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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-02-04

.
Travers- Vale's great Southern rO- ]
nance, .After the War" will be 1t thS
Falk's Opera House Feb. 6th.s "a
A rare treat is in store for our theatro-
goers. '.After the War" II Mr.. Wales
masterpiece. and the famous playwright
will be here personally TO supervise the
performances
play: southern in its locale its charac3ers:s
its action and theme. and is interpreted
by the original powerful company thne,
made It's lon' pn in New York City such
The II W. TimesDehoct
J.nTsry ..Ts: r9sSi r591sSSiae1f,..nz prs
"Afier the wal xs m
Opera House to ah< 1yent
which was we'll ple16h with q =
formance.
The plot hinges around the abbe,
of mind, resultant upon q SOuthen
ticer being shot in the head without b
killed. and his inability 10 reunenbe1
rank or name Ur even the tact IN
had been ordered shot by = druklSA
court-martial for dcoertiOn juttEN.sA
of the enemy. OF course, Il va o13
of the Villains lies abont the e5f9v
illness of the officers wife. 466S. i
sistant villain was Louisianiau Il 4hAsSs,
there re NAMED enough of chftnltf 11l1e
deem him before the denoueaf0t 8f
of tie central characters MA6 go
darkey, and it 10 worthy u nQto ~
this character was we'll draws ~ ~.
playwright, who put into old 1ooos9
mouth many characteristic express
of the Southern negro before ~ =
improved.
MIR. Cecil Owen gave most accept4
BILE presentation Of the leading role. ~
dy Punkin who proved inthe end ~
the wronged hero and the hu1ha1d Dk'
the woman whose life was darkooad 1Qk
wears by the Vaccinations Of the vili13us
There were two or three declamAt0Eyee eees
nes which he presented with nne eAgck
Mr.. Travers-V Vale, the playwright, plASSsk
the part of Gustave Leroy, Ind 4 ~
French accent was no truer thaa thne ~
the average actor. his naannerituD NeE
very true, his movements eracoful
his Interpretation of the part e "
throughout. Mr. Theo Stark &Ay T.
most acceptable presentati0nof f1he q
acter Of Nose, the faithful Old e1aHo
want The two ladies in the play
sweet and pretty IN their RIDES {, "
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-02-04

DO not forget that Mrs. LIE Danois
buys Wool. Hides and Bones and
pays the highest market price.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-02-04
MardiGraSFeb. Il

Grand Masquerade Ball given by the Fxre
Department of Lafayette for the benenC OF
the Bell Tower
TICKET RECEIVER: o.. Mouton
COMMITTEE OF INVEs71GA7 tom Faddeu. s. r. Kahn
FLOOR MANAGERS: Pel1erin Mouton O. B. HOp1dnS
ALL Alpha, DR.. q A. Aa1san
RECEPTION COMMITTEE: Mouton c. D. Ca6Eefy
O. c.. Mouton. C. Debaf3oA.
e., E. Mouon, j. 2. AlHngheM
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-02-04

Bro. Underwood of the Iberia
Parish Times visited us last Tues
day.
MIR. and Mrs. S. r. Parkerson
went to New Orleans last Thurs
day.
Mr.. J. P. Ard, OF Crowley vi
sited his nephew, ]. E. Ard, last
Thursday.
Mrs. T. N. Blake entertained
the Ladies Five O'clock Tea Club,
Thursday evening, at the Cottage
Hotel.
Mr.. F. o. Darby is now tempo
rar;ly engaged in the Lafayette
Drug Co., until Mr.. Tom Hopkins,
son of DR.. Hopkins will take charge.
If you are going tn the Bali, get
your rarletans and other goods for
Mardi. Gras at the Racket Store.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-02-04

Tomorrow night at Falks Opera
House, the Chas. King Go. viii pre-
sent Monte Christie.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-02-04

For sale stove wood very dry. Appl1
to the Advertiser.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-02-04
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.

