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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
The Woes Of the Rent Collector

"We understood him we'll enough. but, as
he came near shaving the arm off the fell
low next the door, we all three made a
rush at him. One of US hit him in the eye
and Knocked him inside his den, and then
we took the cleaver away from him, an d
while the heaviest fellow sat on him to
keep him from being too fractions the
others went through his outfit to see what
other weapons he had in stock. He
begged like a dog before we got thro ugh
with him. and promised all manner Of
things if we'd only stop using him for a
divan and go away peaceably, and at last
we let up on him.
"The next day he came around to the
Office with his eye in sling and paid his
rent as pleasant as pie, and when the
manager asked him about the matter he
just said: Me foolee littee; Mclean boy
foolee heap too muchee. Me no foolee
gain, you bettee shoe-stlingsp And 1
don't believe he ever will-at least not
with that particular set of boys.
"Rent-collectors dom have time to stand
round and let the grass grow under their
feet. l can tell you. It's rustling and
hustling kind of business, and the fell
low who can't rustic and hustle has got to
drop out. The first and fifteenth of the
month are our specially busy times, and
often have collected and given receipts
for over 800 rents during single day. 1t
makes pretty big and heavy bag of specie
before 1 get through, but so far I've
managed to get it into the Office safe
every time.
Risky? Well, yes; of course there's
always risk that some one may spot and
trail you, but you can't be guaran teed
absolute safety in any business. Every
one of US collectors is we'll armed, and we
know how to use our weapons, too, or we
shouldn't be riding round in these nice
little carts of ours"
FLORENCE PERCY MATHEsoN.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
He Was Bound to
Save His Salad

An Alameda County man is inordi-
nateIy fond of shrimp salad. He has the
idea-probably mistaken-that he can tell
where shrimps grow by the taste. At any
rate he buys shrimps always at certain
place in San Francisco. At any hour of
the day or night his raging appetite for
shrlmps may assert itself. In way he is
as much slave as a victim of the NOR
phine habit. Hence he carries shrimps
quite regularly across the bay, and his
wife has become equally addicted to the
crustaceous food.
Not many nights ago Cakins, the
shrimp lover, was with two men friends
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10

Thus comes he to this lotus land,
Nor idle is the while we sleep;
A shepherds wand within his hand,
He drives the flock of misty sheep
Across the field of stars, and when
The sheep are gone he comes to strew
The flowers in the paths OF men,
And fill their cups with honey dew.
He fits along the vine-clad hills,
And breathes his lie 10 all that grows;
The grapes with nectar wine he fills,
And paints the bushes on the rose.
The drowsy poppy hears him pass,
And trembles In her golden dream;
A ripple stirs tie lake of glass,
And mirr0red stars a-quiver CLEAN.
The golden-fruited orchards sway
In rhythm to the tuneful breeze,
The leaflets dance the night away,
And birds are Graded in the trees.
Apollos rosy runners speed
Aurora and her blu hing train
The world awakes, and here indeed
Beho.ds the new Elysian plain.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
Beneaf de Orange Blossom.

/ kissed Miss Jane one day in May,
Beneaf de orange blossom:
kissed her, but twas jest in play,
Beneaf de orange blossom
She blushed at fust and den looked shy,
An den de fire flashed frum her eve:
l kissed her, but said goodby,
Beneaf de orange blossom.
kissed Miss Jane anodder day,
Beneaf de orange blossom;
'Twuz in de winter, not in May,
Beneaf de orange blossom:
OBJ course ma heart wuz swelled wild pride.
For law, Miss Jane wuz by ma side;
wuz de groom an she de bride,
Beneaf de orange blossom.
New Orleans Times Democrat
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
The Other One.

