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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
Handling a Baiky Horse.

A balky horse that lies down when
you want him to pull is about the most
exasperating animal in creation.
What would you do in a case of that
kind? Whipping does no good. Try
all the tricks of the jockey and some
horses refuse to move. Would you be
cruel to beast that has a bad trick
simply because some senseless driver
has overloaded or abused the poor ami
NAL ? No, friend ' don't be mean be-
cause the animal is.
Sometimes a balky horse is started
by diverting his attention moment by
picking up foot or adjusting the col
lar-anything that makes him forget
that he has a grudge against you.
Sometimes the load is too heavy or
stuck in chuck hole Rest the team
a moment, fuss around the balky horse
a bit, swing the team to right or left
quickly, and have some one give a lift
at the wheel. Don't teach a good horse
to balk just at that critical moment
by whipping him when he is doing all
he can.
II he refuses to go then-well, the
David Harum method never fails.
Tie the horse right there and wait till
he is ready to go. Wait all night, next
day, too, if necessary. Try him now
and then-if the load is not actually
stuck so no horse can start it-and
so long as he refuses to start again,
tie him and let him stay alone. Take
the other horse to the barn, of course.
If where no one will interfere-out in
the field or timber-then you don't
need to stay and watch But if some
human person is liable to come along
and upset your cure, then you had bet
ter stay around where you can explain
the situation. One good lesson usually
cures a most persistent balker.-Ameri-
can Cultivator
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
FULLY NOURIsHED
Grnpe-NutsaPe Perfectly Balanced Food.

No chemists analysis of Grape
Nuts can begin to show the real value
of the food-the practical value as
shown by personal experience.
It Is food that is perfectly bal
anced. supplies the needed elements
of brain and nerves in all stages of
life from the infant. through the
strenuous times Of active middle life,
and Is comfort and support in old
age.
For two years have used Grape
Nuts with milk and a little cream, for
breakfast. / am comfortably hungry
for my dinner at noon.
Il use little meat, plenty OF veget-
ables and fruit, in season, for the
noon meal, and If tired at tea time,
take Grape-Nuts alone and feel per-
fectly nourished.
Nerve and brain power, and men,
ory are much improved since, using
Grape-Nuts. / am over sixty and
weigh 155 lbs. My son and husband
seeing how had improved, are now
using Grape-Nuts.
my son, who ia travelling man,
eats nothing for breakfast but Grape
Nuts and glass OF milk. An aunt,
over 20, seems fully nourished on
Grape-Nuts and cream" There's a
Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to
In pkss.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
Tr1xf6 and
Quality

appeal to the Well Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy Of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
BLESSINGS ON NEW BUILDINGS
Russian Custom That Got ScoffeI
Into Trouble.

Russian Custom That Got a scoffeI
Into Trouble.
It Is a custom in this country II
open all new buildings and institu
lions. public or private, with re
ugious dedication.
Even the proprietary builder Of
small cottage or workshop who can
not afford to pay for the attendance
OF priest to bless and sprinkle with
holy water a new structure always
hotsts wooden cross, nailed to tbs
topmost pole in the scaffolding, as his
dwelling or workshop approaches com.
pletion, symbolic of an appeal for
Gods blessing upon the new prem.
dses.
This custom appeared somewhat in-
congruous ON the establishment OF
the government liquor monopoly,
when every vodka store was solemn
ly opened with religious ceremony.
At Kishineff last week, when a
new opera house was opened with the
usual religious function, the local
journal, Bessarabian Life, made some
scofing remarks. for which the pro-
prietary editor has been sentenced
to four months IMPRISONMENT.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
Russia's Government.

There are at present several gov
ernments in Russia. There is the
ministry appointed by the car, there
is the court camarilla working
through the same car, there is the
Union of the Russian People," sup
ported by some influential personages
at the court, whose badge the szar
wears and to whose instructions he
faithfully adheres, and finally. there
is host OF permanent and temporary
governors-general who are as thor
ough autocrats in their territories and
perhaps more than Nicholas II, is ov.
er the whole empire.-Free Russia.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
Drama Of 1s4s.

