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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17
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Highly Ornamental Process for Mold
fn9 Doors mna EA0or Material.
In the reports Of the Industrial union
mention Is made Of q new process OF
floor mosaic, says the Yale Scientific
Monthly. Small particles Of wood, as
sawdust wood Hour and ane shayings.
are treated frst with q mixture Of shell
lac and alcohol. and then with cement
made Of eurd and Stacked lime. While
this mixture is stin damp, it is put into
hot molds Of the desired shape and size,
and placed under pressure. The joint
action OF the heat and pressure unite
the wood most thoroughly with both
the shellac and the cement. After d few
minutes the compound is taken out Of
the molds when It is thoroughly coolel
and hardened. Great care IS necessary
that no foreign substances. especially
Of an oily nature. be present, MS it would
prevent the cement from being alb
sorbed into the pores of the wood. In
making different colored mosaic the
natural color Of the woods used is taken
into consideration, then the wood Itself
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17
THE GUESTS OF a n
ANITA Find Food and Shelter In Some
Vegetable Groyvthn.

AmtS Find Food and Shelter In Some
Vegetable Groyvthn.
All insects producing nectar may be
regarded, as a whole, as ambulatory
hectares. They are more powerful
causes Of attraction to ants than the
extrahoral neetaries. Scattering them
selves nearly all over the surface Of the
plant, they determine the coming and
going Of the ants, which Indirectly pro-
tect the whole plant. Yet the damage
done by the ssambulatory n~ectaries.r
which extract the nutritive juices from
the plants and cause deformities in
their organs, can hardly be said to be
compensated by the incidental and un-
certain protection which the ants may
afford them in other respects.
The ants which are really protective
to plants are not those which obtain
their food Indirectly for the most part
through the aphides) from the yeze
table kingdom, but those which are real
~ carnivorous. These are numerous
in temperate climates and their use-
fulness to agriculture and sylyiculture
is incontestable. Thus the field ant is
a great insect destroyer. IA nest Of this
species is capable Of destroying as
many as 2S caterpillars and graszhop-
pers a minute. or 1900 an hour; and
such . colony is at work day and night
during the pleasant season. In the arid
plains Of America the b~eneicent work
of ants is revealed in the isles Of YER
dure around their hills.
There r plants hospitable to ants.
which furnish them shelter, and often
food, within the cavities Of which the
instincts Of the ants prompt them to
take their abode. This IS the case with
several ferns. among them the poly
podium nectariferum. the sterile fronds
of which bear hectares on their lower
face and are, moreover. Ola shape IA
vorable to sheltering the insect-Pop-
ular Science Monthly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17
SIC mas MALloNEp
MIA. asoss Makes IL Hnferestfng ssz
d cafser.

MLLn #7aNAM WMAAW p |AHE||."NAA ~"
d Caller.
people say Idcn't 10 anything re-
marked Mrs. Bloeg Is az injured tone
Of voice to 8 caller one afternoon,
when, goodness knows, I haven't 3
whole moment to call my own from long
before breakfast time till ! go 10 bedat
night The storeroom had 10 be cleaned
to-day. and 4 declare I was fairly ex-
hausted after il was over with. 1 got
my husband to SO down and help tho
girl move the things, and then called my
niece to climb upon the ~stepladder and
hand down the canned fruit and had
the cook come and scald the cabbage,
and when the cooks sister happened ia
Il set her 70. scrubbing the shelves, and
got the grocery boy TO carry the empty
boxes down cellar-and-er-people
say / don't do anythingl And then 4
had 'em all 60 upstairs to the top floor
and move some chests of q trunk I
wanted to get into, and bring down q
bookcase and put it in the back room.
and take the furniture out Of the front
room and put it in the hall bedroom,
and fetch down the new black walnut
suit, for I'm expecting company, and
people say / don't do anythingl And"
"How is your aunt this afternoon2"
broke in the caller by way Of taking
part ia the conversation.
"Oh, yes-welI, she's better. shank
you; able to sit up today. and so l got
her to hem me a tablecloth or two this
morning, and my husbands mothers
coming next week, and I'm going to get
her to embroider-therei That re-
minds me 1 was wishing you'd drop in
so I4couldsget you to crochet an edge
a little way round my afghan-just such
a beautiful edge as I saw on yours when
I was over yesterday-am sure III never
get time to do it all myself and-and
people say I don't do anythingl"
And after the caller had crocheted
three mortal hours, with Mrs. Blogg
talking one minute and hammering out
inanimate sections of 1.-THE Dying Poet"
on the piano keys the next, she was at
tentively exclaimed all the way to the
front gate and finally let.off with:
"Good-by, dear, good-by. Hope you'll
come in again soon, for 1 shall never get
time to come " to your-mercy On
mel there's u back door slamming,
and my husband has gone out just
when l wanted him to pull the oilcloth
from under the dining-room stove and
put down the new zinc, and people say
yes, yes, goed-by. I know you're
glad enough not to be in my shoes!"-
N. Y. Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17


