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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-06-25
The Free Seed Graft.

A circular letter has been issued
at Washington for distribution
throughout the country protesting
against a continuation OF the "free
seed" graft. Every spring, the mem
bers of congress distribute seeds
among their constituents. There IL
no moro reason that the United
States government should supply a
part of the people with garden seeds
than there is that it should distri-
butte raw oysters or picked pigs feet
AS originally designed, the free
seed distribution had much to com
mend it. The purpose of the orlgina-
tors of the plan was to have the de-
partlncut of agriculture conduct ex-
periments with view to introduce
irg new plants, grains and vegeta-
bles in sections adapted to their
growth. Instead, however, of limi-
ting the distribution to rare seeds
congress has appropriated large sums
of money with which to purchase
ordinary field and garden seeds and
there are being distributed seeds
that may be purchased at any cor
ner grocery.
If the public benefited by the dis
tribution there might be justification
for it, but, as it is, only a compare
lively small part Of the people re-
ceive seeds, while the whole OF the
people are called upon to pay for
them. 1t is congressional graft that
should be abolished, but which is
not likely to be abandoned. The
more seeds congressman distributes
among his constituents the better he
regards his chances for holding his
position.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-06-25

WISHES THIS PUBLISHED Miss
Julia Simpson Of Notre Dame Uni
versity says: Constant application
to study and lack of exercise caused
protracted illness which physicians
could give no specific name-a friend
advised DR.. Gossom's Oxygen Tonic
Tablets, which gave, energy and gen
eral ambition to the extent that Miss
Simpson wishes this published SO
that others may benefit by her ex-
perience. Free sample and booklet
at Vivian's Pharmacy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-06-25

Evening Wisconsin: When ras.
Gals get upon the back of the Repub-
lican elephant, the rugged old fellow
twists up his trunk ana picks them
off, Nature has not provided the
Democratic donkey with equal facil-
tiles for getting rid of Objectionable
passengers, nor is it sure that the
donkey has the disposition to do so
if he could.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-06-25
An Honest Government.

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- ,hi.t, .,,h,,,Iaanl
ar u,;,h !, anna doscrih.d rho Irnited
States government. The words were
spoken i'm "A mood like that of the
psaImist who said in his wrath that
all men are liars, and were most TN
lust.
Whatever it may be as creditor,
the United States does what no priv
ate debtor. however honest, thinks of
doing. It constantly and publicly
proclaims itself ready to pay mill
lions of dollars which none nsk it TO
nav 1t ism debtor that il continual
ly imnlorinp cer,,in negligent credi-
tors Ia take their money.
II does ,his in everv statement OF
the nnbIjc dcbt in which its Treas.
urer declares about $40 oooooo 10 be
dina IN yhosoavar viii shaw that onv
MARI of il haloups IN him The gov
amman, doos not ,,,ow aud has no
means If Learning m whom this vast
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et II Is cohserVa'lNely est'hateu
'ho' o. ''e F"fo'oo i'oIoo u eree"paeh9
oilleIai'E regarded as outstanding
lu'IN SoooOV'uou Will never De present
eu Tor feaemptioh' vi the treasury
notes OF I9oo' ana SILVER certiilcates
1t IS estimated that S2oO0o0oO vii
never come back. Ihen Tor SlooOOOol
OF nationaI-bank notes believed tC
nave heen destroyed, the govern
lheht gets the dement,, Tor IL VIII holC
lL fHHA l. Il ,.tl
redemutiop until tbev onnaor
OF tina sGg7l GoI fractinuoI cprran
CIV officially held 10 be outstapdiu,
il is probable tbpt S5Oo0OOO hay,
been DESTROYED Tben There ore S5g
81 of "demapd notesn Of 1891. SgO 7S,
Of urofu,,lirrr OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ,,,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-06-25

with oven, ready for use. Will be
sold cheap. Also kerosene heating
stove, at :. Jenkins.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-06-25

BY wind and Hood more than 300
persons have lost their lives iu this
country since the first of the year. 1t
is noted that this number is more
than three times the number Of
Americans as were killed in the bat
ties of tie war with Spain in 1898.
No other year has brought such
widespread destruction.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
TO THE END-sEAT HOG.
A Lesson That Was Juicy and ERec-
tive Administered by an
Innocent Child.

