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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15
AMERICAS TASK m CUBA.
Wonders wrought by the Industry
and Intelligence OF United
States Agents.

The task presented to the Americans
in Cuba was no light one, for it was to
bring order out Of chaos; and it can be
said without prejudice that no people
could have done it quicker or more eff
fectively, says ]. d. Whelpley, in At
lantic. The starving were fed, life was
rendered safe in every city, village and
neighborhood The custom houses
were turned into mints, and the money
collected therein was honestly account.
ed for. The entire island was cIeansed
and disinfected, actually and dfigurative-
ly speaking. To sum up everything ac-
complished is to say that Cuba was po-
Iced as no Spanish-American country
ever has been in the history Of this
hemisphere. Men ventured into the
fields to crop the land. The quick soil
responded gladly to slight encourages
ment. Commerce revived and gathered
strength as the months went by, for
over all foated the flag of the United
States, which meant that here, there
and everywhere were the quiet, keen
eyed, resolute officers of the American
army with hundreds Of sturdy, impetu-
GUS, anu wen equipped bOluleFs at Une4E
call. So far all was well. The United
States had carried out its programme.
The Spaniards had been driven from
Cuba and order was restored. This
closed the frstchapter Of the American
intervention in Cuba. Difficult and try
ing as this was, it was easy of accom-
plishment compared with what was to
follow, because the Americans had thus
far required no cooperation or assist
ance. They conceived and followed
their own plans. While carried out in a
strange land and under new conditions,
they were not unfamiliar with the
work. Distress had been relieved ana
order restored elsewhere. 1t wasmere-
ly matter Of adapting men, material
and common sense to tropical climate.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15
TolIBs OF THE NOBILITY LOCATED NEAR PEKING

The ancestors are considered at one
with their posterity, and are supposed
to intercede with the powers above for
the children they have left behind.
They are consulted ct the family Gowns
I'll and have the poWei o Sanction or
condemn all proceeding All de-
scendants ofa house pay homage to the
founder ana the living head Of the
family is under moral obligation to
take care of and provide for the poor
of fhis clan. This is duty that is never
shirked although ia times of famine
and failure of crops it. usually ruins
men who have been famed for their
wealth and business sagacity Future
happiness and celestial bliss depend
upon fidelity to the living and sacri-
fees for their sake will be rewarded by
the ancestors who have gone. before.
The belief that the dead are exercising
an eVer-present influence on their pos
tepity has, in the course of time, given
rise to a system Of superstition which
might be called a mixture of spiritual
ism. and necromancy. In its trail
have followed witchcraft, animal wor-
ship and other demoralizing and gro
tesque practices.
The Christian missionaries, instead
of trying to refine the worship of an
cestOrs, have endeavored. to stamp it
out entirely; and that is the principal
reason why their otherwise conscien-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15

This is a district in the city of New
York, at the intersection of Baxter,
Park and Worth streets, which was
formerly noted as being one of the
most wretched and dangerous quar-
ters in the metropolis. 1t has much
improved since the day of Dickens,
who wrote of it: There are many
by-streets in New York almost as neu-
tral in clean colors, and positive in
dirty ones. as by-streets in London;
and there is one quarter, commonly
called the Five Points, which in re-
spect of filth and wretchedness, may
be safely backed against Seven Dials,
OF any other part of famed st. Giles
Detroit Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15
A LITTLE 80 = NsR


