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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-30

Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Joe Bristow is trying TO make a record.
He wants to name more Republicans as
fourth-eiass postmasters within given
time thar any OF his predecessors. He
is starting out well. Up to date he has
named about 5000 postmasters. He has
about $1,000 more to appoint but is not
We discouraged. Although new in the
business, he has averaged about 1000
appointments month
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-30

Captain John seaton Of Atchison today
for the second time presented his resig-
nation as member Of the state board
Of public works and 1t was accepted by
Governor Leedy. The only remaining
member of the board is Michael Heery
OF Topeka, Sol Miller, the third mem
Der, having died. Mr.. Heery will prob
ably quit his job tomorrow. The COVER
nor will not appoint "a new board. The
improvements to be made at the various
state institutions viii be done under the
supervision Of the boards having those
institutions in charge
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-29
A Big Loan Association.

States.
The New York Tribune is quo
ted as stating that Congress will
soon be asked to charter the "Loan
and Bank Company of the United
States" an institution which is to
loan money to farmers in all parts
of the Union at 4.65 per cent. The
corporation is to have capital of
100000 in shares of SO each,
and loans will be made up to so
per cent Of the value of the land
mortgaged. In consideration of
the mortgage the borrower will
not get cash, but a bond bearing
3.65 per cent. interest, which bond
will, it is thought, be salable at
premium. The loan will be re-
paid in quarterly installments,
which, at the option of the Dor
RIVER, may be made so small as
to extend over seventy-fve. years.
At the end of the term agreed up
on there will be nothing to pay,
since each quarterly payment will
include q small contribution to a
sinking fund.
This plan seems to offer great
advantage to the farmers, who now
pay from Is to 20 per cent for mo-
ney, and in many instances would
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-29

our suffrage and elections had it
not been sacrificed to the wild de-
sire for Office.
Judge Gates filled other posi-
tons of Importance in Iberia, was
for years president of the New
Iberia Oilworks, and a man who
enjoyed the respect and esteem OF
his fellow-citizens.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-29

aldsonville and placed Id jail =
await the Texas and Pacific nikD
train, on which they were takent
Plaquemine and from there 10 II
penitentiary the following NOR
ing.
One of the prisoners vas Ca9
Nash, sent UP from Caddo park
on life sentence, and the otAstt
were Alonzo Rhodes, from Cadda1
twenty years; Coleman .Nslscol
East Carroll, ten years; Henri
Monroe, six years. and B. w. We
son, Calcasieu. In jumping frcd
the train one Of the men Had 81
arm broken and another bis back
injured. They and the negro IT,
was shot were treated by DR.. =. -
Sims. Our hustling Deputy She.
Pierre E. Dalferes rendered -
guards material assistance in CO
rying the prisoners to and hur
the Jail. -Donaldsonville Chieb
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hurled themselves from the win
dows; and although somewhat in
iured, made a bold dash for liber-
ty, and succeeded in secreting
themselves in what is known as
the Smoke Bend swamp. Az soon
as the train was stopped two
guards and posse of citizens
started search of the fugitives.
One of the citizens, Alcee Rodri-
que, discovered two Of the negroes
crouched behind some bushes and
shouted for assistance when one
of the convicts, emboldened by his
partial escape, sprang upon Ro-
drigue, stabbing him in the head,
neck and hand with an old table
knife, inficting painful but not
serious wounds. Rodrigue finally
succeeded in drawing a revolver
and shot his assailant twice, in the
side and arm. All the fugitives
we're recaptured, brought to Don.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-29
JUDGE FRED GATES.
Times-Democrat May 18th.

