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New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

of +ertnrv constituting the Mississippi Delta To-
dav when the same food starts south from caro-
instead of wandering unrarnmelled through 'nis
vast ha sin II is restricted by two narrow rloses VI
earth seekfng 20 hold il in check ana convey It
harmessly to the sea. Anu se44eld--S ~
do their work ,,..
It is only in the years when all It's tributaries
overflow simultaneously that the MISSISSIPPI ne
comes dangerous. Such floods sometimes pi can - e-s
levees Or the natural contortlons OF 'he S'
IN cba,1i,- irs channel eat them away; they cave
slough off and slide into the river. buI sla., y.
tered line is Immediately repaired run aloHliuS
are constructed in semicircle around tne ploheii
nlace spur of sacks is built to turn the current
and anothar wear finds the levee stronger IN each
succeeding wear the disastrous creVasses haN7 peo
fewer the damage from them less d11u -
Throushout the valley there has beeh d s'eduS
growth Of confidence IN ultimate Immunity from
overflow. -, go
ytcksb1rg perches high upon her nils at me Ioot
Of the Mississippi Delta with every interest,"
hound I'D in that of her lower lying heisii'o' =
Here live the planter who owns the threatened
60 - Fsc,or who sells his cotton. the banker
who holds his mortgage and the merchant =" H0
furnishes supplies to his plantation.
Therefore when the river gauge climbs ABOVE 'he
fortv-foot mark and the city front goes tHdeI
..highwater talk absorbs every other topic o.
conversation upon her streets The T7Ver continues
70 rise until the gauge registers aDoVe MI! rect
with every prospect OF more The Weather Dun Z
warns the planter TO prepare Tor extremely oa'
gerous stages k
f3oa.s begin TO bring in loads OF refugees from
Io,,at,ors which are outside OF levee protection
Negroes desert their cabins making raf's 10 hoa'
ort chickens hogs. mules and every inaglna Die
snec,e5 Of pIunder They crowd upon the leVees'
y-atttnp for a boat to take them of cautious
,ar,e-s send their stock away TO safer pastuFase-
The river swarIns with busy craft Men are hife
for emergency work alcnG the levees; lumber Is
sh,nped 10 build up buikheads and prevent caVlhs
sacks go forward by the thousand TO De niied WIN
earth and raise the Of the leVee above the
flood.
Al the foot of Clay-st- the stanch little beiie oi
the Bends lies ready TO perform these sei'icea
with Captain Gus" on deck and Uncle biliy al
the wheel. she casts loose her Inc ana .ui,s n.'
80 a., On. brtsumius stream On hsr asGkx ~
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

The Belle lands very cautiously against a threat
ened Ievee where number Of men are gathered
I'VE are perfectly safe here think says MT
Ransdell member of Congress from that dlStrlcl
himself work upon the levee- II never knew a
break occur where we had good weather plenty
of men and dry dirt TO fight it with The break
generally comes where you least expect It,
Some of this work is done by paid labor, but
much of il is volunteer and perfectly organized
White men and black work together side oy
side-the gentleman Of property and the humDIest
tilIer Of his fields AS a rule the more substantial
negroes labor very cheerfully But when the triner
refuses there's no hesitation to him. ball and
chain are hung his leg and he works anyhow
Their compulsory Ievee working laws are very Ike
for working public roads. except these levee
laws are rigidly and promptly enforced. In some
places the boat must approach very gently, lest
her waves dash across the narrow line and start q
crevasse At others she land broadstde without
the slightest danger. And here her guards project
like shelf above the diminishing levee.
At the most Godforsaken points she touches to
take on a sack of mail Everywhere there Is
constant stream Of negroes parading the levee- A
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

up hair. lathering boards and taking his first
chance with easy customer
The bill provides that a barber shall shave.
trim the beard cut the hair Of any person, for
hire or reward received by the person performing
such service" This knocks out the barber SCHOOLS
because N them the customers" not charged
a cent They are merely invited in TO be practsed
Customers occasionally demand money them
selves for the the bits OF scalp they have
lost. after student has finished with them; but
they told they needn't have come If they ex-
pected to be fixed up swell
There is a barber school IN West Broadway, where
the young idea taught how TO shave. and where
a visitor, should he stray in by mistake, might
think ne in emergency hospital. Along one
side OF the room there fifty chairs, ranged IN
long parallel rows, with the feet of one-half
the occupants opposite the feet Of the other half
Over these fifty stand fifty men in white coats
swinging their II each of them was work
ing over drowning
Most of the students young men, who regard
the barber's field Offering them excellent opporA
tunities for wealth and social success. They have
paid $50 for course of six weeks, which included
the use of a kit of tools. including two razors. a
a water hone, O horsehide strop and horn comb
Others, for s35 So have obtained tools Of su-
perior grade. but all receive the same instruction
Occasionally. instructor passes up and down the
line, with such commands
Don't go close against the graini''
Take of that piece of whisker under his ear"
'.Cone up with your under his lip
"C1ip that bunch OF hair straight acrosst'
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

