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The editor is not responsible for the views of correspondents. DIVISIONS OF TIME. Measureineatu of the Days, eoaths and Years. A "solar day" Is measured by the ro tation of the earth upon Its axis and is of different lengths, owing to the ellip ticity of the earth's orbit and other causes. but a "mean solar day" is twenty-four hours long, as reckoned by the timepieces. An astronomical day commences at noon and is counted from the first to the twenty-fourth hour. A "civil day" commences at midnight and is count ed from the first to the twelfth hour, and then again commences with one and finishes with twelve. A "nautical day" is reckoned the same as the "civil day," only that the reckoning is begun at noon instead of at midnight. A "calendar month" varies from twenty-eight to thirty-one dayq. A "mean lunar month" Is twenty-nine days, twelve hours, forty-four minutes, two and two-thirds seconds. A "year" is divided into 865 days. A "solar year," which is the time occupied by the sun In passing from one normal equinox to the other, consists Of 864. 24244 days, which is equal to 865 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 49.5368 seconds. A "Julian year" is 865 days even. A "Gregorian year" is 865.2425 days. The error In the Gregorian mode of time reckoning amounts to but one day in each 3,571 years. A Gee* Zater. When Gustavus of Sweden was be sieging Prague, a boor of extraordi nary aspect gained admittance to his teat and offered, by way of amusing his majesty, to devour a large hog in his presence. Old General Konigs marck, who was in attendance, at once suggested that the man with the Gar gantuan appetite should be burned as a witch, whereupon the boor, whose feelings were hurt by this observation, exclaimed, "If your majesty will but make that old gentleman take off his sword and spurs, I will eat him before I begin the pig." This was aceom panied by such a "hideous expansion of the jaws and mouth" that the gen eral, though he had given his "proofs" on many a feld, turned pale and fled incontinently to his tent. Two eamdles. Iverything has two handles-the one aoft and manageable, the other such as will not endure to be touched. If, then, your brother do you an injury, do not take it by the hot hard handle, by rep resenting to yourself all the aggravat ing circumstances of the fact, but look rather on the soft side and extenuate it as much as is possible by consider ing the nearness of the relation and the long friendship and familiarity be tween you-obligations to kindness which a single provocation ought not to dissolve. And thus you will take the accident by its manageable handle. £plictetus. LIST OF LETTIERS. Remlating in the postofmoe at Donaldsonville. La., Saturday. Noy. S0, 19?7. Adams, Francis (2) Kennedy, Harriet Adams. Georgians (2) Leadry. Mahalia Allison. Louise Lemann, M L Beille, Jos Lewis, Deline Byrens,. Scott Lewis. Jessie Bourgeois, A Meunier, MrsE P Bordelon. O H Miller, Alberth Braud. Mrs J C Morgan. Bessie Corney, Adele Meiham, Rusheed Chaney, Louisa Morris, Henry Clark. D L Nelson. Clara Clark, Achille Nickel. H A Brooks. Rose Parker. Cliveton Curtis, Percy Patterson, Victoria Davis. Cecelia Pine. Jos Dominic, Gustin Rodrigue, Francis Foster, Andrew Rodrigue, Mrs Milthe Foster. Elizabeth Rollins, Sallie Franklin. Pauline Sagona, Felix (2) Oar. G B Seto;, Pierre Gordon, Jennett Smith, Asel , Gregoire, L (4) Subers, Rabe Ortflin, Louise Tasin, Chas Guess, George Tolmes, Richard Han. Rene Toups, V L Mclnniss, John Triche, Mathilde Jackson, Anna Treadwny, Ralph Joseph, Ellen Torper, Frederick Johnson. Rebecca Tucker, J W Joseph. Lilly Verron. H Hebert. Millie Noresa Agnes Hillery. Annie Watson, Amelia Kelley, James C Williams. Martha Klip,. John C Whaley, Blanche King. Annie Wright. Emily Williams, Mary When calling for these letters say advertised. It not called for in two weeks they will be sent to the Dead Letter offee at Wasiuatoa. D. C. WeakLungs Bronchitis For over sixty years doctors have endorsed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for coughs, colds, weak lungs, bronchitis, con sumption. You can trust a medicine the best doctors ap prove. Then trust this the next time you have a hard cough. The beat iMad of a t.timoata- "Sold for over sixty yers." yers .... We ha_ v so serta We pubifth the . brmuas ofa our iLeiaesIm. aer's PilIskeep the boinrqiar -' ssat º i y taarkit MR. PHARR'8 PLATFORM. Attitude of Republlean Candidate for Governor on Leading Issues of the Day-Admirable Principles Clearly Set Forth (Continued from last week.