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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21
A GOOD THING.

La st Tuesday afternoon we had
tue pleasure Of call at our office
by Mr.. Z. w. Abbott, "the Farm
Man" of Detroit, Mich. Mr.. Ab
bolt is one of many of the immi,
grafton agents of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Co. and is doing
good work in sending hOmeseek'
ers to the Southland from the
snow clad and ice bound north.
Mr.. Abbott now CONTROLS seven
thousands of acres of land on
the west bank of Bayou Carlin
and southeast of Avery's Island
commonly known as "Marsh land"
The proposed Bayou Carlin Cana
will open an avenue to the very
portals of this tract. He is here
for the purpose of looking this
land over with view to reclaim
ing it to the uses of man and has
scheme which we trust will ap
pear feasible to him and that he
will put INTO operation.
He states that he has been
offered a steel dredging machine
which has the capacity of cutting
a canal 20 feet wide, 6 feet deep
and 800 lIneal feet per day. With
this machine he proposes cutting
a canal entirely around this tract
of land, using the earth that comes
out of the cut to build a cOntin,
uous levee against the high tides
on the outer banks of the can
al. The waters from the land
will be drained into this betting
canal by lateral bitches and finally
disposed of by powerful draining
machines. Once drained there are
no finer lands under the sun.
To us the scheme, on a large
scale as proposed, is not only
practicable but promises immense
returns. Land thus reclaimed need
not be excessive in first cost to
the northern settler and it Will GER
tainly not disappoint his hopes in
harvest time. With Bayou Car
lin Canal as a safe and SIRE avenue
for transporting his produce to
the higher land for rail transpor-
tation the whole problem is solved.
If this object lesson be energeti
cally carried out, Iberia will not,
in few years to come, have
''marsh lands enough left to raise
colony of mosquitoes.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

We are adding number of new
names to our. subscription roll
and our advertising columns are
being rapidly filed with new
cards.
The petition of Broussardville
La to Railroad Commission, Ia
require trains TO stop at that poitn,
was dismissed by the Commission,
on the grounds that our little sister
town has adequate passenger SER
vice.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

Breaux Bridge is to have nj, W
lumber yard very sooD. Messrs
Duperier, two prominent business
men of New Iberia, were here Mon
day looking for a location, and
have succeeded in securing,,an option
on lot on the Jules s. Broussard.
tract adjacent 10 the railroad near
the depot.-Breaux Bridge Valley
Of the Teche.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21
Children's Coughs and Colds.

Mrs. Joe McGrath, 327 j.. 1st street,
Hutchinson, Kan, writes: Il have
given Billiards. Horehound Syrup to
my children for coughs and colds for
the past foutSyears, and fni it the
bert medicine Fever used" Unlike
many cough syrups, it contains no
opium, but will soothe aud heal any
disease of the throat or lungs quicker
than any other remedy. 25c, SOC and
81, at Estorge Drug Co.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

Tim Murphy, the well kncwn
comedian, will be seen at the
Vendome Opera house in the near
future in 1.-THE Carpetbagger," a
romantic, political comedy by
Opie Read and Frank s. Pixley.
Mr.. Murphy has made the great
est success of his career in ssThe
Carpetbagger,' and its presenta-
ton in this city will be an event.
Of considerable interest.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

If The FRISCO rail- DAD should make
Morgan City itsitermins, uit can very
rapidly ge, deep water to the Gulf.
A hew route for channel was sur.
veyed by the government a few
years ago, aud the engineer eslim,.
ed that the cost would be 5000, 900,
and that the current running through
the channel would keep it open. -
Morgan City Review.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21
A Deplorable Accident.

