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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18

mas are recognized as valid certiii-
Gates in Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas,
Virginia and a score of the leading
educational states of the union, and
who have taught in the city schools of
some of the leading cities of the North
are excluded from teaching in this
state except they take the aforemen-
toned examination. On the other
hand graduates of few of the pet
schools of the state aud one, Peabody
Institute of Tennessee, outside the
state are given the fullest credit here,
even.. though the school from which
they come has a curriculum whitain.
some instances is but little in advance
of good high school course.
We would in no wise disparage the
work being done by the State Normal,
Ruston, or the Peabody University,
but until such times as these institu-
tons can furnish the state with an
ample supply of competent teachers it
is the most suicidal folly unworthy
really educated men to circumScribe
the teaching profession with this Chi
nese wall, as though fearful that some
one would extend to us helping
hand and pull us out of the miry bog
of illiteracy and enable US to get onto
an educational plain at least a little
above the lowest strata.
Nor would we be misunderstood re-
garding the required qualifications of
teachers. So long as eighth and ninth
grade pupils can take the examination
and secure teachers certificates, that
fact sets the standard of what is re-
quired to begin teaching in the state.
The admission of graduates of such
great schools as Washington and Lee
University, of Virginia, the Wiscon-
sin State University. with a pedagog-
ical course equal to that of Peabody
University, and the Kansas Univers-
ity, whose graduates are admitted to
teach in a score of states, will in no
wise tend to lower the standard of the
teachers profession.
In the name of common sense and
in behalf of the men and women of to-
morrow throw down the bars of preju-
dice and extend a hearty welcome to
competent, capable, cultured teachers
from any and all sources, then there
will be fewer boys and girls, who
have never seen the inside of a psy-
chology, and cannot tell whether
Froebel was an Asiatic pOtentate or a
heavenly constellation, occupying the
teachers desk and eternally marring
the noblest handiwork of God, the
human brain.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
Taxation in Louisiana.

On the subject of taxation, the New
Orleans Times-Democrat hits the nall
on the head. 1t says there is no long
err an excuse for our perpetuauhg, as
we are doing in Louisiana, some OF
the worst tax monstrosities In Amer
lea, handed down to US from Spanish
days. In this age Of enlightenment
the license, which imposes tax upon
industry, which charges man for the
privilege of making a living, which
taxes the sweat of his brow and the
labor of his bands, is survival OF
the extortionate tax system of the MD
die ages, abolished today throughout
this country save in Louisiana alone.
There is much else to correct in our
assessment and tax systems, and we
can and should profit by the investi-
cation and experience of our neigh
bors. In a number of states it has
been possible, by the intelligent use OF
the taxing power, placing it upon cor
porations and others enjoying and
pro6ting by public franchises to abol-
ish altogether the ordinary state tax
on real estate and private PERSONAL.
ty, to reduce the tax rates in the city
and at the same time increase it's rev.
enus, AS matter of fact, what the
last legislature did in the way of re-
lief from taxation wrs a mere tritle tO
what may be accomplished in Louisl,
ana, where our tax system has been
thrice poisoned-frst by the Cypress.
! i've inq,rsitorial Spanish system OF
colonial taXatiOn-a system that
drove most of the colonies into REBEL
ion; secondly, by the infamy of the re-
construction spoilation which the dem.
ocrats when they came into power did
not have the courage to stamp out OF
existence. Crowley Signal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
$500 Reward.

I will pay $500 reward for infor-
nation leading to the recovery of
horse and saddle stolen January 9,
1907, from my premises one mile north
of Welsh. Description of horse as
follows: Color, white, heavy white
name and tail, thick heavy neck, fat
and blocky built, weight 900 to 1000
pounds, about nine years old, foretop
clipped but not recently, shoe on one
fore foot. The saddle was $1,000
one, cowboy style. used about one
year. f. IA. Moor,
Welsh, La.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
ABSOLUTELY FREE!.

