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Secretary of State.
ACT No. IL.

ACT No. IL.
By Mr.. Voegtle. Senate Bill No. g.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Articles 81
and 50 of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana relative to fixing the
salaries of the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, Treasurer and Secretary of
State and providing that all fees re.
ceived by the Secretary of State un-
der existing law or laws which NAV
hereafter be enacted, shall be covered
into the State Treasury.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all the members elected
to each House concurring, That Articles
81 and 80 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be amended SO as to
read as follows:
Article 81. The Auditor of Public
Accounts shall receive salary Of Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per an
mum. The Treasurer shall receive sal
airy of Two Thousand Dollars per an
mum. The Secretary of State shall re-
ceire a salary of Five Thousand Dollars
per annum. Each of the said officers
shall be paid monthly, and no fees, or
perquisities or other compensation, shall
be allowed them; provided, that the
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Mr: william a. Radford will answer
T G1ssLlons and give advice FREE OF
Isl Isl on all subjects pertaining to the
saoJect OF building for the readers of this
p .; On account of his wide expe-
se as Editor, Author and Manufac-
Su las ne is, without doubt, the highest
III uieHorlty on all these subjects Address
sa ~. inquiries inquiries to William A. Radford, No
aD4 flIth Ave, Chicago. ILL.,, and only
Enclose tWo-cent stamp for reply.
This is an old style house plan, but
: mas good deal to recommend it.
nose who appreciate plenty o. light
ana air like to have rooms built on
TINS plan because they can have all
1he windows they want and have them
SO placed that sunlight can penetrate
Into every room.
The first houses, built when the
country was new to white folks, were
square or nearly so. Then, as more
room was needed, they were extended
IN one direction, keeping generally to
one room in width. When the limit
IN this form was reached some bright
intelligent fellow branched off at right
angles and built room On the side of
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MS house. This must have been con.
sldered a great invention, and so it
was, for it has been handed down
from one generation to the next and
we still find the idea worth adopting.
NThere is no record of the original
house built on this plan, so we don't
know whether it had an upstairs or
not, but there is a good cellar, another
feature that the original architect
didn't understand It is necessary to
hike back to those good old times
when luxuries approached closely to
what we call privations in order to ap.
preciate what we now have.
We would live as the early pioneers
did, in one room houses built with an
ak, but we would rather not do it in
the winter time. There are, however,
a few principles that were worked into
those early habitations that we can
not get away from and we do not want
to. One is the open air freedom, the
light and cheerful setting of trees and
clearing. and the open fireplace, the
cheerful warmth of which still fingers
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Knock the Knocker.

No enterprising, growing CON-
munity, nor any other kind of a
place, has any use for the maIcontent,
usually known as a "knocker." Many
of the worst specimens of knockers
are not the ones who by their words
injure the home town, but are the
ones who without good reason send
away all the money they have to
spend to some distant place, thus
robbing the home town of the support
that it should rightly have It is the
business that keeps the town alive.
Anything that decreases the volume
OF business Injuries the place. One
may claim that their money is earned
by hard work, and that the right to
spend it wherever they wish is theirs.
But there is such thing as princi-
pie, and by principles are men gagged
by their fellow men. The "knocker"
is one who values principle as moth
ing worth preserving or protecting.
Sometimes it is ignorance, the lack
Of knowledge, which impels people to
do things contrary to their own in
terests and the interests of their
neighbors; but it matters little how
these things are brought about, the
evil effect is just the same.
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Adulterated Eoodstuffs.

The chemist in charge of the labora-
tory of the department of agriculture
at Chicago has been paying careful
attention to the purity of foods. Re-
Gently he made a statement that one
great spice company annually ground
up 500 tons of cocoanut shells and fla
vored the same with essential oils and
then sold the powdered stuff for pure
spices. He related about another con-
Germ which sold 100000 worth of
spices annually, only five per cent of
which were pure. The common arti-
cles used for adulteration of spices
are sawdust, brick dust. burnt grains,
cocoanut shells and other kinds of
shells and barks. It is the aim of the
United States government to put an
end to this aduIteration of foods
Since the government has become
active in tracing down such frauds a
number of unscrupulous grocery
houses have been compelled to so out
ee BUSINESS.
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STRENGTH OF OUR NAVY.
Interesting Companion of American
and Japanese Fleets.

