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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-10-11
NOTICE OF HOMOLOGATION.
SUCCESSION OF REV. PAUL E.
MESNIL.
State Of Louisiana, Parish of Iberia 10th
Judicial District Court.

Whereas, Mathien Thouvenin, Of the
Parish of -; Testamentary Executor
of the succession Of Rev. Paul +. Mesnil,
deceased, has fled in this Honorable
Court, his final account and tableau of
distribution Of all the property and funds
of the succession of said Estate, and also
his petition praying that the same be
homologated and approved.
Notice is hereby given to all whom it
may or doth concern, to show cause, if
any they have, within ten days from date
hereof, why the prayer Of said petition
should not be granted.
Witness the Hon. T. Don. Foster Judge
of our said Court, this 18th day Of October
A. D. 1902. A. J. MAUMUS,
Dty. elk of Court.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-10-11
DEMAND OF ADMINISTRA
TON.
SUCCESSION OF HOsMER HECTIC

SUCCESSION OF HOSMER HECTOR.
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of Iberia, 10th
Judicial District Court.
Whereas, Joseph Moses, resident of
Iberia Parish has applied to the Hon. the
18th Judi Dist. Court holding sessions for
Iberia Parish, to be appointed Admins
traitor of the above entitled and numbered
Estate.
Notice is therefore hereby given, to all
whom it may or doth concern, to show
cause, il any they have, within ten days
from the first publication hereof, why the
prayer Of said petitioner should not be
granted.
Witness the Hon. T. Don Foster Judge
Of our said Court this 18th day Of Sep
TENDER A. D. 1902.
A. J. MAUMUS, by. Clerk
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28
An Acerrlene Life snyer.

a successful trial has taken place
at Vienna, Austria, at the Diana
Baths of a new invention for saving
life at sea. The inventor is Lieuten-
ant George Irsay de Irsay of the Hus-
sars.
y man completely dressed, the life.
saving appliance hanging loosely from
his shoulder, threw himself into the
water After a few seconds he re.
turned to the surface. and then for
some hours was kept above the water
by the inflated bladder OF bag consti-
tuting the essential part of the appli-
ance.
The invention consists of a metal
box and bag. which is closely
wrapped around the box. Within the
apparatus a perforated case is placed
containing certain chemical prep.
aratiOn.
The lock of the case consists of a
rubber plate, which is kept upward
before use by means of a substance
soluble I'm water.
The instant water penetrates into the
apparatus acetylene gas is developed
and the lock becomes closed automat
ically.
The inflated bag serves as a sort
of floating cushion, by means of which
even voluntary attempts at diving are
impossible.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28

hip-roof. But little framing is needed
and shorter pieces of board may be
used. The window should be a hot
house sash. If the soil is dry and
gravelly, no floor will be needed. The
window should face the south. and a
small window may be placed in the
eastern end. Where there is a lot
of waste land on the farm half
dozen such houses may be placed upon
it. ten or twelve rods apart. and TWEEN
ty-iive hens placed i'm each colony
house. The fowl will get much of
their own living. and will not need
any yard fencing about them-a great
saving of time and money. The
houses should be placed in a circle.
that each one may be visited conven-
iently in a single round of feeding
or egg gathering. If a spring or a
brook can be had in the centre of
such group of houses the matter of
water for the hens will take care of
itself.-New York Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28
Pen For About Ton DAYS.

The season for selling turkeys goes
beyond Thanksgiving, as the demand
continues long after Christmas The
farmer should never send his turkeys
to market until he has penned them
for about ten days and fed them three
or four times n day. \ mixture of
four pounds Of corn meal, two pounds
ground oats and half a pound of lin
seed meal, moistened with milk and
warm water, should be given at each
meal, except at night, when an abund-
ance of corn and wheat should be al
lowed. Fresh water, gravel and some
kind of green food will also be neces-
sary A single turkey, alone in a
coop, will not thrive. Put several in
yard together, and they will be more
contented. Two or three pounds added
TO each turkey will amount TO n con
siderable sum in money for a large
lot, while the extra quality will en-
able the farmer to secure a higher
price per pound.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28
Preservation OF Tools.

The preservation of tools and ma
chimes on farms is an important mat
Ter, rs one of the principal sources OF
expense is that of repairs Tools are
costly when not kept in some place
where they will be protected against
the weather. In the spring, when
the hurry of work comes, the nipple
ment most required may be unfit for
service, and new one may be neces-
sary, or repairs, which should have
been procured weeks before, must
be purchased. 1t is not unusual for
farmers who change locations to find
themselves loaded with tools that they
did not suppose they possessed. the
clearing up for removal bringing to
light some that had been stored away
where they could not he found. Other
farmers leave their plows. harrows
and other implements in the fields to
rust
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28
No subject More Innortnnt.

