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


the Burr place, and If he did that
he would likely do something nice for
their town if the women did not make
it too uncomfortable for his family.
what if we write an anonymous let
ter to Mrs. Sloane and tell her we have
some sense and don't need to be invited
to see her in boomers 2" said one of the
afternoon visitors.
Grandma Somers, a lady of the old
school, sat in her corner mending, and
calm as a June day. Nobody remem-
bered to have ever seen her stirred up.
In the civil war days, when there were
war meetings and people were excited,
she would say: 'sOh, this is nothing
like the time of the great alarml" Her
memory went back to that time. She
seldom joined in the conversation when
the neighbors gathered in, but now she
raised her head from her work and
said:
"You better go to Mrs. sloane's to-
night, and decide afterward about your
letters. Long ago as when / was a girl,
an anonymous letter was considered d
AtuAA Vi H-OACCA41tB 4 QUn y KNOW
what people think about them nova
days; did not know but they were a
lost art"
Evening came, and they did all 20 ia
Mrs. Sloane's, and she had a beautiful
"night-blooming cereus'' to show them.
IT seemed that in the morning she felt
sur that the plant would blossom that
night, and she told her coachman Ia
get word around to have anyone come
to see it who wished to do so. The
coachman saw Martha Shafer, and
thought it would save him all the both
er if he told her to tell the people.
Nobody could ever make out how
@night-blooming cereus'' could sound
like dressed in bloomers tonight
but the party concluded to be friends
with Mrs. Sloane, if she would let them,
from that time forth.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-06
TAk REIeN 81 LovE.
We Seem so 30 as Great BnrBarianp
day AZ Ever.

We Seem so 30 Is Great BarBafiana TO
day as Ever.
Were England to fall from her high
estate, to lose her prominence among
the nations Of the world, to sink to the
rank Of a second-rate power, not only
would our own liberty be %grieyously
impaired, but the cause of liberty
throughout the world would receive a
deadly wound. In approaching the
question Il is essentially necessary to
clear ones mind Of that sickly senti-
mentality, that optimistic can't OF
Observation-Disclosures" as it is called,
which is SO unpleasant a sign Of the
times. 4War and hate have not retired
from the world to make room for men.
and for nations Of men. Yes, and for
fruitful strifes and rivairies of peace"
The struggle for existence is still the
law for men and for the nations of men.
Yes, and will continue to be so for gem
erations far beyond those of which we
need take account. Human nature may
be transformed in an indefinitely re-
mote future. So many leonine nature.
But in this epoch Of the world wherein
we have to live and act, if the lion lies
down at all with the lamb, 1t is, as sgd
ney Smith said, with the lamb in his
stomach. And if men forsake the use
of swords and spears it assuredly is not
to convert them into plowshares and
pruning hooks, but to substitute rifed
cannon FOR those antique instruments
Of slaughter now found ~ineffectively
m%urderous.
Surely never was the aspect of Europe
so threatening as it is at the present
hour. Standing armies of a vastness
hitherto undreamed of confront one an
other. The frontiers Of every country
are embattled. Railways are converted
into military roads. The physical
science is ransacked for engines of car
mage, The whole continent is an inn
mense parade ground, destined-who
can say how soon?-to become a vast
battlefield. At such astine, who but a
fool or a scoundrel would promise Sc
curity to this country, SO obnoxious to
the jealousy, so attractive to the cupidi-
ty of her neighbors, save on the condi-
tionthat she can vindicate it by arms2-
Fortnightly Review.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-06
creek Chariot Races.

The chariot races, like those Of the
Roman circus, initiated from the
Greek, were Of striking interest. There
was scarcely any honor of the games
more glorious than the ch~arioteer,s
victory, especially If the owner drove
his W horses. The danger to life
and limb undergone by the charioteer
was not less than that risked BY the
athlete in boxing with the cestua, or in
the pancratium. The vivid chapter in
ben Hur" depicting the chances and
perils Of q chariot race essentially the
same as that Of the Olympic games
gives an excellent notion of such q con-
test.-G. q. Ferris. in ST. Nicholna.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-06

There n some things in which our
English cousins have the advantage of
US. An American millionaire, accus-
toned to purchase anything he wanted,
tried to obtain from an Oxford garden
er the secret Of the beautiful lawns
which make the pride Of EngIand-or
a portion Of it. TELL me, my good
man, how you manage it, he said, con
descendingly, putting his hand sig
nifcantly into his pocket. 1T is very
simple, sir" replied the gardener.
quantity. "You cuts it as close as ever
you can cut, and you rolls it and cuts
It for 600 year" Youths Companion.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-06
slaenlnr nvgIenn.

