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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-06-16
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE BY, ALFRED REN-
OUDET, AGENT.

am now offering for sale in small
monthly payments ranging, from 50
to $50 per month, over $50 OF the
best and most desirable lots in thu
town of New Iberia. This is depar-
ture from old methods Of selling and
will no doubt create quite a sensation
Full particulars about this sale fur
sished en- application. Do not linger
behind, but call at once and make in
suirles, because it is only question
Of short time when all Of these lots
will have changed hands, and then it
will be too late, for they will not per-
haps be again on the market for some
time to come. Besides these lots fur
tier offer for sale the following list Of
properties
Ne. I. sc arpents of land Z mile from
Meridian Refinery. 90 arpents of
which is cleared. and balance in
woodland, A of the wood can be
readily disposed of. A splendid VA
read leads from this property
to the refinery along the banks OF
Bayou Teche. Price on application.
Ne. 2. so arpents of rich cane land,
with residence, outhouses, etc. in
fairly good condition. A narrow
guagc road from large sugar refl-
cry runs through the land enabling
sns to dispose of the cane without
suy rouble. Price on application.
No. 4. Large frame store building and
lunch shop situated in splendid
locality for business in the town Of
New Iberia. The store is now rent
ed and yields good return to the
owner. Price $500, $500. cash, bal
ancs in $500. notes, payable in one,
two, three, and four wears at usual
rate of interest.
No, 7. Good frame store building in
New Iberia, La, on lot measuring
Zoe feet by 50 feet. Price $1,000,
5000 cash, and balance IN 5000. notes
Payable III one, two, three, and four
years.
No. .. l45 arpents rich land all adapt
ed to the cultivation of cane. II to
i. arpents of it woodland consisting
chiefly of gum and oak. Bounded
North by Jules Hebert, South Feir-
son and Burke. East Mrs. l.. David
and West Jules Hebert. This land l.
only II mile from Gallery Railroad
and ~ miles from switch Of Sou
thern Pscific Ra 70, d, affording a
means of saving crop at two points.
Price S25. per arpent.
No. 10. 40 arrents on Bayou Petite
Anse, solid woodland. Over.I No ords
of wood al be cut out from this
land and easily sold. Once cleared
1T Will make * client can. land. 1t
is only z of a mile from abroad
switch. S22.5o an arpent.
No. II. 40 arpents of good land all
enclosed only miles from New Ib-
era. This tract is offered at an un-
usual bargain. and will not be on
market much longer. Price So.
an arpent, and on very easy terms
No. n, So arpents Of the best cane
land in the Parish, situated about
. miles from the town of New Iberia
on cane switch. This is an unusual
ly desirable piece of property. Price
937 so an arpent.
ALFRED RENoUDET.
Real Estate Agent.
New Iberia, La.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-06-16
FOR RENT OR SALB

Store building and Dwelling.
corner of Prairie Avenue and
Charles street. Lot is 10 by so7
feet. Apply to Mrs G. f Schwing
for price and other particulars.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-06-16
Marquette, on Lake Superior,

Is enc of the most charming summer
resorts reached via the Chicago, Mil
waukes & st Paul Railway.
Its healthful location, beautiful
scenery, good hotels and complete i'm
munity from hav fever, makes sum-
mer outing at Marquette, Mich, very
attractive from the standpoint of
health, rest and comfort.
Fer particulars apply to the neares
ticket agent or address Geo II Heaf
ford, General Passenger Agent, Chi
cage. III.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-06-16

The Information contained in our
article in last Saturdays issue
with reference to the shooting of
Marcena Dugas were not facts
gained from any particular source
but was talk as rumored on the
streets. We have been asked TO
make this statement and do 50
with alacrity. The lateness OF orr
hearing the news caused this over.
sight on our part.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-06-16
NEW BOOKLETS.

