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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
VALUE OF SKUNK TO AGRlCUL
TURE.


The skunk which is represented
throughout the country by d NUMBER
OF varieties Is ah animal Oh great
economic importance. ITS 1000 con
sisjs very largely of insects NANNY
OF thos" species Nhlch are very ''
StrUctlFe 10 garden ana forage '''P''
fl'id observations ana Id'"I'.o'' ~
ANIMATION demonstrate 'I'aI l"'S Nv
Stroy immense numbers OF ""'''
GrobS, ETasSnopptIS' 'r'Ch''7' v"'
worms. hornets Wasps' ana "'ue'
noNious forms. Ne aIa'hiHT u"
crease OF the WEi'e Rruo IN Some l''
c'IIlI's Is largely u"e u" .n' ','.'
mlnauch OF inns Nai"dDI' dH'"','
IL Is matter ci common "n7'- va
uon where "nlle ETnbS are pdi'l''I"
~. abundant In corn helH7 10 h"'' I.'
Tie round hoI'S DuTFo"'u III '"'
ground about mus OF corn. 'U'7,
are made by sEunhs In jhelr search
during me hNhi ioT 'n.S' S'"'7. '"'
IhS l"e I'''"' "..p' can vi -
p"rS I'D Kansas It mas '''H u'''i ''''
'na' D" many eases ''N' '''p''
OF Il' Ioou OF SAui'N' ''"7'7''' 20
'l'Ne N'd77"orpeiS.
Some OF the most destructive ih-
sects in agriculture are Sn'h as 90
their work below ground ana oH' Oh
reach or any method 'ha' tAe FARMER
can apply ana II Is against many "l
these that the skunk IS an lh'''''al'
enemy. notwithstanding all or lhlS'
there Is probably not an amman ih'L
is as ruthlessly slaughtered as Is thls
one, whereas 1t is equally enutled 10
protection with, II not more so than
some of our birds winch ENJOY thlS
privilege.
In some regions. especially In the
southwest, the bite OF the skunk Is
supposed 10 produce hydrophobia
| This fear is unfounded since II Is
proved that the bite OF healthy
skunk is no more serious than similar
wounds caused by other agencies.
In connection with the work of the
range caterpillar Investigations in
northeastern New Mexico it has been
| found that skunks destroy a great
many of the pupae (chrysalis) of this
| caterpillar and in fact, during Septem-
| Der and October when this food is
| easily available, they prefer it TO all
| other. About the middle of September
| it was discovered that many webs
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
'CASGARET5" FOR
LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache. biIiOuSneSS,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.

Are YOU keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing
passagoWay every few days with
Salts. Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgativo Waters?
stoC having a bowel wash-day. Let
,ascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
1late the stomach, remove the sour
and farmenting food and foul gases.
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all tho
constipated waste matter and poisons
u the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, slCken
DR. cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue. Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
she GAVE Up
ALL HER WORK
On Account of Her Weakness, But
Cardui, the WOman's Tonic,
Brought Back Strength.

Summit. Va.-Nrs. Leonora Walker,
of this place, has the following TO say
regarding her experience with Cardui,
the womaE's tonic: Before / began
to take Cardui, suffered with woman
" troubles, and, also, with what I
thought was stomach trouble. / was
so weak, I had to give UP all my
Homework; and could not do any Of
the cooking.
| commenced taking Cardui, the
womans tonic. and after the third day
| began TO feel better. Have now
used FIVE bottles, and am well. and
can do all of my homework and cook
ing by myself. In fact, l feel like a
new woman.
| shall be only too glad to do any
thing | can, to help praise the Cardui
Home Treatment, for 1t is so good for
suffering women. l shall never be
without it."
For over half a century, Cardui has
been helping to build weak, nervous,
tired-out women back to strength and
health. 1t goes to the seat of the trou-
bic and builds up womanly strength
where it is most needed.
Cardui may be the very medicine
your system has long been needing.
Get a bottle from your druggist today.
1t cannot harm you, and should surely
do for you what it has done for so
many thousands of others.
Z -, a Ixyic n.
nooca Medicine Co. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, for
Specioi Instrucon,. and 64-page book, Home Treat
ment for Women" sent in plain wrapper. on
request. Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
RUB PAINS FROM
SORE, LAME BACK
Rub BackaChe away with small
trial bottle of old
"St. Jacobs OIL

