new Iberia
Enterprise.
J. U. LAWTON, Editor and Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF HOME INTERESTS.
VOLUME XVII.
NEW IBERIA, LA., SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1901.
Subscription, $1.50 per Annum.
NUMBER IS
ALFRED RENOUDET
NOTARY PUBLIC;
REALESTATEILIFE INSURANCE
NEW IBERIA, LA.
I aw now offering for sali- over 'JÜ0 town
lots, all belonging to Mr«. Lourd, souie
of thpui located on upper Main and Fill
ton streets, and others iti the neighbor
hood of the Southern Pacific Depot. I
fttn at liberty to sell these at moderate
prices, ranging from $100 to $2*00 a lot,
payable in small monthly payments of
$4 to $5 each.
Besides these 1 also offer for sale the fol
lowing properties :
No. 1. Olï aipents, one half mile from Mor
bilian Refinery, about t wo-thirds cleared
and the balance woodland. All of the
wood can bo readily sold. Price on ap
plication.
No. 2. 50 arpents of rich cane land with all
improvements, residence, barn, etc. A
largo sugarretinery railroad runs through
the property, enabling farmer to easily
dispose of his cams Price on application.
No. 4. Store building and lunch shop, sit
uated in a good business locality of the
town of New Iberia, La. Price $2,500.
$500 eash ; balance in $500 notes payable
annually with regular rate of interest.
No.ti. Dwelling house adjoining above
building, situated on Washington street,
between Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
and Hopkins street. Price $700, $150
cash and balance in equal payments of
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and (i years with usual rate
of interest.
No. (1. Dwelling house on North side of
Hopkins street on lot measuring 100 feet
front by 50 deep. Pi ice $600, $ 125 cash ;
balance in four equal payments of 1, 2,
II and 4 years, with usual rate of interest.
No. 7. Corner store situated in a good
business locality, on lot measuring about
100 feet front by 50 feet deep. Price
$1000 ; balance in four notes payable in
1,2,!} and 4 yeais from date, with usual
rate of interesti
No. 8. Lot on Julia street, measuring 107
feet front by 200 feet in depth. Splendid
Jot for residence purposes. Price on ap
plication.
No. 0. 145 arpents of rich cane land, all
enclosed, now used for pasturage, but
can be easily adapted to the cultivation
of sugar cane, 15 to 18 aprents of it
woodland, consisting chiefly of gum and
oak. This land is situated at Petite
Anse, about six ov seven miles from the
town of New Iberia. Price $25 an arpent.
No. 10. 40 arpents woodland on Bayou Petit
Anse, about ten miles from Nevy Iberia.
Over 1000 cords of good wood can be cut
off this land, every bit of which can
readily be disposed of. When once
cleared this land will make excellent
cane land. It is only % of a mile from
raiiroad switch and derrick to dispose of
cane. Price $22.50 an arpent.
No. PI. :(!»(> arpents of the richest cane
land In the parish of Tberia. All im
provements go in with the place, con
sisting of plows, implements, carts, 5
American mules, 5 Creole mules, 3 or 4
good horses, all com and feed on hand
for animals. Located but of a mile
from a large sugar refinery, the owners
of wtyeh are noted for their fair treat
ment of the small sugar cane growers.
Price <*k application.
No. 16. 340 aipents of rich cane land with
all improvements. High rolling land,
near Cade Station, crossed by branch of
Southern Pacific Hailroad. This is one of
in
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Southern Pacific Hailroad. This is one of
the best and cheapest properties I have
listed. Price $20 an arpent.
No. 10. 27 arpents of land, adapted to the
cultivation of cane, cotton and corn,
situated in Petite Anse, about six miles
from New Iberia. Price $22 an arpent.
No. 27. Splendid 5-room residence on Cen
ter street in New Iberia, located on lot
measuring 80 feet front by 180 feet deep
Cement walk leading from front gate to
house and gravel walks in (lower garden.
Lot is raised 0 inches above neighboring
ones. " There are two cribs each 8x10 ;
horse stall 7x10; and buggy shed 10x20;
3 chicken bouses, 12x12, 8x8 and 8x12,
wash-shed 12x15 and bath room 8x9.
Price $1250.
No. 28. 35 arpents of good laud with im
provements, situated about 4 miles from
New Iberia, only % ot a mile from Mor
bihan Refinery. Price $35 an arpent.
No. 29. Two large two-story buildings
situated on the west side of Main street
of New Iberia, La. Located on large
lota, measuring together 60 feet front by
130 in depth. This is beyond doubt, for
investors, the best property on the mar
ket, and is not likely to remain on the
market very long. Price on application.
, No. 30. Splendid corner residence on upper
Main street, in New Iberia. Price $1600.
