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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-10-08
Mbnn !AJ;rtor6ouoo Cleanse the blood
--'' S''~'' by taking W.W.C
Town Council.
Regular Meeting Of the Town Council
held this first day of October 1892,

Pursuant to a jOurnment the Council
met this day in regular monthly session,
at the Court House, with Mayor Fleming
presiding and all members present.
The reading of the minutes of the last
meeting was on motion duly seconded,
dispensed with. The ordinances by Mr..
Albert Bienyenu. at the last meeting of
the Council, relative to the maintenance
OF peace and order in the public Esta-
blishDents. were taken up and acted up
on favOra6ly and the Police Officer in
structrd TO see that same be carried out.
On motion of Mr.. Martin duly second
ell, the Schedule of probable expenses
for the year 1892. is hereby fixed and
established as follows:
For salary of the Police Officer $4,000
Commission of Collector 1000
" Salary of Official Journal 2i.OO
Salary of Secretary 10000
" SAP of keeper of Corport cart $4,000
Expenses for cleaning market $500
" for Roads and Bridges 10000
Paupers 5000
Contingent Expenses 1900
Total $4,000
On further motion of Mr.. Martin duly
seconded, the Corporation tax for the
year 1892 is fixed at nine mills on the
dollar; said tax to be levied on all taxa
BILE property within the limits Of the
Corporation of st. Martinville.
Mr.. Theodore Laperuze the Police Off
Ger rendered to the Board his resigna-
ton, to take effect on the 2nd instant,
which was accepted.
On motion of Mr.. Albert Bienyenu du-
ly seconded, The Mayor is authorized to
appoint Police offer TO ill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr.. Laper-
uze; said appointment to be held subject |
to the ratification of the Board at its
next meeting.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-10-08

Salary So per week: Wanted good
Agents to sell our general line of mer-
chandlse. No pedding. Above salary
will be paid TO live" agents. For fur
Their information, address:
CHICAGO GENERAL SUPPLY Co.,
No l1S West Van Buren, ST.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-10-08
CRU DU PAYS.

Home made hominy with corn
meal for sale at j. B. Ferran and
e. n. Resweber's. They will
have a supply constantly on hand
the year round.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-10-08
Miles Nerve & Liver Pills

Act on a new principIe-regulating
the liver, stomach and bowels through
the nerves. A new discovery. DIR. Miles
Pills speedily cure bi!iOusness. bad taste,
torpid lives, piles. constipation. In
equaled for men, women. children.
Smallest. midest surPst! so doses, % cts.
Samples free. at T. j. Liable Drugstore.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-10-08

The Collector and Treasurer submitt.
ed to the Board his monthly report, as
follows, viz:
Corporation Tax proper.
Balance OF hand, per last
settlement Of Sept. LIST
1892. Ha,e
Amount OF taxes of the year
1881, collected from Sept.
l. to Oct. !. 1892. s97T
Amount realized from sales
of Dog Licenses tags
from September LIST to
October LIST 1892. 400
Amount OF market revenue
collecte! from Sept. LIST,
to Oct. LIST 1892. 835
Amount of fines collected
from Sept. LIST to Oct. LIST
1892. snO
Disbursements.
Sept. lst 1882 Paid Chas.
Pllet his ace. Oh file No
725 "a
Sept. 81 1892 Paid Honore
Denis for ditching his
ace. on file No 30 75O
Sept. 81 1882 Paid Lewis
Gary for dilching his
ace. on file No 40 ESQ
Sept. Sd 1882 Paid A. ].
Thomas his ace. Oh file
No $50 im
Sept. 81 1892 Paid Thomas
Flaherty his acc. Oh file
No 13l 70
Sept. 9Th 1892 Paid Henry
BeSlin for grading Main
street his ace. OH file No
732 180O0
Sept. 9Th 1892 Paid Henry Il
Beslin his salary as keep.
er OF the corporation cart
from August 9th to Sept.
9TH 1892. per his ace. on
file No 133 405D
sept. 10th 1892 Paid lIonOre
Denis for dilching his
ace. on file No 13i SIS
sept. 18th 1892 Paid Theo.
Lapernze Police officer
his salary for the month
ending Sept. 18th 1892 81
per his ace. on file No 735 5000
'ept. 18th 1892 Paid Latte u
for ditching his ace on u
file No 73S LOO =
'ept. 18th 1892 Paid salary
OF Secretary for one
month from Aug. 90, to
S,pt. 26, 1892. b.33 ',
let. LIST 1892 Paid Commits. =,
mission to Collector and :.
Treasurer at nee. on
S26, amount collected lc
by him from Sept. LIST q
1852. lao %
alance on hand Oct. 1st
1892. 4O28
s349,42 es4f,4s
Special Tax. fl
alance on hand as per s.,
last settlement of Sept. -
LIST 1892. o:R0 o. r
mount of Special taxes Of r
the year 1891, collected
from Sept. LIST to October
1st 1892. rps
Disbursements.
npt. LIST 1892 Paid A. Y.
Fleming Mayor as per re-. su
solution of Board, for Or
freight OF one car load of
Sewer pipes for Culvert
per acc. on file No 127 $500
,pt. 18th 1892 Paid A. V.
Fleming as Der resO,u- til
tiOn of Board, for Sewer Al
pipes for Culvert, per la
acc. on file No 1876 1890 an
pit. 10th 1892 Paid A. Y. In
Fleming Mayor, as Der an
resolution, for 9 Iron
CRATES for Culyprt. per tel
ace. on file No 49, 1860 pa
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

