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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-10-15
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TnE Indian bureau offers The best
opportunities for women under the
government The available places re-
served for persons Of that sex are num-
erous and well paid. Cooks at the
schools and agencies, get from $3.50 TO
$500 year, and they are not obliged 70
do menial work. Their business is
merely to teach the little aborigines
how TO toss the nimble hapiaclz,
manipulate the toothsome pie crust,
and eomminute the ever-popular hash.
1t is the same way with the laundr ,ss-
es and seamstresses in that servi c,
who receive from 500 to $3.50 per an
mum. with the prospect Of promotion
TO the position of matron
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-10-15

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct la-S Fulita
and X. Mtsurkuri, the imperial Japan
cso commissioners to the international
acnling confcrcncc, havo started for thg
enst accompanied by David starr dor
dan, the American delegate, and G. y
lInmlln, who was sent 10 japan by the
United Sinlos government TO interest
the mlspdo'a governmental In themniler
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NgwroRL Ky, Oct ii--Congress,
man A. 5, Berry arrived In this city
saturday after a journey TO Hawaii
with other members Of the national
assembly onleially lintercsted Ia the
Hawaiian annexVon question. Col.
lierry was accom anlcd by his charm,
Ing daughter n Anna
nrcuer, ~ pled Prom rasatlon
LNNiNuroS. o.. A. The city
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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08
ELLEN OsBORN's LETTER.
Novelties Prepared for Women's
Wear This Spring.
shown by Paris MOdistes-New coIors
fOr New GOwns-A Street Dress That
VIII Reign for some Months
-Evenins Costumes Seem
Tconvrieht. 1sa7.1

L00RL AA6ANr L@1tel
Paris-The coat and skirt suit for the
coming summer differs from last years,
among other points, in the small
amount Of shirt front displayed. Anew
example which illustrates q cut that
promises to be very successful Is of
China blue and white cheyiot in hair
line stripes with q shot blue and white
silk lining. The skirt is untrimmed
except down the middle plat in the
back, where from waist to hem are set.
cross rows of narrow dark blue braid
fastened with small silver buttons at
either end. The coat IS long enough to
come well down upon the hips; Il is
elose-htting In the back and half-ftting
at the sides. with straight fronts that
turn back at tine neck IN 8 narrow fat
collar and small revers. TheHleeves are
close-ftting. The double-breasted
waistcoat Of tan pique is spotted with
red and blue buttons almost to the
throat, and the small triangle of shirt
is nearly hidden under a rather large
cravat, spotted white and blue. The
collar is higher than last years; closer
it could not be.
Plum color will remain in favor
throughout the spring. Some very
pretty reddish violet and purple shades
appear in the new materials, with a
large amount Of mauve. Gray and or
ange is a favorite combination, as well
as gray, orange and blue. Light green
is perhaps the most fashionable spring
color; it is used by itself, in stripes
with dark or light blue, and in odd
combinations with red and brown.
Fawn color, green and yellow is an
other combination. Red and blue
plaids IN making a struggle to assert
themselves and are sometimes very
attractive in soft shades.
WOODEN brocades T in higher favor
than for some years, not for warmth's
sake, but to give color and variety t.
a dress which might otherwise have {
silk bodice or blouse, if these did MOI
now require genius to keep them from
getting wearisome by iteration. A
soft, pale green wool skirt, for example
is trimmed with a fiat band o
black, after the nature of a tuck, nea.
the hem, and is worm with a bodice o
blue and dark green wooden brocade
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08
Primitive incense.

