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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1904-07-23

Mrs. S. II. Barrow.
From and after this date all
hunting and fishing on the Cot.
tage plantation are positively pre-.
hibited under penalty of tres
passing. Any one found on this
place without permission will b.
trespsssing and ~
secuted to the full extent
law. Richard
The public is warned
buying fire wood, posts q
from tenants on Rosedown,
and Hardwood plantations.
las. r. Bowman.
From and after this date all
hunting OF any kind on the Pecan
Grove plantation is positively
prohibited under penalty Of tres
passing. Any one found on this
place without permission will be
considered trespassing and pro-
secuted TO the full extent OF the
law. X. NJ. Leake.
From and after this date all
hunting of any kind on the Green
wood plantation is positively pre-
hibited under penalty of trespass-
ing. Any one found on this place
without permission will be con-
sidered trespassingand prosecut-
ed to the full extent of the law.
Mrs. J. A. Ventress.
The public is hereby warned
that the Alton Villa, Layson and
Maxwell plantations are posted
against all intruders and agents
of any description.
Mrs. V. z. Howell.
All hunting on my Elm Park
plantation is prohibited after
january 1st, 1902, under penalty
of trespass. / will prosecute all
those who set fire on my1E,~Se to
the full extent of the law.
A. Muller.
No trespass with gun, dog, or
rod, or passing through my
/ Woodl2wn Stock Farm allowed
under penalty of the law against
trespaSS.
J. Burruss McGohse.
The public is hereby warned
against buying wood, timber or
stock from tenants on Oakley,
Ogden or Downs plantations or
driving therefrom any cattle
or stock. These plantations are
closed against agents of every
description.
Miss l.. L. Matthews.
From and after this date all
hunting and fishing OF any kind
are positively prohibited On
Forest plantation, under penalty
of trespassing.
]. w. Mcqueen.
From and after this date all
hunting of any kind on Rosedown
plantation is positively prohibited
under penalty of tresnasSinS.
Jas. p. Bowman.
All parties are hereby Notified
nOG 10 tTeSpaSS on the following
places: Green Oaks, Satterwhite
and Home places, with dog, rod
or gun. All permissions hereto.
tofore granted are hereby re-.
voked. c. b. Hamilton.
Owing to the reported cow
stealing in various parts of the
parish, notice is hereby given
that all persons entering High
land plantation without permits.
sion will be prosecuted to the fun
extent of the law. No exeep-
tons. "A. +. Barrow.
Hunting of any kind, cattle
driving or fishing on Mt. Vernon
plantation is positively prohibited
under penalty of the law of tres.
pass. No exceptions.
c. w. Ball.
Miss Ella Rail-.
Mrs. f. Hamilton.
Hunting of all kind ia hereby
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the tribe and any other peopls who
may be in the village. First a wind
break of umiaks, sails or skins is
built to act as a shelter against the
chilly blasts of the polar winds. 1t is
placed in the form of large circle,
if enough material can be secured. in
the center of which a walrus hide is
placed on the ground. and to its four
corners are tied long ropes. which are
passed over tripods placed about
twenty-five feet from the skin. The
ends of the ropes are then drawn
tight and made fast with stout stakes
driven into the ground. thus raising
the skin about four feet. The skin
thus becomes a platform some eight
or ten feet square. which serves as a
sort of movable stage on which the
young women dance.
The feast usually begins at the time
when the sun reaches a due western
point. about o'clock in the after
noon; for during the eighty days of
summer at Otkeavic the sun never
sets, and being without timepieces the
Eskimos mark their time by the DO
sition of the sun while it is visible and
by the moon and stars when the sun
has gone for the long Arctic night.
These feasts sometimes last twenty
four hours.-F'rom Edward A. Nell
henny's ''The Nelicatar Of Arctic Alas
ka" in the September Century.
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To Rem0Ve AT EyeSore.
San Francisco. Aug.

