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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20
Fruits Of Imperialism

Not long ago l visited the town
of Novara in Northern Italy. There,
in a wheat-field, the farmers have
plOughedup skulls of men till they
have piled up a pyramid ten or
twelve feet high. Over this pyramid
some one has built a canopy to
keep off the rain. These were the
skulls of young men of Savoy, Sar-
DINA and Austria-men of eighteen
to thirty-five years of age, pea
SAINTS from the farms and workmen
from the shop-whO met at Novara
to kill each other over a matter in
which they had very little concern.
Further on Frenchmen, Aus.
TRANS and Italians fell together at
Magenta, the hue of the blood
that flowed out under the olive
tree. Go over Italy as you Will
there is scarcely spot not crimson
ed by the blood of France, scarce
ly a railway station without it's pile
of French skulls. You can trace
them across to Egypt, to the foo
Of the pyramids.>> You will fine
them in Germany-at jena an(
Leipsic, at Lutez and Austerlitz
You will find them in Russia a
Moscow in Belgium at Waterloo
ga boy can stop bullet as wei
as man," said Napoleon, and witt
the rest are the skulls and bone
of boys ssere evening to be troddel
like the grass. President Jol
dan in the. Popular Science Nor
thly.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20
Raising Pears"

The speech IN the house of lords
of the Bishop of Hereford on the
subject of gambling recalls a story
told of Bishop Potter. of New
York. The bishop, travelling
through Louisiana, addressed In
quirles to his fellow-passengers
with view Of obtaining lnforma
ton regarding the orchards and
fruit interests of the state. "De
you raise pears in louisiana" in
CURED the bishep, eve do" re
Piled the Loujslan,an, ssif we have
threes or better. london Finan
cial News.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20

u. A dvertise in the IBERIAN
Circulation large and growing
Rartes low.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20
For Sale.

The modern residence, situated
on Laughlin Lane, this town, on a
plot measuring 9S feet front and
$50 feet in depth, well fenced, con-
tanning seven rooms, sitting room,
four bed rooms, dining room and
kitchen and hall, front and side
galleries, a wash shed, stable and
chicken house, with numerous
fruit trees. Easily reached by
sidewalks all the way from Main
street to the property. Said
property will be sold at sacrifice
For further information apply tc
A. G. NAUCK,
Box 299, City.
Or Grocery Store, corner r. R.
Avenue and st. Peter st.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20
EQUALIZATION IN TAXATION

The Monroe Bulletin of July ] lth
contains a long and detailed acco OF Mt
of the action of the police jury OF
Ouachita parish which me-, as a
board of eqealzers Monday Sth.
The article began thus.
The police jury assembled on
Monday as a board of eqnallzers,
all the members being present ex-
cept Mr.. Rhodes. Assessor j. E..
Hanna was there with his books,
and deputies Strong and McEnery
were present to answer any ques
tons that might be put to them.
The city ass ,ssments will consume
probably al Of the present week.
The jury is still following the rule
laid down last week to assess pro-
petty two-thlrds of its estimated
value, so that the figures gwen be
low as adopted are those Of two.
thirds valuation. Mayor Forsythe,
and Councllmen Downey and Fisch
er have been present each day fol
the purpose of looking after the in
terests of the city.
The first assessment taken W
Monday was that of Mr.. E. w. An
terson. His residence on Pre- street
was assessed at 1925, and the jury
raised it to 81, 400. Mr.. Anderson
said he considered that the frs
figure was a fair and honest assess
ment of his property and he consld
cred the jury was not acting falrl,
by him.
Mr.. CTS. Bernhardt represented
the lnterasts.o of his wife Mrs A. II
Bernhard. He put in a valuation
of 81, 900 for the lots and stores o
DeSlard street. corner of Second
The Joint committee, however, re
r commended that the assessment b
| raised to $1,000, and this wa
} done. The asses sment on the grOun
3 was at the rate of $500 per from
: foot.
I The lot on which DR.. T. &
: Brewers residence Is situated. 10
4 by 200 feet was assessed at the raj
a of sl3.per front foot, making $685.
The whole proceedings of til
!. police jury was along similar line
}, as s,hose given above. Land WI
assessed separately from building
the.ecn, and an average assessmel
was arrived at for certain blocks Pr
frort feet.
The rate Of assessment IN Ouach
Ia parish IN 1900 was ahout-ss5 p
= ct to so ! r ct and now by Il
: act on of their police jury the ra
;, is about 66s per CT. The Bullet
= In an Editorial IN the same 1881
- states that the raise in taxes was
. obtain uniformity, but 1t registers
heavy kick against u, suggesting
:, uniform rate of 33a per ct thours
!, out the parish, giving as a reas'
that the parish treasury does n
need more funds and that with t
rate fixed at 3sa per ct the peoI
would not hesitate to special tax
for public improvements.
If our police jury would only
eide upon the same method
assessing City and, town propert
is fixing uniform rate Of so per
he and in towns assess property by t
~ frontage taking block after bio
w In succession, the difficulties I
lg coantered at the last meeti
n woald be easily and quickly ov
rs come.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20