In ancient days sweet odors were OBJ
tanned by burning aromatic gums and
woods; hence the word perfume. which
is from the Latin per, through fumus,
smoke or vapor. From this arose the
idea of incense in primitive worship. 1t
was used by the orientals long beforeit
became known to the western world
People of the east utilized it for sacri-
fee in their temples. AT feasts it en-
HANGED the pleasure OF the senses. At
funerals it was a bride to appease the
names of the dead. and later in theaters
a disinfectant against the unpleasant
doors Of a crowded building. Pliny as
sures us that incense was notemployed.
in sacrifice until after the Trojan war
when fragrant woods we're applied to
give an agreeable smell. In an ancient
magical manuscript it is directed that.
three grains should be taken, with three
fingers, and placed under the threshold
to keep away evil spirits which might
come in the form of offensive odors.-
London Society.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08

a part of Gar Samuers realm; Russia
has an eye on it On general principles,
and Austria-Hungary would like to an
mex it because it wants a seaport on this
Aegean sea and a terminus for its in
~ternational railway system, which run
through the entire Balkan country.
An English writer, who has made the
question the subject of profound re-
search, sums up the historical claims on
Macedonia as follows: 81, Macedonia
was a province of the Greek empire
from the fourth to the middle of the
fourteenth century-that is to say, for
nearly a thousand years, with a short
interruption during the reign of the
bulgarian Gar Samuel. 2, Macedonia
was taken from the Greeks and annexed
to Servia in the middle of the fourteenth
century by the Servian Car Dushan.
3, The third and the only historic fact
of practical Importance is that the
Turks conquered Macedonia after de-
feating the Servian King Vukashin in
1871, and that up to the present day they
are masters of the country. TO the
question to whom Macedonia belongs
historically, the only conclusive answer
could be that it belongs to the sultan.
and that after him the Greeks have the
strongest historic claim. At any rate,
one thing is beyond all doubt-the Bull
garians have no historic claim"
1t may be assumed. however, that
should there be a Professionalism
garian-Montenegrin coalition the di-
vision of Macedonia would be agreed
upon before the opening of hostilities
against Turkey, and historical claims
would not be considered in the settle
ment. And it may be assumed with
| equal assurances that neither Russia
nor Austria would consent to any di-
vision which might, in any way, inter
fere with their commercial and political
interests. Russia would undoubtedly
favor Bulgaria's claims because that
state is one of her own creations whose
complete absorption by the Muscovire
empire is only a question of time.
While preparing this article the
writer received a letter from d foreign
| gentleman in touch with European poi
| itics which stated, in effect, that in tbs
continental capitals reports of a general
EUROPEAN war found but little credence
because the Rothschilds and other
money kings are opposed to a world
conflict at the present time. Inasmuch
as all the countries which have been
talking pf going to wal are on the verge
of bankruptcy, and without ready cash,
their actions must necessarily depend
more or less on the decision of the
money power which, so my correspon,
dent assures me. is arrayed solidly
against Greece and her probable allies
q. VI. wEIPPIERT.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08
POLITICS IN THE EAST.
The Money Power Opposes Greece
and Her Claims.
IN EurOpean Capitals Rumors OF war
Are Discredited-The Part Ma
cedOnia Plays In the Gre
ctan-Turkish Crisis.
Especial letter.

EEG@- $4,000
The latest advices from the Levant
ere to the effect that Turkey has massed
$4,000 well-armed troops on the Mace
DOMAIN frontier and that the Greeks
have vent $4,000 men into Thessaly.
This would indicate that the Grecian
government, If too closely pressed by
the powers in reference to it's Cretan
policy, purposes to provoke trouble with
the Turkish empire in a direction where
foreign interference would be virtually
impossible, unless indeed Russia should
act as the sultan's guardian and pro-
tector and send troops for his defense
into Macedonia.
The line of action hitherto pursued
by Greece has been venturesome and
bold. In the face of combined opposi-
ton from the six great powers it has
held the island of Crete and will, in the
end, succeed in annexing it. Should it
be forced to ~evacuate the island tenn
Forarily, it will instigate a revolution
IN Macedonia and somehow or other
manage to bring about an attack on the
.Grecian outposts in Thessaly by the
Turkish frontier guard. Such an as
4sault would be a casus beIli to which
none of the European powers could OBJ
iect. 1t would leave Greece free to form
alliances with other states and to pur.
sue a var against Turkey in any way il
should see fit.
Greece alone might be unable to van.
.quish Turkey, but should it's talented
premier, NJ. D~elyannis, succeed in ne.
~gotiating an offensive and defensive al.
dance with Bulgaria, Servia and Monte.
negro the struggle would be a more ever
one. Greece, with a population Of
100000, can put 10000 men in the
field; Bulgaria could turn out nearly a.
many; Servia's strength is estimated a
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08

