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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-13
WHAT'S THE REASON
Many Opelousas People in Poor Health
Without Knowing the Caase.

Many OpeIousas People in Poor Health
Without Knowing the Caase.
There are scores of people who
drag out a miserable existence
without realizing the cause of
their suffering. Day after day
they are racked with baekache
and headache; suffer from ner-
vousness, dizziness, weakness.
languor and depression. likely
the kidneys have fallen behind
in their work of filtering the
blood and that is the root of the
trouble. Look to your kidneys,
assist them in their ~Work-give
them the help they need. You
can use no better remedy than
Doan's Kidney Pills-enaorsed
by over one hundred thousand
people, and by your neighbors in
Opelousas.
Mrs. T. Compton Chachere,
Landry ST., Opelousas La,
says: "A member Of my family
received splendid results from
the use of Doan's Kidney Pills,
procuoed from Shute's Drug
Store. He was troubled for
some time by irregular passages
of the kidney secretion accom-
paniediby pain in his book. These
troubles, I believe, were brought
on by hard work and heavy lift
ing. The use of thrse Boxes
was so effective that he was Civ
en- a very high opinion Of this
remedp. He was relieved Of the
pains in his back and the kidney
secretions were restored TO their
normal condition"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn CO., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-aad
take no other.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-13

them the prison diseases; but ]
figure, roughly, that in 19O5-the
last year for which we have any
federal records-t h e leading
prisons sent out about seven
million pairs of shoes of every
description, twenty-one million
cigars, ten million pairs of stock
ings, two million pairs Of over
alIs, one million pairs of trousers,
including about 800, 900 boys
'knickers, five million shirts and
a half million petticoats. With
in the last five years the produc-
ton Of these goods, with the
possible exception of cigars, has
increased enormously"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-13

relief advanced by commercial
organizations and shippers gene.
rally throughout the country.
But more important than these
reforms will be a system OF ex-
press charges which the Inter
state Commerce Commission is
now working on. The Commits,
sion has evolved a zone system
of charges, which it is said will
approximate the charges under a
Parcels Post service in this
country.
Whatever form the commits
sion's order finally takes, it is
certain that there viii be a re-
duction in express rates"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-13
Juniors Defeated by Second
Team of Seniors.

Grand Coteau, La, April g.
On Easter Monday morning the
second team of the seniors
crossed bats with the Juniors on
their campus at st. Charles.
The game was a very interest
ing one; in the first inning the
seniors had two men on base,
a n d Goodspeed distinguished
himself by a three base hit,
thereby bringing in two runs;
Arceneau made a rep for him
self by putting a home run, there
being one man on base at the
time he increased the score to
four.
The juniors were not able to
hit the seniors pitcher, most Of
their runs were made on errors.
In one of the innings where
the seniors had two men on base,
and two men out, Mouton got to
the bat, and by a three base hit
brought in two runs. In the sec
A&E-- 49,
ond half of the eighth inning the
juniors were not satisfied with
the umpire's decision, and re-
fused to play; SO therefore ac-
cording to spaulding's 1912 Rules
the game was the seniors.
I have always sided with the
seniors and sincerely think that
with practice they will be able to
defeat the Opelousas team and
others with whom they may con-
tend.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-13
HOW DISEASES A R
CARRIED FROM PRIS.
ONS TO The PUBLIC.

In an extraordinary article on
prisons in the April American
Magazine, Julian Leavitt pre-
scents some astonishing a t $
about the amount of tuberculosis
that is carried from prisons to
various parts of our country:
Only tWenty-one of our pris-
ons make any special provision
for the ~consumptives. The army
Of the tuberculous behind pris-
on walls numbers, according to
the best estimates, nearly Is,
900.
Yet the victims themselves.
HELPLESS though they be to rene
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-13
NcKLY CHILD
Made Wei BY Vins-asasss
from a Grateful Mathar

