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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28

the letters in reply was dated at La
Junta, Colo. Z. Q. Box x4G3. 1t said
Dearest Mother: thought l would
Write You Few Lines to let you
know | am not Very Well this is
Why | am writing for Money, in an
other letter you send me send S12 Be-
cause | Need it am in Hard Luck l will
tell you the Results When l Get Home.
From Yours Truly & Sincerely,
LOUIS CONGRESS-"
"P. S. La Junta, Colo. Send it in
Next Letter. Send it in Bills and Send
it Mother"
The other son wrote from the I'm.
perial hotel in Denver, and this is the
touching appeal he inscribed:
Mamma Saw your ad in the Post
today; am a little sick. viii explain
all when | get back to you. l have not
been able 70 get work for long time.
Please send money to me care Impe-
rial hotel, 31S Fourteenth street, Den
Yer. Colo. l owe months room rent
at this hotel. Will leave town without
their knowing it.
'YOur loving son, LOUIE
Mrs. Congress is still looking for her
son.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28

difficulty (and it is q serious one lust
now in 1taly) of obtaining wool can be
got over they devote their spare mo.
ments to knitting socks for the men
on the heights.
The markets all through the country
are the gamers by their industry, as
well in picturesque effects as in useful
and profitable supplies. Who that has
ever been at Verona, in late summer,
say, but will recall the scene In the
Piazza dele Erbe," with it's sea of
wide white umbrellas pitched all down
that lovely market place, with the bas-
kets stacked with apples, white and
black grapes, pears, peaches, medlars
and ounces, while on every spare inch
of ground are piled vegetables, beans,
carrots, potatoes, cabbageS, CARTOONS,
with any number of pumpkins, huge in
size, and in beautiful tones of color
varying from dark green to bronze,
orange and yellow?
The sites chosen for these fruit and
vegetable markets are, when possible,
beside some fountain, or occasionally
at the corner Of some great palace, as
for instance, at Florence at the Stroz-
ri and Riccardi palaces, where the
wide projecting roofs make q welcome
shade for the flowers which are ar
ranged so tastefully upon their cool
stones; more often, indeed, small
piazza" or square Is chosen that
boasts a supply Of water in its midst,
around which ''the neighbors come and
laugh and gossip" relating the sue
cess or failure Of their bargains, and
more often than not indulging in Ian
guage-often used quite unconsciously
for which their parish priest will
reprimand them one Of these days
from the altar.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28
BURGLARS TURN
ABILITIES TO Use
italian Thieves Become Spies
and Win Redemption From
Government.
GET VALUABLE PAPERS
Deliver to Their Government All the
Documents of the Austro- Hun
garian Espionage Bureau
at Zurich.

Geneva. - A French Swiss paper
gives the following version of sensa-
tional incident which has been told In
several forms:
Recently, two elegantly dressed men,
carrying heavy satchel, appeared at
the office of the Italian general staff
In Rome and demanded an audience
with the chief of the Intelligence de-
partment. When they were received
by this official they made sensational
disclosures and delivered all the doe
umentS of the AuStrO-Hungarian es-
piOnage bureau in Zurich.
The men were two notorious Italian
burglars, who We're known and feared
from one end of the kingdom To the
other. When the war broke out they
were called TO the colors and detailed
10 the same regiment. Life in the
trenches did not suit them and they
decided to desert. They escaped to
Switzerland and settled in Zurich
where they piled their old trade with
considerable success.
urn RDllsIteS TO use.
Rcgretting their desertion, the bur
glars decided to use their abilities in
the interest Of their country by clean
ing out" the AuStrO-Hungarian cSpiOn-
age bureau in the Zurich consulate of
the dual monarchy. Accidentally they
made the acquaintance of former Of
ticer of the italian navy, who had been
cashiered many years before, and after
an adventurous life in many countries,
had entered the service of Austria rs a
spy.
From this man the two men oh
tanned detailed plans of the offices of
the consulate, and after q thorough
they carried out their raid
on the espionage bureau. They bought
the most modern tools and with their |
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28
Made Their Escape.

