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The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

4 physician who has Just returned
nom q riait TO Persia says that tho Per.
slams still hslieva that human tears ere
remedy fer certain chrnnio diseases
As every funeral the botsIing of mourn.
ers' tears II enc Ct the chief features Of
she ceremonies Each Of the mourners
Is presented with sponge with which
70 mop OF his face and eyes, and after
tho burial they are presented to the
priest. who squeezes the tears into bot
ties. which be keeps This custom Is one
OF tho Oldest known in tho east and has
probably been practiced BY the Persians
for thousandsof years. Mention Is made
Of Il IN the Old Testament.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

~ N@eS ~ 1-S8 AA04~o 4As@ AA4A+8e
Ono is always expected to say some
thing when looking for the hrnt time ON
d new baby. and, az IL II neither kind
nor safe to tell the trnsh and say that
the little, red. podgy creature dpean +,
look Ike anything, an English mAaRs
xin0 gives bsb 81 uupatenfed nnd I'm.
copyrighted remarks 70 be used On such
occasions;
Ian't be swestl he looks like Jon. =
II think he is going to look Like bis
father. =
Hasn't be dear little fngexsl 10 let
me see his dear little toss. ?
Isn't be largef''
sIsn't be q tiny darlings's
How bright he seems
did you ever SEQ such swoet little
MOUTH
"Ean't be 5ust zoo swees luz any.
thing9'
The dear little dariing. never SAW
30 young baby look 90 intelligent. z
do, please. let me bold him just
minute.
Any and alIof these remarks are war
ranted TO give satisfaction, just as they
have been giving satisfaction from time
immemorial until tho present day. --Ex-
change
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18


Here is good story Of Wilson Bar
retf- Shortly after no had Joined the
theatrical profession be became menu
Der Of company performing 81 the old
Theaier Royal, Dubiin. His part nat-
urally was q small one, and Nix Barrett
had no expectation whatever Of receiv-
ing any sign Of approval from the audi
enoe.
Greatly b his surprise. however. his
frst small speech was greeted with a
round Of applause. This unlocked for
tribute quite elated the young s.ctoE,
and be excrted himself TO the utrnohss in
the endeavor to sustain the good i'm
preston he appeared to have made. He
succeeded even beyond his hopes. Ev-
erything he said or did WIS rapturously
applandeds aall che prineipal performers
'fsss f1Ee7sn e1nspietssy " sac anaae
re ssaks were q coHxse uasgustecs
Ano sns ttst q tne company 1888 y
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

One feature rather surprising to az
American is that every park is made
for use. There Is no feaY lest the grass
may be injured, but n every ground
adapted for them aEe cricket and foot
ball fields, picnic grounds, croquet
lawns, tennis COURTS bowling greens.
the nse Of which is permitted for q mere
II nominal payment. Every park, large
or small has one or more concerts each
week during the summer, paid for by q
neighborhood subscription. Less need
exists for large parks than il American
cities Of the same size, because the bet
ter class Of houses oil have anple gar
dens. George 2. Parker Ia Century.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18
THE TWICE-A-WEEK
JOURNAL
81 i YEAR.
sued Wednesday aud satur-
day Mornings.

Beginning January |, 1897, the Week
" Courier-Journal was changed to th'
Twice - Week Courier-Journal, Pub
location days ars Wednesday and Satur-
day. The Wednesday pager will be de.
voted to news and political goUics. Ths
SaturdayEissue viii be devotea to sto-
s. 6 ellany, p iesrls1. leellss. ete.--
perfect family yaper.
q Esch1lssuelwil be Fix pages, orftwelvs
pagesIaI week--An increase Of two pages
week, l04 pages or $50 columns :
year.
The politics OF the paper will not be
changed, and thel battie for Dure De-
m0CEmpy N1M NEAe EpNHM0NFnafo prln0z-
pies w1ll&be continued successfully IN
the future Is IN the past. In spite OF
the expense involved Ia the improve
menss;noEed, the price OF the Twlee-a-
week Courier J0urnai Will remain 1.-THE
same. 81 year. a feature durlnRlSshe
coming year will be the editorials sof
Nj. Henry Wakterson on political and
ether topics oSalheEday.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18
Is Significant Departure.

