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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17

can't make no tremendous big mistake
81 keepin your weather eye open on the
future time to come. And them i you
don't die young, old age is comm swift
and certain BY and by, and some OF
these days you win find your rusty self
in need of a soft settin down place to
rest.
some men get old whilst yet they are
young, and some remain owe and larry
around and stay young when they are
old. But they viii all have to ONE up
tc D stoppin place somewheres down
Che line. When the days work is done
and the race is roundin to a finish
when the gold Of eyenin meets the dusk
OF highland them tired feelins are
crawlin up and down and all around
you viii feel like foppin yourself down
eomewheres to rest. Then if you can
manage so as to have a good soft place
ready and waitin, you can bless your
stars, and laugh at the world, and shake
your fist at fate, and say Rufe Sanders
was plum right as usual.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17

Ruta rule, though they
know where the Wis. AMI will il
dry localities run away half a mile wher-
out in order to take a dip, they do mt
leave the house by themselves to hava
a bath. Cats never battle, though tigers
do so regularly in the Indian heats, and
will sit for a long time up to their necks
in water. But the cat seems to rejoice
in any degree of heat.
Mr.. Hagenbeck, the owner of the
Thier park at Hamburg, has found that
his polar bears actually enjoy the hot
test sun in midsummer, and lie out ex-
posed to it's rays when other animals
are distressed by the heat. On the hot
test day which he remembers to have
felt in Hamburg he went round the
grounds in midday to see if the animals
needed any special treatment. Cases of
human sunstroke had been dropping
in at the hospitals all morning, and he
was not surprised to find both a tiger
and a leopard in a fit and almost in
sensible. But the polar bear had left
it's inner cage and stretched itself on the
hot stones. where it could enjoy to the
full the excessive heat of the north Ger
man Observation-Disclosures Spectator.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17

crG1aes, always taking q large Pzryy
friends along. The sloop was furnished
magnificently and only the best Of
everything was vel taken on board.
In addition to the Jessica> Master Van
derbilt owned a half-rater, in which he
raced until he saw that his boat was
not so fast as certain others, when he
laid her up, and to-day she is high and
dry at Bliven's yard, in Newport, where
she will probably end her days. This
boat was called the Osprey, and like
the Jessica, she flew the private flag of
the Valiant. The Osprey is a Herre-
shoff boat, and Master Vanderbilt got to
be such an adept in handling her that
he could take her through narrow open
ings that would have staggered older
sailors and dart her around the wharves
so skilfully as to draw the envy of all
who saw him.
Master Vanderbilt won only one race
with the Osprey. 1t was held under the
auspices of the jamestown Yacht club,
but on special occasions, when he
wanted his boat to win, she would
prove an utter failure. The event which
ended the life of the Osprey, was the
outcome of the match race between her
and Harry Havemeyer's Ideal, the
prize being a gold cup offered by his
mother, Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont. 1t was
a ten-mile triangular race and one of
the yachting events of Newport's last
season, being watched by many So
ciety people, including Mr.. and Mrs.
Belmont and several of Master Van
derbilt's young lady admirers. In this
race the Ideal proved to be the better
boat Of the two, and at the finish line
was five minutes ahead of the Osprey.
Master Vanderbilt was hugely dis
gusted with the action of his boat, and
after that he devoted his time to sail
ing the Jessica, but as none of his
young friends had sloops that could
compete with her, it was tame sport
for him.
He is now at school at Southbridge,
Mass, preparing for Yale college, but
the coming season he will again be ON
hand, and it is understood that he will
this time try his luck with one of the
Hereshoif 3O-footers, a class which
proved so popular last season, and
which will do much racing this year.
Master Vanderbilt means to have a
winning boat, and will keep at it until
he succeeds in getting one that can
leave everything in it's wake.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17
pEasoNAL ANp LlTERARY.

