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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-10-28
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AUSTIN, MINI, Aug. IL, 1894.

=. AUSTIN, MIMI, Aug. II, 1894.
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This
is to certify that have used Hazle's
Headache Capsules, with beneficial re-
suits, for headache and neuralgia. They
are perfectly harmless, containing no
opiates Of any description and I would
cheerfully recommend them to any pei
son suffering from either Of the above
troubles. Yours, 43
G. II. JOHNSON, NJ. D.
surgeon C.M.&st.P.RY.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-10-28
MENU

OF the Ladies' Cemetery Aid
Fair Tomorrow Night in G.. A.
n. Hall.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-10-28
surgeon C.M.&st.P.RY.
Taken Up.

Two stray hogs were taken up on
my place, on section 6, Hersey town.
ship. Owner please cal, pay charges
and take property.
1922 HoLn & ADDERsoN,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-28
TILE ROANOKE TIMES. THURSDAY. JANUARY 49, 1897

stages ana that's nothing to brag about.
some OF the boys on the other lines are
raising 81, 600 at clip. It's poor lot
OF passengers you IRE sending out. colo
nell
They are afraid to travel with mon
ey' and this thing has got to stop. The
sheriff says he cun hunt you down in q
week."
hes duffer, colonel, and you know
IL. lie can't hunt me down in a
yenr. -
But can hire four or five men to
track you down and kill you"
You can hire 'em, of course, but
they want big pay, and then they
might not find me. Take it all around,
colonel, I've got tho bulge OH your line.
None OF the drivers can shoot for shuoks.
and rs for the passengers, they couldn't
nit red barn rod off. It's a regular
soft snap for me-
Say. Bill" continued the colonel
after awhile, you've always hud the
reputation of being square cuss.''
Yes, reckon hev''
"And 1 want you to be square about
this matter. I'm willing to meet you
half way
"As to how?'
LAS to buying you off. How much'll
you take to lot our line alone?''
Cash down and no dodges?"
eyes"
Must let every stage pass?"
You must. Whats your figure, Bill?
Make 1t rs low rs you cam"
'Waal. colonel" said Bill, after
thinking it over, 1--WE got purity good
thing Of it, but don't want to act
mean or play the hog. Gimme $500, and
I'll haul off.
make it $500, Bill, to oblige mo
personally"
"waal, say $500 then, though it's
dog cheap. It's only fur your line,
thought
"Only my line. and here's your mon
cy, and shall expect you to stick to
the agreement.
Bill vowed that he would, and no
did-that is. tho first time he tried to
hold up IL stage on the opposition line
he was riddled with buckshot and buried
alongside the road. NJ. QUAD.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-28
SHORT OF BRICKS.
That Was Murphy's Dilemma, but He Was
Man OF Ideas.

That Was Murphy's Dilemma, but He Was
Man OF Ideas.
Two rival contractors, Casey and
Murphy, were putting up rows of houses
on different sides of down town
street. One afternoon Murphy discover
cd that he was running short of bricks
and that the men would have to knock
Off work for the rest Of the day unless
a fresh supply could be obtained. Now,
Casey, on the other side of the street,
was we'll supplied with bricks, and his
men were working like beavers. So
Murphy went over to Casey and said:
Dan, Dive run out O. bricks. Lind me
the loan nv about foive hun 'erd, an Oil
give thin back to ye tomorrer. But
Casey was in n bad humor, and he
wouldn't lend single brick. "Oi'l git
aven wild SO fur that, Dan Casey, >"
sad Murphy, and he went back to his
men.
Min" said he, "we're short O.
bricks. Now, Casoy's min are wurkin
stlddy, but if we don't git some nv his
bricks we'll have to knock off. So do
ye all sthay here while Oh go up above
Ill this buildin, an whin Oh yell three
questions to yo, do ye all answer 'Yis. ,
Dye see?''
"All roight, boss" said tho men. So
Murphy went up into tho unfinished
house and yelled:
Are ye all down there, MINI"
"Yis, " replied the men.
care ye all wurkin?'
"Yis"
do 30 all belong to the A. 2. A. ?"
"Yis"
And in two minutes tho 500 bricks
came ovcr.-Philadelphia Record.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-28
Reflections of n bachelor.

