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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17
MAINTAIN Education.

Teaching school in the Kentucky
mountains has never been easy work,
and it is a question whether the long
suffering dominic, who striZesLmen=
tally and physically with the freshs
uncultured native product that is
brought under his care, does not at
least bear off with him at the end
of the term a diploma that would
admit him at any time to all the
gIories and privileges of martyrdom.
In a land famous for its family
feuds, abundantIy familiar with the
seductions of emoonshine,' and
pushing its politics to the verge of
revolution, tractability in mar or
boy is not a characteristic trait.
Neither are the appliances for teach
ing numerous or adequate. The first
school had no textbooks whatever,
and instead of paper, smooth boards
of wildwood were used, with the
juice of oak balls for ink. To-day
the equipment of the log schools
houses that dot the creeks and nestle
among the hills of the Appalachian
wilderness has not undergone a very
marked advance over those first
primitive conditions, while the native
human type is still characterized by
the old time earelessness, noncha-
lance and seorn for the trammels of
latter-day ciyilization-Ion Clifford,
in Pilgrim.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17
EVOLUTION OF TIE ORANGE.
ReAched It's Present state OF Per.
lection Through the Improving
Touch of Americans.

For centuries the orange was the ex-
elusive possession of the Latin. Mon
golian and Malay races; then it was
carried to India, then to America and
fell under the Improving touch of the
Anglo-saxon. Bringing together the
Incompatible Jaffa, as a Seeding from
Palestine, the Melitensis from Malta,
and others, he budded and grated in
Florida until the fruit was brought.
through blending and selection, to the
highest pitch of perfection, as it
seemed, says the Florida Times-Union.
But strangely enough, there came
out of the province of Bolivia, Brazil,
still another seedling-one of those
consummate blossoms of perfection
through centuries of waiting on ma
ture by the Latin which the American
aecomplishes by cross-pollination in
FIVE years-the Bahia or navel orange.
1t had reached the acme of quality not
only in flavor, but also in its attribute
of seedlessness.
Now, is not that a proper food for
the ultimate man; a fruit which has
no progeny, nor future, no possible
function except as { minister to him?
The grange has been called the uni
versaI fruit of commerce, and so it is.
for it's aroma carries it unframed, the
acrid juices of its peel protect it
against insects, its ~toughness endures
long transportation, and everywhere
on earth men eagerly seek its subtle
charm and its exquisite nectar.
The orange is not strictly a food, but
it IS greater: it is the connecting link
to a higher status. the guarantee and
p-reserver of health and Of intellect.
The gross gormandizing on meats, the
curse Of drink, burning the brain.
hardening its delicate convolutions-
these are the fountains of ills innumer-
able: the pangs of gout, the sudden
and black terror of apoplexy. But this
gentle and benign pharmacopeia Of
nature, these fruits with their won
derfuI blending of corrective acids and
cordials, are the ready medicament of
the ultimate nan AS we advance in
horticulture and develop other seed
less and perfect fruits we shall ap-
preach the perfect regimen Of q high
er humanity.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17
SEA AS PETS.
Interesting Things About the queer
Little Creatures Known as
Anemoness

The queerest pets in the world are
kept in a beautiful row of clear.
flashing, round glass tanks on an up
per floor Of a large aquarium. As
you approach the tanks you behold
glowing little groups of color and
artistic blending and mingling of fam
tastic weeds and shining stones.
Then when you peer into the tanks
you see what at first seem to you
just like particularly handsome and
gorgeous flowers growing all over
the little rockeries. Some of the
flowers look like dainty pink and
white and yellow and purple and
crimson dahlias. Others look almost
like daisies with lacelike petals. 9th
ers look like little star flowers, all
pure white and perfect. These flow
ers are of all sizes, from tiny ones
barely large enough to see to great
ones almost large enough to fill a
saucer.
But if you win watch these Glow
ers'' for a few minutes you will jump
suddenly for all at-once you will
see one move its petals. Then you
win see another and another do it.
Slowly the petals unfold or contract.
with little jerking movements, some
times twining in the water like
snakes.
Tap smartly on the table on which
the tanks stand, and like lightning
all the petals viii have disappeared,
These sea flowers are really not flow
ers at all. They are living creatures,
known as sea anemones.
Tor many years, says Answers,
Prof. Spencer, of the New York
aquarium, has tended and fed them,
and the little animated flowers actu-
ally have come to know him. When
he feeds them he puts a little bit of
fish on the end of a long-pointed
stick and puts it carefully down into
the water until it is near the ane-
none. 1t did not take long for the
beautiful things to understand it.
and whereas at first they used to
withdraw their petals and shut up
tightly when the stick approached,
now they Irvine gracefully ana
stretch their dainty arms out as far
as they ear 60 in order to reach it.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17

