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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18

should never have their heads cut off,
but they should be bled by making an
incision across the roof of the mouth,
then the feathers plucked as Don as
possible, leaving a few on the head and
lower part of the legs, and on capors
the wing feathers left IN. In dry
picking care should be used not to tear
the skin, and if in any case the skin
should be torn sew II up with a needle
and small white thread.
The large tail and wing feathers
should be pulled first, the operator ait
ting on a low stool or box with a large
orlcloth apron tied around him, as the
fowl will still be bleeding when the
picking is commenced. Pick the large
feathers off first, aud as fast as posi-
BILE; the piufeathers can come off at
leisure, and be sure to get all the black
ones out, if you have to use a knife 20
get under them,
If the fowls are to be scalded, bring
che water nearly up to the boiling point
and dip the fowl three times, holding
on to the head and drawing the fowl
backwards through the water by the
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18
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r.; f;.IIs,s;;5I5y q g!.S!
0 1SlGNITS
L FOR MARKET.
The Price Paid I'm City Market Je-
ponds Largely ON How the
birds Are Prepared.

1t is not very pleasant to have your
clothes all spattered with blood and
filth, but you stand a very good chance
of this being done when you kill a
chicken for the family dinner unless
you are quick enough to give the chick
en- an aerial twist of the wrist and run
for all you are worth. The simple illus
trations. Figs. / and 2, show how easily
this can be avoided.
My intention is to show how to pre-
pare for the market, but shall com
mence with our own dinner table first.
In Fig. l is shown a common piece of
cloth. with a hem around the edges and
eight holes worked in the edges the
same as bu]ttonholes, and a hole in the
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18
CULTURE OF
II Needs a Moist Soil and a seed Bed
in Ground Entirely Free
from Weeds.

Alfalfa needs a fine seed bed in
ground free from weeds. Seeding
should be done IN April and the ground
handled so that at seeding time il will
be moist for at least Is to 20 inches.
This condition can DE secured on many
soils by fall blowing, puIverizing the
soil to a depth of five or six inches with
n disc harrow before blowing. Soil
inclined to blow car be lightly ridged
or subsurface packed after blowing.
In western Kansas a successful alfal-
ia grower runs burrows through the
prairie surrounding his alfalfa to con-
duct the surplus water from each rain
to the field. This may be done to get
moisture into the soil during the win
ter before seeding. Alfalfa roots deep
ly and must have a subsoil that it can
penetrate. Where the subsoii is imper-
vious a subsoiler can be used, or where
there is no danger from washing the
ground can be thrown up into high,
sharp ridges before freezing. The frost
will thoroughly pulverize the ridges,
putting them into good condition for
a seed bed when leveled in the spring,
and will ]pulverize the subsoil in the
burrows deeper, better and cheaper
than a subsoil plow.-Western PIow-
man
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chickens, and their struggles amount
to very little.
For home use the fowls head should
be cut off, then allowed to bleed thor
{ ghly, then scalded and the feathers
ptucked. One mistake common among
our home cooks is to have the chicken
boiling in the pot before it is hardly
through kicking. The fowl should be
killed so that there will be plenty of
time for all of the animal heat to get
out of the body; this improves the
favor wonderfully and is more sani-
tary.
The above are all the directions nee
essary up TO the cooking point, for
home purposes, but for market it is
quite different. For the home markets
the fowls may be scalded to pluck the
feathers, but for shipping always dry
pick, to get the best price. The fowls
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18
Bacon or Ham Rnshers.

This is an exceedingly economical,
but, nevertheless, most appetizing dish
Remnants of cold boiled potatoes, cauli-
flower and cabbage should be III up to,
gether, and fried brown in the fat I Il
which the bacon or ham has been
cooked. Season the mixture, make a
layer of it a the bottom of a warm dish
2rQ arrange warm fried rashers of
bacon upon 1t.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18
DAINTY MoUCHoIRs.
The Hand-EmbrOidered Handkera
chief of sheerest Linen Ia
the Fad of the Hour.

