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The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05

these various attempts his life, Cabrera, it is
said, wears buet-proof coat. Another story Is
to the effect that fearing poison, he would take
food except that specially prepared for him by
his mother, which served to him in her
metically closed steel casket which he opened hi-
self at table.
There seems small room for doubt that Ca
brera's regime was ruthless and his methods ut
terry despotc, but his defenders insist that on the
whole his long reign has brought more good than
evil to Guatemala. He has improved the countryS
finances, they say, carried out many important
public works reformed and liberalized the laws,
fostered agriculture introduced modern systems
of sanitation. Above all, they declare, he has
shown himself such jealous believer in educa-
ton that he has installed in Guatemala really
up-to-date school system based on American mod
els
During the great war the Guatemalan dicta-
tor according to report, was instrumental In nip
ping in the bud German plot for causing revo-
lutionary outbreaks througio the five Central
American republics and extending them, if poSsi-
BILE to Panama and Colomb a. The German min
lister at Guatemala. Herr Lehman, was said to be
the master mind behind thhl plot, and Herr Eek
hardt. German minister at NJ sxicO, was also named
as one of its instigators. Cabrera, 1t was said
got wind of it, warned the United States govern
ment. and thus effectually blocked its progress.
Porflrio Diaz ruled over Mexico from 1872 to
1880 and from 1884 to 1911. Francia was abso-
lutte autocrat in Paraguay from 1914 to his death
in 1S4O His successor, Lopez l., kept himself In
mower for % years and then turned the govern
ment over his son, Lopez ii, Rosas, despOt
Of the Argentine ruled from 1925 to 1912. Blan-
90 the Venezuelan dictator, ruled for IS years,
from 1870.
Antonio Guzman Blanco was little different
from the rest of these dictators. He came into
mower in 1870 and his novel methods gave him
eighteen years of ascendancy. Unlike Cabrera,
Rosas. Francia Diaz and the rest Guzman Blanco
was clever enough to keep the reins of power IN
his hands without sticking close to the job. Sew
eral times he went TO Paris to have good time
leaving presidents in his place who admins
tered Venezuela in his absence without for
moment questioning his authority as the real boss
of the show But one of these substitutes, DR..
Rojas Paul, got tired of being president in name
only and, in 1888. suddenly announced that he
would no longer take orders from Guzman Blanco.
then comfortably enjoying himself in Paris. The
dictator threatened all sorts of terrible things as
soon as he got back to his capital but Rojas Paul
had chosen a psychological moment Guzman
Blanco never dared to assert his authority again
ami, what is more, never dared return to his ma
tive land. Though surrounded in Paris by every
luxury that wealth could buy, yet he died broken
hearted exile, warming to return to Venezuela,
eagerly questioning every Venezuelan visitor for
the latest news from home
Juan Vicente Gomez of Venezuela has been
spresident" for II years.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
1ha. Troublesome Apostrophe.

The woman living next door to the
schoolhouse was spinster Of uncertain
age. And she seemed to put in most
of her time watching the schoolhouse
so that she could find some reason for
complaints. Many had come and many
had been settled in a way that had
caused sorrow TO the boys OF the
school. And this spring came new
one. During a ball game in the school
yard several of the boys had occupied
as their grand stand seats the roof OF
the lady-next-door's chicken house.
The principal was inclined to stand
with the boys, so she made their pun
ishment very light. They were to write
a note of apology to the woman. The
note was written and dispatched one
morning. That afternoon brought a
fiery spinster to the building. She said
the note was insult added to Outrage.
The principal took the note and
read, eve, the boys of the N
school, offer our apology for sitting on
the old hens house during our ball
game last Friday"
The boys said 1t was all the fault
of a misplaced apostrophe. The teach
er was wise.-Indianapolis News.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
Locomotives Low Rank.

