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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-14
BLANKETS AND coMFoRTABLEs

Are coming in for their share of at
tention just now at II. j. Merrick's
Store, 1SS Water ST. Blankets
those nice warm ones-from soc. up to
$500 the pair. Comfortables they're
here too, filled with nice. clean cotton
and priced from St.00 to $3.50. Large
stock and prices that will save you
money.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-14
MOLASSES FEED.

An excellent quality of molasses
feed for mich cows is sold at II. NJ.
Springers Feed Store, 156 Water st.
Farmers who have been purchasers of
"Molasses Feed" for their cows
bought of this concern, report that
excellent results We're obtained by it's
use. Plenty of the above named
merchandise for sale here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-14
ToNIcS AND TISSUE

Builders. now IS the time to take then.
in order to fortify your system
against the cold winter weather and
the different diseases that come with
it. Kenney's East Side Drug Store
recommend A. d. S. Iron Tonic Bltters
Its an excellent tonic. 1t will make
you stronger, YOU will feel better and
it will help keep you we'll SO Cony
c.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-14
Official Interpreta-
ton of Postal Law.

Requests by Printers Ink and other
publications for rulings ON questions
arising from the new postal law, has
brought forth the following reply:
PosToFFICE DEPARTMENT
THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER
GENERAL WASHINGTON
OCTOBER q. 1872
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-14
SHOES FOR ALL

Members of the family can be iouna
at c. S. York's Shoe Store, 169 Water
ST, the kind that give service. honest
shoe value. and the sort OF. SHOES
that fit and feel comfortable. Shoe
comfort" honest shoe value ana
variety of the best made shoes car
ried anywhere-makes combination
that pleases customers here every
trading daV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-14
"THlNGs THAT ARE ARTISTIC"

The above expression applies in
many ways to the variety of artistic
things that are displayed at Lunt &
Brann Cos. Store. 1S9 Water ST. If You
haven't visited this store recently It
will be worth the while-for the store
is really alive with artistic suggestions
in beautiful merchandise that will in
terest you.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-14
You Couldn't Hire
Me TO Wear Dress
Shields Again :!
I Use That Marvel. pERspI.No!

Rip out tho dress shields from your
dresses. girlsi Rip them outi You don't
need them any more. absolutely never
morei Never again will your gown get
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21
HIS OWN PARTY.

Governor Woodrow Wilson
says: II, for my part, want u
express this hope: If the Dem.
ocratic party breaks its promises
to the rank and file Of the people
Ct this Country, l hope it will
never be arusted again, because
parties are not intended merely
to put men in Office; parties are
Lot intended to keep their own
organizations and maintain their
own supremacy. Parties are
meant to do the service which
they pretend to do when they put
forward their platforms. Their
platforms ought to be sacred en-
gagements.'
These are sentiments by which
every citizen, official or private,
ought to be actuated in discharge
of his sacred duty in either ca
pacity. Public interest, the well
fare Of all the people, rich and
roor, high and low, should be
considered above personal and
Iarty interests; and campaign
pledges should be regarded as
sacred and binding obligations.
huston Leader.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21

In the case Of electricity, If you
open the faucet the electricity
will flow only if the discharge
pipe is free all the way, and 1t
has the power Of finding this out
instantly even if the obstruction
in the discharge pipe is very far
away. In other words, an cleo
tric current acts physically like
one continuous piece of material,
such as hoop or an endless
chain, one part of which will not
move unless the whole OF 1t moves.
You cannot .revolve one part OF
a hoop without revolving the
whole chain. In telegraphlng
from New York to Chicago the
action of electric current is pre-
cisely similar to what it would be
if you had a long chain reaching
this distance and back, and you
pulled upon it internationally to
make the dots and dashes. Only
instead of pulling on the cham
you break and close the electric
circuit. This can be done at any
point along the line, and the ef-
feet is apparent at any other
place or at any number of pla-
ces simultaneously. Sometimes
the return part of the chain is by
a second electric wire, and some
times the return is made through
the earth When the circuit is
broken at any point on the line
the current stops everywhere, ia
start again when the break is
closed. But how does the cur
rent in New York know that the
circuit is broken in Chicago?
This brings us to one of the real
ly remarkable facts about elec-
trio current. 1t travels at the
rate Of 100000 miles a second,
and can, so to speak, "see ahead"
tn dl lance which is longer than
any electric circuit that has ever
been used. So an electric current
stops in less than a second if the
circuit is broken anywhere with
in 100000 miles of where the eur
rent is generated.
We have said that an electric
generator of the horse power ca
pacity run by ten horse power
engine will transform ten horse
power of mechanical energy into |
ten horse power, or seven and a )
half lkilowatts, of electricity with !
practically no loss. This is true
of direct current generator, but :
in an alternating current genera
tor larger carrying capacity is
required for the following reason. I
Electric power is the product of
the volume of current (amperes>
and the pressure at which it flows
(volts) just as the energy with
which water flows out Of a pipe
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21
THE THREATENED AssAss1'
NATION or GOV. WILSON.

