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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25
Proposition dun Nouveau
Calendrier.

I'm citoyen de San Francis co envoye
au Scientific American lie plan dun
calendrier don't lidee est d'eviter les
desagr6ments reconnus du calendrier
gregorien en- lui substituant une forme
mieux adaptee aux exigences de la vie
ordinaire du jour au jour. Bien que le
calendrier gregorien date de 1882, de-
puis longtemps avant cette epoque diff
terents changements svaient etc sug-
CERES pour diviser commodement les
365 jours de rannee en- semsines ct en-
mois. LIE plan en- question serait de
diviser les 50 semaines de fannee en- 13
mois de % jours ehacun. LIE Ter JAM
vier ct lie premier de chacun des douze
autres mois suivants seraient un diman-
che ct le dernier jour de ehaque mois
IN samedi. L'avantage evident de Get
arrangement serait que. chaque jour de
La semaine etant un de quatre nombres
pris de %, les dimanches seraient uni
formement les 1er. 8, Is ct %. les mar
dis les 3, 10, II ct "a, ETC.. il sufirait de
connaitre le jour de la semaine pour
savoir la date du mois.
LIE mois additionnel necessite par ce
systeme serait place entire JUN ct Juliet.
Comme treize mois de %, jours ne dom
neraient qu'un total de 364 jours, on
placerait un jour additionnel entire lie
dernier jour de decembre ct le premier
de janvier ct on le nommerait ale jour
de l'annee'. II ne serait pas considere
CONNIE un des jours du calendrier ct,
outre son nom, n'aurait aucune distinc-
ton pour le separer du dernier jour de
decembre ct ferait partie du samedi %
decembre. L'annee bissextile serait CON-
pletee par raddition dun jour place
entire lie IA ct lie Is du mois nouveau,
c'est .A-dire au centre de lannee. ct Sc
raft traite CONNIE lie ajour de rannee ,
sous tous les rapports.
Ce calendrieI, 81 simple ct 81 commo-
de. ne sera probablement jamais adopte
ct subira le sort du systeme metrique.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25
AL'AUTOMNE.

Heure on rAnnee en- deuil. pres des
heures finales
Revet son passe waste ct ses meta.
morphoses,
Et mele en- ses grands vente, fats
des soupirs des chooses,
Les brises des 6tes aux brises hiyernales:
Rose morte que Ie vent froid des
jours moroses
Effeuille lentement en- ciels tonjours
plus pales;
C'est a toi que revient notre amour
monotone,
o notre seur. saison de nos ames.
Automne,
Tristesse dor, sourire en- pleurs.
joie exhiIee !!
Ton ciel tiede on la bruno implacable
s'eleve,
Nest -ce notre Anne ardente encor,
deja voilee
Par tous nos pleurs fondus aux
brouillards lents du Reve.
FERNAND GREGH.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25
sarbareus English Custom.

Boys in the west of England believe
shat by squeezing mole to death be-
tween the hands and touching the at
fected parts with the blood that oozes
from the mouth of the dying animal
warts will disappear and will not re-
appear. The cnlprits are convinced
that moIes, worms and other subter-
ranean dwellers have no feelings, and.
therefore. it Is not cruelty to put
them to death In this way.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25
How Girls Walk.

Between their short skirts and their
smart pumps the feet of the average
young woman are extremely conspicu-
GUS just now, and passing glances at
them reveal the fact that most girls
and women do not know how to walk
properly. Ninety-nine out of a hun
dred of them place the heel on the
ground first. trick that is not only
tiresome. but extremely ungraceful.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25

