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MSl- .AlYtflilb

Probably Finger Bowls, 1p0. z
Mr.. Finger is a grocer atzfond
du Lac, Wis, and he hasH two
daughters. Iva and Pointa.
Mary Figg and Thomas lemon
were married recently at Hloom-
ington, Ind. Will Luthers Bur
bank please write?
BUT NOT PRECLUDES.
We quite forgot that frosted cake
Preludes the festive stommick
ache.
Here are three items taken
from one issue of daily paper:
A New York woman killed her
self and baby because she had
walked the streets for three days
without food.
A San Francisco boy stole boots
and got caught purposely SO he
might learn what 1t was to sleep
indoors.
An Indiana woman amounted
that she had 100 dresses for the
season.
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GASOLINE.

A.-Large hats trimmed with
flowers will be very stylish for
young girls this summer. A pretty
dimity. or fine linen, would make
a pretty dress for a girl your age.
Have a large color of embroidery
on it IL you make 1t of the linen.
For a dimity dress. the over shirts
that are SO fashionable would be
very pretty. Have a plain tucked
waist. Make the dress In the high
wasted effect.
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Golfer: Shall 1 come In and
help hunt for the ball?
Caddie: II you would kindly
step in, sir, and drain the pool.
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BRITISH letters
sweetheart into We predict lovee handles will
be popular the bellies
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HAVE YOUR FRIENDS.

HAVE 1oUh FhlENDS.
Dear Miss Grey: I have
been going with a boy for a
month and half. He takes
me any place i want to go,
and seems to love me dearly.
But 1 have a great many boy
friends and 1t makes him mad
IL 1 meet them and stop and
talk a few minutes. i love
him better than the rest, but
he says when he goes with q
girl, he does not have any
thing to do with another. I
think he is right about it,
don't you? BLUE EYES.
Al you think it wrong fol-
him to go with other girls, Their
you should not accept the com
pany of other boys. But / do moi
see why you shouldn't both have
your friends.
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Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake,
Roll 1t and rub
Baby is hungry and
Yelling for grub.
Stuff him with jam till his
Face is all black;
Telephone father to
Bring ipecac.
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Best Things To Eat At the Public Market
: s H I v v E R s :.

8 cans Tomatoes $1,000. 25c
3 boxes Tacoma. Matches 1Oc
Oranges. 8 dee. >. .25c and mp
Z boxes Laundry Starch. csc
Fancy large Dill Pickles. :. 15c
( cans Yeloban Milk -. .25c
Free Delivery.
SHIvvERS
1128 So. D. Main 1870
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BUT NOT PRECLUDEs.
THE ANSWER Is YES.

Dear Editor: Is this Mr.. Roose-
welt who is storming around the
same Mr.. Roosevelt who won the
Nobel peace prize?
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FASHION.

Dear Miss Grey: Will girls
of II wear large hats this
summer? What kind of goods
will inake>a pretty dress for
me? How shall 1 have it
made? Is 1t right for rae to go
to shows with a young man
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CHIDREN's theater, fascinating plays
win be institution In New York
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Smith, Florist. Main497S. eOSC.'
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DIFFERENCE I'm AGE.

Dear Miss Grey: am a girl =
~ years old and in love with
a man 10 years my senior. Ii
we marry do you think we
could be happy? Or do you
think my love for him would
grow cold, and mar our hap
piness? ould you advise mar
riage under the circum-
stances even n we do love
each other? TROUBLED.
: A.-Study the disposition ant
OF both. IL they are con
and IL each Is a person
who strives to do right by eacl
and everyone, the chances are TO
These things coun
more for happiness in marriage
than age. s.5
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:. JEALOUSY VS.. HAPPINESS.
Dear Miss Grey: 1 am i'm
love with young man and
am sure he is in love with
me. He has a jealous dispo-
sition. My father and mother
object to my marrying him.
He is "A and / am II. What
would you advise me to do?
BROKEN HEART.
At is an old idea that jeal-
ousy is sign Of love, but true
love is so trustful that there is no
room for Jealousy. Tell him that
you cannot marry him until he
has conquered this fault. because
of the great chance you would run
of living an unhappy life. 1t would
be a very good plan IL you both
read up on Eugenics. You can
get the books at the library.
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Things Irlperishable

