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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13
REMAINS MAN OF MYSTERY
Hardly Probable Now That the identj-
fication Of flames Ord" Will
Ever Be Made.

Who was james Ord?" The public
life of this man started at George
town college, Washington, d. c., where
he lived with his uncle" Captain
Ord, who obtained a position In the
Washington navy yard to be near his
ward. While the lad was still In col
lege Captain Ord was taken iii and
died, after brief Illness. Just be-
fore dying he tried to tell the true
name of his parent, the name of whom
he had previously said would startle
Europe. He died In a fit of coughing
after saying that he had sworn not
TO tell, but was trying to give the
name.
Young ord" was supplied liber-
ally with funds while at school, and
even after he graduated he was
privately tutored by Maryland
priest, who tried to trace his parent
age. The search led to the unsup-
ported conclusion that he was the son
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13
Many Metamorphoses.

Gueulette's "Chinese Tales. printed
in 1923. tell of Fum-Hoam. the name
of a mandarin who restored Malek-ai'
Salen, king OF Georgia, to his throne
and told the kings daughter. Guchen-
raz, the story of his strange meta
morphoses. First he was Piurash.
who murdered the usurper Siamek
then a flea then a lapdog; then an
Indian maiden named Massouma: then
bee, cricket, Q mouse: then Absen-
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13
POSSIBLY HER LAST CHANCE
At All Events, the Object of His Aztec
tons Perfectly Agreed With
Her Fiance.

For several minutes the young man
did not speak. His heart was toe
full. 1t was enough for him to know
that this glorious creature loved him
that she had promised to share his
fate.
With new and delightful sense of
ownership he Toasted his eyes once
more upon her beauty, and as he real.
lied that henceforth 1t would be his
privilege TO provide for her welfare
and happiness, he could have almost
wept with joy.
His good fortune seemed Incredible
Finally he whispered tenderly:
SHGw did il ever happen, darling,
thai such bright, shining angel as
yourself fell in love with a dull, stu
pid fellow like meY'
Goodness knows" she murmured
absently; 81 must have screw loose
somewhere"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13
n

deroud. the imam; thereafter the
daughter Of a rich Indian merchant !;
the jezdad OF Iolcos; the greatest
beauty Of Greece; then a founding
found by a dyer In a box; then Dugme.
queen Of Persia then a maiden named
Hengu; thereafter he became an ape
then the daughter Of midwife OF
Tatary: then the only son Of the
Sultan Agra; an Arabian physician;
a Wild man called Kolao; slave; the
son OF a cadi Of Erzerum; a dervish
an Indian prince and lastly Fun
Hoam.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13

| y N'"brelia. In the pterodactyl
only one finger is elongated for q
wing, the membrane being stretched
between that and the rather long hind
| legs. The wing finger was the fourth
| digit, and the remains of the first
| three digits, reduced to small claws,
can easily be recognized on the upper
border of the wing.
The head is most extraordinary
| part OF the animal All pterodactyls
have large but lightly constructed
skulls with long beak, which In
most of them Is set with sharp needle
like teeth. The Pteranodon, as its
name indicates, is toothless, with a
great, sharp-pointed beak somewhat
like that of stork or a kingfsher,
and very light and delicately- con-
structed skull with an enormous COM
pressed crest stretching backward
from it, almost equal to the beak in
length.
The neck is moderately long and
strong, as would be needed to carry
the large head, but the body looks
absurdly short and small and the tail
is mere little stub. The backbone
between the shoulders is all CONSOLE
dated into a single piece (called the
notarium), just as the backbone be-
tween the hip bones is consolidated
In most animals into single piece
called the sacrum. The upper end Of
the shoulder girdle (scapula) is SOCK
eted into the side of the notarium,
the lower end (coracoid into the
sternum on the under side of the
body. This affords very strong pur-
chase for the wings, stronger even
than in birds. which sometimes have
the vertebrae partly consolidated like
a notarium, but never get SO far as
to have the scapula socketed into it.
Great Spread of Wing.
The breastbone or sternum is not so
unlike the breastbone of bird 1t is
a broad fiat plate with a high crest
projecting forward and downward In
the middle line, to which the prin-
cipal VIM, muscle Is attached. In
this specimen, unfortunately, the
sternum was missing altogether.
The ribs are very imperfect, short,
and little curved. Probably con-
siderable part Of the body basket was
cartilaginous, SO that 1t has not been
preserved as fossil. The ribs In
this specimen were scattered, and no
attept has been made to bring them
back to their proper articulations.
They have merely been placed near to
their proper location.
The extent and limits of the wing
membranes as shown on the specimen
are theoretical. No pterodactyl Of
this group has been found In which
they are preserved. They have been
found, indeed, more or less perfectly
preserved, In some of the smaller spe-
cies from the Solenhofen slate Of Ba-
varia. notably the long-tailed Rham-
phorhynchus and the short-tailed
Pterodactylus, Scaphognathus, etc.
Rut these more ancient kinds OF flying
reptiles are much smaller and more
primitive, and so different from the
great Pteranodon in the proportions
OF skull and other parts that they
may have been very different In the
wings as well. The best evidence for
reconstructing the wings is the form
and proportion of the bones and the
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13

