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Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
furnishes about 63 per cent of the
worlds supply of India rubber.

1
worlds supply of India rubber.
More than 130000,000 pounds of tall
low are used every year in the manu-
facture of candles in the United States.
A foggy day in London means that
the residents ere compelled to run up a
gas bill of from $4,000 to $4,000 more
| than usual.
The carcass of the average horse
yields 1863 pounds OF meat, as shown by
| the observation of the French horse
butcher.
| In Mexico the cargador, or carrier.
| transports bui dies SO weighty that or
binary men could not even lift them.
1t is not unusual for him to carry a
lead of four hundred pounds on his
head or shoulders.
All England is succumbing to a wave
of the keenest interest in spiritualism
| induced by the remarkable declaration
of Sir Oliver Lodge that he has definite
! ly proved the existence of a future
world by spirit communication from
friends long dead. Sir Oliver is prin-
cipal of the University of Birmingham
| one of the foremost scientists in Eng
on psychical research.
Edmund Gurney, Richard Hodgson
and F. w. H. Meyers, all formerly
prominent in England, were communi-
Gated with The results We're wholly
convicing, Sir oliver says, adding:
I'VE were by no means convinced OF
their identity until crucial proof, diff
cult even to imagine, had been supplied
Recent reports of Columbia univer-
sitys committee on student employment
have disclosed that H. p. Baumer, one
of the students, is the youngest pilot to
hold a certificate. He is registered as
having a coasters license. He is in his
first year at the law school, taking a
course in admiralty law. He supports
| himself and pays his tuition out of his
earnings.
| Archduke Leopold of Austria, who has
| lost all rights to the throne of the dual
monarchy by marrying a housemaid
| is said to hate the very atmosphere OF
European courtdom Most of his time
is spent on his big estates in Bavaria
for he is wealthy in his own right.
Fishes have no eyelids and neces-
sarily sleep with their eyes open; they
swallow their food whole, having no
dental machinery. Frogs, toads and
serpents never take food except that
which they are certain is alive.
A great elephant named Tiny recently
disturbed the orchestra at the Theater
de Varieties at Beziets, in France, un-
Ger exciting circumstances. The con-
ductor offered him a carrot, as he was
making his bow from the stage, and
in stepping forward rather too hastily
to get it, the elephant brought down
the front of the stage, and, accom-
panied by two zebras. which were per-
forming with him, crashed into the or
chestra below. The elephant caught
the conductor round the waist with his
trunk. and, after waving him in the
air a minute or two, threw him out
into the audience. There was small
panic, but Tinys keeper persuaded his
charge to Chamber ur an improvised
gangway to the stage again.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

Gen. Lee, and with all that dramatic
air and voice which he affected, he
said:
Gen. Lee, hear it said that you
contemplate surrendering the army of
Northern Virginia; that army which
has carried your name in glory forever
to the heights of Gettysburg; that army
which has rested victoriously on the
ood-stained hills of Spotsylvania-"
AS Gen. Wise stopped to take breath
in the midst of this extraordinary in
vocation, with tears streaming down
his cheeks making cutters in the yell
low mud, the scene was painfully
pathetic. Gen. Lee looking straight at
him. while everybody kept a dead
silence, said in his grave, patrician
voice:
Gen. Wise, go and wash your face
Il was riding with Col. Ingersoll In
Washington" says Joaquin Miller. I'VE
came to street torn up, and Col. In
gersoll said:
Il wonder if I shall ever get to a
city that is made?'
II glanced up toward the sky and re-
Piled:
I am afraid not, colonel"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
Worldwide REVIEW OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF Men AND WOMEN
'JAPAN COMPLETES
HER THIRTY-FOUR
NEW TORPEDO BOATS

