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The herald., 1912-04-25
WOMAN IN MORTAL FEAR OF LAX
MAN" POLICE FIND "DYNA-
MITE" OLD BATTERY.

In mortal fear of the 'aXman,' Bes-
sic Jones, a negress, complained TO the
Algiers police that her life was in dan
ger and asked for protection. The wo-
man, who lives at No. 1908 Brooklyn
avenue, turned over to Sergeant Stro-
bel a letter which she had received and
said that she had found a can of dyna-
mite under her house.
The police had much difficulty in
making out the letter and succeeded IN
deciphering only part of it because
of the poor writing. The part they
read was a quotation from the Bible
as follows: when He maketh inquisi
ton for blood he remembereth them
He forgetteth not the cry of the hum
BILE" The quotation is from the psalms
chapters 8 and IL, according to the let
ter.
At the woman's home Patrolman ia
cob Wolverton picked up the supposed
can of dynamite, which proved to be
nothing more than an old storage bat
terry, much the worse for wear and en-
tirely harmless. 1t appeared to have
been scorched at one end. The officer
learned that the Jones woman's step
father died two years ago and left mo-
ney to her mother, and that since then
the dead mans relatives and the
Joneses have been on bad terms. 1t is
supposed that the letter was the out
come of this trouble.
The police do not consider the case
seriously, but the woman appears much
disturbed over the occurrence and fears
that someone will attempt to do her
bodily harm.
The herald., 1912-04-25

Mrs. (Dr.) Klienpeter and daughter
of Lafourche, La, are visiting Mrs.
Rousseau of Olivier street.
Senator-elect and Mrs. w. T. Chris
ty will, leave Saturday for Washington.
Mrs. Christy will remain in Washing
ton, the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Bancroft Weaver, while Mr.. Christy
goes to Cleveland and later to Harris
burg as a delegate to Railroad Engi-
neers Convention.
The Royal Pleasure Club of Algiers
will give their third moonlight ride on
the steamer Sidney Tuesday, April 30,
1912. An enjoyable time is promised
all who attend.
The following clipping was sent to
the Herald by Nicholas Sirey, with the
request that it be published:
Nicholas Sirey, whose name was
mentioned with that of Frank Spahr in
an article in The States on Tuesday,
referring to a shooting affair, declares
the report in error. He says the shoot
ing was unintentional and accidental,
being the outcome of joke. He de,
MES the ownership of the gun which
was used, as the weapon belonged to
Spahr. 81 neither owned nor carried a
gun in my life and had no intention
nor desire to shoot Mr.. Spahr, says
Sirey, who, fortunately, suffered no
bodily injury as a consequence of this
joke"
Miss Adella Ehrhardt and Warren
Russell were quietly married by Judge
Maher Tuesday evening, April %.
Mrs. Hicks and son, of Slidell ave
nue., left last Sunday for Bay st. Louis
for one weeks stay, the guests of Mrs
Frand Lecourt.
Miss Myrtle Classen, daughter OF
Capt. Classen, was surprised last Fri
day by a bevy of charming young girls
They presented her with a white sur
shade, fan and bouquet of flowers
The herald., 1912-04-25
TWO SUBMARINE BOATS FOR NEW
ORLEANS.

While it had been rumored for two
or three days after the House naval
affairs committee considered the naval
appropriation bill that it would recon-
mend four submarine boats, two of
which are to be stationed at New Or
leans, and the other two on the Pacific
coast, the action of the committee was
not definitely known until Saturday.
Representative Estopinal, who is a
member of the committee, announced
Saturday he had secured two of the
four submarines recommended for New
Orleans.
The securing of the two submarines
for New Orleans is the second valua.
BILE service rendered New Orleans by
Mr.. Estopinal within the last two
weeks. Last week he secured reten.
ton of the Algiers navy yard, despite
Secretary Meyers recommendation
that it be closed. These two items are
the first steps toward elimination OF
the plan of fortifying the mouth of the
Mississippi river, which Representa-
tive Estopinal is working on.
The herald., 1912-04-25
What Problem Is.

