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The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29
INCREASES SALE OF BEER.
The Demand Upon English Breweries Has Been Enlarged by the
 South African War.

The depression of spirits which the war has undoubtedly produced does not seem to have extended so far as the great brewing districts, says a foreign exchange.
 At Burton-on-Trent, at any rate, they say that there has been, if any thing. an increase, rather than a de crease. in the output since the out break of hostilities, as the railway tonnage itself will show.
 Last year was 8 tremendous year for brewing. Nothing like it had been known in the history of Burton, and the brewers and the railway com panies were practically at loggerheads because I-e latter, try how they would, could not supply the trucks in sufficient number to carry the liquor from the town to it's desti- nation. The carriers have scarcely yet recovered from the terrible strain, and the flow of beer, in spite of the war, continues to increase in vol ume.
 One firm alone is still paying to the Midland company alone a quarter of million annually for the carriage of their product; and the other large breweries can boast of proportionate sums. Nor is this increase m any way due to exports to South Africa. There is one company which knows as much as any other firm concerning a sup ply of beer to her majestys forces, and the senior managing director at Burton. who is also mayor of the bor- ough, says that his company had only. sent 1000 hogsheads to the troops in South Africa since the war began. So, if there had been any real falling off in the public appetite it could not be said that it had been neutralized by corsignments to the seat of war.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29
GROWING DAIRY COWS.
Dairying and Requires Much
 Care and Attention.

The basis of profitable dairying is g good herd of cows that will produce largely in proportion to the feed con stunned. To get COWS of this kind it is almost essential to grow them. It is true that some producers of city milk supplies habitually buy cows to come in fresh, and fatten them of when the period of lactation has advanced so far that they cease to be profitable, and they then buy new COWS to take the places of those sold for beef. This method seems to be found profitable by few men, but, speaking general ly, the dairyman must grow his cows if he wants herd that will pay. Good cows are not in the market to any con siderable extent. They need to be bred for and developed from calfhood in order to be large producers. No man has a greater inducement to do this kind of work right than he who professes to keep the calf in the herd when it becomes a COW. Dairymen should habitually breed from their best cows and should use bulls of a kind suited to the end in view, and then they should be developed by care and feeding along such lines as will make them large consumers of food. and especially of coarse forage, and that will keep them from turning the food consumed into fat. There is no danger of the dairyman ever getting too many of this kind of cows. If he does happen to grow more than he can conveniently keep in his own herd. he can easily find ready market for them in the city milkman or as family cows, if he can show purchasers that they are good producers.-Homestead-
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29
Obedience.

It should be rule in the family that children must obey. It is taken for granted that the rulers of the home are parents with natural affection, and not tyrants, and that they 9rule7their house holds in love and discretion. They owe it to themselves, to their children, to the nation, to the church and to God to train their families in obedience to law. "As the twig is bent, the trees ir- clined. United Presbyterian,
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29
RESPECTABLE SIN.
1t Is Not the Outward Manifestatio1 But the Root of the Matter We
 Should Look To.

It is with sins as with men of fam flies, some have pedigree and some have not; for there are kinds and modes of sin that have, in all ages been held in respect and embalmed with all the honors of history; and there are others that never were, and never can be, raised above the level even of disgust. The noble sins will, of course, be judged in very different manner from the humble, base-born sins.
 The sins of fame, honor, place, power, bravery, genius, always in good repute, will not seldom be admired and ap- plauded. But the low-blooded sins of felony, and vice, and base depravity, are associated with brutality, and are universally held in contempt. Wheth- CT the real demerit of the two classes of sin is measured by such distinctions is more questionable.
 Such distinctions certainly had little weight with Christ. He was even more severe upon the sins of learning, wealth, station, and religious sancti- mony, than upon the more plebeian or more despised class of sins. Indeed. He seems to look directly through all the fair conventionaities, and to bring His judgment down upon some point more interior and deeper.
 He appears, in general. to be thor oughly disgusted with all the mere re- spectabilities, whether men or sins. The hypocrisies of religion, the inn pastures of learning, the gilded shows of wealth gotten by extortion, the proud airs of authority and power em- ployed in acts of oppression. provoke His indignation, and He deals with them in such terms of emphasis as in- dfcate the profoundest possible abhor- rence-Horace Bushnell.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29
Prosperity Hard to Bear.

