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Privileges Of the Poor.

VIII you show me any other people
outside of the fairy books who can
put the most fearful calamity on like
a cloak and dor it at win, who can
augment their families to seven or
eight children overnight, and reduce
them as readily to five or six on the
following day if 1t but seem to them
advisable? Where outside their ranks
is there anyone capable of persuading
you that 1t is a privilege to sleep cold
81 that some Darius you never saw or
care to see shall, he had his allegori-
cal mule, go better warmed2 Who
else, being neither of your kith nor
kin, has such power over you that.
with a mere bloodshot eye and shiVer
of the shoulders, they can turn your
automobile, your furs, your warmth
and all your pleasant pleasures into
Dead sea apples of observation-disclosures
Spencer Porter, in the Atlantic Maya
zine,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03
POOR DWELLING PLACE, THIS


Wei-hei-wel Is the bit Of Chinese ter
ritory that the British hold under lease
as . naval and commercial base. e Is
Just across the breadth Of the Shan
tung peninsula from Kiachow. Vel
hei-wei lies partly on the mainland,
partly on an island. where the dock
yard, the coaling station and the rest
OF the machinery for~a naval base are
located. Most OF the civilian popula-
Aien HReon thegmainland. and patron
fze q little steam launch that plies
across the intervening when they
want to go shopping; for with an eye
TO getting the British jackies' trade
when warships put In 10 coal, the
shops OF Wei-hei-wei are out with the
docks and the coal yards.
The island seen from the steam
launch is q barren, sandy hill, ndged
with guIlies that the hurrying rain wa
ter has cut In It's course to the sea.
The sand OF these hills is a Of the
omnipresent features of the colony
every wind that blows carries il about
by pounds, and only the cheapness Of
Chinese servants makes II possible TO
keep a European household busted.
The mainstreet on the island has the
Characteristic British colonial look,
with q British post office, q British
steamship booking Office, and British
shops. On the short side street are the
Chinese shops, which T only opened
at certain seasons when visitors are
plenty, or when q warship puts in to
the harbor.
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Titled LADY as Shoemaker.

It Is an interesting fact that, al
though the women of the United King
dom have invaded most employments
that formerly were followed chiefly by
men. the shoemaking trade has not ex-
perienced much change in this respect.
Yet, something oyer a hundred years
ago., shoemaking was n Of the "em-
pigments of high society" In London.
Lady Sarah Spencer, in q letter to her
brother, written about the year 1903.
says: "In the evening we divide u
time between music and shoemaking.
which Is now the staple trade Of the
family. I am today in a state Of great
vanity, for I have made a pair of shoes
there Is news for you. So If all
other trades fail ! shall certainly es-
tabIish myself. crossIegged, at the cor
ner of an alley to earn a livelihood in
the midst OF leather, avis and ham
mers.s
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LIFE PRIMITIVE AND RUGGED
eesnee 81 8ssesn &c Russaass Mighty
River Garnet Be Duplicates
Anywhere on Earth.

The days on the Yolga are a. alike
IS the white towns strung on the VOlga
chain. and all laden with Q sense az
life. sluggish and primal and poeen-
tiaL The scent OF pines. Of new-mown
hay. Of drying nets. and the fragrance
Of flless brawny red-shirted sailors
shouting and splashfng each other With
water as they scrub the decks: the
whIstling Of grain steamers; the sound
Of hammers from barges building along
the shore; anchor chains rafting ~
We drop into the wharf where fisher.
men are unloading their shining catch.
Il 10 a robust river life. NOT familiar,
but t~ransposed into strange keys and
staged largely.
The RATS seemed the most essen
tally Russian part of the volga. We
had seen them before. Gargantnan
yellow logs. as delicious looking az
tamy. dragged from q forest in Tver
and bound together with saplIngs. each
raft bearing a tiny hut for the fam
lilies who make the journey with the
RATS to the sea. Now we met them
on the river. peopled with ~roEicking
figures, who balanced themselves with
Ieng poles and laughed and shouted
unintelligfble cries to MS as the surge
of the steamer threatened their foot
hold.
The trackers, borilaki, we never say;
debased men Of herculean strength,
muscles knotting in their hairy Threats,
thews straining like horses against the
dead weight OF the barges as Riepin
had painted them. They have passed
with the sails. But the other figures
on the RATS, in the fishing boats-are
their brothers. And never have / felt
life emerging so freshly from the black
mold-Olive Gilbreath in the Yale Re
view.
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Gifted Writers Lndolent