Mrs. Ell Klinger, of Albuquerque,
N. M. is known as the "Cattle Queen OF
New Mexico" She owns 12s, 900 headot
cattle.
Francis Murphy aysthatmore than
1000 persons have signed the pledge
since he began his temperance crusade
in Boston.
The town of venosa, the ancient
venusium, which was the birthplace OF
Horace, the Roman poet, has decided to
erect a monument to him.
Recent statistics maintain the rep
utation of the Society of Friends for
longevity. Of all the members OF the
society who died last year in Great
Britain and Ireland, ranging in years
f1om / to 1O1, the average age was OO
wears 6 months and 10 days.
The rumor that Rev. DIR. Henry M.
Field was shortly to retire ron his long
editorial service, the New York
eelist passing into other hands, is for
~tunatelv unfounded. Though Dr.. Field
disposed of part of his interest to res
byterian friends three years ago, when
n corporation was formed, no further
change has been made or is thought Oh,
DIR. John P. Hambleton, OF Georgia,
Who died the other day, was said TO
have named one Of his sons for the as
sassin of Abraham Lincoln, for which
he was removed from a government OF
flee. But a friend of the dead man tells
the Atlanta Journal that this was mol
+ba case He named his son John
Wilkes, after the English radical mem
Der of parliament.
The corporation of the Massachu.
sets Institute of Technology will moi
attempt to fill the place of the late Pres
! ident Francis A. Walker at present
, Prof. James M. Crafts, of the depart
! ment of chemistry, has been chosen
,, president of the faculty, and the head'
of the various departments will be ex
pected to attend to them. This had beel
the policy under Gen. Walkers admins
tration.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17
cHIcAeo,s HEAVY ooPPERB.
Big Omcers on Guard at the stteet
Crossings

Big Omcers ON Guard MT h Stfeet
Crossings
The arithmetics of the future will
perhaps contain Q proposition hSethis
for the youth to puzzle overs
sIf a crossing policeman welgnA @fo
pounds and his BELTS 81 inches cram
keep who has a start 81 . w. vs. 44sssstt
and 8 inches2
The answer will be varied, accord
ing to the experience of the student.
IT he knows a lot of things about3the
Chicago crossing coppers he will say
about a mile. When the civil service
commission is examining a man fox
police force material for the days that
are to be, it would do wen, perhaps.
to pick out a few who can do 100 Yards
under three minutes. They are not
on the force now. 1t may be that it
takes a man weighing over 200 pounds
to hold down a job on the detail, but
whatever the reason it is evident to the
observer that the squad runs more to
obesity than anything else. 1t seldom
runs at all, for that matter, sine yio-
lent exercise is not part of the duties
of a crossing cop.
The Broadway squad in New York
city is composed of the pick of the POI
lice force, selected for intelligence neat
ness, polish and general appearance
not for height and avoirdupois solely.
The officers are the fnest-looking body
Of police in the world without doubt
The Chestnut street squad of Phila-
delphia is composed of tall men, but
they are all finely built and an orna-
ment to the force. In Chicago the
man on the corne seems to be strong
on girth and little else.
To be sure, the crossing copper does
not have to travel a beat and his duties
are largely confined to waving a club
at obstinate drivers and helping ladies
to ros the street. But should a thief
be seen rushing through the street, with
a tray full of rings or a pickpocKet
jump from a street car and run, how
many crossing copers in Chicago could
do anything except throw a club at him
Not n in q dozen. It is a grievous fact
that the only claim to eminence Chi
cago al make for its downtown police
is that they outweigh any equal number
of officers in the world.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17

According to the results of a spe-
cial study among telegraph OPERATORS
conducted by Mr.. Noble Harter and
Prof. ". L. Bryan, of the Indiana uni
versity, each operator has a ~telegraphic
language of his own, differing in various
particulars from the typical form, al
though all can, of course, understand
n another. Tho greatest number Of
words known to have been sent in one
minute by the Morse code is 40. The
average sending rate per minute is from
20 to "a words Of four letters each.
Skillful operators can usually receive
faster than they can send, but with be-
%ginners the case is reversed.-Youth's
Companion.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17
a T BUTTON.
Strange lark Which Accompanies
New Disease.

Strange Mark Which Accompanies
New Disease
A strange malady has broken oui
among the lower classes in portions o,
Mexico and in the state of Guerrero
Doctors of the city have been entirely
bafied in their diagnosis and are pow.
erless to alleviate the suffering or to
prevent the spread ofthe disease, which
has proved fatal in a large proportion OF
cases.
The symptoms are described to be
languor, followed by the appearance OF
a bright yellow button upon the fore,
head, deathly sickness and vomiting, ac-
ccmpanied by exhaustion and collapse.
The disease is not allied to yellow
fever, according to the physicians, anu
its symptoms nearly approach the
mysterious malady known in Ash
Minor than any other. 1t is stated that
the people of Aleppo. Asia Minor, are
all attacked by the disease at least once
during their lifetime, and all new.
Corners to the city are attacked within q
few days, but the disease, curious as il
is, is rarely ever fatal in the far east.
In Mexico it assumes a malignant
phase. The state and national boards ot
health r bestowing much attention
upon it. DR.. Demetrio Malta, of the
City of Mexico board of health, is in
vestigating the epidemic.-N. Y. Jour>
nal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17

