davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23
Scientific Whale
Catching.

The biggest catch of whales nowadays
is no longer from the old sperm oil whale.
but from the blue whale, the largest of
all the whale kind, although not by any
means the best oil yielder. But the slaugh-
ter of the sperm whales and the right
whales have compelled the present-day
whale fishers to take to the less product
i've species. The present methods of cap
turing the whales and of getting out the
oil are so superior over the crude methods
Of go years ago that In the long run the
profits Of today are surely equal to those
made in the old days of whale fishing.
In the early days vessel of hundred
tons or thereabouts was considered u big
whaler, but nowadays smart little steam
ers of 900 or 100 tons are used, and they
can steam Is knots an hour. Also the
whale is captured by seamen travelling
comfortably in power launches, which
run right up alongside the whale. The
whales today are hoisted by patent cleo
trical windlasses, and the blubber Is tried
out In patent furnaces. Then the oil Is
no longer headed up In greasy casks or
barrels, but is pumped in and out OF
great cast iron tanks. The best whaling
vessels of today are owned and operated
by the Norwegians.
Now the blue whale, which is some
times hundred feet long, is nearly twice
as big as the oil sperm whale, and he is
natural born fighter. He could seldom
be captured by the oldtime whale seek
ers. The muzzle-loading harpoon gun,
however, quickly puts an end to even
hundred foot blue whale. The harpoon
loaded into this gun is six feet long and
very heavy and massive. The old hand
harpoon Is a toy compared with 1t. The
point is six inches long and very sharp.
Behind it comes hollow filled with exi
plosiyes, which carries time fuse. This
explodes after being inside the whale a
few moments and tears him to shreds In
the interior.
This makes It easier to chop the whale
up In order to try out the OIL Behind the
explosive chamber In the harpoon come
four enormous barbed hooks. which pre-
vent the instrument from ever being torn
out Of the whales body. The handle Of
this formidable weapon is slotted, and In
the slot Is heavy iron ring. To this ring
is tied heavy steel rope, and this hooks
on to "a team windlass. Once the whale Is
hit by the harpoon from the gun he is
doomed. The best whale fishing nowadays
land Islands. which are about 200 miles
nearer the Southern Pole than the Island,
of New Zealand.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23
Courtships In Old
!, Spain.

In Spain the marriageable young iauies
have now broken away to some extent
from the very formal and impersonai
methods allowed In old Spain for court
ship. Until recent years the strong care
for the Spanish lover to play was 10 get
himself into all kinds of danger ana nave
the young lady know this was done out
of a desire to show his love for her' IN
old days the bulls of Madrid were usually
fought by lovesick swains, who acted as
toreadors. But an even more singular
way of forwarding love suits was wpat
was called the parade Of the whippers.
This took place every. Easter season on
Good Friday and was watched py the roy
altv of Spain and representatives OF re-
ligous orders. The wnippers arrayeu
themselves in long, sugar-loaf caps and
thew wore white cloth gloves and white
shoes. They tied the sleeves OF their
waistcoats with ribbons of the colorings
selected by their sweethearts. They car
r,ed whips of small cords which had on
tha ends bits of wax with glass stuck
in+o the wax. The procession went
throueh most of the city and when each
lover passed the home Of his sweetheart
ha heat himself with terrific force. The
girls nsed to sit out on the balconies and
ann themselves and watch the, lovesick
sUains beat themselves, and the young
ladies are said to have always appeared
much pleased with this enlivening spec
tacle. @
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23

things. One day, while walking with
Turgueneff. they came upon a dying nag,
and Tolstoy pictured Its feelings SO
touchingly that Turgueneff exclaimed: 81
am sure, Lyof, that you must have had
horses among your ancestors" This pro-
found sympathy and this tremendous
power of thought make him the great
dynamic influence he is, the Colossus of
Cranks, and justify the poetic tribute of
the late Ernest Crosby, his American
apostle:
Like some quaint statue long concealed,
Deep buried in Mycenae's mart,
Wherein we clearly see revealed
The promise Of Hellenic art,
SO stand you; while aloof and proud,
The world that scribbles, prates and
frets
Seems but a simpering, futile crowd
OF Dresden china statuettes.
Like John the Baptist, once more scan
The signs that mark the dawn Of day,
Forerunner of the Perfect Man,
Make straight His path, prepare the
way.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23
The Son of His Father.