Franz Kossuth, minister of COM
merce in the Hungarian cabinet. deliv-
cred the chief address at Ezegler on
March Is. the Goth anniversary of the
March revolution. He spoke with en-
thusiasm of the part which his father,
Louis Kossuth. played in "the great
drama of 49," and said: Every age
demands new duties. Sixty years ago
men had to show courage, even reck-
lessness. Today knowledge and work
toward known object are our duties.
Which duty is more difficult-a few
months of enthusiasm, fight Of few
days or the steady, patient work tow
ard noble end? have tried both,
and l know that the latter is the more
difficult, if for no other reason than
that its path is strewn not with laur
Ell, but with thistles."
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
Thrifty Pyrenees Giant.

Every now and then some one an
nounces himself as the "tallest
man." one of the, latest to do so being
Senior Firmin Arrudi, native of Sal
lent, in the Spanish Pyrenees. He is
feet inches tall
Naturally most of these big fellows
go about the world exhibiting them
selves, that ordinary mortals may
wonder and incidentally pay for their
wonderment. Senior Arrudi made a
tour of South America, where he
made in one year more than $4,000.
He was wiser than many freaks of
nature, however, and after accumulat-
ing his money he returned to his ma
tive village, where he went into re-
tired life, married and is living on the
interest of his earnings
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
STORAGE BATTERY ON CANAL
BOATS.
Electricity Replacing Steam and Ami
mails in Drawing Barges for
Short Hauls,

Electricity Replacing Steam and Ami
nails in Drawing Barges for
| Short HauIs.
The days of the old canalboat horse
| Or mule are few. Steam canalboats
are now much in use, but recently
electricity has come into use as a
means of moving barges along canals.
Reports from France say that the
tractor system is giving good service
there in this work, but the objections
against it are that it is inf1exible and
expensive to install. For the short
haul system, where many barges are
to be handled, it has its disadvantage
eS.
The storage battery has been tried
and is reported to have worked excep-
tionally well. A storage battery sys-
tenn is now being tried on the canal
connecting Berlin with Brandenburg,
where there are important brick fields.
The equipment consists of a motor
driving the barge, through a propel-
Ter, at about three miles an hour Pow
VI ~ Aut A1SAOQ Wy q oIOAdoS beseISiJ
equipment weighing about ten tons,
the charge ofrwhich is sufficient to
carry the barge from one end of the
canal to the other. These batteries
are charged without being removed.
Each trip takes about two days, the
round trip, including loading and I'M
loading, requiring a week, reduc-
ton of five days from the time re-
quired when animals were used for |
the same work. The cost Of charging |
these batteries for single trip is |
given at $6.25. Two men run the
barge, helmsman and an engineer.
It would be practically impossible to
equip boat with sufficiently large
battery to carry ii as long as week,
Unless the boat stopped every day or
,wo and had its batteries charged.
The storage battery system for use
IN canalboats is believed to have a
Dig future before it-New York Trib
me-
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
G1DDFN TAPM and CROpS
SUGGESTIONS
+. FOR THE
UP-TO.DATE
ACRICULTURIST

and wheat middlings gained HOS
pounds each, the feed required per
pound Of gain in the two cases being
5.19 pounds and 4.88 pounds. In other
words, for each pound of gain the hogs
fed on shelled corn required 0.3 pounds
more grain than those fed the corn
meal. The saving from grinding,
therefore, has amounted to .O7 percent.
Whether it will pay to grind corn IN
order to effect saving will necessar-
lily depend upon two factors, namely,
the price of corn and the cost of grind
ing. When these factors are known
the possible saving from grinding can
be learned.
When corn is worth only rs cents
per bushel the saving from grinding
amounts to only Ia cents, not enough
to pay for the grinding unless cheap
power is available. AS corn advances
in price it will be noticed that the saw
ing per bushel increases practically
three-tenths of cent with each 5
cents advance in the price Of corn.
Should the price of corn be as high as
rs cents per bushel the saving by
grinding would amount to a little over
4 cents per bushel.- Farmers Home
Journal.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
What Gives Value to Pedigree.