The problem is this: The law re-
quires that a person to vote in any
precinct must have lived in that pre-
cinct six months. Under the law the
date for the primary for city Offices is
not a definite one, which makes it diff
ficult to fix the six months previous
date in accepting changes of residence
affidavits. In other words, the date for
the general election for city offices, ac-
cording to the law, will fall on Nov. 5.
The primary must be held not less
than sixty nor more than seventy days
prior to that date. This will make the
primary election due between Aug. 26
and Sept. 5. AS it is usually held on
Tuesday, this will make the date Sept
3, If that custom is adhered to. But
under the law the date may be any day
between August 26 and September 5.
Now if voter comes into the Office of
the registrar to change his residence
address, and he has moved prior to
Feb. 26, he will be all right because
he will have been in his new precinct
six months when the city primary is
held any day between Aug. rs and
Sept. 5. But if he had moved on, say,
March 5, and the election is held Sept.
8, he would not be in the precinct six
months.
The herald., 1912-04-25
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
A Tip to the Parents.

Our people are suffering from a Sc
ries of depredations which makes pub
lie and private improvements such as
tree planting, garden making and the
like, doubtful benefits. The writer
hopes the attention of parents may be
given to the matter, that the chill
dren be instructed in the duty of car
ing for such improvements, public or
private; that they be told of the pleas
ure that results from such preserva-
ton, not only to the owner, but TO ev-
cry citizen who may pass that way.
A suggestive few may indicate the
wanton destruction that handicaps
many good things in our district. New
trees, set out, have had their bark
whitfield by idle boys till the chipping
has almost ''ringed" the tree; this
means it death. Others have been mu-
tilated by wandering cows and goats.
Boys mount small trees, as those in
front of McDonogh School No. 4, and
try to avoid the blows of one who
jumps from the pavement to strike at
their legs. Fun for the boys, but death
to the trees. The number of private
gardens rified is too great to be named,
but, when for two successive Sundays,
all roses within reach of the boys are
taken from a public school yard, one
whose every beauty has been paid for
by the taxes of the citizens or of direct
donations of the patrons and friends
of the school, the folly of not impress
ing the need of preserving, of caring
for things of beauty is apparent.
Small plots are not exempt from the
vandals. People of limited means,
with but a bit of ground to give them
the pleasure of green things growing"
have their few best plants taken root
and branch.
Are we to let this continue? IL
each parent believes his child not a
culprit, and shuts his eyes to the fact
that children do things of which par
ents know nothing, We may look to a
long continuance. II. NJ. A.
The herald., 1912-04-25
THREATENING LETTERS.

Recorder Golf fned4ucy Miller, who
is also known as Mrs. L. Francois, SIS
or thirty days Saturday morning when
she appeared before the court. 1t is
alleged that a threatening letter re-
ceived by Patrolman Prados came from
the woman. Corporal Roussell and
Patrolman Prados went to her home,
PIG Slidell avenue, and the woman be-
came abusive when questioned about
the letter. She was Jailed for this dis
turbance. The police say she operates
a fortune telling establishment and, al
though they have made every effort to
get evidence against her, they have
failed. AS a result of this investiga-
ton she is said to have written the
letter.
The herald., 1912-04-25
ELOCUTION CLASS.

Beginning May 4 our district will
have a branch of the N. o. College OF
Oratory established.
Mrs. Aline La CIRQUE, who is well
known as an instructor in elocutior
and dramatic art, will be in charge Of
the class. Lessons will also be given
in physical culture and singing. The
classes will be held every Saturday a.
1890 o'clock a. m. at the Convent, cor
ner Olivier and Eliza streets. The
terms will be one dollar a month.
Mrs. La CIRQUE has quite a reputation
along these lines and will undoubtedly
receive much encouragement and pat
ronage from our people.
The herald., 1912-04-25
THE FERRY coMPANY'S POSITION

The following was received Monday
afternoon by Mayor Behrman from W.
J. Verlander, president of the South
ern Improvement and Ferry Company,
relating to the suggestions made by
City Engineer Hardee relative to i'm
provements to be made to the landings,
ferry-houses and boats of the company,
both at the Canal street landing and
that on the Algiers side, and which the
city engineer claims come under the
provisions of the franchise granted by
the city to the company:
in response to the communication
from Mr.. w. j. Hardee, city engineer,
of date April Il, 1912, in which he
requested that reply be made to you,
we would respectfully state that the
position of the Southern Improvement
and Ferry Company is that it has al
ways in every respect complied with
its franchise obligations, and, as point
ed out in a previous letter, had done
many things in the interests of it's
patrons that it was not required to do
by its franchise.
1T is the desire of the Ferry Com
pany at all times to do everything
within reason for the convenience and
comfort of its patrons, whether the
same be franchise obligation or not,
and it is with that idea in view it has
submitted the suggestions embodied in
the letter Of the city engineer to the
engineer Of the company, in order that
he may give an opinion as to the ad-
visibility and the cost of these recon-
mendations.
I'VE have requested that he submit
at the earliest popssible moment his re-
Spouse. and as soon as the same is re-
ceived we will take the matter up with
you. AS all of the requests made by
the city engineer are not franchise OBJ.
legations, you can appreciate the rea-
sonableness of our request in asking
for time to have our engineer make an
estimate of the ACCESSIBILITY and cost
Of same before giving a definite reply
as to what our position will be with
relation to the matter"
The herald., 1912-04-25
CANAL STREET FERRY IMPROVE
MENTS.

