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KEEP THE CHILDREN AT HOME
Two new cases of diphtheria have
been reported since the meeting of
the Municipal Board of Health Wed
nesday night. These two cases in
two days are one half the rate at
which cases were reported during the
four previous days, but they indicate
that the disease is still prevalent and
that the Board's decision to enforce
certain restrictions was wise, indeed.
Diphtheria is a dread disease even
though the progress of the medical
profession has lessened the fatalities
which heretofore followed its appear
ance. Medical science and its re
searches is also responsible for the
legal force with which local boards
of health are empowered as the quar
antine laws and the discriminatory
closing of public places because of
a threatened epidemic have been de
monstrated to be of absolute neces
sity in stamping out contagious and
infectious diseases. Because of the
grave steps that have been taken in
Morgan City to prevent a spread of
the few reported cases of diphtheria,
every parent should aid the move
ment by giving the strictest atten
tion to their children and immediate
ly reporting symptoms of illness to j
their physician, and by keeping every ;
child off the street.
It is of especial importance that
parents keep their children off of the
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streets during the time that the diph- j
theria restrictions are in force. The
members of the Board of Health have
issued through the press their rules
in regard to public assemblies and
they are now giving out further
warning to the parents that the chil
dren must be kept at home until all
the public safety is again assured and
until it is again advisable to open
the schools and other public places
to children. This warning has been
made to the parents and the Board i
of Health are in earnest in the mat
ter. They now supplement their
former sugestions to parents by the
positive injunction to keep all chil
dren at home voluntarily or they will
otherwise be forced to do so by the
officials.
EXCERPTS FROM THE
DEVIL'S DICTIONARY
By Thomas Addison
of Tho Vigilantes.
Pro-German—a wart developed by
the war; dangerous unless speedily
removed.
Slacker—oone who is willing to
"let George do it," a plain coward.
Exemptionist—one who suddenly
discovers that he has
whom he never gave a thought to be
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dependents
fore; a hard boiled egg turned soft, i
Pacifist—a peace bargain hun
ter; one who would explain away
an insult to his mother.
Profiteer—a thief in broadcloth.
»C.J O. —abbreviation ,of Cons
.cientious Objector; one who quotes
the Bible to support his position,
and neglects to quote it where it
puts him in wrong.
J •Peace' .Talk—pink pabulum for
^pale "patriots."
Sedition— one of the arts prac
ticed by the pro—German press of
America.
Bluff—a German name for Ame
rican valor; also a step headland,
such as precipitated certain swine
into the sea and destroyed them.
Freedom of the Press—a license
to vilify America and get away with
it; to abuse a generous confidence.
Status Quo Ante—A German
quack medicine to receive the pa
tient of artillery scleross; made on
ly in Berlin.
Boche — a butcher; disqualified by
law for (international) jury duty.
Kaiserism—a disease requiring
certain powerful powders and pel
lets to eliminate.
Autocarcy—the right to do as
you'd—please, and ask • blessing on
it. See Me und Gott.
DSJordan—a doctor of something;
one who pours peace drugs of which
lie knows little into bodies politic of
which he knows less. (Apologies to
If. Voltaire.)
Submarine— an ' American inven
tion .perfected in Germany, and per
verteri into a tool for the murder of
women Und children.
Hell—a "Made in Germany" i
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WAR COSILY NOW
1.00
Artillery Expense of Modern Army
Corps $820,000 a Day.
Outlay In Gun Metal and Powder la
Heavy and Vaet Amount of Ma
terial Is Required for
the Trenches.
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When it Is remembered that there
are today under arms more than 24,
(»00,000 soldiers in the European war,
the immensity of the task of keeping
them supplied with the munitions
with which they wage war will ap
pear. It has been estimated that it
costs approximately $100 to outfit a
soldier. Of this $25 goes for a gun
and $35 for his 1,000 rounds of car
tridges. The average life of a uniform
under modern service conditions is
very short; that of the ordinary rifle
is six months. In all of the history
of war there never has been such a
rapid exhaustion of all of the materl
als with which it is made, says the Na
tional Geographic Society Bulletin.
A 75-centimeter gun can fire about
400 projectiles a day. Each of these
projectiles costs approximately $6.
Counting this and the depreciation of
the gun, which is particularly rapid,
the daily outlay for Its operation
amounts to $2.700. It is estimated that
the 120 75-centimeter cannon in an
army corps, fired all day, cost in mu
nitions and depreciation $320,000. In
addition to this, each army corps has
about forty pieces of heavy artillery.
Explosives and depreciation for a sin
gle day's work for them totals $500,
000, making the total artillery expense
of an army corps $820,000 a day.
If the outlay in gun metal and pow
der is heavy, it is no more so than the
outlay for maferials demanded by the j
present necessities of trench warfare.
