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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-01-19
SATURDAY JAN. Io, 1895.
Reducing Cotton Acreage.

We publish elsewhere commu-
nication from Mr.. J. Nj. Sherrouse
wherein he suggests plan to
reach the present agricultural cri-
sis and improve the price of cot
ton. Mr.. Sherrouse attributes the
depression TO the same cause as
the Jackson convention. OverprO-
duction, and proposes the same
remedy as that body, a reduction
in the cotton acreage; but he has
an entirely different plan to Sc
cure that result. He insists that
the plan of organizing and unit
ing the farmers of the South into
one great association, whose men,
bers will pledge themselves not to
plant more than a certain amount
of cotton is impracticable. 1t has,
he notes, been tried before, but
failed; and it is always difficult to
get several hundred thousand per-
SONS to act in harmony. Mr.. Sher-
rouse cites the Grange as being
the strongest combination of far
mers ever made in this country,
and yet the Grange fell far short
of getting all the farmers in. 1t
had it's grips, passwords, its edu-
cstional and club features, every
thing to make it agreeable to resi-
dents of the rural districts. 1t &C.
complished much good for them,
but it was never able to unite
them or to get enough of them in
10 its ranks to seriously affect the
cotton acreage. Mr.. Sherrouse be-
lieves that it is impossible today
to form any stronger agricultural
organization, or, indeed, any as
strong; and, hence, is of opinion
that the Farrar plan adopted by
the Jackson convention will fail,
because it will be impossible to
perfect that organization of the
cotton growers on which its sue
cess is based. He proposes in lieu
of it convention of the factors,
merchants, bankers and others in
terested in cotton, and upon whose
advances a large portion of the
crop is raised, who will agree to
compel a reduction in the cotton
acreage by refusing to make adj
vances to any farmer who does
not cut down his cotton acreage.
AS the factors and others adj
vancing money on the crop are
comparatively few in number as
compared with the growers, Mr..
Sherrouse thinks it possible to Or
ganize them into an ass ociation
that will make a vigorous fight
for a smaller acreage. He sug-
gests the holding of a convention
for that purpose. -Times-Demo-
crat. ..
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-01-19

CLOTHING SALES AGENT WANTED
FOR ST. MARTINTILLE and vicinity.
Liberal commissions paid, and we fur
nish the best and most complete outfit
ever provided by any house. Write at
once for terms. Send 2 or 8 references.
WANAMAKER & BROWN,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-01-19

4'i 10Th Judicial District Court,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-01-19

We inadvertently failed to
mention the arrival of our friend
Mr.. Walter Simon, who come here
since Christmas to pass the holt
days with relatives and friends.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-01-19
Attention Battalion.

Get your syrup de bac' the very best at
$1,000, molasses (best) at $500 at
L. c. nuehswr.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-01-19

The art critic of the Daily Item,
who is is a little bit of a follow, is
kicking hard against the large
sleeve fashion of today, which he
says are the size a pair of a Texas
beef's hind quarters. The reason
for his dissatisfaction is because
he happened to be behind pair
of fashionable sleeves at the theatre
one day this week. We hope the
hard times will force the ladies to
economic on the clothe they put
in their sleeves and reduce their
size. There is too much of fash
ion in them.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-01-19

The people of New Orleans have
contributed several car loads OF
provision and other supplies for
the poor destitute people of Ne
braska, who, due to the entire fai-
lure of the last two or three crops,
caused by dry weather, are suffer-
ing from hunger and cold. The
restitution and suffering in that
state is appalling.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06

Iron Fusz more rapidly in wet than
in dry weAther because it hes. or seems
to have q better affinity for oxygen
when the latter is combined with ky-
GreR2A
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
so HE COT NINE AND THIRTY.
Drastic Punishment Melted Out to "oId
Saul HipkIns."