Last Sunday afternoon, large
crowd OF ladies and gentlemen as
sembled at B"ousssrdville TO wit
ness the d. dicatlon exercises of The
handsome new public school build
ing Of that progressive little town.
1t had been announced that Prof
Alcee Fortier of Tulane University
would address the people. and this
attraction, together with the great
interest taken in the cause of public
education drew a very large attend
ance.
The Sontag Military Band OF
this place had volunteered their
services to the management for the
occasion, and several of our citizens
accompanied them 10 Broussard
vile
The people bad congregated in
the ball on the second floor of the
building early in the afternoon.
The band boys had placed them
selves III the shade just beneath the
small gallery and stairway Il ading
to the upper floor, IN the rear of the
building, and just as they began
playing, rush was made TO the
gallery which was to weak TOO bear
Its burden and collapsed and dropped
ed to the ground. Quite crowd had
assembled around the musicians,
and the gallery and the number
of persons on 1t fell in mass on
these. For while great excitement
prevailed and 1t was thought many
had been MORALLY injured. Two Of
the musiciaIs, Ell ii Broussard and
Anatole Pya,t we're seriously
wounded, Broussard receiving IN
iurIes IN the chest and Pyatt prln-
cipally about the head, an eye hav-
ing been almost pulled ont. The
other injured persons were residents
of the neighborhood of Broussard.
vile. A son of Geo. Malagarie
received painful wounds. Others
who sustained injuries are Mrs.
Lucas Bernard, son OF Norbert
Reaux, Miss Duhor, and two child
rem by the name of Comeau and
Landry. Iu all fifteen persons were
hurt. Noae OF the injuries have
resulted fatally. Drs. Glrard, X.
Comeau, DeLaureal and Stromer
were on the grounds at the time of
of the occurrence and rendered
prompt medical attention.
The people of BroussardvlIle d d
all In their power TO rell, We t e
suffering, and none regret he az
cideDl more than they d.. .hs
wounded were brought into their
homes aud every comfort extended
em.-Lafayette Gazette.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21
THE FIFTH CROP"

at is an Ill wind which blows
nobody anylgood." The i'll wind
of the last three months SEEM to
have been the almost daily hfavy
falls of rams. thus preventing the
usual and very necessary field
operations. Nevertheless, while
the ground has been too wet for
cultivation. and in some places
the seed cane is spelling to an ex.
tent, yet the clouds which have
poured down these copious rains,
have had, in so-far as Iberia Parish
is concerned, silver Innings.
One of our Main street bust
ness men very truly remarked tC
the writer this week that Iberia
parish has a ''ffth crop" corn.
cotton, sugar and rice being four
and the timber harvest being the
fifth. While, because of the cOndi
ton of the ground, the first fOul
of these crops may be somewhat
late, the fifth, or timber harvest
will be, in all probability an i'm
mense one. For the first time il
years the swamps are full of wa
ter, and the owners of swamp
lands have sent out every available
man for the cutting, floating and
rafting Of our Louisiana Red Cy.
press timber, which commands
such good prices in the lumber
markets OF the world. A majority
Of these swampers live in Iberia,
hence, Iberia will get the greatest
benefit from this harvest, as most
of the wages which will be paid to
these swampers will be slent in
the stores at home. This is in
deed great benefit, but not the
greatest.
In all probability, the owners
of the lumber mills which line the
banks of the Teche, will take adj
vantage of this float to secure a
sufficient quantity of logs to last
their mills for many months to
come, as it will undoubtedly be
cheaper than pull-boat timber, and
this, together with the present
good prices Of lumber, will insure
continuous work for their mills
and their wOrkmen. Nor yet is
this all the benefits. We learn on
good authority that the ''Pharr
mill, "nOw owned by the Planters
Lumber Co, will again be Operat-
ed, which, because of the scarcity
of timber, was shut down about
two years ago Then the work
will be all the more rushed on the
new mill, so that New Iberia will
soon have three large lumber mills
busy cutting and shipping lumber
to other states and receiving their
good money for it, the greater
part Of which will be spent among
our stores. We hope we violate
no confidence when we state there
are prospects for fourth sawmill
for New Iberia, largely due to
the rich harvest Of the "fifth
CROP
The abundance of this fifth crop
does not necessarily mean that the
other four crops Will be failures.
There is yet time to make good
sugar, cotton, rice and corn crops.
And if this be the case. the har-
vest of the "fifth crop" will be
but the addition of more gold in
the cOrnucOpia of the goddess
Prosperity, which, III good time,
will be scattered broadcast over
Iberia.
Thus the year 1908, which be-
gan SO gloomily, may be one Of the
most prosperous in the business
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21
MORGAN CITY POULTRY FOOD
and Fertilizer Co.
crushed shells for Poultry Food
Fertilizlng and Sidewalks.
TO THE TRADE:

