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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-27
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1.-THE GREAT DIVIDE"
Henry Miller's Greatest Produc'
tion to Play Here.

THE Great Divide" the most
striking dramatic success the
American stage has seen for a
quarter of a century. will be
played at The Jefferson Theatre
on Monday Dec. Both. This
news will be received with delight
by theatre patrons for no drama
of recent years has attracted as
much attention or been so
eagerly awaited as THE Great
Divide" For nearly two entire
seasons it attracted crowded
houses to the Princess and
Daly's Theatres. New York, and
has just recently gone on tour
after being presented in the
Metropolis over 500 times. The
presentation will be under the
direction Of Henry Miller, whose
name is inseparably linked with
the success of the play. The
cast was selected by this distin-
guished actor.manager with
great care, and the production is
an exact duplicate in every detail
of the New York original. The
Great Divide" has been pro-
nounced by many cities the long
awaited great American play. "
No other drama has so well re-
flected the manhood, the free
dom, the honesty, and the in.
domitable spirit characteristic
of the people of our great West
|ern country. With the first
two acts laid in Arizona and the
third in Massachusetts,. there is
offered in contrast two of the
most vigorous and progressive
sections of the land. The story
of the play represents q conflict
between the free, untrammelled
spirit of the West and traditions
and conventionality Of the East.
It tells the romance OF an east
ern woman and q western man,
whose wooing was passing
strange and whose married life
together was turbulent and
dramatic in the extreme. Writ
ten by VIM. Vaughn Moody, tht
foremost Of Americas younger
poets, ''The Great Divide
possesses literary qualities sucf
q are very rare in plays that ART
satisfactory from an actins
standpoint. The story is told il
unctious, picturesque pros'
Illuminated by Q glowing and
Iurile imagination and replett
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-27
No Need to Wait.

We have just added another
chair, making four, which will be
in charge of Leo Bourgeois, and
we are now prepared to save you
time.
LANDRY'S BARBER SHOP.
Gordon Hotel.
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Died

Horace Mouton, son of Judge Gus
tave Mouton, died at his home near
Scott Wednesday about I p. m. He
was son-in-law of Jean Begneaud.
He was buried yesterday at Scott ut ]
o. m. His wife and five children sur
vlve him.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-27

Inquiry among the nero hants
yesterday developed the fact that
the Christmas business was con-
siderably better than was ex.
pected and in some cases was
equal to last year.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-27

Miss Julia HUFF, of our town.
has just completed q most sue
cessful course in the Nurses
Training School of the Charity
Hospital in New Orleans. gradu.
ating with high honors.
Nurses sent out by this re-
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Notice.

A regular meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Vordenbaumen Lumber Co.,
Ltd, will be held at the comDany's
Office on Monday, Jan, 6, 1908, at 10
a. m. for the election of officers.
o. B. HOPKINS.
Secretary.
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RUNAWAY TEAM
Ran Into Surrey Occupied BY
Ladies' And Children. Two
Children Thrown Out But
Not Hurt Seriously.
Horse Badly Hurt

AOOut 4 p. N. yesterday d
double team belonging to the
Landry stable became frightened
according to the statement of the
young boy driving the team. at
the dash board falling and hitting
them. He found he could not
hold them and jumped out in
front of DR.. G. A. Martins
Office. The team continued up
the street until they reached the
Bank Of Lafayette corner. They
swerved to turn into Congress
street. At. that moment one
horse surrey containing Mrs.
Leonce Bernard and three small
children and her sister, Miss
Landry. Of Landry's Switch.
were just coming into Pierce
street. A collision resulted and
the runaway team drove the
center pole into the other horses
breast six or eight inches. The
horse was thrown down on the
shaft and the surrey pushed up
on the banquet, but fortunately
did not turn over. The shock
threw one Of the children out
and under the surrey, but he was
jerked out Immediately by q
coloyed man who had run up and
had made an effort to get to the
horses to stop them. Another
one of the children was thrown
out on the sidewalk and sustain.
ed several painful bruises. Most
fortunately the ladies and baby
and the other small child were
not thrown from the surrey and
were not hurt. Willing hands
went to their rescue the moment
the collision took place and made
it impossible for any further
DANGER after the first shoch
which came too quickly to be pre-
vented. The injured horse was
taken out Of the shaft and taker
IN the rear Of Mouton Bros.
store where he was promptly at
tended to and the bleeding stop
ped. Il is believed that the
! wounded horse win recover. Mr.
Landry, the owner Of the team
at once sent . horse to replac'
the injured horse to take tn
ladies' home.
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w. e. Lester B Co. viii assume
oharre Of the Gordon Hotel, Lafayette,
En.. on January first. 1908.
If shall be the constant aim OF thc
~ managsmsnt TO conduct 9 frst-
e1Aso hoetelry. =.
we sollcit, and hope to merit, lib
.znInl potronoG0 at the hands Of the
sVofllnr public q we'll - home peO-
72 w. - LESTER, Manager.
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NUMBER IS.