horse trough twenty feet above the level on either
side Only the merest streak shows where the
levee runs and this thin barrier Of dirt sodded
with Bermuda grass looks ridculously insufficient
TO fence out such a stupe1dous food Of water The
wave wash Of the boat spashes over its top. A
child with a pocket knife might cut the dlke ana
then no human power could save II. Men on horses
and men afoot patrol it night and day. watching
for signs of weakness and to guard against cut
ting For If the Ievee should give way upon the
Louisiana side that would instantly relieve the
strain in Mississippi. And il has happened IN days
gone bv that a man crouching behind his own levee
and grown desperate with fear has taken his life
in his hands paddIed his silent dugout across the
rivera few swift strokes of a spade, sudden rush
of water. and the thing is done And timber
thieves too waiting in the swamps for water to
float out their RATS have been known to cut the
Ievees But the guard asks no question OF the man
with the spade; he shoots. shoots 10 kill, and no
questions are ever asked OF him.
There is a guard-generally a volunteer-pacing
every half mile of Ievee both sides of the river
His horse stands htched at the quarter-boat ready
for instant use And with a fatuous confidence
every man OF them will answer your query. Were
going to hold this levee. sure; there's no danger
here" For God never made a more buoyant sPiT-
tied and Drawer people than these whose wives and
children sleep with that thin green line between
them and destruction
The man of confidence stands on a crumbiing
foothold scarce six inches above the rising river.
AZ his back and twenty feet below him. lie the
level fields OF q country richer than the fabled
valley of the Nile-that granary and treasure
house OF the ancient world. There stand MS nome
and household gods: a sweet faced woman sits
upon his gallery: his children sail their mimic boats
In the seepage water triekling through The levee
Yet the man smiles and waves his hand 10 friends
upon the Belle Wen hold this levee-sure-
Al avery landing place the steamer puts OF a
skin or two some sacks and bundle OF oars. A
hundred negroes crowd upon the lerees to laugh
and cheer her on The warehouse at Lake Proyi-
dence IS almost gone. while the huge seawal lifts
,tsalr eight feet ret above the flood. Five miles
further on the levee Is low. and men are working
like beavers building 1t up with sacks The ex-
citing fight goes on between the monster and the
men-a race to whether the levss or the wateS
can Elsa the fAA4AA
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
Le Routillfer Brothers
West Tqyenty-third Street.

black and jolly set they are. idle and uncartng for
summer is nearly here: u the evees break they can
swim out and they've nothing whatever 70 lose
When moving time comes the negro can always
shut the door whistle his d0g-and move That's
all.
one OF the depIorable results ot overflow Is
the complete destruction OF game IN the swamps
For weeks the deer. bear. rabbits and game birds
have been running the hills, All their paths are
beset by pot hunters. and they shot down r1er-
cilessly Sometimes upon a higher point no bigger
than city block hundred starving deer are seen;
the owner Of the plantation protects and FEEDS
them
Returning by rail from Greenville TO Ntcksours
the train passes through country much lower
than the river front, and rapidly nling with
backwater from the YazOO. The locomotive draSS
Us on through miles OF water which almost extin-
gushes the engine fires. Two men are stationed on
the cowcatcher pushing aside the driftwood which
cumbers the track and We creep along more Ike a
tcilsOrne barge than passenger train
One OF these floating chunks carries passengers
fellow travellers OF whom might well De called
an original food sufferer. A melancholy jack raA-
bit sCuats a piece of drift not more than three
feet long and mOurnfully regards a big swapping
turtle sitting on the other end They circle about
and rneander slowly through the submerged forest
whittier they know nOt-and the turtle doesn't care
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

think FIVE months spree would make barber q
little shaky."
'.But he won't cut deep enough TO Kill until the
end of the sixth month"; interrupted another.
After one barber had told of how flthy some
shops were on the East Side Of New-York where a
customer might get shave for three cents where
the brushes were never washed out, and Where
disease was transmitted from one face to another
bv means OF unclean razors, veteran legislator
from upstate. who had kept his silence up TO fhat
time said:
Il should think the best way TO take care OF
those fellows would be TO steriIiZe the BARRIERS
Several independents in opposing the bill said
that the barbering business in the best shops was
never at such high level as at the present time
and that these BARRIERS resented being dictated 10
by State commission. One barber told how many
inventions had come into practical use since he De
gan as an apprentice thirty years ago. washing out
suIttoons and scrubbing the floor. and dreaming OF
the time when he could stand in White linen
Jacket and shave and rub the heads of great men
IT remember the time he said, when we peean
20 use curl papers. while shaving man. and then
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
\ SOME ODD CONCEITS IN CORRESPONDENCE
MEMBERS OF Il CLUB AGREED MEYER TO SEND
CONVENTIONAL LETTERS TO ONE ANOTHER.

