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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-06-12
Exhibition of the Pupils of
st. Joseph's School.

Last Saturday the children. of the
school mentioned in our headline, IN
der the charge Of the Sisters of Mercy,
gave their first exhibition. in a manner
that drew forth much praise from those
present, The parents were, undoubtedly.
proud of the progress made by their
children. and also appreciated fully the
pains taking care bestowed upon them.
We append the programme.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-06-12
He Paid 1000 For A Wife.
Forty Women Refused His 0ffer-His
Sons Now Petition for
Oonservator.

Last fall Chauncey B. Winship, a hard
listed old farmer of Weathersfield, lost
his wife. He is rs years of age, but
within a week after his wife's death he
began to look for a second wife. He had
real estate valued at 5000 and $4,000
in bank, and hoped to buy a woman of
some sort. He first wrote an advertise
ment for wife, but it appeared as one
for housekeeper. Twenty five women
answered at ohce. He ranged them in q
room and made the circuit with a roll
of bills, $1,000 10 his hand and stopping
in front Of each said:
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-06-12

BOUGHT SUGAR PLANTATION.-The
colOred woman, Mary Hudson, who had
been left 700 by the late Charles H.
Walker, Of st Mary, is reported to have
bought Mr.. Don Cafferey's sugar planta-
tiOn, just above Franklin, for the sum
Of $4,000.
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1900
ARPENTS
OFLAND FOR
SALE.

Land of first quality, impro-
we'd and unimproved, in lots
to suit purchasers, situated on
the Hills adjoining Cade's Sta
ton, St. Martin Parish La.
Good water and easy commu-
Terms easy.
For particulars address to
Robert Martin,
Lock Box No 8. st. Marrinsville, La.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Transient advertisements, Is cents per
inch for first insertion; so cents for each
subsequent insertion.
Official or legal advertisements, 81 per
1. inch for first insertion; and 80 cents for
each subsequent insertion.
~Bref communications upon subjects
will be given to anonymous letters.
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Cousin Zedidiah, Song Miss o. vavasseur
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-08
The Island of GrImsey.

On the map of Iceland may be seen a
speck of an island called Grimsey. 1t is
the most northern, and consequently the
coolest, Of the Iceland group. Eighty
eight people-Or mOre-livc on it. They
have tried to keep a few cows, but the
winters are too hard for them. Two horses
and a few sheep with very coarse tieeces
are the only animals of the kind on the
island. A good minister, Peter Goodman
son, lives in this remote place. He is Il
poet and an astronomer, and is EN-
ployed to take observations for the Mete-
geological institute at Copenhagen. Once
or twice q year some of the islanders visit
the mainland, but the stormy seas, COW
cred with icebergs, make the passage al
ways dangerous.
On one side of the island, which is a
high precipice, countless birds build their
nests, and the collection of eggs is one
chief means Of living for the little settle
ment. Men are let down over the face OF
the rock by ropes. They wear suits
thickly wadded with feathers to save
themselves from being hurt on the sharp
rocks. Each man carries a pole to help
himself with and q ladle for scoOping up
nests that he cannot reach with his hands.
There is in his frOck a great pocket in
which he can put $50 eggs. There he
works with the sea roaring beneath him.
Many accidents occur and many lives are
lost in this business.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-08
"Gnth,s,, Capncitr for Work.

In speaking Of book writing, Mr.. Town
send once told me that it did not pay.
1.-The Entailed Hat" had already been
published a year and he said that his re
cGiptS from the same were less than
$1,000. IL had taken him as much work
in its composition rs n year Of newspaper
writing, and he had been able to do it
only by rising early in the morning and
writing at il before he commenced his
news work for the day.
Townsend has n wonderful capacity for
work. He writes 5000 or 1000 words
regularly every day, and on n squirt can
increase the amount to two or three times
this number of words. He says, however,
that he grows tired after two or three
hOuIs' diCtatiOn and requires rest. He
can get along with very little sleep, and
has wonderful recupcrative powers. He
does more newspaper work than any
other man in the United States, and his
letters are published in half u dozen differ
ent papers. With it all he finds time to
write poetry, delivea lectures, send out a
magazine article now and then, and write
q novel. He 10 n great student, and he is
probably as well posted upon the times
with which his new novel deals rs any
other man in the world. Frank G. Car
penter in Cleveland Leader.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-08
Rss.nsr,s ouin,on Of tho ENGLISH.