6V4A1VW OA&0O4 AV&0'
And go to F. Canatella, the up
to-date shoemaker for shoe repair
ing and stylish Hobson's shoes.
We return thanks for an invita-
ton to attend the marriage of Miss
Nellie Bailey to Mr.. H. P. Fournet
which is to be held at st. john S
Catholic Church on Monday, Feb,
18th. at 5 p. m.
We have received an invitation
from the Lord High Chamberlain
of His Majesty "Rex" King OF the
Carnival to attend the festivities OF
Mardi-Gras in New Orleans as
guest of the Press Club. We re-
turn thanks for same.
Dox,x SKIP THIS.
Biliousness results from failure OF
the liver to furnish sufficient bile
to mix with the food in process
OF digestion a Biliousness is the
precursor OF distemper. The best
way to prevent iistemper is to buy
goods from Levy Bros, cheap for
cash.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-02-04

Buy your groceries, fresh and cheap.
at the place yon get "those nice Soda
Crackers"- & Co.'S.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-02-04

Jar. 81 1899.
The times., 1899-12-24

Keller and who wss quite unknown to her
ard unable 10 speak 10 her-who could take
the examination papers as fast as they were
presented and write Them out in Braille
characters, the system of writing in pune
tured points now much used by the blind.
The questions thus transcribed by him,
were put into Helens hands in the exam
ination room, in the presence of a proctor
who could not communicate with her aBd
she wrote out her answers on the type
writer.
Here, however, came in one Of the ad-
ditional points of Helen's handicap. There
are two systems of Braille writing he
English and the american. There are
marked differences between them-very
much such differences as those between tte
two principal systems of shorthand writing.
Helen Keller has been accustomed TO the
English system, I'm which nearly ali the
books which have been put into Braille a
printed. As the arrangement with Mr
Nining was completed but day or two be-
fore and as it was not known to her that
he did not write the English Braille, ii was
impossible 10 make any other arrangement.
She had to puzzle out the unfamiliar
method of writing, much as a writer Of the
Pitman stenography might use his sense Of
The times., 1899-12-24

logic and general intelligence by a tour de
force TO enable him to read the Graham
shorthand; and this labor was added to the
other labor of Helen Keller's examination.
To add to her difficulties her Swiss watch.
made for the blind had been forgotten at
home, and there was no one at hand on
either of the days OF the examination t1
give her the time. She worked in the dark
with regard to the time which remained
to her as she went along from question to
question
But she passed the examination tri-
umphantly in every study. In advanced
Latin she passed with credit In advanced
Greek, which her tutor regarded as her
star study, she received b which is a
very high mark. Yet here the time and
the Braille difficulty worked most heavily
against her What her marking was in
the other studies is not known; it is only
known that she passed them
Helen Keller is now ready for matricu-
laJion as a student of Radcliffe College
Her passing of the examinations. especial
ly under such circumstances. is in itself a
wonderful achievement. No particle of its
severity was abated for her because she is
deaf dumb, and blind, and no precautions
were RENTED because she is known to be
incapable Of deceit. She sat in total dark
ness and alone, without the touch of a
friendly hand. A slip pricked with unfa-
The times., 1899-12-24
THE CRAZE FOR STATISTICS.
Human Life Subjected to the Closest
AnnlNais.
From Golfers Weea.y)

Statistical scientists viii not let Us
alone. Everything we do or cay is sub
mitted to the closest analysis. and Ln5 fs-
ures emerge fun Of warning aud r5proard.
The newest JdtuIatlon OF our loiugs
comes from the workshop of lL Alfred Ar
kas who is miuuteness itself He has
worked out. first an approx mite -aleIia-
ton OF the number Of words the normal
man utters in the course OF year
ignorant or cultured playing ON the
miners vocabulary Of two hundred words
or on the university professors S thezaIrus
OF many thousands it appears that We let
fall eleven million eight hundred thousand
words between January and December.
Every year we shake hands about one
thousand two hundred times, eXpeCd.ag on
the ceremony a force sufficient To raise
locomotive weighing eighty tons The
raising of our eyeIids is accomplished about
niuety-four million six hundred thousand
times per year, and represents the con-
sumption Of energy capable OF lifting q
weight of hfJy-oue pounds.
Turning TO the division Of our time 81 is
found that a normal man living seventy
years has spent no less than tWeuty-four
years nine months and fifteen DAYS asleep
and eleven years and eight months ac
work. His recreation has occupied ex-
actly the same length OF time as his work.
He has passed eleven years and ten
months in moving about and the same
space OF time in the operation Of feeding.
His toilet has occupied two years and
eleven months. Two years and eleven
months. also pass In doing nothing or ID
little things that are not easily classed.
The surprise is the estimate thar ms
passes exactly the same time in thinking
as in speaking year five months and
a half Which gives one a new idea OF
the value that ought 10 be attached 70
every mans utterauces.
The times., 1899-12-24

