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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-21
How Chinese DebtorS are puuiShed.

IL the last batch Of Chimes. medical
reports which have been published by
order of the Inspector general of Gus.
toms at Shanghai, DR.. W. Morrison, of
Ncwchang. mentions revolving fact
which must bc new ~ May OF our read
ers. 1t Is that il some places in China
debtors who are unable To :ieet the
claims of their creditors are punished
with the loss Of sight Il the case
which came under DE-. Morrisoa's OBJ
scrvation it WAS the debtors 500 who
was the victim Of this diibc!ical custom.
He was tied hands and feet, and deprived
wholly Of the sight of one eye, while that
OF the other would have been lost but for
timely surgical all. The offence was
that the poor fellows father owed the
remorscless creditors forty tacls, or
about ten pounds in English money. DR..
Norri, Oh was informed that the practice
was by no means uncommon, and that
about the time lac was attending to his
patient another man vas dying in the
same neighborhood from similar injuries.
The Chinese authorities arc investigat-
ing the matter, ard we hope that when
Sir Robert Hart Issues his next volume
he will bc able to speak of such bar
baritie3 as things of the pas. London
News.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-21
Dinin. On q Picture.

The early days of Jules Das.iea's
career were time of struggle and pow.
erty. He was glad to draw designs for
fashion journal and once he went down
TO Damviilcrs AMI painted forty portraits
of the villagers. The cost of living.
small as his expenses were, was n serious
matter. For the rent of his little attic
study he paid fifty dollars yea. He
brcakfastcd upon three sous worth OF
bread and two OF cotf.c, with milk. For
dinner, az 4 franc aad half, about
twcnty-seycn cents, he went to the res
taurant of Mademoisclle Anna, Rue
Saint mott
In those early days he painted pic
;arc OF apeasant girl walking il forest,
in spring, cntraprcl by Loves who were
casting their nets before her feet. This
picture was accepted at the Salon in
1873, through the influence OF Cabanel,
but it was not sold. 1t wai the first.
painting that jules Basticn exhibited,
and its fate was a curious one Kind
hearted Mddcmoiscl!c Anna understood
the needy state of the young artists
who visited her restaurant, and
Bastien was her favoritc. When
he lacked the franc and half for din
ner, she checrfu!ly gave him ere lit and
finally accepted this picture il payment
for years dinners. Afterwards when
the name of the artist became famous,
she was offered tour times the amount
Of her bill for her painting, but 81, re-
fused to part with it, AID kept the first
work of her protego until her death
[St. Nicholas.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-21
THEY COST TOO MUCH.
A Freckle-Faced GraDdSon's Con
tract With His Grandfath Their.
from the Boston Transcript

from the Boston Transcript
Old Mr.. c. WAS thrifty, with high
regard for the almighty dollar. He had
q lively, freckle-faced athletic grandson,
ms agile as a squirrel, who was named
for him-Beniamin G. D., since a
man of a good deal of prominence on
his own account-and who lived with
him. The old gentleman barn, as Il
good many other old places have done,
became terribly infested with rats. The
old gentleman was 50 greatly annoyed
that he offered the boy fifty cents apiece
for all the rats he would catch and show
to him alive, on the premises-a precau-
ton to prevent sharp practice on the
part of the youth. After two or three
days little Benjamin came to old Benja-
min and asked him to step ont into the
barn. He did so, and was conducted to
a big disused molasses barrel that stood
in the middle of the barn floor, and
asked to look into it. And there, on the
bottom. was q wriggling mas of rats.
three or four deep, stru ggling vainly to
get out of the barrel.
"Mv gorry," exclaimed the old gen
tlmcan. "Whcrcu you get all these
rats g.
Caught 'cm here in the barn, gran
SIR"
"How many he theyl"
eighty. That's just forty dollars,
gran sir"
Forty dollars, Why, 1 amt goin'
to pay you all that money"
CANT yon: Didn't yoa agree to,
gran'sir"
"Well, yes: hui I had no idee when
] did that you'd catch such a tarna.ion
lot"
The hoy looked up. There was n rope
dangling down from the beam above
that was used to help in climbing M to
the hayloft. Benny pulled himself mp
hand over hand on the rore until he
hung suspended over the barrel.
"Ain't you goiI to give me tina. forty
dollars you agreed to, gran'sirt' said
the boy.
Never" said the oil man, looking
over again into the barrel with its
squirming mass of rats.
"Well, then, here goes" said the
boy.
With lively kick of his foot he upset
the barrel in the direction of his grand
father. The multitude of rats poured
ont around the old mans feet. He
leaped wildly up and down i'll ter r,
and sprang through the mass to n ladder
that stood near. Then he ran up the
ladder with an agility that he had not
equallel for fifty years. And the rats
resumed possession o. the premises.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-21
A South African Town.