WANTED = Pupils for vocal
and piano lessons by Miss Leoh
LeRosen, graduate of the Brensn
College and Conservatory d
Music, Gainesville, Ga. Phone
No. 9.
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D. p. Upton has just received
a carload of good summer cut
prairie hay. Phone 1872.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-12-27

Meeting of the School Board
Postponed.
The following notice issued by
Supt. V. L. Roy will explain it
self:
December %, 1907.
To the President and Members of tho
Lafayette Parish School Board.
The next meeting of the Pari1h 4
School Board will not be held until
January 30, 1908. It has been posi-
poned in compliance with the suggqe.
ton and recommendation Of Supk
;xSsbA3l. This has been done in ordkr
1--we time to advertise for bids from
nks wishing to handle the school
Minds and to prepare the bond of tho
Superintendent, as required by the
laws enacted at the Special Session
of the Legislature of 1907.
Very truly yours,
v. L. ROY,
Secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16
THE KANSAS WAY.

Emmett is a little town up in the
eastern part of Pottawatomie county
on the Topeka & Northwestern. 1t was
born only last year, yet already it is
hustling for business and has made
| other towns realize that it is on the
map. In fact. it created some I'm
| easiness in Jackson and Pottawatomie
counties some time ago by proposing
to take slice off of each of those
counties and make a new one-with
Emmett as the county seat, of course
The Emmett Citizen calls attention
to the way the business of the town
is growing by publishing its freight
shipments. The first week of Septem-
Der. 1906. it shipped out live stock and
grain to the extent of IL carloads
This year in the same week it shipped
out 90 carloads. The freight on the
shipments of last year amounted to
$412.45; this year. S2.121.47
But Emmett proposes to promote
immigration. 1t is not content to
sit down with idle hands and wait for
immigration to come. but it offers in
ducements. To this end the business
men of the town offer a list of pres
ents TO every young couple under rs
years of age who marry and settle
oeANiS january l. mere is the
list in full:
Years subscription to the Citizen
and 100 printed envelopes, one pair
Turkish towels, one set of knives and
forks, one set of spoons, one set cups
and saucers. one set plates and plat
tiers, creamer, napkins, one water set,
one set glasses, pair napkin rings, salt
and pepper shakers, sugar bowl. but
ter dish. spoon dish, soup dish, and a
free telephone for a month
There Is enterprise That's the
Kansas way of going after things, and
1t is backed by the Emmett CONNER
cial club-for Emmett has a Com
mercial club among its possessions.
The plan promises to draw from near
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but she knew that there were but ONT.
or two small towns before Pressvills'
where there was a hospital, and she
did not slacken speed until they came
in sight of the yard. Then she slow
ly picked her way over the switches
and into the station, where an ambu-
lance was already waiting.
Nettie climbed out of the cab as the
stretcher was lifted from the presi-
dents car. Westhall stopped a mo-
ment on his way across the platform.
You can get your trousseau ready"
he said. eff your teacher is as good
an engineer as you, he is slated for
passenger run. 1 will have the special
run you back to the Junction, where
the branch train is waiting for you"
While the dusk closed down on ths
mountain and the old freight engine
was slowly climbing the grade, Net
tie patted Sans hand as it grasped the
throttle.
81 can't ride with you on the main
line" she said regretfully. I'VE shall
miss old 376-"
''But the main line leads to matrf-
mony," he reminded as he kissed her.
1907, by NJ. M. Cum
ningham.)
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

