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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
WOMAN AND HOME.
ROSA BoNHEUR's LIFE.
Some Interesting "Reminiscences
Neatly Told by HerseIf.

Some Interesting "Reminiscences
Neatly Told by Herself.
Rosa Bonheur has just published her
autobiography in Paris. 1t appears
that before she took to painting she
was apprenticed to a dressmaker. Then
she began coloring Kaleidoscope views.
Her first picture was a bunch of cher
ries. Later on she made copies in the
Louvre, where her strange costume and
independent airs won for her the nick
name of THE Little Hussar."
"The Little Hussar" grew rapidly.
In 1883 Rosa Bonheur exhibited the
Horse Fair" which was bought by M.
Gambard for 10000 francs. 1t was ex-
hibited in the United States, and
brought in 100000 francs.
SIN 1885," she says, 81 bought the
property of By in the heart of the for
est of Fontainebleau, where I still live
to-day. / gave $4,000 francs for it, and
built a big studio. The emperor gave
me permission to hunt in the forest
around my own park. 1 lived there
happily, receiving the visits of a few
intimate friends, and working as well
as I could. In 1865 1 was busy one after
noon with my pictures. I had upon my
easel the Stays in the Long Rocher,'
when l heard the cracking of a postil-
ions whip and the rolling of a carriage.
My little maid, Olive, rushed into the
apartment in a state of excitement.
'Mademoisellel Mademoiselle!' she
exclaimed, her majesty, the en-
press!'
81 just had time enough to put a pet
ticoat over my trousers and to take off
my long blue blouse and replace it with
@ velvet jacket.
1T have here said the empress, "a
little jewel which I bring to you on the
part of the emperor. He authorizes
me to to you your enrolment
in the Legion of Honor
"The empress kissed the new knight
and pinned the cross upon the blacl;
velvet jacket. A few days afterward l
received an invitation to dine at the i'm
perial court in Fontainebleau. On the
appointed day they SEN a gala carriage
for me. I went to the wrong door when
I arrived, and came near losing my way,
when NJ. Mocquard came to my relief
by giving me his arm. I was seated be-
side the emperor, and during the entire
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
CARVED in CHEESE.

Queer bridal Custom Obtaining In
some Parts OF Switzerland.
Oneofthem most peculiar bridal or mar
riage custom known is one that has pre-
vailed for centuries in what is called the
Cheese regions" Of Switzerland. In
that portion of the Alpine country,
when a pair join in wedlock, it is the
fashion for their intimate friends to
buy a register cheese for the young
couple. This is presented to the newly
welded people on the evening of the
weddingday audit is ever after retained
by them and used as a family register.
On these heirloom cheeses the whole
history of the family is carved, such az
births, marriages, deaths, and other in
cidents which it may be desired to
make matters of record. Some of these
old Swiss family cheese records are said
70 date back to the middle Of the seven
tenth century.
AT the agricultural fair annually held
at Gessenay a great many cheese regis
tors have been exhibited which were
known to be from $50 to 200 years old.
The oldest that has yet been displayed
belongs to a country squire living neal
Gessenay, who shows his family record
carved on a cheese made in 16GO.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19

from the ends of each piece, and use
screws IA inches in length.
For the top of the bench use clear
pine planking not less than 1h inches
in thickness; this should be fitted close
ly together and fastened to the cross
pieces with stout screws.
Next, from an oak or ash plank a
piece should be cut as shown in Fig. Q.
This is for the wise Jaw; a screw and
fever can be purchased at a hardware
store and fitted to it, and the whole at
tached'to the bench; but if this should
prove too much of an undertaking for
the youthful workman it will not be
difficult to get a carpenter to put it in
place.
At the bottom of tie jaw a sliding
piece with a series of holes for a peg
should be provided and held III place by
an iron pin.
From one of these sides of the bench q
piece should be cut l2 inches long and
four inches wide; this will serve Is
the front of the drawer, which may be
made with half-inch pine, fastened to-
gether with glue and nails. 1t must be
arranged, of course, to slide in and out
on Almost any shallow box
fastened to the front board may be used
for this purpose. An oval hole should
be made in the front for a handle.
A planning stop with teethDn one side
can be purchased at a hardware store
and tightly fitted into a hole through
the top of the bench. When all is com
plete you will have a convenient aAd
~serviceable workbench, like that shown
in the illustration.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19

