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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1905-09-02

SIS, ,OOO, 900.
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De Hutchinson, KS, nous arrive une
triste histoire d'amour decu qui s'est
denouee dams le meurtre ct lie suicide.
Depuis des annees, William Burch, age
de guaranteeing ans, promettait q Nine
Medic Wells, agee de soixante-cinq ans,
de pepouser, mais il ne Sc pressait null
lement de le faire, malgre les remon-
frances incessantes de La pauvre veuve,
qui, quoique un peu vieille deja, await
encore lie ceur jeune. A chaque fois
qu'elle lui rappelait sa promesse, Burch
repondait qu'ils avaient lie temps.
Non, disait-elle, nous n'avons plus de
temps perdre. Je commence a Well
lir ct vous-meme vous ne tarderez pas a
etre yieux. Qu'attendez-vous All !!
ie sails, achevait-elle en- pleurant. c'est
que vous voulez une femme plus ieune
que moi. Mais vous ne raurez jamais:
ou vous m'epouserez ou vous men epou-
serez pas une autre" Ellie ne Sc from
pait pas, La pauvre vieille, ct ellie cut
bientot la conviction que lie monstre
faisait la cour a une jeune veuve, toute
mignonne, avec de beaux yeux noirs
ensorceleurs. Ellie comprit qu'entre
elles deux, la lutte pour Petre aime Sc
rait inegale ct que ce serait Fautre qui
pemporterait. Ellie commence a profe-
rer des menaces, mais Burch NY tint
aucun compte. L'autre soir, il Sc fit
beau ct sortit pour aller rendre visite q
la ieune veuve. Medic, lie c9ur gros dc
chagrin, Fame devoree par la jalousie
ne Sc coucha pas, ellie attendit lie retoul
de Pinfidele ct lui fit une scene terrible
LIE lendenain, ne Sc sentant pas bien
ii ffJ2~E ssnuEv 1elzs, saP sosn1as
une maison de pension, ct passa pre-
dele dams le couIoir froid ct indiffe
/ rent, sans 1ui dire un mot, sans mem
| la regarder. Cen etait trop, le SUPPLE
de Medic etait intolerable. Ellie monti
un moment apres la chambre de Pin
fdele, un pistolet la main. II dol
matt deja, il await veille 81 tard pres d
La petite veuve. Appuyant lie bout d.
canon du pistolet sur Poreille de Burch
ellie pressa la detente ct lui brnla la Gel
velle. ii ne fit que Sc raidir ct mourn
Alors Medic Sc tira deux coups de pistc
let dams la poitrine ct un autre dams
tete ct tomba morte son tour.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1905-09-02

HAS STOOD TEST 25 YEARS
The old, original GROVES Tasteless
Chill Tonic You know what you are TAX
ing. 1t is iron and quinine in tasteless
form. No cure, no pay. SOC.
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CHAs. LAsSEIGNE. REDAvrsuR.
Announcement

ABONNEMENT:
Up An, Sl.5O. Six Mois, IS cents.
Une remise de 33 pour cent est faite aux
abonnes qui patent d'avance ou dams lie pre-
mier mois de Pabonnement. Apres ce tenn ps
fr.ls. G.f <l<-r afr<.-@
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Pendant toute La duree de Ia fameuse
conference de Ia paix qui s'est tenue q
Portsmouth, on s'est demande aquoi
ellie allait aboutir. La Russie a gra-
duellement consenti q tout ce que le
Japon exigeait, sanf . deux chooses: le
Placement dune indemnit4 de guerre ct
.9o-a1s-ss.sss llxla@ d. -faghalin. L,or-
ces deux points aigus etc'est en- vain
qu'on q essaye de fafre 6echir le souve-
rain moscovite. On essaye de lui
dorer Ia pilule par un compromis aux
termes duquel une partie de Pile lui
serait vendue poids dor, assez cher
pour dedommager les Japonais des frais
qu'ils ont do faire pour rereinter, mais
il ma rien voulu entendre cette faeon
indirecte de payer rindemnite sans la
mentionner, ct il repondu quill ne
paierait pas un kopeck. Rien ma pu
le faire sortir de cette determination.
Son entetement est tel quill ne lui q
| permits de considerer Ia triste position
dams laquelle le placait cette guerre, de
realiser quill est lie vaincu ct que c'est
lui de payer les pots casses. Devanl
son refus, on considerait done que Is
conference allait aboutir d un fiasce
quand, soudainement les envoy6s japo
nais ont annonce que leur souverain
guide par les sentiments de rhumanitl
ct de Ia civilisation, les await, dams III
esprit de parfaite conciliation ct dan
Pinteret de la paix, autorises a elimine
la question du reimbursement des de
penses de Ia guerre ct consentait un,
division de File Saghalin sur des base
mutuellement aceeptables. Celia don
permis . Ia conference d'arriver VI
accord complet sur toutes les questions
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1905-09-02

