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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-05
Then They Hit Up the Strip.

while on a western tour in cOnnec-
ton with certain Investigations Of the
committee on Indian affairs. Senator
Carroll E. Page of Vermont happened
to get In conversation with q man At
Ashland, Wis.
From Vermont" chuckled the
man. Why. l was born at Swanton,
VT"
$50 was l." said the senator.
MY father ran a store on Merch-
ants row in Swanton."
so did mine" replied the Vermont
senator.
MY father dealt in hides and WOOL
$50 did mine." echoed the senator.
MY father was a member of the
firm Of Page, Sanborn & Co."
80 was NINE" cried Senator Page,
with q twinkle in his eye. "Shake!"
And they SHOOK" heartily.
In this unexpected way the sons Of
the old Vermont partners had met
after 40 years, and tradition has it
that they vent OF quietly arm in arm
for . feast Of maple strip, in memory
Of childhood days at Swanton in the
old Green Mountain state.-Joe Chap
pies Newsletter.
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NO SPOOKS FOR EUGG:,,S
Was Afraid Of Nothing He Could Tn
derstand. But Apparition Was
Too Much for Him.

Museins goes to camp with his folks
inland lake, and n OF the bulldog S
fayorite amusements here is in chas
ing the tiny c~hipmunks which tnrong
the woods. He never was known to
capture one, but this does not in the
least dampen his enthusiasm for the
pursuit. 1t is amusing TO watch Mug
gins hustle one of these tiny creatures
I'D into a big tree and then sit pa
tiently at its foot waiting for his prey
to come down-which it quite often
does. but on the opposite side of the
trunk, whence it scurries away to pas
lures new, while poor deluded Mug
gins, all unaware OF its escape, sits
gazing intensely upward in wide-eyed
anticipation of his quarry's reappear-
ance.
Muggins despises water, but n day
in his eager rush for a chipmunk he
was over the bank before he knew 1t
and landed kerfop on his back with
such force as to send him way below
Tie SuIldCc. DlSSuol SPOhC S'SA'
feature Of his expressive c~ountenance
as he hastily scrambled ashore.
Once as Muggins' master stood In
the boathouse on the lake shore and
saw his favorite trotting toward him,
. mischievous thought came to him
and he prepared to surprise the limo
cent bulldog. Hastily cutting two
round holes for his eyes in a big paper
nour bag, which lay at hand, he pulled
It down over his head and shoulders
and doubled over so as to look alto
geter unnatural. Just as Muggins en-
tered the door he sprang forward with
. dismal boot" and the dog. who
fears nothing on the face of the earth
which he can understand. jumped
backward, rending the air with a series
Of distracted barks, then tore wildly
away on a a for his life. without
ever a backward glance at the awful
apparition. He did not stop at camp,
but fed into a field far above. where
he installed himself in the open and
continued his excited barking for over
three hours, when he was finally
coaxed back to quarters by his re-
Dentant tOrmento1.
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The Burnt Child.

A rural clergyman missed one Of
his Pensioners several successive
Sundays from his place in church and
when he met the absentee one day he
said:
We'll. William. / haven't seen you
at church for some time"
mo. sir. l have s for stayfn'
away"
~Oh, you have! And what may your
reasons be? I should like to explain
them away. il possible"
We'll, sir. l doubt you'll manage
that They are very decided objec-
lions. The first is that l don't be-
lieve in bein' where one does all the
speakin'; the second is that l don't be-
.lieve in 20 much singin' as We get in
your church.: the third. and last, and
most important reason of all Is that
1t was in your church hat l got my
wife!"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-05
For Gale.

A good. gentle mare, Z years old,
Apply this of1ce.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-05
THEIR WEAPON OF DEFENSE
Mysterious Provision OF Nature In the
Case Of Grasshoppers and
Other Small Insects.

