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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13

Picture making is an art and it
is the man who knows his bust
ness who gives satisfaction. See
the display at Clark'S Art
Studio.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13
TO NOMINATE A CONGRESSMAN.
Convention Will be Held in
Napoleonville Monday
Sept. %.

The Democratic Congressional
Committee met at New Iberia
last Wednesday. The meeting
was called together by Ed
G. VOORHEES, of Lafayette, and
was elected chairman.
J. Y. Sanders of ST. Mary
offered the following resolution
which was unanimously adopted.
That the Third Congressional
District committee call a Demo-
cratic convention to nominate a
Congressman for the Fifty
to meet at NapOleOnville on Mon
day, Sept. %, 1902, at 1890 p.
m., and that the various parishes
of the district be invited to at
tend the convention, one dele
gate to every $4,000 inhabi-
tantS or fraction thereof.
! Congressman Broussard has
no opposition in the Democratic
party. The Republicans will
have candidate, but there is
no doubt that Mr.. Broussard
will be elected by the usual ma
jOrity.
A. l.. Dyer, of Royville, will
sell you Ladies' kid gloves and
mems skin gloves that will
neither rip nor tear, and if they
do rip or tear, your dollar will
| be returned.
On account of leaving town, [
residence CDR. F.. F.. Girard's
hOmestea6 all my household
furniture, including roller top
desk, carpets, etc. Also horses,
and farming implements.
! Terms cash.
H. l.. COULTER
Miss Gertrude Mayfield ar
rived yesterday from Ruston to
resume her work as teacher of
domestic economy at the Indus
trial Institute.
For Sale.
Town lots in all parts Of the
town of Lafayette, by J. c..
Nickerson, Real Estate Agent.
There will be a fair at Caren-
GRO on Nov. Is and IS for the
benefit OF the Catholic church Of
that town.
If you wish to make money
and make it fast, buy town lots
from J. G.. Nickerson, Real
Estate Agent, at low prices and
terms to suit purchaser.
The homes being built by DR..
Tolson and Mr.. Grow Girard
near the Industrial Institute will
be among the most handsome
and cOmmOdiOuS in town.
Have you read The Virginians,
by Owen Wister: Castle Craney-
crow, by G.. B. McCutcheon
Speckled Bird, by Augusta
Evans Wilson? We have them in
Our Circulating Library. If
you are fond Of good reading
come and see us. Moss Phar-
macy.
TO Bore for Oil.
1t seems to be pretty sure that
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13

If you wish to buy or sell rea
estate, call on j. G. Nickerson
Real Estate Agent.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13

Alley Sprole returned home
last Sunday after travelling a
month in the west. He visited
San Diego, San Francisco and
other interesting points.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13

The homes being built by DR..
TOlson and Mr.. Grow Girard
near the Industrial Institute will
be among the most handsome
and cOmmOdiOus in town.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13

For good work and reasonable
prices go to Carter : studio over
Moss & Co.'S.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13

Creole Onion Sets are the best.
We have them at the Moss
Pharmacy, also fresh cabbage,
turnip and other garden seeds.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13
To Bore for Oil.

1t seems to be pretty sure that
the Lafayette Oil Company will
close a deal by which five wells
will be drilled on the company :
territory.
Large and small farms
throughout the parish at rea-
sonable prices and on easy
terms. j. G. Nickerson, Real
Estate Agent.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13
SAFE BLOWN OPEN
And Two Hundred and
Fifty Dollars Stolen at
Scott Thursday
Night.

Burglars entered the store of
A. Judice & Son, at Scott, Thurs
day night, opened the safe with
the use of powder or some other
explosive and got away with
about $3.50 in cash
A hole drilled through from
the top of the safe, the instrume nt
used to do the work having been
stolen from the blacksmith shop
of Mr.. Baquet. 1t is believed
powder was applied through
this hole and the door was burst
open.
Fortunately before closing the
store Thursday evening Mr.
Judice removed $1,000 from the
safe and deposited the amount
elsewhere.
Sheriff BrOussard went to
Scott yesterday morning to in
vestigate the burglary. He ar
rested a negro, John Washing
ton, on suspicion.
It appears that several thefts
have been committed at Scott re-
Gently.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13

If you wish to make money
and make it fast, buy town lots
from J. G.. Nickerson, Real
Estate Agent, at low prices and
terms to suit purchaser.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13
WISDOM AND COMFORT COMBINED.