There is one hard thing to bear in this world. and that is prosperity The fact that we do not feel it as a bur- den does not affect the truth that it is hard to carry it and yet stand up- right. To be honest, generous. con- siderate. fair. magnanimous. in pros perity'-ah! this is not easy Yet this is what it means to stand up right. Under worldly prosperity one is in great danger of getting spirit ually stoop-shouldered and weak kneed. Pray for the prosperous!-s. S. Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29
Christ for All.

It must never be supposed that the beautiful words and condescending acts of Christ were just for Peter, James and John and their companions. John is not the only beloved disciple who is encouraged to lean upon the bosom of his Lord. His love for the family in Bethany is not singular love with which other families have nothing to do. It is specimen of his love. rather, intended to make glad ten thousand other famiies.-George Bowen.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29

Where a number of calves are fed they are put into a stable, and each calf in a stall and fed separately. This insures each one getting given quantity and no more or less. The illustration shows how the calves are fed on Texas Jer- sey dairy farm in long shed with stanchions for IS calyes.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29
Opportunity of Troub1e.

The tests of life are to make. not break us Trouble may demolish a mans business but build up his char acter. The blow at the outward man may be the greatest blessing to the inner man. If God, then, puts or per mits anything hard in our lives. be sure that the real peril. the real trou- ble. is what we shall lose if we finch or rebel.-S. s. Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29
EIoquence of Character.

The aOidlng and helpful attraction of a man is in proportion to the weight and perfection or his charac- ter. Surface qualities may please for time, but men trust nothing except character. Eloquence of speech is good. but eloquence of character is better.-Chicago Advance.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29
RAISING DAIRY CALVES.
How the Young Things Are Fed ssp- arately on . Model Texas Jsrssy
 Dairy Farm.

On all stock and dairy farms it is de- sirable or necessary to raise some of the calves. It is not practicable or economical to feed the youngsters on whole milk, even if it were desirable to do so. So skimmilk has to be used.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29
A Juvenile Bargain Hunter.

A pretty little girl of three years was in drug store with her mamma. Be Ing attracted by something in the show case, she asked what it was. The clerk replied: That is scent bag" How cheap!" replied the little girl. "I'll take Swoi"-Youth's Companion.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29
The Worlds NobIest wo,1..

The worlds noblest work is in re- claiming the fallen, in strengthening the weak. in gaining victory over temp. tation and in creating virtue.-Rev. Dr. Ward.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29
Patience.

We need patience amid the adverse experience of life. That makes us hopeful when the clouds are murky, when the wheels of life drag.-Rev. J.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-29

May TO- 1900, was the coldest day Of that date of which the New York weather bureau has record.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29
the SIGNS ARR RIGHT.
seoa indications That Illinois, EnaEa
ana ana vViseonsin WiIS Go
DemocRnfIe.

E1-President Harrison admits chat
it win not surprise him should Tns
diana 60 democratic this fan. This
admission, while it win amaze some
exuberant republican prophets, Is IN
line with the best information obtain
able as to the situation "a the Hooaier
state. Those who. on the strength of
the 10000 Mckinley plurality Of four
years ago, are asserting that Mr..
Bryan cannot carry Indiana, /" should
read and ponder what the independent
republican Indianapolis News says:
''The more that one knows Of the situs
alton in Indiana the less win one venture
to predict the result OF the election next
November. And those people who are
saying so freely now, four months nrinP
to the election, that Mckinley (or Bryan.
ss the case may bel cannot carry Indiana
anord by these very assertions the best
proof that they do not know what they
are talking about For the SLIGHTEST im@
Yestigation viii show them that there are
many uncertain elements in the prob.
lem.''
Gen. Harrison, who knows the stu.
alton in Indiana better than most men
can know it, evidently believes that the
democrats have the better chance in
that state. This is most encouraging
and hopeful sign. By general consent,
the battle will be fought in New York.
Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and
Wisconsin, each of which is regarded
as debatable ground.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29