Physicians declare one-half the dis
eases flesh is heir to are contracted by
sleeping two in q bed. It is only too
true. There is q poison constantly
arising from each body, which the other
inhales. Two single beds, placed side
by side, win do away with much of thu
bad effect, and yet one need not fec
that they are really alone.-St. Louil
Republic,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-06

ready for the tally-ho party from the
city q called q Mrs. Somers. .sThey
must have had calgeshead jelly, you
know and. positively, they expect that
cream slows almost ia the streets hero.
It is Ell right 70 sell to them. but you
can't sell what you want yourself. at
Aeast I'm not going to, ratified on Mrs.
sons. never waiting for any answer to
questions.
Sir. somers reused himself. and spoke
pps
What are you women always bother
1ng your heads aaout those people for
Why don't you Jet them alone2 what.
has started you now2"
WHY. pa, don't you know about our
glieiop2 Xeu must set over your
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-06

RoIlingstone Nomoss-Ih had an awful
dream las night.
Tatterdon Torn-Workin'2
Rollingstone Nomoss-Yes; thought
T was turned into q cake q yeast.-Phl
adelphla Record.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-06

Pnofessor-Have you ever held your
enr on a persons heart SO you could
study the action Of the heart?
Medical Student (blushing)-0h, yes.
several times, Texas SITTER,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-06

There's never a day 50 dark and drear
But that its close may shine
u rose. and gold, end amethysts
And tints Of ruby wincs
There's never a night 80 wrapt about
With mist and slantiEg rain,
But that the clouds may roll away
And stars shine u again
Grace Hibbards in Springfield tMass.l Re.
publican.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-06
40 soNos.

sN1fPA1uy.
II yen but touch nay hand. ever ever 70
Hghtiyi
Or speak a kindly word, Or on me foudly
smile,
Fam lighter grows the burden that I bear Of
s1rtoW,
Ara n MES sunshine happy. stand a
Nttla while.
Some gift III yours-perhnps Ills but frag-
ne lowcr~
or your dear presence for a moment at my
side.
VIII make nay dreary pathway bloom with
sudden blossoms.
And the shut gates of Paradise open to
me wide.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-06

Feeling By great force Of win. But this is
unsafe, IS it pulls powerfully upon the
nervous system, which viii not long stand
such strain. Too many people work on
their nerves. and the result is seen In uns
fortunate wrecks marked nervous pros
tration,n in every direction. That tired
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-06

Extreme tired feeling afiicts nearly everys
body At this season. The hustlers cease TO
push, the tireless grow weary, the enerS
petic become ~enervated. You know Just
what we mean. Some men and women
endeavor temporarily to overcome that
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Rumned Into Eaure.

How easily an intending assassin may
get within bomb-throwing or stabbing
distance OF Frances president is illus-
trated by an episode at the salon Of the
Champs Elysees. He goes about Paris
as an ordinary citizen and makes no A.
tempt at granueur, cxucpt vIr ot'-s~-~~-
casions. On that day he went to thu
salon to enjoy the pictures unaccom'
panied; but before long rumor goi
about that the president was there.
Now, it happened that mayor from
some provincial town was present, who
was eager to gain the presidents ear,
and this man began to rush wildly
through the rooms looking for M.
Faure. At last, in doorway, he found
his entrance blocked by several per-
sons, and, losing patience, he pushed
mast them and elbowed tall, spare
man out OF the way, exclaiming, Let
me pass; the president wishes to see
me, 1t is most important" But / am
the president, and I have not the honor
of your acquaintance" replied the
other calmly, whereupon the mayor
was so confused that he forgot his mis-
\ sion and withdrew abruptly.-San
nFrancisco Examiner.
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ulate prices. 1t may operate by con-
trolling laws. In its last analysis the
evil of the gold standard is the evil OF
monopoly, because 1t enables the flran-
cial magnates to fix the standard and
then to corner the money market a5
they have done. Monopoly and unjust
taxation are often combined, as In a
protective tariff.
The candidacy of Mckinley Is sup
ported by monopolists. The tariff
barons who made millions from monop-
olies gained. through unjust taxation
and the financial magnates who made
millions by cornering gold and selling
it to the government are combining
the power of their wealth and influence
to elect him. All the interests that plum
der the producing toilers by the reduc-
ton of wages, the increase Of prices by
trusts, the manipulation of corporations
and the juggling of the money market
are combined in his support.
On the other side is Bryan, whose
candidacy is a protest against every
form of monopoly and who must look
for support only from the toilers.
Can there be any question as to the
candidate whose success will represent
the welfare Of the people?
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ALL AGAINST SILVER,
EASTERN MoNoPoLIsrs AND
TRUSTS LEADING THEFIChT.
u Free Silver Would Iniars the Aneai-
-. Workman Every Mothers Son Of
rhsA Would BE Shouting for is