Sweet little maid with winsome eyes
That laugh all day through the tangled bair
Gazing with baby looks SO wise
Over the arm OF the oaken chair;
Dearer than you is none TO me,
Bearer than you there can be none;
Since in your laughing face see
Eyes that tell of another one.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10

broadened as it went from one
lady to another, but Calkins was frustrated
only for minute. He borrowed news
paper and carried the fshy wreck in
triumph home, and he had shrimp salad
before he slept as a recompense for his
trials
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
Away on yonder peaceful sea,

Away on yonder peaceful sea,
Beyond the sailors chartered way,
There floats the Isle of Mystery
Where winds are born and where they play
And romp among the coral caves
Till Eolus, the great Wind King,
Dispatches each across the waves
That mortal ears may hear them sing.
And Zephyrus, the gentle one,
Above the foam, with swallow flight,
Abreast the beams of setting sun
Himself betaketh toward the night.
And here on CALIFORNIA; strand
He gives each wave q parting kiss,
And falling on the moonlit sand
They perish in Il moments bliss.
The west wind signs, the ocean means,
But soon their grief is turned to song;
The trees take up the mellow tones
And mountains echo them along
Till every lowered nook replies
4 chorus to the murmuring strain.
Great west wind! Could the Gods devise
A sweeter balm for mortal pain?
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-29

the third week mighty SUCCESS know how
SUCCESSFUL SALE when fully Every last week store
crowded with gathering the goods homes WHY
NOT? The fine qualities and low brought the ong and the hrog
took the goods You all know values when them he perfect
confidence of the public is the GREAT SALE We still
cmog and do until we have but at
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-08
The Armies of Europe.

The increase of the military force
throughout Europe goes on steadily. 1t
is understood that the Emperor William
does not think he has soldiers enough
though he may defer his request for more
until the Reicbstag has got into more
tractable mood than at present. Yet the
German army has a peace strength of
5S4, 900 officers and men. II we reckon
the Geudarmerie and the Republican
Guard in the French army it's nominal
peace strength is about Is, 900 in excess
of that of Germany. Now comes the
news that the French cabinet will intro
duce bill increasing the war strength of
the French army by 100000 men, adding
a fourth battalion to each regiment of
the line. There are 145 divisional regi-
ments of infantry in the French active
army, each OF three battalions. To
spread 160, 900 men over the entire active
army, would call for additions to each
branch of the service. Inasmuch as
despat ches say the addition is to the war
strength only it may be assumed that
there will be an increased length of SER
vice established for the reserves, and that
the latter will be more closely affiliated
than at present with the line battalons
in active service. Such scheme presup-
poses an increase in the annual contin-
gent OF conscripts and gradual enlarge
ment OF the available reserves. The
French actually effective war strength is
commonly figured at 100000 men.
England, too, is preparing to enlist more
soldiers, but the addition to her forces
will be limited to eight battaIions of in
fantry and Is field batteries.- Boston
Transcript.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-08

stoned by the explosion of one of our
shells. Having nothing else to claim
our attention after the retreat of the
Monitor, we bombarded the Minnesota
at long range, to her no small detri.
ment, until night, when we returned to
Norfolk. In the two days fight we had
16 wounded and 2 killed. OF the wound
ed only 3 men were incapacitated for
duty more than a week-namely, Com
modore Buchanan, Lieutenant Minor
and poor seaman who lost both of his
eyes.
Captain Phillips shared the fortunes
of the Merrimac until she was destroyed
by her crew on May s, 1862, to prevent
capture by the enemy.
GEORGE L. KILMER
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-08
Why Use Soap

if not the best? Soap is not
soap when it takes prizes
to sell it. "Welcome's "
prize is its virtue. Virtue is
always pure.
"Welcome' is so virtu-
ously pure that it washes
clean without rotting clothes,
and will not make sore
hands.
welcome" lasts longer,
cleans quicker, and is vastly
cheaper in the long run.
SO use only
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-08
In THE MERRIMAC.
EXCITING STORY TOLD BY AN OFF,
GER ON BOARD THE RAM.

