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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-31
CHICKEN COULD REAn.
Knew Too Much to Waste Its Tine on =
Poor Egg.

Knew Too Much to Waste Its Tine on ,
Poor Egg.
This is an instance where the chick
en- could read. Its a case of absolute
gameness on the one hand and a knowi-
edge of English on the other" remarked
Deputy Collector of Customs Ozenne, OF
the Teche district, the other day. Il
have what some people say is an inor-
dinate fondness for game chickens.
Well, / have a good reason for it, but
that's not the question. About two
weeks ago I concluded not to set any
lore game eggs on account of the late
ness of the season, so I gathered lot of
the eggs deposited by the hens in vari-
Gus parts of the yard and placed them
in a nest, intending to take them into
the house for use there. Among the lot
was an egg belonging to a sdunghilP
fowl, and this I marked mo good and
placed with the others. Leaving the
nest for an hour, I found upon my re-
turn that a hen, one of the gam ones,
had taken possession and was settingfor
dear life. / thought I'd let her hatch,
and the next morning when I went to
IAC ASSb L Aouuu I1S 6SB ulddktu I'd
good on the straw outside. Thinkingit
had fallen out, 1 placed it again in the
nest and left. The next day / again
found the egg on the straw, and as 1 had
placed it in the middle of the lot in the
nest I thought this funny. / once more
placed the egg in the nest, again on the
center of the lot, and then went outside.
Hearing a noise in the chicken house q
little later, I went back and found the
hen looking at the eggs. In a moment
she found what she wanted and pro-
ceeded to roll with her bill an 2 from
the nest to the ground. She rolled It
several feet away and then, as if recon-
sidering her intention to leave it thus,
deliberately cracked the she'll. Ipicked
up the pieces and saw that it was the
mo good egg. Not only had the hen
been able to read, but she had been tor
dog-goned game to hatch a .dunghilT'
egg."-N. o. Times-Democrat
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-31
A New Pocket Telephono.

A pocket telephone for policemen 5
n of the recent inventions. Over In
England it is in general use, aud has
been found very satisfactory. The tele-
phone consists of a combined mouth
piece and earpiece, with about a fCot
or more of wire attached. an afhxing
pin and a small key. This apparatus
is to be used by the officers in connec-
tion with the fire alarms placed at vari-
GUS parts of q city. Instead of breaking
the pane Of glass in case of a FIRE occur
ring in the neighborhood, as an ordi-
nary individual would have to do, the
policeman opens the door with his key.
places the afixing pin in a socket pro
vided for it, and Is in direct comraun3.
cation with the fire department.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-31
searchiIghts y Rlot Oneller..

The electric ~searchlight was used re-
Gently to put down a riot in Lam
cashire, England. A manufacturer,
whbse men had struck, was determined
TO keep his mill going and he promptly
secured new hands and set them to
work. At the same time he fixed q
seaFchhght on the factory building to
prevent the strikers from setting fire
to the sheds erected for the new hands.
Dufing the continuance Of the strike
this light was uned nightly in conjune-
ton with the police established in the
wofks, to scour the country and to IL
Illuminate the parts where pickets were
plaPed. It was found so effective that a
large number Of temporary police were
dispensed with.-Chicago News.
Ih 1853, by an act Of parliament, bet
ting houses and gaming houses in Lon.
don were closed
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-31

MMorenA Nan and Eema1o Womnnsr
There is sickness and SORROW in the
land this tall. OF curse l re~collect
nvhat the Word says-mnrtal man, born.
Of female woman, is Of few days and no
teeth and full Of various and sundry
TROUBLES. So long as a man remains
owe and tarries around in this valley
of dry bones he moughtras well to look
for his share of trials and temptations
aud troubles and tribulations. But to
the common run Of men and settlements
trouble most in generally always comes
ID little drops and driblets whilst in
durin Of the present fall season of the
year and to the ~long-sufferin people
around Rocky Creek it has come in
great chunks and gobs and sluices.
Everybody is down in the MOUTH
as old Miss Sukey Sellers use to say.
Some are sick with one thing and some
with another. Some have got the chilIs
and fever, some have got the plain
slow fever, whilst some have got the
mully grubs, with a general mixtry
and messment of summer complaints.
My doctrine is that If q man will
pay his debts, put his trust in the good
Lord, keep his Liver movin and be hon
est and virtuous, he is bound to be
happy. But right here lately I have
found out that the general circum-
ference Of the surroundins has got a
whole lot to do with q mans feeIins.
The general calamity is catchin, and
if I want to feel bad and look bad, all
7 have to do Is to git out and stir round
some amongst the sorrowful and the
sick.
+ use TO think to pour some sperits
down was about the best and onlyest
way to keep my droopin sperits up.
But in this present case / have now
learnt that salts and snakeroot tea is
the mainest thing, and / have come to
that pass where I need a big dost every
time I start out to visit around amongst
the people.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-31

