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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-12-05

The scIlatcheR. IL an Important Rersga
in a, New Kerk Colony.

Th0 schRteheRA Is an Important Rersuw
in q. New Kerk Colony.
In wandering through the cast side
recently LEARNED that the ''schatchen''
is an Important and busy functionary
in that quarter The sage who a long
time ago observed that marriages were
made in heaven evidently knew MOTH
ing about this matchmaking individual
who exercises his wiles by day and by
night in the taeming Hebrew colony
here. The schatehen is a man of middle
age, suaye and well dressed, who pro-
notes marriages. He works on strict
ly business principles, and doesn't both
er his head about Cupid or the peculiar
sentiment called love. He is a
diplomat with a visiting list long,
er than the most popular wom-
an of the -Four Hundred. He
belongs to no end of lodges and orders,
and speedily makes it his business to
know all aboUb the families of his mar
ried friends. He also aeqnaints him
self with the monetary worth of pater-
familias, and If the latter has any mar
riageable SONS or daughters ne gets In
his work, first, by delicate insinua-
ton and soon more openly. The schatch-
en- has a neatly engraved card whichan-
~rounces his business, and this he dis
tributes literally. He also believes in
advertising, and his card is ~conspicu-
ously displayed in the Yiddish news
papers. He brings young couples to-
gether, and If a marriage ensues he
pockets commissions from both sides.
IL the BRIDES father gives her a dot of
$500, the sehatchen pockets $50. He also
strikes the bridegroom for ten per cent,
but is frequently compelled to compro-
mise IN 2h. He often has a dozen
irons in the FIRE at one time, and, in
the veTnacular of sport, plays off one
against the other. Sometimes he burns
his fingers, as he not infrequently plays
a leading role in the civil courts; but
he fills a unique place in polyglot
Gotham, andhas been the means of max
ing any number of bashfur young peo-
pie happy for spot cash.
Here's another queer phase of the
marriage business. A strange society
has just been organized in this city,
composed Of young men and women
who nave decided to subordinate senti-
ment to science. In other words, they
believe it to be a crime against society
and future generations for certain per-
sons to marry, so they have pledged
themselves not to enter into any mat
rimonial alliance with any person
whose family is subject to hereditary
diseases that can be transmitted. This
new order is called the Society for the
Prevention of Hereditary Diseases, and
it's offices are in the Stewart studio
building in Fifty-ninth street. The
president is a young woman, and the
vice president is a young man. The
former says that the organization has
started off with 20 members, but she
hopes to lengthen the list rapidly, as the
S. P. H. D. doesn't propose to hide its
light under a bushel. AS anything
which tends to improve the condition o
humanity in general will benefit tn,
world at large, this new fad should liv
long and prosper.-N. Y. Correspondent
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-12-05

with black braid. Tho cape, like the
coat, is edged and lined with Persian
lamb.
Fol theateT Dr. evening wear there are
very tiny shoulder eapes. Some of them
are extremely short, so short as to sHg-
gest doubt of their possessing any use
for purposes of warmth, but that's moth
ing. Among the prettiest of them are
those made in white accordion plated
chiffon, trimmed with tiny bands of
black velvet, two OF three, OF four. On
the shoulders of one of these I saw
three large loops OF heliotrope velvet
ribbon, whose long ends dropped quite
to the waist on each side of the front,
and wer caught in the middle with
big rhinestone buckles.
Even in Paris the bicycle bIoomeT has
seen its best days. This is an item less
interesting than it might have been in
the spring, yet why? Surely the pleas
ant days of late fan and early winter
r better suited to out of door exercise
than the extreme heat of midsummer.
The Partisan skirt, however, which
takes the place Of the bloomer, or rather
supplements it, is of truly GaIlfe levity
and brevity, reaching only about three
inches below the knee and being mem.
orable for it's width and fuIlness.
From Paris, too, ome hints of this
latest fashion for winter garments
These notes and hints are all of coat
cut with tight sack-backs, whether thu
fronts be loose or Watteauish or other
wise.
Skirts are not much more than hal
as wide as they were, perhaps a couple
of years ago; 3K yards around the hen
at the bottom, and with no godet at tht
side, is now the correct proportion.
There is no wane of the popularity Of
the jacket, bolero and Elton, still very
short and worn in self colors over vests
and blouses of ffeecy texture and light
tints.
The wide corselet belt is as much II
favor as is the pearl neck chain, only
the pearls are reserved for the few whc
can afford them. Anyone can have q
belt.
An odd detail of the Paris fashions Of
the present autumn is the common Gus,
tom of wearing drab cloth sack-bacl
coats with skirts of entirely different
hue, or light brown coats over darl
green, or other combinations of entire
ly different tints, of which the lighter Il
always reserved for the coat. A Skin
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-12-05
WHAT IS SEEN IN NEW YORK BY THE WOMAN WHO LOOKS.