De Quincy has called Colerfdge "a
man of infinite title pages" and he
says he heard Coleridge admit that a
list of the books he meditated but
never executed would fill a large vol
ume In this respect the two opium
eaters were rivals. Perhaps their fer
tility in projects was due, as Co1eridge
fancied. to an overactivity of thought,
modified by a constitutional indol-
enee." and had nothing to do with
opium. On the other hand, De Quin-
cey believed that his opium eating pre-
vented him from writing the book he
intended to make his life work, the
slow and elaborate result of years of
toll, to which he had presumed to
give the title of an unfinished work of
SpinoZa's, viz, DE E~mendatione HUI
mani I~ntelIectus.'" In a later mood he
devised a "Prolegomena to All Future
Systems of Political Economy" and
made arrangements with a provincial
printer for its production, but its au-
thor never even got as far as the pre-
face.
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ORIGIN Of Blizzard.


Blizzard is undoubtedly "a word of
American origin. but 1t is much older
than suggested. In Amersham (Eng.l
churchyard today there is a tomb of
the Blizzard family and people Of that
name still reside In the village of Chal-
font st. Giles. A man of this name ac-
companied William Penn to the new
world. This BLIZZARD, it is said, deVel-
oped very unsociable habits and set
tied far away from his fellows in the
remote Northwest. Now a northwest
ern snowstorm is the most dfsagreeable
thing there Is about the whole climate,
and Mr.. BLIZZARD. being so unpleasant a
person to his neighbors, his name was
adopted to describe the Objectionable
type of weather which blew from his
direction.
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SLEPT WHILE GUNS RoARED
Charles Francis Adams ToIa oR TAX
laa . Nap ON q Hillside During
P1eke4tse Char6s.

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Sprouts After 1000 Years

AT the Zensui Temple, Iwane village,
Koga-gun, Shiga Prefecture, O very an
cient wooden Idol Of Vaisravana was
opened four years ago and some rice
that had reposed therein fully ten cen
turtles was removed and planted. The
seeds terminated and the rice grown
therefrom appears to be similar in all
respects to that Of the present day.
The yield was large and the crop for
next year from this seed is expected
to be excellent
Vaisravana is the God Of Treasure.
When the statue was repaired a bag of
coarse 1axen textile was exhumed con-
tanning rice seeds, with q piece of pa
per bearing the following inscription,
in Chinese: '"This image has been en-
graved for the peace OF the world. If
any n of later generations opens it,
he should put in new seeds" The
Tokyo Academy of Fine Art pro-
nounces the image and its contents of
great antiquity--at least 1000 years
old.
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california Has Jan villace.

Few people realize that in the United
States there is a village composed en-
tirely of japanese, who live their lives
just as they did before leaving the
Flowery kingdom. This quaint spot Of
interest is north of the long pier, q
mile from Santa Monica, Cal. Here is
the home of a number of Japanese
fishermen. Their native dress, food
and the daily routine Of their lives
are carried out as though the little vii
lage were on the far shore of Nippon.
On Sundays are to be e e the native
sports of the japanese. The geisha
girls serve tea and bonbons to visitors,
while the young men display their
prowess at wrestling, jiu-jitsu and
other Oriental pastimes.-Los Angeles
Times.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03
Determining Aoe of Planets.