In breeding purebreds you should
know the pedigree at least three gen.
erations; further is better. We must
remember that like begets like or the
likeness of one of its ancestors. In
planting peas we do not expect beans,
but peas, just like those planted, the
same variety. The law for animals is
the same-each plant, each tree, each
animal brings forth fruit after it's kind
Heredity transmits with certainty only
those characteristics which have be-
come fixed in the breed; for instance,
in the Berkshire hog, we have the black
color and white points. The value of
a pedigree is not so much it's length
as the individual merits of the imme-
date ancestors who compose it, few
immediate generations containing an
cestors of rare merit is better than 20
generations with ancestors of only
moderate qualities. Of course, the
longer the pedigree, all things consid-
cred, the better-tracing to remote good
ancestors, is good, but it is by no
means as good as having immediate
parents and grand parents of rare good
qualities.-Progressive Farmer.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
Making sorsum sirup.

My experience with sorghum has
been that to make one hundred gallons
of molasses from one acre of cane it
would have to be extra good cane.
About 60 to 80 gallons Of good thick,
heavy molasses is all that I can get
out of an acre of cane. AS for feed l
don't think the pomace is any good; it
makes a better fertilizer when it is
rotted than anything else. Big stalks
of corn are pithy and don't make the
Juice that smaller ones do. A stalk the
size of broom handle will make
more molasseS than stalks that are
larger. The kind of ground has lots
to do with the flavor of the molasses;
fresh MANFRED land or hog lots will
make salty molasses. Sandy land, or
new fresh land, makes the best mo-
lasses I have been in the business
over 40 years, and find it pays to take
the blades off; it makes better molasses
and more of it.-William E. Evinger,
in the Indiana Farmer.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
Impromptu Speeches.

Why be ashamed of getting, your
speeches made for you by another?
Your clothes are made by another
why not your speeches? Both, after
all, are necessary to a successful par
liamentary career. Impromptu speech
es (for any occasion) AS these re-
quire more time in their preparation,
it is necessary to make a charge of
Z gnineas per 1000, which is, how
ever, inclusive of humor and quota
tions. Our series of 'Impromptu
Speeches for One Hundred and One
Occasions" can be had for $500, or
on the Times system of payment for
ESQ down and thirteen monthly pay.
ments Of $50 each.-Punch.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
ADVANTAGES Of Fall Colts.

=
Fall dropped colts are more conven-
lent on the average farm than those
born in the spring. Some of the horses
on nearly every farm are idle all win
ter anyway, and the mares might bet
ter be nursing colts and giving them a
good start than to be eating their
heads off and giving nothing in re-
turn, says the Horse News. When the
spring comes and the mare Is needed
for farm work the colt can be weaned
and the mare can do her work without
annoyance from the colt. One has to
be careful of mare in hot weather
while a COLTS sucking her. because
overheating her often, gives colt the
scours. By having the colt come in
the fall the mare suckles him while
she is doing no work, and she can give
him a much better start than when he
Is born in the spring.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
The Caddie's Patriotism

Within limits the patriotism of cad
dies for their own links is to be ad-
mired, but in the following story told
by Mr.. Sidney Fry it seems to be car
ried a little too far.
At Romford. when the Essex ladies
were playing against the ladies from
Hampshire, one of the home teams
caddies made very high tee for his
employer to play from. After the la
dy had made bad drive she said to
her caddie IF you make such high
tees Hampshire will beat u.s.
The caddie replied II beg your par
don, miss; thought you was Hamp.
shire London Globe.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
MILK SUPPLYING.
An Automatic System Being Tried in
England.

