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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-15

The London Standard gives currency
to report that wonderful collection
OF documents p{intsd on papyrus has
been discovered near the town of Ar.
since, Central Egypt, consisting of 100. =
600 documents and. 10000 plates or
maps. These papers are printed in II
different languages, and treat of a great
number of questions, extending over a
period of 200 years. The maps have
been printed by means of wooden
blocks II thi. is tru, the art of print.
ing is not modern invention.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-15

Mexico continues to attract American
capital in a way to indicate that pre-
Vious ventures Of the kind hav, not
been misplaced. Senator Hearst, of
California, has Seen down there making
some extensive investments, including
the purchase of Q, 900, 900 acres of land
in the State of Vera Cruz to be devoted
to the raising of coffee, sugar and to-
bacco. Along with other California
capitalists he has also obtained conces-
sions for building railroad from the
City OF Mexico to some point on the
Pacific coast.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-15

= scribner's Magazine ia its series of
railroad questions asks the following:
"'What is the fastest time made by q
trainT The answer is, "92 miles in 90
minutes, one mile being made in 46
seconds, on the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad" The New York Cen.
trails newspaper special train No. II, on
Aug. 8. 1886, drawn by engine SAL,
John W. Cool engineer, made the run
between Syracuse and Buffalo, E street,
a distance of 14s 7O-1O0 miles in Q
hours "a seconds, which, for the dis
lance, is claimed by the New York Cen.
trail people to be still better showing.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-15

Vegetarians have come to the surface
in London with proposal to start an
institution to be called the Vegetarian
Hospital. The money has been sui.
saibed, and ths project will doubtless
be carried out, at least on a small scale.
All drugs are to be excluded in tho
general treatment Of disease, and re-
lance is to be placed solely on diet and
general hygisnic treatment-bathing
massage, and so on. No animal food
Will be allowed, and the hospital is to
be under the management of DR.. Allan
son Of Duke street, who has been very
successful for some time past as a ply
sician practising without the use of
drugs.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-15
A Wanton Crime.

Miss Bellina Prior. daughter of the
late Colonel Prior, wa, arrested recent
ly at the residence of her mother, Vicar s
hall, Armagh, Ireland, and charged be-
fore tho magistrates with having
drowned Ann Slaviu, aged 8 years. The
evidence showed that Miss Prior enticed
the child into her house, gave it sweet.
meats and then drowned it in the
kitchen boiler. Prisoner said she com.
mitted the crime because she was
treated unkindly at home, and she did
not care if she were hanged Com
mercial Advertiser.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-15

There is sad news from Munich con-
corning the poor young mad king Otto
Of Bavaria, who wanders about his big,
lonely palace outside the city. He
has abandoned his last distraction,
that of peeling potatoes, and has no
pleasure left, but spends al his time
hiding away IN dark corner, think
ing every one wants to hurt him.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-15

Prince Bismarck's first interview with
the young Emperor William of Germany
on state affairs was of two hours dura-
tiOn. When the Chancellor departed
the Emperor accompanied him to tho
stone terrace and shook him warmly by
both handA Prince Bismarck bowed
low, and then, Strengthening himself
up, gave the Emperor a military salute.
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rs and She.

"If were a king, he said,
"And you were just lowly beggar maid,
With my strong hand I'd lift you to my side
And crown you queen; and in the great
kings bride
Men would not know,
Or would forget, the beggar maid"
off were queen" she said,
Sand you, careless, wandering minstrel,
strayed
To my fair court, I'd set you on the throne;
And being there, the greatest king e'er
known,
would kneel down
And serve you as your maid.r
Elizabeth Bisland in Outing.
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HUMOROUS.


