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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-02-22
HUMOROUS.

-Hayrick-"I want you to pull out
some of my pesky teeth" Dentist
(which one is bothering you?" Hay
rick-"Never you mind about that.
When you get to the right one I'll know
it quick enough."-N. Y. World.
Mr.. Henpeck (anxiously)-"Can l
bring proceedings in court, Mr.. Black
stone, TO set aside my wife's wiIl?"
Lawyer-"Why. your wife isn't dead,
man, is she?" Mr.. Henpeck-"No;
that's just the troublc."-Someryilla
Journal.
Where does this road go?" asked
the stranger who was taking a ride on
the elevated railway. at goes eventual,
~ into the hands of a receiver" replied
the gloomy passenger sitting next to
him, who happened TO a stakeholder in
the road.-Chicago Tribune.
You are worth your weight in gold
to me, darling" he murmured. Then
do go home early. George. dear" she
replied, YEARLY. I've lost ten pounds
since we became engaged, just sitting
up with you. We can't afford such ex-
travagance."-ITarper's Bazar.
Farmers BOv-"FutLer, kin 7 90
TO the MINISTRIES tonight with Hiram
lIomespun?" FarmCr-"Naw. 'Tain't
morc'n a month since yer went t. the
top o the hill to see the eclipse of the
moon. Pears to me ye~ wanter be
on the go the hull time."-Christian
Leader.
YES" said Dicky Stalate with a
satisfied smile, that young woman is
very fond of me-" How do YOU
know" a was calling on her yester.
day evening and do you know she wa
so thoughtful of my comfort thai she
worried for two hours for fear | would
miss the last car."-Washington Star.
-''William," she said, gently. and
yet in accents of reproof, you remem-
Der that | gave you several letters to
mail last week, don't YOU" yves; |
remember t." But this is the first
time you have remembered it since |
gave them to you, isn't it?" II
must confess that it is. How do you
know" Il put a postal card adj
dressed to myself among the lot, and it
hasn't yet reached me. 1t only costs
n cent, and l find that it is a very eff
fective way OF keeping check on the
rest of my mail. Now, dear, if you
will hand me the letters I'll run out
and post them Observation-Disclosures
Star,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-02-22
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Davis, OF
Washington, is one of the gradually in
creasing number of women who know
more about mathematics than is re-
Quired in bargain-counter transactions.
She is about to complete the calcula-
tons of the ephemeris or alumnaco of the
sun, a scientific publication of the
United States observatory. These cal
culations bring this work up to the Goth
century.
Prince Bismarck, in n recent inter
of coincidence from congress on the
death of Lasker: "Yes, | remember the
affair. Laskcr was an able little man,
though he was often wrong-headed and
tried to interfere with the logical dcvcl-
Opmcnt of things. | was asked to de
liver that resolution to the rciChstag,
and vas not willing to play the part of
messenger. That was the whole of the
dispute"
MIR. Robert Barr, who, as Luke
Sharp" is a popular author in the old
world and the new, has, the London
American tells us. just become n landed
proprietor in England, having boughta
large piece of ground on the top of the
Surrey Hills, and is building a hand
some residence for himself. lie is quite
a cosmopolitan as far as land-holding
goes, having a winter place in Florida
and a large grape farm and residence
on the Canadian bank of the Detroit
river.
The duchess of York has won the
affection of every one about BaImoral
by her kindly manners and her will.
imgncss to have her little son go in
and out among the people. The Brit.
ish Weekly tells n story of Il working.
man who was heard telling n friend or
the night the duke and duchess ar
rived in the Highlands: II got a bon.
net frae the dock and a bow frae the
duchess, and | knew it was for me, for
there wasna anithcr man in the road"
First editions of Robert Louis Stev.
enson are already fetching high prices.
At the recent sale of Philip Gilbert
Hamerton'sl library and ctchings, which
brought in only $3,37O, a presentation
copy of IAN Inland Voyage" 1878, was
sold for $50, and the first edition of the
New Arabian Nights" two volumes,
1859, for $40. +. Seymour Haden's
"Etudes sur Icau forte sold for $50,
the highest price obtained. Hamerton's
own books and manuscripts obtaining
very low bids.
1t has been asserted that the late
Edward Everett was disappointed" in
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-02-22
Whom the Lost Was Found.

