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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03
EQU4Z JUSTICE.

Louis Gallot is the fourth bank
wrecker who has been convicted in
New. Orleans during the past three
months. No more can it be truth
fully said that the juries Of the
Crescent City will not return YER
diets of guilty against men who
possess money and friends. The
four men who are now ia the parish
prison at New Orleans awaiting
sentence were, up to the time Of
their Indictment, prominent in the
financial, political and social affairs
of that city. To-day they occupy
felons' cells.
Let US hope that the sad fate of
these men, once held in high es-
TEEN by their fellows, will serve as
an example and will deter others
from entering upon career Of
crime which may result in mo-
ment of spurious prosperity, but is
sure to bring down upon them nner-
tied disgrace.
The conviction of these bank
hooters can not fail 20 have a most
wholesome effect among that class
of rich men who had gotten it into
their minds that because of their
wealth or influence they would not
be prosecuted and made to pay the
penalty of the law.
Let the good work go on. Let i,
be proclaimed throughout the land
that the bank wrecker is not better
than the hog thief.
The jails and penitentiaries should
not be the exclusive home of the
friendless and penniless. Within
their gloomy walls should also
dwell the wealthy law brea ker.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

Mr.. James Jones, OF tue drug
firm Of Jones & Son, Cowden, H.,
in speaking Of DR.. Kings New
Discovery, says that last winter his
wife was attacked with La Grippe.
and her case grew SO serious that
physicians at Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. Il
seemed to deveiope in Hasty Con-
sumption. Having Dr.. Kings New
Discovery in store, and selling lots
of it, he took bottle home, and to
the surprise Of all, she began to
get better from the first dose, and
half dozen dollar bottles cured her
sound and well. DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to
do this good work. Try il. Free
trial bottles at VIM. Ciegg's DR. g
Store.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

two million men, and which cost
the lives of hundreds of thousands,
the expenditure of billions of dol
lars, and the sacrifice of other
billions of dollars worth of property
to overcome, can hardly be be-
Titled by any honest and sensible
man. We can we'll afford to wait
the verdict which history will ZEN
der on the men and women Of the
late Confederacy.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03
Old People,.

Old people who require medicine
to regulate the bowels and kidneys
will find the true remedy in Electric
Bitters. This medicine does not
stimulate and contains no whiskey
nor other intoxicznt, but acts as q
tonic and Alternative. It acts mildly
on the stomach ami bowels, adding
strength and giving tone to the or
gans, thereby aiding Nature in the
performance Of the functions.
Electric Bitters is an excellent
appetizer and aids digestion. Old
people find 1t just exactly what they
need. Price fifty cents and $500
per bottle at VIM. Ciegg's Drug
Store.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

The press dispatches report Mr..
Nc Kin!ey as having appeared at
the Centennial Exposition at Nash
Vile on Saturday "arrayed in a
white vest and straw hat" The
Dinghy tariff must have got in its
work earlier and deadlier than ex-
pected if the President of the
United States is unable to afford a
coat and a pair Of trousers in which
to appear upon State occaslons.--
Baton Rouge Advocate.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03
LYING roo EAST.

The New Orleans States makes
these timely remarks on the evils of
the credit system:
'There is no sort Of question but
the mass Of the people Of this
country have been living too fast
Nothing is SO diff cult as for a man
who has been accustomed to the
elegancies of life to bring himself
down to its bare necessities, even
when sound judgment teaches that
there is nothing else left for him to
do. Want of credit, it is true, is 3
great hardship, but Will not faci.-
ity of credit bring greater disaster
in the end 1t prompts expendi-
lures beyond ones means, often
times the purchase of articles that
might will be dispensed with.
These are very tritc facts which
everyone recognizes, but is rarely
influenced by The National Associ-
alton of Credit Men, recently in
session at Kansas City, proposed to
bring them forcibly to the mind Of
the man of moderate means by ad-
vocating an enforcement of the
system Of cash payments.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

The Times Democrat is doing
noble work in leading the move
ment to provide mosquito bars for
persons confined in the jails of New
Orleans. The I'D. is always in
the front when there is any work Of
genuine charity to be done.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03
Notice..

