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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
One More "strange Child.n

SHAAuS'
It was so I couldn't be there that day
when they had singin and slow walkin
at Pilgrims Rest, and conseqnentially
/ don't know for certain where they put
Antny Stevens down. But from the
Internal fitness of things it would seem
to me like he ought to. sleep side by side
with old Misses Longmire-which she
was n more of them strange children
which the o n and daughters of man
kind have been raisin up in this present
day and generation.
What was the matter with old Misus
Longmire? Nothing much, only she was
left a poor lone wilder when she was
right young, and in the due fullness Of
time somebody put out a tremendous big
scandalation abouther. Inever did know
anything for certain in regards to
the wilder she helt and maintained
that it was Matched up by the forked-
tongued women of the settlement. And
henceforwards and forevermore after
that she never spoke a single mortal
word to any Twin female human bein
under the sun. She a passin friendly
with the men folks, and one of the most
kindest and patient souls in the created
world to boys. But she did naturally
hate anything in the shape of woman
kind. She was ever mean and spiteful
to the girls, sayin how they would all be
women by-and-by.
Thus and SO the Wilder Longmire
lived the remainin days of her life out,
and it vas only after she was dead and
gone that some of the good women OF
the settlement slipped over there and
fixed her up for the funeral.
Hit takes a whole passle of various
and sundry different sorts Of human
people to make up this vain and fieetin
world" says Andy Lucas to me oncst
upon a time, land let me tell you, Rufe,
I'll be dadblamed If we ain'tgot EN-"
And in regards to men and women
and people and things, Andy Lucas
most in generally always wabblea
around mighty clost to the bulls eye.
RUFUS SANDERS.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
CHEERFuLNEss.
1t Lighters Our Burdens and Helps
Our NeiRhbOrs.

1t Lighters Our Burdens and Helps
Our NeiYhbOrs.
"a cheerful heart causeth the coun
tenance to shine Everyone takes to
CHEEKY people as naturally as flowers
take to sunshine. And when you have
a touch of the blues, as 1 believe we
all have once in awhile, Just let a
CHEEKY neighbor step into the kitchen
when you are doing up the mornings
work, with a heavy heart and a woe
begone face, and the very sound of her
voice does you good. She salutes you
with a CHEEKY: Il thought I'd just run
over and see if you were all alive,''
dropping into a chair, and for the next
ten minutes she and you have a pleasant
chat. She kindles a ray of cheer in
your dull, heavy heart, and as she hur-
ries away to attend to her home affairs,
bidding you: BE sure and come over
in the afternoon and bring your sew
ing with you" the atmosphere is light
er and the dark clouds are lifted. As
you go about your work you glance in
the mirror and notice how different you
look. You feel more cheerful, your
eyes are brighter, and your whole coun-
tenance has a lively expression.
Occasionally we come in contact with
the continual wilmer, who never seems
to think she has anything to be thank
full for, but is always talking about her
hard lot in life and the many crosses she
has to bear. "There is Mrs. Wilson.
who does not work half SO hard as l
do, and she has twice as much of the
good things of this world than 1 have"
is her remark. That is often true,
but seeing we can't understand why
''this is thus would it not be putting
time to a better use to look on the
bright side of life, and cultivate a cheer
full disposition.
AS cheerfulness lightens our bur
dens and refreshes our weary neigh
bors. adds to our health and lengthens
our days, it follows that our company
will be pleasant and our measure of
happiness increased. It is essential that
mothers cultivate cheerfulness for the
children's sake. The home atmos-
phere has a depressing or elevating ef-
feet on the little ones. It is hard some
times TO bear up when our affairs have
taken an extra hard turn, and every
thing looks dark and gloomy, but, if we
bear in mind that losing heart and all
lowing ourselves to slip into the
slough of despond" only makes mat
ters worse and cur dear ones un-
happy, we shall see the necessity of put
ting forth our utmost endeavor daily
to cultivate a cheerful frame of mind.
-Housekeeper.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
ABour People


