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One Taken Off West Coast Of Scotiana
Realized Five Thousand Dollars
for Its Captors.

A graphic account Of the hunting
and killing of u Sperm whale is told
by one who took Part il it, Starring
from the west cUH~t Of Scotland tile
whalcr made for Kocl:all. lonely
granite pinnac!" that jut5 out OF 'ile
Atlantic about two hundred miles west
of tie Outer IicbriGeS. Why the
whales 20 there is Il mystery, but III
early summer schools of them may De
found in the ncighbGrhood. Ill" look
out soon spies "bloW," that Is the
fountain elected by The whale as 1t
comes to the surface TO breathe. Away
goes the whaler in pursuit. Alter
some tense maneuvering the Whaler
gets iiltO suitable position the Skipper
takes aim, fires his harpoOn gun and
q harpoon is embedded in the mon
stcr's body. The whale disappears
taking yards of hemp line with him.
Presently he rises to blow again, and
Immediately Il second harpOOn is fired
at him and he goes down with yards
Of cable rattling overheard. About
fifty minutes later he floats on the
surface of the water, quite dead.
Immediately the sailors fall upon
him. Air is pumped into the carcass
to make it buoyant, his tlukes are
trimmed off, so that he will float in
tow. and the whaler makes for Scot
land again. with host of screaming
birds in her rear. This particular
whaIe realized five thousand dollars.
1t was full-grown sperm, about sixty
feet long.
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In Constantinople Streets.

Procession of all kinds are to be
found in the streets of Stamboul, and
with no traffic regulations 1t is diffi-
cult to make much headway. In ''Ihe
Daily Pageant of Stamboul" in the
Travel Magazine, Miss Lucy Garnett
finds herself in mixed society. I'm
company with large drove of tur-
keys, we take our way along the broad
straight street, lined on either hand
with shops. Presently the turkeys get
into difficulties with a file of hamals
bearing on their Atlas-like shoulders
piles of bedding and curiously dec
grated chests and Golfers. These bales
and chests constitute the wedding
trouSseau and 'plenishing' of Turk
ish bride" The turkeys are soon re-
marshaled to be dispersed many times
before they are finally landed safely
near the great mosque where they are
to be sold in celebration of Moslem
festival.
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Told of the Famous.

In his book, "The End of the Chap-
ter" Mr.. Shaw Leslie tells the follow
ing story:
"My grandfather witnessed an effec-
tive piece of play in the house of COM
mons during Il duel between Disraeli
and Gladstone During heated flight
of Oratory Gladstone upset some pens
on the table between them. Disraeli
rose, and, after calling attention to
the fact, slowly replaced them one by
one. The effect of Gladstone's speech
was lost by the time Disraeli had fin
ishcd."
Speaking Of Dickens and Thackeray,
Mr.. Leslie says:
"My grandmother recalled the ludi-
crous incident which brought them to-
gether. AS they both left the Athe-
naeum, unknown to each other they
seized the same hat The effect was
ludcrous enough to appeal even to
professional humorists, and they shook
hands,
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Facing a Coal Shortage

Throughout the country there
exists q fear that q serious coal
shortage may exist next winter,
and this is augmented by the re.
view of the Federal Reserve Board
forecasting a serious situation.
That some danger of q shortage
exists is apparent. but if people
understand the danger there is
every reason to believe that they
can avert 1t.
AS to the production of coal the
miners have gone back to work in
good style, and the output is GO
ing up. A weekly output of 10,-
332. 900 tons of bituminous coal is
at hand which is six per cent be-
low the output below the output
before the switchmen's strike and
only seventeen per cent below the
record high levels which preceded
the miners strike last fall. The
total production thus far, for this
year. is 3S,900,000 tons ahead OF
the production OF last year up to
this time.
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A Warming to Teachers.

A recent dispatch from Baton
Rouge says: "Superiutendent
Harris has sent out a circular let.
ter to the Parish Superintendents
over the State in regard to the
school teachers jumping contracts.
The law makes 1t the duty of the
school boards to enter into a
written contract with all public
school teachers. Superinte nd snt
Harris has ruled that no teacher
is under obligation to teach ia a
parish unless she ia under a writ.
ten contract, but if a contract is
executed, the teacher is obligated
to teach in that parish. Ii teach
er persists in breaking a contract
to accept position with higher
salary her teachers certificate will
be revoked,
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Waterways Conference.

