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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06
A Peripatetic Human Cigar.

An enterprising local cigar manufac.
turer advertises his wares by sending
through the streets two or three men
with big papier mache cigars over their
heads. These men are guycd unmerci-
fully by the small boys, and once in q
while full grown man casts slurs at
them. One of them did recently. and
the fellow inside of the false cigar
showed fight. 1t was funny spectacle.
The peripatetic cigar had the best of it,
as its occupant could see and not be
reached. His assailant was done up in
short order, but not until he succeeded
in knocking the paper wrapper from
the South Halsted street filler. -[Chi-
cago Herald.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06
Fate OF the Smoky City Garbage.

A curious problem was presented to
Pittsburg and Allegheny City when the
use of natural gas became general in the
twin cities. 1t had been the custom of
the householders to dispose of the
most of the garbage and refuse by
burning it in the kitching range. The
use of fuel gas at once prohibited this.
Not wisp of nor single match stick
can DO tossed into gas CRATE or range,
much less even the smallest portion of
vegetable matter. To meet this emcr-
gency a Garbage and Refuse Cremation
company was established, and Gre
matory built. The company has its
carts which make rounds regularly,
and the houscholders, who pay for the
privilege, have their refuse cans as
regularly in waiting. Their contents
are conveyed to the huge furnaces and
speedily converted into another combi-
nation of particles. -lStar Sayings.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06
Recipes.

RICE CRoQUETTEs.-Roll half pint
OF rice in a quart of sweet milk or water
with little salt until soft, add half a
cup of butter, two beaten eggs and
little corn-meal, cut any shape desired
and drop into hot lard, or fry with a
small quantity of butter or lard.
GINGER SYAPs.-One pound of -four,
half pound of treacle, half pound OF
sugar, quarter of pound of butter,
half an ounce ground ginger, sixteen
drops of essence of lemon, half teaspoon
full of soda dissolved in two teaspoonfuls
of hot water. Roll out and cut into
shape.
HoMINY MUFFINs.-One large cup of
white flour. two tesspoonfuls of baking
powder, two teaspoonfuls salt, mix to-
gether dry. Add two cups Of cold boiled
homipy beaten smooth, three eggs, one
half cup Of melted butter, Two table
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06
An increase is noted bv the Nail ON

An increase is noted by the Nail and
,rpress in the willow ware industry of
the Eastern States of late, though it is
yet in its infancy. The immense I'M
utilized area of land along the many
rivers, portions of the sea coast, as well
as some uplands and plains not suitable
forany other ordinary pursuit, invite capt.
tai and energy to invest in the production
of osier, chiefly for the manufacture of
basket ware. According to the census
of 1850 there were then in the country
about three hundred willow ware estab-
lishments, with a capital of nearly So
600, 600, engaging more than three thou
sand hands, paying annually between
six hundred and seven hundred thousand
dollars for wages.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06
Germany's colonial enterprises in

Germany's colonial enterprises in
East Africa do not seem to be panning
out very well. Still, it may be safely
predicted, says the At'aata Constitution,
that this powerful country will not rest
until she succeeds in this direction. If
she fails in Africa, she may purchase
tracts of land in Central or South
America, or get ahead of US in acquir-
ing Cuba. Germany does not propose
to be easily bafiied in any of her
schemes.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06
How Roses Came to Be Red.

Tho day, with her creative power,
Drew from the earth a wondrous flower;
1t caught from dawn a crimson hue,
And in the dazzling sunlight grew
A red, red rose.
Born in the flush Of mornings light,
How could it know of coming night
Behold! when gloom and darkness came,
The rose in agony Of pain
Turned pale and white.
The night, with her persuasive power,
Drew from the earth a wondrous flower:
1t caught moonbeam's mellow hue,
And in the silent nighttime grew
A white, white rose.
Born in the cool and shadowy night,
How could it know of coming light?
Behold! when dawn had flushed the sky.
The rose with one enraptured cry
Turned ruby red.
Elizabeth Buckingham.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06
Nearer and Bearer.

