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The La Jara chronicle., 1906-08-10
INSURANCE SIDE LIGHTS.
Methods Employed for Gouging the
Hard Worked Agent.

During the recent scandal and the
airing of insurance methods in general
which followed. one of the tenderest
spots of that business was left un-
touched. 1t is the system known In
the parlance of Industrial insurance
workers as arrears and advances"
The taking of arrears and advances
occurs weekly on the book of every
agent, when the agent must pay for
each week on every policy which Is
beyond the grace period allowed by the
company, namely -four weeks"
Superficially it Md appear easy
to obey the company's rules or-sup-
posed rules: but the canceling of n
policy or policies might precipitate
what is known as thrown off claim
Ing" whereby the company refuses
to pay further special salary until n
sufficient number of substantial appli-
cants are approved to offset the can
cellations. So it may seem eXpedi
ent to the needful agent. to pay n dol
lar for the current week, rather than
to lose the prospect of receiving fifteen
for the week following. He thereby
borrows money from the company at
n large rate of interest-one dollar for
the loan of fifteen for one week-and
If he wishes to retain this loan he
must pay for the week following.
Gradually but almost surely, it be-
comes n case of the spider and the
Fly"
Unless he be an unCommonly good
writer, or an exceptionally wary man,
the web tightens and his source of
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not such MS are provided for steer
age passengers on the Pacific, and If
vessels so equipped were owned and
operated by private line, that line
would be long in getting rid of them,
should the army be suddenly recalled
from the Islands. Furthermore. the
army transport must carry Il battery
of rapid fire guns in her bows, some
thing for which private steamship
companies have very little use
The second argument advanced by
the adherents of the present system
needs no comment.
The third and last contention IS
best supported by report made on
January II of this year by the Cen
eral Staff of the Army to the Senate
Committee on Merchant Marine, in
which it was stated that "to embark
division would require ten 6,5O0-ton
ships and nine 5,50O-ton ships. With
the strength of the regular army two
divisions could be made ready to en-
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He Liked The Game.

"a seedy looking Individual, ap-
parently from the rurals, entered
Flockner's barber shop one day last
week." says the Hobart News-Repub-
lican. "He got in the second chair.
and told Charley he wanted the
whole works.
"After Charley had trimmed him
up till he would have passed for Leslie
Niblack, he woke him up.
Hair cut says the sleeper, drows-
lily.
"'Hair's cut says Charlie.
Shave says he, still half asleep.
"'Dore shaved you
Shampoo
you've got 'er.'
"'Shine.'
"'Been shined.'
"'Neck shave
Already been there's
"'Singe hair
"I've burned it
"The customer settled down In the
chair until he was sitting on his neck,
and says, Pull TOOTH"
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-08-10
LE4Rxs LAYGU4GEs IN JAIL.
Berkmann, Who Tried to Kill Henry
c. Frick. Becomes Linguist.

When Alexander Berkmann left the
Allegheny County prison in May last,
after having served fifteen years for
an attempt to kill Henry G. Frick,
the coke and steel magnate. he found
himself able to converse fiuently In
eight languages.
The years behind prison bars ave
converted him from an avowed an
archst to a student and philosopher
Many persons have forgotten both
Berkmann and his crime, yet they
startled the nation during the days Of
the great Homestead strike of 1892.
Mr.. Frlck was one of the managers OF
the steel industry when it grappled in
the gigantic struggle with its work
men. BerkmanL was so radical, at
the other end of the scale, that he
was classed as leading anarchist
During the excitement of the indus
trial controversy Berkmann found his
way into the Pittsburg offices of Mr..
Frick, reached that maguate's pres
ence and shot him twice, then attempt
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livelihood wanes, until he is finally
forced from that field of labor, to be
followed by another whose experience
is most likely to be repetition Of his
predecessors.
This stupendous gouging system Is
startling in its vastness, for about
two hundred thousand men are en-
gagged in ais vocation Throughout the
country as agents, and the amount Of
money thus obtained by one company
alone employing about fifteen thou
sand mem, is upwards of one million
dollars annually. The officials resort
to many methods of intrigue to pre-
vent the real mission of t..c "arre1rs
and advance" manipulations from be-
coming apparent to the agents, among
which is the tacking of placards in the
offices forbidding agents to pay on in
surances which is beyond the COM
pany's grace period. To the expert
enced agent t reads, ''we know you
will pay"
Why this subtle system of graft
has rema ined almost unmolested for
more than thirty years is subject
for conjecture.
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ing TO complete the work with a dag
ger.
Overpowered before he could accom-
plish his full purpose, Berllmann was
hurried to Jail. Being convicted at
his trial he was given fifteen year
term in the penitentiary for attempt
TO kill. This was supplemented by
one-year term in the Allegheny County
workhouse for carrying concealed
deadly weapons.
Once behind prison bars he gave up
all his leisure time to study. At the
beginning of his term he could read
and write English and German. Dur
ing the first years of his imprison-
ment he eagerly perused all books in
those languages that he could secure.
In course of time he mastered the
Slavic, Polish and Hungarian Ian
Guages, and also acquired a good gen.
eral knowledge of Italian, Spanish and
French.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-08-10
The Murderer Returns.

