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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-13
L. c. DUCHAMP,
DEALER M
Hardware, Furniture, Paints, Oils,
Wheel-Wright, Cr6ckery Etc.
ATTENTION PLANTERS.

-. Al AIIENIION PIAN IEKS.
- If you need good, Reliable Disc Cultvator, Buy the
Best. Buy the Celebrated JOHN DEERES. The Sugar
Planters Favorte Why3 Because child can work it,
pair of Creole Horses Mules pull it, it throws in the
shade all Others the proof that they the Best have
sold $50 Of them in less than is MONTHS you always
find them ON TERMS or for CASH at the PLANTERS
STORE, at UNCLE L0UlS'S, who has years of exper
lance with Agricultural Implements Corn Planters at so
Cotton Planters $780,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-02-13

Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Roman
Catholic Church of st. Martinville. Presbytery
of said Church, Nov. 18th 1895.
Upon the call of the Rev. A. B. Langlois, the
Board met and was called to order. We're pre-
set: Rev. A. B. Langlois, acting as chairman Of
the Board shd Messrs. Z. A. Duchsmp. and A.
Maraist.
The Chairman explains the object and pur-
pose of the Meeting which is to consider and
act as regards the Rents now due to said church
in disposing by private sale, at reasonable con-
ditions, if possible, Of said perpetual rents.
After due consideration of the matter submit
ted. and for the pd pse of settling the differ
ence now existing inrelation thereto. Mr.. Du-
champ moves that said rents be sold to all par
ties owing said rents. at reduction Of fifty per
cent of the face value this within the next six
months to date from the official PRONUNCIATION
of these proceedings. The motion is put to a
vote and unanimously csrried.
fEUG. Az DUCHAMP,
AUa. MARrsT, acting Sec,
Signed A. B. LAxeLoIs. Cure, :
J. BoGAEITs, V. c.,
IF. Jf61Ss. Arch. of N. o.
true copy from oriEipsI on file.
sto. MARMsr.
Nov-2l-s-m. sAstins Secretary.
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LORD DELIVER US.


Reports have been circulated
throughout Louisiana to the effect
that Blanchard would be appoin-
ted on the Supreme bench to sue
ceed Justice McEnery, as soon as
his place in the y. S. Senate was
vacant and which will be filled by
the same gentleman who nov
graces the position in the Su-
preme Court of the state. What
q curse this would be for us. It
smacks of some sort of unholy
alliance by which Blanchard Us to
be oscilated from the Federal Sc
nate to the Supreme Court. In
capable of securing a reelection
by the Legislature at its last ses-
sion. because of course, he was not
wanted, the chronic aspirant and
political scientist is to be placed,
where the very highest type of
learning, judgment and equity is
q prerequisite to its occupancy.
A failure as a lawyer, not much as
q statesman, poor in deed as a
member of the National House of
Representatives, and much worse
as a Senator, the beneyard for
played-outs is to be opened to re-
ceive saother corpse.
Politicians have no just right to
occupy such positions as q Justice
of the highest court in opr state,
but here is one whole only recon-
mendation is that he is both lucky
and cheeky, about to assume the
Judicial ermine, shorn of every
qualification beyond the. fact of
his having been turned down by
the people who are tired of the
1poor quality of craftsmanship he
is able to furnish in payment OF
their suffrages. Then too, the bal
of his own city, Shreveport, refu-
sed to endorse him, having made
known their choice in the person
of Judge Land, without a dissen:
tingsvoice. AS the appointment
belongs to the Fourth Congress
sional District, may be Blanchard
will get it, despite the fact thu
nobody wants him except the ap
pointive power. The people d
Louisiana will certainly have cause
to mourn, when the politica
stump speaker and barbatue ora
tor is available timber with which
the supreme court of this fai,
state can be built.
No wonder Louisiana is shroud
ed in 80 much misfortune and il
made to shed 80 many bitter tears
her load of adversely is SO ehor
nous, the burden is so rotten ant
smells so bad.
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NERVOUS .Toubles are due to
" impoverished blood. Hoods Sar-
saparilla is the One. True Blood
Purifier and NERVE TONIC.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
A Word About Turkeys.

