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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17
Der Gentleman.


nSaben 5rau 9rdfin nod 8efsble
fir mi92"
rgaein - Sic tDnnen gu sstt &c,
ben."
Die 3ofe entfernt Iib gerGuI6lps.
@rGfin GtlD erbebt Iib unb I6reitet
na4ldiiig bur9 ibr nit raffinirtem
Gurus ausgeitattetes 9ouboir. Dor
benz ipin5igen GototO S9reibtii9
bleibt iie iteben unb nuI9t aus Der
golbenen, nit @oelIteinen be1ebten
8onboni6aIe.
n&uBen3ungen -" Sic Id6elt unb
itedt ems bieIer f9maIen, braunen,
golbgefledten SGfel6en spiI6en bic
balbge0ffneten rotben 2ippen. Die
oteIe &oBen3ungen lie an bic 3eit ibs
res 9rautitanoes erinnern! Sic tpas
rem bus ein5ige ii6 INNER pieOerbOz
lenbe 8eihent, bas lie bamuls benz
9rafen erlau5te.
SeBt ieuf5t iie leiIe.
Seit taum bier Wtonaten lit lie feline
5rau. uno i9on perfdat er in bic alien
llntugenOen Ieiner SunggeIelenSsit.
3tpei glbenOe in Der Wo9e eebDren benz
Club. @ebt er pirtli1 Oortbin,
ober. 2
glein, iie bat pabrbaftis teinen
9runo CUR @iferIuht.
glber pie bic Stunben I9lei9en!
Sis fPhnt iir1 nnch linn
PlDBli4 bor4t iie auf:
Sic glaubt bas GerGuI6 bes
S9liifels in Der Gntreetbiir gu bDren.
SOllte er i9on 3uriidtebren8 IS lit
no4 nt4t 5ebr llbr.
Sin unbebd9lt6es 9efiibl: 10 qan3
allein in Der groben Dpbnung. Die
8ofe bat iie gu 9ett seihidt. Der
Siener lit aus9esangen. limb Der
SutI4er 1T briiben i'm Stall bel ben
Yferoen.
GntI9loFen gsbet lie bis sur S6ir.
Sn bemielben glugenbIid pirb oicIe
seDffnet, unb @rGfin Gilp iiebt ii9
einem fremoen Serrn segsnii6er.
Sm eriten9lusen6lid 1T Iie faTungss
log. Der Sremoe Oerbeugt ii9. Gr
trGgt einen tabelloIen @eIellI6aftss
an3ug: Srad, 2adIdube, ipeibe 8inoe,
cine 9arbenie i'm SnopflOd, ben Seis
benbut in Der Sunb -.
nParoon. gnGotgite 9rGftn, oaB iG
70 ipGt nod ItDre. :"
@rdfin Gilp bat ibre 5aifung tpies
Der geponnen.
pWtctn !Serr -. ih femme Sic ni9t
-. Sic baben - lpie i9 dnnebmen
muB - bic Gntreetbiir ielbit geDffnet
uno betreten unangemelbet mein 3imz
mer gu elmer iolden Stunoe :"
sd muB nodmals nm Gnti6ulbis
gung bitten, meine 9ndoigite :. 9dH3
auBeroroentli6s llmItGnoe spingen
mid gu btsIem 9oreebeu, oas i'd IelbIt
ni4t fiir gang gentlemanlile buls
te 49,.
raber i'd femme ni9t eiumaI Sbren
Namen, mein Serr."
n0as tbut aud ni6ts CUR Sadie.
Mein Gnliegeu tam in tpenisen Mis
nuten erlebigt iein 80"
8ei oieIen Dprten 5iebt Der Srembe
einen - Repolper aus Der SaI9e.
GrGfin Giap lit mutbig senug, nibt
uuf5ui6reien. gtber iie tritt etuen
S9ritt 5uriid.
yGrI6reden Sic ni6t, gnGbige
Srau! 9arf i'd sic bDfIi6it bitten,
ben unbsrgleihliaen S6mud, ben
Sic ueulidb auf oem Bale oes ruff
i6en 9otI6ufters trusen, gu meiner
@erfii9ung su itelIen2 Gtns mumens
tame 9sloperleaenbeit 5tpingt mid su
bieism uncaOaIiermGBigen @oraeben.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17
@rtennt ieine Pappsns
bel m { I.

