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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-08-29
SHORT ITEMS.
Little Pickups That Help to Tell
the News of the Week.

The roads have been very
dusty the past week, a fact
plentiful!y discovered by those
who drove on business or
pleasure.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-08-29
with neatness and despatch.


The PRESBYTERIAN meeting con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev. F. e.
Rogers assisted by Rev. J. C.
Barr. closed on Sunday night.
The attendance was yery good
and the meeting. is believed to
have accomplished much good.
The Moss Pharmacy have been
busily engaged in moving into
their handsome new corner store
all the week. It will take them q
few days longer to get comfort
ably settled.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-08-29

Wagons heavily loaded with
hay from the country were a
frequent occurrence" last week
on the streets of Lafayette.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-08-29

At various times last week
small groups of interested spec
tators would watch the Cumber-
land workmen taking down the
large old poles on the main
streets. The poles were lowered
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-08-29

The Cumberland Telephone
Co. is building a fine exchange
for this city and when completed
will be Prepared to accommodate
everybody with a phone.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-01-04
Attacking the President

An organized attack the president under and his
friends should take warming Washington correspondents
papers which have been unfrendy the president have received
their orders and sending cunning ylevscd articles repre-
senng Mr. Roosevelt dictator. Almost day may
headlines like this Roosevelt Plans be- Political Boss of
aud may read such these M sca Of the
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-01-04
Lincoln, Nebraska, January 4, 1900
Standard Has Cornered Money Market
and May Precipitate Panic


Call money was loaned per Wall Street last
Thursday On Wednesday Of last week Secretary Shaw at the
sbresry in New York comforting with the enzied nanciers
Wall street now presents situation may we'll alarm the
thoughtful The outsider who is often puzzled by the of
Wall street. always treadng thin ice when he attempts to
prophecy Nevertheless there phases of the financial stu
alton that The Independent compelled to make note
Of them in the interest of its readers The lnysyng feature
Of the situation the high price Of certain stocks at time when
there would to be the best for slump in securities
of all kinds
Those who judge by the signs looking forward
period of rngecy approaching panic and unable under
why the stock market fails reflect the uncertainty the
money market Even the Thomas w Lawson has been
ery deceived if the published interviews with him record his real
He admits that he is hort of Amagamaed Copper which
he predicted would be selling dirt cheap At it
above par Apparently the people have not accepted Lawson
prophet They selling, but buying They relying
Standard Oil keep stocks booming But there danger
that they are fastening toward an abyss.
To the amateur observer if the Standard Oil
are altogether too high Waeed securities are selling far above
their value On only theory should Union Pacific be
selling where is around If the Union Pacific make
sufficient profits pay big dividends It's watered stock there is
of very good why the stocks should sell at lower
level If by extortonae freight charges the Union Pacific
present of dividends why should its stock be de-
rbed watered9 Only hard times could prove that the stock
had been watered Are these hard times near2
Amalgamaed Copper has much the status. Its owners
being able control prices copper great measure
what profits shall be- can therefore, give
kind of support copper stocks panic however, would have
the effect of reducing the demand for copper and the trusts profits
would decline, and so, too would copper stocks
The kings Of finance either expect panic they do If
they do not account for the high prices Of stocks Prices
high and profits high consequently securities high But
does such happy condition of confidence exist among Wall
nancer the high prices of securities appear indicate?
1t is extremely difficult for outsider believe that the nan
cers confident condition bordering panic already
Call money is loaned at 125 per Why This question
be answered by explaining how money obtained by Wall
spectators.
In Tom Watsons magazine for June 1905, Mr. Albert Griffin
Il financial writer, said:
1896 reported in
visible Millions
OF
banks. which real has
How then do the favored people obtain II they do
dcnos real money. They obtain II y pegng securities And
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-01-04


