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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
PIANO MADE Ga PINs.
Any BOY or Girl Can Make and plays
Pinnettas

Any Boy or Girl Can Make and Playa
Ptnnettn.
Have you a cigar box. q bit of tissue
paper, a paper of pins and a tack ham
mer2 Well. that's all you need to
make a pinnetta, and I'm sure the please
ure and amusement It will afford you
and your friends win amply repay you
for the trouble.
First you take the box and nail down
the lid, then over the whole box with
bright colored paper so that it will look
pretty. Then tack the. pins along the
edges of the bottom of the box. You
must be very careful in the pounding
Of the pins, for this is the difficult part
of the work.
Have your sister or somebody sing
the soprano part of any song you like,
note by note. Perhaps, unless the
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
FOR chill

How to Conduct two yery sest-
ing and Amusing Experimen
The air you breathe seems to be a
very simple thing, but you may learn
something new about it in the first ex-
pertinent we will try. Procure q plate,
a tumbler and a good-sized piece Of
tissue or other thin paper. After set
ting the plate on the table, pour water
into it until it is full up to the first rim.
Crumple the paper into a loose ball,
place it in the middle of the plate of wa
ter and set its top on fire. Then quick
" cover it with the tumbler, as shown
ct Fig. No. / and you win see the wa
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
FIGURE NO. 3.

that he will float upon its surface, TAX
ing care not to let his upper side get
wet. The trick is to make him move on
the water without blowing upon or
touching him. You can let your friends
puzzle about how to do this, and then
show your superior wisdom by drop
ping one drop of oil into the round
opening at the center of the fish, upon
which he will move forward, for oil
spreads, and in doing so in this case it
will have to spread down the groove
running toward the tail of the fish and
so will push him forward by itself push
ing the other way.-Buttericks Deli
neator.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
FUNNY MOUSE TRAP.
Clever Girl Catches Seven Rodents
aSewing Machine.


Clever Girl Catches Seven Rodents I'm
asewing Machine.
This is a story of how u sewing ma
chine became a mou trap. Miss
Boutcher, of Federal street, below
Seventh. is particularly fond Of cake,
and has got into the habit OF eating
it while running her sewing machine.
Every night she would leave some under
the lid. For the past few mornings
she has been missing much of her cake,
and naturally blamed her little brother
for taking it. Her brother, however.
always resented the charge and de-
clared his innocence. The other night
Miss Boucher left quite a large quanti-
" of cake on the machine and concealed
herself to watch the thief. When every
thing was quiet she heard a scratching
noise and then saw q very small mouse
climbing up the strap of the machine,
which connects the lower wheel with
the upper one. The first mouse had
hardly disappeared through the small
hole through which the strap is run
when another appeared and followed
It's predecessor. This performance was
repeated ak times by as many mice.
Miss Boucher hastily plugged up the
hole through which the little thieves
had entered, and with the assistance Of
her brother carried the machine into
the kitchen. Five cats were quickly OBJ
tained from willing neighbors and the
lid was lifted. Only n mouse escaped.
-Philadelphia Record.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
coy CORNER.

rated with grassnails. On thisseatplace
several bright, soft pillows. The cur
tains, which add so much to the aItis-
tic effect of the window, are made of
Madras figured with gilt designs.
With a little ingenuity another
window seat can be made by covering a
large sized packing box with chintz or
denim, richly embroidered, or any pref
ty material that suits the fancy and
harmonizes with the restof the ROOM
n. Y. Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15

ter rush up into it from the plate. Here
is the explanation of this curious effect:
You all know that there is something
called oxygen IN the air. Fire changes
this oxygen into carbonic acid gas,
which does not take up nearly as much
space as does the oxygen, so, if there is
no opening through which more air can
get into the tumbler, there is left a
Now, nature abhors a
vacuum-of this you will find many
proofs when you grow older and study
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
Napery without stnrch.

The French have a way of making
e al inferior quality of table linen
look well without the aid of starch
When the napkins are washed and
ready to be ironed, they are dipped into
boiling water and partially wrupg out
between cloths. They are then rapidly
ironed with as hot a tiatiron as possible
without burning them. Treated in this
manner they become beautifully glossy
and stiff.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
Proposed Racial survey.

