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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-10-03

Notice is hereby given that by virtue
OF writ of Fl Fa issued by F. Y. Power.
Justice of the Peace of the First Ward OF
the Parish of st. Martin. in favor OF II.
Pellet, and against Martin Edwill and
to me directed on the 22nd day OF Sep
TENDER, I will sell between the legal
sale heurs, on
Saturday October 9TH 1896,
mt the Court house door. in the town OF
st. Martinyille. in the First Ward In
said Parish, the following described pro-
perty. to wit:
Allthe singular the rights and title and
interest Of defendant in and into a GER
tain tract Of land situated on the west
of Bayou Teche, together with all the
buildings and improvements thereon ST.
tuated and appertaining. containing y
superficial arpents. bounded on thu
North by Fauries, East by Road. SOUti
by Lorins, West by Chretien.
Seized to satisfied said above mention
ed writ.
!, Terms and Conditions CASH.
Dated this 3Oth day of September 1896.
L. V. Liable,
Constable LIST Ward.
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WANTED-AN IDEA S %s sS% ns n s sn'ps

thing to patent? Protect your IDEAS lney I'D
bring you wealth. Write JOHN WEDDE
BURN a. CO., Patent Attorneys, Washingt
ID. c., for their 81, 800 prize oner.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-10-03
Local News.

trip to Lafayette ias' "eeh'
A large stock of overcoats at {
K Schwartz, good and cheap.
What has become of the Bryan
and Sewal club? Have they gone
hack on free silver?
Mr.. John B. Levert spent two
days On the st. John plantation
the latter part of last week.
Gentlemen, if yon need a nice
and fine fitting suit, call at K.
Schwartz.
Miss Felicie Durand after So
iourning in Opelouias for several
weeks returned home last Sunday. |
Our dress goods are pronoun-
ced the finest in town. We lead
in fashion, E. Z. Soulier.
The young ladies of this town
are working hard to make a COM
plete success of their leap year
dance on the 18th inst.
X. Schwartz is not afraid to
compare his stock of clothing and
prices with anybody. His goods
will stand close examination.
Read the proceedings of the
town council in this paper, and in
form yourselves of the new ordi-
nances passed at the last meeting
There was pretty stiff north
wind Monday morning accompa-
nied by light rains, that made
things look somewhat like winter.
Did you notice the big crowds
at E. E. Soulier? Cheap and no.
nest goods does it.
The coal barges that have stood
in the middle of the bayou for Sc.
veral months, have been lightened
and wheu they floated, were towet
to the st. John plantation.
The cane crop in this parish
is not very good, the cane in small
with no prospect for improvement
The crop will be much smalle
than that OF last year.
You need clothing for the littl
children, X. Schwartz has a I'm
stock of children clothing, an
cheap too.
The colorpd peoples excul
sion from st. Martinville to Ale,
andria goes tomorrow. The nal
ayers of the excursion claim th'
over three hundred persons WI
take the train at this station.
An accident to the blower
the Munger System in the ginne1
of the Oil Works, caused the gil
to be stopped two days this wee
Just at a time that the institute
is almost overcrowded with cotto
Our sale of shoes was enc
nous in the past month. No u
to talk HAMILTON BROW
SHOES 60 at sight, to be fou
only at E. L. Soulier.
The members of the Woma
Christian Temperance Union
st. Martinville will please ate
the next meeting which will
held at the residence of Mrs. ).
Liable on Saturday October
at 5 p. m.
Mr.. J. G.. Leblanc ii Bro
sard, and sister, Miss Leah
Blanc, of Abbeville, and NJ
Amelie Comeau of Broussard, W
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Letters from the People.
Green Field,
st. Martins Parish, Louisiana.
Sept. 22nd 1896,

Mr.. Editor:
Please allow space in the Messenger
for few words. have just return from
st. Louis. No., to the American National
Baptist Convention, and had a most
pleasant time. Your humble servant.
PC. IIUES,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-10-03

Get our prices on Job works.
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CONSTABLE SALE.
II. PELLET vs. MARTIN EDWILL,
list Justice Court. First Ward.

