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The herald., 1895-03-31
The Divorce Mil

L. H. Pierce obtained a divorce from
Lille Pierce yesterday in Depart
ment Five. on the ground of desertion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce were married in
1898, and everything went lovely until
two months after the wedding, when
Pierce came home one night and could not
find Lille. And as he has never been
able to find her since, he concluded to get
the knot severed
Samuel J. Hinckley brought suit yes
terday against Mary NJ. Hinckley, on the
ground OF extreme cruelty. She used to
call him names and infict other mental
anguish upon him.
Mrs. Lille s. Robinson was divorced
from w. f. Robinson by Judge Mckinley
yesterday, the ground being desertion.
The herald., 1895-03-31
The rlOdern Way

Commends itself to the well formed, to do
pleasantly and effectually what was form
erly done in the crudest manner and dis
agreeably as well. To cleanse the system
and break up colds, headaches and fevers
without unpleasant after effects, use the
delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup
Of Fi~s
The herald., 1895-03-31
Fenced in Government Land

John F Cuddy, an enterprising citizen
from Ventura, was brought down from
the bean county yesterday to answer the
charge of having fenced in government
land and having kept settlers out of it.
He was taken before United States Com
m issioner Van Dyke, who set his exam
lnation for April Goth. Meantime Cuddy
was released upon giving $500 bail for his
aDpearance.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-07-27
Local News.

Mrs. Danlel fOllnguo ID vl6lt-
ing relatives in Grand Coteau.
Mr.. X. Schwartz made a trip
to New Orleans and Beloxi this
week.
-Drs. Albert and Robert Voor-
HES of New Iberia were in town
last Sunday.
Miss Cecile Vcorhies Of New
Iberia is in town visiting friends
and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank T. Gull
beau visited Breaux Bridge the
fore part of this week.
Mr.. Edwin Broussard and sis
ter Miss Marie Louise, of Loreau-
vile were sojourning here among
relatives the fore part of this week.
-Messrs. +. o. Cornay and Gill
bert Bonnin of Lafayette were in
town last Sunday, and attended
the ball.
Mr.. j. A. Hitter is building an
elegant residence on his lot corner
Port and st. Martin streets, that
will be an ornament for that loca-
lily.
Miss Felicie Durand returned
last Monday from her visit to
Opelousas, accompanied by her
friend, Miss Sidonie Simon,
who will spend some time here.
Messrs. S. Dabadie and Edward
Simon took in the Galveston ex-
cursion Monday last. They will
return this evening.
We are told that sixty men
are employed, building the Lafay-
,ette Sugar Refinery, and that the
plant will be ready to pass the
growing crop.
Mrs. Andre Gernaud and hel
daughter, Miss Aimee left last
week for Beloxi, Miss, where they
will spend a, few weeks, enjoying
the benefits of the sea coas
breeze.
We had an abundance of rail-
the latter part of last week anC
the beginning of this week. Th'
rainfall was continuous and YER,
heavy. 1t was much more thar
the planters needed to be benefi
cial to the crops.
A negro has been reported kill
ed near Royville Friday or Satur
day night last by masked mel
supposed to be Regulators, ant
another one was shot and woun
ded. The negro who was killed
said to have been bad and vici
GUS man.
Mr.. d. Dugas sent to this OF
fee last Friday evening a stalk g
cane which is by far the fines
specimen we have yet seen thi
year. The cane has eight re
joints, is large and tall. Our il
formant says Mr.. Dugas has 2
acres of cane as fine as the sampl
we mention.
The son of Mr.. Leon Coz
cheaux of New Orleans was
this parish last week contractin
for cane. Mr.. Godcheaux spec
fees no price, but will pay ii
market rates, and is about to col
tract for scale and derrick at d.
champ or Cade, to weigh an
transfer the cane from cart to ca
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-07-27