Hoax ..Is Hardihcls fhs sort oi CT
low one could ust JoaN Well
If you trust him oiee ou'll trust hir
forever. ~ Philadelphia Record
She-'Don't you trust me7
IT'D trust you with my hfel9 30 you
mean thingl Thsn your life IS not
insured, after alll xonkers States
man.
"Blifl1inS wife is such . worrying
woman. What's she got to worry
about?" "Bifltins is lie good hus-
baud that she's fEd Il won't last.
Syratuse Herald
The Elderly Gentleman The trne
secret Of success is to hso out what
the people want" The N0ungeg Man
And give. it to them, eh9' Naw.
corner Il. indianapolis Pre-
MeIigges 'Eie fell into Jones wen,
and it never feaze5 him, Thingunl-
bob-'sYou don tsay Didn't hurt
him. eh2l leJigge Nc; and yo1
know how hara he water is in Jones
VIII. ~ hiladeIphia Press.
my dear began the b1nko
man t.tE Atee elflkes me as nelng
familiar. eoldly replied the
intelligent armt gMy fist most
gener'ly Strikes folks for Bein that
way, Catholie Standard and Times!
Sour-Faesd Woman You get right
out Of here pr I'll call my husband. z
Tramp Yer husband ain't at ho1ne." /"
Sour aced W6haana How do you.
know he amt 9'f Ttannp I've alters
noticed. mum, dat Wen q man is mar
ried to a woman w'ot looks like you.
he never ia at home except at meal
time R5ehester Herald.
NGeors Binsle was awtully shubBsd
Ry Li B last night It was al
becau one tf IFS unfnrunate
speed h dia
Wh nei that
heF quite eu iVe
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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15
Personal AND IMpERsoNAL.

A Cambridge (Mass.) councilman is
endeavoring to gain an appropriation
of $4,000 to buy the house of James
Russell Lowell for a free library.
Ali Ferouh Bey, the Turkish minis
ter to this country, is a regular mem-
Der of the Washington Fencing club,
OF which Count Cassini is president,
and is one of the best swordsmen.
Eminent English medical authori-
ties, Including Sir ]. Crichton Browne,
believe that consumption in the Unit
ed Kingdom will in the ordinary
course of events disappear in so years.
Signorina Paola Lombroso, daugh-
ter of Prof Lombroso, the criminal
anthropologist, has written book on
the Problem Of Happiness" ia which
she disagrees entirely with the views
of her father.
Gen. Andrew Sheridan Burt, colonel
of the Twenty-ffth (colored) infantry,
which has SO distinguished itself in
the Philippines, has the pen of a ready
writer and is contemplating writing
history Of the Philippine conflict.
a singer IN grand opera contradlctS
the statement frequently made that
lemon juice is excellent to relieve a
slight hoarseness. 1t may clear the
voice at first, but only for short
time, and the strong acid is extreme
ly injurious to the vocal chords.
A Kansas man has struck new
way of getting living. He has a
flock of 600 turkeys, which, in con-
sideration of board for himself, he
moves from one farm to another,
where they clean up the grasshoppers
with which the farms of that section
are infested.
Alfred Belt is as rich as the Roths-
Childs. In politics he has allied him
self with Mr.. Rhodes and has been
one of the greatest workers for the
British empire in South Africa. Yet
by birth he is a German. The son 81
a great Hamburg merchant, he wen
to South Africa as lad to study
developments there. He studied a
such good effect that he made 81
lions, acquired predominant inter
in the diamond trade and secured
lions share in the gold fields
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15
NIeHT oWLs "a a 80.
ThOae who CaEex on rhesR gnil
Then Dag