No. 32. Large two-story dwelling, situated
on lot measuring 111 feet front by 174
deep, about three blocks from the New
Iberia National Bank. Price on ap
plication.
33. Forty acres of land, with all im
provementa, consisting of residence, corn
crib, stable, etc., situated 3 miles from
New Iberia.
34. Seventy arpenta more or less, with
all buildings and improvements, situated
near Olivier, in close proximity to a sugar
house and but one-half mile from derrick.
Can be bought on very easy terms. Price
on application.
No. 36. 221 arpents of rich cane land, with
good nddenw, outhouses, barn, stable,
etc., situated near Erath, about 10 ar
penta from Iberia & Vermilion R. R. and
same distance from two derricks. Price
$25 an arpent on easy terms.
No. 30. Large stole and dwelling, situated
on an immense lot, with a depth clear to
the Bayou Teche, at Lore au ville, I/a.
The residence itself is worth the money
asked for the whole property. Price
t $2250 cash, or, $2500—-$500 cash and
balance in two and three years.
No. 37.1070 arpenta of woodland, consisting
chiefly of red and white oak, and ash
and gum. The wood on the place will
more than pay for it. Price $3 an arpent.
No. 38. Small traot of land, with all im
provement«, situated partly in and
partly out of the corporation of the town
of New Iberia. La., sidewalk leads from
town to plaee. Price on application.
No. 39. Magnificent plantation on Bayou
Teche, 6 idles fawn New Iberia, con
taining 303 arpenta. Leas than V of a
mile from two derricks. New residence,
in front of whieh is a beautiful grove of
live oaka. In rear of residence 100 bear
ing pear trees and many other fruit trees.
With aale of place will be included 10
American mules, all plows and imple
ments, etc., all hay und corn in bam, 60
acres aeed and 65 awes of stubble eue.
Price «10.000.
No. 40. New modern cottage fronting on
the publie road leading from New to
Loreau ville. Lot measures one arpent
front by three or four in depth clear to
the Bayou Teehe Price $1000, on easy
terms.
No. 41. Latge and substantial modern two
story brick building, erected about a
year and a half ago. with large rtomi
down «tarira, one of which is now oc
cupied aa a dentist parlor; and eight
large rooms np-steirs. Price on ap
plication.
Mo. 43. M arpenta of good land, with mw
reaidense and tenant house, with com
crib eoatimr over $400, and potato house
$125. This property is unusually well
located, being situated on the Bayon
with the public road l< ading from
• Iberia to Je aner e tt e in front. Will
t on easy terms.
19
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at
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at
road crossing it, containing 535 arpents.
Residence costing $8000. on it, 8 double
cabins, two one-room cabins, 2 large
corn cribs, large stables for mules, black
smith shop and many outhouses in yard,
10 American mules, 3 large and one
small carts, plows and all tools, seed
cane, com and hay, peavine, railroad
switch belongingto place. Price $14,000,
$4000 cash, balance in one, two, three
and four years, with G% interest.
No. 40. Magnificent plantation on Bayou
Teche only omilesfum New Iberia, La
containing 225 arpents, 125 of which i
ready for cultivation in cane. The
balance 100 arpents is about one-half
mile from the 125 arpent tract, and is
good woodland. This wood sells at $2 a
cord on the Bayou Banks. Beautiful
modern cottage, with hall, 3 large sleep
ing rooms, dining room, kitchen, pantry
and bath room. Built 3 years ago. Many
other improvements on the place. Only
1 % mile from sugar refinery. Price
$5500, on easy terms.
No. 47. 27 acres of woodland, about 15
of which is cleared and ready for culti
vation, situated 8 miles from New Iberia,
in Petite Anse, on a coulee with fine
(Hh the year round. Price $1250 an
arpent.
CHARTER.
he pro
of tlie
State of Louisiana Parish of Iberia.
Be it known : That on this Twenty
Ninth day of the month of March in the
year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and One, before me, William G.
Weeks a Notary Public in and for the
Parish of Iberia, State of Louisiana, duly
commissioned and qualified, and in the
presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came
and appeared Messrs. Joseph B. Lawton,
Alphe Fontelieu, Richard S. McMahon,
Charles Horner, Edward T. Weeks and
John Broussard, who severally declared
that availing themselves of the laws of
the State of Louisiana relative to the or
ganization of corporations they have
covenanted and agreed and do by these
presents covenant and agree, and bind
themselves and those who may hereafter
become members of this organization to
form and constitute a corporation for
the objects and purposes, and under the
terms and stipulations hereinafter set
forth, to-wit :
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of the coiporation
shall be "ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING
COMPANY, LIMITED," andunderits said
corporate name it shall have power to con
tract, sue and be sued ; to make and use a
corporate seal, and the same to break or
alter at pie at u re, to hold, receive, lease,
purchase, convey and pledge under its
corporate ..ame, property, both real and
personal ; to borrow money and draw and
make bills and notes ; to name and ap
point such officers and agents the interests
and convenience of the said corporation
may require ; to make and establish such
by-laws, rules and regulations for the
per management and regulation
affairs of said corporation as may be neces
sary and proper and the same to change
and alter at pleasure, and to do «11 such
acts and things as are or may be necessary
and proper to carry out the objects and
purposes of said corporation ; and said
corporation shall commence its existence
from the date of these presents and, unless
sooner, dissolved under the provisions of
this charter, shall exist for a period of
twenty years.
