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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
Al EreCt Position,

An erect position is positively neces-
sary for good digestion and perfect
health. 1t can only be sustained by deep
breathings, strong chest muscles and a
vigorous exercise of the will power, but
a vigorous will is Of the most benefit
when supported by a clear understands
ing. Therefore, give your children a
simple yet comprehensive talk on the
structure of the body and the compost
ton of the bones. Impress upon their
minds the great need of keeping an
erect position now while their bodies
r growing. Teach them, and not only
teach them, but prove to them by actual
exercises, how much more easily and
gracefully the body folds itself to-
gether when we stoop to pick anything
up, or when we sit, and how unneces-
sary in the constant everyday activity
1t is to bend the shoulders at all. Teach
them in walking to hold up the chin and
70 lock- square ahead. Wherever it is
possible awake in your children that
innate pride which instinctively assoc
ciates the stopped form with sluggish
ness and inactivity.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
a sERLo-coMIc INVITATION.
Tho Picturesque Boom which q Montan
MlltOr Has sent Forth.

The Picturesque Boom which q Montane
MlltOr Has Sent Forth.
Anyone at all familiar with the land
herein described will tell you that the
editor Of the Townsend (Mont.) Mes
scnger, from which paper the article ID
taken, has blended truth and poetry
most felicitously in every one of the
eloquent lines which follow. Hear him
a moment:
IF you are old, with the fire of life
dying out of you and the buoyancy
leaving your limbs; if you are looking
at the gray clouds overhead and longing
for a land where your faded life may
pass away in peace, come to Montana.
Here the sky is as blue as the sky OF
Italy; the air is full of fragrance and the
land echoes with the voices of thousands
who work beneath the pale glimmering
of the stars.
IF you are a young man tOiling an
your father toiled in WORKOUT and bar
rem deserts of the east; if you would
like to live where the soil rewards the
toiler-where the golden grain waves
and sparkles in the morning dew; where
the banners of prosperity wave and the
gaunt specter of starvation crosses into
another country, come to Montana.
"There never was such a country for
the best brand of husbands; they run
loose on the streets and you meet them
everywhere. If you are a young woman
full of golden visions and would like
10 pick up a husband on every noun
tain side, come to Montana. Before
many years every quarter section will
have a house upon it; the pine-clad
mountains will be dotted with hoists,
stamp mills, andthousands of men delv-
ing into them for their hidden treas
ures; and the foothills, that now only
know the spangled COW and unframed
bronchos, will echo to the heavy tread
of the better grade of cattle and horses
as the years sweep onward. The face
of the earth seems to glow with beauty
and health, and the people who live in
this marvellous country go around con
graduating each other and trying to
apalyze their goodness. Our cities are
growing, and the railroads change their
time tables each week to accommodate
new cities that were not on the last one
issued. There is not a man idle who
wants work. Farmers do their blowing
sitting upon spring seats, with a box
of cigars on one side. In the east they
walk behind their pillow until they have
no distinct idea whether they are show
ing the machine or the horses are pull.
Ing it. The man who can't thrive, pros.
per and grow rich in Mountains would
starve In a bakery. If you want to see
how much this will assay to the line
come to Montana. Northwest Maya,
| zine.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
PERsoNAL ANp lMPERsoNAL


Empress Frederick win probably
spend q considerable part Of the next
two years in England.
james O,Neill's real estate holdings
are located in Connecticut. His wealth
Is truly from Monte Cristo," as It IS the
play Of that name that has brought him
fame and fortune.
Lord Rutherford Clark, who IS over
20 years of age and a Judge Of the Scotch
court of session, has won the first prize
in the golf competitions at Cannes twice
running.
Unlike his predecessor. the young
car of Russia walks almost daily in the
streets of st. Petersburg. Sometimes
he is attended by no one but his wife.
On other occasions he goes alone.
1t is announced that .the. kaiser
has confided his latest ~artisctic efforts,
after Sedan and THE Charge Of the
Guard at st. Poivat,' to the well-known
battle painter, Herr R~oechling, who
will put asfew finishing touches to the
imperial m~asterpieces.n
The newly-elected president Of Ken
yon college at Gambler, o., w. f. Pierce,
is but 20 years old. He has been pro-
lessor Of philosophy at Kenyon for tbs
last three years and was graduated in
1883 from Amherst-an institution
which has done its full share in giving
professors end presidents to western
colleges.
Miss Kate Shelley, of Moingona, Ia,
who made her way through a raging
blizzard at midnight several years ago
and by signaling to a crowded express
train OF the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad saved it from plunging through
a. wrecked bridge, has applied to tho
Iowa Legislature for employment in
the state house as a mental. She is des-
titute and has to support her aged
mother and an invalid brother
Miss Ellen Terry has a most philan-
thropic turn of mind and keeps a bas.
ket always on hand in her charming
home in South Kensington. The work
consists in various garments to be made
for the poor. Miss Terry has an anus
ing way of cajoling her friends into as
sisting her when visiting her, and they
T given a choice between knitting,
sewing o. any other of the really useful
work.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
FoR Hos VIC plEr.
The Nutritivo Value and DlgostIblllty q
Food.