bnt long before il come he was out
and gone the common way OF all flesh.
He was only a little turned3o when he
died. and the doctors give it out that
there want anything the matter with
him in particular-jest q general giyin
AWAY and an all around kerfummux. He
was too internal clost and stingy to
git married, and consequentially his
money went by long division to the law
gers and his poor relations.
Little Jim pitched his tune too blame
high. and naturally of course it didn't
take him very long to sing the song
o7rk.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17
YOUNGEST YACHTsMAN.
This Proud Title Claimed by VII
liam K Vanderbilt
ne Ikea Deep water saiIing-Tacht
Oaprey Too slow and = Chartered
s1Oop Too Fast, So He VIII
have n New BOat.
lsg7.l

kS1EA
Probably the youngest yachtsman in
this country is Master William Nissan
vanderbilt, Jr., son Of William X. Van
derbilt owner of the p~alatial yacht
Valiant There is little doubt in the
minds OF those who have watched the
interest taken in boats by this young
man that in the near future he will
rank among the foremost yachtsmen
Of the world. There r undoubtedly
many boys Of lesser years who sail
boats, and do it well, but the title
youngest yachtsman'' is due to Mas
ter Vanderbilt from the fact that he is
a deep water sailor, The ocean and
bays alone furnishing room
POUCH to suit him.
One day last summer, in Newport
harbor. Master Vanderbilt was to race
his half-rater against that of young
Harry Havemeyer. When they had
reached the starting point in Benton's
cove, Master Vanderbilt insisted on
laying the course out to- sea, but to this
Havemeyer would not agree. Young
| Vanderbilt could not understand why
tHavemeyer wanted such tame sailing,
though finally there was q compromise
on a course in Narragansett bay.
Master Vanderbilt is quick to learn
and afraid to try nothing with his
boats, yet he will not needlessly run
into danger. During the summer sea
son he is almost continually afoat
Last season he chartered the craci
sloop Jessica, in which he made many
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17
ANIMALS IN SUMMER.
Slanv of rhem Enjoy the very warm
est weather.

est weather.
ljogs both battle and seek a draughs
in hot weather. On one of the hottest
days I'll August a red deer hind took pos
session of an inlet in Penn pond in
Richmond park, swimming there n
back, and spending the greater part
Of the morning in Robinson Crusoe
fashion on the damp islet. Sheep dc
not suffer from the highest temperature
of the English climate if shorn and left
quiet, with plenty of water. But any
driving or travelling causes them the
utmost distress at such times, and 6
careful shepherd prefers to make the
common and daily change of pasture
early in the morning on late in the even,
ing. Dogs do not often die OF sum
stroke, but If made to work in great
heat have violent fits and foaming at
the mouth. Spaniels, if used for rab-
biting in September, T very liable to
these fits, and are cured by pouring cold
water on the head and back of the neck
"Mad dog!" is the silly cry usually
raised on these occasions, though there
is not the least cause for alarm, as She
Row of saliva is harmless.
When lying about the house at theil
ease individual dogs e to take diff
ferent views of the effects of hot wealth
err. Some seek a d%raughty passage, o
lie on tiles or grass for choice rattle
than rugs or mats. They also lie Oh
their sides with their legs extended t
admit the air to as much Of the ski
!, as possible, instead of lying curled u
to exclude air, as in winter. Some see
/ a draughty passage, or lie at an ope
) window, and nearly all revel in a batl
| Curiously enough, however, much as.
: dog enjoys a swim in hot weather,
. scarcely ever goes of its own accor
away from the house to take one. Tn
' writer once owned a setter which woul
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17
From nm Enemy Of romatoes.

The chicken heart in human beings
is not unknown, but the tomato heart
seems new. A western Pennsylvania
savant informs the world that toma-
toes, whether raw or cooked, are unfit
for human consumption, and that near
" everybody who eats tomatoes suf-
fers from lycopersicum cardiopathia,
or tomato heart. Their effect" he
says. "eyen upon the most robust is
invariably injurious" The first symp-
tom is difficult breathing, which evil
dences "an arrest Of vital activity
It seems that the secret of the banefuI
effects of eating tomatoes was revealed
to the professor in the discovery OF
the fact that the inmates Of the Pitts
burgh almshouse, who partake largely
of canned tomatoes. are also afflicted
with general depression
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17
DC Good $3.50 way.

