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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
A Matter of Distribution.

New Orleans States
In a recent article printed in the
Vicksburg Herald the suggestion is
made that the mu~ch-talked-of corn
surplus in Louisiana is probably not
such a large surplus after all. 1t is
pointed out that while the Louisiana
crop is Slightly above the normal, yet
the situation in Texas and Mississippi
is exactly the reverse, in both states
being somewhat below the normal.
This being the case, the Herald
suggests hat there is no necessity for
the extensive preparation being talked
of for exporting Louisiana's crop, and
it ventures the prediction that lit will
be many years before Louisiana or
Mississippi will raise a surplus crop"
the subject the states suggested that
the corn problem in Louisiana was
largely a question of distributions;
that if everybody in Louisiana who
will buy corn during the next twelve,
months would buy it of the Louisiana
corn producer there would be no sur
plus. We are still of that opinion.
But in dealing with practical ques-
lions the situation must be consid-
cred as it exists and not as we should
like to have it. The situation is that
there are many farmers who will sell
corn in September or October if
they can find purchasers, and then
in February or March will be buying
corn for stock feed at figures ad-
vanced greatly above those at which
their corn was sold. 1t is this i'm
providence which must be taken into
the account in discussing practical
means for the disposition of the corn
crop. Railroad companies, steamship
lines, warehousemen, brokers, ETC.,
interested in the profits that accrue
to them from the handling of corr
actively urge the farmer to ship it,
anu luo result is ludl Tie 1dIu1cI uOcS
it to his own hurt.
Realizing the situation that actually
exists, the States has devoted much
space to the subject and in every case
it has urged the farmers of Louisiana
to convert every possible bushel of
their fine corn crop into packing
houseand dairy products, poultry,
horses and mules and meal and grits,
sending to market only the surplus
products which it is impossible to use
profitably at home. Hthat plan should
be pursued, we. are quite confident
that not a bushel of Louisiana corn
would go beyond the borders of the
state this year; that within five years
the corn Production could be quadru-
pied and still not exceed the home
demand, and that the result of such
a policy would be to increase. the
wealth Of the state and the prosperity
Of our agricultural interests several
fold within e few years.
With u mild winters. fine natural
p~asturage and abundant rainfall stock
raising and dairying can be carried
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Rules For Dealing With The Fly
Nuisance.

Rules For Dealing With The Fly
Nuisance.
Gueydan News.
Keep the flies away from the sick.
especially those i'll with contagious
diseases. Kill every fly that strays
into the sick room. His body is
covered with disease germs.
Do not allow decaying material of
any sort to accumulate on or near
your premises.
All refuse which tends in any way
to fermentation, such ass bedding
straw, paper waste and vegetable
matter, should be disposed of or
covered with lime or kerosene oil.
Screen all food, whether in the
house or exposed for sale.
Keep all receptacles for garbage
carefully covered and the cans cleaned
or sprinkled with oil or lime.
Keep all stable anu in vault Or
pit, screened or sprinkled with lime,
Oil or other cheap preparations,
such as are sold by a number of
reliable manufacturers.
See that your sewage system is in
good order: that it does not leak,
is up to date and not exposed to
flies.
Pour kerosene into the drains.
Burn or bury all table refuse.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31

on to better advantage and much,
more cheaply than can be done in
Minnesota, WISCONSIN, Iowa and Me-
braska, where the long and severe
winters restrict the benefits OF pas
turage and MAKE expensive housing.
and feeding necessary. There is more
money in stock raising and dairying
i%nteIligently conducted than in any
two of the present staple crops COM
bined, and the opportunity presented
now to break away from the one
crop plantation system which has
been the curse of Louisiana should
be welcomed by every farmer in the
state.
And except where there is a surplus
which cannot be utilized p%rOfitably at
home, not a dollars worth Of corn
should be sent out Of the state this
season, and that should be followed
by doubling the acreage in corn and
increasing the herds next year. This
would make the corn problem merely
a matter of local distribution, and set
the railroads and steamships to fig
uring on the transportation Of the
finished products of the cOrn-bacOn,
hams and beef, butter and cheese,
fine horses, mules, poultry and the
products of the fowl yard-instead of
hauling corn.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31

