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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-06
PERSONALS.

John r. Taylor has gone to HigI
Island for a short visit.
Mr.. j. l.. Haase took a flying tril
to Abbeville.
Mr.. G. G. Sandoz, cousin of law
yer 5andoz is here this week on 6
visit
Mrs Capt l. A. Bell was summon.
illness OF her grand child, Mrs. Ell.
lots son.
Mr.. Adrien Gonsoulin of Maria
Central Factory was in town this
week and reports the crops as doing
splendidly in his locality
Capt. st. John of Saginaw, Mich.
veteran of the Civil War and who
was on duty through this country in
1868, returned to the scene of his
labors and took pleasure in going ovel
the route followed by his command
He was much pleased with the coun-
try and wondered at its progress and
it's beauties of climate and natural
advantages. His wife accompanied
him.
The ladies of the Wednesday After.
noon Euchre Club were entertained by
Miss Maria Daspit at the Magnolia
House. After many games of cards
Miss Lucie Estorge won the fest prize,
Miss Raynold the second prize and
Mrs. Albert DeBlanc the BOBBY. After
which delicious luncheon was served
The following guest were present Miss
Raynold of Lake Charles; Miss Louise
Suberbielle and the Misses Morris.
Mrs. p. Pursell will entertain the
Club next week at the Alma House.
Mrs. LeDoux f. Smith, of this
City, is visiting friends at the
State Capital.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-06
CHURCH NOTICE.

In the absence of the pastor, Rev.
A. A. Bernard, a Vanderbilt Student.
will occupy the pulpit at the Nj. E.
Church, to. morrow, Sunday the 18th
at IL a. m, and at Z :45 p. m Sun
day School at o 40 a. M, Henry N.
Pharr superintendent Epworth
League meets at p M. The public
are cordially invited to attend.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-06
A Remarkable SundiaI.

At the Eutaw entrance to Druid Hill
park, Baltimore, stands one of the most
remarkable sundials In the world. The
time in many parts of the world Is
shown whenever the sun in shining.
1t is easily possible almost at first
glance to read the time within two or
three minutes, while closer acqualnt-
ance with the dial enables the correct
time to be read to the minute. The
base is of carved bronze. The instru-
ment was presented to the park by
Peter Hamilton, who designed and
made II entirely of stone.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-06
Dark Secrets.

Nordy-All these big manufacturers
seem to dread publicity. Butts That's
right I know one of 'em who has TO
let his family do just as they please to
keep 'em from diyulging business Sc
crets Nordy-What business is he in?
Butts-He's a sausage maker.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-06

man with rheumatism is a prisoner
His letters are none the less CALLING be
cause they are invisible. To him Perry
Davis Painkiller comes as liberator
Rubbed we'll into the swollen, stiffened
joints it not merely drives away the pain,
it makes the muscles pliable so that the
prisoner becomes free man. There is
but one painkiler, Perry Davis. 25c
and so cts
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-06
A Safe Guess.

"a very healthy place, is it," said the
woman who was house hunting Have
you any idea what the death rate is
here"
After careful reflection, says Punch,
the caretaker replied, well, mum, l
can't 'zactly say, but it's about one
apiece all around"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-06

LOST. -Between New Iberia and
Adeline, La, receipt from the
.Ieanerette Rice Milling Co. and in
favor of j. G. Duperier for 65
sacks Honduras seed rice weight
l1600 lbs. Finder will please re-
turn to j. 6. Duperire, New Iberia,
aud receive reward.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-06

IF your husband were to die would
you pray for him?"
'Of course, but at the same time I'd
pray for another" Town and Country.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-06
9 n II e 4?

TO pnt your trust in any but a reli-
able Insurance Company? You
may have Policy in your safe,
but what you most need to know is
whether or not it's worth the paper
on which it is written. The Com
panies for which ] am agent are re-
liable and liberal to.a degree.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-06
|. Dodginx the Digging.

