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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-09-04
SUMMER DIET.
It should Consist Principally OF
Salads.

It Should Consist Principally OF
Salads.
As the summer progresses vege-
tables containing comparatively more
starch are brought to the table and
eaten without inconvenience, if eaten
in moderation and with proper accom-
paniments. Peas, beans, corn, sweet
potatoes are all very delicious, too
good to refuse; butagainN M tureproves
herself fitted for her work, for she
sends us, at the same time, unlimited
material for salads of all descrip-
lions, not to mention quantities of
fruits with their flesh destroying and
heat preventing acids. Nor would it
be well to refuse to countenance the
carbonaceous foods for too protract-
ed a season, but only to modify the
diet which has perhaps very largely
consisted of them. Fats in particular
must not be too sweepingly disap-
proved, for the normal and healthful
condition Of the tissues depends large
" upon their inception; but if a sufi-
cheney of hard butter be used with the
food, an ordinary amount Of cream,
and some fat, with the meats consumed.
then rich dishes-rich in butter-can
always be dispensed with to great adj
vantage.
As to salads, we eat too sparingly of
them, and that not only during the
summer. but during the winter also.
No dinner should be minus its salad
as no breakfast should be without its
fruit. 1t is urged hat they are too
expensive, but / do not believe this to
be g fair statement of the matter. Very
alluring salads may be made with little
attending expense. And even if the
expense were greater than the purse
would seem to be able to afford, If they
helped to save from the doctors and
druggists bills. the extra cost might
be reasonably incurred. - Washing
ton Home Magazine.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-09-04


a Few Points Uatrh Ara rlne
ohHerFed.
Almost everybody Makes
at least they think they ao. bnl
~connoisseur is scarcely whiting to 6d
nit that the beverage which PASSES hn.
der the nAme 81 eoffee has any right 10
such q title. The world Is fuil OF poor
cotfee-exceedingly pocr-and while
there IS unq~uestionahly 4 great deal Of
trash which is called coffee put upon
the market, the cook is largely re-
sponsiole for it, because, as eyervbody
knows the very finest grade Of this
article may be spoiled in the making.
Expert coffee makers sometimes
roast their coffee. This is easily
done with the regular rooster, which
works very much on the same princi-
pie as the peanut rooster one sees Oh
the yender's stand. It, IS extremely
easy TO manage. and the wonder is nshv
more housekeepers do not make use
Of It. It may be placed on the Kitchen
range Immediately over b Goals. he
coffee put in and slowly and steadily
turned until it smokes. Al few times
trying will teach the operators inst
the proper point to which the ROASTING
should be carried.
Unroasted coffee keeps longer fhan
that which is cooked, and when Il IS
desirable to purchase in large quanti-
ties the roaster has a manifest advan-
tage- a pound or So Of cohee may be
done at one time, and If, as MANY eo-
PIE think, the coffee Is better when
freshly roasted, the gain is apparent.
It IS customary in some households
tc make coffee with egg. This process
IS somewhat more troublesome fhan
the drip, but it has the ADVANTAGE f..a+
It can be made in any ordinary YES
sci, while the drip must have \ sneciaf
pot for this purpose. one Of tbe verv
best OF coffee makers, however, pre-
pares what she calls drip coffee bv
putting the ground coffee into a small
bag OF cheesecloth, tying it closely n
hanging 1T from a string held in place
by the cover of the coffee pot. The bag
is let down into the water several times
then raised and held up by the STRING
as described.
Whatever may be the process of cot
fee making, a few things are absolutely
necessary. The vessel must be thor
oughly clean and free from an avo
OF any other article; the water must he
boiling and the coffee must be ground
very finely. Few -housekeepers realize
that they waste half their coffee by
grinding. The particles must be
as fine as the best g~ranulated corn
meal. It will make at least one-third
Inference in the strength Of drip cot
fee whether the particles are fine or
coarse. The flavor also of the puIver-
lied berry is much better than when
it is merely cracked into large pieces.
It seems strange, with as much dis
cussion as there is in public and pri-
vate on the subject of coffee making,
that the majority Of families should
place such an inferior beverage on their
tables.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-09-04
FuIalIment Deferrcd.

