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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-04-16
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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-04-16
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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-04-16

A. G. Lass lie, of New iberia,
young men was visiting in tom
Sunday. Abbevllle Herald
Judge Don Foster and attmw
Porteus Burke Of New Iberia vg,
business visitors here on MendU
st M. Evangeline.
Nj. a. Patin is spending shr
days here from New Iberia.
l.. &. American.
Miss Carrie Reiuauer left Satin
day evening for New Iberia tOk
gone for several days as the gus
of relatives at that place
L. G. American.
Mrs. III. Hankins with her II b
grandson, George, Of New lbaiI
Is visiting her son Halnie daa
Friday. Brcaux Bridge VALLEY
Alex VOORHEES,, of New lb'n,
is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Slef
hen VOORHEES, N o. States
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24

OF n prominent lecturer of London an
acquaintance says: "On one occasion
he was the guest of friend of mine, II
busy Liverpool merchant. and when
the popular lecturer returned from the
hall he asked for all sorts of impossible
dishes and liquid concoctions peculiar
to nbstainers. demand which some.
what upset the routine Of the house
hold. When in bed his nervous tenn
perament was tried; he could not bear
the ticking OF the clocks. SO he paraded
the house in the small hours of the
morning and stopped them all. In CON
sequence Of this the servants had to be
reused by violent bell ringing. But the
guest was not to be distressed, SO he
arose again and ordered the servants
back TO their rooms and locked them
In and then went back TO bed"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
His Person Sacred.

The person of the Korean emperor Is
sacred. If human hand touches him
1t is sacrilege, and the punishment fol
sacrilege is death. If the emperor
touches a subject he becomes sacred
The emperors name must be mention
ed only in whispers. His portrait is
never painted except after death
Then 1t is worshiped Once Il foreign
ambassador sought to present the en-
peror with the portrait of his sover
eign. But the minister for foreign af
fairs regarded the offer as an outrage
and the portrait was never accepted
The emperors power is boundless; his
word is law, and he owns everything
land and people, without restriction
A simple wish is command.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
London Doctors Fees.

Discussion by London newspapers of
doctors fees has brought to light some
curious information. IL know man."
one doctor is quoted as saying, "who
has a guinea practice in Harley street
n FIVE shilling practice in Kensington
and sixpenny practice in Seven
Dials."
In Clapton, poor quarter of London,
fees of twopence q cents are said to
be not unknown. One newspaper re-
marks: "Of the twopence fee it might
be said that it brings sickness within
the reach of all. In Clapton, at any
rate, there is no excuse or justification
for any one being we'll"
This same newspaper says, Now
that flats are so fashionable the doc
tors difficulty in guessing the paying
ability of his patient is enormously In
creased, flats being alike the refuge of
the wealthy and the INDECENT"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
THE BARN DOOR SKATE.
A AsLandIubber's Description of This
Peculiar Fish.

The barn door skate beggar's de.
scription. never could tell whether
he was looking at me with his eyes
or his breathe holes. He Is n bottom
fish and fiat like founder. lie has
a triangular body, the apex of which
forms the snout; opposite his snout
are his tail and few extra pieces
of his overcoat, which kind nature has
tagged on TO him in case he gets torn
and has to be mended. His tail IL EN-.
bellished with a few spines-thls ]
know for fact.
He has a couple of eyes little way
back of his snout, and right back
of these are a couple of holes that
extend completely through him. These
holes connect with his lungs, or what.
ever he uses to breathe with, and have
an uncomfortable way of looking nj
you at the same time as his eyes.
He has mouth, too, but 1t Is on the
under side of him and convenient foi
business. 1t is funny thing. with
spines on the lips, and when you pull
the lower jaw the upper jaw moves
with it-a sort of automatic trap, not
unlike what you can see in any ten
cent restaurant. This is a landlub'
ber's description, but it is enough
Country Life In America.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
A SNOW EXPERIMENT.
Frozen vapor From the Action Of
sulphfde OF Carbon.

