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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-07-24

has extended over the entire coal
producing region with the excep-
tiou of coal fields of West Virgil
MIA, where the officials of the Uni
ted Mine Workers are making a
determined effort to induce the
diggers to quit work and join the
strike. They have not met with
success so far, however, and if the
reports are correct the men will
remain in the mines, because they
receive fair pay and are we'll trea-
ted by the operators. 1t is claim
ed that the West Virginia mines
are the key to the situation, and
the success of the miners strike is
in doubt unless those mines are
shut down during the present
week. In the event that the West
Virginia diggers refuse to lay
aside their picks and walk out Of
the pits. an effort will be made to
have the railway trainmen, who
are said to be in sympathy with
the strike, refuse to haul any coal
mined in West Virginia. States.
A Minneapolis man has been in
dicted for stealing a kiss. He
does not deserve to be hanged, but
he ought to be kicked. And he
ought to do the kicking himself.
A kiss Is a thing which to be pro-
perly enjoyed should In the first
place be invited and in the second
returned. Reciprocity should be
full, frequent and abundant. There
should be no Dingley in the busi'
ness, no schedule attachments
nothing but free trade entire and
complete. In such circumstances
and as pastime kissing is ono ol
the incest indoor games ever in
vented. In a country house on
rainy day there is nothing like it
You begin right after luncheon
and it is time to dress for dinner
before you have half enough. Bu
it is curious how it pals ON you
The next afternoon, if you take
hand at it, ii isn't the same thinf
at all. You find that it has to bt
diversified, that the setting has tc
be changed, or better still, th'
partner. For true it is, and ha'
been and will be, that the fun o
kissing depends wholly on tn
other party. There are peopl
who through natural aptitude know
how to make a kiss 80 savorou
that repetition only heightens you
zest. To them it is an art. Blu
then, of course. now and again yo
do encounter extraordinary indivl
dusls, geniuses, mind-readers an
telepathists. They. are rare, how
ever. To the many, kissing, whe
an art, is lost one. Whence
, dictum, sound, if French:
''On sen lace.
Puts un jour
On sen lasse.
Cest ramour."
h Golfers Week.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-07-24

To break the state ring will be
the grand effort at the election in
neutrality-suspicious. Courier.
Yes, the effort will be great, but
the failure will be just as big, be-
cause the people will allow Foster
and Co., to load the boxes on them.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-07-24

The irrepressible F. M. Welsh,
of Alexandria, backed by northern
capitalists, has undertaken or is
about to undertake the construc-
tion of a railroad from Baton
Rouge to Shreveport through the
Red river valley. AS Mr.. Welsh
has accomplished nearly every
thing he has undertaken, there is
reason to believe that he will push
this enterprise to a speedy COM
pletipn.-Abbeville Meridional.
The leader., 1897-02-17
CAGES VIEWS.
The Next Secretary o. the Treasury speais'
at n Farewell Dinner.

The Next Secretary o. the Treasury Speaks
ut n Farewell Dinner.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-The Commercial
clu b last night gave farewell dinner
to Lyman J. Gage, the next secretary
of the treasury. about 100 men prom.
inent in business circles being present.
In the course of his speech Mr..
Gage said: Wisely or unwisely,
| have pleaded for liberation.
for patience with misunderstand-
ing, for broad citizenship, not
limited TO local surroundings citizen
ship which. welcomes business success,
because il lends power and influence
in the larger social life, to which duty
and true happiness stand in close rela-
tions." Mr.. Gage said that the most
advanced scientists now recognized
that a very large number of So
called diseases found their existing
cause in that part of the physical
organization known as the emotional
center. These diseases could not be
reached by ordinary means, but should
be addressed through mental impress
sions and suggestions This, he inti-
mated, was the source of trouble with
the social state, and continued: at is
unwise to be blind to the dangers in
such a situation. Hysteria, though
functional in its operation, may induce
organic disease. Men of steady minds
and strong hearts must. with temper
ance and charity and the exercise of
right reason find the true path which
leads to peace and safety. There are
real mistakes to be corrected. We
have violated the natural laws which
govern in the realm of economies with
the same force and power that they do
in the physical realm"
The leader., 1897-02-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

