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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20

HACKS FULL, ON RED SEVhNo
FATAL.

was watching q game o. J Snr eor.
once, at Helena, Mont, writes !" -" =
respondent. The players were gam.
! bier (whom knew slightly ana n.,,sp wmo
bore the sobriquet OF "Luchy Di
and the two miners. .uoro
| Suddenly, after the hands S %erS ;,,;.
dealt and the players had "chiPpeo ~ ~,
and drawn cards, Lucky bl'' WIN
perfect caImneas and not much as a
shadow of a change in the expression
of his face, laid his cards on the taole
took notebook from his pocket, ana
deliberately wrote few words. Then
he tore out the leaf aud handed IT 10
me.
Look at that when you get home
tonight"
His voice was steady and | did not
betray a particle of excitement
thrust the paper aimlessly into my
pocket and gave the matter hardly q
second thought. ,,,
The play progressed. Lucky Bits
face was unyielding as stone and en-
tirely inexpensive. He noticed every
thing however, and his vigilant eye
did not miss the slightest move on the
part of the other players. He was a
typical gambler and one of the most
successful OF his guild. Hence his
sobriquet
At last there was an alteration
between the two miners. Hot words
ensued ard revolver were drawn.
Some of the bystanders interfered at
this point, and, in the scufie that fol-
lowed, | heard the whistle and spring.
of bullet .Lotky Bill (his good star
in the descendent) fellto the floor and
expired without groan. He had
been killed by the accidental discharge
Of pistol in the hands OF one Of the
m liners.
l was Mortified at the occurrence
and that evening, after ! had reached
home, l thought of the line the gam
bier had written me. took it from
my pocket and read as follows: Il
have drawn pair Of sevens. | now
hold jacks full on red sevens It is q
fatal hand. No one ever yet held it
aud left the card table alive. / shall
die. | have $4,000 in the First Ma
tional Of Bismark. Notify my mother
Mis-, Of Franklin, KY.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
Electric Ritters.

This remedy is becoming so we'll
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise. A purer medicine does not
exist and it is guaranteed to do all
that is claimed Electric Bitters will
cure all diseases Of the Liver and Kid
neys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt
Rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood. Will drive Malaria
from the system and prevent as we'll
as cure all Malarial fevers.-For cure
of Headache, Constipation and Indi-
gestion try Electric Bitters-Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re,
funded.-Price so cts, and 81 600 per
bottle at VIM. Clegg's Drug Store.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20

Here is a boys essay on tobacco: To-
baeco grows somethin' like cabbage,
but | never saw none cooked. I have
heard men say that cigars given 'em
on lection day for nothin' was mostly
cabbage eaves Tobacco stores are
kept by wooden Injun's that stand at
the door and fool boys by offerin' 'em
a bunch of cigars what's glued into
the Injun's hands, and is made of
wood, too. l tried to smoke cigar
once, and felt like epson Rlts. To
bacco was invented by al En named
Walter Raleigh, whose head was cut
off. When the people first saw him
smoke they thought he was a steam
boat and was frightened. My sister
Nancy is a girl. There is a fellow
that comes to see her named Leroy.
He was standing on the steps one
night, aud had cigar in his hand,
and said: L don't know whether you
like smoking or not And she said:
Leroy the perfume is agreeable But
when my big brother, Tom, lighted
his pipe, she said: Get out Of the
house you horrid creature; the smell
of your tobacco makes me sick!
Snuff is Injun meal made out of to-
bacco. / took little snuff once, and
then sneezed."
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
THE DEVIL HAS NO HAPPY
OLD MEN.

l met a man one day on his way to
church. He had just passed the
milestone of life labeled seventy
years" His back was bent, his clothes
were old, his voice was husky, his
hair was white, his eye was dim, and
his face was furrowed. Withal, he
seemed still fond of life and full Of
gladness, not at all put out with his
lot. He hummed the lines OF fami-
liar hymn as his cane carries him
along.
Gagged FRIEND" said I, Swhy should
an old man be merry?"
"All are not" said he.
"Well, why, then, should you be
merry?"
"Because try to serve God, who
is a good Master"
care none others happy at your
time Of life?"
"No, not one, my friendly question.
err" said he; and as he said more his
form Strengthened into the statue of
his younger days, and something Of
inspiration set beautiful glow across
his coantenance. 'sListen, sir" said
he, s'to the truth from one who knows;
then wing it round the world, and nc
man in the world will be found te
gainsay my words, that the devil has
no happy old men,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
For NAze.
N. ENSU Terms.

