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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-20

Tom Bagnal, son OF Travelling
John Bagnal, of the
Southern Pacific has been ap-
pointed travelling North immi-
grafton agent, to succeed L. b.
Bailey, who resigned to 60 into
the insurance business. Mr.. Bag
nails headquarters will be in
Lafayette.
Vienna, Blood and Tongue Liver
and Link Sausage, Leber Kase,
head cheese, boneless pig feet,
etc, at Bunts.
Tricycles at cost at Rene Del.
homme's.
Dolls! Dolls! Dolls! and cheaper
than ever before sold in Lafayette
at the Lafayette Drug, Co. =
Go to Denbo. 4 Nicholson Co..
Ltd, for the latest styles, the
choicest Designs. and most
durable buggies.
! DR.. Ducrocq. of Lafourch
Crossing returned home Mon.
day after.a short visit 10 DR.. j.
D. Trahan and family.
Miss Leila Clark, after q
pleasant visit to her brother. DR..
L o. Clark, will return to her
home IN Ridge to day.
Filled figs and filed dates with
assorted. nuts, Anco filed figs
with assorted fruits, Anco filed
figs with cherries, all in glass
jars at Prudhomme 4 McFaddin.
A besutiful assortment Of
pleasing gifts are on exhibition
ct the. Moss Pharmacy
Mrs. FrsnkF. Davis has re
turned home after an absence OF
several weeks visiting relatives.
DR.. Beverly Warner, of New
Orleans, who came to Lafayette
Thursday to deliver . lecture or
Shakespeare before the Woman 4
Club, was entertained while here
% the home of DR.. and. Mrs. e
L Stephens. He was also enter
tanned on Friday at q luncheon
given by one Of the classes il
cooking Of the Industrial School,
in honor Of the Woman's Club
The ladies' present with DR.
Warner were Mines. F. E. Davis,
A. b. Denbo, B. ]. Pellerin, J,
A. Martin and r L. Stephens.
Bulk olives. sweet pickles.
|prunes and bulk pickles at Prud'
|homme 4 McFaddin.
AppIes and Oranges and, other
fruits, Gallery. headed lettuce
and other vegetables. ct Bunts.
WearNshowing IN especially
|handaome, linqsof dress goods
18th ArfmHiin<ea - match. and
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-20
SCHOLAR OUT G. :::s DEPTHS
sery Much Mixed T., on Familiar
Western LION.

sery Much Mixed IT, on Familiar
Western ldiom.
An oriental schola- was giving an
address on the PHILOSOPHY and re
ligion Of the East. His English val
of good quality. only now and then
-ecoming interesting from the humor.
ors point Of view. when he attempted
colloquiai idioms.
After describing with fervor the
sage--the one who can walk amid the
iificulties and perplexities Of marital
existence and yet, unaffected by these,
retain his perfect serenity-the speak.
or was looking about for some famil-
ar comparison by which to bring
re the idea to his hearers.
"Ah, I have it," he said, pleased at
the recollection that rewarded his Of
fort. 1T is an expressive saying Of
yonr own language. said to me BY 4
lady With whom I was conversing last
evening. Take that familiar bird the
duck. 1t Is possible to pour . bucket
full Of water upon that duck, and yet
the water can never get into his
leaves"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-20
Personals,

Mrs. Alfred Yoorhies. ST., of
Houston, Is visiting ct the home
Of her daughter; Mrs. Franz
MoiaI s7& 90 fa aeA
A. Millst made . flying visit
to New. Iberia Monday on bust
nesi.as s'iae' = h'ea ~ T
0soree Boulder, business
ma14ger OF the Opelpusas
Clarion, WAS an agreeable caller
q SaFs ollSe 1fondsy forenoon.
s. &Dsaiek will leave Satur-
day for New Orleans to spend
ChristmaeeGheme.
We 49, Il unusually large
line QkGbnpsA in price
fromf DsftOeo Our down
gull epesielly nice Levy
sIE NAr1aFthseon1sctione
COM - wilA . very
haS laadst which il
hiihHa6ez1aas4
Wahaye tCosiysd . beautiiul
caisnd VA sompGments Of G.
nMIberh ,Nhomann.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-20

Don't worry baking fruit cakes
you can get such fine ones at
Millet's, next to the Advertiser
Office.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-20
No Woncsr.