Y" HERE is no subject more inn
portant to farmers and others
living in the country than that
OF good roads. They add ma
tcrially to the value of all property on
each side of them. and business of all
kinds is paralyzed when roads become
impossible. With what feelings of
Tread spring and fall rains and Jan
uary thaws are awaited by those liv-
ing in most rural districts. Grain can
not be sent to the hill or produce to
the depot when wagons go down to the
hub in the mud.
There is no outlay that will pay
Better and bring most certain and last
ing returns that what is expended in
constructing and maintaining n sys-
tenn Of good roads. Every supervisor,
town officer and member of the Legis-
lature ought to be n constant agltator
in favor of them, and no county con-
vention should fail to bind It's rep
resentatives by resolution to favor all
enactments that tend to make access
to different parts of the State safer
and better.
Farmers often sit idly by in legis-
lative halls and see other branches of
Industry get remedial legislation while
their own-the most important of all
is being neglected. representatives
from county seats and other important
places in counties could unite with
representatives of farming interests If
means were adopted to exchange views
and compare plans, and no session of
a Legislature should be allowed to
pass without n farmers club being
organized among the members, which
should prepare bills designed to assist
in the construction of good roads and
designate certain members to press
their passage. Caucuses or confer
ences should be held frequently to pre-
vent the pigeon-holing of such meas
ures, and by concert Of action other
bills should be held back until the
farming interests of the State OBJ
tanned some needed legislation.
Railroads, insurance companies. man
ufacturing interests, and those of
large cities should not be given the
right of way at all times, and If they
are. farmers interests will be side
tracked and the day Of adjournment
will come around without one law
passed in aid of residents of rural dis
tricts.
We are in dead earnest in this mat
ter and want all the light we can get
on the subject and will be pleased
TO receive suggestions from all inter
ested farmers. 1t is time this matter
Nyoc oiVan tho a ttanfiop ire irnnortanca
demands, and we propose in each issue
to have something practical to say
on the topic.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28
A TORNADO AT CLOSE RANGE.
What One of Them Looks Like 500 Feet
Away.

There was n fearful storm in the
lOwlands yesterday forenoon at l
o'clock. and II great many trees, some
two feet in diameter, were picked up
out of the ground and hurled into the
air to be dashed to the earth again
with terrific force. AS far as can be
learned there was no loss of life. The
storm spent its fury in n path about
100 yards wide and two miles long. it
is approXimated.
Levi $. Wild. manager of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company of this
city, and Bryan Irvine went to Ber-
nice Saturday night and yesterday
morning engaged team and drove
out to Hoadley's place, about four
miles and half up the lowlands from
Bernice. They were chatting in Hoad-
ley's cabin, when Mr.. Irvine looked
out of the window to the west and
remarked that he saw the blacklist
cloud he ever beheld. The morning
had been fretful and drizzling. The
other gentlemen noticed the ominous
appearance of the black bank Of cloud
in the sky. but paid no more attention
to it until it began to sprinkle, when
u great gust of strong wind reminded
the party within of the black cloud.
The rain resolved itself into n hail
storm and soon the largest hailstOnes
that any of the men ever saw poured
down in threatening manner. The
roof of the cabin was inadequate and
the boards were rent asunder and great
-fn po
the floor, bounding back toward the
ceiling violently. Still the cabin was
not in the teeth of the storm, for Mr.
Wild said he could see the terrible
execution it was doing across the
creek, 100 yards distant. Trees were
torn up and dashed to the ground and
the wind lifted them high into the air
and carried them great distances. 1t
was feared at the time that all the men
in the cabin would be dashed to eter.
nifty by the savage twister. But moth.
ing more than hard hailstorm struck
The cabin. The sight was awe-ia.
spring. There was but little lightning
and thunder. The roaring in the
trees, whose majestic beauty was he
ing marred and rent, was dOlcfully
grand and inspiring.
Two men drove up to the cabin fif
teen minutes later and said the road
was literally strewn with trees They
had secured shelter i'm a crevassc and
were unhurt. They saw a whole hill
side denuded Of it's foliage and dense
growth of trees. Some of the trees
were nearly three feet in diameter, and
they were piled unfortunately upon
one another. There were at least 100
grand, stalwart pines dashed into
heap in about two minutes The havoc
was terrible to behold.-AnacOnda
CMOnt) Standard.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28
Feeding Cows.

