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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
THR RAsEINe REcoRD.
Cobra has Lived Twenty-Five Monthu
without Food.

Without Food.
All bona fde fasting records have
been broken BY la Tosca, the great
Indian cobra at the Philadelphia
zoo. This snake has been under close
scientific observation for 20 months,
during all Of which time the reptile
has not tasted a morsel offood. Bac-
teriologists from several medical col
leges and others representing phar-
maceutical concerns have been en-
~deavoring to secure specimens of the
big snakes venom, which brings in
slant and horrible death to all forms
Of animal life. but La Tosca, in her
voluntary fast Of 20 months, has never
once opened her mouth wide enough
to enable these scientists to secure
the venom by any Of the ordinary
methods of snake handling. Theven-
ON fang is a long, sharp conical tooth
Of the upper jaw, by means of which
the poisonous fluid is injected into
the punctured wound. This fang is
attached to the maxillary bone, and
may be thrown forward or laid flat
by a peculiar mechanism by which
the bones Of the upper jaw change
4heir relative position. This tooth
or fang is folded upon itself for the
conveyance of the venom, and is also
connected with the duct Of the re-
ceptacle which contains the poisonous
fluid. The mechanism of the bones
is such that the opening of the snakes
mouth widely causes the erection of
the venom fang, and when the mouth
is closed upon the object bitten the
same movement injects the venom,
and death ensues forthwith.
Some CT the psychologists seem
to think that the venom might have
some curative properties that would
make it a valuable adjunct to the
materia medica, and for that reason
they r making renewed efforts to
get some of the poison. La Tosca
sleeps most of the time, and pays no
attention to anything that is transpir-
ing about her. She was brought here
from Borneo about two years ago, and,
after eating the three snakes that
made the voyage with her, refused all
descriptions of food, and seems to
get along very well without it. This
variety Of reptile never eats anything
but snakes. They have been known
to kill bears and horses, and are
feared by all the natives of Borneo,
Java and the smaller islands of the
East Indies, where they are found.
La Tosca is the only specimen of her
kind in America, and, unless she can
be induced to eat, must, sooner or
later, die. She measures IA feet in
length.-N. Y. Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
HOW TO EAT.
Elementary Rules for Avoiding Trouble
with the Stomach

Elementary Rules for Avoiding Trouble
with the Stomach
Eat slowly, masticate your food
thoroughly, and be merry while you
eat These details may seem unim-
portant, but they are the factors
which count very largely in the mat
ter of health, and consequent enjoy
ment OfIife.
To thoroughly masticate your food
is of the Utmost Importance, and of
course this necessitates sound teeth
or the work cannot be properly done.
If the teeth are not sound, a good
dentist should be consulted at once,
and they should be made SO, or the
inevitable result, dyspepsia, must be
paid for the omission.
Another frequent cause of indiges-
ton is the too free consumption of
liquids with meals; fluid weakens the
gastric juices which are necessary for
the proper digestion of solid foods,
and should therefore be used sparing-
ly during a meal and never at its be-
CHARACTERIZATION Queen.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
CONSCIENCE OR POLICYP
Fond Mother Puzzled by Her FOur-YsaE-
Old Son.

&-4W $500 9&-AH& ~ @Ha &Ne4 Gg4A
Old Son.
A certain fond mother Of this city
is worrying herself over an incident
which occurred a few days since. She
is trying to decide whether her four
year-old son, who figured SO promi-
nently in the incident, made a dis
play of deep penitence, or whether.he
worked a econ" game on her. If the
lad showed the humility and peni-
tence which his action indicates, he
may make a minister when he grows
up, but if he "eonned" his mother,
a different line Of life-Work will prob
ably be adopted,
Some time ago the boy in the case
was presented with a toy hammer,
which he appreciated very much. He
appeared before his mother about 80
minutes after he received the ham
mer, wearing a most woe-begone ex-
preston,
Mamma" he said, 81 feels awful
bad"
"Why, what is the matter, my
son?" asked his mother.
81 feels bad rightin here, mamma"
the lad answered, putting his hand on
his heart.
swell, tell mamma what is it, SON."
81 feels just like I do when you are
going to whip me-" He was whim-
pering by now, and his mother was
so sorry for him that the tears were
yelling up into her eyes.
what have you done, darling?"
give hammered a hole in your bed
stead" he said, and burst into tears.
HeWas not whipped, but hismother
is wondering whether he will be a
preacher of a ''wise gazabo."
phis Scimitar.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
THE o C A
Left It's Glass Prison for More CongsniaI
Surroundings.

