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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-12-18
FIRE.

The stable OF AugIlste Charles, a col
Ored man residing near Mr.. G.. b. Castex
plantation, was destroyed by FIRE Tues
day night. All tn, contents WIS des-
trOyed. Also a fine colt which was in
the stable was burned to death. The
fire is supposed to be the work Of incen-
diaries.
An alarm was sounded at about s
o'clock last Friday night, the two engi-
hes were out and the people running in
all directions in an excited manner to
witness chimney fire at Mrs. Charles
NeveuX.
We do not believe it necessary to
sound the alarm for chimney fires which
can be easily controlled, as it throws the
people in fearful excitement and uneasi-
ness.
Tuesday night at about half past nine
o'clock, fire was discovered i'm the barn
IN the plantation Of Mr.. Numa Bisnve-
III, about mile below town. The alarm
" uS oOiuNtCu anu Doti ChBihNo tiiV
Hook and Ladder Co. were soon on the
spot, but too late to be of any use. The
barn contained large quantity of fodder
and cotton in seed, and all the tools OF
the plantation, which were entirely con-
sumed. The origin of the fire is not
known but supposed to be accidental.
The NJ Miyor, Monday morning, ordered
the Police Officer to arrest two parties
who some few days ago had created some
disturbance in town, and who had been
arrested and incarcerated in the town
lookup. bat who broke open the Jail and
went away without appearing before the
Mayors Court.
The parties appeared in town Monday
when the police officer called upon them
to surrender and appear before the May
or's Court, bu. they refused to do so
Upon thei; refusal to surrender, the po-
leo officer went to his home took double
. Trel shot gun loaded with buckshot
and will. the Mayor, went and arrested
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-12-18

n.ag" fecr on ice at ) cents glass ut
L. Audibert's.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-12-18

The Atlantic System will Issue on the
9th. inst. holiday tickets to all points
at one fair for the round trip. The tick
ct will be good to return until the t..ird
of January 1887.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

A YOUNG man representing a Buffalo
lumber firm at Rochester, but whose
home until within few months was
In this city, took occasion on Satur-
day night as he was passing through,
en- routefrom a trip to Canada, to call
on a young lady friend here. While
they sat tete-a-tete, she expressing
some doubt concerning a declaration
he had made, he arose, grasped the
family Bible and said that he would
swear to it by the Good Book. "What
need of that ?" she laughingly ex-
claimed. "Why not swear by me; am
| not equally as good?" Certainly"
he replied, answering the last interroga-
ton first, and then added, "Iso swear,
but then you know | must kiss the
book" eyes" said she, "and give me
g. quarter of q dollar for taking the ac-
acknowledgement. "-BufaIo Courier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
A Peculiar PatOis.
from the Chicago Rambler. I

From the Chicago Rambler.]
The gutteral and lncOmprehensible
calculations Of the brakeman, who
pretends to announce the names of
stations as they are passed by speed
ing train, have long been a source of
mystery to etymologists. The travel
ing public is becoming accustomed to
the brakeman's patois, however, and
In time his annunciatory cadences
may be tolerably well understood.
Old and experienced travellers have
learned that when a brakeman yells:
coax Greek is the next station" Fur
thermore, they have come to realize
that.
"Shangsky rsfrallponswestof-
shonshun," means: "Ladies and gen.
tlemen, you will please change cars for
all points west of this junction"
The only dialectic rival Of the brake
man is the waiter in a cheap restau-
rant. The writer frequents a bean
dispensary where the walters all talk
a dead language; at least, it is g.
tongue never heard in modern times
outside of the steak repository in
question. He has given the language
a great deal of study and arrived at
some interesting results. Some of the
combinations of syllables are most in
genious and difficult of solution.
For example, no uninitiated person
would ever suppose that
"Cotwan % meant zone cup Of pure
Mocha coffee with genuine cream /"
| Such IS the fact, however, as the writ
| er's experience has DrOve1
''SlawnWallon 'nfripateswan" is an
expression, which, being interpreted,
signifies: GA sirloin steak well done
and fried potatoes for one" Nobody
would ever suspect it, but can prove
it.
"B gaksinurray!" means
''Please send upsome buckwheat cakes
as expeditiously as possible"
"Glassamilkwan! is equivalent to
"a glass of pure dairy milk for soil
tary individual"
"SquaogepoyH represents an order
for section of pumpkin pie.
"Rosbeemejumwan!" is intended to
convey the idea that single order OF
roast beef cooked to a moderate de-
gree is desired.
"Dozrah!" is a request for a dozen
raw oysters.
''Halfobsl" means bi-segmcnts of a
lobster.
A deep rooted objection on the part
Of the writer to bestow gratuitous ad-
vertising prevents his giving the maine
of this particular omeIette refinery,
but he who reads may run and look
for it and study the Language of it's
denizens at his leisure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
Twenty-four Hours to Live.