The shearer of thirty or more years
ago was generally an unmitigated
blackguard. Having no home and
fearing neither Code nor devil he
roamed the country, bearing on his
back his "swag," as he termed his
roll of dirty, threadbare blankets, and
carrying in his hand a quart pot, or
tin billycan, black and filthy like him
self, to boil either meat or tea, as the
case might be. His chief joy in life,
and one to which he looked forward
with intense longing, was the last day
of shearing, when his tally of sheep
shorn would be added up and a check
received by him for the amount. Then,
as if the check burned in his pocket
like firebrand, he would HE to the
nearest grog shanty, where, iii brut-
al state of intoxication, he might be
seen for weeks or days, more like a
hog than human being, swilling the
fiery poisonous stuff called ''reaI'
Jamaica rum until, unable to sit or
stand, the shanty keeper carried or
dragged him to the dead house'-a
shed SO named built near the shanty-
and there, on bunk or on the ground,
he slept the sleep of stupefaction.-
''Leaves from Squatter's Book" BY
T. Major.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29
GRoWINe TlER .TALs1E.
What the Country Eu Coming no Ua-
der the Republfcan Ad-
nlnLaanatlon.


The republican leaders seek TO mako
people believe that there is no such is
sue in this country as that Of Inn
perialism, with its adjunct or prop Of
militarism.
They seek to suppress the fact that
the essence Of Imperialism Is not au-
tOcracy at home, but the exercise Of
dominion over alien peoples without
their consent and against their win.
This dominion over alien subjects
may be exercised by a congress no
less really OF extensively than by an
emperor. The Objectionable thing is
the exercise of arbitrary power over
conquered subjects rather than the
agency through which that power is
exercised. The Objectionable thing, in
short, is imperialism rather than an
emperor.
Where there ia imperialism an en-
peror is pretty sure To appear. Rome
wasimperial while it was still a repub-
lie, but the emperor followed imperial
ism as a natural sequel.
Those who will open their eyes can
not fail to see the same tendency here.
An empire with unwilling subjects can
only be held together by pinning it
with bayonets, Imperialism must be
backed by a great army.
We have found that out already.
Our army is four times as large an it
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29
rHE 90 sPRlNn.


a path that leads from the kitchen door.
Through a little garden plot,
Down past the cherry and apple trees
That grow IN the pasture lot
Thence on through a beechen avenue
TIL you hear the waters trill
Upon the pebbles and over the stones
By the old spring under the hiIll
The old spring under the hill is COOL
With blotches and riffs of sun;
Its air is as grateful and fresh and sweet
AS the air of a summer dawn.
The song Of bird in the trees above,
Below the song of a rill,
Are the only sounds that are heard around
The old spring under the hill.
How oft we have trudged in other days,
When boys and girls at our play,
TO the shade and stiffness Of that old
spring.
Remote from the garish day!
How oft by its sparkling waters clear
We have knelt and quaffed our NIL
And never draught was as sweet aa
that
From the old spring under the hill
Between us and that fair time:
We hear no more the tinkling song,
Nor the waters silver chime:
But oft in the mirror OF memory
We can see the image still
OF the winding pathway, the shadows
deep,
And the old spring under the hill.
denver News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29
PERsoNAL AIlD EITE -.

h1dyaFf Aiplins expresses the opsns
ion that though short stories may ba
made succeesful an youth, the
novels must be written IS natuTft
holger H p. Dtachman. the Danish
poet, says "a 8 Chicago interview.
%Rere I younger 7 would live IA
America. It iu 9 glorious country
william Dean HoWells hns become
gonaething q yachssnlan and has
little boat Of his own 81 which he a.
lights to cruise about Long island
sound.
The raJah Of Matlan owns the Iarr
est reliable diamond d the wor7d. ID
weighs S67 karats. and i shipped IKE
an egg, with q queer little donted hois
low marking the smaller end.
England il almost unreprescnted in
the great law offices Of the kingdom.
Sir Richard Webster, the new master
Of the rolls, being an Irishman. AZ ~
Sir Edward Carson, the solicitor gene
erai, while Sir Robert Tinlay, the new
attorney general, IS a sc0tchman.
In the youth Of the German emperor
there was talk Of sending him t0 Ok
ford university. As lad he once
paid visit to Oxford with his father.
then the crown prince, and the prince
Of Wales. The future emperor ex-
pressed an earnest desire to become
a student there. After due consider
alton it was decided to be out Of the
question.
Before going to Kansas City to be-
gin the practice Of law in 1887, Web
ster Davis was shoemaker liz Gala
tin, No, his boyhood home, and later
an Office boy in a local law firm, in
which position he studied for his
chosen profession He did not stay
in Kansas City long, but went to Col
orado, only to return to the Missouri
city in 1889.
Prince Hussein, Of Ghizeh, in Egypt,
is the professor of the most famous
gardens in that region. Prince Hus-
sein is cultivator of flowers because
he is lover Of flowers. BY virtue Of
his success in horticulture he has be-
come father and patron Of the science
in Egypt and has done much to pro-
mote the existence of the now -four
ishing horticultural society there.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29