II est auourd'hui generalement ad-
mis- par les medecins que Ia fievre jaune
Sc transment par lie moustique. Mais
une question sc pose depuis que lie doc
teur LeBeuf dit dams une recente
conference: La piqdre dun mousti-
que ne dun euf ou dune larve deposee
par un moustique infeste transmettra
la fievre jaune, mails toujours sous une
forme beaucoup plus benigne, attAnuee,
pour ainsi dire, par lie double procede. y
C'est done un cas- on il vaut mienx
avoir affaire La file qua Ia mere, ct
ION est en- droit de Sc demander sill ne
serait pas logique de cultiver dams la
file ct meme dams Ia petite-fille du
stegomyia infeste une annie qui nous
donnerait Ia piqnre de pinmunite et
nous placerait dams Ia meme attitude
envers la fiavre jaune que les personnes
vaccinees lie sont envers Ia picote.
Marie depuis sept mois, Antoine
Kalunsa, citoyen de Evanston, I'LL.
s'etait deja apercu depuis longtempe
quill await commits une sottise. ce ne
TAFT pas, il sen faut, que Annie ne fn1
iolie ct accorte, mais le diable, c'etait l.
beile-mere qui mettait tout renven
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1905-09-02

LIE temps etc favorable la coupe
du riz depuis une dizaine de jours ct la
plus grande dihiculte contre laquelle
ont lutter les riziers c'est la rarete des
moissonneurs, plus grande encore que
d'ordinaire, grace aux quarantaines.
La came sucre, ellie, s'allonge eft
fait des neuds. De toutes les parties
de la region sucriere, on est enchante de
la recolte. Mais ce qui inquiete les
sucriers c'est de voir approcher lie mo-
ment de Pouverture de la roulaisor
dams les conditions que cree la fievre
jaime. II leur sera certainement diff
cile de Sc procurer des travailleurs.
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CLOSES EF AUFRES.