Ht4HFHaFm Wrmee CnrF@ ThelP own
aaAnm on Kheir TeeYair.
IeH royal E9iks when travelling re-
quire their befateads and bedroom FUR
niture to form & portion Of their lug
gage. a. the queen does. for instance.
Bnt many great Indies there pFe who
carry their beds and bed linen.
blankets and Quilts, and always q
mackintosh sheet 70 spread over tha
mattress 3 gqa nst dampneas for
lack Of sufficient airing IN transit
from place 70 place. Grand Duke Paul
Of Russia. It is true, is always.
when travelling. accompanied by a bed
stead which he has had built Ia sec
tons and which IS put up BY a special
mechsnic. under the superintendence Of
the royal valet. wherever tho grand
duke goes, but then IL IS simply because
he can seldom. owing to his great
height, meet with one long enough for
his comfort, says the Philadelphia Press.
+ does not appear to be generally
known that among the servants OF the
queen are two bearing the title OF he1
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17
WLLAoE opplTlEs.


Nmwlssh Towns DiaGinguished for
BeIng One Of . Kind.
Undoubtedly the most extraordinary
township in England is that OF Skiddaw,
in Cumberland. 1t contains but one
house, the occupier of which is unable
to exercise the Briton's privilege of vot-
ing because there is no overseer to pre-
pare q voters list. and no church or
other place of worship or assembly Of
which to publish one.
The most remote village in England
IS that OF Farley4cum-Pitton. This truly
rural spot is 3OK miles from the nearest
railway station. AS a contrast to this
ma be mentioned the hamlet of
Ystrad, about ten miles from Cardiff.
This tiny settlement possesses two im-'
portant main roads, two railways, and
two large rivers.
A very unique feature is exclusively
claimed by Trimley, a small village in
Suffolk. In the one churchyard of the
parish two churches are to be
Service is conducted three times a week
In each of these churches at the same
hour.
The deepest well in England is found
at Hamilton, in Hampshire. 1t stretches
$50 feet below the surface of the earth.
About half way down this well shaft is q
subway, three miles in length. which
leads to the sea coast.
On the top of the parish church tower
in Bicknoller, Somersetshire, is a yew
tree, now FIVE feet high. and still grow
ing in a hardy fashion. 1t is generally
believed that the tree owes its origin
to q seed dropped by a bird.
Perhaps the most splendidly deco
rated church in the kingdom is that OF
Whitley court, Worcestershire. II is
entirely constructed Of white marble.
The pcws ARE chasteIy carved. and the
pulpit il Of genuine Carrara marble,
richly paneled with precious one
On the village green at Meriden. in
Warwickshire, there is a large stone
cross. which Is supposed to mark the
central point Of England.-Pearson'a
Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17
NO CAPACITY ron BUSINESS.
Audubon. the Famous Naturanist,
-. H---..na- n. o.

