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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-22
1t Will Stay There.

SIN nv family medicine chest no
remedy is permitted to remain unless
it proves beyond q doubt the best to
be obtained for its particular purpose.
For treating all manner OF Skin
troubles, such as Eczema. letter,
Ringworm, etc.. Hunts Cure has held
it's place for many years. l have
failed to find a surer remedy. 1t cures
itching instantly" r. M. SWAMI,
Franklin. La.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-22

which was referred TO as the "Opel-
ousas Bridge" And a little ways be-
yond is the great river itself, the
Atchafalaya, sweeping with a terrible
rush towards the gulf. The current
seemed as strong as that of a noun
tain stream, although the river at
this point is over IS feet deep.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-22
Lafayette Building
Association

T. NJ. Biossat. IT,. Sec,y
$. K. Patterson. Treas
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-22
Don't 1t Jar YONi
A. b. Dcnbo. President.
A. !. Leblanc. Vice-PreS

To have q cough that you cant
leave off-even when o 60 to bed?
Put it away for good by using Sim
mons Cough Syrup. 1t heals infa-
nation of the throat and lungs-gives
YOU rest and peaceful sleep.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-22
Room and Board.

A private family will take a
married couple or two gentle
tlemen as roomers or boarders
or both. A large, well furnished
room on Lincoln avenue. Apply
to The Advertiser. 1-15.3tsw.
Home Building Association.
The board Of directors Of the Home
Building and Loan Association met
last Monday evening and elected the
following officers: J.. P. Colomb, pres
:dent: /. B. Bendel, first vice-prcsi'
dent; !. A. Roy, second vice-pre*i
dent: J. F. Jeanmard, secretary ano
notary; c.. O. Mouton, George Dou'
Get. C. I. Young, appraisement com
mittee: |. B. Bendel, Fernand Mou'
ton, J. A. Roy, auditing committee
on. There will be amoney-to-loanmeet
February Is.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-22

We are now Offering big bargains
in dress goods and clothing, and 1t
will pay you to call and see us for
ANYTHING in that line.-Schmulen.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-01-22
Homo euiIdinq Association.

High quality, well made, stylish
hitting clothing in large variety OF
patterns AT COST at Kahn's.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03

two minutes. Imagine the descent of an
electric elevator in a thousand story build
ing, and magnify the sensation sufficiently
and you will know how We felt, though
curiously enough you did not mind II
much unless you looked at the ground.
1--WE fell faster and faster; so fast that
when we attempted to throw sand over 1t
flew up instead OF down: You many
believe that or not, but it's true.
I'VE checked ourselves by the sandbags
abount a half a mile from the ground, and
soon commenced to think Of descending.
Monsieur Sky Pilot first closed the safety
valve outlet and looked to see that the
guide rope was still dangling below.
The guide ropes purpose is to break the
fall Of a balloon. In case the balloon sinks
too quickly the rope drags on the ground
and relieved of ie weight the balloon
again starts momentarily upward.
THE balloon was beginning to sink
gradually now, and as we neared the
ground we realized the speed at which we
were travelling. We could see the trees whip
and bend in the half gale, and We swept
past woods and villages at almost express
speed.
Landing in such a breeze is very diff
/ CUT All 10 a AEoN VI GIL NAb ohAh
naut possesses. We waited until a broad
stretch OF fields appearing before us and
then threw over the anchor, which has
nukes Just like a ship. In a quiet breeze
the anchor can be caught in a fence, but
II ours had caught in that manner we would
have been jerked out OF the car.
Just as our anchor was about ten feet
from the ground, directly before us, from
behind some woods TO our right, a train
burst into view. Our. paths were con-
verging TO exactly the same point and
we leaned over and shouted, for We
couldn't stop.
cit looked like a near thing for a mement,
but the engineer saw us and slowed down
and our anchor cleared the track by six
feet, with the train but twenty yards away,
We flashed by with rows OF Gaping pas
sengers gazing at us out Of the windows.
1--WE were nearly on the earth now and
flying like a huge bird and our anchor
was liable TO catch In the ground at any
moment We climbed up into the ropes
on the upper side of the basket, for when
the basket first strikes the ground the
shock may easily break the leg OF one
standing on the floor, and held our breath
Finally 1t caught and with a sharp reach
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03

