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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
FAD FOR TATTOO MARKS
NeWport's Smart Set Thinks 1t Dis.
tinctive to Have Their Bodies
Decorated.

The very newest fad at Newport
is to have the arm or the shoulder
decorated with a ENJOYABLE tattoo"
design the barbaric red and blue of
which brings the beauty of the skin
into strong relief, and the conSterna-
ton ~occasioned when Newport So
ciety men first saw what they
thought was an ineradicable blemish
upon the arms or shoulders of their
feminine friends, has given rise to O
great amount of talk on the general
subject of ~tattooing. In the hubbub
many carefully concealed secrets
have leaked out, and If has developed
that the number Of mel who have no
tattoo marks z on their bodies are
fewer than ANYBODY imagined, and
tfosc men so decorated are not
Gmo2g the sailor or laboring classes
altogether, either. but are in a re-
~ma-hably lar:re number Of cases of
gentle birth and breeding. Most of
item acquired the decorations when
the were boys out of a spirit of
Youthful bravado. and some of them
cara souvenirs of adventures of one
Kind or another in the carefully
o'cicd blue or red designs upon their
az.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
Advice to Wives.

Nothing is SO c%onsoling to a wor
ried man of affairs as to know that he
can always find a harbor of refuge in
his home.
Hence advises an ~observant WON.
AMI, the wife should seek always to
make the home an abode of peace
Her troubles and perplexities should
be reserved for discussion when he is
comfortable and at leisure, and not
sprung upon him the moment he en-
tiers the house at the close of his
days work.
Many men fight their way success
fully through years of anxious toll
only to be broken down at last by the
frets and jars of ill-managed house
holds and the incessant gable of
wives who insist on deluging them
with their domestic grievances.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
THE MOTIVE.

"I will ask you now" the attor-
ney for the prosecution said to the
witness, eff the defendant in this
case confessed to you his motive in
shooting the deceased"
"Hold on" interposed the attor-
ney for the defense, 81 object"
g" only want to find out
whether"
81 object"
Legal wrangle of half an hour.
"The witness may answer" ruled
the judge.
"Now, then, sir, 1 will ask you
again. Did or did not the prisoner
confess to YOU his motive in shoot
Ing the deceased"
"He did"
"What was i TT" sH$&s.
"He wanted to kill him." fE..
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
THE REsoURcEFUL PORTER.

every time l make a long rail-
road journey there are new reasons
for tipping the porter" said a wom-
an just returning from the west.
"It is no longer unusual for the por-
ter to go through his car as soon as
the train is under way and distribute
large paper bags to the women pas
sengers to protect their hats from
the dust. But this last trip, as soon
as he had passed out the bags, he
came through again, this time with
a time table for every passenger,
carefully opened at the proper place
and with our train marked."-New
York Sun.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
OLD MEN HAVE FAST RUNS,
Veteran Engineers in the Most Re-
s2onsitle Positions.

Nearly all of the fast runs on the
Central are in charge of the Oldest
men" said Travelling Engineer Patter-
son. and they make good, 100. Once
in "A while a younger man might make
a better single run, but day in and
day out the old man VIII beat him.
If anything goes wrong tie Old engi-
neer is right on the job. lie doesn't
set ratified and 90 up Ia tha air. His
long experience has included some
thing like it at some time or other.
and he goes to work TO get things
straight where a younger man would
lose his head.
"And as for nCrve-Why, one of
the fastest unners en- the road is
BGny Thompson. and he is more than
20 years old. He will run as fast as
anybody wants to travel along rails.
and always handles his engine with
rare Judgment.
Then there's Billy Raymond. He
isn't any younger than Thompson. If
he doesn't run fast enough to make
time with the Empire State Express
we haven't heard anything about it.
Martin Ryan is another. His age
is between IS and 6S, and yet he
handles n of the big Atlantics that
pull the Twentieth Century. Ryan is
Independently rich. and he just rail
roads for fun. Life wouldn't be worth
living for him off the road. and the
roads glad to have him. Denny Cash
in is in the sixties. and he runs moth
ing slower than the Lake Shore Linz
tied.
I'VE wouldn't know how to go about
placing an age limit, for some men
are old at 40 and others are young
at TO-"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22

