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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13
LIE RAsY.


Grasping az sunbeams and shadows,
Lands ~outstretched for the moon:
Heeding not SHOWS OF December,
Needing not roses Of June.
Ciatchirg at all things Elusive,
e1bning when shadows they prove,
flushed in the arms Of its mother,
Soothed by caresscg OF love.
Laughing and cooling and crying,
Sweet as the heart Of a rose;
trembling al over with mischief,
From it's head to its chubby wee toes;
Filling our hearts with new sunshine,
Cheering Fearisome way;
Teaching lis that the dark shadows
Conceal the SUMS beautiful ray.
Blessing of Heaven. the dearest,
Our hearts by thy smile made glad;
The touch OF thy soft. dimpled fingers
Has made Us forget to be sad.
In thysmile we are basking in sunshine
Thy prattle all gloom has beguiled;
There's nothing that's nearer to HEAVIER
Than the innocent heart Of a child
Mrs. "A, p. Jarvis, in Housekeeper.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13

him. When the party reached the POI
lice station, the proprietor of the res
taurant made his complaint to tbs
sergeant thera
Ihat's the man, said he. .For the
last two weeks some scoundrel has
been coming to my restaurant, and
whenever he goes out somebody misses
o hat. We have been watching for him,
Now we've got him. There he is. This
Is the thief. We caught him in the very
act"
But I was simply mistaken in the
hat" cried Picket. eff / were stealing
a hat / would have two here, but l
haven't. This is not mine. but you will
find mine hanging on the hook"
Eyes," said the restaurant man. II
know. Ordinarily you were in the habit
Of carrying a gripsack in which you
put the other hat. This time you came
without it"
But / am an honest man. persisted
the unfortunate Picket. II am well
known. Let the officer go to my house,
and he win see" He gave his name and
his address, and the sergeant, wavering
in the face of his p~rotestations, sent an
officer to accompany him to the address
given. In abouthalf an hour the officer
returned bearing an enormous pile Of
hats.
Here, sergeant" said the latter.
"see what | found in the fellows house.
His wife had gone out, and it was tho
servant who let me in"
WELL" said the sergeant, severely.
looking at the accused person, "do you
still deny that you are a hat thief?"
gazing at the gigantic pile Of hats.
i deny it. / denyi it in toto,u said the
unfortunate Picket. II bought these
hats. | don't wear them, but bought
them"
you don't wear them? What in the
world can you do with % hats?o
well, you see my wife has always
told me to sell them to an old-clothes
a I never think Of it, / am SO for
getful, Why, to-day I even forgot nv
umbrella. never had any head"
You have no head2 What do you
want with 2S hats, thenP"
But at this moment a weeping women
entered the police station. It was Mrs.
Picket. She had heard from the servant
Of the plight in which her luckless ht.sI
band vas placed, and came and told thu
police sergeant who he was and that thu
hats yer really his. But was Picket
grateful TO her? Hardly. He wished
a thousand times that she hadnotheard
about his m~isadventure and that he had
succeeded in going through all the pains
and horrors Of q police court far rather
than that she should find him there
the % hats-ee mute witnesses Of
her superior judgment staring him In
the face. He said to himself, mentally:
Never shall I hear the last of those %
He never did. In fact, he got
il morning, noon and right. He had it
with breakfast, lunch and dinner. rs
had it with his soup He had it with his
nightcap. He had It with his morning
slippers. And whenever the rain began
and poor Picket would incau-
say:
"What dreadful w~eatherl"
Yes" Mrs. Picket would reply. sex
the same kind 81 a day as when
Iou got rid Of your 20 hats. asan
Francisco Atgnnant.
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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13

Mr.. Carlisle Is more interested il
the platform which the democratic
party should adopt than he IS in the
nomination il shall make. and he would
rot think Of accepting the nomination
unless the platform should be aatis-
factory. By the way, has anybody
beard Of a single republican candidate
who % making any conditions on the
snbieet Of platformsf Louisville
SpprlerJQaFAal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13

Piled Mrs. Picket, with d burst Of sar.
dopie laughter.
Picket went out. He started toward
Mariey's house. but be had scarcely
gone more than 3 couple Of blocks when
III began4to rain.
Ihe1e said the unfortunate Picket.
just my luck beginning Is rain. cos
g new hot on, and no umbrella
he started into y iphboring door
way 20 wait until the shower should
cease ana as he did 81 AMMAN carry
mr. long plank o. his shoulder turned
end swept the unfortunate pfckets hat.
from bps head into the gutter.
Nafain9 the pitaies the lueklesn
ttRkst Ps5sNee a's FeW bet and gea
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13

