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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-07-20

Do not delay, but send in your sub
scription to the Champion Paper of the
South, The Times-Democrat of New Or
leans-Daily and Weekly. 1t has tic
largest circulation
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For. Gage.
For Sale

A desirable tract Of land adjoining the cor
IA porate limits of the town of Lafayette
containing IL arpests bounded north by Pei
lerin & Lombard's Brick yard, east by Nor
gan's La. & P.R. e., south by DR.. George
Nsuton's plantation and west by Monton adj
dtIon. To be sold in three-arpent lots, or in
lump. Apply at the Office Of
o. C. 4 J. M0UTON, AttJs.
Sept 10, 1883,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-07-20

Terre Haute Express: IF the pictures
can be relied on, the finding Of Moses
in the bullrushes was nude discov-
cry.
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LITTLE CArLLou. April 9th. 1880

Having used, myself and family. and
having sold to several of my customers
..'Gouaux's Asthma Remedies | hereby
testify that it has given entire satisfac-
ton in every case-it cures almost any
cough in "a hours. have a good sale
for it in my store.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-07-20

The TINES DEMOCRAT of New Orleans,
leads all the newspapers published in the
South-Daily and Weekly. II has tie
largest eircul0tt0a.
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E0a. NaEe.

Two lots of ground, Nos. 46 and 40. in
the town Lafayette, bounded east by
Madison street north by L. Levy, west
by Pellerin s. Lombard and south by J.
Vigneaux and A. Caro-.
Apply at Delmouiy's Drugstore.
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FOa. SGgp.

Three lots in Mouton addition town of
Lafayette. with buildings, good fencing,
wells, etc. Terms reasonable.
For further particulars apply to :
ALFRED HEBERT.
at Revillon's Store.
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Fog NNge,

One lot of ground in Mills addition. in
the town Of Lafayette. Terms reasonable.
Apply to A. c. GUILBEAU.
Feb. %, 1889. Carencro, La.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27
PrnyinU NIantis,

The genuine lover of animals finds
in their acts and habits an endless fund
of amusement 1t is said that there
are many extraordinary insects in
Japan, but for real eccentricity the
praying mantis is supreme among
them. He is thus described by the
Hon. Lewis Wing6eld, who is evil
IDENTIFY capable of noting all the crea-
ture's points.
Now and then a praying mantis
would call, and his performances
would amuse me for an hour; large.
top heavy creature, first cousin to the
grasshopper; delightfully."- out of draw
ing, with slim waist in the wrong
place, protruding eyes, which give an
expression of preternatural wakeful-
ness, a pair of arms twice too long,
and hands a size too large. These,
when he is molested, he clasps to-
gether, as if in mute petition.
He has a round littlo mouth, of the
''prunes and prism" order. His ener
gy and vital power do him credit, in
such climate, and are a reproach 70
languid mortals. He climbs, with
much difficulty, up the paper window
screen, and totters along the ceiling,
his great eyes gazing inquiringly at
the queer haunt of man. Suddenly he
loses his hold and falls flop upon your
head. You seize him, and are about
to punish his temerity.
At once he puts his hands together;
his eyes assume sad, deprecatory ex-
preston; his round mouth seems TO
say: Il can't speak, or l would. Let
me go. Surely you would not harm
one who is 50 anxious to improve his
mindl"
Such O plea Is not to be resisted, and
accordingly he is released Presently
he resumes his Investigations, and
tumbles into jam pot, from which
he has to be rescued and his wings
gently cleaned. He is q comical visit
or, vastly entertaining in his way,
awkward md restless, but doing in
jury to no one.-Youth's Companion.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27
Roman Relics Ia London.

