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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-05-09

June "........... 93O.S2
July q. 2O21.S2
August ".......... 364.34
September "........... 1907. 40
October g. .......... 1SO1.S5
November g. ".......... 2115.45
December g. ...... S15O.22
s16,39O.1s
The following members were au-
thorized to order lumber:
Mr.. Landry, ,one 40 ft bridge and
nails.
| Mr.. Broussard, lumber to repair
bridge.
Mr.. Avery, one Is # and one 10
ft bridges.
The following bills were ap-
proved:
M Derouen, work on roads
18th ward g............$ 400
&c w Ratcliffe, work on roads
7th ward g............. =. $50
Otto Fritche, work on roads
7th ward g............. 1000
Ovide Leleu, clerk of cleo
tlOn g...... -
Il A Pellerin, com. of cleo
IlOn g.. O.UU
A Romero, com. of election g 800
Ed Leblanc, com, of cleo
tlOn g.. o.UO
Homer Miguez,clerk of cleo
tlOn g...... 3.OO
A Dominique, com. of elec-
tlOn g............ o.OU
I j Druilhet, clerk Of elec-
ton g.. 3.OO
J S Otey, com. of election g 800
n Druillhet, com. of cleo
tlOn g.. o.UO
Homer Delcambre, com. of
election, g.............. 800
Tom Miguez, com. of elec-
IlOn g.. o.UU
G A Druilhet, com. of elec-
ton g.. o.OO
V J Poirson, com. of elec-
ton g.... $3.50. j.UU
II Abadie,clerk of election g 800
Octave Louviere, CON- of cleo
ton g.. ............ 3.UO
Willie Patout, com. of elec-
ton g.. 3.OO
Albert Lyon, com. on cleo
ton g.. o.UO
r A Olivier, com. elect Of
election g.. 3.OO
Jules Muller, com. Of elec-
tiOn g.. ...... o.OO
JAS Lewis,com. Of election & 800
DD Avery" z" "g... 800
G Britton, clerk Of election g 800
Lionel Broussard, CON. of
election, g.............. 800
Geo Winters, com. Of cleo
ton Q ......... 3.OOl
Jules Olivier, clerk of cleo
ton 9. g.................. 3.Oo|
L J Gonsoulin, com. of elec
tion g. ........... 3.0Ol
Haine, rent Creole Club e.. 500
f w Bauman, clerk of elec-
tion 6 g...... ............ o.UV
Max Levy, com. Of election G 600
A Romero, building booth
3rd ward g............ 200
M Broussard, com. of elec-
ton Q. ............. 3.OO|
Emile vuillemot, ,com.of elec-
tion g........... 500
st Clair Dugas, purchase 3.S5
q q com. g 500
los Camos, com. g 800
Joe Broussard, booth com.
and . g........ 1915
Alex Gary, work on road
~ xn~
1st ward g............. 3.Oo
Ozeme Leblanc, work on
road 4th ward g....s... 800
James Simon, District Atty
convictions c.......... Ioo.VV
j ID Broussard, repairing
Wyche ferry b......... 1910
Henry Patout, salary fund g l5.OO
Electric Light Plant c... 3l.35
Blanchet and Roy, lumber
pest house sp........ lo.oO
Corporation forpesthouse sp 53.lOI
Felix Patout, taxes paid
parish in error c....... oo.o4
I-..1s~~ 1xr,r.
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500 Reward, $Ioo.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages and that is
catarrah. Halls Catarrah Cure is the
only positive curenow known known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrah being
o constitutional disease, requires con-
stftutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally. acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation on of the disease, and Civ
ing the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers, that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of of testimonials.
Address, F, j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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ENGLAND'S PAUPERS.
Misery and Want Revealed by
Government Statistics
Great Anxiety oooaSloned in London by
the Great Increase and Continued
Growth of Pauporism--A TER
rible showing