AN open letter to the women of the
United States, urging them to use all
means in their power to further the
passage of the arbitration treaty with
Great Britain, has been issued from
New York. 1t is signed by number
of well known women.
THE lower house of the Nebraska
legislature killed the bill providing for
constitutional amendment for woman
suffrage by vote of 90 to SO.
Mrs. REBEccA MITCHELL, of Idaho
Falls, has been elected chaplain of the
Idaho legislature.
A SPECIAL to the New York Herald
ctated that Spanish column in Cuba
raided an insurgent hospital in the
swamps in Matanzas. There were %
i'll and wounded soldiers in the hos
pital and they were all killed by the
Spaniards,
THE executive committee of the ma
tional reform party has issued a call
for state conference at Harrisburg,
Pa, on June 8, 1897, for the purpose of
uniting all reformcrs and preparing
plans for the calling of national con-
ference in 1898. Reformers from all
parts of the United States are invited
to be present and participate in the
conference or send communications.
MARION, the youngest of the three
daughters of President and Mrs. Cleve-
land, was christened at the white house
on the 18th. DIR. Byron S. Sunderland
| church, officiated.
THE board of trustees of Washington
| and Lee university at Lexington, Va,
on the 18th unanimously elected Post
master-General Wilson president in
place of G. w. c. Lee, who recently re-
signed. 1t was understood that Mr..
Wilson will accept the position and
enter upon the duties of his office on
July next.
COMPLETE canvass of the Ohio as
sembly was made by Joe Smith, the
confidential secretary of the president
elect The result was that the sup
were convinced that if a special session
of the assembly is called to elect sue
cessor to Senator Sherman Hanna will
be elected by large majority.
LINCoLN's birthday on the 18th was
celebrated by republicans with ban
quets at GAINESVILLE, o., Chicago, In
dianapolis, Ind, Grand Rapids, Mich,
st. Paul, Mimi, and many other places
throughout the country.
A DISPATCH from Canton, O., stated
that Chauneey NJ. Depew, the noted
New Yorker, had been practically de-
cided upon as ambassador to Great
Britain.
president and Mrs. Cleveland gave
their annual reception to the army and
navy and marine corps at the white
house on the night of the 18th. 1t
was the final state reception of the Of
fetal term of Mr.. Cleveland.
The leader., 1897-02-17
FOREIGN PlCklNGS.

Copenhagen is to have an elevated
railroad running along the shore from
the city 10 the woods at Charlottenlund.
The motive power will be electricity or
compressed air.
At Dolhain, on the Belgian frontier
toward Germany. the whole population
went to the railroad station recently
to boot the count of Flanders, with his
son, Prince Albert, and his son-in-law.
The duke of vendome, because thA
count had employed Germans on his es-'
tate near by.
Sweden will send an expedition to
KONG Karl's Land, east of Spitzbergen.
next summer, which will also explore.
the other islands and the undiscovered
region between Spitzbergen and Franz
Josef Land. Last years rush to Spitz-
bergen shows that the difficulties Of
such an expedition are little more than
those of summer cruise.
An extraordinary story of the cred-I
ulity of Russian peasants comes from
Slavyansk, in southern Russia, where
n woman whose little ten-year-old girl
had sore eyes consulted with witch
doctor and was told to apply gunpowderi
10 the child's eyes and touch it off with q
match. She obeyed, binding the child
aud iniuriDg herself.
The leader., 1897-02-17
CONDENSED KILOGRAMS.

A GERMAN by the name Of Alex Giger,
who had just served a term in the Ar
kansas penitentiary for stealing hogs,
was arrested few days ago for passing
counterfeit money.
JAMES III. WEAVER, who was secre-
tary OF State Of Alabama previous to
the war, died in New York in poverty
and almost friendless.
THE clothing Of Mrs. Will Dennis,
wife of farmer living near Atkins,
Ark, caught fire and before assistance
came she was horribly burned, dying in
agony q few hours later.
A BLOODY fight, in which three men
were shot, two fatally, occurred near
Attala, Ala, on the 14th.
Hon. JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER died
at his home in Lexington, Va, on the
14th.
THE Missouri senate passed an anti
trust bill, on the 18th, which nullifies
all contracts for sales with trusts, and
provides that persons purchasing under
contract from trusts need not carry out
the contracts thus made.
A PARTY Of $50 men rode into Vance
burg. KY, on the 18th to the residence
-of.the county judge and informed him
that they had travelled twer ty-five miles
Of turnpike road and removed Ave toll
gates.
AT a meeting of Baptists in New
York, on the 18th, at the residence OF j..
d.. Rockefeller, the latter promised to
contribute $3.50, 900 to paying off the in
debtedness of $500 resting upon tho
Baptist Foreign and Home Missionary
societies.
In the case of Scott Jackson and
Alonzo Walling. sentenced to be hung
for the murder OF Pearl Bryan, the Court
Of Appeals of Kentucky on the 12th
overruled the petition for rehearing.
The records were Immediately trans
mitted to Gov. Bradley, who has thirty
in which TO consider the case and fx the
date Of execution.
The boiler of saw mill belonging to
Wyrick Bros, near Magnolia, Ark, ex-
ploded on tho 10th. killing two men.
The postoffice appropriation bill for
the fiscal year beginning July l, 1897,
carries s95.61l,71l, or 5000, $50 more
than for the current year, and 81, 900, 697
less than the estimate Of the postmas-
ter-general,
The leader., 1897-02-17
CHURCH AND olEecy