are 70 be brilliantly Illuminated and male
gay with banners and flags.
The yhree buildings for horticuI ure.
graphic arts and forestry form a pictur-
esque group at the end of the West Garden
The largest OF these, the horticulture
building, stands between the other two on
an axis with the garden. The forestry
building is on - north side. the graphic
arts on the south. adjoining the lake.
Arcades connect the three buildings, form
ing in front a semi circular court. Be
tween the arcades the ground rises slightly
to the level of the Fountain of the Sea-
sons.
The area of the horticultural building
is 5000 square feet The graphic arts
and forestry buildings each cover 10000
square feet, and are similar in design In
plan, the horticultural building is square.
with central lantern, rising to a he ght of
240 feet at the intersection OF the four
arms of a Greek cross. which includes in
its angles four small dOmes. On the CEN
tre of each facade is a deeply recessed
arched entrance.
The graphic arts and forestry buildings
have four corner towers, and on the east
facade a vaulted loggia of three arches
forms the main entrance. Above the red
The times., 1899-12-24

ter, with its calm reflection and its atmos-
phere of quiet Testfulness, forms one OF
the many little cases planned for the re-
freshment of the weary sightseer. The
roofs are of red tile the walls of cement,
the work is pleasingly ornamented and the
structure is covered with glowing colOrs
The facades present an arcaded effect
corresponding in appearance TO mission
cloisters; the caves with great oyerhangs,
add 10 the picturesque. Each facade is
broken by an important architectural fea
ture and each corner 1anked with low pa
vilions, the design giving large plain sur
faces for color, while the caves give deep
shadows. The color scheme is made up in
reds and yellows, light in tint. The lOggis,
balconies pavilions, and other places are
TO be Ornamented with shrubs vines, and
flowers, blending with the coloring of the
building. The openings are grilIed with
specimens of wrought iron 'Rejas" or grill
screens, such as are seen il, examples of
Spanish architecture of the sixteenth cen
tury.
The building has numerous entrances,
the principal ones being in The centre of
the four facades. once inside the struc-
lures the size viii be appreciated. ..ll the
towers, payilions, and other proper spaces
The times., 1899-12-24

the exposition grounds are triumphs of ar
chitecturaI beauty and will be universally
admired. The citizens of one Of the En-
pire States most enterprising munieipaIi-
ties are sparing neither time nor expense
to make the Pan-American show one OF
the greatest of It's kind ever given on the
American continent.
The board of architects Of the exposi-
ton. which viii be held On the Niagara
frontier is composed of eight members;
three residents OF New York two of Bos-
ton, and three of the city of Buffalo Wal
ter Cook of New York. has designed the
stadium, the screen in front Of the railway
station, and the entrance OF the midway;
all of these forming the plaza. Mr.. Cook
IS president OF the New York Chapter OF
Architects, and was the emily American on
the commission which met at Antwerp and
San Francisco to decide the competition
for plans for the University of California
Mr. Cook studied under Vaudremer
r. 5. Peabody is a member of the Boston
firm, who were the architects of Machinery
Hall at the Worlds Fair. They built the
Union League Club in New York. and the
Old South Church in Boston. Mr.. Pea
body studied in Dumais atelier. He has
designed the horticulture, graphic arts and
forestry buildings, for the Pan American
Exposition.
The times., 1899-12-24
Copyright l8o9 by the Pan-,nercsp Exposition C

miliar characters was put before her, aud
her typewriter clicked out its quick and
true response TO the hard questions. That
was all. VIII any other human being liy-
ing in such a world OF silence and darkness
ever do as much?
The question may well be asked, VIII
Helen Keller now take the regular college
course? Who viii interpret to her. the
lectures in foreign languages which she
cannot hear? No one can do this No lee
ture, even in English, can be translated to
her in the manual alphabet as rapidly as
il is spoken. Her usual Interpreter knows
no foreign tongue. Who viii read 10 her
all the required matter of TIE courses of
reading. none of which has been put into
raised print? II Is beyond mechanical pos
sibility to give her all this through Ter
fingers. The obstacles appear insurmount-
able. But that is the principal reason why
Helen Keller is inclined to surmount
them" "
The times., 1899-12-24
Edward P. Green. of Buffalo. is the de-
signer of the machinery and transportation
and electricity buildings

Edward P. Green. of Buffalo, is the de-
signer Of the machinery and transportation
and electricity buiIdingss
The Machinery building
The machinery and transportation build
ing. 50OxS5O feet, faces on the mall This
building is designed in a type of Spanish
renaissance, with initial inspiration in the
mission buildings found in Mexico and
California, supplemented by later examina-
tions of renaissance work in Spain, modi-
fed to meet the conditions of the exposi-
tion, with its gay surroundings.
An early traveller writes: The mission
building is in the form of hollow square.
along the front of which a gallery extends
The edifce. a single story high is raised
a few feet above the ground. In the interior
is a court adorned by fountain and planted
with trees. For the erection of the build
ings large beams were transported from
the mountains, and the Indians We're taught
TO burn lime, cut stone and make brick
and tile"
Briefly stated, the machinery and trans
portation building forms a hollow square,
with arcades on all sides. In the interior
is a court 100x200 feet, adorned by a long
pool Of water, with a fountain surrounded
with shrubs and flowers. This sheet of wa
The times., 1899-12-24
HELEN KELLER,s GRIT.
Remarkable Achievements of the
Blind and Dumb Girl.


