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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27

70 hear hidA and haYe their patriotism
quickened aud made stronger. Henry
Grady won the applause 81 New Eng
land and the mighty north when be
dared to say in his great speech: THE
Eouth has nothing for which to apollo
gize. The late struggle between the
states was war and not rebeliion-rey-
olution, and not conspiracy. Not for
all the glories Of New England would I
exchange the heritage my father left
ME in his soldier death"
But who is this Charles Broadway
Rouss, who has 80 recently electrified
rhe south with his munifcent and patri-
otto propositions Col Garnett has told
us. We have seen his earnest, genial
ince in the papers, but that is not
enough. He must come south and min
gle with our people, Col. G. W.. Scott
gave 100000 to found a college for girls.
at Decatur, and DR.. Gambler, when de-
hyering his beautiful Grafton at it's dedi-
cation said: where is he? Where is
the man who in this selfish age has done
this thing? Has his modesty hidden
him from the public gaze? Col. Scott,
stand up and let the people look upon
you and see what manner of man you
cre."
Just so we would say to Mr.. Rouss:
"Come down here and let the south see
you face to face. Stand up before us
and let us see what manner of man you
are" Thousands of waiting hearts win
echo the sentiment that has prompted
him to do this thipg. At last the south
will have a Mecca to which her pilgrims
can go and feel that the cause, though
lost, is recognized, ond its memory lives
without q faint Of treason.-Bm Arp, in
Atlanta Constitution.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27

not, and comfortable, which was alb
aurdly impossible. And how her great
white picture hat stuck to her head,
Tapping not nor falling, was n of the
marvels of millinery, which are as the
sands of the sea in number.
Leaving white, a wilderness Of hat.
tints are to choose from. Black, Of
course, is a fayorite with the possessors
Of a certain dramatic type Of brunette
beauty. Loose plated golden straw,
ecru or cream lace, mauve straw,
cream paillasson are f~avorite grounds,
and there are tiny toques composed all
of roses sewn on invisible wire bases
Feather and ribbon trimming in combi-
nation and plenty Of lace adorn the
hats Of today the stuffed bird or
breast abomination Is no more, for
which relief much thanks.
Surprising is the popularity Of a lit
tie toque, as I suppose n must call It,
whose shape Il very much like that Of
the old turban Of hated memory, The
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27

trimming differs. however. It no
longer closely hugs the hnt's brim, buA
a 3 in the example Of n coarse close
plated straw, consists first OF 8 band
Of quilted yelling about the crown, then
Of 3 big chou Of roses or other flowers
thereon and finally Of a tall bow Of wide
ribbon. Let the straw be cream or ecru,
the yelling creamy white, edged with =
tiny red band, the chou Of pink roses
and the ribbon bow creamy white with
. slight red band at either edge, and the
combination is pretty enough for the
shape Of the hat A more dashing ar
rangement is in green and black with =
touch. a CLEAN, Of golden yellow, and
this is one Of the favorite color combine
tions Of the spring.
The edged ribbon, the edging not al
ways in a stronger color is a speciality
Of the season. And when suchwide rib
bons are used as In somo Of the recent
examples, the edging certainly adds TO
the appearance, II not TO the fact Of
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27

81 eep
tiay s. sigat 81 sn ard
mort than tFo 81 ttHet
while We could hear hir nerfn
whip and ead 8oin 81 i0
mules. but hsand-hy be et eiE1h
81 heali1.
Well, me aad the elder pe
md worried olongea BEST w. e5ali
three or fouR miles Me had p
down. - and ont. and over and uader
with them mules and that mfatss
bad road. The elder Be- would Hanh
and fiddle and foci around, talkin e
mules like they were ~ many sabie
and gal babies AZ thaA till presently
we struck the Travis lame. which
way Wonder the worst piece 81 road -
the trip TO town. and there We stack
and stayed for TWO long and mortal
hours. IT was the eIder,a wagon and
the elders mules but j told him 81 &
was q cussin man I WcuI1 fake his place
and carry On that branch 81 tie busi-
neas-at any rates tn We got ont 81
the lane and 0ver the next hili.
Finally at last It would aee5n Ike the
elder had run slap out to the end 9k
his rope, and I could see that Be waa
hrin up considerable around the edges.
The next thing I took notice Of he had
went down in his pocket after . twina
string and put a new cracker on Bis.
whip. Then he mounted the ofmulo
at the wheel and jest naturally made
his whip talk. And / an sorry to tell
you, that want all-not by q whole lot
"As that reckless and wicked Sam
NettIes would say if he was here, says
the elder, 'sgitout OF here, dadburn your
lon-yeared. lousy picturesl Gosher~
mighty durn . muddy road and q lazy.
mule in the ~wintertimel Pick up them
feet, dadburn you, and tighten them
traces and pull till the breechin hiea
up and somethin freezes oyerl Remem-
mer where you git your corn and fod-
der, goldarn you, and tare out and 60
to town. Goshermighty durn road full
of mud and a mule name Beckt"
Did we git through that lane and
over the next hill? We got through
that lane and over the next hill. Did
we go to town that day2 We went to
town that very same winter day. And
Sam Nettles want more than a mile
ahead at the finish.
never did talk it around in the settle
ment, and / don't say now that Eldei
Newberry ever cussed any on his own
hook. But / never can forget time
when a mighty change come over the
general tone of his voice, and he
nuo+ed Sam Nettles a. his mules to beat
six bits.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27