The Confederates Believed the Channel
to BE Paved With Yankee Torpedoes.
Destruction of the Cumberland and
Congress Fighting the Monitor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-08
European Plan.
NASAL
CA T A R r H
LOCAL Disc 4 81
ELY'S
GRE AM BALM
C. A. JONES, Proprietor

Opens and cleans h,
nasal passages al
lays pain and intlam
nation, heals anC
protects the mem
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-08

HE battles Of the
Confederate ram
Merrimac, or Vir-
ginia, in Hamp-
ton Roads March
s and 8. 1862,
have had many
historians. Cap
tain Dinwiddie
b. Phillips, sur
geon Of the ram,
gave the first de-
tailed account
from the Confed-
crate side, and
his story is both
vivid and accu-
rate. He saws.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-08

Was never known to in
jure clothes or hands. Any
soap made to sell cheaper
than "Welcome" is bound to
be injurious. The cheapen-
ing causes that result.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27
FAD WITH BEST FLOUR

them competition with his foreign
rival, who has the advantage Of
free wool, would be impossible.
"But the manufacturers always
manage to have those duties made
a little higher than they ought to
be. They are given more protec-
ton than they are entitled to on
account of the duties ON wool.
Thus they are enabled to make an
extra profit out of the consumer.
"Any such advance In the price
of wooden goods as would results
from the imposition of the duties
on wool demanded by the Ohio
ram-raisers would provoke tho
consumers more than it did IN
1890. For the advance in prizes
would be more noticeable and din.
agreeable.
"The committee must be caus
tious. Its duty is to hit on tariff
oates which will produce revenue
and give protection where needed.
Prohibitory rates which give ex.
cessive protection and cut of re
venue will be repudiated by tho
voters at the first opportunity"
The conservative influence in
the Republican party seems deter.
mined to speak out and use it's in.
fluence. Those who are cherish.
ing the belief that we are going
back to the tariff conditions pre-.
vailing six years ago are greatly
mistaken. They will find large
and the strongest element in the
Republican party opposed to it,
and anxious for an intelligent
tariff that will afford revenue and
protect American industries, but
not injure or burden millions Il
/ the interest Of q favored few.
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down upon it another visitation of
popular wrath such as followed
the passage of the Mckinley bill
six years ago. What it is especial
ly afraid of is the threatened tax
on wool, of which it says:
"Those men who wrote the di-
astrous wool schedule of the Nc
Kinley law, and who demand that
they be permitted to write the
schedule of the tariff bill which is
being prepared now, insist on du-
ties higher than those of the Nc
Kinley law. In 1890 they wanted
cheap carpet woods to pay q cts a
pound. They say now the duty
must be 8 cents. AS the average
price of the third-class wool i'm
ported last year was 10 cents a
pound, the duty demanded would
be so per cent al valorem."
1t is we'll known that the change
in the duty on wool is one of the
points to which the Republican
party is pledged, but the Tribune,
at the same time, warns the lead
ers that "the consequences will be
disastrous if the demands of the
Wool Growers Association are
granted" The following from the
Tribune shows that the Republi.
can party, or at least the thinking
proportion of it, has changed its
views on the tariff, and become sc
conservative that the hope of a re.
turn to the Mckinley tariff is il
vain.
"There is another matter which
the committee should bear il
mind. It is that the heavy duties
on wool which are asked for entail
compensatory for the protection
Iof the manufacturer. Withou
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27
HoW'S TItIS2

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for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
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F.J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, D.
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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
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Price 75c per bottle. Sold bv all drug
gists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27
The Tariff Promised.
Times-DemOcrat.

Times Democrat.
The leading Republican papers
in the country are united in warn
ing the Republican party not to
make the mistake to which it
seems inclined of asking too much
protection on the tariff bill to be
framed. The Chicago Times-Her.
aid, whose editor is supposed to
best understand McKinley's per.
sonal views as to the tariff, de-
clares that tariff bill similar. to
that which Mckinley himself
framed, would defeat what it con.
siders the bright prospects of the
party.
The Chicago Tribune similarly
expresses the fear that the Repu
blican party may be ruined by the
tariff thinkers. Any extreme pro
lection legislation would bring
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27
GOLFERS WEEKLY.

