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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07

stop, and If we caught a chap he -.
handled pretty lively. Nowads,s +
throw out hint to the brakemeu !.
shut both eyes, and, if the tramp dom
presume too much on my good nature
no one will disturb him."
"What happened to change Won,
mindP'
ooh, a little incident of no inter.a
to the public, but great deal to m.
was married in December, three ve.,,
ago. On the third night got an ord,
to run out with an extra. There WA.
cold rain, which froze as it fell. and
one of my crew got hurt at our va,
first stop. This left US short handed
and as we could not supply his place I
had to act for him. We were back /,
the mountains, running strong to MAXI
time, when the engineer whistlsd
brakes for grade. I climbed ouI
of the caboose with the braks.
men, and had set tv.
brakes and was after the third, when =
lurch of the cars threw me down, and I
fell between two of them. l had inst
one glimpse of the red-cheeked brids
at home, just one swift thought of he,
in wild owls weeds and her heart break
ing, when hand grabbed me. Twas
going down head first, but the strone
clucth turned me over and my feet
struck the bumpers. I'd have gone
then, only some one put my hands on
the ladder, flung his arms around me
from behind to hold me there and
said:
"'You are all right, old man.
Your nerve will come back pretty
soon.'"
''And it was tramp, cha"
'It was, and he held me there until
the train reached its stop, and then
helped me down, for the sudden fright
had taken all my strength and nerve
away. But for him should have been
ground up under the wheels. This is
the reason l keep a soft spot in my
heart for the genus tramp, and why.
when l sometimes walk the length Of
every train and find every bumper occu-
pied. Hook skyward and pretend not
to see as much as an old fur cap.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07
Flexible Stone.

This geological curiosity is in the
office of the acting chief clerk of the
War department at Washington. 1t is
piece of stone weighing about one
pound, thirteen inches in length, two
and half inches in width, and one.
third of an inch thick.
There Is no doubt about its being a
genuine stone, but it nevertheless nos
sesses the fexib;lity of a piece of India
rubber. When taken in the hand and
shaken in the direction of its flat sur.
faces, it will bend backward and for.
ward with a dull sound. The move
ment is more of alaxity in the adhesion,
apparently, than an elasticity.
When held horiz ,ntally by one end
the other drops and remains in that DO
sition. With the two ends supported
on rests, the free centre can be pressed
one-half inch below the middle line.
With one end held firmly on the desk,
the other can be bent upward over one
inch.
HE movement is not confined TO the
one direction, in the plane of the fat
surfaces, but the entire stone seems to
be constructed on the principal of a
universal joint, with a movement per.
cepdble in all directions under pressure.
This is what is known as itacolumite-
or elastic sands tone. 1t is stated that
Il whole mountain of it exists in South
ern Nevada, short distance east of
Death Valley.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07
A Chinese Panacea.

The Chinese consider ginseng theft
most valuable vegetable remedy. a su,
perstition that has redounded to the
profit of many a Hoosier, for China
offers ready market for all that can
ever be dug in this State. They readily
pay in New York $50 an ounce for the
real Corean a,ticle as med icine. and
81. so for ours, and of course one is
often substituted for the other. The
very word is Chinese one, sigaifyiug
''the power of man." And all this il
because of the frequent fanciful resem.
blance of some roots to the human
body, legs and all. The hunting Of
these roots is pursued with all the ardor
OF gold-seeking. Large and choice
specimens are carefully preserved in
embroidered coverings and inclvsed in
cases OF varying sizes. the whole being
locked II brass bound chests, an ex-
traordinarily fine specimen being valued
at $500, and this for paltry root
named BY us Panax, and classed as q
feelAe tonic stimulant, and in country
where human life is not valued at the
paltry price of the rce it takes to sus-
tain AZ. -IndidRdp2ls Journal.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07
Indian Honesty.

