The patriot., December 20, 1918, Morning, Image 4

About The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955

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YOUR SICK CHILD
IS CONSTIPATED!
LOOK AT TONGUE
HURRY, MOTHERl REMOVE POI
SONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH,
LIVER, BOWELS.
GIVE "CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF
FIGS" IF CROSS, BILIOUS
OR FEVERISH.
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No matter what ails your child, a
gentle, thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given.
If your little one is out of sorts,
half-sick, Isn't resting, eating and act
ing naturally—look, Mother ! see If
tongue Is coated. This is a sure sign
that the little stomach, liver and bow
els are clogged with waste. When
cross, Irritable, feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad or has stomach-ache, diar
rhea, sore throat, full of cold, give a
teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
Figs," and in a few hours all the con
stipated poison, undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out of the lit
tle bowels without griping, and you
have a well, playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless "fruit laxative," because
It never fails to cleanse the little one's
liver and bowels nnd sweeten the stom
ach and they dearly love its pleasant
taste. Full directions for'babies, chil
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
printed on each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of "Cal
ifornia Syrup of Figs;" then see that
it is made by the "California Fig Syrup
Company."—Adv.
The Healthiest Way.
A company commander received an
order from battalion headquarters to
send in a return giving the number of
dead Huns in front of his sector of the
trench. He sent in the number as 2,00L
Ä Q. rang up and asked how he ar
rived at this unusual figure.
"Well," he replied, "I'm certain about
the one, because I counted him myself.
He's hanging on the wire just in front
of me. I estimated the 2.000. I work
ed it out all by myself in my own bead
that it was healthier to estimate 'em
than to walk about in No Man's Land
and count 'em."
Most particular women use Red Cross
Ball Blue. American made. Sure to please.
At all good grocers. Adv.
United States in the first half of 1918
produced 173576 flasks of quicksilver.
E rvws bÏbtbowÏl MsiuoNs'wm____
Stomach and Bowel trouble*. Perfectly bans
8 m direction* on the bottle.
Britain normally Imports 650 tons
of ivory yearly.
HOW TO FIGHT
SPANISH INFLUENZA
By DR. L. W. BOWERS.
Avoid crowds, coughs and cowards,
but fear neither germs nor Germans 1
Keep the system in good order, take
plenty of exercise in the fresh air and
practice cleanliness. Remember a clean
mouth, a clean skin, and clean bowels
are a protecting armour against disease.
To keep the liver and bowels regular
and to carry away the poisons within,
It is best to take a vegetable pill every
other day, made up of May-apple, aloes,
' Jalap, and sugar-coated, to be had at
most drug stores, known as Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets.. If there is a sudden
onset of what appears like a hard cold,
one should go to bed, wrap warm, take
a hot mustard foot-bath and drink copi
ously of hot lemonade. If pain develops
In hc&d or back, ask the druggist for
Anuric (antl-urlc) tablets. These will
flush the bladder and kidneys and carry
off poisonous germs. To control the
pains and aches take one Anuric tablet
every two hoars, with frequent drinks
of lemonade. The pneumonia appears
In a most treacherous way, when the
influença victim is apparently recover
ing and anxious to leave his bed. In re
covering from a bad attack of influenza
or pneumonia the system should be
built up with a good herbal tonic, such
as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
ery, made without alcohol from the
roots and barks of American forest
trees, or his Irontic (Iron tonic) tablets,
which can be obtained at most drug
stores, or send 10c. to Dr. Pierce's Inva
lids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y„ for trial
package.
Persistent Coughs
are teurerem*. Get prompt relief from
îbo'i, Stop, irritation; soothing. Effective
mni ute for yotmg and old. No opiate* ir
PISO'S
SOLDIERS RELIEVE
ARMY OFFICIALS AID FARMERS
TO HARVEST CANE AND
RICE CROPS.
PLANTERS TO PAY EXPENSES
When Applying For Aid Farmers Must
Give Description of Living Condi
tions—Application Must Be
Made in Writing.
Baton Rouge,—
New Orleans was chosen as the cen
tral distributing point to which the 2,
000 soldiers who are to be sent, to
help take of Louisiana's cane and
rice crops, where they will be trans
ported direct before being distributed
among the plantations and farms of
the state.
Commanding Officer Meams of
Beauregard notified the governor that
applications for 1,675 volunteer .fur
lough men for the above purpose had
been made to that camp.