Not everything goes 50 safely. however Many
OF the-Iettsrs are lost, not because they are OF
value but because OF their novelty. Il would not
do to send an important message in any but the
conventional way When I came North friend
whom I had not IN time greeted me with
relief expressed IN his face His first words We're:
Why haven't you written ne? 1 haven't heard
from you in six weeks
You've received none OF my letters? I wrots
you twice The letters had simply been waylaid-
"A friend OF mine IS very fond Of shrimp ero-
quettes. AT a dinner al Key West which at
tended shrimp croquettes the menu. Re-
rnembering him. 1 surreptitiOusly folded two OF
them in a napkin and took them away with
Wrapping them in tlnson I addressed them TO him.
labelling the package Natural History Specimens
I forgot that they required ice for their preservS
ito. When the mail bag containing the package
wa opened at Philadelphia the postal authorities
there concluded that something wrong and by
use OF the nose soon arrIyed at the conci4slon tnt
the offending article II was sent 10 tne
the postmaster at Philadelphia courteously notify
ing me that there reason TO believe that my
that they had therefore been taken to the mOrgus
and placed ice They could De obtained, the
been incurred. I sent The bill TO my friend and
deIphIa he could obtain the package.
.'ln the bohemian quarter OF London il Is ths
fgsfo S5d ey 20 flye in Ihd eTeTn eP,sr The oan;
OF the tip is regulated by the amount Of dfcuIJy
involved A year or so ago a friend Of mine a ~9-
correspondent. who at that time in hard LucS.
IViDg II tfllS quarter OF l@DItlpu sent iiAA
one or two letters, writing the address IN such a
way that the postman had considerable difficulty
II delivering them 1 soon received letter rom
him which he said: stop sending those deLlced
things or else put them In plain envelope They
worth a shilling, but I can't afford 20 pay Il
I'm hard up
"AH sorts OF things be used for nonsense
correspondence. A cuff irOled out fat makes a hne
postal card. Once when hard up for an enyeiops
/ used a glove. 7 sewed the stamp on the NUMB
and wrote the address on the back with Ink inI2S,
Don't the carriers have difficulty IN dellEeflAs
the letters with those enignattcal addresses
Probably this is the only country IN the Voril
where this sort OF correspondence could oe carrier
on successFuily owing the fact that Uncle "a
takes greater pains than any other country IN de-
Ifverfng letters obscuTely addressed
At this point dinner was announced
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
WAR AMONG THE BARRIERS OF NEW YORK
THE ONLY BLOOD Spilled HOWEVER rs TIT AT or
THEIR INNOCENT CUSTOMERS

-be BARRIERS nay cut themselves before long
erber are fighting one with another. and al
.hnpsh the battle has been going since the
Lo,eu.ng Of the legislature. none have yet been
,Er,a5 Incredible IL may seem. Many have been
,-rozn5ed: but not among the conlbatants As in
. Kentucky duel. the blood he's been spilled by
s,nocent spectators. who have in this instance
.ey-ed the conflict from barber chairs. The climax
A. the battle viii tomorrow at Albany. when
-he McEwan Barber bill comes up for final pas
.sage in the Assembly.
| The two tonsortal factions have received several
.rsrnes TO distinguish them. including those Of
rbe '.ITnionists' and the Independents" or the
-Tseal!sts" and the ''Materialists'' The former
noapTise those BARRIERS who proprfetors Of
street shops including not only the large, hand
koraely fitted Po-iors OF the business region. but
also the small dim. basement establishments of
khe East Side The independently consist wholly
bf the BARRIERS OF the big hotels of this city.
1 The 'SCaonists'' had bill introduced which the
independents fought vigorously that at one
zine they boasted they had '-shampooed It TO death
THE bfll is 10 establish a State commission OF
BARRIERS which viii examine all aspirants TO tom
ko-iei honors. charge each s. bill. by way Of
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