the balloon keeled over like a sailboat be-
fore a squall.
Fine Work by Pilot.
"A sharp bump and, quick as a flash,
Monsieur Sky Pilot had pulled the valve
allowing the gas 20 escape from the top OF
the balloon, and it gradually began to set
tie on the ground. The first bump Is the
crucial moment, for an aeronaut must pun
that valve so that the balloon does not
raise again from the ground AFTER pelhs
heeled over. If the balloon leaves the
ground again you VIII find yourselves In
the car anchored to the earth, but twenty
or thirty feet above it. Our man was a
wonder, for the basket never rose attei
the first bump and the balloon collapsed
as gently as the kind you buy on Nassau
street for 5 cents.
by the time we had jumped OFT the
basket to the ground quite a crowd had
! m~iraculously appeared. The shooting sea
son was on and every ono seemed TO nave
a gun and a dog or two.
1.-THE crowd yelled and gesticulated' the
balloon sighed out its life breath, we took
a null at the brandy flask, the dogs yapped
and fought, and every one was happy.
After an hours work we had the balloon
| slowed away in the basket and shipped on
board a farm wagon for the nearest rail-
road station, which was about twenty
miles beyond Compiegne. We had sailed
a hundred miles since l o'clock
''Then We started for the station with
the wagon in front, We four bold Voyagers
next. the crowd OF peasants and hunters
behind stin gesticulating with their hands
and guns. / was really as afraid OF
those guns as any time during the trip,
I'VE ell trudged down a white dusty
road lined with poplars, and the sun sank
and the crescent moon appeared; and we
took more pulls at the brandy flask and
sang college songs and gave college yells
for the edification OF the populace. We
got back to Paris about 10 o'clock that
tight.
II tell you II was a great day, hut just
the same that white read beneath my feet
felt pretty good to me-"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03
Iuarters Of a mile before It stopped.

quarters OF a mile before 1t stopped.
Just as we raised ourselves to our knees
to peer over the edge the sun went behind
a bank of clouds, and down, down we COM
menced to go. We came down so far that
our guide rope, about 200 yards long,
dangled in the trees and some people
shouted at US. Quick work with the sand
bags and again we shot upward. this time
going a mile and a half high. l was never
so thoroughly scared in my life.
The first thing our sky pilot did was TO
pull a cord which had been tied about the
bottom OF the balloon. All balloons nave
this open space in the bottom. which acts
as a safety valve.
Use of the Safety Valve.
I'm the suns rays the gas expands and
Is forced out through this opening. II
the cord fails to release it or II the open
ing is not large enough. there is no outlet
for the expanding gas and the balloon may
burst. There is another valve in the
top which may be opened, but hat one is
never used except when on the ground
after a landing. The opening in the bot
tom was above the basket and we could
look upward directly 10 the top of the
balloon. When the sunlight struck
through the cover we certainly seemed
sailing on air.
Gradually we stood erect. and with
hands tightly grasping the ropes looked
down. Behind us lay Saint Cloud, witt
the palace about the size of a chestnut
and the huge racecource no larger than q
billiard ball. Still further back lay al
Paris, churches, the white bridges
squares a marvellous sight at which
forgot our dizzy height.
Some one called to me from the othel
side of the basket, and / took one steI
and then again clutched the ropes. TIL,
floor of that pannier was nothing bu
wicker which bent and sank beneath M
weight and creaked ominously. DON
talk to me OF the ocean traveller will
nothing between him and the bottom o
he sea but half an inch Of planking
Suppose you had nothing between yo'
and a fan Of a mile and a half but lesi
than half an inch of plated willow!
Monsieur Sky Pilot laughed an
pointed out to me that the ropes from tn
body OF the balloon passed down the side
and under the bottom of the basket. II
fact the willow woven In between thes
ropes, making a strong but mighty flexibl
floor.
IAN the while We were being swsp
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03
Poor sandy,

