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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-05-11
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Leo Doucet VS.. Camille Hebert-18th
Judicial District Court, Lafayette
Parish, La. No. 1870.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-05-11

Paints, oils, varnishes, enamels-ev
erythlng in the paint line and brushes
-Lacoste Hardware Co., Ltd
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-05-11

Bermuda makes the finest lawn; get
your seed at the Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-05-11

When you want corn oats, hay,
chicken feed or any kind of feed stuff
ring up u. P. Upton, phone 1872.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14
Picturesque Career Of Young Man with
Plenty Of Money
What Has Happened to Frank shoulder RidgeL Bros0n,
Son of Marylands Former Governor Who Is NoO
Facing a Suit for DiDorce, With Many Charges
of Cruelty

of the Baltimore American in his
beautifully appointed stanhope, with
coachman at his side and footman
seated on the, rumble. His horses,
Brandy and Soda, wore blue ribbons,
and Frank was justly proud of his
turnout. The millionaire reporter"
was told to accompany another and
humber reporter on his rounds
through Baltimore's East side, but
when he saw that his protege intended
to drive through the ghetto In his
beautiful equipage, the mere re-
porter baked and told Frank to meet
him at a designated police station, as
the street cars were good enough for
his. The policemen in the station
houses visited that day by Frank and
his mentor still possess souvenirs of
Franks first day as reporter, for he
scattered golden gifts with lavish
hand.
Champagne for G. A. r. Veterans.
That evening Frank was assigned
to cover a banquet given by local
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14
Laughter a Series Of Rark..

Laughing is barking, say the SCI
entists. The neck and head are
thrown back while series of short
banks are emitted from the throat.
However musical the barks may be,
they are banks. The laugh begins
with sudden and violent contraction
of the muscles of the chest and abb
domen. But instead of opening to let
the air pass out OF the lungs, the vocal
cords approach each other and hold 1t
back. But they are not strong enough
to exercise such opposition for more
than an instant, and the air, which is
under pressure. promptly escapes. AS
1t does SO it makes the vocal cords vi
brate producing the bark.
This obstruction and liberation of
the air expelled from the lungs repeats
itself again and again at intervals of q
quarter Of second. There are thus
in a hearty laugh four barks a second,
and IL continued, they 60 on at that
rate as long as the air reserve in the
lungs holds out. The empty lungs
must then fill themselves, and this in.
terval is marked by quick gasp for
breath, after which the barks are re.
newed. The barks occur In series
with gasps for breath at intervals. !,
When laughter is violent, the entire
body participates. The upper part of
the trunk bends and straightens itself
alternately or sways to right and left.
The feet stamp on the floor, while the
hands are pressed upon the loins to
moderate the painful spasm. 20
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14
MAKES BETTE, sAifaol ps."
Western Writer szaSys xrIhass -
+. Railroad Magnats a. 6uIlder-up
..-.-- ..---.s ~. the Country: ~r--.ss'--.-.'s'

MI. Edward H.. Hartman IL ON .
trip to Europe. Ordinarily there
would need be nothing added to this
announcement beyond an exhortat'oD
to Emperor William to chain down his
railroads and to other monarchs TO
put their crowns and other valuables
in the safe at night But Mr.. Harri-
man is going on on pleasure trip.
and SO many mean things have been
said about him that 1t win not hurt
any to change the tune moment
while he is out of the country and
not able to take any advantage OF
the lapse from the cold attitude OF Sc
verify that Is usually used In men,
tioning the name of Hartman.
OF all the great railroad men de-
veloped In this generation, e. H. Har-
riman Is easily the biggest and the
best, says a writer In the Hutchinson
(Kan.) Daily News. The head Of q
railroad company, under the rules or
the game, must work for his stock
holders, whether 1t Is for the advan-
tage of politicians, shippers or con-
sumers. It is his job to do the best
he can for the interests entrusted to
his care. Hartman Is not only q
financier, but he is a builder and an
operator. Lucky is the town, city
or community that has Hartman
road. He insists on good roadbed.
level track. safe track and the con-
venience and comfort of the traveller
and the shipper. The Hartman roads
are noted as the best In the coun-
try. When Hartman gets hold of a
one-horse or played-out track and
right of way he proceeds to put 1t in
first class condition. He does not
raise the rates Of fares. although he
doubtless charges "a plenty" but he
insists that enough of the funds go
into real improvements to make a
railroad. And that Is where he stands
ahead of a good many others and why
Harrimanism Is not such bad thing
as some people have been led to think.
He makes better railroads, and there
Is more need for Improvement that
way than there is in some others
which are being discussed. So far
as we can see, he believes in giving
every interest along his road a fair
deal.
He Is public benefactor from that
standpoint. He uses his power fairly
He Is a great man, and as good or
better than the ordinary citizen who
looks upon him as the personification
OF the money power. seeking whom
1t may devour. He is strong man
In the financial world. but that should
not be against him, when the finan-
cial world is the object which most
of US want to reach. He Is a good
American and he spends his money
on American railroads. not on foreign
titles, race horses. old editions or
other bad habits. II he is not per-
fect--and we don't think he is-he Is
no exception to the rule and is worthy
of the praise of his fellow citizens for
the good he does and has done.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14

