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Barbour County index., 1910-04-20
Thought Friend Poor, Found Him Rich

Hes too proud" said the husband.
Il remember that pride of his. It's
almost an aff1iction."
What are you going to do?
II thought I'd send him a check"
DO you suppose" the wife scorn-
fully asked, that he would have a
check cashed, If he is as proud as you
say?"
We'll, I'll send him the money
then"
Next day he went to his bank and
drew out hundred dollars in one bill.
This he put into an envelope and sent
to the address of his friend, writing
street and number correctly. He told
the messenger not to say where the
letter had come from. This answer
came in the mornings mail:
Dear Bill-Well, you've decided to
pay that old poker debt after all these
years. have you? Much obliged. I'm
going to have that bill framed ana
hang it on the wall when I get home. /"
The recipient of the letter slowly
tore it to bits. His mind went back
to the days of that crazy youth that
his friend referred to. He remem.
bered the hundred now; he was as.
tonished that 1t wasn't more.
Il suppose Mary will ask me If I've
heard" he mused. Il guess I'll say he
was too proud to answer, but he need.
ed the money SO badly he kept it."
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years. and have taken many remedies,
but DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has done
me more good than anything else. / am
sold In drug stores for twenty years. The
price is only so cents or 81 a bottle. Il
Is especially adapted to the uses of ba-
bies, children. women and old folks. Its
purity is vouched to the Government. and
results from its use are guaranteed. II
you have never tried ii send name and
address for free trial bottle. which will
be cheerfully sent to your home prepaid.
If there is any medical advice that you
want. or anything about your condition
tor. Address your letter. DIR. w. B.
Caldwell, 2o1 Caldwell Bldg, Monticello,
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Setting Out Strawberries.

When setting out small plat of
strawberries. the vines being taken
from another patch in the same gar.
den, it is not necessary that the ber
ries so removed will even wilt in tho
transplanting. The bed which is to
receive them would. of course, be pre-
pared before the plants are taken up.
and marked out in rows, so that it is
known where each plant is to grow.
Then the plants are carefully taken up.
so that the earth adheres to them.
The f1brous roots are thus left in
place, encircled by small bah of
earth. When thus set in place there
is not of necessity any check in the
growth of the plants.
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Honor for Owney the Postoffice Dog

the mail was being loaded. He was
unobserved till after the train had
started. Then the clerks sent him
back to Albany. After that he made
frequent trips. The employees of the
office tagged him "Owney, Albany
Postoffice, Albany, N Y" They re-
quested other mail clerks to affix tags
to him on his trips showing where he
had been. He soon became so exten-
sive traveller. however, that he
couldn't carry his tags While he was
once passing through Washington the
postmaster general gave him a set of
harness. From this the tags were
then suspended. He travelled from
place to place, always following the
mail. In addition to covering the
United States and Canada, he visited
Europe and Asia. The mikado of
Japan presented him with a silver
medal upon which was engraved the
national coat 6f arms.
"Owney" met a death not in keep
ing with his honored life. At Toledo,
on one of his journeys. he was chained
in the basement of the postoffice. A
photographer attempted to take his
picture. "Owney" barked his objec-
tions. A clerk sought to sooth him
and was bitten. The clerk spread the
report that the dog was mad, and a
policeman shot him.
Now he goes back to Ohio, honored,
but still very dead dog.
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training. The calf can be raised on
sweet skinned milk mixed with oat-
meal and wheat millfeed porridge.
Farmers living convenient to a cream
cry can get sweet separator milk the
same day it is delivered at six cents
per gallon. One gallon mixed with the
boiled flour feed will feed the calf for
one day. The milk should be fed luke
warm, out of clean bucket at regu-
lar hours three times a day. Four
calves can be fed and cared for at the
least cost per calf. With cooked
messes of milk porridge and dry,
warm, well-lighted and bedded pens
facing the sun, the calves will make
a rapid and healthy growth, and by
next May they can be turned into a
good grass pasture, able to shift for
themselves.
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The punishment for cruelty in ship
ment ought to be made heavy, other.
wise 1t will not be deterrent. The
convenience of the shippers and car.
riers will lead them to prefer paying
small fines to obeying the law to the
letter. AS to the moral aspect of the
case. 1t is shocking to humane senti.
ment that unfortunate animals should
be subjected to intense heat In sum.
mer. aggravated by the deprivation of
food and water for long and unnatural
periods. AS a sanitary matter, ami.
mails with blood fevered and systems
injured by such suffering are not at
tor human food.
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BERRY PATCH
OF FIVE ACRES
BIackberries, If Given Proper Care
and Attention VIII Make
Profitable Crop on
Any Farm.
CBy r. B. RUsHING)


