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The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-01
Copyright, 1901, By
Mcclure, Phillips & Co.

uomInaues the whole life. This Is so
true that it vitiates even the toll which
gains our daily bread. | furnish paid
labor; nothing could be better. But If
to inspire me in this labor have only
the desire to get the pay nothing could
be worse. \ man whose only motive
for action is his wages does n bad
piece of work. What interests him is
not the doing, it's the gold. If he can
retrench in pains without lessening his
gains, be assured that he will do ii.
Plowman, mason, factory laborer, he
who loves not his work puts into it
neither interest nor dignity-is, in
short, bad workman. 1t is not wei
to contide ones life to doctor who is
wholly engrossed in his fees, for the
spring of his action is the desire to
garnish his purse with the contents of
yours. If 1t is for his interest that
you should suffer longer he is capable
of fostering your malady instead OF
fortifying your strength. The instruct
or of children who cares for his work
only so far as it brings him profit is
sad teacher. for his pay is Indifferent
and his teaching more Indifferent still,
OF what value is the mercenary jour
nalist? The day you write for the dol
lar, your prose is not worth the dol
lar you write for. The more elevated
in kind is the object Of human labor,
the more the mercenary spirit, il it be
present. makes this labor void and
corrupts it.
There are q thousand reasons TO say
that all toll merits its wage, that ev
cry man who devotes his energies to
providing for his life should have his
place in the sun and that he who does
nothing useful-does not gain his live
lihood. i'm SHORTS only n parasite.
But there Is no greater social error
than to make gain the sole motive Of
action. The best we put into our work
be that work done by strength OF
muscle. warmth of heart or concen-
tration of mind--is precisely that for
which no one can pay us. Nothing bet
ter proves that man is not a machine
than this fact: Two men at work with
the same forces and the same move
ments produce totally different results.
Where lies the cause of this phenom-
enon? In the divergence of their in
tentions. One has the mercenary spir-
it. the other has singleness of pur-
pose. Both receive their pay. but the
labor of the one is barren; the other
has put his soul into his work. The
work of the first is like grain of
sand. out of which nothing comes
through all eternity; the others work
is like the living seed thrown into the
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Startling But True.

People tho world over were horrihed
on le'rnng Of tbs burning of a chicago
theater in which nearly six hundred
people lost their lives, yet more
than five times this number or over
5000 people died from pneumonia In
Chicago durng the same year, with
scarcely passing notice Every one of
these casses OF pneumonia resulted
from cold and could nave been pre-
vented by the timely use of Chambe--
lain's Cough Remedy. A great many
who had evey reason to fear pneumon
ia have warded.it off by the prompt
use of this remedy The following is
an instance Of this sort TOO much
cannot be said IN favor 0: Chamber
lains Cough Remedy, and especially
for colds and influenza know that 1t
cured my daughter Laura. OF a Sc
we're cold, and ] believe saved her life
when she was threatened with pneu-
monia. W. d. Wilcox, Logan, New
York Sold by Short e. Haynes.
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Law and equity are two things which
God has joined together and man has
put asunder.
When a prisoner in Justice Maule's
court was asked whether he had any
thing to say why sentence should not
be pronounced upon him, lie replied. Il
wish God may strike me dead if | stole
the ducks" Maule waited for about Il
minute and then said: Prisoner, as
Providence has not interfered | must
Three months hard labor"
a mayor OH taking his seat on the
bench for the first time Informed the
bar that during his year of Office he
would spare no effort to be neither par
tial nor impartial.-Address of Sir AL
bert Rollit in London.
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In the sixteenth century, it is alleged,
there was successful effort made to
stop rain by the use of gunpOwder.
BenvenutO Cellini tells us in his
memoirs that when Margaret Of Aus
tria entered Rome it rained heavily.
Il pointed several large pieces of ar
tlllery i'm the direction where the
clouds were thickest and whence a del
uge Of water was already pouring;
then when | began to fire the rain
stopped. and at the fourth discharge
the sun shone out"
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Owingsvllle, KY, Jan. % -"Upcle
Tommy" Stephens, who lives In the
Odessa section OF this county, Is GER
tainly not believer in the "r4ce sui
eide that. according to President
Roosevelt, is u serious menace to fu =
ture generations. Mr.. Stephens is
ninety three years old. and has been
married four times and is the faith er
of twenty-four children. He has a
large number of grandchildren and
several great grandchildren. The child
rem are scattered all over the South
and West, and are 80 numerous that Mr.
Stephens himself says that he canpot
remember all their names, nor where
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rrees wnich Cause Headache.

