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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25
PIANO TALK.
by Bess 'I'onner.)

How to make piano an ornamental as we'll
as useful article of furniture is a serious
problem to the average house wife, for a
piano is a cumbersome piece of furniture
and the rule is that bric-a- brac placed upon
1t Interteres seriously with its tone. How
ever, pianos are necessary-absolutely nee
essary-so all that can be done is to make it
look as attractive as possible. OF course,
the square piano is very rarely seen-lonp
ago being traded off for the upright or
grand. The modern upright of the style
OF the Mathushek and Chckering are the
most used let us consider them as Il
piece of furniture-usu usually the most promi-
nent article in the whole room. Position is
everything, which, of course, the size
angles and openings in the room must gov
ern. But don't put the piano straight up
against the wall and don't have the kew
board in the dark For drapery use
brocades, tapestries, or better still light silks
TO match the coors of the room and which
are inexpensive. Pushes and yelvets are too
heavy and usually quite COSTLY A plant wor
small palm will look we'll the piano and SO
will photographs A piano lamp or smaller
artistic lamp will add greatly to the piano
side of the room. By using little care and |
taste in the arrangement, piano can be i
made the most decorative article in the |
house.
An average of nearly 1000 pianos year
$4,000 Mathushek pianos sold in the South
ern States IN IS years. VIVA: record that |
S! And 1t is just because. the Mathushek is
made especially for damp climate. That's
he whole secret, and one many will appre-
nate. Possibly you have had experience
With an instrument that has warped and
hrunk and swollen and cracked the damp
md dry weather comes and goes. Hardly
expect such instrument to be in tune.
6ut the Mathushek is guaranteed against
Weather and climate and will keep its sweet
nd perfect tones indefinitely.
Jones-Is your daughter improving with
er piano playing?
SMITH don't know whether she is i
Improving or ! am getting used to it, but I |
nd L can now stay in the house while she
ractices.
Think of buying piano by mail-iust as S
GU would send to town for yard of silk or q
sheet of mus!c-yet it is done very often I
# course, you must know the standing and o
sPutation of the firm you dealing with.
hat goes without saying. The music house t
Werlen in New Orleans have a RI ther
ovel offer. They will ship you a piano on
ial. If you like it, you keep it. If not,
turn it, and they pay the freight. 1, will
, no harm to write them about it.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before
clerk OF court, Lafayette parish, La, at La
fayette La, on March a5, 1899. viz: H. E..
No. $3.50, BAPTISTE CELESTIN, for the
lots and 6, Sec. ID, T. 10 S., r. d. E.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cuitiva-
ton of said land, viz: ]. q. Broussard. A.
Comeau, S. Broussard. VIM. IIerpin, all of
Lafayette parish, La.
WALTER l.. COHEN, Register.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25
A Sure Thing for You

A transaction in which you cannot lose is
sure thing. Biliousness, sick headache
furred tongue, fever, piles and thousand
other ills caused by constipation and
sluggish liver. Cascarets Candy Cathartic
the wonderful new liver stmulant and intes-
final tonic are by all druggists guaranteed
to cure Or money refunded. c. c. c. are
sure thing. Try box to-day; 10, 2s, 90
cents. Sample and booklet free.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25
Succession Sale.
Succession of Starcus Hohpauir,
18th Judicial District of Louis
lana, No. 21o5, Parish of
Lafayette.

BY virtue of an order of the Hon. c. De-
baillon, judge of the 18TH Judicial District
Court, holding sessions in and for the parish
of Lafayette. State of Louisiana, there Will
be sold at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder, at the last residence of the
deceased. in the parish of Lafayette, for
cash between legal sale hours, on
Saturday, March IS, 1899,
the following described property belonging
to the above entitled and numbered estate:
A certain tract of prairie land situated in
the parish of Lafayette, La, together with
all the buildings and improvements thereto
attached and belonging, containing sixtv-
five acres; bounded north by a. d. Breaux;
south by Winston Jones; west by Pascal
Mclean. Also three head of horses, four
cows, calves; seven head of hogs; eighteen
head OF sheep; fifty barrels of corn; one
wagon; one hack; sulky; three pIows;
one lot of crockeryware; one lot of furni-
ture, etc. I. A. BROJSSARD, Sheriff.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25
Beauty Is Blood Deep.

