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The Opelousas courier., 1908-02-22

The very fact that the New Or
leans ward bosses have agreed
upon a slate for the remaining Off
ces to be filled at the second pri-
mary, is going to work against
those candidates who have been
favored" by the outfit.
The slate as fixed up by the
bosses includes Capdevielle for au-
ditor, Guion for attorney general,
Lambremont for lieutenant gov
e:nor. and Crandell for registrar of
the land Office. This, notwith-
Standing the fact that Messrs.
Frazee, Coco, Bailey and Grace led
the "slate" men in the first race by
handsome majorities outside the
city of New Orleans. Indeed, in
the case of Bailey and Grace, the
New Orleans lead for their oppo-
nents was overcome by the outside
parishes.
By throwing their solid support
to their "slate" in the second pri-
mary, the bosses have to land their
candidates, depending upon a light
vote in the country parishes,
where the other gentlemen have
their principal strength.
This condition of affairs is not
satisfactory to the great mass of
voters throughout the state, and it
would not be surprising if the
'slate' candidates lose much of
their country strength in the COM
ing race. Ia
} The NewFO Orleans ward bosses
should not be permitted thus to Sc
lect the four important state Off
Gals to be nominated at the Sec
ond primary.
q The democratic voters of Louis
lana should make it a point to go to
to the polls Feb. 25th and cast
their votes for the four state off,
GERS to be selected, even though
there is no parish or local contest
interesting enough to bring out the
full vote. In some parishes in the
state it is expectd that the vote in
the second primary will not be
more than fifty per cent of that cast
in the first primary. If this should
be theycase all over the state, out
side of New Orleans, it could
mean only one thing. The four
"slate" candidates will receive the
immense solid machine vote of the
city and will almost certainly be
elected.
The Journal would not advise
individual voters to cast their bal
lot against any single individual
candidate because that candidate
has the endorsement Of the New
Orleans ring, provided that man is
a better man than his opponent.
But, with two good men in the race,
one supported by the New Orleans
ring and one being fought by that
machine, the Journal would UNI
hesitatingly advise a vote for the
man who is opposed by the bosses.
The state official who is elected
by the efforts of the New Orleans
bosses will most assuredly be in
f1uenced to a certain extent by the
political gang which runs things in
the city. The man who receives
no favors at the hands of these
bosses will have nothing to pay
them when he takes up his duties
for the state. That's the reason why
the people of Louisiana, outside Of
the city of New Orleans, have
made up their minds to smash the
slate that has been fixed up
Shreveport Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1908-02-22
Feb. Is. 1908

Prohibition took a great many
peoples breath away" says the
Atlanta Georgian. A neat cpl
gramatic obituary to the memory
OF departed spirits.
The Opelousas courier., 1908-02-22

Or. Miles Anti Pain Pills relieve pain.
The Opelousas courier., 1908-02-22

Probate Docket, District Court, Parish of st
Landry.
By virtue of an order of the Honorable Six
teenth Judicial District Court of the State OF
Louisiana, in and for the Parish of St. Landry,
there will be sold at public auction to the last
and highest bidder, by the undersigned Admin
~istrator or any duly qualified auctioneer, at the
last residence of deceased, in the town of Mel
vile, La, on
Tuesday. Feb. as, 1908,
at IL o'clock a. M, the following descibed prop
erty, to-wit:
1st. One-half acre and improvements in the
town OF Melville, bounded on the south by First
street, east by Long, north by Matthias, and west
by Jones street.
I'd. Lots 5 and 6 in Block 2, town of Mel
vile.
Sd. Lots 2 and 3 in Block No. 3, with i'm
p~rovements, in town of Melville.
Terms-Cash.
ISAAC JEFFERS,
Jan. IL. 1908. Administrato
The Opelousas courier., 1908-02-22
Wednesday. February 2s, 1908,
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIONS
ESTATE OF E. c. ROGER
Probate Docket, District Court, St. Landry
Parish-No. --.

