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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27

room and kitchen. All light rooms, the
advertisement says. The dining-room
is very pretty. There
is a big square alcove window, but
coming up in front of it to darken the
meal hours is another big steel and
stone structure. The bedrooms look
out over the city, but already the con-
tractors are tearing down the neigh
boring houses and the blank white wall
of still another giant hive will soon
shut the air and light from the Sleep
ing rooms.
Washington Is city of such mag
nificent distances that people who
could otherwise afford to build in the
suburbs are obliged to move into apart
ments in order to be near enough to
their offices to insure punctuality in
business hours. In addition. for some
unaccountable reason, property even on
the outskirts of the capital is by no
means cheap.
Chicago has a passion for fiat life
and sky-scrapers. Even San Francisco,
the city of shingles is turning her
streets into canyons of brick and NOR
tar.
The American traveller who asks
why" of the monotonous streets of
Berlin, Paris, Vienna. Madrid. that
stretch between endless walls broken
only by window or fantastic balcony
may find the answer in the Changing
character Of his own cities--saving Of
space, money, time,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27


son avenue and it is long block from
the park. But it is on the least side
and fashionable. The third street be
yond it is roaring day and night with
the fight of the elevated trains, and
beyond that lies one of the poorest Sec
lions of New York City, where the
children swarm like ants.
West of Central Park, the apartment
buildings are still bigger, not so exclu-
siye, and the prices are lower On
Broadway, above Columbus Circle, or
Fifty-ninth street, where the Park be-
gins, a fairly comfortable seven-room
apartment in one of the smaller build
ings, without elevators, may be had
for 500 month and upward In the
bigger twelve and fifteen story struc-
lures, where the apartments range
from eight to twelve rooms, rents run
from $500 a year up to $4,000 or
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27
LITERARY WORKS OF JOHN HAY
TO BE PUBLISHED BY his DAUGHTER

!. The country approves of John Hays
selection of his literary executor. The
work of preparing the former states
mans papers for publication was be-
queathed by him to his daughter, Mrs.
Payne Whitney, who was Miss Helen
Hay. She has inherited much of the
high literary talent of her father and
has been a frequent contributor to the
leading periodicals of both prose and
verse. 1t will be her pleasant duty to
prepare for publication the many I'M
printed manuscripts from Mr.. Hays
facile pen.
Mrs. Whitney's first published vol
ume Of her own was a collection of
poems which appeared in 1898. Quite
lately, and principally through the in
fiuence of her children, she has col
lected series of charming stories for
little folks Many of these have at
tracted critical attention through their
easily recognized smack of childho0d's
hours. AS a possible explanation Of
how she was able to portray things so
genuinely from the childish standpoint
she has said that she has endeavored
always when writing them to bark
back to the scenes of her own child
hood, and to assist her recollection and
imagination she has thrown herself on
the floor with pencil and tablet, getting
as near actually as possible to the
youngsters point Of view.
At the National Capital Miss Hays
true worth made her great favorite,
and both there and in London her
learning, wide reading and ready SYM
patty with her father made her Of
great assistance to him in his work.
Her husband, Mr.. Payne Whitney, was
a classmate of her brother, the late
Adelbert Hay.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27

the fifty years of his absence. He
asked her to write. Mrs. Moir did
write at once. She, too, had kept the
photograph of young Clay which he had
given to her when boy Further let
tiers followed. She had no children,
while all of Mr. Clay's children had
homes of their own.
Forgot That They Grew Old.
Throughout the correspondence the
two old people remembered each other
as they were in their young days ana
from their photographs. Neither pic
tured the other as old-they were again
the sWeethearts of their youth And
then it was arranged that they should
be married. Mrs. Moir, sixty-three
years old, started West to meet her fu-
ture husband, Reaching Omaha, she
received two kilograms, one that he
was very sick, and as she was prepar-
ing to hasten to his bedside another
came saying that he was dead. The
old lady was stricken with grief and
taken seriously i'll. AS soon as she is
able to travel she will visit the grave
OF the man whom she says she has
loved all her life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27
Heading Off Lotteries.