Alfred Nicol. the inventor 81 dgna-
mite, was an author as well aa d dir-
tinguished engineer, and 1t Il said same.
of his English poems rise TO q very
high plane. Shortly before he died he.
wrote a Swedish DRAMA "Beatrice
Cenci."
After this August Belmont win race
his horses under his own name. Here-.
tofore his stable has been known as
Blemton stable. Blemton was the nick
name given Mr.. Belmont by the Hasty
Pudding club when he was in college.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand some Of
the crack shots Of Europe. He shoots
with smokeless powder, handles his
weapon quickly and is credited with
killing $50 head Of game IN an hour
and q half. To perform this feat he
keptthree 1oaders constantly employed
The two brass-bound oaken dispatch
boxes which stand on the table dividing
the two front benches Of the English
house Of bear indelible rec
ords Of Gladstone. When speaking it
was his habit to bring his fstdown with
violent emphasis on one or the other Of
these two boxes, and his sgnet ring
has made great indentations in the oak.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
That ONE Orful Night.

"If by the blessins of God the cards
would all come my way so that 1 mought
I've on and on for a hundred years to
come, Rufe, the hair-raisin -recollections
Of one orful night would forever keep
me on my own side of the road and the
female generation on the other" Nat
Stevens went on to say, whilst great
drops of perspiration broke out on his
face till he was sweatin like a free mig
ger on election day.
"Hit was on a Saturday, and I had
been off down on the creek ishin and
foolin around all day long. AS for me,
/ was nothin more than a yearlin boy
then, but I didn't mind stayin out late
and sometimes, in a case of pushency,
sleepin out-of nights. l had heard
stories in the main time-stories on top
of st~ories-about ghosts and spooks and
sperits, you understand. But they
didn't have no terrors for me. Raley 1
don't believe l waa skeered of anything
on the earth or Rader it at that time
exceptin female people-anything and
everything that wore fly bonnets and
frosks and dresses and the like. Comm
home that night I passed right along by
the meetin house and graveyard at Pill
grim's Rest and didn't so much as
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
DIARY or An oFFIcE soY.
Htensa That He Jotfed Down During
Hfs "Spares Time.

Items That He Jotfed Down During
His "spares Time.
The boy in u certain downtown Office
keeps a diary. The following extracts
r merely fragmentary and relate to
his employers experiences in occurring
a satisfactory typewritist:
Say, I nearly died a-laffn' to-day.
She wasn't much on looks and was so
nervous that her back hair shook down,
but I felt sorry for her, s'help me. The
Loss started in dictatin' and she banged
away on the keys like a good fellow
for about Is minutes and then all of a
sudden she went in a heap and said:
Would you mind saying that over
again2 I forgot to put my paper on
the machine Say, you can just bet the
air was in rainbow shades for about
fourteen minutes and a quarter. = y y
This n seems to be right in the
swim with Us. She's a tr~oolylooler and
no mistake. Works her machine like
a railway train behind time and eats
chocolate creams for lunch. She's a
daisy locker, too. The boss told her to
consider herself engaged, and 1 hope
we have got settled down at last. II
| had to have kept on receiving and
making myself agreeable to so many
fairies as l have been doing lately the
boss would have been struck for more
dough. A mar can't do that kind Of
work for any three a week. The neck
ties cost more money. This girls
name is Witchin-Miss Bewitching,
called her, just for a jolly. She only
laughed, but treated me to a cream,
80 | know I'm solid there. y y y
"Say, the boss old lady didn't drop
in yesterday, mebbe! Oh, mo-; of course
not. And she didn't have a wild look
In her eye when she spotted Bewitch-
ing? knew what was coming, you can
bet. It was B~ewitching, chase your
self, just as the boss had to tell her
next morning. Although he did give
her a whole weeks dope in advance.
He's good-hearted, for a boss, but he
let's his old pair of boomers run the
whole game for him. She'd a-been after
me long ago if I hadn't told her that
we used to live on Fifth avenue once,
dAA0 bAdb SlACS AIS lduuST IOSO all MS
money he would not let me go any
where but to the wyemseea readin'
rooms. " Y
"This girls face amt in the running
Mt all, but you cal bet your life that
her muscle is. 1 tried to mash it, and
she grapped me by the collar and shook
me till my back teeth ratified. But 1
say 1 wish there'd a-been a crowd to
see her tackle the machine! The very
first time she plunked on it she broke
the capital NJ all to ballyhunk and a
piece of the steel few up and took the
boss over the left window. II y II
IT told the boss that he ought to try
a buck operator, and stop fooling with
the lady push, and he said it was the
only sensible thing that he had ever
heard me get off. We got one, too,
that's pretty fair, but he's getting a lit
tie bossy, and unless he squares himself
with me I'm afraid we'll have to bounce
him. But I'm so tired of this changing
business that I'm going to try andstanc
him for awhile. "-St. Louis Post-Dis
patch.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
l'Ihe Mainest Missin Link.D