"Does the Englishman continue to be a
distinctive type Of man."
Regarded us n whole they are squarely
built, less delicately organized, less grace
full in bearing, but more sturdy than
Americans. Their dress is distinctively
English, yOu know, noticeable there as it
is here. You can always tell an English
man when you see him, but l was particu-
larly interested in noticing that up to the
years OF - and Is the children are stur-
der. They have fine compilations. The
charming health of the English children
is one Of the most delightful features of
English life; but we have nothing here,
thank God. that can represent in any sense
a large under class Of people in London.
Small of stature, emaSculated from birth,
they become by want of nOurishing food q
feeble race in everything except their pas
sions. The wife Of an English clergyman
much interested in missionary effort said
to me concerning their endeavors and
work among this class: The highest we
can even attempt with them is to induce
them not to steal and to keep clean. That
Is our highest attainable aim Now we
have nothing like that here. Henry
Ward Beecher in New. York World.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-08
rne naJnn VINE.

The following anecdote illustrates the
extreme delicacy of sentiment among the
Rajpoot women. The celebrated Rajah
icy Sing Of Amber had married a princess
Of Harysti, whose simple provincial man
ners and dseSS subjected her to the badin-
age Of tho refined and superbly dressed
ladies OF the court Of Amber. One day
the rajah began p~layfully to make re
marks about the sweeping jupon
Of the princess, and, taking up a
pair iot scissors, said he would reduce
it to the fashionable length. Highly
offended at this playful remark, she
seized his sword, and, assuming a threat
ening attitude, said that in the house to
which she belonged they were not used
to such jeSts, that mutual respect was the
guardian not only Of happiness but of
virtue, and she assured him that If he
again dared to insult her he would find
the daughter Of Harvati could use a
sword better than the Prince Of Amber
his sciSsors.-Hindoo in London Queen.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-08
Night thunderstorm Ont west.

The most thrilling incident in the life
Of the cowboy occurs on the occasion Of q
thunderstorm at night. Such an occur
renee is thus described from personal oo-
~servation by Mr.. William A Baltic Groh-
man, an English writer:
son the approach of one OF these violent
outbursts the whole force is ordered on
duty; the spare horses-of which each man
has always three, and often rs many as
eight or ten-are carefully fed and teth-
cred, and the herd is rounded up that is,
collected into as snail a space as possible,
while the men continue to ride around the
densely massed herd. Like horses, cattle
derive courage from the close proximity
of man. The thunder peals, n the
vivid lightning flashes with amazing bril-
liancy, as with lowered heads the herd
eagerly watch the slow, steady pace OF
the COW ponies, and no doubt derive from
il comforting sense of protection. Some
times, however, a wild steer will be unable
10 control his terror, and will make a dash
through q convenient opening. The crisis
is at hand, for the example will surely be
followed, and in two minutes the whole
herd of 1900 head will have broken
through the line of hOrsemen and be
away, one surging, believing mass OF
terrified beasts.
Fancy a pitch dark night, a pouring
torrent Of rain, the ground not only en-
tirely strange to the men but very broken
and full of dangerously deep watercourses
and hOllOws, and you will have a picture
Of cowboy duty ON such a night. They
must head off the leaders. Once fairly
off, they will stampede twenty thirty and
even forty miles at q stretch, and many
branches will stray from the main herd.
Not alone the reckless rider, rushing
headlong at breakneck pace over danger
Gus ground in dense darkness, but also
the horses, small, insignificant beasts, but
m~atchless for hardy endurance and will
ingness, are perfectly aware how much
depends upon their speed that night, If 1t
kills them. Unused till the last moment
remains the heavy eOwhide 'yuirt,' or
whip, and the powerful spurs with rowels
the size Of five shilling pieces. Urged on
by q shout the horses sped alongside the
terrified sters until they manage to reach
the leaders, when, swinging around, and
fearless of horns, they press back the bel
lowing bruteS till they turn them. All
the men pursuing this maneuverthe head
long rush is Mt last checked, and the
leaders, painting and lashing their sides
with their tails, are brought to a stand,
and the whole herd is again rounded
up Joseph Nimmo, jr. in Harper's
Monthly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-08
THE PRESIDENT AND THE TREAS,
URY SURPLUS.

