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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14
Have you a D'et for a Home?
Why not? or fspIt or vours?
IDfRf4 BUILDING ASSN.
The rain of yesterday registered
- inches on the gauge.

The w. IT, Telegraph Co sent
nm agent to this point to look into
the matter Of selecting another 10
cation for the office. The office now
occupied by the Singer sewing
machine people Will he divided and
such alterations made as Will meet
the n, ccasitirS Of both its future
occupants We understand that
the new office of the WI Tele
graph Go. here will be furnished
with modern and up.to date fuIni
tnrc and fixtures
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

Mr. Leon t""'re has been e"
ployed SECURING rights of way fol
the Genital Railroad Go vest of
this city. After interviewing n
number of the leading land own
ers along the projected line it was
made apparent that right of way
could be secrued along that line
only after appropriations proceed
ings. This line closely parallclled
the Southern Pacific as far west
ward as Cade station and crossed
twenty odd holdings. This con
ditlon made it necessary that there
should be a better understanding
between tho road builders and
the property owners. According
ly Mr. Lemaire arranged confer
ence between the two interests,
which took place at the Offices of
Messrs Burke & Burke on laat
Saturday afternoon, with the re
suit that the line was DETECTED
more to the westward upon Ieav
ing this city, carrying the new
line through an extensive territory
tina. is at percent but poorly serv
cd in its transportation necessl
ties Along tho new route the
land owners readily granted the
right of way. This change pro
vids transportation facilities for
a new section which can easily
grow 400, 900 tons Of cane where
cane is not cultivated now. The
new line will penetrate the town
of KOyville.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14
The report from the Anger Tro

The report from the Anger Troll
ley Line are still encouraging.
The promoters, it Is stated, will
have the materials on the ground
in good time AM tina: the line
will be built within the limitations
Of The franchise conditions. The
franchise was granted by the City
Council on the 10Th Of January.
BY it's terms the bona fide, work of
con ,tractio" must be begun IN
five months from the date of the
grant, or prior to the expiration Of
the 10th day Of June next. It is
.lsO conditioned tina, the line shall
be completed with the next sue
ceeding months after begimng
cOnstruc ton.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14
k HI VII III MI


DIR Doug as Dupcricr, Of Erath
was III town Wednesday.
Capt and Mrs. Il. A. Pharrr o
Burke, were in town on Wcdl Ns
day afternoon.
Mr. Dave Rose, of Lolcauvlilt
| La was 4 visitor TO this place on
Tuesday of this week.
MIR. JAS. Colbert is home again
this week after u visited TO his fai Il
eI's home in Dakota
Ex Senate, s l. Watts. of Able
VILE, la was pleasant caller nj
our office on Monday morning.
Congressman Broussard spent n
couple of days this week with his
relatives and friends here, leaving
yesterday for ashngron again.
Mr. $ & Sumrall, one of Iberia :
prosperous and progressive plant
crs, of tho vicinity of Jcancreite,
was in town Wednesday forenoon
MIR { I Sonderly was in town
"Wednesday, having concluded Il
ten-day sale ut AbbevlIIe. While
here he paid this office IN apprcci
atcd call.
MIR a i MaxhcId, of this city,
who ~ engaged on masonry work
ut Lake Charles, was home on
last Sunday on a days visit TO
his family.
Judge Jno. N. Ogden, of Opelou
sas, will move to this city to make
hls home. MIR. Percy Ogden, a son,
was down here this week and effect
ed q lease of the Trainor property
ut The corner of st Peter and
French streets recently vacated by
Mr.. w II. Wilkinson and family.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

DIED: At the residence of
Julius Bertrand, East Main St,
on Saturday, April 7th, / > m,
aristotle DECUIR. Age 81
years. The funeral services took
place from st. Peters Catholic
Church Sunday, at . y. m.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

Last Saturday Mr. Il J Carstens
presented us with two splendid
heads Of lettuce; the KIND he pro
posed TO shiptO northern markets:
the kind that will materially assist
IN making the truck farming pos
Of this section famous.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14
'''' S;>:,.l,.,>S,,.
yNoah's Ark.