AaUA0N SMITH dealt il real es
tate 20 AEkville when there was
any Thing doing When real estate
was deli he sold coal and wood, rent
ed houses and placed Insurance. His
career for 2 years had been an UNI
broken one when two important
events occurred His good wife diedand
was buried III the new edition to the
cemetery he had sold to the town
himself and the funeral was hardly
over when he received news that a
distant relative had died and left him.
q legacy nf $4,000 in cash. A few
weeks later when the money came.
ZebnIon smith astonished ArkViIle
and the surrounding country BY de-
cIaring that he was going abroad. He
not only declared his intentions but
he packed his trunk and left 5000.
people holding their breath ia
ment.
Mr. Smith spent three 81 four days
lm New York before sailing He had
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17

Hardly registered at a hotel when he
observed a stranger looking him over
with apparent interest, and later on
this stranger found opportunity to
introduce himself as Mr.. Carter, a
resident Of Plum Creek, Wis. Mr..
Carter stuck to Mr.. Smith like a burr
for the next go hours and proved
himself a good companion. He was
tafkat5ve Jolly and open-handed, and
Mr. Smith vas Fegretting that they
must part, when Mr.. Carter am
nounced that he was going to take a
i ovee 10 Europe On the same
steamer Some men become old
friends in q day, as IL were. 1t was
50 m this case. Mr.. Carriers business,
when at home, was shingles, laths
and ~elothespins, with wooden tooth
picks as q side issue. What partic-
ular incident was responsible for his
trip abroad he did not state. In
deed, it was evidently a weighty Sc
cret, and one he felt he must guard
with IS life.
In their confidential talks Mr..
Smith would tell Of his early strup-
gle to get ahead-the lodges prac-
ticed in the real estate business-tha
family quarrels that had interrupted
his domestic happiness-his hopes Of
finding a second Mrs. Smith On his
return. He kept nothing back. IN
return, Mr.. Carter would tell of 20
ing to school barefooted in the win
fer-of falling IN love at an early age
-of earning his first dollar, and final
III being able to sell the public laths
and shingles by the car load. He had
also enjoyed a few fsmiIy quarrels
and had found the world cold and
heartless; but his story always
stopped right there, and smith was
unable to tell whether Mrs. Carter
was still living or had been laid to
rest. That was the only mystery
about an otherwise open and pleas
ant friendship.
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Carter saw Lon
don and Paris together, and they trav-
eled through italy and finally brought
up in the shadows Of the Matterhorn,
in Switzerland. for a stay of two
weeks, Mr.. Smith didn't care for
mountains, being in the real estate
business and knowing how hard il was
90 unload them on the public, but Mr..
Carter was o solicitous of his wel-
fare-more anxious as to accident.
His demeanor somehow reminded
Smith of the deathWatch set over a
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17
IaE LEssoN 81 Tag LEAE.

Ihe frost-tinged, golden leaves again
Come sailing 20 the sod,
And Autumn Walks the dappled plain
with Fustling sandals shod.
When one surveys a single leaf,
So tinted. Velneo and fair.
4he marvel IS that life So brief
Should save such marks OF care.
And wonder more great Nature seems
10 be in very haste,
when most her work with glory CLEANS,
10 yield Il up to waste
For robbers from the frosty stars
steal down TO loose its hold,
Ana SWIFT winds from their Northern bars
Break through ana steal the gold.
But yet % spite Of wind and frost
Ana slight Of Autumn's sun,
The 3eaf its mission hath not lost,
Nor le1t Its work undone
e duly spread iHs grateful shade;
lis breath made pure the air7
4ta building i'll the branch Is laid
ln strength and fiber fair.
Ihous SON &c lives 81 Fancy eyes.
Its grace is lE my heart.
Here, too. ta treasured lesson nes
Ana WHi ntt sadn depart
when 4 my clasp On life shan yieias
AHiA make the paEang sweet
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17
rHn DOCS or
drophoban known in the Hiss
tory OF the Country

