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The Minister'S Ruse.

The collection box in certain Scot
fish church was found empty. The
minister thereupon joined Tam, the
kirk officer, in his homeward walk
after service, and lamented to him
that he would have to do thing he
did not like, which was "just TO raise
the deevil, and he'll come to the man
that took that money, either in wind
that'll no leave him leaf nor sheaf, or
wi rope to hang him over his own
door" The kirk officer made no re
ply.
The next night the minister sent
man to Tam's barn to hang a rope
with a moose at the end of it on the
door. Tam came before dawn to
thresh; but, seeing the moose and his
own shadow on the wall, he rushed
back to bed and stayed there till day
light. When he returned the rope
was gone He was shortly afterward
seen proceeding to the kirk and when
the box was opened next Sabbath,
every missing penny was found in
side. True Flag.
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went off Some said to CalIforny II
he did, | bet it didn't do him no good,
for shif'loss folks is shifless every
whar; whereas-an belt known a smart
Teller can make money eff you set him
down into the middle o sandy plains
or the Sahary desert with nothin' TO
boot"
"Well, | guess you've made out
your Gaze, said Zenas. II dono as
ever heeied of a woman any queerer
n he was, tho I've seen good many
Of EN- fust and last "
Il should say he was pesky," drawl
ed Sam; but women is pesky, too,
when they take a notion SO to be"
II dono as it's any use tryin' for to
even EN- up interposed Uncle Pa
phro, whether or no, in goodness
nor badness. Scripter says that when
the lord made the first folks, Male and
female created he them, and it seems
as though what he done gener'lly
stays put.
They're that way yet, same as he
made EN-; hewitt changed no more n
fishes has growed into cows, nor dogs
into cats, Tisn't no use tryin' to
illt~hO Gil JtSt tllhC, lOI yOu Coll oO
it. l surmise that the best way is for
each Of em to stan in their own lot,
do their best to have it bear first rate
crops and havin' done all, TO STAN, as
the Scripter somewhere says.
Come boysl we've yarned it long
enough This is the last noonin' wen
have in the bayfield, this year;
though ! dono as it's ben real solum
Set to now, spry and load up; I'm
thankful the's end to haydn time
not but what there is some fun into it,
too. l guess we'll all get together
ag'in somewhere about Thanksgiving
time. Ask Sid"
II should say ask Delyer drawled
Sam as he got up in his lazy way.
They all laughed, and picking up rakes
and pitchforks went off to load up the
fragrant heaps Of rowen. Haying was
over for that year; SO are its stories.-
Rose Terry Cooke in Youths Compan
ion
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1889-12-28
Bogus TuruuoiseA

A German merchant discovered
during the fair at Nijni-Novgorod,
that the turquoises offered for sale by
the Persian traders in those stones
were nearly all false. These rogues
have been imposing paste upon their
customers for the last six or seven
years, and it is estimated that, out of
about 100000 turquoises which have
been sold during that period, not more
than 10, 900 were genuine stones. The
limitations are described as marvellous
ly clever Jewellers Circular
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1889-12-28