Capt. Edger Jadw,n, govern
ment civil Engineer, who ~ inves,
eating the Inter Coastal Canal III
accordance with the provision of
the bill OF congressman BrOus
sard, was in Franklin recently
looking over the routc. lie seems
to have no hesitancy in sayiug
TINT he would recommend tho CA
nal through the Plauuemlne canal
aS far west NJ the Nermilion
river. The rest Of the route had
not yet been examined.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

Considerable" change has beer
u,de in A machinery Of -" New
Iberia Ice x BottInE Works ice
making plant during the closed
down season. The new work
,muarces IN amon'a condenser,
inst about completed This new
fsature will have the effect of
more than doubling the capacity
Of the plant, and il is expected to
make ,ts output average up 20
tons a day through The coming sea
son The plant Will he ready for
n seasons ,un III the end Of the
NEXT ten or fourteen days
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

Opelousas, La April 9-Ground
was broken on the eastern out
skirts Of town to- day by the Colo,
RADIO Southern gIades, about fifty
teams having been put TO work al
that point. They will build a few
miles in that direction before work
ing toward Eunice, where other
crews are building toward Ope'ous
as
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

A movement has been Inaugur
atcd by DIR. Il. G.. Hawkins. of
Palmetto, the purpose Of which is
to induce tho Southern Pacific to
build an extension Of the Arnaud
Vile line, to Palmetto and to points
on beyond. II is favorably enter
tanned by the company, condition.
ed upon II grant Of the right of
way.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14
Great FlOtO Shows Coming.
dying Elephant.

At the great Water Carnival in
many every year, u feature of
the festival is always furnished by
the rival animal dealers in the Old
World
The diving clephan 3 are tie
supreme card Of interest Mt this
festival. Capt. Henry Amberg.
foreign agent for the Sell-FlOtO
Shows on his last visit, secured
Six of the most famous elephants
at this meeting. The original cost
and expence Of transportation ran
INTO the thousands.
While the shows are here if the
water is Of the proper temperature
and the weather propitious, the
grea' double herd Of Sells-FlOto
elephant will be gwen bath in
the rlver or in a pond near the
show grounds. Great care must
be taken on these occasions, and
the keepers are continuously on
the anxious seat, as it were, for
should Trilby or Big Mary take a
notion. they can create cousternat.
ion. In the Platte river at Den.
yer the elephants were 40 Overjoy
ed. while bathing AT being for the
time free from their trainers, they
INDUCED in huge water spout jokes
until the whole picnic took on
serious aspect; just as Trilby took
a notion to swim 10 Omaha and
the commands Of the keepers were
Of no avail, It became necessary 70
hire a tug boat and chase her back
to the herd. Then the plot thick
ened. the elephants oil absolutely
refused to return to the banks.
But an elephant trainer knows
their habits and curiosity, 80 they
brought over couple of camels
and caused them to give forth mp
heard. of sounds, which aroused the
curiosity, Of the elephants and
they all came trumpeting to thu
shore, where Trilby was chained to
tree end given a good licking
with bug ~ whip that only tick
led her the m ire because she had
"nj yed such a good time.
The Sells FlotO Shows will b,
here Monday, April, 10th.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

RumOrs are prcsiN,cntly in eli
culatiOn that the Southern Pacific
~ contemplating the building Of a
number Of branch lines IN this
state in the near future. The
most interesting of these rumors
is that tho Fausse Pointe country
is to be tapped by u line extending
out to the take shore. Such Il con
ncction should logically be made
with the main line at this place.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14
....LOCALS....
In NJ EMORIUM.
New her ia, La April-loO6