A cooking school formula for the
preparation of beef tea that is nutri-
tious advises: Take beef which has
been freed from all visible fat, and chop
it not too fine, add a pint of cold water,
and stir with a wooden spoon until it is
pulpy. Then let it stand in the icebox
for two hours. Put it into a porcelain
lined or enameled iron kettle; add a
little salt or a bay-leaf or a Glove or a
stick of celery. When the kettle is on
the fire it should be stirred constant
ly until it has reached the steaming-
point. 1t must never boil. The white
of an egg is used to clarity it, and it is
strained through a double cheese-cloth.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19

nually by Millinery Hunters)
wear anything but imported goods
The results of this subserviency to the
dictates of a cruel fashion are obviouF
to the dullest intellect. The first and
the worst is that our native song birds
are being rapidly exterminated. The
taxidermist of the Chicago Academy
of Sciences states that nc less than
eight species of our favorite birds arc
already gone; and the remainder is be-
ing rapidly sacrificed to the milliner's
moloch. This terrible loss to mankind
is caused by the whims of our ''inde-
pendent" American women.
Perhaps some of our tender hearted
women may not be aware that many OF
these birds skins are taken from living
birds. In other words, some of our
most delightful songsters are being
skinned alive in order that u fair
countrywomen may be fitted out with
"a perfectly lovely hat"
The rapacity of the brutes who hunt
these feathered beauties is so great
that they cannot give the birds time to
die, but denude them of feathers while
the futtering victims languish and die
under the torments of v~ivisection.
Thus these inhuman hunters are. able
to increase their ill-gotten gains at the
cost of the most terrible suffering. In
a few minutes the deed is done, and in
due time my lady appears at church in
a hat which is the envy of the entire
feminine part of the congregation.
Perhaps as she listens to the exquisite
music of a ~high-salaried chcir, she all
lows her mind to wander for a moment
from her high-priced hat, and she
thinks of her little babe at home. How
her thoughts float toward Heaven, as
she offers a silent prayer that no harm
may come to her darling. Meanwhile,
however, a nest full OF little ones, in
a certain tree, have persisted of hunger
because both of the parent birds have
been sacrificed in order that some of the
fair worshipers may kneel in church
attired in a manner suited to the SPLEEN
did sanctuary and the fashionable ur-
roundings. A strange unrest must
certainly disturb them as the man OF
God slowly reads from the Holy Book:
"Are not five sparrows (birds in the He
brew sold for two farthings, and not
one of them is forgotten before God?"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
Latest in Candle Shades.

The prettiest shades yet devised for
the popular candles in silver holders
are now found among the beautiful
novelties in silverware. The shades are
fashioned of silver in dainty and grace
full openwork patterns of flowers, fruits,
scrolls or conventional designs, and are
made to fit over empire-shaped shades
of soft silk, the lower edge being fin
ished with a narrow silk fringe which
falls below the silver work, giving a
soft effect. The whole is fitted over an
isinglass frame, which prevents the silk
from being scorched. The silk shades
are movable and can be changed to
match whatever flowers are used for
decorations.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
Natural That He should.

She was an extremely practical girl
and vas inclined to look upon his pro-
testations and assertions in an extreme
ly practical way.
my love for you knows nc ending"
he said, gloomily, when she told him
that she didn't see how she could be
anything more than a sister to him.
your refusal seals my death war
rant"
"Oh, / guess not" she returned.
"Ah, you do lot know me- he pro-
tested. II cannot live without you. 1
shall surely die. You have my heart"
IF l have your heart" she interrupt
ed in her severely practical way, II
should think you would die."-Chicago
Post.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
LOCATING A BREAK.
Clever Work Done BY Philadelphia
Pneumatic Tube Experts.