grounds, eluded the keeper. climbed
over the high fence and dropped into
Franks waiting car. Frank was at
the wheel, and he let It out, and in, an
hour or two was beyond the jurisdic-
ton of the Maryland courts. And once
more It became necessary for Brown
pere to, get busy and square things
for Frank.
Meanwhile Franks affairs at home
had been going from bad to worse.
His wife says she was left much to
herself, for Frank was % busy with
his other friends and associates that
he had little or no time to devote to
his gifl-bride. Franks gay friends Of
both sexes were ever welcomed at the
youthful Browns home that Is by
Frank. Among these. his wife says,
were many actors and actresses. and
then It was that Frank conceived the
idea that he would like to enter upon
q stage career.
He joined the stock company con-
Quoted In Baltimore by George Faw-
cett, and was given small parts. The
verdict of Franks many friends after
witnessing several performances In
which he appeared WAS that he was
far more capable Of steering hisrSS
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14

hlima. and. snnllhg that Mr.. Wefreu
was 1hep ,living In West Ninety-fourth
street. Frank. his fiancee and their -
tendants repaired to Mr.. Warrer'a
home and there the. ceremony was
performed
7 Their marriage came as o great sur
prise to their respective families. but
the young pair was soon installed In
beautifully appointed home and
many predicted that Mabel would
make her young husband more con
servative. But her charges against
him do not confirm this hope.
His wife says he never settled
down. In fact, he became gayer than
ever after his marriage. II that had
been possible. His chosen companions
were as gay as himself, although few
IL any of them had the funds to
squander that Frank ever had at com
mand. His escapades became more
daring each day, and "the governor,
as he is still called, was compelled to
admonish and intercede more than
once.
Accused Of Killing Child.
Automobiling was this boys passion
and he was never satisfied unless he
was bowling through Baltimore.s ten
derloin at top speed. His arrest was
of almost daily occurrence, and when
Baltimore awoke about eighteen
months ago to be told that Franks
car had killed a negro child the night
previous the II told you SOS" got busy.
II was not openly charged that
Franks car had killed the boy, but
the newspapers limited so strongly at
the identity of the driver and owner
of the car that within "a hours the
trail led to Franks door and he was
arrested and formally accused of run
ming over the little pickaninny and
then running away without the for
mality of stopping to ascertain the
seriousness OF the injuries inflicted
The parents of the dead child re-
ceived $4,000 to drop the case against
Frank. This frightened Frank for
awhile. and he did not break into
print again until his friend Lester
Bresee. who had figured in almost all
of Franks escapades, was committed
to Mount Hope, private asylum for
the insane and inebriates.
Lester had been going the pace for
several years and when his mind gave
way none was surprised. Frank sore
ly missed his chum and often motored
out to the beautiful retreat on Charles
Street avenue to spend an hour with
him. In the course of one of these
visits Lester, complained of his en-
forced confinement and begged Frank
to devise some means of effecting his
release.
I've tried that already" said
Frank, "but the courts won't stand for
1t. so | guess the only thing I can do
is to kidnap YOU"
60 as far as you like" said Lester,
"but for Gods sake get me out of
here. haven't had a drink for a
month"
Kidnapped chum from Asylum.
The next day Lester, while out for
his afternoon airing in the hospital
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14
Interviewing the Professor.

