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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10

Services every day at 10 q. m.
and at 8 p. m. Song service at
7:3O p. N. Everybody is invited.
Free seats. The Rev. A. w.
Turner, of Opelousas. is preach.
ing some stirring sermons, hear
him. Mr.. r. A. Jeffery, the
Evangelist singer, discourses
sweet music at every service
His solos are superb, and every
body should avail himself Of the
opportunity to hear him. In
|vite your friends to come. Come
With them.
The midday service on Sum
|aay win ~ St III = "a. as usual
fInnday school 1t 10 - u.
g. g. NIlx1, Pastor
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10
Donated q Clock.

Easter Monday the Ladies
Auxiliary to B. of r. T. will give
a ball at Tanner & Landry s
Rink for the benefit of their re-
lief fund. In order to assist
them in raising funds for this
most worthy cause, Mr.. II. Z.
Ruger, the ieweler, has donated
u handsome clock for them to
dispose of. The clock is now on
exhibition in Mr.. Ruger's s
window.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10

Tobacco dust is one of the best
and cheapest insect destroyers
known. It will destroy the fly
and worm in young plants.
Get you a supply at the Moss
Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10
NUMBER 20.

The regular use of a tooth
brush keeps the teeth clean and
white and assists in preserving
them,-we sell good tooth
brush for Is cents. Moss Phar.
macy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10
narried.

Last Monday Miss Lydia
Broussard. daughter of Mr.. Ed
mond Broussard and Mr.. j. w.
White, of Crowley, were mar
ried at st. Johns Catholic
church at 1890 a. m. The mar.
riage was very quiet, only q few
relatives being present. The
newly married couple left on No.
10 for New Orleans on q brie1
bridal trip. The Advertiser
Joins their many friends in best
wishes for their future happi
ness and prosperity.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10
Mouton Sisters Opening.

MOutOn Sisters Open1ng.
Last Saturday Mouton Sisters
millinery store was thronged
with ladies' on the occasion o1
their spring opening. The store
was tastefully decorated and
with the various lovely hat
creations on exhibition a most
attractive place.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10

Call and see our large and
beautiful line of spring and sum.
mer goods. Levy Bros.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10

Two discs worth $40 at $30
and q buggy worth $50 at $40
Octave Bertrand.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10
CITY. COUNCIL

Lafayette. La. April 6, 1908.
Regular meeting of the City
Council was held this day with
Mayor Chas. O. Mouton presid-
ing; members present, A. E.
Mouton, O. B. Hopkins, A. B.
Denbo. G.. A. Martin, F. E. Gil
rard. P. Krauss and A. R. Ira
han.
Moved and seconded that
minutes of previous meetings be
approved as read. Carried.
Mr.. R. H. Comeaux in behalf
of the Young. Comeaux Drug Co.,
Ltd. asked the council to recon
slider and in fact cancel the as
sesment or part of assessment
levied against their firm for 1907,
in fact, the wholesale department
which is being assessed with the
retail department, had liquidated
in the first days of 1907. and
made no business whatever.
After considering the foregoing
it was unanimously agreed by
the council that the collector
be and he is hereby authorized to
cancel said assessment and re-
assess the retail department as
signed to Mr. Clifton l. Young
and others doing business under
the firm name of the Young
Drug Co. on basis of assessment
of Twelve Hundred dollars.
Mr.. O. B. Hopkins, by request
OF the Lafayette Building Asso.
citation stated to the council that
he received complaints from said
association, whereas, they con-
tended that paying taxes on an
assessment levied against their
motgage notes and the parties
borrowing money of them repre-
sented by these mortgage notes
on real estate and improvements
that they were virtually paying
two assessments. After consid'
ing the above, it was unanimous
" agreed, that said assessment
be also cancelled by the collector
and the assessment to be levied in
lieu thereof, be made Twelve
Hundred dollars, being the aver
age cash on hand by said asso
citation.
Lafayette. La, 4.6-'OS.
To the Hon. Mayor and Members
of the City Council:
We, the undersigned members
Of the street committee beg Il
recommend the acceptance O
Messrs Hebert & Lucien Arcen
eaux for the grading and keep
ing in good condition all streets
in the town of Lafayette for tn
sum Of So. 10000.
For the reason that Messr'
Hebert 4 Arceneaux agree +
perform all works on the street,
irrespective Of amount of labo
necessary to accomplish sal:
work.
Moved and seconded that tn
report Of the committee be re
oeived, accepted. and committee
authorised to contract wit
Messrs Alfred Hebert and Ii
Glen Arceneaux. Carried.
Moved and seconded that n
quest Of Philip Walters for .
increase in salary Of ten dollar
per month, be received and r
ferred to the street oommitte
for action thereon. Carried.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10

When you want anything in
the grocery line ring up Morgan
g. Debaillon. phone 81.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10
NOTICE TO THE
PUBLIC.

