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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-07
Pay Of Chinese Servants.

A rich mans servan. IN China gets no
salary, yet many are the applicants;
while big salaries are paid to servants of
the common people, but few make ap.
niications. The perqIisites of the for
mer cften more than triple the salaries
OF the latter. which is the sole reason of
thee differences. To encourage honesty
aud sincerity confidential CLERKS and
statesmen in all branches of industry re.
ceive an annual net percentage of the
firms business, ,idcs their regular
salary.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-07
A STRANGE Monster.

According to French paper, a sea
monster, such as no fisherman has ever
seen before, has been stranded on the
island o. ST. Honorat, near Cannes. The
creature measures eighteen feet in length,
and is about seventeen feet round the
thickest part of the body. 1t has beak
resembling ;hat of parrot and two horns
on its head; its eyes are at distance of
three feet four inches from the extremity
of the beak.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-07
Swallows Trained as Messengers.

Swallows are being trained as messen.
gers In France. Recent experiments al
Roubalx prove that swallows can carry
dispatches quite as well as pigeons, and
the scheme is now to be officially tested
az Lille by Government expert. If the
trials are satisfactory, a swallow cot will
be established at Mount Valerien, near
fariS. Carrier pigeons will be extensive
iY used during the coming German army
man9uyres, at Emperor Williams special
equest.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-07

No stranger should visit the city without
-moking ''Tansil'S Punch" Sc cigar.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-07

The man who is rlsAt IS seld IN left.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-07

ONE DOLLAR will pay for WEEKLY
NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE for year. 1t
Is l6-page, liz column paper filled
with interesting and valuable matter for
Southerners, Complete, reliable cotton
and other market reports in each mum
Der, and more Southern news than any
rival paper. Issued Thursdays to reach
subscribers for Sunday reading. No
other way will 81 yield such good re-
turns as securing 80 issues of this splen-
did paper
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-07
A JUDGE OF ART.

Bobby Ito his sister)-''Is Mr.. DE
Lunkhead, your beau, Judge of fine
srts2"
Sister-''A very good Judge, Bobby.
But why do you aska'
Bobby-"Oh, he told me last night
that he was going to get the man who
painted your portrait to paint his house. /"
Rome Sentinel.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-07
How Art Helps Nature.

NJ IS Violet Wilde (wanderi rg in the
wood, )-How glorious 1t is to gaze on
this wild scenay, and behold nature in
ali Ter primtiv' maj .!
Mr.. Arien E,xoh--II'm, ye-es! Es-
peciaily wh"n IL, r. = IA ,rdod cOmforta-
bic hotel only aco p G # mi away.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-07
Hark, the sound Of many voices
Jubilant in gladest 5 M

Hark, the sound Of many voices
Jubilant in gladest ing,
And full many heart rejoices
As the chorus floats along:
Hail the Favori Q Prescription"
How the happy voices blend
Wonderful beyond description
Woman's best and trucst friend.-
Well may 1t be called woman's best friend.
since u does for her what no other remedy has
oeen able To do. IL cures all those delicate de-
engagements and weaknesses peculiar 10 fe-
males. Cures them, understand. Other pre-
parationS may afford temporary relief but Dr.
flerce fayorite Prescription effects a pes1nd-
neft cure. II Is guaranteed t. do this, or the
money paid for it will be promptly refunded
IL Is the great remedy of the age.
The worst Nasal Catarrh, no matter Of how
long standing, is permanently cured by Dr.
Sa,se'S Catarrh Remedy
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-07
Not enjoyment aud not sorrow
is our destined end or way;
But to act that each tomorrow
Find us forf h.r than TO L. :.

-. FIHU US Iarthcr than to-day"
Inc sentiment so APPLY expressed by the poet
ought To sound like n trumpet to every sluggish
soul, and animate them to new and vigorous
EFFORTS TO Improve their condition. To all those
VINO nave the desire to press forward, but who
are not sure OF the way, we say, write to b. f.
Johnson " Co.. richmond, Va, and they will
he of service 10 you.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-07
Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.

