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New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-12-23
Is it not miracle that such a


many revolutions7 Every nation
in Europe or America is young
compared with this ancient holiday
The peoples of antiquity died, and
most of their customs and tradi.
tions died with them. but this they
passed on to their successors. Tn,
barbarians fought, revelled, maSsa.
cred and were massacred; Goth
and Nandal, Alan, Burgundian and
Lombard trampled the arena of
history, but somehow this exquisite
flower of religion, humanity and
poetry was always spared and hand
ed on, ever fresher and more beau
tiful, from century to century.
Beginning in corner of the Lee
want, Christmas has spread over
the whole world. 1t is the one uni
versal holiday of Christian man
kind-Christian not merely in the
theological sense of common civil
lization, regardless of individual
beliefs. 1t has had a curious pow
er of assOciating itself with ex-
tremes of climate. Ori ginating in
a land of endless summer, it's
earliest symbol was the palm.
Then, adopted by northern races,
it became identified with snowy
roofs, with cracking fires, with
reindeer and Santa Claus going
down wide-mouthed chimneys.
Now it is ceasing to belong to any
climate, and is taken possession Of
all. We can hardly say that "a
green Christmas makes fat
churchyard" when Australasia,
South America and Africa celebrate
Christmas in summer. The snow,
evergreens and Santa Claus with
his fur coat and reindeer are still
the Christmas features of the
North, but the day is not limited
by any such local accessions.
Christmas is the fOrerunner of
the federation of the world.
Since the confusion of tongues at
Babel there has been no such uni
versal solvent. 1t gives the com
mon touch of humanity that unites
all nations. Where a government
brings twenty, forty or hundred
people into mutual rela-
tions, the observance of this day
brings thousand millions.
More people look forward to
Christmas now than ever did at any
former period of the worlds his
tory. Wherever European civil
zation goes the celebration Of this
gracious festival follows in its
train. 1t has already extended over
the whole of Europe, North and
South America, Australasia, the
islands of the ocean, the greater
part of Asia and much of Africa.
Only China, Centeral Asia and
Darkest Africa remain untouched
by it's influences, and a few years
will bring them in. Then Christ
mas will indeed be a Truce of God,
when the whole world will suspend
it's wrangling and come together in
a common festival of goodwill.
Is it to much to hope that this
annual communion of spirit may
have some effect on human con-
duct in the rest Of the year' When
all the nations of earth come to-
gether ofone day as brothers, will
they not eventually realize the in
Of flying at each others
throats the nextY Christmas once
a year as a universal festival, cele-
brated on the Arctic ice foes and
in the Brazilian jungles, is a glori-
GUS thing, but the spirit of Christ
mas pervading three hundred and
sixty-five days would be more
glorious. The world has almost
attained the one-how long must it
wait before it attains the otheri-
N. Y. Journal.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-12-23
HALLS GREAT DISCOVERY.

HALLS GREAT DISCOVERY.
One small bottle Of Halls Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all Irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men and
women, regulates bladder troubles in chill
dren. IL not sold by your druggist, 1t
will be sent by mail on receipt of 81. One
small bottle is two months treatment and
will cure any case above mentioned. Il.
W. Hall, sole manufacturer, st. Louis,
Mo. Sold by Albert Estorge,
READ THIS.
The undersigned, Of Runge, Texas,
have used Halls Great Discovery for Kid
ney and Bladder Troubles, and highly
Recommend it.
DR. T. j. PRESLEY.
X. BUsCHICK, Druggist.
J. A. WoRLEY, Merchant.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-12-23

The latest reports Of the corn crop of
1899 in the great corn producing States
put Iowa at the head of the list, with an
outturn of 306,0O0,000 bushels. Kansas
stands second, and Nebraska third.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-12-23
THE ENTERPRISE

OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF IBERIA PARISH
AND TOWN OF NEW IBERIA.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-12-23

DIR. NJ. A. Simmons Liver Medicine has
since 1840 steadily risen in public favor,
and the demand for it far exceeds that of
any other Liver Medicine.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-12-23
The Christmas
Doll Sale.

The best representatives Of Doll
dom have met here; quite con-
vention Of styles, complexion and
sizes of dolls. Hundreds Of lit
tie hearts will soon be made hap
py, for these are priced to pass
from our possession to yours be-
fore Christmas eve. Prices are
from Sc up to ESQ each.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-12-23
Mems Furnishings
for Christmas.

