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The weekly messenger., 1894-10-27
A CARD.
st. Martinville, La, Oct u, les'

st. Martinville, La, Oct ~, 1854.
Yesterday the 2srd inst. ut the special call of
Judge Beattie. the Candidate for Protsotion Na-
tional Republican pAfty for the nsxt Consrsss.
a meeting composed exclusively Of White rssi.
dent voters. mostly democratic. assembled at
Duchamp's Hall In this town. That assembly
biens nearly of residents Of this town whom
entered The Hall, I was requested to permit my
name to be placed on the list OF Vice Presidents
and was invited to a seat on the sta0s. Undsr
the erroneous impression that the object or pur-
pose Of the assembly was to afford to &r. Beat.
tie an opportunity to address those among Us In
st. Martinville and vicinity who were anxious
to hear both sides Of the question now being
discussed in the Campaign as to protection OF
NO protection. ] accen',d the invitation and
took seat ON the stage.
Immediately subsequent Tn the ad3ournment
Of the meeting. was surprised to hear and b
informed that the same had been oslled - Be-
publican meeting.
wish now to publicly cay that had the matter
been known to u,e at the time, would haze en-
phsticaily refused such an offer OF invitation
and would never have permitted my presence as
vice-Presidsni of the assembly.
My past in the state and the life and politics
of mine and uysel: should be a tull guarantee
to the sncerit, Of this assertion. I deem use
less TO say a word more re ssrdinx this,
Ii. p. FouRNSr.
The weekly messenger., 1894-10-27

The New Orleans Daily States
Cigar, is the best S cts, cigar on
the market to day, for sale by T.
j. Liable, be sure to ask for it.
Very few Of the mass Of the
people can vote intelligently on
the question which is agitating
the country at this interpreted
ton or free trade-becsuse it is a
question which cannot be studied
by the country people from the
newspapers which give only one
side of the question. They should
get both sides and give much stu
dy to the subject and compare the
periods under protection and free
trade, than they can come to an in
telligent conclusion.
The congressional election in
this district has caused q good deal
Of newspaper talk, but the people,
generally speaking seem to give
little attention to it. A few of our
politicians have moved q little,
more for their own interest, We
believe, than the congressional
issue. Those who believe that the
present depreciation Of their pro-
ducts is caused by Democratic le-
gislation, are loud in their denun-
citation, and will probably vote the
Republican ticket. Those who do
not hold the Democratic party re-
sponsible for the panic, will stick
to the party. Many are indeAer-
ent some prejudiced, others panic
stricken and discouraged The ST.
tuation is pretty we'll confused.
Many prominent physicians
highly recommend DR.. Sylvester's
Specific for Bots, Collie and Tym-
panites in Horses and Mules it is
invaluable for the above diseases
for sale by T. ]. Liable.
The people of this town and
those living on the banks of the
Teche from the St John plants-
ton are greatly indignant at the
sction Of those in charge Of the
sugar house on St John in throw.
ing in the bayou the refuse aud
filth of the sugar house, thereby
polluting the waters Of the Teche
to such an extent that the stencil
arising therefrom is very disa-
greesble to even the residents of
this town. Besides, it 10 creating
untold suffering and inconvinience
as during this prolongued drouth
the people along that stream have
been using it's waters for drinking
and all other purposes. The wa
ter is 90 polluted that it is unfit
for any purpose, cattle and horses
will not drink it. much less hu-
man beinga The police jury pass
ed law to that effect a year or
two ago. they should put it in
force Immediately, or the rotten.
ing of the waters of the bayou
may cause sickness and untold
suffering. It must be stopped,
and at once.
The weekly messenger., 1894-10-27

Hon. Taylor Beattie held q kind
of impromptu meeting-for il
was not advertised-here Tuesday
night, at Duchamp's hall that was
attended by about Is voters.
This meeting was presided over
by Mr.. Felix Bienvenu who called
the following gentlemen a. Vice
Presidents who took their seats
on the stage: Edgar Marin, Lo-
vinci Trosclair, II. P. Fournet,
Louis Broussard and r. ]. Bien.
venu.
Judge Beattie was then intro
duced and made a forcible speech,
after which the meeting adjourn
ed.
There was no negro at this
meeting to the great disappoint-
ment of some Democrats, they did
not fancy the idea of a protection
meeting without negroes, and
some so-called Democrats and
white supremacists succeeded in
inducing a negro to enter the hall,
and he did SO at their request
but as soon as he was seated he
was politely informed that his
presence was not desired and he
left the hall. Who is forcing the
negro, who is pushing him in .ad-
yance?$
The weekly messenger., 1894-10-27

MSHAT DO you take medicine
" for? Because you want to getwell.
Or keep we'll, of course. Remember
Hoods sarsa aparilla Cure
The weekly messenger., 1894-10-27
POLITICAL.