/
MANY efforts have been made
toward rendering it practicable tc
supply milk direct from the COW to
the consumer without intermediate
handling, to insure freedom from con-
taminatlon, and yet at the same time
conform with hygienic requirements.
An effort to secure this end is being
made i'll England, whereby the GUS
toner secures his quantity of milk
| from the retail dairy without it be-
ing ladled from the supply churn or
pan. A novel automatic supply ma
chine is used, which can be fixed in
any convenient position. On the out
side of the machine there is merely a
curved spout, under which the jug or
pitcher is placed, lever handle which
is pulled over at right angles, and
slot for the insertion of the coin.
which in this particular instance is
one penny 1.-TWO cents, and which
insures the delivery of half a pint of
the liquid
The machine itself comprises a cir
cular tank with a capacity of twenty
quarts. From this the milk falls into
a receptacle, the discharge orifice of
which is closed by a valve controlled
by the handle lever outside. The
handle is actuated by the automatic
mechanism set in motion by the inser.
ton of the coin.
1t will thus be seen that the ma,
chine is OF very simple construction
and operation, being designed to with.
stand rough usage such as it would
naturally be subject to in poor dis.
tricts. The customers pay no more
for their milk than if bought over the
counter, and as the reservoir is CON-
pletely enclosed there is no risk of
contamination from the air or other
causes, even if it be left standing for
long period.
The machine can easily and quickly
be taken apart for sterilization. 50
that it conforms with all hygienic re-
qu1rements.
In order to distribute the cream uni
formly throughout the reservoir. an
automatic stirrer is provided; other
wise the cream would collect on the
surface of the milk, and the LIQUID
withdrawn from the lower part of the
reservoir would be of poor quality.
At the same time the automatic stir
rer is so designed and operated that
there is no risk of converting the
milk into butter. A refrigerator is at
tached in summer.
AS the reservoir contains sufficient |
milk for eighty coins at one charge.
it does not need close attention, In
England the apparatus is becoming
extensively adopted at diaries situat. |
ed among the poorer classes of the
community, who buy in small quaint.
ties.-Scientific American.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
"a: !: 8 e: e 1ompson's Eye Wafer
Seventeen AIihi Minis.

That In the seven years he has been
married Henry Langevin has never
been out of the house after Z o'clock
pit night was the conclusive alibi he
established in court recently when
he was arraigned on a charge of stca.-
Ing chickens from Constable Joseph
Demoran and Judge Alvan Day.
Over 200 hens were stolen and Ian
gevin was arrested. He swore that
he had not been out of the house On
the night of the theft, nor any other
hight, for any cause whatever since
he had been married His wife swore
That he always was home before 7
o'clock at night and that never since
he had been married had he gone
out. The judge accepted the evidence
and discharged Langavin.-Middle.
boro (Mtss) Dispatch to Philadelphia
Record
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
Grinding Corn for Hogs.

For the past nine years the Wiscon-
sin Experiment station has been con-
Quoting tests to determine whether
grinding corn for hogs is desirable. In
the test previous to 1904 middlings
were fed with the corn. That corn was
fed alone, but the results were so un-
satisfactory as regards thrift, appetite,
gains and feed consumed per pound of
gain that it was mot considered desir-
able to omit the middlings in subse-
quent years.
The results have varied a little from
year to year, but considering the aver
age of all the tests lit hogs fed dry
shelled corn and wheat middlings made
an average gain Of 9e.s pounds each,
whila an enIlal number fed corn meal
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
The Wrono Tense.

Dorothea's father was sitting be-
lore a window in his country home
with Dorothea on his knees. He was
looking across the fields with unsee.
Ing eyes. when the 'sssie broke in IN
his reverie with, what are you look
Ing at, papa?"
II was looking into the future, my
dear"
"The future. papa! though 1t was
into the re!"-Harper's Weekly.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
Magazines for the army.

The Woman's Army and Navy
League is making additional request
for books and magazines to be sent
to the soldiers in the Philippines,
Alaska, Cuba and far western posts in
the United States. The coming of
spring has brought many requests from
these stations, particularly from Alas
ka, and contributions of such litera-
ture are requested. With the prac-
tical eye of the nations housekeep-
ers, members of the league believe,
now that the spring housekeeping is
here, there may be an extra allotment
of magazines and books for the SOL
diers.
The genuine pleasure these periodi
Gals give the soldiers is not to be dis
counted. They read them eagerly,
each finding sort of message from
home within the pages. One lot is
torn, thumb-marked, and almost worn
out before another assortment arrives,
and the men of the garrison look eag-
erly for the incoming transport that
will bring fresh Notwithstanding
ton Times.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
YOU'RETOO THIN.
Even Slight Catarrhal Deyaneemenks
Of the Stomach Produce Aetd Fer
mcntattou Of the Food
It's Stomach Cutu,7h