Twelve months ago." says the Cape
Argus, Johannesburg had no existence
beyond the ten shanties of purfcctors-
To-day johannesburg is as much town
as anything we have to show. 1t has
its WIDE streets, its hotel, lis five news
papers, and it is pcopled with some OF
the most energetic and buoyaat people
in South Africa. In no country has
there ever been an example of new
centre of industry more rapidly estab-
fishing itself and impressing itself upon
the public mind as one of the perma-
nent features of the country"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-21
4 Crane Fishing.

\ Maine physician says that one day
he saw big crane standing on log
that Heated near the shore on the Ken
ncbec river. The crane hal captured a
large bug, which he dropped into the
stream, 50 that it tloated down past kim,
and then grabbed it and again repeated
the performance. He kept this up for
nearly half an hour, and then a pickcrcl
darted up from below after the bug.
This was just what the birl had been
waiting for, and the next moment the
. h was down his throat. and he wac
winging his way slowly UP stream.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-21

Der, consisted simply on
ing the foil, and providedV." @
phragm-point properly arr ~
scrap, or indent the foil. tn"
was turned by hand. In the new insti
men: there is. far more complication, but
altogether different results. My pro-
pelliag machinery consists of small
electric motor, run by very few cells.
Strange to say, have found more diff
Guilty in getting motor to suit me than
any other par: of the apparatus. tried
various kinds of clock and spring
motors, but found them untrrstwortbv
and noisy. The motors am now max.
ing are absolutely steady and noiseless.
There is no part of the apparatus. the
tools for which l am now making upon
large scale here, which is likely to get
out of order or to work in an uacertain
manner. The two finished monographs
are practically exactly what intend to
offer for sale within a few months"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-21
EIOrplia.

Watch rnorphia habituc deprived Of
the drug. The first slight uneasiness
and sense OF discomfort gradually passes
into extreme rclcntlcssncss, accompanied
by the most profound depression; the
stomach becomes so irritable that
nothing can be retained, and there is n
nausea and di,tres ing sensation of emp
tiness and sinking. The whole nervous
system, which has been working SO long
under a dcadcning weight, abuses its
liberty and runs absolute riot; breath
of air which would bring relief to IN or.
binary sufferer is pailful to him; so
sensitive is the skin tina. 4 touch dis
tre,scs. and even the eye and car are In
capable of to!e-a;iay III, most ordinary
s;i:Tulations.
To these troubles is added slccplcss-
ness; the patient Cannot get moment
rest; or, If he coui! close his eyes in
sleep. horrible dreams and an inicfnab!c
terror takes possession of him, aad
makes him dread that condition which
others look to for consolation and relief.
Incapcity TO take fool, prolonged
s.c2plcs,ncss, constant snccz;ng, yawn-
Ing and vomiting, painful acutene's of
all his senses and other troubles sink III,
sufferer into condition of prostration
AID despair, only to be relieved by NOR
rhia.
Who then can wonder if the wretch
yields again to the drug which has so
long caslaved him2 lowering between Il
longing to be free and feeling of in
capacity to endure his aronies, he asks
reproachfui!y whether it is true that
science has discovered no means of r.
lief, no substitute for morphi9. which
may be given him until the storm be
pas. No, We have no morphn at our
disposal which will do more than allcvi-
ate these sulfcrings, AID if the morphiI
habituc viii be freed he mus. place him
self under such control as can prevent
his giving way under the tiia!, as he
almost inevitably viii if left to himself.
Bat severe a. the ordeal is. he has
this consolation and this great induce
mcnt to submit to it-lamely, that i: is
short. A few days will see him through
the worst and although he may not be
comfortable for week or two his dis
comfort is endurable and becomes less
and less until it gradually passes into
ease and health. Nineteenth Century
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-21
The biggest Cheek.