from q grateful Neither
New Haven, Conn.-My little girl,
ever since her birth, was asail and
sickly and nothing seemed to De her
any good until We tried ysHr eed Nv
er and iron tonic, VinoL. AS sosn az
she commenced to take It, / aetised
an Improvement in her healsk aad ap-
pearance. She has now taken three
bottles of Vino1, and from Ae seed It
has done her | can say it wM DO Al
you claim for 1t in building up and
Strengthening frai1 and dehcate chill
dreR." Name furnished on reGuest.)
Another mother Of Chicago, Ill,
writes: Il can not say tee mach In
praise of Wnol for delicate, ailing
children"
We ask every mother Of . frail,
sickly or ailing child In this vicinity
to try Vinol IN our agreehsat to re-
turn their meney Il it does not do all
we claim.
Chas. 7. BleDVenu. Druggist,
Opelousas, Louisiana
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-13

dy their own state, do, never
theless, retaliate upon us, in
their own weak way. Here is
an extract from an affidavit by
Patrick McManus, a former in
mate of the Maryland Peniten-
tiary. It has been Incorporated
in the Hearings of the House
COMMITTEE ON Labor (Sub-com-
mittee on Competition of Penal
Labor for 1908, and its truth
has been youched for publicly
by a former chaplain, the Rev.
u. J. Burkart, and privately, to
me, by the former physician,
DR.. Cooke.
Amy one who calls at the
Maryland Penitentiary, runs this
affidavit, land requests to see
several negroes I could name,
will find them covered over with
running sores, and he may well
shudder from a fear that per
haps the shirt he is wearing was
handled over and over again by
these men in different operations.
Then again there are many con-
Isumptive inmates, engaged as
etc. I have personal
" seen the dried sputum scraped
off shirts in the packing depart
ment before shipment, and |
have witnessed men ground to
their maceines until two days
before death, which was official
ly pronounced by the peniten-
tiary physician as due to tuber-
culosis. Men suffering from
these diseases are not isolated,
even in the dining-room, and
never in the shops.
Now this prison alone sends
out about four million shirts a
year, which are sold all over the
country under hundreds of diff
ferent labels. How many mes
sages of disease and death do.
these four million shirts carry
into unsuspecting homes?
Last December / saw, in a
dark, unventilated cell in the
Penitentiary at Phila-
delphia, three e~onsumptive look
negroes feverishly licking
the wrappers on cigars that they
were making.
No one can possibly estimate,
accurately, the quantity of pris-
on made goods shipped into the
various markets Of the country,
and capable of carrying with
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-13
HEALTH and MARRIAGE

/
None knows better than the
physician the tragedies caused by
the marriage of the physically
unfit. The necessity that both
parties to the marriage contract
should be mentally and physical
ly sound has long been admitted,
not only by the medical profess
sion, but also by those who have
made a study Of sociologic prob
lens. That the state should
take action such as would pre-
vent the mating of the unfit has
long been recommended.
Marriage, however, has a re-
ligious as well as a civil sig
nificance with m an people.
What more rational, therefore,
than that the religious repre-
sentatiyes should take official
notice of an evil that SO closely
concerns both the church and
the state?
Within the last few days a
a well-known clergyman an
nounced that in the future he
would wed no couple that failed
to bring from a reputable ply
stefan clean bills of health. One
might imagine that there would
be no criticism of this stand
from other representatives of
religious organizations. Never
theless, newspaper interviews
indicate that the advance stand
taken by the pastor in question
did not receive anything APP
preaching unanimous approval.
One preacher in particular is
quoted as waxing eloquent in the
denunciation of what he was
pleased to call Health certificate
marriage" Said he: IF you
would rob the holy marriage rite
of its ~sanctity, if you would d.
vest a sacred custom of it's beau
ty and holiness, if you would
make the union Of two souls a
commercial transaction, then es-
tablish a custom which will per-
the physician and his SCIENCE
to stand between two hearts that
are drawn to each other" At
the risk of spelling this perfervid
utterance, The Journal Of the
Medical Association
the liberty of paraphrasing
it thus: If you would rob the
holy marriage rite of its present
capacity of permitting the infec-
of your sisters and your
with loathsome dis
eases. if you would divest a
sacred custom Of its potentiality
for perpetuating epilepsy a II d
idiocy, if you would make the
union of two souls synonymous.
with the union of two clean
bodies, then establish a eastern
will permit science to
stand as a faithful guardian Of
health and happiness over two
hearts that are drawn to each
,ther!
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-13

