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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

Gas 0f tie most successful but least
SHOWN cooperative associations is that
q ne Rockwell
farmers which has
just completed the
sventh year De it's existence; its re-
port shows that last year was its most
prosperous. The association, says the
Chicago Tribune, consists o9 farmers
u The vicinity Of Rockwell, Ia. Eleven
years ago there was q firm Of brothers
81 the neighborhood that grew rich So
rapidly BY buying the produce Of the
farmers and selling them supplies that
the Iatter resolved to secure these prof
its for themselves. They formed a CO.
operative association. selling stock to
9s farmers in four townships in shares
Of one dollar each, no man being all
lowed TO own more than three shares.
The association built an elevator and.
began the business Of marketing the
grain and hogs Of its members and sell
ing them their supplies. Antique pro-
vision in the constitution has been the
bu1wark Of the association. The MEM
bers are paid one-fourth of a cent more
than is given the seller outside the So
ciety, and members are compelled to
pay one-fourth Of a. cent commission on.
az grain they sell to competitors. The
manager pays the highest price possi-
bic, based on Chicago quotations, and
n any competitor offers higher prices
the members sell to him and pay the
commission into the association.
Thus the associations members al
ways have q market where they can
get the highest prices or else the com
petitor must pay more than the mar
ket price to the benefit Of both the as
ISOLATION and its members. AS a re-
suit, the farmers have actually always
received from one-haf cent to w
cents more for their grain than do the
farmers in neighboring counties. The
goods sold by the association are at
prices from 20 to rs per cent. less than
ct regular stores in nearby towns.
The association has grown until it new
has 500 members, and did over $5OO,00o
business last year. The success of the
association is due largely to the excel
lent management Of its affairs and also
to the fact that public sentiment pre-
vents q break The two or three farm
ers who have sold grain to outsiders
without paying the commission have
been o~stracized socially. Its profits, OF
course, r due to the fact that the
middIeman is eliminated and its man
ayers are content to work for merely
nominal salaries. The wreck Of most
cooperative associations has been due
Go baa management and the lack Of
aounSprinciRles i'm the conduct Of their
affairs.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

In a recent case Of pneumonia $500
gallons Of oxygen was used, the sick
man was packed in ice, an alcohol bath
was given every 25 minutes, and four
quarts Of milk with three quarts Of
whisky we're administered daily. The
Brooklyn paper that tells this story
says the patient recovered.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

The New Workers have a queer idea
o. what constitutes insanity. A
wealthy woman who made a formal
eaH the other day, clad in her night
gown, Is put down as insane, while a
woman who named her twin boys Rob
ert Rapid Transit Behrend and Wil-
liam Rapid Transit Behrend Is credit
ed with the possession Of normal rea-
soulnp faculties.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

The free town library, n Of the
best educational gifts Of the nine
w- teeuth century to.
the world, bids fair
ia the twentieth
century to become stin more than it
d now a stimulant to intellectual
progress. Collections OF books for the
scholar and the rich there have been
from the earliest times: but a Ii
brary belonging to the whole commu-
nifty, rich and poor. learned and ig-
norant, laborer and professional man.
Is purely q product Of the last half
century. Fifty years ago, says Youths
Companion, there were about a score
in Massachusetts,, To-day all but
seven Of her 1858 towns have a free Ii
brary. In the whole country there
are not less than 10000 such libraries.
But a mere collection OF books, with
out a faithful librarian, however valu-
able, is, like an u~ndeveloped mine,
practically Of no use, The town IL
brarian is, like the library itself, a
product Of the closing century, and
has become a new intellectual leader
in the community. The minister is
responsible only for his particular
congregation, the teacher for her
scholars, the doctor for his patients,
the employer for his work-people. The
librarian knows no distinction Of sect,
age, condition or occupation. Through
the help which he gives, sermons are
better, teachers more stimulating, doc
tors o skillful. The idle ~schooIboy
becomes an eager student, and the in
ferior mechanic an intelligent artisan.
Through his aid, reading clubs coun-
teract the bad influence of sensational
newspapers and poor novels. Interest
in local and national history is fos-
tered, and a discerning love awakened
for the manifold variety and beauty
Of field and forest life. A dispenser of
light, the faithful librarian is an
earnest seeker after light. We know
Of no body of men and women more
jealous in endeavoring to perfect
themselves in their chosen profession.
Their reward comes in such testimony
as was given by the teachers of a
Maine city: eve could not teach
without the library"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
THE PORTO RICO A
Honor, Justice and Equity TrampIed
Under Foot by a Trust
Congress-

