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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
FOOD FISHES OF FLORIDA.
in Countless Thousands Are
Found Along the COnEt-Nn-
tivea Live On II.

The mullet is the fool fish Of Flor
ida. The natives live on mullet; the
big fish all eat mullet; mullet are
shipped to Cuba and the north; they
are picked and they are dried; they
are taken by dozens in hand-nets, and
by tens of thousand'in seines, If one
proposes to catch other fish he first
catches mullet for bait; If he wishes
to shoot bear or coons he first bats
them with mullett; if he is going for
Spanish makerel or blue fish he
catches a lew mullet for lunch while
he is fishing. The self-Icspecting tar
pom turns up his nose at the hook that
is not baited with mullet.
Until recent years the shallow wa
tiers of the west coast were alive with
mulle1. Countless thousands could be
seen with their back fins out of water,
as they apparently fed upon salt grass
Hundreds were in the air at once as
they INDUCED in their peEtunctory Sc
ries Of three jumps. A sktff draw
across a small creek to bar the pass.
age of a school of muilet was filled
to the gunwhales with fish that failed
to clear it as the school leaped Ovel
it. It used to be impossible to tell
fish story" about mullet.-Countrz
Life in America.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

and q corn crib SOx12 feet runs through
the center Of the barn. The lower boards
Of the crib are hinged, and feed boxes
built or a level with the crib bottom, so
az to make practically a self-feeder,
especially when feeding shelled corn.
Hogs sleep under the corncrib.
HayraCks on the sides are S0feet long.
Hay is put in at the ends Of the barn.
Sliding doors, controlled by weights,
are used at the ends of the NOW. They
are closed when the hay is in the NOV.
There are doors alongside the haymoW.
When filing the NOW we leave a space
of four feet between the hay and the
sides Of the barn, which enables us to
throw the hay into the racks when feed
ing. The south end is open. The north
end has doors which we close in bad
weather. We have lots on the north,
south and east of the barn and scales
east Of the barn, so we can weigh cattle
ct any time.
This barn will easily accommodate 100
cattle. We are now feeding 1O1 head
81 Of which are Herefords. This kind
of a barn is a great time and labor say
er. We keep it well bedded and it is
always dry.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
FOR SOUTHERN RICE FIELDS.
Manufacturers to Invest 100000
in Rice Elevators ia Texas
and Louisiana.

It is planned to build rice elevators
throughout the rice belt. A company
ViN be organized under the laws OF
New Jersey with $1O,0 OO,O 900 capital
ven per cent. Of which is to be paid in
On organization. Rice is to be handled
IS are the popular cereals.
Eight elevators are to be erected
Fithin the next year at the principal
ice centers, the largest at Crowley.
Houston and New Orleans. The main
officers are to be located in New Or
leans.
The men behind the movement count
that they can by mea of the eleva.
tors gain a control over the rice bust,
ness that will insure them the power Of
distributing according to the price
They will advance a certain amount Of
money to those who wish to put rice
In the elevators and there hold tn,
grain so that too much Will not b.
dumped on the market at one time. L
is expected that a representative of thu
new company, the name Of which will
probably be the Louisiana-Texas Ric,
Co, will be sent to Porto Rico to estab
fish connections.
Another phase of the business con
templated is to handle rice as tn
wheat, corr and oats are now handleu
in an advertising way. That is, rio
will be prepared in popular-price
packages, so that it can be put on tn
table.-N. o. Times-Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
CARE on YOUNG PICS
writer Of This Article Tells why ne
Has Abundant Faith in Die
veratty Of Rntions.