The remarkable fact that through
out the whole of England and Wales
there were at the end of last year
twenty-four paupers existing on gov
eminent charity In every thousand of
the population, Is contained In great
mass of statistics on pauperism re-
Gently issued by the poor relief depart
ment of the British government, The
exact percentage was 24.5 paupors per
1000 of population. There was great
increase Of pauperism during the year,
many thousands of people, owing to
the general business depression, being
driven TO ask for relief for the first
time in their lives, and the officially
recorded proportion Of pauperism
reached the highest point In many
years. Tho proportion was smallest In
1891, when It was 28.2 to the 1000 popu-
lation This is a remarkable fact In
itself, ns indicating the normal amount
of extreme pauperism In England, for
the record is only of paupers applying
for government relief,
1t is curious fact, says the New
York Sun, that the proportion OF
paupers to population Is smaller In
London than throughout the rest of
England and Wales. But there has
been o great increase and continued
growth of pauperism in the metropolis
In recent years which Is causing o
great deal of anxiety, In tho second
week of last December there were 1867
$40 paupers in London, which was
equivalent to 243 per 1000 of the whole
population. This was 1929 moro pau
pers than were receiving relief In the
city in the corresponding week of the
previous year, and q greater number
than In any year since 1872.
The proportion Of pauperism in Lon
don was the highest in the years 1857
and 1869, when it reached AS and Ash
respectively TO the 1000 Of population.
But these were years of exceptional
depression, and tho astounding figures
have never been reached in any other
year since the Inauguration Of the
present system of statistics. Tho low
est point was reached In 1891, when the
proportion of paupers was e2,4 per 1000
of population. Since that year there
has been steady growth Of pauper-
ism In the metropolis, and at such q
rate and with such coincident circum-
stances as TO be the cause of much
anxiety to the authorities and a mat
ter of great public concern.
But these figures are of the pauper.
ism only that comes to official notice,
and the record takes no account Of the
vast amount of poverty that is relieved
by private charity and through other
than government sources. To Ego on
the parish" is the last and much
dreaded resort of the honest poor, only
to be availed Of In dircst extremity
and the coroners' records show thai
many unfortunates have died of actual
starvation rather than. thus apply fol
public charity, More than dozen %
such sad cases IRE noted on the oficia.
returns of inquests held In Londor
alone during last year. So that the
startling showing of twenty-four pau
pers in every thousand inhabitants Il
only part Of the picture of poverty IL
England
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Gland Of the Sky"

In Western North Carolina, between
the Blue Ridge ON the east and the
Alleghanies on the west, in the beauti-
full valley of the French Broad, two
thousand feet above the sea level lies
Asheville, beautiful, picturesque and
world-famed as one Of the most pleas
ant resorts in America, 1t is land of
bright ekies and incompatible climate,
whose praises have been sung by poets
and whose beauties of stream, valley
and mountain height have furnished
subject and inspiration for the painters
brush. This is truly the Land OF tho
Sky" and there is perhaps no more
beautiful region on the continent to at
tract pleasure tourist or health seekers.
Convenient schedules and very low
rates to AsoeYille via Southern Ry.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-11-08
A NEW SAIR or EARS.
Remarkable F4es 10 Surgery Perf0rma
hy n RrFnch PhyeicIun

Remarkable Tsses 10 Surgery Performed
by RrRnch Physician.
At the BiOetsp hospital In Paris, says
the London Daily News, the we'll
known surGeofA M. Landry, lately per-
formed cuRioas operation on : work.
man Of Belgium nationality. The
Belgian, h appears, got drunk short
time ago and was taken to the police
station ct GeNSaly when in state Of
utter helpieacnees. While he was in
the cells another drunkard, mechnn-
ical engines named Machant, was
brought In 10 state bordering on
delirium tremoas. Machant was in a
terribly excibe& state and he attacked
bis fellow prisoner with extraordinary
ferocity, striking him, and, horrible to
relate, biting Of both his ears.
When he cane to himself Machant
became very Venitent and asked to be
taken TO the bedside of his victim, who
was nov In the Bicetrc hospital, In
order to ask his forgiveness. DIR.
Landry, who wAs there, said: Should
you like TO give him back his ears9'
Certainly" saad the man. "Then,"
said tho doctor, ''lct me cut a couple OF
small slips Of Gesh from your arm and
1t can be donA.s The man consented
and the doctor DAD as he had suggested.
The pieces Of flesh he shaped as well
as he could to Shc likeness Of q pair OF
ears and joined them to the wounded
places. According to the latest ac-
counts the op~ation hos been a com
plete succesa
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chnstmaa ga Nsw An the Yeal Round.