To raise a five-acre patch of black
berries the first consideration is the
land. Select the site most suitable.
] prefer a southeastern exposure;
however, most any land that will pro-
duce 40 to so bushels of corn to the
acre will grow good, nice. marketable
blackberries.
The best time to set out is the fall.
I have planted in November, with
good results. See that the land is
free from weeds as far as possible,
and l have practiced summer fallow
in order to have it free from weeds,
but think 1t more profitable to raise
some hoe crop, such as potatoes, and
in this way the ground can be kept
clean and free from weeds.
Preparing the land means enough
plowing, disking and narrowing to put
the soil in good condition down deep.
Most any farmer can estimate about
what this would mean.
The next thing is getting the plants,
and the best way l have ever tried is
If you have patch and can get roots
from it, you know that they may usu.
ally be procured from some nearby
neighbor, and the greatest cost will
usually be the labor Of digging and
setting them.
I have paid all the way from SIC
to $25 per acre for the preparation OF
the land and the plants and labor OF
setting.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20
ABANDONED 1T
For the Old Fashioned Coffee Wac
Killing.

II always drank coffee with the rest
Of the family, for it seemed as If there
was nothing for breakfast If we did
not have it on the table.
II had been troubled some time
with my heart, which did not feel
right. This tfouble grew worse steadily.
Sometimes it would beat fast and
at other times very slowly, so that !
would hardly be able to do work for
an hour or two after breakfast, and II
I walked up hill. it gave me a Sc.
we're pain.
Il had no idea of what the trouble
was until friend suggested that per.
haps 1t might be caused by coffee
drinking. 1 tried leaving OF the coffee
and began drinking Postum. The
change came quickly. l am now glad
to say that am entirely well of the
heart trouble and attribute the relief
to leaving on coffee and the use Of
Postum
"A number of my friends have aban-
doned the old fashioned coffee and
have taken up with Postum, which.
they are using steadily. There are
some people that make Postum very
weak and tasteless, but II it is boiled
long enough, according to directions,
1t is very delicious beverage. We
have never used any of the old FASH
ioned coffee since Postum was first
started in our house."
Read the little book. "The Road to
Wellville. in pkgs. There's Reason.
Ever read the above lefterf A uew
one appears from time to time. They
are genuines trues ana fun OF huma1
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Hopeless.

"Your store is no good, sir! J
asked for lace curtains last week. and
l couldn't get EN-"
'Indeed?"
Eyes. And I asked for silk socks
yesterday, and 1 couldn't get EN-"
That's strange"
"And to-day l asked for credit, ano
can't even get that Is this a regu.
lar store, or what?"
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

Milwaukee woman has raised a
novel point by suing for damages for
attempts to drive her out of society.
The next thing courts will be asked
for injunctions preventing exclusive
hostesses from shutting out aspirants
to society from their luncheons and
teas.
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ford, Tenn, whose
picture we present
herewith. cured his
Indigestion. To use
his own words, he
says. in part:
II received the
sample bottle Of DR..
Caldwell's S up
Pepsin that ] asked
you to send me, and
! made no mistake
in ordering 1t. / have
been troubled with
dyspepsia and indi-
gestion more or less
for about sixty
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Getting In Deep.

Father" said little Rollo, what is
the fourth dimension?"
"Why-er-my son, that is hard to
explain to the inexpert intelligence.
1t is something that may exist, only
you can't locate it."
Il know. It's like the piece of pie
I'm to get when there is company to
dinner"
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fitted with swing sash, which is
opened on fair, moderate days, but al
ways closed at night. The runs ex-
tend back from the low side of the
building.
In the cross section, N. B. indicates
nest boxes-two sets of IL each; S.
is a step extending the length of each
set of nests; P. shows position of
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

A Philadelphia magistrate has held
that taking an umbrella from a friend
is not criminal, but taking one from a
stranger is larceny. But a man who
has his umbrella taken can scarcely
be called friend of the taker.
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1t might be of some use for the
Inventors Of universal languages to
get together and arbitrate which uni
Versal language shall be universally
usedy If 1t were not for one certain
reStS- That is that as soon as the
real universal language should be de-
eided on another inventor would pop
up with a new universal language to
contest the Held.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

There is lot of satisfaction In the
way the large business houses take
care of their teams. It's getting to be
the exception for them to have poor,
abused horses. They are not good
advertisements. and an advertisement
is worth a good deal.
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AIqy Explains.

