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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-27

BY MT. herman. House Bill Nc. %
Chairman Of the Joint judiciary Com.
mittee A. B, c.: Substitute for Housl
BILLS Nos. 2. 3, and rs.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con.
stitution Of Louisiana relative to tai
collectors for the City Of New Or.
leans. providing for the election Of
n Tax Collector for said city. fixing
his term Of office, his compensation
and the clerical and other expenses
of his office and providing for the
payment thereof.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louis
lana. twO-thfrds Of the members elected
70 each House concurring, That there
shall be submitted to the qualified elec-
tors OF this State the following pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution Of
Louisiana, to-wit:
That there shall be one State Ta1
Collector for the City Of New Orleans
who shall be elected by the qualified
electors Of said city for the term of four
CD years. He shall receive a salary OF
Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars per an
~~Ap R0y &OAS AAAOAAlAAly. ~ ACCSI GC0lV
cd from delinquent tax-debtors, as also
the fee OF $1.0O charged for tax re-
search certificates to the persons ap-
plying for same, shall be turned over
to the State Treasury.
The Legislature at its first session.
after this amendment shall have been
submitted to a vote Of the people, as
herein provided, II the same be adopt
ed. shall appropriate such sum as may
be necessary for the payment Of the
clerical expenses, rent, furniture and
porterage for the office of said tax coll
lector; provided. however, that the to-
tai amount Of said appropriation shall
not exceed the sum OF $35, 0OO. 90, and
provided further that said appropria-
ton shall be by items showing the par
ticular use to which such appropriated
funds shall be applied.
Sec. 2. Be It further enacted, etc,
That this proposed amendment be SUBJ
mitted to the electors Of the State for
their approval or rejection as required
by Article 321 Of the Constitution OF
Louisiana and the general election laws
OF this State, at the general election to
be held on the Tuesday following the
third Monday in April, 1908.
Section 3. Be It further enacted. ETC..
That all properly nominated candidates
- AO VAAASO ASAOAAA PAVvA III oAARAA
be voted for at said general election and
the one elected shall be commissioned
In tho same manner, and enter upon the
discharge Of his office. AT thu time
when the terms Of office Of the present
TAX collectors in said city expire. and
10 shall supersede the present tax col
lsctors of said city, whose offices shall
- abolished by the adoption Of the
amendment hereby proposed; provided.
however. that should the foregoing
amendment not be adopted. then the
election of the Tax Collector herein
provided for shall be nun and void.
J. w. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
tives.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
h Senate.
Approved December 4th, 1907.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN r. MICHEL
Secretary OF State.
f4 A~
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-27
ACT NO. Is.

~ N. MllsaN. Senate BIN No. Z.
JOINT RESOLUTION
1sopoeing IN amendment to Article 2SS
q the Constitution OF the State OF
Louisiana relative to Railroads. Elk
Dress. Tel6p hone, Telegraph. Steam
beat and Sleeping Car Commission.
eectlQA I. Be It resolved by the
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-27
Taken Up

On my place in the second ward OF
Lafayette parish about 3 months ago,
one bay horse about 8 years old and
blind in n eye. Owner can have
same by proving ownership and pay
ing costs. URSIN HOFFPAUIR,
Ridge, La.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-27
MZES ,nroo,.
III FARM
r. Ms;.~ @

