The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-01-17
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Ing his nat anu dshihS
would not sit down. The woman
pumped herself down in the va
cant seat without word OF THANKS
and | saw the color flush up Ill the
Young mans checks. In a minute
he hastily looked over the DOCKS
which he carried under his arm
and then, speaking to the WOMAN
to whom he had gwen his seat, ne
said:
II beg your pardon, but l thlhh
i left my pocketbook on tha'
seat"
Tho woman arose to let him see
and he quietly slipped into the
seat himself, saying: "Thank you,
and Immediately buried his nose
in a big geometry.-Boston Times.
A new kind of cattle driving
has been discovered by the Beers.
G. w. Stevens, writing from
Ladysmith, says: ''Today we have
two novelties Of the art OF war.
The first was the use of shell iire
for rounding up and driving cattle.
The Beers, noticing mob OF trek
oxen grazing unusually far out,
nlanted shells between them ana
our lines. The native herdsmen
boIted TO the river bank and the
Boers. shortening the radge, gradtl'
ally drove the oxen toward them
selves Some mounted infantry
went out and attempted to drive
the oxen in with their rifle butts
They were received with heavy
artillery and rifle fire and two OF
their horses killed. The rider OF
one of the slain horses coolly re
moved the saddle and bride and
carried them home. Only eighty
of the oxen were saved Five were
killed and 200 lost"
The city house of Joseph Pnlit
ger, the proprietor OF the New iori
World, East Fifty-fi:h street, wa
destroyed by fire Tuesday and two
lives were lost When tie tiaint
had been est,nguisbed and search
was made of the ruined house, Ia
hod,es of two women were found
one was that Of the housekeepe'
Mrs Je!leti, IN one hand was hrml
clutched a small bag, into which
~ believed, she tried TO thurst som
of her personal effects before lea'
inc her room The other was tha
of the gcverness, Miss El'zaie
Montgomery
Mortimer Menpes, the vel
known American artist, will leay
England Immediately for Sout
Africa, where he will paint
series of war pictures.
About four years ago d Londo
blacksmith noted ON a second-han
bookstall very old book price
at . cents. He bought it and a
ter attempting to read it threw
~ aside and soon forgot it. One !
his dodgers, happening to see Il
hook recently, and, noticing thu
II was dated lIJ0, asked PERM
sion to show it to the British m
scum authorities. A day or tv
later the blacksmith was reques
ed to call, and the secretary, to h
surprise, asked him what he wou
take for the book. In some co
fusion the man said: 'sWhat vi
You gives" "Will $3.50 suit You
was the answer Of the secretar
The blacksmith was SO dumfoun
ed that the secretary thought
was ridiculing his offer, and ther
fore Immediately increased IL
$500, which was at once accepts
Sooner than have lost the boo
however, which was the first boo
that Gutenberg ever printed am
therefore, almost priceless, Il
museum authorities would hay
paid almost any sum that Ina
been asked
The most powerful locomotiy
in the world has a total weight {
$4,000 pounds, or about 1903 ton
The total wheel base of the 81
CINE is rs feet and q inches, I
which Ii feet o inches is the dri,
inc wheel base. The total whet
1,.er 40 n,,osno and faudar IL <