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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
INFLUENCE OF THE MOTHER
Well to Remember That She Is Ever
Model of Behavior to the
zs5ss Children.

It is hard for young mother, who
has not yet overcome the hayward
tendencies of her own youthful nature,
to realize the influence she exerts
over her little one. She is constantly
surrounded by critical imitators who
copy her morals and manners. s
AS the mother is, so are her sons
and daughters. If family of children
are blessed with an intelligent moth
er. who is dainty and refined in her
manner, and does not consider it nee
essary to be one woman in the draw
ing room and an entirely different per-
son in her everyday life, but who is
true mother and always a tender,
charming woman, she will invariably
see her habits of speech and perfect
manners repeated in her children.
Great, rough men and noisy, busy
boys will always tone down their
voices and step quietly and try to be
more mannerly when she stops to
give them kind word and a pleasant
smile. For true woman will never
fail to say and do all the kind, pleas
ant things she can that will in any
way help to lift up and cheer those
whose lives are shaded with care and
toll. The mother of today rules the
world Of tomorrow.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15

THERE is determined effort bsine
made in Washington to have old
representative hall in the capitol
cleaned out. This is the room now
known as the Hall of Horrors to those
who have seen the statuary in it, but
which Is aristocratically titled the
Hall of Fame.
This hall is almost circular. It
has tiled floor, many pillars and a
low gallery all across one end. 1t is
also known as the whispering hall"
for the reason that standing on GER
tain blocks of the thing your voice
comes to you from the floor on other
blocks, over your shoulder into your
ear on other blocks, from the winged
victory clock that faces you, and
there are many other blocks which
give forth strange echoes when you
stand upon them. No one has ever
been able to tell why these echoes are
or why other tiles give forth nothing
at all They just do 1t; that is all
there is-aEit. -~-.--.
There are a Tot of statues that are
freaks from way back. There is only
one piece of really good sculpture in
the whole bunch of some 35 or 40, and
that Is Father Marquette, which was
presented by Wisconsin. 1t is an ex-
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15

WHETHER the high price Of food
W Is causing the public to take an
uhcommonly keen interest in domes-
NC problems now, or whether the
cause is something else, the officials
Of the Department of Agriculture do
not undertake to say. The fact re-
mains that there has been a greater
run up to date on the so-called social
science" series of bulletins than on
any other pamphlets the department
has ever produced.
Up to the present there has been a
total of 16,672,0 900 bulletins distribut-
cd Some now out of print have been
applied for so often that 1t is prob
able the estimates for next year Will
include provision for reprinting.
This government Is the only one In
the world that has gone into the bust
ness of printing cook books. 1t was
stated, when the Department OF Agr1-
culture recently issued the book on
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
Uncle Sam Is Loser in c.

~ OF the old forms 40 I'M,
tn, District of Coln y o. obligation by
Ricketts, .'4 4 for redemption NJ
the So took the four certificates m ~
bv as easurer's Office, Endorsed ~ how ~
Tho assign the within certificates ei =. e
radan easurer of the United states 70,
Ricketts," n' oI Eliza A.
u,on - easurer refused redemption
,h pon thls Endorsement. Mrs Rickatts
en asked the first auditor of 49,
easury' as he was known in those
80 20 approve the Endorsement hut
&c refused She appealed to the ~,
nee Oh the then first controller ~ 49,
prevail. ueeiieo ap-
accordingly the treasurer paid Mrs
oichetts S4,012 principal and 1929 in.
terest S''N' LII
III 1894 Julia A. Burnell, formerly
'ulia A. Little, the daughter of Sam
uel y. Little, made claim for the 81.
ozl.z3, alleging that it had been er.
roneously paid to Mrs. Ricketts, who
mad a life interest only. The claim
was disailowed by the treasury. Mrrs
Burnen and her husband then entered
suit for the amount before the court
OF claims. A year ago they obtained
Judgment for the amount, and in the
deficiency act of June rs, 191O> an.
preparation was made to pay this
claim, along with others.
Mrs. Burnell has been fighting for
sixteen years to secure the money
she thought was hers and is Just now
coming into her own, while the gov.
is out over $4,000.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
Hall of Fame Statuary Not Artistic

