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VOL.
He Thibodjux Sentinel.
Official Journal of the Parish of Lafourche
ruardlan of the Interest of the Town.
XIV.
THIBODAUX, LOUISIANA, SAT1
lY, JULY 29, 1911.
NO. 38.
IfWS AS IT HAPPENS
ritlONAL. -TATE. FOREIGN, OF
' (NTEREST to readers.
HE WHOLE WEEK'S OOiNGS
wf( Mention of Interesting Happen
from Day to Day Through
I out the World.
WASHINGTON.
re moval of Canadian reciproc
I from the congressional stage has
, jjjijp at the capital in a dgçided
j condition. ' The seBjnkyvlll
yool tariff, «ufc^is
Sis':
Lwoolftyi wiiU-tt#
(tariff renteton.
Irbe Unit*d States Steel Corporation
Iobtaining the Tennessee Coal, Iron
j Railroad company and its South
i ere land "cinched its monopoly of
, area of the American continent
tied up available fields for in
ndent concerns," declared Chair
h Stanley of the house steel trust
itlgatlng committee Saturday,
Representative -Burleson of Texas
ay received a memorial signed
f t large number of Americans re
in Mezico urging this country
! negotiate a reciprocity pact with
as has been done with Can
[ senators Root and Burton and other
ota of Ute congressional reap
ionment bill now admit that the
«re will pass the senate when
I rote Is reached on It under the all
sd agreement of August 3, but
are still hopeful of securing
■dmenta that will be of advantage
I the republicans.
[ Representative Graham of Illinois,
nan of the house committee ln
ating the Alaskan scandal, is
pleased because his sleuths
I located and Bubpoenaed Richard
LRran, author of the alleged letter
Richard A. Ballinger connecting
irles P. Taft with the grab of a
or alte on Controller bay.
witnesses before the Lorimer
ilry committee Tuesday refuted in
ill the sworn statements of Wil
Burgess, who declared that C.
Wiehe of Chicago, secretary of the
rd Hines Lumber company, had
rted that he had contributed $10,
I toward a fund of $100,000 to elect
rimer.
Senator Heyburn of Idaho Tuesday
loujht the civil war, incidentally
a shot at Sterling Price Camp
Confederate veterans of Dallas,
for objecting to a picture of
»In in the Colonial Hill school,
occasion of the outburst was Sen
Williams" bill to appropriate
i,000 for a monument at Vicks
iirg. Miss., "to the constancy and
mirage of the Confederate soldiers."
Tbl bill waa reported unanimously by
Ik« senate committee on military af
lairs and was put on the calendar
lor Immediate consideration over
Heyburn's objection by a vote of 29
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DOMESTIC.
Rain, and plenty of it, throughout
ike country is prophesied for this
Wik. Cooler weather will follow the
townpour in the beginning of the
*eek, but this cool wave will give way
I« higher temperatures later, although
unseasonable weather is predicted.
Aalatio cholera has reached Boston,
kcaused one death, while two foreign
■lion, who are believed to have
bought the dread disease to Boston,
tfter being taken ill, disappeared and
ftair whereabouts are unknown.
Cholera claimed another victim in
New York Sunday among the patients
m the hospital on Swinburne Island
h the death of Demetrio Anagnoston,
*t#d 17, making the total deaths in
Warantine nine.
A bill to remove the state capital
Atlanta to Macon was intro
duced In the Georgia house Friday.
William Godfrey, aged 91, the last
■ember of the family of Francis God
frey. the last war chief of the Miami
Indians, died at Peru, Ind., Saturday.
0®d£rey was married nine times.
Will Harris, 34 years of age, a prom
toeat merchant of Fort Worth, who
at a hospital following illness
tjphoid pellagra, is the fifth
o! pellagra in San Antonio dur
tof July. The attending physician
^*t«i that there was only a slight
®ruj>tian of the skin apparent on Mr.
when he entered the institu
two months ago, but the disease
^idly developed until the entire body
affected.
Mayor Gaynor of New York came
in a Btraight froin-the-shoulder let
ter Wednesday, laying perhaps more
Solent hands on the subway situa
tion than on any municipal question
he came into office. He de
"tted that he would resign rather
have his name linked with the
®Jcution of 6uch a plan as was serui
•wlcially reported to have been agreed
"Son in the allotment of subways with
^Practical guarantee of 9 per cent
"terest in the Interborough Rapid
"MBit company.