The poor farm will grow taxes IL
nothing else.
Good grade draft horses are still -
demand. Raise a few.
With your other planning, figure on
raising . colt or two this year.
Farm folks need the smile just rs
much as the crops need the sun
shine.
The stock market Is the last place
In the world where the farmer wants
to venture.
Comfortable quarters for the hogs
are essential to proper economy Of
the food ration.
Look through the vegetable bins
and let the stock clean up all the
small potatoes and the half-rotted ap-
pies.
The prosperity Of the farmer ma
honestly earned, which IL nor than
can be said for the success OF some
business enterprises.
The farmer must plan the work
carefully and keep the farm help thor
oughly busy II he is to realize a profit
or the high wages he Ia obliged to pay.
Too small Z field for the pigs win
result in their soiling the clover. result
ing in their not eating 1t SO fast It pays
Tor the sake Of the hogs to have .
large field.
Why not raise q few mules? They
mature younger. and can be set to hard
work any time between two and three
years Of age. q thing you can't do with
the young horse.
A good time to begin with sheep
Get Z small flock and start 1t on pas
ture and you will be ready to giva
them good care next fall. Meanwhile
plan your winter quarters.
The seed corr which was selected
last fall and thoroughly dried will
prove the wisdom of the farmer in the
eyes Of his less careful and provident
neighbor when the two stands Of corn
of the coming eason r compared.
Fruit trees need much potash and
phosphorus. Stable has these
elements in . smaller proportion than
some other kinds Of fertilizer. Wood
ashes are probably the most perfect
fertilizer known for fruit. trees and
plants.
This sounds we'll and We believe II
d true: Farming is q profession re
quiring more shrewdness than law
more technical training than medicine
more uprightness than theology. more
brains and resourcefulness than psda
gogy. II il it, own reward"
Yes, the cow did kick, but that was
no excuse for you losing your temper
and lamming her numerically with
the milking stool. l overheard q farm
or say the other day that it had cost
him the profits on q COW for three
days tor the beating he had given the
cow.
The flrst thing to do with the newly
born lamb Is to get 1t full Of the ewes
Arst milk. Many a lambs life q be
time. It often occurs that the teat
becomes clogged and will not yield
20 the EFFORTS OF the iambkin. Lend 2
helping hand.
the f~AIl-dropped colt 10 more con-
venient on the average farm mar
those born IN the spring. some OF the
horses on nearly every farm are Idle
aiI winter anyway z No mares
better pc nursing coits ana 9iv-
Ing them 2 sood start tnan % DC eat
Ing their eao ON and sivlns notn'As
n return-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-27
ACT NO. 23.

ACT NO. 25.
BY MI. Herman. House Bill No. 81.
Chairman Of the Joint judiciary Com
mittee A. B. C.: Substitute for House
BILLS Nos. 2. 3, and rs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01
Champagne Baths for
faded Society Women
Special Correspondence of The Star.

special Correspondence OF Inc star.
LONDON. July %. 1908
r ONDON is responsible for the in
vention of the now famous lemon
baths" which are said to have done
so much for the complexion of Queen
Wtlhelmina Of Holland. A we'll known
West End beauty specialist tells me that
she was the first to "try it on her Gus
toners. But" she added, for invigor-
ating the system temporarily and doing
away with fatigue there is nothing to
touch bath of champagne and eau de
cologne. 1t will do as much as a week
end visit to the country or a f1ve-hour
trip in a balloon. 1 give them on the
premises and they cost from five to fif
teen guineas. / sometimes use nine big
bottles Of champagne and four quarts Of
eau de cologne for one bath. A little
while ago 1 gave several of these to
prospective American bride who had been
so utterly worn out with the gaieties OF
the seas son that all her beauty was gone.
"A couple Of these baths restored ami
nation to her face and brightness to her
eyes. In her case, which was very
bad one. also administered oxygen.
''Of the flower bath also make
feature. Roses. mignonette. lavender
and heliotrope all play an important part
in it. Earlier In the year l used a great
deal Of wallfiowers which gave forth an
exquisite aroma. Though not generally
known, this odor has highly sanitary
effect of its own. / steep the flowers in
a certain spirit which takes out all the
Another OF madame's specialties is
pearl dust which Is obtained from
crushed pearls and Is supposed to give
great brilliancy to the neck and arms.
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Taken Down.

CUSTAVE EBERLEIN, the famous Ger
~ man sculptor. said the other day In
New York that in beauty of face and fig
ure the American woman excelled all
others-that the American type of beauty
approached almost absolute perfection.
I'm intelligence as WELL" the sculptor
resumed, 1.-The American woman excels.
But now and then she has the defect OF
the intelligent-she is oyerpositlve, she Is
overconf1dent. In that case l like to see
her taken down.
Il once met a beautiful and brilliant
American woman on shipboard She
talked splendidiy. but she was very posi-
tive-positive. indeed.
81 am a good reader of face she said
one day at luncheon. On first sight OF
person 1 form my opinion Of that per-
sons character: and l am never wrong.
l am positively never wrong.
Mother her little boy called shriiiy
from the other end of the long table,
where he sat with his nurse.
well. what is it, my SOM said the
mother, indulgently.
And we all turned to hear what the
little fellow had to say.
Mother he piped. i want to Know
what was your opinion, mother, when you
first saw met"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01
A Primitive Hotel.