Johann Hoch, le mari de tant de
femmes, don't il await do tuer quelques-
unes qui lie genaient, ma pas etc pendu
vendredi dernier, ainsi quill await etc
ordonne quill lie f1t. Pour la troisieme
fois. un nouveau bail de vie lui etc
accorde. Cette fois, c'est un juge de la
cour supreme qui, n'etant pas bien con-
vaincu de la culpabilite du condamne,
arrete sou execution pour examiner lie
cas- lie mois proclaim.
La famine Sc fait sentir dams plusieurs
districts de rEspagne don't la popula-
ton Sc compose -principalement de tra-
vailleurs a la journee. Une Tongue
secheresse aneanti les recoites, lie tra-
vail manque ct au moins 100000 per-
sonnes sc trouvent sans resources. La
misere est affreuse ct les affames Sc
livrent a des actes de violence pour Sc
procurer quelque nourriture, ne pouvant
plus subsister sur les racines; ills pillent
les boulangeries ct les magasins. La
mortalite parmi les enfants ct les per-
sonnes agees est tres grande.
lie president Roosevelt toujours des
idees extravagantes ct la dernlere qul
Iui est venue etc de descendre au fond
de reau dams un sous-marin. Samedi
apres-midi, il s'est embarque a bord du
ssterpilleur sous-marin Plunger" dams
: Island et s,est IaiEse
pieds, y restant pres dune heure pen
dant que lie petit bateau Sc hvrait aux
movements don't il est capable LIE
fait etc repete plusieurs fois pendant
trois heures ct lie PRECEDENT etc vive-
ment interesse par les differents manoeu-
vres auxquelles il a assiste.
L'arrivee de iumeauX dams un mena
ge cause touiours lie plus vif plaisir
mais quand deja deux epoux ont WI IL
phenomena Sc reproduire cinq fois, i'll
ne doivent plus trouyer ca 81 drole
C'est ce qui Went d'arriver a NJ. e
Mime Allen c. Deppe, de Hickory Run
Penn. lis Sc sont 1naries il y dix-hui
ans ct mont que quarante ans. LIE
fruits damour mtlrissent regulieremen
dams leur menage ct ills ont une famill
de vingt-trois enfants! On pourrai
difficilement, considerant Page de
epoux, trouver une plus belle famille el
Amerique.
4 4 4
LIE general Octave A. Bullion, ancieI
veteran confedere, ancien membre d
la legislature de la Louisiana, est NOR
nardi matin sa residence de Hop
Villa, dams Ia paroisse Ascension, de
suites dun accident don't il await ct
victime Ia veille dams son moulin
cotton. En- voulant corriger un defau
de la machine, ii s'est trouve pris dan
une bande, etc projete contre une pai
tie de la machine ct a Ell une jambe e
un bras endommages; il fallu proce
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TOM B ES.

LIE soussigne PREVENT lee families quill Sc
charge del'ENTRETIEN de DES TOMBES dal.s
les cimetieres de st. Jean -Bsptiste ct st.
Pierre ainsi que de rOUvERTURE DEs
FOURS, de Ia CONSTRUCTION DIES MONU.
MENTS Ut de toutes les r6parations necessai-
res an bon Stat des travau1 qui lui seront con.
fse.. FACSTIN RODRIGUE
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uEILLETTEs.

ST La femme fait perdre lhomme
le paradis, ellie depuis fait son posi-
BILE pour le lui rendre.
4 4 4
Au cafe.
--Demain je celebre mes noces dor.
.Tes noces dor? Mais tn mes marie
que depuis deux ans peine.
-Oui, c'est vrai, mon ami, mais jai
deia souffert pour cinquante ans.
& 4 4
Adam, dit Eve effrayee lorsqu' ellie
entendit lie petit Cain faire ses premiers
efforts pour parler, que croyez-yous que
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1905-09-02
Journal 0Hiciel

DE LA PAROISSE ST. JEAN-BAPTISTE
EFT DU BUREAU DES ECOLES.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1905-09-02

qui lui etaient soumises. Et la paix
sen trouve assuree depuis mardi.
La guerre done dure 537 jours; on
estime qu'elle co1te a la Russie pres
de deux milliards de piastres ct au Ja-
pom un milliard ct demi; $4,000 soldats
russes ct II soldats japonais ont etc tues
en- .bataille; la Russie perdu 72 navi-
res, detruits ou captures, valiant $780,
900, 600, ct lie Japon IL navires valiant
SIS, ,OOO, 900.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1905-09-02
COMMUNIOUE.

COMMUNI0UE.
b
long
ct bien me
chant,
ct
rempli
de jus mortel
ct ce nest pas la
peine que vous revitiez;
il
vous
suivra
ct vous
empoignera
ct des lors
malheur vous
il vous piquera
vous inoculera.
Quiz stegmoyia
vous prendra
81 vous ne
desinfectez
pas vite
ah
Brave Cuny, je vous envoie ci-dessus
mon portrait, un peu grossi ct contenant
pour vous un salutaire conseil.
Alors, vous aussi vous posez en- adver-
saire de ma race ct ne hernandez rien
moins que son determination. Allez
done planter des noix ct laissez-nous
tranquilles. ST vous eveillez notre colere
ellie sera terrible Vous voyez CONNIE
is-a tor.sx t.s-s-s..rz. &ss..- -.aa f-nnill
est armee pareillement, ct 81 nous fa'
SONS tant que de tomber sur vous, YOU
etes I'M homme mort davance. Non
n'avons pas peur de votre rasoir:
coupe trop peu pour nous couper le cou
mais nos dards sont bien effiles ct YOU
penetreront dun pouce.
Calmez done votre ardeur, ct jetez a,
loin votre SQUIRE ct votre petrole.
STEGO. FASCIATA, JR.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
AMERICA AND JAPAN,

