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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11
Friday. Oct. II, 1907.
Personals.

Raynald VOORHEES,, of New
Iberia, spent several days during
the week ut the home Of j. A
Robichaux.
Climatic Paint covers most,
lasts longer. looks better Sold
by LacOste Hdw. Co. Ltd.
Miss Louise Nollire is spending
several days in Rayne.
We have SEED OATS-Paul
Guidry&Co.
Afer spending a couple OF
weeks in Lafayette, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis. Memille. of Houston
Texas, left yesterday to spend a
few days in Afrbeville.
r. r. Carter will be ready to
take pictures Thy Wednesday, call
and let him Hfa.ke you SOME first
class pictures.
Miss Alice Vt0ol.hies and Miss
Louisiana DeBhmc. of st. Martin
vile. after spending several days
as the guests Uf Miss Lula Roba-
cfaaux returned home Tuesday.
WANTED - rupils for vocal
and piano lessons by Miss Leoaa
LeRosen. graduate,Of the Bresaau
College and Conservatory of
Music, Gainesville. Ga. Phone
No. 9.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. $egura, OF
Iberia spent Sunday and Mon
day as the guests off j.. A. Robi'
chaux and family.
Climatic Paint is GOOD, covers
we'll. lasts longer. Sold by
LAcOSte HG1,. Co. Ltd
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice agnon
are rejoicing over the arrival last
Friday of a find boy at their
house.
Bring me your counterpanes,
curtains, etc. to be laundried. l
guarantee the neatest and best OF
work, and charges verysreason-
able.-Mrs. Maurice Whiting
tor.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11

Times-Demoerat.
The meeting of the several
parish committees in Louisiana,
the rules adopted for the pri-
mary and the nomination of can
didates before the voters are
making the latter better ac'
quainted with the primary law
and showing them some of its
practical operations. That it
will bring to light some defects
was never doubted. 1t took
nearly three quarters of a CEN
fury to perfect the caucus or
convention. such as it was, and
the result was a political system
where the voice of the people was
smOthered and silenced more
than half the time. The primary
has been tested only a fe " years
and is in a formative stage, as it
were, as is shown by the fact
that there are wide variations in
the law bearing upon it in the
several States where it is in
operation. Even in those where
it has been in operation the long
est and most successfully tested,
as in Mississippi. every election
diScloses some imperfectiOnS;
and after each of it's two primar.
les there has BEEN an almost
universal demand that the law
be overhauled, repaired strength
ened and put in better con-
dition. If this is the case in
Mississippi, there is far more
reason in Louisiana to look for
imperfections, in view of the fact
that some of the men most active
in framing the primary law were
not at heart in it's favor, but de-
clared that way because they
saw the popular drift. They got
in the primary band wagon. it is
true, but they had their knives
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11
CarencrO Notes

The public school has reopened
and the attendance is excellent
considering the cotton picking
season. The school now has five
teachers and prospects are the de-
mand will soon be for more.
-Four transfers very successfully
carry the children from the
neighborhoOd of four miles to
the Central School.
The new school is badly need
ed; we hope to see it go up
real soon.
The theatre-goers of Carencro
enjoyed the delightful play The
Clansman" last Sunday night.
At least twenty in number were
present.
Considerable damage is being
reported to the cotton crop on
account of the frequent heavy
rains of the past week. Picking
is almost completely stopped as
we'll as all other field opera
tiOns.
Last Thursday the school was
agreeably favored with a visit
from our new and much esteem
ed Supt. V. L. Roy and our
good friend DR.. N. P. Moss.
MI J. Hayes, of WOodvllle,
Miss. is the guest of the Lessely
family.
Miss Marie Vincent, of New
Orleans, is spending some time
with Miss Anna Jeammard.
Miss Camille Sicily has re-
turned from COvingtOn where
she spent the summer months
and the early fall.
Mr.. Geo. E. Brown spent last
week in Lafayette. having been
summoned as a member of the
Grand Jury.
The social event of the past
week was the delightful Euchre
given at the hOspitable home OF
Mrs. Galbert Guilbeau. AT
least twenty-four ladies were
present. The pretty prizes were
captured by Misses Blanche Mil.
Ter and Camille Sicily. The
lone hand prize fell to the lot OF
Mrs. A. Bechet and the BOBBY to
Miss Picnic Miller. Delicious
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11