The old Roman wall of London, Laid
bare by the excavations for the new
postoffice at Ct. Martins 10 Grand, be-
comes daily more interesting to antr
quarians as further portions are un-
covered. A London paper notes the
fact and then goes on to say:
Prom the better view now obtain
cd it Is evident that the Romans dug
about four feet into the London clay,
filled up tho trench for two feet with q
mixture of clay and fints, surmount-
cd this structure with two feet of the
hardest concrete, and then laid the
tile in sets of three courses, each sepa-
rated by Ave feet Of stonework Ap-
parently the wall was nine feet SIX
inches high. y bastion has been found
at the northwest corner of the ground
exactly coinciding with that marked
on the map of Stripes edition of
Stow" in 1856. but seemingly oflater
work than Roman times, probably
medieval Many pits have also been
found filled with animals bones,
which may either have been used for
tho rubbish of the city or for the ref
use OF the slaughter houses In the
butchers colony, which from Saxon
tino existed close by in Moorgate
street, etc. When the side of tho
French Protestant church Is excavat-
ed ii Is expected that a complete sec
ton OF the wall and the ancient town
ditch may be discovered
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27
Weather Prognostics.

Lord Palmerston, one fine morning,
when riding across Salisbury Plain In
company with a delicate friend who
much feared a wetting, asked shep-
herd what his opinion of the weather
was. Looking critically around him,
not at the heavens, but at the move
ments of his sheep, the man replied:
It'll rain afore evenin. The two
horsemen were incredulous, for the
weather was simply superb at the
time, the perfection of summer day
"a day the like of which can hardly
be met with in any country but Eng
land, when sun and air mingle in
such sweet. proportion and SO temper
each other that the man would be
hard indeed to please who could not
attune his nature TO his surroundings
"a day, in fact, which would be like
ly to evoke another pleasantly from
our Cockney commentator, in the re-
mark that it was "a fae day for tho
race er'-meaning the human race. So
the friends, disregarding the shep-
herds warning, rode on, and were
thoroughly drenched by a shower
which fell soon after noon. How
did you guess it would raint" asked
Lord Palmerston, as, damp and dis
consolate, he and his friend passed the
same shepherd on their return homo
ward. whenever you see yon old
tup rubbin' of hisself agin' that post Of
a mornin'," answered Conlin, ''be
sure it'll rain afore night Cham
bers' Journal
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27
Two Amiable Queens.

The queen of Saxony (who was the
Princess Vasa, once wooed by Napo-
leon LID has very homely and house
wifely taste. She is extremely fond
of making preserves, and actually at
one time injured her health by spend
ing too many hours over her preselv-
ing kettles and charcoal furnaces. But
withal her manners are peculiarly
royal and gracious. She possesses to
perfection the art of making n bow
that shall include in its salutation
every member of an extensive circle.
The late queen of Holland, the first
wife Of the reigning sovereign of that
country, was most intelligent and ac-
complished princess, devoted to liter
ature and fully competent to share
with her husband the cares of state.
There are letters extant which she
wrote to Napoleon III on the subject
of the then pending war with Prussia.
Had the French emperor hearkened TO
the advice which these letters con-
tanned his son might today be reign
ing over France. Yet this lady, of
masculine vigor of mind and intellect.
was altogether feminine iii her pur-
suits. She delighted in embroidery on
canvas, and one of the drawing rooms
in the beautiful palace near The Hague
called ''lhe House in the Wood" is
furnished throughout with her work.
The furniture coverings and the bands
that border the curtains show q pat
tern OF clusters of cherries executed in
worsted work on q ground in basket
stitch OF white floss silk. The queen
was great friend of the American
historian, Motley, and placed "The
House in the Wood" at his disposal
when he came to stay at The Hague. -
Chicago Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27
ABSENT mINpEDNEss.
The Fellow Who Forgets Is As UnreIf-
able As He Who Knows Nothing.