81 saw an End Seat Hog get his'n
the other afternoon in a way that gave
me much surcease Of sorrow for the
remainder Of the day" said the man
with the punky Porto Rican breva,
says a writer in the Washington Post.
'He was one Of these long, rakish
crafts with knobby knees that pressed
against the back Of the seat in front
OF him when hewas sitting up straight.
/ know, for I'd been compelled to
squeeze past those knees myself, and
even when he scroOnched himself a lit
tie bit sideways to let me get by, those
knees of his bored dents in me that
haven't filled out yet.
"At Fourteenth and K streets the
a stopped for a little girl and her
mother. AS myself and the End Seat
Hog were the only occupants Of that
sat, all of the others being pretty we'll
filled, the little girl pointed it out to
her mother and very politely mo-
toned to her to get on first, which the
mother did. The mother had troubles
Of her own in squeezing by the End
Seat Hog, but she didn't do any muir
muring.
"Then It was the little girls turn.
The little girl grasped the brass hand
clutch with her right hand and swung
herself aboard, in her left hand she
had a nice large, juicy cream puff that
her mother had just given her out of
a bag full Of them. The little girl was
trying to get past the End Seat Hog,
when the car suddenly started with a
jerk. The little girls left hand, the
one holding the cream pun, shot out,
in her instructive effort to find some
thing to lean against or grab hold Of,
The hand found something. 1t came
ker-pIunk! cream puff and all, right
against the map Of the End Seat Hog
The cream pun smashed all over his
face and the gallery cream rolled in
rivulets down his chops and on to his
collar and necktie and coat and vest
"''Scuse me-, said the little girl
politely, and the End Seat Hog glaret
at her through eyes half-closed with
punches of sweet sepia-hued stun. He
tried to police himself with his hand,
kerchief, but it was no go, and he sooI
left the car, scowling, to get reriggeC
somewhere"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
A LOCATION GAME.
Pleasant Pastime which WIN ne
Found Instructive TO the
YOunB Folks

Here is a pleasant little game that
may serve Is a short exercise in gees
raphyS the instructive feature of it,
however, will not in any way detract
from its interest, says the New York
Herald.
Any number OF boys and girls may
take part in it, but they must be d.
vided into two sides. Perhaps the best
way to arrange it is to select two
leaders, and let them select the sides.
That would prevent confusion.
The sides take seats in two rows
facing each other, the leaders heading
the rows. When everything is ready
the leaders decide by lot which shall
begin the game. They also decide
what shall be the subject Of the
game, whether cities, towns, mountains,
lakes or rivers, for the subject must
be something Of q geographical ma
ture.
Let us suppose that cities is the sub
ject selected; then the leader who is
to start the game James a city, and
begins to count ten slowly. The lead
er on the opposite side must give the
location Of that city before ten has
been counted. If he fails to do so,
or If he gives the wrong location, he
leaves his chair and drops out of the
game.
If, on the contrary, he gives the
right answer before his opponent can
finish counting ten, he, in turn, then
names a city. and the player sitting
opposite to him on the other side has
to answer while he counts ten.
The game goes on in this way until
all the players have dropped out but
one, and that "A wins the prize, if a
prize has been offered.
The game may be varied and made
more interesting by changing the sub
5ect after playing it once. If cities be
the FIRST subject let rivers be the next,
and then lakes and mountains, and
these changes viii keep the play from
becoming m~onotonous.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
ON BEING A BOY.
What We Used to Think and Do An
the Happy Days of
Childhood.