State of Louisiana, Parish OF st. Martin,
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La Vogue

Des magasins de j. b. FERRAN
don't certaines gems s'6tonnent
s'explique pourtant facilement-
il ne tient que DIES marchandises
de bonnie qualit6 quill vend de
confiance dies prix incroyables
de bon marche.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-04-03

Iron Works
Queen Street, Honolulu.
ESTIMATES AND DESIGNS
Furnished for Building All Glasses of
Machinery Repair Work, and,
Reconstruction or Remodel
ing Old Plants.

Iron, Brass, Phosphor.B Bronze, Zinc, Alu-
minum, and Lead Castings. Ornamental
and plain Cast Iron and Steel Columns,
Iron and Steel Girders and Trusses,
Grstings, Doors and shutters, and a gener.
al line Of Iron and Brass Work for buildings
of all classes. Ships Blacksmith Work done
with neatness and dispatch All workman
ship guaranteed first class, and at prices
that have been hitherto unknown on the
Hawaiian Islands.
Island Orders will receive prompt atten.
ton.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-04-03
Prince Henry of Orleal

Prince Henry of Orleans, who
recently made an adventurous
journey through Yunnan, in West.
ern China, in places where Europ-
cans had not hitherto penetrated,
is being highly honored in France.
The Geographical Society has
given him gold medal, and Presi-
dent Faure has conferred on him
the Legion of Honor. There is
something instructive in this des-
cendant Of French kings receiving
honors at the hands of the wealthy
shipbroker at present the head OF
the French nation. Australian
Star.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-04-03
Mark Twain Ill.
The Australian Star of March IA

The Australian Star of March IA
has the following item:
Mark Twain is seriously i'll at
Jaunpur, in the northwest of
India. From Eastern accounts
the genial humorist was having
something like a good time in
India. He was being teted by Mill
tary officers and civilians, enter
tanned by native princes, receiv-
ing lessons in elephant riding and
tiger shooting. 1t is to be hoped
that the illness will not interfere
much with the enjoyment Of his
journeying, or prevent MIN from
transmitting that enjoyment to
others through the pages OF his
promised book of travels.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-04-03
TROUBLE At RAIATEA.
Natives want British Protection
ttombarding the English Flag

Natives want British Protection
uombarding the English Flag
For some years past the French
authorities at Tahiti, Society Isl
ands, have been at loggerheads
with the native inhabitants of the
Island of Rautea, in the Society
Group. Some time ago the
French Government forcibly am
nexed Raiatca, without the con-
sent of the native people. Since
then the French have found the
natives hostile, and on more than
one occasion French gun boats
have bombarded the native
villages. The natives are very
strongly in favor of British pro-
lection, and have several times re.
quested to be taken under the
British flag, as they hate the
French.
Recently the Queen of Raiatea
went to Rarotonga to ask aid from
Mr.F. q. Moss, British Resident
there, in getting British protec-
ton. Mr.. Moss, however, advised
her to submit to the French, and
she has now, with her husband,
submitted quietly to the French.
The native Queens people, I'M
der another chief, have refused to
go with her, and they lately hoist
ed the British red ensign on a
large flagstaff at two inland set
Elements at Raiatea named
Opoa and the other Tevaitoa. The
natives did the Same Mt another
island. Tahaa. The Tahiti author
tiles got the British Consul to go
to the place in the French gun
boat L'Aube and he succeeded III
getting the Tahaa people to let
him pull down the flag.
at the other places, however,
the people assembled armed, in
considerable numbers and in red
uniforms, and refused to have
their flag lowered, so the Consul
returned to Tahiti.
The French then sent the gun
boat L'Aube TO Raiatea to fire at
the flagstaff. The ship knocked
the staff over with solid shot, but
the natives have since put them
up again, and are evidently deter.
mined not to yield to the French.
1t is expected that the matter will
come to fighting before long.
NJ. Cheese, who left Tahiti late
ly for France, via Noumea, will,
it is expected, report on the ques-
tons at issue, when some further
action will be taken.
There are about three thousand
natives on Raiatea, which is a
very fertile and productive island,
and they are well armed. The
natives, excepting q few on the
coast who are friendly to the
French, are in the hills, and are
not troubled much by the bonn
harding and blockading of the
French. They have repeatedly
expressed intentions not to sub
NIT to French rule.-Australian
DaDer,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-04-03

City Carriage Co., j. S. And.
rade, manager. II you want a
hack with good horse and care
full driver ring up Telephone 1l3,
corner of Fort and Merchant
streets. Hack at all hours.
G. r. Harrison, practical piano
and organ maker and timer, can
furnish best factory references.
Orders left at Hawaiian News Co.
and the Wall, Nichols Co.
will receive prompt attention.
Telephone Nos; 234, 100 and
442.
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Wanted.

