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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-02-03
NUMBER As
WHEELER, THE AMERICAN.

ThroHgh the south every man
who wore the gray is mourning the
death of "Joe" Wheeler today.
10 his comrades in theTrying days
or the sixties he is, and he will be
so long as memory lasts, the fiery
little cavalry leader who was
terror IN the hearts of his antagon-
lists.
To the younger generation, north
as well as south, this samr gallant
little confederate will ever be the
mode of American patriotism in
Its nroadest aud best sense. When
The great civil struggle ended at
sAppomatox, it was-pver for all time
with Joe Wheeler. He loved with
his whole heart the men who had
struggled through that great war
with him; he never had iOthougbt
or apologIZlng for what they and
he had done In fighting the FIGHT
they believed to be right; he loved
with al Intensity surpassed by no
man the South of his birth and in
which lay his every interest; but
never did this love obscure his love
for his country.
When the United States became
involved in war with Spaia the
highest ambition was to don her
blue uniform, and help fight her
battles. He went afterward to the
Philippines against the advice of
hose near to him, but he overruled
al such objectors. They told him
t would be certain death to him.
lie said no higher privilege could
leohave than to die for his coun-
ry.
Throughout his long service in
congress his every act was inspir-
ID by that same broad patriotism.
lie was model citizen as he was
model soldier; and even above
hese things he was a model Amerl-
characterization.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-02-03

President Roosevelt is credited
with saying that it wOuld be bet
ter for the Republican party if
there was not an Office in the South
to give Republican. Mr.. Roose-
welt forgets that where there are
no offices to give to good Republi-
cans there are few good Repnbli-
cans to endow with Office. States.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-02-03

the problems Of the present. |
they had done less Dragging thel
they would be better prepared tc
cope with difficulties now"
Less than two years ago there
was not a prominent Republican i'll
Congress who was not prepared ia
assert whenever the question was
discussed that ave are in the Phil
pines to stay" but it is Ebold Re
publican indeed, who will be found
lndulging himself in that kind of
talk today. On the contrary, they
are now saying that we Shonld has
ten the work OF preparing the Fill
pines for self government and Chen
Withdraw from the Islands. It is
Qlitp probable. however, that if WE
have an opportunity to unload the
Islands "a Japan f. onr advantage,
W. ShaIlget ont of the lslanoS long
before we have completed he be
nevolent task Of v.aking the Fill
pinos LIT tn govern themselves -
States. !
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-02-03
Chnnberiain's COnOh Remedy
the MOfHpr's Eu,.Or;fe

The soothing and healing properties OF
this remedy, its pleasant taste and prom pt
and permanent cures have made it a fav-
orite with people everywhere. 1t is es-
pecially priced by mothers of small child
ren, for colds, Group and whoopingc cough,
as it always affords quick relief and as it
contains no opium or other harmful drug.
1t may be given as confdentl to a baby
as to an adult. For sale by all druggists
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-02-03

1t has been suggested that the
hero awarding societies send a big
medal to the Indiana dare devil
who recently married his mother
ia-law.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
AUTOMOBILE PARAsoLs
HAVE COME INTO FASHION
Resemble n Do1HK .sunshade. and Are
Used Mostly in the