There is an old prophecy, much cher
ished among the Greek people, that in
the days when the Greeks again have a
Constantine as their ruler and his wife
bears the name Of Sophia the cross viii
Ne regretted on the Church of the Holy
Wisdom. st. Sophia. in Constantine
pie, and that city Will once more be.
come the capital Of the great Christian
monarchy Of the east. The duke and
duchess of Sparta, as ali Greeks remem-
Der, bear the names indicated by the
prophecy, and when the war broke out
there was a sanguine hope thatit might
be fulfilled in their persons. At pres
ent the outlook is not very hopeful
Westminster Gazette.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-09-04
CONSOLATION ZOE oRuMPLEY
Kindly and DeIicateIy Administered
by His Friends.

hfndly and Delicately Administered
by His Friends.
| had been exploring some coal lands
in the mountains of the Cumberland
under the guidance of Jim Weskins, a
sandy-haired, solemn kind OF q noun
t%aineer, and on the third day of our ex-
plorations, we; orrather Weskins, picked
up a sad-faced, dejected-looking man.
whomh called Crumpley. Crumpley
was with us until shutdown. and lust 4
few minutes before he left us Weskins
asked me for the advance of IS cents on
account, which he transferred at once
to the departing Crumpley.
1 didn't say anything, but / must
have looked it, for Mr.. Weskins began
to explain as soon as his friend was out
of hearing.
1 don't owe him nothin', colonel" he
said, as if it were a reflection on him ID
be suspected Of owing anybody. sThat
is, not egzactly. It's this away, colonel.
You see, 1 useter have a wife that wuz
fer shore, the most rantankerest won.
an that the Lord ever made. She wllz
all red-headed excep' temper and bones.
and she never riz in the mornin' less,n
twuz to make the fur fytin dark. Lord
knows how ! stood it, but I did. an, fer
five years; and then along come Crump.
ley. | never tuck no stock in Crump-
ley, SEEM in them days he wuz a slick
! NV a Teller that was allus smootbini
round among the women. After awhile
| noticed that Susan, she wuz nv wife,
an Crumpley wuz gittin' powerful.
thick, an one't 1 had a mind to warn
him, but I thought it warn't none Nv
my mix, SO KEEP my hands off. an the
rust thing the communerty and me-
knowed her an Crumpleyarun away
together, an when the two year wnz IN
fer her bein' a wilder they got mar
ried. That wuz about three year ago.
colonel, an even sence then I'VE been
kinder lookin' out for Crumpley an
givln him a boost when / had d chance.
! know what he suffers, an, though hc
Drung It on himself, l can't fergit how
much he done fer me, an I believe I'm
only dom my Christian duty in soften
in the hard roads the pore cuss has got
to travel, even eft it hain't no more,n let
tin him have liquor money to drown
his sorrers Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-09-04
Quick Riscuits.

In making biscuits We measured one
quart of flour that had been sifted
and added to it two rounding tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and sift-
ed them together with one level ten
spoonful of salt. WAgthen rubbed in
one ounce of butter. Efaving seen that
the oven was hot,enough Cat about 400
degrees F.) we brushed the nan.
with oil and then added a half
pint of milk to the flour and
then kneaded it up quickly. We
rolled the dough an inch in thickness
and with a cutter about the size Of i
silver half dollar we cut them out and
put them in the pan and the pan in
the oven. Always work as rapidly as
possible when using baking powder.
SO as not to lose any of its good eff
fects. We could have used one level
.teaspoonful of cream Of tartar and
one-half teaspoonful of soda if we
had wished. In either case, sweet
milk must be used. We baked the bis
cults 20 minutes.-Good Housekeep-
ing.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-09-04
spice Drop Cakes.

Two cups of -four sifted with one
heaping t~easpoonful of baking pow
der; one large tablespoonful of butter
or lard, halt a cupful of molasses. half
a cup Of black coffee, two eggs, half a
t~easpoonful of ground ginger, the same
o. mace, cinnamon and cloves, and
half a cupfuI of sugar. Stir the sugar
and butter to a cream, add the eggs.
stir a few minutes and then add molas.
ses and spice and last the -four and
coffee. Put this mixture in small
portions into buttered tins inch
apart and bake in a medium hot oven.
brooklyn Eagle.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-09-04
makes for Fiftecn Cent. Z Zoo,

Live pine snakes are worth Is cents
a loot at Writings. The snakes are
caught among the pines, and are large
but harmless, frequently reaching six
and seven feet in length, beautifully
marked, and thought by some to re-
semble a rattlesnake in general APP
pearance. They are shipped to a
Browns Mills man, who acts as agent,
n he, in turn, sends them to the city.
He pays according to the length OF the
snake, Is cents a foot. The "piners''
complain that the snake season is back
ward this year because of the cold
weather. What the live snakes are used
for the Browns Mills agent refuses to
tell.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-09-04

