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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-03-21

the entire proceeds Of which said
special assessment are dedicated to
the payment of this certificate and
interest and the other four certih-
Gates and interest Of this series. to-
gether with attorney fees fixed at
10 per cent. on amount of principal
and interest remaining unpaid if
sued upon and being one-fifth part
Of the balance due the said
IF e. Clark, on account of the said
Gravel Pavement construction, as
per his contract with the said City
of O~pelousas, Louisiana of date Nov
ember 9Th. 1918. and of record in the
office of the Clerk of Court Of the
Parish of st. Landry, La.
The interest to accrue on this GER
tiicate from date until maturity here
of, being represented by oupon
hereto attached, which with the
amount of this certificate are TO be
paid to the holder at maturity by
cash warrant of the Mayor, or di-
rectly by the City Treasurer, upon
surrender thereof. out OF the funds
which have been especially appro-
priated therefor by ordinance of the
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Opelousas, Louisiana, adopted on the
----.-.- day of ---...--,
"A. D., 1914.
E. L. LOEB, Mayor.
ATTEST:
J. B. A. stage, Clerk.
SECTION 4: Be it further or
dained, etc, that the Mayor be and
he is hereby authorized to have plac-
ed on the back of these certificates
the following form Of endorsement to
be used. II SO desired by the Contrac-
tor, to-wit:
This certificate, and SO much of the
contract price, named in the contract
between the City of Opelousas, La,
and H. T. Clark, Contractor, for the
construction of Gravel Pavement in
the City of 0pe1ousas, Louisiana, un-
der contract date, November 5, 1913.
as is represented by this certificate.
is assigned to the holder hereof, and
such holder is hereby subrogated to
all rights to receive the amount nam
ed in this certificate, and is subrogat-
ed to each and every right existing
under the ordinance and the contract
to enforce payment of same
Contractor
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-03-21
To The Public.

Remember that I have q boil weevil
machine which is improved and which
will help you to make your crop, re-
CARELESS of bad weather if your crop
IS well cultivated. It is no longer a
question to catch the Weeyil, the ma
chine does ii, and it is easy to operate
and viii not damage your crop. Our
country is a cotton country for amoTrey
crop. II is not a cabbage nor a sweet
potato, not even a sugar cane country
for d money crop. talk for the peo-
pie in general; the past has proven
what / said. You will hear from me
later.
jan II g. de KERIEGAND.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-03-21
WHENEVER YOU NEED
A GENERAL TONIC TAKE GROVES

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless chill Tonic Is Equally
Valuable as a General Tonic because ii Acts on the LIVER
Drives Out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds Up
the Whole System. orGrown People and Children.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
The Signal of the End

Two men, past middle age. both
rich and used to high living. were
told by their doctors that they had
only a short time to live One was a
gambler; the other retired mer-
chant.
The gambler sat at home and mop
ed Tor time. Then one day disap-
peared. Not until after his death did
his relatives learn where he had been
or how he had passed the two days
during which he was absent.
He had gone downtown to his former
haunts. gathered together a group OF
congenial "old sports" secreted them
in friendly place and played the
smash poker game of his life, quitting
S6O0O0 loser, but apparently content
with his last fling.
The merchants story isn't so clean.
Addicted 10 wine and women, he
spilled a trail OF money; then there
was a blank; and the next thing that
the world knew about him was that
his dead body had been found lying
on a sidewalk in fashionable dis
trict, while in his pocket were q
cents
These little tales OF a day from
real life, the like of which are hap
pening frequently, all around us, point
no moral They merely suggest the
ruling passion strong in death.
Were you to get the signal OF the
end. have you ever stopped TO won
der how you would act upon the
news?
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
n. Y. Tribune
Guarantees Ads