The latest out-Ths boy kept altar
school.
The anatomy of melau choly is boiled
old hen.
The proper capcr-sauce for boiled
mutton.
An Office that seeks the man is h
police Office.
Half the pepper sold by New Yosk
grocers is p's.
The silent watches of the night m
not Watcrburys.
When barge meets barge then coma
the tug of commerce.
Mournful numbers-A balance on The
wrong side of the sheet.
Monody on a toper's nose-It looked
upon the wine till it was red.
The rife, though not sociable in M
habits, rarely goes off by itself.
When the captain wants to stop the
vessel does he hoist a stay-sa
Even truth itsclfi is not always vera.
cious. 1t lies at the bottom of well
A biologists request to his best gill:
"Drink to me only with thine gneias
When is lamp in window like 81
tombstone2 When it is set for a Ia
husband.
Scientists say that tho potato ~
comes once in ten years-svery decsysd
as it were.
Ayouug bachelor is an odd fellow
and some woman is always trying to ct
even with him.
'Ts life worth livingr' has becomes
society question. We answer: 1t de-
ponds on the liver.
"One good turn deserves another"
was never spoken of the paper collar n
this time of the year.
1t was New York tramp, who W.
awakened by a policeman's club, thst
remarked, Il was raped in slumbeE"
Our lady gossip says the reason why
tall men best succeed in matrimony b
because all sensible women favor by
men.
1t is no new thing for a populss man
to be bangueted at hotel, yet some
people would call it modern inn ovss
ton.
When the spider described the beau
ties of his parlor to the fly h, forgot to
state that it was furnished on the In.
'tallment plan.
At the circus recently the leopard b.
gan teasing the elephant. The elephant
bore it in majestic silence until Tho
thing ceased to be amusing. Then b
growled, Flush, child, or I'll KNOCK
TIC spots on your
Theodwinkle Brown sent a dollar VI
learn how an advertiser could ''guss-
antee a man to make $1,000 a year with
out work." and was told to put out
$1,000 at ten per cent. He thinks now
that an advertiser of. Chow to Get
Rich" has sure thing.
Correct diagnosis. Doctor Feeling
patients pulse)-What is your husbands
businessa Patients wife-He is q pro
tographer. D.-Has he been working
hard of late? P. WI don't know,
doctor. He took the portraits of four
babies, yesterday. D. Him! Brain
fever.
Fixing the Blame-Judge-"You sy
that your father died from q sudden
shock to his system. Was he an cleo
tricianr Prisoner-'No. He fell
from a scaffold." Judge-"Oh,
brick-layer, was he2 Was it his own
faultT Prisoaer-T think it was the
L..
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statistician Dodge in his govern ment
crop report estimates that this years
yield Of wheat will be the largest on
record, and that it vii exceed that of
last year by 10, 600, 900 bushels. He es-
Inmates that this year crop will aygrc-
gate 4Os. $50. 900 bushels
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CHE neeklp Alessenaer
Published Weekly
AT
st M artinsviIle, L a.
BY
EASTIN e. BIENVENU.
EASTIN & BIENvENU.

The reign of the late Kaiser Fritz was
marked with the abolition of the cavaI-
ryman's cuirass. This is the last cuirass
in Europe, and England is now calling
Tor its abolition In her army. In the
6erman army the revolver has also been
discarded in favor ofthe carbine.
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When Wife's A-gO'n' Awsy.
Somehow yarns around the grocer,

Somehow yarns around the grocery
Amt 50 funny as before,
An I'm all the time forgottin'
This or that ere little chore;
When git out in the kitchen,
Want to hang around an STAY:
Guess I'm foolish caus this ev'nin,.
Why-my wife's a-go'n' away.
She's a-fixin' things up for me q
With a thoughtful. lovin' care.
Tellin' me that somethin's here,
An somethin' else is over there.
Lookin' sober, speakin' low voiced.
Though she hasn't much to say:
Ketch her eyes on me all dim like
Guess she hates to 60 away.
Wish twas over-wish twas way a
Wish we didn't have to part;
That's jist what / keep a thinkir.
An afeelin in my heart.
P'raps our speerits see much furder
Than the partin' of today,
An jest hint what they can't tell M
When loved ones go'n' away,
Calls to mind another journey,
BY an by we all must so.
Wonder who's gettin' ready
For the train that moves so slowl
Brings the tears so think about it.
So Igit nigh her an pray
Itmay be my time for startin',
Jest when she's a-go'n' away.
J[Omaha World
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-15

Writing letter i', to many people,
an irksome task; but it isn't half so irk.
some as it is to hear a lawyer reading
your letter aloud five years afterward in
open court.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-27
AIi6tOok His Guest.