THE next day was Christmas day,
and to be certainly everybody was too
monstrous busy haVin a good time to
hear the news concernin Lige Runnels.
But on the followin day after that it
leaked out, and on the third day the old
man was still missin, and the settle
ment by that time had got powerful bad
stirred up on the question. All the
men folks turned out and put in to burn
the woods and sift the ashes till they
found old nan Lige. Bless goodness.
they went on horseback and afoot-in
squads and droves-lookin for that
which was lost, whilst all the women
folks got together at the Runnels place
to comfort and console with the wilder
and the orphants, and wait for the news.
1.-THE sun hit was swingin tolerable
low down towards the western hills, so
to speak, when the men come back after
the mule and wagin. They had found
old man Lige hid out in a pine thicket
in the old fields down there on this side
Of Wolf Creek, but from what they said
they couldn't bring him on home with
out q wagin to haul him in. / took it
on myself to go out amongst the men
folks and ask Ben Chris Weaver if Lige
was we'll or sick, crippled or dead. Ben
Chris responded back to me that he was
we'll, and neither sick nor crippled mol
dead. But at the same time they
couldn't bring him home without the
wagin. So they hooked up the mule tt
the wagin and pulled out, leavin me
and the rest of the women folks in oatel
darkness as to what was what and VIII
was who.
1T was jest about shutdown wheI
they come back and old man Lige wa!
settin up there in the wagin as big al
life and cussin more terrible than
stage driver-cussin somebody We
couldn't tell who, TOR everything he
could lay his tongue to. The womer
folks then hid out on the hack porch
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-02-22
..spreadin Of the News

AT am now about the most idlest
woman in the round created world per-
haps," says Aunt Nancy to me and
mother that night after supper.
I had built on a roarin big fire-a reg
lar shin-roaster, you understand-and
with her pipe runnin on full time the
dear old lady warmed up to the subject
powerful.
THE hogs are killed and the lard
fried out and the ~sausengers stuffed and
the meat hung up. Christmas is over
with and it's most too soon for gardenin, |
l took my pipe and thanky bag and
put on my bonnet and lit out. Whereas
I am now jest naturally on the pad,
Rufus-visitin around and spreadin of
the news. l amt no tell tale ~tattler, and
you will never remember the day when
Nancy Newton went trapsin through
the country peddlin out scandalations.
But l am a woman-a plain female
Woman-and in all OF your born days
you never saw one of them sort that
didn't love to heal the news and tell it.
The mainest thing in the way OF
news that has took place in the Panther
Creek settlement in durin the Christ
mas so far as | know was the scandlous
scrape which old man Lige Runnels
backed his fool self into. 1t can't do US
nc harm for me to give out the facts up
here l reckon, cause everybody down
there has heard about it, and even to
the children they are spreadtn of the
news.
"Anyhew, old man Lige he went to
town the day before Christmas, and
naturally of course he waded right in
and got drunk. That night he come up
missin, and he remained missin for
three whole days and nights hand run
min. Now as to old man Lige, you all
know him, and l don't have to come all
the way up here to tell you that he
amt worth his in this world nor
in the future hereafter. But his folks
can't help that, and the people in the
settlement got sorry for them in their
great trouble and worriment on account
of the old man turnin up lost. Nobody
didn't know what had went with him.
People in town saw him when he started
off towards home, which he had then
climbed up around more busthead %his-
ky than he could tote without wobblin
considerable. Ben Chris Weaver met
him over there at the Wolf Creek bridge,
which at that writin it took his level
best TO stay on his mule, and about first
dusk the mule racked up to the lot gate
with the saddle and bride on. But old
man Llge he had fell off ~somewheres by
the wsyside and come up missin."
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-02-22