Mild. equable climate, certain and abund-
ant crops. Best fruit, grain. grass and stock
,ountry III the world. Full information free
Address Oregon Im'igratn Board, Portland
Ore.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18
A LUCKY HIT.

st. Louis Mo.) Star-Sayings. March Is.
Last Monday morning, Paymaster Ran
dolph of the st. Louis and San Francisco
railroad, called at the Continental Bank and
collected $4,000, one-twentieth of the cap
ital prize in the last drawing of the Louis
lana State Lottery. The number of the tick
ct was 1857. A couple of weeks before the
drawing came of, the employees of the
Frisco road Clipped in 10 cents each and
purchased the one-twentieth ticket which
drew the capital prize, 100000. The lucky
ones were A. D. Masters, chief dispatcher;
J. L. Toomey, Mark Waters, George Wher-
~ and Robert Gregg, freight conductors;
w. d. Keyes, a dispatcher; Dan Mahoney
and j. B. Sheldon, brakemen; j. p. Eddy,
foreman of the roundhouse, and A. Veach,
division superintendent. Mr.. Randolph says
the boys were very glad last Monday when
he gave them each 81 800. 'Most of the boys
are married and the money came in handy.
There are few of them talking of joining a
building association of some kind too. They
may try the same scheme this next drawing,
Tor there is some talk to that effect"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18

The oldest bank notes are the sfying
money" or convenient money" first
issued in China, 2697 B. G. Origia-
ally these notes were issued by the
Treasury, but experience dictated =
change to the banks under Government
inspection and control. A writer in q
provincial paper says that the early
Chinese @greenbacks" we're in all essen
tails similar to the modern BAN rnotes,
bearing the name of the bank, date Of
issue, the number of the note, the sig
nature of the official issuing it, indica-
tons of its value in figures, in works,
and In the pictorial representation in
coins or heaps of coins equal in amount
to its face value, and q notice of the
pains and penalties of counterfeiting.
Over and above all was q laconic ex-
hortation of industry and thrift: PRO
duce all You can; spend with econos
my. The notes were printed IN blue
ink on paper made from the fiber Of the
mulberry tree. One issued IN 1889 b.
@. Is still carefully preserved IN ths
Asiatic Museum at st. Petessbuxa.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18
MORTALITY AA0NG CHILDREN.


q Ooox0s m O136Ro0t Com-
tries ana Lecalitses.
Stafting ont with the fact that @from
one tn1rd to one half of all persons born
INTO the world die before reaching the
age OF i've years" DIR. j. NJ. French,
IN the Popular Science Monthly, dis
cusses the causes of this death rate In
the light of certain facts which he brings
out clearly from the records of infant
mortality. He finds the most heredit-
airy weakness of children and the other
Two principal causes, contagion and
dairheal diseases, he traces directly
70 the poison and filth of overcrowded
caues. The connection between this
and sanitary condition and the heredi-
sary evils is also suggested.
He first calls attention to the fact
that the infant mortality varies greatly
IN Different localities. The contrast is
eHectually shown between city and
country districts:
Ihe exact proportion of deaths va
mes greatly in different countries and
!ocahtles, at different times and under
different circumstances. Statistics are
OF value only in showing average results.
In Norway, for example, the proportion
dying under five is stated by DR.. Farr
to be 2O.5 per 1000 born; while in
England it is 338 per !, 200, and in Italy
567 per 1000. In fifty-one so-called
healthy districts" of England and
Wales, according to the same authority,
the mortality under five is IT'S per l 200
born, while in the Liverpool district,
representing the most favorable sani-
tary conditions, it is 400 per 1000.
@In the different parts of our own
country, we find nearly as great vari-
ETY. as on the continents of Europe.
Even in the same latitude, the proper
ton varies greatly, according as city or
country districts are considered. In
che State of Vermont, which contains
no large cities, and represents essen
tally rural population, the number
Of deaths under five, for the year 1888,
was 1913 per cent of the whole number
of deaths in the State of Massachusetts,
which embraces several large cities
within its limits, for the twelve years
ending in 1884, it was 34.74 per cent !;
and in the city of New York alone, for
the seven years ending in 1878, it was
exactly SO per cent of the entire NOR
tally.
"The younger the child the larger is
the death rate. According to DR.. ia
cobb, more than half of those who die
under five years of age die in the first
year. DR.. Curtiss states that, in all
the great cities of North America, out
of every one hundred ive-born children,
about twenty-five die before the end of
the first year, and from forty to fifty
before the close of the fifth year."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18