army. AS a result of this article the
war administration now possesses four
automobile trains. These trains consist
of a motor which tows several wagons
loaded with material and supplies. The
personnel for each train consists Of two
chauffeurs for the motor and one man
for each OF the other wagons.
The one hundredth anniversary of the
opening of the port of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, to international commerce is to
be celebrated in that city next year by
a national exhibition of industrial, pas
toral and art products, from June 10
to September Z.
The British admiralty has decided to
do away with the carrier pigeon service
in the royal navy, and all the pigeon
lofts on the home station are to be
abolished. The loft at Malta is to be
retained, however, and it has also been
decided not to interfere with the volun-
teer carrier pigeon service.
Replying to recent intimation in the
London Daily Mail to the effect that
the Japanese are secretly encouraging
an anti British uprising in India, Mr.. Q.
YOShima, a Japanese student in Lon
don, writes: The Japanese are not so
ignorant as to be unaware that the
natives of India are not their kith and
KIN, but belong TO the Aryan STOCK. MOI
only have we no racial sympathy with
the Indians, but the very idea of
people aspiring to build up a republic
or United States in the east in itself
is repugnant to the Japanese"
Dispatches from Melbourne state that
Australia has formed the nucleus of
force for home defense, which, it is
hoped, will expand in the course of
eight years to 214.0O0 men. Australia,
unlike the mother country, has discard
ed the principle of voluntary enlistment
and has instead adopted that of CONF
pusory service, otherwise conscription.
Recent orders for the Belgian army
provide that "the militiamen of 1908
belonging to the infantry will not be
called up for duty till November 16;
formerly they were called to the colors
in the first part of October"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

zSs5TCCORDING to the Army and
lAN Ell Navy Gazette of London the
M el Japanese naval authorities
M ~ have been among the first to
lkEN m take advantage of the les
49, sons of war as to the de-
sign of torpedo craft. Even
before the conclusion of hostilities, when
the lessons of the conflict began to be
garnered and applied, Japan put in
hand new ships, and since the COM
mencement of the war she has built
and completed thirty-four torpedo craft,
with a displacement of 374.5 tons and
indicated horse power of 5000, giving a
trial speed of twenty Y-nine knots. Under
the navy act of 1900 it was proposed to
lty down in the following sixteen years
sixteen divisions of torpedo craft, at
the rate of one division a year. Five of
these divisions had already been begun
when the amending act of 1906 was
passed, and in this, in place of the
eleven remaining divisions of COM
paratively small craft. as originally pro-
posed, approval was taken for the
building of twenty-four divisions, each
division consisting of six vessels, and
thus ensuring the laying down between
1906 and 1907 of no fewe1~ than 144 tor
pedo craft. In Germany, as in Japan,
the tendency is toward increased size
and power.
Another American importation, after
long years of opposition, has fairly
fought it's way into Germany-the
straphanger for street car passengers
who cannot find seats.
This familiar transatlantic institution
will be introduced for the first time on
the new lines of the Berlin municipal
street railway system, which has proud
ly announced that it's cars will be of
the --latest up-to-date American pat
tern, including cross-section seats, re-
versibe according to the direction the
car is travelling, with space at the rear
and front where passengers may stand
and hold on to straps
Colonel Krauss of the Austro- Hunga-
rian general staff published in the May
number of Streffleurs Militarische Zeit-
schrift very detailed study on the in
fluence of the employment of automo-
bile trains ON the conveys of modern
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
Quaint and Curious

