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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05

you will make if you don't trade
the coming Fall at the Lafayette
Clothing House, whose vide
awake proprietor Mr.. S. Kahn.
is preparing to leave for New York
where he will buy the most fastid-
ious, elegant and serviceable stock
OF goods ever brought to lafayette.
He will carefully select his stock
OF shoes and will keep the popu-
larity Of this line up to the highest
notch.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05

MISS Martha, is in her fifth year
and few young ladies are more ad-
vanced, bright or interesting.
"Lovely' refreshments were
served and after delightful eve
ming all left thanking Mrs. Pei
lerin, who in her pleasant way
joined herself with the little folks
in their games of amusements and
threw open her house to them.
Many elegant and useful presents
Miss Martha received.
Bye bye Martha, jolly and good
wishes are rendered you for "happy
returns.
One of the little folks,
c. NEBLETT CARTER.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05

DIED at the residence of her
son-in-law, Mr.. Louis Meyer OF
Eunice, La, on last Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock, Mrs. Hem
rietta Weir, born in Plaquemine,
La, aged 40 years and some
months.
Her body was brought to Lafa-
yette on the nights train and her
funeral took place from the Jewish
Synagogue, Thursday. mosning at,
10 o eeisG<.,.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05
BISHOP ROUXEL
At Carencro.

Bishop Rouxel was welcomed
by the grandest demonstration eve,
witnessed in that sociable town
The bishop, coming overland from
1rand Coteau, was met by several
hundred horsemen, with a brass
band about three miles north Of
Carenero, and accompanied to the
town limits amidst the firing OF
rifles and cannons.
The Hon. E. L. Estilette mavor
OF Carencro. welcomed the bishop
as he entered the town.
Fully two thousand men, women
and children were in the line of
procession to receive and escort
the bishop to the church, where
Mr.. l.. G. Sicily delivered an ad-
dress OF welcome which was res
Ponded to by TIE bishop. On
tuesday, Bishop Rouxel admins
'cfco the sacrament of COnfirma-
ton to sos children. He was as
81 sisted by Fathers Teurling, of
Washington; Wildman, S. ], of
Grand Coteau; Bollard, of Lafa-
yette' Peters, of Jennings; Malu-
ehet, OF Leonville; NORM, of Ar
naudville; Leautier, S. J., of New
Orleans; Schmidt, of Opelousas
and Vanderbilt of Delcambrc.
Bishop Rouxel expressed toi
Father Laforest, the jealous priest
OF the parish, and his parishioncrs,
his tuas appreciation for the grand
welcome rendered h;m on his iuit
tial visit to Carencro since hiss or !
1ination.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05
COM M UNlCATlON.
To THE EDITOR
of the Lafayette Advertiser.

To THE EDITOR
of the Lafayette Advertiser,
DEAR SIR
You will remember publishing
! about three years ago a commune
cation about what was then very
appropriately called our obnoxious
roads or street crossings. They
were certainly horrid. The city
council took action in the matter
and passed all ordinance compel
ling everybody to take up their
crossings or to put them down on
a level with the streets on either
size. 1t was done according to
law.
For over year the public could
take some pleasure in driving
through the town. Since that
time there has been no attention
paid to the crossings and they have
now become nearly if not quite as
bad as ever. These crossings
nearly all belong to private indivi-
duals and are put in for their ben
eft, and should be kept in repair
at their expense. On some of
cur streets they are certainly dis
grace to the town. You can't
drive faster than walk without
running the risk of being thrown
out OF your buggy or having the
springs broken under it.
And you can't walk on the side
walks in some parts of the town
without playing hop, skip and
Jump every rod or two to get over
the bitches cut across them from
one to two feet deep.
On Lincoln Avenue there is no
less than four Of these obnoxious
bitches cut across the sidewalk in
front Of one mans premises.
We have a law against both of
hese evils. ! think the law should i
'e enforced or struck off from our
tatute books.
TAXPAYER,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05
A GOOD CHANCE.