The burglars had learned this from
the former Italian naval officer, who
had turned against his Austrian EN-
plOyers and aided the burglars on the
promise of a liberal reward. Procur-
ing masks like those worn by soldiers
in the trenches they were able to open
the compartments containing the dead
ly gases without danger to themselves.
Although they worked nearly two
hours, they were not disturbed. They
made their escape safely, but had diff
ficulty in getting out of Switzerland,
and were compelled to wait many
weeks before they were able to snug
gle the stolen documents across the
Italian frontier.
In February a cable dispatch from
Berne reported that burglary had,
been committed for political reasons in
the Austro-Hungarianc consulate general
in Zurich, and that the perpetrators
had not only ignored a large sum of
which was in one of the safes,
but also left burglars tools valued at
more than $1,000 behind.
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or twenty-one to forty are with few
exceptions, away at the front, and
those who remain must make good the
deficiency. In this they have, however,
willing helpmateS in the women. At
all times the women work in proper
ton as hard as their men-folk in the
fields, and when to these duties are
added those of mothers and house
wives it is small wonder that they
age before their time, and that q pref
ty fresh girl of eighteen is an old wom-
an at forty. Their life, though hard
In some ways, is on the other hand ex-
tremely healthful; their habits are sim
pie and frugal, and they slide into old
age with constitutions untouched by
sharp vicissitudes of climate-the win
tiers being excessively severe and the
summers very hot-interested and
busy up to the last in all that relates
to the land, the cattle, and their chill
dren.
Family life Is on patriarchial lines;
sons, daughters-in-law and their chill
dren (of which there is never any
lack) all live with the parents under
the same roof all share the same food
composed chiefly Of beans, Indian
corn and cheese-and all share one
purse, kept, often pretty tightly too,
by the "head of the family" I'll capo
di famiglia), who receives any extrane-
GUS sums that any of his children may
earn IN his Or her own aocount and
doles out the money required for
clothes, food, or any small expenses
that the event OF wedding. q baptism
or a funeral may call forth.
The food question is, perhaps, the
simplest of the lot. The peasant in
this part of Italy shares with the own
or of the land all that the land pro. !
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28
STEAL DEAD MANS HEART
GhouIs Dig Up Grave of WeaIthicss
and Most Popular Man in
Southern Ohio.

Bethel, O.-Ghouls dug up the grave
of Daniel Hill, eighty-fOur years old,
of this town, and cut out the dead
mans heart. They then covered the
coffin again and made their escape. A
box of burnt matches and spots on the
tombstone were the only clews left.
Hill, one of the wealthiest and most
popular men in southern Ohio had died
Of natural causes. according to his ply
stefan. A few days after the burial
the sexton became suspicious and had
the grave dug up. He found that the
coffin had been sawed open.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28

Y L is now nearly two years since
4 Italy took her place beside the
allies in the life and death Strug-
gle that is holding the world in it's
grip. and yet the calm and quiet to be
met with here in North Italy and close
up to the firing line cannot fail to
strike even the most cass6l observer.
writes correspondent of Country
Life. You hear the roar of the can
non, some days almost continuously
Just over the mountains that divide the
'Eeneto" from Austria day by day
the hospital train passes along the val
ley carrying its load of sick and
wounded down from the front; day by
day motors and Red Cross cars dash
dong the high road at breakneck
speed. giving the impression that mat
terS of life and death hang on the pace
at which they can reach their deSti-
nation; and yet the peasants work on
In steady adherence to their tasks
barely looking up to notice all this I'M
wOnted movement, absorbed more than
usual at this moment in the land.
This, however, is not from indiffer-
ence as to the war far from it, for the
subject is one that all alike are keenly
interested in, and every family has sent
one and often two or more members
to fight for their king and country.
But the italian peasant also loves
the soil on which he and his fathers
before him have worked. his heart Is
In the land, and the success or failure
of the crops is to him a matter of
well-being or starvation.
Hard Life, but HeaIthfuI.
In these times, too, the work re-
quires an unwOnted degree of attention |
and labor, for every acre must be fully
cultivated. All the men from the age |
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| duceS. He puts into it his labor, he
draws from it the half that that la.
| Dor brings as his portion; and this ar.
| rangement of the "meZZadria," or half.
and-half system as we might call it,
is, if honestly adhered to, fairer and
| more advantageous to all concerned
than any other. BY it the peasant has
as keen, if not a keener interest than
his landlord in the filling of the soil,
in keeping under the weeds, pruning
and spraying the vines, hoeing the In
dian corn, tending the cattle, and as
from all these sources one-half goes
to him, it concerns him closely to make
the profits as abundant as possible.
His days work is generally a long
one especially in the summer when he
will be up and about at a. NJ, but
as he can divide his hours entirely to
suit his own convenience the hardship
is not really great one. In the hot
months he will knock off work for
long spell in the middle of the day and
after good Siesta he will begin again
with leisure that betokens much lib
erty of action and a total absence OF
any hint of being driven" If it be
true that 'it is the pace that kills."
your Italian peasant will certainly not
be exposed to that kind of death!
Women Doing Mems Work.
The war, though, has altered all this
easy, calm-going state of things. The
women, as in France, are acting in the
place of the men, and are doing it, too,
in very thorough and admirable man.
ner. Many of them handle the scythe |
in mastery fashion; others, when |
necessary, see to the management Of !
the farm; they pile up the high loads |
OF hay on to the ox-drawn wagons with !
a will and energy, and when once the
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28
FINDS TWO SONS;
SOUGHT ONLY ONE
Peculiar Experience of Hartford
Woman While Searching
for Offspring.

