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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27
Not Erientlless.

The following letter has been
sent to the Blanc brothers, through
Sheriff Broussard:
CROWLEY, La, Blanc Brothers,
Dear Friends-As 1 have learned
of your condition through the pa
pers l feel it my duty as a child Of
God to ask you how do you stand
with your God. Do you feel salts
fed that when you leave this world
you will be at rest If not, I beg
you in the name of Hin! Who died
to save you from sin, to get ready
now. Jesus is at the right hand of
the Father, pleading for us and in
viting us to be saved. 1t was your
honesty in your confession Of the
deed That impressed me most, and
Jesus says if we confess our sins he
is faithful and just to forgive our
sins and to cleanse us from all I'M
righteousness. And IS he forgave
the thieves on the cross know that
he can save you. And now, once
again, in the name of Jesus, I beg
you to go to him and confess your
sins and ask his forgiveness and be-
lieve' HIS promises and be saved.
This is the prayer of your humble
servant. AMEN.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27

Fresh stock of groceries for lent
at Mouton & Hopkins.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27

The item man and Sheriff Brous-
sard, of Lafayette, were about to
scratch each others faces few
days ago, BUT friends interfered
and no harm was done.-St. Mary
Herald.
There is slight discrepancy in
the foregoing paragraph. From all
accounts the Item man scratched
the pavement.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-03-27
Dr.. I'LL. DDHART

a practitio;l.r in the State 22 years;
and in Lafayette Parrish II years. calls al, :
tention t., his new and successful treatment
Of the respiratory organs. Medical inhala.
tons combined with constitutional treat
n,cnt a:.ors!in. 4 cure in Consumption i'll,
the first and second period, if they follow
exactly the treatment and relief in the third
period !.
Deafness and chronic diseases in gers:ai
specially.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
END OF THE SIX COMPANIES.
That Powerful Chinese Organization Goe
Out of Existence.

That Powerful Chinese Organization Goet
Out of Existence.
With the Chinese new year, the Sia
Companies, the most powerful and rich
est Chinese organization in America,
went out of existence. For 1 1-2 years
ever since the four provincial organiza
tions-Ning Yung, Kong Chow, HoI
Wo and Shu Hing, composing the Ze
Yup Observation-Disclosures their active
support and formed the Four Companies
organization, the Six Companies ha.
been practically in liquidation. Fol
years it was the banker, counselor and
diplomatic agent Of every Chinaman il
America while he lived, the admins.
traitor of his estate, guardian Of his
ashes, protector of his relatives and al.
moner of his aims after his death.
It's sources of revenue were varied, and
the sums Of money it handled were as.
tonishing, while some Of its methods OF
obtaining money and some of the uses
to which it was put perhaps would not
bear inspection. 1t was the arbiter OF
differences and quarrels, business anc
personal, between the Chinese through.
out the country, and the agency through
which the police, and even the state de
partment, dealt with that people.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
FREE CURE FOR MEN.
A lGichigan Man Offers T. Send His Dis
covery Free.
Claims to Be BsnefActor Ito weakened
Mankind.

There 10 always more or less supicion at
sometimes . man so overfows with gem
erosity that he cannot rest until his dis
covery 10 known to the world, In order
that his fellow men may profit by what
he has discovered. It 10 upon this princi-
pal that resident Of Kalamazoo, Mich.,
desires to send free TO mankind prescrtp-
tion which will cure them OF any form OF
doubt and uncertainty which such men
are peculiarly liable to and restores the
organs to natural size and vigor. As It
costs nothing to try the experiment IL
would seem that any man, suffering with
the nervous troubles that usually attack
men who never stopped to realize what
might be the hnal result, ought to be
deeply interested In q remedy which Will
restore them to health, strength and vigor,
without which they continue to live an
existence Of untold misery. As the remedy
in question was the result or many years'
research a. to what combination would DO
peculiarly effective In restoring to men
the strength they need, 1t would seem that
all men suffering with any form OF nerv-
remedy ut once. A request to II. @. Olds,
Box 1.626, kalamazoo, hich., stating that
You are not sending for the prescription
out of Idle curiosity, but that you wish to
make use OF the medicine by giving 1t q
trial, will be answered promptly and with
out evidence 40 to where evidence came
from.
The prescription Is sent free and al
though some may wonder how Mr.. Olds
can afford to give away his discovery,
there ts no doubt about the offer being
genuine.;1Cut this out and send to Mr..
Olds 30 that he may know how You came
TO write to him.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
Afflicted With Drops.