A curious member of the vegetable
kingdom has been discovered in the far
east. 1t is Il species Of acacia which
grows to Il height Of about eight feet
and when full grown closes its leaves
together I'm curlS each day at sunset
and curlS its twigs i'm the form Of a
pigtail. After the tree has settled itself
in this way for a nights sleep, like
most sleepers, it objects to being dis
turbcd. If touched it will flutter as if
agtatcd and inpatient at the interrup-
ton Of its Slumbcrs. The oftencr the
foliage is mOlcStcd the more violent be-
comes the shaking of the branches, and
at length the tree cmits nauSeating
odor, which if inhaled for few mo-
mcntS will cause a violent headache.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-01
CHAPTER VIII.
THE MERCENARY SPIRIT AND sIMP-

THE MERCENARY SPIRIT AND SIMPLICITY.
v YE have i'm passing touched upon
Va certain widespread preju-
wv dice which attributes to mon
ey magic power. Having
come so near enchanted ground, we
will not retire in awe, but plant
firm foot here, persuaded of many
truths that should be spoken. They
are not new, but how they are forgot
ten
see no possible way of doing with
out money. The only thing that theo-
rists or legislators who accuse. it of all
our ills have hitherto achieved has
been to change its name or form. But
they have never been able to dispense
with symbol representative of the
commercial value of things. One
might as well wish to do away with
written language as to do away with
money. Nevertheless this question of
a circulating medium is very trouble
some. 1t forms one of the chief ele-
ments of complication in our life. The
economic difficulties amid which we
still founder, social conventiOnalities
and the entire organization of modern
life have csrried gold to rank so
eminent that it is not astonishing to
find the imagination Of man attribut-
ing to it Il sort of royalty. And it is
on this side that we shall attack the
problem.
The term money has for appendage
that of merchandise. II there were no
merchandise there would he no money,
but as long as there is merchandise
there will he money, little matter un-
der what form. The source Of all the
abuses which center around money lies
in a lack OF discrimination. People
have confUsed under the term and idea
of merchandise things which have no
-~'"+i~r with nne another. They lave
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error. Pleasure ana money-people
take them for the two wings of the
same bird, A gross illusion! Pleasure,
like all other truly precious things in
this world, cannot be bought or sold.
If you wish to be amused you must do
your part toward it. That is the es-
sential. There is no prohibition against
opening your purse, if you can do 1t
and find it desirable. but l assure you
it is not Indispensable. Pleasure and
simplicity are two old acquaintances.
Entertain simply, meet your friends
simply. If you come from work well
done. are as amiable and genuine as
possible toward your companions and
speak no evil of the absent, your sue
cess is sure.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-01
The Sunshine of Spring.

The Salve that cures without scar
is DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Cuts
Burns, Boils, Bruises and Piles dlsap-
pear before the use of this salve as
snow before the sunshine of spring
Miss h. M. middleton, Thebes. Ill.
says; 81 was seriously afflicted with
a fever sore that was very painful.
DeWitt's s Witch Hazel Salve cured me
in less than week" Get the gen
uine. Sold by All Druggists.
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Grave Trouble FOreseen,

1t needs but little foresight, to tell,
that when your stomach and liver are
badly affected. grave trouble is ahead,
unless you take the proper medicine
for your disease. as Mrs. John A.
Young, of Clay, N. Y, did. She says
81 had neuralgia of the liver and
stomach, my heart was weakened, and
could not eat was very bad for a
long time, but in Electric Bitters, l
found just what | needed, for they
quickly relieved and cured me. - Best
medicine for weak women. Sold under
guarantee by Short & Haynes. druggist
at SOC bottle
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-01

Are brothers polite to their sisters I?
This is not II suggestion for silly
season" correspondence, but question
of serious import On the answer to It
depended a sisters reputation when
she was seen home to her boarding
house after the theater by a young
man. Brother" cried the indignant
lady who had sat up to open the door
to the late conner. THAT was no broth
err. Why. saw him raise his hat to
you when he walked awayr-London
Chronicle.
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A CONUNDRUM.

