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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

The advantage Chillifuge has over
the numerous chill tOnics. is that it
contains not only the alkalOidal
Quinine treatment, in a tasteless form,
but all the other medicines which are
Anti Malarial. In taking this remedy
in it's palatable form you practically
get the benefit of all the combined
chill tOnics in use. Again a great
many had Quinine Pills and Capsules
pass through the stomach and bowels
undigested, where as Chilifuge is
soluble and readily absorbed by the
most delicate stomach, and if taken
according to directions, you come
under the influence of it before the
next expected chill, which is a most
important factor, when it is UNDER
stood that chill No. ) of the cOnges-
tive type is a most serious cOnse-
quence, even if it does moi actually
prove fatal. So you can readily see
the Importance of having a mixture
that contains all the Anti alarial
drugs, and in a form that is absorbed
by the stomach so as to prevent the
re-occurrence of the Malarial ParOx-
ysm.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

It's the Jefferson, have you tried it?
Handmade ciSternS, guaran-
teed-J. c.. BrOusSard.
Miss Emelia Breaux, of Scott,
was a visitor here during the
week.
Why send away for your
garden seeds? You can't get
better seed, than the seed sold
at the Moss Pharmacy.
J. w. Faulk, who is attending
the Normal College at Natchi-
toches, spent last Wednesday in
Lafayette.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

W. are receiving at the Moss
Pharmacy Our fresh stock of
garden seeds for fall planting.
A large quantity of seeds must
be sown at this time of the year,
as it is sometimes very difficult
to get proper stand, and it is
always better to have some
plants left over than to be short.
Our seed annual recommends
planting the following seeds this
month.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

meet at Crowley, on July 20, 1904, at
I O'Clock p. M. for the purpose of ef-
fecting a democratic organization Of
the District and of taking preliminary
steps for the selection of a candidate
for Circuit Judge in said District.
There being no further business on
motion duly seconded the Committee
adjourned.
=. l.. DECLOUET,
Chairman Parish Democratic Execu-
tive Committee.
J. 0. BROUSSARD,
Secretary Parish Democratic Execu-
tive Committee.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1904.
PERSONALS.
u THOSE WHO
* COM L and GO

Misses Zerelda and Lizzie Baily.
Lucy JUDGE and Marie Mouton
left Monday for an extended
visit to Tennessee and North
Carolina.
Let J. G. Broussard put you in
screen doors and windows, and
you won't be bothered with flies
and mosquitoes.
Rev. F. J. Grimand, of Caren-
Gro, was in Lafayette yesterday.
If you have a prescription to
be filled ring up the Peoples
Pharmacy and they will send for
it, fill it, and deliver it.
MI. and Mrs. Baxter Clegg
will, in a few days, leave for the
st. Louis Fair.
The Magnolia Mills Ltd. can
supply and save you money on
Oats, Corn, Wheat Bran, choice
Timothy and Alfalfa Hay.
Ben Schmalenski left yester.
day for Alexandria.
Insure your property before the
fire.. z. Domengeaux will pay
your loss after the fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Schwartz,
leave tonight for a visit to St.
Louis, Cincinnati and New York.
If you wish GOOD feed of anv
kind, Ramsay & Upton will be
glad to serve you. Phone 1872.
Eastin Sprole left Monday for
q visit to Mississippi.
Fresh stock of WILEYs Fam
Gus candies just received. There
is none on market better, a trial
will convince yOu.-E. F. Nor
gan & Co. agents.
W. S. Torian paid a short visit
to New Orleans, returning
Saturday.
Hammar Paints; good brushes.
Denbo & Nicholson Co. Ltd.
Miss Matte Wier, of Houston.
after spending a week with DR..
F.. r. Tolson's family, left Mon
day for Bunkie.
Delicious Ice Cream and all
cold drinks served at E. F.
Morgan & Co.'S fine fountain.
Also q fine line of WILEYs
Crystalized fruits and chocolates.
There is none better.
Mr.. j. G. st. Julien. who has
just returned from the Legisla-
ture where he served the parish
very creditably, has accepted a
position in the clerks Office. He
began his duties Monday.
IT ISN'T HOW A BUGGY
looks when it's new, but how it
looks when its seen good service,
that shows it's real value. Our
buggies look well, wear well, and
ride easy. Denbo 4 Nicholson
Co, Ltd.
Messrs. r. q. Broussard and
@. F. Guilbeau visited Breaux
Bridge Saturday in the interest
of their real estate business.
GET OFF THE
of the dust-into one of those
new up-t0-date buggies sold by
penbo 4 Nicholson Co., Ltd.
Nj. and Mrs. B. N. Corona
and daughters, Misses Gertrude
and Resale, returned Monday
-from : visit to the Worlds Fair.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

P. S. Pugh, Of Crowley, candi-
date for district Judge, was in
Lafayette Wednesday.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20
Announcement.