dered with $4,000 men. Recently 0snan
was made commander in chief of the
Turkish army, which, in spite of lack of
funds, he has brought up to an efficient
standard. In his methods of warfare he
is a typical Ottoman leader-braye,
fanatical, cruel and a master of strategy.
Neither Greece, Bulgaria, Servia nor
Montenegro has a military leader of rec
ognized ability; and neither has any one
of these countries much more money
to carry on a protracted war than Tur-
key itself. A great conflict between
the sultan and his antagonists would,
to use a plain phrase, be a beggar's war.
The soldiery of both sides would have
to live on what it could steal; and as the
war would have to be carried on in Mace
donia, where there is very little to steal,
the campaign would be a continuous
battle for physical existence.
The Macedon of to-day, for whose
possession the allies would fight, is a
poor country. inhabited by as shiftless
and treacherous a people as ever lived.
The old Macedonian stock, of which we
read in our school books, is extinct.
The descendants of Philip and Alexan-
der the Great, the men who conquered
the world, to-day exist only in the inn
agination Of picturesque writer's. Their
place has been taken by motley crowds
of Turks, Greeks, Slavs, jews and Gyp-
sizes, who have for centuries quarreted
among themselves. The country itself
is wild and unproductive; and its few
fertile valleys and plains have not been
Systematically cultivated for years. II
has rich mineral resources, but these
have never been developed, probably
because the people were afraid that the
fruits of their labor would be taken
from them by Turkish tax-gatherers OIL
villainous brigands. The province ha:
hut few cities, among them two or three
Eeaports of Importance, including Sa
lonica on the Aegean sea.
Yet, ever since the disintegration O.
Turkey has seemed probable, many
countries have cast envious glances a
Macedonia. The Greeks claim it be
cause it has a large Greek population
Servia claims it because, under the Ser
Wan Gear Dushan, it belonged to her
Bulgaria wants it because it was oncI
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08
One Rock for Two birds.

Which the same that puts me in mind
of another place where circumstantial
evidence got in some strong and tellin
work.
Cncst upon q time John Andrew Mill
gan and Miss Rosebud Buckalew took
a fool notion that they would go up to
the state fair together, and then tookthe
ears and went. They spent the day
takin in the sights and had a most fc-
lonious nice time, to hear them tell it,
but on their return back home that
night they met with a sad and terrible
accident.
How did it happen? Well, all I know
about it is what John Andrew told me
and Miss Rosebud told mother, and they
didn't make us promise tokeep nograve-
yard secrets in the case.
Anyhow, from what they say, some
scoundrel beast throwed q. rock into
the car where they were ridin side by
side. The same rock crashed through
the glass window, knocked the breath
outen Miss Rosebud and broke three
fingers on John Andrews left hand AZ
one lick.
And that is all l know about it.
RUFUS SANDERS.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08