We strive to make the acquisition of lnOWl-
edge a comfortable task by placing at your
disposal handsome and ea:,e-giving furniture
chairs, rockers, book cases, etc., and in
doin.. this we never forget that our prices
must be right to secure your future
patronage.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13
BEDS. MATTRESSES AND SPRINGS.

Our line. of wood and iron beds is complete
and up O. date. Mattresses and springs we
have in all grades from the cheapest to the
very best If you need a tirst-claSs mattress
or spring call or telephone and will
send one around 30 days trial--money
back if not satisfactory
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13
For Sale.

Town lots in all parts of tn,
town of Lafayette, by J. c
NickersOn, Real Estate Agent.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19
BABY FOUND FIRST DIAMOND.

In 1867 diamonds had been discovered
In the region to the north OF the Orange
River. This discovery was made acct
dentaily. A Boer farmer one day saw
a native child gieefully playing with a
small pebble that glittered and corus-
Gated in the sun with unusual briIIi-
ancy.
He took the stone from the child, ex-
amined II. and carried IL home with
him He could have had but little idea
of what the stone really was. for. prob
ably. the only time he had ever heard
of diamonds was when he had read the
Old Testament; but a Boer has always
keen eye for business. and, thinking
that the stone might have some COM
mercial value the farmer showed IL to
British trader named O'Reilly.
QReflly seems to have recognized the
stone Immediately as n diamond and
bought IL of the Boer-after consIdera-
BILE haggling-for eco. Next he SUBJ
mitted IL to DR.. Atherstone. of
Grahamstown-an authority on miner
aiogy-who unhesitatingly declared II
To be diamond OF the purest water.
The diamond was then shown to Sir
Philip Wodehouse. High Commissioner
OF the Cape. and was bought by him
from O'Reilly for e5O0-From Hens
mans Biography OF Cecil Rhodes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19
SlAMESE ANT CAVALRY.

Not long ago a French explorer. VI.
Charles Nielsen, in travelling through
Siam. observed a species OF small gray
ants which were new to him. These
ants were much engaged in travelling:
they lived in damp places and went in
troops. To his surprise he noticed
among them from time to time an oc-
casional ant which was much larger
than the others and moved at a much
swifter pace. and each OF these larger
than the others and moved at q much
swifter pace and each OF these larger
ants. NJ Nielsen saw, always carried
one or the gray ants on its back This
discovery led him to watch their move
meats closely. He soon saw that while
the main body OF gray ants was always
on foot. they were accompanied by at
least one OF their own sort mounted on
one or these larger ants. He mounted
and detached himself now and then
from the line. rode rapidly TO the head.
came swiftly back TO the rear. and
seemed TO be the commander OF .he
expedition The explorer was satisfied
from his observation that this species
OF ant employs larger ant-possibly
q drone OF the same species. though ne
had no means OF proving this-as ~
employ horses TO ride upon. though
scarcely more than one ant in each COT
ony seems TO be provided with a mount.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

{ NG-PONG

IClifton Bingham in The Sketch.l
Dedicated by the Ledger to the Usisn
Club.
The shades of night were falling fast
AS through a London suburb passed
A youth who bore a worried look,
And muttered as his way he took
"Ping-Pong!"
His brow was sad, his eye, annoyed.
Flashed like globe of celluloid;
And like wooden racket rung
The accents from his weary tongue
"Ping-Pong,'
In happy homes he saw a blight,
Their household fires" were cut Of
sight.
For where the glacial globules shone
They'd quite forgot to put Goals on
"Ping-Pong!"
Try not to serve,'' the old man said
Dark lows failure on your head;
The chiffonnier is yawning wide
But still his weary voice replied
"Ping-Pongi"
ooh, stay" the maiden said "and rest.
While for the ball we go make quesss"
y glare lit up his frenzied eye;
There's plenty more left was his sish
'Ping-Pongi"
Beware the volley mad and rash,
Beware the awful cunning SMASH.
This was the p'iiceman's last gssd-
night.
A voice replied through the lamplisAt-
"Ping-Pong!"
At break of day, as on his beat.
A constable in Oxford street
Muttered for six o'clock a pray'r.
A voice rang on the silent air
"Ping-Pongl'
A traveller. PROSTATE on the greuDA,
Somewhere in Camden Town was fssas,
Still clinging to racket fast
And wildly murmuring to the last
"Ping-Pongi"
There in the morning cold and gray,
Brainless yet beautiful he lay;
And fell voice him from far.
Good Lord, what asses some felix's
are!"
'Ping-Pongr
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19
CHARLES SUMNER
AS AN ANARCHIST