When II was reported that the recent
election frauds in Denver were COM
mitted mainly by women, a number OF
newspapers claimed this as a good rea-
son why al The women outside of Col
orado should be excluded from the bal
lot It now turns out that the over
whelmirg majority Of persons implicat
ed IN these frauds were men. Will
the same editors now assert that this is
good reason why al! the men outside
of Colorado should he excluded from
the ballot q not, will some member Of
"the logica. sex" tell us why not'
Alice Stone Blackwell.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-01

y,rouno. IL terminates ana brings rorun
barvests. This is the secret which ex-
mains why so many people have failed
while employing the very processes by
which Others succeed. Automatons DO
NOT reproduce their kind, and merce-
nary labor yields no fruit
Un0uestionably we must bow De1ore
economic facts and recognize the ulfn-
culties of living. From day to day 1t
becomes more imperative to combine
well ones forces in order to succeed
in feeding, clothing, housing and bring
ing ND n family. He who does not
rightly take account of these crying
necessities. who makes no calculation,
no provision for the future, Is but a
visionary or an incompetent and runs
the risk of sooner or later asking aims
from those at whose parsimony he has
sneered. And yet what would become
of us If these cares absorbed us en-
tirely-if mere accountants, we should
wish TO measure our effort by the mon
ey it brings. do nothing that does not
end in a receipt, and consider as things
worthless or pains lost whatever can
not be drawn up in figures on the
pages of a ledger? Did our mothers
look for pay in loving us and caring
for us? What would become Of filial
pIety II we asked it for loving and
caring for our aged parents?
What does 1t cost you to speak the
truth? Misunderstandings, sometimes
sufferlngs and prosecutions. To de-
fend your country? WEAKNESS, wounds
and often death. To do good? An
noyance ingratitude, even resentment
Self sacrifice enters into all the essen
tial actions of humanity. l defy the
closest calculators to maintain their
position in the world without everl
appealing to aught but their calcula1
tions. True. those who know how tor
make their pile" are rated as men of
ability. But look little closer. HowH
much of it do they owe to the unself-
ishness of the simple hearted? Would
they have succeeded had they met only
shrewd men of their own sort, having
for device "No money. no serviceF'
Let us be outspoken. 1t is due to GER
tain people who do not count too rigor-
ously that the world gets on. The
most beautiful acts Of service and the
hardest tasks have generally little re-
muneration or none. Fortunately there
are always men ready for unselfish
deeds, and even for those paid only in
suffering, though they cost gold, peace
and even life. The mart those r"""
To be Continued.
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"Want to get off again, do you?"
roared the boss. This will be the
sixth time you've been off this week.
What's the trouble nOwT'
Il want to get my eyes examined"
sullenly replied the clerk.
well, get 'em carefully examined
while you're about it. You'll be look
ing for work after Saturday night
Pittsburg Post.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-01
The Cost of Impatience.

In the impatient mood we are apt to
spend far more than is required in the
doing of our work, and this excess is
lost. We cannot estimate the value of
the power thus misplaced. When the
impatient mood becomes the habit of a
lifetime, you can understand that fail
ure and perhaps loss of health and en-
ergy are Emily s. Bouton
In Magazine Of Mysteries.
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His HumOr Lost.

"This payroll is too big" exclaimed
the manager of the Hamlet" company.
Cant we get along with less people"
you might give up the ghost" sug-
gested one of the gravediggers.
And the manager, wrongly thinking
the suggestion referred to himself, dis.
charged the humorist instanter.
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The Little ThfnGa.

Life is made up of little things
words, acts, duties, pleasures. They
come to us one after another, calling
us out of ourselves, or seem to rush
hurredly past us. and they leave an
impress on our spirit and our charac-
ters are made or marred by their influ-
ence.-Rev. Il. Lowry.
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they live. One son WAS killed ma
coal mine in West Virginia several
years ago, but Mr.. Stephens says ne
does not remember what his name
was. The grandchildren are so num-
erous that ne does not know half of
them. probably, and some Of them
he mas never seen.
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why, Indeed.

"Why. oh, why" remarked the OBJ
server of events and things, "wil wo.
man smile with delight when she sees
q hat in a milliners window and frown
when she sees the same hat on her
neighbor's head?'
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-01

tending the couaty meeting of the
Am- rican Society of Equity. They
have raised $50, 600 to make advances
on the tobacco crop. Two factories
have been rented, where the tobacco
will be handled and stored.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-01
4 light Chest.