Everyone has been startled. on
selling a grasshopper, by having the
animal throw of a quantity Of "tobac-
co-juice" from his mouth. Many in
sects throw Of quantities Ut juice In
this manner when they are attacked.
some from the mouth. some from the
Joints on the abdomen, some from
special points on the head, or other
parts Of the body. The juice thus
elected is generally some Of the in
sect's blood. and its sudden discharge
no doubt frequently causes the
captor to loosen his hold, or to drop
the prey altogether. Especially Is
this likely in the ease of those insects
that emit an acrid or a poisonous
liquid. as for example the Spanish
fy'' or c~antharides beetle. 1t is not
to be supposed that this discharge Is
in any sense a voluntary act on the
part Of the insect: 1t is a direct re-
sronse to certain kinds Of disturbance.
In this respect the action may be
compared to "death-feigning' IN IN
sects and in other animals. In some
insects. in which the juice IL dis
charged from The soft parts Of the
abdominal segments, the Juice is
thrown OF upon suitable stimulation
even after the animals head has
been removed. This curious behavior
Is not confined to any n family Of
insects. but has been observed among
several species Of the grasshopper
family, among ants, wasps and hor-
nets. in members of the moth and but.
terfy family. in beetles, in true bugs
and even among certain flies. The
blood does not come to the surface
through wounds caused by the disturb
ance: the opening is produced by q
sudden increase In blood pressure, at
points that are especially thin and
yielding. The first effect Of the dis
turnance II to cause certain muscles
70 contract, thus Increasing the pres
sure in the blood. leading to the
bursting Of tho special election spots.
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Finally Excused.

A Juror summoned to serve In IN
court OF Judge Gates asked to be a.
cused because of pressing business
that ne must attend to. The judge ~
fused to excuse him and went q
with the examination Ct other jurors.
Every once in . while this juror would
interrupt and ask to be excused b.
cause OF the pressing needs OF hid
business and The judge would CON
nand him to sit down. At last Judoe
Gates, losing patience, demanded:
And what 10 your business. siH.
that il 80 pressing?'
Il am a guard at the smallpox hoe
pitai and ! have left six smallpox pe'
tients there this morning who NEED
my attention" he answered.
There was . stampede from tn
court DON and the Judge, holding hi
handkerchief to his nose nodded foa
the Juror to go.-E1changa-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-05
Live Your Lne.

We sometimes wonder of what use
we are. and why We are put on earth.
One day Is added to another and We
seem to be no further advanced on the
pathway Of our lives. AS Mark Twain
would have put It, We do not appear
to b gaining on the scenery. Yet
there Is room in the world. and need
in the world, for each and every one
of 10, and. therefore, w must keep ON
going to the end. Emerson has =
poem in which the squirrel talks to
the mountain and says: IF I cannot
carry forests on my back neither n
you crack . nut" You can do some
thing nobody else can do. namely,
live your life. You have the chance.
II you win only take It, and l have
mine. II We can do nothing else We
can at least be some ones friend. and
there II nothing that the world more
kesnly wants and sadly needA-LA-
dies Home Journal.
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Society,".
Bridge Club.

Saturday afternoon Mrs. Daniel Dc
baillon entertained the Bridge Club
and a few friends. The entire house
was prettily arranged with cut flow
ers and beautiful pot plants. At the
appointed hour the hostess presented
each lady with a tally to keep score.
Mrs. Debaillon is the Clubs score
keeper and once a month the o is
added up and the prizes awarded. Al
ter a number of exciting games were
played the guests prize, a pretty
sterling silver deposit 8 was won
by Mrs. Masters. The ladies were
then invited into the dining-room.
which was beautiful with cut flow
ers and ferns. On the much admired
table was an exquisite battenburg
cloth, in the center of which rested a
beautiful cut glass candelabra with
red shades casting a pretty and pleas
ant light. The hostess then served a
delicious two-course luncheon. The
guests present e Mines. Joe. E.
Mouton, Masters. and Miss Alice
Moss and Miss Sandoz Of Opelousas.
The next meeting will be held in two
weeks with Mrs. B. J.. Pellerin as hos
tess.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-05

rstatoes = pretty high, but noeh-
tng IKE IN AuchteImuchty, where
some Ans ones sold for IS apiece. But
the AGsh Of these 1ne onss when cook
% 10 almost % white - Hungarian
Sour. And then these potatoes aro
not - b eaten. but r saved for
oeed. single C1ss being picked out
from hundreds q tAousanda.-Nsw
yoek Press.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-05
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER S, 1912.
Personals.

