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Evening journal., 1909-09-29

British use of American shoemak-
ing machinery and the making of half
sizes and various widths has lessened
the sale of American shoes in England
or. rather, kept down the expected in
crease. The American shoe stores in
Birmingham and London are doing
well, however.
Evening journal., 1909-09-29

Thirteenth Representative District
Robert $. Carpenter, Henry Heller.
Fourteenth Representative d strict-Ro-
land r. Reynolds. John D. Carter.
Fifteenth Representative Dlstrict-Geo.
c. Rothwel. j. Harry Staats.
Evening journal., 1909-09-29
JERSEY SHAFT FOR
CONFEDERATE DEAD

WASHINGTON. sept 29-In mem-
ory of the Confederate prisoners Of
war who died at Fort Delaware during
the Civil War a monument, TO cost
$500, will be erected TO the Confed-
crate section of Finns Point National
Cemetery. near Salem, n. j., and close
TO the old prison.
The War Department has just closed
a contract with a granite company
to construct the monument of Penn
sylvania white marble. 1t is TO be
completed by December 10, 1903. The
shaft win be eighty-two feet high.
Similar monuments are being erect
ed by act of Congress throughout tho
North wherever there are many un-
marked graves Of Confederate soldiers
Evening journal., 1909-09-29

Twenty-four regular lines of passen-
ger and freight steamers connect Uru-
quay with the United States and Eur
ope. six plying between the United
States and Uruguay. and the remain-
ing is lines plying between Montevid-
go and the principal seaports of West
ern and Mediterranean Europe.
The battleships Massachusetts and
Indiana, the armor for which was man
ufactured about 1895, carry main belt
Of armor which contains plates is in
ches thick at the top edge. continuing
Is inches in thickness to a point below
the water line, and tapering from that
point to eight inches thick at the bot
tom edge.
Evening journal., 1909-09-29
Paris Patterns

Our Fan ana Winter Fashion Cata-
logue Is now ready for mailing and
will be sent 90 any address upon re-
oeipt OF 10 cents to cover the cost Z
mailing You should not overlook this
opportunity 70 see over 1000 OF the
newest designs for ladies', Misses and
Children's Clothing. Its worth many
tirr> .He price. This catalogue is bet
ter than ever and viii be worth many
times the cost to the Home Dressmaker.
Evening journal., 1909-09-29

times with an astringent lotion. Next
a coating of white of egg is painted
on the face. followed by the yoke OF
the egg. After this has thoroughly
dried II is washed off with another
preparation and the skin is left like
velvet.
Evening journal., 1909-09-29

To obtain this pattern or any OF
the others heretofore described In
THE JOURNAL. iii out the follow
ing coupon and inclose Il w..h 10
cents in an envelope addressed 70
the Fashion Editor. THE EVENING
JOURNAL. Fourth and Shlplsy
streets. Wilmington. Delaware.
Evening journal., 1909-09-29

an experts
A rapid decrease in the use Of rye
nour for bread in recent years is no.
ted in Germany.
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addresses here for positive proof that Lydia Pkhams
Vegetable Compound female ills.
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Vegetable Compound reliable and honest medicine and that the
made advertisements regarding merit the
truth and nothing but the truth.
Evening journal., 1909-09-29

To the Fashion Editor,
THE EVENING JOURNAL,
Wilmington Del.
Inclosed nnd 10 cents. for which
send me
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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
Bill Stubs Of Kansas.

Kansas views the activities of the
new governor with feelings of almost
1nmixed joy. But the railways, whom
he disciplined with an anti-pass law
md several other forms of drastic leg
Station beside the public commission
bill, have another idea about him.
What do you think of Stubbs?" q
-:sitor asked one Of the ex-railway
obbyists.
Well" he replied, "he reminds me
# the story of a North Carolina we'd
ing. They as the Lord have jined,
Il no man put asunder,' says the par
on.
"'Parson,' says the bridegroom, I
ises to question your grammar In
hat sentence. We wants this we'd
ing done right
When the smoke had cleared away
: ,e bride looked around on a dead
mister, a dead brother, a dead
'.iGcgroom and several other dead
80 lying near, and sighed:
Them new tangled, self-cocEin'
s~olyers.' said she. sure has mayed
- with my prospects '"-Bo.toa
.~tascript.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
WRONG Estimate Of Success.

