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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-01-12
Mardi Gras.

The time is ripe for the Board
Of TDde and the citizens in gen.
eral to commence their prepare
tons and plans for the celebra-
ton of Mardi Gras in st. Martin
Vile The celebration last year
was certainly a grand success in
every way, and the results that
followed this successful effort of
our people, will justify them to
again unite their efforts and good
will and again celebrate the COM
ing Mardi Gras in fitting and bril-
liant style.
We know. and expect some of
our citizens to cry and preach
hard times to perhaps save the
amount of their contributions, but
this will be poor reasoning, be-
cause the harder the times the
more we should exert ourselves to
provide amusement at home to
keep our people. from going to
New Orleans or elsewhere during
the festivities where they spend
foolishly an immense amount of
money. Keep your people at
home at the time they are able to
spend their money freely, and you
save that much money for legiti-
mate business.
We have had some experience
in this line last year, and can
make a close estimate of the
amount needed to again make a
success of the coming Mardi Gras
celebration.
Our Board of Trade held spe-
cial meeting last night to discuss
the matter. We trust that they
will have the hearty approval and
the financial assistance of the peo-
pie of st. Martinville.
st. Martinville is today in the
front rank of wide-awake, pro-
gressive and prosperous towns of
Louisiana, enjoying business as
good as the best, and much better
than many boosters. 1t is ting
the duty, and it will pay the citi-
gems of the town to keep it pro-
minently before the public, when
it is within their power aud they
have the means to do it.
We will have more to say re-
xarding this matter in future iss'
ues of the MESSENGER.
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Notice.
Notice.
Demand of Administration.
In the matter of the Estate Of CHARLES
LAsTKAPEs, deceased.


10th Judicial District Court.
State Of Louisiana, Parish of st. Martin.
Whereas, Frank Shuts ofthe
Parish Of Calcasieu. has filed her petit
ton 10 this office. applying to be ap-
pointed Administrator Of the Success
sion OF the said Charles Lastrapes.
Now, therefore public notice Is hereby
given to all parties interested, to show
cause. If any they have. in writing,
within ten days from this publication.
why said application should not be gran
ted and said appointment made as pray
ed for.
Witness the Hon. Felix VOORHEES,, Judge
Of said Court at St. Martinville, Parish
Of St. Martin, Louisiana, this 10th day
of January A. d. 1895.
VIM. B. EASTIL,
Jan 1895. by Clerk Of Court.
R. Martin. Attorney.
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A Fire Proof Safe.

For sale cheap. either for cash or on
easy payments. Size, % inches wide BY
80 inches high.
For price and terms apply to
Deco q. U. LOGNAND.
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Whareas, Marie Anasthasie Durand the
wife of st. Clair Adolphe Lasseigne, OF
the Parish of st. Martin, has filed her
petition 10 this Office. applying to be ap.
pointed Dative Testamentary Executive
Of the Estate of her deceased mother
Anasthasie vicknair, widow Alphonse
Durand.
Now. therefore. public notice is here
by given to all parties interested to
show cause. il any they have in writing,
within ten days from this publication,
why said application should not be gran
ted and said appointment made as pray
Q d for.
Witness the Hon Felix VOORHEES,. judge
of said Court, at st. Martinville, Parish
of st. Martin. La. this 9Th day Of Dec
A. d. 1894. VIM. B. EASTIN,
by Clerk of Court.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-01-12

There was a heavy white frost
and ice Thursday morning.
The Richards and Pringle's
Minstrels will give performance
here Tuesday night.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-01-12

The stock holders of the Bank
of st. Martinville held their an
nual meeting at the banking house III
Tuesday last, and reelected the
same board with the exception OF
Mr.. W. H. Cozine who has been
elected in the place of MIR. o. NJ.
Nilsson, who is no more a stock
holder. The board is composed as
follows: r. Martin, f. Rousseau
Albert Bienvenu, J. B. Levert, A.
Gernaud, b. Audibert, S. Dabadie'
TT Liable and W. H. Cozine.
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AT THE GRAND.
Richards and Pringle's Min.
strels Furnish a Good
Entertainment.

