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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1902-12-20
Miss Jennie Hebert has accepted
a position at Ruger the Jewelers..

Mr.. Chenille Trahan sent us a
sample of what Lafayette soil can
do, an enormous tu1nip, a great
big potato, and 4 radish which
measures two feet. The Adver-
tiser artist has risen to the occa-
sion. and converted the turnip into
a round faced. jolly Christmas girl
with lovely radish hat, who
smiles on all from the Advertiser
window. Pass by and see her
smile.
"Did you say shoes?" Well,
l reckon Schmulen's is the place.
His shoes have style, wear well,
and make your feet happy.
Ladies we have the Presents for
the Young Men. Biossat, The
Jeweler.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Gianelloni, a girl.
A nice Christmas present for
your wife would be a handsome
picture of yourself. Clark the
photographer, will do the work for
you.
Ruger duplicates prices on
watches from any reputable adyer-
Elements.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1902-12-20

Biossat's Holiday goods are
daily.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1902-12-20
Lafayette, La, Dec. 1S, 1902.
To the T.che & Vermilion Tele.
phone Line.

You are hereby notified that the
condition of your wires in this town is
such as to be danger and menace to
the public;-'hat your wires are brok.
en-, and hanging low in many places,
and unless repaired or removed, that
the same will be removed at your ex-
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WANTED,

WANTED,
An assistant janitor at Industri-
al Institute; pay $I2 per month
and board. Apply Immediately.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1902-12-20

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Gianelloni. girl.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1902-12-20

There are.few dull moments in
Richards & Pringle's Famous
Georgia Minstrels that come to
Lafayette on Dec II, they are
greeted everywhere rapturously by
large fandiences, 4
OF the old '.Georgias" there are
only two favorites retained, w.
Billy Kersands and Clarence Pow
ell. The balance of The company
entirely new. Something unusual
in minstrel show to bring an en-
tirely new company, even 10 the
property man. Those of note
engaged are Dudley & Kelley in
coon comedy; Johnson & Reed,
acrobatic comediens; Jno. PAM
plin, gun juggles; Sig. Romando,
Wonder Worker; Simpson &
Pittman, high class musical art
lists; Taylor & Brown, scientific
bag punchers and athletes: Harry
Brown, in Ozark Songs and a
big company Of fifteen merry min
strels. Parade at 1880 a. m.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1902-12-20

Christmas is coming. Buy your
turkeys from Broussard Bros.
They also keep fresh eggs.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1902-12-20

After examining elsewhere, come
and be convinced. Ruger the jewell
er's prices are right.
Examine diamonds and prices
at Rugcr the Jeweler.
r. Krauss sells his goods becau-
Sc he sells good goods. and he IS
satisfied with ! small profit
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1902-12-20
NOTICE.

F. +. Carter the photographer.
has bought part Of the Rigues
Hctel property and will soon move
his studio there.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1902-12-20

Examine our line Of watches
before you buy. T. M. Biossat.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1902-12-20

Ladies we have the Presents for
the Young Men. Biossat, The
Ieweler,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
Bad-Narned Village.

On the western slope Of the Berl-
shire hills is a small village which is
, literally painted red once in every ten
or twelve years. Twenty-Five years
before the battle of Lexington Syl-
vanus Cunningham, a peddler of no.
tons, passed through the settlement.
His cart was upset and all his wares
thrown out in the road. The villagers
rushed to his aid, but when he took
a hasty inventory of his stock he de-
clared that much was missing, and
furthermore denounced the place, and
said it should thenceforth be known
as "Pilfershire." And thus it was
known until 1925, when the village
fathers called a meeting to take steps
toward throwing off the ignominious
name. AS substitute some one men
toned RED Rock" This was met by
the objection that there were no red
rocks in the vicinity. Whereupon a
shrewd old man suggested that they
could plant one. So a great rock by
the roadside was given coat of deep,
rich red, and since that time paint
ing day. which occurs about every
dozen years, has been one of the great
celebrations in Red Rocks history It
was last painted in the summer of
1899, so that it is comparatively fresh,
and the rock itself is not particle
more eternal than the satisfaction. of
the villagers.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
Thrifty BeacOns.