till the men could bring him in and put
him to bed. The leadin facts in the
case didn't leak out till the next day,
but when the news did git started it
spread like a fire in the piney woods
before a high wind in March.
THE naked, uuwashed truth is mighty
and bound to leak out, Rufus, and (
never could see wherein it ought to
hurt anybody" says Aunt Nancy as she
went down into her thanky bag and
came forth with another pipe load OF
smokin tobacco. The plain truth is
thaS two of the Watkins boys had like
wise also went to town the day before
Christmas, and amongst other things
they had bought some new pocket
knives. And on that day it come to
pass that whilst the Watkins boys was
returnin back home from town they
found old man Lige Runnels drunk and
down along the big road. So far back
as l can remember boys have always
been boys and the Weaknesses amt q
blessed bit better than other people.
AT any rates, the Watkins boys dis
mounted and got down right then and
there and took up a fool notion that
they would have some fun u Of old
Lige Runnels. They went to work they
did and made doll rags and gun patchin
out Of old nan Lige's breeches. From
what the men that found him say, they
must of cut port holes and bay windows
all around and then jest naturally took
out about three solid sections at the
gable end thereof.
''And that's how come old Lige to
turn up missin and raise such a terrible
confusionment amongst the neighbors.
When he come to his senses about day
light the next mornin there was too
many rents in his higgins for him to be
travellin along the big road. He want
fifteen to go home, SO he backed out
down there in the pine thicket and
struck camp. No doubts he would OF
been right there till now If the mon in
the settlement hadn't turned out and
hunted him down. know from what l
have seen myself that it takes a power
smooth cut through homemade jeans
with every thread wool, warp and wool
and film. l reckon that is how come
the Watkins boys to try the mettle of
their new pocket knives on old man
Lige's breaches.
And that's how come the old man lost
for three days and nights, and that's
how come he wouldn't return back home
till he got a wagin to ride in. Old man
Lige didn't know till it leaked out in
the settlement who had done the devil
ment, bat he was so fOamin mad about
it till he Swore out the necessary papers
and had the Watkins boys arrested.
The trial is comm off next week, and
consequentially l must be at home by
that time in orderment to keep up with
what mought ono to pass"
That amt all the news we got from
Panther Creek, but it would take a book
to tell you all the things hat Aunt
Nancy has told me.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-02-22

Don't dress to outshine your guests,
Don't convert a festive gathering into
an exhibition. such as up~holsterers and
silversmiths make in their stores.
Don't talk about the children.
Don't strive to inculcate envy of your
belongings in the hearts of your guests.
Don't address all your remarks to
feminine ears when you are hostess to
men and women both.
Don't invite more guests than you can
comfortably entertain.
Never give your guests such enter
tainment as will entail poor fare upon
the family for a week after.--N. y.
World
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-02-22

could tell from a distance off that it
was n of these old clay pipes what
you read about, and not right new and
fresh by a whole tremendous big lot
AUNT Nancy Newton, by the twelve
epistles," says 1 to myself, and then
presently when I returned back to tho
house Aless gracious Aunt Nancy she
was there.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-02-22

behold l heard
a very familious
fuss and cacklin
goin on at the
house. And in
the midst Of the
general cOnfu-
sionment like
wise also caught
the smell of a
pipe s t 6
and clear and
SearChin, |
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-02-22
FEEDING OYSTERS.
a Plan to Fatten Them on Pure Ma
~terlals.

a Plan to Fatten Them on Pure Ma
teriaIs.
Oysters, being ScavCngcrS, fatten fast-
est in ocean waters fed by river drain
age. This explains why Oystermen
transfer the oysters by ship loads from
the bays along the Atlantic coast. where
they multiply rapidly, but where, in
consequence of the lack Of food, they
are stunted in growth, to the estuariea
of Connecticut, New York and New Jer-
sey. 1t is believed, however, by many
of the oyster growers that if the BIZ
valves could be fattcned in pure sra
water they would be of better flavor,
uS well as more wholesome. The diff
Guilty has been to provide the proper
food. After seven years of experiment
these oyster growers have hopes that
the difficulty has been overcome. The
new method, which aims TO supply the
requirements of pure water and the
necessary food, has been put in prac-
tice on the shores of eastern Virginia,
Situated, as it is, near the end of the
peninsula, there are no streams of any
size flowing into the bay, and the water
is as unPolluted as that of the ocean it,
self. In the low, marshy ground that
fringes the bay a number of parallel
canals are to be eXcavated, the sea water
being admitted into them by sluice
gates. In these canals the oyster will
be grown. The mollusks will find there
their natural food, which consists of
diatoms and other minute algae, which
are reproduced in prodigious quantities
under the conditions existing of the
mixture of salt water with a small per
Centage of fresh water. The practica.
bility of the plan has already been
shown on a small scale. Thus far the
practice has beer followed of trans
planting the small oysters from the beds
OF the canals. But with the plan in full
operation this will not be necessary.
as the canals open right on the breed
ing grounds, and during the early sum
mer, when the spawn is given off, it will
float into the canals, and oyster beds
will be planted naturally. Other ad-
vantages claimed for the new method
of culture are the easy exclusion of the
enemies of the oyster and the convent
cnce of harvesting.-N. Y. Post.
Chance never yet writ a legible
book; never bniIt n fair house; never
drew a eat picture; never did any OF
these things, nor ever will; nor can If,
without ~absurdity, be supposed to do
them, which are yet works very gross
or rude, and very easy and feasible, as
it were, in comparison to the produc-
: - ( -
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-02-22

"Were you much benefited this year
by your stay at Saratoga"
81 don't think | am bhefited much.
Ny health is so bad, AM the improve.
ment l obtain each yer is so small
that | am afraid I'll dieof old age be-
fore | recover entirelyi-TexaA Sift
i1gs-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-02-22
DOWN ON PANTHER.
"a Mighty "Confusionment" Owe
Ono Lost Man.