A call has been i5sued by MsJor
E. /, Dent, United States engi-
neer in charge Of Louisiana water"
1avs, for conference OF ali per-
.cEs Interested ia the improve"
neDt of the waterways Of oouth
Louisiana TO meet at the Assocla-
ton oi Commerce headquarters 10
New Orleans on Friday, Angus
l3h. The New Orleans Item o1
last Thuraday says:
The purpose Major Deut has in
view is to determine the physlcal ca.
uacitv and economic usefulness OF all
waterways, natural or improved, 10
ascertain the reason they are not
more generally used, to plan Il cam
paign for better use and to MAKE an
Investigation OF water freight rates as
compared with land transportation
and the facilities for intercAanging
freight and making joint rates.
"Tbe Item hopes therefore that
waterway workers from all parts OF
sOutherG Louisiana will accept Major
Dents invitation to conference,
armed with facts and figures bearing
upOa their various waterway plans
set down ii writing, 50 that some plan
To harmonic than all and enlist CO.
operation for their execution may be
evolved, Friends Of the lntercoaStal
canal, which has been shattered by an
obtuse Congress into series or IN
related sections, Of the improvement
of the Lafourche, the Teche, the Mer-
mentau, the Lake Charles deep water
project and score Of plans less am
bilious but within their scope fully as
important, should take this oppor-
tunity to organize for cooperative
work.
1.-The missing section between the
Mermentau and Calcasieu rivers, the
completion OF which. .will make the In
terc0astal continuous from Morgan
City to the Texas lsle, is now being
dredged. From Morgan City east,
frieads Of the waterway are working
for its construction to the Mississippi
at New Orleans. The government has
Just enforced by suit an agream ut by
its owners to sell the Hanson canal
from the Tee at Franklin south,
which opens the way for a better and
safer route for the lntercoastal canal
than its present course across Yer
million bay"
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Hereditary Foes Of Afghans, Their
Chief Form of Diversion Is
in Murderous Forays.

Adjoining AfghanStan, and now un-
der the same government. is k"irIstan,
Il hily country Inhabited by primitive
bat NEST interesting people. Like the
AfghanS. they are Wariike ana hos
pitatle. but perhaps owing to the
abundance Of vines in the country, are
great wine hihherS. Hitherto they
have been the hereditary enemies Of
the Afghans, and still the raids and
forays on peaceful Afghan villages are
REGARDED as the choicest form of
sport.
The gatherings Of young warriors for
ON attack on the Afghans are the oc-
casion of all-night revels, and a selec-
ton is made of the most promising
volunteers, an exchange says. The
raid lasts about a fortnight. and on
its return the party kindles bOntires
on a hilltop to announce Its arrival.
On seeing the beacon the whole neigh
borhOod t0cks to the spot, and who
ever has killed a Mussulman is car
ried shoulder high to the village, where
dancing and festivities are carried on
in celebration of his feat. He who
can boast of no victim is treated as
an outcast and his fellow villagers
give him food over their shoulders.
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Harding's Weasel Words.

The late Theodore Roosevelt
had DO use for 'pussyfooter'
and often expressed his hatred OF
"weascl words" used BY timid
politicians to conce their
thoughts, Were MIR. Roosevelt
living today he would have an
extraordinary example of crafty
evasion to point to ia the specch
OF acceptance of Senator Harding
Following closely the lead o.
the Republican platform, which
sought to be all things to all men,
Candidate Harding is painful il
his effort to steer clear course
between the opposing factions CT
the party on the League Of Ma
tions issue. 1t was dii1lcu!t
problem TO make declaration
that would satisfy Mr.. Taft and
Mr.. Hoover, who say that Repuo-
lican success will mean ratltica-
tion of the Versailles treaty and
insure the life of the League, ana
at the same time keep Oh the y =
P. reservation Mr.. Johnson and
Nj. Borah. who say that the Chi
cago platform pledges the party
irrevocably against the League,
Mr.. Harding makes a piteous at
tempt to be both for and against
in the came breath, a NANTES:
impossibility which leaves him
leaning toward the "bitter enders"
with q mouthful of "weasel words"
to soothe the Iuffled friends OF the
treaty.
:. His only definite statement Oh
the paramount issue is this: Il
premise you formal and effective
peace 80 quickly as Republican
Congress can pass it's declaration
for Republican Executiva to
sign" Again, however. the public
iSleft in the dark as to his real
meaning. Does he refer to the
Knox resolution? Does he favor
u separate peace with Germany?
If these be his thoughts. why not
speak them plainly? The answer
is absurdly easy: he is pussy
footing; playing with "weasel
words"
The acceptance speech must be
disappointing to every Republi-
can who hoped for candor and
sincerity. 1t is fit companion.
piece to that monument Of hypoc-
risy and deceit, the Republican
national platform. 1t will be rid
died on O thousand stumps during
the ensuing campaign. 1t will go
down in political history as the
climax of evasion and insincerity.
1t will be demolished by James NJ
Cox and franklin D. Roosevelt in
their vcceptancespeech to, come.
1t will be ridiculed. and spurned
by thoughtful Americana every
where. This campaign is not to
be won by pussyfootcr through
the use of weasel words.
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Don't Try to Remove FreckIes.