Speaking Of nervous diseases" re.
marked well known specialist, "did
you ever hear of person afflicted with
the 'drops?' No? Well, it's most re.
markable complaint. OF course, it has
its technical name, but it is commonly
known as the drops The patients
nerves may be all right in every other
respect, but should he be carrying 6
bundle or parcel of any kind and you
should suddenly cry out, Drop that!'
he would drop it as though it were 6
hot brick. He could no more help IL
than he could fly. Gases of this kind
are very rare in the east but through.
out the west there is something in the
climatic conditions which makes the
disease comparatively common. Phil
adelphia Record.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
BY sPlRIrUALIsM.
u That How the Treasury h 10 he Rus
While Mr. Gage IL Secretaryf

II That How the Treasury Ii 10 Bs Rus
While Mr.. Gage II Secretary
A queer story is in circulation among
congressman that the next secretary OF
the treasury. Lyman ]. Gage. is a spir-
itualist, firm believer In occultism,
and at one time investigated with much
earnestness the teachings Of Nine. Bla-
vatsky. Mr.. Gage is a man of wide ex.
perience, and has always been close
student of human nature, and it is not
at all singular that he should have
taken occasion to look into q subject
that for time attracted so much at.
tention in this country as did theosophy.
There is no evidence, however, that he
adopted that cult.
Mr.. Gage is in every sense self made
man. His first employment to speak OF
when boy was as clerk in a bank al
Rome, n. Y. for which service he re.
ceived 500 year. When he went to
Chicago, he could not, for time, secure
better employment than night watch
man in a bank, but he was soon after
promoted to position as bookkeeper. II
is stated that it was at this time that
he became interested in spiritualism,
and that ever since he has been a more
or less frequent attendant at seances in
that city.
J. ]. p. Odell, also banker Of Chi
cago, is said to have been converted tc
the spiritualistic belief through Mr.
Gage. Mr.. Odell. at all events, went
with Mr.. Gage to see a medium who
claimed to do any number Of remark
able things. Mr.. Odell thought he had
a test that would puzzle the smartesi
medium in the world. Some 90 years
before he had put some private papers
in private drawer in vault In his
bank, together with some old securities
which he had purchased when Chicago
was mere village. Not having any use
for these papers, he had not opened this
private drawer for years. He asked the
medium to tell him what the drawer
contained, and she, SO the story goes,
recited in detail the character Of every
scrap of paper which the drawer con-
tanned. which Mr.. Odell himself could
not have done, but which he. remember
ed to be correct as each was called tC
his mind Not only did she tell Of the
securities, but gave the amount of each
and peculiar provisions which some Of
them contained. Then she got down tC
private letters written when the banker
was very young and ratified off the con-
tents of these in such familiar way
that the banker blushed to the roots OF
his hair and decided that he needed nc
further proof of the mediums ability.
Mr.. Gage himself tells this story with
such keen sense of enjoyment that IL
may be gravely doubted whether he con-
siders IL at all an evidence of the super
natural. 1t is asserted at this time, but
not credited by his friends, that Mr..
Gage consulted q medium before he
went to Canton, and it was upon hel
assurance that his control of the nations
finances would be successful that he de.
cided to accept the treasury portfolio =
Washington Post.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06

1t is expected that the first one of the
two large twin screw express steamers
now building for the North German
Lloyd Bremen New York service, the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, of lS,S0C
tons, 649 feet in length, 66 feet beam.
in the yards of the Vulcan Shipbuilding
company in Stettin, will be- launched
OH the one hundrcdth anniversary Of
the birthday Of the great emperor, her
namesakc. William ]. on March 20.
The launch of the second express
steamer, the Kaiser Friedrich, under
construction in the yards Of 5. Schichau
81 Co.. in Dantzig, will take place in
the fall.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06

The contemplated expedition to the
north pole does not appear to be rousing
wild enthusiasm. The discovery of this
elusive point would no doubt bring
great glory TO its discovcrer. but even
glory in this materialistic age is requir-
ed to show some practical excuse for its
being. The sufferings. the privntions,
the loss of life and the expense of relief
expeditions appear to have considerably
modified the halo that once rested allur-
lingly upon this enterprise. And just
now events are taking place whose solu-
tion vastly discounts in importance the
locality Of the earth's pole Baltimore
american.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
Utah's Seiniceptennial.