Tolstoy's ancestry was German; the
original family name being Dickmann, of
which Tolstoy IS the Russian equivalent.
If an American poet was called Long
fellow, why should a Russian philosopher
be disqualified by Fatfellow?
Tolstoy has written description OF his
father, from which the sons Inheritance
may be deduced. The elder Tolstoy was
large and handsome, fond of strange
fashions In dress, contemptuous Of the
new generation, a gambler and Lothario,
winning and losing millions, and seem
lngly devoid of moral principles. Yet he
was keyed in a sentimental mood. and
tears would often rise to his eyes at
pathetic passages in his reading. There
is also an obvious affinity between father
and son in the confession Of the elder
that "Beethoven's music always put him
to sleep"
Tolstoy's father died when the boy was
a year and half old; his mother died
only few years later His education was
thing of shreds and patches; he lodged
history and languages, which he abom-
mated, and largely followed the go-as-
you-please principle which he has since
tried to formulate into an educational
system. The school on his estate of Yas-
maya Polyana is run upon basis of prac-
tlcal anarchism. The pupils learn only
those branches they wish to, and only
such lessons as they like; when they are
tired of school they go home; when they
wish to hear more Of an interesting story
they repeat Oliver Twists formula in a
loud chorus until the teacher goes on.
One visitor at Yasnaya Polyana tells how
the pupils pelted the venerable TolBtoy
with snowballs until they saw the
stranger.
Tolstoy bade fair to follow In his IA
theirs footsteps, as his Confession"
frankly confesses. He was a gambler and
a profigate, leading the idle life of the
idle rich, until gambling debt which he
had contracted, and which was far be-
yond his available means. startled him
into repentance and changed the course
Of his life.
He chose the career of soldier. was
stationed in the Caucasus for a WHILE
and then had himself transferred to the
seat Of war in the Crimea. When he was
not composing satiric songs, which the
whole army sang, he fought with fierce
bravery among the defenders of the
bloody fourth bastion. About this time
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23

A clock once owned by John Wesley and
presented by him to the John Street
Methodist Church, in New York city, is
still doing good service In the church, at
"A John street
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23
CCLL1-TI ILZl3ZOHZZI I-REZA2AZZTGAR6
-ZZHZDE RpCDL1IZ2nYTlHZ2l Z2lpEz1LLZI

enormous circulation. Tolstoy refuses to
take out copyrights, and his books are
labeled with the strange device, mo
rights reserved" Anybody can reprint,
translate, dramatize them. The result has
been an incredible diffusion of them.
Draganov has counted 100 translations
into the Czech language, 100 into Servian;
no one has counted those into English,
German and French. Yet 1t Is not so
much his writings, it is rather the man
Tolstoy who has aroused and holds the
worlds interest. He Is the strangest
mixture of fanatic and philosopher. of
aristocrat and anarchist, of meekness and
madness, of penetrating insight and un-
reasoning prejudice the world has ever
beheld. And that is why the world Is
interested in the man Tolstoy.
Everybody knows how he left his life
of ease and luxury to wear the rough garb
of the peasantry, to cobble shoes, to
repair stoves, to walk behind the plow.
At the same time came reports Of silken
undergarments beneath his homespun, of
kld-gloved servants carving porterhouse
steak at his table-for the other members
Of his family, it is true, he eating the
coarse Cruel called kasba-while there are
so many pictures BY Repin that one won
ders whether the subject is not posing all
the time.
To understand all these incongruities,
Tolstoy the man must be studied. His
parentage, his neglected youth. his wild
oats. his stubborn temper, his ALIEN
bracing pity, his sense Of justice, or
rather MS burning resentment Of injus-
tice, all these combine TO make Tolstoy
what he is He is not at all reticent
about his life; the book called my Con-
fession" is as frank as Rousseaus famous
self-reyelation, and not at all sentimental
lied like Goethe's ''Dichtung and Wahr-
heit"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23

Ihese writings Of his have attained an
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-12-14
THE BEST PHYSIC
SLEEP is INDEED A SWEET re,
SroRER.
This 10 All That Most Victims Of
Nervous Breakdown Need to
Recover Lost Health
md viqor.