The young scotchman never Ike his
mother-in-law and this weighed h a { y on
the mind of his wife, who was nl.
Calling her husband 70 Ger be6sidt she
said to him: SANDY, lad, I'm var a III
and I think I'm gang to dee, and before 1
dee l want you to gle me a promise"
"Ill promise, replied Sandy. wv at is
it?'
"Weel, I ken that when I doe I'll have a
fine funeral, and 1 want you TO ride up In
front in a carriage wi my mother"
"Weel," sadly responded Sandy, I've glod
ye my word, an its nae me that's g-ng
back on that. but I'll tell ye ono IN n g,
we've spoilt the day for me" IS Mag
azine.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03

southwark about forty miles an hour.
though our progress seemed inappreciable
to us from that height. My first impress
sion after getting my sky legs was of the
tremendous silence in which We were
sailing.
"A balloon is always abreast of the wind,
so there is no sound of the wind soughing
in the ropes. AS we shot upward the noise
of traffic and footing of trains had died
away, and now we were majestically being
swept along. -encompassed by impenetrable
walls OF silence 80 profound that one hardly
liked to talk or laugh aloud.
Effect of Weight.
Another curious thing was the effect
which the slightest circumstance had upon
the equilibrium of the balloon. By a very
delicate instrument we carried the rise or
fall was measured. It's pointer was rarely
motionless.
I'm the daytime the various strata of air
nave different temperatures, and the air
rising from dense forests or off a large
body Of water causes the gas to contract
and tho balloon to fall. Every article Of
weight counts. We drank a couple of bot
ties of water and threw the bottles over
the side. Even to so light a weight the
pointer measured a rise OF about twenty
feet, and when we threw over half a sand
bag we spurted upward hundreds OF feet.
81 had always believed that a whole sand
bag was dumped over the side at once,
perhaps to the danger of earth jewellers;
but the correct way is to cut a slit in the
top of a bag and let the sand dribble out
gradually. Sandbags are precious and a
good aeronaut always saves several for the
ticklish work OF the landing.
I'VE sailed steadily, with the earth a
broad, green kaleidoscope Of villages, rivers
and hills. a mile and a half beneath us, for
several hours. At times when the sun went
behind a bank of clouds VT sank, but threw
out no bags. as the air above two miles
from the earth causes temporary deafness,
accompanied by a queer buzzlng in the
ears.
The suns rays were growing colder
and Just as we were above the great for
est of Chan1ily It popped behind a huge
bank Of darkening clouds. Tn Withdrawal
Of the suns warmth. combined with the
humid air arising from the forest, Instantly
caused us to drop.
Sensation of Falling.
How we did drop! Our pointer showed
a tan Of nearly half e mile In little over
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03
Heroic Tooth Pulling.

A. II. Koetz OF Vineland. N. j.. who was
thrown to the ground when a twenty-foot
electric light pole on which he was at
work snapped, has had a remarkable ex-
perience in recovering. In the fall some Of
his teeth were Jared and others had the
filling knocked out. When he was thought
to be recovering his jaws suddenly locked
and remained so for nine days. Medical
skill was puzzled until a dentist suggested
that the trouble was caused by an injury
to the molars which affected the glands
of the neck. Koetz's mouth was pried open
little by little and corks placed between
his front teeth until the dentist. DR.. f. S.
Walls. could apply his forceps TO the
molars and remove them. The young man
is now recovering rapidly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03
HIRING A BALLOON In PAIRS
Some Sensation You Can Get on Pay
ment of Hundred Dollars.
ONE OF THEM A JUMP A NILE UP
Tremendous silence of the Upper Air
The Earth from Away Up
When walking Seems
Pretty Good.