"Plenty of gold in the land" says a
philosopher, but when 1t comes to
digging for it many Of us are content
to jog along with poverty. Atlanta
Constitution.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-06

Aye, people are generally calm at the
misfortunes of others.-Goldsmith
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

such thirty days transfer may be OBJ
tanned, in the following manner:
II BY making application thereNr either
iii person or in writing. to the registrar
OF your former voting precinct; IN
which application, il in writing, should
he stated your name, former place Of
residence in such precinct, and the fact
of your removal therefrom and the date
thereof and your present place Of resi-
dence. b
Upon obtaining n certificate Of trans
fer, It should be presented to the registrar
Of the election district or precinct in
which you reside. in order that your
name may he entered upon the registra-.
ton books OF such district or precinct.
II you have rcgistered--under tho new
Constitutior-in any county, city or town
in this State and have removed your
residence therefrom to any other county,,
city or town, and. on or before the
9TH day of November, 1906 VIII have re-
sided therein for one year, you are cn-
titled to vote III the county, city or town
to which you have so removed provided
you have your name entered upon the
registration books OF the precinct in which
you now reside. This may be accom-
+pllshed by making application to the reg
istrar of the election district or precinct
in which you registered for a transfer,
and having the same en- tered as above in
dicated.
No charge is made for furnishing or
entering such certificates Of transfer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
Ashcville Horse Show.
Special to tho Times-DIspatch

Especial to tho Times DIspatch)
AsHEvlLLE. n. G.. April 22.-Asheville's
annual Horse Show will be held Mt Riverside
Park next Wednesday md Thursday April
28th and 9th. 1t is HOW tho ono absorbing
topic In fashionable circles In this city. Never
before In the history Of the association have
the prospects for an unqualified success been
so great; and never before has the demand
for parking space been so urgent.
Resides the cash prizes offered for prize
winners, this years list is especially rich IN
handsome cups and trophies
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
6. What is ohm's law? What does the
term mean? z5E 81 GA
I. What is the origin OF the term boy
colt? A CONSTANT READER /;

L
B /. Thomas Moore.
q. Rev. r. r. NIalchus, an English poll
tical economist held that population, I'M
loss hindered by positive check, as wars
famine, etc. or preventive checks, as so
cial customs that prevent early marriage
tends to increase at a higher rate than
the means OF subsistence can be made to
increase IIe claimed to have found that
the human race Increased at something
like geometrical progression. while the
fertility Of land only increased in some
thing like an arthmetical proportion.
Hence, if population were permitted to
increase at It's natural rate 1t would soon
overtake the means of subsistence
8. Like all other bodies water expands
when heated and contracts when cooled
until it reaches the freezing point. when
it expands. Let. us suppose that tho
temperature Of tlleSwater In n pool Is at
or about 81 degreess1 If the temperature
of the air Is reduced below 80 degrees the
water on the surface will contract, and
being more dense than the water below
will sink while the warmer water will
rise and take its place. This process goes
on until tho whole body Of water reaches
the freezing point, when tho water on the
surface will freeze Therefore a pool of
shallow water will freeze quicker than a
pool OF deep water.
A. We do not know.
5. It means a newly married man, espe-
cIally bachelor Of long standing 1t
comes from Benedlck, a character In
shakespeare's much Ado About Moth
ing
G.. George s. ohm,a German physicist,
propounded a law to this effect: The
strength Of an electric current, or tho
quantity Of electricity passing section
Of the conductor lii a unit Of time, Is
directly proportional to the whole electro
motive force in operation, and inverscly
proportional To the sum Of all the re-
sistences In the circuit
Z. From the first Victim, Captain Boy
colt, an Irish farmer.
Examination Of Teachers.
Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch:
Sir,--d) Will there be any change In
the method OF examining teachers for
public schools or will they only have
to pass the examination on the Same
studies as in previous examinations
Cd VIII only those WHY eApect 70
teach In the public high schools be TO-
.uuired to pass examinations on the course
of study recently adopted for this pur-
pose? M
(a.) When will this action for the pub
lie high school 80 into effect?
SUBSCRl BI1It. q
d) None. except the addition Of draw
ing.
CD We do not understand that any
course has bean recently adopted, OF
course. none will be REQUIRED to stand
the examinations except those who de-
sire 10 secure certificates to teach ~
the public schools.
(s,) If the mlnimnm REQUIREMENTS are
referred to. we understand these VIII go
into effect with the beginning Of the.
pe1t sch9ol aeaI.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
NAV N5ito|k&W6ster11