\. Amuny and family moved
Wednesday to Crowley, where
they expect to make their future
home
Music made easy for begin
ners by Mrs. J. l. Putnam, next
door to Moss Pharmacy.
For Rent-FOur room cottage
with hall and galleries. near
Brick Yard. Apply to DR.. Thos.
3. Hopkins.
VIM. HarsOn, a prominent citi-
zen of the second ward, was a
visitor to Lafayette Wednesday.
The painters say Climatic Paint
is pure paint all the way through.
Sold by LacOste Hdw. Co., Ltd.
Cali and see our handsome
new line of fall and winter goods
Levy Bros.
Flour and feedstuffs, phone
40.
Rev. j. d. Harper accompanied
Miss J. burke, of Abbeville, to
Mansfield Monday where she en-
tered college.
Mrs. Terry and little daughter,
Coritta returned to Jennings
Monday after a pleasant visit to
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. MOuton.
Account of Christoforo Colombo
Mutual Benefit Assn meeting at New
Iberia October Ii, the NJ. L. &. T. r.
r.. will sell round trip tickets at "a
cents, good for passage October Il,
final RETURN limit October IA.
We have a number of good
things to eat besides the staples
every grocery carries; ring US
up and let US suggest something
good for dinner.-Robt. H. Nc.
Faddin.
Mrs. p. B. Torian and little
son William Bethel visited reia
tives here this week.
Don't think of buying your fall
or winter smit until you see oui
stock-we can please you both
as to pattern and price-Schmu
len.
Use Climatic Paint because il
is the best. Sold by Lacostk
Hdw. Co., Ltd.
RAMSEY ELEVATOR MILLS, PHONE 4l0
F.. G.. Cole and Phineas Hoff
pauir, two prominent citizens o.
the second ward, were in towr
yesterday and paid US a visit
Mr.. Hoffpauir showed US a Dol
weeril which he found on hi
place. The weevil was ipclOsel
in q bottle and quite lively.
We want to show you our hand
some new line of dress goods
we know you will admire thu
many lovely patterns, and thu
price will suit you.-Rene Del
hOmme.
just received a car load O.
SEED OATS-D. P. Upton, success
sor to Ramsey & Upton, Phone
1872.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11
Notice

There will be a joint meeting of the
Daughters and Sons of the COnfederacy
Friday. Oct. IL, at 8 p. IN. in the par
lor of the Gordon Hotel to select a de-
sign for a Confederate Monument.
Please attend. The Veterans are res
p~ectfully requested to attend.
MISS EUNICE BARRANGER.
Secty. Z. d. c,
F. V. MOUTON,
Adjutant L. 8. &. V.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11
A Natural INDIGNATION.

Nodd-Would you mind returning
the book you borrowed Of me last
winter?
Todd-Someone borrowed it of me
and hasn't returned it yet. Did you
ever see anything like the way some
people act about a thing like that!
They have no sense of honor.-Life.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11
Final Test.

Farmer Haycroft had just engaged a
man to help him through harvest time.
You haven't asked me-" said the
new hand, whether or not | have ever
had any experience as a hired man"
I'll know all about that" growled
Farmer Haycroft, "as soon as I've
seer you eat."-Chicago Tribune.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11
He Miqht Have Known.

They say Grimson's wife had her
bathing suit on when he fell in love
with her"
Well, he might have known that
she couldn't go through life wearing
that kind Of a costume. What lawyer
has she engaged?'-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11

Ashton Beraud has accepted a
a position with the Bank of Lafayette
succeed Fred VOORHEES,, who, with
his brother Pothier, will enter the
lumber business in Eunice.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11
A QuarreIson.e Household.