When the pigs are three weeks old
they will begin to eat other food be-
sides their mothers milk. To furnish
them this | have a very shallow
trough, easy for them to reach and
out Of reach Of the dam, and at this
hght-lunch counter l provide them
corn meal, wheat middlings, ground
oats and sIim-milk. 1 do not furnish
these all at once, Of course, but vary
them according to their cost / try
always to have skim-milk and corn
meal for them. The quantity is limited
at first, and gradually increased to
such amount as is eaten up during the
day. They thus early develop the hab-
it Of eating, and the grain and milk
fed in addition to the milk of the dam
gives such a start toward profitable
growing that they keep it up to the
end. This makes it possible for me to
keep the SOW in good flesh and heart
without depriying the pigs of needed
nourishment.
1t is a common thing to see a SOW
with a family of clamorous pigs, that
have not thrived to the extent they
would If the feed had been put in them,
grow so thin sucking her family that
she is verify yielding up her life to
the demands of motherhood, which is
of course a Enthusiastically mother5y
thing to do, and embodies q very nice
sentiment, but it illustrates no evil
dence Of q generous appreciation Of
the mothers abnegation by her owner
or feeder. True, we are not raising
swine sentlmentally, but we are try
ing to do it probably, and may often
miss our profit by u stinginess.
The pigs stomach is small, and needs
filling often. For awhile after weaving
1 feed four times a day, and as the pigs
increase in size l feed three times
day, all they will cat and no more
From this time on the bill Of fare il
covered principally by corn and milk
If the corn gets too dry and hard,
soak it. I feed it heavily ground, also
l try to keep them growing and fat
so If l have a good market l have hog
to meet it. By having them fat enough
for market at five or six months old
If the market does not suit me and
have a speculative notion that porl
will be higher in a month or so, / cal
keep them that much longer, and still
have them within the limit of mos
profitable feeding. 1t may be need
less to add that the market does no
always do what / think it will
Bearing this in MIND, I generally sci
when my pigs T ready.-W. F. NC
Spartan, in Farm and Home.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

The potato planter of to-day would
make the farmer Of a generation ago
sit up and rub his eyes. 1t requires that
the potatoes be supplied, but will do
all the rest on its own initiative. It
picks the potato UP and looks it over
or seems to-cuts it into halves, quar-
tiers or any desired number of parts,
separates the eyes and removes the seed
ends. It plants whole potatoes or parts
thereof, as desired, as neal together or
as far apart as the judgment of the farm
err on the driving part suggests. Hav-
ing dropped the seed It covers it, fertil-
ICES It, tucks it in like a child put to
bed and PAGES OF the next row with
mathematical accuracy. - Philadelphia
Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
Prosperity III THE SOUTH.
One % che Elements t7ie Fast sene
son Hau been the Euormous
strnwberru Crops

1.-THE Atlantic Coast lie beats any
railroad in the world in tho quantity
Of berries transported" said r. A.
Brand, Of Wilmington. N. G., general
freight agent Of that road, TO a Wash
ingtOR Post writer. "On one Saturday
alone we shipped out OF Wilmington 81
refrigerator cars filed with al luscious
strawberries as the worlC produces. AS
each car holds about 5000 quarts, il
will be seen that this total shipment
equaled 272,O 0 quarts, which is a rath-
er good sprinkling of berries.
''This year was a fine one for the
growers, and the fruit was very early,
fully three weeks in advance Of last
season. The peach crop does not prom
Use wei, owing to the damage done by
the cold snap, and the yla'd will prob
ably not be over a third Of a crop.
1.-THE farmers down our way are in
very good humor because OF the good
revenue they have been getting from
their lands. There is t le item of to-
bacco alone, from which many small
planters derive a comfortable income.
The development of tobacco growing
in South Carolina, particularly in the
last few years, is something remark
able. There is n small town or ouI
line, a little place called Mullins, which
handled the past season about 100000
pounds of tobacco.
THE beauty Of it's production is thai
it can be made a surplus .rop; that il
to say, every farmer can plant three Of
four acres without interfering with hi
other operations. It isn't every farm
sr who undertakes tobacco culture tina
makes a success Of it, but where it il
skillfully managed it is about the bes
paying crop that can be raised in tn,
south"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
Frlends 81 Lona standlna.

