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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

~URIOSTTY has frequently been turned
into capital p. T. Barnum built up
- his success through whetting public
curiosity rather than by furnishing plain
amusement, and to-day. people will spend
money more readily to satisfy their curios
ity than for anything else outside the bare
necessities.
With this fact in view an English invent
or has perfected a little device whereby
any one riding upon a train who says, i
wonder how fast we are going?" can satisfy
that curiosity for a penny. In other words
the Englishman has invented little slot
machine whereby one may learn the speed
at which he is travelling in steam train
merely by inserting a penny in the slot and
pressing the button. The penny releases
catch which makes It possible to press this
button, and the pressing of the button con-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16
How VERTICAL
WRITING
Causes
CURVATURE
of the
SPINE
VERTICAL writing must go! It produces

Z VERTICAL writing must go! It produces
" curvature of the spine. Efforts have
been made for many years to trace
with extreme care every detail of the child's
comfort while in school Experts have been
called in to determine the question Of the re-
latlou Of the children to large window spaces,
desks and seats have been graded by frac-
tons of an inch so that each child should
neither have his feet dangling above the nooh
nor his knees higher than ease requires orAilS
and gymnastic exercises OF many KINDS nave
been devised. and yet all the time thousands
Of American children have been forced 10 BIZ
for hours in a position that is a great strain
to the system and which threatens serious
bodily distortion. owing to the craze ror
vertical writing.
The French Association for the Advance
Inent Of Science--a most practical body-has
been investigating the question OF sitting
positions in writing; 1t has found the attitude
necessarily assumed in vertical writing causes
? compression on the upper and the lower
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16
A Penny SPEEDOMETER

meets the mechanism with a pulley belted to
the axle and a dial indicates the miles per
hour.
Thousands of people every day are won
dering how fast they are travelling. Some
try to count telegraph poles or the number
OF clicks per minute of the car passing over
rail joints, but both are decidedly unsatis-
factory.
With one OF these penny-in-the-slot ma.
chimes handy, the irritated passenger who
thinks he will not reach his destination in
time will spend as many pennies to find
out" as the other sort of passenger who be-
holds the landscape fitting past and says
"Whew! We must be doing a mile min
ute" and drops in his penny also to find
out" The clever inventor in this manner
plans to profit by peoples natural GU.
riosity.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

body and support its various activities the
average man needs 10000 thermal units of
energy each day. This amount of energy
is sufficient to raise one ton of water five
degrees in temperature or to raise the tenn
perature of a man weighing 125 pounds from
- degrees to lis degrees,
The energy represented in the daily ration
of the average man, converted into mechani-
cal work, would raise $3.50 tons one foot
high. The same amount of energy would
be used by a man weighing 125 pounds in
walking 100 miles at the rate of three miles
an hour. The same energy would carry
man on a bicycle $40 miles farther, or 100
miles. 1t must be remembered, however
that only a small part of this enormous en-
ergy which is introduced into the body by
the food is actually convertible for use in
muscular work At least four-fifths Of all the
food fuel taken into the body, and assimi-
lated, is consumed to maintain animal heat.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16
Why COPPER Can
no, Be TEMPERED

OCIENCB and even the ordinary progress
In the arts and crafts are each icono'
~ clasts In their way--that is, they tear
dow. and destroy ideals long possessed and
generally cherished by man lust now 1t is
that delightful old claim that the ancients
kuev hov: to temper copper TO the hardness
of steel
For years this has been a general belief,
sno mauy story and not few serious ar.
ucics have been writter describing how the
mon. OF The period Just following The stone
age used TO mine copper and by secret
process mper It and maize wonderful knives
and o.Eer weapons and tools from it. It was
called q lost art.
tlui now not only scientists, but skilled
eraipsmeu IN metals. come forward and
declare tn qncients never tempered cop
per and their reason for making this declara-
ton is that copper does not possess the prop
cries that will enable {, to bo hardened by
any process whatever
-d i: safe 10 DECLARE states one expert
writing for a mining publication, that cop
pei hfs never been tempered nj any time by
any chs, as It does not possess the necessary
properties Copper can be hardened in a
ii'nnbAi % ways. the easiest being TO plunge
the finished article into molten anthony or
arsehiC; the resulting alley formed on the
sa.tace is exceedingly hard and brittle. Re-
GEM refeareh in Mexico has shown that the
tools there supposed to be made of hare con-
tsr We're made b. smelling mixed ores OF
copper. nickel and cobalt; the resulting al.
Icy VAS naturally hard. None of these old
tools are OF a qualit, euUal to those which
cal nav be made
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