We, the undersigned, have decided
that we can no longer conduct our
business under the present condition,
and have mutually agreed to do q
strictly cash business 10 take effect on
the first of May. We sincerely hope
that our respective patrons will under
stand our situation and give US con-
tinuance of their patronge.
Respectfully,
PREJEAN 4 Co.,
j. DOUCET,
II. o. leblanc,
EDWARD BROUSSARD,
F. WILKINS.
Lafayette, La, April 8, 1908.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10

When you want groceries
phone up 245 and tell me you-
wauts,-F. O. BrOuSsard.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10

We have a complete and ele.
giant stock of spring and summer
clothing. Let US show you
/ Kahn's.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10

96 sheets Of paper and Is en-.
velopes for IS cents q the Moss
Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10
Going Out Calling?

Better ring up The Ad-
vertiser Office, phone 125, and
let us print you some of those
stylish up.tO-now calling cards
that we are turning out in such
large numbers. The cost is
little, work neat, delivery
prompt.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-10

Awarding of Medals and Diplo-
mas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
The Matter of Tips.

From the Washington Post.
 An Engishman with the welfare of America at heart warns the people of the United States against permitting tho tipping evil to gain further headway. He says that travellers in England have be- come the slaves of the serving classes
 and on thrdlu HRDLU CDLUtDLUtUU
 pulls on his own boots without tipping
 some laced and buttoned lackey for the
 privilege. He suggests, with as much seriousness as the subject demands. that
 at the next convention or congress con- stitutional amendment be enacted grant ing to the federal government full powers to regulate the tipping system in the United States after the manner in which it regulates other greedy monopolies. In describing the tipping system as "a
 graft more far-reaching in it's results and
 more disastrous to the morale of a peo- pie than the rebate system of great cor porations," this traveller has touched
 sympathetic chord. Tipping in England has long been an institution; it was the fee paid by the lordly to the humble for
 the distinction of his homage. It kept the humble in his place; he did not as- pire to more than what he got by vol untary contribution. and he was thankful to get anything. The Engllsn kept tHeir system well in hand until the advent Of the purse-proud American, anxious to scatter his dollars in lieu of his nobility. As the cat learns to crave raw meat from tapping her own wounds, the Amer
 ican acquired taste for the adulation of lackeys In England, and could not endure
 without it when he returned home. With
 his disdainful pittance he bought the
 fawning of free Americans Now he him.
 self is rapidly becoming a creature cring-
 ing to his bootblack or to the compelling
 eye of his barber or the sly hint of his waiter What was a respectable institu- tion in England becomes an insolent hold
 up when brought to this country.
 The temper of this country is such
 that any such practice, when brought, here. must either become an institution, 1 and therefore be subject to legislative
 regulation or become monster of prey.
 If tipping is to stay, let it by all means
 be regulated. It's evils as it stands at
 present are twofold; 1t prevents one man
 getting the service he pays for, unless he 1 yields up an unearned gratuity, and 1t
 makes an object of charity out of the
 man who accepts something his labors
 dc not enttle him to. The whole system 1 is un-American, immoral and belittling 1 to the spirit of free people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
No Disappointment Here.
-ybody's Magazine.