N. birthday testify
the fathfuness God happiness life IN
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
TITLES NOT VALIDATED
Scrip Land Owners to Be Given More
Time to Perfect Title.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Baton Rouge.-It is estimated that
there are over 10000 acres of McEn-
cry scrip land which was not vail
dated by the owners under the terms
of the Toomer act, as the owners of
which will correct their title just as
soon as the act passed by the recent
session of the general assembly be-
comes law.
The Settoon act of the session just
closed extends the time under which
the owners of McEnery scrip can vail
date their titles. Under the Toomer
act the registrar of the state land Of
flee validated about 10000 acres of
land. Over s134,O00 was turned over
to one state, the owners of McEnery
scrip lands having to pay $1.50 an acre
to get their titles validated by the
state The time limit, however, for
making these entries expired, with a
number of people not having taken
advantage of its provisions, some Of
them not knowing that they had Nc
Emery scrip lands, others not knowing
of the provisions Of the Toomer, act.
Il is the purpos6 { Fred 'Csrac ces rag
lister u ste state ofiice, 20 Nidy1,s
advertise the pass ge Of the new ac,
by the general assembly, SO that every
owner of McEnery scrip will take ad
vantage of its provisions and correct
the title to his land.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
MANY ARRESTS MADE
Timber workers Are Being Held iv
Connection With Riots.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Lake Charles. - Following the
special session of the grand jury, II
more arrests were made for murder
in connection with the labor riot at
Grabow. Almost all of the men ar
rested are members of the Brother
hood Of Timber Workers. Some of
the men are said to have taken a
prominent part in the disturbance, but
most of them are charged specifically
with the murder of A. T. Vincent.
None of the men resisted arrest,
though Josh Perkins is said to have
told the deputy that he would never
come to Lake Charles alive. He show
ed some signs of seeking trouble, but
made no real demonstration.
Deputy Sheriff w. A. Martin, of De
Ridder, who was in charge Of the
men, said all OF those he arrested
came along readily.
"In fact" said Mr. Martin, / sent
one of the prisoners to tell two others
| wanted them, and they came back
with him."
There are now 80 men held in the
parish Jail here in connection with
the Grabow riot, several of these are
held for murder, which is not bail.
able.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
| NEWS OF ALL "
| LOUISIANA Il
Texas and &c Lire Now Opeu.

Texas and - &c Lire Now Open.
New OrleaAa-- The Texas and Pa
eific main line is noV9open and all
embargoes are removed except Va the
Port Allen branch, west Of Torres.
The first train to make the trip on the
regular liue was No. 90. and the Colo
RADIO limited. wlir go over the route,
cutting out the long detour necessary
MS result of the flood, on the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley to Baton Rouge,
and from Anchorage 70 Adds.
Judge T. J. Freeman, &c first vice
president of the road. va that the
company had to do a great deal of pile
driving at Hymelia, where the wash
was very heavy from ne cysyasse
waters, and bulwarks oSGblankre rein
forced with sacks we're thrown up to
hold the tracks in place.
The splendid character OF the Texas
and Pacifics tracks was made evident
in the manner in which the rails and
embankments withstood the Ssasshine
of the swift currents from tLgacrev.
asse The tracks were tcry little dam
aged, and had nd The break in the
levee in measure changed the face
of the country, it would not have been
necessary to move the rails back a
short distance. %
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
FOREIGN NEWS.

