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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07

careful and thorough inquiry by
competent Investigators has
shown that req uctions would be
equitable to all concerned. We
have questioned the wisdom of
arbitrary laws, hastily enacted
by legislators Uniformed as to
the effect upon the carriers. Par
ticularly is there need of caution
in the southern states, most of
which are so, s~parsely populated
as to render arbitrary reductions
hazardous. 1t is true that the
carriers have been guilty of
grave abuses and that their ILL.,
chosen methods of opposing rate
reductions have been shrewdly
calculated to inhame the public
mind. But two wrongs never
made a right and oppressive re-
prisals by Legislatures or public
commissions have served to in
crease. rather than minimize, the
difficulties OF the problem. It is
we'll understood that no State or
community can thrive without
adequate railroad facilities, and
a sound public policy demands
that the carriers be encouraged
in their legitimate development
and that their right to a fair re-
turn upon their investment be
conceded. Where reduction of
passenger rates is justified by
business conditions there can be
no objection to it's enforcement,
but the reductions ought to be
based upon exact mathematical
calculation, never upon senti.
ment or prejudice. Gov. Hughes
of New York took the correct pc.
sition when he vetoed the two
cent rate bill passed by his own
Legislature on the ground that
the question had not been care
fully considered and that care
full and competent investigation
OF the rate question must be
made before such a rate could
be enforced. If this pro-
nouncement be applauded in New
York, a State in which passenger
traffic is enormous, how much
is its claim to consider
alton in the Southern States, so
thinly settled that the earnings
from passenger traffic must of
necessity be much smaller.
The growing popular demand
for more reasonable rate regula-
tions, and for enactments that
shall be fair alike to the public
and the carriers. points the way
to better understanding between
the clashing interests and to a
satisfactory adjustment of the
differences existing-a consum-
nation devoutly to be wished.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
Private Laboratory.

We haye in our establishment
a private Laboratory entirelydis-
tinct from the salesroom, and we
give special attention to the com.
pounding of medicine prescribed
by physicians and for family use.
Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
The Preachers Wife,

who is that woman hat is saying
such harsh things about her hus.
band?"
That's our preachers wife"
along well?"
"Oh, they get along all right, but
you e he refused a purse of gold
because 1t was tainted money and
she's just expressing her opinion
Detroit Free Press.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07

We issue printed checks show.
ing the exact amount of each
purchase made at our store; and
pay, you so cents in cash for
every $50 of these checks re-
turned to rs. We do this to in
duce the people to concentrate
their purchases at our store, and
thereby get the benefit of this
Cash bonus that we are willing
to give to show our appreciation
of their patronage. We aim to
sell only reliable goods and to
sell them at fair prices, and in the
proof of this assertion, we agree
to cheerfully refund the money
on any purchase that does not
entirely satisfactory
Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
Selling Out.

l wish to go out of business
and beginning Monday. Jan. "a,
I will sell my entire stock of gen.
eral merchandise at cost. This
is your opportunity to save
money. OCTAVE BERTRAND.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07

Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue of a writ of tieri facias issued by
the Hon. Alfred D. Breaux, justice of
the peace of the End ward, parish of
Lafayette, in favor of Oneal Estre and
against Adam Smith. and to me di-
rected. l will sell at 10. O'Clock a.. M,
at said Justices Office, on
Saturday, Feb. 8, 1908,
the following described property. to-
wit:
Three Creole horses, one hack and
one lot of corn.
ARTHUR HOFFPAUIR,
Constable 2nd Ward.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
Constable Sale.

Oneal Estre VS.. Adam Smith.-State of
Louisiana, Parish of Lafayette
End Justices Court, No. 81.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
Tune Kermit Whistled.

