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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-11
OFFICE OF CITY GAS AND ELE' TRIO
" LIGHT DEPARTMENT.

Alexandria, va. April J. lsV2
Sealed proposals addressed TO l.. r iihler'
Chairman. Committee on Light, Will he re-
ceiyed at this Office until 5 o'clock p m:
SATURDAY, April %, for the ELECTION
Gas Works. in the city of Alexandria, Va.
plans and specifications can be seen upon APP
nlication al the Office of the City Gas Works,
Rooms ) and 6. Market Building. The com
mittee reserves the right to reject any or all
bids By order Of the Committee on Light.
anil 1w J. B. WALLER, Clerk.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-07-15

by the State Treasurer as being a
GOOD sum with which to begin
work for the opening fiscal year.
This official believes, i'll the light
Of the present outlook, that this
amount will be sufficient to meet
every obligation of the State for
the ensuing six months.
The obligations of the remain
der Of the fiscal year can not be
calculated with any degree OF
certainty, for the reason that
during that time the Legislature
will meet. and there is no assur
ance as to the appropriations II
will make. 1t IS believed in OH
cial circles, however, that there
will be credit balance at the
close Of the fiscal year next June,
as December, January and Febru
airy will bring in large amounts
from the State tax collectors.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-07-15
State Finances.

special to Times Democracy
Baton Rouge, July Ito day
opens new fiscal year, in the
accounts of the State fiscal agen-
cies, and the accounts of the State
Treasurer show the following
amounts on deposit in the five
fiscal agent banks of the State:
New Orleans National Bank.
s296,427 AZ; Hibernia Bank and
Trust Company, s3OO,221 90:
Louisiana National Bank, 1906,
532 rs; State National Bank 1894
GIG Ga; Canal Bank and Trust
Company. 1921, $50 II.
The total amount on deposit is
81, 49,, 40 70, and is considered
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-07-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Mrs. Gabriel Gavarett widow OF
J B FrOment to First Nat Bank OF
a certain lot OF land,
I3 1l6 in the town OF
Jeanerette. Consideration, S4oot.
OP Romero husband to Ceclle
G Bayald wife . certain tracts OF
land measuring about IL arpentS
lotion en- payment. ConSldera
ton, 1880.
Irma Mire Widow of Clay Ihibo
deaux to Leopold Thibodeaux a
certain tract of land. measuring
% arpents in 4th ward. Consider
alton, $1,000
WI Burke to Willie Stafford a
certain lot of land, measuring
100 X 40 in the town of New
Iberia. Consideration, $500.
Eugere Boutte to Eugene
BOutte certain lot of land, meas
uring 10 arpents near Olivier.
Consideration, 500.
Dranzive Broussard to Ado}phc
Broussard a certain tract OF land.
measuring 10 arpents at Isle aux
Canes. Consideration, 1928
Paul Darby to Lucy HARRISON
wife of j w Wychc certain
tract of land. measuring 2 arpents
more or less near the town of New
Iberia. Consideration, $3.50.
Mrs. Mabel Broadhead wife of
Paul Guiberteaux to VIM S Flu
ker a certain lot of land, measur
ing 81 to Bayou Teche and i'm
provements in the town of Jean
erette. Consideration, $1,000.
CB Welsh Est ct ais to Mrs
Mary Marcum ct ais certain lot
of land, measuring SOx 175 and
improvements in the town of Jean
erette. Consideration, $3.50.
TT Murray wife of A B Murray
to DeBlanc Il Landry certain
10. of land and 9 stores on Main
st. opposite Bazus Hotel Leased
for years. Consideration, s1O5
per month.
VIM S Fluker to Mabel Broad
head Wife of Paul Guiberleaux
certain lot of land measuring G1
to Bayou Teche in the town of
Jeanerette. Consideration, $1,000.
Robert Conrad husband to
Cecile Duke wife certain tract
of land measuring 126 to Bayou
Teche on East side lotion en- pay
ment in par, due on $1,000.
Emma Theriot Widow v Aucoln
to j D Walsh a certain lot Of land
measuring so x $50 and Z shares
in Building Association and
assumes payment of $140O in the
town of New iberia. Considera
ton, $3.50.
New Iberia Building Assn to II
Blanchet wife of j Il Blanchet .
certain lots Of land OH st. Peter
street in the town of New Iberia.
Consideration S34OO.
II Blanchet wife of II Blanch
ct to Iberia Building Assn 2 Ger
tain lots of land on st Peter street
in the town of New Iberia. Con
SideratiOn, $500.
Iberia Building Assn to Julia
Mcstayer wife of p A Dupuy
certain lot of land measuring 200
X 2SS near the town of New
Iberia. Consideration. $4OO.
Julia Messenger wife of p A
Dupuy to Iberia Building Assn a
certain lot of land measuring 200
x 2S8 near the town of Iberia.
Consideration, s4O0.
Jeanerette Lumber and Single
Co to Iberia Building Assn Ger
tain lot of land measuring &C
152 near the town of Jeanerette.
Consideration, $3.50.
Iberia Building Assn to Mary
Boudreaux wife of CJ Curtis a
certain lot of land measuring G6 x
152 near the town of Jeanerette.
Consideration, $1,000.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-07-15
Bayou Carlin Canal.

