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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

A curious circumstance illustrating.
the difference in speed between sound,
which travels through the air, and
electricity. through wire as its guide
and conductor. occurred in Cali
fornia- A certain powder works
blew up in a town while a rail-
way telegraph operator was telegraph
ing to another in a neighboring town.
At the instant Of the occurrence he
~telegraphed the news to the operator,
who, go seconds afterward, heard the
report Of the explosion. He knew IL
had occurred BY wire just one minute,
before he heard the report. Sound.
travels at about the ate Of LAO feet
per second. while electricity accom-
plished 10000 miles In the same short
period Of time.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23
a HlsToRIc %RUILnINa.


The Old Post once at CharHeston Hns
Seen Famous Men.
Among the quaint old structures Of
Charleston our old post ofice build
ing takes the lead in historic interest,"
said Mr. James S. Murdoch. a leading
wholesale merchant Of the Carolina me-
troPoIis. Mr.. MurdOck il here with a
delegation Of his townsTnen to ask con-
gress to make q modest appropriation
SO as to donate the aforesaid ANTIQUE
edifce to the city.
"The old post Office" said be, "was
built Of brick imported from England
in 1867 under the direction Of q com
mittee Of tbs colonial assembly. Its
leading members were John Rutledge,
Henry Laurens and Thomas Lynch,
who later took a prominent part ia the
formation Of the republic, and whose
names will be found among tin signers
Of the Declaration Of Independence.
During the occupation Of Charleston by
the British il was used as a prison, and
between so and 10 OF the best citizens
yer confined there before their re-
mova1 TO St Augustine. Fla. IN the
number WAS Col. Isaac Haynes, Of the
celebrated family Of that name In
revenge for the execution Of Mai. Andre
Haynes was taken out from prison and
suffered the death penalty by orders Of
Col Balfour. then In command, With
out the formallty Of q trial.
"In 1870, when Gen. Warrington Wis
tied Charleston, Il was the SANS old
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

upon the balcony, The veranda is of
very good size, 7x16 feet. The bath
room is 6x7 feet and the pantry 5x9.
The Mushroom, off the grand hall, is
a neat and handy addition. A coat
closet is shown off the vestibule; the
vestibule is 5x5 feet and the washroon
5x5 feet. The china closet has a slide
opening into the kitchen pantry. A
rea stairway and a stairway to the
basement lead from the kitchen. Two
sinks r shown, one in the pantry and
one in the corner of the kitchen. A
side entrance leads to the dining-room
from the yard. The two f~ireplaces, in
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

parlor and dining-Eoom, win be of red
oak with tile facing and tile hearth.
The wood finish on first floor viii he
of Georgia pine, second floor of white
pine, oil finished. The hall and dining
room win have a finished floor Of red
oak. All floors throughout the house
are to be double. The outside viii be
sheathed with flooring. tar paper be-
tween floors, and felt paper between
sheathing and siding. Studding Xxi
inches; joist 2x1O inches; rafters 2xS
inches; plates 2x1O inches; beams sx1O
inches.
Bubble stone win be used for the
foundation wall, which is to be 16
inches thick.
The first story win be 10 feet in the
clear; second story Q fleet 6 inches; base
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23
Mom pLANTs RREATnE.


They Are Provided with = ReRulnr and
Complete respiratory System.
All plants. from the humbIest way
side weed to the most stately tree. ars
provided with lungs and a regular
respiratory system. If q leaf be cx-
ahmed while under the glass Of q
powerful microscope It win appear ale
most like a piece Of lace work, the n
tire surface being punctured with thou
sands of minute openings. These opens
ings may properly be said to be mouths
They are technically known as stom-
alta, but they serve in the capacity of =
mouth, and it is through their well
guarded lips that all the air passes
inc the tube that is provided by IN ALI
wise Providence for the purpose OF
airing the blood (sap) Of the plant or
tree in question. Strictly speaking, the
leaves themselves are the lungs OF the
plant, and the air comes in direct cons
tact with the sap and aerates It as
soon as 1t passes through the minute
mouth or opening in the surface of the
leaf. The botanists say that these
openings (stomata) are so well guard
ed with tiny bristIes that it is absolute
~ impossible to force a drop Of liquid
(water, spirits or anything of that
sort) through the lips. This is certain-
ly wonderful. when we consider that
they are in fact continually opening
and closing, in fact performing the act
of inspiration and expiration.
Wagner says that 'the average apple
tree of five years growth inhales and
exhales as much air in a given length
of time as does a full-grown man.
st. Louis Republic.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23
using PoMnEREn con.
New Process Effects q Saving In the Fne
Bill of Factories.

