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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-02-13
ECONOMY INXES TN EN- I.

The Young Bros. have installed
a duplicate Of their Diesel engine
at their electric and ice plant,
which is nOH III working condi
ton. New polls have been put up
for the electric wires, and an al
ternating current is to be used.
Morgan City Review.
When it IS remembered that
these engines cost something like
$4,000 piece one maryels that
the electric lighting plant and ice
factory combined in city Of the
size Of Morgan City would justi
fy so heavy an expenditure as $32,
900 for moti1e power alone. The
secret is IN the fact that this par
ticular make of engine pays for
itself in about two years ont Of
its savings from the fuel bil alone.
AS marvellous as this statement
seems to be it is apparently fotti-
fled by the recent act of Messrs
Young BrOs.in this second installa-
ion.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-02-13

money being ready, it is not REQUIRED
The ccaseless flow inio circulation O
fully one million dollars in new gold
additional every day ia telling now
the Treasury surplus and lts entry into
active circulation il also under or
diminished business volume doing
great good for The country. The ex-
pericnces of 1913 and 1893 safeguard
the country against a rope lltion Of the
raids upon our circulating medium
| and will FOR scores OF ycafs render IT
Impossible for organizers Of financial
panic TO again nisIead the people.
Both the present conditions aud the
outlook for the future favor the organ
Izers and reorganzers OF reliable en-
terpriscs. The railway managers are
fully aware of the favorable situation
and are as rapidly as possible placing
their roads in q financial position that
will enable them - carry out fully
increases III equipment and much new
work in the way of feeders and
branches. They arc lo"ing no time
and the country will in a very few
months awake to the realization ct
the fact that railway construction and
railway work of every kind is assum
ing proportions that will 70 far be
yond any of the records made in any
of the past years. II will he confined
to no one section Of the country,
though 1t is altogether probable that
the South and the West, being at this
time less fully supplied with trans
poItation lines, viii receive the benf-
fits resulting from the greater cxpeudi-
ture OF money in road construction.
The East and the North will not lack
IN new line construction aud, in addi |
ton, will have millions of money cx-
pended for rails, cars. motive power
aud other equipment and material |
There are in progress now, fully or
gained and dcGuitly planned, rail
way operations that will change our
present slow return TO prosperity to
great, powerful and widespread acti-
vity that will give fall strength to our
manufacturing establishments and
|ull employment to all Our idle Or
partially employed artisans and labor
ng men. Tie money il here, the
Seen, shrewd energetic managers are
1ere. the conntry needs .he new roads
md the bctterment of the old ones.
The right of reasonable return on in
'estments has been sustained by the
highest Court, the growth in produc.
ions and increase IN inhabtat Is
the traffic and nothing now
tands IN the way Of success to the
and prosperity to the country
t large Enquirer, Cincinnati.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-02-13
THE BANNER OF THE BOSSES.

Communicated
Unfurled aud tlung to the politl
Cal breeze il the Banner of the
Bosses.
Tho plumed Knight il IN the sad
die, but he is riding a biaking
horse. The clansmeD have gather
ed to caucus in the night.
Yet would they seek salvation
in subterfuge, and cover the face
of the political Boss with mask
bearing the semblance OF popular
approval.
Is it possible that the people
can bear with patience this latest
departure of the political path
0nderg
Can the people of this Communi
ty be fooled into the belief, that
the political League, recently born
in the night, and christened on the
morrow, is in reality Citizens
Democratic League. or do they not
appreciate the fact that 1t is but
league of the political Bosses and
Office seekers2
What notice was there given to
the people of this gathering Of the
Clans and who, bn. the CIansmen,
found a welcome tbercg
We know that some OF the peo-
pie can, as Mr.. Lincoln said, abe
fooled some time" and we ere not
surprised that some may be fool
cd this time, but We also know
that all the people are not to be
fooled all the time and that it will
be but very few that are going
to be fooled this time.
Then take down the sign and
dOff the mask-we know yon but
too well.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-02-13
The INAUGURATION.
OFFICE AptUTtNT i.i NERAI

