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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-08-27

We then placed the slips containing the names
oi the above 30 jurors in an envelope sealed and
endorsed as follows: List of Jurors No. /
We then again mixed the remaining names in
the General Venire Box and John Broussard one
Of the Commissioners aforesaid drew therefrom
one at a time Thirty t3O) names of Petit Jurors
to serve during the SECOND WEEK, beginning
the Ord day of October, A. D.. 1904, and who are
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-08-27

A Negro in the aOld Dominion"
state has announced himself for
Congress. We do not feel afraid
TO prophesy that bis name will be
"Dennis.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-08-27

King Edward has introduced a
new style in trousers. In addition
to having them creased in the front
and rear he also has them creased
on each side which causes the leg
to look like it has been boxed up.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-08-27
RLesfluNfisus

When pains or irritation exists on any
part of the body, the application Of Bal
lard's Snow Liniment gives propt relief.
T.. w. Sullivan, Prop. Sullivan House, III
Reno, O. t., writes, June 0, 1902 ~
take pleasure in recommending Ballard
Snow Liniment to all who are afflicted
with rheumatism. 1t is the only remedy |
have found that gives immediate relief =
25c, soc, $l.00. Sold by Estorge Drug Co.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-08-27
THE ENTERPRISE
AND R-CONSOLIDATED

OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF IBERIA PARISH
AND TOWN OF NEW IBERIA,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-08-27
WHEN BABY
IS COMING
USE
Mothers Friend.

Woman's greatest dream Of beauty and
glory ls when nature has chosen her 10
become . mother. Every faculty 10 kosnly
alert and her nature the Hnest as che tore.
sees tho Joy, the ambition. the success epd
tho lifelong satisfaction coming. coming
pesrer, day by day, Ia tho deer and Innocent
being so soon TO see light, and the very
uncertainty whether she shall see . sweet
girl face or braye boy face beside her on
Then, II ever, she should take care Of hSf
physieal mental and moral health.
MOTHERS FRIEND applied externally
throughout pregnancy wifl relieve ths pain
Of parturition, and no mother and child can
fail to be healthy, hearty. strong, clear com,
plexioned, pure blo6ded, calm perved ana
cheerfui In disposition, who ore mutually
infuenccd for NJ nlonths by the continued use
OF Mothef's Friend.
OF druggists StQ0
Our treatise "Motherhood" mailed FREQ
THg eaAoF,glp REGULATOR co.
AvlAWrA, a.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
SEA N N BEING SHOT
Fast Whaling Steamers Armed with
Swivel Guns Are Now Kill.
ing Them Off.

TWO whaling stations have been es-
tablished in the British isles and
three more are to be, reports the
New York Tribune. AS a whaling
station costs $4,000, there must be
some evidence Of a stock of whales
still in British waters. 1t seems only
a question of time, however, and no
very long time either, when these
mighty and harmless mammals shall
disappear altogether. Their path is
in the great deep" and they managed
to hold their W against the old class
of whaleships and harpoons thrown by
hand, but it must go hard with them
before the modern fast whaling steam
err armed with swivel guns for the dis
charge of harpoons.
1t is only since the invention in 1866
of Foyn's destructive bomb harpoon al
explosive projectile which bursts with
in the carcass Of the animal, that the
Norwegian whalers have dared to at
tack the formidable blaahval, Sibbald's
rofQua, o blue whale. Even with this
armament the pursuit of the most gt-
gantic animal in the world is far from
being without danger. Talk of big
game shooting! What yarn can the
most experienced shikari spin equal to
one communicated by Thomas South
well to the current quarterly number
of the THE Annals of Scottish Natural
History"
"a blue whale, h%arponned by a New
foundland whaler in placentia bay in
March, 1903, not being struck in a vital
part, towed the steam whaler Puma
a distance of i22 miles, the screw be-
ing reversed at full speed the whole
time, and not until 20 hours had
elapsed was it exhausted and killed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
OLD FASHIONED
But Still in the Fashion.