A large audience inspired Richards &
Pringle's Georgia Ministries last even
ing to give most pleasing and enter
tanning performance. The OliO was full
of melody of instrumental and charac-
ter. While the company is not numeri-
cally large each member OF 1t exerts
himself 80 assiduously to what seems
the pleasure of entertaining that the
lack OF numbers is not noticed save to
make one glad the favorites appear 30
often. Several Black Town scenes were
introduced, notably the crap game" and
the "cake walk" Jalvin is clever Jug
,pler and makes much Of his parapherna-
lila and opportunities. Billy Reynolds in
his .'old man" representations was de-
lightfully natural and droll. and Billy
Kersands. with his hippopotamus mouth
experienced little difficulty in agitating
the risibilities of the house. The most
ENJOYABLE number on the program was
that rendered by the Crescent City Quar-
tste. composed of Messrs Wooten, Watts
Howard and Walker. The recognition
of the excellence of their vocalisation
was instantaneous and hearty applause
long continued followed every selection
The whole performance is one OF very
pleasing Observation-Disclosures ia,
Hawkeye, Aug. 3Oth. 1894.
This company appears at the st. Mar
tinville Opera House Tuesday January
18th 1895,
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Attention Battalion.
Get your syrup de bac' the very best at
$1,000, moIasses (best) at $500 at
Lie. Duchamp.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
In the matter Of the Succession of
ANASTHASIE VICKNAIR
WIDOW ALPHONsE DURAND,
Probate Docket, No 2S47,
10th Judicial District Court,
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of st. Martin
The evening world., 1895-06-29
MEDICAL PROGRESS IN FRANCE.
Treatment of Group I'm NRpOIcOn's .
Time--DR wning Of n Better Day.

tFrom the Independently
Shortly after Louis Bonaparte had
taken up his residence In the kingdom
bestowed upon him-H olland-his Oldest
Roy was seized with Group tvery likely
diphtherla) and died. The great Napo-
leon wos 50 affected by the news that he
at once ordered that steps should be
on Group: It's Origin. Nature, Treat
ment." The prize was l2.0U francs.
Eighty. three essays were received. Two
were OF such equal merit that the prize
was divided between them.
Lately Dr. Cabanes has examined n
number. OF them. and finds himself as
tonished at the ignorance shown by even
the authors OF the prize-takers He says
tne disease was common and often fatal
and as there must have been careful
ana good clinical observers In France at
that time, he Is at a loss to account for
the fact that absolutely no step In rnedi-
cal progress or knowledge followed and
the most noticeable summing up was
eighty lone disappointed essay writer's
Not long after the son of Constant,
the defeated essayists said why were
not the recommends tions Of the SUCCESS
full writer's carried out on the child?''
Still better day now seems to have
uawned. for Group may be almost de
fined diphtberia In the very young; and
IL Is shown that the prompt use OF the
antl-toxin treatment conQuers this terror
OF the nursery. 1t Is to be hoped that
every newspaper In the land will spread
abroad the news that good anti-toxin
can be had almost anywhere
The evening world., 1895-06-29
A BLACK FEMALE SAMSON.
She Lives In Texas and Can Lift q
Barrel Of Flour.
tFrom the Houston Post. }

