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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
LIGHTING LORE.
ACETYLENE EXCELS AS AN tLlU.
MlNANT.
Gas for Lighting Formerly Confined TO
Cities and Large Towns, now in
General Use in the Country.

The satisfactory lighting of subur-
ban and country homes requires that
the means used shall be convenient,
safe. economical and furnish a bril-
liant. penetrating, cffulgent light.
Everybody admits that these are
not the characteristics Of the candle
or kerosene lamp. which, formerly,
ducing light for domestic use In the
rural districts.
For generations there was a crying
need, a yearning for something better,
which was not satisfied. A few years
ago deliyerance came in the shape Of
the chemical compound, Calcium Car
bide, from which. by the simple an.
pllcation of water, the gas Acetylere
is derived. Acetylene meets all the
requirements fully and admirably and
is being generally used.
Common lime and carbon In the
form of coke or coal are the raw ma
terials which, fused in an intensely
heated furnace, make Calcium Car
bide, and there is no difficulty In OBJ
tanning it in any part of the country.
The machine into which the Cal
cium Carbide is fed and from which
the Acetylene is distributed through
the building to be lighted, is but little
larger than thirty gallon milk can.
and of the same general form 1t is
easily and cheaply installed, either in
the cellar or in an Out-building
The light from burning Acetylene
is exquisite. and lighting experts agree
that it surpasses all other known illu-
minalts. 1t does not faint the air nor
strain the eyes and is not objection
able in any respect. Every up-to-dato
rural residence should be equipped
with Acetylene light.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
CHRONIC ERYSIPELAS
Cured by Or. Williams Pink Pills,
Although Whole Body was
Affected

Erysipclas or St. Anthony's fire 10 q
most uncomfortable disease on account
of the burning, the pain and the dis
order. attended always by the danger of
involving vital organs in it's spread
The case which follows will be read
affected the whole body, and refused to
yield to the remedies prescribed by the
physician employed. Mrs. Ida A. Col
bath, who was the victim of the attack,
residing ut No. 10 Winter street, New
buryp port, Mass, SAYS:
In June Of 1908 was taken i'll with
what at first appeared to be fever. I
sent for physician who pronounced my
disease chronic erysipelas and said it
would be a long time before got well.
Inflammation began on my face and
spread all over my body. My eyes were
swollen and seemed bullying ont of their
sockets. was in a terrible plight and
suffered the most intense pain through
out my body. The doctor said my
case was "a very severe one. Under
his treatment, however, the inflamma-
ton did not diminish and the pains
which shot through my body increased
III severity. After being two months un-
der hiscare, without amy improvement.
dismissed him.
Shortly after this, on the advice of
friend. / began to take Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, two Mt a dose
three times day. After the second box
had been used | was surprised to notice
that the Inflammation was going down
and that the pains which used to cause
III, so n,nch agony had disappeared. AZ
ter using six boxes Of the pills was up
and around the house attending to my
household duties, as well as ever
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all dealers in medicine or may he OBJ
tanned direct from the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady. NY.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
Go Barehead to Church.

The custom of going bareheaded
which New York women have extern
sively adopted this summer. has
spread even to the churches. At serv-
ices which are held week evenings
large contingent of women attend
without hats. Il hope the custom will
extend to the theaters this winter"
said a West Side man. Then women
will not have to hold their hats in
their laps. | always feel sorry for
women when they take off their hats
in the theater. Their hair is usually
disarranged, and taking care of hat
all evening is nuisance. "A woman
never looks prettier than with scarf
of lace or chiffon thrown over her
head, and 1t is no trouble to take care
OF that Women wear them in Lon
don and why shouldn't they in New
York;
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
Six Doctors Failed.