Information has been received at
the Post Office Department alleging
that lottery ticket selling is again
furnishing in the United States,
which has led to an investigation and
recommendation of a fraud order
against e. Bogelsang, of Hamburg,
Germany, who is stated to be conduct
ing in the United States the Hamburg
State Lottery, the Brunswick State
Lottery and the Hessian State Lottery.
Circulars intercepted at the New York
Post Office, apparently mailed at
Hamburg, solicit remittances for ticket
drawings in the above lotteries and
direct that remittances be made to
Bogelsang, at Hamburg.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27
MODERN CLIFF DEELLERS.
THE SKY SCRAPERS OFBTG CITIES
TAKING PLACE OF HOMES.
Not Only Used for Office Buildings,
But Occupied by Thousands of
Families.

Not Only Used for Office Buildings,
But Occupied by Thousands OF
Families.
When the United States Consul in
Europe says to his visiting countryman,
Come over to my house this afternoon
and have a cup of tea with u.s. the
listener makes careful memorandum
of the address, and towards five O'Clock
goes out in search of an unpretentious
dwelling such as the modest salary of
consul might warrant What he
finds at the address given him is big
square building, into which he is adj
United by an unseen porter, and the
lnnumerable stairs of which he climbs,
examining brass doorplates at every
landing, until at last he comes to the
apartment of his host.
Mr.. w. ]. Bryan, on his recent trip
abroad, finding one of our Ambassa-
doris similarly lodged, the only differ
ence being the increased rental, in
weighed against it as being un-Ameri-
can. He wanted to know why a nice
American home wasn't provided-such
house as would give the unlucly for
eigner some idea of how we live in
America. Mr.. Bryan overlooked the
fact that in our own big cities his
Ideal American home is rapidly dis
appearing, and that long before our
metropolis is one-tenth the age of the
European capitals, increase of popula-
ton and greater need for economy will
have rendered unattainable the mod
est individual home, and will have
driven city jewellers together under one
roof in apartment houses whose size
is limited only by the confines of the
block and the building laws regulating
height.
Private Homes Disappearing:
twenty-five years ago the New
Yorker who possessed an annual in
come of $4,000 lived in his own house
and kept a carriage. The New Yorker
of to-day with only $4,000 a year
hunts an apartment for the mere rent
of which he expects to pay not less
than $500, and he cannot afford a
carriage. The trouble is that on the
island of Manhattan there is not room
for its millions to live in the old-fash-
Toned way, and the cost of living has
increased enormously.
They must suspend their dwellings
high above the ground, every foot of
which is worth a kings ransom.
There is no room for the stately homes
of revolutionary days-they are swept
away for the warehouses of great mer-
camille companies. There is no room
for the smaller brick houses of the past !
generation-their fronts are pulled off |
and replaced with the immense plate |
glass windows of the exclusive import |
ers." There is no room for churches
they are torn down to make space for |
annexes to the mammoth apartment |
houses.
New York, which offers the best ex-
ample of the metamorphosis, is, of |
course, the most un-American of Amer
lean cities. The Italian walking up
from the Battery finds himself at |
home; here are the high tenements of |
Naples, Genoa, Venice. The Austrian |
and the Hungarian land among IA
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27


$4,000, at least. In the best known of
these creamy white fifteen-story
building, adorned with innumerable
grilled iron balconies painted green,
one may secure bachelor suite, con-
sisting of parlor, bedroom and bath,
unfurnished for the mere pittance of
5000 a year.
Tiny Hives for Homes.
On Riverside Drive rates are lower.
The Drive is the most beautiful resi-
dence street in the city, but it is far
from Fifth avenue, and the wind blow
ing in over five miles of bay and river is
distressingly harsh during the winter.
Here for $500 one may find an apart
ment comprising a parlor, library (by
courtesy so called), three bedrooms,
bath, dining-room, pantry, servants
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27

Look at your address label ON The
Gazette, and If arrears are due, see
TO renewal before the fact is forgot
ten. Do 1t mosc.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27
Husband Was a Mason.