where
the trouble
comes from
whetheritisthe
great question
Of free silver or
the ~scandlous
hot weather
but anyhow,
everything put
together makes
it look tremen-
dius foggy up
the creek to me-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-31
HOW 70 TREAT FRUIT.

Clever Serving Makes the Difference be
tween the Artistic and Commonplace.
The selection of fruit is as important
Is the serving of it. knowledge in this,
as in all things, is of primary JIM
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-31

Rocky CTeek still runs down stream
and amt gone nowheres, you under
stand, but when / 50 out amongst the
people IA the settlement blamed il it
don't look to me like all things are.
CONAN wrong side ont and tail end fore
nos&
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-31
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sickness and sorrow n the thoughts
of free silver has got old man Pleas
Warner mighty bad ratified in a gem
eral way, but particlar in regards to
the next war. Some Of these gay and
giddy people-like Andy Lucas and
little Bunk Weatherford-are now wont.
20 laugh at old man Pleas and poke fun
at his troubles. But to me it is one
Of the most saddest cases in the re-
corded history OF Rocky Creek.
About this time last year old man
Pleas lost his wife-which they had
walked hand il hand together through
all these many years. Then along in
the Christmas his son Tony stole q
breech-loadin shotgun from one of the
Watson boys over in the hill country,
and consequently had to move his wash
in somewheres way out west unbe-
Anowanee to the old man. And finally
at last his onlyest daughter which
they called her Sweetie, and il she had
any right and proper name / never
heard it~she packed up q little wallet
OF buds one bright and beautiful spring
day aAd lit out and run away with a
lightnin rod peddler.
About that time old man Pleas was
took down with q furious bad case Of
breakbone fever, which helt him to the
bed for three long and weary weeks.
It was a long time, that the neighbors
didn't think he would ever come across,
but he did. Wen, right on top Of that
politics warned up fast and furious,
and everybody went to talkin free Sill
yer So reckless and promiscus like till.
by gracious they got old man Pleas SO.
bad ratified till he is now a~boutready 10.
PUT On his weapons and 20 to war. He
Amt sick and be ain8 crazy So far as any
body knows, but he IS suHerin from
some tremendous fool potions c~oncernin
free silver and the next war.
n@ rs Ready ~uaaDkane Em.
Hits comm, Rnfes andy0u m0dght
ms wei to be ready and waitin when
you hear the drum beat, says old man
Pleas the other day when / had rid
around by there to see what I could
see.
'Donatthe Wordsay there win bewars
and rumblin Of wars till the evenin Of
the last day he went on tallxfn Icud
and xFaiYin his hands and gesturin and
goin "a like q man out Of bis head. ~Of
course the Word says that. Rufe, and
you know II You can hear the rum
bin "a Theirs Il sickness and sorrow
and death and r~uinatieH ii TIE land.
There Is hard times and sorry crops
end skeeree money eerswhere. Tree
silver Is what We wapk Ruff, and free
silver We wiz have 70 fght for. 8
And as for me Rufe, daablame EN-,
am And waitin. Let thsrumblin
qA GA. and let the war come.
hen Ties cali TOR men and guns Pleas
Wsr1er wili be there with his old army
muket. and dndhlame 'em he wiz pick
nia hints and try m enc more barral
anyhow.
hna with that the Old nian went out
4nr chopped some wood end built on q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
WILL NAME STANDARD BEARERS.
That Matter Settled, with the Object d
Taking Votes from Bryan.