II was old-home week. and the re-
turned sons and grandsons had been
telling with more or less pride of the
changes time had wrought for them.
y, last Edward Jameson spoke:
Went away from here twenty
!".FS ago poor man, with only one
solitary dollar in my pocket. l walked
the four miles from my fathers farm
to The station, and there l begged a
ride to Boston on freight car. Last
n,-lt | drove into town behind Il
spirited pair of horses, and my purse
guess how much my purse holds in
money to-day, besides Il large check, y
and Mr.. Jameson looked about him
with brilliant smile.
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However, the government at Paris
recently purchased a good-sized tract
of ground in the most desirable sec
ton of Washington and will erect
thereon a splendid embassy home of
its own. Madame Jusserand being
an American woman and thoroughly
conversant with the wants of Amer
can women and Yankee conditions of
life in general has been able to give
the French architect who journeyed
from Paris many valuable pointers as
to designing the new house and she
will be able to select the furnishings.
etc, with far greater ease and sue
cess than could Frenchwoman not
in touch with American ways.
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Fifty dollars!'

Fifty idollarsr'
"SeveHty-fve"
"A mundredr' shouted the boys.
filed with admiration
No" said Mr.. Jameson, drawing n
large fiat purse from his pocket when
the clamor had subsided, none of you
has guessed right. When | paid the
% cents to Ozzy Boggs for my re-
freshing drive in the coach. l had
besides my trunk check (Which I re-
tained for financial reasons) exactly
cents. l have come back, my friends,
to stay. Any little jobs of saving
and splitting will be gratefully re-
ceived. YOUTHS Companion.
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ERA OF THE SMALL FARM.

Time was when the man who had
said that living could be made from
5 acres, much less a single acre,
would have been considered a
dreamer or n greenhorn. Now, how
ever, all through the Southwest, in
great sections of California and Arl-
Zona, where the sun Is warm. the soil
is deep and fertile. and the water for
irrigation ample, little farms are max
ing for their owners more money than
many of the big ones. Two. three
five and ten acre tracts closely and
faithfully cultivated have become. in
hundreds of instances, veritable gold
mines. Some of the communities Of
southern California. comDosed of these
little ranches, resemble the suburbs of
n village. so close are the farm houses.
Arizona Is not so far along in this
class of settlement. because it is a
newer country. hut the enthusiastic
claim is made for many parts of the
Territory that the climate and grow
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wrapped up in each other. Indeed.
when the French Ambassador visited
the st. Louis Exposition alone by
reason of the fact that Madame Jusse-
rand was prevented from accompany
ing him because of an abscess on her
forehead it was the first time in their
married life that they had ever been
separated, even for few days.
Madame Jusserand is rather dark
complexioned and in many respects
has the appearance of n typical
French woman. She is firm be-
lever in outdoor life as source of
health and pleasure. When in Wash
ington or at their summer home on
the coast of Massachusetts she aad
her husband daily indulge in long
walks and spend hours playing tennis
Madame Jusserand is n most charlt-
ably disposed woman and since her
arrival in America has constantly but
inconspicuously aided many causes.
She has no children, but on several
occasions she has given parties at her
home for the French children residing
at the national capital.
NEW FRENCH EMBASSY.
The lady Is looking forward to hav-
ing the privilege of fitting up new
French Embassy at Washington that
will be in keeping with the dignity
of our sister republic. For years the
"branch office" of France in the
United States was located In an old
residence In Washington that was at
one time the home of Admiral Porter.
Then few years ago the French es-
tablishment was moved to the house
owned by Bellamy Storer-the house
which President Roosevelt leased Just
after his election as Vice-President
and before he had any thought that
he would be called upon to go to the
White House when he took up his
residence in the city on the Potomac.
"a 40l
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-08-10
MADAME JUSSERAND
AMERICAN GIRL WHO MARRIED
4 FRENCHJL4Nr NOW IN
DIPLOMATIC SWIM.
French Ambassador at Washington
Given Position Largely on account
of Eife's Nativity-New Embassy
Building Projected.