A comparison of the naval strength
of Japan and the United States is
doubly interesting in view of the re-
cent departure of the American fleet
of battleships for the Pacific, and the
significance which has been attached
to this event, writes Newton Forest in
Harper's Weekly. The American navy
has on its list 20 battle ships of 10000
tons and over, while Japan has 10; our
navy has IL coast-defense vessels,
Japan three; we have is armored
cruisers, Japan IS. But in the number
of torpedo boats and torpedo-boat de-
stroyers Japan is far ahead. She has
70 torpedo boats and 81 torpedoboat
destroyers, while the United States
has only 33 torpedo boats and 81 tor
pedo-boat destroyers. On the other
hand, Japan has only nine subma-
rines, while we have 10.
In the cost of battle ships of our
navy the Connecticut and Kansas lead
the others, the former costing $7,667,-
6G6, and the latter $7,701,1 43. The
cost of maintenance of each type of
warship is as follows: Battle. ship,
$3.50, 587.12; armored cruiser, $685.
151,47; protected cruiser, $3.50, 002. 26;
gunboat, $115.585.12; torpedo-boat de-
stroyer, $77,35422: torpedo boat, $51,
650.9S; submarine, $26,454.1O.
The total number of ships in the
American navy is 1853: in the navy of
Great Britain, .545; in the French navy,
sos; in the navy of Germany, 210, and
Japan has 1884, 1t will thus be seen
that, while the United States has the
least number of ships of these five
powers, she is still second in rank by
her comparative strength in battle
ship tonnage. Great Britain's ton
mage is 821,39O; United States, 4O6,
146; France, 36s,461; Germany, 1885,
461; Japan, 191 ,49S.
The reason of the excess of ships in
the French navy is found in the fact
that she has 271 torpedo boats and SO
submarines. while England has only
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BUILDING up the CHARACTER.
A Few Words to the Youth Who Would
Make the Moss Of Lie.

It Is well that the majority Of Us
value being well thought OF. Few
young men, anxious 10 make the most
Of life, care to have what is commGGr
" known as bad reputation" Do
you, young man, ever stop to think
that there are immutable laws that
control the universe and all therein?
Do you ever consider that light Is
only the evidence Of a luminous body?
That the bri1liancy of the diamond Is
merely the rays reflected from the
perfectly crystalized carbon? Reputa-
ton is only the reflection from char
acter as it is variously projected upon
the screen of public opinion; but rep
utation is not character, any more
than the light is the luminous body,
but is merely the effulgence, the re-
suit Of character.
The imitation diamond for a time
may rival in splendor and brilliancy
the reflections of light of the genuine
gem, but this brilliancy is soon dulled.
The same with reputation, which
sometimes attaches to character
which will not stand the test of time,
or the scrutiny of the exacting eye of
Justice. Week after week we read
in the pages of the press of the
downfall and disgrace of men high in
public estimation, and who, until their
duplicity was exposed, were men of
most excellent neutrality-suspicious.
reflected falsely from an unclean char
acter.
Character is the mold Of moral con.
seriousness. It is the outgrowth Of
the heart carefully nurtured by truth
and love and directed by intelligence
solely Influenced by that which is
moral in man. It is by reputation
that we are to be judged by those
with whom we are thrown in either
business or social intercourse. Our
own acts are the standard by which
we will be either praised or con-
demned. Our own acts are the indica-
may be most excellent in character,
sometimes We may be falsely estimat-
ed; may acquire through some misun-
derstood circumstance reputation I'M
desirable. But character ever counts.
It is sure to bring to the front its
worth. The diamond may be robbed
of its brilliancy for a time by CRIME
and dirt, but it is nevertheless a dia-
mond. Your true worth may be OBJ
scured for time, but 1t is sure to
become known
Character is the greatest thing the
young man has to guard. It is the only
sure foundation upon which hopes can
be rightly based. He who Is true to
himself cannot be untrue to others.
Would you have character and repu-
tation, you must work, constantly, un-
ceasingly, as conscience becomes dead
ened and degenerate when not exer-
cised, and conscience directs the
building of character. There are
qualities in man that mark his great
ness and his superiority-the moral
and the mental, and it is by the exer-
else of these that greatness and sue
cess are gained.
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qhere are only six rooms in the plan
&C designed, but the rooms are all
Isrge. IL an eight-room house is want
III N the years to come the only thing
necessary is to add wing at the back
similar to the one in front and make
two rooms that can be reached with
out any Objectionable features and
with no alteration in the original plan
eroept the cutting of two doors.
r. ii not desirable as a general
thing to build house smaller than
VOW really want with the expectation
- making 1t larger afterward, but
tbare are a great many different exist
sng circumstances, and changes In
samilies are continually taking place.
r. r. customary under certain condi-
t;nns to build house larger than
ceceessary and to leave some rooms
Infnished to save expense at the time
u b,IlIGfng, but it is quite unusual to
saI,sct i pLan With the expectation OF
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EDITOR