One of the features of modern
times is the prevalence of what we
term neurasthenia, or nervous break
down, says the London Express.
These names apply to condition Of
physical and mental ill-health which is
the direct result Of the age in which
we live and the pace at which we are
living Massage and electricity and
novel treatments" and cures" are
called upon to repair what we have
brought upon ourselves by our up
to-date ways of life. by worry and
excitement.
There are hundreds of women Of
the upper and middle classes just now
bewailing their nerves and cry
ing out that headaches and insomnia
and depression are spelling their lives.
I his is a neurotic age, and half the
world of men and women not molly
burn the candle at both ends. but 10
life Is almost necessity to the man
or woman who is ambitious socially.
politically or commercially We are
so anxious to get on" we attempt
to do far more than we are cOnstitu.
tionally at for, and nervous break.
down is the inevitable result.
Lack Of repose is a prime factor in
the cauDation OF nerves." the con.
slant rush in the social and business
world, the frantic pursuit OF pleasure
and amusement are frequent precur.
sors of nervous ill-health. We reck.
lessly expend our energy: we have
no time to rest, and nobody listens to
the advocates and disciples OF the
simpler life.
Home life, quiet domesticity are
becoming rarer every year. Simple
pleasures, homely joys and the
family circle" are ridiculously old
fashioned terms. Is 1t any wonder
that nervous breakdown and prema
ture decay are on the increase?
The remedy lies mainly with US
women--our influence can do q great
deal. our example more. To counteract
the restlessness and excitement char.
acteristic of this age. CA
We must preach the gospel OK rest.
Hard work nowadays means severe
nervous strain, and the constant ap-
plication to busines asnd professional
affairs demands regular periods of
quiet and complete rest, If the work
ers are to retain their health. It is
the more important that the home at
mosphere be such as will restore the
balance and lessen the tension of the
inevitable nerve strain outside.
Unauietness In the home, the tyran-
ny of social engagements aud world
ly duties" following upon strenu-
ous working day. gives no opportunity
for repose. The power to be quiet
the virtue of repose. is worth cultivat'
ing in this age Of neurotic women:
the woman who Is constantly on the
move. striving after something just
out of her reach, diffuses an atmos
phere'of disquiet and vulgar unrest
around her To be busy does not
necessarily mean to achieve; bustlinf
activity Is too often barren of rea
progress.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-12-14
LONELY ooUGSsRTY ISLAND.
No Landing Ever Made There, and
= Sighted Only Twice in Century.

Which is the loneliest, most DESC
late and most inaccessible island on
the face Of the globe? Many people
would doubtless plump Cor one of the
Crozets, which were recently brought
into notice owing to the wreck there
on of the Norwegian exploring ship
Catherine, and the subsequent res
cue of the castaway crew by the Tura-
kina, British STEAMER dispatched
from Cape Town for that purpose.
But Hog island, the westernmost
of the group and the one whereon the
wrecked men spent most of their time,
is by no means an undesirable place
OF residence, says Persons Weekly.
abounding as 1t does in hares and rab-
bits, penguins, albatrosses and sea ele-
phant.
Heard island, in the same seas, is
far more isolated. as well as more bar
rem: but 1t possesses. as does Hog
a shelter hut for castaways, and is Wis.
tied by whalers occasionally. So too
is South Georgia, but It has no shell
ter hut, and as 1t is right out of the
track of shipping and one unlucky
enough to be cast away thereon would
stand a very poor chance of ever get
ting of alive.
Bouvet island. In the same seas. Is
visited even. more rarely, and on the
last occasion when q ship touched
there FIVE corpses we're found frozen
on the beach, grim mementos OF some
ynrecorded tragedy Of the sea. Pos
session island. In its turn, ais still
Ionelier and more inhospitable than
Bouvet bs
But probably the palm In this direc-
ton must be ascribed to Dougherty is.
land. on which, as far as Is known, no
landing has ever yet been effected. IT
has only been sighted twice In a cen
tury, and Is officially described ip the
admiralty sailing directions as the
most remote and Isolated spot on
earth"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-12-14
Charlie Remembered Her.

A young woman of social promt-
nence and respectability was to unite
with the church In her home town and
desired the ordinance of baptism by
immersion In water. desiring the
primitive custom Of going to the river.
Among the number that gathered TO
witness the baptism was little boy
friend. Charlie, about four years old.
The proceedings were entirely new to
the child, and he looked on with
strange curiosity as the candidate
was led into the river. The spring
,freshets had made the river somewhat
turbulent, and 1t was with difficulty
that the minister maintained his foot
ing. During the following week the
young woman called at the home OF
his family, and after the usual greet
ings said to the little boy as she ex'
tended her. hand: ,ases m
"C0me here, Charlie. and see me.
You do not know who I am. do your
sshe continued.
yes. eindeedrI do" said the boy.
''You = that woman that went 10
swimmin' with the minister on sun
,day."--Judge's Library.
100 True.
Church, see the automobile
heart il the latest.
Gothsm--Do scorchers have ut
20, yes
"That's, funny
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-12-14

