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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

The LIONS FEAR OF MAN.-Litenstein
says: that the African hunters avail them.
selves of the circumstance that the lion
does not spring upon his prey till he has
measured the ground, and has reached the
distance Of ten or twslve PAGES, when he
lies crouehing upon the ground, gathering
himself for the effort. The hunters, he
says, make q rule never to Gre upon lion
/ till be lies down at this short distance, so
that they can aim directly at the head
with perfect certainty. He adds, that if a
person has the misfortune to meet lion
his only hope is to stand perfectly still,
even though the animal crouches to make
a spring-that spring will not be hazard
cd, if the man has only nerve enough to
remain motionless as statue, and look
steadily at the lion. The animal hesitates,
rises slow y, retreats some steps, looking
earnestly about him, lies down, again re
treats, till having thus by degrees got
quite out Of what he seems to feel as the
magic circle of mans influence, he takes
his I'll ght in the utmost haste.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

A SERIOUS ERRoR.-So many people
rush un1hinkingly into matrimony ! Mar
:iage is SO often the result of circum-
stances which throw two persons together
-oi consideration Of the fitness of things
of momentary impulses, or Of cool deli
bera,ion-that which should be the hap.
piest state of things is often the unhap-
piest. And people speak Of wedding as
they would lottery, where there are
more blanks than prizes. The only true
matches are made BY love, and when two
people have really loved-real|y loved
from the depths of their very hearts
nothing can ever quite part them again.
We do not say this Of those who have on.
iy been called, or called themselves,
lovers. A couple may be engaged, Or, it
may be, even married, and yet that won
derful tie Of great love may never have
existed between them. When it does
exist, all the waters cannot quench it, nor
the seas cover it. Forever and forever
at least, in the forever Of life-those two
are more than any two who have not
loved can be. Sometimes happy fate ac
tual|y unites two who loye thus, and they
live long, happy life together. l
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04
Che Gafopette Aopertiser.
|fFlClAl JOURNAL Of The Parish Of LAFAYETTE
and Of the Town Of VERMILIONVILLE.
OPTIMISM AND PEssIMIsM.
(Independent.I

Two boys went 10 hunt grapes. One
was happy because they found grapes
The other was unhappy because the grapes
had seeds in them
Two men, being convaIescent, were
asked how they were. One said: II am
better to day" The other said Il was
worse yesterday"
When it rains, one man said: This
will make mud" Another: "Th;s will
lay the dust"
Two boys got an oyster. One looked
at it and declared it oas.y. The other
tasted it, and declared it good.
Two boys were examining bush. One
observed that it had thorn. The other,
THAT it had rose.
Two children, looking through colored
glasses, one said "The world is blue.'
And the other said 1T is bright"
Two boys, eating their dinner, one said:
II would rather have something bitter
than this" The other said: This is bet
ter than nothing"
Two men went to see New York. One
visited the sa.oons, and thought New
York wicked. The other visited the
homes. and thought New York good.
Two boys, looking at some skaters, one
said !: "ste how they fall.' The other
"see how they glide"
A servant thinks a mans house is prin
cipal'y kitchen. A guest that it is princ
pally parIor.
Two boys got each an apple Que was
thankful for the apple. The other was
dissatisfied because it was not two.
: am glad tha. ! live," says one man.
Il am sorry that | must die" says an
other.
II am glad,' says one, "that it is no
worse II am sorry" says another, "that
il is no better"
One man is thankful for his blessings.
Another is morose for his misfortunes.
One man thinks he is entitled to a bet.
ter world, and is dissatisfied because be
hasn't got it. Another thinks he is not
justly entitled to any, and is satisfied with
this.
One man enjoys what he has. Another
suffers what he has not.
One man makes up his account from
bis wants. Another from his assets.
One man complains that there is evil in
the world. Another rejoices that there is
good in the world.
One says: sour good is mixed with
evil Another says: "Our evil is mixed
with good"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

