
mitted free. Nor would this involve any loss
of revenue, for the duties actually collected
on all sugars above No. 13, Dutch standard,
are insignifcant.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20
A LESSON TO LOVERS.
Punished for Perjury In swearing to
What His 8vveethearI Told Him.
IFrom the Chicaoo Tnfar.Ocean

Punished for Perjury In swearing to
what His sweeshearx Told Him.
From the Chicago Inter-ocean.l
William P. Talbot Of Quincy has been
sentenced to one year in the penitentiary,
and his case is terrible example to the
young men who swear to what their sweet
hearts tell them. Talbot fell in love with
young woman in Quincy and asked her to
marry him. She was willing and neither of
the lovers thought worth while to ask her
mother. They went to the county clerk to
secure a marriage license.
The girl said she was eighteen and Of
course Talbot swore to that as fact. They
were married and had three happy days of
honeymoon before her mother.in-law learned
of her new dignity. She did not like it and
she swore out warrant for the arrest of the
young man because the girl was only sixteen
years old, and he must have perjured him.
self to secure q license. When he was ar
rested the young wife said he was not to
blame. She had told him she was eighteen,
and what lover would doubt the word of the
woman about to become his wifei He may
change his mind afterward, but at that mo-
msnt lie would swear that the moon was
made of green cheese if she but said 10.
The law of this state does not permit q
wife to testify in behalf of her husband, MOI
does 1t permit the husband to put in evi.
dence anything that his wife may have said
to him. Therefore Mr.. Talbot was com
PEELED to sacrifice himself. It was proven
that the girl was not eighteen, and therefore
Mr.. Talbot had perjured himself in making
oath that she was of legal age. Had the
marriage ceremony not been performed, the
woman might have bsen able to demonstrate
her love and also the mans by taking the
witness stand to relieve him of the burden
of responsibility.
But she is his wife and must sit quiet In
the court room and see him convicted, for ne
other crime than that of believing implicitly
what she told him.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20
How to Manage q stove.

x1OuSOACoRAu6.l
The introduction of coal as fuel required
in fire boxes and CRATES, and also made ne
eeesary very different management of the
fire. There are even now cooks and house
wifes who do not understand how to propeE~
lY manage hard coal cooking stove or
range. Most of them use double the coal
necessary, and do not secure az good results
as less amount wisely used would give. A
shallow, lively fire ID needed to give the best
results with hard coal. There should not be
30 deep bed of GOALS that the air cannot
circulate through the fire. A light bed of
lively burning coal kept free of ashes under
meath by careful slicing over the CRATE. or
q deft pokina with hooked end poker from
below up between the CRATE bars (shaking
the grate packs the coal too closely, with an
occasional addition of thin layer, scarcely
more than a sprinkling Of coal on the FIRE,
will give the housewife an ideal cooking OF
baking heat.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20
Thursday. February 20, 1890.
FOOD ADULTRRATIoN

Since the people Of this country began to
wake up to the fact that much that they eat
and drink is adulterated not little has been
done toward discovering the extent to which
such adulteration prevails. 1t has been
found that milk Is adulterated by water, re-
moval of cream, addition Of oleo oil or lard
to skinned milk. Butter is adultersted by
water, salt, fats, artificial ooloring matter;
cheese, by lard, oleo oil, cotton seed oil; olive
oil, by cotton seed and other vegetable oils;
beer, by artificial glucose, malt and hop subs
stitutes, sodium, bi.carbonates, salt and anti
septics. In syrups, artificial glucose is found;
in honey. artificial glucose and cane sugar; in
confectionery, artificial glucose, starch, arti-
6oial essences, poisonous pigments, terra
alba and gypsum; in wines and liquors, wa
ter, spirits, artificial coloEing matter, fcti-
tious limitations, aromatic ethers, burnt
sugar.. antiseptics; in vinegar, watsr WITH
mineral Or organic acid. Flour in bread ID
combined with other meals and alum; spices
with -four, starch and turmeric; cocoa and
chocolate with sugar, starch and Aour; tea
with exhausted tea leaves. foreign leaves,
tannin, indigo; Prus sian blue with tumerio,
gypsum, soapstone and sand; canned goods
with metallic poisons, and pickles with salts
of copper.
This is q cheerful showing. No wonder
bactlli are becoming numerous. As an Irish
man might say, the man who lives his life
out nowadays is lucky.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20
INTER FSTING CLAIMS,

Woman is after her rights in this congress.
A bill is pending which appropri ates $4,000
to be equally divided between Mrs. Martha
Vaughn and the legal rep rssentstives of Mrs.
Louisa Jackman, for patriotic services, risks
and losses In conveying valuable information
to the Union forces In Kentucky in 1858. A
still more interesting bill Ia that for the COM
pensation of Miss Anna Ella Carroll, on the
ground of her having performed many pat
riotic services in the civil war, among which
she includes the suggsstion of the famous
campaign which General Grant executed on
the Cumberland and the Tennessee early In
1862, and which resulted in the capture OF
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson and in the
battle of Shiloh. Miss Carroll has said in
support of her claim: "During all the sum-
msr months of 1861 my time was mostly
given to the preparation Of writings to put
the people in possession of the true theory OF
our government and to define and defend the
war power IL possesses" That task having
been accomplished, she visited the various
military camps, whore she was cordially
welcomed, and meanwhile twas diligently
inquiring az to the best means of avertinR
the dangers which threatened the Union,
with the result OF hitting upon the piece Of
strategy already spoken of.
Il will be remarkable If Miss Carroll sue.
oesds in convincing congress that she haa
done what she says she has. She has beer
persistent In pressing her claim, but her ser.
vices were rendered long ago, and republics
are provsrbially ungratsful.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20
some Kiael Tower Discoveries.