When Il girl says she's glnd sLe isn't
n man, you may he pretty sure she's
bowlegged or something
st. Peter couldn't have been married
If he had been, he wouldn't have tho
heart to keep any married man out of
heaven.
1t always makes "a man mad to have
his wife start to read over u lot of old
fool letters he wrote her before thew
were married.
TO good many people homo means
place whore the husband can sit and
smoke i'll his shirt sleeves and where tho
wife can go around with no corset on.
The reason why women aro always
so interested in bride is because the
married ones arc wondering whether
she knows as much as they do, and tho
unmarried ones are wondering whether
they know rs much as sho does. New
York Press
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-28
Obliging n SCANDINAVIAN.

A schoolma am had arrived mt the
frontier town to begin her duties, and
tho dozen men who saw her get ont of
tho stage and enter the hotel agreed
that she was young and good looking;
also that she was probably nervous,
and that the boys hadn't ought to do
any shooting on that first night and
keep her awake. The girl was at supper
when Bill Green entered the room, cap
i'll hand, introduced himself, and added:
''Thar's critter in town named Joe
Goss, and Two said I'd shoot him on
sight. Bein as it might disturb We,
however, I'll put the shootin off fur a
day or two"
The schoolma am thanked him with
all her heart, and he withdrew, but she
had only retired to the sitting room
when Bill reappeared to say:
"Thar's duifer in town who saws he
kin make me cat dirt. Hev yo any OBJ
1eckshuns to my standin up 30 him?''
Would there be quarrel:" she
asked.
"Sartinly, ma'am."
And shooting:'
''Of course. -
Then wish you wouldn't"
"All right, mn'am, all right. Fur
yer sake I'll let him bluff me tonight
and pop him tomorrer. ~
She expressed her deep sense of obli-
CATION, and he retired, but ten minutes
later ho re-entered to say
"A galoot named Jim Wheelan has
sent me word that he kin break me in
two and will be along purity soon to do
1t. Would ye mind if | lit Oh to hiln?"
Would it be II fight?" she asked.
eyes, u powerful fight -
"Then, hope you WON'T
"All right, ma'am, all right. I've
ILLUS bin IL gentleman and allus hone to
be
She thought she had seen the last of
Bill for that night, but she hadn't. She
was being shown to her room when he
met her i'll tho hall and anxiously said:
"Thar's wall eyed heather out
yere who needs shootin, but | won t do
it tonight on account of ye. I'd like
to AK yo, however, if might take three
drinks at the barr
But you might get drunk"
"Oh. 10. I'll take three drinks and
then fling my hat down and Jump on
it,"
But no auarreling'
mo, ma'am. I'll jump Oh my hat
and boot, and some cuss will tackle me,
and I'll chaw his ears off and gougc his
eye out. and ye won't hear sound or
lose wink of sleep. All right, ma am,
all right I'm gentleman an ye ar a
lady, and things shall go off us slick
rs grease, or I'll kill five or six men
md know the reason why"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-28
SKETCHES BY M.QUAD
An Acc Better.

Ono day there arrived at Prairie City
man from Grizzly Gulch-a bold, bad
man, with long hair, voice like tho
roar Of lion and a terrible thirst for
rich red blood. He stood OH the public
square and whooped till he drew a
crowd. Then he flung down his hat and
cried out that Grizzly Gulch was full
Of bars and rattlesnakes and centipeds
and alligators, but that every varmint
and reptile fed in terror at sound of his
footsteps. He said ne had been scalped
by Indians run over by wild horses,
struck by lightning, pursued by n prairie
lire and drawn down by quicksands, but
he still lived and was hungry for hui
man ears fried in bacon grease. When
things went his way, he was as good
natured as baby and would so milo
out of his way rather than disturb
sleeping coyote, but when things went
wrong, then look out He could remem-
Der the names Of 81 men he had buried,
and he had poor memory at that. He
was naturally peaceful man, but once
aroused he could not hold himself and
would not be responsible for damages.
The stranger continued talking i'll this
strain for a quarter Of all hour, by
which time the crowd had taken his
measure. He had stopped for breath and
was getting ready to jump OH his hat
again when n man who had been lean
ing against the front of shanty saloon
lounged over to him and drawled out:
Stranger, whar did ye say ye hailed
FROM
From Grizzly Gulch, sir, and Griz-
Ely Gulch is the bcginnin Of Fightin
creek!"
And yo've killed men?"
Acres of 'om.'
And held towns:'
"A dozen of 'em "
And yer name? What might yer
name be?''
MY name? Whoop! Thar ain t crit
ter in this hull kcntry what don't trem-
Bile when no hears it! My name, sir. ar
Three Acc jim. -
'S-o?" irawled the Prairie City man.
WAL, I'm sorry fur We. really sorry
Don't go fur to rilo mel" shouted
the stranger as he flung his arms about.
WHO be ye that yo ar sorry fur Three
Acc Jimr"
I'm -Four Ace Jack" replied the
other as he pulled gun and touched
the strangers nose with tho muzzle,
land rs four aces allus beats three
reckon ye'd better travelv'
Say" said the man from Grizzly
Gulch after a long look around, Eve
got pressin biZncss over at Cedar City,
and if this zero crowd will kindly ex.
cuso me I'll be goin!"
We watched him until he was half u
mile away-watched him, with no man
speaking Il word. Then tho man with
the gun restored it to its holster and
started back for tho saloon with tho
muttered exclamation:
BAIL Ho was only duffcr.'
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-28
The Acme OF Irish Wit.