Do your trading at the Racket Store
and get free coupons with every
twenty-five cent purchase. These cou-
pons will be redeemed with valuable
premiums such as glassware, Rogers
siiverware, etc. Ask about it. Posi-
lively no chance game, and our pre-
miums are absolutely free.
Bertrand & Davis,
jan 1927 Welsh, La.
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shortage of Teachers, and Why.

v,r iberia Enterprise: Two classes
!, NS school children we're dismissed
n simply because there are no
.abstitute teachers here to fill vacan-
s eiss when a teacher is i'll or absent Tor
S S,yS reason. The two teachers Mrs:
T ~ and Miss Rhodes, are i'll and
r asrs unable to be at school and Super
inssndent Ellis was unable to find any
one to take their places.
The above condition is not only true
n New Iberia but throughout the
state; Lake Charles has complained
Of shortage Of teachers, Welsh has
been running one teacher short for the
past four months and the same condl-
lion seems to be prevalent in many OF
ourcities, and many OF the country
districts are unable to secure teachers
atall.
tits certainly time that the people
0tthe state we're becoming aroused at
this lamentable lack of the means OF
giving the children an opportunity for
securing an education. For the peo-
pie Of city or ward may tax them
selves all they please in support OF
! aspnblic schools, and without prop
Z aly qualified teachers their efforts
viii be fruitless
The question naturally arises, what
sre the causes which produce this
pauciy of teachers? There are at
least two or three general causes,
which are largely to blame for this
condition. First the salary paid to
Competent teachers is not comparable
iQthat paid to competent persons en-
plOged in other lines. While S35 or
Mpe month for six or eight months
reF year which amounts to from $2lO
9D per year may be sufficient for
oOYs and girls Just out of the eighth,
nnth Or tenth grades it is not suffc-
leasior the teacher who has taken a
pfOiessional course as long in point
q time and as comprehensive in its
nope IS that taken by physician or
agyet, and far more so than that
aEen by the graduate of even the best
eaSlness colleges. Which one of these
sgefal classes can be EMPLOYED for
ae paltry sum of $500 per year or
Whole That amount? Again the teach
z must attend institute one month eV'
~ summer which besides the month
''as given in this way entails an eX.
lNlse Which cannot be reckOned al
sss man about $40. Then there is
9ssK 5 institute in winter, and sundry
suu various teachers meetings upon
sulca lney are called to attend, all OF
.alel cause additional expenses to
y 'eacher. All this is very well
sesfe the teacher has to be created
y U tne crude material turned Out
= ue district schools or the city higt
WOODS, but for teachers who have
.sSua years preparing themselves fol
g, this continuedt reviewing
Ae elementary principles becomes
aingly irkson4e. But DESPITE
u. e Conditions there are people whit
" continue to teach school, ant
1asslanas scacity of competen
ssaers musts.b attributed largely t.
otistlchlly foolish exclusion la'
gulation which excludes the grad
S. Of tAe BIZ t colleges and univer
49, @ the United States from teach
= ner schools unless they take a
auln asion the same as is require
= most ignorant applicant fror
plny woods or some of our cit
$ scaOols. Teachers whose diplo
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Special Rates.

On account Mardi Gras, tickets viii
be sold TO New Orleans for one fare,
plus 25 cents. Date Of sale, Feb. 8 to
IL inclusive.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18

Rust proof seed oats at Jones Bros.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02

troll those great corporations. which 1t alone
can fully, and yet wisely, safely and Justly
control Remember also that to regulate
the formation of these corporations offers
one of the most direct and efficient methods
of regulating their activities.
I am not pleading for extension of
constitutional power. l am pleading that
constitutional power which already exists
shall be applied to new conditions which
did not exist when the Constitution went
into being. I ask that the national powers
already conferred upon the national gov
eminent by the Constitution shall be SO
used as to bring national commerce and
industry effectively under the authority of
the federal government and thereby avert
Industrial chaos. My plea Is not to bring
about a condition of Capitalization. 1t is
that the government shall recognize a con-
dition OF Capitalization in field where 1t
already exists. When the national bank
ing law was passed 1t represented in reality
not GENERALIZATION. but recognition of the
fact that the country had 30 far advanced
that the currency was already a matter of
national concern and must be dealt with
by the central authority at Washington.
So 1t Is with interstate industrialism and
especially with the matter of interstate rail-
road operation today. Capitalization has
already taken place in the world of COM
merce and industry. All ask is that the
national government look this fact in the
face, accept 1t as fact. and fit itself &C
cordngly for policy Of supervision and
control over this centralized commerce
and industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02