The man who imagines that turkeys
do not pay their way Is in the dark. The
man who says turkey meat is not fit
for a workingman's dinner is in error.
The truth is, turkey Is good food con-
sidered from any and every standpoint;
and what is more, turkeys, at particular
seasons are always In demand.
The thought was suggested by read
ing the remarks Of shopper at a New
York farmers institute few weeks ago.
He was speaking of the best places to
raise turkeys. He said the largest flocks
and the most thrifty looking turkeys
are found on farms having high, dry
land, which has light growth of grass
and where a new breeding gobbler has
lately been introduced. They generally
do best ON land where they have not
been kept for years. AS rule it is
more difficult to raise them each year
they have been kept In place, especi-
ally IL large number be grown.
Commenting on the suggestion that
turkey raising is not as profitable in the
East, and especially in New England,
as 1t was once, because the lands are all
occupied and change of pasture" is not
so readily obtainable, even for turkeys,
the Massachusetts, Plowman says this
shows where western breeders have the
advantage. There is no part Of the West
that has been overstocked with turkeys,
and the breeding Of them is steadily
gaining ground in this part Of the
country. There was time not long
ago when Rhode Island turkeys stood
at the head Of the market, and Nara
gansett turkeys were the best that could
be produced anywhere. Now the bronze
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
FARM DEPARTMENT.
BY W. A. PETER.

who have gone beyond the barbarous
stages of civilization. Not only is the
wild animals flesh less desirable than
that of the well fatted carcass Of our
improved breeds, but the quantity as
we'll as the quality is deficient. Imag-
Inc q wild OK from the plains or an un-
trained shoat from the pine regions Of
the South standing side by side with a
modern Short-horn and Berkshire or
Poland-China, and you have the idea.
The wild OK feeds ON wild grass, weeds
and leaves, while nuts and roots supply
the food of hogs in their natural state.
The feeding of steer or porker for the
market is matter Of care and study.
They get the best Of everything. Every
day is Christmas or Thanksgiving with
them. And the result pays, not them
but their owners.
Only few days ago, 294 head of ex-
port cattle were sold In Henry county,
Missouri, for shipment o London. They
weighed 49,, ,495 pounds (average 1,64D
and sold for $23,SSS5O. This was equal
to $S1.23 head. The purchasers pro-
nounced them the best lot of cattle they
ever saw. And these cattle had been
fed on soaked shelled corn the past nine
months.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Taxation is Excessive.

The aggregate amount of taxation
paid by the people is enormous, it has
risen to about 81, ,250, 100000 a year. Let
us set man to counting that much
money. Say he counts 500 minute,
which would be $4,000 an hour, $48, 900
day of eight hours-say $4,000 for
ease of compilation. That would be
equal TO $15,0O0,OOO a year of 300 days.
To count $1,25O,OOO,O 900 at that rate,
would require the services of one per-
son eighty-three years, or of eighty
three persons one year.
Our total taxation yearly amounts to
nearly half as much as the national
debt was at the close of the great war
This, Of course, includes the cost Of
maintaining the national government,
which does not bear equally on the peo-
pie according to their wealth Sugar,
for example, costs us now nearly cents
a pound more than it would il the for
eign article came in free Of duty; and
we pay, of this tax, not according to
what we are worth, but according to the
quantity of sugar we use.
But as to State and local taxes, they
are paid by assessment on the taxable
property we own, and in Kansas it is
equal to an average of Sc or 81 to the
head of population, or, say $25 to the
family. Is it reasonable that a State
with less than a million and a half Of
people should require eight to ten mil
lion dollars year to defray its public
expenses?
The next Legislature ought to appoint
tax commission of three competent
persons to overhaul the general subject
of State and local taxation, with the
view of reducing the peoples taxes. We
ought to get along with one1half what
we now pay.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Reat as q RegtOratiye 70 land,