The attempt to blackmail
President-elect Wilson and the
threat to attempt his assasslna-
ton if he failed to pay over the
money demanded will meet Win
the execration Of all Americans.
Three arrests have been made by
the Federal authorities, and
while there is no desire to pre-
Judge the matter it is to be hoped
that the government will prose
cute the case with the utmost
yig0r.. Il sAnlslA
1.-The threat in the case OF GOV.
Wilson, says the Brooklyn
Times. lis the first in the history
of the country in which money
formed the basis of the attack. ID
all the other cases, from that OF
Lincoln to Mckinley, perverted
politics or personal grievances
were at the root OF the trouble.
Similarly in the case OF mayor
Gaynor the attack was made by
a man who insanely lmag1ned
that the city executive had per-
sonally wronged him.
In this connection it is well to
saw that differing only in motive
,ros tho assault on Colonel RoOse-
Welt at Milwaukee. The man VINO
shot the colonel had become 3D.
sessed with the belief that Roos-
eyelt's persistence in seeking the
Presidency was serious menace
to the safety Of the republic. But
in the long line Of assasslnations
and attempted assassinatlons Oh
public men in this country the
case in which Governor Wilson
was the victim is the only one III
which blackmail was a factor.
This warrants the belief that the
men under arrest are more knaves
than cranks, and, therefore, less
dangerous. s.
But it should be a matter OF
grave concern to all OF us that
the United States which changes
its Presidents with the precision
Of a clock and gives them no
more power than is necessary 10
the proper conduct OF govern
ment. should have had It's his
tory darkened by the assasslna-
tions of men in power who were
kind and lovable.-States.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21

power. The public has learned
from constant repetition thai
about 80 per cent Of the energy
liberated by burning coal to run
| a steam engine is wasted. In an
electrical machine the waste Is
far less and the amount of energy
that is generated can be measured
far more accurately.
! Electric generators are ma
chimes to transform mechanical
power into electrical power. In
other words they generate elec-
trio current when driven by me-
, chanical power. They are run
by steam engines, turbines, gas
engines Or some other form OF
mechanical power called "prime
movers. ,, The generator is con
structed to transform the amount
of mechanical power that the
prime mover running it supplies.
A generator run by ten horse
power engine, for instance, will
transform ten horse power Of ell
ergy, less a small percentage
(about 10 p. c.) lost in the pro-
/, cess. Electrical engineers don +
. usually say that generator trans
forms ten horse power. Their
measure of energy Cor power) is
the kilowatt which is equal to one
and third horse power. So they
say that the generator transforms
seven and half kilowatts, which
is the equivalent of ten horse
power. Why should this change
in nomenclature be any more con-
fusing than to say that one inch is
equal to two and a half centimet-
ers? - ~!
Mention the action Of electric
current to neopyhte, and he inn
mediately assumes a look Of
blank perplexity. Yet the fund
amental facts about electric cur
rent are extremely simple. An
electric current will not move in
a complete circuit and. get back
where it came from. This is why
it is safer for man handling an
electric current to work with one
hand behind his back. He is
then not likely to touch it in two
places and thus complete cir
cult through himself. Electric
current may be said to have ex-
actly the same sort of intelligence
as a child playing puss-in-the4cor-
ner. The child will not leave the
corner it occupies until it sees
a corner free for it to go to. BY
likening the electric circuit to
the piping system which leads the
water to wash basin and away
from it to the sewer, it is possi-
Bile to grasp this idea by noting
the difference in the action of
electric current and of the water.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21
FAvoRs PRIMARY FOR POST
MASTER.

