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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-16
PROPOSED CONsnTU.
T|0NA AMENDMENTS
To De Submitted to the Electors
at Election to Be Held
November 8, 1908.

AL. NO. So
House Bun No. 30. BY MT. Budse.
AN ACT
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article zts
Of the Constitution Of the state OF
Louisiana relative 10 the office OF the
State Superintendent Of Public Edu-
cation
section 1; Be II resolved. by the Cen
eral Assembly of the state OF Louisiana
two-thirds Of all members elected 70
each House concurring- That Article
14s, Of the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana be 20 amended as to read a.
Article a4s. There shall be elected by
the qualified electors of the State SUI
perfntendenJ OF Public Education, VINE
shall hold mis- office for the term OF
feur years. and until his successor In
qualified His duties shall be prescr1o-
ed By law, and he shall receive an an
nual salary Of five thousand dollars
payable monthly on his warrant
Section 2. Be IL further resolved. etc.
That this proposed amendment shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection at the
congressional election TO be held In
November nineteen hundred and eight,
effect on the first day OF December.
1908
That on the official ballots to be used
the words TOR the proposed amend
ment TO Article 24s of the Constitution
Of the State of Louisiana" and the
words Against the proposed amend
ment to Article 24s of the Constitution
Of the State Of Louisiana" and each
elector shall indicate, as provided In
the general election laws of the Stale.
which Of the propositions For" or
sAgainst" he votes for.
H c. DUPRE,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives.
p. NJ LAMBREMONT,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate
Approved June goth. 1908.
]. Y. SANDERS.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana
a true copy. JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
IRELAND HAS A
REAL WILD MAN
LUNATIc WHO LIVES LIKE A PRE-.
HISTORIC SAVAGE ROAMs
DEsoLATE DISTRICTS.
FLEEs FROM HIS FELLowMEN
Although Said to Be Three Score and
Ten Years Old He 10 an Adept
at Catching Fish
and Game.

Dublin.-Certain villages in Ireland
are ringing with the story Of wild
man who lives in the woods and eats
berries, roots, fish and small quadru-
peds, just like a prehistoric savage.
He has silvery locks, long, snow
white beard. He dresses in garments
old. scanty, tattered and torn. 1t is
said he has never had a home-that
the whole of his wretched three score
and ten years, or whereabouts, have
been spent in the open air-and that
as far as is known he has no name.
The story told of him by the peasantry
Irish moor when a little child by a
loathsome, vagabond mother of, ter
rible to say, gentle birth and educa-
ton, and that alone ne has wandered
ever since, fleeing from his fellowmen
as though some wild, timid creature
of the night, and making his home in
the densest woods and on the most
lonesome commons and wastes.
1t is said, though doubtless no one
knows for certain, that the man can
not talk plainly and that his vocabu-
larry is limited to but score Of words
or so. In the more poverty-stricken
and desolate districts in the Emerald
Isle the man is familiar to most of
the peasantry, who give him clothes
from time to time. The clothes are
dropped to the ground, and when the
givers have gone to distance. then
and only then will he come and pick
them up. AS rule no sooner has he
got them in his hands than he runs
off as fast as his legs can carry him.
Food he will accept from no one.
An adept in the art of catching things,
he prefers to cater to himself. Far
and wide might you search before
coming across one more skillful in
poaching fish and game than this old
white-haired man. He will spear salm-
on with spiked pole, catch peasants
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
TOTAL MORE THAN TWICE AS
MUCH As TEN YEARS AGO.
Figures Show Average Of $4,000, 600
for Manufactures and Will Reach
Total Of $4,000, 900
Imports Show Gain.
Copyright by Walden FAwc.t.

