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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Clark, the photographer, sells
picture frames and enlarges pic
!, lures. Call at his studio and ex-
anime his work.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Don't help to destroy your
teeth by using those poor, cheap
tooth powders. Use "Euthymol
tooth paste,' guaranteed and
sold at the Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Bring your country produce
to Broussard Bros. Highest
market prices paid in cash or
exchange.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05
"a 6tfr -
Ban ltes.s.

=
since our last issue ensre nave
been three good games playeo oA
the local diamond. Anursuay
tne Laaayesse vsm closseu o',s
with the New iberia professionals
who were members OF tne sugar
Beit League. me game was 9
close one, oelng % IN 1avor u
the home boys, and aroused IN
tense interest from the first.
s.y,IIa,.a $. !. .omo enland;d nlav;no .
49, .,.:a q, ''. .-a - 60. =. 80 ],
~ pVsl eaus eAA>. VIC 80
as evenly matched as any Whlcn
have taken place during the sea-
son.
Friday the Jeanerette team
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Choice prairie and timothy hay,
also bright corn and oats. Call
at Magnolia Mills Ltd or phone
65.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

We regret to state that Mr..
and Mrs. John Ramsay are both
quite sick.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Hats to suit all faces, and shoes
to fit all feet, at the Lafayette
Clothing Store.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Butcher and VOORHEES,, the
real estate men, have moved
their Office into the building next
to Carter's studio. See their
new "a III another column.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Just received by express, By
the Lafayette Clothing Store, .
case of latest ties IN beautiful
styles and colofs. sl
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05
Friends of the Lacoste-
Voorhies Ticket Pres
ent in Large
Crowds.
All the Candidates Endorsed
Unanimously and Strong
Resolutions Adopted

One OF bne ldTReSU pOu6lCdl
meetings ever held in the parish
took place at Beausejour Park
last Sunday. An immense crowd
from various parts Of the parish,
estimated at between 1000 and
$500 people, were present, the
!; occasion being a mass meeting
and barbecue advertised to be
held for the purpose Of sub
mitting the candidates. on the
Locoste- -Voorhies ticket to the
people for ratification. About
10 a. m. a procession formed in
front of the Catholic church and
led by the Sontag Military Band
started for the park, with
over 600 vehicles in line and
many horsemen. At II O'Clock
the meeting was called to order
Iby J. Gilbert st. Julien, who
explained the object and purpose
of the meeting. Numa Breaux,
of Carencro, was elected chair
| man, and J. J. Mouton, secre.
tary. The following vice presi-
dents occupied seats upon the
platform: Jean Begneaud, Jean
Hebert, Louis .Ancelet, Ben
| Ayant, Norbert Simon, Philosie
Trouvay, J. Aymar Liable, Nums
Martin, Sosthene Breaux,
Francois Hebert, Jean Bourque
John Landry, ]. O. Girouard, R
/ u. Bernard, Ozeme Dubois
Clemile Cormier, Noise Bras
seux, S. 3. Guilbeau, J. O
Broussa I'd, Ben Benoit, Aymal
Comeaux, Jules Meaux, Lastie
Roy and Gustave Trahan.
The first business of the meet
ling was the report of the com
mittee on nominations appointed
at the last meeting of ward
delegates which was as foil ows
To the Democratic voters d
the parish of Lafayette in mass
meeting assembled.
The undersigned committee
appointed by the mass meeting
on the 14th day of June 1903 fol
the purpose Of selecting candi
dates for parish officers to be
submitted to white Democratic
primaries, beg leave, to repor1
the following selections:
| For Sheriff, Louis Lacoste; fol
Clerk Of court, Ed. G. VOORHEES,
| Representatives, Paul L. De
Olouet and J. Gilbert st. Julien
for Coroner, DR.. J. FRANKLIN
/ M outon.
| Respectfully submitted,
/ Ed. G. VOORHEES,, Secretary
| The name Of each candidate
was submitted to and voted upor
4 separately by the meeting, anG
endorsed unanimously. A com
mittee consisting Of Ed. G
Voorhies, ]. Gilbert ST. Julier
and p. L. DeClouet were ther
appointed to draft suitable reso
lutions, and q recess taken K
Iallow them time. When the meet
ling was called to order again tht
tcommittee submitted the follow
ing resolutions, which wer,
adopted enthusiastically
!, Be it resolved that we, til,
Democrats of the parish D
4 Lafayette il mass meeting
assembled ratify the selection.
Of the candid dates Of the Lacoste
! Voorhies ticket, chosen on th'
]. 18th day Of June 1903, by conven
|. ti0n composed of delegates from
, the different wards OF the parish
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Have your prescriptions filed
at the Moss Pharmacy. Our
prescription department is one
of the best equipped in the
country, and we use only the
|purest Of drugs. Our charges
are very reasonable. Fall garden
seeds, fresh ca bbage and turnip,
in bulk at the Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05
Mrs. B. ]. Pellerin and son
Clayton, went with Mrs. Davis
and party to Ocean Springs
yesterday.

