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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
The First PhOnOgraph.

A gentleman recently repeated to me
an account given him by Thomas
Edison of the max ing of the first phono-
graph. Busily engaged in innumena
things, Mr.. Edison carried in his mind
for long time the idea of the phono-
graph, turning it over and over, and
from time to time jotting down sketches
and memoranda concerning its construc-
ton. At length he SAID to an old Ger
man machlnist, who made models fo-
him, that he wanted a machine con-
structed in certain manner, but for the
use of it he gave no hint. Now and
then, as the work went on without see-
ing the model, Mr.. Edison ordered GER
tain changes, which, of course, were
duly made.
Finally the German was told to bring
the machine for examination. Mr.. Edi-
son fitted into it the sheet of nfoil, and
turning the crank spoke into the funnel
the somewhat familiar voice about Mary
and her little lamb. The German re-
garded him as if he thought he had
gone mad; but when Mr.. Edison re-
versed the motion and the photograph
pipingly repeated his stanza, the old
man threw up his hands in the utmost
establishment. Providence Journal.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
Feigned Death and Was Buried.

Col. Musser relates an interesting in
cident of army experience which oc-
Cured while he was in command of the
post of Washington, Ark, in the early
summer of 1864. The story as related is
told by a Federal officer, prisoner in
camp, to Capt. Jas. 7. Otey, of the Sth
Missouri Infantry. The captain was
playing the part of the hospitable host
toward his guest and prisoner, through
the medium of couple of tin cups and
a Jug filled with homemade whisky,
clear as crystal, and uncohtaminated by
an excise tax. Lieut.. Boren was Fed
eral officer in an Ohio regiment, and
had fallen into the hands Of Dick Taylor
about the time of Banks Red River ex-
petition. Becoming weary OF captivity
and disguised with Confederate rations,
he planned with several of his fellow
prisoners a scheme by which at least
one of their members might make his
escape. Whisky poker was played to
determine which one should be given
the first chance. Lieut.. BOren won. In
accordance with the scheme agreed to
he feigned death, was buried by his COM
rades in shallow grave, and succeeded
in making his resurrection after the de-
parture Of the of the confederate sol
diers and companions. The deserted
grave was discovered during the day by
some loiterers about the camping-place
and the ruse dropped onto, and report
ed to the commandant at Marshalfield,
La, who Immediately set pack of
bloodhounds to track the fugitive. After
a
were called oil. This one continued the
pursuit, and at the end of the third day
overlook and freed the Lieutenant in the
dense woods near Washington, Ark.
The hound guarded the tree for three
days and three nights, until the soldiers,
who took their time in the pursuit, ar
rived and again took charge of the we'll
nigh starved fugitive.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
How They Court in Mexico.

Going along the streets of Mexico City
one day 1 saw young man Tipping his
fingers grotesquely, as though playing
an imaginary tattoo in the air. looked
all around but couldn't see anything.
The next day l saw him at it again, gaz.
ing skyward all the time. l went into
the hotel and one of my friends asked me
if l had seen that young fellow yet who
was counting that young girl. fell all
at once, and looking out saw girl in
. third-story window looking out at him
and doing the tattoo act also. Said my
friend: "This business has been going
on for two years and neither of them
has spoken word" 1t was so. They
we're counting. That's the way they do
it down here. 1t was a Irritation, long
protracted, but whether the pantomine
was transferable into language / am un-
able to saw.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
He Was Full OF Life.

"Your money or your life" demand
ed footpad of a pedestrian who at a
late hour one night was threading his
way along dark and narrow street.
1--we more life than money" replied
the pedestrian, and proceeded to dem
onstrate his possession of the former in
such manner that, an hour later, when
the would-be robber gathered himself
up from the dust, he felt of his body all
over to assure himself that he was some
thing more than suit of cast off cloth
ing. -[Harper's Bazaar.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
Removing Cinders From the Eve.