trimming which will not be relished by
stout women is a heavily-stitched, nine
inch hem with five rows of braid about
the bottom of the skirt.
Except in coats, where the retention
of fairly generous-sized sleeves is desir-
able, they are much smaller than they
have been.
And from England there comes as a
stylish novelty a white macintosh coat
from three-quarters to full length, close
fitting in the back, and with full blouse
sleeves to accommodate any form of
garment or wrap.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-12-05

with rhinestone ornaments. And there
were black ostrich plumes, almost, Of
course, to carry out the idea.
Charming enough was a black velvet
hat whose crown vas topped with up
rightstaves of black quilting and loopcd
in with three strips of white silk, caught
at the bows on the left with steel orna-
ments. Two white ostrich plulnes wed
in unequal contest with four black
above them, and q cachepeign of green
cry, gallery roses reposed beneath the
brim.
A gray felt hat bound with silk-two
ribbons encircling the crow and form
ing rosettes on the side; one bronze,
one spotted cream-was adorned with
one white plume and black and a
huge windmill bow of the contrasting
ribbons in front.
Simplest of all, and the only one 1
mention in whose trimming a bird was
employed, was a hat of biege felt, bound
with light brown chenille and trimmed
with a broad chenille ribbon of the
same shade about the crown. A black
bird wrfthed in pain down the left
side. The milliners add insult to his
injury BY calling him a fancy black
bird"
I suppose that velvet is after all the
favorite material for hats of note. A
purple velvet hat with a wide brim
turned slightly up at the sides, and
with a Ugh bell-top crown trimmed
with three. bias bands of the velvet
caught in front with small steel
buckles; draped as to its brim with
white duchess lace and marked at its
back withSthe "ich diem" crest in black
and white tips, is m of the "smartest'
models straight from the Paris ateliers.
Another oddity in millinery is shown
which will he quite general in a very
small bonnet made of velvet, covered
with a network of tinseled leaves.
But too long have I dwelt upon the
sver-interesting topic, to a woman, of
millinery. Let me hasten to add that
the tiny muff has had its day. This
year the woman who looks at furs sees
nothing but enormous muffs of fur,
with a futing OF the fur at each end
lined with brilliant shades. She sees
also feather mhffs with rufles Of chit
fon. Not new at all, she sees feather
boas, which were fairly common last
winter. Newest of all, she sees capes
made entirely Of black or white ostrich
plumes, in length reaching about to the
waist. These plumed caPes are, per-
haps, the highest novelty of the season.
Before the winter is over we nay rea-
sonably eHpeottb see them made in har-
lequln fashion, with white and black
plumes intermingled.
Better, 1 should say, at least more
likely to be permanently modish than
the plumed cape, are the long coats
lined with fur and reaching quite to
the bottom of the dress. robed in which
D mi of tall and stately form looks
indeed regal One of the most beautiful
coats which 1 have seen IS of dark blue
ladies' cloth with a cape embroidered
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-12-05
,FN OSBORN
THE END OF A FEuD,