1t is an ever new and interesting
story to hear how one can be entirely
MADE over by change of food.
for two years | was troubled with
what my physician said was the old
fashioned dyspepsia.
ihere was nothing I could eat but
~ or 80 minutes later | would be spit-
ing my food up in quantities until I
would be very faint and weak. This
Went on from day to day until / was
terribly wasted away and without any
prospects of being helped.
One day | was advised by an old
lady 10 try Grape-Nuts ana cream.
leavins of oil fatty food. | had no
confidence that Grape-Nuts would do
ali she said for me. as | had tried so
many things without any HELM. But
~ was SO simple l thought / would
give 1t a trial, she insisted O
Wen, ] ate some for breakfast and
pretty soon the lady called to see her
patient as she called me, and asked
II had tried her advice.
GLAD you did, child, do o feel
some better?'
NO, said, 4 do not know al |
ao' the only difference / can see is |
nave no sour stomach. and come to
mink OF II, | haven't spit up your four
teaspoons of Grape-Nuts Yet.
Nor did have any trouble with
Grape-Nuts then or any other time. for
tnis food always stays down and nv
omac digests it perfectly; I soon
strong and well again and bless
mat Old lady every time | see her.
once an invalid of IS pounds Isnow
weigh lbs pounds and feel strong aud
well, and 1t is due entirely and only to
having found the proper food in Crane
W. Name given by Postum Co,
Creek. Mich.
Get the little book, sThe Road to
MELVILLE" IN each pkg.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
SURVEY THAT WAS MINUTE.


A high official of the war department
tells Of an amusing report made by
Gen. Mckibben, Of the engineer corps,
who had been sent west to examine
the course and condition of n certain
road. The generate instructions es-
pecially directed him to report whence
and whittier the road led, says the
Youths Companion.
Most carefully did the officer follow
orders, and when the final report was
rendered It was seer that the road
about which the war department
hungered for information eventually
made its way up a certain hill, and
climbed a tree at the top.
Don't you think we had better omit
that part?' inquired the commanding
officer, when tho report was laid be-
fore him. You see. thus report is 10
so through the regular military chan
mel. and will be filed, Really, you
know. 4 road wouldn't 20 up a troei"
That's where this road went" in
sisted Gen. McKibben. ut got fainter
and fainter; then up that hill 1t wound
and climbed up into a tree, just as I
have shown in the report. There was,
sir, not the least evidence of a trail
beyond the tree, but it blazed far ur
toward the top. and that was the end
OF the trail. | think tho report should
stand as 1t is, sir, | am prepared to
suhstantiate every word of Ill"
The report is so recorded in tho
archives OF the war Office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
EARLY RISING DANGEROUS.
According to a New York Medical
Specialist It Is Conducive
to Madness.

All the spiritual descendants of
Sancho Panza, that finest eulogist oil
SIunber, should bless the name of DR..
Selden Talcott, of New York, says the
Hospital. DR., Talcott is a specialist
in mental diseases, and he declares
that the habit of early rising conduces
to madness. '"The free and lazy saw
age he says, gets up when he feels
ready and rarely or never becomes in
sane" Or. Talcott's protest should be
considered carefully by his fellow
countrymen, who, even more than ths
British, pride themselves on their ac-
tive habits. Recently, We believe, there
has been founded in New York a So
ciety whose members pledge them
selves not TO take more than four
hours sleep in the "a. 1t would be in
teresting to follow the health and life
histories of those who keen this
pledge. For we do not suppose that
there is anything dangerous in early
rising in itself. but only in the com
binatlon Herewith of going to bed
late.
On the whole, it is better to obey
the old proverb and go to bed with
the lamb and get up with the lark"
But it is a different thing when one
combines the attempt to fulfill the lat
ter part of the advice with a habit of
going to bed with the nightingale. Yet
the increasing strain of business com.
reIs early rising in those who would
succeed, while II they want to COM
bine pleasure with business they will
find it impossible to get to bed be.
fore midnight or even then, for cur
amusements seem TO begin and end
later every year. The energetic peo-
pie who go in for this fashion OF life
are apt TO assure others, and them
selves also, that they do not require
much sleep, and undoubtedly il is pos
sible with practice to do with much
less than the normal amount of rest.
IL Is important, however, to remember
that such a habit cannot be INDUCED
in without a corresponding sacrifice of
health.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
Spent Part Foolishly.