In the negotiations made some years
ago by the English government for
loan of eighty million dollars the sue
ccssful contractors were the Messrs.
Rothschild. IL paying the first deposit
toward this amount to tine government
the check they drew was for the sum
of six million dollars. This was probs-
bly, the largest check ever drawn by .
private banking house. ---[D.troi: Free
Press.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-21
The Practical and the Pocf;r

"What, to you," she asked, in dreamy
accents, lis tn, most beautiful thing
about the sunset"
lie thought for sore time and then
eplied, at reminds me OF supper. -
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-21
THE WASTE.

Il see Edison claims that only about
one,fourth of every ton of coal is util
lied by the consumer"
500 didn't think the dealer meas
nred 1t quite as short Us all that CHI.
cdoo Nspas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
more About Queen Est hers FOLKS.


From the London Daily News.
Considerable sensation has been caused
at Chatham by the death of Mrs. Esther
Jezreel, the leader of the New and Latter
House of Israel, which occurred at her
seat, the Woodlands, on Saturday. The
deceased was known to her followers as
Queen Esther, the Virgin, the Mother of
israel" and they were taught to believe
that she was "the woman" who broom in
hand, had been placed 10 sweep the house,
or body, in search of the piece which the
first woman lost, and which the last Eve
shall now fnd"-Mrs. Jezreel being the last
Eve. "Queen Esther" has been ill only
twelve days, the cause of death being in
tiammation of the kidneys. Among "the
faithful" the greatest CONSERVATION pre-
walls, but they have tried in vain to
prevent the fact coming to the knowledge
of the "Gentiles," as they tenn the public.
The removal of Mrs. Jezreel, writes a
correspondent, is striking, if sad, COM
mentary upon the central doctrine of the
new and latter house of Israel. Ac-
cordiDg to this they are an elect people,
who are to be preserved from the
grave and corruption. 1t is their mission
to collect together "the remnant" from
various parts of the world of the people
of Israel-the $4,000 spoken of in the
Book of Revelation-and who are never 10
see death, and when the ingathering is
complete then they are to enter into the
enjoyment of the second resurrection, and
are to live for 1000 years with Christ
upon earth, which is to be converted
into heaven! This extraordinary doc.
trine suffered great shaking about three
years ago when the prophet of the
house of Isreal-James Jeroboam Jezreel
the man divinely chosen TO collect the
people who should not see death, himself
went "the way of all flesh" But "the
faithful" got over the difficulty by saying
that "the good man was not good
enough" and that some imperfection If
which his followers were in ignorance un-
fitted him to be one of the genuine
remnant" Mrs. Jezreel succeeded her
husband as the head of the house, and it
is thought that her unexpected death will
result in the entire collapse of the
movement. In history of the
religious eccentricities, not to say de-
lusions, of the present decade, the story of
this strange sect, a sketch of which ap
peared not long since in the Daily News
would form one of the most striking chap
tiers. The saddest feature in connection
with this religious delusion is the ruin it
has brought upon many families. Men
and women of America as we'll as English
and Scotch, infatuated with the Flying Roll
and believing in Jezreel and his wife as
heaven-sent messengers, gave up lucrative
positions, broke up their homes, converted
all their possessions into cash, and poured
the whole into "the Lords treasury" upon
gathering" at Chatham, and then, when
after a time the scales had fallen from
their eyes, they, men with wives and
families, have been compelled to go out
into this world and begin life again. The
history of the sufferings of some of these
people would make heartrendipg story.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
Cattle Men Not to be Deceived.
AUSTIN, August 16, 1888.