Siri6entpirtb gum 9drenpirtb):
p0u t0nntit mir beut' 2!beno 0ein'
Saustneht auf stuei StiinOeIu i9is
den. 80"
8Grenpirtb: Den tannit baben -
aber gu mas brau6it ibu benn2"
Siri6enptrtb: .Sa peiBt, bic
n6reunpI9aft", Die pSarmonie" uno
bic nGtntra6t" balten beut' 9eneraIs
periummlung bel mir, neil iie ii9 Ders
I9mel5en pollsn, unb ba lpdr's leibt
mOgIi4, oab mer an Sutturi9
brau6ten."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17
9us g alter Srtebrt9
Seminal fir &Dln.

fait bur9gGngig in Der beutisen Dent
malstunit sur Gsltuns sebradt bat.
llnb 10 tpudtis bus Pferb, 70 berrIia
bOminirt Der 9aiier barauf. Snbem
bas Pferb ben &opf anSieht unO Der
Saiier bas Saupt frei erbebt, ergab
Iih bic I9Dne uno ibeale Silbouette,
lpeIt4e bieies Wert uusssidnet. 90
beI9attet aud Der Selmi9irm bas
9tuge nt9t, unb baber tommt Der belle
un6 tii6ne Sobensollernblid, Der benz
SuiTsr Sriebrib gu eigen getpeien 1T,
5u pollem gtusbrud.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17

- Maffage Scr @r3t fagt,
t9 miiFe cine MuFage Sur bnr9'
MAIDEN" = n2l9, llnitnn! Steas
Did nm flint llbr Na4mittags Dor
irgenb Elm Sbtater unb ipurte bort, Bis
bic Matinse 8sfudsrinnen beraus'
tOmmen. bunn bait 9u Maifage ss'
mug"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17
l1natitin. 81: Sh bin ostpm.

-un3ttti9. u: Sd bin getOms
men, gnGoige 5rdu, I'm bieIc tIetne
Re6nung por5u3eisen. Wlaoame: .
i'd I6Gme mid ipirtGi6. sic pegen
elmer 10 tleiuen Re9nuus su bemiiben.
Bite bod piebersutommen, ipeRu lie
ar6ber lit.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17

4u9 eine Quffaffuns.
D0u, mas lit bsnn bDs, ultobolfreies
8ier?" - DOS is bait pans, Oer'
itebf, mo y an S9nups oa5u mit'
bringa muabt!",
-9r Spnntagsidger. =
Serr gum WilbbGnOlsr): SO. Seigen
Sic nal, mas id Morsen fir cine
Sdso babsn lperbs!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17
Gin 8riidenlunaoer.

&iir5litb ipurbe in 8ubapeIt bic
neue Gliiabetbbriide am S9ipurplas
feierli6 erOffnet. Sn einem tiibnen
9ogen fpannt 'i9 bic Bride bon etnem
llfer gum anbern, cine Gntfernung bon
1900 SUB iiberbriidenb. Sn bieier
Siniiht bat bic Bride nirsenbs ibress
gleiden. Gs stbt an ben srDBten ame,
ritanii9en 9riiden 9oasn bon ebenia
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17

Gin g S9Gauberger. 9l6s
potat gum Sannes, Der 9slb auf
iein Saus aufnebmen min: nSannes,
Sbr pollt 5000 Mart - cine Inter
i4rift BON Sud lit aber b6dItens nod
1000 Mart pertb!" - Sannes: v0Os
md9t mir -bu unteri4reib' idb buIt
5peimal!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17
Ruhia 9Iut! suIo unb

Sob IiBen beim SartenIpiel 3uIammen.
Ra9bem iie eine 8eile gang eintrddla
tis seipislt, iprinstaDb auf uno idreit
niitbenb: nSulo, mas fdut Der elm,
SaIo, Oh iptelit fali4!2" 9drduI
iener; sd paib!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17
9feifes Sdar.