Notice is hereby given that having been
appointed inspector of livestock under Or
dinance of the City Council Of Lafayette,
the discharge of nv duties hereunder on
Iuly i 1907. S. w. NJ CFADDIH.
Lafayette, La, June 10, 1897.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03
Bucklen's Arniea salve.

The best salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Price
IS cents per box. For sale by VIM.
Cleag.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

In the case OF the State OF Texas
VS.. the Wster-Pierce Oil Company,
tried in the District Court at
Austin, Texas, Il few days ago, a
judgment was rendered canceling
the company's permit 20 DO bust:
ness in the State on the ground IN at
the said company was operating in
the State IN violation Of the anti
trust law. Tie case was appealed,
and the fna! outcome will be
watched with interest.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03
Notice {!

Notice is hereby given that I have COM
pleted the listing of asscssable property Of
Lafayette parish and said lists on
file in my Office in the courthouse, subject
to public inspection for period of 20 days
from date. a. NJ. MARTINI
Assessor Lafayette Parish.
June 5, 1897.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

One hundred and nine nails were
taken out of the stomach of Kan
sas City man. Had he succeeded
to digest ali or it, it would be safe
constitution.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

1t is a Kansas editor who re-
marked: ::Our hens are setting on
eggs, our wife setting type and Us
setting here thinking UP news"
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Il GREAT SPEECH.

Judge John H. Reagan, of Texas,
ex-member of President Davis cabs
met, delivered the annual Grafton at
! the Nashville reunion. Following
are the closing paragraphs of the
great effort:
"And now that we are again citl-
Gems of the government of the
United States, living under the
same government and constitutions
flag, our late adversaries ought not
to desire to degrade us in the eyes
of posterity, and if they would be
wise and just they should not wish
to place our people in history in the
position of being unworthy of the
rights, liberty and character of citi-
zens of our great and common
country.
etAnd while I have accepted,
! and do accept, in good faith, the
legitimate results of the war, and
while 1 am, and will be, as true to
my allegiance and duty to our COM
mon government as any other citi-
zen can be, I shall insist on my
right to tell the truths which show
| that in that great struggle we were
guided and controlled BY spirit of
patriotism which caused US to stake
life, liberty and property in con-
test with a greatly superior power,
rather than basely surrender our
rights without a struggle.
cit is fitting and proper at this
point that I should refer to matter
which fifty illustrates the character
of the southern people. There was
never time during all the peri's
and suffering Of reconstruction that
men Of prominence who had been
on the Confederate side could not
have obtained positions of honor
and emolument under the federal
government If they would have
consented to surrender their con-
victions and betray their people.
A very few did SO and thereby
earned an everlasting infamy. But
nearly al of them stood by their
convictions and preserved their
honor, and thereby proved them
selves worthy of citizenship in the
greatest and proudest government
on earth.
HThe names Of Jefferson Davis,
R. E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, AL
bert Sydney Johnston and many
others OF our heroic leaders will go
into history, Illuminated by a halo
of courage and skill and purity of
life and patriotism unsurpassed by
any names in history. AS indica-
ting the faith of President Davis in
God and his devout earnestness, l
recall attention to the closing sem
tence of his inaugural address, af-
ter his election under the constitu
tional government of the Confed-
eracy, made on the 22d day Of
February, 1862. Raising his hands
at the close of his address, and
looking towards the heavens, he
said: stAnd now, O God, commit
my country and her cause into thy
holy keeping," thus showing the
solemnity with which he assumed
anew the duties OF president Of the
Confederacy.
"History notes with its richest
praises, the matrons of Rome.
They were no doubt worthy of all
that has been said Of them. But
their honors cluster about them
when Rome was great and victc-
rious nation. This is not said to
their disc-edit, but to contrast with
them the noble and devoted women
Of the Confederacy. The grandeur
Of their lives and conduct was ex-
hibited in a cause in which the
odds were greatly against their
country, in which sacrifices were
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