THE Rev M Dickinson OF the Second
Baptist Church of Hoboken was dis
cussing a brilliant and successful war
that he had made on the sheath skirt.
The fact is said DR.. Dickinson smil-
ing. "a good many women have lost sight
Of the purpose of the dress. They are
misusinc dress as-as-
But listen.
"A friend of mine stopped overnight in
rough mining camp. The sole hotels
accommodations were most inadequate.
My friend had no sugar for his coffee.
Waiter he called impatiently rap
ping his tin cup with his knife. Waiter,
sugar.
'.The waiter took his cigar from his
mouth and laid his sciled hand on my
friends shoulder in kindly fashion.
g Sorry, boss. he said, but yen hev to
wait few minutes fur the sugar, which
there amt but three humps in the house,
an them Redface Leary an Stump jerome
is usn' jest at present. They got 'em
marked an are shakin' dice with EN-. But
I'll fetch 'em in the minute the boys is
through -
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lists arc all lending their support to the
campaign, and no less than llo MEM
bers of the senate are Joined together by
a signed pledge to keep up the warfare
till success crowns their efforts. whether
this comes in the present session or
not
The hackers Of the big distilleries
tried to make counter propositions
They suggested that instead OF doing
away with the business at a stroke
and destroying all the wealth invested
in 1t a gradual system of regulation
leading to eventual abolition be sub
stituted but the opponents Of the green
curse will accept nothing but a COM
plete extinction Of the trade.
Not Popular in the States.
In connection with their crusade the
agitators are circulating reproductions
of a painting by a celebrated French
artist, In a Madhouse."
Here are shown victims Of the absinthe
habit committing all the grotesque and
pitiable extravagances OF idiocy. de-
rolling on the ground. seeking to dodge
imaginary enemies. and giving them
selves up to the last extremes OF hall
lucination
Under the picture is the significant
line:
"Abolish this by stopping absinthe."
The absinthe habit never gained a very
extensive popularity in the United States.
Orleans than in any other American city.
the extensive French population there
having given II a certain vogue.
Down in the old French quarter. on the
other side of Canal street, which. as IL
by magic line. cuts the city Into two
towns-one old. the other new: one mod
ern. the other a century behind the times
are a number Of typical absinthe houses
very much after the manner OF those OK
France.
One of these has been in the same fam
lily for four generations, ever since 1875:
and as there are sons bearing the OLD
name still. It is likely to round out the
century mark in the one family.
But not enough absinthe is consumed
in the Crescent city to make any PROB
lem. Nor is the vogue Of the 'absinthe
frappe" in the north likely to make any
trouble.
The great problem is personal to France.
and the indications are that the states.
men of the country are going to deal
with 1t in n way that will be OF incai,
succeeding generations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01

ing the expected torpedo boat attack. Not
a light was showing except every now
and then a sharp shaft of brilliant whlte
cut the gloom like a knife when one Of
the cruisers thought she had spotted
torpedo craft.
THE attack was scheduled to come Off
some time between the hours of and
10 O'Clock. and the whole ships crews
were stationed along the side so that every
eye should be employed in sighting the
dreaded boats. Every ripple that showed
itself on the water was magnified into
torpedo boat. and all along could be
heard the whisper, There she is or
There comes the torpedo boat But they
were all mistaken. Nearly two hours they
waited and no boat had been sighted by
the Yankee, although the Prairie had
spotted couple and they had let up the
rocket that showed that it had been cap
tured.
1t was no fun standing out there in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01
A Queer Chaser.

