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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13
DuIcR HausEIzE EINe
ETcraeu "a WefIaua AFe WEreiaem
lzannEera ana Absolute agtstee
of Thear He8aeEs


The Dutch housewife has not Ae4
equal in the world Is manager she
IS frst 81 an .the absolute mistress 81
her home" There are impHcit ress
erntions as TO the kate She goes
into It every day, and at amy hour ok
the day, and the cook who objects +
likely to be dismissed ior her pains
~ that respect. a amy rate servants
appear to be mfoia tractable tn Hoi-
land than with us And such Kitchens
they arel For ! was asked and was
taken into three, and each time uly
visit to them happened 70 he about n
hour before dinner In each eaae the
family to be provided for was fairly
numeroas- one case it eonsisted 81
a round dozen persons, the youngest 81
whom was only ten. The dinner hour
is between 6 and $3.50 O'clock for even
in those well-to-do families the ao-called
luncheon fs somewhat in the nature q
3 "high tea. the Souchong being re-
placed BY coffee, though not al.
ways.
I was introduced then into the litch-
eu without the slightest warning, the
mistress not having deemed it neces-
sary to ask permission Of her ieutenant
to visit her domain, even in company
of a stranger. And the neutenants se-
cure of the impeccability Of all things
IN her charge, received us with smile
and went on manipulating stewpans,
red copper and earthenware, as if she
were all alone, and had an opportunity
of looking around. The conventional
dresser with the conventional dinner
and breakfast service, was not there,
! instead of which an array Of sauce
pans, strainers, coIanders and the rest
such as have never seen in England.
Soup tureens, saucepans and dishes
| were inclosed in cupboards, the shelves
of which were covered with white linen
cloths, trimmed with lace, all DAZZLING
4 ly white. asked how often these bad
to be changed and was told that four
weeks was the regulation period.
In London these shelf cloths would be
downright grinty before half the time
had expired, and am not likely to for
/ get in all these and possible future re-
marks that the Dutch atmosis re-
4 fights and makes cleanliness and
that our English q ate does the
verse. / win 90 stih further and say
that the Dutch servant, having aoma
thing to show for the HeIbow grease
she has expended, IS prouder Of her
performance than the English ope3 yet
all this does not account for the com
parative cleanliness of our homes and
the superlative cleanliness of the
Dutch homes Albert % Vandam. in
GentlaNoman
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13
IAIEaa-La 80 d 80



Warden G. G. McClaughreys 6 the
Wisconsin state prison, says that TIE
Bertillon system measurements As
away ahead of ae achievements of
sherloet Holmes IN the detection of
crime Under the direction Of Or. =.
G. esser this system Is well 10 hand
at the Haupun prison. # was devised
ia 1880 By M. Alphcnse Bertillon the
vel known Frenci anthropo who
figured il the Dreyf case, and was Inc
troduoed in Paris in 1882.
The Bertillon system was first intror
duced in this country by Mai. Mc-
Claughrey, father Of the warden Of the
Wisconsin prison. Maj. AIeClaughrey
was then warden Of the Illinois state
prison, a. Joliet. Matthew Wilson Nc
Claughrey, a younger brother Of the
Wisconsin warden, installed the system
at the Waupun prison and at the een-
ral police station in this city. For
many years he has been engaged in iden-
tifcation and detective work. complete
ing hia education as an expert in Paeis
under NJ Bertillon. RIr. McClaughrey
was injured while installing the system
at the Wisconsin prison, convict who
was being measured striking him on
the head.
Since the introduction Of the Ber-
tillon system there has been a waning
of the tattoo fad There was time
when tattoo mark was regarded as
Indispensable by men who made law
breaking their business. They consid=
cred it a sort of a charm, and believed
that to a certain extent the indelible
ink figures that adorned their breasts
OF arms made them immune to arrest,
But that day has gone by. The clever
modern crook knows that the tattoo
| is hoodoo. Under the Bertillon sys'
tenn Of registration Of the marks uPon
IA mans body it is a certain clew to the
identification of prisoners.
There is one peculiar thing about
tattoo marks" said member Of the
state board of control recently. Some
time ago, when the board was hearing
prisoners at Waupun, took occasion
to ask every man who came before us
Iif he had any tattoo marks upon his
body. Most of the men had, but
took notice that the zeal clever Grim.
finals had fewer marks than the bung
ling fellows. / learned that most ot
i the prisoners had been tattooed by th'
same man. IT seems that the fellow
made practice Of securing short jai
sentences in various places, and Will
in jail tattooed his fellow rprisoners, &C
fcef ing WhateTer amount of none,
lthey we're ablet 70 pay. You never e
a hag design tattoo On q real tough man
For some reason tie fellow who
real vicious doesn't Hlce to have Tia
national emblem priclSed into his skin
BE much prefers an anchor or a ser
peut. IN Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13
- goueHa 81 HoME