Call and see Moutor & Hopkins
large assortment Of organizes, lawns,
etc. They have just received a
second large order.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

The guarantee IN the pocket Of
each pair of the BUCKSKIN
EECHES is put there as an
evidence of good faith. 1t means
that we believe the pants are so
good that you can't find fault in
them. You can call on your
dealer for another pair or your
money. Just as you choose. That
is the best proof Of an earnest effort
on our part to give you good pants
at the price OF common goods.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

The Gazette desires to state to
its good friend, Cal Hicks Of the
Shreveport Progress, that it is not
disposed to write an indictment
against Mr.. O'Malley Of the Daily
Item. Far be 1t from our purpose
to disturb the admiration which
any one might have for tina person.
We repeat that O'Malley's worth as
citizen is, and will continue to
be, a mere matter of individual
opinion. OF course, we may be
mistaken. O'Malley may be a
winged enissary from the ethereal
regions, but in the absence of better
proof, we prefer to believe that he
halls from less favored country.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

heads, envelopes, we will print
them.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

1t is said that after shaking
hands with several thousand ne
grces at Ashevilie, N. c., the
other day, President Mckinley i'm
plored his friends to give him a
little bit Of fresh air.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

We note that in several parishes
the question of railroad tax is
being sub nitted to the voters. The
Gazette is unalterably opposed to
voting taxes for the benefit of rail-
road corporations. Let railroad
builders take their chances as other
people. The railroad companies
and other corporations are already
enjoying more privileges than they
are entitled to. 1t is net the peo-
pie who should be taxed for the
railroads, but it is the railroads
that should be made to pay more
taxes.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03
Constable Sale.
William, Guidry VS.. Unknown
Owner-State OF I.ou!si ana,
Parish Of Lafayette, Sth-
Ward.

I5y virtue OF a yvr:r of seizure lssued from
the Srh Justices Court and &c dreCtcti, ,
| ha taken into my possession and VIII
sell 20 the ;ast and highest bidder for cash.
the eight, ward between legal sale hours,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03
Saturday, July 10, 1897,

the follow ing described property to-"it
One so,rcl mare. n. BREAUS,
Constable Stn Ward.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-07-03

They were no doubt worthy or az
that has been said Of them. But
their honors cluster about them
when Rome was great and victc-
rious nation. This is not said to
their disc-edit, but to contrast with
them the noble and devoted women
Of the Confederacy. The grandeur
hibited in cause in which the
odds were greatly against their
country, in which sacrifices were
necessary, and in which success
was at all times doubtful.
esTo illustrate the character and
devotion of the women Of the Con-
federacy, I will repeat a statement
made to me during the war by
Governor Letcher, of Virginia.
He had visited his home in the
Shenandoah valley, and on his re-
turn to the State capital, called at
the house of an old friend who had
large family. He found no one
but the good old mother at home.
She told him that her husband, her
husbands father and her ten sons
were in the army. Can modern or
ancient history show a nobler or
more unselish and patriotic devo
ton to any cause?
"rhere have been, and there may
still be, those who affect to speak
lightly of the Confederacy; but a
cause and a country which it re-
quired more than four years OF ter
rible war, and armies of more than
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