RING UP BRoUssARD BROS. for
stove wood. oats, corn, chickens,
eggs, etc.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Clark, the photographer, has
the knack Of catching the true
expression in his pictures.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Nothing more refreshing or
lasting, than our Crushed Violet
perfumery in bulk or package.
Guaranteed as advertised, Moss
Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Jules Poinboeuf has retuned
home, having been pardoned by
the Governor
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

An ice cream soda, 5 cents, ct
Yandle s, and the finest candies.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05
Pole Soge.

gnod psldler's Wagon. Apply 4, I
the Carencfo Bakery. 6-5<7t.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Fresh, splendid COW feed at
Ramsay & Upton's.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05

Broussard Bros. prices fol
groceries solppets Nth nv y
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05
hay, Corn, Oats

At Magnolia Mills, telephone
and Your order will be promptly
delivered 10 any part of the city
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-08-05
Card 20 Thanks.

The campaign committee Of the In.
coste- Voorhies ticket desire 10 express
their sincere thsnks 10 behalf Of the peO-
Pile to Mr.. Arthur Roy for the NE Of 1
5Beausei0ur Park last Sunday.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
@mous Moated Houses.

The moat which 30 often surrounded
halls and castles in the old days is now
generally dry and filed up, but some
remarkable specimens still remain.
Perhaps the finest example Of moated
house is Helmingham Hall, the seat Of
Lord Tollemache, in Suffolk, about
eight miles from Ipswich. The draw
bridge still remains. and 1t has been
raised every night for more than 300
years, the ancient precaution being OBJ
served even though the need for it has
long passed by. The moat which sur
rounds Leeds castle, near Maidstone. Is
so wide that it may almost be called
lake. The ancient Episcopal palace at
Wells is surrounded by walls which in
close nearly seven acres Of ground and
by a moat which is supplied with wa
ter from st. Andrews well. A vener-
able bridge spans the moat, giving ac-
cess through a tower gateway to the
outer court.-London Standard.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
When Dinner Is Over.

As rule an hour to an hour and a
half is spent in converse ton after a
dinner when neither host nor guests
have any other engagement for the
evening. When lady and gentleman
are dining together the lady makes the
first motion at departure, the gentle
man promptly following her lead No
matter how numerous the company. no
guest should depart without bidding
adieu to the hostess with thanks for
her hospitality. These need be neither
stiff nor effusive, just some little words
of appreciation Of the pleasure you
have enjoyed in her home. Goodbys
may be said to other friends present
before you bid adieu to the hostess or
to any standing near the door as you
pass out, but do not stop for any
lengthy conversation after having said
good night to your entertainers.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
Life After death.

A German biologist has been invest
eating the question Of the activity OF
animal bodies after death and has pub
lished some suggestive conclusions. 1t
appears that death Ia not instantane-
Gus throughout the physical organism.
for it has been observed that many Of
the different tissues continue active for
a considerable period after the time
when the animal is assumed to be dead,
particularly in the case Of the lower an
imals. Cells from the brain Of frog,
for example. have been kept alive for
over a week when held in certain solu-
lions. and the heart Of frog has been
known to beat for many hours after be-
ing removed from the dead body. The
hearts Of turtles and snakes will beat
for days or even a week after death
Harper's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
The Rock That Moses "smote."