An officer who has studied this phase
of the present war carefully says that j
to put a trench in a state fit for occu
pation in winter requires 1,250.000
running feet of 3 by 3 timber, 30.000
running feet of corrugated iron. 6,250,
000 sandbags weighing 1,000 tons and
24,000 standards and pickets to the
I mile. In addition to this, 900 miles
of barbed wire has to be used, weigh
j ing 110 tons. When one stops to re
call the hundreds of miles of trenches
which stretch across Europe In dif
ferent directions and how often see
j ^j 0ns Q f ^ese trenches have to be re.
built, he can gain some Idea of the
tremendous amount of material re
quired In their outfitting.
Another picture of the vastness of
the munitioning trade and the Im
mensity of the task of keeping the
armies In the field and In fighting con
dition may be bad from the statement
that there are now more than 4,000 con
trolled munition plants in Great Brit
ain alone. Of these 10 oat of 20 nev
er produced war materials before the
i war broke ont. They employ nearly
3,000,000 men and nearly 750,000 wom
en. The vastness of the industry in
England Is not ont of proportion to
that in France. Although Germany
bolds 70 per cent of France's coal and
some 80 per cent of Its iron, France
hag been able, by the opening up of
new furnaces «nd by Immense impor
tations of ore and pig metal, largely
to overcome this handicap.
"The Grape of Brazil.*
A notable feature of gardens within
a certain area about Rio de Janeiro Is
the Jabotlcaba tree. The delicious fruit
is often known as "the grape of Bra
zil'' on account of Its appearance, and,
as described in a bulletin of the United
States department of agriculture, is
conspicuous from its peculiar habit of
growing directly upon the bark, not
only of the small limbs but even of
! the trunk and exposed roots. The tree,
growlng tQ a helght of 35 t0 40 fee t,
branches freely close to the ground,
i spreading into a symmetrical leafy top
of great beauty. The flowers, produced
singly and in clusters, often cover the
entire bark above the ground. The
fruit develops rapidly to a diameter of
half an inch to an inch and a half, has
a deep maroon-purple color, is covered
with a thick, rather tough skin charged
with coloring matter and much tannin,
and contains the translucent juicy
pulp, having an agreeable vinous fla
vor suggestive of the Muscatine grape.
One to four flattened oval seeds, a j
quarter of an inch long, are inclosed 1
in this pulp. The fruit tempts one to |
eat indefinitely, the complaint being i
that it is impossible to satisfy one's j
appetite on jabotlcabas.
Queer 8ort of Butter.
A queer sort of butter Is obtained In
Trinidad, where cows and cream are
scarce. This butter Is the boiled-down
fat of a bird called the guacharo. The
Illustrated World says that this bird
lives in the darkest caves, and seldom
Is seen In the daylight The young
birds are extremely plump and from
them is obtained rich fat the natives'
very good substitute for butter. The
birds are taken from their «tests when
two or three weeks old. After they
•re killed, they are put on to boil, not
to water, but in their own fat Um
natives experience some difficulty In
getting at the nests of the guacharo,
for they must creep through caves and
wade through stagnant pools to reach
their prey. The full-grown guacharo Is
so timid that no one ever has been able
to photograph a living specimen.
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A Green Rookie.
"What's the trouble, sergeant?"
"TIs the new recroît, eorr. Share,
I toald him to mark time in the drill
room till 01 came bade and he's
scratched np th' face of the dock wld
a pencil."
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new.
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GERMAN KAISER'S own hand
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week.
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"MY FOUR YEARS IN G ERMANY,"
story, stranger and more dramati c in its episode:
tJ, e Prussian court — intrigues that caused and are
which Americans have wondered—d isdoses amazin
America s Former German Ambassador, James
Gerard, Discloses the Prussian
W.
Conspiracy to Crush Us
Ambassador James W. Cerard, makes a
s than fiction. It e xposes the unscrupulou:
protracting the war . It explains many
g facts hitherto sealed in secret archives.
sensational
> intrigues of
things about
Its revela
lions are of international importance and will be read eagerly in every capita! in the world.
Every American Should Know Why We Are At War!
Ambassor GerarcPs Articles Will Appear Exclusively in
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QUALITY''
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The food that one eats has a lot
to do with the way one behaves.
The person that is properly fed is
apt to be possessed of an even tem
per. The meats we sell will, coax,
a mtaltime smile from
grouch.
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Octave J. Delaune
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An exchange says : The Dutch
scientist who built a room with vac- i
cuum wa s give im quiet went to
unnecessary trouble and
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j forestry REGIMENT
I TOSERVEINFRANCE
New Orleans, La., Sept. 14.—More
than half a hundred applications for
enlistment in the new forestry regi
ment now being organized for ser
vice in France have been received
by King K. Pullen, enlisting officer
for Louisiana, with headquarters at j
the Southern Pine Association, this
city, during the past two days as a
result of the recruiting campaign
which began this week.
Fifteen hundred men will be need
ed immediately for this service, and
eventually 75,000 will be called to
the colors. Work to be done by this
regiment and subsequent similar
regiments to be organized is to con
saw mills oversea
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must be unquestioned.
j struct and operate
i and to secure timbers and lumber
; for the various needs of the Ameri
can aqd allied armies. The opera
I tions will be conducted in the tim
! bered regions of France,
j All recruits will be enlisted as pri
« vates.