Nutritivo Value and DlgestIbIIIty Of
Food.
A mixed diet therefore seems to be
the only sensible one for man. The
three classes OF nutrients, protein, fats
and carbohydrates, must each furnish
Il part of our food, and while it is true
that the vegetables can supply these,
it is difficult to obtain from whole
some, easily digested vegetables these
nutrients in the proper proportions re-
CURED for the bodily health.
A fair proportion of meats, or flesh
forming food, in a mixed diet is one
fourth, the fats and carbohydrates be-
ing th~ree-fourths. The food stuffs
which most nearly supply these nu-
trients in the proper proportions are
those which pail on us less readily.
When any food does not supply these
in the proper amounts, instinct, appe-
tite and experience guide us in the SO.
lection of the food which ought to be
added to it. Thus meats deficient in
fat are combined with some substance
in which the fat is relatively larger.
For example, liver, veal or chicken is
cooked with bacon. Pork supplies the
needed fat to make beans more nearly
a perfect food. Fish is cooked in but
ter or oil. Butter, eggs and cream are
mixed with starchy foods-rice, sage,
tapioca, potatoes, etc. Cheese, contain
ing fat, is added to macaroni, crackers
and cheese are a ~favorite combination,
and bread and milk make a very COM
plete food for children. whenever
n kind of food is wanting in any par
ticular constituent we invariably asso-
ciate it with another that contains an
c of that constituent"-Prof.
Thomas Grant Allen, M. A., in Chau.
tauquan.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25

says. rs the house on AreT II was my
cousin Spencer that CAV me the Jolt
In the back. IT'S time to get up he
says. l asked him what time it was,
and what do you think he said? Thisis
on the level, too. He says: It's past
four When he said that l didn't know
what kind of a combination I'd struck"
Il guess people out in the country
often get up that early in the summer
time, especially in the busy season."
said Miller.
They'd never get me up, I'll tell you
those, only that fresh cousin Of mine
grabbed me by the leg and pulled me
out. Oh, he's a playful guy, all right.
Well, 1 put on my clothes and went
downstairs, dead on my feet. You sec
I was shy four or five hours sleep. When
they saw me they all gave me a horse
laugh, even the hired girl. Ny aunt
asked me what time 1 got up when 1
was in town, and I said v before
seven o'clock, and then they all yelled
again. They seemed to think 1 was
wrong in my head out there. Every
thing l done or said they gave me the
ha-ha."
"Of course life in the city is much
different" Miller said.
"Well, l guess yes. 1 know this town
like a book. 1 can begin at the first
card and go through the deck, but out
there-they lose me. They had me look-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
80 Asour aHlar 49,.
PrRcfieaI Suggestions tor the Woraen
Who Wll NInka rIar na.n.