naen bouHhs oG home. that come between
Mine eyes and this far-distant scene,
see wheneer my thought escapes
HouF old serene, familiar shapes.
Mach lissome wiiloW-tree that dib
Into she stream her golden whips,
The ssafras beside the gate
Whea twilight strollers linger late;
Ishe henlock groups, chat dimly hold
Eheif own against the MONDAY gold
The maple lines, that give the view
A green or luminous avenue;
Those oldest apple-trees, whose forms
Have braved hundred years Of storms,
And turn a face as blithe and free
To greet their second century.
The younger orchards heavy edge
Framed b the honey locust hedge;
Eruit-fushed, snow-burdened, or bloom
bright,
They come to my home-longing sight;
The bfIlowy1 woods across the road
Where all the winds Of heaven strobe,
And sang in every towering STEM
Would that were at home with them!
For under these down@bending boughs
al thousand tender memories house.
Oh while your old companions roam,
XoGN peace be theirs, green boughs Of
homel
-Ethelwyn Wetherald, in Youths Com
panion
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13
AdrIce from 40 GnlIery.

OF the Dublin gallery boys famous
baritone, in his "reminiscences, tells
some facetious tales-one of Faust, "
in which he played Valentine. After
the duel Martha, who rushed in at the
head of the crowd, raised his head and
held him in her arms, during the first
part of the scene, and cries out, in evil
dent alarm: "Oh, what shall do?''
There was a deatHlike stiffness in the
house, which was interrupted by a
voice from the gallery calling out;
"Unbutton his esldt!"-London Spare
Moments.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13

Prof. Arrhepius, who has recent
ly investigated the causes of secular
variations in the temperature at the
earth's surface, thinks that they are
more probably due to changes in the
amount of carbonic acid in the atmos-
phere than to variations in the heat of
the sun. If the amount of carbonic acid
that the air now contains were dimin-
ished little more than one-half, the
mean temperature all over the earth
would drop aboat eight degrees, which
would be sufficient to bring on another
glacial period On the other hand, an
increase of earbonic acid to between
two and three times its present amount
would raise the mean temperature Is
degrees and renew the hot times of the
Eocene epoch Youths Companion.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13
FREAKs oF 4 cYcLONE.
OF such q Nature That 2 Php-
t6Erapher shows That the Men
Took to Drink

The details of the performance Of The /
recent cyclone at Herman, Neb., are
now becoming known. Eye witnesses
and photographs are the most sober
testimony available! The statistieian
gives so as the number Of deaths from
violence, but the insurance agents are
still estimating property losses. Her
man is about 40 miles north Of OMAHA.
The inhabitants Of this agricultural
hamlet had provided their houses with
cellars and many had built specially
constructed eyclcne cellars. While en-
gagged in the days work, cylindrical
cloud formed before their eyes from a
clear sky. The cry of cyclone gave the
impetus of terror to their fight and be-
fore the tempest reached the outskirts
Of the town every yillagephad gathered
wife and BARNS about him into his cell
lari For a minute almost interminable
they waited. Then the crash came and
succession of sounds resembling the
explosion of giant firecrackers told Of
the lifting from their foundations Of
house after house.
In one humble home the housewife
had been accustomed to place her pre-
serves on a cellar shelf close to the floor
of the house. These jars extended
some three inches above the outside
ground surface. When the house was
uprooted like a sapling and carried 100
| feet the first investigator found the pre-
serves intact, rearing their heads above
the surface. An ice house was the vic
tim Of one Of the storms pranks. The
roof and half the walls were cut away
from the pack and deposited a quarter
of mile away, but the blocks of ice
were not touched in the least. In the
| photograph the anxious owner is specu'
lating as to the probable effect of the
SUMS rays.
Within 80 minutes from the climax oi
the cyclone the stricken people Were
seeking consolation in malt and spiRitu'
Gus liquors. The photograph shows 9
line of men tothe extreme left dine
before an improvissd bar The burlJ
i Dutehmap to the right is pointing {
mar q The direction in which tie latter
j lived ON I'll hdsi Th ihpiRa
/ hotel of the village was not tpuehed bl
/ Une Cyclone alLSGIly BAb fSuIlEEGfl tIOAll AAis
impact Of a tree used against its wal
like battering ram. "A massive boiler
was gathered in the arms of the cyclon,
and whirled up hill 300 feet, describing
about the hotel parabolic curve anC
landing in a mass OF household furni
ture. The hotel was directly in tn,
course but it made polite detour,
piano, the one luxury of some home
was carried high in the air a distance O
300 yards and deposited feet downward
The front and tail boards lay beside it
torn from their fastenings. A ittl
girl was the first to touch it in its uey
position, and her ears were greeted b,
a Kittens piteous new. Wedged in be
hind the keyboard was a much dis
turbed kitten which had been caugh
there in some mysterious fashion. TIL
children of the village are still discuss
ing the Kittens presence in the work
of the piano.
The town of Herman is now risini
from its rains with that swiftncss 70
which the west is noted, and in a fey
months not mark win remain of tn
bIighting hand of Nebraska cyclon,
IN. Y. Sun.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13
SEVEN MILRs "a % eAR
oonvIets in Wyomine Breallins ~
Worn ont RaiIroad nEuteriat
for the Wood.