South Bend. Ind, Sept. 25th (Spe.
ciaD suffering from Kidney
Disease for three years; after taking
treatment from six different doctors
without getting relief, Mr.. J.. o. Lau-
deman OF this place found not only
relief but speedy and complete cure
In Dodd's Kidney Pills. Speaking OF
his cure Mr.. Laudeman says:
Yes, | suffered from Kidney Trou-
BILE for three years and tried six doc
tors to no good. Then | took just two
boxes OF Dodd's Kidney Pills and they
not only cured my kidneys. but gave
me better health in general. OF course
recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills
to others and | know number now
who are using them with good re-
cults"
Mr.. Laudeman's case is not an ex-
ception. Thousands give similar ex-
periences. For there never yet was a
case of Kidney Trouble from Back
acne to Bright's Disease that Dodd's
Kidney Pills could not cure. They are
the only remedy that ever cured
Bright's Disease.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
WOULDN'T TEND THE DOORS.
Railroad Was Run Through Barn, but
There the Line Was Drawn.

Last spring while the survey for the
Northern Seaport railroad from La
Grange. Me-. to Searsport, Me-, was
being made some of the youths in
Stockton Springs, a small town in
Waldo county, thought they would
jolly some of the farmers. They
equipped themselves with camera
tripod and an old telescope and start
ed out.
They reached Prospect and hunted
up Il good old man and inquired if
they could survey his ground. He
was excited at once, and asked num-
berless questions and wanted them to
tell him 'for sure if the road would
go over his land.
The mock surveyors assured him
they could tell him with certainty,
after few moments work, and then
they erected the tripod and apparent
ly became absorbed in work of mark
ing Off line Of stakes, the farmer
watching them with interest. n a
short time they pretended to discov-
err that the road would go right
through the barn, SO the old man was
told. He considered a moment and
then said slowly:
But there's only one door in it."
Well" they replied, couldn't you
knock off the planking on the other
side and put in another door,"
The man frightened up at once, and
replied: Eyes, l suppose / could, but
I'll tell you right now you'll have to
keep a man to shut them doors after
the trains, for l can't be bothered all
the time with them"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
PRETTY FLOWER CLOCK.
Timepiece In the Garden That
Teaches Lessons in Nature.

The children's grandfather made
the garden, and by it every one could
tell the time of day. OF what do you
suppose he made it? Flowers, and
this is the way he did it.
First. says the Washington Star, he
made q great flower bed and divided
it into twelve parts. The divisions
were marked out by rows of box
plants, and in the center was a post
three feet high. This post had two
hands on it, but. of course, these were
only for show. A sun dial on the post
told the time truly in case any OF
the little flowers got out of order.
AS some plants open only at night
the twelve divisions Of the clock were
divided into parts. On one side were
night. on the other day boomers.
At in the morning goatsbeard and
blue chickory opened. The petals of
the chicory were a bright blue. They
grew lighter in color until they were
nearly white. The children called the
flowers "Miss-go-to-bed-at-n as II
o'clock found all their petals closed.
At O'Clock the morning glory and
poppy opened their eyes.
At 6 the yellow hark-weed and dan
delions.
At Z o'clock the water lilies were
in all their glory and if the day was
fine o'clock found the pimpernel
with it's red eyes wide open. At 9
marigold and tulips spread out. At
10 Stars of Bethlehem were at their
best, for at II they were found all
shut up. At IL o'clock the lazy pas
sion flowers awoke and sweet peas
then triumphantly unfurled their
many-colored banners. At daisies
were the brightest and at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon the flower appropri-
ately named four-o' clock was ready to
show itself.
At 5 o'clock the beauty Of the
night awakes and at 6 the evening
primrose was blooming its loveliest.
At the white lychnis (only night
bioomer) opened and later still the
night primroses put out their white
bloom.
At 2 o'clock in the morning the pur-
pie cOnvolvulus awoke and wondered
if the sun had forgotten to get up.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
WHO Is kOCAMAY
Power Behind the Throne Says News
paper Correspondent