The Chicago, Milwaukee 4 u.
Paul Railway Is issuing a series Of
booklets regarding points of inter.
est along it. lines, ard if you are
interested IN the western country,
or contemplating a trip, write Gro.
H. HEAFFoRD, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago, H., for the
special publication detiIed, enclos-
ing four cents in stamps for postage
for each one.
No. /. The Pioneer Limited.
No. 2. The Land of Bread and
No. 3. The Fox Lake Countr,.
No. 4. Fishing In the Great
North Woods.
No. 5. The Lake Superior ceun-
try.
No. 6. Cape Nome Gold Diggings.
No. 5. Summer Days in the
Lake Country.
No. 8. Summer Homes, 1909.
No. IL. The Game Of Skat.
No. IL. MIlwaukee-Ths Con-
vention City.
No. Is. A Farm IT. the Timber
Country.
No. IA. Stock Raising in tie
Sunshine State.
No. Is. Hunting and Fishing.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-06-16
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netic. full OF life, nerve and vgor, take No-Tor
Sac, the wonder worker, that makes weak uer
strong. Al druggists, zoe or 81. Cure guaran
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-06
AN ART TREASURE
Found in the House of a Man Forced
 to Sell Ills Effects.

to Sell Ills Effects.
 New York Correspondence of the Chicago Times Herald: Through the Financial misfortunes of an old New Yorker a famous art treasure. Ge- rome's "COnsummatum Est, depicting the crueifxion of Christ on Mount Calvary, has been discovered in this city. Art eonnoisseurs say it is worth from $2500o to $30,0 At any rate Fit means that its owner, whose name is not dfvulged, instead of spending the coming Christmas in penury, as he had anticipated, is at least sure of enough to satisfy his present wants. 1t was when this old New Workers affairs had reached such stage that something had to be done, and that right quickly that lie sent for Clar- enee M. Darling of 124 West Twenty sixth street. Mr. Darling found him diseonsolate in his home. He related his troubles and said that all he saw in store was to sell his furniture, tapes tries and brenzes, the remnant of a once magnificent collection MT. Dar- t44o s1i-t4iSSd etl Cu4ltt lttC OOi4lS duN Sd VI at once that not much could be real lZed, but as he was about to take his leave his eye suddenly caught a glimpse of what appeared to be a dust covered painting carelessly resting on the top of a wardrobe in a corner of the room. What's that up there?" he asked, climbing on chair and taking the painting down. The painting, while dust covered and dim, upon in- spection proved to be in good condition and none the worse for it's hard usage. MT. Darling had not examined the ean- vas long when he uttered an exclama- tion of astonishment, and declared that if it's genuineness could be au- thentically established it was easily to be valued at not less than $25, 900 to S3O,O00. MT. Darling recognized in one corner of the canvas the name of ]. L. Gerome. and subject as no other than the masters "Consummatum Est, " Shadow of the Cross, or cruci- fixion of Christ on Mount Calvary As to the genuineness of the painting, it's owner recalled the fact that in his pos session was an autograph letter from Gerome. describing the painting and the circumstances under which it was painted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-06
Actress, Wedding Cards.

An actress playing small parts in a Berlin theater has turned her marriage to some account. The usual formal in- yitation has been suppressed in favor of something that reads like this: "Fraulein x. invites all her friends and admirers to see her debut in a piece called Marriage . The other part will be taken by Herr x. It will depend on the latter whether this play turns out a comedy or a drama One admires the courage of man that could read this and then walk to the altar
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-06
BURNED A HuNE FED YEARS.
Colorado Mountain Who Perpetual FirO
 Cannot Be Ouenched.

S&4nOI be tgubEched.
 For 100 years and perhaps much longer a mountain in Colorado has been on fire. It is situated but a short distance west of Newcastle, and the shadow of it's smoke envelopes the town e$ , o'clock every evening. The people of the region have become so accustomed to it that they pay little or no attention to the phenomenon. To the stranger thereaB0uts, however, the glittering patches of deep red fire, where it breaks out on the side of the mountain and is exposed to view, there is nothing in all the state quite it's eG1 zz. The fire is fed by a big vein of Cs laa the mountain contains. , . the coal became ignited is n6- own. The oldest resident says il vs on fire when he came and the Ute Indians, who once lived there, say it was burning many years before tho first white man crossed the continen- tal divide. The supposition is that the coal was ignited by a forest fire at an early date in the present century. It has smoldered and steadily burned un- til this day. At night when the moon is dark is the best time to see the fire. Then it is that it resembles the re- gions of inferno as given us in the word painting of Dante. The earth covering the coal is 1oosened by the heat and falls away, exposing the sheet of fire The escaping gas probably as- sists in stripping off the rocks and dirt and wherever the vein of coal ap- breaches the surface the fire can be seen. The first fire I saw was fully fifty feet square. It had peculiar red tint. while the burning gas coming up at the base of the coal vein added bright color to the scene. In many places the surface of the mountain has sunk, showing where the fire has burned out it's course. Efforts have been made to extlng0ish the fire. Some time ago a company which owns a large amount of coal land constructed a ditch from point several miles above the mountain. into which it suc- eeeded i'll turning the water which goes to form Elk creek. Previously a shaft had been sunk in the mountain. and into this shaft the water was permitted to flow The shaft was soon filled, but=the fire was above=the level of the water, and the effort was failure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-06
Atheism Encourages Suicide.