The famous Rock in Horeb," an
ciently called the Rock Of NASSAU
and at present known throughout the
orient as the "stone of the Miraculous
Fountain" being the identical rock
which Moses struck with his rod in or
der to give water to the children Of Is
rael, is rehgiously preserved and
guarded even down to this late date.
Dr.. Shaw in his book "shaw's Travels
says, ut is a block Of granite about
six yards square lying tottering and
loose in the middle Of the valley OF
Rephidim and seems to have originally
been a part of Mount Sinai
The action of the waters Of that mi
raculous fountain, as related in the
seventeenth chapter Of Exodus, hol-
lowed a channel about two inches deep
and more than twice that broad across
the face Of the rock, this not upon un-
supported testimony, but upon the
word Of such men as the Rev. DIR.
Shaw, DR.. Pocock. Lieutenant Clogher
and other eminent scholars and trav-
elers. NJ. Beaumgorton, German no
bleman who visited the Rock Of Ho-
reb" in the year 1907, declares his be-
lief in the generally accepted story of
it being the rock of Moses famous
fountain.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
QUAINT BATAVIA.
Java's Picturesque Town and the
People One Meets There

Java's Picturesque Town and the
People One Meets There.
Imagine town of giant dolls houses
built in Burmese and Japanese style,
trim avenues of beautiful trees, broad,
clean streets and thousands of grown
up dolls masquerading in oriental fan
cy dress, the picture book of ones
childhood animated-that is Batavia.
The streets are paraded listlessly by
gangs of blue garbed convicts, who
pick up cigar ends, bits of paper and
fruit peel. The cleanliness of the streets
IS astonishing
A man in Batavia once threw a piece
of banana peel on the ground, and,
looking back a moment afterward. he
felt reproached by the sight of that
wretched piece of peel, the only blot
on the immaculate cleanness of the
streets. For awhile his dignity fought
with his sense of decency. Then he re-
turned, picked up the offending peel,
and-feeling very foolish-carried it
until he saw convenient opportunity
for disposing of it.
Representatives of many nations con-
gregate in Batavia, blue gowned Jaw
anese, wearing white pith helmets
shaped like inverted saucers: portly
Chinese merchants, dressed in a gro
tesque combination of yellow silk
clothes and billycock hats of Hamp,
stead Heath, their pigtalls interviewer
with blue silk; lean, tawny Malays
Hindoos, Javanese and effeminate look
ing Cingalese jostle each other on the
sidewalks.
1t is impossible for casual observ-
er to distinguish the sex of Cingalee,
as the men have delicate, refined fea-
lures, are clean shaven, fasten their
long hair behind their heads in woman
fashion and wear skirts that sweep the
ground.
The dress of the Javanese women
merits detailed description, as the
Batavian Dutch ladies have adopted
the native dress for morning wear.
A long strip of native. cloth, called
sarong, is wound round and round the
body beneath the armpits and reaches
dlhicSl W tue dHhles. All duDTeNldleu
Elton jacket, called kopeia, covers the
shoulders, and out of doors ladies' slip
pers are worn on stockingless feet, and
paper parasol is carried.
The Batavian Dutch do not make
their toilets, unless they go out of
doors, until the afternoon, so that one
may see men in pyjamas and women in
the native dress lolling on the veran-
das or sitting down to meals at the ho-
tells. The custom is a lazy but sensible
one, considering the climate.-Cham-
bers' Journal.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
WORK AND LOOK YOUNG.
Ten VIII Succeed IL Your Heart Il
In Your Labor.


Is it hard work that makes people
grow old or is it because they do not
have enough to do, or, rather, do not
find the thing they are best fitted to dol
The hardest worked people In the
world are the actresses, yet some Of
them, without mentioning names, are
sixty and some play the parts Of lovers
and boisterous young tomboys at an
even greater age.
The Americans are the hardest work
ed people in the world, yet foreigners
coll Us a young looking nation. Moth
ing makes a people look 80 young as
liberty. There is none of the cramped,
caste restricted blight upon our people
that is seen in Europe. The oldest look
ing people in the world are not those
who have worked hardest, but those
who have not worked at all. If one
would see them he wants to go to the
fashionable watering places. There he
will see comparatively young men and
women who have never worked, either
with body or mind, driven around in
bath chairs or hobbling about on canes
while men absorbed In business are Of
ten quite robust at seventy.
Where hard work ever killed man
laziness and inaction have killed O
score. It is the class that feels above
work that nature has little use for.
Work and look young!-Boston Globe.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
The Lawxer,. Rnle.

