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Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-18

Succession OF Jacob u. trautleln. no.
$50. Twenty-N Ninth judicial District
Court.
BY virtue Of and in obedience to an
order Of court 10 me directed by the
Honorable, the Twenty-Nintil judicial
District Court in ard for the Parish of
PlaqueInines, dated the It'll day of
January, 1918, in the above entitled sue
%cession Ihave advertised and I'll lproceed
to sell at public auction, ct tie Court
house at Pointe a Ia Hache on satur-
day the twenty-fifth day of January,
1913, at II o'clock, A. NJ, the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
A certain tract or portion Of land
situated and being in the Parish of
Plaquemines, State Of Louisiana, on
the left bank Of the Mississippi River
at distance of about 81 miles below
the City OF New Orleans, La. and n
sisting of the lower half Of lot or sec
ton is in Township 20 Of Range 18 in
the district Of lands subject to sale at
New Orleans, La, said lower half of
section Is fronts the Mississippi river
and has a depth Of Forty Arpents, all
according to plat executed by Uncas
Lewis Surveyor, on the Goth day Of
May, 1892, together with all improve
msnts thereon as well as all rights,
ways, privileges, seryitudes, appurten-
ances and advantages thereuntob belong
ing or in any wise appertaining, from
the above tract however is excepted
One q acre front on said river by a
depth Of Forty (4o} arpents, this hav-
ing been sold by the late Jacob Fraut-
lein to Frank Adolph, Jr., and Henry
Adolph.
Seized in the above suit:
Terms Of sale: Cash.
FRANK C.. MEYERS,
Sheriff OF the Parish OF PlaquemlneS.
Jan, l1-18th.
4
For Sale.
100 barrels of Yellow Sweets and Fall
Grown Irish Potatoest for sale at mar
ket price. Shipments by boat or rail.
Good weight and quality guaranteed.
Bell Cow Truck Farm Co., Dalcour, La.
Notice.
] hereby give notice that will apply
TO the Police Jury of the Parish of
PlaqIemines Tor a license to operate a
saloon at English Turn in this Parish.
GERMAN GUEYDAN.
In Due Season.
.sIs love of country strong in your
hreast?" asked the patriot. "Only in
warm weather" said the mai with the
comfortable home in town.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-18
State cf Louisiana, Parish OF
pIaquerEines.

Succession Of Jacob G. Frautlein. No.
$50. Ninth Judicial District
(to,,,4
Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-18
S35S50n

When said bonds are thus issued as herein
provided, same shall be sold hy tie presl-
dent OF the Board of Commissioners as the
needs of the Jefferson and E!aqucmines
Isainoca District may require. for net less
than par, and the proceeds realized from
the said sale of said bonds shall constitute
Il trust fund and he used exclusively fer
draining and recIaiTing said laads herei.t.
above described and the constitution Of
speh works as are necessary thereto. in ac-
cortance with law and thr sid report OF
the Board OF State Engineers.
SEC. 4. Be il Further ReSolrcd, Etc,
That the original OF this resolution shall be
recorded in the Mortgage Records CT the
Parishes CT Jefferson ana p~laqaemines. aud
also published in the official journals Of tie
Parishes CT Jefferson and l'IaqucTincs in
tie name provided by Section y OF act
SIT OF the Acts of tie Genera! Assembly q
the State of Louisiana for The year 1910.
and it shall he the duty of the Ptpsidens
OF the Boatd of Commissioners CT the JET
ferson and p~laquemines Drainage District
TO cause said reeo.dation ana p}blicaiita
to be made.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-18
Notice.

To license and taxpayers.
Parties writing for Poll Or Road tax
or 50 ct. hunting licenses, will please
enclose 2 ct. stamp for mailing.
F. c, MEYERS,
Sheriff.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
FURs IN SPITE OF WARMTH
Partisan Women Have Separate Sets
for Different Occasions During
the Day.