CENsuRE This world is full Of harsh
ness. 1t is easier to censura than to
praise; the former is qualification Of our
self esteem, while to praise seems, with
minds too ambitious and ungenerous, a
tacit admission Of others superiority. It
is a bane Of society wherever I have
known It, perpetual seeking for some
thing which will disparsge or make ridc'
ulous our nei ghbors.
Their conduct is canyassed, and mean
and selfish motives are attributed to them.
Their fobles are dragged into day. do
not boast myself to be free from blame
on this account. and yet try to find
what is good and beautiful in all that [
see, and to judge my fellow creatures as
| would have them judge me. There is
a verse in Pope's Universal Prayer
which is full Of beauty. I wish it was
craven on tablets in all our churches.
You will pardon me for quoting what is
50 trite:
'Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault see:
That mercy to others show,
That mercy show to me-,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

How TO DISTINGUISH HiM-A very
excited woman went into one Of our drug
stores the other afternoon and said to the
clerk
"You mustn't sell chloroform." ;"
"Why not asked the clerk. ".
You mustn't sell it, | say y
"But we have the right to sell it 10
proper parties" explained the clerk.
Il tell you you mustn't sell it to my
man unless he brings a deep'omey," she
shreked. =.-..
"A diplomat"
Eyes, a deep'omey y
"But how am to know It is your hus-
band?"
"Ys'll know him fast enough. He has
gray breeches, and there's big black
patel, on the back"
With the imparting Of this infallib'e
indication Of "her man. she departed.
To save embarrassment to the clerk,
parties after ch'ofoform will please wear
short tailed coats.-Dan5ury News.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

Coon ADVICE "A Virginia lady
writes: "And now a few words to the
girls who may read this. Be careful to
whom you write. Many a loving, trust.
ing letter is sent by true hearted gir
and is read BY the receiver to u laughing
crowd Of men. and various remarks are
passed about the silly gi'ls.' I can con
scentiously say, oa the other hand, that
| have never seen nor heard of a gin
showing her letters proniscuously, even
from man she did not care for, though
they are often shown to the one, iesr
friend in strict oonti ience.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04
He Never Drank.


In the early part Of the late war, wher
Gen. Grant was in command of the army
before Vicksburg, a number of officers
we're gathered at his headquarters, having
a pleasant social time. One of them in
vited the party to join in social glass; al
but oae accepted. He asked to be excused
saying that he "neyer drank" The hour
passed, and each went his way to his re
spective command.
A few days after this the officer who de
clined to drink received note from Gen
eral Grant 20 report at headquarters. H.
obeyed the order, and was soon in the
presence Of the general. Grant says to
him: "You are the officer, I believe" for
their acquaintance was slight, "who re
marked the other day that you never
drank" The officer modestly answered
that he was. 'Then," continued the gen.
eral, "you are the man l have been look
ing for to take charge Of the com nissary
department, and order that you be de-
tailed to that duty" He served his
country faithfully until the close Of the
war, and was honorably discharged. Years
passed, and Grant had come to be presi
dent. The officer had settled down 10 the
duties of private life, and the little Incl
dent was cherished as a pleasant memory
The trouble on the border between
Texas and Mexico, along the Rio Grande,
attracted the attention Of congress, and a
commission was ordered to ascertain the
facts and report. Again President Grant
remembered the man who "never drank"
aud appointed him chairman of the board
The place was accepted, and he entered
faithfully upon the work; the report sub
United shows the thoroughness with
which the dsty was discharged.
While engaged in this work he made
the acquaintance Of a gentleman who
owned an extensive cattle ransh in
Southern Texas. That acquaintance in
spired confidence, and years after, when
the Texan gentleman decided to sell bis
ranch, he placed it in the hands of the
man who ''never drank" and during the
last month he has effected sale, to an
English company, Of the ranch of 200 900
acres Of land and several thousand head
VI Odltto AOIs al even IuiiilOD OOHdFS. out OF
this be gets a commission that will be a
snug fortune in these hard times. Ths
company that bought will enter largely
upon packing beef for foreign markets.
slaughtering their meat on their ranch
from their own herds. The superinten.
dence Of their business has been rendered
to and accepted by the man who never
drank" and he goes in few days to bis
new field of labor. This takes from
Chicago one of her most esteemed and
honored citizens, but it gives one to Texas
who will always be found on the side Of
order and good government
II somewhere we could touch this sim
pie narrative with bit of sentiment, and
give but word to woman, either as saint
or sinner, we would then have the frame
work Of brilliant romance that would
need only the pen Of the artist word pain
ter to give it life and inspiration. But as
it is, we can only draw the moral, "nayer
nk."-Alliance.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