Sunless you are something Of a nOCt-
ambulist," said a man whose work
keeps him up late o'nights, in the New
Orleans Democrat, "you have no idea
how many queer ways there are of
making living in this big city. Walk
ing home anywhere from two to four
o'clock in the morning, I have made the
acquaintance of half dozen curious
crafts. The coal cleaners are most nu-
merous, think. They creep along
with gunny sacks fishing in the cutters
and picking up stray chunks in front
of passageways. have seen coal piles
left out of doors that vanished. like a
dream in the time that it took me to
traverse a block. What do they do with
the stuff? They sell it, / suppose, to
poor people who buy in basket lots. An
other familiar figure is the bone and
bottle man. have no idea what he
does with his plunder, but he fits like
a specter from trash barrel to trash
barrel and. carefully searches the con-
tents for bones and glass. He keeps the
loot carefully separated in two sacks,
and must have a storage den some
where in the heart of the town, for he
seems to collect an immense quantity.
Still another industry is the gathering
of paper and rags. The people that fol-
low it-and they are mostly full grown
men-must be immune to every mi-
crObe known ii science, for nothing is
too foul and filthy to escape their
clutches. have often shuddered to
watch them, yet I dare say that the
same malodOrous refuse is eventually
tranferred into dainty notepaper. or
delicate tissues, perhaps, for artificial
flowers. One of the queerest of all the
night owls is fellow who appears
to collect nothing but old wire. You
would suppose there would be very lit
tie of that lying around, but I have seen
him scurrying along with huge coils
of it under his arm. No doubt he has
| other side lines which / have failed to
detect. These are all, as you might
say, tradesmen. A very industrious
worker in another line is little chap
who runs errands, brings lunch, and
'rushes de can for the night shifts in
two or three big concerns near the
river front. He is a strange and weaz-
ened creature of no age in particular,
and has done nothing else for years.
Nobody has ever seen him in daylight.
1t wouldn't surprise me if he faded into
thin air at dawn"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15

Quiet and without public demon
stration rust unon hef sweet old
lady who. aftel ue1 Nie6olia is
haps the best loved woman in the Brit
ish isles, recently celebrated her eight
ieth birthday, says Youths Compan-
ion.
Florence Nightingale-she Of the
lovely name and lovelier life-has sur
vived now for nearly half century
the achievements which made her
name a household word. Ever since
the Crimean war, when the wounded
in the hospitals used to kiss her shadow
on the wall as she passed, she has
been at once paying the penalty of
her labOrs and Teaping the reward of
them.
They left her an invalid for life. But
from her couch she has directed the
progress of the institution for the
training of nurses founded by the fund
raised for her by public subscription.
The women of England started it, and
every soldier in the army contributed
a days pay; for Tommy Atkins knows
his friends. And besides this special
interest, she, the founder of our sys-
tenn of modern army nursing, has had
the joy of watching her work prosper,
expand, and attain worldwide infu-
enCe.
The ungrudging acceptance Of the
services of women nurses in the civil
war and our recent Spanish war was
chiefly due to the preiudices overcome,
the results attained, the admiration
extorted by this gentle, resolute and
gifted English woman, who had shown
the way.
So, too, the whole Red Cross system
was natural outgrowth of her work
1t is in no sense lessening the praise
due to those more Immediately con
cerned to say this; it is merely assert
ing that Clara Barton and her band of
nurses, Lady Randolph Churchill and
hers, are natural successors to Flor
ence Nightingale, carrying forward
the work begun by her to an extent
and with resources unknown in her
day. How many more lives could the
great lady in chief have saved in the
Crimea had she but had those novel
modern mercies, the hospital train and
the hospital ship, at her disposal!
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15
MOSQUITOES and MALARIA
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EUROPEAN DOCTORS ODD TEST IN ROMAN SwANPs

ing with high, pitched roof. It's spe-
cial feature is the use of very fine wire
gauze, of the same texture as ordinary
mosquito nets. This has been employed
in the various easements of the build
ing, while a quantity of the same ma
terial has been inserted between the
roof and the tops of the supporting
walls for purposes OF ventilation, To
make assurance doubly sure, ordinary
mosquito nets are employed in the bed
rooms. During the daytime the two
doctors conduct experiments in the
fever-stricken swamp around their
house. just before sunset they return
to their dOmicile, and, after making
sure that no stray mosquito has en-
tered it, hermeticalIy seal themselves
up until sunrise.
The scientific world is watching the
present experiment with profound in
terest. If successful, it will prove that
the spotted-winged mosquito of Eu-
rope, Asia and Africa is responsible for
the worst of all diseases and that the
adoption of modern drainage systems
will do more toward stamping out the
fever than all the quinine in the world.
The mosquito breeds in swamps and
nothing is so inimical to its existence
as drainage. Nature has given man an
ally in the dragon fly, which feeds on
mosquitoes, and experiments are now
under way in Europe and West Africa
for breeding these gaudy-winged in
sects in great numbers and turning
them loose in malarial districts.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15
HZHILE in many parts of the /
wv world armed forces are ar