old Saul Hipkins" was not old in
anything but iniquity, yet this was his
neighbors' form of addressing him. He
was a fisherman, who caught most of
his game by night in the weirs of his
neighbors.
This allegation probably deserves the
qualification that everybody charged
this upon him. Had the evidence been
absolutely convincing they would speed
lily have checked him in the practice.
Hemp did not grow in that portion of
North Carolina of which old Saul was a
native, but it was cheap, and, besides,
the neighbors did not stand on ex-
penses" when a hanging was deemed a
necessity to the well-being of the COM
munity.
An unwritten law prevailed that what
everybody believed to be true might be
an error. 1t was a privilege to hold
fast to the opinion, but crime to "dan-
gle" fellow in the absence of unassall-
able evidence.
Milder proofs might be accepted when
the punishment was not so grave, because
the community was entitled to some
benefit of the doubt as well as the pris-
oner. The force of this logic was ap-
W Ju0 COuI VI JuSIlCOs
In short, while everybody knew that
Old Saul robbed the weirs nobody could
prove it.
Calvin Spires, who lost fish nearly ev-
cry night, decided to take the matter
before Squire Benny Griffin, very
| sensible and practicable sort of man,
| who paid little attention to law in his
decisions, but was very proud of his
common sense way er doin'," as he was
wont to put it.
The evidence was painfully weak. In
fact, about all that could be proven was
that old Saul was seen coming out OF
the creek night after night, and that
Mr.. Spires weir was located up that
creek; but old Saul owned a weir up
there, and so did other people.
The Squire scratched his head fol
some little time, being manifestly puz.
zled as to his duty in the premises.
Finely his bright little eyes twinkled
with intelligence as he cleared his throat
and said with great solemnity:
"Ef there's single man in this yere
coaht thet b'lieves old Saul Hipkinf
wouldn't rob weir eff he got chance
1 want him to take up his hat and &C
right out.
Old Saul deliberately donned his owr
warped and worn straw headpiece and
stalked toward the door, but was
promptly halted by the constable and
made to resume his seat. Every o%hel
person-and the courtroom was crowd
ed-remained stock still.
"Yer see, Hipkins," said the Judge
blandly, while Calvin's failed in maxim
case agin you the people haint. Or
their righteous werdic' I sentence yoI
to nine N thirty on yore bare back
witch, considerin' yore gin'ral bad char
acter. consider very mod'rit."
If there was any quality of moder
alton in the sentence there was certain
ly none in the execution of it by big
Constable 'Ophilus Perry, as old SAUL
roarings for mercy plainly declared
while the rawhide was applied to hi
shoulders.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
M'Cosh's AmiabIe Egotism.

All the good stories of DR.. McCosh
were not told by his obituary biogra-
piers. He had thoroughly character
istic but entirely amiable egotism,
which sometimes raised smile among
the Princeton students, says Hute Field S
Washington. One day he had been dis
cussing before the senior class Leibnitz'
theory of evil, and especially the point
that mankind was put upon the earth
because there was less evil here than
elsewhere. One of the young men IN
quired: swell, doctor, why was the
evil introduced into the world anyway"
The doctor had habit, when he was
puzzled, of chewing his thumb knuckle,
and as the argument was leading up to
this he had gnawed viciously. When
the question came, however, he threw
up both his hands and cried:
"Ah, ye have asked the hardest ques-
ton in all pheelosophy! Sukkrates
tried to answer and failed; Plato tried
it and he failed, too: Kahnt attempted
it and made bod work. of it; Liebnitz
tried it and begged the whole question
as l have been telling We, and" here
he renewed his chewing, 81 contest
confess l don't know just what to make
of it meSself!"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06

And what testimony did DR.. Matt
Need give in the case?"
"GiveP guess you don't know him
he's an expert witness. IN. Y. World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
THE ZINC CURE.
New . Benevolent Little Old Lady Stag
geT@d n Rheumatic Sufferer.