ONE Two-story Gin house, built Of
choice cypress lumber, one 10 horse pow
er steel Tubular boiler and engine in run
ming order; one improved 60 Saw new
Gin stand, one self-feeder, and one con
denser; one cotton press (needing little
repair. together with all beltlngs, pump
apparatus, wrenches, packing. OIL feed
ers, sc. Also one French Burr, Cole
man Grist mill "a inches; one new cotton
cleaner. Apply to P. r. CouvILLoN'
Carencro, or to J G. CouvILLoN' La1ay
ette. La.
May 9, 1891.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
AGAINST LOTTERY KINGS
Shreveport Caucasian.

Shreveport Caucasian.
The carnival Of corruption which
prevailed during the period of Louis
iana's greatest shame, when the lot.
terry company, by the use of money
bought legislators, like cattle and hogs
at so much head, and secured their
charter, is still fresh in the minds nf
the people.
1t must be plain, even to q blind
man, that the lottery could not main.
tain itself without the use Of doodle
and must continue to dispense money
freely and where it will do most GOOD.
to keep it alive.
1t is their only weapon, their only
shield.
In the face of the past events,
branded with infamy, can it be possl-
BILE that this State shall be turned over
to a lot Of gamblers whose only aim is
to increase their millions and to con-
troll politics by the turn Of a wheeP
The people of this State will re-
member that revolution was neces-
sary to sweep from power the men
who had for years plundered the peo,
pie in the name Of the law.
Ii the lottery secures a continued
lease of power long before the expira-
ton of its charter revolution will be
necessary to suppress it.
Emboldened by success, obtained
by its money influence, it will become
so arrogant and dictatorial that even
those who may be misled to its sup
port under the alluring guise of the
so-called revenue amendment, will be
first to join in its overthrow.
The great masses of the people are
honest, patriotic, incorruptible, and
will never permit their State to pass
into the domination of millionaire lot
terry gamblers.
The lottery is not a Democratic
measure, and has no claim ons the
Democratic party. y
Born IN lillqulty, fostered IN corrup-
ton, the lottery blights the life of
every decent man it touches with its
poisoned fangs
Under the folds of Democracy the
lottery leaders, among them known
Radicals, responsible for its existence,
have combined to allure the people
to its support by a system of misrepre-
sentation and appeals to the cupidity
of the merceny, but their barefaced
their brazen audacity will
only stimulate the spirit Of opposition
that will be irresistible.
The fight which the people must
face is not an ordinary action. 1t is
not the simple contention of two wings
or factions of the Democratic party
for the control of patronage in the
State and parishes. 1t is battle
against lottery kings, for the redemp-
ton of Louisiana against corruption,
against infamy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
THE GARDEN OF EDEN.

The true site of the Garden of Eden
has been the subject Of almost endless
conjecture. The three continents Of
the Old World have been gone over
by the ologians in vain search for
its most probable location. From
China to the Canary Islands, from the
mountains Of the moon to the coast ofl
the Baltic, each country has been the
subject of search, and no spot suppos-
ed to correspond in the slightest degree
to the scriptural description Of the
flrst abode OF the human race has been
left unexamined. The most ancient
opinion, which is given by Josephus.
IS 4: that 1t was in thescountry which
llsa between the Ganges and the Nile
Fms view imagines Eden as being !
very widely extended territory, en-
braclng all of the country. from the
Indus on the east to the Nile on the
west. AS the Garden is said q
have been TO the eastward in Eden. .
it IS placed definitely in the valley Of
the Euphrates. Won Hammer. the
famous "a Oriental scholar, places Eden
in; in bactria; others locate It in Babylo-
nla,sat the confluence Of the EuDhatas
and the Tigris. Captain Wilford. =
plolound [;n, h, student Of Hindoo antiqni-
1les, mad labored tolocate Eden IN Ba-.
=, mlan, "a J, :, south Ct the Koosh range Of
mountains. Bnttman puts it down n,
India; Heider, in his History y =, of Man -
s, e'hn, Identities il with the Vale Sc
1ashmere; - sinner the =. orientals (,nany sects'
= Ill snel 1elieye that II was on the
Isle o. Ceylon, while the Greeks
place it at Beth Eden. a. / II. n1n9 III,
Lastly many regard tie whole story :,
- s''eu y t1enesis g = myth
Z
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
4 Methodist minister o,,ce started 3