For the past 80 years, or maybe a
little the rise of that, l have tried my
level blamedest to make old man Antny
believe that calico amt pizen and women
wouldn't bite. But by gracious up to
his last dyin day he never learnt the
lesson. That was the mainest missin
link in the makeup of that strange and
pecurious man. He never could mix
with the female generation any at all
scarcely to speak of.
Now, I have seen the time when no
body wouldn't believe that Antny
Stevens was afraid of any livin creepin
thing that trod the face of the discov-
cred earth. I have seen him hold his
hand in many a rough and tumble fight
w at the Cross Roads. 1 have seen
him many and manys the time in rale
clost places where nothin but a brave
man could stand, and he never flinched
nor fickered nor fell back. He fit plum
through the war and followed the flag
of his country acrost the trenches on a
hundred battlefields. OF my w indi-
vidually self 1 do know that Antny
Stevens had nerve-great scads and dead
coolies of IL ave seen him bet his
pile and win the pot on a pair of two
spots. But little as you mought think
it, he would run from a woman like you
would from a loose bear or a stack of
catamounts.
Honest to God, RUFF, I do raley wish
it was somewhat otherwise with me, Z"
the old man use to say when l would
git right clost in behind him, "but
faint no use in talkin-I jest simply amt
got the nerve sufficient to face the mu-
sic and go forth amongst the women
folks. My mother was the onlyest wom-
an / have e spoke a word with since
/ was horned into the world, and l had
started to runnin wild before she died.
She was the onlyest woman-the onlyest
female human bein-at our house, and
1 recollect till 10Y how she use to try
and try and try to break me from them
wild and skittish ways.
IF ever any of the women folks from
the settlement around come to our
house in the way of company I would
simply run away from home and hide
out and scout around till they went
away. Sometimes L mought maybe slip
in through the kitchen window and
steal my dinner, but manys the time I
have went all day long without a mouth
full to eat-and me a CROWN, healthy
boy, forever and eternally hungry at
that. And if it come to pass that the
visitin women folks tarried around and
remained over the night 1 would stay
out on the scout. Maybe 1 mought steal
in the house when everything got still
and take a nap, and then slip out before
breakfast the next mcrnin. But more
than oncst I have slept out in the fod-
der loft or under the hay stack ruther
than run the chances of meetin with
strange women folks.
mind you now, Rufe, I wouldn't try
30 say that the women folks amt good
and nice and perfectly all right to them
they suit. But it never did suit me to
tarry around with them, and it never
will. You say calico amt pizen and
women won't bite. ! don't know any
thing about that. Ireokon maybe you
know and 1 am more than willin to take
your word for it. But I can't face the
music, RUFF, and faint no use in talkin.
The female generation are too many for
me-"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