qulslte piece Of work. The rest of
the statues are practical caricatures
mere is one of Fulton, who is seated
IN chair with piece of machinery
IN MS hand. He lops all over the
chair, his legs are sprawled in all
sorts OF ways, and it is about as woe.
BECOME a piece of marble as can well,
be imagined. There Is a marble of
Webster, whom everybody knows was
not large man, but the statue makes
MN regular giant. There is
statue of John J. ingalls,, the only one
as yet sent by Kansas, and excepting
that 1t is like a line, has neither
breadth nor thickness, which was a
good description of ingalls,. 1t is the
limit for ugliness. There is a statue
OF Frances Willard in a basque and
dress, which bears not the
slightest resemblance to that dainty.
sWeet-faced woman There is a statue
OF Phil Kearny in bronze, which is
very pretty to look at, but has very
little artistic merit, and there is one
OF Shoup, Of Idaho, which looks as
though 1t might have been sandpa.
pered out of piece of marble. And
then there is Washington, a dapper.
little darling with sloping brow, as
fashioned by Houdon.
The Washington newspapers some
lime ago began a crusade to have
.ha laW.~;nlacing st~@utc5 fn' -1ssa.--~-s-s
TALL by the <srates repealed. 1t Is to
De repealed on the ground that the
,all is already damned to overflow
ng. and if any more statuary is pre-
'ented it will be necessary to make |
second and inner row.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15

means complete "tie-up" for suffra-
gettes. There is no doubt that the
fad will meet with strong approval In
this class; for what suffragette does
not yearn for shackles? Here is a
chance for one and all to appear In
the limelight with their feet tightly
Bound at the small cost of just few
cents for good, strong, but short
piece of ribbon. Then the rush will
be over, and that is how the great
blow will fall
The speed of suffragette parades
will be cut down to such a low rate
that all public officials will have am
pie time to make very comfortable
getaway from the rear entrance and
escape to some soda fountain long be-
fore the head of the column has reach
ed the front door.
Taking it all in all, It looks like a
clear case of cut fashion or cut poll
tics, and we depend on the ladies not
to cut fashion every time.
This is an age when we are all
stepping along in the grand march Of
advancement, and the only chance
that the hobble-skirted woman has to
keep up with the procession is that
the band will strike up a glide waltz
instead of a march.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
Average Pay of Ministers

A minister IN London who gets $4,000
year is near the top. In New York
he is near the bottom.
The government shows the average
salaries of ministers in cities having
100000 population and over for the
principal religious bodies to be: Bap-
fist, $1,793; Congregational, $1,93S;
Methodist, $1,672; Presbyterian, ST.
$50. Protestant Episcopal, $1,873; Re-
formed, $1.s3S; Roman Catholic. 1854,
and Jewish rabbis. $1.491. y
1t is estimated that in 1910 the sum
of $100,000,000 is being paid to minis
tiers Of the United States in personal
salaries, and that congregational ex-
penses, missions and extensions in
volve an outlay this year of $780,
100000 more. These OUTLAWS are high
er than ever before.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
THE H0BBLE SKIRTS ORIGIN
This Freak Fashion May Have Been
Started by Horace Greeley's
Old Umbrella.

New York.-There is every reason
to believe that the hobble skirt craze
is not an importation from France.
but was started in this country many.
years ago, in an indirect way, by Hor-
ace Greeley
1t all began with Mr.. Greeley's ia:
nous old green umbrella, for anyone
can see by the accompanying illus
tration what striking similarity
there is between it and the fashion
able hobble skirted woman of today.
Here in America there is very lit
tie said against the fad, except that
the men of New York have risen as
a body, demanding that no hobble
skirts be worn in the vicinity of the
Flatiron building.
How is the hobble skirt going to
affect the great question of the hour
woman suffrage? The movement
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
Washington Lad in Long Tramp Would
Not Abandon His Pet Pup
Paws Were Sore.