NEW YORK. Jan. L-'Paris is the only
place In the world that 1 know OF where
one can hire a balloon" said a young
American recently returned from abroad.
''out near Saint Cloud lives a professional
asronaut who owns five or six balloons and
rents them to parties for the day.
He belongs to the French Aero club and
uses its grounds and plant which manufac-
lures special gas for the balloons. You can
hire a balloon for ar afternoon with a COM
petent aeronaut In charge for about 500, of
which about $50 is the cost OF the gas used.
Three OF us in Paris last September de
cided that a trip in a balloon was necessary
as part Of our European education and en-
gagged one OF these balloons several days
ahead. As 1 had never been much higher
than a cog wheel railroad in Switzerland
and a thirty-story office building in New
York, I endeavored to drop the matter
from my mind. But l remember my dis
may on the appointed day when l awoke
20 the sound OF Tapping curtains and slam
ming blinds and realized that a gale wa
blowing.
I'VE lurehed as cheerfully as possible
under the circumstances, remarkins with
great POPULARITY upon the peculiar spiashes
on the landscape which each believed thS
other would make in case we collapsed
but I'm sure none Of US felt as funny a.
we pretended 10 be. We arrived un thu
grounds OF the Aero club about l o'clock
and the win was blowing about forty miles
an hour. The balloon was hatt filled with
gas from a pipe Leading from the plan
and looked like a huge squat broodinl
han
Wind No Hindrahce.
1T wal being held down by fifteen OF
twenty workmen and sandbags were hookeC
on the outside OF the basket or pannisr
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03
Wind NO HIndrance,

1T was being held down by fifteen or
twenty workmen and sandbags were hooked
on the OUTSIDE or the basket or pannisr,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03
Had Two Faults.

Uncle Remus, besides being an inveterats
korsetrader, was something OF a wag. One
day. after swapping a rather disreputable
looking nag. he said;
Now. stranger. I'll tell yer fair. Oar
boss hab got two faults"
And more, too, j guess" assented the
ether. But what are they?'
"Wa-al, ef he gifts out In de field he's
de hahdes' boss ter ketch ye ever seed.
an when yer hitch i'm ne amt wuth a
cusA"-Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03
Rebuking a Dandy.

A story is told Of Admiral Evans blunt
rather than caustic wit in connection with
his latest stay in Washington. As the ad-
miral was leaving an entertainment In
which the younger set predominated, he
CHANGED to pick up from the floor a very
dainty handkerchief edged with lace. He
was gravely inspecting this "trifle light as
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03

as they call II. We were introduced to the
aeronaut WHIT was to take as up, and he
advised against an ascent owing to the
wind. He was a little black-bearded man
with the whitest teeth ever saw.
II knew no English and we little but
cafe and railroad French, and as we failed
to catch his name We named him Monsieur
Sky Pilot, at which he grinned amiably.
We explained that we left for America
shortly and said we'd take our chances in
the wind, especially as we discovered that
we'd have to pay for the gas in any event.
THE huge ball swelled and swelled and
commenced to rock to and fro and the
Workmen got more and more excited over
holding her. We climbed into the basket,
which was square, contrary to my eXpec-
tations. Monsieur Sky Pilod got very pusy
unlocking the sandbags on the outside of
the basket, shouting to the orkme and
endeaVoring to obtain the exact balance
so that the balloon would shoot upward
upon being released
He explained to use that the start Is
really the most disagreeable part of bal
looming, for unless you shoot upward
quickly the balloon may be swept against
houses or telegraph wires or trees, which
is decidedly unpleasant for the occupants
OF the basket. on the other hand. il there
is not enough weight in the car 1t may
shoot upward for miles before being stopped
and the sudden transition to the rare at
mosphere causes bleeding at the nose and
ears.
Plenty of P~rOvender.
Inside the basket We had water and
provisions for several days I'm case OF need
and a great many sandbags. While the
aeronaut was adjusting the bags the bal
loon was bobbing from side to side and
now and then, when a gust struck it, the
balloon bucked and bounded like a bronco
lifting the woTkmen off their feet. II
looked as IL the whole contrivanee would
De swept into the air, workmen and all
and one huge fellow with Precipitation run.
nlng down his face called that they could
not hold It any longer.
You must!' You mustr yelled the sky
pilot, and as saw their struggles 1 begar
to wish l had not come.
After what seemed an age the aeronau
had everything adjusted to his satisfaction
told us to crouch In the bottom Of tbs
basket, and. as a squall struck us, yeheS
Eth bien, lachez!' TO the workmen.
Now! l began TO think we would neveI
stop. That balloon shot upward three
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03

air" when a rather effemlnate 10 king
young man hastened forward to claim it.
your sisters, no doubt" said the ad-
miral, as he handed 1t over.
"Oh. no." said the young man. IT'S
mine
Evans scrutinized the young man closely.
would you mind telling me what size
hairpins you use?' he asked, after a pause.
Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03