1t is now quite the fad to make ones
own handkerchiefs. The sheerest linen
is purchased for the mouehoir, and so
carefully is the work done, that it re-
quires weeks to complete a single one,
especially if it be much trimmed.
For shopping and ordinary use the
handkerchief is usually quite plain. The
edges are turned over and hemstitched,
care being taken never to catch more
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18
cHILD's SCHOOL APRON.
Departure I'm the Garment That
Protects the Little Maids
Pretty Dresses.

Children's furnishing stores are show
ing designs in little girls lawn aprons
this year that are quite out Of the or
binary. More material is employed
in their construction than in those Of
former years, and less lace trimming
is visible.
-Four yards Of lawn are required for
an apron for a child Of seven Of eight
years. Tucktng for the yoke can be
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18
WHEELS AS
VIII Carry Bicycles Free Of
obnoxious Charges.

It Is no more than natural that the
question Of carrying bicycles by rail-
ways should be considered from a diff
ferent point of view by the wheelm"n
than by the managers of these trans
portation companies. The secretary of
the L. A. w. has prepared a brief COW
ering the question from his standpoint,
that is, regarding bicycles as baggage
a commodity which. by long use at
least, and up to a certain amount. rail-
roads expect to carry without charge,
in consideration of the purchase of 4
transportation ticket by its owner. Mr..
Bassett states that at the present tim9
1875 American railroads are carrying
bicycles as baggage. some of these vol
unfairly and some after compulsion by
the courts. On the Pennsylvania sys-
tenn the voluntary method was adopted,
while the president of the Long Island
railroad is quoted as saying that, as h.
regards the wheelmen among his most
profitable customers. he is DESTROYS o.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS than discouraging,
their travel over his line. The ground
Is taken in this statement that, If Il
hays a railroad to carry Saratoga
hunks and theatrical scenery as bag
NgdGe, it certainly should be profitable
tokcarry 25-pcund bicycles as such, and
thai, although fhese wheels will no!
ad II of being thrown around by bag
pak handlers. there should be little
trouble experienced under reasonable
handling. in delivering them to their
owners in as satisfactory a condition
as they were when NATURALIZATION
uz-oIl
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18

"Ihope," said the philanthropic caller
at the Jail, that you appreciate the
r meaning of Penitence."
Il reckon | does" replied the hard.
ened offender. Il spent eight years in
penitentiary. "-Washington Star.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18

than five threads at a draw. The hem
is then striped with colored linen or silk
thread. Sometimes it is worked with
the cross-stitch finished by a fancy
stitching in the square, and a mono
gram.
Evening kerchiefs are hemmed and
edged with the rarest valenciennes and
point lace. If desired the initial is III
broidered in the corner.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1899-02-18

A large turtle affords eight pounds of
tortoise shell.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27

Owing to the lack of steel castings
and plates 500 workmen have been tenn
porarily Laid Off, from the great Cramp
shirbuiiding yard In Philadelphia. In
spite of the tremendous output of fur
naces, rolling mills and foundries. there
Is a genuine iron famine prevailing in
this country. At the present time eleven
great blast furnaces are under way or
contemplated. They will produce about
25oo,ooo tons Of pig iron yearly. but this
relief will not be available until next
year. The outlook for the iron industry
indicates an increase rather than de-
crease Of the present phenomenal activ-
ity, and II iron Is the barometer Of trade
conditions. as is so often asserted. then
cloudiess skies, with a brightly shining
sun OF prosperity, may be safely FORE
casted for a long period for this fortu-
nate country.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27

Bertilion's fantastic theories. to which
the Dreyfus court-martial Is listening
with such gravity. would not stand q
moment in a court accustomed to weigh
and determine the value Of evidence.
The court OF cessation scarcely consid-
cred It for moment. and yet the judges
Of the ourt-martial are evidently much
Impressed by 1t. : The testimony of M.
Colbert. an expert. who was first con-
suited by the army officers. but when
they found he was convinced that the
bordereau is In Esterhazy's handwriting
dropped him for Bertillon. Is clear and
to the point, but apparently had no
weight, whatever with Col. Jouaust and
his associates. 1t appears as II the
court was making every effort to find
an excuse for verdict against the pris-
oner and cannot conceal his impotence
when testimony favorable to him is
offered.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27

