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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-11-30
Local News.

The latest in clothing at Edw.
E. Soulier.
The price of cotton in the
seed is down to S22 per thousand
pounds.
Judge G. DeBaillon Of Lafay-
cite was in town Monday on a
short visit.
The true and most elegant fit
in clothing is to be had only at K.
Schwartz.
Our editor and artist went to
Breaux Bridge Thursday to take
some views for our special edition.
We extend our thanks to the
Valley of the Teche for its kind
words in regard to our special edi-
ton.
There was q white frost and a
light freeze Wednesday morning;
but as the ground was wet, it eau
sed no damage to vegetation.
Get your clothing from K.
Schwartz if you want to look ele-
giant and stylish.
Mr.. j. B. Levert, in company
of several young ladies from New
Orleans, spent several days on
st. John plantation this week.
There was quite q severe change
in the weather Monday, the morn.
; ing was damp, rainy and warm,
the evening was windy and cold.
Miss blanche Leroy of New
Orleans, after a few days here the
guest of Miss Aimee Gernaud, LEFT
Tuesday for her home.
Senator Allen Jumel who wal
touring the State sometime ago il
the interest of ballot reform an(
trying to organize an anti-Foste
faction, is announced as a Candi
date for the State Treasurership.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-11-30

The rain that commenced to
fall during the night of Saturday
and all day Sunday, has soaked the
roads and rendered some of them
heavy.
Those in need of clothing of
any kind will found it to their ad-
vantage to visit the store of z.
Schwartz.
Two ladies representing Scri-
bner's Magazine, of New York,
were in town this week taking
notes and sketching some of our
buildings and views.
-Soulier is selling out his i'm
mense stock of stoves at cost.
Thanksgiving day was passed
very quietly throughout St Mar
tin parish, in so far as the csle-
bration of the event is concerned,
but the parish was kept pretty
lively by the canvassers Of the po-
litical factions.
Guns are almost given away
at Edw. E. Soulier.
We do not know set how to
distinguish the two political fac.
tions of this parish, they are nc
more Mc'Enery and Foster
One may be called the Rses fac
ton, but the other 80 for, has nj
head. Although we are certain
there is a strong and powerful op
position to the Rees faction.
The Democrats of Lafayett,
have broken loose and the result
was the organization of two fac
tions. This is what will take place
in all the parishes. Two partie
or two factions are a necessity il
each parish, so the outs can watcl
the rascality of the ins. The De
mocrats of Acadia are about il
the same fix, devided and warrin
against each other.
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advertisement.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SESSION OF 1892.
Baton Rouge. La. May 25th 1892.
Mr. Taylor Daspit.
St. Martiuville. La.
My dear friend:
Herewith find a notice address to C.
NJ. Olivier to attend a drawing Of the
jury. Be sharp to talk to hin and 6nd
what he thinks of the case and give him
the notice only on the eve of the day ax.
ed for the drawing and that In person-
end some excuse to tell him. that you
got the letter Ouly that day aud that you
were delayed somewhat. I have great
hopes Of getting Rees' CON-. but ] meet
With all kinds of obstacles. It will be
long story to re- when reach home.
II you sse some of my boys tell them to
inform my family that will be back In
q very short while. Be of good cheer
and everything will yet turn out al
right. Very truly yours.
AVE-.
Tell Briant the day OF drawing the ju-
~ and to tell 80 of no one
A true copy,
Attest TAYLOR DAsPrT.
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MARRIED-Miss Louise Bour-

MARRIED-Miss Louise Bour-
der of Breaux Bridge and Mr..
Victor Jeager of New Orlsans,
were married in Breaux Bridge
Monday the 25th. Mrs. j. C.
Bienvenu, and Messrs. ]. C. Per-
nollet and Laizaire Bienvenu of
this place attended the ceremony.
Flour cheaper than the cheap
est at Edw. Z. Soulier.
The politicians were out al
most every night this week; neith-
er rain. mud or cold would stop
them from holding ward meetings.
A good fight was surely made for
the delegation, and the faction
getting it will not get it, by the
sweat of his brow because it was
too cold, but by hard work, in
rain, mud and cold.
The cheapest and best assorted
groceries at Edw. E. Soulier.
Gumbo. whiskey and ward NEE
ting are "a Ia mode" this week and
plenty Of that too. It is funny and
getting funnier every day. If it
keeps on this way until the end,
it will be regular burlesque.
This year is quite different
from the last, when the cane grow
ers could not dispose of their cane
for any price. Tie reineries a
little below US, on the bayou have
agents going in the country look
ing for cane, offering 1915 per ton
delivered. 1t is to be regretted
that one or two such progressive
re6neries are not located in our
midst We would like to be in
formed if those people paying
1915 for cane are making any pro-
fit, or if they are only philanthro-
pists squandering their money for
the good of the poor people? Be
it as it may, but such people are
useful and desirable in every COM
munity.
IL i.
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Alexandra Dumas, fills, the great
French writer died in Paris We'd
nesday, aged II years.
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The Persiau Horse.