LONDON: June 59--The newest and
smartest- parabol Is: dignifed by the
name Of: the automobile umbrella,
though It is so tiny as to resemble a
dolFs sunshade. -
T Modelled upon the plan OF. the parasol
Of Marie Antoinette.s day. which ha S
since been revived from time to- time.
IL is characterized by a folding stick.
which has the advantage of utility in
asmnch. as the tiny dome can be tilted
in any direction: to shield the face
from the sun.
II is for town wear that the automo
bile parasol has been introduced: Small
as IT is, the wind would strain 1T too
seriously under the stress of travel at
the rate even of twenty miles an hour
to make 1t useful. But in. the park. II
is an admirable companion and a very
striking addition 10 the summer toll:
cite, as well as a. beautiful one. with
its mother-ef-pear1'. or ivory-handlAd
stick and its taffetas and lace cover ;
An umbrella and parasol maker in
London. who also has an establish-
ment in Paris, and possesses a world
wide reputation. is making "a. great sue
cess this season with his peasant nara
soils. The models from which they are
copied, in miniature. are the giant. nm
brellas made Of red and blue cotton.
with gayly striped borders. carried by
the peasants in Italy and other south.
ern countries. :.
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| household was taken by Hendrickye
Stoffels. who had previously been his
servant. There is no record that he
ever married her. Rembrandt painted
many portraits of her. and apparently
they got along very well together He
was improvident and careless, and no
doubt she had hard time of 1T striv-
! ing to make both ends meet.
HendriclSye died In 1864. and after
that Rembrandt's financial affairs
drifted from bad to worse He might
easily have made money enough to
keep himself in decent comfort, at
least, had he catered TO the popular
taste. but it is one of the things for
which we all take off our hats to the
old lion that no amount of hard luck
could drive him to turn out pot boil
ers." He would rather starye than
prostitute. his genius. And SO he con-
tinued to turn out pictures and etch-
ings that made fortunes for their
lucky discoverers generations after
ward Before his death he was num-
bered by his contemporaries among the
shas beens." and portrait which he
had painted was sold for a beggarly
sfxpence. Twenty years a go his por-
trait of a certain DR.. TholinX sold for
nearly 100000, vastly more than he
ever made in all his life In his most
prosperous days his pupils paid him
only 100 forms year.
So poor was he at the time OF his
death that it was long believed he had
been buried sat public expense. but
papers among the archives Of the old
Wester- Kerk, when every nook and
Granny was beng ransacked for infor-
nation about him. showed that he had
been spared the crowning ignominy of
a. pauper's funeral. 1t is recorded
among these precious documents that
fifteen guilders was paid for his grave.
Nothing Of value was found among his
possessions. His creditors had seized
everything that could be turned into
money.
But we cannot figure him as mo-
rose, grabbed. unhappy old man. There
was In him until the day of his death
a dauntless, Unsuitable spirit of life. In
the last OF that marvellous series of
portraits which he painted of himself
with such admirable fidelity the tooth
less mouth relaxes in genial smile
and the wrinkled eyes still twinkle
with good humor. 1t is the face of a
man who. despite sorrow and trouble,
had found lifa well worth living and
confronted the end cheerfully and fear
leSSly..
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WAR DECLARED
UPON RABBITS
Efforts to Be Made to
Exterminate Animals
in Australia.
SPECIAL CABLE 10 THE CALL.

PARIS, June 30.-Bunny has raised
himself TO the dignity. of a national
question in Australia: In the expires :
sive phraseology of a Western squat
ter: It's a fight to the finish between
sheep and rabbits, and one must go
under. The rabbit has hitherto mock
ed the efforts of experts to suppress
him. Some idea of the magnitude of
the problem may be gathered from the
fact that the doe has her first litter.
which averages half dozen, at the age
of four months, and her fertility is
such that in three years the progeny
of two rabbits is numbered not. merely
by hundreds OF thousands. but by mill
lions.
Everything has been tried to keep
them down. Poison. fumigation, trap
ping, wire netting and scalp rewards
have alike. been powerless to- check
their multiplication and the continent
is overrun with them.
Within the past twenty years mil
lions of money have thus been squan-
dered without returni In some districts
these rodents consume 40 per cent OF
the green food which would otherwise
serve for rearing purposes and the loss
thus suffered by the graziers is reck-
oned at s61,OOo.00O year,
SOME years ago a prize of $4,000 was
offered to any one, scientist or other
wise, would could devise means Of ex-
tirpatfng the destructive rodent. The
late M. Pasteur was among the numer-
Gus competitors for the prize. but. even
his profound science proved unayailing-
About a year. ago negotiations were en-
tered into with DIR. Danysz of the Pas
teur Institute. at Paris and that emil
nent bacteriologist has just arrived in
New South Wales with an assistant and
all the necessary apparatus for con-
Quoting his experiments, which may ex-
tend over"s period of. two years. DR.
Danysz is to be we'll remunerated for
his services. His fee, paid in advance.
$1,000 for every month of his stay in
Australia. His. assistant receives a
monthly salary of $40 for the same
period
The pretty island of .Broughton.
which Is situated about t1irty-one
miles north of Newcastle and ten
miles beyond Port stephens. has been
set aside for the experiment. Its area
is about 1000 acres and the inoculated
rabbits will have to be imported as
there are none at present on the
island. 1t IS an essential condition. of
course, that the germ m-cultures shall be
fatal to rabbits only.:<The disease must
be innocuous TO human beings, sheep
cattle, horses and other livestock
1t could hardly be expected that such
drastic measures would leave the rab-
bit skin and fEozen meat Industries in
different and there are already signs
of a strong agitation against the ex-
periments Pressure is being put upon
the Federal Government to prohibit the
landing of the germ cultures. scien-
tifc opinion is loudly proclaimed to- be
hostile to DIR. Danysz and the industries
affected declare that they will take
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
Bride kIllea, Danee eo<. On.