Tt Is q remarkable fact that while
virtually every resident Of Labrador
has been bitten by the savage dogs
of that region, there has never been
a case of hydrophobia there, says the
Baltimore American! This fact is at
tested by Or. Grenfel, the superiH-
tcndent Of the English mission there,
who has now spent ten years on the
coast and treated over 10000 patients.
He cannot explain this singular cir
cumstance; it may be due to climatic
conditions, but it is more probable
the result Of the wolfsh strain in
the breed of the dogs. The extraor-
binary part of it is that such a con-
dition should have allied with the
most absolute savagery on the part
of the animals. They are the fercest
Of any brutes trained to be of serv-
ice to mankind; they will attack any
thing they believe weaker than them
selves, and they r only kept in sub
lection by the %unceasing use of the
lash.
They are a cross between the
wolves and the earlier Newfoundland
dogs brought there, and by this time
almost all but the wolfsh character
istics are eliminated. The coast folk
find them indispensable, yet live in
fear of them. No man ventures
abroad without his whip; every wom-
an carries a stout club; it is death
to a child to get among them. Only
last month the little son of the
agent of the Hudson Bay company's
post at Sandwich inlet was attacked
by these brutes. Within a minute they
had inflicted over 60 bites on the
Child, and but for the devotion of a
pet retriever dog and the lads moth
er promptly flying to the rescue, he
must have been literally torn to
pieces. He was taken to the hos
pital at Indian Harbor, where he is
making a quick recovery. This was
a more fortunate outcome than was
the case at Cartwright last year. A
child wandered from home and when
the distracted mother few to where
a pack of angry dogs were ravening,
she found nothing but the bones of
her offspring. A little girl was SO
badly mangled by them at Punch
bowl last year that she never recov-
cred.
Every year brings it's quota of
these mishaps, while there are scores,
if not hundreds, of cases of adults
being bitten. 1t is impossible to
keep sheep, goats or poultry on the
coast because of the brutes, and their
determination would have been eff
fected long ago were it not for the
fact that they are the only means
by which communication is kept up
in winter. There are no horses on
the coast, as there is nothing to feed
them. Teams of dogs, attached to
sledges, are the means Of travel,
With them the settlers go from haf-
Dor to harbor, make hunting trips
to the interior, haul frewood from
the forests and convey peltries to the
Hudson Bay company's posts. These
dogs play the same part in the econ
omy Of this region as they do in the
Arctics, and there the characteristics
r the same, though we do not hear
of such instances of their savagery.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17

10 know that I have held a shield.
Where suns and tempests beat:
~ AhoW tina I have builded, too.
Something Of goodness where grew.
that may long years remain:
10 Know, when I cannot endure,
1hat still earth's atmosphere
= mace more vital, sweet and pure,
hor my brief staying here:
ma When loose my trembling hold
On lies unsteady spray.
sun an the seasons 5nwrought gold
shaH with me pass away.
Joel swartz, IN washington star
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17

New York has just opened the hrs.
hospital in the world for the excIu-
sive treatment Of infants. New York.
says the Chicago Record-Herald, has
some very good points after all.
In ages gone by there were f~erocious
sharks, 70 feet in length. Plenty OF
their teeth have been found which are
i've inches long, whereas the biggesi
of the teeth belonging to sharks that
exist at the present day axe ~ inehs5
long.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17

Judge-You deny persistently that
you committed the act, and set theGe-
scription fits you exactly: a beautiful
face, youthful appearance pretty ag-
tie foot
Woman Defendant-Judge Ioaufesa
au.-FHegende Blaettsr.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17

Judge-The witness told all that
happened on the second floor! Now,
why do Tou object to telling what hap-
pened on the third hoor2
Counsel-Beeause, if it please your
honor, that is another story-N. X.
Tirnar
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17
The Nan ON Time

Consider the man who is always on.
time-and the time he wastes in wait
ing for other men-Chieago Dolly
News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-17

