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Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
CALLS ON REPOSITORIES.
Secretary oortelyou Wants S3o,ooo'
600 by Feb. "a.

Washington.-Secretary Cortelyou has
made a call on all temporary national
bank repositories for about $3o,ooo'ooo
government deposits to be paid on or be-
fore Feb. "a. There are over 1000 tenn
porary depository banks, and the secre-
tary's call will leave exactly $lo'ooo ~
each, as the instructions will be to remit
everything above that sum. Calls h'th'
erto made on the regular depository
banks have practically exhausted the}r
holdings above the amounts actually
needed to meet disbursing officers
checks. These aggregate about $55,ooo''
600. The call for $24, SOC, 900 made by
the secretary early in January has been
responded to by all of the banks except
few in the far West, where remittancei
are already on the way. So
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
THE DAY IN SCOTLAND.
Custom There Has Been to Choose
Ones Valentine.

T. seems to have been q custom M
Scotland to choose ones valentine, II
Sir Walter Scott is to be trusted II
his account of the wooing Of the FAR
Maid of Perth and Hal OF the Wynd
in the novel. The always amusing n
uhiouitous Pepys, in his diary, which
neglects nothing under the u ap-
parently, mentions st. Valentines Gay
and its customs in several places, and
gives an amusing account of his wife,
fearing to open her eyes on St. Vaien-
tines day while the painters dec
orators we're at work in her room, lest
abe should see one of these unsuitable
nersons first instead Of q more comely
valentine. The genial Pepys himself.
of course, had to call upon n OF his
friends on February IA and entreat
her to become his valentine, and we
will hope that he sent a suitable GIT
to the lady chosen,
Whatever the origin of the custom.
it has given rise to many quaint ana
nretty fancies, and both poets ana
lovers have employed the legend ana
the saint to good purpose. The SEND
ing of letters and the more or less
tawdry cut paper valentines, wnlcn
the children Of the last generation
were 30 familiar with, undoubtedly
gave rise to the modern fashion OF
. Christmas cards in this country and
in England, which has grown to sucr
astonishing, not to say alarming, pro
i. portions, and the comic valentine, tina
: hideous and dreadful creation, Is pre-
sumably one OF the evils resultin,
. from the custom. However this ma!
;. be. it is exceedingly agreeable to re
= ceive a gift OF flowers, or fruit, or
- dainty book upon this midwinter fes
tiyal, and If it take the form OF
more useful present there is a distinc
authority for sending even these. a
one Of the oldest customs conslste
in sending a veil Of tissue or gauz
T. to the fortunate valentine which wa
~ selected to be the recipient OF the a
tention.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
JUDGMENTS FOR $4,000.
AGGREGATION Of Fines Assessed Against
Insurance Companies.

San Francisco.-Judge Van Fleet has
assessed judgments aggregating. more
than 100000 against the insurance com
panies which refused to pay in full the
insurance carried by their San Francisco
no~licy-bolders at the time of the big fire
Of 1905. In all 104 cases were on the
calendar of the United States circuit
court. and So Of them were decided ad
rersely to the insurance companies.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Miss Alice turned the hose on her
sidewalk to wash away the ashes.
All night long, however, the wind rose,
and the fourteenth of February dawned
bitter cold, and the water used for
washing of the ashes froze.
Miss Lucinda was in the kitchen
sitting ashes to resprinkle the pave
ment, when she heard her sister
shrek. Lucinda rushed to open the
front door, and saw Alice on her
knees in the street supporting the
husky shoulders Of Williams, who was
shouting Justify: "This is your work!
| Nice, isn't It? Always knew your con-
founded neatness would cost me my
life"
Alice could only sob in reply.
I'll sue you for this, all right" he
beloved.
BY this time Lucinda had ap-
preached, and now spoke authoritative
": well, it is plain you must be
carried into your house and a doctor
sent for st once" Reckoning to the
bachelors man servant, who lowered
near. she instructed him how to assist
the injured mar without causing un-
necessary pain.
When Williams had been laid on q
! disordered bed, Miss Lucinda made
!, him as comfortable as possible before
r the arrival of the doctor. The Berry
9 girls set to work preparing bandages
The doctor came, set the arm, ex
pressed approval of all that had beer
done, and left.
Williams heard this commentator
{ Of the maiden sisters, and after SOM
{ thought said:
o IF you bring me through withou
crippling me, 7 will let you of as light
ly as possible"
This unexpected generosity ovel
toyed the ladies. They took their ret
ular turns, and the negro servant rue
y the day when they invaded hi
slouchy kingdom. Though the II
IT, iured bachelor could not know OF a
pc the changes taking place, still ne re
q. the influence OF orderly domesticity.
nd They really enjoyed the nursln
and their patient particularly appr
ciated having Miss Alice near, for n
touch was delightfully."- soft. So, eve
when the physician came, 1t was MI
y Alice who bandaged the arm after
I'm was dressed.
4 4 4
When able to be around again
= was difficult to break an acquir
habit, SO it happened that Mr.. W
uams went over morning and event
~ for Miss Alice to attend to his arm.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
COTTON W ORGANIZE.
Planters Of Long Staple Have Reached
Critical Stage.

