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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-22
ALI RIGHT, L MAN. DocLL CATCH YE."

"Waitin' for simple Jerry?" he said.
"You was"-he hesitated and did not
say "afeared." "You was common
sensed not to risk It, Give me your
pole, Pierre" There seemed to be
something in his shining face which
separated him from them. George Ham
mond felt it, and began awkwardly: ut
amt in mans power to save the kid.
Ye don't n it, Jerry. We can't let
ye go-tomorry yen see" George re-
treated, Jerry confronting him, calm
and white.
Il am my own man." he replied.
"Give me the pole" With the steel
pointed driver in his hand he waited
an instant, summoning all his powers
Of mind and body. He looked smiling
ly at his silenced companions, easily
master of himself and them. Running
lightly forward, he drove the pole into
a fallen trunk and vaulted far out on
the ice. The men on the bank watched
breathlessly.
Hell do it'-"Look at that!" sThe
wind"-"He can't move! He's hurtI
Il O0A y INV
But he was not hurt. A new sound,
q deep, ominous roar, had made him
pause. He understood it well. The
jam was breaking, and in a few hundred
seconds the wreck would be upon him.
He remembered how fearful the tu-
multi was, and how Jake Leary had
lost his footing the previous spring
when the logs went out. When Jake's
foot slipped he was a doomed man;
there was yet time for Jerry to turn
and run for life. But the wind swept
down and huffeted him, and it's rage
entered his heart.
The huge mass of timber and ice
ouaked and groaned and the noise oil
the surging water was louder. Jerry
glanced again at the pitiful figure on
the rock, and sprang toward it, run
ming as the watchers had never seen a
man run before. He shouted to Jim to
stand ready; and Jim, though he could
not hear, understood. With his friend
near he began to recover From his
numbing terror. AS the jam moved
with It's first long, grinding swell, JerT7
reached him.
"Come on! That's the way. Here ye
be, old fellow. Don't let go. Eff you do
-ef you do"
Now there was a sharp, splitting, tear
ing sound above the dull roar, which
told Jerry that the jam was breaking
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-22

ice, ignorant oI danger They beckoned
him wildly. but he WIZ now panic
struck, and would not m0ve. The shores
opposite him were rocky and steep, and
spiked with drift wood. The men stood
at the only spot where he could reach
laAd. But none offered to go to MIN in
tbe face of almost certain death.
As they waited, there came a sudden
nause, a moment when the wind rested,
and the Oswegatchie doomed less
overwhelmingly against it's barriers. 1t
was the moment to rescue him, and
the men faced each other. Then they
shrunk back with pale faces. Why
throw away their lives?
A moment later the wind swept
with a grim o along the path which
IL had moved through the forest 40
years before. The great Windfall was
like a tunnel opening on the river,
where already the log jam creaked
and swayed. Jim might live to be
swept into that whirlpool with it's
craunching timbers. Sickened and
trembling, they awaited the dreadful
event; these men who braved dangers
daily were cravens now. There was
ore-one only-one more a man in such
a storm; but he was a mile away in the
upper camp.
They thought Of Jerry with a COM
mon impulse.
"Hell be wild. He'll say we was a
lot Of"
Go after Jerry"
The speakers paused, for along the
footpath Jerry was coming rapidly to-
ward them. The great muscles Of his
arms and chest knotted beneath his red
shirt as he breasted the wind. His sup
pie stride brought him quickly to the
bank. There was a CLEAN in his wild
eyes, and he laughed aloud in the pride
Of mastering the gale. The angry river
was as dear as the currents of his own
reused blood, and he longed to test the
great strength of his splendid body OF
find a problem for his crowding
thoughts. Life and spirit tingled with
in him.
Suddenly his glance fell upon the ex-
cited faces of the men; and then he
saw little Jim. He stood among them,
speaking quietly, but with stern con-
ten pit.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-22
IT AGREED WITH HIM.
AParIiRmcntary Candidates. Growth
While Speaking.

