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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-08-24
A Safe Investment.

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case O
failure return ofpurchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from our
advertised Druggist a bottle of DR..
king's New Discovery for Consump
ton 1t is guaranteed to bring relief
IN every case, when used for any af
lection of Throat, Lungs or Chest,
such as Consumption, Inflammation
of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whoop
ing Cough, Group, etc, etc, 1t is
pleasant and agreeable to taste, per-
feetly safe, and can always be depend
ed upon. Trial bottles free at VIM.
Clegg's Drug Store.
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A FAIR EXCHANGE.

Gone of the funniest incidents thai
happened under my observation during
the late war;" said Colonel Mosby.
Occurred in a cavalry fight in the
Shenandoah Valley along in 1864.
In the midst Of a sharp cavalry en-
gagement with Sheriden's men, in a
charge near Perryville, there came
crashing like a whirlwind into our
lines a Yankee soldier on a big black
horse. A score of men tried to stop
horse and rider, but the old blacks
blood was up, and he went on clean
through the lines before he was under
control. The rider was sent to Libby
prison, and we mustered the black
charger into the Confederate service.
A few days later we charged some of
Clusters men, and I'll be - if that
old horse didn'e return the compliment
by carrying q Res into the Federal
lines, and never cs1ner back:-N. Z.
Tribune.
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Election eg'OESce.

i)URSU UANT to proclamation issued by
l. his EXcelleucy. Francis T. Nichols, Gov
erhof OF the State of Louisiana. dated at the
city OF Baton Rouge, July 18th. 1889. the
quaiilled voters OF the pa rish of LAFAYETTE are
hereby not flied that an election will he hald
on
tuesday, the 3rd day Of September,
A. D., 1889, from o'clock in the forenoon
nn'li O'Clock In the afternoon, for the pur-
pose OF eleoiing one Representative for Con
gfess OF TIE United States made vacant by
the death of Hon. E. J. Gay. to represent the
Third Congressional District of the State of
! Louisiana. composed of the parishes of Ascen-
SION. Assumption, CalcaSipu, Cameron. iberia
tberviile, Lafayette, Lafourche, 81. Martin.
st. Mary. Terre5onnc and Vermilion.
The following polls will be opened in each
election precinct, from the hoa rs of I O'Clock
a. m. to 8 O'Clock p. m. on the day above
mentioned, for the purpose of receiving the /
votes OF the qualified voters of the parish of |
Lafayette to-wit
9th ward. poll l. at Hervilen Simoneaux. |
Alfred Cormler, Charles A. Guidry and Ho- |
mere Dufi0, commissioners.
lst ward. poll .. at Jules Guidry. Charles
Boudrenux, Homere Sonnier and joseph
Begnaud. commissioners
-"N ""ih' pun dJ FOTQ nOUDaulr. An |
tome Gnidry, Theophile Breaux and Ford
Hotfpauir. cOmmi ssioner
End ward. poll 4. at CIeObule Doucet. Rob-
ert Thomas. Cleobule Doucet and Aime Lam
dry. commissioners.
9th ward, poll 5, at Gusave Schmnlen
Charles Z. Brown. Ignace Bernard and AIcide ,
Broussard commissioners !
3rd ward. poll 6, al Court House, Arthur
Greig. r G. Greig and Leonard Marchand, {
5
4th ward poll I, at Jacques Bounemaison. ]
Doni2iquc Bonuemaison, Simonet Leblanc, 7
Maurice Lavariere, commissioners. +
4th ward, poll 8, at Eraste Bonin. Leonard
'roussard, Eras;e Bouin and Eloi Bonin | Y
=
9th ward. poll 9, at School House. Aure-
len Olivier, Numa Landry aud Thomas
5ower, commissioners.
3rd ward, poll 10. at Firmiu Gudry. Fir
min Guidry. Horace Martin and Paul De
jlouet, commissioners u
The above named commissioners will mako a
iue returns to me, the undersigned accord a
ng to law. G.. DOUCET
Returning Officer, Parish of Lafayette. y
August l, 1889. 81
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THE SOUTH OF THE FUTURE.