Baton Rouge Feb I. 1900
| TO the Editor ofthe Eborinn,
Dear SRA special train caftyinp
the Governor and staff 10 the Pfesi
Dental inauguration at Washington
ID. C.. will leave New or cans
about nine O'Clock on the evening oI
March !, 1909, via Louisville Il Nash
in New Orleans about The morning ol
March Sth
am reqcEted by the Governor to
cxtend to you IN invitation TO he one
or the party, and to give YOU all data
In connection thcrewith:
The round trip fare including ticket,
sleeper, and lodging on sIecpcfs while
in Washington will be about $33 co..
each passenger. This does not. Of
course, include meals.
A cordial invitation is also extended
to any of the Governors friends who
may care to 20 with you, and the Ia
dies especially are invited A num-
bcr have already consented to 90.
Should you decide to 90 please mott
fy me ut once Of the number that you
will take, as the time is getting short,
and arrangcms9its have to be made
for railroad accommodations, ctc.
Very respectfully,
d. Il. STAFFORD m
Assistant Adjutant General.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-02-13
Figuring 6vs HutCrssr!sas,s.

Commissioner II i5 Elatealct
OF agriculture and commerce
Of the State Of Mississippi IL com
pil'ng operation and roat u
gasoline cars fo ntcru,ban ,ail
ways.
While IL" data includes eirclri
cally propelled cais. Mr Elakeslee
~ partial to gasoline power. He
believes that III the eOursr ~ 4
lew years mississippi Will be
largely covered with ines If one
Kind or the othor.
"A number Of intcIulban lines
have been projected III various
parts Of the state during two ot
three years, and While fcw have
been permanently abandoned there
has been diiliellty IN capltaIizing
them. il is thought however, that
with returning commercial eanll
tons most OF them viii ~ compict-
ed.
IN some sections automobile
lines are alteady IL successful
1pcratlon, but those lines requlr
ng steel rails and good permanent
tracks arc The ones in which Mr..
~ Interested. With
.hcge nnlavorahlo weather cannot
aaSlly lntcffd.l uan',.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-02-13
AFLOAT AGAIN

Mr.. John Drackett raised a
barge at Belle Isle last week
which has been in the water six
years. The barge was t0wed to
the shipyards and is now Oh the
ways. The barge Is in lirst-clasS
condition, not withstanding The
fact that it has been water soaked
fJr so long a period Morgan CiXI
RuRl Topics.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-02-13
THE S0UTH'S COTTON.
The Growth of the Plant De
pends Upon the Climate
Entirely.

|
For y number Of years GIca
Britain has tried to become indie
pendent of the American cotto
grower by raising cotton in he
own great domain. 1t has beeI
hard to convince the obstinate
English people that 1t could no
be done although up to this t!m'
their efforts have ended in to,a
failure.
England's first attempt was il
India. Years of labor and mil
lions of money was spent but thu
results were far from satisfactory
Cotton was grown in India but OF
an inferior quality and such q
small amount was marketable
that 1t did not reduce in the least
the sale of the American product
This failure was an incentive to
greater effort, and the determine
tion of the English to be free from
the American cotton monopoly
was stronger than ever.
! Then they tried Egypt. 1t was
thought that there existed in the
land of the Pharoah's just the right
soil and exactly the right climatic
conditions to raise the feecy stuff,
and the labor was cheap and plen
tiful. The result Of this expert
ment Is u report to the English
Department Of Commerce from the
Consul General at Cairo to the eff
feet that while the area Of land
under cultivation in cotton has
steadily increased, the total cotton
crop has diminished, and the quail
ty Of the cotton is inferior.
Then the English people tried to
raise cotton in South and West
Africa. At very great expense
men were secured from America
who had had large experience in
cotton raising. 1t was thought that
practical men brought from the
country where cotton had reached
its highest state of development
could make cotton grow almost
my old place. These practical
planters brought from the Mis-
Delta have found that the
American cotton is the only cotton
that can be grown with anything
ike success in West Africa. The
enght of It's staple and its
strength compared favorably with
;he American product, but unfor
unately for our English brother
he cotton was stained by aclimat
G conditions and by a red bug that
IbOunds Oh the West of Africa.
n addition to the staining, all the
work has to he done by men with
lOes as the tse gse fly means
leath to horses, mules and cattle
And to add to the difficulty, there
re no transportation facilities by
means of which the cotton can be
and those things neces-
ary to its production procured
Everything has to be carried on
he heads of the natives and they
an only carry about sixty pounds.
Up to the present time no Euro
'ean country has met with sue
ess in the raising of cotton.
)ther governments Of Europe have
bandOneL the attempt and Eng
and alone will not be convinced
hat she comnOt raise cotton that
'ill compete successfulIy0 with
hat sent by the Southern
tates Of this country to all the
larkets of the world.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-02-13
ECONOMY