Several eyeWitnesses who have re-
turned to Pekin from the trial in Seoul
of 1875 alleged conspirators charged
with plotting to kill General Terauchl,
the Japanese governor general OF
Korea, tell startling stories OF the
methods employed by the authorities
in dealing with the prisoners, 100 OF
whom are Christians. They include
five pastors, six elders, eight deacons
and nine 'church leaders. The rest
are mostly students in Christian col
leges.
The Canadian railway steamer EN-
press of Britain, outward bound from
Montreal, Canada, collided with the
collier Helvetia in a dense fog in the
st. Lawrence estuary Saturday. The
collier was sunk, but its crew was
rescued. The Empress of Britain was
badly damaged and turned back for
Quebec.
Reports circulated in Mexico City
that ex-President Porfirio Diaz is serl-
ously i'll are untrue. On the contrary,
General Diaz is in good health.
Rev. DIR. Griffith John, missionary
of the London Missionary Society at
Hankow, China, died Friday in Lon
don.
AS a result of the conference OF
rebel Generals Orozco, Salazar ana
Caravo in Juarez, Mexico, it is claimed
100000 gold has been demanded by
the rebels of the Mexican Northwest
ern road. Unless this sum is paid
it is said the entire road from Juarez
to Casas Grandes will be destroyed.
A Rome dispatch to London says
| that Queen Helena Of Italy. during her
stay at Gressoney, ut the foot o.
Mont Cervin, has adopted the holiday
attire of local peasant women. It Is
! made of the same material, consisting
of a short skirt and bodice without
sleeves over muslin chemisette, a
silk apron completing the toilet. On
cool days a cloak, ornamented with
silver braiding, is added to the cos
tune.
kid" Mccoy, the American boxer,
was arrested Friday in London, En-
gland, on provisional extradition
warrant and brought up at the Bow
street police court on a charge OF
larceny alleged to have been commit
ted at Ostend. He was rernanded
without bail. Mccoy informed the
court he was entirely ignorant Of the
charge against him, but the official re
fused to grant bail until he had heard
the particulars OF the charge, which
have not arrived.
It is announced that the princess oi
Thurn and Taxis, while staying at
hotel at Ostend, Belgium, was robbed
Of Jewels valued at $4,000. The prin
cess OF urn and Taxis, prior to bel
| marriage to Prince Victor at Union
| town, Pa. was the divorced wife OF
General Gerald Fitzgerald.
Seven girls were killed, five were
fatally injured and several otheri
severely hurt in a fire Tuesday in
four-story building in Moore Lane, IL
the heart Of Londen, England. 90
cupied by ceiluloid card manufactur
ers.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
Six Important Tax Reforms.


Baton Rouge-Six important re-
forms in Louisianas taxing system
have been agreed to by the committee
OH the Tax Commission. Every de-
cjsion was unanimous. and bids fair
to stand when brought to the COM
mission as a whole. The changes
are
Geographical arrangements of as
sessments
Exemption from taxation to the
amount of $1,000 on residences occu-
pied solely by the owner.
SegFARstion of sources of State tax
alton xebfn those of local taxation.
of the State boards of
equalization and appraisers and crea-
| ton OF a State board of taxation Of
| three members
A classified and graded inheritance
tax.
Delegation to the Legislature of
powerto classify and tax mineral out
putsO
A tentative agreement also was
reached that with limitations local rule
should be given as to exemptions OF
property from taxation.
The propositions agreed to were
referred to subcommittees charged
with formulating the constitutional
amendments and acts necessary to
make them effective.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
HOME EkERs CONVINCE ID
Reclaimed Land Of louisl1na q "
equaled.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
LOckpOrt. "A party Of fShomeseekerss
mostly from. Nebraska with some
from South Dakota. and forming part
.of an excursion party: Visited sections
sof Lafourche parish. Previous to!
coming to Lockport, however they
had visited Gueydall the new town 0f
Florence, in the White Lake region,
and had almost made up their minds
to purchase some Of the sampany's
reclaimed land, b1t were vet y lsttIe
skeptical as ii 1lnas success Of the
reclamation OF Louisiana's wet prairie
lands. 1t remained for them to be-
come fully convinced that these pro-
jects are not only feasible, but have
been successfully carried out in this
parish, forming the very richest farms
and plantations in the state.
They visited the Smithport planta-
tion, place that was few years ago
part of Lake Fields, with four and
five feet of water standing all over
it. Today it forms plantation Of
some 700 acres of as rich alluvial land
as can be found in the world, and is
producing handsome revenues for its
owners.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03

Discovery of the bubonic bacilh was
made in New Orleans Saturday by
federal, city and health authorities
The bacteria of the dreaded plague
was found in rat caught on the
water front. The discovery was made
after the examination of several hun.
dred rats during the past two weeks
had failed to reveal any trace OF the
disease.
For the first time in Texas, a brood
of ostriches has been hatched in Tex
as. The eleven little fellows are now
at an ostrich farm near San Antonio.
The birds are healthy and give evi-
dences of a rapid growth.
Mrs. F.. H. Seymour of Nashville,
playing in the doubles with Miss Mary
X. Browne of Los Angeles, was de-
feated by Miss May Sutton of Los
Angeles and Miss Carrie B. Neely OF
Chicago in the final match OF the
Western tennis championship contests
Saturday at the OnWentsia club at
Lake Forest, III.
With a crash heard mile away a
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
train struck an automobile containing
nine people Sunday at Alexis, about
twelve miles from Toledo, Ohio, kill
ing six of them.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
The Tax Revision Commission

