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The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
Ay EYGLLSHMAN WITH HUMOR.
How He Held His First Job and More
over Got Raise in Wages.

Herbert Kelcey, one of the leaaing
actors of the present time, Is an
Englishman. but, unlike the usual type
| from the Island has deep sense OF
hunsr. In speaking Of his first visit to
| this country, he describes his exper-
ience something like this:
"Yes, was bit green when l came
ever to this country, and 'ad to IKE
| hanythink in the wy of job. get
| avenue, and the fioorwalker s'ys to me,
s'ys 'e:
"'Now, AIRY, well give you three
trials, and If you let three people get
| away without selling them, Wen ave
| to bounce you
"well. 1 came down jolly early on
Monday, took my plice beind the
| counter and w'ited for customers.
Pretty soon q Idly walked up ana
ae1sed me where she should tike tho
tram for New Rochelle. didn't know,
and she went aw'y. l looked at the
aoorwalker and the foorwalker e
| looked at me. That mide one" hold
| ing up lean forefinger. "Then man
ca ne along and stopped to arsk me
where 'e could buy a at. l told I'm
where the 'at counter was, and e went
aw'y. That mide two. Jolly poor
luck, wasn't 1t now? l looked at the
noorwalker, and that foorwalker
looked at me like 'ell, but what could
l do? Then another lidy came along
as 'ad large piece of goods to match,
and she wanted another yard of the
same. l took 1t and pulled out hevery-
think on the shelves, but there was no
more of it left. / was in a bit Of a
funk then, for If I let 'er go without
mixing a sale would lose my job, SO l
seZ:
"'Wite bit, lidy; I'll see If we ave
any upstairs l went up. and seeing
there was no more there. either, Just
cut yard off her own goods and
brought the two pieces down, rolled
them up, took the money, and she
went aw'y. 1 'ad plenty of customers
after that, but / didn't feel just COM
Portable, don't you know.
1.-THE same afternoon she came back
and asked for the floorwalker.
"'Ere,' sez she, L brought five
yards of goods ERE to match this
morning and bought a yard more, but
when l got home l found only four
yards in my own piece. Can you ex-
pin that, please?'
81 'emmed an 'awed and tried to
measure the goods and hattempted to
tell the Idly that she must be mistaken
about 'er own piece, but she only
glared at me, and in 1lny she was
hup to the fleorwalker exprnin' the
conditi of affairs. 'Er tone hindi-
Gated that she was mad. and said to
meself, larry, you're a dead 'un."
"rhe fioorwalker called me hout,
and | 'ad TO tell i'm all about it, 'ow
the first party wanted a tram-car, and
the next a 'at, and this one wanted
more goods when we 'adn't any. l
'ad to sell 'er some'ow, or lose my job,
so 1 give 'er bit from 'er own piece.
The tloorwalker looked so bloOmin'
mad for a bit that l thought my time
was come for sure, but then 'e
started to larf, and e larfed till
thought 'e'd bust Then 'e sez, AIRY
sez e. 4 guess Wen ave to keep you,
and raise your wages And 'e did"
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
THE LyTELLIGENCEOF ANNALS.
An English Naturalist Believes That
1t May be Far Greater
Than Imagined

Sir John Lubbock has brought more
popular attention to the subject of the
mental capacity of animals than any
other writer. lie has conducted many
careful Investigations on the senses, in
stincts and intelligence of animals and
Insects. An interesting query pro
pounded by the English scientist re-
lates to the existence of other organs
of sense than ours.
1--WE find" he says. sin animals com
plex organs of sense, richly supplied
with nerves, but the function of which
we are as yet powerless to explain.
There may be fifty other senses as diff
ferent from ours as sound is from
sight. and even within the boundaries
of our own senses there may be end
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
Cheerful During TroubIe.