The board of commissioners OF
the Bayou Carlin Drainage DIS
trict met at the Court House on
Tuesday afternoon, President Jno.
Curtis in the chair and Secretary
Chas. A Provost at his post.
During the progress of the meet
ing it was made apparent that the
dredging contractors were rapidly
bringing their work to close
Two dredge boats have been EN-
ployed on this work-the larger
one will have finished its work
early this coming week; the small
er one will be engaged possibly
two weeks longer, doing the finish
ing touches.
The work that has been accom-
plished is principally in the cut
ting of canal across the mouths
Of three large coulees,-Rodere,
PEBBLES and Jack's-and the car
rying of that canal on to a point
where it empties into one Of the
forks of Bayou Carlin. The
money made available to the com
missioners allowed them to accom-
plish but little more than the
providing of an outlet for the
water from these three large
coulees.
Jacks Coulee and Coulee RO
dere have had their lower chan
nels improved some-in the latter
by private subscriptions-but the
major part of all these drains re
quire great deal of Improvement
work. This work will have to be
done by the land owners who ex
pect to improve the drainage of
their lands through these respec
tive coulees.
In reviewing the financial con
dition of the Drainage Board, 1t
was thought that there would be
left in the treasury, after meeting
all the outstanding obligations of
the board, some $4,000 On mo
ton of Mr.. ''TObe'' Boutte it was
decreed that this cash balance
should be equally divided and ap
propriated to the work of clearing
the three above named cOulees.
The work shall be done under the
auspices of the Bayou Carlin
Drainage District Commission.
Agreeable to the above resolu
ton, the large delegation OF prop
erty owners, whose drainage in
terest is IN the PEBBLES Coulee,
being present, promptly selected
Messrs. r + Delah0ussaye and 3
Gajan as their representatives
and as an auxiliary committe to
the Drainage Board, to direct the
expenditure of the funds coming
to this Coulee. This work will
be started at once and pushed to
the limit of all obtalnable funds
this year. In all probability the
work will be organized with view
of carrying it on through coming
years. till the best drainage OBJ
tainable will be achieved.
Other resolutions were adopted
declaring and defining the boards
jurisdiction over both main and
lateral natural drains within the
boundaries Of the district, after
which the board adjourned sine
die.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-16
BERLIN's LESSON FOR THE BEEF
TRUST.

When Germany puts an embargo
upon American meat on alleged SAN
tary grounds, we are accustomed to
consider the act case of protection
list hypocrisy. No doubt agrarlan in
terests do have much to do with it,
but visit to the schlachthof-the
great abbatoir of Berlin-may help
us to understand how Germans could
cherish an honest prejudice against
the products Of the Chicago stock
yards.
AS you drive through the long
streets of flower-bedecked tenements
you begin to wonder when you will
get there. You know you must be
still a long way off, for you have not
yet noticed the faintest trace of that
pervasive monitor, the stockyard
smell. Suddenly, without any warn
ing, you draw up at a gate in long
brick wall. The monotony of the wall
is broken at regular intervals by or
namental brick posts, rising above the
general level, and from post to post
hang festoons of vines. Across the
street stand block after block of
handsome apartment houses, their
fronts gay with window gardens and
all overlooking the yards. These are
the tenements in which the slaughter
house workmen live. Within the gate
are long rows of low brick buildings,
ranged along stone-paved drives
Some of these are devoted to cattle,
others to sheep, and others to hogs
Some are equipped for the care of live
animals and others for slaughter A
butcher who has his stall in the mar
ket may keep up his stock of meat
from animals which he takes to the
abbatoir and kills there at his leisure,
or he may buy his supply from the
slaughtering companies. Eight or ten
cattle occupy capacious room, with
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-16