1t Was Amicably Settled to the Disgust
of Those Who Wished to Sec a Fight.
One afternoon when the mail arrived
at the village of Barbersville by stage
there was the usual move on the part of
the idlers to enter the post office. 1t so
happened that the village cooper, whose
name was Jones, jostled the village cob
bier, whose name was White, and they
had som angry words, as follows:
What ar we pushin' fur, Tom
| Jones?"
who's a pushin', Bill White?"
you arr"
"No, I hain't!"
Then I'm a liar!"
Then you bel"
"Then / kin lick two SIGH pumpkin
heads as you'll"
Then you can't do nuthin' of the
kind"
There was hope that they would fight,
but nothing of the sort took place.
Next day they had the scrap over again,
and so on the next, and by and by ii
came to be a regular thing. Every
weekday afternoon for ten long years
they had a war of words, and there was
no variation.
Bill White demanded to know why
Tom Jones was pushin' him, and Tom
Jones always denied pushin', and it al
ways looked for a minute as if there
would be a fight. After a couple of
weeks no one minded them, but the
principals kept it up just the same unit
months made years and the yearN
counted a decade.
Then one day as they were going
through the usual programme Bill
White happened to stick his finger in
Tom Jones' left eye, and at the same in
slant Tom Jones kicked at a dog and
hit Bill White on the right shin, TWAS
en- elegant opportunity for a light, as
each thought the other meant it, and
for a few seconds the crowd held it's
breath.
Then the two men turned and fed
from each other, one going up the street
and the other down, and when they met
three days later Tom Jones held out
his hand and said:
"Bill, I hain't mad az you, never
was"
TON" replied Bill, as he reached for
the hand, 81 hain't mad, neither, and
less so ffshin' tcgether.to-morrow."-:N,
Y. World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-12-05

Put three unces of butter in a frying
pan: slice six large, smooth tomatoes
into three slices each and dip in -four,
then sprinkle with pepper. Put the
slices into the pan when the butter is
hot, and fry until tender and brown.
Put on a hot dish. Mix one teaspoonful
of -four with two tablespoonfuls of but
ter, brown in the pan and add one pint
of milk or cream. Stir until it boils,
season, and pour over the tomatoes
N. Y. Ledger.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-12-05
SpIcsd Apple TaPts.

Stew the apples, sweeten them, and
flavor with mace and cinnamon; add
the juice and grated rind of one lemon if
sthe apples have not much favor. Line
pie-dishes with paste, fill them with the
prepared apples, and bake until the
tarts are thoroughly done. Bars of
paste, about a quarter of an inch wide,
crossing the top of the tarts, are quite
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-12-05

Bulbs will not bloom if they are mere
1y planted in pots and placed in a win.
dow, like other plants. they must be
given six or eight weeks of cool dark
ness in which to form roots, il coed
flowers and foliage are to be hoped for,
Florists place them in ''cold frames" or
bury them out of doors in coal ashes.-
Chicago Tribune
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-12-05
wonderful Domlno Computations.

One of the most wonderful examples
in mathematics is that relating to COM
binations in dominoes. 1t is calculated
that two persons may play the game ten
hours q day, making forAt moves a min
ute, and that they could continue so
moving for 118, OOO, 600 Zone hundred and
eighteen million) years without en-
hausting all the combinations of the
game, which are 24S,5 2S, 211, s40.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-12-05

and got him a card of admission to the
executive mansion, and hen l left him.
He was away all day, and came into the
office about seven O'Clock that night,
with not n single line of news, except
The daily bulletin issued by thu physi-
ciansi and none Of us newspaper men
used those bulletins. The Associated
Press usually handled them. Well, this
big man from New York said hat he
had been confronted with trowel bay
cnets at every turn, and when he did
meet a citizen he could obtain no i'm
formations; and said that he was GO
ing back home at once; and be went.
Big newspapers make big mistakes
when they send new men to improve
upon the work of experienced men in
such an emergency. No new man from
New York or any other city could have
come here at that time and improved
upon my work. Not much. And, on
the contrary, l could not have gone 70
New York, Chicago, or any other city,
and made an improvement in the work
of experienced men there, on any no.
table event"
At that time Bivins was one of the
most successful and energetic news
gatherers in the national capital. No
newspaper man could beat him on any
class of work. Hence his praise of Her
bert Preston is praise indeed. During
the protracted suffering of President
Garfield preceding his death, DIR. d. W.
Bliss, in charge of the case, would give
no information to newspaper men con-
| naH1f-r A. -. --IsAs- - -
tent. Every day bulletins were is
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-12-05
He Went Up Head.