= Hetfes 3 a a 7. = WIlIe.
npapa!" - @ater: r8as siebfs9"-
8ilie: Sag NAL, lpiro mein Saar
ausfallen, penn es reif 1T, pie oas
Seine2"
g pibis. pad. Murp, seItern
9l6enb babe ib idun ipteOer einen Seis
ratbsantrag betommen." - rGs muB
re6t nett iein, 9slb gu befben."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17

-9ertIuge Sub /. GuSi (ber
sben BON ieinsm Sntel Elm Siinfmarts
Itiid srbalten): Sd pplIte Iieber, 9u
bGtteIt mir einen glidel geseben, Sns
tel Rorib. Ontel (srItauHD: gtber
Sunge, flint Mart iinO bod mebr aIs
Sebn gfennig. 9tubi: 9ds iIPs ia ges
rabe. 8enn idh fiinf Mart betomme,
nimmt Iie mir 9apa neg, penn's aber
mir ssbn qfennig ituo, BARI ttb iie be-
balten!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17

bon biefsn gfrbeifern, bic ineiF aus
benz bi9t bep0lterten @ebiet Der dfrt'
tdnifbea Seen Fummen, ettpa Sebns
taufenb DaniamipeF unb @aiittuma
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17
Setono 0 mif 9.

rgDe tOmm s Onn bub S9r in Gurm srOBen @Or inen a8
babt9"
gpr flint Suben un 9argermFer enmu franz: uub bu
eS Stabt einen 4r ommen Der bm elm e5pt pGrb
iem in unm Su enmaI elmer tran piro den mir uns
mer baselbe Rs3ept MADDEN"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17

MiBperfGnbntB. Stus
bent: r0enn mir uns nun fir tmmer
ange66ren pollen, tpirb uns bd betn
9tGter feline S9pierigteiten md6en9"
Gisliebte: IS mo - alt genug bin t4
i6pn sum Seirathenl"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17

gteiienber fir gbOtos Gein Bib
aIs Brobe 5eigenb): Seben Gie nal,
ts bas mid n f60nes Bib? 9anse
Subenb brei Nart; bab beut i9on
bon S6ren golle9tnnen piele 9eItellunz
gen barauf betpmmen, ipollen sic Iih
ni6t aud N 9uBenb MAIDEN luFena
rOb ie nee, bierbon an Subenb9
8iFen's, 10 gut 9efallen Sic mir nod
lana niht!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17

DIANA, glaubft 9u ni6t, baB i3
bic 9lufmeriiamteit bes fetnen Serrn
ba unter uus nit bisIem 8olltnduel
erregen t0nnte9"
v@arum niht2! 8eriude es nur!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17
Der g btfrad.

9a eib Sbr a ben Sommer ufsr nit Guren aan b
Oben a Der nen Su62 ga penn br 10 a BLOB eas be @np
ba bu ieO r pO iebr erfrut ab ion
terbuItenber Ssrr Der GrObfuh auf Ssiut tommt9
9ds 9sunb Q, ia, g is balt ia GROCER 1neri6b"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17

Die neue Gltfabeth br il d E
tn8u6apeit.
grOBer Spannpeite, pon alien eriIti'
renoen etnbpgigen 8riiden aber iiber'
IeBt feline cine Gbnltde StrOmbreite
Sm 5riibling 1898 ipurbe Der erii:
Spateniticb get6an. Die 9aufoten be'
tragen mebr als S2,0OO,0OO. Die
Bride lit cine Der berporragenbiteE
Sebenspiiroigteiten Der ungarii9en
Sauptitabt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17

bDIlisen SduIblOiisteit Der @rGfin
GiuD.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-12-17
ggT u ! EEg 30 gDgI

areiies. @ebt Sbr, bas TT elm
&reis. glber bteie 6tgur 1T febr err
miibeno. . i9 tperoe bod lieber mors
gen fortfabren, ipenn bic Safel pieber
oa 1T.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
NEW YORK NAVY YARD.
where Many Great v arshiPs and Hig-
tOrIc CRAFT Have been Built
ana Launched.