6elf.denial is q virtue and il
the first step towards economy.
But there is no economy in deny
ing yourself the Iberian's weekly
visits where they only cost you 2
sants pr weak, Or 91.00 per year
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-28
Making "GOOd India nr )"

The greatest difficulty. and most
essential to overcome, lies in training
the Indian to work and to habits OF
Independence. Great success along
these lines has been achieved by Maj.
Reynolds, the agent in the Grow coun-
try, who has converted tribe of
wandering tent dwellers into prosper
Gus farmers. He called the tribe to-
gether, and, much as one narrating
a fairy tale, told them of the down
east county fair-the horse racing, the
creased pig and the f'ippery pole.
The curiosity of the Indians was
aroused. A down east fair" was or
ganized, and then Maj. Reynolds
craftily suggested the agricultural
feature. A spirit of emulation in the
production of prize pumpkins was
aroused; an agricultural society was
organized. On the occasion of the in
dustrial fair of September, 1905.
hundreds of Indians from different
tribes assembled. There were thirty
or more entries in the contest for
farm teams. In the driving team
competition Chief Plenty-Coos was
beaten by a squaw. Now the Crows
have an agricultural hall, pig and
poultry building and stock stable, and
the fair is a cherished institution
Harper's Weekly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-28
The Names of Dogs.

Spanieis are so called because the
original breed of this type came from
Spain. The Blenheim spaniel got his
name from Blenheim palace, where
this dog first gained popularity in the
time of the great Duke of Marlbor-
Ough. In the same way the King
Charles spaniel owes its name to the
Merry Monarch. Fox terriers did not
gain their names from a likeness to
the fox. but from the fact that for
merly they were used in hunting
foxes. Many years ago they were
sent by their masters down the foX's
hurrow to draw and kill their quarry.
1t was in those days a saying that
good fox terrier never came out of
burrow without the fox. He either
brought out his prey dead or never
came out alive himself.
The bulldog used to drive cattle
and was trained to meet the rushes
of his enormous charges by gripping
them in their most vulnerable spot
the nose. Thus in time he became
known as the bulldog. The dachs-
hund is a German dog, and, as his
name indicates when translated, was
used for hunting badgers. Hence his
name-badger dog. Among hunters
in the Fatherland this breed Is still
popular, although as a rule they are
now too delicate to face such fero-
cious fighter as the badger.
Spitz dogs are so named owing to
their sharp noses. This Is also a
German name, spitz meaning sharp
pointed. Another name for this
breed is Dalmatian dog, because his
native home was in Dalmatia. Chic
ago News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-28
neutrality-suspicious.
DEFENSE OF
!. PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Augustus D. Small. Headmaster of
the High School, South Boston, Mass.
in an article on 1.-The Public Schools
and West Point" which appears in
the North American Review. defends
the public schools against the criti-
cism aimed at them by Colonel Chas.
W. Larned, U. s. A., in his recent ar
ticle on "The 1nefficiency of the Pub
lie Schools" Colonel Larned based
his judgments upon the results of
the examination held at West Point
last March, the participants in which
were almost entirely graduates of
tine public schools. Mr.. Small takes
issue with Colonel Larned on the
ground, among others, that few pupils
in the public schools look forward to
a military career. and that there is
no reason to believe that the candi-
dates in the West Point examinations
represent the best results of public
school teaching. Mr.. Small con-
cludes:
do we forget that the appoint
ing power rests with Congressman
and that they are supposed to be poll
ticians? Not in the least. We would
not change that at all. The repre-
sentation Of districts in our National
Academies is a most excellent factor.
1t is commendable. The Congress
man, however, who has the option Of
sending up we'll qualified boy to
whom the Academy doors would free
ly open, or of sending up doubtfully
prepared one to be examined, would
not hesitate long or decide the wrong
way many times. The writer speaks
advisedly, and he has confidence in
the intelligence and craftsmanship of
our Congressman, who would prefer
to see the district we'll represented
and the appointee winning a position
of recc gnized merit. The plan might
happily save him, and save West
Point, from his friends. Without
doubt, all patriotic citizens would re-
joice in the advantage which such
method OF appointment would confer
upon our favored and honoysd Ma.
tional Academies"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-28

