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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-05-13
\ Farmers Institute.

Everywhere farmers are showing
unusual interest in the intelli-
gent discussion of agricultural sub
jects. The experiment stations are
doing much toward encouraging
this very commendabie tendency on
the part of Louisiana farmers to
better their CONDITION by bringing
themselves au courant of the best
thought on agriculture. The
farmers OF Lafayette will as is
shown by the following letter from
Prof. Stubbs, be offered a splendid
opportunity to hear what the fore
most agricuIturists of the State
have to say on matters of vital in
terest to all those engaged in the
cultivation of the soil. The meet
ing which will be held here during:
the month OF July under the able
direction of Prof. Stubbs should
be largely attended by all our citi
zens, particularly those who work
the soil. Prof. Stubls has spent
wears Of his life in the requirement
Of valuab bic information which he
desires to impart to all who can
make use of it. He will be accom-
panied by prominent agriCulturists
VIII" will be pleased to tel! what
they know of agriculture and kin
dred subjects. The Gazette hope
that the public-spirited citizens of
the parish, who appreciate the i'm
portance of these institutes, will
make necessary arrangements TO in
sure the success of the one which
will be held here. The following
is Prof. Stubb's letter
Lu, I,IANA s,i,;NE EXPERIMENT STATION.
Audubon Park, New Orleans. La.
April 80. 1900
TO the Editor Gazette, Lafayette. La
Thc State Beard of Agriculture and Imrni-
grafton has assigned me as conductor Of the
First Institute District. which embraces 4
series of Farmers Institutes in the follow
my parishes: Acadia. CaIcasie,l. East Baton
Rouge. East Fclciana. Lafayette. 1t.
Helena. st. Martin. Tangpahoa. NermilIuu
and West fcIiciana.
You: city is inaiU.lcI in this agricultural!
itincranuy and institute Will he held
there some ,it.c, during The meath of July.
would be @ipd if some OF Your public
spirited citizens would get together. orga-
I>c and appoint an executive committee for
the purpose OF securing hail. selection of
local speakers. and giving publicity To- our
meeting. SiiCh extent bring rs
many farmers possible to- attend. The
date of the mCctnS. with full programme.
will be published later. ! will be accumpa-
nlcd Ivy two or more professors from the
State Experiment Station. and the Nuricul-
tltrai AMI Mechanical ,lt4r, Baton Rouge,
a> we'll As by several expert farmers from
other portions Of the State. The Institute
Will be held day. beginning in the
morning. say At 10 o'clock. and lasting un-
til midnight if desired. y programme will
be given with prominent speakers upon sub,
jccts nearest to the hearts Of the. farmers of
the State. We invoke the aid of all good
citizens i'll your community III our behalf.
and promise that will give them an in
tcrcSting and instructive line of lectures.
VIII you kindly call the attention of your
leading citizens t" this approaching Farm
ers' Institute. and enlist their aid in our
behalf. Very truly yours.
WA. {. ~rUHEs.
Conductor First Institute District
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-05-13

The marriage of Mr.. Emmanuel
d. Pellerin, Jr., and Miss Lodoiska
Mouton, is announced to take place
on Wednesday evening at 6 O'Clock,
at the Catholic church in this town.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-05-13

Keep down the crop OF flies with
Tangle Foot fly paper sold at the
Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-05-13
NUMBER IL.

Perfumes, soaps, toilet, powders,
brushes and all the needs Of bath
and toilet, may be obtained at the
Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-05-13

Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Olivier left
Monday for Houma after spending
several days with relatives in Lafa-
yette.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-05-13

If ''Ou: of Sorts" Cross and
Peevish, take DR.. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine. Cheerfulness will
return and life acquires new zest.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-05-13

DR.. H. NJ. Neblett, of Breaux
Bridge, was on a visit this week to
his daughter, Mrs. +. F. Garter
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-05-13

Alfred Martin, who was in the
employ of Mouton Bros, left this
week for Eunice where he will be
engaged in the store of Martin Bros.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-05-13

p. J. Chappuis, a leading attor-
ney of Crowley, was in Lafayette
Tuesday.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-05-13

Pimples, Boils and other Humors
appear when the blood gets impure.
The best remedy is DR.. NJ. A. Sim
mons Liver Medicine
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

