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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1893-05-13

stOn as committee to purchase lot OF
ground hack Of the Town, to be used by
the Corporation as dumping ground.
ON motion Of Mr.. Bienvenu duly Sc
conded, resolution was adopted, re-
questing and ordering the Collector OF
the Corporation, to proceed Immediately
and take the necessary steps, for the col.
lection of all hack taxes and license, and
to give official notice to all the deiin.
quents, of their Indebtedness, and that
if on or before the LIST day of July next,
they do not ccuic up and pay same. their
property will be seized. advertised and
sold according to law, ia satisfaction
| thereof. .
On motion Of Mr.. Liable duly seconded
1t was resolved that an allowance Of
three dollars per month be given to one
Louisa Daniel a pauper living In the
Town. and that the Mayor be and is
hereby authorized to draw that amount
monthly. on the Treasurer for that pur-
poSf, uHUl IUTt0eT OIUefS.
The Collector and Treasurer. submit
ted to the Council his monthly report.
as follows. Wig:
Corporation Tax proper DR. Or
1893 Balance in Treasury
April I. 1885. ell7Os4
Amount of Taxes Of the wear
1S?s. collected from April
I, to May 1. %. I746
Amount OF Licenses of the
year 1893 collected from
April {, to May I, %. 500
Amount of fines collected
from Aprii !, to May I. 90. 100
Amount Of market revenues
collected from April 1, to
May I, 9a sm
Disbursements.
April 4. ~ Paid Henry Bes-
lin. his salary as Police
officer for the month end
ing April ,. 90, per his ac-
count OR file No 797. 5000
April {. % Paid Henry Bes-
lin for services rendered
as Keeper Of the Corpora
ton Cart. 81 days at $3.50
per day. per his account
on file No 7gS S1sO
April ?3 Paid Henry Bes-
lin for % cart loads Of
brick bats at Is cts per
load. per his account on
file No $50. lm
April ri 93 Paid salary Of
Secretary of Council for
the month ending April
26 %. aga
April 80 % Paid Commits
sion to Collector and Ire
asurer at 5 per cts on $4l
46-lm amount collected
by him from April 1, to
May |, %. 9O7
Balance in Treasury on May
l,93. ,lie On
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Land For Sale.

We are requested to offer for sale. ~
acres OF first class land, adjoining the
limits Ofthis corporation.
Also, one fine property, with good bull
ding. out houses, stables etc For fur
ther particulars. terms etc.
Address this office.
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sl2Ie,3O $l2ls. 30
Special Tax DIR Or
Balance in Treasury April
I,93. Aaoa en-
Amount Of special taxes of
the year 92 collected from
April I, to May 1, 80. aN
Disbursements.
April 493 Paid Allen Upper
Tor sewer pipes for cnlvert
per his account on file No
193. ,,oeE
April 4 93 Paid Smith and
Boullemet for hose, suc.
tlon hose etc. for fire de-
partment per their &C.
count on file No 1876. 5,7O
April II 93 Paid Alpine La
PeruSe for one month wa
ges as lamp lighter. month
ending April IL, 90 per his
account on file No 500. lion
April 30 93 Paid Commits
sion to Collector and Tre-
asurer 1T per cts on 80
'o-loO amount collected
by him from April 1, to
May |, %. A
baia'lce In Treasury on May
|. %. ,soA,
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$S33.3O 1894 30
The following accounts were present.
d. approved and ordered to be paid. viz.
The account Of T.. W. Bienyenu
for services rendered as Connie.
siOner. >.oo
Account Of W. S. Thomas "A
commissioner of election 5m
Account of Felix Bienyeuu az
Of election soo
Account Of p. ID. Olivier as clerk
OF election commissioner 5N
Account of Clerk of Court for
furnishing certificats to retnrn.
ing and SECRETARY Of state etc AGO
Account of S. V. Martin, as Re-
g'Strar' 1000
III, Total $500
There being no other business 10 no
transacted. the Council adjourned until
Tuesday the 9Th inst.
signed" A. V. FLEMING, Mayor,
signed Vim. b. EAsTIN. Sec.
A true copy official,
Attest Vim. B. EAsTIN, Sec.
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INA BAD FIX.