DR.. Benjamin Eddy Getting has just
resigned the place Of curator of the
Lowell institute, of Boston, after q con
tinuous service of IS years. Although
he is IS years old, he is in full possession
of all his faculties.
Mexico has lost its most popular poet
in the person of Guillermo Prieto, who
died at the City of Mexico recently, a
very old man. He was one of the few
survivors of the signers of MeXico'G dec
laration of independence III 1924.
The departure of Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria for st. Petersburg to
return the visit of the czar and czarina
is fixed for April 2s. The visit will last
three or four days and the emperor will
be absent a week.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Our senses do not fall asleep simuls
taneously. The eyelids are first affect
ed, and shut out sight; next follows
the sense Of taste, then smelling. hear
ing and touch. the last-named being the
lightest sleeper, and most easily
aroused.
A chameleon from the Cape Of Good
Hope was seen by Mr.. Blakiston TO
turn white with fear, having been saved
from the attacks of a cat The most
extraordinary thing about this lizard
is the wonderful way in which the two
eyes work quite independently Of each
other, and ENABLE it to survey COM
tortably objects in quite opposite di-
rections."
A chalk is composed Of fossils. If
you take the tiniest bit and place it
Under a powerful microscope you will
see an infinite number of extremely di-
minutive shells, and no spectacle on a
large scale is more beautiful than the
varied forms of these tiny homes of ami
NAL life which are disclosed by power
full glasses.
The most remarkable gold beetles in
the world are found in Central America.
The head and wing cases + brilliant
ly polished with a luster as of gold it,
oelf. To sight and touch they have
all the seeming of that metal Oddly
enough, another species from the same
region has the appearance of being
wrought in solid silver, freshly bur-
nished. These gold and silver beetles
have a market value. They are worth
from SIS to $50 each.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

like some people have been raisin up
mighty odd and curiouR children in this
present day and generation of the hui
man family-which the same old man
Antny he was of whom. For COM
mon and in general way he was a right
tolerable good man, but the machinery
had jumped a cog somewheres when
Antny Stevens come kither from the
whence. Sometimes / have thought it
mought be that he was horned at the
wrong time of the moon, or maybe way
along in the dark nights of August.
But anyhow, somehow he was the most
strangest piece of human flesh amongst
all the odds and ends of creation so far
as l know.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
DAILY THOUGHTS.

Before man made US citizens great
nature made us men.
It is astonishing how little n feels
poverty when one loves.
One who is afraid Of lying is usually
afraid Of nothing else.
Who makes quick us OF the moment
is a genius Of prudence.
Beauty without kindness dies unen-
joyed and undelighting.
Conceit is to nature what paint Is to
beauty; it is not only needless, but inn
pairs what it would improve.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
onfuntnr An Court.

It was before an Irish trial justice.
The evidence was all in, and the plain
tir's attorney had made a long,. elo-
quent and logical argument. Then the
defendants attorney took the floor,
what you doing?" asked the justice,
as the lawyer began. 'Going to pre-
sent our side of the case" 'Idon't want
TO hear both sides argued. It has a
rindincy to confuse the coort." So the
defendants lawyer sat DOWN.. Y.
Post.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
HOW SIC Cnught HIM.

Gwendoline-l just can't understand
why Mr.. Fudleigh is so taken with Sue
Dollyer. She never had an admirer be-
fore in her life.
Beatrice-Oh, didn'tyou hear? When
They were introduced she asked him
whether his folks were still living in
England, or whether they had settled
IN America, too@Cleveland Leader.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
Deafness Cannot Be Cared

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inhamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by eatarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) thai
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cur,
Send for circulars, free.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are The best.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Observing the Proprieties.-"Now," said
Mrs. Cumrox, II guess we're all ready for
the dinner party" Sure you haven't for.
gotten anything?" rejoined her husband.
"Oh, yes! There is one little matter that
l wish You would attend to for me. l want
have him send up two or three pounds OF
bon mots. l understand it is considered
proper to have some between the courses"
Washington Star.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

hills country one
day last week. And
when I heard the
in full and got
all the facts in the
case it come to pass
that old man Antny
Stevens had thrown
his hand to the pack
and quit the game
onOst for all. Hit
ra.lev Sea1ma ~ ma
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

A little girl accompanying her mother on
q visit to an old lady, the latter showed the
child her parrot, in a cage by the window,
warning her at the same time not to go too
near, lest he should bite her. "Vhy should
he bite me?" she asked. Because, my
dear, he doesn't know you.' Then please
tell him that / am Mary Ann"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
From the Republican, columbus. Tnd.