limes-Democrat May nth.
Judge Fred Gates died sudden
ly at his homo in New Iberia yes
terday, aged sixty-nine years. No
man was better known in that SEC
tion of the State or was more pop
ular than he, and his popularity
was not confined to Iberia, but tx
tended over the entire State.
Judge Gates played leading
part in the politics of his parish
and section, and to him we large
ly owe their redemption from the
Republican party. That party was
stronger there than elsewhere in
Louisiana and it required both
courage and political sagacity to
defeat the Republican leaders and
drive them from power. This,
Judge Gates was largely instru-
mental in doing. He was elected
District Judge in 1884 and again
in 1888, and filled the position
with great credit. In 1892 he was
elected to the State Legislature
from Iberia parish. He made a
strong fight in the Legislature for
change in our assessment laws,
to assure greater uniformity and
equality of valuation. Judge Gates
was appointed a member of the
Constitutional Commission to
frame amendments needed to our
Constitution. So as 70 avoid the
necessity of calling a convention.
He devoted himself to this work
and was largely instrumental in
drawing up the famous suffrage
amendment which would have had
ouch a beneficial influence upon
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-29
WILD FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM

WILD FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM
Last Wednesday morning at 10
O'Clock special train consisting
of two coaches filled with a gang
of convicts which had been work
ing on the Davis levee in st. John
parish, passed here en- route to the
Hickey levee in the parish of East
Baton Rouge. Just after passing
Smoke Bend and upon approach
ing stretch of woods, while the
train was going at a rate of thirty
miles an hour, FIVE of the convicts,
one white man and four negroes,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-29
ALONE AT THE TOP
SOLID FACTS WHICH HAVE A WORLD
nf-

OF MEANING.
Deserved success always commands
the respect and admiration Of the peO-
pie. The man, the machine, the medi-
cine doing greater and better things
than others can do, wins fame and pO-
pularity. A thing which proves over
and over again its power to do that
which it promises to do is sure Of the
abiding confidence of mankind. An ar
ticle which stands out i'm the full light
of great success, unapprOached by all
competition. Is permanently fixed in the
minds of men as honest and reliable.
Look at tho magnificent success Of
that sterling preparation. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. To what is this great success
due?
Think OF the facts. First, there is the
great Laboratory Of Hoods sarsaparilla.
1t is building which contains over
three acres of floor space. and it is the
largest structure in the world devoted
exclusively to the business of proprie-
tary medicine. What does this fact
mean? 1t means that the business of
making and selling Hoods Sarsaparilla
is of immense proportions.
Next, there are the cures by Hoods
Sarsaparilla. These cures have been
spread before the world, year after year
they are known to BIZ true; genuine, I'M
Improbable facts. They are numbered
by thousands. Every mail brings. In
these wonderful reports of cures by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Letters are also
being received. from time to time. from
people who were cured many years ago
and nov write to say the cures are per-
manent-that when once the offending
Impurities which caused their suffering
have been driven from the blood by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, there is no return
of the disease. No other has such re-
cord Of cures as Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Third, look at the advertising of Hood q
Sarsaparilla. 1t does not deceive the
people. 1t tell what Hoods Sarsaparilla
has done and what it will do. We dc
not claim for Hoods Sarsaparilla any
instantaneous, miraculous effect. II ID
a scientific preparation. compounded By
experienced pharmacists. for exactly the
purpose for which it IL advertised, and
for which it has proved wonderfully sue.
cessful, namely. to purify, enrich and
vitaliZe the blood.
This, in short. is the true reason fol
the great cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla
The blood is the life. Therefore, life
health, and happiness depend npon thu
condition of the blood.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-29

We would be pleased to know
what progress has been made by
the committees appointed by the
police jury to secure the right of
way for a railroad from st. Mar
tinville to Arnaudville: We fear
that they will not get the right of
way.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-29
Aldrich And His Sugar Schedule

