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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
Cats as Heirs-at-laW.

An extraordinary action at law has
just been heard before the civil tri-
bunal of Swette, in Bohemia. Some
time ago an old rag dealer named
Kondreti, who had lived alone, was
found dead in his hovel, and bowling
around him were his II pet cats.
which had to be tempted away from
his dead body by bats of fish. In the
old miser's apartment were found 1000
crowns and a will, duly executed, con-
stituting the cats his sole heirs. The
mans relatives at once impugned the
will, alleging that Kondretzi was in
sane, but the court has within the last
few days given judgment upholding
the will and finding for the cats, which
are to be tended as provided by the
teStatOr
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
Soma Of the Mountain.

Son Of all the cities.
With their culture and their code,
What brings you to my doorway
BY the lone and starry road?
You may come with seven pack mule
You may walk or steam or ride,
But you'll never, never know me
Till you come without a guide.
You may come with rod and level,
With compass and with chain,
To parcel me 70. profit.
And barter me for gain;
You may tell my age in cons
By the scars on drift and slide:
But you'll never, never know me
Till you learn how l abide.
You may range my slopes for silver;
You may wash my sands for gold;
You may tally every jewel,
Till my gems have all been told.
You may cross my widest canyon,
You may top my last divide,
But you'll never, never know me
Till you watch me wonder-eyed.
You must sleep for nights together
With your head upon my breast,
The companion of my silence,
The receiver of my rest.
You may come with all your wisdom.
To subdue me in your pride,
But you'll never, never know me
Till you love me like bride
Bliss Carmen in the Reader
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23

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come from its early stages. or the
presence Of danger may be made mani
fest by profuse menstruation, accom-
panied by unusual pain, from the
ovaries down the groin and thighs.
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
Sided with His Father.

There is little chap in our town, -
said the suburbanite, whose father
and mother have words quite frequent
ly, and have them loud enough to be
heard by the neighbors. The burden
of their recriminations, when audible,
is, on the wife's part, that she ever
lowered the Hicks family sufficiently
to marry Stubbs; and on his part
that he ever honored the Hicks family
by allying it with the house of Stubbs
"One day last summer the young son
of the house went fishing. He had
barely got his line into the brook when
he heard his mother calling him.
There it is, said he disgustedly;
the minutes the Stubbses begins to
fish, the Hickses begins to holler.'"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
Complication Christraas-

Edward Box writes, in the Ladies'
Home Journal, that there must be
some radical and growing departure
from the right and best way of cele.
brating Christmas when each recur.
ring year we hear a larger number
OF men saying: well, I'll be truly
thankful when this Christmas busi-
ness is over" And they are led to
this remark generally by seeing their
wives, mothers, sisters or daughters
reach Christmas day utterly tired out,
with the prospect of siege of illness
as soon as Christmas is over. And
1t must be confessed that this state
of affairs exists in thousands of homes.
Women themselves frequently acEnOwl-
edge their satisfaction when the day
is over. Now, there is always some
thing wrong when we make a burden
oS our pleasures. And il one of our
sources of pleasure in the calendars
greatest gala day is derived from a
feeling of thankfulness that it is over,
there is something askew either in the
way we prepare for. or spend, the day"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
Chinese Have New Game.

The Crafty Chinese have invented a
new game-filing claims against the
United States government for deport-
alton. The claims average about $1,000
each, and the Chinese government is
backing them under contention that
the Burlingame treaty. which did not
listing contract between the two gov
ernments since the treaty of 1894
lapsed. China may eventually submit
her claims to The Hague; meanwhile
it must be an attractive proposition
to the average coolie to take a little
run over to America, be refused ad-
mission, file his claim, and let his gov.
ernment collect $1,000 for him.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
He Got the Pills.

A druggist in northwest Baltimore
thinks ne has discovered among his
customers one of the most penurious
men in the city. The druggist sells
100 quinine pills for twenty-five cents,
and the man in question was among
those who invested. Some time after
he had left the store the customer re-
turned and informed the druggist that
there were only ninety-six pills in the
bottle he bought. The druggist hand
ed out the four pills, but he is doubt
full If they repaid the customer for
the time and trouble he took to count
the pills and walk several squares to
the. store and back.-Baltimore Sun.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
Rejected the Offer.