Those who read the Presidents message
carefully and without partisan bias will
recognize in it anable state paper, showing
a thorough study of the affairs Of our Gov
eminent and its relations to foreign powers.
A document OF this character is not ex-
pected to be rs entertaining rs q novel to
the average reader. But for every one
who is interested in the great questions
in politics and economies there is very
much in this that is of more than ordinary
interest in such papers.
The question that he makes especially
prominent is the reduction of the unnec-
eSsary burden of taxation upon the peo-
pie. 1t is shown that the receipts Of the
Government for the fiscal year ending
June Both, were 1886, 1879. ~, O6 and the
expenditures but $2f2,4 S3, 13S.5 80,
being 500, $50, SIS. SO, more than
Vas required for the expenses OF
the Government. This is an increase OF
$50, 1872, s17.29 over the previous year.
As all the bonds now redeemable will be
paid of within the present fiscal year, this
enormous surplus, increasing year by
year, and added to the vast sums now in
the Treasury, would, the President says,
cause the Government ito be drawn into
waSteful public extravaganza with all
the corruption and national demOraliza-
ton which follows in its train" But this
is not the greatest evil. He says: when
more ofthe peoples substance is exacted
through the form of taxation than is nee
eSSary to meet the just obligations of the
Government and the expense of its
economical administration, such exactiOn
become ruthless eXtortiOn and the viola
ton of the fundamental principles of q
free Government"
No question that eonfrOnts Congress de-
mands more earnest attention than this.
The surplus must be reduced by re-
moving some of the war taxation that is
robbing the people to fill the treasury
vaults and furnish a corruption fund to
undermine the foundations Ofour free Gov
eminent There are at least two or
three ways in which this can be
done and still have jUst and fair protec-
ton to wool, coal, iron, lumber, manufac-
lures, etc. The Senator or Representative
who, in face of these facts, votes to con-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-08
THE MESSAGE ON THE FREED
MANS SAVINGS BANK AND PEN
SIONS.

THE MESSAGE ON THE FREED
MANS SAVINGS BANK AND PEN
SIONS.
Republican Presidents have year after
year been speaking of rewarding the sol
diers who fought for the Union. But
meanwhile thousands of soldiers on account
of i'll health or misfortune, were rs much
in need of assistance and recognition by
the Government for which they fought, as
those who were wounded in battle and
were on the pension rolls. The law was
80 formed rs not TO meet their cases, OF
make it possible for them to be helped
without they had friends among the poll
ticans.
inee we have had . law that excluded
those, President CLEVELAND has during
his term in Office sought to have the law
obeyed by yetoing all pension bills that
he WAS convinced were contrary to law.
He went on the sound theory that while
we have n bad law it should be Obeyed.
He now recommends that a law be formed
liberal enough to aid all the old soldiers
who are rightly entitled to assistance from
the Government. lie shows himself u real
friend of the soldier, and gives the lie to
the cry raised by the Republicans last
spring.
While the Republican party has been
calling itself the great friend Ofthe colored
man no one of their Presidents thought to
recommend that there should be paid hack
by the Government the $780,
7lI.JO that thousands of poor
cOlored men had deposited with the Freed
mans Savings Bank and Trust Company,
an institution chartered by Congress and
presided over by Republican uniformed
officials who, with a SanctimOniOus smile
on their faces, and a catechism in one
hand stole the earnings Of the Freedmen
with the other. President CLEVELAND
recommends that every dollar be paid
back. This is the kind of friendship the
eolOred men want, not that which merely
seeks to catch their votes and then leaves
them in the lurch.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-08
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THEPREs-
DENTS MESSAGE.

-
Besides askingthat war taxation be re-
dueed. the freedmen compensated for their
losses in the Freedman's Savings Bank,
and a more liberal pension law formed,
these are the principal things recon-
mended by the President:
He asks that closer commercial relations
be established with several foreign nations.
Congress is requested to work Tor q
speedy and amicable settlement Of the
Canadian fisheries dispute, and q better
understanding of our relations with Mex
leo.
The imbecility of our navy and the de-
fenseless condition Of our seaport cities are
shown. and the immediate attention oil
Congress asked. He advises that in build
ing a navy, nome manufacturers should be
en- eonnred to furnish the Government
with what is necessary for the construe-
ton of the vessels.
He still adheres firmly TO his position ON
the civil service.
He again ~reiterates the importance OF
suspending for a time silver coinage.
He advises the appointment OF a COM
mission orsix officers, three from civil life
and three from the military, to assist IN
dealing with the Indians, locating them
on lands and educating them to become
citizens.
He wishes the Labor Bureau to be en-
larged and entrusted with the power OF
arbitrating labor disputes.
The establishment of new lines Of mail
service with several South American
States is recommended.
He would repeal the Desert land laws
the Presumption act, and would
amend the Homestead act so that the
national domain shall be given only to
actual settlers.
Better organization Of railroad rates in
passing from one State to another is very
properly demanded.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-08
TRUSTEES SALE
Mt, Be||eHeW Hotel 4 GOUnG'