John Hancock and Samuel Adams werep prime movers in the agitation in
Massachusetts, against the unjust taxation imposed by King George LII. upon
his American colonies. Gen. Gage, the English commander at Boston, pro-
posed to capture these two patriots and send them to England for trial
They were staying at Lexington and it was arranged that should English
troops leave the city they were to be notified. On the night of April is, 1775,
the English troops started upon their mission of capture, and also had in
struchons to destroy the colonial military stores at Concord. William
Dawes had succeeded in leaving Boston ahead of them, and had displayed
from the old North church tower the agreed signal announcing the
approach of the British. Revere was at Charleston, and saw the signal. He
leaped to his horse, and euding the British senGnes dashed into Lexington
and aroused the minute men" on the way % that thew were ready to meet
the British.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-07
1AGIC HAIR STAIN.

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II Is simple safe and easily applied: con.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-07
Senator Spooner Did Not Arrive at AIdrich
Residence Yesterday, but Work Has
Commenced on the Bill.

with the currency system OF the coun-
volume of currency. affected the curren-
cy- indirectly in that t-it-increased- Its
fiuidity by obviating the locking up or
the governments customs receipts In the
national treasury.
Because OF the present Wall street con-
ditions which are undeniably unsatisfac-
tory the committee will have a task 10
prepare a simple but effective measure to
win the approval OF the congressman
against all sorts OF hysterical pressure,
win without doubt be brought TO enlist
their support OF numerous radical rem
edies.
The committee does not trace the pres
ent Generalization of the stock market
10 defects In the currency situation. but
tho present shrinkage In values is attrib-
uted 10 an inevitable reaction from the
inflated values that have heretofore pre-
vailed In the minds of the senators II
10 not 10 be remedied by experimenting
with the currency syestem OF the coun-
try al large, The committee IL will he
seen wishes 70 avoid any action designed
TO meet only present conditions and seeks
conservative plan OF action that will
meet future as well as temporary needs.
The result of the conference will be re-
ported TO a meeting OF the whole finance
committee before he hrst day of the extra
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-07

y am afraid she isn't cut out for a
society woman"
why not9'
Wen. she seems 10 have no idea OF
the pleasures of extravagance Detroit
Free Press.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-07
BRYAN INCLUDES
GARV|N IN LIST,

Lincoln. Neb.. Aug bryan in the
Commoner yesterday includes Governor
Garvin OF Rhode Island in his list OF
Democratic presidential eligibles and pub
fishes sketch strongly laudatory of the
Rhode Island executive Bryan SAYS
while active in politics for a number OF
years and we'll known in his own state.
DR. J,pcius Fayette Clark Garvin did not
become national character until 1902,
when he won closely contested election
and was elected governor OF Rhode Isl.
and by the Democrats OF that state Since
assuming the duties OF governor his acts
have been closely watched and ne has
demonstrated not only his ability but his
loyalty 20 Democratic principles.
Prior 20 his election as governor Dr
Garvin practiced his profession with
gratifying success. but his interest in
good government impelled him 10 take an
active part In public affairs and he was
always found on the side Of those who
were battling sor political reforms His
election was tribute TO his earnestness
ana ability IN prosecuting this work OF
reform. and attracted 90 him The e,ten.
uon OF the entire country. since Then no
mas often been mentioned in connection
with The Democratic presidential nomlna-
ton. Because he was an honest fearIcss
man, ahvocating the rights of the neonle
consistently. constantly. without fear nr
favor, uninfuenced by abuse or iutlnt.
dated by authority. he was such an nm
usual phenomenon IN Rhode Island that
at hrst the people could not understard
him. Despite ridlcue and rlisrepresen.
tation he gradually won his way until no
became force 20 be reckoned with ara
through him for the irst time In genera.
lions has come about the revival OF the
American Democratic spirit IN Rhode
Island politics.
UNEQUAL REPRESENTATION.
The passage Of the i0.hour and the
ballot reform laws. of the amendment
60 the constitution granting suffrage TO
foreign born citizens OF the bill establish
ing the bureau Of Industrial statistics
and Of the acts for factory inspection and
plurality elections. all found In him
strong and persistent supporter
I'm the contest for the extension OF the
Suffrage. he was for many years the
Assder both In the legislature and In the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-07