n
Have you ever had mercy on the
widows and children? Come ON, now
He prodded the unfortunate man with
his pitchfork and lifted him up as easily
as if he had been bale of hay. Bliffins
uttered piercing shrek of despair,
and
"All right, sir. Ready for the mas
sage treatment now, sirr'
1t was the attendant who spoke. Blif-
fins rubbed his eyes as he woke up and
stared in bewilderment.
why, where is Bahl I'm foolr
You went to sleep, sir. We gave it
to you pretty warm, SIR"
81 should think you didr muttered
Bhffins.
Did Bliffins emerge from his Turkish
bath that day changed man? Did he
cancel at once the debts of all his unfor-
tunate creditors? Did he send every one
turkey post haste with the compli-
ments of the season. Did he dispatch
wagon load of provisions and garments
to every charitable institution that the
lame and the halt, the young and tho
aged might be fed and clothed Not
Bliffinsl His heart wasn't of that kind.
He was consistent to the end in his char
acter. He squeezed them harder than
eyerl
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-12-02

A distinguished person of modest APP
pearance called at one of cur public In
stitutIons the other day on official bust
ness He was admitted by the lady in
charge. He desired to see the superin-
tendent.
He is very busy" she replied, land
! don't think be can see you he is talk
ing with the governor Of New Hampshire
or some other state. and he has no time
to see book agent. but I'll give him
Your name"
"Tell him that Governor Morris would
like to speak to him a moment on very
important business" was the quiet reply
in dignifed manner.
"Ib-e-g your pardon. Are you Gov
ernor Morriss"
THAT Is my name,r the governor re
piled, and soon all due Official recogni'
ton was rendered. - Hartford Couraut.
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The Rattle of the Waves,

OF all the Swiss lakes the lake of Luz
cerne has the most irregular shape, its
many bays running north to south, east
to west. Owing to these windings it is
often exposed to violent storms, but
while in one bay the waters may be
dashed into perfect fury in an adjoining
bay not a ripple will disturb the surface.
Thus, when astrong south wind blows
down the bay of Uri. thevery same wind,
turned from its course by the mountains,
comes from the west from the bay of
Buochs.
There is point, just opposite Brunneu,
where the two sets of waves meet, and
then terrific contest ensues for mastery.
At such a moment the spray is driven
into the air in vast sheets to a height Of
so feet or more.
While the battle RACES there may be
seen under the shelter of the promontory
at Treib several of the lake steamers and
a whole fleet Of fishing and small boats
waiting for the tempest topass. So VIC
lent is the motion that even on Large
steamers cases of sea sickness are not
unusual.
The experiences gained in facing such
dangers have made the boatmen of the
lake famous from the earliest times
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-12-02

CAERDAFF AFTER THE COMMANDMENT.
The British ministry was now the
calmest body of men in Europe. The
great opposition storm had died away;
the great war storm had ceased, and the
wisest British statesmen saw the unmis-
taxable path of national policy lying
plain and open before them. There was
no longer time for arguments and strug-
giles with opponents or enemies, internal
or external There was even no longer
time for the discussion of measures 1t
was the time for the adoption of a meas
ure which indicated itself, and which did
not need discussion.
On the afternoon of the day of the
bombardment of Caerdaff, Repeller No.
II, accompanied by her crabs, steamed
for the English channel. Two days
afterward there lay off the coast at
Brighton. with white flag floating high
above her, the old Tallapoosa. now naval
mistress of the world.
Near by lay cable boat, and constant
communication by way Of France was
kept up between the officers of the
American syndicate and the repeller. In
very short time communications were
opened between the repeller and ondnn
fro BE CONTINUED
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-12-02
DEPUTY CHAuvlN.
Elected From His Tonsoria1 Establish
ment TO the French Chamber.