The horrors Of the advertising
mania are thus amusingly set forth
by Mary Cholmondeley in the Month
" Review: I hear that the white
cliffs of Albion are no longer to be
left out in the cold as *'spaces to let"
Possibly before these lines find their
way into print that landmark of Eng
fish eyes and hearts will be trans
formed into a belt Of advertisements
which, j, understand, will at night be
writ in fire. In the next war which
tire arrogance pf other nations forces
upon MS we can imagine as the hos
pital ships near our shore, how the
sorelyi wounded soldier will say to the
courade who supports: him: I'm
goin' fast, Bill. Is 'Lemco' in sight
vet % mo, old chap, it amt Have
we passed Labby's Lip Sa1ve?' K mot
YET While on the bridge the burly
captain peeps into the night and says:
.sDash my starry topsaifs it we aren't
out OF our course NO, SIR says
the attendant boatswaian, that's
iKeatingB Cough Luzengss a-shuwin'
up IN our lee now: Z &c 81. h III
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
UnintentiOnal Liberty.

The following was told me the other
day as true story: During one Of
the hottest of the recent spells of hot
weather. well-known baronet came
across three workmen engaged on a
job on his estate. One of them re-
marked, as workmen not infrequently
do, on the dryness of the job. The
heat had perhaps extended itself to
the baronets temper. At any rate, he
turned away with the reply, IF you
are thirsty, you know where the we'll
is. You will find pail there" Think
ing over his remark little later, it
flashed across the baronet's mind that
he had given orders for three bottles
of champagne to be put into the pail
and lowered into the well to cool for
dinner. He fastened to the we'll and
discovered-three empty bottles! What
he said this time is not reported-Lon-
don Truth.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
BY CHARLOTTE N. BRAErlE.

am not all bad, and I was sorry when
l saw her fall dead. I came home
but she followed me; she has stood
near me ever since-~a woman with
dead eyes, awful to look upon-awfu]
to see!"
Tell me- said the earl, quietly,
how did you know that it was my
wife?'
An expression of cunning came over
the dying face.
Il knew her by the scarf-her silver
scarf-she wore it over her arms the
first time saw her,
You tried to take a terrible re-
venge,' said Lord Caraven.
1T has been worse for me-" rejoined
the dying mana thousand times
worse for me. I went five times after
five different situations, and on each
occasion it was flung scornfully in my
face that had been dismissed from
Ravensmere. When I found that I
was ruined, swore that I would kill
her ladyship, and have done it,
THANK heaven you have not" said
the earl, hastily. 81 am thankful to say
that your murderous shot never reach
ed my wife. The lady you have in
jured is a stranger to you-Lady Ham,
ilton; S.? had thrown Lady Caraven' S
scarf over her shoulders-hence the
(for me) fortunate mistake"
The look on the dying mans face
was terrible to see-the fiendish disap-
pcicc+m ent, the bitter hatred.
Then | have not killed her after
all" he cried.
"No; you have wounded an innocent
lady, a stranger to you-that is all; my
dear wife you have not injured
And l sent for you believing that
she was dead, dreading lest an innocent
man should suffer for my deed, longing
also that you should know T had taken
my revenge"
Il can only thank heaven you have
failed" said the earl.
John Blantyre raised himself; the
hatred, the bad passions in the dying
face were terrible to see.
Tel! her." he cried, II am sorry I
did not kill her; tell her that she
ruined me and that l hate her for it:
tell her that I sent her my curse, and
that after I had cursed her l never
opened my lips again.
He fell back exhausted, and he
kept his word. Never again were his
lips opened in mortal speech. The
earl tried, Sir Raoul left his sick room
to try to soften and persuade him,
gentle, low voiced women knelt by his
side, grave minister pleaded with him
it was all in vain, after that one ter
rible curse his lips were mute and
dumb, whether so stricken by heaven
or whether the result of his anger and
disappointment no one ever knew; he
died in obstinate, sullen silence.
When the last scene was over, the
earl, who had remained with him to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
/. llio KNAhaEs or CITIES.
|, Some Of Those In >Ansrlca Are Holly
d i: :.+5}%, ~ ~ Contested. -