But her husband had been a Mason.
ana last February the Lynchburg Ma
some lodge was asked by the Elmo
lodge OF Washington State to furnish
information concerning Miss Leila
saunders. Shortly after, Mrs. Moir re-
celved a letter from the friend of her
childhood, Charlie Clay.
lie told OF his wanderings through
the West and his final settlement in the
State of Washington. where fortune
had favored him with great financial
success. He had married, raised a
family and had finally lost his wife.
But he had kept the memory Of his
virginia sweetheart-his first love-and
he had carried her photograph during
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27
Danger in Door Knobs.

A dirty door-knob, says the Lancet
IS an obvious offense against sanitary
principles. Constant contact with the
hand means contamination sooner or
later. IL il conceivable that dirty
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27
THR PARCELS POST.
MOVEMENT TO SECURE ENACT
MENT OF SUCH A LAW.

1t Would Drive to the Wall all Local
Stores-A Mooted Question Mheth-
err Mail Order Houses Are Real
Benefits.
The est. Paul Trade" sharply disa-
grees with Gilbert Hubbard in his
ideas of the value to the country of a
parcels post system. Mr.. Hubbard
writes convincingly in the "Philistine"
that the parcels post would be- a splen-
did thing for the country at large, but
the est. Paul Trade" affirms that such
a system would result in an enormous
concentration and congestion of bust
ness in the few large cities which
would entirely drive out of business,
not only the small merchant, but even
the department stores. The "Trade"
says:
1.-THE great mail order houses of the
country, selling direct to the customer,
are behind a manufacturing organiza-
ton which has started at work an
endless chain scheme to secure the
united support of the manufacturers
and wholesalers of the entire country
for an amendment to the postal laws,
providing for two classes of mail mat
ter, one, the first class, to consist of
letter postage at one cent, and the sec
ond class to consist of all other classes
of mailable matter at rate just suttl-
cient to pay expenses.
Country Merchants Forced Out.
"This means continues the
Trade. drought down to bare facts,
a parcels post. 1t means that the big
mail order houses will be enabled to
send their goods to farmers through
the mails ut cost so little that it will
be absolutely impossible for the coun-
try merchant to compete.
.The result will be one or more big
department. stores, according to the
size of the place, in each town in coun-
try districts, and these will have
hard time to compete with the mail
order houses, even though they will
be able to get their goods in large
quantities at first hand.
''It is, therefore, at once apparep
that it is as much to the interest
the manufacturer and wholesaler to
fight the parcels post scheme as it is
for the small merchant"
Are the Catalogue Houses
Advantageous
While the mail order houses can do
a large business in every section
WHERE lI6y GILL Sel III lOuCH VIII tIC
customers it is, however, n much dis
cussed question whether they are a
real benefit to the country. They can
sell cheaper than local merchants, and
if orders are combined and wisely
placed they usually do enough so
to more than pay the cost to
the purchaser of the express or
freight. But on the other hand,
things must ordered from cata-
logues; there is always more or less
disappointment upon their arrival,
since there is-~Ho opportunity for
choice, and it seems practically impos-
sible for the average family to look
over one of these illustrated catalogues
and send in an order without buying
a number of articles not in the least
needed, simply because they seem to
be bargains.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27

Baron Komura ascribes the success
which Japan has had 70 just cause,
absolute honesty in the administra-
ton of her affairs, and extreme slim
plicity of life among the masses Of her
people.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27

eor-handle would convey disease, and
acre is thus ample reason why door
andes should be kept as clean as
possible.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27
Corks Made From Oil.

From the Washington Post
The MELONS, Pittsburg bankers,
started an opposition to the Standard
Oil Trust, and were promptly plugged.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-09-27
STORY OF An OLD LOVE.
Inc Romantic History of Two Sweet
hearts Of the Long Ago Who Dis
covered Each Other Only TO
be SeDarafed

Inc echo Of an old Virginia romance
comes from Omaha, where Mrs. Leila
Molr, OF Lynchburg, Va, has been pros
lraled over the news that the sweet
neart OF her youth, whom she has not
seen Tor half century, but to whom
s.e was en- route to be married, had
died suddenly, where the marriage was
TO nave taken place upon her arrival.
BEFORE the war, down in Lynchburg
va, LEILA Saunders was one of the
Deiles, while Charlie Clay was one Of
the best matches" in the country. The
TWO had been sweethearts from their
cnlldhood and were engaged to be mar
RED. But lovers quarrel occurred
anu young Clay went West and never
wrote home.
In 1862, Miss Saunders married. her
husband leaving the following day for
the war, and three months later his
dead body was brought home.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27