How we did drop! Our pointer showed
a tau Of nearly half g mile In little over
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03
Sreaf January Grocery OPENING Sale

10 bars Diamond c or Bea 'Em-All
Soap, for
6 pounds choice Japan Rice ......25c
4 lbs. best Pearl Tapioca or Sage 25c
The best Hand Picked Navy Beans,
per pound
Best Domestic Macaroni, pkg sac
lib. pkg. Corn Starch .........4hc
Gallon can Apricots, Peaches. Pears,
Plums, Wax Beans or String Beans.
per can ........
Gallon ear Pumpkins, Apples, Toma-
toes, per can .2bc
Gallon cans Cherries, per can ....5Oc
S-lb. cans Solid Packed Tomatoes,
Hominy, Pumpkin, Sauer Kraut, or
Baked Beans, per can ....,....Sbc
2-lb. cans Fancy No. l Sweet Sugar
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03

the RELIAaLE STORE
WOOL DRESS O SALE

Clearing Out all Odds and Ends at Almost Any Price:
100 pieces and half pieces of all wool English, French and
German Dress Goods, dark colors, sold for $100, $1.25 and
$3.50 yard, fine colorings and the best of material for
childrens school dresses, ever offered. Also for Tailor
100 pieces of all wool Serges, 54inch Mohsir, 52-inch all
wool Panamas, 46-inch fancies and other goods in pieces,
half pieces and small pieces, worth from $1.OO to $1.9S
yard, all on one table to close at, a yard. .......... 8
$500 yards of Remnants in all kinds of goods, left over after
the Holidays, they sold from $1.00 to $500 yard, good long
lengths, all colors and blacks, at yard sec 75c and CSC
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03
E%mbYoideHes 124c

A big line of Az to 6 yard
strips for selection.
15c Embroideries and Insertings,
immense assortment, all go at,
choice, per yard. SC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-16
OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE WITH
THIN GRAY HAIR OR DIS
EASED SCALPS.

In an interview with Hessig-Ellis
Drug company, one of the largest firms
of wholesalers in The southern states,
they stated that the demand for Q-Bah
Hair Restorer and Q-Ban Hair Tonic
was growing to unprecedented proper
lions. So great has the market become
for these preparations that druggists
are ordering of them in greater quanti-
ties than of any other preparations
compounded for the same purpose.
The offer made by the compounde-s
OF Q-Ban Hair Retsorer and Q-Ban
Hair Tonic is unique. You can go to
any druggist and buy six packages of
Q-Ban Hair Restorer. one at time,
end if after using the sixth bottle the
color of your hair has not been changed
to the color Of youth. any druggist VIII
give YOU an order on the manufactur-
ers to refund to you your money The
Hair TONIC is intended for use by
gray haired people. as well as those
who are not A daily application of the
Hair Tonic viii. IT is said, positively
Increase the growth of the hair from
three to SIX inches per year until the
limit of growth has been reached.
The preparations will keep the hair
in a perfectly healthy condition and
will eradicate dandruff. stop falling
hair. correct eczematous conditions. etc.
10 woman should be without bottle
Of the Q-Ban Hair Tonic It's use is
delightful habit. For sale at all drug
rists. ASK your druggist about the
Guarantee on Q-Ban Hair preparations.
If you are gray haired OF becom-
ing gray. you can have the first full
sized so cent package of Hair Restor-
er by simply mailing your address and
II cents in postage to Hessig-Ellis
Drug Company, Memphis, Tenn o.
cali at either of Marshall Bros. drug
stores. 1876 Kansas avenue, and 81
7 .