Better and bigger preparations
have been made in this depart
ment than ever before. Neck
wear, dress shirts, collars, cuffs,
suspenders, gloves, warm under
wear form very attractive lines,
most attractively priced. Mems
fancy half hose for Christmas
gifts, mems fine silk handker-
chiefs for Christmas gifts. Mems
white silk mufflers for Christmas
gifts. Mems hats, boys fancy
csps-snything and everything
worn by men.
Ten-Cent
Patterns.
You will want new pattern for
each holiday dress you will make.
We keep "The New Idea" pat
terms which are reliable and in
expensive. Ten cents for any
pattern made. It has been truly
said that there is "No lOc-priced
pattern as good, and no good pat
tern as loss-priced."
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-12-23
Fine Holiday
Linens.

Fine Holiday
Linens.
Towels, table damasks, napkins,
tray cloths--what more sensible
Cor a Christmas gifti What more
Acceptablei Price need not stand
iathe way, for they are priced
to suit everybody. White table
dsmask at 25c. Fine satin dam
ask, GA inches wide, at 4Oc; su-
perior white satin damask, 66
inches, at 6Oc; extra fine white
satin damask, ~ inches, at 75c;
oil red table damask at 25c, 30c,
4Oc and 45c; white French nap
kids, one dozen in bolt, at Soc,
Csc, 75c, 100. 1.25, 1.5O, LIS,
200 and 2.75 a dozen; fringed
napkins in all white and white
with colored borders, from Soc q
dozen up; linen towels at l.2O;
1.5O, LIS, 2.25 and 800 dozen
A Big Christmas
Cloak Sale.
Lots Of stylish jackets, capes and
furs punched together for quick
selling. Your gift-giving money
can be spent to some purpose
here. Our showing of misses
and children's REFER jackets en-
braces all ages and range Of
prices to suit all purposes. AS
to capes, it will be very unusual
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-12-23

The printed line will only hint
at them, but each line mention
ed is most complete. Twill pay
YOU to look them over.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21
relieved for short periods or perhaps
only for q day or two.

iSilCNSN lOl SllOlt pei ioNto, "a RS'AANNf
only for day or two.
He urged the expediency of introduce
ing this element Of length of period for
which relief was given into some re-
turn, perhaps not az very frequent in
tervals, but occasionally, so as 10 pres
ent the public with clear idea of the
extent of the permanent pauperism on
one side, and the extent of the OCCASION
al and less permanent pauperism on the
other side. The two things We're not
the same, and when the latter was care
fully analysed it might perhaps appear
that considerable numbers had lapsed
occasionally into pauperism without be-
coming all at once-permanent paupers.
! The facts, whatever they were, should
be recognized and understood, although
the amount of pauperism on one day
remained, as it did now the standard
for comparative purposes. In conclu-
sion he believed it was encouraging to
know that poverty itself had become
small evil in comparison with the past,
and that the common idea, which de-
scended to them from early ties, that
the masses We're poor was no longer
true--at any rate was no longer true in
former times, when the increase of the
number of the poor was checked by ac
tual famine and 'pestilence. 1t was en-
couraging likewise to realize that eco
nomically the relief of the poor was no
longer the heavy burden it was at dates
from which the present generation was
not so far removed. 1t was encouraging
also that we lived in a period when
pauperism itself had been declining,
though there were admittedly Imperfect
tons in the returns, and they would like
to know more. One conclusion from
the division of paupsrsm, into perman-
ent and occasional, or less permanent,
which had been adverted to as a rea-
son for the attempt to improve the
statistics, appeared undoubtedly to be
that If there was a halfway house to
permanent pauperism 1t was most es-
sential in these matters to consider well
the population on the brink of pauper-
ism as well as those who We're over the
brink, There was no use--there might,
on the contrary, be much harm--in ex-
pedients to diminish permanent pau
perism by kind of legerdemain, such
as general old-age pensions, where the
real pauperiem would remain under a
different name. while the classes on the
brink of pauperism who required brac-
ing up, on social and moral grounds, |
would be rather encouraged than other |
wise in habits of unthrift and depend |
ence on the State. In any case, such |
proposals had to be judged not by their
results as regarded one symptom of the
disease, but by their effect on all class
es commemorative London Times. d
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21
ONE OF MARCHAND's DISCOVER