Clever Work Done by Philadelphia
Pneumatic Tube Experts.
In Philadelphia, probably more e&-
tensively than in any other city, under
ground tubes are used for the convey
ance Of letters, kilograms and small
parcels. A few days ago n of the
cylindrical rubber carriers employed
in this service stopped somewhere
along the route. Air pressure and sue
ton in turn failed to drive or recall it.
It was found necessary to dig down
and open the pipe and remove the box.
But the problem was TO determine
whether the box was ten feet or two
thousand feet from the starting point.
It was not considered desirable to dig
up a half mile of pipe to remove this
obstruction. Other means of locating it
having failed, the following plan was
adopted: A pistol was fired near the
end of the tube. and the time required
for the sound to travel and echo to re-
turn measured. Thus the distance Of
the object was estimated. Sound trav-
els HOO feet a second. AS the velocity
would be affected by the temperature
proper allowance was made. The
chromograph ~irnprovised consisted Of a
metal drum ten inches in diameter, re-
volving slowly, and moving endwise m
rotation. The polished surface was
coated with smoke. A pin was attached
to one prong Of a tuning fork. giving thu
note C, and therefore vibrating 512
times per second. Consequently 513
waves were impaired to the trace. A
pendulum of a clock beating half sec
onds electrically caused another dis
turbance of the pin-point in it's tracing
on the drum. Provision was made for
automatically recording the instant Of
the shot and arrival of the echo. Five
trials gave 2,973 seconds as time re-
quired for sound to travel both ways.
A velocity of 1903 feet was assumed
for a temperature of 80 degrees, and a
correction of 1.12 feet per second for
each degree above that standard. This
observed temperature was 80 degrees in
the ground. Computed velocity was
1910 feet, and distance both ways 3,075.
Dividing by two, the explorers made
distance of box 1887 feet. Upon dig
ging down the workmen found the OBJ
struction within a foot or two of the
designated place,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
severe steel P1nte rent.

A six-inch Harveyized steel plate
measuring s feet by 8 has stood a severe
test in England. Five 1OO-pound
Hotter projectiles were fred at il from
a distance of 30 feet with a velocity of
1850 feet a second, and were shattered
without ~perforating it, only slight sur
face cracks being found. The backing
of the plate was merely bruised behind
each impact
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
Bruin ON a Honey Hunt.

Bears have an intense longing for
sweets, and that is why they will rob a
honey tree at any hazard. "A man who
had been cutting wood in the forest was
resting at noon, when he happened to
catch sight of a bear a~bstracting honey
from a hollow tree. The man kept quiet
and watched the operation. The bees
were at home, and every time the bear
put in ais paw and brought it out. drip
ping with honey, the insects swarmed
around him. The bear kept his eyes
shut, and worked away industriously
until some of the bees must have found
a tender spot; at any rate, he suddenly
gave a howl of mingled rage and pain,
and then scampered away as fast as his
legs could carry him.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
PLAN OF FIRST o

tin nashing; art glass in ransom Of
large window in p%arlor; glass in front
door; two-coat plaster work through
out; exterior painting, three coats; in
terror, Georgia pine, finished in oil.
Store, furnace, coal, fruit rooms, cellar
and laundry in basement.
The foundation wall is 10 inches
brick and Is inches rubble stone. All
chambers have large closets. Plumbing
and fixtures TO be Of the modern kind.
All lumber must be free of defects, and
all hardware will be of a neat kind.
All rooms are piped for gas and furnace.
The parlor will have walls and cell
ings tinted light green; sitting-room,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
WISHES ANp 8

Said one little chick. with a funny little
sQuirm:
Said another little chick, with a queer lit
tie shrug:
II wish I could md a nlce, fat bug
Said a thisd little chick, with a strange lit
tie squeal:
II wish l could fHd some nice. yellow
meal"
snow, look here" said the mother, from
the green garden patch;
IF you var any breakfast. you must get
up and scratch"
Toronto Globe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19

A Swiss mechanic named MilIardet,
who lived in the last century, made the
figure of a lady that could play the
piano. The figure was large, and the
motions were similar to those of q live
piano player. 1t could play IS tunes,
and in every case the eyes would follow
the movements of the fingers on the
keys, the pressure Of which produced
the notes.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
PLAN oF sRcoNp FLooR.

straw color; dining-room, pink; kitch-
en-. gray; hall, terra-cotta; chambers,
light blue. The kitchen sink is Of gray
porcelain. The cistern is of wood,
holding 40 barrels. Soil pipes, drains,
etc, must run to catch basin. The tank
in the attic is connected with bathroom
fixtures. All windows must be cleaned,
rooms scrubbed out and left in good
order for occupancy.
GEORGE A. W. KNIT,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
NoT WORTH THE PRICE.

