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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-08-20

st, Martinyillp, La, Aug. q, 1892.
This place is redoIent of romance and
antiquity. II makes an impression upon
one that it is irrcyerent to criticise it.
It has certain commanding venerable
ness about IL that Is half awe-inspiring. |
Il affects one like noble ruin. dear for
its beautiful past, worthy of respect for
its hoary responsibility. This is one of
the oldest places in the State. 1t was
once the seat Of great wealth and cul-
ture. LOngfellow, in the stately meas
ure OF his poem, "Evangeline,' says:
''Beantiful is the land, with its prairies and
forests OF fruit trees;
Undse the feet garden of flowers and the blu |
est of heavens
b ndiDg above and resting its dome on The
walls Of the forest,
They who dwell there have named it the Eden
Of Louisiana"
But time has sadly changed its former
beauty into Il sweet, pathetic memory;
and Il has passed into the category of
things Of tie bsaono. ]. n.ust come TO
all things SuLianG,y. 3ome venerable
man, whose footsteps once pressed its
happy WALKS and coming here to die
A.. Ii, ,y|.,-,..-,,.,. e,a
..,. =. ;,h..t 49,,
Turn where 81 ...-.'.
Bv niga. or oiy,
mo thin; fich -"'o seen low can see no
mo,o'
~ -" 40 '''' INV ~ ,"'" ." WIZ
A 81, ,, lew.
"a loo1lrs o't ,ae i.,, py autumn fields,
And lhi1kr,; "' Inc dsys hat are 10 more
For, aiC"s ''iS s'me ssre!m, many
y."'o '''" ''s 80 ''o' ling ie"'uieS
VI o''i"' &c - ~ g. o''u'!' "oa's"'
s"i'"F 'o'-'-i ''-''- '''i 'I'i' sia0e' 'o'
ehLvtI 90 dt'h a,clety. 81. Martin
grew Or. - lis ! "a tes lttakapas an
Mr,y;,t,, .a.; ,cr.pd 40 heinz one
ofihs a;ya.c.c a...t. r settlement into
81 tauu a. ;u-,s.-,c.ca. II rrew nm and
nm. into r,parpr ..roy1h. TWAS q towr
az sons ;.vnor,sprs IN 1911. In 1919 il
Was inc ,rroyaied. II be.ame known a.
"I.s Petit ms, :,a,o-,sa NJ tim eleoance
NJ It's s7,ia,v. : yas q resort Of fashion
IL, the er,ne d.. - creme ~ Creo,e 60
cietv OF :na S.n.e. L was full of gayety.
and lie a,.sacViOls SO dear TO fashion,
able sorieiy. TIE artists Of the New Or
leans Ff,.ch Opera spent their vaca-
tiOns he.e. Il " Course made the place
ring with joy. Il was like the ball at
Brussels on The eve If The battle of BEAU
~ anG ci =. y" 'foIr women and brave
men," add al "weh. happy as a mar
risge ht.i."
AND new al tbs has passed! Almost
Ole feels iiGe s.yIag:
And iiitio t"Sa thy streets for evermoro
WI WI si'el' D.. $50 h'' 4 SOU 10 tell
D., - -, - na.,a,
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novo ADJ ;, 4, is. ,rosoe-itv ard fosn-
Nm Lay. md r. -. lin, roIi.ious
ligLt" egs.re % ,a:,,y it-a sort of
cleaning u, :.t sou.-and. for me. spir.
itueljzes tne a.scs.
p,, .:,-,.;. 90 ~, ,,, ,,.. A.
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ia dan .,,,,,,,r :. lis bjs,ory 20 nav
u;,Is =, 80 ,,',.,,a ha .au ,ra.
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-08-20