Plantation owners and farmers
wishing to obtain the services of
such soldiers should make application
in writing to Adjutant General Mc
Crory at Baton Rouge telling exactly
how many men are actually needed,
and whether white or negro men are
wanted, a brief description of living
quarters, stating size of rooms and
giving information relative to heating,
ventilation and the number of men
expected to occupy each room, and
the wages to be paid.
It will be necessary for planters to
pay traveling expenses, including sub
sistence, of men from the camp to
and from the places where they are
to work, regardless of the number of
days worked by the soldiers, it Is an
nounced.
bi'ATE HAPPENINGS.
Regulations requiring householders
and bakers to purchase 20 per cent cf
substitutes with each purchase of
wheat flour were withdrawn by the
Food Administration, effective imme
diately. Increase in the beet sugar
producing states and In the cane pro
ducing territory of Louisiana, of the
household sugar allotments from
three pounds to four pounds monthly
per capita also was ordered by the
Food Administration, effective Decem
ber 5. At the same time public eat
ing places in these sections will b©
permitted to increase their consump
tion from three pounds to four pounds
for every ninety meals served,
Although the rice crop In the Esth
erwood section was damaged by the
continual rains last month and no new
records may be expected in the size
of the crop this year, people here are
talking of a freâk which they say
other sections may find It hard to du
plicate. It is a "grand champion"
sweet potato which weighed 15 i-2
pounds, grown on the farm of Domi
nic Maignaud.
A patriotic demonstration was tend
ered to Miss Evelyna Renaud at Mon
roe. Health conditions prevented a
public reception. Miss Evelyna has
recently returned from France, where
she was a Red Cross nurse, and will
return there when she regains her
health.
Every Louisiana delegate attending
the eighth annual meetings of the
Southern Logging Association was ap
pointed as agent to help protect the
forests from fires by M. L. Alexander,
state conservation commissioner.
Notwithstanding th© damper the
government intended to put on junk
eting—in the form of increases in rail
way rates—Information gained from
the United States Railroad Adminis
tration office at New Orleans proves
that instead of producing the desired
effect, the public is junketing more
than ever.
The Parish Councils of Defense are
being asked by the State Council of
Defense, at the request of the govern
ment, to obtain and furnish the Coun
cil of National Defense at the earliest
opportunity correct lists of all retail
»hoe dealers in their respective Juris
iiction.
Three men were killed and two oth
ers seriously injured at Bordelonville,
Avoyelles parish, in a gasoline explo
sion, according to information readi
ng Alexandria.
Cattle dipping must continue in St.
Landry in accordance with a resolu
ion adopted at the recent session of
r he parish lawmakers.
The following parishes have voted
'vmds for road construction work
next year; Caddo, Calcasieu, DeSo
o, East^Baton Rouge, Iberia, Jeffer
son, Jefferson Davis, LaSalle, Lafay
■tte, Lafourche, Ouachita, Point©
"ou pee, Graut, SL Tammany, Tangi
>ahoa and West Carroll.
Ä light frost, th© first of the sea
-n, was visible at Pointe a la Hache
ast week. It did not harm to the
trowing truck crop, and will improve
he sweet potato crop in maturity.
Initial steps toward the launching
of a movement for the reclamation,
and development of the vast areas of
vacant alluvial and cut over lands in
Louisiana, along the lines of the Cali
fornia farm settlement plan were tak
en at a conference between Governor
R. G. Pleasant and other members of
the Louisiana delegation to the Soiun
ern Land Congress with Dr. Elwoo.l
Mead, of the University of California,
who was apointed by Franklin K.
Lane, secretary of the interior, to
draft the federal government legisla
tive program for supply farm homes
to the returning American soldiers,
sailors and marines.
A telegram to Adjutant General Mc
Crory from Provost Marshal General
Crowder cancels all pending army
calls, including all individual induc
tions under competent orders for the
army. Calls for men for the navy
and marine corps are unaffected. The
instructions contained in this tele
f gram, says Générai Crowder, do not
operate ''to relieve from the conse
i quenee of his acts any registrant af
fected by these orders, who has here
tofore become a delinquent or a de
serter."
At the direction oi the secretary
of war, state draft headquarters and
local and district boards are instruct
ed to discontinue all work connected
with the classification of men who on
September 12, 1918, had attained their
thirty-seventh birthday. The draft of
ficials are further Instructed to "con
tinue to complete as expeditiously as
possible the classification of all regis
trants who on September 12, 1918, has
attained their nineteenth birthday, and
had not attained their thirty-seventh
birthday.