The New York Tribune announces
the adoption OF new pelicy regard
ing advertising under which It's read
ers are guaranteed against loss in
Cured through the purchase OF any
article advertised in its columns. In
lis leading editorial the Tribune says
The Tribune today takes a big
step forward I'm the interests OF its
readers. L. guarantees them absolute
~ against loss or dissatisfaction
through the purchase OF any wares
advertised in its columns II you
don't like what you buy you get your
money back promptly. either from the
seller or from the Tribune We be
lieve IN our advertisements. We
mean 10 print only advertisements we
can believe In. And, We stand ready
TO back with our own money what
ever we permit advertisers To say In
our columns
I'VE want TO do something bigger
and better than anything any other
daily paper has ever dared 70 do We
want TO lead the way into the bright
er future when the public will give
full faith and credit to what mer-
chants say In the press about their
wares. SO we give TO our readers
such q guarantee as no otner daily
newspaper has ever given. Nothing
further I'm the way OF assurance Is
possible. You don't have to show a
loss. you merely have 10 be dissatis-
fed in order TO get your money back.
Out OF our armory OF defences
goes the comfortable old doctrine OF
caveat emptor, that favorite refuge
or tie newspaper whose hands are
full OF not over-clean advertising rev.
enue Caveat emptor is the strict let
ter OF the law, but we shall never
retreat behind t. In practice 1t
means that the reader takes care
while the newspaper takes the
money. Under our system he does
not have 10 take care We will do
the taking care for him.
We look into the standing and
character OF the advertiser. In case
OF doubt, we examine the goods offer
ed We use every precaution man
can use that trickery and deceit and
Misrepresentation shall not enter into
1.-THE transaction. And II is sound econ
omy for us to do this work. instead OF
leaving il to be done by our more
than 10000 readers, We can do il
better than they can. One inyesti-
cation by us will replace 10000 in
vestigations by them. That is in the
line of progress. The task OF inves-
tigation is, moreover. a public SER
vice Accordingly we welcome II.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
Bu OLSON GARDNER.

WASHINGTON Dec. "A. con
stantly increasing share OF the brain
WORK OF the United States is being
performed by women, according to
United States census figures just pub
llshed. Women are crowding the men
in the professions. The report on oc-
equations shows that in tie profes.
sions there are total OF l,S25.lZ7
persons. or these, l.l5l.70g were
males, and 6i3,4lS were females, the
males constituting 63l per cent OF
the total and the females 36.9. Thus,
in 1910, there We're four women to
every seven men in professional work
That women are more largely en-
gagged in professional work as com
pared with men. than in other occupa-
lions, Is shown by the fact that In
1910 the males constituted 1873 per
cent OF the total OF all occupations
while the females constituted only 81 .
per cent OF all, as compared with 800
per cent OF professional occupations
Or the Ii classes into which probes
sional occupations are divided by the
census experts, women had prepon-
derance over men in actual numbers
in two classes, constituting 60.6 per
cent OF all the musicians and teach
ers OF music" and 1872 per cent OF
the school teachers and professors
in colleges" In every class except
one (actors), the percentage OF
increase was greater among the wom-
en- than the men The most notable
increases occurred in the professions
OF Clergyman (including religious and
charity workers. where the increase
for the women was 1898 per cent, as
compared with l4.9 Tor the men: and
in the profession OF journalists
where the females increased their per.
centage by 90.7 as compared with only
81 for the men.
Beginning with the new year the
government starts a new policy in
spreading agricultural Information.
namely, personal instruction by ex-
perts sent out TO the farmer These
farmer-teachers will demonstrate ana
teach on the farm. Each state gets
$4,000 from the federal treasury this
year, and an equal amount from the
state treasury. This sum is TO in
crease yearly until the federal gov
eminent by 1922 will be spending sll,-
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
An Experts Ban on Politics

There is nothing in politics exceI
an empty glory, as fragile as chin
cup. as uncertain as the equinoctia
winds A man can't make money at 4
honestly. No matter how faithful tn
servant, the public makes an ungratS
FIJI and tickle master. The idol or 70
day is the discard OF tomorrow. ThoS
you do the most for betray you. Then
isn't an office In the gift OF the peopl
that | could be tempted 10 take now
Thus speaks David s. Rose, after 4
years in the political game. AS boo
OF II. in Darlington, Wis, he stumpe,
for friend. candidate for the leigh
lature AT 27 he was mayor OF hh
native town. Four times running ant
once later he was elected mayor q
Milwaukee. whittier he had gone 4
practice law. His sixth race, las
spring, resulted in a rundown. :
STILL David, you had merry time-y
plenty OF excitement, many friends, :
finger In every pie.
Wasn't your trouble the fact -
YOU viewed politics only as a gam>
summons TO trickery and smarl
ness? :
SUPPOSE you had really tried WITT
the whole OF your ability, opporturr
tiles and power, to do things worth
while for the plain folks who at one
time trusted and supported you. BAT
Ting fol- them, say, as Tom Johnsof
did in Cleveland, TO the death
Wouldn't that have been something
to lock back upon without regret?
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
INTRODUCING THE CONVENTION
SYSTEM OF PRIMARY REFORM