Of the State of Louisiana, and on
their behalf, as Governor of the State,
I tender you thanks and wish you a
prosperous future.
with highest esteem, l remain,
most sincerely yours,
INVENTION c. BLANCHARD"
DR.. Clifford Hill Irior ri born at
Marksville, Avoyelles parish, La,
forty-four years ago. He received his
early education in the public schools
and private institutions in Avoyelles
parish.
He graduated from Tulane Medical
College in 1885, and since that time,
with the exception of two years at the
Shreveport hospital, he has lived in
Bossier parish.
He is . member of the State Medical
Society
DR.. Irion's father was the late Judge
A. B. Irion, formerly circuit Judge OF
the Eleventh Circuit and Congress
man from the Sixth district of the
State. His mother was q Miss Caro-
line King of Opelousas, La. DR..
Irior's father-in-law is DIR. j. e.
Egan of Shreveport.
DIR. Irion is a member of the Bos-
sier Parish School Board, and is
health officer Of that parish. With
the exception of these two Offices he
has new held any other public posi-
ton, although he has always taken
a active interest in the politics of his
parish and the State.
BE has four brothers, DR.. v. K.
Irion, dentist of this city; DR.. Henry
A. Irioh, dentist of Alexandria; r.
r. Iri0n, q planter of Avoyelles
parish, and Percy Irion, a cotton
planter of Rapides parish.
DR.. Irion is expected in this city
during this week, when it is probable
he will hold q conference with the
other members of the new board. DR..
Irion will take up his residence in this
city, and he is expected to assume the
duties of his ONCE Jan. 1, or as soon
thereafter as practicable.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27

You will find the best assert
ment in town of Blank Books,
Day Books, Journals, Ledgers,
Cash Books, Trial Balance Books,
Letter Books, Office Files and
other books for the Office, at the
Moss Pharmacy. We will du-
plicate any book that You have
and guarantee to save you from
10 per cent to SO per cent if you
buy the books from rs.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27
Your Opportunity.

We find that we have entirely
too much stock for this season OF
the year. and it must be reduced
promptly. you get the benefit.
From now on sacrifice prices in
mems suits, boys suits, over
coats, shoes, underwear, in fact
everything pertaining to clothing
and gents furnishing.-Lafa-
yette Clothing House, mems and
boys outfitters.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27
Ns1ice.,.

The regular annual meetingAf the
shareholders of the VordenhAamen
Lumber Co., Ltd, to elect a boAd of
directors and to transact such cher
business as may come before tkm.
will bs held'at the Office OF the en-
pany on the first Tuesday in Janukv
at ii a. m. o. B. HOPKINsN
Secretary,
Lafayette, La, Dec. II, 1906. Y
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27

Louisiana Planter.
The weather during the early
part Of the past week was rainy
and consequently detrimental to
the rapid progress of the cane
harvest. Quite a number of our
plantations have now completed
their campaign with generally
disappointing results in so far as
the amount Of cane ground is
concerned, though the yield per
ton in some sections has been
quite satisfactory.
Christmas will find an addi-
tional number through with their
labors, but most of the larger
factories, and especially those in
the more southerly portions of
the sugar district will be running
into January. Dry and cool
weather is anxiously desired and
the prevalence of it will do much
to hasten the termination of the
campaign.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27
Neruor Announces Appointment
1f New B0ard.-Or. Clifford II.
4 0r)ou Of B0sSler Parish Is
President.
Gov. Blanchard Outlines the Policy
That Is To Be Pursued by the
New State Board.
Times-Democfat.

