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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
minerals That Are Dangerous.

Lead is dangerous to all who use il
in their work, as house painters, gilders.
calico printers, type founders, pottera
and braziers. Mercury is also a foe
to life. The makers of mirrors, barom-
cters, those who etch or color wool Or
felt, soon feel the effect Of nitrate Of.
mercury in teeth. gums and tissues Of
the body. Silver often kills those who
handle 1t, and photographers, makers
Of hair dye, inks and other preparations
turn gray and are often overpowered
by deadly weakness. Copper some
times makes those who work with Il
lose teeth, eyesight and sometimes life.
Wall paper manufacturers grow iii
from arsenic. The engravers who use
nitric acid sometimes find their lungs
poisoned by its fumes. Ammonia kills
soap-makers. Zinc Is fatal to calico
printers and makers Of meerschauna
mines.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14

Military Journals are at present in-
terested in a new self-moving a which
is to be a veritable carriage OF death.
1t is to be driven by a 16-horse power
engine at the rate Of 40 miles an hour
over a country reasonably level and.
Of course, free from fences; it has
four broad-tire wheels. But the cii-
max and purpose of this remarkable
machine Is TO carry two rapidfrIng
cannon, arranged on piyots to sweep
the entire horizon. One mar only ia
needed to run this terrible wheeled.
weapon Of war, and this same man also
attends to the firing, loading. eto.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
E~XAMIMEp ~ -



Case oR AneHfss1n ufNnm1~s F
fsenns o. che x hay.
R~ecently+a group 81 physicians
means u an I-raY apparatus examined
the heart Of 4 big negro sailor, who N
apparently IN perfect health He was
being reated for aneurism Of tbs
An aneuriem IS 8 sae profruding Arom
q weakened point fn 4 blood vessel. Aa
the membranes stretches more and
more under pressure from the henxts
the sac lengthens and death comes with
rupture. Ia this case II could be piainIY
located by the heartbeat, but whas
could not be sold was - what point tho
aneurism started. The patient was
backed against 3 Crookes tube and 3
Auorescent screen placed against hia
breast. A big static electrical machins
connected with the tube was sst In
motion. The room WAS made dark. In
dim shadow q RIB appeared upon tho
screen, while q large shadow revealed
the heart. This shadow expanded and
contracted, showing plainly the beat
ing. A little shadow which should not
have appeared. at the top ST the brenst
bone, made It plain that the aneurism
was at the top Of the arch Of the aorta.
Without the rays It would not have
been possible for medical science q
locate it. On q screen placed befors
another patient the stomach was indi-
Gated by q light space, the diaphragm
as a curved line Of shadow. the liver q
shadowy mass without clear outline tha
ribs and heart as faint shadows above.
A coin placed behind the back was plain
" visible in front with the hand thaa
held it. In certain forms Of disease IL
viii probably 500 be as common for a
physician to look at q patients hearts -
his tongue.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
wear Makes Rugs valuable.

The most costly rugs in the world
come from Persia. The beautiful soft
ness and peculiar sheen Of these rugs
are due to the constant treading of bare
feet. The rugs are made Of goats hair
and wool combined. All oriental rugs
r hand made and each piece of wool
inserted is tied twice. Years of labor
r involved in making some of the
largest of these floor coverings, but
they wear out. When a rug is
made it has to be subjected to years OF
foot wea before it becomes at all valu-
able. Many of the Persian rugs now in
use have been walked on more than
100 years and are still as new as ever.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
SPANISH SPLEEN.
How Hatred of Americans Is shown
I'm Madrid.