States.
Senator Aldrich, who, it is char
god, has close personal and bust
ness relations with certain officials
of the Sugar Trust, will, to-day,
open the debate on the tariff bill
with a set speech, which may be
the only one delivered on the Re-
publican size, and it is generally
understood he WILL explain and de-
fend the sugar schedule as framed
by the Republican members OF
the Senate finance committee. If
bis remarks made in the Republi-
can caucus are correctly reported,
he holds that the sugar schedule
of tho Senate bill is more advan-
tageous to the producers than the
House bill, but tariff experts who
have made careful examination
of the two do not agree with him.
On the contrary they assert that
if the Senate's sugar schedule
stands it will enable the trust to
extract at least S25, 100000 a year
from the pockets of the people,
while affording inadequate protec-
ton to the producers of cane and
beet sugar in this country. 1t is
very well understood, however,
that no matter how elaborate de-
Tense Senator Aldrich may make
of the sugar schedule as framed
by the Senate committee, the hand
of the trust is so plainly detected
in it and the opposition to it is SC
| strong that it will, unless greatly
modified, be defeated, and the
House schedule adopted as sub
stitute. The Democrats have de.
voted much time to the study Of
the sugar schedule of tho Senate
bill in which they have been as
sisted by some of the best known
authorities on the tariff question
i'll the country, and it is quite safe
to say that they are supplied with
such facts and figures as will ena
BILE them to make very effective
fight against it.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-29
Don't Tobacco Spit and smoAe Your Life AVIAN.

Don't Tobacco Spit and SMOKE Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netic. full Of life, nerve and vigor, take MOTTO
BAG, the wondef-worlser. that makes weak men
strong All druggists, SOC or 81; Cure guaran-
tecd Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-29

do SO, but the facility for borrow
ing money is generally fraught
with more or less danger to the
borrower; the temptation is al
most irresistible and the simple
act of handling money is provoca-
tive of extravaganza.
1t appears that the government
will not be asked to subscribe to
the company's capital stock, but
will, on the contrary, be secured
the right to obtain, at any time, a
loan of So, 100000 at the current
rate of interest The Tribune re-
marks:
Managed in a strictly business
like way, such a relation might not
be without advantage to the gov
eminent, especially after it goes
out of the banking business, but
at present it seems to be impracti-
cable to exclude politics from such
affairs"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-29

According to the newspapers. an Ohio
husband became the happy father Of Sc
ven children not long ago. OF the Sc
ven all lived but one. 1t t. to be hoped
he laid in a supply Of Chatnberlain's
Cough Remedy, the only sure cure for
Group. whOoping cough, colds and
coughs, and 20 insured his children
against these diseases. For sale by T.
j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-29
SATURDAY MAY 30, 1897.
|. The Election Machine.

The new election machine works
all right. it was tested in Donald
sonville a few days since and
worked to the satisfaction of the
rnanipulators. At the town cleo
ton the wrong man was declared
elected as town collector, but the
machine was put in motion again
and pulled i'll the wrong man and
turned out the other fellow as
elected. This new machine will
correct any mistake that may be
made by the ignorant commission
ers.
In New Iberia the people are
experiencing some difficulty too,
because the machine will not take
names that are not straight goods,
and the quality of the goods must
be tested by the ringsters. They
had a Democratic Ticket" but
the machine said they were not OF
the pure article and could not GO
through the mill, and were sent
back. The names were reshaped
and made Democratic Regular
but the machine still insist that
the article is not pure and cannot
be allowed on the regular tickets
so the only names that will appear
on the tickets at the next election
at New Iberia for Town Trustees
will be those nominated by the
ringsters of the Foster gang.
The other faction will have tc
do like the Lafayette crowd, file 6
contest and make fun for the fel
lows who will be returned elected
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
were designed by The National Cloak
Co., Of New York.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
The wish to shine, makes men fools

The wish to shine, makes men fools.
Don't try to impart ideas by your
feelings.
The wal is not over because we have
lost q battle.
Make a call too short, rather than be
yawned out.
A little sin has as much death in it
as a big one.
Some would rather face a cannon
than their own evils.
The man who can tell all he knows
of religion, knows very little.
1t is q blessing to have opinions; il
is course to be o~pinionated.
All sinful life is moral insanity; and
a guilty act is criminal lunacy.
The man who knows how to live
we'll, will not have to learn how to die
we'll.
Nature is Gods; botany and geology
are mems; so religion is divine, theol'
ogy, human.
The man whose opinion is hardest tc
get is the man whose opinion is most
worth getting.
The saddest ignorance in this world
is not to know the pleasure that comes
from self-sacritice.
Opinions are a good thing to have
in life, but an extra pair of suspenders
is often OF more practical value.
1t is a merciful provision of provi-
dence that in hours of darkest sorrow
we are not conscious of what W. suffer.
The Creator spends so much force
in sunsets and apple blossoms, that
there must be some great use in mere
beauty.
Calling a mar hard names, is often
only another way of saying that he
dares to differ from you in opinion
Rams Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
The Proper Course,