Building Projected.
How much n wife can do to help
her husband in n public career is con-
vincingly proven by the married life
of Madame Jusserand, the American
wife of the French Ambassador at
Washington. Indeed NJ. Jusserand
was selected by the Government of
France to act as the accredited agent
of our sister republic at Uncle Sans
headquarters largely because of the
fact that he had an American wife
who it was believed Juld be of
great assistance to him in handling
any negotiations which might have to
be carried on between the two ma
tions.
Madame Jusserand, although Am
erican born. spent most of her life.
up to the time of her marriage, In
France. That she was thus an exile
from the land of the Stars and Stripes
was due to the fact that her father,
Mr.. Richards, was an American bank
er in Paris, and thus his business In
terests compelled him to reside al
most continuously at the French cap
ital. His daughter was educated on
the banks of the Seine and speaks
French quite as readily as she does
English.
Her husband has great admiration
for the American people-possibly be-
cause he is so fond of his wife. He
Is an author of note and has trans
lated several American /, erary works
into French. Prior to coming to
Washington, NJ. Jusserand andhis wife
resided in Copenhagen, the capital of
Denmark, where NJ. Jusserand acted
rs the envoy of his government.
His promotion to Washington was
decided advance in rank and carries
with it n big increase in salary.
AN INSEPARABLE COUPLE.
Both NJ. Jusserand and his Yankee
helpmate are very genial and hospit-
able, but they are manifestly much
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ING conditions are superior even to
tAoSe of southern California. There
Is 4 great future for this southwestern
corner of America, and 1t will some
day he peopled as extensively as Its
wonderful ruins show it to have been
LhAuOwn centuries ago.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-08-10
The Other Fellow,

The butcher thinks the baker has an
easy time through life;
The baker thinks the Doctors path is
ever free from strife;
And to us all this truth comes home
as through this life we bob
It's the other fellow every time that
has the easy job.
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bark in fifteen days. Assuming this
ratio, it would require, to strike the
first quick blow of force correspond
ing to our present military establish
ment, the entire shipp : on the At
lantic and more than Ln6 entire ton
mage of the Pacific" 1t is doubt
full if any private line would care TO
hold enough ships in reserve to trans
port two divisions on fOrtnlght's
notice. The Qudrtcrmaster General
gave it, as his opinion that, "In view
Of the futile efforts of the Quarter
masters Department to obtain suit
able transports from the merchant
marine in 1898 for the transportation
of the army to Cuba, and of the
further fact that when Withdrawn
from regular line service the trans
ports can not be advIntageously dis
posed of, owing to their peculiar in
terror construction, it would be wise
policy TO retain a sufficient number of
boats as part of the equipment of the
army. to be economically cared for and
kept in such condition as to be prompt
ly available for any emergency which
may arise requiring the transportation
OF troops on the ocean" Since the
whisper of trouble In the Orient, two
first class troopships have been held ut
anchor in Manila Bay, and until Janu-
ary all the freighters of the transport
service were out of active service, with
the exception of the Dix.
PACIFIC FLEET A MODEL.
The army has built up its Pacific
transport fleet after long and trying
experience. and it is generally conced-
ed that the vessels are models of their
kind. Representatives of foreign
governments have asked for and re,
ceived copies of the specifications.
/ The transportation of live stock has
been fruitful of disasters. The first
consignment of mules shipped to Man
/ In was source of great anxiety.
| Every precaution was taken, and f.
nallv the fatal precaution of belly
banding the animals caused the loss OF
all hut one. who became known in
Manila as the hundred thousand dol
| lar Jack. The rest all died of the un-
accustomed exercise of swinging on
| their stOmachs.
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EOOfbaH rs PLAYED.

"r hear your son has been winning
high honors at collegeT"
"He has, indeed. He has been n
quarterback, halfback, fullback,
and now"
eyes, what is he now?" said the
speaker eagerly,
"Now," replied the other, she's a
hunchback."
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-08-10
Never Drink Wafer.