Distance lends enchantment to the
view to such an extent that nearly
every man looks back upon his boy
hood days as a time of perfect happi-
ness. If he remembers his tribula-
lions, they are now objects for merri-
ment, and the joys of his youth are
enhanced by memory until they are
perfectly glorious. OF course, there are
very few boys who really have a nice
time,l but they think so, and that
amounts to the same thing.
For instance" said a writer in
Puck, "a boy thinks it is real fun to
go to bed with all his clothes on, and
lies awake for three hours till his
father has sought a dOwny couch.
Then the boy gets out Of bed, climbs
out of the back window and down a
rain spout, barking his shins and
skinning his knuckles on the way, and
walks three miles across plowed fields
to steal a watermelon out of a farm
ers patch. And the next day, when
they have watermelon for dinner at
home, do you suppose that makes the
boy feel sore, as it would a man? Not
much. The boy has had his fun, and
the chances are that he'll get up and
do the same old act all over again
day after tomorrow.
again, a boy thinks it's fun to put
an empty soap box on top of two logs,
and paddle himself up and down a
brook where there are no lighthouses,
no harbors, and not more than u
inches Of water, counting the mud or
the bottom.
"a boy thinks it's fun to row a boat,
too. He will get aboard a big, heavy
skih, with a pair of seven-foot oars,
when the thermometer indicates 90 de-
! grees in the summerhouse, and he'll
pull himself around and around in q
ring, and cut SIS and figures 8 on the
water, and think he's having a glo.
riOus time.
"a boy thinks it's fun, too, to get
four old bricks and build himself an
oven, ana then to make a wood fire in
it, and roast potatoes with skins on,
and eat them without salt.
Two boys, who can have unto
themselves a small feast like this, ac-
Companied by the edifying converse,
ton about the determination of the
Sioux, think they're having more fur
than you or I would at a public din,
ner Of Is courses.
when a boy gets over being a boy
and looks back over his period of dis
order. he often wonders how it hap
pened that he lived through it. But i
appears to be pretty generally ad
mitted by medical experts that tn
boyhood disease is not ~necessaril,
fatal.
at does DO away with a few Of It
victims, to be sure, but they are thOs
who are affected with the acute form
in which 2O-foot rivers appear tire
feet deep, and double-barreled shot
guns are mistaken for Pandean pipes
There is n form Of the diseas
which ought to prove fatal, but 70
some inscrutable reason does moi
That is the form which causes the pa
tient to imagine that jewsharps, ffe'
banios and hOrse-fddle produce music
Usually, however, that disease wear
itself out. 1t wears a great many pee
pie out, too; but that doesn't hurt
boys feelings in the least"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
Nlstake Il : 80 -.

Said a man on a street car who had
already given up his seat as he nudged
a familiar friend who still kept his:
why don't you get up and give the
woman a seat?
She, who was standing, glared at
him.
"sirl" she said, Il will have you
know I am a lady!"
"Ah! Beg your pardon, madam. " he
replied politely, Il took you for a Wo-
man!"-Portland Oregonian.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
- -

The public is hereby notified not to
hunt or Otherwise trespass onmy prop
afty on Grand Gallon, Bayou Sale or
Bavcu Grassy. The roads through
s8aid properties are not public, but
private. and all persons are warned
not 30 use without first obtaining the
permission Of owner, under penalty Of
Che laws Trespassing is also forbid
don on the property Of G. B. Cenac
PIERRE cENAC.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

scald and peel as many tomatoes
as win be needed and chop them fine;
season with salt and pepper and stir
ia enough flour to make a thin bait
ter; with the flour mix about a half
teaspoonful Of soda; fry In butter or
lard over a quick fire and serve hot
Peoples Home Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

shes very s~tudious, " said one woman.
eyes" answered the other.
'And doesn't seem to care for gossip.
ing in the least"
ooh, / don't know about that" an.
swered the other, with sniT, "she mere.
ly prefers to talk about Helen Of Troy
and Romeo and Juliet to paying atten-
ton to what Is going on IN her own
DeighbOrhOod Washington Star.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
ouear Church rrihnte.

Smoke-farthings were offerings paid
in olden days in Whitsuntide to the
priest, according to the number Of chin
neys in his parish. Sometimes these dues
were demanded by the bishop Of the do
cese, as an old manuscript records: 1.-THE
bishop Of Ellie hath out Of eYrie parish in
Cambridgeshire a certain tribute called
understandings, which the church
wardens to levie according to the num-
Der Of chimneys that be in a parish. .
Peters pence or smoke-money was still
paid at the end Of the sixteenth century
in many English parishes. Similar to
this was a chimney-tax levied from time
to time to raise funds. This was most
obnoxious to the people, and Pepys in
his diary notes: Much clamor against
chimney-money; and the people say
they will not pay it without force" It
was abolished in the reign Of William
and Mary-Chtcago Post.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
Trsspass Notice.

The public is hereby notified not to
hunt, fish, pick moss, trap, go through
or otherwise trespass on the Klondyke
plantation, and all land belonging to
'Chas. j. Champagne and Adam Boquet
under penalty of the law.
CHAS. j. CHAMPAGNE.
ADAM BOQUET.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

Hunting and trespassing is hereby
ifOrbidden on the property of the Du-
Lac Plantation & Manufacturing Co.,
Limited, on DuLdc Plantation, Grand
Gallon. V~iolators will be dealt with
according to law.
DULAC PINT. s. MFG Co, LTD.
Per j.. p. LoTTINGER.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
Trospass Notice.