That Matter Settled, with tho Object Of
Taking Votes from Bryan.
When the movement was originally
started there seemed to be a division Of
sentiment rs to whether . ticket should
I've placed in the field. The Chicago ticket
and platform they regarded as Democratic
heresy. and their primary object was to
accomplish the defeat Of Bryan and Sc.
wall. Their avowed purpose was to keen
alive what they regarded as the embers Of
the true Democracy and permit such a.
believed as they did to warm themselves at
its fires dur.n the interreenum. The
triumph Of their old-time political ad.
versartes would be their triumph, mas.
much - it would give them, in the event
Of Bryen's defeat, an opportunity to re
oreaa11e the party on what they regarded
as its true lines.
As the movement grew. however. and
obtained what was considered at leas,
as the tacit approval of the admins
tration. the feeling that a ticket
should be placed in the field for the
gold Democrats to rally around grew
stronger and IL Is ac0.pted IS a fore
gone conclusion that standard bearers
will be named. This is regarded of much
higher importance in the south, ives,
and middle west than in the east
where those in control believe there u
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
DUN & co.'s TRADE TALK.
Gold Coming to This Country, But Busi
ness Waits on the Election.

Gold Coming to This Country, But Busi.
ness Waits ON the Election.
New York, Aug. 29.-R. G. Dun & Co 3
weekly review Of trade says: Clearing
house certificates have not been issued,
but instead gold Is coming hither largely
On the sw.ftest steamers, about SO, zoo, 600
being already on the way. Higher lending
rates bring it, Notwithstanding foreign
events which disturb London markets, and
growing confidence in the monetary fu-
ture of the country helps. The stoppage
OF works also continues, including among
other iron concerns the Illinois Steel plant
at Hammond, Ind, and the Lakeside nail
| works there.
Disruption of the tin plate association
| results from inability Of many concerns to
go on paying wages demanded and will
presumably be followed by the stoppage
| OF some Others. Iron works are get ing
very light new business, many contracts
having been deferred until after the elec-
tion,' and there is 30 little doing that
quotations are almost nominal.
Speculation on products caused an ad.
| vance Of Leg cents in wheat, but by
Thursday it had been lost, only to rise
again and close at nearly the top. Heavy
western receipts continue, low as prices
are. Corn declined on Thursday to 26 25
cents here and 2N37 at Chicago, which Il
close to the lowest ever known. Crop
advices continue most favorable, but
western receipts indicate less disposition
to sell Mt current figures.
| Failures for the week have been 2Ss In
the United States, against 1856 last year,
and 80 in Canada, against a last year.
Liabilities in failures for the three weeks
ended Aug. 90 were SO, 93aa 22S5, against o..
5l9,366 last year and $s2l4,4 in 1894
The stoppage Of Hilton, Hughes & Co
| this week Is not included in these figures
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
WAS A GREAT DAY AT CANTON.
Old Glory Is In Evidence with the Callers
on Major Mckinley.

Old Glory Is In Evidence with the Callers
on Major Mckinley.
Canton, Aug. 3l.-A thousand Ge man
Americans. o. Cleveland, late Saturday
afternoon made up an enthusiastic delega-
ton to Canton They finished in splendid
STYLE the demonstrations of the day, begun
nv the big commercial travellers party
from Chicago The merchant travellers
and their Canton comrades joined by the
Dueber- Hampden Mckinley club, filled a
mile of street with rcd, white and blue
Mckinley protection and gold standard
| um brellas as they paraded to the McKin-
lev home. The German Americans and
| the thousands that joined them each car
ried an American flag.
AS Major Mckinley appeared on the
doorstep OF his home he was saluted by
his callers with such a waving of odd
Glory" as he had seldom seen before.
| The Cleveland Harugari Maennerchor
| made a melodious ending of the ovation
and a brass band gave accompaniment
! to a second outbreak Of applause. Col.
Smith presented Edward Bohm, VINO
| made an address. pledging theGerman-
American support to honest money
and "unf,inchirg patriotism for those
whose mother country was that of Sic
gel and Schurz. State Representative
| Charles W. Srider. fluent talker. car
| ried the assemblage by storm. Whei,
Snider had finished Major Mckinley re-
sponded.
The speeches during the day from the
visitors were vigorously protection
and sound money and Major McKin-
ley's responses were in the same line
traversing the we'll known argumentsi in
fSyor of those policies. A delegation OF
national officers of the Knights OF
Pythias also called informally. Among
the callers was ex-Congressn,an Ben
Butterwcrth. OF Washington.
| Major Mckinley attended services
yesterday accompanied by Ben Butter
worth. He went to the First United
Brethren church where Bishop Mills OF
Iowa. delivered the principal discourse
There is no cessation of the flow 81
congratulations 40 Major Mex inley or
hts letter CT acceptance. The mail has
! taken UP the refrain started b. the tel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
MILD BOLT OF LIGHTNING
Strikes and Destroys by Fire the lows In.
stitute for Feeble Minded.