Clean blood a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets Candy Cath
artic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all inn
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils. blotches, blackheads.
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
ascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10, IS, so
cents
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25
Washington,s Birthday.


Washington's Birthday.
New Orleans Picayupe:
Washington's birthday should b.
the most profoundly reverenced ant
gladly welcomed of all human festi
walls that are not religious.
Washington was the grandes
apostle of human liberty and advo
cate OF popular constitutional self
government the world ever saw
and there has never been any Other
man like him.
When a deputation of the officers
of his victorious army offered to
make him a king, he replied: 81
am much at loss to conceive what
part of my conduct could have
8 given encouragement to an address
which seems to me big with the
greatest mischiefs that can befall
my country. If l am not deceived
: IN knowledge of myself, you could
not have found a person to wh ON
your schemes are more disagreed
ble''
OF the war for independence, Wash
ington's popularity was unbounded;
but in the dark days of the struggle
he was the victim of intense hosti-
lily, malignity and SANDER. A
cabal, headed by General Conway,
carried its Vaccinations into Con-
gress,. but failed to have him dis
placed from the chief command.
Naturally such man excited the
bitterest jealousies and enmity.
History records that Washington |
was called the ssAmerican Fabius. -
and all sorts of disasters were pred |
icted if he continued in command |
of the army. One of these criticisms
ran as follows: sfSuch feebleness
and want of authority, such con
fusion and want of discipline, such
waste, such destruction, would ex-
haust the wealth of both the Indies
and annihilate the armies of all Eu-
rope and Asia" The worst of it
was that this kind of criticism was
not confined to men of base purpo-
ses and selfish motives, but was in
duiged in by men of high character,
who were not actuated by improper ,
considerations. When he became
President he was charged with (
want of merit, sinsignificance, +" I
OBSERVATIONS professions of piety. {
sinef1ciency, .sfalsehood'' and g
spusillanimity. IL
Washington made it an invariable 6
ule never to accept a present or C
Tatuitous gift while in public office,
nd he never appointed relative ]
0 public place. His entire heart b
nd soul were given to his country c
nd its public good, and when he |;
areer extorted from such a cynic v
5 Talleyrand, then Minister of k
oreign Affairs for France, this ex- o
ssThe death of Washing p
N is an event which deprives the b.
orld of one of its brightest orna- w
ents, and removes to the realm Of h'
story one of the noblest lives that hi
'er honored the human race" til
In this age of corruption and A
nality among public men, the sp
aracter of Washington cannot be til
Q much dwell upon and brought
the attention of American youth. 1t
this great republic is ever to be tn
'ecked, it will be through the in to
Herence and complaisance of the
nerican people to the corruption be
d immortality of their public men. his
hencver the peeple shall hail with be,
"a applause and acclaim the pub rig
men who rob the treasury in WI
der to scatter money to the mob ma
g maintain themselves IN power bu'
d popularity, the end of the re- up,
biic IS not far off
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25
Notice.

To whom it may concern:-I have sold
my half interest in the American Exchange
Hotel and Restaurant to Jack Preager who
will collect all bills due Walker & Preager.
LEE WALKER,
j. PREAGER-
My address for the next thirty days. will
be sDsssla5 W'se- sye Netlston. Texas.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25
Notice.

The public are hereby notified that the
co-partnership of Mouton & Hopkins is dis
solved this day by mutual consent. O. r.
Hopkins retiring and Jules J. Mouton re-
suming the business.
JULES ]. MoUToN,
o. b. HOPKINS.
Lafayette, La, Jan. 81, 1900.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25

E. P. Harper, King, Miss, writes:
Have used DIR. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine IA years for Dis
tressing Dyspepsia accompanying
Rheum atism and Bowel Troubles.
find it milder and surer in action
than Zeilin's.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25

Married in Haste will be played
to morrow at Falk's Opera House
by the Emma Warren Company.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25