ny VIRTUE OF A DIED Of TIL
Il nv Tbonax 2. sballcres All rA'hh 800
cro<s. his xife. and frank hApf 80,
Walter. his WI. 10 me ~ trte" 1.N I'D
her ls7g and recorded IN Deed 1 ,ssE
No. is. page DO and %, LGs
auction, at the nsrh front - w.. srs9 a
House, corner Fifteenth anl ri m lpr
SATURDAY, DBCEHBLh u, 1ntI
co,uenc4ng Al 10 O'Clock a m, 90
aescrhed real e-tAte, situated 10 VN..gg q
"a ys thst /, On say: Beginning "a ~, -
a.. .ou,b .Ide NJ the National rpSl Csrs
.o.n gbsIIcn~s and VAIL . so
Ylsecus. thence with the sO1th w as
tionsl rsd south 75o ~ wed % "a ~
AZ rigbt aDgies sDuih eatf .stk ~ q
sOutb 70 V wet IJ tef VT. "a 49,
east lis feet: thence souih y : SI,gy.r! SS0
,hc,ce Win tlI. vineyard fence BDly 49,
sss 49, thence nOrh 80 east "a, ,b. mr.
north 81 Yeast TO feet % The sp.e1hsP
,hence along The top 81 the nlgs.4~
- -, s.sf. thsnee north W 1900
,hsnce norb no So east 80 feet ptb. --,,1 os
The isrre Whit oak In The StIfbr ss.lcus
stood: Thence With the ienfr Da.b ~ go
and Waiter and Geo. F1secm m 80 - 81
% the beginning; e1 aas msether stfs
p.iut.a- .nd Ir~uooyeusBu tbsftD. 4. tsss
ouiin,ns ~. nn IA propenJ oonssf Errr
he spIsndid building knosn q hs1t
~ = ooSd tenant b0Dss -. ttt1rs
fruit sAd shade trees, ga ana ~
bowling Allen, walks and dnts5 tss psrsss
TnEss oy siLE-onehan ~payrseansJ
and txelye months, with inpis ,SuThs<fE r
- satis5aetlon Of the tn1sose," inT penss
pay al In ca<h he 10 49,, 49, can % % ~"
ssIius Sak Wsiter On he pfefnlss -,x<s
ing w JOSEPH j. Woop7 poiSa
J. Z, BESEY, AuetioDeef. ~
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Another Dream Smashed.

"Ah, those autumn leaves, Farmer Rob
inson," sighed the city guest. "What
lovely tints of color, and what an addi-
ton they are to the charming scenery
you must so enjoy" "Yes, miss. The
leaves are gettin' a good deal Of yaller
and red on to 'em, that's a fact. It's
about time to gather" "Then You
really find time to gather autumn
leavess" "Oh, yes, indeed. We rake up
a few carloads every year for beddin' for
the bosses" Another aesthetic dream
smashed.-Hartford Post.
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Faceda
TIE CORRECT METHOD.

Ihk COhhhOA
Lady to applicant for cooks piaceD-pldt
understand you TO say that your name Is
Brown2
MAKING SLOW
Gpye been on this road ten years, said the
conductor on a southern railroad to a passen-
ger who complained Of the slo" time. AN !
know what I'm talking about"
4Ten years, chr said the passenger -"na1
station did you get on atF
STRIKING A SYMPATHETIC CHORD
Miss Clara with q sighl-Do you know
Mr.. Featherly, that for some reason
l feel very blue tonight
Mr.. Featherly anxious to say the proper
thing. but somewhat at a loss)-well-er-
Miss Clara, blue, you know, is very becoming
to your complexion .--HarPer's Basar'
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ImproyinS on Nature.