Wendell Philips, the New England
orator, who has fought the South all
his life, cannot consent longer to warn
his genius, and gives his brilliant in
tellect honest sway in the following
prophetic language:
The handwriting is SO plain on the
wall that none but fool need mistake
it. New England is doomed lust as
sure as natural laws will produce fixed
results. New England has no soil
worth mentioning, and her wealth has
all been derived from her manufac-
tures. These are gradually leaving
her, and eventually they viii nearly
all go, some to the West, the most to
the South, where the advantages for
profitable manufacturing are ell To-
Gated. The coal and iron in the South
are easily gotten at and inexhaustible .
IN amount, and the iron mills, the
foundries and the machine shops can
GO to them better than they can be
carried to the shops. Then the cotton
and woolen mills must 90 there, for
the raw materials are, and are TO be
produced there most cheaply, uniform
ly and better. Then look at the adj
vantage Of the extra hours Of DAYLIGHT
IN years run. This of itself is no
small matter. AS the South grows ;
stronger and stronger the wealth. cul- s
ture and power of the country will be I
,entered there until she will become t
1ot alone the mistress of America |
'ut the central empire Of the world. t
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For the Advertiser.]
lMPROMPTU.

rove you very, very much,
My little friends SO fair,
L love you more than words can tell
80 sweet think you are.
BE very still and quiet now.
My rosebuds, all of YOU,
And if you listen | will tell
You what | love to do.
L love to hear the merry tones
Of each young bird-like voice:
mat bllthesome carroling that makes
The saddest heart rejoice.
love to mark the bounding step.
80 light and free from care;
10 follow those unquiet feet
What restless things you are!
love to watch the changing
That, as he swiftly passes,
The hand of Time leaves on your forms
Ny little smiling fasses.
10 note deep ming shade of thought
On Rita forehead fair,
a dark ming tint upon the cur,s
VI Rena S soft, bright hair.
10 see Rena's placid brow
From day to day expand.
and mark the fingers lengthening
Of Una's tiny hand.
10 see each little sylph-lik form
Grow taller, and to trace
Tne gradual stamp of intellect
Upon each tiny face.
And then I love to fancy what
You some day will be,
W hen you are grown up ladies'
just like your mama and me.
You must be very good and wise,
And very learned, too;
You must be kind and auIiable
And gentle, each of you.
Dear children! to mine eyes you seem
Three fresh ana fair young flowers,
W hose beauty strength and life increase
With the advancing hours;
And Rena is the lovely rose
That fosters, lest they fade.
The fragile. sweet young violets
That grow beneath its shade.
Royville, Aug. 13, 1889.
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For Sale

desirable tract of land adjoining the cor
norate limits of the town of Lafayette
btaiuing IL arpents. bounded north by Pei
E;n q Lombard's Brick yard, east by Nor
II. La.&T.R. R., south by DR.. George
E,rton;s nlantation aud west by Mouion ad
lion To be cold 10 three-arpent lots, or in
amp. Apply At the Office Of
%. C. & J. M0UTON, Att5s.
Sept. Is. 1888,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-08-24
A SARCASTIC TBUNDERBOLT

I
In a thunderstorm recently the Jef.
terson Physical Laboratory Of Harvard
University was struck by lightning
A number of students were in the
building at the time, but fortunately
nobody was hurt. The electric cur
rent passed down the chimney and
through and iron door into the ground
with tremendous explosive report.
1t seems strange that the home of
physical science at the greatest insti-
tuition of learning in the country
should be struck by a thunderbolt.
There is a popular impression, it
may be that it is erroneous, that the
Intelligent application of metallic con-
ductors to the interior of building
will prevent destruction or injury by
lightning to the edifce or its inmates.
1t is also commonly supposed that the
persons who understood best how to
protect buildings against lightning are
men constantly engaged in the study
and teaching of physical science; Just
such persons as the professors and in
structors in physics at Harvard College.
How comes it, then, that these gentle
men have not made their own work.
shop safe? Is it because science is
oowerless, or because they have had
40 thought of danger from this source
lntil now?
The unprecedented destructiveness
IT lightning this season gives except
onal interest to these inquiries. A
nan was killed by Lightning at Fitch.
'urg, in eastern Massachusetts,, in the
'ery storm in which the Physical La
at Cambridge was struck; and
My a few days earlier there was a
atal Lightning accident at East Brook
ED. The possibility of protection
gainst danger from Lightning is thus
cen to be question Of coptempora-
eous human interest quite as impor-
INT as the question whether Grimm ,
can be put to death painlessly by ;
assing an electric current through ,
is body.
We wish the men of science who
'e competent to speak on the subject
ould tell us less about making cleo ,
icity kill people and more about pre-
enting It from killing them.-N. Y.
1n.
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eRsOLlCe.