Scene: Dinner party at house Of
millionaire.
Prosperous Barrister (recounting
his career)-When / took my first brief
i was excited and nervous, especially
as my client was a bad egg, but then
/ was beginning to practice. He was
a man Of good family, the reputation
Of which would have been fatally tar
nished had he been convicted. So ]
took up the case and got the rascal
of.
After dinner an important parsonage
entered. He was a great friend OF the
'host, who presented the lawyer to
him.
Great Parsonage Extraordinarily
do not need to be introduced to the
gentleman; I met him long ago-in
fact, | may say / gave him his start
in life. l was his first client.
The roar of laughter which followed
was never explained to the late com.
/ er.-Chicago Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
AN E CORN CRIB.
The style Here Described Has Been in
Use for Twenty Years TO Every
..s. body's Satisfaction.


A corn crib ia construction for over
20 years has never had a rat, and but
n mouse, in it to ones knowledge.
Posts ten or eleven feet long and eight
inches square; mortise two feet from
one end; for side and end stills, two
inch mortis6 with tusk. Taper posts
from sill to the end by hewing of in
side until the end is reduced to four
inches in diameter; make smooth with
drawknife and nail on tin smoothly,
halfway to the end, below the sill. Let
the sill be eight inches square; also
end-tie them and the rafter plates,
strong, with moderate inter-ties. Brace
well and lath up and down with three
quarter inch lath; dovetail or counter
sink joists crosswise; lay the floor and
boards; let each bent be 10 feet long,
six feet wide at the sill and seven and
One-half feet at the plate, with 14-foot
floor, and if full to peak, it will hold
$50 bushels. There was an cal
to be found hurt on account Of the
great width. If preferred, lay the fool
with narrow boards, with room fol
ventilation. Each post should stand
on stone, about three inches from the
ground and each stone have a founda.
ton two feet square, and below thC
frost to last long.-EllR NJ. Hess, il
EpitOmist,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

work without the greatest exhaustion.
This is a very common sight and 10
almost always due to pelvic eataRTh.
It 10 worse than foolish for So many
women to suffer year after year with q
disease that can be permanently cured.
Perunacures catarrh permanently. lt
cures old chronic cases as wellas aslight
attack, the only difference being in the
length Of time thatitshould be takento
effect a cure.
If you do Hotderive prompt andsatia~
factory results from the use of Perunas
write at Onee to Dr.. Hartman, giving g
! full statement If your case, and he VIII
be pleased to give You his valuable ID
vice gratis.
Address Or. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman S~anitarium, Columbus.
Ohio.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03


Miss Muriel Almitage, eIa
wood Ave, Detroit, Mieh..
Organizer 81 the Royal 8emplala 81
Temperance in feceut letter.
~ think that's woman uafuf
shrinks from making HEX trle
public, b~utrestored health Bias meauk
so much tome that feel for the
Of other suffering women is Is mw
duty 20 tell what eruua has done
for mf.
II suffered for i've years
uterine Irregularities which brought
on hysteria and made me b physical
wreck. tried doctors from the &
fersm6 schools OF medicine but W
out any perceptible change it, my
condition. In my despair Icalledom
an old nurse, who advised me totTy
Peruna, and promised good resnltr4
Iwould persist and taASeitTegulariN.
Thought this was dlie least could
do and procured q bottle. IlneW
soon as L began taking ib that 80 WAS
affecting me differently FROM any-
thing / had used before, anGsoI kept
on taking it. I kept this up for SIX
months, andsteadily gained strengt
and health, and Wien i had used
fifteen bottles I considered MYSELF
entirely cured. / am 8 G~r3tefnl,
happy woman to-day. Miss Mnriei
Armitage.
Peruna cures catarrh Of the pelvic
organs with She same surety as il
cures catarrh Of the head. Rernna
has become renowned as o positive
cure for female ailments simply be-
cause the ailments ara mostly due
to catarrh, Catarrh e the cause 81
the trouble. Peruna cures the CO.
tarrh. The symptoms disappear.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