It was at the New York navy yard
that the first steam warship ever con-
structed by n nation was built and
launched. She was the old fTigate Full
ton. a 3O-gun vessel of about 1000 tons,
built in 1916 after plans drawn by Rob
ert Fulton. But her armament was not
limited to guns, for she was fitted to
throw hot water as well as hot shot upon
her enemy. She made her trial trip un-
der Capt. David Porter, father of the
late Admiral David d. Porter, and she
was destroyed by the explosion Of her
magazines at the navy yard in 1928. In
addition to the destruction Of the ship
one officer and Al of her crew were killed.
The next vessel constructed there was
the IA gun frigate Ohio, modelled by
Henry Eckford, a prominent naval ar
chitect and shipbuilder in his day. She
was launched in 1920 and after a long
period of active service she became the
receiving ship at the Boston navy yard,
where she remained until a few years
ago, and was succeeded by the Wabash.
The Savannah was the next vessel
constructed at the New York yard and
she vas followed by the brig Somers,
which became notorious on account Of
the hanging from her yardarm of Mid
shipman Spencer and two of her crew
for mutiny. Other vessels were built
there during the civil war, some being
laid down but not finished before the
war was closed, one of them being the
New York, which was afterward broken
III ond %bvovrn ~, Fbo eoroDbonD Then
anne the battleship Maine, which YES
sci was sunk by a mine explosion in the
harbor of Havana on February Is, 1898,
which resulted in the war with Spain.
Another vessel built here was the gum
boat Cincinnati, which has received new
machinery and boilers and had much
other work done, thus practically max
ing her a new ship. She was recently
ordered to the European squadron.
Much historic interest is attached to-
the old gate at York street, which was
used as the entrance to the navy yard
until the Sands street gate vas finished
a few years ago. The timbers with
which the York street gate was con-
stTucted were at first used in building
the mansion which stands on the ele-
walton at the west side of the navy yard
and which has been the home of every
commandant since the time of Capt.
Isaac ChaunCey, in 1906. At the time
of TIE partial destruction of this build
ing in 1911 some of the scorched live
oak timbers were removed and, after
lying around the yard for a dozen years,
were utilized for building the big fence.
which ran round the government prop
erty near the foot of Sands street. When
the fence a removed many of the old
timbers were used in the construction
Of the gate at York street.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
SALT FROM ENGLAND.
It Is Shipped Over Here in Bags and,
Goes Rack In Packed
MRmt.

One thousand sacks of English salt
passed through the custom office in
Kansas City one day lately, of a fine
quality used in packing meats for
port, and comes from Liverpool.
A peculiar thing about this same
salt is that it must travel back to,
Liverpool again, though in a different.
FORM reports the Star, of that city.
Here it is used in packing meat which
will ultimately find its way to
John Bulls breakfast table. John
Bull believes in reciprocity, as proved
by the salt received to-day. He uses
our meat only on condition that we
use his salt in packing it. This ar
rangement suits Kansas City pack
ers, and causes them little inconVeni-
ence.
When the salt is received they pay
a duty of IL cents per hundred pounds
When it is returned with beef and
pork an export duty of the same
amount is charged. Uncle Sam COL
lects one per cent. for handling these
products through the customs Office.
The exporter and consignee get to-
gether and are not, in the end, out very
much. -
Tons of salt are received in Kan
sas City for use in the packing
houses in the west bottoms. It comes
in sacks weighing about 225 pounds
each. 1t is mined in the south of
England, and it is a much finer
quality, say the packers, than they
could possibly secure in this country.
So the arrangement suits both par
ties to the contract and salt comes
over in sacks and returns in packed
meats.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
BASEBALL FOR CoNVICTs. ]
Conduct of Prisoners in
characteristics,