eH A full line of Street &
Smiths 10 cents novels on sale at
Millard's News Depot. Following
are the titles of a few: "Quo
Vadis,n Oscar "Her Faithful
Knight "a New York Boy"
by Sheer Pluck ssWith Heart
So True" sgThe Black Ball"
TN Gods Country aMarjorle.
ssThe COurtship Of Dlnah Shadd, .
nOut On The Pampas,v "Who
Was The Heir. These books
are by the most popular authors
Of the present time, and most
0f them have just Deen publishers
BY Mossrs. Street & Smith, who
are rec6Rnized as Americas lead
ubliehers.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20
- GENERAL NEWS.

Count ToIstoi, the great Russian
author and poet, is reported to be
be very i'll at his home at Moscow
Capt. Chas. Botha, son OF Gen
Botha. commandment chief OF the
Boer forces. Is reported to nave
been killed by the British Iii lhe
Orange river colony.
1t appears that the United
States is not alone in her suffer
(inos from the effects of the drouth.
From England comes the com
nlaint that the sun is barning UP
the crops and the rain fal Is Tar
short of the average.
A dispatch from Washington
saws that Postmaster General
Smith has agreed to the appoint
ment of David Baldwin as post
master at New Orleans, and the
papers have been sent to wash
ington for the presidents sigma
ture.
A wealthy contractor by the
name of VIM. Williams, aged 10
wears. attempted to kill his two
daughters and committed suicide
[ in Houston, Texas, yesterday. one
of the young ladies was struck III
the thigh, the other escaped IN
Jury. The man is believed to have
been mentally deranged.
AT it's meeting in st. Louis, yes
to-day, the Southern Lumber Man
ufacturers' association decided &c
make slight advance in the price
of high grade lumber. The adj
vance does not effect the cheaper
grades of lumber. The association
includes nearly all Of the big mills
IN the Mississippi valley.
/ The Southern Pacific company
will in the near future use 5arge'
and tugs to transfer its train:
across rivers instead of the large
transfers presently in use. 1--WE
barges and two tugs are in cours'
of construction to be used to trans
fer the trains at Ayondale ant
Harrahan. The reason given TO
the change is that it will be cheap
! er to operate the barges and tug
= than the transfers, and that tn
tugs can be used to do other wOrl
!, while the transfers cannot.
The cotton crop in the vicinity o
IS Carthage, Miss, is said to be sui
o fering from "honey dew and lice
;. and as a result the more expel
# fenced farmers are deeply cor
u ecerned. In the early mOrnin
). 'shoney dew" has much the al
J. pearance of ordinary dew, but it
$. a little thicker, and does not eval
crate under the rays of the su
a but dries up the leaves and form
4 a coating like varnisn, resultin
- in the death of the foliage. TIL
s. lice are SAID to be very thick Q
!. the stalks as we'll as the leave
W and the high temperature usual
o. so fatal to lice, seems to have L
!, effect upon them. A good rain {
: this time would give relief frol
II both.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20

TIE COTTON PLANTERS JOURNAL
gives the following wise advise to
farmers:
Thu farmer who produces peas,
turnlps, potatoes, peanuts. ETC., for
stock and has lots of stock to eat
them, will have money to become
independent OF the middlemen, who
have for so long dictated and d.
rected that only cotton and corn
should be planted to protect their
mortgages. Farmers placed in such a
position are IN a splendid position
to lose their homes and become
famed in the race for success.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20
A CORRECTION.