The NECESSITY or PLENTY or SLEEP.
"A writer in the .Scri6ner for February,
considering ''The Relations Of Insanity to
Modern Civilization speaks of the loss
Of sleep as prominent cause of insanity.
He says:
''During every moment of consciousness
the brain is in activity. The peculiar
process Of cerebration, whatever that may
consist Of, is taking place; thought after
thought comes forth, nor can we help it.
It is only when the peculiar connection
or chain Of connection Of one brain cell
with another is broken, and consciousness
fades away into the dreamless land Of per-
feet sleep, tha: the brain is at rest. In
this state it recuperates its exhausted
energy and power, and stores them up for
future need. The period Of wakefulness is
one of constant wear. Every thought is
generated at the expense Of brain cells,
which .can be fully replaced only by
periods Of properly regulated repose. If,
therefore, these are not secured by sleep, il
the brain, though over-stimuation, is not
'~ie ~ FN''ses 80 CHot Sys OSSotHoS eA :
bausted; debility, disease and disintegra
ton superrene. Hence the story is almost
always the same; for weeks and months
before the indication 8 Of active insanity
appear, the patient has been anxious,
worried and wakeful not sleeping more
than four or FIVE hours out Of the twenty
four. The poor brain, unable to do its
constan: work, begins to waver, to show
signs ofweskness or alteration, hallucina.
tons or delusions hover around like float
ing shadows in air, until finally disease
comes and
"Plants his siege
Against the mind, which he pricks and
wounds
With many Iegions Of strange fantasies,
Which IN their throng and press to the
last hold
Confoand themselves"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

To PUR1FY WATEa.-A Dutch house
keeper in the Transyaa|, purifies the tur.
bid water in the district by throwing half
dozen dried peach kernels, slightly
cracked, into large butt Of water. This
renders the muddiest water clear.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

EFFECT OF INvENr1NG ON LABoR.-The
inventions and Improvements of the last
hundred years have qu;n,upled the pro
ductive power Of the world. But instead
of driving people out Of employment they
have created innumerabe new employ
ments and given living work to three
times as many people in the civilized
world as existed then. Pttts1ayg Lea5er.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

I is said that quinine may be quite de-
prlyed Of its great bitterness without injur-
ing its virtues, by combining two grains Of
lsanic acid with ten Of aainine.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

DR E. DELAoULY, Druggist and Apotheca-
Dry, dealer in drngs and chemicals, patent
medicines. choice perfumeries. paints, oils. and
brushes, stationery, etc. Prescriptions carefully
compounded. day or night corner Main & st
} Ohm streets
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

A French lady, who was an adopted
member Of a famous military corps, when
cigar was lighted in her presence, with
the remark, 4 suppose they smoke in
your regiment said, ".Yae, but not in my
crunanv." G
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04
Eating For Brains.

