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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

superb control, and Little Rock was never able to solve the delivery. The feature was triple steal in the sixth by Daley, McIver and James, the first named eoor;po Score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

The newly organized Kissell pharmacy team defated the Woodward Iron company in well played game at Woodward by the score of to 4. The pitching of Kelly was one of the many features of the game. Batteries, Kelly and Lee; Horn, Bruce and Otte.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
COLLEGE GAMES

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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-17
He Kept His Word,

A travelling man stopped at a little
town in Arkansas and while there he
made inquiries Of the postmaster a.
to the integrity and honesty Of z
certain doctor who lived in tho next
county.
What sort Of 4 man is DR.. Briggs?"
he Queried. "Is he a man that can
be trusted- good DOCTOR"
WELL" answered the postmaster,
thoughtfully. that depends. He's been
d%octorin' roun' here for some years
now-ain't doin' much lately, though.
Seems he was Sent for to 90 to see
Of Mis- Henderson, what's been dyin'
for goin' on 30 year. or lady had
the noo-ralgy pretty bad. Doc he
gives her . dose O. laud'num an he
says: Mis- Henderson, you'll go to
sleep, now, m you won't be bothered
with the noo-ralgy no mo-
"She went to sleep; that was las
May, an it's gittin' lords fall now.
She amt walked up yet an she amt
never been bothered with the moo
ralgy, either. As q doctor, l guess
Briggs amt much: but he always
keeps his word, sir, always"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-17

are laying aside all differences
of opinions as to politics and
other questions and are finding
the means to provide good
schools for the children.
Lafayette was one Of the first
parishes in the State to recog
nize the possibilities of the
school, and take the initiation
in console schools, engag
ing trained teachers and plac
ing at the head of the system
a trained school man. With
such a foundation securely laid,
it should be possible in
the near future to have every
child in the parish placed for
nine months in a graded school
and taught by a competent
teacher. But we can't rest upon
past achievements. The pop
ulatiOn is growing, people are
being converted to the idea of
placing their children in the
public school; this means a large
increase in members every year,
which necessitates the employ
ing of more teachers. building
more houses, etc. To meet
this demand, communities must
invest more and more of fheir
money in the brains of their
children.
Mr.. Harris is a good speaker
and his talk was much appre
ciated and greatly enjoyed.
DR.. G A. Martin, member of
the School Board, was the last
speaker and spoke briefly but en-
tertainingly. After which the
ladies of the School Improve
ment League, represented by
Mines. F. V. Mouton, II. Jagou.
Sidney Mouton and w. J. Avery,
served refreshments of choco-
late, cake and coffee to all pres
ent, as a little appreciative atten-
ton to the teachers who have
been attending the weeks insti-
tute, and thus added q very pleas
ant socia' feature to the occasion.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-17
A Few Suggestions Made by 4 Writer
in Lippincott's.

Many people are unnecessarily EN-.
barrassed while . duke is visiting
them. This is . great mistake. OF
course a duke is a duke; but, then.
there Is no reason why he shouldn't
be treated with q certain amount Of
respect.
To do this 1t is not necessary to re-
spect him too much. Treat him with
as much respect as you think he will
stand. but do not lavish it upon him.
IT he leaves his boots in front of his
door at night, do not feel that it is
incumbent upon you to get up at six
O'Clock to shine them. Wait until
seven, anyway. He will never know
the difference.
Let him be alone with your daugh-
ter as much as he likes. If he resents
this, tell him he can get even later.
This might under some circumstances
seem too candid; but it is better to
meet him in q frank and open-hearted
manner.
At night, before the duke goes to
bed, sneak into his room and urn on
all the steam. Being an Englishman,
he may not understand this sudden
warmth on your part, but you can ex-
plain to him the next morning when
he fans himself down to the breakfast
table, that it's only a foretaste Of
what he may expect later. Not being
able to see q joke, he will probably
think that you mean to pay all his ex-
penses to Palm Beach, which will ~
store him to his good humor.
When you have a duke on hand, do
not talk too much about your ances-
tors, or rub 1t in about your family.
1t might make him feel uncomfortable.
No duke likes to feel that he il marry
ing above him.
Naturally you will provide him,
while he is with you, with the neecssi-
ties of life. 1t is extremely embarras-
sing when you invite some of your in
innate friends in to see your duke to
have him sit on the end of your daven-
port couch with fringe on his trousers
and a false bosom to his shirt. Feed
him, therefore, on good nourishing
food. and make him as respectable as
any duke can ever be made.-Lippin-
colts Magazine.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-17
One Thing More.

