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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-23
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City Council meets ON the LIST
of FEBRUARY in regular session
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-23
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aAlphonse and CASTOR,
January 31st.
! AL H. Wilson, February
LIST.
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See J. 81. Lntgring & Co., for
cheap farm lands, Abbeville, La.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-23

tricks will join in building the
canal which will enter Bayou Car
Lin about seven miles from the city
These canals, when completed will
transform iberia Parish into one Of
the most fertile districts in the
State. Thousands Of acres Of
worthless land viii 81 redeemed,
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-23

Write j. 81. Lutgring & Co., for
Fine rice lands Abbeville. La.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-23

SNYDER & MOUTON.
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man thought 1t best to part with the It, tie sparrow, whom he had named Dodo, and he took it on his finger and went to the outskirts of the town, where there was fine grove. He says that Dodo seemed to feel there was to be a lasting separation, for the little fellow nestled down lovingly in his palm and could not be induced to fly away. al- though each day previously he had been in the habit of flying from the same hand into the branches of climb ing rosebush to feast on insects.
 But on this day when Dodo was to be given his home in the woods and al- lowed to make friends among his kind his demonstration of affection for his giant friend was most touching, for after vainly attempting to make him fly away the gentleman was obliged to put him on the branch of hedge plant, and as he walked hurriedly away he could hear lonely little Dodo utterlng his chirp of sad remonstrance at being thus abandoned. The other instance have in mind of birds affecion, In this case for another feathered fellow, Is chronicled by noted naturalist, who has made this subject a study. His words are quoted here:
 For three years I have kept an Eng lish song thrush and a grass parrakeet together in an aviary along with other birds. From the first the parrakeet evinced strong admiration. which de- veloped into love, for the thrush. It would sit all day long at the thrush s feet, drinking in every note that rae thrush uttered, and It's affection was proof against all i'll treatment, for al- though the thrush would constantly chase it away and peck 1t until It's feathers flew thick It would always come back and sit enraptured by the side of the scornful object of its choice. Finally it has taken to singing to itself. in gentle undertones a song In which all the thrushs notes especially the characteristic and beautiful chordlike Taken from "A Naturalist in Indian Seas"
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l wonder if you children know of the 1eep affection felt by our little feathered friends the birds for each other, and sometimes for human beings as weil7
 Possibly the following incidents are worth relating, and may prove interest," Ing to you:
 During severe windstorm the nest of an English sparrow, together with It's tiny occupants, was thrown from It's place in the treetop to the pavement be- low. all of the fiedglings save one per- lshing. A gentleman, passing, saw the half-dead little sparrow. and picking il up. took it home with him and cared for 1t tcnderly. Within d few days the wee birdie was fully recovered and would eat bread moistened with water from it's rescuer's hand The gentle man kept the baby sparrow till it's wings and tail were feathered out and could balance 1t in the air; then he decided to let 1t go to the home nature intended for 1t.
 had been an Inmate of the gentlemans 8 home the two had become mutually at tached to each other. The little fellow was allowed to go at liberty about the study and would sit eontentedly by the hour on the foreflnger of the gentle mans left hand while he wrote with his right. And when the gentleman woul1 leave the apartment his new roommate would hop about exeitedly and chirp most Justify, never ceasing till the gen tleman returned. Then It would hop Joyfully to meet him, allowing itself to be picked up and perched on the great finger. There 1t was happy, and left off clamOring.
 Occasionally the sparrow would hide away under a table or boobcase and if it's human friend wished for nearer companionshlp he would whistle softly and tap the floor with his finger as q summons, and immediately the bird n there were always some crumbs or in- sects as reward for its quick obed- ence.
 But the day arrived when the gentle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
The Stringtown Kids Dog Feast
BY CHARLES LINCOLN PH1FER.