Charleston, s.. C.-The Sea Island Cot
ton Growers Association Of South Caro-
lima has been organized here by long
staple planters.
The Charleston sea island planters
have reached a critical stage in the plant
ing of longtstaple cotton, facing, as they
do, scarcity of labor, low prices for cot
ton and increased cost in production.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
pnINTT- ~ A-HACHE. la. SATURDAY., FEBRUARY -, 1905.

C~rowley-The recent cold weather
did no damage to fruit trees in TINS
vicinity. Orange and lemon trees
which have grown up from the trees
frozen down by the big freeze OF 1910
have passed through this cold snap
untouched. The number OF orange
trees in southwest Louisiana is SAID
to be larger now than ever before.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
p1r1sBURG SITUATION ACUTE.
Feeling Between Whites and Negroes Be
coming More Bitter.

Pittsburg, Pa.-The feeling between the
white people and the negroes is becoming
more acute as each day brings its quota
Of attacks and reported attacks on white
girls by negroes. The p~opulace Of the
affected districts is highly wrought up
over the existing situation, and only the
most careful vigilance on the part Of q
double force Of policemen prevents q seri'
ous clash between the races
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
ToKeEP HIM OUT OF CABINET
Directors Raise Reynolds Salary
From $36, 900 to $4,000.

Chicago.-The directors of the Contl'
mental National Bank notified George
NJ. Reynolds, president of the institute,
that at a meeting today his salary had
been increased by unanimous vote from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The increase, it is believed, will prove
an element in the decision of Mr.. Rey
nolds as to accepting or refusing a tender
of the portfolio of secretary OF TN
treasury,
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
EnoI,,h and American Gallon.

English and American Gallon.
The English gallon is ten pounds
Of water at a temperature Of 60 de-
erees Fahrenheit. The American gal.
lon weighs only 1888 POUNDS. The diff.
ference, therefore. is 1.67 pounds. The
American gallon is equivalent to 1886
liters.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

ST Francisville-The third attempt
has been made to check the trains
over the lo,isian Railway and NaViga-
tion Company's tracks by placing
crossties upright in the cattle guards
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

South Africans Fond Of Oatmeal.
South Africans are distinctly an oat
mealeating people, over 100000 worth
OF this American breakfast food be-
ing imported annually into South At.
fica.-.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
LATEST NEWS
IN LOUISIANA
Town Forced to Sell Light Plant BE-
cause of Loss by Prohibition.
MONROE VISITED BY CYCLONE
Employees Of Lumber Company Strike
Against Wage Cut.
Three Infants Freeze to Death-CoV'
ering insufficient.

Bosco-A small tornado here Wiech-
ed the public school building, blew
down a house and worked hea'y
damage in other ways.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Crowley-H. VIM, Of Jennings, Pre-
sident of the Texas.Louisiana Rice
Farmers Association, is devoting con
siderable time and attention TO the
organization of the Louisiana RICE
Growers Association. He has arrang-
ed for a meeting at Gueydan on Fec.
6, when a Vermilion Parish assocla'
ton will be organized. On Feb. Is
a meeting of the Acadia Parish brancn
will be held and on Feb. 20 a branch
will be organized at Lake Charles
| The Louisiana Rice Farmers Assoc
citation now has $50 members and Pre-
sident Vim predicts that it will have
at least 1900 members before spring
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