P0PSt VSPOtuCNt
II one asks who kodama is therc
are two answers; one. that he is the
chief of the general staff in tho japan
csc army, and the other that he is,
besides, poor unlettered man. who.
at 52 years of age, rules Japan and
guides her armies.
Richard Barry, tho war correspond
ent, says, in Port Arthur" tnal this
man thinks while others sleep, and
works while others cat. He is the
power behind the throne, the adviser
at the generals ear.
Many public men in Japan believe
Kodama to be an unsafe person of
second-rate capacity. He had been
sent to Formosa. to get rid of him"
There he raised the place from saw
agery to commercial prosperity He
could have been prime minister
NO" he said. Il would rather pull
strings than be one Of the strings to
be pulled. Russia is peeping up over
the border. Let us prepare. Give
me desk in the war Office
upstart out of the way But when the
war came, one man had his finger on
things, and knew when and where to
strike. He knew the points in the
Korean coast where an army could
be landed. He knew how soon il
could be transported there; where all
the merchant steamers were. and how
long it would take to turn them into
transports; and he had the audacity
of genius.
He was not a very prescntable man.
He had never travelled, and spoke
nothing but Japanese. He would
laugh like a boy at what he liked,
and frown over what displeascd him.
And he scorned a frocE coat and stuck
to a kimono. But the emperor and
the wisest heads about him knew
what Kodama was, and although they
could not, for prides sake, give him
the command of the army. they
crowned him with power
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30

The following enthusiastic recon-
mendation Of nuts as an article of food
Is quoted from DIR. Allsly:
''The food OF primeval man consist
ed exclusively OF fruit and nuts, but
with advancing civilization they were
more and more neglected as an article
Of food until at last they have come
to be looked upon as only a side dish.
to be used to limited extent, and
then only as an accessory to the table.
q sort of luxury instead of a food. Nuts
are not only exceedingly nutritious,
but easy Of digestion If the skins, or
inner Innings. are discarded. They
possess little II any starch, and there
fore are valuable substitute for other
foods In cases of obesity. They COM
pei an amount of mastication which is
given TO nothing else. They perform
a function of peptonization In the
stomach, assist In preventing the for.
nation Of an excess Of bile and act
as a gentle laxative. Persons suffer-
ing from dyspepsia will find great re-
lief by making nuts a part of their
daily diet"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
Sheriff Hollis Afterthouqht.

The late Ralph T. Holt of Keene,
". H., who served many terms as sher-
if Of the county, had habit of using
the words by the way" before ad-
dressing a person or commencing a
conversation.
One morning in the sixties. in open
ing session of the court, the sheriff
arose from his seat and in his usual
dignified manner proceeded according
to the custom by repeating the follow
ing. Hear, We. Hear, ye. All We
who have anything to do with the
court of common pleas, come forward
and you shall be heard according to
law"
At this point he sat down and re-
NAMED seated for nearly minute,
then suddenly springing to his feet
and looking fixedly at the judge, he
exclaimed: by the way, God save
the state"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
SARCASM OF DEAN SWIFT.
Humor in His "RuIes and Directions
for Servants"

There was a servant problem when
Dean Swift was alive just as there is
to-day. and he died in 1745 IN his
Rules aid Directions for Servants"
he wrote: When you have broken
all your earthen vessels below stairs
which is usually done in week.
the copper pot will do as well: 1t can
boil milk heat porridge. hold small
beer; apply 1t indifferently to all these
uses, but never wash or scour It"
And again: III you want paper to
SINCE a fowl. tear the first book you
see about the house. Wipe your shoes
for want Of clout. on the bottom Of
q curtain or damask napkin 'IB
roasting or boiling" he goes on. "use
none but the large Goals and save
the small ones for the fires above
stairs" Another touch that might
have been written to-day is the follow
ing: When butler cleans the plate
leave the whiting plainly to be seen in
all the chinks. for fear your lady
should not believe you had cleaned
It," Once more: There are several
ways OF putting out candle; yon
may run the candle end against the
wainscot. which puts the snuff cut i'm
mediately; you may lay it on the
ground and tread the sruft out with
your foot: you may hold 1t upside
down until It is chOked in its OWL
grease, or cram 1t into the socket Of
the candlestick; you may whirl ii
round In your hand till 1t goes out.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
GET POWER.
The Supply Comes From Food.

