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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
THE WINE HousE oF MEXICO.

the streets in front of a fashionable
church, while the flower market does
a thriving business for cavalier OF man
tied lady.
Right in the center of the city lies the
lovely Alameda, the queen Of parks or
plazas, with broad stretches of velvet
green, orange and magnolia trees
spreading their fragrance over the
promenades. Here are great fountains
and magnificent statuary, while on each
side run broad venue Of smooth as
phalt, and shining clean.
One of these avenues passes between
blocks of handsome buildings, until
turning suddenly it widens to twice its
width, and starting from that magnif-
cent bronze statue of Charles w., be-
comes n of the most famous drives in
the world, the Paseo de la Reforma.
This magnificent stretch of promenade
is nearly three miles long, bordered on
each side by fine statues of u"nfOrgotten
heroes. Every once in a while it widens
into an immense circle, to admit of a
large and splendid monument and statue.
This drive ends at the park and castle
Of Chapultepec, the pride of Macmillan,
No place in the world is there a spot
to compare with this princely domain.
Hewed from the rock is the bath of
MOntezuma standing like guardians in
a ROY are countless mammoth cypress
trees, the growth Of centuries, and
above all, on the crown Of a flower
w%reathed, rocky eminence, is the fairy
castle of Maxmillian's bride.
1t would take pages to describe the
objects of interest and beauty in this
city of the Aztecs. The government
pawn shop, the grand old cathedral, Sec
Ond only to st. Peters in Rome, Quad
aloupe, the Mecca Of all the faithful: the
art galleries, the museums, all the hun
dred and n objects of interest and de-
light that unite in making this love-
ly city one of the finest, most interesting
and most progressive of n of the
places to be found in travel and research
ANNA H CTARK
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

to serve as president of a general court
martial in the United States army, and
the first colored man to sit on a court of
army claims.
Maj. DenisOn was born in San Antonio,
Tex, in 1862. He obtained his early ed
ucation in the public schools of the Tex
as city. Later he was graduated from
Lincoln university, in Pennsylvania, as
honor man of his class, and in 1890 was
graduated from the old Union college
of law (nOw the law school of North
western university, carrying off the
highest honOrs for scholarship and being
elected as valedictorian and class ora
tor. In 1891 Mayor Washburne, of Chi
cago, appointed him assistant ~prosecut-
ing attorney, a position he held through
the administrations of Mayors Harri-
son, ST., Hopkins and Swift, the last
named promoting him to be chief of his
department. In 1897 he resigned to take
up the general practice of law, in which
he built UP a lucrative business, with
white persons as well as coIored among
his c~lientage.
At the beginning of the Spanish
American war Maj. Denison Joined the
Eighth regiment, Illinois national
guard, and was soon after commissioned
major, and took command Of the Third
battalion. He went to Cuba with his
regiment, and there Gen. Lawton made
him president of the general court-mar-
tial of the district, the only colored man
who ever held such an important place
in the army. Later Gen. Lawton ap-
pointed him one of the three judges of
the court of army claims at Santiago.
1t was this tribunal before which all
claims for damage done to the property
of Cubans by the invading army were
brought.
After being mustered out of the serv-
ice with his regiment in 1899, Mai. Den
ison resumed the practice of law in Chi
cago with greater success than ever. He
IS married, has a family and a hand
some home.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
coLoRED Nan HoNoRED.
mas. FranklEn A. nenisens ~ Chicago,
Knows How to Command Gen-
utne Respect.

In no state more than in Illinois doea
the able and deserving negro receive
prompt and distinguished recognition.
This is weIl illustrated in the case OF
Maj. Franklin A. DenisOn. acoloredlaW-
yer of Chicago, who, a few days ago,
was appointed quartermaster; with the
rank of major, on the stair Of Gen. James
p. Smith, Of the Third brigade, Illinois
national guard. It is not the first time
that Mai Denison has been honored as
a colored man Of signal ability. He was
the first colored man ever elected vale
dictorian Of his class in a northern COLI
lege; he was the first colored man ever
appointed a city prosecuting attorney
in the north; he was the first colored man
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
Declined Peeraees.