A RATHER curious episode in natura
history occurred on board the French
steamboat Abd-el-Kader during the
passage from Marseilles to Algiers.
Just as the vessel was about two hours
out the sky became quite black with
swallows. It was then about 6 o'clock
in the evening. The birds aighted in
thousands on the sails, ropes, and yards
of the Abd-el-Kader. After a perky
survey of the deck from their eminences
aloft they descended coolly on deck,
hoped about e,nong the sailors, an4
eventually found their way into the
cabins, both fore and aft. The birds
were evidently fatigued after a long
fight, and allowed themselves to be
caught by the people of the ship, who
gave them a welcome reception and pro-
vided them with food, which they en-
joyed heartily. The little winged
strangers remained all night on the
vessel, and in the morning at z O'Clock
the whole flock made for land.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18
Dreams.

From time immemOrial dreams have
been the wonderland of waking hours.
Hope and fear have wrought them into
their own fabric Superstition has
seized upox them and worked up Gu
rious ritual of dreams that go by con-
traries," of dreams of the morning
light, "of dreams with signifcances,
some of which seem natural enough,
while to few of those apparently most
arbitrary science herself has offered q
certain amount of explanation.
One authority claims that in dream
he made a voyage to India, spending
several days in Calcutta, continued his
journey to Egypt, visited the cataracts
and Pyransids, and held confidential
interviews with Mohammed Ali, Cleo
patra, and Saladin, the whole journey
apparently occupying several months ;
but he had slept only an hour.
Scientific writer's admit that there is
type of dream in which coming physi-
cal disease or disaster is Swallowed
forth-some bodily sensation, perhaps
too slight to be noticed by the subject
when awake, yet contriving to impress
itself in some symbolic form on the
sleeping mind. The more striking in
stances of this sort may serve to ex-
plain how, in some lesser degree, GER
tain symbols are likely to attach them
selves to certain painful sensations or
conditions, until at last they are finally
accepted as mysterious presages of
evil.
Conrad Gesner, the eminent natural
ist, dreamed that he was bitten on the
left side by a venomous serpent. In q
short time severe carbuncle appeared
on the very spot, terminating his life in
the space of three days. Another sci
entific man, who dreamed of being bit
ten by black cat, also suffered in the
same way.
A learned Jesuit, says writer in the
Argosy, author of many erudite theo-
logical works, saw, one night in his
sleep, q man laying his hand upon his
chest, who announced to him that he
would soon die. He was then in per-
feet health, lat was shortly carried off
by a pulmonary disorder.
A lady who had a dream in which
she saw all objects dim and obscured
by mist, was soon after attacked by q
disease of the eye, Of which that was .
symptom.
A dream of great fire, in which the
sleeper himself seemed to be consumed,
was followed soon after by an attack of
Inflammation of the brain. Apoplexy,
epilepsy, are often preceded by fright
full dreams, in which the sleeper feels
himself scalped by Indians, thrown over
precipices, or torn to pieces by wild
beasts. Such
So fun o. fearful dreams, Of ugly siehtsl
should be treated as warnings" In the
truest sense of the word-as sent by
nature to foretell impending evils
which skill and wisdom may be able to
avert.-Ezcha7age.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18
A House Elevator.

The ingenious plan proposed by .
Berlin inventor of q simple and mex
pensive elevator for private dwellings
In place of the ordinary staircase, has
attracted some attention as q long-felt
desiderstum. It is on the principle Of
the inclined railway, and the motive
power is furnished by the city water,
which is applied in the cellar; each
fight has its separate chair, so that,
for example, one person can ascend
from the first to the second story while
smother Is on his way from the second
10 the third, or still another is descend
ing from the fifth to the fourth. The
chair, being only Of the width Of the
human body, requires but little space,
and stu leaves . Tree passage for any
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18

The proprietor of the Scilly Islands
is Col. Smith Dorrien-Smith,w who holds
a lease of all the islands from the
British Government. He is virtu-
ally a king. Should any of the
tenants prove Objectionable they
are shipped off to the mainland, an ar
rangement which insures his having
just the sort of subjects he desires. In
all matters, civil, social and religious,
his word is the supreme authority.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18
The Origin OF Some Old Expressisz