| from a speech in the United States
Senate on the bred Scott decision.l
| Let me here say that I hold Judges.
and especially the Supreme Court OF the
country, in much respect, but I am too
| familiar with the history of judicial
proceedings to regard them with any
sUperstitiouS reverence. Judges are but
| men and in all ages have shown fair
share of frailty. Alasi alas! the worst
crimes in history have been perpetrat-
ed under their sanction. The blood of
martyrs and of patriots, crying from
the ground. summon them to judgment
1t was a judicial tribunal which con-
demned Socrates to drink the fatal
hemlock and which pushed the Savior
barefoot over the streets of Jerusalem,
bending beneath his cross. Tt was a
judicial tribunal which, against the
testimony and entreaties of her father
surrendered the fair Virginia a
slave; which arrested the teachings OF
the great apostle to the Gentiles and
sent him in bonds from Judea to Rome;
which. in the name of the old religion.
adjured the saints and fathers of the
Christian Church to death in all it's
most dreadful forms. and which after
ward, in the name of the new religion,
enforced the fortunes of the Inquisition
amid the shrieks and agonies of its VIC
Tins, while it compelled Calico to de-
clare, in solemn denial to the great
truth he had disclosed, that the earth
did not move round the sun.
1t was a judicial tribunal which. in
France, during the long reign of her
monarchs, lent Itself to be the instru-
ment of every tyranny, as during the
brief reign of terror it did not hesitate
to stand forth the Implying accessory
of the Implying guillotine. Aye, sir, it
was a judicial tribunal in England,
surrounded by all forms of law, which
sanctioned every despotic caprice of
Henry VIII, from the unjust divorce
of his Queen to the beheading of Sir
Thomas Moore; which lighted the fires
OF persecution. that glowed at Oxford
and Smithfield, over the cinders OF
Latimer. Ridley and John Rodgers;
which, through elaborate argument,
upheld the fatal tyranny of ship money
against the patriotic resistance of
Hampden; which, in defiance of justice
and humanity, sent Sydney and Russell
to the block; which persistently ea
forced the laws of conformity which
our Puritan fathers persistently refus-
ed to obey; and which afterward, with
Jefreys on the bench, crimsoned the
bench, crimsoned the pages of English
history with massacre and murder,
even with the blood of innocent women.
Aye, sir, and it was a judicial tri-
bunal in our country, surrounded by all
the forms of law, which hung witches
at Salem, which affirmed the constitu-
tionality of the Stamp Act, while il
admonished Jurors and the people" 10
obey; and which now, in our day, has
lent its sanction to the unutterable
atrocity of the Fugitive Slave law.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

Hostess (to guests. who have come to
spend a few days)-"We're so gias
you've been able to come, Mrs. Gask
ington; but L do hope we are going TO
have better weather, or I'm afraid ysu
won't enjoy yourself much Miss
Gushington-"Oh, but, my dear Lady
Boreham. we didn't come here to Ga
joy ourselves. We came to see you
Punch.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

COLORADO'S HANGING LAKE
Clear and Sparkling Bubbles Between Two Perpendicular Walls
OF Rock 1000 Feet High.