APar1iRmcntary Candidates. Growth
While Speaking.
Mr.. C. w. Radcliffe Cooke, a member
of the British parliament, tells of an ex.
p~erience that was more amusing in the
telling than in the experiencing. He
was to speak at an evening meeting in
Q country town, and was first to dine
with two elderly ladies of the place. Not
until he was dressed for dinner did he
discover that his servant had neglected
to pack his waistcoat.
There was no gentleman in the house
hold of whom he could borrow, but the
butler, a stout man, had a spare waist
coat, which, though not a match for the
rest of the clothing, was near enough
to pass muster. But alas! the waist
coat was a mile too big. (
He found a sympathetic housemaid
who took up a large pleat at the back of
the waistcoat, and fastened it securely
with pins. Dinner over, the party drove
to the meeting, where the parliamenta-
rs candidate was to make the principal
speech. The candidate had been speak.
ing ten minutes, and had warmed to his
work, when suddenly he felt a pin give
way, and then another and another.
Slowly the borrowed garment ex-
banded, until it's carer appeared in all
the ~capacious bulk of the true owner.
Luckily the main body Of the audience
did not perceive the change, but a dis
tressing litter was heard among the
ladies in front. The best comment came
from a gentleman who greeted the
speaker after the meeting.
Public speaking evidently agrees
with you, sir" he said, in a compll-
mentary tone, "for when you val down
you were twice the man you were when
you ose."-English illustrated Maya.
zina
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-22
How Polar Ice rorma.

DR.. Nansen also observed that the ice
does not form by direct freezing on the
Polar sea to a thickness exceedingabout
ID feet. That was the maximum noticed
by him; but in the icefieids the thick
ness becomes greatly increased by the
.piling up of broken masses, under the
action of winds and waves. ''The mas
~slve-iee-gap which many explorers have
believed to cover the polar area" he
said in his recent lecture in London,
has been shattered. Instead OF it we
have the ever-wandering ice-ields."-
Youths Companion.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-22
FRONTIER JUSTICE.
A Texan Judge whose influence Is
Widespread.

Widespread.
Texas is a big state and has a large
population, including many men of
great prominence. But there is no man
in that whole sovereignty with a more
refulgent glory than Judge Roy. Bean,
of Langtry, who declares that he is the
''law west of the Pecos." And he
is. West of the Pecos river in
Texas there are no limitations
to Judge Beams jurisdiction, and he
does not, it has been limited, let mere
statutes, ''as in such cases made and
provided" influence him to any great
extent in his desire to make the punish
ment fit the crime. There is an anec-
dote told of him when he sat as. coroner
and held an inquest on the body of a
man who had met a violent death by
falling from the great railway bridge
that spans the Pecos river. An exam
ination showed that the man had a re-
volver and $40 in cash in his pockets
when he was killed. After swearing in
a jury and looking over the effects of
the dead man, Judge Bean said: Seen
tlemen of the jury, there amt no doubt
how this man came to his death; that's
all plain; but what 1 would like to know
is why in the name of thunder he car
ried that gun. Now, gentlemen, it's
agin the law to carry a concealed and
loaded gun in the state Of Texas, and jist
because this gentleman took it into his
head to get killed / don't mean to let
him offend the peace and dignity of
Texas. 1 fine him $4O." This is an ex-
ample of Judge Beams efficient admins
t%ration. Some day his decisions will
be published, and then we will have for
the first time a clear understanding Of
the law of the frontier. - Leslie's
Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-22
- q fAE nAY IS lona.


Nhsoun tee sunny byzone days Of early
lie,
in 2 garden sweet and wild.
NauBhk Of sorrow = knowing
rau8ht of strife
mayed + aa 3 little child:
~pot4n9 #atn ne sunbeams, fomping with
Blfcing to the redbird's song.
LaASnin8 ct the blossoms falling from
Happy as the day was longl
TINS has been my motto. through the aeet-
Never mind the shades OF night,
NAsey but show there's sunshine-Neyer
mind the tears,
1ney are only deW-drops bright"
@41d the Blooming flowers OF the summer
day.
This IS still my care-free song.
y but e garden, I'm a chfd al
Ha6ps j. the lay is longr'
Gn the royal garden OF the Princ of Light,
blossom through the years:
4eS each shifting shadow hints Of earthly
nighZ
kv'ry dew-drop hints Of tears.
1asle the endless. golden sum
This sha be my heartfelt song:
but 9 garden. I'm a child at
Happy as the day is 1ongl"
- =. Aapius, IN Ohio Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-22

His arm sank, and he was carried into
a clear place. All about, ice and logs
plunged and reared through the foam,
but some whim of wind or current held
them from the drowning man. The
river he loved was kind. For an in
slant they saw his blond head above
the water and his hair gently lifted by
the stream. Then he sank quietly, and
the logs hurled themselves over the
spot where he had been.
When DIR. Mason tells this story he
says that, as he views it, Jerry was
his Gown man. when he died.
CHARLOTTE KIMBALL
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-22
A %symphony in Puns.

