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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19
Robins Nest.

knew three robins who lived in a nest.
Not very long ago,
Where the summer winds that blew in the
west
Rocked it to and fro,
Swinging and singing among the leaves
Watching the busy world gathering sheaves
Noting the pattern of life that weaves
As the shadows come and go.
First there was one all alone-that was
me
Not very long ago;
Then came another, so strong and FREQ.
Whistling sweet and low:
A robin with great, soft melting ewes,
Dawned into my life like glad surprise
Singing of love in a robin wise,
Little one, yes or no"
Oh, how the katydids, chorusing in,
Not very long ago,
Sang to the stars with their musical din,
Over my jo5, you know,
Called till the ~. II came over the hill
And touched all the nj III: with a silvery
thrill,
fill
While the katy,lds san- 50 low.
We built us nest with loving care
Not very long ago,
Out in the west, I'll tell you where,
By the beautiful rivers flow,
That laughs up North in the little blue
lakes,
And sings as its winding path it takes
To the shore where the CULTS green billow
breaks
And the salt tides come and 60.
Blue was the river and bluer the skies
Not very long ago,
When | flew to our nest, where the three
hills rise,
By the rivers murmurinG flow:
Home lights on the hill sang Home" as
spel,
And the river sang Home" in its pebbly
bed,
And the starlight CLEANED in the skies over
head
AMI dlnoed in the river below.
Not very longago,
My glad day shaded to dusty night
Dear love called, must gD:"
But like moonbeams that brighten the mid
night tide,
His strong love hedged me on every side,
And my tired wings still in his strength
able
And tie summer breszes bow.
One April morn, through the white soft mist
Not very long ago,
a golden sunbeam lightly kissed
My story is old. l know,
\ wee 'bron birdie that cooed in our nest,
Pressed to my heart his fiut:ering breast
The love in my life was threefod blest-
Sweet was his song, and low.
Ny Robin flies and my Robin sings
Fluttcring 10 and fro,
And my heart is full of the love he brings
And the songs that he sings 10 show
That 1--we in the soul never grows a-cold
And the he irt is young vile the head is old,
And the tale of the morning is never told,
Though the long years come and go.
Whistles my Robin: The sun looks west,
Though the clouds drift to ard fro
Softly answer him, God knoweth best,
Whittier our feet Shouid GO
30 we swing in our nest when the June skies
smile
And we wing our way by still waters"
awEilo,
Till the path through green pastures leads
over a Stiie
To garden, quiet and low.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS

The graphite brush is now being quito
generally used for street car work.
The war footing of the French armv
exceeds that of Germany by 100, 900.
An electrical exhibition on grand
scale is proposed to be held next year in
Edinburgh.
A combination of lime water and lin.
seed oil is the best application for pow.
der burns.
Electric lighting in Norway is being
rapidly extended to the steamers owned
in that country.
The Chinese buy SIS worth out Of
800 they import from England, and
only IS worth from the United States.
The Flcnch painter AIillet received
for 'The Angelus" only 2OOO francs,
or $500, though it recently sold for
$40, 600.
There is a large volume of money
seeking employment in all new enter.
prises, and promoters have been encour-
aged by investors to push out in a good
many new directions.
Skipping the rope has become rec
ognized form of athletic training, Sc.
verely testing the condition of heart,
lungs and muscles of the legs.
An Engiishman is credited with the
discovery of a method of producing per-
fectly pure air from the combustion of
coal. The process is very simple.
The largest railway station in the
world is the terminus station of the
Peninsular railway at Bombay, India, at
which an army of workmen were at
work ten years at miserable wages. It
cost $40, 900, 900.
The total production of distilled
spirits in the United States from July 1,
1888, to January 81, 1889, was AZ, 1885,
1856 taxable gallons, being the largest
production for similar period in any
year since 1883.
The hugh cantilever bridge over the
Firth of Forth, Scotland, has been com.
pleted all but the bridging of the $50
feet gap between the sections. The con-
Meeting girder will be fifty feet in depth,
and will weigh 500 tons.
1t has generally been supposed that
tattoo marks are indelible. A writer in
the Recus Scientifque has, however, just
given a recipe for the removal of these
unsightly adornmen;s. Tannin and
nitrate of silver are the principal agents
IN destroying them.
At the Greenwich Observatory in
England LOGS hours of sunshine were
recorded in 1855, about $50 less than
the average of the preceding eleven
years, and 333 below that of 1887.
The aggregate number of hours the sun
was above the horizon was 4, 465.
/ In the Kings Arms Hote, Kenil-
worth, all the furniture in the room
occupied by Sir Walter Scott when he
wrote "Kenilworth" remains intact to
this day and is the everlasting delight
Of tourists and travellers to inspect.
The hotel is a quaint little affair with an
equally quaint little hostess.
To expcl mosquitoes, take of gum
camphor piece about one third the size
of a hens egg, and evaporate it by
placing it in tin vessel and holding it
over lamp, taking care that it does not
ignite. The smoke will soon fill the room,
expel the mosquitoes, and they will not
return, even though the wind ows be left
open all light.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