Mrs. Boyenden Blunt-But why did
you leave your last place?
Applicant couldn't stand the way
the mistress and master used to quar-
rel, mum.
Mrs. B. B. (shocked)-Dear me!
Did they quarrel much, then?
Applicant-Yes, mum; when 1t
wasn't me an i'm it was me an 'er.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11

DO you know we have the most &C.
commodating chauffeur you ever
heard of"
Indeed"
yes, sir. When he is offended he
merely kicks me, swears at my wife,
and cuffs the children, where the av-
erage chauffeur would leave
Puck.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11

Everybody who has tried the
Eclipse shoe likes it, and You
ought to try it and see how well
YOU will like it. -Schmulen.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11


have already been brought fac"
to face with some of their work
in the primary law: We will pro
baby discover other little poiItl
cal tricks Of theirs before thu
election is held.
1t is not necessary 20 %r"ia:eI
the merits of the system, as the
Times Democrat has presented
them so often before, IT, is only
necessary to recall what thh
primary has accomplished in thr
last few years, the wonderful 10
forms which it mas brought
about in a moment, almost BIZ
magic. We realize now that AL
the splendid work done at the
last two sessions of the Legisla-
ture. in the abolition of the ap-
pointive system, the restoration
of the political power to the.
people, the passage Of an effect
i've State primary law, and the
general correction of political
abuses was made possible only
by the fact that the last selection
of Governor YVES by a primary,
faulty as that primary was.
During the present campaign
still more has been accomplish
ed. A mere word was sufficient
to make Secretary of State
Michel agree to drop the big fees
which he had been pocketing for
twelve years and turn them into
the State treasury-it would
have taken the convention sys-
tenn a century TO have accom-
plished this reform. And the
general overhauling of the fee
system, of sheriffs and tax col
lectors, of the State fiscal agen-
cy system and of a hundred
other abuses that had detied the
people for a half century or more
has proved what a thorough and
swift refOrmer the primary is.
1t has accomplished infinitely
more than we could have hoped
for, especially when we consider
the determined efforts of many
of the practical politicians, even
those who pretended to be its
friends, to defeat it or render it
a failure. This has been most
manifest in the city, where an at
tempt was made in the last pseu'
do-primary to render it offensive
to the voter. The campaign
under the primary was conduct
ed on identical plans with the
convention campaign. States
were made and votes snapped.
and the people were granted the
small privilege of voting for one
Dr o-D%hor io1>n
The convention methods are
being resumed for the present
primary, with all the petty trick
cry incident to political mach
lines. The SNAP call of Chair
man Henriques, issued even be-
fore the State Central Commit.
tee had met, was a conspiracy
against the primary, intended to
prevent deliberation and to shut
out as many candidates as posi-.
BILE, whereas the purpose of the
primary is to leave the field open
to all. The deposits required in
some of the parishes have for
the same reason been made ex.
cessively high, just as the ring
sters tried to beat the primary
system in 1908, by making the
cost to the candidates prohib.
tive.
Now that nominations are be.
ing made we see an effort to re
turn to the convention or caucus
system, and what are practically
states. made up at caucuses. are
being prepared exactly as in con
vention days. the only change
being that these states are sub
mitted to the voters for their APP
proval.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11
Poems to Burn.

Poet-Have you ordered your fall
poetry yet?
Editor-No.
Poet-Thel I'll furnish you several
tons Of excellent poems for four dol
larS a ton. You'll ind it much cheap
er t..z.l cSal.-Dttroit Free Press.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L0hmann, OF
Franklin, are. visiting Mr.. and Mrs,
Jagou.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11
Heard In a Boudoir.

Heard In a Boudoir.
by the way" said the curling iron
to the sachet bag, where are you 60
ing tonight"
ITO the gymnasium"
WHY are you going there?"
ITO see the shirtwaist box.'-Cleve-
land Journal.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-11

Flour and feedstaffs, phone
40.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-09-26
AN INNOCENT HOAX.
Canon MaccoIl's Letters, For Which
Gladstone Got Credit.

