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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-25

Il. J. Where, who has been
spending some time at home, re.
turned yesterday to Vicksburg
where he is employed by the
Mississippi Printing Co.
The Eclipse shoe is reliable and
easy on the feet, try a pair
Schmulen's.
Mrs. d. j. .Veazey left yester.
day for Beaumont to visit her
sister, Mrs, J. L. Mouton. She
will also visit Ga.~cston before
returning home.
For corn, hay, oats. alfalfa hay.
chicken feed or any kira! of feed.
stuff. ring up Upton, phone 1872.
DR.. j. C. King, of Atlanta. Ga.
arrived Thursday to visit DR..
Hopkins and family for a few
days.
We carry a large line of soaps.
perfumes, brushes, combs and
toilet articles at reasonable
prices.-Lafayette Drug Store.
Miss j. Wise returned to her
home in Estherwood Wednesday,
where she will remain until Oct.
Is. then will return to Lafayette
and teach vocal and instrumental
music.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-25

The Falk Mercantile Co. are
prepared to take charge OF
funerals and attend to all grave
yard work. A fine rubber-tired
hearse in stock.
Mrs. r. A. Kennedy and little
daughter, Evelyn, are expected
home Saturday, after an absence
of several weeks visiting relatives
in Texas.
See our handsome new fall
patterns in dress goods and
trimmings, you will find the
price attractive
Mrs. A. T.. Comeaux and sis.
ter in-law, Miss Rita Comeaux,
of Yonngsville. visited relatives
in town Wednesday.
Galbert Comeaux, Rousseau
Martin, Tod Martin and Alex
Prejean. went with Moore Bios
sat in his gasoline boat to Able
vile Sunday where they took in
the Fair. A. ]. Leblanc and P.
Rodolph Roy, who had gone to
Abbeville by rail, returned in the
boat with the party.
Let us figure with you for a
life policy in the Equitable OF
New York.
The Equitable pays annual div
idends on all its policies.
The Equitable's assets are over
$427 900 900.
The Equitable's surplus to
policy holders is over $40, 000,o 600.
PARKINSON & MOTION
Insurance Agency, Est. 1897.
Henry Primeaux, who is now
in Philadelphia learning the Mon
otype, sends a postal to say ne is
progressing fine and expects to
be home shortly.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-25
Odd Fellows Ball.

Tuesday, October 6, is the day
and date when Sunset Lodge
No. 1872, [. O. O. F. will give
their grand ball at Tanner &
Landry's popular place of amuse-
ment. Good music will be pro.
vided and everybody who attends
will have a good time.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-25
WOOdmen Ball at Scott.

Maple Camp No. 455 WOOdmen
of the World. will give a grand
ball at FOreman's Hall in Scott
on Sunday, Sept. q. for the
benefit of the lodge. Good music
will be furnished, and a good
time is assured all who attend.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-25
GEORGE DoUCET.

Notice of Sale Under Stock Law,
Public notice is hereby given that
l have caught roaming at large one
dark spotted heifer, which l will offer
for sale and will sell to the highest
bidder for cash, in front of the office
of the Hon. Charles Hernandez, Jr.,
between legal sale hours on October 3,
1908.
Dated this 21st day of September
1908. 4
JULES TRAHAN,
Constable Sth Ward.
Q.22-1Q.1
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-25
Store For Rent.

Two-story building. Second
story may be used as residence
Desirable location on corner near
new High School. Will be ready
for occupancy about Oct. 10th.
Rent moderate. Apply to D..
N. P. Moss, at First National
Bank.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-25
For Sale

One acre of land with 2 two-room
houses, dining room and kitchen, barn,
garden, all new and attractive, bOr-
dering corporation, for $3.50. Fully
worth $1,000. For further information
apply to F. O. Broussard. 9-18-4t.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-25
For Rent.