SOME STRONG, YOUNG AND INTEL
ligent Hawaiian Horses. Must be good
animals and cheap. Cash prices only
Apply to Wiltred Burns or J, W. Price at
the Circus grounds, 267.at
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-04-03
CAN'T BE BEAT!
WHAT?

My $1,000 Bath Tubs, lined with best
quality, No. 10 zinc, 6 in. Pipe, Chain an6
Plug, with wood rim all complete. Othe,
dealers are dumfounded, and resort TO ali
manner of Tricks and Excuses.
BE not deceived, these Bath Tubs have
been sold for $l4 until reduced the price
am prepared to do all work in my line
and guarantee satisfaction: Estimates fur.
nished.
If you want good job cheap for Cash,
ring mp Telephone S44, and l am your
man.
JAS. MOTT JR,
Tinsmith d Plumber
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-04-03
f.. G. BIART'S.
Notice.

DURING THE TEMPORARY ABB.
sence of Mr. G Winam, Mr. Hee Che is here
by authorized 10 act as Manager of our
firm and to sigu our firm name.
YUEN KEE ~ co.
Honolulu, March 2Sth 1896. 265-lw
The herald., 1896-06-21
Pater, my Ave Maria and my Credo. I
learned from my mother all that 1 be-

Pater, my Ave Maria and my Credo. I
learned from my mother all that / be-
lieve."
COURAGEOUS ON THE STAND.
Say your Pater,' said the presiding
bishop.
Hear me in confession and I will say
1t for yeu willingly"
Several times she was asked to say the
Lords Prayer. but she always replied:
mo, will not say my Pater for you un-
less you hear me in confession"
1--WE will willingly give you," said the
bishop, "one or two notable men who
speak French; will you say your Pater
to them?"
Il shall not say it," was the reply, "un-
less in confession"
The session for the day closed after
the defendant had complained bitterly
of the irons and shackles which bound
, her. The second day opened with the
bishop asking her to take the oath with
out conditions, but again she refused
with determination. Jean Beaupere, n
| famed theologian, conducted the exam
| ination.
How old were you when you left your
| fathers house?"
| "As to my age I cannot answer"
Did you learn any trade in your
youth?"
| Yes; I learned to spin and sew. In
sewing and spinning 1 fear no woman in
| Rouen. For fear of the English | left
my fathers house and went to the city
of Neufchateau, in Lorraine, to the
| house of a woman named La Rouse,
where l remained about fifteen days.
| While l was at my fathers l assisted at
| the usual labors of the house. Every
year I confessed to my own pastor. and,
| when he was engaged, to another priest
with his permission. Sometimes, also
two or three times, 1 believe-I confessed
The herald., 1896-06-21
THE oLD.FAsHIoNED LAUNDRHss

How dear to my sight are the shirts of my
past days,
When memry recalls them so perfect and
fair,
That never went through any steam laun-
dry fast ways,
But hung bleaching and drying in purely
fresh air.
The edges unfrayed, as they danced in the
daylight.
The buttonholes fractureless, free from
all rent.
The tubs with the bubbles presenting gay
sight,
And cen the stout laundress that over
The oldfashioned laundress the home
keeping laundress.
The singing old laundresS that over them
bent
That old-fashioned laundress was surely a
John Chinaman then was in distant Ca
thay,
And dragging machines used no shirts at
their pleasure,
And chemicals then ate no linen away
How deftly she turned them and rubbed
them and scrubbed them.
And put them i'll boilers with honest in
tent,
And when with her strong arms she gently
had wrung them
We knew that the shirts needed no for
The old-fashoned laundress, the home
~, keeping laundress.
bent.
Then our shirts took a year and day in
their wearing,
The bosoms ne'er> cracked like stiff,
brittle board
And we put them on safe without fear of
tearing.
And sung forth her praises in lofty ac-
cord.
She never disappointed in whiteness or
luster,
Nor caused us in "cuss" words our feel
ings to vent,
And we gave her the best words our brain
pan could muster,
And said that from paradise sure she
was sent
The old-fashioned laundress, the home
keeping laundress
The singing old laundress that over them
bent.
-ROctnp R,yIc
The herald., 1896-06-21