Applicants for listing must meet
the following requirements :
j (a) Color: White,
t (b) Age: Have reached their
18th birthday and not have passed
; their 41st birthday.
1 (c) Physically able to pass the
j regular army examination.
(d) Trustworthiness and loyalty
Austrians,
t alien Germans, Bulgarians and Turks
; will not be accepted,
i (e) Thoroughly experienced as a
! woods or mill worker. Listing of
| ficers will endeavor as far as prac
, ticable to secure an equal number of
each
i (f) A n applicant with dependents
w in no t ]j e accepted unless he pre
, sent a certificate, satisfactory to the
j recruiting officer, signed by him and
j^g a dcilt dependents, that they will
J not call on the United States for fi
nancial support during the appli
j ca nt's peri od of enlistment,
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Ditch's Butcher Boy Says
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HERf S A CHOP THATS BOUND
TO BLESS - SOMEONE'S MEAL
WITH HAPPlNESSfrtfl^
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Phones: Market 147. Res. 153
Morgan City, Louisiana
Dr. J. Clarence Berwick
Physician and Surgeon
Office hours 9-1 a. m.; 4-6 p. m.
Office at the Peoples Drug Co. Op
posite New Depot. Calls answered
day or night. Office phone No. 6.
Residence 321, Morgan City, La.
AUTOMOBILE TO HIRE
DAY ANq| NIGHT SERVICE
Charge for trips within City limits!
25c for one passenger. For party of 1
two of more 15c each.
Phon« 31 or 325. A. CUTRERA
THURSTON HOTEL
Cool room* with board $2.00 pet
day. Special rates by the week.
Excellant Service
Opposite Depot
Mrs. Fred Smith, Prop.
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C. A. BLANCHARD
Lawyer and Notary
Office in Fi'rsf National Bank Bldg
Morgan City, La.
WALTER T. GILMORE
ATTORNEY at law
notary public
First National Bank Bidg. Phone 9. i
Practice in Federal and State Courts!
Morgan City, La.
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Automobil«
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Phone 8.
SIGNS
Painting—All
Berwick Sign
work
Co.
l*k.
Just arrived KRAFT'S Cheese
Pimento, Roquefort, Limbus*»
Mdd and Mellow. 15 and 20c. tins'
eery—Phone 2.
Pion«
Gr«
All garments cut and made righ»
here in our establishment. Give us
a trial. HAASE & CEFALU, Tailors
Phone 43.
WANTEP—A
man or woman,
house, Patterson,
first class Cook,
for the Williams'
La. .Must live
premise
liams C
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Special Coffee, 30c a
r Grocery—Phone 2.
Co.
COAL
Save money by giving us your or
der for coal today,
MORGAN CITY AUTOMOBILE A
COAL CO.
Office: Belanger Bldg. Tei. 27.
Room 8. lwk.
on
If ess or call F. B. Wil
Co.. Ltd. 5 t
School Supplies— Pens, Paper,
Pencils, Tablets, etc.—Peoples Dm?
FRESH GARDEN SEED for Fail
and Winter gardens just received,
is a good time to plant. Lowney's
Cocoa and Cake Chocolate. None
better. New Potatoes and cabbage.
Fresh canned goods of all kinds.
Phone 17. Prompt delivery. John
Dalton, Jr.
FOR SALE—2 fine barber chain
I Apply Peoples Supply Company,
> Dalton Building.
Furnished rooms for rent, apply to
Mrs. R. E. Todd, Berwick, La. lmo.
Several houses for rent—Apply to
Dr. J. C. Berwick, Phone 6.
FOR SALE—5 room residence •»
lot 50x100 on North Front Street,
opposite Drackett'e Shipyard. Hm
been rented constantly for past four
years. Price $1,500, part cash, bat
ance on good notes. Address B. R
BEADLE, 1741 Elm St, Lake
j Charles, La. I® 1
SEE I. W.
SURANCE.
PADDOCK FOR IN
BOY' WANTED—White or color
ed to serve as yard boy. Must know
how to milk and work in garden. Ap
ply at Review office.
i especiaHy house wiring,
For electrical work of any kinjjj.
Apply
«Chas. E. Delas. Phone 141. 3wki.
MONEY TO LEND ON REAL ES
TATE SECURITY—ST. HAR»
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
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FOR RENT: Rooms for 1 ot *
month * of
Phon«
tf
men. Modern. $10 per
one; $14.00 for two roomers.
278.
ROOMS FOR RENT— Nicely ft*
nished, cool, close-in, moden, '. , t
month. Two person can use * n
vide expense. Phone 45.
E*gh
FOR SALE—4 Cylinder
Gas Engine. About 24 H. ^
Condition. Chapman-Storm
Co.
im
lot
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light housekeeping try a
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