ARTICLE II
The domicile of said corporation shall be
in the town of New Iberia, Parish of Ibe
ria, State of Louisiana, and all citations
or other legal process shall be served upon
the President of said corporation or in his
absence, upon the Vice-President or, in
the absence of both officers, upon the
Secretary..
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation is
hereby fixed at Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) divided into and represented
by Five Hundred (500) shares of a par
value of Ten Dollars '$10.00) each, and
this corporation may commence business
when all said shares shall have been sub
scribed.
A
If
In
So
scribed.
ARTICLE IV.
The objects and purposes of this corpora
tion shall be to carry on a general print
ing and publishing business in any or
all of its branches of newspaper and job
work, and to these ends this corporation
shall have, enjoy and exercise any and all
such powers as may be required in, or
proper to, any of the aforesaid purposes ;
and generally to do all things appertaining
to or in any wise pertinent and incident to
the purposes herein set forth.
ARTICLE V.
The corporate powers of the Association
shall be exercised by a Board of three
directors, each of whom shall own one or
more shares of stock, who shall be elected
by the shareholder« on the second Monday
of April, annually ; each shareholder rep
resented at «aid election being entitled to
one vote for each and every «hare of stock
owned by him. The election shall be by
ballot at the office of the Association after
ten day« notice, to be given by the Secre
tary to each stockholder and a majority of
votes eaat «hall be necessary to eleot. The
failure to hold an election on the day
specified shall not disaolve the corporation
but the directors in office shall hold power
until an election be held, after ten days
notice of the time and place thereof. The
directors shall elect from their number a
President, who shall be ex-offieio Treasurer
ot said corporation, and a Vice-President.
And a majority of the directors shall con
stitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. They shall also appoint a Sec
retary who need not be a stock bolder in
said corporation.
The directors shall appoint such em
ployees as may be neee«sary, and «hall fix
their eompenaation and may discharge them
whenever they may see fit ; and the direc
tor« «hall have power, in case of a vacancy
on the board, to 111 the «aid vacancy ; to
enact by-law« not repugnant to this charter
and the same to amend and repeal ; and
they shall have general authority to
carry out the object» and business of the
Aaaoeiation. The following named per
sons shall constitute the board of directors
to serve until] the regular annual meeting
of shareholders on the second Monday of
April, 1902, or until their «ueeeasors are
elected, to-wit : J. B. Lawton, John Brous
aard and Alphe Fontelieu, with J. B. Law
ton aa President and John Broussard aa
Vice-President of said corporation.
ARTICLE VI.
No shareholder shall ever be held liable
or responsible for the contracta or faulte of
this Association in any further «um than
the amount of his indebtedness to the As
sociation, and no shareholder of this cor
poratien or his stock therein shall ever be
assessed to meet any of the obligations of
this Association, nor shall any mere in
formality in organisation have the effect of
act anil or of exposing s
any liability beyond the
amount of bis stock.
ARTICLE VH.
This aet of incorporation can be altered,
amendad and modified by a vote ot three
fourths of the shares present or represented
at a general meeting convened for that pur^
pooe pr the A aoe c iation diaeolved by a vote
of tw» thirds of the capital stock subscribed
at a general meeting convened for that
pnrpoee after ten days notice to each stock
holder by the Secretary, by mailing name ;
provided that the capital stock of the Ae
be increased unless
rendering this
shareholder to
majority of all the shares In tone shall
vote in favor of such inereane.
this
shall bo
its
bo liquidated by three
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Wh«
appointed
the town of New Iberia, Parish of Iberia,
State of Louisiana, in the presence of
Messrs. Purcell H. Wissinger and Adam
R. Harper, good and competent witnesses
residing iii this parish who have signed
these presents with the parties and me,
Notary, after due reading of the whole on
the day, month and year first above written.
One word interlined in this act and made
part thereof and some approved by the
parties thereto before signing.
