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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-05
No Friday Specials Sent C.. 0. D., or
Mail or 'Phone Orders Filled
Furniture Specials For Friday

UIIIICUIG Op6CIoIo L IOI IIUcty
$14.50 tapestry brown fibre chairs $995
$1975 brown fibre chairs, cushion and back,
$1,000
$500 mahogany chairs cushion seat and back $500
$500 mahogany rockers cushion seat and back 90
S375 foot rests ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $3.50
$3o5 mahogany knitting stands .............. $I95
S495 enan1eed bed SO size ................ .95
$3.50 enameed bed, SO size ............-...... $495
$3.50 enameed bed, SO size ................. $3.50
1896 enameed bed, SO size ..............-... $695
$1195 white enameled cribs .................. $3.50
1915 bed springs Observation-Disclosures. 81. .95
$695 bed springs A size .................... $495
Stewart Fourth Floor.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
EACH BEAUTY IN HAREM
DEMANDED A GOLD TOOTH

Trials of a toothpuller in a haren
we're described by DR.. A. S. Hunger
ford of Teheran, Persia, who visited
Toledo on his way back to the Pacific
coast.
Fourteen years as the royal dentist
for his majesty, the Shah of Persia
who has a nifty harem in his palace.
has convinced the dentist that life
with a surplus of beautiful spouses
does not have all the traditional joys.
One of the doctors first duties in
the Shah's palace was to pull a tooth
for a member of the harem. When
the dentist finished her beauty had
been enhanced by a brilliantly flashing
gold bicuspid. Such jealousy did
this addition to her beauty strike in
the hearts of the harem that forth
with they all went salaming and Sob
bling to the Shah, charging his ma
jesty with Partially. His majesty got
out of the difficulty by ordering a
gold tooth for each of them, but to
matters up ordered three United
States molars for himself.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04

Finally, in appreciation of his work,
the Confederate chieftains put Forrest
in command of all the cavalry in the
West and raised him to the rank of
lieutenant general. But it was too
late. The cause of the C~onfederacy
was lost, and practically all the bene-
fit Forrest got out of his advancement
was an opportunity to demonstrate
that he could handle a comparatively
large force with as much facility as a
small one.
The result of Forests skill and
strategy caused the Northern war
council to organize the finest cavalry
force eve assembled on the Ameri-
can continent under Gen. Wilson and
dispatch it after Forest. With $4,000
men Wilson met and crushed Forrest
near Selma, Ala. 1t was only by the
most skillful work that Forrest saved
a remnant of his force.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN or
Melville

Melville, La, Sept. 8, 1919.
A regular meeting Of the board of
aldermen of the Town of Melville, La,
met OF the above date with his Hon
or Mayor L. H. Lyons, and the follow
ing members were present: Thomas
Caps, Gus Rosenberg and J. w.
Schoonmaker. Absent w. T. Smith.
The minutes of the regular meeting
held July !, 1919, were read and ap-
proved.
The following reports were read and
approved and ordered filed:
Report of Marshal o. e. Hamilton
for two months:
G. H. Coffree, fined $3.50 and cost 81.
Report of C. H. Coffree, supperin-
tendent, Electric Light System, for
July and August:
For service, during July $3.50. $l34.98
For material sold, during July. 1850
IoLal.... :. ........ S153.53
For service, during Aug.......$154.51
For material sold during Aug. 62.37
1OtdI $500. ..s......... ..S11O.S6
export of j. W. Heap, Town Treas
urer.
June 80, balance in bank. $500. IS
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
"a Get Rid Of Ants

Powdered borax sprinkled around
the infested places viii exterminate
both red and black ants. Powdered
cloves are said to drive them away.
Another plan is to grease a plate with
lard and set it where these insects
abound. They prefer lard to anything
else, and will forsake sugar for it.
Place a few sticks around the plate for
the ants to climb up on. Occasionally
turn the plate bottom side up over the
fire, and the ants will fall in with the
melted lard. Or, use a small amount
of oil of t~urpentine, run into the
cracks with an ordinary sewing ma
chine oil can.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
General Forrest

