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New-York tribune., 1906-05-13

OF life or DEATH but each time tippins
his neighbor's hat TO one side. I thought It an
accident but later he laughed. The annoyed
man laughed too. although expected him 70
resent IT. There Is apparently no opportunity
for man to sleep at the switch over there.
One made paper wads for hour. and
believe he did it simply because his nerves were
highly strung He made the wads very care
fully. and then gagged the height Of the room
and tossed the things up tncalculable dis
tance- They fell in the pit. sometimes hitting
member. but never noticed. wonder how
many hours. days. weeks and perhaps years
that solemn appearing man has been trying to
hit the ceiling"
oh that's John Jenkins. Just habit OF HIS.
One day the boys turned gunny sack OF con-
fetti on him from the gallery. II there was not
a little nonsense now and then. as a safety
valve, we could not stand the strain. There is a
floor committee OF four members to keep order
selected at the first OF each month and some
Of them try TO put little more dignity into
the gathering. Yesterday the kids made new
member do a clog dance IN the ring. It isn't
right, you know. but they will do it.
Then take their superstitions. Did you ever
fnd man with the instincts OF a gambler who
was not superstitiOus? In fact we are a nation
OF gamblers; life itself IS a gamble. and il Is
my opinion that more superstitious people
exist than we Americans. This Is not generally
conceded. but study IL out to suit yourself There
are men the exchange who would no more
think OF trading Friday II II ehanced TO fall
on the 18th Of the month"; than they would think
OF flying to the moon. a black cat is considered
good luck. and one day when a cat as black as
night walked into the pit the boys put her on
a stool, sent for milk and meat and never let
her out Of the pit all day. One well known COM
mission house had Room f3 when Il went
into the Cotton Exchange. but Immediately had
the number taken on and No 14is put in rs
place.
MY family regards me as great man
It's the same cid story. II a man specUlates in
Wall Street and loses ne is considered by men,
bers OF his family the biggest fool IN town
II he goes to the exchange with the same small
capital and wins he Is thought the smartsst
man in the country. Yet each had an equal
chance. I simply learned how. but was
poor man long enough % sympathize with the.
men who lose. II is like the toss o. a coin.
'You see. the outsider usually wants too much.
He overreaches himself He buys at the toD
and sells az the bottom.
There is an old saying on the exchange. that
Pears make money IN Wan street;
Sut bo-a-noVez-'
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church TO be built and arranged under Dr. Crap
sey's own orders.
ANECDOTES AR0UT HIM.


A few anecdotes often cited in Rochester tend
TO show the mans private character and his
relations with his parish better than could the
most eloquent descriptions.
When DR.. Crapsey first came to St Andrews
some Of his friends gave him a new overcoat
One cold winters day an acquaintance saw him
standing on street corner talking to a thinly
clad beggar who had approached him and asked
for aims. He was shivering with the cold. and
DR.. Crapsey. without a moments hesitancy, took
the new coat and helped the beggar into it.
Not long ago DR.. Crapsey heard of a family
in the community which had the diphtheria.
Every member of the family was sick with the
dread disease and no one would go near them
for fear Of contracting 1t. They were poor and
destitute. Although they were not connected
with his church, DR.. Crapsey went to them
as he heard of their sore straits. At the
risk OF his own health he entered the house and
proceeded to set things straight. Finding an
apron Of the housewives behind the door, he
put It on, took off his coat. rolled up his sleeves
and washed all of the dirty dishes which had
accumulated. He then provided for the needs of
the family and did all that he could to help
them through their trouble
Dr. Crapsey draws a salary of $4,000 and
ahead for any length of time. Although the
church is supposed to possess poor fund it Is
not kept up and DR. Crapsey exercises his
charity from his own pocket. On the day before
Christmas two years ago, one of the members
Of his church entered a grocery store in the
neighborhood The grocer pointed to two long
New-York tribune., 1906-05-13
why don't YOU leave the business?''