One pint of milk, yolks Of two eggs,
two tablespoonful of sugar, one table,
spoonful Of grated chocolate, n table,
spoonful of cornstarch. Beat all to-
gether and stir into the milk Just be-
fore boiling; pour into the dish in
which it is to be served. Beat the
whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, stir
IN lightly half a eupful of sugar, pour
over the pudding and brown. Serve
cold,-Ladies' World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-09-04
..oh, Isn't That s,reet,,,

When You hear a woman say: "Oh.
isn't that sweet" you will see either 4
bulldog with a blue ribbon around his
neck, q baby with a red face and a
white dress on or a mar in a silk hat
driving a dog cart.-N. Y. Press,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-09-04

There are said to be over 20, 900. 900
widows in India, a fourth Of whom are
under II years of age. They number
about one in every five females III IN
dia, while only about one male in every
twenty is a widower.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-13
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK MARKET.
The Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, April IL.
! With the exception OF rally In prict
shortly after the decline at the opening,
ne course Of prices was very y s shn p,r
| ket downward brought fealizinH sales
in some of the stocks that have enJoyea
. the greatest gains OF late onicaso ,, ,,.a1
| iB on profit taking. The stock recovered
! e per cent. Consolidated Gas lost ~, ana
/ Brooklyn Union IL. American spirits
ing sales, the former ~ and the latter a.
Sugar secured an advantage OF z in the
early rally but the stock sold OF 10. Inc
| closing however WAS praciicaIly w IN
changed. Tennessee Coal and Iron loSt
1s.
Holders of Western Union stock seemed
to have an early .ntimation OF the conihg
decision from the supreme court Whlcn
was not announced until later in the day,
and which was favorable TO eonten7
ton against the Eel Telephone Co.. heid
for several years by the western Inl0l
Fears were EXPIRE ssed by the sellers that
the result would he increased competition
against the Western Union by Inc tsle-
phone company and this had the eflect
Of driving down the stock ~ after an
early gain of =. This seemed 10 have
opened up a decline in the Gouids So
tending 10 q point in Manhattan ana =
fraction in the Southwestern RailroaHs
of this ownership, which also hta 70
contend with some uniaForaple irPoi'7
of earnings for the hfst Week o. ANil .a,.,.
pressure after an early rise Of Y IN New
Jersey Central 4 fall Of ~ was brought
about IN New Jersey Central. Laeha-
wanna. Reading common, tirst ana secohu
preferred. and OF - in Delaware & Hud-
son The sales Of Reading We're notahi3
large. Declines We're quite general IN iha
railroad, Changers. Southwestern. Wander
bilts and Internationals, all showing
symptoms of depression but the losses not
not exceeding q fraction Ia any case,
louisville &. Nashville held notably
nrrn. The closing was weak at the lowest
point IN most cases and at general net de-
Ciincs,
The bond market eascd off In sympathy
with the downward trend Of share values
but the losses were trivial aside from
Colorado Miulaud fuurs which reacted Z
per cent. as compared with the previous
sale The dealings developed In q feature
and were largely confined 10 the prom.-
nent issues.
Government bonds displayed q harden
ing tendency on the first call but later
sagged slightly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-13

Every daughter Of Eve has hankcrinc
after The occult; therefore l make no apollo
gics for the subject OF the following obscr-
vatiohs. We are, zoo, very crelulous as
most mon win admit, and ii is generally
easier for us Il believe in q ghost than to
inyoS lEctc Il. On these haulicrings and
this crci-llty hundreds Of persons, more or
less ciaNcr trade Some of them believe
IN their own powers ara are deeply hurt il
any enc bint5 that They possess only mag
nations. / have lad personal experience
with a few Of these larseeing women. and
they impressed inc with their absolute sin
cority. One is q ralnlist-e chiromanccr,
or Whatever she calls herself; she tells the
character from the hand, often with star
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-13
A VISIT TO SCOTLAND.
Laurence Hutton's Recoliections of His
First Trip to That Country.