* Akin to this question of primaries, and closely allied to it, is that of the i general election laws. No state in the American Union has such partisan, unjust and absurd election laws as LoiNsiana has. Every barrier that human ingenuity could devise to dis courage independence has been enacted into law. No man may become acan didate for office, except by permission of partisan boards. Even the internal affairs of the minority party must, come bfefore these boards for final set-i tlement. With our present intelligent electorate everything should be done' to encourage, not discourage, inde pendent candidates for public office and the opposition of organized mi nority parties. The election law un der the Australian ballot system, should be so fair that every citizen, however humble, and every political party, however meagre, may honor ably seek public favor with absolute assurance of a free ballot and a fair count. LEVEES AND WATERWAYS. One of the most important questions to the people of Louisiana is the levee question. The tax levied for all gov ernment purposes is five mills on the dollar, and of this levy no less than seventeen per cent is devoted to the building and maintenance of levees. Of course, we all believe in big, sub stantial levees, and no one wishes to see the work lag or slacken. But I think a determined effort should be made by our people to turn this work over, in its entirety, to the United States government. The Mississippi river is the nation's greatest water way. It drains a vast expanse of country from the Allegheny to the Rocky Mountains. Why should the people of Louisiana bear the brunt of this great drainage problem? Listen to the words of President Roosevelt in his magnificent speech at Vicks burg, Mississippi, on October 21, 1907: "I wish to see the federal govern ment build the system of dikes or levees down the course of the Mississ ippi, which shall make the farm, the plantation of the man that lives by the Mississippi, as safe as if he had a plantation by the Illinois or the Hud son or the Red river of the north. I advocate no impossible task, no dif ficult task. The people of Holland, a little nation, took two-thirds of their country out from under the ocean, and they live behind the dikes now, and bave lived behind-them for centuries, In-safety. With one-tenth of this ef fort, we, an infinitely greater nation, can take these incomparably rich bht tom lands of lower Mississippi out from all fear-of ever being flooded or even being overflowed by the Mississ ippi." There is but one way to induce the national government to take charge of the levees. The Republican party is the party of protection, of large reve nues, of internal improvement, of ca pacity for large enterprises. The Dem ocratic- party is the party of free trade, of meagre revenue, of opposi tion to internal improvements, of inca pacity for large governmental prob lems. If this work is to be undertaken by the Washington government, it must be undertaken by the Republi can party. By all means, then, let our people show their appreciation of this fact by electing Republicans to office. Such a move would solve the levee problem for all time to come. It would also be a strong-inducement to the national government to make more liberal appropriations for our numerous waterways. PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS. The regulation and control of public service corporations is a question of present national importance, which should receive much local attention. There can be no question of the cor rectness of President Roosevelt's position. This country will never ac cept the doctrine of public ownership of such corporations. Regulation and control is the remedy. But the state must render every assistance to the federal government. The administra tion at Washington will do its share, but that will be insufficientif the admin istration at Baton Rouge is listless. The power of the railroad commission should be enlarged so as to give them more complete jurisdiction over pub lic utility corporations, and its mem hers should be spurred on todo their duty in forcing better service from railroad, telegraph and telephone companies. TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS. Likewise the laws enacted by con gress to prevent trusts and combina. tions in restraint of trade must be supplemented by state laws of the same import, and these must be en forced by honest and conscientious officials, anxious to do their full share. Laws that are permitted to lapse into "innocuous desuetude" might as well have been left unenacted. IMMIGRATION, TAXATION AND EDU CATION. Immigration is one of the important questions confronting our people. We are adding daily to our acreage of cot tono, sugar and rice fields, and our tremendous timber and swamp lands, rapidly being cleared up and reclaimed by proper drainage, give promise of magnificent homes to a desirable class of people. We need industrious and intelligent farm-owners and plantabton laborers, and must look to other states and countries