why don't you leave the business?"
why, you have no idea how fascinating II
is 70 me- love the game and the excitement.
1t is about all the pleasure have now. TO tell
the truth. have made It pay. and that is
recompense for some OF the struggling years
! have spent when there we're no returns az
the end Of the year. I'd rather give ten years or
my life to be able 70 live while am living"
.YOu'u die game yet old man. But there was
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For the first time IN my lie have been up
n the little gallery OF the New York Cotton
Exchange" said casual visitor the other day
As ne walked out ana met an old friend on the
hoeWalk- Never been there? Well, Il is like
being transported 70 the fascinating confusion
o. Coney Island in summertlne-that is. if you
drop in during lull in the market Now. what
90 you think was the first thing 1 heard? The
CRY Of a Coney Island barker or what seemed
Tor ali the world like II. One Of the young bro
kers heat rat-tat-too on the pit rail with his
derby and yelled:
Fa-tee-na, Fa-tee-ma, The only perfect
lsdy on the beach! VIII some one help the lady
or the horse?"
IT must have been CODE" suggested the
Visitors friend
At first thought it might be, but learned
that every man on the exchange gets a nick
name when he begins 10 trade, a name that ,x-
Presses OF his strong pecularities, and the
name sticks 20 him through life. In the case
Of .Fatima'-he was one day thrown over the
railing and ordered 10 dance Il was then dis
covered that he could do a muscle dance as
Vel as the real one, and 'Fatima' he has been
ever since. Angry? Can't afford to be. Might
as well leave the exchange as object seriously,
! am told
You heard right for once. old man." cx-
CLAIMED The visitors friend. We older men do
.'' approve OF all the nonsense. but it is harm
4ess fun Tor the boys after all They even use
lose ncknaines in trading for it is easier to get
q man attention that way He seems TO be lis
tening for his nickname. There are a LOT OF
them; for instance. Sea Cow who is a big fell
20" with below that cannot be ignored sir
Thomas is a tan, slender man Of fifty. whose
bng arms swing with great effect and reach
neariy TO The centre Of the ring. Buster Brown
stirs things UP wherever ne goes Bud is the
beauty OF tie ripg, and is always Immediately
Clothed In the latest fashion. Bud is the South
ern nickname for little brother you know
Another active member IS known as Hopper
sor he resembles the comedian. besides being a
Jumper. There are many college football play
efs and athletes on the list; their physical and
mental equipment keep US old fellows jumping
N the daily struggle. What did you think OF the
Crowdg.
Think: Ny dear friend. live in Harlem
Where The gentIewornen are trying to suppress all
uhhoiy noises. including yelling. Hucksters sell
ing bananas would give a handsome per cent
q their earnings for your voice.
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rows OF half-bushel market baskets on the floor
nlled with fowls vegetables and all sorts Of
oellcacies OF the season for Christmas dinner
and said
DO you see those baskets? Well. your rector
has been here and has picked out and ordered
everything that's in them. They have got TO be
delivered to-day to different poor families in this
part Of the city. Other philanthropists come
here sometimes to get things for the Door but
they look around and ask Haven't you got
something cheaper? I want it for some poor
people But DR.. Crapsey comes in and insists
on my giving him the best of everything"
DR.. Crapsey once had reason to regret that
he had named one Of his younger sons after
himself. A number of years ago. when Algernon,
jr, was lad of rather tender years, he noticed
an announcement that a pig was to be raffled
at a saloon a nearby corner. He thought
that his happiness in this world would be COM
plete If he could only get that pig and he con-
sequently decided to enter the rattle. Making
the requisite scent purchase which gave him
the chance on the "squealer" he was asked to
sign his name to the list. He responded by
signing "Algernon s. Crapsey." This list was
and 1t had not been there long when people
began to notice the astounding fact that DR..
Crapsey's name appeared among those OF the
gamblers Some one went to him 10 ask him
about it, and he repaired to the spot in all haste.
He was not little embarrassed over the situa-
ton and proceeded to adjust matters at once,
both at the saloon and at home.
mans ITOr TTTzT GNrnnc
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THE "cARmINe ADJECTIVE. >,