Freedman's Town. q suburb of Hous-
ton, Tex. boasts Of a female Samson.
who has repeatedly proved herself a
match for any three men that have
pitted their united strength against
hers, and who. a few nights ago, sue
cessfully routed Oficer John Baxter
and three Of his assistants. all men OF
fine physique.
The woman Is a negres., a. black as
average but masnifieentiIy built and
such that she was able to break two OF
the bones Of the hand Of woman
with whom she had a fracas recently,
and 1t was on the police attempting 10
arrest her that she was not only able
to prevent them from putting the hand
his posse. one by one. flung them out
Of the house and closed and locked the
door.
baxter. In particular, Is accounted a
man OF unusual strength. and Is OF
large build: but he says his muscles
We're as child's when compared with
those Of the black amazon. The woman.
about thirty years old. and Is tine
mother OF seven children.
She has been seen to pick up a bar.
rel OF -four and carry It a distance OF
some yards without appearing 20 Re
over-exerting herself, and when tested
was found to be able to break with
ease new grass rope an inch in liam
eter. Since her exploit with the police
nroSo.s rs SAID raHln ,saa Party Of entiemen
go. and give exhibitions OF her strength,
which Ia to be ascribed to no electrical
or magnetic process. but to muscular
development alone.
The evening world., 1895-06-29
PROF. HUXLEY DEAD.
The WE'LL Known Scientist Ex-
pired In London To-Day
Friend Of Iyndall and Eminent Sur.
esen and Author.
Member of Maay Societies and
College Faculties.

LONDON. June o.-Prof. Huxley died
at aE p. NJ.
The evening world., 1895-06-29
STUDY OF ANTIQUITIES.
PrehtstOric Relics In Excellent
Preservation Found In Denmark.

In the Popular Science Monthly Prof
Frederick Starr describes archaeology In
Denmark. Prehistoric archaeology has
been. thanks to Thomson, Worsaae,
Muller, Madsen, and others, carefully
studied in the northern country. Per-
haps nowhere else have finds been more
numerous.
1t is important to note that in Den
mark there is no pa!oeloithic. or rough
stone period. After the retreat OF the
Ice Of the glacial period, man seems 10
have at cnce set 10 work. Kitchen
middens or refuse heaps abound
Among the mammalian remains the
bones of dog are common. Worsaae
estimates that these refuse heaps would
date back from 1900 TO 40 b. {. Since
they were found there have been I'M
portant changes in the geography. fauna,
and iiora OF Denmark.
exist and peats now take place Of the
Con.feroUs forests one highly enter
ia ming piece Of work OF practical
character has been carried out In Den
mark. on an estate has been found a
large quantity OF stone Implements In
excellent Preservation.
4 noblenan OF whose grounds these
stone tools were discovered has had a
small wooden house built at Broh olm,
IN Funen, for tne exhibition OF these
relics OF, say. Am years ago. In erectin
/ the house ths carpenters used no other
Tools than the Old stone onsA
The evening world., 1895-06-29
THE CYCLING CRAZE.
The Youth of Paris surpnss All 9th.
ers In the Use Of the wheel.

rTOHl tne boSOn lTAnScrlptD
1t is now pretty well known that the
youth OF Paris, not necessarily the gildeu
youth, has thrown Itself into the cycling
movement with an ardor not surpassed
capital. Every young clerk and shop
assistant has a bicyclette or saves ur
money with a view to buying one. But
when the machine Is bought the expense
Is not over. There is the tax to pay,
and there is the stabiing OF the steel
horse. which IN a city like Paris, whers
people In modest circumstances are mis-
erably cramped for want OF. house-room,
often a serious consideration.
The bicyclette cannot be lugged up
stairs. and the concierge will not flnd
a corner for II below unless his hand is
well creased. But in every young Pa
risian there Is something Of the Cav
although II may lead him into some diff.
culties. helps him out OF others. lie
has solved the problem OF getting his
bicyclette well and economically housed
during the Winter months, when ne is
seldom tempted to use II. He simply
takes II round to his "aunt"-the Mont
de Piete-,and frankly pawns it. The
only about 10 per cent. and he cannot
get his bicycle taken care of in any
other way 80 cheaply.
There are 800 of these machines now
at the Paris Mont de Petite. and the ad-
ministration Is getting ill-tempered about
It. 1t took some time for the officials
to realize the meaning OF the unusual
their machines, but the truth at length
broke upon them. On the list OF those
who have pawned their bicyclettes this
winter Is modiste.
The evening world., 1895-06-29
STATEN ISLAND NOTES,

