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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

deck, as If he were seven feet long1
but about that he frequently is, and
five feet about the girth, and with six
or eve gallons Of oil in his queer
body.
Birch bark canoes are still used by
the Indians for this sport, Rnd the way
they handle them in the wide, stormy
waters of the Bay of Fundy is a revela.
ton as to the seaworthiness of those
wonderful little craft. Boys must be-.
.giR their trai porpoise hu
out with an older man in good wealth
or first. The Indians generally go two
together, for, while shooting the por-
poise can be done easily by one in
smooth water, It'll s not the shooting, but
the landing of him that is the ticklish
business. After he is shot he'll speared
to finish him, and then the Indian runs
two fingers in the blow-hole, takes hold
of his fin with the other hand, lifts the
great fellow until at least half his
length is above the canoes gunwale,
and then drags him aboard. Imagine
doing that in a birch bark canoe on a
1OuHn AAbCA sea- 4CLd mani AOLlCl ~ lie
canoe under such conditions will often
accomplish the feat, and not so rarely
he will fail, and lose his life to boot.
The usual thing is for two to work to-
gether, and then accidents are COM
paratively rare. A mar has to stand up
to shoot, if the water is rough. OF
course he could not see his game if he
didn't. One Of those Indians can stand
and shoot, and at the same time adapt
every movement to the swaying of his
bout, keeping her on an even keel with
a success that is simply miraculous.
There are many sharks in these wa
tiers, and there are perfectly authenti-
Gated stories Of sharks cutting por'
poises in two just as the Indians were
hauling them aboard, but they don't
seem to mind the sharks ut all, driving
them Off with their long spears when
they are too encroaching, with perfect
GOODNESS.
Eastport, Me-, is the market where
the Indians sell most of their OIL
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
view odorr for Flowers.

1t is a fad in Paris to perfume flowers
artifcially. Experiment has proved
that it is possible not only to take away
the natural odor of a flower, but also to
make it yield a perfume derived from
ONE other vegetable product. Some vio-
let's, for example, are perfect in form
and coloring, but without fragrance,
while others, very insignificant to look
at. emit a delicious fragrance. The
transfer of the odor from one species
to the other has been accomplished.
Those who have been most successful
in this branch of horticulture refuse
to tell their secret. 1t is said that the
African marigold has been robbed of its
~disagreeable odor and endowed with a
perfume that makes it much sought.
The fad has been carried to the extreme
of giving to the sunfiower the odor Of
the rose and to the chrysanthenum
that Of the violet.-N. X. Sun.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
common-senne nenutr Llnt.

An authority on physical training for
women gives the following directions
for securing the best results, which
naturally must be modified by indi-
vidual characteristics and cIrcum.
stances: "Sleep nine hours out Of the
"a. battle in cold water, exercise five
minutes daily with light dumbbells.
drink a cup of hot liquid before break
fast, spend half an hour every day in
outdoor exercise, make the best of bad
bargains. and always keep your tenn
per"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

Tia i Georgia town lives a girl Of IL,
with the intellect Of an infant. she
was bright enough until she reached the
age 0f seven, and then she began to
lose memory and speech. The case was
a puzzle to physicians, until a young
mefnber Of the profession announced
chat her skull was too small to permit
the brain to grow. This suggested the
idea Of ~enIarging the skill, and, such
nre the friumphs Of modern surgery,
The operation was performed, the girl
survived It. and now, after the lapse of a
mspfh. she is physically as well as eyer
and the mental improvement is most
marked. Perhaps, some day, we can
have our heart and lungs made new
aqain as surgeons grow still more
clever,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
Treaaure Hunt a. Texna.

Eighty thousand dollars in gold and
silver bullion is the sum which a band
of fortune hunters in Texas are looking
for; OF, at lenst, they think they are
looking for it. The story which started
them on their search IS that some years
ago a wagonload of the precious metals
was thrown into a deep spring near
Garlic, Tex, to prevent its falling into
the hands of brieands. Only one man
who was aware OF the hiding place sur
vived the fight with the robbers. and
the present searching party was organ
lied by him.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

forms The pin on which the swing re-
wolves. and should fit loosely in the
socket, a hole in the top of the post
which has been set in the ground so as
to project about II inches.
At the top OF the post a similar pin is
inserted and passed through q tri-
angular piece Of iron, which any black
aanith can make for you. At each
corner Of the triangle the metal is
drawn out and curved upward into a
loop, from which chains or wires pass
to the trees at q little distance
American Agrieulturist.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
Electric Blsaching Of Teeth.