Japan with Russia because the aggresons of
in Eastern Asia threatened the very existence of the Japanese
empire The rightness of apan position recognized by
She clearly had for making public
and she right against Russia If
any country justified sefdense Japan justified
But her thus far has caused attacks of semmtay
hysteria The latest sufferer Captain Hull chairman of the Mill
Committee of the House of Representatives who
and dreams dreams about immediate and bloody
the United States and Japan the Philippines Such
about likely with Mars the seventh satellite of
Jupiter Our of the Philippines impairment of my
of the national rights OF Japan in nterfere with
independence her She had rights
islands, therefore deprived her of
There shadow of preext for of with
Such her would be for territorial aggandzemen She
would have toward the attitude of Russia
her which provoked the struggle Japanese statesmen
asue and eveheaded to make such bnde Four
Senator Lodge talking about speedy with Germany
had foundation and msevous Captain Hus talk
with Japan mischievous The Mkado all
hand that he and though will probably
bring indemnity from Russia that will recoup his treasury
but lapse time covering at least generations
the population and human energy of Japan the lives that
lost.
After peace with Russia the policy Japan be long peace
with the world the extension of her influence holding
of Port Arthur and probably of Vadivoo Saghaien
assuming OF her influence the mainland
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
THE WHEAT EXPERIMENTS.

T He Importance Of finding ways improve quality of Cali
fonia wheat fully recognized and that reports
that have been planted experiment
III the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys only
point that the good work being done by the Board
the Agricultural Department of the State University
the public support deserves All those who taking
the under the generalsp of the agricultural
Berkeley should be stimulated to the pasang carving
OF all their instructions to the end that the conclusions which
later to be drawn from these be possible
would be beneficial both individual grain grower
the whole State number of planters conducted
their farms made themselves wacfu observers
records and studied well thought suggestions
these facts They might thus the principle of the
of Witnesses greatly aid the efforts of those They
might send their the Agricultural Department Berkeley
and these data might aid other cooborations
sopngs otherwise reached and the actions advised thereon
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
Woe TO PEANUT EATERS

There is a new disease of the pea
nut, not as yet in Georgia, but in Ger
man East Africa, and such things
travel.
A Karosek, in letter to the Jour-
nal Gartenfiora, describes the new dis
ease. The peanut belongs to the most
important cultivated plants there. 1t
suffers from fungus which causes
reddish-brown spots upon the plants,
which afterward change to black. The
disease occurs wherever peanuts grow,
but does not kill the plant elsewhere.
The new disease observed by Mr..
Karosek in the vicinity Of Tanga re-
suits in a rapid dying out of the plant.
1t shows itself in a retarded growth
of the leaves, flowers and fruit. and
the leaves, in addition, show irregular
white spots. which ultimately change
to brown and black.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
JAPANESE SOLDIERS
CHEWED THEIR WAY
THROUGH BARBED Wire