The Porto Rico tariff will be an issue
second only to the overshadowing ques-
tion of imperialism, throughout the
middle west. The policy pursued by
President Mckinley and the republic
cans in congress, in denial of justice
to the Porto Ricans, was particularly
offensive to a large republican element
in that section. German-American SEN
timent in regard to imperialism and
militarism will also contribute power
fully to democratic success in the mid
die west and northwestern states. The
nomination of Adlai E. Stevenson for
vice president will also be of great as.
sistanee in that section, as well as
throughout the country. ''Mr. Steven
son" as the Chicago Chronicle well
says, sis a democrat of democrats. He
is a democrat whose name is intimately
associated with 40 years of splendid
democratic history, with democratic
struggles for principle and with ulti-
mate democratic triumphs Mr.. Stey-
enson is known to the democrats Of this
country as a democrat. He speaks a
language which they understand. He
is grounded in the democratic faith.
He always was a democrat. He will
be a democrat to the last, Mr.. Steven
sons great strength with democrats
wasIargely instrumental in carrying IL
linois, Indiana and Wisconsin for the
democratic national ticket in 1892. He
will not appeal to the democrats Of
these states in vain this year, Albany
Argus.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29
A LOST DIAMoND ROUND.
The Valuable Gem Lay seere1ea ~
Crack Of q sdatead Tor
a Long Thine.


| Mrs. G. W. Wood, of Madison, IS the
possessor of a valuable diamond ring
which has quite an interesting history.
says the Sioux Falls Is. d. Argus
Leader.
About a year and a half ago the ring
| disappeared. The house was searched
from top to bottom, the ash heap was
placer-mined and every nook and corr
ner Of the premises thoroughly inspect
ed, but the jewel seemed to have re-
turned to its original home ia South
Africa or Brazil. AS time went on Mrs.
Wood gtaduaTly forgot her loss.
Well, as sometimes happens in every
household, about year after the dis
appearance Of the jewel Mrs. Wood sent
a bedstead to a secondhand store to be
sold. AEFarmer named Merriam, liy-
ing several miles from Madison, was
the purchaser. The bedstead was
taken to his home in farm wagon and
placed in position for use. The other
day brilliant object in a craclSa
the panel of the bedstead attracted the,
attention Of Mrs, Merriam, and, pluck
ing it out, it proved to be a diam5hd
ring in all its dazzling beauty.
The Merriams, instead of keeping
their discovery quiet, as many wohld'
be tempted to do, commenced a sea1ch
for the owner. They visited the stohe
where they had purchased the beds
stead, and were informed that the bed
stead with the diamond setting had
been the property Of Mr. and Mrs.
Wood.
They called on Mr.. Wood, and when
he had been informed of the object
of their visit he stated that he believed
he had "heard something" about his.
wife having lost diamond ring year
or two ago. The jewel was given to 1fE.
Wood, who rewarded the farmer and
his wife for their honesty He wore
the ring home on his finger and ate
dinner without attracting Mrs. Woods
attention to it.
After dinner, while he was in an ar
gument over the Chinese war and max
ing many sweeping gestures, Mrs.
Wood caught sight Of the ring, and soon
hastened out to tell her neighbors Of
her good fortune. 1T was Mrs. Wooass
custom to take of her diamond rings
at night and place them under her phz
low to prevent them from falling into
the hands of burglars should sny-sf
the light-hngered gentlemen enter the
house. The ring evidently slippedfrom
its place under the pillow to the creViee
in the panel Of the bedstead, where it
remained concealed for year and a.
half until accidentally discovered BY
the farmers wife.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29

