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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

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Health-
u summers when the rays 81 the SIM
fail almost vertically upon the eartb's
surface, the ggadua1 fall ia the temper
ature at night comes as q welcome re-
lief from the heat Of the day.
During the rest Of the year the nun'n
rays strike the earth moxe o6nauely.
and arc sufficient to warm only 8 thin
rrtst AZ The surface, which losesi its heat
rapidly after The sun has set. and the
temperature Of the air falls abruptly,
Under these conditions night air mas
become q source 81 danger. The sudden
change IN temperature calls for extra
protection Tor the body, and one should
never think 81 setting out on no matter
how short 9 journey without extra
wraps.
Except il severe weather Il IS not
necessary to care so much for the ex-
tremities, as the circulation OF the blood
IS maintained in these parts by their
constant motion. But the chest, as the
seat of the bulk Of the blood and the
vitality Of the body, should be pre-
tected from chill. The co-calIed chest
protectors + useful; but nothing Is
simpler than to habituate ones self to
wearing wooden Undertaking. suiting
the weight to the season Of the year.
Wool is q poo conductor Of heat, and
when worn next the skin absorbs the
perspiration and prevents too rapid loss
Of the body heat.
Moreover, when the temperature falls
abruptly at night, the moisture present
in the air is condensed, and falls to the
ground in the form of dew. The danIp-
ness and chill form an additional source
Of danger against which it is necessary
TO guard, especially in the matter OF
footwear. Thicker shoes and warm, dry
stockings should be worn.
The direct rays of the sun kiln many
Of the microbes that are the specific
causes of disease. Consequently night
is the favorite time for the evil gnomes
Of disease to collect their forces and
make their plan Of attack against man
kind. Powerless against the warm.
bright rays CT the sun, they succumb in
the unequal contest; but a tnight, aided
by the slight dampness, they rise from
their hiding places, and are borne away
by the constantly shifting currents Of
air upon their errnnds Of sickness and
death.
Though this may seem to be more or
less fanciful, the study Of the origin and
life of the various germs of disease has
proved that the idea embodies a truth,
and that night air is favorable to their
propagation.
Care in not exposing q body fatiguel
by the labors of day and protection
against the sudden decrease in tempera-
ture and dampness are safeguards
which we can easily take on going out
into the night air.-Youth's Companion
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02
CEAIud Oysters.

Raw oysters very often precede the
sonp at dinner because the oyster is
found at this season in perfection. Sc
Iect small, sweet oysters. Open them
on the deep shell and lay them on
cracked ice for ten minutes before serv.
ing. If they are chilled too long OF
frozen the flavor is injured. Serve stS
on a plate, which must be ice cold
When the oysters are put on the plats
place half a lemon in the center. It il
a perfectly correct thing to serve
oysters in their own shells in that case
Arrange them in soup plates in small
fringed napkins over q bed Of cracked
ice and place the lemon in the center
The oysters n frequently placed OF
the table at the moment before Thu
dinner is served.-Good Housekeeping
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JAPANEsE REvERE RuLERs.