A GREAT many people cherish
fixed beliefs in the moons pow
er to regulate matters down here
on earth. 1t was during a re-
cent cool wave that an ardent
debate took place as to whether
a frost in the light of the moon
was calculated TO do damage in
the early part of the spring or
autumn. Some Of the moon
adherents argued that a frost
was harmless in the light of
the moon and the others declared
it was vice versa. No frost
come along to decide the matter
either affirmatively or negative
~ and so neither side has been
forced to change its convictions.
Another thing dependent upon
the moon is the planting of veg.
etables. Even this enlightened
age there are people who stake
their hopes Of a good potato
crop solely on the time Of the
moon in which the murphies
were put into the ground. Long
years ago Shakspere's Juliet
admonished Romeo to "swear
not by the moon, the inconstant
moon which monthly changes
in its phases" but there are a
vast multitude of Romeo's who
still swear by the moon, and
young ladies have even been
known to change the date Of
their wedding day because il
failed to coincide with the pc
riod at which the moon is $ up.
posed to be prOpitious to happy
nuptials.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19
State Itrn,.,

The Rockingham Rocket says
the Third party is fast playing
out in Richmond county.
The Review says that a color
ed Democratic club Of forty
members has been formed in
Wilmington. The colored men
organized 1t of their own voli-
tion and not at the instance of
white Democrats.
The Laurinburg Exchange
says that Capt. Alexander
and Mr.. WE'LL are now doing
the best and most effective
work of the campaign in Rich
mond county. They spoke at
Spring Hill Monday and the
Exchange does not believe that
there will be three Third party
votes cast in that township.
The Wilkesboro Chronicle
has proofs which are satisfacto-
ry to il that the Republican
revenue officers of Wilkes
county have been assessed S2j
apiece for campaign purposes,
and says that there are enough
of them to raise over $l,l00. as
sessed upon this basis. There
was a great gathering Of them
at Wilkesboro Monday and the
fat fried merrily.
The Greenville Reflector says
that A. A. Forbes, the ! party
candidate for the Senate in Pitt
county, gave out in q speech al
Bethel, that county, a few days
ago, that "there are two ways
to get reform-one Is by the
ballot and the other is by the
bullet" and intimated il they
could not get it one way they
would have it the other.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19
Crisp and CasIinI.

There are nearly. $4,000, 900
old copper pennies lying un-
used somewhere.
The total number Of families
in the United States 1890 was
12, $50, ,152.
There are 100000 men em
ployed upon the $4,000 papers
published in America.
Only one ten thousand dollar
legal tender note out of an issue
of 4 900 is now extant.
Of the public school teachers
in the United States more than
Ga per cent. are women.
Four million people have al
ready grasped Corbett's hand
and declared that he's no great
shakes.
In order that peace may con-
tinue uninterrupted Europe is
making vigorous preparations
for war.
The first ice cream vendors in
England were Neapolitan peas.
antry Of the poorest type, but
the venders nov come from all
parts of Italy. many being ma
tives of the most remote country
districts.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19
Have You Thought of it2