here to the men that scramble for
pennies. for dollars and for millions.
lney are able, strong men, but they
nor the American nation nor the best
mer in it.
Colonel Harvey says that if you
take ten thousand men out of this
Countrywide ablest ten thousand-the
country will fall to pieces. He might
as we'll say that if you take ten apples
off a tree. the tree will wither and
fall. Not a bit of it. You men with
money and power are the pretty shiny
apples on the tree. The sunlight, the
warmth, the praise, are for YOU, but
you are only the passing fruit. Inc
real tree is the thick trunk. The real
bower is with those in the roots Ind
den in the soil.
ssAnd in this nation. the real power,
the root of the patton, is the mass or
people-toO often, like trees roots,
hidden below in the dark and cold.
But from those roots. from the peo-
pie, comes all the real power.
"And when this nation, n you
prosperous men, face a perilous SIT
uation. as you have done in the past
and YOU will! do in the future, you
will find the nan to help you and
to save. not at this table, not at
Delmonico's.
..There was trouble before the civil
war. serious trouble. Did the people
call upon a rich corporation lawyer
or a banker? No. They asked a
little country lawyer, with nothing
but a name, and a br ain, and a heart
to save the country.
"When that man. Lincoln, needed
help in his grea at work, to whom did
he look? Did he find the man in
Wall Street? No. Wall Street was
quite busy, as usual, picking up bar
gains in bonds.
General Grant was there among
the roots of the people, out of sight,
He did not have a million
dollars, and Delmonico's prices
his reach. But he had the
great ability. and when the nation
was ready to offer him what is really
the great reward-hOnor and glory
he was ready.
st will always be so; the force is
in the people. The strength of the
soup is at the bottom of the boiling
not in the pretty greasy, bub-
bling Scum that floats on top.
"There are big men in the United
States waiting for the reward worthy
of the men we have been talking about
or looking at here. These truly great
never had q bank account, not
even a certificate of deposit, but they
are the American nation and they are
America"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
m the Plain People Really Amount
to Something7
Shreveport Journal.

Shreveport Journal.
There are a whole lot of folks in this
country who have come to the conclu.
sion that the plain, ordinary, common
people don't amount to a row of pins.
One of those is Col. George Harvey.
editor OF Harper's Weekly, and at a
recent dinner given in New York to
Lord Northcliffe, the great English
newspaper editor and owner. he en-
deavored to exploit some of his views
and to eulogize the rich men of Amer
lea for the benefit of the English guest
of honor. If Lord Northcliffe did not
60 back to England with a fine assort-
ment OF contempt for Col. Harvey and
the people he represents, then we miss
u guess. Mr.. Brisbane, who is edi-
tor of the New York Hearst papers,
replied to Colonel Harvey as follows:
This is a fine gathering of power
full men, big fortunes, and great rep
utations. want to say something for
the men who never had a million dol
lars, never got on the pay roll OF a
millionaire.
81 don't want Northcliffe to go back
to England believing that a man with
out a million in this country might as
we'll hide under the table or jump off
the dock.
1.-THE real American nation, its real
resources, its real ability, are hidden
among those unknown seventy-nine
millions that never go to DelmOnico's,
most of whom know as little about ter
rapin as about bird's-nest soup.
"Harry Harvey says very truly,
The great reward must 60 to the mar
OF great ability True. But what is
the great reward, and what do you
call great ability.
''If l scatter money in the street and
q thousand eager men dive to get it,
l am holding up one kind of reward,
and | call forth one kind of ability.
"Blt If q child is in danger of its
life, and q man risks his life to save
it, that situation calls out q different
kind of ability, and reveals a man
who asks for q higher reward than
cash.
I'VE are paying too much attention
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Kept Burial Clothes at Hand.

In the clothes which she had made
IS years ago for the purpose, Mrs.
John Holstein of Arlington. Pa, was
buried as she has wished. The aged
woman had each year d, ling her life
washed these clothes and hen placed
them carefully in a box. Shortly be-
fore she died she called to n of her
daughters and told her Were to find
the burial clothes, with instructions to
see they were placed on her body.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Natural History as She Is Spoke.

Doris lived in the city, and a sum-
mer visit to grandpa's farm revealed
many wonders. After being treated TO
the farmers luxury, cream, she was
allowed to go to the barn to see the
cows MIXED. She looked on with
much interest for a while and then
asked: Grandpa, which is the little
pocket she keeps the cream IMP
The Delineator.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
DOG Pays for a

At Cote Saint Andre Usere) they
have a curious tax on dogs. Gas has
been introduced into the commune,
and the friend of man is to pay for it.
All dogs are to be taxed as dogs kept
fer pleasure, but in the case of sub
%scribers to the gas undertaking their
dogs of whatever species are to be
treated as watch dogs and will be
exempt.-London Globe.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Ideal Novel.

