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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-06-04
The Vitality Of Seeds. -


While many seeds possess ex.
traordinary vitality, stories Of the
length Of time certain Of them have
preserved that vitality must III maly
cases be doubted. The tale of mum
my wheat" sprouting after having
lain dormant in Egyptian tombs for
thousands Of years is an improbable
one. No well-authenticated instances
ofasuch finds are extane, ~
The length of time seeds viii pre-
serve their vitality differs astonish-
ingly In different plants. The seeds
Of the willow, for instance, will not
germinate after having been once
dry, and their terminating power is
lost in two weeks even IL during that
Interval they have been kept fresh.
The seeds of coffee do not germinate
after having been kept for any con-
siderable length of time. Grains Of
wheat lose their power and strength
after a lapse Of seven years, though
wheat two centuries old has been
quite capable Of being used for food.
Plants frequently appear in old
ground that has been trenched and
in places where they have never pre-
viously been seen, and to this may
be added the peculiar fact that when
fires have passed over localities, ap-
parently destroying all in their path,
plants entirely strange to the local
ity have sprung up in the direct limo
of such fires. Officers of the For.
estry Bureau state that when an
American forest has suffered the raw.
ages Of fire the trees that take the
places of the burned ones are often
of different species from those
hitherto seen in that neighborhood.
These undeniable circumstances
have given rise to the theory that
seeds may lie for long periods dor
mant and come to life only when
some strong stimulus is exerted upon
them, quite aside from the heat Of
the sun, the effects Of rain, etc.
Harper's Weekly.
Saved" Indeed. -
John D. Rockefeller, before he
abandoned the interview" said a
New York reporter, "once advised
me strongly against the policy OF
boarding against the policy Of saw
ing money, penny by penny instead
of spending 1t for the good of ones
business.
"such saving, he said, seemed al
most as foolish to him as the con.
duct of Peter Clay.
"Peter Clay was a coachman. His
master found him one winter morn
ing lying on top Of snowdrtft in
the front garden, quite drunk. /
"'Why, Pete, you scoundrel,' tho
master cried, what do you mean by
getting drunk at this time Of day?
Your breakfast has hardly settled.
and you're drunk!'
well, SIR Pete answered, rising
carefully. my excuse is that. sir. on
the way home with demijohn Of
whisky for my wife's rheumatism, I
fell on cake of ice, sir, and the
demijohn busted, and the good liquor
all ran out. 1t lay in little pools and
puddles between the frozen ruts. l
got down and Tapped up all l could.
sir. That's how I got overcome
"'You swinish scoundrel,' said the
master, how much did you drink?'
"tWell, sir, said Pete. I guess
must have saved close onto quart
and pint. '"-Washington Star
the shores, say the navigators. They
are posted low, close to the water
line, and SO do not mislead like the,
Italian pharos perched high above
the sea. They have the best lenses
and are always visible.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-06-04
"Don't Plow up Your Cotton"

Don't plow up your cotton. In
stead, pick the over-wintered weeviis
from the top bud on the young cot
ton. and a good crop, barring accl-
dents, is sure. The man who ploWs
I'D cotton now, with lint worth IS
cents a pound, and the seed worth
$50 ton ought to go out behind
the barn with a pair Of spurs and
work on himself" This is the advice
given by Mason snowden, farm de-
monstrator for the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-06-04
,l6lI''T PLOW UPCQITON !
is M0WDENS ADVICE
'sWindler Of Shreveport Man
Arrested in New York.
M PARISHES FROM CALCASIEB
! h Accidentally Killed, While Out
d aying. Big Celebration Plan
i Ed Er Arriyal. of First Ocean =
Beeamer 1T Baton Bouge.