New her Ia, La ApriI-ioO,
At 4 special meeting of the 20
lice jury of Iberia Parish, the FOL
lowing resolutions were adapted:
W hcr'as il has pleased A lmiyh
" God to take from us Aris,id,
Occur, member Of this body repre-
scnting the third ward of Iberia
Parish:
he II resolved by the Police jury
IN spoclaI session convened tho, ".
mourn his nntlmeIy death, and cx-
tend our deep felt sympathtcs IL
MS unfortunate widow and his chill
drcn.
lie It further resolved, etc, that
his death is u great loss NOT only
I" his family, friends and tho pco.
y" h" so ably, honestly and con
Sr'"n'lonsly represented; but like
wise u great loss to the whole PEG
pie Of, and TO the Parish, of Iberia
And ne /, further resolved ole
that we the members of the Police
Jury do hereby testify to his hon
es'y and command. Public spirited
manly qualities of our departed bro
Their who had the moral courage nj
ways I" stand for what he consider
ed right, fair and just irrespective
OF personal interest or friendship:
and we have served with him for
several years AZ Police Jurors are
able to TESTIFY also that his public
services have always been of that
high patriotic standard tina, we
Inviteonr public officials to emulate
And be it further resolved etc i
that a copy Of these resolutions be
spread on this minutes of the Police
Jury, and that copies be sent 10
Mrs. Arlstide Decuir, his surviving
widow, and to the Times Democrat
and Daily Plea ynnc of New Or
cans, La, and the Daily Leader,
New IBERIA Enterprise and the
weekly Ibcrian of New Ibcrian.
with the request that they publish
he same.
SIgned) Geo J LabOu,
Pres. Police Jury, Iberia Ph.
lie h N. Lemire,
il. Bou,te,
Prosper Romero,
!. A Dugas,
N. Blanchet,
Numa Meguez,
A. Is. Romero, Secretary.
II ). Broussard, Phi. Atty.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

- Sick headache rey"lt- from a
arrangement Of the stomach and IL
cured by Chamb}rN"'s Stomach
md LAYER Tablctt Sold by All
Druggist.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

The Young Mems Athletic and
Literary Association has allowed
It's reading room to be closed
Some weeks ago the hall was sur
rendred and the paraphcrnalia
was stored
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

The Ruth refinery and planta
ton, in st Martin parish, was re-
Gently sold by Kobt Martin and Go,
to Chautf Bros, Of Assumption par
ish, for 500, 900 MIR. "A A. Morrow
is retained by the new owners in
his old position as general mana
ger
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

Tomorrow u series of running
horses races will take place on
Solitude plantation. Mr.. Leon
l. res pace The track is
straight, offering equal advantages
To the cOntctants.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

The Indications are that many
" tue Easter togs and straw
as's' ordered for tomorrow, will
u advance of seasonable
weather.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14
9 Roller Skates
~ At Noah,s Ark

The Good Friday fisherman had
hard luck yesterday There were
times during the day when he
was in a quandery not knowing
whether II was best TO east his
linz overhead or below.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

.ee surveyors Of the Central
s "a'''oad 20. are at work on the
NV "ne leading westward from
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

M Will be sold at
MOn0y-ss...qenztt TIM meet.
ing of the Board of directors of
the Iberia Building Association,
which will be held " the Office of
the Association n next Wednes
day evening, atT:3O o'clock.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-04-14

RUPTUH CUREx<4l.0o per bottle.
Endorsed by 5OY Physicians. None
Free. Al ents p&nted,
s d.; Se''0t <aieins Co.. Utica NY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
Seashore Friends

A IL the boys and girls who play on n the sands have seen starfish.
 They are very common. But don't suppose you know that the starfish has legs. do you1 He does not want to use them as he sits on the sand. but if you lift him carefully and put him in a clean pool with stones at the bot tom, you will see him glide over the stones, up one side of a rock and down the ot5ter.
 Now, pick him up quickly and look at his underside, and you will see fieshy white legs. which will be drawn up into his body again when not required.
 Starfish's mouth is in the middle of the undersids of his body, and he can eat snellfsh- He puts them in. sucks out the fish. and turns the shell out of his mouth just as you would a grape skin. The larger kinds of starftsA are very fond of eating oysters. and, know ing this. the fishermen used to try to get rid of the oysters enemies by tear ing in two any that lay on the shore, and throwing the bits into the sea. But MT. Starfish didn't care at all. He can always grow a new ''ray'' one IS broken off, so where there had only been one starfish before there would now be two. Isn't this wonderfulf
 Sometimes on the seashore you see lemon-shaped thing about four or live inches long, with a bristly coat all cheked with mud and sand--a very dnIl- looking thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30