New Process Effects q Saving In the FueH
Bill of Factories.
Engineering contains . description
Of a process which has lately teen
brought out by Carl Wegener for util-
izing powdered coal. The coal, which
has been ground to pass through q so
mesh screen, is fed into a hopper which
is located in front Of the furnace. At
the bottom of the hopper is a grating.
which can be agitated from $50 to $50
times to the minute, according to the
rapidity of feed desired. The coal dust
falls through the CRATE into the bend
of an air supply pipe, which enters
the furnace at the top of the furnace
door. As it falls into this pipe it il
met by the induceddraught and carried
into the surface. The interior Of the
furnace is lined with friedrich for a
Of 10 to IL feet, and has in
addition two friedrich bridges. There
is no crate and there are no fire doors,
50 called, the combustion being,
watched through peep holes. "A test
was recently made in Berlin Of a Corr
nish boiler, fired first by hand and
again by the same coal, in q powdered
condition. The results show that the
dry powdered coal evaporaS-d from
and at 212 degrees 9.12 pounds of water
per pound Of dry coal, IS against GAS
pounds for solid coal, fed by hand stok-
ing. It was claimed that the poor con
dition of the CRATE is responsible for.
the very low results in the latter case.
The trial. however, shows good econ
omy for the Wegener system. The,
grinding costs about ten per cent. Of
the value Of the coal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

And Those VINE Profenal0nnIly Make q
Practics Of the same.

And Those Whe Professionally Make q
PractIcs 81 the same.
How difficult is the lawI One who
knows the law must know how to
choose from its armories a spear to
pierce its own armor, or . shield proof
against its spears. The law is long.
and hath no end; it is uncertain unto
dumbness; often silent or ambiguous
for the future. yet demanding rigorous
observance Of the past. It is subtle
to include the craft Of the ages: sordid,
fierce, and unjust, bound by the pre-
cedents Of half-savage times, yet hold
ing latent within itself all the better
ment times to come. How difficult is
the lawi
Strangely enough, the practice OF
the legal profession is often Illegal. I
have known two or three lawyers who
succeeded in freeing their clients and
setting them unbound in the primrose
paths Of liberty while they themselves
were detained to walk the thorny paths
Of bribery and subornation.
As a class lawyers + usually vain,
being in this respect as vain as men
in other professions, and approximate
ing to editors and drummers.
.sThe law say the lawyers, sharp
the perceptions, cultivates the judg-
ment and opens the mind to reason and
argument"
The grocers speak equally highly Of
the grocery business. They claim that
selling . Goldfish puts them ahead Of
their generation, and that disposing
Of q crate Of widowed raspberries after
four o'clock Saturday afternoon leaves
them without companions in intel
lectuaI converse.
Il IS . pet sophistry Of lawyers that
they u enabled by their special train
ing TO look upon both sides Of a ques-
ton. When lawyers fall to telling you
Of their unbiased minds, you win have
to ask them to go slowly On account Of
the excitement. But, IN fact, lawyers
see merit on only one side, and that is
their onn side. That their side de-
serves the verdict they have an abso-
Lutte belize. It is true that in address,
ing judge o. jury they employ such
magnificent rhetoric chat you think
their belief Is affected and assumed,
but IL is ia fact real. Every lawyer
thinks be should win, IL not on his case,
then On his almost sinfully ingenious
way Of presenting it.
II Is said that the pursuit Of the law
makes a fair man. but fairness law and
lawyers think littls Of. So little, in
deed, that If . lawyer should attempt
to introduce evidence to show the
righteousness, and even holiness, Of
his cause, opposing counsel would inn
mediately object to it as trifing and
immaterial. The judge would sustain
them, saying: 1T is not pertinent"
II understand that, your honor" the
hopeless lawyer might say. Il wish to
throw in the Righteousness Of my case
merely as q makcweight."
THAT win not do" the judge would
sternly reply. Il cannot listen to ex-
traneous matters. If you have no
crafty evasion Of the law or ingenious
subterfuge to bring forward, you will
be adjndged in contempt for pretend
ing to occupy the true Of this court
Harper's Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

