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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-26
DUTY OF MOTHERHOOD.
To Train Children in the Correct USa
of Words at All
Times.

Every fairly educated woman should
be able to train her children in the
correct use of the mother-tongue, Ii
is merely question of inclination on
her part. The miserable excuse for
not making the effort is usually that
the children twill learn all that after
awhile in school," / wish to make it
clear that they will never learn gram
mar so well in school and after six
years as they can learn it at home be-
fore six. We need not make the little
child's life a burden by descending
hawl-like upon all his birding ven
lures in speech. Tt is natural tend
ency in early childhood to make all the
verbs regular, and to invent adjectives.
The three-year-oIdl little one instructive
ly says ''rolly'' for slippery, "fally' for
unsafe, etc. These inventions ought
to be treated indulgently, for they will
speedily be OutgrOwn. 1t is more i'm
portant to extend their vocabulary by
often using new terms in their pres
ence than to clip their original varia-
tions. Not only should we use good
English before our children, small and
large, but we should inspire in them
an ambition to achieve excellence by
dropping now and then some general
rule so simple that they can themselves
gpply j.. Grammar may in this way
take root in their understanding with.
out the use of textbooks, and saving
of time be accomplished in the space
devoted to school observation-disclosures
HUI Winterburn, in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-26


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dye-sta nranof ion of oue
pound o ane Hon 81
watero hsur. in chips
or &c about half aA
hour matter may bs
put in loose and then
strained b put lo8s s.
chee nd straining us
aVoiE gton ppst be perfect
~ ana dirt. n must
be thc with coid Fater
befof into the dye "A
mordsn color, must be
used amateur the best
mordan and he simplest
method u immerse
the oio r bath q alum wa
ot water it n hours then dry
the clo rea ta zip n the
dye m eetiy with clear
cold Wa s the clothintthe dye
LIQUID pts the required
color ieaf cold water
ana afy' R9slef the hania ana
the toA esttoh remains AA y
the aeeps Ae color. Inc eolors may
i also rs Rened BY increasing the
one ehe sklll ana care re-
q 9giea case oI the ProIesslonal a.
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snaoe n q eolof, y Wlli
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Fef t2t paPteur 20 succeed IN get
aalls Glory results.
8at color is obtained by
means fa1li WOOD ana wafer, z
eafSeh AaoEe permanent req may
p putting naf an ounce q
e9ehi eas ounce e. alum ana nah
cream q taF5ar n a th1I
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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-26

a& the bluff for foothoId. If she had
found it, she would have lifted and
have reached him instantly. She could
not find it, but she was loosening soil
and stone with every effort and these
were forming growing platform
which brought her nearer,
When he knew tile next fling Of q
paw would reach him, he saw the bare,
blond head of sergt. Gore on the
ledge.
The back Of her head was toward the
soldier, for her left paw was ct the
bosom Of Tad's blue coat,
"Cling tightl" said Gore.
And the wonderful thing happened
The sergeant stepped close. to the
panthers side, facing outward His left
arm flashed about the extended body.
He made that splendid sfulcrnm Of his
hip. He swung just onceS and swiftlyS
and the panther went as Higgins had
/ once gone head over heels, and help
less. She Sung both paws wildly but
she made no sonnd as her dark body
shot oveE the edge and as wallowed
upin the dariness They listened what
I seemed q very long i1lae and heard
her strike at the foot 81 be bluff
Great throwi' cried Tad, and be
crept exultant from. his nook, and oian.
4 bered ou where rgt Gore could lif
him down. Bus he bad 20 be carried
4 When q was all over his sturdy legs
4 refused q bear him, and he staggered
( very help sly Gore laid him Oh tie
Pine ueedlas az The summit FOR few
minutes And presently they went
II down the long road s. the warm spring
4 Where e washed the dust from Ead2.
: faee and hands and arms
4 Later, they Dragged tp the captain
| porch "a monster panther whose velvet
skin not single bullet had marred.
But even at th when Tad saw hii
fathers white face, and caught 5h'
wordless welcome Of his naothef's Elm
brace, he knelg he had paid for thi
+ panther Tar more thaa 6 was WORTH
: lie Roy. AFrasttang. in Sc holaa
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-26
MAGIC 81 SELF con- fDE &
This lat el
gamer6EEeH