Utah is preparing to celebrate next
year the fiftieth anniversary of the set
Element of the territory. The state
should push back the clock of years un.
less it is prepared to 60 into the second
half of its first century free cf church
interference In politics. Denver Times.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-06
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HOW TO CURE YOURSELF WHILE
USING IT

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The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-23

1etic council, as he played on the Beloit
team last year. Woodard, half back,
has also been declared ineligible by the
faculty O'Dea is suffering from a
lame ankle and Anderson has a similar
aff1iction. Cochems, the new Wiscon
sin half back, is doing good work and
promises to become the best that ever
played on a Wisconsin team.
Four football battles of intense inter
est and of almost equal Importance will
be fought on Eastern fields today. From
them, better than from any meetings
which have preceded, may the standing
of the leading elevens be determined
In three instances, indeed, possible de-
feat is a specter that looms before the
eyes of the anxious coaches.
The trials which the big four teams
will be subjected to are as follows: La
fayette VS.. Pennsylvania, Brown VS..
Harvard, Carlisle VS.. Yale and Cornell
vs. Princeton. The latter is the only
one in which victory for the supposedly
superior eleven is practically certain,
and even here a surprise may be forth
coming.
The struggle in which the most pop
ular interest centers is that between
Yale and the Carlisle Indians at New
York. The sentimental interests at
taching to the late savages the close
ness and questionableness Of their de-
feat last year, and the opportunity Of
comparison with their recent game
with Princeton, all tend to make the
game a pivotal one. Last year the In
dams were defeated only IL to 6, and
then under protest against an impor-
tant decision. This year the team is
better drilled, but appears hardly more
powerful on that account, so far as
can be judged from the Princeton
game 1t seems almost certain, how
ever, that Yale cannot avoid a score
against it. The Indians play a fero-
cious game, and will find their oppo-
nents weakened after the Brown game
Wednesday. To offset this, Yale's su-
perior team work is almost sure to
result in more than one touchdown,
and, unless the men are too badly used
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-23

endanger the interests involved in his citizen
ship, nor the pride which every good man
has in the maintenance before the world of
the high character of his government, by IN
action or a careless Indication of his choice
for those to be intrusted with national af-
fairs. If the popular will in this regard
should be voiced by the intelligence and pat
riotism of our countrymen. and if they should
be alert and exacting in the enforcement of
their will, the danger of misgovernment and
of a Misrepresentation of our national charac-
ter would pass away A just people, willing
to concede equal rights and privileges to
every citizen, would enforce justice in their
government; frugal and economical people
would command frugality and economy in
public administration; people who valued
integrity and morality would exact them in
high places; people who held sacred the
honor of their country would insist upon it's
scrupulous protection and defense, and a peo-
pie who love peace would not again suffer the
humiliation of seeing dashed from their proud
grasp the almost ripened hope of leadership
among the nations of the earth, in the high
mission of driving out the cruel barbaritieS
of war by the advent of the pacific methods
of international arbitration. Happy is the
land where examples of heroism and wise
craftsmanship abound, but happier is the
land where the people rule and fortunate
above all are those people when their gov
ernment sicontrolled, watched and defended
by the virtue, patriotism and intelligence of
millions of truly self-made men.
Following this President Patten de-
livered a brief address Of welcome to
Lord and Lady Aberdeen and conferred
upon Lord Aberdeen the degree of
LII D. Among other things, Presi-
dent Patten said: "It is with unusual
emotion and with pleasure L cannot
express that 1 am able to say that
hereafter among the laureate Of
Princeton university It should be our
privilege to write the name of his ex-
cellency, the right honorable Sir John
William Campbell Gordon seventh earl
of Aberdeen"
Lord Aberdeen then delivered his ad-
dress. He expressed his deep apprecia-
tion of the honor conferred upon him,
and eulogized the university. He as
sumed that it was an honor to the
governor general of Canada rather
than the individual, and added: "It
seems, in fact, to form part of that
interchange of international courte-
sizes which happily is of frequent oc-
currence, but not American and Brit
ish institutions, and especially between
the universities of both countries.
That is an undoubted fact. But why
is it that we sometimes meet simul-
taneously with other symptoms of an
opposite character? We are puzzled
by such utteranceS. When we meet
as individuals we experience nothing
but courtesy and hospitality. Yet pub
lie utterances from time to time in
various quarters do not always har-
moniZe with that attitude"
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-23
LANDS ADDRESS AT PRINCE
TONS CELEBRATION.
EARL OF ABERDEEN THERE.
OCCASION NOTABLE, OWING TG
THE PRESENCE OF THE TWO
CELEBRITIES.
CENTURY AND HALF OF HISTORY
Two Thousand People Witnessed
the Annual Comnle EN- grafton
Exercises.

