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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
Potatoes and Their Ways.

1t was with the greatest indignation,
writes a correspondent, that the lady
who rules in the household read the
announcement that, according to Prof
Sem, there are only four English
ways of cooking potatoes. Why" she
cried, "if he had every day to satisfy
such confirmed grumbler as I have"
-"grumbler'' was her caluminous word
he'd soon know that four ways
would never suffice / don't know how
many ways you don't have them -
Then she enumerated them-boiled In
their jackets and out of them, steamed
in their jackets and out of them,
baked baked under the meat, stew
ed lin Irish stew, plain mashed
brown mashed, saute the objection
that this was French was swept away,
fried. dubbed, and squeaked, and pota.
to rissoletes The suggestion that this
last also was French was dismissed
with "Nonsense-they call them pota-
to balls in my country" Finally, she
declared that there were several other
ways-if she could but remember
them.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
2zE cIy a. ASNSI

of ST. Francis. But it is on the 9Th
that the country people pour into the
city to attend the great annual Cat
tie Fair Many of them come from
afar and start overnight, snatching
an hour of rest and sleep by the road
side. Nearly all the houses at Assist
have balconies overlooking the plain,
and it is thrilling to stand at an open
window long before dawn and to lis
ten for the distant murmur that tells
of an approaching multitude. as yet
invisible in the morning mists. By
degrees, as the light strengthens, one
can make out the long white ribbon
like roads that cross the level plain
and mount the hill from various di-
rections. Strings of figures are NOV
ing along these roads, all with one OBJ
iective-the field outside the walls,
where from time immemorial the fair
has been held. The men and women
are mostly on foot or on mule-back;
but there are also carts with creaking
wheels drawn by oxen, which contain
whole families of fifteen or twenty
souls Smaller carts are harnessed
to donkeys and little hand-carts are
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
Reno Divorce Colony Is Threatened

fashionable people of the east come
| out here because they like the climate.
scenery or residents. They come be-
cause it offers the shortest route by
half of any that leads from matrt-
mony
In any other state years resi-
dence is required and Reno Is pre-
ferred by those in a hurry to liy-
ing a year under more congenial sur.
roundings.
1t is expected that an effort will be
made to effect a compromise with
those who insist upon this action as
retaliation for driving the gambling
houses out of the state.
Southern counties are clamoring for
the raising of the gambling lid and say
they cannot get along without the
gambling houses to attract men to
town. Reno and Carson City, where
the divorce business is liveliest, are
determined there shall be no tinker
ing with the divorce laws The hotel
men, livery men and lawyers are pan
ic-stricken at the prospect Of losing
business from the colony of women
and men who have nothing to do dur
ing the six months they are here but
spend money
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
Doctors Want a National Leprosaria

treatment In New York and vicinity.
Many of these patients, it is said,
make occasional visits to the shopping
district, to banks, or to hospitals, rid
ing openly in trains. street cars and
ferry boats.
Six physicians from different parts
of the United States and the American
colonial possessions discussed leprosy
at the meeting, and all agreed that in
New York city there is no likelihood
of infection. They declare in favor of
national leprosaria, with stations in
Florida and San Francisco, urging in
favor Of such an institution that it
was impracticable for the states to
take action on account of the small
number of cases in each state and it
was unfair from a national standpoint
to allow one State to drive its lepers
across the border into other states.
There are now on record, 1t was as
serted, 27S cases in the United States,
176 of them being men and 102
women. Five seaboard states contain
almost all of the recorded cases, New
York, South Carolina, Florida, Cali
fornia and Massachusetts leading in
the order named.
Dr. Charles w. Duva1 of Tulane
university, New Orleans, described his
experiments in segregating the bacilli
Of the disease and his final success in
propagating the germs outside of the
human body
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
Mules Run Away With Blazing Cotton

negroes, was captured, the others es-
Gaping
News of the arrest was telephoned
to the sheriff, who got out of bed and
started for the scene. The two fugi-
tives had returned with a wagon and
were loading in the cotton when thew
we're surprised and arrested by the
sheriff. The other officers came I'D
and the three captives were hand.
cuffed and put into their wagons. On
the way to town one of the negroes
stepped on his gun, concealed at the
bottom of the wagon. and it exploded
the bullet narrowly missing one Of
the mules ahead. and the mules ran
away.
By the time they were stopped the
bale of cotton was on fire, and a
strong wind was blowing, with nc
water near. 1t was decided to make
a fast drive to town, and call out the
fire department. The faster the mules
ran the higher burned the BLAZING
cotton, scorching one of the negroes.
The wagon next caught fire. The fire
department put out the flames, but the
cotton was destroyed and the wagon
ruined. -...=
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28