/ free shower bath before You climb over
! the rocks and get into where it is dry
From the mouth OF the canyon to the
| lake are some very beautiful things
There are parts of petrified trees, brok-
| en- stalactites of various sizes which
/ have lain there unmoleSted for centu-
ries, perhaps. There are skeletons of
buffalo that have persisted or that have
been driven over the high cliffs in the
! midst of terrible SnowStorm long
years ago, punches of leaves that have
gathered themselves together by a rock
or brush lying in the little stream of
| lime water and have themselves be-
come rock, and the size and form are
as perfect as the leaves that grew on
the trees the past summer.
About one-half mile from the mouth
OF the canyon is a very large lime rock
that formed itself around large tree
so long ago that the tree has decayed
and passed out of existence, but the
prints of the bark are as perfect on the
inside of the hole in the rock as they
were the day they were formed. From
the appearance of the bark signs it
was red spruce tree about II inches
in diameter. There are several limb
holes in the rock that are as perfect as
the tree hole
A few feet below there is another
rock showing that it grew around a
tree while it was standing I'D. but from
mas been parted where the tree was in
closed and only the form of the tree
body about four feet from the ground
is left in the side of the rock.
Dead Horse Canyon is certainly a
canyon of wonders. There may lie hid
den between those massive walls of ,
rock some bodies of the buffalo that
are petrified. From surface indications
there have been hundreds of them that
persisted there. Some of the old heads
IA cIn hot
was of great size. Some of the bones ,
have lain there for ages while others !
are in a good state of preservation!
Glenwood (Col) Advance.
An ingenious method of obtaining a
reputation for patriotism cheaply has
been invented by certain Berlin store
keepers. On their shop fronts they hang
legends to this effect: so long a. the !
war in South Africa lasts 1 forbid any
Engiishman to enter my premises" The
use of this placard is it is said entirely
confined to houses OF class that never
an Englishman in the course
Of their existence.
A phenomenon Of sleep: He had come
on her doing in hammock and when !
she woke up she accused him OF steal
ing kiss. We'll he said. 81 will adj
NIT that the temptation was too strong L
to be resisted did steal one. little kiss"
"One"' she exclaimed. Indignantly: ct
counted eight before woke up."-House- .
hold Words.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

A Great Success: The Medical Expert
m sure your baby shows what
modern methods will do. Did you follow
my directions?' Mother-"Oh. yes. FIRST
l skinned the milk and added two pa; is
or hyg1enic water and two parts of Your
celebrated modifier. Then I carefeily
sterilized the whole The Medical R1
pert-"And then?' Mother-'T threw it
out of the window and gave the baby the
cream. Life.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

| Hanging Lake is generally known as
Dead Horse Lake. name as inappro-
pirate as it is possible to imagine, for
the reason that no kind of horse could
possibly get up into the lake. This lake
is situated about one mile from the
canyon known as Dead Horse Canyon,
which is opposite Shoshone station. on
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, IL
miles from Glenwood Springs.
1t is one OF the most beautiful lakes
the mind can conceive of. The water
is clear as the most perfect crystal. The
minutest object lying on the bottom of
the lake can be seen as well as an OBJ
ject floating on the surface. The depth
is from two to probably 100 feet. This
lake hangs in the corner of two per-
pendicular walls of rock whic seem to
tower 1000 or more feet above t. The
outer wall OF the lake from one cliff
to the other is circular in general form,
with a zigzag edge from three inches
to six in width, formed by the vegeta-
ton which has grown there and then
become petrified by the water of the
lake running over il. From the appear
ance of the wall it is growing and CO.
filming more water within its Enclosure.
There are trees lying in the lake that
are covered with lime, showing every
limb. knot or indenture, no matter how
small or great the indenture may be.
There is no sign Of animal life in the
lake or anywhere around it. 1t is very
doubtful whether it freezes over in the
winter, for 1t is fed from an immense
spring gushing out of the rocks sew
eral hundred feet above it. Underneath
the lake are several caves that are
some 20 feet long and 10 feet wide and
high enough for a man to walk upright
in. But you will certainly receive a
In the debate on the ship-subsidy bill
in the Senate recently. Senator w.
p. Frye. OF Maine. rose to speak with evil
dent effort. He said that he was neither
physically nor mentally able to do justice
to avoid the Charybdis Of smallpox
which is the more painful am unable to
General Grant was once attracted bv a :
horse driven by a butcher and he pur-
chased the animal for 1--WE hundred dol
lars few days later. he invited Sena-
for Conkiing to drive behind the new
horse The Senator criticised the animal
and said: IT think I should prefer the
I've hundred dollars to the horse"
That's what the butcher thought re-
Piled General Grant
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