The Origin OF Some Old Expressisn~
STANDING Sam" paying the reckon
ing). This arose from the letters q.
s. on the knapsacks of the soldiers.
The Government of Uncle Sam has to
pay or @Stand Sam" for all.
"To find q mares nest" What we
call q nightmare was by our forefathers
supposed to be the Saxon demon Mara
or Mare, kind of vampire, sitting on
the sleeper's chest. These vampires
were said to be the guardians of hid
den treasures, over which they brooded
as hens over their eggs, and the place
where they sat was termed their indus
or nest. Hence, when anyone sup
poses he has made great discovery,
we ask if he has discovered mares
nest, or the place where the vampire
keeps guard over the hypothetical
treasures.
Shell out" (out with your shells or
money!. In Southern Asia and many
other parts shells are used instead of
coins.
ITO kick the bucket" A bucket is
a pulley. When pigs are killed they
are hung by their hind legs on q
bucket.
Little urchin" is a little arcs(orc-
kin; Dutch-urk, urkien). The orc is
a sea monster that devours men and
women; the orc-kin, or little orc, is
the hedgehog, supposed to be sprite
or mischievous little imp.
EAU de vie" (brandy). A French
translation of the Latin aqua vitae
(water of ife). This is curious per-
version of the Spanish aqua di vite
(water or juice of the vine), rendered
by the monks into aqua vitae instead of
aqua Wits.
"Gone to the dogs" This undoubt-
eddy is a perversion of the Dutch
proverb, "Toc goe, toe de dogs"
(money gone, credit gone, too).
DOG weary" This is also the
Dutch saying, "Doege waere hie'
(being long on ones legs tells at LAST.
ITO write like an angel" This is
French expression, The angel re-
ferred to was Angel Vergecios, a
Greek of the fifteenth century, noted
for his caligraphy.
upon the word SOW. When iron is
melted it runs off into channel called
SOW, the lateral branches of which
are called the pigs. Here the iron
cools, and is called pig iron. Sow has
nothing to do with swine, but is from
the Saxon sawan, to scatter. Having
SOW for the parent channel, it required
no great effort of wit to call the lateral
grooves little pigs. = Detroit Free
Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18

The housekeeping duties pertaining
to the White House have been about
evenly divided among Mrs. Harrison,
Mrs. Mckee, and Mrs. Russell Harri-
son. Mrs. Harrison superintends the
work of the laundresses, chambermaids,
and cooks; Mrs. Mckee has charge of
the butler and walters, and superin-
tends the china and glass closet, while
Mrs. Russell Harrison sees to it that
the supplies of food and wine are kept
up in proper style.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18

A CENTURY ago the law Of Maine
obliged husband to pay all the debts
of his bride in case she brought him
any property. As outer clothing was
legal property which could be taken
for debt, an unfortunate couple who
were deeply in love resorted to the ex-
pertinent of marrying while the bride
was clad only in her night clothing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18

vhoviSh to walk up or down, instead
Of riding. It Is set In motion BY Gim-
pie pressure upon one of its arms, while
after IL has been used it slides back to
the bottom step, its descent being reg
ulated n such . manner that the car
rying Of q passenger is matter OF en-
tire safety. The motive power is, of
course, more or less expensive, accord
ing to the cost of water, this being, it
is stated, in Berlin, at the rate Of lit
tie more than one-tenth of cent only
for each trip.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18
Flying Under Water.

