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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08
SOY DEANS AS AFoRAGE CROP.
Its Greatest Value as an Ingredient
for Furnishing Selling Food
for Dairy Cows.

The soy bean may be grown for the
grain, for soiling food, for ensilage.
for pasture and for green manuring.
Its greatest value, however, will prob
ably be found in furnishing soilinp
food for dairy cows. as it is in the
proper condition for being thus fed
at that season Of the year when but
few plants are available for such a use:
that is to say, during the latter part
Of the summer. The soy bean is a hot
weather plant, but is able to stand
mor drought than the COW pea. When
once well rooted hot winds that would
wilt and wither many other forms of
vegetation viii not seriously iniure the
soy bean.
In appearance itresemblesa common
bean, but the foliage is larger and
much more l~uxuriant, and the habit
of growth is more upright. With all
the conditions favorable this plant in
some Of its varieties viii grow to the
height of at least four feet, and It pro-
duces a large yield of green food. Some
Of the early varieties, as the medium
or green, can be grown successfully
further north than the eowpea The
claim, however, that they win flourish
as far north as corn is not. quite cor
rect And Stree It win stand drought
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08
Feed for GROWING PIG.

Of course everybody knows that
milk is the best food for pigs; butt wifren
they cease getting milk from their
dams, very few have a supply of cows
milk for them; and even if they have,
it is not whole milk, and something
should be'fed with it. What shall that
son ething be? There is nothing else
so good for vigorous growth as wheat
sh0rts-not shorts that looks and
hanGles like sawdust, but good. rich
shorts which is generally called mid
Glings. And this can be too rich with
grain. 1t is generally too rich when it
mikes in chunks, and not rich enough
when, in mixing, it raises to the top.
In selecting middlings for pigs, get
the quality here described. A good
feed Of this two or three times a day,
ana a run at good pasturage in its sea-
son, or cut and steamed clover hay
when pasturage is out of season. will
get all the growth out Of pigs it is pos
sible to do. As generally fed, corr is
"a curse to pigs. 1t checks growth Of
conc and muscle, they become weak,
often causing rheumatism. partial
paralysis and breaking down in the
back" When the pig is growing, feed
for growth. The last few weeks of his
life is sufficient to stuff him with corn
10 produce fat.-Practical Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

tisan purposes, and he is now Occur
pied in preparing the campaign hand
book. Such a function is as remote
from those proper to the collection
of commercial statistics as thew
would be from the conduct of a
church, and the knowledge that this
hack is engaged in the task is sufR-
Cient to bringinto TO iscredit his activity
in statistics of trade as issued by the
treasury. Since Mr.. Austin has been
in office he has not added a single fea-
ture to the tables as formerly issued,
save that of throwing discredit on the
whole by his evident intention to
make himself useful to his party.
The worst feature Of it is that the
tables III discredited abroad as we'll
as at home, and it is not strange that
SO little regard is paid by statisticians
OF Europe to the work now done un-
der our governmental, Y, Post.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08
MEANING or IMPERIALISM.
entirely at Variance with the Trao.
Principles Of Freedom ana
Fairness.

If definitions in the dictionaries will
not aid much the platform adopted at
Kansas City may. It is understood
that Mr.. Bryan had something to say
about the construction Of the plat.
form. We may presume, therefore,
that Mr.. Bryan ear about what the
platform means by the word "imperial-
ISM" The second paragraph Of the
platform reads;
Eve declare again that all governments
Instituted among men derive their Just
powers from the consent of the governed;
that any government not based on the
consent of the governed is a tyranny, and
that to impose uDOn n people a gov-
eminent Of force is to substitute the
methods Of imperialism for those Of a
republic"
This declaration seems to convey d
pretty clear idea of what the trainers
Of the platform mean by Imperial
ism" and we may safely assume that
what they mean Mr.. Bryan means.
The idea is more fully conveyed, per-
haps, by the words quoted than it
would be by a formal definition.
Essentially, Imperialism is arbitrary
power exercised over a people without
their consent. 1t is the power that the
British government asserts in many
places, though in general it exercises
the power with such moderation that
the people over whom it is asserted are
practically self-goVerning. At bottom
it is a fat denial Of the right Of self
government.
1t is entirely immaterial whether the
power to govern without the consent
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08
SCANDAL UPON SCANDAL.
Another Instance Of Republican
Rottenneaa In Public
once.