In all editorial published III our
last issue, concerning the actions OF
the City Council, a typographical
error occurred which was 'l GU
throw TO the birds $1,000. we wish
to correct this what the Council
threw away was seventy-slX dollars
SEH.0N
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20
Says the ssCrOwley Signal

Mrs. Nation, who has behaved
like a nice girl for the past three
months, broke loose in st. Louis
Friday and started IN on her old
habit again. It is as hard for
some women q keep ont Of saloons
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20
W0MAN'S CLUBS.

Rev. Abe. Mulkey who conduct
ed Evangelical services at the Meth
odist Church last week undoubted-
ly did much good in the City. but
in our opinion he went trife too
far in lecture delivered Sunday.
In denouncing Wonan's Clnbs. Rev.
Mrlkey included literary CIabs.
Though We felt very kindly to.
wards the gentleman we wish
to differ with him on the latter
point.
Literary Clubs for women exist
all over the Union wherever there is
any amount of Intelligence, and IN
this enlightened age, when our wo
men have entered the field of labor
in almost every branch that hereto
fore was supposed to be the sole
work of man. the lack of brains
among women is the exception.
There is a Woman's Club in
Philadelphia which includes the
smartest and most elegant ladies of
the City who meet weekly and dis
cuss affairs of the day, not the low
eft price OF Cambria or shirt waist,
the latest shape in hats, or skirts,
but The real live, important qdes-
ton of the day. There Is not an
important decision of the Supreme
Court, tariff hill introduced in
Congress-, or even State or Ma
tional political platform, that is not
actually studied from every possible
standpoint and discussed amicabIy
among these ladies.
The consequence Is, that these
J ladies who spend but small part
of their time each week at these
meetings, can 60 home, and meet
their husbands on equal terms, an(
intelligently discuss IN the hom,
circle questions, which heretofore
, their husbands had to bang arOun(
Clabs in order to air their views.
! A home to be happy ona need
not only loving, Gaze taking
wife, no will minister TO the ply
steal wants Of her husband, but ]
needs, congeniality, a wife who Cal
enter into the discussions, hopes
aud pla.. s of the husband. Then tru
ly is she a part of his life, an indis
pensiable he!p-mate.
d New Iberia possesses just such
Club, composed OF some Is mem
u bers who meet once week, and, q
Il the Philadelphia Club does, discuss
= es current, topics, important art
e cles in leading Magazines, me-
6 books and periodicals, a Kaleldt
. scope. of the events of the week
arranged so charmingly that, IL
stead of members dropping of
u there are always several application
. on file, for possible vacancies, th
= mem bership being limited.
'e When Rev. Mulkey spoke again'
TX this Club or Clubs of IT'S kind /
U certainly slipped his trolley in OF
= estimation.
i God forbid that there ever shoul
come time when our women shoul
be called down from the pulpit, fe
becoming members of such Club
10 when the moment she puts her hea
g. out Of her home, and endeayors t
s. broaden the mind that God ga,
h her, she IS warned that she is dom
0, something wrong.
le Such unwrittep blue laws are NJ
ii IN order in this enlightend age nj
H. will they ever be.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20
POSTED!

Hunting and Trespasslngl pos,
lively prohibited on all my places
under penalty otfhe law.
Mrs. w. M LoURD,
r. S. PUTNAM, Agt.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20
POSTED!

Hunting and trespassing on the
Gallery Refinery property. known
as the PEBBLES Plantation, positive.
~ forbidden under the penalty OF
the law.
L. FoRsYTHE, JR.,
Supt. and Asst. Gen'l. Mgr.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-07-20
LAST YEARS CORN CROPS
IN THREATENED STATES,


Latest news from the above
states, has sent the prices of corn
and hay soaring.
A report from Topeka Kansas
says that the best the state can
possibly do will he 5O,0O0,O00
bushels less one third Of last years
crop and about one fifth of the
crop Of the year previous. Iowa
and Missouri, have both suffered,
and unless rain falls during the
remainder Of the month their corn
crop will fail With such serious
news coming to us from all over
the middle West, South West
Louisiana should feel thankful,
the corn. cane and cotton beng
above the average.
Il IBERIAN Advertisements are
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-24
AMATEUR STREET SWEEPERS.