One of the most water-loving birds
is dainty little songster belonging to
the thrush family, and popularity
known as the water-ousel, or dipper.
This pretty little bird is found in most
parts of the world, and likes best the
neighborhood of those merry mountain
streams which rush boisterously on to
their fate, now leaping headlong over
some high rock, now swirling in some
deep pool, and now eddying, dancing,
FLASHING down steep incline. Water
fall, pool and eddying stream are alike
to the water-ousel, which will dash into
one or the other with the same ready
confidence as the ordinary bird into the
air.
In winter, when its watery home is
frozen over, it will seek other and
milder parts, unless it can be sure of
finding holes in the ice, in which case
it will not hesitate to remain at home,
for it will plunge through a hole into
the icy water with no care at all for
temperature, and having made its ven
ture successful by the capture of o
small fish, will return to the air once
more.
So fond is it of the water that it will
build its nest as near to it as possible,
and one instance is recorded of pair
which actually built behind a water
fall, taking advantage of the space
made by the shoot of the water over
the top of the rock.
Although the ousel uses its feet
while swimming, its progress is chiefly
due to the wings, which are moved ex-
actly as if flying in the air. The wings
are admirably adapted to this use,
being almost as broad as long, and of
comparatively great power. The tail
is very short, and the body is covered
with soft thick down, which, as in the
true aquatic birds, affords an impervi-
GUS shield against the water.
Like all other birds which either
casually or habitually resort to the
water, the ousel seems to regard that
element as its safest retreat in time of
danger. Even the little birds which
have never before ventured from the
nest, and which are quite unable to
fly, have been known, when alarmed
during the absence of the parents, to
rush pell-mel to the nearest water, and
with extraordinary facility to run along
the bed Of the stream many yards be-
fore seeking the air. Allowing every
thing to the overpowering force of in
stinct, there still remains something to
wonder at in the feeling Of confidence
which can inspire the fedglings to take
80 anxiously to the water.-Johss r.
CoryeH, in Hdrper's Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18

DANIEL A. LoR1NG, of New York,
owns more bucket-shops than any
other man in this country. He has
about 200 scattered in different parts
of the United States, and his tele-
graph bill annually is about $500, 600.
He is great believer in real estate,
and invests most of his profits in good
New York property. His residence is
miracle of art inside, and his pri-
vate stable contains many fine horses.
Personally he is youthful in appear
ance, with smoothly shaven face, a
clear blue eye, and ruddy COM
plexion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18

Probably Thousands Il people IN this
section Of country, and this section IL
no exception to any other in this re-
spect in the United States, have read
the report said to have been written BY
Prof. s. A. baltimore, Phi. D., LID,
Analyst OF Foods and Medicines, New
York State Board Of Health and Pro
lessor Of Chemistry in the Rochester,
n. T., University, stating that all of the
Safe Remedies manufactured by 81. 81.
Warner 4 Co., were pure and whole
some, nor did any Of them contain any
mercury or deleterious substance. To
shorten the controversy, however, We
Will give Prof. Lattimore's report entire.
UNIVERSITY OF RocHHsrxR.
CHEMICAL LABORATORY.
Mr.. b. h. Warner has placed in nv
possession the formulas OF the several
medicines manufactured and sold under
the general designation Of warmers
Safe Remedies" / have investigated
the processes of manufacture which are
conducted with extreme care and ac-
cording to the best methods. have
taken from the Laboratory samples Of
all the articles used IN the preparation
of these medicines, as well as the sever
al medicines in which they enter.
have also purchased from different drug
gists in this city Warmers Safe Rene
dies" and upon critical examination I
FIND THEM ALL ENTIRELY FREE FROM
MERCURY AND FROM POISONOUS AND DEL
ETERIoUs SUBSTANCES.
s. A. BALTIMORE, Phi. D., LII. D.,
Analyst of Foods and Medicines, New
York State Board of Health, Profess
or of Chemistry, University of Roch-
lister, n. Y.
We cannot think that a firm Of the
standing of H. 81. Warner & Go. would
dare publish such statement If it we're
untrue, and we now have that firms
authority to say to our readers that it
is absolutely and unqualifedly true in
every particular.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18

Two sons of Charles Dickens-Al-
fred Tennyson and Edward Bulwer
Lytton-who emigrated to Australia
have become successful pastoralists.
Mr.. E. B. L. Dickens is now turning
his attention to politics, and has de-
veloped desire to become . member
of the parliament of New South Wales.
At latest dates he Was standing as .
protectionist for the representation Of
Wilcannia, an extensive pastoral dis
trict In the western portion Of the
colony.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-18
ing . jeweled scepter in his hand. Ha
has fine voice and is graceful and
eloquent orator.

RICHARD T. GREENER, Secretary Of
the Grant Monument COMMITTEES IN
New York, announces that the commit
tee is actively at work" on the selec-
ton of designs, and hopes to be able to
do something within the present year.
But for these occasional Announce
ments people might forget that such =
BODY is in existence.