Laurence Hutton S recOilectlonS or his
boyhood are in st. Nicholas under the title
Of "A Bog ] Knew His earliest visit to
Scotland was made when he was but or
5 years OF age and long before he had as
sumed the dignity of trousers or had been
sent to school His father had gone to the
Did home at St Andrews hurriediy, upon
che receipt of the news of the serious i'll
ness Of the boy grandmother, who died
before they reached her. Naturally the
BOY has little recollection of that sad
month OF December, spent in his grand
mothers house except that it was sad.
fhc weather was cold and wet; the house,
even under ordinary circumstances, could
not have been very cheerful one for
youngstcr who had no companions of his
own age 1t looked out upon the German
ocean-which at that time of the year was
always in d rage or in the sulks, and the
house was called Peep o. Day, because
it received the very first rays of the sun as
he rose upon the British isles.
The boys chief amusement was the feed
ing of flour scenes and oatcakes to an
Did goat that lived in the neighborhood
ana the daily walks with his grandfather,
Who seemed to find some little comfort and
jnttEkflIilttllb III Ills SleilbftiA 'ilaAN.Ast4
1rattle He was then almost the only
yrandchild, and the old man was very
proud Of his manner and appearance and
particularly amused at certain gigantic
etTorts on the boys part to adapt his own
short legs to the strides of his seniors
long ones.
After they had interviewed the goat, and
lad watched the wrecks with which the
Wild shore was strcwn, and had inspected
he castle In ruins and the ruins of the
cathedral the boy would gaze upon his
yrandmOther's new made grave, and his
}wn name in full--a common name in the
amily-upOn the family tomb in the old
'iirzyard-au OF which must have beea
5ery cheering tn the boy, although he
.ould not read il for himself.
And then-vhich was hetter-they
would stand hand in hand for a time IN
,ront Of candy shop window, in which
vas displayed Z little regiment of lead sol
liers marching in double file toward IN
IMPOSING and nconaucrablc lead fortress
IN the heights Of barley sugar. or this
spectacle they never tired, and they used to
discuss how the hoy would arrange them
f they belonged to him, with a sneaking
Iope on the boys part that some day they
were to he his very own.
AT the urgent request Of the grandfather
thc American contingent remained in st
Andrews until the end Of the year, amt
tho boy still remembers wildly, and he
viii never forget, tho dismal failure OF
Aud Lang Sypc" as sung by the family
with claspCd hands as the clock struck and
tho new year began. He sat up for the &c
casion, or rather was walked up for the oc-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-13

,.. New York: April Y.
tLOC R-Receipts, 1904 hhls.; sales,
!0.o pkgs.; firmer but quiet.
N3fEAT-Receipts - sales, 2,lo0@O;
opened stronger on war talk. higher ga
BIOS and small worlds shipments, ara
ru'ed firm all the morning; July, ga l2as ;
September, 7Q3i@u.
~ E--Steadyi No. Western, 50, cif.
Buffalo:
g'DRN-Receipts. l2.615: sales S5.Jeo:
lllner on weather West July SJ1s03lls,
oAiS-hecelpts, 9l,2oo; slles, ---; dulcs
out urn; track wnlte. Z%uS.
BEf.f-Steady' family, @.5ost9.'9.
PoRk-Steady; mess. $Sa9.Z7
lAARD-flrm; prime Western steam,
81; 70, nominal
~ II RecelptS; io.5oo pkgs.; quiet;
state dairy, lldlei ElSins. y.
CHEESE-Recelpts. 1873 pkgs.; quie. ;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-13
Smutty Oats.

The amount of oat smut in the crop,
the Ohio experiment station says. is al
together dependent upon the amount in
the oats used for seed, and it finds the
remedy in good part in the treatment of
the seed. Two methods have proven fair
Iy successful. These are:
First, immersing the seed from 10 to 10
minutes in scalding water-temperature
of water 1872 degrees to 1873 degrees F.
and soaking the seed from is to 20 hours
in solution of potassium sulphide diver
of sulphur) made by dissolving ~ pounds
of the sulphide in % gallons of water.
This solution should be kept in wooden
vessel In the hot water treatment the
seed is placed in wire mesh vessel, or
in an open gunny bag. and then i'm
mersed Ten minutes treatment gave the
same results as Is minutes, while the
longer did no injury. With the potassium
sulphide method the grain is covered di-
rectly by the liquid and allowed to re-
main for the time stated. In both cases
the seed viii need to be dried to sow in
the drill. but may be sown broadcast
white still wet.
Second Consists in treating the seed
oats in piles by sprinkling with a solu-
zion of potassium sulphide from a water
ing can with rose. The grain must be
repeatedly stirred during treatment and
the sprinkling is done also at intervals Of
an hour. BY this method the smut was
reduced from u per cent to l per cent in
one case; from ~ per cent. to 10 per cent
in another. Hot water and sulphidc
soaking treatments of the same seed re
duced the smut to one-tenth Of per cent
and siX-tenths OF j per cent of smut re-
speCtiVey.
The details of the sprinklinE method
are: Dissolve orc pound of fresh pOtas-
stun sulphide in 1879 gallons Of water in
Il wooden vessel. This solution will be
enough to treat 200 pounds or u lsbusheis
,Ft oil In of b, "a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-13
THREE KILLED.
Two Passenger Trains Collide
at Harrisburg, Florida.
Express, Going As Miles an Hour,
Crashes Into a Special.
Horrible Death Of Postal Clerk PinioneG TO
an Engine Boiler.

