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Washington Stock Exchange.

Saies.-Regulnr CALL 12 O'Clock noon-Capital
Traction Is. 81. 600 at 1Ila
Washington Rwy. and Elec. CON-. 80 at Al.
Washington Rwy and Elec. pfd.. 80 at So,
so at Sis. 20 at S5L
Washington Gas. / at 60.
Bell Telephone Of Pa. 10 at 1O3, 10 at 1903,
10 at 1924. 10 at JOB.
MIergenthaler Linotype 2 at 2osla.
Ia, Lanston MoGotype. 100 at 121s (buyer CO..,
100 at II. 100 at II. 100 at L.
Commercial National Bank 10 at 175.
National Metropolitan Bank. 10 at go.
After call-Inion Trust at 12O.
Capital Traction ; at 1871.
Capital Traction IS 81 900 at 1l6
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The World of Finance and Trade
Washington; New York; London.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co, bank
ers and brokers. Hibbs building. members
New York Stock Exchange, Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of
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The construction Of every skyscraper
claims an average Of at least three vic
TINS. and Of the 100000 industrial
workers in this country 100000 are kill
ed or manned every year.
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Closing Quotations.

Closing Quotations.
At the close of the stock market the
following stocks had changed in price
since above quotations. there being no
change in balance of the closing prices
railroads.
Atchison, Top. & 8. Fe. com. 9s.
Baltimore & Ohio, com, 1925.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, 69a4.
Canadian Pacific, 1854.
Chesapeake & Ohio. 565s.
Chicago and Great Western. COM. rs.
Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul, pfd.. 1876.
Chicago & n. W., CON-, 1741a.
Del. a Hud., 1774.
Den & Rio Grands, COM, 392s.
Erie, COM, 29ls.
Erie. 1st pfd., 1875.
Great North, pfd., lAN..
Illinois Central, l43.
Interboro Met, pfd., As.
Kansas City Southern, com, II.
Kansas City Southern. pfd., 72i4.
Mo-, Kansas & Tex, com, 4:'.
Mo-, Kansas & Tex. pfd., 73k.
NJ. 8. p. & S. S. NJ, com, 145i4.
Missouri Pacific, Ssh.
New York Central & Hud. r.. 1o5@s
y. Y. Ontario and West, 45s4
Northern Pacific. 1885.
Pennsylvania, 132.
Reading. COM. 1871.
Rock Island. pfd., 697s
Southern Pacific, COM. III.
Southern Railway, COM, 26is
Southern Railway, pfd.. 61s4.
Texas and Pacific 50.
Third Avenue. 39la
Toledo, ST. Louis and West. pfd, ia
Union Pacific, COM, 177s4.
Wabash. pfd.. 4s1a.
Wisconsin Central. COM, 3Sis
Wisconsin Central, pfd.. IS
INDUSTRIALS.
Amalgamated Copper, S1is.
American Can. com. 8.
Am. Car and Foundry, com. 4Sia
American Ice Securities. 21A.
Amer Smelt. & Ref. S3k.
Col. Fuel & Iron, COM, 403s
Con. Gas. n. Y. 1874.
Corn Products Ref, com, ISL
General Electric, 1856
CT Northern. Ore, 20.
Inter. Paper, II.
National Biscuit com. 101.
Peoples Gas of Chicago, los.
Railway Steel Springs. com. 46Is
Republic Iron & Steel COM -
L. S. Realty & Imp, com, 81.
L. s. Rubber. conn.,. So.
L. S. Rubber. pfd.. 1864,
u. S. Steel. com, J1Is
L. S Steel. pfd., 113.
Va. Car. Chem. COM. i334
BONDS
Amer. Tobacco As rs
r. II. T. convert As, S23,
Chi, Rock ISL g. Pac. 5s, 763s.
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monthly postal service by camel
has been established recently in the Sa-
hara desert.
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.
THE FOREIGN BANKS.

ION
1Os.d; American eagles, 76s SD.
PARIS January l2.-Closing-Three per
cent rentes, 96 francs S21s confines for the
account.
Exchange on London. % francs LIZ
centimeS for checks
BERLIN, January 12.-Exchange on
London. ~ marks 4Ssl pfennigs for checks
Discount rates-Short bills. per cent;
three month bills, "a per cent.
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Surety Bonds.