Rev. Role left yesterday afternoon
for Shreveport where he will spend a
few days attending to business.
Corn, oats, hay. chicken feed. rice
>oIish and all kinds Of feed stuns.
Ramsey Elevator Roller Mills. phone
No. 41o.
New Cranberries at so cents a gal
Ion. Immergluck's White front 1ro-
eery, phone 81.
Heaters Of all descriptions for
vcC6 ar coal.-Denbo 4 Nicholson
c., Ltd.
Jos. Dugas, of Scott, was in town
Yesterday and reports mis- i
running regularly. He says he Is get
ting cotton as far away as near Mau
rice.
Fresh pork links and Viennas al
vavs on hand at Is cents q pound.
lmmergluck's White Front Grocery
phone SO.
FOR SALE-Bu6 O~rpingtons. Cock
rel and 4 Pullets, took 3 first prizes
~ Eair. $1,000. Best layers, best
1able chickens of all--Jim Parker
-. 10-26-3t.
Kvanize Floor Finish for floors and
any interior wood work.-Denoo q
Nicholson Co.. Ltd.
Graham flour, buckwheat hour and
vhole wheat lour now In
morgluck's phone SO.
Rev. Detchemendy, Of Scott. motor
ed over yesterday to file a NUMBER OF
marriage licenses with the clerk OF
court.
New Perfection Oil Heaters. salts
action guaranteed.-Denbo 4 Nicn-
Glson Co., Ltd.
lars. Belle Hail, agent for spire'ia
eersets, phone SAC, residence ~
Sss..h.+h ~. 1o-26-3tF.
Hot chocolate and whipped cream
a&.Carter's Restaurant.
Ina received Almonds, Walnuts,
lraxil Nuts, candied Citron, lemon
M orange peeling, seeded raisinsand
arrants. Immergluck's White n
Grocery. phone 80.
! Mrs. P. M. Watt and Miss Eliza
Hopkins spent yesterday In New Or-
leans.
! Fried oysters and oyster loaves {
Oarter's Restaurant. next to Carriers
,Roataurant.-Adv.
Let The Advertiser print your
wedding invitations. We have nice
sock and do good work
Full assortment Of luncheon meats
nj I~mmergluck's White Front Gro
sery. phone 50.
Mrs. Joe E. Mouton left early SUN
day morning for Port Arthur. Texas,
where she was suddenly called on &C
count Of the illness of her sister. Mrs.
Arthur Leblanc.
Peters Swiss MIX Chocolate and
Almond Chocolate In & and 10 cent
MISUNDERSTANDING White
Grocery. phone 80.
o. B. Hopkins returned o Green
Vile yesterday to spend a while n
Lafayette attending to business mat
tiers.
Our line OF cook stoves. IL complete.
Denbo & Nicholson Co.. Ltd.
For q good cup Of tea or y
etop In ct Mrs. Carriers Restaurant
. Mrs. Jung returned home Sunday
from New Iberia, where n spent q
few days with relatives.
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Mere Than Likely.

When Aunt Mimy, away down south
in Dixie. was told that q man Of her
acquaintance. Who had been convicted
Of murder. would be hanged, she con-
sidered the situation thoughtfully.
That's gwine be right tryin' on that
Teller" she concluded at last
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-05

Kitty-1y brother Cornelius has
been calling On Miss Chilleigh for
over . yeaf. Aaris-Is he going -
marry herr Kitty-I don't know. I'm
afraid she's rather too cold to malno
Corn pop.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-05

Some M~ooquttoes oon't sting
1t 10 the female mosquito that does
all the biting. Those that have The
feathery, plume-like antennae are he
males and they are harmless.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-05

very Fond n Smith.
"You are fond of Smith. aren't you!@
Very"
HE hasn't much charactor!
NO"
His manners are bearish-"
Yes"
He IL dull" VI
"True."
Then what do you ind % attract
I've in him2"
He has asked ne Tor .
1htlGs-NoWark News
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-05
FOR SALE.

FOR GALE.
.300 Curds Of Heater. Stove. and
Chimney wood.-Alfred Hebert. near
Oargois SPRING.. l1'l-st.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-05
Eoworth League Social.