The Peoples Health 'c"-~N' ccw-
ments as follows on those women who
indulge in the practice Of sweeping up
filthy STREETS With their skirts:
IF women were compelled TO take
brooms and sweep the streets. they
would feel degraded and highly In
digant. We fail TO see, however, any
differentce between the woman who
sweeps the streets with a broom and
the one who sweeps 1t with her skirts.
In fact, we have more respect for wo-
man who uses the broom. The dust Of
the strets teen with disease producing
germs, This is particularly true Of the
germs Of consumption. The woud-be
lady gathers up with her long skirts
germs carries them into her parlor and
deposits them In the carpet They are
stirred up when the carpet is swept and
are ready 10 be breathed in by any per-
son who happens to have a sore throat
or debilitated condition Of the system.
us II a wonder that consumption IL
so prevalent, especially in the cities?"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-24

paper in Glenwood Springs, Iowa, was
the winner Of the unique contest BY
defeating Miss Lima Mattocks. Prof.
essor OF English in Washhurn College.
Topeka, Kan, Mr.. Field won the con.
test by the score OF seven points TO
three. Each contestant was permitted
to select five poets, either American or
foreign, and then each poet was taken
up in turn and the contestants alter
nately quoted from the poems until one
could quote no more, The contestants
who first failed to respond with a quo.
tation In his turn lost the point. Editor
Field won on seven points out of ten.
defeating Miss Mattock on two points
OF her own choosing
The poets selected by the contestants
were Goldsmith. Byron, Whitman,
Lowell, Emerson, Tennyson, Long
fellow, Browning, Wordsworth and
Whittier. In the contest over the poet
Browning the contestants consumed
mole lhan an hour hurting bits Of
verse at each other.-Chicago Chroni.
Gle.
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where the money is placed and tell you
something as TO the profits.
A LAND OF RAILROADS, TELE-
GRAPHS AND SCHOOLS.
The Java Of today shows us what the
Philippines may be In the future II Is
already land of railroads, tele-
graphs and schools. You can get as
good an education here IT. Batavia as In
the average American city. | can tele-
phone from the hotel where | am stop
ping TO cities and villages all over the
country, and on the long distance can
be connected with Soerbaya, on the
other side Of the island, which Is as
far away from here as Washington TO
Cleveland | expect 10 travel all over
this island on railroads, and | could
so on bicycle or an automobile
through every part OF II. The Dutch
have built here the best wagon roads
Of the world and that Notwithstanding
the tropiC floods and other water
problems that we have In the Philip
pines II is as cheap 20 telegraph here
as In the United States and, In fact,
there ore all sorts OF modern improve
ments.
IN BATAVIA.
But let me tell you something about
Batavia the city from which this let
ter Is dated II 's next TO the largest
city Of Asiatic Holland and IL the capi-
tai Of Java. The town was founded
when Peregrine White, the drst baby
born In the United States. was making
his first squat in his cradle at Ply
mouth. and II is now a city OF $4,000
people, with vast population Of ma
tlYes In the country about II.
Batavia Is situated at the eastern end
Of the Island. al the mouth OF the Till
wong rives, and not far from the har-
Dor Of Tandjong Prick, with which II
Is connected by railroad and canal
landed az the harbor on my ship from
Thursday island and was quickly
passed through the customs and came
to Batavia In about half an hour by
rail The town consists OF two parts.
lower and an upper. The lower. which
Is Batavia proper comprises the
government offices. the chief exporting
and importing houses and ell the old
buildings. II IS not unlike city OF
Holland A wide canal runs through
the principal streets and the houses
along this have white walls and sharp
oyerhanging roofs Of red tile They
are Just like the buildings in parts
Of Rotterdam and The Hague, and which
their Dutch signs and Dutch merchants
would not be out OF place n lifted up
bodily and dropped down in the Neither
lands
The town has many natives and
many Chinese, II Is surrounded by
small houses and It is very unhealthy.
IN BEAUTIFUL wELTEvREDEN
From Batavia a wide road runs for
four miles along the canal the canal
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-24