Neutrality-suspicious. Of manufac-
lures from the United States aggre-
gated more than $750.0O0,000 in value
in the calendar year 1907. Eleven
months figures supplied by the bureau
OF statistics Of the department of
commerce and labor show exports Of
manufactures aggregating more than
$500 100000, a monthly average during
those IL months of $64,000,000. thus
justifying the statement that the De-
cember figures, not yet available. will
bring the total for the year above the
$750. 200. 900 mark.
This means that the exports of
manufactures have averaged more
than 100000 day during the en-
tire year, including every day in the
calendar year. 1t was only beginning
with the year 1899 that the exports OF
manufactures reached as much as
100000 per day, basing the state
ment upon the average of the year.
while prior to 1890 they had never
reached as much as 100000 a day.
On only three occasions during the
past year did the value of manufac-
lures exported fall below 100000 900
for single month. In the month Of
June they exceeded $7O,O00.OOO, or as
much for that single month as those
of the entire year 1870 and consider
ably more than in any ~ months
period to that year. The value Of
manufactures exported in 1907 will ap-
proximate $770,O00,OO0. against $S11.-
100000 in 1897, $149,OOO,OO0 in 1887,
$144,O00,0 900 in 1877, $59.0O0.0O0 in
1867. and $41,O0O.OOO in 1857, the fig
ures OF these earlier periods being
those of fiscal years.
Thus 1t may be said in a word that
the manufactures exported in 1907
averaged more than 100000 a day,
against less than 100000 day in
1897, and that the value of these ex-
ports in the single month of June was
more than in the entire year 1870.
The share which manufactures form
of the total exports In the II months
OF 1907 for which statistics are avail
able is ALI per cent, which slightly
exceeds the share which manufactures
formed of the exports In any earlier
year.
Manufactures imported in 1907 ag-
gregated in value about $770,000,0
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
CLEAN AND COOL.
Two Conditions Which Should Make
the Handling Of the Milk.

To attain success in the dairy bust
ness it is important that every branch
of the work be faultless in itself. A
dairyman may have clean herd and
an excellent barn built on modern
principles. but if he lacks the facili-
ties for properly handling the milk
or cleaning the utensils, or If his stor-
age is faulty-one Of these things
alone may cause failure.
He must have a suitable building
and apparatus for cleaning and steril-
izing dairy utensils, cooling and stor-
ing the milk and cream, or make but.
ter and cheese.
1t is not uncommon, says Coleman's
Rural World, to find milk cooler
hung in or near the COW stable, where
the air is laden with dust, dirt. foul
odors. and possibly disease germs.
which readily pass into the milk.
The best dairy practice requires
that the milk shall be removed from
the stable as quickly as possible after
it is drawn, preferably to building
or room independent of the barn.
where it can be aerated with pure air
and cooled at once in clean surround
| ings.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
Bread 10 sewItched.

Norfolk, Va.-Annie Diggs, Helen
Ford, and their friends are consumed
with fear, believing that some calam-
ity is impending. They declare that
miracle took place at their home
few days ago.
The women say they were gathered
about the dinner table and talking OF
their dead mother. Mary E. Ford,
when suddenly loaf OF bread on the
table began to rise from the plate and
ascend fully two feet before dropping
back to the plate with distinct noise.
They did not eat any more dinner.
In fact. they have not slept since
They declare 1t was no optical de.
fusion, and that they were not tricked
by any one. They are willing to give
the loaf Of bread away, but their
neighbors decline to have anything to
do with 1t.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
WATERING THE COW.
It Should BE Done In the Same Place
Every Day Thinks One Dairyman

For years I had the impression
that COW must be allowed in the
barnyard at least an hour or more q
day to do her best and kept healthy.
Also. If the weather was Of an ex.
IRENE nature, that she should be kept
in and watered inside. Close observa.
ton has taught me that COW wants
the same deal every day and should be
watered the one way, either inside or
outside. If COWS are used to being
turned out they will frequently refuse
and they will also chafe and get very
uneasy when not let out at their reg
ular time.
We have learned by close observa-
ton covering long period, that cows
give decidedly more milk when wa
tered inside, If the barn is kept clean
and comfortable. When l say COM
The Farmer, l mean warm and well
ventilated and the COWS confined in a
manner that is not tjresome. With
a good. dry, soft bed and plenty of
room and freedom so they can
chunge their position and lick them
selves when they choose, COW is
comfortable providing she gets plenty
of sunlight. Comfort and good feed
is what they want and what makes
them yield up.
When it comes to the matter Of ex-
ercise, a COW that is giving good
mess of milk does not have dis
position to move about much when
turned out in the yard. This is par
ticularly true when the weather Is
cold. 1 have watched them by the
hour and find that they seldom go
farther than the tank unless there be
something to entice them away. On
the contrary they will seek the most
sheltered spots in the yard and stand
bumped up until 1t Is time to go
back to the barn. Cows that are dry
and in calf, and younger animals, need
and will take more exercise. Young
heifers that are to kecome the future
dairy cows on the farm will be all the
better for daily exercise, In being COM
PEELED to rustic. do not mean being
starved or neglected. On the other
hand, II cows are Kept in Authenticated
barns where COW comfort has never
been studied. and closely confined in
rigid stanchions, barn where sun.
light is unknown, better let them out.
side. Outdoor freedom is better than
indoor suffering and discomfort.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30