$50 per ton, and easily yields profit
of $50 per cent. He pays for the green
moss 81 per ton. A good picker can ga
Their from 1000 to 1900 pounds per day.
At Breaux Bridge and neighborhOOd
there are four moss gins. They ship 100
bales per week, bringing them down the
Teche to st. Martinyille in barges. A
barge brings forty or fifty bales. and
comes down i'm about half day. From
st. Martlnville they go to New York on
railroad.
This way Louisiana has Of being
"moss-grown" will drive the Old-time
phrase into ignominiOus desuetude. 1t
has been simiIe for torpor, laziness,
utter unthrift. But the forests of Loui-
siana are beginning to realize the gOr-
geOus fable Of that wonderland in the
Arabian Nights in the garden where
Aladdin found his lamp, where the trees
bore precious gems. Our trees labor
not" but they beat cotton planters In
crOp-making, They bear all the time,
despite the seasons, and never wear out,
for even the dead trees bear. And the
crop does not hurt the tree, as the moss
is an epiphite and not a parasite. As
long as we have forests we shall have
moss. and the crop is inexhaustible. 1t
is another illustration of the bounty of
Providence in this wonderful country of
ours. Who can estimate the millions of
money in our moss grown swamps?
NJ. b. liILLYARD.
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ST. MARTINVILLE, LA.
One Of The Most Interesting
Towns In Tho State.
Its Sugar ReGneries and Other Indus
tries-The Curing of Moss for the
Northern Market.

STAFF Correspondent of the Times-Demo-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-24
GEORGIA POLITICS.

The democratic primary election will be
held in Lowndes county Aug. IS.
a numerously signed petition Is being cir
culated In SpGlding county which will, in a
day or two, be presented to Judge John l.
Hall asking that he allow mis- name to be
used by the people as a candidate for cleo
ton to the legislature from that county.
In the democratic primary held in Heard
county Thursday the congressional result
stood: For congress, Moses $50, Hill SO; for
state senator, z. II. Whitaker, Jr., 1886, J.
b. Ware PSI, A. ID. S. Darden "a; for repre-
sentative, W. j. Davis, Jr., secured 26 ma
Jority ovef his opponent, w. Il. Nelson.
Valdosta Times: The third party people
in Lowndes county captured the county
alliance at the county meeting last week,
cause he is a democrat, and filled all the
offices with third party men. To add TO Mr..
Webb's humiliation they made him assist
ant TO Jud Zipperer. who is the new coun-
tv lecturer. The alliance is no longer any
thing short of secret political third party.
The constitution and honorable traditions
of the order have been cast TO the winds.
Mr.. Webb has proven himself equal to the
emergency, so far as his own conduct Is
concerned, but he could not overrsach the
wild ambitions Of the politicians and office
hunters in the organization and they have
thrown him practically out He is more
than a match for the best OF them, but a
large conservative element in the alliance
refused to act longer with the organization
and Mr.. Wobb was left IN a hopeless mi
nority.
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Terrific Struggle Between a Mexican
and a Savage Beast.