San Francisco. Aug. "a.
The Editor Of The Call-Sirs The
forthcoming festivities OF the knights
Templar demand that the city put on
her best appearance and show the
visitors that she. though young in
years, has every pretension to beautify
in her Ornamentations and buildings,
apart from her many natural surround
ings. A great deal has been written
OF late about the beautifying Of our
city and those in command OF wealth
have been urged to do their utmost in
this particular; but IN the face Of the
outrage which is now being perpetrated
right in the very heart OF the city,
how can we expect our wealthy citi-
zens to beautify and adorn the city
for their endeavors may meet with the
same fate. I refer TO the pile Of lum-
Der" which Is now being erected right
in front of the Lick statuary in City
Hall Square. That such an outrage
should be permitted by the authorities
is, TO use mild term, most disgrace
full The Lick statuary is considered
one OF the finest works OF art that
we possess and why II should be OBJ
scured at the very time when we
should display it is a cOnundrum. but
one which no doubt the city authorities
can unravel. Whoever granted the per-
mission for this unsightly erection
have been guilty Of a most illegal act,
for the square in question is as much
the property of the people as Golden
Gate Park OF Union Square and car
yic ho
ileges. That there is a jobbery in the
matter is beyond question and what
ever money is received from this pile
Of lumber will no doubt go into the
pockets of those who are ever ready
TO take their share Of the public loot.
An appeal to the courts would un-
/ doubtedly condemn such an outrage
and show the authorities that they
are IN office for the protection Of the
/ peoples rights and not for their own
/ private ends. The Mayor IL is pre-
sumed-that is if he and Abraham un-
| derstand the duties of their position
will receive the visiting Templars in
/ the rQtunda OF the City Hall, right
/ under the dome, and IL they do so, then
/ still more upsightly will appear this
/ obnoxious obstruction. In the inter-
\ ests OF the city this matter should be
/ taken up and the authorities compelled
/ to remove this pile OF lumber" before
1 the Templar festivities commence. 1t
is indeed a poor compliment to the
memory of James Lick that this group
| OF statuary should be hidden from view
simply to satisfy the greed Of those
in power. Trusting that your influence
1 will be used to abate this outrage, I
am, sir, yours respectfully.
MICHAEL ANGELO.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25
Ne7gtom1dlands Governor.

can be accomplished among the most
intractable people by a judicious COM
bination of firmness and moderation.
1t was to Lagos Sir William was next
despatched as Governor and this post
he held for four years, preserving an
even balance of justice to whites and
blacks and winning the esteem of all
classes. The Alake's State lies within
the Lagos Protectorate and that dusky
potentate when he left England pro-
fessed profound sorrow that he and
Sir William were no longer to be chums
in Africa. 1t is something of a coinci-
dence that Sir Williams most distin-
guished predecessor at Lagos, the late
Sir John Hawley Glover, was also pro-
NOTED to the Governorship of New
foundland.
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Fairbanks II.

Some interesting "reminiscences OF ths
college career OF the Republican candi-
date for Vice President are told by
Julius Chambers in the current Har-
pers Weekly. Mr.. Chambers attended
the Ohio Wesleyan University willis
Senator Fairbanks was there as a stu
dent. He tells Of one occasion when q
contest had been arranged between two
rival literary societies. On the nighk
of the affair, instead Of a genuine con-
test. a mock programme made itS
appearance. and in consequence the
faculty suspended two prominent up
per cIassmen. A students meeting
was called, and Fairbanks. 70. made
stirring speech, critieizing the faculty's
action as an infractiOn Of the rights
Of American citizenship. The next day
there was a special meeting OF the fac
ulty and young Fairbanks was sum-
moned and required to repeat his
speech Of the night before The faculty
then entered into a heated discussion
Of the matter. A number OF the more
up-to-date professors supported Fair
banks in his views. with the result that
the two suspended men were reinstated.
After that the name Of Fairbanks was
on every tongue and he became the
most popular man in Ohio Wesleyan
University.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25
Burgess Latest Freak.

Gelett Burgess, the San Franciscan
and co-author with Will Irwin of THE
Picaroons' and THE Reign of Queen
Isyl," has been spending the summer
at Scituate, Mass. and has employed
his leisure moments in characteristic
style. In a corner of an adjacent or
chard he has built little house COM
posed entirely of packing cases. This
building, which he has named the
Coop Hotel" consists of four rooms,
two stories and a stairway, piazza,
doors and windows complete, the whole
ground plan covering an area of only
six by eight feet. A child of four can
stand erect in the rooms, but the ex-
ploration of the residence to an adult
is achieved with considerable difficulty.
The upper chamber measures only
three feet square, and here Mr.. Bur-
CESS has spent hours in seclusion in
writing. The house is an object of
interest to children for miles about, and
has been the scene Of numerous par
ties. 49, -.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25
Arctic ALASKAN Whale Feast.