community and 10 his exertions more
thar those of any other man was the
success OF the movement due.
notwithstanding the fact that Gov.
GarVin was elected by such an over
whelming vote. the Republican ring IS
so firmly entrenched in the state that
Il was still able TO control the legislature,
largely because of the fact OF the unequal
representation
The state senate by n law passed two
years ago, has the appointing power.
and as the senate is practically controlled
by state boss, that fact makes the boss
virtually director. Notwithstanding the
large Democratic vote
"A majority Of the senate can be and
Is elected by less than 5000 voters and
these the boss has been able 10 control
and defy the Democratic masses Gov.
Garvin. shorn OF all real executive power.
has by speeches and articles in the press
and magazines kept up a constant hght
since his Inauguration. so that the no.
litical conditions Of the state are today
better known 10 its own citizens and -
the outside world than ever before. and
the way thereby prepared for n genuine
Democratic victory I'm the future
BY means OF these conditions in .he
state the great public service corpora
tions have been able to obtain through
the boss the legislation they desired. but
the campaign the governor has carried on
has brought out the facts in regard 20
these matters as they were never brought
out before.
LAS a result of the governors course
IN these matters he has again been sub
jected 10 the same sort OF abuse that
ne was treated 10 during his past career.
but he meets ~ In the same way, goes
on doing what he considers right quietly
bat uncompromislngly. keeping his tenn
per but also keeping 'everlastingly at
IL
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-07

Three of the senators. who are mem
bers OF the subcommittee OF the finance
committee OF the United States senate
were together at Senator Aldrich's beau
tiful residence at Warwick Neck. yes
terday, needing only the presence OF Sen
ator Spooner OF Wisconsin to make the
council complete
Senator Allison OF Iowa was the first
TO reach the Aldrich residence, arriving
Tuesday and yesterday Senator P.latt OF
Connecticut accompanied by Mrs Platt
arrived In this city and went down TO
Warwick on a suburban car where a car
riage met them and took them 10 the Sc
nior Rhode Island senator's home.
The discussion OF the affairs pertaining
TO the financial matters before the SUB
committee will be In order at all times
while the guests are here according TO a
statement OF Senator Aldrich and though
matters will progress better after Sena.
tor Spooners arrival, the interval will
not be wasted.
Though no bill has as yet been drawn
even In the rough IL is quite well under
stood that the committee wishes to en-
body In the measure that II intends 70
present, the principal features Of the AL
drich bill which failed In the senate at
the last regular session. This measure.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-07

Lawrence McKenna and George Suade
were fined $40 and costs each in the 6th
district court today for stealing tomatoes.
valued at SOC. from n freight car OF the
N Y. N H. and II. Railroad company.
the owner OF the tomatoes being un-
known
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-07

John Gilbride. IS years old. residing at
IS Smith street was found down drunk
on Smith street Tuesday night DR.
Griffin the police surgeon, yesterday
sent him 20 the Rhode Island hospital. as
his condition was deemed 20 he serious
Today he was dangerously III from al
cohoiic poisoning
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-07

Bessie Mahan was surrendered by Miss
Denehy and brought into the 9Th district
court. today on writ Of capias, having
failed To desist from railing and brawling
As she had been let OF one year ago on a
similar charge. n sentence OF n year AZ
the farm was imposed. An appeal was
taken
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-07

Mr. and Mrs. Dolbel OF Providence were
saloon passengers on the steamship New
England OF the Dominion line of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine company.
which sailed Thursday from Boston for
Liverpool, August g.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-07

Austin white OF Bay Ridge. N. Y. a
guest az The Crcwn. while under the In
huence of liquor and asleep fell from an
Olneyville car. at the corner OF South
Main and Crawford streets last evening
lie struck upon his head and face and
was so injured that II was thought best
20 send him 10 the Rhode Island hospital
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-07

Paul Tatootian an Armenian. was held
In 1900 by Judge Rueckert today. for
trial next Friday on the charge Of lar
ceny from the person and possession. Pa
trolman Ferguson saw Tatootian leading
Daniel r Hall up Westminster street last
night observing that the Armenian took
Halls watch and chain Tatootian had
hidden the property IN his bootleg