A mans sneees n ie u1sE
in proposition b BITS rouddene 81
himself and De ENERGY
ence with which he pu
In this ing
tie hope fe The mes
thoroughly belieFe 81 hmsslf. rho
man who can be easily discouraged
or turned aside from his purpose, the
man who has no iron in his blood,
will never win.
Half the giants strength is in the
conviction that he is giant. Tho
strength of a muscle is enhanced 4
hundredfOld by the will power. The
same muscle, when removed from the
giants arm, when divorced from the
force of the mighty will, can sustain
but fraction of the weight it did
a moment before it was disconnected.
o, what miracles confidence has
wrought What impossible deeds it
has helped to perform! 1t took Ma
poIeon over the Alps in midwinter;
it took Farragut and Dewey past the
cannons, tOrpedOes and mines of the
enemy; it led Nelson and Grant ia
victory; it has been the great tonic
in the world of discovery, invention
and art; it has helped to win the
thousand triumphs in war and sci
ence which were deemed impossible.
The man without self-confdence
and an iron will is the plaything o1
chance, the puPpet of his environ
ment, the slave of circumstances
With these he is king, ever master
of the situation.-Orison SWEET Mar
| den. in Success.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-26
Not the Clock.

An old lady entered a Matchmaker
shop and handed the assistant pen.
dulum of an old Dutch clock,
Here, mister" she said, Il want you
to make my old clock 60"
"But you must bring the clock, said
the assistant.
''You stupid fool! the clocks all
right. 'Tis thependulum that ont &c"
said the old lady, Indignantly sparU
Moments.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-26
ROCK Candy Icing.

Roll six ounces of rock candy and
put it into an iron saucepan, melting it
gradually. Add four tablespoonfuls of
water. Pour this while hot into two
well-beaten eggs and beat until cool
and stiff. Use just as you would any
other icing. Home journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-26
Tad and His Panther
ND you hear the panther last
night, sergeant?" asked Tad,

I'D you near the panther lasJ
J night, sergeant?" asked Tad,
thu captains son.
No9 said the sergeant, as he cut
at the top Of sage brush with the
loose end Of the lariat hanging at his
saddle Il didn't hear it, but it yelled,
] guess. Billy Murphy was on guard
down at Post No. 2, and he didn't dare
walk the length Of his beat"
Let's 60 there tonight and fetch
1t il" said the boy.
"No-no!"
The. soldier rarely spoke in so posi-
tive a manner to his younger COM
panion. They had grown to be quite
good friends. So Sergt Gore looked
at the trim figure by his side and ad-
nired--as cavelrTnRn wellld Too
posture la the saddle And then lie
gazed down the long road to the bluff
on the shingly ledRes of which the
panther they had been speaking of
was ssid to 2rOwl at night and call to
the echoes in that fearsome voice.
Gore was a Evell-born, well-trained
young fellow who had enlisted in the
ranks of the regular army at a time
when penniless and discouraged, as
has many another son Of a good fam
lily. He seemed peculiarly attractive
to this boy. Tad admired Gore be-
cause he was cleverer than the others.
Gore was a better shot and better
horseman, and he was the best
wrestler in the fort. And there is
nothing that so appeals to the soul
of the. boy as ability in that close
struggle of athletes, that embrace OF
gladiators, out of which comes the
triumph of the unarmed hands, the
victory of the unaided muscle and
skill
And Tad's father, the captain, had
not discouraged an association which
gave his son pleasure and seemed tC
make the lad more manly.
couldn't we kill the panther, ser
geant2"
eve might and we might not. The
last man in this troop who went out
to kill panther came back in {
sling between two pack mules; anC
he didn't get off sick report for thre,
months. Now, see here, Tad. Gel
that wrinkle out of your brain. How
would it look for me to risk the cap
tain's son out there on the bluff a
night? How would go to the cap
tain's wife and explain it if"
Wouldn't need any explanation i
we brought the panther"
"Or how would square matter
with the captain when the captain
little boy was lying in bed-and sur
geon plaster all over him?"
"Pretty nice thing to kill pan
ther."
"Yes, and then"
Sergeant, are you afraid of her?
''Tm not afraid of anything alive,
said the sergeant, calmly.
IF you are not afraid why don
you go?"
eve don't do all the things we dar
to do.
"What, for instance?"
SWELL I dare tell Higgins, when W
get to camp, that won't noun
guard tomorrow"
Then why don't you?"
t'Because it is my duty to noun
guard whenever he details me. He
the orderly sergeant"
II saw you throw him one time
said Tad, irrelevantly; and then h
stopped to laugh at the recollection
Higgins was very strong man
and one day in spring before noun
ed drill was begun the soldiers &c
up tournament on the parad
ground, where the orderly sergear
challenged anyone to wrestle. Tia
remembered Cores acceptance an
how the bigger man had strutted I
the encounter; how the two ha
Fripped to the work and how Presen
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-26
c. MoRAY-s 80 80