Many correspondents have written various ex-
plantations Of that epithet beginning with - and
ending with "" upon which 'V V. v" cast long
ing eyes in The Sphere" Our linotype machines
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they had been losing ventures; but at present
his writings are in great demand and are bring
ing him in substantial money returns.
The greatest sorrow OF DR.. Crapsey's life was
the death OF a daughter a few years ago. and
since that he has grown old rapidly He and
this daughter were almost inseparable COM
rades and THE Greater Love" is dedicated to
her.
Ever since the heresy trial began there has
been encamped in his wake army OF inter
viewers. The most uncomfortable aspect of this
unwelcome attention. according TO one OF his
friends. is the fact that it debars DR.. Crapsey
from his regular and much beloved tramps
through the country. On these tramps he is
wont to compose his sermons. And nowadays,
If he would avoid secular interruption from
dozen reporters and snapshot men, he must so
forth in the early dawn, before the army OF pur-
suerS is astir
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1T is. Do you know the average man VINO
takes up the vocation early IN life and stays on
the floor rarely lives TO be over fifty? am
forty-seven, but although / have been trading
for only ten years I have not half the control
over myself that l had ten years ago. The ner-
vous work leaves It's mark"
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HIS EARLY LIFE.

Son Of an Ohio. lawyer and grandson OF Sen
ator Morris, who was one of the founders Of the
Buckeye State. this Rochester clergyman has in
hts time played many parts. Leaving home
when only eleven years old, he became check
room boy in drygoods store. After two years
OF that he worked. until fifteen, in a hardware
house, and then, in 1861, having arrived at the
age and inches required by law, he entered the
army, where, despite his youth. he served with
distinction under General Rosecranz.
Employment successfully as a printer, as a
storekeeper. as an official OF the Postoffice De-
partment, and as a mechanic in a publishing
house-al followed in swift rotation before he
was twenty. At length. having saved enough
money for the purpose from his various fields OF
labor he studied for the ministry, was ordained
by Bishop Hora1io Potter OF the New York Di-
ocese. and assigned to the Trinity Parish staff.
There his work lay chiefly in the then notori-
Gus Five Points quarter. Love for the arduous
task of toiling among the very poor quickly pos
sessed him, and when, in 1879. call came for
similar work in a less thickly settled and less
amply shepherded parish Of the same sort IN
Rochester, he put aside brighter hopes OF met
ropOlitan advancement to accept it.
One Of DR.. Crapseys pet works is the St An
drew's Brotherhood, which was organized by
him about twenty-five years ago. with eight or
nine members The membership has now grown
until II is fast approaching the five hundred
mark DR.. Crapsey is chaplain Of the order ana
takes charge Of all the Office work. The
brotherhood is a mutual benefit association
Every member pays 10 cents a week dues, and
the organization now has $1,000 IN bank. The
brotherhood includes members OF the Catholic
and Presbyterian churches as well as Of St.
Andrews men Of many different sects about the
city, and men Of no sect at all. The only re-
quirement for membership is that they shall be
oe,o OV7a of fhn n
the brotherhood has been a gymnasium in the
old Douglas Hail. This has now been sold for
So OOO and the church is awaiting the outcome
Of the present trial to use this sum In making
additions to the Nazareth Hail. the parish house.
which Will enable them again to put in gym
nasum DR.. Crapsey, although over sixty. took
constant exercise in the gymnasium himself
when II in operation
Since the heresy trial began a rich resident of
Rochester has offered to furnish half the money
for buying lot and building new church for
Dr. Crapsey in any part of the city desired. the
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HARD ON THE LARYNX.

INC Cotton Exchange man bent his head 20
Iiae smile and boyish giggle. He was
s.''see over The criticism and was frankly nat
's4ea with tic praise given to the carrying quail
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noes NOR Ike COURTs.

In . the rectory. adjoining the church, Dr.
Crapsey lives The house is more like an old
English vicarage than city dwelling Screened
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KILLS THEM EARLY

the ticket OF admission; but honestly, Bill,
don't envy you. The strain must be terrible"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19
ice-cream Social.

Tuesday, Sept. %. an ice
cream social will be given by the
L. A. to B. of r. T. for the pur-
pose of raising fuEds to pay the
expenses of a delegate, Mrs. G.
G.. Harris, to the meeting in Den
yer, Colorado. Oct. /. One of the
features of the occasion will be
the moving pictures shown by
Mr.. F. G. TRAYS fine machine.
Everybody invited. Come out
and enjoy a delightful evenin e.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19
DISTRICT COURT.
Grand Jury lmpaneled-A Num-
Der of Offenders Against the
Law Plead Guilty and Are
Sentenced.