LSLL aus GLASS ELlSOn Tor more COngenlal
Surroundings.
Standing on the floor of the
Aquarium's laboratory, a long room
on the second floor of the big build
ing, there is a bunch Of plants of
rather large size, in ordinary red clay
flower pots Of a-foot or so in height.
In a glass jar on a table at the other
end of the room lived the green-spot-
ted frog. Life in a glass prison was
doubtless pretty tiresome for the frog,
which must have greatly longed, if
frogs ever long for anything, for its
native marshes, or for something as
closely approximating them as might
be attainable. It could see down the
long room the green plants; and about
a week ago the frog jumped out of its
prison-a Jump of three times its own
length-landed on the hard floor
without injury, and made its way to
the plants, where it has since re-
manned, wandering at its will. The
plants r watered daily and the earth
in the pots is therefore damp and to
the frogs fancy. The animal is per
haps now as happy asa frog can be
under the circumstances, and is GER
tainly happier and nearer to nature
than it was in the big glass jar.-N,
Y. Sun.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
The Philippine Islanders.

The total population Of the Phil
ippine islands is estimated at from
100000 to 100000. It is made
up Of no less than three distinct races,
and these again are divided into "a
tribes, differing from each other in
language, customs and laws and sun
dered by ancestral jealousies and
feuds. In religion they are pagan,
Mohammedan or Christian. In So
cial development they vary from alb
ject savagery to a relatively high de-
gree Of civilization. OF tbe. "a tribes
mentioned, seven may be fairly rated
as civilized.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
R DISTINCT CASTS.
Theatrical Company That Is Prepared
for Any Emergency.

can odd and interesting circum-
stance in connection with MI. Mans
fields company" remarked one of
the group ofmen about town chatting
in the tbeater lobby, "is that there
are three separate casts for each of
the IL plays on his repertoire. Cast
No. 1 is the rominal arrangement
each character being assigned to the
person engaged to play it. Cast No.
2 is a complete switching about, lead
ing roles being taken by subordinates,
and vice versa, and cast three is an
other mixup all along the line. The
purpose, Of course, is to avoid any
bitches that might be caused by the
sudden illness or disability of any
body in the company. If for any
reason an actor or actress fails to ap-
pear, the understudy from the next
cast Immediately takes the part, and
if the first understudy is also unavail-
able-something hat will sometimes
happen-a second is ready at a mo-
ment's notice, It is a good scheme,
but it necessitates a tremendous lot
Of rehearsing, and I never heard of
it being attempted anywhere else out
side OF resident stock companies in
the great northern cities. You see,
every member Of the organization has
to learn three parts for each play.
That calls for an appalling amount of
study, a good deal more than the av-
erage actor cares to tackle."-N. O.
Times Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
Wagon Hill

Wagon Hill, Of Ladysmith, takes
its name from the peculiar formation
Of a clump Of trees on the top, which
SO closely resembles a wagon at a little
distance as to deceive anybody but an
expert. The hill extends for about q
mile in length, and is about 500 feet
high.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
Closing the Eyes.

A scientist says that shutting the
eyes makes the sense Of hearing more
acute. This may account for the
many closed eyes seen in the churches
very SundaJ-Chieago Daily News,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
NOTICE 10 THE PUBLIC.

REgm and aftsr JANUARY /, IGE, no trogDos,
buhD taUaa.
Ans ana al cattle, horas0, mules, etc., found
81 said p~lautatlpa after shove date will 81
R1anca and held ioE eamaRA .ll hOKH and other
Aa8asag aalmalg viii BE- GHta4 Wksn fOand On
aada u @8 shove planeafian.
u v. r WOODS.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
TRESPASs NOTICE.

Th8 publlois hereby notified not 20 hunt o.
otherwise treGpaas on my property on Grand
Gallon, Bayou Sale and Bayou Grassy. Til
roads through said properties are not public
but private, and all persons are warned not L
use without arBt obtaining the permission q
owner, under penalty OF the law. Trospassia,
o. al8O forbidden On tho property Of g. b. Gena
on Grand CatlON PIERRE CENAC.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
NOTICE.