nR. John Duncan Quackenbos, New
- York's authority on hypnotism, was
discussing at his beautiful New Hamp-
shire estate on Lake Sunapee the absurd
ity of dreams.
You must have noticed" said DR..
Quackenbos. 1.-The absurd, the causeless
terror that a dream will sometimes give
you.
Il know a man who. still but half
awake, ran into his wife's room in the
middle Of the night, all shaken with fear
all wet with the cold sweat of an over
towering terror.
oh. he moaned. I have had such a
dreadful dream. I've been chased round
and round my room for hours and hours
by piece of blotting paper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01

making its way out into the provinces.
and undermining the standards of moral
ity and economy that once made this por-
ton of France it's financial salvation.
The great problem of race suicide.
which in France has become a matter Of
keenest concern. it Is said. is one of the
direct results Of the national abuse OF
absinthe.
1t is no exaggeration to say that in
Paris a huge section of the population
lives for absinthe alone.
All classes are victims Of the habit.
the wealthy clubman no less than the
poor artisan.
Thousands of dens for the sale of alb
sinthe fill all parts of the city. He who
enters and takes a place at one Of the
tables in the bare room with the
sanded floor only looks up and mods at
the waiter if he wants absinthe. This
drink is the rule; 1t is only in cases Of
the exception that 1t is necessary to
specify in ordering.
An army of artisans only do enough
work each day in order to be assured Of
the money which will buy them their
nightly sleeping in absinthe.
AS is the case with all such drugs. the
stomach and circulation gradually become
so used to 1t that it is necessary to in
crease the amount so as to get the de-
sired effect. So the miserable victim In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01
Honor Everywhere.

HOH. yes" Senator LaFollette reluet-
~ antly admitted Of corrupt polltl-
cian II suppose the man has some sense
of honor Where won't you find some
sense Of honor, though? You know the
story of Judson of Madison.
"Judson of Madison was showing his
country cousin the sights of the city.
But there are crooks and blacklegs
here joe he said. You must look out
for them.
And half by way of joke. half by
way of impressing the city's perils and
pitfalls on Joe. Judson slyly nipped his
cousins handkerchief from his pocket.
"A moment later Well dressed
stranger took him by the arm and led
him aside.
:" Excuse me. pard.' the stranger whis-
pered. I didn't know you was In the
profesh.'
And he handed Judson back his own
watch"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01
The Skeptic.

A LDERMAN Frank L. Bowling of New
IA York was talking about his widely
praised ordinance to make 1t a crime for
chauffeurs to take out their masters
motor cars without leave.
so many accidents have accompanied
these stolen rides" said Alderman Dow
ling. that the chauffeur has come to be
regarded very skeptically. OF course. the
great majority of chauffeurs are all right.
but there is among them small minority.
a small working minority, which we must
treat as Hoboken grocer treats his
trade.
This grocer is a cash grocer only. If
you ask him for credit he says:
No. sir; no. stree. l wouldn't even
trust my own feelings"
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effect is deadlier because sleep is slower
in coming. The poppy taken from the
pipe or from the needle induces uncon-
sciousness but the absinthe drinker goes
on from draught to draught until finally
he Is SO completely out of himself that
no extreme of crime. daring or abasement
daunts him.
France Consumes Largest Quantity.
In the arguments before the chamber
of deputies some astounding facts were
produced.
One clever statistician showed that SO
greatly had the habit increased in the
last six years that now the average con-
sumption for each individual is a glass
taller than the average Frenchman. He
further went on to show that in 1885 the
amount Of absinthe consumed in France
did not amount to one-sixth the total
put away annually now. and this in spite
of the fact that in all other parts of the
world there has been a gradual reaction
against all form Of alcoholic overindul-
gence.
France. it was shown. now consumed
more absinthe than all the remainder OF
the world put together. and Paris more
than the remainder Of Europe, with the
remainder Of France excluded.
Nor is the habit confined to the cities
as it once was. Gradually it has been
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7S@SS

on he believed he had been duped. said
with a light laugh:
The collector. as he pursues his hobby,
grows in knowledge. Then, reviewing his
collection. he sadly finds many an in
stance where he has been duped.
The one dra wback to knowledge is that
1t reveals so many dupes and swindles to
us. One summer, for instance. 1 was
doing Switzerland.
I'm the neighborhood Of Geneva, where
the Swiss talk French, l climbed a little
peak one fine morning, and on my arrival
at the chalet at the top heard the pretty
handmaiden call into the Kitchen in eX-
cellent French:
Quick. mother, quick! Here's a tour
list. Put some milk on the fire. You know
they always like 1t warm from the cow -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01

sad-faced youth proudly.
THE anchor guard" said the captain.
"Who put you there?"
II don't know exactly" said the sad
faced youth. He don't belong to our di-
vision
What are your duties?" said the cap
tain. as though the placing of anchor
guards were a regular thing on board
the Yankee.
why, the man who put me here" said
the mournful young man, told me that
the anchor was liable to work loose from
the mud on the bottom and bob up, and
when it hobs up I'm to jab it with the
boat hook and push 1t down to the bot
tom again.
We'll you go below said the officer:
that anchor isn't going to bob up right
away
1t was dark and stormy night. No
moon was there to cast light upon the
troubled sea and one could hardly see his
hand before his face. The cruisers of the
fleet were stationed across the bay await
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01
'On Milk.