were the
neatest ladies on
the entire street,
Mi S S Lucind a
Berry and her sis
ter Alice, and they
subsisted meager-
ly on a small pen.
sion that had been
their late fathers.
In the same
block lived the
richest, slouchiest
and most irritable
bachelor in the
city.
In february
when an unexpect
ed mildneSS set in
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Grand Cane-While Ed Robinson $
i7-year-old boy was cutting timoer III
The woods a tree limb fell from the
top of a tall tree and struck the ne
gro on the head, and from which IN
Jury he died a short time later.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Monroe-A storm of cyclonic pro-
portions passed over this section early
Friday morning. Much farm property
has been destroyed and FIVE negroes
are reported as injured. The proper
ty loss will run to thousands OF dol
lars.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Plaucheville-A large meeting took
place Saturday in the Woodmen Of the
World hall. About $50 farmers met
to organize the Farmers Cooperative
and Protective Association against
rayages Of the bool weeyil, and adopt
systematic and progressive methods.
The organization was started last fall
~ United States Agent L. E. Perrin,
who was present at the meeting, AND
gave full explanation OF benefits to
be derived BY such cooperation, and
promised all the help by bulletins, ex
ampIes and demonstrations 0y the
Federal agents. 81
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Crowley-A deal was closed here by
which a local syndicate composed OF
DR.. II. NJ. Toler. David Cow, Charles
Hetzel and D. Truax, Of Crowley. and
8. Y. Allen, of De Ridder, acquire a
tract of $4,000 acres Of land near
Tampico. Mexico. on which is about
5000 head Of cattle and a large
amount Of valuable timber. A colonl'
cation company will be organized to
settle the tract with Americans,
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Alexanderdria-Edwin e. renil
lion. a young man of Benne1tville, met
death in a peculiar manner He lac
climbed a tree to cut a limb and the
limb twisted around, pinning him 10
the body of the tree. When ne was
found the limb was against his breast,
showing that the breath had been
knocked out of him by the blows
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

New Orleans-Joseph Dies OF TINS
city. former Member of the Hous
from this district, has been seiecteu
as Assistant State Labor Commission
er with James Byrnes, the new ap-
pointee. The salary of the assistant
L. $1,000 Der year. This place was
held by Walkus of Shreveport, our
ing the administration Of Robert f.
Lee. Mr.. Dies is well known in labor
circles.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Breaux Bridge-A strong move is on
foot to organize the Breaux Bridge
farmers and Truck Growers Associa.
ton. The purpose is to interest all
planters in raising early vegetables
and ship to Chicago, Kansas City, st.
Louis, Houston, New Orleans, Baton
Fouge and other points. Several en-
ergetic citizens and farmers have al
ready demonstrated the practicability
Of shipping to advantage early vege-
tables.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Natalbany-Al employees OF tHe uls
mill Of the Natalbany Lumber Com
nany. located here, one of the largest
saw mills in the State, went out on a
strike against a 10 per cent reduction
in wages. which went into effect Feb.
i. This is the fourth time this Com
pany has reduced wages since the
panic Of a year ago, and the second
time since Dec. /. In some instances
the men complain Of having been pro-
missed a certain scale OF wages, bul
when pay day arrived were rated
very much lower.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Columbia-While Mrs. e. E. Valen-
tine, of Copenhagen, was doing ONE
washing her clothing caught fire and
she was horribly burned so that there
is no houe of her recovery. Mrs.
Valentine lis the mother OF twins 4
months old, besides a number OF other
small children. Mr.. Valentine Is N
OF the most substantial citizens OF
Caldwell Parish.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Cottonport-Clifton Smith, a negro
who was suffering from smallpox, was
placed in the pesthouse on the out
skirts of town. The disease affected
the negro,s mind, and it was necessary
on seyral occasions to chain him down
to prevent him from doing harm. Sat
urday night he was chained to his
he'd. and about $50 o'clock the house
was seen to be on fire. Before as
distance could be rendered the negro
he was burned to death.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-07
FARM NEWS THE WORLD OVER