But finally at last we are all plain,
human flesh and blood and bones
weak and Maynard worms Of the dust
with the regIar human proneness to
stray and struggle or into forbidden
grounds and cat of the forbidden fruit.
And it raley ain'ts so tremendous strange
that somethin to pass now and
then in the Rocky Creek settlement.
Oncst upon q time-in the dead
hours OF night landed in the town OF
Tcxarkana-which is either in Texas,
Arkansas or Louisiana. Thenextmorn
in there was aregIar drove Of boys hang
in round the boardin house where had
put up to pass of the time.
In bruisin around the town that day
I saw q yearlin boy. with red head and
a freckly face. come chargin down the
street, screamin with every jump at the
top Of his voice:
20, mawl nav! m-a-w!s
A fne-looking lady run out on the
front steps and wanted to know Of the
boy what in all the round created
world vas the matter with him.
nave saw kufeS anders!"-says the
boy-"I have saw Rufe Sanders! He
amt nothin but a man, and not well
dressed at that"
Maybe that boy didn't know it at tbs
time. But right then and there he
spoke forth a great COB Of human truth
and soberness. When / returned back
home I sent him . pocket knife that had
three blades, with my double-breasted
compliments. RUFUs SANDERS.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

stacked trims nndev the famous aPpA
tree HIS first wife carded the wool
and spun The thrsadan wove the eleeh.
and made him the most loveiiest pair Of
blue jeans breaehas you ever saw par-
haps. And from That time tin now old
man Sol has stood up and got married
three times with them same blue
brooches on. The next day after the
weddin be always pulls his margin
breeches on an puts en- away in the
old family chest. And there they stay
tin another funeral comes IN at the
Simpkins place. and the next weddin
day rolls around.
Hit was along in the first windy days
81 this year when the old lady Simp-
kins took down mighty sick and was
presently gathered up to her fathers,
as it were. She was number three,
you understand, and oncst more Sol
simpkins was left 9 pore lonesome
widdower" in this cold and naughty
world below.
So consequentially It want no ways
surprisin to me that mornin when the
old man come ridin along BY our house
with them same blue breeches on.
Right then at that time I couldn't say
fer certain where old mar Sol was goin,
but / knowed good and well what he
was goin after.
"Yonder goes old man Simpkins with
his blne breeches on a ' l TO
mother as he rid by. And by gracious,
she got so foamin, fghtin mad with the
whole he division of the human race till
I thought in my soul she would Jump on
me.
sits 9 p~luperfect ~scandaiation on the
settlement" says she. "The green
spring grass amt so much as sprouted
on his last wife's grave. I'll lay you
could go over to the Simpkins place this
mornin and find Aunt Milly's track out
in the COW pen and around the potato
bank. And yet here he goes-the wick
ed old scapegrace-with his blue
breeches on. so bad OF to git married
till he could taste it with his eyes shet."
Well, l didn't have anything in par
ticular to say right along there. Mother
is q woman, you understand, with all of
a woman's soft and gentle and tender
ways. She never has learnt one cold
and stubborn fact, which is that when a
man as old as Sol Simpkins takes up a
notion to git married, it amt the right
time Of year for him to weep and wall
and grit his teeth over the sad and
buried past.
Anyhow, il turned out that the old
man was on his way down to the Flat
Woods to the Wilder Watkins. Itlika-
wise also come to pass that when Sol
Simpkins returned back home the next
day he'had them same blue breeches on,
and the wilder she went with him.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

George Ebers, the Psychologist. has
discovered that many Of the queer
medical recipes found id old English
and German hooks come from the an
cient Egyptians They were not
known to the Greeks, but were spread
from Salerno, the great medical school
Of the middle ages, 70 which they mush
have come through Coptic and Arabic
t~xanelations.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

weather.n Well, the longer I live and the
deeper 1 go into this vale Of years and
tears the more palmer I can see wherein
the good old lady was right touchin
the great question Of weather. We
have had some sort Of weather-in
fact, we have had all sorts Of weather
here lately-and as usual the fruit crop
got caught out in the cold snap.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

around IN Is
vain and aeetin
world nigh on
to SO years
''And / have al
ways took no
tice, Rufus
says she, ''that
along about
this season of
! the year we
most ingenera1
" always have
Some a0rt IF
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23
BUILDINGANDSC SCIENCE.
Art M ARCHITECTURE.