One of the most enjoyable Epworth
League socials ever held was Thurs
day evening given at the home of DIR.
II. B. Hopkins with Mr.. and Mrs, p.
M. Watt as host and hostess. The
ward and house was dimly lighted
with Chinese lanterns and j~ack-olan-
terms, casting a wierd glow and re-
minding that it was Halloween, d
night for witches and spooks to ap-
pear. The parlor was beautifully dec
grated with cut flowers and a number
of hideous jack-olanterns in every
nook and corner, welcoming the
guests into ghost land. Over n
door was written Ito the witch's
tent. The young folks followed and
for about an hour kept the witch
busy telling fortunes. Before leaving
the tent each one was given a small
piece of white paper and told to be
perfectly quiet while holding this
over the lampsin the next room and
their fate would be revealed. This
caused much fun. The guests then
returned into the parlor where each
one was blindfolded and taken to the
mantel of burning candles, where
much merriment was displayed in
proving how many years before the
wedding bells will ring" A number
of Jolly games were played, bringing
forth many peals of laughter, when
suddenly all the lamps went out, leaV-
ing only the hideous jack-o1anterns
burning, and two tall ghosts entered,
creating much excitement. In the
twinkling of an eye the ghosts were
gone, lights again burning and all hap
J PLY engaged in playing other frolic-
some games, causing time to fly by
too rapidly. Miss E. c. Hopkins, Sue
LeRosen Mrs. John Givens and Mrs.
LeRosen assisted Mrs. Watt in serv-
ing a delicious salad course to thirty.
eight enthusiastic leaguers and guests
Just before the clock struck twelve
all said good night and returned home
with lingering thoughts of a delight
fully spent evening.
Baptist Missionary Society.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Baptist Church met with Mrs.
NJ. g. Meyers last week and complet-
ed the work they we're doing for the
Lake Charles Orphanage. Considera-
BILE business was discussed and the
meeting was over at six O'Clock. The
Society will meet with Mrs. Baldwin
next Thursday evening. This will be
a very important meeting and all the
members are requested to attend.
Mrs. Meyers. assisted BY Mrs. Hall,
served delicious refreshments. It
g3z 4 ~fe"~N.1rl evening and dark
a'~-c~+ haecve me rewbers hade their
',osf reer1: ~ Those present were
Mines Perry. Hackett. Reeves, Wal
is, .loa A,'dvin, Hall, Mills, Cros.
ley, Myers. The guests Of the after
noon were Mines. NELLY, Totenheim,
and Rochelle. OF New Orleans.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-24

cream and a half teaspoonful OF almond
extract: stir over the fire until thoroughly
mixed and then boil until il cracks or
hardens when dropped in ice water: re-
move from the fire and pour into small.
heart-shaped pans that have been lightly
creased with olive oil and lined with
chopped almonds. When cold slip from
the pans and adorn with loop and ends
OF crimson satin ribbon. These are very
ornamental
Small cakes Of the star-shaped variety
should be selected, and decorated with
gaily tinted frostngs, and small candied
cherries and citron arranged to represent
clusters of holly
The old-fashioned gingerbread dolls
must also be provided with currant eyes
and mouth The ingredients OF these doll
les are so simple that even baby may par
take Of them with impunity, while the
older children are being resaled with more
substantial sweets.
Numerous ether devices will suggest
themselves as one proceeds with the fas-
cinating work; and the tree that really
Srew the goodies" will be long remembered
after the more elaborate and pretentious
af1air Of previous years has been for
gotten.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-24
HIS YOUNG BRIDE GONE
Aged Stephen Scutt Searching
for 19-Year Old Wife.

Poushkeepsie. Dec. 22-Stephen Scutt
seventv-fve years old, of Nerbank known
as the vinegar king IS searching for
his bride or last May. who was Alice See,
nineteen years old
Mrs. Scutt disappeared last Thursday
night. Scutt came to POughkeepsie to-
day seeking news OF her. but her friends
here say they have not seen her. 1t Is
said she had friends in Brooklyn, and
she may have gone to them. Mrs. Scutt
neighbors say. went away partly because
her aged husbands temper prevented
them from living happily together
scutt. who is wealthy, met his bride for
the first time last May. lie proposed
marriage the second time he called, Miss
See accepting, and they drove TO Mill
brook on May % and were married with
out the knowledge Of their friends. Scutt
gave his bride $500 as a wedding gift.
Later he bought her small automobile.
and when she expressed a desire for
larger car that could travel at high speed
he gave her racing car. She had sew
eral accidents with this car. and her hus-
band then showed signs of III temper.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-24
RAISES WAGES OF WOMEN
Jersey P. S. Corporation Fixes
50 Week as Minimum.

