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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02


rattle Of a vehicle IN our rear. Haroia.
who was driving. leaned out to one side
and looked back his face growing pale
as he did so.
Ies q runaway team Is 3 big
wagonl' he ihouted. And It's coming
Ibis wayl'
81 glanced back and saw two panic
stricken hogses rushing down the road
toward us at full speed, the wagon
jumping and swaying from side to side,
with no person anywhere TO be seen on
the seat or in the box. The horses were
still a number of rods in u rear, as
the road fortunately was not so mean
dering at that point as in many oths
places. / knew that wa were doomea
if the team. with the heavy wagon.
should rush down upon us. There would
Be no escape. The road was very mar
row. We should all be crushed to death
or hurled do&n the terrible declivity
atourright. I felt panalyzed, and a kind
Of stupor cahe over me. Ny mother
and sister were too terrified even to
shrek. But / was awakened from.my
stupor by Harold's strong, commanding
voice:
HoN be lines, Chester he said to
me do what I caA to save all Of
got.
"Hef grasped the caGxiage whip,
sprang over the wheel to the prouna.
and then ran back toward the runaway
horses, which by this time had come
much nearer. I had all / could do TO
manage Tom, but mother turned, her
pulse almost ceasing to beat, and
watched her brave boy, who was so un-
selfishly taking his life in his own hands
to save us from a terrible death.
'9She said that he never paused or
faltered, but ran straight on toward the
team, brandishing his whip before them
and Shouting at the top of his voice, to
turn them from the road. But they
seemed to be blind with panic, for they
continued their headlong pace in spite
Of all Harold's efforts. They were all
most upon him now, and mother ex.
pected every moment to see him crushed
Beneath their feet.
However, just in the nick of time,
ne sprang nimbly toward the upper
side of the road, and then with his
whip struck the horses over the faces
all his-pight. Harold's sturdy
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02
KLEpToMANIA ls a DISEASE.

--
kedical Men Believe the Practice IL Due
tp unhealthful Mental Conditions.
The weight Of high medical opinion
to the effect that kleptomania is 4
torm of mental unsOundness that does
a some cases actually exist About
six years ago a man was arrested in the
act Of stealing a pocket handkerchief
from q lady in Vienna. In his sane
days he had been a prosperous baker.
but a mania for the acquisition of came-
brio pocket handkerchiefs seized upon
him and proved his ruin. At first it was
his habit to accost ladies in the street
and offer to buy their pocket handker-
chiefs. If they refused he used to get
ngry and offer them higher and higher
prices, until q bargain was struck.
Many women traded upon his madness,
ntil at last all his money was spent
4nd he became q bankrupt. Then, no
longer having money to buy pocket
handkerchiefs, he took to stealing them
and was o sent to prison. 1t was
thought that his Imprisonment would
cure him. But when he was again
chught in the act, in 1890, hundreds of
eAmbric h-andkerchiefs were found con-
cdaled in the room where he lodged. As
lie had never been known to steal any
thing else, the court before which he
4Ras brought promptly adjudged him
insane and sent him to a m~adhouse.
This is only one of many cases that are
te be found in the ~medico-legal books,
In the city Of Newark, N. j., recently,
q lady was arrested for shoplifting, and,
overwhelmed with shame, refused to
1 give her name. When sheswas arraigned
many respectable citizens, including a
Aergyman, appeared to vouch for the
fart that she was a woman of good fam
in prosperous circumstances, well
abNe to buy anything she needed, and
han ing no need whatever for the arti-
e,ds she had stolen. She was stubborn
determined to conceal her name, even
4 dough she were sent to prison, and the
spectacle citizens sustained her in
at resolution, obviously for the sake
N shielding her family. The court inn
uoAeda fine of SIS upon her, which was
mdhny times the value of the goods
taken. The fine was promptly paid by
thje highly respectable lawyer who ap-
pelared for her, and she left the court
ropm with her identity undiscovered.
AEain, in a dry goods store on Sixth
~lavenue, New York, a woman was ar
Irested on a similar charge, and it APP
kpeared that she was a visitor to the
metropolis from the town of PORT
chester. Residents of that town we're
ready to testify in large numbers that
she Ind been stealing things from the
ocal stores for three years past. al
avs taking articles of small value, and
hich she had no need. She was,
FER, a well-to-do person, owning
rable property, and the Port
tradesmen, it seemed, had all
agreed to regard her as a de-
woman, whom it would be a
to prosecute. She, too, will prob
Be discharged with a cautionary
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02
~ BOG eEooME RARIp.
Many Dogs Supposed to Be MAD Ar,

