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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-09-26

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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-18
DEFACED STAMPS.

A new order in the p0st0hce
department went into effect last
week and it should be noted by
the people in general. By the
terms. Of the new order q defaced
stamp is hereafter worthless.
Should q corner be torn OF, nc
matter how small, or the Stang
mutilitated in any way. it can.
not longer be used. All letters
bearing such stamps will be held
at the p~ostofdce two weeks fol
recovery, and at the end of such
time, il not claimed will be sem
to the dead letter Office.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-18
Friday at about 4 p. m

LOST Friday at about 4 p. m.
between A thur Broussard's
place and Rasheed's saloon a
ladies gold watch and gold ring
on fob, c.. b. on ring. Reward
to finder if returned to this Office.
When you want groceries
phone up 245 and tell me you-
wants.-F, O. BrouSsard.
Mrs. Henry j. Landry has re.
turned to her home in Algiers
after spending two weeks with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gabriel B~adIp aud family.
Our claret phosphate is delic-
ious, try q glass.-Moss Phar.
macy.
Mrs. Gabriel Beadle and chill
spent two weeks in Morgan City
returning Saturday.
Mrs. F. Schmidt. of Echo,
Tex, is visiting her son. Mr.. M.
M. Mills and will leave Tuesday
for New Orleans to visit her
daughter who is an attachee OF the
Convent of Perpetual Alteration
of that city.
Have your prescriptions filled
at the Lafayette Drug Store
only best of medicines used.
Mrs. NJ. M. Mills is on The
sick list, a victim of La Grippe.
Ring up when you want gro
ceries. Phone 183.-Bernard {
Meaux.
Miss Anna Callen and Mis-!
Francis Swallow from Opelousa'
stopped over between trains OF
their way to New Iberia will
Mrs. F. G.. TRAY. Friday.
Nothing better than our ice
cream soda, try a glass-Mos
Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-18
SAMPLE OF fine COTTON.

Manuel Robert, colOred. brought to
our Office Yesterday a stalk of cotton,
two ears of corn, two sweet potatoes,
which he raised on Mr.. Joe Albara-
dos farm about a mile and a half
south of town. The cotton is OF the
Toole variety and is 5 feet in height
and full fruited with bOlls from top to
bottom. He planted the cotton about
April 10 and began picking several
days ago but the rains have stopped
picking. He says he has Il acres like
the sample and expects a yield OF a
bale an acre with favorable weather.
The ears of corn are large, we'll
| filled and he thinks he will make at
least 20 bushels to the acre. The
sweet potatoes r medium size, and
are called the Queen of the South. He
states that he has about 3 acres in po-
tatoes. that he has been eating them
since July l, and that they are a swee
and extra good tasting potato.
He also brought a branch from Z
s~assafras tree and says there are
plenty at the place, and that it's goot
for making gumbo. The cotton is or
exhibition in The Advertiser window
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-18
Demand of Administration.
Succession of Shirley F. Lacour,
1886, 18th Judicial District
of Louisiana, Parish OF
Lafayette.

Whereas, Anna Dubernard. resid-
ing in the parish of Lafayette has
made application to be appointed ad-
ministratriX of the aforesaid estate.
Now, therefore, all persons are
hereby warned and notified to file
their opposition to the application in
writing with the clerk Of court at his
office in the town of Lafayette. ten
days after the first notice hereof,
otherwise the said applicant will be
named and appointed as such admins
tratrix as required by law and In &C
cordance with law.
Witness my hand this 9th day OF
August, 1908.
J. GILBERT ST. JULIEN,
SLABS. Clerk of Court.
Let US figure with you for a
life policy in the Equitable OF
New. York.
The Equitable pays annual div
|idends on all it's policies.
The Equitable's assets are over
I$427 900 900.
The Equitable's surplus tt
policy holders is over $49. 1000, coo
PARKINSON & MOUTON
Insurance Agency, Est. 1897.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-18
Administrators Sale.

Succession Of Louisiana Tor Louise
Castillo, No. 2614-1Sth Judicial
District Court of Louisiana,
Parish of Lafayette.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-18
Personals.