The editor Of the Chinese Daily World,
published in this city, is a graduate of Yale,
and while retaining all the characteristic
reticence of his race he is, nevertheless,
rather clever at repartee, as was recently
instanced when a rather dapper young fell
low called at the World Office to sell a Ger.
tain grade Of paper. The editor affects the
American style of dress, and the paper house
drummer thought he would be smart and
opened the conversation by ~impudentIy ask,
ing: what kind of a 'nese are you-Jap
anese or a Chinese?" The editor smiled
blandly, and with a courteous bow retorted:
Before l answer your inquiry will you kind
~ inform me what kind of a key you arc,
and tell mt if you are a monkey, a donkey
OF a Yankee?" The drummer fed in dis
mRy.-San Francisco Wasp.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
a oE aIAMEaE ~.
rnseem Have Characteristics HitheFto
Unknown 20 che Scientists.

2NNlaNNH - eWW 8HA@NhtaAa
"a new trait possessed by ants has
been discovered By e French traveller
If some Of the insects he found on
his journey through siam. These
creatures were very small. Of a gray
color and lived in damp places. They
travelled often and Ia troops, which
seemed to be under the direction Of
a commander, who rode on ''horse-
back M. Nielsen, the Frenehman
who noticed this peculiarly, was at
tracted to these groups by discover
ing that each company contained q
large ant that Travelled more rapidly
than the others. Observing them
more closely, he noticed that each
large ant always carried a small gray
ant upon his back, though the re.
mainder Of the troops were on foot.
This mounted ant would ride out from
the line, travel swiftly along the col
umn from head to rear and appar.
entity overlook their maneuvers. M.
Meissen concluded from what he saw
that this species Of ant, while on its
travels, is under the direction Of a
commander, though such amt horses
as the general rides must be rare and
valuable, for he scarcely ever found
more than one mounted ant in a col
! OuV
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
Enmba should BE nocked.

There are not a great many sheep
that come into the market with tails on,
though there are some. We are Of the
impression that the average farmer is
more careless regarding this than the
ranchman. The latter evidently has a
great number to attend to and makes it
more a business to see to it in time.
Lambs should be locked for cleanliness,
If for no other reason. An yewes in
tended for breeding purposes should in
variably be locked when they are still
sufficiently young not to be injured
Rural World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

An ideal honey-house should be
tight enough and built in such a way
as to exclude bees, mud-wasps and
mice. Our honey-house is built Of
tongue ana grooved hooring-ths
boards standing upright.
-Whitewash is cheap, and there is
hardly a place in any farm building
where it will not do good, either as a
I~ightener, or a disinfectant, or a pre-
tentative of unpleasant and unwhole
come fungous grOwths. Whitewashi
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
Weakness is Pelvic
Catarrh.
Always Half Sick are the Women
Who Have Pelvic CataFrh.

Catarrh Of any organ, If allowed to
progress, will affect the whole body.
Catarrh without nervousness is very
rare, but pelvic catarrh andnervousness
go hand in hand.
Whatisso distressing sight as poor
half-sick, woman, suffering
fromthe many almost arable symp-
toms of pelvic catarrh ? She does not
consider herself i'll enough togo to bed,
bat she is far from being able to doheE
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

ST0CN
ILLINOIS CATTLE A
Large Enough to Accommodate One
Hundred Animals In the
Height Of COmfort.

We submit the plan for a cattle barn
which we have used for three years and
consider the best Of any we have seen,
write Eastman Bros, Of Hancock,
county Ill, in Breeders Gazette. Weob-
tained our plan from John Clark, of uli-
nois, who has used barns like it for many
years. The barn is So feet by AZ feet. It
is a pole barn, with posts 20 feet high,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
PIG TROUGH.
1t Provides an Equal Share o Every
Animal and Can Be Cleaned
Quickly.

1t is always desirable to place food
in the pigs trough so as to enable each
pig to get an equal share. A trough
that can be cleaned quickly and easily
is also Of great value. These qualities
combined will be found in this plan of a
trough. To accomplish this, the swing
ing door (a) should be as long as the
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
Not Accurate DIscription.