With the departure Of another year
when review is made Of the condition
of affairs. L y only right that some
lhouxhl Be given % The phYsical body
which enables everyone 30 battle with
llfs's problem and figure for themselves
she prolit d loss on she trial balance
sheet. Though the bank account mar
be large and each ones material gain be
great Is wonid nos be surprising II Il
suddenly dawns upon many that good
health has been greatly impoverished By
she low condition Of the blood. II ism
ibis stats mat shs lacsle acid ii the vital
fluid atfacfa the 6brous tissues. particu-
laily / he Joints, making known tbs To-
cal manifestations OF rheumatism.
thousands Of people have found in
Hoods Sarsaparllla The great blood
purifier d positive and permanent cure
Tor rheumatism dec 10
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"A new b0oks + nifsine #n4 GfeohsH-
ing. 81 GA ages. over 90 original de-
signs lslnstfalad, Beautiful lace patterns,
shawls. hoods. Jackets, etc., has been
published By Tae Home. IA MIX ST.,
Boston. Mass, and win Be sent with 4
subscription to that paper. The Home
Is q 20 page monthly flied with original
stories. literary and domestic topics and
fashions. rs department. Of Fancy
W yrk is a special feature, new ard origi-
nal designs eacn issue. The price Of
subscription is so cents per Yessr and will
lnclnde one Of these books. AS 4 special
lnducement TO trial subscribers, i copy
OF this book will be given with s
months absorption. The price OF book
IS % cents. but a months subscription
and the book combined Will 4be sent for
only ID cents. Their annual premium
list for 1897 viii BE sent free on applfca-
ton.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

Tom Reeds Argument Against Hanging.
Did Jon ever hear Tom Reed s argu-
mens against capital punishruenty
asked an attorney. 1T was over lib Tops
ham, during Toms undergraduate ex-
perienee at Bowdoin. A deacon had ar
gued that Whose gheddeth man s blood,
By man shall bis blood be shed. The
Mosaic law didn { hit yonng LII. Reed,
so he jumped mp and drawlea: Sap
posing, sir, we take She law which che
gentleman has quoted and see whero the
logical deduction would bring us out.
For instance, enc man kills another,
and another man Jumps IN and kills the
man who killed the 1rsk. aud So Oh nm
iii We come to the last man on earthf
Who is going "a kill hifal BE can Il CONS
uiit suieiae. Il q oa rzry 10 i1w, Ter
the same law fcrBids Il. New, deacon.
what = the last man going "a dor Bgnst
ne walt until he IS struck BY liz htningf'
THE logic was unfair, but it won
the debate. Lewiston Journal.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

siranger-Quite q popular town this,
hin'tit2
Leading Merchant--How popular7
Stranger-How7 Why, there appear
o be great many people settling here.
Leading Mercahnt-Do eha Well,
my books show that there hasn't been
any one settling with me for tho last
three months -Richmond Dispatch.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

As We were going home from flyine
his kite, said Mr.. Bozzle. my young
son says TO me. I know how to fiy a
kite whom there's q good breeze, don't
r. and ! say, Surely, but do not say
10 him--wh~ should ! burden him with
such things nows-that anybody can fiy
0 kite when there's breeze-that the
great problem Of life is TO know how TO
fiy kite WI IN there isn't any breeaa z
New York Sun.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18
Beautiful Sea- Shells.

Every one admIrea them. Since COM
ing scath have received numerous In
aulstes from northern people for sea
SHELLS. and how am prepared to an
lswer YES, can send you shells. for /
aaFe made quite collection Of lovely
sueiiss both from oar own coast, the
soIal reefs and sonae lovely ones from
tne Vest India islands. I will mail 4
1 ss, Of more different kinds, he two
1870 rs e &nE one wh0 sends a stainp for
postage. Yours.
MRS. #. a WARNER.
To0fssr. n Ttfn
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

Mark Twain does not like to be inter.
viewed His opinion Of the literary
ability Of the average interviewer is not
at all gathering to the latter either. IN
q talk with Rudyard Kipling, Mark
Twain onoe said: II think the poorest
article ever wrote and destroyed was
better worth reading than any interview
with me that ever was published.
would like just once to interview my
self. so as to show the possibilities Of
che interview. philadelphia Ledger.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

''Yes, she said. I'VE had orr first
Eight yesterday. Charley was real mean,
and be talked awfnlIy cross. / should
hare talked cross, too, but happened
g think that wanted TO 60 70 the
theater. So the trouble was all over
right away Boston Transcripts
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