scarves draped across the shoulder
pqincess dresses and allowed to faltn
the ground in front are the most a
fuI Of all recent innovations ln arim
ming. The empire gown and the Lculs
XIV. models show no signs Of releasing
their grip upon popularity.
II [ were to cite any one style q
street dress at once novel and ea1e Tor
q reign Of some months favor it might
easily be a soft plaid cloth IN fawn and
red with which / had IN interview this
morning. This costume had q round
skirt OF panels and plaits. with little
frogs in dark green and black catchinE
panel to panel The bodice was 9 SHE
blouse matching the cloth of the skirt
in colors and plaidings and worn under
an odd bolero Of fawn cloth. which yas
the prettiest item Of the toilet with
its tight sleeves daring Slightly at THE
wrists and having pulled epapleka "a
the silk to help out the shoulders
Large triangnIar reyers faced with
green and braided with gold tnrne1
back from the front and gave Ii1tl6
touch Of ~piquancy. The belt and neck
6nishings were Of green six. md the
accompanying nat was q small round
affair Of green straw with trimming
Of red roses and black plu1nes
It is not an easy matter 70 give any
semblance 81 originality to the boleto
but it can be done Some of the newe
are followed out in the middle Of the
back in a deep heart-shaped pattern. al
pretty canvas dress checked Ga dark
blue and white with a hair line Of II
has a bolero of this shape braided about
with black and short enough behind
to make the folded belt Of dark blue
silk almost q corselet. In front "opens
upon a green canvas w~aistcoat braided
with black. The skirt is Of plain dark
blue.
Al pretty evening dress. the forerun-
ner of many to be prepared for the fes-
tivities after Easter, is of pink liss9
draped over pink satin. The low square
cut bodice is finished about the decol-
letage with lace sewn with pearls and
~emeralds. Narrow frills OF Iisse frame
the shoulders and make nests for the
rosebuds grouped upon the left shoul-
der. The skirt is trimmed with grouped
frills, from the lowest of which falls q
deep hounce set on in rive The lisse
sleeves are swathed closely about the
arms and are headed by lace epaulets.
A very rich evening gown OF green
satin brocaded with silver is cut after
the princess model, with low heart
shaped bodice and train. A long scarf
of old lace thrown about the shoulders
! is caught above the arms with diamond
butterflies and falls on either side OF
{ the front to the ground.
, For a younger woman is a dancing
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08

made with pretty cape-like revers,
edged with a black band, like that up
on the skirt, giving the effect of a
light wrap for spring wear Conform
ably with this idea the bodice has mar
row basques showing below the belt in
jacket style.
A few of the spring dresses are made
with the polonaise. That this style,
which has been heralded for months, is
really here there can now be no ques-
ton. Whether or not it will find any
large amount of favor is another mat
ter. For the present it is tentative, ex-
perimental. The most successful at
tempt I have seen in this direction is a
dress worn by Jane Hading on the stage
of the Gymnase. 1t was a cream-col-
ored chine silk striped with pink and
sparkling with silver thread. An orna-
mented panel upon the front of the skirt
was Of white grenadine caught with fan
plaitings of lace over pink. A frill of
coquille plaitings of lace, with a rose
bud in the middle of every shell, ran
about the hem, except across the
front panel. The polonaise was of pale
pink chine silk striped with cream and
threaded as before with silver. It was
made low in the neck and with a trim
fitting bodice opening over the bust in
brace-like revers to show the under
bodice Of white grenadine like the skirt
panel. Below the narrow belt of pink
velvet the d~raperies Of the polonaise
fell in full and graceful lines almost
the skirt length, but with difference
enough to emphasize the meaning of the
demarcation. The decolletage was edged
with coquille frills, which also made the
short sleeves. The polonaise was fin.
ished all about with a narrow GOLD
gallon.
AS to skirts, those for evening weal
in the Easter season have very full
and very deep founces for trimmings
These are not set on straight, but fal
from a ruche which describes a shallow
downward curve in front and an vi
curve behind, so that, with the hell
of a slight train, a founce may easily
be twice as wide in the back as across
the knees. The effect sought is a pc
culiar sweep of the draperies, which il
fashions dernier cri. Ball gowns hav'
clustered frills of lace or gauze at tn,
hem. Reception dresses in heavy ma
terials are trimmed p%rofusely with ricl
gold and silver gallons and with jew
eIed embroideries. These are lavishe,
on the bodice especially, the front O
which becomes stiff with its incrusta
ton of turquoise and steel, or pearl
'nd emeralds. The long gauze or lac
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08
Phcwi

It had happened at a volunteer shoot
ing match, and Blank and were almost
neck and neck for the first prize. He
was one bull's-eye ahead Of me, and my
only chance was to make a. draw of it.
I was a better shot than Blank, but he
had made a couple of aukes, while l had
made one bad miss. BE got ready to ire
his last shot, and / could tell by the
smirk on his face that he didn't mean 10
miss. l crouched down behind a furze
bush, and, raising my rife, waited till
Blank pulled his trigger. Just as / saw
the puff Of smoke dart from his gun K
glanced down the barrel Of my riae.
fired and struck Blanks bullet before il
reached the target, knocking it aside.
No one noticed me, and when the fac,
went up and showed a miss, didn't nv
rival tear his hairl Then / calmly made,
a bulrs-eye, and shared the stakes
London Answers
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08
CircumstantiaI evidence.