$50 you don't think Mars would re-
ply. even II we did send signals?"
Il am almost convinced that there
would be no response" answered Prof.
Thinkturn. adjusting his glasses.
"Then you don't believe that Mars
is inhabitedf" $500 w
ION the contrary, think 1t ex-
tremely probable that life similar to
our own exists on the sister planet"
But you don't give those people
credit for intelligence equal to ours Z"
''Yes. I am inclined to credit them
with even greater intelligence than
we display. There are many indica-
lions that they have 4 civilization old
or than ours. in which case they
should have too much sense to fool
away their time on any such imprac-
ticai proposition" ~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14
LERAhk Drown re.

on the altar of pleasure. Young
Frank" as he is Familiarity called In
Baltimore, has been pleasure-bent
since he was boy of ten. and his
pleasures, more often than not, have
been purchased at terrific cost. He
has had his fling, and when boy OF
IL he was blase and so satiated with
the gayeties of the Old World that he
cast about for new sensations and
even then, was one mad whirl, and
what he did not know about the but
terfly life" wasn't worth knowing.
At Ostend he was the petted darling
OF women of title, and otherwise, and
1t was prank that he played on one
of these while in her bath house at
this gay resort that made 1t necessary
for his father to spirit him out of
France and back to Baltimore. The
boy abhorred books and rarely
studied. He had the choice Of any
university In America or Europe II he
would but say the word, but instead
he preferred to run wild, do as he
pleased and give little. II any atten-
ton to the studies prescribed for him
by the tutors his father engaged for
him. sNtsGt 81
Started Work az Reporter.
About this time his father and his
sister. May Brown. who later married
Gordon Hughes, New York lawyer,
and since his death married Alfred
Dietrich, whose former wife had
eloped with Benchley. one of Alfred
@. vanderbilt's stable managers,
planned q return trip to Europe.
Frank was engaged In paying ardent
court to Baltimore girl at that time,
and his father told him II he did not
accompany him to Europe he would
have 20 20 to work.
Fine" said Frank, nothing could
better suit my purpose" At dinner
the same evening he announced that
he had Joined the reportorial stan OF
the Baltimore American. Franks ad-
vent into journalism will long be re-
,membered in Baltimore. and to this
day the soubriquet OF millionaire Re-
porter" clings to him.
When Frank reported for his hrst
days work he drove up to the ONCE
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14

Umobils,s " 'tepiing pls coach and four
thanyof Naying rols6 upon the stage.
no matter Aew iRconsplcuous they they
Perhaps It was the inconspicgous-
ness OF these roles that induced Frank
after try at q part In "Cyrano de
Bergerac" to abandon the stage as 4
| profession. His wife was deeply hu-
inflated at this venture. and she did
all she could to dissuade him when lac
told her that he wanted to be an ac-
tor. This. she says. brought down his
wrath upon her pretty and youthful
head, and from then on trouble came
thick and fast for her.
Wife Tells Of Midnight Orgies.
It is the alleged midnight orgies at
her home that Mrs. Brown most bit
terly complained of in her bill for di-
vorce. Frank and his Tenderloin
friends, she declares, would wander
into the house at all hours of the
night and from then until the gray
dawn make night hideous for her and
her neighbors. 1t was impossible for
her, she declares, to make her escape
from the house. as Frank would in
sist upon her presiding at the table
and serving him and his guests with
whatever their fancy dictated, despite
the Observation-Disclosures of the hour.
Then, too, Mrs Brown asserts that
Frank preferred her to be at the head
of the table during these bacchanalian
feasts, inasmuch as she made good
target for his ribald jests or the plates
or glasses he chose to hurl at her.
Sometimes, according to Mrs Browns
complaint, the glasses were empty,
but more often they contained cham
payne, for Frank was ever Jealous OF
his reputation as a "wine opener"
and he would never for moment
have 1t thought among his Tenderloin
friends that anything else but cham.
payne graced his table or his wife's
bathtub, for that matter.
Another sport of which her husband
was passionately fond. Mrs, Brown
charges, had to do with most viii
demonstrating and savage bulldog
which Is ever at Franks heels.
Mrs. Brown asserts that when
Frank was especially deep in his cups
he would set the dog on her. For
some reason, Mrs. Brown declares, the
dog entertained violent dislike for
her and was only too glad to do his
masters bidding
Finally Driven from Her Home.
1t was the dog episode that proved
to be the parting of the ways. While
in a drunken frenzy, Frank, 1t Is
charged in the complaint, set the dog
on his wife, and it attacked her so
savagely that she fed in her night
clothes and never returned. That was
last January and since then, she vows.
Frank has not contributed a cent
toward her support and this in the
face of his wife's statement that he
had torn and cut up all her hats,
gowns, lingerie and pretty boots and
slippers, just prior to having the bull
dog charge her.
Mrs. Brown says it is lack of homo
influence that is responsible for her
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14