What do you suppose, Algernon,"
the young thing asked, sis the reason
the ocean is salty?"
Il am sure l don't know" drawled
Algy, unless it is because there are
SO many salt fish in it"-Success.
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A fashion note says women's waists
will not be cut any lower in the back
during the coming season than they
have been in the recent past. We
may list this with the impossibiitties
that will not eventuate.
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Loss from Dogs and coyotes.

In years past complaint has been
made that the sheep industry could not
be made profitable because of the losses
from dogs and coyotes, but statistics
show that losses from this source last
year were less than half of one per
cent
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

Germany is excited over the discov-
cry of the skull of prehistoric man
near Heidelberg. OF course, such a
discovery is interesting. but what the
world particularly needs just now are
live men-very much so.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

There would be no particular OBJ
lection to the long hatpins if in crowd
ed cars and elevators they were worn
In scabbards.
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The first collision between two air.
ships occurred the other day. Unfor-
tunately the historic spot cannot be
marked by a memorial tablet
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Shady Character.

who is the man that every one
seems to know?"
ooh, every one knows him. He's
our secret police."-F1eigende Blatter.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

In these days any purchaser of a
telescope who cannot find a comet
with 1t feels that he should be given
his money back.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

People are becoming SO skeptical
that before long the butter dealer will
have to drive up with COW and a
nhurn and make the goods in the ward.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

New York has convicted a police
magistrate Of having accepted bribe
of $16.66 The &c cents shows that
he was stickler for form.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

That little comet which is anticipa-
ting Halley's is no doubt a little per-
former that is ready to do one-night
stunts to please the general public.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

Do not count your bluebirds before
they are hatched
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

Platinum is going up to $40 a
pound. Thus we see that the perni-
cious example of beefsteak continues
to spread
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

After visiting the north pole the
Zeppelin airship expedition expects to
anchor behind Greenland" Sounds
like nice cozy place to warm up in.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

It is getting so that it must hurt
the feelings of the ham to have to as
sociate with the eggs.
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The government is going to give Us
weather tips while we wait That's
the way we get the weather.
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See where you would be now finan.
cially If you had bought a ton OF
platinum when 1t was cheap!
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

March is indeed the blowhard of the
year.
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Three nations are in a race for tn
south pole. May none Of them ge
cold feet
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

With three nations racing for the
south pole it is fortunate that Amer
leans are nimble on their feet
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

Endurance is much better test OF
character than any single act of hero
ism-however noble.-Avehury.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

This movement to dehorn women's
hats grows in favor.
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perches; H is a hook by which the
perches are suspended while clean
ing the platform; v w ventilating
window, and D, the outside door. This
seems like well arranged building to
accommodate about 100 hens.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

Soon somebody will be coming in
breathlessly to report the first house
ny.
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A Ministers
Indigestion
Rev. Fletcher Of Tennessee Suggests
Remedy Based on Personal Expert
ehee-You Can Get Il Free.

There IL nothing that Is so much sought
after as q remedy for stomach trouble
and hence you will be interested to know
how the Rev. A. J. Fletcher of Ruthers
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

Water faucets which yield fish will
hardly thwart the food trusts.
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Painter & Herr, Fubs.

MEDICINE LODGE. kANs
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
GETS A ROYAL FLUSH,
and THEN DROPS
DEAD.
Strange Case of A Pennsylvania
Man. Who Drew the Win
ming Hand In Poker.