"a little more fish, if you please" said
q red whiskered patent medicine beddler
to the waiter, and then turning to AN
honest old farmer, he said 5; That's a
mighty prime article o diet, aud they
know how to cook it here to suit my taste
little better than they do anywhere else
in town." and then he drumined on the
table with the handle Of his knife and
picked his teeth with a fork, waiting i'm.
patiently for the waiter to return with his
plate.
II see yon seem to kind o like it," said
the honest old farmer, shoveling his
mouth full of mashed potatoes, aud wash
| ing them down with tho contents Of bis
saucer. .M.-
Yes, I am very fond Of fish, specially
fried" continued the patent medicine
man, with nervous eye on the kitchen
door, as he bo|ted the half of a cold bis
cult. "D;d you ever know he resumed j,
"that fish was good for the brain?'
'Lor', mol" replied the countryman-
"you don't tell me How'd You find that
out?"
ooh. I've known it long while. read
it in an almanac"
"Did you, thought Well. now, tell me,
have you ever tried it g asked the farmer,
sending down an enormous chunk Of roast
beef to see if the potatoes were comfort
able.
"Did ever try i'll Great Caesar, man
why, l should say had ] Why, do goa
know, sir I've had fish bones around my
plate at least two meals out Of three fo-
the last fve years 7" he replied, as he seiz-
ed with avidity the heaping plate just re
turned to him.
The old farmer laid down his knife and
fork at once and stopped his jaws. Then
he !eisure'y pulled from his coattaiI
pocket German silver spectacle case,
which he opened and took out pair Of
iron bowed glasses, reached around and
hauled red silk handkerchief out Of his
hat under the chair. deliberately wiped the
spectacles, placed them on his nose, and
then proceeded to eve the medicine man
closely and attentiyely for about two
IN inutes, when be removed the glasses
and returned them to their case, as be
asked, with much interest:
"Did you say you had been eatin' fish
purity considerable for about five years?"
"Yes, sir"
"Aud did l understand you to say you
b'lieved it was good for brains?"
"Yes, SIR, that's exactly what | think"
"Well-what makes you think SO g.
asked the farmer, shove'ing in more pota.
toes and squash, threw on the belt. and set
the mill to grinding again.
The confident 6sh consumer gave him
such an injured look as one man seldom
bestows Oh another, dropped his knife and
fork as though they had suddenly become
red hot, and bolted from the room.
The farmer watched him disappear, and
then turning to drover, said:
THAT feIler might keep on eatin' fish
till the bones come out through his skin
as thick as his beard, an have all his
chawin' for nothin'. never waste
manure on yeler clay sile that won't
raise blue beans"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

WHAT He Was F1sHISa FoR.-The
other day the harbor master came across
a stranger on the wharf, at the foot Of
Randolph street, fishing with cotton
string to which was attached a hook made
Of stove pipe wire and bated with an ap.
pie core.
"Do yon expect to catch any fish with
such tackle as that?' inquired the
officer. -..=...
mo, sir" was the prompt reply.
"Are you fishing for bites e.
"No, sir"
Fishing for fan! g
mo, sir"
The nettled harbor master was about to
tell the calm nouthed stranger to fish
away and be hanged to him, when he
carefully lifted his hook out Of the water,
spi: on the apple core and said:
"1've been in this city two days and
oyer, sleeping in boxes and living on air,
and l was just experimenting to see if
there was burned reptile in this neigh
borhood as hungry as am !"
The officer lent him a chew Of tobacco,
and permitted him to continue his expert
ment in peace.-Detroit Free Press.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04
E2'lESs and .7EenIciueS.

mt p YOUNG & Co, Apothecarias and
lyl Druggists, corner Washington and Yer
million streets, dealers in drugs chemicals, Pat
ent medicines, paints. oils and varnishes, glass,
putty, brushes and painters tools; blank books
and stationery, perfumery, etc. Prescriptions
"a speciality y-pght or day.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

lean VIGNEAU, Livery and Feed Stable, on
y North Main street opposite the court house
square. Single and double teams and saddle
horses to hire. Good care taken of all stock
placed il his stable.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04
L5re,'y end Feed Stables.

THEO. HEBERT, Jr., Livery and Feed Sta
bic, hacks, buggies, hgses and saddle horses
to hire. Rates moderate. Madison street.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

M7ILL. G. ROGAN, dealer in choice family
~ groceries, Havana cigars, smoking and
chewing tobacco; Telegraph Office corner La
tayette and Eerlnilion streets.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

sas;,,. @ =. MUTTON, dealer in dry goods,
a l.ss; nonons, hats, boots and shoes, gro
y tauNare, crockery. eaddlery. Ladies,
I i,.b;sa.uss &c: Liquors. wines, &c. Cor
l, -. .s,aeton \ Vermilion streets, near the
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

u ~. uNokf dealer in dry goods, cloth
~ s, ..a shoes, hats, notions, plantation
sua ~. Ladies' and gentlemen's fancy fur
II 49, Polite cil ks always on hand and
M .s ~. customers. Corner Main and ST.
z near catholic church. ~ ''-'' -
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

M r. YOUNG & Co, dealers il fancy and
lYIs staple groceries wines, liquors, glassware,
tInware, paints, oils; Havana cigars, superior
smoking and chewing tobacco, etc. Corner of
Washington T. Vermilion streets
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