In marketing my cream to fancy
trade, writes L. V. AXtell, of Ohio in
the American Agriculturlst, make
capital of the fact that 1 use only
well-matured and well-cured foods for
dairy cows. Our feed consists of
clover hay and corn stover fed whole
at the rate of one part of clover to two
of stalks Our grain feed consists
principally of corn and oats produced
on the farm.
l try 10 balance the grain ration
with protein in its cheapest market
form, as the prices may vary ON oil
meal, gluten or cotton seed. / think
that most modern idea dairymen feed
too much protein rather than not
enough in proportion to the fatty
foods. If less intensive methods were
used in the feeding and stabling of
cattle, we should have much less tu-
berculOsis, calf scours, abortion and
disease generally on our hands. Plen-
ty of the more natural foods. plenty
of exercise and fresh air are good
agents with which to combat disease.
l think the feeding of badly cured
ensilage productive of much abortion
and calf cholera. Other spoiled foods
could produce just as unfavorable re-
suits. The putting up OF ensilage is
managed much better than formerly.
Before putting up n silo L have been
waiting for a short hay crop. For
twenty years have kept on 200 acres
from seventy-five to 100 head of cat
tie and an average of ten head of
horses. have never bought ten tons
of hay. We have never sold much,
either, and never sell except at high
prices We never buy but little grain.
and the wheat sold much more than
pays for feed bought If ensilage ena-
bles farmers TO carry so much more
stock, l should have to build more
barns in addition to the silo, and
have care enough. so l think l will
continue old-fashioned
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28
OIl-sprInkled Roads.

There are advantages and disadvan-
tages in oil-sprinkled roads, according
to the experience of the Park Com
missioners in San Francisco. The
dust is certainly laid, and driving in
the parks where the rOadways have
been thus treated is freed from the
discomfort of dirt in the eyes and
lungs of drivers and horses, while the
foliage and grass along the highways
is as green as if daily rain-washed.
Complaints of the horse-owners are
confined to the injury done their
clothing and their vehicles by the
flying bits of oil-soaked sand. This
last the Commissioners promise to
remedy. When the roads have be-
come sufficiently packed they will be
covered with a thin layer of white
sand. There is n hint in this last for
road makers elsewhere, as sprinkling
with oil instead of water has become
widespread this summer, particularly
in the South, where the good roads
movement is enjoying a belated popu-
larity. Another hint to be borrowed
from the Calfornians is in using the
oil hot, whereby the materials of the
roadbed are practically cemented
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28
Farming az a Business.

Farming is a business, the object
being to derive n profit, for no farmer
should be satisfied with bare living
or existence on farm If there Is an
insufficient quantity of manure for Il
large field reduce the area as the la
Dor is something that enters into the
cost. Concentration of labor and ma
nure will give profit when failure is
sure to result in working a large plot
of land. Much of the cost of labor is
in the beginning, and not i'm the har-
vesting. The larger the area the great
Ell the wear and repairs OF implements,
and the greater the distance to be tray
eled while working a crop of forty
bushels Of wheat on one acre will give
a profit. while twenty bushes per
acre may not pay expenses. The rea-
son is that the larger yield will cost
less per bushel for labor and plant
food than the smaller. the land also
being benefited by the better cultiva-
ton and treatment OF the growing
crop, whether of wheat. corn or oats.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28
WORDS OF WISDOM.

There is no recreation in desecration.
a man who has no foes has no
friends
The Sun Of righteousness withers the
lypocrites.
The only way to feed the sheep is
10 follow the shepherd.
The only anger without sin is that
which is against sin.
If life is day-dream death will be
4 terrible night of reality.
The heavier sins fetter the more
some boast of their freedom.
Life is to be measured by It's out
flow rather than by its income.
The man of bitter thoughts will not
be likely to live a sweet life.
The people who sing the wrong
stanza usually sing the loudest.
When money is your only friend you
naturally hate to part with it,
The counsel that falls like the snow
lies longer than the hail of chidinG
The links in the devils chain are
forged out of what we call our liber-
ties
1t is still an open question whether
this is the steel age or the age Of
steal.
No woman can find greater social
opportunities than those of her own
Horn.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28
Trees Near Boundary Lines.

Trees are real property and belong
to the owner of the ground upon which
the trunks stand. II the TRUNKS stand
wholly within one mans boundaries,
the whole of the trees belong TO him,
even though the branches may over
hang and the roots feed upon the soil
of another. But a land owner need
not suffer the nuisance of Overhang-
ing branches; he may abate it by cut
ting them of
In planting his orchard farmer
placed one row of trees close to the
fence which divided his land from his
neighbours. While the trees were
small they caused no trouble, but
when they grew large the branches
extended out over the neighbours land
and became source OF annoyance to
MIN. One fall when the trees were
loaded with fine fruit the neighbours
boys commenced 20 take apples from
the overhanging branches, and the
wife of the owner OF the orchard.
being a hasty woman scOlded the boys
and said some mean things about the
ueighbOrs family This started very
bitter quarrel
a few days after scolding the boys
the woman crossed the division fence
for q basket of apples. and was or
dcrcd out Upon learning this her
husband went TO an attorney. and was
told that although the apples belonged
to- him. by crossing the fence to get
them he made himself ~ tresspass
So the fine fruit fell Oft ana rotted on
the ground
The next spring tine ncighbor. while
plowing under Tine overhancing
branches of the apple trees. scratched
One of his horses badly This made
him angry. and he sawed or am of The
offending branches straight above the
fence Then the owner of the trees
again sought advice buJ learned that
Doe had no remedy The trees looked
very uusymmctrical with the branches
ON one side all gone. but the neiehbor
had only exercised legal right When
YOU plant trees. plant them far enough
within your own boundaries SO that
the branches viii have room to spread
without ovcrh8uginc Tine lands of your
ucighbora For u the eyes of the
law. "whon man owns the soil ho
owns 20 from the centre of the earth
to- the highest poiuf iu tine heaycus."-
o. n Whitaker. 600 American Guilt
vator
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28
DIsposing of surplus poul,rv