A physician writes In medical jour-
nal that he learned how to get cinders
or other substances out of the eye from
an engineer on whose LOGON olive he
was riding. The doctor got cinder in
his eye and began to rub it. "Let that
eye alone and rub the other" said the
engineer The doctor paid no atten-
ton. ''Do as tell you," SAID the en-.
gineer, land you'll have it out in two
minutes" The doctor obeyed, rubbed
the we'll eye, and in a moment the Gin
der was lying on his cheek. He says
that the treatment never fails, where
the substance has not cut into the eye
ball.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09

The latest Smithsonian report says
that in few years more the moose, deer,
mountain sheep and goat, the last OF tho
great game animals, will be wholly ex-
terminated. whether the game laws
of Maine will be able to put this pro-
phecy to naught so far as the moose and
deer are concerned" says the Portland
Press, 'will depend very much on how
well they are enforced. 1t is certain
that the deer and moose are much more
numerous in our northern forests than
they were few years ago. The moose
especially, which a few years ago had
apparently disappeared, are here again
in considerable numbers, either having
multiplied under protective laws or
driftcd back from harassment in Cana
dian haunts. The deer have unques-
tionably increased because they have
been protected; and from border camp,
have come reports that their enemies
the wolves have returned, tenn pied back
probably by the increase of game. From
present appearances the Smithsonian
scientists may study the Maine moose
at their leisure. We hope to have him
with US some time longer"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09

"Thc rectiication of the Afghan
frontier in the Kushk and Kashan val
leys was attended with an incident
which must seem to the Amir subjects
an unmitigated hardship" says the St.
James Gazette. "When the boundary
was fixed between the Russian and
English governments, in accordance
with the protocol of September, 1885,
the Amir brought five or six hundred
cultivators from Zamindaur and settled
them in the valley of the Kushk. The
emigration, or rather deportation, of
these people from their homes in
southern Afghanistan to their new set
Elements entailed journey Of. over 800
miles. BY the time they had been
settled in their new abodes, had built
their mud-huts, and had begun to re-
claim the waste, fresh bargain was
struck by our diplomatists; and, as a
result nearly half these unlucky colo
nists were found to be living on Russian
territory. So they have been compelled
to mako another move, and this at a
most Indictment season."
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09

Gilbert Burrows, treasurer of the
Grand opera house in Dayton, Ohio, was
the victim recently of an electrical
shock over telephone wire that nearly
proved fatal. He was about to answer
ring from the instrument and took
hold of the phone, when, with a sharp
cry Of pain, he staggered backward,
and, despite his struggles, he could not
let go of the phone and was held with
in its electrical embrace until his cries
brought assistance and the phone at
tachment was broken from its fastening.
Burrows fell to the floor in an insensible
condition as the result of reaction from
the nervous shock. He remembers that
when he approached the instrument a
blush glow of flame appeared about the
metal on the telephone. Investigation
by the superintendent of telephones
showed that the telephone wire was
crossed with the large incandescent
light wires which are constantly
charged.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
Qbe meekIp Alessenaer
Published Weekly
AT
st NJ artinsviIIe, L a.
BY
EASTlN L. BlENVENU.

Rowan county, Ky., which during
the past few years has attained an I'M.
enviable notoriety by the number Of
feuds that it has furnished, as cure for
its facilitating state Of lawlessness has
been returned to the two counties from
which it was originally constructed.
The legislature by this means hoped to
divide the labors of sheriffs and grand
juries so that they may be more effec-
tive. The only fear, remarks the Inter-
Ocean, is that the feud may become the
fashion in adjoining counties now that
Rowan has been rent in twain and its
name obliterated from the map.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09

Are you sad, Respondent, gloomy?
Are you sore distressed!
Listen TO the welcome bidding
BE at rest"
Have you aches and pains unnumbered.
Poisoning life's Golden Cup:
Think not there's no balm in Gilead, and
.'Give il up"
A Golden Remedy awaits you
Golden not alone in name
Reach, oh. suffering one, and grasp It
Health reclaim.
There is but one Golden" Remedy-D,
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Ii stand.
alone as the great blood purifier" strength.
renewer" and 'health-restorer," OF the ass
The Liver il regulates, removing all impuri
ties. The Lungs it strengthens, cleansing ana
nourishing them. The whole system il build
up, supplying that above all other things moi
needed-pure, rich Blood.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
That Tired FEELING

inexperienced by almost very at this season
and many people resort to Hoods Sarsaparilla tn
drive away the languor and exhaustion. The blood.
laden with impurities which have been accumulatine
for months, moves slusgishly through the veins,
the mind fails TO think quickly and the body is sti
slower TO respond. Hoods Sars par LA Just what
is needed. 1t purihes vital zes, and eurches the
blood makes the head clear, creates an appetite.
overcomes that tired feeling the nervous sys
TEN, and imparts new strength and vigor 70 the
whole body.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
Conventional "Monon Resolution.