w world a armsd sd' f9roes P%ssS are re 'ns aTy
rayed agai n each other for
the sole purpose of 6sstroyfng human
life, two scientific men, dwellingin an
uninviting' house on the Roman Cam
pagna, are risking their health to save
the lives of countless thousands now
living and not yet born. The most
disastrous of all diseases, according to
medical authorities, is malaria. Many
theories have been advanced concern
ing the way in which malaria germs
are introduced into the blood of human
beings, the one most generally accepted
in recent years being that the disease
is spread by mosquitoes. Among the
most noted believers in the latter the
ory are DR.. Louis Sambon, of the Eng
tsh School of Tropical Medicine, and his
assistant, DR.. G.. c. Low, who are now
shut up in a mosquito-prOof house in
the marshes near Rome, the worlds
malarial hotbed, 70 demonstrate the
truth of their arguments. They will
remain in voluntary captivity until 0c-
tober to prove that under certain con
ditions it is possible to insure immunity
from malaria in the worst Of fever dis
tricts. 1t has been stated that a per-
son cannot remain a single night in
the Campagna without contracting
malaria. The two English experiment.
erB say this means that the average
person cannot remain there a single
night without being mosquito bitten.
Drs. Sambon and Low expect to dem-
Dnstrate that If a man can live all sum
mer in the Roman Campagna without
being bitten by mosquitoes he viii es-
cape malaria. The structure which
they are inhabifsng was constructed for
them in London. tits long, low build-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15

TUCH has been written lately
Y about the religious fanati-
cism of the Chinese; and most
ofitis mere pack of lies. The average
Chinaman is not a religious bigot. He
is averse to prosecuting anyone on ac-
count Of his spiritual leanings and
Gountenances almost every form Of
worship. The bulk of China's popula-
tion is divided into Buddhists, Taoists
and the orthodox followers of Confu-
eius; but very few writer's mention. the
fact that scores of sects-some quite
antagonistic to what might be called
established chuFches"-are prosper
ing in every section of the great en-
pire. The only ceremonial which
unites the followers of all these schools
is family worship, better known as
worship Of ancestors. The ancestral
tomb is thefamily altar around which
the Chinese pater familias, from the
emperor down to the humblest coolie,
assemblies his children and all his serv-
ants and offers up to deity his prayers
and his sacrifices.
The family idea is the fundamental
principle of national and private life.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15
The VERY WORT.

James" she said, sleepily, don't you
hear queer noises? believe there are
burglars in the housed"
"No such good luck!" cried James,
after a minutes pause. "That baby's
awake againl"-Philadelpsia North
American
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15

There has lately arrived at Odessa
a representative Of the Persian gov
ernment, Mirza-Nahmoud-Ih Ihan-Said-
ul-Menelik-ogli, who brings with him
an enormous quantity Of medals.
stars, orders and decorations, which
the shah proposes to distribute dur
ing his travels in Europe. The weight
Of these decorations, which are con
tanned in two immense cases, lis about
80 pounds.-l Moscow ViedomosH.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15

Irate Father-You appear to be a
pretty strong man. If you will boot
that impNdent dude out of my house /
will give you meal and quarter.
Tramp-Hal hal OATS too funny.
"What eTe you laughing at?"
81 meal and quarter to boot
Chicago Evening News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15

Freddie-Ma, didn't the minister say
that the hairs of our heads are num-
bered?
Maize did, Freddie.
(After an interval of refiection) )-"I
suppose that's done so if one falls out
wen know just where to put it back
in the right place. Richmond Dis
match.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15
HAmDeBenas.