At rare intervals in history a man
of military genius pops up who seems
to have grasped without study all the
principles of warfare. Such a man
was Nathan Bedford Forrest, who
entered the Vonferderate service as a
private and anne out at the close of
the wal a lieutenant general. He
vas one of the most remarkable char.
acters the great struggle produced.
Where Forrest got his military skill
is a mystery. He was born in a log
cabin Tennessee. His father was a
blacksmith. He had little education.
He was a mass of contradictions. He
possessed the most violent temper,
was almost foppish in dress, yet deep
ly religious. AS a soldier he was a
master of detail and a rigid discip-
lanarian. A trooper who did not pro-
perry care for his horse or who care
lessly arranged the blanket SO that
the saddle chafed the animals back
was sure to be punished severely.
In Forests first engagement in the
Civil War, at Sacramento, KY, he en-
ployed methods that the most accom-
plished of trained commanders would
find difficulty in improving upon. He
attacked in front, flank and rear. This
style Of maneuve he found of ad.
vantage many times In later days.
One of the first things Forrest did
was to teach his cavalrymen to fight
on foot. When men fought afoot, one
man out Of four or one out of eight
held the horse. Today this is the
system throughout the armies of the
world, but Forrest was one of the
first, If not the first, to establish it,
In the first few years of the war
Forrest was looked upon as little more
than a raider, and it was not until
1854 that his genius began to be ap-
preciated by Jefferson Davis and 9TH
en- officials in Richmond. Long before
that Grant, Sherman and other North
ern commanders knew Forrest for
his true worth.
Forrest played a prominent part in
the battle Of Shiloh, and at Montery
he was desperately wounded. 1t was
only a short time after he recovered
from his wound that he swept down on
Murfreesboro, Tenn, with 1,4O0 men
and captured the whole force of Gen.
Crittendon, taking 1900 prisoners and
a large amount of supplies. Gen.
Wolseley, commandments of the
British Army, considered this one of
the most remarkable achievements Of
FORESTS career, and, after studying
his campaigns. Walseley said that he
considered the unlettered general as
one Of the most brilliant soldiers
America has produced.
IT Ia perhaps unfortunate that For
rest served under various command
ers who were not competent to handle
the work committed to their care.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
Home Gardens Pay

Garden work is health giving, es-
pecially for those whose occupations
are indoors. To allow land that might
grow food to lie idle is almost criminal
in this war-impoverished wolrd. The
products of the garden are simply in
dispensable to a wholesome dietary.
When home grown their quality must
be better than any that can be bought
Next year should see a further in
crease, instead of a further decrease,
in home gardens.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
Salem Witches

F
Unbuilt upon today, as in 1881, il
the dark hill in old, Quaint Salem
called Witches Hill. In 1891 it wa
called Gallows Hill. Of disquieting as
pect is the old black cliff. Here thu
terrible executions took place, where
girls as innocent as a flower, anG
dear home-loving women of hearts OF
gold were tortured and hanged fol
~witchcraft. The witch was be
lieved to be literally possessed of the
devil, to draw her powers from Satan
and to have communication with un.
seen spirits to the detriment of the
community. For curing the village
diseases, or for cooking better than
her neighbor, a woman was tried, con.
demned, hanged.
Persecution has always seemed to
be n of the idosyncracies of the hui
man mind. It's roots are in intoler-
ance and in absence of breadth. of
view. The executions, by the reyer-
end Puritans, for so-called witchcraft,
were as absurd, as the tortures of the
Inquisition or CromwelI's massacre of
the Irish in Drogheda. September
%, celebrates the peculiarly horrible
executions in old Salem, Mass, in
1852, of two women and seven men
for "witcheraft.' One of them was
pressed slowly to death because she
stood mute with horror before her
judges.
Let us look into the matter a bit.
The subject is absorbingly interesting
|-demonology. 1t was called "Black
Magic" in the Midle Ages. That
there is a power outside of our five
senses, sometimes intelligently per-
ceived by rarely gifted persons pos
sessing a sixth sense, cannot be dis
puted, from authentic records. Solid
English clergymen have testified to
seeing for one dismaying second the
Banshee, that mysterious spirit, the
White Lady attached to ancient Irish
families, and warns by a cry of a
coming disaster. The magnetic Orient
is permeated with magic" and with
charms against the Evil Eye" etc.
In Holy Scripture the rulers of Israel
were warned by God himself, in terms
of sorrowful irony, to beware of
those having a familiar spirit and to
the living God for counsel.
From the seventh century on woman
figure largely in the accusations for
withcraft, because of love-portions adj
to distracted females. In
New England, in 1881, there was a
shocking outburst of fanaticism under
that upright man, Cotton Mather, a
man who was as one-sided as a wall.
is ~unreasoning zeal. Salem
founded in 1926 by the Puritan set
.lers, was shaken from its liberty-pole
its last doorstone. It assumed an
.1veractice form, encouraged, alas,
the clergy. Epidemic diseases were
attributed to witchcraft. Evil spirits
lad entered into the body of this wo-
men, or of that woman, all through
Salem, it a n Denial, protest, plead
ng, were in vain. Guilt1ess women
we're tried tortured, hanged, and per-
laps for no other reason than that
hey had been see gazing steadily
owards a BEAUTIFUL setting sun.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
Livingstone Memorial