The wheat harvest in the west is
now over, but the crop was secured
without difficulty. When the harvest
began it was estimated that Kansas
alone required $4,000 men more than
were in the state that were unemployed
at that time.
Kansas maintains a farm near town
where petty criminals are sent to work
out their fines. Excellent crops are
raised and the farm is run at profit.
There is never a lack of help on this
place.
The new road law adopted by the
last legislature of Missouri provides
that the money raised by the special
road tax levy on property within in
corporated cities, town and villages
shall be paid to the treasurer of such
city, village or town and used for the
Improvement of the road within the
city limits. The constitutional amend
ment adopted at the recent genera
election authorized the township boards
to make special road tax levy. the
maximum being rs cents on the s1O(
valuation.
The national reclamation act wa:
passed in 1902. At that time Their,
were in the governments name in tn,
sixteen states affected 100000 acres o
arid land, of which it was estimated
possible to reclaim sufficient to supper
100000 people. By 1911 the reclama
ton service will have reclaimed 2000
600 acres, at an estimated cost of $40,
100000. There are 100000 acres o
arid land susceptible to reclamation b,
irrigation.
The Cornell experiment station foun
that two tons of horse manure in an ex
posed place in five months lost 5 pc
cent in gross weight, so per cent q
it's nitrogen, AZ per cent of it's phos
phorus and rs per cent of its potash
the total loss of plant food being 6
ner cent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-07
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING

w, H. Chandler of Long Beach, CAL
declares that he gathered three gallons
of blackberries from the Logan valley
vine set out last year when it was put
two inches long. 1t now measures
rwenty-one inches.
A new harvesting machine has been
introduced in Nebraska. The harvester
is propelled by its own power and is
followed by a truck carrying gasoline
engine which operates the harvesting
mechanism Of the machine. This is used
mainly in wet fields where the power
of the harvester is not sufficient to
make Roadway.
More than 40000000 pounds of coca
leaves are raised by the farmers OF
South Africa, large proportion OF
which are sent to this country to be
used in the manufa cture of cocaine.
Mrs. c. c. Dodd of Laredo, Tex, sold
over $4,000 worth of onions from 13C
acres of land.
At the RamsdelI farm in Minot, Me.
electricity runs the feeding gear, rings
an alarm for the hired hands, operates
four clocks sounds an alarm of chicken
thieves and fires, saws wood, runs q
tflreshing machine, separator, corr
shelter, grindstone, tanning mill and
sewing machine.
White strawberries, which were
brought from the West Indies many
years ago, are being successfully Gull
tivated near Roxbury, Mass. These
berries are also cultivated to some ex-
tent in Michigan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-07
FALL CARE OF THE EVE FLOCK

It has been my experience In nan
ding breeding ewes that one cannot
Mace too much Importance upon plan
ming their feeding and management SO
that nv the time the mating season
arrives the ewes will be in vigorous.
aesh forming condition. 1t is a serious
mistake to have the breeding ewes in
moor rundown and unthrifty condition
at mating time.
The late summer is very trying
time on the breeding ewes, and unless
man maintains the flock in strong,
vigorous condition, deleterious inf1u-
ences are bound to creep in and cut
down the annual profits. 1t is very
desirable at weaving time to have an
abundance of pasture and supplemental
forage crops, so that the ewes may be
able TO recover their normal condition
gradually and be ready to be mated as
soon as the mating period arrives.
| Ewes that have sucked their lambs
well during the summer are sure to be
| reduced in flesh at weaving time, and
every effort should be made to bring
them to a strong, vigorous condition
before the mating season arrives. The
ewes that produce the best lambs at
weaving time are usually the best
breeders in the flock and should be
given the best food and care. Right
here many flock owners make mis-
take by disposing of the ewes that show
lack of condition when weaving time
| comes.
The safest way to judge the value
of a breeding eve is to examine the
1 quality of the lambs at weaving time
In nine cases out of ten we will fine
that the best lambs belong to the in
dividuals that are run down in fiesf
and show lack of condition. Many
make mistake by feeding the ewes
a ration of fat-producing foods to hurry
along their condition, but this is no
to be recommended except in extreme
cases.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-07

vac penetrate its walls. find their wa,
into the connective tissue and gradual
~ burroW their way therein until they
arrive at the one part of the body in
which they are invariably found.
The latter theory is little credited
by practical stockmen and veterin,
arians. If it is correct, how comes T.
that the grubs are found in but on,
part of the body? And that we do no
come across them in their travels.
through the tissues?
prevention of these pest is to be
sought by applying fly repellers to the
backs of the cattle during fly time and
washing their backs with strong salt
water during late fall; then each grub
that natures should be squeezed gu,
and destroyed.
The grub causes much misery to
their living host and cause serious
damage to the hide for the purposes OF
the tanner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-07
BY W. R. WRIGHT.
Oklahoma Experiment Station.