During 1890 The Century Magazine (whose recent
successes have included the famous WAR Papers, ~
the Lincoln History and George Remnants series on
"Siberia and the Ex lie System'O will publish the
long looked-for Autobiography OF Joseph Jefferson,
who's rip Van Winkle' has made his name a
household word No more interesting record of a
life upon the stage could be laid before the public.
Mr.. Jefferson is the fourth in generation of actors,
and, with his children and grandchildren, there are
six generations of actors among the Jeffersons His
stoiy of the early days of the American stage, when
as a boy, travelling in his fathers company, they
would settle down for a season in a Western town,
playing in their extemporzed theater-the par
tlculars of the creation of his famous rip Van
Wrinkle" how he acted "Ticket-of-Leave- Man" be-
fore an audience of that class in ustraa, ETC.
all this, enriched with illustrations and portraits of
contemporary actors and actresses and with anec-
dotes, will form of the most delightful serials
Tie Century has printed.
Amelia E. Barr Frank R. Stockton, Mark Twain
ii. H. Boyesen and many other well known writers
will furnish the fiction for the volume, which
to be unusually strong, including several novels,
illustrated novelties, and short stories. The
Women of the French Salons" to be described in
brilliant series of illustrated papers. The import
ant discoveries made with the great Lick Telescope
at San Francisco he largest telescope in the world)
and the latest explorations relating to prehistoric
America (including the famous Serpent Mound, of
Ohio) are to be chronicled in The Century.
Prof. George p. Fisher, of Yale University, is to
elaton,n which will attract every Bible student.
Bishop Potter, of New York, will be one of several
prominent writers who are to contribute series of
"Piesent-day Papers" on living topics, and there
will be art papers, timely articles, etc., ETC., and
the choicest pictures that the greatest artists ard
engravers can produce
Every bookseller, postmaster, and subscription
agent takes subscriptions to The Century 81 90 a
year, remittance may be made directly to the
publishers, The Century Co., of New York Begin
subscriptions with November (the first issue of
necticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" IN that
number.
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Six -year-old to caller on her big
sister)-Good evening, Mr.. Palmer.
That isn't my name, little girl, my
names Walker"
ooh, you must be Susie's other
beau" Tableau Boston Herald.
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ELYS

CREAM BALM
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07
TULANE UNIVERSITY
OF LOUISIANA.
WM' PRESTON JOHNSTON, LII. D., President

The next Annual Session of High School
Cnl!eee. sud of the a. Sophie Newcomb ME-
mortal College for young women. will beoir
Tuesday, October lst. Entrance examination
on Monday. September 30th
| High School Course years. COLLEGE,
course 4 years. All departments supplied
win laboratories and other aids to practical
instruction. The Manual Training department
is well equipped with apparatus for wood
working. blacksmithing. forging. brazing and
soldering and machine construction.
Parallel College Courses lead to the deoree o
OF Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science.
There is n practical course in Electrical En-.
glneer and complete plant of the Edison
System for instruction.
The d. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College
Tor young women offers a full course in sci
ence and letters.
Special courses in Art ard Literature
There is an Academical Department which
prepares students for the College. College
course, 500 per annum. Preparatory course
OF two years. $50 per annum.
The Law Department opens November 18th.
Ii. U. Miller, Dean. Medical Department,
opens October 2l, Stanford E, Chaile. NJ. d.
Dean.
For general catalogues. address VIM, O.
Rogers, Secretary of the Tulane University
I'VE" orleans, La. Aug. Sd, 1882
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07

The Louisiana State Fair and Shreve
port Exposition will present its Fourth
Annual Exhibit at Shreveport beginning
Tuesday. the 9Th day of October, and
ending Monday the 14th. Past expert.
ence enables the management to enlarge
the scope of usefulness and attractive
ness of the various exhibits of our agri-
cultural and other products, and increase
the premium lists to the highest point of
liberality. Better, crops, fatter and bet
ter cattle, larger and stronger work ami
mails; and encouragement in all industri-
al pursuits is the sure outcome of these
annual exhibits. Everybody should raise
something useful or attractive to exhibit,
and go to Shreveport during Fair week.
An immense number of attractions are
engaged by the management that will
prove instructive as well as amusing.
Competitive prize and exhibition drills
of the crack military companies of the
Southwest will be grand feature of the
Exposition. A special committee are
now perfecting arrangements to entertain
them
Trotting, running and pacing races
will have an unusual number of entries
of the fastest horses.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07
THE NEW POSTAL CARDS.

Descriptions of the new, postal
cards, which are soon to be issued by
the department, show that the cards
themselves will be beauties. There
will be three sizes when the contracts
have been filled. The first of these
will be much larger than the one now
in use, and will be the one used main
ly by business men. Its size will be
sufficient to admit of the printing Of a
business card at the top, and still al
low of plenty of room for the message
below. The second will be about the
same size as the present card, and will
be for brief notices and the like. For
lsdies.' who are beginning to look
much more favorably upon these me-
diums. of communication, there will
be still smaller one, finer in quality
and more aesthetic in appearance. The
old buff color gives way in the three
sizes to whittier shade, which every
body will welcome.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07
SUGAR ROCK.