Most people are aware, says Life,
that it is the custom of turf gentle.
men to settle their accounts Every
Monday at Tattersall's 1t vas on
one of these occasions that a hacker,
by an oversight, paid his bookmaker
a betting debt which he had settled
already. This put the "bookie" in a
mental fix as to what would be the
best course for him to take. "Shall /
rob my wife and family" he argued
with himself, sand return the money;
or shall 1 keep it and 60 about with
a scared conscience?:" Unable to de-
eide the point himself, he sought the
advice of a brother professional OF
greater experience. paid you twice
over, did he?" said the latter. "Ask
him for it again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
His Autograph in Tin.

Forty-one years ago Thomas Nc
Nance, President of the Wabash Ma
Ftional Bank and one of the wealthiest
residents Of Wabash County, was a
iourneymanitinner in Wabash, and put
a tin roof, on an old dwelling near the
ancient lock of the now defunct Wa
bash and Erie Canal. When he had
finished the job he etched with 8
scratch-awl his name in the last sheet
of tin. The property now belongs to
the Thompson Milling Company, and
Mr.. McNamee has made e request Of
the latter to be permitted to cut out
the sheet of tin bearing the autograph
placed there before the war, and per-
mission has, been granted. The roof
shows no signs of wearing out, though
it has withstood the elements for more
than forty years.-Indianapolis (Ind.)
News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
An Accomplished Southern Girl.

A Southern paper publishes the
following advertisement: WANTED
BY a young lady, aged 10, of pleasing
countenance, good figure, agreeable
manners, general information and
varied accomplishments, who has
studied everything from the creation
to crochet, a situation in the family
of a gentleman. She will take the
head of his table, manage his house
hold, scold his servants, muse his
babies, check his tradesmen's bills,
accompany him to the theater, cut
the leaves of his new book, sew on
his buttons, warm his slippers, and
generally make his life happy. Apply
in the first place to Miss --, Hick'
DRY Grove, Ga, and afterward to
papa, or the premises"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
Where Soldiers Are Hit.

A great military authority says that
when q well-built man of six feet is
facing the enemy he presents a surface
to be shot at of one thousand square
inches.
His face has an area of ffty-six
inches, and his neck of twenty-three
inches, and out of every hundred men
wounded in battle fourteen will be
wounded in those parts. They are the
most exposed parts Of the body,
whether the combatant be in a trench
or behind a tree or wall.
The trunk offers nearly four times as
large a target, but it is usually protect
ed by some form of defense work, and
is, therefore, hit only nineteen times
in a hundred.
As Scraps says, it seems extraordi-
nary that the arms have as great an
area almost as the body. That is to
say, what the anatomist calls arms,
which include the shoulders. They
measure two hundred and twenty-six
inches, and receive thirty out of the
hundred hits. The reason they are
oftener hit than the body is that they
have to be exposed so much in firing.
The legs, including the hips, have
the largest surface of all, measuring
four hundred and twenty-five square
inches, or nearly twice as much as h
arms. But they are nearly always pro-
tected by breastworks, rising ground,
trunks of trees, etc., and so they are
wounded only thirty-fve times out OF
the hundred.
When fighting at close quarters the
head and body suffer very severely,
and when fighting from behind trees
the arms, having to be put forward to
fire, receive an unusual number OF
wounds.
A curious fact, which every veteran
knows to his cost, is that when the
ground is hard bullets are reflected
upward aud wound the legs and lower
parts of the body, while, if the ground
were soft. the bullets would bury
themselves in it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16