Frank Mosely came Saturday
to spend several days with his
sister Mrs. Willie Lalanne.
See Upton for new oats and
alfalfa or any kind of feed stuffs.
Phone 1872.
Camille Broussard, Oneil Ber-
trand, Ano Leblanc and Lastie
Broussard spent Sunday in New
Iberia.
Everything in Summer wear
at REDUCED COST at Schmulen's,
which means BARGAINS for you.
Oscar Sprole left yesterday to
spend q while at Gulfport and
othe points along the Mississippi
coast.
Try . pair of our famous
Eclipse shoes. They wear well,
are easy on the feet and the price
is very reasonable. -Schmulen's
Mr.. ]. ]. Davidson and family
and Mrs. Aleck Morgan are so
iourning at the Camp Grounds
near Biloxi, Miss. Mrs. W. A
LeRosen who spent q week there
with them. returned Sunday
with Mr.. LeRosen who went ovel
and spent Saturday at the CAM
Grounds.
Three cakes Of good toilet soaI
for Is cents at the Moss Phar
macy-money refunded if 70,
don't like it.
LOST-Thursday q string o
Qold beads. Finder will receive
reward by returning same +
this office.
Mrs. II. b. Gucnereau an
baby are visiting her sister, Mrs
M. Breaux in Arnaudville.
We carry q full line at all time'
Of high class groceries and when
ever you are puzzled about some
thing good to have for dinner
ring Us up and let US sugges
some Of the good things we hav
to eat. Phone 64-R. 81. Nc
Fadden.
Mrs. Archille Webb and littl
daughter Lydia, left Thnrsda
for New Orleans on q visit {
relatives.
The FAlk Mercantile Go. ar
prepared to take charge 9
funerals and attend to ell grave
yard work. A fine rubber-tire
hearse IN stock.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-18

Notice is hereby given that by vir-
ture of q writ of fieri facias issued by
the Hon. E. L. Prejean, justice OF the
peace of the sixth ward OF the parish
of Lafayette, La, in favor OF J.P'
Colomb and against Albert Latiolais.
and to me directed, I have seized and
taken into my possession and will OF
fer for sale and sell for cash at the
front door of the Office of said justice
of the peace in CarencrO between le'
gal sale hours, on
Saturday, August 20, 1908,
the following described property, TO-
wit:
One lot of furniture consisting. o
bedsteads, armoirs, chairs, tables
rocking chairs, ETC., mattresses, pic
lures, Kitchen utensils, safe, crockery
ware, one soda fountain, one SEWING
machine, etc., being all the contents
| of house lately occupied by the oe
PENDANT and belonging to plaintiff
and situated in the town OF Carencro
La. Also four or more cords OF WOOD
| also one toilette, wash stand, blankets
| sheetings, two feather mattresses, on
lot of quilts. lamps, shades. pillows
one cot, tubs, gas drum, one must
box, hand saw, to pay and satisf.
said writ.
A.. G. GUILBEAU,
Dep'y. Sheriff Lafayette Parish.
1899.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-18
Notice.

Our patrons are requested to
notify us promptly should any
of their buildings, upon which
we have insurance, becomes va
cant for a period exceeding ten
days.
PARKINSON & MOUTON,
Insurance Agency.
14.2t. Established in. 1897
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-18

Public notice is hereby given that
bv virtue of an order and q commits
sion from the Honorable the Judge OF
the 18th Judicial District Court OF
Louisiana, parish OF Lafayette, dated
August Ii, 1908, in the matter Of the
succession of Louisiana Tor Louise)
Castillo, No. 26l4 of the probate dock
ct of the said court, / will sell for cash
to nav the debts Of the succession, to
the last and highest bidder at public
auction according to law, at the front
door of the court house of Lafayette
between legal sale hours, on
Tuesday, August Is. 1908.
the following described property, to-
wit:
i. One certain lot Of ground. stu.
ated in the Doucet & Trahan addition
to the city of Lafayette. Louisiana,
parish of Lafayette, and being lot
numbered six of Block I'D" OF said
addition; having q front OF fifty feel
on Avenue "B" by 3 depth OF one
hundred feet, and is bounded on the
north by Avenue "B", south by lot
Is. east by lot 7, and west by lot 8, all
Of said addition.
2. One certain lot of ground, situ-
ated in the Doucet & Trahan addition
to the city Of Lafayette, parish OF La
fayette. Louisiana, and being lot num-
bered three of said addition in Block
"D" thereof, together with all the inn
oroyements and buildings thereon;
having q front of fifty feet by a depth
| Of one hundred feet. bounded on the
north by Avenue "B", south by lot
q. east by lot 4, and west by lots
and. all OF said addition.
ISAAC B. BENDEL,
Aug. 1925. Administrator.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-18
HALF The REVENUES
Is What Grant Parish Gives For
Schools and Roads.