LES,
Little information up to the present
has been forthcoming as regards the
geographical and scientific results of
Major Marchland's famous journey
across central Africa, since, for some
reason, the Paris Geographical society
has not as yet thought fit to invite the
explorer to give an account Of his trav-
els at the Sorbonne. 1t is therefore diff
ficult to form an accurate estimate of
the importance of his contributions to
geographical knowledge; but In Anglo
African circles the most interesting fact,
and one that may have the greatest in
fiuence upon the economic development
of the Soudan and the Nile provinces,
which Major Mafchand's mission has
demonstrated, and which he has recent
ly made known, is the feasibility of al
most uninterrupted water communica-
ton from the Congo to the Nile. have
before me sketch plan drawn by Ma
jor Marchand of his journey, which
shows that by the new route opened up
by his mission it is possible to go by
boat from Brazzaville to Cairo, with
the exception of a small break of seven
ty-six kilometres from Meme to Tam
boura. in the Bahr- el-GhazaI. At Tam
boura the water journey to the Nile can
be resumed ON the Gcdo.-London Cor
respondence of the Birmingham Post.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21
PRESIDENT LouBET's MEDAL.

President Loubet has managed te
hold office until now without his medal
In few days from now he will possess
this important certificate Of his cleo
ton as it Is being struck at the mint
head in profile, with the words, Emile
Loubet, President de la Republique
Franchise" and on the other figure of
the republic standing before the cleo
ton ballot-box and dropping M. Lou
bets name into it, with the inscription.
Flu par l'Assemblee Rationale lie is
Fevrier. 1899" Every deputy and sena-
tor will receive one of these medals
London Chronicle,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21
A LABoRER HORRIBLY MANGLED

Merden, Dec. 20.---Nicolo Principe, an
Italian employed at John S. Lane &
Sons stone quarry. was killed this
morning by falling seventy feet off a
ledge of rock upon which he was
working
Princepe's neck was broken and the
body frightfully mangled. He leaves
a wife and five small children.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21

Sigsbee lodge. N. E. o. p, of West
Haven, elects officers at Masonic hall
in the borough tonight. The lodge is
in a flourishing state.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-21

All the chief departments at Yale
closed yesterday for Christmas. All
the public schools close tomorrow for
the holiday vacation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-24
ANOTHER DIVORCE CASE.
Vim Vaughan Makes Some strong Com
plant Against George Vaughan.

Vim" Vaughan Makes Some strong Com
plant Against George Vaughan.
The papers III an interesting case
were filed III the district court today,
wherein Vina Vaughan prays for a
divorce from her husband, George
Vaughan. The plaintiff in her petit
ton states that herself and defendant
intermarried In Butte. Mont, ION or
about Sept. ~, 1894, and at divers
times since then the defendant has
treated the plaintiff in a cruel and in.
human manner, by kicking aud FLAP.
ping her and even threatening to beat
her to death. The complaint covers
Ave pages Of typewriter matter, most
Of which Ia taken up In reoiting differ.
emit abuses and the times made against
the plaintiff BY the defendant. The
plaintiff states that the defendant has
some real and personal property, be-.
sides large sums Of money In both the
banks of this city, and as she 10 without
money or means to provide for her sup.
port and that Of her three year old
child, she asks that the court allow her
$50 a month from this time to the set
Element Of the case for their support
and the sun Of $500 for court costs and
Attorney fees. She also states that she
thinks the sum Of Sb, 900 would only
be proper alimony for the support Of
herself and child. Strevell u Porter
Of Miles City and w. NJ. Johnston ap-
pear as her counsel.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-24
BILLINGS
LOCAL NOTES.

If you haven't been vaccinated, you
should be.
Its off. Are you on? A home or
Investment. 41.tf
West Side Addition is the place to-
build a home. vi
Rocky Fork coal cleaned, $3. IS pbr
ton; better than ever. Donovan 81
Spear. ~
You can secure lots in the WesA
Side Addition by q small payment per
month.
Rocky Fork coal cleaned, So. rs
per ton; better than ever. Donovan
& Spear.
Peters, the tailor, is still leading.
See his suits to measure at $15. pants
at IS, and up.
The Northern Pacific made it's EN-.
ployes happy Saturday by distributing
it's pay checks.
See w. B. George and get lots in
the West Side Addition. They are SELL
ing like hot cakes.
Austin North for town lots. Low
prices. Reasonable terms. Easy
monthly payments.
)" Miss Edythe V. Gamble will give
private lessons in dancing at her home
on North 31st street.
"A committee in Miles lofty has
raised $5, 900 for the construction Of a
local telephone system.
-Yegen Bros. began work last week
IN the new posttfios>1uilding, which
they expect to oofbxSete about Dec. LIST.
The Fergus County Argus says
smallpox is entirely eradicated FROM
Lewistown, there being not a single
a q in the city.
j. A. Johnson, Northern Pacific
lineman Of this fcity. A5as the CONTRACT
for stringing thaWjf6 OF the Red LodgeV
& Wyoming Telephone line.
Mrs. q. M. Child entertained at n
five O'Clock LUNCHEON satnrhay after.
noon, MesdaniesM auleAh James Nc
Cormick and Mr4heH. Fl. Donovan.
john Reece left this morning for
his grading camp on the other side of
Glendive, accompanied by a number of
men. who are going to work for him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-24
ALL MUST GO THIS WEEK.
Pianos and Organs ut Half Prices