No Woncee.
where IL Charlie Blower, the cor.
net player?"
Studying abroad"
Who advised him to go SO far to
study"
IAN Of his neighbors."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
A Sure Cure.
Jones-What's good for the tooth
acheg
0mith-Walk about hallway to the
nGaToGt dentist'e-Judga.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-20

That pretty line of neckwear ct
Levy Bros. is very attractive to
the ladies'. Have you seen it,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-20

Toys and Christmas goods at
w. D. SINNERS.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-20
PeAerin & Decduet

In Chicago.
Mrs. Hyde Parker-Why did Miss
Lalefront marry that Insignificant Mr.
Porke:!
Mrs. Lakeshore Driver-Perhaps. he
was the best she could get
rs. Hyde Parker-Nonsense! She
had her choice of at least a dozen
eligible zen.
Mrs. L.:es..ore Driver-Then she
intends to marry them all and began
with Porker on the principle OF saw
ing the best till TIE last.
An Embarrsc-ir. >.tuatton.
He-I detcst rco.--c :.
Ste-I hate It!
'"Tho. lily don't &c. stop playing II
long enough for re TO tell you that
I-.why dent YOU listen?"
Il am listc2ing-gO on"
But l cart TO onto t. at ragtine."
"OE. Gear! And this r~c.ime IL the
only thing that will Eeer Aunt Susas
cut o. the room!"-L..e.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
Great Minds Last Lament

came the spendthrift of my own
genius, and to waste an eternal youth
gave me curious joy. Tired of being
on the heights, l deliberately went to
the depths in the search for new SEN
sation What the paradox was to me
in the sphere of thought, perversity
became to me in the sphere of pas
sion. Desire, at the end, was mall
ady or a madness, or both. l grew
careless of the lives of others. l took
pleasure where it pleased me and
passed on. l forgot that every little
action of the common day makes or
unmakes character. and that there
fore what one has done in the secret
chamber one has some day to cry
aloud on the housetop. l ceased to be
lord over myself. l was no longer the
captain of my soul, and did not know
it. l allowed pleasure to dominate me-.
| ended in horrible disgrace. There is
only one thing for me now, absolute
humility. Extracts from DE Profun-
dis" by Oscar Wilde.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02

| was man who stood in symbolic
relations to the art and culture of my
at the very dawn of my manhood,
and had forced my age to realize it
afterward. Few men hold such po-
sition in their own lifetime, and have
1t so acknowledged. 1t is usually dis
.erned. if discerned at all, by the his
rorian, or the critic, long after both
che man and his age have passed
away. With me it was different. l felt
# myself and made others feel II
Byron was a symbolic figure, but his
relations were to the passion of the
age and its WEAKNESS of passion. Mine
were to something more noble, more
permanent, of more vital issue, OF
larger scope.
The gods had given me almost
everything. But l let myself be lured
into long spells of senseless and sensu-
al ease. l amused myself with being
a f1aneur. dandy, man OF fashion.
7 surrounded myself with the smaller
natures and the meaner minds. be-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
Observation-Disclosures e"Jt~-ssen'""sg1
I BELLE OF BUBBLY CREEK :
: Portrait o a Lady-A Memory o BoyFood
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Soft and shy those lustrous .glances,
Tender as the dream Of dawn,
Flushed with old and quaint iomances,
Frank and fearless as the fawn;
Inky black those fiinging lashes,
Masking well the starry light
From the foguish eye that fiasiies
Pity on some luchiess wight
And her timorous tread is lighter
Than the shy and qLlFeTtng deer,
And her ivory brow Is brighter
Than the dawnlng of the year,
And her voice sounds low and thrilling,
Setter than some mourning dove,
Cooling for her mate Z nd filling
The ambient air with plants of love.
1.-the as shapely fawn that passes,
Winsome as a oguish child.
Buoyant as crisp dewy grasses
When bleak winter is beguiled.
And your song 80 clear and ringing,
Witches all henea your spell,
Like the soaring lark tfat, singing,
Scatters music DER the dell.
| Yes, your regal beauty's splendid,
Sumptuo US as dewy flower,
| or red rose and lily blended.
| Quivering meath the tinkling shower
| And your lustrous eyes are tender,
| Stainless as some splendid star
| Paltry homage here | render,
| Thin echoes trickling from afar.
JAMES p. KINSELLA.
Registry Division, Chicago Postof1ce-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
Development Of Liquid Air