Lately. while an auctioneer was dis.
posing of a bankrupt tobacconist stock,
he was interrupted by n half tipsy Irish
man with, "Oi bought poipo from
yez last night for u shilling that u
worth only sixpencc.
IN believe that, Pat" replied tho
auctioneer, who fancicd himself witty
If you tell mo who my father is, 1 will
give you back tho shilling"
"Thc father of loics. you chatting
spaipecn, readily exclaimed Pat. =
Scottish Nights.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-28
Buying or a Road Agent.

After Arizona Bill had held up three
or four of the stages OH tho Deadwood
line tho manager sent word to him to
meet him at certain point for "A bust
ness talk, and both were OH hand at the
appointed hour.
Look here, Bill, began the man
ager. chow much arc you making out
of this deal?"
Just fair wages, replied Bill 81
think l got about 5000 Off the four
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-28
No MYhterY.

Smith, heard u queer thing the
other day. A man said that q pig would
drink Il large pail Of milk and then
you could put him i'll the same pail and
he wouldn't fill it,
Jones-I don't doubt it. l knew u
man once that drank up $40, 900 saw
mill. and then we put him in pine
box. brooklyn Life.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-28
The Minstrcl's Mistake.

He was merry troubadour,
and his heart was filled with love
For maiden fair beyond compare,
Who dwelt six blocks above.
The night was dark. the winds were cold,
but the minstrol's heart was gay
AS he paused before that silent door
And trilied his happy lay.
The music OF his tuneful lutte
Rose on the fricd air
lie praised with signs his darling's eyes
And the color of her hair.
tie sang III mellow monotone
Of Ter form with grace bedight
And prayed that she with ecstasy
Would dream of him that night.
Then suddenly the moon DER all
a swift effulgencc sent.
And very plain on tho window pane
He saw the words, For Rent"
New York Sunday Journal
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-28

He was n gentleman of the old school.
Permit me-" he said
Then no kissed her hand.
We'll, say, " she exclaimed with some
emphasis, as if something had occurred
to provoke her. there's nothing poison
Gus III tho face powder L use Chi
cago Post.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02

Get our prices on job works.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02

cannot be fenced" or retained in
the soil during a drough, by SIM
pie, mechanical means, you are
greatly mistaken. 1t is the eva
poration of the moisture from the
soil which causes the evil effects
of drouth. Evaporation can be
stopped by a dust blanket. "A dust
blanket may be maintained by fire.
quent shallow cultivation.
6. No crop can be expected to
grow through our July and Au-
gust "dry SPELL with the great
cavities about the roots left by
ordinary blowing. The stubble
must be mashed fat. The cavi-
ties must be filled up. Moisture
must be free to move from the
soil to the roots. This condition
may be produced by subsurface
packing.
Z. An ample moisture reser-
voir is essential for the retention
of moisture. Deep blowing is ne
cessary for the production of this
reservoir. Deep blowing, subsur
face packing, frequent shallow
cultivation-these are the trinit.
by faith in which we may restor'
prosperity to the sub-humid belt
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02
Cause of Cuban War.