The figures taken from the official records of three Bohemian fraternal benefit societies, for periods of from three to five years. show that in every 1.000 deaths there were in the first 100 suicides. in the second 200 and in the third 333. The circular calls attention 10 the fact that along with this remark able prevalence of suicide in these so- aieties there exists a general fnfidelity and argues that there is connection of cause and effect between them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-06
AMERICA s FIRST GEORGE.
How He Sometimes Tried to Run Away
 from His Admirers.

Washington was not ehurlish, but he had that prefernee for being unob- served that develops at times into longing in a man whose life is spent in public. He quilted the Mae0mb house on the morning of Aug 30, 1790 The servants were instructed to steal away at dawn, to have the carriage and lug gage over the ferry at Paulus Hook by sunrise. By candlelight, Mrs. Washington, the children and the sec retaries assembled in the morning room The president appeared pleased with his stratagem He was enjoying his prospect of concealed departure. Immediately under the window sud- denly struck up on the still morning air the blaring, vigorous notes of an artillery band. From the highways and byways =scurrying people ap- peared. To witness his first step out side the door a thousand goggling af- fectionate eyes watched. There! cried the general, in half-comie de- spair-I cannot think altogether dis pleased-.'ft's all over; we are found out Well well! they must have their own way" It was the general they waited to see. not the president. They lined the roadway from house to barge, recording every movement in observant brains (A distinguished man can never know which of his au- dience is to be his biographer. It may be one of the "supers' on the stage rolling off the carpets) The thunder of artillery could not drown the living shout that rose from the throats of the people as Washington was borne off with the rise and fall of the oars gleaming in the cheerful sun. His voice trembled as he bade the as sembled crowd farewell. Though ehary of appealing to it, the love of the peo= pie never failed to move him deeply. -Harper's Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-06
Automatic Telescope, for Switzerland.

 Automatic Yelescopes for Switzerland.
 When the tourists begin to swarm into Switzerland next year they will be confronted at every turn. on every hill and point of vantage, on every hotel piazza boasting of a view, :" with automatic telescopes. Last sum- mer there were many telescopes scat tered throughout the country, some of which were looked after by a boy or woman, who collected the fee,and some of which were automatic glasses, which opened on depositing two cents. 4 company is being formed in Berne which will place it's automatic tele- saopes all over Switzerland next
 psing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-06
MYSTERY OF TANoANYlKA.
Lake Whose Waters Are ao Feet Lower
 Than 90 Years Ago.

Than 20 Years Ago.
 Father Daull, a Roman Catholic missionary at Lake Tanganyika, one of the large lakes of central 1.friea, writes that since 1897 the level of the lake has fallen about twenty-six feet. The natives arc now cultiyating ba- nana patches for about half mile lakeWard on land that twenty years ago was covered by the lake. In other words, the width of the lake has been diminished about a mile throughout it's length of 400 miles. Fort Karema was built on a hill whose base was lapped by the waves of Tanganyika, but now gently sloping, cultivated plain stretches between the fort and the lake, At present the level of the lake appears to be stationary, for there has been no perceptible change within a year or more. All the evidence tends to show that Tanganyika is subject to periodical rise and fall of level due to meteorological causes that are not fully understood. For a period of years the water receipts of the lake are steadily less than it's outflow and the evaporation from it's surface, and then the lake recedes, the head of the Lukuga becomes choked with yegeta- tion, no water enters the river from the lake and it partly dries up, as it receives only the drainage of it's val ley. This was the condition of things when Stanley visited the Lukuga in 1876. But the lake had been rising then for a number of years. The suc- ceeding cycle was in progress when the water receipts were steadily great CT than the evaporation. Stanley said that if the lake continued to rise, in two or three years more it would burst through the vegetable barrier at the head of the Lukuga and once more contribute it's waters to the Congo. This actually happened, as Missionary Hofe and the explorer Thomson dis covered, and almost simultaneously the succeeding period of deficient water supply came in and the lake has been falling ever since. It seems to have reached the turning point again and We may soon expect to hear that the level of Tanganyika is rising New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-06
TWO ANCIENT ARABIAN WELLS
They Furnish Drink to the Thirsty Tray.
 e1ers Through Desert sands