Miss Isabel. you are not at All Ike
other girls =
That il not compliment HI.
Hpconer. You should say that other girls
are not at all like me. Chicago REQ
ord.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

The oiam's body - completely CD.
shrouded in the mantle, except for twd
openings, through ono Of which the l5ot
oan be pushed ont. The other is for the
siphon, or what Is commonly known as
the sneck" OF the clam. Ia some re-
rpects the clam may be better Of than
We are. for le has . little brain in his
foot ana alao a gland for secretine
strong fiberH. With this be spins q bys-
sus by which be can attach himself to
whatever be likes he does not even
have to search for his. food, but waits
for it to come to him. lie makes bur
row In the mud or sand, attaching him
self to the bottom by the byssus Then
he thrnsts his siphon up through the
mud and water until 1t reaches the sur
face. The siphon is made up Of two
tubes Che water flowing in through one
and out through The ether.
When the indowing current. laden
with minute plants and animals reach-
es the gill chamber, some Of these are
sifted out and retained for food. while
the water and waste matter flow ont
through the other tube Margaret W.
leighton in Popular Science Monthly,
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

The forgetmenot has two or three EN-.
blenatic meanings. One is suggested BY
It's neme; tho ether was probably orig
mated ~ it's color. Glue among flowers
is generally associated with the tender
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

The blue violet is symbolic Of love
enc the white Of modesty. In Germany
a considered as symbolic Of reti-
ann lover can make his
4 - -. 80
ShaA bun6h a. ria 'ssnR
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18
me Dark side Or ohristlan America.

We have now Ia America a popula-
ton Of 10, 600. 600 Of people, and yet
10000, we are told, belong TO the
criminal class, writes Dwight L.
Moody in his paper in "Mr. Moody
Bible Glass" in The Ladies Home Jour-
nal fAnd this Ia Christian America.
Il is said that ii SIX months 80 gradu-
ntes Of two large European universities
were found by one rescue mission in
New York city. Nor arc the American
colleges without representatives in the
great city alGns Our daily papers are
but living 1clsronicle Of the fearful
hold which sin aas upon us as Il nation.
"A mnn must have lost Al his aeusea
WHO BAYS that sin q nos Inherent that
it ii only . physical weakness which
culture may ultimately overcome. Ven
eering the outer man viii make him no
better within. =
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

Daily ceurler-louraal. ! year $500
Daily and Sunday. year 500
Sunday aIsns. | ysar. 400
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18
MRS. +. a WARNER.
Jacksonville Fla.

After the 1st of July i i probable
that The posgsge rates on lettera viii be
reduced 10 one cent
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

Says the "400'' man il the ~ v--.-
Journal Of SATURDAY.: s.rai,ons,.. !. Z, !
tack on New York society Is lansss,' ~
He never visited America. ana IS ~ ,s,,s,
have taken sQnlnt through lis w1s...s
specsacless who came over as Mrs. I,sre
sry's chaperon when that re3resentatlve
Of Brislsh arIalocracY first honored -
with her presence. Tnasmuch 4 Oe.g
York society would have none 81 M
Langtry. her ehaperons chances a. 81.
servatIon were limited. to say the lssss.
She may have mel Freddie Gebnard 49,
some Of the other rollickinx bucks s.
The time. but Il i hardly fair is sa<a
them or what they did 10 entertain Mrs
Lsngsly and Mrs. Labouchere as / fair
basis for crisioIslng our social structure
az whole. Il looks very much 81
'Labby' had askea Mrs. Labby 10 fps-
bish up her memory Of American socse-
~, and that she had recalled ! certain
sleigh ride that caused her to surrender
her precious job OF chaperoninu M
beautiful but erratic Jersey Lily ana re-
turn to England, Mrs. Labouchere's OBJ
servations sot Mrs. Langsfy's American
experiences are hardly ground enough
for general condemnation, however just
special denunciation may be.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1897-02-18

Careful Observers Declare That the Irda
FIy by sight-Tlse -Four Points In Ho1a-
ing Pigeons witch Fanciera Consider Of
Prime Importance.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-28
Personal Mention.

