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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
MOUNTAIN THAT IS A MIRROR
prised and Greatly Interested
Catholic Missionaries.

A few months ago some Catholic mis-
s~ionaries made a journey in Katanga,
a large district which contains many
of the upper waters of the Congo. Ono
day they approached a mountain
which, they later learned, was ex-
tremely rich in iron ore. In fact, the
travellers say the mountain is little else
than a huge block of iron from summit
to base. The natives call the noun
tain Kabwe-Marwi.
The missionaries, says a foreign ex-
change, spent several days in the neigh
borhood, and each evening, they say,
the mountain was illumined in a won-
derful manner under the influence Of
the rays of the setting sun. The upper
part of it seemed to be an immense
reflector launching far out into the
plain the beams of light revived from.
the Star of Day"
One evening, after a day of rain that
had washed all the dust from the
mountain side, the brilliancy of the
reflection was greater than usual, and
Father Ter Mat decided to seek the
exact aus of this phenomenon. So
at sunrise next morning he began the
difficult task of scaling the steep slope
of this mountain of iron. He finally
reached the highest peak, 6,sSS feet
above the sea level, and there he found
a great rock whose side, turned toward
the western sun; was as polished and
bright as a mirror and shone like bur-
nished.steeL. 1t seemed to be a block of
almost pure metal. This shining sur
face contains several hundred square
feet, and fully explains the remark
able r~efraction of the solar rays. The
only explanation of the increased bril-
liapcy on that particular day is that
the rain washed away all particles that
bedimmed the polished surface and left
it a fine natural mirror where the fall
ing beams of light were launched again
far out over the plain with dazzling
effect.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
sMOTE THEM WITH EMERoDs.
The Bible Plague Indicted Upon Ash
dOd Was the Same as the
BubOniC One.

Not long ago certain scientists were
satisfied with having, to their own sat
isfaction, proven that the bubonic
plague existed 300 years before Christ.
But lately other scientists, namely,
Drs. F. Tidswel and J. A. Dick, have
brought before the Royal Society of
New South Wales evidence to show
that the epidemic of 1141 before
Christ, described in the first book of
Samuel (chapers 4 and 81, was true
bubonic plague.
After the Philistines had captured
the ark of the covenant and taken it
to Ashdod severe illness broke out
among the people. ''The hand of the
Lord was heavy upon them Of Ashdod,
and he destroyed them and smote
them with emerOdB." The ark was
afterward taken to Ekron, and here
again we are told ''There was a dead
~ destruction throughout all the
city y = = and the men that died
not were smitten with emerods, and
the cry of the city went up to heav-
en-"
Int WIN Cu4GLOu mas uSud1ly
been taken to mean ~hemorrhoids, but
in the revised version of the Old Tes-
lament it is stated to mean tumor or
plague bod. The epidemic in Philis-
tia occurred at the time of the regular
plague season, and mice are men
toned in connection with it, which
furnishes additional evidence that the
epidemic was plague, for a connection
between the death of rats and plague
at Bombay and elsewhere has been
clearly established. Taking all the
facts into consideration. There APP
pears to be contained in the few chap
tiers of L. Samuel an account of bu-
bonic plague that occurred more than
500 years previous to the hitherto ac-
eepted historic record.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
SKIN TIGHT TROUSERS.
Gen. Bates Waits Two Hours while
a DatO OF suIu Changes Hla
Neither GnrRents.