From Everybody's Magazine.
 A man who had been convicted of stealing was brought before a certain. "down east" judge, we'll known for his tender-heartedness, to be sentenced.
 "IIave you eve been sentenced to im- prisonment?' asked the judge, not un- kindly. "Never!" exclaimed the prisoner, sud- denly bursting into tears. "Well, well, don't cry, my man." said his honor consolingly; you're going to be now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18

Daudets three Tartarin novels-"Tar- tarin of Tarascon,' "Tartarn on the Alps" and Port Tarascon' make a tri- ology of humor that ranks high among the worlds master Literature, and that probably will continue to hold it's place for many generations to come. The stories of Tartarin are among the best modern examples of that high farce which remains real and human though it's scenario Is wildly imaginative and it's in vention is prodigal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-01-25

the letters with II as he went. 1t was
covered with ink an when he set
down he'd wrote what told ye.
Well OF course that put an idee in
Montgomery's head II fly could
do that without ben' taught. they
wasn't no end to the things he could
do IL he was taught and Montgomery
was Jest the Teller to teach him an
teach him dc dd. AZ the end OF a
month he had that little cuss trained
SO as he could work with both his
hind legs AZ once an kick of two or
three thousand words an hour. The
only thing he couldn't learn was puc.
tuatiOn marks Periods was his long
suit but when It came TO commas an
Interrogation marks he didn't seem
TO he able to catch on to It at al
sim. as Montgomery said. II was
somethin' to have his writin' done for
him Unfortunately Sten1y got too
ambitious Montgomery called him
Stenny as | forgot TO tell ye Stenny
got too ambitious after awhile. an
began 10 do business on his own &C
count Montgomery made one very
bad mistake lie taught the creature
20 sign his own name SOS ye couldn't
tell IL from Montgomery own auto.
moGraph ~ one morniu when he
como downstairs he found the fyd
been busy on his ChcQue ~ his own
order for \ hundred an ftty dollars.
an signed Montgomery name 10 r.
IS Montgomery told me this showed
Che possession ot criminal instincts
au ho decided that his duty 70 scicty
required that StcnOy should Dc pun
.sard Consequently he shut him up
I'm 4 tin box for two days. an when
ho let him out the first thing that 7y
did was 10 commit suicide He dove
! head first into the molasscs Jug. an
drowned hsself Montgomery was
heart broken but he got considerable
consolation out 81 a chcQue for thirty,
nye dollars Tor an article he wrote on
Certain Evidences Of Science in
Flies In which he told in simple an
touchin language the tragic story OF
Stenpy
Seems 70 me I've heard tel OF that
TELLER Montgomery said the post
master Wasn't hts name mentioned
In that there article Q "a PRESIDENT
On the fakirs''
Maybe sald the captain. i
tldnt read tha; article ana I've kirt
Q lost sleh, q Montgomery TIE last
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-01-25
BASEBALL TEAM MORE
COSTLY THAN STABLE
r. J. Farrell Owner Of Yankees, One
Of Worlds Most Prominent Men
in Two Big Sports.

It will surprise many people in the
sporting world to learn that it costs
more to run a major league baseball
team than a fair sized racing stable.
But such is the fact, and Frank j.
Farrell, the owner of the Yankees,
can youCh for the truth Of it. Farrell
enjoys the unique distinction of being
oae of the most prominent men in
the two big professional sports. lie
is power in baseball to-day and
every racing man knows of his turf
operations.
on the two sports he spends at a
conservative estimate sl3S,000 a year,
and of this close to $4,000 is spent
on the team that is managed by
Clark Griffith Farrell is a regular
bettor, but, OF course, his profits or
losses In the ring are not included in
the above estimate
The cost of running his ball team
is about as follows: Salaries OF %
players. 100000, travelling expenses,
Sill coo; hotel bills, s6,375; spring
training trip, 5000 iucidentals,
clerks and attendants. $4,000, making
a total of s97,375
Mr., Farrell's racing stable cost last
year about as follows. Twelve horses
ut SO month and extras, $4,000,
entry fees, $4,000 Jockey fees tregu-
lar price of $40 a mount, $1,000, for
foits in stake races, 10000, travelling
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-01-25
sets around when you talk an takes

sets around when you talk an takes
down what ye say in . little note
book. Montgomery said they were .
great help as long as they attended
to business an relieved A Teller with
a lot Of writin' to do Of very con
sid'rable amount o drudgin'. TIL
only trouble with EN- was that they
was expensive, an a leetle inclined to
get on the nerves Of fellers wife,
bein' firtatiOus mostly by mater an
Costin' anywhercs from IS to SlJ
week. Mrs. MONTGOMERY had been
one before Montgomery married her.
but after they got back from their
wcddin' tour she said she wouldn't
take no move dictaNgu as they call
il. from him nor nobody else, so
MONTGOMERY had 10 do all his writln'
by hand. an IL come hard. One day.
however while he was writing an
article on how to make lamp chin.
ney cleaners out o. cattorpillars he
saw a fly swlmmin' around in the
ink. Bein' a kind-hearted man he res.
cued the little creature with his pen,
an CORY. when he laid it down on
the desk that ny crawled over to a
sheet O. white paper he had LAWN
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-01-25
to show his appreciation OF the little