With all our boasted scientific progress
we really know very little, asserts the
San Francisco Chronicle, of the laws of
meteorology. We can measure the force
and intensity of the wind when it blows,
and gauge the rain when it falls; but al
for foretelling a wind-s,orm or a rain
storm we GO not know much more about
itthan the untutored Indian, who watches
the chipmunks and muskrats and makes
his representations in accordance with
their movements. Even the barometer
takes freaks and gets unreliable at times,
and then we are all at sea as regards
what is coming next, except that we shall
probably have ''spell of weather"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19
TOMMY STRIKES A MYSTERY.

"Ma, I'm puzzled" observed Tommy,
aged four, at tie tea-table.
"What puzzles you!" asked the
mother.
How did Mr.. Browns scarf-pin get
in sister Bellies hair last night, and none
of 'em knowcd it but -Biaqhamton
RtpuJlicaR.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

The Car of Russia has suppressed the
Lutheran Church in his domains. There
were three years ago about three million
members of this body in the Russias,
mostly in the Baltic provinces.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

The question of leprosy in India is as
suming serious character. 1t is reported
that British brigadier-general has been
sent home with the disease.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

Leading financial authorities report
that there never was period when so
much investing was going on in purely
industrial and commercial channels.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

During the first six months of the
present year 1922 miles of new track
were laid by the various railroads in the
country.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

The venerable Mrs. Polk is now the
only living widow Of President from the
Southern States.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

Both France and Great Britain lead the
United States so far as exports to South
America are concerned.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

The question of women sitting in
county councils in England has been de-
cided in the negative.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

Spain is arranging for an international
celebration on her own soil.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

The Grant family have made 5000, 900
out of the Generals memoirs.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

The National Grccnback party is about
to reorganiZe.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

Water is destroying more property than
fire in the United States this year.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-10-19

The Samoan conference was carried on
in English.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09
,rndern Robinson cru.oe.

Professor Lee. Of B0wdoia college,
who accompanied the AlbatrOss cTpe-
dition as naturalist. tells of acunous
experience in the South Pacific Years
ago the Ecuador government planted
a convict colony on Charles Island,
one Of the Galapagos group.
The cOnvicts revOlted, killed the
governor and escaped, leaving behind
Digs. cattle, donkeys and horses. Since
that time no one was thought 10 live
there. aud at Chatham Island, another
of the group, the Albatross party were
told that Charles Island was entirely
deserted.
They were. therefore. rather sur.
prised when they visited Charles Island
10 como upon q man nearly naked,
carrying q pig on his back. He was
quite as surprised as they, and was at
first in great fear; but finally they
got him 10 talk. His hair and beard
had grown very long and he had lost
all notion Of time.
He said that some years before he
had come 10 Charles Island with q
party In search Of Il certain valuable
moss; that he had deserted his com
panions. who had gone off without
him. and that since that time be had
been alone on the island.
lie had lived on fruits aud herbs;
had captured wild cattle by setting
trans for thcn, killed them with
spear made by tying his pocket knife
10 a stick. and from their hides made
a hut. He was glad to see men again,
and asked 10 be taken back to Chatham
Island, which was granted, OF course.
Youths Companion.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09
OUIsPOKEN SCIENCE.