'The most amazing thing about a.
Moro is his trousers. If he is of any.
station, or has any money, they are
made Of silk, and the more coIors and
the brighter they are the better. I
have seen,' says a writer in Ainslee's
Magazine, 'red, green, yellow, white
and black all in one pair. And the
greens and reds are no soft, subdued
affairs; they are the most violent and
vehement things in the color line. Is
is the fit of them that is the wonder,
though. If they were of the right
shade of brown, you couldn't tell that.
there were any trousers. Nothing so
tight ever was eontrived by any sar-
torial artist who uses the English
language. But for one thing the con.
clusion would be irresistible that they
are made on the wearers, and worn
of; that is, that sometimes they are
changed. Gen. Bates once waited
about two hours for a Dato, with
whom he had some business, to change.
his trousers, and these two hours
were filed with language and strange
sounds from within the house of the
DatO. But at the end OF them there
was the demonstration that the trou-
sers could be changed, although the
mystery Ct their construction was in,
creased.
Moro women wear trousers, also,
but they 60 to the other extreme
Each trouser leg is big enough to
make sacks for 400 pounds of bran.
Each woman dyes the fimsy silk OF
which she makes her trousers to suit
herself. I saw some that were OF
seven or eight colors, the different
dyes running in uneven streaks
around the leg. The women wear
very tight waists, but the men usual
" leave their jackets unbuttoned, dis.
playing their brawny chests. If a man
is a bowling swell, his jacket is em-
broidered all over with prayers and
other remarks in the Moro tongue.
Sometimes the women twist a bolt or
two of gauze, gaudy stuff into a big
loop and throw it over one shoulder.
If the woman is young enough, thas
is all she wears
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
80 IN coRRA.
brides with Cloaed Eyea-Pante Used
mstead o. Thread IN Clothes
bachelors Held In Contempt.

"A Corean bride has her eyelids
pasted together until she has been
three days q wife" said Mrs. S. i. Bald
win, who. according to the New York
Sun, has lived for more than 20 years
in China and Corea, and who is consid-
cred among missionaries to know more
about the Hermit nation, as the Cor
cans are called, than any other for
eigner. Notwithstanding this rather
unpromising beginning, the life of the
Corean woman, while secluded, is not
as. unbearable as that Of the women Of
many other oriental nations. They
are poor, and consequently compelled
to work very hard, but, as a rule, are
well treated by their husbands. They
have pretty names, meaning plum
blossom, treasure, etc, but after mar
rage are known only as So-and-so's
wife, until they have a SON, after which
they are known as the mother of that
son.
"As a little lass the Corean girl is
taught all about the domestic work,
and begins early to assist her mother
in making the family clothes. If too
young to paste, she can at least hold
e the stove the long iron rod to be
used in pressing seams. The heating
of this rod is the first thing taught a
little girl. Later she learns how to
paste clothes together, then to wash
and iron them. Now, this use of paste
instead of thread is q custom, so far
as I know, practiced only by the Cor
cans. 1t is done on account of their
mode of ironing. To accomplish this
difficult feat they rip their garments
TO pieces before putting them in water.
After the washing garments r laid
on a smooth block of wood OF stone
and are beaten smooth with ironing
sticks. These sticks resemble a po-
liceman's club and each ironer uses
two.
"Girls and boys wear their hair hang
ing in two plaits until engaged to be
married, after which the boy fastens
his on top Of his head, and the girl
twists hers at the nape of her neck.
Coreans hold marriage in high regard,
and show a married man profound re
spect, while a bachelor is treated by
them with marked contempt. I have
seen men greet a slip of a boy wearing
a top-knot with ceremonious defer
ence, saying to each other: He is a
man; he is about to be married; while
of a much older man, and possibly a
who wears his two plaits, they
remark that he is a pig. He cannot
get a wife. He will always be a boy
"In the choice of his first bride, the
Corean leaves everything to the go
between. But of all other wives, and
a COrean may have ten, the man makes
his own selection. 1t is seldom, how
ever, that a second wife is added to the
household, except where the first wife
proves childless. In such instances
other wives are taken, but the dignity
always remains with the first wife.
Women are well treated, and, as a
rule, live happy, contented lives. They
are gentle, attractive little bodies and
devoted to their homes
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
OFFICERS RANK INDICATED.
How 20 e uls Standing In the Miu-
tia 81 the Marking ON Hts
UnifOrm.