On, warm is hubby's welcome when
He comes home to rest contented;
But hot his greeting II, perchance.
His breath with cloves is scented.
Chicago Record.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15

Tmp0AsIble, He Thought.
The Sweet Thing-Are they happily
magried2
The Savage Bachelor-No, they're
married.--N. Y World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-15

M UGH has been written lately
IN about the religious fanati-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09
Pioneers In Alpine Climbing.

The professors of the Swiss univer-
sites were the pioneers in Alpine
climbing But it would be a mistake
to imagine that the pioneers were al
ways enticed into the solitudes by love
of nature, through sense OF scenic
grandeur and beauty, as these have
been understood since RuSkin opened
the eyes of men. One of them Spen'
many a season in searching for traces
of the dragon of fable. Another. as Mr.
Gribble has pointed out In a weekly
contemporary. went alOft to test the
truth of the tradition that the top OF
Pilatus held Pontius Pilates body
Gesner's feeling for mountain scenery
must have been. somewhat of the Rus
kinian order. But Gesner was an ex
ceptional person.
The Japanese have q prOverb relat
ing to one of their most famous noun
tain tops. There are two kinds O1
fools-those who have not seen 1t, anC
those who have seen it twice." Unit
the nineteenth century modern Euro
peans appear to have been pretty gen
orally of that way of thinking. Ninety
years ago some of them painted thu
risks of mountaineering in language
that in our day would be appropriat,
to a north pole trip in Andree's bal
loon.-London Daily News.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09
G.IIan.ry of Ambrose Bierce.

No one made any remark upon the
temerity of the ladies who invited Am
brose Bierce to deliver lecture before
the members of their club. Undaunte6
by his reputation they fearlessly beard
ed the lion in his den. committee eX
tending the invitation verbally.
Bieree was so taken aback by the
unexpectedness of the request that. tt
his own surprise, he found himself
weakly accepting the bid and ther
humbly consulting his callers concern
ing the topic upon which they nigh
desire him to speak
The president. a dignified and very
conservative lady. in reply to a move
suggestion of the lecturer elect, re
marked somewhat loftily that they
Were not a club of new women.
II am convinced of that" answered
Mr.. Bierce in a bland and deferentia
tone, which almost but not quite con
cealed his cynicism. ''Shall ! say yol
are a club of old women Y'-San Fran
cisco News Letter.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09
THE SEA.
Ny life 70 like q stroll upon the beach,

Ny life 70 like q stroll upon the beach,
As near the oeesn's edge as ] can go;
My tardy steps its waves sometimes o'erreach,
Sometimes I stay to let them overflow.
My sole employment It's and scrupulous care
To place my gains beyond the reach of tides,
Each smoother pebble and each shell more rare,
Which ocean kindly to my hand confdes.
have but few companions the shore;
They scorn the strand who sail upon the sea;
Yet oft think the they've sailed oer
Is deeper known upon the strand to me.
The middle contains crimson dulse,
Its deeper waves East up no pearls to view;
Along the shore my hand is on its pulse,
And converse with many shipwrecked crew.
-Thoreau.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09

kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles we're to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of DR.. Kilmer' S
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits EDk
by all druggists in fifty 1a:3f::t
cent and one-dollar siz sfss .E:S
es. You may have sazl91ssss: 3ZE2G
sample bottle by mail Home Of swamp-Root
free, also pamphlet telling you how to fine
out If you have kidney or bladder trouble
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. Kilmel
& Co., Binghamton. N. II
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09
Accused UujustIy.

Mrs. Newwon-Alphonso, how could
you be so cruel? You swore you'd keep
nothing from me, no matter how
trifling 1t was.
Newwon Feeling in his empty trou-
sers pocket for 10 cents he wanted for
street car fare)-Well. my dear. you
seem to have found 1t out. anyhow
Cleveland Leader.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-09
A Better symbol.

First Historian-Those revolutionists
made a mistake when they put snake
on their flag, saying, Don't tread ON
me-"
Second Historian-Why, thought that
a stron,r lcvice.
FirS; tlstorian-So It was. but a ba-
mana p e would have been more effective.
--Sy raGuse Herald.