Elected From His Tonsoriai Estabiish-
ment to the French Chamber.
M. Chauvin, elected to the French
chamber for the Seine district, abandon
ed tho mines at the ago of 10. He be-
came a hairdresser and had the distinc-
ton of running his comb and his curl
ing irons through the locks Of the pref
test members of the Theatre Francois.
Politically, he is a revolutionary So
cialist, speaker at public meetings aud
sworn enemy Of the employment bu-
reau. These characteristics commended
him TO the suffrage Of the electors for
the suburb Of Puteaux (the Fifth dis
trict Of st. Denis.
To all who have reproached him with
his too ardent advocacy Of the working
man he has replied: well, what would
you have mo do? Because OF my ideas
all my patrons leave me. and ! must go
into some other business
Why should he not go into parlia-
ment? His trade makes him contem-
poraneous Figaro, q political Figaro
adapted to this fin dc steele, such per-
son as Beaumarchais would picture were
he living today. We have seen NJ.
Chauvin at home in Paris, In his shop in
the Rue des Archives, Marais. He was
not aware that perfidious journalist
under the guise Of client was watch
ing him. Consequently we hare been
able TO observe him at our ease in the
exercise Of his profession when he had
no motive for posing"
He is about "a years old, but looks
hardly 3d. tall, slight and almost dis
tingue, with regular features, straight
nose, dark complexion. brown hair.
well combed and brushed, and small
mustache with the ends pointed. But
the line Of his brow and his keen express
sion bespeak latent energy. short?
Very well. Quite correct He wears q
white apron, just like Figaro, but not ia
Inercenary or servile way. but like a
surgeon. No chatter, no gossip. He
keeps this probably for meetings. Assist
ed by two artists he operates himself
in his comfortable "salon," hung with
red paper. Praised by some, blamed
by others, Drawing the wicked, the butt
of everybody" shaving the bourgeois
and having no appearance Of desiring To
cut their Threats. Perhaps he will some
day find out that welding the razor Is
more profitable than empty honors.
Has he also, like the barber Of Seville.
literary and artistic tastes? Many en-
cravings ornament his salon. among 9TH
ecs portraits Of Beranger Dejazet.
lllustre
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Marie Antoinette's Main Refuge.


There is building in Edgecomb, an
old square, white house, concerning
which an interesting story is told. This
tradition is that at the time of the French
revolution Captain Samuel Clough, the
owner of the house, who sailed ship
between Maine and France. was engaged
to bring to this country no less valuable
treasure than the unfortunate Queen
Marie Antoinette, and that quantities Of
rich stuffs, furniture and silver were
put aboard his ship for the use of the
exile, whose destination was to have been
this same house, which then stood in
Westport, it having been removed to the
mainland ON raft so years ago. 1t is
yet occupied by Captain Coughs de-
scendants.
One circumstance which lends con-
firmation to the story is that a similar
legend attaches to house in Dorchester,
Mass, the famous Swan mansion, then
owned by Colonel Swan, who spent
much Of his time in Paris, but who set
tied permanently in this country after
the French revolution, his house being
adorned in princely fashion. Now, Cap
tain Clough and Colonel Swan had mon
ey dealings together in Paris. Captain
Clough in 1894 having had a contract to
purchase $50, coo worth of lumber for the
colonel. What more likely than that
Colonel Swan, who was warm friend
of Lafayette, should have engaged the
Maine captain to aid him in plan Of
such great importance as the attempted
rescue of the French queen, with which
he Is reditedi-Lewiston Journal
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-12-02
BLIFFINS' BATH.
It was Thanksgiving day. but Bliffin,

It was Thanksgiving day, but Blifins
had nothing to be thankful for, or rather
it wasn't like Bliffins to be thankful for
anything, SO after going over his ac-
counts in the morning he left his Office
with the same immovable expression Of
countenance and the Same steely look in
his gray eyes. Blifins was in the chat
tel mortgage business, and as he emerged
from his dingy Office he was turning over
in his mind how much Widow OHara
owed him and how he would sell her
furniture on the morrow if the money
was not forthcoming, which was OK
tremely unlikely, since three of the wild
ow's children were down with the mea-
sizes and the mothers scanty earnings
had gone to pay tho doctors fees.
Bliffins chuckled. Oh, these doctors,
and the measles, and the scarlet fever,
and the other ailments children are prone
to are a boon to the chattel mortgage
shark! And Blifins knew how TO squeeze
people, for he had irown old in the oc-
cupation. How lie liked to get the
widows and children and bedridden
workinginen in Lis withered old arms!
1t was not the rhilanthropic embrace,
snch as the poet Whitman, with his
humanitarian doctrines, oonceived-no,
indeed-it was more Ike the embrace of
the iron virgin, driving the rci.4te,l nails
into the heart and brain Of the victim.
How it came to pass no one knows.
Perhaps because it was yet two hours be-
fore ,paalfi..,a Da,.bapo - x,-.~ g., H.
reason that time hung heavily, since he
could not transact business, owing to
the stupid custom of setting aside day
for general feasting-as if the majority
of mankind had anything 10 be merry
over. At that very moment Dlifiins was
asking himself: Were people merry be-
cause there is sickness in the world;
were they light hearted because the other
days of the year were all one grind;
We're they happy because the few know
ing ones secured all the worldly accu-
mutations, leaving TO tie others the task
of striving without success, working
with meager results AMI hoping against
hope?
1t might have been that the mere
novelty of the idea appealed to Bliffins
like an inspiration-;f such Q sentiment
could move his withcrcd old heart and
dusty brain. At any rate, lac paused be-
fore Turkish bath, hesitated Il moment,
entered, was given key, and in few
moments in the seclusion of dressing
room was divesting his shriveled figure
of its rusty raiment. AS he stallSca ont
with the towel wrapped about his loins
he was met by the attendant
Right this way, sir" said the latter,
and Bliffins followed him into room
where the temperature at first seemed
uncomfortable.
isn't this pretty warins" asked Blif-
fins as he sank into n couch.
mot at all. You'll have it warmer
than this before you're through" said
the attendant, with a grin. 1t flashed
across Bliffins' mind that the man had
particularly villainous cast of counte-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-12-02