10 get the bin out OF committee than all the
1ourneyTnen BARRIERS came down me like a lot OF
not towels They smothered the bill all right And
then what was my position? l was halfway
between the barber's chair and the shanpooing
sink The master BARRIERS blamed me for not pass
ing the bill and the journeymen pounded me for
introducing It at ell"
Al one nearing on the Finch bill the 'sTTnion-
lists as the advocates Of the BILL and the .Iode-
perdents for the opposition appeared and feeling
ran high The legislators however were inclined TO
take jocular view Of the situation which still
further aroused the ire ot the "Unionists" When
the four grounds which barber might be
put out of business by the commission were ex-
platned one Assemblyman asked:
suppose q barber has been convicted Of felony,
why shouio re be prohibited from shaving man p
Because he Is likely to harm customer be-
sides bringing discredit the profession" re-
marked one barber.
~ell the customer can go somewhere else next
time. can't hep" asked the lawrnaker.
Unless the first fellow was q cutthroat" sua-
Eested q third member OF the committee.
why DO you dx the term of drunkenness at six
nootnsf asked the first Assemblyraan. II should
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

hundred men. who look like the congregation of a
Bowery mission on stormy night In their own
language. all up agin Although a general
glance would classify all as belonging the tramp
kingdom. closer inspection discloses various types
and conditions of hard luck with here and there
the kind OF who delights in something free
and who would walk home to save carfare. al
though taking half dozen drinks along the way to
assist his weary legs The patients for such
they are, than customers. sit on rough
hardwood benches. terraced above the other.
with the next man at the end Of the lowest
plank
The OF, this congregation watching the
scurrying hands OF the barber students with a
sleepy kind of enjoyment, which IS simply begot by
the sight Of some one else at work. At last one
of the students grasps up little bottle and begins
squirt its rose co1ored contents on the white.
wooIIy head OF an aged "panhandler." A few
strokes OF the comb. and the hair is parted few
dabs of brush and 1t lies down Ike field of hay
that has been fattened by a pouring rain. The
minute the student whsks the towel from be-
meath the PATENTS chin. whirls it over his head
and yeIls:
''Nextr'
Then the end man Of the bottom row rises TO his
feet and smiles However PROSTATE may be his
fortunes. he IS much of a man OF leisure no"
as a millionaire Although he has been waiting
for this OF exaltation on hardwood
plank for more than two hours he forgets his past
pains the thought of the soft upholstery OF the
barber chair. AS he stalks over 10 the hne OF
operators he grins the crowd of associate
'hoboes" who return his look with expressions OF
open mouthed envy.
Hair cut" he grInts, as he tumbles back INTO
the chair The student goes at him with a rush.
This fs tbe frs. head he has tackled, and he
seems 10 think that haste g the chief thing.
Don't get into a sweat" says the instructor as
he passes the chair.
Great punches of hair tumbling TO the floor,
and here and there the white of the scalp begins
to loom up dangerously through the unkempt locks
The instructor steps over just as the patient
gives a CULVER of pain. for the scissors have
wrenched half thousand hairs at their roots Inc
student Is cautioned, and the work OF execution
continues There more quivers. and then a
growI:
Here, kid. do you want ter take me skin on
The haircut is finished, but the patient, moth
ing daunted. orders a shave. There are more quiV-
ers more growl. and occasional oath. After
a drenchtnx of water, however the occupant OF the
chair is formally ousted. and another next drops
into his place So the mill goes on.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
IN 4 B4RBER SCHOOL,
Wbere "Greenhorns' Pract'se '"e
"Tonsor1aJ Art.

Although the present barber war as Of a BARRIERS
academic as far as the Rie4 -.rrl, Of the profes-
are cOnseTsed = tns r,faly affected by it. This the
Ssper school should the esrpsf Driven D out Of
,"w pn, the barber school Will be '''''
tstence. .o ,,,rn out a graduate IN
Barber senoJls sns The schools thus offer snof
st sDG"t TO s the s'in IN ons 5ns or t~o
apprentice is no. s-orn washing out cuspfdores'
even after ~o1kis scrubbins out mugs vipins
brushing ,s..nsns en- rs.ora sonnG 1xpsaass
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