Conventional MonOn" Resolution
Whereas, The Monon Route IL. y. A. a n
Ry CO.. desires 10 make IL known TO the worS
at large that il forms the double connectins
link OF Pullman tourist travel between H.
winter cities of Florida and the summer r.
sorts of the Mort Invest; and
Whereas, Its rapid transit" system Is mn.
surpass ed, its elegant Pullman Buffet Sleens,
and Chair car service between Chicago AMI
Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati un.
equalled; and
Whereas, Its rates are as lowas the lowest:
then be il
Resolved, That in the event of starting on .
trip it is good policy 10 consult with r. o. Nc.
Cormick, Gen1 Pass. Agent MonOn Route rs
Dearborn ST.. Chicago, for full particulars On
any event send for Tourist Guide, enclose "a
uOStaCel
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
Don't Relief, BUT Cure,~

Is the exclamation Of thousands suffering from
catarrh. To all such we say: Catarrh can b
cured by DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Ii has
been done in thousands of cases; why not In
yours! Your danger is in delay. Enclose .
stamp to Worlds Dispensary Medical Asso-
citation, Buffalo, y. y, for pamphlet on this
disease.
And throw a cruel sunshine on fool
Armstrong.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
What SCOTS Emulsion Has Done!
Over rs Pounds Gain in Ten Weeks.
Experience of q Prominent Citizen.
TIE CAIIFoRSIA SOCIETY foa rHE)
SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
San Francisco, July 9Th, 1886.


SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
San FRANCISCO. July 7th 1886
I took q severe cold upon
my chest and lungs and did
not give it proper attention;
it developed into bronchitis,
and in the fall of the same
year / was threatened with
consumption. Physicians or.
dered me to q more congeni.
al climate, and / came to San
Francisco. Soon after my
arrival / commenced taking
SCOTS Emulsion Of Cod Liver
Oil with Hypophosphites reg.
ularly three times q day. In
ten weeks my avoirdupois
went from 1855 to $50 pounds
and over; the cough mean
time ceased. c. r.. BENNETT.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
An Old Field Weed.

Many seeing that old field weed, the null
lein stalk, never consider the good it is accom-
plishing in curing lung troubles 1t presents
in Taylors Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullen, the finest known remedy for
coughs, Group, colds and consumption.
During the lastsixteen years. y, 600 salon
on British ships have been lost at sea.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
A Good Bet 10 Hold.

Dumley-"Brown wants to bet me one
hundred dollars that in ten years more
New York will have population of over
two millions"
Robinson (excitedly).-"Take him up,
Dumley, take him up, and let me hold
the monev, n-Blzar.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
Hoods SarsapariIIa

MY appetite was poor, l could not sleep. had
headache great deal. pains in my back. my bowel,
did not move regularly. Hoods sarsaparilla in a
snort time did m so much cd that feel like new
man. Ny pains and aches are relieve 4 INV ANNETTE
improved. say TO others try Hoods sarsaparill,
and Sec +. jackson. Roxbury Station, Conn.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09

WELLS
INVISIBLE
Y e|vet
Cream.