Twenty -one new cases of typhoid
*»« r were reported to the Mobile,
•• board of health Saturday, rnak
. * total of over two hundred cases
the first day of June, eighty new
"""» being reported since Monday
_rnmg. The fever has been declared
epidemic.
R. E
k'ice president of the or
Dowdell of Artesian, S. D.
'Winer first v
**Mzation, ,
the National Press Association of
erica at the closing session Friday
® Detroit, Mich.
The American Federation of Labor
Saturday inaugurated a campaign to
raise money with which to conduct
the defense of the McNamaras.
charged with dynamiting the plant of
the Los Angeles Times.
Cotton picking is now fully under
way over a great portion of South
west Texas and the demand for cot
ton pickers is becoming pronounced.
There have been planted in the lower
Rio Grande valley 65,000 acres of cot
ton.
In token of the fact that the Mexi
can revolution is now recognized as
a closed incident by the United States
government, Colonel E. Z. Steever, in
command of the United States troops
at El Paso, has returned to the Mexi
can government all the arms and am
munition 0Mn during the time the
in progress.
Js of people knelt Wednes
day before the open air altar in Balboa
park on the site, of the Panama canal
exposition at San Diego, Cal. A mass
was celebrated as a preliminary to
ground breaking for the exposition.
Brigadier General Joseph W. Dun
can, commanding the department of
Texas, has suggested that the head
quarters, machine gun patrol and two
battalions of the Twenty-second in
fantry, platoon and six troops of the
Third cavalry at San Antonio, be Bent
to Camp Mabry, Austin, to partici
pate in the Texas National Guard en
campment in August
Speeding across the Atlantic on a
steamer are Don Benito Legarda and
Don Manuel Luis Quezon, resident
Philippine commissioners at Washing
ton. They are hurrying to Paris to
complete arrangements with French
bankers whereby the latter will
finance a Philippine agricultural bank
to the tune of $10,000,000.
By a majority of 1,453 votes, Jersey
City, If. J., rejected Tuesday the com
mission form of government, which
the New Jersey legislature prescribed
and Governor Wilson defended. There
were 13,038 votes against the plan
and 11,685 in its favor.
FOREIGN.
Despite the breaking of the agree
ment that General Bernardo Reyes
should be minister of war in the cabi
net of Francisco I. Madero, and not
withstanding Madero's assurances that
Reyes was free to enter the presi
dential race, the general Sunday in
sisted that he would not be a candi
date.
That the period of reconstruction
soon may be succeeded by another
revolution is the fear frankly express
ed Sunday in many quarters of the
capital of Mexico. Reports of disor
tiers, assuming in a few cases the mag
nitude of battles, are not uncommon
and almost daily the authorities art
informed of the frustration of plots
against Madero or the constituted gov
ernment. The recurrence of sanguin
ary factional disputes leaves no room
to doubt that there is growing rapidly
a wall between the federal soldiers
and the revolutionary forces still un
der arms.
Aviator Torrldan, piloting a small
biplane at the aerdome at Mourmeton,
France, Friday, covered 465% miles,
remaining in the air 11 hours and 45
minutes. This is a new world's rec
ord for distance and time.
Cape Haitien is in the hands of the
revolutionists and the sole protection
I of the Americans and other foreign
1 ers at the port is an American yacht
which arrived Friday.
The playright Henry Bernstein
Friday fought a duel with Leon Dau
det, editor of L'Action Française, in
Paris, first with pistols and then with
swords. Both men were wounded in
the bout with swords, but It is not
believed seriously. M. Bernstein took
exceptions to articles which appeared
in L. M. Daudet's paper and chal
lenged the editor.
The house of lords in London pass
ed the third reading of the parliament
bill, otherwise known as the veto bill,
without division Friday, after only
three hours debate. The revolt of the
failed to materialize.
Lady Om, consort of Emperor Yi
Hui of Korea, who abdicated in 1907,
died Friday. Lady Om was a palace
politician of great skill. She was
attendant upon the queen of Korea,
who was murdered. She gained the
favor of the emperor and was finally
compelled to flee from the palace.