about it is that it is here and can be
procured in large quantities, at a low
cost The first that was liquefied was
about half a wine glass full in amount
and cost at the rate of $4,000 a gall
lon Now the same amount costs a
few cents. Automobiles have been
propelled by it; physicians have used
it with good results in cancer cases
and as a local anaesthetic in surgical
operations. 1t may solve the garbage
problem, as it causes tin cans, hair
and other refuse to burn briskly and
completely, with no smoke or odor. 1t
is one of the most powerful of ex-
plosives. and when it shall be thor
oughly understood it may become one
of the greatest factors in the indus
trial advancement of the world.-Les-
lies Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02

u know I'm getting DID," said the
little woman with the sunny smile and
the gray streaks on her temples, ''but
l just love to go to dances as much
as ever, and, when I'm there, l don't
feel old bit. | wish | could realize
my age, but I'm longing this moment
for i baby hat of all-over embroidery
and bolero suit Isn't it shocking"
You ought to take yourself by the
hand and shake it," replied the wom-
an with the blonde hair and the dull
eyes. You are not getting old, and
you never will. I'm older than you
are this minute"
but" interrupted the bright-eyed
woman. Il was a grown girl going
to dances when you were wearing
pinafores and eating pickles. And
just look at my 3now-white hairs. Be
sides, my dear, although you don |
know it, I've lost two teeth on both
sides and have to wear a plate. Now
isn't that proof enough of old ageY'
TT is no proof at ALL" replied tbs
other stanchly. "A woman is never
really old until she loses her interest
in pretty clothes and would rather
stay at home than go out in the even
ings 1t is not the loss of your teeth
but the loss of your enthusiasm tina
is the signpost of old age.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
In a Colorado Snowslide

81 glanced up on hearing the snow
break and, acting upon my first inn
pulse, turned my back to the ava
lanche. 1t struck me first on the
legs and sprang into the air as high
as l could. The mass passed under
me and by the terrific rush of the
snow l was kept on the top all the
way down into the gulch, about 500
feet. l was the only one free and
proceeded to dig the others out. AS
the snow frequently packs after run
ming, almost to the consistency of
ice, this was no easy matter.
at happened that the man next to
me was buried in a perpendicular po-
sition with only his hair visible. l
had to free his body down to the
ankles before l could pull him out.
The last man reached was dead when
extricated. The rest of us escaped
with slight bruises. 1t was the next
July before articles we lost were
found"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02

There are cases where an operation
is the only resource, but when one con-
siders the great number of cases of
ovarian and womb trouble cured by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound after physicians have advised
operations, no woman should submit to
one without first trying the Vegetable
Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham.
Lynn, Mass, for advice, which is free.
Miss Margret Merkley of 275 Third
Street, Milwaukee Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
" Loss of strength, extreme nervousness
shooting pains through the pelvic organs,
bearing down painS and cramps compelled
me to seek medical ADVICE. The doctor, after
making an examination, said / had ovarian
trouble and liberation and advised an opera
ton. To this strongly objected and decided
to try Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Com
pound. The liberation quickly healed, all
the bad symptoms disappeared and ANA
once more strong, vigorous and we'll n
Ovarian and womb troubles are stead
ily on the increase among women. III
the monthly periods are very painful,
or too frequent and excessive--if You
have pain or swelling low down in the
left side, bearing down pains, leucor-
rhaa, don't neglect yourself try Lydia
G. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02

1t, is often very desirable to know
how to seal a letter so that it cannot
be opened without betraying the fact.
Steam or hot water will open enve-
lopes closed with mucilage and even
a wafer A hot iron or a spirit lamp
dissolves sealing wax, an impression
in plaster having been taken of the
seal. BY the combined use of water
and sealing wax, however, all attempts
to open the letter otherwise than by
force can be frustrated. All that is
necessary is to close the letter first
with a small moist wafer and to pierce
the latter with a coarse needle (the
same applies to mucilage). whereupon
sealing wax may be used in the usual
manner. This seal can neither be
opened by dry heat nor by moisture.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02

