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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-07-01
Dupre Warns Men
Who would Enlist
Should Have Eyes Open To What U. S.
Expects.

"Men who enlist in the national
guard now should do so with their
eyes open," said Representative
Garland Dupre of New Orleans.
They should do so with the full
knowledge of what they are doing
and what the United States ex-
poets of them"
Representative Dupre had re-
ference to the fact that the United
States, in taking over the nation
al guard for federal service, is
going tC extend excuses for ser
vice with very meager hand and
scarcely any one will be excused
from service in case the disputed
provision in the Hay resolution is
adopted, allowing a $50 a month
provision for dependent families.
The administration of the fund
will be strict and an extremely
rigid Interpretation of the phrase
dependent family" will be made
In case the senate provision to
excuse heads of dependent falnil-
lies fr. duty is adopted, the
same figidity will be ob served.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-07-01
t TO CREATE NEW WARD IN ST. JOHN ADVANCED TO FINAL PASSAGE IN HOUSE THURSDAY
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LOCAL PERSONALS.

Those We Meet, Hear of and
See During the Week.
Visitors in and out of the
Parish.
Hon. Paul Berthelot was a
business visitor to New Orleans
yesterday,
Miss L. Melancon, at one time
teacher in the Berthelot School
Wasin Lucy last Sunday ming
ling with her many friends.
Mr. Emilien Laudumiez return
ed from New Orleans last Mon
day.
Miss Juliette Bourg, a charm
ing young lady of Thibodaux. La
is spending a few days at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Walton
D'Arensbourg.
Miss Maria Cambre, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. AneIis Cambre
Of Lucy, La, returned to her
home after a pleasant stay with
relatives in Edgard, La,
Mr., E. !. Caire was at Baton
Rouge, La. the early part of the
week,
Mr., Fernand Reynaud visited
nis sister Mrs. Paul Webre in Bay
st Louis, Eiiss. last Sunday, re-
turning to st. John on Monday.
p . .
Hons. Placide Barre of Edgard,
La, and Prudent G. Songy, of
Wallace, La, accompaniedkyDr
Stephen J. Sohgy. were in the
First Ward early this week.
. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Edouard Songv.
and family of Wallace, La. visi-
led relatives and friends in Lucy
Monday.
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A grand dance will take place
in the Berthelot School at Lucy,
tonight. Your presence is re-
luested. Do not disppoint your
friends who are expecting to
meet you there.
Mrs. Pascal Loup, and family
accompanied by Mrs. CASTOR Gal
lot motored to Lucy on Monday.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-07-01
Knights Of Columbus
28th Initiation Soon


Preparation are being made
by New Orleans Council No. TIA.
Knights OF columbus, for their
twenty-eighth initiation of a
class % SuHday, July 9, in their
hall in Cafondelet street.
Already more than fly appli-
cations have been received and
none VIII be accepted after
Thursday. June %. as arrange
ments for entertaining will be
based upon the number in hand
at that time By Recorder NJ. ].
Dixon who is receiving them dali
" from all parts Of the City
Grand Knight Wegrnshn and
District Deputy SCI lver will
have charge of the ceremonies
IN conjunction with State Deputy
outon. candidates from other
ncils IN the city and through
louisiana and : Southern
aswill take advantage of this
as it will be thetlast to
Iii October. 1916.
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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-07-01
To The Public.
Personal and Important.

have recently entered the BpAlLY STATES M @
cityo1r kind aid aud generous support IN this campaign
Sbon1 anv of your friends acnances desire tosubsGoe
"a the ay States or desire reneVheir subscriptions Will be
more n thankful should they do favor Also chp
non annearng of the States as same means "
VOTES and helps immensely increasing votes eacn Week
AS yon have undoubtedly noticed hold very good poSo
among the many contestant Division and with your ko
hep and have bright prospects OF oeg III e
lead when the Campaign closes in August .
aan take great pleasure in soliciting kind and generous
aid and assured that you will not turn deat ear to my appeal
aid Won NAV tender will only be highly and sincere
but always recoected as the most pleasant
OF memories. ., ,o can !
me a assuring you whatever interest show in matter
80 = Most Respectfully,
MRS. JOHN D. REYNAUD
Contestant from Lucy, La,
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-07-01
Bill To Create New Ward In St.
John Starts Red Hot Political
Fight In The House.
Bill ShOuId Pass says Mr.. Nix, OF
Orleans, Because It Is In The Interest
of The Democrats.