Mamma had told Dorothy that she
could not 90 out again. The little
maiden made one more plea. please,
mamma 1t isn't very wet, and won't
go on the grass"
mamma, smiling at the little ones per-
sistency.
"Well, anyway, mamma, 1t seems to
me that you're very cheerful about
itn
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17

canals. Mexico, Texas and New Mex
leo were arrayed against Colorado
which robbed them of their priceless
heritage and threatened to transform
thousands of acres of fruitase and
bloom into its original state-that of
the desert. AS the water grew scarce
there sprang up hostilities between the
citizens of the whole Rio Grande Val
ley. Neighbor began to be arrayed
against neighbor; there were even fam
lily rows over the water. For years
these conditions prevailed. Mexico
made respectful protest against the use
of the waters OF the Rio Grande in
Colorado which deprived the ancient
canals of the Republic of their rights
long established. The Comfy Of Ma
tions was threatened.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
Celebrating Belgian Lndependence

Among the festivities organized for
the celebration of the seventy-fifth an
niversary of Belgium's independence
is the faithful reproduction of one of
the fitting jousts given by Philip the
Good of Burgundy in 1852, in which
Philips son broke the lances of six
teen opposing knights in the presence
RnrsnnSI Of Isabella 0s Portugal DuGasss OF
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17

designer and sculptor was the man who
made the Statue of Liberty. which
France presented to the United States
and which stands in New York harbor.
The Bartholdi Fountain performed its
first service in this country at the Phil
adelphia exposition. at the close of
which it was brought to Washington.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
Close C0-Opcration.

Now. Harold. this is your fifth birth
day party. Whom do you love best,
your father or me?
Father, sure.
But, Harold, You said yesterday that
you loved me best.
Yes; but I've slept over it, and
realize that we men must stick to-
gether.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
Wonder Work of the Ancients.

Modern quarry machinery can handle
single stones larger than any of the
monoliths of ancient Egypt. The really
surprising thing, however, is how did
the ancients handle their monoliths
with only their crude machines.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
COMMERCIAL DISHONESTY.
an ACKNOWLEDGED TRAIT OF
JAPANESE MERCHANTS,
They Have No Regard For a Con.
tract - Striking Contrast With
Chinese Traders.

With the treaty of peace, Japan has
seen the accomplishment OF a task
that has been the ambition { the en-
pire-to hold front rank in the fam
lily of nations. This has been brought
about through such military achieve
ments as have evoked the admiration
of the civilized powers, but now it
seems that Japan has still before her
problem which means harder work
and a greater task than that which
she had before the commencement of
the Russian-Japanese war.
That task, is to redeem the CONNER
cial reputation OF her traders, a repu-
tation which is not enviable. Joseph
Walton, a member of the English par
lament, a man who has spent much
time in travel and knows the people of
the East thoroughly, says in his book
on the Orient:
Japanese traders are not special
ly distinguished for honesty, particu-
larly in their business relations with
foreigners. We have in this a most
striking proof that the character OF
the people is largely formed by the
nature of their surroundings. For hun
dreds of years the trading class in
Japan has occupied a very low place
in the social scale. In the last thirty
years, since the feudal system has
Deen abolished. the position of the
traders has greatly changed, and now
some of those who were mobiles are en-
gagged in trade; and l am told there
is reason to hope that shortly busi-
ness affairs in Japan will be conducted
on. more honest lines"
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
The BarthoIdi Fountain.

Among art work displayed in
one Of the public reservations in the
immediate shadow of the Capitol. is
the Bartholdi Fountain, which plays
in the National Botanical Garden. Its
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
Peculiar Business Dishonesty.

The progress which the Japanese
have made in the past fifty years
shows them to be people self
reliant and determined to keep on ad-
vancing towards the highest plane at
,ainable, yet travellers in the East
have been surprised that the traders
of the Occident are SO notoriously dis
honest. for while the Japanese are far
superior to the Chinese as regards
achievement of national strength and
perseverance, yet the reverse Is true
in the matter of commercial honesty.
1t appears that the Japanese mer-
chants have no regard for a contract.
II is said that the most prosperous
commercial houses of Japan are man.
aged not by Japanese but by Chinese.
The average Chinese merchant is high
W esteemed the world over for his HON
esty; in fact president of one Of the
largest corporations of the United
States once said that he would not be
afraid to ship a barrel of gold coin to
Chinese merchant with instructions
10 make use of it in trade. but at the
end of the year he would receive a de-
tail statement of where every coin
went, but if this were done to Jap
anese merchant. he would consider
himself lucky to get back the empty
barrel.
1t is believed that the hard task
accomplished by the Japanese in the
war just happily brought to an end
will be beginning to bring out the
genius for which the Japanese have
been noted in war to utilization of
peace and commercialism.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-17
To Build a Huge Dam.