A well-dressed, middle-aged man was
hobbling up Sixth avenue, near Four
teeDth street, with evident signs of pain
at every step he took. when be was ac-
coSted BY pleasant-faced little old lady
in widows bonnet, black dress and
neat plaid shawl.
Excuse my speaking, SIR" she said,
"but take II you are sufferer from
rheumatismP"
Indeed. am," answered the man,
leaning heavily on his tive sticks, "and
this damp weather makes it unendura-
ble"
Il should net have spoken to you,
sir. said the little old lady, "had 1 not
considered it my duty to do so, just as
l consider 1t everyone's duty to help
those in distress. My husband was an
oyster dredger up at Port Jefferson, and
he suffered horribly from rheumatism
until an English sea captain told him to
get an oblong piece of zinc about six by
eight inches and wear it at the small of
the back. He did so, and he never had
another days suffering from that time
on. have told number of people
about what call the zinc cure' and
they have all used it with beneficial
effect. Why not try it9"
why. certainly will. ma'am," the
man said briskly. land I'm sure I'm
much obliged to you."
I'm very glad to hear you say SO"
replied the little old lady, ''and, "bring-
ing out q small reticule from under her
shawl. II always carry number OF
these zinc plates with me for the use OF
sufferers like yourself. They are," and
here she handed him one, "of the exact
size and shape Of that my poor husband
wore with such success"
We'll. it is not often" the man be-
gan. when the pleasant-faced old lady
went chirruping on:
And sell them at 25 cents apiece. -
A queer, dazed look came over the
mans face. But he handed out the
quarter to the old lady, who thanked
him with quite pretty smile and trot-
ted OF along Fourteenth street.
Then the man steadied himself on two
stiff feet and ono walking stick, and
said: ''Well, I'm damnedM and threw
the zinc plate with all its curative pow
srs On 70 the car track.-N Y SuA
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
Odd Circumstances.

A shell which has lain under water
for 200 years may explode if brought to
the surface.
That baby which threw $1,000 into
the fire wasn't even spanked. Had to
do justice to the occasion.
An Ohio farmer who went to town to
take out an insurance policy found his
barn burning when he got back. The
engine that brought him home set fire
to it.
1t was little girl, not boy, who fell
from Kentucky apple tree upon a
picket fence and was frightfully i'm
paled.
The Rev. A. A. Bartholomew of ST.
Louis has built six churches and is
famed as a "money-maker" - for his
parishioners.
Alexander Dumas has paid more than
one fine for keeping vicious dog.
There's scarcely any sale for lawn
mowers in the south, except near Sa-
vannah, where nicely mown city squares
awaken private emulation.
President Casimir-Perier's new car
riage is so high that an assassin couldn't
reach him with a dagger.
James Mclaughlin of Morristown,
Pa, tells queer story of a horse, his
own, which committed suicide by lying
down deliberately in three feet of water.
N Y Recorder.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
sAE WAS NOT A CINDERELLA.
And Now She Can Never Hope to Gain
Her MOther-in-Law's Good Will.

You don't seem to be on very good
terms with your mother-in-law," said
the girl who was not at the wedding.
"No; and l don't think / ever shall
be-" gloomily replied the bride. though
goodness know. I've tried hard enough
to propitiate her. A woman who has
the amount she has Of the most ideal old
lace to leave to whoever pleases her is
not person to be despised."
But will she leave any of it to you?'
Not a rag. She says Toms wife
shall have it and I'm straining every
nerve to prevent that horrid Briggs cir
from getting him. don't care RAP
for Tom, but a girl who can't go out
with our set shall only reach that old
lace over my dead body"
"But / thought Claude's mother was
pleased at the idea Of him marrying
you."
"She was at first. She wrote me a
nice note after she had seen my photo.
graph and perfectly lovely letter when
she found that my great-great grand
father was in the Revolutionary war,
She said in the latter one that her wed.
ding present to me would be an heir
loom"
Some of the lace!"
Il knew that at once, and it made my
reply two pages longer than it wonld
otherwise have been"
"Well9"
"Just before the wedding, Claude
came one day with very red face. He
said that women were queer things
anyhow. and he had just gotten letter
from his mother which was puzzle.
asked what it was and he said: She
wants to know-you know what queer
ideas Baltimoreans have concerning the
Chicago girls feet-well, she wants to
know-O, pshaw! she wants-to know
what number shoes you wear"
swell, upon my word!"
That made me furious, but we had
quarreled twice the day before, and
then thought of the lace. So said,
softly: Two, DEAR Don't look that
way. Aggie. do wear Pair.gof them. y
"Well. he apologized so meekly fol
her curiosity that I didn't take it out on
him. But 0. Aggie, letter came from
her few days later, saying that she
would send me the little white slippers
in which all the brides in their family
for two generations had gone to the
altar; she hoped would wear them fol
her sake"
"You were in a scrape! But couldn't
you manage to wear themp"
Il determined to. They came the day
Of the Wedding, having been delayed. ]
shut my door, clinched my teeth, and
got out my stoutest shoe horn. de-
cided that would wear those slipper.
IL tainted in the churchi"
We'll. did youe"
after half an hours work I had
a wrenched foot and two MANNED fin.
gers. but I got one of them ON and hob
bled over to the mirror to see how il
looked"
20. it must have been lovely!"
"It was until let my weight down
on it-then it simply split from top to
bottom"
Good gracious!"-C Chicago Tribune
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
INCIDENTS OF A WEDDING TRIP
Ms Thought OF His Wife just In Time to
Save Her Life.