III W3Y1ngs Dig Scieu @eAon AaH-
nv III k Arrival of First Ocean =
eeanr Y Baton Rouse e..
|:.s ~ - %
.cengressman G. Newton. 62,
f ~ Monroe.
||59 Il ii ii & Beckwith made a successful
If bieht In dirigible balloon. at Mon
n \ fass aze1 sassA@ sssas I
||G feffific g6s pressure was en-
eouptred at Safstown, La, at depth
Of go feet.
The Annual State Health Confer
ence will be held June Fl, % and %
at Baton Rouge.
The Mount Herman, La, bank was
organized with a capital stock of
10000 paid in.
Mrs. Vena Baggett, 36 years, died
At Leesville from pellagra, after an
illness OF two years.
Laurent Madeaux was convicted of
manslaughter at Opelousas for kill
lpg Auguste F. Ruge.
Bishop Sessums delivered the com
mepcement sermon to the graduates
Of the Lecompte School.
Nine districts of Vernon parish
each voted a school tax Of 5 mills,
ranging from five to ten years.
The corner stone for the new brick
building of the High School at Eros
was laid with Masonic ceremonies.
The city council of Franklinton,
petitioned the governor to appoint
D. E. Branch mayor Of that town.
Five thousand PythIans were at
Baton Rouge for the Grand Lodge
session and uniform rank exercises
The charter of the Lake Arthur
Reclamation Company, capitalized at
$4,000 was filed at Lake Charles.
The Natchez Cotton and Merchants
Exchange indorsed New Orleans as
the logical point for the Panama Ex-
position.
Mack Lee was adjudged guilty of
the murder Of James Williams, a
Southern Pacific section foreman at
Marksyille.
The making of Bat n Rouge port
Of entry may necessitate an increase
n. the membership of the Bar Pilots
! Association.
The proposition to remove the do
cesan residence of Bishop Van de
T Ven from Natchitoches to Alexandria
will be referred to Rome.
At conference at New Iberia a
traffic agreement between the Frisco
and the Sugar Belt Transportation
Company was reached.
After dredging the Vermilion, be-
tween Abbeville and Lafayette, the |
dredgeboat Delatour goes to the |
mouth Of the Mississippi River
A special term of court convened |
h Plaquemine to try the damage
suit OF Judge C. X. Schwing VS.. j.
n. Dunlap and John J. Holtgrevc.
A traveller returning to Baton
Rouge from Cuba declared that Es-
panos, the negro journalist who fo-
mented the recent uprising, was spir-
lted away by government agents, and
tnat his fate Is unknown.
A committee of Lake Charles citi-
sens Inspected the courthouse at
Alexandria, to get ideas and plans
lor the erection of new public build
lngs at Lake Charles to replace build
inss destroyed In the fire.
The Southern Pacific Railroad in
connection with the Department Of
Agriculture, will send out the first
demonstration train in the history Of
Louisiana, to educate the farmers in
sne use of modern implements.
Parish Hv{StnriSfc Cnccl1r
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-06-04
Horse Thief Stole from GRANDMOTHER.

Horse Thief Stole from Grandmother'
John Shannon, a negro, was ar
rested near Victoria, charged with
stealing seven horses, some from ms
own relatives and one from his aged
grandmother. He sold them to par
ties in Sabine parish near Many.
Four of the horses have been recov-
cred.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-06-04

The tender Of Frisco locomotive
nulling an eastbound passenger Train
jumped the track at 1rwinvllle' La.'
No one was hurt.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-06-04
oenool Fund Gets Inheritance Tax.

ine second Inheritance AK ever
paid In st. Tammany parish was col
iecteo BY Sheriff T. E. Brewster up
VI the estate of Jacob Salmen, who
was killed in the Little Woods wreck
w the Northeastern Railroad in
4svs. 1t amounted to s2.777.77,
aua was placed on the credit of the
parish school fund.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-06-04
AGED Lady Killed in Accident.

Mrs. Rachel Johnson, a lady s2
wears of age, met with fatal acct
dent at Hammond while out driving.
While crossing a long bridge which
spans the Ponchatoula creek, the
horse became frightened and backed
until the hind wheels were pushed
off the side of the bridge, throwing
her to the ground below. Mrs. John
son suffered a broken collar bone'
two ribs and internal injuries from
which she died four hours later.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-06-04

The fifth annual convention OF the
louisiana Firemen's Association held
's session at Lafayette.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-06-04
Shreveport Man Alleges Swindie.