house dams lequel sc trouvait lie sucre q
etc detruit Un grand nombre de mai
sons ont etc renversees dams les environs
de Convent. LIE village de Sunpoint
un peu plus haut. etc complement
demoli L'usine a. sucre de la Compa-
gnie Union est un amas de ruines.
Quinze maisons ont etc renversees a
Excelsior. La sucrerie de Pugh. Viii
ton. est abimee ct celle de Rescue a
beaucoup souffeIt, ainsi que deux au-
tres Central. Celle de NJ Jules Jacob
subj lie meme sort, ainsi que celle de
NJ. Waguespack.
LIE village de Southwood, plus haut, a
etc balaye.
LIE magasin ct la residence de Nine
Gueynard a st. Gabriel ont etc renver-
ses. L'egise cathoique de rendroit est
demoie.
A Baton Rouge on estime les pertes
un million de dollars. Une personne
etc tuee ct plusieurs autres blessees.
Les eglises cathoiques de Gibson ct
de Baldwin ont etc detruites ct celles
de Labadieville. de Thibodaux. de Pain
conrtvine grandement endommagees.
Ceue du Saint Rosaire st. Charles
n lrdu snn t.lochar
De toutes parts dams la region sucrie-
re on rapporte que la recolte de cannes
subira une perte considerable.
C'est surtout sur les bords du golfe
que la devastation etc grande. Des
milliers de pecheurs y habitent ct fon
estime que sur la cote de Terrebonne il
en- peri de 200 800.
La circulation etc entravee sur tou-
tes les lignes, de chemins de fer qui
aboutissent a La Nouvella- Orleans ct
c'est sur celle du Mississippi Valley
qu'elle lie moins souffert Aucune
partie de la route ma etc endommag6e
ct interruption de la circulation sur
cette igne ma etc due qu'aux nombreux
poteaux de telegraphe qui avaient etc
etes sur les rails. Les ignes Illinois
Central ct Louisville and Nashville ont |
Ste fortement endommagses, Ia premiere |
l'sns sa partie qui traverse notre parois-
se. Une grande brache s'est formee |
DeSair. on la hgne toucbe an lac ct une
&~<sps.r ssus fszsou reuugc pour aruver
Hammond. Deux trains du Louisville
md Nashville ont etc retenu de meme
'acon Chef Menteur, ct les deux cents
qui Sc trouvaient a bord ont
Ste retenus pendant trente -deux heures
sans rien boire nj manger. lis ont etc
en- vile par des bateaux en-
voyes leur secours.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25
Ecoles Publiques.

C'est lundi dernier qua eu lieu la
reouverture des ecoles publiques dams
notre paroisse. LIE mauvais temps qn'il
faisait ce jour empeche Ia plus grande
partie des enfants d'aller s'inscrire, mais
le surintendant Bernard est convaincu
que le nombre des enfants qui frequen-
teront les classes pendant Ia session de
neuf mois qui Went de s'ouvrir sera lie
plus considerable dams lhistoire de la
paroisse, car tous lee parents enverront
leurs enfants.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25

lie long de la levee, qui Sc trouve en-
viron un demi- mile de la route actuelle,
mais il est guere probable qu'ils obtien-
nent cette concession. La route, pas
SAINT pres de la levee, serait plus eourte,
nais ne serait pas 81 commodement
situee pour lie plus grand nombre des
residents du quarter.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25
Marriage.

LIE samedi 2 octobre, huit heures ct
demie du matin, a l'Eglise st. Philippe,
aura lieu lie marriage de M. Lionel Luc
Songy ct de Mile Rosine Waguespack.
Pas de cartes. Les amis ct connais
sances sont invites y assister.
Nous souhaitons bonheur ct prospe-
rite au nouveau couple.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25
Les BOnnes Routes.

Les habitants du quatrieme wrad sont
presque unanimes en- favour des bonnes
routes, mais Ia grande majorite veut
que ceile qui traversera leur ward suive
Ia route actuelle qui passe dams Finite
rieur, en- face des residences ct des mai
sons de commerce. Quelques-uns ont
interet ce que Ia route soit construite
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25
The First EncycIopedia.

The honor of first bringing a die
tionary of general knowledge into al
phabetical order belongs to Ephraim
Chambers, an English Quaker, whose
taste for literature was acquired In
a globemaker's studio; he stole the
time belonging to his master to COM
pose behind the shop counter the en-
cyclopedia published in 1727.-Amert-
can Review of Reviews.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25
COnseils aux Femmes.

