davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
FOR A z FOWLS.
Handy Coop Designed Along Modern
Lines and Suitable for All Parts
of the Country.

When the farm poultry consists of
only a hundred or so fowls, it will
pay to keep breeding pen of some
dozen fowls of the best stock from
which to get eggs for Matching. A
fine lot of chickens can thus be Sc
cured. Where this is done it will be
necessary to keep the breeding fowls
from the rest of the flock. Our coop
is 6x5 feet, 5H feet high in front, and
Az behind.
In the front side is a door two feet
wide, and a window. This window is
hinged at the top to provide for ven
tilation in summer. A screen placed
over the window opening on the In
side will prevent the fowls from
breaking the glass and will keep out
night providers when the window is
raised. There is an opening a foot
wide extending across the back of the
coop: This opening is closed by a one
foot board hinged at the top. This
opening, too, is covered with screen
wire. Beneath the window or. beside
the large door we have a small open
ing large enough to let a fowl pasSin
and out. This is closed with a slide
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
coon HONEY PLANTS.
A. "a. DUR ConaideFs Bokharn Glover
Excellent for Bees, Tor Feed
ana for Seed.

VOW can greatly improve your honey
flow in your locality by putting out
honey plants, those that also are use
full or ornamental, besides the honey
they produce. Perhaps the best honey
bearing plants and trees are those that
are good for other purposes as well.
The most abused and misrepresented,
and the best honey-plant that grows,
is bokhara clover. What I know
about bokhara clover is from my own
experience, having thoroughly test
ed it's usefulness not only for honey,
but for food and seed. Bokhara is
an immense seeder, and will produce
ten bushels of seed per acr under or
binary conditions, This seed has a
ready market at Wholesale seed houses
at from six to ten cents per pound,
and usually is retailed to growers at
from IS to 20 cents per pound. That
bokhara is a good feed for stock I
can testify, having used it myself.
This clover, like alfalfa, stock do not
naturally take to. as they do to some
grasses, especially such grasses as
grow in the middle and eastern states,
where timothy, blue grass and red
clover abound. Stock there will usu-
ally go around it Just as they viii
alfalfa, if alfalfa grew there as it
does here. This being true, and from
the fact that bokhara spreads and
grows spontaneously on road Sides
has given the impression to some peo-
pie that it is only a worthless weed
and for the want Of proper investiga-
ton and thorough testing it is thus
misrepresented.
If 1 were planting trees for both
honey and other uses. I would plant
linden or "basswood," as it usually is
called, and also catalpa. The linden
is very valuable for it's white. fine,
grained wood. and, as a shade tree
scarcely has an equal, The catalps
is noted for its everlasting posts, an6
in this regard it is said to have nc
equal. 1t also is a beautiful shade
tree and both the foliage and the bios
SONS t very ornamental. - A. III
Duff, in Farmers Voice.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

door. This is to be used in winter
and stormy weather. as by leaving
the door open rain and snow would
blow in. A board floor we find most
satisfactory as it is easier cleaned
and keeps out all aBimals.
We find that a lean-to shed at one
end of the door OF the coop facing
the south will furnish a warm, sunny
place for the fowls to scratch and ex-
ercise in on the coolest days of win
ter. In this shed we keep sand,
gravel and straw. In this straw we
throw grain in order to keep the
chickens active.
Our scratching shed is made Of
poles and old straw or hay. In the
winter we set posts, and put up a
frame to hold straw packing and
make a wall of the straw around the
two sides and back of the coop. This
will make the coop warm. Over the
front we tack building paper, as a
window protection, instead Of put
ting in straw. I. Irwin, in Ohio
Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

Among the fall plants which produce
good honey are the numerous varieties
OF golden-rod. Honey made from these
flowers has q beautiful golden color,
similar to the color of the plant. Tt is
as pretty honey as one will find. The
flavor is excellent also. You some
times find honey that is t~asteless and
more like strip than anything else.
Some people call it artificial, but it is
made in the way that all honey is. The
difference is that the bees are fed on
sugar, and the product lacks the pc
culiar honey taste that belongs to that
made from nectar-Farmers Voice.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
nulIdinr UD HIs nusInea1.