Dumiey Gibbs, / understand that Tom
kinS referred to me yesterday as an old fool.
/ don't think that sort of thing is right.
Gibbs-Why, Of course, it ism right, DUNE
ley. You can't be more than 80 ut the out
.Gde.-Stray Stories.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

First Poet-What a boastful fellow PEN
holder is getting to be!
Second Poet-Yes. He claims that he has
made enough writing verses on snow during
the summer to hire it shoveled off his side
walk all wiHter.-Ju6ge.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

She (romantic)-"When you first saw the
wonderful Niagara falls, didn't you feel az
though you would like to jump I'M" He
No; / hadn't gotten my hotel bill them
Toledo Blade.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

"He'S comparatively rich, isn't hep 81
should say rather that he is relatively so.
He has o rich uncle upon whom he bases
his hopes. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

This is too much--too much" she cried,
pale and trembling. "Then I'll make It
Sl4.99," said the milliner. Every well; wrap
It up" And the deed was done.-Ohio State
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.-J.
+. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

Brirgs-"What do you consider among
the greatest temptations?" Spriggs-"A
lone and defenseless umbrella. Baltimore
American.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
w. L. DOUGLAS
$3.50 & 50 SHOES S gHsSa.
You can save from SIS TO SIS yearly by
wearing W. I. Douglas $3.50 orG3 shoes,

They equal those
that have been cost
ing you from $500
to $500. The inn
mense sale Of W. L.
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority OYer
all other makes.
Sold by retail shoS
dealers everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
That Douglas usss Corr
0naC Colt proves there 10
Value Ia Douglas EhOeg.
Corona Is the highest
grade PatsLeatheE made.
F'dgf Color EUelsts used.
nm ~ nfHE Eaaa HFn. amaa
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

Opium and Liquor RABBITS Cured.
Book free. B. NJ. Woolley, NJ D., Atlanta,G Ga
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

stops the Cough
and works off the cold. Laxative BromO
Quinine Tablets. Price Is cents
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

Any one can dye with Putnam Paddles
Dye. no experience required.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

Lending a man a dollar is a deed Of trust
Chicago Daily News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

QuI - 6Ht EDGE hRG GGnn0e De GgWeie0 at GEN price,
Shoes BY mail, % cents extra. Illustrated
CatalOg free, w. L. DOUGLAS, BrOektoh, Mass
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-23
THE SE4GOERS,

On board the st Gamer Auguste Victoria,
which arrived from Hamburg Yesterday
were: Miss Carrie Bridewell, the opera
singer s. Van Cortland Hamilton. Ethan B.
Stanley, George Alexander, j, D. Chap
man, Winthrop A Clark, George Otis Draper,
Col. Charles s. Diehl, +. Frankfield, Boron
ess Raoul de Grahenried, Oliver L. .Garri-
son, J. A. Mckay. A. H. Morton, Z ward A.
Rost, j. Sedgwick Steele. Col. A. f. Steven
SON and C. Fl. Young.
On the Umbria. from Liverpool. were
Senator w. j. Stone of Missouri. Lord and
Lady Braye, Whiting. Allen. Miss EDNA
Aug David G. Mont gomery. the Tin MN
in 1T 10 Wizard Of Or: Maurice Fitzma vi ice,
C. NJ. G.; Russell Howard, Alexander Charles
Leslie, Rex Stovel, W. J. Sloane, F. Blrdge,
Manson Campbell. p. c. X. Bartlett, Capt
J. Bell and Major Hinxton.
The New York brought 10 port from
Southampton besides Mrs. Langtry the
following: John E. Wilkie, chief Ct the
Secret Service; Daniel Bact n, Jr., Go rdcn
Bailey. William NJ. Barnes, Fl. F. Bisho p,
Charles C. Embury, Judge G. ID. B. Has
brcuck, Morgan A.. Jo mes. Daniel Fisk
Kellogg, Gel. Osmun Latrcbe, Ira McCer-
mick, Charles A. Moran, John Stager and
Major Travers
Among the arrivals on the Ccamc. from
Porto Rico, were Senior F. Degetau, Repre-
sentative from Porto Rico to the United
Ctataa