TAe .foiioscine s,Gtevsnf oag1t rolyntariig 70 NJ
Propris,ors Qf ne great preparation Of uhich d
speaks. Taeg hare nersr had TIE pleasure u rreet.
iHg ns enireHt sc,satiSt 'rh0 urots n. bW apPre.
eiats ne honest edndor rhich prompted ~!
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This may certify that as the result of ex-
tended research. am able % ate that. In the
Duty Malt Whisky alone. there Is to be had
such pure article as have described IN my
paper on "A Scientific specific for intem-
persnce." in the North Itasrican Rerisic for
July, lSSs. II Is. Of course. a well-known
fact that we may procure. "a a laboratory
product, WHISKY that shall BE- free Of fusfl
OIL; hn it Is With pride that state that alone
Of eommercial whiskies the Duffy Malt de
c ines to inbue the brain and the system Satf-
WILLARD II. MORSE. MD
W'sifield. Nj
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09
THE WGST VIRGINIA MIDDLE.
TheLiitle state Of "kanawha Regular
Habcf

The eLittle state of "kanawha "a Regular
Babei
BMrWoRr ND. February s-The
eMs Charleston West Virginia special
says Matters took nev turn in the
senate to-day About a. NJ. when the
joint emhy finished counting the re-
fuius for State officers. recess was ta-
KEN and tho Senate repaired TO ita cham
Der 90 adjourn until this afternoon.
bun found That the Republic
cans had gone and left the Senate
without quorum Two deputies were
appointed to aid the sergeantat-arms TO
bring ion the abseutecs. President Carr
gave the officers orders, and at 3.30 A..
VI. they started out One squad went 20
me Hotel Bulncr and found that some
of the ab-cutces were ln their rooms
and in order tO make arrests. they broke
in thc doors ot some of the rooms. This
brought about q quarrel Senator Camp
teilresirlng. An officer drew api-ioi, but
Was prevented from using it Private
residences were invaded and any Senator
wa- hauled 90 tle Senate Eight were
arrested and lucl s6. After an ibis
trouble m adjournment was not bad
until a3O NJ ILe Republican, were
very indignant and denounced President
Carr Thetwo houses took one elcctual
ballot to-day for Senator The vote
stood Kenua, 3s Co0 go, the balance
scattering
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09
THE C0CKADE CITY.
Almost Disastrous Firc- Minor Mention.
lsnecnL % the lLmr-

Especial 90 the Times.
PETERSBURG, Va, February s-AI
early morning fire nearly resulted to-da'
in a disastrous coniiagratiOn IN the busi
hess quarter oi the city. As it was. con
siderable damage was done before th,
flames were stayed
The fre originated about 2.3O A. NJ. ~
the rear of the bakery occupied hv W
W Tucker ln the back yard of hi.
premises. so if is stated were two bar
rcls of gasoline An cmplOye empticl
q scuttic Of hot ashes near these barrels
which took fire and exploded Clustered
about The burning building were several
frame and brick houses. ON Jail alley
some of them occupied by white persons
and others bynegrO tenants These iUr-
mis- hcd food for the flames and were en-.
firely destroyed. although portion of
the furniture was saved and stored in
the office of thf Iade-Ayp0i, which was
dangerously near the scene of the C0n-
hagration
Jail alley is q narrow street in The rear
Of Sycamore street. Many business
houses extend back from Sycamore 90
The alley As q consequence several
stores were damagcd-in the rear hv fire
and in front by water, the alley being so
narrow thar the fire department bad 20
work for the most part from The main
street BY dint of extraordinary labor
however, The tiremen confined the tG to
lhe area i'm the rear. and By this means a
great loss was ayeucd
There was about 100000 Of insurance
on The damaged property, and the prob
ability is that the loss win fall below
$4,000 OF The insurance The sum of
$4,000 is placed in the Virginia Mutual
Of Richmond and q smaller amount in
other Virginia companies. among which
are The Petersburg Savings and ln-ur-
ance Company and the Portsmouth Com
pany Among the heaviest losers
are Mrs. Harrison who keeps board
ing-house on Sycamore street. over
Lamberts shoe store All of her lurni-
iure was consumed, as well rs q substan-
iial sum OF money which She bad in The
house. Mrs Harrison also sustained
painful injuries i'm her efforts 90 remove
some OF her property Another casu-
ality of the fire Was the accident which
befeil Fireman Short. of Company I
lie was struck lull in the face by
stream of water from one of the engines
and was knocked from his position on
The h0use-tOp on which he was standing
OTHER MENTION
Mr. Joseph Ford, a well-to-do butcher
was tho victim of a painful accident Zoe
day Tie was driving bis wagon 10 the
market, and, turning a corner TOO sharp
.y, he was thrown outright from Dis
vehicle. His collar bone was broken in
TWO places. his head cut i'm son cral
places, and his neck bruised.
Some of the wags who pcrpetraie
White Cap Jokes I'm This city have been
traced through the letters which they
wrote and last night Two of them were
roughly handled by persons whom they
bad intended to yictimizc.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09
SUGGESTIONS FOR SICK ROOMS