Back hurt you? Can't straighten
up without feeling sudden pains, sharp
aches and twinges? Now listen.
That's lumbago. sciatica or maybe
from a strain, and you'll get blessed
relief the moment you rub your back
with soothing. penetrating st. Jacobs
Oil" Nothing else takes out sore
ness. Iameness and stiffness so quick
ly. 1t is perfectly harmless and doesn't
burn the skin.
Timber up Don't suffer- Get a
small trial bottle from any store. and
after using it just once, you'll forget
that you ever had backache, lumbago
or sciatica, because your back Will
never hurt or cause any more misery.
1t never disappoints and has been rec
commended for so years. Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
FRIENDLY TIP.
Restored Hope and Confidence.

After several years of indigestion
and its attendant evil influence on the
mind, it is not very surprising that
one finally loses faith in things gen.
orally.
AN. Y. woman writes an interesting
letter. She says:
Three years ago suffered from an
attack OF peritonitis which left me in
a most miserable condition. For over
two years suffered from nervousness,
weak heart, shortness of breath, could
not sleep, etc.
MY appetite was ravenous but
felt starved all the time. had plenty
of food but it did not nourish me be
cause of intestinal indigestion. Meul-
cal treatment did not seem to help. !
got discouraged, stopped medicine and
did not care much whether / lived or
died.
One day friend asked me why /
didn't try Grape-Nuts food. stop drink
ing coffee and use Postum. / had lost
faith in everything. but to please my
friend | began to use both and soon
became very fond of them.
1T wasn't long before got some
strength, felt a decided change in my
system, hope sprang up in my heart
and slowly but surely I got better. ]
could sleep very well, the constant
craving for food ceased and ! have
better health now than before the at.
tack Of peritonitis
My husband and l are still using
Grape-Nuts and Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read THE Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs. There's Reason"
Eser read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genIine, true, and fun of human
interest
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

Mr.. Crawford explained that he had
not been able to transact any official
business because of the absence of
the emperor and his court with the
army. Paris at this period, he went
on to say, exhibited but a gloomy
and melancholy appearance, among
all its amusements and dissipation
The officers of the government, with
all those able to bear arms. were in
The field. so that nothing was to be
met with in the streets of the i'm
mense city but old men. women and
children
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
Rather Warm.

At a school in Dudley a teacher with
whom l am well acquainted was TAX
ing his class in their poetry, Casa
blanca" They came to the line, The
boy stood on the burning deck" He
stopped the class, and asked this ques-
ton. Why did the boy stand on the
burning dack?" He had a good show
Of hands. but one lad in particular
seemed very eager to give the answer.
The teacher noticed this. and asked
him. whereupon he got the following
answer. Because it was too hot to
sit down." which put the whole class
in an uproar-London Tit-Bits.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
SIGN CAME DOWN QUICKLY
CLERK May Have Meant Well Enough,
But II Was Not at All Flatter-
ing to New Proprietors.

The now proprietors Of a little can
d. and nut shop in New York were
astoulshed to notice pedestrians ON
the Opposite side OF the street stop.
gazy at their window for a moment
and hcn pass on faces decorated
brOal Erins
This happened so often that one OF
the proprietors determined to invesu-
gate lie FASTENED across to the op-
posita pavement. What he saw there
caused him 10 scurry back to the
shop on the run. Below large black
and white sign that bore the notice
This shop is under new management
IA careless clerk had hung an equally
conspicuous sign reading:
New crop of nuts now here.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
Ills Plan

How is it, colonel?' asked the
hopeful young bunco steerer, address
ing the hoary-headed master of the
craft, that you have always been so
successful in picking out juicy suck
ers. and never have to waste your
time on Improbable subjects?" Il
simply wait till hear a man say that
he is a pretty good judge of human
nature" replied the veteran, and
then / know he is just what l am look
ing for."-Puck
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
Napoleon's Dark DAYS.