The Fellow who Forgets Is As UnreIi-
able As He Who Knows Nothing.
The man who does not have his
mind with him when it is most wanted
is not much better equipped than the
man who has no mind. At times the
absent minded man is as unfortunate
as crippled man or . fool A man
runs away from bear because he has
no gun. Another man may run away
from d bear because be is forgetting he
has his gun with him, loaded and
ready to shoot The fool would prob
ably stay with the bear and be hugged
to death. Years ago, when chestnuts
were new and boiled, it was related
that mother put her child in pot of
boiling water with vegetables and care
fully took up leg Of mutton in her
arms TO nurse The incident is prob
ably as untruthful as campaign lie;
but it goes TO show certain mechanic
cal presence of muscle and an almost
entire absence of mind.
The poor spring poet spoke n posi-
tive truth when he said he could write
like Shakespeare if he had mind to.
What he said was not all bsag. To be
useful man nauet not only be tho
possessor of a mind; he must have it
with him when it is wanted A
thoughtful and studious young cap
tain of a holiday militia company was
drilling his command on tho levee.
Marching toward the river and too
near he gave the word ''about" and
then forgetting what he was himself
about, forgot to say face" The COM
pany kept on marci ing to the water,
and the first four fell in the river boz
fore getting the complete command to
change direction. t.pon that the bal-
ance Of the troop mutinied and dis
carded the tactics of the absent minded
drillmaster.
The man with habitual presence of
mind is most apt to do and say the
right thing at the right time. The alb
sent minded man cannot trust himself
and never knows what important thing
he may forget TO do. The memory OF
man has much to do with his mind.
A good working memory is o{ immense
value. The memory is the minds
store house.
1t may be said of man, in a gen.
eral way, "Oh, he has read verything,
seen everything and knows every
thing" Ii he knows how to use the
lumber in the memory storehouse of
his mind he is well equipped for an
argument or story If he cannot get
at what he knows, and cannot use it
at the proper moment, he Is mentally
lame. Absent mindedness is an in
trinity, and the absent minded man is
to be pitied, and not laughed at.-New
Orleans Picayune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27
A Soldiers Rolnal,cc.

Col. Graves, speaker of the lower
house of the Minnesota legislature
has had strangely romantic career
He was a gallant soldier in the late civil
war, and arose from a private TO the
rank of colonel. Gen. ferry has re-
Gently said of Col Graves that he was
one of the bravest and shrewdest of
the colonels with whose careers he be-
came familiar during the war.
He's small i'll stature said the
general, "but he was "a great fighter" 4"
Col. Graves first met his wife upon
a southern battlefield. She is the
daughter of Gen. Tatman, and she
was the wife of another man the day
she first saw Col Graves. Their meet
ing was both sad and romantic. Her
husband had been fatally shot and
while she stood by his side in anguish,
waiting for the last heart throb she
knew must come very soon, Col.
Graves was brought in. lie was in
sensible from fearful wound in the
left breast. Thus Col Graves and tho
lady who is now his wife became ac-
quainted under circumstances most
terrible, but later on the friendship
ripened into love. Mrs Graves is her
husbands senior by fifteen years. She
is an estimable lady, and is highly es-
toemed in Zenith City society and
charitable circles. 1t is probably not
generally known that Col. Graves
life was finally saved by the insertion
of silver tube into the bullet wound,
which passed through the left lung.
Apparently the wound does not
trouble him now. He is very active
man, and his general appearance in
dicates the healthy, we'll kept business
man of 90. 60.-Minneapolis Journal
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A Strange Man.

One hardly expects minister of re-
ligion To be a scoifer, but Isaac Vos-
sius, the eccentric Dutch scholar. who
died on Feb. 10, 1850, furnished n
strange exception To accepted usage.
Charles III had made him canon of
Windsor i'll 1864, soon after his ar
rival in England, Never was O cleri-
cal Office undertaken by man who
was 50 entirely unfit forit. Although
a canon Of Windsor, he did not be
lieve in the divine origin of the Chris
tian religion, and he treated religious
matters with contempt, although in
other things lac was exceedingly
credulous, Charles III once said OF
Of him This learned divine is a
strange man; he will believe anything
but the Bible" When hoe attended
divine service In tho chapel Of Wind
sor he used TO read the poems of Ovid
instead OF the prayer book. Vossius
knew all the European languages
without being able 10 speak one of
them correctly. On his death bed he
refused the sacrament and was only
prevailed upon to take IL by the re-
mark Of one OF his colleagues that if
he would not do so for the love of God,
he ought to do il for the honor of the
chapter TO which he belonged.
Vossius took an odd delight in hav-
ing his hair combed in q meas
ured or rhythmical manner, and he
would have II done only by BARRIERS or
other persons skilled in the rules Of
prosody Philadelphia Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27