TO THE TRADE:
We have secured the agency fol
the above firms products for the
parishes of st. Martin, Vermilion
and Iberia, and will always keep
supply on hand of Fertilizer
Poultry Food, and Walk or Con
crete Shells. If in need of any
of the above would be pleased to
figure with You for same. The
shell. Fertilizer has past its exper
mental stage and is known to the
planters as being one of the best
Fertilizers onAstiff, also worn out
and sour lands,N
State Chemical analysis is as
follows:
Moisture, organic matter and undeter-
mined. ............ 3.S7 per cent.
Insoluble matter. 1913 ..
Phosphoric acid ......... IL
Carbonate of lime. -. 92.25 I"
(Signed) VINO. STUBBs, Director.
REMARKS: The above is very
good carbonate of lime, having
but little else present.
Hoping to receive your valued
order, either in person, by mail or
phone and thanking you in adj
vance for same, we are
Very truly yours,
CYPRESS STORE,
NEW IBERIA La.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

There will be another bank In
Franklin IN the very near future TO
be known as the sFTanklln Nation.
al Bank" and the Weekly Watch
man of that place says, Money is
getting so plentiful that every body
will have a pocketful after short
whlle."
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

The rain of yesterday was quite
a disappointment to everyone, as
all were hopeful that the weather
had changed, and a few weeks of
sunshine would follow.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21
TO the Public.
New Iberia. La Eel

New Iberia. La. Feb. ,, 1903.
M ! E beg to inform the public th At
v Y we have sold the Cypress Store
to Messrs. w. G. Disch & Bro, for
whom we solicit a continuance et the
patronage SO kindly extended us for
past year. Yours truly,
THE IBERIA CYPRESS Co., Ltd.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

AbbeviIle is talking of building a
$4,000 hotel. Messrs. Desire Ira
han u +. Joubert recently bought
the Veranda Hotel, paying $40, 600
therefore, and 1t is thought to be
their intention to remodle and re-
build the old hosiery.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

X EFERRING to the above, we take
l \ pleasure in statinng that we will
be glad to serve the old customers of
the Cypress Store and show them the
same courtesies that have been extern
ded them in the past, and solicit a
of their valued patronage.
Respectfully,
w. G. DIsCH & Bro.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

Smart Set, Persons, Ainsle's
Wide World and a number of
other Magazines. April Number, on
sale E. F. Millard's News Depot.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21
Old Crandmas German Tea

The best remedy in the world for
Purifying the Blood and Preserving
the Health,
Sold BY ALL DRUGGISTS, PRICE 10ct
PER BOX. "a
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

Are you advertising in the
Weekly Iberian. If not, why not?
it pays.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

W A nice line of writing tablets
can be had at EFF. Millard's News
Depot.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

Regular meeting of the Pro
gr, ssive League, Monday night,
at City Hall
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

yIf you get a complimentary
COPY of the Iberian it is for your
inspection. We trust that you
will find it Newsletter" worth
two C2) cents a week. Send us
your subscription - only 81 90 for
year of so copies.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-03-21

Good streets are among the best
recommendations town can
have. Why not build few?
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-30