CONTINUED from Preceding Pagel
tWo d.Stiugu she'd medicai ad' no'i.
ties explain this new disease.
I'm addition to the different expert
mcnis along - lines OF psychic epj-
IsaSy. another and separate mass u
facts has been collected I'm recent
researches into the effects Of over.
work, lone hours ana fatigue
IL view OF the abundant material
row known to science which cs,ab.
she's tL- new disease. psychic cpl.
lcgsy, and also shows how fatigue
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16
Mans Marvellous ENERGY

CET HAVE no energy to-day" IS q com.
mon remark Many people feeling
out Of sorts and weary have an idea
they lack energy, but they do not Rather.
they possess marvellous amount OF energy.
If they did not they would die. for it takes
great amount of energy to live.
The average normal man requires $500
Galleries of energy each day A Galore is a
definite amount or a degree of heat Just
as a thermal unit is that amount of heat
necessary to raise one pint OF water one
degree Fahrenheit, one calorie is that degree
Of heat necessary to raise one ldiogram one
degree centigrade in temperature Trans
lated TO Fahrenheit again. this means one
calore is that amount OF heat necessary
to raise four pints Of water. or two quarts
four degrees in temperature Fahrenheit One
calCrte is. therefore, four times great in
energy, as thermal unit.
Just tc maintain the necessary heat of the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

CLOUDS Of vertebrate, bowling out the spine TO
the left. The curvature OF the spine WHICH
,s TINS brought in is quite characteristic tne
line being a greater arc than that which ID
commonly seen in children who were oofn
with this defect or who have acquired "
during babyhood.
A number Of French school children were
photographed with the Roetgen ray appara'
tns. while sitting at their desks IN scnool
during the writing lesson, and In almost
everyone OF these Xray plates the compress
sion Of some Of the small bones Of the back
and the extension OF others could be clearly
seen. In some cases, when the child sat up
straight It was seen that the curvature OF the
SHINE had already become fixed. as twtg tied
in a certain direction long enough grows at
that angle Indeed, many children who Is
vet showed no effect Of Ill health from this
bone distortion, none the less had so strong
a curvature that a photograph taken OF them
while writing presented as bad picture Of
the spine as that of a chronic invalid, save
that in the first case the curve had not be.
come permanent, in the second it was almost
beyond remedy.
There Is no portion Of the human frame OF
more Importance than the backbone, not only
because It is the main part Of the frame. IN
which all else depends, but because with the
brain) 1t is the centre of the nervous system
Since the spinal cord is q canal rupnjp~
through the inside Of the backbone, It is easv
to see that the curvature has most danger.
GUS effect on the nerves. More than that, the
spinal cord is one Of the chief sources Of that
particular cell which the body produces to
resist disease when the child or person +,
smitten with Illness This function also "a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

m9uirs efficiency we are able TO un-
,rStand that engineers who see and
ru" past danger signals do so not
use they are needless or fooi-
ar iuat .entivc but because
they are victims of momentary dis.
case. Tle engineer bushes on to his
death because his mental faculties
have failed him mt a critical moment
and It was bcyo@d his power at that
.Cmeu. to - y loaning OF the
danger signal which he plainly saw
or to act upon the significance OF The
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

normal conditions. are burned up by
the oxygen brought in by the blood.
During activity the production or
tissue waste is greatly accelerated
because OF the Increase demands
upon the tissues, and the amount of
oxygen taken in by the blood is not
sufficient to burn up al of the poi
son, which accumulates rapidly as.
the activity continues. A period OF
rest throws the balance in the other
al. ctiuu. and the diminished de-
mands upon the tissues enable the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

least lesspning Of his attention may
bring disaster 1t Is M easy ">H,
even for n mind hat is fresh H'i
strong. to keep the Thoughts .n"
wandering. One OF the uuSl >,.N
ing Illustrations OF fatigue a.I
psychic epilepsy recently harH" ID
on a Western rallroad An eu-0nr'
who HAD been up all night al "l'
failed to heed the frantic wJr -
signals Of his own wife as he a.".t
bis engine past his ovu uorl' "'
ran over one or his uwu cana.ta
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