Whereas, Geo. L. Roger, of the parish of St
Landry, has applied by his petition to be ap-
pointed administrator of the said estate;
Therefore, any person intending to make op.
in writing. in my office, in the city of Opelou.
sas, within ten days from the present notice.
YVES ANDREPONT,
Feb. Is. 1908 Clerk.
The Opelousas courier., 1908-02-22

Good groceries and good service is
what you always get when you trade
with Allen T. Sandoz & Bro.
The Opelousas courier., 1908-02-22
FRISCO RUNS TO HOUSTON

Passenger service on the Frisco
between Crowley and Houston was
inaugurated last Sunday. The
schedule on the trains on this run
are as follows:
Tbs am Lv Crowley Ar 500 pm
9:10 am Eunice 4:45 pm
12:15 pm Dequincy lao pm
600 pm Ar Houston Lv 7:55 am
The schedule of the train be-
tween Crowley@and Opelousas is as
follows:
a. m. D. N.
TOO Lv. Eunice Ar. 700
7:50 Ar. Opelousas Lv. 6:10
800 Lv. Opelousas Ar. $40.
9:1O Eunice 40
HOO Ar. Crowley Lv. 800
It will be noticed, says the Sig
nal, that by this schedule the
train operating between Crowley
at night, going to Opelousas and
returning to Eunice in time to con-
meet with the train running be-
tween Crowley and Houston. The
arrangement Of the schedule gives
a double daily service between
Crowley and Eunice and between
Opelousas and Eunice.
The Crowley and OpeIousas
train is in charge of Conductor A.
B. Todd, and the Houston and
Crowley trains are in sharpe of
Conductors Thos. Foley and Chas.
H. Fewell, who make the round
trip every other day. The engine
crews are changed at Dequincy.
Express service was inaugu-
rated Sunday on all of the Frisco
trains out Of Crowley by the
Wells, Fargo & Co. Route Agent
j. A. Tarbet Of Lake Charles made
the run over the line to Houston
on the first train and checked in
the messengers on the three trains.
G. B. Bats Of New Orleans was
checked in as messenger on the
Crowley and Opelousas run.
The Opelousas courier., 1908-02-22

Eighth Justices Court, Parish of st. Landry.
BY virtue of two certain writs of fere facias
Esq, Justice of the Peace, have seized and
will sell at public auction TO the last and highest
bidder, at the storehouse Of the defendants on
Bayou Waxia, this Parish, beginning at IL
o'clock a. m ON
Wednesday. February 2s, 1908,
the following described property:
All the contents of the storehouse of said
firm, consisting of groceries, dry goods, shoes,
hats, sshow cases, scales, cash register, tobacco,
notions, patent medicines, etc.
Terms-Cash. C. E. DUCKWORTH,
Feb. Is, 1908-2t Constable.
The Opelousas courier., 1908-02-22
LOST

A gold breastpin, consisting of
three gold leaves and a coral rose.
Finder will be rewarded by return
ing same to C. J. Thompson.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
FOUND NEEDLE IN NECK.
Entered Hand and Travelled Through
Body In Ten Week.

Entered Hand and Travelled Through
Body In Ten Weeks
Ten weeks after Miss Maggie Shields,
50 years old, ran large needle into
her hand while washing some clothes.
ana after her hand had swollen to such
proportions that four doctors told her
that amputation was inevitable. the
needle was removed from the womanss
neck by DIR. John II. McCrearv of ZIG
North 50th street, saws the Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
Dr. McCreary considers the case to
be unique of its kind in the history of
medical science. Despite the fact that
the needle gradually worked itself up
through her arm and body to the neck,
where it was found, an abscess formed
on Miss Shields hand which was SO
serious that her hand at one time was
swollen to three times it's natural size.
The accident happened in the early
part of June. Miss Shields was rub
bing the clothes vigorously against the
dashboard in tub. Suddenly she felt
a piercing pain and dropped the wash
ing, crying, Il have run a needle into
my hand -
The wound bled very little, but while
Miss Shields was on her way to a doc
tor to have the needle removed, her
hand commenced TO swell When the
doctor probed for the needle he could
not find it. He told Miss Shields. she
says. that she had made a mistake
that she had struck her hand with the
needle, but that it was not in her body.
Satisfied with the explanation, she
returned home, but her arm and hand
continued to swell Three other doe
tors probed for the needle, failed to find
1t and finally when the abscess on her
hand developed to serious proportions
advised in favor Of amputation.
For ten weeks the abscess continued.
Finally, one day last week, Miss Shields
felt severe pain in the left side of her
neck. She went to DR.. McCreary and
told him that she felt pricking sensa-
ton. as though there was some me-
tallic body in her neck
DIR. McCreary, who was aware of the
story OF the needle, made an examina-
tion and found that there was some for
eign body in the neck not far from the
surface. Knowing that many cases
have occurred of metallic substances
travelling through the body, he told the
housekeeper that the pain which was
troubling her was probably caused by
the needle she ran into her finger.
Miss Shields was incredulous, but
DR. McCreary performed a slight opera
ton and pulled out the missing needle
with pair Of forceps.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