huge bunch of violets was worn at the
corsage, and the combination was
both dainty and effective.
No street costume is complete to-
day without a bunch of posies, and the
flower vendors find little difficulty in
disposing of their mass of beauty.
The old-fashioned flowers, too, like
the lilac, primrose and peony find
much favor with maids and matrons
alike.
Cut steel is again in vogue, and the
careful housewife who is saving, may
now rummage about in boxes and
drawers for the steel ornaments and
trinkets of years ago.
The newest style belt has two
buckles in the front, one on either
side, to make the waist look smaller.
French gilt, silver and enamel buckles
and belts will be much worn with the
thinner summer frocks.
The costumes illustrated herewith
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
Fhotographing the Arteries.

After much study and painstaking
an artery in the arm of an adult has
been photographed. The patient had
been suffering from some trouble in
the arm which the physicians were
unable to correctly diagnose. By
means of the X-rays deposits of lime
salts in the blood were clearly shown,
and the case was treated in accordance
with the facts elected by the photo
graphing as described.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
An Easier Revenue.

Sparring Teacher-"What? No
more lessons? Why, you only took
two."
Amateur (much the worse for wear)
you see, I wanted to take enough
lessons so that I could learn enough
about the manly art to lick a man.
I've changed my mind now. I guess
I will send the fellow down to take the
rest of the lessons. dorchester Dem
ocrat and Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
pojnted Toes Ont of Fashion

Pointed toed shoes have gone out OF
fashion, but shoe dealers say people
are not willing to go back to more
sensible footwear. Round-toed shoes
are fashionable, but pointed toed shoes
are sold. The chiropodists rejoice
over this latter fact, for the shoes With
sharp toes have done much for their
business
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
Nativity Of New York's Police.

OF 1890 men appointed as members Of the
police force Of New York City between Au-
gust l, 1895, and January /, 1897, q period
Of seventeen months, 1885 were natives of
the United States, 211 Of Ireland, forty
eight Of Germany, twenty-four of England
or Canada, six Of Austria and Ave of Scot
land. There were also two Russians and
one Holstein Dane.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
Trouble Among the Freaks.

"Oh, Reginald, I am SO glad you
have come!" pulled the Fat Lady.
"We have just been having an awful
timer"
"What is it?" asked the Living
Skeleton.
"The India Rubber Man got angry
at the Leopard Boy and wor he
would knock the spots off him, if he
had to do a stretch of ten years for it. !"
Indianapolis Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
A Unnecessary Admonition.

"Did you tell that young man not to
call here any more?" asked Mabel's
father, severely.
"N-no."
"Why not?"
sI didn't think that it was neces-
sary. I don't see how he could call
any more, now. He calls sever times
q week. "-Washing Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
True to His Order.

The Lady-'Ill give you a good
meal if you will cut up some of that
wood"
The Tramp-"Sorry, but I can't &C
commodate you, madam"
ITO iazyto work, I SUPPOSE"
"Notthat, madam, not that. would
be false to my trust. You see, I'm a
member Of the Society for the Preser-
walton Of the American Forests, and
we never cut any wood. -Yonkers
Statesman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
Safe While It Lasts,

IT haven't got any case," said the
client, ''but I have money"
"How nuch?" asked the lawyer.
"Ten thousand dollars" was the
reply.
"Phew! you have the best case I
ever heard of. I'll see that you never
go to prison with that sum-" said the
lawyer, cheerfully. Boston Traveller.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
creenbouse TO Cost 500, 900.

Buffalo is rejoicing in the prospect
of possessing within the present year
q fine greenhouse, all crystal and steel.
The structure will be 200 feet long
and will have an octagonal dome about
rs feet high and 60 feet in diameter.
It will cost about 800, 600.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
Heroic.

Drawn Ito dentist)-"T won't pay
anything extra for gas. Just yank the
tooth out, even if it does hurt a little. u
Dentist must say you r very
plucky. Just let me see the tooth"
Brawn-''O, haven't got any tooth
ache; it's Mrs. Drawn. She'll be here
in q minute. Tit Bits.