A complete racial survey of the living
adult population of Switzerland is pro-
posed by DIR. Rudolph Martin, of Zurich,
The observations of each individual
would include measurements-2S il all
with a few simple instruments, to-
gether with color of hair and eyes, COM
plexion, shape of head, face. nose, etc.
The object sought is to determine what
types among the inhabitants represent
rare varieties and what Others indicate
hybrid forms.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
USING WAVE wi
A Machine Built to Get work out q
4ha soasa Cw--amea

A Machine Built to Set work Dat %
the Seas Currents.
B. Morley Fletcher. al associate meme
Der of the British Institute Of Civil En-
gineers. has been engaged for some time
in carrying on experiments in England
looking to the utilization of the force
developed by the rise and fall of the
waves of the sea. Many attempts have
been made to use this enormous power
for mechanical purposes, and it has
been estimated that a very small frae-
ton of the energy developed in the sea
by the winds would suffice for all hui
man needs. Mr.. Fletcher has succeeded
in making an experimental machine
which promises to be of real utility for
many purposes.
The machine is simply q pump ar
ranged in an ingenious manner, 20 dhat
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
t-.pre BtmaIaxnn Trfbea.

MN. Olafsen and Philipsen, two Dam
ish officers who recently explored the
Pamir country north OF the HimaIayas.
found there unknown tribes who are
fire worshipers, and ~ignorantAof the use
of money. Their animals are all
dwarfed, the cows being the size of
ponies. the donkeys of large dogs. and
the sheep of small poodles. Women are
sold for five or six cows or fifteen sheep
apiece. Their chief article Of barter ia
fuEA
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15

the waves shall work it up and down,
and the force of the stream of water
thus propelled may be used either d.
rectly for operating engines or be car
ried to reservoirs and used from these
for producing energy. Mr.. Fletcher's
machine consists, first, of a strong
metal rod, the lower end of which is
held stationary at a fixed distance from
the bottom of the sea by means of
chains and anchors. Near the upper
end, and built so that it can slide on the
rod, is a big, round, hollow float, shaped
like a cheese box. Attached to the
lower side of this float, n on either
central rod, are the barrels of two long
pumps whose piston rods are made
fast to a cross-piece on the central rod
below. 1t is evident that if the central
rod is held firmly, the rise and fall of the
floating cylinder at the top will work
the pumps. The difficulty to be over
come lies in the fact that the central
rod would naturally rise and fall with
the float. To overcome this tendency
Mr.. Fletcher has carried the lower end
of the central rod down into the sea be-
low the zone of wave action, and there
fastened a fat disk to the rod. This
disk offers so much resistance to move
ment that it holds the central rod prac-
tically still while the float rises and
falls and does the pumping. A small
machine which was used at Dover had a
float about four feet in diameter and a
stroke to the pump of four feet; and
this when in full action developed 81
hon Sc power.
A plant is now being built which is
intended to develop 800 horse power
when it is fully operated by the waves
N. Y. Sun,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
Ptecea 81 Broken Breaa.

All the tiny pieces and crusts Of bread
should be saved; their uses are numes-
Gus. They can be made into puddinga,
stufangs for meat and fish. and excel-
lent griddle cakes. Or If the pieces are
dried in a moderate oven, then rolled
and sifted. they are always ready "a
cover croquettess scalloped dishes and
other things.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15

through the longer straw in order to
prime the siphon thus formed and cause
the liquid to flow.
The same result may be obtained by
beVeling one of the extremities of each
Of the straws and then uniting the lat
ter with a little modelling wax.
We are indebted for the cut and de-
scription to La Physique a Appa-
reils, BY CASTOR Tissandier.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
Value Of he swallow.

The food of the swallow is composed
of insects alone, and the number these
birds destroy in a single summer is in.
calculable. They are in summer on the
wing for fully 16 hours during the day.
and the greater part of the time making
havoc among the millions of insects
which infest the air.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
SCIENCE.

How to Make a Good syphOn of n
straw and n Peach Pit.
Bore two holes at right angles in a
peach pit and into each of them fit a
straw Zone of the straws being longer
than the other), and make the joints
tight with wax. It will suffice to suck
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15

maud Altgirl avows she never means
to marry"
Il presume, then, that all the work
she does on her complexion is nothing
but art for art's sake" - Cleveland
Leader.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15
Guard Your lips.

