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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08
Good Advice in a Nutshell.

There are four organs in the human
body which are vital in their functions
and delicate in their structure. and
which give us an immense amount Of
tr0hble. These are the Heart, Stomach,
Kidneys and Liver. II they givetls tro1-
BILE it is because we neglect or abuse
them, and of course we must take the
consequences. The disease of these or
gans are very numerous and often dan
gerous. Luckily we now have a remedy
which has proved just the thing for this
class of diseases. 1t is Pe-ru-na, pure
ly vegetable compound, that strikes right
at the root Of tho whole trouble. This
preparation WIS used by DR.. Hartman
most successfully in his general practice
for years before it was placed before tho
general public; and it was its remarka-
BILE success in his private practice that
led him to place it before the public for
the benefit of mankind everywhere. As
a Tonic it is unexcelled, building up the
system weakened by constant toll. either
mental OF physical. As remedy for
Lung Troubles. such as Consumption. it
has accomplished wonders. Its action
On the Kidneys is mild and effective.
Its Use will keep the blood pure. Regu-
late the Bowels, if necessary, with Man
a-lin. Price 81 per bottle; 6 bottle for
S.. For sale by 7. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08
Orange Blossoms.

At nine o'clock Monday morning a
large number OF people gathered at the
Catholic church to witness the marriage
OF Mr.. John Francis Bowen. of Lafayette,
and Miss Celika G;eriDiere Bienvenir. of
ST. Martinvifle, by Rev. Father I.anglois.
After the ceremony at the church the
new made couple repaired to the resi-
dence OF fr. Charles Gueriniere, brother
OF the bride. where they received tho
congratulations and happy whistles Of
their numerous friends and relatives, in
which the Messenger joins heartily.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08
Tie Buccaneers of Old.

FiBhnted the skull and cross bones,
their ensign. defiantly at the masthead.
Your modern pirate, not on the high
seas. but upon the high reputation Of
standard remedies skulks under various
His hole and corner traffic
has never to any degree affected Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, although that
standard invigorant and corrective has
long been the shining mark at which
his shafts have been directed. Cheap
local bitters, composed Of fiery unrecti-
fed stimulants, with an infusion, or ex-
tract possibly. Of some tonic bark, are
still sometimes recommended as identi-
cal with, or similar 20, or possessing vir-
tues Kindred to those of Americas chO-
sen family me.icine. These perish
speedily, while the great subduer and
preventives Of disease pursues its sue
cessful career, overcoming malaria, dy-
spepsia, nervousness, kidney troubles.
constipation ard Rheumatic ailments,
not only Oh this, Tut on many continents
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08

-Messrs. c. p. alpha and George Eas-
tin and Bro. Alpha of the yindicator
left Lafayette last Sunday for hunt
and reached this town at about eleven
o'clock. They did not kin many birds
coming. They had plenty ammunition,
and we even noticed a half-loaded wea-
pom, rolling in the bottom of the
carriage. They paid us ashOrt, but
pleasant visit.
We take pleasure in calling the par
ticular attention of our readers to the
advertisement Of Mr.. ". II. Livingston,
which appears in another colum of this
issue. Mr.. Livingston has just opened a
grocery store In the building lately oc-
chpied 10y the late +. z. Knight. with
the finest and freshest goods. and he pro-
poses to lead in good goods and low
prices. Give him a trial and save
money.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08
Democratic Victory.