At a reception given recently to
Gen. Chaffee by the militiamen at
Poughkeepsie, the general told this
story:
Not long ago a soldier in the regi-
lar army stopped me on the street and
asked me to lend him a quarter.
why yesterday you received your
months pay, did you not?' | asked
him.
Yes replied the veteran.
Where is your money now?'
ait is like this he went on. 4 left
the post and crossed to Now York with
that $3.50. | met a friend and we had
dinner. | was nightly surprised
when the bill was So. Then | bought
81 worth of cigars, and We went to
the theater for 81. After the theater
we went down the Bowcry, and |
spent 81 there
"'That is S15, | replied. What hap
pened to that other 50 cents?'
THE Old fellow seemed puzzled
Finally he answered:
81 must have spent that foolish.
~ "-Washington Times.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
rolLED FOR SEVEN YEARS.
Prisoners in French Penal Settlement
Betrayed After Digging
Long Tunnel.

Patience in working for freedom
even greater than that displayed by
the prisoners who escaped from Libby
prison during the civil war was shown
not long ago in the French penal set
Element ID New Caledonia, The con
yicts live IN larIacks and every even
ing they are searched and locked in.
Among the prisoners were two ma
rlne engineers who were in for po-
litical crimes. They lived together in
the same hut, Every night for two
years they labored at digging an un-
GerrrOund chamber beneath their
hduae. cOnCel!ing its entrance during
the day, Every morning each of them
carried out some dirt in his blouse
or his pockets.
Their hut stood near the seashore.
AftCr two years toll they had dug Il
tunnel reaching almost to the sand
stone bank by the beach. At the enc
Of The tunnel they followed ont d
large cavity, and in this cavity they
set TO work building q boat. But CUT
ling through to the beach they were
able 10 come out at night and find
pieces of Griftwood on the shore, and
every seryiraabIe piece Of timber they
dragged in.
In their underground chamber they
made a forge, and with little bits ri
steel and iron, some Struggled in from
the marine repair shops in their hair
and under their arm pits, they made,
first tools, then bolts, riyets and the
necessary ironwork for the building
of a launch Then they set patiently
to work building an engine for the
launch. When that was Lnally ac-
compllshed they had been working
nightly for over seven years.
AT this time another convict was
lodged with them, a Paris embez2leT,
and they had to take him into their
confidence. Tor six months he helped
them, until everything was ready. ex-
,ept 10 provision the boat. Then the
embrZEler turned inforRer, hoping 10
gain favor thereby. Next night guards
surprised the Two marine engineers in
their underground chamber, seized
their tools. and put them into solitary
confinement with ball and chain.
The subsequent investigation brought
TO light the entire plot. The seyea
long years of patient Toll 50 impressed
the French c~ommandant that a year
he managed TO obtain a pardon
for the two engineers, anu they re-
turned to France.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
He look No Chances.

A story is told of a Kentucky noun
taineeF who had never seen a railroad
train. One day he consented to go to
town and see the wonder. He arrived
a little ahead Of train time, and, get
ting impatient as he waited, he walked
up the track to meet it. He met it as
1t rounded a curve. Turning about,
the mountaineer ran along the track
as for his life.
foot, toot," sounded the locomo-
tive, slowing up, but the mountaineer
only dug the gravel more industriously
than ever. He soon reached the sta
ton completely out of breath.
why didn't you cut across?" in.
quired II OF the bystanders.
Cut across!" exclaimed the un.
couth lad. III | had struck that plowed
ground the d-n thing certainly would
have caught me."-New York Tribune.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
GREAT MEN AT BUNKER HILL.
Characteristic Conduct Of Lafayctte
and webster At laying OF
the corner stone.

On June II. 1876. The streets Of Ros-
ton were lhrouee1 with citizens and
country iolk, As ore Of the old stage,
drivers remarked, Everything that
has wheels and everything that has
legs used them 10 get TO town to-day
A brilliant civic and military process
sion marched through CharIcstown.
relates Youths Companion. In the
place Of honor rode the fine, portIy
figure Of Lafayette. No inarmity be-
spoke his almoat ~threescore and ten
years. for Of course on horseback he
did not display the slight lameness con-
tralted in this country's cause at the
battle Of Brandywine.
After laying the cornerstone Of
Bunker Hiil monument Lafayette re-
fused 10 taGo The seat prepared for him
under the pavilion devoted to the off,
cial and distinguished guests.
NO he said. my place is here
with the survivors of the revolution"
and he look a seat among the veterans
who were resting on rude benches I'm.
sheltered from the hot rays Of the sun
Tho great anxiety Of the people to
hear Daniel Webster's speech came
very near being disastrous. The crowG
surEcd ncarer and nearer the stand,
clothes were torn, people We're hurt
and women shrieked and tainted. The
marshals, fearful of a panic, endeav-
ored by every means TO gain control
over The needless crowd. They en-
treated, they called out commands for
order, all in vain; their very efforts
only increased the excitement.
Suddenly Webster, moved by i'm.
pulse, sprang forward and in a voice
Of thunder cried to the marshals:
BE silent yourselves and the people
will obey"
They did obey. Those clear, mag.
netic notes carried control to every one
Of that struggling throng. The mob
became as manageable as q child.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
HOW O CAME TO BE.
Mythical Tale Accounts in Strange
Manner for Existence CT the
Crackers.