heard several bible stories. His moth
or was Boosting Of his ability to re-
late them, while his grandfather wait
ed rather impatiently. He was ready
TO start on trip downtown, and Jo-
seph was going with him." Then all
at once Joseph. too. grew impatient.
He was in grandfather's car and could
not discover the reason for grandpa
theirs lingering. So out he shouted:
Hurry up. grandpa, or we'll be too
late to go. You're as slow as Moses
when he built the rk."-Indianapolis
News. ,Ej
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13
Much Newsprint Imported

OF the newsprint paper used by
American newspapers only one-third
Is made i'm the United States from
wood grown in this country. The rest
is either imported or made from i'm
ported wood or pulp. The United
States has enormous forest resource 3
In her northwest and IN Aias'-a. If
pulp mills were. properly located TO
handle the raw material
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13

rather risky to operate, considering
the road conditions, ETC.. Of those days.
It remained for American inventors
and manufacturers to perfect the mo-
torcycle and market 1t on a large scale.
Today, one of the large American
manufacturers has q yearly output
that is greater by 80 per cent than the
largest foreign manufacturer.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13
he First Motorcycle.

W. :. motorcycles In this country
naH,. . manufactured in any great
~ !. anti' after 1902, 1t is inter
NJ :. OOserve that the first motor
haAss. gwen to the world by a
Ascr,.a oack in 1880. This first
M was made by NJ. Trouve.
\ us,,. ana created great interest
INA. 'ent The first machines
- S.~ s affairs, naturally. They
went As to mechanism and
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13
SpiciIy Educational.

J. NJ. reports overhearing this as
he came out of moving-pIcture place :
He-I liked that last piece It's
highly educational.
She-Educational? Why, it's about
a horrid vamp.
He-Just so. You see, l may meet
know how to protect myself.-Boston
Transcript.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13

Mrs. Yearwedd-That cook says she
doesn't want me fussing around the
kitchen. The idea!
Yearwedd-Tell me If she sticks to
1t and I'll double her wages.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13
: GOING WITHOUT WATER

- = m,,as 'amel Will carry its
NM S,,.s = gay for three days
= HiIl - ~. "hiie there are some
a. IL 1'ou1 wrter 80 miles a
xiIl go. 80 a specially trained
NH a arry rider a hundred
u = !. Il iifts the legs on the
a. the same time, like a
III \. 4 nature camel will
~ I. q thousand pounds.
'eventeenth year.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13