The record trips between New York
and Queenstown are always made on
the western trip. The distance is COM
paratively the same, 27S0 knots for the
westerly passage and 2S07 knots for the
easterly, but the time is different. Bear
ing in mind where the sun rises, the
vessel may gain nearly an hour every
day on the westerly passage and lose
about the same time going the other
way, so we have daily run, ,approxi-
mating twenty-five hours coming to
New York and twenty-thre hours go
ing to Queenstown. The rule is to add
four minutes for every added degree of
longitude going westerly and deduct
four minutes for every subtracted de-
gree going easterly, the reckoning being
taken at noon every day. For example,
the log of the Mauretania on her recent
maiden voyage to this port read long.
1886 W. at noon Wednesday, and 1929
W. at noon Thursday, a difference of
about fourteen degrees. or fifty-six min
utes added to the twenty-four hours,
and the record run was announced of
624 knots for the noon -to-noon day, be-
ing nearly twenty-five hours. Thus this
Lusitania's $40 knots going easterly
October 1925 was a good days run.
Greenwich mean time controls, not To-
cal time.
Thousands of tons of good food are
wasted annually by every one of the
first-class line of ocean liners that ply
between this country and Europe. The
impression that the leavings of the first
cabin are warmed over for the inter-
mediate travellers, and that what is left
over from the second cabin finds its
way into the steerage, is absolutely
without foundation. Competition has
compelled all the lines to treat each
class with the greatest care and consid-
Grafton as to special dishes, and the
line that tried to pass off on second or
third class passengers any food that
had a previous acquaintance with the
first cabin would speedily go to the
wall. ~
A Maine hunter and guide has pair
OF mittens which mystify every one ex-
amining them. Last spring the hunter
caught a yearling bear in a trap, and
as the fur was too short and downy to
sell as fur, he shaved the skin, and his
n other, a lady past seventy years,
carded the fur, spun it into yarn, and
then knitted the mittens.
Reindeer are more numerous in Nor
way than horses.
The golden n-crested wren is the small
est, no5 only of British, but of all Eu-
ropean birds. It's average weight Is
only about eighty grains troy, so that
it would take seventy-two of the birds
to weigh a pound The length of the
feathers is about three and one-half
inches, and the stretch of the wings
Rx,a httf xxrha fao y, =
ers are taken off the length of the body
does not exceed one inch.
The London street merchants are put
cut of business on foggy day, and
their lost business amounts to $4,000.
1t is estimated that South America
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
Mem and Things

Capt. Arthur Mills of the American
liner Philadelphia and Capt. Lockhurst
marine superintendent of the line, We're
bewailing the disappearance of the
Old fashioned sailor who could go alott
as nimbly as squirrel, make a double
carrick bend with a tow rope in his
Sleep and eat with relish salt horse
that had been sailing the seas in bar
rels of brine since the war of 1912.
Yes" said Skipper Mills reminis-
Gently. as he sat at his frugal luncheon
on board of pemmican and vichy. 81
don't know what the service is coming
to l believe We'll have to man our
ships with young women from the
gymnasiumS soon if the steamship
sailor continues to deteriorate as he is
az present.
"On this voyage out the signal hall
yards fculed in the block and had to
b. cleared. In the old times one OF
the men would have Skinned UP the
backstay before you could say knife
but the bos'n had to rig chair like a
swing down at ConeyS When he asked
two of the men TO go up they said they
didn't like to because it was cold.
The temperature was only 3S.
Some of the men we get hardly
know port from starSoard. | tried to
teach 'em, but what can you do with
a man who talks of going to the boat
deck as going on the roof ?"
And both captains sighed and or
dered the vichy glasses refilled to
drown these sad musings over the days
when sailors were men whose every
hair was a rope yarn, every finger a
marlin spike and every drop of blood
Stockholm tar
A well known southern politician,
now an element of strength in the
councils of his party, in the early days
of his political career invariably met
defeat at the polls
\ On one occasion he was conducting
a house to house canvass in the in
tel est of his candidacy for state Of
ficc. Among those interviewed was an
old darky who had formerly been in
the employ of the aspiring politician.
II am thinking of running for place
on the state ticket, Nose" said the
politician, ''and l want you to help me
out"
After a moments thoughtful hesi-
tation the darky replied:
"All right, Marse Dick; but l wants
to ak yo' one leadin' question befo L
commits myself"
"Well, what is it?"
"How much is yo gwine to give me
when you gifts beat?"
All that is needed to throw the sultan
Abdul Hamid, into peaceful sleep is to
hear that some desperate murderer or
Would-be assassin has been put out of
the way. The sultan delights in lurld
tales; sensational melodramatic novels.
Fe always has some one to reed him to
sleep, but the piling climaxes in the
literature that pleases him disturb his
nerves and destroy sleep until the final
climax. AS soon as the wretched as
sassin has met his fate the sultan be-
gins to snore.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
SAYS POPULATION OF
LOS ANGELES WILL BE
2,000,000 i'm 1925
PROSPERITY Is PERMANENT FEATURE
Prominent Real Estate Man Reviews Causes of
Recent FURRY and Paints Rosy Picture of
the Future-Points to Aqueduct as Proof
of Faith in California

now estimated at 100000. The rate of
interest heretofore named can be re-
allied on our property at the prices
above mentioned, and l ask If these
prices are higher than those of other
cities of a like population?
AS to our growth in the building
line since 1900 l submit the following
tabulated table taken from the records
of the building superintendent office:
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
A Chapter of Horrors