Paris Dispatch to the London Telegraph
French meteorologists have lately made
the agreeable discovery that II. Eiffel's tower
will be of far more value for scientific ex-
periments than was originally imagined. It
is, of course, unnecessary to remark that
many observatories in this country are situ-
ated at much greater height above the lev.
el of the sea, but this is not the point. The
altitude of the structure itself renders it far
more Independent of the surrounding influ-
ences than the average observatory, and &C.
tually places it in the same category as those
erected on mountains like the Pic du Midi.
This has already been ascertained from OBJ
servations made with q view to recording the
velocity Of the wind, it having been found
that on the summit of the tower 1t is great
est at the very hours when the breeze is
strongest on the highlands. Thus, at places
situated no great height above tho sea level
the velocity of the wind is usually noticeable
from noon to two p. NJ, while 1t is less per-
ceptible at daybreak. On elevated ground,
on the other hand, the wind falls in the mid
die of the day, increasing after sunset
This lest phenomenon has been repeatedly
remarked on the iron pile, Thoughts I may
there may be almost invariably moderates in
Paris on the approach of night. This is
particularly noticeable in summer, when
there is almost a dead sultry calm at sunset.
Curious to relate, the temperature on the top
of the Riffel tower is also more even than Is
the case on terra firma Thus, while the av-
erage difference in Paris in the twenty four
hours amounts to ten degrees Centigrade, on
the summit of the huge monument there is
only a change of five degrees Centigrade,
precisely the same variation as that recorded
at the Pic du Midi. In summer the ther-
mometer on the tower stands lower and in
winter higher than 1t does on the ground
below. 1t is noteworthy fact that while
some time ago severe frost prevailed here,
q strong, warm breeze was blowing above.
and that for upward of three days this pleas
ant temperature was enjoyed on the summit
of the tower before Parisians had the bene-
ct of it. In short, those meteorologists who
resources of NJ. Eiffel's structure are elo.
quent in it's praise, declaring that 1t IL SIM
ply unique as an observatory.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20
fortune In Asparagus.

From the Charleston News and Courier
"On spur Of Lake Tohopekaliga," says
the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel. ''six miles by
water and about nine by land, south Of Kis-
simmee, is the already famous asparagus
plantation of Mr.. F. Goblet, who went there
about year ago from Charleston, 8. O.,
where in ten years preceding bis departure
he amassed fortune in the cultivation and
sale of asparagus, which was chiefly shipped
to northern markets, and 1t IL his main pur-
pose to grow it here on an immense scale, the
design being to plant fifty acres of 1t. It is
argued that it can be placed on the market
at q season when there is no competition, as
the time of planting in South Carolina and
Georgia is in March, while here 1t is in JAM
uary, giving q crop two months earlier.
This colossal experiment will be watched
with intense interest by the sgriculturists of
Florida"
All that Is said in the above about Mr..
Goblet is true. At the end of the war Mr..
Goblet, who was farm hand on Charleston
Neck, moved over to Mount Pleasant, hired
or bought little farm and started the as
paragus business, Attwhich he Is said to have
made princely fortune. But Mr.. Goblet
could hardly have told the agricultural re-
porter Of the Orlando Sentinel that they
planted asparagus in March in Charleston,
because Mr.. Goblet made his fortune by
shipping asparagus to tho northern markets
planted 1t that is matter that he knows
best. Charleston asparagus is being shipped
to New York daily now, and the shipments
began early in January. 1t is just possible,
however, that the "fruit" now being shipped
was planted last March.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20
THE STR Uss OROHRsTRA.


Will the Famous Leader and His
Musicians be Permlstsd to Land9
[F'rom the New York Herald.l
Acting Secretary Batcheller's ingenious in
depreciation of tho alien contract labor law
happily secures to the American public the
opportunity of enjoying Strauss' concerts this
summer, but 1t imposes . unique duty upon
Collector Erhardt.
The conundrum put to the treasury depart
mont was no ordinary one. The law prohibits
the importation of alien laborers under con-
tract, but expressly exempts from its provi-
sions professional actors, artists, lecturers
and singers" It has been held to exclude
tho calling Of foreign pastors also theological
professors. Are German musicians denied
the liberty of coming under an engagement
That was the question referred to Washing.
ton when 1t was learned that Kdoard Strauss
had been engaged to bring his orchestra over
in May for q series of summer concerts.
It is plain that under the sweeping effect
given to the prohibition In other cases must
clans are excluded unless they fall under the
head of one of the favored classes expressly
excepted. The only class they can fall under
is that of ''artists." As Acting Secretary
Batchellsr views the matter, musician may
or may not be an artist. If he 10, let him In
definition Of the word ARTIST :" he writes to
Collector Erhardt, includes musicians who
combine science and taste In the manual ex.
ecution of their art" Hence, such members
of Strauss orchestra may be admitted as by
their skill, tone and accomplishments q
musicians" show themselves to be 'saltists.' >
"Whsther each member of the Strauss orohes'
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20