A Christmas Gift New All the Year Round.
In choosing christmas gift what
can afford more present and and last
ing pleasure than n subscription to The
Youths Companion? The delight with
which it is welcomed on Christmas
morning is renewed every week in the
year.
Those who wish to present years
subscription to a friend may also have
The Companions beautiful new ''Pmi.
tan Girl" Calendar for 1901 sent with
it. This Calendar reproduoes in 12-
color printings an ideal protrait of a
Puritan maiden of Plymouth. In adj
dition to. this, all the issues of The
Companion for the remaining weeks of
1900 are sent free from the time sub
scription is received for the new vol
ume.
Those wishing to make present of
The Companion and mentioning it
when subscribing will receive, in addi-
ton to the gifts offered above, a beau
tiful printed certificate of subscription
to place among the presents on Christ
mas morning.
Illustrated Announcement Of the vol
ume for 1901 sent with sample copies OF
the paper free to any address.
The YoUTH's COMPANION,
Boston, Mass.
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The BURLINGTON Route.

New through trains to Portland,
Puget Sound, 1.-THE Burlington North
ern Pacific Express" No. Al, from st.
Louis, at 8 a. m. for Kansas City, st.
Joseph, Northwestern Nebraska, Black
Hills, Wyoming, Montana, Washing
ton, Tacoma, Seattle, Puget Sound and
Portland, Oregon, via Billings, Mon
tana-the short line and time saver to
tie Upper Northwest. TO the Puget
Sound in n hours. Through coaches,
chair cars (seats free), standard sleep
ers and dining cars with through tour
ist sleepels from Kansas City. This is
the main travelled routeSt. Louis tothe
Northwest.
Number 8, Nebraska Colorado Tx
press" midday train from st. Louis for
Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Pacific
Coast; one night to Denver. Also for
st. Paul, Minneapolis and beyond.
No 10, at 8:45 p. M, st. Louis TO
Kansas City, Omaha, st. Joseph, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Pacific
Coast via Denver, also to the North
west Montana, Washington, Oregon,
via Lincoln and Billings.
Please write:
j. N. MERRILL, L. W. WAKFLRY,
Gen'l Southern Ag't. Gen'l p. Ag't.
No. N. Pryor St., ST. Louis, Mo.
Atlanta, Ga.
Howard ELLIOTT, Genl Manager,
st. Louis, Mo.
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SLIM SALARIES.
The Kind of Pay Upon which Some Meth
Odist Preachers Must Live.

odist Preachers Must Live
Methodist preachers are proverbially
On i'll paid lot, and they always feel
that the phrase las poor as u church
mouse" applies with peculiar fitness TO
them. 1t rs one Of the denomination
frequent assertions, however, that its
work is largely among the poor people,
who cannot afford to give their pas
tors large salaxies In the old days
when living was cheap the salaries
were really NOT so small In proportion
to the living expenses rs they are
now. Then Methodist parson with q
salary Of four hundred dollars could, II
he had o country passionate, liw@om-
fortably, keep horse, send his nine or
ten children 10 school and manage to
lay by penny Cor a rainy day. There
are plenty OF the "old stagers" eft
among the Methodist preachers who
went through those times, and who
are now living frugally on the amount
which they laid by. Salaries among
the Methodists have advanced some
what, but they ere still extremely low.
The country pAssons look upon their
city brethren e. rolling In wealth and
luxury, vet not Q single Methodist pas
tor even'in Eew York city receives as
high salary as FIVE thousand dollars q
year. This seems incredible, but. ao-
cording to tho Now York Tribune, 1t Is
fact, though It must be remembered
that parsonage is almost always pro-
vided and Is furnished In some way or
other, comfortable or uncomfortable.
1t Is not until one comes to the coun-
try districts that the really meager sal
aries are found. The case Of the
preacher who applied for full connec-
ton with the recent conference at
Brooklyn "A stu fresh. Somebody got
up and said th0t the applicant owed
money, and 50 enght not to be allowed
TO come In. Then o committee found
out that the man had only three hun
dred dollars year salary that out Of
this sum he had to support himself and
keep horse, and ON Sundays had to
ride thirty o. forty miles to preach.
They decided 70 let him In. 1t is some.
times the case that the country preach
or's salary Is eked out by ''do-
nation" from hts lind-hearted parish
toner's. They Cock to the parsonage in
q body some night, bring enough sand
wiches and cakes and pies and cider to
enjoy themselves thoroughly, turn the
house upside down, leave few clothes,
provisions and, PERI lps, little money,
and then go home with the impression
that they have provided winters
supply of food Tor the dominie's fam
lily, and have done altogether the neat
thing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-11-08