NctTcT anu DeaTcT.
Nearer and dearer are the blessed dead
Than we are won't to think,
When with farewells and tears we bow the
Beside that solemn brink.
Tell me, thou child Of grief-canst thou not
With clearer eyes than then!
Tell me if lovely love can ever be
a thing Of earth again!
Oh, eyes that God had cleansed with sacred
tears;
On, hearts by sorrow tuned
Ye see and love as never ell those years,
While We with flesh communed.
And are they not, then, nearer whom we
With eyes no longer blind.
And is not love the sweeter, if it be
Ofan immortal kind.
oh comforting, sweet thought-that though
we stand
On death-divided shores,
Love still can stretch out to US its angel
hand,
And lay its heart on ours!
Buckham, in Youths Companion.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06

The Boston Courier says: "The haste
to be rich, and the decadence both Of
merc;Ntile and artisan honor, have
brought about state of things where it
mas become necessary to assume that the
intentions OF every dealer and every
workman are dishonest. and to be
guarded against as such. Everybody
recognizes this"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06

In the large cities the custom is grow
ing of selling fruit by auction. Tons of
oranges, lemons and grapes are sold daily
in New York city to the highest bidder,
and in a limited way the same custom
prevails in Boston. The Florida orange
shippers are the latest converts to the
auction idea
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06

A Kentuckian who has 200 hickory
nut trees and about 300 walnut and
butter-nu trees, says that his income
from them, year by year, is larger than
that of any farmer cultivating 300 acres
of land. He sells his crop on the trees
for cash in hand, and the only expense
out is for taxes.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06

! 1.-THE Chief Justice" says Chicago
Tribune writer, ''sits between Justices
Miller and Field. To the latter he
rarely or never speaks while on the
bench, but he frequently consults with
the former. Between Miller and Fuller
there appears to be close fellowship,
and the Iowa Justice has been a sort of
mentor and adviser of the new chief"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06

The work of connecting by canal the
two great arteries of navigation in West
ern Siberia has so far progressed that
boat SO feet long and II feet wide, tax
ing - feet of water, has been lately drawn
from the Obi into the Yenisei with
load of forty tons of -four. The two
rivers are $50 miles apart.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06

rapidly in their fear lest they should DO
parted before they could unpack all
their hearts to each other. 1t was a
thing to make one choke with q SWELL
ing lump in tho throat.
A tall, noble-looking Confederate
major, who commanded the detach-
mont Immediately in our front, stood a
hundred yards away In the open, look
ing with a paternal smile on the strange
spectacle, yet evidently cogitating the
immediate, the pressing need of getting
his own line into position again. There
were ominous sounds on our extreme
left, showing the cloud of battle would
soon shut out our brief spell of sun
shine. Destiny settled tho question
through piece of the foulest treachery,
the act of a blood-thirsty savage, though
every Federal soldier felt him self
smirched and branded by it. A rifle
cracked amidst the music of laugh and
talk that seemed to preclude final
reconciliation, and the rebel major
threw his arms wildly in the air, shot
through the heart by Yankee bullet.
For moment there was no sound,
but calm like that of death. Every
tongue was struck dumb, every thought
stunned, every limb paralyzed, by the
accused act. Then there arose wild
tumult of rage, a clamor of curses that
battles description. "Bloody Yankee
sneaksr' "Cowardly traitorsp "White-
livered dogsW and a hundred other
fierce epithcts pelted US as the Con-
federates dashed like madmen for cover
and their rifles. Back we too scurried
to shelter, and the old game began
again in deadly earnest. It was not long
before some of US solved
the mystery of that felon shot.
A tall tree stood somewhat back
from the pickct-liue, from tho upper
branches of whose leafy covert we no.
ticed rapid firing. From time to time
glimpses of body could be seen, and
by piecing facts together it beclme
plain that the tree must have been in
the line Of the bullet which slew that
stately Confederate major. Among
those who observed tho most quickly
was a little red-headed Irish corporal.
No shot from his rifle had been fired
after our hurried return, and the frown
on his freckled phiz, generally so full
of "divil me care fun, showed that |
paddy Fitz' was doing something
very unusual for him-thinking.
Lieutenant, avick," he finally said
to an officer near him, "twas that
bloody spalpeen up there that shot the
rebel major. Be the howly Mother 1
must have a crack at the haste or me |
heart will break. Ye may shoot or
hang poor Pat for it, but the bullet in
me gun is itchin' to be inside that
divirs hide" The officer frowned |
slightly, shook his head without a
word, and turned away his face. Short
ly afterward, amidst the general firing,
there was q loud crash amidst tho
branches of the big tree, and heavy
body fell from the top to the ground,
CARRIED in the uniform of celebr ated
sharp-shooter corps. Some Of the men
it even in the distance. 1t
was half breed Chippewa Indian; a
marksman noted among marksmen. He
had paid the penalty of his treachery.-
[ Harper's Weekly.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06