Tacoma, Wash.-Without railroad
fare from North Yakima and forced
to walk the entire distance of nearly
200 miles because of a desire to seek
employment upon some lumber
schooner plying out of Tacoma, Wal
ter Anderson, aged nineteen, carried
his bull terrier dog the last twenty
miles of his journey after the animal
had worn its feet until they were
bleeding on the rough, graveled road
bed of the Northern Pacific. Ander-
son appeared at the police station the
other morning and asked to be di-
rected to some shipping company. He
was carrying the dog and had torn up
his handkerchief to bandage its bleed
ing paws.
Anderson said he had been eight
days on the road sleeping out of
DOORS He had a little money, but
was saving it to buy food. His first
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
TO KILL MOSQUITOES
mating pretty picture in the after

mating a pretty picture in the after
non haze
An old Indian guide whD was in the
| party was the first to point out the
dragon flies and tell us that the mos
quttoes hadsbeen afraid of them A lit
Tie after the dragon flies had gone and
back cameEthe mosquitoes. Then aft
Fer little the flies came bach, dozen
OF them this time, stretched cut across
the plain In line of battle Is feet apart
and each one advancing and darting
from sidelto side in quick dashes. Ev-
cry dash meant a mosquito Killed and
eaten, and 1t was no wonder that the
mosquitoes fed.
"A few years ago the question was
seriously taken up at the Museum of
Natural History and at the Smith
sonian Institution in Washington of
whether 1t would not pay to breed
dragon flies, or DEVILS darning nee
dies, as the grandmothers used to call
them. to rid the country of mos
quitoes. The investigations were called
off for some reason and never pur-
sued.
Il know a lady out in Cambridge
who breeds lot of dragon flies in an
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
Government Census Figures Show
That There Are 164,e3o Clergy
men In Country.

New York.-All churchmen have
been interested in the census bulletin
recently issued giving church stats
tics.
There were 164,ssO Christian minis
tiers in the United States, besides 1,0S4
Jewish rabbis, and they increase at
the rate of nearly 1900 year. Their
average salaries are not SO small as
many suppose, for the sum is 1868.
Baptists and Methodists have more
than half the whole number of minis
ters in the country, due to their large
number of small churches, especially
in rural districts.
There are in Manhattan and Brook
lyn several scores of ministers whose
salaries exceed $4,000 year. The
highest salary ever offered minister
to preach in New York, and given out
in public call. was $4,000 year
and a house, offered last year by the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church,
and declined. Several ministers re-
ceive $4,000 year. and there are a
dozen or more who get $4,000. These
salaries are the highest in the world.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
Wants New Small Change Piece.


New York-The coinage of a two
and one-half cent piece by the United
States government is urged in a
statement given out by William H.
Short, a New York banker, who de-
clares that the use of such a coin
would mean saving of $39,000,0OO
yearly to consumers.
THE absence of such coinage" he
says, has resulted In the universal
custom of the sellers taking the half
cent whenever a transaction does not
result in even money. l suppose it
would be a safe estimate to say that
each family loses the half cent ON an
average of ten times a week, resulting
In their paying $3.50 year above the
price of the articles purchased. There
are about 100000 families in the
United States, exclusive of the mer-
chants, and figuring on the basis men,
toned, there are losers yearly from
this cause in the approximate sum of
s3s, 100000.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
HARD TIME PICKING A WIFE
Massachusetts Farmer Advertises for
Help-Mate and Receives Sixty
Offers Of Marriage.

Lenox, Mass.-Frank Armstrong, a
Lee farmer, who recently advertised
for wife, has received sixty offers
of marriage. His second wife died
last March and he has not yet de-
cided upon No. 3.
Il am 81 years old and sound" said
Farmer Armstrong, and want some
one | can call my own. l prefer a
Young woman from New York. The
contest is stii1 open, as reserve the
right to reject any or all bids"
Mr.. Armstrong has one. Of the best
farms in Berkshire county. He has
his wedding suit and the minister en-
gagged for the ceremony as soon as he
can find the person who suits him. He
has received more than fifty photo
graphs of young women.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
Treat Peeuish Zoo Python