strength. The ordinary yelling with
point lace edging is a case where the APP
p~earance is not deceptive. Such yelling
is very pretty worn in the ordinary way,
but it is a momentary fad to work itnP,
futing or quilting or otherwise, into the
trimming of bonnets and hats. Curious,
by the way, how seldom one hears the
word bonnet nowadays. 1t is possibly
too sedate.
They have Ia Bermuda o beautiful hat
straw, made of braided strips Of
bleached palmetto leaf. Its among the
most beautiful materials / have ever
seen, but, like most Bermuda indus
tries, it lacks the "boom" which q
stronger commercial instinct gives, and
the beautiful braid or plat, fine, yet
wonderfully strong and wove in beau
tiful designs, is placidly sewn year
after year into the British bathtub
shape seen in steel engrayings Of sThe
Morning Walk" A. d. 1897. The hats are
hopeless, but why may,not the braid be
imported-and shaped by northern ex-
perts into the models of the present
day2 / see how such fine and elastic
mesh Of open plaits would look in pic
ture hats of creamy white, with ostrich
plumes and big white ribbon bows and
handfuls of pink roses thrown at them
and allowed to fall somewhere upon the
crown.
This touch of accident, this last added
tones of whimsy caprice, is the key
stone of a French hat or toque and the
secret of its success When q hat is
finished, balanced, correct, classical in
its lines, 1t takes life too seriously and
fails to attract or interest. When a hat
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27

infantry, but they do not parade in
'platoons, and blue coats are not 50 bril-
liant as red ones.
them surpasses that of an army of men
in red, and the ribbons are as the way-
ing Of banners, and the glitter of span
giles and flicks of fans and swish of
feathers as is the bravery of strong
weapons. It is good to be where there
are shops and women fresh from the
shops.
Anyhow sporty are the shops and
THE women fresh from the shopsl At
present golf is the word, and thrice as
many women as even went round the
course at st. Andrews or Morristown
are getting unto themselves, or have al
ready got, golfng suits which shall be
Sit for general outing purposes. Plaids
ARE by all means the favorite prescrip-
ttion of the doctors of golfng fashions,
and next to them are strong tan or
cream serges, made up with bits of red
or strong color, The skirt is always
short, about bicycling length, and that
Sc a comfort. Indeed, a golfng suit can
be used for bicycling, and vice versa, to
such good purpose that it Is no wonder
so many of the former are made for
non-golfers who do not really and truly
t'bike.".
And that reminds me: One Of the first
things ] saw on getting back to New
York was a bicycle girl in the park,
tightly corseted and "clad in white
samite, mystic, wonderful" whereof
the mystery and wonder were these,
that she looked not only picturesque,
which she was, but cool. which she was
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27

-Lamartine's best poetry was writ
ten when he was no mora than 20 years
Of age.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27
Some ..seeond-Hand Cussin.D
4 : Gov Teamv nd HOt wsathsE