Object to Having Stamps Bearing like
nesses Of Departed Ones Cancelled.
Private letters from Kioto bear proof
that the Japanese have their own,way
Of doing things. They recently had a
new issue of postage stamps which bore
portraitaef4wo of the princes who died
In ting recent war. Stamps Of two and
Of I've sen were to be issued. In the
Sdited States portrait would have
been on the two-sen stamp and one on
the fve-sen stamp. but in Japan it was
thought that this would be discrim-
mating against the memory of the one
pictured on the lower determination.
This is why philatelists find that
there are two new two-sen and two new
fve-sen stamps - each denomination
having one kind in memory OF each
prince. But even this careful arrange
ment did not prevent a new trouble
Some conservative Japanese are con-
tending that it borders on disrespect to
the imperial family to pollute their
pictures with saliva and then to blotch
themwith ink in the process OF cancella-
ton.
One man has declared in the papers
that he shall decline to receive any mail
matter bearing these stamps. Some
postmasters have requested that they
be allowed TO put the ~canceling mark
only On the edge Of the stamp, so as to
avoid defling the princely faces. 10
old-fashioned Japanese it is especially
d~ispleasing to see foreigners putting
portraits representing men Of divine
descent into their mouths and putting
them on the envelopes with as much
indifference as wei employ with the
faces Of Washington, Franklin and
Grantion stampa. Some Japanese,
if they s the stamps at all, must
~reverently lift them TO their head, care
fully wet the glue with pure water
and then utter a prayer as they attach
them to the envelope.
Did II I'VE occur to an American that
It was discrimination to place q por-
trait on q lower denomination stampi
II this matter ever was discussed it was
probably agreed that the greater hon
or went with the cheaper stamps, which
are in wider and more general use. Al
for attaching any respect to them-dc
you know, without looking, whose pic
lures are on our various stamps?-Bos
ton Journal.
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mortal man with q mulatto skin, who
cut her throat, almost seyering her head.
from her body. She was found three
hours later By the agonized family.
Two weeks later a mar named Irwin
went to sleep peacefully in his country
home within q few miles Of the capital
city, and a mortal man with a white
skin entered and shot Twins whole
head of with a shotgun. Twins wife
was lying by his side when the deed
was done, and she narrowly escaped
with her life.
Right in the center Of the capital
city an elderly man was going home
after a day Of toll, and in one Of the
public parks he was robbed and beaten
to death by two mortal souls with
white skins. and his body left out under
the stars.
These crimes were committed by
mortal men to whom the gospel should
have been taken. They speak u Lam
guage. Missionaries would not need
to spend years Of time and thousands
Of dollars to learn the language and GUS
toms Of the country in which these
heather live. One dollar expended in
spreading the gospel among the heather
Of the United States would undoubted-
" prove more effective than 500 sent
TO heather in foreign countries.
Within q radius Of 100 miles from the
capital building there II more than
100000 people, and the gospel ought
to be taken to al Of them. They ought
also to have food and raiment. Las
summer on Seventh street. in the hear
Of the capital city, three little childrez
| were found pulling up grass from be
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pointed out that Germany should cuE
tivate Russia's friendship-a policy
pursued by him while be was chances
lor-and let Great Britain rare for its
own hot chestnuts. Indirectly this bit
of advice brought out, in a semi-otficial
ways6 bit Of information which has
beea a public secret for many years.
WE lie Bismarck was busily engaged il.
cementing the triple alliance, consist
ing Of Germany, Austria and Italy, he
entered into n secret alliance of Russia
binding the German empire to neutral
ity in case of an Austrian attack on
Russia, the Russian governments bind
ing itself to remain neutral in case OF
q war between France and Germany.
This understanding, in direct violation
of the offensive and defensive articles
Of the Dreibund, was in existence from
1884 until Bismarck's retirement from
Office. Gen. Caprivi and Prince Hohen-
lobe, his successors in the chancellor
ship, repudiated the agreement with
Russia, but the publication. in Bis
marck's own newspaper, Of it's exist
.ence for a period of six years has left 3
bad impression in Austria and Italy,
and Count GoluchowRki will probably
demand a categoric re%pudiation Of all
treacherous intentions on the part Of
the present German government.
While the various foreign Offices are
engaged in discussing this Bismarckian
double dealing, Turkey is preparing to
make a final bluff for recognition as q
real military power. To sustain the
pretense, the sultan has levied q poll
tax and increased the taxes on Sheep
public works and education. the frnda
so raised to be devoted to the arma-
ment of the Turkish reserves. Should
the porte succeed in extorting the new
taxes from its impoverished subjects.
the sultan will engage in . fight for
existence. He has everything 70 gain
and nothing to lose BY . war. His
days in Europe, he knows, are NUM-
bered, and a plucky fight may secure
| for him recognition as an Asiatic mon-
arch. A war begun at this time would
be a "holy war; It would be q titanic
struggle Of Mohammedanism against
christianity, of the crescent and the
cross. It would be the cruelest eam-
paign of the nineteenth century. with
Kismet on one side and the Cossack on
the other. But as it IS hard to squeeze
blood out OF a tnrnip. and as even a
Turkish tyrant needs money to feed
his troops, the possibilities Of such q
conflict are, as Count Goluchowsh haa
pointed out, rather remote
q. W. WETppLHRT.
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Nobody sends mIssanot q fheu
they neFer haar tie STORY 81
They arc them nearer heIne a
their souls ars apparently
Of smaller yalue than Che scais 81 NOR
tai men beyond tha seas
- SQnth Washington ana IS WesA
Washington there IRE upwards 8 2
600 people 10 whom the Gospel hsa
never been preached AZ an. ia
mere, 3 city near the rapital 81
country 81 which I there $50
wards Of 10000 pee tho never s
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The H0una Courier.
EASTON DuvAL, Publisher.
HoUMA LOUISIANA
UNREAsoNABLE SPANISH PRIDE.
Blind Preiudiee snc aoverninr Force
Amnne The Eafsnnla nnI.r