their mothers were doing so much for them in the way of cooking. The moth CTS were preparing regular picnic din- ner, and meant to surprise the Kids by dropping in on them and helping at the dog feast, so the mothers were as busy as could be. This Is why Mrs. until nearly 6 o'clock, or until supper was ready. Then Hhe remembered that she had not seen him for two hours.
 Where Is that baby?" she asked.
 Every room in the house was search ed every nook and corner of the yard and barn was examined, without result. Clarence hurried to neighbor after neighbor. only to fad that he had not
 Like as not he has followed that Ital- ian with the hand-organ and monkey" said Mrs. Brown. Clarence went out In search of those worthies.
 When MT. Scoles returned from his work he at once suspected that the gypsies, camped at the end of town, had stolen the child. Hearing this. Mrs sooss sdsr wen into hysttercs Dyt he and went in search Of the marshal. The two proceeded to the gypsy camp and searched it thoroughly, and though the frightened wanderers declared they had seen nothing of the poor chavie," the marshal thought best to arrest one of the men, and hold him as a sort of hostage In case they had taken and hid the little one. He also telegraphed the particulars of the Kidnapping to the marshals of the nearby towns, so they might be on the lookout for a stray child. The entire village joined in the search. The 6coles' yard was full of sympathetic women.
 Clarence remained away g long time on the search. Not knowing where to look, his feet bore him where his thoughts were most-to the Moro vll- lage. He declares he was there before he realized It. But finding himself there, he thought there could be no harm in peeping In; it wouldn't take long. He got down on all fours and entered the cave house. Suddenly his hand touched body, and his. eyes be- coming accustomed to the darkness, he saw 1t was Billy Blue Eyes! He jumped up and ran outside and whooped for Joy '"The lost is foundp He shouted as only a boy could shout. Then he en- tered the cave and took the still sleep ing boy In his arms and started for the house, talking and laughing and fairly dancing for ioy. The noise and con fusion partly arouseed Blue Eyes.
 Give me another piece of dog." he said, and slept again.
 Everybody laughed at this, and in the exclamation that followed the whole village learned of the proposed dog feast
 About 10 the next day the mothers of the Kids gathered with them at the lake house to prepare the dog feast. Billy Blue Eyes was dressed in gayly- colored garments to resemble little woman The Kids were In all manner of fantastic attires, and were armed in ways that were marvellous in their
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almost like the dwarfs they have in the show
 So 1t was arranged that Billy Blue Eyes was to be a woman. Clarence proclaimed himself Sultan, and all the other Kids became nOtables. selecting titles that suited them. because they didn't know what kind of officers the Filipinos really had. Some hay was brought down and spread In the cave and on the floor of the lake house, and over this was spread some mating, because they had heard that the na- tives wove grass mats. Then they brought down each his particular treas ure, and arranged very comfortable lounging place.
 All things now being In readiness. they began to arrange for their first dog feast. The mothers of the Kids. be- ing wise women, humored the pretentions of the Kids. so long as they were inno- cent, for, aside from the fact that they entertained and kept the youths from mischief. it also enabled the mothers to know where they could be found. So there was baking and fixing In more than one home. The Kids were 1ubilant. for their first dog feast prom ised to be grand success; and they planned to follow it up with big head hunt. Head hunting was to be their principal sport.
 The day before the first dog feast the Kids were all kept at home all day do- tnx chores. They didn't rebel. because
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promlscuity. The mothers spread cloth on the floor of the lake house, and. unpacking many baskets, set forth a menu that, to the boys, seemed mar vellous. On a great dish in the center were served big links of bologna, in tended to represent the dog feast The Kids put boards across the stream, so that when they stood on them the floor of the lake house served as table.
 Just as they were getting ready to eat there was tremendous roar of drums and squeak of flies, and the Kids saw nearly the entire town enter ing Walnut Grove in procession, bear ing the baskets of eatables.- At the same time their mothers produced from some mysterious place falsefaces mount ed on long poles, and, handing them to the Kids told the head hunters to take their place at the head of the parade. A jinriksha, or something like It. car ried by two boys, stopped. and Billy Blue eyes was put in the seat and given the place of honor. Even the gypsies were there to show them reparation for the arrest. Thus they marched for a time And then the people of the en- tire village spread forth their dinners in the grove and had fine picnic, all because the losing of Billy Blue Eyes had stirred the bond of sympathies in all.
 Thus was the first dog feast of the Stringtown Kids made a much greater affair than anyone had anticipated
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all that @ were a fine feller, an could lick any boy in his street, easy;
 50 they rode on faster and faster, till they comed to a forest an stopped to pick cokernuts an shoot. pigeons to make a pigeon pie. An while they was a-shootirl' pigeons up comed Hugger Mugger, the pirut king O the forest, an says e, Bust me tight. MT. Prince. if you don't chuck out yer mouldy coppers an come along O me an my men, I'll out with my crooked sword e says, an make an 'orrible big ole in yer sturnmick. An with that e blowed is bugle'orn. an'-wallupl up pops the forty thieves.
 So when the prince seed as e weren't in it. e give best, an the pirut king collared the elierfunt, an the camil, an the horse an the pony, an set orph back to the pallis where the prince's father lived. pretendin' fur to be cir GUS. See7'
 The court nodded. and Dubbins, with continued his story.
 "soon as the pirut king was gone, hup
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
Two New Elements.