Teacher-Anything is ca1fed trans
parent that can be se~p~tnrough. What
scholar can give N example?
Bobbv-p mole in de fence round de
baseball ark.-Norristown Herald.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-12-05
SMITH u. FRY.

Modern dentists can remedy
crooked or projecting jaws by slaeiRI
appliances h a tgradually train be " ~
into taeir normal position.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-02
ARE lightning CHANGES
JOHN CASSIDY RETURNS TO THE
LIGHT STATION.
Mr.. Waterhouse to Go Into Business
Life-Considering the Position of
Telephone System Management.

John Cassidy resigned yesterday
from his office as superintendent of
the Mutual Telephone company to ac-
cept the position of superintendent of
the Government Electric Light station
in Nuuanu valley again.
Beginning with July 1 Mrs. John I.
Warehouse turned over the mercan-
tile interests of her late husband on
Queen street to her sons. Fred Water
house, retiring superintendent of the
light station, takes charge of the dry
goods department. This created the
vacancy up the valley which has been
taken by Mr.. Cassidy. While the tel
ephone position pays 5000 and the
light station 1925, the latter carries
with it advantages in the way of rent,
light, etc, which makes one about as
desirable as the other.
The change was all decided upon or
made necessary very suddenly and was
as much surprise to the Government
and the Telephone company as it will
be to the public.
Upon the return of j. +. Brown
from Hawaii, when full meeting OF
the Mutual directors may be had Il
successor to Mr.. Cassidy will be
chosen. Chas. Crane, who has been
the assistant superintendent, will be
considered for the place and his
chances may be said to be good. He
has been in the service twelve years
is capable and reliable in every way
and while young has shown executive
talent in various ways. He was born
here, knows Oahu well and speaks the
native language. The line around the
island has just been rebuilt under his
direction. There will doubtless be
other applications, but there will 6t
hundreds of residents to put in goot
word for Charlie"
Mr.. Cassidy simply goes back tc
work with which he is very familiar
The Government is pleased to AGAR
have his services. There will soon bt
added to the lighting system 100 more
street lamps and Mr.. Cassidy will b,
just the man to handle this work.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-02
HORSE ABUSED.
Tram Driver Furnishes an Injured and
Bleeding Animal

People standing at the corner of
King and Fort streets at 1920 this
morning were treated to a sight of
brutality. Tramcar No. 6, Norwegian
driver, on the King street line for
Waikiki passed. One horse had leg
skinned all the way from the knee
up, and blood trickled down to his
foot. Every move sent the trace
chains rasping up the wounds and the
beast trembled with pain. All the
while the driver dashed the animal to
make him go forward. Several ladies
refused to take the car on seeing the
condition of the horse.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-02
The Perfect rticIe

OF the perfect article in draught
beer don't hesitate to drink the fam
Gus Pabst Milwaukee Beer on tap at
the Royal, Pacific and Cosmopolitan
saloons. Scientifically accurate and
as near perfection as possible. Su-
preme award at Worlds Fair.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-02
kroeger Pianos.

JAS. w. Bergstrom is agent for the
Kroeger Piano. Leading musicians
endorse it for it's touch, tone and
workmanship. New and second hand
instruments. Tuning and repairing.
Office, Thrum. Telephone BAT.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-02
VALLEY TENNIS.

Tennis enthusiasts of Nuuanu val
ley have organized club. 1t will be
known as the valley T. c." The fol-
lowing officers have been elected:
President, DR.. Nichols; vice president
S. M. Ballou; secretary A. st. NJ
Macintosh; treasurer, Arthur b
Wood
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-09-12
Capitalists Scheme.