e1ers Through Desert sands.
 In northwestern Arabia there is a well of the purest water, perpetual in its supply, that has existed for ages. The Arabs claim it was dug by the early Islamites. Whoever dug it must have expended great labor upon it, fo1 it is five feet in diameter at the top and gradually enlarges until it reaches the water, at depth of nearly 200 feet. It is lined with hewn stone throughout. However, the most re- markable we'll in the world is Joseph's 5 well, at Cairo, Egypt. Its shaft was exeavated through solid rock to a depth Of 165 feet, at which depth it was enlarged on one side to form a chamber, in the bottom of which reservoir was made immediately Un der the shaft At one side of this reservoir another shaft was excavated through rock to a bed of gravel, where water was found The lower shaft was 130 feet deep, making the total depth 295 feet The upper shaft was rectangular, 24x18 feet The lower oHdIJ WdS Jo&9 feet, w Ildln2 dIOtiIQ the well spiral passageway 6 feet i inches wide by feet ? inches high was cut with great care from the sur face of the ground down to the cham Der. Between the we'll and the pas sageway a wall of rock was left. Horses and oxen descended the pas sageway to the chamber, where they propelled machinery to raise the water in pots attached to a chain from the lower shaft to the reservoir in the chamber, and it was again raised by machinery operated by power on the surface. In the lower shaft a path was cut in it's side so that a descent could be made to the water. There was no wall between the path and the well. This work is said to have been constructed by Saladin, who lived in the years 1137 to 1193. Some writers do not mention this, and say that the date of the construction is lost in an- tiquity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-06
Jolly Times at a Funeral.

Hungarian peasants like to have a good time when somebody dies. A wealthy farmer at Szabadka recently left 1 300 acres of land and large sum to his nephews. In his pockets were found 5000 forins in cash. This sum. it was decided, he had sst aside for a sumptuous funeral, so the bells were kept ringing two days and everybody was royalty entertained.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-06
Long Ronten at Sea.

The longest steamer route given on the hydrographic office map is that connecting New York and Esquimault by way of Cape Horn. 16.290 miles. This is exceeded by the track used by sail ing vessels connecting New York and Yokohama, via the Cape of Good
 Hope. This is 16,900 miles in length.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-17
Marine Disas ters.

The punGy Mary Ward, formerly of
Clisticld. Md, was sunk and i breaking
up near Gull Rock light. Pamlico Sound.
North Carolina. She was capsiZed dur
ing the SNOW storm on January ~. Her
crew consisted ct five colorcd men. Capt.
RobCw Cox OF Washington. y. c. ven
in charge OF the vessel. The Captain
and one colored man We're saved 10y cling
ing To the wreck until assistance arrived
blrt the ether four men on it were drown
ed TiA Ward was dredging near Great
Island when disaster befell her and it Is
said the result Of an attempt to drive her
When all weather conditions were against
her. She was purchased some time AGO
from her Maryland owners by parties al
Washington. y. {. The Ward was built
in Somerset county. Maryland, in 1871.
She registered 10 toms.
The schooner Three Friends from Bal
tinlorc. is ashore and leaking near NV
bern. y. G. Her cargo Of coal is insured
for $3.50 The cargo is consigned TO f.
B. ELS, Of Newborn. The master Of the
vessel has arrived at Newbern fer assist
dnGe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-17
NEW COMPANIES INCORPORATED
Telephone Company at Henderson and
Company at High Point.