Baton Rouge.-Western and South
western Louisiana have fsYad well in
the distribution Of importarx commit
tee assignments for the Louisiana tax
revision commission. Leon Ee4ke of
Lake Charles yeas made chairman of
the committee on political subdivis-
ions, to which some OF the most i'm
portant matters of the convention will
be referred. Leon E@Smith ogShreve-
port was given theSchairmanship OF
the committee on assessments, exemp.
tions and exceptions, another imGpEi
tant body. Leon Locke was madeB
member Of statistics and budget, and
Robert B. Butler Of Houma was ap'
pointed chairman of the committee on
new miscellaneous sources of taxation
L. f. Thomas of Shreveport is chair
man Of the committee onseparation Q!
sources of revenue. C a
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
Charters Granted i-ouls,snians:,

Lake Charles. - The lntercoastal
Land Company, capital 100000. domi'
cile Lake Charles, has been incor.
porated, with James Gardiner. presi
dent; S. M. Eyons, vice presidenXA
r.. Landry, secretary, and c. o. N~sse
treasurer, and these, with J. G. Gray
as the board of directors. Besides
handling real estate, the company is
empowered to sink Oil wells and deal
in oil generally.
The Swift Land Company, capital
100000, with Lake Charles as its
domicile, was incorporated. The com
pany is authorized to do all varieties
of land and lumber business. d. r
Swift is president; H. w. LAM. vice
president, and T. G. Trotti, secretary
treasurer. These three also constitute
the board Of directors.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
Enuin.ers Maklna Survey.

Baton Rouge.-The arrival of the
United States engineers to make a
survey Of the Mississippi river at this
point for the purpose of giving the
war department data on the feasi-
bility of bridging the river here, is a
source of great interest. Col. Lansing
H. Beach, of New Orleans, will make
the survey. While for the past seven
years there has been a discussion of
bridging the Mississippi river at this
point, the matter took definite shape
when the Baton Rouge Bridge and
Terminal Company was formed, with
local backing, headed by Hugh Cham.
berlain and New York capital
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
iDerailed Train Missed Dynamite

Garden City.--When the Southern
Pacific's Sunset Limited struck an
open switch Thursday and derailed the
engine and five coaches, the locomo-
tive came within fifty feet of tearing
through the depot. in which was stored
5000 pounds of dynamite for use by
the Albert Hanson Lumber Company
in logging operations. Mrs. J. C.
Bradley OF Los Angeles and Mrs. A
nj. Brain of Washington, d. c., were
injured about their backs, while Dr.
]. NJ White of Gueydan, La, was
hurt about the shoulder and William
Dantin, engineer of the train, sustain,
ed sprained leg when he jumped.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
. French Market Must Go.

New Orleans.--Th iGench market,
where generations Of k~nsewives have
bargained and bought meatsSsHd vege-
tables, will soon have passSd. The
sanitarians have won in their fight
for conditions thaL~w insure purer
food, and the market, part OF which
has stood since its first establishment
in 1891, is to be repl2sSd by re-
modelled structure, with~ white stalls
and modem screening instead OF the
open-to-the-fly booths a century old.
The renovation of the market was
commenced Saturday.@
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
New Parish Police Jury.

Lake Charles.-The new police jury
of Allen parish have organized al
Oberlin by electing John Chaumont
Oberlin, president; B. Thigpen, Oak
dale, president pro temore; Claude
Hamilton, Oakdale, clerk; Camille LIE
blanc, Reeves, member of supervisors
of eS&Aion. G. NJ. King, Jr., Of Kinder
wasGESIected treasurer, and W. A
Steidley, editor of the Kinder Gazette
parish printer. The parish was di
vided into five wards. Oberlin was
made the temporary parish seat. and
the election to locate the permanent
parish seat was fixed for Sept. "a.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
Convictions by New Law.

New Orleans.-The first cases un-
der the new board of health law rela-
tive to wrapping up bread came up
before Judge Fisher, in the first city
criminal court, and resulted in an even
break, two of the defendants being
convicted and two acquitted, with
every prospect that the two parties
convicted will appeal, for the bakers
are anxious to have the cases dec!d-
ed for good and aye. The trials were
real royal legal battles, and were
vigorously contended. Quite a num-
her of cases had been docketed for
trial but several of these were con-
timed before proceedings commenced.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
Accession Ceremonies.
Harris County Officers.