Shreveport Man Alleges S"1I'11e'
Adolpho Pariana, claiming to be
the son Of wealthy Italian cotton
dealer, and as such, authorized to
draw on his father for 1000 francs
at any time, was arrested III New
York City on the charge of sw1nd-
ling w. Collier Estes, a prominent
cotton factor and exchange man OF
Shreveport out of $500 on worth
less check. Efforts are being made
to bring Pariana back to stand trlal.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-06-04

To Celebrate Arrival of Steamer.
The IF. S. Lucas" the ocean go
ing steamer of the Standard Oil, will
reach Baton Rouge June 13. AT
meeting of the Board of Trade
committee was appointed to arrange
for the celebration in honor of the
event.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-27

Minnesota ought TO attract the at
tention OF people who dislike TO pay
taxes, for announcement -fs made of
the fact that state taxes for the year
1911 will likely be abrogated, some
thing that probably has never occurred
before in any state in the union. Be-
cause of the successful settlement by
the state of the lumber, gross earnings
and Inheritance tax cases and others,
the treasury OF the commonwealth IS
grooming under the burden of sur
plus which has never been duplicated.
On Oct l there will be nearly $4,000
COO in the state treasury and constant
ly augmenting streams of gold will
continue % flow in the direction of the
states Golfers. As a result Minnesota
bids fair to become state unique in
the history of taxation--a state that
may find it not necessary to tax it's
people one cent each year for the
maintenance of the state government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-27
The Argus Daily Short Story
Mr.. Royden-By George L. Byington.
Copyrighted 1870 by Associated Literary Press.

ed for several persons simply on the
ground that they were geniuses, and
one or two of them had made scien-
tifc discoveries that would save the
lives of millions of human beings. She
had not considered that such persons
had no place in society. Consequently
when she took up Mr.. Royden an OPP
position TO his admission sprang up on
the part of certain young women whose
fathers had been wreckers and reor-
ganizers of corporations and whose
mothers in some instances had been
toilers In early life. 1t was these peo-
pie whom the really aristocratic Miss
Van Vechten loved TO antagonize. The
more they turned the cold shoulder on
Royden the more Miss Van Vechten
loaded him with favors. She was lead
er of a small set within the larger set
and gradually withdrew the gentleman
into this inner circle.
Had be been a man OF that promi-
hence especially desirable in the social
world this would have been a mastery
move for no sooner would he have
been admitted to Miss Van Vechten's
coterie than he would have become de-
sirable in a general way. AS it was.
his introduction only tended to make
him a special rather than a universal
member of the whole.
Meanwhile the only person who APP
peared 10 take no interest in Mr.. Roy
den's social admission or rejection was
Mr. Royden himself. He made no ac-
cuaintances at the club where he was
a guest for the simple reason that
the clubs of Gotham are places where
small groups of men who are acquaint
ed already sit at small tables and
chat: others read the papers, while
others. mostly bachelors, use it as
hotel. Nevertheless in certain respects
IL has its being as a whole. Mr.. Roy
den found 1t a convenient place in
which to write his letters and spend
his time when not devoting himself to
Miss Van Vechten. Indeed. having nc
occupation during his stay in New
York and neither being interested ID
fits social conditions nor its social con
ditions being interested in him. he
must spend the time somewhere. and
be found Miss Van Vechten's home
very attractive. The Van Vechtens
were a part of the diamond horse.
shoe" a name given TO that curve of
boxes at the Metropolitan Opera House
leased or owned by New Yovk's wealthy
social magnates.
There's Miss Van Vechten again"
remarked lady In the diamond circle
who in days gone by hac pirouetted
before the footlghts. with that Roy
den in her box. Hes been there every
night this week. I wonder If she Is
going to marry him.
IF she does she'll lose her social
hold. The Van Vechtens haven't
money enough 10 do what they please
In society" said the descendant of a
brewer, who sat beside her.
Where did be come from anyway"
asked the FIRST speaker.
Australia or Canada or New Zea-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-27
AWFUL PAINS
FULLY DESCRIBED
A Lady of PizarrO Tells Story OF
Awful Suffering That Cardui
Finally Relieved.

Pizarro, Va.-'T suffered for several
years." writes Mrs. Donna A. Smith,
with that awful backache and the bear
ing down sensations, so fully described
in your book.
81 tried doctors and other medicines
and found little relief, until was induced
to try Wine of Cardui, when found in
slant relief and today can heartily
recommend Cardui to all suffering women
and think there is no other as good"
In some instances, Cardui gives instant
relief; in others, it may take little time
But in all cases of female trouble Cardui
can be depended on to be of benefit, as
it is specific remedy for women and
acts in curative way on the womanly
organs.
As general tonic for women, to build
up your strength, improve your appe-
tite, bring back rosy cheeks and make
you look and feel young and happy,
nothing you can find will do so much for
you as Cardui.
Your druggist has It.
N. B-Wrtte to: Ladies' Advisory Dept, chatta.
nooga Medicine Co, Chattanooga Tenn. for Specad
Instructions, and 64-page book Home Treatmen,
tnS Women, sent IN nlain wr7nner- "a request
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-27
The Black Mr.. White.