One hundred years ago a newspaper
in Augusta, Ca. printed a communi-
cation just received from France.
which threw an interesting light on
the deplorable conditions existing
there at that time, when Napoleon was
fast nearing his downfall and the vic
torious allies were fast closing in on
the country. The letter was from Will
liam H. Crawford, the famous Georgia
stateman, who a few months before
had been appointed minister to France
by President Madison. In his letter
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
II lakes the kinu.

Now children" said the school
teacher, can any of you tell me of
a greater power than a king?"
YES. ma'am," cried a little boy,
eagerly.
Very well, you may tell the class"
replied the teacher.
"An ace" was the unexpected reply.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
India Cultivatinu Quinine.

Java, now furnishing the bulk of the
worlds quinine supply, finds a great
market for the preparation in India,
which already consumes One-sixth of
all the quinine produced. Ceylon. once
a large exporter, has fallen off in the
product until the quantity sent out
each year is quite negligible. India,
however. in an effort to become a
great quinine-producing country, has
planted thousands of acres to the Gin
chona tree.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
Penalty of Distinction.

Il represent the dignity of labor
said the man in his shirt sleeves.
Yes" replied Mr.. Dustin StaX, and
you can work in your shirt sleeves
and speak your mind. and quit work
when your regular hours are through.
I've got to wear high hat and guard
every word | speak and keep busy 10
hours a day. | represent the labor OF
dignity"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
Truly impossible.

Critic-Your book isn't true to life.
Authority do you say that?
Critic-Well, you say. "as the young
lady ordered a 81 dinner her fiance
smiled" Did you ever see a fiance
do that?
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
What Holds Him Back.

why don't you propose to her?
Are you afraid?"
Not of her
Then what's the trouble?'
It's asking her father that dread.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
COLDS & laGRiPPE

5 or doses 666 will break any case
of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe;
it acts on the liver better than Gallo
mel and does not grippe or sicken.
Price 25c.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills put
the stomach in good condition in a
short tine. Try them for Sicl: Stom-
ach. Biliousness and Indigestion. Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
Wise.

81 don't see why you won't marry
me. I'm very well off
so am l. And | realize it too well
to make a change"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
What He Would Have Done.

Defendant don't know what I'd
have done if it hadn't been for you.
lawyer know, though. You'd
have done time.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
A Good Muzzle.

Harry-Why do you call your dog
Finance?
Frank-Because he works per scent
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
XeracltY.

Does that man always tell the
TRUTH"
Yes" replied Miss Cayenne. IF
it's about somebody else"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

The Cough is what hurts, but the tickle is
to blame Deans Mentholated Cough Drops
stop the tickle-5c at good Druggists.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

Shortly after marriage man begins
to realize that he talked too much
during the courtship.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

statesman is a candidate who sits
tight and lets the bosses play cheap
politics for the purpose of boosting
him into office
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

Many a man Is dissatisfied with his
lot because it is located too near that
Of his neighbor.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

Astonishing Tobacco Remedy Guaranteed
TO instantly remove taste for cigarettes tobacco
in any form, money cheerfully refunded. Send
CSC and receive wonderful remedy by return mail.
Address x Tobacco lleanse o. MIeha, kansAsAdv
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

DR.. Peery's vermifuge Dead Shot" kills
and expels Worms in very few hours
Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

Love is the birth of an illusion and
marriage is not necessarily the death
of It,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
ParadoxicaI Reception.

"They say cold wave is coming"
Then from sport lovers it will be
warmly welcomed"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
JOHN LEWIS Oh

FOR SALE-NY 6 r. HOUSE, ANb4 a. GROUND,
well located in town of G. bslund. Bicnviile CO.. LA
Price q GO Mrs. J. MWalthal san Diego. Gal, X.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

w. N. u, HOUSTON, NO. 5-1s14.
Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
RED CROSS MAY NOT
SAIL FOR EUROPE At ALL