some OF Those In Ansrlca Are ,Hotly
For years Bunalo's claim to the
name, queen city Of the lakes, has been
holly contested by. Chicago, Detroit,
Cleveland and even Duluth, but no
one could lay claim to the bison CITY.
by which it has often been DESIGNATED.
It now adds another name to it's list
which will probably not be disputed.
The rainbow city, in Difference to the
exposition. Chicago during the period
of the Worlds Fair was known as the
White City, in acknowledgment of the
staff on it's fair buildings, but the IT,
tie did not survive the close of the
fair, and 1t has reverted to it's former
name, garden city, although it is more
frequently referred to as the windy
city. St. Louis has, perhaps, the larg-
est number OF nicknames. 1t has been
called the iron city, the mound city.
the beer city, the American Frankfort
and the new Vienna. Years ago
Rochester, N. Y, was entitled to the
name flour city, on account of it's large
Touring mills, but that industry has
long since followed the course of en-
plre and gone west, and it can no
longer claim that distinction. It is
known, however, in these days as the
flower city, on account of the large
nurseries surrounding it. Syracuse is
known as the salt city, although it
is no longer the leader in that in
ductry Pittsburg is the smoky city,
and Cincinnati and Cleveland might
lay claim to the same name. Among
the names which have been longest
associated with American cities are:
Gotham for New York, baked bean
city and the hub for Boston, Quaker
city for Philadelphia, monumental city
for Baltimore, crescent city for New
Orleans and city Of the golden gate
for San Francisco-Mechanic En-
rS~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
! INDIVIDUALITY or ANIMALS.
No Two Brute' Of Of !. Kind KIM Are AliLs il
j II. Their Charactersk tics. y;

No Two Brutes ofsa kind, Are AXE in
49,. ~ u Their CharacterAs tics. IS
My dear sir. not only does one lion
differ from another, but each is totally
different from all the rest. It is the
same with other animals. Just as no
two men are alike in character, so no
two lions, no two tigers, or two Polar
bears are alike. When you know an
animals character then you know
how to treat him. For instance, one
lion will do his best work only if
you coax and pet and praise him, and
at single angry word he will lose his
nerve and skulk away. But the little
firmness and severity that would be
useless in his case would be imperative
with another lion, who would take ad-
vantage of perpetual kindness and
neglect his work. Then, again, there
will be a third lion, whose head is
only to be reached through his stom-
ach-who will do anything for food, but
nothing for anything else. When you
are training an animal, you will come
TO learn that there is some fault in his
character, something which renders
MIN unreliable. In such a case, if l
decide that further time will not be
profltably spent on the animal, Mr.
Hagenbeck sells him to menagerie.
1t took an entire year to teach them
all to go to their proper places on en-
tering the ring. 1t is very important to-
place them in certain order. You
will notice that the bears come in and
go out apart from the lions and tigers.
Bears get on we'll together, and so do
lions and tigers, but if lion gets near
a bear he will probably attack him.
Not so very long ago tiger who raced
out of the ring rather too soon
overlook Polar bear. and bit
his foot so severely that the poor old
fellow went lame for weeks and could
not do his work-Interview in London
with Trainer Sawada.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
The Wire for the Russian Tongue.

Discussions and stories of inguis-
tic character have a peculiar charm
for Opie Reed, says the Philadelphia.
Press. Recently he was surrounded
by a group of newspaper men. One
of these confessed that he had lately
taken up the study of the Russian
tongue, with very discouraging re-
suits, considering the fact that French,
Spanish and Italian had been compare
lively easy for him. ooh, that's not
strange" consolingly remarked the
story writer, 1.-The Chicago Telephone
company had worse experience than
that with the terrors of the Slax ton
que. A druggist in the heart of the
Russian colony recently had a tele-
phone instrument installed in his place
for the accommodation of his patrons.
The minute the first user of the tele-
phone began to talk Russian into the.
receiver the wire kinked into small.
knots like tensely twisted string.
They couldn't do thing to meet the,
emergency until one of the telephone
linemen who Lad once ATTEMPTED to.
do missionary work in Russian SET
Element in Minnesota replaced the
smooth insulated copper strand with
the ordinary barb wire That Jagged
! medium proved a perfect means of
transmission for Russian speech" -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
SHADOWS on THE COLUMNS.
Superstitious People Study Silhouette
at the White House.