First Russian Statesman-Just listen
while | read these headlines from this
American paper Pastor Roasts the
Vice President" western Governor
on the Rack" Entire Jury Hung
President Flags Doctor Long" "Whole
Cabinet Bound Hand and Foot for
Years!''
Second Russian Statesman--Heaven
And our misguided subjects aspire to
have a democratic government of that
kind here in Russia!-Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
onIy Wanted a Chance

She-I see where a fellow married a
girl on his deathbed just so she could
have his millions when he was gone.
Could you love a girl like that?
He-Sure, L could love a girl like
that! Where does she live?-Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

H1HE real estate market is peculiarly the
pulse of the forward movement in Los
- Angeles and Is a sure indicator of prog
ress.
In view Of the fact that weakness In this
cardinal integer of local wealth has been IN
t.mated. in some quarters, by irresponsible
inen, as a result of the recent financial furry,
The Herald invited Q. T.. Parish, president of
tho Los Angeles Realty Board. and one OF the
atest and most successful real estate men In
the city to give our readers his candid opin-
ION on the present and future outlook in Los
Angeles, for the real estate market. The fol-
lowing vigorous and telling article is the re-
suit:
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
BY O. Il. PARISH

! HE future welfare of Los An
geles, as warranted by the
present outlook in the real
estate market, is most prom
ising and this conclusion can
easily be reached by any per-
.ao., erin-i1nnr fhie mn tier. nrnn-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

When the telephone wires are over
land the speed of transmission is at the
rate of 10000 miles a second; where the
wires are through ,ables under the sea
the speed is only 6020 miles a second.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

More than 13OOOO,09o pounds of tall
low are used every year in the manu-
facture of candles in The United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

A foggy day in London means that
the residents are compelled to run up a
gas bill of from $4,000 to $4,000 more
than usual.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

The carcass of the average horse
yields 1863 pounds OF meat, as shown by
the observation of the French horse
butcher.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

The London street merchants are put
cut of business on a foggy day, and
their lost business amounts to $4,000.
1t is estimated that South America
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

In Mexico the cargador, or carrier.
transports hurdles SO weighty that or
binary men could not even lift them.
1t is not unusual for him to carry a
lead of four hundred pounds on his
head or shoulders.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-17

feature of the new law with disfavor,
and are of the opinion that it will
operate as a serious obstacle to the
progress of school work in our State,
if allowed to stand This feature of
the law will unquestionably open the
door wide to petty political domina-
ton of the schools, and we all recOg-
nize that the injection ofpolitjcs, into the
schools will seriously vitiate and un-
dermine this great and fundamental
branch of the public service. 1t may
be regarded as certain that unless
the present law he modified by the
Legislature so as to provide for a
system of continuous or overlapping
school boards. the professional poll
ticians will not be able to resist the
temptation offered every four years of
electing boards of education pledged
before hand to select some particular
individual to draw the salary of
parish superintendent of schools, in
repayment of a political debt.
This would not be so easy of accom-
plishment if the membership of school
boards were to be changed in part
only, at stated times, leaving two
thirds of the whole number seasoned
and expeienced persons in the work
Of school administration, and thereby
providing in practical way against
any sudden or unreasonable inter-
ruption in the carrying out of settled
plans and policies that may be MAX
ing for the substantial advancement
of the schools.
This is most important question in
its relation to the welfare of innocent
and helpless school children, and pre-
sents q serious problem for the con-
sideration of this association and all
earnest friends of the schools, and I
trust that some active steps will be
taken at this meeting looking to the
rectifying of this defect in the new law
by the next general assembly, before
any harm may come to the schools
from the operation of the law in its
present form.
With these hastily prepared intro
ductory remarks, shall pass on 10 q
brief consideration of the topic as
signed to me on to-day's program
''The Need of Cooperation Among
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-17
A. ). BRYAN.
Courthouse and Jail Architect Il
Held In Contempt Of Court.