II your lips
Would keep fron slips,
Five things observe with care
OF whom you speak.
To whom you speak.
And how and when, and where.
Brooklyn Eagle
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-15

Shells your arm getting better?
He-yes. I guess It will be able to be
Ground al right in . few days-TOwn
FopieA
The herald., 1897-12-10
JAcKsoN's RECORD
Sounded the Whole Gamut Of Small
Crime

SACRAMENTO Cal, Dec. 9.-The Bee
tonight will publish complete history
Of Charles e. Jackson, who committed
forgery In Oakland, claiming that he
did it to get into the penitentiary to
escape prosecution for past misdeed.
The Bee shows that Jackson has served
two terms, instead of one, In the peni-
tentiary: that the record of his crimes
begins as far back as 1875; that he en-
bezzled $500 in McGregor, Iowa; that he
embezzled $500 from firm In Milwaukee: !:
that he embezzled $500 from firm in
Denver, being sent to the penitentiary
therefor: that he obtained $3.50 from s.
B. Slight in this city under false pre-
lenses and was sent to Folsom: that he
obtained $35 from 8. 8. Tinker Of Oak
land under false pretenses; that, after
serving his term in Folsom. he came to
Sacramento, pretending reformation.
and Joined the Baptist Church; that
while pretending to lead a godly life
he embezzled 500 from the Congrega-
tional Church and $S5 from the local
council of the A. P. A.; that he obtained
money from widow and her daughter,
members Of the Baptist Church, who had
given him shelter; that his mother, a
most excellent woman, living In Nc
Gregor. Iowa, dependent upon her son,
for support, had been sent to home In
Philadelphia by the charity of neigh
bors, never having received cent from
her son.
The herald., 1897-12-10
fNstricl1 Farm-South Pasadena
Isayly 100 SIgantic Birds Of .,3W 1gges



accredited. In that case, Honduras also
will be without a United States lega-
tion.
The trouble arises from the fact that
when the Greater Republic was formed
1t was agreed among the nations form
ing it that their relations be conducted
through q diet, and they insisted that
ministers from other countries should be
accredited to this diet. Congress ad-
vised the mission of Central America
in such a fashion that each Of the two
missions includes a country within and
one without the Greater Republic. This
fact was repugnant to the nations In the
league. Owing to the terms Of our ap-
preparation act. the president was
obliged to accredit the ministers to the
countries named in the act, Capt.
Merry to Nicaragua and Costa Rica and
DIR. Hunter to Guatemala and Honduras,
and had no authority to accredit them
to the diet, so the persistence that Mic
|aragua and Honduras have shown in
their position has resulted In depriv-
ing one Of them of the presence of any
United States minister, and threatens to
do the same with the other. In this case
1T will be interesting to note how the
diplomatic representation OF the Greater
Republic In Washington, now confined
to q charge, Mr.. Correa, will be affected.
The herald., 1897-12-10

were twisted around the bloodstained
trucks of the sleeper. The police be-
lieve that man had been tied to the
railroad track, his feet spiked to the ties
and that he had been left to await cer-
tain death under the train. On this
theory inquiries are now being made at
every point on the road between Chicago
and Denver. The spike, which was In
the center of the toe, was about five
inches long. and of the kind used in GER
tain parts Of railroad construction
where a delicate vet strong piece of
metal Is used to hold wood together.
There was no blood on the engine. which.
the railroad men say. proved that the
accident, or murder, as the case may be,
occurred west of Bloomington, as a
change of engines Is made at that point.
The herald., 1897-12-10
Home Products

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9.-The Man
ufacturers and Producers association
does not propose to abandon the fight II
has been waging against the state board
Of prison directors on account Of the ac-
ton of that body In having awarded to
an Australian firm a contract for 5000
tons of coal. as against the offers made
by California dealers. Legal steps will
be taken to test the right of the directors
to discriminate against California coal
when by law they are, in common with
other state officers, required to give
preference to California production.
The herald., 1897-12-10
INDEX
TO THE TELEGRAPH NEWS