[From the Chicago News.J
inexperienced servants are the
best for hotels.
Even a clock is known by It's works
All the world loves to laugh at the
blindness of lovers.
Try living on Is cents a day if you
are troubled with dyspepsia.
Can you improve your condition by
winning! If not, whine not.
Genius prevents a man from doing
the wrong thing at the right time
Wise is the man who doesn't take
a chance on chance acquaintance.
Wedding bells never ring for Dec
ember and May if December goes
broke
No, Alonzo. a sailor isn't necessarily
A fighter because he boxes the com.
pass.
Many a man thinks he is choosing a
wife, when as a matter of fact she
does the choosing.
Possibly it may not have occurred
to you that there is more craft on
land than there is on the sea.
An Ohio man who married a deaf
and dumb girl thought he had acquir-
ed a treasure until he discovered that
she could whistle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16
AYHAWKER JOTS

A great deal of alfalfa is raised
around Norton, but the Telegram says
that when a load of hay comes to
town 1t is Immediately surrounded by
half a dozen men who want it. Hay
is paying crop.
The Concordia Blade threatens to
print the names of the boys who tied
can to a dogs tail and sent him
yelping down the street, if it happens
again. 1t is a safe proposition. how
ever, that the dog will keep it from
happening again.
i Lawrence World: The Holton Sig
nails country correspondence from
Liberty district is signed "Damit."
While it must be a relief to Frank
Jarrell's overtaxed feelings to have
somebody contribute a good, hearty
crossword once a week, the CORES
pendent at Liberty ought not to feel
that he is at Liberty to swear in print.
1--WE always imagined" says ]. L.
Brady, that a town off the railroad
could have a better paper than one
on the road. For this reason we al
ways read the Westmoreland Rec
order with a good deal of curiosity
and interest. We have lost interest in
that Westmoreland does have a spur
running UP to 1T. town off the
worlds highway ought to be quiet and
thoughtful. The Recorder is a good
we learned about the spur"
Nature fake from the Newton Kan
san: Prof De Motto says that a bird
or animal does not think. At any rate
a parrot checked at the Harvey news
stand yesterday had the HAPPY
thought to release an old time phrase
which it expressed at the proper mo-
ment. The parrot, being left at the
stand between trains was slowly blink
ing it's eyes and evidently meditating.
A bevy of Newton young ladies came
to the stand and upon seeing the par
rot began making the usual remarks
such as Pretty Polly polly want
a cracker?" Polly" blinked one eye
and in accents painfully plain, said:
you talk too much"
Domestic note in the Garnet Re
view: If you saw a happy figure on
the streets today, with the lower ex-
tremeties of his anotomy clad in a
pickle BARREL or some other sort of
barrel, that was William Schoonover.
However, we don't believe you saw
him, fersooth, Williams modesty
would prohibit him coming forth thus
attired, even to get his daily paper,
and necessity forbade him coming
otherwise, for his good wife burned
up his pants. She had put the afore-
said William to bed while she washed
his trousers, and in order to shorten
his Incarceration she hung the pants
by the fire to dry. 1t proved that she
was in too much of rush, and the
trousers caught fire and were con-
sumed before she could turn in the
alarm. Too bad William; were sorry
for you but 1t serves you right for
being so vain-glorious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record.1
Second thoughts may be best. IL
they are on time.
The people who are rolling in
wealth might find a better use for it.
1t is not until baseball is in its last
throes that football is reatured
Even the close-mouthed man mus
open up when the dentist gets at him
When a man marries for money the
woman seldom gets her moneys
worth
The people who come up to our ex-
pectations are those we measure with
the golden rule.
you give me a pain in the. neck"
remarked the suffering patient as he
contemplated his boil.
This is quite a come-down for me-"
remarked the top-f1oor tenant as he
stepped into the elevator.
Blobbs-"would you consider him a
genius?" Slobbs-"No!" BIobbs-
"Why, he's always trying to borrow
money" Slobbs-"Yes, but he does
MT get It,"
First Umbrella-"Im dreadfulIy
timid about going out on a dark,
stormy night Second Umbrella
$50 am 1. We are almost sure to be
held up.
Wigg-"They started housekeeping
in q fiat, and inside of six months they
had separated" Wagg-"Ahi Their
married life was short and suite, eh -
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and far, as is evidenced by this para
graph from this weeks issue of the
Emmett Citizen
In reply to the offer of the business
men OF Emmett, which offer is again
printed in another part of the Citizen,
letter was recently received from a
young couple in New. York city, who
nave been married two years, and
who want to know more about the Of
fer and about the town. They are
twenty-one and nineteen years of age
and the husband works in paperboS
factory. but the wife seems to think
that he can make good at anything
there is doing in country town. The
letter has been answered in a desire
to learn more about the young people
and the matter will be brought to the
attention of the Commercial club at
the next meeting of that body"
Emmett will succeed When a
towns Commercial club goes after in
dividuaI families in this manner,
something is bound to drop-but it Is
liable to be some other towns popu-
lation, even that of New York. Hur-
rah for Emmett!
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GLOBE SIGHTS.

