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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Changed Feet.

Absalom Foote, an eccentric ole
Ian, who had grown tired of life in
the city, decided to move to some
smaller town, free from the roar OF
| traffic, the hustle and confusion OF
| the thronging multitude, where he
could end his days TRANQUILITY, as be-
came a man of his age. In casting
about for location his eye CHANGED
to light upon the advertisement in a
village paper of one Thomas r. Foote
who wanted to dispose of his boot
and shoe store, at bargain. having
made up his mind to remove to the
city.
That's the very thing" he said,
selling shoes is very nice, easy &C.
cupation. It will give me just enough
to do to keep me from stagnation: and
it won't wear me out with overwork.
II investigate it. It's queer though
that his name is Foote, my name is
Foote, he wants to come to the city,
and want to go to the country,
A visit to the little town decided
him. He liked its appearance and To-
cation. He was pleased, moreover,
with Foote's shoe store and bought
it, good will and all, at a bargain.
Well" said the other Mr.. Foote,
you won't have to change the sign
NO. he answered. slowly, "Pll just
add a little to it,
The next day he added this, just be-
low the sign:
This place has changed feet
Youths Companion.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
The Value Of Ferns.

On many farms in this country
there are areas, more or less extern
sive, covered with ferns. This plant
has not been regarded as of value,
except for decorative purposes, but it
has practical value of which few
people in the United States are aware.
An American Consul reports that in
parts of England fern leaves have
long been employed in packing fruit,
fresh butter, ETC., for market. For
merly grape leaves were used for this
purpose, but the fern leaf is said to
be far superior to that of the vine for
keeping articles wrapped in it fresh
and wholesome The fishermen of the
Isle Of Man pack their fresh behring's
in ferns, which keep the fish fresh
until it reaches the market. Potatoes
packed in ferns keep many months
longer than those packed in straw.
1t is said that the preservatiye quality
of the fern is due to the large guam
tity of salt in it's composition. The
strong odor of the fern also repels
larvae, maggots, etc.-Leslie's Week
Iv
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
The MouItinu of Fowls,

The chickens ought to be moulting
quite freely by this time. The quick
er the new feathers come in now, the
better; for the early moulters are the
ones that make the best winter lay
ers.
Moulting fowls do not require es-
sentially different feed and treatment
than at any other season, with the
one exception that more meat and
other feather forming foods may well
be supplied. Give occasional feeds of
suntiower seeds and linseed meal, if
possible.
The four essentials during the sum-
mer and fall are shade, cleanliness,
fresh water and pure air. At this time
these things are necessary because the
fowls are mnultins-Rosla-fac eors talk
en- together make it doubly imperative
that the fowls receive the best pos
sible attention at this time. Don forget
to supply green stuff every day if the
fowls have not free access to plenty
OF growing greens, but on every farm
where it is possible, the fowls should
be allowed to range and pick up all
the green food, bugs and worms that
they can find. 1t saves expenses and
is the best thing possible for the fowls.
-Epitomist.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Care of Horses.

The second day of hot spell fatisues
horses very much, the third day nro-
duces some heat prostrations or SIM
strokes, aud each successive day nro-
duces more in a greatly increased ra-
ito. The fatigue of the second day in
creases until the horse goes down in
complete prostration, soon becoming
1nsensible and dying, in an hour Or two
unless he receives very prompt relief
The first symptom of heat prostra-
ton is painting. This is usually A.
companied by profuse sweating. droon-
ing ears, slowing up, loss of ANNA
tioh, bloodshot eyes. If the horse is
pushed along, he ceases to perspire.
goes down and soon becomes insensi-
Die. Death follows in an hour or two
To prevent heat prostrations: Don't
oVefeed. 1t is generally believed that
horses, which die from sunstroke are
suHering from indigestion. Certain it
- lhat there are many cases of collie
from Indigestion in very hot weather,
aha the probabilities are that the
somach Is out of order in a case OF
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
An Address by Photograph.