The death In New York on Thursday
last Of Judge Henry Hilton brings to
view some Singular aspects Of the legal
mans life and practice II was Judge
Hilton who managed the vast estate
Of A. T. Stewart. after the death Of that
noted millionaire tradesman. and It was
he who raade % soodIy . show Of anx-
tety 70 recover the stolen body Of the
deceased.
Judge Hilton attracted attention by
many curious and almost freaky ac-
tions. but in nothing was he more dis
cussed than in his despotical edict that
no Jew should Be permitted to enter
certain OF his magnificent hotels at
Coney island. The order was an alb
surd one. 1T for the anti-Semites Of
France and Germany, and II brought
upon the distinguished lawyers head
an amount Of opprobriam and practical
hatred that easily stands ~ . proof Of
his foolishness. Race hatred has no
place In m American community.
Although Judge Hilton was engaged
In many fights with many eminent and
powerful people during his life, and al
though he achieved emsnence himself
through his unquestionable ability, this
animosity against the Jews stands out
against his memory and brands him
with the one mark OF CAIN which
seems always to scar the best of memo
ries. In the time OF A. T. Stewart. mil
lionaires were not the abundant crea-
lures that they are supposed to be to-
day. and the management OF q million
aires estate was In itself q monumental
undertaking. Hilton could have closed
his career with noble record had he
chosen to do strictly his lawyers bust
ness with the estate. az q lawyer should
do: but he took advantage OF his posi-
ton. showed his poor ability to appre-
ciatc the function OF riches. and went to
his grave under practically financial
ruin. wrought by the determined hand
Of the race which he had excluded from
his hotels.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27
AFTERTHOUGHTs.

I. is now suggested that the Democratic
national Platform Of 100 favor national ex-
rsnsson and condemn imperialism This
should ne perfectly satisfactory 10 the aver
age Democrat.
es' 80 ssa
IL Is getting pretty near time To hear
something from Gen Joe Wheeler. He has
been at Manila nearly tao weeks. and that
is Longer than he usually remains quiet
when any fighting is going on.
- 30 40
The New York Evening Post Is inclined
20 he shocked a; the unexpected growth 81
the snts-expansion movement; 1; had no
idea Of catching Croker and is now acting
az IL II would Hike So get oG: OF the boat
- - -
Ella Wheeler Wilcox says: 'ls is safer
for beautiful woman 10 hare her should
ers to the average artist than 20 the aver
crage leader Of cottiltnns" All. Ella. II
there II any danger In either ease you
would 80 better 70 sorbear.
&c a. 80
~ his speech az the Jscksoniaa picalc
In oraaSs August r. Mr.. Bryan said: No
miner and no farmer can afford 10 BE q
Republican" Mr.. Bryan mast think min
srs and farmers have short memories
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27

Time will probably prove that the
trust bugaboo Is much less formidable
than people have been led to believe.
Experience has already shown that a
successful trust soon finds that It does
not control all the capital waiting profit
able investment, and that II must COM
ness. The meat trust seemed as firmly
intrenched as large capital and business
skill could make It, but the recently or
ganized Retail Butchers Protective AS
ISOLATION. with millions of capital back
successful war upon the wholesalers
trust. But few trusts will long monop-
olize any one field.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27

According TO the last treasury report
the number Of railway locomotives ex-
ported during the fiscal year ending June
30 was SIT. OF these. 20 went to Russia,
60 TO Japan. 81 to China. 50 10 Mexico.
50 to Canada, IS to the British East In
dies. Is to England, % to Sweden and
Norway. 80 to Brazil, II To the West In
dies and II 90 Africa. In 1894 there were
but ls2 locomotives exported. showing
nearly 400 per cent. increase In the past
five wears
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27
Dossier and DORdereaa.