A judicial joke is out and will start the
rounds on the United States circuit. Every
one knows how expert and almost unerring
the proverbial hotel clerk Is when be takes in
and sizes up strange guest, as he writes his
name for the first time upon the book before
him, and how accurately be fits him and his
pocket book with room. 1t was about three
years ago, when, having successfully stored
his canoe between Scyna and Charybdis in
the United States congress, Judge Speer as
cended the bench Of the United States court
in Macon He arrived in the city at night,
and, going direct to the Hotel I.anier, regis.
tered Emory Speer' in business like hand
When he had finished his autograph the alert
clerk was already studying his keyboard,
evidently little perplexed as to details But
presently he turned and asked: Mr.. Speer,
what line do you carryf' "Mr. Spear" looked
at him and repeated the question in evident
astonishment: "What limo do cairyl /
don't understand you, air. Do you alluds to
my poiitics7" "No, sir, but wanted to know
whether you required large or small sample
room" Explanations FOLLOWED, and that
hotel clerk always keeps mighty quiet when
he goes into the United States court room
Savannah News
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-27

had to DO dug out Of tho leo and snow with
picks. The loss Of life, however, was sur
prisingly small Since then every winter has
shown q few cases OF freezing, az some ale
ilnprovident and some are Unexpectedly
caught; and the visitor to an old Dakota
family will hear many grewsomo
tale Of sad disaster, many story
of how the family burned every article
Of furniture to prolong life, and then died be-
fore help could reach them. In January
1873, sudden wave OF cold swept down
across Dakota and Minnesota, bringing the
mercury in a few hours to 40 deas. belo"'
zero; the region it traversed In the territory
was then uninhabited, but In Minnesota
seventy persons persisted In day and night.
Such are the awful possibilities Of the cold
northwest Yot the soil is OF inexhaus;i5le
fertility, and Dakota has gained population
faster for ten years past than did any other
section Of the country; all her towns arc
alive with energy, and to one who visits
them at ordinary seasons, these hyper
boreans seem among tho hsppiest and most
coutented people In the world
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-27
Justice Hariaa's Remedy for Check.


Justice Harlan tells q story Of man who
camo 70 his house ono night, an entire stran.
nor. sont in his card, and when the judge
came down buntly told him that be proposed
10 make q fortune for both himself and tho
iudgo. IL the latter would furnish him infor
nation about certain decision that was
pending and was expected TO affect stocks
The man proposed to furnish the capital and
do the trading He was willing, moreover,
to divide profits equally. The justice was 50
completely taken aback by the mans cool
impudence that he scarcely knew what to
say, but the humor Of the situation struck
him at once, and be asked the caller II he
would kindly stand up under the chandelier
where he could get look at his face. Tho
stranger stood the scrutiny without 1inch-
ing. Then the judge said;
"My friend, you have asked something
that is not only improper and impossible,
but your proposition ought to tempt me to
kick you out Of my house. scarcely know
WIN do not feel in the mood to do It, do
not think that you are aware Of tho signia
canoe of your proposition, and therefore l
shall not treat this as otherwise would.
Lung " SltSl illto W1ba
you, as that would be wrong; but will tell
you how you can get tho information you
seek before any one else"
Tho mans faco frightened up, when the
Justice continued:
ION the day when the opinion is delivered
IL cannot tell you when that will become
to the supreme court room and take seat on
tho front bench. Then, as it is read, the
sound will reach your ears first. Good even
Ing"
And as the man, with a somewhat crest
fallen mien, turned toward the door, tho
justice added, with peculiar emphasis In bis
voice:
"Wait moment, sir; you should thank
me for not kicking you down stairs"
But tho man with one bound had already
cleared tho hall, and was tearing down the
street when the justice thoughtfuuy returned
to his study.-New York Tribune.
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Leave Arrive
No. Richmond. Petersburg.
TRAINS .NORTHwARD,
'Daily. tDaily (ercept Sunday.