Every one complains of hard
times. Every one. feels how
hard it is to get along and
make both ends meet. A large
majority of us have to struggle
to keep the "wolf from the
door, and to provide the sheer
necessities Of life without any
of its luxuries, and this too in q
land Of plenty. There are
cases Of fault from idleness
and improvidence, but these
are the exceptions and not the
rule where the great body Of
our people dig and sweat day
in and day out the year through
for the plain food necessary to
satisfy the cravings Of hunger
and the plain clothes TO cover
their nakedness.
The people who do and suffer
these things, pay to the United
States government nearly five
hundred millions of dollars a
yearin taxes besides all of their
state and local taxes. Last
year and year before this
amount was appropriated and
every cent of it comes directly
or indirectly from the people,
Did you ever attempt to imag-
inc such q sum of money? A
million dollars in gold weigh
3, 3,6S5 pounds, or in silver 5S,-
$50 pounds. The expenditure
for one year then if paid in gold
would amount to 1,842, 800
pounds, or 92l tons, or that
many two horse wagon loads.
In silver 29,315,000 pounds, or
Is, ,657l two-horse wagon loads.
This is what the people pay
each year to the federal govern
ment. Allowing twenty-five
feet for the length of a two
horse wagon and team and ten
feet for the necessary space be-
tween them, it would make a
wagon train to haul the silver a
fraction over ninety y-seyen miles
long. Counting the travel of
the wagon train at twenty miles
d day the train to haul in silver
what the people pay in a year,
would be five days in passing a
given point. From this you
may have some conception Of
the cause of hard times and the
priyations you suffer under the
Republican administration and
its oppressive and exacting
Mckinley tariff. There are
many old soldiers who have
seen some long wagon trains
but none Of them ever saw one
like this.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19
Items of state News.

The tramp problem is vexing
Greensboro.
Rutherfordton is evidently
coming to the front. 1t has a
Chinese laundryman.
The Greensboro North State.
the Republican State organ,
was sold on the 10th to satisfy
a mortgage and was bought BY
j. +. Wray, Esq, of Re,dsville.
Rev. +. I. Mann, of the North
Carolina Conference, NJ. Il.
Church, South, and Miss Emma.
daughter Of Capt. /. w. Garret,
of Kings Mountain, were mar.
ried Tuesday.
The Hickory Bulletin says
that Robert Bowman, of Alex.
ander, and Mrs. Tina league, a
widow of two months, were
united in the holy bonds of mat
rimony at Hickory Thursday.
The Hickory Bulletin says
that Thursday at the Morgan.
ton fair a collision of two horses
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19
A short Lecture to the Little
Maidens.

MaIueHss
"a word TO the wise is sufficient
therefore unto the wise little
maidens of the present day q
short lecture will be all that is
necessary to keep them off OF
the shoals and quicksands of so.
cial disaster. Not that they dc
nou know what is right--oh,
dear no, they are just as well
aware of the correct thing and
the incorrect one as the preacher
who pens these lines. But
young girls are soskittish. Like
foolish young colts, they sim
ply revel in silly little antics
that may seem thepurest fun in
the world, yet fraught with
danger to themselves and to
others.
We know what we are talk.
ing about, for it isn't such an
ago since we were disposed
TO do just such things because
lit would be such q lark" bu!
thank goodness none of the
larks turned out yultures, as
they were liable to do, for these
innocent escapades sometimes
terminate in disaster, undream.
ed of when entered into as a
vent for the sugerluous spirits
of youth.
Girls, be jolly; have all the
fun you can get out Of this life,
but don't be wild. You CAM
afford it. A woman's reputa-
tion is blasted by one little
foolish actlon-therefore look
well to your ways. DO not
smoke cigarettes in order to in,
fuse a little air of real wicked
ness into your girl gatherings
do not smile at strange men IN
the street or elsewhere; do not
go to places of amusement
which you have been forbidden
TO attend and think the surrep
titious peeps through drawn
curtains add zest to the perfor.
nance. The day will come
when you will regret such es-
capades and a blush will mount
to the very roots of your hair al
the remembrance. just be sweet
pure, womanly girls, never do
ing anything you would be as
hamed to have mother know Oh
saying anything you would moi
want mother TO hear, and we
promise you that men will ad
mire you more, women will
trust you more and your owl
conscience will rest more easily
than when you are doing thos;
things that seem at the time 81
delightful because at variance
with what your kittenish effer
yescence telm your puritanica
restrictions.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