# ---- HN
Many Dogs Supposed to Be Mad Are
Only III.
There Is a popular delusion regard
ing the prevalence of madness among
dogs, especially in the summer season.
John p. Haines, president of the Ameri-
can Society for the Prevention of Cruel-
ty to Animals, is authority for the state
ment that of the thousands on alleged
mad dogs reported by the newspapers
and police few, if any, are really mad.
The general opinion seems to be that
when a dog acts at all strange-runs
around, banks, or does anything 10 call
attention to him-he is mad and must
be shot at once. Otherwise he might
bite some one, with dire results. In a
hot spell, when mar and beast alike are
suffering from the effects of the suns
rays, the mad dog story is revived. While
men and women are being picked up in
the streets and taken to hospitals, while
horses are falling in their tracks and
are being shot to put them out of mis-
cry, the poor dog, mans favorite COM
panion, is again made the subject Of
unwarrantable SANDER.
Mr.. Haines told a Trbune reporter
that it vas a great mistake that the
public should nave been kept SO long in.
ignorance of the true features Of mad
dogs. Much of the terror and fear Of.
hydrophobia which now exists might
otherwise have been avoided. II people
could be led to understand that a real
mad dog was of exceedingly rare occur
renee, and that there was little danger
from dogs which acted in the manner
usually described as mad. a great load
would be lifted from the minds 81 many
an anxious parent and guardian.
Thescommon notion Of a mad5d0gwas
one that frothed at the mouth. ran
wildly through the streets, snapped at
every one chat came in his way. and re-
fusing to drink or go near water. The
true symptoms, it was said, are a de-
sire on the part Of the animal to ret into
the water and put his head in it. There
is no frothing at the mouth. Instead
there is a dark, thick, sticky substance
which exudes from it. Instead Of run
ming wildly about the mad dog win 30
of by himself and sulk. His tendency.
IS ratI& to leave his home. and roam
aimlessly about the country. He ses-
dom exhibits = desire 70 bite or modest
anyone.
Mr. Haines says that .hydrophobiaf s
not 9 disease Of dogs at all. If a dog
were mad the scientific term applied
was rabies caninis.1 A person hitten
by a dog thus afflicted might have
hydrophobia Or might not. Hydropho-
bia was not a certain result-N. Y.
Tribune.
-Kennefh became sole Linn 81 Sat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02
beware Of ohlsnenss fgr CasarrA shas

-NII- WUI"-Ng0
is mercury viii surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys,
tam when entering IL through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they VIII do is
ten fold to the go5d you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
afactufed by r. J.. Cheney 81 Co, Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and is taken in
ternally, netting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure o get the
genuine. It Is taken internally, and made
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price nc. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02
DON'T Tobacco spit ana Smoke Your Lie

If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bae,
the wonder-Worker that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
100000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who win guarantee 8
cure. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy CO., Chicago orNew York.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

With the e~xhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internalclean1iness,
which follows the use Of Syrup of Figs, IS
unknown to the few who have not pro
crossed beyond the old-time medicines and
the cheap substitutes sometimes offered but
never accepted by the wel-informed.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02
~ REQRlsm of kleptomania
proved facts in each ease as 4

Whenever it appears clearly
nat there wa no motive for theft, no
object in it, and that the accused per-
son has shown signs of unmistakable
mental arrangement, the case is prop
eTly n for the lunatic asylum and not
Tor the prison.-Baltimore Sun.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

"YoU,' shouted the long, lean man, styou,
sir, are no patr.ot.n 'EWell, what II /
ain't? , retorted the short, fat man. CLEO
toms over, Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

