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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

Meantime the proprietor Of the pro-
truding jaw and the striped shirt was
standing in the middle of the corridor
looking uncertain as to what he had bet
ter do. He was quickly relieved of all
uncertainty. Mr.. KAISER reached him in
a jump, grabbed him by the shoulders,
whirled him around and planted a
heartfelt kick Thcreupon the man
solved for a fleeing moment the prob
lem of aerial navigation. He rose and
scared. When he landed and got his
eet going there was a current of air in
S wake that blew off the hats of two
en- who stood nearby. Upon return
for the other man Mr.. KAISER dis
red only a crimson trail that led
leg the way Of the cafe door. Some
re fk1zen men who were scattered
iOUl6 the lobby crowded around Mr..
and wanted TO testify to their
citation by buying him drinks and
ars, and the head clerk came around
8 thank him for Kidding the hotel OF
he bunco man.
When a Sun reporter saw Mr.. KAISER
the other day and asked him about his
adventure, that gentleman rubbed his
chin and said he shouldn't think a little
thing like that would be Of any interest
in a big city ike New York. He ad-
United, however, that he had enjoyed
himself and said that the cigar pre-
scented to him BY his departed friend
was a very excellent one.
~ have got q little property Of my
own" said he, mot very much, but a
little; and I suppose those two thought
fhsJ could get $4,000 o. 81. 900 out 81 me.
4 am q simple-minded western man.
he added and paused, c0ntemplahyely.
a simple-minded western man, but, p
he concluded, smiling benignantly "a
the zoe Of bis right boot, II have beer
Is NeW York before -Ws - Sun
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

A guest with an irascible temper
at a hotel in a New England town
found that the dinner was not to his
liking add ne had no besitancy in tell
ing the waiter {. Finally be threw
dowBr6is knife and fork.
swell" he exclaimed, there's no
use in talking. / can't eat this STUFF -
"Tm sorry, sir,@ responded the
waiter. shut You might az wen. for
youm have to pay for t. anyhow."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03
:. Uld0ilg Of q BulkO Sharp


THE boom in the bunko market
caused BY the easy separation Of
e~x-Alderman French, of Brooklyn,
from $4,000 Of his good money by two
expert youths was severely Offset by
an occurrence in the Broadway Cen
traI hotel in which a pair Of the broth
erhood Of bunko steerers figured re-
spectiTely second and third to John
KAISER, of Arizona. The pair invested
. little cash and considerable time and
trouble in Mr.. KAISER, and, though he
didn't pan out, they still have cause
for thanIdulness that they T alive,
though battered.
Mr.. KAISER is superintendent of the
Live Oak Copper Mining & Smelling
company. with mines at Globe, A. T.,
and he Is here with his wife on bust
ness. They n at the Broadway Cen
trail. Mr.. KAISER is of foreign extrac-
ton. He IS possessed Of a slight ac-
cent, j blandly quiet manner, a con-
fding smile and a general aspect of
material but nonmetropolitan pros
perify.
When he comes to New York he
doesn't follow the example of some Of
his western friends and cast himself
5lF into the embraces Of a ready
made frock coat. a silk hat and q new
pair 81 tan shoes with white laees; he
e the same clothes that he wears
t hatne and goes about his bu mess,
and 81 people infer thereGrom at be
De- from tbs west he makes no moan
over that. Globe he considers g be a
pretty good sort Of place to come
rom. and he isn't ashamed Of it.
Eor some time past there has been
hanging about the corridor Of the
Broadway Central a gentleman pos
sed Of @ certain appearance ID
ness which has not commended
the favorable notice Of the
So far as they were able I'd
his sole occupation seemed
o chew toothpieks, derived from
rs cigar stand, and watch the
be lobby from the depths
hair. He was middIe-aged
no dressed. The hote.
glad to get rid OF
nifty offered. How.
occasionally, and
a sueb as vvoulr
ata#gRiss
ming this person
who was stand
ately out into tn,
having" sai6
rain in YOU
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

The Observer-Tm sure Jack pro-
posed to Kitty last night.
She-Why?
Because she g 90 lively as a cricket
to-day, and he's solemn and serious.
feeling the weight Of the great respon-
ability he has assumed philadelphia
North American.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

BroWh-I hear Jones IS lookinh
around for new quarters.
smith-Oh, I guess he isn't parac.
alar about their newness. he borrowed
ah Old one from me this morninR-Chb
cago Evening News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03
Wear Unto G-rentnesa.