The late Canon MacColl was
tiny man with a tiny voice, yet he
was regarded as giant among con-
troversialists, and his voice reached
to Europe. His voice proceeded
from behind mask, WINCH men
thought concealed the features of
greater man. His letters to the
Times denouncing Germany in gen
eral and Bismarck in particular
over the Franco-Prussian war were
signed Scrutator. They were read
with the closest attention, for ev-
erybody outside Printing House
square seems to have believed that
they were the letters of Gladstone.
In this belief European statesmen
poured missives upon the author of
the letters, letting light into the
strangest official secrets and treat
ing him with the profoundest def
erence. The letters were sent to
the Office of the Times, and great
was the enjoyment of the canon as
he read them.
Possibly Gladstone did not know
that he was regarded as the author
of the letters. Be that as it may,
he was as much in the dark as the
rest of the world. Max Muller was
among those most deceived and in
one of his letters during the contro-
versy quantity apologized for any
seeming deficiency in his argument,
pleading that, while he used "only
a wooden sword" he was called
upon to withstand in argument
zone Of the most powerful athletes
of our time," one who welded the
very brand Excalibur." The "most
powerful athlete" whom Muller had
in mind was, of course, Gladstone.
The German emperor was as effec-
lively puzzled and caused a letter to
be written suggesting that the time
had come when the writer might
raise his visor and reveal his iden-
tity. The canon still lay low, en-
joying the fun. Bismarck had con-
tempiated suing the author of the
letters for libel, but when he was
eventually let into the secret anger
had disappeared, and he sent him
cordial invitation to Friedrichsruh.
st. James Gazette.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-09-26
SPONTANEOUS REMARKS.
Cases Where Suspense Has Called
Forth Emphatic Requests.

Charley Stone was one of many
unfortunates who took one night
stands in the wild, wild west, with
repertory of Shakespeare and other
grands of the classics. The first
violin in the orchestra played alto
gether on the E string until well
armed cowboy arose and said:
'Pardner, I'm a graduate of Yale.
I've been in this part of the coun-
try for nigh on nine years. I love
music" Then, drawing his seven
shooter, he added, Fiddle a little
On some other string or I'll make
you look like a coal sitter"
Intense excitement was caused in
De Gives Opera House. in Atlanta
a number of years ago when Jeffer-
son was playing Rip Van Wrinkle.
Every county in the state was rep
resented in the audience. Emotions
were deeply stirred and but i'll sup
pressed when the profigate Rip was
driven from home. A very distin-
guished looking old gentleman arose
in the center of the auditorium and
relieved the situation by crying in
a loud voice: Don't go, Rip! Don't
gop Then the lachrymal dams
burst, and everybody wept. Of
course we all know that men are
hired at times to create these eff
fects, but now and then such actions
are spontaneous.
In BARLEY Campbells day there
came pretty near being riot over
a lost baby in one of Harry Miners
theaters. 1t was stage baby-a bit
of real property, however-and its
mother was almost crazed when
some bandits kidnapped it. The Bow
cry audience were wrought UP to
the highest pitch of melodramatic
interest. An attenuated westerner,
over six feet high, unable longer to
stand the strain, stood up and,
pointing to the wings, yelled with
fearful emphasis: 'oThar's the brat
over in the corner! Give it back to
its mother an let the play go on or
III wreck the whole darn concernw
1t took several policemen and ush-
ers to restore him to reason and
quiet the fury Of the gallery GODS
Exchange. -
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-09-26
ABUSE OF THE HORSE.
Many Thoushtiess Ways In Which the
Animal Is Tortured.

Is the stall always sweet and well
ventilated-not at the rear or in
the passageway, and in cool wealth
er, but at the head and in the hot
test nights Of summer and at, say,
4 o'clock of sitting July morning.
You don't know? Well, why don't
you? And are you fit TO have a
horse if yoa don't? Is the. surcin-
gle always comfortably loose, OF is
it, as usual. drawn as tight as an
average husky groom can draw it
''to keep the blankets in place ?"
Now, if it is tight when the animal
is standing up, it is far moro so
when he is lying down, and if you
have horse whom your man says
Sleeps standing up" just go person
ally and give him two OF three holes
in the surcingle for a few nights
"unbeknownst" to your employee
and then inquire again. This care
lessness is universal and hideously
cruel. 1t bruises the ridge and back,
prevents rest and sleep and is indie
feasible upon any pretext, for a
breast girth or any of the blankets
with straps sewed on will keep the
covering in place and allow the suf-
ferer-for he is nothing else-to
rest in peace.
While you are about it just meas
ure his halter shank and see if he
can lie down. Many a horse is pur-
posely tied too short to save the
groom trouble in cleaning him; also
see if the nose band of the halter is
loose enough so that he can chew
comfortably, that the throat lash is
not too tight, that the crown piece
and brow band are not harsh edged
leather, which will rasp and irritate
his ears, and then offer him a pail
of water or two and see. if James
has not, as usual, left him about
half cared for to get along until
daylight the best way he can.
Again, find out if he is afraid of
the dark-many horses are-and if
he is night kicker. Be sure that
he does thus dread the departure of
daylight and leave an artificial light,
dim or bright, but, at all events,
enough to allay his paroxysms of
terror. Ninety stall kickers in the
hundred will abandon the practice
forthwith if a light is left in the
stable. The expense is small, the
cure almost certain.-F. NJ. Ware
in Outing Magazine.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-09-26
An Iconoclast.