and cartridges when the birds are
asleep In the night, and even grab
fish from streams with his hands.
There is a story that several years
ago he fell in love with a beautiful
peasant lass, whose home he haunted
every night, bowling hideously. Yet
he did not see the object of his affec-
tons on more than few occasions,
and never nearer than 100 yards or SO.
The girls parents, intensely super
stitious like most Irish people, were
afraid to adopt any means to put a
stop to the annoyance. Another of the
col1een's admirers, however, was
holder. and one pitch black night,
concealing himself in some brush
wood, fired of gun within a yard or
SO Of the man as he was emitting one
Of his loudest bowls. The old lunatlc
fled. and from that time his visits
ceased. and he has not been seen in
the vicinity since.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
slLAeE FOR THE DRY COW.
It viii Prove Profitable by Keeping
Animal in Condition Until Fresh.

Any farmer will admit that the COW
in milk will be benefited by silage,
but many do not recognize it's impor.
lance for the dry cow, says a writer
in Kimball's Dairy Farmer. II you
still cling to the old-fashioned method
Of dairying which finds the cows dry
at Christmas time but fresh In March
or April, you need silage almost as
much as II you were milking the cows
when the profits are greatest.
The COW that is going to give a good
yield throughout the whole period OF
lactation must begin that period in
good condition. The best way to get
her in that condition Is to feed her ST.
lage during the winter months. So you
see you need a silo just as much
when your cows are dry in the winter
as you do when they are being MIXED
In the winter.
You need a silo, anyway, concludes
this writer, and you are standing in
your own light as long as you do moi
build one.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
Sent the Washer Into the Gutter.

ounce glove coming his way, and, be-
dodge enough to receive a glancing
blow. Leigh threw his coat open and
displayed his shield, and the mys-
FERROUS woman dropped her guard.
Il beg your pardon" she said,
sweetly. Il am a stranger here.
came here from Alabama, and am a
stenographer. alone in town. But I'll
tell you. officer there's no man in this
city can insult me with impunity I
taught women boxing in the south
and I'll teach New York Washers
boxing in the north"
Leigh stood petrified for an instant.
and then made a movement as If to
shake hands with the girl.
Il admire you," he said, after spec
tators had declared the girl had acted
in self-defense. Won't you tell me
your name?"
mo, sir" she said. But Ill tell
you other things. l put this boxing
glove on and hid it in my muff, be-
cause every time walk down Broad
way to get the fresh air some hoodlum
accosts me. and as the police can't be
everywhere at once. decided to take
care of myself. I've knocked about
four of them this evening-and there'll
be more"
Whereupon the dainty athlete thrust
her padded hand into the muff and
strolied away. while the "masher"
hurried to some place of safety.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
GOOSE GUARDS A HOUSE.
Drives Away Robber Tramp, Who
Loses Portion Of Trousers.