The principal occupation OF these Es-
kimos (of Arctic Alaska) during the
spring is the hunting OF the bowhead
whale in the leads, or open water, and
among the foe ice OF the Arctic Ocean.
The taking of q whale is always a
time of great rejoicing with these peo-
pie, for 1t means not only an abun-
dance of food and fuel, but a large
amount Of valuable trading material.
After the whaling season Is over the
boats which have been used in the
chase are gathered on the leads be-
tween the pack and shore ice, which
is often some miles from shore, at
the foot of some road that has been
cut through the rough ice from the
land to the water. The most success
full boats crew, with their umiak Ga
whaling boat covered with skins), takes
the lead, followed by the other boats
in the order of their success. The har-
poons, floats, paddles and everything
pertaining to the chase of the whale
are placed in their respective posi-
tiOns. The umiak is then placed on q
fiat ivory runnered sled and lashed
firmly in place. The owner. who is
called omelic Chead mani, stands on
the ice at the right hand side of the
bow: the boat steerer stands at the
stern and the paddlers stand at their
respective places along the sides of
the boat. When all is ready, the omelic
gives the word to go forward and each
Of the crew slips over his shoulder a
broad breast strap Of sealskin which
is attached to a short line made fast
to the thwarts Of the boat. When all
is ready the boat is pulled forward a
few lengths and the next boat in order
goes through the same form, moving
on in it's turn, until all the umiaks are
strung out in a long line on the
grounded ice, ready for their return to
land.
At a signal from the head boat all
move forward, chanting weird songs
of the goodness and power Of the
whale; for one of the superstitions of
these people is that whenever working
on any object to be used in whaling
or doing anything connected with
whaling they must constantly extol the
merits Of this great animal
Long before the boats reach shore
the entire population left in the viii
lage-men, women, children and dogs
-congregate on the beach to welcome
the homecomers. When the first boat
nears land it Is brought to a halt a
few feet from the shore line, and its
talisman, which is always carried in a
little pouch in the bow, and NAV be
VOLTS head, the head of a raven.
iron pyrites or any odd thing, is lifted
out by the omelic and held In his
right hand toward the shore, where
stands the chief medicine man of the
tribe, who pours over it a little fresh
water to refresh 1t and thank 1t for the
benefits given, if the boat has secured
whale; or. If the boat has not been
lucky, to appease any slight that may
have been put upon the talisman, in
the hope that it will give them better
luck in the future.
After reaching shore day or pos
sibly two may be given for orepara-
tion and then the great feast begins
Each successful boat owner, begin
ming with the one whose boat secured
the most whales, gives a feast. to
which he inyitss Al the members Of
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25
When Roosevelt Sqvorc.

William I. Dantz, writing in Har-
per's Weekly. recites an incident
which serves to show that even great
men have their failings. As the fam
Gus instance of washington's lapse
into billfngsgate has been handed
down to posterity. so may Mr.. Dantz's
anecdote of the Rooseveltian thunder
become epic. He says:
"Only once did 1 see his temper get
away. 1t was a bitter night late in
the fall. The last beef roundup had
reached Chimney Buttes, mile south
OF the Maltese Cross ranch. A driving
rain that froze as it fell turned the
whole river bottom, where the camp
was made, into sea of half-frozen
mud. The cattle were restless and
hard to hold. All hands were called
out and the nervous beasts were finally
rounded ND under the shelter of the
bluffs. The cooks fire had long been
drowned out and all hands went sup
PEERLESS.
roosevelt and I slept together.
After helping to quiet the 400 beeves
we crawled, hungry. wet and cold. into
our bed that meant some blankets
spread on the wet ground covered by
tarpaulin or water-tight canvas.
Hardly had we turned in when a night
rider slashed a wet lariat across our
bed, calling out:
All hands turn out; cattle break
ing away
with a groan 1 slipped out side
ways and groped in the darkenss for
my pony's picket line. Suddenly
heard burst of picturesque language,
the gist of which was general male
dsction on the country, the man who
made it, the man who lived in it and
the 'blankety blank fool that would
leave Gods country for such a blank
ETY. blank wilderness-but there are
certain situations which are too
sacred to go into detail"
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25
4 Disaster
When Fritz
Is Wrecked