for them. Much can be done by wise legislation to attract the people we want; but, in my opinion, two questiOns must be solved correctly before the right people of otoler, climes wllU ages t aLst, tber .lot wth -uJin These two questions are no less Im portant to ourselves than to those whom we would attract Into our midst. I refer to taxation and education. TAX RATE TOO HIGH. The tax rate in Louisiana is too high. No one will agree to come into our midst and pay the rates exacted, when the rates of other states are lower. There must be a tremendous cut. At the same time more and bet ter public schools must be provided, because the state must not be left at the head of the column of jiliterates, the position we now occupy. This will require money for public schools. How are these two problems to be rec onciled? Antagonistic as they may seem, they are susceptible of rec oncilement, and this I regard as the paramount issue of the campaign, the one issue before which all others pale into insignificance. CONSOLIDATION OF OFFICER AND ABOLITION OF FEES. OLe proposition which has been ad vaLced and with which I am in hearty accord is the abolition of six of the seven tax collectors and tax assessors in the city of New Orleans, and the consolidation of these into two sal aried offices. Along this same line something must he done to prevent shortages in the offices of the tax collectors the state over. Naturally the best guarantee isthe election of honest and competent offici als. But a further safeguard might be provided by making it the duty of the bank' examiner to check up the tax collectors. Th s would be in line with his preseLt work, and could be done without entailing additional cost in the way of travel. Another proposition that meets my entire approval is the abolition of all fees to public officers. Every officer now receiving fees should be placed on a salary basis, with no such salary to exceed $5000 per annum, and only the more important positions to go that high. The fees should be paid into the state treasury. STATE DEBT TO BE REFUNDED. Nor do I think it wise to settle the state debt, or any part of it, at this time. The credit of the state is such thatthis debt can be refunded on a reasonable basis. There is no reason in forcing the people to borrow money at 7 and 8 per cent to pay off,a state debt bearing 4 per cent. You cannot lower the tax rate and pay the debt. We need a lower tax rate, and, para doxical as it may sound, we need the state debt also. It is the great safety valve of appropriation committees. The appropriations by the legislature of 1906 were nearly three and a half million dollars in excess of those of 1890. Pay the state debt and practi cally all restraint will have been re moved. The result will be appalling even to the apostles of frenzied financ. PLACE PUBLIC FUNDS AT INTEREST. There is still another proposition that has been advanced by which a consid erable sum will be saved the state. That proposition is that the state's funds be given to the bank or banks paying the highest rate of interest on daily balances. This meets my hearty approval, and I would go so far as to define by law the class of securities to be accepted and remove all discretion frum the boards in question. And I would make the law applicable to all public bodies, even police juries. I would also favor the enactment of a law requiring everybody handling public funds to publish, twice each year in their official organ, a detailed statement of all revenites and expendi tures. MINIMUM STATE LICENSE OF $1000. But, at best, these measures will only bring small relief to the ever present and pressing school and tax question. Personally I am opposed to the liquor traffic. Still, I do not believe the time is 'ripe for the discus sion of prohibition as a state policy, but would favor the enactment of a statutory high-license law, establish ing $1000 as the minimum state license. I am satisfied that such a measure will increase the s:ate's revenues and provide us with schools the equal of any in the country, besides easing the general fund and permitting a mate rial reduction of the tax rate. This might permit, also, a more liberal pensioning of Confederate veterans. NO BETTING ON HORSE RACING. Another moral question closely al lied with the liquor question is that of betting on horse races. Kentucky, the home of the thoroughbred, has re stricted horse racing, while Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and other states have practically put a ban on book making and race-track gambling. I would favor the enactment of a law forbidding gambling at the race track in any form. With this paramount moral issue high license and no betting on horse races-I would commit myself to the enforcement of all laws, particularly the Sunday law and the anti-gambling laws. I would have the sheriff of ev ery parish see to it that every law on the statute books is strictly enforced without fear or favor. In this way, and only in this way, can the greati state of which we are so proud take its rightful place at the very front of the procession of the sisterhood of states. A Narrow Escape. G. W. Cloyd, a merchant, of Plunk. Mo., had a narrow escape four years ago, when he ran a iimson bur into his thumb. He says: "The doo tor wanted to amputate it. but I would not oon sent. I bought a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve and that cured the dangerous wound." 