LOsT.-Four Leaf Clover Hoo
Hoo Pin No. 20267, and Silk
Umbrella, Silver Handle, en-
graved. Finder return to J. w.
Jordan, G. F. & P. a., 0. G. &
N. E. RY., and receive reward.
apr 1926
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-04-13

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The evening world., 1912-06-01

Why don't you yourself introduce the
young lady to your mother
III. r." writes: us II proper for a
young man 10 ask permission to call AT n
girls home or should he walt until sne
asks him.
lie ought to do the asking.
~. h writes: 81 AN TO be married
shortly. Is II proper for my Intended hus-
naud to pay for the wedding announce
Inents and the bridesmaids nowers.'
These expenses are usually met b.
tho brides pArentA
The evening world., 1912-06-01
The Papers Say
By John L. Hobble
Pay n e..


ishins Go. The New Ya-s World
One-hdU cent pieces. so that pe0Die
totl not hare 10 1ire the uditers such
large tips.
In n0uring the profit and loss IN
Wall street ice must not forget to In
ciude the man uho committed suicide
last geek after his specuiatiOns.
cost Of Hiring TO 90 higher" TAm
is impossible. There is q limit even
TO altitude.
Authors to torhi 'bestseller' trust"
They must take the binders and the
press agents ~ with them and not
be deceived IN the belief that the CON-
tents Of book can make 10 a bsst-
seller.
The evening world., 1912-06-01

ried in June l work IN a factory and
have only saved 500. Would that be
enough for my troussesu?'
II you spend II wisely you can get
nice little trousseau with the sum you
mention.
III. W" writes: "My mother often
sees the young lady admire. but they
do not know each other, My mother
says she ought not TO speak 10 the
young lady without introduction. How
can make tho two OF them &C
auAintsd7'
The evening world., 1912-06-01

pie Themselves didn't sanction
until about ffty years ago.
The evening world., 1912-06-01

Copyright, Dl.. by The PneA Pun
& Y0UsE sanctions parcels
post" RI" " acting
q II rather sudden. The poo
pie themselves didn't sanction u
until about ftty years ago,
Man arrested for tapping wire and
stealing electricity" Then phy don't
they arrest the politicians pho are
stealing each Others thunderf
"Hdrpdrd's famous elm tree Is TO be
removed" THIS tree icds intended as
a shade for the athletes: but the
bookporms used - 10 such an eItent
that IL pds Of no real tdlue TO the
college.
Tke Government SHfends to cola
The evening world., 1912-06-01

Tense for a boy TO have a. least one
hand in his pocket when he 10 talking
to a young lady?"
1t Is no great offense. hrt It IL not
considered the best OF manners
~. "" writes: Whenever SO In
company imagine that don't act
right and don't know what to say. Il
II disease
You are suffering from self conscious
ness. Try to think less about yourself.
"A. s." writes: II expect to b mar
The evening world., 1912-06-01

M. A." writes: II had a quarrel with
. young man. but he has Just inherited
. fortune and want to make up with
hin. Shall write him a letter."
ycu know what he will think II You do.
The evening world., 1912-06-01

"a. p" writes: 1.-TWO young men have
proposed to me. One OF them Is ready
90 marry now. The other will not he
financially in a position for marriage for
two years. Which shall choose
Take the one you love best. Nothing
else should count In making your de-
cision.
The evening world., 1912-06-01

Why don't you try to got your parents
on your side and ask them to make
some ovsrtures to the girl?
The evening world., 1912-06-01

III. j." writes: IT have paid attention
to girl for three years and suddenly
she stopped seeing me because she found
out that my parents objected TO her.
How can ] vim her baokr'
The evening world., 1912-06-01

TAs Government iSfends to oetS
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
TRIBUTE TO GEN. COX
WHICH IS DESERVED