HOW Hatred OF Americans Is SHOWN
I'm Madrid.
A most interesting article is written
by an American woman from Madrid,
which shows how America, or 'los
Estados Unidos," and her people are re-
garded in that part of the world. While
the Spanish masses view the Cuban war
with disfaYor, yet their hatred Of "los
Yankees" is reported as inexpressible,
On the ground that the latter are the
occasion of that war and the cause of
ats continuance, through their SYM
pathy and direct and indirect aid. The
writer tells also of something which.
while a wonderful revelation of the
state of mind prevailing throughout
the Spanish portion of the CeItiberian
peninsula, is amusing because of the
pathological interest that is bound to
attach to it.
The Spaniards have taken to calling
their hogs Yankees" but they have
also added two other words which must
prove peculiarly dissonant to their
tongue. Two little incidents
bring this matter out. One of the
writer's neighbors is the owner of two
of the vilest, shabbiest ours that ever
barked, and they would have suffered
death long ago but for the very PEI
.culiar virtue that is lodged in their
names. He calls them Morgan and
Sherman and he finds relief in SO
calling and cursing them. Then, in a
village squabble between two urchins:
4sHe called me a Sherman said one, in
q fearful rage. "But he said 1 was a
Morgan" was the sullcn retort of the
other. This Cuban war is represented
as a terrible burden upon the common
people Of Spain, but it is a war, never
theless, of the a~ristocracy, in which
they must succeed, for if they do not it
menns also their own downfall and the
overthrow Of the government, with
quite likely a Spanish republic to take
its place.-N. Y. Independent.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
household Uses Of salt.

Salt puts cut a fire in the chimney.
In the oSen under baking tins it will
prevent their scorching on the bottom.
Salt and vinegar will remove stains
from discolored teacups. Salt and soda
are excellent for bee stings and spider
bites. Salt thrown on SCOT which has
fallen on the carpet will prevent stain.
Put on ink when freshly spilled on a
carpet it will help in removing the
spot. Salt in ~whitewash makes it stick.
Salt thrown on a coal fire, which is low,
will revive it; used in sweeping carpets,
it win keep out moths.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
Mna fnr tha Comnlexion.

For certain diseases the mud bath
is an old form of treatment, but a new
application is being made of it by the
woman of fashion. 1t is claimed that
there is nothing equal to mud for the
complexion. The face and neck are
covered with a, coating of clear black
river or swamp mud, whichsis permitted
to dry on. Care murt be taken not to
get it into the eyes and not to leave any
spot of the skin uncovered, as it will
result in a red blotch. When the coat is
removed, it is c'Aimed that the skin will
be far softer than it is possible from
any of the 'rell-known preparations;
all bfemishes will be removed, includ-
ing hair and moles; and wrinkles will
disappear.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR.

oak. The basement stone wall is is
inches and the basement floor is con-
GREETED. The front vestibule door
snsh has beveled plate glass. There
is a white enameled sink in the
kitchen. Red pressed brick is used
for the chimney. Laundry, furnace
room, coal room and vegetable room
are in basement. The attic is Hoored
with pine flooring. There are sliding
doors between parlor and sitting-room,
and an entrance to basement from front
hall. The parlor wall and ceiling will
be of a straw color. Sitting-room walls
and ceiling an old gold or ochre color;
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR.

dining-room walls and ceiling, purple
lake color; kitchen walls and ceiling,
light pea green; hall walls and ceiling,
maroon color; chambers, of various
tints to suit owner.
All hardware will be Of a good, cub
stantial kind. The entire house is
piped for gas and furnace. Electric
bells from front and rear doors.
All material used must be the very
best Of its respective kind. The con-
tractor must clear out all rooms and
leave the building all ready for occu-
pancy. GEORGE A. w. KNIT
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
NEW DYSPEPSIA CURE.


It IL, Like All Late Remedies, Anti.
septic In Nature.
When it is considered that there are
hundreds Of cures for dyspepsia. that
cocaine and strychnine are employed
extensively to give temporary relief,
while weakening the vitality OF the
cells of the membrane of the stomach,
a powerful and harmless antiseptic il
very welcome to sufferers from indi-
gestion. 1t is only of late that peroxide
of hydrogen, in the form of the pure
and powerful solution known as hydro
zone, has been recognized by scientists
as a destroyer OF microbian infection in
the membrane of the intestines. In
Illumination of the stomach, or gastritis,
is q bacillus-produced fermentation,
which leads to a disturbance in the reIa.
tive proportions Of the main constit-
uents Of the gastric juice (pepsin and
muriatic acid). It is important to de-
stroy the unhealthy mucus without in-
juring the tissues beneath, and to heal
the diseased membrane in order to re-
store the normal functions Of the peptlO
glands. Hydrozone, one part to thirty
two parts of sterilized water, destroys
at once bad mucous by the action Of the
nascent oxygen which is released. Tae
contents Of the stomach are then
promptly discharged into the small ia.
testine. The stomach is now in q
healthy condition for the reception Of
nutritive pabulum. After a meal a pa
tient should follow ii with glycozone
(~nascent oxygen and ~gylcerin), which
favors osmosis and assists in reestab-
fishing the functional activity Of the
peptic and mucous glands of thu
stomach.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
Luncheona for Younr Peonle.