An Answer to Many Questions
Answer-The "bordereau'' means an I'M
signed paper claimed to have been written
by Dreyfus and found in q waste barrel
outside the German embassy in Paris. The
following ID the full text Of this document:
Sir-Though have no news indicating
that you desire to see me. nevertheless !
/. A note on the hydraulic break of the
lao. and on the way In which this piece
& A note on the covering troops (some
notifications will be entailed by the new
plans). 900
g. A note on the modification In artillery
l. A note relative to Madagascar.
5. The project OF firing manual for field
artillery. March IA, 1894.
The last document u extremely dihicult
to procure. and can only have u at my
lister OF war has sent q limited number OF
copies to the several corps. and these corps
are responsible for Its return. each officer
in possession OF one to return after the
out Of It whatever interests you and hold
II afterward at my disposal, will take it.
Unless indeed. you would like me to have
II copied In extenso and then address to
you the COPY.
I am just on to the maneuvers.
The secret "dossier' is the term gener-
ally used to designate the brief for the
prosecution In the Dreyfus court-martial.
II was supposed to include references to
prove the guilt Of Capt. Dreyfus. which
were not communicated to him or to his
Counsel. although placed at the disposal Of
the court. The government declined to al
low II or the bordereau to be brought into
court at the lola trial.
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EXPANSION.

y James r puRni.. United States Consul Gen.
eral At ST. Gan.
Met Teller t'othey morain'-
Most am,sin' sort Of cuss:
Had q cur us style shsnt him
Cert niy couldn't well he wuss
/ SAYS Where you hail FIN pardnerf
An be smiled in kncwin way.
An rep,ied ia loren lingo.
Porto Rico. L. :. A.
Seen a Teller down On Broadway.
With a shcrkn head ~ hair.
An lot a trorir garments.
An NEST outlsni,sh air,
''whur's he fyssm''' q feller shouted.
An before we q time 20 ssJ.
This yere heather ;arned az sns'r'd:
'Honeyiuler. L. ;. A.
Ne. teller here oitre,
With a sarnhes gro er.
Had . let a shaggy vAissfTs.
Nearly al his Clothes wuz gone.
STOPPED an sst me fat qaa ter:
SAYS. NJ home is TER s~ay
''whur you frBmf" The ssrsains answered;
Santiago, I. ;.
Seen feiIes al the scu,hern.
wish heavy iron box
0~srcost iisled with ss&rskl1i
We're 4 csxen pair - sas-
Sired hIm SO 90 be uinef.
Jaissn' hs his awkward WAY
Seen him write tn ssx character:
'+Csscss 1sgy. L. Z. A.
Seen . ssaGls- -u.srrzi hsstlsn.
weaEin' earrings in nss nnse
Linen car rvand hss ankles
Nos. issdeeert lack nf eiotses-
WISER a thss heather gJs here srrinx sFSn'
! tnssasred IL i0sty vsy,
Az hs had the nerve 60 ansssr.
''Fruaa Mazsix, L. 4 A.
.unIYx Gs. ars I II never heard o
Th~~s here cAnnihals hsfsxe
Al, ,hes~ hsathsrs we're all rctkfss
WI ve stan fur enaf Gc-tf
Ner' yea Ash feiaeS
whar he's fFwns. an h~n say.
w:sA iarssv siEA o as<s-isa.
-ynn.ssle A-e-!css
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much more sensible viev oe the subject
than Il used 70 Do. While Il RECOGNIZES
the husbands authority over his home.
It aio recognizes the folly Of attempting
20 coercs . woman's inclinations against
her win.
There are two questions involved in the
effort % enjoin . man from visiting an-
other mans wife. One H. whether the
HUSBAND has the right 20 far to interfere
with the wife's freedom The other -
whether or not injunction 10 the right
remedy. II. II was asked, man may be
restrained from visiting wife. would Il
not seem just that at the wifes suit her
husband might be restrained from visit
ing another woman, and that woman re-
strained from receiving his visits!
The difficulty u not one that can Be
reached by injunction. and I. Is not wise
to strain that process In the attempt to
meet it. A wife il not now regarded a.
the mere property Of her husband. He
b the master Of his house, and II he OBJ
tects to visitors received by his wife. and
she refuses to regard his wishes. II II In
his power to abandon 1t. So far as the
man il concerned. public opinion would
probably sanction personal chastisement
II he persisted In visiting after he had
been requested by the husband to des.st.
II the wife persisted 1t would be manifest
that she had no respect for or affection
for her husband. and the motive for con-
tinuing the marital relation would cease
to exist. In that case the injunction
would be futile. The woman could re-
ceive the visits elsewhere than at her own
home. and the purpose Of the injunction
would be defeated.
Commenting upon the old law that "a
husband may chastise his wife with a
rod no thicker than his thumb" an Ala
bama judge said that in this country the
rule Of love had superseded the rule Of
force. 1t requires the consent Of both TO
insure the rule Of love: and where q
woman defies her husband in a matter SO
nearly affecting domestic happiness. there
can be no rule Of love and the whole legal
fiction falls to the ground.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27
THE SEATTLE Observation-Disclosures SUNDAY AUGUST H. 1898