Glenwood.. Aug. 31.-F'ire caused by
q bolt of lightning Saturday destroyed
the State Institution for Feeble Minded
Children. There We're 100 children in
the building, but all were gotten out
safely. The loss is $4,000. So little
force was exerted by the passage of
electrical fluid through the building
that it was not for nearly twenty min
utes after the lightning struck the
building that the fire was discovered
The fire burned slowly, eating it's way
from the cupola downward. 1t was this
fact, together with the lack of tall lad
ders and sufficient water pressure
that prevented the Glenwood fire de-
partment from saving the building.
Two or three hours after the fire
started a portion of the Council Bluffs
department arrived. but too late to be
of much service. The institution is ont
of the largest o. its kind in the west
1t had an attendance of about 500 in.
mates during the greater part of tbs
ear.Of the 100 inmates when the firs
occurred nifty were asleep.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31

I'VE are apt, many Of us. to think. :"
said Mr. Gratebar. that we could do
better if we had better chance or could
get started in some new field; but the
fact is that the man who is likely to
succeed at all is pretty sure to succeed
wherever he may be. Success is crop
that depends for its return less upon the
soil that is cultivated than upon the
manner Of cultivation. New York
Sun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
Erightened on.

Ballantine-Do you ride a wheel,
Miss Brewster?
Miss Brewster-No, sir. am not in
the show business. but perhaps when
you say wheel" you mean bicycle.
which, as its name implies, is composed
Of two principal wheels. do ride tho
bicycle, sir. May ask if you ride?
Ballantine-Yes, but you'll have to
excuse me now. want to go and buy
a ticket to the night school.
Leader.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31

Cleveland, Aug. 3l.-The supreme lodge,
Knights of Pythias, has refused the re-
quest for the restoration Of the German
ritual by u vote of los to s. The request
was only made by few lodges. In this
same line of business the supreme lodge
expelled Post Grand Chancellor Vellen-
floss, of Kentucky, for persistent disloy-
atty" on the German language question.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
Boies on the Stump in Iowa.

Waterloo, Aug. 3l.-Ex-Governor Boics
opened the Democratic campaign in this
city with an open-air address Saturday
evening. There was large crowd in at
tendance and he spoke for about two
hours, dealing solely with the money
question,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
wheelman to Go A..,..t p.,cn.,.

Chicago, Aug. Sl.-Joc Patchen, tho
champion pacing stallion, has been
matched against W. w. Hamilton, q
bicyciist who holds most Of the unpaced
records, for race at Rochester, Y. Y,
Sept. ~. mile heats. best two in thr,e, for
. purse OF q, COO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
Rates to the Gold Convention.

Chicago, Aug 3i.-Western roads will
make the same rate to the Gold Democratic
convention at Indianapolis as has been
made by the roads in the central passen-
ger committee, which is one fare for the
round trip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
VIII Run Against Livingston.

Atlanta, Aug. 3l.-J. c. Hendry, a real
estate agent of this city, has been nomi-
mated for congress by the Republicans of
the Fifth congressional district in op-
position to L. F. Livingston, the Democrat
~su S1idata
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
observation-disclosures

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prevent transmission Of blond dieeaeee. ekin dis
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nsti-m IND 'mstion OF the Bladder, pieesHes Of
the bones, tcipte and muscles. syphietic insanity
Scurvy. serofnla n mary for,ne. The above and
directly or Indirectly to Syphi.itic Blood foieou
for hicb the DIR. J6ckpor's English Safety Tab
let's 10 = sure preventative, snd ie safe Germ
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
Lumber Worth seoe. ooo nr,,.a

Cheboy gan, Mich. Aug. 3l-Fire yes.
terdny afternoon destroyed l.O00, OOI fe.t Of
lumber belonging to Mr. Charlton. Of
Toronto. The loss 10 about 500, 90. quite
fully Insured
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
Receiver for Brewing Compauv.

Springfield, Mass. Aug. 29.-The Spring.
field Brewing company, organized under
the laws Of New Jersey. capital e,Oo, 900,
has been petitioncd into the hands Of q
eca jver
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
Reed to Stump the Prairie State.