Ohio h.iro.s co%p.ss sa.s @ sa%'Fi s;.'.n i.:ns :ns
railroads In which his company 10 interested.
PRESBYTERIAN and St Johns churches gave a
united excursion up the Hudson yesterday m the
Sraaa S Republic; rns saeu,.lons... Shout nine
George shortly after o'clock last night. tired
syrian Chapter, Royal Arch M.sons, At Its
meeting last THURSDAY evening worked the
W, Deas. A. J. Young and william Craig
The cornerstone for the westsrIeish COLLEGIATE
Institute Inst was lad This afternoon. AZ Prohibition
OF New York. delivered an addrssA
The Rev, Thomas Dixon who was arrested on
Staten island few years ago for shoot,r- rob
ms. will deliver an address at Proh-iton Park
tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.. W. ", MaeFsrland, OF Arroeaar, s.y. .
and direcresses OF the Staten Island Diet
Kitchen.
The Washington Hotel. at Richmond. has been
sold to the beehtel Brewing Company
Mira Susan Ellis AGED eighty nine ysars 1,
seriously III at her home in Tottenvilis
Mas Net,is MeCalmon,. of Kane Pa. Ia spend
ins The summer with Mrs William o'Connor. OF
Tottsnville
Neptune Lodge, / o. o. =. of s,.pl.,on. hs.
elected the tolio~ins otacsr, NobI. brand
, Henry Lee Nies-Grsnd, Charles Peterson, Sec
r-tAries John Carmichael and Charles E. Fader
Treasurer John II Boit Representative to th,
i Grand Lodge. Charles +. Fsder
Constable Jack" Redmond. Port Richmond
1os catcher. made big catch lsts Yesterday sf
terH"on but u was not canine II Vas tn,
negro who grabbed Niles Martha browns pocket
boob from heT hsnds near Arlington last Mon
day While she wAs on her way TO summsrNl..
to 'esch EohDg! The prIsouer gave hls name a.
Ransom Skinner aged twenty eight The pocket
book wa found in his possession and Miss Brow
. ltsutihsi him He was locked up At Polic,
station No. 4 West Sew Brighton.
The evening world., 1895-06-29
HYPNOTIZED ny HIS NERVE.
EounE Nan Who stopped a stree,
Car 10 strike His Match On.

From the Kansas CITY starr
One evening not long ago a yellow car
was joltins along West Ninth street and
just as IL had bumped over the mule-car
tracks on Broadway. well-dressed
young man stepped or the curb and
hailed II. The gripman threw his lev
.rs this way ana that and brought the
car TO a standstill opposite the young
man.
Between the young mans lips was an
unlighted cigar and in his fingers a
match. When the car had fully stopped
the young man carefully scratched mis-
match on the side OF II and slowly
lighted his cigar. The gripmsn was
looking at him in fascinated way.
When the cigar was lighted and draw
ing freely the young man waved the
gripman and stepped back to the side
walk, II happened so quickly, 80 nat
urally and 80 altogether as a matter Of
course. thai all the sripman could say
was: We'll. l he -" The passen-
gers gazed stupidity at the man, who was
walking slowly away. hypnotissd by his
nerve
The evening world., 1895-06-29
GREATEST OF SNAKES.
The Anaconda II Huge, Beautiful
and All-POwerful.
From Youths Companion.)