DR.. Eliot, lately president Of Harv-
ard university, said recently at a re-
ception in New York: "My career ap-
pears to strike a considerable number
of people as a successful one. People
congratulate me on what they call my
success. But my career has certainly
not been successful in what is consid-
cred to be the American idea Of sue
cess in . pecuniary way. 1t is a sue
cess in terms of service-service to
the community. Now, does not this
refute the common opinion that the
American estimate of success is a pc
cuniary one?" DR.. Eliot then related
IA incident in one Of his travels by
boat when the vessels officers anne to
him and said: I'VE officers want to
ask you a question. We know you are
smart man. We want to know why,
being a smart man, you are not rich?"
DR.. Eliot did not repeat his reply, but
concluded his remarks on the subject
by saying: The real American esti-
mate of success in the world ia serv.
iceableness and not wealth."
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
CONSTABLE SALE.
Gus. Schmulen VS.. John Bowen-State
of Louisiana, Parish of Lafayette,
Third Justice Court, No. 80.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of a writ of fieri facias issued by the
Hon. T. A. McFaddin, justice of the
peace of the third ward of the Parish
of Lafayette, La, in favor Of Gus Sch
mullen and against John Bowen, and to
me directed, l have seized and will
sell between the legal sale hours at the
front door Of the Court House in Lafa-
yette on,
Saturday, Aug. Fl, 1909,
the following described property to
wit:
One certain lot of ground situated in
the Parkerson addition in the town of
Lafayette, parish Of Lafayette, being
lot number Z, square number 8, bound
ed north by lot 8, south by Sth street,
east by lots number 5 and s, west by
Magnolia street.
LOUIS BUTCHER,
Constable Third Ward.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
DANCER In Diphtheria,

Chicago's health authorities are
starting an active campaign against
tiphtheria, the disease which is giving
the department the hardest fight at
present. DR.. Evans. the health com
missioner, declares that the diphtheria
patients themselves are not the great
est nlenace to the health of the com
munity, but that the disease is spread
by those who have recovered and have
resumed their daily activities, or BIZ
those who have been associated with
diphtheria patients. According to
DR.. Evans, it is possible for a perfectly
healthy person to carry diphtheria
germs in his mouth or clothing. The
aim of the department will be to iso.
late all patients until they are abso-
lutely free from the diphtheria ba.
cflli.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
The Emotional Jury.

!2ev. Anna Shaw was d~iscussine
'ayfully her coniention-raised Gt
r.. Clarence Mackay's house-tIlat
~Gn, not woman, was too emotional to
re.
why said the learned lady, take
these extraordinary jury stories.
.e.y show the NEST intense emotion
ism. And yet they have nothing 80
ID with woman
FOR instance, there's the story OF
he Tin Can murder. The jury re-
NAMED out "a hours. Then it filed
Jack into the courtroom, very stale
md ill-humored.
Gentlemen, what Is your verdict:'
said the Judge.
"'Wall,' said the foreman, II on us
s. for hangin', jedge, yer honor; but
he twelfth man sticks out for acquit-
al. and there amt no arguin' with
him. He's a low-down, no count
.ooster, anyways, and so we've de-
cided to make our verdict unane=.
.:cus BY hangin' 'em both.'".
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
The Fourteenth Of july.