Desirable dwelling house with
modern conveniences situated in
Nickerson Addition. $500 pei
month.
GEORGE DOUCET.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29

trust and unselflshness. The Christian
gospel at least taught while there is
life there is hope, that the way of the
cross is the way of life, that the for
giveness of God is OF illimitable reach
and that the regenerative power OF the
spirit of the highest may have infinite
potency in the soul of the lowest.
Let uU stand for a great trust in
purpose and plan and destiny in God
and man, in all men and every man.
"The world awaits the playwright
who Will produce real drama of our
modern life. I said to Mrs Fiske, I
wish someone would write for you a
great constructive play with the Fell
lowship philosophy and gospel, where
q real man and woman triumph in
the hardest conditions through trust
and love- and an expression deeper
than any have seen in her eyes when
portraying any character on the stage
came over her face. while she said: I
wish they would; wish they would
Meantime let us write the better
drama, In our lives of faith and hope
and love; to think and to believe and
to trust and to hope and to live and
to act and to speak the best we know
and are. until the day break and the
shadows fee away"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
PROPERLY PUNISHED

One reason Mr.. Baxter never likes to
go out evenings Is because he seldom
can find room enough in the street cars
to make himself comfortable. There
never was a person who liked to spread
himself physically as. does Mr.. Baxter.
Mrs. Baxter has frequently been sorely
Inundated by that fact. When they
are out together he refuses to squeeze
into close quarters just for the sake
of being near her. If there Is wide
space at the other end of the car Bax-
ter unsentimentally moves on and
drops into 1t without mindfng In the
least l. It he has left her alone.
Since last Thursday night, however,
Baxter has promised to think less of
his material sensibilities. That even
ing the BaxterS went to the theater
Going home Baxter, as usual, refused
to sit by his wife on the ground that
he would be unduly crowded There
was rift in the row of humanity
further along the line, and he went
down and filled in there. He sat be-
side a fat man, who had previously
travelled short distance over the al
coholic route. The fat man had no.
ticed from afar Baxter's disinclination
to share his wife's society, and he
thought he understood the cause.
Pleased with his powers of divination
he nudged Baxter good-naturedly.
That's right" said he. Don't give
her a chance to bullyrag you before
folks. It's bad enough when you're
alone, but It's worse when there's any
body around to hear That's why
gave the old lady the slip. We'll both
catch it when we get home, but we're
safe for the rest of the trip, anyway"
The alcoholic mans "old lady," half
a dozen steps away, overheard, and
Judging by the rapid-fire action of her
eyes, 1t was pretty safe to guess that
the fat man would 'catch 1t" even If
Baxter didn't.-New York Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
BOY "HUMAN WHISTLE"
SAVED BY THE x-RAY
Little Victims Throat Is Blocked Four
Days and He Nearly Starves
Before Physicians oper-
ate Successfully

PHILADELPHIA. June 2s.-Four
days ago 4-year-old Hyman Goldberg.
sos Gerritt street. swallowed a small
round whistle, which slipped down his
throat while at play. The tin button
lodged just above the windpipe, and
since that time he has involuntarily
enacted the role Of human whistle" /"
Every time the lad took a breath the
air. vibrating through the tiny hole in
the center OF the whistle, produced a
shrill nose that was plainly audible to
any one within close range. So firmly
was It wedged that it prevented the
passage of food. Water and other
liquids were taken into the stomach
through the hole in the center OF the
whistle.
Physicians Of the Mt. Sinai hospital
made Intellectual attempts to dislodge
the button. Yesterday an x-ray photo
graph, showing the exact location Of
the whistle, was taken. Last night
ether was administered and the noise
producer removed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
LIFE AND DEATH ARE IN
THE USE OF THE TONGUE
Rev. Warren 2. Day Gives Powerful
Address Describing influence Of
Speech on Civilization and
the Individual

At the First Congregational church
yesterday morning Rev. Warren f.
Day, D. D., pastor emeritus, spoke from
Prov. 1921, death and life are In the
power OF the tongue" In part as fol-
lows:
1.-THE tongue is power. both through
It's vibrant sounds and its expression
Of thought, emotion and passion.
For its highest expression the brain
waits on the tongue. IL the brain must
think before the tongue can tell the
thought is never told as 1t is by the
tongue. Printed thought is embalmed
thought. The oration which rouses us
to rapture or rage usually disappoints
us in the cold embrace of type. No
painting has the movement or life OF
word painting by some master of
words. If the brain must think before
the tongue can tell the tongue, In turn.
kindles the brain. Spoken thought is
fuel In the furnace of thought. This
action of the tongue upon the brain
reveals part of the mischief of uttered
anger or uncleanness. The imprecation
or foul word in1ames the brain to re-
peat the unhallowed.
"a silent world must be a dull world.
People might still go in pairs, but what
a dearth in the experiences and memor-
les of companionship and home! A
silent world must be an eventless
world; world without history worth
recording, without popular sentiment.
movement, eloquence or enterprise, with
little wit or worthy worship.
"Our civilization was evolved largely
through the forces which act through
the tongue. The existing order was
talked into shape.
1.-THE open Bible Is indispensable. But
not until It's story Is retold by conse-
Grated tongues is the Bible the word of
God for the people. Christ was Chris
tianity embodied. His command to his
disciples was not Go, print but, Go,
preach The printing press follows the
preacher. We must have the written or
printed page for record. But the printed
page can never take the place Of the
preacher.
Our tongues are power over our
selves. We speak to others for the I'M
preston which we may make on them.
But while we are speaking to others
we are addressing ourselves. In the
end our words carry US with them.
Even when not spoken In sincerity our
words come to have weight with our
judgment and conscience. We may
learn to lie to ourselves. There Is far
more of fact than fun in the remark, I
have told this story so often that half
believe 1t myself Playing with the
fire of the tongue at length the flames
fash back into our own face. That Is
the penalty paid by those who defend
themselves by arguments which they
feel are not honest in a course which
their moral judgment disapprcves."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
RETURNS FROM RAILROADS
SHOW BUSINESS IS GOOD
Commissioner Lane Of Interstate Conn.,
merce Body Discusses Prospects
for Gradual Re-establIshment
of Prosperous Times