There are many different kinds Of
animals that never in all their lives
sip so much as a drop of water.
Among these are the llamas of the
Andes and the gazelles of the far
East Many naturalists believe that
the only moisture imbibed by wild
rabbits is derived from the green herb
age they eat
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-08-10
THE ARMY TRANSPORT.
PACIFIC SQUADRON IS A MODEL
FOR HANDLING THE GOVERN.
MENT'S TROOPS.
Private Steamship Companies Said
to be Unequal to the l ask OF Trans
porting Soldier Boys-Ihe Cost il
Greater.

Along the Pacific Coast the army
transport service in operation with the
Philippines and intermediate points, is
not regarded with favor Private
steamship companies covet the busi-
ness which is now being done by the
dozen and half vessels making up the
transport fleet.
During the last fiscal year the Shcri-
dan, Sherman, Thomas, Logan and
Dix carried to Honolulu, Guam and
Manila 81 900 passengers, 1l5,OOO tons
of freight, S6O,SG3 pounds of United
States mail, and S2,4IS,000 in United
States money, besides considerable
amount of Philippine pesos coined in
the San Francisco mint; and in Jan
uary, 1906, the schedule was doubled,
there are now two.
The army prefers to do its own
frei hit and passenger business on e
Pacific for the following reasons:
Primarily, private companies secur-
ing contracts could not furnish the ser
vice desired without specially CON
Structcd vessels, an expense which,
though demonstrated absolutely neces-
sary by experience. they would not
undertake owing to the uncertainty Of
the traffic.
Secondly, the present service Is
found more economical. the cost of
operation last year amounted to ST5O,-
600 less than the lowest estimate pre-
sented by any of the private con
Germs bidding for the business.
Lastly, the exigencies of the service
which might at any moment demand
the rapid transportation of large ship
ments of troops and supplies would
! hA1 in Af
a considerable number of vessels, an
impossibility to n private steamship
company which Is forced by competi-
tion TO operate with strictcst economy.
CONFINED COMFORT AND
CAPACITY.
| In explanation of the first of these
reasons-the average transport is n
| type of marine construction peculiarly
individual. While eXteriorly it has all
the appointments of a modern ocean
going steamer, it differs essentially in
its interior arrangement. The trans
portation of large numbers of troops
across an ocean distance of 1000
miles, the greater part of this mileage
lying within the tropics, demands the
best possible ventilation and SANTA
| ton. The sleeping accommodations
for soldiers are between decks, and the
entire space allotted for this purpose
is often from end to end. Metal
berths in tiers of three. one above the
other, make the place resemble n
giant honeycomb. Shower baths, read
ing and recreation rooms are pro-
vided, and regularly equipped hos
pital with isolation wards is in charge
of n surgeon and assistants drawn
from the army Medical Corps and the
Hospital Corps. These quarters arc
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-08-10
SOUTHWEST'S SMALL FARMS.
WONDERFUL CROP RESULTS
FROM 4 SINGLE ACRE OF coon
IRRIGATED LAND.
Instance OF a Man Who Makes Good
Living and Lays by Four hunareo
Dollars a Year-No Fear OF Droutn
or allure.
WILLIAM :. sMYTHE.

The Sacramento Valley of Cali
fornia is land of big farms. Pri-
yate estates run all the way from one
thousand TO one hundred thousand
acres. 1t was once profitable to farm
vast areas in grain.
Although this valley is blessed with
most abundant water supplies. 1rrl-
cation is not generally employed.
There is little rainfall from May to
November, yet arain and deciduous
fruits are grown without ARTIFICIAL
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-08-10

Ocean steamers carry from six to
ten cats. whose duty is to keep the
passengers quarters free from mice
and rats. II the cats are not rat
eaters, they are dismissed.
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HOW THINGS GROW TIE SOUTHWEST UNDER ALTON.

