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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

SO suddenly that we were almost thrown
from our seats The big balloon hutter-
ed, then almost collapsing. 1t darted of
In an opposite direction.
Several minutes passed and we could
see through a rift in the clouds below
US that we were once more above dry
land. The professor prepared to leap.
you will not drop through the
clouds" gasped.
Certainly" he replied. ut Will be
something novel. and people seeing me
fall from the clouds will marvel the
more"
L have always been considered dar-
Ing. but for the first time In my life
began to feel nervous l watched the
professor seize the bar Of his trapeZe
and put his legs over the edge of the
car.
"You had better descend few thou
sand feet" he said as ne turned his
head. then sliding from his perch on the
edge Of the car he was gone
Down he went like lead. thought
his parachute would never open and my
blood ran cold. But just before he en-
tered fieecy cloud the siken umbrella
opened wide and swayed from side to
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20
IN A BALLOON.
81 n athlete tells this thrilling
iAA story of his adventure In a bal
Puck.


81 n athlete tells this thrilling
I4\ story of his adventure in a bal
loon.
l can do anything that any other
man can do on trapeze bar, but don't
care to perform on a trapeze above the
clouds, with nothing but big silk UNI
brella between me and the sky and a
bank of mist between me and the solid
earth several thousand feet below.
was to go up 5000 feet then come down
with Il parachute, performing on a bar
as | descended.
When | reached the grounds the
mammoth air ship was stretched out
upon the grass, but soon 1t began to
swell as the workmen began to initiate
the great silken bag until at last 1t
bounded up and down, held only by two
stout ropes,
At last all was ready, and to the net
work each side OF the balloon was at
tached a folded parachute, so arranged
that the weight of mans body wonid
break the strings that held them in posi-
4
The huge bag of air. so feet by so
feet, fioated free, and we stepped into
the circular wicker basket 1t was nv
first ascension, but | did not feel In
the least afraid. Instead a feeling Of
exhilaration took possession of me, and
| watched the men below as we scared
upward with the speed of rocket A
slight breeze carried us toward the riv-
er, and | noticed an anxious look on the
professors face as we floated out over
the silvery surface.
I'VE will strike another current OF air
higher mp" he said. and threw out sew
| eral bags OF sand
Now quickly we shot upward. right
through a cloud like an arrow, then
/ through another, and for several mo-
ments the earth was shut out from our
/ view. The professor was right, we did
{ strike an opposing current OF air, and
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20
HIS AN SW e r.

Why do l love you, you aski Why, dear
To tell half the reasons would take me Q
year
For your heads proud polse, and your
graceful walk,
For the way that you dimple and smile
and talk;
For a certain Unborn daintineas
Which shows itself In your mind and
dress;
For your ready wit with no cynic turn,
For the charity which fain would learn
For your woman's heart where all sweet
ness lies,
For the fearless truth of your loving eyes
For the soul that Is pure as the angels
above you
But chiefly love you, because love
you'll
Puck.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

naming parachute, but my courage fail.
ed me. | determined to walt until the
gas grew cold, and when the balloon had
descended to q point 1900 feet above
the ground I would take the parachute
and make the jump. But the balloon did
not descend and soon the air became 20
rarefied that | found ii difficult to
breathe. 1t was Icy cold, and even
though the sun was shining brightly
and the only clouds In view were those
n thousand feet below | was almost fro
zen.
stood In the center OF the little car
and waved my arms about, but had to
breathe 50 hard that the exercise was
painful. My head grew light as still
assembled. The cold was so intense that
my lips cracked. and the air so light
that they bled freely. Soon my nose De-
gan to bleed. | was too weak now 10
think OF descending by the parachute
It wag d. much as | could do to stand.
Suddenly my fingers clutched some
thing l pulled it toward me, and
moment later felt that the balloon was
descending. Pretty soon full conscious
ness returned to me, and | realized tnat
| had pulled the string Of the valve
and had let the gas out Of the balloon.
| now became frightened at the We
locity of the descent. and again turneu
to the parachute, but the strings tn"s
held the bar to the car had given way
and the trapeZe was now swinging
dozen feet away. The only way ~.
me to reach it was to jump for IT, anu
this | did not feel disposed to DO. sun
we were descending rapidly, and as NV
car dashed down through the clouuS
noticed that the balloon was agalh =.
the under current and driving to"aiu
the river. | must either jump LOT ln'
trapeze now or run the risk OF pelne
drowned. Thousands of times III 'ne
circus | had taken such leaps, out Nv"
| knew that n slip Of the hama mean
death. But there was no time 10 ne''
tate, so balancing myself on the seat VI
the car with the aid Of rope, sprAns
out into space, My hand clutched w
bar and In an instant | was descenulpe
with terrible velocity.
was certain that the paraenu'o
would never open, but IT did, ana
thousand feet above the eartn ny
downward flight was checked ~
great awning above swayed from 'ius
to side and gently descended. passe.
over the roof OF house, then gluor
through the branches Of a spreAoias
tree. felt an awful jar all over my, wy
and realized that l had reacheu w
earth once more. l don't care 10 lea,e
it-that way-again. pa'''
News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

