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The herald., 1897-01-31
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund tho money If 1t
fails to cure. Csc.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07


-Rnlnng Passion. r Sprockett-
We've got 3 baby at our house, Ham
del BarsYo don't say SO! '0B or ,977s
-Boston Transcript.
She Was a Talker.ZThat's sneak
ing likeness Of your first wife, Il sup
pose the artist couldn't help it-and I
bad him paint it in the most quiet
colors, too" -Cleveland PLAIN Dealer.
IA Convincing Circumstance.-"He
e g very poor ldge of human nature"
remarked Mi Cayenne, thoughtfully.
What leads You to that conclusion?T
He has such a good opinion Of him
elh"-Washington Star.
-A.-"Well. and how did you sleep
last night? Did you follow my advice
and begin counting2" BZ"Yesl /
counted up to 10000" A.-eAnd then
you fell asleep2n B.-sNo; then it was
time to get up."-TitBits.
IA Come Down.-"Poor Madpe! Be
fore her husband failed she used to
have such an elegant turnout" Eyes;
and now she has a bicycle and a bloomer
suit, and won't turn out for anything
LOASy Cd4s ~ulduhPO
journal.
The ondM other-"Eyerybod says
he is such a pretty babyi I'm sure the
poet was right when he said that
Heaven lies about us in our infancy"
The Uncle (unfeelingly)-"But he
should have added: so does everybody
else Life.
How do the children of the school
take to the idea of contributing their
pennies to send the teacher away ~
asked the superintendent. "0h, they
are enthusiastic over it. The farther
away the better, they say" replied the
assistant.-Cincinnati Commercial Tri-
bune.
Her Clever Device.-"Flossie didn't
have to write much of a graduating es-
say why not?% 1.-THE title of it was
so long" what was it?' 1T was
Whence Does the Human Soul Derive
the Remarkable Power of Investing Ex-
ternal Circumstances with the Lurid
Hue of Its Own Feelings? Chicago
Record.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
An Alabama Lie.

"Oncst upon q time-seven years ago
this summer-Andy made his first pass
at me for q horse trade, and l didn't
do a blessed thing but stand there with
my finger in my mouth and let him
swap the very socks ofen me, as it were.
He was ridin of a big high-headed sor-
rel horse and 1 had a good plug of a
mule, both of which had shed their
baby teeth many years before. l didn't
have but precious little to say about the
mule from the simple fact that she
hadn't been lookin to me for her corn
and fodder but a few days and l didn't
know much to tell.
There's the mule, Andy, and if we
trade you must take her like the hair
stands says 1.
"But from the way Andy talked a
stranger couldn't tell but what he had
raised the sorrel from a colt. Natural
ly l had to put a little salt on his ram
blin remarks, but he looked me SO full
and straight in the face till l thought
he mought by mere accident tell me
the truth somewheres along the line.
But in less than three days it come to
pass that Andy hadn't told me a blame
thing about the horse which vas SO. l
didn't ask him no questions and he
didn't have to tell me no lies. He had
done it from the force of habit or a
freak of nature and Ican't say which.
Amongst other things Andy told me
and lowed he would kiss the Bible on
it-that the big sorrel was the bulliest
pillow horse that ever peeped through a
collar, and that he had been pullin a
22-inch Alabama sweep for three weeks
hand runnin-which in the fullness of
time that turned out to be the 22-inch
Alabama lie.
That was along in the last days of
June and / was in q scandalous big
push to scrape through my corr for the
last time. Well, the big sorrel was now
foragin in my lot, and 1 lowed he
mought as well be lookin through a set
of pillow gear for me. So consequential
ly 1 hooked him up and swung him in
the next mornin. He helt out till about
noon and then turned up with a roarin
bad ease of the thumps. From that he
went slap to pieces and was dead on his
legs for two weeks.
what did 1 do? What could / do, but
stand still and take my medicine like
a nan? But from then on / didn't do a
continental thing to the big sorrel but
feed him on green stuff and pile up soft
fat on his bones. In the main time 1
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
x-Raying a PAINTING.