From the Republican, Columbus, Ind.
The Huntsville College, situated at Harris.
vile, Indiana, was founded years ago in the
interest of the United Brethren Church,
when the state was mostly a wilderness, and
colleges were scarce. The college is we'll
known throughout the country, former stu
dents having gone into all parts Of the world.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Dr.. Nansen has received from tbs
British government a complete set of
the reports ofsthe Challenger expedi.
ton in so large quarto volumes. It
Is asserted that he is the first private
Individual to whom a set has been pre-
sented,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Everyone at times feels that the world is
a wilderness, because he has an ache, and
no one follows him solicitously around with
a medicine bottle.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

What quantities of dried grasses you
keep here, Miss Stebbins! Nice room for a
donkey to get into" MAKE yourself at
home" she responded, with sweet gravity.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Mr.. Frank R. stockton's new book
is a collection of nine short stories
grouped under the title Of "A Story.
Teller's Pack"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

A boy sees his best days when he is Sc
small he IL allowed to eat with his mother at
the first table.-Atchison Globe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

IF we were a woman and had a sealskin
sacque, we would want to live in a country
where it is winter the year round = Wash.
ington Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

"Your daughter Tmogene is d perfect We
nus, Mr.. Duggins." "Yes-Venus de Mile;
she never does any work with her arms."
Chicago Record.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Some people are proud because they once
had a lot of money and squandered it,
Washington Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

There would be a deal less of disturbance
in this world if when a man had nothing
to say he would be silent about it.-Boston
Transcript.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Hardly any of us like people who talk 80
much about their own troubles that they
can't listen to ours.-Washington Demo
crat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Send postal card to Mnlacura Co., Sl.
Louis, Inc get a free trial package If thu
wonderful chill and malaria Killer "Mala
cura Choclats."
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

You can go into a big dry goods store
any day, and find a garter on the floor
Atchison Globe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sieken, weaken or gripe, Zoe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

The great objection we have to the man
who blows his WI trumpet is in the tuns
he selects.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Some men need a good roasting, but they
are such good fighters that no one will giyI
it to them.-Atchison Globe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

snake the COW happy If you would
have her do her best" says Prof. WILL
ard.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

A crust with an appetite is better than a
feast without.-Ram's Horn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Growers of hyacinths know wha'
sweetness is.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
A SCIENTIST SAVED.

President Baraaby, OF Hartsvime Coll
lege, Survives . Serious n1ne-s
Through the Aid Of DE-. WiIliamn'
Pink Pills foF Pale People,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Some men don't feel dressed up unless
they have on collar and cuffs.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Better understand one theorem, thar
learn q dozen.-Ram's Horn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
WOMEN DON'T BITE.
sand Calico Amt Pizen," Says Old
Rocky Creek
But Antny stevens Never Learnt the
LessOn-SOme People Raise Up
Strange and Curious
Children.

There was singin and slow walkin at
old Pilgrims Rest graveyard over in the
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

A Butte jury has decided that vitriOl
Is no crime.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

EA 600 SECOND HAND BICYCLES $sT0 SIS
GA\0 Aumdkes. GOOD AS NEW. Muat be closed
wv out. Lists free. L.A.Mead Cycle Co., Chicago,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

ONVFO quick relief and cures worst
cases. Send for book Of testimonials and 10 daysS
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

PATENTS I ' :: 4: Fl !: s: s y: ]. |.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

it is perfection.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

A. N. KIP 1857
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.