We recently saw the statement that
one big buyer Of poultry in the west
follows the practice Of sorting out the
thoroughbred males among his pdr-
chased lots and selling them back to
the farmers at cost price to improve
the hocks. The course is a wise one.
The trader knows there is more money
in dealing in good stock than in poor
and takes the opportunity to insure
himself a good quality of stock in the
future. He evidently expects to re-
main in the business for a number of
years and to reap the fruit Of his work.
In fact, there is no kind of live stock
that responds quicker to good breeding
than poultry, A good full-blooded
male win give a flock Of laying halt
breeds in eight months improvement.
ana 1t is so easy that there is no reason
why it should not be general-Farm-
erB' Review,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
GOSSIP.

The shirt waist for men has been ine
PRODUCED into Italy by the count OF Tu-
rim.
Gov. Roosevelt, in stopping yer be-
tween trains in Chicago the other day,
found time to slip out to a book store
and buy a large package Of books. BE
always takes several, with him when
travelling, and reads constantly while
on the train.
After months Of delay, the huge hy-
ing cage Of the Geological park, New
York, has been. completed. It's cost Is
$1,000. It ia q colossal gothic arch Of
steel pipe and wire netting, 100 feet
long, rs feet wide and IS feet high, and
is the largest thing Of the kind ever
constructed.
Mr. John Brisben Walker assembled
Pixies Peak, Col, September 8 by an
automobile. He did not go TO the very
top, but made an ascent of 1900 feet,
thus making an automobile record,
The road was in very bad condition or
the top would have been reached. The
descent was an exciting one.
During the last few weeks duels have
caused a perfect slaughterin Italy. AS
many as four dueEsts were killed in
different towns in one day. During the
last year 400 duels have been fought
in Italy and 4sO deaths have resulted.
Most Of these combats were between
army officers and based on the most
trivial pretexts.
Caddfes at the Freeport links para
Iyzed business the other day. After
long suffering they decided ten cents
an hour raise in wages was essential,
OF the great game Of golf wouldn't go
on. And it didn't until the enthusiasts
surrendered. Meanwhile other boys Of
the neighborhood who applied for po-
sitions at the old rate were ROundly
waIloPed by the strikers
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
Prepare for Cold weather.

Do not wait till right-down cold
weather before grain rations are in
creased. Begin earlier to get fowls
ready for resisting old Boreas. Now
is the time to take six inches off the
soil where henhouses have earthen bot
toms. Replace with clean, dry sand.
A filthy floor is hard on fowls when
cold weather confines them to their
house, and this removal of old top not
only cleanses but its stirring up dries
out the earth. Get the winters sup
ply of dry dust barreled and,in a safe
place. If you depend on home gravel,
get that dug and also barreled. Gold
en-rod seed, gathered by the wayside
and sown this fall, is commended for
poultry shade where there n treeless
yards.-Rural World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
VnIne 81 80 Powaer.

A good application of insect powder
to the hens will make it plain to a
good many people about this time Of
year why their hens don't lay. But
few of the hens are far enough ad-
vanced in the moult to cause them to
cease laying. If they are not laying
Il is due to something else, and that
something in all probability is lice.
Al dose of insect powder will tell the
tale. The eggs will begin to appear
q few days later and the owner viii
know that the insect powder was put
just where it was needed.-Farmers'
Voice
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

SKINNED milk. During the last part
of the process they received an al-
lOwance of tallow. Four chickens
were kept in each coop. The corn was
ground fine and mixed with SKINNED
milk, sweet or sour, sour being pre-
ferred. The mixture resembled thin
porridge. At first. food was given
three times a day for the first ten
days, then twice a day. At the end of
the second ten days the examining
machine was used. Tallow fed dur
ing the last ten days was melted,
thickened with meal, and then, mixed
with the porridge. 1t was the rule
not TO feed at all until the crop was
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
KNEW ALL ABOUT GENIUS.
Al Poets wife Describes IL ana gnnvVa
she Is Thoroughly
Posted