We want a novel of sweet smelling
briar rose and country sights n
sounds, of simple life and simple
folks, Of a little make belief" per-
haps,. with some humor and a touch
of path0s-a story of the country we
often dream about, the country v
the. hills and far away."-London
Book Monthly
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Drjfted into X,

Eyes, Eve managed to get into debt
pretty deeply" said Kayrless. In
deed" remarked Wise, Il gave you
credit for more sense than you seem
to have" HIN! the trouble was that
tailor gave me credit for more
dollars than l seem to have said
Kayrlfss. - Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
SELECTING a Life Partner.

The rules that apply to selecting a
satisfactory life partner are not great
ly different from those that prevail
in picking out a horse. Just get one
that's well bred, that's sound in wind
and limb and that's gentle, kind and
willing to pull squarely in double har-
ness.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Not in Monarch's Class.

Zimmerman, an eminent practitionr
er of his day, was called in as physi-
clan to Frederick the Great in his last
illness. One morning the king said:
you have, I presume. helped many a
man into another world" The doctor
responded judiciously blending truth
and fattery: Not SO many as your
majesty, nor with SO much honor to
myself"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Just Like a WomanI

"The author of There Is No Death
has married an undertaken" says a
her husband to make a living?
Charleston News and Courier.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
EawNCyi,

III l we're running things" said the
boarding house philosopher, I'D put
a prohibitory tariff on slang. The i'm
ported English varieties are crowding
out our home product"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
The Hiohest Folly,

A.-"The height of folly, is not to
listen when some n says something
nice about you" B.-"Nonsense, the
height of folloy is not to listen when
some one says something nasty about
some one else."-GauloiS.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Rare Exception.

Il rather pride myself on n thing"
said the young father. Although l
have the brightest, smartest, cutest,
best youngster l ever saw, I never
brag about him."-KansaS City Times.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Home ThouohtS.

A street p no grindir ; out Home,
Sweet Home" is apt to make a COM
mercial man on a trip lonely until he
remembers that his wife wrote she
was in the midst of housecleaning.-
Syracuse Post Standard.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Said Uncter Siias.

The paths of glory lead but to the
grave. but there are pleAty OF fellers
who amt afraid to grab a pick an
shovel an hit the glory trail"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Handicap of SeifishnesS,

Sympathetic natures poAetrates the
consciousness of others farther than
the colder natures. A selfish person
is at a loss to understand his fell
lows.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
SIGNIFICANT

Whenla man in a street al never
loc..s atetle pretty girls it's a sign the
WOMAN. sitting next to him is his wife.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Feminine Notes

When a wOman's face is her fortune
she shouldn't have much. trouble in
getting through life on herr cheek
New York Times.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
MID and Tuck.

Self.eoniiGence is half the battle,
lr.at the other half generally makes
vou lose it.-Huek-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31
Life Wasted in Infancy

What shall it profit a nation to have
a great many babies born if most Of
them die?-Philadelphia Record.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-31

He. latter the proposal)-My salary
is $500 a year Now, dearest, what
is the least you think you car live on?
She-Well. how much credit can
you get
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-15
Bank Changes Owners.

DavidsA. Dwyer and sons, John G.
and James W., who held controlling
interest III the stock of the Bank of
Greenbfier, w. Va, have sold out to
l.. E. McCIung, and Jas. E. and John
S. Crawford. The new officers of the
bank are J.. +. McClung, president; A.
E. johnson, vice-president; James E.
Crawford, cashier; Henry f. Hunter,
assistant cashier; d. G. Humphreys,
teller, and w: B. Crawford, book
keeper.
The Greenbrier Independent says :
"WhiIe the people of this community
and of the whole county, indeed, will
no doubt wish for the new management
the fullest measure of success, we be-
lieve regret at the retirement of the
Dryers will be general and genuine.
Since going into business here they
have won anu held the confidence and
good will of all. They have shown an
enterprising spirit most commendable
and resulting greatly to the advantage
of the town and in all their business
dealings have been liberal, fair and
lust
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Washington, DC, Jan. 9.-The first
of the large White House receptions
took place Thursday night when the
President welcomed the diplomats Of
all the nations represented at the Capt.
tai and hundreds of guests invited to
meet them. 1t is customary at all OF
these receptions to include in the invi-
tations all of the members of Congress
and among those with whom the Pres
ident shook hands were large num-
Der who had in their pockets notes OF
the addresses to be made excoriating
Mr.. Roosevelt for his secret service
message. 1t is presumed that in the
social relations the President and the
members Of Congress drop all OF their
political differences and no man is
cleverer at that business than the Pres
ident who manages with fine social skill
ITO perform all of the amenities without
making guests feel the existing cool
ness. Conspicuous by their absence
Thursday night were Mr.. Tawney who
is to bear the brunt of Mr.. Roosevelt's
attack ON Congress for the national de-
tective bureau squabble and Senator
Tillman. Mr.. Tillman IS putting on
the usual brave front and has come out
with the statement that he would be
glad to have his private life and bust
ness connections Investigated and made
public but..these statements are formal
and customary and no one pays them
serious attention.
The secret service has been at work
on Mr.. Tillman's record and has I'M
earthed some questionable connections
of the Carolina Senator with the st.
Paul and Pacific Timber syndicate of
Portland, Oregon, which the Senator
denounced in speech almost year
ago. The enmity between the Presi-
dent and Mr.. Tillman is of long stand
ing and the public is well aware of their
many differences so that it will not be
surprising if one of the last acts of Mr..
Roosevelt's presidential career will be
to undo the senator from South Caro-
lima as the senior Senator from Ohio
was undone and laid on the shelf. AT
ter the death OF President Mckinley
and Hanna the saying was current that
fate took care of any one who happened
to be in the way Of Mr.. Rooseyelt's
march aud it would seem that fate has
continued her work in disposing of
those who have opposed him. Mr..
Tawney, it is believed will suffer seri-
ously in his own constituency for his
part in the secret service and it would
not be matter for surprise if Mr..
Roosevelt's exposure will end the ma
tional career of the heady Senator
from South Carolina. Senator Culber-
SON, of Texas, introduced resolution
in the Senate this week 5enonncing
the Pre5idsut's refusal TO impart infor-
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-15