One of the Indian boys at Hampton.
Virginia, did not like to take his medi.
cine, and his nurse agreed to pay him
SO much every time lie took it. At first
he was lca-cd With this arrangement.
but one evening the nurse ,ound that
he had made no marks on the card
where he kept record OF the number
OF times he had taken medicine. She
asked what 1t meant, and received an
explanation from which many a white
boy might learn lesson, and spare
his mother much trouble and annoy.
ance'
Me lay hero all day doing nothing;
you pay NE for it--not light. Me take
medicine; ME not take money"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07
Higher than Railroad Orders

mo, We don't bounce the tramn,
who ride on the bumpers of our freight
raln," said a freight conductor who
mas a run to the West. Il preeume
that we carry an average of a dozen
each trip, but if they remain between
the ears we pretend not to see them"
"But 1T Is against orders" was
urged.
"oh' yes, but there is higher pow
er than general orders, even for rail.
road men. Five or six years ago l used
to be hard on the railroad tramp. I'd
have the train looked over at every
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07

The Rappaaannock, the largest sail.
ing vessel ever built in the United
States, has been launched at Bath, Me-,
from the yards of Arthur Scwell. The
Rappahannock has been constructed
specially for the petroleum trade, which
is now virtually in the hands of
British and German ship owners. As
soon as she is completed she will sail for
Philadelphia to load 10000 cases of
refined oil for Hiogo, Japan. She will
be one of the finest and handsomest ships
afoat. She is modelled for speed, her
lines being fine and yacht-like, and is
fitted with all modern improvements,
steam donkey engine, which can be
utilized in hosting the sails, patent cap
STAINS, etc.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07

Arthur Mack, ex-chief the Shanghai
detective force, asserts that while China
has population of over $50, 900, 900,
yet the criminal element in proportion to
numbers Is less than ten per cent. of what
it is in the Chinese quarter of San Fran
cisco. He accounts for this by the greater
stringency of the laws for the punish
ment of crime in China and the greater
certainty in their administration.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07

small portion of it is called into use
at once. Thickly distributed over the
entire surface of this ribbon are an i'm
mense number of excessively sharp
little teeth. designed in a
manner which admirably adapts
them to the purpose for
which they are intended. The quantity
of these teeth is incredible-one spe-
cies, for instance, has been indisputably
proved to possess as many as thirty
thousand of them. The reason for
their disposition on a coile1, ribbon
like surface lies in the fact that by use
they become worn away. As this hap
pens, the ribbon is uncoiled, and the
teeth which before were wrapped up in
it, at the back of the snaii's mouth,
come forward to take the place of those
which have served their turn. The
upper part of the mouth consists of a
horny surface against which the sharp
toothed tongue works. A leaf which
is to be operated upon. is caught be-
tween the two, and subjected to reg
ular file-like rasping on the part of the
tongue. So effective an instrument
does this form, that the tough leaves OF
the lily may often be found to be en-.
tirely rasped off by it.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07
A Snail's Mouth.

The mcu.h Of the snail is armel with
very iormid able instrument, in the
shape of a remarkable saw-like tongue.
Probably you have, at some time or an
other, noticed how cleanly cut are tie
edges of leaf upon which a snail has
been RECALLING himself 1t is d fl .ult to
imagine how such soft and flabby-
looking animal can have made such
clean incisions. But with an cxamina.
ton of the cutting Instrument concealed
in his mouth wonder on this score van
Is ca. 1t resembles a long, narrow rib
bon, coied in such a manner that only
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07

The latest direction IN which British
capitalists have looked for investment in
this country is toward the big cotton
mills. Negotiations are well advanced
for the purchase of three of the biggest
mills in America at a cost of $40, 000,-
900. Two of these mills are in New
England, and the third is in the Middle
Statoe
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07

p Y. Stone Virgins, OF Canada, is afraid
that, if clear canal should be cut
through the Isthmus of Panama, the Gulf
OF Mexico would drain into the Pacific,
the Gulf Stream move westward and the
climate. of Europe become permanently
colder. He has written a long letter on
the subject. "Whcn we consider" he
says, "that the Isthmus is simply huge
dam, resisting the westward tendency of
said gulf, may the canal not act as a
small break which may lead to the sweep.
ing away of the whole structurcl Nav
not tac watcr-;hrough nigga cast wind,
for examplc-made sudden run, and
ultimately attain a force and velocity
which no power could resist, and event.
ually carry away the peninsula itself2"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07
The Burglars Mistake.