xITF John D. Rockefeller. In his Ortn-
coming biography, gives his humor
rein, the work will be master
piece said New York lawyer.
''Mr Rockefeller's quiet humor Is as
telling as Mark Twain's or Arthur Bris-
bane's I heard him. one summer night
in Cleveland, describes the boarders' fare
of a New England farmhouse.
"He told about the steak, which was
beaten tender with a club, the blows
shaking the building. Then he told about
the milk.
The farmer took no ice.' he said. He
hung his milk in pals down the we'll to
keep it cool. But he used too much
rope
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01
On the Doctors.

MFRS. MARY G. BAKER EDDY. who.
IVA of course, has no faith in medicine.
told western Christian Scientist. at one
of her latest audiences. an anecdote about
friend of hers.
This friend. a thin and nervous woman.
could not sleep. She visited her physician
and the man said:
do you eat anything just before go
ing to bed?"
'Oh. no, DOCTOR" the patient replied.
We'll" said the physician. lust keep
a pitcher of milk and some biscuit beside
you. and every night. the last thing you
do make a light meal"
But. DOCTOR" cried the lady. you told
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01
TRANCE Drinks More
/ Absinthe Than All the

TRANCE Drinks More
/ Absinthe Than All the
Rest of the World Put To-
gether-The Curse of the
Green Cordial Is Filling In
sane Asylums and Prisons,
Making Weaklings of the
Men, Causing Artisans to
Neglect Their Work and Be-
come Outcasts, Striking at
the Foundations of the Home
and Creating Terrible Havoc
With the Normal Increase of
Population-Since 1885 the
Consumption of the Cordial
of Anise, NORWOOD and
Alcohol Has Grown Skiold,
and Now the Greater Part of
the Male Population Is a
Slave to the Habit-A Bill
Now Before the French
Senate Makes the Sale of
Absinthe a Penal Offense,
Punishable by a Heavy Term
of Imprisonment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01

this young man, with his panoply OF
motor cars. hunters and bulldogs. is not
very vulnerable to ridicule. Riches, alas.
are not so easily ridiculed as-say-low
stature
He smiled.
"a tiny. decadent poet" he resumed,
Launched at a Philadelphia literary club
1t was great nonsense, that TRADE. but
the little poet was eloquent, and his
younger auditors were visibly impressed.
With a contemptuous smile robust
novelist of the wholesome type watched
the spouting poet pace the room and at
the end Of an impressive period the nov
elist chuekled and said
Sit down. Brown; sit down. You loo <
taller sitting down."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01

practice. the Washington boys putting 1t
over the regular navy.
About this time there was sure enough
trouble aboard the Yankee. Hardly had
the ship left her moorings at Alexandria
when her refrigerating apparatus broke
down The. water in the scuttle butts
was coming hot from the condensers, and
hot water is not the most pleasant thing
in the world to drink. Naturally, there
were no facilities for keeping foods fresh.
and soon the subtle odor of something
spoiled began to pervade the ship. This
got worse and worse, until in couple or
days all were going around with
fingers to their noses. Finally affairs
got to such a state that it was necessary
to dump overheard nearly ton and
half of meat that was supposed to be
fresh.
An amusing scramble happened every
time the ship took on ice, which had to
be bought A long line was formed
from the ships side to the hatch down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01
Took All His Attention,

ct NET Alfred Vanderbilt" said a
tourist. lat the London horse
show. He talked about the riding.
"Mr. Vanderbilt praised the riding, es-
pecially the riding of the Italians. with
their close knee grip. He ridiculed a
German.
He said the German reminded him
Of an old general who used to ride
he had been an infantryman-in Central
Park In his old age.
"A friend spying the general on his
horse one morning trotted up to discuss
some mooted change In the pension law.