Mr.. w. W. Miller, a well-known law
ye-, tells an anccdote of Kermit Roose-
welt. the presidents son.
Il was acting as steward" says Mr..
Miller, in some gymkhana races at
Oyster Bay IA few weeks ago, and one
of the events was a race in which the
contestants had Ia ride IA given dis
tance to certain spot where an equal
number of Young ladies stood with
pencil, paper and envelope. Each
rider had to dismount here and whis-
lie tune, the lady writing its name
down on the paper. She then had to
seal it up in the envelope and hand
it to the rider. who remounted and
finished the race, delivering the en-
vclope TO the judges stand. The first
one in with a correct answer won the
event.
AS steward, | was dcpu,ized before
the race to write down the name of
the tune each entrant would whistle.
What are you going TO whistler |
asked young Kermit.
I'm going 10 whistle Every body
Works but Father" said the presi-
dents son.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
General Demand

of the Well informed of the World ha,
always been for simple. pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family Use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
ccllent combination Of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits OF the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the gcnuine-manufact by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cent?
per bottle.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
Insultec.

Andrew Thomas was a great for.
Eetter.' He forgot to pay the money
h" owed. and to give people back the
things he borrowed. Moreover, he was
"tuuchy" on the subject. so that few
of his FRIENDS liked to hint that he had
any of their property in his posses
sion. One day one of them took his
courage in his hand.
where's that five dollars YOU bor.
rowed Of me last month, Andrew" he
asked Il don't want to seem tight,
but I've just got to"
Andrew replied with dignity: Did
you ever see anything didn't return
No. | guess you didn't. Youth Com.
paniOn.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13

brogans and he would laugh at his brother red.
skin who took to wearing animals skins his
feet. There are few tribes in the world today ex-
cept in the darkest portions of Africa. who still
spurn the wearing of shoes in some form or other.
Of course. every nation has its own special kind
of shoes, some of which consist of othng more
than fiat piece Of board and strap. That
sort are cassed under the general caption of
sandals"
Hundreds of years ago. when people no
shoes they never complained of rheumatism: they
never had ngrowing toenails neither did they
cultivate and seldom could they boast of an
attack of gout. They called it "evil spirit" then.
But the advance OF civilization had its drawbacks.
The feet were clothed. but at the same time the
wearing of the shoes brought on disease of these
supports and authorities doubt whether
civilizations feet are any better off to-day than
they were a thousand years ago when they were
filled with svers. brambles and the like. but
not nearly wide topic for discussion as
they are to-day, for then people didn't mind the
little Inconvenience. To-day, great progress hav
ing been made in that line, smaller ailments of
the feet are a source of complaint.
The most civilized portions of the world have
developed tenderness of the feet which has be-
come tradition in the circles which have made
the greatest progress. People who wear pointed
shoes compelled to suffer the agonies
that would come if their toes were bound together
with adhesive tape and they were compelled to
walk about thus conditioned. Others who wear
shoes too small have swelling of the feet when
they take off their shoes Shoes too large produce
corns just do small shoes
Young ladies and some older ones who follow
the fashions with good intent equip themselves
with Frenchhecled Shoes which raise the heels
into the air from three six inches. This of
course gives them beautiful instep they claim.
and 1t also keeps them walking their toes. II
twists the spine and eXerts pressure upon the
base of the brain which brings on fearful head.
aches if the practice is kept up for any length of
time each day. Skeptica persons with set ideas
on shoes are talking Of asking the next session
of congress put tariff French heels which
will effectively bar them from this country But
there are so many wives of congressman and sen
a,ors who declare that French heels are far more
comfortable than half-inch heels that the bill has
about IS much show as the traditional SNOWFALL
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
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1t was from this queer style that the high heel
developed only in those days the heel was sever
al inches higher than those now worn.
OF course the smallest shoes of all are worn by
Chinese women. Some of these are only two
inches long The present empress is trying to
break up the cruel custom of msshapenng the
feet Probably in another generation these di-
mnutive shoes will be curiosity, but up to a
few years ago, Chinese girl whose feet were
four inches long found it difficult proposition to
get married. while the parents of the girl with the
two-inch foot was overrun with applicants. AS
compensation to these Chinese women for the
tortures they underwent during the time their
feet were being maltreated they took great pride
in embroidering beautiful designs upon their
shoes. Very few shoes for women on sale
in China as nearly all women make their own.
In the northern countries coarse leather boots
are the customary footwear. partly account of
the cold. but principally because low shoe is of
too shallow draft to navigate the poor roads.
large percentage of these boots of home man.
ufacture, roughly stitched and crude in appear
ance.
Just why shoes for poor persons came into
vogue is question that remains unanswered
They originated in the Grecian sandal and have
developed with the increasing tenderness of to
the heavy leather affair all know. Yet an
Irish lassie who goes about barefooted all her
days has a natural sole upon her foot from a
quarter to half inch thick. And she does not
have corns, either
But Americans need not complain of the in
stitution. We made 242.l1O.O35 pairs of shoes
in 1905, pair for every inha btant of America
France, Germany, Austria and few of the small
er countries. The value of the industry was $780,
170.458 All that for years output or
more money than there in the world when
the first sandal was made. The American shoe
is now walking the streets of every capital of
the world; it is in the shops in every center of
trade; and even on the thresholds of far eastern
temples, the American shoe lies beside the crude
wooden sandals, and late comers stop moment
to examine 1t and try it on. if no one is looking.
One of the greatest problems which modern
civilization has had to face is the clothing of IT'S
feet In the days centuries upon centuries ago
when man was only wild beast of the jungle.
he wore no shoes and therefore not bothered
with corns. But to-day when every part of the
body is covered except the hands and head, mans
wearing of shoes has become necessity
Thus some Of the functions of modern civza-
tions' ''pedes" are disappearing. Toenails, no
longer being an actual need among tribes which
wear shoes, disappearing and a scientist
few years ago declared that within 100 years
there will be no toenails.
Even the American Indian who, hundred years
ago. wore moccasins, today clothes his feet in
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
EAGER TO WORK
Health Resained by Right Food.