Of way they enjoyed each others com
partnership Months passed by and II
was no secret that Miss Burkc's friend
ship for VILE had ripened into love.
Then came the story to the ears Oh
Miss Burke that Vile was already mar
ried. She sought out, his wife and
learned from her lips that the rumor
was true. Her last hope vanished. The
deception, the wrong practlced upon
her was more than she could endure.
Discouraged and disheartened beyond
all reparation, she plotted her own
destruction and to take from the world
with her the man whom she loved.
Meeting Vile by appointment, they
went together to the Hotel st. An
thony and engaged the parlor with its
piano for a few minutes Miss Burke
asked the man to play love song they
had often admired and sung together,
and as his fingers glided over the keys
and with the strains of the music ring
ing in her ears she shot him twice He
fell from the stool, and, with the evil
dent impression that he was killed, she
turned the smoking revolver to herself
and sent bullet through her heart.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

A curious condition exists at Guam
to which Capt. X. Leary has been sent
as governor. The islands, of which
Guam Is the most important, have long
been the scene Of missionary labors
managed generally by the American
Board Of Commissioners Of Foreign
Missions. Some ten years ago the Rev
Alfred Smelling was sent to the Carol.
ines from Boston by this Congrega.
tional missionary board. For some
probably good reason the work of Mr.
Smelling was not satisfactory, and q
few years since he was relieved and
the Rev. DR.. Price was sent out to sup.
ply his place. Mr.. Smelling immediate
~ revolted, and wherever DR.. Price
established schools or opened churches
Mr.. Smelling duplicated them. Each
of the missionaries used his influence
against the other, and in these contro.
versies the natives took an active part.
DR.. Price was recently superseded by
the Rev. Mr.. Stmson, who is now car.
rying on the work in opposition to Mr..
Smelling. The latter is the more POD.
ular with the native population, it be.
ing claimed that he maintains his hold
upon them rather by a judicious dlstri.
button of trinkets as presents than by
the soundness Of his doctrines or the
energy of his religious work. The ma.
tives are all in favor of annexation to
the United States, as is shown by nm
incident mt Ponape, the capital Of the
Caroline group, which is held by the
Spanlards with a small garrison and
two gunboats. When the people of the
island heard of the taking of Guam
by the Americans they shut up the
Spanish garrison in the fort and made
ready to deliver them to the United
States upon the first demand. A few
Of the Spanlards escaped to the gun.
boats, which they took up one of the
rivers and concealed IN a mangrove
swamp. The natives show. in many
ways, their kindly disposition toward
the United States. and Capt Leary will
have an easy task in institutlng bet.
ter order Of things than the people
knew under Spanish rule.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21
GRANT MONUMENT.

New Bronze Equestrian Statue of TIN
Great Commander in Fhilade phia.
The heroic statue of Gen Grant, cast
in bronze and erected in Fairmount
Park, Philadelphia, was recently un-
yelled under the auspices of the Fair
mount Park Art Association. The
statue is the work Of Daniel Chester
French and Edward &. Potter, the for
mer being the sculptor Of the figure
and the latter Of the horse.
The artists chose for their motif a
moment when Grant was surveying n
battlefield from an eminence, intent
upon the operations of the forces be-
fore him. The horse is merely obedent
to the will Of the rider. They endeav-
ored in the figure of Grant TO give
something of the latent force of the
man, manifesting itself through per-
feet passivity; to portray the sphinx
like character which has mystlfied all
who have studied him. Grants cos
tune and its arrangement were chosen
from the few collections available with
a view to carrying out the impression
as forcibly as possible. The long cape
to the Overcoat was adopted on the
authority of Gen. Fred Grant, who
says that his father wore one several
inches longer than was usual. The hat
was also made ON his authority. The
height Of the statue from bottom Of
plinth to top Of riders hat is 10 feet
inch; the size of the plinth is feet
inches by u feet inches. The total
weight of the statue is five tons.
The pedestal is built Of pale pink
Jonesboro granite. Its total height to
the bronze pllnth supporting the statue
is 10 feet 33l inches. The pedestal Is
supported on a step. which supports a
seat entirely surrounding the nodded
base of the monument. On this rests
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