New Orleans States:
corresponds to some extent to our
Fourth of July. In 1916 the patriot
fathers, assembled in convention at
Philadelphia, solemnly declared that
the American colonies "are, and of
right ought to be, free and indepen-
dent" and pledging their fortunes
lives and sacred honor" to the cause.
they signed the immortal instrument
which proclaimed the birth of a free
nation.
The splendid audacity of that deed
and, above all, the success which
followed the initial undertaking, fired
and thrilled patriots throughout the
world and inspired in many the spirit
OF liberty. This was especially true
with regard to France. from which
came the noble Marquis de Lafayette
and many others to give their aid
to a which, although but vague-
ly understood as yet, was clearly
perceived to be vital in the evolution
of just government.
This spirit of liberty continued to
grow in France, and found congenial
!. soil in the tyranny of the King, the
~debauchery of the nobility and the op-
preston of the people. Consequent
ly some thirteen years after America
had asserted and set out to defend
by force of arms, the doctrine of our
popular sovereignty, a Partisan mob
headed in the direction of the Bas-
tile with the cry of liberty upon it's
lips, speedily assumed dangerous
proportions and gave birth to the
Revolution.
. While the great unwieldy giant, the
people. was accustoming itself to the
suse of authority and power, many aw-
.ful crimes were committed in the
name OF Liberty, and it required near.
ly t~hree-quarters of a century for
France to find herself" so democrat
s izing had been the effect of centu-
rfes OF education in the fallacy of
divine right of kings to rule over
;. men. The Fourteenth of July is one
: OF the landmarks in the progress of the
principle of the right of the people to
govern themselves, and in New Or
.leans its celebration follows closely,
s,both In point of time and general in
terest. upon u great national holi-
day.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
SHERiFF'S SALE.
Rayne State Bank VS.. J.R. Davis-1Sth
Judicial District Court Lafayette
Parish, La, No. 1890.

By virtue of a writ of seizure ant
sale issued out of the Hon. 18th Judi
cial District Court in and for the Par
ish of Lafayette, La, in. the above en-
titled and numbered cause, bearing
date of June r., 1909, l have seized
and taken into my possession and will
offer for sale at public auction to the
last and highest bidder at the front
door of the Court House in Lafayette,
La, between legal sale hours on
Saturday, July "a, 1909,
for cash to satisfy judgment and costs
in the above entitled and numbered
cause. the following described proper
ty, to-wit: Those four certain lots of
ground situated in the town of Duson,
Louisiana; and being lots No. 8, 4, 9,
and 10, block SO, with all the i'm
provements situated thereon; also
the undivided half interest of
those five certain lots of ground, with
all the improvements situated thereon,
and being lots Nos. 1, 2, 8, a., and
5, in block So, in the town of Du-
son, Louisiana, in the Davis addi-
ton to the said town; and also lots
Nos. Z, 8, 9, 10, II, and II, Block 2,
Also those certain sixteen lots of
ground with all the improvements sit
uated thereon, situated in the Davis
addition to the town of Duson
Louisiana, and being lots Nos. 7, 8, 8,
10, II, IL, 10, IA, Is, 16, II, 1S, 10,
20, 81, and %, Block 5, as per plat of
record in the Clerk of Courts office,
Parish of Lafayette, La.
LOUIS LACOSTE,
Sheriff Lafayette Parish, La.
6-14-09.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
The Coming Countries,

Southern America and Africa are
The coming countries. A half century
ago or more the great g~eographer,
Arnold Guyot, predicted that within
two or three generations the reaction
of the east upon the west would pro-
duce IN equilibrium, and that then
the reaction of the north upon the
south would begin in earnest. and the
great. streams OF population and traffic
would flow at right angles to those
which they have followed during his
torical times. With the increase Of
population and q control of mankind
owe the forces of nature, of which
Prof. Guyot could have had no con-
ception, the increase of exchanges be-
tween north and south seems likely
to begin sooner than he could have
anticipated
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
THE PARISH FAIR.