1T was the voice of st. Catherine and
81. Margaret. Their heads were adorn-
eu WIN beautiful crowns, very rich and
very precious. I have permission from
our Lord to tell you SO much If YOU
nave any doubt of this, send to Poitiers
where / was formerly interrogated. ;"
How did you know that thew were
saints How did you distinguish one
:! know well that they were saints
and easily distinguish one from the
other.' 'Ae
How do you distinguish them?"
BY the salute which they make mo
seven years have passed since they I'M
dertook to guide me. know them well
me-" 60 "
were those two saints clad in the
For the moment I shall tell YOU no
more; l have not permission to reveal
IL. Ii you do not believe me, go to Poi
TIERS. There are some revelations which
pelong to the king of France, and not to
you who interrogate me-"
The herald., 1896-06-21
Then she took a desper-

guish passed. Then she took desper-
ate resolution. II could bear It no lon
ger" she afterward said; and so, rec
ommending herself to God and our La
dy," she sprang one night from the tower
in which she was confined to the ground,
height of between sixty and seventy
feet. 1t was her only chance, and it was
q chance, for she was found the next
morning lying at the foot of the tower,
insensible, but with no bones broken and
not seriously injured. She soon revived
and in three days was able to walk
about. The English Gained their prey,
and soon had her safe in the castle of
Rouen.
MANACLED AND CHAINED.
Her new masters did not mean that
she should escape. They assigned her a
room in the first story of the castle, up
eight steps" placed two pair of shackles
upon her legs and chained her night and
day to thick post. 1t was their policy
to degrade as well as to keep her, and
they accordingly gave her five guards
of the lowest rank, three Of whom were
to be always in her room, night and
day. and two outside. In this woeful
plight manacled. chained watched, but
not protected, by soldiers, with only a
bed for all furniture, was she held cap
tive for three months awaiting trial
tshe who had until recently shone re-
splendent at the head of armies. and to
whom mothers had held up their chill
dren as she passed through town, hop
ing to win for them the benediction Of
her smile
Her room had three keys. one of which
was kept by the Cardinal of Winchester,
one by the Inquisitor and the other by
the manager of the trial. and yet almost
any one who choose could enter her
room, gaze upon her and even converse
with her. The little king saw her.
At s o'clock in the morning of Wed
The herald., 1896-06-21
CASTLE AN RoUEN LOOKED Ar THE TIME oE rHE

to yield the point and accept a limited
oath. Upon her knees, with both hands
placed upon missal, she swore to ans
Wer truly whichever might be asked of
her. so far as she could, concerning the
common faith of Christians, but no more
Being then questioned concerning her
name and early life, she answered.:
I'm my own country was called Jean
cite; since have been in France have
been called Jeanne. AS to my surname
| know nothing. I was born at the vii
lage of Domreny, which makes one with
the village of GreuX. The principal
church is at Greux. My father is named
jacques dare; my mother Ysabelle. 1
was baptized in the church at Dompreny.
One of my godmothers was named Ag-
mes, another Jeanne, third Sibylle. One
of my godfathers was Jean Lingue. an
other Jean Varrey. / had several other
godmothers, as have heard my mother
say was baptized, I believe, by Mes
sire Jean Minet. 1 think he is still liy-
ing. l think l am about nineteen years
OF age. From my mother learned my
The herald., 1896-06-21