Freckles can be removed, but, as
the Journal of the American Medical
association says, "the effect Is only
temporary at best, and usually not
worth the irritation and effort that it
costs"
The method is to apply solutions Of
mercuric chloride in a strength of from
0.5 to / per cent, strictly under medi-
cal supervision, for if one tries to do
it oneself she is likely to make C nasty
mess of her face These solutions pro-
duce an Inflammation of the skin which
ends in the outer skin peehng off,
bringing the freckles with it.
The Journal Of the American Medi-
cal association says that the prescrip-
ton written by Hebra. and recon-
mended particularly for the removal
of freckles, will not do the trick.
Wise women let their freckles
alone.
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.uuI me -nacE OF Il T1rror and blister
the picture.
Perhaps the safest way 20 polish
and clean these glasses is 10 use Il
damp chamois skin. N'9inc the cha
muis as dry a~ possikic oar Of warm
water, rob the glass until perfectly
clean and dip the vhaIGuiS into clean
water and again wrin~ dry. Rub the
gla IS the second time md polish with
paper ii necessary, bat it won't be.
This way of clcanin" mirrors ana pic
lures does not cnd:lnger the frame in
any way and is very satisfactory.
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SLIPS BY FAMOUS AUTHORS
Humorous to Record, but Oetract Lit
tie From the Stories as
They Are Read.

The British minister of education
points out some mistakes that he has
come across in books. One of them
runs through "Ivanhoe," where the
NOrmans and SaXons are represented
as two distinct races. The fact IS that
at the time with which the story deals
marriage between the two races had
gone so far that Norman could hardly
be told from Saxon; but Sir Walter
Scott did not realize this until the story
was set up in type, and SO the famous
novel appears with this bunder right
through it. Another mistake was made
by Mrs. Humphry Ward, who in one
of her books made two people take
chairs in Kensington gardens In the
first week In October, though all chairs
are removed from the gardens on Sep
tember 80. Charles Kingsley makes
John "BrumbleCome' recite a prayer
from the prayer book long before the
time the prayer was put in; the poet
POpe makes q weasel eat corn, which"a
weasel never does; and likewise In
"Don Ouixote" the merry Cervantes
makes one of his parties at a tavern
eat two suppers in one night. The life
of a novelist is full Of trouble, but such
little things do not seem to matter
greatly. We would rather have the
stories with all their mistakes than
have the dull facts without the stories.
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Special Meeting Town Coun-
Gil.
Franklin. La, July 10, 1920.

Franklin, La, July ~, 1920.
The Honorable Town Council met
in special session this day. Mayor
Chas. Lauve presiding, with all the
members Of the Councii present.
The Mayor explained that the oo-
jact OF the meeting was to grant per-
mission 10 The Teche Brick Company,
Incorporated, to construct d draw
bridge across Bayou Teche, where
upon motion of J. L. LOustalot, sec
onded by W. Mcherall, Jr., and
duly carried, the Teche Brick Com
pany. Incorporated, was authorized
to construct draw bridge across
Bayou Teche, at the town Of Frank
lin, on the following conditions, to-
wit:
/. The bridge shall be constructed
as not to interfere with navigation.
2 The draw span shall be not less
than sixty feet clear, measured at
right angles to the stream.
g. The bridge and approaches, ETC.,
shall be constructed in accordance
with plans to be approved by the
Secretary of War.
There being no further business on
motion the Council adjourned.
CHAS. LAUVE, Mayor.
l., KIHNEL, Secretary.
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Governor Cox was thrice elected
In State which the Republican
New York Sun terms Informally,
additionally and famously Re.
publican" franklin D. Roose.
welt got his political start by win
ming q New York senatorial dis.
trict which had been Republican
for % years. With q team of
seasoned winners of this calibre
to hnck up against. is it any won-
der the Republicans are afflicted
with neIvousness?
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The Mexican people are tired of

The Mexican people are tired of
revolt. They should be 90 accus.
toned TO it by this time that they
would not notice it, For a num-
Der of years there has been a con-
tinued performance Of that nature
in Mexico, where all the way from
one to six revolutions have been
going on without interruption. If
one leader happened to get killed
another took his place and the
show went right along, and is
still in progress. Government
does not seem to stand for much
in Mexico.
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FOR SALE

Two cottage houses u J
Joseph, La. Houses 10 lt' h /
Apply to G. B. s0i1ir'l i1IirralnkIi
of Frank oonla'' a'
La, K. +. d., BOX o. ~
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FOR SAL {.