moisture But the big farms are not
prosperous. They are largely culti-
waited by tenants and are strangely
devoid of features which make the
true southwestern farm one of the
most delightful homespots in the
world. The men on the land sell all
they produce and buy nearly all they
consume. And SO they pay tribute
to others "going and coming"
l have been visiting farm in the
Sacramento Valley which consists of
one single acre of irrigated land and
which makes a better home and larger
net income for its owner than many
of his neighbors enjoy on places of
thousands of acres each. The little
farm is at Orland, in Glen County.
and is the property of man named
Samuel Cleeks, who has grown old
and gray while tilling it for the past
thirty years.
Mr. Cleeks tells me that he has no
difficulty whatever in making COM
Portable living from this one acre of
irrigated land. Not only so. but he is
able to save an average of four hun
dred dollars a year beside. He has
money to loan, as well as fruit, vegc-
tables and poultry products to sell to
hose who are getting poorer every
year in carrying on big farms without
irrigation. l was so curious to know
how he could get such good results
from so small an area that I asked
him to give me list of what the
place contained. Here it is:
ON A SINGLE ACRE.
Barn and Corral space. ........75 X 10 feet
Rabbit Hutch ................2o %
House nnd Porches. .......... 30 20
. Windmill Towers each. .16 16
Blackberries ................. ..lo oo
Strawberries ................. TO W
Citrus Nursery. In which there
are 1900 budded orange. lemon
and lime trees .......... 30 Hs
/ row OF Dewberries. 100 feet long,
Apricot trees,
. Oak trees.
3 Peach trees.
Fig trees.
10 Locust trees,
30 Assorted Roses,
20 Assorted Geraniums,
IL Lemon trees. bearing, seven years old,
l Lime tree. nine years old and bearing,
from which We're sold last year 1G0
dozen lines,
s Bearing Orange trees,
4 Breadfrult trees,
Pomegrannte trees,
1 Patch of Bamboo,
Gala Lilies.
Prune trees,
Blue Gum trees.
Cypress trees.
Grapevines.
1 English ivy,
Honeysuckles.
1 Seed-bed.
1 Vioet-bed,
1 Sage-bed,
Tomato vines,
10 Stands Of Bees.
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TRAN SPORT
"THOMA ;"
ABOUT To
SAIL FOR THE
ORIENT.
FREIGHT
TRAN SPORT
DIN LOADING
ANIMALS FOR
PHILIPPINES
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-19
DR.. Jno. Woods Dead.

Word was received here Tuesday Of
the sudden death, at his home in Bowl
ing Green. Ky, Of Dr.. John D. Woods
a former resident Of this place and at
one time the editor Of this paper.
Deceased was a member Of one Of
Kempsr's most prominent families, be
ing brother Of Judge Thomas H.
Woods, now of Meridian, and of the
late Hab Woods, Of near Scooba. As q
man and citizen none stood higher than
Dr. Woods in the opinion Of his fellows.
and those still living in this section who
knew him personally will learn with
deep regret Of his passing from earh's
field Of action. May his rest be sweet.
--Scooba Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-19
Prof. John c. FAINT.

The following communication APPEAR
ing in the Meridian Evening Star will
be Of interest to our readers John
FAINT is a Macon boy who has won very
high honors in his profession, and is
Justly considered one Of the most eff,
cient, if not the most efficient superin
tendent Of education in the State
THE BEACON hopes that sometime
it shall have the pleasure Of advocating
Prof Fant's candidacy for State Super.
intendent Of Education
a." read your article in a recent issue
Of your valuable paper on the public
schools Of this city, and l fully con
cur in every word contained in the
article. There is no question as tc
our having the best public school sys
TEN in any city and this condition Is
duet o Prof. J. c, FAINT and his schoo
faculty; any and every where one
travels hs hears Our public schools
spoken highly Of The trastees have
made no mistake in keeping Prot. FAINT
as superintendent" PATRON.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-05-19
Alfalfa in East Mississippi

Mr.. Charley Clay returned home Fri.
day morning in an unusually sn'h.sas
tic frame Of mind over trip 10 West
Point. where he went the day previous
on visit to Harry Strons's l31 acre
field Of alfalfa. Charley has lived for
several years in California and has
Travelled considerably through the irri
gated sections of Arizona, his opinion
therefore is guided by experience, and
be says he has seen nothing in the Salt
River valley OF Arizona, where alfalfa
lands rent for $50 an acre or around
San joaquin, Cal, that surpassed Mr.
Strong's field, which has growths Of
hay two, three ard four years old, 1t
has been question gin this country
whether alfalfa womb reproduce itself
here, but Mr.. Cay say. that Mr..
Strong field solve the question, and
that the four year old hay was much
finer than the two or three year old,
Mr.. Strong will this year gother the
seed which sells FOR 50 bushel, from
several acres. His hay crop last yeal
Melted him four tn luslnl dol ar,