In England few weeks ago q GER
tain iron bridge of one of the railways
was suspected of being unsafe. 1t
looked all right, but there were
some reasons why the managers were
afraid Of it. They could not decide
themselves, and they sent up to Lon
don for famous engineer to come and
look 1t over. He came, and was puz-
zled, too, until he thought Of way to
test. He took l5odah and made q
picture Of the bridge with no train
upon 1t. Then he kept his camera In
position and waited for fast train to
come. Pretty soon an express came
laundering on, and just Us the big lo-
connective struck the bridge he pulled
open the slide and took a second pic
ture ON the same plate that still held
the first. When the plate was exam
ined the picture with the train was
found so much below the other as to
show what the engineer and managers
had feared-a dangerous droop to the
bridge.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-11-08

Perhaps the most timely article in
McClure's Magazine for November, is
A Woman's Dairy of the Siege of Pc
kin; by Mrs. e. X. Lowry, one of the
besieged missionaries in the legations
last sumner. This vivid nOratiye by an
eye witness of most of the events de-
scribed is sure to command attention
at q time when the eyes of all the world
are turned to the Far East. 1t is in a
true sense history from original docu-
ments,
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EXPENSES ABROAD.

All Things Considered, Living Costs as
Much in Europe as Here
Railway fares, unless one travels In
slow trains and miserably in third
class cars, are more expensive In Eu-
rope than In the United States. and
the accommodation is inferior, writes
T. B. Loomis in Lippincott's. For o.
sleeping-car berth from Paris to Nice
one pays eighteen dollars; in America
one may travel from New York to Chi
cago, a greater distance, In sleeping
car for five dollars.
Life In good European hotels costs es
much as 1t does in good hotels in
America, but travellers may be inde-
pendent and get cheap accommoda-
ton in third-class hotels, II they like;
they will be badly lodged and fed.
0pen-air music, beer, wines and COM
mon cigars cost less In Europe than In
America, but good thcaters, q first
class opera nnd excellent cigars arc
quite as expensive abroad as at home
Servants wages are lower here, but
experience proves that one good Amer
lean servant does tho work Of two Eu-
ropeans, and does 1t more simply and
neatly.
Street-car fares are about the Same
In Europe as In America. Many medi-
cines, such as quinine, for instance,
are very much dearer.
The real difference In favor of Eu-
rope is that one may, If one chooses,
adjust the standard of living to ones
income. Economy is respected in Eu-
rope and is considered respectable,
whereas in America this is not always
the case. In Europe, even people OF
considerable means may live simply
and economize in o way that at home
would excite unpleasant comment.
Here 1t is accepted as matter OF
| course.
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WHAT ONE WOMAN THINKS.

The far-seeing man is not apt to rush
into things blindly.
1t is a greater theft to steal reputa-
ton than to steal diamonds.
The addressed woman never adopts
the exaggerations of fashion.
The girl with pretty shoulders is not
apt to disapprove of decollete gowns.
One of the best compliments man
can pay a woman is that she is stylish.
More than one woman keeps q "best
dress" hanging on hooks until it is out
Of style.
Why is it that the things that we
can't get always seem so much more
desirable than the things we have?
Judging from the way they talk,
there are good many people in this
world who could give Providence Q
hint or two On how to run the universe
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-11-08
INCREASE M TENANT FARMING.
Figures Which Show the Growing Power
Of the Mississippi Valley.

OF the mississippi valley
The percentage of farm-hiring 'fami-
lies In Iowa In 1890 was 20.57. The per-
centage Of hiped farms In Illinois in
1880 was 0l5S; The figures for 1890 are
not yet published, but the growth of
tenancy In otheE states indicates that
the percentage will not be less than
40. Between 1850 and 1890 Wisconsin
gained 6,750 owning cultivators and
1877 tenant otAtivators; Iowa gained
only 1891 owning cultiyators and 49,
6G3 tenant culdvators. The percent
age of tenancy In Minnesota increased
from 0.l5 10 lA25. In Nebraska the
percentage OF tenancy was IS. OF In 1880.
The figures for 1890 are not out, but
the area cultisSsed by tenants of the
state increased from 053,G88 acres in
1884 to l, 407, 40 IN 1900, and A. f. Bent
ley's monograph on Harrison, Neb,
taking that as typical western farm
community, showed that Of 1875 owners
of the land In tact township, flfty-one
had never been resident In the town,
and ten had lived there and moved
away; $4,000 ceres In that town were
cultivated by owners and $500 by ten
ants. Between 1880 and 1884 the num-
Der of Miohigan farms cultivated by
owners diminished seventy-four and
the number Of eented farms increased
8,454. What Do these facts indicated
According 10 EAp New York CONNER
cial Bulletin ttsey indicate that where-
MS twenty OF sAirty years ugo the Gull
tivators Of the BOIL had oil the prod
ucts, considerable and growing frac-
ton Of the faEHsers of the west, as well
as of New England, New Jersey and
! the south, ne~, with the prices OF
produce lower than they used to be,
divide the products with the owners Of
| the land
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A scusatIous Epistle,