The discovery of two new elements by an American chemist, Prof. Charles Baskerville, of the University of North importance, if the chemical world ac- cepts the work of this scientist, as there Is every reason to expect. The discovery was made in the course of an extended investigation on thorium, an element originally discovered by Berzelius and which, In the form of an oxide. is an important constituent of the mantle of the Welsbach incandes- cent gaslight. Thorium Is a radioac- tive substance of large atomic weight, and the same properties are also pos sessed by the new elements. to which the names carolinium and berzellum have been assigned by Professor Bask- erville. the former in honor of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21

Last summer the Stringtown Kids had an Indian Camp in Walnut Grove. This grove is 10-acre tract northeast of town, embracing a little valley, an ab- rupt bank from the brook and a sloping hill. The boys patched up old carpets, and made three tepees of fair size, and during the summer spent many hours very pleasantly in the assumption that they were noble red men of the forest. When school was out this year the Kids met. to consider whether they should again erect their totem poles at the place of the roaring waters. Clarence Scoles declared Indians were a back number: that there were few of them left. and they were either "bums" or college graduates. He had been read ing about the Philippine Islands, and proposed that they should establish an Igorrote and Moro village, and have dog feasts. Clarence had been great medi- cine man and big chief the previous summer. and his word carried much weight with the Kids. They held a council of war. smoked the peace pipe, and considered it. They were not sure they knew enough about the Igorrotes and Moros to personate them; but Clar- ence hooted at that.
 What will we use at the dog feastsf' inquired Dumpy Richardson.
 Bologna, of course" answered C1ar- ence. And that settled 1t.
 The next afternoon the boys were all on hand. some with spades, some with axes and some with picks. They se- lected the place where the bluff was branch, managed to build platform about two feet above the water. This was the lake house. But while some said the Moros lived in lake houses. others insisted the Igorrotes dug their houses in the ground. So they decided to have both. By dint of the hardest work they dug Into. the bank. which. being of a firm. sticky clay formation, caved but little. In the course of week they had hollowed a room perhaps six feet square in the bank, had braced it with lumber they had picked up, and had built framework over the lake house and covered it with boughs of trees. /
 Someone suggested that they ought not to use spades in digging nor nails in building. as the Philipplne tribes had neither
 "Yes, they do have both." thundered Clarence, who had blisters on his hands even as 1t was, and wouldn't stand for any harder work.
 They made nails from the bamboo and spades from the ace of spades"
 And that question was settled.
 Clerence's four-year-old brother, Billy Blue Eyes, came with them every day, and took as much interest in the house they were constructing as did any of the Kids
 Billy Blue Eyes is too little to play Igorrote." said Dumpy.
 No, he ain't, neither" insisted Clar- ence. 'The Igorrotes Is all little peo- ple. Then he added in an effort to mDllify the other Kids: We can dress him up and let him be woman The Igorrote women are the tiniest people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21

