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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-08
A PIANO FULL OF WAISTS.
4ney Kept Quiet Until the Professor
 Struck tho Loud Notes.

1ney Kept Quiet Until the Professor
 Struck tho Loud Notes.
 The piano was an old grand. It haG not bec1f used for months. The compa- ny had arrived i'll town but shosf time before the performance began; hence there had been no time to test the instrument. Nevertheless, the profess or boldly opened wide the lids of the long unused grand and then sat down to tie keys The first touch convinced him that the notes were still clear and strong, and thsst whatever defects Ill tune there might be would be Very slight, so he began the soul inspiring selection.
 Now, it happened that in all the months in which the piano had remain ed unused a colony of yellow jacket
 Wasps had iudustriously built them l selves a homo in the shape of nest as
 large as good sized saucer The soft I piailissimo prelude to the selection gen. tlv woke the Wasps from their sweet
 dreams. But when the soft pedal was
 released and the notes grew vigorous
 and the piano began to reyerbera.Ifes, fs, d5 e5
 the heavier passaes sssssse .fss5es the disturbed wasps suspected danger They cnrled their backs and stretched and shook their gauzy wings vieiously. The profess or, unheedful of the fact that tho 14a- sie, far from soothing the savage breast of the vicious wasps ambushed within that piano, was rousing their ire, play ed OH. From pianissimo to piano and from piano with ene=beund to fertissi- mo the composition ran. All the while the wasps fluttered their wings wicked. ly, yieieusly, and all the while the pro- lessor played. Now came the climax; HOW he was throwing together vast aandfuls Of notes in the basso profundo region of the instrument. Just as the grand WAS belehing forth from its inner most soul the musical thunder of that great Wagnerian opera the vengeance hanting army of yellow jacket wasps swept out of the instrument. with buz2ing war song, down the hallway and upon the audience Suddenly soul rending shrieks resounded through the hall. Mon and women were striking 1pOnb btiGif n6d0Ss btIGn6S W6iG unsobB and q general stampede for windows and doors ensued. Over the terrible up- roar q shrill, piping voice could be heard shrieking:
 "sharlie, come mitl Aoh, Sharlie, come mitf'
 Long before the outraged burghers or Kerrville were up little band of men with baggage galore wended their way out of the town and sat down on the 1 railroad track. They were the stereopti- co-musical aggregation of San Antonio, and their faces as they recounted the horrors through which they had passed, were the image of that of Napoleon on the night of Waterloo. They fagged 1 the south bound passenger train and took passage for San Antonio. Their wisdom i'll slipping out of town under cover of night has never been question: ed-San Antonio Express.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-08
Ta |. stopned With ihs war.

A uet rgta man was arralgned recent ly for beating his wife,
 What have you to say for yeurselta" asked the judge
 'tKin speak out, jedge?"
 Yes. What have you to say?''
 "Jedge, yer honor, want to say jest this: ] never did have no trouble with none CT my wives 'cept this ona. My fust wife was angel, my second came mighty nigh bein one, my third wu2 wi1lin an reasonable. my fo'th wnz moderate, my''---
 "ln the name of goodness, 2. inter. Eupted the judge. ''how many wiye, have you had2''
 Tho man looked thoughtful. aud then said:
 ledge, dent know use to keel traek Df '-m. but quit eountin aftei Lees surrender '.--Atlanta Constitu. ulates ..l should smile. :" The piauanoy and patHess of certain phrases make it hard to declare Chat slang has no legiti- mate use. But concerning it's misuse, there can hardly be two opinions among people whose opinions are worth any thing 4 careful study of tho qualities of men and women who habitually in- Eerlard their remarks with slang will furnish anybody with world of con. vincing conclusions ill favor of pure English. --CIitie.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-08
SHOES CAME BACK.
HOW MIR. AND MRS. aLGERNoN SMITH
 DISPOSED OF A NUISANCE.