For the first course of a girls lunch
o have shaddocks. Cut into halves
with a sharp knife, remove the seeds
and fill the space with powdered sugar,
Then serve deviled fish in shells, then
broiled chops and peas with tomato
sauce, followed by a salad, and char.
lotte russo or orange Bayarian cream.
For a dinner for young people serve
bouillon in cups, then fried smelts with
tartare, then a laried fllet or
panned chicken with cream potatoes
and peas, followed by a simple salad
and light dessert.-Mrs. s. T. Rorer, In
Ladies, Home Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
delicious Potato Pornnop.

A delicious dish of potatoes to be
served for supper car be made as fol-
lows: Season cold mashed potatoes
with pepper and salt. Take a table
spoonful at a time and roll it into a ball;
dip this in an egg, previously beaten
light, then roll in bread and cracker
crumbs and plunge it into a kettle OF
boiling lard, to cook like doughnuts,
and you win have a delicious potato
pompon. Onion finely sliced may be
added before cooking, OF parsley shred
ed fine. Minced ham or tongue would
make it still better.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14

"She gave me a beautiful nickel
plated cyclometer the last time I called"
he said, joyfully. "What do you sup
pose she meant by that2"
Keep moving" was the heartless ex-
PLANTATION.
And everyone who knew the recipient
of the gift felt that it had been prop
erly | lterpreted.-Chicago Post
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14

Prof. Hallock, Of Columbia college,
has in hand the project of boring into
the earth as far as q drill can be driven.
Already a depth of one mile has been
reached. AS the depth increases the
well grows hotter. 1t is anticipated
that natural steam win be encountered
or the walls become so hot that water
can be forced down cold and be pumped
upin the form of steam, thus furnishing
the power of the future. Gas, found near
the surface, operates the drilling en-
gines.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14

exc; plates, 2x1O; double floors, cedar
shingles, American glass, Georgia pine
finish, grilles between cased openings.
Two-coat plaster work; exterior
painting, three coats. The irst story
is 10 feet; the second, 9h; basement, 4
feet. Cutters, downspouts, flashing and
hips T to be of galvanized iron. Art
glass is used in transoms of large win
dows and composition carving in apex
Of front gable. The doors are 2 feet 8
inches by 2 feet by .1% inches. All
closets are to have three shelves and
a cas of drawers. The kitchen floor
Ii of maple and dining-room floor red
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
FOR R a

Ideal Diet for Persons Engaged IN
intellectual Pursuits.
Blanched almonds give the higher
nerve or brain and muscle food; no heat
or waste-says writer in Good House.
keeping. Walnuts give nerve or brain
food, muscle, heat and waste. Pine
kernels give heat and stay. They serve
as a substitute for bread. Green water
grapes are blood purifying (but Of little
food value); reject pips and skins. Blue
grapes are feeding and blood purifying;
too rich for those who suffer from the
liver. Tomatoes-Higher nerve or brain
food and waste; no heat; they are thin.
ming and stimulating; do not swallow
skins. Juicy fruits give more or less
the higher nerve OF brain, and some few
muscle food and waste; no heat.
Apples supply the higher nerve and
muscle food, but do not give stay.
.Prunes afford the highest nerve or brain
food, supply heat and waste, but are not
muscle feeding. They should be avoided
by those who suffer from the liver.
Oranges are refreshing and feeding, but
are not good if the liver is out of order.
Green figs are excellent food. Dried
figs contain nerve and muscle food, heat
and waste, but are bad for the liver.
The great majority of small fresh
seed fruits are laxative. All stone fruits
are considered to be injurious for those
who suffer from the liver, and should
be used cautiously. Lemons and toma-
toes should not be used daily in cold
weather; they have a thinning and cool
ing effect. Raisins are stimulating in
proportion to their quality.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
FRAMING HusBmnds After Marriage

Trafnang Husbands After Marriage.
It really is asking too much of a
woman to expect her to bring up a hus-
band, and her children, too. She vainly
Imagines when she marries this piece
OF perfection, with whom she is so
blindly In love, that he is already
trained, or rather, that he is the one
human being in the world who has been
perfect from infancy, and who never
needed training. She knows that
mothers have to put in 30 years of close
study and hard work before they can
turn out a man or oma who won't
be a social pest. She never dreams of
the curious fact that mothers always
tfain their daughters to make good
wives, yet never think of training a
boy to make a good husband-WOm.
ans Home Companion.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
IMPERIAL REoALIA
Famous French Relics Under shs
Hammer in London.