On bitterly cold morning a lady
dressed splendidly in furs, surveyed
with stern disapproval a wagon which
had been waiting long while for a
load. The horses looked sadly in need
of a covering, and at last the lady
said to the driver.
why don't you put something over
your horses this cold day."
Because, lady, the firm don't sup
ply me with blankets for horses
Then you should cover the poor
things with your coat"
"All right, maam. you gimme your
sealskin coat for this horse and I'll
put my overcoat on t'other"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
RICH MANS HOBBY is HORSES.
New YUker's Enthusiasm Far Above

tHe CTCinGry.
F. Ambrose Clark, stepson OF Bishop
Potter and an enthusiastic patron of
steeplech-sing and hunting, for sew
eral seasons has aroused the interest
Of New York racegoers as much by
the disregard he seems to have for his
neck and bones as for the fair amount
Of success he has had in riding in
open steeplechases. The field-stand
idea OF Mr.. Clark was epitomized at
Belmont Park, where the amateur
jockey got a bad fall just before the
field stand from his horse The Bow
cry, when 4 spectator, probably from
the BOwery, remarked, Just tinli of
him doin' dat and him wort fifteen
million bones"
The fall brought to the surface ex-
act measurement of Mr.. Clark's en-
thusiasm, for when he found his
horse was lame after he caught and
remounted him, and he could not go
on in the race, the gentleman jock"
walked off to the jockeys quarters,
tenderly rubbing his shoulder. A
fall, and Mr.. Clark responded that he
was not sure. but his shoulder felt
queer The friend suggested exami-
nation to see how serious the injury
might be, and Mr.. Clark indorsed the
plan at once by eXclaiming, That's it,
send for vet.' Another suggestion
that a surgeon might be better failed,
however. and 1t was horse doctor
who conducted the examination, which
assured the cross-country rider that
his bones were intact.
A fall at Morris Park a week ago
put Mr.. Clark out of the running with
q broken collarbone, but he has been
as constant as ever in his attendance
at the steeplechase races there, with
undiminished enthusiasm
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
WHY HE DIDN'T KNOW PATIENT
She Had Forgotten How Sickness
Chances the Appearance,

Changes the Appearance.
''Is it possible you don't remember
me?" said the healthy, happy-lOoking
young matron as she stepped up to DR..
Henry Russell, who was alighting from
his carriage in front of a patients
door. There was a shade of annoy
ance on the womans face as she
spoke, mingled with look of graft
tude. And to think" she continued
half reproachfully, you were the one
who operated on me for appendicitis,
made me take that horrid ether and
called every day to ask the other doc,
tor how l was getting along-and still,
you don't know me when you see me
on the street. This is the third time
condescenGed to bow"
The doctor apologiZed and said
Really, have the best reason in the
world for not knowing you. To be
sure l performed the operation, but
that was the only time l saw you. Do
you realize that patient in bed,
wasted by illness, looks very different
from the recovered patient on the
street? | knew that your eyes and
hair are dark, but that's absolutely the
only description l could give of you.
did not know whether you were
tall or short woman. | did not
know whether you were naturally
plump or slight woman. Neither did
know whether you were a viyacious
or phlegmatic sort of person. You
must remember that a doctor who has
seen you only once or twice in illness
has never seen the real you, but only
a shadow of yourself New York
Press
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
CHANGES IN AFRICA
TRAVEL IN THE DARK CONTL
NENT NOW EASY.
Journey Which in 1875 Took Stanley
Nine Months Now Easily Made in
Three Weeks-Wonder Transfer
nation in Thirty Years.