From the San BTdncfsco Examiner.
Theodore Lopez, an oged Mexican, who
lives on the Wagner place at Ojai, Cal,
had thrilling and uncommon encounter
with a mountain lion few days ago. The
old gentleman has g stock ranch over In
the Sespe, and was over there looking after
his cattle when he met with an adventure
not on the regular programme.
Just at the break OF day he went to the
brush, only few yards from his cabin, for
wood and kindlinR for his fire. Suddenly,
and, OF course, unexpectedly, he was cons
fronted by large lion. who was inclined to
dispute with Mr.. Lopez, the ownership OF
the land, and might have gained the best Of
the argument but for the appearance Of Two
dogs, which are his constant companions
when he is in the mountains.
The lion made a break for tree, which
he gained. The old gentleman never oar
r1es gun. but he generally has a rope with
slipping moose near al hand, aud whiis
the dogs played at the lion in the tree, be
procured the rope. Then calling off the
dogs he threw rocks at the lion till he dis
lodged the animal, which took refuge in q
much smaller tree. The branches made ID
impossible TO throw the lasso in genuins
vaquero style, so Lopez put the moose on
the end OF pole, and In that manner
actually put the moose over the lions head,
and tightening the rope pulled the animal
TO the ground.
The lion made frantic rush at the man,
and the man made haste to wind the rope
around tree. There was q wild scramble
for few moments, but the lion was finally
wound up and choked nsarly to death, his
remaining life being dispatched with CLUB.
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robbers, and thinks he has sufficient elew to
capture them. The same party also broke
into the railroad office, but nothing was
missed.
Titusville Star; A fire set by the rail
road hands two or three miles south Of
town last Thursday got beyond control and
damaged the groves and premises Of
Frank II. Boye and Mrs. Emma Reed.
The formers orange grove was not reached
by the flames, but several years growth OF
choice fruit and ornamental trees and
shrubs about his house were destroyed.
Mrs. Boye took the four children and wen.
TO the river for safety before her husband
reached home and had 10 not been that the
house was built Of coquina 1t would have
probably burned. At Mrs. Reeds, besides
burning about one half Of the orange trees
the fire consumed the stable, harness, ETC.,
doing damage 10 the amount OF about $500.
The dwelling house caught fire several
times, but was saved by the strenuous
efforts OF Fonda Reed aud others
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Immense Trees In Eormosa.
From the North China Daily Neacs.

from Tue -'OTLh Cft1Fu Du9tY hg1CS.
A recent mercantile exploration Of the ia,
terror of Southern Formosa by Chinese
traders. described in the Rupao, diac.oses
an interesting botanical fact, indicating
that the beautiful island produces a tres
that In sizs and magnihcence vies with the
gigantic sequoias Of California More than
ten adventurous pioneers Of commerce orr
gained a mercantile expedition to open
trade with savsges whose country had never
been visited by civilized man. Their fass>
nesses wore hidden IN vast impsnetrable tor
ests which covered lofty precipitous mount
aims.
They started from Lamalan. which is
probably Chockeday of the charts, and
reached Ia seveo days, by many stages.
their objective point, Hueiin stream. Tbs
toll OF ascending activities and descending
declivlties was surpassed by that Of fording
torrential streams, which they could ac-
complish only by ciasping each Others
hands-not path, merely footprints Of
wild beasts and birds; no sign of natives;
no smoke from habitations-they kept out
OF sight, not daring to show themselves.
The travellers lodged in stone caverns;
the chattering OF monkeys and the sounds
OF insect were appalling and indescribsble.
IL is wild region and reminded them OF
legends or the Kingdom OF Hobgoblins.
w hat they accomplished in the way OF
barter with the wild aborigines is not re-
corded, an omission thGt ia pardonable, in
that they have made known the existence
Of trees OF prodigious girth, forming vast
forest.
These trees measured more than ten OUT
stretched ar us aud were probably of corr
responding height. There is besides an'
other remarkable tree hourishing in the
same forest which bears flowers, red or
white, which are larger than sieve and II
extraordinary fragsnoe. Mr Taylor, willis
searching for orchids, hoard OF these majes-
tic trees and huge flowers. which be in
ferred, from what natives said, were
epipbyte orchids.
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