At the reqnest Of Representative
e. w. Scranton we publish the
the following:
RoYvILLE. La; Aug 2, 1890.
EDR. LAFAYETTE ADvERTIsER :
Being informed by Prof. VIM
.. Rogers that = vacancy existed
in the parish for a scholarship
offered BY the Tulane University
to any boy. Who wishes to avail
himself Of il. l will be glad to
have any boy appointed Who will
spply and can enter the University
under its rplcs Of admission.
VeWs Respectfully.
CIV. SCRANTON.
Representa- q Lafayette Parish,
Bring yoef ksdss q + Otho
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05

told him the railroad would be
built in three months, that they
were going to have a new court
house, school-house four stories
high that will cover over an acre
OF ground, an agricultural machine
works that would employ over five
hundred hands, and that they had
formed joint stock company to
build a turapike and gravel road
running out fourteen miles into the
country and that this road would
run right past his door.
! Ibis was too much for Tom, he
took another draft Of beer, jumped
into his cart and started old Buck
and Jerry for home under the whip.
singing Hip! Hip! Hurrah! for
the railroad; Hip. Hip! Hurrah
for the bonus. I am so glad L
voted for it, what will Turnpike
say now? He voted against the
bonus and cursed me for voting
for it. Tom went home and told
his wfe all that he had seen and
heard oveToyed with the bright
prospects before him. The rail-
road was built, the gravel road was
built, and many other roads were
built leading out ten or fifteen miles
into the countY, Butchers and
hucksters could be seen driving
out on these fine roads every day
buying up everything the farmers
had to sell paying the highest
price, going to supply their numer-
Gus customers in the town.
In less than a year all good
arming lands along these roads
vent up to $45 and $50 per acre.
lom sold fifty acres for So, 800,
'e took the money and built a
lew house, barns and sheds for
us stock. bought fine large team
+ horses and some thorough bred !
took.
He now rides into the City into
IS carriage rich farmer, but he
ill keeps his old cart on the sides
which he had painted in large
'tters: Vote for the bonus, the
onus built the railroad, the rail-
'ad built the town, the town
adc the market and roads which
ade the farmers all rich or in
.pendent.
The same road that led the I.
rmers of little York to prosperity
I'd wealth. lays open to the far
ers and land owners to Lafayette II
w.
| can't think for moment that Il
y freeholder who will stop and
ink for himself can be so blind
his own interest as to vote against :n m
C bonus for the industrial school u"
lrmers let US all vote for the
nus, it will be one of the greatest &c
piping stones towards building
a city in our midst and bring az
, a market to every farmers 4'
or. Ii
EapNrrn
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05

Tor the immense Fall and Winter
stock which is now being bought
in New York by Mr.. Vic Levy.
one Of the firm of Levy Bros, the
extinguishcrs Of high prices in La
fayette; Summer goods are al
most given away. A visit to this
popular house will save you many
nickels.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05

On Friday afternoon July 2Sth., /,
Miss Martha Pellerin, charming
little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Pei
lerin entertained a crowd of young
friends at her birthday party.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05
HERE AND THERE.

| a
| ways be found on the last page.
r Rev. Father Bollard went t
Carencro last Monday to assist q
the Confirmation services.
Mr.. Gus. Scranton of Younps
vile, spent Thursday and Frida
in Lafayette, on business.
You will find on the last pae
OF thi" issue an important registra
ton notice from registrar A. M
Martin.
photographer F. F. Carter an,
family left last Thursday to rusti
cate on Lake Arthur, for a numbe
of weeks.
Hon. c. c. Brown, of Carencro
was in Lafayette last Thursday
returning from a business trip te
New Orleans.
-Hatchets, hammers, saws. SQUARES
brace and bits and all other carpep.
ters tools are sold by Moss & Co., at
the lowest prices.
We visited the inside of the
Office of Hon. VIM. Campbell and
We are compelled to pronounce it
the best in Lafayette.
Miss Charlotte kleb, of Patter-
son, after a delightful visit left for
her home last Sunday, much to the
regret OF her many friends
Mrs. BiIleaud's gin has ,esn
overhauied and is ready : for the
season. The interest of the farmers
are well taken care of at Billeaud's S
gin.
Mr.. Corona, the wide-awake
manager of Lehman, Stern & Co..
informs us that their new cotton
gin will receive its initia! trial next
week.
The weather being rather warm
to saw off planks and driving nails,
contractor L. S. Broussard left
this week going to Patersonville.
La, to take a well-earned rest
and visit relatives.
We return thanks to Mr.. Ed
ward Lehman, for a case of his
pop" 1t is good beverage
and IS universally commended by |
its numerous customers. Mr.
Lehman is doing a thriving tusi-
ness.
Miss Bertha Naquin, after spend
ing several weeks the guest of the
Misses Revillon returned to her
home in Thibodeaux, last Monday,
o the regret of her many admirers.
Miss Naquin was accompanied
lome by Miss Lucille Revillon.
The Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraph Co., will begin its !.
BUSINESS in Lafayette with the fol-
owing force: w. A. Broussard.
ocal manager; Edward Mouton.
light operator; Miss Lucie Judice,
ay operator; and Eddie Chargois. !
lessenger boy. l
The Police Jury held their reg
lar session last Thursday and y
assed the ordinance ordering an {
ection to be held on Monday u
eptember 26th., to allow the O
'ters to cast their ballots for or r
,ainst the raising OF the take for a
e Industrial School. r.
Mr.. Corona gave US the analy- fe
) OF the water to be found at the b
'tton Compress which shows the W
lowing ingredients: Silica, Iron
xides, Chloride of Sodium ;, Car v
nate of Calcium, Carbonate OF q
I'D, ouiPnate OF Calcium and h
lrbonate of Magnesium. Il
The proportions being with I'll
Id by request. h.
A special to the Times Democrat sa
ported that Jeanerette voted a bt
e mill tax for ten years ($45,- Fl.
o. and had $50, 900 subscribed tn
the Industrial School. In the Ju
lcial paper of Jeanerette, we ht
ticed that the tax is reported at ,
o, 900 instead of $4,000. We nc
,refore concluded that more we W,
! see OF it, and less the amount
l increase.
Fresh groceries and groceries that
wholesome are the kind offered by 50
IS d Co., at prices that can not be E,
-,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05