Mr.. Il. NJ Lechner, who is the in
ventor OF coal cutting machinery, and
the first to operate compressed air in
mines for this purpose, has now adopt
ed electricity in place Of. air, The first
device Of this kind was in operation in
the Drape colliery, near Osceola,
Clearfeld county, Pa The motor,
which has been operated i'll the mine
l,G00 feet away from the dynamo, is
connected with the cutter by ave
eighths inch rope belt BY mounting
the motor on a track so that il can be
easily moved, it is able TO run three
cutting machines, for coal may be re-
moved from two of the rooms while
the motor is at work in tho third. 1t
has been estimated that the cost Of
equipping mine for the purpose of
operating machinery with electricity
is only about one-half the cost Of
equipping With compressed air, aud
the price of maintenance shows about
tho same proportion OF saving.-Nsw
York Telegram.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27
An Extraordinary NYiiL.

French judges have decided most
extraordinary will case. a French
man of wealth named Travers had con-
ceived an intense hatred for his coun-
try. When he died, five years ago,
he willed his property to the "poor OF
London after these words: Il have
always been oppressed in my native
land ! have arrived at the age OF 45,
and have never been my own master.
Horrible nationl People of towards
and blockheadsl should like TO have
milliards to give to the English, who
are the born enemies of this idiotic
Franco This is clear and to the point"
The relatives of Mr. Travers naturally
disputed this will on tho ground that
the testator was not of sound mind,
and that the will, being framed in
hatred of France, was contrary 10
public order" and, lastly, that it
could not be carried out in England,
as there was no legal representative of
the poor. But the court overrqilcd all
these objections, and the appeal SUBJ
seQuently made has just been rejected.
Chicago Herald.
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out Il sign, ana, IN IacJ. seemed gaa
to give it for such a devout purpose.
All their good deeds are so many
rungs mounted on tho ladder towards
heaven. The Shans went in body of
twenty men and presented diamond
weighing seventy-fve carats, which
is to be placed rs the chief ornament
in the wing. The silver melted
amounted to 1850 rupees, that collect
ed to S,525 rupees; the gold melted to
13, 500 rupees, and the precious stones
given were valued at $4,000 rupees.
The wing that fell down was valued at
122, 500 rupees, and the one to replace
it will be worth175, 600 rupees.
The umbrella ornament at the top
of the same pagoda (the Shaw-da-goan1
is said to have cost King Mindine Min
six lacs of rupees. 1t is of pure gold,
richly set with gems, and is actually
fifteen feet high, although at its pres
ent elevation it does not seem two
feet. The pagoda itself is 32s feet
high, and the hillock on which it
stands is about 100 feet. The pagoda
is surrounded by the barracks of the
British troops, and the magazines are
said to be in the hillocks on which it
is built.-St. James Gazette.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27

Just got back from northwest
trip" said a drummer to his friend In
the presence of a Mail reporter. Il
extended my run and went into Dakota
and Montana. Stopped in Bismarck
the other day, and it was awfully cold.
! was nearly frozen after hustling
around town, and stepped into the
Sheridan house barroom to get blood
tingler a moment later a man clad
in shiny black broadcloth strodo into
the place. His feet were eneased in q
pair of immense cowhide boots, from
the leg of one of which protruded a
razor, a butchers cleaver and club,
and from the other the half of scythe
blade and another club.
Strapped TO his back was a Win
chester rifle; belt contained reyol-
yer and o ten inch bowie. On his left
hand was pair of steel knuckles, his
right wrist was encircled by the loop
of a flexible slung shot and he pointed
a As caliber revolver at the crowd.
" Bob Bloomer, you come hyerP he
ordered.
''The shrinking form of seven foot
bull whacker advanced from the crowd,
and the walking arsenal grasped him
by the neck and waltzed him out and
down the street.
=" Your sheriff goes loaded, ] re-
marked to my right hand neighbor.
Sheriff be blowedr he replied.
Thet yer is our new parson, an he's q
rustler. mo backslider gets away from
him. Chicago Mail.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27
Throwing Gold and Silver Into Crueible
to Make "a Birds Wing