governor Michigan
the stood knee the me political graft
and corruption
The politicians running
to suit themselves,
The liquor having things way
Liquors laws being passed. but they
wanted the retailers the fellows
the the goats
Extravaganza had depleted state treasury
Jobs being by repay
Incompetence and ineffciency the result
The people had demanded primary such
loud voice that the legislature did not dare deny them and with this
they picked
done by the vicious boss controlled convention system.
The VOTERS Republican party nominated
Osborn perform this service the Republican and the cleo
he proved choice of all of the people.
Immediately Osborn kicked the politicians
Jobs that made the abolished
Where loose bad and had existed os
born brought efficiency and economy
He put the state a business and merit basis
The brewers compelled release their grip the
And when Osborn quit office the people again the saddle
The politicians determined that what happened to them the
shall happen them again
they promoting what will 1.-The convention
primary reform"
PARTY CONVENTION the convention eliminate all but four
say, of a half dozen candidates for any office
You how the thing would work, you mott
would the bosses who would control the party
venion them
one would really vote
would find himself tagged NO s" and down and out
there Michigan who fails to discover the insult to his
intelligence proposition him and
vided him with a saving of humor
The the matter there isn't thing radically with
primary the stands unless it that places too much
power in the hands of the people
Through this law the people accomplished enough during the one
being preserved for
other than sentimental
What we in Michigan compulsory voting,
the and the law 1T stands Will be
all right
suggestion disanchise the citizen who without
the good
suggestion good it will us from taxing
BACKWARD from popular nominations the con-
Yention system.
politicians this the complete delivery
this back control by the same gang that once
had u.s. on the and all but down and out.
Back go celebrity of CREASED lightning to barrel cam
paigns bossa control
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
From Another Point of VielU

opened. there stood "a messenger
boy holding peek basket.
Pansy took IL. breathlcsslE. par
ndoxical rs Ia may be seen Tor
was a whole peek OF bermuua
onions. Ia bore tag rranihE
with these 4 send my heart. Bert
MA" shouted PansN, Il Just wish
you'd come here"
the basket.
.some class snid the old lady.
"some class il right" said Pansy.
Need we say that Bert "oou
mansee was accepted that Nery
night and that now two hearts
beat onef
Ii was not a printed inNitauon
that Bert Mix got 10 the wedding'
hut one In Pansy's own hnnu"rH-
Ing. which snld;
.Nr. Mkt Your presence are re-
quested at my wedding 10 Der.
Woodmansee. 1 hope you VIII NOT
be sore because 1 have eAep.su
Bert. he "A game loser and remem-
Der that 10 the victor belongs IN.
spOiis."
MIX was conspicuous ny MS sp-
BEFORE othe ceremony. however.
Bert aud Pansy went In 10 look ht
the presents and the hrst thi"E
that caught Pansy's eye, was per
hans the largest and most benuu-
full bermuda onion she had ever
seen.
Let us pass the far-away look
that WAS In Pansy's eye. liz may
have been u look OF regret VINO
knousf Nobody hut Pansy, ana
it viii he her secret until the
grave.
In his room I'm another part of
the city. Ham Mirr eyes fell ON
f" All Edna mat we ordained festival
Turn from their office TO black ~
neral; ,,a
"Our Instruments. TO melancholy bells
Our wedding cheer 10 sau Jul ~
"our solemn hymns to suilen dirge
"our bridal flowers serve for burie'
And All things change them to tn
THE END.
Is free lance submarine what yo'
would call another variety or WIZ
duck?
A man in Albany, Oregon, sold hi
pet dog TO pay his lodge dues.
good joiner will part with his las
bit for his lodge.
M. n. s. writes: my norins-
ton for the Order OF the Can 10
the old friend who has nothing 10
do and who thinks that all you
have to do is TO entertain him IN
your office"
II il hadn't been for the hoof an
mouth disease We would have forgo
ten ali about having all OF those catl
The man who says his life is a
open hook may have his reasons 70
with an index of chapter!
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
Battles Do Not Cause Rain