Tn conseil en- passapt, aux jeunes
femmes. TT venant de source autorisee:
1Jamais, sous aucun pretexte, ne vous
mettez a table pour lie second dejeumer
sans etre complement habillee, c'est a.
dire sans etre soigneusement coffee,
vetu dune robe d'interieur coquette,
ayez toujours lie sonci de votre toilette
pour votre mari; faites- -vous bellies pour
lui plaire. quill vote bien que c'est spe-
cialement pour lui que vous avez ce soin
de votre personue.
@Que de querelles entire epoux, que
de mauvaise humeur de la part du mari,
de degoht de son interieur ne sont We
nus qua cause de la negligence, de Fin
souciance de la femme pour sd toilette
chez ellie. Puts encore un petit conseil
en- passant: 81 par hasard vous portez
quelques frisures, ne les laissez iamais
aux yeux de tout lie monde; ayez une
petite bofte parfumee Get usage dams
laquelle vous les dissimulez adroite-
ment.
aPersonne ma besoin d'etre dams lie
secret des petits mysteries du cabiuet de
toilette, pas plus vos enfants (qui par
lent souvent tort ct travers que vos
domestiques, ct plus forte raison a
votre mari Faites tout ce que vous
pouvez pour etre belle. pour dissimuler
les quelques petits disadvantages que la
nature ou les annees peuveut vous avoir
donnes. Sans cesse nous vous Ell four
nissons les moyens. C'est lie devoir de
toute femme de vouloir plaire a ceux
qu'elle aime ct qui Iaiment La coquet-
terie intelligence nest plus un defaut;
c'est une qualite ct une preuve de bon
gott.'
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25
The Real Thing.

II guess I'll take hand in the
poker game" Kissed the gamblers
wife, as she broke up the party with
a flourish of that homely but useful
kitchen article in her muscular hand.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-09-25
Better Than Writing Poetry.

Literary work Is all right. but the
surest way to make your name
household word is to advertise exten-
siyely-Someryiile Journal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

An interesting study of college En-
trance Requirements in Theory and
Practice which appeared in The In
dependent presented long list of uni
versities and colleges at which a very
large percentage of the students were
admitted with conditions. One Of these
institutions, which took in more than
90 per cent on these terms, formerly
insisted that all conditions should be
worked off before the student could
enter the freshman class. The appli-
cants had to pass examinations, no
matter what school they came from. If
they took the examinations early In the
summer and failed in certain studies
they worked on those studies through
the summer vacation and tried again
at the opening of the college in the fall.
II they failed this time in whole or
in part they were kept out until they
could make good. With the system
changed, entering with conditions has
become the rule, and such a history
emphasizes, we think, some of the
points that are made by John G. Bow
man, the writer of the article in The
Independent. If the purpose of the
colleges Is to increase the student roll
1t Is no doubt successful, but the uues-
tion naturally arises: what signifi-
cance have the requirements? They
are, as Mr.. Bowman says, not a real
minimum, "they are at best an osten-
sible minimum, any part of which is
liable In most colleges to temporary
suspension and occasionally to complete
abrogation." There Is no standard
worthy Of the name, but merely a pre-
tense at standard. The requirements
look big in the catalogue, but the dis
cretion that is used takes all the fervor
out OF them and reduces them to an
absurdlty. There is no real co-opera-
tion between the secondary school and
the college, but an excellent opportm-
nifty Is offered for passing along the
unnt. Ii numbers alone is the object
MIR. Bowman Is right in saying that
the college has embarked upon a dan
gerous course which threatens its sin
cerity and its efficiency" On the other
hand, If the printed requirements are
unreasonable, ''it Is time not to make
exceptions that confuse all standards
and demoralize students, but seriously
to face the problem Of organizing pre-
paratory education on a basis that is
really vital and Indispensable, and Of
devising machinery capable Of en-
forcing it."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

magazines. There 1t was, The Albero.
Like a flash he ran downstairs and
Jumped on street car.
In about twenty minutes he reached
the hotel, and as he stepped in the door
he saw Mr.. Walwick just entering the
dining room. He rushed up to him and
Mr.. Walwick looked at him in surprise
and then remembered his face.
"Yes, what is itY'
Its a message telephoned in, SIR
and he gave over the slip of paper.
Mr.. Walwlck looked 1t over and
quickly took book out of his pocket,
went to the hotel office and wrote a
half dozen kilograms.
THAT was close shave" he said
half aloud and then noticed Clarence
at his side.
How under the sun did you hap.
pen to be at the Officer"
"You told me to wait, sir, until you
came"
Then he told the whole story. and
when he had finished the head of the
great firm Of Walwick & Walden took
the messenger boy by the hand Just as
If he had been grown man and said:
"My lad, you've saved us a great
deal Of money, and now I think that
| would better take you home in my
automobile just as fast as l can. Your
mother will be worrying about you"
When, they were seated in the big
machine and were wrapped in by the
heavy robes, Mr.. Walwick suddenly
asked what the boy had thought by
the peculiar message.
Il thought 1t was very funny, but
how could it be dated January 2, when
this is New Years?"
"You will have to ask your school
teacher to explain why, but you see
the earth turns round the sun and it
is the day after New Years in India
now. Each Of the queer words in the
message means whole sentence when
you look them up In little book I
carry. We call 1t CODE"
When they came to Clarence's
house, Mr.. Walwick went into the
warm parlor and told the story to his
mother. Then he took a piece Of paper
and wrote something on 1t. "What
do you think that means?" he said:
Waw heart wire Clarence Young
desk apple.
II might tell you, sir, If I had the
code," said Clarence.
"Well, here is the code book You
and your mother can look 1t up"
And this was what they read bv
looking up the words:
"Walwick & Walden hereby promise
to give Clarence Young the best educa-
tion possible at their expense."-The
Housekeeper.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