H""
Hlind Preiudioo tho soverninr Force
Among the Eatson's Rulers.
Europe presents no spectacle more <
d~raorainary than the contrast between
the nerve Of the Spanish people and
their incapaeity IN action. For is
months they have endeavOred TO con-
quer q reyolted colony 1000 miles
away, and have in the effort used and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES such as it was hard
believed outside Of Spain that they
could have called up even TO resist in
vasion.
hey nave actually forwarded to Cuba
&5Q,0o0 regular troops, sufficiently
equipped, q force nearly three times as
great as that with which this country
met and quelled the Indian mutinv Of
1852, and more than three times as
great as the white garrison which holds
the Indian empire. Thearmy, sufficient,
one would think, for q defensive wal
against France, accomplished nothing,
but the Spanish statesmen lose neither
heart nor hope They are wholly I'M
cheered by victory, they know that
aheir soldiers die like flies, and they
are told every week that the rich IS
Aapd Is becoming q DESERT that three
fourths Of II is going out Of cultivation,
that the settlers are quitting in thou
sands, while those left behind are Join
ing the insurgents, that the whole ex-
penses of the island must be borne for
years by Spain, and that every month
increases the chance that the American
republic, with its limitless resources
Cor war, will intervene; and still, with
q tenacity which Englishmen cannot
but admire, they refuse to relax tAeir
hold. Be the results what they may,
they will make no terms till the rebels
have submitted Internationally.
The assure between parties in Spain
ds deeper than a political hssure ever
was in thiscountry, but upon this sub
ject the parties act together, scarcely
differing eve as to means. Pitt was
never frmer than Senior Canovas, and
never better supported by a packed
parliament, which nevertheless repre-
sents the dominant feeling of the coun-
try. IL the conscripts die, the Spanish
premier sends o ~conscripts. If the
peasants or the city mobs object to
their dispatch, both are siIenced by
an unhesitating appeal to the military
law which makes resistance to the con-
scription n Of the most deadly of Of
lenses. If the Philippines rise in In.
~suTrection, the premier offers to send
an army there also, even an army OF
cavalry, if that will be the army most
required. If the people of the limited
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

Stubby. tat and broad-shouldered,
Count Agenor Golnchowski. Austria's
minister for foreign affairs. Is a man Of
genius whom you and I should know
better. Among all Of the European
statesmen Of the present day he is
the only one who believes that the
Turkish question can be settled with
ont an international war. Like the late
Prince Lebanon, Prince Hohenlohe aud
Lord Salisbury, he is convinced that the
sultan must be driven out Of Europe,
but unlike them he favors a reference
to arbitration rather than an appeal to
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