A novel idea in estimating the physi-
cal condition of planets was put forth
by M. Veronnet before the Academic
des Sciences at a recent meeting in
Paris. He based 1t upon a calculation
of the quantity Of water that rocks
such as granite and porphyry absorb
before becoming perfectly dry.
He said that on the noon all water
has been completely absorbed by slow
diffusion as the rocks gradually cooled.
Venus is still surrounded by a thick
layer of vapor, while no water has yet
been condensed on the surface OF Mer-
curry, this planet being still In q con-
dition in which it's geological life has
not begun. and consequently nc clouds
have yet formed on its surface.
M. Veronnet calculates that the
rocks of our earth now contain abb
sorbed water which would cover the
earth to an average depth Of about
400 metres.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03
Americas First Cartoon.

Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania
Gazette vas the first American news
paper to print a cartoon. There were
rumors of a possible war with the
French. which resulted In a call for q
meeting at Albany Of the representa-
tives of the British colonies. Frank
lin was one Of the commissioners, and
to increase the force of an appeal for
united action, on May 9, 1854, printed
d cartoon representing a snake cut into
eight parts, the head representing New
England and the other eve parts the
various colonies outside of New Eng
land. The legend read; Join or die"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03
Siberia Has Vast Resources

-
The common notion of Siberia b
based On latitude and climate. Be
cause part Of it is in the arctic circle
the whole vast region has been as
sumed to be almost beyond the pale Of
civilized occupancy. Notwithstanding
that much has been written describing
Siberia as 1t is, the common notion is
still that 1t is fit only for penal settle
ments and that the nihilists and other
political exiles were sent to these set
Elements as a living death. This is not
far from the truth. But the tnnospit-
able regions In which the penal settle
ments were placed are far from being
all Siberia, and even some Of these dis
tricts are capable of sustaining the
vigorous Inhabitants Of northern eli
mates.
Siberia, in the economic sense, has
all the resources which go to make a
vast stretch Of territory self-sustaining
as an Independent nation. It has for
ests. mines and great agricultural re-
gtons where every product of the tenn
perate climate is capable Of cultiva-
ton. The timber Is In the north and
west. The mines are In widely scat
tered districts.
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PROPOSALS

I
Sealed bids will be received at the
Mayors office until Tuesday. Al
gust 6. 1918, at IL o'clock NJ, and will
be opened at the regular meeting OF
the Board Of Aldermen, Il be held on
that date. for the construction Of
sidewalks around the City Market,
according to plans and specifications
on file in the office of the City Engi-
neer. IA certificate OF indebtedness.
issued by the City, payable January
LIST, 1920 and bearing five per cent
interest from its date, Is to be ae-
cepted in payment of the above work
All rights reserved to reject any
and all bids.
july 1s-4t NJ. HALPHEN, Mayor.
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Now They're MoIIyeoddIes.

Dandies who are making their reap.
pearance at the Royalty theater. were
fast disappearing when Queen Victoria
began her reign. says the London
Times.
Extravaganza in dress and manners
did not of course originate with them.
but In earlier times there were other
names for those who were noted for
siVilar eceentricities. They were called
beaux in the days of Queen Anne and
the earlier Georges, "fops' and
sparks" being scornful synonyms.
In the latter half of the eighteenth
century these fashionable tops were
known as m%acaronis, and the handles
may be said to have come in during the
regency.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03

able for one type and yet be highly
adapted to the other types or forms.
The purpose of evangelism must in
no small measure determine woman's
relation to it.
There has been a prevailing view
for several centuries that women
are not called to the office OF the
ministry and that they shos1d not oc-
cupy the pulpit. That conception has
kept women from that kind OF evan
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03
chief Executives and the Press.

When John Adams became president,
In 1877, he was even more severely at
tackled in the press than Washington
had been. But his administration
fought the attacks. Armed By the
sedition law, which was passed the
following year, it sought TO ~annihilate
the papers which it could not force to
surrender. In the fight, which lasted
four years, the people rallied to the
support of the papers and defeated
Adams in the election of 1900 by put
ting Thomas Jefferson in the presiden-
tial chair.
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Mourning the Departed.

