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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
MIR. JONES POURED SOME MILK INTO
A SAUCER.

was assured that the matter would be
looked into at once.
Two days passed and the cat was
still a prisoner.
One afternoon a cIerical.lookfng
man, followed by a half dozen women
and as many children, entered the
gate in front of the deserted house,
Producing a large bunch of keys he
began trying them in the lock- Of.
she front door. Fina1Iy one was
fotnrd tHat turned the bolt.
The door was opened and the cleri.
~cal-looking a. was on the point OF
entering, when he was accosted by a
brisk, business-like man carrying a
small tin pail.
"Good afternoon" said the late ar,
rival. "Have you rented this house?"
"No, sir. l."
"Ah, I see. You are looking at it
with a view to renting"
"Sir, I am Mr.. Robertson, the pas.
tor of -"
"Glad to make your acquaintance,
Mr.. Robertson. And this is your fam,
lily, I suppose? My name is Jones. !
used to live here, and
80! So it's you who locked that
poor cat up here in the house and left
her to starve to death, it is?" snapped
one of the
81 beg your pardon, Mrs. Robertson,
but I've been feeding the cat every
day. You see my wife IS a bit super
well, she has queer ideas about it
being bad luck to take > cat to a
strange house when one move so
we left her here. Poor pussy; is 90
~lonesome?"
From the tin pail Mr.. Jones poured
some milk into a saucer on the floor.
$50 we left her here" he went on.
"We wouldn't take the world for the
cat, and I thought if you were going
to move in I'd take her home, for l
guess the charm is broken by this
time"
The cat approached the saucer and
shifted at the milk. Then she
stretched herself and yawned a large
red yawn, full Of teeth and arched
tongue, then lay down in the sun.
The clerical-looking man and his
supporters excused themselves and
withdrew, and that night Mr.. Jones
told his wife that a Mormon elder and
family were looking over the FIFTY
ninth street property with a view to
renting.-Chicago Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
80 n-unlINaroN noUra.


AHeAAA -A4A4
uThe Burlington Northern Pacific TX.
press" from st. Louis in the morning
from Kansas City in the afternoon, tor
Northwest Nebraska, Black Hills, Montana,
Washington, Tacoma, Seattle Puget Sound
and Portland, Oregon, via Billings, Mon-
tana-the short line and time-saver TO the
Upper Northwest.
70 the Puget Sound in 70 hours from
Kansas City; n hours from st. Louis, after
April 18th, 1900.
This is the climax in the development OF
the Louisiana Purchase.
Through Coaches, Chair Cars (seats free),
Standard and Tourist Sleepers and Dining
Cars. This is tie main travelled route from
the Southwest to the Northwest.
Number 5, Nebraska Colorado Express
midday train from st. Louis; late night
train from Kansas City, for Nebraska, Col
orado, Utah, Pacific Coast one night to
Denver.
Please write for printed and illustrated
matter.
i. w. WAKELEY,
General Passenger Agent.
HOWARD ELLIOTT,
General Manager,
st. Louis, Mo,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

REEEEElAEE-
y was very thin and my
friends drought Z was ~
consumption
fSHad continual head
aehRsy haCECach0 and fall
q Of uterus and my eyes
were affected
AEWsg'Y ORs noticed hOVV
poorly EOOECed and WAS
advised % take Lydia e.
Vegetable
Compound.
rome bottle relieved
RBRe. and after EaEing @fNkBf
bottles ann nova healthy
W0Es1anE have gained n.
weight from 95 POUNDS to
1907 everyone asks what
makes me SO TOUT
MRS. A. TOLEEo 1896 Hill
ton $fsy R~hiIadslgEfay Pa
HRS PlnEdBaHn has fifty
SWOh letters
from grateful women
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
italy Demands recognition.

Italy proposes that Italian shall be
recognizeda S an international Language
on the same footing as English, French
and German. DR.. BacceIi, the minister
Of education, has directed delegates to
international congresses to demand
that papers shall be read in Italian, and
that italian delegates shall employ
tAr cgn language in the discussions
instead Of using one of the three Ian,
guages now usually admitted.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
WHY rHR cAr YAWNEn
Humantturinn Instincts Lead . ohb'
cago PreneheF nnd HIS Neighhors
Into Queer Predteament.