Hammer in London.
Grown jewels, says an English news.
paper, do not often find their way into
the market, and it was not surprising
to find that the sale of a portion of the
French imperial regalia aroused more
than usual interest in the auction room
of Messrs. Debenham, Storr & Sons.
The lot was a remarkable one in many
respects. It was a complete garniture
de corsage, of sufficient size to cover
nearly the whole bodice, and was COM
posed of about 1,40O b~rilliants, rubies,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14
BUILDINGAND SCIENCE.
AL IN ~ARcAlTEeTuHE.


Ocsigned and Written E-sDecimTlv F0T
Thta Paper.
This eight-room house with a rubbIe-
stone foundation will cost $1,000.
The size of the rooms is as follows:
Parlor, 1sx1sh feet; sitting-room, lax
IA; d~ining-room, 1Ohx12; kitchen, 10x
~; chambers. 15x1sh, Iox14, 11x12 and
.sxs feet; pantry. SKI; aIcoYe, 7x1O, ana
Eeranda, sxg2 feet. The size Of tho
house upon the ground is 22x36 feet.
The framework is of balloon construc-
tion, covered with fence nooring, build
ing paper and 4-inch o. G.. siding. The
jOista are 2x1O; studding, Xxi; rafters,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-14

Since 1880 Paris police have ar.
rested 10000 begging childrens
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-20

The new corn product being talked
about is obtained by grinding corn
stalks The pith Of the stalk is used for
packing between the plates of ironclad
warships. The hard shell of the stalks,
after the pith is taken out, is ground
into IA fine powder. 1t can be bagged
like oats or bran and viii keep as well
as any other ground feed. Analysis
proves that it is richer in muscle makers
than the whole cornstalk, and expert
ence shows that stock Will eat it up
clean. The stations tell that balanced
ration can be readily made up by mix
ing the new feed stuff with oil meal or
cOttonseed meal A ton of the ground
stalks will occupy but little more space
than ton of ensilage There is author
ity for believing that this new feed stuff
will have some effect in reducing the
price Of hay.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-20
Clover As a Soil Renovntor.

The Importance Of clover as a soil
renOvator is beginning to be appreciated
in New Hampshire, according to a New
England Homestead correspondent, who
writes as follows:
When seeding a grassfield, mix
little clover with the timothy seed If
oats are being sown at the same time,
put on very light seeding Of grain, or
if hay crop is desired the first season
do not use oats at all as a nurse crop,
but SOW the clover seed alone on plowed
ground and cover as deeply as oats. The
crop will catch more readily and not be
liable to winter kill. If a heavy growth
Of oats is on the ground, the clover
may get little start, but will be over
Swallowed and so weakly when the oats
are removed that great injury will be
done by the sudden exposure to the sun.
l have had most excellent success in
sowing clover seed without any grain
crop In sowing timothy and clover
alone l have been able to get good
crop Of hay the first summer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-20
Does SubsoiIing Pay?

According to The National Stockman,
theoretically the use of the subsoil
should pay in most soils. The settling
of the ground, the tramping of teams in
the bottom of burrows and the absence
Of much organic matter tend to exclude
the air from the subsOil A thorough
stirring Of this soil, loosening the whole
mass to depth of six or eight inches
below the surface soil, commends itself
to ones judgment. Granting this, it is
a somewhat remarkable fact that very
few subsoil plows are ever worn out. A
progressive farmer will buy such "a
pillow, use it one season, and then four
times out Of five cast it aside. His ex-
perience does not inspire him with
sufficient faith to continue it's use
There are exceptions to this rule, but
comparatively few farmers practice sub
soiling, Notwithstanding the antiquity
of the idea.
The idleness of the plows all over the
country is no slight evidence of lack of
faith i'll their use. The difficulty seems
to be that a subsoil that easily packs
and becomes hard is of such texture that
a few soaking rains will compact it aft
er being stirred by the subsoil plow.
Deep blowing is more effective, as it
puts sOds and other vegetable matter be-
low to hold the clayey particles apart,
Mere stirring Of the clay beneath, with
out the addition Of material to hold il
loose, is chiefly temporary i'll its effects.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-20
VALUABLE ALFALFA.
It's Increased Cultivation-Compa Vi
other Prominent Forage Crops.