FRANK, corner Main and Lafayette streets,
= opposite the Court House, dealer in dry
goods clothing, boots, shoes and hats Ladies
and gentemen's fancy furnishing goods No
uons, crockery, tinware, groceries, etc. Fine as
sortment oftobacco and cigars always on hand
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-10-04

GEORGE JossE. Washington street. dealer
~ in dry goods, fancy articles, children's toys,
and groceries Sewing machines, &c. Fire
arms and musical instruments repaired
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-19
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF THE FIRST
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

Acting nnder resolution adopted on
the Sd day of April, 1870, by the Demo
cratic Judicial Committee Of the first cir
cult, at meeting held in Cairo / do here
by call delegate Convention of the Dem
ocrats Of said circuit, to be held in Cairo,
Illinois, on Tuesday the sixth day of May,
1879, at ten o'clock, a. M, for the purpose
OF nominating three candidates for the Of
fee Of Circuit Judge, to be voted for at the
ensuing June election.
Under the bases Of representation
adopted by the Committee of one delegate
for each two hundred votes and one dele
gate for each fraction Of two hundred votes
over one hundred, cast for the Tilden and
Hendricks electors, the counties composing
| the circuit will each be entitled in the
convention to the following number of
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-19
Physicians speak in Terms of Praise in favor of the
HEALTH PAD.

CINCi.NAri, June ~, 1876
Having had some considerable acquaintance with
the operation Of the Pad, | can conciencousy
recon- mend II MS an eXcclcn, remedy In all the dis
eases for which Dr.. Forbes counses ils use.
DIR. j. IlAllOWE ELL,
~ George street, Cincinnati.
What Rev Joseph Emery, the wcll.knoSn CITY
Missionary, says:
CINCINNATI, June 90 1876
Having had long acQuant lance with DR. Forbes,
am satisfied lha, Whatever he recommends he does
40 co'sccnciously, ana VII prove all they promise
REV, JOSEPH EMERY.
Extracts from n few of the Many Letters ircouentjv
received at the Onlco.
one says al feel TINT Sonr pu,l- have saved nv
lilc " Another payp Your Pad has inst tonrhrd
my case It has. entirely removed my coskcncss
and consequent sick Headache" Another writes:
"Your Pad attended strictly 10 business. md in
forty.cight hours felt as well rs over" Another:
your Pad has cured me OF Billiousncss aud tor.
pid Liver. am better than have been in twenty
years " SIN another soys!- rave endured ali tho
hP,rotn go"ng ON, o. a'"rp,u Liirr and Dyspepsia.
more I'll have used your Pads with perfectly salts.
factory rcsalIp, aud checriu!S recommend them 10
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-19

TO maintain. 4 Southern exchange says;
The proposilon offered in the Tennessee
legislature. TO tax dealers IN fire arms, and
to levy special tax on each pistoi' Dowic
knife and other weapons which can be con
cealed about the person, makes great al
vance in public sentiment in this matter II
is moi very long since such measure would
have received no encouragement in any leg
islatvc body, Now, however it meets
with respectful consideration and il will
not be great while before even more Strin-
gent measures will be popular, OF course,
stringent laws will not abatc the evil, be-
cause it is not an easy matter to detect
those who violate them, but if they arc en-
forced, their Importance and justice will
gradually be recognized until public opin-
ion will condemn the practice Of carrying
concealed weapons as strongly as it does
stealing When that time arrives the reign
Of the pistol and knife will be over. Mr.. O.
A. Bacon who has three times been speaker
of the house OF representatives of Georgia,
and who occupies quite prominent place
in the politics of that State, has lately OK
pressed some very advanced views on this
subject. He says that he is of the opinion
"that all pistols should be outlawcd
and banished from the State on
the same principle that we would extcrmi-
nate all rattle snakes and vipers if we could
do So" OF course, if n person is deter
mined to commit an act of violence he will
have no difficulty in finding an instrument
with which to carry out his purpose, but, as
Mr. Bacon says, the proportion of homi-
cidcs or other crimes of violence in the
South, which are premeditatcd, is very
small. Nearly all of them are the result
of sudden passion and are committed on
the impulse Of the moment. If it were
not for the presence Of concealed weapons
on such occasions, very little harm would
be done,