Paris.-Despite the mildness of the
winter, Parisians have never worn
such wealth Of furs as are now dis
played by those who can afford them.
Women keep separate sets Of 'fuYs for
morning, afternoon and evening wear.
Before noon astrachan is worn When
madame goes shopping or makes calls
in the afternoon she prefers mink or
skunk. In the evening she has n de-
collette costume lightly trimmed with
ermine. white fox or chinchilla.
The complexion of the wearer must
be taken into account, for, while
southern beauties enjoy the advan-
tage OF looking well in all kinds of
furs, the woman with fair hair looks
best in blue fox. moleskin or some
gray fur Chestnut hair harmonizes
with skunk, while otter goes with
auburn tresses.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
APPLAUSE MADE SHAW ANGRY
But a London Audience Wouldnt
Keep Quiet at Play Revived at
kinesway Theater.

London.-George Bernard Shaw's
appeal to audiences for "sobriety'
was in vain at the first performance
of his play. John Bulls Other Is
land" which was revived at the
Kingsway theater.
The audience tried to comply, but
the witticisms Of the play were toe
much for majority of them and soil.
tary outlaws more rapidly merged
into general roars.
Mr.. Shaw appealed in advance for
the cessation of applause and told
the people that they would get out OF
the theater half an hour earlier II
they did not applaud until the end
of the play; that IL you laugh loudly
and repeatedly for two hours you get
tired and cross. and that you are sor.
ry the next morning that you did not
stay home.
Have you noticed" he wrote, that
people look very nice when they
smile or look pleased. but are shock.
ingly ugly when they roar with
laughter. shout excitedly or sob loud.
ly Will you think me very migrate.
full and unkind If I tell you that
though you cannot possibly applaud
my plays too much at the fall of the
curtain. yet. the more you applaud
the performance the more angry you
make me?"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
Grove Of Big Trees Found.

In the forest reserve between the
headwaters of the West Fork of Hood
River and the Bull Run Lake, Ore.
are some large trees. bigger than any
have ever seen anywhere else in the
northwest" said George T. Prather a
pioneer newspaperman and orchardist
of the Hood River Valley.
MY attention was first called to
the giants of the forests about fifteen
years ago by l.. Ferdinand Floss of
Latourelle. who made visit every
summer to the northwest base of Mt
Hood MIR. Floss at that time had a
communication in the oregonian rela
tive to the trees"
The trees are said to be several
hundred feet high and to stand on the
fat OF hidden canyon. Steep bluffs
on either hand shut in the gorge in
which they rear themselves. and this
season is given for failure OF those
who fish in the Lost Lake district to
have found the trees.
There are two species of the great
trees. One has yellowish and not
very rough bark and is straight and
as round as a candle. 1t has no limbs
to great height. and has beautiful
crown. The second species is cedar.
New York World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
HEN TRIES TO HANG ITSELF
Conscience Stricken Because II Fall.
ed TO Lay its Share Of High
Priced Eggs.

Tarrytown, N. Y.-Mary, the pet
hen OF Miss Hannah Mace of North
Tarrytown. attempted suicide. Miss
Mace gravely insists that Mary was
conscience stricken. because. at the
high price OF eggs. she had not been
able to contribute her share.
The hen few. up on q wire fence.
and. then. sticking her head through
one of the holes. jumped of. There
she was slowly strangling to death.
when her owner. attracted by the 9TH
er chickens cackling and making a
great noise in the yard. ran out and
rescued her pet.
To reporter Miss Mace said:
Mary was hit by an automobile some
months ago. and since that time she
has not been able to lay any eggs
Mary became despondent. and for
a week / have noticed far-away lcok
In her eyes. She didn't care about
her appearance. and her feathers were
left uncombed. Finally she began to
starve herself. and when she could
not stand 1t any longer she just tried
suicide"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
THIEF PUT BLAME ON MOUSE
Confessed Forger Tells How His Moth
er's Fright Before His Birth
Marked Him.

New York.-That mouse running
up his mothers skirt two months be-
fore he was born left him with birth
mark of a rodents figure on his leg
and an irresistible impulse to steal
was the unique defense offered in
court the other day by Edward H
Huppe. after confessing to forging a
check on the Corn Exchange bank for
500 He said he has also served a
term in the Elmira reformatory for
theft.
Huppe is a weli-to-do young German.
who came to this country from Old
enburg. Germany. He said he be-
came converted to Christian Science
last fall. and after overcoming his
parental influence to steal resolved
to confess to the forgery and start
life with a clean slate.
The young man rolled up his trous-
or leg and showed birthmark on
his right calf which closely resem-
bled picture of a mouse.
my crimes we're like those OF
mouse, always stealing : stealing
things did not need" said Huppe He
was remanded to the Tombs for .ex-
animation by alienists
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
"DOPE' F!END IN SHY
Quick Witted and Dangerous Per-
sons Who Use Cocaine.
Many Are Said to Have Become Ad-
dIcted to the Habit Through Mere
Toothache--Eftorts Being Made
to Stamp Out Evil.