- =
A Methodist minister once started a
church in a young Western town, but
Tor the want of pecuniary support,
was soon obliged to abandon it. His
farewell sermon to the lukewarm
brethren was characterized by more
heat than elegance. He ended thus:
cat the last day the Lord will say
to st. Peter, Where is your fock?'
and st. Peter can answer, Here, Lord
and 50 all the shepherds can answer.
But when he asks me, Where is your
sheepY how will you feel when 1 am
compelled to reply. Lord, | haven't
any; q mine are all hogsF:- Chicago M-
ter Ocean.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
FREE COINAGE,

From Grissom's Peoples Dollar.
Question: What is the meaning Of
free silver coinage?
Answer: 1t means that the govern
ment shall coin silver without limit
O.: Does the Government coin sill
yer without limit, now?
A.: 1t does not.
O.: But it used to?
A.: Yes; it did from the establish
ment of its mint in 1892 down to 1873
-four-score years. In 1873 silver
dollars were dropped from the coin
age surreptitiously and without the
knowledge of the people, and by this
trick silver was in a large measure
demonetIzed.
O.: What do you mean by demon
etized?
A.: Deprived of its money quality.
O.: But did not silver continue to
be lawful money and q legal tender
for debts after 1873 as we'll as before?
A.: Yes; but this fact was of little
value after the coinage of the metal
ceased. The Government is the only
power that coins money, and when it
stopped coming silver dollars there
were none to be had. A debtor still
had a right to pay his debts in silver,
but if the Government refused to sup
ply him with it, this was practical
demonetization of silver, and he was
forced to pay in gold, or its equiva-
lent.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
An unknown contemporary soil

An unknown contemporary solilo-
quizes correctly in this manner. This
is a topsy-turvy world. One man ! is
struggling to get justice, another is n.y.
ing from it. One man IS saving up to
build a house, and another is trying to
sell the building for less than 1t cost.
One man is spending all the money ne
can make in taking girls to balls and
sending her flowers, in the hope to even
tually make her his wife, while his neigh
Dor is spending all the gold he has got
to get divorce. One man escapesall
the diseases that man is heir to and
gets killed on railroad; another goes
through half dozen wars without a
scratch and dies with the whooplng-
cough.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
.H'OE3Ce.
LAND OFFICE AT New ORLEANS, La,

f. LAND OFFICE AT New ORLEANS, La,
April End, 1891.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
IN named settler mas filed notice of his in.
tpntion to make final proof in support Of his
claim. and that said proof will be made before
the Judge or in his absence the Clerk of the
District Court at Lafayette, La, on Monday
July goth, 1891. viz:
JOSEPH MICHEL.
who made Home Entry No. 1858. for the Lot
S. J of N. E. / Sec. 3, TIP. IL 5. r. 3 East.
La Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
bis continuous residence upon and cultiva-
tion of. said land. viz: Joachim Labarre.
Henri HILBERT. Lands Dalguot and Martin
Mhre, all of Vermilion parish, Louisiana.
CHARLES G. PALFREY,
June l3, 1891. Register.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
TO MAKE LIFE HAPPY.

Take time: it is nd suse tofoam or fret.
or DO as the angry housekeeper who has
got hold OF the wrong key, and pushes.
shakes and rattles itsabout the lock until
both are broken and the door remains
unopened.
The chief secret Of comfort lies in not
suffering trifies to vex us, and in cultivat-
Ing Our underground of small pleasures.
LEY to regard present vexations as you
will month hence.
Since we cannot get what we like, let
us like what we can get.
y is not RICHES, it is not poverty, It Is
noman nature that is the trouble.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20

Many years practice have given c. A
Snow & Co.. Solicitors of Patents at
Washington, &c, unsurpassed success
in obtaining patents for all classes OF in
vention. They make a specially OF re-
iiectcd cases, and have secured allowance
of many patents that had been previous
ly rejected. Their advertisement In an
other column, will be of interest to IN
ventors, patentees, manufacturers, and
all who have to do with patents.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
STATE or LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF LAFAYETTE.
o5M judicial District Cou
Succession No. -