, four mile sections every twenty-four
hours.
The pipe line, which is the inven-
tion of John D. Isaacs and Buckner
Speed, is first rifled. These rifles, or
corrugations, says the Technical
World, are about one-eighth Of an
inch in depth and make one complete
revolution of the pipe line in every
ten lineal feet.
Instead of heating the oil to thin
it and make it travel the more easily
through the pipe, as is the custom on
all the Pennsylvania, Indiana and
Virginia lines. the heavy black fluid
in this case is shot into the pipe cold
with ten per cent. addition of water.
The centrifugal force given to the
whole mass by the rifling of the pipe
throws the water to the outside,
forming a perfect sheath of coating
in which the oil travels completely
separated from the guardian water
This film between the oil and the pipe
naturally reduces the friction to a
great degree, as well as carrying
along the oil at much greater speed
than thinner oil of higher gravity,
much easier to move, has ever been
carried.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-28
SHIPPERS FIGHT WITH WHALE.

sKIPPER's FIGHT WITH WHALE.
From the deck of the little coasting
steamer Coos Bay, Captain James
Bowen waged a battle with a man.
moth whale which his vessel was off
Cayucos, on her way up the coast.
The whale was observed making
straight for the steamer, and Bowen
was obliged to put his vessel on ..
different course to avoid collision
with the mammal. Even this action
of the skipper did not suffice to keep
the Coos Bay out of danger, and.
drawing revolver, the captain
opened fire upon his enemy.
Twice he emptied the contents of
the revolver's chambers, but the lead
en- missiles apparently had little effect
upon the mammal, as 1t renewed its
attack upon the vessel. Finally, in
last effort to escape from the whale.
the skipper of the steamer ordered
full speed ahead, and gradually the
Coos Bay crept ahead of her pursuer.
Speaking of the experience shortly
after the Coos Bays arrival In port,
one member Of the crew said:
For some moments it looked like
the whale would surely hit US, and
considerable excitement was caused
aboard the ship. The mammal was
all of 100 feet long and seemed Of
particularly vicious species.
"Even when Captain Bowen dis
charged his revolver at 1t the whale
kept coming after us, although the
water was dyed with blood. But for
the fact that the old Coos Bay was
able to crowd on a little steam we
would have come into port with some
scars where the whale hit us with his
flukes.
"The first time we caught sight of
the whale was off Cayucos, and 1t
kept following us right along the
coast, sometimes almost abeam of the
ship and but hundred yards off,"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-28
THURMONT COUNTY, Md THURSDAY JANUARY 1909