hhIfion, are mighty interesting-st
Interesting that they are incredibl,
md make a man say, There never
vas no such animile; there couldn't
be" Most people will probably re
nn the great flying reptiles as more
wonderful even than the giant lizards
70 he sure the lizards are whoppers
mybe as long as So feet and weigh
kf about twenty tons, but an 1S-fooa
nature that few all day like sea.
ull and hung itself up by its claws
n night like bat--not a bird, but
Tying reptile--crowds a lizard, even
% armored or meat-eating lizard
| out Of the spotlight.
Anyway, the American Museum OF
satural History has placed on exhi.
| aiion fine skeleton Of the Pterano-
am or giant flying reptile from the
talk formation Of western Kansas.
t nearest neighbors are great ma
hne lizard, Tylosaurus, and giant
Nh, Portheus, both from the same
hHsas formation. Incidentally. do
Dt let the name. Pteranodon phaze
1m i really means something: a
'lnged lizard without teeth.
one of the interesting things about
he@ freak prehistoric giants is the
net that they and the formations i'm
1mch their bones lie tell us a lot
noa' the prehistoric history of our
"un'ry. II Is now certain. for ex-
hp'e that after the Rocky noun
WINS rose up out of the waters, there
sw great inland sea east of them,
'aere these giant lizards and flying
'9hies disported themselves. Prob
NY ice and snow and rain, wore
Vsh me mountain peaks and the riv-
= carried off the grindings to fiji up
as inland sea and bury some of the
'a'Sefs' so that we could find their
W. and figure out what they looked
ass b HE
The Latest Pteranodon.
" 70 this latest Pteranodon from
Aass' ". D. Matthew of the depart
N u vertebrate palaeontology Of
american Museum Of Natural His
y, writes interestingly about It In
aa'a' History. He says, among 9TH
u skeleton Of the new giant fly
=. Np'l'e at the American museum.
nss ~ NV the largest of its kind, is Of
~ impressive dimensions. The
~ stretched out in a straight
sou'd measure q feet from tip
u. W IN their present curve. about
actual position In flight, they
saa '0'e IS feet between the t,ps.
p y tne wing membranes was
N. !, 10 this skeleton; but in
- Kinds Of pterodactyls thew have
! A. deserved more or less complete,
M ~, ! Is known that they were
~ Aeate membranes like wings
ma, Inc bats wing, however is
h,.s 'u upon four out Of the five
stretched out like the ribs of
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13

Every man IS afraid Of the devil, ms
matter how often he whips that uneX
hausted adversary.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13

Many youth who aspres to become
All A. NJ is In after years glad to set
t. down as the village Z. NJ
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13
A New Version.

r NOW VcF0fV0s
Seven-year-old Joseph mad been go
ing to Sunday school for almost three
months, and during that time had
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13
8OYearsOld
Was Sick
Now Feels Young After
Taking EatOniC for
Sour Stomach

81 had sour stomach ever since l had
the grip and it bothered me badly
Have taken Eatonic only week and
am much better. Am so years old"
says Mrs. John Hill.
Eatonic quickly relieves sour stom-
ach, Indigestion, heartburn, bloating
and distress after eating because 1t
takes up and carries out the excess
acidity and gases which cause most
stomach ailments. If you have "tried
everything" and still suffer, do not give
up hope. Eatonic has brought relief to
tens of thousands like you. A big box
costs but trihe with your druggists
guarantee.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-08-13

LYING reptiles are be
ginning to come out Of
the fossil beds Of the
middle West. The fos-
sill beds have been Civ
ing up great numbers
Of prehistoric monsters
of various kinds and
sizes for years. And
some Of them. as recon-
structed and put on ex-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-25
1000 Germans Kept Busy
Printing Only Paper

Berlin, May 21.-Germany has ap,
proximately 1000 persons employed
in making money" I do not mean
this in the usual accepted sense of
that term but literally.
That is the staff of the German
"money press" which turns out the
bales of 10, 20, so, 100, 1,oOo-mark
certificates or bills, not to mention
the smaller one and two mark paper
slips.
Silver coins have been withdrawn
and are no longer legal tender. The
metal money consists of iron, alumi-
nun, and in Saxony there is some
made out of porcelain.
An idea of how the "paper money
industry" has grown in Germany may
be gathered from the following fig
ures. In 1910 the German govern
ment printing office, including the en-
craving and money printing depart
ments, employed 1921 persons. In
1915, 2,91O; in 1917, 5,S32, in 1919,
1888, and at the end of October,
1920, there were 9,771 employees, an
increase of more than 400 per cent
in ten years. At present the figure
has passed the 10000 mark.
In the making and printing of pa
per money there are alone approx
mately 1000 employed at present, or
almost double the number that the
entire printing Office, including the
postage and tax stamp departments
and all other government printing,
employed in 1910.
A million marks in one thousand
mark bills weighs four pounds. 1t is
figured out that were Germany to
pay the 2O,OOO,OOO,OOo gold marks
in paper marks at the present vaule
it would require 24O,OO0,O00,OO0 pa
per marks, which would weigh some
thing more than 430 tons.
1t requires astronomical calcula-
tions to figure out what the 226,O0O,-
100000 gold marks reparation de-
manded would be in paper marks at
the present rate of approximately Is
paper marks for one gold mark.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-25