the doctor paused for a moment aaf
laid a kind hand upon her shoulder.
God IS good" be said tendorly. 4
think he viii let you keep your child
Be brave and patient FOR a little long,
er, and then you can make amends.
perhaps for the sins Of the past. will
return In two hours time and watch
with you In the meantime keep up
your courage. and do not be afraid
When, a little later in the evening,
the doctor crept softly upstairs and tn
20 the room where his tiny patient lay
sleeping, he found the Two women
standing beside the cot. watching pa
tiently for the expected change. Would
Il be for the warm flush Of returning
health or the strange gray shade OF
death? Who could say? Doctor
Dacres plying glance took In the
whole picture.
mot yet" he said quietly. "slt down
and wait for a while"
Helen took the chair he offered her,
but Mrs. Ferguson would not resign
her place FOR a moment. The light
from a shaded lamp fell sharply across
her anxious, weary face, framed in its
silver hair.
For an hour, which felt almost like
a week in length, there was silence be-
tween the three watchers, then the doc
tor rose and laid his hand on Helens
arm.
Thank Cod" he said earnestly
/ The crisis is over"
"She will liye!"
Eyes, she will live. Your mother
must rest now, or / shall have another
patient on my hands Goodnight.
shall call the first thing in the morn
ing" He stole softly away, and Helen
turned towards the cot where the baby
lay sleeping easily and naturally at
last
Mother" she said quietly, Il have
not deserved that you should be so
good to me, but am sorry. II we have
not got on together it was my fault,
and mine only You have been kind
always, and I was Jealous, think, be-
cause John loved you so we'll; but now,
for babys sake, will you forgive me?"
MY dear, have nothing to forgive, %
the elder woman answered, kissing
Helen's quiyering lips.-Waverley
Magazine.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-30
Househoats o. the Mlsslaalnnl.

There is an especial charm about
life on household on the Mississippi
Unlike households on most bodies Of
water, they can land whenever they
will and enjoy any chance pleasure by
the way. Cities are in easy reach, and
even a theatre party can be INDUCED
in at short notice. Between St. PaUA
and st. Louis seven magnificent riv
can be reached by boats passiNg
through more than that number OF
states
From La Crosse to st. Louis house
boats meet the eye every few mo-
ments. At every town along the river
one sees boats lying on the shore. They
are usually moored in little bays with
their launches alongside and sha led
by the oyerhanging branches of Trees.
When steamer passes the occupants
appear at the doors and windows, and
sometimes go to the upper deck to
wave their greetings. The water is
very high at present and the boats
fit in so perfectly that the lovely green
foliage seems to have grown in antici-
patton Of the coming of each particular
boat Many of the river islands az
submerged and the trees seem to ST
up from the water
Numerous houseboats are in cout~
Of construction along the rivers. Many
are to be used by their owners to visit
the St. Louis exposition next year.,
Minneapolis Journal
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-30

..a -.lt holda fast the golden mean,
49, hvea eohtentedly between
AAn htile and tho great
49, not no wants that pinch the poor
ha9F QleEuea that haunt the rich name door
A@nalhtaring AL bis state.
alsa tallaat pines feel most the power
". sintfy blasts; the lottlest tower
0amfa heaviest 90 the ground.
~ bolts that spare the mountains side,
NE eloud-eapt omlnence divide,
And spread the ruin round.
Translated from Horace.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-30
The Difference.

A new tenant in an uptown fat
house was promptly and forcibly re.
monstrated with when she vas found
to possess an appetite for fried onions.
Later, when she became acquainted
with the other tenants and they
to like her. she furtively mentio
her fondness for the odorous ed
and her disappointment because she
could never have them at home.
why, Of course you can have onions
here whenever you want them" ex.
claimed one of the prime movers
against the onion frier in the begin
ming. But you said you couldn't LIS
in the house with such an odor'" r
turned the other in astonishmenCs
oh. but it's different now was the
answer in seriousness. "A friends
onions don't smell nearly so disagree
able as a strangers you know. New
York Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-30
READING BY FREELY LIGHT.
This Is a Story Of an Adventure in
the Forests of Venezuela.