n UTHRIE, OKLA.-With lint cot
u ton selling at SIS bale, thefts Of
cotton are frequent In Oklahoma. A
bale is rolled from a car into the
weeds, or taken from farmers barn
into his field, and at night the thieves
return with a wagon and team and
haul the cotton to nearby town,
where it finds ready sale.
Two bales of cotton were found in
a ravine at the roadside near Guthrie
The fact was reported to the sheriff,
who placed night guards to arrest the
persons that came for the cotton.
Shortly after midnight three men
approached bale and began rolling
it dowl the highway. When the
thieves were commanded to halt. un
der arrest, they fed and the officers
opened fire. One of the thieves. all
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28

outsider usually acting as go-between.
When the price IS agreed upon, he
SEXES hand of each of the contract
ing parties and, clasping them to-
gether. shakes them violently up and
down.
By midday the fair Is over and the
peasants start homewards, driving the
cattle before them. The sheep and
pigs have mostly been sold to butch
ers from the neighboring towns, and
are treated with little consideration,
being expedited on their way with
many cruel blows and kicks. A pig
that is thoroughly refractory is seized
by the tail and one ear, stuffed into
a sack and slung over mans back,
head downwards, as giving less trou-
BILE in that position. Turkeys and
ducks, painting for water, are packed
into hampers SO small that one won
ders how many of them will survive
the journey.
On the way through the town
good deal of the money taken at the
fair is laid out at the booths.
Carts that have come filed with
calves and pigs return laden with
terra-cotta pots for oil and wicker
covered bottles for wine 1t is the
chief holiday and merrymaking of
the year to many of these simple
minded, hardworking peasants; but SO
unwilling are they to lose an I'M
necessary hour that the moment the
business is done they turn their backs
upon the delights of the city.
F. r. MAxWELL-LYTE
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28

AT EW YORK.-Nine lepers, inmates
~ of institutions in the vicinity of
this city, were exhibited the other
night for public examination at a gath
ering Of physicians in the Academy of
Medicine One of the patients, China
man. was from Paterson, N. j.; two
were from Brooklyn, two from the
city hospital. three from the skin and
cancer hospital. The purpose of ex.
hibiting the lepers is stated to be the
beginning Of an effort ito educate the
public away from the hysterical atti-
ture it has heretofore shown when
ever the presence of a leper becomes
a matter of general knowledge"
1t was declared that the attitude of
the people in general toward lepers
has not in the least advanced since
the middle ages, and that, as re-
suit, many lepers, in fear and terror,
conceal the fact that they aer suffer
ing from the disease instead of ap-
plying for and receiving humane and
intelligent treatment. There are at
present IS cases of leprosy under
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28

d EMO, NEV.-One of Nevada's chief
N industries-the granting of d.
vorce while you waits in danger of
destruction because the gamblers of
the state have been put out of bust.
ness. The legislature will be asked
ito repeal the law that makes the gam
blers go to work, and, if this cannot
be accomplished, a bill will be intro
duced amending the present divorce
law and making 1t as hard to get a
divorce here as it is in other states
Under the present law six months
residence Is all that is required. and
the divorce colony, all of them good
spenders and unemployed while here
waiting for the time to tell the court
about matrimonial troubles. are a fine
source of income.
Not even the most enthusiastic Ne
vadan believes that these well-to-do.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28

THlCAGO.-When the gentleman
~ from the rural districts arrives in
the city and gazes in amazement at
the high buildings and looks with awe
into the subway he is Immediately set
down as a RUDE with hayseed in his
hair and given the merry laugh by
the wise city guy, who will then pro-
ceed down the street and stand for
half an hour on curbstone to watch
an automobilist initiate a punctured
TIRE, or proceed to murder a perfectly
good quarter Of an hour watching a
cook browning the wheats in a res
taurant window
But for absolutely pure and undi-
luted lnquisitiveness you've got to
hand 1t to the city man, for he is right
there with the research stuff. He will
poke fun at his wife for her knowl.
edge on the subject O, the neighbours
dolngs, but he can show more genuine
interest in absolutely nothing that you
can imagine, and nothing out of the
ordinary run of things In city streets
is too small to claim his attention.
He will let his dinner get cold any
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28