District court convened Mon
day The following grand jury
was impaneled: Alcide Judice,
foreman, J. M. Jones, Louis E.
Bernard, Lucien S. Broussard.
]. o. Broussard. Andre Billeaud,
Jean A. Begneaud, Harrison The
all, r. U. Bernard, Odon Guidry,
Hugh Wallis, Paul Martin.
In his charge to the jury.
Judge Pugh called atten ton to
mum Der of new laws made by the
last legislature which he praised,
to the growinginterest in schools.
to the need of new court house
and to the Importance of drain
age.
Monday and Tuesday the fol-
lowing offenders against the law
appeared in court and pleaded
guilty:
Antoine Adams, Earl Dallas,
Richard Collins and Henry Ed
wards, all cOlored. carrying
concealed weapons. Fined 500
and costs or 3 months in jail
Arcade Pourcio. carrying con-
cealed weapons, not sentenced.
Lee Jones, colored, burglary
and larceny, sentenced to >
years in penitentiary.
Jos. Landry. colored, stabbing
with intent to kill, sentenced to
4 months in Jail.
Camille Guilbeau and AlOnzo
Guilbeau. violating Sunday law.
Fined $40 and costs.
Gilbert Delhomme, carrying
concealed weapons, fined $50 and
costs.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19
KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS.
Difficulty at Public Ball at Som
nier'S Hail at Western
Limits of Town.

Saturday night at public ball
at Sonnier's hall. at the western
limits of town, a young man by
the name of Lucius Guidry was
knocked unconscious and severe
ly hurt by Clairfait Sonnier the
proprietor. Deputy Sheriff Peck
and Chief of Police Chargois en-
tered the hall Immediately follow
ing the difficulty and arrested
Sonnier. Guidry was removed
to friends house and DR.. Tol-
son called in to attend on him.
The wound proved not to be Sc
rious and in a few days the young
man was able to be up. Sonnier
was released on $500. 90 bond.
Deputy Peck stated that Son.
nier gives as the cause of the as
sault, that some of those not
dancing were in the way of the
dancers. He walked up to them
and ordered them back. pushing
Guidry who was in front. Gui-
dry advanced on him and he
struck him.
Guidry's brother states that
the assault was unprovoked.
That Lucius had paid the en-
trance fee and had conducted
himself in a perfectly proper
manner the entire evening.
While standing talking to a crowd
of boys, Sonnier fell upon him
with a large club, and before he
could tell who struck him, was
knocked to the floor unconscious.
His brother, Endres, young boy
of II years, went to his brother
with the intention of lifting him,
and was struck on the arm and
head, which nearly brought him
to the floor.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19

nune were badly hurt.

Alfred d. BreauX appointed
justice of the peace, second ward i,
to succeed Hugh Wagner de-
ceased, qualified last week. Ar
thur Hoffpauir will serve as his
constable, having been appointed
to succeed Andrew Cummings,
moved from the ward.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19
Window Displays.

The corner window display by
the Moss Pharmacy of school
supplies has caused numbers of
people to stop and admire it..
Everything that pupils can need
seems to have its proper place in
the exhibit and makes an attrac-
tive ensemble.
The Moss & Co. windows are
an unfailing attraction to the lit
tie girls who never fail to stop
and admire the beautiful dolls.
And the grownups find many
things to admire, in fact, the
windows are a constant source
of interest to passers-by. as
something new and attractive is
to be found in them all the time.
The handsome window display
of the Blue Store is attracting a
great deal of attention. Mr..
Todd, who dressed the windows,
has shown great deal of artistic
taste in the arrangement and pre-
sentation of the various articles
on exhibition.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19
Special Notice.

Piano bargains, second hand,
good for practice and first begin.
ners. Call or address Victor D.
Levey, care Gordon Hotel, Lafa.
yette.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19
Quarterly Conference.

The fourth quarterly confer
ence will be held at the Metho-
dist church Saturday at 8 p. m.
Pl Reaching Sunday at II a. N.
and 8 p. m. by Presiding Elder
Parker.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19
Bryan in New Orleans, Sept ~.