When Bourke Cochran exalted the
importance in the social fabric Of the
men who toll he used a common trick
Of argument to gain for his side The
apparent advantage OF the champion
chip of labor.
But Mr.. Bryan in his Rhinebcck
speech went as far, although in fewer
words. as Mr.. Cochran in pointing out
the Importance Of the toilers as vital
factors in the well-being OF the whole
social organism. In doing SO he merely
accepted practical axiom of political
economy that the foundations Of all
prosperity rest upon the welfare of the
men who dig and delve for the product
Of the soil and mine, who turn the raw
material into articles of necessity and
use and who perform the task Of plac-
ing them where they are needed.
Agreeing. therefore, that the welfare
Of the producers is the vital concern OF
all, the question of the campaign is
Which party offers the better hope OF
prosperity to the producers?
The chief enemies of the toilers are
monopoly in all its forms and unjust
taxation. Monopoly may be represent
ed by the power to control production
or to corner the products and thus reg
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"Anarohists' of Seventeen Seventy six
IN \ signed communication recently
published NJ. ]. Bishop, General Worthy
Foreman of the Knights of Labor.
wrote as follows. comparing the Bryan
anarchists" and "hayseeds" with the
Revolutionary patriots:
1.-THE men OF Concord, Lexington,
Bunker Hill and Valley Forge would
possibly not be able to particularly
adorn fin de steele drawing room,
high tea, musicale or White House re-
ception; their language, manners and
habiliments very probably would cause
the average scribe of today to sneer
at their inferiority, but those patriots
were imbued with the same desire fer
independence from British thraldom
which animates their descendants and
disciples of this century, and they will
advance to the goal with the same
spirit of determination and self sacri-
flee as the heroes of the Revolution.
There were no anarchists among
these brave fellows, but there was, az
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A BIG CONCERN.

Among the large manufacturing establish
hrents il Colorado. none have taken greater
lstritle and Increased thcir trade 10 smch pro,
lportions as have the Nash smith LEA aiin T.,
81 fouis thirty years ago. and with steady
increase OF bushes. and growing confidence
they were compe'd to Increase @ tnesr hny inr haye
Louis. Seven yeaD ago they decided TO open
branch house n oIse nsv and @ spice I'M m Of tie
proportions they intended to place at ne 'is,
.posil Of the merchants could be carried on
IND nerve the; could make it win, and built
ihe hest equipped mill west Of the Miss1uri
river To ~ 1t hs nrove s saeees net had NJ 9he the
o,portlifity Of visiting the Eagle Spice mills
cin form my idea Of the extent OF mnch,Ii-
ely. sk and labor re1red to th GMrrE i En- ednn .nGr
,,si,t Of machinery usually found In large
pice mill. They have lately placed new
Impiy a wonder To think that only a few
nonti,s ago It took from thirty-ive to forty.
i've minutes TO roast a bag of coffee, ana INA.
n eaeht minutes. ii would he hard for one
Who has not seen the roaster turn out the
offee believe, hut seeing Is believing, ann
yhNe our representative was there ne Siw
hIs done. In questioning Mr.. George A.
yasd, reyarding the advantages OF the ma
ine he said In the trs, place f ioS nll poTnSs ns
Il green coffee in the cyclinder It weighs,
vhen roasted from So to SO pounds this y
n the old style machinel. Every pound OF
.hriukage means no much per cent OF lost
lron1a. Now, the new machine save. saves oh, IRON
.ng the saving In aroma from u per cent -. to
. per cent. more. This, together wEh ne inc
swing In time, makes the. l.. +. Y. gat
ioasfsr the king Of coffee machtnery. Ae aisf lI
tated that they were the only house IN GoL ~.
ors,io, wyoming and Utah who could use thi'
roaster. We pay large royalty and th'
machine cannot be purchased at any price s.
This gives our company a great ndyansae'
over tie manufacturers who are not nllowet
to rse the gas roaster. To protect themselye+
against fraud by houses claiming to have ga
roasted coffee, they have placed one Of thes
iending brands on the market In one an. m
u. G 5. brand gas roasted coffee All tn
grocsrs can procure this. and Il the consum,
ers Wtsh q delightful cup OF coffee at nol
crate price they now have the opportunity
II youy grocer has not this coffee In stocs !
and wiH NOT get X for you. drop postal I
Nash -Smtth Tea and Coffee company; 16Os
161O-1612 and 1914 wazee street. DenycI
giving name Of your grocer, and above hrn
will see that you get n.
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now, an abundance Of agitators with
definite idea OF what to agitate for, and
but for the shrewd cunning Of the silk
stocking brigade of that day the
phraseology of our present constitu-
tion woultS not need such a wholesale
revision and reconstruction.
The fearless, honest, upright hay
seed and 'odorolus' wageworker tas
our modern convention critic Is pleased
to style them), were those who lifted
one form Of British yoke from the
shoulders of Columbia and their latter
day prototypes will finish what they
SO well began.
Tory newspapers, misrepresentation
and abuse, not even the ever poten,
gold, will save the treacherous crew
The people have seized the lever and
have demanded right of way for the
poplar reform train, and for the man
or thing putting any obstacle on the
track to retard or wreck its progress.
will be dealt with in as summary q
manner as his Tory progenitors OF the
past"
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CAUGHT IN Her own TRAP.
~ MA Pri.xls rrisA t. SPY o. Her
HnahAaa,