When you have occasion TO give take q
surety bond (of any character) see Phone Main
913. ]. $. SWORMSTEDT. 1923 n. Y.
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BAR silver. steady. - 3-16d per ounce.
Money. 1Aa2 per cent.
Tho rate OF discount in the open market for
short bills is q. per cent
The rate Of discount in the open market for
three-month bills is 2h per cent.
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Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL, January II. - Closing:
Wheat-Spot, easy; No. 2 western winter,
IS 91bd futures. barely steady: March. IS
63sd: May, is Sd.
Corn-Spot. steady; new American mixed
(via Galveston, is ID; futures. quiet: jan
uary, Us 2Ad: March, Us 2lad; May, IS
23sd.
Flour-Winter patents, steady, Dos Cd.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03

friend to her sisters and brothers, and
the sunshine Of the old folks, God bless
her.
If you would increase your happiness
and prolong your life, forget your
neighbors faults. Forget all the SIAN
der you ever heard. Forget the temp
tations. Forget the fau%ltfnding, and
only remember, the good points which
make you fond Of them. Forget all
personal q~uarrels Of histories you may
have heard by accident, and which, if
repeated, would seem a thousand times
worse than they really are. Blot out, as
far as possible, all the disagreeableness
of life; they will come, but will only
grow larger when you remember them.
Obliterate everything disagreeable
from yesterday, start out with a clean
sheet today, and write upon it for sweet
memory's sake only those things which
are lovely and lovable. San Angelo
Press News.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03
Progressive Gardeners.

Messrs. John Myer and son, the pro-
gressive gardeners, at Bertrandville
are reported to have bought the Promis-
ed Land, plantation from the heirs of
D. C. Mccain, the purchase price being
some 5 $1,000. The plantation is q good
piece of property and under the skill
full management Of the Myers will soon
blossom as a rose.
In gardening circles it has been a
notable fact this year that very fine
white head lettuce has been hard to
prodcue and just the reason why, no
one seems to know; the dry weather
and some cold snaps that interviewed
seem to have been the cause. The
Myers seem to have conquered the
weather, even, as a few days ago we
INDUCED in a portion of lettuce head
that seemed to be twelve inches in diam
eter over all, and was hard and white in
the center and fit for the fastidious pal
ate of a Lucullus. It was fine.
We should be glad to learn, if any
one knows, why 20 much of the lettuce
of this year is not equal to last years.
high standard.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03
Baby Pigs on Bottle.

1t often happens that a sow dies and
that her pigs are left as orphans. In
other cases a SOW will have more pigs
than she has teats, hence some of them
are crowded out and soon perish of
hunger. The pronerbial "runt'' is not
necessarily so from inheritance, but
from lack of nourishment. The pig
that must suck the hind teat'3' must
Of necessity live on less than his more
favored brothers and sisters, and hence
makes slow development. Once a runt,
always a runt, is an invariable law of
nature.
Many people seem wholly at loss
when pigs are deprived Of their moth
er. They believe that the little things
can never be made to live, no matter
what feed and care are given them.
This is a mistaken notion. Little pigs
can be raised as easily on the bottle,
or milk in the pan, as a calves, or
as a young chickens in the brooder.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03
My Uncle Jim.
My Uncle Jim's the bestest man

My Uncle Jim's the bestest man
A Teller ever saw,
An | like him about as we'll
AS / do dad an ma.
He showed me how to fly a kite,
An make a whistle too,
An spin a top an play ball like
The other fellers do.
My brother Bill is nine years old,
He's most a man you see,
An thinks he's quite too old to play
With kids the size O. me.
| don't see why God didn't make
Us twins, like Jack and Joe,
For / am only six, dear me,
1t takes so long to grow.
But when l am a feelin' blue,
My Uncle Jim will say,
"Come, little chap, suppose we go
A fshin' this fine day."
He'll take me on his back an be
A wild unbroke bronco,
While I'm a cowboy strong an brave
An to the creek We'll 20.
An when the sandman comes round,
An l must 60 to bed,
It is SO dark, an I'm 50 scared,
! cover up my head.
But Uncle Jim comes slippin in
An kisses me goodnight,
Then l wake up, an would you
b'lieve
The sun is shining bright.
VIRGINIA TAYLOR.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03
Card.