Along in the spring of the year,
when the sun shines warn and pleasant,
whilst the dogwood trees are blocmin,
and you feel sc loose and lazy-theS gem
eral ~surroundins slways put me in mind
of a strong case of circumstantial evil
dence which leaked out oncst upon q
time Vineyards to Will Tom Pickens and
Miss Mamie Lou Galloway.
They have since mated off for good
and settled down to business and T
now mixin clothes in one of the love-
lest and most happiest homes in the
settlement. But at that particlar time
they were right slap kerdab in the mid
die Of loves young dream, as it were,
and between the two they had worked
up a tremendous bad case of it. They
had been courtin and carry1n on to-
gether as reglar and frequent as pig
tracks for six months past, and the
country was then seriously threatened
with a weddin.
One Saturday in the first warm
days of spring we got up a big picnic
ove at Stringer's old mill, and about
dinner time who do you reckon driv up
in one of these clost built buggies-
who but Will Tom and Miss Mamie
Lou? Comm along the road in the
maintinoe it would seem like they had
been caught in one of them pleasant
April showers and both of them got wet,
Now you will please recollect that
Miss Mamie Lou was dressed in white,
with blue ribbons in her hair and u
blood red belt around her waist. !
reckon no doubts they had been too
busy layin their future plans to take
any particlar notice of what had come
to pass. But at any rates, when they
driv up in the crowd and jumped out
of the buggy, by gracious the coat sleeve
which Will Tom wore on his left arm
was painted a gay and gorgeous red
from elbow to cuff and back again. AT
the same time anybody could shet ono
eye and look and see that the onlyest
red thing in the whole layout was the
lovely belt which Miss Mamie Lou wore
The blame thing had got wet and run
in the wash.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08

Lets take a leetle somethin for q
change Of BREATH" says he, and with
that he went down in his pistol pocket
and come forth with a bottle Of white
ink.
Well, as anybody knows, 1 didn't need
no sperits that day. But right then
I felt like I would ruther take a nibble
with Black Jack Virgins. Of Cyclone
Streak, than any Twin mortal man on
the broad bosom of the whole discov-
cred earth. And I never could tell why,
but it did laley seem to me like that
was the best corn whisky / had ever
tasted since the day and hour when /
was born. At the same time Black
Jack was 50 friendly and social like and
pleasant till he soon made me forget
all about the little twistihcation which
me and him had got into that Satur-
day evenin over at the Cross Roads.
We kept up the fami1ious CONTEMPLATION
till l had bit of three OF four plugs Of
that early runnin of the corn, and then
we shook hands acrost the bloody
chasm Of the past. We parted friends,
and that friendship we have maintained
from that good day down to this blessed
hour.
So that's what makes me tell You
what I do in regards to the news we
heard the other day-which / do hops
and trust It will not turn out as bad q
the reports.
And may the God Of the brave and
the honest-hearted bless Black JacE
Virgins, Of Cyclone Streak.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08

$4,000, and Montenegro could furnish
$4,000 of the best fighting men the
world has ever seen. Turkey, by calling
4outthree classes of it's reserves, could put
100000 men into a European campaign
on comparatively short notice, and still
have it's Asiatic possession fairly well
protected.
Although the Turkish army is not as
well drilled IS some of the continental
troops, it is well armed with modern
rifles; it's artillery is equipped with the
latest Krupp guns, and its cavalry well
amounted. What the soldiers lack in
draining they more than make up in
fanaticism and frugality. They are not
afraid of death, their religion teaching
the doctrine of fate. In the Russo-Turk-
Ssh wal Of 1877 thousands of Moslems
crushed into the very jaws of death, with
praises of Allah on their lips and de-