getting rest, But an engineer who
has taken his day off, or rest hours
to carouse or in other ways fatigue
himself is, of course the guilty one.
The human machine cannot be taxed
beyond endurance without great
danger.
One of the first requirements OF
the engineer is that he should be
able to keep his mind on his work.
He must be always alert to eaten
ant interpret the many signals that
fash by in rapid succession TIE
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

warning which he perfectly well
knew.
Fatigue Is caused by the accumu-
lation of waste matter in the blood,
which by being thus deteriorated
carries a leSscncd 'upply of nour-
ishment to the brain. There are two
processes going on all the time in
the living body One is the building
of tissue, the other the breaking up
Of tissue into simpler chemical
forms These chemical wastes are
poSon1us impurities, which, under
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-16

blood to bring in more than suffi-
ant oxygen to eliminate the amount
OF waste being produced at the time,
and the surplus Of oxygen is used
by the body to attack and throw of
The lar , accumulated stoI. Of poi
son.
The blame for railroad accidents
must In mary cases - p en- the
shoulders of those who are respon-
sible FOR the conditions which force
weary and exhausted men to work
at times when they should be in bed
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
Proceedings Of The Democratic Ex. Com.
of the 18Th judicial District Of Louisiana.

Vile Platte. La. July 10, 1912.
The meeting of the above named conf
mtttee was called to order by r. T..
Dossman, Chairman, Pro. Temy and g.
Al. Bailey, Sec. Pro. Tenn. The organ
ization was made permanent by elect
L. Fontenot, Sec. st. Landry was rep
resented by a. w. Dejean. David Meche,
AdeIin Durio, and IL. ". Hudspeth,
proxies to 3. r.. Pavy: Quirk Mccall
ferry proxy to r.. Lee Garland, II. G..
Fontenot. Eyangeline: r. e. Doss-
mann, Jos. "A. Hardy, e. u. Fontenot,
p. u. Fontenot, Samuel Haas, proxy Fl.
j.. Fontenot. The following resolution
was offered by z. l.. Fontenot. Carried
RESOLUTION.
Be ~itresolved, by the Democratic Elk
eeutive Committee of the 10th Judicial
District of Louisiana, That a white
democratic primary election be held on
Tuesday Sept. 3rd, 1912, throughout the
limits OF the 10Th Judicial District OF
the State of Louisiana, comprising the
parishes of st. Landry and Evangeline,
for the purpose of selecting the nomI-
nees of the Democratic party for the.
offices Of Judge and District Attorney,
of said district, to be voted for at the
general election t take place on Tues
day, Nov. 9TH, 1917, and for the further
purpose of selecting eleven persons to
serve as the Democratic Judicial Com
mittee for the 18th Judicial District of
Louisiana. Six of said persons to be.
selected by the Democratic voters of
the Parish of st. Landry and five by
the Democratic voters OF the Parish of
Evangel5ne.
Be ii further resolved, That said
primaryseIeetion shall be held ut the
various polling places in said parishes
of St.Landry and E~vangellne as now.
fixed by law
Be IL further resolved, That all per-
sons desiring to become candidates at
taid primary election for the office Of
Judgeor District Attorney or members
of the Democratic Judicial Executive
Committee, shall lille with the Chairs
man of this Committee within twenty
days from this date, viz, July 3lst, 1872,
at twelve O'clock p. m, his written no.
LITIGATION of his intention to become q
candidate at said primary for such
Offices and snail at the time Of fling
said notice deposit with the Chairman
of this Committee the sum of $l0n.U0 for
candidate for office of Judge or District
Attornep, providing that no deposit fee
shall be demanded from persons who
are candidates for office OF member 81
the District Executive Committee.
JOS.A.H HARDY, Chairman.
". f. FONTENOT, See.
Moved by MI. Dossmaiin, seconded by
Mr.. Fontenot, thai this Committee
meetfo for the purpose OF declaring whS
are the persons qualified to become
candidates in this primary election OF
Saturday. the 81 day OF August, 1917, a.
twelve o'clock NJ, in the courthouse Al
the town Of OpeIousas, La.
JOS Il. HARDY, Chairman
Y. IL. FONTEN0T, Sec.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
NOTICE.