Caused from heavy colds, often leads
TO Pneumonia sParacamph will re
lieve this condition instantly. When
applied 1t stimulates the condition
and draws ont all inflammation. You
don t take it rub it on Don't delay.
Get II bottle and use it to-day.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-01

Owensboro, Ky, Jan. 27.-Five
hundred farmers are here to-day at.
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To be Continued.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-07-01
TYLER COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
TYLER, TEXAS.

Write to day for our beautlful
100 page illustrated catalogue
free 1t contains a description OF
the largest commercial, shorthand
and telegraphy school OF the en-
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in the U. s., also views OF some
Of the largest classes ever assem-
bled in school room, portraits OF
students in positions, testimonials
from students, bankers, governors,
etc names of more than 900 stu
dents that were enrolled last year,
comparisons showing the great adj
vantages of the Famous Byrne
Systems Of Bookkeepers and
Shorthand oyer other systems
This elegant catalogue also con
tains rates of tuition cost o.
books. board etc. If you are al
all interested. write for II; II
will answer almost any question
Won can think of, and will co1vinc'
YOU OF the Importance Of attending
orr school at the earliest possible
date.
Address Tyler Com'l College
Dept. d, Tyler, Texas.
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NOTICE..

I, F. Ernest Delahoussaye, admins
traitor Of the succession of Alexander
Delahoussaye. by appointment OF the
10th Judicial District Court OF LOUISE
ana. in and for st. Martin Parish bv
order dated February 25th, 1905. am
applying for Surveyor Generals GER
titicat.s Of location under act of Con
press of June .. 1853, in satisfaction OF
claim B. No. 1897 in report Of old
Board of Commissioners for the West
ern District Of Louisiana Of date Aug
ust 9th. 1882. for 1888 12-lOO acres
which claim is ~h.liy unsa'istied.
All parties are notified to show
cause. if any they haye. on or before
July 1st. 1905. why the said application
should not be granted by the Surveyor
General.
ERNEST DELAHOUSSAfE,
Administrator.
By E. s. BRoUssABD, Attorney.
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On Monday last, we received
from the orchard of Mr. w. Il. Far
mer, through the kindness OF Miss
Birdie Farmer a bag of California
plums Twelve of these plums
weighed 10 OF. We dare say that
for size and beauty of coloring
they will take the blue ribbon for
the products Of this section we
are advised that the trees are very
prolific bearers They demon
strate what can be done in the
p,um line in this section.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-07-01

Mr.. Prosper Moity sold his
barber shop and '.good wilF' to
A Il. Decourt and Leon Bagarry
this week. The new proprictors
will take charge on Monday under
the firm name of Decourt & Bag
AIRY. Mr.. Moity will remain with
them few days in order to give
the new owners an insight into the
run of the business he has trans
ferred. Mr., Moity's many friends
will regret to learn that he con
templates locating elsewhere.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-07-01

During the latter part of last
week Mr.. p. Jubin slipt and fell
on the gallery at his residence, re.
sulting IN severely spralning his
left forearm. His physician ad
vised that he had sustained no
fractures, but his hand and wrist
are much swollen, and cause him
both Inconvenience and q deal of
suffering, rendering his arm use
less for the time being.
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Catarrh Cannot he Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease
Catarrh is a blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure it you
must take internal remedies. Hairs
Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not
q quack medicine. 1t was prescrib bed
by one of the best physicians in this
county for years and is regular
prescription. 1t is composed OF the
best tones known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly
on Il e mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination Of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results
II curing C.tarrh. Send Tor testimo
malls free.
r. CHENEY AND co; Props,
Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists. price
$50
Take Halls Family Pills foi
constipation.
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DIED: At,he Smith House, in
this city on Thursday. June 29th.
1908, at 800 o'clock p. m,
Theodore Edmond Westphal,
born September 3rd, 1856 The
funeral took place yesterday fore
noon, at 10 o'clock, from the
smith House. While he had been
in failing health for many months
he was not confined to his bed till
last Monday.
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NOTICE.