! of bells that heralds the approach OF
day. The whole hillside awakens into
| life, and in the freshening breeze the
white, the vines and poplars are gold
| en-. Under the dark archways and
up the steep paved streets climb the
| carts with their heavy loads, and
| there is much shouting and shutting
as the oxen and mules struggle and
foothold. They must hurry on, for
| the fair opens at six, and already the
peddlers have set up their booths In
the open spaces in front of the
churches and in the Piazza.
Passing out of the road by the Spell
10 Gate. the animated scene on the
field below comes into view, and,
looking over the seething mass of
| people and animals, one is strongly
struck by the bright effect Of color
ing mass of hundreds of milk white
oxen waiting patiently to be sold,
their heads gay with scarlet fillets and
tassels, the women in blue skirts.
white linen shirts and gay handker-
chiefs, the children In crimson or
scarlet petticoats with white sleeves
and headgear and large green and red
umbrellas, all help to make veritable
feast of color.
Besides the huge horned oxen SO
priced for farm work, there are milk
white cows, and calves with large,
pathetic eyes, whole flocks of noun
tain sheep, under the care of an old,
gray-bearded herdsman in goat-skin
coat and buskins, leaning patriarchal-
ly on long staff. There are black
and white goats tethered to stakes
and necessarily butting one another,
while shy little girls try in vain to
keep refractory pigs in order Hard
bargains are driven on "scudi," an
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28

Monte Subasio, has an indie
Sc .pable charm for all who bend
thelr steps thither to visit the famous
Shrine of st. Francis. The white
towers and domes rise out of a sea
OF dusky olives, it is encircled with
massive old walls crowned with a ru-
med castle, and entered only through
its battlemented medieval gateways.
1t is guarded on the side that drops
abruptly towards the plain by the for
tlthed monastery, whose mighty but
tresses and long lines of arcades
form so picturesque a feature in the
landscape.
The beautiful churches. converts
and palaces of Assist are all built of
fine creamy stone, quarried hard by:
a stone that Is veined with rose and
gold, and seems to hold the sunlight.
The dwelling houses in the main
street, with their solid masonry,
pointed arches and narrow windows,
date mostly from time when Assist
was liable to attacks from her war
like neighbors, Perugia and Foligno.
and when fire and sword ravaged her
fair beauty. st. Francis must have
trodden this street seven centuries
ago; but 1t is in the olive woods
round the Convent of San Damiano
and on the stony track leading to the
Hermitage of the Carceri that his
memory is all-abiding.
At the beginning of October each
year Assist wakes into unwonted ac-
tivity for the Feast of St. Francis.
The religious festival of the Saint is
held on the 4th, when the townsfolk
and clerics from the neighborhood
and visitors from Perugia throng the
services in the frescoed Lower Church
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
Goes HiQher Up.

Henrietta, aged six. is fond OF ham.
which has been decreed not good for
her. The maternal mandate that she
must not eat it, even though he for
hidden dainty was offered. proved try
ing. Henrietta made it a subject OF
prayer. Dear God" she was over
heard pleading. keep my papa from
putting ham on my plate until can
eat 1t. / can 'sist the temptation when
the ham isn't there, but when 1t Is. my
soul seems very weak.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
Diamond In a Ciaar.

Citizens of Hubbard stopping at a
local hotel here and attending district
court tell strange story of suddenly
acquired wealth. VIII Kyle few days
ago bought a cigar from a dealer at
that place. The cigar giving poor sery-
ice on account of some impeachment in
the drapping, an examination was
made with a penknife and a diamond
was found The sparkler is valued at
1925. - Hillsboro Correspondence
Houston Post
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28

filed with every variety OF live stock
for sale. The carts enter by one of
the great gates and traverse the town.
and pass out of another gate close to
the market-field. but the pedestrians
and the long string of white cattle
take short cuts through the olive
yards
There IS hum of voices on the air.
the shutting tramp of the oxen. the
tnkling of bells, the soft padding Of
hare feet; but when the sun has sent
one shaft Of light over the hillside all
other sounds are lost in the wild clang
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
Not just Off the Shelf


Little Marget has the childist trait
of curiosity, especially in regard to
the age of her elders.
How old do you think / am, dear?"
counter-questioned the spinster aunt
to whom the child had put the imper-
tinent query. The little girl consid-
cred earnestly before replying:
We'll, I don't know, Auntie Alice,
hut you don't look newt"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
The Modest Model.