A dispatch from Washington, of
August 10th, says: Claus Spreckles
comes to the front in scheme for a
new market in sugar. He has author
lied his attorney to file patent for a
new artificial building stone, devised
by Spreckles, which, he claims, is
cheaper than good building stone,
harder than granite, impervious to
moisture, unaffected by heat, winter
than marble and with a weight that
would powder granite. He proposes
to demonstrate its utility by giving
bonds to construct the proposed new
wings to the White House out Of
sugar block, and forfeit his bonds if
the material is not more weather proof
than brick, more beautiful than mar
BILE and more durable than granite.
He says the process is similar to that
by which gehtine is hardened by en-
gravers.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07
THE VALUE OF SHORT WORDS

: We all know how to talk, and there
e is certain quota of words put on the
t tongue of every man just as the song
is given TO the canary bird or to the
robin. But beyond the song these
birds cannot go. And beyond the
natural speech, or the words which
nature gives to every one, the illiterate
human being. cannot 60. His vocab-
ulary is limited until be becomes a
student. Then it begins to widen, and
there is no boundary line to its posi-
bilities. The writer who imagines he
can give additional emphasis to a COM
position by the use Of large words is
greatly mistaken. The economy of
the readers attention is absorbed in
understanding and applying these big
words, and there is little in the mental
energy left with which to digest the
idea which these long words contain.
The picture which is brought before
his mental vision is therefore dim and
uncertain. If the writer would give
more prominence to the idea and less
to the verbal frame; in other words,
if he would use simple language, which
by contrast would bring out the idea.
he would not only economize his read
er's mental energy, but would benefit
himself by making himself more easi-
ly understood. The mind is not able
to do more than one thing at time
and do it well. 1t cannot delve into
the mysteries of a many-syllabled word
and comprehend the thought in prop
er manner at once. Does the man say
that he cannot write book or an ar
ticle with little words? Then he is
very wrong. If he knew how many
little words are in the speech of the
land he would, not say that he cannot
lind those words. And it may be said
that these small words have more force
han the big words, because the soul
. the tongue, or it would be more fit
o say speeches, is to be found in the
hort words more than in the long. In
his all men who write on words
hink as one. They feel that the yerv
life of the thing is shown in the short
vord. There is no word that will take
he place of buzz, sour, roar, splash
cid, scrape, tough, whiz, bang, rough,
mooth, keen, blunt, thin. Each of
hese words, is like The thing which it
cts forth, and so it is more strong and
elpsthe brain in its work.-Erchanqe.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07
Epoch.

The transition from long, linger,
ing and painful sickness to ro6us,
health marks an epoch in the life oi
the individual. Such a remarkable
event is treasured in the memory
and the agency whereby the good
health has been attained is gratefully
blessed. Hence it is that so much is
heard in praise of Electric Bitters. So
many feel they owe their restoration
to health, to the use of the Great AL
terative and Tonic. If you are trou-
bled with any disease of Kidneys,
Liver or Stomach, of long or short
standing you will surely find relief by
use of Electric Bitters. Sold at SOC
and 81 per bottle at VIM. Clegg's
Drugstore.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07
A MARVELLOUS FAST.