Light may come from the east, but
from the west comes picturesque Ian
guage. During the Democratic SON
vention at Denver last July Q we'll
known politician, noted for his 70
splendent red whiskers, came to town
in 4 suit Of light gray. with pearl-gray
spats owe black shoes, and . waist
coat to match. Noticing the style Of
headgear that people wer wearing. he
sent out for . yard Of blue stun to
wind about the crown Of his panama.
With this hat surrounding his red
whiskers. and with his otherwise no
ticeable "getup," he wis the center Of
attention in the hotel corridor.
As he stood in q circle Of admiring
cowboys, plainsmen and politicians,
who watched him stroke his beard and
mustache, along came . representative
from one Of the western states.
Hello, Jim!" said the westerner.
after a brief examination. There's
only one thing the matter with you
you ought to have those whiskers
scrambled . little bit more."-Youth'a
Companion.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-17


other equipments. and engage
ing teachers of education and
training to take charge of the
schools. In order to realize the
necessary money for the better
educational conditions. the PEG.
pie realize that the community
where the school is located must
come to the rescue. They are
doing this. Notwithstanding
the hard times and short crops
special taxes are being voted
almost every day in some Dor.
ton Of the State. Lake Charles
has recently voted. almost nm
animously. q ten mill tax for
ten years. On the present as.
sessment this will net the school
about $4,000 a year. This illus.
trates the attitude Of the people
throughout the State toward
the subject of education. There
IS q deep conviction that the
good order Of society and the
prosperity and Development of
the country depend nnon an
intelligent. and efficient citizen.
ship and to secure it the people
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-17

Potlatch is a custom Of distributing
gifts ~practiced by the Kawiutl, Chin
syan and other tribes Of the north
west coast. The principal actor in the
ceremony IL some member of the tribe
who has spent years in accommodating
treasures Of all kinds, which he gives
away in one grand display of generosi-
ty. All the tribesmen Of the villages
for miles around attend the ceremony.
Honor binds the recipients Of the gifts.
however, to such an extent that they
become indebted to the giver to double
the amount Of the present, so that the
potlatch is, instead Of an extravagancs,
. wise investment against future need.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-17
Thai Willy Treasurer.

A lot Of Ministries went to q coun.
try town and advertised to give q per.
Torrance for "the benefit Of the poer.
Tickets reduced to s~ixpence." The
hall was crammed full. The next
morning . committee for the poor
called upon the treasurer Of the CON
cern for the amount the said benefit
had netted. The treasurer expressed
great establishment at the demand. II
thought" said the chairman Of the
committee. you advertised this con
cert for the benefit Of the poor?" The
treasurer replied, Didn't We put the
tickets down to sixpence. 20 that the
poor could al cone?"[ondon tn
Bits.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-17
COUNTRY Is REAL AMERICA.
oreat Cities Do Not WorthiIy Repre-
sent the Nation.