People find just the help they so much.
need, in Hoods Sarsaparilla. It fur
nishes the desired strength by purify.
ing, vitalizing and enriching she blood,
and thus builds up the nerves, tones
the stomach and regulates the whole
system. Read this:
81 want to praise Hoods ~Sarsaparilla.
My health run down, and I had the grip.
After that, my heart and nervous system
were badly affected, so that / could not 40
my own work. Our physician gave me
some help, but did not cure. I decided 70
try Hoods S~arsaparilla. Soon / could do
all my W homework. | have taken
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13
cured

Hoods Pills with Hoods ~sarsaparilla, and
they nave done me much good. / will NOT
be without them. Ihave taken 10 bottles Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and through the bless
ing of God, it has cured me. / worked &c
hard as ever the past summer, and I am
thankful to say l am well. Hoods Pills
when taken with Hoods S~aTsaparilla help
very much" Mis-. NJ. M. MESSENGERS,
Freehold, Penn.
This and many other cures prove that
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13
a MATRIMONIAL JAR.
The Painful Tale Of a Husband
Who Had Twenty-Eight Hats.

-
It might have remained there a long
time, Picket's new hat, if Mrs. Picket
lid not repeat every time her eyes fell
upon It:
What in the world possessed you to
buy another new hat, when you leave
II there for weeks without ever opening
the box it came in ?"
"But," said Picket. II have not worn
st. because you keep telling me that
my old one looks all right"
"Yes, and you already have ~ hats
&hat you have quit wearing, and you
leave them in your closet covered with
dust. What in the world do you keep
them for? Why don't you throw them
swayg,
Throw them away! And yet you
know very well that you never throw
anything away. You would not throw
away a match that had been already
lighted. You're so fond of saying: 1t
might come in handy"
"AYell," sad Mrs. Picket, ut is true
that / never throw away things that
might come in handy, but how can old
therein n;l;pg nnsoid hats ,vhi,.b - u
no psA & anvora S,,bsr 49,
MANY mar sTcstnres 49, LII 49,
streets haSefoste59 D,
sRutv 49, spsolsot a4L .,5
wearmy hats Oh their bare feet F.
II don't see anything funny il that"
said Mrs. Pickett icily. 'sATou know
what mean vo,,Ss a.SM.t
Won don't understans M,
you send for al I'D eIothes nan ana.
sell+sm vonr haisSs man anu
Ar never think oai+n
Fu tue "a knew wba4 ~ - $50
NJ. i don,t thin,r vo,, fS;nl 4 az
$50 do IS YOU please. Buy new hats
sdon't wear tbem ~ ,,o,,s
picked c6acl,,dad
tired ana
80
The d8o
the chandelie
Such il married lite
fcd Picket. gazing after
rlVhether 4 a. 4 thine or don,t ~ IA
j am certain moi to please NV wife
Take that new hat. for example,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13

The faculty of Princeton college has
elected Sir Henry Irving honorary
member Of the American Wing society
That is a distinction seldom conferred
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13

-fennys0n Waa 1e when BIS frat
ppek q peems appearsas
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13

PUPm-aWhat qualities a man to becaliea
q master OF the fence7' ssWelL, monsieur.
he may be very clever wiz ze foils or he may
be Whist you call q mugwump.i'-Breoklyn
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13

There are two or three lakes in Col.
orado more than 10000 feet abyvs 1be
level of the sea.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13

PIso's CURE cured me Of 4 Throat and
CADY, Huntington, Ind, Nov. IL, 1894.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13

FRS stopped free by Dr. Kiine,s n,ea4
Nerve Restorer. No fits afterhrsb DAVIS nses
Marvellous cures. Treatise and So trial boz
Sic free Dr. Kline. 93t Arch St. Phila., ~
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13

ALI. men. II they work not as In 3 great
taslmaster's eye, win work wrong, work
unhnDpiIy for themselves andyou.-Carlyla.
THE act Of worship is among all creation
indigenous and peculiar to man.-Melville.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-06-13