the banks companies and insurance companies lend call money
at from so to 125 per cent.
In the article Mr.. Griffin
hano
the checks against hmand
aan simply yon posse to 50 'e @ a Of @ % and its evil
steadily from the beginning Of the deposit banking
the profits the few and the hessness OF the many the
always
motion Of their schemes but from that time the Rockeieers Nor
rapidly increasing
portion of their depotor but also more OF the hocuocu
possible by those deposits"
The Rockefelers and Mogans wide awake They
delstand that state Of panic exists and that may be expected
They making ready cope with the crisis when it while
the little fellows still continue to call mady for money with which
to buy securities faed decline The Rockelers and
Morgans getting their hands the real money Controlling
so per of the banking institutions of the country they have
been able practically corner real and forcing out
siders pay extorionate rates for small loans.
If fuedged panic descends upon the country, the securities
held by the banks will be of small worth Meantime of the
money will be in the hands of the money kings The banks
will have the money with which pay their deposor while
the nancers who rking the money will cling to it
the sole of ding them the hard times
1t is likely that Secretary Shaw will to the of the
banks He will probably carry his scheme the gov
ernnent deposits the naoa banks of New York and other large
cities of the This belongs the people, but turned
the bankers that they be protected by subsidy against
the peril which they themselves have produced This money might
be used build the Panama canal Instead it being used
favored class escaping the consequences of their folly
or strike the mark, their dishonesty
Whether the panic increases dmnishes the Standard Oil
crowd position reap golden harvest Another
drive the market will force prices down. panic would shake
compsh about the result bear movement order
Having filled their Golfers while the stocks the up grade
the Standard Oil nanciers overflow their Golfers by big sell
ing In this way they will possess themselves of great
portion of the counrys real and will hoard it carefully if
hard times come
~ ~ ~ ~ -
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-01-04

vet at this Time securities phenoml~y high lcse
the banks companies and companies lend call
a. from so to 125 per cent
tla aarfna Mr. Crifin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-14

