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The Louisiana populist., 1897-02-19

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The Louisiana populist., 1897-02-19

The Populists and Single-taxers
of the 3rd District have formed a
coalition by which some very ef-
fective educational work will be
done. The New Iberia Enterprise
will bo the organ Of the combine,
and organization will bc pushed
rapidly.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-02-19

Our friend, N. V. Bush of Zim-
norman, is growing loudly over a
boy recently arrived at his house.
No one can blame him, as this is
the first in a married life of 6 years,
We wish him many repetitions of
his happiness.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-02-19
Hon. II. I. Brian, Chairman peo-
i PIES Party State Committee.
NatcnH0ches, La. :

Dear Sir: The testimony in the
case case Of Joseph Gain VS.. Adoiph
Meyer, before U. S. Commission
or Henry }. Gain, has been go-
ing along and at times proved to
Dc quite spicy and interest;nc es. ~
The Louisiana populist., 1897-02-19
FRIDAY, February I9, 1897.

Shreveport made the handsome
donation of over $4,000 in cash to
Chairman Millsaps for the drouth
sufferers.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-02-19
JOB WORK.

Job work must be paid for when
delivered. There is no exception
to this rule. Strictly cash.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-02-19
List of Jurors

Drawn to serve at the regular
March term of 10th District
Court:
The herald., 1897-11-17
WOuLD-BE fRATRICIDE
FRANK ABBOTT SHOOTS AT HIS
BROTHER GEORGE
Members Of a Notorious Family In
volved in 0uarrel-A Mother
Acts as Peacemaker

But for the poor Workmanship of
Frank Abbott Of the notorious Abbott
family, his brother George might now be
dead and he a murderer. The two met
out on the Mission road last Monday mad
had a personal encounter, in which
stones and revolver played an import
ant part. The trouble arose over girl.
Frank Abbott, it is said by those who
witnessed the affair. met the little
brother of the girl upon the street and
began to abuse the little fellow. George,
who is older than Frank, alighted from
a Pasadena car and saw his bullying
brother slap the child.
He Immediately took issue with him
and the two came to blows. Frank was
getting the worst OF the battle when he
turned and rushed into the house, fol-
lowed by q shower of stones thrown by
George. He reappeared a moment later
with a 32-caliber revolver in his hand.
At sight of the weapon George turned
and endeavored to escape through a
feed yard, but was pursued and chased
several times around a grocery store.
AS the two men ran again into the street
Frank raised his revolver and fired, bat
the bullet flew wide Of the mark. Get
ting within seven feet of his brother he
again fired. this time just missing his
head Before he could fire again the
mother of the two young fellows arrived
upon the scene and after sharp tussle
managed to secure the weapon. No az
rests have been made.
The herald., 1897-11-17
DEc1DUoUs FRUIT GROWERS
A Permanent Organization to Be
Formed Today

October was a busy month at the
chamber of commerce. The number of
visitors was 20.750. One hundred and
thrty-three people made donations to
the exhibits during the month, an in
crease of 80 13 per cent over any for
mer month. The displays from Orange
county alone necessitated the erection
of two extra tables to accommodate
them
Calls for printed matter are on the
increase. Packages ranging from 2 to
80 pamphlets each were sent north and
east yesterday by the chamber and
through private parties who are visiting
here and want their families in the east
to read about the country.
+. K. Collingridge OF Compton places
on exhibition a new apple known as the
Whitney-a very fine variety, large,
red and we'll adapted for shipping; it
keeps well, and is on all accounts a
profitable fruit to grow. Mr.. Ceilings
ridge reports having sold 60 tons this
year, from trees ranging from to II
years old and planted in 81 acres of
ground and at prices that pay as well
as navel oranges.
At the meeting of deciduous fruit
growers to be held this morning at the
chamber of commerce Il permanent as
sociation will probably be organized and
all interested are invited to be present.
The herald., 1897-11-17