"A cake OF Grand Pas Wonder SOAP
y worth more than two of any ether.
Get il At the MOSS PHARMACY.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05

-Garden Seeds. Fresh and sure tc
grow, are the seeds sold a, the MOSS
,pHAkMACY. II We are selling C.
". Eichlipg (New OrIeans) and D.
Landreth's d Sons seeds,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-08-05

Oldpapers for sale-at this Office.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-07-20
BEAUTIFUL KILLARNEY.
1t Takes Thee Days to "ro" Its At
traction. Tiiorou,.h,y

\ certain tourist. who was doing AL
the sights of the Holy Land with pain
1Ul carneStneSs. was ScaulaliZ"d to ;, T.
IN American arrive one afternoon.
hurry round all the sacred places aud
make ready to depart hciimcS on the
morrow. lic vcnturcd to inquire Of
this hustling traveller why. having
come so far. he rushed away so quick
ly. Sir" replied the Yankee. IL am
timed to do Europe in fortnight.
have thrown in the Holy Land, and if
stay here longer than one night can
not see Killarney. which takes three
days That American had been well
advised. Energetic, bustling tourists
have cndcavorcd to see all the beau
ties of the place in one day. and though
they have been delighted and over
Whclmcd 10y what they saw. they have
not been able To restrain Il pang of re
greet ut the thought of what they had
missed.
Killarney. if not in itself, at least
by description. is known the world
over, and has a great reputation to
maintain: bur. unlike many other
places of rcloWn. ii does not belle il.
The lakes of Killarney may not prove
To be quite as the stranger anticipa ted.
hut the imprc sSion he carries away is
none the less one of profound admra-
ton and wonder. The particular charm
which enwWps him is that of the
peaceful loneliness and serenity of the
whole, and this strikes home with in
creased conviction after passing by the
waterway from the upper to the lower
lake. The former sheet of water, en-
velopcd as it is 10y ragged peaks and
gloomy. unclothed mountains. cannot
vie with the lower lake, whose mag
niiicent stretch of silver waves is
fringed and carcsscd 10y foliage and
trees. by rich meadows and sweet
smelling blooms. while the rugged out
line of the wild hills is softtned by the
/ purple haze. and space is lost in an in.
1inity Of graceful undulatious. The
boat ride from the far edge of the
upper lake to the ruins of Ross Castle
is an experience which cannot be de-
scribed. 1t must he enjoyed; and rest
assured it will lingcr in the memory
to the last day London Times.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-07-20
CheStuuts.