WHEREAS Manuel A. Dominique, of the
w parish of Lafayette. Administrator of
the successor of Marie Dominique. has fled
in said court a Provisional Tableau and
partial settlement of said succession with a
petition praying that the same be advertised
according to law and then duly homologated.
And whereas the prayer of said Aeminis-
traitor has been granted by an order of seid
Court dated May 18th. 1891.
Now. therefore, notice is hereby given to
oil parties interested to file their opposition
and show cause, if any they nave, in said
court within ten days from the publication of
this notice, why the aforesaid Provisional
Tableau and partial settlement should not be
bomologated.
Given under my official signature in the
town OF Lafayette, this lst day Of June, A. d.,
1891.
a. NJ. MARTIN.
Clerk of Court
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
Miles Nerve & Liver Pills.

Act on new principle-regulating
the liver, stomach, and bowels through
the nerves. A new discovery. DIR.
Miles Pills speedily cure biliousness,
bad taste, torpid liver, piles, constipa-
ton. Unequaled for men, women,
and children. Smallest, mildest, SUI
restl Samples free at VIM. Clegg's
drug store.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20

Samples Of Asthma and Cough Rene
dles q will be sent by mail free of charge
send your. name. 1t is sure cure.
Address, F. GouAux, Houma, LA.
Ihe mixture will relieve almost any
cough by takinga few doses, according
to directions.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
ARNAupvILLE, June 13, 1890.
Mr.. GoUAUx. Houma, La:

Mr. GoUAUx, Houma, La:
Dear Sir: For many years my wlie g
suffering from that dreadful disease Astil-
ma, and although have caiied On On. many
l tried your remedy and the hrst dose sne
took she rested all night; she couid NO.
be without this precious powder ana
mixture. This-is the best certlncate mat @
you can wisn.. Yours truly,
!, r B. BEKGERoN.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
Convent Of Mt. Carmel.

j LAFAYETTE, A LA. EsrARL1sI,rn 7S46
few Location nah healthy and pleasant on,v a
Ta 1sw squares y from the New mr,e,ns on,s a g.
aran, nexas n: r. afording great Eaciltv fgn's to to
parents , wishing to sendtheir thildreyn thIil.sy ~
rreneh ene sys.em yd n OF educati6n includes the
uraduating medals conferred =, tbose
studies. i'oes course or
FOR terms apply to the SUPERIOR
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
rOR RE.VE.

An elegant residence and out a,, houses,
~, I fenced in. with cistern, well, ETC.,
1,sii be rented ct moderate pflce
Annlv at this Office for further inform
Slim on or before the 10Th ins1.
NAV 9, 1891.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20

The best Whiskey, now IN mar
ket, is Paducah Club, for sale at John
Q, Mouton's.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20

Everyttiny kept IN a first class Drug
Store can bsshad at,t.e Mess PHAR-
MACY.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
LA + R Y.

A THOROUGH BRED HORSE. born
in the Parish of Lafayette,-pedlgree can
&c given when required, ,-wlH be at J.
C)mer Broussard's place on Cote Gelee,
cyefy nine days commencing from Mon
CAV the 11th day Of May, ana oe1ween
.hs times at my residence at Scott station.
pr;ces-$8. 90 cash; $1,000 on time
i P. A. DELHOMME.
Hay 9th, 1891.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
WORTH IT'S WEIGHT I'm GoLD,

"Mothers' Friend" is worth it's weqht in
gold. My wife suffered more in tt ten minutes
With either of her other children than she
did altogether with her last, after having
fs blessing to expectant mothers. says
customer. HENDERSON DALE, carn,i. IL.
Having used two bottles my sixth child
was born with no pain comparatively.
Mrs. L. O. Vaughan. Sheridan Lake, Col.
: Observation-Disclosures much sufferin1
Mrs. NJ. M. Brewster, Montgomery, Ala.
Sent by express receipt of price, 81 so per bottle.
Sold by all druggists. Book to mothers mailed FREQ
BRADFIELD REGULATOR Co., Atlanta, Ca.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20
%OE5ce.

The undersigned haye formed CO.
partnership in the Lumber business, at
the old stand Of A. j. Moss, where they
will be pleased to see their friends and
customers.
A. J. MOSS.
A. E. MOUTON.
April 1, 1891.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-06-20

Can for Paduoah Club Whiskey
a. sale At John o. Muuton's'
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10
BASICCITY.