of paper who was having a powerful
lot to say about Possum Bunker. He
had published a cartoon depicting my
head and face attached 70 the BODY OF
a possum When had been admitted
to his presence said;
90 sub the ca rtoon of Colonel Bun
ker is n great hit-a great hit. called
to congratulate you on your enter
prise
All in the way of fun. you know.
colonel. he replied.
Certainly I can appreciate humor.
even when directed against myself.
Good Joke. suh-good joke. BY the way,
however. / have another
Then I shall be glad to publish it.
g / hope you will Tt is this, sub. You
are to turn out of bed tomorrow at an
hour that will enable you to meet me at
sunrise in Carter's grove. I win have
pistols there. We will each have sec
ond Ten PAGES viii be paced on, and
at the word we viii bore each other
with a bullet. It viii be the best joke
of the yeah. subj
Good Gawd, Colonel. but you don't
advert to a duel he gasped.
% oh. no no. no. It's what they call
shooting match. We laugh as We
take our places We laugh as we shoot
at each other We fairly scream with
laughter as one of US IS borne home on
q shutter.
.. Look here. Colonel. said the editor
as ne Z0aWGQ at sfUOucAdLASs tAACk z
may be something in your P. & p bill
that have overlooked. Would you mind
sitting down and giving me some point
ers?''
Il had made my point-rnade my point
sub. and sat down and went over the
matter with him.
Point THE south cannot do with
out its colored population.
Point 2-Tne 'possun and the persin-
mon are ali that stand between a
hegira to the north and the present sit
uation.
! Point S-Remove the 'possum and the
persimmon and you remove our servants
and 1aborers
Point Remove our servants and
/ laborers, and you cannot replace them,
i and We must fall
BY the eternal. subj said the edi-
/ tor, when 7 had stated my case, you
are ten times right and the p & P.
4 bill must go through. It will be the
! salvation of the whole South. Colonel
/ Bunker, heah is my hand. I apologize,
subj
Il left the Office with glowing
heart said the colonel: but the bat
+ tie was not vet Won The paper came
out and supported the bill, but SEN
ator Jim Pharso, for one. continued
+ to make fun of and burlesque it.
/ When he had carried it so far as to
refer to me on the floor of the senate
as .Possum Bunker I sauntered
around until met him and then care
lessly inquired.
." by the way. senator did YOU
ever have a fair shot at a possum .
I'm! Can't say that I did he re-
Piled.
II you win be in Carter's grove at
sunrise tomorrow mawning III guar
antee you shot at ten PAGES Nv
friend is Majah Twiller'
That's all that was said. sub. but
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eyes at a young and helpless woman!
Calls me a wolf. does he? Knows that
I am on his trail and wants to blum
me off By thunder"
That same afternoon old Mr.. era
ham was told that old Mr.. Fosdick had
referred to him as an attenuated and
doddering old scoundrel. and he
brought his fist down on his desk and
shouted:
by the seven bulls. but he'll go
What A reprobate dare to talk about
across him.
The meeting took place next fore
noon in one of the corridors. They
were trying to keep out of each others
way when they met Then they began
to sheer and to call names, and finally
came to blows. One had his nose
skinned and the other his eye BACKED,
and it was the young woman typist
who said to the tenants gathered
around
Why don't you men take hold Of
these two old buns and throw them
downstairst'
Next day the two old men moved
out. They went down in my cage
separately. Mr.. Fosdick had a tear in
his blackened eyes as he put his hand
on my shoulder and said:
.Sammis. I made a great mistake
when I thought to deceive you. Never
again will 1 withhold my innermost
thoughts from an elevator boy"
Old Mr.. Graham seemed angry at
first. but soon melted, and as he ca
ressed his skinned nose he sadly Whis-
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southern Institutions refer. sub. and
! refer with pride to the 'possum and
the persimmon. They have been part
and parcel of the true south ever since
there was south. They have been
entwined in its folklore and inter
woven in its legends. When our pos
sums and persimmons 60. then the
songs that have been sung around the
world must go.
Freed from all restraint by the
wah, our darkey population were de-
Tastatng our country of its 'possums
and persimmons- I determined to stop
this in my own state. Hence the in
PRODUCTION at an early stage of my p
and p. bill as 1T came to be known.
That bill called for certain restrictions
and for certain pains and penalties,
and provoked widespread comment.
Only few of the people We're with
me at hrst. There was shout OF
laughter as the bill was introduced.
and within the next ten days 7 was be-
ing referred 10 in print and otherwise
as Possum Bunker, Persimmon Bun
ker and other kinds of Bunker. In
two weeks mo than thirty possums
were sent to me from different parts of
the state.
''It was a situation, sub. Was Colo
mel Bunker equal to it? must either
force the people to respect that bill or
be ridicUled out of public life. one
nawning I dropped in to see the editor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-14
The Jamestown Exposition.

When the jamestown exposition was
planned to be held next summer. sup
porters could not dream of its rivaling
in magnificence the worlds fairs Of
Chicago and st. Louis, says the
Worlds Work. But this did not pre-
clude a distinctive exposition of an
other kind. one that should give the
most impressive fes3on in historic cdit-
cation ever set before exposition eight
seers So, It was planned to make this
Ter-Centennial Exposition illustrate
the nations story. Tt will be col
onial affair Georgian architecture
and garden effects nowhere reached
such a point of excellence as in col
oniaI America. and at no time was this
art more pure than in the early days OF
Jamestown The grounds on when
the exposition viii be held are=en-
closed by fence of roses, trumpet
vines. Virginia creeper and honey
sackIe. Instead Of deal-boards a mass
of flowers and verdure will intervene
between the outside world and the
colonial city within. The f1oweri-se
vines will be strung on wires. mod
ern innovation, but rothing of the
metal may be seen by next year. only
the lofty pine posts at intervals of zen
feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-14