We were to perform a famous feat
ters Our ambition was not exactly to
attract attention of the Russians and
receive their applause from their
quick-firer All sorts of fireworks
seemed to help the work of their
searchlights We made slow progress,
always on all fours. we reached the sec
ond netting of barbed wire, and this
we hacked away without very mucn
trouble. In front of us was the finaf
fence. We had had a happy run of luck
so far. We did not wish to spoil it by
a touch of careIessness or too much
daring. Cautiously, therefore we went
on our stonlachs to make the distance
between the second and the first barbed
wire entanglements All this distance
was a surprise to us; 1t was covered
with many things evincive of the skill
and thoughtfuIness of the Russian en-
gineers. 1t was about one hundred me-
ters in length. The ground was siop-
ing. 1t was filed with pitfalls and
mines innumerable, For a second these
mines made us forget the first line of
| WilC lCICC tOWdlQ w Hlc0 We were
ing our way. First of all. we had to
dispose of the mines. We had reason
to suspect that they were electric
mines, and, in fact, the Russian engl-
neers, with all their thoughtfulness,
did not always take the trouble to bury
the conductors. We discovered and cut
as many as four conductors, which
we're just about the size of my thumb.
They were wrapped in a rubber coat
ing, and within the rubber coating we
found over twenty-four small wires.
carried no scissors about me. These
electric wires were neat surprise to
us. The severe usage to which it had
been put had dul1ed the edge of my
ak almost as blunt as the edge of my
palm. 1t could not cut the rubber
wrapped wires on soft earth. Time was
pressing. We were in danger of Noing
discovered before we could get at the
first line of barbed-wire fence. which
was the last goal of our Efforts more
over, we were somewhat impatient. SO
all of us fell upon those electric wires,
and with our teeth we bit them off. L
fear we may have been somewhat ex-
cited. We did some damage to our
teeth by this work. When man tells
you that he did not know when his
teeth were being broken, you would
not believe him. That man might be
telling the truth under some circum-
stances, however,
He laughed laugh innocent and
childlike, and in the laughter you could
see more than two broken teeth in his
mouth. Nothing else could drive home
the conviction quite SO powerfully as
those broken teeth of his.-Adachi Kin
nosuke in Success Magazine.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
ANSWERS TO VARIOUS QUERIES.

occur again until 1913. Easter fell on
April % in 1S4S. will fall on that date
again in 1916. and then not again until
the year 2000 The earliest that Easter
fell on was March %, 1915. the only
time 1t fell as early as that in the
nineteenth century. and 1t will not hap
pen during the twentieth.
EASTER EGGS-A. s., Oakland, Cal
Mrs. Lou Wallace, wife Of General Lew
Wallace. author of Ben Hur." in her
book the City OF the King" gives the
following as the origin OF Easter eggs:
The Syrian bulbul nightingale has the
loveliest voice of all Of Gods creatures
and the saddest song ever heard
Shady coverts that fringe the Jordan
still shelter the bird that sings dark
ling There Is legend that the bulbul
sat in the olive tree in the garden Of
Joseph Of Arimathea, and the night be-
fore the Resurrection, through the
darkness poured out her soul In sor-
rowing plant above the still sleeper in
the tomb wherein was never man laid.
When the first Easter morning broke
over the eastern hills the eggs in ths
nest Of the brooding bird sparkied with
gold, blue. orange and crimson; and SO
we color the eggs at Easter for me-
mortal of the lone bird that sang BY
the Holy Sepulcher nineteen hundred
years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
SIDELIGHPS ON A PUBLIC OFFICE.

Henry A. Castle. auditor of the Post
office Department. taps strange veins
of human nature in the conduct Of his
office. Careless, Ignorant and Defiant
Postmasters,' contributed by him to
the March McClure's, is a collection 'of
the queer fiotsam caught in the web Of
the red tape. From a Texas town
courteous citizen sent this mild protest
against the too strenuous manners Of
the lady postmistress."
1--WE don't set up any claim that our
manners are all they should be, but
we'd like to be reasoned with and
helped along. The postmistress here
is a worthy woman, all right, but she
certainly is rude and hasty. One day
last week. the Mayor. being some
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
MRS. REUBEN JOHNSON.