You believe. OF course, that cannon
aiding brings rain?
Ninety-flve 70 81 OF every 100 per
sons do.
1t is an opinion cherished almost as
fondly as that other belief, also hand
ed down from prehistoric times. that
rain follows prayer,
Rain often does Just as it some
times follows or drops during great
battles. But that isn't saying that
either the praying or the gun firing
caused it.
AS a matter of fact, according 10
science, there's but one possible con-
+nection between gun fire and rain, and
il is very slight.
Smoke or dust in the air make
what the scientists call "nuclei'-iit-
tie centers around which moisture
may form II there happens TO be
enough moisture in the air. But the
fact that smoky Pittsburgh is one or
the driest places in the country rath-
er dampens even this theory.
The other notion. commonly held.
that the conclusion of cannonading
jars the atmosphere till its moisture
spills out, hasn't, the scientists tell
us, a leg to stand on. Clap your
hands violently in a room where the
moisture from boiling tea kettle Is
thick and not a drop Of rain Will fall.
Battles are usually fought when
weather conditions have for some time
been favorable. Generals move their
troops and make dispositions for the
battle when there's no rain. About
the time the battle is fought rain is
naturally due and because IL comes
folks attribute II TO gunpowder. They
might as we'll say that war makes
sunshine. because there's sometimes a
smile from heaven on shastly bat
tlefeld
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
plain Directions.

A red-faced awkward young man
approached an usher al church we'd
ding the other day and timDrously
slipped into his hand package tied
with a red ribbon.
Whats this?" asked the Usher sus'
piciously.
"Oh. that's the present for the
bride"
"But you shouldn't bring 1t here, my
friend!"
Shouldn't he repned tempest
uously. That's what this ticket In
my invitation says. See here:
The usher's eyes were moist as
he head:
present at the door Judge.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
Robbx,s Choice.

Little Bobby Beaten went with his
mother TO buy pair OF knickerbock.
ers. When he had looked at all the
varieties in the store he was still dis
satisfied.
Il want that pair in the window" he
protested.
These are just exactly like them.
assured the clerk. but IL you want
that particular pair, I'll get them for
YOU"
And he produced them, mach Ia
Bobby's satisfaction They bore q
SIGN which read, These knickerbock
ers cannot be beat."---Judge.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02

Landlord Germany has levied tax
OF $1,000 600 a month against Bel
GUM. However, Belgium may have
heard that IL is cheaper 10 move than
TO pay rent.
A man who took lessons in voice,
To pay didn't quite have the priS-,
And so 10 his teacher he wrote:
81 haven't cent 10 my name,
And while this may find you the same,
herewith return you a note"
Bob Fitzsimmons won fame as a
pugilist, but his real ambition was to
be a famous tenor singer Pugilism.
evidently, wasn't brutal enough TO
suit Bob.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
Women CrOWd Men In
Professions, Report Shows

100000 year for this farm demo1
stration work.
The latest development in tile peacI
agitation is the organization OF
group in Washington with branchd
throughout the country whose pui
pose Is TO hold war council fd
peace during the Christmas holidays
IL is understood this group plans
campaign for congressional legisl9
ton looking 10 government manufa{
ture of all munitions OF war, and als
the placing OF the war-declaring pow
er in the hands OF the people, TO v
exercised by them by direct ballot. |
N-- Twenty million, one hundred AMI
fifty thousand ground squirrels hayl
been eXterminated in California Thu
Is result of the campaign agains
bubonic plague which has been wage'
since 1909. The campaign has beel
under the charge OF the United STATED
public health service in co-operatiol
with the California state Board 4
Health. The squirrels have been RI
-duced 80 per cent over an area q
S,lOO,uOO acres.
The last pensioned soldier OF TIL
Revolutionary war was Daniel Bake
man. OF New York, lie died April
1869. The last pensioned widow d
the Revolutionary war was Esther
Damon, widow OF Noah Damon. VIII
died Nov IL, 1906. The last surviI
ing pensioned soldier of the War
1872 died in 1902. Under the seryic
pension law of 1912 all survivors d
the Mexican and Civil wars 81 year,
OF age and over are eligible for per
sions. There are now on the rolls q
these wars pensioners ranging fror
90 To 1903 years OF age, There ar
eight aged 80, two aged 80, one age
1902, and one aged 1903. The creates
number at any one age is $3.50, al
aged 20 years,
Forests are a rather profitable crol
as has been discovered in Switzel
land where the city OF Zurich REDUCED
its taxes and increases its revenlt
by maintaining a city forest called tli
Sihlwald This forest Yields revenu
at the rate OF 1920 an acre each veal
giving total income annually OF S33
900
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
Railroad Finance.

Some persons have a notion that
railroads make money every time
a train runs. But the other day
we we're on a train that had not over
forty dollars worth of passengers on
board and 1t ran over COW worth
three times that much.-Hogwallow
Kentuckian.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
Knew His Kind.

The last minstrel stopped at back
door and said to the housewife who
greeted him:
Give me something TO eat, fair
dame, and will tickle your ears with
q merry tale of romance"
"But why not tell me the tale
first?" the dame suggested.
"No, l must have the food and
drink before / talk"
Tbereupon the dame slammed the
door with the tart retort:
you're not a merry minstrel, you're
only an after-dinner speaker. New
York Globe
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
There's the Reason.