81" ~y'r pIautat j i St
AteDafa'aya a River. 81 feia
dry Parish, 400 acres Al
ana IL cultivation. \ |, !,,u gi,.
Fe>l'rhct' II trnant IT. CO..
lng~, barn, etc. SuitaH I'D If. f.'
al croI~. Now plautI .od
yHrn' corr ,r.''1 cotton and sugar er ''eo ca
,n, he ! ,t'Ni'., rzas d Pacific rail H. the :.
runs rum, ]:1s Through this prolGs9 r. q T
ailolding excellent sbjiKNar
facilities.
Zoo acre Plantation 1RUa1
bayou Teche. st. l,shrs of
Parish; 900 acres open f,rpIy.
III high state Of culiivalrroet
b+antitnI Il. Residence, 3O.;''' ''''
ant dwellings, large bd y on
etc., ETC. Suitable for !. e1n b:
cotton, sugar cane, rice, ~ ead 0
Large fresh water std !. var =
borders the plantation Il ~
assures abundant water lie re,
ply for rice irrigation. "A - nj
acreage now planted in 81 +" OF
cane. Railroad and load let Of
derrlcks e. on the plantd j9 p,ai' The
affords excellent shippind.stt t. $ $
cilities. One of the h ron
plantations i'll Louisiana nr N Zee
" tn
Also many smaller IT, Iint
Of fine farm land in st. npe, The D
trt0u
dry and Evangeline Pal 5 and and
Appt
More fertile than the osscph s
ley Of the Nile isi,I 1910,
3.A.
For further informal cord
apply HAs, s,
his =
Haas & Dezauc Bio,
PAINT
OPELOUSAS, LA. -,
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Ohio got it's third Presidential
candidate for the 1920 campaign
when the Prohibition national
convention on July 22ld nomi-
mated Aaron S. Watkins of Ger
mantown, Ohio, after learning
from William Jennings Bryan
that he would net accept the nom
ination voted to him on July II
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Happiness in GIadness.

"Bc glad! When you have said all
there Is to say about life'S sorrow,
disappointment and pain, about the
seIfishness and wrong that sweep over
the earth like shadows, about the
shortness of it's days and the certainty
of its nights, it still remains blessedly
true that the universe is thrilling with
the song of gladness," says a helpful
writer.
"Be glad for the beauty Of the
springtime. the blue of the skies, the
music of the birds and the glory Of
the sunsets. Listen to the laughter
of the little children, answer to the
handclasp of friendship, grow warm
in the lovelight of countless happy
homes and be sure that somewhere
over and above all is great Love tha:
makes all these things possible"
The secret of happiness lies in your
own attitude toward life.-Orison
SWEET Marden in Chicago Daily News.
There Is peculiar ware that Is
made by the Banjaras In the central
provinces of India from the fruit of
the aoula. The fruit is collected and
dried. 1t is then boiled in water un-
tile quite soft and pounded, the stones
removed and the pulp beaten up and
worked with the hands into a thick,
brown, sticky mass. When this is
quite ready the manufacturer takes an
earthen vessel-any shape that pleases
him-and covers 1t all over with
thick layer or coat of the pulp. This
is then put aside to set a bit, and
when hard rude devices are stamped
round the neck and shoulders Of the
article, which is then set aside to dry.
When entirely hard, the gharra inside
is broken and the pieces removed.
These vegetable pots are sold accord
ing to size from four to eight annas
each.
The aoula tree Is abundant through
out the forests Of tropical India and
Burma, and the fruits are frequently
employed In medicine and for tanning.
Another material used for making
Jars is the root of the great asphodel
The fleshy root of this plant by dry
ing in s,Ad oven and grinding, is
prepared <ruG a -four, which. when
mixed with not water, yields a most
tenacious vegetable glue with which
the Persians make great vessels for
holding oil and clarifying butter. The
native cobblers employ it in prefer
ence to animal glue in their work.
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Polishing Mirrors.