price Of the barrels in which they are
transported. The barrels are construct
ed for the greater part OF paper card
board which is impervious to water.
They are slightly shorter in height than
the ordinary barrel, but will hold as
much, as they are without the usual
bilge of the wooden barrel. The paper in
the walls of the barrel is hree-fourths
of an inch in thickness, of many piles,
between which are thick coatings Of a
specially prepared glue.
About the middle of the barrel is sin
gle hoop of steel three inches wide and
three eiehths of an inch thick. This,
therefore. extends, from the barrel to
such distance as to permit of the bar
rel being readily swung about on its CEN
ter. Pressed over the ends of the walls
Of the barrel are rims of pressed steel
three-fourths of an inch thick and ex-
tending downward three inches. II is
on an indented surface in the inner por-
ton Of this rim that the head Of the
barrel rests. The heads are also made
of paper slightly thicker than that in
the walls of the barrel. They are held
III place by three bolts passing through
the barrel from end to end. Nuts on
each end hold them in place and permit
of the heads being easily removed OF
placed in short order.-TOledo CONNER
cial.
The herald., 1897-11-17
LIFTED A COW OVER A FENCE
Kansas Woman Arrested for Perform
ing the Herculean Task

Mrs. Hall Of Independence and James
fletcher of the same town are neighbors.
Fletcher has COW and Mrs. Hall has a
lot of chickens. A barbed wire fence
separates the two premises, but has not
so far succeeded in keeping the two
families apart. Fletcher has lot Of
boxes on his place, and Mrs. Hall claims
her chickens lay in his boxes. The
chickens and Mrs. Halls boy combined
have proved bone Of contention for
some time, but matters approached a
climax in an appeal to the prosecuting
attorneys office to have Mrs. Hall ar
rested for disturbing the peace. The
chief cause for complaint on the part of
Mr.. Fletcher, according to the young
ly, premeditatedly and with malice
atorethought, lifted Mr.. Tletcher's COW
over the barbed wire fence into her yard
on a recent occasion. Just how the
woman pulled the COW over the fence
the young man did not explain, but he
down and that the cow was translated
from one sphere Of activity to another
against the peace and dignity of the
state Mr.. Fletcher says Mrs. Hall in
sisted on his removing his boxes because
her chickens laid in them. All of the
little neighborly amenities were passed
over. but when she lifted the COW over
the fence he thought that was a casus
belli.-Kunsas City Journal.
The herald., 1897-11-17
o get along on an average of about e16t

to get along on an average OF ABOUT * lou
a year.
There is another way Of looking at it.
If you take 10000 Englishmen and 10000
London Jews you will find that one in
10000 Englishmen has over 10000
year; twenty in 10000 Jews have over
10000 a year; eighteen in 10000 Eng
lishmen have over $1,000 year; $50 in
$1,000 Jews have over $1,000 year; thir-
ty in 10000 Englishmen have over $500
year; 100 in 10000 Jews have over $500
la Year; 176 in 10000 Englishment have
over 5.200 year; $50 in 10, 900 Jews have
over 5000 a year.
1t is thus seen that rich men among
the London Jews are in far greater pro-
fusion than among EEglishmen, or in
deed among any race on the globe. But
even the foregoing table Is an under
statement. 1t is given as the lowest pos
sible annual income. 1t will be seen, in
the first place. that it groups together
all the people who have from c1000 to
10, 900 year, and only calculates at the
rate of c 1000 each. OF course, large
number of these families have incomes of
G 1000, G50O0, 10000, G7000, $4,000 and
c9000. Thus it takes no account of mil
lionaires like the Rothschilds. who have
many times G50,000 year. If an accu-
rate calculation were possible 1t would
probably reveal a much more remark
able state of things. Instead of G5,7l5.-
900 it is likely that the Jewish commun-
iity is in receipt Of G7000,000 or even
C S, 900 900 This would give the average
family incomes Of e450 and $3.50 re-
spectively, or about three times that Of
the English family.-London Mail.
The herald., 1897-11-17
A FAMILY POISONED
Supposed to Have Eaten Paris Green
With Their Cabbage

| Every member of James Cafferty's
household at 1863 Central avenue-sever
in all-were taken suddenly i'll last Mon
day night soon after supper. They had
been eating cabbage purchased from
toms of their illness were those of pois-
oning. 1t is believed that the young
cabbage had been treated to a spray OF
Paris green for the purpose of killing
insects.
The family consists of Mr.. and Mrs
James Cafferty. their daughter and SON.
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Nelson, and
the three sons of the latter, Henry, a
medical student, George, a messenger
for the Postal Telegraph company, and
Frank, a schoolboy. Monday evening
cooked cabbage was served for supper
and the members of the family partooll
heartily of the vegetable. They retired
as usual, but at midnight Mrs. Cafferty
awakened, suffering from a violent di-
arrhoea.
Mrs. Cafferty promptly awakened her
husband and found him suffering III
much the same way. Other members
of the family awoke and all complained
of being ill., although not so severely as
Mrs. Cafferty. Henry mixed some rem
edies, which he administered to the
others. His mother was the greatest
sufferer, and for time it was feared
that she could not live. Everything pos
sible was done for her and in a few hours
she began to improve. Mrs. Cafferty
was still quite i'll yesterday. The rest Of
the family had completely recovered.
The herald., 1897-11-17
How The HeraId's Cryptic
togram Was Solved
SEVERAL ORIGINAL METHODS
THE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE ARE
PAST FINDING OUT
Nineteen Persons Arrived at tie
Correct Answer-While 200
Guessed Around the Mark