Ever since beginning the practice Of
law" said a Detroit lawyer, who beg
ged that his name be suppressed. II
have made it rule not to take cases
in which l could not promise my client
a percentage of gain over my fees. One
day not long ago business man came
to me with a request to sue a debtor.
l found it would cost far more than
could be recovered and told him so. He
was indignant and left vowing to get
a lawyer to press the case regardless of
expenses.
"a few weeks later he came to me
again. Well said he, 4 took your ad
vice and saved $3.50 by it. Now. want
you to take charge of all legal matters
affecting the Blank corporation. Your
retainer will be $1,000 per year took
1t, 1t is needless to say."-Detroit News
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
LIFE IN ENGLISH VILLAGES.
II Is Not the Idyllic Form That Poets
Sing About.


81 know village where there are no
fewer than thirty cottages with but
one bedroom apiece, and in each Of
these single bedrooms six, seven and
more people are sleeping" says A.
Montefore- Bruce, writing in the Lon
don Mail about life in the average Eng
lish village. "In one of them, father,
mother and eight children huddled to-
gether. In another father, mother and
six children-three cf Whom are grown
up-are sleeping In these cottages
there is one living room downstairs
and no sanitary arrangement of any
kind. At the back of the cottages runs
an open ditch. 1t is also an open sewer.
Here, in the very heart of the coun-
try, expect to find abundance of pure
water. abundance of sweet air. Too
often.I find neither about the cottages.
Hundreds of villages have no water
supply. though a comparatively small
expenditure could provide it. I know
village-it is typical of hundreds
where the cottagers have to go half
mile to get water. A foul ditch fur
h4chCS NlildSc VIII llG WuOlt
Of its water supply. Offensive refuse
heaps lie piled round the crumbling
walls of the cottages. The wooden
floors within are rotten with sewage.
Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex contain
many such villages, and other counties
such as Bedford, Cambridgeshire,
Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset-easily vie
with them. l could write of lonely
cottages far across the fields, with no
water within a mile, whence the chill
dren morning after morning walk two
miles to school, and drag their tired
limbs that distance back again at night
and this whatever the weather;
where the postal service comes but
once week. where the men and boys
walk daily five or six miles to and from
work; where of drainage there is none;
where of the simplest sanitation there
is none; where the medical officer of
health comes not, and where the in
spector of nuisances is unknown"
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
PLANT EVOLUTION.
Cultivation Has Done Wonders For
Fruit and Vegetables.


Fruit and Vegetables.
There are few more wrongly named
things in the world than the Jerusa-
lem artichoke. In the first place it new
er came from Jerusalem at all. And in
the second it is not really an artichoke.
but sunflower with its tubers devel-
oped by cultivation.
Cultivation has done wonders for
fruit and vegetables.
For instance, through its means
peaches, apricots and nectarines have
been developed from the almond, to
which family all three fruits belong.
There is little apparent connection be-
tween the wild crab of the hedgerows
and a Newtown pippin, but both are
members of the same genus. Indeed,
it is from this same wild crabapple
that the whole of the TOO odd existing
varieties of apples have been raised.
Technically speaking, too, the pear
Is an apple, and so are the medlar and
the mountain ash, which latter is not
an ash at all
Is turnip a cabbage? Yes, one va
riety at least of it is. This is the queer
vegetable known as kohirabi, which,
although classed by scientists among
the Brassica, or cabbage, family, has
huge roots just like turnip.
The cucumber is really q fruit and
not vegetable. The same remark ap-
plies to the tomato, which is really q
fruit also.
The gooseberry is a currant. 1t is not
the least like 1t in either appearance or
flavor, yet both belong to the same
family of Ribes.
The onion is a charming little flower,
It's various species bearing white, yel-
low, blue and rose colored blossoms,
many produced In beautiful dropping
clusters. Originally the onion was a
Towering plant, but the cultivation Of
certain of its varieties has produced the
now world famous vegetable
When Is chestnut not chestnut
When it is horse chestnut. This is
another of the curiosities of the classi-
flcation of horticultural nomenclature
The horse chestnut is Esculus, and the
other kind Castanea.-Stray Stories.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
Toad md Not n Toad.