Aunt Nancy Newton "SpreadiR of the
News"-LiEe tunnels Drunk and Down
for ChristnIas-ThO watkins Boys
Made Doll Rags and Gun Patchin
Out of His Breeches-NCw
Year Resolutions.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-02-22
Copyright, 1885,

Copyright, 1867
On the third day at January, some
where's along in the shank of the e~venin,
! was down to the lot fddlin and foolin
AROUND amongst the stock, when 10 and
The evening times., 1896-09-02
MRS. DREWITZ DEAD.
Wife of Former Pastor of Concordia
Church Expired at Raltimore

ht hafJlU1OFe.
Mrs. Lena Drewitz, the wife OF Rev
Ernst DrewitZ, who recently resigned as
pastor Of the Concordia Lutheran Church,
Twentieth and G streets northwest, dted
unexpectedly yesterday at 2 a. m, at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltin orc, as "A
result of an operation performed upon her
Nc intimation was given that any danger
would attend the operation and the very
evening before the sad event Mrs Drewitz
was laughing and chatting gayly with her
husband and the attendants. The opera
tioD was performed late Tuesday after
noonby DR.. Russell and at no time afterward
did She regain consciousness.
At O'Clock she died, and the sad news
was telegraphed here, to the great aston
ishmeDt and grief of her children aud
large circle of friends.
touching feature is the fact that but two
months ago DR.. DrcwitZ resigned his pas
torate in order that he, with his family,
might visit Germany, which they had left
to come to this country only fifteen years
ago. For some time the family have been
planning this delightful return 10 their old
home.
Air and Mrs. Drewitz have been residents
of Washington nearly five years, coming
frnm Wisconsin. DR.. Drewitz will leave
here tomorrow morning to bring the re-
mains from Baltimore
The funeral will take place from the
family residence, No. 1920 G street north
west, tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
The officiating clergyman will be DR.
Paul A. MenZel, OF Baltimore, who has sue
ceeded to the pulpit made vacant by Dr.
Drewitz's resignation. Among the pail
bearers will be Messrs. william P Herbst,
William H. johnson, and William H. Sholz.
Tile rest will be chosen from among the
Lutheran ministers OF Baltimore
The evening times., 1896-09-02
DOCTOR YOUNG

Will treat until cured, free of charge, any
bour applying in person a I his private SAN
itariuni, No. 700 Fourteenth street north
west, before September l6. The only fee
required or any one is Il mere nominal sum
to cover actual cost of medicines used. At
no time during the course will this assess
ment be increased. DIR. Young treats with
remarkable success all Chronic, Nervous
Blood and Skin Diseases. all Diseases of
the Eye, Ear. Nose, Throat, Lungs, Stomach,
Kidne IS, Bowels md BLADDER, Sexual Weak
ness, Nervous Exhaustion, Night Losses,
cocele and Hydrocele cured without cut
ting or operation. No pain. No detention
from business. No exposure. No testimo-
nials published. All Interviews and CORE
sponde nee sacredly confidential. Consulta-
tion free. Office hours. daily, 10 to 8;
"Wednesday 10 saturday evenings, TO g;
Sunday, 10 to L.
The evening times., 1896-09-02
Continued on Fourth Page.
STOCKS ROUNDED UP.
Republican Victory in Vermont Hat
Stimulating influence.