A Louisville woman who spent the sumo
mer at a famous mountain resort In Yir-
ginia declares that, like all other places
Of the kind, it has its star boapder. This
one was a young southern girl. She was,
not pretty, yet far from being homely;
there was no special style about her, and
she was as heavy on hand as a log, aDdr
last Of all, she was not particularly rich.
But she lorded it over the place, and ALI
the other boarders walked behind like the
sister Of giddy "Dodo." The Louisville
woman lost sleep-trying to find the key to
this social mystery. One day she chatted
with the female potentate. They talked on
and on until finally the subject turned on
the Davis family. "Did you know any Of
them?" she asked.
'No," replied the girl-who-walke before,
grandly, 'but / just missed travelling on the
train once with Winnie Davis"
And then the other women from the south
gazed reverently at the Gust missed" and
the Louisville lady exclaimed softlys
"Eureka!"-Louisville Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03
government Pawnshopa.

Pawnshops in Germany had their
origin in the seventeenth and eight
zenith centuries and were chiefly public
ny dertakings conducted by the state or
community. Some Of these state insti-
%tutions in the German empire are the
Royal Lending house in Berlin, the
GFaSd pucal lending houses in Wei
mar ahd, Eisenach and the Ducal lend
ing hous in Gotha. OF course, these
r run ~ the government. The cap
ital for carrying on business by the
municipal authorities is derived either
from the treasury or the city savings
bank, which is usually operated in con,
nection With the paWnshops. The prin.
cipal citiFs a get money from private
persons ID from three 10 four per cent
Ia Berlin there was invested during the
year 1893 in these municipal pawn
shops S922, COO. The year showed profit
Of $1,000, or something more thaD ons
per centl-N. Y. Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

He-she Scent to have a lovely dis.
position.
She-Whyd do yCa think so?
81 never see her that she isn't smil,
ing"
sWell?"
"Well, doesn't that show a good dir
positions 90
NO Good teeth. -Philadelphi'
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03
Am Appeal to humanity GeneFally

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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

A government bond draws much less
interest than a pawn. ticket, but &c s.
more profitable 70 the holder-ghicaRo
Daily News
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03
LirLE THINGS.


3ohly breath from al evening Wind
Hut 81 cooled burning cheek,
only violet in che path.
Rrtt smiled on weary feet.
sCnsg d drink from Wayside well,
Efnla an Ole and rusty cup,
Eut az 5erFsee srner, who can tell
Tnhn that 81 the well and h sppt
Only the smile OF little child
Ent It tempered the life Of man,
Ustn he was tender ana ~gendeand mild,
An the tlon laid down with the lamb.
sou(N q glance lrcu stranger eyes
When a heart was cold and dark
Bukft brought back God. andthe glad sur
prise
Turned tie dead to a living heart.
-
81 writer knows of g young woman
alone, penniiess, and al she thought God
less. rs Boston, who Ia her despair was
about to commit suicide. In this mood
walking on the street. she met Phillips
Brooks. she knew not who he a bui
she saids 1.-THE look ia bis eyes as he passed
me made me know there was a God fell
that He had looked at me out Of those
b~anedcent yes."-Helen Van-Anderscn, &
Boston Budget
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