The discovery has Just been made that
Daniel Boone was once a member of the
Virginia Legislature. His many biog-
raphers never suspected it, and it was
reserved for a newspaper man to bring
it to light.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06

The cooperative movement known as
the Colored Farmers Alliance appears to
be growing. 1t has begun the publica-
ton of an official organ at oxford, N.
c., called the Alliance AdrOcate.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06

Rev. II. C.. Du Bose Says if we could
put a thousand missionaries into Japan
Immediately, we should see "a nation
born in day."
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06
&be n)eeklp Alessnlger
Published Weekly
AT
st M artinsviIle, L a.
BY
EASTIN L. BIENVENU.
EASTIN d BIENvENU.

There are over 800 maids and widow
in New York City whose fortunes range
from 500, 900 to $15, 900, 900.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-04-06
HUMOROUS

Motto for cooper-"Hoop at tub
The cracksman's invective Blast iti
Query: Is the wheelwright better
than his felioes2
One of the brightest spots in exist.
ence-"Spot cash."
Men who walk off with a smile arc
very rarely arrested.
The lawn mower after all, really
Sleeps off the grass"
Relatively speaking, what's the mat.
ter with country cousins2"
Apropos of 'high rollers" the ele-
waited trains suggest themselves as
giddy.
To the thrifty house wife baking day
is an occasion replete with stirring in
cidents.
1t is to be assumed that the dealer in
ships canvas employs none but compe-
tent sails men.
A pretty girl don't object \ reflec-
tions on herself when they come from
looking-glass.
Ament' says the pastor, in solemn
tone, and then the ancient maidens lift
their eyes and groan, "Ah, menl"
"Why, Nora. how dusty
the chairs are" Maid-'Yes, min,
there's nobody sat on thin today, mim."
Why is a general houscmaid like g
boota Because one is maid of all work
and the other is also made of awl
work.
"The search is fruitless," said the
smallboy. as he looked at the wire
screen covering the corner grocer's ap-
pie barrel.
'Don't forget the number-ss.
'shust like two bretzels syte by syte,'"
is the way prominent Chicago firm
prints its letter and bill heads.
Johnny Tommy, let's put our PEN
mics together and buy ma nice pres
ent." Tommy-"All right. What shall
it bel" Johnny-'I guess we had bet
ter get her padded slipper"
Sheriff Ito condemned man eating
his last breakfasD-"Will you have
some ham and eggsr' Condemned
Mana couple of eggs, please, but
no ham. Pork gives me Indigestion"
Feminine criticism: "What a viper
that Nine. z isl" "Theres no use
in making her out as bad as that my
dear She only tries to bite in order to
mako us believe she has some teeth
left"
1t must be curious event, the pro-
posal of a suffering lover. He would
have some difficulty in telling his fair
one that she was the pup pup pearl Of
his life, and the dud-dud. darling of his
heart.
Horsekeeper - Professor, have you
any suggestions with regard to my
bric-a-brac that y ou think would assist
the artistic effect of my housel Pro-
fessor-I would suggest the advisable
ty of an auction sale.
"Ah, so the Spanish ministers have
resigned" sail Mrs. Homespun. look.
ing up from her paper. ministers
are always preaching about the duty Of
resignation, and it's gratifying to know
that somo of them, at least, have final
ly followed their own counsel"
Mr.. Knowitall Imparts information
Pa" said Johnny Knowitall, 'ths
paper says natural gas is offensive to
the olfactories. What does that meanp
"Olfactories is misprint. 1t should
be oil factories. The oil factories don't
like it because natural gas is running
their business"
''There are fish in the sea" said the maiden
fair,
Gas good as ever were caught, so there!
And she Tilted her beau and away went ha
And she found. although there were fish IN
| the sea
As good as ever were brought to land,
They wouldn't ONE out at her command,
AID the beautiful maid grew pale and sad,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-20