One day lately tie Aquarium's big
green moray took, with every indica-
,tion of a good appetite, a single piece
of Goldfish, weighing perhaps half a
pound, this being the first food it had
taken in 5s days. A daily record Of
the feeding cf the green moray has
been kept, since the great eel was re-
ceived, on July A, 1899. Fora few days
after its arrival it ate freely daily.
Since then, while its health has been
generally good, its feeding has been
irregular. 1t would sometimes eat more
or less food daily for days in successioni
and then it might go without for three
days or four days, or a week OF more
In the latter part of September and
the early part of October the green
moray abstained from food for period
of 27 days, and then began eating
again, with It's accustomed. irregular
ity.
The moral is about seven feet il
length, and a very imposing object; it
looks and seems bigger than it is, s.
impressive is it in its appearance and
movements. When it is hungry it
comes up to the surface, or near to, for
its food, which it takes common
ly with voracity, whether it is single
piece or half dozen pieces, which is
about it's limit at feeding; more frs-
quently three or four pieces are sufi-
cient for it, and often a single piece
or two is all it wants. The green
moray never looks more impressive
than when it is rising for food, rearing
then its powerful head, with its long,
wide-opening, pointed jaws, and two
or three feet or more of its great, fleX
ible muscular body. The moray's
manner of breathing is peculiar. Il
opens its mouth wide and takes in {
great mouthful of water, which it ex
pels rather slowly through compare
lively small gill openings well bacl
on the sides of its head, and this open
ing and closing of its mouth it keep
up indefinitely. Many visitor ha
mistaken this for gasping, and ha
thought the big moray was near it
end; but that's the way of breathing
of all the mOrays.
The green moray's abstention iron
food has never been the cause of an,
serious concern at the aquarium, 70
SO far as their habits have been oh
served there the morays can go for
long time without food, and they ar
commonly irregular feeders. A spot
ted moray, that when received at tn
aquarium had a slit in its jaw so tina
it could not at once be placed in a.
exhibition tank, WAS kept for a time i
a reserve tank. This moray ate notl
} ing for 90 days, aud then began eatin
voraciously, and it has been a goo
feeder ever since, with The moray
habit, however, of occasionally goin
without food. But while the big mo
avs long abstention from food h5
been the source of no apprehension c
the part of the aquarium people, y
food was offered to it daily, and the
! are pleased to see it eat again.-N,
Sun.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-26
- snhafltntc.

Mrs. Hixon-What do you keep that
horrid pet monkey for?
Mrs. Dixon-Well, you see my hus-
band is away more than half the times
und the animal keeps me from getting
lonesome. Chicago Evening News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-26
A UselesB Adjunct.

Louise, what has become of your
French poodle?"
why, Harry made the dealer take
him back he didn't understand a
word of our French. - Detroit Free
Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-26
PERsoNAL ANp LIFERARH.