An persons ere hereby notified nss TO hunt or
hsh on tho following plantations: ~sOuthdoWn,
Hollywood, Concord, Waterproof, Laurel and
1osodalo. JOHN D. MINOR
WIN. MINOR,
Estate 81. @. MIReE,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
10 TIN PUBLIC.

ne Rablio is hereby Hetias4 not % huaG picL
ta9a8 g tncgpaa8 OF the Point YARN Plantation
- Mo swamp lauda belonging 20 SAID plantation
oaa1F penalty OF she Law.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
TRRgPAg9 NOTTCR.

An parties aEo ~foEbiaasn. uaaoF penalty Of the
O. Aulk 01a, nQDs cut WooG, Gead6n trees,
aeG mQql o. qtAeFWMa tRcgpaas on the Wood.
aual 1a Aahinnf roufN1o1a.
cItLl4lEE
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
10 THE PUBLIC.

Eh0VEbllo Is hereby notified not to hunt, trap
'lek moss or Otherwise treSPass On he st. EIOi
l~lantstion, Bayou DuLaRgo, under penalty c;
n. ROUssEAUL. Tutor.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
TRRgPABS NOTICE.

M Vloll9 @ hereby notified thS6 hunting
Gaspasaag or mOasspicking on the Waubou, 81
GoaEB SD Julla plantations % foFbipdsB IN.
der penalty Of the law.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
NOTICE

a. hultng md Gsspa1glag en- Oak Forest
F1altatlaR ana Msusol eEast positively Brohib-
92 Z. u. CASEY Agent
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
NO THE PuBLIG.

Hunting. trapping or trespasBinR on my IndIuE
Ridge plantation. Little Ca3liou, tg hereby for
plantation VIII be dealt with according to Law.
JOHN BABIE
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
no THE PUBLIC.

Gho public 30 Hereby notfaod not e huut. plar
mc-s 81 othsrwirs tFespass "a tho MaF6o!ia
giantation Of Ea sic. HumpngsYa, under pua-
MW Ct tho law. a. a. CASH. ASSET
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
TRFsPAgs NOTICE

an persons are hereby notified not % hunt a
AanF wise trsspass on Mrs. c. BnFqsoig' DroD,
lg, mg penalty Of the iaW.
BRa O. BuRGEoEa
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-02
Puns.

Only use the hOmespun puns.-
Chicago Democrat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-07
Economical,

Mr.. Sweet-"Do you find it econom-
ical to do your own cooking?" Mrs.
Burnem-"Oh, yes; my husband does
MT eat half as much as he did when
we had a cook."-Tid-Bits.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-07
MANY TRICKS
Worked by the Thirsty to Get Their
Drinks Free.

worked by the Thirsty to Get Their
Drinks Free.
There is a man in town who has
taken a drink at the expense of so or
more saloon-keepers in the city. Here
is his scheme: He dresses like a team
ster and carries a long whip in his
hand. Walking up to a bar of a saloon
he says: please pour me a drink OF
whisky. I have a team out here I'VE
got to watch" While the unsuspect-
ing bartender pours out the drink the
man rushes to the door and shouts
'woah" in a loud voice. Then he runs
back to the bar, gulps down the whisky
and runs to the door again shouting
"woah" in a loud voice. He stands in
the doorway a minute and then goes
out quickly. The bartender waits until
he thinks the man has had plenty Of
time to take care of The horses. Then
he goes out to see what has happened
to the teamster. Certainly the team
ster is gone. Here is another scheme
that a. thirsty man is working with
great success: Coatless and hatless he
PUSHES lnCO q Saloon anu OruerS a OrlDK.
will you please call up John Jones by
telephone for me?" says he, while
pouring out the drink. If the bar
tender is an accommodating man he
goes to the telephone, and while he IS
searching the directory for John Jones'
telephone the coatless man takes his
drink and quickly leaves the saloon.
There is another man in town getting
drunk by the aid Of a scheme quite as
novel. This man wears a silk hat and
carries a small valise. After taking a
drink he reaches into his pocket for
the money. He always stands near a
cuspidor and, removing his hand from
his pocket, he drops something into
the cuspidor. 1t sounds like the clang
of money. He insists that he has
dropped a quarter, and rather than
empty the cuspidor the bartender gives
him change for a quarter. When the
porter comes to clean the cuspidor he
only finds a ten-penny nail.-Kansas
City Star.
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TWO SEASON TICKETS.