DID You ever hear how frogs orig
mated? 1t is a queer story, but then
1t happened a long time ago, when the
world was young and all sorts of quee.
things were happening. We can. Of
course, believe as much or as little of
such stories as vi please, but al least
they entertain us, says an exchange.
Now as to the frogs, they came into
being because a weary, thirsty woman
was prevented from getting a drink Of
water. Here is the way the story is
told:
"Latona was a beautiful goddess,
who lived with the other ~goddesses
and gods On Mount Olympus. where
Jupiter and Juno reigned. as yol
know, She was distinguished Tor mauy
things, but chiefly for being The moth
er OF Apollo and Diana, 1t spetls ina.
Eha Incurred the IN will Of Juno in
some way and was banishcd fror.
Olympus, with no place to put her foot
and no shelter for hc-' weary head, for
Juno had made Terra, tho Eartn,
promise that she should not find rest
anywhere.
Neptune, the god Of the sel, how.
ever, took pity on the banished god
dess and invited her to the Isle OF
Delos, which then hoated under tlo
water, but rose to the surface nj ms
command, There she found peace aud
comfort, and there she brought IN her
two famous children, Apollo to become
the god Of the sun and Diana the god
dess Of the moon.
But perhaps You are wondering
what ali this has to do with the frogs
1t Is said that one day while Latona
was wandering desolato and weary
with her children while they were yet
babies she came to a pool of clear
sparkling water. Half dying with
thirst, goddess as she was, she ran to-
ward the pool to drink some of tbs
cool water, but a crowd of ugly yokels
surrounded 1t and kept her away.
"She had up TO this time borne her
privations and sufferings with patience
and resignation, but at this act OF
wanton cruelty her patience gave way
and turning furiously on the yoke.s
she turned them all into oroaking
frogs, which they have remained to
this day
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
PUBLIC GAME PRESERVES.
Places Established by State and Pr,
vate Capital Enough for
All to Hunt.

1t is many years since complaints
first began 10 be made about the private
same preserve. Americans had always
been free to hunt where they pleased, to
fish in any waters that they could reach,
and when far-sighted people saw that
the game and fish must go and began
TO buy fishing rights or 10 lease shooting
lands for their own private uses and to
keep the public of there was much Bit
ter grumbling. There is complaint still,
and we have lately heard much OF it
about the huge preserves of the Adiron-
dachs, yet this establishment Of private
preserves is confined to no section OF
the land. says Forest and Stream.
Rivers, lakes and square miles of ter
ritory by the hundred are leased in Can
ada, While in the south the marshes Of
the sea coast are taken up from Mary
land to Florida; farther inland quail
grounds are leased in blocks of 20.0 0
or 10000 acres by single associations.
What. then, is the American citizen to
90, provided circumstances DO not adj
nit Of his belonging to some club which
owns a preserve? Obviously he must
turn to free land for his game supply,
and this free land must be controlled by
state or federal government.
This precise point was made by the
president Of the United States a veal
or two since. when he declared that in
this democracy it was the part Of the
government to set aside tracts whera
the game should be absolutely protected
in order that it might overflow into un-
protected territory, and so might fur
nish hunting and shooting to the people
who otherwise could have none.
Some states have offered fine examples
OF what might be done In setting aside
these refugees, but there are many where
the drive and rush of business have been
100 great for them as yet to give atten-
tion to this matter. An interesting ex-
ample of how the Importance of such
reservations is coming to be understood
has been recently given by Joseph Batten,
of Middlebury, VT. MIR. Battell has late
- HS"SHS i-ilVll ulouiIdlH, which rises
100 feet above the town of Warren.
Vt, with the purpose Of converting this
mountain into a park for the benefit OF
the citizens of his state.
The act is an interesting one and
shows not only originality, but fore
sight. 1t means far more to the state
than any gift that could be made. Ii
braTy or public building is not to be
compared with it, for libraries can be
had from many men and in the far fu-
ture. but the time is coming when wild
land and wild creatures to stock that
land cannot be had.
In an adjacent state the late Austin
COrbin established his famous Blue
mountain park as a hunting preserve,
IN which, however, so little hunting was
done as hardly to interfere with the
rapid increase Of the wild animals there.
Mount Ellen may become a lesser Blue
mountain park. Let lis hope that in
many another state men will be found
who will purchase for the benefit of their
fellows large tracts Of land to be used
parks or game refugees, free-under
proper limitations-to the whole pub
lie.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
War and Foundation