.AMagicCom.
plexion Beauti
fer for Face,
Neck and Arms
Elegant for
dressing an d
whitening the
skin. Unrivsled
orTheafre. Re.
ceptions. Balls.
Parties, &c. I'm
equalled for
delicate trans
nQrenf. whifa-
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09

ness, soft youthful effect and fine finish Harm
.ess, does not roughen. draw, wither, nor in any
way fnjure the most delicate or sensitive skin
superior to any Powder, Paste or LIQUID fog
coming down red or flushed face. EGaces Tan,
sun6urn, Freckles, Pimples, Coarseness. Sal
pw SKIN. all blemishes and imperfections. 81.
ooIties at druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers
or BY Express, prepaid. on receipt of price
= .. w ELLs, Chemist, Jersey City, Nj. U.S.A.
Rough ON NEURALGIA" 500. Drug.
ROUGH ON RHEUMATISM. !" 81 80. Drug.
ROUGH ON ASTHMA" si.so. Druggists.
kOOGH ON MALARIA" $50 Druggists,
Or prepaid by Ex. E. s. wrrIs Jersey CITY.
R0UGHoHC0RNS s dHEP 81 I5c.
R0uGHosT00THACHE1Rs::IiI.:9''I5 e
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09

Father Mathew signed the total abstinence
pledge April 10, 1888. The fiftieth ami
versary of this event has recently been widely
commemorated.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09

In answer to causal question,
How easy and truthful TO tell IT'S
A cure or the worst indigestion,
To take Pierce's Purgatiye Pelleta
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09

Her sensual snares let faithless pleasures
lay.-Smollett.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09

In 1857 the government had paid g., 400.
1000 in principal and interest on the public
debit
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09

If afflicted with sore eyes, use Dr. Isaac
rhompson's Eye water. Druggists sell at
&c per bottle
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09

Steam has treDled mans working power in
she world.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
Make the Weak Strong

Il take Hoods Ssrsaparflla as a spring toni. an
recommend II to all who have that miserable
feeling."-C. PAsMELEE, $40 Bridge ST., BROOKLYN.
NY
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-06-09
Hoods Sarsa parilIa

Sold BY all druggists q six for A. Prenareo o,,
bye HOOD CO.. Apothecaries, Lowell Ma..
100 Doses One DoIla,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
THE CIT'I1EN.
w. T. u. COLUMN.
An Explanation.

Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, chairman OF
the Womans' Republican Committee,
has issued a call for women every
where to organize clubs for active
service in the campaign. This move
mant has no connection with the w.
CT. u, state or national, nor does
Mrs. Foster represent either in her
action. 1t has not therefore the sig
nificance that some of the Pittsburgh
papers attach to it, as she only acts
Individually. The two wings of the
Womans' Christian Temperance Un-
ion. which Mrs. Swift is represented
as saying are about equal in Penn
sylvania, differ only in regard to the
policy of the Union as organlza-
ton. lending its influence ''to any one
party The National Union has
adopted such policy and is supported
in it's actiopIby all the states but Penn
sylyania and Iowa, and perhaps one
or two at the south. The resolution
pledging its influence "to that party
which will give US the best embodl-
ment of prohibition principles and
and will most surely protect our
homes," was adopted by the Detroit
convention in 1888. and was reported
from committee of which Mrs. Fos-
ter was chairman, its passage being
warmly advocated by her. At this
convention a memorial was ordered
to be presented to the national politi-
cal parties the following year. Meth
er the Republicans or the Democrats
noticed it all, and at the w. G. I. u,
convention at St. Louis in 1884, the
resolution was, by q large majority
made to apply to the Prohibition par,
ty as the only one which had stood
the test. Mrs Foster opposed this
application and since then has been
the nou-partisan leader. She has al
ways been Republican and now
announces her intention to remain so.
Such course does not interfere at all
with her membership in the w. G.
r. u, as no one denies the right of
individual choice in the matter. Nor
does it even argue Inconsistency as a
non-partisan White Ribboner 1t is
however, an example that Prohibition
party women in the unions will not
be slow to follow.
M. s. TEMPLEToN.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
The American Home.