to show his appreciation OF the little
feller's industry and sticktoitiveness
carried EN- both over to the ant hill,
an let EN- have the door-mat all sum
mer long. An the ants enjoyed it,
too. They quit buildin' their ant
hill and lived in that there mat all
summer long"
How'd you know all about it?'
demanded the postmaster.
Il done the chores that year for
the Montgomery family" explained
the captain. And I nearly lost the
Job because | put the doormat back
where il belonged the next mOrnin
Mr.. Montgomery said was inteTleria'
with some intcrcstin' experiments In
insect life be was maxim, an was for
THROWN me Off the place, but Mrs
Montgomery said I'd only done what
I was hired to do. an they KEEP me
on. | got so was afeard 10 touch
auythin ! found lyin around the
place remember ore mornln' later
on II was rainn' Ike all get out, an
/ see NCutgOmcrys velvet smOkin'
Jacket haugin' on a tree down near
the road, but | let her stav an git
soaked Why didn't yc bring IN my
coat, yc jackass" Montgomery hol-
Tered when he saw me. I thought
maybe ye'd donated It for a town
hall for the Katydids, Mr. Montgom.
cry says l. An | didn't want to in
terfcre with their proceedin'B or your
CalkylatiOns says / He see the
pint all right an from that time on
VIC was good friends, an he used to
invite me to come an jine him watch.
in stray bugs that turned up One
day there was a couple o dozen tum.
ole bugs quarrelin' over a ball like a
lot o college boys, each one tryIn'
10 push Il n different way an old
Montgomery was delighted We sat
an watched them for four hours, an
durin' that time got on to what
he was dom He was tryin' to prove
that insects could be taught things,
an he said this here happenin proved
1t, 'Ye see. captain he says. them
tumble-bugB prove my pint. Dye
notice what they're doin'| Yes
says !, they're playin football
Precisely says he. we've hit II
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-01-25
HISTORY OF SIX-DAY
RACING ON BICYCLES
Riders Formerly Rode Alone and Unit
Physically Exhausted-Two Men
Now Comprise Teams.

When the six-day bicycle race was
started it was an individual contest
and the riders We're compelled to 20 ii
alone for the full time. resting only
when it was absolutely necessary and
resuming the long journey after a cat.
nap of an hour or two
Their food was handed to them as
they swung round and round, and at
the end Of the time the riders stayed
awake only long enough to walk from
the track to their temporary quarters
in the garden, where they dropped like
logs.
This style of riding was continued
through 1898, and then the legislature,
considering this form of amusement
too wearing for the human body,
passed law that no competitor in any
race of six days could ride more than
Il hours each day.
This law threatened to put long.dis.
lance racing out of commission, but
| the promoters conceived the idea of
| forming teams of two men, each man
-,
the race whenever it suited him.
by this arrangement there were al,
ways the same number Of contestants
on the track and the race under this
! plan proved more interesting than the
/ on style One-man grind, inaSmuch as
1t partakes now of the nature of re.
| lay race The fact remains, however.
| that despite the ideas of the wise law
! makers the men who formerly went
| INTO the race alone made fully as good
| records as have been made since 1Sqq
This first race held in 1891, was
won by "Plugger' Bill Martin. who
rode an old-style ordinary wheel In
| the year following Charles AshiDger
| ON high wheel was first past the
wire. During the same wear safety
bicycles We're put on the market and
IN the race of the following year Al.
| bert Shock rode q. safety wheel while
! many Of the other men rode hiph
( wheels The superiority OF the safetv
was plainly demonstrated as shock
won quite handily. No races were held
! n 1924 and in 1928 a ladies' hjcycIa
/ race Was held, and was won BY Miss
{ f"anhle Nelson In the following
year Teddy Hale. The champion Of Ire.
/ 'and defeated one OF tho best far5s
! ever started. He was the only for
elgn", who ever won me race
miller Won The race in lNs7,gS. and
ire Io,.oWiuE year when the Tom,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-01-25
Ring Watches Popular.