Washington, Dec. 18.-Senato:
Bristow, of Kansas, today intro
duced a bill providing for pref
erence primary for the appoint
ment of postmasters, which would
affect the appointment of every
postmaster who received $500 or
more. Senator Bristow's plan is
to hold nominating election for
postmasters hereafter where va
cancies occur for the purpose OF
filling the Office by the voice OF
the people. The candidate re-
ceiving the largest number OF
votes cast in the nominating dis
trict would be appointed by the
postmaster general and would
serve for a term Of five years.
Only after full hearing on writ
ten charges could postmaster
be removed, and in such a con-
tingency the postmaster would
not be eligible for denomination.
The bill provides that the nom-
mating election may be held at
the time Of the country, state,
local or municipal election held
next preceding the expiration of
the term Of the postmaster, at the
discretion of the postmaster gen.
eral. 80 lie il III
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21
SINGLE PRESIDENTIAL TIE

The accusation is made, and
not without evidence, that the
presidents first term is IN most
cases devoted to arranging for a
second Therefore the proposal
is put forth that single presl-
Dental terms be instituted 1t
is a difficult matter to settle, for
there are good arguments on both
sides of the question and innum-
cradle contingencies imaginable
that offset the contentious adj
vanced pro and con.
There is no doubt but that a
man who makes good president
should be reelected and it is
probable that a good president
might be ending his term when
some crises and of all in the ma
ton he is the most competent TO
handle the situation.
If the president is limited to
one term in office the number OF
wears will undoubtedly be in
creased ito six or seven and that
is a long time to have an lnefh-
cient man in power. Again, II a
president knew that there was no
chance of reelection there is the
chance that he would not prove as
industrious as if he were trying
to win the admiration of the vot-
ers. 1t is claimed by the advo-
Gates of the single term proposal
that he would be able to work I'M
hampered for fear Of injuring his
reelection chances.
Anybody who is going to be
"hampered" for fear he will not
to be able to get the office again
is not the man for long term,
and it seems best that there be
the opportunity for a nation to
return a man to Office second
time if he has shown himself to
be worthy Of the honor.-Stock~
ton Mail.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21
LET II SLIP AND WAS
RUINED FOR LIFE.

What 8 the matter? Why ar
you letting this opportunity sill
through your fingers9 Don
you know that out there in tn
hustling business world oppor
tunity is calling for trained mer
and women? How much Longer
1 will you stand aside and make
excuses9 Aren't you afraid thai
# you "Put it off" to another
time that something will arise
| between now and then to pre-
(, vent you from geeting this train
ing? ID ~
Stop making excuses and de
laying! Invest your hOurs-in
vest your powers while you have
a chance.
Tick-tock! textbook! Your
chance is slipping by. Use YOU
gifts--develop your latent tai
ents-gain the ambition-arousins
skill-creating, confidence-upbuild
ing training We stand ready tt
give you while you have thu
chance.
You can succeed. Other PEG
ple-those who are succeeding
nature didn't give them a single
extra bone Or one more nerve OF
muscle than you possess was mo-
a birthright. 1t came out Of Ell
forts-out of action. They used
their gifts-as you should. They
gained a training that developed
and broadened and INCREASED
their talents-as you should
They took aim at success anC
fired away until they hit it.
Look around you! Wherever
| your eye turns you see some man
or woman who had no better
start than you-with no greater
general education or "schOOl
learning" than you, but who was
wise enough to become specially
trained in some one special line
and who today is going ahead
fast and leaving in the rear those
who thought special business
training unnecessary.
You must not think of Succ ess
as kind of Santa Claus and ex-
pect it to drop presents into your
stockings while you sleep.
You have the present hour
improve it. We are eager to give
the best, most thorough=going
training for business as a Stenog-
rapher and Bookkeeper or an ope-
ratOr. j
The best way you can improve
this very hour that finds you read
ing this, is to- take the first step
towards enrolling with US. That
will be your first step towards a
great success.
You have made excuses and
halted long enough. Your duty
to yourself is to come to a decision
now. Your best interests dictate
a decision favoring an enroll
ment now.
When may we expect you!
Write Americas largest business
training school, with 1900 students
annually Tyler Commercial Col.
lege, Tyler, Texas. Come at once,
or if further information is de-
sired phone or wire for catalogue,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21
NEW SCHOOL BOARD.