Not only have the Roentgen rays been
employed with success to test the gen
uineness of jewels, and also, it is said,
to detect flaws in armor plate, but a
story comes from Germany that they
have proved the authenticity of paint
ing which was attributed to Albrecht
Querer: 1t was a head of Christ painted
on the wood, and supposed to have been
executed in 1891. 1t is very dingy with
age, and has probably been restored"
more or less. After several efforts a
photograph was successfully taken by
means of the Roentgen rays, which re-
vealed much that the eye could not per-
ceive. The features of the thorn
crowned Jesus, the drapery about the
shoulders, and the hands which grasped
the latter appeared much more distinct
ly than in the painting. But there also
came to light a Latin inscription in
quaint Gothic characters, the mono
gram of some grand duke (for whom,
perhaps, the picture was painted), the
artists initials, and the date "1524."
This date was accepted as the correct
one. The photograph reveals the grain
of the wood and the fiber of a silk hand
kerchief stretched on it.-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

scream, and see the blood squirt and
the fur fly.
Before midnight / do reckon / had
went through with everything in the
way OF mortal pain and sufferin, from a
cold sweat to a buck ager, and from a
nightmare to a dead faint. And then 1
felt like I couldn't stand it no longer.
Under the painful circumference of the
awful surroundins, / couldn't think of
anything better for me to do than to
take a rale bad case of the earache. L
had travelled the road before and 1
knowed good and wen that nothin
would touch Aunt Liza's heart so Quick
and deep as, the means and groans of a
sufferin boy. She win strike 1 light
says 1 to myself, and come and work
with me and wait on me till the spell
passes off.
And so she did. When she heard nv
means and groans and sobs and signs,
she struck q light and here she comes
With laudanum and warm water, and
sperits of turpentine and hot fannels,
she doctored me through the dark and.
weary hours of the night. But /
didn't have any serious notion Of stay
in out there in that shed room by my
lone self, and so instid of the usual
speedy recovery, gradually by degrees
got worse and worse. When at last
daylight come so Aunt Liza could go
out and find a live Betsy bug, pull its
head off and let the onlyest drop of
blood fall in my ear, my sufferin yield
ed to the treatment and I got well.
Now then, SO fur as 1 know. old Misses
Stoudenmire's ring streaked and
striped cat is dead till yet. My old dog
Mack lived on through many years, a
holy terror to every wild varmint that
ranged the woods. But as for me and
him, one house cat was a large and
gracious plenty.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

old dog Mack he was a great and furi-
Gus hunter. He was good for possum
and coon and other wild varmints, and
particular rough on cats.
One Saturday evenin along in the fall
Of the year me and Mack put out, we
did, and went of down the old spring
branch for a rabbit hunt. We didn't 90
30 very far before i heard the dog squall
and then go of on ared-hot trail. Ifol-
lowed the music as fast as I could and
I was right clost in behind the chase
when Mack put his meat up a tree. But
II want q rabbit. it want a possum and
1t want no coon. 1t was a cat-a big
ring-streaked and striped scoundrel
beast-but only a plain house cat. And
that want all. It was the old lady
Stoudemire's pet cat. and she was liv-
In then jest over the creek a mile and
9 half, or maybe o little better, from
our house.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

wal settin for Andy and every time be
would ask me about the big sorreI L re-
sponded back that the big sorreI want
gone nowheres.
"Along in the first cool days Of Sep
TENDER / went to town one Saturday.
The big sorrel Yves lookin' to be in fine
fix, and the mInut Andy clapped eyes
on him / could see that my tins had
come to win out even. l let on like I
didn't have mi tradin stock with me
that day, but Andy wanted the big
sorrel. He followed me around town
and then followed me half way home.
At last he got my horse and I got a toll
cradle good plug mule and six dollars
twas all he had--to boot. Andy then
Lit out to make q three-days' trip over
in the hill country, and when be re-
turned back home the biz sorrel was
thin in flesh and dead on his legs oncst
more. In the next place Andy had TO
sell him to a poor traveHn preacher for
$50 on a credit, and in less than a month
he was as dead as they v e make 'em.
Anyhow, Rufe. / am even now. In
fact, I ruther think / am ahead OF the
game. And / do hope ana trust by|
this time Andy Lucas has got forgive
ness for that 22-inch Alabama lie."
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
"FLlEs" ON vEssELs
Not tbs Little Insect, But a Wenthe
Vane to Aid I'm Steering.