Mr.. Gladstone Il disappointed =, a.
mall sale Of his edition Of Bs,ho
Ter, oply 1000 copies having been ~, nu'l
Rev. DR.. Benjamin L. Agnew. n.s..
pf the Bethlehem Presbyterian chr.sal
81 Philadelphia, has been elected .su
tary Of the Presbyterian board ~ ~.
lsterial relief. A-
Gen. Booth has announced tina. a..
Salvation Army Is 10 extend Its oner.
tons over the whole Malay archipela.,,
The movement will be directed from ~
army's headquarters in Australia.
1t is openly stated that the new E,,I
fish bishop of Peterborough was not az
pointed for his past services to ~.
church, his learning. pr his piety. but
because he had enough money in HE
pocket TO repair the west front of tb..
cathedral"
The cardinal archbishop of Paris ba,.
appointed Pere Olivier. the famous.
Dominican preacsser, to the post o.
Lenten preacher at Metre Dame, vacau.
by the death Of Mgr. dHulst, there,
Dy COutihuihB tbc ttauittcn Wnlch Con-
meets the great order of "PreacAip,
Friars" with the cathedral pulpit.
The University of Dublin has ipst,.
tutcd two examinations for diplom,s;n
the art Of teaching. The second, In sba
practice Of teaching, can only be taker,
by candidates who have had IL month,
of practical experience, aud who have,
passed the preliminary examination In
theory.
DR.. Temple, says the ST. James Go.
zette, has started an Official campaign
on church reform. The new orch
bishop of Canterbury declares THAI
there are four subjects ripe, or almost
ripe, for legislation. In the first place.
the benefices bill Of last session is to be,
passed, els certain to be passed." next
year. In the second place, bill for
power to remove Incompetent clergy
men and put them on a retiring fund il
to be dealt with next session" And
the two questions of giving the congre-
cations q voice in the selection OF q pas
tor and the sort of service to tsc used
will probably come before parliament
a couple of years later" -.
The leader., 1897-02-17
CARROLL u. WRIGHT.

ment secured information from / OCT
establishments of various kinds,
located in 80 different states and en-
ploying As, 367 persons-a number large
enough to insure that the data col
lected were thoroughly representative.
The complete data sought for, how
ever, were obtained from 931 establish
ments employing 64,56o persons in the
former and 10S,64S in the present
period. OF this number in the first
period 20, 749 were males of Is years of
age or over, as against 43, 1875 in the
second, AIS males under IS years of
age, as against 1910 in the second; b.
1863 females, Is years of age or over,
and 9, 743 females under Is years of age,
as against As, 1S2 and 12,571, respective
ly, in the present period. The male
employees - years of age or over in
creased in the present period over the
former period 63.1 per cent, while fe-
male employees of the same age and
period increased Co. per cent. Male en-
ployes under IS years of age increased
500 per cent, while female employees
under IS years of age increased S9.1 per
cent
Out of the 22S instances in which
men and children persons under Is
years of age work at the same occupa-
ton with like degree of efficiency,
men receive greater pay in 1s2, or 1913
per cent. of the instances and children
receive greater pay in "a or 1O.5 per
cent, while in 90 instances or 81 per
cent. they receive the same pay for the
same work performed with the same
degree of efficiency. The men receive
ST. per cent. greater pay than the
children in the 1S2 instances in which
they are paid more, while the children
receive but SO per cent. greater pay in
the "a instances in which they are paid
the higher wages.
The main reason given for the en-
ployment Of women and girls is that
they are better adapted for the work
at which they are employed. Other
reasons given are that they are more
reliable, more easily controlled,
cheaper, more industrious, less liable
to strike and learn more rapidly. On
the other hand, the reasons for their
opinion, given by those who did not
believe that there was any tendency
for the employment of women to in
crease their industries, were that very
often women who were better adapted
and cheaper were unreliable; that
their physical strength was inadequate
for heavy work; that machinery was
gradually displacing them.
The department is now Investigating
the effects of machinery upon labor
and the cost of production, compila-
tion of wage statistics in the leading
countries of the world. an 'investiga-
ton of the liquor problem and eco
nomic aspects, in collaboration with
the state labor bureaus, the municipal
ownership of gas, water and electric
plants.
The leader., 1897-02-17
Fair to Old Soldiers.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-At the PEN
sion bureau yesterday delegation from
G. A. r. posts sS and Al, of Allegheny
City and Pittsburgh, Pa, presented
resolutions of thanks to Commissioner
Murphy for his humane administration
of the bureau. The presentation speech
was made by Congressman Stone, of
Pennsylvania, who declared that for
the first time in the history of the bu-
reau all old soldiers were satisfied with
it's administration.
The leader., 1897-02-17
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
x.,ohu.h... pleodhound..