Statistics of population e to show
that after long ana severe wars. in
which many men are killed and the
male part Of a country's population is
greatly decreased, there is for several
years a preponderating birth of male
children until the normal proportion
between The sexes is restored. This
seems to have been noted after the
Thirty Years wal in Germany, after
the Napoleonic wars in France, and
In more recent times after the
siege OF Paris,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

These were especially severe vj,ss
STOPPING TO lift anything and often T
could hardly straighten my back. Tbs
nching was badin the day time. but ins,
as bad at night, and IAyas alwayslams
in the morning. | vas bothered with
rheumatic pains and dropsical SWELLING
of the feet. The urinary passages wers
painful and the ~secretions were ois-
colored and sc free that often | had 70
rise at night. felt tired all day. Haff
a box served to relieve me. and tbr.s
boxes effected a permanent cure"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milbnrn Co, Buffalo. N. Y. For sale
by ali dealers. Price so cents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

Never wear the same pair of boots
DAY after day. After one days wear
give your boots n days rest at least.
anu II possible. on boot trees to restore
Their shape. Two pairs OF boots worn
alternately will be found an economy,
even II one cannot afford the Il
OIL trees, for a day to get thoroughly dried
ana aired Will add to their wearing pow
ers as well as to their healthfulness.-
Boston Globe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
A Doubtful Compliment

Caleb Allen, candidate for assessor
OF Wolfe county. "a in town Friday
fixing up his fences TO keep out n
stray candidate that might be brous.
ing on his grazing, and so far has the
field to himself. Indeed, he is run.
ming like a jack rabbit, and is 50
far ahead that no opponent can come
in speaking distance. He is the only
man, SO far as the Herald konws.
who wants the o6ice.--Hazel Green
Herald.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
Cost of Coronation.

The cost Of the coronation Of King
Edward VII. establishes a record for
modern times. 1t was considered a
lordly and magnificent thing for the
subjects OF George ". TO spend e93S,.
2Ss in putting a row on his head,
but we have eclipsed their lavishness
by G~l2l,000. William ". and Queen
Adelaide we're content with a modest
$50, Qo0.--London Tit.Bits.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

Philip Hale, a Boston musical critic
and annotator Of the Symphony pro-
gramme books, was talking not long ago
with a woman who is strenuously pursu-
ing musical culture. "Mr. Hale" she
asked him. what is the difference be-
tween the first and second violin in an
orchestral" About ten dollars a con
cert, madam replied the critic.--phil-
adelphia Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
81 replied the veteran.
Guess AGAIN.

An old lawyer tells this story OF one
OF his experiences, years ago, in cross
examination. The witness seemed to-
be disposed to dodge his questions.
Sir" said the lawyer sternly, you
need not state your impressions. We
want the facts. We are competent to
form our W impressions. Now, sir,
answer me categoricaily."
From that time on he could get lit
tie more than yes and mo- out of
the witness. Presently the lawyer
said:
You say you live next door to the
defendant? ?"
"Ycs.'
I the north Of him?"
No"
ITO the SOUTH"
NO
We'll. to the west, them"
mo"
All" said the lawyer, sarcastically.
I'VE are likely al least to get down to
the one real fact. You live 10 the east
of him. do you?"
mo"
How is that, sir?" the astonished
attorney asked, "You say you live
next door to him; yet he lives neither
to the north, south, east nor west Of
you. What do you mean by that, sire
Il thought perhaps you were COM
petent to form the impression that we
live in a fat" said the witness, calm,
ly; but | see | must inform You that
lie lives next door above me-