CFrom the Atchison Daily Globe.1
A really good friend is so rare; to
lose one is a tragedy.
Every man who borrowS trouble,
pays usurious interest
Don't be surprised If you catch an
agent in lie. Every agent is lar
of course.
Every man has been guilty Of a lit
tie mischief, and thought OF great
deal more.
The success of a scheme depends
largely upon the cleverness OF the
agents employed.
There are some who make II a
point to POSTPONE all expression of
gratitude until Christmas.
Society has become disagreeable
lately. the women talk SO much about
the scarcity of hired girls.
Every man believes he can bring in
all the prominent men in his neigh
borhood to testify that he is all right.
When a girl is 16 years old, she
values herself at $16,0O0,00O, and
after that never reduces the estimate.
Do you "get mad" frequently ?
Every time you get mad you cut a
month or two off your life. and pile
up a lot of pain for your old age.
Mrs. Lysander John Appleton is so
cold and naughty. and her indigna-
ton so terrible, that we often laugh
should catch her husband hugging the
servant girl
Lysander John Appleton was talk
ing about his kin in Commercial
street store today, and said a good
many complimentary things about
them. As he is a kin-hater, this &C
ton caused a good deal Of excitement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Now we understand why they are
called New York brokers. So many OF
them are going broke.
x
On viewing some rather extreme pos
tai card displays in some of the store
windows up there. the Chicago News
asks. Where are the police? OF
course, this department cannot be sure
about it. but some of them can fire.
quently be found around the windows
where the worst postal cards are on
exhibition.
X y
Bank Commissioner Royce is search
ing the banks of Kansas for bad pa
per. If he finds any, we trust he will
recommend that it be Immediately re-
placed with good paper. And while this
department is too modest to call atten-
ton to 1t, if the banks want an ex-
tremely good. paper. we suggest that
they can get 1t by remitting $3.50 for a
years substitution to this office.
X y
Warning to farm animals: The open
season for wild game has begun. Bet
ter stay in the barn. There is no tell
ing when a hunter would take you for
a bear or a deer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.1
Castor oil is about the best cure for
love sicknes
A boy has a chance to be able to
earn his own living unless he has a
father with money.
comforting thing for women Is
how they can know things aren't true
but believe they are.
More girls would elope because 1t is
SO romantic, If it weren't for the
trousseau which is so practical.
When you see a man insisting on
going to church in bad weather, eth
er he has been to the races and lost
or he Is going and hopes to win.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16
HER ONE EArur

There's thorn to every rose,
That is true
She's the sweetest, goodness knows,
Ever grew;
Still, as often. for my sins.
1 have felt,
She persists in sticking pins
In her belt.
Such a dainty little waist
She has gOti
I must say it suits my taste
To a dot.
Some are rigid as they're thick;
She is svelte,
But those pins she's bound to stick
In her belt.
1 might keep my hand away?
How absurd
That's a foolish thing to say,
On my world
Why, a frozen snowy Alp
She would melt:
And she also has my scalp
At her belt.
Chicago News
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to build railroads in Pennsylvania as
it does on the prairies-perhaps even
more than that. Pennsylvania
mountains and hills make railroad
building expensive. while in states like
Kansas and Nebraska the cost is COM
paratively light. Does not this go
long ways towards offsetting the dem
Sfty of population in PENNSYLVANIA?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16
FRON OTHER PENS
ON THE MoDREN STEAMSHIP.