They conidn's Sell the Things, Coniohs Give Them Away and Were Not Permit ted to Lose Them Finally smith Thought Of the Furnace, and All Is We'll.
 A rag peddler was slowly passing Mrs Aigernon Smith s house when that good woman hailed him.
 How much for old shoes?'
 "Helluv a cent n pount for wool an cotton. gan t puy ole shoes.
 aBut won't you give nc something for them?7
 4tAny iron or pottles you want to sell, ladv? You want to sell dose t'ings vat you haf on? Helluv cent poant. gan no more gif. I want not dose shoes, not for nottings. Nottings else?
 Mrs. Smith indignantly closed tho window. When her husband came home at night, she said:
 "Algernon, want you to take a lot of old shoes I've done up in package and throw them away. '
 ..Why don't you give them to the washerwoman?e asked Mir. Smith.
 'sShe won't have them-says they re not her kind of shoes, was the answer. '.They are all either too large or too small, the heels are too high, and they are tho wrong number. l offered them to tramp, and he said when he went into the shoe business he would let me know--he wasn't buying misffts yet. z
 1T like his impotence. Where are thoyg I'll make short work of them. said Mr. Smith, and he took the big bundle his wife gave him and went out In 15 minutes he was back.
 'So you got rid of them, said has wife joyfully. "I think there was an accumulation of six years in that lot. Some of them I had given to people who were begging at the door, but al- ways found them again next day III the lot. Old shoes are like cats, if you send JsssEss ssssesszay. they always come back. ' W@ lE2zzA1ls9lsS assszsss sseasss as
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-08
We also Solicit COnsgnments of all Country Produce
OLD BARRIERS ARE SCARCE.
After Reaching 4o They Usually Retire
 or Enter Another Occupation.

After Reaching 4o They Usually Retire
 Enter Another Occupation.
 Did you ever notice, " said q veteran tonsorial artist, who had shaved New Hayeners since 1873, to 6 New Haven Register man, "that yon only see a few old barbers?'
 "Why is it?'1
 There are a good many reasons, r answered the veteran knight of the blade T suppose the chief one is that a barber hand becomes unsteady after he gets to be about 40 years old and he has to give up. A good many barbers drink hard, and that makes their nerves and hands unfit for service, and they retire before they cut their customers threats Still, I will say that in all my experience of 37 years I never saw 6 man badly cut by barber, not even by all accident for which the barber was not responsible. ,
 What becomes of the barbers after they retire?"
 "Oh, some of them go to the poor house, J he replied, with q twinkle in his eye, land some of them, who have saved their wages, buy little places and live on them, perhaps running a farm Some of them, of course, go into other business, perhaps bookselling or else be- come insurance agents. I have heard os barbers wha gave up the business ara became butsssrs. This ism such widA difference fNOm their former business twhat arc ysea laughing at9 as it miglas seem. No, | Gon't mean that they leakn to carve p&aie or even to skin them ta the barber Hassiness, but they learn how to handle blade skillfully and they make first class meat cutters "
 Dresa Reform For Babaea.
 The latest invention in the dress sa- form for babies, which is rapidly be- coming more popular is that all the garments can be put on at once. The first garment is princess slip of fine flannel or erepeline, made with high neck and long sleeves. The next is a sleeveless garment of nearly the same shape and material, and last comes the nainsoolS dress. All three fasten to- gother at the back with three buttons. The abdominal band is sheer and not tight, and the feet are loft bare.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-08
WHEN | GET TIME.

When get time, know what shall do. a'll cut the leaves of all my books And read them through and throuEA When get time, I'll write some letters then That have owed for weeks and weesfF. To many, many men. Mhen get time,
 I'll pay those bills owe, And with those bills, those countless
 bills,
 Twill not be so slow. When I get time,
 I'll regulate my life Sn such way that l may geA Acquainted with my wife. When get time
 Oh, glorious dream of blisst- ii month, year, ten years from noIs But can't finish this--
 l have no time. -Vogu4
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-08
nis Pertinent onsstion.

He had taken his punishment like a little man and for some time asterward had been buried ill thought.
 Mamma, , he said finally.
 "Well, Willie?''
 'sDo you really spank me because you love mo so much?''
 That's the reason I punish you. Willie. ,
 And don't you love papa atsll?'' Chicago Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-08

IHe pOIlGr!
 "No, no; the shoes. ?
 livery scrap reduced to ashes" They embraced, and happiness reigned in the Smith household. = Chicago Times Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-08

In London paper young married woman of title asks e1, GOO for the dis charge Of the duties of chaperon for tho space of three -;;isiftssiiii ;iisiii ttiiis t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-08
Sz;a,;. ss,.ii,.re, ay Amateurs

sAmateur florists should study the habits of tho plants in their collections In order to give tho special care needed by each variety,' writes Eben B, Rexford in The Ladies Home Journal. Not only does this advice apply pertinently to wa tering, but to the position in the window. Your plant window may beasonthern ons which will admit great deal of sunshine This will exactly suit geraninms, hello. tropes, roses and plants of that class, but begonias, primroses and many other plants adapted to house culture arc not particn- larly fond of strong sunshine-in fact, are often injured hy full exposure to it. It ls possible to find out exactly what course to pursue and to effeeta compromise between these two classes of plants without change of windows Find out what plants like partial shade and give them positions in tho rear of tho sun loving plants. II this way the plants which require sunshine will not be robbed of it. and those whiei do not require sunshine will not be harIpet by having all excess of il"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-08
q,ho attention of builders is being drawn

