davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
THE RaEEolNa BUSINESS.
It Has to DO Learned Thoroughly, Like
ANY Other.

IL Has to be Learned Thoroughly Like
ANY other.
Few men start in the breeding busi-
ness as they would start in any other
line Of work. TO make a success of
any line of business It is necessary
that the man know the business thor
oughly, and he can only do that
through a more or less extensive expe-
rience. No man can learn the best
part Of what should and must be
known by the successful stockman
without actual experience in the care.
judging, breeding and feeding Gstke
particular line OF stock selected for
breeding. No man can learn to ride a
bicycle, for instance, by seeing others
do 1t. Nor can he do so by the most
profound process of reasoning and
the most thorough course of reading
and study. He must mount the
machine and learn by actual expe-
rience. So it is with the stockman, he
must learn to balance himself be-
tween the pitfalls Of extravaganza on
one side and the boulders of careless
ness on the other. He must learn by
actual care in feeding not to feed too
much or too little. He must learn
from experience gained as it were, by
living in the pens or stables. AS a
writer states it, he must, to be a sue
cessful hog raiser, read hog, talk hog,
eat hog and live with the hog.
While the above is true, that no man
can learn by reading and study alone
what should be known before em-
barking in the stock-raising business,
It is equally true that to obtain the
requisite experience to gain success it
is not necessary that he purchase a
large herd and through failure pay
dearly for his experience. He should
start with a very few select specimens
OF the breed. This is important, for
many a man makes a failure because Of
inferior stock that with good stock
would achieve success. Start with
two, three or i've hrst-class individu-
ais of the breed selected, and BY close
observation and good care make these
profitable, and our word for 1t, by the
time these prove themselves profitable
the owner, il he has properly studied
the questions involved in the breeding
business, will be able to make double
the number pay Al we'll or better. II
there is one business above another
in which experience Is the only safe
teacher it is stock raising. Many pay
dear for a small amount Of knowledge
while others get much at small ex-
pense, but all get 1t in the same school
and in the same way. To make haste
slowly" should be the aim OF the be,
ginner in stock raising. for there ii
much more to learn than the average
man of no experience is aware or
Southern Farm Gazette.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

No more useful building, or one that
will save more money to the farmer,
can be found than q workshop, in
which should be kept a complete set
of tools for working in wood. Such a
set will not be very expensive, and
having a house where they can be
kept it will encourage habits Of neat
ness, which always pay in every busi-
ness. We would have the tool-house
large enough to be a general recepta.
Gle for all farm implements, wagons,
sleighs, drills and carts when not in
use. One room should be partitioned
off and have a small stove, so that il
can be kept warm for working in it in
winter.-Dixie Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
PoaalbllItlea 81 qeorgIa soIl.

The capacity Of an acre Of Georgia
soil has never been fully tested. That
it's capacity is great has been repeat
eddy demonstrated. Without specially
referring to Warthen's and Furmen's
big yields Of cotton per acre, we note
one Of two instances that illustrates
the capacity of Georgia soil.
Several years ago q citizen Of Deca.
tur raised three crops of Irish potatoes
in n year on the same plat Of land
the last crop being very fine.
A citizen of Crawfordville this year,
between April and October, raised
crops Of Irish potatoes, corn and tur-
nips in succession. This is three crops
in six months. Southern C~ultivator.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

as good as Mr.. Aston's, but Is could hs
muck better than it>is
ar. Aston was Ma9el's new lover.
and he had 4 great deal Of money Ii
bonds and one o9 theafnest houses ia
town; two esrcumstanees which have
a tendency Is brighten a mans intel
lect wonderfully in publfe estimation.
II think it will take j long time to
improve WINS mind to any p~erceptible
degree. said Mrs. Branscombe, care
fuE4. "He VIII probabIy be abroad Ave
years, a least.
alhat about the vase all that time2'
asked Mabel.
sEt will take q long time to find i. ?
said Mrs. Bransconbe, with all the
moral superiority Of one who IS con-
scious of aspiring to difficult heights,
ttIf he should find It sooner he could
send it to me"
II have found it, Win wrote soon
after this. "That IS, / have found the
place where 1t ought to be. That il
IS not there is only an Indication Of
the general arrangement of the uni
verse. It was sold some time ago to
a member of the ex-royal family Of
France. It happens, luckily for me,
however the poor devil Of a royals.
may feel about it. that he has fallen
dead broke and all his collections are
to be put up for sale. So here's for
Paris. and wish me gocl luck"
The next time she heard from viii
he had gone to Rome, having been
Informed that the precious object had
been bought for a cardinal and taker
to the imperial city. The cardinal had
since died and there was a hope that
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
FARMER AND PLANTER
s~YsTEMATlo H~UssANpRN