snow man. There were four of them,
all sizes, and they all wore little stout
red mittens Everything else they
wore was old and worn and shabby,
like the little Cooper house itself, but
all the little mittens were dazzling and
new. Mrs. Graham's eyes followed
them in unconscious fascination. She
had never noticed the little Coopers
much before-her own little children
had never played with them. If she
thought of them and their small, shah
by house at all. it, had always been
with gentle vexation because they
were there at all, behind her own pre-
tentious, handsome home. They were
the only blot on her pretty view
Today she was not thinking of them
really. She was trying to decide what
things she was to get for the chill
dren's Christmas. The decorations for
the tree-of course-those were easy
enough, but the toys. They puzzled
her. baf1ed her strangely. She couldn't
seem to remember
They've been gone so long, the
children have" she murmured. visit
fully. That's why, but [ should think
+ I'd remember. [ should think I'd know
what Elsie'd like, and the Girlie twins
and little Peck. Mischief-O, L don't
Sc why I'm so stupid. 1 can't remem-
/ ber-I can't decide. o, dearr'
Roxy, the childrens nurse, came
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going to be very particular to get a
fine one this time
She chartered on too busily to notice
the look Of pain on the little mans
face. When she glanced at it, it was
smiling again bravely
They went right after lunch. The
sun was shining and a smart little wind
sent a furry of light snow into their
faces, and Marjorie laughed at it. The
cutter sped along out of the city, into
lovely snow christened country roads.
Tn so happy, dear boy" Marjorie
said There's so much to be happy
over. The children coming home-isn't
that enough to make a mother feel
happy? Oh, but you don't know-you
can't think. dear, how I've been missing
them. How could you know when
you're nothing but a man, poor boy?
It's different with mothers-there, you
needn't look so grieved. dear. OF course
you've missed them, too
Yes, I've missed them, too,' the lit
tie man said steadily.
elsie and the grille twins are bad
enough" ran on the sweet voice in his
ear, "but oh. the baby. You can't think
how 1 do miss that little peck O mis-
chief. Marshall. It makes me ache. /
keep all his horses and things lying
round to keep me patient till he comes
[ don't see-I can't understand"
isn't that a good tree? Look, Mar
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are dead. They are not coming home
to Christmas. Dear boy. dear boy!"
With a-sudden cry she threw herself
beside him on the floor, with her face
in his arms. and cried the terrible
beautiful life saving tears he had longed
for. An hour-twO hours-they never
knew how long they lasted. 1t may
have been but short time. 1t seemed a
long. long time to the little man.
The first faint light of morning was
creeping in to them when Marjorie
lifted, her face. It was swollen and
stained with the blessed tears, but it
smiled at him bravely.
Dear boy-poor boy, / am glad 1 re-
membered for your sake" she said gen.
tIy. "And-and we have each other,
dear boy
Christmas morning ushered in the
most wonderful. the most glorious day
in all the short lives of the little Cooper
children. Their widest hopes were real
lied. and though Nip said, Il told you
so'' in gleeful triumph, for once Tuck
failed to echo her.
You never." she cried in scorn, you
never told me so, Nip Cooper. You
couldn't ave told it all if you'd been
tellin me so ever since!
In the early evening, just at early
Christmas tree candlelight-for Mar
iorie would have it sO-aI the little
/ Coopers formed in awed procession and
crunched through the new snow 10 the
/ queer Iady's. And the queer lady met
/ tham at the door. and led them into
enchanted land She was smiling down
/ at them.
Afterward Nip confded to Tuck that
that smile looked just as if she was
/ crying.
But she didn't look queer a bit
not even kind of So said Ann SophS
softly
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ished and repolished his spectacles. My
dear SIR he began, then coughed and
tried again. My dear sir, you must
wait Wait and the Lord help you! [
tell you there's nothing else to do; she
must waken herself. Shock? Man
alive, could she waken with q shock?
But it will be mercifull-r easier if it
comes as naturally as possible. l tell
you it win be the difference between
life and death to her. You say She talks
of not remembering? Just so. / be-
lieve she is going to remember by and
by And it will come upon her gently.
believe it. You must wait"
But Christmas, doctor?"
81 know know. It will have to
come. But wait. The waking up may
came, too. If not in time, you must
explain, prevaricate, anything to sat
isfy her.
And so with his heavy heart, the
little man went home.
In the middle of the night he woke
up in unexplainabIe terror, to see Mar
jorie coming in at the door with a
lighted lamp in her hand. She had on
pale blue wrap and in the dim light
she looked too pale and frail to be en-
bodied. He sat up in bed and held out
his hands.
"Marjol Marjo,' he called. And then
as she came nearer he saw her face
plainly
"Oh, Marjo!"
Tor he saw that she had remembered
He read it instantly in her face. in nel
sad, quiet eyes. There was no restless
ness in them at all. She came up quite
close before she spoke. Her hand tina
! held the lamp did not tremble. 1t wa!
quite firm when she set the light dow
beside him.
'I went down to look at the tree
dear boy she said steadily, and al
at once I remembered. The childrel
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SHALL" Marshall Graham interrupted
quickly pointing with his whip, and the
little crisis was past. They bet their
attention to the choice of a Christmas
tree after that and nothing more was
said about the children coming home
the little children that never would
come.
The tree was found at last that
suited Mariorie-that had straight
enough, symmetrical enough, low
enough branches, and was just big
and Just little enough. She was very
hard to suit-"for," she insisted,
gently, sit must be a perfect one this
year-just a perfect one, dear boy"
1t was marked plainly and the To-
cality distinctly noted, so on the NOR
row the man could go after it, and
then, in the early, crisp winter twi-
light, they rode home.
The next afternoon Marjorie sat by
her window, absently watching the lit
tie Coopers next door build deformed
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into the room on an errand-or was it
to make sure the children's mother was
quite safe?
Roxy" the children's mother said
abruptly did you ever have any lit
tie sisters and brothers?"
Me, mem? I had little brother
once, but he di-he went away when
he was a baby the girl answered
quietly.
90 then you can't help me. 1
thought you might be able to remem-
ber."
Marjorie began her restless rocking
again, with little sigh of disappoint-
ment. Then her eyes fell once more
on the little red-mittened band out
side. They were just putting on the
snow mans head. The oldest girl was
holding the baby up to do it. Me-
chemically the pale woman at the win
dow counted little cold blue noses.
Why" she cried softly, why Roxy
but Roxy was gone-'sthere are four
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Copyright, 1897. by the S. S. Mcclure
COO