A very nice assortment of suits
at X. Schwartz.
Mr.. w. H. Livingston and fam
lily left Tuesday for Beloxi, where
they will spend several weeks.
Misses Zerelda and Nellie Bal
ley of Lafayette spent a few days
in town this week and returned
home Thursday evening.
The people of our sister town
of Breaux Bridge have organized
a Board of Trade after several eff
forts in that direction.
Rev. Father ]. M. Langlois
gave Picnic Thursday at Bayou
Tortue to a number of children,
who were happy little creatures.
The boys now speak of organ
izing Bicycle club here in the
near future. The Bike fever has
spread 80 much that it is nearly
epidemic. When will the craze
strike the girls?
Prof. Edmond Fournet left for
New Orleans Monday to attend to
some business. He returned in
time to open a private school on
the first of August, until the pu.
bile schools reopen.
New goods and new prices al
K. Schwartz.
We learn that the public road
leading to Mr.. A. P. Reswebel
was for two or three days Thu
week.-mrs. completely impossible fol
want of drainage, we call the at
tention of the Road overseer OF
that district to this fact, and re
quest his investigation.
Editor Homer j. Mouton o
the Lafayette Gazette came here
last Saturday and returned Mon
day evening. Mr.. Mouton has in
formed us that Lafayette is t.
have a new paper which will ap
pear today for the first time. La
fayette is too small a town to sup
port three papers, and befor
many month there will be som
printing material for sale at
bargain.
The lake road is again bein
agitatsd. Some of those peopl
living on the other side have com
to us and requested us to do some
thing for them. Those peopl
seem very anxious to secure tn
opening of that road, and we be
lieve they would give all the bel
and assistance in their power t
secure said road. We believe GU
people should make another effor
| The tournament and ball whic
were to take place here last Sur
day, under the auspices of tn
committee of the Board of Trs.i
was in part postponed to Sunda
August 4th next, on account
the rain. The bicycle tournamel
; which was to be the most intel
esting feature, could not take pla'
: on account of the track being to
wet, and the ball instead of Il
. open air platform, was given
Duchamps hall. The ball was g
: ven because there were a lar,
a number of strangers, ladies ar
= gentlemen, who had come for th
: occasion. The ball was q brillia
e success in every way; the ate
: dance was very large, and all wi
: were present we're we'll dispos,
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OoucCo thC OoyON W. Aico ~
feet the past few days.
Mr.. L. j. Gardemal left last
Sunday for New Orleans. He will
spend some days in Biloxi before
returning home.
The sheriff will today sell the
properties of the delinquent tax
payers which are advertised in the
Evangeline. The number of de-
linquents is small this year.
There was a very interesting
game of progressive euchre play
ed at the residence of Mayor
A. v. Fleming last Tuesday, the
attendance was large and all had
jolly time. Delicious refresh
ments were served to the guests.
Mr.. George Stailey brought to
this Office Tuesday, sugar cane
having ten red joints, measuring
A. feet long. This cane came from
his fathers plantation, Mr.. VIM.
Stailey, just half mile south of
town. Who can beat this cane at
this time?
Read communication of Com
MERGE in this paper and think over
the matter seriously business men
of st. Martinville. Inform your
selves of the kind and number of
people residing in that section of
country that this road would open
to the business of st. Martinville,
then draw your conclusions.
We have just received direct
from the factory the largest stock
of envelopes ever seen in st. Mar
tinville, we bought $4,000 in order
to get the lowest figures. We will
print these envelopes for the low
price of $l,75 for 500 or $500 pei
thousand. They are No 81 high
cut, finest rag quality. They are
cheap.
| Mr.. Laurent Arnaudet, former.
ly from this place, now of Acadis
parish, passed several days here
this week on business. Mr.. Ar
noudet left this place only three
! years ago, but was greatly sur
prised to note the change that hac
J taken place in that short time. HI
: could not realize that this hust
ling and busy town was the ole
quiet town of three years ago.
The MESSENGER agrees will
Commerce whose communication
we print elsewhere, and we be
} lieve if the Board of Trade viii
: take hold of this bridge or roa'
: question they would finally sue
, coed in opening this SO mucl
needed road. We have no doub
that the Board will be pleased t
discuss this matter at its mex
3 meeting and appoint committee
3 that will inquire seriously into tn
3 matter. We need that road, lie
us have it, we can if we want.
81 The following young people q
Q Breaux Bridge were in town Las
9 Sunday and attended the bal
= Messrs. Danton Domengeaux, Par
. Broussard, Aug. Ledoux, Misse
g Nisida Sourgeron, Inez Villavas
= so and Emeranthe Domengeau,
p they returned we'll pleased wit
o their soiree spent among their n,
r merous friends.
There are bicycle clubs in a
h most every adjoining town; coul
l. not our bicyclists induce OF
q neighboring friends to visit US G
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-07-27

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For putting horse in fine healthy con-
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They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
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cents per package. For sale BY druggists.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-12-12
WILD BILLS HANDlWORK.
A Lasting Memorial of the Desperado.
Skill With the Pistol.