the Forests Of Venezuela.
While out on a hunting expedition in
the forest-coyered mountains of Payia,
in eastern Venezuela, | became dissat-
isfied with the neighborhood and start
ed out to move further on into the for
est where ground was being cleared
for new plantation Of cacao, writes
a correspondent of the Indianapolis
News. While trudging through the
woods carried all my necessaries in a
sack slung over my shoulder. Among
its contents were three books, one of
them a copy Of ION Quixote, in the
original Spanish Two young Venezue-
Ians accompanied me, and as we went
along l lightened their fatigue by tell
ing them stories.
The journey was long and in the
afternoon it began to rain; so that, wet
to the skin, tired and hungry as wolves
we arrived, just as night was closing
in, at the place where the trees we're
being felled In the middle of the
clearing there was the usual "ayupa,"
or shed of palm leaves resting upon
upright posts, Beneath this we swung
our hammocks, and then proceeded to
make supper.
We had not a dry match left, and
there was no one there but ourselves
so that the best we could do was to
eat our casaya bread in the dark and
wash it down with some water which
we luckily found in a calabash.
Our hammocks and the spare salts
of clothes we had brought rolled UP in
them were fairly dry, so that we lay
comfortably enough. But sleep was
long in coming. We tried to talk err
tertainingly, but my storytelling en-
ergy was gone; and the most we could
do was to keep up an intermittent con-
versation.
How jolly it would be, said one Of
the Venezuelans, IF we had d lamp
and some books"
why, I've got Don Quixate in the
sack" said l.
yes, but what's the good Of that
without a light for the lamp?" he re-
piled.
I'll soon have a light" I said, as
/ jumped from my hammock and went
outside to catch the first FREELY that
passed ne. Presently I had one in my
fingers, and soon, with Don Quixote,
open, was lying in the hammock
reading aloud in such darkness that
none of us. could see the faces of the
others.
l had only one freely, yet it was quite
/ sufficient, because l used it properly
held the little creature between finger
and thumb, close to the page, and passed
it along the lines of print, word after
word became successfully visible and
passed from my lips as freely as If
had had the whole page plainly before
me, instead of a little circle of light
Illuminating word after word as II
moved steadily along the paper.
My hearers We're amused and de
lighted, for I read without The slight
/ est interruption or hesitation for tive
or three hours untn sleep dulled oui
interest, and the book was laid asid,
and the freely allowed to go free
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-30

q tho youne tulgs Is called. r.
these the young leaves are picked
cordiug % the kind Of tea desired
the finest. the little tips az the i8D OK
the twig. only a few hours old. making
tea costing from eco 20 500 a pound:
then the next leaf below for flowing
Pekoe; still further down pekoe. Oo-
long. soochong and Gown 20 the long.
harder leaf. Bohea The old leaves
are not plucked. as they are wlthored,
and 10 pluck them would injure tho
tree. The aCwers are never used.
though beautiful enough 90 adorn q
brides hair. When seed Is not de-
sired the flowers are plucAed from the
tree and throwR away.
Since the tea industry has been as.
sumed By Europeans during the last 30
years IN India and Ceylon inventors
have been al work, and various ma.
chimes have been constructed FOR ever
process except that Of DluckinE
leaves. II would be as dimCult
pick tea leaves as 1t would be to CSC
err rasDberries with a machine.
This r. cleanly done. Each picker
has a little basket and plucks each
leaf with thumb and forefnger. The
different machines are for whitening.
rolling, drying, sitting and packing.
With them there Is scarcely any hand
work on the leaves. The European
tea houses are models of cleanlind ~
Bread in the best furnished baker,
could not be more eleanly than the tea
produced on these plantations.
The tea industry IN India and Coy.
lon is almost entirely in the hands Of
Europeans most Of them well educat-
ed and all experienced in their bust
ness. They have made as much or
more advancement in the making of
tea as there has been improvement in
the dairy industry in the Unite2
States.
In mentioning green tea 1 used the
adjective pure, for there can be pure
green tea. though as unfit for drink
ing as bitter green fruit when dried
would be for eating. There is scarce.
| ~ any pure green tea in the market.
One reason for this is that among the
! Chinese each family has it's own tea
plat and makes W the product which
Is sold to dealers, who fnd it neces-
sary to use colCring matter to give the
various patches a uniform color and
make it fit for foreign market.
Another reason is that the Chinese
being a frugal people, wasting nothing
after sleeping leaves for their own use
dry and color the grounds for the
American market, for no colcred green
! teas are admitted IL the European
market, and but little pure green tea
is used there The Chinese them
selves never use colored teas. and it
is stated by the best authority that
seven-eighths Of all the tea exported
from China is co-ored and made in
Japan, for if there is no colored Japan
tea, why the frequent use of the word
uncolored by dealers and users when
speaking of Japan tea? No one ever
heard Of uncolored Indian or Ceylon
4, tea.-Chicago Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-30

4 stalk Of Indian corn uses up 81
pounds Of water during its season.