the pages. The hour when he should be
playing came.
The game was on now, he knew.
The office was getting chilly and he
walked around from room to room. He
looked at the clock. The game must
have been over for some time and they
would be expecting him for dinner.
He was getting cold and hungry.
Strange as it was, when he began to
give up hope the time seemed to go
faster. Finally he curled up on couch
and went to sleep.
Dream after dream tumbled over
each other, and in the midst of won
derful hockey game, where everybody
skated about eating hot goose and cram
berries, he heard bell He wondered
what it could be and before he could
ask he awoke with start. Almost at
his ear the telephone bell was ringing
He jumped and took down the re
ceiver Hello ~ he shouted.
"Is this Walwick & Waldon?"
"Yes, this is Walwick & Waldon's
Office"
"Well, l hardly hoped to catch any
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

erous philanthropic seers, who pupnsn
free Of charge predictions, always of
some disaster, as great storms, earth
Quakes, wars, and the end of the world.
Sometimes an event obligingly falls
out on somebody's prediction, and a
reputation is made. If seers in all
parts of the world keep on foreseeing
earthquakes every day or two, an
earthquake, when it comes, will be like
ly to find prophecy awaiting 1t. Tho
room is so taken up with predictions
that an event must alight on one of
them. A prophet destroys the world
every day or so. But the world obsti-
nately refuses to be destroyed, and
when 1t comes to an end, only one
prophet will be entitled to gasp, az
told you so!" A year ago Nine. de
Thebes Of France predicted war be-
tween Japan and America in Novem-
Der, 1908. Instead, little later there
was the exchange of peaceful notes
Nothing daunted, madame predicts ter
rible wars between next August and
February, 1910. So look out for "red
year."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16
Clarence and the Code
-----~-S--c-oo-

Clarence had looked forward to the
two weeks of holiday time through all
the school months. But when Christ
mas had come, his brother, who was
the messenger for the firm of Walwick
& Waldon, suddenly became Ill. Hell
be on his feet in a week." the doctor
said, but in the meantime the poor lad
was worrying about his place in the
office.
Cant l take your placer" asked
Clarence.
Thus 1t was arranged and for the
two days before New Years Clarence
ran errands and did everything that
was asked of him. Just as the Office
was being closed the night before New
Years Mr.. Walwick called him and
said that he expected to come down
town the next morning although the
office would be closed, and he wished
Clarence to be sure and get the mail
and place it on his desk and wait for
him.
1t was quite early when Clarence
found his way inside the silent build
ing. He had brought his skates with
him, as there was to be hockey game
later, and there was to be the family
dinner and the usual good time on
New Years afternoon. He carefully
put the mail on Mr.. Walwlck's desk and
sat down to wait. The janitor came
and swept, but Mr.. Walwick, did not
come. There was still plenty Of time
before the game, but the clock hands
were slowly turning. Finally he
picked up a magazine and turned over
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

In the advertising columns of the
newspapers are found the business
cards of countless seers and clairvoy-
ants who promise for small sum to
rend the veil Of the future and tell
their patrons what is going to happen
to them. That palmists, card readers
and clairvoyants are able to pay for
the advertisements which appear in the
same place day after day is evidence
that they find enough credulous persons
to keep the prediction business on a
paying basis. Their victims are beyond
reason, or they would reflect that the
forecaster of future events, such as
the condition Of the stock market six
months ahead, would make more
money by using his knowledge for his
own benefit than by selling it for two
dollars Besides the prophets who are
in the business for the profit there Is
In It. the world Is blessed with gen
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16
An extraordinary demand has arisen

An extraordinary demand has arisen
In the eastern counties Of England for
secondhand Blbles-the older and dirt
Ter the better. Copies which formerly
realized four pence are now readily
bought for half crown. They are
being used to manufacture evidence of
age In the case of old-age pensions. A
woman who produced Bible to prove
her age as 70 from an entry on the
flyleaf had, unfortunately, omitted to
tear out the title page, which showed
that the Bible was printed in 1895.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16
SONG OF THE BY-AND-BY.