After the death of the queen she was
restored to the court" with the rank
of an imperial concubine. This con
ferred imperial rank upon her two
children. She was originally a slave.
The government of Hayti has pro
claimed a blockade of the ports of St.
Marc, Gonnaives and Fort i,iberte.
Having only one warship at its dis
posal, however, an effective blockade
is impossible. The order for the bom
bardment of St. Marc and Gonnaives
has not been carried out, and the
cruiser Antoine Simon is now an
chored before Archaie, a port eigh
teen miles northwest of the capital.
According to advices received in
London Wednesday, the deaths from
the plague in India have reached the
enormous total of 650,690 for the half
year ended June 30.
Miss Emma S. Peck, accompanied
by Carl Volka and five Peruvians,
ascended two peaks of the volcano
Coropuna, in Peru, on July 16. The
Coropuna is one of a number of giant
volcanoes in Southern Peru, the ele
vation of which is variously given at
from 18,000 to 20,000 feet.
Baron Oswald von Richtofen, who
killed Wilhelm von Gaffron in a duel
on May 10, in Berlin, was Wednesday
sentenced to two years' imprisonment
in a fortress.
Dr. Horrman Adler, chief rabbi of
the British empire, died in London
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VIOLENCE AT COMORRA TRIAL
Storm of Rag* Stops Proceedings,
Lawyers Stampede, and Two Ar«
Thrown Out of Court Room.
Viterbo, Italy.—The most violent
scene at the Camorrists' trial was pro
voked Saturday by a personal dispute
between Captain Fabroni and Lawyer
Lioy. In the tumult all the other law
yers fled from the room. Alfano and
Abbatemaggio, the informer, were
thrown out bodily by the carabineers;
Giovaani Bartolozzi fell in a fit and
President Blanchi, helpless to main
tain order, declared the session ad
journed.
Throughout the hubbub, Fabroni,
captain of the Neapolitan Carabineers,
stood pale but impassive. As the
court room was being cleared he said :
"The Camorra, in or out of court,
can't intimidate me."
Alessander Lioy, now attorney for
the defense, formerly edited a news
paper. Fabroni has testified that
revelations against the Camorra, made
by Editor Lioy, were not in harmony
with the claims set up by Lawyer
Lioy in defense of his clients. At this
reflection on him Lioy screamed like
a madman, Abbatemaggio joined in
the row in support of the captain
and Enrico Alfano, the alleged head
of the Camorra, 4ed in a chorus of in
vectives directed against Fabroni and
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Finally the president ordered Ab
batemaggio and Alfano removed and
they had to be dragged from the place
by carabineers.
For a little time there was calm
an( j ^j, e president took advantage of
the opportunity to admonish all to
avoid personalities. With more feel
ing Fabroni replied:
"For this I have stood the insults
pf this man Lioy without trying him
before the courts because I consid
ered him not a criminal, but a person
whose mental faculties were unbal
anced."
Lioy retorted fn fury, calling the
witness a hypocrite.
"A greater hypocrite than yourself
does not exist," relied Fabroni.
The uproar that followed was ter
rific, all of the lawyers for the de
fense, except Lioy, shouting their in
dignation.
They jumped about gesticulating
and hurling epithets at the crown's
witness.
Meantime the prisoners in the great
steel cage were hissing and cursing
their accuser and applauding their
lawyer. At last Giovannia Bartolozzi
and others pressed their heads be
tween the bars of the cage like wild
animals struggling to reach their tor
mentor.
"Get your heads back in there," or
dered the carabineers with a threaten
ing move.
"Do you w T ant to cut off our heads?
Yes, behead us," they cried.
"Our women," screamed Francesco
Desiderio, "have become defiled be
cause of this pig."
Center of Cotton Region.
Washington.—The center of produc
Jon of the cötton growing area of the
(Jnited States in 1910 was located
three miles south of Vuiden, Carroll
county. Miss., according to the census
bureau, just issued. This cotton pro
ducing area is about 1,500 miles long
and 500 miles wide. The total area
of the counties in which cotton was
ginned in 1910 is 625,000 square miles
approximately, or about four hundred
million acres. Of this only about one
acre in every thirteen was devoted
to cotton.
File $2,500,000 Suit.
Denver, Colo.—Suit was filed in the
federal court Saturday by Special
United States Attorney General S. N.