We are authorized to announce
the candidacy of Phillip S. Pugh.
of Acadia, for Judge of the 18th
Judicial District, composed of
Lafayette and Acadia Parishes,
subject to the Democratic Pri-
mary to be held Sept. 10. 1904.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20

DenbO & Nicholson CO. Ltd.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Hargroder
spent Sunday in Carencro with
Mrs. Hargroder's parents.
Try Ramsay and Upton for
fresh meal and grits. Phone 1872.
Miss Helen Bell is visiting
relatives in Lake Charles.
Louisville Slugger bats, IS and
Is cents at the Peoples Phar-
macy.
Miss Julia Huff, after a pleas
ant visit of several weeks, in New
Iberia, returned Saturday.
We carry the largest assert
ment of base ball goods in town
Peoples Pharmacy.
Charley BrOussard, of The St.
Martin Banner, was in Lafayette
Sunday.
THIS is THE TIME when
it's true economy to spend
money and extravaganza to save
it. DenbO & Nicholson Co., Ltd.
J. E. Martel, of CarencrO, was
in our town Sunday.
Peoples Pharmacy the reliable
prescription drug store.
Misses Ame.ie and Cecile
Durand, who have been visiting
in Lafayette for several weeks,
returned to their home in st.
Martinville Monday, accomp-
anied by Miss Irma VOORHEES,.
Our dress goods department
is complete in every particular.
Ladies will find we have a large
and beautiful assortment of
summer fabrics Levy Bros.
Miss Mignone Robichaud will
leave Saturday to visit in Hous-
ton and Beaumont.
Schmulen's is where you can
find a shoe that will be comfort
able and easy for summer wear.
Miss Alice VOORHEES, who has
been spending several weeks in
Lafayette, will return to St.
Martinville Saturday. accompa-
MED by Miss Loula Robichaud.
A good summer suit, stylish,
well fitting and carefully made,
at a very reasonable price, at
Schmulen's.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Gelvin,
Jos. Bienvenu, Sidney Alpha,
Pothier VOORHEES,, and Rhul Peck
were among those who took in
the Galveston excursion Monday.
Ladies will enjoy looking at
Schmulen's dress goods.
Lee Adams, of Crowley, was
in Lafayette Monday.
Good groceries, fresh gro
ceries, prompt service, that is
what you get when you trade
with Morgan & Debaillon.
r. T. Clark, o. Broussard and
j. G.. Medlenka, of Crowley,
attended the meeting of Judicial
Executive Committee here We'd
nesday.
The kind of groceries to give
you an appetite is what Morgan
& Debaillion keep.
Miss Libbie Latham and Miss
Iva Lube are visiting at Mr.. and
Mrs. John I. Bell.
Wear Edwin Clapp shoes once
and you won't have any other
kind.-Levy Bros.
DR.. Felix Girard spent several
days in the City last week.
If you want q summer suit, 20
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
FOR A scRAPsooK, s12,5oo.
Record Price Given for Volume Many
Centuries Old.

A tiny book of vellum. centuries old
and beautifully illustrated with a
handpanted miniature. was sold yes
terday at Messrs. Sotheby's auction
rooms for the record price of G2,500.
The manuscript was part of the eel
ebrated collection of the Rev. Walter
Sneyd. It's size is 434 inches by 3
inches, and its age is something over
COO years. 1t has no title. and may be
described as a literary and pictorial
medley on philosophical and Biblical
subjects. many of the Illustrations
which are the chief value of the vol
tine. having TO connection with the
text. There are in all 1870 leaves,
containing 267 miniatures.
Various episodes in the life of a
monk are portrayed. one picture Civ.
ing the appearance of a monk playing
golf; another of what looks like a con
turing performance by monks ana
nuns combined.
Nearly every page has small Incl
dental drawings of grotesque animals
human beings, birds and devils.
There was a keen contest for the
possession of the book, the bidding
starting at G2O0. and ending at g..
500. the price offered by Mr.. Quaritch,
London Mail.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
GHOSTS OF ELE9HANTs7
\ Superstition or the Natives OF ~
Asiatic Region,