The joint Parish Fair Committee
have decided to hold a parish Fair in
Lafayette this fall. over two thousand
dollars being available for the purpose.
1t is now up to- everybody to join in
and give all the aid possible toward
making the fair as large a success as
possible.
1t is intended to hold the fair in o.
tober and this gives several months to
get things in shape to make a very
creditable showing, but everybody's
help is>needed.
With the funds and time at the dis
posal of the committee, the fair cannot
be as elaborate as might be wished for,
BILE to the people of the parish in many
ways. And that is what a fair is for.
The biggest show does not always give
the biggest results, neither does the
man with the finest store bought fish
ing pole catch the most fish.
The purpose of the fair is to give
illustrations as to the best methods of
culture inthe various agricultural pro-
ducts, results in stock raising, the
best manner of preserving fruits and
vegetables, in fact the most profitable
and economical way of utilizing our
lands and resources. The measure of
the success of the fair will be the
amount of practical and usuable in
formation obtained and acted n
To present such information does
not require any great big "doings.' All
that is needed is that each and every
one, including the ladies, enter at the
fair the product or work that he or
she has been most most successful in
producing and samples of the results
of any kind of industry for the parish.
In other words, each should begin at
once planning to exhibit whatever
may be of help to others and let the
fair be a real object lesson in all that
pertains to our industrial life. BY help.
ing others we help ourselves and we
should make the fair a big help to
everybody.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
Mr.. GOSLINGTON FEELS GOOD.
Has Discovered That He Can Wear
New Clothes Without Being
Stared at in Street.

"Well, now" said Mr.. G~oslington,
this is encouraging; l have sported
out in a new suit Of clothes without
having anybody stare at me. a great
advance on anything I've done yet.
In such circumstances l used to be
so self-conscious that in my efforts
to appear natural l made myself all
the more conspicuous, so that every
body stared at me, to my further
great embarrassment and confusion,
but this time l seem to have got
through very nicely; nobody noticed
me at all.
II don't know why 1t is, but we all
seem when We put on new clothes to
imagine ourselves the center OF all
observation, and so despite the pride
we may have in them wearing them
the first time may be a great trial. l
knew a man once who used to break
in his new clothes gradually.
This friend of mine when he got
a new suit would first wear the
trousers with an old waistcoat and
coat. The next day he would wear
the new waistcoat with old trousers
and coat, and then he'd wear the new
coat, with old waistcoat and trousers.
In this way he sort of accustomed
himself to his new things gradually,
so that he didn't feel so strange in
them, and then on the fourth day he'd
swell out in the new suit complete.
"And he thought this helped him a
heap, and l dare say it did help him
some; but it never appealed to me
and It looked like running away,
anyhow; and so when I've got a new
suit l have just put it on and worn 1t.
| / have seemed self-conscious in it and
l know it, so that l walked differently
| and acted differently in some way so
that l attracted attention; but l have
braved it out, and now l realize that
I must have been improving.
For yesterday l wore for the first
time a new suit and absolutely nobody
looked at me, and that is encouraging.
l don't know but that / would have
felt a little better if one or two, just
one or two, had looked at it, but l
am nightly pleased to have had no
| body look at it. For really it makes
me feel that I am getting on. A man
| has really got to be somebody when
he a Few clothes without hav-
| ing people stare at him in the street"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
;PC:L-. ( CICJ i.iPnESSi0n-
Final Act Of Inmate OF Asylum Gave
Visitor Good Ground for Doubling
His Sanity.

Lew Dockstader tells In the Satur-
day Evening Post of q friend OF MS
who visited an insane asylum n
came across an inmate who was walk
ing In the corridor. His friend en-
gagged the inmate in conversation n
discovered him to be a most intelligent
person, posted on all the topics OF the
day, with rational ideas about every
thing and no signs of insanity.
You do not seem insane" said the
visitor.
Certainly not" replied the inmate.
II am perfectly sane. 81 am mere be-
cause of a plot against me by some
enemies. If l could get word to my Sis
tiers and brothers 1 would be liberated
at once. Also, l would like a word
with my lawyer"
To make sure, the visitor talked for
half al hour with the inmate and. In
the end, was convinced a gross injus-
tice was being done. He said: Il will
gladly take a message to your lawyer
or your brother. | am ure you are
sane"
"If you will" replied the inmate, Il
shall be under lifelong obligation to
you. am i~ncarcerated here for no
reason. l am sane. Please say to my
lawyer that you saw me here and that
l want him to come at nee and see
me so I can take steps to regain my
liberty"
There was some more conversation
and the message was arranged for and
addresses given. After other p%rotesta-
tons of his sanity and assurances by
the visitor that the outrage would
soon be corrected, the visitor turned
to go. AS he was about to descend
the steps he was hoisted off his feet
by q tremendous kick and fell into a
flower bed. He turned to see the In
mate grinning at him from the steps.
why did you do that?" shouted the
visitor.
Lest you forget" said the inmate,
shaking q finger at him-'Lest you
forget"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
ROYALTY on Exhibition.