Figures compiled in the offee of
Duncan Buie, state highway engineer,
show that 14,674,000 will be spent on
road improvement in Louisiana In
1919 in the construction of 753 miles
of highway and maintenance of 470
miles already completed. It will be
the record for one years expenditures
for road purposes in the state. Par
ishes and road improvement districts
have voted bonds totaling $3,174,099
to construct approximately 600 miles
of new highway and to maintain 470
miles already built
Petitions are being circulated and
largely signed for and .»against clos
ing the picture shows on-Sundays at
Hammond, the petition for closing is
in the hands of the Rev. Leon I. Mc
Cain, pastor of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, South, while the oppos
in gone is being handled by Charles
Lohmann, proprietor of the Liberty
Theater. When completed the two
petitions will be presented to the
mayor for action.
Demand for a greater number of
whole-time, efficient health officers in
training should be one of the devel
opments of the influenza epidemic Dr.
Oscar Dowling reported to the State
Board of Health at a recent meeting.
Dr. Dowling said that each commun
ity of five thousand, and every parish
needs a health officer with an ade
quate salary and an office force that
would enable him to put into effect
health and protective measures.
The ; fate of food control is in the
balance. The Food Administration
recognizes the need for deciding upon
its own attitude toward the coming
condition, and Herbert Hoover has
summoned the food administrators to
a conference. John M. Parker, food
administrator for Louisiana, left for
Washington in response to a tele
graphic call.
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New Orleans coal dealers have coal
enough to last until the middle of
December, according to a survey, of
the local yards. Dealers express the
belief there will be no difficulty . in
obtaining, during the winter, an ade
quate supply.
Notwithstanding the shortage of U©
bor in the vicinity of Convent the
sugar planters are rapidly harvesting
their crop. The cane crop is one of
the beat the parish has had in years.
Vincent Ory of Celestine plantation
reports that first-year stubbles gavo
him thirty-five tons to the acre.
Private Frank Samanatano of the
marine corps is at home at Franklin
on a thirty-day furlough from the fir
ing line. He was wounded five times
in the battle at Beleau Woods.
The Opelousas oil mill after being
closed for a number of years resum
ed operatiens under a new manage
ment and ownership.
The Thistlethwaite Planting Com
pany of Washington has purchased
over a hundred registered Shorthorn
cattle.
The governor has appointed John
S. Wurts as commissioner of deeds
for Louisiana in Pennsylvania, vice
himself, term expired.
Captain Taylor, of Fillington Field,
Houston, Tex, paid Franklin a visit
in his airplane. The captain cam*;
from Lake Charles and landed at
Jaanerette. Before he returned he
gave an exhibition of looping the
loop in Franklin.
Governor Pleasant announced th©
appointment of H. G. Patterson and
Clarence E. Monger as members of
the Board of Commissioners of the
newly created Fenton Drainage Dis
trict No. 1 of Jefferson Davis parish.
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THAT CHANGE IN
WOMAN'S LIFE
Mrs. Godden Tells How It
May be Passed in Safety
and Comfort.
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Fremont, O.—"I was passing through
the critical period of life, being forty
six years of age and
had all the symp
toms incidenttothat
change—heat flash
es, nervousness, and
was in a general run
down condition, so
it was hard for me
to do my work.
Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Com
pound was recom
mended to me as tha
best remedy for my
troubles, which it
surely proved to be. I feel better and
stronger in every way since taking it,
and the annoying symptoms have disap
peared."— Mrs. M. Godden, 925 Na
poleon SL, Fremont, Ohio.
Such annoying symptons as heat
fleshes, nervousnsss, backache, head
ache, irritability and "the blues," may
be speedily overcome and the system
restored to normal conditions by this
famous root and herb remedy Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If any complications present them
selves write the Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass., for suggestions how to
overcome them. The result of forty
years experience is at your service ana
your letter held in strict confidence.
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Sample eaeh free of "Cnttenre, Sept I, Borten."
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Old Codger Explains Why Politician
Does Not Seem as Useless as
Once Appeared to Be.
"For a long time my pet detestation
was the Hon. Basconi Bogger," con
fessed the Old Codger. "He is a born
honorable, who was twice elected to
trifling offices, which encouraged him
so that he never ceased being a candi
date. -To the casual* observer about-fill
he ever does is to strut and utter porN
, derous piffle. Wherever you go yon
are fairly certain to encounter fiîrif
braying his bombastic bunkum. As a
matter of fact, he is a horse doctor on
the side, and as horses are easily fool
ed he enjoys a tolerably fair practice.