There will be a grand ball given at
Oscar Buras hall Saturday, April II.
A string band has been engaged for
that night, and his gasoline launch,
| Standard, will be furnished to 60 and
get the crowd, running as far as Buras,
and will stop at all halls, for those who
are going to the ball. Will leave We
nice next morning at $50 to bring the
people back, running as far as Empire
postofice.
The poor mar who gets a lot Of en-
joyment out of a garden is far happier
than the dyspeptic inancier who can
buy his own vegetables without MISS
ing the money.
Why we Like Mule.
Because he is the most t~ireless work.
er on the farm.
He eats less than a horse, but does
more work.
He is always as good as cash in the
bank.
He never falls through a hole in a
bridge, and generally keeps out Of
danger,
He is an excellent saddle animal if
you know how to saddle him.
His feet stand hard roads better than
a horse.
He is more intelligent than a horse,
He is never in love but attends strict
ly to business all the time.
He is never sick but once and then
he dies, But whoever saw a dead mule
since the war?
He never stops to fight flies as a
horse does, because his hide is tougher,
He is just as gentle as a horse if he
has not been spoiled in breaking.
His age cuts little figure in a sale.
Nobody cares how old a mule is.
He will bring from $3.50 to $3.50 when
he is full grown if he is big and smooth
and strong.
When a man is known for his hobby
rather than for his profession, it does
not take long to figure out at which he
is the better.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03
Undesirable Citizens.

The man who is always grumbling
and growing and never says a pleasant
word about anything or anybody.
The mar who sneaks Of to his favor
tie loafng place and only associates
with his wife and children when he
has to.
The man who thinks that rudeness is
a sign of independence.
The man who stirs up class hatred
among his fellow-citizens.
The man who pushes others aside in
order to get there first.
The man who is always running down
the churches and throwing suspicion
upon their members.
The man who kicks every dog that
comes into his path.
The mar who never looks at the
moral side Of a question.
The man who is always promising
and never performing.
The man who never has a bit of time
for anything except to make money.
The man who stands en- the corner
and gawks at the women as they
pass by.
The man who is silent when a right
eous cause is challenged.
The man who buys ten cent cigars
far himself and salt pork for his family.
The man who puts all the blame on
the school teacher if his child is way
ward or ignorant. Elk.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03

Of pools is possible such is accomplish
Sd. If rot drained they are treated
With oil. Alleys are searched for cans
and other receptacles are either emp
tied or covered. What such a man
means to the city of Baltimore can only
b. comprehended by II who has had
occasion to spend a night in Baltimore
hotel with a broken screen on his bed
room window. The writer has some
unpleasant recollections of an expert
.ence of that kind The point to bear
in mind in mosquito control is that they
breed in water, the fouler the better,
and that by destroying all such breed
ing places great good may be accom-
plished.
rIf> n yryr,r NAV
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03
GEO P. WELDON.
Small Farms That Pay.

Farm lands are steadily advancing in
value. Vast areas are being reclaimed
by irrigation and big ranches are being
cut up into small farms with stock rails
sng one of the principal features. Dur
ing the panic of l90,-08, while prices of
real estate declined in the cities, farm
lands held their own. Prices Of manu-
factured products declined while every
thing raised IN the farm, or nearly
everything, commanded advanced
prices.
Small farms pay well when properly
managed and cultivated. Near Phila-
delphia, Rev. Mr.. Dedrich purchased
fifteen acres, mourning a debt of
several thousand dollars. By operating
a dairy with his small farm he liquidat-
ed tie mortgage and demonstrated that
small farms intelligently managed are
ample to support large families and
leave a surplus.
Near Des Moines, Ia, Francis Ses-
tier Swns what is said to be the best
farm west of the Mississippi River. In
seven years, free of incumbrance, he
has put $18,0 900 worth Of improvements
or thirty-two acres Of land. Sestier is
a son of a Des MONIES stonecutter, who
died seven years ago, leaving a small
tract Of fine land. The son turned the
homestead into a track garden, and dur.
ing all these years he has not spent
more than so cents an acre for fertil-
izer. Sestier has built an So, 900 house,
a modern cold storage plant, a steam
pumping plant that draws water from
the river half a mile distant and lifts it
Ids feet into a large reservoir, and has
also constructed eight large green
houses. He makes his land yield from
$500 to $500 an acre, his favorite crop
tomatoes. By raising them on
poles he gets as much as 750 bushels =
per acre, his plants number
ing 5000 per acre. Mr.. Sestier makes
81, 500 a year on lettuce.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03
To our Subscribers and Readers.