One Of those sent to the couttry thil
summer BY a New York fresh-air mis-
sion was . 14-year-old Hungarian boy
His parents. when they anne b
America. had remained in the city
whore they landed. They lived Il
sQualid poverty. The father, mother
and four children all slept in . small
room lighted by E single window open.
Ing on . foul-smelling alley. The boy
played In the streets, and had "a
dodge the club Of the policeman who
strovs to keep order in the over
crowded district.
In the country hs found the open
Aslds to play in, with no policeman to
interfere. He saw the people friendly,
helpful and sympathetic. living theft
lives in comfort and independence.
when l got home I'll tell them I've
found the real America" he remarked
enc day.
He was not far from the truth. The
America which has drawn hundreds 81
thousands from the countries of Eu'
rope IL not the America which they
ind in the densely populated cities.
For the foreign-born poor. or the ma.
tive poor, either, the large city, with
its fierce competition, 10 . hard place
In which to live.
The real France is not Paris. One
has to 80 outside Of London to find
the real England. The Germany that
- growing rich and powerful il = big.
ger thing than Berlin. And the real
America IL not discovered in her great
cities. The ideals Of the big city
are not the ideals toward which the
nation 10 striving, and their standard
q living II not the standard which
appeals to the people ut large. Amer
lea 10 ruled from the homes and the
0resfdes OF the smaller eommunitea
and from the .farmhouses on the hills
and In the valleys Of the east and the
south and On the plains Of the west.
Most Of the statesmen who control
congress are country-bor1 and coun.
try-bred. The issues on which cleo
tons are decided are those which
seem vital to the plain. everyday man,
living the natural lie Of the less pop-
ulous districts.
That Immigrant ID to - eongr4tu-
lated who discovers where tho real
America Hes: and that rural Amer
lean who knows that he lives where
the destinies Of the nation are shaped
= tn no danger Of losing his poise o.
Of growing disseminated With his let.
-Youth'a Companion.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-17
The Archbishop and the Bulls.

The Archbishop and the Bulls.
At the time Archbishop Ryan was
selected for the position which he now
occupies with 30 much distinction.
there was some difficulty c~oncsrnins
tho official announcement Of his up
pointment. Three or four weeks
elapsed, and still the papal bull had
not reached him. One Of his friends,
who was deeply concerned in the doc
ument, said to him with much solici-
tude:
"Your grace, what do you suppose
has become Of your bulls?"
Il don't know" was the smiling 70.
joinder, unless they are grazing on
the Alps."-Lippincott's.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-17
INTERESTING ADDRESSES.
Continued From First Page.

purpose OF relief and protection.
The three important things which
need to be done are:
First, so to provide for the in.
diyiduals who are diseased be.
yOnd the chance of recovery.
that they shall be comfortable
and no longer a menace to those
about them.
Second, so to educate those
whose disease is sufficiently in
cipient to have prospect of recov.
cry, that they may avail them
selves of the facilities offered,
and at the same time offer t.
them those opportunities.
Third, so to restore the condi'
ton of living that those yet in.
fected or in whom latent infection
has made no Roadway may main
tain such a grade of physical
health rs to protect them against
attacks from within and without.
DR.. Moss reminded the teach
ers that they could perform a
most important part in the cam
paign against the spread of tu-
berculosis by teaching to the
children the great value to health
of sun light, fresh air. pure
water, physical exercise and san
itary surroundings, and that the
public school Afforded one of the
most convenient mediums of in
culcating such knowledge among
the masses. He quoted the
words of DR.. Hay, of Liverpool:
The schools are important in the
formation of public opinion. The
children of today are the citizens
O tOmorrow, and the intelligent
enthusiasm for good hygiene
shown by teachers and conveyed
to the pupils must bear good
fruit in the years to come.
In conclusion DR.. Moss said:
A sense of our individual obliga-
ton to the community should
make US be willing at all times to
interest ourselves in philanthro-
pic and educational work. l do
not doubt that you will all
respond in some way to the
appeal / have made to you to
enlist in the campaign against
the great white plague" along
the lines l have indicated to you
and, believe me, that in so doing
you will record your good citi
zenship in works that will live to
commemorate the awakening of
that great sense of personal
responsibility to mankind which
lies embodied in our religion and
our ethics, and finds expression
in our best and noblest works.
He was succeeded by Mr.. ALE
man who spoke particularly Of
the value Of training and educa.
ton and showed that it was the
very best investments that could
be made by any community.
illustrated what could be
done by careful training and
breeding even in the animal
world by citing the Holstein COW
the best milk producer in the
world and the chief source Of
WealCn IN dOll0n0.
In applying the value of edu.
cation to the human being he
traced the history and develop
ment of the Plymouth colony and
that although the land
was bleak and barren, covered
with boulders and gravel. the
people of that community by
paying early and careful atten-
ton to the education of the boys
and girls, through the care
full training of the children the
State has developed wonderful
results in spite of the fact there
were great obstacles to over
come. Massachusetts has only
one person in q thousand who
can not read and write; she pub
fishes 258 daily papers and
numerous magazines; she has
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-17