What 3 Georgia Farmer Bndefslands hy
Intensive Farming
I unde rstand intensive farming to.
be, TO 60 deep down into the soil, With
one or two horse turning piows and
subsoil its TO thoroughly ~palverizo the
land TO a good depth; to concentrate
fertilizers, chemical, commercial and
stable manure, and by vegetable
growth on the soil. I understand in-
~tensive farming to be also the quick
and rapid culture Of a crop during
the growing season, and make four
bales Of cotton on the area that now
produces only ii bale, or four BUSH
els Of corn where only one bushel
was raised before, or Increasing
the yield Of any product on
ID given area fourfold. The
logical result OF intensive farming is
q large increase ia the value OF the
land and the realization Of q profit
that makes farming r~emunerative. AS
IN illustration Of the practical work.
ings OF the intensive system we will
devote one acre to cotton and apply
broadcast 900 pounds Of acid phos-
phate and cotton seed meal the first
year at a cost of $500. Any land at to
be cultivated with this application
would yield from $50 to 400 pounds Of
lint cotton per acre the first year, an
increase Of 225 pounds. At seven
cents per pound this would give SIS. 70
increase in value, and after deducting
expenses q net profit Of 81 IS the first
year. The second year this acre put
in corn and peas, with the applica-
ton OF thirty bushels OF cot
ton seed, would yield 25 to 30 bushels
Of corn, and fodder and peas sufficient
to cover all expenses and realize q net
profit of $500. The third year the
same acre put in cotton, with the APP
plication Of 1000 pounds of fertilizer
broadcast will produce two 45O pound
bales of cotton. Estimating the cot
ton at seven cents per pound, and the
cost Of production at $50, the etproft
will be $40.
This system may look expensive, but
it pays in the end. 1t will be seen that
according to this system that Is acres
each III corn and cotton will produce
as much as As acres Of poor land hall
worked. We can improve the land by
growing leguminuous plants, dividing
the land into three sections SO that
VS. will have peas every year.-B. w
H., in Southern Cultivator.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

H3 2WW NEA
vase. Ihere was q trndition Of total de-
pkatitB lingering about the memory Of
Ceiini which, BY q subtle law Of the
affinity st cpposftes, rendered all things
connected WITH him objects Of ire
sistfblA attraction to q woman Of the
rigid propriety Of Mrs. B~ranscombe.
Therefore st became necessary that she
should come into possession Of a Ceilini
vase with as little delay as might be.
Your viii have 1t. Will had said ii
burst Of Affection
That was just before he went to Flor
ence. Mrs. Branscombe felt in al I'M
usually FRIENDLY humnr with him; first
for hia devotion ID Der interests; sec
ond, tor his absence.
liz wrote often to Mrs. BranH
conahe; not once to Mabel Neither
Fia hs sand hersahy message. Mrs
9ranseombe had always had faith ii
lhe remedial eheet Of absence IN senti
mental cases. It seemed to increase ths
aiEection Of annt and nephew. She wa.
growing almost fond Of him now thaths
as0ut 81 tie way.
Ffss's 8 good fellow. when he's i
nnothek countrg pt he2 she said +
NahaA
son, YES sssentsd the girl, cheer
kully
He IS improving in mind. It Is
ro5d thing. have always though
nssaed improvement 1 think
~enId bear moro improvement than am
aat mInd + Know. 81 viii never n
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

The porosity Of soil being increased
by drainage. permits a free circulation
OF air, not only from above, but from
the drain beneath. This air is more
or less laden with vapor, which. as it
becomes condensed, lends a very ma.
terial aid to keeping the soil moist. By
Increased porosity of the soil" we do
not mean the enlargement of the chan.
nels, pores, assures, etc, alone, but
the greatly increased numbers of these
and their greater extension down
through the soil. This facilitates the
working Of a kind Of force termed
capillary action, which draws moisture
from below toward the surface. The
ground, being loose and mellow, also
allows the roots Of crops to penetrate
further downward, by which they are
enabled to take up the moisture and
carry it to the growing plant. Dixie
Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
pnlrnrirnfInn Nnunntinl.