"or take it with usl" groaned MT. Crow.
 So they sharpened their strong peaks against the park of the old oak, and made up their minds to sell their feathers as dearly as possible.
 The very next momentNwith a rush of wings. the swallows were on them They numbered many hundreds, Like a xwarm of bees they swept round and round the Grows nest and each one that passed pecked away at Mir. and Mrs. Crow.
 At first the two old birds fought heTcely, pecking and parrying with their bills like the tough old warriors they were. But bit by bit they were driven from their nest; and at last, forgetting all about their young brood in their eagerness to save their own lives, they flew with all their might towards a wooded hill which could be dimly seen against the hori- zon. Could they reach that they were safe, for their friends. the Rocks, lived there in great numbers. and even the Swallows would not dare to attack a Rookery.
 For a long way the smaller but heeter birds followed in the wake of the robber Crows; but at last, think ing that they had sufficiently pun- ished them for their crimes. they drew off home, for dusk was begin- ming to fall. and it was high time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30

him that here was the rock which he had so long been seeking.
 He saw at once thattif flood reach- ed this point 1t would ,dtverge and overwheirn the village. But if the stream would rush down the channel, which was now and had for centuries been blocked by this enormous rock.
 He hurried down to the village, and, seeking out Elyfna, begged her to go and see the rock, and she went Then the Mayor and chief villagers went and were convinced, and only Stor- mont, who was angry because the dwarf had discovered what he and other young men had sought for in vain, and because Elvina was ever a warm champion of the dwarf, laughed at the idea, and, walking away. called them all pack of fools and gulls."
 The season. as Quantock's great-grand- mother had predicted, was the wettest for years. The rain came down in blind ing torrents, and the Mayor was at his wits end what to do. At last Quantock, the dwarf, said:
 "Let all the horses in the village be tened round the rock. and then let all the steeds be urged forward"
 Again Stormont laughed; and as he was one of the richest grape growers in the country, the people had to listen to him; but he had no sensible sugges- tion to make. Sc, the Mayor called meeting in the Town Hall, and told them of the dwarf's proposition, and, somewhat shamefacedly, the villagers. remembering how they had treated the unfortunate cripple, agreed that. as 1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
Kindness to a Horse

eN HE other day ene-herse wagon.
 loaded with iron pipe for a new
 house on the hillsida. canae along. The horse did hia very best. but it was with the greatest effort that he could drag his heavy lead over the lswsl space at the foot of the hill. The driver was determined that the horse shoald do che work. and urged and iashed him un- mercifully.
 Very quickly a lady. followed by two beautiful dogs. appeared upon the scene and remonstrated with the driver upon his treatment Of the horse. pointing out the fact that the faithful animal could not instead of would not. draw the load. She sns. gested that 6 part of tha iron be re- moved. The driver was determined not to remove any of the load. be- cause he did not care te work in the broiiing sun. and the horse was prob ably not his. any way.
 The woman was in no wise dfseonR- aged in her humane efrart. She told the driver to lot his horse rest and she would see that the load reached its destination. There was another
 
 and thtther went the woman. and my friend. who happened to be a apec- tator Of this scene saw that tho woman talked Q few minutes and then the man unhitehed his horses and came over to the other wagon. and ln ten minutes the heavy lead was land ed ct its destination.
 The lady'a face fairly beamed with joy. One would havS thought that the men had done her some great pers sonal favor.
 asked.
 "oh, nothing, We have ta dn little things for each other. you know" said the one whc had given the aiA
 But the lady ran acrosa the etreet to her lovely hfl1sfde cottage and cana hack with a luscious looking bic. which she insisted upon their eating. You should have seen these teamstsFs take of their hats to che weman, as they started down the hill, thauwh neither of them knew that shs was Cleveland's mose famous woman writer, Sarah K Bolton.-Cleveiand Plain Dealer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
Tom Tits Experiments

' W HAVE an unusually interesting ex-
 pertinent for you to try today, boys @ and girls.
 Take a number of books, rang ing in size from very large one to small one, and set them upright on the floor Then cut a sheet of wrapping paper about the width of the books and procure a lamp.
 Light the lamp and turn it so high that it smokes. Then pass the paper back and forth over the lamp chii-lne until she entire surface on one side is black with the lamp smoke.
 Now lay the sheet carefully down over the books, allowing 1t to sink down low between books, and lay the lower end in plate.
 Then take a glass of water and a dropper and drop water, one drop at time slowly on top of the largest book.
 It will immediately do an extraordi- nary thing-bowling down the blackened sheet of paper, then up to the top of the second largest book. down the next incline and up to the top of the next book, and so on until it comes to rest in the plate. at the end of the line.
 So with the next drop and the next, till you can have the pleasure of watch ing a whole string of drops racing up hill and down 10 their goal-the plate.
 If you try thia experiment with plain
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
PART II