Possibly one of the greatest ser
vices she has rendered rura.
communities was when she in
troduced. 40 years ago. the svs
TEN Of consolidation of schools
and the transportation of chill
dren to these schools at the ex
pense of the State. Massachu.
sets has long ago learned the
lesson that to attract the best
talent to the schoolrOom and
keep it there, she must pay and
pays her teachers a salary com
menSurate with the services re.
quired. Her average salary tC
men is SAG per month and tC
women is $65 dollars. She
maintains great high schools,
those magnificent colleges for
the education of the mass of the
people. The schools in addition
to giving culture offer courses
which tend to prepare the boys
and girls for the work of life. 1t
is a common thing for the princi-
pal of these schools to receive
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year.
Massachusetts is a living and
forcible example of the fact that
education, wealth and culture
are inseparable; that every dol
lar invested in brains comes
back to the community increased
a hundred fold; that the greatest
source of wealth in any com
munity lies in the brains of its
boys and girls.
In his talk to the teachers Mr..
Alleman pleaded for more prac-
tical work both in the work done
in the books and in the use of
the powerful means of education
offered by the occupations and
activities of the people compos.
ing the community. He cited an
example in which Superintend-
ent Roy of Avoyelles and two or
three other superintendent
have by the introduction IF high.
bred corn doubled the yield.
Just as soon as these parishes
are educated up to the point
where the value of seed as well
as culture is recognized the corn
yield of the entire parish can be
doubled. This would mean an
additional revenue to the parish
of $1,000 per year or equal to
twice the amount expended for
the maintenance of schools. The
salary q teacher receives is in
proportion to the estimate the
community places on the SER
vices of that teacher. The de.
mand for good teachers has
never been greater and the sal.
.ry received is in proportion to
what the teacher makes it.
There is no such thing as luck in
the teaching profession, it is
q matter of equipment,
personality and real hard
work.
Supt. Harris was next intro.
luced and said in part:
The Invest question in the
minds Of the American people
to- day is the education of the
This spirit has found
It's way to all classes of people,
n dinresponse toit there are hero.
c efforts being made every where
10 provide the necessary facili-
lies to meet the growing needs.
These efforts are directed main
" along two lines, namely, pro-
modern houses supplied
with suitable furniture and
other equipments. and engage
ing teachers of education and
training to take charge of the
schools. In order to realize the
necessary money for the better
educational conditions. the PEG.
pie realize that the community
where the school is located must
come to the rescue. They are
dnvr~ hL MALTA
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-17
SHERIFF SALE.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Lafa-
yette-No. 4796.-W. S. Torian
VS.. Armand Francois.

BY virtue of an order issued by the
Hon. 18th Judicial District Court, in
and for said parish, I will offer for
sale at the front door of the court
house between legal sale hours, terms
cash, on
Saturday, Dec. 5. 1908,
the following property, to-wit:
One certain tract of land with all
Improvements thereon and thereunto
belonging, situated in the parish of
Lafayette, La, containing nineteen
superficial arpents, or less,
bounded north by land of Antoine Do
mingues, or assigns, south by the
CarencrO public road, east by land of
Maurice Domingues or assigns and
west by land of Arceneaux Alexander
or assigns.
LOUIS LACOSTE. Sheriff.
Lafayette, La, Oct. %, 1908.
The Globe-republican., 1908-07-30
Boy Cropping With Problem.