In the Massachusetts state prison at
Charleston Warden Bridges has intro
duced ball playing as a means Of dis
cipline among the conYicts and is much
gratified with the results, says a recent
report.
Not only has the game given the
prisoners relaxation from cell life and
the workshop, but it has afforded a Oh
version for their minds, a breath of
fresh air and a look at the blue heav-
ems above. And not the least result Of
all is the improvement in the disci-
pline. No unruly prisoner can partic-
ipate in the game and many a man nat
urally fractions has been good" Just
for the chance to go out in the prison
yard and play a game of baseball.
Next to a pardon or an expiration of
sentence, permission to play ball or see
a ball game is the greatest boon that
can be conferred upon any prisoner.
To be deprived of the privilege of being
a player or spectator is the greatest pun
ishment a prisoner "a receive. He had
much rather go into SOLITARY" than
lose a game of ball.
The inmates have two mines, called
this year the Resolutes and the Hust-
lers, and they play every fair weather
Saturday from May to October. Every
player is a prisoner, and the umpires are
likewise inmates. The league rules are
followed strictly and the umpire is
Obeyed. In fact, the absence of "kick-
ing among the Charleston prisoners
shows them in ar enviable light in COM
parison with some of the players seen
on the league grounds. The two teams
play for championship honors, and
every game is written up" for the
prison paper, the Mentor.
Ground rules naturally prevail, owing
to the smallness of the prison yard, but
there is DON enough for 200 spectators,
all prisoners. Some have seats and
others who stand are called "the
bleachers." The games are played with
just as much zeal, earnestness, en-
thusiasm and cheers as any profession
al game, and some of the playing is
really professional in its quality. In
fact, one of the leading pitchers is an
old Boston league pitcher.
The experiment has proved so sue
cessful that Gen. Bridges will maintain
it. This is one of the many sensible
things that he has introduced into pris-
on life, and he deserves credit for it.
Gen. Bridges work at ~Charlestown is
attracting attention beyond this state,
and it is practical, sensible innovations
such as this which make him an ideal
man for such a place.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
COLLEGE BOY HARVESTER.
Biz from Big-Handcd
MlIkmaid.

One of the college boys who went to
the western Kansas harvest fields writes
to a friend an account of his Experiences,
says the Kansas City Journal.
well it isn't what it is cracked up
to be, and Harold would have confessed
himself all in and come home to NAM
ma inside Of two days after starting if
he hadn't been worse afraid of the josh
ing Of you fellows than of the blistered
paws. Speaking of blistered paws, it's
no joke. Before night the first day l
had puffs all over my hands, and that
night the fat dame of the household
stuck needles into EN-, and tapped me
until l ran water like a hydrant. But
the old boy was good to me, and for
two days he kept me choring around,
hauling water, helping the fat dame
cook and playing the baby generally.
Then l tackled the header boxes again
for ten days straight and | really got to
liking it. But say, Willie, don't you be-
lieve that story about a shortage in the
worlds bread crop. l know better,
for / pitched enough of the blamed stuff
to make two crops Of worlds bread
stun.
"And, Willie, there's another thing
you can disabuse your fostering intel
lect Of. You can't spoon with these
country girls with the joyous freedom
that you read about. We have a rOly-
poly girl here who doesn't wear corsets
and who don't care how much sock she
displays when she kicks at the cat. I
kissed her the other night. l won't do
It any more. If l want exercise of a rap
i'd kind I will go out and ground an
electric light wire through my handsome
person. She whacked me on the side
Of the head with a fist like a ham, and
don't you doubt it, Willie, she meant
every word of it.
81 get 50 a day and found Found
means that the old man comes to your
downy couch at~three -O'clOck in the
morning and, finding you asleep, whoops
you out to feed the horses. By the time
the horses are fed we are called to
breakfast. Didyou ever eat pie at break
fast? Well, we have pie for breakfast
every other morning. It SENS to be the
idea out here if you have pie you can't
complain at any other indignity. And
every pie we have had so far is made
out Of raisins. Now don't get it into
your head that raisins won't make good
pie. They do.
after breakfast we HE us away 70
the field and cut wheat until the fat
dame waves a tableeloth out of the win,
dow to tell us that dinner is ready
Then we eat and go out and cut more
wheat, and the old boy keeps us at il
until it gets too dark to see. But, Viii.
lie, the way you can sleep after yor
have had a day like that! You can sc
dead-that's all about it.
81 figure that l will get home will
about $50 to the clear. The old boy says
that he will give me $25 a month to stay
and plow, and a thrasher man offer.
$3.50 a day and found if l will worl
for him. But $50 is capital enough fol
Harold. I am not grasping or sordid.
"(P. ST. had e h~eart-to-heart tall
with the roly-poly girl last evening
She said 1 ought to be ashamed of my
self for kissing her in the house whert
the fat dame might see. If it wasn't TO
school taking up 1 believe I'd tackle tina
job of plowing.l"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
Nerro Barber,s Good word.