be further cooperation among the
carriers in the performance of their
services. In terminal organization
and management, the report stated,
the cooperation of the carriers was
especially urgent.
"Whatever economics may be ef-
fected by charges in operating meth
ods," it was stated, "there inevitably
must be a reduction in the percent
age which salaries and wages COM
prise of the total operating revenue.
The payroll of the railroads in 1917
amounted to $1,7o0,OOO,0OO or
about As per cent of the operating
revenue. In 1920 the payroll had
more than doubled, having risen to
$3.50, 600, 900, which was aboout 60
per cent of the operating revenue.
"The committee assumes that
every effort will be made by the car
riers to maintain equitable scales of
wages for different classes of employ
ment. While wages must be reduced,
no class of labor should bear an in
equitable share of the burden of the
rehabilitation period and all should
render full eight hours service for
eight hours pay.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-25
Railroads Must Reduce Their
Expenses.

Washington, May 22.-Railroads
must make sharp reductions in their
operating expenses if their credit and
financial stability are to be re-estab-
lished, a committee of the chamber of
commerce, of the United States,
which made a survey of the trans
portation question, declared tonight
in statement.
Necessity of practicing strict econ
omy was urged, the committee point
ing out that REIMBURSEMENT of salaries
J and wages is in progress in all other
industries, and it is to be assumed
that railroad wages will in the future,
! as they have in the past, bear Jan equi-
table relationship to wages paid in
other activities"
! The committee was of the opinion
that the grouping or consolidation OF
railroads must ultimately be accom-
plished. 1t also declared that federal
incorporation of railroads was highly
desirable.
No additional legislation on the rail
road question, however, was needed
at this time, the statement said, as it
was advisable to have further expert
ence with the transportation act be-
fore attempting to modify it.
The committee stated it had come
to the conclusion that "even with in
creased traffic that will come with
the gradual return of business pros
perity, the business of railroad trans
Iportation cannot be restored to a
profitable basis until the present high
operating expenses are cut down"
4 "It is recognized by the railroads" )"
the committee report continued, "that
rates and fares cannot be increased" )"
stressing the need for more eco-
nomic: methods of operation, the COM
l:mittee said the first step toward the
Accomplishment of economics should
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-25
con6ning Hen in Coop Re.
duces Loss of Chicks.

Chicks hatcheQ during Cne WlHIer
months should be brooded in a poul-
try house or shed while the outside
weather conditions are unfavorable;
after the weather becomes settled
they should be reared in brood coops
out of doors. 1t is best to make brood
coops so that they can be closed at
night, to keep out cats, rats, and 9TH
er animals, and enough ventilation
should be allowed so that the hen and
chicks will have plenty of fresh air.
The hen should be confined in the
coop until the chicks are weaned,
while the chicks are allowed range
after they are few days old. Where
hens are allowed free range and have
to forage for feed for themselves and
chicks, they often take the latter
through wet grass, where they may
become chilled and die. Most of the
feed the chicks get by foraging goes
to keep up the heat of the body,
whereas feed eaten by those that are
with the hen that is confined produces
more rapid growth, as the chicks do
not have so much exercise.
In most broods there are one or
two chicks that are weaker than the
others, and if the hen is allowed free
range the weaker ones often get be-
hind and out of hearing of the moth
er's cluck and call. In most cases
this results in the loss and death OF
these chicks, due to becoming chilled.
If the hen is confined, the weaklings
can always find shelter and heat un-
der her, and after few days may de-
velop into strong, healthy chicks.
The loss in young chicks due to al
lowing the hen free range is undoubt-
edly large, say poultry specialists in
the United States Department OF
Agriculture. Chicks frequently have
to be caught and put into their coops
during sudden storms, as they are apt
to huddle in some hole or corner
where they get chilled and drowned
They must be kept growing constant,
" if the best results are to be OBJ,
tanned, as they never entirely recover
from checks in their growth, even
for a short period. Hens are usually
left with their chicks as long as they
will brood them, although some hens
commence to lay. before the chicks
are weaned.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-25
Quality of Feed Does Not Ma
terially Influence Richness
of Milk.