The elections Of Tuesday last was d
grand and glorious event for the Demo-
cracy Of the whole country. Louisiana
elects six Representatives. Warmoth
and Coleman, the Republican leaders
overwhelmingly defeated.
Gen. AdOlphe Meyer, Of the first dis:
trict: Hon. Matt d. Lagan, Of the second
district; Hon. Andrew Price Of the third
district; Hon. Newton c. Blanchard, OF
the fourth district; Hon. Charles j. Boat.
man, OF the fifth district and Hon. Sam.
uel NJ. Robertson, OF the sixth district,
were elected to the f:ty second congress
Of the United States.
The democrats have made large gains
throughout the States, and even in the
Republican strongholds.
The New York Times claims that the
next congress will be as follows: De.
mocrats, POI. Republican l29. DemOcfa:
tic majority i2.
The Tribun's (Rep) Figures arc l67
Republicans and 165 Democrats.
The Sun says that the next house "a
evidently Democratic by about 35.
The World claims fully 20 majority
for the Democrats.
The Herald says the Democrats will
have majority OF at least 40 in the d.
fty-second congress.
The reports, at this writing, although
not complete, assure beyond any doubt;
a Democratic majority in the House:
This grand result is undoubtedly due I'd
the Mckinley tariff bill and the Lodge
election bill.
Latest reports increase the majority OF
the Democrats in the House OF the fifty
second congress to 100.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08
A Study For Printers.
Signor Succi Proposes to Live
Without Sustenance.

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-SignOr Jean Succi
Of Italy, Africa and the world at large,
will grid up his loins tomorrow even
ing and endeavor for forty days and five
to show an anxio us public how TO live at
the rate u nothing and Croton water a
year. He has done some mighty short
eating in his day, SignOr Succi, and he
is now going to try and lengthen the
shortness thereof by five days.
His biggest record was earned in Ion
don last spring, when he triumphantly
lived for forty days on his own inner
consciousness. and came out with ba-
lance of 30 pounds and a good many
hundred pounds sterling to his credit.
The signOr has engaged some large
parlors in the Roster and Bial building,
on West Twenty-third street. He will
hang ont the latch string at 8 o'clock
this morning, and will be at home until
The Goth of December. A neat little bed
will be placed in plain sight of all who
come. but Succi is not going to give any
exhibitions of bed-tidden suffering.
That is not his style. tie is the liveliest
faster that ever tasted, and he has lots
of fun and heaps Of exercise while in.
dulging in the bruin-like operation of
living OH his own fat.
A competent board of physicians will
keep watch day and night to see that he
does not make any blunders with his
digestive apparatus.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08
Central Rcfneries.

Much has been said and written in the
last few rnars concerning Central Refi-
neries, but little was known then of such
industries, but experience has taught us
that Reineries are not all we want, as a
Refinery not equipped with latest i'm
prove machinery and conducted By
strickly business men would be of little
If any benefit to any section; and plar-
ters before Offering lots and inducements
for the establishment of such industries,
should inform themselves thoroughly VI
what kind Of Refinery will be organized
and in whose hands will the manage
ment be placed, as upon this de-
pend the success Of the industry and the
interest of the small sugar cultivatOrs.
We have here in this parish, a fair
illustration Of what we advance in the
foregoing, which will be of interest to
many. to learn Of the difference that ex-
ist between Refinerses. The st. John
plantation belonging to j. b. Levert.
which is setuated at three miles north Of
this place, OH the east bank of the Teche,
having a railroad TO connect with the
prairie section Of Catahoula, beautifully
located, pays $3.50 per ton for cane,
while the Keystone plantation, under
the management OK Mr. John Peters il
paying $4.OO per ton for any amount Of
cane brought to his Refinery-a differ
ence in price of sl.2O per ton.
Laurent Maiveaux, colored man who
lives near the Keystone plantation, sohl
to that place three acres of cane which
averaged 25 tone to the acre, which
brought him the handsome sum of one
hundred dollars an acre, or three hun
drei dollars for the three acres. IL this
cane was sold TO the st. John plantation
it wc-id only bring to the seller 500,
he would incur loss Of $50 on the three
acres or $50 On one scre, which is aa im- |
mense difference.
This difference in the price of the cahe
Is due, We presume, to the machinery
which must extract more sugar on ciie
place than on the Otirer, and the prOprie-
tor Of the st. John wG:lld not be justi-
fed to pay the same price for the cane
unless he could extract az much sugar
ls the keystone. but this shows that the
of the st. John is not rs ad-
gantageOus as that OF the Keystone. and
the loss or difference III the price caused
by imperfect or nnimproved machinery
s an item that needs serious cOnsidera-
ion, by the small planter, as he is the
OSer.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08

Many Pei sons
Are brokcn down from overwork or household
cares Browns Iron BitterS
rcbuilds the system. aids Digestion, removes ex-
cess Of bile. and cures maliria- Get the genuine.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08
The Election.