Those who can remember four or I'VE years
hack win retort that they cannot aKord to
Be anything other than Republican,
- - -
Prof. Charles Eliot Norton says: THE
cry IL already rising from Maine to Texas
and from Texas to California. stop this
nshting In the Philippines Prof. Nor
ton has evidently mistaken Edward Akin
sons photograph for long distance teie-
phone.
Attorney General 0riggs says he cannot
decide the Carter case until he has heard
the argument Of the defendants counsel
Wayne Nacveagh. In the meantime Car
ter II drawing full pay and wondering
whether he win eventually b disgraced
or decorated.
- :. -
Senator Depew has a new story, illus
trating the method OF administering justice
In France, which Is somewhat rude but
pointed. A friend Of Dooley was In the
prisoners box. and Dooiey was on hand to
help him with his testimony.
who are you?" said the magistrate.
YIN Mr.. Dooley." responded the friend
Of the prisoner. with dignity. land am
here as a witness for the defense"
You're . liar" retorted the magistrate.
with hearty urbanity. There Is no de-
tense: the prisoner Is guilty"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27
AStrOnOmicS.

The leading lady and the first walking
gentleman had become involved In dis
pute. The noise OF the contention reached
the manager and he went behind the
scenes.
MY stars ne exclaimed, What under
the shining canopy Is the matter with
you?"-Chicago Tribune.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27
Cnappreclated.

II did my best to be entertaining" said
the young man In a voice Of sorrow.
ibid you succeed?'
I'm afraid not. ! recited Hamlet's solil-
oQuy. She looked at me reproachfully for
several seconds. and then exclaimed.
don't think that's very funny. wash
iuytou Star.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27

II don't mind sayln I'm disappointed In
that boy Of mine." observed Farmer Brum-
back 1--WE spent mighty nigh 5000 max
I asked him the other day what would cure
q wart. I'm darned II he could tell me-
Chicago Tribune.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27
Everything Goes.
pittsburx Times

What strikes the maj ,rity of people as
most curious about the Dreyfus trial 10
the go-as-you-please character OF the :es-
timony Anything from the fall OF Jeri-
cho 10 the F.tzsimmons fight that a wit
ness chooses to drag In seems to be re-
garded as relevant.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27

Doctor, what do you think Is the matter
with my husband?"
'sWcll. from the indications / should say
that II was an unmistakable case OF gas
tritis."
II knowed II: told him he'd get sick
foolin' with that gas-meter. "-Richmond
Dispatch
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27
Consolation.

Miss Goodbiood-So that fortune teller
told you your marriage would be failure!
Mrs Highnyer-Yes dear: but don't you
go to worrying, She said my second and
third marriages would turn out just splen-
did-Judge.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27
A Surprise for the Country.
Savannah saSa y News.

The announcement Is made that Mr. Ar
thur Sewall, OF Maine. who was Mr.. Bry.
ans running mate in 1S96, has retired from
politics. AS a matter Of fact, the country
has not known that Mr.. Sewall was In
politics during the last two years and
more.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27

Despite tho unreasonable weather.
which has affected 70 sorle extent focai
trade. eiearings for the past week show
a large Increase over those 81 the CORE
spending wreck " last year. Evadstrevs
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All the Same After They

All the same After They're Eaten.
81 had some French cartridges for
luncheon today" said Dobson.
what are they?" asked Mrs Dobson.
well, translated into English, I think
they are robins said Dobson.--Harper's
Bazaar.