The requirements of the city in the
way of changes and improvements in
the ferry-houses, landings and boats of
the Southern Improvement Company,
which operates the Canal Street fer
ries, to make those features of the
company's business comply with the
provisions of the charter granted to
the company by the city, are set forth
fully in a communication sent by City
Engineer Hardee to President w. j..
Verlander, of the Ferry Company, and
which was accompanied by blue prints
showing plainly what is required. Mr..
Verlander was requested by Captain
Hardee to advise Mayor Behrman what
his company will do in the way of COM
plying with the requirements. The
particular changes and Improvements.
as set forth by the city engineer are:
At Canal Street Ferry-house-That it
have three doors, instead of two, as
| at present, and that the office and tick
| ct window extend to the front of the
building, instead of the vestibule now
in the center. That the railing sepa-
rating the embarking from the debark-
| ing passengers be extended to the
front of the building, so as to provide
| separate spaces for the embarking and
debarking passengers throughout the
entire building. That doors at the
front for debarking passengers be hung
so as to open out only, and those for
embarking passengers so as to open
in only.
Canal Street Ferry Landing-The
erection of a rail across the pontoon
! so as to provide separate and distinct
spaces for embarking and debarking
passengers. Additional openings or
gangways in the deckrail on each boat
for the use of debarking passengers.
The erection of an open galvanized
iron shed across the pontoon for the
width of and on a line with the width
of the embarking passenger gangway,
and the same for the debarking pas
senger gangway.
Algiers Ferry-house-That tickets be
sold from a window at the front of the
house only, where a window has been
provided, and not from the inside. That
the rail between the embarking and
debarking passengers be extended to
the front of the buildings, so as to pro.
vide separate embarking and debark.
ing spaces through the whole building
That the doors for the two classes be
hung as specified for the Canal Street
ferry-house.
Algiers Ferry Landing-That the
outer end of the section of the vehicle
gangway, which is next to the levee
and now stationary, be hung on hinges
so as to raise and lower, in order to
: effect uniform plane at low water fol
the entire vehicle gangway from the
, top of the levee to the pontoon. THAI
the outer end of both sections of the
passenger gangways be lowered ap
, prpoximately one and half feet, so as
to effect f1atter slope Of the movable
sections of these gangways at low wa
ter.
The complaint that the Ferry Com
pany was not providing a service ant
accommodations in accordance will
the requirements of it's franchise wa:
made some time since to the mayor
The herald., 1912-04-25
RECEIVING VISITORS.

His many friends will be glad TO
know that Mike Rooney, Chief Clerk
to the Mayor, has successfully passed
through another surgical operation at
Hotel Dieu He was operated on last
week by DR.. Dana for the radical cure
of hernia. Mr.. Rooney will be con-
fined to his bed for several weeks and
knowing his active disposition we join
with his friends in extending sympathy
during his Imprisonment in his bed at
Hotel Dieu. Mr.. Rooney is now prac-
tically out of danger and is receiving
visitors.
The herald., 1912-04-25
LETTER LIST.