why women Cannot Afford tn WesS
Birds in Their Hats.
The women of the country expend
hundreds of thousands of dollars an
nually for birds plumes with which
they adorn their hats. This money
goes into the hands of a very few
eastern capitalists, who delude the
followers of fashion with the idea
that these plumes and wings are taken
from foreign birds-while as a matter
of fact most of these feminine adorn-
ments are taken from our OWN favorite
song birds, whose feathers are
tored" by skilled ~colorists for the Pur-
pose of deceiving those who never
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
To Make a Neat Patch.

Smooth out frayed edges and trim off
long threads. With very thin mucilage,
moisten a piece of the material and put
it under the tear. Put a level weight
on it, and when the mucilage is per-
fectly dry, the patching will be almost
invisible.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
Rad an Object IN viev.

Little Florence had an older sister,
but was constantly teasing for a little
sister. One day mamma said to her:
why do you want a little sister, Flor
ence?" Because" replied Florence,
earnestly. II want to make her mird
me Youths Companion
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
Vtctoria's Windsor Boudotr.

1t may be interesting to know that
Queen Victoria's boudoir at Windsor is
furnished in red and gold, that every
article was selected by the late prince
consort, and that her majesty keeps the
first bouquet given her by Prince AL
bert, with her bridal wreath, under a
glass case in her bedroom.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
QUEER INSECT PET.
Praying AIantis Trained by q Farm-
er's bright Daughter.

Praying sIantis Trained by q FARM
er's bright Daughter.
The praying mantis is a very odd and
interesting pet for the farmers daugh-
ter, and she may without much trouble
capture one 1 have had several, but
will only tell you Of one. Her name
was Judy. l caught her on an old
marker in the garden. With the aid of
a loop of grass 1 soon had her safe in
the house il an empty glass fruit jar,
1t is not best 20 attempt to capture one
with the fingers, for you might injure
1t. Some people think they are poison
GUS, but / never had one offer to bite
me, though I have handled many.
At first Judy was very shy. 1 put a
branch of honeysuckle in the jar and
tied a small piece CT mosquito netting
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19

feet; hall. 5x13 feet 6 inches; bath,
.xs feet; pantry. 6x6 feet, and cham
bers, 12x14, 10 feet 8 inches by IL
feet and 1ox14 feet. The height
Of first and second stories IS 0 feet
6 inches; basement, 2 feet. Joist 2x
10 inches, 16-inch centers; ~studding, 2x4
inches; 16-iEch centers; roof rafters,
2xs inches; wall plates, two, 2x4e
inches; beam, sx1O inches; posts, sx1O
inches; siding, 4-inch o. G.; sheathing
OF fence flooring; building paper be-
tween sheathing and siding.
American glass; cedar shingles on
roof; double floors throughout; Geor-
gia pine finish for interior; compost
tion carving for apex of front gable;
cutters on roof of tin; tin down spouts;
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19

It is thought by many that the time
is not far distant when fog and the
smoke in the atmosphere of large cities
will be dissipated by electricity. AL
ready a patent has been taken out in
Germany for an apparatus for smoke
prevention by les of wire stretched
inside a fue or chimney, and rendered
incandescent by an electric current.
This simple method will consume the
blacklist smoke, but at present it is
much too expensive for practical use.
Ordinarily each chimney would require
its own continuous current dynamo,
which would absorb something like IS
horse power, and perhaps more. In
some cases one dynamo might be used
for several chimneys situated near the
electric plant. If the speed of the dyna-
mo were accidentally increased the
wires would probably be fused. For
a chimney 100 feet high ball-coiled
wires 20 yards long would be required.
1T is only the great hearted who can
be true friends; the mean and coNvardly
can never know what true friendship
means.-c. Kingsley.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-19
BUILDINGANDsC SCIENCE.
ART bal ARcnlTEcTuRE.

DeniEned and written Especially for
This Paper.
This seven-room story and a half
house, with brick and stone founda-
tion, can be built for S1,400.
The size Of the house upon the ground
IS 22x36 feet. The rooms are as fol
lows: Parlor. 12x12 feet 6 inches; sit
tlng-room, l2x15 feet; dining-room,
2 feet 8 inches by ~ feet; kitchen, 11x1G
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-24
MOTHER OF GOLD.
Indians Believe There
Are Sexes in the Metals.