The oversight of he name OF
Proof Cox rs among the names Of
men who have Guided Fort Meade
81 aool Was thing very much re-
arcttcd by all OF us. We believe
We can say il truthfully that Pro-
Cox is one Of the best loved mon
over connected with Fort Meade
school The sweetness of his per-
son, the nobility Of his character
ard the fine powers of his mini
make him an inspiration to all who
know him II might as well he told
hy those who prepare School
Notes, that Prof. Dorsey never tires
wien the theme is about Prof. Cox
We know hat he wishes again and
again to have Prof Cox present
some day to see the wonderful
change in the school. That day
will BE- holiday to MS all. and we
shall sit at the feet Of our friend.
Fort Meade Leader.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09

The revenue law of Florida pro-
yides that property owners who pay
their taxes during the month O.
November shall be allowed a dis
count of 9 per cent. and those who
lar during December are entitled
/, discount of per cent. The
Tax books will remain open until
the first Monday in April.
Geo. NJ. Wright. of Lakeland. the
Genial travelling representative OF
White House coffee. was engaged
Yesterday demonstrating the de-
lghtful aroma of his product to
those who called at the Saunders
Grocery Company's. Mr. Wright
Will continue the demonstration to-
day. He is assisted by Miss Fannie
Brown-Gaincsvillo Sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
LOOK OUT FOR THE
TOURIST SWINDLERS

There seems TO be regular or
.aniz, d gang Of swindlers now ope-
r.,,ipe in This section and our Offir-
.rs will break il up at all hazards.
\ hey are offering a barrel. 200 lbs,
q, fIonr. accompanied by numerous
rr.s.uts that would naturally cOosl
,ln oa anywhere for four dollars.
II rh, first place. there is 70 barre /
i flour weighing over 1876 pounds
wnj. h shows the seller to be Il
,Hindlcr of the masked sort, b',t
This is the time of year for suckers
n bite. Another man named Dial
sas arrested Thursday night for OBJ
aiming money under false pretenses.
This one was taking subscriptions
for a newspaper at $l.00 per annum,
and giving as premium a set OF
dishes worth at least four times that
& mcunt. he will need a few Of the
dishes he offers himself, for they
only furnish tin plates at the con
Wet camps. This class M gentry
will do we'll to shift their efforts 10
other parts of the country. This one
ta. been operating mostly in the ru-
ra, districts, and the officers caught
him before he had an opportuni,y
t. dispose of many subscriptions.
Inverness Chronicle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
NOSE STOPPED Up
WITH cA1ARRH
A Common Sense Treatment for
Colds and Catarrh. Gives
Instant Relief.

M matter how miserable you are
With catarrh or a cold in the head,
lose stopped up, throat sore, eyes
running. dull pain in the head, dry
cough, fever. foul breath. Ely 5
cream Balm will give tul instant
relief.
1t gets right at the root OF the
trouble, clcanses. heals and strength
ems the raw, sore membranes, stops
the nasty discharge So that you are
rot constantly blowing the nose and
splitting. In a few minutes after
applied you can just feel ii doing its
work Of clearing the head, the pain
and soreness are relieved, the
licathing becomes natural and the
stuffed up feeling is gone. This
C.eansing, healing, antiscptic Balm
contains no mercury, cocaine or 9th
- harmful drugs. II is easy to ap-
ply, pleasant to use, and never fails
10 give relief, even in the worst
cases.
Never neglect a cold, and don't
suffer the mscries of catcrrh nor
G.sgnst your friends with you,
viking. splitting and foul breath
Get "A % cent bottle of Elys Cream
l;alm from your druggist, and start
tie treatment at once. You will
md that it will be the best invest
E'nt You ever made.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
LEGAL FENCE

\ LEGAL fence in the state or Flor.
ida must conform to the following:
III must be Of sahstantiacl con
built of either wire, wood,
iron or stGnc, not less than five feet
in height from the ground. All OMEN
lnEs in fence to 4 height CT feet
from the ground must be not rlorc
than inches wide" General STAT
ute State of Florida.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
'F0RTY.FIVE MINUTES FROM
BROADWAY"

One of the biggest attractions
coming to New Auditorium this soa.
son will be the appearance on Wed.
ncsday, November 18th, of George
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09
Oil Stained CARPETS.