Miss Amelia Noosbrugeer of Oswsgo has
drawn $4,000 In lottery. II must have
been her name.
So they 60. A French historian asserts
that Joan of Arc was not burned at the stake,
- 10 commonly believed, but retired to an
obscure village in France, whore she married
aud had several children, many Of whose de-
scsndants arestill living. So perishes another
long-held belief.
The LAncst has just made another vigorous
protest against the practice which some
parents and teachers have of boxing the ears
of children, calling particular attention to
the close connection Of the ear and the brain
and citing instances whore insanity and
death had resulted years after the injury had
been received and almost forgotten.
At the last half.ysarly meeting of the Lon
don dock companies 1t was reported that the
strikes had not only brought an increase of
wages to the workmsn, but had resulted In
making them less f6cient, 10 that eight men
now had to be hired to do the work that six
did before. The increase in the cost of labor
for the last half over the first half of 1850
was $500, 900.
Sir Frederick Abel recently delivered =
lecture on smokelsss powder at the Royal in
stitution in London. He said that the
smoksless powder now being manufactured
in Europe was gelatinous substance shaped
into threads and strips under pressure. It
ID made by dissolving gun cotton or some
similar material with camphor or other
solvent, and forcing the compound, when
properly prepared, through perforated dies.
Among many remedies proposed for rid
ding Scotland and certain parts Of England
of plague Of rats is the suggestion Of using
them for ornaments. In the course Of . leo
ture In Edinburgh Tom Speedy, the lecturer,
urged the ladies to wear them In their hats,
adding that hs had with him stuffed rats
head, which he should be glad to give to any
lady who would promise to wear IL. A lady
in the audience accepted the gift, and to he1
Mr.. Speedy, amid applause, handed the
"tsophy." II il not often that there is such
an opportunity to make fashion really
useful.
Various attempts have been made to ac.
count for the marvellous influence which
'Stsnley, the African explorer, exerted ovel
his Zanxibar followers and also over all tn,
natives with whom he was brought into CON
tact during his transafrican expeditions, bu
perhaps the most feasible II that v hich At
tributes II to the peculiar expression of hi
eyes. One of his European companions II
his recent expedition has said that s'Stanle.
FIRST looks at the natives a. If he were goinI
to eat them and then whom they give in an
do what he wants he looks o. If he had don
20 and was grateful to them fer the meal"
The Massachusetts, constitution needs NOR
msndirg. The defect, which has lately bee
discovered, u that citixsp1who changes hI
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20

first assumed, at salary of few hundred
pounds year, the management of D'Oyly
Carte's business. Here she showed such
marked business talent at the end of her
contract with Carte that a rival manager
made an offer to her of five thousand pounds
Q year for her services. D'Oyly Carte was in
despair. He couldn't let her 60 and be
wouldn't outbid his rival. But he could
outwit him. The other man was married
and Carte was not. He could marry her out
of hand and he did.
Just how he put the matter to the lady Is
not known, OF whether she was disposed to
but at any rate the rival manager was left to
whistle for her services and D'Oyly Carte
gets Eve thousand pounds worth of ability
for nothing.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20
D,0yly Carte,s wife.

Mrs. D'Oyly Carte ia said to be the shrswd-
eat business woman in England and better
business mahager even than her husband.
But the story of their courtehip and mar
riage shows that for once the willy woman
allowed herself to be badly overreaehed.
Their acquaintance began whom the LADY
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20

the band is an artista Obviously . personal
examination, practical test Of skill. Who
10 to berthe judges Plainly, the collector OF
the port.
Hence, when the Vienna musicians near
these shores a novel duty will devolve upon
Collector Erhardt. He will have to board
the steamer down the bay and summon the
men on deck for examination. First, It will
be necessary to determine whether the
maestro himself is an artist with tho baton
and whether the men can play Strass
waltz with that "skill, tone and accom-
plishment" essential to satisfy the law
lin short, whether the tout ensemble Is up
to the legal standard. But that is not
enough. Each member must be an artist,
and that point can be established only by an
individual test. The concert meister will
have to get out his violin and fiddle tune,
the trombone player will be required to exc
cute solo, and 80 on down to the base
drummer each by his ''skill, tone, and &C.
complishments" prove to the nice musical
ear Of Collector Erhardt his standing as an
artist who s'combines science and taste In
the manual execution of his art"
It will be a novel test, bus we have no
doubt that Strauss men will so astonish and
charm Collector Erhardt by the brilliancy
of their execution that he will pass them,
one and all, and permit them TO land.