The attention Of builders is being drawn to the value of bamboo IS | building ma terial. The great strength of bamboo poles is not at all understood by the ma. ioritv of persons. It is stated on excellent authority that two bamboo poles, each of them 7-10 inches in diameter, when placed side by side, will support grand piano slung between them by ropes and that they will neither sag nor break under the burden. Bamboo will form poles oo to 10 feet long and from to 10 inches ID diameter. A derrick, % feet high, made of 4 inch bamboo poles, raised two iron eirders, weighing together A pounds, Thc wonderful lightness of this material in proportion to it's strength has excited aom1nent of late, and new uses are con. etantly lag made of it. seaifoldings oi bamboo have the advantage of lightness and strength It is predicted that thls
 materiai will 0oiue into general use for such i purposes. An additional advantage is 1 that bamboo resists decay in water as woli 1 as in the earth, that the older and drier II
 gets the more solid It becomes, and that n
 can be grown for m incredibly small sum
 -New York Ledger.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27
STATE TAX SALES.
STATE OF OUISIANA VS.. DE-
LfNQUENT TAN-PAYERS.
Parish Of lafayette, 17th Judi
cial District,

By virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Constitution and laws
of the State of Louisiana, + will sell
at the principal front door of the
courthouse in which the Civil Dis
trict Court of said parish is held, in
the said parish of Lafayette. within
the legal hours for sale, beginning at
II O'Clock a. M, on
Saturday., May 4, 1897,
and continuing on each succeeding
day until said sales are completed,
all immovable property on which
taxes are now due to the State of
Louisiana and parish of Lafayette,
to enforce collections of taxes as
sessed in the year 1890, together
with INTEREST," thereon from the 31th
day of December 1896, at the rate
of per cent per month until paid,
and all costs. The names of said
delinquent taxpayers, the amount
of the taxes due by each on the as
sessment of said year and the i'm
movable property assessed to each
to be offered for sale, as, follows,
tO-wit:
YEAR 1896.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27
Thc Latest From ThugtOwn.

Thc Latest From ThugtOwn.
Daily States.
The Editor of the States has received the
following highly interesting and important
dispatch:
s.New York, March 1S.-Corbett a.vokc
this morning TT about three minutes and five
a!ad . half seconds after O'clock. sat
up in bed, cleared his throat and cxpecto-
rated. The consccratcd vessel which
ce;ecd the contents of his mouth is an Gle
CANT tinplate cuspidor Of the quality that
are sold here for Is cents per dozen at
wholesale and rctailcsl ut IS cents. Having
ii:,i3 eSpcc.crated, the ia lien gladiator sank
back in his pillows, ur,aed on his right side,
then changing he laid his left, and after
taking, a narcotic sunk to sleep like a
wounded lion. The leading drugstore of
the city has secured the spittle, inclosed it
in glass vial and thousands of American
citizens crowding around the window to
get GLIMPSE of the precious expectoraton,
while the police have been sent for to GUARD
and protect the spittle against the wild and
hallorving crowd. The chained eagle, it is
assumed, will expectorate again within the
next hour and half and heavy Bets are
offered on the hour at which the important
event will transpire: An able and ex-
perienced veterinary surgeon with a corps
of assistants is III attendance at the bedside
| to note the slightest change in the condition
of the ilustrious patient:
"rhe Journal has just issued an extra
claiming to have first received and bulletlned
this startling information and Boosting, its
Enterprise another triumph of the new
journalism a few minutes after the
: Journals extra appeared on the streets the
World issued similar extra denouncing the
editor of the Journal as a liar ard horse
thief and claiming that it had the news ten
seconds before the Journal. but Jealous of
the 'new journalism for strict veracity, il
held so important a matter of news until it
could investigate and discover whether it
was false true, and that thus through its
devotion to the vcracty of 'new journalism
and not to the Journals superior enterprise
its bulletin was few seconds behind.
''Thons1nds of enthusiastic Americans are
tl,ronging around the doors of these two
! great, entcrprising and voracio Gus American
newspapers.''
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27