Chicago, Aug 3l.-Thomas b. Reeds
voice will be heard in Illinois early in Oc-
tober. He will make four speeches in the
state for Mckinley and sound money"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31

Chicago, Aug. 31.-The American
Honeset Money league has secured the
promise of Carl Schurz to address
meeting at Central Music hall next
Saturday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
BUcKNER FOR THE SECOND PLACE

Provided Any One Except Wattcrson Takes
first-Bynum Makes . Prediction.
Should Villas or almost any one except
Wnttcrson be nominated for president 1t
10 thought that Simon Bolivar Buckner,
If Kentucky, will be nominated for vice
president, on the theory that his nomina-
ton would greatly strengthen the gold
Democrats in Kentucky. He is very pop
ular, and 1t is thought the nomination
will count for much in the Blue Grass
State, where the gold Democrats are very
net We.
"How many stats will the ticket nomi-
mated her, carryp" was the question put
20 Bynum by the Associated Press re-
porter.
-Four" replied Bynum. FLORIDA, Al
abama, Texas and Kentucky"
National Committeeman Krauthoff, of
Missouri. said that the Missouri dele
cation will not urge Colonel Broadhead
for president, mainly because the lat
ter does not desire it. KrauthOff ia
vors Ben T. Cable for permanent chair
| man of the national committee. Kraut-
hoff says there will be a meeting of
the new national committee Friday
after the convention. when a full men,
bership is expected to be present, and
that this will probably be the only
meeting of the committee during the
campaign.
Bynum expects the delegates and
their friends to tax the capacity of
Tomlinson hall. which will seat about
| 1900 people. 1t is the intention of the
management to accommodate all the
visitors, If possible. With this purpose
| in view the tickets are being carefully
guarded and none will be distributed
| for local use until the visitors are
provided for. From some of the states
| a considerable number OF sympathiEers
with the movement are expected. The
| rooms at the leading hotels are all en-
| gagged. and il seems probable that the
present expectations of the managers
| will be realized. From the list of del
| egates being received at the headquar-
tiers it is evident that many Of the
prominent leaders of the party will be
| in attendance.
| Ex-Governor Flower, of New York, has
| telegraphed his acceptance of the post o
Temporal chairman, and II is pr ctically
decided that sen ,tor Caff.ry, of Louis
lana. will he permanent chairman of the
convention. indianapolis rs vet has no.
put on her gala attire in anticipation o.
the invasion of the gold hosts. The en-
frances to tho two leading hotels are
festooned with bunting and the refunds
of the Bates House is profusely draped
but beyond this the work of decoration
has not proceeded. The decorations Of
the Bates Hon G consist of II profusion o
American flags hung from the balcouie.
over background of yellow bunting
OIL portraits Of Cleveland, Tildcn, Seven
son and Wattcrson in 81 { frames form
the nucleus for the festooned drapery.
The decorations of Tomlinson hall
where the convention will sit, are abou
completed. In order to give the publ C al
opportunity to listen to the oratory mas
meeting W IL be held on Wednesday nigh
which will be addressed by Colonel Johl
T. Fellows and other prominent orators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31

egrapA and from every quartz. come
Endorsements from people in all ave-
nUeS OF life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31
Gov. Altgeld Begins Campaigning.

Springfield, Aug. Ex-Governor Ait
geld opened the political campaign at
Girard Saturday. The little city was
beautifully decorated. Delegations
We're present from many other cities.
and farmers came in for twenty miles
around. Governor Altgeld arrived at
10 a. m. escorted by the Bryan and
Altgeld Silver club, of Springfield.
and received a tremendous ovation. a
procession of marching stubs, 5000
strong. escorted him to the public
square. where after dinner he ad-
dressed an audience of between $4,000
and 10000 people. The governor was
listened to attentively and cheered
most enthusias tically.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-31

The Local Markets.
C0rn--2O0.2c.
Oats-1+03Oc.
Hay-1imothy. e60S7; wild, S50&6
Potatoes, new-95c.
Butter-Fair TO choice, 13c; fresh creamery.
15c.
Eggs-Fresh, &c.
sprine; chicleny-$9 50 dozen.
Coal soft, 1Oc.
Cst.le-Buichcrs psy for corn fed steors 3xc@
&c: cows and heifcrs. $40 O3xc; cslves, SIC
04hc.
Hogs 2x63c.
Shcep-3o.
spring Lamb--S1 60o3l head