The application of electricity has
been eminently successful for the
bleaching of teeth. After filing the
nerve canal in the usual manner, the
cavity is excavated and filled with cot
ton saturated with the bleaching solu-
ton. The positive pole is connected
with the cotton in the cavity, and the
negative to the wrist, and the current
is allowed to remain for 20 or 80 min
utes, according to the density of the
stain. The process is painless and most
effective.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

forehead, the neck. all are violently
contracted. The effect is the more ac-
centuated in that the energy of the eff
fort has congested the face.
Zone would say, to see this figure,
that the leaper had suddenly felt great
pain and that he was about to burst
into tears.
This photograph is interest
ing, as giving the contracted appear
ance OF a leaper at the precise moment
of the effort of his leap.
1T is certain that in this nj q
series of effects that would be at once
surprising and instructive might be
obtained with the aid of Photographic
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
TO save the TabIecIoth.

Nothing contributes so much to the
soiling of-the dinner cloth as the glass
Of water which during a meal is being
continually picked up and set down
again in a new place. Some thrifty
housewives have adopted the custom Of
setting the glasses on tiny plates such
as are so generally used for bread and
butter nowadays. 1t has been found
that a tablecloth keeps clean much
longer by the use of these plates, and
the idea is especially popular among
boarding house keepers.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
SCIENCE.
MACHINE THAI BREATHEa

And one That initiates the Chea
Movement Bf a Man.
Two curious instruments were re-
Gently placed on exhibition by the New
York Academy of Sciences. They were
simple little mechanical contrlvances
designed to show the action of the lungs
and Of the rib muscles when we breathe.
BY closely observing them any per-
son may learn in a moment just how the
inside Of the chest behaves when we In
hale a deep breath. They were made by
Prof. John Z. Woodruff, of the New
York Teachers college. One of these in
Btruments consisted Of an ordinary
lamp chimney over he bottom of which
was stretched a soft rubber sheet, and
In the top of which was inserted a rub
Der stopper. Through the center Of the
stopper was a piece of glass tubing. On
til end of the tubing, inside & the lamp
chimney, was tied a little bag made Of
what is known as g~old-beater's skin,
Ordinarily the little bag of skin in the
| chimney hangs limp and loose like a col
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

one Ordered FOR q New York Carl 30
% Co.'S s71S.

one Ordered FOR q New York Carl %
4 p Cost $71B.
The most expressive bicycle suit on
record has just been ordered at one Of
the SWEETEST tailors in New York
The girl who meets the bill is worth
q million = her own right is an athletic
beauty and reigning belle in the ultra
smart set.
The suit which makes the bill Is the
most elaborate ever designed in this
country. It is lined with silk, finished
with Jewels and viii cost a lump sum Of
s715.50.
Two "Seott and Adie" shawls at SIS
apiece win be employed In making the
skirt and jacket. And, by the way,
these English shawls are the very latest
thing for any sort of fancy outing suit.
The skirt will be stitched half way
to the knees, with the lines Of stitching
net over a sixteenth of an inch apart;
this is the new device TO Etiffen the
lower part Of the skirt without adding
70 the weight.
The edges Of the Jacket are also
stitched, and, together with the skirt.
ID ~elahorately braided, which latter
EKouch adu ome $2a "a The expense.
n1cotners and Innings ot shit through
% 4lH be az silk-not less than Il
yards Of silk to be uesa. which Ives
other item of $22.5O. With the bioomera
have been ordered half a dozen In
erlining Of the finest lawn at $3.50 q
pair.
Loose jackets are no longer the cor
rect thing for the crack bicyclist. The
newest waist is tight-htting always
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

RiRp ~ LETTERS.

N&EI. AEC. AHCl"
perfot eTleds proud as could b.
birds Who know letters
ra surely your b~etters,"
- SAILED 10 the birds Ia the tree.
Bur the birds In tho trce-top a. play
All SHIPPED in the j0liiest way;
We dcp's know ABC's.
aas Were quite at our ease
e these higher branches. said they.
-A Il BridRmRn, Ia St. Ntcholaa
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
Henrd 81 &c stnhfn-

"I'm your friend, old fellow" said the
canvas to the artist. IF you get hard
up and need monsy, why, just draw on
me."-Tit-Bits.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

BlcVcle-riding contracts the chest"
Yes. bnt look what fine, round Shout
aars you ret -Up-to-Dasa
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
Nebuchndnex4ar gnndwIchea.