The instances of Englishmen de-
clining peerages are few. Mr.. John
Walter was one, and the late Squire
Montagu, of Yorkshire, was another
Sir William Harcourt was a third, and
Mr., Chaplin a fourth. Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach also declined a peerage
by anticipation in saying publicly
when the project was mooted that he
considered his baronetcy Zone of the
0ldes) was a greater honor than q
newly-created peerage.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

ems ing About the Disease Which
Destroys the Fruit


Jgh says fhe man as he bites into
his apple and Is quickly splits out the
bite. that's bitter. And SO it is, for he
has taken a apple which is infected with
tho bittor rot. With the coming Of the
new crop % apples to market, the uD~
pleasant experience OF the man who bit
into the diseased part Of the apple is
quite q common one. But it IS not as
might be supposed a case OF ordinary rot,
due % bruiss, but the bitter rot is caused
by q fungus which grows 10 the Tipening
tissues Of the fruit and induces decay.
The bitter rot appears in a apple or
ehard at different times during the
months Of July and August, the time Of
Its first appearance varying with the
climatic conditions during any partieu-
lar season. The first spots usually de-
velop on the apple fruits when they are
nearly full grown. From that time on
until the fruit is entirely ripened the dis
ease is likely to occur with Increasing
severity.
Warm, sultry weather, particularly
after q rain, forms thetdeaI condition for
the development Of the bitter rot. In
cool, dry summers the bitter rot is usu-
ely present but sparingly. A short series
o. hot, wet days in August may bring
about q sudden and very destructive at
tack. Nights with a heavy fall Of dew
alternating with hot days are usually
followed BY an extensive development
Ofthed disease. Numerous instances might
be mentioned where the disease appeared
In an orchard during the latter part Of
August, after a few hot days, destroying
the whole crop in three days. A notable
case Of this kind occurred during the
summer Of 1900. Cold weather usually
checks the disease and may stop it al.
together.
The bitter rot fungus, like other
species Of the form genus Gloeosporium,
has an almost worldwide distribution.
In the United States it has been found in
nearly all of'the states east of and in
Guiding Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Acareful search through the Theological
literature available at the Missouri bot
anical garden has shown that under one
name or another this fungus has been re-
ported from Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont. Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Alabama, Mississippi. Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma,
indian Territory and Texas. The states
east Of the Mississippi from which the
fungus has not yet been reported are al
most uneyplpred mycologically. 1t is ex-
tremely probable that 1t occurs in all
states where the apple is being grown,
even In the most northern ~latitudes.
The first signs Of the bitter rot appear
~ the form Of a very faint light brown
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

that her husband should succeed the
iron chancellor" During the closing
years Of Bismarck's tenure of Office she
was identified with every movement that
seemed to weaken his hold on imperial
favor. DR.. Stocker; the famous court
chaplain whom Bismarck dismissed, was
her coadjutor and adviser.
Her salon, one of the few notable sa-
Ions Germany ever possessed, was a hot
bed of anti-BismarCk intrigue, it is as
serted.
Count Won Waldersee was raised to
practical command OF the army in 1873,
and in 1900 was appointed to the COM
mand of the allied forces in China. He
succeeded the immortal Won Moltke as
a field marshal, a position he now holds.
The countess friends say she is no
politician, but a devOut, true Christian
woman; that she carried to Germany
where Sunday is a day Of pleasure, her
family's New England ideas of the day,
and has exerted her influence to modify
what is known as the continental Sun
day. She has also been a strong advo-
cate Of moderation in drinking.
The marriage of the New York girl
to the count was one of the striking for
eign alliances that proved happy, the
count and countess having ever been
devoted to each other.
The countess has not been in this
country since 1854, when her mother
took her abroad.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

dustries Of his state. He was born in
New Brunswick in 1929, and went ia
Wisconsin at the age Of 70. After work
ing or a farm, he bought a schooner
which he sailed Between Milwaukee and
Escanaba, and invested the savings of
his enterprise in timber lands. He is
nov president Of a large NUMBERING
company and owns the controlling in
terest in a bank, named after him. He
has served in the state legislature, and
represented his state in the house Of
representatives at Washington.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

Little Ethel-Reggie Rex and lis goin'
to be married Wen we grow W.
Nurse-I thought you didn't like Reg.
gle.
Little Ethel don't; but married men
is never at home, andTd rather have him
away all the time than any boy l know
yet.-Tit-iBts.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
ISAAC STEPHENSON.
Venerable Wisconsin Business Man
Who May BE the Next Cow
ernOr of His State.