It may convey some idea Of the magnitude of this
undertaking, says Harris Dickson, writing In Har-
per's Weekly on the question Of how to control
the Mississippi by levees, TO remember that water
from Olean in the State of New-York, joins with
the outlets Of Lake Winnipeg and the Yellowstone
Park to destroy plantation opposite Vlcksburg'
in the State Of Mississippi At Cairo alone a mill
ion and a half cubic feet Of water IS estimated 10
,,aes every second Twenty-seven States contribute
70 this gigantic volume which formerly dispersed
at will over the thirty-two thousand square miles
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
FIGHTING THE DISORDERLY FATHER OF WATERS.
SCENES 4LONG THE THREATENED LEPEES-PsO-
PIE FACING DANGER BRAVELY

dozens Of planters levee board officials and govern
rnent engineers anxious 10 see what changes
single day has brought.
! man familiar with the river and river methods
would know from her cargo that an overflow IS
imminent The Belle carries lumber, wheelbarrows
skiffs sacks and material of every kind. Once
launched upon the broad and eddying river. the
necessity for II all seems fully justified
The river gorges its channel to the very top be-
tween two long lines Of levees. Cotton is stacked
everywhere The Belle floating on huge
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
SUNDAY.
APRIL i2. 1909.
L. RQutiMia Brothers
FINE LACES.

Comprising Eeene Tenerfe, Paraguay Coebe, Fast Gupa
Repou Crochet Mcan zDors, suitable for acpkea-
unusually ractrDe assortment
consisting of Gallons, Bandag Insertions ESgg and 04loDe
IN 7v5fe Arabe, and Paris tats.
SPECIALS.
Real Antique and Fet sizcs squares desirable for sas and
application purposes,
55c.. &c.. 98c.
Czany and Antique Insertions. 2 TO inches u'ide.
zoe. to 39c.
REGULAR vaae r6c. TO sec.
Imitation Cany Band1g match SETS. sa6t for trimming z'h
materials, ~, 4. and 8 inches zvide,
Sc. TO I9c.
Black Cluay Vnss, Fibre and Wool Bindhngs,
SIC. to S1.98
WOMEWS NECK WEAR
vars of stocks Q Chepot Madras and FSqnes;
nepesf designs and spring eolorags,
25c. TO 98c.
Top Faac, Waists Butcher Linen, Pqas
embroidered SNousseirc IN all the nepsst shades
Collar Cu Irish Crochet hemHebed and embroidered
go. to 98c.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
HIS vAULTlNG AMBITION.

Titan was engaged in putting the finishing
touches on his masterpiece.
You doubtless expect the nation to buy it?'
asked his friends
More than that, returned the artist / nope
# will some day be exhibited In department
storer'
cverawed bv the overweening ambition OF the
man they forbore criticise-
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
THE BARsER's POLE.

The red, white and blue OF the oarbeTs pole;
The red for the blood. when he shaves OF a mole
The white for the lather he slaps on your hp,
And the blue tor the BARRIERS who don't get UP.
IF. s. J.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-09
Homestead Entry No. 5000.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
department Of the Interior,
Land Office at Santa Fe, N. NJ,

department Of the Interior,
Land Office at Santa Fe, N. NJ,
Nov. 8. 1903.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing-named settler has filed notice
his intention to make final proof
in support OF his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the regis
ter or receiver at Santa Fe, N. M,
on Dec. IA, 1903, viz:
MIGUEL FLORES
for the w IL of Sc IA Sec. 20, and
w IL NE IA Sec. 20. T. IL N, X.
IL Z.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation Of said land, viz:
Apolonio Chavez Of Galisteo, N,
NJ: Jose Leon Madril of Galisteo. N,
NJ; Agapito Sena Of Galisteo, N. NJ;
Natividad Leyba OF Galisteo, N. M.
MANUEL K. oTERO,
1850 Register
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-09
Homestead Entry No. 5O31.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Of the Interior,
Land Office at Santa Fe, N. M.
Nov. 4, 1903.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing.named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof
In support Of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before U. S. court
commissioner at Las Vegas, N. NJ,
Dec. 18th, 1903. viz:
VICENTE MARQUEE,
for the = IL $. II II, See. 10, w. IL
$. w. III Sec. 20, 4. 15 N, III 22 u.
lie names the following witnesses
10 prove hls continuous residence UP.
on and cultivation Of said land, VII.
HIginlo Castillo Of eabra, n. NJ;
.sostero Gonzales of cabra, ~ MI;
Manuel GHrule Of cabra, ". M julio
Apodaca Of cabra, n. IL.
MANUEL Il. OTEH0,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-09
Martial Law Proclaimed.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 9.-Mar-
tial law has been proclaimed in the
district Of Hassan Kala, Province Of
Erzerum, Asia Minor. and troops
have been quartered at all the villages
Of that district. in consequence Of the
revolutionary movements of the Hent
checklists arm of the Armenian Revo'
lutionary society. Two bands oi
Hentchakists recently crossed the
Russo Turkish frontier, their inten
ton being to incite the inhabitants e
rise against the Turkish government
lut they we're oyertakcn by troops
and one band exterminated and thu
other driven back.