The late Julia Ward Howe, though
woman Of very good appearance.
was extremely modest.
"She once posed for me-" said
Boston painter the other day. But
she hesitated long time before con-
senting. To urge her on | said:
Don't be afraid I'll do you Jus
tice, madam
"Ah, she answered, it isn't Justice
I ask for at your hands; it's mercy"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28

Some fat men are meaner than 9TH
er men simply because there is more
Of them
Mary a nan who thinks he Is in
love lives to discover that second
thoughts are best
Some men are born great. some &C
quire greatness, and others have great
ness thrust uIon them, but it doesn't
seem to take any of them long to get
rid of it.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28

Some seIf-ExpIanatory Letters.
Battle Creek. Mich, Jan. 7, II.
DR.. e. H. Pratt,
Suite 1902, 100 State ST.,
Chicago, Illinois.
NV Dear D0cfor-
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
S4RT ar TIE cAIZZ ~I0

|" L ancient city of Assist, on its
1eaceful hillside, midway be-
n tWeen the fertile Umbrian plain
and the barren heights of
The Washington herald., 1911-01-13
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
District Of Columbia, Washington d. c. Jan.
l.. 19ll.-Ordered: That the Plumbing Regulations
Of the District Of Columbia hereby amended by
adding thereto after Section l2ib a new Section To
be known Section l2ic. follows. to take effect
on and after February l. 1911: GARAGE DRAIN
AGE SECTION rac Every garage or ether sruc-
shall be provided with proper for draining the
hocrs and reair pits. in such manner that drain
age therefrom shall flow over any street. alley or
paved approach. Such floor and pit drains shall be
provided with special connection separate from
other waste soil connections. and shall discharge
into a garage trap which shall be located outside of
the building and connected with the house sewer
between the building walls and the public
This trap shall be arranged to intercept all
as sand. silt and other solids. for the puxpose Of
excluding same from the sewerage system: 1T shall
be water tight Of substantial masonry construction.
50 located to be easily accessible for cleaning and
inspection. shall bc Qfosided with standard Sewer
Department cast iron manhole frame and cover
and shall be of design approved by the Superin-
tendent OF Sewers. having depth Of not less than
two ~ feet below the grade Of the drain pipe, and
net capacity Of six t6) cubic feet where the stor-
t9 automobiles; where the storage capacity exceeds
three t3I automobiles one ~ cubic foot in net ca
pacty shall be added for each additional autnmo-
bile. Such traps shall have the accumulated oils
and other infammable fluids pumped otherwise
removed therefrum at regular intervals. and shall
Be so maintained as to insure the exclusion Of the
same from the sewerage systrm. They shall also be
kept free Of aDd silt and other solids and viii be
subject to the periodic inspection Of the Superin-
tendcnt Of Sewers. CUNO H. RUDOLPH, JOHN
A. JOHNSTON. WILLIAM v. JUDSON. Commis
sionefs, ID. G..
The Washington herald., 1911-01-13
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

Baltimore. Jan. E-FLOUR. Winter ez1n. aE
ass; do. clear. 3soAa.l0; do. straight, 425aa.4o:
do. patent. 4.7oa46; spring clear. 3soa43o; do.
straight. 505a5O; do, patent, 535a5.0; City Mills
best patent, 6.B; do, high-gfade patent SO; do.
high grade straight $40; do. choice family l5o:
do. extra. 3.soa36o; rye -four. medium to choice.
39OaA3; corn meal. 100 lbs. IIal 10; buckwheas
-four. per 100 lbs. :05a2S.
RYE-Stock in elevators. IL $50 bus. shipments
from elevators. 230e bus. No. l rye Western do
nestle. ssaso: No. re domestic. s6as1; bag lots.
as to quality and condition. 7SasO: No. rye-
Western domestic. slasb; No. rye, near b. soasl.
OATSStock in elevators. SIN bus. shipments
from clcvatoss 6.78 bus. No. white 3s1Sa3SsA
standard white, 3sAaaSs: No. white. Ba3sh; No.
white. 5AaB.
WHEAT-StOck in elevators. 5S3.5S bus Ship
n1cnts from elevators. II bus In absencc of re-
ceipts Il Southern wheat, it is difficult to quote
the market accurately. Foreign markets were 10
higher. Sales: ZOO bus. February. LOO; 5000
bus. March. 10lx.
CORN-Stock in elevators. 11s.54s bus Ship
ments from elevators. 2D.E4 bus. Receipts %
Southern corn to-day were exceedingly light, con-
sequently active demand restricted. Cob
com is quotable at 27oa275 per bus. Tfack yel-
low corn for domestic delivery at 5lS Per bus. !;
do, white corn, sly. Sales. spot, 5lX; 5000
bus January. slx; 1000 bus March. s2A 10000
bus. March. 81
The Washington herald., 1911-01-13