When Judge Fritz's friends meet
him the first question they ask is
Where's my cigar?" 1t is a josh on
the Judge. He was a passenger on
the train bearing the picnickers Of St.
Agnes parish from Sunset Park last
Saturday which collided with another
train shortly after leaving the park.
1t was there he lost his cigar
The Judge was talking to several
young ladies and had Just lighted the
last cigar in his possession to soOthe
his nerves when the crash came The
cigar was thrown out of his mouth
and a lamp chimney hit the top OF
his head. For a moment he thought
some one had started rough house
and friend found him cropping under
the seats.
For heavens sake" said the friend.
what are you doing there? Are you
hurt?"
Hurt nothing" scornfully replied
the Judge. Where's my cigar?'
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25
sneciaI Correspondence

Special Correspondence.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE CALL,
Henrietta street, Covent Garden, Lon
don, Aug. 12.-I have just been favored
by Sir William Macgregor, the newly
appointed Governor of Newfoundland
with the accompanying photographs Of
himself and wife, Lady Macgregor. Sir
William is depicted here in court dress
but IL is a costume which i'll accords
with this doughty officials character
and claims to distinction. He is no
carpet knight and there is nothing of
the court lackey about him. In some
of the widest regions of the British
empire his work has been done, ruling
over savage tribes under tropical suns.
defying fever and fatigue, taking his
life in his hands often and always ad-
ministering justice with firm and fear
less impartiality. At fifty-seven he has
earned the right to the comparative
ease and quiet wnich the Governor
ship of England's Oldest colony will af-
ford him, now that the troublesome
French question has been practically
settled.
AS his name implies, Sir William is
Scotchman, and like most of that
sturdy race who achieve distinction, he
started in life without any wealth or
family influence to push him along. His
father was a farmer in a small way,
but with big ideas as to the value Of
an education, and he saw to 1t that
his boy got a good one. When it came
to the choice Of a profession. the lad
elected medicine and obtained his M. D.
degree from the University of Edin-
burgh. Being Of an adventurous spirit
and anxious to see something of the
world, instead of hanging out his shin
gle In some country town and waiting
for patients to come, he booked himself
at the Colonial Office and was ap-
pointed Government medical officer at
the Seychelles in 1873. A year later he
was transferred to Port Louis on the
island OF Mauritius. and in 1876 was
made chief medical officer for Fiji.
It was at Fiji he proved himself a
hero. The ship Syria, freighted with
coolies and their families, was wrecked
on the Nasilai Reef. He organized the
relief party and took command of it.
Repeatedly he swan to the wreck, re-
turning each time with man or
woman on his back and sometimes with
a child in addition gripped by it's
clothes between his teeth. In this way
he himself saved no less than seventy
lives. 1t was feat that only a man
of his immense physical strength as
we'll as courage could have accom-
plished. For this he received the Clarke
gold medal and values it far higher
than the TX. c. NJ. G., C. B." which
he is entitled to tack after his name.
1t was at Fill. too. that his talents as
an administrator were first discovered
and he was appointed Receiver General
of the islands. That opened up a new
career for him and he gave up doctor
ing sick folk. In 1888 he was made Ad-
ministrator of British New Guinea.
The New Guinea natives were about
the worst lot of savages under the con-
| troll of the British crown, most of them
regarding it as waste of human life
to slay a man without subsequently
dining upon him. But for ten years
he ran the British part of that big
island, leaving record behind him
that Is q conspicuous example Of what
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25
Padding.

Herbert S. Stone, the well-known
publisher, recently described at din
ner in Washington the amusing meth
DDS of a newspaper writer who used
to write articles at a set rate a
column. He was once commissioned
to do a serial story for a Chicago
newspaper. The story, as 1t proceeded
from week to week, was interesting,
but it contained many passages like
the following:
Did you hear him."
-"I did"
Truly?
Truly"
"Where?"
by the we'll"
"When?"
To-day"
Then he lives?"
HE does"
"Ah!"
The editor, sending for the man,
said: Hereafter we will pay you by
the letters in your serial. We will pay
you so much a thousand letters" The
young man, looking crestfallen, went
away, but in the very next installment
of his story he introduced character
who suffered, and all through the
chapter were scattered passages like
this: b-b-b-be-lieve me, s-s-s-sir.
am n-n-not g-g-g-guilty. M-m-m-my
m m M mother c-c-c-committed this
c-crime. Boston Transcript.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25
THE OAKLAND BONDS.