A reader writes: 81 can get much
richer milk using cottonseed meal to
supply protein"
Another asks: "Can the quality OF
my, cows milk be improved by any
thing \I>can do?. 1t is of very poor
quality"
The popular belief that the rich
ness of cows milk, or the per cent
or proportion of butter fat which it
contains can be increased by feeding,
persists in spite of all that has been
said and all the evidence that exists
to show that the feed does not ma
terially and permanently increase the
richness of the milk or the per cent
of butter fat it contains. The richness
of the milk or the per cent of butter
fat is an individual, a breed, and an
inherited characteristic of the cow
and the feed does not materially af-
feet it.
The feed very materially affects
the quantity of milk and consequent
ly. the total amount of butter fat
produced in a given time, but the
COW that gives milk containing 8 per
cent of butter fat, for instance, can
not be made to give milk containing
a per cent of butter fat by merely
changing or increasing the feed.
The per cent of butter fat or the
richness of the milk varies slightly
and for short intervals, or from one
milking to the next, or for few
days may vary a great deal; but
changing the feed does not change
the per cent of butter fat one month
very greatly from that of another
month, nor of one year from that OF
another. With Individual COWS the less
milk given the richer in butter fat,
as rule; but the per cent of butter
fat varies little from year to year,
although it may be slightly less with
advancing years. The variations from
day to day are constant and consid-
cradle, but not due to changes in the
kinds and amounts of feed.
Many do not believe this, but it
is a fact well proved just the same.
One cannot tell how rich milk is
from looking at it and the failure to
get much butter or cream from
given cows milk is often due to
faulty handling. An abundance of
rich feed will increase the amount of
milk and consequently the total
amount of butter, but the per cent of
butter fat or the richness of the milk
is likely to decrease as the quantity
increases.-Progressive Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-25
Salt For Dairy Cows.

A reader asks: Glow much salt
does dairy cow need? I have seen
it stated by the advertiser of a ready
mixed feed that it contained 1 per
cent of salt. Is this enough salt?">
The average dairy cow, according
to Washburn, requires about an
ounce of salt day. Heavy mixers
need more salt than those producing
less and large cow probably more
than small one. 4
1t has been found that steers on
full feed when allowed to take what
salt they wish will consume something
less than ,an ounce day per 1000
pounds live weight; the average be-
ing something like q of an ounce
per day. If a cow gets 100 ounces
(6A pounds) of a feed containing 1
per cent of salt she will get ounce
of salt. If the average cow gets more
that 6A pounds of such a feed per
day she will probably get a little
more salt than she needs, but this
small excess will do no harm. A large
heavy milking cow might get more
than 64 pounds of the feed per day,
but such a cow will need more than
an ounce of salt a day.
We would state that 1 per cent of
salt is enough in a mixed feed, but
probably not too much.
The real question is, should salt
be put in ready mixed feed, or mix
ed with the feed at any time?
Some claim that the salt increases
the palatability of the feed and for
that reason should be mixed with it,
but the proper amount of salt can
not be put in the feed unless the
amount that is going to be fed is
known. For this reason we believe the
better method of giving salt to cows
is to keep it before them all the time,
so they may taoke what they mant.
In this way they are not likely to get
too much.
Some. advise giving salt to dairy
cows rather freely because it will
cause them to drink more water,
which is thought to tend to larger
milk production. This is probably an
error. Both salt and water should be
where the cows can get as much as
they want without any trouble. Too
much salt may easily become in
furious.
If we assume that a 100O-pound
cow requires n of an ounce of salt
day and half an ounce extra for
each 20 pounds of milk produced,
then cow weighing 1000 pounds and
giving 20 pounds of milk would re-
quire liz ounces per day, and If she
gave 40 pounds of milk day she
would require liz ounces day. We
may therefore, conclude that dairy
cow should have from to 2 ounces
Of salt day according to the amount
of milk she gives. This may be put
in the feed each day if care is taken
to give the correct amount regularly,
but a better plan is to put the salt
where the COW can help. herself to
what she wants.-Progressive Farmer