A colporteus was recently arrested
In the Galata district, Turkey, for sell
ing the Epistle 30 the Galatians, on the
ground that 1t was q scditious docu-
mcnt, The Turkish authorities called
for certificate of tho authors death
to assure themselves that the docu
ment was not OF recent origin
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-11-08

You assume no risk when you buy
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. The City Drug
Store will refund your money if you
are not satisfied aftea using it. 1t is
everywhere admitted to be the most
successful remedy in use for bowel
complaints and the only one that never
fails. 1t is pleasant, safe and reliable.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-11-08

NoS3 Pullman Sleeping oars Bristol TO Chat
tanooga Memphis and New Orleans and from
Chattanooga to Shreveport and Chattanooga
TO Mobile also Chattanooga 10 JackSonvillo
and Atlanta TO Brunswick
No carries Pullman Sleeping car Bristol to
Knoxville, Knoxville TO Memphis and Chatta-
nooga to Jacksonville
No. II, Pullman Sleeping car Morristown TO
Chattanooga and from CHATTANOOGA to AtlontR
aEAsthnnnd NnllON D3I M IN ~ IN - IA N,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-11-08
Do You COntemplate Going weat ;

Do you know anyone who doesP II so,
/ will be glad to quote rates and sched-
ules, and furnish maps and informa-
ton Free
w. 4. ROGERS, t. P. A.
Knoxville. Tenn
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-11-08
sA~N@-
Editor Sees Wonders.

Editor W. Y. Barry, of Lexington,
Tenn, in exploring Mammoth Cave,
contracted severe case Of Piles. His
quick cure through using Bucklen's
Arnica Salve convinced him it is anoth-
err worlds wonder. Cures Piles, In
iuries, Inflammation and all Bodily
Eruptions, Only % cts. at City Drug
Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-11-08

"Have you heard the Swear Ger,
man boy violinists?"
"Oh, vest; twelve years ago in Der
lin. - Musicians Herald.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-11-08

No. IS Pullman sleeper Cincinnati TO jack
sonville via @ &c Hartman Junction Knox
Vile and Asheville.
No. Y Pullman Sleeping car Louisville to
Knoxville via L & and Jellico
The age-herald., 1900-07-11
Mir. Weakley Bearer of Souvenir
 To Ambassador in Paris

Mrs. America Burtwell Falconnet of Nashville, Tenn, who in her girlhood days resided at Florence, Ala, has sent her cousin, MT. s. D. Weakley, of Birmingham, who will visit the Paris Exposition, letter of introduction to General Horace Porter, United States ambassador to France. In 1S59 Mrs Falconnett, then Miss America Burtwell, accompanied by two cousins and two sisters, visited her brother, the late Colonel John R. B. Burtwell, who was then a cadet at West Point, and there she met General Porter, who was in her brothers class. Along with her letter of introduce ton, she has sent MT. Weakley card, being an invitation to the cadet hops of that year, bearing the date July 4, 1859,
The age-herald., 1900-07-11
EDlNG FOR HEALTH,
Directions by a Food Expert.

complete change in food makes a com- plete change in body. Therefore if you are ailing in anyway the surest road back to health is to change your diet. Try the fol- lowing breakfast for ten days and mark the result:
 Two soft boiled eggs. of you have a weak stomach, boil the eggs as follows: Put two eggs into pint tin cup of boiling water, cover, and set off the stove. Take out in nine minutes; the whites will be the consistency of cream and partly di- gested Don't change the directions in any particularly Some fruit, cooked or raw, cooked preferred, a slice of toast, little butter, four heaping teaspoons of Grape Nuts with some cream, a cup of properly boiled Postum Food Coffee.
 The Grape-Nuts breakfast food Is fully and scientifically cooked at the factory, and both that and the Postum Coffee have the diastase Chat which digests the starchy parD developed in the manufac- ture Both the food and the coffee, there fore, are predigested and assist, in a na- tural way, to digest the balance of the food Lunch at noon, the same.
 For dinner in the evening use meat and one or two vegetables. Leave out the fancy desserts. Never over-eat. Better a little less than too much.
 If you can use health as a means to gain success in business or in a profession 1t is well worth the time and attention required to arrange your diet to accomplish the result