useful being the common literary tonyp. =,
ana spoken as we'll read. Ey the mhst - europe,
crueteS' as In his own case depored by\youn
sensitive boys were goaded up the oath "a
Farnassus But sturdy boys will endure gro. s 70
pam stoicaIly and they did not learn The nrt ui OF
teachers took their specially, Greek and Latin %.
universally necessary to mankind Beyond hodu. 'nnss
Uses there was nothing else to teach Yet the CT
themselves were barbarians; they had little uto eeAs
cation compared with their physical edncat,o eau-
Years OF empty grammar make youth wrotchod :.
Is sensitive Those who not sensitive ruh .OutA
they may on the system of Intellectual truant a.
hant Is appauded In Itself as an education in logic
ways known this, and have said exactly what tbo, ~, az
are saying now had invented all the arguments oa
compulsory Greek before l was a. when wo 4 enS'
homer ana were launched into literature that was aoos
enough, and there was grumbling But monv e eu
at present, travel as far as Homer nTV VyS
parents are coming to agree with the boys and az tb
stand, boys and parents In the Eight s'
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

absence her parents church Sunday Evira in
vited Sgnora Casss to lunch, and then disappeared to
fetch her fathers gum wherewith to shoot her
twice at the aged Sgnora, who only slightly wounded
fed shrekng pursued by the Infatuated Elvira Final
y her cries brought both succor; since by this
time Evira exhausted that she also lay moaning
the ground
This belief In the power Of the evil eye which to-
day is almost universal in Italy and general
of England Scotland and Ireland be found
even in the Bible and In the writings Of the fathers
Eat not thou the bread Of him that hath evil eve
Solomon In the Book of Proverbs There we're
cial and laws against the influence of the evil
eye in Rome To-day, in Devonshre, Cornwall and In
other parts OF England any untoward Is called "a
wsht thing" Probably hypnotlsm is answerabe the
extraordinary universally Of this superstition OF the
malign power of an evil eye will Some years ago
there appeared strange story from physicians note
book of girl patient detained in lunatic asylum for
a murder committed under hypnotic influence The girl
who amiable, cultivated and absolutely sane day
took her fathers revolver called upon whom she
hardly knew and against whom she had grievance
and shot him dead Her intense hatred the man was
vicarious infused into her by doctor who had help
essy hypnotiZed her. This doctor hated the muir.
dered that he wished him dead and his wish was
father to the thought and act OF the girl he controlled
hypnotcally, as he was brought at last to confess.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

"A hen out in Ohio is laying erRs
inside out"
$50 1t seems that even the hens are
getting down TO the skin game.n-
Baltimore American.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

wenthler middle classes, the barbarIQns, who hate
books and live In the open air, than we always have
BEEN The human boy Of these classes learned
anything in literary except in the rare where
he naturally bookish.
The thing begun when there modern liter
except poems and romances Then Greece was re-
discovered by the learned and every gentleman must
classical languages, OF which Latin really
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20
DECADENcE OF GREEK DUE TO TEACHERS
By Andrew Lang,