A young woman who is q pewholder
In the cathedral was refused admittancs
to her seat last Wednesday by another
woman who was occupying portion OF
the pew, and who said that she was re-.
serving the other part for some friends
The owner stepped into ths next seat,
and from there over the back Of the seas
into her own pew.-Buffaio Courier.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-12-02
The status Of Cotton.

In 1887 there was $5,414, AGO invested
in cotton mills in the Palmetto state.
Today there is probably S12, 900, 900 in
vested
Capital has been freely invested in cot
ton mills and with very rare exceptions
has proved to be the highest class of in
vestment. The day of cotton mills has
come, and the increase is growing as
steadily as the people Of the state are be-
coming convinced that tine cotton ought
to be manufactured where it is grown.
II the present pace be kept mp, it viii
not be long before there will be cotton
mill in every county. Figures, however,
speak louder than anything else. and the
remarkable growth of the cotton mill
industry in recent years is shown by the
following record Of capital invested:
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-12-02
We Are uard Worher..

The following figures regarding the
standard number Of working days per
annum in different countries appeared
in a Polish paper; The inhabitants Of
central Russia labor fewest days in the
year-namely, 267. Then comes Canada
with 270, followed by Scotland with Z75.
England 275, Portugal 2ss. Russian Po-
land 2e8, Spain 200. Austria and the
Russian Baltic provinces POS, Italy 20S,
Bavaria, Belgium, Brazil and Luxern-
berg 300. Saxony, France, Finland,
wurtemburg. Switzerland, Denmark
and Norway 302. Sweden 30i. Prussia
and Ireland 305. United States 30e. Hoi-
land 309 and Hungary 3i2.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-12-02