I'D Ike to know what goo do think
~ 4 dent think you think al ali.
do IS you please. Buy new hats.
don't wear them, It's your
Picket Concluded
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-25
Mob TRIES TO ATTACK sLATTERY.
Ex-Priest Escapes from an Angry
CrGMh by nOnrdIng q Train.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2i.-It took all the po-
lice reserve in Newark. n. j.. to save Slat-
terry the ex-priest from being mobbed. He
lectured in that city this evening and at
the close of the performance a crowd OF
some / 500 gathered at the doors to wait
for his appearance on the street. slattery
and his wife waited in the church until the
crowd began 10 disperse. A guard OF
twenty-five policemen then escorted the
couple to a cab which was in waiting. Then
the cabman lashed his horses and attempted
to break a way through the mob. Orders
in the meantime had been issued for the
reserve police, who came double quick to the
scene OF the trouble. AS many as 5000
or 1000 people were still massed together
the most OF them with the sole purpose In
view OF reaching Slattery. It was strug-
Cling, bowling mob, and the ex-priest drew
a revolver. shower OF stones and other
missiles greeted this action and until the
end OF the perilous journey Slattery was in
danger from frequent attacks of this nature.
Slattery and his wife had Just got safely
aboard a train bound for New York when the
crowd began to pour into the station. II
was impossible to do the ex-priest any harm
before the train steamed away
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-25
NO EXTENSION OF FRANCHISE
Hawaiian Government Rejects the Addi-
tional Offers by spaulding.
HOPES FOR THE ORIGINAL PROPOSITION
Would Like to See the Gable Built To
Connect with the United states
In Accordance with
Agreement.

HONOLULU. Nov. 17.-(Per Steamer City
of Pekin, to San Francisco, Nov. 2l.)-The
matter Of the Pacific cable franchise, which
has been laid before the executive several
times by John w. Foster. was brought to
a focus on the 18th inst. when 1t was dis
cussed before the president and cabinet and
by a number of influential citizens. Presl-
dent Dole stated that a new arrangement
had been proposed by Colonel Spaulding
and his colleagues, and before taking definite
action the government had deemed 1t ad-
ylsable to consult with the business men
Of the city. At the presidents suggestion,
Attorney General Smith read the outline
of the new contract proposed by the Pacific
Cable company, which organization includes
such prominent and wealthy men as d. O.
Mills, ex-Mayor Hewitt of New York and
]. J. Hill of the Great Northern railway.
This company proposes that a contract be
made with them by which they are to have
two years in which to obtain concessions
from the japanese government, and from
the governments of the Australian colonies
relative to the laying of the cables from
Hawaii to Japan and from Hawaii to
Australia The company offers to purchase
$4,000 of the new 4 per cent government
bonds, presumably at par, and to forfeit
Sl25OOO in case an inter-island cable is not
laid within a year. II the desired conces-
sons from either or both Japan and Aus
tralia are obtained within two years the
company will forfeit S125,000 in each case
II it fails to construct a cable within three
years thereafter. On these lines they ask
twenty-year exclusive franchise. After
general discussion a resolution was unani-
mously adopted against granting further
franchise
Acting Minister OF Foreign Affairs Smith
yesterday afternoon notified John w. Foster,
attorney for Colonel z. s. Spaulding, that
after due and careful consideration on his
request for an extension OF concessions al
ready granted Colonel Spaulding, the gov
ernment had decided that it Is not ad-
visable at this time to extend any OF the
franchises or privileges he may now have
regarding the laying of the cable from the
United States to Hawaii so as to include
an exclusive franchise for a cable line be-
tween Hawaii and Australia or Japan, or
both. While the government regretted that
1t was unable to comply with the request
the executive wished to express hopes for
Colonel Spauldings success in building the
line originally proposed between the United
States and Hawaii.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-25
AIRS A CITY HALL SCANDAL
Des Moines City officials Are Very Heavily
Involved.
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION
Great Quantities of Supplies Alleged
TO Have Been Furnished ut Prices
Largely in Excess of the
Legitimate Schedule.