Count Won Gotten, the governor OF
German East Africa, has made jour
1ey to Victoria NyanZa and around the
great lake. which in distance covered
and the circumnavigatiOn of the lake
much resembles Stanley's journey IN
1875. But the two journeys are in 9th
er respects wonderfully different.
1t took Stanley nine months and six
days from the time he left the Indian
ocean to reach the lake. circumnavi-
gate it, and attain the chief town OF
he king of Uganda, on the north shore.
The time required by Count Won Got
zen, however, to reach the lake, en-
tirely circumnavigate it and arrive in
Uganda, within a few miles of the
point where Stanley entered it, was
seventeen days, six OF which were
spent at three German stations on the
shores. He was back in Mombasa, on
the Indian ocean, just three weeks aft
er he had left Zanzibar for his inland
journey.
Stanley made the journey through
the jungle, scores of pOrters, carrying
his baggage on their heads, and six
or seven miles day was good work.
Sometimes he was delayed for weeks
while parleying with chiefs for per
mission to cross their territory. Won
Gotten. on the contrary, made his
comfortable journey in well-appoint-
ed train and was only two days in
IoJr n1 INN
Of travel in fact, was only twenty-four
hours; for trains on the Uganda rail
road do not yet travel in the night
time.
Stanley made his way around the
shores of the lake in small boats row
ed by his black men. Several times
the lives of the whole party were i'm
periled by storms that came near
swamping the boats. But the German
governor stepped from the train at
Port Florence to the deck of fine
and swift little steamer that carried
him clear around the lake. He de-
scribes the steam voyage as one OF
his pleasantest experiences in Africa.
Now and then Stanley was attacked
by islanders in the lake, who had new
er heard of white men before and
were bent on the destruction of the eX.
plorer's party. Many persons still re-
member the hue and cry that was
raised in England when the news
came of Stanleys fight with the ma
tives of one of the islands. The fact
is, not a man of his party would have
escaped if he had not used his guns.
The German governor, on the other
hand, was received at the three Ger
man stations which he visited and at
the capital of British Uganda with
cannon salutes, speeches. banquets
and fireworks. Those were festival
days at Schirati, Muansa, Bukoba and
Entebbe, for it was the first time that
a governor of German East Africa had
visited the 700 miles of German coast
line around the southern half of the
lake.
Thirty years have wrought this won
derful transformation, and it is only
fortyfive years since Speke, the dis
coverer of Victoria NyanZa, cropping
his way through unknown countries
and unfriendly tribes, was one year
and four and a half months in reach
ing the lake from the sea.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
Is Disease a Crime ?

Not very long ago, u popular magazine
published an editorial article in which
the writer asserted, in substance, that all
disease should be regarded as criminal.
Certain 1T is, that much of the sickness
and suffering OF mankind Is due to the
violation of certain of Natures laws
But to say that all sickness should be
regarded as criminal, must appeal to
every reasonable individual as radically
wrong.
1t would be harsh, unsympathetic.
cruel, yes criminal, to condemn the poor,
weak, over-worked housewife who sinks
under the heavy load of household cares
and burdens, and suffers from weak
nesses, various displacements OF pelvic.
organs and other arrangements peculiar
to her sex.
Frequent bearing Of children with its ex-
acting demands upon the system. coupled
with the care. worry and labor OF rearing a
large family, Is often the cause OF weak
nesses arrangements and debility which are
aggravated by the many household cares
and the hard and never-cnding work which
the mother Is called upon to perform DR.
Pierce the maker Of that world-famed rem
edy FOR woman's peculiar weaknesses and
1lls-Dr Plerce's Favorite Prescription-says
that one OF the greatest obstacles to the cure
OF this class OF maladies is the fact that the
poor. over-worked housewife can not get the
needed rest from her many household cares
and labor to enable her to secure from the
use OF his Prescription its full benefits It
in his extensive practice In these cases to
meet with those In which his treatment falls
6y reason OF the patients Inability to abstain
from hard work long enough to be cured
With those suffering from prolapsus, ante
version and retroversion of the uterus or
other displacement OF the womanly organs.
it Is very necessary that. In addition to taxi
ing his "Favorite Prescription they abst am
from being very much. or for long periods. on
their feet. All heavy lifting or straining OF
any kind should also be avoided AS much
outdoor air as possible. with moderate, light
exercise Is also very important, Let the
patient observe these rules and the Favor
ite Prescription will do tho rest
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free
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mailing only Send to DR.. r. V. Pierce,
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II sick consult the Doctor. free of charge
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
HOLIDAY RATES

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For information relative to rates,
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23


He was deforlned and i'll. / know;
From birth. poor lad. he had been so:
l always dressed him. but one day
gentle friend led me away.
little while. she whispered Now,
Let us go in. dear. and see how
How nice he looks" looked at him
In broidered white-my eyes grew dim.
To weep for him. they said. was wrong:
That he would never have been strong
But always ailing. frail and weak:
listened patient, crushed, and meek.
And answered not until the word,
"A burden" / distinctly heard
At that my throbbing mother breast
Where once. those wee. pale lips had
pressed.
RevolteG-I cried out mo. no;
Say. III YOU WILL tbs better So
"A thousand times and more. but I.
His mother, dares that charge deny"
NY otl ar children standing near
Are ht;. ltiful. beloved. and dear;
But hin. by sacred. strange enthrall
l lovet1ithe best. the best of ALL
--KatIven Kavanagh in New Orleans
Picay me.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
Every housekeeper should know tha