Seven miles of condemnation is q
ng-drawn-out affair even for the west.
But it stands as western growth near
the state penitentiary at Laramie, Wyo.
where convicts are daily engaged in
making it an ever-lessening fact, For
many months the inspectors of the
Union Pacific railroad have scrutinized
the thousands Of freight cars that
handle the overland traffic When
debilitated car of low capacity or un-
equipped with air brakes ratified past
it was branded as condemned, and, If
empty, was shunted Off on the side
track built to be last refuge for the
doomed cars. This process continued
for months till the ears, averaging 80
feet in length, reached a total length
Of seven miles. This distance was as
certained by local statistieians who, in
the interests of railroad history,
pedaled their bicycles along the line and
measured it with their cyclometers.
These cars are humpbaeked, sway
backed and contorted in every cons
ceivabIe way, but they still hold Them
selves erect with a kind Of melancholy
dignity. They have had careers Vary
Ing from eight to twelve years and
since their building a score OF changes
have taken place in car. construction.
Their capacity is often as low as Is. 900
pounds, whereas the modern car is
from 10000 to 10000 pounds capacity.
The brake mechanism for the freight
car has come to be as complicated as
was that Of the passenger car 80 years
! ago, and inventions applying to doors.
ventilation and running gear make the
old-time car most pronounced back
numbers. a contract between rail-
road and state calls for the demolition
Of these cars by the convicts, the wood
going to the penitentiary where it win
keep the states charges warm This vim
ter and the scrap iron returning to the
4 railroad shops whence it win issue in
due time in the form Of new railway
materially. y. Sun.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13

him that meant It originally for
stupid hoax, will you, mamme, dear
''Don't be afraid Of that, Nab. Tour
old mother win not give you away. IT
was risky sort Of joke, wasn't it,
though It has had the happiest results
as it seems to have openea both your
eyes 2''--C Chicago Herald.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13

Nearpass- WHAT happened between
you and Spriggins2 You were on
friendly terms q year ago.
Bennet-Yes; / loaned him $50 a year
ago. Nothing has happened since
Puck.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13

The Bachelor-Well, do you find mar
ried life one grand, sweet tOng, as you
expected?
The Benedict--Yes, but it's a sclo IN
stead Of a duet--N. X journal
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13

AIae-L understand Bessie has offered
20 sing at the charity concert.
Ethel-I should call that more Of a
threat than an offer.--E, Y. Journal,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13

You can always tell which one Of
two rivals is getting the worst of it;
the one getting the worst Of IL Is most
abusive. -Atchison Globe,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13

9tFaUlseHl sIFeeL IN IIle y 0rIls
Canton, in China, possesses the queer
est street in the world. 1T is rooted i'm
with glazed paper fastened On bamboo
and contains more signboards to the
square foot than any other street in
any other country, The next INTEREST,"
ing fact about this Canton byway is
that though q business street, IL con-
tains no other shops but those of
apothecaries' and dentists parlorss no
professional men but doctors hi IS a
sick mans paradise and Chinese phy-
sician's Klondike. They can t Phvsic
street which is descriptive, g not pics
turesque = n. Y. Sun.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13
Justice, THough the heavens ran.