New York.-Disclosure made be-
fore the grand juries Of Kings coun-
~ recently and inquiries at police
headquarters reveal that the Illicit
sale OF cocaine has grown so rapidly
during the last two years that 1t stands
at the head of the list OF drugs which
are sold Illegally throughout the city.
The police record for 1911 shows i've
arrests and three convictions for sell
ing the drug. Forty-three indict-
ments returned by the grand juries In
brooklyn In the last two months and
30 cases brought into court by Man.
haitian detectives show that the cru
sade against the evil is bearing fruit.
Two detectives who have been busy
running down illegal sellers of the
drug for the last seven or eight years
told recently of eccentricities of the
victims. 1T is a strange thing" said
one. that more than two-thirds of the
men who sell the drug illegally are
numbered among the victims. Negroes
are addicted to the habit to a great
degree In fact. it was in the south
that the habit of snufiing the drug
first came to light. In New York
city there are hundreds who have be-
come victims through a mere tooth
ache.
In running down those who vio-
lated the penal code in selling the
drug | have found the cocaine victim
to be a quick-witted and dangerous
person. l recall one place in particu-
lar in lower Third avenue, where
took part in a raid on a saloon, and
found four drug users. One had sill
yer buckles on his suspenders and
the buckles were in box form and
contained grains of the stuff. Another
had a seal ring the top of which
opened on hinge and the inside was
filled with cocaine. | entered pool
room near Chatham square looking
for cocaine and was sure that the
white stuff was sold on the prem
ises / searched for several hours.
and finally came upon several books.
A hole into the center of the leaves
about an. inch square was used as de-
pository for the drug. If the hang
ers on had not appeared SO studious.
believe would have been complete
ly fooled"
The police of the large cities. from
Maine to California. are fighting the
evil. In Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Bal
timore. Denver, Salt Lake City and
San Francisco the increased sale of
cocaine has made the police suspi-
cious. and they are trying to discov-
er the medium through which the
drug reaches the underworld, The
temptation to sell the drug illegally
is due to the enormous profit de-
rived. The average cost of the drug at
Wholesale is about SO an ounce and
II sells at the rate of SIC an ounce,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
HAD 1T PROPERLY NAMED
English Sailor May Have Forgotten
Pollteness, but He Had Appro-
prlately Designated DIsh.

A certain London clergyman who
had been travelling in Greece found
himself compelled to stay the night
at a monastery at Mount Athos. The
welcome was warm. but the food exc
cradle, in particular the soup. which
the guest could hardly force himself
to swallow. Being a classical scholar,
his knowledge of ancient Greek help
ed him to some understanding of the
monks, who spoke the widely differ
ent modern tongue, and he was as
tonished to hear that the unpalata.
BILE soup was an English dish.
"English!" cried one of the monks,
adding that an English sailor had been
there not long before and recognized
1t.
What did he call it?" asked the
clergyman.
The monk had to think for a mo-
ment before he could recollect the
strange English name of that soup.
All! he had it. 1t was 'bees'ly muckl"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
DREADNoueHT OUT or DATE
British Ship Of That Name Assigned
to Fourth Battle Fieet--Was
Built Six Years Ago.

London, How fieeting 10 the glory
of the modern lighting ship IL Illus
trated in the case OF the British bat
tleship Dreadnought. the building Of
which, as result of the report OF
the British naval attaches who ac-
companied Admiral Togo's feet In the
first naval battles In the Gulf OF
Pechili against the Pacific feet OF Rus
sia. caused revolution In bAttleship
construction.
This once prond vessel is now con-
sidered 80 far out of date that she
is being removed from the first bat
tie squadron and assigned to the
fourth battle squadron. which is
based on Gibraltar The Dreadnought
has been In commission less than six
years, and while not considered obso-
lete is more outclassed by the latest
distanced by her when she was first
built
A few weeks ago the battleship
King George v. was commissioned.
She has a broadside of no less than
$4,000 pounds This gives her su-
periority of LOG per cent. over the
Dreadnought, which was only 2S per
cent. better than the last pre-Dread-
noughts. The new armored cruisers
even are 80 per cent. more powerful
than the Dreadnought. No British
armored ship is reckoned effective to-
day that has been launched over IS
years.
At the battle of Trafalgar the 81
British ships averaged 81 years from
the date of launching. The Victory
herself was 80 years old
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
Mechanical Horse.