One of the most curious memorials
OF Livingstone is the Name Tree"
near Victoria falls. on the Zambesi. On
the trunk Livingstone cut his initial
and the date 1856 on the day of his
first visit to the falls. In his book, Civ
ing an account of this, Livingstone
says: This was the only instance in
which ! INDUCED in this piece of van
ity."
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
E. j. LeBLNc. Clerk.
A Gentleman"

And the scholar said: Originally
the term gentleman (Latin: gentilis)
signified well born. A man of gentle
birth usually raj refined in manners
and conduct, and so popular usage has
extended the term to all men of chiv-
alrous character; a gentleman lives
right, rights wrongs, fears God and
honors the king.'-Exchange.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
Bill of st. Landry Clarion, for

! Bill of st. Landry Clarion, for
printing proceedings, three
months 80. .s18.7i
Bill of Interstate E. Co., for
material furnished light
plant as per bill on file =. s12s.71
Bill of Gus. Rosenberg, mer-
chandise and nails, as per
bill on file $3.50
Bill of ]. F. Ferino, for drayage s1.5o
Bill of Paul Artall, for rope and
lime -. .........$ 1886
Bill of Miss Bertha Roseberg,
for registering eight births,
and three deaths ..$2.75
Bill of Peter Chaser, for man
half days work s.. S1.25
Bill of S. J.. DeLoach, for oil
and gasoline 80. !. ........$4.O5
Bill of c. ". Romig, for 5 and
n fourth days, at $500
per .......$ 26.25
Moved by Rosenberg AMI seconded
by Schoonmaker and carried, that
$4,000 from the general fund be set
aside for street improvements.
Moved by SHOEMAKER and second
ed by Capps and carried, that three
hundred and sixteen dollars and nine
ty-nine cents be taken from the GEN
eral fund and place in the improve
ment fund.
The mayor appointed Thomas
Caps, Gus. Rosenberg and J. w.
Schoonmaker as a committee to make
up the budget for 1920.
Moved by Capps and seconded by
Rosenberg and carried that the board
do now adjourn.
L. H. LYONS, Mayor.
E. j. LeBLNC. Clerk.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
Tip

There r two great races-the hui
mar race and the horserace-and if
you must bet, lay your wager on the
human race-it is notwithstanding
(Fla.) Times Union.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04

pound ever since and give You INV Der
mission to publish this letter.".Miss
FLO KELLY, 476 So. 18th ST., Newark.
N. j.
Inc reason this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound, was so successful in Miss
helly's case was because it went to the
root OF e trouble, restored her to 3
normal healthy condition and as aresult
Der nervousness disappeared.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04

down and got so
weak / could hardly
stand, and hadhead-
aches every day. /
tried everything /
could think of and
was under a ply
sician's care for two
years. A girl friend
had used Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
she told me about
it. From the first
day / took it began
feel better and
now l am well and
able to do most IN
kind of work. T
been recon-
Inending the Corr.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
Habitual Constipation Cured
in II Tn 11 Davs

"LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially
prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual
Constipation. 1t relieves promptly but
should be taken regularly for IA to ri days
to induce regular action. 1t Stimulates and
Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. Coo
per bottle.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
Lands fOrSale