Ex-Supreme Court Justice Frederick
Ward, Of New York, is noted for his self
possession and quick wit. Once while iu
the middle of an argument at special
term he was interrupted by he sudden
fall of large piece Of plaster from the
cornice of the courtroom. Before the
dust had settled, Ward observed: ''Fiat
iustitia, ruat ceiling. Saturday Even
ing Post.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-13

Mrs. Punkhorn (reading the paper)
Oh, eats foot! What fools some men
be! Here's the chief of city fire de-
partment sayin' there wouldn't be
nigh as many folks burnt ter death if
they'd keep cool.
Mr.. Punkhorn- Well, what's the mat
ter with that?
Mrs. Punkhorn-How on airth is a
body goin' ter keep cool with hot
fire round 'em Brooklyn Life.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Bits of Paragraphs that Give Con
densed Notes of the Day.

| This is the evening of the election In
Company F.
The band will play at Makee Island
| this evening.
Hot cross buns at Hart & Co. on Fri
day morning.
over a hundred steerage passengers
have been booked for the Australia
There will not be a meeting of the
| Commissioners of Education this week.
| Eastern oysters will be served at
Notes after the arrival of the Austria
liza.
Lodge lie Progress meets this evening
at 1880 o'clock. Work in the third de-
gree.
DR.. Davis has had several calls today
but none of them amounted to any
thing.
The Australia brings Camarinos' re-
frigerator filled with the seasons deli
cacies.
Honolulu Commandery K. T. will
meet tomorrow evening for election of
officers.
A concert will be given by the band
at Makee Island this evening, begin
ming at 1880 o'clock.
Morris K. Keohokalole left by the
Nippon Maru yesterday for visit to
his mother in Utah.
All Cheong was fined SIS and costs in
the District Court this morning for
fast furious driving.
New goods are being received by the
Hawaiian Hardware Co., Ltd. Their
stock is full and complete.
Allan wv. Clarke returned by the Aus
tralia today from visit of nine months
to his old home in the east.
Wray TaylOr's amateur orchestra
will assist in the program at Kameha-
meha school tomorrow evening.
1t is understood that E. c. Winston
will be reappointed a member of the
Board of Health to succeed Mr. Hatch.
This is the twelfth day since the last
case of plague. 1t is hoped that the
hoodoo on the 18th has spent itself ere
now
Rev. w. NJ. <incaid of the Central
Union Church speaks at the special SER
vice in the Salvation Army hall to.
night.
Tomorrow at 70 o'clock noon Will F.
Fisher will sell at auction on board the
bark Fortuna" the entire cargo of 1890
tons of coal.
The case of the owners of the Will
liam Carson VS.. Wilder Steamship
Company is still on in Judge Silliman's
court this afternoon.
Dr. Wood appeared before the Coun-
I of State yesterday afternoon and
made a strong appeal In the interest of
ltration plant for Nuuanu valley.
Jaluina a native woman pleaded
lily to larceny in the second degree
is morning in the District Court. and
vas sentenced to one years imprison-
.lent.
In the case of San Furushima vs.
Captain c. Taylor, $1,000 damages, de-
PENDANT has filed an answer stated that
two separate causes of action are unit
ed in the complaint, rendering the bill
imDerfect
Mrs. Levy. wife of the we'll known
rabbi of San Francisco and mother Of
the Hawaiian hotel clerk who was a
suspected plague case, arrived here this
morning on the Australia. Mr.. Levy is
on the road to recovery.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11

MINSTRELS LEAVING.
The Mfowera is billed to leave for the
Coast today. She is to take the Hogan
on to Victoria.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11
WALES SHOT At

BRUSSELS, April 4.-The Prince of
Wales was shot at while leaving the
railroad station here. He was not hurt.
He had boarded the train which was
leaving the Northern station for the
Southern Railroad station, when an in
dividual fired a revolver at him but
missed.
The Prince and Princess were start
ing for Copenhagen for the purpose of
attending the celebration of King
Christians birthday, which occurs
April 8,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11
QUARANTINE wharf.