A real mechanical horse" is being
experimental with abroad. It is a
tractor" that is easily hitched to any
horse-drawn vehicle, Just as a team
Of horses. may be. and combines all
the advantages of the horse with
those of the auto truck at an exceed
ingly low price. The outfit comprises
a steel bar and coupler and sprocket
wheels designed to be attached to the
wheels and tongue of the wagon.
There is only one wheel on the
"horse" and that is at the front, the
most of the support for the tractor de-
pending upon the front wagon wheels
by which 1t is driven. The engine.
mounted under the front hood as in
an automobile, is OF 40 or so horse
power and drives the wagon at a
speed of from to 80 miles an hour,
the latter speed only being used when
1t is designed for fire engine service.
The front wheel is used to steer by
and 1t allows turn being made at an
angle of IS degrees. thus giving re-
markable turning ability in narrow
streets. One of the greatest advan-
tages of the mechanical horse" Is the
fact that it may be kept constantly at
work while unloading or loading is
going on.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
moaE SCHOOLS in RUSSIA
Cars Policy Gives Impetus to Popu-
lar EdueatIon-7Ig Gain In Last
Fifteen Yeare.

St. Petersburg Popular education
In Russia is making rapid strides In
advance; so much 80 that the next
statistics OF people who can neither
read nor write, not long ago officially
estimated at 60 per cent OF the total
population will certainly indicate a
notable decrease. In the last fifteen
years public instruction has immense
ly improved.
The existing system of state schools
was founded in the second half OF
the nineteenth century, when the
edict of the abolition of serfdom ap-
peared. Until the year 1860 Russia
only had 4,077 public schools. When.
In 1864, the zemstvos were estab-
lished. the number of schools in
creased rapidly and at the end of the
sixties there were In Russia 22.770
schools with 1.140.915 pupils.
Under Alexander III. popular edu-
cation made further advances, and at
the end OF his reign the number of
schools had reached 43,28G with g.
$4,000 pupils. Under the present
czar educational matters have re-
ceived increased attention. Thus the
schools opened by the zemstvos were
granted a state subsidy of $3.50 for
every fifty pupils. while the teachers
got increases in salary.
At the present time there are in
Russia 10O,295 elementary schools and
6,1SO.51O pupils. OF these schools
6e,sl0 have been opened under the
reign of Nicholas H., the present czar.
In the same period the number of In
dustrial schools has risen from 1888
to 2,74S. A teacher in the state
schools now begins on a salary of $172
a year. After five years he draws
5000. after ten years 1920 and the
maximum is only $27o year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
BULL WITH - 2 z COWS

:. Lines, especially early in the sea-
on, all the seals on land sleep the
,reater part of the time A person
may note harem of which every
me mber, even the yigilant master and
he hungry pups, is sound asleep The
seals furthermore have the faculty OF
sleeping in the water. resting on the
back with the long hind fiippers held
loft or snugly folded along the body.
and with the nose protruding from the
surface. 1t is this habit of sleeping at
sea which enables the hunter to ap-
nroach close enough to hurl a spear or
discharge load of buckshot, and has
resulted in pelagic sealing with all its
attendant evils. While individual seals
or entire harems may be asleep. the
rookeries as whole always present
an animated scene, accompanied by
steady volume of discordant sounds.
both day and night. The bulls fire.
quently utter savage roars of defiance.
and keep up constant scolding, chuck
ling and whistling in order to maintain
discipline, and the cows have shrill
bleat and the pups an answering cry
Tar more penetrating than the calls of
owe and lamb. OFF each rookery there
is throughout the season party of
swimming, playing and sleeping seals,
nd an incessant passage of seals to
nd from the rookery and hauling
rounds. Some of them are bachelors,
ut most of them are cows, whose me-
essity for going to sea for food is
reater than that OF any other mem
5ers of the herd. for they have TO sus-
ain themselves and also provide nour-
hment for their pups. On the ap-
roach of cold weather. the cows and
pups leave the islands together Up
to that time the pups have subsisted
solely on milk. and they then have TO
learn to catch their own food. consist
ing of fish and squid. Inasmuch as the
natural mortality among the pups in
their first year is fully fifty per cent.
1t is evident that they experience many
vicissitudes in the tempestuous seas to
which they commit themselves The
males follow shortly after. but some
remain about the islands throughout
the winter intmild seasons. and the ma.
tives always depend on seals for food
in December and January.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
PARROT FAILS AS WATCHDOG
Polly Couldn't Call "6ursIarsi Bur
qiarsl" and Now Lies Dead at
Allentown, PA.