To our Subscribers and Readers.
We are publishing a journal that We
believe every fellow parisBoner of our,
is justly proud Of. Now we ask Of our
readers that all of them who have not
sent in their subscriptions should send
the same along as 10 as practicable.
We ask our readers further to aid US as
far as they can in getting more sub
scribers. Every man, woman and
child old enough to read should read the
Gazette every week and find out what
is going on all around them. Send in
your dollar and you shall have all the
the news there is.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03

Office Board Of Supervisors. Parish Of Plaque
mines:
In accordance with the law and in pursuance of
the proclamation Of his Excellency Jared Young
Sanders. Governor of the State of Louisiana. an
cleo ton will be held in the Parish of Plaquemines.
at the polling precincts mentioned below. on
TUESDAY. APRIL q. 1909.
from s o'clock q. m. until 7 o'clock p. m. for the
purpose of electing a Clerk for the 18th Judicial
District Court.
We do hereby direct and require the Commits
sioners Of election and other officers therein con.
cerned to hold said election on the day and hours
above mentioned and within the time prescribed
by law.
The regular polling precincts adopted by the
Police Jury Of the Parish of Plaquemines are as
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03

The requirements are simple and easy.
In raising pigs by hand. place them
in a Warm box in a warm room. Put
plenty Of hay or straw bedding in the
box and cover them up carefully at
night so that they will not become
chilled. Blaze the box neal a stove in
winter, but no artificial heat will be
required in summer. They are not as
tender as chicks, yet they must not be-
come chilled for the first two or three
days. During the day place their nest
box where the direct sunlight will shine
in it, as all real young animals are very
much benefited by sunshine.
Feeding young pigs is easy work, and
teaching them to eat is not at all diff
cult. For the first meal, take the lit
tie porkers in your lap, one at a time,
and pour a few drops Of warm milk
fresh from the COW down its throat
with a teaspoon. In withdrawing, al
low the spoon to touch the lips of the
pig. This may e a trivial point, but
the second time it happens the young
fellow will begin to think
and will probably "sit up and take no
tice," for the best way to appeal to and
win the confidence of a young animal,
a child and some men, is to feed them.
1t strikes a sympathetic and responsive
cord in their natures that makes get
ting along with them easy, providing
you keep up the feeding.
After the second feeding of the
young pig with a spoon, place some
warm milk in a very shallow pan or
sauce dish and place its nose in the
milk. The pig will suck the drops Of
milk from its lips, and by the next
time its nose touches the milk, it has
learned to drink and the trouble is all
over. 1t is not necessary to give the
pig your finger. 1t simply learns to
drink the milk, and that is the end Of
it. We have found that two or three
lessons are sufficient.
When the pigs are about two weeks
old, a little cooked oatmeal or bread
may be fed with the warm milk and
the mixed feed increased as the pigs
grow. After the pigs are two weeks
old, find what they will eat and grad
ually give them a variety till they are
ready to be turned out with the COM
mon herd.
Remember that an over feed is al
most sure to result d~jsastrously Light
feeds and often will bring success
Journal of Agriculture.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03
April Pooling a Dog

April Pooling a Dog.
A boy he owned a yaller dorg-
A cur Of low degree;
He would not hunt-he could not
fight
A mutt, indeed, was he.
When April fool it came along.
The boy he thought some thinks;
Assisted by a party who
Had guzzled sev'ral drinks.
They tied q Roman candle to
The tail of that ere dorg;
Expecting he would strike q gait
And bring up at the morgue.
They touched a match and said
farewell
There was a moments fizz;
And then the mutt he started out,
Intent upon his biz.
The balls of fire shot out behind
Blue blazes did abound;
The yaller dorg was on the jump
To cover plenty ground.
He ran into a dry goods store,
Then paid q friendly call
Upon the leading milliner,
And yet that wasn't all.
Into q grocery he jumped,
And then a cooper shop;
Because that thing was boosting him,
And he'd no time to stop.
The bells they rang-the engines
The town turned out to see;
And seven buildings blazed at once,
Like fires of Libertee.
The loss was fifty thousand, and
Insurance it was small;
But that ere dorg had had his fun,
And wasn't hurt at all.
Farewell.
Why linger in each well-known place,
Over each fond remembrance dwell,
As through these rooms our way we
trace
lsit, that we must say,''Farewell?'
Why is there yearning in each glance,
When friend with bosom all a-swell,
Unexpected, across friend doth
chance
Isit, that they must ay"Farewell?',
Then let US mufle that sad note,
Dry the warm tears that ere this fell
Let this comfort, always this quote
1t may not always be FAREWELL
MARIE PERYLETHE.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03
IT'S Good to Live.


IT'S good to live,
And feel ambitions throb-
The thirst for knowledge,
Of which you cannot rob
A man in his prime.
With a knowledge Of power
That never sleeps,
And the courage of q warrior
That never weeps-
face the world Of the hour.
I never fear a foe to meet,
Nor to answer duties call,
Tho going out to sure defeat
And the loss Of ALL
IT'S good to live!
"A. LEMON.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03
Mosquitoes.