ANsoN-.I believe male attire for woman
lowers her religious standard" Ganley-
ttWhy so4n Anson -"Becaqse in mans
garb she looks like "a he-then. Washing.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

sFHAvTNa tried DR.. Carlstedt German
Liver Powder in my family, l do not hest
tate to pronounce it a most excellent rem.
edy." II. r. GRAY, Nashville, Tenn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

Mr.. CRMsoNBEAK-"Do you think, my
dear, that the time will ever come when the
men will do the cookingl" Mrs. Crimson
beak-"Not in this world, John. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

81 DUNNO which IL de wust o. de tWO,'s
said Uncle Eben, ssde man dat thinks he's
too good ter be in politics er de man dat's
80 bad he has ter be put ouE"-Washington
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

l COULD not get along without Piso's Cure
for Consumption, 1t always cures. MRs.
E. @. MoCLToN, Needham, Mass, Oct. %, ~.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

CAsCARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

JUST try a 10c box of Cascarets, the fines
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

81 DUG you said Tearem was given
to the most lofty flights of fancy" II did.
He honestly thinks he is an actor. "-Detroit
Free Press,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-02

Kenneth became sole king OF Scot
land ii ss4- From his time to the ac-
e~essiou Of JAMES VI Scotland had a
kings
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-11

Lllluh where she stood, for the first time
III all her experience Of missionary work
among tho natives thoroughly un-
norvod and frightened at sho know not
| what
Returning to the bungalow, Lillian
had encountered Ross. He perceived at
once that something had happened, and
although she was not as rule given to
speak OF her own personal adventures,
sho littlo by littlo communicated tho in
cidcnt Of her encounter with the Brah-
man. Ross fclt and looked serious.
"Dear Lillian" no said-"Ict mo 80
address you-bolicve mo, 1 sympathize
completely with all you do and desire.
L know how hard you find it to 1.-Two
wlth your brother, and know how ut
terly single minded you arc, but you
must not run into peril. Yours is q lifo
too precious to be exposed to danger
You must not think that am given up
to worldly caro- as if lifo had nothing
olso 1t is not SO long since L thought
what can it avail to convert oven q few
hundred out of these countless millions?
l think and feel differently now. We
have individually only individuals to
consider, and had meant to work and
help you, but you must let mo protect
you as--as your brother would if he
were only MYSELF
Ross felt and looked awkward rs
no got out these words, but Lillian re-
coivcd them i'll all simplicity, and
rightly held them as sincere, which they
were. She gave Ross her hand frankly
and welcomed him rs another helper on
her side, and he felt within his secret
self that now 1t all events to touch on
tho love he felt for this self denying
girl go entirely absorbed in others would
DO a sort of profanity. No, ho must
work, hopo and wait.
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-11
CHAPTER III.

III ever there was living cmbOdi-
mcnt OF sympathy on this earth, it was
certainly to Do found in Lillian karncy.
She sympathiZod up to certain point
with her selfish brother and made al
lownnco for him and his shortcomings
which ho dreamed not Of OF herself
she hardly ever thought at all, and she
was rs unconscious of her personal
charms rs the nightingale is of its vo.
cal sweetness. Sho was in truth ono of
those self forgetting beings who live
more in tho life Of those about them
than in their own, and she did good so
far rs her powers permitted without
prcmcditation or effort. When her
brother had wondered how she, II lady
refined and intellectual, could bring
herself to como in contact with tho
wrctchcd, ignorant beings, old women,
hidcouS and ragged, and often anything
but agreeable to tho olfactory sense, ow-
ing to the ghco wherewith they were
often anointed, sho simply looked as
tonishcd, and only answered that all
she had ever Thought about was their
souls In fact, Charles Karney, who
would not have crossed the road to save
ii"'i'H hioih WV" ElhB, thCcpG 1Of pun
lie opinion, satisfied such conscience as
he had by saying that 10 doubt his sis
ter enjoyed what she did. Why, then,
should he interfere with her pleasures:
Her money was in his factory, and all
no had to 10 WAS to take care that she
drew rs little from him ~ possible.
Accompanied only by Nasiban, who
generally formed Lilian's bodyguarl
Oh these missions Of mercy, Lillian was
now rapidly travorsing somo riccnolds
on her way to the Hindoo woman WHO
had expressed so earnest desire to SEQ
her, and as she presses Oh it is easy to
perceive that she is no common mortal.
Lillian was Of the middle height, singu.
larly fair and delicate Of skin, with q
somewhat aquiline profile that lost in
softncss what it suggested in force. Her
hair was golden, and her eyes. Of warm,
sympathetic brown, reflected tho innate
Kindness of her nature. In order the
more readily to obtain admission into
the houses Of the people Lillian, greatly
10 her brothers. annoyance, had adopt.
ea the costume Of tho country to somo
extent, wearing over her ordinary
clothing silk cloth about 12 yards
iohR ana yard or two wide, ono end
gathcrcd in folds he'd to the left side
al" tho other end wound round tho
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-11