Plans Of q Very Pretty rwenty-FOur Hnn-
dred oils House.
Written for This Paper.1
This very attractive home contains
nine rooms, has a stone foundation and
can be erected for 50, 400.
The size of the parlor is AXIS feet;
library. 1px10 feet; grand hail, lox20
feet; dining-room, 12x13 feet; kitch-
en-. II feet 6 inches by II feet 6 inches,
family-room, 12x14 feet; chambers,
10. . by 10 feet 6 inches, 12x13 and
8 feet 6 inches by IL feet.
One end Of the parlor is in a circular
form, and the family room over the
parIor has a very nice feature in the
shape Of . bay window opening out
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

Mrs. Brown-How would you define
sAtact2"
Mrs. Jones-I should say tact is the
ability to make your husband believe
that he IL having his own way-Puek.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

Mrs 4riyyet-Do ypu think the ami.
mails have d language2
Mr. Trivvet-Wel. ! have often heard
o. deer stalkngJude
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23
RUFUS
eage Of Rocky Greek Tells About
tho Hn Country.


0ncst upon . time old Misses Stringer
told me that she had been peruain
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

im~peaehable characters. The tallncy
has been exploded that railroad men
cannot be as good as any class Of men.
There are many devotedly pious cons
ductors. engineers. frernen. brnke4ncn,
etc. and their number is Increasing
every day Drunkenness has well-aigh
been reiegated to the pasts swearing
and gambling and impurity Is giving
way 70 the nobIer. better state Of things.
and railroad men now point with be-
coming pride to this improved state OF
things. Let the improvement keep on
SAM p. JONES.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23

'pnntry No man 8 perfsot
|norany imperfec No man.
be trner to conscience and
"a q rai1road man. Thousands.
% committed e their keep
Whatever excesses aud bad
al make them i~nefHeient
Topped oi1, nna whatever con-
moral growth and Develop
"a be fostcred and practiced
Their veryrelations towards
donnnnd rnna heads n4a me
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-08-06
DELINQUENT TAX LIST.
Notice Of Sale Of Lands and
Lots for Taxes.
Office Of
Office Of
Treasurer Of Sumner County, Kansas.
Wellington, July 10. 1896.

Know Ye, That pursuant to the laws OF
the State of Kansas, made and provided
], Ezra Spencer, County Treasurer OF
Sumner County, State of Kansas, will, on
the first Tuesday of September, A. D.
and the next succeeding days, sell at pull
lie auction, at my office in the city of
Wellington in said county and State, so
much Of each tract of land and town lot
comprised in the following list as will be
necessary to pay the taxes and charges
accrued thereon for the year A D. 1895.
Said several tracts Of land and town lots
being each and all situated in the county
OF Sumner and State of Kansas and de-
scribed on the tax roll for the said year
1895 as follows, to-wit:
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-08-06
Gilmore's End Add.

300 by 800 #. in S. wi
4 Sec. 2, Twp. 80, r.
8 W.lying E.of Blk.
No.H, Central Park
Add. to Caldwell. I'll
Beg. $50 #. S. of n.
h. Cor. Of S. W. al
Sec. 2, Twp. IS, R. 81
Whence SIS II. W.
10 II. n. 70 #. and
II 170 "
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-08-06

GilmOre's Add. All OF S. E.kI
Sec. 2 Twp. IS r. 3
". lying +. of X. r.
and W. of Out Lots
3 and 4 South Add
to Caldwell. e. .... -.
" Beg. at S. Z. cor.
Sec. 2 Twp. IS R. 8
w. thence S. 1873 IT.
n. l7.25 degrees
W. 252 #. to K. r.
y. W. along R. r.
800 IT. L. 2Si #. and
9 g. ISL #. to beg. PHI
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-14

Cloths, Flannels, Etc.
Staple coatings, fancy cloakings, imported :
domestic fannels Aanneettes ETC., also SIX
ings and light summer flannel
Domestic Linens
Finest imported Linens in Table Damasks N
kins Towels etc, also shirtings, towelir
bleached and unbleached muslns, etc.
Umbrellas and ParaSOlS
department fully up-to-date, brinful OF no,
ties and lacking in nothing that common sense
fashions whims demand
Ribbons and Laces
A department rich in novelties, abundant
stock, and beyond the keenest competition wi
it comes to values.
Popular Priced Millinery
An enlarged department where high class Il
linery can be purchased for what it is worth
trinsically. A new idea
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-25
Death of George w. MccHntock.