The Supply Comes From Food.
II we get power from food, why not
strive to get all the power we can.
That is only possible by use of skill
fully selected food that exactly fits
the requirements OF the body.
Poor fuel makes poor fire and
poor fire Is not good steam pro-
Queer.
from not knowing how to select
the i-ght food TO fit my needs, suf-
fered grievously for a long time from
stomach troubles writes lady from
little town in Missouri.
1T seemed as II / would never be
able to find out the sort Of food that
vas best for ME. Hardly anything
that | could eat would stay on my
stomach. Every attempt gave me
heartburn and allied my stomach with
gas. got thinner and thinner until
literally became a living skeleton
and in time was compelled to keep
to my bed.
A few months ago was persuaded
to try Grape-Nu!s food. and 1t had
such good effect from the very begin
ming that have kept up It's use ever
since. / was surprised at the ease
with which | digested 1t. It proved
to be just what ! needed. All my IN
pleasant symptoms, the heartburn, the
inflated feeling which gave me so
much pain disappeared. My weight
gradually increased from % to 11s
lbs my figure rounded o,,t nv
strength came back, and l am now
able to do my Homework and enjoy
1t. The Grape-Nuts food did it." Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek,
Mich.
A ten days trial will show anyone
some facts about food.
There's Q reason"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
Ii0j1tinu Pekin,

Emil Bard, French writer, tells
how Pekin is lighted. as follows:
Eighty thousand taeis $3.50, 400 are
assigned each year for street lights:
the oficial in charge takes 10000 as
his share and gives the rest to a
subordinate This latter hands over
1000 to his inferior. and so on until
the original sum Is reduced to o few
copper cash, given TO a coolie to buy
oil and wick; these are placed en-
plate on the ground. A beggar
comes along and drinks the oil-~and
such ia the lighting Of Pekin."
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
WHERE he SAW SNAKES.
Australian Traveller Says Sea Near
Sumatra Was the Limit.

Sumatra Was the Limit
The worst snakes l ever saw" said
e. H. Hamlin, Melbourne, Australia,
to a Milwaukee Free Press man, was
on journey to the island of Sumatra,
when the vessel was fifty miles Off the
coast. Myriads of sea snakes could
be seen swimming about as far as the
eye could reach. They kept On the
surface and several distinct varieties
were recognized by scientific man
on board. During the calm weather
the reptiles could be seen summing
themselves upon the ocean surface, re-
naming motionless except for slight
the water. When alarmed they dived
like arrows. leaving a train of bubbles
behind them.
These water snakes are marked in
brilliant colOrs and are more deadly
in their venom than the cobra. Their
fangs are very short and do not pene-
trate SO deep as the fangs of most SER
pents, but only a scratch is necessary
to produce serious results. In spite
Of their death-dealing fangs, the
snakes are killed and eaten by sea
eagles and large gulls. Sharks and
other large fish prey upon the snakes.
Their food is fish, which they persist
emily follow and kill. There was
something sinister and uncanny, not
to say akin to the fanciful illustrations
of the bottomless pit, about these
great snakes when seen far out from
glittering eyes. One feels glad to be
on ship and not thrown overheard.
Being fish-eaters, the snakes might not
feed on human flesh, but they would
be unpleasant neighbors."
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
insomnia,

Slumber. hasten down this way,
And. ere midnight dies.
Silence lay upon my lips,
Darkness on my eyes.
Send me a fantastic dream;
Fashion me a-freSh:
Into some celestial thing
Change this mortal flesh
When / know one may not choose;
One is helpless still
In the purple realm of sleep;
Use me as you will.
Let me be frozen pine
In the dead glacier lands;
Let me pant, a leopard stretched
On the Libyan sands.
Silver fin or scarlet wing,
Grant me either one;
Sink me deep in emerald giooms.
Lift me to the sun.
Or of me gargoyle make,
Face of ape or gnome.
Such as frights the tavern boor,
Keeling drunken home.
Work on me your own caprice,
Give me any shape;
Only, Slumber. from myself
Let myself escape.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
The Mothers RELIGION,

Often our children fail to respect
our religion because We do not fl
our highest capacity. We allow some
sudden passion. some Overwhelming
care to cause US to lose our self-con
troll and drag us down to the lower
levels of life. Our children measure
US by the assiduity with which we
follow and practice our beliefs and
the eagerncss ard hope under which
we strive to make them grow. or
what value Is our religion IL it does
not smooth the temper and add cheer
not put more justice, sweetness and
love into human life Montreal Her
aid.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
The Value Of Apples.