From the Review Of Reyiews)
Those Of our readers who have followed
the remarkable career OF Miss Helen Keller
are doubtless aware OF her admission TO
Radcliffe College il October last as the
result Of the passing with high credit of
her entrance examinations in June
The Association Review" the magazine
published by the American Association to
Promote the Teaching Of Speech TO the
Deaf says Of this achievement:
The worlds history does not contain
a case similar TO il nor equal TO il. Blind
and deaf from infancy and hence with
only the senses Of smell taste, and touch
as avenues TO her mind, she has By her
own indOmtable Will and her love for
learning, aided by intelligent skllful, and
weli-directcd teaching, covered a complete
course Of primary and advanced instruction
with a degree Of success that finds her
now at the threshold Of regular college
course"
For the benefit Of those not already ia
miliar with the principal events Of Miss
KelIer's life history the same publication
states that she was born in Tuseumbia.
Ala, on June q, 1880. possessed Of all the
faculties and senses Of a healthy child; that
in March. 1882. at the age Of nineteen
months, she was attacked by violent con
gestiou OF the stomach. which eventually
ing, and that a course OF private instruc-
ti0n was begun in 1887 and continued till
1897. when Miss Keller successfully passed
the Harvard preparatory examination. and
in June 1888 she took the final examination
which entitled her to enter Radcliffe Col
Iege.
In this entrance examination the subjects
were geometry. algebra, Greek, and ad-
vanccd Latin The difficulties under which
Miss Keller labored have been well de
scribCd ln the Boston Transcript"
1T Is quite certain that no person ever
took a college examination with so heavy a
handicap Eve may say with so many kinds
of q handicap as Helen KeIler's on this oc-
casjon. AS all the world knows, she could
not see the examination papers nor hear
the voice of an examiner. The natural
method OF communicating the questions 10
her would have been 10 make use OF the
fingers Of her old-time teacher and in
terpreter, Miss Sullivan. Miss Sullivan
does not know Greek or Latin OF the higher
mathematics and while she is able 10
serve Helen by communicating TO her
printed Greek and Latin letter by letter,
she could not, even il she had been dis
posed have given her The slightest assist
anCe in answering the examination ques-
tions But IL was deemed best by All con-
cerned TO avoid even the remotest sugges-
tion or possibility OF assistance gentle
man was found-Mr. Nining, of the Per-
kins Institution, Who lad never met Helen
The times., 1899-12-24

sion Of her sixtieth birthday, the presenta-
ton having been made in due form by the
British and American ministers.
The book is a royal quarto volume by
10 by 13 inches in size, and was manufac-
tured by the Presbyterian Press and
Canton silversmiths. 1t has silver covers,
embossed with bamboo and bird designs
and is printed on the finest paper with the
largest type and with a border of gold
encircling each page II was encased in a
solid silver casket ornamented with sym
bclical designs, the whole weighing ten
and a half pounds. and upon the cover OF
the casket there is a gold plate which re-
lates that the book is the gift of the Chris
tian women in China.
Not long after the presentation of this
magnificent volume messengers were sent
from the palace TO the book store for a
common copy so that the Empress and her
ladies might compare the two texts.
The times., 1899-12-24
ReIIuked.
IFr5m the CIIclgo Tri6lncJ

ttrJm the Nte3Eo lLlu-Ae.J
81 have noticed said the Rev Dr. Goodman,
pausiEg in his discourse, "thst two 0r three Of
times Iu the last few minutes For fear that their
timepiecgs may not agree I viii say Jh1C thc cor
rect time is Has. I set mv watch hy the reZuIa-
tor AZ the jewelers. last night The sermon viii
be over al I2:Jl Il would have closed promptly
at y bat Tor this depression Let Us proceed 20
consider ROW what the apostle meant when he
says, I press toward the mark "
The times., 1899-12-24

the largest vehicle or floats, as it is pro-
posed to use the stadium for certain pa
geants, exhibits of automobiles in opera
tion, judging of horses live stock, agri-
cultural machinery, road machinery, etc.
No exhibitor has ever had such an arena
in which to make a display, and the ath-
letic carnival, to which the stadium is par
ticularly devoted, is expected to be one of
the most interesting features Of the Expo
sition. The space under the seats is to be
used for exhibition purposes, and is in it
self the equivalent of a very large building
The total length of the stadium, including
the building which forms the entrance, is
about $40 feet, and the breadth is about 500
feet.
The times., 1899-12-24
Russia,s Marine service.
(From the indianapolis News.)