~ MrA Pri.Els Tried t. SPY o. Hss
Hashaaa
Mrs. PrinEle had been married Just
six months and would have been hap
~. but she was one Of those women
VINO never can let we'll enough alone.
says the Detroit Free Press. She was
Inclined to be jealoun of Mr.. Pringle
and was filled with sIrmises that had
No actual foundation. But she decided
to set trap for him and it never oc-
CURED to her that she might possibly
fau into it herself.
One day when Mr.. Pringle went
home to dinner his wife handed him
note, which she said had been left
tor him that morning. He opened 1t
and, after scanning it hastily. thrust 1t
tndifferently into his pocket.
Anything Important" asked his
wife, in tone trembling with excite
ment
"No-o. A business matter. that is
ALL"
"iou seemed pleased over It," sug-
geetsd Mrs. Pringle.
M. Pringle laughed. He also blush
ed. His wife detected evidences OF
consious guilt in the fact that he did
not offer to show her the letter. Yes,
she thought she had him safely trap
| ped and the knowledge made her ut
terry wretched.
NJ. Prngle read the note over again
on his WY rs the office:
| H'DpDr 81. 7 naya nftap soon and At-
mired yotfro a distance and would
be greatlIpleased to make your ac-
quaintanceA Meet me this AFTERNOON at
O'Clock atthe approach to Belle Isle
bridge. WI wear blue dress and
carry bunckot pink roses.
| "ADMIRER."
At the hourspecified the woman in
the blue dress was there. A man
] who was not Nr. Pringle-walked up
| to her.
\ Il have your note" he began, but
she turned on him like fury. "lIcw
dtre you speak 10 me? l am here to
meet my husband by appointment"
Il guess not. Tou are here to meet
Mr. Pringle. who sent me to see what
!Cu-"
wretch! If you address another
word to me I'll call for help"
Excuse me, but If Mr.. Pringln had
expected to meet his wife l am sure
he would have come"
Mrs. Prngle took a passing car aud
went home. She had changed her
ldress and butter wouldn't have melted
IL
in. She thinks she has proved her
husband to be model of rectitude, but
lshe doesn't know that he spotted "Ad-
nirer" at the first glimpse Of her dig
Eulsed handwriting.
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| low the farmer $500 to apply to tAs

low the farmer s5os to apply to tAs
mortgage and nothing to live or ran
the farm on. or $500 for expenses and
nothing for the mortgage, or $50 for
interest and 1929 for the farm and fam
lily, leaving the debt as large - ever.
In 1856 q man without money could
buy farm in the west on credit aud
pay for it with the proceeds of one crop.
In 1896 the same man might receive the
same farm, without incumbrance, as
gift, and be bankrupt in a year. But
Mr.. Cochran sees nothing in the discon-
tent of the western farmer except de-
sire to cheat his laborers.
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The Benuvolept ,old su,,.

knights of Labor Journal: The deep
interest which the gold bug bankers
are manifesting in the welfare of the
workingmen in these presidential cleo
tion times Is something truly touching.
These benevolent financiers are posi-
lively panic-stricken over the i'm
pending danger to the workingmen
from free coinage and an increased
volume OF money.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19

1t thus appears that the farmer In
1866 got more than three times as much
in gold for his wheat as he Is getting
now. and about twice as much for ev-
.erything else But II he had mort
gage on his farm it was reckoned in
currency, and one bushel of wheat
would clear of nearly 2.2O of 1t, insteat
of about so cents, as it will now.
A thousand bushels of wheat at that
time would pay off the whole OF mort
GAGE of 81, 900 and leave $1.196 for cx-
penses, The same crop would now al
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19
HsnnA's Nan.