The old saw "All roads lead to Rome,
and the modernized version. There are
more ways than one to Kill cat or
words to that effect, have both been
proved in the recent Herald cryptogram
contest.
OF the 219 answers received the last
named figure, or nineteen, were correct;
and many of those nineteen successful
contestants arrived at the same conclu-
sion by totally different means.
Two of the prize winners sent with
their answers ingenious methods Of So
luton. each differing from the other and
both unlike the method used in making
it up. But as their answers were correct
and were received in time. they We're
considered eligible for the first AID third
prizes. Their methods of solution are
here reproduced.
The winner of the second prize sent an
incorrect answer early in the contest;
but, discovering her mistake, she tried
again; and as the second and correct an
swer was received between the other
two Miss Stoncman was awarded sec
ond prize.
The original method of solution and
that by which the cryptogram was con-
st s1 follows
The herald., 1897-11-17
DEFECTIVE WALLS
A Portion Of a City Hall Partition
Collapses

That the construction of the city hal
is faulty and that the walls in the Sec
ond story of that building are not strong,
enough to stand any great weight in the
third story was shown yesterday by the
breaking of a portion of one of the sec
ond floor partitions. Shortly before noon
and without warning a section of the,
inner wall between the council commit
tee room and the office of President Sill
yer broke and fell to the floor. Near the
place where the break occurred long
cracks appeared in the wall and in more
than one place the plastering bulged
out in such manner as to indicate that
it was about to drop. The section of the
wall that fell was too small to create anF
alarm, but it was sufficient to show that
something was wrong with that part Of
the building.
President Silver called the attention
Of Building Superintendent Stratton t,l
the matter and that official made a close
examination of the break. He stated
that it was caused either by too much
weight in the floor above or by the set.
ting CT the building. Directly above
where the piece of the partition fell out
there was large number of heavy books
and in the II floor of the building there
was Q Quan Of documents which are
The herald., 1897-11-17
WEALTH OF LONDON HEBREWS
Jewish Community's Annual Income
Estimated at $40 900, 900.


That the Jews beat all other natiouali-
ties in the art of making money Is a
proposition that scarcely needs to be
demonstrated But 1t will surprise q
good many to learn that the Jewish COM
munity In London is man for man, from
two and half to three times as rich as
the Britons of England and Wales.
Not very long ago one of the ablest
statisticians of the synagogue. who had
access to every available source of in
formation, calculated the income OF all
the Jews in London, from the richest
to the poorest, and the results as he set
them forth, are remarkable. So re-
markablc, in fact, that instead of think
ing providence unkind in bringing about
the great dispersal. one cannot help be-
lieving that it has very soft corner in
it's heart for the chosen people
Since the computation was made the
Jewish factor of London's population
has considerably increased. but so has
it's condition on the whole. or course
there are many very poor also. Great
wealth seems always to imply this sharp
contrast. But if there are many very
poor there are far larger proportion of
rich than among Englishmen.
At present the Jews in London are es-
timated to number 10000. These may
be classified as follows, in descending
scale from the vastly wealthy class to
the miserably poor:
The herald., 1897-11-17