While tire procession in honor Of
Admiral Dewey was moving up Mich
igan venue a party that was seated
in a balcony of a w%ell-known citizens
house had the conversation turned
On the rank Of officers and how to
tell it in each case. An ex-soldier Of
the civil war, who as an officer won
distinction in that war, was of the
party, and he was asked to explain
what this, that or the other marking
on the uniforms mean, says a Chicago
paper.
''To begin WITH he said, san officer
may be distinguished by his shoulder
straps and the marking within them
will tell you what his rank is. A gen
eral has an eagle between two stars;
lieutenant general, one large star,
fanked by two smaller ones; major
general, two stars; brigadier general,
n star; colonel, a silver eagle;
lieutenant colonel, two silver oak
leaves; major, two golden oak leaves;
captain, two bars at either end of the
shoulderstrap; first lieutenant, a sim
gle bar at either end of the shoulder
strap; second lieutenant, the plain
shoulderstrap without marking,
t'Then come the noncommissiOned
officers, or the 'noncoms,' as they are
generally termed. Their rank is dis
tinguished by the chevrons on their
sleeves, as follows: Sergeant major OF.
a regiment, three bars and an arc of
three bars; regimental or battalion
quartermaster sergeant, three bars
and a tie of three bars; commisary
sergeant, three bars and a crescent;
hospital steward, three bars and an
arc of one bar, inclosing a red cross;
company quartermaster sergeant,
three bars and a tie of n bar; SER
geant, three bars; corporal, two bars.
"The different branches of the serv-
ice to which the men belong are shown
by the insignia on the officers head
gear and collars and by the relieving
of their uniforms. The artillery
is red, which in the case of the officers
shows in the field of the shoulder
straps, in the stripe on the trousers
and the lining of the cloak; their in
sigma is the crossed cannOns; the cav-
airy is yellow, and their insignia the
crossed swords; the infantry white,
the insignia the crossed rifles; the
engineers red, the insignia the castle;
the signal corps orange, the insignia
the crossed flags, and the medical corps
green, the insignia the Maltese cross.
@Chaplains wear shoulder straps
showing across on a black field. These
markings and insignia refer only to
what is known as the line. In the
the prevailing color is dark blue,
stripes are worn on the trousers
and the field of the shOulderstraps is
dark blue. The departments to which
the various staff officers belong are
indicated by the markings on the col
lars of their coats. In addition to these
various means of distinguishing Off
GERS, which apply principally to their
undress uniforms, there r differences
in the arrangement of the buttons on
their coats, the braiding on their
and the style of their headgeaF
and the color and number of plumes
worn upon them
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
sHAVEp oNLY IL -
washington MaR Learnp That ma
Barber IS a COney Island
barker and Freak.

New Workers who 60 to Coney u.
land every summer may think they
know where the freaks and exhibita
come from. But they dc not know
that every spring there is an exodal
from the towns and cities Of other
states of individuals, who, during the
winter, are not freaks until the sea.
son opens at Coney Island, says the
New York Sun.
The other day a man went into s
barber shop where he had been 8
patron for the last four months. The
chair in which he had stretched him,
self so often was vacant. The boss
offered his chair.
Where's my barber?" asked the
patron.
"He amt here any more" was the
reply.
The patron thought nothing of This
and placed himself under the care OF
the boss. AS the patron was receiv.
ing the finishing touches he REQUIRED
to the vacant chair and asked if the
"artist" who had the job had gone tc
some other shop.
"Naw," replied the boss, "he's left
the city"
He was a good barber" said tbs
patron.
"He amt a regular barber" re.
nrned the boss. "He only shaves in
winter
''What does he do in summer-gO to
Europe with the other pilgrims?"
"Him? I reckon not! Goes to
Coney."
you don't mean to tell me he i,
a Coney Island barber-and he's been
shaving me all winter
NAV; he's only a barber when he's
in Washington"
whats his business at Coney?"
"Well, he kind O. fuctuates. Some.
times he helps ladies and gents tC
mounts on the merry-go-rounds
Sometimes he is a press agent for a
fortune-teller. Sometimes he's a
barker for the snake aquarium, but
he most generally goes on one of the
stages as a female impersonator, and
one summer he was an Arab in the
place where they have the camels. He
makes a better Arab than anything
else"
"And then he comes to Washington
in winter as a barber?"
That's what he done this winter"
"Did you know it?"
well, I didn't know it at first, not
for certain. But one Sunday morning
I came to the shop unexpectedly-you
know barber shops are not open in
Washington on Sunday, and I caught
him Juggling 2 and scissors and
then I had my suspicious he was a
Snowman. But I didn't know he done
that Arab act till just as he was
leaving me. Then he done told me
what his principal business was in
Coney."
81 guess you may give me my cup
and brush and razor. I think 1 viii
shave myself as long as I have to
stay in this town" said the patron
as he climbed out Of the chair. After
he. was gone the boss remarked to
the next" as he lathered him:
'That's the biggest kicker that ever
came into this shop-that fellow that
just went out. I'll bet he won't have
a well day till he goes to Coney Ii.
land and finds that barber"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
newaraa soE AndEse ReIles.