Many persons who desire to transfer
their bees do not understand the best
method to use to make the operation
success, hence detailed directions are
given below.
Secure bee VEIL smoker. a long
bladed knife, the wire from an old
broom or two, pair of wire pliers and
cutter, two or three rolls of old cotton
cloth, some matches, piece of stout
string, an ak or Ratchet, and a pair of
gloves, if you wish to protect your
hands from possible stings.
Place the new hive near the colony
to be transferred and have about half
of the frames full of foundation; the
remaining four or five frames are to
be reserved for holding comb taken, a
little later, from the old hive.
The wires may be passed around the
frames lengthwise, but such an ar
| rangement will make it necessary to
remove the frames from the hive at a
later date, after the combs, which have
been held in place by the wires, have
been securely fastened to the frames.
After starting good smoke in the
bee smoker. putting on the bee veil and
gloves. tying down the trouser legs
one is all ready to make the transfer
An assistant is desirable, but not q
necessity.
Take from the new hive the frames
that are to contain the combs to bt
cut from the old hive and place then
on wide board or a small table.
Now go to the colony and puff il
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-07
GRUBS IN THE BACKS OF COWS
SHOULD BE LOCATED AND REMOVED THEIR PRESENCE CAUSES
i ram AND INJURY TO CATTLE

The eggs then hatch out and the
young larvae, after penetrating the
deeper layer of the skin, form sac in
the connective tissue, where they live
and grow in collection of inf1amma-
tory lymph.
This inf1ammatory fluid is caused by
the irritation set up by the constant
movement of the hard bristles protrud-
ing from the segments of the body of
the grub.
An orifice will be found in the top of
each MARBLE and through it the grub
obtains air while growing and makes
Its escape from the skin when fully
matured in the spring.
OF recent years government investi-
gators have published a different
theory to the effect that the fly deposits
her eggs upon the legs and heels of
the animal, which ticks them off and
swallows them, whereupon the eggs
hatch in the outlet and the young lar
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-07
TRANSFERRING BEE COLONIES
Easily Done If the Simple Working Directions
Given Below Are Followed
Directions

some smoke at the entrance. then Jar
the hive by light blows. then puff in
more smoke and jar the hive again.
This should be done four or five times
to cause the bees to fill themselves
with honey. Bees with well-filled
honey sacks are not inclined to sting.
A forenoon hour of some pleasant day
should be chosen for this operation.
There are some advantages in wrap
ping strings about frames instead of
using wires, for the bees will remove
the strings, while the wires will re-
main until removed by the apiarist.
A small whisk broom or turkey
feather will be a great aid in encour
aging the bees to travel in the right
direction.
After the preliminary smoking and
drumming the hive should be turned
bottom up and an empty box put on
top, and the drumming and smoking
continued until most of the bees have
passed up into the box
The new hive, now standing where
| the old hive stood, will soon have re-
turning workers rushing in and out, sc
the new hive should be supplied with
combs from the old ones as quickly as
possible; then the box of bees should
be shaken into the top or onto board
or paper in front. Care should be
taken that not many bees are crushed
and that nearly all get into the new
hive, or the queen may be lost, bring
ing about failure. Scraps of honey
should be carried to the house and
honey drips carefully washed up, or
there may be a bad case Of robbing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-07
SIDE LIGHTS ON HOME LIFE

establishment of the house and its sur
roundings. Even poverty is poor ex-
cuse for ugliness in our home. Tinted
walls cost no more than cold, stark
white ones. Pictures-and good ones
pictures that show true art and appeal
to our sense of beauty and purity, are
so cheap that they can be made to
cover every unlovely spot in the house.
Expensive floor coverings are not neces-
sary to give charm and comfort to the
house. Rugs and carpets whose soft
colors are much more beautiful than
many of the cheap and Gaudy things
sold in the store can be manufactured
at home. Furniture more substantial,
more comfortable and with lines more
artistic and beautiful than the flimsy
and hideous stuff offered by shopkeep-
ers can be made by the men and boys