WASHINGTON, June 2S.-"Returns
from the railroads generally show that
those roads not dependent upon coal,
steel and lumber Industries have been
doing very well recently" said Com
missioner Lane OF the Interstate COM
merce commission today. "Of course
they have not done so well as last year.
Generally they have decided not to
make any reductions either in wages
or in rates OF freight affecting the next
three months, which Is an indication
that they believe business will keep UP.
There are some curious things about
prevailing conditions" continued Mr..
Lane. For instance. the Lehigh VAL
ley the other day gave US report OH
net earnings for the first five months
OF the present calendar year. together
with similar reports covering the pre-
ceding Ave years, and the showing this
year was larger than that of any other
year during the period indicated.
1.-The prospect for large crops in the
west Is extremely good. Railroad men
do not expect normal conditions to be
recovered suddenly, but look for steady
improvement.
''The railroads must spend money in
maintaining the roadbed and equip
ment of their lines in order to meet the
demands Of commerce, because they
are most seriously embarrassed when
they are not able to handle business
offered them, and there Is no double
that there is an abundance of money in
the United States which can be Sc
cured for legitimate railroad invest
ment.. This was shown by the floating
of the Pennsylvania bond issue.
'"The railway rate act is admitted by
candid railroad men themselves to
have been of estimable value. The en-
forcement of the law against rebating
and our tenacious purpose to stop dis
orimination have held them up to a
conformity to the law that Is without
rrecedent"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
zoo PYTHON Is FED
TO KEEP 1T ALIVE
REPTILE REFUSES TO EAT or ITS
OWN ACCORD
Has Persisted In This Refusal for Two
Years, but Keepers Force
Food Down Its
Throat

NEW YORK, June 2s.--The second
anniversary of the twenty-foot
python's refusal to eat was observed
at the Zoo by stuffing two rabbits
down his throat with a. fourteen-foot
bamboo pole. This operation is one Of
the most exciting that ever tails place
at the Bronx park zoo. For two years
it has been performed at intervals, for
in all that time the big constructor has
refused to touch a mouthful Of food.
1t took fourteen keepers and Curator
Dfttmars to feed the python. Two
rabbits were tied to the end of the
pole. When all was ready the four
teen keepers were sent for, and Head
Keeper Charles Snyder of the reptile
house threw open the python's cage.
He grabbed the reptile AMI began to
haul him out like pies of cable.
Keeper Snyder Is the strong man of
the Bronx park zoo. The other thir-
teen keepers were lined up In double
row behind Snyder, and as the snake
came out head first they grabbed him
one by one and began to pull. AT last.
the entire twenty feet of struggling
snake were out of the cage.
While Keeper Snyder pried open the
reptiles mouth Mr.. Dittmars got his
pole ready. Open came the great jaws
of the python, and the end of the pole,
with the rabbits tied to 1t, was In
serted. Hand over hand Mr.. Dittmars
sunk the improvised ramrod down into
the snakes anatomy. At fourteen
feet he stopped and pulled a string
which released the rabbits from the
pole. Then the ramrod was withdrawn
and the keepers showed the python
back into his cage.
This operation Is performed every
tan aax We fxxyfa ato I,
going on. The python is healthy
enough, Mr.. Dittmars says, but he is
sulky. Live rabbits have been placed
in his cage to tempt him. but not once
In two years has he shown symptoms
of an appetite.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
NEBRASKA TOWN AGAIN
Is THREATENED BY FLOOD