FOURTH WARD; WHITES.
Romero LudGer, 20 acres of land bounded
1.orth by L Leblanc and south by Mrs Z
Boudrcaux; state tax ia interest cents,
parish tax 100 interest cents, poll tax 100
interest 4 cents, card 10 cents; total 4.29.
FOURTH WARD, co1oRED.
Broussard Osca, acres of land bouilieled
! north by ID ] Broussard and south by NJ
Levy; state tax 4S certs interest cents,
parish tax 70 cents interest cents, poll tax
100 interest cents, card 10 cents, total
2.37.
Mouton Mrs Narcisse, acres of wood
land; S tate tax cents, parish tax IS cents
card 10 cents; total 81 cents,
Mouton Mrs Louise, acres of wood
land; state tax 81 cents interest 2 cents,
parish tax o5 cents interest cents. card 70
cents total 10Y.
SIX WARD, WHITES.
Breaux Henry & 60, 10 of land
bounded north by Cormicr and south by
Cormer, acres of land bounded north by
b Cormier and south by e. Potter; state tax
SO cents interest cents, parish tax 90 cents
| interest ; cents, card 10 cents; total III.
Broussard a Sr, I26 acrea OF land
bounded north by Elliot and South by Cou-
viilon; state tax TAT interest so cents, par
ish tax I241 interest SO cents, poll tax
2I.S2.
Babineaux Mrs Mary NJ, 80 acres of land
bounded north by Durior: state tax is
interest s cents, parish tax 5 IS interest -
cents, card 10 cents; total $. 81:
Benot Mrs Claude, 80 acres of land
bounded north by v Arceneau and sot,sh by
l. Leblanc; state tax los interest 4 cGi:ts
parish tax 1870 interest cents, card 10
cents; total 800.
Jones J NJ, 1886 acres of land; State fax
IS .6S interest S. cents, parish tax 22.So IN
i terest 81 cents, poll tax 100 interest cents,
card 70 cents; total 5000.
Prejean Prejean, AZ acres of land bop,tdcd
/ north by y Leblanc and south by + BreauN:
state tax ?. IS interest To- cents. parish tan
$50 interest II cents. poll tax 100 Interest
4 cents; card 10 cents, total S,25.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27

The fact that President Mckin-
ley invited the Louisiana negro,
Henry Demas,. to- dine with himself
and family and the additional in-
form alton that the president sent
his carriage IN charge of his private
secretary to Demas' hotel in order
that the colored politician be
driven about Washington in true
Republican style, will not encour-
age the Lily whites i'll. this State.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27

acres of land S Z corner, secti":, IS; 7 10,
r, Improvements: state tax 72o in
terest IS cents. parish tax 1900 interest as
cents, card 10 cents; total o.oe. -.
tax SO sea r! tax 80 senis sia
p end: card 10 cents total I; co. ,;;:..
1G CENTS parish TAX cents. card 10 cents: total 81
r.R.sts RESIDENTS.
taos kHhs :n M '"d h"amded s"rn b,
i;s;ssS Efs.;ss: S:assa..s ey
tents .srs p,rs tax 9s cents
ton at .f ae &c s s 'n n nd fS'r ct
fri ,ss1;n = sffs q a"d
lana bounded ~ SS:h;S.r,;' and south BY + ira.
f".vres, g. cents: card 10 cents: total ;o.4s.
by and South by HsSs ss s s
cents interest cents parish tax La Interest GEMS,
irass,ns j b. ro5 ,,t ,;,J bounded north by
interest rs parish 40 "
card la AZ ssn So ' ss1es g; land
81 +: state .ax $50 interes. p:;:,s,
tax 500 in'e!esr ~ card 70 ss".fS d
es < s,ats II interest ' cents parish
eo'iy Va 3: A s5s ssTss q iHf
r. IS interest ass parish tax 1875 in,cres, 4.75.
Fuselier Gonso1Hi,n1 ios acres of land section os
o. 10 +: state tax interest - cents. par
Uron Teche K X & Co. r: miles main line the
$40 parish tax 1900 interest 54-. card 10 cents
Harrington { u. 155 across OF land bo,n. cd :!o,,:
by Il Spell and south by $ lme: - acres bounded
by sty ana SCUM by sps se s.
rs tax 73o interest go cents card 10
Vi ssd OF s"a ss'sn E.
i snd ssf:ie? e E ,sS I"d
s s asse s, OF nd sie,ion
terest s57 parish tax 1855 interest sos. card 10
north BY + Therio' and south by Nlr; brown stat,
and asR ssIf* 'G"GsSa nS:
tax o4s interest 70 parish 80 in:cres.
15s @
cara cents: total f:'ss lax $50 interest Gents
Sy sSe ss x north ny
n'ss sn.s t ssn< Parish tax LEO interest cents card
! ee & sns HounSId
50 interest Gents parish tax $50 interest 10 cents.
Richard Auson. Il acres of land bounded north by
Il LPine and south by unkown: state tax cents
"!rEsir = eens : iGa Esn, s".: is+ T. IT,
ls cents parish tax interest FL cents. card 10
On said day I will sell such por-
ton Of said property as each debtor
will point out, and in case the
debtor will hot point out sufficient
property, will at once and with
out further delay; sell the least
| quantity of said property of any
! debtor, which any bidder will buy
for the amount of taxes, interest
and cost due by said debtor. The
sale will be without appraisement,
for cash in legal tender money of
the United States, and the property
sold shall be redeemable any time
for the space of one year by paying
| the price given, with twenty per
cent end cost and penalty added.
The mortgage creditois are hereby
notified that if the property to be
sold is not redeemed, the sale
thereof when recorded in the con-
veyance or mortgage Office, shall
operate as a cancellation of all con-
! ventional and judicial mortgages
thereon. isisc a BRoUssARD,
Sheriff and Ex-Oficio Tax-Collector.
Saturday, Feb. Fl, 1897.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27