Rated according to their efficiency,
the locomotive stands at the bottom
with an average efficiency Of per
cent, followed by the compound nom
condensing engine. 10 per cent; the
compound condensing engine, includ-
ing boiler. Is per cent, and the Parsons
turbine, including the boiler II per
cent. When we come to the internal
combustion engine there is a decided
jump. The automobile motor is cred
tied with % per cent. the airplane mo-
tor with 81 per cent, the coal gas sta
tionary engine with 80 per cent, and
the average Diesel engine with "a per
cent. On reaching that modern de-
velopment in which the internal COM
bustion and the steam engine are COM
bined. we get for the Still engine an
efficiency (actually obtained) Of Al per
cent, and Doctor Dawson sets down
the probable future efficiency of the
StiIl-Diesel combination at 44.5 per
cent.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
WHEN THEY DROVE THE HUNS
No American Who Took Part In the
Capture Of Berry viii Ever
Forget the Thrill.

The fall of the plateau south OF
Scissors and the thrust across the
Chateau-Thierry road sealed the tate
of the great Marine salient. The LAOS
of the Twenty-eighth infantry, First
division, made this success possible
by their grim tenacity in driving the
Germans out of Berry after being re-
peatedly repulsed in their brave CT
forts to take the place.
But, despite every effort, the grim
walls of Berry still doomed ahead be-
yond the shell-pocked strip of upland
as the summer twilight faded from the
sky. Through the night its guns, ike
those of a beleaguered fortress, con-
tinued to flame. In 1t stood at bay
the last German garrison of that
plateau south of Scissors" with the
whole western front of the Marine
salient pinned upon it. which had for
so long held a black menace over
Paris.
Now and then there is a man who
conceals a timid heart behind a long,
dropping mustache and the general FSp-
pearance of western sheriff of the
days of Jesse James, but Gen. Beau
mont B. Buck is not one of them.
As the second hand of his watch
marked 30 minutes past s and the
barrage fell, General Buck stretched
his long legs out in front of the first
wave, advised his men in no mincing
words to follow him and get the
d. boches this time, and led off the
streaming rush across the open.
They followed-who would not with
such a leader? On and on they went
toward the hot muzzles that famed
through the cracks of split walls and
behind fallen masses of masonry, on
past those muzzles, yelling, cursing,
s..iking down with swinging blows the
desperately resisting Germans behind {;
on by the massive quadrangle or
buildings in the western edge of the
village, past the ravished church and
down the crooked main street until
they pulled up where the road pitched
down into the Crise valley and against
the last eastern walls of the hamlet
on which battered bullets from the
German nests clear beyond the valley.
Joseph Mills Hanson In the Home
Sector.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
cIaarInn HOUSE FOR Brains.

The demand for technical men is
about to be taken care of by a pro-
posed clearing house for brains which
will maintain a central headquarters
and will be composed of representa-
tives of all the technical colleges in
the country and at these headquarters
a directory and filing system of the
demands of the country for profess
sional assistance of this character will
be kept. Such a system will enable
the industries to secure men that are
wanted and will offer facilities for
graduates and other to secure places
for which they are qualified with little
loss of time or energy.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05

taken in the Tontine coffee house, and
the early organization became the New
York Stock and Exchange board In
1897 the market was moved into the
Merchants Exchange building, remain
Ing there for eight years. and until
1879. when the New York stock ex-
change with which it merged. acquired
the site Of its present home in Broad
street. other quarters housed it from
time to time
A new market then sprang up.
whose transactions were for many
years conducted according to a set
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
FIRST CURB MARKET

tonwood tree and the first transac-
tons In government securities were
conducted informally.
In 1872 the leading brokers banded
themselves together into an organiza-
ton and trading was limited to those
recognized By the association. The
first market was simply called the
~Stock Market" and trading continued
in the friendly shade OF the old tree
for 25 years. In 1877 quarters were
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
ordor Road to Last a Century.