Some people ara thin and always re-
main thin, from temperamental rea-
sons. Probably in such cases nothing
can be done to CT ange this personal
popularity.
But there are large number of peo-
pie who get thin, or remain thin, who
naturally would be plump and deshy
but for some digestive arrangement.
Thin people lack in adipose tissue.
Adipose tissue is chiefly composed Of
fat.
Fat is derived from the oily constit-
uents Of food.
The fat-making foods are called by
the Psychologist, hydrocarbons. This
class of foods are not digested in the
stomach at all. They are digestcd in
the duodenum, the division Of the ali
mentary canal just below the stomach.
The digestion of fat is mainly, If not
wholly, the work Of the pancreatic
Juice. This juice is of alkaline reac-
ton, and is rendered inert by the addi-
ton of acid. A hyperacidity Of the
digestive fluids of the stomach passing
down into the duodenum, destroys
the pancreatic fluid for digestive pur-
poses. Therefore, the fats are not di-
gested or emulsified, and the system is
deprived of its due proportion of oily
constituents. Hence, the patient grows
thin.
The beginning of the trouble is ca
tarrhal condition Of the stomach which
causes hyperacidity Of the gastric
juices. This hyperacidity is ,caused by
fermentation OF food in the stomach. 4
When the food is taken into the stom-
ach, if the process of digestion does
not begin Immediately, acid fermenta-
ton will take place. This creates a
hyperacidity Of the stomach juices
which in their turn prevent the pan
creatic digestion of the oils, and tho
emaciation results.
A dose of Peruna before each meal
hastens the stomach digestion. BY
hurrying digestion, Peruna prevents
of the contents of the
stomach, and the pancreatic juice is thus
preserved in its normal state. It then
only remains for the patient to eat .
sufficient amount OF fat-forming foods,
and the thinness disappears and plump
ness takes its place.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
Farm Notes.

Did you ever try that good plan Of
letting young chickens run in the gar
den to catch bugs? It's all right.
Regular hours for doing poultry
work get it done better and seemingly
with less effort. 1t also keeps the
birds better contented, and content
ment makes them do well.
Within wide limits, the rule to keep
chickens hungry is a good one; but
do not overdo good thing. They must
have enough feed to build up their
bodies or make eggs, whichever their
end may be.
Almost any fine, light, dry material
busted on fowls will kill lice and mites.
Let old and young have ample oppor-
tunity to take all the dust baths they
will. The dust bath is one of the
natural remedies that the poultryman
will do we'll to make use of to the full
est extent
Grease of any kind on small chicks
may do harm when too much is used;
but the following mixture will suit
those who use grease: 8 parts lard, 1
part sulphur, / part kerosene oil. Mix
well and apply to the feathers Of the
lower part of the old hen, SO the chicks
will get a very little on them when they
run under her. If the use cannot be
kept down to a very small quantity,
use none. Do not, use this mixture on
a sitting hen as the grease would be
harmful to the eggs.
When chicks are suffering from in
digestion they may run to their keep
er as if almost starved, even while
their craws are stuffed. A change of
feed in such cases may be worth more
than more feed.-From "The Poultry
Yard" in the Progressive Farmer
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26

Mrs. Pinkham, of the Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Company, of
Lynn, Mass, together with her son,
Arthur w. Pinkham, and the younger
members of her family, sailed for
Naples on May 20 for three months
tour throughout Europe and a much
needed vacation.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-06-26
Reduction of Rates.

Prof. D. G. Jackson of the Massa.
chusetts Institute of Technology, was
retained by the Massachusetts, high.
way commission to make a report re.
garding the telephone situation with
special reference to the practicabilitv
of reduction in rates and a higher
efficiency of service.