VIENNA. June "A Styrian land
owner named. Michael Radej was acei-
deRtaLly: shot yesterday on his way to
church to be married.
1t IS the custom of the country for
wedding guests to keep up a gfeu de
Joie from guns and revolvers. A 1s-'
years-oid bride was similarly killed
yesterday at Drykofr. in. Bohemia, on
the way back from the wedding cere-
mony~ In this ease, however. affer- the
body had been taken TO the rnortuarg.
the bridegroom. and the wedding guests
went to the inn and danced ali night,
as If nothing had happened. At an
other. village wedding in Lower Aus
tria one of the brides relatives had
his hand blown on by the bursting. OF
his pistol.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
PRINCE AND .COBBLER
RAVE. LIVELY ,sQUABBLE
6o1ty Ntcho1as Of Montenegro I'm His
Rage Kicks Shoemaker From
=: -. His Preecnce

b CARLSBAD. Bohemia. June sO.-A
cobDler has dared to brave the dread
anger Of Prince Nicholas OF Montene-
gro, who despite HIS Sixty-five years. IS
one OF the strongest, as he is one OF the
braVest, men in Europe. -
Luckily for. the. rash shoemaker the
Prince can move scarcely a step 10
~reak his vengeance. For his rovai
feet are. equity and immensely swollen.
That is why he is at the baths here.
Prince. Nicholas is no Croesus. al
though he has more money to spend
since his splendid, vigorous daughters
nave married well-one to the King OF
Atsil, one TO Russian Grand Duke.
another TO the Duke of Leuchtenbere
3 fourth TO a Prince. of Rattenbere-
:. Practicing economy, as always
Prince Nicholas sent his court cham
iosrlain and two adjutants 20 a shoe
maker here to, order a special pair of
shoes made
And pay no more than So" was his
Hoyaf Highaess' Ilnal -ordef.
NheR@ the son OF crispin learned the
S'Ae ot. the gorty feet he was. TO cover.
ne exclaimed, 'scornfUlly:
Two dollars. And for a Prince with
ieet IKE an elephant. My price is So.
tnen / VIII profit nc more than 81"
ne courtlers, unwilling to take the
responsibility of ordering shoes so -ex-
PeAsi@s' laoOceo the cobbler to accom-
p2hy them to the Princes hotel where
ne was introduced into the presence of
the rider of-the Black Mountains tbs
personinca1ion of Slav courage.
VIII pay no more than So" quoth
the Prince.
Il viii take no less than So, re-
torted the eobbler. a man of equal viii.
Their voices rose as they grew an
cry. The trembling landlord and ser.
wants, attracted by the noise. hovered
outside the closed door.
Finally the door opened. and the cob
bier was hurled as from a catapuIt into
the frightened group
Forgetting his pains in his rage
Prinee Nicholas had struggled 10 bfs
seet and kicked the eohbler out OF his
room.
Bat the shoemaker seeks dire: re-
venge. He has brought suit fer $50 for
time cost
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
Balloons to Cro.. Alp-

GENEVA. June 30.-One of ths most
remarkable baIlooning feats that Will
be attempted this year will be the pas
sa ge of the Alps. Queen Margherita
of Italy offered handsome cup soma
time ago to the first man who crossed
from Switzerland to Italy by balloon.
Seven aeronauts will attempt the fsat
this summer. The passage OF ths
Alps has. been attempted by balloon
many times. before, but always unsuc-
cessfully-. The famous Swiss balloon.
ist Spelterini nearly lost his life in one
of his four attempts.
OF the seven competitors in this
years race Nj. DumOptet. the French
man, VIII ascend from Chsmounfk 10
cross the. Mont Blame range. The others
will ascend from various points In
Switzerland
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
NAV .Become a Queer.