For the year 1908 the Police
Jury of Grant Parish has apprO-
priated $40, 5000 for the public
schools. This is nearly 30 per
cent of their total revenues. The
next largest appropriation Is
SO, 900. 90 for public roads. These
two items take more than hall
the revenues of that piney woods
parish.
These facts account in ii large
measure for the rapid strides
that are being made in thai
parish in educational matters.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-18

Everything in summer wear
AT COST, and we offer you an
elegant line to select FROM
Kahn's.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-08-18
Sheriff's Sale.s

!. P. COlomb VS.. Albert LatiOlals-
State of Louisiana, Parish OF La
fayette, Justice of the Peace
Court, 9Th Ward.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25

But those fields have again been de-
stroyed and much damage has been
done to property along the Rhone far
to the west
Rarely have the people received any
warning of the approach of the tor
rent. But since 1887 they have slept
securely. believing that the treacher-
GUS lake would never harm them
again.
Engineers studied the problem of
safeguarding them from the constant
danger They found the cause of the
trouble to be the opening of deep
crevasses on the side of the glacier.
against which the lake abuts. In 1887
n stone wall was built along the
glacied edge while the lake was empty.
The work was wen done and pro-
nounced to be an adequate remedy.
Marjelen for all the years since until
the present occurrence, has kept with
In bounds. and its overflow has been
carried off to the east in the valley OF
the little Fiesch river But the day
was approaching when the people We're
to be rudely awakened from their
dream of safety.
IT appears that the foundation of
the wall became undermined and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25

, squati,sd about and smacked their lips,
! awaiting the feast Very few of the
| huts are more than 10 feet In diameter,
| and some are much less.
: DOM JAAHN AND CECIL. j. RHODES
One Of the villages We visited was
that of n famous native chief who led
in the rebellion which resulted iu the
! loss of Matabeieland 10 the natives.
This was Dom Jaahn He Is now an ola
mas. but still has a great respect for
the man who conquered him. Indeed,
he is so afraid nr cecil Rhodes ghost
that h. viii not 60 60 his grave for fear
I his spirit may be lowering about H.
Not long ago the manager of the
Rhodes estate here told DOM Jaahn that
he would give him q horse ana q new
saddle and bride II he would travel
over tie 20 miles between here and the
+, Matopus hills and look at the Rhodes
monument. The man replied that he
did not want Cecil Rhodes 60 h lunt him
for the rest OF his life. and that ne
believed II was best TO Let th, dead men
lie Nevertheless, Dom Jaahn was II
famous warrior, and during his prime
was much Toured He fought WELL but
he gradually came to respect the Eng
lish soldiers who conquered him.
short time ago ne was asked what ne
thought Of Cecil j Rhodes and his
troops. He replied
Those men were men
After this he stopped a moment and
proceeded:
Those men wcrc,men of men And"
he concluded. their fathers were men
before them"
CECIL RHODES BIG RHODEStAN
FARM
About IL miles from BulawaSo we
found ourselves in the heart of a big
farm established by Cecil j Rhodes
He bought up nearly all the land be-
tween Bulawayo and the Matopos hills,
including a strip 20 or 30 miles long,
embracing "A number of rich valleys,
or rather, depressions in the hills. He
built dam holding million gallons of
water to irrigate a part of this tract
and so arranged the lands about this
that they form one Of the paying parts
of his estate There is tenant in
charge of them who keeps 200 acres in
crops of varions kinds. and ! under
stand that he Is now raising two crops
of corn year. In addition there are
tens of thousands of acres of pasture.
and a part of this is now devoted to
ostriches, Il part TO cattle and other
parts to game. There are even wild
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25