Townsend against the American
Smelting and Refining company for
$2,500,000 damages for alleged con
spiracy and fraud in acquiring 2,145
acres of coal land in the Trinidad
coal fields of the Pueblo land district.
Cotton Prospects Good.
Odem, Tex.—The Coleman-Fulton
Pasture company's new gin is near
completion and ready for business.
The acreage in cotton in this vicinity
is trebled as compared with last year s
acreage, and prospects are for a bet
ter crop.
Aviator Jolly Killed.
Juvisy, France.—The aviator Jolly
was killed Sunday while making a
flight in a biplane. The fall of the
machine is attributed to air eddies
«\aused by the heat.
i FARM LAND VALUES DOUBLEE
Cansus Bureau Report Shows Ineraast
of Over Hundred Per Cant
In Decade.
Washington.—Of marked Interest,
because of many statements made dur
ing the Canadian reciprocity debate,
was oensus bureau's announcement
Saturday of the United States, show
ing that land in farms more than
doubled in value during the past ten
years, having increased $15,252,788,000,
or 118 per cent In 1900 they were
valued at 813,051,633,000, and returns
of the thirteenth census show that
they are now worth $28,384,821,000.
Farm lands, farm buildings and
farm implements of the country are
valued at $35,859,663,000, compared
with $17,357,425,000 ten years ago.
The number of farms in 1910 was
6,340,120, as compared with 5,737,372
in 1900, an increase of 11 per cent.
Cutivated land increased In 1900 from
835,092,000 acres to 873,703,000 in 1910 r
or 5 per cent, but a larger increase, 15
per cent, is noted in improved acre
age, which in 1900 was 414,490,000
acres, and in 1910 was 477,424,000.
More conspicuous than the increase
in the number and acreage of farms
has been increases in the improved
values of farm property. The land In
farms rose in value $13,051,033,000 in
1900 to 828.384-82 T-00Q lp lgip, an in
« wöss .of. pef Tfrènïr a ' b <T uQi'in S
same period the average value per
acre of all land in farms rose from
$15.60 to $32.50, or 150 per cent.
Farm buildings, when in 1900 were
valued at $3,556,614,000, were reported
in 1910 as worth $6,294,025,000, an in
crease of 77 per cent. Farm imple
ments and machinery, reported
1910 as worth $1,261,817,000 and ten
years previously as worth $749,778;
000, show an increase of 68 per cent.
Germans Were Expelled.
Kingston, Jamaica.—Mail advices
from Hayti state that several promi
nent Germans have been expelled
from the country ^charged with sup
porting the revolution. President
Simon is said to be attempting to
pacify the rebels by proclaiming that
the United States will intervene un
less the railway construction across
th6 island is permitted to proceed.
After Loan Agents.
Houston, Tex.—Two injunctions re
straining loan agents of Houston
from further pressing their claims
against borrowers were issued on
Tuesday by Judge Norman G. Kittrell
in the Sixty-first district court. In
one of the suits Alex Ford alleges
that he has returned small Joans re
ceived, with usurious interest from
20 to 30 per cent.
Orange Dogs Are Being Killed.
Orange, Tex.—Orange is practically
dogless on account of the mad dog
disturbance and the ordinance passed
by the city council requiring all dogs
to be muzzled when permitted to run
at large. The hardware men sold
out their supply of muzzles the first
half day following the publication of
the muzzle ordinance.
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Coal Mines Flooded.
Calvert, Tex.—The coal mines were
forced to close down for a short while,
«owing to an accident that happened
Wednesday. The heavy rains of the
last few days have caused a great
deal of water to accumulate and a
cavein flooded the mines. The water
is within a few feet of the top in ths
To Free Bayou of Snags.
Houston, Tex.—Property owners
along Brays bayou from Harrisburg
to the headwaters of that stream are
working on a project to have the
bayou cleaned of snags and straight
ened at several points, thus opening it
for small boats and convening it into
sort of a park from its mouth to
its source.
Bond Issue Fails.
Corpus Christi, Tex.—The school
bond election for $50,000 failed Tues
day because of an insufficient total
vote. A majority of the vote cast
was in favor of the issue of bonds,
but less than three hundred votes
were polled.