The average healthy man or woman
is usually eager to be busy at some
useful task or employment.
But let dyspepsia or indigestion get
hold of one, and all endeavor becomes
a burden.
"A year ago, after recovering from
an operation" writes Mich. lady, my
stomach and nerves began to give me
much trouble.
AT times my appetite was vora.
cious, but when INDUCED. indigestion
followed Other times had no appetite
whatever. The food took did not
nourish me, and l grew weaker than
ever
Il lost interest in everything, and
wanted to be alone l had always had
good nerves, but now the merest trifle
would upset me and bring on a vio-
lent headache. Walking across the
room was an effort and prescribed ex-
ercise was out of the question.
Il had seen Grape-N Nuts advertised,
but did not believe what l read. at
the time. At last when 1t seemed as
If l were literally starving, l began to
eat GrapeNuts.
Il had not been able to work for
q year, but now after two months on
Grape Nuts l am eager to be at work
again. My stomach gives me no trou-
BILE now, my nerves are steady as
ever, and interest in life and ambition
have came back with the return to
health"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to Well.
VILE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter: A new
one appears from tine to time. They
are Eenuiaes true. aad fau sf hsAsas
lnterest.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
The Little Girl and the Donkey.

The four-year-old daughter OF a
Washington man not long ago saw
donkey for the first time. She talked
to her father good deal touching the
unusual sight. It was dear donkey
it was a lovely donke1" etc, etc.
Soon the child exhausted her stock of
adjeCtives.
And so you liked the donkey, did
you?" asked the fond parent.
oh, so much, daddy" returned the
youngster. THAT is, liked him pret.
ty well. But l didn't like TO hear him
donk. nk.'-Lippincott's
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
The Latest Market Report.