During the month of May, Texas
suffered terribly from overflows. The
loss in crops, livestock buildings, i'm
plements and all other kinds of prop
erty known to farm life was simply
enormous The loss of human lives
was small in comparison with the loss
of property. The Trinity and Red
rivers We're the principal streams af-
fected.
As in ancient times people regarded
earthquakes storms and floods as evil
dences of the displeasure of the gods.
even yet in this time of increased
knowledge and advanced thought.
many persons attribute these phe-
nomena of nature to divine anger.
The babe, crawling upon the floor,
puts its little hand against the hot
stove. The burn it receives is no less
severe nor the pain less acute, because
of its innocence and ignorance of the
nature Of fire. Had 1t not come in
contact with the hot stove it's little
hand would have not been burnt. Yet
had it crawled toward the open door
1t might have fallen to the ground and
received severe bruises or fractures.
It's knowledge of the law of gravita-
ton is no greater than its knowledge
of fire, but that ignorance does not
mitigate the consequences of the fall.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25

1t may overturn a kettle of hot water
or drink a cup of liquid lye its moth
er has carelessly left within its reach,
but the intense suffering, and per-
chance agonizing death. is not es-
capped because of the innocence and
ignorance of the babe. The lesson ma
ture teaches in this case is a lesson to
the careless mother 1t does not fol-
low that the poor, woman is an object
of divine wrath because of the suf-
fering endured by her babe, but the
lesson taught her is a dearly bought
lesson on the consequences of care
lessness.
A careless dairyman, milking his
cows by the light of a lantern set
down in a lot of hay and litter, starts
conflagration that burns the greater
portion of Chicago, The thousands of
people left homeless and destitute are
not objects of Gods wrath. but simply
victims of the stupidity. and careless
ness OF that fellow in the cowshed.
So it is with the poor flood sufferers
in Texas today The Almighty did not
send those overfiows in anger and
vengeance. They came as a natural
consequence of excessive atmospheric
humidity and extraordinary precipita-
ton. The floods teach a great lesson,
however, They teach us that the man
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25

in on the west side 1t is bordered by
the Aletsch glacier.
singular phenomenon has long at
traced attention. From time to time
the lake suddenly disappears. Its basin
was completely emptied eleven times
from 1918 to 1887. In 1873 all the water
left the lake in eight hours. In 1878
it was emptied in thirty and a half
hours and In 1887 in ten hours.
This is a wonderful fact in view Of
the prodglous quantiuty of water that
is sent laundering down to the lower
valleys in so short time. The lake is
1920 feet, or nearly a mile, long. lis
width is about 1884 feet; its depth Is
from thirty to $50 feet. and its water
content has been estimated to be TO-
100000 cubic meters. This immense
volume escapes I'm channels under tho
glacier, and as it pOurs along a sound
like the rumble of thunder is heard.
Naturally the flood does great dam
age below. and the little lake has an
evil reputation among the inhabitants
of the Mossa valley, through which the
waters of the .\letsch glacier reach the
Rhone. The farmers there are very
poor and wrest with difficulty q slcn-
der livelihood from the meager fields.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25

VINO builds his home in the valley of
a water course does an exceedingly
dangerous thing. He may live there
unmolested by high water for years,
when at last, without warning, the
flood rolls down the valley at > o'clock
in the morning, sweeping everything
before its march OF destruction. If the
poor fellow, thus surprised, is so for
tunate as to save the lives of himself
and family, at daylight he looks
down from the friendly hillside to
which he escaped. and gazes upon
seething sea of muddy water and
says:
"Oh, what sad lesson this is I
will never again build a house within
reach of an overflow"
Natures lessons are sometimes hard
ones, but we make them hard by our
own stupidity in not paying due at
tention to natures laws. Nature will
not suspend her laws one iota because
of mans ignorance or innocence. II
we fail to follow her teachings and
admonitions, we are sure to pay the
penalty. There is no escape Natures
laws are more exacting and I'M
changeable than the laws of the
Modes and Persians. Let no guilty
man escape" is her unalterable SEN
tence upon every violator.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25
A VISIT TO THE GRAVE OF
THE AFRICAN COLOSSUS IN
MATOPUS HILLS 3: =: =. :.