Chile Orders Payment.
Santiago, Chile.—In accordance with
King George's award, the Chilean gov
ernment has ordered the payment of
£ 187,000 ($935,000) to the representa
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Lake Charles Not Affected.
Lake Charles.—None of the saw
mills in Lake Charles are affected
by the decision of the Southern lum
ber men to shut down eleven mills
Where the- organization of Timber
Workers* union is suspected. Seven
*
of the mills are located in the north
ern part of Calcasieu parish—the In
dustrial Lumber company's two mills
at Oberlin and one at Elizabeth, the
King-Ryder mill at Bon Ami, the Hud
son River Lumber company mill at
De Ridder, the American Lumber com
pany mill at Merryville, and the Four
C mill at Carson. The latter is al
ready shut down, having closed three
weeks ago on account of labor
troubles. The Lake Charles saw mill
men and their employes had a three
months' struggle four years ago, when
all the local mills suspended opera
tions. Since then they have been
free of labor troubles, and no organ
ization of mill employes is in exist
ence here.
New Orleana Rice Market
New Orleans.—The strong tone Aat
ruled in the market for rough rice for
several days was again in evidence
Saturday, but offerings were light.
The market was practically bare of
supplies and nothing was offered from
store, and as a result no trading was
done during the early hours. Clean
rice was steady, with only a moderate
volume of business transacted, due to
the light offerings. Quotations:
Rough rice—Honduras steady, light of
ferings, at $1.50 @3.10 per barrel of
162 pounds; sales reported, 300 sacks
at $1.75@2.50. Japan nominal at $2.00
@2.85; no sales. Receipts of rough
rice, 654 sacks. Millers' receipts, 654
sacks.
Excessive Rains in Louisiana.
Abbeville.—The well-night continu
ous rains of the past ten days have oc
casioned much anxiety among the
farmers as to the outcome of what
was the most promising crop prospect
the parish has known in many years.
The cotton and corn crops have suf
:ï«rêd most. The fields are flooded
and the roads well-niglï"lmpâssabl¥.'
The total rainfall since the first of
July exceeds twelve inches, and it has
rained almost every day, and the
havy laden clouds which arise with
the sun, which never shines, give
small hope of cessation. This "rainy
season" is semi-tropical and vividly
recalls that of 1905, when the cotton
and corn crops were literally washed
away in many instances by the tor
rential rains. ^
Freeman Purchases Home.
New Orleans.—Judge Thomas Jef
ferson Freeman of Dallas, president
of the International and Great North
ern railway, and first vice president
of the Texas and Pacific, who is to
come to New Orleans to maintain
headquarters, purchased the home
stead of Mrs. J. W. Hern, No. 16 Audu
bon place, for $25,000. This property
is in one of the most aristocratic parts
of New Orleans. The house is a two
story spacious frame dwelling, mod'
ern in all particulars, and placed to
advantage in a lawn measuring 100
by 200 feet.
Collins Chosen Principal.
New Orleans.—At a meeting of the
board of trustees at the seashore
camp grounds, Biloxi, Miss., this week
Professor J. F. Collins of Alabama was
chosen principal of the new prepara
tory school to be established at that
place, and maintained by the Meth
odist conference of Louisiana, Texas,
Mississippi and Alabama. The school
will fit both boys and girls for col
lege and future careers.
,4ew Orleans Live Stock Market
New Orleans.—Texas and Western
cattle—There was a light run of
beeves Saturday, and the demand be
ing active, transactions were easily
made at strong prices, nothing but a
few common steers being left unsold.
The receipts of calves were rather
heavy, and while trading was fairly
active, a goodly number were carried
over, prices on small stuff holding
6teady at a little weakening for the
common grades.
D. G. Lunsford New Principal.
Arcadia.—The school authorities
have elected Superintendent D. G.
Lunsford of Clinton, East Feliciana
parish, principal of the Arcadia high
school for the session of 1911-1912.
Mr. Lunsford has been principal of
the Breaux Bridge High school and
of the Clinton High school. For the
last year he has been superintendent
of the schools of East Feliciana parish.
Louisiana Jobbers Meet.
Lake Charles.—The North Louisiana
Jobbers' association held a meeting
Saturday, members being present from
Monroe, Shreveport, Alexandria and
Lake Charles. The meeting was pri
vate, the secretary stating that the
business was of a routine nature.