You arc here for safe burglary, !
believe, remarked the prison visitor to
an Inmate.
Nav replied the latter. 81
thought it vas safe, but it wasn't"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07

PNEUMONIA and neuralgia, with an
occasional departure at the end of a
moose In the West, constitute the bulk
Of the news at this season.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-06-07
abe h)eekIp A1essenpsr
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
ALBERT RIENVENU.

The death rate in New York and other
cities has been unusually large recently
owing to the epidemic of influenza.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-25
For Educating the Sioux Indians.

r
Indian COMMISSIONS Morgan hiss sent
to the house an estimated appropriation of
$G60,4S3 for educating the Sioux Indians
in Dakota. OF this sum $4,000 is de-
signed for the necessary buildings and
Sl73, SS3 for the support of the pupils. In
the letter of transmission Commissioner
Morgan says: IF the above appropriation
shall be made the educational provisions
of the Sioux treaty Of 1863 will have been
fulfilled for the first time. This Gppropria-
ton eau be characterized in the light Of
tardy justice, inasmuch as the government
is now in arrears to the extent of Sl,322,-
796 i'll the educational obi cations to
the Indians, and an entire generation has
passed the limit of school age and can re-
ceive no benefit from this belated fulfill
ment of the treaty obligations with their
forefathers" The system of education
which the government proposes to estab-
lish for these people, for which this money
is asked, will prepare nearly $4,000 Dakota
Sioux youths to become intelligent, self
supporting citizens. The improvements tc
be made will be at Cheyenne River, Grow
Creek, Lower Brule, Pine Ridge, Kosebud.
Standing Rock, Santee and Flanirear
agencies.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-25
ALL OVER SOUTH DAKOTA.
Wants s Per Cent. on Sales of Publi'
Lands.

Wants s Per Cent. on Sales of Public
Lands.
The house committee considered the bill
granting South Dakota 5 per cent. of the
net proceeds of the sale of public lands in
South Dakota. Considerable opposition
developed to certain features of the bill.
The committee hesitates to grant s per
cent. for lands sold before South Dakota
was admitted as a state. They think it is
a bad precedenr to establish. They also
vigorously object to the features relating
to the sale of Indian lands. Mr..
Picker represented to the committee
that Dakota was unjustly kept out of
the union 30 long that q large amount OF
public lands were sold on the basis of pop
ulation, etc. Dakota was entitled to adj
mission in 1875 and the state should have
tho benefit of the lands sold since then.
However, as q compromise, he is willing to
accept S per cent. of the sales since Jan. l,
1880. There was a precedent for this de-
mand in the case of the admission of Ne
braska, which received benefits after adj
mission upon the same plan. Pending
further discussion the matter went over
until tho next meeting of the committee.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-25
Disastrous Explosion,

An explosion Of mill dust, occurred in
the brewery Of Brewer 4 Hoffman, Chi
cago, and twenty-five wofkmen narrowly
escaped being killed. Many windows 81
the residences in the neigAhagSood W1{S
broken. The explosion WAS kskfd at Z
distance of a mile.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-25
Pullman Cars Pay,

The directors Of the Pullman Palace pas
company have declared q regular dsyi8S68
for the quarter 6f 2 per cent
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-25
Eats.
State OF South Dakota, 40