William J. Bryan will visit
New Orleans on Sept. "a. He
will arrive on the morning train
and leave the same night. A
big reception will be given him by
the citizens of the Crescent City.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19

The family of Mr.. Ursin Hoff-
pauir in the second ward had a
narrow escape from serious in
jury Friday. In some way the
horse threw off the bride and
ran away. the surry struck a
tree, was broken and all its Occu-
pants thrown out. Fortunately
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19

Two Corn Crops in One Year.
Mr.. Wiltz Tarver has the dis
tinction of having made two crops
of corn this year. This is an un-
usual record. Early in the year
he planted a crop, harvested it
and then planted corn from that
same crop. He gathered roast
ing ears from the second plant
ing about two weeks ago and the
second crop is now assured.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19
SHORT ITEMS.
Little Pickups That Help to Tell
the News of the Week

The City Council at a special
session Thursday last opened
bids for the construction of the
brick power house. Two bids
from outsiders and two from 10
cal firms were submitted. Emes
& Alexander being the lowest
were awarded the contract for
81 ,685. Work will be started as
soon as possible.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19

Ring up Ramsey & Upton for
feedstuffs. and your orders will
be promptly delivered.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-19

See those beautiful electric
parlor lamps at the . Lafayette
Drug Store-they are swell.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-26
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS,
Conference With Superintendent.


Superintendent of Education Whit
field has announced hat he will hold
conferences with the superintendent
OF h following counties at the times
and places named. I. is expressly urged
that the examiners in the various cOun-
ties attend these meetings. School
men and citizens generally are cordially
invited to attend.
The superintendent of the following
counties will meet at Hattiesburg, Mon
day, June 4:
Greene, Jackson. Harrison. Hancock,
Pearl River, Lamar, Marion. Perry,
Lawrence, Jones, COvingtOn.
The superintendent of the following
counties will meet at Meridian Friday,
June 8:
Winston, Noxubee, Neshoba, KEN
per, Newton, Laudcrdale, Clark, Jas
per, Wayne.
The superintendent of the following
counties will meet at Tupelo, Saturday,
June 9:
Tippah, Alcorn, Tishomingo, Prem
tiss, Union, ~Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc,
Chickasaw, Monroe, Clay, Oktibbeha,
LOwndes.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-26
OF SPRING.
When the Awfully Tired Man Hiss
En- to the Water for Tussls
with the Fish.

Yes. my dear; the man is very
tired.
He has been working Awfully Hard
for the Past Year. Now he will pro-
coed to take a Rest.
He will rest, 1 said. Tomorrow he
will shoulder a Fishingrod, lug a can
Of Worms in n hand and a basket
Of Lunch In the other and HE him
self to the River for a Fishing Stunt.
VIII that rest him?
He thinks it will, and that IS
Enough. Five days a week for the
past year he has aat at a Desk three
Hours in the forenoon and three hours
In the afternoon, debating letters and
telling Other men what to do. This
has been very strenuous, and he IL
Much Fatigued. So tomorrow he will
tramp 'steen miles through mud and
sand and brush, stand in the hot sum-.
drink river water, eat a Cold Lunch
full of Ants and Bugs, and in the
evening he will drag himself homo,
wondering all the way II he will ever
Get There.
IN me morning he Will arise a
stiff as a poker and as sore as a gum.
boil, blu. he will be Rested. 1t wal
a day of from the strenuous business
life, and that is Sufficient.
But it is Funny, isn't it. that a man
can get Rest out Of that sort OF
thing?
No, he Will not get any Fish.
He win get Sunhurn. M"'0~'c and
Chiggers; but he will get no Fish.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-26
CLOTHES AID CONDUCT.

Addison could not write his best IN.
less he was well dressed.
Every na and every woman feels
the influence of clothes and appearance
upon conduct.
Indeed, in a millennium OF free
clothes of the latest fashion we shall
all be erchangels.
You have heard CT the lonely man In
the Australian bush who always put
on evening dress for dinner, SO that
he might remember he was a gentle
man.
Put a naughty girl into her bost
Sunday clothes, and she will behave
quite nicely. Put q backyard into
khaki and he will be a hero. Pu:
an omnibus conductor into uniform
and he will live I'D to his clothes.