A.. v. wOodman, of Laredo, is at the
Menger
Col Geo. W. breckenridge has gone
to Mexico.
George Howard, of Victoria, is at
the Mahncke.
James 7. Taylor, of Galveston, is
at the Menger.
Rudolph Ebeling, of Barble Falls,
Tex, is at the Mahncke.
Mr.. b. Ownby, of Round Rock, Tex
as, is visiting friends in this city.
Adolph Heusinger, Jr., is in Freder-
icksburg, Texas, visiting friends.
J.D. Houston and w. B. Sayers, Jr.,
of Gonzales, are at the Mahncke.
Mrs. Fisher, wife of Letter Carrier
L. ]. Fisher, is quite ill, as is also her
child
DR.. Fred Kalteyer is in the city
from Philadelphia, visiting his
mother.
w. ]. Hutchinson, Bandera stock
man, is in the city and is stopping at
the Arcade.
Col. G. S. Jones, a prominent attor-
ney of Beaumont, is in the city and
will locate here.
Mr.. Emil Kraut and family. of Uval-
de county, are in the city spending the
holidays with relatives.
Mr.. jeff Marks, of Baltimore, Nd,
representing +. w. Felgner & Sons.
Fashion Plug Cut tobacco, is in the
city.
Mrs. Passmore, formerly of this city,
is now residing in Fulton, Ill. She
writes friends in this city that her
health is greatly improved.
Mr.. Ward, of Wharton, is in the
city, on a visit to his sister, who is
stopping with Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Bur-
well at 61S East Commerce street.
Mrs. V. III. Krieghaber and a party
of friends, of Atlanta, Ga, arrived in
the city this morning en- route to Cali
fornia, and are stopping at the Men
ger.
Messrs. Andrew G. Norris and III.
s. Roe, of the Norris Bros. pony and
dog show, have gone to the City of
Mexico to make tour of that repub-
lie and see how the land lays.
The surveying corps of the Texas
Air Line railway reached Toby, in At
ascosa county, on Christmas day, and
We're given fine dinner and reception
at the residence of Mrs. John S. Nc
Kinnon.
Mrs. F. Ewing Roach, (nee Matter,
of this city, wife of well known
dentist of Chicago, has just arrived on
a visit to relatives here, and is stay
ing with her sister, Mrs. Cecil Ger
hard, No. 602 Carson street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-28
SAVED BY THE GIRAFFE.
An Incident That Restored Pros
perity to the Circus
rhc Long-Necked Creature Lifted n
boy Out of a Chimney Into which
He Hnd FaIIen-A Pretty
Little Tabieau.

4
~ man never can tell when his luck
is going to strike him, or in what shape
it is going to strike him." said the OLD
circus man, to New York Sun re-
porter. "I1ere we'd been going along
through the country to poor business
for a week, not making money enough
TO buy hay for the animals, when one
day something happened that filled the
whole countryside with talk about us
and brought more people to the show
than we had room for, and it was the
simplest little no-account thing you
ever heard of, which just shows, too,
how generously the people respond IT
you happen to catch their fancy.
There was small boy up tree
alongside his fathers house on coun-
try road after a birds nest. He crept
out further and further on the branch
that the nest was on, which extended
we'll over the house. You've often seen
such trees, no doubt. just as he was
reaching out for the nest, when he'd
finally got within reach of it, his grip
slipped and away he went, not on the
roof, or down on the ground, but, by
snakes! down the kitchen chimney, ex-
actly over which he happened to be at
the time he lost his hold. There was
rafting of SCOT on the pipe of the stove
in the kitchen below that told the farm
er's wife and the hired girl that there
was something the matter in the CHM
nev and the p,oauino, that came from
there presently told them what it was.
And the farmer himself was away in
distant field. and there didn't seem to
be ladder in the country.
Sat the time when the small boy was
creeping further and further out on
the limb of the tree there was coming
along the road, bound for the town
where it was going to show next, a
circus. That was our circus, and it so
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-28
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Albert Wickes to Henry Steubing,
lots 80 and AZ, and parts OF lots "a, 40
and Al, out of Jose Alameda survey
81, continuing $50 acres, on the Ban
dera road west of the Leona; $1,000
C. V. Foster and J. NJ. Foster to
John Louis f. Gembler, 20 26-1OO
acres on the Rosillo creek on the south
side of the new sulphur springs road;
SALT. 40.
Business Mems Club to Hildebrant
and Stribling, lot 8, block II, East
Englewood addition; 800.
Augustin Mechler, ST., and wife to
Louis Mechler, 100 acres of the
Juan Martinez survey IA; $500.
Miguel Undo 10 Bias Matu, lot on
the north side of Obraje street and
east side of San Pedro creek; $500.
VIM. Huebner to George, Franz
and Herman Buckholtz, tract of land
out of the Richard Mockett survey 316
! on the Saltillo creek; So.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-28
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY.
The Secret CT n Miner in the kIon-
dixie Gold Fields.