From John Kuhn, Lafayette, Ind, who
announces that he is now in perfect
health" we have the following: Zone year
ago 1 was, to all appearance, in the last
stages OF Consumption. Our best physi-
clans gave my case up. finally got so low
that our doctor said [ could only live TWEEN
ty-four hours. Ny friends then purchased
bottle of DR.. VIM. HALLS BALSAM
FOR THE LUNGS, which considerably ben
Gifted me- 1 continued until / took nine
BOTTLES, and l am now in perfect health.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13


last Saturday. 1t has the following
inscription: "Fabius, Philadelphia,
1776."
IMITATION spring chickens have
ceased to be novelties, but imitation
wild turkeys may be considered a re-
cent luxury. Large tame bronze tur'
KEYS are sold as "wild turkeys" in
New York markets.
A FAvoRIrE gymnastic exercise with
Boston young ladies lspertormed with
bean-bags The bags are covered with
plush of different brilliant colors, and
are $50 nice and soft" that the most
| delicate hands toss them about with
ease.
A. J. HOLLAND, of Mason Valley,
New, has raised three kittens that be
obtained from the nest of wild cat
that he had killed. They have be.
come thoroughly domesticated, and,
though now but four months old, are
good ratters.
A SOCIETY called the Dai Nippon
Keizai Kai Japanese Economic
League) has been organized in Japan.
It's object is to investigate the econom-
ic system of modern nations, with a
view to the establishment OF such a
system in Japan.
PATRICK MEEHAN arrived m New
York with a trunk full of could sod
from the Emerald Isle and the Gus
toms officer wanted him to pay duty;
but Congress has not yet announced
the tariff on such imports and he was
allowed to go free.
THREE snow-white beavers fell prey
to the cruel steel of Woodman Elem
ing's traps on the Sacramento River,
near Chico, CAL, the other day. The
fur, as soft as silk, would make skat-
ing caps worthy to be worn by the
Three Graces themselves.
A NOVELTY in the rig of ice-yachts is
a double mast and a single sail. The
two masts are spread about six feet
apart at the bottom, but they join at
the top, like the two arms of letter
a or q pair of compasses. The sail,
3 huge lateen, is hung between them.
AT Cornell University the salary at
tached to the professorships of civil
engineering and of physic have been
advanced to So, 200. Those of eleven
other professorships were increased
from $2,75O to $4,000. One was
raised from $1,000 to $4,000, and
four were raised from $4,000 to ST.
200.
THE Guardian, of Westminster,
British Columbia, says there two or
three hundred Cinnamon living on the
banks of Pitt River in q starving con-
dition. They were employed to build
the Pacific railroad, but the work is
finished, and the unfortunate wretches
brought from Asia are left to die in the
woods.
A HALF-BREED Chinaman, 20 years
of age, has attracted attention in a
Sacramento court recently. He has
large brown eyes, well-formed nose.
and fine hair. A Chinese interpreter
says that the half-breeds mother is a
Chinawoman, and that if the name OF
the father were made known it would
cheap stlonish Melicans."
A MAN in Salem, Mass, has invented
a method of ventilating railway cars
by means of fans revolving underneath
the car through gearing attached to
the axles. The air is forced up into
the car through pipes having bell
shaped movable openings above each
seat; but this air is freed from dust by
first passing through water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
Everything Goes Wrong