10 take oil stains out of ca-ne,s
spread the soiled parts thickly with a
paste made oi fulier's earth and cold
water Alio~ l. to dry. and then re.
move with stiff brush
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-09

Poor Mother Earth.
A bargain In a golf rig has decided
one girl to 60 in for the ancient game
m a resort famc"s ~ 40. erort.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

splash of color made by the apron and with the
cap, which is as dainty and fragile as a flower
The Volendammers are a placid people, Win
only one strong prejudice-against the nelghbor'
ing island Of Marken. The denounce it as a com
munity of beggars whose only excuse is their de-
flcient mental capacity, due to the fact that no
one on the mainland will marry with them. The
guide-books put down this luminosity to a differ
ence of religion; but one feels that there Is some.
thing in the Volendammers contention when one
finds that the Markener standpoint can only be
ascertained by the application of hard cash. On
that mainland-despised but tourist-beloyed Isle
even conversation Is chargeable. The children
shrek plaintive and inopportune good-byes in eX'
change for a shower of copper, and the most cas-
ual photographer has w~illy.nilly to pay a fee to
every unmannerly urchin who chooses to dispose
herself In front Of his camera.
Really, the costume of the Markeners is not to
be taken seriously. To begin with, the women's
dress Is largely made up Of printed stuffs, a kind
of shoddy substitute for embroidery which has
surely not been so very long in the world. The
dress itself is dark enough, but over 1t Is worn an
overall Of the most gaudy and Haunting h1es; the
cap is chiefly print, and the fair hair is worn in
long ~ringlets with a straight, bushy fringe across
the forehead. Mr.. E. V. Lucas, in his "Wanderer
in Holland" calls these worthy DANES fine, up
standing creatures" One would like them better
IL they we're less confding and attentive. AS 1t
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
SUFFERS REM0RSE FOR THEFT
Theft Committed 20 Years Ago Man
Writes to storekeeper, Asking
" Forgiveness.

Devils Lake, N. D-Remorse for
having stolen an apple from the DUAL.
ity department store OF this city 20
years ago, when she was a school
girl. caused a st. Paul woman, who
signed her name as MRS. r. O." OF
Dayton's Bluff, st. Paul, to send the
local merchant a letter asking for
giyenesB.
The owners OF the store say they
know who the woman is, but refuse to
disclose her identity.
More than twenty years ago." says
the st. Paul woman, Il was a school
girl living in Dakota, and you were
running the store at the trading point,
now Devils Lake. While on my way
TO school IN day | saw that no one
was looking and | took q big apple
from q basket In front OF your place
Of business. | was converted last Fri.
day night In a revival meeting being
held In one OF the churches 10 this
vicinity and | want to make my wrong
light both with you and my maker"
The woman explains in the letter
she 10 the mother OF several children
and that she Is afraid unless she
makes everything right they will have
the same instinct that prompted her
to steal the apple, and they possibly
may develop into men who will be a
menace to society.
Tho nuner Of the ztpre uava uaiiob
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
MORE ORPHANS TO EDUCATE
Pennsylvania VIII Have Only One
School, Where Once Were
Forty.

Scotland. Pa.-Pennsylvania soon
will have no soldiers orphans to edu.
cate. Twenty years ago there were
about forty soldiers orphan schools
in the state; now there are but two
one at Chester Springs and one here.
With the commencement at the
Chester Springs institution the school
there will be abandoned and the re-
naming charges transferred to the
Scotland school, In which about 300
are enrolled.
Since 1864 over 10000 orphans have
been cared for at a cost of over $13,-
900, 900. There are now only a few
over 500 soldiers orphans in desti.
tute circumstances in the state; in
1908 there we're 1882 enrolled, and In
1869, 1881.
The question has already arisen as
to what will be done with the Scot
land school when its usefulness for
children of soldiers Is ended. The in
dustrial training department Is one OF
its chief features. Boys work half OF
each day in the machine shop, the
wood working shop and the printing
department, while both boys and girls
obtain practical education In tailoring
and dressmaking, telegraphy, stenog-
raphy, baking and laundering. All
the uniforms for both boys and girls
are made by the students themselves
Many Of the graduates are lawyers.
preachers and heads of manufactur-
ing concerns,
At the schools head is William II.
Stewart. Before he came here he was
a mechanical engineer at Norristown.