W Arpents improved, 8 IL miles west of opelmsas nor ornon+s ego
SO acres, improved, N mile from opeousas, per acre s11nao
aO Acres, improved on Washington Road. Ter acre 500 y
= Arpents, improved, on Washington Road, Del arpen s1oo n
- Arpents improved, OF Washington Road, n nile from oneonsas SIM ~
- A4pn0'm proVed on Washington Road, per arpent. sos On
loo Arpents' improved. on Washington Road SIX M y
9 Acres improved, o Lawten Road, per acre. s14o ~
90 Acres, improved, in P1afsance, pr acre s1ooo
NO Acres, improved in Plahance. per acre soo o.
15 Acres, improved, at Rosa, La, per acre e9y -
so Acres, lear Rosa, improved, per acre aoo
eo Acres, rice farm, improved, nea Welsh, La. per acre &C. ~
CO Arnan4 - anu a m Improved" near welsh, La, per acre ............s75OO
W Arpentr rice farm, highly improved, o. Bayou Nezpique s50 90
7ooo Arnent. It, n IN improved OF Bayou Courtableau, per acre =. $4,000
loo rpent rice farm on Bayou Beouf, per arpent $500. SAC on
lOo Arpents IF rice land on Bayou Teche neal s.. Martnynle sa5 q
&c 1 party mprove o. Bayou Jack, per acre. .......... ~. $500
900 Acres improved. seven miles from Rosa, La. pr acre COS N
-oO Acres, improved rear Rosa, La. per cre... sEooo
oo Arpents, improved, on Waxa (Hawkins, Place. per arpant sloool
eo Acres at East Krotz Springs. per acre $50. * =
~ Acres highly improved, East Bellevue, 8 miles from openusas,
% Arpents, improved, in East Bellevue, per arpent Isl. . s5o %
60 Acres, timber on Bayou cocodre, per acre -. SIT On
le acres improved on Bayou Teehe, 4 IL miles from opelousas
pr acre $3.50. 4, 80. so no
so Acres, improved, Oh Bayou Teche, Ter acre s7soo
~ Arpents nea Beggs, La, per arpent improved -. al M
go Acres on Bayou Beouf, per acre, improved ...... .... s35 on
lO acres improved, OF Bayou Beouf per acre. 80. SAG q
5000 Acres. improved, per acre -. cog m
200 Arpents, improved, o. Bayou Beouf near Whfteyule per acre sooo
Az Arpents, improved, N Bayou Beouf, per arpent ... sax d
$50 Acres, cut ver woodland, one miles from Whiteyule ner acno so ~
Wo Arpents partly improved. 5 miles East of opelousas. per
5S4 Acres, rice farm, Elton. La. with weu an dmachinoru -. 80 80
40 Acres, improved, at Gold Dust, La, per acre .. s5o M
70 Arpents, partly improved, near Port Barre, per arpent s.. - s3a IN
acres highly improved, near opelousas, per acre 49,. 49, $1,000
50 Acres n Bayou Beouf, improved, near Beggs Station, Ter acre $4,000
>" Apens mproVe near WhteV1ne, per arpent ....... $4,000
70 Arpents, on Bayou Beouf, per arpent 80. g. s4Eoo
5S Acres, improved, 6 miles from Melville o N Atchafalaya River $50
$50 Arpents, improved, in Plasance, per arpent -. ssooo
$40 Acres, improved, on Bayou Beouf, per acre -. sa5 m
$40 Acres, improved, neal Vile Platte, pei acre sss Mo
-ooV Acres nmoerland' between opelousas and Melville, per acre. $250O
eWO Acres cumberland in Eastern St. Landry Parish, per acre ..... $1,000 /
21oO Acres cut over hardwood and pine land, EYangelne Parish.
OTHER COUNTRY PROPERTY, IMPROVED AND UN1MpRovBD.
ALSO CITY PRO~PERTY-CALL AND SEE OUR LIST.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04

Reserve is a force; timidty a weak
ness; and success belongs to the
strong.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04

You may succeed when others don't
believe in you, but you will never sue
coed when you don't believe in your
self.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04
A NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.

Newark, N. J.-"For about three
years / suffered from break
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-04

Reed from NJ. and F. Bank
loan 962.1O
Reed from c. H. Coffree ..... 370.46
Reed from O. E. Hamilton $50
Vouchers paid Nos. ITS, 1872 to 1915,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-08
HIS NERVES WERE
so SHATTERED he
COULD NOT SLEEP
DIR. williams Pink Pills
Brought Health and Happi-
ness, Says st. Louis
Man

MY nerves were SO weakened
that was practically wreck" says
Mr.. Harry III. F7eck, OF No. 2510
West Sullivan avenue, St Louis, Mo.
Il had had a severe attack of ty-
phoid fever and 1t left me badly run
down and unable to recover my
strength. I suffered from frequent
nervous headaches and they became
so bad at times that was forced to
go to bed. ! also had dull ache in
my legs and was so nervous that I
couldn't sleep and had no desire to
eat. / became melancholy and de
pressed. I was sleepy during the
day at my work and sometimes !
was overcome by dizzy spells.
II had been under treatment for
some time but nothing seemed to
reach the cause of my trouble, until
one day ! was urged to try DIR. VIII.
liams' Pink Pills. After taking the
remedy for a short time my condi-
ton showed so much improvement
that l determined to give the remedy
a thorough trial. As result my
nerves regained their strength. my
appetite improved and / am able to
sleep soundly at night. | seldom
have headaches, the dizzy spells have
entirely disappeared and ] feel fine
again.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People are sold by your own drug
gist or will be sent direct by mail.
postpaid, on receipt OF price. so cents
per box, six boxes for $3.50 Write
TO the DIR. Williams Medicine Co,
Schenectady, N. ". for free nerve
book.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-08
Merchant Financial. Wreck