The examination of applicants for
Teachers Certificates will be held at
the st. Landry High School at Opclou-
sas, La, on August 22-23-24, 1912. The
examination will begin at 9 O'clock q.
M, and all who desire to take il + re-
quested to be present at the opening
hour.
This examination will be conducted
the fee required from each applicant
will be as follows, viz: For first grade
certificates S3.00; second grade certif-
Gates $f.50; third grade certificates $1.00.
u. j. THOMPSON,
W.B. PRESCOTT,
p. III. GRIFFITH,
july 81 At COMMITTEES.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
NOTICE.

Opelousas, La, July 9th, 1912.
To the taxpayers affected by
the recent high water:
/ understand that the State
Board of Equalization contem-
plates reducing the assessment
on the lands affected by the re-
cent overflow, and by reason of
that fact, / hereby give notice
that the books Of my Office will
remain open for a period Of
THIRTY DAYS from publica-
ton hereof.
Please come in and make nec-
essary application within that
time, otherwise it will be too late
to make any changes owing to
the fact that the books will then
be out Of my hands.
ID. M. FONTEN0T,
Assessor Parish Of st. Landry.
aug 6
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
DELICATE CHILDREN
Made Strong by Vino

81 wish I could induce every Inoths
er who has a delicate, sickly child, 20
try your delicious cod liver iron tonic
Vinol.
.It restored our little daughter Y
health and strength after everyt1ing
else had failed. It tastes so good sne
loved to take it--not a bit Of cod hYes
oil taste.-Mrs. C.@W. Stump, Cantens
Ohio"
The reason Vinol is 80 g~uccessfa1
in building up puny, delicate, aiilns
children, is because it is a con1bina'
ton Of the two most world-faned ton-
fes-the medicinal Bodybuilding ele
ments of cod liver oil, aided BY w
b1ood-making and strength-creaens
properties OF tonic iron.
If we can induce you to try 9 potlis
of Vinol as a body-builder Z
strength-creator for your child, az
you do not find it Is all we claim w
viii return your money on demand
Chas. T. Blenvenu, OpeOusaS, g.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17

-. ProbaIe Docket. 18th Judicial Dis
rlcI Court Parish of st. Landry. La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
dnlv seconded and carried.

~AA<@V
On motion duly seconded and
carried the following claims were
approved, and the Mayor author
lied to issue warrants against
the various current funds in pay
ment of same:
Henry Chachere, building
bridge 800.
j O Chachere, grading
streets $500
service for July 2.o9
C L Hayes, commission
on collections 7.82.
Evans Brothers, material
for plant 1910
Shute's Drugstore, medi-
cines for INDECENT 300
Carlin & Hinkley, repair
work for plant 500
] oe Ducharme, feeding
prisoners 800
3 B A Stagg, cash paid
stamps Tor ONCE. 0.UU
E Chevls, shoeing street
mules 300
J B Sandoz. repairs for
plant 1850
st Landry Lumber Co,
lumber for streets - 1905
is t Landry Lumber Co,
material for plant 1.84
|Cumb Tel Co., service for
July 1885
Jacobs News Depot Co.,
stationery, etc $40
On motion duly seconded and
carried, the meeting Of the
Board of Aldermen W as adj
|journed subject to call.
E. T.. LOEB, Mayor.
Attest: J. B. A. STAGE, City
Clerk.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
Call for a Democratic.
H~@srW~nwW

bHBbAG# IN
Be 1t resolved by the Democratic Par
ish Executive Committee OF the Parish
of st. Landry,
That a White Democratic Primary
Election is hereby called throughout
the Parish of st. Landry, TO- take place
on Sept. Bird, 1872, for the purpose Of
selecting the nominees OF the Demo-
Eeratic party for members Of the Board
of School Directors of the Parish OF 81.
Landry.
Be 1t further resolved, That there
shall bc selected sixteen persona by
the white Democratic voters 0f the
/ Parish of 81. Landry to serve as Demo
cratic nominees OF said School Board aE
follows:
-Four to be selected BY the white
Democratic voters OF the lsG Police jury
Ward Isl by the white Democratic
voters of the End Police Jury Ward ana
two by the said voters of the Third F0-
lice jury Ward and two by the sata
voters OF the 9th Police Jury Ward,
/ three bythe voters of the 4th and Din
Police Jury Wards respectfully.
That said election be held at the y2-
rious polling booths now established Pr
law.
BE Ii further resolved, That all per-
sons desiring to become II cafIdid&te as
said efet.ii ION shall ssid in their names
with declaration OF their ihtentionttotb e
Chairman Or Secretary OF this cDmmtk
tee On or before July 3lst. 1872 and shall
be required IL deposit with the $50
Chairman thesum of $500 10 bear thelI
prorata share bf the expenses 81 saiq
primary us required ny law.
II. LIE GAIIsAED d, Chairman.
q. P.DUNBAK, Secretary,
july 20
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17