Appearance of another "excit-
ing" bill, the third of the session
precipitated a red hot political
scrap on the floor of the house
during thursday nights session.
Senator Rivarde's bill to create
two wards out of Ward Three of
st. John parish was the main
issue:
The new member of the police
Jury is to be appointed by the
Governor, which will undoubted-
ly give the faction having the
governors ear control of the
police jury. The governor is also
to appoint constables, Justices of
the Peace, and member of the
School Board from the ward.
The bill came before the House
without action from the Paro-
chial affairs Committee. 1t was
reported that way because the
committee was divided. Repres-
entative Nix of Orleans, moved
its advancement to third reading
The bill should pass because
it is in the interest of the Demo
crats''. Mr.. Nix said. In the
Senate the administration was
behind it.
The people of that section (St.
John parishl need police pro-
lection and the Democrats need
representation on the police jury"
Mr. Percy Saint. Progressive
leader at the request of Repre-
sentative Thibodaux, ofSt. John
parish undertook the presenta-
ton Of the case against the bill
Thursday night.
ADVANCBD OVER PROTEST
I1EaapS the vote was taken
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-07-01
petition. For Discharge.

United STATES OF AMERICA.
EASTERN DISTRICT OK LOU1sl.
kNA. So IN THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOX
eArD DISTRICT. NEW ORLEANS
DIVISION.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-07-01
. WHAT THE EDITOR
SAYS.
GautIer Sits as Police Jury
and Board of Reviewers.

Last Wednesday there assem-,
bled at the Courthouse in mar,
velous session the most unique
police jury" ever seen in this
or any other parish. There were
present Ccorporally) at the meet
ing the honorable members from
the fourth and fifth wards and
even the member-e elect from the
sixth ward who sat in open de-
fiance of a pending intrusion into
office and injunction suit. We
never once imagined that the
Hart faction leaders would, at
their debut, sink to such a low
level knowing as we do that
they have always been ardent
advocates of purity in govern
ment and politicsl and sanction
this course of anarchy. Their
attitude, as we translate il from
this late and famous coup pd'etat'
seems to be an utter disregard
of the DEGREES and orders of our
judicial department of govern
ment. That the injunction is still
pending against Mr.. Babin re-
straining him from exercising
the duties of his office admits OF
no doubt as the decree of the dis
trict court has been appealed
from suspensively. Clearly, Mr..
Babin violated this injunction by
taking part in the Wednesday
proceedings and he should De
dealt with accordingly. If rho
law-abiding people of this parish
sanction these revolutionary
methods then it would be better
for US to forever abolish our de-
partments of government and |
revert to the customs of the bar
barous age.
That all the Wednesday pro-
needlngs of the Gautier Police
Jury are absolute nullities il
evident even to the non-legal
mind, Furthermore. by some lie
gal tour de force three members
were declared to be a majority
out of six police jury office. The
nature of the reports received
US that the meeting
from beginning to end was a g.
reel Keystone Comedy with
Gautier playing the heroic part
of Charley Chaplin.
The so-called Police Jury reali-
zing that it was aIl-powerfu
(no members of the opposition
being present for the reason that |
they were sick and tired OF
answering special-meeting CALL
all by themselves) proceeded to
decapitate all officers not bearing
the Hart tattoo. 1t is surprising
to US that this executive-legisla.
tiye-judicial body in all its su-
did not proceed to decree
the riglt bank of the river seced. |
ed from this parish and ex pro
prio motu annex it to Mexico.
Rest assured, gentle reader,
that this farcial proceeding will
be aired and remedied in due
course of time and the govern
ment of this parish will again be
restored in the hands of all the
people of st. John. the residents
Of the right as well as of the left
bank of the river.
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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-07-01

Entered as seeond-elass matteEF eb-
rusry II 9th Ia14, at the Post-0fflce at
Lucy, La, under the Act of March
8, 1879.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-07-01

The Tribune is the name of a
new weekly paper that will soon
make disappearance in Algiers.
It will be edited and published
by VIM. H. Murphy, who has
been identified with the New
Orleans newspapers for many
years. The office of the Tribune
gin be located at 81 Morgan
eet. The first issue of the
publication will be under date of
July 6, and from present indica-
ti0rs ikWiIl have a wide circula-
ton In the 'oyer-the-river"
towns.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-04
National Debt of France.