python to eat. So three husky keep
ers fearlessly took the creature from
its glass cage out into the open. There
the reptile wigg!ed for half hour
while the three keepers tried to
straighten it out SO that it could be
stuffed. And thaN.sAaa@tn~ha la.AaA..s-
" careful, fof II the python should
-oo1r usen around the body of one of
them 1t could with great ease crush
him to death. After hard struggle
the big snake was forced to swallow
two roosters which had been pur-
chased in a Bronx butcher shop for
the banquet.
In captivity the regal python is
vicious and resents any familiarity on
the part Of the keeper. While con-
fined it prefers to feed on poultry and.
can engulf without difficulty, as it did
a few days ago, two eight-pound
ROSTERS in full feather Two such
fowls usually constitute square meal,
but very hungry snake of this spe-
cies will consume four chickens of
this size and be ready for more with
in ten days time,
During the first few months of
confinement very large specimens OF
this variety of snake appear to sui
fer from the restraints of captivity,
and refuse food Whenever a large
serpent is thus languishing and ap-
preaching suicidal end, it is neces-
sary to feed it by force and thus coun-
teract its sluggish appetite General
ly young rabbits are killed and tied
together with Irvine; the snake is
then held by the keepers as nearly
straight as possible and by means of
pole the meal is forced down its
throat a distance of about six feet.
Food thus administered usually
changes the snakes demeanor toward
captivity. With such a meal once d.
gested, there comes an appetite for
food, which usually can be detected
by the snakes actions, although for a
time the reptile may lack sufficient
to feed voluntarily. Atten-
ton on the part of the keeper usually
renders repetition of compulsory
feeding unnecessary, although occa-
sional specimens are very stubborn, as
IN the case of Czarina at the park.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
DAME NATURE HINTS
When the Food Is Not Suited.

When Nature gives her signal that
something is wrong it is generally
with the food. The old Dame is al
ways faithful and one should act at
once.
To put off the change is to risk that
which may be irreparable. An Arizona
man says:
For years I could not safely eat any
breakfast. l tried various kinds of
breakfast food, but they were all soft,
starchy messes which gave me dis
tressing headaches. I drank strong
coffee, too, which appeared to benefit
me at the time, but added to the head
aches afterwards. Toast and coffee
we're no better, for / found the toast
very constituting.
"a friend persuaded me to quit the
old coffee and the starchy breakfast
foods, and use Postum and Grape Nuts
instead. 1 shall never regret taking
his advice. / began using them three
months ago.
1.-THE change they have worked in
me is wonderful.> l now have no more
of the distressing sensations in my
stomach after eating, and l never have
headaches. I have gained IL pounds
In weight and feel better in every way.
"Grape-Nuts make a delicious as
well as a nutritious dish, and I find
that Postum is easily. digested and
never produces dyspepsia symptoms"
There's q Reason"
Get the little book, 1.-THE Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above 1etter9 A new
one appears from time to time. They
nre genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
PLANTS 27 KINDS OF WHEAT
Oregon Farmer Raises Many Varieties
on His Farm-Seeds From All
Over the World.

Cottage Grove, Ore.-Felix Currin, a
farmer residing four miles east of
Cottage Grove, has on exhibition here
27 varieties of wheat grown on his
farm, planted as an experiment, from
seeds secured from different parts of
the world, each variety being planted
in single row 100 yards long.
Among the different kinds is the
original wild wheat from the old
world. One variety, the Mediter-
ranean, has been grown on his farm
continuously in one field since 1853,
and this years yield will be heavy.
Among his other experiments, Mr..
Currin has $50 varieties of squashes
and pumpkins
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
Czarina, Star Monster of Her Kind,
Forced to Devour Two Eight.
Pound BOOSTERS.

New York-The regal or reticula-
ted python Czarina, measuring "a
.Issl = Length. Weighing zoe pounds
ana possrrstnu ns-.---r~44orn az
richness that rivals oriental tapestry,
had to be fed on two eight-pound
ROSTERS, feathers and all. at the
Bronx park ZOO few days ago, and
now it is satisfied and preoccupied
with digestion.
CZarina, the star monster of her
kind. has been very peevish of late.
The keepers In the reptile house
notified Curator Raymond L. Ditmars
that the big snake had refused food,
and it was then decided to force the
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
Heaviest Girl Saby Born,

Franklin, PA girl baby weighing
Is pounds and IA ounces was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael McGinty. The
weight was taken on accurate scales
by DR.. H. P. Hammond, a leading ply
stefan of Franklin, who says he be-
lieyes this a record for girls in any
civilized country
The medical records tell of few
bows weighing. Is pounds, but no
girls weighing within three or four
hounds of that figure at birth.
This is the tenth child in the Nc
Ginty family, the others being boys.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
A sriaht Student.