making alterations In fact, it usual.
ly is very undesirable to do so.
One feature about this plan that
will strike everybody favorably is the
possibility of building it for about
$1,000. In these times of advancing
prices no one expects much of a
house for any such price A man
would have to manage very care
fully to get this house for that amount
of money, but it can be done in locali-
ties where building materials and Ia
Dor may be had at reasonable prices,
and provided the owner understands
how to take advantage of such con1i-
tons.
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II torpedo boats and 48 submarines,
and the United States only 80 torpedo
boats and 10 submarines.
Statesmen and Politicians.

Its remarkable what a difference
there is between the politicians of to-
day and the statesmen Of yesterday .
said Representative Wesley Gaines
of Tennessee, in Washington, the 9TH
er day.
THAT is very true said Representa-,
tive Kimball of Kentucky. There is
young self-made fellow in my town,
Lexington, who is real power in the
legislature. I'once heard him say: I
don't know nothin' about statesman
ship and don't know nothin' about
law, but if Henry Clay was down here
mixin' in politics would leave him at
the post"
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In our hearts as a heritage from rci-
meval days.
AS this house Isl 80 feet wide and
the projections at the roof gables are
extra it needs considerable room. The
law has decided that you must not
hang your ROOF over your neighbor' $
ground, SO it would be impossible to
put this house on narrow-minded
city lot. If you want to build on this
plan you must have room enough to
look out in every direction.
There is another advantage in a
plan of this kind. and that is the pos,
sibilfty of extending it at the back
without interfering with the original
plan. Some houses may be enlarged
when the family increases, while 9TH
er plans cannot be altered without
tearing the whole house to pieces.
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!
That the foregoing amendment q ths
Constitution Of The State of Lol.isianal
Be submitted to the electors q The State
at the general election % 81 held "a the
2lst day Of April. 1908, and III ths of-
fetal ballots to be used at such elertion
shall be placed the words sfoz the pro.
posed amendment of Article 2sB 81 the
Constitution Of the State 81 Louisiana"
and the words. against the proposed
amendment Of Article $50 Of the Con.
stitution of the State of louisiana and
each elector shall indicate is provided
in the general election laws of the State
which of the provisions for ~
against, he votes for.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
j. w. HyAAIE,
Speaker Of the House Of preseniatives.
Approved November 2Sth, 1907.
NEWTON 6. BLANCHARD
Governor Of the State IF Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN 7. MICHEL,
Secretary Of stats.
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ACT No. q.