25c at J. J. Leche's drug store. The largest dam in the south has just been finished. It is thrown across the Yadkin river 31 miles from Salisbury, N. C , and is 46 feet high and 917 feet long. The minimum flow of water gives 16,000 horsepower, which-rhakes it sec oad only ti Niagara as. a source of mechanical energy. Theelectric power generated will be transmitted to neigh boring cotton mills and factories. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS, Opportunities Offered for Obtaining Em ployment Under the Federal Government. The United States Civil Service Com mission announces the following ex aminations to take place on the dates given below, and circulairs containing further information rglative thereto may be seen at the office of this paper: December 11-12, 1907-Mechanical draftsman, Isthmus of Panama, at a salary of $125 a month. Occasional appointments of persons with special qualifications are made at $150 and $175 a month. Age limit, 18 to 40 years. Application form 1312. Land law clerk, in the forest and reclamation services. Postponed from November 27, 1907. Salary, $900 per annum. Age limit, 20 years or over. Application form 1312. December 18, 1907-Laboratory aid and engineer (male), in the forest service, department of agriculture, -at $730 per annum. Age limit, 18 years or over. Application form 1312. Laboratory assistant in wood chem istry (male), in the forest service, de partment of agriculture, at $720 per annum. Age limit, 18 years or over. Application form 1312. Decembed 23, 1907-Marine fireman, in the quartermaster's department at large. Salaries range from $540 to $900 per annum. No educational test will be given. Age limit, 20 years or over. Application form 1093. December 30, 1907-Foreman me chanic, in the quartermaster's depart Spent at large, Pacific branch, U. S. Military , Prison, Alcatraz Island, Cal., at $1200 per annum. Age limit, 20 years or over. Application form 1093. January 8, 1908-Engineer, in the Indian service. Salaries range from $480 to $1000. Age limit, 20 years or over. Application form 1093. January 8-9, 1908-Architectural draftsman (male), in the Philippine service at Manila, at 81400 or $1600 per annum. Age limit, 18 years or over. Application forms 2 and 375. Application blanks and further in formation may be obtained from the district secretary, room 18, Custom house, New Orleans, La. Wonderful Eczdrta Cure. "Our little boy had eczema for five years," writes N. A. Adams, Henrietta, Pa. "Two of our home doctors said the case was hopeless, his lungs being affected. We then employed other doctors, but no benefit resulted. By chance we read about Electric Bitters; bought a bottle and soon noticed improvement. We continued this medicine until several bottles were used, when our boy was completely cured." Best of all blood medicines and body building health tonics. Guaranteed at J. J. Leche's drug store. 50c. :she Welcome Saloon George Landry Proprietor .'e place that made 10c Budweiser Famous! Finest- Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Etc. SOUTHERN _RAILWAY Offers Best Service to Louisianians! Stop-Over Privileges on Tickets. Several Attractive Routes ...to the... JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. Two Through Sleeping Car Lines Out of New Orleans. For Particulars Apply to J. C. ANDREWS S. W. P. A. 704 COMMON ST., NEW ORLEANS Winter Wearables Go dcauz' s Leon Godchaux Clothing Co., Ltd. Canal Street, corner Chartres, New Orleans TEE SAFEST AND QUICKEST WAY TO BANBPEF MONEY Long Distance Telephone 1or BatWs Apply to Looal XXaagr ovaaanstasLaroxa T~rasas cm A Mere Speitacle I Vendor is Not an Optician! .. He is a particularly dangerous q lack; he should be even more shunned than the empiric in med icine. There is many a quack who may ease your rheumatism, but there is not one chance in a hundred that the spectacles pur chased from a peddler will help your eyesight. There are a hun dred chances that they will hurt your eyes, hurt them seriously, too. It is very important that your glasses should be exactly correct. If you are in doubt re garding your glasses consult our GRADUATE OPTICIAN. He will examine your eyes free of charge and advise you hon estly. :: :: :: : :: :: FRED LINDE TOBIAS BUILDING RAILROAD AVENUE DONALDSONVILLE, LA. l . ..