IN the eighteenth century the Lon
doner could look at royalty on Sun
day for a modest fee. In a guide to
London, published in 1857, 1t was said:
"At St. James chapel royal by knock
ing at the side door and slipping q
shilling for each person into the hand
of the verger who opens it, you may
have a~dmittance and stand during di-
vine service in presence Of their
majesties; and for one shilling each
person more, you may sit in their roy
al presence. not in pews, but in turn
up seats on the side of them"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16

Bookkeeping
Te1egraphy

All for four dollars
Which is an aveuage OF
One Dollar Each. Tin fact,
you will also get English.
mathematics, pennman n
ship. gymnastics. military
drill-and the fine enthusi-
asm of school life at one
of our great State institu-
tions of learning. rWhy
spend 800 somewhere, or
5000 somewhere else, or
$500 in some other State
for these things, when
YOUR OWN A
provides them for you
Free! Free! Free!
land, beside that, our reg
ular Observation-Disclosures
course will give you the
foundation for your later
college and professional
courses, whether you wish
to become a lawyer, doc
tor, teacher, chemist, me-
chanical or electrical en-
gineer, or anything else.
'Send for a Special Circu-
lar, Commercial Depart
ment. And for particulars
write to f l..
PreSidep
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
The Future Vocation.

It is customary in Spain when an IN.
FAINT first begins to notice things to
a silver cross, a book and some fruit.
The object to which the child
stretches his hand indicates, according
to accepted belief, his future vocation,
The coin is for commerce, the sword
for the army, the cross and the book
respectively point to the church and
the law or learning, while the fruit de.
notes a farmer or landowner.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
BoIdness.

Mahomet made the people believe
that he would call a hill to him, and
from the top of it offer up his prayers
for the observers of his law. The
people assembled; Mahomet called the
hill to come to him again and again,
and when the hill stood still, he was
never a whit abashed, but said: III
the hill will not come to Mahomet, Ma
homet will go to the hill.'-Francis
Bacon.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
Rent Baths for SUNDAY.

Il have heard a good many stories
Illustrating thrift" remarked a New
Yorker, but the %janitor of some new
steam heated fats told me one that
beat them all. On Sundays the ten
ants have a great many visitors, and
the ~janitor discovered that these visit
ors paid the tenants two cents each
for the privilege Of taking a hot bath;
five cents if they did not bring their
own towels"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16

l ought not to allow any man, be-
cause he has broad lands, to feel rich
in my presence. l ought to make him
feel that / can do without his riches;
that | canno be bought-neither by
comfort, neither by pride; and, though
l be utterly penniless, and receiving
bread from him, that he is the poor
mar beside Mcpherson.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
Baptist Church.

Services first and third Sundays at
Masonic Hall at II a. IN. and s p. m.
Prayer and song service every We'd
nesday at s p. N. Sunday School at
10 a.. m. A cordial invitation to all.
Rev. JAS. l. KENDRICK, Pastor.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-07-16
Wherein Many Oppositions Fail.

An opposition has got to be in earn
est in championing honest govern
ment: it has got to look genuine as
we'll as be it, and it has got to believe
in itself. before it can induce the coun
try to vote against ministerial candi-
dates who come to them bringing
%loaves, fishes, %postofices and wharves.
Toronto Saturday Night.