The newest thing in mourning Is
dark blue. It Is not for the sod half of
the MENACE, but for the widow who
disagrees with her other half, who
seeks the courts TO cut the knot. Such
a person was seen yesterday and when
asked If she had lost some one replied: :
yes, my husband" when did he
dfe7" Don't understand" 81 d.
vorced him. / felt for q time that /
should retire quietly, and now that I
have emerged / Wear a compromise
color-blue. / didn't really dislike my
husband, but I had to divorce him. The
mourning is half far him and half for
the memories. But, poor boy, he mar
ried again. His stenographer."-NeW
York Tribune.
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But it is true that neither the ger

But it is true that neither the gen
eral public nor the religious public
think of women in connection with
evangelism. But is the New Tesla
ment idea Of evangelism exclusive
Of women's relation to this highest
Christian service?
That must furnish the standard.
1t must also be kept in mind that
evangelism is not merely Of one type
or form. Woman might not be avail
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mosphere and a ~souI-saving purpose
The condemnation win be sewers If
the %childretn, youths and maidens be
allowed to slip through the Sunday
school without coming to 4 con
seriousness of salvation in Jesus
Christ. No inner moi richer nor
more important field can be found.
White unto the Harvest.
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MISSIONARY NOTES
Bv the Society.

The Christian church rises to its
divine end just as it becomes and re-
mains an evangehstic force.
Evangelism is not optional with .
church; it is not obligaory. 1t is not
the responsibility of men only; it lis
the responsibility of the womanhood
as well.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. Thsre Is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness.
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness IL caused BY an In
famed condition Of the mucous lining OF
the EustachtRn Tube. When this tube kB
tnfianaed you have q rnmbifng sound or Inn
perfect hearing. and whea 1t Is entirely
closed, Deafness is the result, Unless the
Inflammation can be rsduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition. hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases OF
deafness are caused By caIarrh, which III
an Unframed condition Of the mucous suF-
faces. Hairs Catarsh Medicine Rets thru
the bloed Oh the mucous surfaces OF Che
system.
we will give One Hundred Cellars for.
any csae of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh MeLictne. Cir@s
eulars free. All Druggists, 75c.
r.. .. CHENEY q co. Toledo. q.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03

yet by many great soul winners the
highest and most effective evange-
Hsm is personal evangelism, for
which women are as wen suited and
equipped as men. The greatest op.
portunity for the most gratifying re-
suits OF eyangelistic work today IS
IN the Sunday School There is great
danger that the opportunity will not
be used The greatest need Of the
Sunday school is an evangelistic at
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03

A piece Of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain Liniment and bound
on over the seat Of pain is often
more effectual for a lame back than
a plaster and does not cost anything
like as much. adv
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03

gelism upon which most emphasis
has been placed. Woman has in
other lines Of activity come to prom
inence and leadership IN the church,
as in siciety. and the day is at hand
when her service of responsibility
for the salvation OF the lost viii i'm
pei her evange1istic endeavor in
some sufficient and efficient way.
While the revival meeting Is the
most common method Of evangelism,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03
Don't Have a Double Chin.

An Investigator declares that the
double chin can be controlled and very
largely mitigated. It depends largely
Upon the carriage and pose of the head.
The person who has 8 repeated chin,
or is threatened with one, should re-
call and practice DR.. Edward Everett
Hale,s famous advice: Look up, not
down. The person who sits, or
stands, or walks, with an erect body
and keeps the chin up-tilted, can defy
the crease and the fatty ridges.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03
Its Class.

"a club buffet is a ~paradoxfcal sort
of thing"
sWhy sol"
Because so many men use It when
they are out Of spirits"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03
Good Cause.

81 hear that De smythe's efforts to
trace his ancestors have been suspend
ed"
II suppose he found some Of the an
eestors were suspended. too"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03

Subscribe TO The ciarion-She best
newspaper in St. Landry.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03
The Best plaster

sss cures BY removing the cause.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-08-03
Step Lively! COrns
Quit with "Gets.N'
The Great Corn-L0osener Of the
Are. Never Fails. Painless.