A New Saw Mill.
Lottie—The saw mill for the Levert
Lumber and Shingle company at Elliot
City is under construction, and the
phut will be in operation by early
ing property in that section, staU
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Liberal Offers From Operators.
Shreveport.—Authentic reports fron
Jewella, two miles southwest o,
Shreveport, where is located tin
Jewella Oil and Gas company, com
posed principally of local citizens hav
that favorable indications for oil be
ing struck in the company's first well,
which is under drill at a great depth
now, has caùsed proposals from big
operators to lease at liberal terms, but
the offers have been rejected. Twen
ty-five cents an acre cash and a prom
ise of one-sixth of oil produced and
$200 for each gas well, the same royal
ty as given in parts of the Caddo field,
has been offered, but refused because
of the value of the gas if produced m
near Shreveport.
New Orleans Sugar Market.
New Orleans.—A fair volume of re
ceipts of sugar arrived on the local
market Saturday, mainly of low
grades, but all were quickly absorbed.
Prices were firm and unchanged. Re
ceipts were 2,573 barrels. Imports ol
sugar from Cuba amounted to 19,000
bags. Refined sugars were in fair
demand and prices advanced 10 points.
New York refined sugars were in fair
demand at an advance of 10 points.
London cabled that beet sugar was
steady and cane sugar quiet and
steady. Molasses and syrups were
light. Offerings were light and were
confined to 400 barrels of low grade«
that arrived from plantations.
Drilling on Eastman Tract
Jennings.—The Calcasieu Oil and
Mineral company has completed all
arrangements and commenced drilling
on its first well on the Eastman tract.
J. A. Harper came over from the Vin
ton field and has charge of the drill
ing. About five years ago a test well
was drilled on this same tract by an
other company and at that time a
very strong gas pressure was found,
but for lack of funds the other com
pany abandoned the work. The pres
ent company feels very confident ot
success in its work and is in a posl
-tien-to- glr c th e f i e l d a tborough test
Elank of St. John Elects Officers.
Laplace.—The annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Bank of St.
John was held this week. The board
of directors, composed of Augustin
Lasseigne, president; Edward God
chaux, vice president; James Clement,
cashier, and Etienne Caire, Sol
ötrauss, Emygde Ory, Charles Thibo
daux, Paul Berthelot, Clement Maurin,
L. Montegut, Jr., Dr. S. Montegut, Dr.
L. T. Donaldson and J. D. Richarmq
was re-elected.
Officers Capture Nine Vagrants.
Lafayette.—Chief Chargois and Dep
uty Sheriff Peck arrested nine va
grants, eight negroes and one white
man, after a chase through surround
ing fields. The prisoners were carried
before the city judge, who gave each
twenty days' service on the streets
There were about a dozen negroes in
the gang, but several escaped in th«
tall weeds and crops.
Demolishing Court Court
Mansfield.—The work of demolish
ing the old court house was begun
this week by the contractors who will
erect the new $100,000 structure,
which they are to complete by May 1.
The old structure was built in 1853,
and is closely identified with many
historic events in the annals of Louis
iana, particularly during the civil war.
Specifies Postoffice Site
Lafayette.—Assistant United States
Attorney L. C. Butler of Shreveport
has verified the abstract of title to
the property of Mrs. George C. Bab
cock, which has been selected as a
site for the postoffice building ordered
by congress. The price paid was
Welborn Released From Jail.
St. Martinville.— G. H. Welborn, who
was arrested at Breaux Bridge a few
days ago by Sheriff A. E. Broussard,
was released from jail Saturday for
want of identification. Sheriff Brous
sard wired to the Bankers' Association
at Tillar, Ark., and the answer was to
release the prisoner, as the sheriff at
that place had refused to act
A. C. Sapp Arrested at Lafayette.
Sicily Island.—Albert C. Sapp, who
w^s arrested at Lafayette for wanting
to deliver a message from God to the
Methodist congregation of that city,
from this place, his mother and
father both residing here. He has
been away from here three months
visiting relatives in Texas.
unless fair weather prevails shortly
Two Years for Stealing a Watch.