Counsel for the defendant (sarcastical-
ly)-"'You're a nice fellow. aren't your
Witness for the plaintiff (cordially)-"I
am, sir, and if i were not on my oath
I'd say the same of you. ''-Tit-Bits.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

Mistress-''Do you know, Carter. that 1
on the tablei' Carter-"'Faith, mum,
that's more than 1 can do. Sure there's
nothing like education, after all!'-Punch.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

Beggars can't be choosers: Aunt
Amandy-'Hain't yew ashamed ter KUN
around here begin? % Onniz Way
"Well. dis amt VERY 'risterkratic
neighborhood. fer fact but we mustn't
be too pertickler, mum.'-Chicago News.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

First American-"Have a good tine
abroad?" Second American-"Fine
Travelled incog. Went where I pleased,
and escaped the vulgar curiosity of the
gaping crowd" First American-"Eh :?
How did you travel?" Second American
''Incognito. 1 said. 81 didn't let ems
know l was a rich American. Just pre-
tended I wasn't anybody but an ordinary
English Iord."-New York Weekly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

An English Psychologist explains that
a girl can never throw like a boy be-
cause her collar bone is larger and sits
lower
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19
SCIENTIFIC

A horn piercing the skull AZ inches
was found on a nearly paralyzed wild
bullock lately shot in Australia.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

With his electromagnetic gun. Prof.
Birkeland, who has been experiment
ing at Christiana, expects to hUrl 1000
III. projectiles much farther than they
can be thrown by explosives.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

An Arkansas man once wrote to inquire
the price of a saw-mill that would saw
all the various ways that he wanted it
to saw. When he learned by return mail
that such mill woEd cost him $1,000 he
replied by postal card: IF man had
$780, what in thunder would he want of
SaW-mill?''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

Australian blue gum timber has been
chosen by British engineers for harbor
works because it will sink If washed
away, and will not endanger shipping.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

The butterflies of Central America
and Mexico number 1906 species. ac-
cording to Goldman and Salvin. Only
CAS- species are known to occur in North
America north of Mexico.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

Yes" said the old doctor. you should
try to have your own carriage by all
means. Because when you want to get
to a patient quickly oh" interrupt
ed the young NJ. D., Il don't think any
patient who sent for me would be likely
to die before / reached him. No; but
he might recover before you got there"
Philadelphia Press.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

Mrs. Strongmind-''As the editor of a
great newspaper and leader of public
opinion, / hope you take some interest in
the subject of the emancipation of
woman" Great Editor with enthusi-
asm)-"Indeed. / do, madam. / have just
this moment finished two column article
filed with anathemas against tight lacing
and heavy skirts. New York Weekly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

Clements from water conduits about
Ephesus and Smyrna have been found
nearly alike, although representing
periods many centuries apart. mix
ture of one part OF olive oil with two of
lime produced a close imitation.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

Fifth round-Senator McLaurin led with
his left, but fell short. Senator TillInan
hooked with his right the jaw, and
followed this with short-arm jolt on the
solar pleXus. McLaurin went down and
took the count. The President of the
Senate here interfered and declared the
bout draw and all bets off. Senatorial
dignity was thus fully maintained.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

The Australian cypress pine is stated
to be proof against the teredo of the
ocean and all insects of the land. 1t is
much used for piles. etc, and for furni-
ture II is a handsome wood with an
odor agreeable to the human nose.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-19

That women are incapable of mastering
the Chinese language was a statement
made by Herbert A. Giles, professor of
Chinese at Cambridge University, En-
gland, in an address at Columbia, and
more than half the audience was COM
posed of women. This proved rather
embarrassing, some of Professor
Giles remarks were not exactly compli-
mentary. He said, for example, that the
Chinese symbol for treschery is woman.