During recent examination in the
theology of the Old Testament the
following question was asked a young
clergyman: What language did Bal.
aam's ass. speak?" After a moment
of thought, a smile flashed across his
face, and he wrote his answer. /
looked at the paper. He had written:
"Assyrian "-sLippincott's.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15

before presented her claims for the dis
tinction conferred upon her, but,
with her winsome, roguish Devon
beauty, she quickly secured an over
whelminR vote
Miss Whitaker, the former beauty
queen of England. who, of course, also
loses that title since Miss Darlings
victory, was given second honors.
Third honors in the International con-
test went to, Mile simone de Beryl
of Paris.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
WINS AT THE BEAUTY SHOW
Miss Kitty Darling Of Plymouth, Eng
land, Defeats Former Queen In
Prize Competition.

-Fo1Kesscn..aEne Here u the IL
ternational beauty queen OF Europe.
She has been voted that honor at the
international beauty competition at
Folkstone. Moreover. she defeated
Miss Mamie Whitaker of London,
the beauty queen of England, in the
prize competition.
The international beauty queen Is
Miss Kitty Darling of Devonshire, Eng
land, and she is just II. She had never
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15

my name in your testimonials. Mrs.
Fl. w. MITCHELL, Box 8, Sabattus, Me.
Another Woman Helped.
Graniteville, VII was passing
through the Change of Life and suffered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound restored yhealth and
strength, and proved worth mountains
of gold to me. For the sake of other
suffering women I am willing yo1
should publish my letter." - Mrs.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RID, Granite
vile, Vt.
Women who are passing through
this critical period or who are suffer-
ing from any of those distressing ills
peculiar to their sex should not lose
sight of the fact that for thirty years
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which is made from roots and
herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills. In almost every COM
munity you will find women who
have been restored to health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
insect Is Deadly Foe of Singing
Pest.
Experiments Made to Determine
Whether 1t Would Not Be Good
Investment to Breed DRAGON
Files.

New Experiments are being
made at Bronx park to determine
whether it would not be a good in
Vestment for the government to breed
dragon flies to destroy mosquitoes. /"
said William Conroy, an employee OF
the geological department of Harvard
after spending his vacation in and
ABOUT New York and Jersey City ta-
King notes on the mosquito.
Not everyone knows" he said.
mat the dragon fly is the worst nat
ural enemy that the mosquito has.
both OF them are born in the water
and both wiggle around in the mud
and ooze till the time comes for them
TO emerge. Then they come out on
tne STOCK of lilypad, dry off in the
not sun and split their skin down the
PACK and emerge from it with wings.
The dragon fly has a wonderful
rover Jaw that shoots out like an arm
and can grab almost anything that
comes its way. but what It likes bet
ter than anything else is MOSQUITO
Few years ago l was out on the
plains of Wyoming at a rather high
altitude and near some wet land
where mosquitoes simply seemed to
eat us alive. Late In the afternoon
sun sank and made lifeaa tormeiir
was with troop Of United States sol
iiers, and we had camped for the
night and had built fire to smoke
he mosquitoes away, but it did little
good. While we sat there shaping
1t the pests, there came a sudden dis
oersing of them. In seconds time
almost there wasn't one of them In
tight. We all noticed it. Then, dart
ng from side to side and flying around
he camp, came the dragon flies, six
'r eight of them, with their big shin
ng bodies and tremulous gauze wings
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15

aquarium on her back porch every
summer just to keep the mosquitoes
away. After breeding they hang
around the porch all summer close to
the water where they were Matched,
and she never has to use screens.
While l sat there on the porch under
the honeysuckle one evening I count
ed Is dragon flies on the wall or
vines-but never a mosquito
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
Boy Carries Dog 20 Miles

step on entering Tacoma was to buy
meat for the dog at butcher shop.
You see, the little fellow isn't used
to the road and it was rather tough
on him. so | carried him. said Ander-
son. You know he is only dog and
doesn't understand why we should be
on this long hike. but he stuck to
me nobly."
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
Indications.

Il might know this conservatory be.
longed to baseball enthusiast
"Why?"
Because it has SO many pitcher
plants"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-15
Easv to SPOT the Devil.

GoSy ~ 0P0k <FtS 1SVH'
No man means evil but the devil
md we shall know him by his horns
hakespeare. .......