ested in advertising, He has all his
paid AMI makes big money
out of the venture. What blessing it
is to be born lucky if one cannot be
born rich. What good thing to be on
intimate terms with a President of
these United States and to have con-
science which is elastic. With these, all
obstacles, distance, heighth, depth and
every other creature are swept away,
and one becomes at one and the same
time the ward of the nation, and of the
thrifty business people. Compare this
with ranking letter or even sending
a typewriter through the mails, and
see VIII ere it stands.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-15

Republican, we trust it may be when
every man who fought against North
ern oppression from 1861 to 1850 and
and who has tried to lift the South out
of the poverty and devastation wrought
then, and save 1t from injuries still in
fiicted on it by hostile political par
ty and its policies, has been laid be-
meath the sod. We sadden when we
see any such become renegades, and
for the glory of their country and their
own fair names, we trust they may all
die before they desert.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-15
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials.
Address f. j. CHENEY & CO., To-
ledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-15
Chanler Case Postponed.

Charlottesville. Va, Jan. 1.-THE
case of John Armstrong Chanler, or
Chaloner, as he has called himself in
recent years, divorced husband OF
Amelle Rives, the writer, and brother
of William Astor Chanler of New York,
involving the suit of "Chaloner" for
restoration of large amount of prop
erty he alleges he was deprived of fol-
lowing his Incarceration in an insane
asylum in New York, was today post
poned until September l.
The case has attracted considerable
attention because of the prominence of
the parties involved and the sensational
nature of the charges.
Miss Nellie Cochran, the fourteen
year-old daughter of Mr., and Mrs. A.
B. Cochran, has on exhibition at Mr..
Thomas Hogshead's store, very pref
ty painting, the subject being two hunt
ing dogs, and they are true to nature in
their pose of standing birds.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-15
THE LID.
by our Poet Laureate.

by our Poet Laureate.)
Good people all with one accord
Are calling for the "Lid,"
They say they want to serve the Lord
Just az their fathers did
They want this wicked town to rest,
They want no sin, nor care;
And thus, they say, it can be blest,
By Sundays spent in prayer.
They found law in musty tones
Passed many years ago,
By sanity men-gone to their homes
Above-or down below.
With this they've shut the soft drink
joints,
They've closed the sshiner's" shops,
They've locked up various other
points,
And they have warned the cops.
And now we'll be too sweet to eat,
Too good, we know, for pie;
Well all grow wings down to our
feet,
Be angels fore We die.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-15
A Horrible Hold-Up.

"About ten years ago my brother
was 'held'up' in his work, health ana
happiness by what was believed to be
hopeless consumption" writes w. r..
Lipscomb, of Washington, n. c. CHE
took all kinds of remedies and treat
ment from several doctors, but found
no help till he took DIR. Kings New
Discovery and was wholly cured by six
bottles. He is well man today" It's
quick to relieve and the surest cure for
weak or sore lungs, hemorrhages, colds
and coughs, bronchitis, la grippe, asth-
ma and all bronchial affections. QUO
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by B. +. Hughes.