A story comes from England
about certain colonel in the ROYAL
Horse artillery who had the reputa-
ton of lacking Imagination, with
care for nothing but his beloved
guns. He happened to be visiting
Egypt with some friends and nat
urally went to see the pyramids.
$50 these are the pyramids, Ell ?"
ne said as he gazed stolidly at them.
eyes," said an enthusiastic friend.
care they not wonderful, stupen-
dous ?"
ooh, yes" grunted the colonel, 81
suppose they're all right in their
way
81 should say they are," return
ed his friend. "Think of their
standing for all these thousands of
years."
"Humph!" said the unimpressed
soldier. ''Give ne a couple of bat
teries and I'll guarantee to knock
them to pieces inside a week.
Canadian Courier.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-09-26
&S-~-sea ----sr71 sssr'-'sar -
She Couldn't Hello L.

One of the brightest and incest
little patients in the surgical ward
of one of the city hospitals lay on
her bed moaning with pain, says the
Bos..asn Post She had just come to
SSEIzaci0rs1ess after a slight opera
ton and, though only FIVE years old,
was exhibiting heroic nerve.
Yet she couldn't keep from occa-
rsional low cries escaping her. She
was the sort of child who hates
above all things to give trouble, and
when one of the nurses stopped be-
fore her and, as she thought, looked
"a bit reproachfully down at her she
explained between the paroxysms
with a pitiful little smile:
ooh, Miss Smith, l can't help it
I can't help it! Pm not used tc
operations"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-09-26
Recalled to Duty.

One word to the purpose will
often turn the tide on the field of
battle. At the affair of Friedland
General Rapp became aware that
one of his regiments had been
thrown into disorder by the CALLING
fire of the enemy's artillery. He
rushed at once into the midst of the
fugitives.
''Who are you?" he cried.
''The Seventy-frst regiment" an
swered a voice.
"What?' exclaimed the general.
"The Seventy-frst regiment, and
you give away a single step?"
The suggestion of personal re-
sponsibility and of past achieve
ment was too much. The ranks
formed again on the instant, they
marched upon the guns by which
they had been assailed and in few
minutes had possession of them.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-09-26
MiehaeI's Interpretation

An old Irish gardener, meeting
his employer, touched his finger to
the tip of his cap and said:
Good morning, yer honor. Oh
had a fine drame of We last night"
Indeed, Michaelw remarked the
employer. what was the dream ?"
"Oi drained thot We gave me fine
box O tobaccy an thot her ladyship,
yer honored wife, gave me humble
wife can O tn best tay."
"Ah, Michael, but you know
dreams always go by contraries."
"Thin," said Michael, maybe
yen be after givin' me wife tn to-
baccy an her ladyship IL give me
tn tay."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-09-26
Wasn't Delicate at All,

A young man not regarded as a
very desirable sutton had called upon
young lady a number of times,
each time to be told by the maid
that "Miss Florence is not well to-
day."
One day in response to his card
the young lady's mother, who was a
recent accession to the newly rich
ranks and whose education was not
as sure as it might be, appeared and
explained once more to the young
man that the daughter was not we'll.
81 am very sorry, indeed" said
the young man as he rose to go,
chat your daughter is go delicate"
"Delicate?" shifted the mother.
~Florence delicate? Not at all.
Why, she is the most indicate girl
you ever met"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-09-26
Why He Would Be Absent.

A suburban train was slowly
working its way through one of the
billiards. of asrecent winter. Final
ly it came to a dead stop, and all
efforts to start it again were futile.
In the wee small hours of the
morning a weary commuter, numb
from the cold and the cramped po-
sition in which he had tried to sleep,
crawled out of the train and floun-
dered through the heavy snowdrifts
to the nearest telegraph station.
This is the message he handed to
the operator:
"Will not be at office today. Not
home yesterday yet" -Everybody's
Magazine.