An incident occurred at Dumfries
which illustrates the pains to which
the postofiee official is sometimes put
to see that missives coming into his
hands are delivered to the right per-
son, even although at times very I'M
perfectly addressed A gentleman,
while on visit to Dumfries, took a
snapshot of boy and girl who were
standing in the street. He afterward
sent postcard bearing the photograph
to Dum1ries, addressing it, TO the
parents of the children depicted on
the other side of the card" with the
request that the parents should ac-
knowledge receipt of it. A teacher in
one of the schools identified the chill
dren, and the postman was thus en-
abled to deliver the strangely ad-
dressed missive. This way of address
ing letters has now been stopped
Dundee Weekly News.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
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, prostration. To keep this organ II
good order, the best of hay and oats
should be used, and double handful
of dry bran should be mixed with eacn
feed a little less in hot weather than
the horse has been accustomed to.
Another warning is, don't overWork.
1t is the overworked horse that usually
gets sunstruck. He is not able to 90
as much in hot as in cold or mild
weather; consequently horses should
not be loaded as heavily nor driven as
fast, nor as far, as in cool weather.
Then don't neglect to water often.
Horses should be watered on a hot day
every hour or so. When horse begins
to pant and show signs of WEAKNESS,
ne should be allowed to stop in the
shade and rest for half an hour. The
owners of horses should give this order
to their drivers, as it will be the means
of saving their animals and conse'
quently, their money.-Horse World.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28

ANCIENT ALMANACS.
Got Rare Volumes and Saw Others OF
Priceless Value.


Edmund M. GLADDEN., of Philadel
bhia. who returned from Europe re
Gently, after making an exhaustive
search for ancient almanacs, says ne
possesses the rarest collection OF tha'
form of literature in the world. he
owns one of the few original copies
of Poor Richards Almanac" issued
by Benjamin Franklin, and volume
AXIS inches, printed on a substance
which looks like silk, issued in Spain
In 1892 by Don Michael Fernandez
y Perez, giving the dates OF feast
days of the year, with an axiom fol
each.
Mr.. GLADDEN. saw in England the
Egyptian almanac, on which the days
are written in red ink on papyrus IN
columns. Under each column are
characters signifying the probable
state of the weather for that day.
It is owned by the British Museum
and is the most highly priced almanac
in the world
The almanac collector says the
most elaborate almanac in the world
IS that issued by the Chinese govern
ment, which consists of twelve thick
volumes. 1t does not deal with
weather probabilities. but gives full
information of lucky times and places
for performing acts OF everyday life.
It is relied upon implicitly by the
peasant population. The most expen.
siye publication of its character, Mr..
GLADDEN. says. is the Nautical Al
manac in Great Britain, which costs
$4,000 year, and is directed by q
Fellow Of the Royal Society.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
NEW LIFE
Found in Change to Right Food.

After one suffers from acid dyspep.
sia, sour stomach, for months and
then finds the remedy is In getting
the right kind OF food; 1t is something
to speak out about.
A N. Y. lady and her young son
had such an experience, and she
wants others to know how to get re-
lief. She writes:
For about + teen months my lit
tie boy and myself had suffered with
sour stomach. We were unable to
retain much of anything We ate
After suffering in this way for SO
long decided to consult specialist
In stomach diseases. Instead of pre-
scribing drugs. he put us both on
Grape-Nuts, and we began to improve
Immediately.
1t was the key to q new life.
found we had been eating too much
heavy food which we could not digest
In few weeks after commencine
Grape-Nuts l was able to do nv
housework. / wake in the morning
with a clear head and feel rested and
nave no sour stomach. My boy sleeps
Wen and wakes with laugh.
we have regained our lost weight
ana continue to eat Grape-Nuts for
Dotn the morning and evening meals.
We are well and happy and owe il tn
Hrape-Nuts. There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
creek, Mich. Read The Road tn
MELVILLE. in pkgs. -.
Ever read the above letter.
ne" one appears from time to time.
ihey are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
TESTING Cows.