Fron Youths Companion.)
Recently South American anaconda
which measures twenty-nine feet in
length has been taken to the Natural
History Museum at South Kensington
London. This Is one Of the largest SER
pents in captivity, but Mr.. II. w. Bates.
an English naturalist who died recently,
had heard on the Amazon Of anacondas
which were forty-two feet in length.
and the brazilian anaconda or Eunectes
murinus. Is probably the largest snake
In the world. The weight of an ana
conda Increases In an advancing propor-
tion as its length increases, that is to
say. snake twenty feet long would be
four times the weight Of one ten feet
long.
These Brazilian anacondas, which are
boa a-oonstrictors," though they are not
related to either the python or the boa
proper, are not venomous. but are never
theless highly destructive either to man
or animals II they wish to be. They
can easily crush man to death. and
cases are known in which they have
swallowed human beings.
1t is agreed by naturalists that the
brazilian anaconda would be dreadful
scourge II its ferocity were equal to its
strength and Its astonishing sw!ftness
or movement. whether on land or In
water III 1t were AZ rapac. c.ous as the
Indian python 1t could kill every crea-
ture, including man, that is found In the
delta OF the Amazon.
1t is simply impossible to keep out OF
Its reach. as II will 20 anywhere, along
a rope. up the side OF ship, or In at a
house window. Mr.. II. w. Bates has re-
lated his experience with his first ana
conda. He was at anchor in a large
boat. In deep water, in the port
of Antonio Malagueita An anaconda
swan out 10 the boat, lifted its head
from the water. with II broke in the
side of fowl house on deck and carried
OF couple of fowls
Ii was found that this snake had been
stealing ducks and fowls from that part
of the river for months. A hunt for him
was organized. NJ! les OF river bank
were searched. and at last the serpent
was found summing itself in a muddy
creek and was killed.
Mr.. Bates lived eleven years on the
Amazon without any serious adventure
with the anaconda. A neighbor of his,
however. who had left his ten-year old
son in boat while ne went ashore to
gather some fruit, heard the boys
screams In the distance and returned to
find his child completely encircled by
an anaconda. which was preparing to
swallow him.
The father leaped upon the snake and
in his fury actually tore It's jaws asun-
der and liberated the boy.
Like many other tropical snakes, the
anaconda Is brilliant and beautiful In
appearance. Its skin Is q groundwork
OF rich brown, over which a double
series Of b'otches extends along the
back with bright rings along the sides.
The evening world., 1895-06-29
Flats and Apartments to Let.
Religious Notices.

ST, BARrHoLoMEw's PARISH HOUSE, -
East lsd st-Evening prayer and sermon ~
o'clock Rev Braddin Hamilton will omeis's' "s
morning service.
The evening world., 1895-06-29
HEALTHY, But RISKY.
The Death Rate In Powder Mills
Less than GeneralIy supposed.

tFrum Mcciurss MsEszin.J
Apart from the danger OF explosions
which. by the way, are less frequen,
than is generally supposed. gunpowder
mills are exceedingly healthful places
Such a thing az workman dying OF
consumption is unheard of, the explain
alton being that the constant breath
Ing Into the lungs Of dust containing
chart oal, sulphur and saltpetre is benc-
iicial to them. Even horses employed
IN gunpowder mills are found to be
fatter and sleeker than their fellows
from the same stable worked else
where. As to the death rate In powder
mills the popular idaas are much ex-
aggregated the average freight yard be-
Ing vastly more fatal than they. sta
tistics show that from the beginning
powder mills were established. up to
the present year, there has been an
average of not quite one death a year
from accidents or explosions
As among the employers. so among
the men Fear is almost unknown. the
powder about as IL It were coal, and
walking through It knee-deep, as they
would through 80 much -four. They
are perfectly happy. these stolid Irish
men, who go ON risking their lives year
after year for about the same wages
ployments; that Is. $40 or $50 n month.
And yet they are exceedingly super
stitious, II being not uncommon for "A
man to throw up his job because he
has had a warning or his wife has
dreamed of white horse. There are
men. to foretell an accident or an ex-
plosion, ana II Is very ditfcult-often
impossible-to get man who has had
one OF these TO 80 near the works.
The evening world., 1895-06-29
UKwONAGO AND PHANTow ,.xrs
Much Work Done There Lately--
Water to Re Raised Four Feet.
tFrom the Muk~onsgo Chief)