Then he turned and slowly came
back to her side. There was an un
comfortable drawn look about his
lips, and his eyes were dull as he
watched her mechanically smoothing
the folds of her dress.
"How do you know that it is Box
hara?" Re asked in low, steady
voice.
II made-papa-tell me"
II am sorry you did that-ex'
tremely sorry. Tell me-does my
mother know?"
mo. No one beyond myself. But
you must tell her. 1t is better that
she should know--even that 1t is
Bokhara-than be kept In ignorance
and suspense. l think-that you do
not quite understand--women!"
II thought there was something on
the old gentleman's mind" said Win.
yard, suddenly changing his manner
Nevertheless, still maintain that
you are looking at the worst side o!
things. There may be one or two
risks; butt am very lucky fel.
low, you know, and generally turn ur
smiling at the end of difficulty"
II think" said Lena, remorselessly
refusing to smile, that your talents
are a decided loss to the British
stage"
He looked fixedly at her, as If at.
tempting to penetrate the obscurity;
but she kept her face averted, and he
could read nothing from the dainty
coils Of hair turned toward him.
Then the tone of his voice changed
again; he dropped his usual semi.
bantering style, and spoke as she had
never heard him speak, except on the
occasion of the first rehearsal, in a
voice which conveyed a happy mix.
ture of pathos and philosophical in.
difference.
81 have a difficult part to play" he
said, "and you are making it doubly
So"
She did not understand him. Her
only feeling was one of anger at her
own slowness of comprehension; she
felt that there was a deeper meaning
in the words than she had caught,
and the moments were slipping
slipping away.
They got through the third act sue.
cessfully, and the curtain descended
in silence. This only lasted, how.
ever, moment, and was quickly fol-
lowed by deafening applause. 1t had
been almost too real. The music.
the lowered lights and perhaps the
dull excitement of the approaching
farewell. had affected the actors. and
into their parts they threw an in
tensity and earnestness which in the
business-like rehearsals had been be-
yond tn cir powers.
1t was one o'clock before the last
of the guests at length drove away,
and VINEYARD ran upstairs to change
his clothes for the long journey be-
fore him.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-28
A RIFLED PIPE LINE.
1t is 2s2 Miles Long and Taps the
California Oil Fields.

The most remarkable pipe line in
the world, line of eight inch pipe
2S2 miles long, has just been COM
pleted in the California oil fields. 1t
runs from Oil City, in the famous
Coalinga country, to the seaboard
near Port Costa, and it's length is the
least wonderful thing about it.
In this immense tube, with pump
ing stations twenty-four miles apart,
o complete inner tube of flying, whirl-
ing water keeps the heavy crude oil
from contact with the steel pipe.
The well known antipathy of oil
and water keeps the carried fluid and
the carrier apart, but until the au-
tumn of 1907 this comparatively SIM
pie principle had not been brought
into use, and the problem of the
transportation of oil was the greatest
the producers of the West Coast had
to face.
Now this great obstacle has been
removed, and Harrimans engines on
the Southern Pacific and the furnaces
of his steamers which are soon to
ply the Pacific will be fed from this
line, by which 1900 to 10000 bar
rels of thick IA degree fuel oil can
be moved over one of the twenty
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-28
CHAPTER XXI.
Behind the Scene.

The critical moment had come.
The stage was ready, the footlights
burning cheerily, and Colonel Wright
was at his post, with the curtain
cords held tightly. Through the cur
tain came the buzz of many voices,
slightly hushed by expectation.
Charles Mistley rose to the occa-
sion. quietly and steadily, as was his
wont. He appeared to know every
ones part as we'll as his own; but
only displayed this knowledge when
absolutely necessary, for he possessed
a virtue without which no man is a
leader absolute faith IN those be-
meath him.
The curtain descended at the end
of the second act amid great ap-
plause; but when this had died away,
sudden silence supervened. There
was vague feeling among the au-
d.tors that crisis was coming; that
they had been made to laugh simply
in order that they might the more
easily be made to weep. Sad and
softly signing music, which works on
the human feelings like water on a
penny bun, softening and enlarging,
now followed.
Charl IS Mistley had decreed that
the longest interval should be be-
tween the third and fourth acts, on
the consideration that suspense
sharpens the mental appetite. Few
alterations were required on the stage
and Winyard was setting straight
things that were already straight-a
way we sometimes nave when expec-
tation Is pressing on ur, when Mabel
Scndford hurried out of the Jedies'
dressing roor.
"Winyard," she said in whisper,
81 am awfully ;.fraid Miss Wright Is
going to break down. When went
into our dressing rom just now, she
was as white as sheet. She said
there was nothing the matter, and
went out into the conservatory, be-
lieve; but / saw her lips trembling,
and she walked unsteadily. | don't
want to alarm you unnecessarily, be-
cause am sure you must be getting
tired yourself, but glass Of wine or
something would probably put her
right"