The drought of the last few years has
cost New South Wales an enormons
amount Of money. The fockS of rho
colony have shrunk from G6.OOO0oo n
46,OOOOOO' representing a loss Of 20.
100000 sheep. If to this is added the
loss Of the natural increase, the shrink
age amounts to 100000 sheen.
enough, that is, to equip considerable.
sized colony. In addition. there has
been loss of learly 100000 horses and
100000 cattle. That the colony hos
been able to survive these terrific lossos
Is striking proof Of energy and re-.
source. Translated into money tba
colony has suffered loss. due to noro o
inadequate rainfall. Of from so o6o ooo
to f20,000,000 sterling. ''''O
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21
superstitious Fisherman,

English herring fishermen are, many
of them, remarkably superstitious. For
instance, on some fishing boats whis.
thing is forbidden and neither milk nor
burnt bread is allowed on board. Fur.
thermore, not even the name of that
unlucky animal, the hare, may be men.
toned, and common method of pun
ishing an enemy is to throw a dead
hare into his boat. Some of the fisher
men believe in luck attending an odd
numbered crew, but the good fortune
may be neutralized should one of the
number have red hair.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

The habit Of using the heads, wings
and breasts Of birds for millinery pur
poses has always been the most dis.
couYaging condition with which the
lovers Of birds have had to contend In
the hope that an object-lesson might do
something to discourage this practice
the Massachusetts Audubon Society re.
Gently gave a hat show" at which
prizes were awarded for the most ,at.
tractive hats and bonnets trimmed
without the use of other feathers than
those of the ostrich and domestic fowl
Many Of the best-known society women
OF Boston gave the exhibition the sane.
tion Of their presence and their patron.
age, and all the prominent milliners OF
the city sent the most attractive crea.
tons their designers could produce
within the stipulated conditions. The
hats were divided into classes. and
prizes were bestowed on those in which
artistic results had been achieved al
small expense, as well MS upon those IN
which nothing but the most attractive
effect had been considered. No thought
AAi H't oph WIZ saw tue Dtdulllul Color
combinations, the artistic arrangement
Of ribbon and flowers and lace. could
help feeling that here was enough tC
satisfy any real love of the beautiful
or any reasonable devotion to fashion
and that the mental attitude which
found these results unsatisfactory and
demanded the lives of the birds to gra 1
fy its vanity, was derogatory to true
womanhood. There is a story of @
Sunday-school teacherywho remonstrat
ed with one of the boys in her class
whom she had discovered in the act OF
taking the eggs from a birds nest
Think how the poor mother-bird will
feel" she said. "Huhr' replied the
boy. you've got the mother-brd or
your hat! guess she won't feel very
bad" The moral of the story need moi
be pointed out.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21
IPATHOSANDT TRAGEDY
THE SORROWFUL LIFE OF A
CHICAGO GIRL.
She Shot Her Deceptive Friend aud
Took Her own Life-The Unsatisfied
learning of a Poetic soui that Was
Ever In Sorrow.

The news reports recently told how n
Chicago girl named Burke had shot her
deceptive friend, while he sat at the
piano singing a love song, and then
killed herself. She loved him, and
when the terrible truth came to her
that he was already married, she made
the effort to end his existence and her
own. She sleeps to-day in a little Mich
igan graveyard.
The story Of Mabel Burkes life Is IN
like most of those which end so rag-
ically. Few even of the heroines OF
fiction had endured more Of sorrow and
of trouble than this girl. Thrown from
babyhood upon the mercies Of the
world, she experienced only sorrow and
hardships and illness, until, driven des-
perate by the last wrong, she ended all
Hers was n life Of pathes linked with
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21
No Long-Distance Woocr