have aEn< with me ha ha1 has
hat YVES 8 good onel"
fXas, wasn't ft2n responded Mr.. Kass
ser. But don't drink
hFNell. come sit down and have 2
cigar said the either, and led the
way 70 = table Where sat b young man
with q ~qrotrading under Jaw, q STRIPPED.
shirt, q glass diamond. q long drink
and certain other evidences that he
wasn't q minister Of the Gospel. The
friendly stranger gave no intimation
him as he sat down. As the man didn't
rise up and wipe the floor with the
kicker Mr.. KAISER decided that the
pair knew more about each other than
they seemed to know, Presently all
three were engaged in conversation
Mr.. KAISER answering all their ques-
tons about himself with a confding
smile and accepting gracefully his
new friends invitation TO smoke a IS
cent cigar. The other two men had
drinks and the friendly man paid for
them. Then said he to Mr.. KAISER;
sYou don't drink anything, I see
but I guess you're out for a good time
ehg'
a slow, warm smile o%verspread the
w~esterner's placid face.
Il thought So" cried the other,
There's q little game running uptown
very quietly, and / can put you next,
Say, my FRIEND" he added to the man
on the other side of the table, 'ido you
play cards p
sWhy, sboo-err-rrl" growled he Of
the ~protrusive jaw.
"Come on, then; wen all go there
and have a little friendly game" said
the friendly man, blithely.
He started to rise, but felt Mr.. Kas-
ser's hand on his shoulder and saw
Mr.. Kasser's beaming smile very close
to his own face.
"Have you got a Pencil?" asked Mr..
KAISER.
'Pencil? why, certainly. What dc
you want Of it2"
Il want you to write your name on
this piece of paper"
'eWhat for2 1 won't do it."
The smile disappeared from the face
Of Mr.. KAISER. His hand slipped along
the shoulder of the friendly stranger
and settled on his collar. The friendly
stranger FASTENED across the floor to
ward the office, not because he pafticu.
larly wished to, but because a very mus
cular arm was propelling him. The
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

absolussly dependent u
- eL@ MA-r--eaf ~-6w

AAagAe4-AL N~E%+ee ~
news of the IranaVaal war
cables are under her control an
/ ready to spe8d a vast sum Of nancy 70 tree
herself. This IS like many people who, after
4 allowing yspepsiat TO settle upon thems spend
a fortune seeking deliverance. Save your
money and try Hostetter's Stomach Bitterss
the medicine which never fails 20 cure dys-
pepsia, constipation, h~iliousness, malaria
fever and ague.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

''When a mans young he's anxious to show
his knowledge" said the Manayunk philos-
opher; ''and when he gets older he's Just as
anxious to conceal his ignorance. '-Phila-
delphiA Record.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

a meh can't make his home brighter by
making Light Of his wife's trouble.-ChicagO-
Dispatdh.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

A woman's way is to get the best Of an
argument and then cry as though her heart
would break because she has done so.-
Philadelphia Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

The Million Dollar Potato.
Most talked-of potato on earth; the next
Is Sunlight; which is fit to eat ia IS days.
Send this notice and Sc to John "A. Salzer
Seed Co.,6La Crosse, Wis, for their great
catalog. [Kl
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

We always eriticise; others find fault
Philadelphia Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-03-03

1t such as would
ming this person
who was stand
Evening journal., 1900-03-23
Great Office BUILDING.

New York is to have the biggest Of.
fec building in the world, il is said
It will not be remarkably high-only
20 stories-but it will cover a great
deal OF ground and have more interi-
OF space than any other structure on
the globe used for Office purposes.
The site, at the southeast corner Of
Broad street and Exchange place IN
the very heart Of the money district,
will cost 100000 and Il is believed
the building can be erected for $4,000 ?
600 more. Six million dollars for a
block of brick and iron is a goodly
sum, but when the size of the block
and the value of the land on which II
will stand are considered il does not
appear to be too much. The new ALI
ance Realty Company, of which Fred
erick Southack is President, bought
the ground the other day and work on
the building will ho commenced very
soon.
Evening journal., 1900-03-23
Rosa Ronheur's monunen,

The Rosa Bonheur monument nj
Fontainebleau will be modelled under
the direction Of her brother Isidore II
will consist of a bull In bronze. en-
larged from a model made BY Rosa
Bonheur herself. One side OF the ped
estai viii bear a bronze bas-relief Of
"The Horse Fair" and the panel on The
other side viii contain a group OF cattle
from another of her paintings. At the
rear end of he pedestral an upright
panel will exhibit the bas-relicf of a
stag, and at the front end there viii be
a bronze medallion portrait OF the art
ist ana the inscription.
Evening journal., 1900-03-23

The New York hostess who can
boast Of having invented a really new
and original entertainment is the most
enyied Of her set. That proud posi-
tion is now held by the lady who Just
before Lent sent out invitations for a
reversible dance" The term does not
mean a dance during which the men
turn round suddenly and drag their
partners along backwards. but rather
that the guests are expected to wear
all their clothes "hind part before" so
as to give the impression that their
heads are turned the wrong way
round.
Evening journal., 1900-03-23
HIS RIGHT TO WORK.
A Millionaire Who Runs His own e.
evator.