Louise Chan5ler Moulton believes
shat editors are better critics thaE
feilow-writers. Nothing, she says
is SO foolish as to send manuscript
to other writer's for criticism
In a little dwelling made from a
hollow tree, near Glendale. Cal, lives
Adacla Kinnosul1e, the first Japanese
to have published in English q collec-
tion Of short stories. He also keeps
a Japanese curio store.
Sir Augustus Harris once settled
the pitch question IN his own offlhand
fashion A famous prima donna Of
his opera company came to him eOm-
planning that the piano used for vocal
rebearsals was too high and asking
that it might be lowered, Certain
ly," replied Druriolanus, with a bow
''Here, Forsyth, hNye couple Of
inches sawn off the legs Of shis
piano"
Among noted authors who have
found great difficulty in making
! speeches, are given the names Of
4 Longfellow, Washington Irving Kip
ling and Hawthorne. Those mem
toned as excelling in after-dinner
speaking are Charles Dickens, George
William Curtis, Owen Meredith, Hall
Caine, Sir Edwin Arnold. A. Conan
Doyle, j. M Barrie and Edward Ever
EFT Hale.
II When Frank Norris received proofs
Of his first book, Moran of the Lady
Lefty, he found compositor's error
which represented the ship as being
800 miles inlandl To remonstrance
the compositor replied that sit was
mighty dry sea story any way, SO
a few degrees OF difference in longi-
tude did not matter much" Mr. Nor
ris is working on new novel TO be
entitled The Octopus.
The harp which once belonged TO
Thomas Moore the Irish poet is now
in New York, having been sent from
Dublin few weeks ago tq Marie
Glover Miller, q concert singer and
church soloist The publishers d
Moore's Afelo5ies Messrs Powers
gave the harp to the late Prof Glover
Of Dublin; at his death 4 came infE
the possession 81 Mrs. Daniel al3vs'
0'SuliiRan who gave it to her daugh
ter Marie Glover Miller
tGp9Rw m0RhWtG LONG FAST
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

The most profitable sheep is that
which has never known what a winters
snow or cold is, and goes to market in
the same year it is born. If horned
cattle are most profitable at two or
three years of age, sheep should be the
same under one year old. Selling all
the wethers as lambs might make a
breach on the wool market for time,
but mutton eating is habit, which will
grow, especially if the better lamb meat
is the quality which makes the princi-
pal supply. The farm can soon be
stocked up to it's feeding capacity with
out carrying over it's wether crop.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

'sThe mouth is the front door of the
face. 1t is the aperture to the cold stOr-
age of your anatomy. The mouth is the
hotbed for toothache and the bunghOle
of oratory. The mouth is the crimson
aisle to the liver. 1t is the foundation
Without the mouth the politician would
be a wanderer on the face of the earth,
going to an unhonored grave. tis the
grocer's friend, the orators pride, the
dentists hope. 1t puts some men on
the rostrum and some in Jail. 1t is the
home of that unruly member, the
tongue.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09
Corn fodder loses some of its valuable

Corn fodder loses some of it's valuable
when left exposed in shocks
in the field; it also loses some by heating
when put in the silo. 1t requires about
half as much power to cut stalks when
green as to cut them when dried, and
the corn cutting for the silo can all be
done at one time, and hence for cheaper
than when it must be done, at different
times after it is dry. Our own special
conditions must help us decide just
what is best to do with our stalks.
When properly treated with hot water,
and the proper time elapses between
preparing the food and feeling it, dry
fodder will be found not much inferior
to the ensilage.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY'S JOKE.

James Whitcomb Riley and Nye were
a peculiar pair. They were everlast-
ingly playing practical jokes.
l remember when we were riding to-
gether in the smoking compartment
between Columbus and Cincinnati. Mr..
Nye was great smoker, and Mr.. Riley
did not dislike tobacco. An old farm
er came over to Mr.. Nye and said:
''Are you Mr.. Riley? l heard you
was on the train.''
''No, I am not Mr.. Riley. He is over
there"
81 knew his father and I would like
to speak with him."
"Oh, speak with him, yes. But he is
deaf, and you want to speak loud"
So the farmer went over to him and
said in a loud voice:
SIS this Mr.. Riley?"
s'Er-what?"
SIS this Mr.. Riley?"
"What did you say?'
SIS this Mr.. Riley?"
''Riley, yes"
81 knew yonr father"
''No bother.'
81 knew your father"
"What?"
81 knew your faiher."
'Oh, so did II"
And in few moments the farmer
heard him talking in an ordinary tone
Of Enthusiastically Evening Post.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09
so SO.

"You may be sharp" said the thread
to the needle, ''but l notice you are al
ways getting it in the eye."
'sOh, l don't know" answered the
needle. 81 notice that whenever you
get in hole always have to pull you
through"
ssHush up, you two," said the thin
BILE. 'If it wasn't for my push neither
of you'd ever get along"
And the scissors chuckled, 'Sew il
seams"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09
IN A NAME.