Since it has been clearly demon
4strated that malaria and yellow fever
are caused by the bites Of mosquitoes
it will be well to watch for the pests
and destroy their breeding places.
The female mosquitoes live over as
adults and in the spring lay their eggs,
ION stagnant water, in little boat-shaped
masses. The little larva, commonly
called wrigglers, in a few days hatch
from the eggs and feed upon small or
ganisms in the water for a period of
two weeks, sometimes more and some
times less, depending upon the food
supply. While living in the water it is
necessary for the little wrigglers to
breathe, This is accomplished by
means of a little tube-like organ on the
anal extremity of the body, which is
pushed up above the surface film Of the
water. When the larvae become full
grown they change into the pupal
stage. During this stage they are still
active, but do not partake Of any
food. In a few days the skin splits
down the back and the winged adult
.emerges, uses the shed skin as a raft
upon the water until its wings are
strong enough so that it may fly away.
1t is only the female mosquitoes that
need concern us, for the males do not
bite. Upon emerging from the water
the females hunt some animal, and if
none is found they may partake Of veg
'etable juices for a tine. The life of
the female mosquito is quite short,
probably not more than two weeks on
IAN average.
The fact that three stages of the life
of the mosquito are spent in the water
is favorable to their destruction. OIL
poured on the surface Of an infested
pool will kill the larvae and papa as
they come to the surface to breathe.
The egg masses will also be penetrated
by the oil and killed. If a neighborhood
isinfested with Mosquitoes, it is well to.
make an investigation and determine,
If possible, where they are breeding.
Often the water in a rainbarrel, or even
water in tin cans will serve as a breed
ing place to such an extent that a whole
neighborhood may be infested. The
complying of such vessels, or the cover
ing of them SO that the, adults cannot
get in to deposit their eggs will resultin
great good. The drainage Of pools and
swannpy places is an effective means OF
control. In the State of New Jersey
the salt marshes along the coast were
found to be breeding places fer an
abundance Of mosquitoes which infested
the region for some distance inland. A
state appropriation was made to be
used in draining these marshes, with the
result that the salt marsh species of
mosquito is no longer abundent.
In the city of Baltimore a man is
hired by the city council to carry on a
campaign of destruction against these
little pests. During the summer months
NE may be seen, any morning, starting
out with his wagon and instruments of
destruction, consisting of an oil can,
a pick and a shovel. Where drainage
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03
Laginappe.

Laginappe.
The average girls idyll is a br-idyll.
Discretion is the better part of gen.
crosby.
An ounce of tact is worth a ton of
excuses.
1t is easy to keep cool when the fire
goes out.
To understand life one must live the
simple sort.
The biggest house sometimes has the
largest mortgage.
It takes more than q pretty face to
make q pretty home. i.
If wishes were horses what plugs our
friends would ride on!
One way to make the world glad is
to practice it on yourself first.
The next number on the program
quite frequently is a back number.
A crow makes altogether too much
noise for a bird that can't sing 9 note.
Many a man has married q rich
widow, not to settle down, but to SET
tie up.
A mule is not very handsome, but
neither are some mel who kick all the
time.
Christianity often gets credit forvir-
tue which is really due a change of
weather.
In the summer time every dog has
his flea, and every dog owner his own
flea remedy.
Envy the dumb man! He is the only
one of US who never openeth his mouth
to utter folly.
A young man who cannot grow a
mustache is almost as ashamed of it rs
q girl VINO can.
Poverty may be borne with fortitude
by any one except the woman whose
face is her fortune.
A brass band is said to have ex-
tinguished a fire in New Orleans by
playing "Roll, Jordon, Roll!"
A girl is gentle, brave and spirited;
who is unselfsh; high minded, and in.
telligent; who has sweetness and depth
Of character and does not think of her.
self, but works for the happiness Of
others; who is merry and dainty and
wholesome, as q girl should be, will
never lack either lovers or friends.
She is the light of the home, . good
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-03

Terms of sale cash, not less than
Twenty-Five cents (25c) per acre, in
lots of not over One Hundred and Sixty
(l60) acres, the purchaser to assume
any expense incident to surveying or
locating the property purchased, the
vendor parting with right, title and in
terest in and to the property advertised
and sold, as the same has been acquired
from the State of Louisiana, the sale
to be made without warranty or resti-
tuition of the purchase price.
FRANK c. MEYERS,
Sheriff.