J. B. LAWTON,
ALPHE FONTELIEU,
Witnesses: R. 8. McMAHON,
P. H . W issinoer , CHALKS HORNER.
A. R. H ARPER . EDWARD T. WEEKS,
JOHN BROUSSARD,
WILLIAM G. WEEKS. Notary Public.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Iberia.
I have examined t he above and foregoing
act of Incorporation of "Enterprise Publish
ing Company, Limited" and finding nothing
therein contrary to the constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana or of the
United States of America, I do hereby ap
prove same.
Done and signed officially, this 30th day
of March, 1901.
ANTHONY N. MULLER,
District Attorney 19th Judical District.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Iberia.
I, the undersigned clerk and ex-officio
recorder in and for the parish of Iberia,
State of Louisiana do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a true and coi
rect copy from and of the original act of
incorporation of Enterprise Publishing
Company, Limited, duly filed for record in
my office on the 4th day of April, 1901, and
of record in book 4 of the Miscellaneous
records of this parish at folio 42.
In testimony whereof I grant these pres
ents under ray signature and seal of office
this 4th dav of April. 1901.
C. L. PROVOST,
D'y Clerk and Ex Officio Recorder.
The Enterprise.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF IBERIA PARISH
AND TOWN OF NEW IBERIA.
THINQS THAT NEVER DIE.
BY I flARLES DICKENS.
aid
The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulses of wordless prayer,
The dreams of love and truth;
The longings after something lost,
The spirit's yearning cry,
The striving after better hope«—
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to
A brother in his need,
A kindly word in grief's daik hour
That proves a friend indeed;
The plea for mercy softly breathed,
When justice threatens nigh
The sorrow of a contrite heart—
These things shall never die.
The memory of a clasping hand,
The pressure of a kiss,
And all the trifles, sweet and frail,
That make up love's first bliss ;
If with a firm, unchanging faith,
And holy trust and high,
Those hands have clasped, those lips have
met—
These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word,
That wounded as it fell ;
The chilling want of sympathy
We feel, but never tell ;
The hard repulse that chills the heart,
Whose hopes were bounding high,
In an unfading record kept—
These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some wbrk to do ;
Lose not a chanee to waken love—
Be firm and just and true.
So shall light that cannot fade
Beam ou thee from on high,
And angel voices say to thee—
These things shall never die.
is
These things shall never die.
COLLIN'S .AOVE ^URE is without
doubt the finest medicine it has ever been
our lot to come in contact with. In addi
tion to its chill qualities it is the finest
liyer medicine we have ever taken. We
know whereof we speak. This medicine
is on sale at Koch's Drug Store.
There were 162 complete engines
on the battleship Maine. It is be
lieved that most of these engines
were uninjured by ths explosion
that wrecked the ship and brought
on the war between the United
States and Spain.
You will feel better to-morrow, if you
take Collin's Ague Cure to-night. For
sale by Julius Ko ch.
M. Romaine, the enterprising
rice planter of Wester Ogle, Ver
milion parish is the first person to
employ Beaumont oil for fuel.
He received a tank car fall this
week. It comes from the J. M
Uuffey company and he is hauling
it ont to his rice farm about 12
miles west of here, and will born
it in the boiler which famishes
steam for ruuning his deep well
pump.—Meridional.
WOMAN
$9 UKE A OBJQAtt
In good condition she is sweet and lovable,
and sings life's song on a Joyful harmonious
string. Out of order or unstrung, there is
discordance and unhappiness. Just as there
is one key note to all music so there is one key
note to health. A woman might as well try
to fly without wings as to feel well and look
well while the organs that make her a woman
are weak or diseased. She must bo healthy
Inside or she can't be healthy outside. There
are thousands of women suffering silently all
over the country. Mistaken modesty urges
their silence. While there is nothing more
admirable than a modest woman, health I«
of the first importance. Every other con
aide ration should give way before it. Brad>
field's Female Regulator is a medicine fof
women's lite. It is
theaafest andquick
eat way to cure leu
oorrhea. falling of
fhewomb. nervous
ness. headache.
backache and gen
eral weakness. You
will be astonished
at the result, es
pecially if you have
been experiment
ing with other so
called remedies.
We««not asking
you lot» an uncer
tainty. Bradfteld's
Regulator has made
happy thousands of
women. What tt
haa done for ethers
it can do for you.
Sold in drug stores
for Si a bottle.
lâl wlU (M «wait
t» all wbo write to
TOM JOHNSON S WAY.
The Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio,
does not lack resourcefulness. He
of
thus writes to a friend of one
his latest undertakings:
"My ability as mayor to accom
plish something for the single tax
cause is growing on me. Opportu
nities seem to be opening up. For
iustauce, a board of equalization,
having to deal with all classes of
property in this city, assessing real
and personal property, steam rail
roads, street railroads, gas compa
nies, etc., is in existence here. This
board has never used the power in
the past and has generally been
filled by very ordinary, if uot cor
rupt men. I have discovered that
this board is appointed by the may
or, two every year, they holdiug
office for three years. By some
strange accident I am the only
mayor in the state of Ohio that has
this appointing power. The first
two vacancies would have occurred
the 16th of next July, but that was
too far off for my purposes. I have,
therefore, found pleasant and profit
able occupation for four of these
men in other city positions, and
now I am appointing four out of
the six who can be absolutely relied
on against all temptations, and the
other side has just waked up to the
fact that this board may raise Cain.
Whether they will attempt to
legislate it out of existence next
January at Columbus, or have the
supreme court declare the law un.
constitutional, I do not know nor
do I care; the damage will probab
ly be done before they can act. I
expect to put $100,000,000 on our
tax duplicate. It is now less than
$200,000,000, and if this process
does not raise the dead in this lo
cality, I very much miss my guess."
Seven Years in Bed.
"Will wonders ever ceaseT" in
quire the friends of Mrs. L. Pease,
of Lawreuce, Kan. They know she
had been unable to leave her bed in
seven yearson accountof kidney and
liver trouble, nervous prostration
and general debility ; but, "Three
bottles of Electric Bitters enabled
me to walk," she writes, "and in
three months I felt like a new per
son." Women suffering from
Headache, Backache, Nervousness,
Sleeplessness, Melancholy Fainting
and Dizzy Spells will find it a
priceless blessing. Try it. Satis
faction is guarnteed by Estorge
Drug Co. Only 50c.
The most unblushing street grab
in the history of corruption in
American politics has just been
consummated in Philadelphia. It
is a grab which in its possibilities
extends to all the cities of the state.
Senator Quay is the leader of this
cynical assault upon public rights.
Under his direction a new kind of
railway bill was "jammed" through
the legislature and signed by the
governor. It provided in general
terms for the incorporation and re
gulation of street railway companies
—for elevated, underground or sur
face purposes, or all these—giving
to them the right of eminent do
main. This right, with reference
to particular property, attaches by
the laW to the corporation first
claiming it in its charter and de
scribing tfte property it requires.
Before the public was aware of this
new law, Quay's pirates had filed
charters covering the streets of
scores of Pennsylvania cities. If
the law holds, they thereby acquir
ed the first right to condemn those
streets for street railroad purposes,
and the right will be good for seven
years without being used at all. In
other words, these charters have
now a salable valne, as mere legal
rights to blackmail cities. Among
the charters were 14 for Philadel
phia, covering every feasible trac
tion route—surface, elevated and
underground—in the fraternal city.
— The Publie.
!
You may as well expect to run a steam
engine without'water aa to find au active,
energetic man with a torpid lirer and you
may know that his liver is torpid when he
does not relish hia food or feels dull and
languid after eating, often has headache
and sometimes dizziness. A few doses of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet*
will restore his liver to its normal functions,
renew his vitality, improve his digestion
and make him feel like a new man. Price,
25c. Samples free at Lee's drug store.
Lake Copias, the largest sheet of
water in Greece, and one of the
natural features of that country,
has recently bees nearly »II drained
off by an English company, and its
former bed ie now being cultivated
witV gratifying results, the soil be
ing .very fertile and well suited for
cotton, melons, colza, beets and
other Vegetables. The lake former
ly covered about sixty square miles
at low water in (he center of Boeo
tia, and near it was one of the an
cient oracles of Apollo.
COLLIM S AGUE CURB works the
Over, gaMkateod. v Prie*. 60«. For aalo
by Julina Koch.
Chicago Hebrews have establish
ed a theatre for the presentation of
dramas that appeal to the Jewish
taste.
If yon are troubled with that most un
Hnfoitahle diaeaao eailed piles, don't
«•gleet it. Don't Mt the complaint got a
Ina bold. Every the disease is neg
'ad it grows worso. Oom meaee at once
lae Tabler's Boekeye Pile Ointment,
tko relief is immediate, and eure infallible.
Pri es , 8» eels ta bottles. Tubes, 75 cents.
Albert Estorge.
Commercial War Predicted.
New York, Jnue 25.— Frau k A
I Vanderlip, formerly assistant sec
retary of the treasury, who lias
just returned to Washington from
a long trip abroad, is quoted by
the Tribune correspondent as say
in S :
"I think it is not only possible,
but highly probable that European
powers will agree in binding terms
of trade combination against us
within the next few years, and that
the result will be the most gigan
tic and stubborn commercial war in
the history of the world. As most
of our commercial treaties expire
in 1903, I look for the real begin
ning of the war then in a refusal
of most of the continental nations
to renew those conventions.