was before the imperial policy was
entered upon, and we are continually
hearing that it is not large enough.
Macarthur cannot spare men from the
Philippines even during the rainy sea-
son, and he must have more as soon
as the weather viii permit active
operations.
With a large army comes the exer-
else Of arbitrary power by the presi-
dent. 1t is necessary to intrust him
with such power. Therefore our lib
srty-loving fathers wisely insisted that
. large standing army must not be
created.
Current events prove their wisdom.
With an army of 100000 the president
assumes to govern without congress.
Instead Of conYening the represents
tiYes of the people in a crisis like the
present he takes action which as like
~ as not may involve us in a pro-
longed war Of vast extent and taxing
our resources in men and means to
the extreme of impoverishment, and
this he does without consulting the
Representatives of the people.
This he could not do without large
army, Without that he would have to
call congress together.
If the people show no concern when
the president assumes such enormous
responsibilities and involves the coun-
try in such perils, if they willingly
trust everything to one man, they
show that they are pretty nearly ripe
for an emperor military master
as well as for Imperialism or the im-
position of a hated yoke upon con-
quered subjects beyond the seas
Chicago Chronicle.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29
why He FaIIed.

"He didn't make a success of that
proprietary article he put on the mar
ket."
"Of course not"
"Why do you say that?"
Because he didn't show business
Judgment or enterprise"
He certainly advertised it exten-
sively."
"True; but he overlooked the most
important feature of ALL He failed to
warn people in big black type to Be
ware of limitations. '-C Chicago Post:
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29

Poor boyl3
'Yes-wasn't it2'
"Was it very long ago9"
Ever so long ago. had quite ton
gotten"
'How long ago?"
"H-h-uh?''
"How long ago was it2''
''Let me see, 1t was-yes-it was
last August"
"Oh!"
eyes"
''Was she pretty?"
"Oh-er-some might think 30. She
wasn't at all like you. 1 have always
wanted to meet a girl with, real vio-
let eyes"
''ReallyP"
|, She dipped her fingers in a golden
bowl. Then she said across the table
in hoarse whisper without looking
up:
"AIike?''
"Yes-Marion2
"Don't look around. For that hor
rid East Indian is bringing lot o.
people-don't look round-that We
know-directly down the room-and
they see US"
"Rubbering, are theyP" j
"They're staring like anything
There are the Vanderhycks, and the
Highballs and the Westburys and
your sister and her husband and
and oh-Chappy!"
"Great Scottt"
"Quick-what shall we say-they're
bowling"
"Why, put bold face on It'll"
eyes, but how? 1t looks simply
dreadful. They will think we met
purposely. Chappy's glaring through
her lorgnette. They must have come
into town for dinner"
"Are. you afraia?"
lawfully"
"WeIl, there's ~ one thing TO do
now"
"Quick, what?"
Announce it'll"
Announce what? The mind waves ?''
''No-our engagement"
''Mikel The ideal"
-Marion-they're almost here.
Just leave it to me. It's the only
way! Smile and look pleasant. Wen.
well! As live! Who'd have thought
of meeting you all herel Isn't this
just too jolly for anything!" r.
Sun.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29

There's no use O. tryin' to explain
it, said Farmer Corntossel.
''Tryin' to explain what 2" inquired
his wife.
"The way boys'll spend the hull day
climbin' trees to rob birds nests an 70
to sleep before happast ten in the morn
in ef you send 'em out to collect a few
hens eggs. WashAlg lgton Star.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29

Although the octrieh has powerful
legs and can lick like a mule, his limbs
are brittle and are easily broken. he
has two toes on each foot, one being
armed with a horny nail which he
uses as ehis principal weapon Of WAR
fare. When an unarmed man istat-
tackled by one Of these birds the
chances are very much against the
man unless he can climb tree 81
jump over q dve-foot Wan-M. 81
Herald.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-29

Every elector who is opposed to
imperialism-who is opposed to mill
itarism-who believes that republican
government is not a failure-who feels
that man is capable of self-govern-
ment, must awake to BIS duty before
he and his children are made the sub
jects-obedient, submissive subjects
Of the plutocracy. There is no form
Of government more detestible than
oligarehy, Under it men are the most
contemplate Of slaves Cincinnati
Enquirer.