The board OF supervisors OF faio-
busha county invested In . pair Oh
trained bloodhounds for the use OF 'ne
sheriff in tracking escaped prisoners
Ttbe animals we're represented TO De
fully trained, and 1t was decided TO TEST
their qualities as man-cstchers
negro was found who agreed to FUR
hish the trail for the test lie Was
given an hour in advance OF the dogs
and was instructed to travel I'VE niles
by a difficult route. He followed MS
instructions and took to tree at the
end of his journey. The dogs were
taken to the starting point and no DIM
Guilty was had in making them take up
the trail. Thoy opened up in full cry
after the manner OF fox hounds, and IL
was necessary for those in charge TO
keep up an active pace on horses IN or
der to remain in sight OF them. NOT
break was made during the race. Inc
hounds kept at it with relentless vigor'
and as the freshness Of the trail IN
creased the more rapid became their
progress. The man In advance kept
travelling until the dogs were in hear
ing distance and then went to the pro-
tecting arms of tree. The tfeoing act
was done to perfection, and the test
m ade was most satisfactory.
The sheriff is delighted with his trail
ers, and it is expected that criminals
will give Yalobusha county wide
berth.
The leader., 1897-02-17

THOMAS A. EDISON is soon to startle
the world with another wonderful dis
covery. He now proposes to make the
human body transparent. His expert.
ments have been so successful that he
can discount the revelations of the
best X ray photograph and the proba-
bilities are that physicians of the flu.
ture, by the aid of certain crystals in
connection with the Horoscope, will
be able to see the exact condition of the
internal organs of their patients and
to tell at a glance whether or not a
man is in good health and free from
bone formations, cancers, tumors and
the like.
The leader., 1897-02-17

OWING to the fact that the empress
Of Austria was treated some time ago
for her neuralgia ailments, of long
standing, and cured by certain strains
Of sound repeated at very frequent in
tervals, the music cure" boom has
grown in such strength that it has, at
last, been deemed advisable to estab-
fish Emusic cure" hospital in Munich.
The discoverer of the Emusic cure" is
DR.. Paul Rivera. a learned physician
in Munich,
The leader., 1897-02-17

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-According to
the tables of the bureau of statistics
the total exports of domestic products
during the seven months ended Janu-
airy 81 last amounted to S422 1856, S02,
against 1884, s44 ,611 for the correspond
ing period in the preceding year.
Breadstuffs amounted to 1921 1888, 245;
cotton, $l69, 456, 0O5; mineral oils, $S7,-
223, 217, and provisions, SIS, 500, 9O3.
The leader., 1897-02-17

The finest distillery ever captured in
North Mississippi was overhauled one
night last week twenty miles west Of
Corinth. in the Hatchie bills. Deputy
United States Marshal N. M. Bynum,
assisted by ]. L. Walker and Revenue
Agent w. B. Cross, made the raid, cap
turing the still, 1.2O0 gallons Of mash
and all the necessary vessels for run
ming frst-class plant Of 140 gallons
capacity.
The leader., 1897-02-17

FROM report of John d. Connolly,
United States consul at Auckland, New
Zealand, it would appear that that
country has just claims to be consid-
cred as the most democratic in the
world. By law the government adj
vances to farmers money at four per
sent interest and has no direct system
of taxation, except for local purposes,
and even in such cases no taxes are col
lected from persons who are worth less
than $4,000. Besides this it has grant
ed unlimited suffrage to women. The
consul declares that ''the country is
more prosperous than it was under the
old regime"
The leader., 1897-02-17