"At the present moment Austria,
which never did like us, is leading
the movement against the United
States, and 1 found Goluchowski,
head of the ministry of that coun
try, our bitterest foe. Obviously,
the other ministries of the old
world, including England, are art
fully encouraging Uolouehowski
in his course with a view of draw
ing our fire before they openly de
clare themselves.
"For the immediate future our
trade prospects were never brighter
in Enrope. There has been al
most a total crop failure in Ger
many. The agricultural outlook is
only a little better in France, and
even in England the crop yield is
not promising. In Russia there
are loud professions of friendship
for the United States, and one
hears many expressions of admira
tion of our commercial develop
ment and methods. The Russians
are modeling their tariff system
after ours, and in a few years will
try to apply it with vigor and
severity against all nations alike,
but particularly against the United
States."
Vou Know What You Are
a
Vou Know What You Are Taking
When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly print
ed on every bottle showing that it is simply
Iron and (Quinine in a tasteless form. No
Cure, No Pay. 50c.
Rayne, La., June 25.—A compa
ny is being organized to operate an
electric railway between Crowley
and Rayne, a distance of six miles,
with Dr. R. C. Webb, Mervine
Kahn, of Rayne; A. W. Burden,
of New Orleans, and W. W. Du
son, Abbott Bros., C. D. McAyle
and Hampton Story, of Crowley,
as incorporators. Operations will
commence immediately. It is con
templated to build a race course
and baseball park at a point an
equal distauce between the towns.
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severe cold. -She complained of pains
! in her chest and had a bad cough. I gave
hekchamberiain's Cough Remedy accord
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thu remedy in my family for the past seven
yegrs and have never known it to fail,"
says James Prendergast, merchant, An
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ands. The pains in the chest indicated an
approaching attack of pneumonia, which in
this iustance was undoubtedly warded off
by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It coun
teracts any tendency of a cold toward
pneumonia. Sold by J. A. Lee, druggist.
The Republican State conven
tion which has just been held at
Columbns, O., was bossed by Sen
ator Hanna, who was its presiding
officer.
The platform adopted demands
that Congress shall reduce the rep
resentation iu that body of the
Southern States in proportion to
any redaction in their voting pop
ulation caused by State constitu
tional provisions.
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read this.
New Iberia, La., March 11, 18DU.—E.
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Honolulu, June 7.—Via San
Francisco, June 13.—Dr. Sen Vqt
Sen, the Chinese reformer, left on
the American ship Marti Jane 5 for
China for the purpose of starting a
revolution. His intention is to
overthrow the empress dowager and
the mandarins. His idea is to have
China rnled by a president on lines
after the government of America.
He says that there will be a strong
force at his hack, and he has the
support of many prominent white
men of China, as well as thousands
of natives. This is the third re
volution which he has attempted
in Chiqa, and be is confident that
this attempt will prove success
ful. Dr. Sen wonld not state where
he intended to land in China, or
give the details of his plans. There
will be bloodshed very soon, he
declared.
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Destruction of Life and Property
by Storm.
1
Keystone, W. Va., Juue '2->.—
The following story is told by an
eye-witness of t lie great flood at
Keystvne, W. Va., on the 23d :
"Keystone is the metropolis of
the Elkhorn mining country. It
lias but one narrow street and be
cause of limited space many build
ings were built on piles or walls
over the Elkhorn or close up against
the mountains. The town follows
the meanderings of the stream for a
mile.
"On Friday night at 11 o'clock
the storm struck the mountain and
for six hours rain descended in
torrents. At daybreak the thou
sands of people along the Elkhorn
and its tributaries realized that a
great flood was upon them, but
they little suspected the disaster
soon to follow. By 9 a. m., the
narrow valley was a raging, seeth
ing, angry torrent. Houses,
barus, bridges, fills, live stock and
human beings were swept away
by the mighty current and dashed
on the rocks or trees below.
"I was an eye-witness of the dis
aster at Keystone, being a guest at
the National Hotel. This hotel
faces the mountain with a narrow
spot between it and the buildingon
the mountain side of the street. At
the first warning many of the in
habitants took refuge on the moun
tain side overlooking the town and
river. More than a hundred people,
however, remained in the town to
look after the women and children
who did not escape early. The
bridge leading to the depot was
soon swept away, then the angry
waters rushed through the only
street in the town and we found
hundreds cut off from the mountain
retreat and the hotel was made fast
to the telephone poles by means of
a line. Hundreds of lives were
saved. But in attempting to cross
the muddy, surging waters which
swept like an avalanche down this
street many lost their hold and in
plain sight of friends were carried
on iuto the river and drowned.
Houses plunged and danced in the
mighty stream, with sereamiug wo
men and children on the roofs.