The meeting held at Bressx
Bridge last Tuesday by Hon. An.
drew Price, it appears, was not
very successful. The attendance
is said to have been about IS per.
sons all told.
The meeting was addressed by
Hon. Andrew Price, Mr.. Horace
Dufour Mr.. A. j. Pujo and Repre-
sentative Louis Guridry.
IF our information is correct the
vote will be pretty we'll divided in
the upper part of the parish be.
tween Price and Beattie.
The weekly messenger., 1894-10-27
Local News.

Mr.. Evans Guidroz will soon
open q grocery store near the rail-
road.
The shingle mill has been re-
paired and commsnced work Mou- |
day last.
-Miss Felicie Durand visited
friends and relatives in New Iber-
ia this week.
Mr.. II. j. Fournet arrived here
last Saturday to see his mother
who is quite i'll.
"A great sacrifice of clothing
at K. Schwartz. The finest goods
at the lowest prices.
Smoker Of q good cigar go to
T. j. Liable and get the Daily
States q 10 cts cigar for 5 cts.
We have up to this time noticed
very little improvement in the c.
metery. It is in very bad condi-
ton and needs lots of work to put
it in proper shape for the day OF
the dead.
The Sunday law was bursted
here last Sunday, all shops and
saloons were wide open dispensing
their goods over their counters,
without fear or ceremony.
Every person who owns a house
or a mule should have q bottle of
Dr.. Sylvester's Specific. A stitch
in time saves many.
Gov. VIM. Mckinley, the cham
pion of protection, addressed q
meeting at New Orleans last So
turdsy, at which eight thousand
people were present. His speech
was an able one and was apprecis-
ted by Democrats and Republicans
alike.
Mr.. B. F. Sherrouse, the amia-
ble representative Of the Sber.
rouse Medicine Co.. of New Or
leans, La, was in town last week
in tho interest Of their firm The
Sherrouse Medicine Co., Manu-.
featuring the famous and renown.
ed 'Techenor's Antiseptic.'
Tho finest and cheapest line
Of goods can be found at z. Sch.
wArtz, the leading store in town.
We wonder what was the mat
ter with our friend of the Evsnge-
line last week when he tried hia
hand ct q free trade argument,
he was not in it at all. We pre-
sumo he must have been in some
love disappointment, or his mind
was confused with some other
trouble. He was clear of the
track and very much tangled. You
may try your hand once more,
brother. and than give it up.
-Spme of our planters may not
be in favor of protection but they
certainly feel sore at the low price
they are selling their cane. Those
people may not fully comprehend
the situation, or may not be in.
formed of the cause, because the
politicians who visit them and
who have some interest in keep
ing them under their control, will
talk about negro rule ETC., but will
never mention the real cause fos
the low price Of their product
Ladies cloaks, capes of the
latest and most elegant styles at
K. Schwartz, at the very lowest
prices.
The herald., 1894-11-02
Are Women Deserters?

Mary L. Bisland, in an exhaustive
article entitled "Are Women Desert
ers?" discusses the light housekeeping
arrangements that so many women are
entering into. Miss Bisland says:
1.-THE average American business man
begins life with the expectation of work
ing uninterruptedly till old age entities
him to honorable retirement Marriage
implies greater effort and steadier ap-
plication, and invalidism alone war
rants any evasion Of duty Why should
it not be so with women? Every girl
knows that with the wedding ring she
assumes many exacting obligations,
chief among them the building up and
preserving a successful, happy home.
Nothing but death or the most serious
ill health can absolve her from the per-
formance of her part of the contract. If
servants are aggravating and the details
wearing, she has no more to bear than
her husband in his office He encounters
down town dragons every day, and in
order to keep his family properly cared
for he must meet and overcome them.
Her lot is no harder than his, ana the
wife and mother who without good
cause exchanges heavy and honest for
light and fraudulent housekeeping is
little better than traitor and desert
or ),
The herald., 1894-11-02
Queen Victoria's Troubles.