LEAVE RICHMOND DALI.
IVY a. M.-NONtOLFS eLIMIIIYD. }t arrives
Norfolk 1l.a0 A. NJ. stops only at Petersburg.
Wayeriys and Suffolk. il II -
"a :oS A.. M.--CHlCAGO a EaPRESS. Buffet
1arlor Car Petersburg to Lynchburg and
Roanoke. Pullman Stepers Roanoke to Colun,.4
Sus. B,inueneld 70 Cincinnatl; also Roanoke 10
e knoxville. and Knoxville 4. to Memphis. Cafe
1870 r. M.--IsoANoKE EXPREss fos Farm.
WIG. Lynchburg and Roanoke, E&8g
!, $500 T. M.-OCEAN SHORE LIMITED. Arr.
rtves Norfolk 6:20hP. n Stops only at Peters.
burg. B, WayerlyE and SUFFOLK. Connects with
steamers 10 Boston. Providence, New York,
Baltimore and Washing ton. ,$5 ~ 80
7:2s r. A-For Narfolk and all stations eAss
y $3.50 r. M..NEw ORLEANS SHORT LINE
Pullman Sleepers Richmond to LynchburE and
Roanoke. Petersburg ITO East Radford, Lynch.
burg TO- Chattanooga. Memphis and New Or.
$50 p. . M.-sT. LOUIS EXPRESS Pullman
sleeper. Petersburg e Roanoke and Roanoke 10
Trains arrive from tho West 7:42 A. Nj a:b
and $50 p NJ. f54a{ ssil 85s83y3s3
oniee No Sag East Main Street. 335
W. b. REvrLL.t C. H BOsLEY,9 l y
ss Cent Pass. Agt. Dist Pass! A Il.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
G do Il work In | day.
G do work in 10 days.
Example in Arithmetic,

Example IN Arithmetic,
Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.---Wil you please work the follow
Ing example by arithmetic and publish it
In your Queries and Answers column?
] can work 1t by using three unknown
quantities In algebra, but 1t Is In my
arithmetic lesson.
A. 3 and G together have $500
Three-fourths OF AS, five-sixths OF BIS
and eight-ninths Of C's are equal TO each
other. What is the share OF EACH?
Answer: AS, $4,000; rs $1,000; C's
sG,750.
by doing this you will greatly obllge
Yours sincerely. SCHOLAR. "A
As bB- 10.
b. atA
O. Il A.
A MA SsA : 4sSA.
a. SOL $50
A = 5000.
b. p A : e Of 5000 : $1,000.
o. AZ Of A = n Of 5000 +. $6,7bo.
A String of Questions.
/. Who wrote Ialla. Rookh?
2. What Is the law of Nautilus?
3. Which will freeze over first, shallow
pan of water or deep pan, and state the
reasonP
4. With what event is August %, 1851,
associated by American yachtmen?
3, What does the term Benedict mean,
ana from what dld It orlginate4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
Population of Richmond.

Editor of The Times-Dispatch.
sir,--Please publish in Query Column
the. population of Richmond now In city
limits and also when next census Will be
taken. Yours truly,
&sa A READER.
The population, according to the census
OF 1900, was $3.50. The next census Of the
Government will be in 1910
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
Recipe for Mortar.

Editor Of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-Pease inform Inc through your
Query Column the proportions each Of
lime, sand and water in winter for
brick work and please say how it shall
be mixed. BY doing this you will oblige
SUBSCRIBER.
9. Use one part cement, two parts lime.
five parts sand. Without cement use
one barrel Of lime and one CARLOAD Of
sand. 5i
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
United States Senators.

Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Z Slr,--1Iow are United States, senators
elected-by the people or by the Legis-
lature? j. III. j.
BY the Legislature, but this year the
Democrats WILL by primary election,
nominate candidate, and the person so
nominated will be chosen by the Demo-
cratic members Of the Legislature.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
"A Temperance Song.
A Farmers Request.

Editor OF The Times-Disp PATCH:
Sr,-Could you tell In your Query Col
umn where a farmer can procure ma
.terial for nitroculture Or inoculatlon.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Write to Hon. George w. Koiner, COM
missioner Of Agriculture, Richmond. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
Respectfully

The law provides that the Board OF
Supervisors shall cause to be made out
Immediately after each meeting q state
ment showing the aggregate amount Of
the receipts and disbursements Of the
six months next preceding and that O
copy Of such statement shall be posted
at the front door Of the courthouse and
at each of the voting precincts and pub
lished In one or more newspapers Of the
county or. adjoining county or city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
Form Of Address.

Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,--Please state in your next paper,
to settle a dispute, which is correct
Miss Lucy Brown and Sisters, or Misses
Lucy Brown and Sisters; also Mr..
Jacob Smiths Sons, Y or. sMessrs. Jacob
Smiths Sons, (addresses),
3 BY so doing YOU will oblge, -, I, :, ~,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

Miss Lucy Brown and Sisters.
Mr.. Jacob Smiths Sons.
Tho reason is obvious. The last mem
toned noun should be pluralized as the
full sentence would Oead Miss Lucy:
Brown and her sisters. Only one Miss
lucy Brown and one Mr.. Jacob Smith
ure spoken Of. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
QUERIES AND !
.....ANSWERS !
Mr.. Rockcfcller's Address.
VIII you please give me Inc business au'
dress of John ID. Rockefeller?

9 Mr.. Rockcfcller's Address.
will you please give me the business ad--a
uiess = o0''A - iS'' Il. w. D.
Caro- standard Oil Company, Now York.
Legal Interest.
Editor Of The Tilnes-Dispatch:
sir,--1f /, am not mistaken is there
not q law In Virginia regulating interest
at pei. cent. If So. why do some OF the
banks charge s to u per vent.
A SUBSCRIBER. Il
The legal rate OF interest In Virginia is
6 per cent. See Code Of Virginia (Pol-
lard's) section 2s17.
"A Temperance Song.
Ddtor Of Tho Times Dispatch:
sir,-.Can you or any Of your readers 41tls,r:
Behind the Stiff It is fifty or. more
years old and describes happy home
lost through dissipation. IS
Please give them through the sundays
G. s. M.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
Example in Arithmetic.

Editor OF Tho Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-Wlll you please solve the fol-
lowing problem by arithmetic and pub
lish in your paper? IL
"a and B can do piece OF work in
three and one third days; B and G can
do 1t in six days; a and G can do 1t In
three and three-fourths days. How long
will it take them. working together, and
In what time can each man do tho work
alone?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

A and B do tho work in = days.
~ Aand ) do "a work in day.
B and G do the work in 6 days, ss
(2) B and Q do j the work in / day.
A and G do tho work in r days.
(3) Aand 9 do * work in day.
Subtract (2) from ~.
A. G do % work in day.
~ A + Q do Is work in day.
Adding last two.
2 A do q or work in day.
z A do work in day.
A do work in days.
From az A and B do b work in day,
A do awork in day.
D do II work in day.
B do work in 10 days.
From 60 Aand 9 do Il work in ] day.
81 a do lwork in day.
G do Il work in day.
G do work in 10 days,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

Change of residence, transfers., etc.
from the precinct in the county or city
in which you registered. 10 any other
precinct in the same county or city, you
are entitled to vote In the precinct from
which you removed, at any primary or
regular election held within thirty days
after such removal.
4 AT any time after the expiration OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
If Not Registered.

ANY male citizen Of tho United States,
having the necessary qualifications, as
ister.of the election district Of the coun-
IL. or precinct Of the city in which such
citizen shall reside, may have his name
duly entered upon the registration. 7, books,
vote ut any primary held this year, and
at tie regular election In November:
The person so applying shall be, or shall
have been, on or before the 18th of No
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

County Reports to be Published.
Editor Of Tho Times Dispatch:
Slr,-Please state in your Query Column
when and how often the Board Of Super
visols of the counties shall publish their
accounts in the county newspapers. and
what the amount of fine will be If they
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

= . Twenty years OF age.
q. resident Of the State for two
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

g. OF the county, city or town for one
year, and of the election district or pre-
clnct in which he offers to register.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

IA z. Has paid, on or before the 9Th day
of May, 1905. to the treasury Of his
county or city. the State poll tax as.
sess;lblc against him for the years 1902,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-22
LOUISE NLCHEL IN 1871 ;
Likened to Joan OF Arc in Her Ability
to Arouse and Lead Men, and
Peer of Charlotte Corday in
Her Ruthessness.