To Build a Huge Dam.
1t was the passage of the National
irrigation act which wrought wen
drous change in the conditions and
knit together in one brotherhood all the
citizens of the lower valley, insuing
them with a spirit OF cooperation and
enthusiasm. The Reclamation Service
took hold of the project and worked
out plan to store the vast Ris Grande
floods which were annually a source
of much loss to the valley and which
were wholly unutilized. This plan the
people have accepted as salvation.
one hundred miles above Ell Paso the
Ric Grande flows through a deep mar
row canyon. A dam 255 feet high
across It's lower end will create the
largest artificial reservoir in this ceuH-
try. 1t will make lake 40 miles lsng.
1h miles wide and from 100 to 175
feet deep. 1t will contain water enough
to cover 100000 acres foot deep.
Into this vast reservoir the greatest
flood the Rio Grande has ever known
will quickly disappear and later when
needed by 100000 thirsty acres in the
valley below will be released and led
through q net work of canals and
bitches through New Mexico into Tex
as, clear down into Old Mexico.
The Settlers Pay tile Cost.
It will cost millions to do this work,
81 100000 is the figure, but what of
that7 The settlers will gladly pay for
it. Under the magic of irrigation Me
silla, La Palomas and Ell Paso val
leys, now only dotted here and there
with green verdure, will spring into
full frultage, producing harvests unri-
vailed in quality and quantity. Ten
thousand new homes will cover the
desert plain, and FL Paso, the central
point for transportation and the great
est market in the valley, will wax into
a city of 100000 souls. Twenty thou
sand acres of irrigated land support a
splendid city now. What shall it be
when 100000 acres are added to the
crop producing area of Ell Paso terri
tory?
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07
Ill}I;ll{j(t]
WON EZLSll(UCR
|;1Ill(O0

The first lesson that the young girl has
of womanhood Is usually a painful one.
She learns to know what headache means,
aud backachc, and sometimes is sadly
borne down by this new experience OF life.
All the pain and misery which young
girls commonly experience at such time
may, iii almost every instance, be entirely
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t estab-
fishes regularity. II tones up the general
health, and cures headache, backache,
nervousness and other consequences OF
womanly weakness or disease.
The anxious mother Of the family often
times carries the whole burden Of responsi-
bility so far as the home medication OF
common ailments Of the girls or boys are
concerned. The cost of the DOCTORS visits
IL very often much too great At such
times the mother ID invited to write to Or
r. " Pierce, Of Buffalo, N. ", for medical
advice, which is given free. Correspond
ence is held strictly confidential
Backed up by over Q third of century
Of remarkable and uniform cures, record
such as no other remedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar to women ever
attained, the proprietors and makers of DR.:
pierce's Favorite Prescription now feel
legal money Of the United States for any
case Of Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Pro.
iapsus, Or Falliug Of womb, which they
cannot cure. All the Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Proprietors, of Buff
falo, N ", ask Is . fair and reasonable
trial Of their means Of cure.
q want to tell you OF the great improvement
ecrip{ion,' says Mrs. II. S. Jones. Of Forest
n. &. "When began Its use WIS physical
wreck and had de1puired Of ever having any
health again. Could not sit up all day. noted
q great Improvement before The firsf bottle was
used. Was suffering with almost every pain
that woman II subject to; had Inflammation
Of ovaries, painful aud suppressed periods, and
other symptoms Of female disease. After tax.
ing six bottles OF Favoritc Prescription felt
like q new person. Can ride horseback and take
all kinds Of exercise and not feel tiYeds
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07

There is NO burrowing animal which
works with more intelligence than the
prairie dog. He never commits the er-
ror OF making his mound In n place
which may be submerged by water. In
western Kansas town small boy
caught young dog and fixed home
Tor 1t IN the cellar of his fathers house.
The dog went to work almost at once
to dig tunnel TO the open air. 1t
went down under the stone wall OF the
cellar and up 10 the surface at point
about 100 feet from the house. But 1t
found that Its point of exit was In the
middle OF q well travelled road. 1t went
back aud dug another gallery In an
obllQue direction from the first, emery
Ing in plot OF grass. The earth car
ried back into the cellar IN this digging
would more than fill Il wagon box.
For several years the dog lived on the
premises, making the cellar its base OF
operations. hut going to the open air ut
will through It's gallery. Kansas City
Journal.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07

shortly after II was decided that "A
postotfiee was needed at the settlement
now known as Broken Bow the child
Of one of the settlers brought Ia from
his playground The shoulder blade Of Il
buffalo which contained Embedded Ia 1t
an Indian arrowhead.
The father Of the boy went from Gu
riosity 10 examine the ground where
the bone was found. and near the spot
he found an Indian bow, such as they
used ia hunting buffalo. with one end
broken off 80 as To render 1t useless
This incident suggested the name or
Broken Bow for the postoftice, and the
department accepted the name with
compliments. Nebraska State Journal.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07