Superstition of the Natives OF AZ
Asiatic Region.
in the last number of the journal of
the Straits branch Of the Royal AsiItic
Society there appears an interesting
article from the pen of y. n. Machado
on the supposed evil influence of
ghosts. He says:
Some years ago. when was en-.
gagged in certain prospecting operations
in the highlands of Pabang. on the hor.
ders of that state with perak. | had
occasion to make somewhat lengthy
stay at place called Nampar. on the
Tue River. one of the tributaries of The
Eetok. in its turn n tributary of the
Jclai the principal feeder Of the Pa.
hang River. | selected this spo. he.
cause it had already been cleared OF
large trees and had only recently hncu
in occupation as Il Sakai settlement,
from the remains of which we reared
our unprctentiouS little camp. The Sa.
kaiS. however. strongly advised MS to
30 elsewhere. alleging that this place
was haunted by elephant ghosts. and
that they had been the direct cause OF
iiNlhbNi VI b'dAilSs llh'II'lIIA blhNll-
their children. whose remains lie buried
there
1T Is necessary 10 explain that nj the
back of this place. not fifty yards
away. is to he seen one of those ne.
cular kinds frequent for their saline
properties. this particular one being
known as the Kubang Gaiah Hantu
fthe mud pool of the ghostly elcmentsl.
These salt lakes are also known rs
genuts in Malay When the Sakais rr.
fer to this place it is usually WIFI
bated breath and n mysterious and
awesOme gesture. These men declared
that almost nightly elephants are seen
and beard breaking twigs and branches
and wallowing in this mud pool and
in the morning not a vcStigc of their
spoor can be seen anywhere. OF this
| am certain the prints of deer and
pigs were always plentiful and fresh,
but no elephants could have been
within miles of the place durinS my
residence in that locality. My man
doris wife. an oldish person. who M.
ways followed her husband in his
journeys. doing the cooking for my fol.
lowers, declared that the first night
we slept there she and all my men
heard continued long-drawn walls; like
4 long wec-o-e-o,. which went on with.
out intermission until almost daylight,
This noise, they said. came from thrao
Sakai children buried there.
This account is interesting fram an
chronological standpoint. in 50 far as il
illustrates the beliefs and supcrStltions
of a race of.vcry primitive people. As
for the number of children dying at
the time, this would only seem natural
when it is remembered that an cpl
dcmic of measles was then and had
been for some time raging. '-Sngapore
Straits Budget.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24

Solomon H., by the grace of God,
King of the Jews" This was the way
in which very remarkable prisoner
recently signed the prison book at kietf
Uussia). His history is curious. He
was a handsome, hard-working student
of the Kieff Seminary, but on finishing
his course. writes IL correspondent, lie
Immediately provided himself with IA
revolver, dagger and number Of
forged papers and passes. and began a
career of robbery and brigandage
which was marked throughout by con.
summate skill and forethought He
murdered and stole on the highway,
his victims in Kieff including staff
captain and a master of the watch
At his richly furnished apartments in
Kieff he dispensed lavish hospitality
to circle of most respectable friends,
who never suspected the source of his
wealth. His capture was brought
about by the accidental protruslon OF
revolver from his coat pocket while
he was bargaining with fur mer.
chant. The latter pointed him out 10 n
detective, and Solomon H." was ar.
rested and bound like dangerous wild
beast. At the preliminary examination
he confessed to n long series of robber.
les, but denied any murders
Daily Mail,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
AMERICAN VEIL WOULDN'T DO.
londcn oarsman Decides Not to Adopt
Cornell Sioasn.