a separate stone manger for each,
and a well-drained brick or stone floor
which is thoroughly flushed every
day. No dirt is carried over from one
day to another-the occupants start
every morning with spotless quar-
ters. In the killing houses there is
even less rest in the war on dirt.
Streams of water flow INCREASINGLY,
The animals hang over cutters in the
tile or brick floors, and all the traces
of butchery are washed instantly
away. Even here there is no sign of
the sicllening odor that we naturally
associate with a slaughter house. If
you turned your back to the opera
tons you could eat your lunch here
without qualm. In the rafters over
head there is a rustling of-what do
you think? Birds They build their
nests there and twitter an accompani-
ment to the butchers knives.
Every animal that enters the Ber-
lin abbatoir is inspected to see
whether it is fit to kill. In the case
of cattle and sheep this inspection
with such information as is, furnished
to the eye by the condition of the
meat and the organs after killing, is
considered sufficient. But the carcass
of every hog has to undergo thor
ough microscopic examination. Four
samples are taken from different
parts of the animal, and six slides are
prepared from every sample, making
twenty-four microscopic tests in all.
This work is done by a staff of three
hundred and sixty microscopists,
working in twelve rooms, surrounded
nv n court cav with vinac and dowarc
and supervised by forty or more vet
Urinary surgeons. In addition, there
is large force of samplers, stampers
and laborers. Every carcass that
passes the test is stamped in fourteen
different places, 50 that when the
butcher cuts it up for sale each piece
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-16
properly conduct the business of the ,

properly conduct the business of the
board"
If the above had happened in Utah
the Tribune would have come out
with glazing head lines that the Nor
mon hierarchy had swiped the $4,000
and that the courts had ouste1 the
Pittston township Mormon school
board because they held religious
classes in the school houses. Brother
Wishard would have written the same
to the Herald and Presbyter and the
Christian Advocate, and the Minis
terial association would have said
amen. DR.. Paden would have hur-
ried east and been interviewed along
the same line in the Chicago Tribune,
Pittsburg Times, st. Louis Chronicle,
Washington Post, Philadelphia Press,
and the New York Times, and the
preachers would have fervently said,
Praise the Lord" DR.. T. G. Tiff
would have proclaimed from both pull
pit and platform that the Mormon
Danites had stolen $4,000 in Duryea
and that Mormon destroying angels
had corrupted the school board in
Pittston township. At such good news
the ministerial devil fish society of
odlI LANE WOulu nave Julupeu III tuelr
chairs, swung their hats and yelled
"Hallelujah." Duncan j. Mcmillan
would have said that the Mormons of
Duryea had purloined $4,000 to buy
young girls for polygamous wives and
that the school board of Pittston
township had been fired because they
spent all their time getting married.
The reverend knockers of Salt Lake
would have wired back, go it, Dun
key, and we will stand by you" Mrs.
Schoff would have united all of the
above in her lecture and frankie and
Tommie would have tickled her I'M
der the chin and said "Sister Schof-
fly, we are with you, both soul and
body" Am I making the above too
strong or ridiculous? Let us see At
Brigham City somebody told some one
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-16
r r. II II III.

else and they in turn telephoned Mr..
e. B. CIitchlow that some Mormons
were having a row there over a
dance hall. Mr. Critchlow enlarged
on the story and gave it to the Smoot
inquiry investigation at Washington,
d. c. In less than week from that
time the papers of the United States
proclaimed in large head lines and the
preachers from many pulpits toll of
the awful condition of Brigham City,
and thus the knockers keep hammer
ing away Yours truly,
V. S. PEET.
Salt Lake City, Dec. IL, 1906
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-16
Religion In New York.

New York is the largest single mis-.
sion field in the world to-day. It il
estimated that only one-third of it's
population, both Protestant and Ro.
man Catholic, is under Christian influ-
ence. The foreign descent population
in New York is larger than the whole
of Chicago's population, and they read
thirty-six daily newspapers in foreign
tongues. Congregationalism carries
on religious services in fourteen lam
guages.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-16
Fortifyine Puget Sound.