wanted to stay they had to sleep in tho
omen. FOR the huts We're only large
enoueh for Mr. Rhodes himself Later
an he built a hotel about three miles
disiunt in order that he might have
n place To entertain such guests MS ne
chose. This hotel is now used by INC
visitors as mnching place on their
way to the tomb
am told that Mr.. Rhodes wou,d
go off and spend days by himself IN
the NIatopos hills. He would takc
hooks along and camp out. AT one
time he wandered up to the place WheIN
his remains now lie and got ioso' ~
was some time before native ap-
reared and showed him the way out
In describing the place To inc Slat,tp'
les he was told that the nil on Wliel
ne was lost was known among thoi''
as the mountain of the triehdly
spirit
THE RHODES GEOLOGICAL PAkh'
Leaving the farm we passed through
the great park and gardens winch MI.
Rhodes left in his will as a resort LOT
the people of Bulawayo. They lie pt-
tween the farm and the nils ana com
prise a part of the latter. The park
covers is 900 acres, and there are M
tcen miles of roads through 1t, all
planted with avenues of quick growing
trees More than 30 900 specimens or
plants are cultivated here: and there
is also a large nursery devoted to the
DEVELOPMENT OF the forest.
The geological garden is inside u
fence four miles long. 1t Includes
every kind of animal that will live IN
Africa. with the exception of the beasts
of prey. such as lions and leopards.
There are CRATES, antelopes, Glands
and zebras everywhere to be seen, The
animals are not afraid, for no shooting
is allowed in the vicinity, and they
are permitted to live as far as possible
in a state of nature.
wish I could describe for you
these mighty hills which Cecil Rhodes
chose as his last resting place. They
are nothing like any range | have seen
elsewhere They rise ups out of the
African veldt in the shape of great
masses of granite. ground smooth by
the glaciers of Il million odd years
ago They are 60 miles long and from
! o to 20 miles wide, and they wind
their way in and out over the plain,
looking as though they might have
been thrown up by volcanoes. In
some places they remind me Of the
Saxon Switzerland. and in others of
the Garden of the Gods" on the. edge
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25
A RUNAWAY SWISS LAKE.

Visitors to the Alps know the mag
niicdht panorama that is unfoldcd
from the top OF the Eggishorn, the
highest summit on the rocky ridge be-
tween the great glacier OF Aletsch and
the valley of the RhOne.
There is "A splendid view over the
Bernese Alps to the north, and the
tumble of snow peaks to the south are
revealed in all their grandeur. But the
sight that first of all attracts attention
is the Aletsch glacier the largest in
Europe and little Lake Marjelen, half
mile north of the Eggishorn, with its
dark green waters and the tiny Ice
hergs on It's surface
This Is not the sight tourists would
see from the top of Eggishorn to-day.
A little while ago Lake Marjelen disap-
peared in Il night The deep chasm It
fills was dry the next morning. The
great chunks of ice We're stranded on
its floor
In its peculiar way Marieleu Is the
most famous of the Swiss lakes. 1t
stands 7764 feet above the sea. on
three sides steep rocky slopes wall It
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25

him that vegetation goes on under just
the conditions named. Further OBJ
servation teaches him that plants must
have sufficient distance from each
other in order to thrive and return the
best results.
Experience teaches man that fire
will burn him. water Will drown, him
and wind will destroy him. Yet in
spite of the hard lessons he learns in
the school of experience man is stupid
ly careless and reckless. Vesuvius and
other volcanoes have hurled thousands
of men, women and children to horri-
BILE deaths; yet with a full knowledge
of this fact men persist in making
their homes in near proximity to these
great, seething natural furnaces. San
Francisco was sorely stricken by an
earthquake or landslide, and in two
or three years is rebuilt with greater
splendor than ever Large rivers that
are known to frequently inundate their
valleys do not deter men from making
homes upon their banks. The farmer
digs up an ant bed in his garden, but
finds the busy little insects laboriously
working in the same spot the next
morning. repairing as best they can
the ruin wrought upon their habita-
ton. Men are very much like ants in
this respect.