The sweet young thing was being
shown through the Baldwin Locomo-
tive works. :,
aWhat is that thing?" she asked,
pointing with her dainty parasol.
That answered the guide, lis an
engine boiler"
She was an up-to-date young lady
and at once became interested And
why do they boil engines2' she in
quired again.
ITO make the engine tender" po-
litely replied the resourceful guide
PENNSYLVANIA Punchbowl.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
Painful Task.

De Carve-I performed a very dis.
tasteful operation this morning
De Bolus-Indeed What was IL?
De Carve-A wealthy patient made
me cut something out OF his BILL
Boston Transcript
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
Reflections Of a Barber.

A dull razor gathers no tips.
When hairs fall out. then BARRIERS
sell, their dope.
AS the wig is blent, the fee is de-
fined.
A rolling dome purchases no tonic.
A strop in time shaves nine.-kan-
sas City Times.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
a Wise Choice,

A hopeless Chicagoan says: "Ther,
will be wars or rumors of war as loni
as human nature is human nature"
Well, as between the two, give "
mors.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
Easy 70 Soc.

Maude-iiow old is Grace?
May--At least 25.
Maude--How do you know?
May heard her say that no
girl ought to marry before she is
26.--Cleveland Leader.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
Reflected Glory.

Nora-What's Laura so pulled up
about these days? Has she contract
ed an alliance
Dora-Oh, no. She's the owner OF
couple OF prize-winning dogs, that's
alll--Judge.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02

Well the years rolled around and
Bert MOOdmunSee proved the sue
cessful rival for Pansy's heart and
hand over Ham Mix.
bermuda onion dealers in the
section where lived our heroine
will long remember the last year
or Bert's cOurtship.
Ham MIN had graduated as "a
civil engineer, and when the VIII
lage bOnrd Of trustees decided 10
bridge the creek that ran through
town, Ham was given "a position n {
his profession, driving dump
wagon.
IL was when Pansy found that
Ham was driving q dump wagon,
that she dumped Ham.
bert NOOdmnnsee's eyes were
opened one day to the fact that
Pnnsy WINS passlOnateIy fond of
Bermudn onions because he met
her ON the street right after she
had been eating one.
He told her he loved the smell
of bermuda onions, and Pansy's
mind went back 10 the time she
had her mother tell Bert about the
attack OF vertigo.
Had ! only Of knew" she mused
10 herself.
Has there been any doubt In your
mind. gentle reader, that all along
Pnnsy really loved Bert woOdman-
see the more of the two riynlsf
She cared for Ham MIA, of course,
hut only because he showered Ber-
mudn onions upon her.
Nhat chance was there for Ham.
then, when every time he would
send her BermudE onion, Bert
WoodmnDsee would send her two.
When Ham sent her two, Bert
sent her four.
The market price of bermuda
onions jumped seven cents n
pound and the cOmmi ssion houses
were kept busy supply ing them at
that quotation.
one day the door hell rang az
Pansy's home and when IL was
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
inconsistent.

You call man humorist
And proudly he will smile;
But give your words my twist
And you arouse his bile.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02

For language is a funny thing
And alters at a stroke.
And IL you want ia leave a sting
Just call man Joke.
Boston Globe.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-02
TnE TOKEN.
,contlnued from yesterday.

Synopsis preceding chapters
Pansy is in love with Bert Woodman-
see son OF a sewer contractor. Ham
MIX, who tB stud wing away at college
10 be civil engineer and Bermuda
onions. Bert Woodmansee calls upon
Pansy for his answer and her mother
tells Bert that Pansy cannot see him
as she has an attack OF vertigo The
truth is Pansy has been eating a Ber-
muda onion which Ham Mix gave her.
Bert leaves In rage and Is seen in
the company OF the new mtlliner. Ham,
VINO has been home TO help his father
sell the seasons crop OF parsnips and
carrots, returns 10 college. and the in
dications are he has beaten Bert to
Pansy Pansy warns Bert against the
millinsr. who IS discovered to be a
grass widow Ham has sent Pansy an
other Bermuda onion. with his love.
Bert fails 10 appear TO rehearse with
Pansy the kissing scene in home
talent theatricai production and Pansy
falsely accuses the new milliner Ham
Nix sees Pansy carry OF the houors in
the home talent production and pre-
sentS her with a Bermuda onion.