A cat locked up in an empty houBa
for ten days without food or drink
1t was cruel said those whose atten.
ton had been called to the fact, and
a at subject for Investigation by the
S. P. G. a.
Children who passed the house on
their way to and from school spoks
Of plaintive news heard from withis
and of occasional glimpses of a lean,
%cadaverous feline, whose big green
eyes looked reproachfully through
the dust-begrimed glass. The parents
Of some of these children went to in.
vestigate, with the result that the
reports were in part corroborated.
The house, a small, two-story brick
structure in Fifty-ninth street, near
Union avenue, Chicago, was vacant,
as far as human tenants were cor.
cerned, and there was a cat locked
up inside,
1t was found impossible to release
the animal, because the doors and
windows were securely fastened
There was no resident caretaker. A
placard referred all corners to a down.
town rental agency. The last tenants,
a Mr.. Jones and family, had vacated
the premises nearly two weeks before
and had removed to parts unknown.
Meanwhile the mournful news OF
puss smote the consciences of the
kind-hearted neighbors, One woman
said she was going to release that
cat if she had to smash a window.
and this moved her husband to report
the facts to the rental agency. he
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

every afternoon he could be found
snoring away on the cot in his tent.
His friends thought it was about
time to stop this after awhile, and they
got one Of the cub bears, that was
really as tame as a big kitten and al,
most as playful, and one afternoon
while the sleeper was tucked up as
usual under his canvas cover, they put
the cub inside his tent.
Bruin was nearly always hungry, and
at first he went shifting around to find
something to eat. But pretty soon he
heard the snoring, and at first he was
going to clear out, but his curiosity got
the better of him, and he went over to
the corner in which the cot stood and
began hauling at the covers to see
what kind of an animal it was that
vas making such a funny noise.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

arts or mechanics he concealed. Work
men were put upon their oath never
to reveal the processes used by their
employers. Doors were kept closed,
artisans going out were searched, Wis
itors were vigorously excluded from
admission and false operations blinded
the workmen themselves. The mys-
teries of every craft were hedged in
by precautions which now appear to
be fanciful and silly.
But neither locks nor oaths avaiIed
against the ingenuity of envious or in,
quisitive rivals. One after another
trade secrets were revealed, until the
wise patent laws did away with all ne
cessity for secrecy. The secret of the
manufacture of citric acid was stolen
from an old chemist who had a shop
near Temple Bar, in London, by a
chimney sweep, who dropped down the
fue and took good note of the process.
The secret of the manufacture of tin
ware, which was discovered in Holland
and kept a secret for so years, was
stolen by James Sherman, a Cornish
miner.
The history of cast steel presents \
curious instance of a manufacturing
secret stealthily obtained under the
cloak of an appeal to philanthropy.
In 1850 a Sheffield matchmaker be-
came dissatisfied with the watch
springs in use, and after many exper-
iments succeeded in making cast steel.
In ITO he had a large factory making
this steel The process was wrapped.
in secrecy by every means within reach
true and faithful men hired, the
work divided and subdivided, large
wages paid and stringent oaths admin
istered.
It did not answer. One midwinter
night a traveller knocked at the gate.
1t was bitterly cold, the snow fell fast
and the kind foreman gave the wan
derer shelter from the storm. He
sank upon the floor and soon appeared
to be asleep. But in reality he kept
his eyes open, saw the whole process.
and when he departed in the morning
he carried with him the secret of max
ing cast steel.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

Al naturalist found that some black
ants were %deyouring the skins of some
bird specimens on a table, SO he made
tar circles on four pieces of paper and
put One under each leg of the table.
Pretty soon he found the ants busily at
work again, and, looking at the tar
circles, found each one was bridged by
bits Of sand which the clever ants had
brought in from the street.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

Old-time actors and actresses are
now having a controversy as to which
ones among them appeared in the o.ig
inal production Of "Unele Toms Cab
in One would naturally think, says
the Chicago Times-Herald that in
stead of wrangling about it in public
che guilty parties would try 10 keep
the matter quiet.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
pEVoTED PAPA Frog.
ne Holds His little sons and Daugh-
tiers on His Back and Carries Them
wherever He May Go.