IT'S Increased u1tivation-ComparedN vi
other Prominent Forage Crops.
Alfalfa has spread by successive steps
from its probable native home in the
west Asian valleys to Greece, Rome,
the Mediterranean colonies, Mexico,
South America, California and our
western mountain and prairie states.
As lucerne it was raised in New York
many years ago without success, but its
remarkable popularity in the west has
again attracted attention to its merits,
and its culture is rapidly extending. It
has been grown at the New York sta
ton for several years and has yielded
heavy crops Of very nutritious fodder.
Experiments in feeding alfalfa to milk
cows has given at this station very IA
vorable results.
In bulletin from the New York sta"
ton alfalfa is compared with corn as
follows: Farm animals of all kinds find
the fresh material very palatable as
much so as corn, and it is much richer
in the heterogeneous, or muscle forming,
matters than is corn. 1t thus supple
ments the heterogeneous poor corn ration
and supplies the lacking ingredient in a
highly relished form. AS compared
with the mature fresh corn fodder fed
at the station, the alfalfa forage con-
tains little more moisture, ash, fiber
and fat, much less starch and similar
compounds, but nearly IL times as
much Of the heterogeneous protein, and Of
this protein about n per cent is in the
form Of easily digestible albuminoids.
Alfalfa viii furnish three or more
cuttings each year, and from fields at
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-20

"To have "A good lawn, says Rural
New Yorker, 1.-THE work must be start
ed i'll good form, ground well pulver-
lied and raked smoothly after having
been carefully dug and well MANFRED.
After seeding it should be rolled and
some chemical fertilizer applied to give
growth We have had large expert
ence in seeding for grass, as we usually
seed some acres every year, and the best
results have been obtained by seeding
during the month of September, which
we find to be the best time with us. We
always use Kentucky blue grass and red
top, which have never failed to give Us
a splendid yield of grass "
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-20
News and Notes.

1t is said that the Dwarf Essex is the
best variety of rape for the United
States.
The next fat stock show will be held
in Chicago Nov. go In addition to
the fat stock provision has been made
for an exhibition of agricultural and
horticultural products, also a poultry
show.
After you have picked early tomatoes
three or four weeks run the cultivator
between the rows if the vines will adj
NIT. Farm Journal says that this will
renew the plants, starting a second
growth.
If wheat is to follow oats, have the
manure you intend to apply ready to
spread on the stubble before it is plowed.
1t is claimed that all kinds Of plant
lice yield to kerosene emulsion.
Fall blowing lessons the number of
cutworms the following spring.
Celery grows best on soil that is full
of manure that has been applied to
previous crops.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-20

its lower part boxed in and HoOred over.
Access is had to this inclOsod space by
raising the drivers seat in front, by a
door ON each side in the middle and by
two doors in the rear A one side two
drawers are shown. one of these is most
convenient for carrying the fiat parch-
ment covered prints of butter to market
carrying the drawer to the customers
door to avoid handling. The other can
be used for eggs, using the ordinary
pasteboard filters placed one upon an
other The roar can have drawers or not,
according to the nature Of the produce
to be carried.
Above the rear doors are two metal
openwork doors that hold in the vege-
tables or other articles that are piled
in loosely in the wagons top. The cen
ter of this top space is easily reached
from the canvas door in either side. The
top is Of course covered with canvas
and should have the name of the farm
painted upon each side with the nature
of the goods carried. This will advertise
and enlarge ones trade.
When one carries to the customers on
his route or to the general market a va
riety Of farm products, as butter, eggs,
berries, etc, it is often desirable to
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-20

Nine bundles of grain make a better
"shock" than the old fashioned dozen,
writes a contributor TO The Farm Jour
nal, He says; Get up four in a cross,
then four more one in each Of the
spaces between two of the first four
and cap with the ninth, well broken,
and the tops toward the prevailing
wind. If well set-that is, each sheaf
standing on its own bottom and
thoroughly closed in at the top-such a
shock Will stand stiff windstorm and
a three days rain without harm.