Democrats of st. Clair county had a
convention Saturday and went after
the hide of Charles A. White, the self
confessed bribed legislator of the dis
trict. They officially stripped him OF
the title OF Honorable" and passed
resolutions of bitter antipathy because
he did not even have the manhood to
resign his Office when his admissions
were made. Although no session OF
tie present legislature is expected and
Whites term of service is practically
over, he is nevertheless still "a legal
member of the assembly. The resolu-
ton of the st. Clair democracy con-
Guides with this: THE delegates as
sembled in this convention hereby
condemn in unqualified and unmeas-
ured terms the crime, the rascality,
the dishonesty and the traitorous con-
their confidence in him of the said
Charles A. White, and we hereby de-
mand of him that he resign his office
as a representative in the legislature,
end TO that extent purge the district
of the humiliation and the disgrace
which he has brought upon it. 1t is to
be regretted that the people have not
the power of recall when public Off
Gals prove unfaithful and dishonest.
I'VE reiterate, however, in the name
Of common decency and in the name
of justice to his constituents, that
Charles A. White be requested to
promptly and Immediately resign the
public trust which he nominally and
legally holds"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-27
on. You Proud Moline,

Moline Dispatch: Pm SO glad that
Moline is getting large enough to let
US have an exclusive society,"" quoth
one of Moline's grand DANES not so
very long ago, to coterie of the mem
bers of this exclusive society, likewise
grand danes. And to this paen of
thanksgiving we say amen"
The exclusive fashionable society
makes for that picturesqueness which
is one of the joys of life, not only to
those who furnish it and enjoy the
fun of being picturesque. but to all
those who may be lockers on, though
excluded from that society. Pictur-
esqueness lends piquancy to life, and
the thousands of people who watch
the -Four Hundred attend the circus
in white f1annels and Irish lace, big
dropping hats and all the accessories
of social function, find joy in it and
they furnish as much of a diversion
for the great aggregation OF lesser
Lights, to say nothing of the nobodies,
as do the animals and the acrobats.
What most of the nobodies probably
don't know, is that though these grand
danes long for exclusive society, they
do more good and work harder for the
general improvement and uplift than
tie one lower down. Being the quail
ity,' as heard one young miss put it,
does not exempt social leaders from
work and plenty of it, and their efforts
for city improvement, society improve
nent and the Improvement of the con-
clifton of women and children, are the
efforts that meet with success. There is
no exclusion in the work which they
GO for the community in general, and
ne they wish to have their bridge par
ties confined to the dozen or more,
their dinners to their special set,
what matters it to Tom, Dick and
Harry, who really love their own es-
pecial set quite as we'll, and would be
as apt and as quick to resent intru-
sion into it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-27
Bryan and the Liquor Issue.

The honest differences between Hon.
". ]. Bryan and the democratic party
in the state of Nebraska on the ques-
ton of regulation of the liquor traffic
it is believed will apply to the country
at large. While admiring the cour-
ageous stand for conviction on the
part of mir. Bryan, which has always
been characteristic of his public career,
the democratic party is, as a rule, op-
posed to county option. County option
is not local option, because it does not
bring the question down to the people
directly interested. Township option,
such as Illinois has, is nearer ap-
proach to the correct solution, if it is
to be put up to the people sectionally
to prohibit, than county option, and
yet that is not, strictly speaking, local
option. To correctly apply such a
principle would be to confine 1t to the
closest geographical subdivision, either
by wards or precincts. The same rule
that requires a certain number of
property holders in the immediate vi
cinity of proposed saloon location, to
say by petition whether they favor the
establishment of the dram shop, might
in a measure pertain to the existence
of the saloon within certain statutory
boundaries.
Obviously it would not be fair for the
people of the entire county of Rock Is
land to say whether saloons should be
allowed in the cities of Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-27