The Vermont station has been max
Ing experiments to find as simple a
method as possible of learning about
what returns COW gives
1t has been found that for practical
purposes the productive value of a COW
may be ascertained as follows:
l. Weigh the milk of each COW for
three days monthly. At the end of the
year add these results and multiply by
ten, making such corrections for time
of calving and drying off as circum-
stances indicate. This gives the an
nual yield of milk.
2. Test the milk of each COW twice
or thrice yearly, using two composite
samples taken as follows: (a) For
cows calving normally in the months
OF September to February inclusive and
due to calye again in a reasonable
time; in the third and fifth, or in the
second, fifth and seventh months after
calving. (b) For cows calving normal
ly in the months of March to August
inclusive, and due to calve again in
reasonable time; in the third, fifth and
seventh months after calving. (cc) For
cows calving normally and tending to
go dry early; in the third or sixth
months after calving. lu) For COWS
which have aborted; in the third and
fifth or in the third and sixth months
after calving.
In each case add the results and di-
vide by the number of tests, two or
three as the case may be, for calculat-
ed average test for the year. Multi
ply the average test thus secured by
the yield of milk for the year and It
will give approximately the years WELD
of butter fat
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
A ~ 80 Sample treatment
N &zA RED Cross Pile and
H. Cd Fistula Cure and
Book sent by mail
NI|l5 *4:H% FREE.
REA CO.. DEPT. B.4 MINNEAPOLIS. MINI.
What He Eoraor.

"At q dinner in Philadelphia said
q clergyman, Il once heard the lam
enfed Bishop Potter talk IN mczT
amusing manner about the artistic
temperament.
"First he described the contradlc.
lions in the characters of Whistler
Poe, Hawthorne and other great
Americans. Then he turned to Ian.
dor, the great Englishman.
Lander, he said, was at the sane
time the most violent and brutal and
most delicate and sensitive of Hen.
He adored flowers The gardens Of
his beautiful villa in Florence were
full of flowers, and the poet walked
among them daily, never pluckina
them, only bending over them rever
emily to admire their loneliness and
their perfume.
"Landor's cook one day served him
a wretched dinner, and in mis- rage
the poet threw the man out of the
window into bed of splendid roses
"As the cook writhed with broken
leg below Lander from his window
exclaimed in a horror-stricken voice:
Good gracious, forgot thu
roses! "-Washington Star.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Chiefly LEGAL Advice.

A certain prominent lawyer of To
ronto is in the habit of lecturing his
office staff from the junior partner
down, and Tommy. the Office boy,
comes in for his full share of the ad-
monition. That his words were an
preciated was made evident to the
lawyer by a conversation between
Tommy and another office boy ON the
same floor which he recently over
heard.
"Wotcher wages?" asked the other
boy.
Ten thousand a year. replied Tom.
my.
"Aw. g'wan.n
Sure" insisted Tommy, nnabashed.
Four dollars week in cash an de
rest In legal advire."Everybody,s.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
HUckLEBERRY FARMING.
Agriculture With Match in Pennsyt
wanna Timber REGIONS.

vania Timber Regions.
''It may seem incredible to those VINO
have never lived in or travelled much
through timber districts where the
huckleberry is indigenous" said a ma
tive of such a district, abut 1t Is a
fact that there is a tribe OF shlftiess
persons in all such regions who sys-
tenatically and without regard to law,
property or life set fire to woods or TO
cut over land adjacent to woods simply
to increase the area Of huckleberry
bushes.
There is only one way in which
and touch it to the dry leaves and
the huckleberry farmer does not need
to own an inch of land. If he has the
title to one simple lucifer match he can
put thousands of acres under cultlva-
ton in very short time.
He has only to light the match
and touch it to the dry leayess and
branches on the ground, either in ear
ly spring or late fall, and his cultlva-
ton is soon under way. No matter
what grew on the ground before fire
swept it bare huckleberry bushes will
never fail to spring up luxuriantly from
the ashes and scorched soil. They
will be in abundant bearing the next
season. The result in loss Of life or
property does not concern the persons
who reap the benefit.
Many of the fires that devastate our
forests every year may be traced to
this reckless and deliberate making or
of huckleberIy patches. |
remember one instance particularly
where setting fire to the brush on a
barren in northern
Pennsylvania resulted in a forest fire
that swept over 10000 acre timber
tract, doing incalculable damage to the
standing timber, and reducing to
ashes 100000 feet of logs and timber |
and 10000 cords of tanbark, represent
ing money value of nearly $750,O0O |
Twenty persons were burned to death |
and thirty so badly burned that sew
IN of them died from their injuries. |
The huckleberry crop gathered from
his cultivation of that barren perhaps
'ea lied 5000 to the cultivators."-
Ma j York Sun.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
RAISING Wild Ducks.