Persian horses are to be admired and
liked. Their beauty is source of con-
slant enjoyment, and they are almost in
variably gentle and docile. 1t is in vain
to form any resolution against making a
pet of one of them. My new acquisition,
Boy, insists on being petted, and his en-
ticing ways are irresistible, lie is always
tethered In front of my tent with rope
long enough TO give him considerable lib
erty, and he took advantage of it the very
first day to come into the tent and
make it apparent that he wanted me to
divide lemon with him. Grapes were
his preferences; then came cucum bers,
bread and biscuits. Finally he drank
milk out of soup-plate. lie comes up
to me and puts down his head to have
his ears rubbed, and if l do not attend to
him at once, or if l cease attending to
him, he gives me gentle but admonitory
thump. l dine outside the tent, and he is
tied to ny chair and waits with
wonderful patience for the odds
and ends, only occasionally rubbing
his nose against my face to remind
me he is there. A friendly shuttle is the
only sound he makes. He does not know
how to fight or that teeth and heels are for
any other uses than eating and walking.
He is really the gentlest and most docile OF
his race. The point at which he draws thu
line is being led. Then he draws back
and mulish look comes into his sweet
eyes. But he follows like dog, and
when L walk he is always with
me. He comes when L call him,
stops when l do, accompanies me when l
leave the road in search of flowers, and
usually puts his head either on my shoul-
der or under my arm. To him | am an
EN- mbodiment of melons, grapes, cuoum-
bers, peaches, biscuits, and sugar, with a
good deal of petting and ear-rubbing
thrown in.-Mrs. Bishops Journeys in
Persia.u
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ROOsEVELT'S EXAMPLE.

One of the most prominent figures
dore Roosevelt, the head of the New
York Police Commission. This is so De-
/ cause of the wonderful energy and in
domitabe will of the man. However
one may disagree with him and doubt
some of his policies, there is no denying
that the man is remarkable. For he
proves beyond all question that there is
really no such thing as a dead letter
law. The people may be dead to It's ex-
as another. AS to the excise Sunday law
that he has enforced in New York,
Roosevelt denies warmly that it was ever
dead ''It was very much alive" said be
recently, against the man without
money or political pull, when his per-
sonal or political enemies choose TO pun
isA him" When asked if he did not fear
the consequences Of his rigor in enforcing
tie sunday bar closing law, he replied:
quonces. What we are doing is simply
oar duty. We found certain laws. We
have sworn 10 execute them. That is
absolutely simple. and we have no right
TO regard consequences at all. The par
tiaI nom enforcement of these laws was
the greatest source of corruption and
blaclmail in the police department aud
we resolved that it should not continue.
The task to which we are set is perfectly
seuse and don't care for any thing but our
duty. Handling this work is , step by
step process, and we take up one phase
OF ata time, with no other rule than
the ten commandments. We are all
agreed and work in the fullest harmony.
and our three prime wstchwords are
courage. honesty and common sense.
/ We don't need genius. The ra seals have
! the genius. All we have got to do is to
| be game-willing to accept responsibility
and TO take punishment"
So Mr.. Roosevelt and his colleag ues
are simply doing their duty regardless of
consequences. That is an example very
1 healthful Ia this country. He is obtuse
who dees not see that this instance OF law
enforcement in New York is having
wonderfully great and good influence
throughout the land. The current num-
ber of the ReUiec Of RcricwS thus speaks
! OF the Commissioned aud his work:
Mr. Roosevelt is accused of bravado in his
/ policy but the charge as meaningless anu
foolish. lie IS simply dong his sworn duty
I - .tn executive ofscer, and tsereDy giving
the whole people oil the United Sta an OBJ
/ iect lesson which they need above all others.
Such a lesson is not necessary In oiher coun-
( frlss Delsause the enforcement oi Inv in Eng
! land or France or Germany is taken q Il mat
! fer of course. air. kooseyel comes
! 10 nis New York position after SIX years OF
4 hard and somewhat thankless Work in The
4 national Civil Service Commission at WASH
] ington; but 1t was the kind OF work that Is
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THE Sultan has consented to the intro
duction of reforms in the administration
of affairs in Armenia, provided that all
the powers will unite in the protest
against the present deplorable conditions.
This, that the 'insult" may be lessened
of having foreign powers dictate a policy
for the government of Turkish prov
ince. That is bosh. But, anything to Sc
cure the unhappy people of Armenia
against further outrage. If the Sultan
fully understands his own offer, it
amounts to confession that he has op-
pressed these people, and that they suffer
unjustly. How then can he in good con-
science attach any conditions to the insti-
tuition of reforms?
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A Wonder of Antiquity.