Practical 6uggeetipns for the Womnn
Who WA Mako Hsr Own.
Don't buy q pattern anil be disap-
pointed If It doesn't 1T. It probably
won't
I would advise ulree-cent cambria AZ
the first material to test the pattern
by. Cut that. allowing extra fullness
to work on in the front widths. Basic
this cambria with the sleeves IN, put il
on the figure and work over it until IL
is correct.
Every woman TO her own figure, d
the only rule to 60 By. However, a few
points are to be considered, alike by
lean and plump.
Have as little fuliness IN the back AZ.
possible. just the few gathers in the
middle Of the belt which are necessary
for an unboned waist.
Cut the yoke with a slight point.
Abjure curved yokes. Stitch it down
on the back width, giving a double
thickness, which is proof against the
cloth splitting from the perspiration.
Gather the fullness OF the front
widths into the neck instead of the
shoulders. IL you ore slender put 4
deal of fullness to hide your tbinness.
and If you are stout put fullness to hide
your extra flesh.
Do not spread this fullnees along the
belt, but leave at least two inches plain
before reaching the ~under-arm seam.
This gives that trim look underneath
the arm.
See to 1t that the measurement from
throat to waist is exact. Too long, it
creates an ugly sag; too short, it gives
your dress skirt a trying time to meet
it.
Don't pin your faith in drawing
strings. Put a good, substantial belt
on the waist, with two hooks and eyes
10 fasten it in front. Buttons IRE un-
tidy under the belt. Leave six inches
of material below the belt to insure its
staying underneath the skirt.
Make bishop sleeves and a small link
cuff. The long ones did not have sui
fcient beauty in them to succeed.
Remember that studs have entirely
gone out. No matter how pretty yours
are, don't wear them, unless you wish
to prove yourself not up to date. Use
small pearl buttons.
Don't make b~uttonholes for the top
and bottom of the cuff. This nccessi-
tates four cuff buttons, and the result
is too ornate for good taste. Use an
other pearl button and buttonhole just
below the cuff proper.
If you wish to be quite correct as to
the cuffs s the fashionable gold or
silver dumb-bells, which are newer
than the longer links.
Wear a leather belt. Let the silk ones
alone until they r ~resurrected. If
you want something especially dressy,
wear one of white or green kid. They
are exceedingly fashionable-Phila
delphia Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25

Some Gems of Art Turned Ont in the Far
West.

Some Gems OF Art Turned Ont In the Far
West.
All over North America for many
years Cheyenne saddles have been ia
NOUS, and every equestrian outside of
the United States cavalry and the north
west mounted police of Canada, has
either had his horse tricked out with
Cheyenne leather, or has wished he had.
The fancy work on saddles, holsters
and stirrup hoods, that once made Mex
lean saddlery famous and expensive
long ago, was copied by the Cheyenne
makers, who kept up the fame and
beauty of American horse trappings,
but made them so cheap as to Be within
the means of most horsemen. In the
old days when western cattle ranged
all over the plains and the cowboy was
in his glory, that queer citizen would
rather have a Cheyenne saddle than a
best girl. In fact, to be withouta Chey-
enne saddle and a irst-class revolver
was to be nobettcr than the sheep herd
ers of that era.
When the writer was in Cheyenne the
other day, the first places he looked for
were the saddle-makers' shops. He was
surprised to find only one Snowy, first
class store of the kind, and instead Of
there being a crowd in front of it, there
was no sign of more business than was
going IN at the druggists near by, or
the stationer's over the way. The
goods displayed In the window were
beautiful and extraordinary. There
were the glorious, heavy, hand-stamped
saddles; there were the huge,cumbrous
tapaderos; there were the l~ariats, or
ropes; the magnificent bits that looked
like Moorish art outdone, and there
were mule SINNERS and the fanciful
spurs, and, in fact, the window formed
a museum of things that a cowboy
would have pawned his soul to own. The
metal work was all such as a cavalry
man once declared it: "The most ele-
CANT horse jewelry in creation"
Englishmen and Germans now buy
the fanciest and best trappings to send
abroad to their homes. Handicapped
saddles cost from $13 to $S5, but $35
buys as good one as a modest man who
knows a good thing will care to use.
Cowgirl saddles were on view-seven
of them-with rigging for side seats
and with stirrups made in slipper
shapes. It is not that there are really
half a dozen cowgirls in the world, or
half a dozen women like the Colorado
cattle queen, or the lady horse breeder
of Wyoming, but there are western
girls who have to ride a great deal, and
they have fond fathers and brothers,
and still fonder lovers; hence the man
ufacture of magnificent side-saddles,
all decked with hand-stamped patterns,
and looking as rich asthe richest Bedou-
in ever dreamed a horse gear be-
ing made. There is still a good
trade in cowboy outfits that are ordered
from Montana, the Dakotas, Wyoming,
Colorado and Texas, and similar goods
go to the horse ranches of Nevada, Idaho
and Oregon. Moreover, as long as men
ride horses, there will be a trade In
fancy outfits for them.-Denver Field,
and Farm.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25

We've got to get all kinds of an early
start in the morning / couldn't stand
for that. / put up a holler right at the
jump. / told 'em / was just usually be-
ginnin' to enjoy myself at nine o'clock
Ia the evening. They said I could set
up Ii / wanted to, and then they ducked
and turned in. Well, sufferin' Cor
nelius, there was nothin' to keep me
up. / set out by the pump for a little
while smokin' and Iistenin' to the katy
dds gettin' in their work, and then !
went in the house and went to bed, but
couldn't get to sleep before midnight.
II seemed to me I'd been p%oundin' my
car about ten minutes, when somebody
walloped me IN the back and hollered:
Get upu Well. / set up in bed and hon
est, Miller, this amt no kid, it was
dark outside. what's the troubleG I
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
FRIED Cucumbers N Toast.