A bright boy who writes letters and
compositions" for his mother as a
home study" but has tine enough
for baseball, had this to say in one
Of his recent productions: Archie
- can't be first base because Har'
ODDS mother won't let him play with
a drivers boy. Archie is bully
player, even If his father drives a
team. / sent Harold's mother what
was in my Christmas book about poor
boys. 1t was that Virgil was the son
of a porter, Sir Richard Arkwrig,
was the son of barber, Franklin WIS
a tallow chandler, Oliver Cromwe. 5
father kept brewery, Aesop was is.
a slave, Dickens was a reporter AID
Ben Jonson was bricklayer But
Harold's mother told him that va
long ago, and it don't go now, SO
do not know what to do to get Archie
in if we don't get new club without
Harold. | wish I had big brother
to tell me what to do, for think la
dies don't know SO much about such
things"
The Globe-republican., 1908-07-30
No Loopholes There.

Eugene Walter, the extraordinarily
successful young playwright, said at
a recent dinner in his honor Ii Nov
York:
"The playwright, to succeed, must
make his point inevitably. Every point
by fair means or foul, must be CAP.
tured. Not loophole, for failure to
creep in, may be left"
Mr.. Walter smiled.
In fact" said he, "the playwright
must be as sure Of his point as was
the young lady who took advantage
Of the present leap year to propose.
"'She didn't give me a chance her
husband explained afterward to "a
friend. She said, will you marry
me? Have you any objection Thus,
whether I said yes or no, she had me
cornered.'
WELL you might have kept silent,
said his friend.
That is what l did, the other re.
piled, and she flung herself on my
breast, murmuring that silence gaYo
consent
The Globe-republican., 1908-07-30
All the Lady's Fault.

Some one hard up for a subject, Il
seems, has suggested discussion Of u .
question, Are literary persons Ill
mannered?" In this connection story
is told of a minor author who went Wis
iting in a Boston home. During tie
evening he asked the hostess If she
would ask the guests to retire into
the little room adjoining the large
room in which they were gathered, as
he wanted the large room in which to
mediate. While 1t is recorded that
the Boston woman granted his re-
quest and crowded her guests into a
small space, it is not likely that a
hostess in any other part of the coun-
try would have taken the request seri-
ously, so this exhibition of bad man
ners must be set down to the eXagger.
ated idea of hospitality and not the
literary propensities of the man.
The Globe-republican., 1908-07-30
--1-.'--------"---7F -
AGED OAK 10 PART OF HISTORY
Centuries Old and Washington aid
Clinton Sat Under II.

II was at Kingston during the Clin
ton reburial ceremonies on Decoration
Day." said a New York man, and
stood a while beneath the branches
of what is perhaps one Of the most re
markable old oak trees to be found
anywhere in this country.
Just how old the tree Is no one
knows, but there are records showing
that $50 years ago it was landmark
The tree stands there to-day more
than 100 feet high and its trunk Is
nine feet In diameter. Nowhere about
1t did l discover any sign of decay
or declining vigor.
But aside from its admirable physi-
cal condition and aspect this old tree
has historic interest. The tree stands
not a great way from the old senate
house, where the state of New York
had its birth, and 1t marks one edge
of plot on which the famous one-leg-
ged Dutch governor Of the colony,
Peter Stuyvesant, built stockade as
a defense for the colonists against
marauding Indians.
After the revolutionary war, when
Gen. Washington went up from New
burgh to visit Gen. George Clinton at
Kingston, the two patriots sat be-
meath the spreading branches of this
oak and for hours recounted the events
Of the long struggle and doubtless dis
cussed plans for the future welfare
Of the country. Who may know but
that some Of the benefits which we ell
Joy to-day under the institutions of our
government are results of the discus
sions Of those two great patriots be,
meath this grand old tree? | brought
myself to think SO, at any rate,
"A few miles from this historic old
oak, an old resident informed me, is
another tree which besides being an
ancient landmark is something Of a
curiosity 1t Is q chestnut tree, with a
trunk 81 feet in circumference, from
which about six feet from the ground
white elm Of large size has grown.
The chestnut trunk completely en-
closes that Of the elm, and the expla-
nation of the curious association Is
that at some time a branch of the
chestnut was broken off, leaving a
cavity In which in time mould and
vegetable matter collected and made
suitable depth Of soil for the seed Of
the elm, which lodged therein to
terminate and grow and become a
tree veritable part Of Its unprotest.
ing host, the mammoth chestnut
trunk"