In the bodily mechanism when the liver gets GU
of order. Constipation. dyspepsia. contamina-
ton of the blood, imperfect assimilation, are
certain to ensue. But it is easy toprevent these
consequences, and remove theircause by acourse
of HOstetter's Stomach Bitters, which stimu-
lates the hillary organ and regulates it's action.
The direct result is a disappearance of the pains
beneath the ribs and through the shoulder blade,
the nausea, headaches, yellownes, of the skin,
furred look of the tongue, and sour odor of the
breath, which characterize liver complaint.
Sound digestion and regular habit of body are
blessings also secured by the of this celebrated
restorative of health, which imparts degree OF
vig0r to the body which is it's best guarantee of
safety from malarial epidemics. Nerve weak
ness and over. tension are relieved by it, and it
improves both appetite and sleep.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostra-
ton and all forms of general debility re-
leved by taking MENsMAN's PERFORMED
BEEF TONIC the only preparation of beef
containing it's entire nutritious properties
1t contains blood-making, force generating
and DEMONSTRATING properties; is invaluable
in all enfeebled conditions, whether the re-
overwork, or acute disease, particularly if
resulting from pulmonary complaints.
Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New
York
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
What Would the world DO

without woman? asks the essayist who
starts out to say something new on this Oft
treated subject OF course the human ole
ment OF the world would not exist without
woman, so the question is gratuitous. 1t
would have been far more sensible to ask:
What would the world do without the sal.
Vatlon OF woman, without a panacea for
her physical ills and cure for her peculiar
diseases. In q word, what would the world
90 without DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescrip-
tlon," the great remedy for female weak
nessesP 1t is Indispensable for the ills of
wOmankind
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
THREE MEETINGS.
BY WILLIAM s. LORD.

1855
They met at college-merest striplings then,
Although they never doubted they were men;
warm hand-clasping and word or two
From such small seeds their friendship grew.
1865.
Once more they met-upon battlefield
Full face to face, determined not to yield
Till victory or death was won-and yet
Each turned aside his bayonet.
1885.
They met again. Each head was silvered now
And age had set his mark on cheek and brow;
Tears dimmed their eyes and both were dunn
for Joy,
Until there burst from each, ''Old boy"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

[ SUFFERED with rheumatism 80 that it
was with great pain that [ could move
around at all or doanywork. Two bottles
of Athlophoros cured me. L. A. Rogers,
baggage master OF Chicago, Milwaukee q ST.
Paul Railroad, at Madison, Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
Catarrhal Headache.

I think Ely's Cream Balm is the best
remedy for catarrah I ever saw. l never
took anything that relieved me so quickly,
and [ have not felt as well for a long time
fused to be troubled with severe head
aches two or three times a week, but since
using the Balm have only had one and that
was very light compared with former ones
]. A. Alcorn, Agent, q. P. r. r. Co., Eaton,
Colo.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

WHY didn'tyou laugh at my story?
DON'T you think it is very funny ?"
Yes" "Well, you didn't look as if you
dld." Didn't Ell? Well, you ought
TO nave seen me the first time [ heard
that story, twenty years ago, ] near
Killed myself laughing PUCK.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
Free to Ministers, Lawyers, Doctors,
and Teachers.