The wild Mallard ducks are being
raised on several farms in Illinois. The
eggs were found along the Illinois riv-
er and Matched under hens. By clip
ping the wings of the Mallards the
ducks were restrained from wandering,
and several generations were raised
successfully. When the wild ducks
fly overhead the tame ones show de-
sire to join them, but are restrained by
their clipped wings. They are some
what like tame ducks in general quail
tiles, and the owners find more or less
demand for them as decoy ducks and
as market poultry. Cultiva
tor.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Farm Notes,

The Oklahoma Agricultural College
gives in its bulletin these suggestions
about cream, and the cows that furnish
1t:
Clean cream, cold cream and rich
cream are the three words which tell
the secret of producing sweet cream.
Be clean and sanitary in milking.
Have all pals, crooks, cans and
daily utensiles scalded and clean.
Keep the separator clean by wash
ing after each separating.
Cool each lot of cream II cool water
before setting it away and have it thor
oughly cooled before adding to the gem
eral lot of cream. A good way is new
er to mix fresh batch of cream with
older cream, but keep each lot from
the different separating separate and in
one gallon crooks.
Have well ventilated cave or cool
cellar in which to keep the cream.
Stir each of the separate lois of
cream every day to keep them uniform.
Have wire screen for each crock
~
the flies and insects.
Skim a rich cream-35 to As percent
and it will keep sweet longer.
Deliver the cream to the creamery
or receiving station three times week
IN summer and twice week in win
ter
Insist on the creamery man weigh
ing out the sample of cream for a test
instead of measuring in pipatte. The
scales are more accurate.
Have the cows come fresh in Sep
TENDER and October, and receive 25 to
80 cents pound for the butter fat in
winter instead of Is to 20 cents a pound
in summer
Make study of the herd of cows
select the best, sell the poor ones. buy
or raise more good ones, grow more
COW peas and alfalfa hay for winter
feeding, and make the cows keen Won
instead of you keeping the cows.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28

Mr.. William F. Vahlberg. Oklahoma
City, Okla, writes:
"One bottle of Peruna which ! have
taken did more toward relieving me of an
aggravated case of cataf1h of the st0m-
ach than years of treatment with the
best physicians.
Il had gtren up hopes of relief, and
only tried Peruna as last resort.
II shall continue using it. as ] feel sat
is6ed it will effect an entire and per-
ntdne,lt cure.
II most cheerfuly recommend Peruna to
all who may read this. "
Peruna is usually taken as a last resort.
Doctors have been tried and failed. Other
remedies have been used 'anitariums
have been visited. Travel has been re-
sorted to.
At last Per,,na is tried. Relief 3 found.
This history Is repeated over and over
again, every day in the year. j. is such re-
suits as this this give peruna its unas,
sailable hold upon the people: We could
say nothing that would add force to such
testimonials as the above. That people
who have had catarrh and have tried
every other remedy available, find relief in
Peruna, constitutes the best argument that
could be made.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Indians Big Catch of Salmon

Inc catch of Quinault salmon this
season was the greatest ever known
Seventy-f1ve thousand fish were de-
hvered at Hoquiam, valued at ss5 OoO
This is $1,000 more fish than have
ever been caught in any previous
season. The Quinault Indians used
advanced methods this season in fish
Ing, going out beyond the breakers
IN their frail canoes and then setting
their nets. Hundreds of fish were
caught in the iagoons where thew
mad been left by the receding tides.
Ihls enormous catch was made nv
thirty Indians and the entire tribe en-
Jesed the prosperity. They were paic
IN full at Hoquiam one day this week.
Tacoma correspondence San Fran
cisco Chronicle
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Root Crops Need Attention.

Where mangels or rutabagas are
crowded, pull the superfluous roots for
the cows The fresh feed will be use
full, and those remaining will occupy
the vacant space, and make a better
growth by the thinning. White tur-
nips may yet be sown If the land is
rich or made so. A vacant potato stub
BILE treated with $50 pounds of fine
bone dust per acre, will give a Wig
orous growth of Enthusiastically Wit
ness
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Quail Needs Protection.