During the sermon one of the quar-
tette fell asleep.
"Now's your chants" said the organ
ist to the soprano, "see if You canticle
the tenor"
You wouldn't dare Duet" said the
contralto.
"You may wake hymn up" suggested
the bass.
II can make a better pun than that,
as sure as my name is Psalm" re-
marked the boy who pumped the or
gan. but he said it so low that no one
quartette.-Trihes,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-22
Cauae for ComnlnInt.

Weller-What's the matter, old man?
Seller-Matter enough. ordered a
plaster cast Of some famous sculpture
to be used as a sign for my glove store,
and they sent me the Venus of Milo
N. Y. Journal,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-22
WHY nc wnn nnn1

Hewitt-Cruet says you're getting
deaf. J
Jewett-Tm not.
Hewitt-He said he spoke to you last
night and couldn't makeyou hear.
Jewett-He asked me for five dollars.
IN. Y. Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-22

"A generous swain in Chicago. after
paying one dollar for a marriage license.
m%anfully said as he threw down a sec
end dollar: There! give me another
license. want n for the girl, too
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-22

Mr.. Newman-You're a nice little
boy, Tommy.
Tommy-That's what they all say
when they first meet sister.-Tt-Bits.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-09
SNOW IN July. "

Colorado Springs, Colo, July 4th, %,
EDITOR LEADER:
| viii. write you a few lines about
our cool and invigorating summers.
see in the papers about so many sun
strokes in Cincinnati and Chicago and
different places in the East, and here
in Colorado it is quite different. In
Telluride, Colo, the people were sur
prised this morning on waking up and
finding the ground covered with snow
to a depth of about six inches Early
this morning it commenced showing
and blowing very hard and continued
for about two hours. On the noun
tains it fell 10 depth of IS inches and
some prospectors becoming alarmed
over the probabilities of snowslides
left their ca bins and came down to
town. 1t is the heaviest snow ever
known in this section in the month of
July. At Leadville the snow is several
inches deep and the Christian Endeov-
orers saw something which they had
never seen before and that is snow
in July. At Gunnison, Colo, it sur
prised the natives. At Durango, Colo,
the preparations for the usual Fourth
of July Celebration were marred today
by heavy storm of snow, sleet and
rain. At Red Mountain the snow this
morning was l8 inches deep, while the
average over the entire district was s
inches. The weather is raw and cold
and the committee on arrangements is
thinking OF varying the programme
with real snowshoe race. At Aspen.
Colo, it has been II years since il
showed in July. In Colorado Springs
the air is cool but the sun is hot. SIT.
ting on our front porch with the trees,
shruboery and grass all green and then
looking over at the mountains and
seeing snow six inches deep in July is a
strange sight to an eastern man, but
we have become used to almost any
kind of scenery in our six years So
journ here. Yours Respectfully,
MARTIN WENDELKEN,
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-09
THE POLITICIAN.

The President and Mrs. Mckinley
returned to Washington, D. c., on
Tuesday, in order that Mr.. Ne.
Kinley may be on hand to use his in
huence to shorten the time that the
tariff bill remains in conference. Be
fore this letter is in print it is expected
that the Senate will have passed the
tariff bill, and Speaker Reed has ex.
pressed the opinion that the bill Will
not be in conference longer than
week. As was expected the clause
stating that nothing in the tariff bill
should be construed an an abrogation
of the Hawaii reciprocity treaty was re-
stored without opposition: d general
reciprocity clause vas also added to the
bill.
Speaker Reed has stated that ne ex.
poets to announce the House commit
tee assignments just before Congress
adjourns.
Senator Gallinger has favora bly, re-
ported from the Senate Pension COM
mittee bill which provides that upon
the consideration of any application for
a pension under any law of the United
States the fact that the applicant was
accepted and mustered into the military
or naval service of the U. S. shall be
taken and held as prima facia proof
that such applicant was of sound body
and mind at the time he was so accept
ed and mustered.
Hon Benjamin Butterworth is prov
ing the truthfulness of my assertion
when he was made Commissioner of Pat
ents, that he was just the man to run
out the sharks and reform the dishon-
orable practices of the shyster paten at
torneys which haye for several years
been going from bad to worse. Mr.,
has recently disbarred
from practice before the U. S. Patent
Office eight attorneys found guilty of
fraud, and has charged John Wedder-
burn g. Co., with engaging in fraudu-
ent and deceptive methods and direct
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-09
THE STREET CAR CONDUCTOR.