the most eminent of the first generation
Of American statesmen sat, embodied the
theory of the instrument in a resolution,
to the effect that the national government
should have power in cases where the
separate states were incompetent to act
with full efficiency, and where the har-
:nony of the United States would be IN
terruD Ted by the exercise of such individual
lekisia tion. The interstate railroad sltua-
ton Is exactly a case in point. There will.
Of course. be local matters affecting rail-
roads which can best be dealt with by
local authority. but as national commercial
agents the big interstate railroad ought
to be completely subject to national au-
thority Only thus can we secure their
complete subsection to, and control by,
single sovereign. representing the whole
people. and capable both of protecting the
neither inflict nor endure injustice.
Personally I firmly believe that there
should be national legislation to control all
industrial corporations doing an interstate
business, including the control of the out
put Of their. securities, but to these the
necessity for federal. control is less urgent
and immediate than. is the case with the
railroads. Many Of the abuses connected
to disappear now that the government
the public-is gradually getting the upper
hand as regards putting a stop to the re-
bates and special privileges which some
of these corporations have enjoyed at the
hands of the common carriers. But ulti-
mately 1t will be found that the complete
remedy for these abuses lies in direct and
Affirmative action by the national govern
ment. That there Is constitutional power
for the national regulation Of these cor
porations have myself no question. Two
or three generations ago there was Just
as much hostility to national control of
banks as there is now to national control
of railroads or of Industrial corporations
doing an interstate business. That hos
tility now seems to US ludicrous In its lack
of warrant: in like manner. gentlemen,
our descendants will regard WITH won
der the present opposition to giving the ma
ttonaf government adequate power to con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02
Collision in Cape Cod Bay.

Word has reached the Navy Department
from Admiral Evans of a collision in Cape
Cod bay or vicinity between the converted
cruiser Prairie and the schooner Flora Nick
erson several days ago. The admiral has
appointed Commander w. P. Potter Of the
battleship Vermont the president Of a
board of inquiry to examine into the cause
of the accident. Commander A. A. Acker-
man is in command of the Prairie. which
has been sent to Boston for the inquiry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02
Battleships and Their Captains.

Admiral Brownson, chief of the bureau Of
navigation, has made public the names Of
the battleships to which new captains are
to be assigned. The list is as follows: The
New Jersey w. H. H. Southerland; the
Alabama, T. e. D. w. Veeder; the Illinois,
Bradley A. Fiske; the Kearsarge. Hamilton
Hutchins: the Ohio. Charles W. Bartlett;
the California, v. L. Cottman; the Ken
lucky, Walter C. Cowles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-02

Interstate Railroad Situation.
The national convention which framed
the Constitution, and In which almost al
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-07-13
Mxsterious Giass Balls.

According to foreign correspondent
Of the geological survey at Washing
ton, among the most interesting fea-
lures Of the small Island Of Billion,
between Sumatra and Borneo, an Is
land long famous for Its rich tin mines.
controlled by the Dutch government,
are the "glass balls Of Billion" found
among the tin ore deposits. These nat
ural glass balls are round. with grooved
surfaces. Similar phenomena are oc-
caslonally found In Borneo and Java
as we'll as In Australia. The CORE
spondent quoted thinks they cannot be
artificial, and there are no volcanoes
near enough to support the theory that
they are volcanic bombs. Besides, II
Is claimed, the CLASSY rocks produced
by the nearest volcanoes are quite diff
ferent In their nature from the mate
rial Of the balls. 1t Is suspected that
the mysterious objects were elected
ages ago from the volcanoes Of the
moon and afterward fell upon the
earth.
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aCaracuIn-Itn EtXmoIogy.

I have often been asked for the ETY.
mology Of "caracul," which is a term
now largely used by furriers to denote
a variety of the fur called astrakhan.
The new English dictionary does not
contain caracul, but 1t has caracal,
which is liable to be confused with 1t.
though really quite a different word.
The caracal IS m animal, but caracul,
like the nri".r synonymous term, as
trakhan, J.; the name of place-Kara
Kul-i O.. the Black lake, near Box
hara, which has long been celebrated
for its output OF furs: The earliest
reference | can find to II in English Is
IN Matthew Arnold's "Sohrab and
Rustum:"
And on his head he set his sheepskin cap.
Black glossy. curled. the fleece Of Kara
Kul
London Notes and Queries.
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Acknowledgements
SATURDAY EVENING. JULY 10. 1907.
Birds and Kites,