Rudyard Kipling's maternal grand
father was Rev. George +. Macdonald
1t is related of him that in the days
when he was counting the lady whom
he afterward married the father-in-law
to-be-an aged Methodist, with ex
tremely strict notions IN regard to the
propertles-was injudlclous enough on
one occasion 20 enter the parlor without
giving any warning Of his approach
The consequence was that he found the
sweethearts occupying a single chair
Deeply shocked by this spectacle. the
old man solemnly said; MIR. Macdon.
aid, when l was counting Mrs. Brown
she sat on one side OF the room and
on the other" Macdonald's reply was.
That's what should have done If
had been counting Mrs Brown"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

tree itself occupies little ground space.
With the destruction Of forests have
come marked changes in climate. The
winters have grown colder, the sum-
mers hotter. Streams which once
flowed evenly are now transformed in
a few hours from trickling rllls to
raging torrents. The springs which fed
them have gone dry. The earth not
sheltered by trees is more deeply frozen
in winter and more parched in summer.
With the extremes In climate, new and
dangerous diseases have appeared in
localities heretofore noted for their
healthfulness. The lost trees cannot, Of
course, be recalled; but by planting
others In their places and by preserv.
Ing those which have so far escaped
destruction a real and important ser.
vice may be rendered to the public
health and the public welfare.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21
How Sea Lions Capturo cuI,.

In capturing gulls the sea lion dis.
plays no little skill and cunning WI
IN pursuit OF a gull it dives deeply nm.
der water and swims some distaneo
from where it disappeared. then risino
cautiously it exposes the tip of It's noso
along the surface, at the same timo ,,,-.
ing II a rotary notion The unyarv
bird on the wing, seeing the object ncay
BY alghts to catch it, while tho 500
lion at the same moment settles ho
meath the waves, and at one -, oe,
with extended jaws seizes its screon'
ing prey and instantly deyours it-Sci.
entitic American. 80 'oI'
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The cuban Major General.

am the very model Of a Cuban major
general;
My sole idea is money, made Of paper or
of mineral
My love of Cuba libre is not such as makes
my Twin end,
and l scorn all sorts Of warfare that does
not produce a dividend.
We gather in assembly and shoot of our
mouths ferociously,
And all agree that Uncle Sam has treated
us atrociously.
The proper course for him, we think,
would be to roundly pension us,
Although the war dispatches did not prom.
inenty mention us.
All such affairs as sorties and surprises
we were wary at,
And yet we stuck quite closely TO the
Yankee commssariat.
We're very well acquainted, too. with
matters mathematical.
And when prospective pays in sight our
instincts are piratical.
Nheh Cadmus sowed the dragons teeth.
armed men sprang up in brave ar,
ray,
But nothing like the troops we raised by
commonplace chicanery.
The jingle of the dollars far more mower
hath to raise a force
Than all the patriotic blood that in our
dusky veins doth course.
We garrison the restaurants. and with
consummate strategy
Pick out the best positions, and pose with
mighty hat a-gee.
Of battles that were never fought wa
pirate most spontaneously,
And when some one suggests drinl, ,,.o
accept the same quite graciously.
washington Post.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

Mrs. Hetty Green has opened a cot
tage at Newport, the first step neces-
sary TO secure a desirable matrimonial
alliance for her daughter. II the re-
turns are not favorable we presume
that Europe will be the next point OF
attack. II seems important that some
provision should be made for Miss
Green, who is very charming young
woman, with more money than one
would be Justified In carrying about In
Chicago after shutdown. Now. Mrs
Green, with all her amiable traits. is
hardly the person 10 arrange the ten
der prelimlnaries. and we might sue.
gest that it would be advisable to Sc
cure the services Of a shadchan of al.
plomacy and address. who would at
tend TO all the bothersome details for
a trihlng consideration. We see no
reason why Miss Green should not
capture a prince If her Affairs are deli
cately manipulated.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21
KING DANCED THE HuLA-HULA'
How Kalakaua Put Aside Dignity
and Entertained Americans