Every housekeeper should know that
II they will buy Defiance Cold Water
Starch for laundry use they will save
not only time, because it never sticks
to the iron, but because each package
contains 16 Ozone full pound-while
Sll other Cold Water Starches are put
up in Z-pound packages, and the price
is the same. 10 cents. Then again
because Defiance Starch is free from
all injurious chemicals. II your grocer
tries to sell you 1907. package 1t
Is because he has a stock on hand
which he wishes to dispose of before
he puts In Defiance. He knows that
Defiance Starch has printed on every
package in large letters and figures
''16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save
much time and money and the annoy.
ance Of the iron sticking. Defiance
never sticks.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23

overexerted myself in the least de-
gree. At times | was weighed down
with feeling of languor and depres-
sion and suffered continually from
annoying irregularities of the kidney
secretions. l procured box Of Doan's
Kidney Pills and began using them.
found prompt relief from the aching
and lamenes in my back, and by the
time | had taken three boxes l was
cured of all irregularities"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
An Affirmative Answer.

The late Alpheus D. Du Bois, the
New York schoolteacher, who. though
his salary never exceeded $4,000, man.
aged to accumulate fortune of $780,.
900, was a man of thrift and of sys-
TEN.
''Mr. Du Bois," said a schoolteacher,
was systematic in everything. He
even kept a book of examples of
school children's literary style,
This book was very interesting. He
showed it to me one day. and l still
remember. under the head of 'Bom-
bastic and Hifalutin,' an essay of one
paragraph on the question, Which was
the greater General Caesar or Hanni
bal?'
"The essay ran:
"'When we consider the times in
which these two great Generals lived
the conditions under which they gov
erned. the people over whom they
reigned, and the difficulties under
which they fought, we are compelled
20 answer in the affirmative.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot reach
the scat Of the disease. Catarrh fs blood const
tuOnal disease and in order cure It you must take
internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken In
ternally, and acts directly the blood and mucous
surfaces Halls Catarrh Cure is not Quack medi
cine. 1twas prescribed by of the best physicians
in this country for years and Is regular
1t 10 composed Of the best toncs known, combined
with the best blood puriners acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the
two ingredients 10 what produces such wonderful re-
suits In curing catarrh Send for testinon free
J. CHENEY q CO., Propsa Toledo O
Sold by Druggists price 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
Nickname Sticks to Coins.

The standard silver coins being
used in the Philippines are known
as "Conants," having been named for
Charles A. Conant, who was sent to
the islands to prepare a coinage sys-
tenn. The authorities in Washington
objected to this nickname and direct
ed that the coins should be known as
Philippine currency. Before this order
arrived they were universally called
"Conants," and Notwithstanding the
official mandate the name has stuck.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
Overconfdencs.

1t is dangerous point in any mans
career when he feels sure Of his posi-
ton or. his fame. Overconfidence is
the first sign of decline. the first
symptom of deterioration. We do our
best work when we are struggling for
our position, when we are trying with
all our might to gain our ambition, to
attain that which the heart longs for.
Success Magazine. &
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
AGONY OF SORE HANDS.
Cracked and Peeled-Water and Hea:
Caused Intense Pain-Could Do
No Housework-Grateful
to Cuticura.

"My hands cracked and peeled. and
were so sore it was impossible for me
to do my housework. If put them in
water l was in agony for hours; and
If tried to cook, the heat caused in
tense pain. l consulted two doctors.
but their prescriptions were utterly
useless. And now after using one cake
of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuti'
cura Ointment my hands are entirely
we'll. and l am very grateful. (Signed)
Mrs. Minnie Drew, 1S Dana St.. Rox'
bury, Mass"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
II Will STAY There.

"In my family medicine chest no
remedy is permitted to remain unless
it proves beyond doubt the best to
be obtained for its particular pur'
pose.
Fer treating all manner Of skin
troubles, such as Eczema, letter,
Ringworm, ETC., Hunts Cure has held
it's place for many years. l have fail
ed to find a surer remedy. 1t curea
itching instantly.
r. NJ. Swami,
Franklin, La.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
smart Chinese Girl,

Margaret Jessie Chung. a 16-year-old
girl of Chinese parentage living in Los
Angeles, CAL, has become a newspa.
per reporter there. She Is teaching
English in the Chinese colony of that
city and for q year past has beer Sec
retary of a church memorial union.
Miss Chung Is thoroughly American
in spirit, dress and ambition.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-12-23
Stands Head.

There is something about Hunts
Lightning Oil that no other liniment
possesses. Others may be good. but
1t 10 surely the best. 1t does all you
recommend 1t for, and more. For
sprains, cuts. bruises, burns, aches
and pains, it has no equal on earth.
1t stands head on my medicine shelf.
Very truly yours.
T. J. Brownlow.
Livingston, Tenn.