Here is the picture of a male froe
with the little tadpoles living on it:
back, discovered lately by DR.. August
Brauer, Of Marburg, Germany. For +,
little fellow it has a pretty long name
but perhaps its paternaI devotion has
earned it the Latin name, arthfolepti:
seychellensis boettger. 1t has been no
ticed before that in some species Of
frogs living in Ve~nezuelaand the island
Of Trinidad the male bears the young
on its back, to which they hold by ii
mouths. But this new species is Y
first one on which somany as nine Hta
ones were d-fennvaead end hesf3as tb ~
do not hold on BY their mouths.
seemtobe stuck to the papa frog b5 4
and sides by some gummy suh
which holds them in place until
axe large enough to care tor b
selves Like an tadpolee these
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

The British government is discussing
the feasibility Of building national
%grGnaries and storing asst quantities
of wheat against the emergencies Of
war or famine.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

"A powder to shake into your shoes. Itrests
the feet. CuresC orns, B~unions, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Callous Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease makes
new or light shoes easy. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, Csc. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

The young king Of Spain always i'm
sists e. having his pockets filed with
coppers before going for a drive, and
scatters the coins among the many
bes who crowd round his cur
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

The Makers OF Carriers Ink Says
owe can't make any better ink than we do:
we don't know how to. We can make poorer
ink, but we won't" Carriers Ink is the best.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

NOW that Belle has secured her divorce,
I suppose she is happy" mo, she isn't.
She is married again. philadelphia North
American.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
General Manager,
st. Louis, Mo,

He-Am I right in presuming to think
you care for me?
She-No, you are left.-Cleveland Plain
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

"Grafton has a barber who gives him a
good, quick shave and never bores him with
his talk" deaf and umb?"-Indianapolis
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16
ConIdn,t sfIcE Wnmn

Teaeher-WiHie, what's the maseu-
line of "laundress? 2"
Willie Experimentation
Ign Lie.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

If you wish to Fcquire distinction in
dress with your separate waists see
to it that there is some relation in color
between the skirt and the bodice. The
black skirt with br~ight-colored waists,
which have NJ black in their compost
ton, is no longer considered swell. For
example, a blue-and. fawn-checked silk
blouse is very good style with either
a fawn or a black cloth skirt, while
with black it would be very ordinary.
st. Louis Republic.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-16

The circulation Of the London news
papers has increased from 20 to 100
per cent. SINCE the beginning Of the
war in South Africa,
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-28

that that paper, with its usual perspicuity
in matters of minor political concern, re-
pudiated long ago the mean conspiracy
which it was necessary to invoke the
courts to destroy.
There will be now no means of confus-
ing the voter who desires TO cast the
present gang out of power. He will re-
alize that there is but one effective way
to do this, and that that way is to aftix
his mark opposite the name OF every can
didate who has the designation of 'sDemo,
crat" attached to his name on the official
ballot. The Issue for settlement on Tues
day is now fairly drawn. Electors can
now vote intelligently; and, with sufIl-
cient watchfulness on the part of Demo-
cratic chaHengers. may have their votes
counted as they are cast. With these re.
suits accomplished. the fate of the exist
ing disreputable political gang is already
sealed.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-28

dustrials and somewhat exaggerated ac-
counts Of the less favorable state of
steel and other industries and commits
SION houses were much more inactive
than Tor some weeks past. London also
was influenced unfavorably as to Amer
lcanS, partly by the events here and
partly by the Increasing firmness of its
own money market, and divided its re-
duced participation in the market here
between buying and selling, probably
than 1T sold
Prospect Of gold exports served as
theme for discussion, but even the
announcement that S4,500,000 of specie
would be shipped abroad on Thursday
dld not have any particular effect while
the Strengthening in exchange relieves
the fear Of large gold outflow for this
week. The money market, increased rail-
way earnings and the end Of the pes
simistic rumors regarding iron ali tend
ed to check the decline.
from Monday to Wednesday railway
Stock was subject to considerable selling
ana moderate concessions were scored in
many securities Of that class, the indus
trials, with one important exception, hav-
ing lost thelr speculative attractiveness.
American sugar was the feature re-
spending quickly to manipulation which
seemed inclined to force the large short
interests to cover. At the same time
some large interests evidently concluded
that stocks were mainly in first hands
4s ana the market at large had become over
ON Thursday vigorous and successful
ellorts were set on foot to dislodge the
pears from their position, the result be-
ing heavy covering of short contracts
throughout the list and rallies, which,
Deglnning IN the prominent railway
ssniarres, sriar, extended to some of the indus
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-28
DOMINION OF CANA
THE MAGAZINES.