One dollar buys very good pair
of eyeglasses at the Moss Pharmacy.
Other prices are IS, and SO cents
pair.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25

Lee Emma Warren to- morrow at
Ealk's Opera House. She will APP
pear in the popular comedy, sMar-
ried in Haste"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25

by virtue of writs of fila issued IN the
above numbered and entitled causes by the
honorable 18TH Judicial District Court of
and for the parish of Lafayette and, to me
directed, L the undersigned sheriff of said
parish, have seized and taken into nv pos
session, and will sell for cash, to the last
ana hlghet bidder, at the courthouse in the
town OF Lafayette, between legal sale hours,
Saturday, March 4, 1899,
the following described property, to-wt:
One gray mare
One sorrel mare.
One brown mare,
Two pair oxen.
One OK cart.
One wagon.
One peddling hack
To pay and satisfy judgments in said
causes for the sum of sa77.3o and interest
ana COST L. BROUSSARD,
Sheriff Lafayette Parish.
Lafayette, La, Feb. IS, 1900.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim and that said proof will be made be-
fore j. w. Rhorer, U. S. Commissioner, at
Scott, La, on March Fl, 1890, viz: II. E.
No 1880, JULES DUHON, for the S. E.
4 Sec. ., i. 10 s., II. 4 E., La Mer.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva-
ton of said land, viz: I. Foreman, Oneil
Guidry, 9dillon Broussard, Samuel Jenkins.
all of Lafayette Parish, La.
WALTER L. COHEN, Register.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25
SheriH'S Sale.

oneriII $ sale.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Lafa-
yette: 18TH Judicial District.
c. Doyle q Co. VS.. Oliyier Blan
chet-No. 1905.
E. CT. Delbondio VS.. Olivier Blan-
chet-No. 1000
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Land Office at New Orleans, La.
February = 1900
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Land Office at New Orleans. La.
February 2 1900
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-25
Sherifs Sale.
Corine Guidry, wife ct ais, VS.. Ar
mand Guidry, natural tutor ct
als-I7th Judicial District
Court No. Ala, La
fayette Parish.

l., the undersigned sheriff, will sell a,
public auction on
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
Fooled by n Cos Machine.

A Brooklyn woman, whose gas bills
were almost beyond computation and
certainly beyond her purse, had one Of
the quarter in the slot machines put in
her fiat and anticipated great pleasure
in keeping tab on her gas expenditure.
These machines, by the way, are fed a
quarter, and when the quarter s worth
OF gas is burned they shut off automat-
ically.
Toward evening Of the day in which
the machine was installed she wended
her way to the slot and deposited her
money, but when an attempt was made
to light the gas the machine would not
register, and the evening light was shed
out of lamps and candles. A wrathy
note brought the company inspector to
the scene the next morning, and he
thoroughly indicated the reputation Of
the contrivance when he unlocked it
and drew from the inside three nickels
and dime. New York Mail and Ex-
press. -ss=e.=ss. T. & 3D. s43 Is
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
In the Hands of an Enemy.

''Saw a strange thing in Toledo the
other day. said citizen who was be-
ing shaved in a Griswold street barber
shop. II was walking from the hotel to
the Office of lumber firm and met a
man one side of whose face was black
as your hat"
Every razor along the line was sus-
pended in the air and the white of
every eye became more prominent
"Wouldn't dat kill your" gasped the
artist in charge of the narrator ''Dat
takes de rag su'. An de odder side wa
white p
mo; that was black too.
There was no work done for some
time, as all but the man who had done
the questioning were shouting their
hilarity. He looked so fierce and made
such unprofessional slashes with his ra-
zor that the citizen decided to let his
mustache grow, didn't want his hair
combed and left half dollar without
mentioning change - Detroit Free
Press. s 8 : o..
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
Gussie's Big Brothers.

Eyes, said the principal of the
young ladies' seminary to the proud
parent, 'you ought to be very happy,
my dear sir, to be the father of so large
a family, all the members Of which ap-
pear to be so devoted to one another
"Devoted Large familyl'' gasped
the old gentleman in amazement
"What, on earth do you mean, ma ami"
"Why, yes, indeed said the princi-
pal, beaming through her glasses. mo
fewer than II of Gussie' brothers have
been here this term to take her out,
and she tells me. she expects the tall
one with the blue eyes again tomor-
row. '--London Tit-Bits.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
The Wrong House.