The newly elected Sc b o |
Board held their first meeting OF
organization last Tuesday morn
ing and elected DR.. Paul N. Cyr
of Jeanerette, the present official
as President for another four
years. Mr.. Harry T. Hall Of this
City was elected vice-president
and Mr.. Louis 7. Valet, principal
of the New Iberia High School
was declared the new Superin-
tendent of Education, there being
no other applicant for the posi-
ton which at present is being
ably filed by Mr.. R. w. Frame.
In the selection of Mr.. Valet,
who will assume charge on July
LIST, 1913, the School Board is to
be compIimented on their good
judgment. The gentleman has
had considerable experience in
educational work, being a trained
school teacher who is enthused
with his vocation, speaking both
languages and a native OF this
Parish. We have often contend
ed that the position of School
Superintendent should be in the
hands of man who can visit the
country schools where the French
language predominates and ere
ate enthusiasm that otherwise
would never be accomplished
among the Creole people and pa
irons. In a country where there
is such Indifference towards ed
ucating the young, public meet
lngs should be held and the pa
rents shown the error in neglect
ing the education of their children
as is the case in this Parish.
Hundreds of children that should
be given a practical common sense
schooling are busy at work in the
fields when they should be in the
hands Of trained teachers. The
personel of the new Board is as
follows: First Ward, U. S. Per-
ret; I'd Ward, jules Muller; Bird
Ward, James Gonsoulin; 4th
Ward, John A.. Valet; 5th Ward,
Ulysse Landry; 9th Ward, Harry
T. Hall, Eugene Guillot and Emile
Verret; 7th Ward, Madison Lee
Blanc; 9Th Wrad, Paul N. Cyr
and Cap Moresi.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21

Is the result of the volums q
ter flows out of a pipe Is N
SUIT of the volume of watsI
the pressue at which ii il Al
The product of the ampels'
volts is called watts. Wbs
product Is 1000 600 volt /
amperes, or 10 volts K lO0 !
res, for lnstance) it is CALI
kllowatt. In an alternatinsl
rent machine the ampers,
volts reverse their directi,s !
marvellous rapidly, but M
ways at the same instant
amperes may arrive at a !.
which is being run by the !
tor slightly before the yels
pressure. In that case the !.
res with no voltage behind,
are idle and do not produ.
power But the generate,
motors and the transmissiion |;
IN fact all parts Of the N
have to be made large. enoa,
all OF the amperes, Whether,
are accompanied by vols |
therefore produce power I'll
The idea can be best express
a simile. Imagine man III
mess on borrowed capita,
expects to make a CERTAIN
centage a year on the cOmnI
he sells providing he sel
promptly. Surprising he i
sell it promptly he mas to u
terest on the capital inyeal
his stock. This cuts down il
profits. The failure Of thd'
sure Volts to reach the ]
at the same time as the ya
of current (amperes) cuts |
the amount Of power deGF
by the machine in precise!
same way as the slow sslu
down the profits Of the buS
man. If the volts come ii
bit later or earlier than ths|
eres SO that 20 per cent 4
amperes are not accompanis|
volts this reduction is 70 pal
and the machine, or systen|
said to have only so per
power factor. Therefore i
orator with 50 per cent
factor would have to bel
enough TO transmit the I'D
corresponding to ~ IL
power in order to transiul|
the power from a ten hors
er engine. Twenty per al
the IL IL power capacity, 81
horse power, is idle capaeit''
remaining ten horse power
transformed, and the gens|
by being built large enoud|
transmit IL IL horse poxu|
ceeds in transmitting the iui|
put of the engine trimmings
horse power.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21
LAKE CHARLES ADOPTS COM
MISSION GOVERNMENT.