In cleaning mirrors and pictures
great care must be taken that no wa
ter seep under the glass Mater will
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For Sale.

Ny property on o., Da1
Teche. Two dwelling, j
warehouse. Address wa
Won SCHoELER, care H0O''|
Brumby, Franklin La.
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666 has more u lnl.'s',]| IL, l
than any other tnll, IN \
Fever Tonic on the llls;,| 81
but no one wants imlta,ls]
They are dangerous .dr1 'd,]
in the medicine line wv
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F'orSale'

Lot and school house usssol5 % %
street. net For particulars sppII "a ]
Johns Academy efanA1
Fam LOANS ,s",, T.,s: : /
wsdiate ysals, . aapppraisem,'ssas' men, .t'ess r'u'
charge. hepie WILBus
Loan Companies r.
KRAMER, franklin La
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NOTICE.

Examination of applicant,
Teachers certificates will Del
in Franklin August 2 3, 4 w
5, 6, 7 (negro). Books OF fa1
Course Auguet Z. :, I'd
L A LAW, ouH
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-05-25
STUDY AND SUCCESS.

---- "Should students study" is the title
of an article published some time age
by a college president.
The author proved abundantIy from
statistics gathered by the colleges
that, on the whole, men who stood
high in their classes were more sue
cessful in after life than their class
mates who did not And they lived
longer, too!
The college president inferred that
study did it,
But was he right?
Did these men live longer because
they strengthened their powers by
work? Or was it because they had
more vitality to begin with, and, per,
haps, too, because study helped to
keep them out Of mischief?
And did they have better careers
because study gave them something
that Others did not get? Or were they
men of superior powers to begin with
Men Of brains and endurance whose
success with studies was a sign. but
not a cause, Of what they could ac-
complish later?
A falling barometer fOretels a
storm. but il does not make one.
There is no magic in education.
College gives information and out
look. 1t ought to give happiness.
Sometimes it gives ideals. 1t may
give friends of the right sort. But it
does not give brains Of new physi-
que.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-05-25
Use Cocoanut Oil
For Washing Hair

Ii you want to keep your hair in good
condition, be careful what you wash it
with.
Most soaps and prepared shanpoos
contain too much alkali This dries the
scalp, makes the lair brittle, and is very
harmful. Mulsi!ied cocoanut oil sham
poo (Which is pure and entirely grease
leSs), is much better than anything else
YOU Can use for shampooing, as this
can't possibly injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with water
and rub it in. One or two teasposnfuls
will make an abundance Of rich, creamy
lather, and cleanses the hair and scalp
thoroughly. The lather rinses out easily,
and removes every particle of dust, dirt,
dandruff and excessive oil. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves
it fine and silky, bright, fluffy and easy
TO manage.
You can get Mulsihed cocoanut oil
shampoo at most any drug store. 1t is
very cheap, and few ounces is enough
to last everyone il the family for months.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-05-25
GRAND RIDGE.

We now have an orchestra at our
school which will add greatly to the
school entertainments. The orchestra
is recent organization and is com
posed of Prof Mcleod Kenneth An
tram, Devore CRANE and Miss Juan
tia Gallup as accompanies.
Mrs Charles Turner and little
daughters of Mendoza were recent
guests at the home of Mr. Turner's
sister, Mrs, VIM. Lock. southwest of
town.
Miss Lacine Hibbs was a recent Wis.
itor at the home of Miss Myrtle Els
Their Pegrim on Sylvan avenue.
A. M. Ellsworth and daughter, Miss
Grace called on Mrs. Walter Kaun and
baby at Ryburn hospital Tuesday,
of that new granddaughter nd niece
little Miss Kun.
Miss Florence Ruin of East Main
street, who has been compelled to be
absent from school work for several
weeks owing to sickness. is reported
as improving at this. time which is
good news to her little friends.
Mrs, +. W. Newman went 10 Fair
bury on Wednesday where she will
be the guest Of Rev. and Mrs. G. H.
Thorpe for a few days.
Teachers and pupils are very busy
at this time arranging for the annual
graduation exercises which take place
June End
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Gebhard and Mr.
and Mrs Knoll spnt Sunday with Nd.
and Mrs Ralph Sutton southwest of
the village,
Mr.. and Mrs George Woolenhaupt
and daughters and Mrs. n. r. Lang.
ley and family motored to Dayton
Wednesday evening where they spent
the time fishing. A feature of this
outing was the picnic supper which
which was much enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. j & Lock and baby
daughter at Sunday dinner with the
formers uncle, W. W. Lock and fam.
lily