Notice has been received at the
Swedish and Norwegian consulate in
New York that the king of Sweden
and Norway has decided to reward
persons who have found objects be-
longing to the Andree polar expedi-
ton, and that a fund has been set
aside for rewards for persons who may
hereafter find objects from the expe-
dition. It is supposed that the hope
Of reward is meant to be an incentive
to whalers and other mariners who
90 far north to search for traces Of
the explorer and penetrate places out
Of the beaten path for that purpose.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14

Customer (angrily)-Well, I have
brought back the drug you said would
make me thin. I've gained ten pounds
on it in two weeks.
Druggist-Ah, you see, that estab-
fishes the fact that these things often
work by c~ontraries. Now, let me sell
you a bottle of this gold medal flesh
producer.-N. Y. World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
TREsPAss NOTICE.

Iagabnoil hereby notified net % hunt o.
MeENlG9 Tospa1B on my property On Grand
M4ilou, Bayou Sale and Bayou Grassy. Tn
l14 GAEough said properties are not public
EM4 and all persons are warned not Il
r@ge Wttheut hrBt obtaining the permission o.
9lZ NR4W penalty Of the law. TresPsssins
3 91q R8FblddeR on the property o. G. 3. Cena
1&EaR4 CaliOu PIERRE CENAC.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

oDad ana January l. 1871, Ne NssBss,
9loWea - hosaa1oo Hantna0l o.
ealaa, hQgaaa, mules, etc.,. found
@ ~ Eant9ae0 Ge6er shove date viii ba
1c44 tGg elmAEA III hogs and ether
nnl8ala Uili De killed Wh6n found on
NRS v. r. wO0Ds
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14

Mother (sternlD-He kissed you
twice to my knowledge, and I don't
know how often after that.
Daughter-Neither do /, ms. never
Eas much good at mental arithmo
ae,-Phiiadelphia Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14

Freddie-What do You mean by the
embarrassment of riches, dad?
Cobwigger-WelL, my boy, I once
heard of a woman who had a $4,000
set of dishes, and she was so afraid Of
the servants breaking them that she
washed tAsm hersef-What to Eat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
no THE PUBLIC.

MuaGinG, trapping or tre8passing on my Indian
NI4ga W3wlGattom, Little GALLON, Is hereby for.
e144Gl- Parties eauFht tFaspassinE en- said
aaGtaGan vii b dealt with according to law.
JOHN BABIN
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
TREsPAss NOTICE.

AN Hreaes ere forbidden, under penalty Of the
= 4unt MSS trap. cut weed, doaden trses,
U4a or eEheFuiao tra1paa8 on the Wood.
l mE& Ashland p~aGnGaelanM
CALHOUN MACHINES.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
10 THE

W11rubi0 is hereby nosiRod not % huRt. picA
arltf GclpGeb on she Eglut RaFm FlantGtlon
swap landa belonging to SAID plantation
AR. YIGUERIR. Prop.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
oddly Named St. Helena P-innaoIe..

UuuIy Nameu 81 HeIena PinnncIe8,
The island of St. Helena is a great
place for ave and hills. Geograph-
ically speaking, the island is largely,
if not wholly, volcanic, and a lot Of
extinct craters r apparent. Some
Of the p~innacles have names, such aa
Lots Wife, the Man and the Horse
the Assea' Ears and Holdftst Tom.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
no THE

ElaUgRle 3 hereby notlaod not to AWAIT, plCh
aaaoe 6Eeupass on Asag0n Plantation, unas,
F e ne law.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
NOTICE.

q ReEasns are hereby notified not 20 hunt OF
ga ca che following plantations; southdoWn,
&snTWssa, Concord. Waterproof, Laurel and
A1u19aEa JOHN d. MINOR
WIN MINOR,
Batato ~. @ MinoG
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
no h PUBLIC.