Scranton, Pa, Feb. "a. - am the
unluckiest poker player living" de-
clared Frank Constantine last night
at MayfeId, a small town near here,
when a game was proposed.
The third pot had passed around
several times and been duly sweet
enedo before it was finally opened.
Constantine looked over bis hand.
He had the ten, jack, queen, and ace
Of spades and four of diamonds. Dis
carding the four spot, he drew one
card. It was the king of spades,
making him royal flush.
He started and then swayed in his
chair. The others took the tip and
dropped out.
Constantine laid down his royal
flush and managed to rake in the pot.
Then he went home, but ne had to
be assisted to his room.
This morning he was found dead in
bed. Deputy Coroner J. ". Grant
performed an autopsy, which reveal
Cd that death was due to oyerexer-
tion of the hear.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
THE PRESS CDNVEN.
ton TO MEET in MAY
dFsa' Gathering Of Newspaper Men Scheduled
TO Be Held Here Soon.
THERE SHOULD Be ACTION
Progressive League aud Young mems Al.
lance Should Gel 10 Work 10 Receive
FlsltOrs.

Inc annual convention of the Louis
Iana Press Association is scheduled
TO be held in 0pelousas next Nav. an(
T y behooves the people of OpeIousaI
20 begin arrangements to receive The
distinguished men who compose Chi,
organization.
Some twenty years ago this asso.
clatlon met in Opelousas, and The
membership thereof was so royally
received that for weeks the press Of
the State teemed with favorable com.
ments.
At this time, when Opelousas IS q
city, when the eyes of the country
are upon her, when her progress and
enlightenment have been heralded
throughout the land, it is incumbent
upon her citizenry to receive this
body Of moulders Of public opinion in
manner in consonance with the
reputation Of the city.
There are two public bodies in the
city which should take charge Of the
arrangements. These are the Pro-
gressive League and the Young Mems
Progressive Alliance. The citizens
Of the city look to them to take the
and The Clarion feels as
sured that they will receive substan-
tial encouragement from the business
Naturally the two newspapers Of
5ae city, as well as those of Wash
Ington Euniee. Vile Platte and Port
Barre, will join in the effort 10 make
The meeting a success. Already The
Clarion is ii rsceipt Of assurances
from the management of the papers
% the effect that they will join Ope-
ousas in the matter, but this city
must take che initiative.
The Editor of The Clarion is at
present ID correspondence with the
President of the Press Association,
Eho suggests some action on the
subject. The Editor of the Clarion
viii be glad TO appear before any Of
he public bodies mentioned, and dis
,uss the arrangements with them.
Ii is useless to say that the meet
ng Of such an important body as the
'ress Association in city is Of vast
to ii. The fact that
hose who will attend this meeting
ire at the head Of the State press
hould be sufficient.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
A Delightful Party.

a most delightful socia!! event Of
this week was the George Washing
ton progressive eucnre given at the
residence Of Mrs. q. r. Lacombe.
Monday evening, complimentary to
Miss Norma Chatham, Of Marlin,
Texas, who is the charming guest Of
Miss Althee Desmarais.
The reception rooms were beauti-
fully decorated in the national colors.
camelias, violets and American flags
being used to produce the desired
effect. The score cards and souve-
Mrs were tiny red hatchets, sug-
gestive Of the Father Of his Coun-
try.
AS the guests arrived they were
received by Mrs. Lacombe, Misses
Chatham, Althee and Rita Desmarais.
each lady being presented with d
pretty bouquet Of violets.
During the progress Of the games
candy was served, and at their con-
clusion delicious punch and sand
wiches.
The prizes we're lovely, and were
won by the following lady,s, Miss
Celina Ghaehere; gentleman's, Mr..
Vance Miles; consolation, Miss Daisy
Edwards, and BOBBY, Mr.. G. Al. Baillio.
Those who participated in this
most enjoyable affair were:
Misses Norma Chatham, Floy and
Bessie Clements, Daisy Edwards,
Mathilde Lacombe. Myrtle Potts
Bessie Sandoz, Celina Chachere, Vir-
ginis Budd, Nita VeItin, AIine Yea
zie, Effe Littell, Marie Meginley,
Lulu Comeau, Emily James, Vivian
Thompson, Hester Fitch, Althee and
Rita Desmsrais, and Mrs. a. Z. La
combe; DR.. q. T. Bercier, Messrs. |
Vance Miles, Sydney Dejean, Law
renee and Henry Larcade, Roy and |
Clifford Edwards, Gus. Voltz, JackI
Perrodin, Herbert Callahan, Arthur
Yeltin, Gussie Bodemuller, George
Bienvenu, Leblanc Williams, Agustns
Garland, George Cook, Richard Hol-
ier, Charles Sandoz, Eddie Dnrio.
Robert Perkins, and G.. Al. Baillio of
Washington.
+
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26