THE campaign lag There have been few
sporadic efforts made to the subject, but there
failure of continuous be organized
success This may be Que to the temporary
appearance Of other interests such as the p0h"o W I2s.
Tcpar conav the September holidays What
cause hoped merely and not due to IN
opposition forward implied in the improve
nents for which the issue is to provide
Oakland occupies extremely position and needs only
what has done to be put the front rank OF the Ou
f cities of that other
city country equal 1t pond pool nor
spot of sagnan moisture but an extensive sheet OF sea w
The shores picturesque and those
portions be improved by the
eeds Of these bonds that noble sheet OF water may nave n0O
The contributing charms of the city and to its
values worth millions Its uHen depth and cam ~
splendid opportunities sailing and rowing and fishing Everything
poetic and sentimental associated with the water may be en-
oed the shores improved
of consists of the construction of park on the
rounding this splendid water park by land park connected with 1905
hill park
that will furnish Oakland of
The footh and water parks
balanced beginning system Oakland of which the
D ly ., "a ~ va - - IN 60 go We OaLi.nd .rsb and is CON
bouevarded will
park drive the charming of in the country
gone should be submit to the citizens
nG and great s D s o. o M puon % % mp 0EI% ] immediately and will
give progressive the bond
issues lightly that will feel it.
The clement climate of Oakland is favorable to the most splendid
landscape gardening Everything beautiful
check growth
park space be clad joy and beauty
in brief people they parks of the East The
only limited variety OF trees and shrubs These
~ he hardy 70 resist the rqors Of winter and mostly deciduous
few
their while here day
year eonfers and other attractive and beautiful
q brides bouquet
all that offers Oakland
Of
Of
OF improvements private citizen his grounds He
borders festoond
adding
beautifully makes public
enterprise improve and make itself beautiful
who painted house has
ntesn should
the
make her
and make of equal beauty its public pri-
yate possessions.
souad respects
he will
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25
NSITRANCE AND SUICIDE-P.

INSURANCE AND SUICIDE-P. H.
Yuba County. In the matter OF the
suicide clause" in an insurance pol
icy there is a conflict of opinion. The
trend of decisions on this subject is
that the matter is dependent upon
conditions and that if an insured indi-
vidual commits suicide with intent to
defraud the company it vitiates the
policy.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25

FERRY TO MOLE-G. G. A. Ala
media. Cal. The distance from the ferry
landing at the foot Of Market street.
san Francisco. to the Oakland mole is
four and half miles.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25
AnS7cerS to Queries.

ST. LOUIS FAIR-A. s., Oakland.
Cal. The ST. Louis Fair opened May 1.
and up to August 10 the attendance was
6.25S. .9SS
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25

DANCING-A. o. D.. City. 1t has
been calculated that a person who
dances a modern waltz traverses from
start to finish half a mile OF space.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25

Dsageeabe reports coming from the Exposition the
professional seekers usurpng
purposes with its
circulated The the
public suppress sideshows
giant display -
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25

of
the School
would the politics
schools manfesty suggestion If Directors
the remedy obvious do not
necessarily insure protection
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). $50 Cali
t6ornia street. Telephone Main 1042,
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25

! Townsend's California Glace fruits IN
artistic fre-etched boxes. us Market st
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HEARST AND WATSON.

disclosed
N Presidency When Judge
fervid telegram, the
a o is a
with this potene the billing
choice the Presidency
Mr. Hearst has editorials
melted Wheeler
ice stpoulture entirely belong
medical in
Esopus. great
restraint in ooncealing his feelings.
necessary
perhaps pessmstc politics hot
The
they never
increasing the
order oSwhen
Presidential dividend losing
investment of
express his
politics gsphone EMPLOYS Wat
their fighting
says himself and vicarousy make much diff
will add the joy gayety campaign
ground smoking
barbaous which
barbarian had
him death.