BEATRICT, Neb., June 2s.--The
Blue river at this place is on another
rampage, caused by a two-inch rain
fall last night, and today a cloud
burst near the town of Plymouth,
where the precipitation is placed at
seven inches. The rise here today was
very sudden and water tonight is run
ming over West Court street for sew
eral blocks.
Thirty families in low lying Sec
tion were compelled to abandon their
homes. Traffic over the Union Pacific
Is abandoned, water running over one
section of the track to the depth of
eight feet.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
BASHFUL SUIT0R BALKS
THRICE AT THE ALTAR
WANTS 'TS WED, BUT HASN'T THE
NERVE
Goes So Far az to Rent House and
Buy Furniture, but Then His
Courage FaIls--Says He
VIII Try Again

ST. LOUIS, June 29.-Thrice has Dam
lei Matthews of Jerseyville, ILL.,, nerved
himself sufficiently to advance within
sight of the marriage altar, and thrice
has his coyness impelled him to fight.
He Is trying to convince himself that on
the fourth attempt he will at last con-
quer his timidity.
Matthews is about 80 years old, and
is caretaker of the Methodist church at
Jerseyville. His first matrimonial f1as-
co occurred two years ago, when he
was engaged to marry Mrs. Mary Miller
of Rosedale, Jersey county. On the day
set for the wedding the bridegroom
elect got license.
In a short time he returned out of
breath. and told the clerk the instru-
ment would not be used.
A week later Mrs. Miller reproached
him for his detection.
II think might be braver in Carroll
ton," replied he.
So he and Mrs. Miller repaired to Car
rollton. Making his excuses to his fam
Gee, he jumped on a passing train and
returned to Jerseyville. Then Mrs. Mil
Ter got mad and quit.
Last New Years eve Matthews
watched the old year out in church with
pretty Miss Mary Frazier, "a years old,
and took her home. A timid courtship
followed, which her liking for him made
easy. A cottage was rented on North
Pleasant street, Jerseyville, and furni-
ture was purchased.
A minister was summoned from East
st. Louis last Sunday. and all arrange
ments for the wedding were made.
Matthews felt his courage ebbing dis
mally, day by day, as Sunday ap-
preached.
He slipped to his work at the church
down alleys and back streets, recon-
noitering every crossing with fearful
eyes.
He ceased visiting the postoffice.
where a daily letter from his fancee
awaited him. Finally, through his
mother, he informed Miss Frazier of
his unconquerable alarm at the thought
of marriage, and asked to be released.
The wedding did not occur.
Miss Frazier at first was angry, and
went to the furniture man and told him
his goods would not be needed. He re-
funded the money. But the couple were
seen together Thursday night, and af-
ter the conference Matthews announced
that he would try again.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
IMPROVEMENT SHOWN IN
SITUATION AT LAS PLAcAs

DEL RIO. Tex, June 2s.-The situa-
ton in Las Placas has materially inn
proved and the military forces are In
complete control of the town. The
revolutionary forces have fled toward
the mountains and are being pursued
by cavalry.
and 1t Is possible for those who are
well known to the Mexican authorities
to pass over into Mexico. It is posi-
lively known that nine soldiers and
twelve revolutionists were killed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
MANY CHURCHES OBSERVE
"sTAINLEss FLAG DAY"

In view of the general observance of
STAINLESS Flag Sunday yesterday DR..
Chapman of the State Anti-Saloon
league had sent out special requests to
the city clergy to make a special plea
for local option and for the right of the
people to rule.
This was done, and in many of the
pulpits yesterday eloquent pleas We're
made for the local option, for which
the State Anti-Saloon league Is now
making an active campaign.
In other states the STAINLESS Flag
Sunday was widely observed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
MONTANA LAST STATE TO
SELECT DENVER DELEGATES

HELENA, Mont, June 2S.-Montana
Is the last state to hold it's Democratic
convention to Denver.
The convention will meet In Bozeman
next Wednesday and will send dele
cation to Denver istructed for Bryan.
From present indications former United
States Senator w. A. Clark of Butte
and former Governor Joseph X Toole
OF Helena will head the delegation.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
Tornado Kills Several