superstitious People Study silhouettes
at the White House.
The shooting of President Mckinley
recalls to superstitious minds the
shadows that have appeared in recent
years on the large columns of the
north or main porch of the White
House, says the Washington STAR Dur
ing the winter months these shadows
are more distinct than in other months
and appear near the top of the
columns around the mi1lay hours.
1t is recalled now that last fall
a shadow appeared that had never
been seen on the column before It
required no effort of the imagination
to recognize it as a human forearm
and hand, with bent finger upheld in
the attitude of warning. 1t appeared
and disappeared each day for fort
night or more. Some time after this,
when the suns position had changed,
shadow of nondescript form appeared
on the great pillar at the extreme
northwest corner of the portico. It
soon took on definite shape and at l
the face and shoulders of President
Mckinley in profile. The silhoutte
was so striking as to attract the at
tention of many people, who remarked
that a more correct profile drawing
could hardly be made by an artist The
likeness was not correct one for
more TIL an a few minutes and then it
changed with the altering position of
the sun, and ten minutes later had as
sumed a remarkably perfect likeness
of the late Queen Victoria, even to an
object on the head resembling crown.
Sometimes the shadows present the
bent form of an old woman, with one
hand resting on an object resembling
a spinning wheel.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
Iudicrous Personal Possessions.

The possessions of some of the In
dian Maharajahs are ludicrous and:
wonderful sometimes. There is one of
the richest rajahs who has passion
for acquiring things in bulk, and dur
ing his visit to England he astonished
some of the tradespeoples by ordering
whole showcases of jewels or silver.
sometimes a whole. trayful of tooth
brushes or a windowful Of various.
scented soaps. In art also his pur-.
chases were equally expansive, and on
one occasion he was so charmed with
picture that he ordered it to be
copied three times, SO that he might
have one hanging on each wall of his
fayorite room. But perhaps the most
extraordinary order which was ever
given or undertaken was that for Two
dressing bags, one the exec duplicate
of the other, and each of such enor
nous size that the two together were
camePs load. They were made OF
the ordinary brown leather, but inside
they were most lux,lriously mounted,
and they cost 5000 apiece g
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22

bred, Countess of Caraven, would ever
be brought before a public tribunal and
tried for crime of which she was
perfectly innocent? Her vivid ina
gination ran riot about it. She pic
tured herself in a dark cell. She wept
until from sheer exhaustion she slept.
A knocking at the door aroused her.
"Hildred,'' called Arley Ransome, Il
wish to see YOU
"Papa,' said the girl, II am tired Of
the werld-tired of my life. Let me
die in peace
Fearful of the attention of his ser
wants, he went away, returning again
and again with the same entreaty, but
she would not see him. She refused
all food, she never attempted to go to
rest, and at last Arley Ransome grew
alarmed about her. He would not
force open the door-that would Gre
ate scandal, and the notion of scan
dial was as bitter as death to him. It
was with feeling of intense relief that
he saw Lord Caraven arrive.
This is terrible business he said
my daughter must have been driven
to great extremes before she did this
1T is all a foolish mistake!" cried
the earl. Where is she? want to
see her.
"A m:stake!" cried the lawyer, with
dignity. Most men would give your
conduct another name, Lord Caraven.
People should be careful before they
make such Mistakes
where is Hildred?" Cried the carl
II want to see her at once.'
+ (To be continued.i
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
Troubled by Little Things,