A large, sunny room should be selected for
the nyalidi if without carpet 50 much the
better Sunshine a. dislnfectant Is worth
bushels Of chloride Of lime
The bed linen should DO changed at least
once il three days the blankets once week,
those that Lays been removed being hung In
the open air for few hours, then thoroughly
aired ii a waria room
The room should BE- kept thoroughly venti-
lated and at a temperature not lower than Cs
degs OF higher than 90 degs II the patient
IS kept warm air may be freely admitted
without the least danger.
The carpet of a sick room should be lightly
brushed once a day with a wetted broom.
The furniture and woodwork should be wiped
with a damp cloth Dry busters and feather
brushes are worse than useless.
The cross sheet should invariably be kept
free from crumbs and wrinkles, as these are a
frequent cause OF bed sores. Whenever the
least redness shows on the patients body the
skin must be 40 once bathed with alcohol,
thoroughly dried and busted with powdered
oxide of zinc
y sheet folded once lengthwise, laid across
the bed, with the upper edge just touching the
pillows and the ends tightly tucked under the
mattresses, viii be- found % add greatly 10
the PATIENTS comfort. Il does not wrinkle
Ike a single sheet, and crumbs may be readily
brushed of it,
The nurses dress should invariably be neat,
tasteful and pretty. Slippers or boots OF felt
should be worn. To be continually smooth
ing tue bed, restoring the patient with sym
patly and saying a dozen times an hour
How do you teel nowf' is enough TO drive a
sick man wild
Meals for invalids should look as tempting
as possible. The tray should be covered with
the whtest napkin, and the silver, glass aud
china should shine with cleanliness. The
patient should not be dissusted by a display
of 700 much food and should not BE- consulted
beforehand as 20 what he viii eat or drink.
II bathing the invalid, never uncover too
large surface az once Pin a blanket round
the shoulders, fastening it behind, and re-
move the night dress under that Put the
hand under the blanket and sponge the skin,
a small portion at time A womans hair
should be comoed every day II she Is able to
bear the fatigue II it has become tangled
little sweet oil viii loosen 1t.
Household troubles should be kept far from
the sick room. Above all, an invalid or an
apparent conyalescent should be saved from
his friends one garru.ous acquaintance
NAV in half an hour undo tho good OF week
Of tender nursing In long illnesses small
bed table viii be found indispensable, Every
cup, glass, spoon and utensil used should be
taken out OF the room and washed as speedily
as possible. As 20 walking on tiptoe and
whispering, nothing can disturb nervous
person more. Home Tonie-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09
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cTOU1QU)1eQl1,
cJ2}iicc8po.
LINEN FABRICS.


Rather Chilly. isn't "a. 20
mention -1Ch cool goods
reSt sHs are GOOD All
tiic wear TOstItil; "a i~ 1Ot
at,fogs that such values
cau hc had. What q towel
5sc Cru chow sos' ~i.:5G pcs'
Cafcrs! eS.1G and $500
set dozen likewise rCpsQ-
,csf actual values. and al-
frarfltc Borders $40 ''l5nCn
eu-c" iu thc country can
e.cct GamuOt yoU lnd
l.rac Co glance af lhC U~clili
r1- bright Things iR tlIis
c. paFiiufaatf
GfOI84fgss vVc have III
Standard patterns as low
a- s5 cents pea GCXCU.
NAPKINS arc fast be-
ComiuG "a leading feature
among the siucn..
5B cents. 100 and Ss.35
0ili CICis purchase a dozen
lap5sins; the range from
.c figures is immense.
ff8tC Y0U ever sees OUF
aapi,ins at S25.0O the
dozen
simply look al our sPc-
tlas importation Cf sOiHs'
F.tnCu ShCctiug af Sz.O0.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09