Lake Charles, La, Dec. 18.-By
q vote of 561 to 81, Lake Charles
today adopted the commission
form Of government, to take effect
May 1, 1913.
About half the city vote was
polled, but the sentiment was all
one way. Lake Charles is the
second city in Louisiana to take
advantage Of the law enacted by
the Legislative at its last session.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21

The chief executioner of death
in the winter and spring months
is pneumonia. Its advance agents
are colds and grip. In any at
tack by one of these maladies no
time should be lost in taking the
best medicine obtainable to drive
it off. Countless thousands have
found this to BIT DR.. Kings New
Discovery. my husband be-
lieves it has kept him from hav-
ing pneumonia three or four
times" writes Mrs. George w.
Place, Rawsonville, VT, "and for
coughs, colds and group we have
never found its equal. I" Guar
anteed for all bronchial affec-
tions. Price SO cts and $1.W.
Trial bottle free at all druggists.
HxxIl,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21

A bad liver robs you OF energy,
strength and ambition; you 1eel
half-slck all the time and, more
over. YOU are an easy mark for
pneumonia, chills, yellow fever
typhoid fever, or some other ser,
lous disease. You need q good
liver tonic and regulator and HER
kINE fills the bill completely
Try it. You can't help noticing
how quickly you feel it's beneficial
effect. Price Soc. Sold by Els
forge Drug Co.-Adv.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21

We wish to call your attention
to the fact that most infectious
diseases such ~ whooping cough,
diptheria and scarlet fever are
contracted when the child has q
cold. Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy will quickly cure cold and
greatly lessen the danger Of con-
tracing these diseases. This
rsmedy j. fam0ss for it, cures Of
colds. Il contains No opium or
other narcotic and nay te given
to ! child with implicit confidence.
Sold by all dealers.-Adv.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21

There is no doubt but that I'M
pure drinking water is the cause
of most bowel troubles in grown
ups and infants. Take one dose
of .BRODIE'S CORDIAL when
diarrhoea appears and thus pre-
vent disorders caused by contain
mated water. SOC at druggists.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-12-21
THE CONSTITUENTS OF
COUSIN BOB" Z
They Could Play q Good Joke 4
They Didn't Savoy the Judge
Lingo.

Senator-elect Robert +. Brous'
sard of Louisiana talks French
fuently, especially the kind OF
french that is used in parts OF
| .ouisiana. The French they talk
there is entirely different from or
mary menu card of French,
short-course-in-French, ladies
eminary, or Cook tour French. |
Go not know just what kind 1t IS
but Broussard can talk 1T Tor
Iours at time.
But all this is preliminary to an
account of the time Broussard
took one Judge Thomas &. Brig
ham down to the section OF Lou
isiana referred to, and had hlm
make a speech against the Loulsl-
ana lottery. :.
"I'll speak to them In French, -
laid Broussard to Brigham, be-
cause they always expect me to
Gown here"
He spoke only minute or two,
introduced Brigham, who ad-
crossed them in plain English for
IN hour and a half. The crowd
was enthusiastic over Brigham, It
appeared, and he was interrupted
every few minutes by deafenlng
applause.
|. Brigham and Broussard had to
drive about twelve miles through
a rain-storm in a curtained buggy
to the nearest railway station
tier the meeting.
"They seemed to like what l
said first rate, remarked Brigham,
Gu the way over.
eyes" chuckled Broussard.
"What are you laughing at?'
6emanded Brigham sharply.
"Simply this" replied Brous-
sard, "there weren't six men in
that whole crowd that could un-
derstand a word of English. l
explained the joke to them III
French and told them to applaud
every little while, to make you
feel good, but they couldn 'tun-
6erstand word you said.
They re all French"
"Get OUT" said he, just that
briefly. ~.
"What do you mean?"
you've got to take a lickin
from me. No man can play a
joke like that on me and not
lave to fight
"Better wait till the rains
over" suggested Broussard.
"Nup," said Brigham, II won t
wait a second. One of us has got
to take lickin' right now. 1'm
| erfectly calm and collected, but
Pm going to fight"
So they got out and fought
there in the rain for fifteen or
twenty minutes. Broussard says
lie did, and if Brigham were here
lie doubtless would say he did.
Tut after they had rolled about
il the mud for while they got
back into the buggy and pro-
eeeded on their way with perfect
;.mity.-St. Joseph News Press.