the Porto Rican tariff bill infamy
has passed the United States senate
and house, and now, according to SEN
ator Davis, the Porto Ricans are as
sured of free rum and taxed bread"
The victory was moi overwhelming,
but it was enough to demonstrate that
the government of the nation and the
welfare of its people r at the mercy
of the trusts, 1t was a victory for the
sugar and tobacco trusts, a vindica-
tion of the course of Mark Hanna, the
trust leader, the elimination OF the
reign of corruption and the apothesis
of the money power. 1t stamps lie
seal of utter incompetency upon the
Mckinley administration and betrays
the untrustworthiness of the repub.
liean party.
1t was amusing to hear Depew.
Spooner, Cullom and the others charge
the trusts with seeking to defeat the
bill and secure free trade. All the
more amusing when everybody knows
that the only lobby in Washington
since the Porto Rican matter came up
was headed by Henry Oxnard, of the
sugar trust, who fought for the tariff
bin, and even influenced the president
himself to abandon his conscientious
convictions of plain duty. The reck-
oning must now be made with the peo-
pie. They viii see the spector of
betrayal stalk among them as a warn
ing against their own betrayal by the
same influences that have controlled.
and do now control, a republican adj
ministration and hold the republican
party in its grasp.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

An odd method of pulling a tooth
was tried a few days ago by a Bloom
vile IN. W young man who had been
suffering with toothache. In vain he
tried to extract the molar with a
pincers and string. Then his anger
rose, and when his wife tainted him
with not having a particle of sand he
resolved upon desperate measures.
Procuring a yard of stove pipe wire,
he fastened one end of it firmly around
the deeply-rooted tooth in such a man
ner that it could not pull loose, and
the other end he wound around a ram
rod. Taking down his shotgun, he
placed an extra charge Of powder in
the barrel, rammed the rod home, and,
stepping to the door, he cooked the
gun, opened his mouth and fred sky
ward. There was a loud explosion and
tooth and ramrod sailed away sky
ward. He has not since been troubled
with toothache.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

Through the operation Of Boston's
Sunday cigar law, people who wanted
to smoke there on a recent Sunday
were compelled to buy a cheap box OF
matches at a large price, and receive
the tobacco, cigar or cigarette as a
present.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
Efterarv Help.

Oannfbal King Ito poet laureatel-Whatag
wrong with that coronation odes Cantyou
finish itR
Laureate-I can't get enough teet ~ the
aOaicer Of the guard, 60 out and cut
enough feet of those slaves to supply the
poet laureate needs. 1T shall never be said
that King Oombalonskago did not sneour-
age literature to the limit. baltimore
American.
He-'H I were poor would you still love
me?s She-"Why ask2 Do Inot love you
pow?" He-aYes, but riches have wings.
To-day I am wealthy. tomorrow I may be
poor. Who can teIlg' She-"It's the same
with love, dear. To-day love, tomorrow
who can tell?"-Pick-Me-Up.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

Two miles from Stuart, Va on the
Farm Of =. ". Robertson, stands the
famous Robertson tree, the parent of
al apple trees Of that name in the
9ntted States. It bears a large, red
apple which keeps well audit has pro
aaced ST bearing SIS bushels; is
about so years old and Is stn bearing.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

Twin boys born in New York on
me day the great new tunnel was
started have been named Robert Rap
e aud William bapid Transik
an e. living wnr heroes has sub
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

A shell-fsh, known as the pianna,
in the Mediterranean has the curious
power OF spinning a yiscid silk, which
is made in Italy into a regular fabric,
There is a fish that ought to make
music as well.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

When the war and all that has been
associated with it comes to Ne summed
mp, comments a London paper, it will.
be found that the part which women
have played in It viii be by no means
an insignificant one. It has often
been said by those who love to tease
women that it is perfectly ridiculous
Of them eve to talk Of equality with
the other sex unless they are pre-
pared to dare all that becomes a man
and take their share Of soldering with
him. But when the present campaign
a oyer and the work which had been
done one way or another by women
j. reYiewed-if. indeed, all that they
have done is ever fully known and rec,
ognized-the champions of the sex
win certainly be able to retort that
though they may not have worn khaki
uniforms and handled lee-metfords
and forded rivers and stormed with
ahot and shell, yet they have in diff
6erent ways taken a very active and
Important share in the campaign.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

The Omaha man who spent lis days
in jail rather than tell a lie was doubt
less trying to run his affairs as George
Washington would. But at that rate
he win have a hard time doing any
business.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
CertninIv 4 prIne Thoneht.