The Secret OF Miner in the kIon-
dixie Gold Fields.
The Klondilse is responsible for the
connection of chemical compound
which promises to revolutionize mining
methods in every section where winter
puts stop to operations every year.
The nature of the chemical is a Sc
cret, which the inventor will divulge to
no one. The chemical is simple and
cheap, however, and can be manufac-
tured upon the ground where the mine
is located. The discoverer will locate
several mines in the spring, and devel-
op them the following summer and
winter. No matter how cold the atmos-
phere, it will not interfere with the
thawing properties of the wonderful
fluid.
The value of such discovery is
readily apparent 1t practically con-
quers the Inconvenience of cold and ex-
IRENE temperatures, and does away
with the necessity of thawing the
ground by the slow and tedious meth
cd of building fires and allowing them
to thaw out the frozen earth. The in
ventor estimates that the chemical will
melt the earth to the depth Of two
feet. Continual application Of the fluid
will allow the miners to keep continn-
ously at their labor.
Besides using the fluid for developing
whatever mines he locates, the In
ventor will take up enough material 70
supply the other miners at reasonable
prices.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-28

happened that the head of the column
reached the farmhouse just as the
farmers wife and the hired girl rushed
out into the road. The Old man was
riding at the head of the column, as ne
always did. He rode UP instantly, of
course, to the front of the house and
asked the lady what was the matter,
and she told him as well as she could in
her excitement.
"Our old man was man that knew
an opportunity when he saw it. which
is great gift.
Madam he said, in his most polite
manner, give yourself no further I'M
easiness. Well get the youngster out
without the slightest injury and,
wheeling his horse, he says to me:
"'Bill, bring up the giraffe
THAT was when we had the great 49,
foot giraffe, and on the road the giraffe
cage was always about the middle of
the column. We hurried back and got
the giraffe out and up TO the front as
soon as we could, ard alongside the ex-
tension that the kitchen was in. There
wasn't the slightest danger to the boy.
It was in the middle of summer, and
they were burning wood in the stove,
and the middle Of the morning, and the
fire was out, but of course the boys sit
uation seemed dreadful all the same.
swell, we got the giraffe alongside
the house and the old man talked to
him. and I'm blessed if he didn't seem
to understand, and he crooks his long
neck over the top of the chimney and
dips down into it, and in a minute he
raises his head again out of the Chin
ney, lifting the boy with him, his teeth
gripping the boys coat collar.
THAT'S all there was to it. But just
a. the girffe was lifting the boy clear
Of the top of the chimney the boys ia
Their was coming tearing across the
home lot. There was some of the neigh
bors gathered around by this time, and
there WIS the circus men standing
around, and the cages halted along the
road, and when the big giraffe bent his
long neck and placed the rescued
youngster in his mothers arms the old
man, who was sitting on his horse in
front, took off his hat, so that, simple
as it all was, it made quite little tab
leau after all.
4 "When we showed that afternoon the
tent wouldn't hold the people, and it
was the same at night. 1t seems that
the boy was handsome and clever boy
that everybody liked, and so the rescue
was all the more popular. OF course
the old man sent the whole family tick
cts, and he got 'em to let the little chap
ride around the ring on the CRATES
back. Did that get EN-? Humph! 1t
was month before the people in that
part of the country stopped talking
about how the giraffe rescued the boy
from the chimney"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-28

abscess Of TIN liver. The remains are
being held by Mccormick & Co., await
ing instructions from relatives in Mis-
souri, as to disposal.
Joseph Gusssen, aged IS years,
died yesterday on the Culebra road,
near this city from paralysis. No
medical attention had been given him
and consequently coroner's inquest
was held by Justice Shook. Deceas-
ed was,a native of Cologne, Germany
and was married.
The Christmas entertainment of
st Paurs A. NJ. Il. church on Zavalla
street win be held tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thee. Folz, of No.
23T Madison street, are rejoicing over
the safe arrival of baby daughter,
born Dec. oath.
Some old banners at the former
of the Confederate reun-
ion on Houston and Soledad streets
should be removed.