The late DR.. Cyrus Edison was a
great athlete in his youth, and to the
last he was not prouder of his fame as
a physician than of his fame as an
oarspcn. DR.. Fdson rowed in the
notable Columbia crew of 1878 at Hen.
ley.
Talking one Gay about athletics
abroad, Dr.. Edison said: Our college
yeils are an amazing thing to foreign
ors, who have no yells themselves
The 'tger-sis bCCm.ah' of Princeton
the I yell, yell. yell of Cornell, and
our 'brek-ek-ek-co-aX' and 'who-rah
and so on amuse the good people
across the water enormously.
Il well remember the visit of the
Cornell crew to London some years
ago. and tho comment on this crews
\rii that an Englishman made. Cor.
nell was 10 row the London Club. to
which the Engiishman belonged. lie
repeated, with laugh, the Cornell
slogan-'Coraoll, | yell, yell, yell, Cor
nell-and then he said:
lit would never do for us to adopt
a similar yell. would it? 1t would ney.
er do for us to shout: London, done,
done, I'm done l-ondon!"'"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
MEDICINE OF LONG AGO.
unraIstsble Deeoction for the Cure
OF Consumpton.

W SSHouTVIptiOH.
Mrs. Wolfe, mother of the English
general VINO died at the capture of
Quebec. had among her recipes "a
good water for consumption" Here it
is. Take pack of garden snails.
wash them in beer, put them in an
1ven and let them stay till they've
done crying; then, with a knife and
fork. prick the green from them and
beat the snails, shells and all. in a
jtone mortar Then take a quart of
.reen worms, slice them through the
middle, and strew them with salt:
hen wash them and beat them. the
not being first put into the still with
wo handfuls of angelica, a quart of
OsCmary flowers. then the snails and
worms. then eGrimony bears feet,
ed dock roots. barbcrry brake, bill.
Iney, wormwood. of each two hand.
'uls, one handful of ruetumeric and
me ounce of saffron, well dried and
oeaten. Then pour in three gallons
If milk. Wait till morning then put
three ounces of cloves twell beat.
en-, hartshurI grated. Keep the still
covered all night. This done stir II
aot. Distill it with moderate fire.
Take two spoonfus at time
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
Decadence of Ouarantine.

Perhaps the very latest triumph Of
preventive medicine is the coming dis
appearance of quarantine. BY tie pro-
visions of the international Sanitary
Conference. signed by twenty powers.
quarantine has been reduced TO at most
five days-so that Its etymology is now
of only historical interest. II Is quite
certain that these five days will soon
also disappear. Modern science can
dispense with the old blind method,
since 1t knows the whereabouts OF the
bacteria that are to be feared. Hence
1t is required by this convention that
every rat ON plague-infested ship
must be destroyed within forty-elght
hours of Its arrival at port Readers
know the part that rats play-victims
themselves-in the dissemination of a
disease which 1t is safe TO say. remcm.
bering recent instances. will never
again be able to survive in Europe
London Mail. -~-------- -------~
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
PICKLES CAUSE OF SUICIDE.
At Least, That is a Jersey City Police
Captains Theory.

According TO Capt Wohllcben of the
Sixth precinct station, Jersey City,
nine out of every ten persons who at.
tempt suicide in that section of Jer.
sey City are fond of pickles and 9th.
er sour foods.
He says. that pickles are to blame
for the actions of Mrs. Louise Daber
kon of No. SIS Tonnele avenue, who
ate quantity of them with salted
herring on Thursday night and shortly
afterward slashed her throat with q
knife and a razor
There are more suicides in Ger.
many than in any other country in
Europe" said the captain, and ac.
cording to medical authorities, the
sour food of the German Is RESPONSE
bic for the suicidal mania which is
characteristic of their temperament"
New York Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
s.rino Beans Of immense Size.

What are presumably the largest
string beans in the world may be seen
growing in the gardens Of resident
of Pasadena, Cal. They range from
thirty 10 forty.three inches in length
and average half an inch i'll width
They are not only enormously large
but they make delightful table del
icacy when cut and stewed and pre-
pared with cream and butter. The
vines bear proIusely and the beans are
so large that one Of them is more than
n single person can comfortably man
age These beans are of the aris'
tocratic species and do not claim al
lance with the common string bean.
California botanists class them as
belonging to the genus Dolichos, but
owing to their great length they are
more popularly known as ''yard
beans The plants are natives oi
China and Japan and the seeds were
sent to California from Japan.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case o: Catarrh that cannot be cured hy
Halls CatHrrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known T. J.
Cheney for the last 5 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made 10y their firm.
WEST & TRUAx Wholesale Druggists, To-
iedo, o,
WALDIyd, KINHAN 4 MAHyIS, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls CatGrrh Cure Is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Testimonials sent free
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
Peculiar Habit of Bird,

The white tern has the curious habit
of never bringing less than two fish
at time TO its young. It carries the
FISH crosswise in its bill and some
times returns from its excursions with
no less than four fish thus carried
1t is easy enough to understand how
it captures the first fish, but natural
lists are unable to comprehend how
the bird manages to retain it while
securing additional ones. It's ability
to hold three fish in its bill and still
capture a fourth is particularly puz.
zling
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
Benedict ArnoId's Buttons.