The conSulS in France report that In
dian corn as an article of diet among
the French peasants is being replaced
by the chestnut. The report says:
The poor people. during the fall and
winter. often make two meals daily
from chestnutS. The ordinary way of
cooking them is 70 remove the outside
shell and blanch them; then n wet
cloth is placed in an ealthon pot which
is almost filled with raw chestnutS;
they are then oyered with second
wet cloth. and put on the fire to steam.
They are eaten with salt or milk. If 1t
steamed chestnuts are carried aloun |
the city streets in baskets or pals; the
kaiority of the working people. who
usually have no fire early in the morn
ing. eat them for their first breakfast,
with or without milk. Physicians state
that ms An article of food chestnutS are
wholesome. hearty, nutritious, ana rat
tpninr. These nuts are often used as
n vegetable. and are exceedingly poprI'
lar. being found on the table of the
well-to-do and wealthy. They are
served. not only boiled, but roasted
steamed, purced, and as dressing lor
poultry and meats"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-07-20
MAN WHO CHASED GROVER
no fost lie for Jolu<on, No Fish
tor tlcvel md"

mop creek, in Tyringham. among
lac berkshire hills. l. Il little t,out
stream that has become famous. Gro.
yer Cleveland, former President of the
United States. chose to 60 fishing in
mop creek. Attired in brown canvas
coat ana trousers and an old slouch
nat the portly cX-commandcr of the
american army attempted to captUre n
lew spcckled beauties in that part of
lhe brook which runs through Farmer
Johnson pasture. He did so in def.
ihce OF IL sign which read: mo Fishing
IL lrespassing on These Premises Will
Be Allowed.'
Now. when the farmers and villooers
'n'l'ap"u's meet each other: one of
'heiil is sure 10 remark: Il say, dive
near what happened To that fat feller
hsIlh ON Frank Johnson's land" And
then they both chuckle until they have
to beat each other on the back to keen
from choking. For ex-presidcut Cleve.
iahd was routed completely. He was
chased out 10y irate Farmer johnson.
Inc cX-Prc>ident sat ON the bank of
the Nttlc creek. dangling his legs COM
iortaOly over the edge. ohliyious of ey
erythlh% but the fact that trout were
hi'lns beautifully. His revcries were
Interrupted by Il choleric voice. Yelling:
''lt out o that-skedaddle now, YOU,
ar gosh I'm after We with my hoe"
MI. Cleveland looked up. He saw a
Dig man with red face bearing down
Upon him AT lively pace. He did not
stop to parley. He wasted no time in
offering his card. lie rctrcatcd hur-
riedly down to his carriage, twenty
yards away.
lhis is how it all happened Through
his wife Mr.. Cleveland is llinsfolk with
Richard Watson Glider. the poet-editor
OF the Century magazine. Mr.. Glider
has Il modest little cottage ut Tyring-
ham. lie had invited Mr.. Cleveland to
come UP from Princeton. y. j., ON a
fishing trip. The region around Tyring-
ham is famous among sportsncn for
It's trout streams and quail and part
ridge woods
The eX-l'resideut had accepted the
poets invitation. The two lovers of
angling had selected Hop creek, the
best trout stream in that section. Hop
creek is a free stream for the most
part but Il few farmers have put up
signs of mo trespasSing.' Among
these was Farmer johnson. Early in
the morning Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.
| Glider drove down from the Riverside
Hotel. 1t was agreed that the EXPIRES.
ident should start on Farmer John.
sons place and work down stream to
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-07-20
HORSESHOE MAGIC.
II visited Thousand of Years re-or.
H"rsesho,s Came Into xistepcc