Isaac Stephenson, who, according to
the prophecy of William E. Curtis, will
be the next governor of Wisconsin. has
done more, perhaps, than any other Iiv-
ing nan for the development Of the in
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

A dentist In Moscow is a wonder In
his line. He has invented a system bv
which false teeth can be made to ldhere
to the gums so firmly that q three
months it is difficult to extract them.
This Russian tocth-grafter hopes in
time to be able to rival nature by maxi
inG artificial grinders thGt ache.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
The Barber - ETonerntod.

A regular patron entered a BARRIERS
shop in Cleveland, and when the ton
serial artist had almost completed his
work on him, he suggestively re-
marked; Hair is getting rather thin
on top, sir. Have you tried our hair
%restorer?" The patron fa~cetiousIy re-
sponded, ooh, nc IFS not that-it's
worry
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

Miles of s-ubterranean corridors, lined
with tombs and cells, were constructed
years ago, far below the magnificent
cathedral at Kiev, Russia. In these cells
e 1900 ascetics perform their daily
deYotions and duties-live, eat, and
sleep, in the grim company Of their dead
predecessors. For a short time each
day they ramble in the beautiful gar
dpns
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
TnfnIllhIn Etc.

Bacon-Can you tell when hair has
stopped growing?
Egbert-Yes; when you find it in the
butter you can make up your mind it has
stopped gr0Wing.-YOnkerg Statesman,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03

Mrs. Kelly-Did yure husband come
home soher2
Mrs, Rooney-Comparativefy so. He
admitted thot be was dhTunk-Judga
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
nEneElment Ponlnoned.


Hes engaged to one Of the Bagley
twins.
which one2"
That what he's trying 70 ind OFT
biuaslI Chicago Post
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
APPLEs AFFEcTEp MrH R.rTRR 20

disc%oloratton under the skin Of the ap-
pie. The spots are exceedingly small at
first, and as they grow larger they ap-
pear circular in outline. The spots rapid
ly increases in size, becoming darker
brown. When the spot is one-eighth OF
an inch III diameter the area appears dis
dnetly sunken. The borders Of these
spots are usually very nearly circular
and sharply defined.
The cankers found on apple trees in
Illinois appear as blakened depressions
on apple limbs Of various sizes, from last
years fruit spurs 70 limbs three to four
inches in diameter. Thus far the cankers
have not been found on the main trunk.
The discovery Of the cankers was
brought about directly by tracing groupa
OF diseased apples to these sunken areas
on the apple limbs. The numerous OBJ.
B%erYatious made BIZ Mr.. r. H. Simpson.
ofParkersburg III, and by those who fol-
lowed him seemed to prove beyond uues-
tion that the cankers were in some way
responsible for the infection Of the an.
pies. Instances were frequent where two
or more apples hung just below a canker.
These were generally badly diseased.
while all other apples in their immedi-
ate vicinity were perfectly healthy.
Although the bitter rot has been So
destructive to apple crops for 80 years
OF more, little If any headway had
been made until recently toward
combating it successfully.
HERMAN N Won sCFIREUK
Experiment Postponed.
He feeling his ground)-Er-do you
-er-believe there is any danger in kiss
ing. Miss Mabel?
she-Wen. 1 think it all depends upon
circumstances. For instance, papa
might come Ia haFe at any moment. and
then It would be absolutely perilous.-
ANY sloper.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-03
BATTLES WITH BUGS.
State Agricultural Department. Ae-
lively Fighting Insect Ene-
mics of Far mers.