Government engineers are mapping
Puget Sound for mines and torpedo
stations. Mine equipment that cost
100000 is stored near FIT. Ward. It
is expected to be in place by the first
of next year.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-16
Valuable Martens Nest.

-Four finger rings and seventeen
brooches were used in the construc-
ton of martens nest which has been
dislodged from beneath the caves of
house in Frogmore, England.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-27
Many Ways to Take Tea.

"Plckled tea is a Burmese delicacy,"
said the sailor. "A Burmah girl once
gave me some. It wasn't bad. Sweet.
lsh and spiced. A cross between pick.
les and preserves.
Tea amt only drunk, Down Siam
way they chew It, It Is stuck together
with melted sugar into little cakes
and every Siamese carries one Of them
cakes In his pocket A plug o. tea
you might say-a plug o chewin tea.
Some folks smoke 1t. An English
girl once gave me tea cigarette |
finished II, but such headache.
"Stewed tea Is the national dish of
the Tibetans. Tea, fat, salt, flour ard
milk are cooked up together to the
thickness OF oatmeal and eaten cold. 9"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-27

named Goethe, for whom several local
beauties had long sighed In vain, de.
ternined to sacrifice his freedom by
Offering himself as a prize to her who
should be successful in bullock race
Several handsome peasant girls ap.
peared at the starting post, riding
bareback on bullocks with decorated
horns and tails. A capital start was
effected, but ere half the distance had
been traversed the favorite was
thrown and displayed her chagrin by
SELLING the tail Of the second bullock
In an endeavor to impede a rivals
progress This resulted In an unpopu.
lar competitor coming in first. where.
at the onlookers were so disguised
that they ducked the Judge in pond,
New Brunswick was the scene, four
years since, of bicycle race over
course OF two miles, between couple
Of girls who were rivals for the at.
fe,tions of an eligible swain. The
prize himself, with a parson by his
side. took his stand at the winning
post, and no sooner had the winner.
Miss Nellie Donnelly, passed the goal
than the ceremony was performed.
the groom kissed his bride fondly.
and the newly married couple left the
ground amid the acclamatiOns OF the
large concourse that had witnessed
the contest.
To run to point some hundred
yards distant, there to change dresses
for Others laid in readiness on the
ground, and to return to the starting
point, was the trial undertaken last
year at Brussels by some half dozen
women to decide which should wed a
man who had offered himself as
prize to the winner. On the word be.
ing given, one at once dropped to the
real and logged on quite unconcern.
eddy, for she was aware that the
sleeves Of the dresses laid out for her
rivals had been sewed up. The con.
fusion subsequent on this enabled her
TO win the race and the prize, who, Il
is more than likely, was well aware
of the ruse.
The keeper Of a Havre restaurant
some eight years back offered himself
as prize to be run for in an obsta.
Gle race by young women. Here, too.
suspicion pointed to the result hav.
Ing been previously arranged. for the
last difficulty to be overcome con.
sisted of wriggllng between two bars
so close together that none but the
sllmmest could pass. Six out OF sew.
en- competitors were thus put out of
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-27
Ship 14e Years Old.

Speaking of the life of ships the
other day, George F. Sproule. secretar.
ry of the Board OF Port Wardens, said
about the oldest vessel he knows of Is
the True Love, which, II she Is anoat
to-day, Is l49 years old.
The True Love was built In this city
In 1864, and though she was only SO
feet and inches long, and OF 26 feet
beam, she was the largest ship that
had been In these waters up to that
time. She sailed from this port n.
1855, and did not return until 1873.
when she was 100 years old. She came
In with load of cryOlite from Ivigtu.
Greenland. Then she sailed again,
and was no longer heard of until dis.
covered in 1899 in the Thames river,
England, where shorn Of her glCry,
she was and possibly still is doing
service as coal barge,
There was a proposal among ship.
ping men here to purchase her and
bring her over as relic OF bygone
days and honest workmanship, but II
never came to anything. Philadelphia
Record.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-27
A Quotation from Wanamaker.