PEOPLE who have specifics
for cholera are becoming annoy
ingly numerous just now. It is
better to prevent the disease
than to cure it. and the way to
prevent it is for each citizen to
constitute hims ,lf his own sani-
tary inspector to see that his
person, his clothing and his
surroundings are kept clean,
that his diet is cleanly and
rational and that medical at
tendance is promptly procured
in case of illness.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

and sulkies occurred in which
Mr.. j. L, Charles, of Newton,
was seriously injured. HIS
ankle was badly bruised and in
ternai injuries are scared.
The Fayetteville Gazette says
that in Harnett county there
lives a man, himself one of
twins, who married one of twins.
His mother is the mother Of ten
children, five boys and five
girls. So is hers. His mother
twice gave birth to twins, as
did hers also.
The Wilmington Star learns
that the Blue Ridge Inn at
Mount Airy caught on fire
Thursday morning about s
O'Clock from a defective fiue.
The fire did not make much
headway, only burning part
of the kitchen and dining room.
The loss was estimated at about
$500; fully covered by insur-
ance.
A Raleighite, who has just re-
turned from the West, says
that recently he visited DIR.
Mitchell's tomb, and regretted
to find that it had been multi
lated and damaged with an axe.
AS the News and Observer says:
"The spot is so remote and in
accessible that proper care can
hardly be kept of the tomb, but
it is abominable that any one
should seek to injure it,"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

FROM 1850 to 1860 the country
enjoyed the advantages of a
low tarlff-for revenue only.
During that period the wealth
of the country increased one
hundred and twenty-six per
cent. and the capital invested
in manufactures increased over
ninety per cent. In that pro-
portion a return of the country
to a tariff for revenue basis
would be of benefit. That's the
Democratic idea and hope aud
promise. Strikes for wages
were a novelty in those days,
and farm mOrtga res were
scarce.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

If the Republican trio now
stumping the State-Furches,
Amis and Blackburn-willk keep
it up q much larger Democratic
majority will be insured in
North Carolina. Such outrage
Gus speeches have never before
been heard in Durham. They
were full of wild and false state
ments, the most absurd and re-
diculous propositions. Doubt
ing people have only to hear
them to decide that Democracy
is right after all.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19
Highest of all in Leavenng PowerLatest U S Govt Report
@!a!!!!! g! BBssiss Bssass':
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE
The Pension Frauds.

The abuses of the pension
system furnish another apt IL
lustration of the evils sure to
follow such a system Of legis-
lation. If congress was to levy
taxes upon the people to confer
bounties upon certain classes of
manufacturers, it was very nat
ural that the pension agents
should also join hands to in
crease their fees by an indis
criminate granting Of pensions.
The result is that nearly a gen.
Grafton after the close of war
there is a steady increase Of the
vast sums passing through the
pension agents hands, until
nov the total amount staggers
belief, and has 5ocome of itself
a very serious burden upon the
treasury. From the day of
Lees surrender until now no
single voice has ever been rails
ed against the most generous
provision for every person who
had any just claim upon the
gratitude Of the country, but
surely there is neither reason
nor justice in legislation which
destroys all distinction between
the discharge Of duty and the
shirking Of it. between loyal
service and desertion Of the
colors, between wounds received
in battle and diseases contract
ed in the pursuits Of peace =
Wayne McVeagh.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19
NOT ONE SORE NOW
Baby Afflicted with Bad Sores and
Eruptions. No Relief. Permanently
Cured by the Cuticura.

During the summer Of 1852 ny eighteen months
al lniant vas 20 afflicted with eruptions that ord
nary domestic remedies failed 70 give any IeIei.
IN ~ hip. xaufd often appear shc seeming track
az little uire.iike worm, and on other pafte OF DE
holy had sores came aud remained WI procured
ths ruTfcrRa REaEpiEa. For s0ue time used
Ne a1ap and aalye without blood medieine, 1nt
they dId not DO 20 well A. when all we're used %.
grskgr It has now been nearly year einte the
srnrtlon vae healed. and very much feared y
WngiId return with the warm weather ot this yeaf,
bdt me summut u paced ard not orr sere has
"ff"-'s Gafsenyillc, Ga.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

GOVERNOR Mckinley thinks
there is danger for the Republi.
cans in Ohio unless something
is done to dispel the apathy Of
the voters. AcKinleyism has
proved itself a fraud and its
author is alarmed because he
doesn't know what steps TO take
to hoodwink the enlightened
farmers and laboring men who
are repudiating the Republican
party and indsntifying them.
selves with the Democratic par
ty.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