He and she both had season tickets
to the Chicago orchestra Friday con-
certs. They sat side by side in the
main balcony, and they did not even
know each others names. He was tall
and distinguished looking, with the
face and hands of an artist. She was
and fluffy looking, with the dain-
tiness and beauty of a flower. He al
ways brought formidable scores with
him and poured over them during the
entire concert, except when, carried
away by the music, he forgot its signs
and gazed a~bstractedly before him, see
ing visions not of earth. She brought
a box of chocolates with her, and ate
one after another until the box was
empty. She admired him much and
used to peep furtively at him and his
scores, wondering how any one could
be wise enough to understand all about
such difficult music. He never seemed
to notice her, and SO she unconsciously
watched him more and more and wove
fantastic romanees about my must
cian," as she called him to herself.
Neither he nor she went down stairs
during the intermissions, but she was
afraid to look at him when there was
no music, and that was when he looked
at her-while she was inspecting the
rest of the house.
One day he startled her by looking
around while the orchestra was play
ing. Their eyes met and she blushed
and turned away. Then it was that he
thought how pretty she was.
Would you like to see the scorer"
he asked, extending a ponderous vol
ume.
mo, thank you," she stammered.
"She doesn't like being spoken to by
a perfect stranger" he thought. "How
I should like to know her, but I dom
know a soul who could introduce US
Introduce us-the idea! I don't ever
know her name"
Concert eSter concert they sat sidt
by side, and he thought about her, and
she thought about him, but stern con
vention forbade them . becoming &C
quAinted.
One afternoon he fingered in his sea
after the concert was Owe making
notes of an air which he feared nigh
escape him unless Immediately record
ed. She was all the way downstair
when she remembered that she hal
left her muf on her seat. and wen
back TO get it. Recovering 1t, she start
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-07

seemingly No End to the Opportunities

for investments,
Ten year of railroad building ought
to bring at least half of China's popu-
lation within reach Of our cotton goods
and that without any increase in the
per capita use (only 81 of u cotton
would amount to 5000, 000, 900, or more
than the total surplus of cotton now
raised by us for export. China lies
largely in a zone of severe winters, and
while it has the greatest deposits OF
coal, the Chinese have never yet solved
the problem of building heating stoves.
The introduction of cheap American
heaters into so, 600, 900 Chinese homes
Is one of the possibilities which lie be-
fore our manufacturers. The Chinese
are a nation living in brick houses In
a land without a brickmaking machine.
Thousands Of walled cities, millions OF
homes, all built of brick and every
brick made by hand. These bricks
are made by labor costing but 10 cents
per day, but still they cost more than
our machine made brick with labor
costing twenty-five times that much.
Brick made by American machines
with Chinese labor will command the
market. China has long used large
quantities of our petroleum. 1t needs
our medicines, chemicals and disinfec-
tants. 1t needs water works and sew-
ers. 1t needs telegraphs, telephones
and electric lights. When the sun
sets night closes over that land, and it's
millions seek their beds in darkness.
1t needs electric railways. Cities with
populations in the hundred thousands,
lying but a few miles apart, are with
out any means of communication. Two
cities only twelve miles apart, one with
a population of 1900, 900, the other of
200, 900, the smaller city being the port
of the larger, are still un~connected.
American watches, clocks and sewing
machines are finding a ready sale, and
American spirits, wines and beers are
taken in quantities. The Chinese are
the Teutons of the orient, as the jap
anese are its Gauls, and when they be-
come beer drinkers, as they will, think
Of the supply necessary to satisfy 40o.-
000, 200 thirsty throats. China needs
our farm machinery, threshing ma
chimes and s~eparators. All the grain
used in that country is rolled put on
threshing floors and winnowed by hand
fans or the vagrant winds.
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ed down the stairs again. Having fin
iAhed his notes, he followed. The
Auditorium is quickly emptied after a
concert, and they had the stairs to
themselves. Suddenly her ankle turned
and she fell. He caught her behind,
but not in time to prevent her being
hurt.
"Oh, my ankle!" she cried; what
shall / do?"
She tried to stand, but could not.
Shall 1 cali a cab?" he inquired; cor
will you rest on one of the sofas in the
foyer?"
"I'd rather go right home, please.
You are good. Will you help me down
stairs, If it isn't too much trouble?"
He had almost to carry her down and
lift her into the cab.
ooh, thank you," she said, grateful
ly, but rather Historically, for she was
suffering intense pain. II can't go
home alone. Would it be too much to
ask you to go with NE? Suppose the
driver should refuse to leave the horses
to ring the bell, or suppose / should
faint in the cab-what would become
Of me?"
Thus ~besought, he could do no less
than escort her home. He was pleased
to find that the address she gave was
in a good neighborhood.
MAY 1 call tomorrow to inquire how
you are?" he asked, as he took leave
of her in her own home. My name is
Allyne, Wesley Allyne," he said to her
mother.
wesley Allyne?" asked the lady.
mot the son of DR.. Wesley Allyn of
Detroit?"
His nephew, madam"
81 knew him when l was a girl" she
said.
The rest of the story is as old as the
hills.-Chicago Tribune.
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Sir Walter Scott,s Dog.