Watch my step2 What's the ussg
/ 20 along right side up without
care even with Germs, because ] use
ssGets.Ttp, the painless, oT-liixe-a-ba-
nana-peei corn remover. ] tried
other ways galore until I was blue
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-15
ASK PUBLIC'S VIEWS
ON STREET CLEANING
Mass-Mecting to Consider New
Specifications Said to Favor
Contractors

Every business mems associatioA civic
association or individual interested in
clean streets is invited 10 attend an open
meeting Monday afternoon at the Cham
her uf Commerce. at which Mayor smith
is expected to explain changes IN tn"
1871" street cleaning specifications Civ
ing contractors power 10 employ or mot
employment at will.
Director Datesnau. author Of the new
specifications, viii most likely act as
spokesman FOR the Mayor IIc viii cH-
plain that contractors this year could
not obtain The required number Of men
ana that Il is not believed that enough
men can be- obtained next year to come
Zip 70 the number required in former
years for the various districts. Tho
Director will further explain that the
city expects to save money by giving the
contractors full control Of street clea3-
ing.
The new specifications. which, de
spite the fact that bids will he open
ed next Tuesday. have been secretly
guarded by their orisinators DO away
with many Of the safeguards thrown
around street cleaning in tn" past and
ut cut many irksour restrict ions that
contractors were forced to live up to
when chief Of the Highway Bureau Will
liam II. 'onncIl was in charge,
Former chief CouneU when told Of
tn" ,uangcs. said: "Undrr the rcstriC-
.t"us IN the specifications when was
IN public Office the city lad control. II
'nr labor ana equipment standards have
been Iow"r"d it makes j. just that easy
Cor IN" contractors. Jr1o" the old re-
Suirtioms city. officials could have broken
or bankruptDQ any contractor who fell
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-15
FRANK TINNEI A CAPTAIN
Philadelphia Comedian, Who Enlisted
in Navv. Given Army Commission

Frank Tinney. comedian who retired
from the stage TO enlist IN the navy, has
been transferred to the army and com
missioned captain Tinney is stationed
al Camp Meigs. Washington n. G.,
where he is connected with the morale
department He is 4 Philadelphia boy
and began his stage career in this city
when only five years old.
For several years he has been a star
In Broadway musical productions. and
since entering the service has assisted
in the production Of the musical rcvuo.
Alta Boy" being presented in WnSE-
ingtou under the direction of Major II.
IT. Skcrrctt, Jr. The piece has brought
in large SUN for the Camp Meigs
welfare FUND. Efforts are being made to
have the Government officials present
the piece in philadelphia.
Captain Tiuncy has brother Joseph.
a commissioned officer in the navy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-15
Increase for Bakers
HERO DAY" AT GIMBEL'S
Will Honor Mothers of Employees
. Who Entered Service

Hero day a celebration Of thHnhS-
giving for the mothers Of the men from
the Gimbel stores who joined the colors.
viii be observed at Gimbers at O'Clock
this afternoon Exercises will he held
in the restaurant. where a meal will be
served TO the guests.
Music will be furnished by Miss MAJ
Farley, soprano: Stanley Muschamp.
accompanist, and the Metropolitan
Quartet. The restaurant room will be
thrown open to the public, to capacity.
There are AGA men from the Gtmbcl
stores in the service of their country.
Three Red Cross nurses are former
Gimbel employees.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-15
SOCIALISTS TO CELEBRATE
Peace Jubilee Tonight at Metropolitan
Oncra House

Socialists viii celebrate the abdication
Cf the Kaiser with a peace Jubilee to-
night az the Metropolitan Opera House.
James II. Maurer. president of the
49, -,,,-ania Federation OF Labor and
{ ,iiI - ". Erwin. Socialist candidate
for Governor Of New York, and editor
Of the New York Call. will he the
principal speakers. Joseph T.. Cohen,
member Of the Mayors food commission
aud Socialist writer. will preside.
other speakers include: Ludwig Lore.
editor Of the New York Nolkszeitung a
New York German-American paper that
has been fighting Prussanism since
1878; NJ. J Olgin. prominent publicst
of the American Jewish Socialist FEEDER
alton and author Of THE Soul of the
RUSSIAN Revolutions" Louis waldman,
Socialist member Of the New York state
Assembly: Ella Reeves BloOr. Socialist
candidate for Lieutenant Governor of
New York.