more. With strange words and passes
with her hands over the eggs she told
US to give them to my wife and they
would put new life into her.
Every Gay when she came she would
make passes with her hands over my
wife and throw something behind her
This she said was drawing the devils
out and casting them away
'At the end of the nine days nv wife
was no better and complained about
it. She then said that the hoodoo was
very stubborn and would not leave uu-
less we took desperate measures.
She brought piece of meat which
she said was from a live dog. The dogs
spirit would enter into her and fight
the devils.
Then she hid a piece of meat under
corner of the carpet. Then she asked
me for money, saying 1t was necessary
to go out to cemetery.
Il have given her $110 in all ND TO
this time, and was just beginning to get
wise to the fact that / was being
fooled. went to the Board of Health
and told the doctors there what / had
done and they helped me swear out a
warrant against Mrs. Wunderlich."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
THE FRUITS OF FAITH.
By Henry z. {

@AS1y K SOpe.
THE fruit OF the spirit is love, joy,
peace, long suffering, kindness. good
ness, self-control; against such there Is
no law" Galatians ", %.
When you have taken stock of all
the fruitage of your life how many of
these things are yours? Though you
have all other possessions, what are
they worth without these? Here are
the supremely dsirable blessings of any
life, those that being present make the
barren board feast or, being denied,
turn the sweetest cup to bitterest gall.
These are the elements and attributes
that make all the difference in every
life. Yet they are attainabie on equal
terms to all. The rich man sitting In the
splendid restaurant will not find them
on the menu card: his money cannot
buy them. The humblest laborer. look
ing across plain, homely fare, may find
them all in face of wife and children
and in the simple joys Of home.
Men hurry across the seas and over
the continents; they rush from one
amusement and distraction to another
seeking these fruits of the fairer world.
Others spend all their energies laying
up money, hoping some day to have
enough TO purchase such blessings. Yet
how foolish are re all, for these things
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
SHORT METER SERMONS.

You cannot find truth by trimming
A hot head makes no warm friend
ships.
Love does not stop at the boundaries
of liking.
He has no force with men who has
no faith in them.
It's easy to get tangled up in truths
CASTOR clothes.
The poorest life is the one that has
no love for the poor.
Greatness is measured by our re-
Spouse to high appeals.
We never know our neighbors until
we meet our needs.
Leaders of men never wait to feed
on popular appreciation.
People who are true blue never SUI.
fer much from the blues.
Whether life shall be desert depends
on the springs in your heart.
No one finds happiness without often
turning his back on pleasure.
There's one unfailing cure for the
blues; brighten some other life.
Proving the crookedness of other
lives will not straighten your own.
When man brags of his square deal
ing look out for the sharp edges.
This world is always godforsaken TO
those who have forsaken the good.
No heart is happier than the one that
love leads to take drudgery with Joy
He who sneers at enthusiasm is past
the dead line of any great usefulness,
Dreams of golden streets will not
pass In place of deeds Of the golden
rule
The most singular thing about a
man of genius is his estimate Of him
self.
The world always sees something
more practical in painting a pump than
in purifying the water down out Of
sight
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