Allentown, Pa.-Burglars entered
the home of Thomas Stern, and before
attempting to rob the house took
the precaution to strangle the family
parrot, which the Sterns had installed
as watchdog, believing the bird to
be better than any canine as guard
ian OF the family at night The
Sterns, however, neglected to teach
Polly to squeak Burglars! BurgIars!"
In the night members of the Stern
family heard Polly yell Maggie. Mag
gle" and then all was quiet. They
thought Polly was dreaming and paid
no attention to the calls.
In the morning Polly was found
dead in the yard. The burglars had
taken the family jewelry at their
leisure.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
Dew Baths.

Occasionally have seen from my
study window red-headed linnets bath
ing in dew when water elsewhere was
scarce. A large Monterey cypress
with broad branches and innumera-
BILE leaves on which the dew lodges
In still nights made favorite bath
ing-place Alighting gently. as IL
afraid to waste the dew. they would
pause. and fdget as they do before
beginning to plash In pools: then dip
and scatter the drops in showers and
get as thorough a bath as they would
In a pool have also seen the same
kind of baths taken by birds on the
boughs OF silver frs on the edge Of a
glacier meadow. but nowhere have
seen the dewdrops so abundant as on
the Monterey cypress: and the picture
made by the quivering wings and
irised dew was memorably beautiful.
Children. too. make fine figures
plashing and Growing In their little
tubs How widely different from wal.
lowing pigs, bathing with great show
OF comfort, and rubbing themselves
dry against rough-barked treesl--
John Muir. in the Atlantic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
Cement Gun.

There is cement gun which is used
to apply a mortar covering to struc-
tural steel work. A mixture of dry
sand and cement is shot from a noz-
zle by compressed air. A second hose
delivers to the same nozzle supply
OF water under pressure. and the mix
ture Of sand, cement and water is
shot out with velocity of about $50
feet second. The nozzle is arranged
to produce thorough wetting OF the
material. AS the mixture strikes the
surface to be covered, thescoarse sand
grains rebound until the fine cement
mortar, which adheres Immediately,
he's formed a plastic base In which the
coarse particles become imbedded. A
covering Of any required thickness is
then rapidly built up.
One Of these guns has been used
on the Panama canal in covering the
sides of the Culebra cut with cement.
to prevent the unstable earth from
sliding into the canal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-01
PROPER DEALING OF JUSTICE
Judges Stern Rebuke OF Would-8e
7rIber Accompanied With Appro-
prlate Reduction Of "Sock."

The justice OF the peace was In a
marked state OF ignorance. He was
approached by man desiring d.
vorce, and he did not know what to
do. Calling friend to his side, he
whispered:
What's the law on this point?'
you can't do It," was the reply.
Its out of your Jurisdiction"
The husband observing the con-
sultaton, and feeling keenly his de-
sire to escape from the matrimonial
woe, explained:
I'm willin' to pay well; got the
money right here in my SOCK"
At this Juncture the Justice as
sumed his gravest judicial air. obvi-
ously he was deeply panied. Never be-
fore in all his life had he been so bow
ed down by grief
You knew before you came here"
he said sadly, that 1t wasn't for me
to separate husband and wife, and
yet you not only take up the valuable
time of this court by talking, but you
actually propose to bribe me with
money. Now, how much have you got
in that sock?''
About $3.50, your honor"
rs that SO? Then l fine you IS
for bribery and $1,50 for taking up
my time with case out of my juris-
diction; and may the Lord have mercy
on your soul!"-Popular Magazine.