Gen. James G. Wilson has an inter
esting pair of sleeve buttons. Bene-
dict Arnold gave them to Gen. Wash
ington when the former was in good
standing in the continental army.
After he fell from grace Washington
did not care to keep them, so gave
them to Gen. Tarleton, who, in turn,
gave them to an american loyalist,
who gave them to Gen. Fitz Greene
Halleck, and by him they were give
TO Gen. Wilson.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
Nav q. Bones Of Montezuma.

Discoveries just made in Southwest
ern Texas may overturn generally ac
cepted ideas in connection with Mexi
can history. Workmen digging for a
reservoir on the site of the old City of
Teocalli have unearthed half a hun.
dred skeletons, which local scientists
believe are those of Montezuma and
his followers, who were supposed to
have been buried in Tenochtitlan.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24

Dr. Hartman receives many letters from
Catholic Sisters from all over the United
states. \ recommend recently received
from n Catholic institution in Detroit,
Mich, reads as follows:
Dr. :. ". Hartman. COiumbus Onto:
near SiI:--"Ibc y0unD girI who used
the Pcr"nd Wds s"HrrimgJrom la rUn-
gitiS, Gnd loss Of rOice. Thc result Of
the ircdtm ,cds most sdtisJuctOry.
she Jo"Hd great rciicf, ana dffcr
Gurthcr use oj'He mcdicine are hope
10 be bte to S0 ysIic Is entirety cured. !"
Sisters Of charity
This young girl was under the care of
the Sisters OF Charity aud used Pcruua
for cdtarrh of the throat, with good results
as the above letter testifies.
From C0thOiic institution ia Gem
udi OhiO comes He TOiiO,cing recom-
mend from the Sister SUPERIOR:
Some years ago friend OF our insi-
tuition recommended to us DR.. Hartnan's
Peruna as an excellent remedy for the in.
fuenza. OF which we then had several cases
which threatened to be OF serious charac.
ter
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH
Use Pe-ru-na for La Grippe and
Winter Catarrh.

y EVERY country Of the civilized
4 world the Sisters OF Charity are known
Not only do they minister to the stiritnal
and intellectual needs OF Il charges com.
mitted TO their care, but they also minister
to their bodily needs.
Whenever coughs or colds, Ia grippe or
pneumonia make their appearance among
The children these Sisters are not d.scon
acrted, but know exactly the remedies tc
lpp'y
With so many children to take care Of
and to protect from climate and disease
these wise and prudent Sisters have found
IlnlIlnn a M l.Li Him. A.....,....l
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24

We began to use Dr. and c.ucricnr,l
Su"h wonderful results that since then Pc
iunna mas become our i1No''ic mCd.cuc 70.
influenza, catarrh, cod. cough and h,ar
chtis"
inofhcr rcCom HcHd JJ'0m q cam.
oIfc nsfitUiidH of0Hc ocHc centre,
suites wriiic" by me sister superior
reads as IoIiorS:
"A number of wears ago our attention
vas called to DR.. llartmau's Pcruua. and
since then We have used it with wonderful
results for sgrip coughs. colds and ca
tarrhal diseases of the head and stomach
For grip and winter cataTh especially
IT has been oi great service to the inmate,
OF this institution"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24

Mexico, d. f." as the postmarl on
all Mexican postal matter reads. means
District Federal" or Federal District.
and corresponds TO our Washington,
u. &.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
New Hampshire's pairv Fa,r

Fully so per cent of the total in
come from New Hampshire farms is
now derived from the sale OF dairy
products.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24

Talnpico expects to be the chief Mex
lean harbor before long. 1t is twelve
hours distant from the capital by
train and its waters are deep enough
for the largest vessels and fully pro-
tected against storms.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
Russla,s Purchases Of Beef.

Russia has bought enough beef in
this country to feed every man, wom-
an and child in the empire for one
square meal at least.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24

Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in
the Childrcn's Home in New York. Cure
Fe'erishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disor-
ders. move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over 1000 testimonials.
At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.