That makes me think of the time
when me and Sam Nettles and Elder
Newberry went TO town together, and
for the first time in my life I heard
some secondhand cussin.
Sam and the Elder went in with their
wagons heavy loaded with cotton, and
I had took a seat and went along with
the elder.
Mind you, it vas then in the dead of
winter. The rains had fell heavy and
frequent, and the roads was sloppy and
soft enough to bog the shadow Of a buzz
gard. It was but only ten miles to
town, though at that time 1t took a
good team to make it through in a day.
Now Sam Nettles was q bad and wick
ed man, and every time his wagon and
team got stabbed and stuck in the mud,
or struck a steep hill he would putin to
cussin the mules and poppin his whip
till he made the air blue and they went
out in a storm.
Understand me now, / don't sayitwas
the cussin that got the wagon through.
and / know as well as anybody that 1t
was wicked and wrong for Sam to be
goin on in that reckless way. Butsome-
how or somehow else he was so handy
and so furious with his whip and his
mouth, and kept up such a roarin big
excitement till the mules jest naturally
got skeered and took the wagon and
tore out of there.
Now az to Elder Newberry, he was
one Of the best and most peacefulest OF
men in the round created world for
common. lie wouldn't carry or very
much talk with his mules, and when he
did It was with q smooth and gentle
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27

all s'vain and
heetin worms
Of the dust as
Aunt Nancy
Newton Is 50
won't to say
-nothin more
and nothin less
than human
flesh and blood
and bones And
old man Josiah
Jernigan Is q
right smart
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27
OsBoRNs LETTER.
Gsttfng Ready for the Outing Sea-
son narlier Than Ever.
Aark from summer-in-W lnter-The MIr-
acIes Of Mniinery-A Season OF
White Duek-Tachttng
In Near View.
F-eoprRronr. 1ss6l

New York. May 9. - Back from
summer-in-winters some from Bermuda
and others from Florida and Mexico
and the Riviera.
The streets of New York never
looked 50 wide, the horses so strong,
the buildings 80 massive, the thronRa
&c huge and continuous, as they do now,
seen after the tiny donkeys and eight
foot roads and little p~alm-shaded cot
tsges Of Bermuda. The policemen are
bigger and stronger than thssT SKATER
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27
Two April Fooll,

AM|
For a common thing d man would
have to stay out mighty late and I'D
up tremendous soon to come out ahead
of Andy Lucas. But the news has
leaked out at last as to how viii Tom;
Pickens let the great horse trader cut
the pot, and then beat him at his own
game, with "three cards up his sleeve
VIII Tom had come up from Panther
Creek the day before and spent the nigh&
at the Lucas place.
Tomorrow is the first day OF April T
says Andy to VIII Tom, "and I want
stay over long enough to help me turn
a trick on DR.. Honeycut. / win git
sick in the morning-sick abed and sicx
unto death it would seem. Then youl
can mount your horse and go a splittinI
after the doctor. AS to me, when the
doctor comes / win jump out Of the bed,
cut the pigeon wing, drag off 8 few
stanzas of somethin sweet and devilish|
on my fiddle, and then saddle my horae
and lope off towards town"
"By the seven stars I'm with youj
Andy" says VIII Tom, and then Andy
he jest naturally laid down and laughed
at the very thoughts Of what he had in
soak for the doctor.
So, accordin to their plans and
specifications. Andy he wentto bed that
mornin, whilst win Tom he rode or In|
a sweepin gaIlop. But the doctor never
did come. Will Tom had jist simply
whipped around to the main road and
and went on back home to Panther
Creek.
Andy he stayed there at home in bed
-rolIin and tunblin and carrying on
outrageous, and loolxin for the doctor
every minnit. He stood it as long as he
could, and when finally at last tbs truth
worked its way through his hair Re was
the maddest man that ever played tho
fool in this country. Andy's wife Says
he was so furious and foamin mad TN
she was skeered he would hit the baby,
and he cursed Win Tom Pickens Cor
mortal hours on e stretch.
RUEua at
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27
The Valne 81 %.

II it ever comes to pass that yo1
mought want to find out somethin In
regards to the value Of dogs, Rocky
Creek is the place and Squire DoogiR
IS the man.
They had a little case up before tho
squire last Saturday, which accordin to.
Pony Burkit, the bailih, was "sot Tor
ten o'clock"
From the general circumference Of
the surroundings and the evidence in
the case, it turns out that julie Nabors
had shot and killed q spotted hound
dog, which the said dog belonged toa
man by the name Of Handy Stribblin.
1t would likewise also seem that in con-
sidertion thereof, the said Handy Strihs
bin had got out papers Of compellmenh
agin the said julie Nabors, and putin his
claims for damages to the tune 81 ten
dollars.
They had got through with all the
witnesses on both sides, when finally
at last Squire Doogin called up Handy
Stribblin, made him kiss the Bible and
put him on the stand.
Mister Stribblin," says the squire,
lookin wise and solemn as he could.
from the facts and the law in the case
what was your spotted dog WORTH r.
"Well, to be plum honest, squire, the
dog want raley worth q continental
durn, but since julie Majors was "a
internal mean and so all-fred smart as
TO shoot the dog, / want the full value
OF the animal"
Now, If you don't know all the men
as well as the facts in the case, you
maybe mought not think that Handy
Stribblin got ten dollars for his dead
spotted hound dog. But he did.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27
WITH ONE GALLUS
The Sage ct Rocky Greek stu'
Teng His stcr.es-
An6thor Clear Caso o. e~Ruahencg-
some second-Hana Cussfn - Hhs
Value Of : Deed Dog-TWo.
April Eeo14.