A system of road-making, which is
described as likely to last 100 years,
has been adopted by Marylbone bor-
ough council in repaving portion
of Oxford street, Lendon. The old
foundations have been cleared and
concrete to a depth Of about eighteen
inches is being put down. On this
wooden blocks with one coating Of
crsosote and two Of tar are being
fitted.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05

of simple rules drawn up by e. s.
Mendels, an early broker in this mar
ket, and later known as "the father
OF the New York Curb Market" In
1908 Mr.. Mendels, with the consent of
the brokers doing, business on the
curb, formed ''Curb Agency" and
established a listing department. and
out of this grew the New York Curb
Market association. which was organ
lied in 1911.--Detroit lIews.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
Fiction Concerning sargasso Sea.

There are many tales about ships
that on becoming involved in the weed
and being unable TO escape, drift about
the Sargasso sea for years while their
crews persisted from thirst and hunger.
That these tales are pure fiction was
proved by the expedition Of the Nor
wegian government in 1910. The Mich
aeI Sars spent many weeks sailing
through the weed but at no time did
The ship find itself a prisoner.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
rREsPAss NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that hunting,
shooting, fence cutting, ped
dlers, agents. any other trespassing
is prohibited on CHOCTAW Planta-
ton, L'Argent, La, and all violators
are warned that any violation OF this
will be vigorously prosecuted by law
novs J. T. KERR.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
TREsPAss NOTICE.

The property Of the undersigned on
Bayou Cocodra, in Concordia Parish,
Louisiana, is posted against hunting,
shooting. fishing, trapping or in any
manner trespassing thereon. Violators
will be prosecuted to the full extent Of
the law. ANNIE CRAWFORD.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
rnEspAsa NoTlcE.

Notice is hereby given. that the
White Hall Plantation. in Concorola
Parish, La. is posted against hunting.
shooting, fishing, pecan gathering or
In any manner trespassing thereon:
Violators will be prosecuted to the nun
sxtent Of the law.
WHITE HALL PLANTATION.
Vidalia, La, Oct. 4th, 1918.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
POSTED.

Notice Is hereby given that that part
OF the PARK PLANTATION belong
ing to Mr.. J. ]. McAdams, located
near Clayton, Concordia Parish, La,
Is posted against gathering Of pecans
at this time or during the season OF
1920, and also against any one cutting
timber of all kinds, or in any way
trespassing on said property, either
fenced OF unfenced. Violators will be
prosecuted without exception.
Clayton, La, Nov. 1, 1919.
r. SAM HARTMAN, Agent.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
rREsPAss NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given. that Elkhorn
and Weecama Plantation, in ConcordlA
Parish. La, are posted against hunt
ing, shooting, fishing, or fence cutting,
or in any other manner trespassing
thereon. Violators will be prosecuts4
70 the full extent of the law.
r. D. BROWN.
vidalia, La, Sept 1Sth, 1913.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
Speedy Antelope.

Roy Chapman Andrews. a Monaghan
explorer and traveller, is bringing to
this country specimen Of an ante
lope which he says CA easily cover
sixty miles an hour.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
TREsPAss NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given. that Pitts.
Held Plantation, in Concordia Parish.
La, is posted against hunting, shoot.
Ing, or in any way trespassing thereon.
violators will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law.
w. W. DIX, Manager.
vidalia, La, Oct. 10, 1919. ~.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
raEspAaa NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given. that vauclUse
Plantation, in Concordia Parish. La, IL
posted against hunting, shooting, fish
ing. or in any manner trespassing
thereon. violators will be prosecuted
10 the full extent OF the law.
RIP. SCHIEL1
Vidalia, La, March "a, 1919.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05
PoS1En.