The educational trouble about the classics
Is really an affair Of the history Of learning
and ought to be looked at in a historical light
Ii, as Is claimed boys end In knowing neither
Greek nor Latin, that has always been SO. In
the enormous majority OF cases boys have not
learned Latin, or Greek, or anything else, ex-
cept reading, writing and a little arithmetic
We are no worse among the upper and
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

but 1t does make life unbearable to have some ons al
ways and eternally picking one.
woman who nags at the table spoils her hu.hand,.
and her own digestion. with SICK stomach i,
dangerous to home happiness The nagging woman liz.
in walt for her husband If she can't catch him NJ r
time she'll corner him at night and pitch into him
man who loses sleep is to be the next div
The naggDg woman keeps herself and her husband
on the row edge OF big row from morning until night
and from Dight until morning.
Would have woman knuckie down and be a meek
sheep taking everything and standing everything with
angelic smile? Indeed, not! would have her learn
that good, big Is worth hundred days OF nag
ging. If there must be quarrelng in the family let
woman learn to go at 1t right. II man deserves
tongueashing let the wife say oil she has to say and
forget to weep until she has finished.
There 10 some satisfaction in having a quarrel and
being done with 1t, good lively, two-sided quarrel
where each has his say and says with force but there
Is nothing but dismal unhappiness in a home where
woman never finishes the job, but Is always ready to
begin where she left off.
II q man wnnders from the path of rectitude give
him fits and be done with It II he Is good enough as he
Ia be thankful, and for the love OF digestion empen
and home morality. let him alone.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20
EVIL AAA FELT BY MAN AND BEAST.
BY r. p. O'Connor.

In Marcelise, In the province Of Veronn,
has just occurred an extraordinary event
that Of the influence of the evil eye. Elvira
Iseppi the daughter of a Marcellise landed
proprietor, lost all her high spirits, and be-
came morose as she had been sociabe
She had been Overlooked" and the wicked
witch was an unfortunate old woman, a pen
stoned school teacher, Signora Cassis In the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20
WARNING TO NAGGING WOMEN,
By Cynthia nreu

Mrs George Adler of Cleveland, recent,
accused her husband of neglecting her and h.,
children. When brought into court Mr. Adj.
said: Before l will live with my wife again
/ Will go to the workhouse; she Ia alwav,
nagging me-"
When man says anything about nasr,po
he says always nagging He could stand
nag or two now md than Ap- - .
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20
where the Interest Lay.

sbe-When 1t comes to cosby GU
yersation, she's very interesting
He-Why, she's not interesting as
talker at all. uA.l.
she-Oh, / mean as a subject
adelphia Ledger.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

A dog has no right to be rat
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-06-30
SENATE BILL NO. BY MR.,
McILHENNY.

AN ACT Creating an additional Police
Jury ward in the Parish of Iberia anC
providing for the appointment and cleo
ton of a Police Juror, Justice of the
Peace and Constable for said ward.
SECTION |. Be If enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State Of Louisiana.
That there shall he and is hereby ere
ated an additional Police Jury Ward fol
the Parish of Ib ria, to be known and desig-
mated as Ward Nine, composed of Avery
Island and all that portion of Ward Seven
of said Parish lying South and Southwest
of said Avery's Island
SECTION 2. Be il further enacted etc..
That the Governor shall appoint a Police
Juror, Justice of the Peace and Constable
for said Ward Nine, who shall hold their
offices until the next general election,
when their Successors shall have been
elected according to law.
SECTION 3. Be it further enacted etc.
That all laws or parts of laws in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-06-30
cows IN FLY TIME.

Here is something that should
be presered by every reader
that owns cows, especially, and
good for other cattle also in fly
time. The Country Gentleman
gives its veterinary editor, who
says it is a cheap, reliable re-
medy used on his COWS for years,
and found to lasting in results,
easily used, and such a comfort
to the animals that they could
stand and be MIXED in the field,
if necessary: Pine tar, one
pound, lard, six pounds. Melt
the lard and stir in the pine tar.
Keep an old sponge in the pail,
and smear a little on back of
cows head, along spine and on
brisket twice a week, or when
necessary.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-06-30
Court reporters earn from $500