DES MONIES, Nov. 24.-Cspeclal Tele-
gram.)-The city hall scandal has come to a
head. When the administration was turned
over last spring to a new mayor and council
an investigation was begun of the records
of the last few years and it has Just been
completed to the point Of making public a
statement. An expert accountant, j. Nj.
Zane, was placed at work on the records Of
d. A. Hooker, clerk, and Thomas Waters,
auditor, under the old regime. He has
been at work for months and today made
public the results.
The evidence is that conspiracy existed
between the purchasing committee of the
council the auditor and the clerk. Waters
is at the head of the Watters-T Talbot Printing
company, and it is found that many thousands
OF dollars of printing bills in favor of thi,
firm were allowed at prices, in many cases,
more than twice the current rates. Not
only this; amounts for certain supplies were
paid for on bills rendered by this firm so
unreasonable that it is certain they were
never delivered. For instance, one bill for
$500 for lead pencils for a short period
was allowed.
The Watters-Talbot company organized a
straw corporation, the Des Moines Book d
Stationery company through which much Of
this company also charged immense prices
and sold quantities OF supplies that the city
could not possibly have used. 1t is pre-
sumed that a large proportion Of the sup
plies were in fact never delivered at all.
RAISED FIGURES on BILLS.
Not content with raising prices, 1t was
also customary to change the figures on
bills after they had been approved by the
council. The totals would be raised by
erasing or partly changing the figures; for
instance, / would be changed to a 4
or Z. Then the auditor would issue the
warrant for the new amount and the sur
plus would find its way into somebody's
pocket. Sometimes, in case of raised bills,
two warrants would be drawn, one Of them
in the name OF the person to whom the ac-
count was due and the other for the amount
that was to be stolen, in the name Of some
body through whom the steal was to be
made.
Alderman McElderry had the contract to
furnish the city's coal for a year, and ii is
found an immense quantity was sold and
at a price about so cents n ton, or % per
cent higher than current rates An i'm
mense number of specific cases Of fraud is
developed and the matter has been placed
in the hands of the city attorney for inves-
tigaticn. 1t is promised that civil suits will
be brought to recover, and also that criminal
prosecutions will be commenced
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-25
STOCK CERTIFICATE MOVING
Will Likely Reach the Secretary of the
Treasury Today,
APPROPRIATION SEEMS COMING NEARER
Red Tape OF the Department is slowly
Jnwinding, Promising the En-
tcrprise EncournRcmcnt
In the End.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 24,-(Special Tele-
gram) )-Ch.ef Clerk Logan Carlisle OF the
Treasury department stated today that tho
certificate of Trausmississippi Exposition
stock subscriptions would in all probability
go to Acting Secretary OF the Treasury
Curtis tomorrow. That II, upon eXamina-
tion, the stock subscriptions were found
to be in good faith. he had no doubt but tho
secretary would so certify, and the way be
thus paved for actually beginning plans
for the government. Mr.. Carlisle stated fur
ther that he understood 1t was Congress-
man Mercers intentions to endeavor to
cure larger appropriation for the ex-
position, which he looked upon as being
entirely proper, for" said MIR. Carlisle, IL
the government Is going into the show buei-
ness. believe in making it the biggest
kind of show in tha whole country"
1t is believed in treasury circles that only
the appropriation for sl5OOOO will have to
be taken care OF in the sundry civil, or
some other appropriation bill, $50, coo being
appropriated outright in the Exposition bill
for the construction OF buildings.
Interest is being aroused on all sides
over the coming exposition. and western
men living here are confident 1t will 0e
country.
John 7. Clarke and w. f. Clarke Of
Omaha were in the city today.
Comptroller Eckes today appointed Will
liam II. Dent of Lemars Ia, receiver of the
First National bank of Decorah. Ia, which
closed its doors about two weeks ago.
DR.. Victor Rosewater, managing editor OF
The Bee, is expected to arrive in Washing
ton tomorrow from the south. and will spend
Thanksgiving with friends here.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-25
POOL TO FIGHT DOCK STRIKER
Steamship Companies Divert the
Traffic from Hamburg

HAMBURG, Nov. 24.-owing to the strike
of the dock yard laborers here the officials
OF the Hamburg American line are diverting
their freight and passenger business to the
Bremen, Antwerp and Rotterdam companies
belonging to the North Atlantic Steamship
association, who have undertaken all the
liabilities and contracts. The Borsenhalle
in this connection says: The Hamburg
American lire has been guaranteed from
loss by the so-called pool convention"
The dockers' strike threatens to extend
from here to Bremen, forty men having said
they would strike unless their employees
conceded an increase of wages by 6 O'Clock
tonight. The employers replied they would
give their decision in three days time.
There are now $500 Hamburg lockers out
on a strike, but the sailors are also disposed
TO strike for higher wages. The London
Seamen's union has promised TO support
them financially and to refuse 10 discharge
the cargoes of non-union vessels arriving
from Hamburg.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-25
NEW MINISTER'S FROM CHINA.
Wu Ting Fang Comes to Washington
in Place of Ynng Yu.