The election IN this parish Tuesday
was the Q,iietest ever held. the vote wa.
very light' the fact of there being only
one candidate In the field, kept many vo-
tiers who were at work from coming IA
the polls. as they know their votes were
not absolutely necessary to secure De.
moeratic victory. The Republicans ana
negroes aOstained from voting.
The result Of the vote cast, which was
all for Price, is as follows:
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08
FOR DYSPEPSIA
Use BrownRs Iron Bittcrr.

Physicians recommend II.
y. dealers keen i: SIC pc- bottle. Genuine
ha> ;-adcTra-- and c-o-.cd re1 ..ne, ~ wrapper.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08
NOTICE.

The public is hereby notified that l
will rot be responsible for any debts con-
fracted by my wife, Levenia Jones. from
and afser this date.
FRANK JACOBS.
st. Martinyil3e, Oct. 11th 1880.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08
Special Notice.

The undersigned who is midwife OF
experience, offers her services to white
ladies', at reasonable rates.
Address ANNA CARRIER.
st. Martinville, La.
Sept. 27-3 M.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08
IF YOUR RACK ACHES
Or you are all worn ont, really good for nothing
il is general debility. Try
BROWH'S IRON BITTERS.
It will cure you and give a good appetite. Sod
by all dealers in medicine
The Value of Cotton Seed.

The surplus cotton seed from the cot
ton crop years ago were thrown away as
worthless. Afterwards they were used
alone as fertilizer on the coming crop. or
in the compost heat. To limited ex-
tent they were then fed 10 stock without
crushing. The next and greatest ad-
vance was in separating the hull and
kernel and in expressing the oil. The
oil cake when ground, known as meal,
became to be used az a stock food and
as fertilizer. The hulls were first used
for fuel-the ash being used for strong
fertilizer but afterwards were used also
for stock food. Tho combination of meal
and hulls furnishes complete food, and
is becoming to be extensively used for
fattening purposes. The oil is used as a
component of compound lard, for cook
ing, for lubricatiDg and similar pur,,
poses, and when refined is sold as pure
olive oil. The lower grade is used for
soapmaking. The small quantity OF lint
Is removed from the seed by improved
gins. The following shows the value OF
the product made from 6ne tor cotton
seed by the most improved profess, Civ
ing the average selling prices:
40 gallons oil, 302lbs. 80 cts ....$l2m
Meal, 675lbs. .$24 ton g 10
Hulls, 1OOOlbs. ..3 ton. 30
Lint, 27lbs. ....... 4 cents. IL o.
Total. .......... $2S "
Cost of one ton, G6ss bushels, at lSc 300
Excess. fIU %
As early as l770, the MOravians Of
Bethlehem, Pa, separated the oil from
the cotton seed. And In 1888 the Society
for the encouragement Of Arts and COM
merce in London, recognizing the value
OF cotton seed oil cake as stock food,
offered gold and silver medals for the
best cake and tie best oil Extracted from
the seed. Verify, there is nothing new
guaer 70 suH H. B. Battle. Experiment
>tatiOn. Raleigh.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08

Transient advertisements, Is cents per
Inch Ter first insertion; 80 cents for each
subsequent insertion.
Omcial or legal advertisements, 81 per
q inch for first insertion; and so cents for
each sut sequent insertion.
cIBrief comhiunicatiors upon subjects
|bf public interest solicited. No attention
will be given to anonymous letters
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-08
Nessrdl0ic Persons

And those troubled with nervousness resulting
fom care or overwork viii be relieved by taking
BrOWn's Ir0Ss Bitters. Genuine
ss, trade ras.A an crossed u !.a-> On w;apEs''
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-13
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.