Mrs. LEASE, the female ora
tor who was introduced in the
arena of politics in the South,
did not proveeminently success.
full as a vote-catcher. Since
her return to Kansas she has
gone over to the support of
Harrison. What does the Peo-
ple's party think of that: Left
poor old Weaver to fight his
own battles. Well, If she
could not stand Weaver and
his party and see them out,
they must be in a bad row for
stumps.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

HERE is something wrong.
The Republicans, even men
as smart as Mckinley, have
been telling us that "the foreign
manufacturer pays the tariff. "
Then why does Jerry Rusk, of
t;le Agricultural Department,
ask for an additional appropria.
tion of SIS, 900 to pay for inn
ported articles used in his de-
partment, "the cost Of which, -
he says, "has been increased by
the Mckinley law" If the
foreigner pays this increased
cost, how does it come that
Jerry wants to pay it, too?
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

REPUBLICANS originated many
disreputable political methods,
but few of them are worse than
the use of detectives, on the
Government pay-rolls, to spy
upon the actions of prominent
Democrats, now going on.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19
now the Col. Dues Them up.

For some nights Col. Andrews
had been losing wood blocks
from his lumber pile on Jail
street. Not being able toappre.
hend the party who was so
much interested In his property,
he determined to look II up. So
he bored some holes in q few
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

SHERMAN HoAR is vigorously
attacking the Mckinley tariff
and the force bill in Massachu-
sets. His uncle, Senator Hoar,
of the samr State, is an uncom-
promising advocate of both
evils. ~~
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

The grand jury has made
some suggestions in regard to
the accommodations in the
Jail, and a suitable place for the
insane. 1t is now in order for
the county commissioners to
consider their suggestions
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

THE National Protective As
sociation of Colored Men met
in convention at indianapolis
recently. In the resolutions
adopted they denounce Harrison
and the force bill, and declare
that the colored man is in no
sense a beneficiary under a high
tariff and that his condition
would be much better under q
tariff for revenue only.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

The opinions of many Re-
publicans have undergone a de
cided change of late concerning
the breaking up of the ''Solid
South" They will change
about other section before long.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

Mr.. CLEVELAND believes
.'public officials are the agents
of the people," but judging
from the egotistical letter of
President Harrison, no one
would suppose that he regarded
himself as an agent of people.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19
One OF Hams Jokes.

Babe Boston's mule was sick
and a neighbor advised him to
administer calomel.
elbow will ! get it into him?"
asked Babe.
"Put itin a quill in his mouth
and blow 1t down his throat"
responded the neighbor.
The neighbor met him two or
three days afterwards. Babe
was as thin as a rail, looked
right.green and was all doubled
up.
"What's the matter with
your" asked the neighbor.
Babe placed his hand pathet-
ically over his stomach, gave a
sigh like a blacksmith's bel
lows with a hole in it and said :
WThe durn mule bowed fust. I"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

An Albean Kan man adyer-
tised that he would like to buy
a second hand lawn mower,
and to address "X. L." post
office. He received one answer
that struck him favorably, and
after corresponding some time,
hunted the party up and found
it to be his wife who was try.
ing to sell him their old one.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19
ADMINISTRATIONS NlILrE.

III Having qualified as Admin
illustrator Of Virginia Beavers,
deed, | hereby notify all persons
who have claims against her estate
70 present them 70 me for payment
BY Sept. Goth, 1898; and | notify all
p rsons indebted 10 her 10 pay al
once 10 me.
CHARLES II. PARRISH,
Admir- Virginia Beavers.
Sept. 20, 1892.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

THE high protective tariff,
which enriches a few at the
expense Of the many, will die
hard, but its death is certain all
the same.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19
cutIcura Remedies

n ,he THOUSANDS u little babies who have been
CURED of AgoniAina, itching. burning, bleeding,
seaiy. and blotehy skin and scalp diseases could
write, what host uf letters would Be received w
the ffopfiet0fe 81 ths CUgtCuHk kENEDirss Few
Fan anprtciAte the agony these little ones eutiefi
hfid when thrse great remedies relleta In slnrie
application The mdst distressing eezerias and iich.
tns and burning ekin dieeaaess and point " speedy
y iie thsfn without moments delay
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-19

At Owasso, Michigan, John
Palmer, a brutal wife beater,
was warned by his fellow work.
men to cease maltreating his
wife. Disregarding their warn
ing, he was tied to a stake and
beaten until his abused wife
begged for his release.