In PInce OF NnnE Nu.
PEKING, Nov. 24.-Lo Fengle, WI Ting
Fang and Hwang Tsum Hsien have been
appointed respectively Chinese ministers at
London, Washington and Berlin. Yang Yu,
the Chinese minister at Washington, has
been transferred to St. Petersburg.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-The Chinese le-
cation received its first announcement of
the change in Chinese foreign ministers
through an Associated press bulletin. While
the news vas read with interest at the le-
CATION, 1t did not create any surprise for
the reason that Yang Yu. the present min
ister to this country, has already served
three years, the customary period, and
therefore was anticipating a change
II was stated at the legation that WI
Ting Fang, who succeeds Yang Yu. is a
man of about so or 55 years OF age He
has spent considerable time in England
where he studied law, and was admitted as
barrister. He had previously been edu-
Gated at Hong Kong, where English insti-
tutions are prominent, and when he returned
to China was located at Hong Kong where
he acted as police magistrate. He has been
in the service of the Chinese government
for the past ten years. assisting, among
other duties, in negotiating the Japanese
commercial treaty. He is also a govern,
ment director of the railroad building from
Tien Tsin. The name of the new minister
to England is incorrectly given as Lo
Fengle. Il is Lo Sengle. For some time
past he has acted in the capacity OF prI-
vate secretary to Viceroy Ii Hung Chang
and was with that dignitary on his recent
tour OF America and Europe.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-25

Two Men I<ilIed-FInmes shoot Up "a
Hundred Feet In the Air.


SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. PA
special to the Tribune from Price Utah,
says a heavy explosion occurred at the St.
Louis ellison Asphaltum companys mine
near Fort Duchesno at 8 o'clock this after
noon in which two men were killed and
two injured. The killed are
CHARLES ANDERSON of Ashley, Utah.
ANDY CAIRNS of Park City, Utah.
The injured are freighters from Price,
Utah. named Warren and Bunce and one
unknown. The explosion was terrific, the
report being distinctly heard at Pernal.
thirty miles distant. All the buildings at
the fort were shaken and many windows
broken. The explosion was caused by the
combustion of asphatum dust and gas, the
mine Immediately taking fire. The heat is
so intense that it is impossible to get near
1t. The flames are rising from all three
shafts 100 feet in the air and there is no
possible way Of eXtinguishing them. 1t is
not probable the bodies OF Anderson and
earns will ever be recovered. The entire
command at the fort was hurried to the
scene but could render no assistance.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-25
PUTS FIFTEEN THOUSAND TO WORK.
Long Standing Wages Dispute in
Mind1M GInss TrnIe ScItIed.

PITTsBURG, Pa. Nov 24.-The differ
ences between the window glass workers
and the manufacturers, which have kept the
factories of the country closed since May
80, were settled at wage conference to-
night and 5000 or more men dependent
on that industry will be at work again on
December 10. When the two committees
came together this afternoon the manufac-
turers were firm in their determination not
to pay more than last years wages and the
workers finally agreed. The scale is 10 per
cent below that asked by the union at the
opening of negotiations. proviso was in.
Sorporated in the agreement which stipu-
lates that should the DiEgley bill pass con,
gress and an advance in the tariff of 10 per
cent results the blowers and gatherers shall
receive an advance of 10 per cent in wages
II the tariff advance should be less than 15
per cent these wages shall be adjusted in
proportion. Should the tariff advance to
more than Is per cent the wages of the four
trades in the window glass business shall
be readjusted in proportion to such ad-
vance.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-25
PAUL MURDER CASE is ON TRIAL.
Iowa Man Defending Himself Against
n Grave Charge.

WEBSTER CITY, Ia. Nov. 2i.-tSpecial
Telegram.)-The James Paul murder case
was called here this morning in Judge Weav-
er's court and promises to be the most SEN
Sational case of the kind ever tried in this
county. Paul is accused of the poisoning Of
his mother-in-law. in this county, last sum
mer, and his wife in Webster county a few
weeks previous The bodies of both victims
were exhumed and chemical analysis of
the stomachs revealed unmistakable evidence
OF strychnine' in sufficient quantities to cause
death He was first indicted in this county
for murder in the first degree, on which
charge he is now being tried. venire of
fifty jurymen was summoned and only forty
of them exhausted in securing the necessary
twelve. which was finished at noon today.
The afternoon has been consumed in state
ments of the case by the attorneys and the
arguing of points in law. Tomorrow morn
ing the examination of the states witnesses
will be commenced