Dreamer--Do you ever see pictures
in the flames? az 80 ~
Realist---No, hut ] see coal blls.--
Broadway Magazine.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-04-20

An Austrian military organ
draws attention to one of the minor
details of japanese musketry prac-
tice during the late war, which
seems to have escaped hitherto in
Europe. In European armies the
question of a rifle rest for long
range firing has led to many ingen
ious contrivances for devlsing
tripod arrangements. The Jap
anese War Department solved the
difficulty in much simpler but
equally effective way. They just
provided the soldier with a bag of
stout cotton eight inches wide aad
twenty inches long, which he could
carry in his cartridge care on the
march, and on reaching the fight
ing line could in minute stuff
with earth or stones. The device
gave amazing assistance in accuracy
Of rifle fire.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-04-20
"PneumOnia's Deadly Work.

had so seriously affected my right
lung" writes Mrs. Fannie Connor,
of Rural Route l. Georgetown,
Tenn, "that coughed continuous
ly night and day and the neigh bors'
diction-consum ption--s seemed
Inevitable, until my hus band
brought home a bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery, which in
my case proved to be the only REAL
cough cure and restorer of weak,
sore lungs" When all remedies
utterly fail, you may still win 10
the battle against lung and throat
troubles with New Discovery. the
REAL cure. Guaranteed by all
druggist. soc. and $1.00. Trial
bottle free.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-04-20
DIFFERENCE TO SALARIES.

Some things are out of joint in
Louisiana, when the superintend-
ent of public education draws a
measly two thousand a year, while
the sheriff of the poorest parish in
Louisiana gets about four times
that amount. Just think of the
qualifications necessary to fill this
place, aud the lack of them in the
other case. One must be possessed
of the highest scholarly attain
ments, educated il AL arts and
sciences ia ore instance, while any
old pistol tOter can slash around
and occasionally boiler 80 yea, o
yea" and that's Franklin
Waterman.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-04-20

| by Colonel &. B. NJ. Harvey. Journalist
and Public Speaker.)
One overpOwering question con-
fronts the American people, Shall
their sovereignty continue to be
popular, however inadequate, or
become paternal, However bene-
fetal? Shall it be a government of
the people or by the people, a gov
eminent based upon principle or
government relying upon Expedi
ency? The founders of the re-
public believed they had settled
this question for all time when
they conceived the idea of with
holding from the nation al govern
ment the exercise of all functions
not Specifically conceded by the
people and the states, and 1t was
IN conformity with that decision
that Washington put aside the
proffered crown-the symbol of
centralized authority-and Mas
sachusetts wrote into her organic
law those memorable words:
ITO the end that this may be a
government of laws aud not of
men"
Upon that rock the fathers build
ed the constitution of the United
States, jealousy safeguarding per-
soual liberty, guaranteeing to life
and property the protection of self
government, giving first consider
alton to true Interpretation of writ
ten law, maintaining the rightful I
force Of precedent and tradition,
leaving the cOrrectio of temporary
evils to natural remedies, faith in |
the ability of each community to
solve its own problems and regard
ing DO question as settled until
right.
The results that have ensupd.
even to the excessive prosperity of
which, happily, we are now able to
complain, would seem to prove the
wisdom of the conclusion reached
BY those elder statesmen. And
yet are told by those now in ex-
sentive authority that the time has
come when the great body of citi-
sens, convinced of the essential
nadeqnacy of that original policy
o meet the requirements of new
demand that the pen
iulum be swung back and chat the 5
oderal government be vested with
,lenary power. i
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-04-20
Sheriff Sale.
JOSEPH BEZEBCENT
vs..
THEODORE LEBON.
10Th Judicial District Court, Parish o.
Ibelia, State of louisiana