Prof. Milton Whitney. Of Johns
Hopkins university, has determined
that in an ordinary wheat soil there
are at least 10, 900 million soil grains
in 4 gram (about d pintl, and in some
Of the finest soils this number has
reached a. o millions. In coarse or
sandy soils; the particles, by reason Of
greater weight, take a closer arrange
ment; hence there is less air space.
The more soils are divided up and
made fine. like dust. the more air
space. and for the same reason, the
more surface In . given bulk.
To illustrate: A cubic foot Of
hard granite has only six square
feet Of surface exposed to air or wa
tor. II ground to hneness Of . good
wheat SON. then q cubic foot will have
over two ncrea OK surface, and in the
finest limestone soils Of Maryland the
exposed surface all the soil grains IN 4
cubic foot exceed three acres ia *
tent. The amonnt 81 surface IA impor'
tant, as the watar in-the soil adhere,
70 theas surfaces. and the roots occu'
~ the spaces batween In search Of
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

""R """AAEE
ner valuable for their Farity and their
VsntoFs OF d~iscoverers.
She had a fan that was said to have
ne belonged 70 the last Tycoon, who
bad been Imprisoned and who was said
So have shaded his face with this iden-
ticai fam as he listened to the decree
which subjected him to durance vile
and abolished the t%ycoonate forever.
Mrs. Branscombe held to this theory
with mistaken ~fcnacity, but her
nephew Wil had been the victim Of
doubts ever since he had CHANGED upon
q factory in Philadelphia which turned
cut an inexhaustible supply Of genu-
inc Japanese vase SO like that royal
relic that when he replaced it for a
week with one Of the late manufac-
tured his aunt did not seem to know the
difference.
He had not called her attention to
the experiment, because he had never
forgotten he had tried with the
famous roc's egg, and he did not believe
that she ever had, either. The roc's
egg had been the joy of her heart and
the pride Of her soul, and she had treas
ured it with anxious care for more
than five years. until one day VIII, in
an u~nseemly fit of glee, had accidentally
knocked it out of the nest in which it
had been calmly reposing for so long,
and it was shattered into fragments.
Thereupon it was revealed that the fa-
NOUS egg had been cunningly contrived
with a preparation OF lime carefully
glazed over the surface, and no mysteri-
Gus roc had ever had anything to do
with its production.
Will never could get over the inn
preston that it was scarcely fair that
he should he blamed for the latter
fact. He might have thought it only
just that his aunt should have been
vexed with him for his carelessness in
knocking down her treasure, but she
had never seemed half so indignant
toward him for that as because OF
the little circumstance that the egg
turned out not to be genuine. How
did she suppose he could help thatY
Will believed that it was the roc's egg
that had ruined him. She had not
seemed to cherish any violent ami
mostly toward him previous to that.
Since that tragic event her treatment
Of him had been really heart-breaking.
Not that he should have cared 50
much had 1t been merely for his own
sake and hers, though he had always
tried to be a dutiful and affectionate
nephew. There was Mabel. She was
Mrs. B~ranscombe's niece and lived with
Eer. 1t will be seen without difficulty
when taken in connection with the fact
that Will was in love with Mabel, that
the situation was embarrassingly com
plicated. It really became necessary
to Wits happiness that his relations
with Mrs. B~ranscombe should be placed
on a friendly footing.
There was but one way by which
Will could reinstate himself in the goot
graces of Mrs. ~Branscombe, and ever
that seemed impossible from a casua
view. She had become possessed Of
wild longing for a Cellini vase. Perhap,
there Is no reason why a Cellini media
or a Cellini seal might not have an
swered the purpose quite as well, bu.
for some reason Mrs. Branscombe's am
bition had taken the form Of a Cellin
&
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
rhefr C-onclusIons.

Two scientists of the Twenty-nrst
century were examining with deep i'm
terest a petrihed body which had just
been discovered.
at Is quite old" said one.
aYes," replied the other, shut not
more than $50 years, I should say. You
viii notice that It has the bicycle face
and the telephone eur. Those pecnliar-
ines did not develop until near the close
cf the nineteenth century according 70
the best authoritfes .-N. Y. World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

Mr.. Happy-Yes. sir, / make my wife
a regular allowance every week. Don't
you yours?
Mr.. Henpeck-No-o. She makes me.
an allowance, when I earn enough-N.
Y. Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

food The mora fne spaces there are
the more fine rootlets there will be,
and the moro food tia plant can gath,
er from the soil.-Dixie Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