Her testimony before the jury was a
speech to acquit her wouId-be assassin.
In the memory of the law it was without
precedent And she won her cause The
judges. completely upset by the har-
rangues of thi2 strange victim, con-
demned Lucas to few months impris-
onment in lunatic asylum. whence he
was shortly released at the repeated de-
mands of Louise Michel
Besides her courage. Louise Michel
had great gift, a sense of humor we'd
ded 10 a keen wit. which served her and
her friends in the most desperate cir
cumstances.
Even the terrible nights in the prison
at Satory, when she heard and saw from
the windows the fusilIades tumbling
patches of her comrades into the bitches
they had been forced to dig for them
selves, did not quench her spirit With
a bit of charcoal she cheered the droop-
ing spirits OF her fellow-sufferers by
drawing on the whitewashed walls alb
surd caricatures of the prison officials
until the latter begged the authorities
to remove her as '-incorrigible-'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-22
Her Poems Praised by Hugo.

Seen as q whole, her life is an epic
All the sweetness and light of childhood
give way in maturity when the stirring
clash of arms sounds above the war
drums widest beatings. She was very
young when her first poems We're pub
hshed- Yet Victor Hugo and Lamartine
praised them. The lulls of strife and
Imprisonment We're utilized for literary
productions. Poems, dramas, novels
all issued from her pen. Les Memories.
appeared in 1886, but previous to that
she had put forth lie Coque Rouge, ,"
Les Microbes Humans, lie Chant
des Captifs,'' La Misere," "CIovis. =
LIE Nouveau Monde and long list
more. Her preparation for this work
was doubtless in part during the DAYS
of her childhood when she had time to
make friends in the Iiteratures ooen to
her, and in part to the trying years
which followed after the death of her
father. This was the period when her
life was spent as a school teacher
Then she related in her Memoirs.
began the serious part of my life |
became an assistant teacher at the
school of Nine. VolIier. in the rue Gu
Chateau d'Eau, in Paris. Our earnings
were miserably small, and teachers
were ilen even poorer IMAM they are
today. In fact, so poor were my mother
| and l that a cook-even a cook-was
better off, and often lent US money
! Our black grenadine silk dresses and
our lace nantes were all got from sec
ond-hand clothes shops. and seldom
paid for in cash. To make ends meet
we gave evening lessons, and in that
way earned little more money
| To truthfully depict her character
| however, one should add that whatever
| means she might have had she would
doubtless always have been in cryins
personal need. At one time she re
turned from a lecture tour In the Igor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-22
Her Inflammatory Style.

Citizens she cried, you are but the
degenerate sons of the men of the old
revolution The guillotine has passed
from the hands of the people into those
of the peoples tyrants, and The people
are making no effort to regain posses
sion of its glIttering bladei On, for
Marat to cut down at one fell stroke
this hydra headed bourgeoisie! Oh. even
for a Robespierre to sever the arteries
of those false and cunning chiefs of
yours who have the lips of radicals but
the hearts of reactionists! Just as
Christians say that man cannot be re-
deemed save by baptism in wafer. just
50 l say that it is not by water, but
by blood. he can be regenerated, Let
us pluck no this damnable society by
the very root; let us burn it out in pc
troleum, and drown 1t in gore. The
world must be bled, citizens. If we
would wish to see the world reformed
We must relieve it of its putrid vices,
and its filthy material and moral cor
ruption; and how can we do this. il we
do not strike down the bloated titled or
untitled aristocrat who is living lux
uriously on the plumber of his fore
fathers. and suppress in carnage the
naughty and pampered middle class
knaves whose fine wines and rich viands
have been purchased by the sweat of
heIots whose families die-as the glad
iatorsr died of oId-to make a tyrant' S
holiday. Why do you come here, citi-
ZenS, to listen to my harangues. or the
harangues of anybody elseE Why do
YOU not sally out into the city streets,
and, having made barbados of their
paving stones, wipe out your slavery
ard your misery by hclocausts of these
ignohIe taskmasters of yours All. citi-
zens, / am afraid you're not worth
preaching. and. much less, dying for"
Louise Mitchell has been called Il re
versed Sister of Charity, that is To
say, perhaps, a Sister of Charity call
| ing revolt instead of resignation She
| sprang from very poor people She
was very poor as child: and. starting
/ out at once on her career, fitted herself
| to become a primary school teacher
This gave her handle for her bound
less sympathy and activity That heI
pupils should have food and clothes
seemed more important to her thar