Reports from the wheat harvested in
Ohio this year indicate that the ravages
of the chinch bug have been quite severe
and that the value Of the yield will be
materially cut down. Scientists in
agricultural schools are urging the farm
ers to fight this destructive insect by the
distribution of species of fungus which
attacks and is fatal to the bug, says the
Toledo Times.
The activity Of the state agricultural
departments is enlisted in developing
means of fighting these insect pests of
the farmer, gardener and fruit grower.
When the country is less thickIy settled
and wild birds and animals more numer-
Gus, the question of insect pests is not
so serious as it now is. 1t is a common
thing at the present time to see whole
orchards blighted and sometimes de-
stroyed by some new foe which com
merce and travel have imported, or by
an old enemy which civilizations tam
pering with the balance Of nature has
set at liberty.
Few Of these plaques which devour
and destroy the work of the husbandmen
are invulnerable. Our agricultural
schools and colleges and experiment sta
tons are studying and investigating
these pests, and there are few whose
ravages they cannot arrest. The farmer
Is taught by the practical work Of these
schools how best to plant, and where and
when. Some ground, it is learned, is
liable to one plague, and a change Of
crop is advisable; othersoils require diff
ferent special treatment to prevent
these attacks. Various washes, sprays,
powders or fumigations are needed to
a v the plants from their insect foes.
CFaved salmon and Oregon water.
Many Oregonians were inclined to
laugh at the Missouri oma men
toned a short time ago who insisted
on going back to her native state be-
cause there were no catfish in Oregon.
II appears, however, that Oregon
women are as whimsical as Missouri
women, as a citizen who has two sons
practicing law in Brooklyn, N. Y, and
doing very well, went on there with
his wife to visit them a short time
ago, and at her desire left her there
She thought she could look after the
boys and enjoy life in the east, but
she has quite Unexpectedly returned
home. When asked why sho did not
remain in Brooklyn, as arranged, she
said such a craving came over her for
a slice of Chinook salmon and a drink
Of Bull Run water that it seemed as
If she could not live without them.
and so she came back-Portland
Oregonian.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17
FIGHT WILL BE BITTEg.

Those who will persist in clos
ing their ears against the consin-
ual recommendations of DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, will have u long aud
bitter fight with their troubles,
it not ended earlier by fatal ter.
minatlon. Read what II. r.. Beall
OF Beall, Miss, has to say: "Last
fall my wife had every symptom
OF consumption She took Dir.
Kings New Discovery after ev.
erything else had tailed. I'm
provement came at once, and
tour bottles entirely cured her.
Guaranteed by NJ. e. Ward, the
druggist. Price soc. and S1.00
Trial bottles free.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

Ben Hodges returned Satur-
day from a commercial tour OF
Northeast Texas. This portion
OF the State be reports to be in
excellent condition with the ex-
ception OF the territory rounda-
bout Ladonia and Honey Grove,
where the boil worm worked
great havoc in the cotton fields.
The cotton also suffered severely
from dry rot, or some other dis
Isl peculiar to the plant. Whole
fields, Mr.. Hodges states, died
out in this manner and produced
absolutely no cotton at all. Mr..
Hodges says that the rot is
thought to have been originated
in the fact that the land has been
run too long in cottoE.-Terrell
CTexas) Times-Star.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

An exchange says that it has
been agreed that newspaper sub
scrlptions are an infallible test
of mans honesty. They will
sooner or later discover the man.
II he is dishonest he will cheat
the printer some way-declare
that he has paid when he has
not-sent money in The mail
which was los,-will take the
paper and not pay for it on the
ground that he never subscribed
tor it, or move oft and leave it
coming to the Office left.
Thousands of alleged Christians
are dishonest in this, at least,
and the printers books will tell
fearful tales on judgment day.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

The estimate of Daniel j. Sully
& Co., bankers and brokers of
New York, places the total num-
Der of bales OF cotton which will
be available tor all purposes,
from September 1st, 1903, to
August 31st, 1904, not to exceed
9,9S6,0O0 OF 500 pounds each /;
that each and every bale will be
absorbed, regardless of price, and
that tn requirements Of the
spinning world will remain far
from being satisfied, ere relief is
found in another crop. Mississ-
ippi's contribution to the total is
placed at 1888, 800 bales.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17
RECTOR OF ST, LUKE'S,
AsHBURNHAM, ONTARIO, TEsTIFIEs 70 THE
GOOD QUALITIES OF CHAMBER
LAIN's COUGH REMEDY