Alexandria.—George Brown, a ne
gro, claiming to hail from New York,
who was jailed recently for stealing
a watch, pleaded guilty to the charge
Saturday and was sentenced to two
years in the State penitentiary.
Bayou Chicot.
Bayou Chicot.—Rains continue more
or less almost daily. The damage
from rain to the cotton crop will
amount to at least 25 per cent, and
the loss will probably be more.
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but
and
Child Wanted Original of Portrait That
Had Been Made So Familiar
to Her.
An amusing incident is related of
a young service matron who had re
linquished her husband for two years
and who, having before his departure
insisted on a good photograph, applied
herself assiduously to the upbringing
of her two-year-old baby with a view
to the child's familiarity with her dis
tinguished father. Each day she would
call the baby girl to her and, kneeling
beside her, would hold up the photo
graph, pointing out each feature to
the child.
One day the officer came home, and
the baby girl, then four years old,
home at last!" The child surveyed
the officer in perplexity and finally
shook her head.
"What is the mat 'ter, dear?" asked
her mother. "Well," replied the child,
"he looks something like my papa, but
my papa hasn't any legs!"
AT THE BOARDINQ HOU8E.
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"Who is that man," asked the new
boarder, "who is making such a fusa
because be has swallowed a fisfr
bone?"
"That's the sword swallower at th«
dime museum around the corner."
Seventy-one Years In a Shoe Shop.
Charles H. Wilson of Troy, N. Y.,
occupies the unique position of having
been in business in one building for 71
years; at least he will have completed
71 years in the shoe business at 242
244 River street August 12 next. This
record, it is believed, can be equaled
by few If any shoe retailers in this
country. Mr. Wilson has also been In
business for himself for more than 50
yearB. Mr. Wilson is today just as
much in active business as he was al
most three-quarters of a century ago,
when as a thirteen-year-old lad he en
tered the employ of John Leonard
Williams of Troy. To be exact, that
was August 12, 1840. Mr. Williams
kept a shoe store at 242-244 River
street in a building which had been
erected in 1803, and so the building
now occupied by Mr. Wilson for his
retail shoe business is one of the old
est buildings In Troy.
And Then He Escaped.
"William," said Mrs. Peckem, stern
ly, "aid you ever stop to think that
pomp onc might steal me when you
are away?" \
"Well," responded the poor husband,
with a far-away look, "I was a little
alarmed when a horse thief was prowl
ing these parts last week."
Mrs. Peckem stiffened up haughtily.
"A horse thief, eh?"
"Yes. I heard that he carried off
two or three nags from this district"
And then Peckem made a bee-line for
the door.
FAL8E HUNGER
A Symptom of Stomach Trouble Coi*
rected by Good Food. ^
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There is, with some forms of stom*
ach trouble, an abnormal craving for
food which Is frequently mistaken for
a "good appetite." A lady teacher
writes from Carthage, Mo., to ex
plain how with -good food she dealt
with this sort of hurtful hunger.
"I have taught school for fifteen
years, and up to nine years ago had
good, average health. Nine years ago,
however, my health began to fail,
and continued to grow worse steadily,
In spite of doctor's prescriptions, and
everything I could do. During all this
time my appetite continued good, only
the more I ate the more I wanted to
eat—I was always hungry.
"The first symptoms of my break
down were a distressing nervo jsnesa
and a loss of flesh. The nervo usnesB
grew so bad that finally it amounted to
actual prostration. Then came stom
ach troubles, which were very painful,
constipation which brought on piles,
dyspepsia and severe nervous head
aches.
"The doctors seemed powerless to
help me, said I was overworked, and
at last urged me to give up teach
ing, if I wished to save my life.
"But this I could not do. I kept on
at it as well as I could, each day grow
ing more wretched, my will r>ower
alone keeping me up, till at last a
good angel suggested that I try a diet
of Grape-Nuts food, and from that
day to this I have found it delicious
always appetizing and satisfying.
"I owe my restoration to health to
Grape-Nuts. My weight has returned
and for more than two years I have
been free from the nervousness, con
stipation, piles, headaches, and all the
ailments that used to punish me so,
and have been able to work freely and
easily." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich
Read the little book, "The Road to
W'ellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason."
Ever rend the above letter* A new
one «nw»™ from time to Hitie. They
are «renalne. true, and full of km
Interest..