Sir Walter Scott had a bull terrier
named Camp, which he taught to UNI
derstand a great many words. Camp
once bit a baker, who was bringing
bread to the family. Sir Walter beat
Camp and explained to him what a
great offense he had committed, after
which, to the last moments of his life,
he never heard the least allusion to
the incident without getting up and
sinking off to the darkest corner of
the room. Then, if you said: 'The
baker was well paid" or THE baker
was not hurt at ALL" Camp would come
out from his hiding place, caper about
and bark j|oyfully. When he was old
and unable to accompany Sir Walter
when horseback riding, Camp would
watch for his return, and, if the SER
want said that his master was coming
down the hill, or through the moor,
Camp was never known to mistake
him, but would start off to greet his
master.-Bufralo Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-07
WAY OF KILLING WHALE.
Tbere Is Little Of excitement or Danger
In the Pursuit Nowadays.

In the Pursuit Nowadays.
DR.. Frederick w. True Of the Smith
sonian institution. who has just spent
two months in whale killing in Green
bay, on the northeastern coast of New
foundland, reports an interesting ex-
perience. He was sent out by the in
stitution to study the finback whale
and of ninety-eight animals caught
all but eleven were of this variety.
The story-book romance has gone en-
tirely out of whaling as pursued by
the Newfoundlanders. There is no
frail ~whaleboat, with the grizzled old
harpooner in the bow to strike the
whale, but instead a little steam craft
and a powerful gun. This gun throws
a large iron harpoon. with crossarms
which lie against the shaft until it
strikes a solid body and then project
out and imbed themselves. The head
of this harpoon is cigar shaped and
sharp-pointed and explodes as it
pierces the whales side, generating a
gas which serves to keep the fish aioat
after the wrecking effect of the shock
on its internal organs has left it a
l~ifeless mass. A stout rope Is at
tached to the butt Of the harpoon and
by this the whale is kept in leash as it
thrashes madly through the water in
a vain effort to escape its unknown en-
envy. Death rapidly ensues, unless, as
sometimes happens, the projectile goes
through the fish from side to side, when
a second shot is necessary.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-07
Tired Feet.

When a woman finds that the instep
of the foot is tired, she should change
her stockings for thin ones, and put
on slippers with a totally different
heel from that of the shoes she took
off, either higher or lower, as the case
may be. Then she should lie down,
and place a pillow under the
insteps of both feet, so that
every inch of the breadth of her feet
should rest upon the pillow. When
this is done, the foot is at ease. The
muscles rest and strengthen, and the
beautiful arch of the instep is pre-
served. Possibly some may think this
Is nonsense, but let them try the above
plan of resting when very tired, and
they will be surprised to find out how
successful it really is.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-07
Automatic magazine Rifles.

A new military Mauser was patented
last year in which the loading is en-
tirely automatic. With the ordinary
magazine rifle, it will be remembered,
that every shot the firer has to open
and close his breech, and during the
operation, the spent case is elected,
and a fresh cartridge transferred from
the magazine to the powder chamber.
With the new Mauser, all the marks
man has to do is to keep his magazine
charged. After firing, the breech is
automatically opened, the spent case
elected, a fresh cartridge inserted, the
striker cooked and the breech closed
ready for firing, the whole operation
only taking the fraction of a second.
The less a marksman has to do beyond
taking aim and firing, the better prac-
tice he is likely to make. Whether
the weapon is, or is not, too compli-
Gated for practical military work may
be open to question; but an examina-
ton of the drawings of 1t shows that
the desired end has been obtained most
neatly and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.