waist and brought up ovor tho right
shoulder and down tho loft side, where,
pong tucked in, it fell down tho front
III graceful folds.
| Lillian wore silk somewhat against
her inclination, as sho woro fine gold
bangles on her arms, but she found cor
tain advantages in being VOL dressed,
sho said, and n facility thonco in gain
ing tho ear Of those who otherwise
might have refused her an audience.
Tho HlndoO woman she was visiting
had long since accepted her as an ustar-
din, or toaoher, and would soon, Lillian
beloved, become formally q Christian,
On approaching tho house, therefore,
! sho was surprised to SEQ outside a young
Hlhdoo fomale STOPPING down at the
threshold and tracing white lines with
dour-a charm, sho well knew, intended
to ward Off evil. This woman had
Smeared her faco and such part of her
body as was uncovered with solution
of saffron and water to make herself
look fair. " This was ono of tho super
stitious rites from which Lillian had,
sho imagined, quito wcancd her friends.
Tho house was built of sun dried clay
bricks, whitowashed with chunam and
having inside tho entrance tho usual
room with a pial, or raised alcovc, on
each sido for receiving visitors. Lillian,
followed by Nasiban, went in, tho Hin
doc woman outside simply saying that
thoy could enter.
Thcro seemed, Lillian thought, somo-
thing very strange about tho place that
day, but sho was anxious to SEQ hor friend
and hurried to tho portion of tho house
sot apart for fcmalcs. She went in, and
then, Injured as sho was to much that is
trying and startling, she stood for u
moment potrifcd. Before her, on an evil
dent bier, in II half sitting posture and
covered with bedclothes, she bchcld her
lato pupil with the fatal ground rico
md bctcl showing between her lips,
and on her forehead tho trident mark Of
Nlshnu. Lillian know well these sccta-
rlnn marks mado with sandalwood
paste and used to denote what god is
by tho person who bears
them. Her face flushed with q righteous
Indignation. She exclaimed in Tamil
'Who has dared to do this:' and step
ping forward took her handkerchief and
erased tho symbol of idolatry. Then,
taking some of tho paste that she per-
ccivcd i'll jar close by, she made
cross on the brow of the dead woman,
III the impulse of that passionate mo- |
mcnt hardly thinking what she WAS
doing.
While thus engaged man, trcading
Oh his shoclcss feet and wear
ing tho sacred thread hanging from his
left shoulder to tho right sido, stolo soft
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-11