81 am a financial wreck because
of the expense of doctors and
medicine for my wife. She has
been chronic sufferer for 10
years. Some pronounced 1t gall
stones, some gastritis and some in
testinal inflammation. happened
to read an ad of Mayr's Wonderful
Remedy and from the first dose my
wife has steadily improved" 1t
Is a simple, harmless preparation
that removes the catarrhal mucus
from the intestinal tract and allays
the inflapmation which causes
practically all stomach, liver and
intestinal ailments. including APP
pendicitis. One dose will convince
or money refunded. Bartelrs Five
Drug Stores and druggists every
INSTRUMENTATION
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-08
WAR MACHINE
NOW RESCUER
Geophone to Locate ImpriS
Oned Miners
BY A. T.. GELDHOr

WASHINGTON, July s.-Uncle
Sam isn't turning any swords into
plowshares.
He hasn't any swords-that's the
reason. Cutlery wasn't much in de.
mand in the recent misunderstood.
ing.
But he Is turning some OF the
weapons of war into implements OF
peace.
Take, for instance, the geophonc--
listening instrument invented by
the French during the war TO detect
enemy sapping and underground
mining operations and TO locate enc
my artillery. The geophone is now
being used by the bureau of mines as
an aid in locating miners who have
been entombed after a mine disaster.
Instead of helping to take lives,
the little instrument now helps to
save theml
The geophone works on the same
principle as the seismograph. the
pondcrous apparatus which feels an
earthquake thousands of miles away
and records 1t.
It's an iron ring about three and n
half inches in diameter, each side
covered by a mica disc and brass
cap piece. Inside Is suspended a
lead disc. From this little box leads
rubber tube with stethoscopic
ear-piece on the end, which is placed
In the operators ear
Usually two geophones arc used.
one for each ear. When these are
placed on the ground and any one
Is pounding OF digging in the vicin-
ity, the earth waves produced by the
/ pounding shakes the geophone disc.
/ The lead weight inside, however, re-
mains comparatively motionless.
The motion between the instrument
case and the lead weight causes a
ratification and compression of the
air in the instrument, and this com.
preston Is carried TO the ear drums
thru the rubber tubes.
In this way pounding with pick
on bituminous coal in a mine can be
heard for 900 feet, and pounding
with a sledge can be heard 1.150 feet.
The direction from which the sound
comes is easily determined, because,
when two geophones are used, the
sound Is a trifle louder in the one
nearest the pounding.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-08
SKULL OF HUN
SHOWS COWARD
American Legion Post Hears
Prof. L. AyreS

The skull OF German soldier,
taken from trench In Flanders. was
used Monday night by Prof. L.Ayres.
phrcnologist. TO illustrate the char
actcristics OF the Hun, particularly
his ability 20 do "kamcrad" when
cornered.
The lecture and other features
were staged at the regular monthly
entertainment of Elmer J. Noble
Post No. 1. OF the American Legion,
at tho Soldiers and Sailors club.
other numbers on the program
were: Violin solo. Arthur Kloth. ac-
companist. John Hopper; songs. Rob
ert S. Edmonds: COSTUME dances.
Charles Harris: monologues and
dances. Saunderson School OF EN-
preston: Irish folk song, Mrs. Harriet
C. Saunderson: dialect impersona-
tions. Miss Bcrnadinc winters; gypsy
dance. Miss Catherine Saundcrson;
monologue. Miss Dorothy SANDER
SON
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-08
MRS. LISTER IN
SUPREME COURT
Asks Order to Collect SIS, 900
Fund

OLYMPIA. July s.-MrS. Alma
Lister. widow OF the late Gov. Ernest
Lister. Monday filed suit In the state
supreme court for $1,000. tho amount
voted by the last Legislature for the
relief OF Gov. Lister.
Chief Justice O. II. Holcomb issued
writ citing the state auditor to
appear on July % to show cause why
he should not DO compelled TO pay
the money.
The state auditor has taken tho
stand. on the advice OF the attorney
general. that the money was In the
form of gift or an attempt 10 In
crease the salary OF an official while
he was in office. and therefore un-
constitutional. Maurice Langhorne,
OF Tacoma, represented the Lister es-
tate.