It is calculated that the total number Of YES
sells in European Russia, excepting steamers, IS
than p 900, with a total tonnage OF S 900,
coo and cost OF more than $50. 600 600. The NUM-
bcr OF men employed on them is more than 100,
600. fhe number built annually, according 10
the statistics of the Government, is from 6,O0O to
$500 but his includes the several thousand huilt
for downstream trip. The annual value OF
the vessels constructed is estimated 10 be between
s.. 500 600 and So. 800 600.
The times., 1899-12-24
A sIver-Bound Testament

:
No matter how poor man is he can
now buy the New Testament" In English
for a nickel and yet-stTange contrast
perhaps the most sumptuous copy of the
New Testament in existence is that
splendid edition de luxe presented to the
Dowager Empress of China, on the occa-
The times., 1899-12-24
THE PAN AMERICAN SHOW
BufaIO'S Elaborate Plans for the
Exposition of 1901.
Attractions of Some of
the Structures Tint VIII Adoru the
BE styled Vanity Fair-The Beau
ties of the PIaza-The Stadium.

The city of Buffalo Will endeavor to
make an enviable record for enterprise
with its American Exposition, which
is to be held during theysummer months OF
1901. Everything possibleds being done to
create an exposition that Will be enter
tanning, artistic, and instructive
Some Of the structurGs to be erected on
The times., 1899-12-24
many WOMEN Inventors
Ingenuity Of the Sex Shown by
Government Records

The Feminine Patentee Has Invaded
All Fields Of Human Effort and
Made an EnviabIe Success in Pro
ducfng Practical Devices - New
Workers Lead in Point of Numbers.
The times., 1899-12-24
A DreEn.

Pcnelope-He says that / am an aHgel-au
ethereal spirt-a heavenly bencdiCtiou- Jud-cr-
think ! snail marry him.
Genevieve-oh, Penelope! What shame to
wake him up
The times., 1899-12-24
Studying OCEAN DEPTHS
Investigations in the Pacific by the
AlbatrOss Expedition.

Prof. Agassiz Reports Progress in
Deep-Sen Rescarches-NOdule in
HnuIs From the Bottom-LittIe AMI
mai Life below 500 FathomS-Iu-
terestinE Fauna Near the Surface.
Evening journal., 1899-11-20
A GREAT CURIOSITY
BOTTLE OF SEA-WEED PICKED UP
TWELVE YEARS AGO.

lean w. Darrell, OF No. 400 South
Franklin street, has in his possession
A bottle Of sea-weed which he secured
rom the Island of Vervadis, twelve
years ago. At that time Mr.. Darrell
was second mate of the sailing vessel
Evan Fisher plying between Boston
and the West Indies, and touching at
South American ports. On this particu-
ar voyage the ship encountered several
severe storms, enc Of the seamen being
washed overheard and considerable
damage done TO the vessel. Mr.. Oar.
rell at the same time had his collar
bone broken and was nearly washed
overheard.
This sea-weed Mr. Darrell PICKED
from the bottom Of the sea and placed
it in a bottle which he corked undel
water. thus preserving it in its origina
state. Since then it has grown con
siderably.
The bottle and It's contents attrac
considerable attention. Mr.. Darrell
having been offered several good price
for It, but refused them all, preferrinl
TO keep It as a keepsake of a memorabl
voyage.
Evening journal., 1899-11-20
LOCAL NEWS NOTES

If your barber is unsatisfactory
ry Clayton House Tonsorial Palace.
Wilmington Conclave, No. 10,
Ancient Order of Adhesive MOgullians,
is organizing a degree team that will
do its first work about the first Of the
year
The committee CT the Legislature
.appointed to have the cid Duke OF
York records of the lower counties on
the Delaware printed. has awarded the
contract.
Census Supervisor Jonathan l.
Willis will district the state shortly
and recommendations for appointments
as enumerators will be sent TO Wash
lington.
The Wilmington and Chester Trac.
tion Company is experimenting with an
electric brake.