"But the other day I discovered him
In a new role. Death visited a rickety
shack down by the brickyard, and be
cause the poor family had no friends
the Hon. Bascom Bogger butted in and
bossed the obsequies. Ije rustled up
pallbearers, bail lied several r -ople into
putting their vehicles in the proces
sion, started the hymns and sang them
through iir his burly voice, and man
aged the affair so successfully that the
miserable family felt quite proud of
themselves and the function. I found
ont that he made a practice of attend
ing the funerals of poor people and in
fusing as much life and pep into them
as is possible to get into such events.
So, somehow, since I made the discov
er^ the Hon. Bascom Bogger hasn't
seemed quite so tiresome to me ns
formerly."—Kansas City Star.
Debts to Uncle Sam.
"Do you realize what you owe your
eoutnry?"
"Tes. And Tpi thankful that some
of it Is for Liberty bonds."
Their Location.
"I don't see why people are down on
grade crossings."
"Why notr
"They are strictly on the level, aren't
they?"
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People
who drink
coffee find
substantial
relief when
they change
POSTUM
This pure;whole
some -table drink
does not contain
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caTTeineorany
oilier harmful,
nerve disturb
ing ingredient.
'Theresa Reason
WITH ADVANCE GUARDS .OUT
ARMY FOLLOWS RETREATING
GERMAN ARMY.
SOLDIERS SHOW NO EW0TIGN
Precautions Taken To Prevent Traps
—Engineers Hunt For Mines
and Test Water To Prevent
. Poisoning.
With the American Army in France.
! —General Pershing's forces moved
forward early in the morning in terri
tory just abandoned by the German
troops. On the old line between Mo t
zon and Thiacourt, lying from the re
gion of Sedan to the south of Metz,
the troops had been stationed to await
orders for the advance and at 3:30
in the morning the patrols marched
out, not in line of battle, but in col
umns, along the high roads, which
: are only slightly injured.
The first steps of the Americans
' into regions so lately controlled ay
Germany were not spectacular. The
men were keyed up and keen for the
new adventure, but, like they were
on th day of the signing of the armis
: tice, there were comparatively no
demonstrative manifestations of their
enthusiasm..
Many of the men had been newly
uniformed and all of them were "pol
; ished," as though for inspection. The
men appeared eager for the word to
go forward.
When the command finally was
given for the advance the elements
who were to push forward, in some
cases miles apart on the long line oe
tween the right and left, moved off
into the mists that appear always to
shroud this part of the country, and
disappeared.
! For the first time since the Ameri
cans started to advance into enemy
held territory there was assurance
that they would encounter no hos
tility.
! Nb* chances were taken, however.
The engineers were the second milts
! to press • forward and they carefully
began heir * work of looking out for
mines and tainted water. EveW ob
stacle wks tested before it was mov
ed, in order to find out if It masked
explosives. For some time the Gor
mans have shown a spirit of co-opera
tion in informing ihe Americans
where mines were located and in
themselves destroying them.
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Fought Until Last Minute.
With the American Army on the
Sedan Front.—Thousands of American
heavy guns fifed the parting shot to
the Germans at exactly 11 o'clock on
the morning the armistice was signed.
On the entire American front from
the Moselle to the region of Sedan
there was artillery activity in the
morning, all the batteries
for the final drive.
Outlines Reconstruction Policy.
London.—At a meeting of 200 lead
ing coalition liberal peers and com
moners, Premier Lloyd George outlin
ed his reconstruction policy. A great
rehousing program was necessary, he
said, the hours of labor must be, re
duced, a minimum wage introduced
and production increased through land
reform.
Negro Candidate Defeated.
St. Louis.—William L. Riley, negro
optometrist, who was reported to
have been elected to the state legisla
ture from the Fourth district, Novem
ber 5, has been defeated by his Dem
ocratic opponent, J. T. O'Brien, fol
lowing an official count of the ballot.
O'Brien won by 300 votes.
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Government Expense To Continue.
Washington.—Peace will have no
great effect immediately cn the gov
ernment's internal financial program.
Treasury officials said that expenses
of about a billion and a half dollars
a month are expected to continue
through the winter with another war
loan in the spring.
President Inspects New Machine.