When the market reporter was indis
posed the poet-parasrapher was drafted
to do the markets-and this is what he
wrote: Butter is still siron" at 20
cents holding its own. yeast cakes
are raising steadily: bananas are slip
ping along at the old price %ith an
occasional drop: cheese is Lively and
stirring: syrups are sticking to former
prices and about pint more 20 the
quart tnan they we've last year: dried
apples are swelling The markets:
chickens are picking up little. aud
pork is still on the hog
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13

shoemaker. Hans Sachs, the most eminent poet
Of Germany, was cobbler. So William Gift
ford. the famous editor of the Quarterly.
Shoes, we know them, are purely a western
institution. But there is reason and incidentally
a queer juxtaposition. A Christian takes his hat
on when he enters church or house; an Asiatic
shows his reverence by taking his shoes of OBJ
viousy it would be quite a nuisance to stoop down
and unlace your shoes every time you called a
fIend or went to church. So the Asiatcs wear
3Qes that can be kicked of easily can
rcsove our hats.
Some are made with straw soles and sell for
about ten cents a pair: others are made Of wood !;
while still others are made of leather of various
kinds. When shoes are reduced to such simple
proportions it is but natural to expect rather
crude effects. Peasants often cut strips Of wood,
fasten a thong about the big toe and the board
and trudge along comfortably as the man who
buys the ready-made shoes of America, and in some
cases even more SO. Another scheme is to use
block Of wood and stick knob in 1t it will rise
between the big toe and its neighbor and by
dexterous and practiced use of the toe muscles it
answers very well indeed.
In Brittany the making of shoes is village
cupation. The whole family chips in on the work.
from the six year old child to the great grand
father and between them they make the most
of the wooden shoes that the market. An
American boy would probably fall down and skin
his knees II he were to try to play in wooden Shoes
but the little Dutch and Belgian boys romp about
the streets to their hearts content in them and
never drop them of.
We have been wearing practically the same kind
of shoes for many years that We are liable to
forget that they varied in styles radically
women's hats do now. During the time of Edward
~. in England, the parliament had to pass law
regulating the length of shoes. Some OF them
were made so long to be dangerous. Princes
sometimes wore them two feet in length.
with the ends stuffed out with straw. One worthy
Scotch king doubled his back and attached the
points his belt But of course that style was in
vogue before the days of trolley cars.
Then, in the next generation when the law pre-
vented long, pointed shoes, they began to broaden
anfsthis continued until they had to pass another
lav2to stop the broadening. 1t was at about this
TIM and later that choppines came In. These
we're high supports under the soles lifting the
vearers some six or eight inches nearer the Clouds
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
DisSenotlipu.

Office Y.oy-The EDITOR is much
Obliged tC you for allowing him TO 500
your drawings but much regrets he Is
unable to use them.
Fair Artist lcagerly) he say
that?
Office Boy trnthfullyD-W not
exactly. He just said Take '"m
away. Joe: they make me sick.
er's Weekly.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
Both lookinu for Him.

The stranger advanced toward the
door. Mrs. OToole stood in the door
way with rough stick in her left hand
and frown on her brow.
Good morning." said the stranger
politely. I'm looking for Mr.. O'Toole.
Som l." said Mrs. O"Toole. shift
ing her club over to her other hand
EverybOdy's Magazine.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
Wouldn't Trust II.

you reckon you'd make de trip ter
heaven ef dar wuz IA elevator swlne
dar?"
NO. sub, .iaze ] we'll knows ei I
WIZ in dat elevator de devil would be
sho ter be puliin' de ropc'"-Allanta
Constitution.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
Morning Tonic.

The duty of the young man toward his future
self is the greatest duty that he has 1t is greater
than his duty parents, friends or society for
il includes all these. We should so live that
future selves shall have nothing to reproach us
for Keep clean, keep the body clean from vice.
from drink, from drugs. Keep the mind clean.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
A uestjon of Clothes.