Not the Little Insect, But a Weather
Vane to Aid I'm Steering.
The fly" at the masthead is often
used as a sign to steer by. It revolves
on q pivot, and hence, like a weather
wang, shows the direction from which
the wind is blowing; whereas, a flag
attAched to a halyard streams direct
~ Astern, or at an angle more or less
Effected by the speed and course of the
vessel. A glance at the fly having shown
the winds direction, a glance at the
pinnacle shows from what point of the
compass it comes. Then, by watching
the fly, and thus keeping the ship al
ways at the same angle to the wind,
you are able to keep her on her course.
The ships OF different nations have
distinctive flies. The American and
the English fly is a little triangular
pennon. German ships often have q
small tapering bag at the masthead,
ans French vessels a Adog-vane'1 line
of corks win coIored feathers on a
wire. The steamers of the French line
from New York to Havre have a dog
vane at each masthead-it is one of
their distinguishing marks.
Steering by the fly is one way of
steering by the wind, but there are
other tricks for finding the w~ind-point.
A sailor can find the point of a stiff
breeze by simply letting it blow against
his face. In a light air, almost a calm,
he lifts his hat and turns his head until
he feels the cool breath on his moist
which is far more sensitive than
hisNun-tanned face; or he moistens the
endvof his hand, and turning it toward
the wind, waves it gently back and
forthSand to and fro, until the GOODNESS
of the air is felt on one side of that
narrow surface and not on the other.
In heavier airs he will moisten the palm
of The hand and bold il fiat to the wind.
The wind-point being found, the ship
is sailed as close to the wind as pos
sible, the helmsman keeping his eye on
the sail-leech. The least CULVER, and
a turn of the wheel keeps her off
enough to fill her sails; but with an ex-
perienced hand on the wheel there will
be no CULVER along the leech. For an "a.
B." can tell by the "fecl' of the helm
when the ship is about to come up into
the wind. As a vessel ''comes up the
strain on the rudder is lessened, and by
quickly checking her, he keeps the
sails rap full and asleep"-keeps them
from quivering-and holds her on her
course without so much as a glance at
the comprehensive Kobbe, in st.
Nicholas.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07


"Jest between us gals, as it were,
RUFF, there are but blame few things
in this world which 1 know for GER
tain. But if l have to tell 1t on nv
own trihin self, I do know a most
hellatious plenty about two or three
things-men and horses amongst the
rest. Now I would love for some of
these durn literary fellefs that have
went off to school and picked up a lit
tie smatterin of everything, to tell me
why it is that a man like Andy Lucas
can stick to the cold facts all along the
line till it comes to horses, and then
couldn't tell the truth with a dead
rest.
THE hands and the stock bein ire
mendius busy layin by corn, l had cut
me a fast three-year-old walkin stick
and lit out and went over to spend the
day with my old friend and fellow serv-
ant, Bunk Weatherford. And when he
branched off on the freaks of human
nature l told him he would have to
come at me with somethin a little more
easier.
t 49, ANSV ASSOAASSpS ANuASs Llldb a WIS
swappin horses often and on, more or
less, before Andy Lucas was ever
horned and brung forth into this world.
Horse tradin amt my reglar business,
you understand, and I don't make no
sulfurious big brags about what I can
do in those regards. But it gives me a
comm appetite to spit when l see a man
like Andy, which makes it his bust
ness to trade, and trade for the stuff
he can squeeze out of it, tryin to throw
sand in my eyes and do the swappin
for both of us. / may have all the
marks and experiments of a native
born idiot, and 1 may have my lucid
intervals, as the doctors call EN-, but
III be dadburned if I have ever yet saw
the day when l was fool enough to let
Andy Lucas swap my horse for his,
without my knowledge or consent, and
me not ven lookin on when he made
the trade.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
Settlement News.

julie Nabors and his wife havs got
one of the onlyest boys in the settle
ment-which they call his name Dan.
Somebody told Dan if he would swal-
low a few fish bladders it wouldn't be
no trouble for him to swim. julie
he went fishing the other day and
caught a fine stringent and perch and
suckers-and Dan didn't do a blame
thing but sail in and swallow is fish
bladders, fresh and raw.
They sent for the doctor that night.
julie thinks his boy Dan will recover
in health, though he is still feeble in
mind. Dan says if he ever gets up
from there he will tackle the biggest
and deepest wash hole on the creek. I
ruther hope he will. Then fish blad-
ders wouldn't save him from a watery
grave.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