The apple is one of the most whole
some and valuable of foods. 1t keeps
well in temperate climates and pre-.
sents a variety of flavors, suiting itself
to mans needs by ripening at different
seasons and supplying considerable
amount of nourishment in the most
easily digestible form.
The nutritive value of the apple is
about IA per cent It's value consists
chiefly in the amount of carbohydrates
and vegetable acids it contains. The
apple contains also large amount Of
phosphorus,
The old Scandinavians believed that
the gods subsisted solely upon apples,
and that it was through the peculiar
properties communicated by this
queen of fruits that they acquired the
wisdom that they impaired to men.
The acids of apples are exceedingly
useful through their stimulating influ.
ence upon the kidneys, whereby pois.
ons are removed from the body and
the blood and tissues purified. They
are also highly useful as means Of
cleasing the stomach, since the ordi-
nary germs that grow in the stomach,
producing biliousness. headache and
other troubles will not grow in fruit
juice or fruit pulp.
A ripe apple is digested in an hour
to an hour and half, whereas much
longer time is required for the diges.
ton Of flesh-foods and most cereal
foods.
In the case of person suffering
from biliousness, it is an excellent
plan to adopt an exclusive diet of up
pies for day or two. One could live
upon such a diet for week without
any injury, and in some cases decided
benefit may be derived from the use Of
such special dietary.
Apple sayings" are frequent, both
in our country and England, all Of
which testify in favor of the fruit. I'm
the west countree' there are four
such:
IAN apple day
Keeps the doctor away"
is the first and briefest. Then follow
in the order of their vigor three more:
Apple in the morning,
Doctors warning.
Roast apple at night
Starved the doctor outright.
Eat an apple going to bed,
Knocked the doctor on the head"
A little less aggressive is one of the
Midlands:
Three each day, seven days week
Rudy apple, rudy cheek
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
Learn Science Of Smitino.

her path through life an easy and
agreeable one, the science OF smiling
10 most necessary study. Like act
Ing, or art, or engineering. it Is a
thing in which only practice can make
one perfect. A little theory may go a
long way, but 1t is enough 10 remem-
Der these two rules: First. the honey
OF a smile catches more hearts than
the vinegar of frown or the pepper
Of q sneer; second, it is not the me-
chanical beauty but the significance OF
the smile that is attractiye-Ex-
change.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
subterfuae Get lnterxie, e.

Nine. Duse, who has a strong aver
sion to being interviewed, was recent
ly beaten by the Copenhagen report
ers. One acted as waiter at the hotel.
another acted as shoemaker's assist
ant. a third drove her cab, and the
fourth was assistant stage machinist,
and all used bits Of conversation for
long interviews,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
Woman's Secret Wish.

Miss Frances Willard was great
lover of what she called the big,
blessed. inspiring Outdoors" I'VE
women" she said, shall never rest
until we rest once more in our para
disc regained. wonder If this is not
a secret wish in every woman's soul
1t astonished and amused me not a
little, though there was really untold
pathos in it, when bright young
friend of mine responded to my ques-
ton. What do you think / should
really enjoy most OF anything on
earth with the astonishing state
ment. Well, in spite of your demure
ways and devotion to philanthropy, /
really believe you'd like best of all
to put on gymnasium suit and climb
a tree.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
He Did Not Speak.

Gabrielle D'Annunzio is not approx
ed by the church, for when it was an
nounced that he, as the literary light
of the Abruzzi regions, would make
the address at the opening of the ex-
hibition of art at Chieti the archbish-
OPP informed the managers that in
that case all the interesting objects
gathered from the churches in his
province would be withdrawn. As this
would have left comparatively little
of the show, D'Annunzio didn't speak
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-09-30
Low RATED to California,

One way colonist tickets will be on
sale daily via Southern Paciflc-Su1set
Route, September Is to October 81.
1906, inc. For schedule of Pullman
Tourist Cars and other information
see nearest railroad agent, or write to
+. J. Anderson, Gen Pass. Agent, JOS
HELEN, ASST Gen. Pass. Agent. Hous.
ton. Texas.