My dear sir
DR.. SpeIry fitted his finger tips Il
gether with careful precision before he
confirmed
My dear sir. it is one of the strange
cases. bur it does rot stand alone IN
the records. have known of others, q
few. quite parallel. There is only the
one treatment"
Ind that?" interrupted the little
man opposite, haggard with anxiety.
Is the one ! have prescribed all
along. There is no charge.
The little man, Marshall Graham, got
on TO his feet and began to pace the
floor with nervous little runs. He
plunged his hands in his pockets 10 hide
their trembling.
we must humor her still, doctor 2
he asked. You mean that?"
You must humor her still mean
that. I mean just that. Humor her
hunaor her. Believe what she believes
if YOU can. If you can't, make believe.
1 tell you"
The fitted finger tips parted and the
shapely white hands came down re-
soundingiy on the learned Doctors knee.
L tell you, Graham, you've got to GO
it if you'd save her. It's the only way
in a case like hers, and, good Lord,
man. haven't ! been studying these
cases 40 years. 7 tell you-I-tell-you
One long forefnger timed the words
on the other palm. The doctors lace
was solemn.
must-be-humored Any rude
shock-any forced awakening-w be
her death-or something worse She
must awaken herself She must come
out of her delusion by herself of her
seif-naturally and quietly
"B- b. ut" the little mans lips SIAM
The rest of his oTIpS-
ticn would not ask itself, but the doc
tor read it in his anxious face. He got
up and forced the little man into a
chair gently. Then he stood over him
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With his big square bulk and gave him

with his big square bulk and gave him
comfort.
Man alive" he said. ARE you going
daft. too? will she come out of it?'-
that's what you want to ask Ell? Well
then. listen-I believe she will. I-be-
-she-wiIl. I believe there viii be
q quiet, natural waking up of her own
accord-when the time comes. But
you've got to wait for it. You've got to
watch over her constantly and see to
It that no lubbering idiot breaks the
spell Of her dream for her. l told you
what that would mean. You've got
to wait-and the Lord give you pa
tiencei"
1T is terrible-the waiting" Marshall
Graham said slowly.
1T is terrible to see her so happy,
doctorI"
ssfSood Lord, mar, wouldn't it be
worse to see her miserable?'
IN one way-in one way" groaned
the stricken little man.
The doctor settled back into his piv-
ot-cnair and adjusted his finger tips
once more precisely.
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Best on earth for the price-Giant
baking powder, twenty-five ounces
for twenty-five cents.