Even when you come right down 70
plain business aud rock bottom we are
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-27

like the common run Of people. He IS
one Of the deacons over ut Bark Log and
stands away up yonder in the church
but in the main time nesis q full-blood
member Of the human family.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-06
AWFUL WORK OF A MOB.
kentucky Regulators Cremate a
Woman and Shoot Her
Paramount.

Lebanon, Ky, Dec. 3O.-Within two
miles of this city last night relentless
mob burned to death pregnant woman
and riddled with bullets her gray-haired
paramour. The blackened and dis6gured
corpses of the victims-Mrs. Thomas
West and William Deveres, were found
in the ruins of the woman's home by
the 14-year-old daughter of the murdered
man. The tragedy was one of the most
brutal ever enacted under the gruesome
sway of Judge Lynch. Despite the plead
ings for hcr fathers life of a half-clad.
frightened child, and the prayers and
tears of the i'll and helpless woman, the
mob deliberately completed its work, and
only left when certain that both man
and woman were dead.
The affair is the outgrowth of the old
story of faithless wife and yengeful
husband. Several months ago Deveres,
a middle-aged widower, was accused
by Thomas West, prosperous farmer,
of intimacy with Mrs. West. Quarrel
followed quarrel until West instituted di-
vorce proceedings and declared Deveres
must die. The men met in Lebanon.
West snapped his revolver, which missed
fire, and Deveres killed him on the spot.
On. the plea of self-defense the murderer
secured bail and scandalized the neigh
borhood by Immediately taking his two
daughters and moving into Vests house.
The relatives of the murdered husband
swore vengeance and last night it came.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-06
TRAINS IN COLLISION.
Two Persons Killed in Baltimore
and Ohio Wreck at
Coal City.

Cincinnati O., Dec 31.-Two passen-
ger trains collided at 1880 last night on
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern near
Coal City, fourteen miles from Cincin-
natl. They were the Louisville express,
which left this city at 7:O5 p. m, and
the st. Louis accommodation, due there
at 1905 p. m. The latter was an hour
late. The widest rumOrS of the laS2[
of life were soon circulated. The hospi-
tails were put in readiness and police
headquarters were promptly equipped for
the care of the injured
When information was obtained from
the scene it was found that there were
two killed and several injured. The
dead are:
FIREMAN WILSON of the Louisville ex-
UNKNOWN MAN. buried under the
wreck.
The injured:
Fireman Herman Bruning Of the St; Louis
train, sustained cuts on leg, skull and
shoulder; dangerously injured.
Jacob Bauer of the cooper shop in Law.
renceburg, Ind, hip dislocated, leg, arm aud
head cut and bruised.
Alonzo Pruett, engineer OF the Louisville
express, internal injuries, left arm badly
cut.
James Gabriel, engineer st. Louis train,
Fred Binekamp Of Aurora, passenger, Sc
we're scalp wounds. T. M. Voigt, express
messenger on St. Louis train, internal in
juries, besides bad cuts and bruises. He
called deliriously for his wife. He was left
Express Messenger Weiselberger Of the
United States express, slightly injured
Of the injured all are seriously injured
except Binekamp and Eiseborn. 1t is
feared that Bruning, Bauer and Pruett
are fatally. hurt A special train ar
rived at midnight with the injured and
they were taken to the hospital.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-06
NO MORE CHROMOs.