FINANCIAL.
NEW YoRk, July g, noon.-stocks opened
very dull but firm Money opened easy, with
no loans; closing offered at ~ per cent. Ex-
chsnge-long, 81 81; short. 81 S514. State bonds
nominal. Government bonds dull but steady
to firm.
Erie .............. esss Richm'd & wPt.
Chicago & North. III Terminal. ....... sl6
Lake Shore. 1875 Western Union. .041s
Mort. & ". pref. 49s4
New YoRk. July %, 500 p. m,-SterIing ex-
1913; commercial bills, 81 s6ISGl4 IS. Money
easy, with no ioSns, closing offered at ~ per
cent. Government bonds closed dull but steady
10 firm; four per cents 1164. State bonds neg
looted.
Sub Treasury Balances-Coin. ss9, 04s. 667; cur
rency, SIS, 099, $50.
Operations la the stock market to-day reached
about minimum, and possessed no character
from any standpoint, fluctuations being due
simply TO lack Of Offering, with a slight demand
to cover shorts. The trading element was in
clined TO press the market down at the opening,
and first prices were slightly lower than those
found, and no inducement to risk opposition to
the general sentiment appearing. the pressure
was quickly Withdrawn. Under limited de-
mand, however prices slowly appreciated but
among even the most prominent shares tiuctus-
tons OF over IA per cent. were rare. MINNIE
apoLs and ST. Louis stocks furnished some diver
sion n the late trading, preferred rising large
fraction, but there was no accompanying ami
nation, and the market felt no stimulus from
the movement. The bank statement was re-
garded as a most favorable one, the gain in cash
and especially specie being pronounced; while
the reserve was increased over 81 000, 900; but
even this had no Improbable influence, and
while prices remained firm there was no move =
mont Tue close was dull and firm, generally
at slight advances over previous night g figures
The sales OF listed stocks were only $4,000
shares; unlisted, 5000 shares. The following
were the closing quotations OF the New York
Stock Exchange.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-24

Harrison. One branch Of the case has been
carried before the court, aud it is probable
that it will all get there.
Dan W. Rountres, the wellrknown At
! lanta lawyer, whose Office Is in the Gate
City National Bank building, had very
strange call Thursday. He went 10 his office
at the usual hour and was in the act OF roll
ing back the cover Of his cabinet desk when
10 and behold, he stood face TO face with a
| great "hoo-hoo" owl, which sat upon the
| Code Of Georgia on the top OF the desk.
| The selt-welcomed visitor sat there winking
and blinking his great, kind eyes at the at
torney. Dan stood amazed for awhile and
stepped back half In awe Of the intruder.
! The weird bird Of darkness had flown in
from the country-miles perhaps-the night
before, and, finding the window OF Dan
| Office open, invited himself in and TOOK the
most conspicuous posture he could md
| Dan has looked the matter up in all the
NEUROLOGICAL dictionaries 70 be found and is
| in doubt as to the significance Of this Incl
dent. Mythology declares the owl to be an
emblematc bird Of wisdom. The Bible
says the bird is to be associated with desole-
ton. Poets and story tellers introduce IL as
bird Of Ill omen.
Lexington Echo: The Glade and vicinity
was the scene of some unusual excitement
Friday evening and Saturday last over an
attempt 10 asSassinate John Burl coloredJ.
w ME preparing MS supper HAluoJ hibht
| Burl stepped to the door Of bis house and
stood for a minute to cool. Just as he
| turned to re-enter his house he was startled
| by shots fired at him by some one concealed
| ia his cane patch in the yard. He spranR
into the house aud getting his pistol returned
fire in the direction from which the shots
came. The Rmbushed party continued
70 fire and a regular fusilade con-
tinued until Burl had empted his
piece. The shooting attracted Robert, a
brother OF John, who lived near by and
the brothers had been talking the matter
over some fifteen or twenty minutes and
while standing in the door the ambushed
party fired again, the Oall taking effect in
Roberts wrist, and then the man was heard
10 leave the cane and retreat in the dark
ness Next morning barefoot tracks were
found leading from a fence near by TO the
cane patch and return. Shoe tracks were
leading 60 this point aud from it. Those
leaving were traced to within a few yards
Of the home Of John Hop Tiller, white
man living some distance away.
Upon this evidence Tiller was
arrested and his commitment
trial set for Wednesday last. At this trial
witnesses swore that Tiller was seen in the
vicinity of the shooting about dark on the
evening named. Tillsr produced witness to
prove that he was elsewhere, but the evil
dence was deemed sufficient to bind him
over TO the superior court under q $500
bond. This he succeeded In giving. The
negro says he knows of no reason why
Tiller or any one else should attempt to
assassinate him. This makes the affair
more mysterious. IL is thought by some
that other and startling facts will be
brought out when the case came before the
superior court.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-24
NAVAL STORES STATEMENT .