One of the greatest wonders of ancient
Egypt was the famous artificial body Of
water called Lake Moeris. According
to Herodotus, "the measure of its crcum-
terence was $500 furlongs, which is equal
to the entire length or Egypt along the
sea coast" The excavation which was
made in the time OF King Moeris (the
Memnon of the Greeks and Romans),
was of varying depths, and its center was
occupied by two pyramids, the apexes of
which was 800 feet higher than the sur
face of the water. The water for this
gigantic artificial reservoir was obtained
from the Nile, through a canal, which
six months of the year had an inflow and
the other six an outflow, corresponding
to high and low water in the river. The
canal gradually filled with sand, and the
lake has long since evaporated. but its
bottom is still one Of the most fertile
tracts in Egypt.
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NOTICE.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, !
SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 81, 1885,
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
State of California has filed in this
office list OF lands, 3,SI3.I6 acres,
selected under the provisions Of the
Acts of Congress OF March 5, 1855,
July %, 1866, and Sections 2275 and
2276 Of the i. S. Revised Statutes,
and situated in the townships de-
scribed below; that the list is open
to the public for inspection and copy
thereof, by descriptive subdivisions,
has been posted in a convenient
place in this office for the inspection
of all persons interested and the
public generally.
Township North, Range 10 East.
Township 6 North, Range IS East.
Township 6 North, Range II East.
Township North, Range II East.
Township 5 North, Range II East.
Township S North, Range 10 East.
Township 4 North, Range 10 East.
Township 7 North, Range II East.
Township 7 North, Range 70 East
Township 7 North Range 9 East.
Township 9 North, Range 20 East.
Township 9 North, Range II East.
Township 9 North, Range IS East.
Township 10 North, Range 9 East.
Township 10 North, Range 20 East.
Township I North, Range 8 East.
Township II North, Range II East.
Township II North, Range IS East.
Township IS North, Range 7 East.
Township IS North, Range IA East.
Township 10 North, Range 10 East.
Township I6 North, Range 9 East.
Township 2I North, Range IL East.
Ali Mount Diablo Meridian
Within the next sixty days follow
ing the date of this notice, protests
or contests against the claim of the
State to any tract or subdivision de-
scribed in the list, on the ground
that the same is more valuable for
mineral than agricultural purposes,
will be received and noted for report
to the General Land Office at Wash
ington, D. c.
This notice will be published every
Thursday for ten consecutive weeks
in the SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORD
UNION, commencing Thursday, Au-
gust I, 1895.
THOMAS FRASER, Register,
CHAS. F. GARDNER, Receiver.
au1-1otTh
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CUBA AND OUR INTEREST.