Dubbins was King of Bowker's Yard, All the other boys feared and envied Dubbins. all the girls admired Dubbins, and the word of Dubbins was law.
 This was due to Dubblns's personal ity. Dubbins was a born leader. Dub bins believed in himself. Dubbins knew what was due to himself. Dubbins needs be, to die up to himself also.
 Dubbins was boastful, but brave; ty- rannical, but not mean; selfish, but not greedy; cunning, but not deceitful; ana much too cocksure of his own superior ity to be weakly Jealous of the ability of others.
 Besides, Dubbins was the oldest boy.
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the biggest boy, the strongest boy, and the naughtiest boy in Bowkers Yard Therefore he was king of the yard. and none dare say him nay.
 But never did the genius of Dubbins shine with such lustre as when Dubbins unbent himself in a Homeric spirit of recital Then, indeed, did Dubbins reign, and the hearts of his subjects melt with reverence-or envy
 It had been a close. hot day, and 1t was a hot and stuffy evening. The air of Bowker's Yard was thick and sickly; stronger. but not sweeter. than roses"
 Dubbins sat upon the top step of the back entrance to the ologger's shop. both sexes and various ages, were grouped upon the steps below him.
 Clara Blnns demanded order. She said: Billy Birtles. shut yer trap; Nancy, give up wigglin'. Dubbins Is a-goin' to tell us a story.
 The crowd of courtiers settled down,
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jumps the prince, an draws ifs sword, an says, says a. Now, me men. there's only twenty O these bloomin' theeves left, an let them larf as wins An with that e pitches Into 'em a treat, cos he wasn't afeared O nothin' nor nobody, an bein a prince. was bound fur to die game, an no hunlkin'. which is my way, an
 You, Winkie"
 The court trembled and turned pale. Dubbins glanced out of the tail of his eye in the direction of his happy home, situated at the far end of the yard
 The hail was repeated Tn a high voice. thin, shrill and stridulous:
 You, Wink-ier
 "Hull-ool' shouts Dubbins Rex
 You jes' skip this way. an fetch yer fathers beer, or you'll cop the bloomin earache, dye mind2"
 Dubbins rose, shook himself with kingly dignity, and strode off down the yard.
 The court dispersed in various direc tions, all save Nancy-she was left ''wigglin."
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''jes' nod yer pmp1es'.
 The court nodded their heads with feverish energy.
 Good. said Dubbins. There were a prince"
 Dubbins looked round sternly for signs of doubt.
 There were a prince, he resumed mother. An they lived in a pallis an round this pallis there were a garding. an round this garding there were a wall. an round this wall there were a river. an this ere river were a mile wide an a mile deep, an that full O kippers. an haddoeks. an crabs, an shrimps, as you could easy ha' scooped 'emout with a shovel. Seer"
 The court nodded.
 ''They lived in style in the pallis," said Dubbins they 'ad meat for every meal. patent leather boots, rings on all their fingers. tall toppers, an velvet coats with diamond buttons on em as big as glass alleys
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schools don't know nothin', an I votes fur sendin' i'm orf to a rial collige of Marmalado, where they'll put i'm shankin' about it, she says. So they packed the princes carpit-bag, an sit i'm on white ellerfunt with fiunkey on camil, an bobby on a horse, an went with a rattle fer turin parts"
 At this point Henrietta Sharples, oar ried away by the eloquenoe of the re- cital. uttered an enthusiastic ejacular down upon herself an angry Stow it" from Clara Binns, and a dignifed but gentle No chinwig." from Dubbins Rex himself Henrietta hung her head, and the story was resumed.
 ''The name of this ere prince was Bill, same as mine, an @ were nine year ole, same as me, but e weren't as big as me, not by chunk. e weren't an e 'ad long air like gel; but fer
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State of North Carolina and the latter for the famous Swedish chemist. Sam ples have been submitted to Sir Will liam Crookes, the veteran British au- thority in chemistry. and. he will en- deavor to verify Baskerville's work. which, however has been received fa- every discovery of this kind. and espe- cially of the recent radioactive ele- ments, there is general discussion as to the nature of elements, and a large number of scientists now be- iieve that they are all essentially the same substance, but existing under different conditions. Nearly all the clements of high atomic weight are radioactive, and 1t is believed that they are breaking up or undergoing some change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-21
The King of Bowker's Yard.
From GA ABOUT BooKs," By Robert BIntchfort