"A VIEW York Give an av'
ia erage American boy, with
"a out the restraining infiu'
ence, Of mother, $4,000 a
year at the age of IA and a
million when he reaches his
majority. and what viii be
his future?
This is the story OF such boy
whose young wife Is about to hale
him into the divorce court at the ten
der age OF "a. as related by the Sun
day World. This boy has faced many
harges-homicide. among them--but
II is extremely doubtful II he has
ever passed through an ordeal so dis.
tasteful as that which awaits him
when he answers to the many charges
OF cruelty, brutality and infidelity his
pretty girlwife mentions in her bill of
particulars.
Frank Snowden Ridgely Brown, son
of Maryland's former governor, is the
unhappy youth who has sacrificed his
brief and once happy married career
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14

husbands waywardness. and she
further avows that ''the governor" is
mainly responsible for this. She de-
clares that he has alienated Franks
affections. and now she Is suing the
governor for heart balm to the tune
Of 100000.
In the mean time Frank Is continu-
ing on his merry way. With ample
funds at his command, and with the
prospect Of sharing with his sister the
several million dollars Gov. Brown is
said to possess. young Frank has q
lively future ahead of him.
win he reformf Ask his wife,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14

Most people, according to the Opt
cal Journal, believe that the eyes ID
reading follow the letters in a steady
movement clear across the column,
but II the readers. eyes, are watched
closely while IN action It will be seen
that they make q series Of jumping
each Jump corresponding
to about ons-half inch Of letters. Til
shows that reading Is done more BY
words than letters. and that the words
are READ without having to look d.
rectly atV fhem.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14
The Way Ne Did Il.

Jenlins-W Well, sir. gave Il to that
man straight ! can tell you. He II
twice a. big ~ I am, too. but ! told
him exactly what 1 thought Of his rss
cally conduct right to his face. and
called him all the names in the do
ticnary. and . lot Of others a. well.
studds-And didn't he try to hit
you, Jenkins?
Jenkins-No. sir. he didn't. And
when he tried to answer back. just
hung up the telephone receiver and
walked away.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14
A CITY Clerk. Garden.

A city clerk never misses chance
OF expatiating on his garden to his
colleagues. who. however. were never
taken home to, see 1t. but were
under the impression 1t was of enor.
nous size. Five of them resolved
to have look at 1t. discovered his ad-
dress. and called one Saturday after
noon to see the hundreds of. roses all
a-growing and adjoining. On being
taken to the rear Of the house. Judge
of their surprise on seeing back
yard about IL feet by ten feet. One
bold spirit ventured that 1t was not
very big.
"Big!" replied the proud owner.
pointing to the sky. "why. man, alive.
look at the height of it!"-C Chicago
Daily Socialist. 80 "a
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14