FIyANCIAL-Money Is easy.
Domestic Erchdn9e-The market is quiet.
Banks aud bankers are buying at par aud sell
ing at 1s14 per cent premium.
Foreign Erchdn0e The market is
steady. Sterling, commercial demand 81 49,;
sixty days, 81 SS14; ninety days. 81 $50; francs
Paris and Havre. sixty days, SIS 1874; Belgian,
sixty days 50 1874; marks, sixty days, 95Ac
SEcURITIEs-The market was very dull and in
active.
STOCKS AND BoNDs-CitV Bonds-Atlanta S
per cent. long date, 1903 bid, III asked; Atlanta
Z per cent ia bid. ll6 asked; Aug ista pes
cent. long date, I0S bid, ia askedS Augusta 6
per cent, long date l0S bid, ll5 asked; Column
bus per ceut. 1Oi bid, 1903 asked; Macon per
cent, ia bid 1l5 asked; new Savannah per
cent, quarterly October coupons, l04 bid, l04lS
asked; new Savannah per cent August coupons
l0414 bid, 1924 asked.
State BondS-tieorga new 40 per cent, 1i0I
bid, lli1S asked; Georgia per cent coupons
January and July, maturity 1896, 10 bid, Ill
asked Georgia SO per cent, 1915 bid, l0l14 asked
Railroad St0ckS-Centrai common, SO asked;
Augusta and Savannah per cent guaranteed,
100 bid. los asked; Georgia common, 1865 bid, III
81 bid, ssIs asked; Central per cent certificates
6S16 asked; Atlanta Rud West Point railroad
stock, 10lla bid, 10S asked; Atlanta and West
Point per cent certificates 95 bid 96 asked
Railroad BondS-Savannah, Florida AMI
Western Railroad Company general mortgage
per cent interest coupons October 109A bid
ilo1S asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated per cent coupons. January and
july. maturity 1897. los bid, lOs asked
Central Railroad aud Banking Company
collateral gold SIS, rs bid, IS asked; Central
consolidated mortgage per cent coupons
January and July, maturity 1898, lo0J6 bid 1902
asked; Savannah aud Western railroad S
per cent, indorsed by Central railroad, 81 bid
18 asked; Savannah, Americus and Mont
gomery per cent, 7411 bid, 75lh asked; Geor-
gia railroad per cent, 1897, 100 bid. 10
asked: Georgia Southern and Florida
first mortgage per cent. 74ls bid, 75Is asked :
COyington and Macon first mortgage o Der
cent. 20 bid, 50 asked; Montgomery and Eufaua
fret mortgage, per cent Endorsed by
Central railroad, l001S bid, 1919 asked; Char
lOttes Columbia and - Augusta first
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MEMORANDA.