The wife of a well-known New York
er told about an incident of her we'd
ding trip the other evening as illustra-
ting the forgetfulness of a man who has
only recently abandoned selfish bach
elorship, says the Washington Post
They had only just begun their bridal
journey. On that afternoon the train
left the track and began to bump along
the ties. It happened at that moment
that the newly made husband was walk
ing down the aisle of the car away from
the seat where his bride sat. He knew
that part of the railroad very well, and
be was terrified at having the train leave
the taack there, for they were upon a
steep and lofty embankment. With a
thought Of nothing but the peril which
threatened the train, he dashed madly
for the door. He was on the platform,
already careening and wavering. and
in another instant he would have leap
cd. when. unconsciously looking back
at the danger he was leaving. he saw
bis wife. Instantly he turned and
dashed back into the car. He was just
In the nick of time to reach his wife, for
already the car was tottering.
Hold on for your life!" he cried to
her. I'VE are going headlong over the
bend"
He had fallen in the aisle at her side
and. clinging to the seat, he held his
wife.
Hold on for your life!" he cried
again. "For we are going overt"
And they did go over several times,
and. though the bridal couple were cut
and terribly bruised. they were more
fortunate than many others, for the
death list after that wreck was long
one.
"But my husband" she said. in tell
ing the story, could not seem to for
give himself for having forgotten sne
for o second, while l could understand
it perfectly. He wasn't used to look
ing after a wife, and, if you want to
known the truth" she added, with q
smile. Il was glad that it happened as
it did, for don't believe that any man
who was caught in danger with bis
wife would desert her, but it takes 6
brave man who has got out of danger
to go deliberately back into it. He
knew that danger better than any one
in the car. / suppose, and he must
have felt that we were both lost. Yet
he came back to me, and that was how
I learned, on our wedding day, that
my husband, if he was forgetful, was
also brave"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06

N,4 3:SG and 33S connect at Wellsville for
Stsuhenville and Bellaire. Nos. 33s and S42
connect in Union Station, Pittsburgh, for the
Cast
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06

Daily. Except lzunday. Alag STOP Meals.
nq7s Fzcod TyPs denotes TINS from 70 90 neon TO 70 90
aaach; Lg1t Fscsl from Il 90 midnight % i2 90 noOi
JG:ss2I WOOD, E.A. FORD,
Gsasr-l Esnagsr General Passenger Agent
:E-20-H.-l PITTSBURGH, PENN'A.
For ,.4le cards, rates of fare, through tickets,
tHg@a.s checks, and further information re-
Sartijns the running of trains apply to any
agent of the ennSylvania Lines.
w.D. ARMSTRONG. Agent.
Ravenna. Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
Ringing for Prayers.

A very pretty story about confding
child is told of the four-year-old son of
a member of the Georgia legislature.
Having left the boy in room, of one of
the big hotels of the metropolis, with the
command to go to bed Immediately, he
went down to seek his congenial friends
in the Office. The bell-boys were soon
thrown into CONSERVATION by the many
and various calls from the room in
which the little fellow had been left, and
quite number of them were soon col
lected there. But it was not ice-water,
or fire, or "B. and S." that the child
wanted. He astonished the boys with
this unusual request: please, sirs,
send some one to me to hear me say my
prayers. ."-Hdrpe7''S Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
Had a Hard Time.

A man accused of arson admitted his
guilt to one of the jurors, an Irishman
the other eleven being, fortunately
for him, his friends-andpromised him
S., 900 to secure a verdict in the second
degree.
well, he said to the Irishman, when
the jury had come in with verdict in
the second degree, "did you have hard
time bringing them around?"
"Indade oi did," Pat replied, with a
weary shake of his head as an earnest
of the labor he had. 'Iviry wan of thin
other fellies wanted to vote for acquit-
tal."-Harper's Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
His Work.