Burlington, N. J.-Since two Of their
fraternity have been driven of and
badly beaten by the farms strange
protector tramps are giving the home
of James NJ. Sholl, Burlington farm
err, wide berth. This guardian of
the Sholl home is Patsy, the king of
flock OF geese.
Terrified human cries mingled with
the fierce honking of the old gander
and the savage Tapping Of his wings
awakened the family to Mr.. Sholl a
night or two ago in time to see in
the moonlight badly frightened
tramp Logging 1t down the lane toward
the public road. The marauder's in
tent:on of raiding the poultry house
had evidently been interfered with be-
fore he got the door open, and his
battle with the big gander had been
short but furious.
The tramp left minus a portion Of
his trousers. Also he learned that
the bite of goose is like the pinch of
a wise, and blow from its wings
like the blow Of pugilist.
The gander on another occasion
drove off tramp who was begging.
At another time the bird lost half It's
beaK in fight with dog that tried
to kill some goslings. and 1t has beaten
off hawks, pigs and even a cow that
had traversed beyond their proper
domain.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
DIaz Wants Flying Machine for Use
Of Republics Army.

Washington.-The Mexican govern
ment wants some airships for its
army, and has negotiated for the man.
ufacture of one or more by Charles
Stroebel of Toledo, O., maker and
owner Of the aeronautic raft which
navigated the Washington skies last
summer and was known everywhere
as the Times airship.
Strobel 10 the owner Of the de-
sign and patents of the abships Of
this type. Recently he and Lincoln
Beachey, who navigated an airship
while 1t was here and made many
remarkable trips to and from the
Munsey building. went to Mexico and
gave a series of exhibitions in the
City of Mexico. They not only had
\ remarkable reception from the peo-
pie. but attracted the animated atten-
ton Of the government.
As result President Diaz invited
them to give private demonstration
of the workings OF their craft for tho
benefit of himself and his cabinet
This was made with much care and
detail, and satisfied the Mexican off,
cials that the strobel ship would be of
great utility to the Mexican govern
neat for army purposes.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
GIRL STENOGRAPHER
USES GLOVE ON WASHER
FAIR STRANGER DEFENDS HER.
SELF FROM MEN WHO ANNOY
HER ON BROADWAY.

New York.-A dapper young man On
upper Broadway was following girl.
whose hands were In huge muff.
Suddenly at Forty-fifth street one Of
her hands. clad in a two-ounce boxing
glove, dashed out and sent the masher
rolling into the gutter. He lay there
few seconds. while some humorist
in the little crowd that witnessed the
feat slowly tolled OF the lone, two.
three, four" etc., of the regulation
referee.
The "masher" picked himself up
with difficulty. and scurried away just
as Detective Leigh came along. Leigh
said, authoritatively:
Young lady, you mustn't come
around here knocking people down."
In an instant the girl had swung
around again. and Leigh saw the two
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
woman Eaten bx Panther.

Columbia, La.-While on her way to
visit neighbor in wild region ten
miles west of here, Mrs. Annie Valen-
tine. wife of farmer, was killed and
devoured by panther. Her husband.
alarmed at his wife's prolonged alb
sencc. instituted search and found
his wife's head and her skeleton,
picked bare OF flesh, In clump Of
bushes.
Bits of the woman's clothing were
scattered over a distance of two
miles. showing that the panther had
dragged its victim to convenient
spot to make feast. A posse of
men. with a pack Of hounds. are pur-
suing the beast. .
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
THBE
'|'a4z4fze2z.-
,ceAousE AND COOL ROOM.
Arrangement by Which Two Can De
Successfully Combined.

In the accompanying Illustration is
presented the construction for a
small icehouse. with cool room I'M
derneath 1t which is 9x9 feet square
On the inside and Ga feet from the
door to the ceiling. The outside d.
mansions Of the building are 12x12.
with the ice chamber 11X11 and or 3
feet from floor to plate. The plan
contemplates storing the ice in
. compact mass, 9x9 feet, direct
ly over the cool room, construct
Ing the bottom of the Ice cham
Der and the ceiling Of the cool
room in such manner that the air in
the cool room will have its tempera-
ture controlled by convection currents.
the warm air rising to the ceiling of
the cool room, coming in contact with
the floor of the ice chamber, which
Is made water-tight and of good con-
Quoting material.
The walls OF the cool room are Is
inches thick. A suitable masonry
foundation. as represented. should be
taid, the ground covered with about
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
EXPORTS FOR 1907.