On the west side uf Market square in
Kansas City stands three story front
of buildings known locally as Battle
row, from the pugnacious bent of the
inhabitants. These lapse into brawls and
chance NEEDLE encounters with an ease
which should alarm. Up under the cor
nice of one Of the buildings is an Odd
Fellows sign, CT o. o. F. If ones
eyes are sharp, the white paint interior
of the irsG Twill show huddIe of gray.
weather hued spots very well in the cen
ter of the letter. They are the handi-
work Of that long haired gentleman OF
the border, Wild Bill.
1t was back in the middle seventies
when Wild Bill, "by request" and
merely to show his witchlike skill with
those weapons, stood across the street,
fully 100 feet away, and with 45 cal
iber Colts pistol in each hand put all
the IL bullets into the center of this
60" He fired the pistols simultaneous
", and the IL shots made only six re-
ports. The town was smaller at that
time and in the interest of science didn t
mind little racket now and then. So
Wild Bills exhibition of crack pistol
shooting excited nothing but comph-
ment. Indeed Speers, chief Of police
then, as well as now, was one Of the
most interested lockers on, and emphat-
ically Endorsed the exhibition as one of
the most skillful tricks with pistols il
had ever been his luck to Washing
ton Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-12-12
A DOCTORS YARN.
It Is of Two Sisters Who Killed Their
Grandfather to Ease His Pain.

This is bit of true story physi-
clan told me the other day, and it STRUCK
me as being the text for fascinating
story of the Sherlock Holmes sort. We
were talking of the ACCESSIBILITY of put
ting hopelessly i'll persons out of their
misery as soon as possible. DR.. B. didn t
believe in it.
Il was asked to do it once" he said
1.-TWO sisters asked me to kill their
grandfather, whom I was attending.
He was old and could not recover They
seemed simply to pity his pain. re-
fused Next morning when called the
man was dead The nurse told me the
sisters had sent her out on an errand
When she returned the windows Of the
sick room were open. There was a
strong odor of chloroform in the room
and the man was dead
'@And what did you do?" was asked.
Nothing. The elder sister is now
under the care of a specialist in nervous
diseases. She cannot sleep. She will not
allow herself to be alone moment, and
she keeps the gas burning in her room
all night. think she will end in a
madhouse. +"
Isn't that priceless bit for some au-
thor's Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-12-12
Keeping INCREASINGLY at It.

Genius is really only the power of
making continuous efforts. The line be-
tween failure and success is SO fine that
we scarcely know when we pass it-so
fine that we are often on the line and
do not know 1t. How many man has
thrown up his hands at time when a
little more effort, a little more patience,
would have achieved successi As the
tide goes clear out, SO it comes clear in.
In business sometimes prospects may
seem darkest when really they are on
the turn. A little more persistence, a
little more effort, and what seemed hope
less failure may turn to glorious sue
cess. There is no failure except in no
longer trying. There is no defeat except
from within, no really insurmountable
barrier save our own inherent weakness
Of purpose. Electrical Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-12-12
A Tattooed Snake.

The sailors of the gulf of Mexico and
the equatorial regions of the Atlantic
ocean amuse themselves and also turn an
occasional honest penny by capturing
both large and small snakes Of the va
riety known as the lemon boa and COW
sring their bodies with tattooed letters
and designs. One Of these living manu-
1cripts was recently exhibited at Egyp-
han hall, London, which had the whole
Of the third chapter of Genesis and some
pieces from Punch tattooed upon his
back in indelible letters of various col
Ors. Thousands Of these tattooed snakes
ere annually disposed of at Rio de ia
metro. The buyers generally kill these
snakes and either skin them or preserve
the entire reptile in alcohol Such speci
mems are highly priced by both Euro
pean and North American collectors Of
curiositiea-St- Louis Republic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-12-12
oh, Boston!