EHY4HtH4 WN4NRA#t&E M4ANHAa4
More things are wrought hy prayer
than this world dreams 81. Many al
effort, wefl-directed, produces Effects
which last for all time. The people who
pray and work for their fellow man
have more to 40 with the advancement
oi their race ia civilization and indus
try than they receive credit for iii their
day and generation.
The world = growing better but
original sin and human perTersity are
always apparent. Some Of the best
meant efforts Of good people are mis-
directed. Thousands Of dollars are ex-
pended for the f~urtherance Of the gos-
pei. and the greater portion Of the con-
tributionn practically wasted because
they do not produce appropriate re-
suits. All men z striving for the bet
terment Of their conditions, but the ma
1ority grope in the dark and spend their
substance with Ill advisement.
TO be frank with you at the outset,
this ID to be more Of a sermon upon an
important topic than q news letter,
and yet there are some facts to be pre-
scented which are worthy Of serious
consideration by every true Christian
man and woman.
Not long ago az Old Orchard. Me-.
there was q missionary meeting, and
the enormous sum OF 100000 was raised
among the Woodworking, hard-fsted,
saving and almost penurious New Eng
larders for the purpose Of sending mis-
sionarIes to the heather. sThe preach
ers told narrowing stories concerning
the murder Of innocent children by par
ents, relatives and strangers. The con-
dition of the heather in China particu-
larly attracted attention as eloquently
set forth by an earnest missionary
from that country. The good people
felt that 1t was their duty to raise that
amount of money to spread the gospel
in China and in other oriental countries,
and they gave up their money with
unusual and commendable freedom.
In the excitement Of the moment wom-
en- gave up their finger rings, earrings,
breastpins, brooches and other orna-
ments; all for the poor heather.
But there is q country which needs
Christian enlightenment which some Of
our good people have long overlooked
entirely. There is country over which
the clouds Of sin and shame huye long
been hanging. Upon all the maps il
f. labeled UNITED States OF America
Time and space forbid the depletion
Of the entire country, for It is Of great
urea and Of great population. In tn.
better part OF that country, la and con
tiguous TO the capital city, there "a q
much sin and sin-cauaed suffering tia
aomS good and true man Of npiritus
power ought to hold 8 meeting at OIL
Rrds or some other good place, an
Na4
d capital or thab
went to drive home the cows. In the
woods she was attacked by q mortal
man with q black skin who assaulted
her, beat her, dragged her 100 yards
and then cut her throat. Then hs
threw her into a creek to die. Hel
screams brought her mother, who rar
into the creek and held the head Of til,
dying girl upon her lap. while her lif'
blood crimsored the stream.
One month later, at q country placs
within the confines OF the District 0.
Columbia. a young lady named Drow1
was assaulted in her own home BY 1
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The young author had his feet cooked
tie book reviewer sauntered into
lie club.
and at peace with the woridd
who has been roasted from one end o.
the country to the other, suggested the
reviewer, a tribe put out to think that
the hard whacks he had been giving had
produced no appreciable effect.
"My boy said the young author, con-
descendingly, "those roasts don't wor-
~ me a little bit. All you have to do is
to sit down and reason II out, and you'll
find that I'm all right"
They're the hottest roasts any writer
has got this year," returned the re-
viewer.
"Of course they are" admitted the
young author, "but can't you see
they're not for mea'
Not for your Why, they refer to you
by name"
'very true; but, then, they fire right
over my head. You should take time to
reason, my boy; you should take time to
reason. Just take your own review OF
my books as an Illustration. You prob
ably had an idea that you were roasting
me, but you weren't
II wasn't?"
"Not a bit of it, my boy. You said,
for instance, that there wasn't a good
idea or a bright bit of writing in the
whole book
ssThat would be enough of a roast for
most people," suggested the reviewer,
sarcastically.
at would be enough for me, if It hit
me- replied the author, in an offensive
ly patronizing manner, "but you didn't
aim right. You handled your weapon
like a novice. Why, in the very next par
agraph you proved conclusively. accord
ing to your W statement, that the
whole book was ~plagiarized from sew
eral Of the best authors. You said there
was hardly an original line in the whole
story. OF course, that let's me out on
the charge that it is stupid and lacking
in ideas, and those old standard authors