Scotland is more crowded than usual
just now with tourists and sportsmen,
and the former are giving those who
queens privacy a good deal of trouble.
They flock into the Balmoral district by
hundreds and prowl around the royal
demesne from morn till eve in the hope
of catching sight of the sovereign.
Whenever her majesty takes drive she
is bothered by cheering crowd at ev
cry place where she changes horses or
takes refreshment, and when she is
making calls upon her cottagers and
other humble dependents she is follow
ed, at some distance, to be sure, by in
quisitive persons of both sexes whom it
is impossible to frown down or frighten
away. Women are the worst offenders,
and some of them have had the impu-
dence to follow the queens movements
through fieldglasses when unable to
follow her onto private property, just
like certain intolerable newspaper re-
porters, of whose rudeness her majesty
complained so bitterly in her book,
''Leaves From the Journal of Our Life
In the Highlands
Queen Victoria is now afflicted so con-
stantly with rheumatism that she has
abandoned her proposed trip to Italy
during the coming winter or spring,
and her present plan is 10 take course
OF waters Il, ALA 4os Balns or Wiesba.
den, where she will also undergo mas
sage. Her trouble continues to be con-
fined almost exclusively to the knees.
It is curious fact that the Princess Of
Wales is victim Of the same painful
complaint. She suffered SO much from
the fatigue of standing at drawing
rooms last spring that next year chair,
similar to the one which the queen oc-
The herald., 1894-11-02
A Champion Swimmer.

One of the fairest residents of White
Bluff proved herself an admirable long
distance swimmer last Tuesday night,
and in doing SO won large box Of
gloves and one or two other things that
delight the girls heart.
The young lady few days ago was
commenting upon her swimming abili-
ties when one of her companions wager
ed her that she could not swim from the
bathhouse in front of Mrs Converse's
to the bathhouse in front of the Haber-
sham residence, distance of about p
miles. 1t took about one-sixteenth of a
second for the swimmer to accept, and
preparations were made for the contest.
Last Tuesday evening was decided
upon as the time for the swimming test,
and all arrangements were made for it.
A young man who is an excellent swim
mer himself volunteered to swim beside
the young lady, and boat was also
procured, to be rowed along at safe dis
tance, so that if the party should give
out in their bold undertaking they could
be lifted into the boat and taken ashore
The start was made about o'clock
on Tuesday evening. The news Of the
event had spread among the residents of
White Bluff, and there were good num-
Der of friends at the starting point. The
fair swimmer made dive into the wa
ter and was off. With steady overland
swimming stroke she propelled herself
with ease and grace through the water
and had soon distanced the young man
who had volunteered to 60 along and
see that no harm came to her. The
event was soon over. AS the distance
between the young lady and the goal
lessened she swan the faster, and when
some of the watchers thought the young
lady should have been about starting
out the race was over, and she had won
an easy victory.
To swim this distance, and to do it
with the rapidity with which she ac-
complished the feat, one must be per-
fectly at home in the water. Many per-
sons of the male persuasion who con-
slider themselves excellent swimmers
would not attempt the task. By swim
ming as she did the lady has shown her
self to be the champion lady swimmer
in or around Savannah. Savannah
Press.
The herald., 1894-11-02
Two Courageous Women.

A South Dakota paper tells how young
women "grow up with the country. " 1t
says:
Miss Ivy Kinyon and Miss Maud
Howard of Lyman county are two young
ladies of whom the people of South Da-
kota can be proud. These ladies filed on
homesteads in the ceded Sioux lands in
February, 1893, and since that time
have made the necessary improvements
ON their claims, paid the expense Of
making at least monthly trips to Plank
inton, distance of so miles, where
they had office work, besides saving
enough money to pay for their land.
On one occasion, while on their way
from Plankiuton to their homesteads,
west of the Missouri river, they reached
there at time when severe storm was
raging, lashing the Missouri into tor
rent of foam. The only way to get across
was by means of skiffs The turbulence
of the stream did not deter them, and
after much urging they induced boat
man to row them across. The passage
was q dangerous one, the waves each
instant threatening to engulf the little
boat, but the ladies did not finch. Their
courageous behavior on this occasion is
still the talk of the rivermen. A few
days ago the Young ladies made final
proof ON their homesteads, paying the
government price for the land, and now
each OF them owns 160 acres of fertile
land, neither farm being hampered by
u dollar of Indebtedness.
The herald., 1894-11-02
cupies, will probably be provided for
her at these functions. ns.--London Letter.
Unjust Discrimination.