Chicago Papers will Not Give Them
Away After February L.
Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 31.-After February
1 the Chicago papers will quit giving
away chromos. Immense sums of money
have been spent for these Autographs,
one paper paying as high as $4,000 for
the pictures given away in a single week,
and the yearly cost was close to half a
million dollars.
For some time the publishers have
been anxious to save this money, but
each was afraid to do so. 1t is now
announced that they have made an ar
rangement whereby the chrome and book
schemes will be abandoned as soon as
existing contracts are filed. 1t will be
a bad thing for the photographers who
have been reaping a harvest at the ex.
pense of publishers and readers, but all
others will be gamers
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-06
DULUTH EPIDEMIC IS EXPLAINED.
Investigation Traced to the Impure Wa
ter Supply.

Investigation Traced to the Impure Wa
ter Supply.
Duluth, Mimi, Dee. 3O.-All doubt as
to what has caused the epidemic of ty-
phoid fever in this city was set at rest
when the investigating committee of the
common council finished it's examina ton
of the intake pipe and well of the Duluth
Gas and Was~r company, which supplies
the entire city with water.
The we'll was found so foul and ill
smelling that it sickened even the health
officials who made the examination, but
all this was forgotten when Aid. Har-
wood, who accompanied the party, picked
ND from the bottom of the WE'LL where it
had evidently laid for a long time, the de-
caying remains Of a gigantic fish, which
has been served to the water-drinking
people of the city through the hydrants.
The discovery was also made that
large amount of the worst kind of sew
age was emptying directly into the well,
and that the mouth of the intake pipe,
supposed to be out in the lake 500 feet. in
fifty feet of water, was less than 300
feet out, and that in consequence the
people have oeen getting vile river water
instead of pure lake water through the
mains
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-06
STORM IN THE EAST.
Preceded by Winds that Attained
Velocity of 73 Miles an Hour
in New York.

New York, Dec. 31.-A cold wave
reached this section today 1t was
heralded by violent wind storm which
at o'clock had reached a velocity of
70 miles an hour. Bay Ridge, Sta
ten Island, the Jersey shore and Coney
Island received the full force of the
wind storm. Houses were shaken and
many people, reused from slumber by
trembling of their beds, were too fear
full to again seek repose. As the morn
ing advanced the wind decreased slightly
in force, but it was still blowing 80
miles an hour gale at 10 o'clock. From
the Battery to the Narrows the harbor
appeared to be mass of broken ice and
snow, tossed to and fro by the wind.
At 10 o'clock the thermometer registered
80 degrees.
In the night the storm was very Sc
we're. At Little Falls, on the West Shore
railway, the tracks were washed out and
considerable damage was done to roads
and property generally. Reports from
damage was done there by the wind.
There was a light fall of snow in some
places.
Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. Following
the heavy rain yesterday a blizzard
struck Pittsburg about 10 o'clock last
night and ragged until daylight; The
wind attained a velocity of 30 miles
an hour. blowing down awnings and
other insecure fixtures about the city,
but doing no great damage. Telegraph
wires were Frustrated and communica-
ton with the East was entirely cut off
until nearly noon today The mercury
dropped 25 degrees in ten hours. The
wind has gone down and the weather
this morning is clear and cold.
Boston, Mass, Dec. 31.-A roaring
windstorm prevailed nearly all night and
caused considerable havoc among CHM
neys, loose states and window shutters.
Rain fell during the evening and night.
The wind increased in strength until 6
o'clock when it was blowing at the rate
of so miles an hour.
Cleveland, O., Dec. 81. After a
steady downpour of rain in this city all
day yesterday, the wind suddenly veered
around from the south to the northeast
early last evening and blew a heavy
gale, causing a rapid fall in tempera-
ture. The gale, which was accompanied
by snow, reached a velocity of Al
miles an hour here and farther down
the lake is said to have blown at the
rate of Is miles an hour. Telegraph
wires to the East are badly Frustrated
Buffalo, II. Y. Dee. 31.-This city
was swept by terrific wind storm last
night which attained a velocity of 70
miles an hour. Along the water front
easements were inundated, driving the
occupants out into the storm with such
of their household effects as they could
carry.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-06
Turkey Must Make Reparation.

Washington, D. @, Dec. 30.-Secretafy
Olney has directed Minister Terrell at
Constantinople to demand an indemnity
of 100000 from Turkey for the benefit
loss of property in the Kharput out
breaks in November. Minister Terrell
has also been instructed to inform the
Sultan's ministers that an additional
indemnity will be demanded for the bene-
fit of Americans who suffered loss of
property at Marash a few weeks later.
This second demand will be formally
made as soon as the exact losses, as
sustained by Americans at Marash, can
be officially determined.