AT a Western farmers institute Hen
ry Van Dresser, the New York poultry
breeder told how to get rid of the
surplus stock when prices are very
low All join hands and have a kill
ing DAY. Put large pot on the
stove Kill and dress the birds, put
them into the pot and boil till tender
nave preserving jars ready and ill
with chicken, pouring the juice on
top, cover with fat or melted butter
ana seal while hot. 1t will keep
through the year, and can then be pre-
pared in many different ways for the
table. 1t makes a convenient dish
for unexpected company.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28

The Philadelphia Press lays the
blame for poor roads at the door of the
farmer.
"The average farmer appreciates
good roads when he has once enjoyed
them and has discovered that they
save time and money. as well as the
infinite annoyances OF the ruts, mud
mire and dust Of the common dirt
roads. He is. however. keenly alive
to the size Of his road tax and values
the privilege of working out the tax
in unscientifc and unsystematic road.
building and road-mending. The CHIEF
obstacle TO the good roads movement
i'm all parts of the United States Is this
more or less active hostility of the
farmer class. To remove this hostil
ity and instill into the rural mind a
knowledge and appreciation of good
roads is the constant effort Of the Fed
eral Bureau of Road Inquiries We
have faith that i'm comparatively
few years the old mud roads will lin.
ger only in isolated districts and good
roads will characterize all that Dor.
tion of the country which has any
claim 20 be called civilized eulight
ened and progressive"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28

They we've shapeless and uncOutl, with
bodies that seemed as If they bad
never known even the animal joys of
life but there was none OF the dirt,
disease or violence of a French or
Italian pilgrimage of Lourdes or Cas-
albOrdino. They were clean and sturdy.
and they passed slowly. leaning on
their slaves, or waiting two and two
in long lines. to enter the church and
kiss the relics. with logged patience.
without noise or talking or laughter
with fixed sense of the duty TO be
done. then of the need OF rest and
then of the long journey home. They
went i'm order into the large room by
the refectory. took their bread and salt.
which they ate i'm the refractory. and
then sat down. like great grown up
school children, at long wooden tables
In the open air. where the monks
served them with bread and soup
Then they flung themselves down on
the ground, wherever they happened
to find n little free space. and slept
heavily. They lay with their hands
on their bundles. themselves like big
in the graveyard, upon the graves and
the turf. like dead army waiting to
be buried.
And In all this there was no fervor,
no excitement. Il perfectly contained
emotion. a logged doing of something
which they had set out to do. They
had come from all parts of Russia.
walking all the way, and they had
come simply TO kiss the relics and then
to 20 home again, because It was
their duty. They We're all good hui
mored, cheerful. contented. They ac-
cepted discomfort as they accepted
poverty. labor, their bodies, which had
never known happiness or beauty
COntentment in them was strength. but
1t had in IL also something lamentable
Here, in this placid and vigorous herd
of animals, were women who had
never discovered that women could
be beautiful, human beings who had
never discovered that life could De
desirable thing i'm itself.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28

For the farmer and small breeder
there seems to be nothing better than
the dirt floor which can be renewed
ms often as desired at no expense save
the labor. and this is fully covered by
the rich soil which Is exchanged.
If farmers really appreciated the
poultry droppings as they should. more
attention would he given the saving Of
every particle. There is no fertilizer
that will compare with this for the
garden, and, being so conveniently
near. there Is no reason why it should
not be saved.-Farm and Home.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-28

1t has been source of much sur.
prise to Professor Nordenskjold that
during his expedition within the Arctic
Circle, i'm regions where animal life
is abundant. he has found very few re.
mains Of animals which died a natural
death. No one has any idea of what
becomes of the bodies of such ami
mails. And it is, indeed very strange
that ON Spitzbcrgen it Is easier to find
bones of gigantic lizard Of remote
geological time than those of n self
dead seal. walrus or bird The same Is
also true of some places not SO far
north.