Pliny, that rare old gossiper, tells,
among his other extraordinary stories.
that of the Bactrian method of obtaining
gold. The sandy deserts of Bactria in
the days of that historian were, so the
old man says, literally swarming with
ants slightly bigger than foxes" These
gigantic representatives of the genus n.y.
menoptera burrowed deeply into the
sandy wastes, their tunnels and galleries
often being hundreds of feet in extent.
The earth removed from these burrows
was always carried to the outside and
thrown up in hills remember Pliny says
this "ef bigness exceeding that Of a
palace" This debris, sand, earth, etc..
was soon found to be wonderfully rich
IN small nuggets of gold.
The danger from the ants was greater,
however, than that from the Indians in
the early days of gold digging in the west
ern United States, and many stories are
told of men who were literally devoured
in few moments by the fierce owners
of some disturbed burrow. Some OBJ
serving old hunter at last discovered that
the giant ants slept during the hottest
hours of the day. After that the seekers
after the yellow metal only made their
incursions at the pro-Hr time, and even
then they only staid long enough in the
deserts to fill their sacks with the golden
sand, which they took home to sift at
leisure. With all this precaution the
ants often swiftly pursued the feetest
horses, and it was only by using various
stratagems that the invaders managed to
escape alive. st. Louis Republic.
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black talons through the air. No, that
is not religion.
What IS religion? It is dividing the
spoil It is taking a defenseless soul
and panoplying it for eternal conquest.
It is the distribution Of prizes by the
kings hand-every medal stamped with
q coronation. 1t is an exhilaration. an
expansion. 1t is imparadisation. 1t is
enforcement. Religion makes man
master of earth, of death and hell. Itgoes
forth to gather the medals of victory
i, won by Prince Emanuel, and the diadems
| of heaven, and the glories of realms ter
restrial and celestial, and then, after
ranging all worlds for everything that is
respondent, it divides the spoil.
What was it that James Turner, the
famous English evangelist was doing
when in his dying moments he said:
Christ is all! Christ is allr' Why, he
was entering into light. He was round
ing the Cape of Good Hope. He was di-
viding the spoil. What was the aged
Christian Quakeress doing when at so
years of age she arose in the meeting one
day and said: THE time of my departure
is come. My grave clothes are falling
off," She was dividing the spoil.
She longed with wings to fly away
And mix with that eternal day.
What is Daniel now doing, the lion
tanner? And Elijah, who was drawn by
the flaming coursers? And Paul. the rat
ting of whose chains made kings quake?
And all the other victims of flood and
fire and wreck and guillotine-where
are they? Dividing the spoil.
Ten thousand times ten thousand,
In sparkling raiment bright,
The armies of the ransomed saints
Throng up the sleeps Of light.
"Tis finished all Is finished,
Their fight with death and sin.
Lift high your golden gates
And let the yictors.
Oh, what grand thing it is to be a
Christian! We begin now to divide the
spoil, but the distribution will not be
completed to all eternity. There is a
poverty struck soul, there is a business
despoiled soul, there is sin struck soul
there is a bereaved soul-why do you not
come and get the spoil of Christian
character. the comfort, the joy, the
peace, the salvation that am sent to Of
fer to you in my Masters name?
Though your knees knock together in
weakness. though your hands tremble
in fear, though your eyes rain tears of
uncomfortable weeping-come and get
the spoil. Rest for all the weary. Par
don for all the guilty. Rescue for all the
bestormed. Life for all the dead.
verify believe that there are some who
have come i'll here downcast because the
world is against them, and because they
feel God is against them, who will go
away saying:
| came to Jesus as was,
Weary and worn and sad:
found in him a resting place,
And he has made me glad.
Though you came in children Of the
world, you may go away heirs of heaven.
Though this very autumnal morning you
were devouring the prey, now, all worlds
witn sssing, you may divide the spoil.
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Long he searched, but unattended
With success: therefore he ended
Soon the lives OF those remaining, and TO mar
ket brought his stock.
Oft the missing bird berating.
And his mind the while debating
What Ill fortune had deprived him OF the
jewel of his flock.
Do not doubt some fowls can reason
And can keep track Of the season,
Since turkey proved all wise pates are not
under hats and hoods,
Oft he'd seen TO town his kind sent.
So he knew what knives a-grind meant
And bethought him twas the proper time for
tnkinR TO the woody.
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Old Lady Gin tears. TO chemistl WI
win you poison my dear lit-iittie Fidoe
He's in such agonyi
Chemist politelyl-With pleasure.
madam.
Old Lady tindignantly) With pleas
ure, you nasty, unfeeling mani Then
YOU shan't do iti-London Tit-Bita'
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was not the intention OF the repeller to
send boats on shore. The most courage
ous Of the spectators trembled little
when the fourth bomb was discharged,
for it came farther inland, and struck
the height on which the battery had
been placed. removing all vestiges Of the
guns, caissons. and the ledge of rock on
which they had stood.
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oil. This IS nothing to what It viii Sc

coil. This is nothing to what it viii Be
then"
This is pretty warm moaned Blif-
fins argumentatively.
"Ah, but you wait. When you are
dancing gayly upon the live Goals, with
sulphur flames shooting up around you,
then you'll understand what a torrid
temperature is like. Ihave nice, pleas
ant furnace especially prepared for you,
and You shall have it all to yourself"
But l don't want it all to myself"
groaned Bliffins.
you'll get used to it. Come along,
now
"What, now?" shrieked Bliffins.
"Yes, now"
''But don't want to die now. can't.
l won't. I'm not prepared. I've been
an old sinner. Let me live, and I'll re-
pent."
ooh, you'll repent How many lies
have you toldy"
s'But won't tell any more. I'll re-
form; I'll go to church; I'll put 10 cents
in the contribution box every Sunday;
Pip
''It's too late. Bliffins.'
"Mercy, p