LAFAYETTE, La, July 9Th, 1885,
Notice is hereby given that an applica-
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 2nd day of October, 1888, of the
crime of hexse- stealing, under section S14
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 thesday of his in
carceration therein.
o. G. & j. MOUTON,
Attys. for applicant
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AN "OBERON"-!SH OUTLAW.

| Out in the "Oaky Woods" If Gcor-
| gla the wild animals frequently ex-
, hlblt intelligence TO a remarkable de-
gree. One of the largest planters, Mr.
III. K. Beal, in going the rounds of his
immense plantation noticed that in u
field bordering the Pocasin swamp the
best rails from his fence had been alb
stracted. Any rails decayed or defec-
tive were left, while only the best
rails had been taken. This continued
for quite a while. The planter sup
posed that the negroes had been tax
ing them, but could find no clue to the
thieves. After awhile his hogs began
to disappear, until at last when he
went to call them up none responded
to the cry. Next, in the same field
from whence the rails had been alb
stracted, the growing corn crop began
to suffer. Bushels of roasting ears
disappeared, and at last the tracks of
some large. animal were discovered
leading from the cornfeld to the mys-
terious depths Of the Pocasin. They
were the huge tracks of bear. So
much damage was being done to the
crop that 1t was determined to try to
find the brute. Accordingly party
was organized and away they went,
following the trail that became more
and more indistinct. The Pocasin
swamp is interspersed with dry ham,
mocks like oases in desert. On, on,
through mire and ooze, on through the
little shaded islands, and back again
to swampy ground. At last they
reached large, high hammock rising
almost like hill from the mysterious
iepths of the swamp. Here high and
Try they were astonished to discover
great pen. "as large" says the narrat-.
'r of this singular adventure, "as
arge as great house." Upon exam
nation 1t was found that the pen had
'een built of the stolen fence rails.
Within it were the stolen shoats sleek
nd fat. Around it in every direction
7ere the tracks Of the bear innumera-
lie IN number and the ground we'll
rodden down. Within the pen were
ne remains of some of the roasting
ars distracted from Mr.. Beaps field.
he hunting party were struck with.
nazement, and sat down around the.
ell hiled pen to try to unravel the
ystery. There was but one solution;
7ery evidence pointed to this one.
ct; the bear had stolen the planters
nee rails, had built the pen upon
e secluded hammock, had stolen his
'gs, and then selecting his best shoats
I'd penned them up and was fatten-
g them up for winter use upon Mr..
oal's roasting ears. The hogs were
covered, taken to Albany and sold
adily for from seven to eight dollars
ch to local butcher. 1t is said
at the Butchers customers were SO
lighted with the sweetness Of the
rk. and Its juicy richness that they
lmored for more of the same kind,
t hogs fattened by bears upon roast
ears were an uncommon commod.
:, and the meat could not be dupli-
ed.
On the fourth of July, while Mr..
IL. Savage was spending the day
ntlng he killed in the Pocasin
ir which turned the scales at exact.
four hundred and eighty-one and
'-half pounds. 1t is thought that
is the bear that tried its paw so
fully in the business of raising
H0nta Constitution
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TEXAS "PLUMPERS."

Mr.. Pickett, yardmaster at Deca-
tur, Alabama, disappeared few days
ago, but showed up again Wednesday,
and In answer to some of the boys
enquiries as to "where he had been?''
said that couple of old friends of his
from Texas had called to see him and
got to blowing a good deal, and among
other things one Of them claimed to
be fine marble player. The other
one immediately laid claim to the
championship, and to settle it they
went to the woods to play, and carried
Pucket along as judge. He said they
commenced by plumping for the go,
and kept it up three days, knocking
the middleman every time, 81 got
tired waiting" he said, ''for the game
to begin, and left. They are out
there plumping yet, l reckon" ."-Tus-
cunebia North Alabamian.
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Lagarde's Elixir for sick headache
at VIM. Clegg's Drug Store.
LAW MUST BE RESPECTED.