! An ex-Mayor of Havana is out in an
essay in the North Anaerican ReUiea0 in
which he holds that the independence of
Cuba would be injurious to the United
States. This conclusion is reached from
the cold and calculating commerc ial
premise that our exports to Cuba and
importations therefrom would fall off if
Cuba should achieve political independ-
ence
He argues that it is to our interest that
Cuba should be prosperous because under
such condition the commercial relations
| between the two countries will be wider
and more fruitful. This may be granted;
indeed, it is a proposition proved. But
we fail to see why Cuba should not be
prosperous under home rule and the ex-
preston in political life of the will of the
governed. But says the Mayor:
We're Cuba Independent its relations with
the United States would be practically the
same us those OF Santo Domingo and similar
countries, so that the American nation. be-
ing calculating one, cannot help seeing.
apart from the treaties WhicA IL has already
made with the Spanish nation for the MAIN
tenance OF peace, that the insurrection will
be injurious 10 them.
We think that there is a false premise
here: 1t does not follow that Cuba free
would be the counterpart OF Santo DOM
lingo. The peoples of the two are essen
TALLY if not radically different, and be-
Gid aa il hoe NOT proyaO tbat On ba up1 or
Spanish rule has attained her best. On
the contrary she has been under a condi
ton of repression. Monarchical rule has
there all but destroyed the spirit of local
pride, and has eliminated self-helpful-
ness. Such Of the people es have not
leaned upon the distant Government,
have lived in q state of mur1nur against
it, which in itself is condition of repres-
sion and decllnation. From this state
ment we except, of course the aristocratic
and the class that worships at the shrine
of crown.
There is found by the American stu
dent of Cuban history no reason for be-
lief that Cubans free would not, within
less than a generation, develop as a self
helpful, sslf-contained and prosperous
community. Spanish rule in Mexico has
not proved the case of the Mayor. On
the contrary, its whole history disproves
his propositions. Mexico was not truly
progressive until she shook off the last
remnant of Spanish misgovernment, un-
thrift and wastefuluess, and even now
she is not wholly free from the remains
of its influence.
In Cuba there is far less for progress
i've people to contend with under free
government than in Mexico; therefore
substantial. Her proximity to the
United States brings to bear in her COM
munities influences such as have made
self-government success here. But
aside from all this, the question is not
one of policy but of right 1t is the hu-
man right of the Cubans to declare their
own form Of government. The doctrine
obtains there as fully as it does here that
true government springs from the con-
sent of the governed. The American
people. standing by this cardinal prin-
ciple for themselves, are estopped from
denying its application to the people OF
the Queen of the Antilles.
The record-union., 1895-09-05

AT last one California county has been
able to get even with the contractor. 1t
is so solitary an instance of justice to the
people in the expenditure of public
money that 1t deserves to GO upon public
record. Santa Cruz resolved to build q
new Courthouse. The contract for it's
foundations was duly let and the work
proceeded. Now that an expert has
examined the work preparatory to
the erection of the walls of the build
ing, it develops that the foundation is
sham and unequal TO sustaining the
weight of the structure to be raised. The
Supervisors have thereupon ordered the
rejection of the work, that the founda-
tions be torn up and that new structure
be laid. Score one for county govern
ment.
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Notice to Contractors.

CEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
y the Office of the Secretary of the Board of
slate Capitol Commissioners, at the State
Capitol at Sacramento, California, up to %
o'clock A. VI. OF the 18th day of september
1895, for the construction OF a driveway of
inches of concrete base and 2 "a inches of btu
minous rock coating in Capitol Park, and all
in accordance with the specifications on tile
in the Office of the Secretary of said board.
A certified check, payable to the Governor
equivalent to 10 ger cent of the aggregate
amount of the bid presented, must accom-
pany each and every bid as guarantee of
good faith.
The said board reserves the right to reject
any all bids as the public good may require.
BY ORDER OF CAPITOL COMMISSION
ERS.
Address all bids: secretary Board of State
Capitol Commissioners, Governors Office,
sacramento, Cal" s2-till16
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is nothing that does society more good
potency that the truth oft repeated will
find lodgment and become effective.
Society may be unwilling for a time to
accept the truth, but always the time
comes when it does receive and ac-
knowledge it.
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Special Agencies.

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The RECoRD-UNIoN and WEEKLY
UNION are the only papers on the Coast,
outside OF San Francisco, that re-
eeive the full Press Dispatches from all
parts of the World Outside of San Fran
cisco, they haze no competitors, either IN
GnJtIerce or home and general circulation
throughout the State.
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PROCESSION.

The Divisions will form promptly at 7:3O
O'Clock p. n, and be prepared TO move at s
O'Clock sharp az follows:
First Division will form on Twentieth
street. between j and K, right resting on j.
Second Division will form on Twenty-first
street between and ], right resting on j.
Third Division viii form on ] street, be-
tween Twenty-second and Twenty-third,
right resting on Twenty second.
Fourth Division will form on Twentieth
street, between l and j, right resting on j.
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THIRD DIVISION.
M. J. Dillman. Division Marshal.
Band.