II have Just finished q sonnet" said The
poet, according to the Atlanta Constitution.
"Thank heaveni3 exclaimed the wife,
'thatn buy a beefsteak and q sack Ct
dourl"
"And here is an ode for the state fair.
ssHow f~ortunatel Ham ~ 10 cents q
pound, and we haven't had any IN sx
Weeks!"
Il have also written love song which i
az tender as an April rose,"
what a dear, sweet soul you arel I'm
sure tnat's Eood for g can Of lard and &
gallon Of molassesl'
''Womanl" said the poet, sterniys "do
you know what genius isf
eyes" she said, t~houghtfully. Some
it's telling the butcher to call again
shutting the door on the baker, hidin frem
the house rent man, and singing when sun
day comes, 4 would not live always; ! ast
not to staylsW
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
DQg y
20 BEE5a
% /.
FATTENING POULTRY.
An Account OF the Scientific Methods
PEacticed at the New stationH
In Canada.

At the new chicken fattening sta
tions in Canada the methods practiced
are those by which the best grade of
poultry is prepared for the English
Market the object being to fit Can
sdian poultry to bring highest prices
when exported. The chickens are
bought from farmers at the weight
Of three to az pounds live weight,
choosing the breeds likely to fatten
well, and with white or light yellow
legs, paying for these SO cents per
pair on the average.
The chickens were put in small
open lattice. coops and fed ON ground
grain, chiefly oats mixed with
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
Ne Addreaaed ne jury.

d courtroom until Re was introduced e 4
witness in q case pending IN one Of the
Scottish courts on being sworn, t0oka posi-
ton with his back to the jury and began
telling his. story to the judge. The judge, ia
q bland and courteous manner, said: "Ad-
dreM yourself to the jury, sir." The man
made q short pause, but, Notwithstanding
what had been said TO him, continued his
narrative. The Judge was then more ex-
plicit, and said to him: "Speak to theiury,
sir; the men sitting behind you on the
benches" The witness az once turned
around, and, making an awkward bow, said
with perfect gravity: Good morning, gem
tlemen."-BuHafo Courier.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

Business Opportunities on the line Of the
Chicago Great Western Ry in Illinois Iowa,
Minnesota and Missouri. First class OPEN
ings in growing towns for slkinds Of bust
ness and for manufacturing. Our list in-
cludes locations for Blacksmiths, Doctors,
Dressmakers, Furniture, Grain and Live
Stock Buyers General Merchandise, Hard
ware, Harness, Tailors, Cold Storage,
Cfeameries and Canning Factories. Write
fully in regard to your requirements 50 that
we may advise you in~telligently. Address
w. j.. Reed, Industrial Agent, G. g. w. Ry.,
6ol Endicott Big, st. Paul, MINI.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
&c Wantn 8 Pennion,

The following letter was addressed TO the
war department. by a cobored citizen Of
Georgia recently: mister War-Deer Sur:
/ wuz thinkin' bout j'inin' de army, en- I
write dis ter let you know bout it. What
does you low fer 4 right or lef arm shot of?
What does you give fer de shootin' off er
one leg? En-, 'spoae 1 lost my head by rum
MIN gin a bumEhell; what would I git fer
dat? I a po' man wild one wife dat amt
able ter make a hvin' fer me; en- I wants
ter git on de pension list. Do, & you please,
mh, gimme a chance ter git shoot up, en-
Tu vote fer you wen you runs ergin!"-
Chicago Chronicle.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

'TWho is that man over there with the
white, scared face?"
''That's the fellow we met at the funeral
yesterday, who was telling the Wifesof the
deceased to cheer up-that her husband was
better of"
"What is the matter with him now
'aThe doctor told him he was going 70
die ."-Indianapolis Sun.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