1t is said that the quail has been
known to destroy sixty different kinds
Of weed seed, and in fact that about
five percent of his food is made up
from seeds that are harmful to the
farmer. He also destroys large num-
bers of injurious bugs, and, therefore,
the farmer should protect him from
the hunter-with a gun, if necessary
Epitomist.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f5roid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges.
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
Che has guided thousands to
health. Address. Lynn. Mass.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Basic Fertilizer.

Professor voorhees,, of New Jersey,
an authority on fertilizers, suggests as
a basic fertilizer for market garden
purposes, one having the following
percent composition: Nitrogen, per-
cent; phosphoric acid, 8 percent; pot
ash, 10 percent.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
How to Prevent Hoo Cholera.

/ Keep feeding floors, sleeping places
tanks and vessels in which swill is
mixed, scrupulously clean.
| Breed from mature sires and dams
which will give us filters of very much
more constitutional vigor than where
| immature sires and dams are uscd.
Avoid inbreeding, which will favar-
iably reduce the stamina and invite
disease
Avoiding Fall litters The econd
litter Invariably reduces the mothers
vitality at just the time that cholera
is abroad in the land, which leaves her
and her litter easy prey for disease.
More than ninety percent of cholera
outbreaks are among the sows that
raise fall pigs or their filters.
Avoid overlooking or any sudden
changes in feed, especially from dry to
green. Anything that will derange
the stomach and cause indigestion will
derange and weaken the whole sys-
tenn.
Feed especially the growing pigs a
such as wheat, middlings or ground
oats, and avoiding an all-grain ration
OF corn. They need something to help
build up bone, nerve and muscle, which
corn will not give. Nothing is better
for this purpose than a good run on
clover pasture
Take all the care possible that the
disease germs are. not carried to your
herd. Dogs are believed to spread the
disease in the majority of cases. The
germs are found in the excrement of
the hogs, and are carried on the boots
or clothing of men, or on the feet of
animals and birds. 1t is not safe to
allow stock buyers Or anyone that is
around stock cars or stock yards to be
around where hogs run. Doves and
crows are also instrumental in spread
ing disease, and should be shot when
ever they come onto the premises. A
little care in these particulars will Of
ten-saYe your herd
Admit all the sunlight possible into
your hog buildings and onto your feed
ing floors. One minute, yes, one sec
cond, of bright sunlight will kill the
liveliest hog cholera germ in existence.
No amount Of sd will do this. See
that your herd is always supplied with
plenty of pure 7-1ter and plenty of
shade. Salt .sZ ashes should always
be at their disposal. In short, any
thing that will Lee build up a strong,
healthy body viii be safeguard
against hog cholera.-Weekly Witness.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28

no cure for me and was given up to
die. Being urged. used Doan's Kid
ney Pills Soon was better and In a
few weeks was about the house. well
and strong again"
Sold by all dealers SO cents box
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28

xapudine Cures Indigestion Pains,
Sour stomach and heartburn, no matter
from what cause. Gives immediate relief.
Prescribed by physicians because it is sure
and effective. Trial bottle 10c. Regular
sizes Csc. and &c.. at all druggists
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Panorama Headache.

Caused by constantly shifting gaze,
as by moving picture shows, travelling
in rapidly moving conveyances and
the like, is cured by external appiica-
ton TO the eyes Of DR.. Mitchells Eye
Salve 1t strengthens them and stops
the burning sensation. Automobile
lists use Mitchell's Eye Salye. 26c.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28

For years | was
weak and run down.
could not sleep. my
limbs swelled and
the secretions were
trou blesome; pains
were intense. | was
fast in bed for four
months. Three doc
tors said there was
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28

To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up
the System
Take the Old Standard Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic. You know what
you are taking. The formula is plain
ly printed on every bottle, showing il:
Is simply Quinine and Iron in taste.
less form. and the most effectual form
For grown people and children. soc.
Many an i'll of the heart would be
cured II the hands were kept clean.