The custom is not by any means obso-
lte in many of our large cities of pro-
hibiting the best women in the land
from ordering a meal in certain restau-
rants after dark, provided they are un-
accompanied by male escort. A short
time ago widow of culture and means,
accompanied by grown daughter, ar
rived in Kew York city at the Grand
Central depot few minutes past p.
IN. They came down town in Fourth
avenue car as far ss Twenty sixth street
and went into one of our most fashion
able restaurants but before they had
taken their seats at table were politely
informed that ''ladies unaccompanied
by gentlemen are not served here after
dark. +" This mother was PROBABLY more
hurt than offended when she informed
us a few days afterward in our office
that she knew that such rule existed
many years ago, but supposed New York
had progressed beyond any such dis
elimination.
The best women in the state and
throughout the country should inform
themselves of such customs, and very
sure way to aid in their abandonment is
for the better classes of women who
have husbands, fathers and friends to
accompany them to refrain from patron
izing any firm that inflicts similar in
dignity upon women who, through the
dispensation of Providence, are COM
PEELED to travel at times without male
escorts, and who ought to have the
same privilege OF supping or dining at
the best restaurants whether their hus-
bands or fathers are with them or not.
Church Union
The herald., 1894-11-02
Mrs. Travers on a Wheel.

There has been lot of nonsense talk.
ed about Frenehwomen being so much
ahead of our American women in the
matter of bicycle riding. They may
have started before our society women
did, but America has caught up and
now leads.
Just imagine bicycle in Newport
ballroom taking part in cotillon, and
its rider was one of the Four Hundred.
and no less a person than Mrs. William
r. Travers,
The scene beggars description. Mrs.
John Jacob Astor was leading the co
tillon with Count Castellane at sur
prise party given by Mrs. Paran Stevens.
One of the figures was a flower figure.
Then came Mrs. Travers, attired, Of
course, in full evening dress and riding
on her bicycle, which was almost hid
den under dollars and dollars worth Of
flowers caught into bouquets and bou-
tonnieres for favors.
Now perhaps they will stop talking
about our American society bicyclists.
Just give them a chance. Hereafter they
can set the style, and Paris can follow.
1t makes one glad that Mrs. Travers
is such skillful rider. Suppose it had
been any one less accomplished. there
might have been crash, fall and even
a header on the ballroom floor, for it is
whispered that beauty and fashion in
their attempts to learn to ride the wheel
have no smarter guardian angels than
an ordinary mortal has, and that many
a black and blue spot results. Newport
LETTER
The herald., 1894-11-02
WOMAN'S WORLD.
IA COURTS DECISION THAT A WON.
AN is A "MERE HOUSEWIFE

Y Champion Queen victoria's
Troubles - Unjust DISCRIMINATION Mrs.
Travers on a Wheel = Two Courageous
Women-Are Women Deserters?
The most insistent claim made in de-
Tense of the present political subsection
of women by the rulers who wish this
subjection to be perpetuated is that all
Ahe interests of women are fully protect
ed under masculine rule. A recent de-
cision Of the supreme court of Iowa
strikingly illustrates the absurdity of
such pretense. A married woman Of
Manson, Ia, Mrs. Hall, having fallen
into q water main-carelessly left open
by municipal employees-and having
thereby sustained serious injuries, which
ancapacitated her for work, sued the
town for damages and received ver-
dict in her favor from the jury, award
ing her $S, 600. The town authorities
appealed from the district courts de-
cision. and their appeal was sustained
by the judge Of the supreme court on the
following assumption: A married wom-
an being q "mere housewife" for her
husband, and he being bound for her
support, her earnings belong to him,
and any loss of time occasioned by the
wife's injury is solely his loss. There
fore the husband only can recover dam
ages, and the wife's claim is not valid,
as the time lost is not her time! Mrs.
ELLEN B. Dietrich, in The Twentieth
Century. says:
This remarkable decision-rendered
In June Of the present year-places the
wife in that Asiatio category which
speaks of a mans wife, and his OK, and
his ass, or anything which is his. 1t
deals with the wife as a chattel, not
even possessing the measure of individ-
uality conceded to the average modern
manservant or maidservant 1t degrades
housekeeping below the level of all self
supporting occupations, for the mere
housewife" is not credited with earning
even her own support 1t reeks of the
ignorance of the days of barbaric despot-
ism, when parents sold their boys for
one purpose and their girls for another,
or Of the days of savagery, when eaptives
became their eaptors' property, male
captives being broken to one form of
yoke female oaptors to another. Behold
how far the rights of woman have tray
eled in the year of our Lord 1894 in
land which wishes to be considered as
Christianl
The herald., 1894-11-02
Turned the century MARK.