1t seems so far to the happy day
When the clouds will leave the sky,
But it's sweet to hear, when the world
is gray,
The song of the By-and-By!
The hills and rills-they are shining
bright,
And our cares like phantoms fly;
An echo sweet in the lonesome night
Is the song of the By-and-Byl
1t seems so far to the happy day,
But its rest they'll not deny;
We hear what the angels sing and say
In the song of the By-and-By!
Frank l.. Stanton.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

one of the responsibilities of parenthood That nation
colony which could insure that its children should
spend their short and vital early years among healthy
happy surroundings suited to their time of life and
state of development, and leading to a good robust
serviceabe manhood and womanhoodthat nation would
In few generations stand amongst the rest
of the world as something almost superhuman
From my experience of the innate goodness of un
spoiled humanity have idea that If children could
be planted amidst favorable surroundings they would
nearly all flourish and grow beautiful as plants do
under right conditions.
No fraction of the world of the individual can be
thoroughly healthy and happy while any member of
is degraded and wretched
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16
Beasts Fond of Tobacco.

We have all heard Of how to tame a
lion or tiger by steadily keeping the eve
fixed on him. According to an expert
animal trainer more effective method
Is cigar or cigarette, says the st.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Nearly every wild beast that I have
ever come across" said this man. sis
fond of tobacco in some shape or form
l made this discovery quite accident
ally. One of the visitors who was
smoking cigar puffed some of the
smoke into the lions face as he Law
asleep in the cage.
Il expected to see real riot, but in
stead Of that the lion, after giving a
couple of sneezes, moved quietly up to
the bars and raised his nose sniffingly.
as If asking for second dose. have
tried the experiment on all sorts of
wild animals since and have found
that most of them enjoy thoroughly a
big sniff Of tobacco
I'VE used to spJadhaktyu king aao
1--WE had bear here once that used
to rub his nose and back against the
bars Of his cage just like a cat asking
to be stroked whenever any one smok-
ing a cigar came near him.. Antelopes
and wild goats aren't satisfied with the
mere whlff. If you give them cigar
or cigarette they will swallow it
eagerly and, what is more, seem to suf-
fer no bad effects from their meal"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

Massachusetts has law to prevent
recklessness and speeding in autOmo-
biles, which law may be rendered ridic-
ulous by its wrong punctuation, as it
forbids driving over roads "laid out
under the authority of the law reck-
lessly or while under the influence Of
liquor" Boston, in consequence, is in
rhetorical spasms.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16
Responsibility.

First Little Girl (conversing at the
school gate-I can hemstitch and feath-
er stitch and my mother lets me make
things for baby.
Second Little Girl-Thats nothing.
I'm let go by myself to draw BEER
Manchester Guardian.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

Mr.. Rockefeller has given another
million to the University Of Chicago
At the rate Of million a year it will
take him twenty-eight years more to
give away the $29,0O0,000 saved by not
having to pay the fine assessed by
Judge Lands.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

Had woman's club been in exist
ence in Mark Antony's time we should
not have had to wait till now to learn
that he married Cleopatra for her
money.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

European courts hold that the man
who owns land also owns the air over
1t. This looks like trouble for the
aeronauts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

1t is reported that German profes
sor has concussion of the brain. Prob
ably caused by a collision between two
trains Of thought.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

One Of the preachers says Adam was
loafer. This decision has probably
been arrived at because we have no
proof that Adam ever got up in the
morning and put on the coffee pot for
Eve.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

An Oklahoma woman has 301 ways
to cook corn. But mother will go on
soaking them In hot water and apply
ing fathers best razor.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16

"All children are liars" said Wis
consin professor. A well-known biblical
parsonage who made the same state
ment concerning all men admitted af
terward that he spoke in haste.