i j..
They were sitting at the supper ia
bic last night when the husband said:
THE census clerk was in to-day, dear.
He demanded the age of each of the
family, and was obliged to give him
yours; it was the law, he said"
"4ou did, you brute! Law? What
do care for law? John Henry, did
you presume to tell that man my age?"
she demanded Indignantly.
Yes" John Henry replied diplo-
matically, 81 told him you were 24.v
"Oh" said John Henry's wife BEAM
Ingly, as the rustling of the wings of
The dove Of peace were heard in the
room, Il suppose the law has to be
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-08-24

The Louisiana State Fair and Shreve
port Exposition will present its Fourth
Annual Exhibit at Shreveport, beginning
Tuesday, the Sth 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 aeri-
cultural and other products, and increase
the premium lists to the highest point of
hberallty. 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
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.
Irotting, running and pacing races
viii have an unusual number of entries
)f the fastest horses.
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1t will astonlsh you, but
after Sept. IS ONE DOLLAR
will do it. Who'd a thought
it!

Be it true or false, what is said
about men often has an influence up
on their lives, and especially upon
their destinies, as what they do
Victor Hugo.
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Sept. IS will be long re-
membered in the great in
dustrlal South. That day all
the world will realize the
great Importance attached to
one dollar. A DOLLAR then
does it all.
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IF YOUR BACK ACHES
VI you are al worn out, really good for nothing
RROHN'S IRON ETTTERS.
It VIII cure you, and give good apDetite. eold
by oil dealers IN. 1,,f~.:ci,se.
SOME POTATOES.

just think of iii Three hundred and
seventeen (317) different varieties Of
irish potatoes at the experimental farm
at this place. During the past week
Maj. J. G. Lee selected and shipped to
the North Louisiana Experimental
Station several varieties of the above.
which, added to those already at the
farm, will amount to one hundred and
htty different varieties.-Baton Rouce
Truth.
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For Sale.

"a VERY DESIRABLE RESIDENCE iu
HA the town of Lafayette with nine rooms,
and other. buildings. together with four lots
|5n which are pecan trees, fruit orchard aud
Hover garden.
Price reasonable and terms easy.
Apply to DIR. 7. B. HOPKINS, Lafayette.
Mo II. A. KENNEDY, New Orleans.
Aug. IS, 1883.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-08-24

The best Whiskey, now n the mar /.
ket, Is Paducah Club, for sale stJohs
O. Mouton's..
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Royville, Aug. 10, 1889.
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-19
Plantation PhilosophY.

De quickest takers Is sometimes de
slowes' thinkers.
Some folks likes er thing case it's new,
an udder folks likes er thing case it's old.
1t amt so hard ter down er raskil, bat
keepin' him down is whar de trouble comes
in.
One cOwslip CROWN by itsef viii tract
mo- ertentiOn den er beautiful rose in eI
garden full o. flowers.
In dis life er heep depen's on knowin' de
truth when you finds 1t. De lie is fon' o.
wearin' bright ribbons, while de truth is
often tented wld brown jeans.-Arkansaw
Traveller
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-19

An old man was arrested on Champlain
street the other day FOR kicking up a dis
turbauce. and on the way to the station he
sand 70 the officer:
II don want 70 be locked up, and III
give you ten cents to let ne 90"
"No, slr-nO, siri'
II II make 1t twenty.
"No. siri'
''Say twenty-five
"No, sir-n0t for fifty"
what Fifty cents Say, this must oe
a mighty serious matter, old fellow. Bet
you three TO one you think YOU have got the
fellow who stole Charlie Ross Detroit
Erea Press
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-19