There is a millionaire In San Fran
cisco who runs an elevator every day
as industriously as though he belong
ed TO cage-operator's union instead
OF a capitalists club
IL Is something decidedly out OF the
common, says the San Francisco Ex.
aminer, to see a thousand.dollar be.
diamonded hand controlling the lever
OF an elevator. and TO know that the
man who opens the door Of the cage
for you could draw a negotiable check
for 100000 as easily as you could
step in of out OF his presence. Nor Is
It at all usual for elevator passengers
to have their eyes dazzled by a dia.
mond worth 81 800 blazing at them
from cage-operators shirt.
But Notwithstanding this capitalist'S
strict attention to business and the
brilliancy Of his jewels he could never
get a Job in any hotel OF his own. No.
body In need Of an elevator man
would consider him seriously for an
instant should he apply for employ
ment Yet he is an excellent mechan-
ic and does not read yellow papered
novels while on duty.
The reason of Millionaire Brad.
bury's in.eligibility is his avordupols.
What would be the use OF lifting
200 pounds of man each trip when a
flfty-pound boy could do the work
without wear and tear on the base
ment machinery not to mention the
unnecessary fraying of wire cables2
A representative OF the Examiner
found William b. Bradbury in the
cage OF the elevator at his Hotel Brad.
bury rushing 1t up and down the
shaft as fast as electricity could send
It. But Mr. Bradbury would not talk.
He was busy running his hotel and
his elevator. he said. and besides Il
wasn't any business OF the newspa-
pers, anyhow. Leaving the elevator
he slammed the door and disappeared
In his private office.
But Mr.. Bradbury Is man OF
moods In subsequent interviews he
good-naturedly explained that he
works because he wants 10. He has
worked all his life long. he says. and
has a right 10 keep on working. Asked
for the names OF other pioneer mill
liOnaires who work. he said there are
none. because they are all dead. Then
he recalled the names of some of
them--Fair. Flood, O'Brlen. Stanford
Crocker. Hopkins, Sharon. Ralston,
Sutro and Blythe.
"A mans got to work 20 live" said
he. That's what bone and muscle are
given us for. When you shut down
your engine your boiler Is going to
burst.
How to get rich? That is Just az
easy, mind you. All you have TO do IL
to center your mind on II. Give NJ
everything else. Give up friends, chill
dren. peace and comfort. Pleasure
Take Il seeing the dollars come in
you feel over each one"
Millionaire Bradbury talks like q
miser, but his deeds are those OF q
philanthropist. for he gives away dol
lars by the thousand TO charity, ant
asks those benefited that nothing b,
said about It.
Evening journal., 1900-03-23
TRAVELLING In Java.

A man who has been travelling In
Java thus writes about the Dutch colo.
NAL railways. He says: Trains are
used in Java, not on account OF their
speed. but on account of the long dis.
tances one has TO cover. II you are in
a hurry and you haven't more than
Eve miles to go-walk. You may find
some difficulty In keeping up to the
train II It is going down a stiff grading
hut you will more than make this up
on the fiat, and you'll romp past IL
on coming to the slightest ascent. 1t
is a solemn fact" he continues. that
once in the course of a mile walk
along a highway running parallel with
the railway line I caught up TO and
passed a smell (express train). To.
ward the end Of the walk I entered
a shop TO purchase some cigars and
only after I had been In the shop ten
minutes did the train again pass me. u
--Pinang Gazette.
Evening journal., 1900-03-23
SHOE BUCKLES.
They Were Once Worth Much More
Than the Shoes.


Once on a time your shoe was moth.
ing without the buckle. Indeed. IL was
a case Of the tail wagging the dog
for the buckle was the main thing
and the shoe only to carry II. II was
not the size. but the costliness Of the
buckle which counted among royalties
and people of high rank at court wore
diamonds. while even in those days
some wore paste limitations I'm a vain
effort TO seem rich.
In 1920 a leader OF fashion would
wear a full flowing curled wig reach.
ing In ringlets half way down back
and arms, a laced coat cut straight,
with buttons put on in every possible
place, and square-toed. black shoes
with an enormous fat on the instep.
high heels. and on the fat q small
but brilliant buckle. Next tothe buckle
Of brilliants came those OF gold. Rich
land owners and merchants wore gold
buckles larger than the diamond ones.
but still small in proportion to the
shoe flaps
Your thriving shoekeeper wore buc-
kles of silver and your opulent farm
er those of shining steel, and the poor
er class had buckles of brass or iron:
but of some material every one wore
buckles on the shoes.
Evening journal., 1900-03-23
Army Mules.