! The Democratic Executive Com.
mittee Of the City of 0pelousas set a
precedent last Saturday by recount.
ing the votes cast for the Democra.
tic nomination for Mayor Of Opel
ousas.
The committee recounted the vote
of every ward in the city, perhaps
the first time in the history Of the
party in this State where this was
done with the exception Of the famous
Nichols McEnery contest.
On the face of the returns Mr..
Michel Halphen had been nominated
by four votes. DR.. B. A. Littell, his
opponent, contested the nomination
on the ground that in the second,
third and fourth wards spoiled bal
lots had been eliminated, while in the
first, ballots Of. the same character
had been counted. DR.. Littell claim
ed that if the votes were recounted
1T would be found that he had re-
ceived a majority, after the illegal
ballots in the first ward had been
thrown out.
Able counsel represented bot h
sides. Messrs. Lewis & Lewis and Il.
B. Dubuisson appeared for DR.. Lit
tell, and Mr.. Gilbert L. Dupre for
Mr.. Halphen.
Counsel for the contestant con-
tended strongly that ballots which
were in any way marked otherwise
than provided BY the primary cleo
tion law of the State that is, ballots
that were marked otherwise than by
a cross or obliteration Of the square
opposite the name Of the candidate,
was spoiled ballot, and not to be
counted.
Counsel for Mr.. Halphen argued
that a ballot should be counted If the
intention Of the voter was clearly in
Both sides cited numerous author
tiles, but the committee BY a unani-
nous vote, decided that the primary
g e cti on law of the State
was clear on the subject, and
was the only law to be considered BY
it. The law is specific to the effect
that ballot in any way marked ex-
cept by obliteration or crossing the
square to the right opposite the
name Of a candidate is an illegal bal
lot. The committee also decided
that the law gave It the right to re-
count the vote, and the allegations Of
The contestant that one character of i
votes were thrown out in three pre-
cincts and counted in one created a
manifest injustice, decided to recount
The votes in all four precincts
There was considerable interest
taken in the matter, and the recount
was attended by a packed courthouse.
rhe parties interested, together with
The candidates, and watches appoint
ID BY them, were present.
The recount, instead of changing
he result, showed that Mr.. Halphen
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
Important Suit ON Trial.

Crowley, La, Feb. "a. "A special
session Of the District Court opened
here yesterday morning, with Judge
William Campbell presiding, for the
purpose Of taking up and trying the
case Of ". 3. Lawson ct al rs. the
| 0pelousas, Gulf and Northeastern
Railroad Company. Soon after suit
was brought by w. &. Lawson cit al.
to set aside the tax on the ground
that it was not carried by majority
Lin amount and number Of those en-
titled to vote, and that the contract
with the railroad company was that
the road was to run on line from
Church Point to Crowley, crossing the
Louisiana Western Railway tracks at.
Crowley, thence to some trunk line
parallel to the Mississippi river into
New Orleans. It is alleged the COM
pany DETECTED and ran the road from
Church Point to Rayne, crossing the
Louisiana Western Railway tracks at
Rayne Another ground is that the
Opelousas, Gulf and Northeastern
Railroad was TO be continued from
Crowley to the Gulf coast, it is said.
The suit is brought to withhold the
payment of the tax because the road
vas not built as It was alleged it
would be.
A great deal of interest Is being
manifested in regard to this suit, and
i is probable that it will take up
several days.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-26
BIG RACES TO BE HELD
IN OPELOUSAS
in MAY.
One Thousand Dollar Purse, In
Which Daniel ] L. Walter Dill
Ion and Queen Walnut
viii Take Part.

Mr.. g. X. Wallior has lust return
ed from New Orleans, whittier he
went to tie a race that will prove 4
most interesting one.
The purse will be $1,000, and the
contestants will be Daniel j., owned
by Wallior & Patout, Walter Dillon,
owned by Remi Wallior, and Queen
Walnut, owned BY Maestro Bros, the
latter the big furniture dealers In
New Orleans.
The race will take place sometime
in the early part Of May, on the
Wallior track, in 0pelousas. Five
heats will be run. the horse winning
three heats getting the money.
There will be other races on
that day, and excursions will run
into 0pelousas.