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
Of Columbia Jessie p. Mann, complainant va
The unknown heirs. aienees. and devisees Of James
Sommeryille and John Cunningham. deceased. and
the unknown heirs. alienecs. and desisees OF
Thomas Peter, David Peter George Peter and
Margaret Dick deceased. defendants. Equity No
9eN-The object Of this suit is establish Of
ord . complete and perfect title in fee simple in
complainant BY adverse possession to these certain
pieces or parcels Of ground situate in the city Of
Washington. District Of Columbia, known the
east half Of original lot nineteen (f9). and all Of
original lot twenty t20). and all Of original lot
twenty-five tzg, in square sixteen O6). On mo-
ton Of the complainant it h this 29th day Of De
cember. A. d. 1910. for good cause shown, ordered
that the defendants. the unknown heirs. alienees
and devisees Of James Sommerville and John Gun
ningham. deceased. and the unknown heirs. alienees
and devisees Of Thomas Peter, David Peter. GeoFee
Peter. and Margaret Dick. deceased. cause their
appearance to be entered herein before the
inst rule day next after the fortieth day. exciu-
sive Of Sundays and legal holidays. occurring after
the day Of the first publication Of this ORDER other
wise this cause will be proceeded with in case
Of default Provided. copy of this order Be pub
lished in the Washington Law Reporter and The
Washington Herald once . week for three sue
eessivs weeks prior to said return day. By the
Court: JOB BARNARD Justicc. true copy-
Test. (Seal.) J. r. YOUNG. Clerk. By F. z.
CUNNINGHAM. Assistant Clerk.
deo.4ss.l3
The Washington herald., 1911-01-13
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Quotations furnished By w. B. Hibbs 4 Co,
memhen Of the Chicago Board Of Tiade. Hibhsl
Building.
Chicago Jan. 1.-The wheat market opened steady,
to hrm, the high point Of the opening range proving
the high for the day. from which point decline Of
nearly . cent per bushel took place. Outside mar
ketS were generally weaker than own Mime
apuais wired that there q shade better demand
fer wheat to arrive and also reported unusually
large number of country elevators in North Dakota
closed On account Of the shcrt crop in that country
st. Louis wired carly that the edge was OF the de-
mand for caIh wheat. Kansas City. however. quoted
advanced priccs for hard wheat. with excellent
inquiry. Local receipts to-day, D-ears. with esti-
mated for tomcrruw.
Tho corn market opened frSetionally higher and
has ruled within . naxruw nnge Throughout the
session. Bruomhalls Argentine cable stating that
rains in the north had been sufficient and quoting
an advance Of over cents per bushel in the Buenos
AyreS market. proved sustaining factor and caused
some buying Local Sazs. 2si with 15 estimated for
tomorrow.
Oat prices wde . shade easier with continued
ffee offerings b. the nountTy for shipment. The ad.
vance has caused no improvement in demand. Lccal
receipts to-day. ITO cars with l5e estimated fcr 10
morrow.
There veTy res selling Of provisions by stock.
yards traders and also by prominent Milwaukee
packer. This pressure caused provisions to average
somewhat lower and closing At moderate declines an
around. Will. the investment demand on outside or
ders was fairly liberal Cash trade quiet.
uruA
The Washington herald., 1911-01-13
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

\. B.-FnllowinR schedule figures published only
~ information and are not guaranteed.
For Atlanta. Birmingham. Mobile. New OrieaDs.
Asheville. 4 m. and Nl5 p. N. For Chattanoogn
and Memphis. 800 .. m. daily. Dining csrA
ham. New Orleans. 1910 .. m. Dining eafs.
Fos Roanoke. Knoxville. Chattanooga. NaAvfne.
Memphis. $40 .. NJ daily. (Sleeping ca1 open afte1
10 o. nj Dining cafA
For Charlotte Spartanbms. Atlanta. Annistca.
Birmingham. AS p N. daily. Dining cara
For Charlotte. Columbia. Charleston. Afken.
Augusta. Savannah. jacksonville. and FloF36a
points. e0 .. m daily. Dining ofA
L 8. BROWN 0eneFal AgeuR.