G. A. r. post. Beer was the only tip
pie for the veterans, whereupon Frank
invited everybody to have champagne
with him, Accordingly a dozen cases
were ordered by the Croesus scribe.
The hotel proprietor later sued to re-
cover the price of the champagne AS
tipster to his city editor on the gay
dog doings of Baltimore society Frank
had no equal. So disconcerting did
these tips prove that friends of the
Brown family In the inner circle of
Baltimore society cabled to Brown
pere to suggest some other field of en-
deavor for his youthful son, and this
he did. Franks journalistic career,
while brief, was quite as meteoric as
every other that he has since launched
out upon
1t was just three years ago that
Young Frank" saw and met Miss
Mabel Michael of Baltimore. The two
families do not move in the same set
and there was opposition from both
sides. The Browns had always moved
in that social circle which was known
far and near as the Brass Band"
while the. Michaels. In every respect
the social equals OF the Browns, be-
longed to more conservative ele-
ment. Franks courtship was brief
and ardent. Serious opposition from
both SIDES but served to fan the
flame, and when Frank proposed to
Mabel that they elope she with some
haotto tfov. couooukod
EloDsd In Touring Car
Just before midnight on October %.
1906. Frank and his fiancee met by
appointment His touring car was In
readiness and was geared up to its
highest speed. Frank was attended
by one of his many chuns. while Miss
Mary Grismer accompanied Miss
Michael. The party bundled into the
automobile and Frank instructed his
chauffeur to cut out FOR New York
and get there as soon as possible"
Arriving In this city. they went to
the Waldorf-Astoria. where Frank had
spent much time In the handsome
suite Of apartments his father used to
maintain there the year round. Frank
was anxious to have Rev. Henry n.
Warren. the hotel chaplain. marry
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-14

The man who is only marking time
Is most likely to be singing about
marching to Zion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-14

Observation-Disclosures So
w cially a deserted village" these
days. Drawn shades and boarded
front doors are the features of all the
uptown streets and are so general
that they make an open door or hab-
table looking house appear like an
oasis in a desert; and the modish
looking women whom one meets in F
street in the shopping hours of the
morning seem like visitors from some
planet where the rule "all play and
no work" applies, at least to the femi-
nine part of its population.
Quite colony has established itself
at Chevy Chase proper, with the
Chevy Chase club within easy dis
lance.
Miss Eleanor Terry, Miss Louise
Foraker and Miss Anna Cockrell are
much in evidence these summer after
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-14
WHAT WERE THEY THERE FOR
Reporters Seemingly SuperfIuous
Question as to Happenings at
Cabinet Meeting.

Postmaster General Meyer Is of a
serious turn of mind, but he has bit
of humor in his makeup, nevertheless.
Being looked upon as the shrewdest
politician in the presidents cabinet, he
Is the objective point for newspaper
correspondents on cabinet days.
Last week as Mr.. Meyer emerged
from the White House a newspaper
man asked:
"Mr. Postmaster General, can't you
give us some news about the cabinet
meetings?"
There really is nothing to say" re-
piled the cabinet officer. 1--WE dis
cussed nothing Of especial impor-
tance."
DO you mean to say you did not
discuss politics?" the newspaper man
Queried.
The postmaster general burst into
laughter. When he recovered his U.S.
ual serenity he said:
do you suppose we were all muz-
zled?"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-14

SGVN HAT is your totem?" is the lat
w est question in Washington
swaggerdom, and if you cannot answer
offhand the inference is you have been
dead to the world of fashion for at
least two weeks.
Nowadays, in lieu of the familiar
monogram and the banal crest and
the erstwhile much coveted coat-of-
arms, society DANES and damsels, TAX
ing the cue from the aboriginal ma
tives of the country, go out to the
fields and, selecting whatever bug or
bird or beast strikes their fancy,
promptly pre-empt it as their totem"
The pendulum has swung the other
way, and society with golden halo
has elected to become America of
the Americans. If, for instance, a but
terfly Is chosen as the totem, then
milady proceeds to have it embossed
on her note paper and to have it
embroidered on her dainty lace
trimmed lingerie. Delicately cut out
of silver, the emblem is affixed to her
handbag, and to her card case, while
a whir of wings flashes across the gilt
tering surface of her toilet silver.
Artists of renown are employed to