Denver. CO!o.-To seek an ONLY son
md to learn she is the mother of two
sons" at least one of whom she did
not know existed, is the somewhat pc
cullar experience Of Mrs Martha Con-
greSs of East Hartford, Conn.
Another strange circumstance in
connection with the quest of her lost
heir is that Louis Congress, the miss
ing son. was prosperous and robust
when he disappeared several months
ago. The two new "sOns" of Mrs. Con-
gfesS are in precariOus health and
without funds.
Mrs. Congress asked local paper
to lind her lost son, believed to be in
Colorado. Her ad got results One of
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28
TO HARVEST PEANUTS
Not Considered Wise Policy to Be
in Great Hurry.
Pillow Them Out With Potato Diuner.
Allow Nuts and Vines to Dry Out
and Then Place Them in Ven.
tICted Stacks.
CBy FLETCHER DAVIS. Texas Depart
ment of Agriculture

| tBy FLETCHER DAVIS. Texas Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Do not be In too great hurry to
| to ripen, or turn yellow and the nuts
do not rattle in the shell after being
dried few days, pillow them out with
potato digger, or turning pillow from
which the mold board has been re-
moved. being careful to plOw as shall
low as possible, without leaving any
of the nuts In the ground The nitro
gen-bearing nOdules are on the roots
of the plant and the roots, for that rea-
son, are more valuable left in the
ground than harvested with the crop.
Allow the plowed-out nuts and vines
to dry an hour or two and then stack
in small well-ventiated stacks-pre-
ferably around a small pole and off the
ground a few inches-and let them
cure thoroughly for five or six weeks
Do not handle when damp from dew
or rain and watch stacks to see that
they do not heat or mold. The aver
age yield per acre the country over is
"a bushels and frop one-half to two
tons of hay, but a smaller yield should
bring reasonable profit to the grower.
If grown only for feed, they can be
stored in the barn or stacked in
larger stack when thoroughly cured;
but if the nuts are TO be crushed at the
mills-and many cOttonseed oil mills
or r.n1 70.
sold to buyers, they must be picked
from the vines. This can be done
either by hand or by machinery, but it
is best, If possible, TO employ the lat
ter as being more economical and
faster. There are two kinds Of threSh-
ers-the rotary thrcsher and the pick
er. The rotary thresher can be bought
for from $500 to $500, and there is a
peanut attachment FOR the ordinary
grain threshers that can be had at $50
to 500. Some object to the rotary
thresher on account of the large per
cent Of the nuts that it damages and
prefer the peanut picker, a machine
that works on g differenn principle
from the rotary thrssher. If a com
grows a sufficient acreage of
sound, clean peanuts, threshers will
seek out those communities to cater
to the custom of the growers.
The peanut market opened last fall
at 70 cents per bushel and advanced
rapidly until some crushers paid S1.30
per bushel at the loading points. Plant
ing seed Is now much higher and that
fact will go further than any one other
thing to hold down the acreage this
year. The state department Of agricul-
ture will furnish interested parties |
with the names Of mills that will buy
-FOUR peanuts, and it will furnish you
with the names Of dealers from whom |
seeds for present planting can be pur-
chased. The vines have sold for hay |
at from S12 to $50 per ton Taking the |
average yield and the minimum price |
for nuts and hay, they are a profitable |
crop. 1t is scarcely prob |
able that the price will fall below the |
minimum Of last fall for some years !
TO come. If ever. And should they, by |
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28
Lays Seven EGGS in Four DAYS.