to religious mendicants. This was at
Neufchateau. At Easter | received the
sacrament of the Eucharist
Did you receive the sacrament of
the Eucharist at other festivals besides
Easter?"
THE FIRST VISION
mo matter. l was 13 years old when
l had a voice from Cod which called
upon me to conduct myself well. The
first time 1 heard that voice 1 was ter
rified. 1t was noon, in summer in my
fathers garden. l had not tasted the
evening before. ] heard that voice at
my right toward the church. l seldom
heard it when it was not accompanied
by flash. This flash came from the
same side as the voice. Usually it was
very brilliant. Since I have been in
France I have often heard that voice"
J. The learned examiners paid much at
tention to these visions. 1t was the weak
point in the armor of the defendant,
and the records show that every little
While reference was made to it. In the
trial the martial deeds of the Maid of
Orleans were told in her own words, but
to repeat them would be merely rep
etitiOn of many chapters of the most
thrilling history or France.
The first trial day, after a holy day,
was seized upon by the prosecution as a
fitting time to force her to make dam
aging statements about her visions. The
evidence ran in this way:
What did the voice tell you last?"
Il asked advice of it upon certain
things which you asked me-"
Did it give you that advice?"
Upon some points, yes; upon others
you may ask me information which I
shall not give you, not having received
permission. For if 1 should respond
without permission, 1 should have no
more voices to second me- When shall
have permission from our Lord. 1 shall
not fear to speak, because 1 shall have
warrant so to do"
Was the voice which spoke to you
that of an angel, of saint, or of God
directly?"
The herald., 1896-06-21

nesday. February 2, 1431, the triel be-
gan. She was charged with the crime of
being "vehemently suspected of here
| sy." The Bishop of Beauvais presided.
and of the sixty ecclesiastics summon
| ed fOrty-four were present. Three au-
thorized reporters were in their places,
and there were some other clerks, con-
cealed by curtain, who took notes for
the special use of the English regent
There was a crowd of spectators, "a
great tumult," in the chapel, and very
little order in the proceedings. No law
yer or counselor was given her. A girl
of eighteen or nineteen was pitted
against the brightest and most learned
minds of Europe, but the evenness of
the combat did not affect her courage.
HOW SHE DRESSED.
Jeanne was brought into the court
room, freed of her chains and allowed to
sit. No official record was made of her
appearance, but other contemporary
writer's described her in this way: "The
hair cut round like that of young men,
shirt. breeches, doublet with twenty
points reaching to the knee. hat cover
ing only the top of the head, boots and
CATERS, with spurs. sword. daggers.
cuirass, lance and other arms carried by
soldiers"
The trial opened by the bishop order
ing her to swear to truthfully answer
all questions put to her LAS to my
father and mother" she said, land what
l did after setting out for France, I will
swear willingly; but the revelations
which have come to me from God, to no
one have / related or revealed them ex-
cept alone to Charles, my king; and l
shall not reveal them to you though you
cut off my head, because have received
them by vision and by secret commune
cation, with injunction not to reveal
them. Before eight days have passed l
shall know If I am to reveal them to
you"
The bishop urged her again and again
to take the oath without conditions. She
refused, and they We're at length obliged
The herald., 1896-06-21
THE LITTLE COUNTRY TOWN

You may talk about your cities
And your big brick buildings tall,
And your elevated railroads
And your factories great and small
But the rural rooster lines up
When it comes to counting Joys,
And the city chaps not in it
With the homespun country boys.
Although we have no railroads
Our quick transit can't be beat,
And when we want to travel
Why-we get there with both feet;
Our girls don't dress in bloomcrS,
Nor the boys smoke coffin nails,
And we do all our drinking
From spring that never fails.
Yes. we know that life in the cities
Is said to be all joy
And to mingle with the busy world
The hope of every country boy.
But as years fly swiftly onward
And the sands of life run down,
The heart will turn in longing
10 that little country town.
And again you'll see the cottage
Nesting there among the trees.
And the tinkling of the cowbells
VIII come floating on the breeze:
And the sweetheart of your childhood
Long been gathered home to God
And lies Sleepin' meath the greensWard
Where the oX-eyed daisies nod
VIII come to you in memory,
AS you saw her years ago,
And again you'll hear the music
or the sweet voice, soft and low;
And as page and page you are scanning.
You'll find page turned down.
Marked: "Some Loving Recollections
OF a Dear Old Country Town"
Hazel Green. KY, Herald.