I will send two bottles of WARMERS
WHITE WINE OF TAR SYRUP-best remedy
in the world for Coughs, Colds, Throat and
Lung Diseases-if you will recommend it to
your friends, and get your dealer to order a
dozen bottles from his Wholesale druggist
Send name of your druggist Map of Holy
Land free with medicine. Address DIR. G. D.
WARNER, Reading Mich. All druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

A HUNDRED YEARS might be spent in
search OF Ii remedy for Catarrh, Cold i'll the
Head and Hay Fever, without finding the
equal of Ely's Cream Balm It is applied
with the finger. Being pleasant and safe, it
supprsedes the use of all liquids and snuffs
It's effect is magical 1t relieves at onceand
cures many cases which battle physicians
Price 80 cents at druggists. so cents 10y
mail. Ely Bros, Owego, n Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

A HIGH school English literature
scholar, upon being asked the manner
OF death OF q distinguished writer, said
his death was "niserable and perma-
nent "-LaWrence american.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

CERTAIN MINERALS, once forming part
OF almost every medicine are now regarded
dangerous and unnecessary. Theevils they
produce are worse than the diseases they
were supposed to cure. DR.. WALKER CAL
IFoRNIA VINEGAR BITTERs contains nothing
but the juices of plants-and cures all dis
orders of the liver, skim kidneys, digestive
organs, and blood.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

MANY hospitals and curative insti-
buttons use only Red Star Cough Cure,
for throat and lung troubles. 1t cures.
Price, twenty-five cents. ST. Jacobs
Oil cures rheumatism.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
Nightmare,

sick headache, depression of spirits, and
want of ambition are symptoms of dis
eased liver. The lungs, stomach, and bowels
are all in sympathy. Life is only living
death. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery" acts upon the torpid liver, and
effer tually removes all these difficulties and
disorders. Nervous feelings gloomy fore
bodings and irritability of temper all dis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

No one should delay when they have a
cough or cold, when a SO cent bottle OF
Bigelow's Positive Cure will promptly and
safely cure them. Dollar size cheapest for
family use or chronic cases.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

If you need perfect tonic or a blood
purifier, take DR.. Jones Red Glover Tonic.
1t speedily cures all troubles of thestomach,
kidneys and liver. Can be taken by the
most delicate. Price so cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

YOUNG or middle-aged men suffering from
nervous debility and kindred Weaknesses
should send 10 cents in stamps for large IL
Illustrated treatise suggesting sure means of
cure. Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa.
ton, Buffalo N Y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

JOHN ANTRIM, who resides near
Lebanon, Ohio, claims to be a great
grand nephew of George Washington.
His grandmother, on the mothers
side, married Col. Scott. who was the
son OF Washington's Oldest sister.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

NATURAL gas has the curious effect
of hardening salt. While salt will put
out coal fire it adds to the flame of
natural gas.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

JAY EYE SEES Driver Edwin D. Bither,
uses Coles Veterinary Carbolisalye, and q
best remedy that he ever saw for general sta
BILE use. Sold by Druggists at SOC and S100.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

SASKATCHEWAN FIFE WHEAT. In car lots.
Genuine. Send for samples and price list.
W. J. Abernethy, sole originator, Mime
apolis. MINI,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

THERE are more colleges in Ohio than
in France and Germany combined.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

INvlGoKATE. renew. and heautify the naIr
by the use of Halls Hair Remover.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

For sick and nervous headaches, cousti-
patton, and liver troubles, take Ayers
pills
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
Vinegar Ridtera.

Stimulates the food, regulates the stomach and
bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Vinegar Bitters is the great disease pre-
remedies. No house should ever be without it.
Vinegar Bitters cures Malarial, Bilious
and other fevers, diseases of the Heart, Liver and
Kidneys, and hundred other painful disorders.
Send for either of our valuable reference
books for ladies, for farmers, for merchants,
our Medical Treatise on Diseases. or our Cat
ech1sm on Intemperance and Tobacco, which
last should be in the hands of every child and
youth in the country.
ANY two of the above books mailed free
on receipt of four cents for registration fees.
kH. Mcdonald Drug Co., 532 Washington ST., NY.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