One of the queerest reptiles in the
world is the horned toad of Arizona.
In the first place, though 1t looks like q
toad and is so called, it isn't toad at
all, but lizard It lives nowhere save
in the desert and feeds on hard shelled
beetles and other insects
One of the oldest things about the
creature is its way Of fighting. Two
horned toads will meet and fight like
bulls by butting, not apparently with
any notion of killing each other, but
each trying to turn its adversary over.
The toad that is finally upset goes
away humiliated and hides himself.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
ANIMAL SWIM MERS.
The Squirrel Is Very Swift and the
Rabbit Is Oddly Awkward.

The Squirrel Is Very Swift and the
Rabbit Is Oddly Awkward.
Almost all animals know how to
swim without having to learn it. As
soon as they fall into the water or are
driven into it they instinctvely make
the proper motions and not only man
age to keep afioat, but propel them
selves without trouble
Exceptions are the monkey, the cam
ell, giraffe and llama, which cannot
swim without assistance. Camels and
namas have to be helped across water,
and giraffes and monkeys drown If
they enter it. Now and then both of
the latter species manage to cross wa
terways when they are driven to ex-
tremities, just as human beings occa-
sionally can keep themselves above wa
ter through sheer fright.
A funny though able swimmer is the
rabbit. He submerges his body with
the exception Of head and tail The
latter sticks away up into the air, and
his hind legs make soap suds" as he
churns the water madly to get away.
But with all his awkwardness he Is
swift swimmer and is only beaten by
the squirrel among the land animals.
The squirrel swims with his heavy
tail sunk away down in the water and
his head held high. He cleaves the
waves like duck, and a man in a row.
boat has all he can do to keep abreast
of the swimming squirrel
One thing that none of the land living
animals does is to dive. No matter how
hard pressed swimming deer, rabbit,
squirrel or other purely terrestrial ami
NAL may be it will remain above wa
ter. But the muskrat, beaver, ice bear
and otter dive Immediately.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
Her Little Joke,

They were In the studio. Artists
trappery and bohemian paraphernalia
were placed about the room with
studied carelessness.
Heavy tapestries and portieres choked
the walls. Costly statuary, mediaval
firearms, poniards, yataghans and
priceless and historic armor were
ranged idly about the room.
Seated on heavily upholstered
divan, eying the American heiress at
work on an intricate landscape, was
the duke.
bah Jover' he calculated suddenly.
"Do you know, Miss Millyins, I'm
wrapped up in you and
"Huhr' interrupted the wealthy
maiden with Yankee sarcasm. II don't
see why you should be wrapped up.
I haven't bought you yet"
The duke sat dumfounded, wonder
ing what there was in her remark to
cause a smile to break out over her
uweet visage, e,-New York Hmes.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
Consumption

The only kind of consump-
on to fear is neglected
assumption"
People are learning that con-
lmption is a curable disease.
is neglected consumption
nat is so often incurable.
At the faintest suspicion Of
consumption get a bottle Of
Scott's Emulsion and begin
regular doses.
The use of SCOTS Emulsion
at once, has, in thousands of
cases, turned the balance in
favor of health.
Neglected consumption does
not exist where SCOTS Emul-
sion is.
Prompt use of SCOTS Emul-
sion checks the disease while ii
can be checked.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists.
4os4Is Pearl Street, New York
soc. and SI.oo; all druggists.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
Advertise in the Ledger.
Contract to Let.

vJ,HE UNDERSIGNED INVITES BIDS FOR
i the moving of two hundred and forty C240J
tons of sand per day for a period OF one year.
The sand to be moved with scrapers FURNISHED
by the undersigned) the distance Of moving
not exceeding three hundred feet $500 and
dumped into bunkers over cars The sand to
be moved being situated on the Excl Ranch,
eight (8) miles south of Latrobe, In Amador
county. For particulars call on or address the
undersigned at Sand Pile Mill, Latrobe, Ell
Dorado county, Cal, at an early date.
D FRICOT.
augsist By a. Sydney Addition, Supt
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
Did the best She Could.

Mrs Uppmann-I must tell you, De-
liza, that 1 was displeased at your en-.
Pertaining that policeman in the kitch-
an last night.
Delia-Faith, OF did ak him into the
parlor, ma'am, but he wouldn't co.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Amador ledger., 1903-09-11
The center of ob,ervation.

Say, paw. was you ever the cynosure
OF all eyes?"
Yes; the other day when 1 went run
ming down the middle of the street aft
er my hat I'll bet there wasn't man,
there looking at me."-Chicago Record
Herald.