Scribner,s Magazine for May contains
four illustrated articles that are unus-
ually informing In regard to events and
questions of contemporary Importance.
1.-THE American Army officer in Action
is the subject of a paper which Senator
Albert j. BeVeridge contributes to a
forthcoming number Of the Saturday
Evening Post.
Outing for May, from its frontispiece by
Frederic Remington, to the last page of
its monthly review. from the pen of its
editor, teens with matters of interest to
sportsmen of all degrees and tastes.
Money, the New York non partisan
monthly magazine. publishes in its April
Battle Of the Standards Impends,'' by
Raymond e. Dodge.
The May number of Everybody's Mag
aZine is full Of that sugar-coated infor-
nation of which It's conductors are max
ing a speciality. There is not dun page
in the book, nor one which sounds fedE-
cational;" but no one can read this num-
Der without adding materially to his store
of knowledge.
The American Queen for May contains
large variety of exquisite dresses for
women, misses and children by Alice May
Gillian and Mrs. Jessie Shepperd, two of
short stories by Cyril Darrah, Mrs. Mich
olson and Elton Harris, and prize em-
broidery and lace designs, of which pat
terms are furnished.
1u6 OT1CSTlOn mas changed from a
weekly to a monthly. and devotes its col
umns to letters, art, music and drama
1t promises to tell what is of largest
Importance and what of most popular in
tereSt in the four fields, and to be judi
cial, st1mulatiye and vivicious. The
monthly career began with April and the
magazine is interesting and meritorious.
The next special issue of Golfers
Weekly will be the Paris exposition num-
Der, which will appear May r. In addi-
ton to special exposition article by M.
exposition. there will be complete Sc
ries of photographs of the buildings, pan
ofamic views, maps Of the grounds, plans
of the buildings, etc.
The Engineering Magazine for May has
three articles dealing with the important
issues involved in the present and threat
ened labor troubles in the United States.
They are Labor Questions in England
and America, by Charles Buxton Going;
ganizations and Arbitration by III. w.
Hoyt, and Works of Organization for
Maximum Production" by ]. Slater
Lewis.
The April number of Werner's Maga-
zine contains a number of features not
only valuable to It's particular class of
readers, but interesting and instructive
to the general reading public. While con-
tipuing to be Indispensable to the artist
who works in any part of the field Of eX-
preston; the elecutionist, the reader, the
physical culturist, the teacher in general
the publishers aim to make the maga-
zine of such general value and attrac
tion to cultured persons that it will be
a welcome guest to every home In the
land
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-28
WASTE PLACES BEING MADE FER
TILE

The spring season has opened in Minue-
sofa with large demand for agricul-
turai lands. Outside of the large trans
fers of lands Of a speculative character,
homeseekers from almost every state In
the Union have flocked to Minnesota this
year in search of lands suitable fer farm
ing. The chief demand, of course, Is
for wheat lands, but the increasing scar
city of this class of land has led many
intending settlers to turn their attention
to lands which can be proftably used
for mixed farming.
In Minnesota there are still several mil
lion acres of wild lands. A large p- oper-
tion is suitable for mixed farming, stock
raising. dairying and small fruit grow
ing. Much of the land known as cut
ever land,'' that is, upon which there was
formerly growth of pine, which has
been removed, has been found we'll adapt
ed for general farming purposes. 1t does
not look pretty, ana it takes time and
work to remove the old stumps; but, even
before all the stumps are removed, fine
crops of timothy, clover and ssmi a.
grasses and fodder can be easily raised
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-28
SATURDAY. APRIL ,2S. 1900.
AT THE ROPES END.