HOW portray those piquant graces.
How depict that girlish air,
AS the rose her fiower-like face is,
7, Blushing with its beauty rare?
HOW describe those oval features
- Fashioned in chaste Grecian mold
fearless as shy forest creatures
wandering through dim leafy void?
DAIRY those eyes-the Muse confesses-
@ as aim, dusky, verdui Gus gloom
SoIt as SILK those tangled tresses
cffaught with fragrance and perfume
merry lips that curve capricious,
,Houtlng as in dainty scorn
Aidk white teeth that CLEAN delicious
win the fragrance of the morn.
Here's piquant, pensive maiden,
GRACIOUS as soft summer night
Nhen the breeze with balsam laden
Sways the willows in its flight
Shapeiy as firm Grecian shepherd
. Foslng in untutored ease;
supple as some tawny LEONARD
Frolicking amid the trees.
HOW describe that liquid laughter.
- Gurgllng like a mountain rill
soaring, ringing meath the rafter,
Sanguine. splendid, never still?
HOW portray that regal bearing,
= stately as some gracious queen.
| UT some sumptuous duchess. wearing
| Jewels SOFT, superb, serene?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02

A LIQUID air demonstration is short
,,isit into the fairyland of science. To
see a rubber ball dipped into 1t and
thrown TO the floor only to crash like
glass into small fragments; to see
i2e;tIe boiling away upon a cake OF
ZOE. to see mercury frozen solid and
,,sed as a hammer; TO see iron made
nrittle and crushed in the hands; to
soc steel burning in small glass and
st the same time grapes freezing at
a temperature of s12 degrees below
zero in the same glass; these sights
and many others are indeed almost
too marvellous for belief.
Liaui9 airs ultimate development
NAV not be safely predicted. 1t is in
its inrancy-where steam was at 'he
beginning and electricity at the middle
Of the last century. What is known
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02

"Aiy first experience with a snow
slide was at Creole, Co.." writes DR..
]. G. Allen of Telluride, in that state.
81, With three other men, was on the
side of mountain looking at some
mining property. We were above
timer line and about halfway from
the bottom of the gulch to the top
OF the mountain. I did not think at
the time of danger, as the snow
where we were was only about eight
cen inches deep. The field suddenly
cracked and the snow below us
moved down a foot or two. This
took away the support of an immense
mass of snow above us, where it had
blown over the top of the ridge to a
depth of fifteen or twenty feet. 1t
broke at the crest of the ridge and
all the snow on our side of the noun
tain came rushing down upon us. The
mountain curved around us in cir
cular manner and the width of the
slide was more than 1000 feet, we be
ing about in the center.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
Enthusiasm Holds Off Age

when you begin to think that 1t
isn't worth while to dress for the
chance man caller and to prefer send
ing down word you arn't at home to
mussing your best frock; when the in
vitation to a party suggests nothing
more to you than the next morning
headache which may follow it; when
you feel out of place in frilly hat and
begin not to care whether your bell
fits or not; when a child around the
house gets on your nerves and yoN
find yourself doubling the compli-
ments your husband gives you; when
love poems and love stories awaken
only your smile of amusement: when
you consider any sort of identifying
process, from curling your hair to pull
ing in your stays, too much trouble;
when you begin putting flowers on the
| dining room table, instead of pinnins
them in your hair; when you COM
mence wearing comfortable shoes and
letting out your corset strings merely
because they hurt you-then you are
really growing old and there is nc
help for you.
CAS- long as woman retains hel
vanity and her enthusiasm she ha!
still got firm hold on her youth, ant
not all the false teeth and gray hair,
in the universe can wrench it from
her"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
NO MINeLINe WITH RUSSIANS.
Poles Hold themselves RIgidly AIoof
From Their Conquerers.