There are various effective methods
OF testing the genuineness of diamonds.
Cover the stone with little borax
paste, heating it in the flame of a
lamp burning spirits Of wine and then
throw 1t In glass Of cold water X
the stone Is an imitation 1t will break
into thousand pieces, while the true
diamond will remain intact.
On diamond which has been well
CLAIMED and carefully dried let fall one
drop OF water. Touch this drop Of wa
ter with the point Of needle. II the
stone is false the water will spread
or disperse, while with the real stone
the drop Of water will retain its spher-
ical form.
Throw the stone you wish to detect
into q glass Of water. A diamond is
perfectly distinct, whereas the imita-
ton mingles with the hue Of the water
IN such way as to be almost invisi-
bic. Fluorhydric acid has no action on
a real diamond, but dissolves imita-
lions. -Jewelers' Circular Weekly.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07
Marty Christian cars,ngs.

s,ursinE. It may he observed. contin-
usd III full vigcr In Christian times, Of
tan harmonixing III with our modern
notions 0f Christianity. Some are al
mast horrible In their ferocity, as when
tho violafcr OF the tomb Is told that
Ne will be nccursed Of God forever
sthat he Will give account to God,
fho Will Judge the quick md the
~ There Is one which perhaps
fsls. III Esratened with the curse
l.avipr been IA, Of the Nicene coun-
.-irows rubbish in this
i6xas {lle n.s.ie inscription runs, has
no anathelna from Inc BIS fathers a.
IN enemy OF God.'
sidney Hmith once alluded to forty
ponon power Of preaching, II we re-
naombet Alright but the anathemattz-
~ ability of 816 Nicene fathers II
1aioh more appalling idea. and ther.
q iudscrous contrast between this
tesribIs but vague penalty and the very
pTaeaie ami familiar offcas. - r.rsI-
ltM's MagRxine.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07

John Muir, the naturalist. while IN a
forest Of huge redwoods In California
came across a man who was hefding
band Of horses. When Mr.. MUIR asked
II he might have some Hour the man
said. YES. Of course; you may nave
ANYTHING rye got just take my track,
and II Will lead you 10 my camp in Il
big hollow log on the side Of meadow
tyvo mr. three miles from here. III he
back before night. In the meantime
make Yourself ut home" BY the mid
die OF the Afternoon Mr.. Muir had dis
covered his noble den in Il fallen Sc
quota followed by fire, u spacious log
house Of one log carbon lined, CEN
turtles old. yet sweet and fresh, wealth
er proof. earthquake proof. likely 10
outlast the most durable stone castle
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07

The people VI Turkey are classified
~ three classes THE wealthy. the PEG.
pie Of ordinary means and the poor
The wages which the poor are pad
range from 20 to IS cents ii day. Some
OF the girls who work in the silk manu-
factories are paid rs low as 5 and Z
cents for hard days work. The ma
jority OF the inhabitants Of Turkey,
BY the way. are employed IN the manu-
facturc of silk Farming Is carried OH
very little. which is due to the small
profits which II brings and to the
scarcity Of machinery. There are many
wealthy people In Turkey, some Of
whom are said 10 be worth ~, 600, 900.
and they spend freely
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07

r' One afternoon when yoyagtng to In
i d. X. OF X. was DOING In his deck
u. rchAir. when little lady OF three or
sDur summers let Der bali hy into his
asst ace, whence 1t rolled Ia his feet.
Rut ia Kitchener woke up says ~ A.
and Turned upon the child that
gaze before which the hearts
his p0trong men have eften turned 10 wa
sesy III. But the child was Ia nowise
~ abasbed "Pick up my ball. she said
ti0 inaperatively. Lord Kitchener frown-
an q and answered not. pick up my
vic ball" reiterated the small damsel In
sistentiy. Have not you got niirser
" ssiA Lord Kitchener in IN awful voice.
b The interrogative mood was answered
III by the imperative. Pick mp my BALL"
lord Kitchener locked round despair
y. ningly, but re-enforcements were not in
sight Where Is your mother9" he
said weakly, Pick up my ball." re-
peated the girl The nitimatum was
- 0piyered in crescei.do tones, which sug-
be sasstesl the lnminence Of something
h. c.1Fse to follow, aud Lord Kitchener
Ne KY complied. Then he fed incon-
couiu .ntly TO the smoke room.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07
what ae Wa. I'm To.