LONDON, June 80. Another Eng
lish Princess may emulate Ena and ac-
quire foreign crown. Court gossip
has 1t that King Edwards niece Bea-
trice O. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is being
wooed by the vastly wealthy Grand
Duke of Saxe-Weimar, who some day
will be hing OF the Netherlands IL he
outliyes Queen Wilhelmina and she dies
childless. The Grand Duke was 80
years old on the 10th of this month.
Princess Beatrice is IS. If she consents
she will be the:g Grand Dukes second
wife. His drst. wife, Princess Caroline
of Reuss, died a year ago last January.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
Tsrcentenary Of Birth Of
the Painter to Be.
Observed.
Amsterdam Celebration to
Continue for Three
Days.

ito. pay for the house. and; unable to
meet his enga gements, he was sold out
and stripped of nearly everything he
had accumulated. For the rest of his
life he was. a sort of nomads shifting
his lodgings, with uncomfortable fire.
quency and carrying with him nothing g
but the materials of his art and some
little wreckage. from his collections,
stih preserving an undaunted cheerful
ness, happy and contented while. he
could still find some corner in which
to paint. .Saskia's place in Rembrandt's
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
WORKS IN ADVERSELY.

The commemoration will emphasize
the contrast between the high esteem
In which Rembrandt is now held and
the scant attention that he attracted
when alive. The photography of Rem
brandt would fill large library The
books of his commentators would suf-
flee to build a mighty monument to him
OF paper and bindings. Yet of the man
himself. aside from his work as an art
ist, very little is known. He was gov
-erned through life by one ambition.
that of giving the purest expression
to his own ideas, whether those ideas
were understood by the people about
him or not.
Had he enjoyed uninterrupted pros
per1ty through life, had he been feted
and made much Of it is doubtful If he
would have done any more work or
any better work than he did, No man.
apparently, was ever more independent
OF extraneous circumstances. Some of
his best pictures and etchings were
produced when hardest buffeted by
fate.
He loved to sit by his own fireside.
porfng, over that old Bible which was
practically his only book, and giving
form to the picturesit suggested with
the help of any model that happened
ITO be within reach The vast majority
or his. sketches, his studies Of LITTLE
domestic Incidents; of figures in move
ment or repose, were obviously sug-
gested by the life. of his own house
holu He went little abroad for ma
terial No artist was ever less fnf1u-
enced by other artists. He studied only
SIX months under Pieter Eastman at
Amsterdam. He took to. painting as
naturally as duck goes to water.
HIS LOVE FOR HIS WIFE.
!, 1t is only few months ago that
the municipality of Amsterdam pur-
chased as a memorial to the great mas
ter the historic house In the Breestraat.
a melancholy interest attaches to it. It
wasa there his brief days of prosperity
were passed with his wife Saskia. Much
OFF her short married life must. have
been spent in sitting for him for her
portrait No artist ever more lovingly
and with endless pleasure painted his
Wife Rembrandt's love for her is as
suredly revealed in this charming q
series, from that delightful drawing of
her IN the Berlin Museum, which. rep
resents her as young girl, to that
pathetic etching called "Rembrandt's
Wife. Dying"
After Saskia's death. in 1912, he fell
on evil days. He had borrowed money
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALL.