Most of us have partaken of those
dainty little sandwiches consisting of a
lettuce leaf or sprig of watercress or
some other bit of green between the
bread. But do most of us know the
latest name for them? It's an alto
gether fit and taking title, and it has,
besides, the flavor of ScripturaI associa-
ton. It is 'Nebuchadnezzar sand
witches"
Mirth is short-lived; cheerfulnesa
never tires.
Evening star., 1897-06-11
WAS A SOLDIERS WIDOW.
An Interesting Decision Involving
the Mississippi Marriage Law.


the Mississippi Marriage Law.
An Interesting decision regarding 4 pen
sion claimant was made today by Assistant
Secretary Davis Of the Interior Depart
ment. A slave, who lived near the navy
yard in this city went to Mississippi. where
she lived with Jordan Dawley as his wife.
Several children were born to them, when
Daw.ey enlisted in Company G. 52d United
States Colcred Infantry. dying in the serv-
ice in 1864. A couple of years later Daw-
ley's slave wife began living with Alex
apdcr Robinson.
The pension Office did not allow :he claim
to a pension which Mrs. Dawley made as
the widow of soldier but Mr. Davis held
that under the Mississippi law there was
legal marriage between Mrs. Dawley and
both of the men with whom she had lived,
and that she was entitled to a pension from
the date of the death of Dawley until she
began living with Robinson, her relations
with the latter making her his legal wife,
although she testified that she never re-
garded him as her husband.
This decision emphasizes the unusual con-
dition under which legal marriage is
established in Mississippi. proof of CO.
habstation of parties living together only
being necessary to establish such fact in
law, whether the parties to 1t proclaim
themselves man and wife or not
Evening star., 1897-06-11

WANT ads. IN The Star pay because
they bring answerA
Evening star., 1897-06-11
i he New
Fiber Rugs

arc the seasons novelties in floor
coverings. To YOU people who have
been using Bordered Carpets during
the winter they present themselves
in doublv attractive fOrm They Oc-
cupy the place amongst summer
floor coverings that bordered carpets
occupy amongst winter carpets.
They are soft and pliable. odorleSs
and tough. They will not splinter or
break. and will not slip on polished
floors. They cannot be injured b.
moths and are practically indie
structible.
New patterns in Fiber Rugs, in
olive green, blue, Bismarck brown,
terra Gotta and wood brown. Spe-
cial prices to introduce them:
FIBER IUt:s.
Size Usually Special
! it. e ill., BY 10 it. e in. 5000 $50
y BY IL it. .SI2.oo 5000
Small sizes from 75c to $3.50 each.
W Il. MOSES & SONS 1t
Evening star., 1897-06-11
CHARGED WITH DRUNKENNESS.
COurt-Martial of Commander Mullan
Ordered at His Reauest.

Secretary Long today ordered the trial
by court-martial of Commander D. w.
Mullan on a charge of drunkenness. Com
mander Mulan was in command of the
Pensacola navy yard at the time the charg-
es were current, and demanded a court of
inquiry. This was ordered with the re-
suit that the charges were partially sus-
tanned. The department was willing to let
the matter end there. but the officer did
not care to let the record stand against
against him when he comes UP for promo
ton the latter part Of this month, SO he de-
manded q court-martial. and this demand
has been granted
Commodore Norton, commandant at the
Washington navy yard. will head the court
which will meet at the navy yard here
next Wednesday.
Evening star., 1897-06-11
Licut. Thcail to BE Retired.

Lieut. Elisha e. Theau of the Marine
Corps was found physically disqualified to
perform the duties of a next higher grade
by the examining board which met at the
Marine barracks yesterday. The result of
this report VIII be that Lieut.. Theall, in
accordance with law. win be promoted to
the next higher grade and then retired.
He IS one OF the most popular young off,
GERS In the service. and his retirement is a
matter OF much regret to hiJ associates.
both young and old.
Evening star., 1897-06-11
Sacrifices
That Speak
For Themselves
A'MAYER5sc5 5cs:. s5s;:
Great Sale.