"'You can't improve on nature" said
old Hardhead. 30, yes you can" said
Young Hyson; "a man may be born q
natural fool, but if he keeps on, like some
men l know, by the time he's so he's n
bigger fool than all the babies in the
world. Nature can't make q fool equal
to the man who makes fool of himself"
And then old Hardhead growled that he
wasn't talking politics, but art.-Bur-
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MONDAY, JANUARY, i@d,

commencing al 10 O'clDka. m The
scrilsed real estate, situzi"l In the ny h
Ing. and county and state AipnTapl w. =,
say: The eat one. half 81 the vest "h"hAH
numbered one hnndnrl hhi tn'lhl 400
ON the south side Of Seventeenth ar'N
part Of the city 81 Wheeling callci
Ing" being the quarter next ibr Nri
thereof, and extending the whoir irnn.n
lot from seventeenth STREET b. an Alb
name property oonyeyed to The az ~ a.
Jones by Emma stephens an1 fhin -
dated October -. i%8, and r'fDhI-'
CLERKS Office IN Deed Box No. ~ I~f'@
d.iJ JANKs r. RDTHE-. IrS1'
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A ToothIess Circular Saw.

At the Hudson river railroad shops is a
toothless steel circular saw, thirty-eight
inches in diameter and three-eighths Of an
inch thick at the edge, which will cut off
q bar of iron in a short time. A stream
of water is kept pouring over it to pre-
vent cracking. The ends of a rail wear
out first, and when cut off the rest can be
used or side tracks.
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tinue this crime against the country is de-
serving of the contempt andindignationof
all the people. Monopolists who have
boarded their millions while the people
have been plundered according to law, can
not much longer afford to pool their issues
to keep up this injustice, lest when the
mask has once been removed and the truth
is seen, the people throw of the bur-
den so abruptly thata severe shock will be
falt
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DARN FOR SALE.

The subscriber Will srll or trade ~ s'tn' =
propcrty near the city of Wheeling Pam u
Acres ON Big Wheeling Crcct. hufi"h -
from the city. Land very level Ian" ort't
of Good Fruit: Water IN Every l'li. iEo 80
tagcs and Cold Wei Water, m ~ rAh Sos.
Fences; plenty Of Limestone Eni '"I oni'. :
out ON the land. 4 purchaser ran rt .f.' ~
gain. J InINL
iyIaeARh Office. iIO Main { Nb~lhi
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DIED.

HUSTER-MOnday, December 6. at LILO a. m,
ELLA MAUDE, daughter of n. Z. and Elizabeth
Hunter, aged II years, II months and % days.
Funeral from the residence of her parents, No.
lO5 Zane street, Island, on Wednesday, December
S, at 1870 u m. Friends of the family are invited
to attend services. Interment at Greenwood and
private.
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forSalt.

LNOR SALE-CORSER LOT ON GEkENtA,t
" street, (Kirkw"oi.D Bridgeport, q VIZ
sold cheap II sold sOOn. Call ~ Or AilnSJ J.
HANES. Real Estate Agent. Martini forV,V
salDh
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SALE.

By virtue n q deed 81 trist made ~ h,hI .
LONGS ami Louise. his wife. b. ne - uH2''
dated ou the IN day 81 Octolsr \ l~A ..
~reGorici IN the Office 81 the Crft 81 To
Court Of OhIoC County. ". Va, in Ihvl ~ ~
Book -. page 81, ! will sell at public ~
the front door ~ the Count lIDu-r ~ NH"-
I'm the city Of Wheeling. on
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A r. X HAIR RESTO-

AAs xxx
Contains no irritans or poisons; e perfsctiy NE,
even IL taken into the stomach. IL VIII rem0ve
diseased conditions Of the scalp. nromote The
growth Of the hair, prevent Il from falling out
and reduce the excessive amount OF dandrun.
II IA composed 9th Bet known tonics and milo
the hair folIIcles and glands I'm the cellular u
sue, n they have any vitality len ~ x
LAUGHLIS BROS, wheeling. WOE
Agents. ocseeuN
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Electric Belt Free

To introdnce II and obtain azents nc win for the lex,
sixty days give away, free Of change, Ia each county
In the o.. g. . limited number Of our f:erman
Electro Galyanic Suspenssfy Beits, Pree -:
3 positive and unfAiltng cure for ECrvous Debility,
varicocele. Emissions, Impoteney &c &smm Reward
2nid IL every Belt we manufacture does not generate
Ixenuipe electrtecurrent Address a once ELECTRIC
BKLT AGkfrY. p. o. BoxIIs. Brooklyn. y. Y.
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getu advertisements.

THOR sALE-HoUsE AND LOT, NO. 46O MAIN
4 street For further particulars inquire AZ
400 Main street. Must be sold In 90 days. TO be
sold by the executor. oeod
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VTANTED-BOY WITH SO CASH SECURI-
w TY, to act as News Agent on B. & o. K K
Apply Union News Co., B. O. Depot
de5 e & oh
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