A correspondent of an eastern
paper gives in brief the reasons
why the Cubans fight taxes, debt,
discrimination against them in
trade, oppression, disfranchise-
ment. OF the twenty-six millions
paid in taxes, barely 2 per cent
goes to the island itself. The Gu
ban pays twice what a Spaniard
pays in Europe and gets absolute
ly nothing in return. a debt of
four hundred millions is laid on
the people of Cuba, the heaviest
tax by nearly two-fold of any
country in the world. And mean-
while 1.-The ports are practically
closed to foreign commerce"
Shipments, even of American
-four. go first to Spain and aftey-
wards to Cuba. All this cost is
added 10 the goods the Cuban
buys. 1t is shown. further. tina,
by the election laws only about
three in hundred of the Cubans
have a vote. Scarcely one has
ever sat in the Spanish Cortes
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02

"My daughter, when recovering from
an attack Of fever. was a great sufferer
from pain i'm the back and hipe," writes
Louden Grover, If Sardis. Ky. After
using quite number Of remedies with
out any benefit she tried one bottle OF
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and 1t has gi-
ven entire relief" Chamberlain's Pain
Balm is also certain cure for rheuma-
tism. Sold by T. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02

"A Washington scientist Will
build a laboratory at Niagara Falls
and use the current for crystalliz-
ing pure carbon into diamonds of
great size. While it has been
possible for some years to make
pure diamonds by using carbon,
those made have been too-small
to be of any commercial value. 1t
is now asserted by the scientist of
Washington that he has devised a
plan by which precious stones of
any size can be made. The dia-
monds heretofore made were fus-
ed by using impure carbon, that
of commerce, such as willow char
coal. DIR. B. H. tombstone, of
Washington, discards such old
fashioned methods and will use
only the element provided by ma
ture that is, the pure carbon
found in mines all over the coun-
try. Real diamonds-those dug
in their natural state-are merely
the capitalization of this pure
carbon made by a process which
is supposed to have occupied many
millions of years. DR.. tombstone
adopting natures method, propo.
Sos to turn out stones which will
vie in beauty and purity with those
from the fields of South Africa
He will require at least 5000 volts
of electricity to crystalline the car
bon, and that is a power not east
ly obtained anywhere except a
Niagara. The pure carbon 1t
finds in the coal and other mines
about the country, for it exists il
large quantities and can be pur
chased cheaply. With this Car
bon and this immense power o
electricity at his hand. DIR. John
stone states that he can SO crystal
lie the first that he can turn on
, within few days stone that ma
ture could not fashion in million
, of years. The diamonds whicl
will come from this laborator
will be of great size, fer the doc
, tor expects to make them from tn
size of a pea to that of the grea
Kohinoor, the most famous ger
of the world. -Times-Democrat.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02

Did you notice the quantity
of Hamilton-Brown shoes just re-
ceived at L. +. Soulier.
MIR. Dan. w. VOORHEES, left
yesterday for New Orleans, to
plead case before the supreme
court.
We have enjoyed spring-like
weather for the last two or three
weeks, though this week was some
what cloudy.
The planters throughout the
parish have taken advantage of
the fine weather in December to
pillow their lands, and many have
commenced to plant their cane.
DO you know that E. E. Sou
lier gives you pair of "all WOOL
cassimire pants for 81.
The town council has had the
mud cleared in several places and
had bitches dug from the bayou
to the dry land, to facilitate the
handling and working of the en-
CINE in case of fire. We believe
this work to be a great and neces-
sary improvement.
A fire alarm was sounded at one
o'clock p. M, Wednesday. The
fire was in the ginnery of Four.
net q Delahoussaye. The fire de.
partment responded very prompt
ly, but the fire was put out before
they arrived. The damage done
was only to ginned cotton, and il
light. This is the firt time an alarm
ed was sounded since Mr.. Gueril
has taken charge of the steam Ell
CINE, and we must say, to his ere
dit, steam was up and the engin
ready for service before it reach
ed three blocks.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02

Persons who are troubled with Judi
gestion will be interested in the exper-
fence of VIM. ii. Penn. chief clerk, in the
railway mail service at Des MOines.
Iowa, who writes: 1T gives me plea
sure to testify to the merits of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and DiarrhOea
from indigestion, and am subject to fire
quent severe attacks of pain the stO-
mach and bowels. One or two doses of
this remedy never fails to give perfect
relief. Price 25 and 30 cents; sold by T.
J. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02
PLANTERS and FRIENDS.
we Go 1t !!