week. and tonight I'm going to verify
or disprove It,"
What is it,"
If you can keep your mind off of
bargain sales for FIVE minutes III state
it. Have you ever read or heard that
the center of this earth is mass Of
molten lava %
IT believe have"
oh. you do2 Wen. that's encourage
ing. 1t is fact beyond dispute that
we are living over vast lakes of molten
lava. Mrs Bowser. Thus far I agree
with a number of scientists. From
thence on we separate. Some say that
the earth caving in down below makes
earthquakes. and some have It that the
cooling of the earth is responsible
Again we read that they are que to
gases
But are they not2H asked Mrs
Bowser
I claim and shall try to prove that
all the scientists are off their chump in
this matter. What keeps the fires
burning down below is natural oil. or
natural gas, or beds OF coal When
the fire gets at a new and large supply
of fuel there IS a movement of the lava
RIM east to west like the pillows Of
the sea in a terrific storm. 1t is the
waves breaking against rocky walls
miles below US and falling back on
themselves that sets the ground to
trembling and shaking and produces
earthquakes
But how are you going to prove it2''
Did you ever know Samuel BOwser
to set out to prove anything and make
q failure of it2' asked the ssnateur
scientist as he rose and walked up
and down with his lips pursed up and
his hands clasped behind his back.
Mrs. Bowser bent over and pretend
ed to look on the floor for lost hair
pin. and the cat gurgled in her throat
and tried her best to wink her left eye
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words He was young man. and a
man who wanted to make a reputa-
ton, and he had determined to shoot
to kill L saw it in his eye as he faced
me.
Il like to think of that affair sub.
He missed me. and I wounded him in
the side. He called for another fire.
and he missed me and received another
wound. He called for a third. and I
left a bullet in mis- shoulder and got a
scratch on the hip in return A game
man, sub. His wounds sent him home
for the rest of the session. but he con
last. He contended that the hootfng
of the swamp owl was source of joy
to the colored population. and that the
health of the bird should be an object
of state solicitude.
Il had no further duels over the bill.
The press and the legislators sat them
selves down to seriously consider it, and
in every instance it was discovered that
had diagnosed the case correctly. One
had only to go among the colored popu-
lation to ascertain that I had Thou
sands OF them rose up and declared that
If the possum and the persimmon went
they would go too The bill passed by
a large majority, sub. and the governor
signed it. and personally congratulated
me. made 1t a penal offense to injure
OF destroy a persimmon tree at any sea-
son of the year, and a like offense to
disturb or capture the possum except
during certain months.
The results mo- than met my an
ticipations. Possur1s and persimmons
increased in the most beautiful ratio.
Our uneasy colored population settled
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drop the young woman word OF
warning about him. Sammis.
Il will. sir"
That's all Sammis. I place myself
unreservedly in your hands, and have
given you my full confidence
It was only the next day that old Mr..
Graham sent for me and went over all
most the same words. He. too, thought
the young woman in No. 275 had a hope
less. helpless look. and should be cheer
ed up with bouquets, theater tickets and
luncheons. When he got around to old
Mr.. )sdick he said:
"Sammis. there is a villain unadulter-
ated. He is sly crafty and heartiess.
If he has not committed murder Is is
only because he fears the law. les
over sixty years old and the idea of his
flirting around at that age as I am
told he does, is enough to make the
heart ache. If you should discover that
ne is goo-gooing at the typist-"
Il viii stop 1t al once, sir" re-
piled
That's it, Sammis, at once. You are
one boy out of a hundred. 1 shall give
you my full confidence and trust you
to the limit. Keep your eye on old FOs-
dick and report II he tries any of his
wicked schemes
1t was only three or four days later
when old Mr. Fosdicks wife came down
to the skycraper. I knew It was his
wife but he hustled her out as soon as
he could, and when she had gone he
said to me:
THAT was my grandmother, SamInis.
The dear old lady came down 70 ask
! me to invest some money for her
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Three days later a woman came to
the building asking for old Mr.. Graham.
He happened to be out. and after wait
ing while she said to me:
you tell my husband when he
that if he doesn't send me ten dollars
today I'll have him in court for nom
support.
l didn't tell him. but he learned
some way that she had been there,
and he explained to me:
"Sammis, that was my housekeeper.
I was in arrears to her for salary. but
had forgotten it. II she spoke of me
as her husband she did 1t uncon-
sciously. Women often speak that
way. you know"
Then I saw that both of these faith
erly and benign old men had deceived
me. Instead Of taking me into their
confidence they had deceived me and
made a guy of me. Two bouquets
from old Mr.. FosdicI chucked into
the ash can. and followed it with one
from old Mr.. Graham. The box of
candy from the latter I divided with
one of the boys. I had been betrayed.
and ] wanted revenge. I sawed wood
and said nothing for a week. Then
I felt it my duty toward humanity to
tell old Mr.. Fosdick that old Mr.. Ora
ham had called him a wolf in sheep
clothing
What What's that" he exclaimed
in reply. Why the miserable old
fraud. but I'll pull his nose for him.
Think of a man of his age. Sammis.
and a married man at that, making
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hole, and then spread my raincoat on
the grass and lie down I shall record
whatever I feel or hear, and you may
read The BoWser Earthquake Theory
IN all the newspapers before you are
many days older. think feel a
tremor of the earth now
1T is only the hired girl walking
around the kitchen, replied Mrs. Bow
ser Have these tremors you speak
of anything to do with delirium ire
mors ~
Mr.. Bowser stopped dead still and
gave her one awful look that lasted a
long minute. Then he tried to say
something, but words failed him and
he went upstairs after his rain coat
When he came down with it he went
directly to the back yard and used the
spade for about fifteen minutes. When
he had got the hole deep enough Mrs
Bowser called to him from back
window
Il have consulted the dictionary and
found that one IS tremors and the 9TH
er tremens. Only the tremens comes
from drink. Please excuse me-
He wouldn't do it. He lay down and
put his ear to the ground, and his
theory began working right away He
also began making notes, and at the
end of half an hour had recorded the
following:
1.-THE smell of acids seems to be es-
Gaping from the earth. Smells like an
old wooden sock on fire.
IF I am not mistaken I hear a
seething noise, the same as occurs
when a farmers hired man spits on
the family cook stove.
1.-THE lake of molten lava has struck
q fresh supply of fuel and is booming
for keeps. No wonder coal and kero-
sene are so high.
''Tremors of the earth as the lake is
agitated.
s'I'u show Mrs. Bowser whether it's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-14