OF all Weekly Papers there must be
one which is the best; Golfers Weekly
is that one.
1t is made by a combination OF the
greatest writers and the greatest artists
in the world, who are regular contribu-
tors to its pages. and each Of whom &C.
cupies page every week.
rlapo w. HazeItine writes the Edito-
rails. There is no living man who sees
clearer, thinks straighter, and can con-
vey thought with such cogency and
charm as he.
Edgar SaItus writes ''Our Note HOOK
The wide scope and brilliant quality OF
this famous writer's mind peculiarly ft
him for this function.
Julian Hawthorne does our Vita
scope" These papers add week by week
to the wealth of a reputation already
wOrld-wise.
Last. but not least, Edgar Fawcett'
| in his Men, Manners and Moods" finds
himself at his best; and that best in I'M
surpassed by any contemporary author.
His social philosophy, his satire, his hui
NOR and his poetry constitute him the
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the world.
As for our Artists words cannot de-
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27

Turkey is not yet picked to the
bone, and will not be so long as
there remains human productive
force on her sterile soil.
Crete revolts from Turkish ex-
actions. Turkish exactions are for
ced upon that nation by civilized
Europe's demands, and civilized
Europe, save Greece alone, shoots
down the Cretans.
The sham civilization of Europe
begins with the dollar and ends
with the dollar. Humanity may
be damned.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27
The Greek Against Europe.

Daily Item.
The action of the European pow
ers OH Sunday in firing upon the
Greek flag closes, or should close,
all the sympathetic gush the civil
lized world has INDUCED in over
the massacre of the Armenians by
the Turks. 1t meant nothing but
gush, and vas all deep and dam
nably hypocrisy.
The whole policy of the social.
ed Christian powers of Europe is
concerned not with humanity, but
with cash. An Armenian murder.
ed was one less to pay Turkish
taxes, and hence the sympathy fol
the butchered in that country was
evaporated in speech from the
statesman. and from the pulpit.
The same spirit is behind every
shot that was fired at the Cretans
assembled under the Greek flag Oh
Sunday. With the powers in Eu
rope, Christianity and its result
civilization, are but means to Sc
cure the stability of their materia
credit
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27

Mr.. Ward L. Smith. Of Frederickstown,
Mo-, was troubled with chronic diarrhOea
for over thirty years. He had become
fully satisfied that it was only a ques-
ton of short time until he would have
to give up. He had been treated by
some Of the best physicians in Europe
and America but got no permanent re-
lief. One day he picked mp newspaper
and CHANGED to read an advertisement OF
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and Diar-
rhea Remedy. He got bottle of it
the first dose helped him and its cOntin.
ued use cured him. For sale by T. j
Liable, druggist.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27

MIR. Charles Goetz from st.
Martinville, and Miss Elmire Dan
tin, of Thibodeaux, were married
Thursday evening, at the residence
of the brides brother-in-law, on
the Keystone plantation, by Rev.
]. NJ. Langlois.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27

Mr.. Jules Francois will remove
his barber shop from the present
location to the Eastin saloon, We'd
nesday. The apartments he will
occupy have been overhauled, and
now present a pretty and clean ap-
pearance.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27
SATURDAY FEB. q, 1897.
VVVVvvvvVvvvVvVVVV
MEAN INGRATITUDE.