Remember that uncle Louis is
still in the field for part of your
patronage, and wishes you a good
and happy new year. Your kind
past favors of dying year 1896.
have been greatly appreciated and
will long be remembered.
l.. G.. DuCHAMP.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02

All the offices are held by Span
iards, and the corruption among
officials is almost beyond belief.
Even the reforms sometimes re-
luctantly granted by the Cortes
are not carried out. Compos him
self did not dare guarantee their
enforcement.-Texas Farm and
Ranch.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02

"Hoyt's Comedy Company play
ed Dangers of a Great City last
night, to house crowded to the
doors, in a manner that fully sus-
tanned the reputation they had al
ready made for excellent work.
Miss Hazel Harrison in the Irish
comedy part, Mora Clover" con-
vulsed the audience continually,
and demonstrated her remarkable
versatility. The entire company
gave capable support.-Little Rock
Gazette. Here next Sunday night
at Opera house.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02

The Weekly Messenger, of st.
Martinville, is one of the best
newspapers in the State, and it's
editor, Bro. Albert Bienvenu, one
of the best newspaper men.-The
Shreveport Progress.
Many thanks for the compli-
ment, Bro. Hicks; we appreciate
it very highly, especially coming
from the able President of the
Louisiana Press Association.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02
SATURDAY JAN. =, 1897.
WvVvVVvVVVVVVvVvv
Call Him BY Ills Right Name.

President Cleveland, whatever
else he may have announced, has
failed to please our esteemed
friends of the Sea Coast Echo and
the Biloxi Review. The former
paper has printed screed against
the President which we quote be-
low, and which is reproduced with
cordial appreciation by the Re-
view:
"Grover Cleveland has proven
himself to be the cowardly, treach-
erous and un-American President
yet chosen by the people of this
great country. But Cuba and
those patriots who have so nobly
stood by it, will get that comfort
wished them by the people of this
government from the incoming
administration. Grover Cleve-
lands action about that has dis
graced American manhood and
made his name an ignominious
thing"
Good friends, gentle comrades
in arms, that will hardly pass
muster among the American PEG.
pie. Call Grover Cleveland trea
cherous, un-American and a scoun
drel. Charge that he served
term in the New York penitentia
ry for robbing hog pens and chic
ken houses of the farmers, ant
thereby put the price of whea
and cotton. Nay, charge that hi
murdered his grandmother. Blu
in the name of truth and justic'
and all fairness in even black
guard controversy, do not call hin
a coward, for no sensible man il
the broad limits of the civilize'
world will believe YOU States.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02
Seven Points for 'DrOuth Sufferers.
Western Soil Culture.


l. There are scientific reasons
for small or large yield of any
crop which every farmer can and
should understand.
2. When the farmer fully un-
derstands these conditions he will
find that the yield of grain de-
ponds more upon the mechanical
condition of the soil during the
growing than upon the rain fall.
3. The planting of seeds and
then leaving the plant entirely to
the mercy of the elements is too
much like embarking in a boat
and refusing to use either sail, oar
or rudder. 1t is giving to provi-
dence entirely too great a share of
the work.
4. 1t is mistake to imagine
that because the ground is suffi-
GENTLY moist at seed-time, that
your crop has a good show to ma
ture. 1t depends upon you. Ii
you fence your moisture in you
can keep it, if you let it escape
you will not carry home your
sheaves with much rejoicing.
5. If you think that moisture
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02
NOTICE.

The stock holders Of the Bank OF st.
Martinville are notified that the annual
meeting for the election of Board of
Directors will be held at the Bank bnil
ding Oh Tuesday January 18th 1897 at 6
o'clock p. NJ. ALBERT BIENvENU,
Dec-19-96. Cashier.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-02
A CARD.

The impression seems to prevail that the IN
dersigned writes mo st of the articles appearing
weekly in the Messenger. This is not true. And
I merely mention the fact. because l desire
every tub to stand upon its own bottom" In
other words Mr. Bienvenu. should receive full
credit for his work and not me.
"A. THoIAs.