after some "wigglings" and nudgings. Into expectant and respectful silence.
 Dubbins set his cap well back on his head, thrust his hands deep into hls pockets, stretched out his legs. and said with proud modesty: Well, don't care, but you kids better keep bloomin' quiet, eos this 'ere tales buster.
 ma Rutter did open her mouth, but the eye of Dubbins was upon her, and nothing came out of 1t. Dubbins spoke again with great solemnity: This ere tale ain't a tale, COS It's Cords truth; if it ain't, I'll be choused. See2"
 The audience cried "Yes."
 Don't scutter," said Dubbins, coldly;
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Dubbins coughed and crossed hls legs. Sophy Smith said "Oo." Dub bins looked her down. 'They never drinked nothin' but champagne wine" said Dubbns. "an' they washed thelrselves in milk. an used ginger pop to clean the steps with. Seer"
 The court nodded.
 "Well, things went on swimmin'," l" continued Dubbins, until one fine day the king says to the queen, says he, look ere, ole gel. @ says. chouse me, to school.
 "Right yer are, says the queen; but none O these bloomin' coves in our
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-13

~
paper : s = It always goes to ms
heart TO treat you SO genteelly .s' 55545
I.s$ And eight years later, when she has
been exalted to a post in Queen Char
lotte's household. We find little Fanny.
fresh from 4 royaiiyiSit to Gloucester.
and look in her diary again. Il will
not detail it,. she says. for any
Gloucester guide will beat me hollow
at that work" Strange! We did not
think that the literary ladies in the
eighteenth century would have per-
mitted themselves expressions SO I'M
classical as these. and least of all the
drst of British lady novelists. DR..
Johnson'S daring little Burney. After
ALL no doubt, we do injustice to that
poor century. Life was not all made up
of tears and SwoonS and signs. There
Were naughty people, perhaps. who
knew the right and did the-wronS then.
as now. Or is fashion to blame again.
and We're these respecta bic literary ex-
pressions and their authors most inno-
cent? If we remark that I'VE, are
afeard the price of tea is ris.' we can
scarcely hope to pass for literate per
sons. and, yet once upon time this
was excellent English. And does not
one Of EoN'S martyrs talk Of his per
secutorS finding themselves ''il the
wrong boN?' And do not certain old
translators of Latin talk of some one
going TO pot and of the Romans be
ing lin the dumps" after their defeat
ut Cannae: And Milton surely uses
somewhere one unbeautifu expression,
Ito save ones bacon.'' So that we
must not be hard on the little keeper
of the robes. Perhaps Fanny BnrIey
and hcr good father come out scathless
after ali-pan Mall. Gazette.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-13

On tie surface of Il river or water
exposed to the air ice Is made by the
GOODNESS OF the air against the top Of
the water. When water.S cooled thus
it ut first SAriuks in size and therefore
sinks below tie less cold wafer next to
it. This il turn gets cooler. shrinks
and sinks. ana so on iii! all the water
from top to bottom is lowered TO 4
degrees {. above zero. As soon as the
water gets colder than this it begins
TO swell and therefore no longer sinks
aS before. but stays OF the top and il
the cooling still goes on till zero G. is
reached it begins to turl into ice
When. by the colder air atop OF II. as
much heat is taken away from this
water at zero as would have raised
a pound Of water at zero to pound
of water at - degrees c. a pound of
ice is formed; when twice as much.
two pounds. and 50 on till. if the air
above the water keeps cold enough. the
whole OF the water will in time be
made into ice.