Horseshoe magic is Il subject which
seems TO he OF perennial interest. saws
writer in st. Paul's. mainly bccous.
1t touches that little substratum of su
perstitious beliefs which is Inherent e.,
most OF us; though being materiolisti.
people III matcrialistic age. and hay
ing put away from ourselves childish
thlhSs we none of us confess TO il. As
matter of fact. however. we are nj
ways. either literally or metaphoricarv
turning over our money when we 500
new moon. or picking up a rusty
horseshoe as n harbinger of luck Rut
the point that never seems to be reach
eu Ill these magazine discussions is the
circumstance that, initially and intrin-
slcally. horseshoe magic has nothiuo tn
40 with horScShoes. 1t existed LONG
before horses We're ever shod. and il
mas left traces of its presence in places
where horses have never been known
IN comparatively modern times the
horseshoe over the door-nailcu to tha
intel with the points uppermost. be il
hoted-has been chiefly regarded as 4
protection against witchcraft, a heller
which has survived in its modified
luck-prlnglng' form to the present
uaE. But the horseshoe shaped mark
mas been mystic symbol from immc.
moral days. and all that modern s,lper.
stltion has done has been to tit it to
the horseshoe. | have seen the mark.
sometimes painted and sometimes cut,
on ancient shrines and temples in the
interior or China. it has been in use
Tor many centuries in India; it is to be
found In the Aztec ruins. and on the
stone-work of buried cities discovered
recently by DR.. Schlichter in the region
now known as RhodeSia.
1t has been found incscd on the sa.
cred Churinga stones of the tribes Of
Central Australia. and painted on the
bodies of such of the tribesmcn as have
gone through the religious mysteries
peculiar to these aboriginal survivors.
Messrs. spencer and Gillen tried last
year to induce the tribal priests to cX-
pound the horseshoe mystery to them.
but it was either too sacred or too OBJ
scufe, ana they learned nothing save
that the mark was an Indispensable
part of their mystic rites. The horse
shoe mark is found also in British
Guiana. in the region of the Amazon,
in Georgia and Illinois. in Zululand in
the temple of the goddess Nut in Up
per Egypt and on innumerable dol
mems. kists and powders in the British
Isles: but always with the points up
permost. In so far. therefore. as an
tiquity confers responsibility. horse
shoe magic is pre-eminently respect
able. The only awkward thing about
it is that we do not know what terrible
mysteries it may have originally signi-
fled. or to what pagan rites we may be
unwittingly committing ourselves
when we nail the rusty symbol over
our lintels.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-07-20
Battle with Il Huge Sh ,rk.

A whip-tailed shark became entan-
cled in a fishing net off the Delaware
coast the other day. Captain Green. OF
Green Brothers sturgeon fishing fleet
while watching his men ut work no
ticed a great commotion in the water
and some of his fishermen battling fol-
life. He bore down to the spot and he
and his crew assisted in killing the
shark. but not until five men had been
wounded by the monster. The shark
measured 20 feet from tip to tip.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-07-20

meet the poet coming up. Mr.. Cleve-
land had just landed a big trout when
Johnson caught sight Of him and pro-
ceeded to say things. The eX-President
made no reply. lie made tracks for
safety.
did you know you were chasing
Grover Cleveland?" some one asked
Johnson after the incident had made
him famous. Wal he replied, Il
calc'late they amt no need o talkin.
Mebhe did an mebbe | didn't. But
ANYHOW. nobudy, big guns er little, gifts
to go pOachin' in my trout stream
Farmer johnson, it is said. has a
grievance. When Cleveland was Pres
ident. Farmer Johnson wanted to he
nut in command of the birmingham
Dostoffice. He was kept III the ranks
and never got over 1t.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-07-20
WORLDS PETROLEUM OUTPUT.
Yield Is More than 100000 90
Gallon, Half of 1t from America.


Gallon, Half of 1t from America.
More than 0O,0O0.U00 gallons of
petroleum, according to the treasury
bureau of statistics, is now produced
annually in the world. OF this amount
$500, o000 600 gallons is Pre- 'luced in the
United States. 2,2J0. 100000 in Russia,
and the rema nder is distributed among
Il dozen countries, Austria producing
S1.000.0O0. Sumatra 12.000.0O0, Java
3O,000,0OO, Canada 29,O0O000. Rou-
mania 24.000,0o0. India 15,O00,0 G0. ia
pan 100000, Germany 1,0Oo,000. Peru
100000, and Italy about 100000 gal
Ions.
While the United States ana Russia
furnish the bulk of the worlds petrol
cum and stand almost abreast in the
quantity of crude oil produced. the
amount of refined Illuminating oil sup
piled by the United States is more than
double that produced 10y Russia. This
is due to the fact that a given guam
tity of United States oil produces
rec-fourths of It's bulk in refined illu-
minating OIL while of the Russian oil
the ratio is only about three-eighths.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-07-20
Beware of Ointmentg for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury.

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering it through the mucous sur
faces Such articles should never be used ex-
Clans, MS the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good YOU can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j.
Cheney IL Co., Toledo, o., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
in Toledo, ohio, by +. J. Cheney & Co. Test.
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family pins are the best.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-07-20
LYING ON NAILS.

Hindoo Ascetics' Antics at Sacred
Bathing Fair.
IIindoo ascctics journey each year in
January to a sacred bathing fair. This
picture represents one Of these aSccticS
reclining ON a bed of tenpenny nails
quietly telling his beads. His disciples
are seated just beyond him. The fair
is called the "Ganga- Sugar Mela." The
legend in connection herewith com
memorates the bringing down of the
Gauges river from the IIimalayas by
Bhogiratte in order to save Sugar Raja