George W. McClintock, one of the well
known citizens of Owosso, died at his home
on Randolph street early Wednesday morn
ing. He was sick for long time early in
the spring and summer with fever, re-
covering sufficiently to get about, but did
not get robust. About two weeks ago he
was again taken sick, failing rapidly with
the result stated. Mr.. McClintock was
born in Owosso 81 years ago, and so was
one of its old residents. He was man of
pronounced opinions, strong temperance
advocate, good citizen and neighbor. His
wife, one son and four daughters survive
him. de was member of Quackenbush
Post G. A. r., and of Owosso lodge A. o.
u. W., both of which organizations will at
tend his funeral Saturday afternoon at 1880
at the house, o'clock at the Baptist church.
Rev. w. B. Matteson will officlate.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-25
Henderson.

Mr. Caldwell, father of William and John
Cald we'll, died Sunday last at the home of
William Caldwell. Funeral services were
held at the house, Wednesday, at one o'clock
p. m, and the remains were inferred in the
Henderson cemetery. Deceased leaves an
aged widow and three sons to mourn his
loss--Wm. Detwiler is still on the sick
list, but is reported as on the gan--M rs.
E. l.. Bunting left Thursday morning to
visit a sister in the northern part of the
state-Mrs. K. Z. Bunting left Thursday
morning to visit relatives in Lenawee Co.
Miss Minnie Peters went to Toledo to
spend the holidays with her brother, Perry,
formerly of this place--Bruce Copvis had
his right hand and wrist badly injured last
week by the explosion of a shell loaded with
fine shot--MartiD, son Of JOHN King, fell
and dlslocated his wrist while playing at
school last Monday--Dr. Lumby has pur-
chased the drug stock from DIR. S. Ludlum
and will take possession about Jan. 1st--
The special meetings at the M. e. church
are still in progress--Some very neat re-
port cards were given to the pupils of Hen
derson school last week. School closed
Thursday night for weeks vacation
A number of the young people enjoyed
themselves Wednesday night by tripping
the fantastic toe at the home of G. G. Wash
burn--Mrs. Bare, of Toledo, is visiting
her parents, Mr. al d Mrs Detwiler.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-25
PRESENT QUARTERS ARE EN-
TIRELY INADEQUATE.
INCREASING POPULATION MAKES
IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY.
1t is Hoped an Appropriation Will be
Made This Session.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Washington, December 22. Specially
The house committee on public buildings
and grounds have prepared favorable re-
ports in which the enterprise and progress
of two thriving Michigan towns are praised
in unmeasured terms. The bills provide
for public buildings for Grand Haven and
Owosso, and were introduced by Congress-
men Smith and Linton, respectively. AS to
the needs of Owosso, the committee, in a
report that will be presented to the house
after the holidays, says:
''Owosso, the county seat of Shawassee,
one Of the richest agricultural counties i'm
the state, is situated on the Shiawassee
river, which furnishes magnificent water
power for its many and growing industries.
Its population increased from 2,5O1 in 1880
to G, ,567 in 1890, and since the latter date
has grown in spite of recent hard times and
business depression, so that now has q
population of more than IL, 900. 1t posses
ses all the advantages of a modern city, in
cluding gas and electric lights, water works,
telephone system, a well organized and
efficient fire department, free mail service,
electric street railways, four weekly and
two daily newspapers, six job printing es-
tablishments, churches of all denominations,
several public schools with the finest educa-
tional system in the land, splendid public
library, three first-class banSs and over
In 70
with others being organized, some of which
are now shipping their products to all parts
of the world
"Four railroads center at Owosso, which
trade with the surrounding country and the
probability of the growth to population of
25, 900 or more within the next ten years is
shown by the wonderful increase in the
past three years when other towns and cities
were glad to hold their own. 1t has trebled
in the last decade and will undoubtedly
more than double within the next. Similar
bills were introduced in the fifty. first, fifty
second and fifty-third congresses, and the
senate bill was favorably reported in the
fifty second congress. In view of these
facts we deem it but just to the citizens of
Owosso and a prudent expenditure of
money to build a postofflce that will acom-
modate the growing requirements of the
city, and we believe $50, 900 is not an un-
reasonable amount for building of the
kind needed"
Both Messrs. Linton and Smith hope to
see their bills passed in the house at the
present session, and in the event that they
do not become laws the prestige of passage
by the house will be OF decided advantage
in getting them through the next congress.