A teacher Of music in one Of the public
schools of the south desired to impress the
pupils with the meaning of the signs 'tf'F
and "f'' in a song they were about to sing.
a Ai5eF ssfNP5alnie esil 52eg 4 p Pe msa8 69r5 fort he
what does Eff mean?'
Silence reigE2d for a moment, and then he.
was astonished to hear a bright little fell
low shout:
"Eightyl"-New Lippincott.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

1t IS reported that a number Of
wealthy sportsmen Of Bridgeport,
Conn, have sent to Kansas for 60 dozen
quail. AS soon as the birds arrive they
win be taken out in patches and lib
Grated at various points in the sur
rounding country. They cost S. a
dozen, and it is expected that when
liberated they viii be easily able to
maintain themselves. Quails mate in
April and May. Each pair will pro-
duce two broods Of ten OF twelve birds
eaeh during the Eummer and early
tall. The Bridgeport men think that
about 90 per cent. Of the young will
survive. 50 that in the fail there will
be about 5000 quail to kill when the
law IS OH.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

A Kansas paper mentions the death
Of G. Whizz. He was the gentleman
whose name was so universally used
by cur Christian people as a substi-
tute for the f~avorite swear words Of the
sinful class.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

1t is believed that a good many
congressman viii be careful to forget
to send their constituents that copy Of
the Congressional Record which con
falns their vote on the Porto Rico bill.
-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

Senator Depew estimates that fully
one-half of all charitable efforts are
productive of more harm than good,
They increase ~pauperism, and encour-
age paupers to remain paupers. The
worst form that charity can take is
when it pauperizes the recipient .
The estimate of one-haf Of all char
ity being evil may seem startling;
possibly it is exaggerated. If true it
is still no argument against a contin-
uance OF charitable effort. Not less
b~enevolences but-more discretion in
manifegting it, is the rule suggested,
The charity that encourages self-help
is always good.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

Fine legal points come up In Com
necticut. It has just been held in that
state that asking for a chew OF tobacco
fa not begging under the law.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

The genuine maple sugar makers
r organizing exchanges for gelf-pro-
lection. To these they send their
strip and sugar, for grading, weigh
ing and stamping, thus guaranteeing
the genuineness Of the product.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

1t is reported that Rev. j. s. Bitter,
a Methodist clergyman, Of Missouri,
is organizing a company to develop
gold mining claims at Cripple Creek,
the proceeds of which are to be de-
voted to q fund for evangelistic work
in large cities.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

The American corn kitchen at Paris
viii be in charge Of a eolored woman
trained as a cook in Maryland
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

Growing flowers for the Easter mar
ket is not a sure business, even with
the best florists, says a city florist. A
very small mi~scalculation will result
either in forcing the flowers too soon
or in delaying their blooming until the
Easter demand is over. In either event
the flowers T a heavy loss.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
Hoods


"I had that tired feeling all the time.
Vas as tired in the morning when !
rose as I was when I went to bed. ]
took four bottles of Hoods Sarsa.
parilla and it made me feel like a new
man. I could work hard and not feel
tired. I recommend Hoods to all
who need a good medicine" A. p,
CHARTER, Creston, Iowa.
Hoods SarsapaFIIIa is sold by all drug
gtsts. Get Hoods and ouly Hoods.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

Typewriting experts instead Of hand
writing experts we're introduced in a
recent trial IN New York.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

The citizens Of Lagrange, Ind, have
presented a remonstrance to the town
board that is out of the ordinary. A
skunk farm was started within the cor
porate limits of that city and the scent
was more than the neighbors could
stand. The remonstrance is drawn up
In legal form and is signed by 20 resi-
dents.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
That
Tired Feeling.

just as surely indicates that
the blood is lacking in vitality
and the elements of health as
does the most obstinate humor
that the vital fluid is full Of
impurities. Hoods Sarsaparilla
cures that tired feeling by en-
ricbing and vitalizing the blood,
creating a good appetite and in
MIGRATING every organ of the
body.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

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Here is the latest story, according to
the Kansas City Journal, on the man
Disaster sure who is too stingy
to take his home
FOLLOW" paper: "a man who
was too economical to take this pa
per sent his little boy to borrow the
copy taken by his neighbor. In his
haste the boy ran over a ~four-dollar
stand ofbees, and in ten minutes looked
like a warty summer squash. His cries
reached his father, who ran to his as
sistance, and failing to notice a barbed-
wire fence a into that, breaking it
down, cutting a handful of flesh from
his anatomy and running a four-dollar
pair of pants. The old COW took adj
vantage of the gap in the fence and
got into the cornfeld, and killed her-
self eating green corn. Hearing the
racket, the wife ran, upset a four-gal-
Ion churn full Of rich cream into a
basket Of chickens, drowning the
whole flock. In the hurry she dropped
a seven-dollar set Of false teeth. The
baby, left alone, crawled through the
spilled milk and into the parlor, ruin
ing a brand new $40 carpet. During
the excitement the oldest daughter ran
away with the hired man, the dog
broke up II setting hens, and the
calves got out and chewed the tails
off four fine shirts.'
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