List of unclaimed letters remaining
at Station A, for the week ending April
%, 1912:
Men-Jim Cousin, Ben Franeson
George Makes, Ursin Melville.
Foreign-Messrs. Mcclellan Dock Co
]. H. Wiles, (2).
Women-Miss Louevinia Jackson
Miss Eveline Layton.
A. F. LEONHARDT, P. NJ
J. w. DANIELS, Supt. Sta. A.
The herald., 1912-04-25
LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL Is, 1912.

by the Algiers Improvement Associa-
ton The mayor referred the subject
to the city engineer, who in turn made
an inspection, and the above are his
recommendations as to what is nee
essary for compliance with the fran.
chise by the Ferry Company. The
mayor is awaiting the company's reply
through President Verlander. as to
whether or not it will comply with
these specifications without any other
process.
The herald., 1912-04-25
PERSONALS
AND OTHERWISE

o,narintendent Gwinn is making ar
angements for an excursion of teach
~. 10 the Isthmus of Panama after the
Icing of the Tulane Summer Normal
School, Aug. Il.
In the contest for the alumni medal
., the New Orleans College of oratory,
rh,ch was held Thursday night at
c,ule's Auditorium, Miss Sadie Vezien,
Tho recited The World Without
nreamers," was awarded the medal.
Miss yezien is one of our most accom-
,l,sbed and popular young ladies and
her many friends congratulate her on
her recent success.
The city ordinance regulating the
,ongth of hat pins TO be worn on wo-
mems hats, inspired by the Era Club,
wss passed at the meeting of the city
oouncil Wednesday without a dissent
ing vote
DIR. A. c. King, Dr. ]. Z. Pollock and
Duyic were guests of DR.. c. v.
Kr.ft last week at his camp on Bay
Adam.
Dr W. H. Weaevr of Ocean Springs,
Miss. was visitor to our town yes
terday.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Heath visited
Ocean Springs last week. They have
leased one of the Bellande cottages of
that place for the summer.
Rev. ]. F. Solier, S. NJ, provincial
for the Marist Order in the United
States, has been the guest of Rev. T.
/ Larkin. Father Solier is making a
visitation of the Marist houses in his
territory.
Horace Nelson spent few days with
his parents.
The marriage of Miss Ruth Cucich
10 Fred SPOTS, of Terre Haute, Ind.
will take place on April 30, at $3.50
o'clock p. m. at the Church of the Holy
Name of Mary. Friends are invited
through this medium to be present al
the ceremony.
Mrs. ]. Albert Guillot and little
daughter Adele were visitors to Lafay
cite, La, where they were the guests
Of Miss Alice Guillot.
Gov. Sanders appointed Senator
Robert E. O'Connor as delegate from
louisiana to the Good Roads Congress:
Of the National Good Roads Associa
ton, to be held next month.
DR.. and Mrs. J. r. Adams returned
Friday from Corsicana, Tex, where
they were the guests of relatives.
Mrs. A. c. CARROTS and Louis Joret
Of Morgan City, were guests of Mrs
W. A. Nelson last week.
Miss Alr1a Smith left yesterday fol
Baton Rouge TO visit friends.
Mrs. AL Verret and Miss A. Kerl
we're visitors to Morgan City recently
Miss Beulah Borne is the guest o
her sisters in Pointe-a-la-Hache, La.
Mrs. B. Herman has returned to he
home in Lake Charles after visitin,
her mother, Mrs. Geary.
SITS. John Chapter No. 50, o. E. s.
held very interesting meeting Mon
day evening at Masonic Hall. TIL,
Grand Worthy Patron and several Wis
itors fro mthe city chapters were pres
ent One candidate was initiated.
The herald., 1912-04-25
REMEMBER

In all business, the house that completes
for quality and service insures TO its
customer the best guarantee against
being robbed.
The herald., 1912-04-25
Many Voters Will Apply.

There will be many voters who will
apply to have their residence address
changed on the rolls long before the
date for the primary is fixed definitely.
The Press., 1912-08-07
rhm 9analaeM.

The banshee is the domestic ghost oI spirit attached to certain Irish or high land Scottish households and is sup posed to take an interest in the welfare of the family generally and especially to vail at the death of any one of its members, The hanshee is pictured ir Irish folklore under the form of little old woman with long hair, which she continually combs. at the same time keeping up an Incessant weeping and wailing. The incident of the comb is exactly similar to the legend of the German Iorelei. a spirit which sings while the banshee weeps, as an accom-. paniment The proud distinction of possessing a private banshee is allow ed only to families of pure MiIesian stock The word is derived from the Gaelic ban-sith, a woman fairy.
The Press., 1912-08-07
THE FOURTH DIMENSION.
This Tells What It Is, Though Yo'
 May Not Quite Grasp lt.