We have no other alternative hut TO
sicrihoc orr goods Ordinary prices will
buy goods anywhere. w-'vr got TO con
fine the bulk Of all the .,dc In Washing
ton TO our >tuce in order rid ourselves
OF this stak. The entire front q. our
luilding is 10 he torn out The entire
center is to he torn out
With such i,crishalie goods as Millinery
and wometNs summer wear there's nothing
TO he done to IL from the rsyascs
OF dust and mortar hut ,iispoSe of H. We're
taking what We ran get quickest. as shsa
prices viii SHOW:
EMBROIDERED YohES
Extra full. Worth sI.50.
For oS cents.
ASSORTED REl.TS
big lot of Stylish Belts. North - to
For u cents.
LADIES' vESTS
lot Of Good Vests. with silk tape
around neck and arms Worth iyc.
For III cents.
SHORT RACK SAILORS
Ladies' Rough Braid Short Back Salon
Worth $3.50
FOR 90 cents.
TRIMMED SAII.OisS.
All 99c. Trimmed Saiiors. Choice,
For so cents.
SHIRT WAISTS.
big lot of Ladies' Shirt Waists. lap
pets. organdies. etaminrs and lace slIlySsd
dimities. Regularly Sl.50.
For % cents.
Evening star., 1897-06-11
Last Day. ---
Tomorrow 90

OF the Special San.9O Suit
Sale.
Don't come Monday ex=
pecting to find these suits
still tagged Snl.S ==Sa6.5O,
$500 and $4,000 are the
prices they'll go back to.
It's a sale of the very
finest suits i'm our store
our finest serges==our
fine est cH7eviots==and our
finest tweeds, cassimeres
and fancy worsteds.
ST 80 for such suits as
these is certainly a re
markable bargais7==g wing
you the very highest grades
of ready=to=wear garments
at a price you usually pay
for the ordinary sorts.
Come tomorrow if you
want ome==rVomday will be
too late.
Evening star., 1897-06-11

Maryland and Virginia Postmastcrs.
pointed as follows:
Maryland-Buena Vista Springx. Cyru
Keefer: Clear Spring. w. K. Loose.
Virginia-Arrington, Il. A Giles: Ivan
hoe. n. w. Jewett: NeWbsrn, J. n Fee
glao.
Evening star., 1897-06-11
Capt. Gridlcy Ordered 10 the Olympia.

Capt. c. v. Gridley has been detached
from command of the Richmond, at San
Francisco. and ordered to command the
flagship Olympia of the Asiatic station. per
steamer from San Francisco of July Z. He
will relieve Capt. j. ]. Read. who has been
ordered home and granted two months
leave Of absence.
Evening star., 1897-06-11
After Treasury Position.

Among the applications for Office filed Al
the Treasury Department today were the
following: L. H. Wilson Of Cincinnati to be
assistant register Of the treasury; A. L.
Griffith of Dell City, Ala. to be auditor OF
the treasury, and @. A. Smith Of Danbury
Conn, to be deputy auditor.
Evening star., 1897-06-11

ANGOSTCRA BiTTHiis Il Enern ns the treat
regulator OF he digestive organs all over the werl
Have Il IN Year hsuke. Ask for the genuine AZ.
ttcie. manufactured by DR.. j. q. B. SieSert Soas.
Evening star., 1897-06-11
Major Darling Retired.

Mai John A. Darling. Sd Artillery, has
been retired at his own request. under the
sixty-two years age clause.
Evening star., 1897-06-11

The reading room Of the New York pub
lie library II to be ON the sky door.
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PROMPT.

relief thai
49, $40 O. p SMELL, sRr Traveller,
Henderson, N, O. |
The evening times., 1897-12-01
81 so Figured
Briliiantine Skirts

Ma gnifcently made.
perfect In hang-all
iengtils-full width
an extraordinary bar
gain observation-disclosures.
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A GOOD PRACTICE.
II You Want a Good Appetite and
Perfect Digestion,

After each meal dissolve one or two OF
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in the mouth
and, mngling with the food. the y constitute
q perfect digestive, absolutely safe for the
most sensitive stomach.
They digest the food before 1t has time
to ferment, this preventing the formation
of gas and keeping the blood pure and free
from the poisonous products of fermented.
half digested food.
Stusrt's Dyspepsia Tablets make the COM
plexion clear by keeping the blood pure.
They increase flesh by digestin:, flesh
forming foods.
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the only
remedy designed especially for the cure Of
stomach trouble and nothing else.
One disease, one remedy. The successfuI
physician of today is the specialist, the
successful medicine is the medicine pre.
pared especially for one disease.
A whole package taken at one time would
not hurt yau, but would simply be a " iste
OF god material.
Over six thousand men and women in he
State OF Michigan alone have been cures, cf
indigestion and dyspepsia by the use OF
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
Sold ty all druggists at so cents for full
sized package.
SEND for free book on stomach .lise ,ses
to Stuart Co.. Marshall, Mich
noc9-ticl 8
The evening times., 1897-12-01