Houston, Tex.-With the complete
returns Monday night<on the offices
for Harris County many close races
were shown. The winners in, the
county races were as follows: For
county judge. w. III Ward; county
clerk, George Jones: treasurer, James
Charlton; tax collector Karl Druese.
dow; tax assessor. A. r. Miller. sur
veyor, j. A. Miller; sheriff, Frank
Hammond criminal district judge. G.
W. Robinson; criminal district attor
ney, r. G. Maury; clerk criminal dis
trict court, Max Andrew; Eleventh
district Judge, Charles E. Ashe; Fifty
fifth district Judge, w. M. MastersoD !;
Sixty-first district Judge. John A. Read.
J. M. Geiselman for county chairman
received a large majority.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
Lespedeza Growers Elect Officers.


andria-Lespedeza Growers AS
sociation of Louisiana closed its two
days session Thursday. The follow
ing officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: President, A. l.. Smith Of
Monroe; vice presidents, NJ. Railsback
of the Fourth congressional district,
Colonel T. c. Terry of the Fifth dis
trict, Kenneth Mckay of the Sixth dis
trict and X. 7. Cattlett of the Seventh
district; secretary and treasurer, L. e.
Morgan of Baton Rouge. Addresses
were made on the subject of lespedeza
growing by DR.. W. H. Dalrymple of
Baton Rouge, A. l.. Smith of Sterling
ton, H. l.. Stewart of Laurel Hill and
Colonel /. C. Terry of Monroe.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
TO Replace A. and NJ. euiIdjnu.

Austin, Tex. - Governor Colguitt
Monday sent to the controller his au-
thorization for the issuance Of $780,.
600 emergency deficiency warrant for
the purpose of building and eQuipping
a main building on the campus of the
A. and M. college at College Station.
This structure will replace the main
building which was practically de-
stroyed by fire the night OF May q.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
New Orleans SUGAR.

New Orleans.-The local sugar mar
ket held firm Saturday with only a
light volume of business transacted.
Receipts from plantations We're limited
to 276 barrels of low grades and were
all sold Refined sugars We're steady
and in fair demand, with no quotable
change in the list. Molasses was NOM
inal and no receipts came forward to
work on
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
Seventeen Arrests Made.

Lake Charles.-Following the spe
cial session of the grand jury seven
teen more arrests have been made on
charges of murder in connection with
the labor riot at Grahow. Almost all
of the men arrested are members OF
the Brotherhood Of Timber Wcrkers
All of the arrests were mada lthin
seven or eight miles of De Ridder.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
New SULPHUR Vein Found.

Leesville. While well drillers were
sinking, well for water on the farm
OF JNF. Franklin, four miles south
east of Leesville recently, vein of
sulphur was struck at depth Of 80
feet. 1t is not known how large the
are not cer@ the mineral exists in
paying quantities. Several parties
have visited the well and express
themselves as believing that a. rich
deposit has been found. Samples
brought to town show good grade OF
SULPHUR
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
BATON Rouce.-Adjutant General

Baton Rouge.-Adjutant General
McNeese has completed the paying off
Of all the troops that served during
the overflow on Baton Rouge, Vicks-
burg, Natchez, Melville, Port Hudson,
Millican Bend, Amite City and other
poiuts. The total of $4,000 was paid
out, This sum was not sufficient to
meet all of the expenes, and as a re-
suit of the work that was done during
the high water by the soldiers of the
National Guard the militia and field
fund is still out several thousand dol
lars.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
First of New Crop Rice.

New orleans.-Ghe6irst eonslS
ment Of the new Tice~lrop OF Louf~
lana sold on the floor of the New Or
leans board of trade FridaNconsisted
of twenty-five sacks of C4~oice Hon
auras and brought SIS. an advance OF
$1.24 compared with the first lot last
year Rice wafMhipped by r. A.
Conrad of New 1Seria and went TO
Empire rice mills.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-03
Veteran Stahs Himself.

Minden.-Brooding over his impov-
erished condition. aggravated by an
acute attack of rheumatism IN old
man, w. ]. Young, a Confederate vet
eran, attempted suicide Friday by
stabbing himself in the throat with a
pocketknife. He inflictA five severe
Younds@