Notice is hereby given, that Latte
more and Arnaudlia Plantations are
posted against hunting, fishing and all
other manner of trespassing. Viola
.ors of this will be prosecuted to the
hull extent of the law. No exceptions.
Oct. IS. A. H. GILLESPIE.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05

When every airplane comes to the
ground like feather wen all go aloft
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-05

POSTED.
Notice Is hereby given. that Gle
pies Island, opposite Ferriday, In tns
Mississippi River, is posted sSs .r"1
hunting fishing and otherwise tres
passinS and all violators viii be prose-
cuted to the full extent Of the laM
eu n ~ III. CHAMBERS.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-15
Daily Horoscope

Good luck attends this day, ac-
CordinE to astrology. jupiter and
Uranus dominate with kindly SWAY.
Clear vision and foresight should
make all business activities under
taken under this rule extraordi-
narily profitable.
There is promising direction for
new ventures and for the reorgani-
zatton of old enterprises.
Many changes in methods of
carrying on large enterprises seem
to be indicated, since there is the
forecast of new international alIi-
ances of combinations.
Good luck should attend the
meeting OF strangers or the estab-
lishment of new connections during
this planetary rule.
Romance is fairly well aspected
this day when the stars presage a
quickening of interest on the part
OF men of large affairs. Thus it
should be favorable for women who
are ambitious to marry wealth.
There is a reading of the stars
that seems to indicate great mill
tary and naval movements on the
part of Great Britain This is fore
cast in the aspects attending the
lunation of Novembers.
The stars held to affect the nerv-
Gus system most directly seem to
presage an increase of diseases of
the mind and for that reason the
seers counsel care to maintain con-
troll of the temper and a continued
optimism.
New responsibilities again are
predicted for women who will meet
many serious problems in the
spring.
This days aspects should be IA
Vorable for the theaters and espe-
cially profitable for picture houses.
The vogue of a new actress who
viii represent the intellectual and
progressive ideals. of the stage is
again prognosticated.
Persons whose birthdate it is
have the augury OF a prosperous
year in which added interests in
crease the finances. o.,
Children born on this day will be
generally lucky all through life, II
they follow the paths indicated by
the stars. They are likely to be en-
dowed 1Eith great charm Of person
ality. -
The Washington herald., 1920-09-15
The Head Nurse
Says:
BE KIND.
Copyright, 1890, Underwood and Underwood

Are you of a kindly disposition? L?
If not, adopt that attitude. The di-
rect benefit of a kindly, tolerant
disposition 10 the individual possess
ing it cannot be over-estimated. AS
you measure to your neighbor he
will measure back to you" Partic-
ularly If you are inclined to be a
wit. Watch your shafts that they
are not barbed with poison. Let
your witicisms be at your own ex-
pense if you must have a butt. As
plants respond to sunshine so docs
humankind react to a pleasing per-
sonality.
This is not altruism. 1t is plain
health building for yourself. Never
talk ill-hcalth or tell the ailme 0 Is
you have undergone. While there
may be some sturdy souls in your
audience who might not be hurt. 1t
will greatly depress the majority.
II you hear a pleasant thing about
anyone. do not forget to tell that
person of il at your very first op-
3ortunity.
1t it ls necessary to point out a
fault TO a member Of your house
hold await an opportune time and
then bolster up the morale OF the
individual before administering the
blow. If you are naturally Of a
morose disposition given to self
analysis and self pity you may have
TO build yourself a whole new dis
position. Here are some building
materials.
Never look on the dark side Of
anything. Look on the bright side.
If it appears to have no bright
spots. turn your mind away from
that subject altogether.
Never speak or carry tales of any
one. Try TO think no i'll. Never
take faNors for granted. Expect
more of yourself than of others, and
YOU Will seldom have to stand dis
appointment.
Find some good in each person
you meet. especially those traits that
YOU lack. If you would glow with
health. be kind, be kind
Copyright. 1890. by The NC Syndicatc.)
The Washington herald., 1920-09-15
AN AWKWARD ENCOUNTER.