10 is well known that the pI resent
head of the treasury bureau OF sta
tistics is preparing the campaign
textbook OF the republican party.
Such a s~candalous Disregard Of the
proper duties and dignity of that bu-
reau has never before been shown.
There have been charges made of par
tisan use in the past, but these
charges have never been proved to
such an extent as to affect the o
rectness of the returns issued by the
bureau. There have been issued, I'M
der official sanction, interpretations
of commercial and industrial returns,
favoring a particular policy or meas
ure, and when Charles Foster
was secretary Of the treasury the
head of the bureau permitted a vio-
lently protectionist interview to be
circulated as a treasury document
although it was well known at the
time that the matter had been pre-
pared by another hand. Such exhi-
billions of improper political activity
by the bureau have been rare, how
ever, and have never failed to bring
down criticism on those who were re-
sponsible.
Secretary Gage must bear the full
responsibility of causing the present
scandal. He removed a man Of expe-
rience to make room for a political
hack, whose only qualification was his
service during the campaign in run
ming a ''literary bureau" for the re-
publicans, From the beginning this
partisan has used the bureau for ar
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

This account of a budding genius Is
taken from the Mount Sterling (Ky.)
sentinel-Democrat "Near the poor
house farm for some time the people
have been on the lookout for a large
snake which had been crossing the road
and making a bed the size of a child's
body. One day lately it was seen MAX
ing its way across the road, and it
proved to be a small boy crawling on his
all fours. He didnot want to work, and
would make the track toward the corn
fed in which he and his father were
working, and would go and hunt the
snake for half a day at a time. This is
a bright young man, and ought to be
given a chromo."
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08
WheEe DEL ID etronr

Bryan shows his greatest personal
strength in the fact that he Is to-
day, as he has eve been, utterly with
out a political machine. Other men
in American politics stand or fail for
reasons outside of their personality.
David Hill, for instance, is a Peo-
graphical location. Mr.. Mckinley is a
kind Of syndicate. Roosevelt stands
for an ideal of civic righteousness.
Mr.. Croker is an impudent appetite.
Q1ay is a system of wireless telep-
raphy. But Bryan is Bryan, and BrV-
an is his prophet. More W. for
good or evil rests under Bryan's black
SLOUGH hat than under any other sim
gle headpiece in America. BRYAN IL
machineless, not because he abbors
the machine, but because he ignores
it. He would not know what to do
with captains and ~Geutenants. If his
party should begin to turn from him
Bryan could not call: ''What. ho.
Warder, let the portcuIlis fall" in a
score Of states and check the stam-
pede. If oratory would not stop the
panic, the multitude would have To
leave him as it came to him. After
which he would 60 on lecturing until
that gave out, and running for the
senate till that gave out, and for con-
gress till that gave out, when he
would return to his law Office and
continue as he was in the beginning.
an honest, Woodworking, ordinary
country lawyer, with an -extraor-
binary voice and a f~orceful, direct.
plausible way Of putting short An.
glo-SaNon words that often move
Juries but r not SO thrilling in
briefs.-Wiu Allen White, in McClnrg'a
Magazine.
IF the republican congress post
pones the reduction Of the war tax.
the people win not postpone the re.
duetion Of the republican vote 10 aon
gress-Alhany Argue
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