Luverne, Mime. II. Mareaux OF
this city Is the owner of hen that Is
unusually ambitious Not satisfied
with laying steadily, she occasionally
produces two eggs day. Recently
she laid two eggs a day for three con-
secutive days, laying seven eggs In
four days. The eggs are normal In
size and we'll formed.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28
DRINKS TO RAISE CROP.
IS MAYORS ORDER

LOckhaven, Pa.-The mayor of
this city has solved, partially ut
least, the problem of the threat
ened food shortage. Recently,
when a stranger was arrested
for drunkenness and could not
pay the city fine His Honor"
sentenced the man to dig the plot
Of ground in the rear of the Ross
library, which will be cultivated.
The mayor feels sure he will get
enough of this class of labor In
the next few months to take ex-
cellent care Of the crop.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28
Pair Separated Eleven Times.

Fresno, Cal.-After his wife had de-
serted him II times In four months.
Clifton w. Ginger obtained a divorce.
Ginger took his wife back after the
first separation, before deciding ON dl.
vorce. He obtained custody of their
three children.
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aid they were able to open the safes
in the consulate quickly and without
much difficulty.
The safes, which contained the most
important documents, had compart-
ments filled with poisonous gases
meant to kill any burglar who might
dare TO tanner with them
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any untoward circumstances, fall to an
Improbable price, they are the best
single crop that can be grown for
stock feed. Their use as human food
on our tables is becoming quite extern
slve and it Is destined to become Of
far more general use. In short, there
are SO many ways in which the plant
can be profitably utilized that there Is
no risk involved in their production
along this line.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28
ATTENTION TO BROOD sows
Special Care Must Be Exercised In
Feeding for Two or Three Weeks
After narrowing.

The first two or three weeks after
narrowing special care must be exer-
cised in feeding. Avoid too generous
feeding at this period. AS the pigs
become greater drain on the sow
her feed should gradually be Increased
and at this period (when the pigs ara
about three weeks old) If skim milk
is available 1t will be a great help In
promoting growth Of the pigs by fssd.
Ing 1t literally to the SOW.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28
Spent Fortune for Booze.

Chicago - When Mrs. Margaret
Naughton told Judge Thomson that her
husband, David A. Naughton, had
spent more than $4,000 on liquor in
less than two years, the judge granted
her a divorce Immediately.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28
Bow Throws Dynamite Into Furnace

Shelbyville, Ind. Paul Mccain,
eighteen, barely escaped death when
he threw box containing dynamite
into the furnace at his home. The
heater was torn to pieces and the boy
knocked unconscious,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-03-10

ia commomoration of Iis tWeuB 9Th
birthday the 81 Francisyille True dem.
acfat issued last week silver anni.
yorsary edition In three sections nl
eight pages each, replete aith iu,rrest
5Hg historical data, and setting forth
Ia ampliiied form The wonderful ma
lprial advantage of the Foliriana see
ton Attractive In appearance u con
tanned not au uninteresting line,
triumph Of literary aud mechanical
skill aud monument in the enterprise
and versatility Of It's progressive man
agamomt clinton Waterman
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90 not weary Of the story of our
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Every mail continues 10 bring us
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MED by the kIndest expressions Of 40.
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The friends Of Tho True nemnrfat
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Felictana is amazing Surely there Is
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tu country. whose very soil is so loved
aud vpueraiedl
The following are some Of the most
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II Is the more remarkable as being
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oaly foar persons r. G. Palmer 4 Co.
New otaeaaa,
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lation.
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The 81 ffaBciwillr True Democrat
issued a finely Illustrated. aud his2ort
cal edition last week commemorative
Of its Nrutydfih anniversary The
paper was a model OF typographical
nealH5ss. and general makeup The
NlHdieator corgfatuIates The True
Democrat on having reached lls guar
ter century mark, and hopes IL may live
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section along agricultural stock rails.
iHg industrial aud commercial lines
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wise thg big number reflects much
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South
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AusIua.s note declaring adhesion ia
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Submarine warfare holds uut little If
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United States and thr Vienna govern.
mcnt may BE- avoided
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The san conHratuiagez the - Fran
risylllc True Democrat tar the splendid
silver Anniversary Edition issued last
week Il was Faplete with a voEumlnous
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cisylilc and the Florida parishes and
Ne dare say is oup of thn WusI a'irar-
tive editions issued hy ans oouHlfy
newspaper In this state for many years
ghe edition consisted OF four sections
three Of which comprised the special
edition and ene for the regular issue
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for the special whieh fact contributed
to the excellent reproductions ut half
lours and other eats : Mrs " y Rob
Inson, the very talented editor ot The
True Democrat is a power foF good in
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pen second 90 none She has rounded
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Judging from the splendid aFticl" writ
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~ mind aud heart She has every
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