A dispatch from Indiauapolis Of
August 2Oth, says: Robert Marvel,
after fasting sixty-seven days, died
this morning at seven o'clock. His
case is SO extraordinary that it has at
tracted the attention not only of the
curious public, but of the medical fra
ternity far and near, He was eighty
five years old. On June 18th Mr
Marvel ate bis last square meal. For
thirty-six days he took absolutely
nothing into his stomach. On the
thirty-eighth he bit off piece of pie
but did not eat it. On the thirty,
ninth he drank a small quantity Of
milk, and at irregular periods he ha.
continued to do SO. All told, he drank
not to exceed one gallon Of milk in
the sixty-seven days that have elapsed,
since he began to fast. The effect of
this abstinence is such as would be ex.
pected. The faster had reduced him
self to a Giving shadow" The case
is so far beyond the ordinary that in.
credulity has been excited. But there
is no occasion for this, as George
Hasty, a well known physician of this
city, has attended him regularly. The
great difficulty in treating him has,
been his determination to resist ali
proffered, aid. After fasting a full
month, he one day arose from his bed
and seizing pan of water that stood
near drank some Of it. After that
nilk and water were left near him
and occasionally he would rise and
drink little. During the last week
Marvel has been bedfast,. except at
Zines when he would spring up and
wander about the house and porch
sores came upon him by reason of his
ong confinement, and evidently Mar
vel has not only suffered long but &C.
verely, though everything possible
vas done to relieve him.
His fast is the longest on record. 80
ar as known. The most prominent
,ase Of voluntary fasting was that of
Tanner. 1t will be recalled that he
tie nothing and drank only, water for
orty days. Marvel lived with his
elatives in Pike township, seven miles
rom the city.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07
For the Adcertiser.
THE MOCKING BIRDS STORY.

Mother, / wish were a bird /"
A little sick boy said,
AS ne tossed about impatiently
Upon his fevered bed.
Listen how that bird sings,
How varied are his laws,
While | must lie here iii
Through all my holidays"
Hush, darling" said she, gently,
You know not what you say;
Remember, he is prisoner,
And all the Summer dav
HIS notes are sad and wailing.
AS he tells what he has lost
That man may be gratified,
NO matter what the COST
he sings of the prairie island.
Where the tall green trees
Spread abroad their dewy branches
In the balmy evening breeze;
Or, bending low at night
Ger the flowers at their feet.
VINO watt to them their fragrance
Like incense soft and sweet"
oOhlOtlulCo tlC IdDDlI anu DlrO
Would play at hide and seek
Deep foliage sheltering one,
The grass the others safe retreat.
Here year by year his nest was built
Of leaves and twigs across,
And hidden away SO cunningly
Amidst the Spanish moss.
His morning song was joyous,
His evening hymn was late,
AS he warbled his love in music
To his pretty, silent mate,
Sheltered by the live oak leaves,
Brooding in her quiet nest,
With all her pretty dotted-eggs
Tucked under her soft grey breast" /"
But an evil hour came
When, captive and alone,
The mocking bird was taken
From his beautiful island home;
And when his notes are clearest
He is calling to his mate,
Telling her to come! to come!
For his heart is desolate."
The boys lips were silent,
For his young heart was sore;
And whispering to lis mother
Il will not fret any more:;'
And again-"Pll promiseE
The story | have heard
Will make me ever merciful
To every sweet wild bird"
Ivy GREEN.
Lafayette Parish, Aug. 81, 1889.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07
world keeps on revolv.
ing, and the United States
Mint turns out dollars daily.
But after Sept. IS ONE Dol
LAR does it all.
V'OEIce.
EAEAYETTE, La, july 81

LAFAYETTE, La, July 9Th, 1889.
Notice is hereby given that an appiica-
ton to the Board of Pandons of this State
has been made for the pardon of Trasi-
mond Broussard, convicted in this parish
on the end day of October, 1888, of the
crime of horse-stealing, under section 814
of the Revised Statutes of Louisiana, and
sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor
in the State penitentiary for the term of
four years to date from the day of his in
carceration therein.
o. C. & j. MOUTON,
Attys. for applicant.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07

Out thirty-three prominent South
erners-Governors, Congressman and
Mayors-responding to a query as
to their preference for place for hold
ing the Worlds Fair in 1892, thirty
unqualifedly selected Washington,
the others St. Louis, Chicago and New
Yepk.-Courier-J Journal.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07

Je me suis servi des remedies anti.as,h
matiques de Mr.. F. Goua1x pour une tom
perslstante que m await laisse une attaorA
dc pneumonia, ct ma toux etc guerie an az,
quelques jours. A mon avis me ae,,ia
bouteIile de- ee medicament vaut mien~
que tous les sirops qui Sc promenent sur
les etageres des pharmacies. oui
.; PIERRE FRAISSE
t, (Fathtr OF tie Popular Drugc;sts,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07
VETTRE.