and road being lined with houses on
both sides, until II reaches the city OF
Welteyreden. which Is the great resi-
dence city of the Dutch In the East
Indies. This Is one OF the most beauu-
full cities In the world II Is gigan-
tic park in which not only the homes
Of the people, but even the stores and
the business houses. have gardens and
tropical trees about them. There are
public squares containing hundreds OF
acres, there are great avenues OF palms
and vast collections of orchids and
beautiful flowers and all the surround
ings OF fairyland.
Take the Kings Plain, for instance.
This is a park a mile square almost in
the center Of the city. II contains more
than 800 acres and Il is one vast stretch
OF yelvety lawn. There are roads run
ming around It which are as smooth as
those OF Central Park, and back of
these looking out through the trees,
are the villas Of the nabobs Of the
Dutch capital. Each of them has
grounds about II with so many curious
plants within them that II would be a
very botanical garden anywhere else.
Here the driveway up to the house is
between two rows Of royal palms. and
there II Is between an arbor of shade
trees so gigantic that YOU will not see
their like outside of Java
The houses are all OF classic Greek ar
chitecture married 10 the red tiles OF
the Dutch roots. They are painted white
to represent marble and each OF them
has a great veranda upheld by Ionic,
Doric or Corinthian columns. The peo-
pie Sit on the verandas, but the rooms
within are so large and airy that they
seem quite as cool. The most of the
houses are floored with stone. Many
have tables Of Italian marble or mos
ale. Very few OF the residences are
OF more than one story, but they cover
great space, Some houses have
smaller houses away from the main
building reached by covered ways,
These are guest houses. and so made
that the guests may have a little house
TO themselves and be Independent Of
their hosts II they wish excepting at
meals,
LUXURIOUS HOMES OF THE
DUTCH
| wish could show you how some OF
these Dutch live away down here
among the so-called sayages on the
edge OF the equator. / venture II you
could see their homes many OF you
would go to the Philippines and build
others like them. Their gardens are
better than those Of any millionaire in
the United States. and President Me-
Kinley with his White House conserva-
tories has no flowers for his receptions
like those | see here.
There Is no lack OF furniture. The
stores Of Welteyreden are supplied by
the best establishments OF Holland,
and you can buy every luxury In the
way Of books, paintings, notions and
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not pronounce IL, II merely means
breakfast. II consists Of cold meat and
fruit. with perhaps soft boiled eggs,
which always come on half cold. The
next meal is ''rijst-tafel," or rice table.
This Is the luncheon; II is a mixture OF
rice with every conceivable meat and
vegetable under the sun. You are ex-
pected to half-til your soup plate with
rice, pile the other things on top and
then stir the whole up together ana
shovel down until the vacant space in
your anatomy Is filled. do differently.
| take the rice and one or two meats
and pass by the rest, so that my meth.
Cd OF eating is not fair sample OF the
custom.
THE MEAL OF A DUTCH MAIDEN.
I can better describe Il by telling you
what one slender Dutch girl who sat
beside me today ate at this meal. As
she came In To the table could see the
outlines of her form plainly through
her thin jacket and calico sarong or
single skirt. which the ladies here con-
slider enough except when on dress
parade: and had / dared look | might
| doubt not. have seen her. as Sam
Weller's father said of the women Of
the tea party. swelling wisibly before
my very eyes At any rate, she took
the whole course, and made a memoir
anda Of the dishes on visiting card
on the other side Of my plate as she
did so. First came the rice. Her lady
ship gouged out a quart Of the faky
white grains with short-handled SILL
Yer trowel here used for the purpose,
and then smeared two spoonfuls OF
curry upon IT, The next waiter brought
forth a pyramid Of sausages swimming
In gravy, and the lady took spoonful
Of sausage and some Of the gravy. She
next took a leg and a second Joint or
broiled chicken. and from another
waiter a spoonful Of green peppers and
meat cut fine and then fried eggs
hashed beef. fried bananas and fried
fish. The plate was now pretty well
filed, but mademoisele mixed the
rice, hash and other things together.
and sat back until the rest Of the foou
was brought on. This consisted OF
picked olives, picked EGGS stuffed with
peppers. shaved beef stewed, raw GU
Cumbers and one or two other things.
the names Of which / do not know.
There must have been a dozen different
ingredients in that rice on the plate, |
and when she had smoothed the pile !
up il looked like a Chinese grave Her |
delicate ladyshlp ate the whole with a |
fork and tablespoon, working the two !
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-24
BATTLE OF VERSES.

Students and professors at the Uni
versity OF Chicago held a poetry quot
ing" contest at the home of Prof. Starr
Tuesday night. DR.. Starr thinks that
poetry contests should be promoted as
much as athletic competitions. He has
two students in his class who are
noted rivals in quoting poetry and for
three hours they Wed with each other
last night In giving passages from an
cient and modern poets. Prof. Starr
was the umpire. .
Nelson c. Field. editor Of a news