AM A
 ~ UANToCK's great-grandmother 1. VI you remember suddenly ex- Z M pired before she had quite told
 Ss the dwarf the secret of the rock. And this filled him with grief and anxiety. for he loved the gentle save the village from the terrible flood which his great-grandmother had foretold, and which he could not prevent without learning the half-re- vealed secret about the rock.
 The villagers, after the death of his old great-grandmother saw nothing of Quantock for many weeks; and when he went into the village. and the children were about to tantalize him, as usual. Elvina rushed forward and protected him.
 They all liked E1vina; besides. was she not the daughter of the Mayorf So they allowed the dwarf to go his way in peace, and once more he had to thank the pretty girl for her kind ness. In return he told her of what the ancient dame had said to him, and she was grateful. indeed, and inform ed her father, the Mayor, who was very seriously alarmed, for he knew what havoc the mountain floods had done to other villages.
 All through the summer Quantock went exploring the mountains to try to find the rock his great-grand- mother had referred to, Sometimes he spent whole nights and days on the
 
 upon berries and goats milk, in his anxiety to discover the half-revealed secret
 Once or twice he descended to DelIy- dale worn out and tired, and the vil- lagers wondered why he was always up in the mountains, for they could often see his poor dwarfed figure climbing slowly from peak to peak. On the occasions of his visits he was always kindly greeted by Elvina, Awhose friendly smiles gladdened his heart, and he went away more firmly resolved than ever to save her and. therefore. the entire village from the flood.
 The Summer passed away and the rains began to descend, and Quantock. the dwarf. began to despair of ever finding the rock. when one day, as he was seeking shelter from a very hard downpour of rain, he missed his foot ing and rolled down the mountain side until he fell into sort of cavern, where. although half stunned, he man. aged to creep into a dry corner.
 In the morning. when the sun was up. he examined his hiding place, and found he was immediately beneath a gigantic rock that rested on two lodges of black stone. Instinct told
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30

they all went to work.
 More disconsolate old Crows were never seen outside 6 cage than the two that flew sadly back to the oak on Mushroom Hill next morning, long before the sun was in the sky or other birds abroad.
 More dejected fedgelings never lived than those young Jack Crows, who. cold and hungry, were at last found by their parents perched on one or the longest branches of the tree. They were so still they seemed to be growing there, like some new kind Of Their nest had been pulled to pieces by the birds of Primrose Lane, and they had spent the night in the open. Ail day long Mir. and Mrs; Crow and family flew slowly across the country (from tree to tree) towards the Rock cry that lay over the. hills and far away The syn had gone to bed fin a great bank of cloud when at last they reached it; and as they made them selves cosy in an old. forsaken Rocks nest, MT. Crow said:
 My dears, don't think we had bet ter eat any more eggs do you?"
 And Mrs. Crow and the three young Jack Crows all answered back: "Caw. cav, caw," very sadly indeed. By which they meant. 'No. no. nor
 w. L. c
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30

lnge was sAve1s
 All along Quantoek had lowed Elvanae an open declaration of haE love for hifna and her intention to marry the pwarf Hero of Delfydales
 Her father tried to dissuada Aer rom tock as rich AS he could Gestke to bas if only she would reconaider her deci- sion.
 But not My heart.~ said Eivina, lis with the true heart of enc who has suf- fered-with one who has proved himself a hero"
 So 1t ended by the prettaask girl in tock, the dwarf. g. ]. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
Visiting Card Match Case

VT IS perfectly wonderful what an in- g genious boy or girl can make out of
 ordinary everyday visiting cards.
 Get your mother to give you a handful of old cards from her card tray. and try your hand at making thinga out of them.
 For instance. this clever little match receptacle. which is simple enough, after all. when you come to examine 1t. There is no mucilage used at all. First cut slits in the various parts as indi- cated in the picture and th@ whole thing