Last Tuesday st. Louis steam
boat landed at New Orleens, hav-
ing on board cargo of some 5000
packages of miscellaneous goods,
but particularly -four, meal, meats
and coffee, of which 1000 packages
we're consigned to New Orleans,
and the balance destined for re-
shipment to points in North Lou
isiana-in the drouth stricken sec
ton. This would seem to prove
pretty conclusively that the mer-
chants of that section are happy
to be able to extend to st. Louis
their business hand and the beg
gar hand is good enough for New
Orleans.
In the great calamity that has
befallen the people of North Lou
isiana, New Orleans has indeed
proven generous friend, giving
and still giving, largely and un-
stintingly. We cannot recall OF
having heard or seen a single con-
tribution from st. Louis. Hence,
the act of those merchants show
rank ingratitude, and it is all the
more mean, when it is considered
that New Orleans could, on most
of the western produce, quote just
as cheap rates, and cheaper or
coffee.
Fortunately, pure charity does
not expect reward; works for ne
future personal benefit, for ifitdid
the poor drouth stricken sufferers
would be in about the condition
of the famine dying people of In
dia, and they would have onl!
their pig-headed, and ungratefu
merchants to thank.
But, in spite, of the human hog
that are shouting around in Nortl
Louisiana, the people of New Or
leans and South Louisiana viii
continue to extend help, and the.
will do it only for sweet charity
sake.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27

The new store of Mr.. L. J. Lab
be is taking shape, and will be an
elegant building. Now when the
old drug store is taken down and
the new modern brick building
goes up, the Liable corner will be
beauty.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27
Foolish Criticism of the Rich

Foolish Criticism of the Rich.
Nothing is SO easy as to divert
the attention of community like
New York from a real issue to a
fictitious one. Thus, at a moment
when some hard-headed ccncentra-
ton on the gas question might
have resulted in saving for the
people of New York from five mil
lions to ten millions of dollars
year on their light bills, a most
excellent clergyman committed
the inadvertence Of expressing to
his congregation his personal dis
approval of ostentations display
and lavish expenditure as about to
be exhibited in a certain fancy
dress ball. Whereupon the news
papers of the town became wildly
hysterical and began to print I'M
numbered COLUMNS Of rubbish
about this private entertainment.
The irrepressibles of the pulpit
seized the opportunity to launch
volumes of sermons upon the ethi-
cal and economic aspects of luxu-
rious expenditure; and the ire
pressibles who had no other out
let wrote letters to the newspapers
or offered themselves up to the
interviewers. The entire discus
sion was without significance OIL
practical bearing. Civilization is
a very complex affair. So long as
the laws of the land are not viola.
ted, the rich mans private expen.
ditures are as strictly a matter. tc
be controlled by his own taste and
judgment as the expenditures Of
the poor man. Capital in this
country, in our generation, has
been eminently and conspicuousl!
devoted to economic production
, and has not to any appreciabl'
extent been diverted and WASTED
in wanton luxury. 1t is none o
the public's business how the mil
: lionaire monopolist spends hi
, money; but it is in the highest de
gree the public business how h
has gained it-especially how i
, came to pass that he obtained tn
9 franchise or public privilege o
+ bother favorable opportunity b.
9 means of which he has enriche,
= himself. A community that pei
mits a monopoly to charge it
r dollar and quarter for gas, whe
4 if it had virtue and character
could make it's own gas and SUI
ply itself at sixty cents thONsan
, feet, shows itself in a somewhs
pitiable light when it affects t
criticise rich people for giviD
fancy dress balls or living in fin
houses.-From ''The Progress c
fbo yVor1J - - Norob Po,,o,, 4
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-27
Gods
said: You never know you
have takena pill till 1t is all
over" &c. C. l. Hood & Co..
Proprietors. Lowell, Mass.
The only pills to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.

From everywhere come wOrdsof praise
for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. al
low he to congratulate you on the mer-
its of your Remedy. 1t cured me OF
chronic bronchitis when the doctor could
do nothing for me-" CHAs. F. HEMEL'
Toledo. O, For sale by I. J. Liable.
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AlERVOuS Troubles are due to
" Impoverished blood. Hoods Sar-
saparilla is the One True Blood
Purifier and NERVE TONIC.
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asy to Take
asy to Operate

Are features peculiar to Hoods Pills Small In
size, tasteless, efficient thorough. As one man