1t is a great, grand work thar is be.
ing done by the business colleges of
the land, and am here as business
man to say that and more; that they
deserve AT the hands of all men strong
encouragement for their patience.
their wisdom. their practical work.
John Wanamaker
Wanamakcr has built up in the last
thirty years the largest business ot It's
kind in the world Surely the en-.
dorsemcnt Of such a man is worthy OF
careful considerations
One of the leading schools OF the
West is the Barnes Commercial School
of Denver. Young people should write
for their beautifully illustrated cata.
logue, which is sent free on request by
addressing the president L. c. Barnes,
1925 Champu street, Denver.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-27

the race, which was won by a wisp Of
n girl, who, negotiating the narrow
space with little trouble, carried OF
Boniface, In accordance, probably,
with that willy mans intention.
Equally perfidlous was the conduct
OF young Engllshman, who some
years back offered his hand and for
tune as first prize for a sack race
over flfty yards, to be competed for by
girls under 20 years OF age. At the
goal he stood ready to surrender him.
self to the winner. but when he recog
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-27
CHRONIC ERYSIPELGS
Cured by Or. Williams Pink RllIo,
Although Whole Body was
Affected.

Erysipclas or St. Anthony's fire is a
most uncomfortable disease on account
of the burning the pain aud the dis.
iigurrment; II is also Il very grave dis.
order, attended always by the danger of
involving vital organs in It's spread
The cnSe which follows will he read
with great interest by all sufferers Us IL
affected the whole body, aud refused to
yield tn the remedies prescribed 10y the
physician employed. Mrs. Ida A. Col.
bath, who was the victim Of the attack,
residing at No, 10 Winter street, New.
buryport, Mass, SAYS:
In June of 1903 | was taken Ill with
what ut first appeared to be- fever
sent for a physician who pronounced my
disease chronic erySipclas aud said it
would be a long time before | got well
Inflammation began on my face and
spread all over my body. My eyes were
swollen and seemed bullying out Of their
sockets. was in Il terrible plight and
suffered the most intense pain through.
out my body. The doctor said my
case was very severe one. Under
his treatment, however, the inhamma.
ton did not diminish aud the pains
which shot through my body increased
In severity. After being two months un.
der his care, without any improvement,
dismissed him.
Shortly after this. on the advice Of 4
friend, | began to take DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, two at Il dose
three times day After the second box
had been used was surprised to notice
that the inflammation was going down
and that the pains which used to cause
me 50 much agony had disappeared. Az
ter using six boxes Of the pills was up
aud around the house attending to my
household duties, Ms we'll Us ever
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all dealers in medicine, or may be ob.
tanned direct from the Dr. Williams
Medicine Co.. Schenectady, NY.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-27
Deer Hanging from telephone Vile.

The body of small deer hanging
from telephone wire twenty-five feet
above the ground and midway be.
tween two poles was the strange sight
viewed by Supervisor Knowles and
William McClaren near North Fork
on Monday.
They offer the explanation that the
little deer had been picked up by an
eagle which, flying away with the car.
cas6, struck the wire In It's flight and
lost its prize Sacramento Bee.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-27
BLACK VULrURE A CURIOSITY.
Rare Specimen Found by Farmer Near
Buffalo. N. Y.

Buffalo. N. Y.
Thanks to L. S. Bachus. well.to.
do farmer living near Derby, Erie
county. the Buffalo zoo now Owls
what is believed to be the only vutu.e
living in northern cllmes. What
makes the story more interesting Is
the fact that this bird was grown in
Erie county and was grown wild at
that.
Mr.. Bachus was doing some work IN
one Of his fields when he noted an un.
usually large bird perched upon hOl.
low log. The birds actions led him
to believe that its home was in the
hollow log, so he approached for pur.
poses of inspection at close quarters.
As he drew near the log the bird
which was full a grown black vulture
or turkey buzzard, flew away. Mr..
Bachus then investigated the interior
Of the log and found nest contain.
ing young vulture. He did not
know what the bird was, but he de.
termined to find out, so he hitched up
and drove to Buffalo.
DR.. Crandall at once recognized 4
rare specimen, for these parts, and he
told Mr.. Bachus that he never knew Of
but one of this species nesting so far
north as this The vulture Is already
a big bird although only about three
months old, being much larger than
large crow and measuring fully four
feet from tip to tip Of It's wings.-Blf.
falo Commercial.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-27
cvollats az Polloemen.

In order to aid the police IN main.
tanning order on the occasion OF re.
cent motor race the authorities of the
town Of Rezemburg, Germany, ccm.
PEELED all local cyclists to enroll them.
selves among the police.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-27

nlzed In the leader gaunt woman
OF notorious temper his courage failed
him and he fled. The baked woman
threatened both law proceedings and
personal chastisement. but was at
length notified by sufficient money
to set her up in business.