place. but you can't be doing this all
the time. On the other hand, a fire
in the crate is drawing the foul air
from lear the floor all the time and
sending it up the chimney. Good air
from outside comes in through the
cracks around the doors and windows
to take its place. Some people make
the mistake of using double windows
and rubber strips to keep this pure
air out. l don't understand intelligent
people doing hat way in these days
of education. Every one understands
that pure air is absolutely necessary
for good health, and l cannot under,
stand the peculiar process by which
people o deliberately set themselves
to work to shut out their creates
necessity. I have acquaintance who
w open a window if they can help
it. l notice they usually open their
pocketbooks every little while to pay
a doctors bill, but there is no law to
compel them to breathe pure air If
they don't want to.
Another point of superiority about
this house is the arrangement of the
dining room, china closet, pantry and
kitchen. 1t would be difficult to in
vent an arrangement better than this
for a woman who does her own work.
There is in an addition a good closet
off the dining room to hold a hundred
shings that a woman likes to have
aear by. but not always in sight. The
fine large dining room window is a
good place for the sewing machine,
but a woman don't want to store a
sewing machine in the dining room.
With this arrangement it is easily
wheeled into this closet and left there
until wanted next time.
A built-in back porch that my be
easily screened against flies and mos
quitoes, is another very good feature.
1t is impossible to keep flies out of
the kitchen when they are gathered
in multitudes in the back porch. A
screen door is not sufficient. 1t is
difficult and expensive to screen
some porches, but this one is an ex-
ception. 1t can be done so easily
that there is n % excuse for leaving it
open as an invitation for flies and mos
cuitoes.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
CASUALTIES ON THE ROAD,
American Roads Shown to Be Most
Deadly in the World.

Herr CUTLERY. an official Of the ar
chive bureau of the Prussian railway
administration, has prepared a COM
parative table of statistics of those
killed and injured by railways in
various countries.
He finds that both absolutely and
relatively the railroads in the United
States are the most deadly. The Unit
ed States has more mileage than all
of Europe, but. even taking that into
consideration, the United States holds
prominence In proportional figures.
Out Of every 10000 employees the
relative figures of killed are: United
States, 26.1; England, 1913; Switzer-
land. so; Russia, rs; British India,
81; Belgium. Al.
Out of every 1000 railway en-
ployees the ratio of the number injur-
ed each year is as follows: United
States, 1885,: Switzerland. 25.3; Eng
land, Ills; Belgium. IL; Germany. "a.
Herr Cutlery finds that in a single
year. the fiscal yea of 1902. 376.5 500
persons were injured in the United
States. of whom so. 900 were employees.
and $500 were killed, of whom $500
were employees.
In the matter of travellers injured
France holds the lowest record in the
world. United States shows proper
t~ionately 40 times as many injured as
Russia, % times as many as Italy, as
England 20. Belgium. s. Switzerland 4,
Germany. 2.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
AYE, AVE-, SIRI

With S54 midshipmen on its reg
lister the United States Naval acade-
my begins its term fully installed in
its magnificent new home. The rapid
extension of the navy and the build
ing of battleships on a scale un-
dreamed of a few years since call for
a much larger number of naval of
ficcrs. as well as for a higher grade
of eff. -iency.
But the old ideals . are not lost
sight of--the sincerity, courage and
high purpose that are V e more inn
portant factors in the making Of
great commanders than even tech
nical training. From its beginning
Annapolis has turned out not only
w%ell-trained officers, but men who
have been as distinguished for their
chivalry and splendid manhood a.
for their courage and ability.
The Naval academy produces not
ONLY able nayigators and fearless
fighters. but gentlemen unafraid."
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
Wanted Heavy DAMAGES.

When the old New England railroad
was in enjoyment of an Independent
corporate existence, a trOtting horse
that had been entered in all the races
in the New England fair circuit was
killed in an accident to the train upon
which the animal was being trans
ported.
The owner put in a claim not only
for the value of the horse, but also for
the first prize in every event in which
he had been entered. The total was
something startling, especially for a
bankrupt railroad.
In prosecuting his claim the owner
maintained that the horse was the
most remarkable trotter the country
had ever seen and that he would have
beer a dead sure winner throughout
the season.
The court, however, took a more
moderate view of the animals trotting
abilities. and based the sum of the
damages upon the actual value Of the
equine wonder.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22

there are many days in the spring and
fall when we don't want a furnace
fire ard the house is too chilly and I'M
comfortable without some artificial
heat. Then there is a saving in the
winter time by running the furnace
low n having a CRATE fire to keep
one o warm enough to sit in. A
temperature of 60 or 65 is warm
enough for the whole house if you
have the dining room or living room
heated up to about -. By managing
this way probably a ton of coal would
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
HEROES OF FAMINE.