= O..
Then her eye fell again upon the
exquisite carving Of the master gold
smith, and she relented.
"What did she say2"
"She said she would not do anything
without your consent, when you have
been so good to her"
Good childs' said Mrs. Brans-
combe, with n eye fixed apprecia-
lively On the girl and the other on the
vase. 4 can't refuse you anything
now, Will"
win and Mabel withdrew to the next
room to discuss the subject, while Mrs.
~Branscombe remained in delightful COM
temptation Of the wonderful handle
work OF Cellini.
do you suppose it is genuine? n
Mabel asked the day after she and Will
had returned from their bridal tour.
They were looking at Mrs. B~ranscombe's
treasures, chief among which was the
marvellous vase.
II know II IS" replied win.
How do you known
He bent over her and whispered:
"Because i made it myself Midland
Monthly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

the coveted treasure might be within
grasp. Then he wrote from Madrid,
where he had gone in consequence OF
a rumor that the precious vase had been
sent to the Spanish capital and placed
in a museum.
After that she did not hear from
him for a long time. She began to
grow uneasy, first for the Cellini vase
and then for her nephew. She had
not before known how fond she was Of
him.
1t was a year from the time Of his
departure that Will returned, walk
ing in evening as quietly as il he
had been down town for an hour or
so, and had just come back.
Mrs. Branscombe sprang to meet him
in transports Of delight. After she had
welcomed him and asked him how he
was and where he had been and why
he had not written to her, shesaid:
II forgive you for not bringing the
vase. After all, Win, / think I'd rather
have you. You know Twas always fond
Of you"
VIII almost whistled in an excess
% 4~AcES0u41LJS puO CuSCAcu AA4ASSAA II
time.
.sThat reminds me, though he said,
taking a box out from some mysterious
hiding place, that / did bring the
vase"
He opened the box and took from
it a vase beautifully wrought of silver.
~ornamented on one side with a golden
Venus rising from a silver sea, and on
the other with a swarm Of small
Tritons ~disporting themselves gaily OF
the crests Of silvery waves.
After a period of breathless contem-
plation, Mrs. Branscombe cried:
"What can / do to pay you for such a
beauty?"
"You know there is only n thing /
want"
Mrs. Branscombe looked over at Ma
bel, standing with eyes ~downcast, not
looking once at the classic piece Of
workmanship.
"Child, how can you he so %insensibles
Do look at the charming thing. If it's
Mabel you mean you can ask her."
II have askedSher."
~You ndutifuI-f
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

hit
coRstl
using
stuff
16 fe
inches
and u
the d
to COZ
he pla
dow 0
man
nicely
80 h
doc
very
spleno
by pla
oppesi
4hches
Dieteiy
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16


-
"
Pc
%
-
u
=
q
81
uE
GO
o'
g
nc
GO
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-06
ELECTR|C|STA AMERICANA

De regreso de los Estades Unidos con una
axtensa factura de timbres, botones, bate
rfas. alambres deuAs accessories, ofrece de
nueyo aus servicios para instalaciones elec-
tricas de todas clzses, y para niquelar obJetoe
Ponce, % de Nbre. de 1896.
(Cristina % LUIS SALAzAR-
Nota: Sc facilitan presupuestos para pain
"A el6ctricas. ~. d
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-06
Opfica especial
Espec1fco Salvador
Premiodo en- dos EgpoSsciomes
INTERESANTE

Prenaiado en- dos E.gpoSaci0nes
INTERESANTE
Ell pertentoso preparado Especstsco Sal
vadoT de Juan Sierra Urgell, es Ell primero
de los Especffeos para madurar los catarros
y espntar sin toser.
Aunque un pueblo este apestado de las
epidemias que fueron, no hay mas que ab-
sorver de dos a cuatro gotas por la nariz
Todos los microbes que afectan la respi-
racion moriran.
Para que nunca sc sufra de dolor de ca
beza, para ir Yer enfermes, para entrar
en- las letrinas y para expulsar las lombrices
la tenia no hay NADIA mas eicaz.
Por mi 10 ismo he experimentado todo este.
Por 10 demas hay ochenta aplicaciones en-
prospecto, que acompaf1a cada frssce.
Los comerciantes podran matar todos los
insectos que destruyen sus mercancias usan-
do este especifco en- la forma que iRdica ell
De venta en- Hato Puerco.
JUAN RRAURGELL.
Juana-Diaz, Julio 10 de 1897.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-06
Sc VENDE