Journal (dem.)-The bulk Of Mr.. RS
Kinley's volume is devoted to the two
subjects of money and tariff the
money question. under stringent criel 5
from Hanna, Icing treated frs. fo-
which wrench to his teelings NJ. Gc
ISlnley has our Cec2e-t sympathy.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19
rh. p,.oop,.nted Farmer.

The agricultural department has is-
sued a circular that will help to explain
why the farmers are not as happy now
as they used to be. 1t compares the
prices of leading farm products year
by year, from 1866 to 1895. The prices
are given in currency, but when re-
duced to a gold basis the results are
sufficiently striking. Inspect these fig
urea. for instance:
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19
Lot tn. Plain psopl. Ri...

knights of Labor Journal: The plain
people against plutocraoy will be the
issue Of this fight. no matter what le-
gend or party name may appear npon
the standards apan sus dope, that the
plain people will rise to the, dignity Of
the occasion kAf ShtAsahbnre place
America in posiaonlMheaA NSwiii be
possible at least that she can be freed.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19
|SarsapaTi|!a
Sense.

Any sarsaparilla is sarsapa-
rilla. True. So any tea is tea.
So any flour is flour. But grades
differ. Ton 1ooNf Tie best. It's
\ so with sarsaparilla. There are
( grades. You want the best. If
{ you understood sarsaparilla as
well as you do tea and flour it
would be easy to determine.
( But you don't. How should
! you? When you arc going to
! buy commodity whose value
} you don't know, you pick out
l an old established house to
( trade with, and trust their ex-
/ perience and reputation. Do so
when buying sarsaparilla
J Ayers Sarsaparilla has been
I on the market 50 years. Your
I grandfather used Ayers. 1t is
| reputable medicine. There
are many Sarsaparillas-
} but only one Ayers. 1t
cures.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19
lizard Monev and Hard Times.

One sentence contains the key to tie
times hard" This is an eternal truth.
But times are hard and have been hard
ever since We have had the single gol |
standard. and there is no possible ey-
planntion for the fact but bad money. .
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19

KicRsby-wife can you tell me why I am
like heiIf Mrs. Kickshy-No. dear. why J,
It? kicksby- Because I can seldom nno
anything wMie laid 1t yesterday.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19

WaM street Idea
representing
to1
guards the t
mission
of earh"-W Bryan Mado|
Square Garden en--St.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19

Teacher-Whnt celebrated event occurred
at Plymouth Rock? Tommie-I know. Teach
er-Weil, let us hear you tell the class what
1t was. Nobody else seems to know. Tom
mie-Thcy started new breed OF chickens
there,
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19
Halle Catarrh Cure
AIKEN internally. Price, 75c.

Eastern Man-Anything stirring in real
estate out your way this season? Western
Man (gloomily)-Nothin' 'cept an occasion
al landslide
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19

Uncle Josh-Thcrc's lots of money drop.
ped in Wall street, amt there? Nephew
Lots of 1t, Uncle Josh-And it's all drop
ped by folks that's tryln' to pick 1t up.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19

Such Is Fame: ''rhcy say that Scott did
not make AS great Il success as he should
of his lvanhoc." "rerhaps he didn't ndver-
tise it as extensively as he does his Emul-
sion -
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
God send to me.-Wm. Il. Mcclellan, Chester,
Florida, Sent II, 1895,
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19

FITS stopped free and permanently cured 20
hts after nrst days OF Dr. Klines Great Nerve
Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle and treatise.
Send to DE-. kLisE. 93i Arch ST., Philadelphia Pa
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19

In all the great European cities the fruit
dealers sell peaches, pears and apples, etc,
ornamented with armorial bearings. initials,
names and designs of various Kinds. This
work Is effected In n very simple way. Fine
fruit is taken Just before ripcning and pa
per designs. neatly cut. pasted upon 1t. Al.
ter awhile these are removed, and the part
of the fruit that has been covered IL found
to be of a beautiful clear white.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-19
HELD CAPTIVE BY ICE.
rnRiLLlNo EXPERIENCE OF
CAPTAIN. AND CREW.
me a.als were Fresea assAA - After
rsssy Dsys sf IApshssosss a.a
Hearty Dsnsse - being cssshsA to
rsssss sAs Vessel hsseAss Its Dsst,-
..ss... q

HE bark Fluorine,
Captain Jansen, the
second Of the kryo-
lite feet from
Greenland, arrived
at Philadelphia the
other day, bringing
to q close the most
m en- orable and
thrilling voyage
ever within the
recollection of her