Two solid bodies, one yellow, sui
phur, the other black, carbon, unite
under certain circumstances TO form
colorless liquid called sulphide of car
bon, which must be handled with much
precaution on account of its great ex-
plosive property. The soluble property
of sulphide OF carbon renders 1t valua
BILE to take spots of garments. lf
Its odor is more disagreeable than that
Of benzine or turpentine, 1t has at least
The advantage of being dispelled quick
ly In consequence of the prompt evap-
Grafton of the liquid. There Is nothing
equal to It to take off spots of paint on
clothes. 1t does not do ii, however,
without creating great fear In persons
who use 1t for the first time, for they
see on the very place where, to their
great pleasure the paint had disap-
peared large white spot, the nature of
which is hard for them to define. and
the more they brush the more unsightly
and the larger that white spot grows.
Is then the garment lost? No, for
fortunately after few moments the
spot melts away never to show again.
1t was snow and nothing more The
sulphide of carbon in evaporating takes
heat from the cloth and surrounding
air, and the result Of that is sudden
lowering of temperature sufficient to
freeze the vapor of the atmosphere
Without operating on your clothes
you may make the experiment In the
following wny, Fill n small yinl with
sulphide of carbon, taking great care to
do 1t far from all flame or heated stove.
Then close the bottle with cork stop
per through which you have previously
bored n small hole. In this hole place
piece of blotting paper made up into
small roll The paper must reach to
the bottom OF the bottle and about an
inch above the cork. Within fifteen
minutes you will see the outside of this
paper covered with snow, the quantity
of which gradually increases. The
liquid has risen through the pores of
the paper as the oil of lamp through
the wick. When 1t gets to the open air
1t evaporates, ana water contained In
the surrounding atmosphere, being
brought to temperature below 80 de-
grees, has been frozen. If you divide
the paper outside of the bottle into sew
eral pieces you obtain flowers and most
charming effects. You may make the
experiment in summer and in the full
rays of the sun. The result will be
obtained then more promptly, evapora-
ton being more abundant.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24

Maurice Hewlett writes of the people
of Certaldo, the Italian town where
Boccaccio was born and lived Their
women are handsome, as they ought to
be, with green eyes, dusky skins. fur,
tangled hair. They carry themselves
bolt upright, like all mountnineers. but
with better reason than most, for their
figures are remarkable. The men sing
gay songs, are happy and free man
nered, and II Boccaccio Is not Mt the
bottom of it the mischief Is. | saw here
what have never seen elsewhere In
all long Italy, man stop and kiss Il
girl in open street. No offense. either.
He was baker who came-a iloury
amorino-saw and considered the bend
of her industrious head and stopped
and kissed her ns she sat sewing Mt her
door. Her lovers and acquaintances
about her saw nothing amiss, nor was
she at all put out. After 80 fiagrant an
achievement the madcap went whole
progress of gallantry down the street,
none resenting his freedom. He danced
with one good wife, chucked another's
chin and lifted a third bodily Into the
air, singing all the while"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
Tntnr md Tnrtnr.

Tartar" is a word which gives an
illustration Of etymology gone astray.
The name ''Tatar" (as II is correctly
spelled) is really derived from a Tura-
nian root meaning ito stretch" and
hence ito draw the bow" or ito pitch
tents" But when the hordes Of Tatars
burst upon eastern Europe from the
Asiatic steppes in the thirteenth GEN.
tury the minds of students turned to
the ninth chapter of Revelation. The
Tatar invasion was interpreted as full
fillment Of the prediction Of the open
Ing of the bottomless pit. A contempo-
rary chronicler writes of "this detest-
able satanic people issuing forth like
demons let loose from Tartarus, so
that they are fifty named Tartari."
Thus the misconception took root.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24

The best chamber music, like the
finest symphonic music, is sort Of
transcendental language, which affects
the hearer somewhat in the same way
rs the study of astronomy or the high
or mathematics their ardent devotees
1t suggests the ineffable and the infinite
perhaps more vividly than any, other
form OF art 1t also evokes many other
images and thoughts Of definite ma
ture, but in no two cases are these
mental pictures identical. A passage
suggesting sunset to one hearer may
call up battle scene to another. But
no reasonable person wishes to force
his picture on his neighbor. especially
as the same passage may visualize IT.
self differently to the same hcarer on
different occasions.-From Diversions
Of Music Lover"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
The Word "BoodIe.v

