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, 1897-09-11

That is. not yet. l dunno how it'll be
iaier on. BY the way. l almosl forgot
to go to the box office and get ner sal
airy. Goodnight, and good luck 20 you.
New York Journal.
A Sco.ch journal says that a certain
well-known painter went to a seaside
village to paint a picture, and put NJ at
4 small public house. One day. while
in MS room. he heard 4 commUtion. and
on running down stairs found That the
chimney was on fire. Two or three men
were trying to put out the flames by
sweeping the SCOT down with brooms.
but the blaze was too high to be reached
in this manner. Seeing their wan Of
success, the painter caught up a thick
mat, ran with 1t to the root. and climb
ing up the stack Of chimneys, placed it
on top Of the one that was on fire. His
1t happened that a stiff breeze was blow
ing. and as the mat was in danger OF
icing blown off, the artist sal on it to
hold II down. He was just comfortably
seated when he found himself lifted
bodily and landed upon the tiles OF the
roof. What had happened? That was
more than he could ina eins until he
went down stairs. No one knew hat he
had gone aloft, and when the landlord
saw that sweeping down the 500. was
Intellectual. he tried the oli-fashiOned
remedy Of lighting a charge Of gun
powder. This 1t was that removed not
only the SCOT. but the nat and the paint
er.
, 1897-09-11
Buffalo Bills Love Affair

From his mothers home in Happy
Hollow lear Leavenworth Cody went
to St. Louis early in 1865. A few
months later he met and fell in love
not long afterwards they were married.
He swore off then on his nomadic life
and began keeping a hotel and prosper
turned, however. and he went on the
frontier again. His career as chief Of
scouts with Sheridan. Custer and 9TH
ers is familiar history.-Denver Field
and Farm.
, 1897-09-11

there was underlad with rock salt, and
mat the bears rooted down Through the
soil and licked up the salt. OF course
there is no salt there but the surface Of
the basin is underlaid with solid ice.
TIE soil can be removed t o the depth
OF a foot or SO and che ice dug out in
solid blocks. 1t is supposed by some
10 be a moraine remaining from the
glacial period, by others that the sur
face OF the bed rock is in the form Of a
shallow basin which at some time has
been a lake and which has become con-
gealed and covered with soil. The sun
having but little effect at that point it
mas not thawed.
Jim Bridger's crys.al mountain story
also furnished the boys stufing for
many a confiding goose. Horace Gree
ley asked how long he had been in the
country when Jim, pointing TO Pulpit
rock. said: You see mat rock; when
| came here it was a hole in the ground
1t was said that Horace took out his
tablet and made a note OF it, but that
when he arrived in Salt Lake and fell
MO The hands OF the press gentlemen.
ne discovered that they were acquaint-
ed with Jim and 80 corrected his notes.
At least the incident did not appear in
What Know About Staging"
In course o: time on his way west
ward. Mr.. Greeley reached the beautiful
Sierras. the penultimate range Of noun
tains before reaching the Pacific. He
had arranged on his overland tour for
a series Of lectures to be given here and
there at specified dates. One OF these
places was P~lacerville and the date had
been fixed, but alas. in some unaccount-
able way, Mr.. Greeley found before
reaching that place that he was behind
time and was greatly exercised over
rhe delay, fearing perchance that he
would disappoint the %expectant audi
ence that always awaited him. He was
20 miles distant, late in the afternoon.
and within three hours time set for his
appearance at Placerville. Luckily for
Mr.. Greeley. however, ne fell in with
The famous stage driver, Hank Monk,
and that gentleman of reins and brake
rods guaranteed to land him in Placer
vile on time.
all alone and with the indomitable Mr..
Monk on the box they started down
the line over the most precipitous noun
tain road in the west at a speed that
would have enthrillei the most modern
Jehu OF the John Gilpin type. 1t was
not long before Mr.. Greeley had be-
come thoroughly frightened at the break
neck speed of the FOUR horses in front.
but General Monk paid no attention to
his en;reaties and gave his leaders an
extra flash Of silk. Finally when Gree
ley's head crashed up through the top
OF the coach. Monk turned around and
coolly said Keep your seat Horace"
and so he did as best as he could under
the circumstances. A few miles out from
P%lacerville the coach was met by the
reception committee which had been
sent out from town to bid the great
journalist formal welcome, but the in
vincible man on the box waived them
aside and yelled to them as he passed,
Get out OF the road, for l have Horace
Greeley on board and must land him in
Placerville by 8 o'clock" 1t is need
and that Mr.. Greeley appeared at the
rostrum promptly on time.
, 1897-09-11
FRONTIER
SKETCHES.