The Quaker spirit. at it's best, is the
spirit of truth, righteousness and ALL
embracing charity; but sometimes
Quakers, like other people, make too
much Of little things, thereby becom-
ing, what they loathe, Journalists. The
Church Standard tells two sanecdotes
illustrating this tendency. In the days
when Friends were accustomed to wear
cooked hats turned UP at the sides, one
good Friend bought "a hat OF this de-
'scription, without noticing that 1t was
looped UP with a button. He sat one
day in meeting, when he noticed some
looks of curious displeasure. Taking
off hts hat, he saw the reason for the
looks, and then rose and said, Friends,
|.if religion consists in a button, I
| wouldn't give a button for it, His
| sermon was at least understood: A
somewhat similar story is told of an
influential Friend who, ON his way, to
Injecting, was caught tn a drenching
rain, and borrowed a neighbours coat.
He seated himself opposite to Jacob
Lindley, who was SO much disturbed
by the cglittertng~ buttons that "his
meeting did him no good" When the
congregation rose to depart, he felt
constrained to COUP to the Friend who
had so much troubled him and inquire
why he had so grievously departed
from the. simplicity @enjoined upon
members Of their society. The good
man looked down upon his garment,
and quietly replied, II borrowed the
coat because my owntw;assswet; Sand i'm
deed, Jacob, did not notice what but
tons were on it, Jacob shook his
hand warmly, and said, Thou art a
better Christian than am, and I will
learn of thee Jacob was right. He
had been paying too much attention
to the mint, anise and cummin's 6i
Quaker tradition. 500 xz: . 5- ...!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
Croker at His Country Place.

Richard Cookers visitors at his
English country place, Moat House,
gives a glowing account of his public
services, as :sbenefactor sof, Letcombe.
Not content with identifying his own
property, he is improving the village
by widening and, Strengthening the
public roads, by extending a >pictur-
esuue. wall and by placing seats for
villagers in the meadows under the
trees. He has also licensed the vii
lage boys to battle in his new lake
at certain hours and has promised to
provide a fountain near one Of the old
mills. He has furnished employment
for q large force Of workmen IN inn
proving his estate. i ;3s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
STATE OWNERSHIP.
Next Generation Will Hear Much Dis
cussion on the Subject.

Next Generation Will Hear Much Dis
cussion the Subject.
The ownership of the telegraph and
the railways by the government is
likely to be much discussed in the
United States within the next genera
ton, says Charles A. Conant in the
Atlantic. There are many objections
to such control, but the proposition is
capable of candid discussion and does.
not in itself go beyond the confines Of
a legitimate political issue. Railway
corporations held their privileges I'M
der the right OF limited ability. This
makes each Of them an artificial crea.-
ture of the law. They have obtained
by favor Of the state another import
ant privilege, III the right to take land
for their tracks by right Of eminent.
domain. That the state has the right
to revise these grants of special priv
ileges so as 20 establish a closer super
vision over the use and abuse is I'M
questionable, except perhaps in excep-
tional instances. If the proposal that
the government shall acquire the Ill
ways is socia1istic or revolutionary i'll
is a form of revolution already
achieved in the most conservative
countries of Europe - Germany
France, Belgium, Switzerland and Rus
STA. Switzerland has only recent
completed arrangements for the acqu1 A
sition of the chief private lines and
their conversion into state railways.
The telegraph lines are now controlled
by the government in nearly every Eu-
ropean country, including Great Brit
ain, and the functions of the postof-
flee are steadily encroaching upon the.
business of the express companies.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
PERILS IN SALT LAKE.

Bathers Have Been Clicked to Death
by Accommodations of Salt.
II have never seen the Atlantic or
the Pacific ocean or the gulf of Mex
leo, but have had some experience with
salt water nevertheless said George
Y. Russell of Park City, Utah. He is
an official of the great silver mine
near Park City, which extends deeper
than any other in the world Salt lake
is a remarkable sheet of water in
many ways, and bathing in it possesses
features which are unique. 1t is very
invigorating and refreshing, to be sure,
but it takes some time to become ac-
customed to the extraordinary buoy
ancy Of the water. 1t is quite i'm
possible to sink or drown in the lake,
but many people have been killed by
the water. When there is breeze and
spray is dashed upon bathers, the
water is so densely impregnated with
salt that the liquid portion evapor-
ates very quickly and leaves deposit
of salt on the skin. On several occa-
sions people have drifted out while
bathing or been wrecked and thrown
overheard and afterward found dead
on top of the water, choked to death
by the accumulation of salt in the
mouths and nostrils. Ordinary salt
water, as l discovered today, is very
different from that in the Salt lake.
l learned that I could enjoy salt water
bathing at Chesapeake beach, and took
a bath there. Ii is certainly very
pleasant to battle in water that is salt,
but not so salt as in Utah. But the
accommodations for bathers at
Salt lake far surpass, so I am told,
anything else in America