against approximately S77O,0OO,oOt
value OF manufactures exported, thus
indicating that the expectation Of
manufactures now exceeds the i'm
portation of manufactures by about
$3.50, 100000 per annum. Prior to the
fiscal year 1897 manufactures import
ed always exceeded in value those ex
ported. In 1860 manufactures import
ed amounted to $207, 100000 and those
exported $4s,000,000; in 1870 manufac
lures imported were 229,000,000 anc
those exported $70,00O,000; in 1880 i'm
ports Of manufactures were 1907 600.
900 and exports of manufactures $122.
100000; in 1890 imports were $348.
100000 and exports $179,000,000; in
1896 imports were 1928 10000 and ee
ports $25s,OOO, 900. In 1897, for the
first time, exports of manufactures ex
ceeded imports of manufactures, the
figures for that year being, imports
$3.50, 100000; exports, 311.000,00Q
From 1897 to 1907 manufactures e
ported have In every fiscal year *
ceeded in value those imported, and In
1907 the exports of manufactures will
as above indicated, exceed the i'm
ports of manufactures by approximate
ly $120,O00.000. In all Of the above
statements of manufactures, whether
imports or exports, the two great
groups of the bureau of statistics
manufactures ready for consumption
and manufactures for further use
in manufacturing" are combined to
form the general group "manufac
lures"
Comparing 1907 with the immediate
ly preceding year, the group, manu-
features for further use in manufac
turing. will show an increase Of about
$25, 0OO, 900. and form about 14h pc,
cent. of the total exports; and thu
group, manufactures ready for con
sumption, will show an increase Of
about $25,00O,0OO and form more thar
81 per cent. Of the total exports. OF
the import side, manufactures ready
for consumption will show an increass
of about $50, 100000, and manufactures
for further use in manufacturing az
increase of about $25, 100000, while
manufacturers raw materials show
for the IL months for which figure,
are available gain Of $34,000,000
thus indicating that the manufacturer
have drawn from abroad a greater
value Of raw materials for use in man.
ufacturing than in the Immediately
preceding, or indeed in any earlieH
year.
The gain of approximately $4,000.
900 in value of manufactures exported
during the year occurs in nearly all
of the important articles.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
Tax Dogs to Feed roper..

West Chester, Pa.-Drunkards and
dogs have been united in a unique
classification by the borough authori-
ties. 1t is custom to put "drunks"
In the county prison to sober up"
and repent. For the maintenance of
these prisoners fund had to be pro-
vided. as they were not actual charges
of the county. The borough authori.
ties. reluctant to make specific ap-
preparation for this purpose, be-
thought them Of the dog tax. There
fore. whatever is derived from dogs
is set aside for DRINKS. The fund
amounted to $685. last year.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30

against the wall of the ice chamber
and out through the roof, opening
into the cool room at the ceiling. A
corresponding opening in the wall of
the cool room opposite the ventilator
should be made in order to allow air
from the outside to enter. Both the
ventilator and the intake should be-
provided with close working hampers
so that only enough air is allowed to
circulate to keep the air sufficiently
dry.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
The Average Cow.

The average COW on the American
farm produces only about $50 pounds
Of butter per year. That will hardly
pay for her food and care. The gov.
eminent report shows an even lower
average, but 1t 10 fair to assume that
some improvement has been made
since the last report by the Eovern-
ment-
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
Mexico is After Airship.

The war department of Mexico has
accordingly let contract for the con-
struction Of big balloon exactly like
the one SO much seen In Washington
last summer, but larger and capable of
carrying two people and with much
greater radius of action. At present
Stroebel and Beachey are in Cuba.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
Qlak1Aartanad.

1.-The country is very prosperous
nowadays"
Yes" answered Mr.. Cumrox, 80
many people are getting money that
tbsre isn't great deal Of satisfaction
u being rich."-Washington Star.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-30
Havs Ballroom psdomst.r,,

London.-The latest fad of the gid
ed youth is carrying ballroom pedo-
meters. 10 they can inform their :
terested partners how great . dis.
lance thoy have covered in one dance.