The public is hereby forbidden to
pass through or trespass on my boy
kim plantation. Persons passing
through the place without my permis-
sion viii be treated as trespassers.
BANNON BONVHLAIN.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

The public is hereby notified that
hunting, t~respassing or moss-picking
ON the WGubou, st. George or Julia
plantations, is forbidden, under PEN
atty Of the law.
JOHN q. MOORE PLANT Co, Ltd.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

Hunting or other trespassing is
hereby forbidden on the property Of
the Estate of j.. G, jackson, on lower
Bayou Black. Violators viii be dealt
with according to law.
JACKSON BROS.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
Trsspass Notice.

Hunting, trapping, m~oss-picking and
other trespassing is hereby prohibits
ed on the plantation or in the sWamps
Of the POinte Farm Plantation, Lower
IerrebOnne. Wiolators will be dealt
with according to law.
"A. R. VIGUERIE.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

Fountain Barkeep-What do you
mean by an incandescent cocktail?
Frivolous Customer vanilla soda
1t is soda-light-ful, you know!-Pttts
burg Dispatch.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

Askitt-Why do you consider Blank
erton the most remarkable man Of the
age?
KnoWitt-Because he originated sget-
FiGh-quiek scheme that actually made all
the investors rieh-CbieagO Daily
News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

The public is hereby notified that
hunting, moss-picking and trespass-
ing is hereby forbidden under penalty
.of the law on the Goatfeld plantation,
Lower Bayou Black.
SCOTT HATCH.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
- DENTIST j.


The public is hereby prohibited from
ttrespassing on the Presquile planta-
tion o the swamp lands belonging to
said plantation. GUEHO BROS.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

The public is hereby notified not to
hunt, pick moss, or trespass on Ara
gon plantation under penalty of the
Law. J. Il. LEBLANC.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

All persons r hereby notified not
10 hunt or fish on the following plan
t0tions: SouthdOwn, Hollywood, Con-
cord, Waterproof, Laurel and Rose
dale. JOHN d. MINOR.
VIM. MINOR,
Estate III. q. Minor.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

day great aggregations Of corporate wealth Duy
immunity from taxation in our legislatures ana
throw the burden which they should bear upon
the Individual taxpayer Of every municipality
and state. Betrayed BY his representative the
individual taxpayer is overtaxed for the benefit
Of the corporation.
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRE-
SENTATION is AS MUCH A CRIME
AGAINST JUST AND EQUAL GOVERN
MENT IN 1903 AS IT WAS IN I776. Gov
eminent by corporations is as destructive Of the
liberties of the people Of this country as the ex-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

ercse Of the same power by a foreign monaTcH'
The arbitrary control Of the price Of coal and iron and corn and
wheat and beef, whether by an extortonate transportation rate Or by a
monster combination, is more absolute tyranny OF the American people
than ouartering the army Of King George upon the American colonists
without their consent.
Let us see if the time be not ripe fora new declaration OF Amer
lean independence. We are building up colossal fortunes, granting un-
limited power to corporate organization and consolidating and massing
together business interests as never before in the commercial history OF
the world, but the people are losing control of their own government.
It's foundations are being sapped and its integrity destroyed.
The gravest danger menacing republican institutions to-day is the
overbalancing control Of city, state and national legislatures by the
wealth and power Of public service corporations. The national govern
ment, every state government, every city government has its problem to
solve-not at some other time, but now.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

81 HON. ROBERT N. "a F0LLETTEs

One Of the causes Of revolution proclaimed in the declaration
was: eImposing taxes on Us without our consent 4
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
Sunset Limited

OF the Southern Pacific. giving special
through service to San Francisco.
Tickets and full Information concern
ing the above can be had Of agents
Of the Central" and connecting lines.
A. H. HANSON G. P. A., Chicago.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
THROUGH WEEKLY
TOURIST SLEEPING CAB
EVERY THURSDAY

For Los Angeles and San Francisco
without change. The a is PERSONAL
ly conducted by a competent agent
whose sole business Is to look after
the welfare Of patrons. The Limited
also connects at New Orleans daily
with Express Train for the Pacific
coast, and on Mondays and Thursdays
latter December 1st) with the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-14
A COOL AND PLEASANT RETREAT.
COurtland Beach Offers Special In
ducements to n Perspirine Public.