Pianos and Organs ut Half Prices.
The finest selected stock of new and
high grade upright pianos now between
Chicago and San Francisco can be seen
at the Dye store (next to the court
house). To all persons interested in
the purchase Of a piano or an organ. we
have a statement Of special interest to
make. In another column Of this Issue
we make an announcement IN detail OF
u piano sale to open in Billings at once.
In our announcement we describe how
we do a years business IN one week or
ten days, thereby saving the enormous
expense of a yearly, business which Ia a
saving Of at least one third Of the cost
Of a piano or an organ to the purchaser.
When You can buy a strictly first.
class piano at prices ranging from $3.50
upward on terms Of $26 down and $40
per month, you should not lot the op.
p~ortunity pass. Gall at once and get
choice. Dye House next to court house.
ORION BROS,
General Agents W. W. Kimball Co.,
Manufacturer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-24
A REMONsTRANCE
Is Being Circulated Against the Removal
of the POstO Ice.

IL Being Circulated Against the Re moval
of the POstO ftice.
VA petition, demonstrating against the
removal Of the postoffioe to Yegen Bros.
location on the south side, has been
circulated among the business men and
residents of the north side for the past
few days. The main cause for com.
plant is given that 80 per cent Of the
patrons Of the Office reside on the north
side and their interests are best sub.
served by having the office in the pres
ent location. A copy Of the petition,
aside from that which is to be sent to
the department, goes to Senator Carter
asking him to use his influence to have
the Office kept in its present location.
1t il rather late for the petition to
have any effect and it is doubtful If it
will receive more than passing notice
from the department. Over three
weeks ago and at least two weeks pre-.
vious to the announcement that Yegen
Bros. bid had been accepted, The Ga
zette stated that the soath side location
would in all probability be accepted as
it was known to be much the lowest.
Then would have been the time to have
demonstrated.
Last week Yegen Bros. were notified
that their bid had been accepted and the
department. wished to know just when
the building would be ready for occu-
panoy. The p~ostoffioe inspector, P. r.
Lance Of Helena, came to Billings
Thursday. and in company with Post
master Baboook called upon Yegon
Bros. and after ascertaining that the
building would be completed and ready
for occupancy by Dec. 10, 1899. they
at once notified the department to that
effect. Yegen Bros. at once began
work On the foundation for the new
building, which 10 to be rushed as fast
as possible.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-24
WAS AGREEARLY SURPRISED.
John Thomas Of Nova Scotia stops in
Billings on His Way Home.

49," Wv W. ~
B,llings on His Way Home.
John B. Thomas, father Of tho
Thomas boys Of Lake Basin, came in
Saturday from a several weeks visit to
his SONS and departed yesterday tor his
home at Bear River, Digby county.
Nova Scotia via Chicago, Buffalo
and New York city. III an interview
with The Gazette reporter, MIR. Thomas
said: III am most asreeably disap.
pointed in finding tho population of your
town almost entirely Of English
speaking people, fully imbued with the
spirit of prosperity, with a determine.
ton to develop the natural resources Of
the country. Looking upon 1t from q
financial standpoint it far exceeds any
thing we have In the east. visited my
boys, q. 4. Thomas, occupying a ranch
IN Lake basin, with every prospect
ahead of him to come out on top. I also
visited A. L. Thomas, at Battle Butte
ranch. who has prospects equally az
good as the former, just now complet.
ing some seventy miles Of fencing. I
also found on entering your town. lots
Of friends Of my boys, who extended a
very hearty hand Of welcome. From
conversation and observation I am led
to believe that q great number of
your sheep and cattlemen have entered
into an agreement with the parties who
have the winding up affairs Of this
world in hand for IN extension of time,
as said HtOGkMeN have extensive deals
on hands,"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-24
TRAINS.