$IO Satin Duchess skirts
5$s 4s1 5sss;sS e. sss ss;;E ssa 81 or
feet fitting. VTUVV
The evening times., 1897-12-01
CHARGE OF DISSERTATION.
Farmer Accused of Smashing His
FIRST wife's TomhStone.

Smyrna. Del, Dec 1.-Nathaniel B
Carey, a young farmer living near this
place. was arrested yesterday, charged
with naliciousy destroying the monument
erected over the grave of his first wife.
He WIS given a hearing before Magis-
trate Budd, and was held in $500 bail for
his appearance at the April term OF the
Kent count y court
TIE monument was erected IN Odd Eel
lows Cemetery, Smyrna, by Mr.. Carey's
mother-in-law and the sisters Of his former
wife, who was Miss Frazier. Enmity
had existed between Carey and .,is
mother-in-law for some time, and she al
lcEcs that revenge induced him to de
stroy the monument. Carey made public
statement yesterday, in which he said
he hod forbidden his mother-in-law and
sisters-ir-law to erect any tombstone or
monument ON the lot, and that when h.
needed anyassistance from them lie would
call on them for 1t. Headded: From this
date l forbid them from coming on my
cemetery Lot, under penalty OF law fer
trespas sing" Both siGes have obtained
counsel.
The evening times., 1897-12-01
The WlLYWIDOWS EXPOSED
Some Specimen Plans to Secure
Pension Money.
An Interesting Report by Assistant
Secretary Of the Interior Web.
sier Davis in Two Cases.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Web
ster Davis rendered large number of de-
cisions III appealed pension cases yester-
| day.
Annie Dempsey, widow OF John Dempsey
late Company c. Fourteenth Michiga
On May :, 1890. alleging tina, her husband
died of diseaSe contracted in the United
States service. In support OF this state
ment she filed a certified copy of certifi-
OF the city of Detroit, Mich, in which the
cause of death was given as paral ysis of the
heart. From this evidence the widows
case WAS allowed. the paralysis Of the
heart being accepted as result of the dis
ease, for which the soldier was pensioned.
Subsequently,. a special exa miner ascert ain.
ed that a coroner's inquest was held In re-
gard to the soldiers death, and that the
verdict was that the paralysis OF the heart
Of which he died was superinduced by the
Incorporate use of spirftuous liquors and
the employment Of drugs taken for the pur-
pose OF ailaying the excitement OF intoxica
ton. Thereupon, the widows pension was
terminated September 8, 1891.
The fact that an inquiry into the cause
OF the sOilier's death had been made by
a coroner * Jury. and that the jury. FROM
the evidence sdduced, found that his
fatal disease " as due to the use OF intoxi-
cants and drugs. was known to this claim
ant when ste applied for pension, and was
a material fact which it was her duty to
have disclosed.
Another case OF peculiar interest is that
OF Susanna Miller. alleged widow of John
August Miller, late Company h, Third
United States Artillery.
The marriage OF the soldier to this claim
ant at Boston, Mass, May IS, 1874, Is
shown by verified copy Of the public
records. After this marriage they con-
tinued TO live In Massachusetts for some
Zine, the exact period not shown, but
about 1854. they are shown to have been
in Palestine, empire OF Turkey. and lived
at Nazareth and Jerusalem until the SOL
dier's death, the claimant In the latter
city. 1t IL not shown how long the claiin-
ant hal lived at Concord, Mass, previous
to her marriage to the soldier. but the
soldier had been there probably about two
years. and the claimant was known as
widow, and the record OF her marriage gives
her age as forty years, and the soldiers
age as tbirty-four.
There is no evidence whatever on the
subject Of claimants former marriage CT
death OF her former husband, except ler
own statement. Upon the meager .acts,
and especially upon the character OF evil
dence furnished, the death OF the former
husband cannot be presumed, and claim
ants legal right to marry the soldier can
not be considered us established. Herrlaim
is therefore rejected