Peel the cucumbers and slice them
lengthwise about an eighth Of an inch
thick; put over the fire in a large fry
ing pan twd heaping t~easpoonfuls Of
butter, and when it browns put in the
cncumbers and fry them brown. While
they are being fried, make as many
slices Of toast as there are pieces of GU
cumber, butter, and keep hot. Serve
very hot on the toast.-N. X. Ledger,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
Another Lie Nailed.

Two New York ladies, who had not
seen each other for some time, met at
a church sociable. Said one:
DO you know what I heard about
your"
"Ive no idea
Il heard that last summer while your
husband was sick and not expected to
live you went on a picnic"
TITS a vile SANDER. It was only an
excursion Texas Sitter.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
CelebratInr : Kinr.a CoronntIon.

Several weeks ago a new king, An
gooshe, assembled the throne Of the m
dian dominion on Kake island, Alaska,
and for four weeks the whole tribe was
engaged in a grand potlatch celebrating
the event.. There were wild orgies, fol-
lowed by severe fasts, dancing that was
kept up day and night, and q general
wild celebration that left the whole
tribe in a state Of collapse. Every day
at ten in the morning the bucks assem-
bled on the beach. and, no matter how
cold the weather nor how much snow
on the ground and ice in the water,
would strip and plunge into the ocean
Then they would dance until they feli
from exhaustion. When able 10 walk
again they would take more icy BATHS.
Some $50 gallons Of bad whisky
drunk during the potlatch, and at che
close Of the celebration Angooshe tete
up 500 pairs Of blankets, for Hl2ef
son is not clear.-Chieago Chroa
Douglas Jerrolds the cons
tributor to chat most Dismal
fish publications. the ne1e to-
~be-admired Punch, wrote Qxek ~
OF "Barrabas Whftefeatlter Yht name
] IVES . coinage Of bis oans
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
An indication Of Character.

"And shall / speak to your fatherY'
asked the young man.
"Neyer mind about papa" said the
young woman. "Tll fix him.
For the first time he noticed the
width and sq%uareness Of her inferior
maxillary-Indianapolis Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25


Ono NunNree 4reFa Hays F
TIRE Science Mas
~ Is 3 century since TIE #9gf
Ingenious DR.. Francois Joseph
father of ebnmpoIoeIs rs thf
~ fond 81 calling n, dfsf introduced
infant Uranium into "a anbesf
world. Little did perents apd
who stroked that inspired billiara Balls
imagine that it potentially contained
a complete map Of itself. Sc To sDea
and 20 Its subsequent Investigation
apecuIations mankind would be iudeb
ed for the successful I~ocalizati0n 81
every human propensity - and some
others in its 0vn special and pecnliai
allotment, or small holding. 81 the hus
man skull. When we consider the many
spirited leaps BY which alone the rca
phrenologist and his followers hafa
landed at their successive conclusions
we shall not hesitate to admit that this
famous scientific steepiecbase IS well
worthy to be held ia remembf Zee. even
after 100 years. First It had to BE as
sumed that each Of the y~ario4s facaIfies
and activities OF the mindis specifically
allotted to q particular H0rtion Of core.
bral tissue; secondly that the degree Of
power which it possesses Is determined
moi by the quality. but by the quantity
Of such cerebral tissue, and thirdly that
the measure of this quantity is III every
case indicated by a protuberance on
the outer surface OF the ckull. That H
would follow from this that the most
versatile of mankind would have the
largest number of bumps; that the pre-
eminent possessor of a single gift, who
was weak, al many such persons are,
in other respects, would have a head
composed of virtually one enormous
bump, and that the world-genius, to
whom the ages occasionally give birth,
possessing both wide variety and com
manding strength Of intellect, would
present a simply hydrocephalous APP
pearance-these are consequences of
his theories which have never troubled
that portion of the phrenologist'a
brain-pan in which his logical faculty
is neatly slowed away. The bump that
rises like a memorial tumulus over the
grave of his reasoning capacity has
never been disturbed by these dificul-
ties for a moment.
Nor would we ourselves say anything
to dash the hopefulness Of the enthusi-
Rsts who are just now celebrating the
Tooth birthday of Dr.. Gall. A compIa-
cency of conviction which has sustained
itself on nothing since the first promuI-
cation Of the psychologists doctrines
cannot, indeed, be easy to d~isconcert.
Rather it is likely to find confirmation
in every fresh advance Of science, and
n IS not surprised to hear, therefore.
that these sanguine theorists are look
ing confidently to electrography as a
new ally. Whichever record leaps to
light" under the x rays, they feel as
sured that their master never can be
shamed." When Roentgen has at last
effected his guasiburglarious entrance
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
a COUNTRY EXPERIENCE.
ny GEORGE ABE.