.'Do you know Of the only Irishman
who ever committed suicide:" asked
the story teller. lyon know II is said
that Irishmen never commit suicide,
and when the argument was advanced
In a crowd OF that nationality lie was
~ unstrunx that he decided to show his
opponents that Irishmen do sometimes
commit n rash act He accordingly dis
appeared. and the man who employed
him started search. When he got to
the barn he looked NY toward the raet-
ers and saw hts man hanging with a
rope around his waist.
What are you up to, Pat? he
asked.
"'Orm hanging meself, begobsr the
freshman replied.
"'Why don't you put 1t around your
neckf'
Faith, Of did. but OF couldn't
braythe.' was the unsmfling reply Of
the man from the Emerald Isle. Lou
isville Courier-Journal
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07
Rev. Carlisle P. B. Marlin, /. L. D.

OF Waverly, Texas, writes: '.Of
a morning, when first arising,
often fnd troublesome collection OF
phlegm which produces a cough
and is very hard to dislodge; but |,
small quantity Of Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup will ut once dislodge
it, and the trouble is over. | know
OF no medicine that is equal to it,
aud it Is 80 pleasant to take. ] ca,,
most cordially recommend il to all
persons needing medicine FOR
throat Or lung trouble. /" Sold by
Estorge Drug Co.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07
An Earlier Generation.

A Russian Immigrant Of tender age
was being registered IN downtown
Philadelphia school The teacher
questioned, What 10 your name:'
"katinka.' replied the child
.And your fathers name"
Il never hat one" came the quick
response.
Then tell me your mothers name y
again said the teacher kindly.
II never hat no mudder neither
answered the little child seriously. i
was born of my gran'mudder. Lip"
pincott's.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07

aimialsles q. pain sssepanyln;s n mater.
babies, sweet dispositi oned babies and Ideal
INTO the wollt Take away a.. the pain
Morning siclneys, sore breasts ana excru.
ciating pains caused by the Frsda.lly e.
panding orfans. are renewed ny 'n's 70
markable soothing balm.
Among the manifold aida to childbirth
Moshsr's friend has grown In popular.
ityand game prestige among rich women
as we'll as poor II IS found and welcomed
ia th ran sion ~ well as the cabin
Children, strong intellectually and physic-
ally 10 duty every pregnant woman ewss
society.
BY lesseuinx the mothers agony OF nind
and finishing pain a beautiful In nusnce 10
wrong ut upon The child, ard instead OF pss..
laughing i an.ty that ren,ains blessing
syeT afterto on and its country.
TRY Si bottle. Druggists svorywnass
cell Mothsr'x Friend.
Write W. far eur free book "Aothethoo9.'
THE BRADFiEi.D REGULATOR CO..
Atlanta, Ca
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07
Grasping the sltuA ton.

IL want to see the man Of the house.
said the fakir to the red haired lady
who opened the door
'DO you want to see the man Of the
house or the boss Of the house," IN
uuired the latter. with energy
Il guess it's you ! want to see,
Teddy responded the fakir, with quick
apprehension. philadelphia Bulletin.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07
NOTICE.

New Iberia, Dee. 9, 1904.
TO tho Stockholders of the New Iberia
National Bank.
The annual election for directors OF the
said Bank TO serve during the ensuing
year 1905. win be held On Tuesday. Jan
uary TO- 1905, between the hours Of Q A
NJ. and 4 p H., at its banking room. cor.
ner Of Main and Julia streets, Of said
town,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07

We see in the dispatches the
other day where Col. Nowhisky
ofthe Russian army had been killed
by the Jsps. Well, what did Now
Risky have to live for, anyway
Hdrdeman Free Press
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-01-07
NnTYTE

New iberia, Ls., Dec. Q, 1901
The regular annual meeting Of the
Of the Peoples National
Bank of New Iberia, to elect a Board Of
Directors for the ensuing year. will be
held at the banking house, Tuesday, Jan
nary 10, 1905, between the hours Of 10 A..
N. and p. NJ.
n. II. DELHOhMEk. Cashier.