Not the Least of His Trials Is the
Wear and Tear Upon His Hands
That the lot of the summer car con-
ductor is not an enviable one can read
ily be seen from the following story Of
one who has charge of an open car on
one of the Traction company's lines in
this city, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord: Just look at these hands" he
said, exhibiting pair of palms that
were chapped, hardened and covered
with yellowish substance. anyone
looking at them would naturally sup
pose that it has been long while since
soap has been used on them, and yet
l washed them thoroughly before leav-
ing the depot for this trip. This yellow
color is caused by the bars, which |
handle going from one step to another
to collect the fares. The handle bars
are of brass, and, as this metal is very
sensitive and subject to weather
changes, which affect it in the form OF
layer of rust, l. using thel bars as a
support, get the same on my hands.
While this polishes the brass, it makes
my hands coarse and hardened, and this
also accounts for their yellow appear
ance. 1t is very bad for the hands. es-
pecially if you happen to have a flesh
wound or sore, which, coming in con-
tact with the rusty bars, is liable to
poison your fblood, but what is to be
done? You can't wear gloves, as it is
hard to handle cash with the mittens
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-09
HISTORIC MARRIAGES.
One Union which Paved the Why TO
Christianity in England.


Christianity in England.
The marriage of Ethelbert, king of
Kent, with Bertha. the Christian daugh-
ter of Charibert, king of Paris, paved
the way 10 Christianity in England. The
marriage of Henry VIII. with Anne Bo-
leyn was one of the principal factors
leading to the reformation. Etheldred
the Cnready's marriage with Emma of
Normandy gave the conqueror an eX-
cuse for asserting his claim to the Eng
lish throne. The marriage of Henry |.
with Matilda of Scotland reconciled
the people to the conquest by restoring
the line of Cerdic. Henry lis mar
riage with Eleanor of Aquiatine made
England the first continental power
in western Europe. The marriage of
Henry VII. with Elizabeth of York
closed the bloody Wars of the
Roses. The marriage of Margaret,
daughter of Henry VII. with James
~. of Scotland ultimately led to
the union of England and Scotland.
Finally the marriage of Sophia with the
eiector of Hanover put line of Ger
man princes on the English throne.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-09
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
A brief Consideration of Matches
frnm His Hninf nf NIexr


from His Point of View.
There is this to be said in favor of
the sulphur match" said the retired
burglar, reports the New York Sun,
that it is noiseless when struck; but
it's odor is decidedly against it. More
than once, when l have struck sui
phur match in the hall, / have heard
some light sleeper, when the pungent
fumes of the sulphur permeated the at
mosphere, turn in bed in the adjacent
room.
II stuck to sulphur matches for a
long time-naturally enough, sup
pose-but finally l came to use parlor
matches altogether They are noisy,
but odorless, and it may be possible
TO scratch them when teams are pass
ing. or when the wind is blowing, or
there is some other noise abroad. At
any rate l came to prefer, from expert
ence, the noisy, odorless match to the
silent sulphur.
20 course the ideal match for any
body in my business would be one that
should be both silent and odorless. 1t
is a wonder to me that nobody has in
vented such match; it is greatly need
ed. and | should say that it would he
comparatively easy of invention. Now
that | have retired, maybe l will devote
myself to the invention of such match
and to do something to promote the in
terests OF an arduous and none too re-
muneratiVe calling
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-09
vENDISH WORDS REMAIN
Germany Is Full of Places Bearing
the OId-Time Nnnca.