AMSTERDAM. June 30.-Three hun
dred years ago a miiler's son was born.
at Leyden He achieved some fame
during his life. but he died in poverty
and obscurity. and so little notice did
his passing attract that no contempo-
rary chronicier makes any. mention of
II. It is thus recorded BADLY and
briefly in the death register of the
Wester-Kerk in this city TUESDAY,
painter IN the Roeze graft. opposite the
Doolhof. Leaves two children,
If a piebscite were taken on the sub.
ject today. 1t is possible that the name
of Rembrandt would come out on top
aS the greatest artis. the world ever
saw. Anyhow, no Dutchman will now
admit that any other. painter can claim
equal rank with him, and all Holland
is preparing to honor the memory of
the man It took so little note of when
alive by a grand commemoratfon of the
tercenteEary of his birth. Just when
that occurred there is no authentic
record in existence. Vosmaer accepts
july l5 1907. as the true birth sdate.
Some place it a year later and others a
year earlier. but for the purpose of the
celebration the earliest of the three
dates has been chosen.
In all the; principal towns of Holland
committees have been formed to ar
range for some sortsof commemoration
but the most notable OF. them will take
place at Leyden, where he was born,
and at Amste tdam, where he worked
and died. In Amsterdam the celebra-
tion.. will last three days. On Sunday,
July Is, the church bells of the entire
city Will be rung in unison,.a and there
VIII be a grand procession past
the Rembrandt monument, gymnastfc
games In the grounds of the Ryks
Museum. and *concerts in. the Vondei
Park and Rembrandt Square In the
evening the principal streets will be IL
/ luminated and. there will be concerts
in the theaters !:
EXHIBITION AT EEYDEN.
on the following day the. Queen, the
Prince Consort and the Queen Mother
monies in the town. halE After that
the Queen Will open the special room
built in the .Ryks Museum to:house the
Ntght Watch" which many consider
Rembra andt's masterpiece. There will.
be flower. festivals in the parks, and
IN the evening more concerts: On the
18th, with the usual oratoricaI acco.n-
panltnents, a memorial tablet will be
unveiled on Rembrandt's grave in the
Wester-kerk, and another+in the house
IN which he died, poor. and neglected
In the evening there will be a torch
light parade:
Perhaps the most interesting feature
| OF the Amsterdam celebration. will be a
procession got up by resident artists.
In which all those participating will
wear costumes of the period lin which
Rembrandt lived. They will march past
the house in which he lived before ad-
verstty. rendered. him homeless. and
Will lay a wreath: upon his monument
The feature of the Leyden celebra-
tfon: VIII be an exhibition of pictures
by Rembrandt. and ether masters who
frst saw the light in the historic old
that will be shown have never been ay9
hibited before, Conspicuous an,ong
them will be. the ..iAndromeda." Tfoun5
only a short time ago by Dr. A, Pre-
.dius' and the :"saskia,s tbatswas dis
covered rs, few months ago in Eriestand s
The exhibition will be held in The
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
Million in. Kaiser. Lear.e.

BERLIN, June 30.-That the Kaiser's
famous remark, "Our future lies on the
sea-" has had its effect in theS Navy
League is proved by the announcement
of Prince Otto Salm- Horstmar at Ham,
burg last week. The German Navy
League. he says, has now over 1000. 900
members. The new membership last
year was over 25O.000.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01

Lakenhall and the University buildings
The Queen will unveil a bronze statue
Of the artist. and memorial tablet
will be placed in the house where he
was born. That house. by the way, is
at present leased by an undertaken.
who keeps his hearses there. 1t is still
open to any Rembrandt enthusiast to
purchase ii and present it to the city.
The old mill which stood opposite long
ago disappeared.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01

LONDON. June SOW. Thomas, who
has just retired after thirty-threa
years service as postman between the
Bog mines and Minsterley, Shropshire.
has walked $4,000 miles in the dis
charge of his duties This is equal to
nearly seven times around the world.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
ALL HOLLAND TO PAY HIGH HONOR
TO THE MEMORY OF REMBRANDT

be
in
o the
days.. ndatI
of his painting ube
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01

legal action against those who tim.
.nreaten tneir existence Whatever be
mand OF the agitators. whether }h.e,
De entitled to claim Indemnity or nor.
all that Is question for ultimate con-
sideration. for il is not yet proved that
Dr. Danysz will be able to fulfill the
conditions imposed upon him.
AT all events. il must be borne In
mind that the relative interests at
stake are vastly in favor of the Sheer
farmers and squatters. The product Of
the rabbit industry is insignificant
when compared TO the loss anrf,aIlv
suffered through the rabbit plague. ana
IL must be recollected that this loss is
constantly attaining more alarming
proportions.