Nobody seems to doubt that
clash al arms will occur be-
tween Greece and Turkey unless
the powers Intervene; but it is
believed here that Greece will
be given free hand in Crete, and that
if she succeeds in annexing that island
her right to do so will not be ques-
toned by the rest of Europe. 1t is
quite certain that King George has
not acted without consulting with his
friends in sending the torpedo tiotilla
into Cretan waters, with instructions
to prevent, at all hazards, the landing
of Turkish troops in Crete.
The leader., 1897-02-17

A fine barn belonging to Mrs. Tom
Bodley, three miles east Of Water VAL
ley, was destroyed by fire recently. 1t
was q very large barn, in which was
stored large quantity of peas, cotton
seed and hay, which was also destroyed.
Eleven fine horses barely escaped being
burned. 1t is supposed that tramp
had spent the night in the barn and in
some way started the fire.
The leader., 1897-02-17
BUREAU OF LABOR.
Statistics of the Employment Of
Men, Women and Children.
Commissioner Wright, In Obedience TO .
Resolution of Congress, Transmits
an Interesting Report-Men
and Women Compared.

WASHINGTON, Feb. lathe 18th an
nual report of the bureau of labor,
just transmitted to congress by Com
missioner Wright was prepared in
obedience to joint resolution of con-
gress directing an investigation rela-
tive to the employment of men, women
and children, and is confined strictly
to a comparison of the extent of en-
ployment and wages of 1s95-96, or ''pre-
sent period with the conditions in
what is termed former period" ante
dating the present period by at least
ten years. The agents of the depart
The leader., 1897-02-17
A Good Woman Gone.

Mrs. NJ. E. McLarty died few nights
since while quietly sitting and talking
with her daughter aud her grandchil-
dren. Though she had been in very
bad health for some months and her
phi ysician had told the family that death
might be expected, yet she had spent
the day away from homo and had been
attending to some business, and was
seemingly in good spirits. Just few
moments before she died she had re-
marked to her daughter that she was
feeling strangely, and sank back in her
chair in an unconscious condition, and
by the time her sons, who were at their
stores. could be summoned she was
dead. She was one of the oldest residents
of Water Valley and one of the most
worthy ladies of North Mississippi. She
was active in charity work and was ever
ready to do a good deed.
The leader., 1897-02-17
warships Not Available.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Secretary
Herbert has been obliged to refuse the
request of a number of California's
leading citizens for the assignment of
naval vessel for the transportation of
cargo of wheat and corn to the fam
ine-stricken natives of India. The
secretary finds that naval vessels of
the modern type are totally untitled
for the purpose of carrying cargoes,
and that in the case of such long voy-
age as that from California to India
they cannot carry coal enough to take
them across much less undertake to
carry cargoes.
The leader., 1897-02-17

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-The Wool
Growers and Wool Manufacturers as
sociations have failed to adjust their
differences over the rates of duty to be
recommended to the ways and means
committee for the new tariff bill and
have separated. The growers were I'M
willing to consent to rates at which
they declare they could not continue
to produce wool with profit, and the
manufacturers held that the rates of
the growers were higher than proper
or DOlitic
The leader., 1897-02-17

In his third annual report to the
embassy at Washington British Vice
Consul Burrough makes the statement
that more food stuffs, including live
stock and packing house products,
grain, -four etc, are annually export
ed from Kansas City's British consular
district than from any other district in
the world
The leader., 1897-02-17
Mississippi Swine breeders.

The Mississippi Swine Breeders AS
ISOLATION held an interesting eting
at Jackson last week. Following were
elected officers for the ensuing year: J.
A. p. Campbell, Jr., president; H. w.
Brantley, secretary and treasurer. The
following were elected vice-presidents,
their duty being to look after the breed
of hogs named: E. p. Coleman, Chester
Whites; E. R. Lloyd, Essex; S. NJ. Ellis,
Duroc Jerseys; w. j. Davis, Poland
China; s. M. Tracey, Berkshires.
The leader., 1897-02-17

The second annual sale Of swine un-
der the management of the Mississippi
Swine Breeders Association took place
at Jackson last week 1t was largely
attended and much interest manifested.
A total of seventeen head, composed Of
Poland China, Berkshire, Chester
Whites and Duroc Jerseys, were sold at
a total of $685., being an average Of
nearly $40 each. Two brought 500
each and one SSS, which were taken by
Northern breeders, going to herds in
Illinois.