not come here with the intention of becom-
ing citizens, their whole purpose being to
accumulate by parsmouious, rigid and
unhealthy economy, a sum of money, and
then return to their native land. They 1--we
in miserable sheds like beats; the
food they eat is SO meager, unwhole-
some and revoiting, that it would
nauseate ands disgust an American work
man, and he would find it difficult to sus-
tain life upon il. Their habits are vicious,
their customs are disgusting and the effect
OF their presence here upOn our social con
dltion is to be deplored. They have not tho
influences, as we understand them, of a
home; they do not know what the word
means; and in the opinion of o commit
tee, no amount of effort would improve
their morals or "Americanizen this class of
immigrants They have been brought here
in such numbers and have been employed
at such low rates in the mining industry,
replacing American citizens who formerly
performed this class OF labor, until now
there are comparatively few Americans
engaged in mining coal in Pennsylvania.
Agents of steamship companies in por-
tions of Europe have been active in iuduc-
ing, encouraging, and stimulating immi-
grafton to this country through false repre-
sentatious.
SLAVES ALONG THE RAILS.
Inc report condemns the practice which
has prevailed among certain foreigners
resident in this country, Of importing men
for the purpose Of contracting them on
railroad works and keeping them in a state
of almost abject slavery.
Reference is also made to the daily cross
ing Of Canadian laborers, it being shown
that about 800 Canadian carpenters daily
labor in Detroit, while the same number of
Americans lie idle for lack of employment.
Ia co clusion the committee says: Ger
tainly the effect Of tie present unrestricted
system Of immigration as applicable to the
conditions under consideration upon the in
dustrial situation of this country, has been
very bad, and the committee believe that
the time has come when immigration should
be more effectively regulated; that persons
who immigrate to the United States should
at least be composed of those who in good
faith desire to become it's citizens and are
worthy TO become such. -
Mr. Spincla does not agree with the ma
jority Of the committee in regard to either
the report submitted or the bill presented,
and he presents a minority report.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-20
MOTIONS Days WORK.
at the White House-In the Senate
Dined by Hiscock.


Dined by Hiscock.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-This afternoon
Vice President-elect Morton, accompanied
by his wife, called at the white house and
were cordially received by President and
Mrs. Cleveland.
The Vice Preident-elect is learning his
duties as well as booming Blame during his
present visit here. He was at the capital
bright and early this morning to get some
points from President (pro tenn Ingalls,. He
listened to Senator ngalls for half an hour
as they walked in tue glorious weather
through the capitol park before the Senate
met. Then he sat in the gallery and
watched Mr. Ingalls, open the Senate pro-
ceeding. After the morning business had
been disposed Of Senator Ingalls, returned
to the Vice Presidents room, where Mr.
Morton soon joined him and took short
lesson in the rules ana practice of the Sen
ate Incidentally Mr.. Morton saw a num-
Der of republican senator's and got
in word for Mr.. Blaine now and
then. This evening Senator Hiscock
gave a dinner in honor of Messrs. Morton
and Blaine. Beside these guests Of honor
fifteen others, mostly Blaine leaders, were
present The dinner was served carte
blanche, and was one Of the most expensive
of the season. Messrs Blaine and Morton
were the toasts, and the Blaine boom was
vigorously inflated. At the same time
President and Mrs Cleveland were dining
with Secretary aud Mrs. FairChild.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-20
PROVED A FUNERAL CAR.
Three Killed and Five Injured by the
Breaking of it's Trucks.