Una csja de hierro a prueba de .fuego;
alto / m.l7l0; ancho milo en- 325 pesos,
una bicicieta medic uso en- $50; una vldrie-
ra mostrador de cedro pichlpen de $50
de larga por omlS5 de anchura en- $3.50; dos
vidr ieTas aparaoores $50. Dos mostrado-
res elegantes de cedro pichipen adorna-
dos SO; I'm alambiQIe cabezote con to-
das sus pleas y con cabida de 81 cuartero-
las en- $3.50.
Julio Il de 1897.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-06
InteresantiSim0

Vino tinto de mesa, de la 'Vinicola espa-
nola', en- csjas de IL botellas y de "a mt
dias botellas alambradas, en- Darricas, ca
lidad tan buena mejor que Ell vino frances
detallan Boysen Il Ca. Playa de Ponce.
Julio 15 de 1897 I'm
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-06
iAUSUBO! iAUSUBO!

Vigas de 4x s, 4x6y5x 10 alfagfas
de 8. Estantes dc &usubo de 81 Va
fas. Surtido genera os Iaadsras dc Ia
F1oricx, tAblxs ds rodax s4asss dsnka
sonsn usGi6n.
P.L. DORJ- & Ca
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-06

F0sFAIIMA Esl.eREs. Aan.se- $40. Kaa~
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-06

JAIME RULLAN, ATooHA 6.-Tiene
constantemente en- su establishments de
peleteria, materiales para zapateros y cal
zado ds todas claaes.
ARECIBO
MORALES CO.-Almacen de pfovi
stones, Gale del fuente.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-08-11

Washington, August 1.-Secretnry
sherman returned to the city yester-
day afternoon from brief rest of two
weeks at Amagansett, l.. 1. He ap-
pears refreshed and improved by his
brief respite at the ocean.
The secretary does not anticipate
any important developments in pend
ing diplomatic questions while the
president is away en- his vacation He
denies the recent statements from San
Francisco that Minister Sewall had in
structions to establish a protectorate
over Hawaii in the event the senate
failed to ratify the annexation treaty.
When asked what the minister's ac-
ton would be if some overt act was
committed by the Japanese, the secre
tary said that in that event Minister
Sewall might raise the American flag
if he had special instructions to That
effect. AS to whether Mr.. Sewail has
such instructions, Secretary sherman
did not say.
Secretary Sherman said the United
States would not guarantee to the car
ryng out of the terms of arbitration
between Hawaii and Japan if the de-
cision of the arbitrator was against
the former. If the treaty of anneNn-
ton is ratified before the arbitration is
concluded, then the arbitration failed.
the secretary explained. He left the
inference that the matter of Japans
claims against Hawaii might then be Il
special subject of legislation by con
gress.
Secretary Sherman emphatically de-
MED that he had any intention of re-
signing.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-08-11

New York August IA special to the
Herald from New Haven, Conn, says:
With the recent death at Nagatuck of
Herbert e. Fowler there has been lost
the secret of an invention that promised
to be of great value to the commercial
world. 1t was a process for making
an electrical deposit Of copper from
solution, upon wood or any other rigid
or semi-rigid substance. This process
was made possible by coating the sub
stance that was to be copper plated
with liquid preparation, the secret of
which was known only to Mr.. Fowler.
Every means had been used to induce
him to patent the invention, but he de-
clined, fearing he might lose the use of
it,
a Chicago firm recently formed which
offered to take up manufacturing with
the copper deposit extensively, hut con-
ditioned their offer upon the patenting
of the invention. Their proposition was
sent to Mr.. Fowler, but before an
agreement had been reached the in
ventor died.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-08-11
Turkey and Persia.

London, August IA dispatch to the
Daily News from Tarbiz North Persia,
capital of the province of Azerbaijan,
says serious trouble has broken out ON
the Turko-P Persian frontier and that
both governments have dispatched
troops and guns to the scene of diff
Guilty.
AS Russia has long been understood
to be ready to aid Persia in any CON
flict with the porte, andas England
must necessarily watch with jealous
eye any progress Russia makes in Sc
curing any hold upon Persia and thus
approach India more nearly, if n con-
flict between Turkey and Persia does
take place, very grave complications
are likely to ensue the first results of
which. are likely to be further postpone
ment of the Graeco-Turklsh negotia-
tiOnS