are not TO be found with much search
ing nor bought with much gold. tbar
are free to all who viii have them
Love and joy and peace and all tho,
makes life fair and sweet are NOT =,
sale on any counter or in any stora.
they are not hidden away in stran,.
places. They are fruits of the sn,rit,
they spring up and ripen in the hear
of man; they are from within and No.
from without.
How much we all need to remembo,
this, that the great things in anv Ilfa
are the things within itself. The in8r
lite has set infnitude in our hearts Thu
good things, the eternal things snrino
up within. What you are and what
you really have is dependent not on
your circumstances but on the deem
sources, the secret springs of your life
We have whatever we set first In orr
hearts. II the greatest good In life Is
gold, you will have gold; If You ga,
fame as the goal Of life. doubtless Won
VII reach it. And If the chief things
are those that are not things at all. the
affection of friends. the good will n
neighbor, the common joys of living
the pleasures of patience, and the DOW.
er Of well ordered life, then these
blessings, too, are ours
No man can make himself, his true
self, rich by sitting in bank of money
bags. No man can make himself wise
by sitting in a book store, and the poor.
est fools of all are those who seek IN
find happiness by summing themselves
in the rays of artificial merriment and
laughter. Environment has its part to
play, but 1t only plays it In response to
some spirit within us.
Lifes satisfactions all spring out Of
the soul. If your heart cannot give YOU
happiness In cottage it will do no
more for you in palace. Make a man
a being without that inner self, without
the sense of that which is more than
flesh and longer than time and you
have made life a dreary, empty bust
ness of bargaining and counting things
and no more.
If a man is only dust, then let him
scramble for the dirt; let the beast
become more and all of beauty and
ideals be counted as folly. But ii
there be in him the spark of the
divine, if he has CLEANS Of an infinite
life and love to which ne belongs, If
he is the child of the great spirit, then
let him live more and more for the
higher life toward which his being
aspires.
Deep within US and ever we know
that these fruits of the spirit are more
to be desired than any things N the
world of sense. Yet they have no
place, no Jurisdiction, in our lives ex,
cept as we are spiritual, God-born be-
ings, while we have no possibility of
their possession as long as we set first
the fruits Of the dust, the trivial,
empty prizes for which we are now
striving.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
poNT,s FOR cHURcHMEN.

Don't pledge your hands if not your
heart.
Don't try to conquer sin unless you
are willing to confess it.
Don't worry about results If you are
devoting your best efforts to doing good
Don't search for God in nature unlI
you have thoroughly explored yourself
Don't indict men of total depra7it5
if you would inspire them with coz
ceptions OF the divine character
Don't depend on letters of inrrodur
ton to convince others that you are
Christian worker In the Lords 7ine
yard.
Don't profess conservation 10 'A,
Lords service while your acts aH'
words tee plainly indicate lack Of e'I
secration of effort.
Don't get your dreams OF hea's
from a sleepy preacher, but from ''I
seriousness of having done somethiIs ~
make heaven on earth.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
WAS A HooDoo HEALER.
Medieval Medical Practices of Wom-
Get Her Into Trouble.

Medieval Medical Practices of Wom-
an Get Her Into Trouble.
For praeticing medieval medicine and
obtaining money from him for failing
to cast out devils from his sick WIFE,
Enoch Muller has obtained warrant
for the arrest of Mrs. George Wunder-
Itch, says the. st. Louis Dispatch. The
warrant specifies that Mrs. Wunderlich
practieed medicine without a license
and obtained S110 under false pre-
lenses.
Muller, who is now angry at what
he says was an imposition upon a man
who was desperate at the serious i'll
ness of his wife, says he will have his
money back or prosecute Mrs. Wunder-
Itch
II don't know how could have been
such a fool as to have swallowed all
the stuff she told me or been fooled nv
her monkey-shines. But | was like the
man whose life was at the bottom OF 4
well and was doing everything 1 could
to save her" he said
My wife is still suffering. and after
I had fourteen doctors | was In despair
Finally my sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Der.
mel said Mrs Wunderlich knew of
some herb which might cure her. We
sent for Mrs. Wunderlich. She came
to see my wife and said there was moth
ing the matter with her except that she
had been hoodooed by three women and
that she would cast the hoodoo out in
nine days.
The next day She brought an egg to
the house, and the day following eight
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
A Retrograde Movement.

'Ha!" remarked the stern parent as
he fiercely confronted the trembling
young man. THE day you lay 100000
on this desk my daughter is yours
What! do you back out?"
Il do replied the unnerved youth
81 certainly do"
And he backed all the way across
the apartment with both eyes keeping
a close watch on the fiery old mans
heavy shoes.--Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