The steamer Rosalie arrives from
Dyea with news from the mining re-
gions.
Mrs. Mckinley still alive but un-
conscious and death is hourly ex-
pected.
Congressional Librarian spofford's
shortage explained by absent-minded-
ness little short of idiocy.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons says Fitz will
never enter the ring again with her
consent; Harry Peppers bested by a
Boston negro.
Debate on the German naval bill
closed for the time and the bill refer
red to the budget committee; an agree
ment reached with China.
A fight materializes over the inter-
changeable mileage tickets and a
much larger one is promised over the
spring rates to Dawson City.
Autonomy plans for Cuba to be put
into operation on Monday; Cuban
leaders utterly repudiate the scheme
and declare for freedom or death.
Claim made that the Great Ellis
island fire was set for purposes Of rob-
berry; ten thousand dollars worth Of
railroad tickets are missing and were
not burned.
The government will insist that the
appointments Of ministers to Central
American countries shall stand, or the
Greater Republic will have no consul
lar representatives.
The day in congress devoted chiefly
to pension matters and numerous pri
vate pension bills are passed; pro
gram outlined in the house looking tx
prompt action on important questions
New York health officers voice tn,
opposition to six-day bicycle racing
and talk Of stopping the sport; th'
half -delirious riders continue TO grint
out miles; racing reports and bal
games.
The herald., 1897-12-10
THE GREATER REPUBLIC
MUST AtcEPr THE MINISTER'S
APPOINTED
Dr.. Hunter Given His Final Instruc-
tions and Captain Merry
Ready to Serve

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 9.-The
Department of State is about to press
to the end the issue that has been raised
between 1t and the government Of MIC
aragua, growing out Of the refusal Of
Nicaragua to receive United States
Minister in the person Of Captain Merry
or California. The United States Lega-
tion at Managua. which has been closed
~ the resident Minister, will be per-
mltted to remain closed for the present,
and Captain Merry has been ordered
to proceed to San Juan In Costa Rico,
to take up his mission there.
DR.. Hunter Of Kentucky. who has been
appointed minister to Guatemala and
Honduras. was at the state department
today. and having received his Anal in
structiofs. will sail from New York on
THE 2oth inst. He goes to Guatemala
City, the capital Of Guatemala, but as
His case II In many respects similar to
that Of Capt. Merry. It IL probable that
NJ will be confined In his ministry to
that country, and will not be received In
Honduras, 70 which country he Ii also
The herald., 1897-12-10
Colorado Smallpox

DENVER, Col, Dec. "a special to
the Republican from Santa Fe. N. NJ,
says: Acting Governor Wallace today
kept the wires hot making q full exami-
nation into the smallpox epidemic pre-
vailing in the lower Rio Grande valley
about San Marcial. He found that the
facts had been greatly exaggerated, but
advised the territorial board Of health
that the situation demanded immediate
attention. According to the best au-
horiy there have been SO cases In and
about Old San Marcial and twenty-three
deaths during the past three weeks.
The herald., 1897-12-10
BACK FROM
THE ARCTIC
With News From the Min
ing Regions
FOUR TRAMWAYS UNDER WAY
GOOD PROGRESS MADE ON THE
WAGON ROAD
FOUR TRAMWAYS UNDER WAY
The Weather Bitterly Cold, But People
Are Still Pressing on
Over the Pass

Associated Press Special Wire.
SEATTLE, Dec. 9-The steamer Rosa
lie arrived today from Skaguay and
Dyea, Alaska, with thirty-f1ve passen-
gers. The Rosalie brings the news that
James B. McCauley of Victoria Is on his
way out from Dawson City with dog
train, and is expected to arrive at
Skaguay in q week or ten days.
At a meeting held in Skaguay Dec. LIST,
steps were taken to form municipal
government. Seven candidates were
nominated for councilmen.
Four tramways are being constructed
at Dyea. Seven miles Of the wagon road
between Skaguay and Lake Bennett have
been completed. At least 10OO men are
scattered between White Horse rapids
and Skaguay. The Canadian police
have warned all persons bound for Daw-
son to turn back unless they have 600
pounds of provisions.
MISSING MINERS
VICTORIA, B. c., Dec. 9.-Five or six
and perhaps even seven lives have been
lost in the White Horse rapids, Lewis
river, during the last two months, ac-
cording to John Hepburn, who arrived
from there today. A boat built for four
or six men was found below the rapids
one morning, but there was no trace of
the occupants. They must all have been
drowned There is now very little open
water between the rapids and lakes,
most Of 1t being frozen over
At White Horse rapids there are about
thirty people, and there are thirty five
at the foot of Marsh lake. There are at
least 100 more below White Horse, and
many others have gone into the Hootal-
inqua country to prospect during the
winter. Hepburn had heard Of no strikes
being made on the Hootalinqua or tribu-
tary streams, but a man named Davis
washed $1,000 from the river bars last
summer. Hepburn believes that rich
strikes will be made on the Hootalinqua
this winter.
At Tagish house the weather was Bit
terly cold, the thermometer registering
AZ degrees below zero. People were met
making their way along the route at the
head Of Lake Bennett. Among the gold
seekers was woman, who was pulling
her sled along and she was making fair
time.
Lake Bennet was open fifteen miles
from the foot on Nov. 18th, and the mer-
curry stood at "a below.
A DISCOURAGED MINER
STOCKTON, Dec. 9.-The remains Of
Edward N. Bouche have arrived here
from Seattle to be buried in the family
plot In the old cemetery. Bouche was
10 successful mining operator of the
northwest and had bright prospects till
the news from the Klondike deprecia-
ted the value of his mines and proper
ties, which he could have sold couple
of years ago for large sums, but are
now about valueless, SO he ended his
troubles by committing suicide last Sum
day week. His properties were in Ross
land, b. c. He was on his way to Califor-
mia when he met a fast crowd In Seat
tie, lost his nerve and turned his pistol
to his head with fatal results. His aged
mother, who lives here, was notified and
went to Seattle, and returned home with
the remains. Bouche was reared here
and was SO years Of age.
The herald., 1897-12-10
A HORRIBLE PLIGHT
A Boilermaker Baked in a Steamer
Smokestack


SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 9.-Michael
Purcelis, o boilermaker, was making
some repairs inside the smokestack of
the steamer Wellington at the Folsom
street wharf this morning when six fires
were carelessly started below him. He
was strapped in q chair suspended from
the top Of the stack about forty feet from
the dampers below. It was impossible
to go up, and to go down without as
sistance meant being roasted alive on
the hot dampers.
Dense volumes Of hot smoke began
rolling up the stack, while Purcelis
shouted loudly for help. The heat in
creased every moment, until the boiler
makers clothing caught fire. He beat
on the iron with all his power, and
shouted for fully ten minutes before his
helper on the outside, Martin Philpot,
realized his plight and rescued him Just
as the rope supporting him was catching
fire. Purcelis lies at his home in a
critical condition. He Is badly burned,
and his lungs are filled with coal gas.
The herald., 1897-12-10
A PUZZLED JUDGE
Not Certain as to the OARense Com
mitted


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9.-Attornev
George Lezinsky today received blow
from an umbrella in the hands of ex-
Judge William Craig. The blow was
delivered in the chambers Of Superior
Judge Seawell. Feeling had been strong
between the two men for some days on
account Of an attack made by Lezinsky
on ex-Judge Robert Y. Hayne during the
argument of a case before Judge Hunt
and jury. Lezinsky, In his argument,
accused Mr.. Hayne of giving false testi-
mony, and thereby incensed Judge
Craig, who was associated with Hayne
as counsel in the case. The blow was
not struck in open court, and the Judge
is in doubt as to whether he has the au-
thority to punish Craig, who is an old
and we'll known practitioner.
The herald., 1897-12-10
A Messenger Mangled

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9.-Edward
Gison. 15-year-od messenger boy in
the service of the American District
company. living at 1876 Dolores street,
was run over by a Mission street trolley
car his morning. The wheels passed
over his left leg, mangling the limb so
that amputatlon was necessary.
The herald., 1897-12-10
A Eureka Pioneer

EUREKA, Dec. s.-John r. Warren,
a pioneer of this county, "a years old.
died suddenly today Of heart disease at
his home at Warren Creek. The de-
ceased had gone into the field near his
home and not returning when expected,
his wife searched for him and was hor-
rified to find him lying dead on the
ground.
The herald., 1897-12-10
"A Yuba Power Plant

YUBA, Cal, Dec. 9.-The board of
supervisors of this county yesterday
granted to John Martin franchise to
erect poles and wires throughout this
county, by which to conduct electricity
for lighting and power purposes. The
eectricity is to be generatd by the big
pant on the Yuba river.
The herald., 1897-12-10
FOUND A FOOT
And Base Theory Of Murder Upon
the Fact

CHICAGO, Dec. 9.-Evidence Of a
startling nature, which indicates that
murder has been committed somewhere
between Chicago and Denver, on. the
Chicago and Alton railroad was found
today on the top trucks of the Pullman
sleeping car Miltiades shortly after its
arrival In Chicago. 1t was human
foot, apparently that Of a man. and a
long, slender spike penetrated the large
toe.
The foot, which had been torn on
above the ankle, was bare and mutilated.
lae&ment1 which had been torn from the
upper poxtfon of the limb and remained
attached a ~ foot n dls1demberment.