The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-05-04
That Public Land scoop.

DatOu h>OokS rOSo~"sS' |
The States contains a partial ac-
count Of an interesting race for
forty thousand acres of land at the
State House on Wednesday the
18th. The facts are these: Mr.. r.
]. Hummel, always on the lookout
for a good thing, discovered that
about 1000 acres of valuable sea-
marsh land had been overlooked by
SPECTATORS, on what is known as
ChenIere Lacroix. Mr.. Hummel
had already cleared the neat sum of
$1,000 upon an investment of the
kind and he organized small
limited local company to go with
him on the As, 900 acre deal. For
NAL application was made at the i
land Office and The check to cover !
the price was to be placed in the i,
hands of the State Treasurer on
Wednesday morning. In the mean
time Mr.. Ike Broussard of Lafayette
and Lawrence Fabacher of New Or
leans made application for the same
land. They all met alb out the same
hour at the land Office and without
announcing any rules to govern the
race, they all three rushed into the
arms Of Treasurer Smith. Faba-
:, cher's check required only to be
signed while Hummel's was written
:. in ssrunning hand" The former
beat the latter by a scant nose, but
unfortunately his check was not
quite large enough to cover all the
land. Mr.. Hummel secured the
balance, abont 5000 acres, for
himself and Messrs. S. I. and Willie
>. Raymond.
1t was fair square race and he
- best of feeling prevailed.
A. Sad, if True.
49, Yonlers Statesman.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak--Tho Chi.
- cago wives remind me of an um.
70 brells.
Mrs. Cri1nsonbeak-Beca 20;
u, can shut 'em up. SUPPOSE?
.sNo.''
>, ..Because they've go, good strons
7 ribs, 1 suppose?'
es, s.Not at all
lat -~"Well, Pm out Of answers
lie. s'Because after few yeats
~ can't tell whom she originally ne
longed to-"
ice Those Troublesome Chinssc
Washington Post
nd 1t does not seem TO. us that Their
of need be any great difficulty IN at
: IS tending to this latest Chimes
problem. We are told that som
md millions of the heather are starv'n
-, within the zone of European in
zee, huence, Of course-and are asks
ne to excite ourselves in consequent {
. Blu, why? These people are ur
:, grateful and benighted pagans
,at- Here they have been for the pa:
eight months in full enjoyment (
ana all the opportunities of civ1llzaror
They did not ask for It, to be sure
49,. hut that fact is unimportant. The
this got it, In manner of speaking
they had It thrust down the
au- throats Such has been the human
nu zeal of the European powers-Ge
many and France cially-the
ell. are now separated from their idol
ave and, incidentally, from most
the their friends, relatives, and con
patriots, and all of their portah
tev property, and SO left to embrace tt
ore blessings offered them free from
out heather and degrading influence
re- 1t is safe to say that no people
not modern times have ever been
the fered more attractive prospects
in rejected them with greater ms
as lence. We are bound to conclut
and that these Chinese are starving b
ere cause Of their wrong headed o
the stinacy, and we see no alternatl'
Who save that Of abandoning them
and their wicked and obstreperous d
Ter vices.
fers We are asked to go to their reil
he with supplies, food, attention, al
ca all other forms Of Christian mini
ms. tration. The question is wheth
me- such mea sures are really called f