But now there was old man jerry
Scroggins, which took the good average
way and kept it to the end. BE want
to say very speedy, but he helt his own
and kept his feet under him and stood
the pace through a long heat. he
started out poor and never got rich, but
at 40 he was right tolcrable well fixed,
and every time he took a step forwards
hewould driyedown apeg so he couldn't
slip back. he was slow but steady
! Gradually by degrees he bought a good
| farm and stocked it, and built a nice
home, and planted out a fine orchard
and raised a big family. He took his
own time and went q good, safe gait,
savin his strength as well as his money,
and was fresh and s~prightly and active
as a cat at so. He never got in any ire
mendius big hurry, but he hit a reglari
steady lick seein how it would take him
through by and by. He took things as
they come-easy and natural-and
made home happy and life pleasant. nc
lived long enough to see all of his grand
children grown up and married off and
settled down, and then when he got old
and poor and weary with the storms O
life he had him a warm, soft settir
down place to rest.
But old man Jerry made one break il
his old age which you never would O
counted on from a safe and pruden
man like him. He let his foot sill
oncst, and if he hadn't caught the ste
mighty quick he would of lost his mes
and went forth into the cold worl
alone. You ought to have a nest, an
z hit well feathered, when you get oil
and feeble, and then you ought to sta
: with it and stick to it till the sun goe
down and the cows come home an
: the evenin stars sing together.
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e
You will please take notice that1 aine
rich, and maybe 1 aint smart nor very
p.oodlookin, but I viii bet the best pair
OF mules in the settlement that I never
win git turned out in the cold world
for the want OF a soft settin down place
1 will have a little nest of my own 20
start with, and If in case that slides out
from under me I have already got three
or four places picked out. where I an
20 and flop down andrest when I told
and tired.
There is James Saunders S~crugganss
which didn't have no ma when ne
turned up at our house, and never did
have n pa so fur anybody knows Of.
But I toted fair with him and give him
a white bows chance. Ha has got q
GOOD house now, and plenty to go cn'
and / am as welcome ut his table as bus
own dear daddy, If not more so,
And then there is VIII Tom Pickelas.
He wouldn't have a pretty home md
a good. smart wife and four promisin
children to-day Il 1 hadn't fixed up a
little scheme and worked it out 50 ne
could many Mamie Lou Galloway l
was for VIII Tom and Mamie Lou
right or wrong when their own home
folks was tryin their level durndest to
bust up the match, and consequentialiy
there is a warm place in their house Tor
me whenever l may call and need It.
I rot a letter from VIII Tom the other
day, and this is the way threads:
To Hon. r. Sanders, Rocky Greek.
xy..HlAa- dall1bfff1l Md DfCKlInCes
You would come to see us Christmas or
New year. but we have still got plenty OF
somethin good to eat and drink savin w
agin you cam git Off and come down. !
nave got four more 6 to XIII, Wnlis.
Mamie Lou left the biggest turkey ana put
away a basket of eggs and also g large
bottle Of vegetable matter to go with them
Come as. soon as you can and stay as Ions
as you ~golnation please. We will look til
we see you comm,
Yours through thick and thin,
WILL TOM PICKENS.
Moreover, also, Misses Josephine Crit
! tenden-little 10 Runnels IS she U.S.
, to be-she is married now, Twin down u
, the Flat Woods and doin well. Sh'
! always did think "a great pile of me
! and if it ever comes to pass that
I mought run out of soft settin dow1
4 places [ know she will have a pleasan
v corner somewhere around the hous
: where she can tuck me in and keep m
warm.
1t amt much probable that I vii
ever git big rich or run for congress
but you can bet your Sunday boots an,
s your side whiskers that if 1 ever git oil
d and broke down and genrally in tn
: way, I will manage to find me a iot
place, where 1 can flop down and dul
up and go to sleep as neat and snug a
n a meader mouse under a fodder st5cl
! RUFUS sANpERB.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17

Mother-Why, Johnnie, what on
earth have you been doing?
Johnnie-Fight'n'! And you me
so cents on it. You know that tooth
you was going to pay a dentistt to draw?
"Yes."
"Well, Billy Bifer knocked it OUT"
Odds aud Ends
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17
Rose to the Occasion.