are the ones thai have a kick coming
Chicago Post.
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You know Margaret wanted TO get
q man to instruct her in politics"
Eyes; how did she come out2"
well, she got one and after she
had listened to him Ave hours seven
other men came along and told hersthat
he was on the wrong side Of the queS
ion."-Chicago Record.
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appointed him project of the Rhone.
In 1879 he was elected to the chamber
Of deputies. and four years later be-
came a senator. His appointment, in
1879, an ambassador to the court OF St.
James stirred up considerable strife in
the house OF commons, many Of whose
members objected violently to the In
bassador's revolutionary antecedents.
Nevertheless. he served for three years
when he was recalled at his own re-
quest. In 1863 ne accepted the port
folio of foreign affairs. and shortly
afterward, on the death OF M. Ferry, he
came president Of the senate, and at the
same time was. elected a member Of the
French academy. After the asssssins-
ton Of Sadi Carnot he was a strong
candidate for the presidency Of the re-
public. which went eventually to M.
Faure. The friendship which existed
between Count Golucbowski, arch
aristocrat. and ChallemeI-Laocur, arch
republican. illustrates how 40 stub
born metals can bo blended without I'M
iuring the strength OF either, an to the
advantage Of both.
Another man Kho has won he adj
miraticn On the Austrian minist for
foreign affairs is Sir Philip Currie Brit
ish ambassador at COnasantinoplA Sir
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another city near bv. there are mors
than 1000 who never hear she Won
derful story Of love. The comaaands
ssGo We into all the world surely SOM
tains no authority for neolectfna tha
United States and the heathenfhera.
In that country which Il thus eas
Iected there are many temples whers
art. music. som aud pomp are nrnvs-
lent They are not exncfiv hea4fsen
temples such as they have ~ foreirn
lands, but they are founded upon Chris
tian principles. Over many 81 theme I'D
towers and minarets With poldsn
crosses, indicating that the Gospel has
been brought into the country. Dnt.
the worshipers ~ those anrinas aa aaa
missionaries nor al they Sena
qnariss II the contiguous heathen
% addition to the capital and ton
tigpcus cities. there ara many
stiles where the heather IS
yQu were % take q map AND
fFtic a3n Nna tAaf
where there are nunareaso
q people eongregatea; ane tners eEs
hundreds On smaAer CRIES e - q
which P heather apoAna ane9ass
We occasionally hea oA me Mafn@
q 2 sultan pr 2 shah ~ neAtneh e9AA
tries well ~ tne conAsty a MAlNA
write two of Fhe rulers nAse peeA
murdered right "a the eeplsat ely =.
raising co~ntrlbntaons Of " Wl3
send issionar VINO VIII teaea ~
foreign heathen MOI q Nh kneaf ~.
ers, maybe some missionary e1ors ~
the republic e. me ne" Woria miSns
teach the neaNhen re saMa
lesson, y & certainly WORTH
the effort VINO VIII come 4Ake
q voice in the wilderness, and take up
the Of these poor Engllsn-speak-
ing heathenf Who Will raise Sle1sOOV
for them2
1T is apparent IA the large cities ~
the country, ia which crime
that some missionaries should PC sent
from house to house TO prayerfuliy ex-
plain to mother the duties deyolvlng
upon them under the teachings q the
Christian religion. An the capital CITY
and ~ other cities the mother 81
young girls allow thFAh ~ roam kAN
streets at night without hnarancs
They permit them to go on river exeuE-
sions with All sorts Of men. without.
making inquiry concerning the COM
pony they keep. surely missionaries
ought 70 pc sent @ suen mothers ~
bring them 70 2 Eealizauon ri their au-
ties. These mothers had mothers hks
unto themselves = yet the Gospel
does not enter their eme
The young sons Of same moth
ers + perm1feeq % roam the streets
ct night The boys have no restraint.
and when some good mofher trles e
ieaa tnem Klghs sne EecsAFss rs ~
note the fact that their fathers do nor
even GO to churches, for 81 the temples
ara called IN this connfrv. and "a tha
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

Mr.. Barlow (entering the parlor al
Ills p. m. and discovering his daughter
and her fance)-HellO. holding . love.
feast2
Miss Barlow-No. papa; . protracsad
meeting.-Detroit Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

Miss Oldbird-I dread the thought Of
my 18th birthday.
Ianthe (archly)-One should make it
= point to Danish unpleasant memoriesi
(And they glare3-N. z. Truth.
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Hell Am going now.
she-That's q step III the II
HOMETOWN Topic&
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AuTHoR ANp cRlTIc.

Tho Writer Was Not Worrying Much Ovcr
the Terrible Roasting He Got.
The young author had his feet cooked