DAILY. tDaily (except Sunday.
sTOPPi g PLACES.
Nos. ~ and IL mako no stops. No. 20 st0ps
only on signal at Manchester AMI Chester.
No. IS stops only on signal at Chester. Contra
lia and Manchester. No. Is stops on signal at
all regular stations. No. 81 stops on signal at
all regular stations, and also at Temple aud
Port walthall. Nos. 81, 81, 80, "a, B, aud %,
will stop at All stations Tor plssengers. ~
PULLMAN CAR SERVICE.
On fTaius NOS. IL aud 70 sleeping cars be-
tween New York and Tampa, Fla, (vta Jack
sonville). On Trains Nos "a and n. sleeping
cars between Washin gton and Charleston. On
TrainNo: r. sleeping cars between Washing
ton and jacksonville. On Train No, ~. sleep
Ing cars between Jacksonville and New York.
tween washington and Thomssvitie On Trains
Nos. 10 and % sleeping cars between washing
ton and Wilmington.
In addition to the above
THENEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL
CONSISTING OF vE-TIBULg PULLMAN CARS
ONLY, leave Richmond, south bound, at 20
pm. and arrive at Petersburg ut pm, on
Mondays, We'd esdays, and Fridays. Leave
Petersburg, north bound, at ''ss a.w; and ar
Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Extra fare 10 charged on this train.
THE ONLY ALL~RAILLINR TO NORFOLK
LEAVE. ARRIVE.
Richmond, 'less am. Norfolk. s:ss pm.
sSafo9 ss s% k kSfsDa SaS p p%
Norfolk, tsi0 pm. Richmond, Sas pm.
These trains also make close connections
for Farmville, Lynchburg, and south
western points and all stations on the Norfolk
and Western railroad, except the l0,6S train
Passengers for points west Of Petersburg
should take the 1000 train instead.
X. NJ. SULLY,
Superintendent.
E. T. d. MYERS,
General Superintendent
7. N. EMERSON, General Passenger Agent.
Sol HAAS, Traffic Manager. zap IS
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-27
Dan Rice Eutrapped.

Dan Rice, the veteran Snowman, was nicely
fooled one day, as be was engaged announc-
ing the wonders OF bis circus outside the tsnt.
A nan standing with little boy In the crowd
near by cried out: "rll bet you dollar you
cannot let mo see Lion" "Done" said the
Snowman, eagerly; put down your money. y
The man placed dollar in the hand Of a
bystander, and Dan did tho same "Now
walk this way" said the Snowman, land I'll
soon convince you There you ara said be
tr:umphantly; ''look in that cornor at the
beautiful Numidian lion" II don't see any, v
responded tho man. whats tho matter with
YOUR asked tho Snowman. I'm blind" was
tho gruning reply, and in few minutes the
NAN pocketed The two dollars and went
away.-Excbange.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-27

forty years ago ~ destruction In northern
Illinois was sometimes enough to excite
national compassion. But With advanced
settlomcnt dense groves have grown up,
breaking the forcc OF the wind; the country,
also, il fhickly settled, the roads run between
fences which guide the Wanderers, and houses
are 30 thick that II Il rare indeed to hear OF
any one being lost and frozen In Illinois But
some Of the anecdotes Of the early days are
chilling enough. About thirty-fve years ago
an old man named Carter was crossing
the grand prairie Of central Illinois,
with two little granddaughters, In
wagon drawn by yoke Of oxen; blizzard
came on suddehly, tho oxen ran before the
wind till exhausted, and tho three persons
were lost at night on the open prairie The
old man Knocked the oxen in the head, cut
them open aud placed one child In the body
Of each OK; he then followed the line OF the
wind till be reached settlement, and early
the next morning rescuing party found the
little girls still alive and not seriously In
jured The last date at which there was
much suffering east OF the Mississippi was the
celebrated "Cold New Yearsr--Jau. l, 1874
Between dark aud daylight the mercury OF
several points in Illinois fell 20 degs. AT
Camp Douglas, near Chicago, all the guards
abandoned their posts, and the 1900 Con-
federats prisoners were apparently FREQ 70
20. One small squad did 60; but before gst-
ting milo from camp all turned back out
two. When the storm abated these two were
found but three miles away, frozen solid. One
of those who returned said that breathing on
the prairie that night was just like taking
sulphuric acid into the lungs From the
lakes to the gulf tho suffering that night was
great in every camp. and soldiers On guard
frozo or chilled TO death as far south as
vicksburg. Tho next memorable winter was
that of ls7l-72, when the Union Pacific rail
road wus blocked for five weeks, and trains
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-27