Miss Stoneman sent no solution with
he. answer; but Mr.. Newey made the
same general arrangement of letters,
that is, in squares; but instead OF plac-
ing the first series in q horizontal line,
he put one under the other commencing &
with the c in the upper right hand cor
ner; the second series in IA vertical line
again, in the small squares Just to the
left of the first, and so on.
Then, when completed, he cut the
large square in parallel slips on the lines
that divided it and pasted the left end
of the top slip on the right of the next
lower slip, and so on. to the bottom,
making long strip of letters which read
consecutively and correctly the required
answer: THE ways Of providence are
past finding out"
Most of the correct answers came
without any given method of solution,
but those that We're received We're all
ingenious, and varied greatly, as has
been stated. AS there were but three
prizes and nineteen eligibles, The Herald
can but give the remaining sixteen hon
orable mention, as follows:
First prize, Cleveland bicycle, J. r.
Jones; second prize, 100 pounds Los Ala
mitos sugar, Miss J. .. Stoneman; third
prize, 100 pounds Los Alamitos sugar,
l.. l.. NeWey. The other contestants,
whose solutions led to a correct result,
but were received too late to win prizes.
are: Miss Rosa B. Lee, Lottie Norcross
Mrs. Amy Stephens, Grace Oxby, r. C.
Nelson, L. e. skinner w. T. Snyder,
Mrs. Claudia c. Griswold, Mrs. Mary A.
Farman, NJ. j. Culver, Eva p. G. Rolfe,
Miss Minnie Collins, Mrs. Margaret Bal
ley, Mrs. L. r. Akey, Mary O. Petchner
and G. l.. Ennis.
The herald., 1897-11-17
lORlG MAJ MNTHOD)

Commencing with the third column
or line of letters, at the foot, read to the
top; then the next column to the left. at
the bottom, to the top; then the extreme
left column to the top. Then at the eX-
treme right column from bottom to top;
then the next to the left. to the top; and
finally the next left, from bottom to top.
AS will be seen by the next cut the
winner of the bicycle showed both clev
erness and ingenuity. He made a circle
with diverging lines from q point in the
center. Commencing with the first let
ter printed in first series. or &, MI. Jones
placed that letter on the circumference
at the end of one Of the lines; the next
letter. O. at the end Of the Sixth line dis
tant; the next, again. at the sixth line:
and SO ON. at the end Of each siX.l line
until all the letters were used. The
cryptogram was then solved and the
birycie won.
The herald., 1897-11-17
BUNCO MANS LATEST GAME
A Trick on Conductors Whereby He
Clears 1896 Each Time


TO an honest man it would appear tha t
the field of bunco had been pretty well
worked out: but every little while some
ingenious and crooked gentleman con-
trives a new method of making other
persons pay for his ingenuity. Just at
present the street railway men are look :
ing for the devser and operator Of 4
very slick game of which the car con :
ductors are made victims. The requi-
site for this game is Sc Ga So bill and n
81, and its working does not require
great nerve, as the buncoer, if caught,
can always declare that it was mis-
take, and to prove the contrary with le-
gal certainty would be almost impos.
sible.
The crook gets on the car and tenders
the conductor So bill. Now, no con-
ductor wants to give up all his change
or will take $5 bill if there is any way
of getting out of it. Therefore he looks
at the crooks bill and says:
is that the smallest you've got?'
Il think it is" says the crook. Wait
a minute, and III see"
Crumplng the bill up in his hand-the
game is usually played with crisp new
bills, as they crumple more obviously
he goes through his pockets in search OF
change. Not wanting to find any, he
doesn't find any.
Sorry, but that's all I've got" he says.
Thereupon the conductor, with inward
wrath, seizes the crumpled bill, jams It
into his pocket and gives change. Not
the original crumpled bill, however, fer
during the search for change, he has
contrived to substitute q new 81 bill.
equally cru,npled, for the S.. and the
conductor, in nine cases out Of ten, does
not think to unroll and examine the
bill which he has Just seen to be IS. At
The herald., 1897-11-17

building in their city to protect tho
money in the United States sub-treas-
ury. Ever since General Miles became
the commander Of the army (next 10
the constitutional commander in chief
he has been trying to signalize himself.
Now. he should be satisfied to be q mill
itary man in time of peace. The people
Of this country have respect and regard
for their military establishment at all
times, but they do not care for the con-
stant obtrusion OF martinez opinions In
a time Of profound serenity.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The herald., 1897-11-17
MoRE GOLD

On Wednesday December 1st the
Herald will give two and one-half
ounces Of Klondike nuggets to the
advertiser in the classified depart
ment in the Daily Herald who makes
the best guess as to the number of
nuggets IN the vial, and all it costs
is fifteen cents bottle. Put in your
little want ad, make your guess and
get the goltl. You can probably tell
Just how M ny nuggets are in the
vial-at least you can try-and get
raid well il YOU succeed.
The herald., 1897-11-17
PICKPOCKEIS' WORK
An Eastern Visitor Loses His Watch
on Main Street