Northwest Indians Believe There
Are Sexes in the Metals.
"It'n not be long until we see another
rush to new gold field. SAID w. ~.
McBain, Of Tacoma, WASH, At the
Laclede hotel yesterday, says tne OF.
Louis Globe-Democrat. For q numoer
Of years the yellow nuggets have pesn
found ON the banks Of the Columpla
river at and below the confluence vain
the Pend dOreille. Few white men
have worked on the waehlngs, because
the results were not prohtaoie enough;
Chinese have f1ocked in, however, ana
by the use of amalgamated plates nave
earned $3.50 a day on the average be-
low the 1uncture of these two rivers
these gold deposits are found FOR miles
on the banks Of the Columbia, put
above the sand deposits are as free OF
valuable deposits as the sawduSt noofs
of a sash and door factory. THIS CIR
cunstance has given rise to q belief
among the Indians OF Northwestern
Canada and among many intelligent
white settlers as well that rich deposits
are somewhere to be found in the Pend
d'Oreille country The INDIAN version
is that the mother Of gold an inden-
mite expression which white believers
also use, is somewhere in the Pend
d'Oreille river. Old miners In this sec
ton speak mysteriously OF sexes In
the metals, and refer to the mother
Of gold just as the farmer Of deeade
or two ago spoke of the mother OF vine
gar There can't be the one without
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-24
REGISTER
Which Contains the Names Of Styles
In Collars.

which Contains the Names Of Styles
in Collars.
Five or six years ago, after great
minds had run In the same channel
innumerable times, each time with the
different design and make had the
same or very similar name, the
manufacturers decided to employ a
registrar Of trade marks, says the
New York Sun. At that time it was
estimated that there had been 250,0G0
styles Of collars and cuffs
Each manufacturer gave to the regis
cnocern from the time of the factory's
establishment. Most Of the names
were as dead as the articles which
had borne them. When women's
fashion plates decreed standing tab
collars and cuffs the list of names
sW elled. All these new styles for
women could not go unnamed, for con-
ticn of women's collars and cuffs there
fore caused an increase Of nearly 10O,-
600 in the number Of styles.
The registrars lists fill three bulky vol
umes and a fourth is nearly half full. Twenty
years ago the names of race horses were
popular At the time of Maud SIS great per-
Torrance a collar of the standing kind, and
Of goodly height. which received the name OF
the turf queen, had an unprecedented sale.
The names of actors were used up fast for
mems styles. When the ludtcrously high col
lar, which met with high favor during short
life was in vogue the names OF mountain
Shasta was one Of the Hottest collars made,
and its sale was phenomenal. One manufact-
urer brought the history of New England into
use and his collars are called Paul Revere,
Ethan Allen, John Alden, etc. For another
big concern Cooper's novels provided Indian
names until the source was exhausted Now
the firm not only makes collars. but makes
names which sound like Indian names to ut
them. The titles of operatic and dramatic
productions are given to mems wear.
The names of actresses went to feminine
apparel. When the names OF actresses ran
out as result Of the masculine trend Of
evidently provided themselves with seed
mems catalogues. for all have appropriated
the names Of plants and flowers without
stint Celebrated writers find place In the
registrars lists. Shakespeare lends a line Of
90 or 60, all chosen by one manufacturer.
Another manufacturer exhausted Les Mis-
CRADLES" and then commenced on the names
Of the Saints which still afford fertile field.
When the Defender was being constructed
people all over the country suggested names
and proved boon to collar manufacturers.
The registrar soon found that the manu-
facturers were clRshing, aud It developed
that all Of them had appropriated the lists.
The result was that nearly every name, good,
bad or Indifferent. proposed for the cup de-
fender found its way upon style Of collar
or Of cuff. Ancient history has shown one
panufacturer the way out OF a troublesome
Job. His list commences with Herodotus and
includes more than 100 others from the same
source. The names Of American cities
formed the basis Of one manufacturers list
He has used up all the principal ones, and
now mas begun over again. corrupting them
upon second use. Albany is distorted Into
Albani.