No matter what ais You, headache e q
cancer, you will never set well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without a grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has @. @. @.
stamped ON IL. Beware Of limitations.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

He thrust the sealed letter through the
window and put down two cents.
"Well, what do you Want!" asked the
stamp clerk grufdy.
"An automobile, please" he replied,
sWeetly-Philadaphia North American.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

HS.Congressman "a. q. Goodwin from
Alabama, writes the following letteFs
The Peruna Medicine Coz Columbus %
Gentlemen-"I have nov ned two bot
ties Of Peruna, and an 3 wei man to-day,
] could feel the good effects Mytrg medicine.
before ] had used it q week. after whering
with catarrh for over 6 year" Reape
fully, AT. G0odEgn.
Cataarh IN its various totma % rapidly bH
coming q national eurae. AN undonbte1
remedy has been discovered BIZ Dr. HART
man. This remedy hiss been thorour E
tested during the past forty years. Pfomis
nent men have come to know 81 ST. virtues.
and are making public utteEanc0 on The
subject. To save the country we must awe
the people. To save the people I'VE must pre-
tect them from disease. The disease that
is at once the most prevalent and stubhoU
Of cure 10 catarrh. Public men 81 an poEe
ties recognize in Peruns 6 national eltaTrh'
Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, for q free book
on catarrh.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

Bixby-EYour father must be q bumors
list" Mrs. Bixby-"What do you mean?'
Bixby-"When asked him for you, he said:
Take her and be happy Town Topics.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

shs-Ths Browns called on us last week.
you know.
He-Yes.
Don't you think il is about time We
should retaliRte indianapolis Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

One Of the p~eculiarities Of the obstinate
man is his inclination to marvel at what he
regards his w yielding nature.-Washing-
ton Post,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

Happiness cannot be bought, but one Of
the great hindrances to its attainment can
be removed by Adams Pepsin Tutti Fruit.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

The Philadelphian-Tsn't the mud on
this street a triAe deep?" ChicaFOan (prOud,
y)-DeeP? It is the deepest mud on any
paved street in the world!'-IndianapOlil
PRS.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

To Cure = Cold in One nay
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggistBrefun moneyifitfails to cure. Csc,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

Hall's OatarFh Cure
IS taken internally. Price, 75c.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

disappearing and e~xaggerating are
simple lying.-Atchisoa Globe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

"Did you have any trouble with your,
French IN Paris, Mrs. RiHraf%'
"No; we didn't have any trouble at ans
but the people who tried to talk with US
seemed to have an awful me."-Indianapo-
Is Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
CALEFORNIA's SPLENDID SHOWING
AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

Followingis an extract from a letter
recently written by Mr.. VIM. q. Mills,
of California, while in Paris in charge
of the Southern Pacific Company's ex-
hibit at the Exposition. It is remark
able for two reasons, first, as evidence
Of the great interest which is every
where manifested in that wonderful
State; also for the valuable infOrma-
ton it contains, and for which it is here
reproduced:
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-13

belongs to a gang Of burglars, one of
whom helps him rob his fathers safe.
The father discovers his son, who kills
him in the struggle. The murderer
thinks himself safe from arrest because
the paper cutter of the good son is
found clutched in the dying mans
hand. Ethel Douglass, the bride of the
good son, arrives in time to hear from
the dying man his discovery that his
own son has been the murderer. I'm
aware of the existence of the black
sheep of the family, she thinks her
husband has killed his father in a quar-
rel over her. She conceals her hus-
bands paper cutter in order to avert
suspicion from him. She then is ac-
cused of the crime, but all is cleared
up, as happens on the stage. The New
York cast appeared here, prominent
among whom may be mentioned the
following players: Misses Selma Her
man, Edna G. Brothers, Alberta Lee
Messrs Adolph Jackson, John T. Mich
olson, John L. Wooderson, Richard G.
Williams, Charles B. Craig, Mark Fen
ton and James j. De Barre. Seats now
on sale. Regular prices,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-13