ONANoOcK, Va, February s-J +.
Fletcher, OF jenkins Bridge. whose sup
posed death was announced on Friday,
was buried alive on Sunday. The funeral
service had been held, the body inferred
IN the grave near by when a groan issued
from the coffin. The coffin was opened,
and IL was found that Mr. Fleichers
blood was circulating and his heart beat
ing. He was carried home and put to
bed, but be never regained consciousness,
and died yesterday.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09

The State Department several days
ago received a dispatch from Consul
General Kennedy az Shanghai, which
contained adyices of q riot at Ching
Kiang.Foo. China, similar 10 the story
reporied in the cable dispatch from
Shanghai, published this morning. No
later advices have been received al the
Department from Consul-General Ken
nedy. and it Is thought there that peace
and quiet have been restored at Ching
Kiang-FOO
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09

Saysa Portland bookseller: at one
time we were carrying large s,0el, Ci
religious works. aud one day called
out 10 one of my clerks, nolliug up a
book which he had wiaYped up for
some one, IS this The C.ty Of God 10
no. guess not. he aid, without look
ing round. ut least / never heard it
called that before. Ii Is generally
called the Forest City. Perhaps 10 is
Brooklyn. He afterward explained
that he thought | had found a refer
encc IN some book TO place called the
City of God and wanted TO know what
city it meant
"On another occasion woman with
q valise in her hand rushed in and
asked a new BOY if he had That llus-
band OF Mine In our store He came
rushing out % me in the back shop
and said "a woman wanted 20 know II
her husband was in our store sur
missed what the trouble was and at
tended 10 her myself
"SOme of the most amusing mis-
takes. however, are those made by
people who get the titles OF books
wrong. They read about them in
some catalogucorncwspapcr bat don't
more than half remember the name
and the result is, to say the least
peculiar One woman came IN the
other day and asked for The Rhine
stone, and went out mad because ono
of the clerks told her we didn't sell
iewelrv. Another wanted Tho Car
dinal's Letter, by Hawthorne. IL took
our whole force about fifteen minutes
to get at what she really wanted. The
Scarlet Letter She said she knew
there was something red about It some
where and thought it must DO car
dinal. portland Advertiser
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09

LoUfsvILLE, KY, February S.-James
Ross 'colored) was hanged al $50 this
morning at Brandenberg, Meade county,
thirty miles below this city, for the mur-
der, on April 9th last, of Mr. Benedict
Rhodes, wealthy bachelor Robbery
was the motive. Ross met his fate with
composure, and left letter
his crime.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09

NEW YORK, February s.-The gas.
service pipe from The street main TO The
cellar of the four-stOry tenement q east
Seventy-ffth street leaked during the
night, and the gas filed the building
with no one to warn tho sleepers. When
daybreak came five of them were found
senseless In their bed and a dozen were
IN without knowing the reason why
James Regan and his wife Mary, and
their boarder, Alice O'Neal, We're TO all
appearances dead. Mary Regan and
Miss O'Neal were taken 10 the Presby-
terian Hospital Their lives will proba-
bly be saved. James Regan revived in
the open air, and is all right On the
first floor Mary and Anthony May, Il
and 10 years Old, were senseless when
taken from their beds. They, too, re-
covered under simple medical treatment
in the open air The police are inyesti-
eating the matter.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09
Body of NJ ). Blaukenship Found.

"T"-I|- =" n" IIIIV"--
LgNcnDuR9, Va, February S.-The
body of NJ J Blankenship, formerly Of
Richmond. Who was drowned December
9Th bv accidentally running over dam
ON james river near this city was found
to-day two and a half miles down the
river. i'm pretty we'll preserved condi-
tion. ltwas stin frozen, and was found
with all the clothes on but The coat
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-09
FROM NlLLlANSBrRG.
GubernatoIial Candidate.
-Cono. nlnlenoeol tLe InlEaL

WILLIAMSBURG, February S.-Wiliam
and Mary College still continues 60
"boom under The administration of
President Tyler Latest accounts state
that the number of her students has
reached one hundred and one, which is
pretty good for first year.
While there are SO many aspirants
eager for gubernatoial honors, why
should not the attention Of the public be
directed to ID. Gardiner Tyler Esq, OF
Charles City, who, as elector for the
second District of Virginia, made such
splendid record in the last canvass. \
fine orator and lawyer, of irreproachable
morals and pleasing manners, he would
make governor after the old order of
things