GOOD QUALITIES OF CHAMBER
LAIN's COUGH EMEDY
Ashburnham, Ont, April IS,
1901 think it is only right
that l should tell you what a
wonderful effect Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy has produced.
The day before Easter 1 was so
distressed with u cold and cough
that | did not think to be able
to take any duties the next day,
as my voice was almost choked
by the cough. The same day [
received an order from you for a
bottle Of your Cough Remedy.
| at once procured a sample bot
tie, and took about three doses
of the medicine. To my great
relief the cough and cold had
completely disappeared and I
was able to preach three times
on Easter Day. l know that
this rapid and effective cure was
due to yonr Cough Remedy. l
make this testimonial without
solicitation, being thankful to
have found such a God-sent
remedy. Respectfully yours,
f.. A. LANGFELDT, NJ. a.,
Rector ST. Luke's Church.
10 Chamberlain Medicine Co.
This remedy is for sale by M.
E. Ward, the druggist.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

Subscribe for the BERALD.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

The Supreme Court of Miss
issippi has affirmed the decision
of the Circuit Court of Marshall
County that it was not only
within the right of a conductor
of a train to put a passenger Oft
when he becomes boisterous and
often i've to OF h err passengers,
but that it was his duty.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

To improve the appetite and
strengthen the digestion, try a
few doses OF Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets. Mr.. j..
IL. Seitz, of Detroit, Mich, says:
"They restored my appetite
when impaired, relieved me OF a
bloated feeling and caused a
pleasant and satisfactory move
lnent OF the bowels" There are
people in this community who
need just snch a medicine. For
sale by NJ. E. Ward, druggist
Every box warranted.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

Clubbing
offer!

To all old subscribers to The
HERALD who pay up and renew,
and to all new subscribers, we
make the following most liberal
propositions:
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Southern Farm Gazette semi
monthly Journal for farmers,
stock raisers aud their fami-
20.
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Send all remittances to
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Scooba, Miss.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17
You Know WHAT YOU ARE TAXING

When you you take Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic because the
formula is plainly printed on
every bottle showing that it is
simply Iron and Quinine in a
tasteless form. No Cure, No
Pay. soc.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

The next National Republican
Convention, to nominate a presi-
dental candidate, or rather to go
through the form of endorsing
the present administration by
re-nominating Roosevelt, will be
held in Chicago on June 21st.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17
Carroll d. Wright, u. S. Com.

Carroll d. Wright, U. S. Com
missioner OF Labor, has expressed
the opinion that the wage system
will soon pass away, and coop
erative plans of an improved
kind take the place. of the wage
schedule o! the present day.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-17

Having closed out a large lot Of La
dies and Misses Cloaks, Cspes. Walk
ing Jackets and everything in that line,
] am prepared to sell them at,one-third
regular prices-at from IS 90 to $500;
formerly sold at from Sl5.00 TO $50 90.
JAMES II. DUKE.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-11-20
Horse Creek.

James Hodgkins went to Gran
ada Saturday Oh business.
Mrs. Sapp spent few days last
week with Miss Lottie Stanley.
Robinsons have completed
their dipping vat and are now
ready to dip cattle.
Mrs. j. E. Cline visited the
past two weeks with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. NJ. Brown,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Peterson of
Dodge City, who have been visit
ing the latter's father j. M. Will
holt, returned home Tuesday.
John and Henry Thomas took Il
small bunch of horses over to Robt,
Johnson's alfalfa field the first of
the week.
John Robinson and Henry Cor
don went to Kansas City last week
with five carloads of cattle. Mr..
Robinson returned Wednesday
but Mr.. Gordon, having stopped
over in Hutchinson visiting rela.
tives, did not return until Sunday.
COYOTE.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-11-20
Disastrous Wrecks.

Carelessness is responsible for
many railway wreck and the
same causes are making human
wrecks of sufferers from Throat
and Lung troubles. But since the
advent of DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, Coughs, and
Colds, even the worst cases can
be cured, and hopeless resigna-
tion is no longer necessary. Mrs.
Louis Cragg of Dorchester. Mass,
is one OF many whose life was
saved by DR. Kings New Discov-
cry. This great remedy is guaran-
teed for all Throat and Lung dis.
eases by Ikelman Bros. Druggists.
Price soc, and $1.OO. Trial bottles
free.