The other night at Lebanan, Kan,
the town marshal used his club on a
no.,o noisy fellow who
resisted arrest. The
prisoners head was
cut severely and the Jail authorities
sent out for a doctor, but the wires got
caught in some way and two doctors
responded instead of one. Arriving at
the jail the doctors straightway began
TO quarrel, and in a moment they had
come to blows. After watching the
fight for awhile the prisoner, who ap-
pears to be something of a humorist,
knocked one Of the doctors down and
carried the ether outside, remarking as
be did SO that he could tolerate no such
%disorderly eonductin his private apart
ments. The next day, reports a local
exchange, both Of the doctors were ar
rested and mulcted in the sum Of $40.
At the same time the original disturber
was fined IS, a circumstance that will
be noted with regret by those who re-
member the ~boisterous humor which
once prevailed throughout western
Kansas. Twenty years ago, so far from
being fined, this man would have been
treated as a public beuefactor who had
sacrificed himself to make a joke.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08
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20 llNAL- n..--.-..
"0UNA LOUISIANA,

would be ven IL the Thousands
pf nen accustomed to exist In the
cities during the
.'t winter. ana VINO
Rasineru men.
6 the year, is the country, were To-
seriously look into the benefits o.
eountry life the whole year through
handy enough to the city for bust.
Eess and schools, If need be. but yet
far enough away to insure a more
~Tepoaeful living and purer air during
the evening and night hours, writes
Edward Box, in Ladies' Home Jour
nal. eThe inconvenience are minor.
and no minor inconvenience can out.
weigh the rich advantages of the
purer air Of the country and the
health that comes from having sun
shine on the four sides Of ones house.
Thousands Of business men whose
hours and incomes make it possible
for them to do so would be infinitely
bettered by living in the pure air Of
the country the year round. The
city, 20 matter with what comforts
they may surround themselves, o
how they may wall themselves in
against intrusion, cannot give them
that rest and recuperative strength
which they need. A mans mind can
not be at rest unless everything else
about him is at peace. The very quiet
Of the country after nightfan is the
best possible medicine for an active
business a Anything conducive to
. slackening Of the present pace of
our business men is a move in the
right direction"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08
clear and straightForward.

Upon all phases Of all the questions
involvedinthe issue Of imperialism the
democratic platform is clear, straight
forward, admirable. There is no eva
sion, no juggling. After reading these
vigorous yet moderate and sane utter
anees no one can have the slightest
doubt either as to the principles laid
down or as to how the democratic
party interprets those principles into
policies. The evils are defined and
the remedies Of Justice, liberty and
American f~air-dealing r proposed
explicitly and fearlessly. Upon the
other great issue, monopoly, the plat
form is again clear, straightforward.
admirable. Instead Of incoherent raw
ings and indefinite promises, there is
sanity Of statement, avoidance of con-
fusion between corrupt and Iegiti-
mate uees Of capital and a demand for
real reforms-for publicity, for the
constitutional extension Of law. and
above all for the ending Of monopoly
fostering tariha = Cincinnati En-
guirer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

a Minneapolis paper which appar.
emily has started in to grab off the
palm for tall story telling, gives us
this yarnlet to ruminate on: "a COW
which was Picketed on a rope was
picked up by the cyclone and carried
up the length of her rope-about 60
feet-where she remained until the
storm had passed, when she quietly
climbed down the rope and resumed
her grazing" The narrator failed to
say whether the COW came down
head or tail first.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

An extraordinary project is under
consideration in Pittsburgh. 1t is to
mov the Carnegie library bodily a dis
tance Of 1000 feet and over a ravine 100
feet deep. The structure was built by
Mr.. Carnegie at a cost Of $500, 600, is
Df steel and stone, s92 feet long by 14s
feet wide and is three stories high. It's
present site at a park entrance proves
to be too small.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

The Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton of Arkansas Helen M. Norton,
state regent, boast Of one real daugh-
ter" who resides in Fayetteville. Lit
tie Rock chapter is proud Of the
honor of having recently elected to
membership two of the nearest living
relatives of the Father Of His Coun-
try" Mrs. Mary Washington CSmith)
Dewey and Mrs. Mary Norma Smith
Langdon.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