She was engaged to be married to
man named Josiah Boggs.
"After all,'' said the friend, who
wanted to be as clever as possible about
it, whats in a name?"
"a good big bank account" she re-
piled promptly.
.'Yes, there was considerable real
estate to his name, too, but it was hard
ly necessary to mention that. .''-Chica-
90 Post.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

The odors and taints about the milk
due to the influence of food may be
readily distinguished from bacterial
growth. If the trouble appears soon af-
ter eating it is due to the food; but if
the taste is affected after a few hours,
growing rapidly worse, one may be as
sured that the remedy to be sought is
not to be found in changing the food,
but in better management in the dairy
and the barn.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09
Probate Court Notice.

Probate Court of Logan County, Ohio:
The following executors, administrators.
Counts In this Court lor settlement, to-wit:
November, 1S99-
81 John Kaylor. trustee of Hattie E. Hone,
fifth account.
December, 1899
IL John Rosebroox, guardian of Joseph E.
and Geo. w. HasSier, first account.
IL. John Bimel guardian of Oracle Ingalls,
and others. first and final account:
H. Martin V. Pence and General u. Pence,
executors of James A. Pence, deceased,
seventh and final account.
IA. William E. Harris, administrator OF
Francis Bell, deceased, first account
IA. William f. Harris, guardian OF Emmett
Fetterman, first account.
The above accounts will be for hearing OF
Monday, January g. 1900. at II O'Clock noon
Exceptions to any Of said accounts may be
fled on or before that time and the same vii
be heard and continued from day TO day
until all disposed Of
J. ID. MCLAUGHLIN, Probate Judge
Dec. IL, 1s99-3t. Logan county, ONO.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

The wild cherry will grow more rap
idly than the walnut, and is freer from
insects and borers. It ranks next to
mahogany in value, and is certainly in
the class with walnut. 1t grows to
great size and height, and the young
trees are transplanted without much
difficulty. This timber question should
be study for every farmer.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

No farmer would think of paying too
high rental for his neighbor's field,
but how many are tilling their own
land at loss? Not One-half of them
know just what they are doing; they
penses. Every field must bring profit,
or farming will not pay.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

Two or three wires put through a
against most of our stock. Animals
running loose in pasture do not avoid
wire fences until injured, but it is diff
ferent when these wires are strung
through hedge, for the animals desist
when they feel the sharp barbs.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

If we were to spend half the money
in making shelters for our manure
piles that we have been won't to lay out
for commercial fertilizers, we should
not only be the richer for the saving,
but the gamer in having that which is
of more value. Nor do we realize fully
what things come under the head OF
manures; but, then, there is so much
we might do that we do not.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

''When die, don't plant no flowers
on my grave, but plant a good old wa
termelon vine, and when it gets ripe
you come dar, and don't you eat it,
but jes' bus it on de grave and let dat
good old juice dribble down through
de ground
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

s'Maria, Maria, why (puff, puff can't
you (faughD let me buy my own Christ
mas cigarsl"
81 didn't buy any Christmas cigars for
you this time, John. Those are some of
the cigars you bought to give to your
friends last fall when you thought you
Tribune
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

The quality of fruit from trees well
fertilized, is enough better to repay the
cost; and if carefully cultivated the fer
tilizer will better reach the roofs than if
put to grass. If the grass is allowed to
grow turn in the sheep to keep the
herbage down.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

The slow hand gets the less milk and
dries the COW. Milking should be done
and it is, therefore, well not to
have too many hands employed in the
work. With one mixer to dozen
cows there is more likelihood of eff
cient work than when half as many
cows make up the tale.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

'Sir," began the tramp, as he step
ped in front of pedestrian, "I've seen
better days, and
"Well," interrupted the other, ''you
needn't blame me for it. I'm not the
weather man."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

The character or temperament of a
COW can not be changed; if poor in kind
she can never be made good dairy
animal any more than can plow horse
be converted into roadster. Abund-
ant food will support her, but it is
wasteful to feed her for milk
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

Not so much for the per cent of nour-
ishment they contain are green veget-
ables valuable for poultry, for that is
small, but for their important organic
salts. They supply especially the salts
of potash.