| Notice is hereby given that by virtue of
an order of seizure and sale issued out of
the above entitled matter, |, George Hen
derson, Sheriff, through w. l.. Dupuy,
| Deputy Sheriff, have seized and will offer
for sale and will sell TO the last and
highest bidder FOR CASH, at the Court
House in the City of New Iberia, Parish
of Iberia Louisiana, between legal sale
honrs on
SATURDAY MAY 4th, 1907.
the following described property, to wiz:
A certain tract OF land situated in the
Parish of Iberia. Louisiana, south and in
the rear OF the Town of Jeanerette, con
tanning ten arpents more or less and
bounded North by lands of Savoy, South
by the lands of Jackson Lejeune, On the
East by public road, and on the West by
public road.
To pay and satisfy the sum of Two
Hundred and Sixty Seven and 75-100 Dol
lars with per cent interest per annum
from the 9th, day of March 1904, until
paid together with 10 per cent Attorneys
fees on the principal and interest, and
costs of these proceedings.
Given officially this 30th, day of March,
1907.
GEORGE HENDERSON, Sheriff,
Per W. l.. Dupuy, Deputy Sheriff
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-04-20

In 1904 the President writes to
Mr.. Hartman sit has been a real
pleasure to see you this year. The
campaign year was, indeed, a
pleasant year to see Hartman,
who is about the most conspicuous
Of the heads of great combinations
of capital and the possessoT of a
great private fortune. There was
not in the whole country a man
whom he could, with so little pro-
priety, invite to the White House
for political conference. none from
whom the solicitation or the ac-
ceptance of a campaign coutribu-
ton would have been more fragrant
ly Incompatible with the Presi-
DENTS avowed policies and inten-
tions.-New York Times, Ind.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-04-20
McENERY SCRIP SUIT.

Henri l. Gueydan who is deeply
interested in the McEnery Scrip
matter aud who did so much to-
ward having the Toomer Acts
passed by the last Legislature was
seen about the McEDery scrip suit
lately decided in VIM Parish by
the District Court. Mr.. Gupydan
felt very good over the result as it
was in favor of the owners of the
McEnery scrip lands aud had the
following to say: "The VIM Par
iSh case included some eleven
thousand acres Of lands entered
with McEnery scrip, but not set
tied as the McEuery scrip lands of
this Parish have BEEN | wish to
bring ont forcibly that if the title
to the VIM lands are good that to
our own lands which have been cut
up, settled and occupied for over
~ years, must be even stronger
and beyond question. An appeal
has been taken to the Supreme
Court and the decision is expected
within few days. If it affirm
the ruling of the lower court, the
land spectators will be debarred
forever more. If it should be ad-
verse to the lower court the McEn-
cry scrip people would still have a
fighting chance. 1t is to be hoped
that the Supreme Court of he
State will render prompt decision
affirming beyond doubt the States
patents and thereby restoring con-
fideDce to the pros perlive home
seeker and investor" : Gueydan
NeWs.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-04-20

IJJu 81 uuicldl DlSlIlCl NOuit, L dlISu Ol
iberia, State of Louisiana.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of
a writ of Fieri Facias issued out of the
above entitled matter l. George Hendtr r
son, Sheriff through w. l.. Dupuy, by
Sheriff, have seized and will offer for sale
aud will sell to last and highest bidder
FOR CASH at the Court House, in the
City of New Iberia, Parish OF Iberia,
Louisiana, between legal sale hours on
SATURDAY, MAY 18TH, A. D, 1907
the following described property, to-wt /.
A certain tract of land situated in the
End Ward OF the Parish OF Iberia, contain
ing about 6 arpents more or less with all
the buildings and Improvements thereon
and thereunto belonging bounded on the
North by Public Road, and Dominique,
South by Desire Hebert, East by Public
Road, and West by E. Boutte, the prop.
erty includes Triangular piece Of land
across the road on the North of said des
cribed lands, more particularly shown by
diagram made in book of Conveyance 81
Fol, 277. To pay and satisfy the sum of
Four Hundred and SiXty-Two 55-100
Dollars, for costs incurred and taxed
against plaintiff in the above entitled
cause as follows: Clerk of Court costs
$98.l5. Witnesses per diem and mileage
$l3540. Jury costs $15870. Sheriffs
costs $40. So, as we'll as all other costs of
these proceedings.
Given officially this 9th day OF April A.
ID. 1907,
GEORGE HENDERSON, Sheriff,
PEI W. l.. Dupuy, by. Sheriff
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-04-20
The Price Of Health.

"The price of health in a malar-
ions district is just 25 cents; the
cost of a box of DR.. Kings New
Life Pills." writes Ella Slaytou, of
holland, AJAX. New Life Pills
cleanse gently and impart new life
and vigor to the system. 25c.
Satisfaction guaranteed at all drug
gist.