Mrs. Lydia Caldwell Mulock, one Of
the most interesting persons in this city,
recently celebrated the one hundredth
anniversary of her birth. She was born
in the town of Minnisink, Orange ooun-
ty, Aug 2S, 1894, and the home of her
son-in- law, Elisha r. Harding, in this
city, where the old lady lives, was made
a very happy place by the presence of
many friends and descendants, who
came there to tender their congratula-
tions to the centenarian.
Mrs. Mulock's parents were Ashbell
Caldwell and Silvia Stevens, who came
to this country from England before the
Revolution, settling first in Massachu-
setts and later in Orange county. Her
mother died at the age Of 94. In the
family there were number of other
children, but only two reached midGse
age. .-Middletown IN. ~ Dispatch.
The herald., 1894-11-02
woman's Equality with Man.

Woman should stand ON perfect
equality with man in every sphere of
intellectual endeavor, writes ]. Nc
Donald Oxley in an article on "Post-
graduate Courses For Wome-." IN The
Ladies' Home Journal. No barriers
should be placed in her path. Whether
the ballot be woman's right or not, the
privilege of postgraduate study unques-
tionably is, and neither she nor those
who sympathize with her must be con-
tent until this is opened to her in the
fullest degree. By way of conclusion a
good wayof bringing this about may be
suggested: Let it be a condition of fu-
ture bequests'or donations to the univer-
sites that they admit women to their
postgraduate courses.
The herald., 1894-11-02
The vaterland Frauenverein.

A society organized by German wom-
en- is the Vaterland Frauenverein, now
numbering over 1000 members.
There are seven smaller similar societies,
all with the same Objects which are:
~ To found creohes and orphan asy-
lums; (2) to work in sewing schools,
Sunday schools and similar institutions;
(3) to help the deaf and dumb, blind
and mentally deficient; 90 TO assist in
promoting homes for servants and work
girls (5) to succor those rendered desti-
tute by floods and fires; 60 to start and
The herald., 1894-11-02
,Javanese Cloth.

Javanese cloth is new cotton fabric
for drapery and hangings, the beauty of
which certain artists have discovered.
To the untutored mind it is common
stuff, inclining most frequently to an
indigo or warm brown, with queer free
hand designs struggling over it. 1t is
made by hand in varying lengths of
from two to three yards and more than
a yard wide These cloths are used by
the Javanese, according to their sizes,
for headdresses or skirts. By the uninti-
ated American it is proposed that they
be used for table covers, etc. New
York Post.
The herald., 1894-11-02
Illinois Advancing.

The Republicans nominated woman
for trustee of the University Of Illinois
The Democrats did the same. The Pro-
hibitionists nominated two. 1t is almost
certain that there will be one woman
elected There may be three. The great
state of Illinois will not long deny equal
rights to women. There are too many
men in all parties who are demanding
that she be recognized for her to be do
prived of her just rights for many more
years. Eureka Ills) News.
The herald., 1894-11-02

maintain soup kitchens and dinners for
the poor; tD to bestow Christmas gifts
on tho poor; (8) to care for patients at
the lying in hospitals; (9) to find en-
ployment for old and invalid women
and all out of work; (10) to found Ii
braries for the working classes; (1D to
support the families of invalids, soldiers
and militia
The herald., 1894-11-02
The Daughters and the Danes.

A woman who thoroughly under
stands the workings of both societies
the Colonial Danes and the Daughters
of the American Revolution-says en-
phatically that there is no antagonism
bstween them. They are managed on
different lines, that is all. The Danes
try to keep their ranks very exclusive
while the Daughters eagerly welcome
any woman with a just claim to men,
bership
The herald., 1894-11-02
Margaret of Austria.

Bearded women have been very numer-
GUS. The most noted of the number was
the famous Margaret of Austria. appoint
ed by Charles V to be governor Of the
Netherlands. She had long, stiff, black
beard, and conceiving the idea that it add
ed to the majesty of her appearance was
very careful of it, and SO combed and
trained it as to make it seem much greater
than it was.
The herald., 1894-11-02
CASTE.

A violet once in garden grew
At tho foot of a sunflower bold,
And ha fell in love with her eyes of blue,
She with his crown Of gold.
But he never could stoop to tell his love,
Though again and again he tried,
And her voice could not reach to the heights
above
Thus they yearned for each other and
died.
Il. x. Friedman in Kate Fields Washington.
The herald., 1894-11-02

Holland gets more profit from her colo
mics, in proportion to their size and popu-
lation than any other colonizing country.
Almost the whole trade of the Dutch colo
MES is with the mother country.