CFrom the Mukwonsgo Chief)
Mukwonago and Phantom Lakes are
considered by many as two of the hand
soonest lakes In Wisconsin. They are
situated a short distance from the VII
lage OF Mukwonago. on the Wisconsin
lakes they would make the erandest
harbors in the world AS it is they are
picturesque gems. The waters OF the
,anss armsn are rsr open ,to to the public and sh
Tested. This beautiful Mukwonago Lake
region Is located eighty-five miles north
OF % Chicago and eleven miles south OF
Mukwonago Lake Improvement Com
pany has secured the Mukwonago mills
and Is about to raise the waters In the
the present high water mark, which
VIII make ,oneu i one Of the finest sheets OF
hard and u, studded With trees:
abound in pickerel. pike, perch and
bass, and have for years been known
to produce more FISH than any Other
n the the sae ssrS De. se eeass
ground and protection for the young
tish, and this is doubtless why the sup.
ply never seems to be exhausted. ever
though thousands Of fish are taken out
every year. The Mukwonago Lake I'm
provement Company controls |. 400 acres
of this property and Is placing It on the
market IN acreage tracts.
The water power Will be used in gen
Grating electricity, and electric lighting
Will be furnished to the whole region
In addition to this the company pro
poses to put on an electric boat system
to run between the Wisconsin Csntra
Railroad and all points on Mukwonag(
Lake, Phantom Lake. Beulah River anC
Lake Beulah, which will traverse In al
twelve miles OF the most beautiful anC
picturesque country that can be found
In every direction are beautiful drives
winding around sylvan hills and wood
ed dells.
The evening world., 1895-06-29
GREEN CLAY SMITH DEAD.
vstsran General and statesma.
Passes Away II Washington.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. June 2s.-Gen
ursen Clay Smith. once Prohibition
eandidate for President, a war veteran
Ind In recent years a well-known Bap-
list pastor Of Washington, died at his
homo in Northeast Washington at u. 81
o'clock this afternoon. For several
months he had been In poor health. and
over q fortnight ago a malignant car
6uncle began to develop on the neck.
Gen. Smith came Of the famous Clay
family Of Kentucky. Of which Henry
Clay was the most conspicuous mem
ber. Gen. Smith was born at Richmond.
KY. Julv 2. 1882. His father was a
member Of Congress. and the family
was noted for Its steady adherence tc
the Union at time when the border
etates were torn with dissensions over
secession.
At the age of fifteen he enlisted in a
Kentucky cavalry regiment and went
20 the Mexican war. At the opening OF
the rebellion Gen. Smith was In the
entered the Union military service, and
Vas colonel of the Fourth Kentuck,
Gavalry. WHICH operated under Gen.
eanon. Tenn: He was made Brigadier-
General Of Volunteers June II, 1852. He
continued 70 serve with Rosecrans and
wae complimented In public orders for
gallantry. III March. 1855. he was
breyetted NaJor-General.
While on the field he was elected tc
Congress, and resigned his commission
to enter the House Of Representatives
where he served two terms. At the
Baltimore Convention. which nominatec
President Lincoln the second time. Gen
fresidenI After Warm e1nnon contest l in niGs IN,
Convention Andrew Johnson secured the
vice-Presidenual nomination by one
half o vote majority over Gen. Smith
This half . vote kept Gen. Smith from
becoming President.
In lDos he resigned from Congress anc
accepted the appointment OF Governo
Of Montana: In 1863 he left public III,
and entered the ministry. In 1876 h.
Was nominated by the Prohibition part,
for the Presidency. and .polled s52
votes. All OF his work OF late year
has been in the church. He came her,
tn lsSo as pastor OF the metropolitan
Baptist Church.
Mrs Smith is still alive. and the fam
ny conssts Of two daughters and a son