In a speech at Pine PiuI, Ark, Presi-
dent Fordyce, Of ihe Cotton Belt, a
Gould property, referred to the late Jay
Gould in this way: Shakespeare says
some men are born great, some achieve
greatness, and others lave greatness
thrust upon them. | make use Of this
quotation TO pay a just tribute to a great
man. the son OF a poor farmer, and who,
unaided, achieved greatness. He was the
most wonderful firIncial genius of mod
ern or ancient times, me greatest railroad
builder and operator the world has ever
prcduced-less understood by the public
at large than any American citizen in
his day and generation; a mar who by
his indomitable will. intense energy,
good Judgment, far-seeing sagacity and
keen discrimination, in a business life OF
less than forty years. amassed a fortune
Of 500. 600 900: but who at the same time
gave employment to more than 100 900
employees. thus providing for over $780,
900 human souls, the families and de-
pendents upon those employees"
, 1897-09-11

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The Republican Office.
, 1897-09-11
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the Fifth cavalry. known as Dandy
Fifth. to western Nebraska. where sew
eral thousand Indians were killing but
falo. curing the meat and tanning their
hides for their winter supply. He left
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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-23

Moss Bros. & Co. are being well
rewarded for having laid in their
regular stock of fall and winter
goods early in the season before
there were any questions about vel
low fever in the country anywhere.
1t is the store In Lafayette famous
for its variety of it's stock, it being
possible to find almost anything you
might want there. The assortment
in every line of merchandise
handled by Moss Bros. & Co. is
very complete at this time and the
prices have not gone up one cent
on account of the quarantine, so it
is no wonder that people are flock
ing to this store in great numbers
every day to provide themselves
with shoes, hats, wooden goods,
etc., for the approaching winter.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-23
The Trains.

Since Wednesday the Southern
Pacific has been running a train
from Carencro to Cade which
places this town in daily communi-
cation with New Orleans. Several
carloads of freight consisted mainly
of machinery and hardware. The
people of the town, with perhaps
few exceptions, were pleased to
receive the mail.
A train is being run between
this place and Crowley but
Rayne still refuses to receive
goods under any circumstances;
however, it permits the train to
stop. There is no mail service on
the Crowley train and unless some
are made, mail for
points west of Lafayette will have
to be sent out through New Orleans.
Agent Davidson informs The
Gazette that the present arrange
ment will probably continue until
quarantine is raised.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-23
Quarantine Restrictions Being
Relaxed.

| Relaxed.
New Orleans Picayune.
Notwithstanding the ill success
which attended the efforts to hold !:
conference, some weeks ago, be
tween the various health authorize:
of the country parishes, persisten,
endeavors on the part of the mer.
chants, the authorities and the off
Gals of the transportation com
panies have brought about an i'm
proved state OF affairs. It is true
| that the concessions secured are
very far from going the length that
might be admitted with perfect
safety; but they still represent a
decided improvement.
Traffic has again been opened up
into the Southwestern parishes after
total suspension for several weeks.
1t is true that trains are not per-
mitted to stop at. many points, and
in some instances only certain ar
ticles of merchandise will be re-
ceivcd; but it is again possible to
uu tAoAAS through VIC PARISHES OS-
tween this city and the State line.
AS result of this partial resump-
ton of traffic, it will be possible to
bring the long-delayed rice crop to
market, and to move the sugar crop
now being manufactured. These
products will give employment to
many people who have been suffer
ing from enforced idleness, and this
partial resumption of traffic will
gradually lead to a more liberal and
intelligent application of quarantine
AS the weather now bids fair to
become colder, it should be in or
der for Central and North Louisi-
ana to open up somewhat. These
portions of the State have enforced !
4 degree of absolute non-inter-
course, which would be ludicrous if
t were not. so serious. Whatever
Danger of the spreading of conta-
5ion to that part Of the State there
nay have been heretofore will
;oon exist no longer; hence the
people of that section can with
perfect safety to themselves initiate
he example set by Southwestern
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-23
Eumigatton Cuts No Figure.
From the following special it will

Fumigatton Cuts No Figure.
From the following special it will
be seen that.St. Landry is no,
thinking of relaxing its quarantine
regulations:
OPELoUsAs, LA., Oct. 2o.-Par-
ish Health Officer Thompson to day
quarantined against all mail matter
from infected points, fumigatlon or
no fumigation. The Opelousas and
Washington mail will not be allowed
to come in by way of Palmetto, as
arranged, any more. He excuses
his action by saying that the peo-
pie demanded this.
Drs. Thompson and Shute, the
committee appointed by the Town
Council to investigate the rumors
that freight from New Orleans was
being received at Palmetto, this
parish, returned from that place to-
day and reported the rumor un
founded.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-23
DR.. Walmsley Believes the End
is in Sight.