Late American dictionaries acknowl-
edge doodle" as a word. DR.. Murray
quotes from an American paper Of
1884, "'Sinews of war; soap and
other synonyms for campaign Doodle
are familiar" There, however. boo
die" is explained as meaning only
''stock in trade" kinship with the
Dutch "boedel," mans stock Of busl-
ness or household goods, being highly
probable. Perhaps DOODLE" meaning
a crowd or pack, as in the phrase, "the
whole Doodle Tor caboodle) Of them,"
Is the same word. In that sense
"buddle" is found In the early seven
teenth century. No doubt 1t is only
coincidence that there is an old
Scotch word "boddle" or "bodle,"
meaning a twopenny piece, and de-
rived from the name of the mint mas
ter Boutwell,.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
A Relic of Barbarism.

In ancient times 1t was the custom Of
the victors in battle TO decorate their
doorposts with the skulls of the van
quished. With the advance of civli2a-
tion OF course we ndlonger continue this
bit of barbnrity, but the custom has not
been allowed TO drop altogether. as Is
seen by the stone balls which are often
set on gateposts, relic of barbarous
idea of long ago. In certain parts
Of Africa the skulls are still used MS
decorations. Whole villages may he
seen with the doorposts of the houses
surmounted in this grewsome fashion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
Kossuth's English.

Kossuth had remarkable mastery
Of English. This story shows how he
strengthened his knowledge of our diff
ficult tongue. Speaking at Concord.
Mass, Kossuth wished to express the
figure of the Austrian eagle rending
the young freedom of Hungary. Tie
word escaped him. Stopping for n mo-
mcnt In the full fight of eloquence, he
asked matter of fact American who
sat near him, "What you say when
man tear his coat?" ''IIole," was the
reply. That word did not satisfy him,
and Ralph Waldo Emerson, who had
overheard the question, whispered
rent" with poetic sympathy for eui
phony. and the stately sweep of the
sentence was completed. He learned
the language after his arrest In 1897,
when he was sentenced In 1888 to three
years imprisonment, during n part Of
which he was cut off from all commu-
nicatlon with his friends and was dei
MED the use of pen and Ink and even
of books. In the second year he was
allowed to read, but as all political
books were interdlcted he selected an
English grammar, Walkers pronounc-
ing dictionary and Shakespeare. With
out knowing a single word he began to
read "The Tempest" He was engaged
for fortnight in getting through the
first page
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
THE WORD DOLLY.
Originally IL Was the Name of Fab.
ric For summer Wear.

originally IL was the Name OF n Fan.
ric For summer Wear.
Though the word dolly is now re
stricted in meaning to the small cloth
that covers dessert plate, it had
originally much wider Specification
1t seems TO have been introduced as
a cheap and fashionable fabric, special
ly for summer wear, about the latter
part Of the seventeenth century, foI
Dryden speaks Of "doiley petticoats,"
and Steele in the Taller mentions "a
doyley suit"
The name has been long connected
with London firm, trading as linen
drapers, in Upper Wellington street
Strand, who occupied the great old
corner house next to HOdsolrs, the
banker, from Queen Annes time tc
1850. Though their name happens to
be the same as that of the stuff, there
is no authority for linking the two to.
gether.
Wedgwood rejects derivation and
suggests the Dutch dwaele, towel, or.
better still, the Swiss dwaheli, n nap
kin. The dolly itself used to be called
a dolly napkin" till shortened by Gus.
tomary usage.-London Standard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
A CURIOUS PHENOMENON.
The singular Noises at Nnkous, OF
the Red Sea.