~. K.1aifaua Put Aside Dignity
and Entertained Americans
81 witnessed most extraordinary
tbinc I'm 1889 and one that l never eN'
meet to see again should live LOO years
=, aro 5fIyea-Iiead, king, dancing on d
billiard table" remarked Paul Ironlll-
litz Of San francisco to the Enquirer
man "and there were several Ameri-
cans present who viii testify to the
truthfuluess of my statement. There
was a party of us from the RACINE
coast stopping at the hotel in Homo
lulu I'm the year 1 mentioned. hlhg
Kalakaua was then on the throne lltIIe
dreaming that his dynasty was fadlng
AWAY forever to be merged into the
American government. The old man.
for he then appeared to be nearing ~,
was wont to come down to the hotel
every evening from the royal palace
and mingle with the guests. He was
attlred in ordinary citizens garb, with
no insignia of royalty about him.
son the evening refer to kalakaua
came to the hotel attended by several
of his best musicians and most accom-
plshed dancers. We all went to the
wineroom below, which was also the
billlard-room, where we were enter
tanned at length. Later, along about
midnight or after, when the wine, song
and dance had warmed his blood to
the boiling point King Kalakaua leap
ed upon the billiard table with the agil-
ity of a cat and commenced to give us
the 'hula-hula,' or native muscle dance,
in great shape while we applauded
him to his most effective efforts When
he had run the gamut of the exciting
dance someone bet him that he could
not kick the chandelier. He attempted
it several times, but failed, owing per-
haps, to his exhaustion from the dance.
Then one of our party jumped upon the
table and kicked the chandelier from
its fastening to the gas jet. The flow
Of gas was quickly shut off with Il
bottle stopper. All damages We're
promptly settled by cash on the spot,
and the King and his retinue retired
from the scene. King Kalakaua died in
San Francisco during the Knights
Templar conclave a few years ago. He
was Knight Templar, and after at
tending the banquet returned to the
hotel and died. "-Cincinnad Enquirer.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

The new destructive weapons of war
do not seem to do much destroying
after all. We are told of savagely
fought battles In which Maxim and
Calling guns are used, of tremendous
bombardments. Of desperate storms Of
shot hurled against the enemy, and
then read that the. loss Of life on the
part Of the foe aggregates from thirty
to fifty men. And the old-fashioned
cyclone goes on It's way and mows
down hundreds in its path in a few
seconds. to say nothing Of wlping two
or three towns of the face of the earth
at the same time.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

Two hundred years ago the richest
man in New York was German, aud
from that day to this the representa-
tives of that race In America have been
noted for success in business. In the
purely speculative methods Of acquir-
ing wealth they do not figure very
prominently; there are few "Napoleons
of finance" among them. But where
legitimate enterprise is the game there
Will they be found among the winners.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

The gases from blast furnaces. which
have hitherto been wasted, are now
being used for driving gas engines. In
Germany, where the experiment has
been tried, it is claimed that this neg
lected product is exceedingly econom-
zeal and satisfactory, rs it costs but
little to secure the gas.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

SO the Sultan has made up his mind
10 pay the little bill he owes to certain
American citizens for losses Incurred
IN the course of the Armenian mas
sacres. Even he sees the wisdom Of
the motto "Dou't monkey with buzz
saw"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

A woman never seems to know that
she has performed a wonderful feat,
that better not be undertaken again,
when she has stepped backward OFF a
street-car and stll lives.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

Tripler has reduced the cost of liquid
air from $500 half pint to "a a gallon.
Even at that price the young man Is
probably thankful that the summer
girl prefers ice cream soda to liquid
air
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

Perhaps Admiral Dewey has been
ilttie dlstrustful of the magazines ever
since he saw the effect Of the blowing
up" Of the magazines Of the Spanish
ships In Manila Bay.
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After the Uniform garb of woe It's
been wearing that S20,OO0,0O0 may sug-
gest to Spain that something In such
large checks is considerable change.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

The peanut trust Is an accomplished
fact, but owing to the abundance Of
the raw material it viii never be pos
sible to corner the circus lemonade
supply.
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the die, plain mass of granite, dinin.
ishing toward the top with consider
able entasls and crowned with a mold.
ed cornice and neck holdings. Tho
total cost Of statue and pedestal wa
So, 675.35.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

A medical authority says piano prac-
tice is bad for the nerves. He prob
ably means when it degenerates into
bad practice.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

The sanitary value Of trees is a mat
ter which has ben too little regarded
All forms Of vegetation play a more or
less important part I'm temperlug the
excess Of climate, but the service per-
formed by trees is by far the most ef-
hcient. Their leaves present a vast
area Of surface to the air, while the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-07-21

Ifyou want the new German anodyne
ask your druggist for diothylglycocol-
la m d o ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
That's its simple name.