The national debt of France listed
before the outbreak of war was &c.
436 10000, (American Whitaker, 1915.
latest figures available, 1919. Assum-
ing that subscriptions to the French
loan of victory reach a total of $4,000
100000, the total debt Of France at the
present time would according to the
best estimate available at the mo-
ment, be in the neighborhood of $l6,-
S00,0O0,O00. By the listing before the
war; which is chiefly for the fiscal
year ended in October, 1913, the larg-
est national debt was that of France,
with Russia second, the United King
dom third, Italy fourth, and Spain
fifth. From the outbreak of war until
October of this year Germany had
been the largest borrower, Great Brit
ain the second, Russia third, France
fourth, and Austria fifth. Germany's
debt has increased by more than 500
per cent, Great Britain's by about 100
per cent, Russias by about so per
cent, while that of France has in
creased by less than one-third. This
does not, however, include the loan
of victory"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-04
that drove the enemy from the Span
ish eninsula.-London Chronicle.
Law of comnensatlon.

Old Mr.. and Mrs. Muldoon we're in
close converse around the peat fire,
discussing the natural laws of COM
pensation, though that wasn't exactly
what they called the subject. Just
fancy" exclaimed Bridget, according
to this paper, when a man loses wan
Of his senses another gets more de-
veloped. For instance, a blind man
gets more sinse in hearing and touch"
Pat thought the matter over long and
anxiously. Sure, an it's quite true"
he remarked, learnedly, after while,
"Oive noticed it meself. When man
has got one leg shorter than t'other.
begorra, the others longer"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-04
KipIing No Lover of Cats.

Rudyard Kipling says the London
Chronicle, is evidently no lover of
cats, for the tale of The Cat Who
Walked by Himself" is based on the
latest hostility between the cat and
the man. He describes how the dog
the horse and the cat in turn are at
tracted to the cave of our ancestors
and become domesticated, but the cat
still retains his freedom, Even though
he has fallen a victim to the seduc
tions of the fireside, and agreed to ac-
cept the terms imposed by the man
and the dog, he never becomes really
friendly.
You remember the lines: "He will
kill mice and he will be kind to babies
when he is in the house, just as long
as they don't pull his tail too hard.
But when night comes he is the
cat that walks by himself, and all
places are alike to him. Then he goes
out to the wet, wild woods, up the
wet, wild trees, or on the wet, wild
roofs waving his wild tail and walking
by his wild love-"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-04

| 5rcise during the warmer days in win
ter. 1t is very essential to provide for
giving the hogs all the exercise posi-
BILE, as no animals are at their best
when they are getting no exercise.
Sunshine is provided in all parts Of
the house by the windows on the roof.
This side of the roof is faced toward
the south, and the sunshine is admit
ted to both the front and the back Of
the pens by the two rows of windows.
The windows along the side also help
In bringing plenty Of sunshine into
the house.
All the windows are made in the
same way. They have galvanized
iron frame and the sash is also made
Of the same material. This makes a
strong, substantial window that can
withstand the ravages of the elements.
This is especially necessary in the
! windows placed on the roof. wood.
en- window in this place would be
likely to retain the water after a
rain so that it would swell and warp
out of place.
The foundation and the floor of the
building is made of concrete so that
it can be readily cleaned. In each of
the pens is placed movable floor that
Is made of planks. A concrete floor
is too cold for hogs to sleep on it..
The planks can be readily taken out
Of the way when the floor is to be
cleaned The plank floor is held up
from the concrete by another plank
along the ends.
The walls of the building are made
double so that there win be no diff
Guilty in keeping the house warm.
There should be plenty of hogs in the
hoghouse in cold weather so that they
can keep warm, as the heating is ta-
ken care OF by their body heat. The
pens are 8 feet by feet, which is
large enough to take care of a SOW
and her litter. This size pen is also
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-04