A weather beaten member Of the
tired fraternity, who had lost leg and
had it replaced by a wooden substitute,
stumped his way up the main street Of
a Lanarkshire village the other day
and paused at the door of the first like
" looking dwelling. Knocking at the
door, which was opened by a brisk,
businesslike housewife, the man began
his stereotyped whine:
IF ye please, mum, I lost my leg
And before he could unfold another
word Of his tale the sharp retort came.
''Aweel, ye didna lose it here
And bang went the door in his face.
liverpool Mercury
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
An Ar 1F GAME


u Clever 9yvinAla Whieh vVas 80.
cessfuily worked In Paris.
6windling & as monotonous as ethics
or mathematics, and the various ways
and means resorted to in the last decade
Of the nineteenth century for obtaining
possession Of other people, money were
matters Of common knowledge in the
Egypt Of Rameses the Great But the
Partisan police now affirm that new
departure has been made on the banks
Of the Seine And this is how it was
worked
An Office was hired in q good bust
ness street by the inventor Of the trick,
who assumed the title Of somebody and
company. chemical agents. Being con-
WINGED advocates Of women's rights,
they employed some members of the
fair sex. who dressed in the height OF
fashion, used the most fashionable per-
fumes and then visited singly the best
apothecaries' shop One Of these fair,
false emissaries would stop her cab at
the chemists. come in and. taking out
her purse, ask for another bottle Of Dr.
Beaumont's elixir ''Dr. Beaumont's
what r. said the young man behind the
counter. The elixir. Dom you know e.
mo; am afraid I never heard Of 1t. :
"Oh, how tiresome, and my poor rheu-
matte husband will be SO disappointed
Are you sure it was not here that oul
servant bought it beforea O. mo, ma
dame; it was not here. Where is it sold
Wholesale p ''It is sold wholesale, !
think And here the lady showed the
ticket on the bottle. "It costs francs
That same day the chemist bought
the elixir wholesale laying in fail
stock of it, and meanwhile many of the
confreres were doing likewise But, az
nobody called any more on the obligina
chemists to buy the elixir, one Of the
curious confraternity analysed this
specific which was supposed to relieve
rheumatics. He found that it was at
least perfectly harmless, consisting Of
water colored by coffee. grounds. The
police were then let loose upon the Ia.
dies and the chemical agents, but they
had all moved on, leaving no address.
They are said to have Melted about 10, :.
600 francs by the trick.-London Tele-
graph ~2.-- .-..
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
THE BEDOUIN.
How This True Child of the Desert
-. Goes Through Life. -.s j:

11O" true Cn11O OF the DS0SxV
49,. Goes Through Life. -.-- =
. How dreamily that Bedouin life,
with its uneventfulness and it's fatal
ism, fitted the time and the PLACED
Here was poor Arab who did not
know how old he was, but he could
look farther into heaven than could.
His mother had borne him while the
caravan was on it's way to Mecca. He
had worked as laborer on the Suez
canal, and he had been dog knacke1
in Constantinople before that He had
gone hungry in the wadies of Idumaa,
and had run as a cameleer barefoot in
the burning sands of Arabia Petr@a
He had vegetated into manhood on the
lower stratum Of this strange oriental
existence, content to believe that life
was an unavoidable curse, with drow-
sy intimation Of eternity in it, always
associated with the tinkling Of BELLS
the rattle of castanets and the sweet
smell of Beirut tobacco y.>.s
But he could see some things that
were beyond my vision, and wondered
if this true child Of the desert, born un-
der indigo skies, Of race that had been
guided since the days of Moses and
Menephtah by the pillars Of fire by
night. had not preserved some powers
Of vision that were common to the
primeval man. He never lost the true
oriental disdain for enterprise and con-
temporaneous disturbance, and he made
an engineer feel that his work, seen in
the light Of the unperturbed stars, was,
after all, an impertinence to true
pariah. Ghosts In Jerusalem, = by A.
G. Wheeler, in Harper's Magazine
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
Chinese BOatwOmcN,