gERY breeze that
came in at the
open windows was
as soft as velvet.
The warm sum
shine had tenn
pered it until the
last sting of win
ter was gone.
Miller and Artie
had removed their
coats and unbut-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25

his school have described them. Tor
der" and locality and "Philoprogeni-
tiveness'' and all the rest Of them will
be discovered in the places respectively
assigned I'd them and will at once be
recognizable for what they are. The
correctness of the ~well-known "bump
chart" which the photographers Of
phrenology mapped out long ago on the
surface of the Uranium viii be tri-
umphantly vindicated, and the mocker
will be forever put to confusion. The
only thing which will then remain to
be proved will be the practical utility
Of the science, and this no doubt will
present little difficulty to a school OF
theorists who have already proved SO
much.
It's value for educational purposes,
however, will still have to be estab-
lished. The phrenologist should not be
satisfied until he has given to his sci
cnce that last touch Of exactitude
which consists in rendering it predic-
tive. Analysis of the adult brain is,
after all, a mere scientific pastime. It
would be interesting, but no more than
interesting, to ascertain that para
disc Lost was generated in a particular
bump N Millions skull. and that an
other protuberance under the hat Of
John Hampden gave birth to his heroic
resolve to oppose the unconstitutional
policy Of Charles I. What we want to
do is to catch u Hampdens young in
their native villages, and to insure that
the embryo Millions of the future shall
not die mute and ~inglorious'' through
the nonrecognition Of their nascent
powers. The phrenologist, therefore,
has got to show that the genius Of the
great puritan poet would have revealed
itself to a skilled manipulation Of his
Uranium in his cradle, and that the
spirit which impelled the parliamen-
tary patriot to resist the impost Of ship
money might have been detected by a
chronological nurse in the act Of brush
ing his hair-London Telegraph.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25

s'These are very nice strawberries,
Lobelia,'' observed Mr.. Meswat, "and
the cream is rich enough to suit any
body. BY the way, does Bridget know
how to use an ax7''
II suppose So" answered Mrs. Me-
Swat. "She is a large, strong girl. Why
do you ask that question:
st want her to take this powdered
sugar out and fix it so / can use it,.
Chicago Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25

Florida has been called the PENN.
kular state on account Of its geograph-
iea popularity.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-17
COL. ROBERT w. WRITER'S DEAD


Col. Robert w Withrrs died mt his
home in Rustburg Saturday afternoon at
l2:lo o'clock. Deceased had been in fee
bic health for some time past, but he was
never regarded as being in II serious con-
dltlon until five days before his death.
when the trouble assumed such grave
character that his life was despaired of.
The Immediate cause of his death was
uremia. Col. Withers was born nearly
sixty 'two years ago and with the eXcep
ton of Il short time which he spent in
Lynchburg, passed his life in Campbell
county, where he grew up among and
mingled with the people who now sorrow
at his death. For twenty-five years he
was clerk of Campbell county court, hay
ing been repeatedly elected to that office
by the people. He resigned the Office of
clerk on account of i'll health about three
years ago.
Col Withers was twice married, his
first wife having been Miss Payne, of
Campbell, and his second Miss Walker,
daughter of the late Major Samuel j.
Walker. of AppomattoX, and sister of
Mrs. William H Jones, of Lynchburg
His second wife survives him. Col
Withers was IL brother of the late u. II.
Withers, of Lynchburg; Edward d.
Withers, of Danvillc; the late Walter
Withers, of Roanoke Mrs. Janet Lemon:
Miss Alice Withers, and the late Mrs DIR.
y. ]. Clark. No longer ago than Sunday
week Col. Withers attended the funeral
services OF his brother, Walter Withers,
of this city. Within Il week he himself
was laid low in death. The funeral SER
vices were conducted yesterday morning
mt | 1 O'Clock at the Episcopal Church in
Rustburg, after which the remains were
laid to rest.