LIST OF JURORS drawn for the Regular Oc-
tober Term of the 25th Judicial District Court
in and for the parish of Lafayette, Louisiana,
to commence on Monday the 7th day Of Oc.
tober, A. D., 1889, to-wit:
For the First Week
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07
WOODCOCK'S Willy WAYS.

When the moon rose | took pos
ton near one of the moist places, whel
the borings were freshest and mo
plentiful, and awaited Developments
says writer in Forest and Strean
For long time the bright light @
the moon fell full upon the spot
wished to observe, and I could Sc
everything with the utmost plainness
At about eight o'clock woedcocl
dropped down silently beside tn,
brook; presently another bird walked
out of the shadow and joined it. Boil
began to "bore" for worms, an opera
ton | had never seen before; and ,
curious performance it was. The
birds would rest their bills upon the
mud and stand in this position for
several seconds, as if listening. Then
with sudden, swift movement they
would drive the bill its entire length
IN the soil, hold it so for second, and
then as swiftly withdraw it. Though
L watched the birds carefully with a
glass, l could not detect the presence
of worm in their bills when they
were withdrawn.
But the subsequent process gave me
the clew to their method of feeding.
After having bored over a considera-
bic piece of ground-a square foot or
more-they proceeded to execute what
looked comically like war dance
upon the perforated territory. They
also occasionally tapped the ground
with the tips of their wings. NV in
tense curiosity to know the possible
utility Of this process was at length
gratified by seing worm crawl half
length from one of the borings, when
it was Immediately pounced upon and
devoured by one of the woodcocks.
Presently another worm made its ap-
pearance, and so on. until the two
woodcocks had devoured as many as a
dozen of them. Then the "vein'''l
seemed exhausted, and the birds took
their leave.
| have subsequently studied the !
phllosophy OF this method of digging
bait, and have come to the conclusion
that certain birds are a great deal
wiser than certain bipeds without
feathers. If you will take stick
sharpened and drive it into the ground
a number Of times, in a spot which is
prolific with worms, and then tap on
the ground with the stick for a few
minutes, you will find that the worms
viii come to the surface, and that they
will come up through the holes which
you have made. l account for it BY
he supposition that the tapping Of ,,
he stick somehow affects the worms
he same as the patter of rain, and it
$ we'll known fact that worms come
o the surface of the ground when it
aims. The antics of the woodcocks
.fter they had made their borings, 4
hen, were simply mimetic, and in q
ended to delude worms into the be- t
lef that it was raining in the upper c
7orld. The worms, being deceived, t
anne up and were devoured. All this c
hay seem ridiculous; but, If it is not t
rue, will some naturalist please state b
ow a woodcock can grasp and devour \
worm when its bill is confined in a t
did, tight-ftting tunnel Of soil, and n
lso how it is enabled to know the ex- Il
ct spot where it may sink its bill and b
rike the worm? And further, of all n
lose who have seen a woodcock feed n
Ig, how many ever saw it withdraw a G
orm from the ground with its bill? p
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07
Buck1en's Arnica Salve.

The Best SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price Is cents per box.
For sale by VIM. Clegg.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07

Gouaux's Asthma Mixture will relieve
almost any cough by taking few doses.
according to directions. Kept by all
Druggists.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07
For Sale.
For. SaLe

x asksbIe tract Of land adjoining the cor.
"a nofte limits of the town of Lafayette
eontsinhg IL arpents. bounded north BY Pei
lsrin Ikomhard's Brick yard, east by Nor
Srn;s III &r.R. E., south by DR.. George
Monso1 plantation and west BY Mouton sd.
6iff.n ITO b sold in three-arpent lots, or In
aiumpl Applyst the ofice Of
O.C. &J J. NOUTON, AttJs.
sept1s, 1855,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07

A true and correct copy of the original list
of Jurors drawn and on file of record in my
office, this 18th day of August. A. D., 1889
A. M. MARTIN,
Clerk OF Court.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-09-07

By taking only 8 doses of Gouaux' 8
Asthma Mixture you will stop that trou-
blesome cough, if'nctnuncy wilk be req
funded.