No bird, so far as known records
show, has ever alighted on kite or
attacked one. While a scientist was
flying a train Of five kites some years
ago a large silver tipped eagle came
suddenly out Of the higher air and
swooped round and round the first kite,
looking against the sunset sky like a
huge silver ball. AS the train Of kites
was pulled In the eagle followed, visit
ing one kite and then another, SEEM
ing uncertain just what to do. In a
few minutes, when he seemed to have
decided that they were not good to
eat and he knew nothing about them.
anyway, he Indignantly few off and
was lost TO view. While the scientists
kites were high In the air one March
focks of geese flying in the wedge few
over. They invariably stopped, broke
I'D, lowered above the queer object
and at last slowly reformed and flew
away. While the larger l<rds all come
from heights above the kite, the small
birds Of the air will allght on the
string holding the kite and sway to
and fro.
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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA. ADVERTISER.
AUCTION SALES.
R. F. Knox. Auetioneer.

II. L. hhoA, AuclOneer.
A UCTION SALE OF a DESIRABLE
"A TRACT OF LAND AND IMPROVE
MEMS THEREON, IN THE COUNTY
OF ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Pursuant to the terms Of deed Of trust
given, on the 10th day Of February, 1900. by
James Ward and others, to Thomas J. Fan.
non and Anthony w. Armstrong. the then
trustees Of the Mercantile Building 4 Loan
Association Of Alexandria, Virginia, which
said deed Of trust is duly recorded among the
land records of the county Of Alexandria,
Virginia. in deed book No. 1903, page %. de-
fault having been made in the payment Of the
sum secured thereby, the undersigned t,us-
te : of said association, by direction Of the
board Of directors of said association, will
offer for sale at public on the premises at 8
o'clock. p. m,
ON MONDAY, JULY Is, 1907,
all that tract or parcel Of land, with the
improvement thereon, in the county of Alex
aDdria State of Virginia, bounded and de.
scribed as follows, as per deed from W. {.
johnson and wife and others, dated
October q, 1881. recorded in liber K, No. 4,
page SOL, Of the land records Of said county,
conveying three acres, three roods and seven
poles, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at "A D." a stone corner 10 the
lot sold by w. c. johnson to Mildred Hart,
and in the southeast line Of lot Of | acre and
IL poles sod to Penn: thence south 140 IS
east 80 chains to "B. - corner to said Harris
lot, and in the northwest line Of a acre lot
sold to Allen Spencer; thence with Spencer's
lot north 75t' east passing stone pile at $40
chains, Spencer's corner, sane course ia
sll 800 chains to &C." the middle of Long
Branch of Four Mile Run; thence up said
branch and binding Herewith north 23I0
west 6. ID chains south S54o west la chains
north lll0 west SO links to I'D" a stone pile
Penns lot south 76l0 west 1888 chains to the
beginning.
Terms Of sale cash, conveyancing at the
cost Of the purchaser.
THOMAS J. FANNON,
J.K. NJ. NORTON,
jy1 I'd Trustees.
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r. F. Knox. Auctioneer.

RY WRITE OF A DEED OF TRUST
- bearing date the 2Sth day OF June, 1906,
and duly recorded in the land records Of the
city of Alexandria. Virginia, in deed book
50 page g., and at the request of the party
therein secured, default having be u made in
the payment of the notes secured by said
deed of trust, the undersigned trustee will
offer for sale on
SATURDAY. 9th DAY OF JULY, 1877,
at 70 O'Clock M, in font of the Royal street
entrance to the Market b1ilding. the following
described LOT OF GROUND WITH THE
BUILDINGS THEREON in the said city Of
Alexandria and bounded as follows, tO-wit:
Beginning on the south side Of King street
80 feet inches east Of West street, running
thence west on King street 81 feet inches
to H. middle Of the partition between the
house on the lot Of ground hereby conveyed
aud the house adjoining on the vest; thence
south 100 feet to an alley ~ feet wide; thence
east on said alley 81 feet inches; thence
north 100 feet to the beginning. with the
right of way over said alley and all appurte-
nances.
Terms of Sale Cash. All costs of con-
yeyancing at the expe Sc of purchaser.
j. r. ii. DEAKINS, Trustee.
jy11 I'd
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Living In tho Electric Light.