Washington. — President Wilson
Inspected the first American built
Handiy-Page night bombing airplane,
which with thousands of others like
it, would have played an important
role In the war had Germany not
capitulated.
Coal Production Decreases.
Washington. — Production of both
bituminous and anthracite coa^ con
tinues to decrease as the result of the
influenza epidemic and a renewed ap
peal for conservation by householders
and others was issued by the fuel
administration.
P. O. Department To Use Material.
Washington.—Airplanes and motor
trucks not needed by the army after
the conclusion of peace may be turned
over to the Postoffice Department by
the secretary of war under a provi
sion of the postoffiee appropriation
bill for the present fiscal year.
Spruce Production Stopped.
Portland, Ore.—Spruce production
for airplane purposes stoped in the
Northwest on orders from the spruce
division of th© Signal Corps.
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the catarrh is left. ™ ®.ia your
weakness invite further attacks.
Tto Tonic Needed is Feruna.
First because it will assist in b uilcl
ing up your strength, reinyigorating
vour 'igestion and quickening aU
functions. Second, because it aids
tion.^gthememtone.anopp^
their functions.
Thousands have
answered the ques
tion alter srip j>y *"•
proper uee of this Sje**
tonic treatment. .You
may profit by their es
ficrience.
Liquid of tablet form
—both £&ie and satis
factory.
the peruna co.
Coltaalas, Ohio
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Relieved the Tension.
j A little boy at school saw his teacher
! faint and fall. In the confusion it was
; mpossible to keep so many heads cool,
j ind the little ones flocked 'round the
! irrostrate lady and her sympathetic col
leagues. But this small boy kept both
tils color and his coolness.
Standing on a bench and raising his
hand, he exclaimed : "Plea§e v teach
er, can I run and fetch father.? fjfe
makes coffins." The peal of laughter
which greeted this unconscious humor
roused the teacher from her short
trance, and nobody enjoyed the young
ster's saying more than she did when
'the circumstances were explained to
ller afterward.
COULDN'T SLEEP
APPETITE GONE
Nervous and Restless, and Kept
Getting Worse, Says Arkansas
Lady. Cardui Brought
Relief.
Marmaduke, Ark.—Mrs. Mary E.
Hill, near this place, writes: "I was
in a very wretched state of health. I
would be in bed two or three weeks
at a time...and would have fainting
j spells. I was so weak and, Oh ! how
my back hurt me. I was so nervous
and restless I couldn't sleep—didn't
have any appetite and kept getting
worse. Every one was so uneasy
about me.
I cannot exactly describe two awful
spells I had...I had a shortness of
breath and would smother at nighL I
j couldn't move or cry out. I felt like
j I would die. My limbs would get
numb and feel very uncomfortable.
We used many medicines, and I didn't
get better.
I had read of Cardui In the Birth
day Almanac and had often heard
that It was a good medicine. I be
gan to take it according to directions
and began to improve. I soon was
strong and able to do my work. I
cannot praise Cardui enough. I have
every reason to believe that it saved
my life."
Tested and proven in every way by
many women, over a period of more
than 40 years, Cardui has attained its
present high standing and popularity
because of the satisfactory results se
cured from its use.
If you are weak and run-down, and
need a good, reliable, tonic medicine,
try Cardui. All druggists.—Adv.
Streng Prejudice.'
"The American people do not care
for 'The Watch on the Rhine.' "
"I should say not."
"I don't believe they would even
aance to it if it were syncopated."—
Birmingham Age-Herald.
TO GUARD AGAINST INFLUENZA
Keep
a little Vacher-Balm in your
nose, It Is antiseptic, and kills germs,
though harmless to use. Internally, or
externally. It also relieves the dis
tressing symptoms. 25c in Tubes, and
Jars. Avoid Imitations.—Adv.
Days of Lavishness.
"When I was a boy we used to cut
up pumpkins to make Jack-o'-lan
terns."
Yes. You wouldn't dare treat a
perfectly edible pumpkin in that wa^l
now." m
Try Cuticur * Free
Send today for free samples of Cutl
. a Soap and Ointment nnd learn
bow quickly they relieve itching, skin
and scalp troubles. For free samples
J°* UtlC1ira ' Dept X < Boston."
At druggists and by mall. Sobd 2fV
Ointment 25 and 50.—Adv. ^ P
Kansas reports dealings in gasoline
bootleggers" on Sundays.
_ GUARANTEED
OR MONCY