At last the gang of political outlaws
who for many years have conspired
either to rule or ruin the Democratic
party in this city have met their fate.
They came to the ropes end in spite of
all that the Republican politicians could
do to secure for them either immunity or
reprleve.
The decisions Of the supreme court and
the district court thus put an end to one
of the most abject and corrupt of the
many STRIKES" operated in this city, that
spring into being from the sordid char
acter of many of those who engage in
politics as calling 1t never possessed
even a colorado disguise. It was notori-
ously an open bid for Republican money
with which to compass the defeat of the
party to which its projectors professed to
belong. There are, of course, some decent
but misguided men that have followed in
the wake of these low mercenaries who
have played the role Of leaders in the
defunct movement. Indeed, among the
most prominent of the so-called leaders
there have been and there still remain
identified with it one or two men who
ought never to have been caught in such
company
The G o b sincerely hopes that these
men will hasten to remove from their
political garments the stencil which has
so long attached to them. Fumigation IS
needful to them; and when they have
been through a reasonably effective quar-
antine they may. if they choose, and pro-
vided they behave themselves thereafter,
enter the portals of the Democracy.
The G o b e has never had any dis
position to indulge in elimination regard
ing the foolish conduct of the misguided
men who have allowed their names to be
associated with the movement which has
at last received its Just sentence of ex-
tinction, passed upon it by judicial au-
thority. 1t has no thought of doing so
now. Those Of them who have not their
pockets already lined by Republican
money will doubtless vote for the Demo-
nGcGS-
sary contritlon for their sins. While the
lamp holds out to burn they, of course,
remain at liberty TO return If they do
not, they must enter into open and avowed
eompanionship with the unscrupulous
conspirators who have used them as long
as they were capable of being used to
retain their power to misgovern. plunder
and disgrace this community.
1t is a pretty indecent sort of business
for the present body Of officials of this
community to be in-that of fostering
such corrupt and disreputable methods Of
political warfare. It is a still less ac-
ceptable line cf public conduct for rep
utabIe public journals to give sanction
to. This the Pioneer Press has continued
to do in It's news columns. although it
must be said to the credit of the dispatch
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-28
SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTING.
r.. G. Dun & Cots summing Up OF
BUSINESS Conditions.

r.. G.. Dun & Co.'s Summing Up OF
Business Conditions.
NEW YORK, April Pr. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorIoW
will say: - ,s ,,ricas of
iron products break Sharply In aar Tue 5a11e bsve
week Four months of the new year nave
passed, and business does not SO eXpaiiu ps
to meet the large Increase OF clTculdIloia e,i
which the new monetary Dill mas Pei
mitted, nor enough TO sussalia ;n, a.. 81 E year
traordinary advance in prices last aI, year'
Trhe abundance q of gold ana OF curfellCy'
treasury in exchange of bonds nave relL- en-
dered rates for money unusuals. ,;oT LoT ona
speculative activity in Europe, with the
war in South Africa have tended to make
money dearer abroad. -
sa1rhe reaction in prices came Wnere II
was expected least In the industry more
fully organized than any other TO cnech
competition and in the pranch Whicn ai3s
through contracts covering roo maklns
and other machinery and through patents
seemed more fully controlled than any
other. Reductions of $40 per ton IN wire
nails barbed wire and galvanized renee,
and S18 in smooth wire showed that no
control can afford to hold prices SO high
as to check consumption. ;.
s"The tendency toward lower prices is
strengthened by the idea that over-Pro-
duction may appear in other branches.
In cotton goods, after the rise OF about
90 per cent following the advance IN cot
ton, 1t is asked whether the surprising
Increase in Southern output mas not cut
off part of the demand which Eastern
mills found insufficient; In staple goods
no change is seen, but In other lines ana
fancy goods irregularity is increasing and
greater concessions are made e{, for for future atur
cred, with good prospects Tor the next
CROP northern mills having taken al
ready what they will require until sep
tember. but Ellison's estimate Is thought
likely to stiffen the foreign demand; Nor
has wool changed in quotations, though
some sales of fair amount are reported at
such prices as 81 cents for Ohio Xxx and
55 cents for clothing territory cleaned
but manufacturers are disposed to do any
thing. and the West asks prices which
dealers have no reason for paying. The
demand for woolen goods is small. M ana
disappointing and except In staples,
which are steady because we'll sold up
prices are not encouraging.
"Shipments of boots and shoes from the
east In four weeks have been 3O6, S23 cases,
against 399, ,4aS last year, 304,O61 in 1893 and
less In any other year.