Horses, cattle and other animals
went down iu droves and singly
struggling for life.
"TheNorkfolkaud Western Kail
road fill at this place gave way and
more thau a mile of track now lies
in the bed of the river while large
more a of track now lies
in the bed of the river while large
fills on either side are all gone; in
fact it is hard to tell how many
miles of track aud how many
bridges have been swept away. The
destraction is tremendous to the
railroad alone and it may be many
days aud perhaps weeks before
trains can run.
"The loss of life cannot be esti
mated from here. Eight lives were
lost here. Six bodies have been
recovered at Eckman, two miles
below here. Several were drowned
at Shawnee and a good part of the
town swept away.
"All the women were conveyed
from the hotel to the mountain side
by means of the life line. Then
the men left as the place was un
safe. When it came my turn
seized the line aud plunged in the
muddy carrent. In an instant my
feet were swept from uuder me and
it was the fight of my life to reach
the house on the south side of the
street. The distance was not great
and the water not more than three
feet deep, but the current was al
most irresistible, and even cows and
horses were swept past me as
clung to the rope, which was the
only hope. Friendly hands pulled
me out more dead than alive. The
hotel is still standing."
The Wisconsin legislature refus
ed to euact a law prohibiting mar
riage between whites and negroes
riage between whites and negroes
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It is the provision made by Na
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A Singular Transformation.
England is just now the scene of
a singular transformation of senti
ment. Only one generation lias
tory party uttered
xultutiou over what
■ the downfall of
mblic; since it was
passed since the
a fierce peal ot't
it supposed to b
the A tnerican re
pouring from its organs in the
press day after day a torrent of
hatred and insult on the north
following with delight the ravages
of the Alabama ; and doing its ut
most in conjunction with the south
ern envoys and the French emperor
to bring about the recognition of
the slave power Now behold this
same party at t he feet of a group of
American millionaires, assiduously
flattering their self-esteem ; showei
ing compliments on the American
republic; swearing eternal friend
ship with it ; and declaring that
the British and American Hags shall
henceforth be always displayed to
gether. It is a curious spectacle
for the survivors of the party in
England which stood by the Ameri
can republic in the day of distress,
and was fiercely villified by tin
torv party for so doing, hut such
is the fashion of the world. Our
own tories, much less than a gener
ation ago, would not tolerate the
sight of the American (lag on this
side of the line. What will they
say now? If the American can be
flattered and cajoled out of commer
cial competition, a great diplomatic
triumph will have been gained.
— "Bystander" (l'rof. (loklwin
Smith), in Toronto Weekly Sun.
A Terrible Explosion
"Of a gasoline stove burned^ a
lady frightfully," writes N. E.
Palmer, of Kirkman, la. "The best
doctors could not heal the running
sore that followed, but Bucklen's
Arnica Salve entirely cured lier."
Infallible for Cuts, Corns, Sores,
Boils, Bruises, Skin Diseases and
Piles. 25c at Estorge Drug Store.
Statue of Napoleon Recovered.
NewYork,June23.—The World's
Paris cable says :
The statue of Napoleon, which
adorned the top of the Vendôme
column, when, during the reign of
the Paris commune, the populace
pulled dowu the " Ungodly memo
rial standing in stupid glorification
of war," was accidentally fished out
of the Seine after a mysterious dis
appearance of thirty years. When
the Vendôme column was re-erected
a new statute had to be provided.
The Empress Eugenie, who is uow
iu Paris, said to the World corre
spondent : "When the communists
prepared to overturn the huge
bronze monument, the Marquis De
Cystroue resolved to save the statue
from destruction. During the night
before he bribed three workmen to
rig up great derricks and had the
statue lowered and carried to the
river and sunk. The Marquis was
shot among other hostages held by
the communists and therefore,
though I kuew that the statue of
the founder of our dynasty was
sunk in the river I was ignorant of
the exact spot."
The relic has been taken in charge
by the state commission for the
preservation of historical land
marks, of which this is considered
the masterpiece.
Denfne kk Cannot he Cured.
by locnl applications, us they cannot re ne h
tlio diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to euro deafness, and that is
byfconstitutional lemedies. Deafness in
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube
When this tube gets inflamed you have i
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever ; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but, an in
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's <'atarrli
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F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
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Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The Boer war has astonished the
world. Ilirtory gives no account
of a people fighting for liberty
against sneh odds, and manifesting
such self-sacrificing heroism. Un
questionably, the people of the
civilized world by a large majority,
sympathize with these hardy he
roes, but the governments of the
earth will not take any step to
thwart the intentions of Great
Britain. The Boers are uow look
ing to the Hague Peace tribunal,
but in vain, for England only con
sented to the tribunal oti condition
that no question concerning the
South African Republics should be
considered by it, thus showing that
England at this time made no secret
of her intention to subjugate those
people whenever she wits ready to
undertake the task." The Boer war
will be the blackest spot on the
pages of history.