Swiss watchmakers are reported to
be busy filling English and American
orders for finger ring watches. The
ring watch though little seen, is no
novelty. The manager of an old Lon
don matchmaking firm says that he
saw them more than IA years ago
Queen Victoria had three or four
The simplest ones-a plain gold ring
with the watch inserted-cost about
500, but with diamonds or other
stones, $4,000 to $4,000 may be paid.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-01-25

Wellington Montgomery All he had
= bungalow down near the navy yard
lie was writer by profession an
student OF insects for fun I've seed
him settin for seven hours AZ
stretch watchln an ant irwin 90 haul
\ doormat across The grass 10 whore
his wife Was yuunir an ants boaraln.
house Tho little cnss would s., a
strip on the dcormat with his hind
legs ana then start for Eeme an
mother with his froa, legs and old
mar Montgomery wtal SIT ghrro an,
laugh fl 10 k.ll himself over it or
course he cua'dnt move tAg mar an
finch bl, hc KEY GA tvytn i,s, Che
same AZ Montgomery nua..y Jest
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-01-25

u wonder II tn president o the
United states Is an authority on the
habits Of Insects" said 81 Wother.
spoon. who, having been stung on the
end Of HIS nose by bee that after.
noon, naturally had the subject more
O. less constantly before him.
4 reckon he Is" said the postmas.
tor Hes surrounded by EN- down
TO Wa8h,nton"
Il don't mean the Kind that gets
elected to the scnite an house o
rep scntatiyes, said 81, Il mean the
real kind the buzzin' kind"
THAT | don't know" returned the
postmaster But for bet 1t ain't
an awful long shot that he be. Ears
can see they amt much In this
world that he don't know all about, or
can't find out all about in timo for
the early edition o the newspapers
in case he ts.ls Ike takIn' a whack
At H. Why"
% nuthln - said ST, rucfully rub.
bling the end OF his nose. i was Jest
wonderin' II anybodyd ever thought
enough about bugs an things like
that to SIT down AZ study EN- care
ful
4 have" said the captain. AN TAX
In them all together | consider the
insect life to be about as intercsln
as any subject under the canopy
"Dyc think they have brains?'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-01-25
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. PINK
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing down feeling, tiatulency, lndlges'
ton, dizziness ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands Ito
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-01-25

This woman says that sick
women should not fail TO Try
lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she did.
Mrs. A. Gregory, Of 1855 Lawrence
St. Denver, COL, writes to Mis-.
Pinkham:
Il was practically an invalid for SIX
years, OF account of female troubles.
| underwent an operation by thc
doctors advice, but in few months L
was worse than before. A friend adj
yised lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND and it restored me to perfect
health, such as l have not enjoyed in
many years. Any woman suffering as
| did with backache, bearing down
pains, and periodic pains, should not fail
10 use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
ComDOund"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-09
LONG SHOTS WON.
Alice at % to 1 Captures Opening
Race ut New Orleans.

Alice at % to 1 Captures Opening
Race ut New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 8. - Long
shots carried off the honors again at
the Fair grounds. Alice, at 25 to I,
won the first race, going to the post
practically unbacked.
Official announcement was made that
Jockey George Mountain in the future
will not be allowed to ride at either
the Fair grounds or City park on &C.
count Of recent rides.
The fourth race, FIVE and half
furlong sprint for three-year-olds and
upward. called out a fairly good field,
AL Muller, Hyperion III. and Frank
Lord being among the possibilities, but
Miss Delaney took first money. The
winners:
First Race.-Allce, first; Cunning,
second; Miss Sewell. third.
Second race.--BrOken Melody, first;
Mazoni, second; Stella Perkins, third.
Third Race.-Nancy, first; SNOWFALL,
second; Caper, third.
Fourth Race.-Miss Delaney, first;
AL Muller, second; Hyperion H., third.
Fifth Race.-Darlins Ben, first; Ban
ridge, second; Brakespeare, third.
Sixth Race.--Ace High, first; 6sa
Salt, secoud; Ivanhot, third.