-. pbdIo Oh pOutu DdAOtd, Too H a#".- $50
county OE....... ...... -=--
]. tho undersigned, do solemnly swear that
my real name is. ............... that I reside
t............ county, state o. ....;.,.....;
Gnat ....... ..1R
aet = msyd nssae sor yi:, aiaeaa e, 3, TO DC used
that it is not to be used as q beverage, nor to
sell nor give away, and that I am 81 years OF
age. l therefore make application to..........
druggist, for said liquor
Subscribed in my. presence and sworn to be-
fore ne, hta......day Of ..............
!, Pharmacist.
And such druggist may sell intox1aatipg liq,
hors for mechanical and scientific purposes
only upon the printed or written affidavit Of the
applicant, setting forth the particular purpose
for which such liquor ts required, the kind and
quantity desired, that it is not Intended to be
used as q beverage, nor to sell nor TO give away,
and that it ia intended only for his wi use.
and the applicant is over d years OF age. Such
anidaVit shall be In the following form and sub
scrsbed by the applicant In ink.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-25

lished, either in q criminal or equitable action,
finding such place to be q nuisance, the sheriff,
q proper county or marshal OF any city where
the same is located shall be directed to shu
Up snd abnte sHoa plseea BY taking possession
provisions OF This act, and by taking pos session
of oil such Intoxicating liquors found therein,
together with all signa, screens. bars, bottles,
glasses and other property used In keeping and
maintaining such nuisances, and such personal
property 30 taken possession Of shall, after
Judgment. be forthwith publicly destroyed by
such officer, and the oWner OF keeper Thereof
maintaining q common nuisance, and shall TOT
the first otfense be punished by q fine Of not
less than $500 nor more than 81 1000 and by i'm:
R }anr mossha N no re m sSanf fb JAIL az q not wsa less snt th an
the second and every successive ofense be nun
ished by imprisonment ia the states priQ d for
aperiod not exceeding two years and not less
than one, and said officer abating such nuts
ance shall securely cloEe said building, erection
or place where such nuisance was located as
against the use or occupation Of the same for
closed for q period Of one year unless sooner
released as hereinafter provided. and any per
son breaking open said building. erection or
closed. shall Be Punished fol caoantempt, as here
fnafter provided, In case OF violation OF injuno-
tons provided. however, that when leasehold
Swner thereof. shall have the right to terminate
the lease by giving three days notice thereof,
In writing to the tenant, and when this is done
the promises shall be turned over to the owner
upon the order Of the court or judge. But the
release OF the property shall be upon condition
that the nuisances shall not be continued, and
the return Of the property shall not release any
Len upon sstd propsrty occaeienad by any pros;
pay all, costs Of the proceedings and flea bond
With sureties to DO approved by. the clerk In
the full value of the property to be ascertained
by the court or judge, conditioned that ho will
Immediately abate such nuisance and prevent
the same from being established or kept there.
in within the period Of one year thereafter. the
court, or in vacation the judge may, Il saHs-
fed Of his good faith, order the promises taken
delivered to said owner and said order d
abatement cancellsd 90 far as the same may re-.
an action IN equity and bond be given and cost
therein paid beteFs Judgment and order 81
abatement, the action shall thereby he abated,
provided. however, that tho release Of the prom.
erty under the provisions OF this section shall
not relesseit from any judgment, lien or pen
city or liability to- which it may he subject
under any other statute or law. The Sttornsy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-25