Mothers who would keep their children
in good health should watch for the first
symptoms of worms and remove them
with White's Cream Vermifuge. Price, 25
cents. Albert Estorge.
Rich wood, N. J., is suffering
from a plague of cats. The cats
were turned loose on the. town by
practical jokers.
"A few months ago, food which I ate
for breakfast would not remain on my
stomach for half an hour. I used one bot
tle of four Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and can
now Mt my breakfast and other meals
with «relish and my food is thoroughly
digested. Nothing equals Kodol Dyspep
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Pitt«, "Arlington, Tex. Kodol Dyspepsia
eats what yon eat. Julius Koch.
j a,ul s '
;
Women are vastly more patient than
men. It is scarcely believable that a
woman, suffering past all telling, can
attend to business, ami bend and stoop
witli a back whose ache is agony. And
beyond all tins she smiles as she bends
Dps about her customer. A man
might swallow down an oath or keep
back a groan, but his face would be like
a thundercloud, and his voice scarcely
disguise his irritation.
For women who suffer from backache,
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There is 110 alcohol iu "Favorite Pre
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A vegetable preparation, it cannot dis
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"I wish to _ thank you for the good
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i, of Canton,
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They did uot
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I also
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% Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con
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A CURIOUS ISSUE."
It' there are Americans who are
too busy in the chase for the dollar
to realize the dangers ittvolvefi in
the supreme court's decisions in the
Porto Itican case, they may with
out great mental effort obtain an
analysis of that decision as made
by an Englishman.
TheLondonDailyNews, comment
ing upon the Porto Itican case,
says it was the most important de
cision which this tribunal has ever
been called upon to make. It re
gards this decision as "A curious
issue to 120 years of triumphant
democracy." Then the News adds:
"It is not progress, but retro
gression ; not the advancement of
humanity, but that disheartening
product of our times—the militar
ism of a democracy. We venture
to think that the framers of the
United States constitution would
have laughed at the possibiltty of
such a development as incredible.
The decisions have extricated Pres
ident McKinley from an uncommon
ly awkward position, but is a la
mentable headlong fall in the mor
al scale and a turning of the back
on all that has been the special
glory aud distinction of the United
States in order to join in the bar
baric scramble for the waste places
of the earth."
Not progress, but retrogression,
not humanity, but militarism—not
the passing of another milestone
in the path of civilization, but "a
lamentable, headlong fall in the
moral scale and a turning of the
back on all that has been the spec
ial glory and distinction of the
United States in order to join in
the barbaric scramble for the waste
places of the earth !"
Americans who can realize the
truth of this arraignment must feel
even more humiliated because of
the source whence it comes.
The Porto Rican decision was
indeed a "curious issue to 120 years
of triumphant democracy."—T/ir
Commoner.
Dyspeptics cannot be long lived because
to live requires nourishment. Food is not
nourishing until it is digested. A dis
orderly stomach cannot digest food, it
must have assistance. Kodol Dysj upsia
Cure digosts all kinds of food without aid
from the stomach,' allowing it to rest and
regain its natural functions. Its elements
are exactly the same as the natural diges
tive fluids and it simply can't help but do
you good. Julius Koch.
you good. Julius Koch.
llouma, La., .lune 24.—The
second oil well of this parish was
started this morning on the Magenta
plantation of Allen A. Sauders, a
short distance below the Bush well.
This well is the property of A. A.
Bonvillain & Co. and Mr. John
Foqlkes has charge of the drilling
operations. Mr. Foolkes is an ex
perienced machinist and inventor
of Houma, aud had his machinery
specially constructed for this work.
The drilling operations will be open
to the public, and the results will
be given to the press.
The Houma Oil and Mining Com
pany will start their drill next
week, the shipment of portions of
their machinery having been de
layed by the manufacturers, but is
now on its way, and will be in
position this week.
The latest reports from the Bush
well are that very little progress
has been made in the last two or
three weeks, owing to accidents.
Lirette gas well is receiving con
siderable attention. Water taken
from this well bas a strong odor
of petroleum, and shows indications
of oil when allowed to settle. This
well is situated on a natural eleva
tiou corresponding to Spindle Top,
and parties interested in oil devel
opments are anxious to see this
developed. It is owned by the Le
Datiois Oil and Mineral Company,
of Terrebonne.
Call at Lee's drug store and get a free
sample of Chamberlain's .Stomach and
Liver Tablets. They are an elegant phy
sic. They also improve the appetite,
strengthen the digestion and regulate the
liver und bowels. They are easy to take
and pleasant in effect.