A funny incidens-and not SO funny,
after all-occurred on the Fens the 9TH
er afternoon. Two cyclists met unex-
pectedly. The woman did not turn to
the right, and the man ran straight into
her wheel. upsetting both. They scram-
bled to their feet, righted their bikes,
and glared at each other for half a Sec
ond. Then the man coolly slapped the
woman's face, and jumping on his
wheel. rolled away with lightning speed.
An eyewitness Of the scene was ungal-
liant enough to applaud the act, for, ne
said, it was deserved Boston Herald
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-12-12
AUTHORS AND MARRIAGE.
The Single sests, n II Said. Il the Bssl
Yor Ifnarnxy Men


For Literary Men.
When we compare the restrictions Of
married men with the opportunities Of
the bachelor, we zee that the latter has
well nigh boundless possibilities for gu-
ing into the social world He has scores
Of invitations which will never reach
his married friends, and ln is generally
sought after in society until he is al
most threescore and ten. Even married
women are more interested in him,
whether they have q candidate for his
hand or not. They talk with him on
wider range Of subjects, in which they
know he is surer to be interested than
those whose chief thoughts are wrapped
up in their families. BE may have no
more invitations to the most notable
gatherings than famous married men, but
it is in the less pretentious places that
most is learned Of human life, and lie
can call where husbands cannot, and so
easily study types denied to them. The
world lies open in all directions to him.
He is not tethered to a stake He wishes
to study the society Of a certain city, to
write novel with a local flavor, and he
removes there at his own sweet will
He stays abroad as long as he likes, and
if he wishes to study the lower classes
there he can live in lodgings among
them where he would never take his
wife
When we come to investigate the lives
Of the greatest authors. we shall find
that the majority either did not marry,
or they were unhappily mated, and
hence thrown on the world for consola-
ton and enlargement of knowledge, or
they laid the foundations for greatness
before marriage.
Among those we may mention in the
class of unmarried authors are Alexan-
der Pope, Thomas Gray, Oliver Gold
smith, Edward Gibbon, Charles Lamb,
Lord Macaulay, Washington Irving,
Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade We
ought also to add to this Est the giant
satirist, Dean Swift, for he never lived
with his wife, and Lord Byron, who
had only about a years experience of
married life
W. tind some great names among the
list q he unhappily married. The most
enrhu site advocates of matrimony
could scarcely have the assurance to say
that it aided or was anything else than
clog to Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens
or Thackeray.
TeEEI -sseas ~ -fse ~
.sAA = 4 AZ Il ~ saT1sos4 W. MA ia
foundations Of greatness before mar
riage, and we shall instance only Mil
ton, Goethe and 1ante. Mid Cont
nent
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-12-12
MApoLEoN's ORIENTAL DREAMS
Ne Lon0sd to vollow In the Rooestsps q
Alexander the Great.

5
Alexander the Great.
Bonaparte was child of the Mediter-
ranean. The light Of its sparkling wa
ters was ever in his eyes. and the fasci-
nation Of its ancient civilizations was
never absent from his dreams Of glory.
His proclamations ring with classic al
lnsions; his festivals were adorned with
classic ceremony. In infancy he had
known Of Genoa, the tyrant Of his is
land, as strong in the splendid CONNER
eial enterprises which stretched east
ward through the Levant and beyond
into the farther orient. In childhood he
had fed his imagination on the histories
Of Alexander the Great and his conquest
of oriental empires. In youth he had
thought to find an open door for his am
bition when all others seemed closed by
taking service with England to share
the renown of those who were building
MP her eastern empire. Disappointed in
this, he turned with the same lack Of
success to Russia, already England's ri
val ON the continent of Asia
It is perfectly comprehensive that
throughout his early manhood his mind
should have occasionally reverted to the
same ideals. The conqueror of Italy and
Austria might hope to realize them.
Was he not master of the two great
maritime commonwealths which had
once shared all eastern trade between
them? England's intrusion upon the
Mediterranean basin was never ceasing
irritation to all the Latin powers. Her
commercial prosperity and her mastery
of the seas aggravated the evaporation
of France as threatening even her equali
ty in their ancient rivalry. From the
days of the first crusade all Frenchmen
had felt that leadership in the recon
struction of Asia belonged TO them by
virtue of preoccupation. Ardent repub-
licans, moreover, saw Frances mission
incomplete in the hberaliZing of the
continent, and the department of marine
under the directory stamped its paper
with the motto, Liberty of the Seas. y
Imaginative forces, the revolution
airy system and the national ambition
all combined to create ubiquitous en-
thusiasm for the conquest of the Med
iterranean To this the temperament
and training of Bonaparte We're as the
spark to the finder. 1t was with willing
ears that the directory heard his first
suggestions about the Venetian isles and
subsequently, his plans for the capture
of Malta, which was to be followed by
death blow TO England's supremacy in
the seizure of Egypt and the dismem-
berment of Turkey.-W NJ. Sloane's
Life of Napoleon" in Century.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-12-12
4 DELAYED BRIDE.
NE wouIdn't Be Welded TIL ths Comb
tions Were All Right.