M. j. Dillman Division Marshal
Band.
National Guard of California.
Colonel j. w. Guthrie, Commanding Brigade,
and Staff.
Third Brigade Sienal Corps Mounted, Lieu
tenant Fred Martin Commanding
Lieutenant-Colonel Fl. I. Seymour Com
manding Second Infantry Regiment
Company c, Nevada Cltv, Captain George A.
Nihell.
Company III, Grass Valley, Captain P. T.
Riley.
Company G, Sacramento, Captain A. E.
Stearns
Compa F, Woodland. Lieutenant Prindle
Company E, Sacramento. Captain John Schoe-
maker.
Company D, Auburn. Captain John A. Pre-
dom.
Letter Carriers Of the Sacramento Postofice.
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FOURTH DIVISION.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD SHOPS.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD SHOPS.
George H. Clark. Division Marshal
Benz. Welch. Master Carbuilder.
t. w. Heintzleman. Master Mechanic.
V. LeMay, General Foreman
George StOddard, Drafting Department
c. G. Bonte and Charles Lenolr, Clerical De-
partment
Electrical Observation-Disclosures Shop.
j. g. Camp and j. II. Andrews, Aids in
charge.
'Beehive"-Car Shop No. s.
c. A. Phipps and P. Watson. Aids in charge.
"Cupola"-Foundry and Pattern Shop
M. A. Baxter and l. c. Shaw. Aids in charge.
Electric star'-Car Machine Shop.
j. Mccullough and A. E. Parsons, Aids in
charge.
Electric Furnace"-RolIing Mills.
c. Somers. j. w. Boyd and j. Backrath, Aids
in charge
"Electric Kite"-Boiler Shop
], Dunnigan and George Woodall, Aids in
charge.
Band.
"Electric ammer'-BlacksmithS Shop.
A. Younger and William Pearl Aids in
charge.
Ornamental Design-Paint Shop.
W. c. Fl ch and F. Dickinson, Aids in charge
Mechanical Design-Car shop.
j. w. Rock, II. F. Stover and R. P. Caring
ton, Aids in charge.
Band.
Electric Fountain"-Coppera and Pipe
Shops.
Gus Bauman and A. j. Gardiner, Aids in
charge
Compliment to Native Sons and Daughters
Cab and Upholster Shops
III. s. Strachn and William Woolston, Aids in
charge.
Advancement in Light"-Roundhouse and
Spring Shop.
]. w. Clark, George Smith, Charles Young
and A. Becker, Aids in charge.
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FIRST DIVISION.

Ruglers. P. Schadt and Joseph Hastenplug
Mounted Cavalry COmnany Captain John
Cook Commanding.
Roncovieri's Band.
Grand Marshal and Chief OF Staff
Frank d. Ryan, Tom Scott and j. w. Hughes
Chief Aids.
AIDS-Frank G. Smith. James Longshore
.Tr.. Homer Bucl>man, i. j. Donnelle. Barry
Rogers, Fl. M. Larue. ,Jr.. Fl. Thorp. F.. s.
5adlev. w. F. Gormlev. A. !. Wilson. VIM
A. Sayre. VIM. l.. Matloc<. Louis A. Gould,
John Fl. hatcher. G. TT. Holmes, A, C. Hop
zinS. A. y. Bulger. w. B. Thorne Ed Tesreau,
Thomas Kehoe Talbot H Wallis. K. C. Nc
Creary. l.. T. Montforf, A. y. Buchanan.
@. r. n. Glow. Division Marshal.
Native Sons of the Golden West
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FOR the best Photographic work 20 to Con-
rad Young. 421 J street. Prices TO suit the
times satisfaction guaranteed.
The record-union., 1895-09-05

MRS. WINSBOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
perfect success. 1T s1otbes the child, softens
tie gums, aliays pain. cures wind collie, rcgu
lates the bowels. and Is the best remedy for
dEsrrhesl whether arising from teething or
other causes. For safe by druggists IN every
part OF the world Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing syrup Twenty five cents
q bottle.
The record-union., 1895-09-05

SOME one has said that there are few
things society at large is less willing to
do than to hear the truth and accept it.
That is probably true; but after all there
The record-union., 1895-09-05
Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Fair, slightly warmer
In the interior of the no )thern and central
portions; brisk westerly to northwesterly
winds
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SECOND DIVISION.

A. G. Folger Division Marshal.
Band.
National Float.
Illuminated Car Containing Federal officers.
state Float.
Illuminated Car Containing State Officers.
Fruit and Flower Float.
Illuminated Car Contaninp Grand Officers
y. 8. q. w. and n. u. G.. w.
Pioneers Riding in Two Illuminated Cars.
The record-union., 1895-09-05

CIiAS. PETERSON, agent for Compressed
Yeast. Once and residence, 1919 street.
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making history. For the real political his
tory OF own times in the United states
is centering about the reform of our admins
trative methods; and no man has been closer
to the heart of the struggle than Theodore
Roosevelt