A Fery eae. tightly eorseltec young lA1y
famed herself With q newspaper ohs
made ols feeble buE dainty effort 10 oPea
the wInlow a. her o4ek, nhlch stolldly Is
fused ~ bulge al inca, tAen casting a.
appealing glance around, = aich fel upon
what electricians tern dead eartn, she
relapsed, ald thrastlng = p4r Of russell
CATERS - far 0lt from her skirts ss LheY
coIid possibly 20. recommended the process
Of tanning.
AcTweuty- y-Third street . female pGssen-
ger eml grated, leaving the seat next % the
languid young lady vacant. A slim young
gentleman, new as = bridegroom, entered,
and espying q seat, JoyOus-y II not dexter
Ously Too a Instant possession OF II.
He was new from head 70 heel-from
his b IA six hat 10 his too TOO tight
patent leather shoes - shoes that rem
dered seat the most coveted object
upon earth. dis cheap gloves We're as tight
a. ais shoes, and the three buttons were
fastened 70 bursting point
"WL you Gndly raise the windowl"
He turned 20 meet fun plump the earnest
gaze Of pair Of dark brown, appealing
eyes
with pleasure"
The unhappy young man, starting 10 his
red-h0t feet, lightly pressed a brass bolt
with one gloved hand, gently pushing up
ward brass fixture with the other. A
stronger pushl
A sic.,ly grinl
Pauslng FOR one second 10 remove his
bUrdcns0me hat aud pass his handkerchief Z
across his streaming brow, be returned TO
the assault.
With one knee on the seat he vigorously
seized the bolts, and finding the window i'm
movable, violently shook and bumped it.
Then he caressed and stroked il, then crit
ically examined II, then went for 1t with all
the strength begOtten Of anger and shame
Il fear that you are not strong enough, +"
says the voice Of the charmer.
Strong enoUghl Heavens
And now commenced heroic struggle
between the hapless youth and the most
stubborn Of windows. he pushed, and
pulled, and shook, aud banged, until both
his gloves gave way at the outer seams, the
cherished buttons flying IN every direction.
Give in? not he, indeedl
The conductor, fearing for the glass, came
calmly to his aid.
What sort-of a window is thisP'
gasped the exhausted young man.
The windows all right"
'Right-it's an Internal outrage TO have
such"
AT this moment the conductor calmly
pressed the side spring-whlch the heroic
youth had unfortunately oyerlOoked-and
sent the window up with a triumphant
flourish.
And when that chic young lady mur-
INJURED 10 the gallant conductor:
Il am 50 much obliged to yOui How strong
you must be"
The young man uttered single word,
which a spring poet would rhyme 10 IAN ="
was he justified t-Once a Week.
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-19

A device which may be OF considerable
value IS described by " Neyreueuf in the
Journal dc Physique as an electric valve, By
means Of which the current can be sent in
one direction but not in the other. With a
voltameter constructed of two aluminium
electrodes, dilute acid as eiectrolyts, and an
alternating current, he found that pure hy-
dr0gen was evolved at both electrodes. but
on making up an arrangement with one
eiectrode Of aluminium and one Of mercury,
using distilled water as electroiyte. the cur
rsat was found 10 pass in one direction onlv
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-19
HEALSH IS WEALTH.

Dr. J.. &. Vests Nerve and Brain Treatment
p guaranteed specific for Hyverla. Dizziness
Commissions. Tits. Nervous Neuralgia Head
ache. Nervous ProsfratI0u caused hv the Use
of alcohol OF tpuaceo MaItfuurss. Mental
Depression. ~ofieHing of the Brain resulting
in lusauity and leading 90 misery. decay aud
death Premature nld Age. barrcuuess. loss of
Power iu either sex. Involuntary LOSSES ard
-permaforfhpea caused hv over eEerfInu of
The brain. self-aausc or over Indulgence Zach
box contains one month .~ treatment ~ hnR .
or six boxes for S. sent hy mai prepaid uu rc.
ceipt az price.
WI GUARANTEE sIN HoNEs
To cure any ease. With cach order received ~
as for six bohs. accompanied NIth g. vf VIII
send the pure ha>rr our written guarantee %
refund the money if the treatment does not
effect "a cure. Guarantees issued only by
W. II. Tbbs, Druggist
sole Ae't. Us Nouroc.st.. Grand Rapids. Mich
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-19

hE a. B4s -1z1-
peelsciy, consa uelly
EcL elznly-t~o de
grsss a. least. Tie
cars on Ene elevated
roaa were filed with
Unn@ppgs Persplr-ngs
10 o Ist passe1ger
TIE coCc1cLors Ia
Their Wlted collars
forgA O. &c insoiel--
Every oody VA
dam Ply wFetcnec
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-19
VAS nE JUSTIFIED.

4. Hls Capacity Ma ths td1t0r
us1la H. -Ph4tlG-ly Ass.~r Yea