ti0ns Were All Right.
The company waited. but the bride
was not ready. A bridesmaid was sent
to notify her that George Edward was
IN the oriel room and the band under
the stairs waiting to strike up the first
strains of the wedding march.
II don't care sac pouted Us she
threw herself disconsolately on diva1,
to the great danger Of her veil: I'm
not going to be unlucky all my life if ]
can help 1t. Dear, dear, why didn't ]
remember it sooner"
Remember what, dear?" inquired
the perplexed bridesmaid.
"Why. that everything have ON ia
new. I did remember that if
married in white,
You have chosen all right.
but forgot the other:
Something old and something new.
Or your choice you'll surely rue.
Every stitch have on is new, and !
just will not stir q step until ! have
something old added to my dress. F"
"Take my handkerchief, suggested
one of the girls.
"What could do with it?" whined
the poor thing. Brides don't have
pockets; neither do they carry handker
chiefs in their hands. It would look as
if I expected to cry.
ST have happy thought" said the
bridesmaid. Exchange shoes with me. I"
''They won't fit. My feet are two
sizes smaller than yours :"
Thanks, awfully. Haven't you =
pair of your own Cinderellas?"
Eyes, I have" said the bride, jump
ing up in a hurry Your head is level,
dear Look in the pink box in the chif-
fonier, or in the blue one Oh, they
won't do, they're so awfully soiledp'
''Get me some bread crumbs and .
box of powder, y said a practical soul IL
the party Quick I'll have them white
in a jitffy."
You re just dear, - said the grateful
bride Nov 1 shall feel that / am
properly married, and that everything
has been done TO insure my future hap
piness. Just one thing more for luck:
"Hurtle shoe
After me-do. "
When the bride descended the stairs
leaning on the arm of George Edward,
the sweet serenity of her face was a
subject of favorable comment. Her
friends felt that she was not entering
unprepared ron the future awaiting
her, ana she felt that way herself De
troit Free Press
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-12-12
A SPIDER FARM.
A Sirup Bother Has Recruited the Spider
Against His Foes With Success.

A Sirup Bother Has Recruited the Spider
Against His Foes With Success.
A strip bother has improved upon the
prison lesson of Bruce. He has taken
the spider into partnership in the work
ing of one of his most important depart
ments. Flies, cockroaches and other in
sects, attracted by his sweets, and en-
couraged by the genial atmosphere of
his bottling room, used to interfere with
his work, get into his bottles, steal his
goods and worry him to death. !" He
has recruited the spider against his foes
and vanquished them. Some 5000 spi-
-ders now make their home ON the ceiling
and walls of his bottling department.
Their webs are everywhere, and they be-
have themselves with great intelligence
Said the bother to an interviewer
great many people. Spiders do not care
for sweet things, and never drop into
my watts or get into my bottles. never
disturb them except to feed them occa-
sionally. They appear to know my call.
and will come out and feed from zny
hand, or takea fly from my finger.
They shut themselves up during
most of the winter months in the little
nests you see stuck like daubs of mud
about the ceiling. When winter comes,
I brush away the webs. They prefer to
weave new ones every spring.
Each May they reappear ready to
unraxel the siIken fabric that is stored
n their little bodies It is just about
then that the flies have Matched their
first Young. If the spiders appear earlier,
the crop Of flies would soon give out.
81 have been only running this spider
farm for two years, but find my little
partners Indispensable. They will not
endure in the place single fly or insect
that is a plunderer of sweets and sir
ups Pittsburg Dispatch.