PRINCETON, N. j., Oct. 22.-The an
nual exercises in commemoration OF the
day when a charter was granted to the
College of New Jersey were held this
afternoon in Alexander hall. Two
thousand people were present on the
occasion, which was made one of sig
nal Importance by the address of Gro
yer Cleveland, eX-president of the
United States, and by the presence of
Lord Aberdeen, governor general of
Canada One hundred and fifty years
ago the province of New Jersey granted
the college, which afterwards assumed
it's name, a charter authorizing the be-
ginning of the institution of learning,
which became Princeton university last
October, and the exercises were for the
two-fold purpose of celebrating the ori-
gin Of the College of New Jersey and its
evolution to Princeton university.
At II o'clock this morning the acad-
emic procession of university trustees,
the faculty, alumni and undergraduates
formed in Maryland chapel. The trus-
tees and members of the faculty wore
their academic costume. The process
sion, led by President Patten, Mr..
Cleveland and Lord Aberdeen, marched
to Alexander hall. Dean Murray open
ed the exercises with an invocation.
President Patten then delivered a short
address, introducing Mr.. Cleveland,
who spoke in part as follows, his SUBJ
ject being "Self-Made- Men,
l propose to submit on this occasion some
simple reflections concerning the self-made
man. There has been much said of him
at random and he has been often pre-
sented as an altogether wonderful being, that
it is not strange If there exists in some quar-
ters an entire misapprehension of the manner
of his creation and an exaggerated idea
of his nature and mission. A romantic and
sentimental glamor has enveloped him, mag
nifying his proportions and causing him to
appear much larger and in every way great
er than other men; and the notion seems
to be current that his size and greatness
are the direct results Of the frowns of for
tune which deprived him of educational ad-
vantages and doomed him to travel to sue
cess by road rugged with obstacles and
difficulties. Of course, in this view success
is a necessary factor in the existence of this
self-made man; for, unless he accomplishes
something not altogether commonplace and
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-23
SLASH IN SALARIES
WESTERN LEAGUE LIMIT RE-
DUCED TO TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS PER MONTH.
CLUB TOTAL TWO THOUSAND.
FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
FINED FOR VIOLATING THE
RULE.
THE EIGHTH PLACE STILL OPEN.
Majority in Favor of Retaining
Grand Rapids as n Member
of the Circuit.

CHICAGO, Oct 22.-Salaries were
slashed at today's meeting of the West
ern Base Ball league Hereafter the
amount paid to any one player for one
months work in any of the eight clubs
COMPOSING the league, will be limited to
$500. When the total salary list of a
single club exceeds $4,000 per month,
that club will, according to rule
adopted today, be subject to a flne or
$500 for each month in which the salary
list exceeds the limit. Heretofore the
salary limit has been $2,400 per month.
1t was the duty of the president of the
league to audit the accounts of each
club and assess the $500 fine whenever
1t should he necessary
The question of the eighth club is
still unsettled but the general sentl-
ment is in favor of retaining the old
circuit and leaving the franchise in
Grand Rapids The matter will not be
definitely decided until the meeting of
the league in this city next February.
The majority of the members favor the
retention of the Grand Rapids club, If
Manager LeadleY can give substantial
evidence that he can Gerry the club
next year. He gives this in presenting
Mr.. Hartman, of Des Moines, as
partner in the management of the club.
On the other hand, Des Moines, To-, is
after the place, but the members of the
league say that Messrs. Frick and Ell
lott cannot do any better at Des
Moines than Leadley and Hartman at
Grand Rapids.
The board of directors who will hold
office for the ensuing year are: 7. j.
LOTUS, Columbus; G. A. Vanderbeck,
Detroit; c. Saulspaugh, Minneapolis,
and Joseph Manning, Kansas City.
The managers are of one accord in
the opinion that the new rule adopted
last night empowering President john
son to fine or suspend any manager for
discrderly conduct of his own volition
and without reference of the matter
to the board of directors, will have
salutaTy effect in preventing disorder
ly scenes on the ball field.