The Secretary Of State yesterday
granted charerS to the following new
corporations:
The Carolina and Virginia Telephone
Company. Principal Office, Henderson.
Capital stock, $1,000 Incorporators:
II. T. Strause, GrVepyille and +. G.
Toepleman and ]. II. Bridgers, Hcnder-
son. The business proposed is building
acquiring and operating telegraph and
telephone lines and appliances III conrec-
ton Herewith. also the manufacture and
sale of Instruments and the conduct of
a general telegraph and telephone bust
ness.
The Lindsay Char Company. prin2i-
pal oficc. High Point Capital stock,
$15.oW Incorporator>: \. Il. Sapp, l..
\. Snow. j. \. Lindsay, J. f. Kirk
man. -. II. Parnall +. \. Rencini and
Il Z. Dalton, all of High Point. The
business proposed is the purchase. saw
ing and sale Of lumber Of al kinds and
its n.9nufacturc into chairs and Othe.
furniture and 10 do Il general business in
the cutting, manufacture and sale Of
timber and lumber III all It's forms
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-17
THE LITTLE HUssAR. "
The Raleigh People Praise Mrs Slips
Latest Opera.

4 large audience embracing most OF
the music lovers Of Raleigh greeted the
amateur company that presented. The
Little Hussar' at Metropolitan Hall iasa
night. The opera was under the dlrec-
ton of Mrs. j. 3. Shipp. who formerly
resided in Raleigh and IS genius I'D
presenting operas by companies trained
by her Ii was given here by the
Daughters of the Confeleracy. and IT
is hoped that the ladies realized a neat
sum for the worthy purpose for Whlch
it was presented.
Ii consumed rather too much time, and
the reason for the Introduction OF
Where is my Wandering Boy is not
apparent. There was a beyy Of lovely
young women lin the cast and IN the
chorus, and there was marked talent.
Mr.. George McDermoto AS SiG. Guisepp
Stradelh, was "a Jim Dandy and kept
the audience in a good humor from
first to last. His toriCal song was a
hita palpablc hit The verse on the
Raleigh lights and on "Maryann' ana
llis opposition 70 the amendment were
generously alplauGed. Miss Elizabeth
Hill acted with rs mTGn grace and
power as 4 professional. and received
round after round OF applause. Miss
Mary Worth as school marm' was
perfect, ard her sweet voice won much
praise Miss Mabal Burton. Miss
Esther Wcaver. Miss Agnes Trafton and
Miss Lolic Deans deserve to he men
toned for their exceptionally good act
ing, while the same must also be said OF
Messrs. Daughtry. Holland, Dunbar
Scott and Drew.
1t is an admirable burleSque on the
grand opera. and was thoroughly enjoy
IL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-17
How Molineux was Convited.

Assistant District Attorney Osborne,
of New York. has gone on visit 10 his
old home in Charlotte. Before starting
there he told i newspaper reporter, says
the Richmond Dispatch, that he was i'll
debtcd to Miss Viola R0seboro, one of
the editors Of McCl lures Magazine, for
the scheme of arraiGnment which re
>nlted in the conviction Of Moiineux.
That ne says. was tine most valuable
he'll. Of ali that he had" Her plan was
for the prosecution To make a full, COM
plete. and accurate description of the
man who did the poisoning, and call
this the garment" When il had been
fully cons tructed they were 10 seek 10
fit it 10 ali the suspec tpd persons. She
added that it would ,1& 1T some place.
or bag ut another when fitted 10 the i'll
nocent man. There was bur one person
in the world il would TT, and that Ter
son must be tile prisoner,
She and Mr.. Osborne talked about the
monster made by Frankcnstein. and
talked of describing the prisoner in fun,
just as If the prosecution were building
MIN.
Upon Tie trial. Mr.. Osborne announces
that he would fake upon himself the
burden Of furnishing full and detailed
description Of the r5isoner-the Franl>cn-
stein. He did SO. and closing, asked
the jury whom the coat. CONSTRUCTED out
of the warp and woof e these dasclIp-
lions. fitted Said he:
Try it on Cornish. 1t does NOT fit
him. Try it on John y. Adams II j.
not q fit Ii fits" said the DiStrict-At-
torney. but one human being in the
sixteen hundred millions on the earth
and that is Roland Burnham Molineux -"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-17
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