Hugo CAM in his book on Russia
writes as follows of the relations ex-
listing between the Russian officials
and the Poles: They remain separ-
ate, like oil and water The Rus
sian, even though he is the master,
is of no consequence here. 1t is only
necessary to observe for the space of
an hour from some corner of the ele-
CANT dining room of the hotel the be-
havior of the Polish society and the
complete isolation of the Russian of.
ficers or officials; 1t is only necessary
to be able to distinguish the groups
from one another-the Baltic nobil-
ity with their almost bourgeois fam
lilies, merchants from all the princi
pal countries. Russian functionaries
and Polish society-and it will at once
become clear who is at home here
firmly rooted to the soil, so that al
others become. strangers and intrud
ers; it is the Poles and the Pole
alone"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
No Chance for a Girl.

The accepted masculine attitude
was well expressed by the small boy
who overheard the conversation of q
caller. He was one of four brothers
and the visitor remarked, What q
pity one of your boys wasn't girl
Dropping his game and thrustins
hands in pockets he exclaimed: well
I'd like to know who'd a ben'er'
wouldn't a ben'er, Joe wouldn't Z
ben'er, Ed wouldn't "a ben'er, and IL
like to know who'd "a ben'er."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
OPERATION AVOIDED
EXPERIENCE OF MISS MERKAEv
She Was Told That an Operation Was
Inevitable How She Escaped IL

When a physician tells woman suf-
fering with ovarian or womb trouble
that an operation is necessary, the very
thought of the knife and the operating
table strikes terror to her heart, and
our hospitals are full of women coming
for ovarian or womb operations.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12
Circle of Newspaper wit.

Tht man who wrote Twinkle,
twinkle, little STAR" had the salts
faction of seeing the little star fol-
low his instructions.-N. Y. Sun.
Similar happiness was vouchsafed the
author of roll On, Thou Dark and
Deep Blue Ocean, lli''.Boston
Globe. Nor must the equally delight
ed gentleman, who cordially said
Blow. We wintry Winds" be forgot.
ten.-Cleveland Plain Dealer. But,
hnally exclaims the Chicago Tribune,
alas for the person who wrote:
backward, turn backward, o, time,
in your fight" Time didn't do &.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12

there came to them, through the fra
grant air, the barking of Wilson's dog
on the hilltop mile away, and the
lowing of the cattle in the lowlands;
how the beetles doomed through the
dusk; how the wind whispered among
the corn, and how, over all, hung the
peacefulness of a summer evening in
the country.
And was this the end of it all-the
end of his dreams, of his hopes, of his
ambitions?
A lump arose in his throat and he
drew the back of his hand across his
eyes. Cable cars ratified past; elevated
trains Numbered overhead. An end
less stream of humanity flowed by like
a boundless ocean about to engulf him.
Suddenly above the tumult and the
din arose a piercing scream, the rat
tie of swiftly moving wheels over the
brick pavement, the shouting of men
and the sound of scurrying feet.
Then Robert Lane beheld spectacle
that drove the blood from his temples,
that made him clench his fists and
stare with cold lips pressed together.
Along the thoroughfare frightened
team was madly dashing. dragging a
carriage that whipped from side to
side as the animals swerved this way
and that. A frail young girl chung des-
perately to the rear seat, her face pale,
her hair flying in the wind.
AS the team dashed. toward Robert,
the child's frightened eyes fell on his
freckled face. Perhaps the innate
strength and courage of the man i'm
pressed her childish mind-perhaps it
was but desperate hope of succor
At all events she partly arose and
reached out her hands towards him,
while into her eyes there flashed an ap-
pealing CLEAN, awful in its intesity.
"Help!" she cried. "Oh, save mel"
Robert Lane could never listen with
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12
Engineering Feat in East River

For the purpose of learning the ma
ture OF the formations underlying the
East river, where the tunnel to
brooklyn is proposed to be built, bor-
lngs are being made under extra rdi-
nary conditions. Out of the center of
the busiest part of one of the busiest
harbors in the world, in the midst
OF a tidal current the fastest to be
found in any great seaport, feat
is being performed that up to few
weeks ago had been considered practi-
cally impossible. Following plans
thought, out in their most minute de-
tail, the Union Engineering and Con-
tracing company has succeeded in
sinking diamond drills four points deep
in the rock formation underlying the
river. Work on a fifth boring is be-
ing pushed, and unless some unfore-
seen accident occurs the other two
behring's called for under the company's
contract will have been finished with
In the next two weeks.