BASIC CITY, Jan. 9.-ISpecial l-Isasc
CITY is to have all opera house at IN
early day. Just think of town thai
lacks four months Of being one year old
building Il $4,000 opera nouscl Hard
20 believe, isn'tit? But it is true and
before n great while Basic City Viii
nave one of the very prcttiest opera
houses in the State.
Mr.. j. IL. Lightncr is at tho head of
the company, and has already procured
plans and specifications ready for w,rk
to begin in very short time. The
building will be or press brick. three
stories high and 75xll5 feet in size. 1t
VIII be located opposite the Jotdan
building, corner of Fourth and Augusta.
work Will begin just as soon rs ma
terial can be procured.
a few of the largest and most impor-
ant buildings of the furniture factory
are very near completed, and there ars
very strong indications that if it is not
the 'indn stry that will blow the first
whistle" 1t will not be very far behind.
The managers are pushing the construc-
ton of the buildings with an energy
that is almost without parallel. All
during the Christmas holidays, without
the slightest let-up, the work continued.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10

The Narrow Escape an Unknown Negro
Had From Sudden Death.
Roanoke is well armed city. Citi-
Zcns who have to travel dark streets
carry as rule some weapon of ofrcnsc,
a we'll known real estate operator and
financicr told little story tho other
evening.
Il had occasion to go out on the
Franklin road the other evening"" said
lie. when starttd back il was after
l Il. III. | had Il gun in my ovcic0at
p ckct. big negro walked right plumb
up To me in a rather lonely place.
Boss, said he. what time is it?'"
II had had several drinks of rgg-nogg
and felt a little reckless. My right
hand was in my ovricIaJ hugglng the
butt of that revolver. pressed it
thr' ugh the coat lining gently against
that dArkcy's abdomt II, and hauled out
NY Sl35 chronomctcr. 1t is rather
sho w piece, and | held it so the moon
would strike it right and CLINT into his
eyes. made it as tempting Il bait Us
possible as rcmarll d
1T i g. m. my sable friend
but he didn't bite worth cent.
Iii he had grabb d it. bully smoke,
he would have cirrird Il iS-cA fridge in
his stomach during the few minutes
which preceded The rmination of his
MORTAL existence"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10
Amusement Notes.

Evans and iiocy will appear at the
Opera House tonight in the most sue
Ssfnl skit ever written by Charles H..
lloyt. Mr. iIoyt's "A Parlor Match" is
one of that elias of plays known ~ u
music ,l-flic comedy. In the hands Of
people without keen sense Of the
ludicrons and a genius for expressing
il, it would be the ricst rubbish. But
NJ s'is. Evans and llocy make the dry
bones live. Each is excellent in his
PARTICULAR walk.
The dryncss OF the one is only
cqunlled by the smooth, oily humor Of
the other. They never roar their Jokes;
they never italicze Their line, yet the
play is so intensely funny of its own
merit that once dose Of it will cure dys-
prpsia, and two &C ise of jaundice. The
Levey Sisters are three of the Shape
liest and handscmest dancers on the
stage. The little one is five feet ninc,
the tall one is-weli-taller.
Harry Watcham, business manager,
of Denman Thompson's "Old Home
stead Company, was in Roanoke yes.
tcrday making ready for the advent OF
that famous attraction at the Opera
House Friday, January Is.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10
n Fire in Henry County.

W. III. Williams, worthy and indus
trious farmer of Henry county. suffered
severe loss on Monday. Mr.. Williams
owned comfortable homo in the
Leatherwood creek section, Il mile from
tho Danvillc and New River road and
three miles from Burnt Chimneys. On
Monday last sMr. Williams and his
+; mily, having an engagement to dino
~ it'll d ncighbor two miles distant, left
Lonio about o'clock.
They loft but little fire in the house
and thought the few Goals on the hearth
we're covered up beyond the danger line;
however, before noon the dwelling
house. tho kitchen, the smoke. house
and tho hen house were burned down.
The reasonable supposition is that
the house caugh from tho embers left
on the hearth.
Mr.. Williams lost all his furniture,
provisions, farm implements and. in
|! fact, pretty much everything he had.
The total loss is estimated at Sl.5UO
No insurance.