By Dir. Millsaps. Senate BiII No. 2.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 28a
of the Constitution Of the State Of
Louisiana relative to Railroads, Ex-
press, Telephone, Telegraph, Steam
boat and Sleeping Car Commission.
Section /. Be it resolved BY Tie eien-
eral Assembly Of The State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of AL the members elected To
each House eoncurring, That Article 2ss
OF the Constitution Of the State of Lou
lslana, be amended 30 as to read as fol-
lows:
Article 2ss. The General Assembly
may add to or enlarge the bowers and
duties of said Commission az confer
other powers and duties on them They
may also provide additional clerical OF
other assistance that may lie deemed
necessary for the discharge 81 the duties
of said Commission, and NAV add nther
penalties to make the work AT said Conn
mission effective
It shall be the duty 81 the Attorney
General, and the various district attor-
neys, to aid said commission in all legal
matters, for which they shall reeeiys
not exceeding Is per cent Of aII fines
and forfeitures collected BY them: pro-
vided the commission may employ other
attorneys in lieu of these officers on
like terms.
No person in the service u, or atsors
ney for, any railway, express, teIeph0ne.
telegraph, steamboat or other water
craft, sleeping car company or corpora
ton, or pecuniarily interested in such
company or corporation, shall hold the
office of commissioners
The fines collected, after paying the
attorneys fees and the costs iii suits, in
which the commission may be cast for
costs, shall be paid into the State Treas-
ury.
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, etc,
That the foregoing amendment Of the
Constitution of the State, shall be sub.
mitted to the electors for their approval
or rejection, as required BY Article 321
of the Constitution OF the State Of Lou
isiana and general election laws Df this
State at the General State Election TO
be held in this State ON the 2lst day Of
April, 1908.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and Presidents of
the Senate
j. w. HYAAIS,
Speaker of the House Of Represent ives.
Approved November 18th, 1907.
NEWTON @. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary Of State.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR THE FARM.
TiIIers of the Soil to Be on Equality
with People of Towns.

One of the large companies en-
gagged in the manufacturing of farm
machinery proposes placing on the
market at an early date an automobile
especially designed for farm use. This
machine will be sold at reasonable
price, and will be put out in various
styles ranging from runabout to a
heavy farm truck, which the farmer
can use in transporting his grain and
other produce to the markets.
Transportation of farm produce to
the railroad stations and the markets
is a question of economy. It is esti-
mated that at the present time it
costs the farmer about nine cents per
hundred pounds to carry his grain a
distance of IL miles to the railroad
station or market place. 1t is ex.
pected that the installation of auto.
mobiles for hauling purposes will de.
crease the expense to three or four
cents per hundred pounds. Tho COM
ing of the farm automobile means fur
Their improvement of roads. Already
the automobile and the rural deliv-
cry of mail has worked wonders in
the way of stimulating interest in
road Improvement. Once the farmers
become automobile users they will
be more energetic workers, in fact,
enthusiasts for high-class highways.
Another use of the automobile in
agricultural districts is its employ.
ment by merchants for delivering
goods to patrons. in the country. In
number of eastern states enterpris-
ing merchants send out their clerks
with automobiles in the morning to
solicit the orders Of the people resid-
ing on the nearby farms, and use the
automobile for delivering goods in the
afternoon. Merchants who have
adopted this plan have found it prof.
liable and their business greatly in
creased, not considering the a6ver.
Using received by this innovation.
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SapIinu Truth.

We are all of us willing enough to
accept dead truths or blunt ones,
which can be fitted harm1essly into
spare inches, or shrouded and cof1ned
at once out Of the way. But a sapling
truth with earth at it's root and bios
som on it's branches; or trenchant
truth, that can cut its way through
bars and sods, most men dislike the
sight of entertainment of, If by any
means, such guest or vision may be
avoided.-John Ruskin.
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Roads Completed in New York.

During 1907, 375 miles of improved
highways were completed in New York
state, $50 miles were placed under con-
tract, and plans and specifications
were adopted for 400 miles more. Last
year showed the greatest amount of
road building since the policy Of
state road improvement was inaugural
ed in 1898. For the ten years there
are 1,O42 miles of completed improved
roads to show, and of this total 375
is to be credited to last year.
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Natural Proofs.

ut is impossible for animals to rea.
son. For one thing, you never heard
of any of the lower creation having
even the rudiments of mathematics. .
tI don't know about that. Every.
body knows that rabbits. for instance,
multiply rapidly; that there are
snakes which are natural adders, and
that seine animals, like the g. afe
and the boa constructors, are il ma
lures long division class"
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JOINT RESOLUTION


JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Cuisti-
tuition of Louisiana relative rs tax
collectors for the City cf New Orleans,
providing for the election of enc Tax
Collector for said city, fixing his terna
of office, his compensation and tlsNe
clerical and ether expenses ~ bis Il III
fee, and providing for the PAYNE ne
thereof.
Section !. Be it resolved Isl the Cesn q.
eral Assembly Of the State of T.o1ai sia ~.
two-thirds of the members elected tO
each House concurring, That there shIa Ii
be submitted to the qualified electors oAt
this State the following PROPOSE
amendment to the Constitution BIZ Ious
lsiana, to-wit:
That there shall be one State Tax eol-s
lector for the City of New Orleans. whcs
shall be elected BY the qualified electors
of said city for the term Of folsr AL
years. He shall receive a salary Of
Five Thousand IS ,000l Dollars neT al
mum, payable monthly The sees receivs
ed from delinquent tax debtors. as aIso
the fee of $1.o0 charged for tax research
certificates to the persons applying Tor
same, shall be turned over to HE State
Treasury.
The Legislature at its hrst session.
after this amendment shall hare bsen
submitted to q vote Of the people. al
herein provided, If the same be ADOPTED
shall appropriate such sum as may 81
necessary Tor the payment of the cleri4
cal expenses, rent, furniture and Dor.
terage for the office of said tax COLES
tor; provided, however, that the tstal
amount OF SAID appropriation shall not
exceed the sum of S35 100000 ana syo.
vlded further that said appropriation
shall be BY items showing the particular
use TO which such appropriated funds
shall be applied.
Section q Be it further enaaf.9 -
That this proposed amendment rs s,,n s
mitted to the electors OF the Stafe ~.
their approval or rejection III 1aes,sss.s
| by Article 32l of the Constif,,ssin as
Louisiana and the general e,eet;os, la,s,s
of this State, at the general elaet;o,, II
be held on the Tuesday follo,viney an
third Monday in April, 1908.
| Section 3, Be it further e11apfaa a..
That all properly nominated eand II 90.
| for the office herein provided ~ sT,aII
be voted for at said general elaetsar
and the one elected shall Be ff.rn4s;s,
stoned in the same manner. and an4a-
upon the discharge Of his ofiiee u f's ths
time when the terms Of office II ia
present tax collectors In said citv ~ ov
pire, and he shall supersede tie nges .ers
tax collectors Of said city, whose oflicss
| shall be abolished by the adnnf;a,. "a
the amendment hereby propossd -, s.
yided, however, that should ia fo,ea q
ing amendment not be adopted 49,,
the election of the Tax CoIlecfar $500 osstsss
provided for shall be null and Void 80
j. w. HYAMS, gss'
Speaker of the House Of ReDreasr s.
j. X. SANDERS, IS + ssea.
Lieutenant Governor and pres;dart s.
the Senate. y
Approved December 4, 1907
NEWTON G. BLANITyApr,
Governor Of the State Of Iopisian.
A true copy: tsss
JOHN 7. MICHEL.
! Secretary Of State,
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Parable Of the Foolish citizen.

Once there was a good man who
Iabored hard on the farm, and on
each Sunday went religiously to
church. In time he gained sufficient
wealth to move into nearby town,
where all his children were afforded a
chance for acquiring an education.
For all his supplies he sent to dis
tant city. He opposed every PROPOSE
ton to pave the streets of the place,
to improve the very schools his chill
dren attended, and when the assessor
visited him he was verify a pauper
for taxation purposes. This man was
a highly moral man, a pillar in the
church, and even worked a soap-club
deal in order to secure for the Sun
day school an organ. At last he died.
It is recorded that he entered the
pearly gates for which he long hoped
and prayed. The streets were golden,
and there was beauty on every side.
He marveled; became enraptured
with all he saw. To some angels
standing by he spoke: This place
must have cost pile Of money!"
YES" replied one of the white-winged
attendants, but it has been paid for
below. Each one coming here must
help bear the burden of taxes" Just
then a sanity looking man approached
with a book, and the new arrival from
the farm took one look at him, and
believing him to be the assessor, bolt.
ed out through the gate-and then
woke up.
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Act M 81

BY Mr.. Herman. House BIZ No. IS.
Chairman Of the Joint Judiciary COM
mittee A, B, G.: Substitute for House
Bills Nos. 2, 3 and .26.