tHc NhsneH.
Consul General De Kay writes for the
Century a paper on the Serbian swamp
Nendland, under the title Of AN In
land Venice" Mr.. De Kay says: These
people speak German to the lordings
as we pass Vendish to our boatman, but
the Nendish is disappearing because,
for the sake of the army, its teaching is
discouraged. Throughout all this dis
trict, far over into SaXony, only few
churches still offer sermons in the
old tongue. Yet ii the Nendish
tongue disappears the names of places
will tell the tale, even as such names as
Brandenburg and SaXony still do.
Dresden, Leipsic, these are Nendish
words-or call them Slavic, with the
broader term that now means the race.
And hereabout are Cottbus. Netschau,
Muschcn, Brahmow, Babow. Dlugy,
Raddush, Lcipe, Lehde, Byhleguhre,
Straupitz and LuBoen. And the tliesses
that wind or shoot straight in and out
of forest and cleared fields retain
Vendish names: Mutniza, Hlushnitza,
Rogazo, Zschapigk, Poienzo, Groblitzo
and Nabasatz. Efforts have been made
to give German names to many of them,
but country people everywhere are
great holders to precedent, and the peo-
pie who stick so tightly 10 their old
costume are not going to give up their
place names without a struggle"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-09
Salaries of Rulers.

The divine right of kings" does not
prevent them from asking and obtain
ing a good salary for the work they do.
Even king has TO eat, and in order to
do that he must have money. Usually
rulers get enough salary to make life
pleasure. The car gets S25 900 every
day he rules, the sultan $4,000, the en-
peror of Austria only $4,000. and EN-
pcror William $4,000 less. Queen Vic
toria has $4,000 to spend every week.
while her son spends as much, although
his income is less than half that sum.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-09
LITTLE HOOKING.

Wheat harvesting in this community
is completed.
Fred Alger, of Wheeling, was the
guest of friends here recently. Fred /:
employed at Wheeling by telephone
company.
The Steamer Nellie Bartlett has been
chartered by Sistersville parties to ru II
between that place and Wheeling.
John Tuttle, who has been i'll for
several days, is still in serious con.
dtion.
John Colville, aged I6, was drowned
at Lewis Landing, two miles above
here, Sunday, while bathing. The
body was not recovered,
Dr. Ross little son, Luther, has been
critically i'll for the past few days and
is still in very dangerous condition.
The Doctor called DR.. Frame, of Park
ersburg to consult with him Monday.
The NJ. E. Church Social held at Mrs
Ann Hills Saturday evening was a
success in every way. large number
OF people enjoyed themselves and sl7
was collected for the benefit of the
church
James Hill, who was i'll last week, is
about again.
The Ladies' Foreign Missionary So.
ciety of the NJ. L. Church was enter.
tanned Wednesday afternoon by Mrs
Ruth Bellows.
Mr.. Carlton, blacksmith, has moved
into the house recently occupied by
Louis Lorain and will work at his
trade in the shop recently occupied by
w. II. Thomas. Mr.. Carlton comes
from Guysville.
Miss Grace Hughes, of Parkersburg,
has been visiting at Mr.. Henry Curtis.
Mr.. Harry Kirker and family, of
Logan, Ohio, were visiting friends and
relatives here the first of the week.
Miles Haynes and wife are visiting
Mr.. Haynes parents, near Vincent.
Miss Laura McGirr is visiting friends
at New Lexington this week.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-09

DEMOCRATIC papers in all parts of the
country are warning the Democratic
leaders in Ohio. Iowa, and elsewhere
that they are endangering not only
their own prospects, but those of the
party generally, by pushing the free
silver issue again to the front. The
Macon Telegraph, a time e-honored Dem
ocratic paper, in a recent issue, says;
The Democratic party will go to de-
struction surely if it does not reject
the l6 TO doctrine
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-09
In Memory

OF Lucy Elizabeth Mott. aged six years,
seven months and three days.
Over the r yer the bna'man pale
Carried with him our household pet.
Her brown curls waved in he gentle gale
Darling Lucy, We see her yet.
She crossed on her bosom her small white
hands,
And fearlessly stepped into neaths dark bark ;
" z felt IL glide from the silver sands
And all our sunshine grew strangely dark.
We know she is safe on the farther shore
Where all the ransomed and angels be;
Over the river. the rolling river
Our household idol is waiting for me.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-07-09

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