I. Cesaire B. Delahoussaye, admin
istrator OF the succession OF Louis Del
ahoussaye by appointment OF the l9tn
Judicial District Court OF LOUISIANA
IN and for st. Martin Parish by order
dated May 3rd. 1899, and applying for
Surveyor Generals certificates OF To-
cation under act Of Congress OF June
2nd. 1858, in satisfaction OF Claim b.
No. 1897 in report Of oil Board OF Com
missioners for the Western District OF
Louisiana OF date August oath, lS'2'
for 1885 12.1OO acres. which claim Is
wholly unsatisfied.
All parties are notified to show
cause, if any they have, on or before
July |, 1906, why the said application
should not be granted by the Surveyor
General.
CESAIRE B. DELAHOUSSAYE'
Administrator.
Nv F. s. BRoUesARD, Attorney.
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MISS Mia BrOnssard entertained

MISS Mia BrOnsSard entertained
the Bachelor Girl Club at the
elegant home Of Mrs. Souathe.
After twelve highly contested
games, prizes were awarded, hrst
Miss Eva Berard, Misses Bebe
Souathe, Jean Hacker, Carrie
We'll and Rose Girard drawing
for the second, the former beiI G
successful, MissC Joubert, BOBBY
Dainty and delicious refreshments
were then served which was high
" enjoyed by the participants
Guests Of the club were Misses
Mallald, Gantier, Hacker and
Joubert. The nextmeeting of tue
club will be at the home of Miss
Rose Girald on the East Side.
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Messrs. Weeks & Weeks RI
celyed this week the dressed SKID
Of diamond back rattle snake
measuring 5 fit. in. long 10y 8 III
greatest width. This snake was
killed by their brother, Mr.. Jn".
NJ. Weeks, in the pinery at Punta
Gorda, Fla. Mr.. John reports
that he used ~ worth OF pine
apples, his only weapon at thu
time, III killing this Monster
Moral: Keep pineapples constantly
on hand. They will kill snakes.
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!,
..,LOCALS....

On Thursday evening last, the
Junior Epworth League enter
tanned its members and a large nun
Der of invited guests at the home
Of its charming president, Miss
lizzie Taylor A very interesting
program was rendered. About 40
Lracuers aud their friends were
present. Lack of space prevents
Us saying anything further of this
deligh full affair.
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Mr.. Jerry Fuller of Lafayette,
La, came to town on Monday.
Mr. Dave Rose of Loreauville,
La. was in town on Monday morn
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. X. Purcell left on
Thursday afternoon for Denver
Colorado.
Mr. Il. w. Thomas, of Fort
Dodge, Iowa. arrived here last
Saturday.
MI. and Mrs. A. b. Murray
left Thursday for Mont Eagle,
Tenn.
Mrs. Il l. Morse and daughter
Miss Emma left on Thursday for
Galveston, Tex.
Miss Bessie Lourd left this
week for Ontario, where she Will
spend the summer.
Miss Leonise Laperouse left on
" ednesday for st. Martinville to
visit her sister Mrs. John Conrad.
Mrs Charles Elmer and little
son Irwin, of New Orleans Is the
guest of her father Mr.. WIN.
Kramer
Mrs. Ed Ptister of New Orleans,
La, arrived in town the latter
part of last week on q visit to her
son Frank.
Mrs. G. L. Montague will leave
Monday for Nashville to attend
the Peabody Normal Summer
School.
Mr.. and MIS-. Alpine Fontelieu
returned this week and are again
comfortably installed in their
Julia Street home.
Mr.. s. u. DuckwOrth left on
Thursday for Walton, Indiana, to
spend the summer with his
daughter.
Mr.. f. s. Hoyt arrived here on
last Saturday for the purpose of
taking up the dredging under his
contract with this city.
Misses Rush and holland who
were the guests of Mrs. W. A.
Wilkerson for several days last
week left for their home in New
Orleans, La.
Mr. Emile Vuillemot, now of
Baton Rouge, was in town last
Monday. He had just returned
from st. Martinville, where he had
been for the purpose Of represent
ing the State in strengthening out
q confusion in the assessments of
that parish.
Mrs. A. G. Gayle, Miss Cassie
Gayle, Mrs T. II. Gayle and
little son, Mrs. F. V. Peale,
Misses Il and Louise DecuiI
formed a congenial party who
left Thursday morning for
Mont Eagle, Tenn, to spend a
few weeks IN a higher altitude.
Mr.. E. G. Robinson, of Hous
ton. Tex, who is the travelling
land and immigration agent Of thu
Southern Pacific Railroad f0l
Louisiana and Texas, was q caller
at our Office Oh last Monday. HI
stands ready to co operate will
the people IN directing the tide o.
immigration to the end Of Occu
plying all Of the avable lands Of
this section not now titled.