The kind of courage worth while
is that which will face danger and
even death in behalf of others with
out the hope of fee or reward. Four
notable examples occurred during
the late famine in China. Drs. Will
liams and Lynch, of.the China island
mission and the customs service. re-
s%pectively, and lleys. Wallace S.
Faris, of Shantung, and j. r. Jones,
of Marking, all volunteered TO 20 in
to the famine stricken district and
distribute food and medicine, with a
full knowledge of the dangers of the
fatal famine fever. All fell victims
to the deadly disease. 1t is almost
a commonplace to say that their
courage was far superior 10 that of
the soldier who falls n some L Idly
cavalry charge.-Le>lie's Wccaly.
He Had an On.Hand Way.
Some grOcers,' remarked the Gus
tcmer. have an On-hand way of
Weighing sugar, but I notice you're
hot one Of them"
"Of-hand way? How do you
mean?" asked the grocer.
Il noticed you kept your hand On
the scales just now while you meas.
ured out i've pounds for me-"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22

liar inventions that are now being
built will be considered freaky and
undesirable in a few years time. They
may look very pretty when new and
the oddities worked into them may
appeal for a time to certain young
folks who think they want something
smart or a little different from the
ordinary, but such people usually &C.
knowledge after a while that they
made a mistake in selecting the house
plan.
One of the most desirable features
In this house is the two open fire
places, one in the living room and the
other in the dining room. 1t is in
tended, OF course, to heat the house
with a small furnace in the cellar, but
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
A Public R~enefaetor.

Jinks-What's become of young De
Dude?
Blinks-He's in a hospital.
You don't say so! Railroad acct.
dent?"
No. He carried his cane, point up
ward. under his arm one day. when
the man behind him happened to be
Bob Fitzsimmons."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
Necessities Of Life.

MI. Smallpurse (back from the we'd
ding tour)-Here We are. my dear, in
our new home. II you will look about
the house and tell me what's wanted,
I'll 60 out and get it.
Bride (returning from tour Of in
spection)-My love, w need q cook,
= chambermaid and a butler.-New
York Weekly.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
WASTED WEALTH.

The delivery at a cold storage
house in Astoria Of a 51O-pound
sturgeon a few days ago is remindful
of the old days when sturgeon of
this size and much larger were too
plentiful to cause comment. In
those days more of the big fish were
used for fertilizer than were used
for food and like a good many other
of the great natural resources of the
state Oregonians failed to appreciate
the value of the big fish until they
were practically extinct.-Portland
Oregonian.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22

be saved during the winter. but there
is a greater advantage than this. The
open fire is not only the most cheerful
fire you al have. but 1t the best ven
tilator that was ever put into a house.
You cannot have good air in a dwell.
ing without some proper leans Of
changing it, and this should be con-
tinuous. You can open the doors and
windows once in a while and let the
foul air out and the fresh pure air
from outside come in and take it's
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22

The making of the fill requires the
work of experts. The dumping of dirt
is made easier by a movable wooden
,restle. 1t is called the Jumbo by
The workmen. The dirt cars are
backed out onto the trestle over work
rain tracks and the trestle is extend
ed along as the dirt is piled up under
it. The dirt cars dump automatically
and alternate. No two dump in sue
cession on the s:;me side of the fill.
This makes 'he work on both sides
uniform.
The dirt for this kind CT work is
taken from two steam shovels that are
~excavating near by. The temporary
tracks extend from the steam shovels
to the fill and the trains are operated
by dinky engines that make fast time.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
A REcLUSE.

George Alfred Townsend (Gath),
the well-known correspondent, since
the death of his wife, lives almost
entirely in a den erected on the
grounds of his beautiful estate Gap
land, in the Maryland. mountains.
1t was originally built for his WORK.
shop. On the grounds is also erect
ed a beautiful arch to the memory Of
writer's and artists who served in the
civil Wal. -.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22

Mr.. William A.. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
subject of building for the readers of thla
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor, Author and Manufac-
turer. he is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William \. Radfori, No.
1874 Fifth Ave. Chicago, Ill. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
wide by ~thirty-eight feet long, exclu-
sive of the porch, that is almost per-
feet in regard to comfort and economy
is given in this plan. 1t would be diff
cult to put the same amount of build
ing material together in any form to
make such a perfect arrangement of
rooms for the amount of money that
this house can be built for. Prices
vary so much in different parts of the
country that it is impossible to make
an estimate of cost that will apply to
every location. but a range varying
from $1,400 to s1,700 may be given as
a rough estimate.
The tastes Of individuals In select.
ing materials has a great deal to do
with the cost Of a house in the quality
of finish and hardware. The cost of
extra fine locks and hinges is not so
much in itself but If the same grades
of furnishing is carried throughout in
keeping there will be a great differ
ence in the final footing up of the bill.
We have all heard the story about the
man who was ruined by a pair of lace
curtains. When the curtains were
hung it was discovered, that every
thing else about the house must be in
keeping or the curtains would not
look right. 1t seems very easy to set
a higher standard. but difficult to live
up to it because any high-minded
standard has so many branches, and it
is the following up of the different
branches that leads to SO much ex.
pense.
This is a style of house that will
never go out of fashion. We may have
fads about different kinds of entrance
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
10 He Could Do Il AGAIN.