Throwing Gold and Silver Into Crueibles
to Make a Birds Wing
A correspondent of an Indian paper
describes a ceremony which took place
at Ranroon. 1t seems that in re
cent earthquake the birds wing OF
gold and precious stones crowning
the great Rangoon pagoda was thrown
down and injured.
The trustees Of the building called
on the people for subscriptions for @
new one, and in three weeks sum OF
about sc. 900 rupees was collected. IL
was notified that the melting Of the
gold and silrer would take place and
that it would be the last opportunity
of contributing. In one Of the large
rooms of the pagoda two large cruci-
bles were placed, one for gold, the
other for silver. Hundreds of men
and women, girls, boys and small chill
dren passed by, dropping their silver
or gold ornaments into the crucibles,
or Handing their precious stones TO the
clerk for the purpose of being set IN
the birds wing. Women gayly
dressed and covered with jewels
passed by, and, taking couple of
gold bangles from each arm, threw
them into the pot, or they took of
rings, and, handing the stones TO the
clerk, added the gold to the melting
mass. Those who had no gold put ru.
pee coins into the silver cruciblcs and
handed over others TO the clerk foI
the use of the pagoda; even the beg
CARS came and added their mites
All parted with their treasure with
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27

One Of the words in the lesson was
"urchin." a little fellow who would
evidently rather stay at home and play
than go to school, wrote:
1.-The father is urchin his boy to go
to school"
The following is more subtle. The
word was ''paoify," and the sentence
written was:
The author pacifes the poem"
why, what do you think 'pacify'
meansf' asked the teacher.
The dictionary says it means com
pose. .'n-Hartford Courant
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DuIi Times

A boys pocket has many uses. At
pinch, it has been found to answer
very well in place of calendar.
''Cryus, said woman TO her hus-
band at bedtime, "what day is this"
Wednesday," answers Cyrus
The wife holds up a small pair Of
trousers at arms length. '1'Ia afraid
johnnie isn't well At this time In
the week he generally has a pound or
two more Of marbles in bis pocket
than he has tonight. Troy Times.
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Concerning Carriers,

1t is considered bad luck to lose a
garter, it being the forebodIig Of
greater loss-that of a sweetheart or
friend. No part of wonian's dress
is said to have such power in chang
ing luck as her garters. They should
never be left knotted together or
thrown carelessly about, either repre-
senting enemies who viii anroy her.
If a young lady sleeps in a strange
bed she should tie her garters about
the headboard somewhere, at the same
time reciting these lines;
This knot knit. this knot tie,
To see my love as he goes by
Then she will dream of her sweet
heart. To make il sure she must tie
her garter around the bed post nine
times. Leisure Hours.
~Hs. PAGODA AT RAN6oON.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27

On June 1, 1888, Massachusetts,
vessel commanded by Capt McNeal
arrived at Riga, and Displayed the
flag of the United States. This was
the first appearance of an American
vessel in Russian port.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27

A teacher in one of the Hartford
city schools requires her pupils to
in the lessou. These sentences are
gpy.stimes very funny. Here are
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27

London has twenty nine vegetarian
restaurants, the staple ar;icleso Of whose
bill OF fare are the cereals ilie Iegt,nes
such as peas, beans, haricols alId lem
tils and various kiuds OF fruit
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27

Ada-I have begun French lessons.
Ella-Who Is your teachers
Ada-Herr Julius Stautfenbrecher-
borgensteinlitz.
Ella-An Italianf-The Epoch.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27

Worldly philosophy said; What
an absurd story about Joshua making
the sun and moon stand still II tho
world had stopped an Instant the
Whole universe would have been out
of gear" Stop" said Christian phi
losophy, mot quite so quick" Tho
world ims two motons-one on its own
axis and the other around tho sun. IL
was not necessary in making them
stand still that both motions should be
stopped-only the one turning the
world on its own axis, There was no
reason why the halting of the earth
should have Jared and disarranged
the whole universe. Joshua right and
God right; inhdelity wrong every
time Iknew it would be wrong,
thank God that the time has come
when Christians need not be scared
at any scientific exploration. The
fact is that religion and science have
struck hand IN eternal friendship, and
the deeper down geology can dig and
lhe higher lid astronomy can soar. all
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27

THE POWER OF CHRISTIAN PICTURES.
Our Sunday school newspapers and
walls are adorned with pictures OF
Joseph in tho court, Daniel in the den,
Shadrach in the fire, Paul In the ship
wreck, Christ on the cross. oh that
we might, In our families, think more