Court reporters earn from $500
to $4,000 year. Don't read this
unless you want to be convinced of
the wonderful superiority of the
Byrne Simplified Shorthand as
taught by the Tyler Commercial
College of Tyler, Texas, over all
other systems.
There has been more official
court reporters appointed in Texas
during the past eighteen months
who learned the Byrne Simplified
Shorthand III the Tyler Commercial
College, than there was official
writers of all other systems in the
state combined up to this time, as
shown by the Directory of Official
court reporters of the Z. S. pub
llshed by the Andrew J. Graham
& Co. This proves conclusiveIy
the wonderful superiority of he
Byrne Simplifed over all other
systems.
With such overwhelming ad-
vantage in our system of short
hand method of teaching, it is no
wonder that the Tyler Commercial
College enrolled more than 1000
students from 20 states during the
past year. Its courses OF Book
keeping and Telegraphy are as
much superior to other systems as
is its shorthand Write for cata-
logue and see what hundreds of
those who know say. /
Five of the ice dealers of Toledo,
Ohio, who formed a combine, were
hauled before the court yesterday,
fined $1,000 each and given a |
years work house sentence. 1t
is presumed that this particular
trust will melt away. The spirit
of the late Golden Rule Jones still |
seems to animate Toledo.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-06-30

Evidently Mr.. Rockefeller isn't
meeting the expectations of the
thrifty French folk. They know
how to economic themselves, but
they are not accustomed to find rich
Americans practicing economy, in
stead of throwing money to the
birds. They are probably des-
tined to learn by close observation
how Mr.. Rockefeller managed to
accumulate his great fortune and
become a Millionaire.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-06-30

Pure white animals" said a
pet stock dealer, according tC
the Minneapolis Journal, "have
no sense of smell. Hence they
are continually eating things
that disagree with them, and in
eight cases out of ten poison
themselves and die. Pure white
pigs should never be a allowed
to run loose in the fields and
woods, for without the protec-
ton of sense of smell such pigs,
when they get out, eat all sorts
of poisonous roots and berries
and die off rapidly. In Africa
the white rhionceros poisons it.
self by eating the euphorbia, and
pure white sheep are difficult to
rear because they are continually
munching shrubs and grasses
that don't agree with them"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-06-30
John T. White.
Real Estate Accent.

| fine residence corner of French and ST. Peter
streets
Nice cottage, corner Leo and Charles streets
! Nice farm, ~ miles from town, 40 acres all In
| cultivation, good dwelling barn, orchard. Easy
| terms.
| Small plantation of $50 acres all In crop, cane
and corn, dwelling and four cabins 8 M les too Is
| near Central Factory, fronting Bayou Teche 5h
miles from town. includes crops. Price SIC, 900
| Terms.
House and lot, No. s1s Fulton street, entirely
new and commodous, nice home. Price So 900
Easy terms.
Fine property in Lee addition. acres or more
with largA house, 10 rooms. fine lawn, shrubbery
orchard, garden. stable, carriage house liberal
terms.
5 lots in Lee addition, fronting Bayou Price
$1,000, easy terms
SO acre farm, 2H miles from town
300 arpents, miles from town, improved
House and lot, Lee ST. room cottage, $780,
z acres on Iberia street, we'll improved $1,000
Nice farm of 20 acres miles from town, well
improved variety of fruits.
House and lot No. 42i St. Peter street. %, 600
House and lot corner Of Main and Chestnut
streets, rooms. in good order, 81 $50.
$50 acres cane farm, with mules, TOOLS seed
cane; y miles from town, on west side OF Bayou
Teche acres front, dwelling, barns laborers'
houses, 1G acres woodland.
House and lot on Duperier Avenue, running to
Hortense Avenue 96I232 #. Price, 81 $50.
House and lot on Laughlin land very cheap
Lot 5oIl0O feet. corner Vine and Main street.
$500
Lots on Bank Avenue
90 acres in cultivation, all high land Price $40
per acre.
Lots in Lee additio1, 5000
Lot on Madison St, near Bank Avenue 90x200
House and lot 42l st. Peter St, near Corinne
House and lot fronting Jane street.
ZoO arpents well improved, fine candy land
Gil under fence and In cultivation, situated 3
miles from Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, good
dwelling and out houses stables cribs, etc four
houses for laborers Price. $s, 0G0, half cash.
House and lot on Hacker street, s6x250 feet
large roomy house, 50 100
Two lots on Lee street. 50x200 feet under
fence with fruit trees, 81 600
Plantation of 1890 arpents, situated on Bayou
Teche, between two central factories well i'm
proved, fine high land 600 cultivation. Price on
application.
Fine two story house, corner French and Rob. |
ertson streets 10 rooms all finely finished, large !
stable and out buildings, lot l00x190 Price |
AZ 800, very liberal terms.
A large body of fine sugar lands, improved and |
dltched near central factory in lots Of so arp |
ents Price $50 per arpent, q cash, balance to |
suit purchaser
Improved farm, 3 miles from town of $50 |
acres. near central factory, fronting Bayou Teche
good Improvements. Price S12 900, easy terms
~ arpents of fine land, just outside of the
City limits on east side of Bayou Teche on Du.
perier Avenue and Loreauville road Price on
application.
70 acres good high wood land fronting Bayou
Teche IL miles from town
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-06-30
AMERICANS THE BEST.