In all cases involving land grants and the
claims OF railroads, Mr.. lie Barnes Is said to
have been a vigilant defender OF the rights OF
settlers and the government; hence it was
thought important to retain him in the office
until an equally competent successor could
be found.
Hon. John v. Wright, who succeeds Mr..
Lo Barnes as law adviser Of the land Office, is
prominent lawyer Of Tennessee, formerly a
member Of the supreme court, and later o
circuit Judge and chancellor. He is son OF
an off1cer Of the war Of 1872 and grandson OF
an officer In the Revolution. and was himself
colonel OF the Thirteenth Tennessee infantry
In the Confederate army, os vol as mem
her OF the Confederate congress In 1855,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-27

spoken opponent Of everything that savored
& r.nudietion. De was chairman of the In.
dian commission in the northwest in 1850 and
1857 and as such concluded treaties with the
Indians giving the nation title to nearly co.
200 600 acres of land in Dakota, Montana,
Idaho and Washington territories :,
10 has since been chief OF tho mineral Ill
vision of the land Office In both these places
be has acquired minute knowledge OF the
public lands. It was q very high compliment
to Mr. L. Barnes to be retained 50 long after
the date when q change would ordinarily
have been made, and an equally high one 70
Judge Wright 70 be chosen as his successor
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STORIES ABOUT MEN.
Ne Preferred . Quick Death to Dsseo'
burma Talk.

Ne Preferred . Quick Death "a Dsscos-
burns Talk.
Iheard a rather interesting, though some
connection with Senator BlackburnS first
canvass for congress Blackburn, % TIE
story goes, happened to be passing through
Owenton, the country scat Of Owen county,
on the occasion Of the hanging Of . noted
criminal. As hanging is rather excep
tional episode in the state Of Kentucky, the
candidate for congressional honou concluded
DO would remain IN the place few hourS
and witness the event" The gallows was
erected in the public square, so that no citi.
zen, however humble, should lose the oppor.
tupity Of seeing the unusual spectacle. II
was, in fact, q gala day, such as the history
Of Owenton had seldom recorded. The sher.
III, in a spirit Of true Kentucky hospital
ity, invited Blackburn, as ono Of the distin.
guished guests present, to occupy a seat on
the gallows Blackburn did so. After the
preliminaries had been arranged, the sheriff
consulted his watch and discovered that II
was not quito IL o'clock, the hour flxed for
the execution Turning to the prisoner b.
said:
"You have TN minutes yet to live. Il
there anything you desire to say in the
meantimef'
The prisoner sullenly replied there was not.
at this instant Blackburn sprang from bis
seat, and, advancing to the edge Of the scat.
fold, said:
If tho gentleman will allow me his re-
naming ten minutes will be glad TO an
nounco myself O candidate for your suffrages
II elected to congress-
Hero tho prisoner impatienfly exclaimed:
"Say, you! IL your name Joe Blackburn
"Yes, sir" replied Blackburn, politely.
With an expression Of intense disgust on
his face the prisoner turned TO the sheriff.
"We won't stand on q few minutes more
OF lesa,' said he, "when the alternative Is
presented Of death ON one hand, or listening
to ono Of Joe Blackburn's long winded
speeches On the other. Flip the trap and let
me CO."
The good natured sheriff obligingly
dipped tho trap" and the next instant the
desperate swung into eternity. while Black
burn clarnbered down the gaifows, exclaim-
ing as be went that he had lost tho greatest
opportunity Of bis life.--New York Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-27

CONNECTIONS.
Train No. 80 makes connection at Keysyflle
for Chase City aud Clarksyille; ut Greensboro
for Durham. Raleigh, daily except Sunday, and
all points on North Carslina Division and N.
W. N. q. K K.
boro' for n. W. n. G. X. r., Raleigh. Colds.
bOro', and Norehead City; at Salisbury Tor
Ashevile. Hot Springs, and all points, ~
Western North Carolina; at Charlotte with
Char lotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad for
nah, TbOmasv1lle, Ca. JacksQnvtlle aud other
Florida points also with Carolina Central
railroad for Wilmington.
Trains from the south arrive at Richmond
0:I6 am. and 3:i6 pm.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-27
WRIGHT AND LE BARNES.

The Law Clerk of the General Land OF.
Ace and His Predecessor
The recent removal Of j. ". 10 Barnes,
law clerk and adviser Of the general land
office, is still being talked Of in Washington
Mr.. lie Barnes himself gives the very rea-
sonable explanation that he was not 50
much removed prematurely as retained
beyond the usual time, for be had held
Office nearly thirteen years and had
been informed that Mr.. Lamar contem-
plated bis removal some time ago.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-27

Mr.. lie Barnes was
first employed in
tho general land
office in 1878, and
was made q W
clerk in 1880; thus
he held the place
under Secretaries
Schurz, Kirkwood
and Teller, Repub-
licans, and nearly
three years Under
Secretary Lamar,
and acquired such
a standing that he
was regarded as al
most indispensable.