A singular phenomenon occurs on I'll
borders of the Red sea at Il place calle
Nakous. where intermittent under
ground sounds have been heard for
unknown number of centuries. IL
situated Mt about half Il mile distau
from the shore, whence long reach
sand ascends rapidly to n height of 30
feet. This reach is about 80 feet wild
and resembles an amphltheater. bein
walled by low rocks. The sounds con
ing up from the ground at this plac
recur at intervals of about an hom
They at first resemble low murmu
but ere long there Is heard n lou
knocking somewhat like the strokes
bell and which ut the end of abou
five minutes becomes so strong as {
agitate the sand.
The explanation of this curious pht
nomenon given by the Arabs is thn
there Is convent under the groun'
here, and that these sounds are thos
of the bell which the monks ring 70
prayers. SO they call 1t Nakous, whicl
means bell. The Arabs affirm tha
the noise so frightens their camel
when they hear 1t rs to render then
furious. Philosophers attribute tn
sound TO suppressed volcanic action
probably TO the bubbling of gas o
vapors mderground.-Newc Eng
land) Chronicle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
Decidedly Cool,

A friend of the late Bishop Hunting
ton was spending Sunday in Edn'
burgh and followed the crowd to the
church of celebrated preacher. At
the close Of the service he said TO the
clergyman, THAT was remarkably
fine sermon" The minister, puffed up
with pride, said. "Thank you. thank
you" But" said the Boston man, II
have heard 1t before; 1t is one of Bish-
op Huntington's sermons" "Ah, yes,
l dare say, to be sure, but Huntington
could never have got 1t Off as l did"
The anecdote is related by the Con-
gregationalist, whose only comment is
that "for consistent and unblushing
plagiarism this beats the record"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
A Bit of n Blow.

'T suppose you have encountered
worse gales than this?" asked an in
quisitive passenger of the sailor man
during a very moderate bit of blow.
"This yere amt a gale" responded
the salt. "Why, was onct in the bay
o. Biscay when the wind blew all the
paint off the bulwarks. 1t took four
on us to 'old the captains 'at on is
'ead, and even then all the ankers was
blown off is buttons. That was blow
for yer Why, even''-
But by this time the cvrious passen-
ger realized that he was being guyed,
and he did not give the imaginative tar
the chance of finishing his interesting
narrative.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
First stogies Made In Pennsylvania

"The first stogie was made by hand
in the wilds of Pennsylvania" said a
tobacco man of Allegheny City.
THE story which they tell once in
awhile in West Virginia and which
must be true is that the long cheroots
derived their name from the town Of
Concstoga, Pa. An emigrant train Of
wagons was finding its way across the
state, and supply OF tobacco was
found at Concstoga.
"The emigrants got a lot of 1t. but
failed TO get any pipes and so could
not smoke unless they made pipes
themselves. Necessity is the mother
Of invention. You may have heard
that remark before. Anyhow one Of
the men rolled leaf of the tobacco In
his hand and wrapped 1t with another
leaf. That wa the first stogie. 9th
ers followed his example, and they all
called the article that they made a
'stoga' in honor of the town at which
the tobacco was secured. That is said
to be the true story of how the name
'stogie' originated. d."-Louisvill Courier
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
A Handwriting Expert on Poe.

In an odd way Baltimore journalist
has settled for himself the still disput-
ed question Of Edgar Allan Poe's per-
sonal character and habits. Having
several autograph letters Of Poes. let
ters written in the youth, the manhood
and the later life of the unhappy poet,
he cut off their signatures and submit
ted them for analysis to handwriting
expert.
The expert reported on them ms fol-
lows: "These letters were written at
different periods in the life Of the same
person. They indicate n temperament
ut once imaginative and methodical,
firm nerves, great courage and aesthetic
tastes. You ask If they point to drunk
enness or alcoholism. | reply that most
decidedly they do not"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
The Prercription bath.

The bath house at each of the famous
health resorts of Europe Is the most
imposing building in town. with stately
facade and inviting entrance. Inside
are long corridors, ladies to the right
and gentlemen to the left, lined with
dozens of little cell-like rooms, each
containing bathtub, couch and Il
thermometer. At the door is a strong
armed masseur. There Is much confer
ring between the doctor and this at
tendant, repeated testing of tempern-
lures and mixtures of water In the tub.
After the patient gets into his tub the
doctor waits outside the door, watch In
hand, timing the immersion. Then the
masseur gets to work with vigorous
rubbing, still timed by the doctor. Final
ly the patient appears dressed and re-
freshed. The doctor talks diplomatic
ally on favorite symptoms, sympa-
thizes little, fatters little more and,
with sweeping bow, hands his victim
into a carriage. - Everybody's Maga-
zine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
AIbinOs.