when full fed, it burrows into the
ground, from which it energies later as
large brown miller.
Foes of the Army Worm.
Now, anybody who goes about in a
field that Is being devastated by these
worms will notice that many, ard even
a majority of them have small white
spots on their bodies These are the
eggs of little fly that looks somewhat
like househy, and which is known
to science as Winthemia. When they
are Matched the grubs that emerge from
them will bore through the skins of
the caterpillars and feed on their vi
tails. This will not prevent the worms
from doing damage, but 1t will render
them incapable of transforming into
the adult form-of becoming moths, in
other words. Only those individuals
which escape attack by the parasite
will survive to perpetuate their species
the result being that the pest is so
nearly exterminated that several years
usually elapse before it again occurs in
sufficient numbers to make serious
trouble
After the caterpillars have disap-
peared from an infested field, one who
visits 1t will find there great numbers
of the little flies. buzzing and droning
like swarm of bees. Their presence
affords the best possible guarantee that
there will be no renewal of the plague
during the following season. What
happens Under such conditions is made
manifest If one takes the trouble to
collect a quantity Of the worms and
put them into box covered with wire
net 1t will be found that many flies
are reared, but almost no millers.
This is very new country, especial
ly In the agricultural sense, and ma
lures balance has been thrown tenn
porarily out of gear, SO to speak, by
mans interference.
Like Fire Department..
In the Year Book of the Department
of Agriculture will be found an ex-
tended discussion of this interesting
subject, from the pen of one of the ex-
perts of the Bureau of Insects, Mr.. f.
NJ. Webster, to whom the writer is in
debted for his material He compares
the working of parasitism in the in
sect kingdom to that of q well-organ-
lied fire department in a large city.
There always have been, he says, and
probably always will be, occasional dis
astrous CONGREGATIONS in such cities,
but this fact does not in the least de-
tract from the value of a fire servite
In extinguishing thousands of COM
mencing fires, and thus continuously
affording protection to life and prop
erty.
only when great blaze occurs does
the public have an opportunity to real
ize the usefulness of the fremen. 1t
knows little or nothing of the thou
sands of cases where fires are prevent
ed or subdued with slight losses. The
same is true in the case of friendly
insects. Their work in keeping down
the numbers of dangerous bugs and in
destructive outbreaks of
crop pests is virtually unknown and
by the farmers, though
1T goes on everywhere and all the time.
saving in the aggregate hundreds of
millions Of dollars every year.-St
Louis Globe Democrat.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
objects to Being Questioned.

Tommy-0h, my pa says you're a
blamed nuisance. teacher
Teacher-What?
Tommy-Well, that's what he says
am when l ask questions. and that's
what you're always doin'-Philadel-
nhia Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

When a man owns ii building in
town, which won't rent he never
blames the building: He says the old
town is dead.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-02
The Most Common Cause Of
Suf1eHinQ.

Rheumatism causes more pain and
suffering than any other disease, for the
reason that it is the most common OF all
ills. and it is certainly gratif, ing to SUI
ferers. to know that Chamberlain's Linz
ment will afford relief, aud make rest
and sleep possible. In many cases the
relief from pain. which is at first tempo
rary. has become permanent. while in
old people subject To chronic rheuma-
tism, often brought on by dampness or
changes in the weather, q permanent
cure cannot he expected; the relief from
pain which this liDiment affords il alone
worth many times its cost. 25c aud 50c
sizes Tor sale by Valley drug store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-02

years in the penitentiary at hard
labor.
Allen Devore, larceny. nolle pressed.
c. K. Tucker, assault and battery,
tried by court and acquitted.
c. X. Tucker, carrying concealed
weapon, tried by court and convict
ed, fined 800 and costs or 60 days
in jail
Bill Woods, plead guilty to larceny
sentenced to 10 days 10 parish Jail,
and to pay costs, or 5 days addition
al in parish Jail.
W. L. Bannan, carrying concealed
weapons, tried by court and acquit-
ted.
The following cases were continued
until next term of court:
Alfred Chellette ct ais, larceny.
Joe Fredieu, shooting at.
Alex Walker, shooting at.
Jesse Hyde, larceny.
Eli Saddler, shooting in dwelling.
Wash Perkins, assault and battery.
l.. B. Straughn, false pretense.
Jonas Harris, false p etense.
Elias Oxidine, nolle pressed.
Final account of A. Morut, admin
istrator succession of Emile CheIette,
hOmOlO2nted.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-02
Letter to u. A. Hyde.
(n5f.,y Tn

Dear Sir: Two cans OF paint look
alike; two paints look alike, when
opened; two jobs look alike. so long
as they're ncw--unless one is scant.
) They are far from alike: one IL
paint and the other Is trash
The gallon price IS not far from
alike. They don't cost alike. One
takes 10 gallons to paint n house;
the other takes 20. The cost of one
job il so: the other $1O0--lt may he
$9G-tiie job that cost least is he
good one; wears twice as long as The
other
There are two ways OF telling good
paint: by the name: toy the number
of gallons it takes for a jol,-Ieast
gallons. best paint. BY the name
Devoe: by lease gallons.
Yours truly. + w DEvOE q co.
F. S.-Valley Drug Store sells our
paint. SO