New York, Sept. 2.-The Overwhelming
victory OF the Republicans IN Vernont yes
tereiay had stimulating influence on tile
markets for securities this morning, and
prices in the first half hour Of business
bounded up Ia to IA per cent. The
buying for both accounts was large and a
more confident tone characterized the deal
ings. Nearly every stock on the list par
ticipated in the upward movement, but the
advance was most pronounced in the high
er-priced issues.
The principal gains during the first thirty
minutes of trading follow: Sugar, Ia TO
I1ol-S: Tobacco, l TO 81; Big Four, L TO
"a 3-S: Burlington, Ii to 90 rs Chi
cago Gas, "a to 90 IL; Northwest. to
80 81; st. Paul, Ii to 81 IL; Rock
Island. | Ia TO 81 3-S; Consolidated Gas,
= to 143: Lacka wanna, 2 IA to l53; Gen
eral Electric, Is to "a 3-4; Lake Shore,
to 143; Louisville and Nashville, Is
10 10 81; Manhattan, l-2 TO So; Metro
pol:tan Traction, l Ia to 81; New Jersey
Central, l Ia to Sc 81; New York Cen
tral, 3-S to 80 81; Northern Pacific pre-
ferred, to Is IL; Southern Railway pre-
ferred. | IA TO 20 81; omaha to 3i;
Leather preferred, l 5-S TO 4S; Waeash
preferred. / TO I3 81, and Western Union,
3-4 to rs 3-4.
London sold Louisville and Nashville
and ST. Paul on the advance. and toward
IL O'Clock local traders began to take
profits Manhattan was positively weak
at this time and dropped from 50 to 70 5-S-
The reaction otherwise was equal to Ia
and per cent. At the hour named specu-
lation was less active, but in the main
strong.
Stocks were stronger after IL o'c,oc'S
but business was less active. Operators
were generally disposed Ia work for Il re-
action. on the belief that the good effect
OF the Vermont election had been dis
counted. They were very cautious, how
ever, in extending their lines.
The industrials. grangers, and Lake
Shore were in demand throughout
The evening times., 1896-09-02
NUTMEG STATE REPUBLICANS.
Second Day of COnvention-Samu
Fessenden Elected Chairman

Hartford, Conn, Sept 2.-The second
days session of The Republican State con
vention convened at the Auditorium at
1920 O'Clock This morning, with almost
all the 504 delegates present, and a large
attendance of spectators in the galleries
Temporary Chairman Mclean called the
Convention to order, and the report of the
Committee on credentials was adopted.
F. A. Jacobs, secretary of the committee
on permanent organization, reported in
favor Of the Hon. Samuel Fessenden, Of
Stamford, rs permanent chairman.
Mr.. feSsendcn was presented amid shouts
of welcome from the convention, Which
were renewed Is there was let down at
the back of the stage Il large portrait of
Major Mckinley.
Mr.. Fessendeu then addressed the con-
vention. MS speech being received with
round after round of applause as he con
ulued. The convention sEouted loudly as
Mr.. Fessenden referred TO the result in
Vermont
At the close OF Mr.. FeSseDden's speech,
three cheers were given for him and for
Mckinley and Hobart
The platform was then adopted 1t CON
demnS tie Chicago platform as revolution
ary. aud indorses the Republican national
ticket
Nominations were then called for for
State officers, governor leading
The evening times., 1896-09-02
SEN AToR BUTLER SLIPS AWAY.
Gone South to Confer With Vice Pres
identinl Candidate Watson.

Senator Butler. chairman "f the Populist
national committee, left town this morning
for the South
HIS destination is not annou need, and he
stole away soquietly that his departure was
not known except to his immediate aSsoCi-
ates at headquarters.
These officials have no information 70
give concerning the Senator's trip, and
Secretary Edgerton said plainly, but sniii
ingly, that he did not care to state Sen
ator's destinationor the objectof his errand.
1t became rumored at once that the Sc
wall Watson controversy has II he'd such
an acute stage-at least in the mini of the
Hon. Tom Watso1-thatt the personal pres
ence OF the Populist chairman was needed
in Georgia.
There is thought to be little Gouht that
Senator Butler has gone to confer with
Candidate Watson concerning the ms. .>r Of
notifying the candidates and tie question of
recognition.
1t is known that Senator Butler had been
in active correspondence with Mr. Watson
for number of days, and matters were ap-
parently nearing q crisis.
The evening times., 1896-09-02
EXTEN DED
AGAIN!
DR.. Young Yields to the
Requests of the Dis
appointed.

All day yesterday y the reception parlors OF
DR.. foung private saIlt;iritdn were great
ly crowned. 1t was siuiply impossible for
the Doctorto see ana examine an who called
totake a&raDtageo or his &c nerous free treat
nient offer. Many we've turned away dis
appointed. Many requests have been re-
ceiveu through The mani from those who
were disappointed yesterday, as well as
numerous telegraiLD from out-of-tOwn pa
ueDJs as king an eXtcnslon OF The free Cfrer.
Dr. Young again yields TO their entreaties
and has consented TO extend the offer until
september is. DIR. Young has time and
themselves OF the free treatment oppor-
tunlty To not postpone calling until the
last few days, knowing many would be
crowded out at the last moment. 1t is
therefore wise to cone now, for the crowd
VIII lie greater than ever III the closing OF
this offer.