This question of the desolation of
the American home and it's protect
ion lifts itself above every other ques-
ton relative to American politics. l
wish | could put on the canvas an
imaginary American home. | would
not make a fine mansion on the ave-
nue. nor an old log-cabin, but would
make comfortable house with gar
dens and line of shade trees. with
birds singing the song ofjoy in the
morning. Then | would put in this
ideal home husband, wife and chill
dren, the eldest boy driving the team
to the barn, the second one the cows,
and the third whistling a familiar
household tune Then [ would haYe
Congress appoint commission of in
quiry upon political economy and in
qnire: MADAM, we have called to
know what this American home will
do for this American Republic?"
She would reply; Gentlemen, we
are trying to keep our home pure;
are trying to make our boys patriotic
American citizens; we are trying to
make our daughter true American
woman; we are trying to love God
and keep His commandments, and to
cultivate the grace of hospitality.
Walk in, gentlemen, and take tea
with u.s." The chairman says: "Ma-
dam, we have called to know what
sacrifice this American home will
make for this American Republic?
This country is in danger, and we
want an answer just now?" "We
will talk it over" is the reply. Take
our eldest boy; take him away to the
battlefield, and if he falls in defence
of his country's flag, we will kiss the
second one, and say, go fill your
brothers. place." Any government
that will not protect that home by all
the power of its police and the majes-
ty of its law from the cursed liquor
traffic is not the republic it ought to
be. 1t is told of Ben Wade once that
he rode upon his horse to find the
government. He went to the Presi-
dent, who said, 81 am not the goy-
ernment." He went the Senate and
Congress. and they said. eve are not
the government He then called his
neighbors into the old school house,
and said: II want to talk to the gov
ernment." l ask you, if you love
this American Republic, then silence
the rum power that is destroying our
homes Geo. W. Bdin.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
Gardening for Ladies.

Make up your bed early in the
morning; sew buttons on your hus-
bands shirt; do not rake up griev-
anees; protect the young and tender
branches of your family; plant smiles
of good temper, and reap c crop of
health and happiness; root out the
causes Of nervous debility and "female
weakness" by the use of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. 1t is SOW
ereign specific, and thousands of the
fair sex bless the day when they first
heard of it. 1t is the only medicine
for women, sold by druggists, under
a positive guarantee, from the manu-
facturers, that it will give satisfaction
in every case, or money will be re-
funded. This guarantee las been
printed on the bottle wrapper, and
faithfully carried out for many years.
To cleanse the stomach, liver, and
system generally, use Or. Pierce's
Pellets.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31

homes Of strong, healthy, men and
women. The simple but effective
remedies which carried them to green
old age are now reproduced in War
ner's "Tippecanoe," and Warmers
Log Cabin Sarsaparilla and other
Log Cabin Remedies.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
Ella RntIar a eolnred rirl ]

Ella Butler, colored girl Is
years old died the other day at Had
donsfelj. N. j., and her coffin had to
be just 6 feet inches long.
"A young man down South has
discovered a substance that is 346
times sweeter than sugar. 1t is IL
years old and wears bpstle.
-"Have you seen my wife lately?"
asked Smith, who was hurrying
through the street. "By George !"
he exclaimed in the next breath,
"there goes he1 bpstle around the
corner now. She can't he Q great
way off,"
"A long breath is called a sigh
because Of its sighs.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31

Edison has invented a talking
clock which says "dinner time, "
"bed time" etc, and it is understood
that there will be "a 2 O'Clock a. m
attachment for the use of the wives
of lodge members. Just what Ian
guage will be used is not stated.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
-uDont triaa with Niagara -

-"Don't trile with Niagara, says
the Buffalo Express. There is no
d4nger now. Most of the men who
have trifed with Niagara have found
that Niagara has trihed with them,
and got considerably the best of it.
There is no amusement there, and the
funeral expenses are large.-Judge
Ingram carpets. worn beyond
repair, should be cut into lengthwise
strips, and woven the same as rag
carpet. 1t is unnecessary to sew the
ingram cuttings, weavers generally
preferring to overlap the strips as
they weave. Mats and carpets as
sumo quite Persian look when made
in this way. and are very durable.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-31
The Population Of Butler

is about 1000, and we would say at
least one half are troubled with some
affection Of the Throat and Lungs, as
those complaints are, according to
statistics, more numerous than others.
We would advise all not to neglect
the opportunity to call on their drug
gist and get bottle of Kemp's Bal
sam for the Throat and Lungs. Price
SOC and 81. Trial size Free. Sold
by all druggists