North and South America, beside Guate
mRla, the West Indies, Australia, and even
Europe, are the fields Of usefulness 10 which
strated its value az an antidote to malaria.
n as a remedy fol dyspepsia, constipntion,
rheumatism, neuralgia, biliousneas, nervous
ness, and loss Of appetite and sleep. Tbs
inhabitants, the medical men Of these coun-
tries, have spoken in no uncertain tones
concerning the efficacy Of the great house.
hold remedy.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
She Missed HIN.

Apoor woman who kept a shop in a north,
husband who could scarcely be considered !
credit to the family, one day found herself
a widow through the sudden demise Of her
spouse. A lady, who frequently made
small purchases at the shop, called to see her
and to offer her sympathy, though knowing
that the mans death must in a certain sense
come as a relief, as the wife had often suf-
Tered from his violence. She was not, how.
ever, quite prepared for the stoical wav n
Said the lady:
your husband"
well, num-, it do seem queer to 90 into
n! shop and find something in the tilll"-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
Beyond His Ken,

Seldom Fed WHO reads o~ccasionally)
II see by de paper dat a certain great
preacher says dat if cleanliness is next
to g~odliness", soap orter be regarded as
mean Of grace. Wat do you t'ink
abort it, podner?
soiled spooner (yawning)-Dunno,
Watts soap?--N. Y. World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

BAH this evening, dear?" inquired Dse
demona Of Othello, when she saw him 100.
ing up his old revolver.
No, not this evening, love; smother
evening, he replied, as he reached for tho
pillow, and wedged it softly down heS
oesophagus.-Up-to-Dat
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

To live is to have justice, truth, reason,
devotion, probity, sincerity, common sense,
right and duty welded into the heart. To
live is to know what one is ~worth-what one
can do, and should do. Life is conscience
Victor Hugo.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

I'VE hunted up that Intellectual woman
who invented the self-rocking cradle. We
wanted to give her q vote Of thanks"
Wei, how did she receive yougs
wanted to get off to the baseball game.1-
Detroit Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

famous hne dog
which / called his
name Mack. He
was about one
third hound and
one-third cur. and
then so FUR as 1
know, and as Tony
Stringer e al
ways won't to say,
the other third was
49, "
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

'Tistenl" he Kissed.
No. she answered, and turning uror
her heel ~brusqnely, she left him there alone
For she was q telephone girl by profession.
and II was not her wont to listen 70 anythinf
unless she was sure it was none Of her bua,
ness.-Detroit journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

your husband seems to be a victim Of the
thoroughly enjoys it."-Chicago Record.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

When a woman will, she will; and YEA
Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

Every once in awhile the statement 4
than to their boys.-Atchison Globe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

I can recommend Piso's Cure for Con,
sumption. to sufferers from Asthma.-E. ID.
Townsend, Fl. Howard, Wis, May 4. 5p4.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

Write Malacura Co., st. Louis, for free
trial package Malacura Choclats for chilln.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
OLD MACK AND ME.
me Sage Of Rocky Greek and His
var1nint Dog.
= Furiuus Fight In the ola spring
Rraneh-D 20 Cats Have Nine
LivesT-An Alabama

When / was only what you mought
call 3 shirt waist boy l used to have q
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

A ball player does not object to being
called fast.-Atchison Globe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

The less energy a man has, the easier he
drifts into matrimony.-Atchison Globe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
A Night Of TerrOrs.