Charlotte, n. c.. April ia north
bound Florida special, on the southern
Railway. No. Sc. and local south bound
passenger train No. II collided, SUNDAY,
at Harrisburg. a small town, about y
miles north of this city, killing three ana
wounding six persons. The killed are;
7. clingman Benton of Charlotte, aged
%. postal clerk.
Titus Eudy of Forestvile, conductor
VIII Donaldson fireman.
The wounded: w, S. Tunstail OF pan Fan
vile, engineer of No. 50, badly seaided
about the head, arms and face; }: Z: MN
ney of Thomasville, engineer OF NO II;
scalded about the chest, back, arms al9
neck, will die; James Lowell, conductor OF
No. II, cut on the face; Fitzhuge Lee
coioreo porter of No. IL, legs hurt; " ~
S. Clemens of East Durham ~ C"sIlehl-
ly hurt; r. f.. Gallagher, express mess
enger, hurt about the head and arms al
SO badly bruised.
The north bound special was late IN
leaving Charlotte, but was given the
local train at Harrisburg, where there
is a siding. No. II had slowed up pre-
paratory to taking this siding ana Was
but 100 yards from the north END OF the
switch when the express running at 40
miles an hour, dashed into it, The two
engines came together with terrlhc
crash.
Just previous to the collision, Engineer
Tunstall applied the air brake and
jumped. Many of the passengers on NO
&c were thrown from the seats but none
of them We're hurt The two express cars
on the north bound train were shattered
into thousand pieces and soon after the
accident the postal car OF the local
caught fire but by the the use OF cheml-
Gals the flames were extinguished.
Postal Clerk Benton suffered a horr1-
Bile death. His legs were pnioned so close
TO the boiler of one of the engines that
he was severely burned by the heat and
steam. He begged piteously to his
rescurers to cut off his legs and extricate
him Although every effort was made to
release the sufferer, an hour and half
passed before he was taken out. Fifteen
minutes later he died.
Fireman Donaldson and Conductor
John Eudy were found in the center of
the wreck. Kinney was taken from the
wreck alive but so badly scalded that he
is not expected to live through the night.
General Julio Sanguilly. the American
citizen recently released from Cuban
prison, was a passenger on one of the
trains
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-13
HOME TESTIMONY.
Can Any be Stronger Garry More weight
or be More Convincing Than Augusta Tcs-
timony?

It's "a matter of claim and proof.
SAYS. Proof means what the people
say. It's Just so with the doctor. ASK
him if he can cure sick Kidneys? OF
course he can; but does he do it? It's
easier to tell you what's the matter
than to cure the trouble. They can tell
when the kidneys are over-taxed, but
can you? Doan's Kidney Pills know all
about the kidneys and better still they
cure them. Kidneys filter the blood;
take out the poisons that injure the
blood and impair digestion. This is not
theory but a fact backed by horne
testimony. People have been taking
them and many kidneys are now per
forming their functions in the proper
manner as nature designed. SO much
i'll health can be retraced to the kid
neys; pains and aches in many parts
of the body; arrangements of the
stomach: nervousness; sleepless nights
and miserable days. It's a simple
thing indeed TO change the course Of
your existence if the kidneys have put
you in such a condition. Deans Kid
ney Pills will do it as sure as the set
ting of the sun. Don't take our word
for this but investigate what your
neighbors say. Here's another case in
point, that of Mr.. a. b. Sihley. No $ Dick
man St, who says: My back has been
bad for ten years. My work that, of
linenan is against it. Sometimes the
pain was very acute, at other times
dull and grinding. I have used a lot of
remedies for it but never received much