A good story is told of an old negro
barber in a North Carolina town who
was given to saying pleasant things.
Whenever a customer came in he in
variably had some iattering remark to
make about his general appearance, but
finally he had a call from a VIGOROUSLY
ugly man about whom even this old fat
terer could say nothing good. But the
customer came regularly to the shop, the
old negro learned to like him, and finally
he determined to make a pleasant re-
mark, whether or not, and this is the.
way he put 1t. Said he: Boss, when
you fust come into dis shop thought
you was one O. the homeliest gehtmen
I ever seed. But sense 1 has been shay
In you I must you you holds your own
pow'ful well."-Richmond CVa.) Times
Dispatch.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
FnthfnI Mnrn Hurhnnd-

In a village on the Island of SiminoI,
just south of Bongoa, lives an old Moro
who so loved his wife, and, strange to
say, in this polygamous community, his
only wife, that, when she died, he
watched her grave long beyond the ap-
pointed time, after which he had his
house built over her burial place, and
there lives to this day, still faithful to
the moldering bones beneath him. Sure
ly a proof that great love sometimes
stirs even savage breasts, happening in
a country where pOlygamy is not only
recognized, but encouraged, and where
women are bought and sold by the
pound. Considering the environment.
such love is on a par with the idyllie at.
tachments of history and fction.-From
Tales Of Tawi Tawi, in EvGybody's
Magazine.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
sIneIe Eyeelasses nurtfu1.

The single eyeglass is injurious. It
throws all the work on n eye. It de-
stroys the harmony Of the optic muscles
and nerves. A certain Englishman has
worn, for a myopic affection, a monocle
in his left eye for IL years. The left eye
is all right, but with the other the man
can see practically nothing. Joseph
Chamberlain wear his monocle in either
eye, alternately, and his son does the
same thing. The habit of the monocle
continues to live among the English
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

Investigations made at the zoologicaI
gardens in Berlin give an interestingidea
of the comparative water requirements.
OF animals. The record showed that the.
girafe, whom nature has equipped to
enjoy a drink, is less of a drinker than
the donkey. The daily summary puts
the elephant at the head Of the list, as.
was to be expected, with the rhinoceros.
as an unhaadsome hut earnest second
Youths Companion.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

An Ant, going to a river to drink, tell in, and was carried along
in the stream.
A Dove, observing the accident, and plying her condition, threw
into the river a small bough, which she hastily Plucked from a friendly
tree growing by the brink Of the stream, and by means of which the
Ant gained the shore.
The Ant, upon another occasion, seeing a hunter with his fowGng
piece aiming at the Dove, who had rendered her such timely service,
stung the man in the foot sharply, and made MN miss his aim, and so
saved the Doves life.
MoRAL-one good turn deserves INC Their, I'M gratitude is excited BY so noble
-naturala spirit that heo ought to De looked upon as he nst of creatures who
las no sense off --
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
b

Jack-I wonder what there is about
this time of year to always make a
fellow feel as though he wanted to
get married.
JIM don't know. But I've a sure
cure for that matrimonial feeling.
Tell it to me, if you want to save
a fellow mortal"
Go out and watch a man pushing q
baby carriage.'-N. x. Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

1NA
choose now" the happy bridegroom.
suggested. The boys has got G-hold
Of Fain, an we're all right"
81 reckon" unused the Reverend
Pusey, whose good humor was quite
restored, that these young friends O.
yoGrn will be wantin' you to change
the name O. your balloon from the Bird
O. Paradise to the GyardeenA Angel.%
And four people, one thousand feet
in air, laughed together as they set
tied gracefully toward Folks Station,
and the railway which was to carry
Mace and Hester Talent to safety, and
indirectly to the little waiting cabin
on the mountain side.
Honey" whispered Mace, as he sur
r~eptitiOusly possessed himself Of Hes
ter's hand, I'VE had the higgespIe
to u weddin' ever saw "a airy b0ysa
in all the Little Turkey Track neigh-
borhOOd."
Hester smiled, and seeing preacher
and aeronaut absorbed in some matter
they we're discussing, shyly nestled her
cheek against her husbands arm. The
contrast between the state of things
at this moment and that prevailing az
ten o'clock that morning was a pleas
ing one.
And when chariots descend out
O. Heaven-bringin' preacher and all
to tote US up to be wed in the middle
o. the sky concluded Mace, looks
like we must be purity corsid'able
somapin o. folks. National Magazine