Mr.. Swanzy reported to the Chamber
of Commerce this morning that quarau-
time wharf had been turned over to a
subcommittee of the original commit
tee, and that everything was getting
along nicely. So far, two vessels have
discharged at the wharf.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11
.Re-Opened for
Business
New England Bakery

Our Store has been thoroughly re-
novated and everything is clean, neat
and first-class in every detail.
Customers desiring our CELEBRAT-
ED BREAD delivered to their homes
are requested to place their orders as
early as possible, by phone IA and in
sure early-morning delivery.
We have engaged Prof. Paul Egry,
who will furnish music for the occa
sion. A hearty invitation is extended
to ALL.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11
PROPHYLACTIC BUSINESS.

Dr.. lobe has inoculated sixty people
with Haffkins prophylactic since yes
terday. Receipts from this business are
approaching the 500 mark since the
charge of 50 was put into effect
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11
scHooNER oVER.DUE

The new gasoline schooner Eclipse is
overdue from San Francisco She has
just been built for the McChesney inter
island line, and is supposed to have left
San Francisco on the 25th. Her long
trip may be due to the fact that she Is
sailing here instead of using gasoline
power,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11
FRICTION WITH Japan.

YOKAHAIA, March 14.-Judging
from the structures of the native press,
there is fear of some friction between
Japan and the United States over the
Hawaiian question. There are now some
10000 Japanese on the Islands. Tt is
claimed that the United States are ig-
noring pledges given to the Japanese
Government at the time of annexation,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11
HONOLULU STOCK EXCHANGE.

Sales-On the board, 40 Eva 25; %
Eva. 25; 8 Waialua, paid up, ITO.
Quotations. Bid. Asked.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11

Hawaiian CuriOS
Kappa, Calabashes, Leis, Native Hats,
Hula Skirts, Niihau Mats, Fans,
Shells, Seeds. etc. Homemade Poi
constantly on hand. Mending done
neatly, and Cut Flowers furnished by
THE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE,
Cor. Hotel and Union Streets Honolulu.
Telephone 65S.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11
OAHU RAILWAY AND LAND CO.'S
TIME TABLE

From and After January LIST, 1890.
TRAINS
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11
STILL sHOWERY.

Professor Lyons. telephones late this
afternoon that the weather is still
ShOWery.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-11

Fine Book and Commercial Printing
at the Star Office.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-14
PERSONALS.

Asada & Co Hotel street. are shov-
ing q new shipment Of Christmas
goods
Delicious mince pies. same as your
mother use TO make. at the New Eng
Iantr Bakery. Hotel street
Scalp treatment a specially at the
Misses De Lartigae. loss Alakea
street, opposite Y NJ c. A.
Two furnished rooms with baths.
electric lights and everything first
class Apply to Mrs E NJ Taylor.
hInau street
The S. s Aariposa viii leave for
--e coast on January sth. 1901 instead
OF January S, as scheduled in the o. s.
s. Co.'S time taOle.
Arabic" is the only guaranteed
mineral refrigerator used throughout
the tropical countries of the world
Cali and see il demonstrated at the
California Feed Co
Telephone Main IS. the Pacific
Transfer Co, when YOU want your bag
gage delivered TO the steamer Their
charges are very reasonable
" n 1O1A4LEA- tnEAtAr ~ 81
has a large assortment of seasonable
ard serviceably Christmas goods He
is selling them at coast prices
Before you go TO the ballroom, opera
or party. you had better see the Misses
! De Lartigue. the leading. hair-dressers
1855 Alakea street. opposite Y NJ C.
A.
Mr.. Frank J. Cody. formerly fore
man Of the Republican. left on the S
S. Nippon Maru yesterday noon FOL
Hongkong. Mr.. Cody win proceed &c
| Manila
". ". Dimond & Co. will have a
! grand opening tonight. Everybody
| is cordially invited to be present &c
! see the grandest display OF holiday
| goods ever SHOWN in Honolulu The
| quintet club has been engaged to fur
nish music for the evening.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-14
How 20 Cure Croup.

Mr.. r. Gray. who lives near Armenia
Duchess county, \. Y, says: Cham
berIain's Cough Remedy is the best
medicine ! have ever used. II is a fine
children's remedy for Group and never
fans to cure" When given as soon as
the child becomes hoarse. o reven af-
ter the Group has developed. it will
prevent the attack. This should be
borne in mind and a bottle OF the
Cough Remedy kept at hand ready for
instant use as soon as these symptoms
appear. For sale by Benson, Smith &
Co, general agents for Territory of
Hawaii