Little Newman's mother had faith
fully tried 10 answer his question in
regard to death and the future life.
and he had been told that when be
died his soul would 20 10 heaven.
One day he came running in from
his play and in excitement cried:
Mamma, mamma. if just my soul
goes to heaven. what am | going to
button my pants onto?'-Dellnealor.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
Oojnu a Good Business.

Inquiring Lady-"iIow much milk
does your COW give a day?'
Truthful Boy" Bout eight quarts,
lady"
Inquirins I.ady-"And how much Of
that do yOn SELF"
Truthful Boy" Bout twelve quarts,
lady"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
Conceslinu Its Ace.

Mrs. Brindlc-Now. Mary, I want
you to be careful. This is som" very
old table linen: been in the family for
more than twenty years and
Mary-Ah. sure. ma am, You needn't
worry. won't tell soul, and it looks
as good as new nyway.-Woman'
Life
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
For the Prolific.

Cardinal IoGuc, during his visit TO
Pocantico NilIs, WIS asked how many
sermons a preacher could prepare in
week.
Smiling. Cardinal Logue answered:
'lf the preacher is man Of extra
ordinary ability, he can prepare one
sermon; il Il man of average ability,
two; if a donkey, ten or twelve"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13

The fellow who lands the first blow
generally wins, but IL we all waited
for the other fellow to begin, there
wouldn't be any fight.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
5N0F II Ys82S9sSFsN 5
'HS1T soSaSNS 81:

OF many cobblers of the IEN(
present day know that they q
have patron saint, but LA
they have. Saint Crispin S9~
was his name and he held
forth way back in the third century
preaching Christianity in the day
time and making shoes at night
Some said he stole the leather, while
others declared that he got it from
heaven. The former assertion was
probably instigated by the less
sanity cobblers, for st. Crispin sold
his shoes very cheap.
The shoe trade had quite a high
station in the old days. George
Fox, the first of the Quakers, was
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13
The Difficulty.

did you have clear conscience
when you had concluded that horse
trade?"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-13

I've noticed that when come out
Of horse trade with a clear con-
science I come out with the poorest
Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-16
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE Eborn Offers Win. ming Realities.
 Investments

S44O0-Rental over $500, can make it pay S1000; 100x240; two broom houses and two new 4-room houses, 10th avenue, north, near Terminal depot $42O0-Rental S574 a year. s4S per month' new stone tenant houses, three Groom houses, South Highlands. near 18th st. All rented and safe paying investments. $4750-Rental $750, white tenants on front, Avenue c.
 s1s5a-Lot 6Ox190, bet 11th and 12th ayes. Norwood.
 s275o-Rental sso month. 1O-room house, s55o0-Rental s75o, ' houses. 4th avenue, north.
 s525o-Rental s78o. 1OOxl9O, with good houses. Avenue E. s5500-Rental $540; residence Sth avenue. north. near 17th street. s550o-Rental s549; good investment or home. rooms and corner South Highlands.
 S500O- -90x100; 9th avenue, north, four good 4-room dwellings, rental $500. -Eight-room house and lot, 50x140 on 1st ave.
 HOME BARGAINS. s6500-7 rooms, modern near Highland avenue and 1roquois street s10, ,00o--A $15000 home of rooms, lot LOOK 200, Highland ave. $9500-10-room, two-story home near High land avenue and Iroquois street. S55OO-S-roop modern corner home South Highlands, $500 cash and $50 month. It rents at $45 a month. $S000-T -Two-story. Broom home, near High land avenue and Sycamore street. $450D-Three blocks of Five Points, two story, 7-room modern home; $500 cash, and $40 month.
 s16O0-150x165, with broom home, near Howard college. East Lake. $5500-New, modern tWo-story. 7-room home, 14th avenue, South Highlands, $500 cash. balance $50 month. $55O0-Modern, s-room attractive, pretty home, near 10th avenue and 18th street, south.
 $6000-10-room modern home near 12th ave, south; 5000 cash; one of the best bargains on the market and will not wait. We have others. To buy or sell realty, see us.