One Of the features at the annual re-
union Of the rough riders held at Okla
homa City IN July IA was a COW rop-
ing contest in which one Of the con-
testants was Agnes MullhaL, daughter
Of Zach Mullhan, the richest cattle man
In Oklahoma. She is a very beautiful
girl, says a current report, and recent
" graduated from Vassar college. The
cowboys call her the princess of the
plains" She learned how to rope the
festive steer early in her youth, and
she can brand a steer with the same
ease that c~haracterizes an old cowboy.
In a roping contest at St. Louis several
years ago Miss Mullhall won several
prizes for her rapidity in throwing a
steer. She has the finest riding cos
tune in the west. Il is made Of buck
skin and decorated with elk teeth.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08


Rec 3, Dixon. prominent Meth
odist clergyman o. s~troudsburg, Pa,
p-roae.-t. win Be called upon
to defend in court
an answer to q
prayer offered. calling for Divine
vengeance on q brewery. Capitalists
recently erected q large brewery in
Rev. Mr. Dixon's parish. 1t caused
much comment, reports the Philadel
phia Times, and was made the subject
Of . vehement prayer from the minis
ter, in which he called upon God to
strike with lightning the new brewery
being erected in that place. Shortly
after, during a violent storm, lightning
struck the brewery, partially wrecking
it, and knocking from a ladder two
CONS Of another Methodist minister
who were at work on the building. No
one was killed and the brewery was not
burned, but the prayer created SO much
comment that the capitalists, who are
prominent in social circles, decided
that they were engaged in a legitimate
calling, and should not be made the
target Of pulpit i~mprecations as it in
jured the social standing of themselves
and families. Lawyers who have looked
up the case say the men have a first
class cause Of action, and it is stated
the case viii be fought to a finish. Rev.
Mr., Dixon claims he cannot be held re-
sponsible for an act of Providence,
which brought the subjects into unen-
viable notoriety, and the question
promises to be one Of the most novel
ever tried in a Pennsylvania court.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

A lady and gentleman from across
the St. Lawrence called on Rev. Rural
Dean Houston n night lately to be
married, reports the Toronto News
Az the ceremony proceeded it was dis
covered that the groom had forgotten
TO get a ring. The clergyman, who IS
usually ready to meet any emergency,
got his wife's scissors, and with the aid
Of the finger end Of them was able to
conclude the marriage ceremony.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

immigration to the United States il
unusually large at the present time.
The figures for every month Of the
current year show an increase over
those for the corresponding periods
in any previous year, with one or two
exceptions. The total immigration
for the month Of May is given as
1882, and the figure for the present
month is sure TO be much larger.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

A singular but well authenticated
snake story comes from Pleasant VAL
r.r.,,v,nu ley, about five miles
from Westminster.
Experiences Md, the principal
actors in which were the snake. and
Miss Cora Legore, a domestic en-
ployed by Frederick G. Yingling, a
well-known farmer residing near that
place. Miss Legore went to the barn to
milk the COWS as was her customary
duty. She did not return as promptly
as usual and, becoming uneasy after a
time, Mrs. Yingling sent some n to
the barn to look for her. She was found
lying in a dead faint in a cow stall, and
upon being revived appeared dazed and
frightened. Finally she became sufi-
GENTLY composed to tell the u of
her Inconsistencies. She said that
while milking she felt something NOV
ing about her clothing, but supposed it
was a cat, until she felt a construction
about her waist, and found herself look
ing into the eyes of a snake which had
wrapped itself about her, and reared
its head in front Of her face. She was
too much frightened to notice what
sort Of a serpent was thus confronting
her, but, striking at it with her hand,
tainted away. When she was found the
snake had disappeared.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

The Chicago police report that the
practice Of hiring out as domestic serv-
ants for a few days so as to learn the
'lay Of the crib, has become prevalent
among a certain class Of thieves in that
city.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

The following appears among the
fashion notes Of a Chicago paper: New
%waistcoats for men are made in croco-
ollie skin, soft and pliable, with a highly
polished surface, made in green and
shades Of brown, and some are laced in
stead Of buttoned. They are cut high
and ere waterproof."
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