This Tells What It Is, Though You
 May Not Quite Grasp It.
 The fourth dimension is a property of space quite beyond the sense per ception of men, an abstraction derived from the results obtained by well com prehended processes in the higher mathematics Certain things happen in these computations which are in no way susceptible of explanation in q space restricted to the three tea chest dimensions of length. breadth and thickness From a sufficiently consid erable number of such phenomena the theory has been evolved that space has Ia fourth dimension.
 In the common progress of mathe- matIcal study the need of such trans cendentaI dimension first arises in the specific case of that plane section of the cone designated the hyperbOla. At an infinite as well as in all intermedi- ate distances of that curve from the point of origin the line is continuous in given direction: if now to infinity single unit be added the curve comes into view in the diametrically opposite direction aEs H- ... esfa
 In this elementary demonstration the fourth spatiaI dimension appears to suggest sphericity. but this Is only the beginning. 1t is still under careful ex- animation by mathematicians Sciol- ists at one time seized upon the idea in explanation of thought transference. psychic phenomena and the whole hoo doc range in general.-New York Sun.
The Press., 1912-08-07
The old TabIeboard.

Perhaps no great difference exists between any mode of the olden times and that of today than can be seen in the manner of serving the meals of the family In the first place the very din ing table of the colonists was not like our present ones. 1t was long and narrow board, sometimes but three feet wide, with no legs attached to it It was laid on supports or trestles shaped something like a sawhorSt' Thus it was literally board and was called q tableboard. and the linen GOV CT used at meals was not called !" tabhrlOth but a boa ardcloth or boar clothes
The Press., 1912-08-07
HOME NEWS.
Eyes examined free at Buskirk's

My store will not be open Friday evenings during July and August. E. l.. Burr.
 Eyes examined free at Busklrk's.
 Special ordere taken for Dress Goods, Silks, Linens and Cotton Washable Fab rics from large assortment of samples at very low prices at John Anthony's. Prompt and reliable watch repairing at Buskirk's the jeweler.
The Press., 1912-08-07
Cocaine.

Travellers in Peru and countrie. where cOca grows chew the leaves ot this plant for the purpose of aIlaying the sense of hunger and the feeling ot exhaustion that accompanies 1t At first the leaves were thought to possess food elements, but now it is known that the cOcaine they contain merely aIlays the durability of the nerves that produce the sense of hunger Co caine is an aikaloid made from the cOca !eat which has the effect of com pletely destroying the; sensibility of nerves The discovery of this active principle of the coca leaf explained fully and satisfactorily the effect pro. duced by chewing the leaves.
The Press., 1912-08-07
Hadn't saan Them.

"You know" said Miss Oddways looking critically at a picture that a friend had purchased, ''that landscape does remind me so of MT. Vermillion's work You've seen his pictures, of courseT"
 "No." said the friend frankly. "l haven't'- .tF.-. Y ....
 Mot seen Mr. Vermillion's paintings Why. my dear. and you an art con noshureI understand he has a pic ture in every saloon in Paris."-New York Press.
The Press., 1912-08-07
ALastina Example to Him.

A Lasting Example to Him.
 A North Carolina negro was brought out on the gallows to be hanged for murder
 "Henry." said the sheriff. "have you anything to sayT
 "Yas. suh." said the condemned man ''l'se got few words to say. merely wishes to state dat dis suttingly is goin to be a lesson to me."-Saturday ? EveninR Post
The Press., 1912-08-07
TcouhIe.

The worn grny ,,haired man met a mysterious StrahGeE, 4,ae "And who might you ber' asked the. man.
 My name Is Trouble" replied the stranger :3
 strange that ! got these gray hairs lodging you and never met you be fore" said the man.-CinciDnati En Quirer. Vs
The Press., 1912-08-07
What AA MAaHR

Baker, was out In Blakesley's mo tor last week He has everything in It. even pedometer. Barker-You mean a speedometer. old man. A pedOmeter Is aD instrument for meas uring how far you walk. Baker-A All Der's BazaF
The Press., 1912-08-07
A sarioun Aaoman,

"Yes." said the married man medita lively. "when you see woman hang Ing out line of clothes and the line slips and lets, the blessed lot down in the mud. that, my boy. Is the psyche logical moment in which to leave that woman alone" -'&~
The Press., 1912-08-07
~ ReoinrnoifN.

There Is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all ones life that word is reciprocity. What you do not wish done to yourself do not do to othera.-Confucius.
The Press., 1912-08-07
an lA Ma

Magistrate Your wife says you grabbed her by the throat 1'eutonic Prisoner Chudge. dot Vos choost q IG~dle choke. Phlladelphia Record