Writing to a friend in the country, a
New York merchant says: II live In
the electric light leave my home at
7 o'clock, after dressing and taking my
breakfast by electric light Then | go
to the subway. one block distant, and
ride to within a block Of my office.
There / work all day by electric light
and 60 home again by the subway
and spend the evening In the glare Of
the incandescent lamp. The weather
conditions make no difference, because
my fat and my Office belong to the
semidark kind. Sometimes l wonder
what l would do without electric light,
and sometimes I ask myself when l
yearn for little sunlight, Is the new
light really blesslngT-New York
Tribune.
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B est Medicine In the World for Collie
and Diarrhoea.

81 fnd Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoes Remedy to be the best
remedy in the world" says Mr.. O. l..
Carter Of Skirum,.Ala. 81 am subject
to collie and diarrhoea. Last spring il
seemed as though l would die, and
think | would If 4 hadn't taken Cham
berlsin's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. ] haven't been troubled with
it since until this week, when l had q
severe attack and took half a bottle of
the twenty-five cent size Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Disrrhoea Remedy,
and this morning | feel like new man."
For sale by w. F. Creighton & Co., and
Gibson and Timbermsn.
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kAIL.kUADo
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Trains leave Union station Ale
In Effect May %, 1907.

In Effect May %. 1907.
B-Following' schedule figures published
only as information, and are not guaranteed.
7:l7 A. M.-Daily-Local for Warrentoa,
Denville and way stations.
1922 A. M.-Daily-LOcal for Harrisonburg
and way stations.
9.17 A. M.-Daily-U. 8. FAST Mail. First
class coaches and drawins-room sleeper
New Orleans. Dining ear service.
11:17 AM. Daily-Washington and Floride
limited. Sleeping cars between New York and
Jacksonville. Through frst-class coache'
between Washington and Jacksonville.
Dining car service between Washington and
Columbia.
6:32 P. M.-Daily-New York and Atlanta
Express-First class coach TO Atlanta sleeper
10 Columbus, Ga. Mondays, Wednesday, and
Fridays Sunset Route Tourist sleeper Wash
ington 10 San Hrancisco.
4:18 P. M.-Week Day-Local for Har
risohburg and way stations on Manassas
branch.
5:l2 P. M.-Daily-Local for Warrenton,
Strasburg and Charlottesville.
1907 P. NJ, No. 33-Daily-New York and
Florida Express. Through coaches and
sleepeis 10 Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta.
DINING car service la carte.
1892 p. M.--Daily-WashingtO and Chat
tenooga Limited via Lynchburgl, Frs
CHESS cOdcn anu sleeping cdr 10 nOanohe-
Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis. Sleep,
er to Birmingham and New Orleans, Wash
ington to Roanoke. Dining car service.
11:17 P. M.-Daily-New York and New
Orleans Limited. All Pullman train. clun
and observation cars TO New Orleans. Sleep
ers TO Asheville, Atlanta, Birmingham and
New Orleans. Dining car service.
Through trains from the South arrive at Al
exandria 7:iS, 6:2S and S:4S A. NJ. and 2l3,
50S. S:2S, 1913 and ll:23 p. N. daily. Har-
risonburg 1903 p. NJ. week days and 9:o5
P N. daily. From Charlottesville 1903 A. NJ
TRAINS ON BLUEM0NT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandria wv. d o. Station) 1921
NJ. 1:29. 400 and 1853 P. NJ. week days for
Bluemont: 6:35 P. NJ. for Leesburg; 1921
NJ. and 6:35 P. NJ. on Sundays only for Blue
mont.
For detailed schedule figures, tickets, Pull
man reservation, etc., apply to
WILLIAM G. LEHEW, Union Ticket
Agent, Alexandria, Va.
c. II. ACKERT, Vice Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
s. II. HARDWICK, Pass. Traf Mgr.
w. II. TAYLOE, Gen. Passenger Agent
l.. s. BROWN, General Agent.
Washington ID. G.,
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John Stunt VIII,

The genius of this great Engllshman
was such that before he was twenty
he was recognized as the champion
and future leader of a powerful school
of philo .o3hy and politics. John Stu
art Mill Is said to have studied Greek
at the age Of three ana ut fourteen
had begun logic ana political economy.
The writ!n"s and doctrines OF this
master mind were and are still read
and preached not only In this country,
but throughout the world. John Stuart
Mil stands out prominently among
nineteenth century thlnkers.-London
Mail.