George O'DonneiI the actor, sssis
the following story of his four-yeaT-
old niece. whose mother Is the wife Of
a clergyman.
One night Edith wasn't feeling very
we'll and so was put &c bed rather
early. AS her mother was about TO
leave her. she called her back.
Mamma, I want to see papa"
mo, dear" her mother replfeds
your father is busy and must not be
disturbed"
But, r1amma." the child persisted.
Il want TO gee him"
AS before, the mother replied. .No;
your father must not be disturbed
Mamma" declared her dau9hteT,
solemnly. T am a. sick woman ana
want to see my minister. "-Ha~per'
Weekly.
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- r I ever become . business man
and rent an office in a sky
seraper I shall lose no time in
calling the elevator boy up to
rooms and taking him into my
confidence Sorrow is almost
sure to come TO those tenaDls who do
not. and a cataclysm surely awaits the
man who deliberately seeks to deceive
the boy in the cage We have just had
another instance Of it in our building
When old Mr.. Fosdick. agent for a
suspender factory. took offices with US
liked his benign and fatherly ap-
Tearance. He looked innocent and
truthful The very next day old MT
Graham. agent for a banana syrup
company moved In on the floor above
He also looked fatherly and benign
and innocent hearted. and I was re-
joiced that two such tenants should
come to us. Mr.. Fosdick had scarcely
got settled when he called me up to
his Office and said:
'Sammis. I have been making some
ir Quiries about you. ] find that every
one about the building IS ia love with
you. You are said to be trustworthy.
reliable. and boy who minds his own
business.
yes sir; have my little ways.
SIR I replied. as modestly as [ could.
And you are the only son of
struggling widow. are you not2"
Yes sir. MY mother is struggling
3n the most painful manner I should
be. too. but a gigantic mortgage on
the house has got me pinned down 50
hard and fast that I can't even kick. e