DAYS, announced The m OF the
State Board of Health, to take the
place of the members who recently
resigned. The personnel of the new
board follows:
DR.. Clifford III. .Irion, Bossier
parish, member and president.
DR.. J. M. Bachelor, New Orleans.
DR.. William G. Armstrong, New
Orleans.
DR.. Glendswer Owen, Iberville
parish.
Dr.. I. E. Schumpert, Caddo parish.
DR.. G. w. Gaines, Madison parish.
DR.. A. J. Perkins, Calcasieu parish.
The appointment of DIR. Irion IS q
member and president Of the board
Wal not unexpected by those who have
kept In touch With the situation dur
ing the past few days. In fact, soon
after his name was first mentioned it
val generally conceded that his ap-
pnintment would follow. DR.. Irion
hac occupied the position of health
oficers in his parish, and stands high
in the medical profession Of the State.
New Orleans gets two out of the
seven members of the board. DR.. ].
NJ. Bachelor, who il house surgeon
Of the Charity Hospital has IN m
viable standing in this city and
throughout the State, and is highly
regarded by the members Of the
medical profession. DR.. William G.
Armstrong, the other New Orleans
namber, IL also we'll known and held
II high esteem. The members Of the
new board are oil between thirty
seven and forty-hve years of age.
The reappointees from the old
board are DR.. T. e. Schumpert, the
health oncer Of Shreveport, and DR..
g.. w. Gaines, the health officer Of
Madison parish.
81. "a. !. Perkins is the health
'cn66rof Lalkps Charles.
President Ifi0n-wdli give his satire
time TO The public health service.
In speaking Of his appointment
yesterday, Gov. Blanchard said:
"In selecting . president ! en-
deavored to select . man of great
executive force and capacity, and
believe that in DIR. Irion I have such
: man. He is going to be sent with
letters from me to the health officers
Of Mississippi, Texas, Alabsm0
Arkansas and Florida to make their
acquaintance and talk on health
matters and outline preventive
measures for next spring and summer,
10 get in touch with them and establish
IN entente cordiale, and to give them
the assurance there will be no policy
Of concealment engaged in, and to
establish : basis Of cooperation with
them in the policy TO Be pursued in
The protection Of the public health Of
tie Southwest.
stOne Of The first duties Of the State
Board Of Health will be to formulate
. new sanitary code for the State. In
this work and all others pertaining to
he public health The cooperation Of
Ne United States Public Health
Service, the city government Of New
Orleans and the City Board Of Health,
ne Pnblic Health Association Of New
Orleans, the medical societies Of New
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27
Bank Dividend Notice.

AT a regular meeting of the Board
of Directors Of the Bank of LAFAYETTE
held this day, a semi-annual dividend
OF five per cent. was declared, pay
Cashier.
Lafayette, La, Dec. 6, 1905.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27

DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND
SHOES.
Levy Bros. corner VermiliOn and
Madison streets. Telephone 1872.
Gus Schmulen, corne Pierce and Con
gress streets. Telephone 6.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27

GROCERIES AND CROCKERY.
Morgan & DeBaillon, corner Vermil-
ion and Lee avenue. Telephone "a.
Prudhomme s McFaddin, Lincoln
avenue. Telephone Ga.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27

DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND
GROCERIES.
Mouton Bros. corner Pierce 4 J Con-
gress street. Telephone 80.
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DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES
L. F. Rigues, corner Lincoln avenue
and Cypress streets. Telephone 1O4.
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
L. F. Bellemin, corner Lincoln ave-
nue. and Orange streets. Telephone
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FARM IMPLEMENTS, BUGGIES
AND VEHICLES.
Denbo-N Nicholson, Co., Id, Lincoln
avenue, between Vine and Cypress
streets. Telephone 130.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27

Lafsyetts Mattross Factory. next /
City Power Plant. Telephone 10
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LUMBER YARD.
Vordenbaumen Lumber Co., Ltd, o.
b. Hopkins, manager, Hopkins
avenue near power house.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27

CIVIL ENGINEER.
Z. s. Babin, Office and residence On
Main street near Johnston avenue.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-12-27

BRICK AND TILE MANUFAC-
TURERS.
Lafayette Brick and Tile Manufac-
turing Co., e Power House on
Alexandria branch.
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INSURANCE,

INSURANCE.
Psrkerson and Mouton, fire, life, and
accident insurance, Vermilion be-
tween Jefferson and Madison streets.