SI4GR AAa SAe %@@~~
ing; Aldermen Shaw, BoWden.
There being a quorum present
the meeting was called to order.
AN ORDINANCE
No. 5of 1912.
To prohibit the obstruction OF
streets and street crossings
by railroad trains, within the
corporate limits of the City
of Opelousas, Louisiana, and
providing penalties for the
violation thereof.
Section /. Be it ordained by
the Mayor and Board of Alder
men Of the City of Opelousas,
Louisiana, that the obstruction
Iof streets and street crossings by
any Of the railways operating
within the corporate limits OF
this city be, and is hereby de-
clared unlawful; provided, now
ever, that such obstruction shall
exceed a period Of five minutes.
Section 2. Be it further or
dained, etc, That any agent,
representative, or employee Of
any railroad company in charge
of any train that permits the OBJ
struction of any street or cross
ing within the corporate limits
of this city in violation of Sec.
ton /, of this ordinance, shall be
subject to a fine of not less than
Five dollars, nor more n
Twenty dollars, or to imprison-
ment for not less than five days,
nor more than thirty days or
both, at the discretion of the
Judge Of the City Court.
Section 8. Be it further or
dained, etc, That for good and
sufficient reasons this ordinance
shall take effect from and after
its first publication.
Section A. Be It fun ther or
dained, etc, That all ordinances,
or parts of ordinances, in conflict
herewith be and the same are
hereby repealed.
E. L. LOEB, Mayor.
Attest: ]. B. A. stage, City
Ad Iletej AUG. 7th. 1912.
Minute Book, Page No. 218.
The above ordinance after hav-
ing been read section by section
and adopted in like manner, was
adopted as a whole.
The purchasing committee
through its Chairman, report
{ { satisfactory arrangement
has been made for the purchase
of machinery as per resolution
OF the Board of date Aug. 9Th,
1912, and ask the ratification of
same by the Board of Aldermen.
Signed E. =. LOEB, Chair
man.
Motion by Mr.. Daniel
That the Mayor notify Mr.. E.
Ne. Boagni and all other parties
holding similar claims, that un-
der the opinion submitted to the
Board of Aldermen by the City
Attorney, that we cannot legally
issue to him or them certificates
of Indebtedness in settlement Of
their claim. Motion duly sec
onded and carried.
Motion by Mr.. Daniel
That Mrs. DR.. Lafeur be re-
instated to the water and light
service, and that she be relieved
of the usual fine required, and
her account settled for the last
three months of service, accord
ling to the average used the
former months. Motion duly
seconded and carried.
Motion by Mr.. Daniel
That that the Mayor be and he
is hereby authorized to a W
warrants against the i Sc
funds in payment of labor for
street work. Motion duly sec
onded and carried.
Motion by Mr.. BoWden-
That the salary of the Mayor
for the balance of the year be
paid out of any available funds,
and the extra compensation as
srlary, allowed the City Judge,
be paid in like manner. Motion
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
Meeting Of Stockholders.

Notice Is hereby given that there will be
q meeting of the stockholders of the St.
Landry Lumber Co., at the company's of
nee, on August Goth, 1917, at I O'Clock p. m.
for the purpose of electfng officers for the
business as may be deemed proper and
regular. q. Z. GREGORY.
aug i0-2t observation-disclosures.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
OF
ESTATE OF LOUIS THEoGENE RICHARD

-. Probaue Docket. 18th Judicial Dist
rlcT Court Parish of st. Landry, La.
Whereas. Armand Richard, Administra-
fabIeau of classification OF debts and
aIstrlbution of funds, of said succession.
accompanied by his petition praying Ior
the h-omologation of same.
And whereas, prayerof said petition has
been granted1by an order of court bearing
date, -
Now, therefore, notice is heTeby given 70
all parties interested to maxi opposition to
s~aldtableau to file; same in writing in my
office. within the time required by why
the said tableau should not be ho~n1ologated
and confirmed.
HENRY LASTRAPES, Jr.
augI0.2t Clerk OF Court