John Dressler a tourist from Mis-
souri,. who is spending the winter with
his daughter in Los Angeles, reported at
the police station yesterday that a val
liable watch and chain was stolen from
his pocket on Main street Monday after
noon. He remembered that Il stranger
had jostled him near First street, and
he thinks that it was then that his pock-
ct was picked. The timepiece was val
ued at $75. Several arrests of suspects
have been made.
The herald., 1897-11-17
TIRE ESCAPE NEEDED
The City Hall Should Be Equipped
With Them at Once

While the attention of the fire COM
missioners has been directed to the alb
sence of fire escapes on several business
blocks in course of erection, the fact that
the city hail has not been provided with
fire escapes has been overlooked. Build
ing Superintendent Stratton stated yes
terday that the city hall needed fire es-
capes as much or more than some other
buildings and he intended to recon-
mend to the fire commission that they
be placed in position. 1t is probable that
the matter will be mentioned today.
The herald., 1897-11-17
Alarming Degeneracy in Italy

Out of every 100 young men inscribed
for military service in 1896 in Italy
scarcely forty-two were found tit for
service, forty nine We're either held over
till the following year or rejected alto
gether, while the remaining nine rep
resented the deserters. Italian sociolo-
gists ascribe the causes, the backward
condition of hygiene il. remote localities,
poor food, bad schools and the complete
absence of an organized system of gym
nasticS for youth.
The herald., 1897-11-17
BARRELS MADE OF PAPER
Invention of q Cleveland Man Which
Means n Saving to Brewers

John Vandevelde of Cleveland is the
inventor of two articles which will have
tendency to decrease the price of sew
eral commodities. His inventions are
paper barrels and paper bottles for beer
or other beverages. For a long time
the price of many liquid commodities
sold in bulk have been gauged by the
The herald., 1897-11-17
Electric Wire Starts a Fire

Considerable excitement was caused
in the Berlin saloon at 307 West Seventh
street at AS o'clock last night by the
burning out of an electric wire, which
started a blaze in the ceiling. The place
has recently changed hands and the new
proprietor, Charles McCurdy, has been
having some repairing done. The fire
was readily eXtinguished with but little
"a m ere
The herald., 1897-11-17
Pharisaical Talk About Tammany

The spasms which some eastern and
European reformers are attempting to
have over the election of Judge Van
Wyck are due principally to the inno-
cence of the "holier-t -than-thou" element
in believing all the wild stories about
Tammany. AS a fact, it is simply the
only Democratic organization in the
country that has the skill and discipline
OF the Republican machines. And Platt's
The herald., 1897-11-17

portions Of the archives Of the city. AS
soon as the accident was reported to
City Clerk Hance he ordered that these
books be removed and this was done. In
the street superintendent's Office there
are number of large cracks in the wall.
and portion of the partitions may fall
out at any time.
The herald., 1897-11-17
Suspicious Characters Arrested

Special officer Foster arrested two
suspicious looking characters on Sew
enth street near Beacon at l o'clock this
morning. one of the men carried a As
caliber revolver They are supposed to
be Il couple of burglars who intended en-
tering house near by. At the police
station the men gave their names as
Frank Cross and Jim Foster They will
be held for investigation.
The herald., 1897-11-17

that he Il 81 out. Should he, discern the
substitution. the crook simply says:
Why. that's queer! thought 1t was
a five / had all the time"
And what can the conductor do?-Ncw
York Sun.
The herald., 1897-11-17
UndeliVered kilograms

The following kilograms are at tn
Western Union Telegraph office, Firs.
and Spring streets: Ellsworts a. Young
Geo. F. Cox, Victor E. Maggi, NJ. N
Madeira, Gabe Mitchell, Thos. V. Har-
per, w. Dunbar.
The herald., 1897-11-17
Pursuing His Profession

Tom Smith, who claims to be pugi-
list, was arrested early this morning on
New High street by Officer Richardson
ON a charge of disturbing the peace. lie
spent the remaining hours of the night
n ini1
The herald., 1897-11-17
Annual

'A"'SNN
The sum of e5,715.000 works out at an
immense income per head. That is, ES",
as compared with less that half that
sum for the average Englishman. TAX
ing the family as consisting of four
and a half persons it gives an income of
c369 per household. which is very fine
considering that the English family,