h. The boatwomen of China have no
need to agitate for women's rights
they possess them. The boatwoman
whether she be a single woman or a
wife OF a widow, is the head of the
house-that is to say, Of the boat. IF
she is married, the husband takes the
useful but subordinate place Of deck
hand or bow oars1nan. She does the
steering, makes bargains with the pas
sengers, collects the money, buys sup
plies, and in general lords it over ev-
erything. keystone.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
EYES LIKE TELESCOPES.

The south African Bushmen Are Gift.
ed With Marvellous Sight.
It has often been remarked that civil
lied people tend to become short sighted.
This is because in towns and cities their
vision is mostly confined to short dis
tances. Savage races, on the other
hand, are generally gifted with remark
ably keen sight, and few tribes are
more noteworthy in this respect than
the African bushmen, whose eyes are
veritable telescopes. This power is no
doubt wise provision Of nature, fol
the bushmen are a small race, and if
they were not able to see danger long
way off they would soon be exterminates
by their various enemies, whether saw:
ages Of other tribes or wild beasts.
A traveller in South Africa relates
that while walking one day in company
with a friendly bushman the savage
suddenly stopped, and gazing across the
plain cried out that there was lion
ahead. The traveller gazed long and
earnestly in the direction indicated by
the bushman, but could see nothing.
Nonsense, he said, tsthere's nothing
there And he went forward again,
with the bushman following at his
heels, trembling and unwilling and still
asserting that he could see lion.
Presently the native came to a dead
stop and refused to bulge another inch,
for this time, he declared, he could see
a ioness with number of cubs, fact
which made the animal more danger
Gus than ever. But the European, who
could see no lioness, much less its cubs,
pushed ahead, declaring the bushman
was dreaming, After walking quarter
Of a mile, however, he could dimly
make out an object moving across the
horizon. Still doubling that it could be
the object which the bushman said he
had seen, he continued to advance, and
at last was able to distinguish a .ioness,
with her cubs around her, walking
leisurely toward the woods. -Chums.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15

''Have you anything besides this
photograph by which, I can identify
him?'' asked the detective.
eyes, I have, - replied the hard fea-
tured matron, whose husband had de-
serted her, And, going to her bureau
drawer, she took. out bunch Of ginger
eoloFed hair, tied with ribbon. ''Him
and me had some words one day. she
said, land pulled all this out of his
head. Chicago Tribune.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15

Ivory billiard balls, freshly turned,
have to be treated very carefully, as a
sudden change in temperature may
cause them to. crack. To prevent this
they require to be placed for at least
three months in a warm room in order
to shrink them gradually and dry true
before they are finished and polished
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
why He Stays.

mo, sir, said the red faced alder
man with great emphasis, ''I'm in the
franchise fight to stay
Il suppose, Them said the little
man with wide ears, THAT they don't
give you your wad until the whole
things ended" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
Satisfied.

Opulent .Father-in-l law What ails
you, George? Since you have married
you seem to have lost all your ambition.
George Well, you see, sir, reached
the height Of my ambition when I be-
came your son-in- law. Harlem Life.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
Birds OF Significance.

peace is represented by dove, isn't
it p asked the man who was looking
over some categorical pictures.
"Well," answered the official who
had been to a diplomatic banquet,
''doves used to figure in that connec-
ton. But quail on toast appears to be
more popular now ''-Washington Star.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
Not Entitled to 1t.

''He wants DIVORCE" said the law
yer, ''because he says his wife refuses
to cook for him."
Giles not entitled to it, replied the
dyspeptic partner. "No man is entitled
to divorce unless his wife insists upon
cooking when she can t. - Chicago
Post. .~..E#
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15

On the Yukon at a distance of from
700 to 800 miles from the sea there are
many points where the river is 20 miles
wide.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-15
Poetics SqueIched.

Weary Watkins Oh. that ] had the
wings Of a birdl
Hungry Higgins They's less meat
on the wings than they is on any other
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