IT was o little late IN coming this year. but
alas, the truth must be told. The peach crop has
been utterly ruined.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-13
THE RANK OF CITIES.

The question how cities will rank in the
coming census is becoming one of active in
terest to the ambitious municipalities which
are jealous oftheir numerical regulations. A
Minneapolis statistician has been predicting
an order in which Minneapolis is set down as
the twelfth city and Milwaukee as the
seventeenth. This is challenged by the
Milwaukee Sentinel which responds with
calculations putting Milwaukee as con-
testant with Cleveland and Buffalo for
eleventh place and setting Minneapolis
down as the fifteenth. The SentinePs cal
culation is at once criticised by Chicago
paper because it puts Chicago in the third
place after Philadelphia, while the Western
center will accept nothing less than second
place.
Amid all this ambitious contention, Pitts
burg is silent. Our lack of interest as to
our place in the census is not because our
city has not grown. The contrary is we'll
known to be the case. But while in popu-
lation, growth and wealth, this community
ought to rank well upin the list of large cities,
we debar ourselves from the competition with
Cincinnati, New Orleans and San Francis
co, for eighth place, and sink down con-
tentedly into the thirteenth or fourteenth,
because about 10000 of our population is
under separate municipal organ ization.
If the result of the census should be to
put Pittsburg down in the list below Cleve-
land and Milwaukee.w we might see the value
of having a municipal organization that
would represent the whole population of
the community merely as matter of repu-
tation,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-13
IT HITS THEM BOTH.

The New York Times, which is now a
somewhat unreliable Democratic organ,
points out that the Chairman of the Repub-
lican State Committee of Louisiana declares
himself in favor of the Louisiana lottery,
and proceeds to deduce therefrom an argu-
ment that the Republican party is response
BILE for the scheme. The support of other
Republicans who are at the service of
Doodle. proves that the corrupt element of
the Republican party is on the side of the
lottery, beyond doubt; but does not the
Times undertake rather big contract In
laying the responsibility wholly on the Re-
publicans for gambling institution located
in solidly Democratic State, and presided
over by eminent Democrats? A very slight
exercise of the quality of sincerity might
have led that paper to declare the undoubted
fact that dishonesty in both parties is dem
onstra1ed by the fact that politicians in both
organizations are ready to sell themselves to
aid the purposes of that great swindle.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-13
THE LIBRARY BOARDS MEETING.

The meeting OF the Board of Trustees of
the Carnegie Libraries, at Municipal Hall
yesterday, was an interesting event as the
first time that body has come together as
whole, and as the formal placing of its work
before il by the donor of the magnificent
gift. Beyond that the organization OF the
board by the election of officers was OF a
formal character. The choice of James B.
Scott as President of the board was nearly a
foregone conclusion on account of the signal
abilities which that gentleman has shown in
connection with the Allegheny institution;
and he was selected as the equal choice Of
the members of the board and of Mr.. Car
negie. The informal exchange of views on
the vial question of site reveals wide dii-
ference of opinion between those who would
locate the central building to the east of the
Old City line and those who support loca-
tion near the center of business. This ques-
tion is the first one that confronts the board
and it will take great deal of discussion,
public, as well as private, to settle 1t intelli-
gently and satisfactorily.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-13
PROGRESS ON THE PosToFFIcE.

The value of an energetic stirring up, IN
cases of necessity, is shown in the statement
elsewhere that the stone work on the new
Government building will be completed in
six weeks, and that the postofice can be
made ready for occupancy BY October. This
news is good news; and there is reason to be-
lieve that public agitation has had no slight
influence in infusing some energy into the
work.
Only short time ago it was reported by
the architect In charge that it would require
two years to finish the building. That was,
perhaps, in harmony with the rate of progress
that has prevailed in the seventeen years
since operations commenced. But there was
a very pronounced public opinion that
different method of doing work was required.
The result of the public discussion is seen
IN this announcement.
1t may be little too much to expect that
the precedents OF the past years, which sur
round that pile of granite, will be so COM
pletely set aside as to push the building up
in single season; but with this assertion
the hopes of Pittsburg for a new postoffice In
the early part of the present decade will rise
to the highest notch.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-13
pEPER AND THE MINsTRELs.