A LITTLE borax in the water for
washing fannels and knit garments is
far preferable to soap.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

GEN. TooMBs in 1860 pledged him
self to drink all the blood shed in Sc
curing secession for the South.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-12-09
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\ Dog Wise in His Gcncration,

LIVER hear of dog that would swal-
low money?' asked IL man with thin lips
who stood on Il street corner Yesterday,
"TEcy'yc got beast up ut Billy
Wright's that is ahead of anything Of
his kind L ovor saw. His name is Dan
ger, and an uglicr looking brute never
saw. When he was pup Il grip car run
over him and nearly onded his career.
He had just begun to convalcsce, and
was summing himself on tho pavement
one day, when II hanson cab swung
around the corner, and, running over
him, broke his back. But, despite his
dclormltlcS, Danger Is a great dog.
Drop small coin on tho floor and he
will swallow it quicker than lightning.
Why, it is only few days ago that he
swallowed $l.70 in pennies, and yestor-
day he gulped down half dollar piece.
A drunken man entered Wright's place
last week and tossed quarter on the
counter III payment for glass of beer.
Rccclving two ton-cont pieces in change,
he attempted to thrust the coins into his
pocket, but his hand being unsteady,
ono of tho little silver pieces fell to the
floor. Danger was upon it in an in
stant, and n second later it slipped down
his gullot.
Nucre 'tl't thhJ dlmo 8O!' asked tho
topper in surprise.
"Dog swallowed it," replied the bar.
keeper.
THAT dog swallow it?"
eyes" ...
ooh, [ guess not" "
"Wel, If you don't believe it, drop
the other dime" oP
"Ehc customer looked at the barkeep.
CT and then at tho dog. ~~S
"Well, Wen see if he did," he said at
length as he dropped the other coin ON
Of chops, and then Danger wiped his
whiskers with his tongue and looked for
more.
"Weu, I'M" said the man, in q
dazcd manner.
"GlVG him dollar" grugled the fell
low back of the bar.
"Glye him o. dollar?" iterated the CHS.
toner. "NiXy; not in athousand years"
Chicago Herald.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-12-09

liens; to amend Section 1898, General
Statutes, in relation to the enforcement
of agricultural liens; to exempt certain
portions of Colleton county from the
operation of the stock law; to amend
Section 2,518, General Statutes, in rcla-
ton to the trade in cotton seed; to re-
peal the law requiring the publication of
tho annual reports of the county com.
missioners and school commissioners;
bill to ratify the constitutional amend
ment relative to the census; bill to pro-
hibit the mortgaging of crops in South
Caroliua; bill to have reasscsSment Of
the realty Of the State made; bill to pro-
hibit corporations from charging more
for weighing cotton than is actually nee
essary to pay the weighcr; bill to allow
all Confederate soldiers who have lost a
limb or are otherwise unable to earn q
living i'll consequence of wounds re-
celved in the service of their country,
and who have resided within the State
for ten years and have received no pay
from any other State, to have and re-
celvc the salne assistance as South Caro-
lima soldiers arc allowed.
The bill to repeal the Prohibitory Law
IN Barnwell county was passed without
debate.
The bill to allow witnesses in criminal
cases to be examined by commission was
amended and pass d to a third reading.
Several bills Of local interest were in
troduced, and few of like character
were passed to Il third reading.
When the bill prohibiting licenses to
be issued in II town Of less than five hun
drcd inhabitants was reached, the dc
bates became lively. McssrS. John G. las
kell and John {. Scegcrs taking an active
part.
n motion to strike out the cnacting clause
was lost, 10y 81 to j3: absent 1G.
An amendment TO strike out 800 and in
scrt 200 was lost
a motion to postpone was lost, by 81 to
46.
The temper Of the House was to finish
the second reading and pass the bill to a
third reading, which was assured by the
vote to strike out the cnuCting clause.