WASHINGTON, June 2S.-Misfor-
tune has attended the effort OF the sig.
nal corps to complete the chain of
army wireless telegraph stations in
Alaska which 1t was hoped would. be
In operation by next fall. The COM
mercial vessel conveying the wireless
equipment for the station at Nome re-
Gently ran into an iceberg. the hold was
flooded and electrical equipment dam
aged. Without the Nome station work.
ing the chain of wireless stations has a
break which cannot be spanned by the
stations on either side.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
GIVES GLOOMY DESCRIPTION
OF SITUATION IN TEHERAN

LONDON, June ga dispatch to
the Times from Teheran paints a
gloomy picture of the situation. 1t
says that general uncertainty exists
ana that the feeling of insecurity is
increasing.
The people are driven to despair and
the half famished soldiers, eager for
loot, commit fragrant acts of violence
and pluder.
Meanwhile the royal camp is increas-
ing in strength and Is said now to num-
Der 10000 men. Gen. Itakhoff is the
master of the situation and is ruling
as an absolute independent viceroy.
The shah, the dispatch concludes,
seems to have no program for the fu-
ture administration of the country.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
HOSPITAL PORTER vANIsHEs
AND TWO WATCHES DISAPPEAR

August Ruffer, a porter employed for
the past week at the California hospi-
tai, disappeared from there last night
without notifying the officers in charge.
A short time after he left two watches
belonging to patients in the hospital
were discovered to be missing, and as
the loss was detected only short time
after he had been in the room where
the watches were the inference Is drawn
that he took them. The matter was
reported to the police with discrip-
ton OF Ruffer.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
Equipment Damaged

GRACEvILLE, Mimi, June 2S.-The
tornado that struck Clinton, a town of
400 inhabitants in the western part of
Minnesota late Saturday afternoon,
killed several people. injured more than
sixty others, but only eleven of these
were seriously hurt. Thirty three
houses in Clinton were destroyed and
twenty-five were practically ruined.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS co
ON PICNIC TO SAN DIEGO

Three hundred members of the
Knights of Columbus left by special
train for San Diego yesterday morning,
the occasion being their annual picnic.
A banquet was held at the Coronado
hotel and thoroughly enjoyable time
passed by all concerned, the party re-
turning to Los Angeles in the evening
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
Yale Stroke LII

THOUSAND ISLANDS, N. z, June
28.-Dwight r. Griswold, the Yale
stroke, whose collapse last Thursday
was followed by an easy victory for
the Harvard crew, is i'll at the home
of C. 5. aNoyes, Deer island, Alexan-
dria bay. Griswold's collapse was said
TO be due as much TO nervousness as
to physical exhaustion, and he is re-
ported now to be suffering from ner-
vousness rather than from any physi-
cal i'll effects sustained in the race.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
Cashier La Arrested

ATLANTIC CITY,N. j., June 2s.--
Robert Ohnmeiss, jr., cashier of the
Marine Trust company of this city,
was arrested today charged with de-
falcation of $20,500. He made confess
sion, in which he says that he played
the stock market; that one loss fol-
lowed another until he was hopelessly
involved He is under $1,000 bail for
trial In October.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
Love

Patience-And she has accepted q
diamond engagement ring from him,
you say2
Patrice-Yes.
But there's no love In the TRANSACT
tion, is there?"
"Oh. my, yes She just loves dia-
monds!"-Yonkers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
Kills Hls COMPANION

TERRE HAUTE. Ind, June 2S.-Be-
ing taunted because he had joined the
church Roy Light today shot and
killed his companion, Fred Koch. The
young men were on their way home
from church.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-29
Woman May Recover

PORTLAND, Ore. June 2s-Mrs.
Chester c. Holloway Of Los Angeles,
who was shot by her husband last
night, Is still alive and there is a
chance that she will recover.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-22
DEBOE SPEAKING
TOMORROW NIGHT
: WILSON'S DATES

A big crowd is expected at the city
hall tomorrow night TO hear Hon. W.
j. Deboe, who Will address the voters
on the issues of the presidential cam
paign.
The series of speeches that will be
made by Governor A. E. Wilson in
this district next week have aroused
great interest on account of his great
reception at Hopkinsville, Princeton
and Paducah. He will speak at Muir
ray at 10 O'Clock Monday morning
Then he viii go to Benton for a
speech at o'clock in the afternoon.
and he will come to Baducah on a
freight train or in an automobile to
catch the CLIO passenger train for
Fulton, where he will speak that
night. Tuesday he will speak at Ca
dir. That win complete his tour of
Christian, Caldwell, Trigg, Marshall,
Galloway and Hickman counties,
where there have been night rider
disorders.