is in Sight.
Times-Deuocrat
DR.. Walmsley, Of the Board OF
Health, has been working for the
past two days on a table of Stats
tics upon which he expects to write
an article to prove to the people of
New Orleans that the quarantine
regulations enforced by the Board
of Health have operated as a res
| friction on the fever.
| A contemplation of the statistics
for the epidemic and outbreak years
of the. past, compiled by DR..
Walmsley from the records, is very
hopeful at this time. The present
year, it must be remembered, has
never been classed as anything but
an "outbreak."
These statistics of the past prove
conclusively that the death rate in
variably began to decrease after the
Goth of October (to-day). This
date has always been the pivot upon
which turned the rise and fall of
yellow fever mortality. Each one
of the epidemic and outbreak years
from 1916, without exception,
shows that from large number of
deaths during the first part Of Octo-
Der, the record declined to very few
or one after Oct. go and during
November.
Figures speak better than words.
The following is the official record
of the deaths during October and
November of the principal epidemic
years, and the argument is rendered
more forcible when it is considered |
that 1897 is simply an outbre ak
year:
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-23
Spectacles at Biossat's jewelr,
MIR. Ovigniac Olivier.

Mr.. Ovigniac Olivier died las,
Saturday at the residence of his
son, Ernest Olivier, in this parish.
Mr.. Olivier was born 72 years ago
near the town of St. Martinville
where he lived until the time of his
removal to this parish. During his
last years on earth Mr.. Olivier's
failing health rendered him physi-
cally unable to do any work, but
his devoted children cared for him
SO we'll that the closing days of his
career, were, despite his feeble con-
'dition, fitting close to the life of
man who had been a dutiful hus-
band and father. Being a man
erted toward the happiness of his
family his many good qualities were
perhaps little known by the outside
world, but those whom kind
Providence had placed under his
protection will long cherish his
memory. They, who knew him
we'll, loved him much. His re-
mains were taken to ST. Martinville
where they were laid to rest by the
side of his beloved ancestors who
preceded him to the grave. His
body now lies beneath the sod neal
the old town where his happy boy
hood days were spent. He first
saw the light Of day on the. old
homestead ny the Teche and it was
we'll to carry back his mortal re-
mains TO the place of his birth to
De burled@ncar that lovely stream
IN whose banks he drew his first
breath almost three quarters of a
ago. May he rest IN peace.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-23
An Editor in Hard Luck.

Our heart goes out to Editor
Weeks of the Iberian in his present
sad predicament. In his unbridled
journalistic enthusiasm friend
Weeks started out to interview a
gentleman who, it was reported,
had just arrived from Franklin and
while in the act of gathering data for
a flaming article for the Iberian,
the authorities of the town of New
Iberia quietly surrounded the house,
making the suspect and Editor
Weeks prisoners. AS result of
this bold journalistic venture,
equaled only by the heroic rescue
of Miss Cisneros by Charles Duval
Decker, Editor Weeks has achieved
emperishable glory. The people
of Lafayette cheerfully join The
Gazette and beg to offer to the un-
fortunate journalist their most pro-
found symp athy. The people of
New iberia ought to be ashamed of
for treating the Iberian |
man with such rank ingratitude. |
Although the wounds inflicted by |
the merci!ess sssarkasm" of the Iber-
Ian are still fresh, Lafayette rises
above the mean spirit of revenge
and offers to the imprisoned editor
its sincere coincidence and UNI
bounded sympathy.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-23

In speaking OF these figures, DR..
Walmsley said:
81 have made careful study
lately of former conditions, and the
record of each Of these epide mic
years shows that the death rate be-
gan to decline after the zoth of
October The decline after that
date has always been extremely
rapid, going down in m any instances
from over 1000 to comparatively
nothing. In other words, the end
is in sight, as shown by study of
these statistics. The outbreak years
are also on record as proving that
after the 2oth of October the decline
in the number of deaths per day
has been very rapid"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-23

In all seriousness it was heartless-
ly cruel on the part of the Iberia
authorities to keep the editor of The
Iberian ten days in detention. Fort
unately the New Orleans health
authorities do not .find it necessary
to adopt the Iberia plan of quarau-
tine If they did modern journal
ism in the Crescent city would soon
come to an end.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-23

a lady correspondent of the
Pittsburg Post, who has felt the
pinch of the Dingley tariff, writes
as follows:
81 have been paying more for
flour, more for sugar, more for
meat and other household necessi-
ties, and find 1 must pay a good
deal more for wooden clothing for
myself and children this winter.
Every way our expenses are going
up, but my husbands wages are at
a standstill. If this is good times,
l would like to know it. DONE
like them, and 1 find that the
women of my acquaintance are
pretty much in the same boat / find
myself"
When the Mckinley tariff was
smashed by the people in 1902, it
was Tom Reed who sadly remarked
while viewing the wreck: s.The
women did 1.-THE women who go
AS the Dingley bill is
clearly 4 tariff for taxation and not
a tariff for revenue it is quite prob
able the Republican party will hear
from the women again in 1900.
The women, it is true, have no vote.
but they have a tongue and they
know how to use it with disastrous
effect, and the moment they array
themselves against the Dingley tariff
hat measure and the Republican
party are gone coon skins.-Daily
States.