INA Eahllo % hereby nOtiaed nos % hunt. pisn
- Is 9thorWiao tFeapass On he Magnolia
a1eatlah q Ma 8 9. HumpasaYa under pen
C 8o iau. T. 81 CABEE, A=sat
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
TRFaPAss MOTTO.

ga1ls azo bolehy notiasa not 20 ANTE
&uT wt1e tresp1a1 on Nra. q Burasol5 prop,
ponaiW Ulths law.
MA @ BuRnEoM
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-07-14
NOTTCR

Al hlnung and trosPassing e. Oak Forest
I1aetsh and Reused tract positively brahlb.
~ 7. r. CASEY, AgenG
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-08-16
Try Aliens FOOt-Ease.

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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-08-16
STILL IN THE RING.
Fitz ,imm ms Knocks Ou5 Gu :
Ruhliu in the SIKH Round
at Madison Square Car
dan

Quite mmotion was created
among local sports Saturday
morning by the announcements on
a bill board in front of the news
stand of Mr.. G. f. Griffin that
"Ruhlin knocks Fitz out in 5sh
round" A great many of those
who had backed their judgment
with their money on the Aus
trallan pugilist had a forlorn
look on their countenance. The
tide turned, however, when the
daily papers reached here at 12
o'clock. Through some means
Mr.. Griffin had been misinformed.
He had the names reversed. It
was Fitz who had knocked out
Rubin in the 9th round.
The fight took place in New
York, at Madison Square Garden.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-08-16
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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-08-16
REPUBLICANS SURPRISED
By Bryan's Speech and Seek to
Emphasize the Free Silver
Issue

New York, Augu-t 9.-Nots
Withstand the absence of Chair
man Hanna from Republican
national headquarters there were
many callers to-day and a large
amout of business was tranacted.
Mr.. Bryan's silence on Is to
in his speech of acceptance at
Indianapolis yesterday was the
the chief topic of discussion, Sen.
ator Scott and J. II. Manley en-
phasized, in their talks with
visitors, the great danger Of let
ting the silver men get MAORI
ty in the Senate in 1904 con-
dition that would follow the sue.
cess Of Bryan aud Stevenson
this year. That this danger is
real the managers at the Repub-
lican headquarters have pointed
out in their cam p .lgn text book,
soon TO be pao;lsned. Said Mr..
Manley:
"Some people think the only
body we have 20 watch is the
House. ,Tha.'s a nistak for
there is also possibility of at
once changing the politics of the
Senate. Although the terms of
the members expire only once in
six years, there are thirty of
them who 60 out in 1901. and
the porsibiii g Of changing
enough Republicans FIR d Demos
Gratis among that nutnbsr is too
great for US to take nyechances.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-08-16
A GREAT ARMY,
A Berlin Paper Says That Within
Six Weeks 100000 Soldiers
and liz Vessels Will be
in Chira.

Berlin, Aug. 10. The semi
official Militair Wochenblatt this
evening says: According to
present orders, from the powers,
the middle Of August will see. al
together 40, 500 available troops
with 162 guns in the province of
Pc Chi Ii. By the end of Septem-
ber there will be $4,000 with $50
guns, not including the troops at
Shanghai, Chanton and Nankin.
Russia now has 81, 900 aud 1O4
guns concentrating in Manahuria
and 1O5, 900 more with 1873 guns
now forming for invasion.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-08-16

A gentlemen recently cured of dys-
pepsia gave the following appropriate
rendering of Burns famous blessing:
s.Some have meat and cannot eat. and
some have none that want it; but we
have meat and we can eat-Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure be thanked" This
preparation will digest what you eat. It
instantly relieves and radically cures
indigestion and all stomach disorders.
J FL Hill s. Son.