II He Could Do Il Again.
DR.. Thudleigh preached his wife's
arst husbands funeral sermon, didn't
he?"
Yes. And I'll bet If he could do 1t
again he'd emphasize the opinion he
suppressed about the poor man having
gone to q more delightful place than
this world is."-Judge,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
Disappointed.

Jobson-What did Hobson say about
my play?
Dobson-He said he certainly felt
that he had got the worth Of his
money.
JobsOn-Anything else?
Dobson-Oh, yes; he asked me to
thank you for the complimentary
ticket you sent him.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
u Was Touch.

Il Was Tough.
It's hard" said the sentimental
aandlady at the dinner table, ITO think
that this poor little lamb should be
destroyed in its youth just to cater to
our appetites."
Yes" replied the smart boarded,
YES" replied the smart boarder,
tough.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22

Mrs. Tellit-Mr. Rowell's wife had a
narrow escape this morning. She
came near being run over by a train.
Mr.. Tellit-That explains some
thing. l met him to-day when he was
all excitement and he simply told me
that his wife had a CLOSE shave."-
Chicago Daily News.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22

ways, different arrangements of rooms;
we may do away with the hall and we
may do away with the front room, but
after we have experienced all the DIFF
ferent arrangements possible to make
we will come back to the front hall
and front stairway going up from it
with a good comfortable living room
to one side as an old standby for the
most satisfactory and desirable en-
trance to a dwelling. Every woman
likes to have a front hall and a front
stairway and she don't care to have
the stairway placed in some incon-
venient corner just because it hap
pens to be faddy. Some of the pecu-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22

She Told Him All About They.
hear that you took Miss Poddle-
0hWaite out to dinner the other even
ant. DID you have . pleasant timer"
~Oh. hDe feel almost personally
acquainted with her dressmaker and
Observation-Disclosures Record-Heralo
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
VERY SOFT.

"Do you believe that s soft n
swer turneth away wrath?"
eff it did lovers would never
quarrel" --HOuston Post.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
PAS Idea Of II.

PdB Joea OF J.
Pa, what Is a bye-election? It says
In this paper that they've had one In
England"
oh, that's just q common election.
We have buy elections here every lit.
tie while. Now keep still. 1 want to
e the news from Wall street.-Chi.
cago Record-Herald.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
g;


What was the happiest moment Of
your hfe?" asked the sweet GIRL
The happiest moment Of my nfe."
answered the old bachelor, was when
the jeweler took back an engagement
ring and gave me sleeve links In ex-
change.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22

Do not try to be funny: unless O
are naturally gifted with a great deal
of wit. to be merely funny is to be.
come obnoxious.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22

yet be so comfortable. Old
patrons know this to be one Of the
principal reasons for La France pop
ulanty-the ability Of its manufactu-
rers to combine smartness, beauty, fit.
and wear while making every possible
provision for perfect ease.
Yet resful a. have been previous
La France models, the new Flexible
Wet-" more comfortable than a
turn-is Delightfully."- easy to a point
hitherto thought impossible. thus add
mo a new luxury to shoe-wearing.
the night shoe. let US show you 1
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-22
Shoe
FOR WOMEN

LIVER woman after buying her FIRST pair Of La France is sur
prEed to find that so stylish as well as serviceable a shoe can
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-17
PRESIDENT CHANGES HIS CAMP
GOES WHERE PROMISES OF BIG
GAME ARE MORE ENCoUR-
AGING.

STEAMBOAT, La, Oct 13.-Roosevelt
camp at the Monticello crossing OF
the Bayou Tensas has passed INTO MS us
tory. The president left the place at
Is o'clock yesterday morning. anu
when he turned his back on the camp
it was with determination not to re-
turn He headed toward Bear Lake
whence on Sunday he will remove 10
another camp which will be pltcheo
near Newellton, in Tensas parish, on
branch of the Iron Mountain rail-
road The change of location was de-
cided upon not only because no bear
had been killed, but because the presl-
dent and his friends became con-
WINGED that there were none on the
Upper Tensas.
No member Of the party has secured
the remotest glimpse of bear, nor
have any of the dogs struck a well de-
fined bear trail. The president &C,
cepts the situation philosoph1cally
The reports from Newellton are en-
couraging. Ever since the presidents
arrival in this section he has been
receiving letters telling him that
there were plenty of bears within a
few miles of that town.