That night was my regular time to
go over the creek and see Aunt Liza
Raiborn. AS usual when bedtime
come she took me out in the little shed
room which she kept for us boys and
tucked me away for the night. But
to a V my life 1 couldn't sleep marry
blessed lick for thinkin about old
Misses Stoudenmire's ring-streaked and
striped cat. which me and Mack had
left for dead down in the spring
branch. I knowed tremendous well
that me and the dog together had
whipped the fight and killed the cat,
but / didn't know for certain that she
would stay dead and remain there.
] had some monstrous serious and
chilly doubts in regards to that. Every
time ] shet my eyes I could hear q cat
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-18

n. Oppert presented to the French acsd-
envy chrome. Photographic reproduction
of manuscript No. s,o7s, from the library
Of the Vatican. II Is an Aztec ritual. II Is
complete, In perfect condition and still In
the original binding. The facsimile, pub
lished at the expense Of the Duo dc Lou
bat, reproduces the original to the slight
est detail, even the binding, for instance,
being represented with perfect exactneas.
1t is accompanied by three pamphlets, tho
first presenting an historical study in Ital-
ian by r, P. Ehrle, preisct of the Vatican
library. This states that the first mention
Of the manuscript is found In tho cata-
legue edited In 1895, but that 1t had been
In the Vatican before that date having
been received there, without doubt, under
the librarianship of Cardinal Amulio, and
very probably in the year 1866. The two
other pamphlets. in French and In Span.
ish, are the work of NJ. L. del Paso
Tronoaso, director of tho Museum of Mex
loo. NJ. dol Paso describes with great caro-
the manuscript OF the Vatican and proves
that in the reproduction made by Aglo
toward 1880 for the great work Of Lord
Kingsborough the order of Its pages was
completely reversed. At the close of the
Spanish pamphlet the author has arranged
careful comparison of the plates of the
English publication with the leaves of the
original manuscript. Paris Debates.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-18
Pennsylvania's Labor Convention,

PITTsBURG, Jan. 1S-At Saturdays Sos
sion Of the State Labor convention resolu-
tons were adopted favoring legislation
giving the mechanic equal rights with the
contractor to issue lien; making 1t I'M
lawful to discharge any einploye for be-
longing to labor organizations; extending
to men the same protection In factories
that Is now extended to women and chill
dren; enforcement Of the eight hour work
day on municipal work; favoring the ex-
tension and use of union labels; to regu-
late the manufacture Of -four and meal
products; to authorize city officials to des-
ignate the maximum and minimum wages
to be paid and the kind Of labor to be en-
ployed on public works; to provide for
improved sanitary conditions to bake
shops; prohibiting the use of the words
United States MALI on all street cars ex-
cept those used exclusively for mail pur-
poses. A resolution WAS passed thanking
Boies Penrose for his advocacy of labor
measures. George Chance of Philadel-
phia, was elected president F. b, Bonsall
first vice president and M. J. Counahan
secretary
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-18
wRIck ON THE ROYAL IN.
rhs Accident Nay Result In Death to
Three fAiiroadsrs.

The Accident May Result In Death 10
Three fsaiirsadsrs.
BoUNp Brook, N. j., Jan. Is. "A serious
EailroaNhccidsnt occurred At skillman's
Station, on tho Bound Brook division Of
the Philadelphia and Reading railway
about o'clock Saturday evening in
which four persons were seriously injured.
The accident occurred by the Royal Blue
line crashing into the baggage car Of the
local train No. $50, which had taken the
siding at that point to allow the SAyal
Blue to pass. The forward part Of the
baggage car on the local train overlapped
on to the main track. The engine OF the
Royal Blue struck the baggage car and
engine. Both engines were derailed and
tho baggage car caught fire.
Engineer jackson and Fireman Reeves,
OF the local train, were both badly in
lured, the latter having several ribs
broken. Engineer Charles Clapp, of the
Royal Blue, was badly scalded by escaping
steam Mahlon Dickerson, baggagemaster
OF the local train, was also badly injured,
as was George BOIL, fireman on tho local
train. The passengers escaped with o
shaking up. The in ured men were taken
to Plainfeld.
The local train should have reached
Bound Brook ahead of the Royal Blue,
but IL was delayed by an accident at Hope
wei, In which two mon were killed The
local train ran into wagon and killed
both of the occupants, named Asher Shook
and George Coleman. In consequence of
this delay the local had orders to take the
Skillman's siding
The man most severely injured is Bag
gagemaster Dickerson. His injuries are
pronounced fatal, and it is stated by the
physicians In attendance that he cannot
live much longer. Engineer Clapp is be-
ieved Injured internally, and his recovery
is considered very doubtful. Fireman
Bohl has conclusion Of the BRAIN and re-
manned In state Of coma all of yesterday.