Don't hang on to the men who are above
you, then you won't get dropped.-Chicago
Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

Prof. Jordan says the prospect for
the twentieth century farmer, from a
material standpoint, is good. No
lands r exhausted beyond redemp-
ton. Present knowledge will enable
farmers to restore waste places and
maintain or increase the present fer
Utility Of available lands. Prof. Crooks
prophecy Of a permanent wheat deficit
in 1912, because Of a lack of nitrogen,
is not seriously taken by many we'll
informed men. The proposition has
not been proved. Science has brought
a defense against exhausted fertility.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

To correct exaggerated reports re-
garding the loss of life among Ameri-
con troops in the Philippines, the war
department has published a summary,
which shows that the mortality from
all causes, from the beginning of the
American occupation of the islands,
June /, 1898, to February II, 1900, was
1925. This is at the rate of "a deaths
a month for the entire period.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

The South African war has again
given the horse a-dignifed place among
u.,s. y, the worlds things
Of value, but it il
Ae doubtful whether
he is to be congratulated upon his re-
h%abilitation. Though he is no longer
a drug on the market, says the Chicago
Tribune, he has no brighter future be-
fore him then at any other time since
the trolley a and the automobile be.
gan to crowd him off the earth. For
the crowding-oR process continues at
a rate that might well alarm the whole
equine race. Competent authorities
estimate that the Boer war is killing
at least 5000 horses per month, which
will account FOR 5000 or 40, 1000 animals
since the beginning OF the war, not
counting those used for table purposes
in Ladysmith, Kimberley and Mafe-
king. There is every probability that
the wastage of horses will be still.
greater when the British penetrate
farther into the Boer country. The
Beers take special pains to kill the
enemy's horses, because the death Of
a horse is almost as great a military
loss as the death of a man. The climate
also causes the wholesale sickness and
death Of the unacclimated animals.
To supply this enormous wastage the
British are securing the horse mar
kets of the world. The war Office is
said to have arranged to convey 10000
horses in 90 vessels from New Orleans,
Buenos Ayres and Australian ports,
while at the same time a New York dis
patch states that a contract has been
nearly completed in that city for 10000.
more. If the war continues long
enough at this rate the American
horse breeders will be in clover.
, 1900-01-08
KISSED BY TAE QUEEN.
A Gracious Dist tnction Conferred Upon
a Brave Soldier.

To be Knight of the Thistle is a big
honor, of course" remarked an old
quartermaster sergeant, amidst a dis
cussion among some military men at
Chatham, says Pearson's Weekly;
but | Cau claim a distinction lots in
front of that, or of kissing hands with
the queen, as they say of the custom
observed by cabinet ministers when
taking over the seals of Office"
You're chucking it, mon,' observed a
Btalwart sergeant frae the far north.
well" the veteran non-COm. went on
to explain. the good fortune which be-
fel me was to be kissed by the queen
an intimation which caused the little
party to gather round yet closer.
you're having us, Jock" observed a
oredulous corporal. land If you want
the Ratchet say so, for the present
holder is fair Outclassed." NO" the
distinguished soldier, as he claimed to
be, commended, "it is you that's out OF
it. as you will see. You may have
heard of my being the youngest bugIer
that took part in the Crimea, and such
fact secured for me a place among the
survivors who were inspected by the
queen after peace vas proclaimed"
when the wounded went by, some in
chairs Quite so. Well, | was than
a little fiaxen-haired, ~red-Cheeked
youngster, very small for my age, and
l suppose contrasted a good deal with
the worn veterans. When my turn
came to pass her majesty asked how
old I was, and on replying a little over
thirteen, at the same time giving quite
the best salute possible, the queen
said: Dear little fellow and then gave
me a kiss on the cheek. So you see
how | anne to receive a gracious dis
tinction which from generals down
ward no other soldier has ever been
able to lay claim to. That honor's
mine alone"
, 1900-01-08

]. I. Bevry, Loganton, Pa, writes,
Il am willing to take my oath that
was cured of pneumonia entirely by the
use of One Minute Cough Cure after
doctors failed. 1t also cured my chill
dren of whooping cough" Quickly re-
lieves aud cures coughs, colds, Group,
grippe and throat and lung troubles.
Children all like it. Mothers endorse
it.-A. H. Cordiner, Druggist.
, 1900-01-08

II am indebted to One Minute Cough
Cure for my health and life. It cured
me of lung trouble following grippe
Thousands owe their lives to the
prompt action Of this never failing
remedy. 1t cures coughs, colds, Group,
bronchitis, pneumonia, grippe and
throat and lung troubles. Its early use
prevents consumption. 1t is the only
harmless remedy that gives immediate
results.-A. H. Cordiner, Druggist.