The human species offers frequent
examples Of individuals attacked by
albinism. 1t is found oftenest among
men Of the black race. White albinos
have skin of peculiar paleness, blond
hair, white or colorless beard, pink iris
and red pupils. The negro albino has
skin of variable aspect. In some cases
It is white as milk. and In others 1t Is
like wax, or. rather. resembles the hue
Of a cOrDse
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
NUMBER IA.
BRILLIANT SWORDPLAY.
Italy Il the Home of Fencing ms a
Refined Art.


Although the Germans were always
redoubtable at the rougher games of
swordsmanship, Il is in Italy that we
find the first development of that
nimbler, more regulated, more cum,
ming, better controlled play which wei
have learned to associate with the
term fencing. IL Is from Italy that
fencing as a refined art first spread
over Europe, not from Spain, as 1t hasI
been asserted by many writers.
1t is I'm the Italian rapier play of the
late sixteenth century that we find thcI
foundations of fencing in the modernI
sense of the word. The Italians-if we
take their early books as evidence and
the fact that their phraseology of fence
was adopted by all Europe-were thel
first to perceive, as soon as the prob,
lem of armor breaking ceased to be
the most important one in n fight, the
superior capabilities for elegant
slaughter possessed by the point as
compared with the edge. They ac-
cordingly reduced the breadth of their
sword, modified the hilt portion there
of to admit of reader thrust action
and relegated the cut TO quite second
ary position in their system. With this
lighter weapon they devised in course
of time that brilliant cunning, catlike
play known as rapier fence.
The rapier was ultimately adopted
everywhere by men of courtly habit.
but in England at least it was not
accepted without murmur and vitu-
peration from the older fighting class
of swordsmen.-Cor
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
MEASURE HIS FINGER.
II IL In Longer Than Yours, He VIII
Rule You when You're Wed.

Rule You when You're Wed.
1t is rather late in the day for this
bit of advice, but the girl who thinks
of marriage should take the precau-
tion of first measuring the forefinger
of her lover with her own before she
commits herself irrevocably. If his
forefinger happens to be longer than
her own she would best reject him,
for she will never rule her own house
hold, the rule being that whichever
has the longer forefinger becomes the
ruling power in this home. One en-
gagged girl, upon being told of this
test, carefully measured fingers at
once, and, upon finding that her
fiances finger was much longer than
her own, stoutly declared that she
didn't care. "She didn't want to rule
the house anyway The man breath
ed freely once more. 1t was this very
same girl, however, who was observed
to make special and strenuous efforts
to set her own right foot upon the
church step before the groom, and to
place this same foot upon the carpet
before hisl 1t is sure sign that which
ever sets foot first upon the church
step and upon the carpet at the altar
will rule the house!
Which offers solution of the "long-
est forefinger" problem! Avoid as
you would the pestilence the tying OF
your shoe in carriage upon your we'd
ding day. 1t is 'unlucky"-Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24

Captain Cuttles famous watch. which
would keep correct time only by
various shakings and shiftings Of the
hands during the day, is matched by
a Yorkshireman's clock. He resented
the imputation that there was anything
wrong with 1t. 1T goes rect eneu for
thin that knau how t. read It," he said.
when its hands are at ~, 1t strikes 2.
and then Aw knaw it's half past T."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24

She was surprised when she heard OF
the engagement, and she showed 1t.
why, / was perfectly satisfied in
my own mind that you liked Tom bet
ter than George" she said.
"Well, to tell the truth. l did," re-
piled the engaged girl
But you say you are engaged to
GeorgeY
'Yes, that's true"
well, l don't understand It at ALL"
"Why, it's very simple. You see.
George was the one who proposed"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-24
killing n Fashion.

The muff reached its highest point In
the reign of Louis XIV. Then fashion
declared for a cloth muff instead Of
fur, and the furrlers made n great up
roar. They petitioned the pope to ex-
communicate the wearer Of cloth
muff, but to no purpose. Finally some
ingenious merchant bribed the heads
man to carry a cloth muff on execution
day. The women shrank from such as
sociation. and the fur won the day.