large enough so that four or I'VE
shoats can be kept In them for fatten'
ing during the winter. These shoata
should be nearly the same size OF
they may pile up and smother the
smaller ones. II more than four or
five are placed In a pen, the same
thing may happen, even II the shoats
are almost OF the same size.
The feeding and litter alley runs
through the center of the house
lengthwise between the two rows Of
pens, Very often a litter carrier ia
installed, though 1t is not as necessary
as In dairy barn. Along each row Of
pens is a gutter, and the concrete
floors of the pens are sloped slightly
so that they can be easily washed out.
II is not absolutely necessary to have
the floors on a slant, as the pens are
swept out very often, anyway.
The partitions between the pens is
almost always made of tight boards
so that each pen wiz be easier to
keep warm, II hog wire is used II
is necessary to have the house full
in order TO keep 1t warm.
Drafts must be prevented in hog.
houses, as they are very dangerous
to hogs of all kinds. II is also es'
sential that ventilation be provided.
One of the side windows can be left
slightly open at the top and the foul
L.. L., 4 ~ h.vk rVnV,Nf1aNpW
on the roof.
As the most likely place to develop
drafts is along the stills, they are made
very carefully. They are imbedded in
fresh cement mortar and the mortar
is troweled against them on both the
inside and the outside. The concrete
foundation walls are carried up 1S
inches above grade so that no drafts
will be caused along the ground.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-04
MONGOOSE is A PEST
WEST INDIES SEEKING PLAN TO
GET RID or 1T.
Government Rewards Have only Had
the Effect Of Adding TO Their
Number, and the Problem Has
Become Serious.

"The mongoose pest Is becoming
really serious; II is worse than ever, -
writes a Trinidad correspondent to a
British paper.
Formerly, he says, the government
gave a substantial reward for each
body or tail produced, but no sub
stantial reduction resulted. Some en-
terprising peasants were suspected of
making a successful minor Industry
by breeding the mongoose, and In one
ward II was established that an inno-
cent warden had paid for the same
tails over and over again. AS soon
as bought they were buried, only to
be dug up and sold again in the morn
ing.
Another amusing, II expensive, thing
occurred in this connection. In two ad-
joining wards an experiment was
tried. At one they gave a fiat rate
75 cents each-male or female AZ
another the price was 81 for the fe'
male and 90 cents for the male.
After some time It dawned on the
official purchasers that there was
great preponderance of females in the
latter ward. The simple peasant had
again proved one too many for the au'
thorities. Inquiry proved that, all the
females caught in both wards were
sold In the one where the price was
raised. and Il the males vice versa.
Then the government got tired Of 1t,
and no further reward was given,
The mongoose, II may be recalled,
was imported into the West Indies in
the seventies Of last century, to ex-
terminate the rats which ravaged the
cane fields. They did this most eff
fectually, but, having destroyed the
rats, they turned their attention 70
poultry and birds. Then lizards fell
a prey to their voracious appetites,
with the result that the insects in
creased in an alarming extent. Final
ly the mongoose became as great a
pest there as rabbits are in Australia.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-04

develop plenty of vitality on q fairly
small amount of feed so that they can
have strong, healthy litters Of pigs.
Outside pens are not shown in the
design but they may be provided in
any way that will be suitable for the
owner Very often they are made as
rather long pens extending out from
the individual pens in the house. The
floor OF these pens is often made of
concrete so that it can easily be kept
clean. The concrete for these pens
does not have to be of very good ma
terial and is often made of lean mix
ture with the aggregate of bank-run
gravel. 1t is so easily repaired that
1t is more economical to make the
floor in this way than to make it of
high-grade concrete. The pens pro-
vide a yard where the pigs can get ex-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-04
Different Fish Story.

J. Clarence Harvey, the Lambs club
wit, is telling this story about elimi-
nation: The proprietor of fish store
had a new sign. Fresh Fish for Sale
Here" why say 'here'?" said the
first customer IT'S unnecessary" He
painted here" out. Said the second
customer, why for sale?' or course
they're for sale" He painted out two
words more. why 'fresh?'" said a
third customer. You wouldn't sell
them if they weren't fresh, would
your" At last the sign read just
Fish" Along came a fourth Gus
toner. What's the use of having that
sign" he asked. when you can smell
them block away?"-New York
World.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-04
GATHERED FACTS