Thank you kindly, maam for the
dinner" said the tramp. "Ill never for
get your kindness to me; and now, if
you'll excuse me, I'll be gettin' back to
work"
"Work?" asked the woman. what
is your work?"
wall, it varies, ma'am. From to
9 N the mornin' it's generally lookin'
for breakfast. After breakfast | sleep
an hour, and then get ready for dinner.
Now. havin' dined, 1 must put in the
afternoon lookin' for some supper" -
H0rper'S BdzGr.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-12-20
The Yule ~


Let England have her plum pudding,
and let us have our own particular
American dishes on Christmas Day. A
comment was made by an English
m upon Americans in genera
yesterday. When asked what she had
noticed specially about Americans
during her two years visit to this
country, she smiled at first and said
nothing. But when the request was re-
peated and emphasized by the quest
ion; Nov what are you going TO say
about us when YOU return to England
in fact. what are you going. to say
behind omr backs?" she replied.
II shall probably say in criticism tina,
you d~isfgure the streets of New York
by having an elevated railroad. and
that all Americans are trying to be as
much like the English as possible
and | do not see why this is. | should
think you would want your American
individuality preserved" For n Christ.
mas dinner this year let us have soma
dishes that belong to our own country
and which not even Merry England
nor chivalrous France can furnish. Tha
dishes are not expensive, and of course
additions may be made.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-12-20

should open the door OF tho long gal
lery leading to his library. But she
did not remind Sache Of the fact that
the day before the birthday he told her
that was the day the bastile was taken.
and friends OF liberty should not let the
anniversary pass without a sign. Shehad
let him try the effect of the illumina-
tion that night, and in his eagerness to
make experiments, he had set fire to
the decorations she had arranged on the
white marble chimney piece. Sache re-
membered 1t. too, and was almost
ashamed to remember how he had en-
joyed the excitement of seeing those
decorations burn more than he would a
hall dozen pantomimes. He said moth
Ing more about celebrating anniver-
s%aries, but suddenly turning. he saw
Mademoiselle Parishkin leaning In a
very coquettish way against II Of the
long windows.
why, who Is this you've got here"
he said.
That's my new doll. Mademoiselle
Parishkin. Isn't she imperial?"
"She looks as II she thought she
might be the mother herself!" $50 the
Russians call their empress.) 'She
needs watching" continued Sache. Il
think you should let me train her: she
might get you and herself into trouble.
DO you know now, Natalie. l think she
looks like a French spy"
"Oh, no, indeed!' exclaimed Natalie.
II am sure she Is not. Why. the
Princess Laminski brought her to me
from Paris
You would never know a spy even
when you saw one" said Sache. I'm
tell you wha: We will do. We will try
her according to the laws of her own
country In a court Of Justice, and see IL
she isn't a spy" alexander had been
studying French history.) "Of course.
II she is not a spy that will end all the
fun. but IL we find out that she Is. /
know how to take 1t out Of her."
Yes. but-Sache, she has on such a
beautiful dress. Please don't spoil IT,"
"Oh, 1t won't hurt a bit to try her
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-12-20

you. In the military catechism that
every man in the regiment knows by
bsart. Gen. Suvarof says. 4 don't know
is worse to meet than the enemy. ror
the 4 won't know an officer is put in
the guard-a staff officer Is served with
an arrest at home. If you only had not
said THAR
wait, then" said Natalie; "she came
here for me to take care of her and love
her as do my other dolls"
mo, you must not bring In outside
parties in that way. You must speak
only In her name"
"But I am not an outside party at
all" said Natalie. "She belongs to me
and I don't want to see her convicted.
l believe you do"
well, that's not the way to do, but
you may recommend her to the emper-
or's clemency. and I will give her the
choice of going to Siberia, or with that
fellow there next to you and that one
next to him-call them the Prince aad
Princess Poloukhyn-and let her live
with them on their estates in LivoDia
and never appear at court until the en-
peror pleases."
This one, do you mean?' asked Ma
talie. do not call this dear Pache that
fellow" My good Prascovie. the Oldest
Of them all. But she and Catiche can
go with Parishkin to Livonia. Where
is Livonia. Sache?"
"Oh. in your schoolroom. you know.
II 10 very nteasont in thora onlv fhov
must stay there until l say they can