B. A. Sales, fhe hustling -four
Salesman of Lafayette, and repre-
senting the Crowley rice mill, was
in town booking orders last Friday
and Saturday.--Crowley Signal.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27

OPelousas has corn-cob pipe
factory. 1t will be- under the man.
agement of Mr.. G. J. Thompson.
1t will manufacture 10000 pipes a
day.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27

One of the important items
wired from Carson City last week
Was that Madame James Fitzsim-
mons had actually done some shop
ping.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27

Hon. Sam Robertson, congress-
man from the six Louisiana district,
has been appointed member Of
the Ways and Means committee by
Speaker Reed.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27
INGALLS, rs CORRECT.

Ssx4.-.sssz<%sx.ssa
INGALLS, rs CORRECT
Baton Rouge Advocate:
Several years ago few public men
in America occupied higher po
sition or gave greater promise of a
brilliant career as a statesman than
did Ex-senator ]. J. Ingalls, of
Kansas. Possessed of many bril-
liant gifts, a finished orator,
trained parlia III eutarian and a rec
ognized leader of his party it seemed
for a time as though there was
nothing that stood in the path OF
his attaining the very highest
honors within the gift CT his party.
Indeed his election for one term es
president pro tenn of the Senate left
but little fot him to desire in the
line of party promotion and his po-
sition was regarded as being as
sured. Unfortunately for his per-
sonal ambition, however, the eco
homie conditions in Kansas were
such as to bring about revolution
IN the political sentiment of the
State and his career came to sud-
tien and somewhat tgnominious ter
minalion. From president pro tenn
of the Senate and one Of the most
brilliant men of his age, to sporting
reporter of a daily newspaper is an
experience which few men have
been privileged to enjoy, but such
has been the experience of Mr.. In
gals, and to his credit be it said
that his efficiency in the latter ca
pacity has been as marked as was
his career as leader Of men and a
moultler of thought in the palmiest
days Of his senatorial career.
Although conceding the ability of
the brilliant kansan the Advocate
methods. although we must confess
that his defense of his course in &C
ccpting the position Of sporting re-
porter on metropolitan newspaper
is creditable alike to his judgment
and his manly Independence. In
reply to his critics, Mr.. Ingalls, OBJ
served that when he was defeated in
his political aspirations he did not
loaf about Washington and h@rass
his friends with applications for
soft government Jobs; he did not
urge his past services as a reason
why he should become pensioner
i,,
he set TO work TO make his own Ev-
ing in manner consistent with the
maintenance st his personal and
political Independence and his in
slividual self respect. Nor does
Mr.. ingalls, go about whining about
the ingratitude of parties or Che
short memories OF his friends as SO
many do who have experienced a
similar fate. On the contrary, he
has taken his defeat with complac-
cnce and in the most philosophic
spirit that could b: imagined, and
while others sulkeu in their tents he
took the field in the interest Of his
party and put in effective work in
behalf Of its candidate and plat
form. Now that the campaign is
over and his party has once more
come into power the sturdy kansan
scorns to waste his time in pressing
his claims upon his party for Office,
but betakes himself to pursuits
more profitable from q pecunlary
Standpoint and which better conf
port with his independence and
self-respect.
B. A. Sales, the hustling flour