AUSTIN, August 16, 1888.
To the Editor of the Statesman:
see in the San Antonio Express day
after day the constantly repeated asser-
ton that the bill recently passed by the
lower house of congress, known as the
Mills bill, seriously affects the cattle in
terests of western Texas even to its de-
struction, and an appeal is made to the
cattlemen Of this region to arise and pro-
tect their interests by the exercise of the
ballot.
cannot understand upon what ground
this charge is made. The bill leaves the
tax on imported cattle and other animals
just as it is under the present law. There
is no change made in this respect. Hides
and skins, other than fur skins, are free
under the present law and they are left
free under the Mills bill.
Many things useful and indispensable to
the ranchman and ranch owner are put
upon the free list, and to this extent he is
benefited. But there is not one solitary
feature of the bill that effects the present
tax upon cattle, horses, sheep, hogs and
other animals imported or upon the pro-
ducts thereof, except wool, which is made
free, as it is free in every other civilized
country upon this earth.
Indeed it seems little short of purpose
to deceive the cattle and stock men of the
west into the belief that their interests
are imperiled, when such is not the fact.
This is political device hitherto unknown
in Texas, and the democratic papers
should correct the false impression that
is sought to be made upon large class of
our citizens. DEMOCRAT.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
[CoPYRIGHr, ISL

turbed and unrefreshing sleep, con-
stant Understandable feeling of dread,
or of impending calamityP
If you have all, or any consider
able number of these symptoms. you
are suffering from that most common
OF American Manifestations Dys-
pepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated
with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The
more complicated your disease has
become, the greater the number and
diversity of symptoms. No matter
what stage it has reached, DIR.
PIERoE's GOLDEN MEDICAL Dis
CovERY will subdue it, if taken ac-
cording to directions for reasonable
length of time. If not cured, COM
plications multiply and Consumption
of the Lungs, Skin Diseases, Heart
Disease, Rheumatism, Kidney Dis
ease, or other grave maladies are quite
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
Is Consumptlon Incurable {?

Read the following: Mr.. G. 81. Morr g,
Newark, Ark, says: "Was down with
abscess of lungs, and friends and physi-
clans pronounced me an incurable con-
sumptive. Began taking DR.. Kings new
discovery for consumption, am now on
my third bottle, and able to oversee the
work on my farm. Is the finest medicine
ever made"
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says;
"Had it not been for Doctor Kings New
Discovery for consumption I would have
died of lung troubles. Was given up by
doctors. Am now in best of health" Try
it. Sample bottles free at Morley Bros.
drug store,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY
cures Consumption (Which is Scrof-
ula of the Lungs) by its wonder
full blood purifying, invigorating
and nutritive properties. From
its marvellous power over this ter
ribly fatal disease, when first Of
fering this now world famed rem
edy to the public, DR.. Pierce
thought seriously of calling it his
CONSUMPTION CURE" but aban-
doned that name as too restrict
i've for q medicine which, from its
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
Are You Sick +?

Do you feel dull, languid, low
spirited, lifeless, and indescribably
miserable, both physically and
mentally; experience sense of
fullness or bloating after eating,
or of "goneness," or emptiness of
stomach in the morning, tongue
coated, bitter or bad taste in mouth,
irregular appetite, dizziness, fire.
quent headaches, blurred eyesight,
floating specks" before the eyes,
nervous prOstration or exhaustion,
irritability of temper, hot flushes,
alternating with chilly sensations,
sharp, biting, transient pains here
and there, cold feet, drowsiness
after meals, wakefulness, or dis
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

wonderful combination of tonic,
or strengthening, Alternative, or
blood cleansing, anti bilious, pee
toral, and nutritive properties, is
unequaled, not only as remedy
for Consumption, but for all
Chronic Diseases of the Liver,
Blood, and Lungs. For Weak
Lungs, Splitting of Blood, Short
ness of Breath, Bronchitis, Chron-
ic Nasal Catarrh, Severe Coughs,
Asthma, and kindred affections,
IL is a. sovereign remedy. While
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

Poor General Harrison! Here is the
New York Tribune gravely remarking
that ticket can be easily named at the
coming Indiana republican state conven-
ton. "that will help take Indiana out of
the list of doubtful states this year. !"
hen Indiana is doubtful, is it? And
General Harrison, if he gets through at
all, relies on his state ticket to pull him
through! Evidently the republicans have
as little confidence in the running quail
ties of their presidential nominee as
they have in the peculiarities of their
very peculiar national platform.-Brook-
Ign Eagle, Dem.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
The Red-Headed Girl Catches
Even.
From the New York Telegram