-
COurtland Beach Offers Special In
ducements to n PerspirinG Public.
IF the weather Of yesterday continues
today" said Manager Tucker Of the street
railway. "the company will certainly rave
to get out it's entire equipment TO handle
the crowds that will mock to LAX Manawa
and CORTLAND beach. Last Sunday we had
about three-fourths of 1t in operation. At
CORTLAND beach 1 look for an unusual
large crowd" These sage remarks OF this
veteran railway mar will probably be Veri-
fed. All It requires for a verincation is
for old Sol to get in his work with a few
torrid rays.
To a sweltering public CORTLAND beach
offers many inducements. A plunge in the
pure crystal waters of its lake will quickly
and effectually change the body's tempera-
ture. Another cooling process. although
slower in results. is the boat rides about
the lake. Under the spreading branches
of its shade trees Is still another, while a
lounge on the piazza of its pavilion, drink
ing cooling drinks, Is yet another. The
beach itself is a most cool spot. It's cool
ing breeEes cause the Thermometer, which
Is threatening to bubble over the top OF the
bulb In the city. to keep down to a de-
lightful temperature. In addition to all
these warm weather comforts the resort
offers hundreds of amusement features,
among them being the switchback railway
and the numerous circus acts offered. The
chief novelties, however, are the Fries
Bros. and lady, sensational acrobats and
barrel jumpers, In their novel act, and the
balloon race between Mons. and Mile. de
Campo. superintended by Prof. Sam MIR
ply, the premier seronaut. Both racers
send their balloons TO a tremendous height
and then cut loose their parachutes ana
the race is then on. The FIRST one alighting
on the ground wins. 1t is a thrilling ex-
hibition Of death-defying daring. Prof.
Earnest Nordine and his orchestra OF six
teen pieces, who are in attendance day ana
night, will render the following program
today and tonight:
Mareh-lmPsrial Edward .....-..... sousa
w~aitz-Tales from the Vienna woods.
Grand Selection from the Opera "; "3 sGau
Suite de Bsiiot-AnthOny ana N cieop aa1%S'
q. Anthony and c~ieopatra. 0fH"aio
,. Dance Of the Nubians.
d. Marcia, Anthony's Victory.
intermezzo-Hiawatha ....".""....,...
seiection from ""The Prince Of Piise;nii.i
10y requesO .................. Leiders
overture"oueen's Lace handkerchief 'er
CONCERT Piece for Flute ana c SRn; strauss
eyes 3 e a. Petersen eisy ana F. JJoob6n 3GTSnwsid
Fantasia-Uncle Eph's Wedding -. Lampe
Waltz-A Summer Evening 49,. waltdenfeI
Selection from The Little Duchess.
Dance OF the Sea Maidens Herman PeEIst
CharacterisIc-The Lucky Duck. whitney
Mareh-Ameriean Republic ....,..... Thiele
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-14
woodmen Elect Omcers, Choosing
Two N-ebraskans nnd an
Iowan.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 13.-The sec
ond biennial convention Of the association
Of local camp clerks OF the Modern Wood
men Of America held it's opening session
today and elected the following officers:
President, II. B. Hoyt, Seattle, Wash.
secretary, w. T. Copeland. Lima, o.; treas
urer, c.. II. T. Riepen, Omaha.
The president was authorized to appoint
a ne tional executive committee Of eleven
and named the following; F. H. Norling OF
Kansas City, NJ. b. Faber Of jackson,
Mich. s. NJ. Fisher Of GAINESVILLE, Wis. A.
P. Martin Of Victor, Colo: James @. Dick
son Of Spokane, wash; F. d. Roemer Of
GAINESVILLE, o.; John Mcdonald of Daven-
port, Ia; Joseph @. Bruce Of indianapolis
George II. Geist Of Joliet, ILL.,; w. J. Wake
field Of Newark, N. j.; w. E. finland of
Lincoln, Neb.
The association approved q recommends
ton Of Head Clerk c. w. Halves Of Rock
Island, Ill. that local camp clerks be re-
quired to give surety bonds hereafter.
The accommodation will go to the ma
tional convention on Tuesday.