and only surmises as to the reasons
for her step are possible. 1t is said
that the breaking off of an engage
ment between herself and one of Bal
timore's most prominent financiers is
responsible for her move.
At the home the superior denies
,, that either romantic or sentimental
reasons have inspired Mrs. Johnson to
take the VOWS.
For the last three years Mrs. John
son has been a leader of the liveliest
coterie Of the smart set. She is a
blonde and possesses not only mag
nif1cent figure, but q charm of man
ner that has made her one of the
most pronounced favorites In her set.
She has been much sought after by
marriageable bachelors.
Her husband, who was leading at
torney of Howard County, died six
years ago and left her a comfortable
fortune.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20

forsaking fashionable pursuits
and entering All Saints Protestant
Episcopal Home as a visitor, says
the Baltimore correspondent of the
Philadelphia North American.
Mrs. johnson has declared 1t her
intention to forsake the world and de-
vote the remainder of her life to re-
ligious work among the lowly.
She will continue visitor" on pro-
baton several months. The next grade
is that of "postulant," then novice,
and, lastly, professed sister. On taxi
ing the vows of the last-named grade
she may not marry.
Mrs. Johnson will wear sthe uni
form of the order, which is similar to
that of the deaconesses.
Mrs. Johnson, safe behind the walls
of the home, declines to see any one.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
POLICEMAN'S RETORP

Commissioner Woodbury. of the De-
partment of Street Cleaning tells this
anecdote of a friend who was walking
through Central Park the other day.
Being in somewhat of a hurry, he
started to cut across the grass at one
place, but was stopped by a park po-
liceman, who demonstrated with him.
What difference does it make ?'
asked the New Yorker. The grass Is
half dead any way
Sure, an what If it is?" responded
the indignant guardian of the peace.
Sure an If yez had a sick friend
would yez be takin' a walk on his
stomach ?"-New York Times.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
BUSINESS CONDITIONS STILL STABLE.


features trade There the same atmosphere OF confidence
normal activity general business and these prac-
cally summarize the situation
The foreign commerce however attracted attention.
exports and imports showed the corresponding
period year The at New York alone showed
S5oooo and the imports of $o75o The bank
ceaTing OF the country cent larger than with
gains The ceangs themselves amounted to
oooooo of which New York credited with 97o7ooo The
With the rest of the country is surprising Over the
Of the nation little spot The failures
any importance The railroad earnings for the first week
March showed of 81 which is gratifying
they have been tagging for time.
staples go little nothing be said The
condition Of the cotton wooden and iron and steel industries remains
satisfactory mills being we'll employed with labor troubles
minimum Reports from all sections indicate revival IN building
ope, % @ nu t ue :t;t as m d ~ s are hn; m
of New England reasonable
10 infer that conditions in this line are also satisfactory In this
while
feeling hides quoted steady Provisions continue quiet but
Chicago has quite recently been reporting Improvement the
export demand
Crop reports all along the crops
suffering from damaging conditions and large yields of almost
thus ideal especially optimistic
We have had rains which the least have been copious and
there have been o enough cut down the product
There large reserves of and the
East but wheat is less short all the country The
stocks of grain the Pacific Coast have been depleted by drafts
upon them for Oriental and Northwestern milling that the
coast drawing and oats from the Eastern States In
the lions of consumed California for months
has from the East the State compared with its
requirements, is insignificant.
Affairs Wall Street have been rather more interesting of late
The the
sales averaging the market
unsettled felt that prices for stocks
high ought be and the public therefore
watching the market closely Again has hardened
what and call money several days few
ago ranged neghborhood of
and period lower The caution felt by investors and
spectators shown by the fact that the money market
goes selling in and stocks go down The New
York bankers that all the prosperity sight has been fully
discounted that stocks would the grade
general satisfactory condition present
the Governments exceeding income and the Treas
Department lately been calling of deposits
the banks which has tended harden the money market Loans
have been increasing of late and there has been expansion them
Of SI3ooooo compared with 1t is expected that
the demand for funds for April settlements will
strong factor the money markets hence nancers rather
anticipating higher for during the thirty
This causing however for the country literally
supplied with cash and the European money markets also
with abundant cash draw Thus far ngenCy has
felt any quarter and in fact collections reported better
parts of the country
The points conditions throughout
1t will be that the showing the whole excellent