A Congressman has received the
following suggestion: Would it not
be well for the United States Govern
ment to prohibit the expectation Of
mules until our supply has caught up
with the demand? The country is now
being depleted Of its mules. and
should any serious trouble occur with
any Of the European nations our
means of transportation would be ser.
iously hampered, because we are al.
lowing ourselves to be impoverished
by those who are engaged in a nation.
al quarrel, and we gain nothing but a
passing pecuniary advantage from
the transaction. The writer served in
the war of 1861 in eQuartermaster's
Department, and therefore has a
strong appreciation of the value OF
these half horses in time OF national
trouble"
Evening journal., 1900-03-23
THE NEW INDUSTRY.
AutomobIIIsm Affecting other Indus.
tries.

The rapid growth and development
civilization through improved high.
ways made addresses. and well known
cycle crusaders related the methods
used by them in attaining success. In
the recent good roads convention at
Albany, N. y, whose main object
was the urging on the legislature n
OF motor vehicle manufacturing are
having a widespread effect in other in.
dustries, whose products enter into
the building and equipment of auto
mobiles. The tire. industry has been
extended thereby to a new variety al.
most entirely different from the old
vehicle and bicycle lines. The machin-
cry trade, Of course, has been largely
affected 10y, the demand for automobile
machinery for the turning out Of
screws and other small parts, to say
nothing Of the large orders the drop
forge makers are receiving. Then
there are the carriage body builders:
the paint and varnish makers; and the
manufacturers of lamps. pumps bells.
ana other sundries. Even the dress
makers and clothiers are feeling the
boom and are advertising appropriate
costumes for women and men. Al
ready the automobile coat has left its
mark on fashion. There is bound, too,
TO be a revival of the suburban road
house and country hotel trade through
the new class Of road users and the
growing automobile tourist class.
Evening journal., 1900-03-23
HowelIs on Novels.

William ID. Howells lectured a few
evenings ago in Brooklyn on the he
roes and heroines Of fiction. He de-
Tended his own heroines from the fire.
quent charge that they are common.
place on the ground that he rccog-
nized the limitations Of loveliness and
drew women as they really are Mr..
Howells reasserted his contempsuous
estimate Of Scott, and his opinion that
Tolstoi IS the greatest novelist that
ever wrote anywhere in the world,
and that Anthony Trollope was the
first English Novelist of his time
Among Americans he ranks Nathaniel
Hawthorne first. and puts Henry
James next to him. as the great mas
ter Of realistic fiction. He briefly
characterized "the wonderful New
England fgurinesp Of Miss wilkins.
and said that her Jane Field looms
colossal" on the stage. He mentioned
Harold Frederick approvingly. but
said not a word Of Richard Harding
Davis. Heroines almost monopolized
the attention given to the two sets OF
characters in his subject. Mr.. Howells
holding that the hero in fiction does
not cut much more of a figure than
the bridegroom at a wedding.
Evening journal., 1900-03-23
A Submerged Forest.

There is a submerged forest on the
Columbia River between the Dallas
and the Cascade Mountains. The
submergence took place $50 years ago
and since then the roots have been
under water, while the upper parts
of the trunks have been barred yearly
at low water. The bark is gone and
the wood is partly wasted away, but
some of it is firm and looks fresh.
This fact seems owing to the durable
quality of the wood OF that species
namely, the pseudotsuga douglassi.
Evening journal., 1900-03-23

ant-general and vice-president, he
seems to have been assigned a posi-
ton of equal Importance.
The man who is at the close of his
military career was engaged promi.
nently both in the first war of inde-
pendence and in the Jameson raid.
AT the outbreak of the present war
Gen. Cronje established the siege Of
Mafeking penning up there the Brit.
ish force under Col Baden Powell
He soon took command of the Boer
forces at Kimberley, and with the ex.
ception Of his flying trip to Gen. lou.
bert at Ladysmith he was on the
ground there until captured.