for thus honoring this man? Is it be-
cause he has oppressed and robbed
| labor? That he Is in fact tho cm-
ood1ment of modern Republication
which Is moro cruel than tho eX-
Shareholders Of the South and knows
no God but Mammon
Let the cause be what it may, the
American people have only themselves
to blame for tho conditions in which
they now find themselves. Tho strug-
gle for the control Of tho government
by the trusts and corporations has
caused us to witness strange sights
within recent years. The Federal pat
ronage and the possession of the veto
power are the prizes fought for in the
Presidential election.
a seat In the Senate, which is tho
fortress Of the wealthy classes and fa.
vored interests, is becoming so valua-
bic that the election of q Senator in
any State, North or South, whol mon.
ey can be used, is no longer left to the
people or their representatives. Par
en- rioting and bloodshed. Witness the
scenes in Kentucky last spring, and see
the situation in Oregon now. Then the
elections for Senator in South Dakota,
Idaho and North Carolina are too re.
cent to need more than an allusion,
They all cry with trumpet voice for the
election Of Senators by a direct voto OF
the people.
The robbery of the people by still
moro oppressive Legislation than they
now endure cannot be accomplished
except by Legislative action, and vote
in the Senate in the equally-balancc
condition of parties becomes moro and
more prizo to be fought for and
alas, must say Thought. The Re.
publican chairman, who Is to bccom,
Senator, has been actively at work SC
curing votes in that body.
When Congress convencs in extra
session he will himself be a member
OF 1t, and his intimate relations with
the new President will naturally give
him more weight than any man in the
Senate. Thus bribery, the wholesale
debauchery Of the ballot, is rewarded
by the highest honor and influence.
The highest honor in the gift of the
State is the prize for the wholesale
prostitution of the American people.
Again say it marks an epoch in our
country's history, and it remains to be
sccn whether the triumph of wrong
over right, OF falsehood over truth. Of
dishonesty and corruption shall be per.
manent | repeat that the brazen ef.
frontery which has brought about this
object lesson is fortunate for the cause
of humanity and patriotism.
The mills Of the gods grind slow,
but they grind exceeding fine" The
people OF great wealth who use such
INSCRIPTIONS methods to increase thcir
lil-gotten gains are only damming up
the water.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-11

Li1id1,, folloaccd by Nasiban, 4rcnt in.
ly III, and rs Lillian drew back confront
ed her, asking in II low but peculiar
tone, "Why haVo you done this?"
because she is Chrst's, So was the
spontaneous reply, and tho fearless and
got kind, coI,i.;;''Cmn:G c"cs met his
with pow. LAT inc felt though he
would not yield to it.
"Sho is Vishnu's," no replied, and
this umo his voice was harsh and
| threatening.
Had she lvcd," rcioincd Lillian,
'sho would havo been baptized. You
know that she had learned to abhor
your monstrous creeds and unbcarahlc
cruoltics You havo no right to mark
her with your idol signs. -
'Thc mem sahib, said the Brahman
| grarcly, us unjust and illogical Did
you not teach your pupil that the hand
of tho Lord your God was all mighty
and that his eyes see everywhere? Well,
whore is the difference in what YOU call
our idols? You say there is no salvation
without faith, but we have faith too.
Why do you como hero to vcX our pco-
pie and mako them die, as this woman
died, in despair"
Lillian had encountered this Brahman
before. He was Prohrnda and had done
more than any other native in that place
to destroy the influence of her mission.
ary efforts among them. Sho looked at
him rcsolutely. "You moan," sho said,
"by dying miscrably in despair that she
did not dio i'll your hidcous medley of
conflicting crccds. Let the work of
,c,,, Jy.,sl o I
whoever duros to remove it.
Lillian drow herself up and looked dc.
family ut the Brahman, the moro so as
she know that ho would not pollute
himself by touching corpse, but the
noxt moment Ahc felt kind of sickness
come over her. Was it some emanation
| from the bier or was it tho strange, fell
| intensely penetrating ego Of Prohrada?
Mover had sho seen such eyes as his
| before, never had shc dreamed that hu-
man eyes could emit such concentrated
mallgnity and power Of evil, never had
| sho seen mans eyes so like those Of
tho dread cobra. She half turned away,
and then was obliged to look again, and
again she felt sick and weak Those
eyes shot out magnetic rays that fasri-
bird. Prohrada remained silent, then
his eyes strangely altered. They shrnnk
up into thoir usual sly character, rcscm-
bling two small black beads with only
| trace of those latent fires which had
| seemed to scoTch her very brain. He
spoke as before gravely "rho Nom
sahib is brave, but not very kind on DO.
Ito to our gods. say she Will come to
our temple, and / say she will worship
there, and say, too, that sho will offer
up to Nishnu all the wealth that Sahib
karncy, her brother, has taken from
her. Oh, don't think that we poor Brah-
mans arc Ignorant idiots, that wc know
nothing. Christians! Why, in this coun-
try 1T il held impious to 1.-Two in street
without temple, but how many Of
your streets have temples? Christians!"
And with that word, uttered in an in
tensoly contemptuous tone, Prohrada left