WilIieboy-That doosid Jones girl
tried to be sawcastic at my expense,
but / think / made her feel that l was
we-spected, don't you know.
Hargrayes-Yes, she told me GSout
it. She said you were positively queen
iy in your Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17

man ought 70
manage so as
to save up q
stake and feather
8 nest for him-
3 elf agin a
rainy day. 1t
mought be that
the rainy day
v viii come,
and then maybe il
will. But YOU
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17
Thn RernInr Rnntina.

"No, Stree" said Deacon Hayloft, 81
felt 50 cheap but once before in
ny life"
Sand when was that2"
"Nnen Mirandy an I disturbed half
the people in q Boston hotel Aghtin'
o-er who should git up an build the fire
an then found out the hull blame place
wuz het by steam."-Chicago journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17
An Echo ofthe RnlI.

II understand there were nothing
but eighteenth century costumes at
the Jingleberry ball."
yes. Times were so nard the host
and hostess thought it well to get PEG
pie to wear their old clothes"
what did you go ASP"
Zone of Chauncey Depew's jokes.
Life
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17

According to the deductions of a well
known astronomer. we receive as muck
light from the sun as could be emitted
by $4,000 full moons.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17

rrnu who Ran the snvhn-UD-tor-
suy-nay Husinesa anto tho
creund-Nafzin Out Time
a-CominE.

ElIe 80 the very best is vain
tSa short and heetin, but every
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
A Fearful Death.

A reliable gentleman from Enoree,
who was in Spartanburg last week on
business, informed The Herald report
er of the tragic death OF a negro man
named John Smith 10 the Enoree rlv-
er on Sunday morning. Right above
the G. & W. G. trestle which spans
the Enoree river mile above the fac
tory. is dangerous sandbar in the
river, which fishermen and bathers
religiously avoid. 1t happened that
Smith and a crowd of negroes were in
the water bathing, when Smith swan
up the stream and into the sandbar,
leaving his companions far behind.
Thinking himself perfectly SECURE,
and completely foiled by the surface
shallowness of The river here he thought
he would stop andrest and then swim
back. No sooner did his feet strike
the sand than he began sinking He
struggled to extricste bimself, but to
no avail; he only sank further down.
He never realized his awful position
until his body was almost completely
submerged by the quicksand and wa.
ter. Then he shouted frantically and
desperately to his faltering compan
ions, who were far away down under
the sleepers of the trestle. The men
were afraid to venture up and rescue
him, and one of them said it happened
so suddenly that they were all paralyz'
ed with a strange fascination to the
spot and could not move. So this
man went down unaided, as none
d ared risk life in such place, it would
have been useless. Soon after he dis.
appeared search party was organized
and a crowd got in a bateau and pad
died up to find the body, and the
search continued all the afternoon.
But up to yesterday morning the
body had not been found, and it is
probable that it never will be.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
Scaidad Him to Death.

In fit of pa sion, Richard Garrity,
an iron moulder, of New York. Thurs
day afternoon threw Bernard McDon-
aid, a fellow workman, into caul'
dron of scalding water. The man was
so badly scalded that he will die. The
men quarrelled as to which could run
out the greatest number OF bars in a
day. They finally came to blows.
Mcdonald struck Garrity with an iron
bar, when Garrity, furious with rage,
seized Mcdonald, knocked the bar OF
iron from his hands and dragged him
to a cauldron Of scalding water. A
fierce struggle took place, Mcdonald
loudly calling for help, but before
any QUE could interfere Clarity pushed
him into the water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
Clearing Mr.. Garris.

The State Board of Control OF the
Dispensary held a netting in Colum'
bia on last Thursday and after the
transaction of routine business Mr..
Cooper introduced the following reso'
luton, which was unanimously adopt
ed:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
board that the Hon. @. W. Garris
came into the possession of the Beck
roge trunk in an honorable and legiti
mate way and that the price for said
trunk be fixed at S..
Mr.. Cooper prefaced his resolution
by few remarks. He had seen the
trunk, he said, after Mr.. Garris got it,
and knew the condition it was
in. The other members of the board
left it to Mr.. Cooper to say what the
trunk was worth, as he was the only
one to see it. He placed the price al
the above amount.