A writer in Scribner's Magazine remarks
a curious coincidence sin the final disap-
pearance in New York of negro minstrelsy
with the elimination of the art of after-din-
ner speaking"
The decline and fall Of the burnt-cork
minstrel has been a nota BILE phenomenon
in the life of the American stage during the
last ten years. There has not been much
difference of opinion hitherto as to the cause
or causes of the decadence. and latterly the
absolute decease of the negro minstrel enter
tertainment. The original minstrel show
was nothing like what has passed for it OF
late. The impersonation of negro character
has strayed further and further from nature
and in place of plantation ditt1es and
cotton field dialogues we have had the latest
vulgarities and inanities of the lower var
iety stage. We supposed that herein lay the
cause of the negro minstrel's shows depart
ure from popularity. But we are corrected
by the writer in Scribner's Magazine, who
significantly remarks the disappearance of
negro minstrelsy at a time when Chauncey
NJ. Depew and few others are charming
large audiences at the dinner table with
their supply of witty stories, anecdotes and,
we were about to say songs, but Mr.. Depew
and the rest have not got to singing yet.
So we have a different explanation for the
unpopularity of the comedian of burnt-cork
complexion. He has been eclipsed by the
pale-faced amateur. The negro minstrel has
right to complain. The competition of
Presidential candidates, railroad magnates,
political smoothbores, and other practi-
TONERS of after-dinner oratory was not in
vited by Brudder Bones. What need had
Mr.. Depew, for instance to take the bread
out of the mouth of the courtly interlocutor,
or to deprive Bones, Banjo and the natural
ats of their legitimate means of support?
Mr. Depew ought to have been able to re-
strain his ambition to outshine a whole
corps OF minstrels, and exc out an existence
on his two or three hundred thousand year
in contentment.
Ii will not surprise US to learn that in ad-
ditIon to driving the negro minstrel out of
the field Mr.. Depew has coniscated the
ammunition of the yanquished. Not few
of his jokes and new-oh. so new-stories
remind us of happy hours spent with
Christy, and the accumulations of Dock
stader and later minstrels we may expect to
meet under DR.. Depew's guidance later on.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-13
SECRET SESSION SECRETS.
A Practical illustration Showing How They
Come TO Lcnk

LOme 10 Leak
WASHINGTON. March Ex-senator Faulk-
ner of West Virginia, and Senator Bate. of
Tennessee, were seated together in a commit
tee room when Mr.. George Harries a newspa-
per man, entered.
"Harries," said Senator Faulkner, II wish
you would tell me how you newspaper men get
information of the transactions of our secret
sessions"
s.Why," said Mr. Harries, "there is COM
mittee upstairs trying to find that out. You
ought to go up and listen to the testimony"
Never mind the committee said the Sena-
tor. won't you tell me for the qualification of
my curiosityT"
Mr Harries reflected moment and said: Il
would have no objection to telling you, Sena-
tor if YOU were authorized by the Senate to
receive the information"
"Then why don't you tell 1t to the committeeF'
asked the Senator.
SIS the committee properly constituted and
duly authorized to receive such information,
Senator?'
''Of course it is"
How do you make that out?'
why" said the Senator, 1T was constltuted
by the Senate in the regular way, under Senator
Dolph's resolution"
Then Senator Faulkner went ahead and gave
every detail of the manner in which the senate
discussed and adopted the resolution, how the
committee was constituted ana what 1t was en-
powered to do. When the Senator had con-
cluded Mr.. Harries said:
well, Senator, that is the way we newspaper
men get information of the proceedings OF the
secret session. Good day."
Senator Faulkner did not get the full mean
ing OF the newspaper mans remarks until
Senator Bate quietly and good d-humoredly said:
pump as you are, we might as well hold our
secret sessions out on the portico."