New York Sept. 1O-The question
raised by the British and French gov
ernments regarding the neutrality
status Of the steamship Red Cross if
she carried Germans among her crew
when she sails with surgeons, nurses
and supplies for the battlefelds of
Europe, has delayed apparently in
definitely the departure of the ship.
Her commander, Capt. Armisted Rust,
U. S. N, retired, went to Washington
yesterday, it was said, to place the
problem before Secretary Bryan.
The Red Cross, formerly the Ham
burg-American liner Hamburg, was
loaned to the American Red Cross by
that line and has among her engine
force, stewards and sailors, number
of Germans who have taken out their
first but not their final naturalization
papers in the United States. It was
reported yesterday that if the Red
Cross organization sought to supplant
these Germans with Americans and
Spaniards as announced yesterday, the
ship would be withdrawn from the
organizations service.
Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
IDENTITY OF 81. C. R."
FINALLY ESTABLISHED

Dickinson, N. D., Sept. s-The ~.
G. R." party is leaving for Chicago,
after spending two weeks in Dickin-
son in search of evidence to estblish
the fact that this strange man is Jay
Allen Caldwell, son of James H. Cald-
well, and that he disappeared several
years ago.
John D. Greenebaum, attorney and
financial agent for 81. G. R." and
Mrs. Harriet Pitkin, the nurse who
has been working on the case for sew
Ieral years, seem satisfied with their
efforts.
Hundreds Of old friends have iden-
titled ~. r. c." as the missing son.
A suit has been started in the dis
trict court which will come up at the
December term. This action is for
the recovery of property valued at
100000 from James II. Caldwell.
Mrs. Pitkin adopted "J. G. R." as
her son a year ago last July, taking
him from the Oak Forest Infrmary
of Cook county, Ill.
James H. Caldwell, father of ~. G.
r" disclaims the identity Of the
mysterious man as his son. James
Caldwell says the proceedings are
simply a scheme to get his property.
He will fight the case to finish.
Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10

NUPT|AL EVENT

Last Thursday, Sept 8, at the Pres
byterian church occurred the mar
riage of two Of Devils Lakes most
popular members of society, when
Rev. Albert Torbet read the pretty
Presbyterian service which united
Mr.. William James Kirst and Miss
Mildred Holmes in wedlock. Guests
filled the church at four and were
ushered by Messrs, Ray Holmes and
Charles Cockbun:. Miss Olga Serum
gard presided at the piano and Miss
H. G. Ron,ig sang 81 Love You Truly"
At the sound o.. the Mendelssohn
wedding march the bridal party enter
ed the church. Rev. Torbet entered
first followed by the groom and his
attendant, Mr.. Orrin Holmes, a broth
er Of the bride. Ruth Bice, as flower
girl, lead the brides attendants. Miss
Myrtle Holmes, sister of the bride and
maid of honor followed, and Miss Hell
en- Holmes Of E,afagate, N. D., aAcousln
of the bride, acted as bridesmaid.
Grace Powell carried the ring in a
large white lily.
The bride who entered on the arm
o fher mother, looked charming in a
gown Of white crepe meteor, trimmed
with rare lace and made with train.
Her long veil was held with a spray
of lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Holmes gave her daughter
away and the two young people re-
peated their vows according to the
Presbyterian service.
Immediately following the service
intimate friends of the family were
received ae the home where light re-
freshments and frappe were served,
Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
IN
No HURRY

Fargo, N. D., Sept. 9-The Repub-
licans will not emulate the democrats
and bull moosers who are now con-
Quoting Inactive state wide campaign
It is understood Chairman Sprague be
lieves a whirlwind finish will accom-
plish more than to campaign while
the farmers are threshing their grain
and harvesting their corn and plow-
ing.
The Democrats and the bull moosers
are making an auto tour OF Cass coun-
ty this week and speaking in every
town. Later the republicans will take
up the work.
An interesting feature locally is the
anticipated presence of U. L. Burdick
in Cass county for four speeches. Dur
ing the primaries Burdick said if he
was beaten he would come to Cass and
make four speeches. After the pri-
maries he has written to local people
about the matter and stated he would
keep his promise, either here or else
where in the state, as Governor Han
ma and the central committee desired.
d he announced that he intended to
support Hanna and wanted his fac
tional friends to do so. Just as he
would have expected Hanna's support
and the latter's friends had the guber-
Material contest resulted differently.
Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
100000 FRENCH PRISONERS TAKEN IS
CLAIM Of THE GERMAN WAR OFFICE