MEMORANDA.
New York, July 2l-Cleared, steamship Meta
pedia Brl. Fraser, Pensacola.
Hull, July 2l-Sailed, BARK Gler Bril- Murray,
Savannah.
Havre, July 21-Arrived, schr Mizpah [Norl,
Christopherssn, Pensacola.
Huelva, July DISABLED, bark Noe tItall,
Charleston.
London, July 21-Arrived, bark Rimfaxe
[Norl Aanonsen, Savannah.
Liverpool, July 20-Sailed, bark Trio [Norl,
Iversen, Mobile.
Sunderland, July 21-Arrived, bark Argen-
tina [Norl, Fredrcksen, Mobile.
Shields, July 20-Sailed, steamship Cairnavor
[Brl, Pensacola
st Louis du Rhone, July l6-Arrived. steam.
ship Swedish Prince [Brl, Harrison, Fernandina.
Nassau, July l3-Sailed. sctr Mary H Will
Jams LBrI, Russell, Key West.
Apalacnicola, July 2i-Cleared, schrs Vils-y-
tanzas Warner Moore Crockett, New Haven;
Benjamin Hale Hail., Baltimore.
Boston, July 21-Cleared. schr Penobscot
French, Brunswick, Ga.
Belfast, NJ, July 21-Arrived. schr Meyer and
Muller, Patterson from Bangor), Palatka
Coosaw, = G. July 2l-Arrived, schr Harry
LBrl, Evans, River. Platte.
Fernandina, July 21-Saied, steamship Geise-
rich LGer, Leilsen, Marlborough; schr Mary A
Hall, Neazie, New York.
Galveston. July 2i-Sailed. schr Ella l. Daven-
port, Dunton, Pensacola
Georgetown S G, July 21-Sailed, schrs John
@ Gregory, Anderson. New York; NJ A Brock
way, Miller. Charleston.
Port Royal, July 21-Sailed, steamship Blue
Jacket lbrl, Freeman. Hull e.
Pascagoula, July 20-Sailed, schr Seraflna,
Thompson, Key West.
Philadelphia, July 2l-Arrived, schr Emily +
Northam, Pennwe.I, Charleston.
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0ONDA1s Ouiy VI ACoNs
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
ARRIVED AT QUARANTINE YESTERDAY
CLEARED YESTERDAY.

OLEAhED EoI LhDAI.
Steamship City of Augusta, Catherine, New
York-C G. Anderson.
Steamship VIM Crane. Foster, Baltimore
] J Carolan, ARt.
Steamship Scottish Prince IBrl, Dobson, Bar
celona-Strachan & Co.
Bark Hos [Norl, Andersen, Danzig-Chr G
Dahl & Co.
Bark Producent [Norl, Knudsen, London
Hoist & Go.
Schr Horace Shares. Mount. Portland-Jos
4 Roberts q Co.
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MoDJEsKA has gone TO her ranch in California
for the summer with her husband, Count Bo-
zenta. She does not look her age, which is
dangerously near 50.
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Per Central Railroad July 23--G bales cotton,
1873 bales domestics, 311 bales wool 5 bids hides
2pkgs tobacco, AS pkgs lard, $50 bbls rosin, 400
bbls spirits turpentine, $50 bbls lime. 9l2 pkgs
fruit, 200 sacks bran, bbls liquor. $50 sacks
meal, 20 bols meal, 1852 bushels corn, "a sacks
-four, IS bbls -four bushels wheat, 1 horse, 6
bbls syrup, 1863 pkgs vegetables, 2 boxes wax $50
lbs buggy material. Ale pigs mdse, pkgs
household goods, l car stone, 1 car brick, S
pkgs hardware, % cases eggs 10 sacks grits, 8
cars melons. 81 tons pig iron.
Per Savannah, Florida and Western Ry, July
23-9 bales cotton, 1889 bbls spirits turpentine,
1893 bbls rosin, 8 cars brick. / empty tank, al
tierces lard, 205 boxes lard, horse, 6bdls hides
l case eggs, bales wool cars wood, IS bdls
spokes, 9 cars lumber, IS bbls iron, is pkgs
mdse, Z cars melons. 4s2 boxes fruit 2l0 bbis
fruit, 40 boxes vegetables.
Per Charleston and Savannah Ry, July %
50 bbls spirits turpentine. 249 bbs rosin - boxes
tools. box cheese, 48 bdls paper bags, / car
beer, car machinery, empty boxes, car oil,
case bbl rice bale clothing, 2 bdls hides,
crate apples, case cigars, 1875 boxes tobacco, z
bales tobacco.
Per South Bound Railroad. July ga pkgs
vegetables, bdl hides, 8 pkgs hardware, 10
pkgs tobacco, car melons, 10 bbls spirits tur-
pentine, so bbls rosin.