Audubon, the famona N~aturafasf,
was WhouRht 10 ne Grassy.
The presence recently at the Planters
hotel n 81. Louis OF one OF the members
~ the Rokier family, Of Ste. Genevieve,
1ncited an old-tiuer to speak thus:
+The Bozler finally is the connecting
link in the chnin Of the stirring events
and romance that makes the history of.
Missouri. The Rollers. as the name in-
oicates, are ol French extraction. The
last OF the old line Of Rollers died at Ste.
Cemeriave d few weeks ago. That we
Gen. Fif1hnn Al. R0zier. Like nearly
ala the others Of that name and blood
he had been prominent in the affairs
"a tho state. bur advancing age drove
him into retirement. He was 7S when
he died. Think he served seycruI terms
in the senate at Jefferson City. He was
ason OF the founder of the family in this
state, WHO came into this wonderfully
asth Mississippi valley with the early
ench settlers and bore the hardships
and dangers Of frontier life. He eame
down the Ohio river from Pittsburgh
i'll a hntboat with Audubon, who after
ward became one Of the worlds great
est naturaiists. He and Audubon for
years conducted 4 general merchandise
business at Ste. Genevieve in partner
ship. The energetic and frugal Rozier
complained all the time of Audubon's
I~aziness, which threw the bulk of the
hard work and responsibility on him.
Z Audubon spends all his time wan
dering through the woods Rozier used
to complain. I believe the fellow is
losing his mind. Sometimes / don't see
him for a week ut a stretch. Then he
turns up with a lot Of dead birds that
are not fit to eat. and his pockets full
OF pressed leaves and flowers that no.
body wants.
Finally Audubon began to getletters
from scientific societies in all parts of
Europe, and this correspondence took
up all his time when he was not in the
woods. This convinced Rozier more
than ever that his partner was crazy,
and he bought him out. It was after
this that Audubon consecrated his
whole life, to the study of birds and
plants. To-day his name has a high
place on the roll of honor of the worlds
greatest naturalists Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

majesty's tapissIera. One Of them fol-
lows the court wherever 1t may be,
aad the other remains permanently at
Windsor. The duty Of these function
aries is to superintend the packing Of
the queens baggage when the court
migrates, and their work is SO perfectly
organized that every member Of the
establishment concerned knows almost
to a minute when he or she must be
ready to receive d visit from the packer.
II is also the duty OF the tapissicrs to
maintain communication from palace ia
palace with reference to all matters
which cannot be brought within the
limits Of the royal mail boxes; to know
by heart all railway and STEAMSHIP
routes, and to be able to convey any
desired article from one place to an.
other by the swiftest and safest method.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

Some OF the greatest authors have left
frigh1ful grammatical slips in their
works. In one OF Thackeray's novels
we read: Neither Of the sisters
very much ~displeased9' Ruskin. one Of
ma meatest masters Of English prose.
erred this way. He wrote: Il could
have Biahed to have given more exam-
ples; and. again: 1T means the most
total destruction which a building can
suffer- Errors in construction which
are amusing are very common. Thack-
cray say: He had his topboots in his
room in which he used to hunt in the
holidays George Eliot said; ''She
disentangled her foot from her netting
and wound Il up" Mistakes in regard
70 geographical locality are also fire.
ouent. Akenside wrote: HE viewed
tie Gauges from Alpine heights" Able
du Jarri, in a poem, which was awarded
a first prize By the French academy.
said: aAnd from the freezing to the
burning pole. -Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17
Extfnct Animals.

In a late number OF Science DIR. G.
Hart Merriam closes an article which
c~riticises in a rather destructive way
some of the geological theorieso Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, with an appeal to ma
seums. sportsmen and n~aturalists to
take advantage Of every opportunity
before it is too late to secure and pre-
serve specimens of our larger mammals
from remote parts of their ranges.
Many species have been exterminated
in Europe by man, and in this country
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17


The Rsse 4
rH AAa,#n
notwithstanding CHE
recent cate of TIE discovery o4 #fNNt
velous wealth o. the Cripple rr
trict Of Colorado. fhert a uot
ing stories and le8ende sAtAn9 nv alt
~earlier knowledge Of the gold
BY the Indians. There e vet tcaa
early pRospectom % that
and traeie tale 81 easily days hich
would seem - show that the Luan
not only knew wheEe the gold deposits
we're aud awaited themselves e this
knowledge, but had g Fe1y clear per
ception Of what would take plaee SIS th@
white men learned Ok s..
In the olden deys. 50 the story rnns
a Mexican was seized With adangereN
Illness which would have easaea n,a
death but for the Kind 9 pkilitpi a4
tendance o. e physician among the band
Of prospectors who fell - w,th hin
When the Mexiean reeained he AeAltA
his gratitude knew ZIP bounds he KaAn
the doctor hberally frona . bag o1 gold
he carried, and oAeked e guide mo
party 70 the spot where a~1pnoanee 81
gold could be found Is they would tois
low his Instructions. We mao been
adopted and reared BY b indians Re
said, and knew the secret from tpena
but great caution would be
for Il the sayagea knew or susHeesea
him 70 be guilty a betraying thesF
cret he well knew what tate aNaateq
HIM
The Little party sunmisFea nensehxeA
70 his guidances He led them ron aays
by intricate n devious pains ane
hnany brought them 20 2 Spot nos TT
from ne present site OF GUN Shty' -
the legend has 4. He pointed 70 2 deep
narrow rayine near by, and told inc
men that on the morrow he would show
them the spot While making camp lot
the night one Of the men earelessly as
charged his gun by accident Before
nightfall the Indians were upon them.
they instantly suspected the motive OF
the whites, and when they searched b
camp and found the Mexican they e
sure of it.
They instantly demanded that b
Mexican be given up to them. The
whites refused Then the sayages said
that IL he was not given up they would
kill the whole party-as they were
abundantly able-but that. on b other
hand, if the Mexican were delivered up
peaceably they would return him IN the
morning unharmed. The whites held
q hasty council and decided that IN the
case Of q fight they would all be Killed,
but that If the man were SURRENDERED
he might be returned unhurt; ct Least
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17
conouerinr PreIudices.