ON THE MODREN STEAMSHIP.
An enterprising French dentist who
practieed his art on board the Savoie,
which arrived on Saturday, found
plenty of clients. Why not? The
modern steamship with a thousand
well-to-do passengers should be as
much in need of dentist as a big
hotel. Indeed. it should afford greater
opportunities to skillful practitioner,
because aside from the casual troubles
with teeth that occur. there are always
on board busy men who have no time
for protracted sittings when ashore.
The big modern liner is now equipped
with everything except billiard tables,
and some genius may yet contrive to
make even them practicable at sea-
New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16

Extreme measures should be taken
with dynamiters- The destruction of
costly machinery in a Joplin newspa-
Per plant by dynamite by persons who
did not approve the policy of the pa
per calls for such vigorous punish
ment of the offenders that outrages of
that character will not be repeated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16

1t appears that the franchise which
the state of Pennsylvania gave the
Pennsylvania railroad over sixty years
ago. soon after railroads were invent
ed. now hobs up to prevent a two-cent
fare in that state Persons who grant
franchises cannot be too careful in do
ing II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16

With Congressman Burton and Tom
johnson facing each other in the Cleve-
land mayoralty contest. and with Secre-
tary Taft holding the coat of one. while
Mr.. Bryan is patting the other on the
back, the country is liable to see a
hght worth while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16

Some woman opponent of the Gig
arctic is trying to engage the aid of
Hartman in fighting the coffin nail.
Does she not realize the danger of
forcing the rest of the country to line
mp for the thing she is opposing?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16

There is talk of nominating Cover
nor Hughes for vice president, but the
plan is not put forward by the corpor-
alton politicians of the east. They
tried putting a New York governor in
that office once to get rid of him, and
It did not work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16
A LAND OF ROBBERS.

Is America a civilized country or is
it not? One of party of Americans
was discovered the other day in st.
PauIs cathedral trying to chip off a
piece Of stone from one of the orna-
mental pillars. He explained that ne
wanted bit of ST. PauPs to take back
to America" A bit of the Old Bailey
is what he ought to have. If Macaulay' s
Maori ever gets a chance to sit on the
ruins of London it Will be because
they have been kept in a glass cage
our national bird ought to be the jack
daw.-Springfeld Republican.
SANE DRIVERS AND MANAGES.
There is no criticism of the sane
automobilist-the majority, in fact, of
those who make delightful use of this
fine modern luxury. The wild reck-
lessness of the dangerous automobillst
is equally despised by other automo-
bilists and by the rest of the public.
The fact is shown by the formation
and activity of such organizations as
the Safe Roads Automobile association
and the Automobile Owners associa-
tion.-Boston Advertiser.
LONG LIFE.
DR.. Wiley. the pure food man, says
that in the last half century the aver
age length of human life has advanced
from thirty-three to nearly forty
years. and he predicts that within zoo
years it will have risen to fifty. The
record is gratifying; the prospect is
most cheering. but DR.. Wiley with
customary conservatism has minimized
the expectations of Improvement that
he must naturally entertafn.-Ne~
York Sun.
SHE OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER.
A woman who does not know her
sisters husband we'll enough not to
want to marry him ought not to be
prevented by law from becoming ac
quainted with him through marriage.
burlington Free Press.
A BIG MAN.
Judged by his achievements in MAX
ing the great powers stand around.
Castro is the most successful living
ruler.-Springfield Republican.
MAN WHO KNOWS.
Prince William of Sweden refused
to enter the New York stock exchange.
when next to leaving Newport appears
to De the wisest thing he has done
Detroit Tribune
NOTHING BUT ILL LUCK
senator Plat has declared for Fair
oanKs Ior president. Fairbanks has
nad nothing but i'll luck recently
New York American.