an attorney to assist the states attornev ia
perform his duties under this act, and such at
ney and the court as associate counsel in the
proceeding, and no prosecution shall be dis
missed ove5 the objection Of such associate
for such Dismissal, together with the objections
thereto Of suoh associate counsel, shall have
been filed in writing, argued by counsel and
fully considered by the court.
Sec. e.. The court whose duty it shall he to
render JUDGMENT in any actien or proceeding
shI" ing, G shal # in e S%,aaisttG9 e Ct tns sARs ,S son1iss;s Of
2f the defendant render Judgment; provided.
that for prudential reasons and for ordinary
p pentssss % q RefEa Is sa1ga sa sSRg Res ! Judgment %s1In N MT and
qeeding ten days, and then only. upon the court
Or Judge thereof entering in Q public docket to
ing, the cause of such suspension.
SEC, ~, IN prosecution under this act, by in
dictment or otherwise, 1t shall not be necessary
to s tate the The kind M or quantity Of liquor sold, or
saaant the u place n,o whsTa sold To- or t kssa,h for sale ale
% IN ppeseedigss for e eG%%9R the p sama' e. v snS
a lian is sought to:be establiahed against the
place. where such liquors are Illegally sold OF
Kept for sale and u shall not be necessary In
thesfrat instance for the state to prove that the
party charged did not have O permit to sell in
toxtcating liquors for the exceptional purpse;
and IN any prosecution for the second or sub.
sequent ofense, it shall not be requisite to set
forth In the information or affidavit or indtct.
ment a record of the former convictions, but it
shall be sufficient briefly to allege such ooAvie.
tions and In all cases the person or persons to
whom such Intoxicating 4iquota ahall have been
sold in violation Of thia-act shall be competent
witnesses to prove auch tact tending thereto
Hnd tAe members, shnreholders or associates
in any club or association shall be competent
Witnesses TO prove any violation Of the pre-
visions OF this aot or any fact tending thereto.
In actions or proceedings for the statement Of
nuisances under this got evidence Of the gem
sral reputation Of the place designated in the
complaint shall be admissible for tho purpose
Of proving the existence Of such nuisance, and
~ all GASES othex than those where Intoxicating
liquor is lawfully sold by virtue Of the provis-
ions Of this act the fact that any person engaged
In any kind Of business has or Keeps in or about
bis place Of business 4 receipt or stamp show,
ing payment Of the special tax levied under the
laws OF the United States upon the bushes, q
selling distilled, malt or 3ermented liquor, or
the holding Of . licenae from the government Of
the United states In the name Of any person,
persons or corporation to sell intoxicating liz.
nor shall be held and deemed prtma faoiss evil
delce agstpst such person. persons or corpora
ton that ne, they or It are keeping for sale and
selling tptpxtcRtIpg liquors contrary 10 Law.
, 1890-06-04
III i e 8.
Spectator 3rd May.

May.day has come and gone, and proved
q success tor the men and IA failure
for tao rrvotUtiOnistH. Ii was a success for
tn" woyitren, because thpy showed that
they could, ii they pleased. "iem JnAtrate"
all over Europe 81 oicS. and because they
were able to conn el abstinence from pros
vOcati0li. Ii WAS a failure for the RevOlu.
t~ioni>t~, rccauSo it proved that whenever
the Governments are determined, the fight
goes out Of the ''mpn Of %actiOn.S In Pairs,
Rome, Madrid; Vienna, aud u score of
other cities, the same scene was Witnessed,
the workmeu or. Il large section OF them,
keeping holiday. the Governments holding
troops. ready with orders to fire on rioters.
and anarchists Of all kinds looking on angry
but pagalysed.. liz Berlin, the defeat of the
party. OF disorder was accumulated by the
fact that tess than 10 per cent. of the work. :
men. Quilted their work for the day. Not
one life %as 'tAkan anywhere. and, so far as.
appears, the, celebration of the day left no
bitFpruesS behind IT,. The petitions 80 t in
to the different Parliaments were usually
for Shorter hours, AMI the larliaments
shower their view of the defhOnstr atiOnS :
by insisting that deputatiOnS should not
be large. Another side may appear to the
matter wileh' letters arrive, bat according
TO the kilograms. quiet people were not
intertered with any where, Event.; in
fact, did nor justify the antecedent panic.
The British East Aft lea Company has, it
IL reported, effected Il great extension Of
it's territories-and its responsibilities.
Letters have been received in Zall2ibar
which state that Mr.. FL. jackson, one of
the Office, y of that Com any, has recently
reached Uganda, and has concluded treat
les with King Mwanga. placing the ehtire :
L ingdom Exclusively under the the ihla-'
ence 6ftle British Company That 10 a
delightful characteristic amnourceuaeut.'
Dag after dday wehear that the .Gcrdaans'
Are "OutEittins'' as; that they stS sepdiSg