~_-I C. PONS * ..Dealer in.. Old Scrap Iron . nighest Prices Paid for Brass, Copper Lead, Old Rope and Sacks For Sale: Complete 5-foot Mill Good as New Four Clariflers, 7'x5' Evaporators, 7' Copper Strike Pans, 7' very thick Steam Cotldensers Pumps, Pulleys, Pipes Through Pullman Sleeper to NORFOLK J teown Poition Lv. New Orleans Daily..7:50 a. m. Av. Norfolk. -..........9:05 Y. m. Second Morning. THE QUIOKEST TIME ROUND TRIP FARES FROM NEW ORLEANS: Tickets Limited Dec. 15,1907 ........ 3 42.5 Tickets Limited to 60 Days ......... 85560 Tickets Limited to 15 Days ......... 28.75 Tickets goodin coaches only sold on Tuesday of each week Lim ited to 10 days................. 22.10 For detailed information address, GEO. H. SMITH. general Passenger Agent, New Orleans, La. AT WHOLESALE: Axle Grease, Lye. Soaps. B askets, ass Balls, lank Books. utter bishes, Clocks Cheese Safes, ages, Enameled Steelware, urry Combs, reezers, pruit Jars,ýoblets ishing Tackle, urnaees, alvanizedware, Hammocks, Ice Chests, amps, I antorns, Lamp Chimneys, Lantern Globes, amp Burners, adders, Matches, O ars., aper, easures, I G ane. eneiis, Padlocks, Rope, Refrigerators, awe, 'ieves, Chot, -oops, _lates,, toneware, cales, pongees. toe Polish Tacks, Tinware, raps, amblers, Twines, ringer, , hips, ashing Machines, W icking, ater Coolers. oodenware, J. C. Morris Co., Ltd., 824-830 Tchoupitotclas street, NEW OIRLEANS. IA. For Rent. rl HE NEAT and comfortable cottage situated -. in Railroad avenue, across the street from the postoffice and adjoining the Times office. Handsomely finished inside and provided with electric light fixtures. Suitable either for resi dence or place of business. Rent very reason able. Apply to AUGUST S. BRAUD. Garyville, La. L A. A. A. Horses and Mules I . Blue Grass Stables *. I Ed. C. Wathen, Proprietor --ý 8. GOrTTE, PsasIDUNT-MANAGERE. JAS .0 . -:. u n DONALDSONVILLE ICE COMPAM , LiITETL. DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISI1' N A. ---"-- ---~~·I- ICE, BEER, COLD STORAGE, . " . CAPACITY, 30 TONS DAILY. Mimuasw.er rSTAN, OPPosrai MARKET TELEPHONE No. 73. Purest And Best Quality CE t Lowest Market Rates, mSU.LIED IN ANT QUANTIT' AT FAOTORY OI SHIPPED WEEREV'LII OCýarElD. Local agency for the mammoth ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWIN: ASSO('IATI) ;' calebrat.e KEG and BOTTLE BEERS, (FAUST, ANHBErSEE, BOCK AND PALE IN H"GS, EXQUIlBSTE, BUT - Wgsaga, ANxU IEn A&ND BAVARIAN IN BOTTLES), Which can be fur.,listed in .i:antities to suit. Orders left at the factory or addreeged through the I)hnaldst..vilr pv'itfiien. will receive ornmnt ard careful attention. Sattifaction always fully p'aranteid. Mire Cane Cart Loader The Best, Sim.plest and Cheapest Interchangeable fiule and Gasoline Power Strong, Durable and Efficient Boom Swings Automatically Grapple Controlled, from Platform and Automatic in Operation Third Successfui Season in the Field Prices and Full Particulars Upon Application J. C. Mire Implement Co., Ltd. 210 South Peters Street - - - New Orleans, La. MURPHY'S IRON WORKS Corner Magazine and Ginrxt Streets, 1 O ET) ANT LA. Postoffi e Box 114t1. £iH J1JSmJ, JL. Enginoers and Contators Builders, of Complete anu Reliable Machinery for Cane and Beet Sugar, Factories. SELLING AGENTS FOR I.OUISIJAA : fGeo. F. Rlake Ma!.nurfaturing('onpnry) Sterm Pomps for all purposes. Largestst oc~s u pumps carried in Ihe so: !. Fcli;:s Filter Presses. Kilby Filter Presses. Kilby Gravity Presses, Mason Steaml Trat,s.la-.en Bigulators. McCont, ll Asbestos Pipe Covering. New Orleans Boiler Manufacturing Com panv, Lt2. Manufacturerts of All Types of Eaoilers A large stock of Wrought Iron Putis, Fittings, Valves. Gaut s, . i. e lieg. ; il satd Sugar. hpuse Supplies on hand. Will max. plans and contract fo: tire ,r,,l : .i. . nr. ;!ete plante .f moderndesign. Address, .JOlN 55. t uiI'IHY. BANK OF DONALDSONVILLE DONALDSONVILLE, LA. CAPITAL., SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS $120.266.35 OFFERS TO DEPOSITORS EVERY FACILITY CONSISTENT WITH SAFE BANKING 3 PER -CENT. PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS Everything and Anything IN 3 LUMBER I AT THE Ascension Lumber Yard Jos. T. Oafiero Donalds nvi , .-a. CILEzANS, AINT, EAI PAIRS, PUTS UP AD TAKES DUWN SMOKESTACKS Sugarhouse Chimnneys, Heavy Ma chinery, Etc. Satisfaction guaranteed and charges low. Also maker of best and cheapest tarpaulins. Rope Splicing a Specialty HITE IRON ORKS COMPANY 851 TehoUpltoUals St., New Orleans. Sole Manufacturers of the MARSHALL CANE CRUSHER and YSTALLIZERS :: :: :: :: anufacturing of SUGAR MACHINERY a `p talty ... ... MmQt ·ormerVJK, 1n33, of All o ies sfor ar ie sa. Pk.a'tnirga.o W ili) Fur ai #~a i·OisosShetaCrtS5MrrloSOhl~f4OnLdr f Maablati sad Iron Wlork