Atherton suggested a drive along
the lake front after he had paid
the check for his luncheon. Alison
assepted mechanically. She would
rather drive with him than run the
risk of meeting acquaintanccs in
one of the hotel lounges.
She wished desperately that SHE
had never come on this shopping 3
tour. but she was glad that it had
been she and not her mother who
had the experience of meeting her
father for the first time in many
years. She remembered only vague
ly when he had been a part of the
family. Her mother had cried fire.
quently. she recalled. and there had
been scenes from which she had al
ways been excluded, being told to
run out and play
She looked fUrtively at Atherton
as they waited silently in the hotel
entrance for the machine they had
ordered to thread it's way through
the traffic on the avenue in response
to the doorman's whistle. The
years had coarsened him. The dark,
arrestingly handsome figure, was a
bit flashy. He had too much flesh.
soft flesh that looked as though it
were only kept in bounds by club
gyms and massage. He wore we'll
tailored clothes jauntily. His cravau
was irreprOaChable. his shoes the
latest cut and faUltlessly shined.
But his face caused her misgiv-
ing. She recalled her mothers
words: You arc. very like your
father. You have his eyes. A devil
seemed to lurk in them"
1t. was true. Even in the coarseu-
ed features of the man. she could
see her own delicate beauty. Her
slant eyes. The lids too white, too
heavy, sagging now with years and
living. veiled the same Queerly set
eyes as her own. The upward curve
of her red lips. 1t was present in
this man. her father. When he
smiled it had the piquant twist of a
satyr.
Alison went down the steps
thoughtfully, her fathers assiduous
hand on her elbow.
Just as she was about to step into
the tonneau of the car a taxi drew
The Washington herald., 1920-09-15
CLUB TO DISCUSS
SITUATION IN ERIN

free-for-all discussion of the
Irish situation by members of the
City Club will be a feature of the
clubs weekly forum luncheon at
l2;30. this afternoon at the club
house, Farragut Square.
The general discussion will fol-
low an address by Osmonde Grnttan
Esmonde. Irish republican leader.
who has Just been assigned by the
Irish diplomatic service as a mem-
Der. of the Sim Fein Embassy staff
here. ....
j. a, Whitfield. president Of the
club. Will preside. Iohn Walsh.
chairman of the Clubs cirics and
forum committee. is in general
charge Of arrangements. George
Gordon Rorkc. member Of the ma
tiopal advisory committee of the
protestant Friends Of ireland. will
be a guest of the club along with
Mr.. FSr~nrdn
The Washington herald., 1920-09-15
By DOROTHY DIX
Copyright. 1920.
Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.
Excellent Advice

at middle age, and sitting down
with folded hands to wait for death,
that way lies suicide and madness.
From fifty tc seventy is generally
the healthiest time of a woman's life
and she is a million times better off
and happier in every way, for hav-
ing plenty to do.
/ It's the women who sit with idle
hands who. get senile, and tiresome,
and afflicted with melancholia. It's
the women who have no interests
of their own who turn into scandal
mongers and gossips.
The best preventive in the world
for rheumatism and gout is
housework. The real elixir of per-
petual youth is to keep busy, and
the woman who gives these up to
go and sit in somebody's chimney
corner. signs her own death warrant
Therefore l urge every woman to
keep her own house, and do her own
work, or to hang on to her job if
she has one, and so live. her own life
to the very last minute that it is
possible to her.
And the comfort a woman gets
out of being surrounded by her own
belongings is not to be told in
words. A woman's furniture to her
consists not of mere tables and
chairs, and beds and china. They
are memory and association; all that
has made her life story, and they tell
her tales, etc, which she is never
weary of listening to. All this
makes them far more precious in
her sight, no matter how tawdry
they are in reality. than the spIen-
did period furnishings of her pros
porous sons and daughters. These
are her lares and penates and she
ceases to worship them at her peril
A home is a woman's anchor fl
nancially as well as spiritually.
once asked Hetty Green what she
would advise a woman to do with
small amount of money. Buy a
home" she answered. In good
times she can keep the home. II
evil days come, he home will keep
her"
So again I urge every woman TO
Keep her own home, and live in It.