Prejudices, which r from within,
cause more poverty than calamities,
which are from without. Many a man
whose life has been disturbed by phys
zeal disaster has been brought to desti-
tuition by preiudices, which r the
thieves ofmental and spiritual treasure,
as procrastination is the thief Of time.
We pity the feeble creature who has
been prejudiced against apples by an
untoothsome crab apple; but those who
are by no means feeble-minded have
been prejudiced against sentiment by
sentimentality, against emotion by
emotionality. And yet, without senti-
ment one would not be susceptible to
noble and tender feeling; without emo
ton thought would e be ''in a
glow" He who conquers a prejudice
enlarges his borders and RECEIVERS many
stolen goods.-Detroit Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

the process has already begun. The
familiar story of the vanishing buffalo
is only one Of many. The giant grizzly
Of southern California, the largest
c~arnivorous animal of the United States.
is about exterminated. aud il is doubt
full if a museum specimen will ever be
obtained. The large wolves have been
exterminated over more than half the
they formerly possessed. and no
n knows what forms have disap-
peared. An unknown form of elk or
wapiti, which within the memory Of
men stiIl living inhabited the Alleghn-
MES from North Carolina TO the Adiron-
dacks. has been wiped OF the face of
the earth.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

is dyed, and lastly dyes dissolved in
alcohol are mixed with the shelIac. The
process is then performed as before.
In spite of its hardness this compound
possesses all the p~erfection of wood, 50
that it is particularly well adapted for
use as a floor covering in living rooms
and private dwellings, An important
advantage over all other processes OF
manufacturing mosaic floors is that it
is not affected by any change Of tenn
perature,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

Don thy new spectacles,
Peregrine. darling one:

Don thy new spectacles,
Peregrine. darling one:
Minds are but obstacles
When work Is overdone.
Lullaby, 9hushAbys MISUNDERSTANDING.
Hushaby. lullaby. lever pr~ocrastinate.
Lay down THY Tbsens dear.
Browning and Emerson:
Sealed be thy cultured ear
Save TO my benson.
Lullaby. hushaby. cherish obedience.
Hushaby, lullaby. captivate somnoienco.
Dream thou OF Lohengrin.
Siegfried, Brunnhllde fair:
Danish. my Peregrfne.
Thoughts oE the Pilgrims spare.
Lullaby, hushabgs Sleep dear. till night IL
DONE
Euahaby. lullaby, mothers phenomenon.
LIVE.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17
The Henlfhful Renn.

A quart of white beans, soaked over
night. In the morning into an earthen
bean pot, bought for the purpose, put
one pound salt pork, partly ~freshened;
drain beans and turn over the pork.
Add pepper and a large tablespoonful
of New Orleans molasses. Fill up the
beanpot with water and bake in q mod
crate oven six hours. adding water IL
the beans become dry.-Cincinnatf Com
mercial Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

gradually sinking or wearing away.
a few days ago workmen at the Prov
incetown pumping station found. II
feet below the level OF the surface Of
the ground and six feet below the sea
level a four-inch stratum Of mold COM
posed of decayed leaves hbrous matter,
and fragments of tree trunks and
branches. This would seem TO indi-
cate the land has sunk, for fresh water
is found on the cape at a level about
equal to the sea level at mean tides.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17
Daehelor GlrTs Rnvironments.