Some Of the western newspapers are
%ridiculing the order for a course Of
agricultural instruction in the public
schools on the ground that the aver
age Kansas boy OF girl knows more
about practical farming than the aver
age pedagogue could find out in ten
years.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

At Columbus. O., a I5-cent steak com
prises the total Of Jesse Dum's contri-
buttons toward the support Of his fam
Ely in two years, according to the tes-
timony Of his wife in divorce proceed,
ings. "He only gave me that because
be wanted to be good to me while my
daughter was visiting me" she said.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

An eastern newspaper has estimated
that during the last year New York has
drained Chicago alone Of men and cor
porations representing S3O0,OOOOOO.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

a Kansas City young woman, who is
going away for the summer, has an
bounced the fact to her numerous
yenng men admirers with the added
notes "If you have anything to say.
speak early and avoid the rush."
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-09-08

IF the republican congress post.
pones the reduction Of the war tax.
the people viii not postpone the re.
duetion Of the republican vote 10 con.
grosB-AIhaRy Argus.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-01-10

In the Circuit Court of the United
States, Ninth Circuit, Northern District
of California
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-01-10

In the Circuit Court of the United
States, Ninth Circuit, Northern District
of California.
Jacob l. Cohen, complain
ant VS.. Gold Creek Nevada
Consolidated Lodes Com Nos. 1922
pany IA corpOratlon1 and ia and l2,123,
cob I.Cohen conplainAnt,vs. censolidat-
The Geld Creek Nevada ed.
Mining Co. IA corporation
defendantD
Said above causes having been by the
order Of this Court consolidated, and
Good cause appearing therefor and On
molten Of J. c. Campbell, Esqr., for
Adelbert II. Steele, receiver, duly APP
pointed by this Court.
1t is hereby ordered, adjudged and de-
creed, that Adelbert H. Steele, the re-
ceiver in the above cause. give notice to
all persons having claims against the
Gold Greek Nevada Mining Company,
or against Gold Greek Nevada Censoli-
dated Lodes Company, to flo their said
claims, property authenticated, with
/ either the Clerk of tho United States Cir
cult Court for the Northern District Of
California, or the United States Circuit
Court for the District of Nevada, or with
him the said Adelbert II. Steele receiver
at his office No. IL Broadway, in
the City of New York, State of
New York, on or before the 10th day
of March, 1909, by causing a copy of this
order to be published in some daily pa
per in the city of San Francisco, Cali
fornia, in one in the city of Carson, Ne
voHo in in 0f
State of New York once week fer six
week. prior to said 10th day Of March
1900.
Done in open Court this Doth day OF
December 1899
. (Signed) WIN. w MORROW,
Judge Of the United States Circuit Court
Northern District California.
Endorsed: Filed and entered Decem
Der g, 1899.
southaid Hoffman, Clerk
BY w. B. Beaizley, Deputy Clerk.
l hereby certify the foregoing to be q
full, true and correct copy of an origina
! order signed, fled and entered the 29tl
day OF December, 1899, in the therein en-
titled causes.
Attest my hand and the seal Of the Cir
r cult Court Of the United States for tn,
, Northern District of California, this 29tl
day of Decent Der, A. D. 1899.
Southland II Gilman,
? Clerk U. s. Circuit Court, Northern
4 District OF California.
e BY ". B. Bsaizley, Deputy Clerk
(THk-CENT REVENUE STANP1
[SEAL] j9-6v
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-01-10

The Beers have sent baked turkey
and cranberry sauce to the beseised
of Ladysmith, firing the edibles in
harmless shells. This shows that the
Dutchmen are not devoid of a sense
Of humor. If the British were equa,
to the occasion they would obtain 9
lot of Eagan s canned beet and fire i,
back at the Beers. If the Latter
should partake. My the war would
soon be over.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-01-10

The Prince Of Wales has consented
to be the colonel-in-c chief Of the I'm
perial Yoemanry England regiment
Of rough riders) and will wear their
uniform when he gees to the station
to see them sta1t for South Africa. 1t
sometimes seems as if there was ne
such thing as stopping the patriotism
Of those royal boys when it has once
been aroused