to Major Leach for his decision, and he
has issued instructions in a printed
form, of which this is copy, giving
full directions that the bridge should be
opened at all times of day or night, as
required by commerce, excepting fifteen
minutes before seven in the morning
fifteen minutes after twelve and fifteen
minutes before one o'clock at noon.
Since these regulations were issued
word was given to the bridge-tender to-
open the draw one evening about eight
o'clock, and l am informed that he re-
piled that he would do it that time, but
that he would not again without a writ
ten permit or order from the director Of
public works. I wrote again to Major
Leach and then received this copy Of
the regulations, and wrote to the direc-
tor of public works asking him what
his instructions were to the bridges
tender.
The last communication l received
from Mr.. Hugo, the present director of
public works, was that the bridge
tender Is instructed to proceed accord
ing to these regulations, and that the
orders concerning the permit must have
been issued by the previous director of
public works. as he (Mr. Hugo had not
issued any such instructions. think
the matter is now understood and there
will be no further restriction on COM
merce contrary to law.
The work of deepening and widening
the channel Of the harbor is progress
ing favorably. Since the last meeting
of the chamber the following is the re-
port of the excavation accomplished:
From December, 1899, to July, 1900,
487,SS4 yards; from September 18, 1900,
to November "a, 1900, inclusive, 2S2,O64
yards. From November "a to Decem-
Der 10, 3,412 yards have been dug, maxi
ing grand total of 833,360 yards.
DR., Henry Fl. Smith was made
member last night.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-13

of such lien, and such payment may
be enforced by a levy, sale or foreclo-
sure in the same manner as taxes; and
one-half thereof when collected shall be
| paid to the person making the highest
bid, or his representatives and assigns
| The bill was by unanimous vote re-
ferred to the committee on legislation
Mr. Rowe also submitted the follow
ing very interesting report of the har-
Dor commissioners, which was unani-
mously accepted:
Last summer Hon. Theodore e. Bur-
ton, chairman of the committee on riv-
ers and harbors of congress- requested
me to send to him in the month of No
vember past brief, comprehensive
statement of the needs for improve
ment of our harbor, as l understand
them.
In accordance with this request I
wrote him stating that while $345,000
was appropriated for the Improvement
of the harbor, the work at present con-
tracted for below Tomlinson's bridge
would probably require an expenditure
of only about $225,000 leaving a balance
of 100000 unexpended. I requested
therefore. that at least 100000 should
be appropriated to carry out the project
for improvements in the Quinnipiac
and Mill rivers to the Grand avenue
bridge; also to provide for a survey of
the Quinnipiac river to Lewis bridge
and for a survey, if necessary, and, if
not for the improvement of West
river
| also called his attention to the need
of an appropriation for the continuous
contract now in force in the harbor and
an appropriation for the continuation
of the west breakWater. The latter I do
not urge as for the benefit of New Ha-
ven harbor, but on the ground that the
work having begun, it is in an unsat-
isfactory state at present and needs to
be completed.
Since I wrote to him the secretary of
the treasury has recommended in his
estimates an appropria ton of $50, 900 for
continuing the work in the harbor and
of $44, 900 for work on the breakwater.
Also an expenditure of $1,000 has been
recommended by the engineer depart
ment for the Improvement of Branford
harbor.
l have had some correspondence with
Major Leach and with the director of
public works concerning the opening of
bridge for commerce Over
a year ago some objection was made to
opening the draw in the evening or
night time, as GONE branches of COM
merce required, and the city engineer,
Mr. Kelly, complained to me that it
was not reasonable to expect that the
should be on duty day
and night both. 1 told him that the
needs of commerce must be met, wheth-
er it were by day or night, and that
enough men must be employed so that
they could perform their duties dithout
undue hardship to them.
The result was that the matter went