The three things to which the bach
elor girl must look mainly for success
in life are: Regular food, plenty OF ex-
ercise and cheerful, homelike surround
ings. The rest Of the affairs Of life will.
probably adjust themselves more or less
satisfactorily, but these three she has
mainly in her own hands, and in ac-
cordance with the manner in which she
looks after them win her health,
strength. and cheerful disposition hold
out.AChieaQo Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

According to the government return
just issued there are in Scotland 0,237
agricultural holdings Of one acre and
under, 20, $50 Of from one to five acres.
s3,921 Of from Eve to so acres. 25,56s III
above so acres, and 20 Of more than 1 200
acres
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

Cutem-We do q strictly cash busI-
ness.
Buyer-I don't suppose that will pre-
vent you delivering the clothes on time.
Life.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

Doctor-Well. you look very cheerful
this morning, McTavish.
Patient-rve joost been maxim a
calculation as to the amount o.
whisky l haze ta'en IN my time. and at
the lowest estimate the totals graund.
-pfck-Me-Ffn
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

Newspaper Manager - But you
haven't had any experience as a war
correspondent.
Applicant-Oh. yes. / reported the
proceedings Of the New York police
board Tor several months.-Life.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17
nor n Worla - -.

Griggs-lf anyone ever discovers q
plan to keep people from everlastingIy
chattering-
Wiggs-It's ten to one he'll never
stop talking about it.-N. Y. Truth
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

The spirit OF native anarchy is much
more common than most people inn
au5ne. There are 1000 persons in
France who are set down as anarchists
and T constantly watched by the POI
lice Of the various European countries.
II Is estimated that t~hree-fourths Of
Frances anarchists are Of foreign
birth. italy contributes the largest
number and Switzerland comes next.
with Germany and Austria following,
The anarchists are made up from all
classes. varying from day laborers 10
hfQhlF-educated professional men.-N.
s.. World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

Mr.. Menier, the Parisian millionaire,
who bought up the entire island OF
Anticosti, in the Gulf of st. Lawrence,
has found bears so plentiful on the
island that he has granted a concession
for the establishment Of a curing plant
for bears meat, bears hams being o
a fashionable delicacy in Paris.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17

shaking Of Cape Cod
The Boston Transcript refers to the
recent indications that Cape Cod is
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-17
Where "a VIZ FonnA.

She-Do you read much fiction?
no. scarcely ever take up a news
paper."-Life.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-11
OBITUARY..
william Seward Oliver,


The sudden death of this we'll known
citizen of Portland has cast gloom over
the community in which he has long
lived, and has removed from the office of
the Government Light House Service of
Maine, one of its most valuable assis-
tants. For thirteen years Mr.. Oliver
has been connected with this service. His
long experience, intelligence and faith
fulness have made his death serious loss
to the government inspector of the state.
Mr.. divers practical knowledge of the
lighthouses and buoys of our coast was of
great value to the office. His death oc-
CURED last Sunday morning at Phipps-
burg, Me-, at the residence of Capt. j. b.
Perry, his wife's father. The funeral
occurred Wednesday at 2 p. M, and was
conducted by his pastor, the Rev. A. H..
Wright of Portland, assisted by the Rev.
Mr.. Nichols of Phippsburg. Mr.. Wright
spoke of his long acquaintance with the
deceased, and of his characteristics as
husband, father, neighbor and friend.
He alluded to his heroic struggle with
the malady which had caused him dread
full suffering and to his patience, forth
tude and hopefulness to the end.
Mr.. Oliver was the youngest of eight
children and his death causes the first
break in this family Of brothers and sis
tiers. He leaves wife and three young
children Two Of his bro
theirs are we'll known in our city,
Capt. o. G. Oliver of the steamer Salacia
and Capt. G. w. Oliver now of Boston
A large number of relatives and friends
from Portland and Bath were in attend
ance at the funeral among whom were
Commander Thomas Perry, Light House
Inspector Of Maine and Mr. Thomas
Hinckley associate clerk of the deceased
in the Inspectors office.
Mr.. divers grave is in a beautiful
spot near the home of his wife's parents.
and amid the scenes he loved so well on
the shore of the New Meadows River.