a group OF young men were stand
ing in the lobby OF the q club of New
York smoking cigarettes and chatting
The small talk of the men standing
fu the lobby was diverted by the en-,
trance CT young man who. passing
the group, went to the office. called
into the general lounging room to read
them.
"Who is hep asked one.
Don't know" said another.
Hes not member of the club
said a third. Ivan vechten put him
up. His name is Royden"
Hes got some sort of social, pull, n
n fourth put in. Hes thick with the
Traceys. What Mrs Tracey puts her
stamp on goes"
''It doesn't matter to me-" said one
of the party. Horace Skinner, "who
puts a stamp on him. he doesn't so
with me-"
This remark attracted attention.
Skinner was cotiIlion leader to the set
In question and could admit or decline
TO admit one who knocked at the
golden door.
whats the matter with him? was
asked. But Skinner walked away.
leaving his friends to find out for
themselves why he had put the stamp
of his disapproval on Mr.. Royden. All
admitted that Royden had the man
ners of a gentleman. and from what
little was known of his mental endow-
ments they were at least respectable.
But what had such qualifications to
do with social life? People with
brains. wealth. refinement were crowd
ing upon the holy numbers" as a
wag facetiously called them. and here
was a stranger, about whom nothing
was known who bid fair to walk In
and make himself at home.
There is still to be found in the so
cfal swim of New York here and there
some descendants of the leaders of
half century or more ago. These rel
les of the past may be rich or may be
poor. They are there because they have
always been there. Should they" pass
out and again seek admission they
would be obliged to fight their way
like the rest of those seeking entrance
OF this class was Miss Van Vechten,
whose brother had put up" MIR. Roy
den as a guest at the q club. The Van
Vechtens had once owned a farm in
the middle of Manhattan Island. and
of such is the Oldest and best in New
York society. Furthermore. Miss Van
Vechten's ancestors we're prominent in
Revolutionary days. 1t was not TO be
expected that in her associations she
would take her cue from any one. In
deed, frequently when she saw her so
ciai sisters who had sprung from a
composition of rail or oil magnates
with hotel keepers daughters snubbing
some one she was quite likely to pus
upon the snubbed her own aristocratic
seal.
Now. Mrs. Tracey. who introduced
Mr.. Royden. had made mistakes that
bad saDDed her power. She had vouch-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-27
Poverty-The Great National Issue

PoVerty-Ihe Great National Issue.
The Interpreter" in the August
American magazine, strikes the nail
right on the head. The prophetic words
should be blazoned from one end of
this country to the other; they are like
the writing on the wall. The follow
ing is quoted in part from the article
But there is still more impressive
section of this army of independent
voters. The naturally disconnected
viii remain observation-disclosures
y good many voters will be satisfied
with a thorough overhauling and
housecleaning and the exemplary pun
ishment of the worst offenders. The
insurgent republicans will go pack
into the fold when their immediate
demands are satisfied. Old-fashioned
democratic doctrines will recall old
fashioned democrats to their old-fash-
toned allegiance. Bosses will be sac
rihced, - Modifieations of the tariff
income taxes. corporation tax laws,
regulation of railways and other sim
liar measures will work Cancellation.
But when party lines are drawn and
strengthened again, then will be left
S,
many thoughtful, serious, enthusiastic
men who, apparently, have suddenly
become convinced that poverty is the
disgrace of modern civilization. that il
is incompatible with democracy, and
e. at it is durable by political measures.
This feeling is running like fire
through the very influential people
who are interested in voluntary
Charitable work, it has taken hold of a
number of religious sects, and recent
events have shown that it is the NOV
Ing force among the younger clergy
of a highly influential church.
These people are not socialists.
Some of them are ferceIy opposed to
socialism. But they cannot see that
there is anything beneficial to human.
lily In any form of government or any
political party that permits the spread
or want with its attendant disease and
crime and its impairment of the future
Of the human race. When they see
poverty they can't see any other politi.
cal issue 1t makes no difference IN
them who her the tariff is raised or
lowered, whether we have a large navv
CT a small one, whether railway com
panies are supervised by the govern.
ment or left to their own devices.
These are academic questions that can
be decided one way or another with
crt changing the level of civilization.
The social problem is the only prob
lem worth discussing and they are
none the less, jealous in thrusting It
forward and as it were, shaking it in
the faces of DuhIic men hecauce nm
like the socialists, they are not ready
to propose a solution made In Ger.
many or elsewhere"