Special to N. O. Picayune.
Mendelhall, Miss. April 6.-A.
j. Bryan, architect for the Simp-
son County Courthouse and Jail,
was to-day sdjudged in contempt
Of court by Chancellor J. R. Nc.
Caskill in refusing to turn over
All the books. papers, and money
in his possession to G. w. Nc.
Leod, who was on March 4 ap-
pointed receiver for w. NJ. Lind
and A. ]. Bryan builders. He
Is also remanded to Jail until he
Aurns over such books Ind pa
pers pertaining to said work and
-. 100 which he is alleged to have
appropriated to his own use a
salary and attorpev fee while
handling the Job for the Board Of
6uuervioors.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-17
NUMBER Y.

School Boards
In school work, as in all other lines
of human activity in which individu-
ais and groups of individuals are en-
gagged, there is a vast expenditure OF
capital and energy which may be rem
dered more potential and effective in
accomplishing their ends through the
union and systematization of these
forces. We see this principle exempli-
fed strongly in the management OF all,
great commercial and industrial en-
terprises of the day. It is the means
of effecting important economy of
time, capital and energy, and OF in
creasing efficiency OF service.
Commercial bodies and manufac-
turing concerns, altho composed of
persons and firms engaged in direct
competition with each other, have
learned by experience the valuable
lesson that in tariff legislation,
freight rebates and other matters af-
fecting their common interests, their
individual efforts gain immensely IN
power and effect when exerted to-
gether in any given direction.
The same general principle of CO.
operation underIies the work of
boards OF education Striving in iso-
lated bodies for the attainment of cer-
tain common ends-only that the
need of utilizing the advantages OF CO
operative effort in promoting the
cause of education is made more OBJ
ligatory by the fact that the work of
boards of education deals not with
merely the material affairs Of,this lie
but with the sacredness of the human
mind and soul.
1t is indeed true that the functions
of school boards are most important
and far reaching, because in their ul-
innate effects they have serious
bearing on human destiny, with all
that this awe-inspiring statement inn
plies. 1t must be admitted that .
mans character and his course in
life is determined by the kind of edu-s
cation and training he has received in
school, NO less land often more) than
by the home and church influences Of
his childhood. This is especially
true in our own day when fathers are
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-17
INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE
Free Stereopticon Lecture by AS
sistant Superintendent John
K. C0nnlff, of New Or
leans, on Ancient
and rIodern
Rome.

The public is cordially invited
to attend a free stereopticon lec-
,ture at the Industrial Institute
on Friday night, April "a. by
John R. Commit, Assistant Su.
perintendent of Public Educa-
tion in the city of New Orleans.
Mr.. Commits lecture and slides
are particularly interesting and
instructive and an enjoyable
treat is in store for all who shall
attend. Mr.. Commit will remain
over on the following day and
will act as one of the Track
Judges in the annual Field Day
contest OF the ;. Interscholastic
Athletic and Oratorical Associa-
ton of Southwest>Louisiana.
Prof. r. L. Hines, of the State
University at Baton Rouge. will
attend the Field Day contests of
the I. A. & O. A. as the Judge of
field events. He will also deliver
the medals and prizes and the
T. M. Biossat Championship
Cup on that night after the ora
tOrical contest. SATURDAY.,
AySril 26.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-17
How to Keep Cool.

How to Keep Cool.
Walk on the shady side of the
street.
Drink plenty Of water, but
aparingly of ice water.
Don't over exert yourself in
the sun.
Put up q Vudor porch shade
on your porch, and enjoy q cool
delightful rest, the most COM
Portable spot about the house.
Sold by the Pelican Furniture
Co. Ltd.