Chicago dispatch to Cincinnati
Enquirer: Mark Hanna is making
desperate efforts to induce Chicago
merchants to enter upon what he
calls a business mans campaign
in the interests of Mr.. Mckinley.
Hanna's idea is that business men
should instruct" their employees
how to vote. He also hopes through
the heads of the great business
houses in Chicago to reach the
heads of the business houses in
smaller cities and ultimately to get
at the workingmen where they will
have no chance to resist.
Thus man who does not care to
attend Mckinley meeting will be
compelled to do so if the meeting
is held at a shop or store during
business hours. When the men
assemble weekly for their pay the
boss will be on hand with a Politi-
cal orator and after the proprietor
would be ruined by the election of
Bryan the politician will enlarge
upon the glories of McKinleyism
and the gold standard.
p. D. Armour, the packer, is
pleased with the idea, and his pig
stickers will soon take their first
easy lessons in finance. Gold
notices on pay envelopes have
been suggested by Mr.. Hanna, and
will probably make their appear
ance shortly in many of the bust
ness places controlled by Republi-
cans. It will be campaign of
bulldozing.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-09-12
County Fair.

St. Louis County fair opens o.
tober 31st and continues four days.
Preparations are being made for
the biggest exhibition of the pro-
ducts Of St. Louis County ever
before shown. The management is
making an extra effort to make this
fair more attractive than any be-
fore and are meeting with the CO.
operation of the citizens of the
entire county. Special rates will be
given by the railroads.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-09-12
Capital and Surplus to Deposits.

In the following comparisons it
is not the intention of the writer to
destroy the confidence of any one in
the banks as we have an account
with two ofthe banks, whose figures
are used for comparison.
We wish to make the people real
ize that the associations in which
they are invited to invest or deposit
money are 80 managed as to not
have too much risk taken by the
shareholders nor too much deposits
received from the depositors.
Three leading banks of the city
have $1,877,O31.O0 of capital and sur
plus to $3,872, 768OO of deposits, or
$1.OO to protect from loss each $2.O6
of deposits.
Three leading building and loan
associations Of the city (Union,
Zenith and Climax), have $136, 800
of capital and surplus to SOL, 724.OO
of DEPOSITS, or $1.OO to protect from
loss every 38 cents of deposits.
The associations do not receive
deposits to exceed one half of the
mortgage assets.
The issue of certificates ofdeposit
payable on short notice, is limited
to not exceed 81 900 to one party.
No deposits payable on demand
are received.
The rate of interest," on short
notice deposits is 3%ifleft 6 months,
400 if left year and $50 if left 2years.
On three year certificates the
interest is paid each six months at
the rate of $50.
The associations are under the
supervision of the State Bank Ex-
aminer of Minnesota.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-09-12
Evolution of Labor.
F. D. CULVER.

A French philosopher has said:
1.-THE soil is the nursing mother of
us ALL" and it would seem to follow
as the night the day, that "in the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
Bread" was divine injunction
not to be ignored. Going back
to pastoral life in the time of the
patriarchs, Jacob tended the flocks
of Laban and served seven years
for Rachael. Under modern social
conditions we find an American
heiress pledging the parents mil
lions of dollars for the hand and
title of degenerate foreign count.
In the corn lands of Judea Ruth
helped Boaz and he admonished
the harvesters, LET her CLEAN even
among the sheaves, and reproach
her not" Thus showing that begin
ming almost with the dawn of civil
ization, mental labor was looked
down upon.
We find caste established with
the ingress of husbandry before the
house of Israel was delivered from
Egyptian bondage. Those taken in
tribal warfare were recognized as
the bondmen of the victors. The
low1y Nazarine was a carpenter,
whose socialistic teachings of recti-
tude and equality would be termed
populistic anarchy at this date.
China's great wall and the classic
remains of Athens and Rome are
monuments to slave labor, as
also the great works of Babylonia
and pyramids of Egypt were pos
sible only by reason of compulsory
labor In fact, ancient civilian
ton was based upon compulsory
labor. The Germans possessed
slaves, and the early Teutonic
settlements of England and other
countries recognized serfdom and
vassalage through the medieval
ages.
MISREPRESENTATION and protection,
the keystone of social organization
being thwarted has occasioned
auxilaries. In the middle ages we
find the Guild system established
to protect labor, and trade union
ism was the outgrowth that has
gradually developed into the vari-
Gus labor organizations of the pre-
sent time.
Great good has come to the toll
ing masses through the centuries
from this source. History teaches
us that temporal development of
society founded on oppression and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-09-12

deserve great credit for the uniform
ly satisfactory manner in which, on
the whole, the demonstration was
managed. There has rarely, if ever,
been a celebration in which har-
mony prevailed so universally.