known that they were in the joints.
Webb, he testified, supplied them with
beet and whiskey, or anything they
wanted to drink.
Garland testified that he had seen
beer and whiskey sold in Webb's place
by Webb himself. He also testified
that he had frequently seen the Pope
woman, colored, 60 over to Webb's
place and get whiskey or beer for the
persons in her house, but had never
seen her in the act Of selling it. He
also testified that he had seen liquor
sold in Charley Dansby's place, anoth-
er alleged negro dive.
Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
CANUK INDIAN
DEMANDS FARM

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Sept. "a spe-
cial term of the United States court
is being held in this city to try the
case of Elizabeth Vezina VS.. the Unit
ed States and Samuel E. Mooers. Mrs.
Vezina is an Indian woman but was
born in Canada but claims Chippewa
parentage and demands an allotment
of land under the federal laws. The
land on which she lives has been al
lotted to another, and Mr.. Mooers has
bought it and is seeking to oust her.
The testimony in the case is interest
ing, and much Indian history and
geography is being brought out. The
witnesses call Lake Superior by a
name that means "bottomless water"
and have other equally appropriate
terms for other lakes and landmarks.
The amount involved in this partic-
ular action is not large, but it is in
the nature of test case, and if the
woman wins, all of her family and
other relatives will be emitted to al
lottments. She is the mother of fif-
tee nchildren and has eleven brothers
and sisters living, and these, with
their children and grandchildren
will be entitled to homestead and an
nuities from the United States if her
claim is established.
Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
UNCLE JOE IS
A COMEBACK

Chicago, Ill, Sept. Uncle Joe"
Cannon looks to be a certain "come
back" in politics Judging from the re-
turns in the primaries today. He is
apparently winner in the race for the
nomination for congress on the Re-
publican ticket from the eighteenth
congressional. district Of Illinois.
Early returns indicate that Roger
Sullivan, former national committee
man is nominated for United States
senator by wide margin over Con-
gresham Stringer ,on the Democratic
ticket. For the Republican nonnina-
ton, Senator Sherman, seeking a re-
turn, apparently has a safe lead over
former Senator Mason,
Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
INVESTIGATING
ALLEGED YANKEES

London, Sept. 10-Several alleged
Americans are among the refugees al
ready placed in compounds by secret
service men. The cases of many 9TH
ers are under investigation. While
none Of those arrested has been prov
ed spy, many are declared to be un-
questionably alien enemies of undesir-
able type. A large number hold sup
posed credentials that have been
proved false
Of 200 of the most recent applicants
for passports at the American embas-
sy, only forty received passports, and
a number Of. passports granted by
American Officials on the continent
have been taken up here when it was
shown that the bearers were not en-
titled to them.
Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
M|NOT HAS A
REAL SCANDAL

Minot, N. D., Sept. 10-Oscar Webb
a negro, was arrested by Police Of
ficer John Reed on the charge Of keep
ing and maintaining common nuis-
ance. Webb furnished bond of $500
to appear for trial before Police Mag
istrate John Lynch.
The colored prostitutes paid "pro-
lection" money to Oscar Webb, color
ed proprietor Of restaurant in the
western section Of the city and that
Webb runs a gambling den, opium
Joint and blind pig and has been rum
min gthe same ever since he came to
the city July 10 last, was alleged by
Lloyd Garland, negro musician, who
testified in the hearing Of Chief Of
Police Robinson.
Garland has been prisoner in the
city Jail for a number of days, having
been sentenced to term on the
charge Of vagrancy. He claimed in
his testimony he had plenty Of evi-
5dence to-give to the police, but that
they would not listen to him when he
offered to tell them what he knew.
He stated that these prostitutes
rented from Webb and paid him from
SO to $40 week for the use Of the
shacks. He testified that they would
get white men in there and rolls
them and that these white men would
not make complaints to the police be-
cause they were afraid to let it be