Breaking or Its trucks.
MARQUETTE, MICH, Jan. 9--As an east
bound passenger train on the Northwestern
railroad neared Elmwood station, sixteen
miles east of Watersmeet, at l O'clock this
afternoon, one of trucks under the rear
coach broke and threw the coach off Of the
track. The coach ran about five car
lengths after leaving the rails, when it
struck a stump and was smashed to pieces,
killing and injuriog all its occupants.
THE KILLED.
The killed are
JOHN A MCDONALD, lieutenant gov
ernor of Michigan.
WILLIAM CoRCORAN, of Escanaba.
II. A. FUTILE Of Cleveland, Q.
THE WOUNDED.
The wounded are:
Mrs. PERCY LEAsER of Ashland, Wis,
spine injured very badly.
Mrs. MCCLURE OF Wathersweet, wife Of
train brakeman, badly cut and severely
injured internally.
Mrs E. ?. FOSTER of Iron Mount, a
severe cut in the head and injured about the
spine.
CONDUCTOR H. ARMSTRONG, injured in
the head and one leg broken.
o. c. DAVIDSON Of Commonwealth.
Messrs. Davidson, Mcdonald, Tuttle and
Corcoran were playing cards when the car
turned over. The stump struck the entire
party. Messrs TuutIe and Corcoran were
instantly XII led. Mr.. Mcdonald lived about
an hour, Mr.. Davidson remembered moth
ing until he found himself in a snow bank
200 or 300 feet in the rear Of the train. his
injuries are not serious.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-20
Fixing UP THE FORTS.
The House Votes the Necessary APP
propriations.

A'CSCoPNfA1
preparations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The House to-
day went into committee Of the whole, with
Mr. Blount Of Georgia in the chair for
consideration of the fertilization appropria-
tion bill.
The pending question was the point Of
order raised by Mr. Townshend Of Illinois,
that the committee on appropriations had
exceeded its jurisdiction in Incorporating in
the measure a provision for heavy ord
nance for the armament OF sea-coast de-
fences, and that all such provisions should
be ruled out OF tho bill.
Mr.. Townshond and other members Of the
military committee took the ground thaJ
the subject Of ordnance was one over which
that committee had exclusive jurisdiction
A lively contest followed in which the
appropriation committe proved victorious,
the chairman, in an elaborate and carefully
digested opinion, oyerrullng the point Of
order
An amendment was adopted appropriate
ing S25, 900 for the repair and Improvement
of the ordnance proving ground at SANDY
Hook The committee then rose and the
bill was passed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-20
ASKED CASH AND GOT A BULLET.
a Railroad Man Kills One of a Band OF
Black Highwaymen.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Jan. ia special to
the Chronicle from Winston says: "Har-
rell, an empioye on the Wilkesboro Bad,
was coming TO Wins on this evening when
he was approached by a party of negroes
and a demand was made for his money or
his life. His answer was, You can get it, ,
when be Immediately drew pistol and
fired upon the leader, the ball penetrating
his head and killing him instantly. The
other negroes then fled. Harrell has Just
come in and given himself up TO the sheriff.
The negro has not been ldentIhed.n y
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-20
SHOT DEAD ON SIGHT.
A Well Known Man Killed by Judge
over an Estate Row.

CHICAGO, Jan. IA dispatch from
Knoxville, Tenn, says: Near Cumberland
Gap, Thursday, Judge Clay Turner shot
and killed Calvin Watson, well known
citizen of Bell county, Ky. The Eight orig
mated in law suit in which three nieces OF
Turner and Watson were involved. They
charged that Watson had swindled them,
and Turner took up the fight. be met
Watson and fired or him without word.
A courier who arrived in this cigy last
night say that mob OF twenty friends
and relatives of Watson had been organized
with the intention Of hunting down Turner
aud killing him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-20
HoRNINa IN SUGAR.
The Government Beaten out OF $4,000,
600 in Wo Ports.


600 in I wo Ports.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S-Secretary Fair
child te-day sent TO the Senate the report Of
T. A. Byrne, n special agent Of the treasury
department, on frauds in sugar importation
at New York and Philade phia. He pre-
sents table showing tbs loss to the revenue
on sugar imports at the two cities
named from June / 1883 % June /
1886, by reason Of lower grading for
duty tnen at Boston, 10 have besn over
S,OO0OO0. He presents "A list Of officers at
the port Of New York and recommend their
summary removal He says those men
stand charged with dereliction Of duty,
false assumption Of prerogatiyes, total dis
regard OF treasury Instructions, open def
ance Of the expressed order Of the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, etc. Some Of these
officers, he says, have been engaged in pri-
vate commercial business, in violation Of
the law, and should be vigorously dealt
with.