From the New York Telegram.
Our red-headed girls have at last got
the joke on the public. Every time a
pretty girl with red hair enters an ele-
waited train heads are stuck out of the
windows and necks are craned to see if
there isn't white horse following the
train. If she gets on ferryboat people
look as if they expected species of
Perseus of some kind to pass the boat.
She got tired of this and of the
miniature white horse that the
Broadway dude wears on his watch chain
and flaunts insolently into her face as she
enters the car. She has new scheme-a
counter-irritant. It's white horse
breast pin made of cellulo1d, which she
wears conspicuously at her throat. In
stead of staring at her and the road alter
nately, people give her undivided atten-
ton for minute, and when they discover
the joke they smile and pass on, glad for
chance to attend to their own business.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

On the Piazza: Young Dawdle-"rve
been killing time reading the Arabian
Nights. Ridiculous yarn that about the
odd Man of the Sea-" Old Hunks-"Ain't
paid your bill yet, have your" Young
Dawdle-"No, not yet" Old Hunks
"Well, when you do, you'll understand the
old man better."-Idea.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

Blotch, or Eruption, to the worst
Scrofula. Salt = rheum, Fever
Sores" Scaly or Rough Skin, in
short, all diseases caused by bad
blood, are conquered by this
powerful, purifying, and invigor-
ating medicine. Great Eating
Ulcers rapidly heal under its be-
nign influence. Virulent blood
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

liable to set in and, sooner or later,
induce a fatal termination.
DIR. PIERCE's GOLDEN MEDICAL
DISCOVERY acts powerfully upon
the Liver, and through that great
blood-purifying organ, cleanses the
system of all blood-taints and i'm
purities, from whatever cause aris-
ing. 1t is equally efficacious in
acting upon the Kidneys, and other
excretory organs. cleansing, strength
ening, and healing their diseases.
As an appetizing restorative tonic,
It it. promotes digestion and nptr i
flesh and strength. In malarial
districts, this wonderful medicine
has gained great celebrity in
curing Fever and Ague, Chills
and Fever, Dumb Ague, and kin
dred diseases.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23
FOR THE BLOOD is THE Life"

Thoroughly cleanse the blood,
which is the fountain of health, by
using DIR. PIERCE's GOLDEN MED
1cAL DISCOVERY, and good diges-
ton, fair skin, buoyant spirits, and
bodily health and vigor will be
established.
GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY
cures all humors, from common
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

Mrs. Chippewa Square Indignantly
"Why, 1 distinctly told you l wanted this
room painted blood color, and you have
painted it blue" House painter (de-
precatingly)-"Yes, ma'am, of course; but
sure the boss said you were blue blooded
lady"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

poisons are, by its use, robbed of
their terrors. Especially has it
manifested its potency in curing
letter, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils,
Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrofulous
Sores and Swellings, Hip-joint Dis
ease, White Swellings," Goitre,
or Thick Neck, and Enlarged
Glands.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

it promptly cures the severest.
Coughs It strengthens the system
and purifles the blood.
The nutritive properties Of ex-
tract of malt and cod liver oil
are trifling when compared with
those possessed by the "Dis-
covcry."
1t rapidly builds up the system,
and increases the flesh and weight
of those reduced below the usual
standard Of health by. wasting
diseases"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-23

fancy and seeing that was essentially boodpuaer inn
sufferer from She COMMENCED taking It at once and
that time medicine to effect change for the
better encouraged her TO continue She then purchased
before these had all been used she began
notice an Improvement taking dozen bottles she
perfectly well and smooth
and healthy a chds Her general health also greatly
almost cured that ceased to be much ANNOYANCE She has
enjoyed excellent health from that to this and has had
return of either salt-rhenm rheumatsm fhe discovery
extreme
have written this letter. of you make
fit hoping that sufferer from aheum might chance to
read and obtain relief by Golden Medical Discovery
for Golden properties and as much above
the multitude of nosrms and so-ced patent medicines so
Zeaouy Haunted before the public gold is above the baser
metals Respectfully yours,
n w 1872 2lst