Arkansas produces the greater part
Of the natural oil stones Of this coun-
try.
One seed of cotton planted and re-
planted will produce 4O,OOOOOO, 600
seeds in six years
Some of the finest tapestry ever
woven in Japan is 20 be seen in the
peace palace of The Hague
Although there are 1900 miles Of
railway lines in Uruguay, there is
only one tunnel in the country,
The Blumea balsamifira, which
grows wild in abundance in the Phil
ippine islands, and is the plant from
which camphor is obtained, is now the
subject of investigation by the United
States bureau Of science and bureau
of forestry of the Philippines.
The Daily Oklahoman's column of
"state paragraphisms," CLEANED on a
recent day from newspapers bearing
the following picturesque titles: Ok.
mulgee Democrat, Checotah Times,
Achille Press, Muskogee Phoenix, Red
Rock Record, Antlers American, Gus
ter City Courier and Comanche Amer.
bcan.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-04

lington, when compelled to retreat be-
fore the overwhelming forces of Mas
sana, threw up in the autumn of 1910
to protect Lisbon and secure a hold on
Portuguese soil for future operations
The lines were the greatest defenses
of the kind conceived until that time,
one, 20 miles long, stretching from Al
banda on the Tagus to the sea, a sec
ond running almost parallel with the
first but ten miles in the rear, and
third, much shorter, extending from
Passo d'Arco to the coast. The whole
system fortified over five hundred
square miles of territory and present
ed a barrier against which Massena's
forces battered in vain. In March,
1911, his sadly depleted armies had to
retreat and Wellington issued from
his defenses to begin a new campaign
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-04
Leech Trade Killed bx War.

The war in Europe has killed the
business of catching and selling
leeches. France used to be the great
market for these blood-sucking worms,
but in recent years most of them have
come from Hungary, Croatia, Dalma-
tia and Turkey. The greatest consum-
ers we're America and England. Now
leeches can no longer be shipped from
these places, and England is getting
leeches from India. AT the same time
doctors are using more modern meth
ods of drawing blood from infamed
parts of the body
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-04
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

= OSEPH EDWARD DAVIES
one time commissioner OF
O.. corporations, and now the
-: chairman of the federal
-. trade commission, is a Celt
GSNs2E He shows It in his face, his
SsSa5 mannerisms and his meth.
1,sSay& DDS of work His father was
eE.yec- Welshman who came to
s"T this country sixty odd years
Rgo, joining a Welsh colony in south,
Vrn Wisconsin, a colony hardly sec,
Und, it is said, in size and in the
mark which it made on the state, to
that which entered into the life of
central New York much more than
half a century ago.
The Celtic people are more or less
emotional and perhaps the accent
should be placed on the more rather
than on the less. In the greater men
whom the Celts have contributed to
public life, the emotiOnalism while
marked, has always shown the effect
of the steadying hands of thought and
Of conscience Emotionalism does not
run away with Lloyd-GeOrge Of Wales
and of England, nor does il run away
with his cousin Joseph e. Davies Of
Washington and Wisconsin, for this
chieftain Of the federal trade commits
sion is a cousin of the man now most
In the public eye in the British
islands.
1t is within the range Of possibilities
that if two or three years ago some
great corporation official Of the United
States should have consulted a for
tune teller she would have looked at
his palm and said Look out, for
dark, handsome man is about to stand
In your path" Mr.. Davies is a dark
man, and it is no flattery at all to
say that he is a handsome one. He
became the commissioner Of corpora
tions soon after Mr. Wilson was in
augurated president If the United
States. Many men had picked Joseph
Z. Davies for a cabinet position, and
there are those to say that the proph-
ecy OF such a place for him event
ually may not go unfulfled. The
bureau Of corporations. as its name
implies, looked after corporation mat
ters. It was a check on illegal doings
on the part Of great concerns Of the
country and It was also intended as
n help to such corporations as wanted
to obey the law to the last letter and
who wanted to know definitely just
what the latter was.
Joseph e. Davies is a man Of con
siderable Drawn and he would not
be where he is probably if he were
not a man Of more than considerable
brain. He comes by both by inherit
ance, for his father was blacksmith,
Of the muscles Of his-brawny-arms-
were-strong-as iron-hands" species. Mr..
Davies mother was the daughter OF a
barrister. She was Of Welsh and
French extraction, thereby keeping
the Celt blood in Mr.. Davies virtually
undiluted. The mother was one OF