BURLINGTON TRAINS.
EAST. BOUND.
n DEPARTS.
Passenger No. AZ. ............... $50 a.. M.
Freight No. &c, ............... .1O:O5 a. IN.
WEST BOUND.
ARRIVES.
Passenger No 4l..................7:03 p. III.
Freight No. Al, 800 a. m.
j. l.. HARRINGTON, Agent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-24
FROM CODY TO SALT LAKE.
Pretty Certain That the Burlington II
Headed for Puget Sound.

Headed for Puget Sound.
A Tacoma special to the Salt Lake
Tribune says that M. s.. i. Burns, q tn.
coma capitalist, claims to have inside
knowledge regarding plans of the Bur.
lington system. He declares that the
Burlington will build into Salt Lake
next year from Cody, Wyo., and that
within three years it will be operating
trains into Tacoma and Seattle. He
says that news to this effect Is verified
by Burlington officials. He thinks the
coast line will be built from Cody to
some point near Baker City, Ore. and
thence northwest to Puget Sound.
From engineers now In the field he has
assurances that this project will be car.
ried out soon as tho line TO Salt Lake IL
finished.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-24

IAN addition has been built onto
the fear of Frank [dkins paint shop.
which will be Ssed as the Salvation
Army barracks this winter.
y. B. Elliott, who is here from
his Fergus county ranch, says he does
not intend moving his family to Lewis
town, as a paper of that place reported.
MIR. and Mrs. L.. Ek<Sohad enter
tanned a numbbr Of friends in a pro.
gressive whist pbssS at their home on
North Thirty.second street Friday
night.
Because the smallpox scare is
gradually dying out should not
u people tt be mindful of their vel.
fare. Be vaccinated if you have not
done 80 already.
Austin North thinks there is no
advertising medium to compare with
The Gazette. In last Fridays issue he
advertised two different pieces Of real
estate, which he sold by yesterday.
1t is understood that Leonard Elk
wortzel, of the Columbus Mercantile
firm Of Columbus. has purchased the
ranch of jeff Ballinger near Nye City
and will engage in the cattle business.
"A. M. Peters retxfned Saturday
night from aAtrip o<the coal camp in
Carbon county. He reports Carbonate
as thriving. l06 the day he was there
sixteen carloads of coal were taken out.
The decoration of ohivalry Of the
Rebekah order Vas conferred upon Mrs.
Ellen Burton Of this city at the grand
lodge held in Helena last week. Mrs.
Burton was also elected vice.president
Of the grand lodge.
III. T. Lovett has returned to Bill.
ings and once again taken mp his resi-.
dence among us. Mr.. Lovett had the
contract for carrying the Columbus.
Cook City, but he gave it up as it prov.
ed q losing proposition.
Percy Robinson, a cowboy for the
70 outfit, had a horse fall with him a
couple of days ago, throwing him over
some rim.rooks, from which he sustain
ed a broken left leg. He is confined
at St. V%incent's hospital.
Yellowstone Leader: MI. Frank
Dhaxch, recently from Billings, who
has purchased the pretty little ranch
home of Richard Cosgriff, located just
under the bluff at Grey Cliff, was a
business visitor in Big Timber Wednes.
day.
Court Stenographer Fred W. Kried.
Ter came up from Miles City this morn.
ing and is holding his head mighty
high. He will respond to no addresses
but "'Papa,' ocoasioned by the arrival
Of a baby daughter at his home last
Sunday.
1.-THE basement Of the M. B. Rade.
building, on North Twenty.
seventh street il bpi6g fitted up for a
shop, hav{ngfbeen rented by jeff
Davis. The rooIAfis being partitioned
into rooms for the purpose Of putting
IN baths also.
-Stockgrowers' Journal: W. g.
Ward has been here the past week from
Billings visiting with his family and
arranging things for the winter. Mr..
Ward is following the contraotorIhpsi.
1ess at Billings. Billings is a lively
he says.
The local lodge Of Elks has issued
|. number OF invitations to a reception
md banquet to be given in honor of
Brother Elk Rev. G. @. Stull, on Thurs
lay night, Oct. 26, on that gentleman's
eturn from Manila, as chaplain Of the |
FIRST Montana regiment.
<JameE Weary, an BMb1oye of the
at Sheridan was married in
city yesterday to Miss Marie Toy
4 the same place. The couple was ao-
nmnaniad To Rillinus by 7 n PhalaI