This small population in onr
great State must be increased from
three to five fold before it viii
reach the point where proper de.
velopment Of the natural wealth of
our State can be realized, We
want therefore, .f:ann three times
to five tlmespss many people as we
have got, to bring Louisiana mp to
itss<Hand place in national wealth
and productiveness. The sources
from which this requisite popula-
ton is to be obtained are many,
but the means are one, namely i'm
migration. We want industrious
aud honest white immigrants from
other States of the Union who are
most desired. They are Ameri-
cans already, and require no pro-
cesses of naturalization. --Picayune
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-06-30
CULT !VATING CORN CROP.

In the cultivation of corn
find that the plan has to be vari-
ed to suit the season. If the
season is wet | believe it is bet
ter to cultivate quite deep, but if
the weather is dry give a shall
low cultivation and keep the
ground level. | do not wait
until the corn is up before be-
ginning to cultivate. but have the
cultivation we'll under way even
before planting, and harrow well
Immediately after planting be-
fore the corn is up. Then | let
it alone until the plants are up
far enough to stand another
cultivation. After the corn is
up | cultivate from three to five
times, according to necessity.
[ find to facilitate the work of
cultivation that the rows should
be made from 40 to AZ inches
apart. If the land is poor or
worn out, it is we'll to have them
enven further apart. [ use only
a one-rOw cultivator, and | do
the work of cultivating thorough
ly. If long rainy spell sets in
just as we are about to begin
cultivation we simply wait pa
tiently until the ground is in
shape to be cultivated. It is my
experience that speaking gener
ally, corn does not receive as
many civilizations before plant
ing as it should. That is, the
should be worked into a
condition of fineness that will
encourage the spread of the
corn roots. Most farmers cul-
tivate the corn enough after it is
up, but do not use enough care
N cultivation. | am confident,
that better cultivation will great
y increase the corn crop, [
think that more cultivating
would help US very much to CON
serve the moisture that Nature
las given US and thus save it for
he use of the corn during the
Try spell that comes every sum
ner.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-06-30
CHARTER
or THE
PEOPLES DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED.
United States of America, State of Louis
lana, Parish of Iberia.

Be it known that on this the 18th
day of June A. d. 1906, before me
Anthony N. Muller, Notary Public
duly commissioned and qualified in
and for Iberia Parish, Louisiana and
in the presence of the witnesses here
matter named and undersigned, per-
sonally came and appeared the several
persons whose names are hereunto
subscribed, who declared that, avail.
ing themselves of the benefits of the
laws of the State of Louisiana relative
to the organization of corporations,
they have formed and organized and
do by these presents form and organize
themselves as well as such other per-
sons as may hereinafter join with
them or their successors, into a cor
poration for the objects and purposes
and under the covenants, stipglations,
and agreements following to-wit:
ARTICLE |.
The name, style, and title of this
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-06-30
NOTICE.

To the Stockholders of the New Iberia
Cotton Mill 90, Ltd:
The Receiver of J.W Compton desires tc
notify ali parties indebted for the unpaid
balance upon shares of stock of the New
Iberia Cotton Mill Co., Ltd, that pay
ment is now urged, and unless made at
once, that the suits now p'nding against
those who have been sued Kid be at once
prosecuted to judgment and execution
and that all who have not been sued will
be proceeded against without delay.
BY payment of the amount due to the
Receiver, further costs may be avoided.
Find him at Peoples National Bank.
j. W. COMPTON,,
Receiver