The Public Service Corporation Of New
Jersey, following an inquiry such as
some states are conducting and any num-
her OF civic and other organizations have
made. has established a minimum wage
for it's female employees. to take effect
January | Beginning with that date the
lowest wage that will be paid TO any OF
the three hundred or more women and
girls employed by the corporation or its
subsidiaries will be 81 a week. This will
mean a substantial increase for a major
ity OF the employees affected.
In statement yesterday announcing
the plan Of the corporation, the president.
Thomas n. McCarter. In Newark, dis
cussed tho question from moral point
OF view. and added emphasis 10 the pro-
nouncements against anything but "a
living wage" for the young women. par
ticularly If they were to be expected to
maintain their self-respect and avoid the
temptations OF the business world. Mr..
McCarters statement In part follows:
In pursuing its policy Of promoting the
material wellbeing OF its employees. the
Public Service. through its president and
welfare committee. gave serious consld-
Grafton 10 the problems which confront
the average young woman who must
needs support herself and whose natural
instincts are TO preserve her self-respect
and jealousy guard her good name.
careful investigation led TO the conclu-
sion that a Young woman could supply
herself with the necessarles of life, so
that she could live decently and have
fair margin for ordinary comforts, on an
income of 80 a week That she could do
so on less sum and he free from pitfalls
and temptations which beset young
women who are thrown in contact with
the world was not so obvious
New-York tribune., 1912-12-24
ENDS HER LIFE IN CELL
Grand Larceny Charge Shames
Woman to Suicide.

Feeling keenly her arrest on a charge
OF grand larceny, Mrs. Lillian Scott,
twcnth-eight years old, OF No. 527 West
18th street. committed suicide early yes
terday morning by hanging herself In a
cell in the Harlem prison. A bed-sheet
tied TO a water pipe near the ceiling of
her cell was the means she used to end
her lite.
When Mrs Kelly. the matron. made her
rounds an hour before Mrs. Scott was
found she appeared melancholy, but there
was nothing to indicate that she intended
20 end her life II IS believed that Mrs.
Scott committed the act as soon as the
matron left. Instead of waiting an hour
Mrs. Kelly visited Mrs. Scotts cell half
an hour later and found her hanging to
the pipe. Dr. Summerville. OF Harlem
Hospital, said the woman had been dead
about half an hour.
Mrs. olive Searles. OF No. 425 Gates
avenue. Brooklyn, who was the complain
ant against Mrs. Scott, when Informed OF
the woman's death said that she would
gladly have suffered the loss Of her prop
erty I'm silence II she had known what et-
feet her chdrge would have.
Detective Dukeshire. Of the Lenox ave-
nue. police station, arrested Mrs. Scott on
Friday. According 10 the complainant,
Mrs Searles, the prisoner had stolen from
her a fur coat valued at $500 a seal nun
valued at 500 and u diamond brooch
worth 500
New-York tribune., 1912-12-24

Washington. Dec. 23-The third birth
day party of Vinson Walsh Mclean, the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beale Nc
Lean, known as the SloO.oo0,OOO baby
was celebrated at the home of his parents
this afternoon, and exceeded in lavishness
any chrdren's entertainments ever given
in Washington. / or good three hours
the sixty children present were in fairy
land.
A great Christmas tree stood IN the
largest drawing room. ano Lighted from
top TO bottom with fancifully shaped cleo
trio lights presented a dazzling specta-
Gle. At the base were reindeer, leopards'
soldiers whose uniforms were made ty
regular military tailors, dolls dressed ty
the finest dressmakers In Washington,
New York and Paris; horns, drums, pi-
amos. doll carriages, bats and balls ana
horses almost as large as real ponies'
covered with the natural skins Of the AMI
mails. For the little girls there were beau
tiful pieces Of jewelry that they VIII De
able TO treasure all their lives.
Probably the present which Master Nc
Lean liked best of all was a real live
donkey with a long pedigree. but not
much bigger than toy. and beautiful
cart for the donkey 10 draw. into THIS
the children hoped with delight, while
the little animal looked unconcerned at
the great glistening mound beside him.
There were a big bull moose and al
reindeer put up and mounted by skilled
taXidermists.
Every little one invited, each the pro-
spective heir or heiress OF many thou
sands, II not millions, Of dollars. brought
the little host some precious gift, while
he, with all the naturalness Of baby life.
clung to ball that would bounce as II
II was a handful OF Hope diamonds Not
once did the little man show the slight
est interest in anything but the real boy
playthings.
Not the least wonderful Of the gorgeous