A Missouri farmer quotes scripture to
show that among the various ways
which men have adopted to restore fer
tility to land, none has ever been found
better than that set out in the 25th
chapter Of Leviticus, verses one to FIVE
inclusive, where the Israelltes were d.
rected to let the land rest every seventh
year.
There is a good deal In the rest idea.
In many parts of Virginia and North
Carolina, farm lands that were worn out
by continuous cultivation, were aban-
dOned. In the course Of time young
timber began to show itself on the i'm
poVerished ground, and as the forest re-
appeared the soil regained its vigor
But rest does not necessarily mean
that land should lie idle long time,
any more than weeks rest Is needed
for man or horse that has been work
ing hard few hours. A rotation of
crops that will give two or three years
in seven to grass on every piece of titled
land allows as much rest as is needful.
An investigation undertaken a few
years ago by committee of the United
States Senate, brought out the fact that
the old farms Of Pennsylvania and New
York that have been in cultivation a
hundred years and more do now pro-
duce as well as, and in many cases bet
ter than, they ever did. And in that
part Of the country the rotation system
has been always followed. Wheat,
clover or timothy or both, corn, oats
to wheat and grass again, is the usual
round.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Winter Care for Laying Hens,

A farm might as we'll be without
swine as without poultry, and good
hen never shows her worth to better
advantage than she does in the winter;
hence word by way of suggestion as
the winter care of laying hens is always
in order.
A practical hand with poultry, writ
ing for the readers of Farmers Review,
IL Of opinion that while care works won
ders with hens as it does with almost
everything else, still he insists that
without good stock to begin with, care
does not count for very much, no matter
how good it is, even with hens.
But give him good strain to care for,
then he wants warm quarters in winter,
clean and well ventilated, and he ad-
vises plenty of wholesome food and pure
water regularly given. He lays stress
on variety in food. "Give warm break
fast, one-third cooked vegetables and
table scraps, one-third clover, either
cut fine, or the shatterings from clover
hay One-third, mix with hot water, milk
if you have it, and feed warm"
Of course the exact quantity Of food
d CulChSl Will cat CcSAnAOb NC hAOWh III
advance, but little careful and studied
experience will serve as a guide. No
animal should ever be given more than
ii will eat then or at a subsequent time.
That is to say, it is not best to surfeit
a fowl Keep health and appetite good,
and nature will respond to care.
The writer above referred to favOrs
the use of table salt for winter hens
once or twice week and he adds home
grown pepper every ten days. Use table
scraps regularly, and heads of cabbage
suspended against the walls for the hens
to pick at are useful Feed corn even
ings, and bits of fresh meat are always
good, and bones are very important. If
you have no mill, cut and break the
bones with an AK Charcoal, gravel and
grit, ought to be convenient at all times.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
How to Make a Filter.

A correspondent of the Journal Of Ag-
riculture uses a good tight barrel" to
make filter for a cistern. He knocks
one of the heads out, and bores an inch
and q half hole in the other end, in
which he drives plug from the out
side. The plug end Of the barrel Is to
be the bottom of the filter. Put small,
perforated wooden box just over this,
and have the pipe through which the
water runs come down through the CEN
ter OF the barrel and terminate In this
box. TIE box to have the bottom side
out, the pipe to come through the top
OF the box. Get some nice clean gravel,
put In layer Of gravel and then layer
of charcoal, and so on till the barrel is
half full or more; arrange it so that the
last layer will be Of gravel. Just above
the last layer put in the pipe that runs
into the cistern. The flltering to be
done from the bottom. Set the barrel
on two stills, so that 1t will be some dis
tance above ground, and cover it well
so that nothing can get into it. When
the rain comes turn it in to the filter,
and when the Cistern In full, take out
the plug from the bottom of the barrel,
and the water, in rushing out, will wash
out all sediment, bugs and insects that
might have run in; thus leaving the
Alter clean and nice, and ready for the
next rain.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Individual Sugar-Making Won't Pay.

The beet sugar-making business is
now on the boards, and some foolish
farmers, like the ten foolish virgins,
may be caught without the necessary oil
on hand.
We have had some sugar making ex-
perience in Kansas-enough to last a
long time if we husband it well. Years
ago our farmers held meetings, formed
associations and hired lecturers, and
some of them did actually succeed in
producing sugar. 1t was hoped that
with public aid means would be dis
covered whereby individual farmers
would be enabled to supply themselves
with sugar and have some to spare. A
bounty was offered and paid by,o the
State, and Congress granted 2-cent-a-
pound bounty besides removing the duty
from foreign raw sugars. But the longer
we worked at it, the more certainly did
the fact appear that sugar from any
known substance cannot be profitably
made except through concentration of
means and effort.
A beet sugar plant for successful op-
GRAFTON costs about half million dol
lars. Where a system including several
concerns Is inaugurated under one man
agement In a large region adapted to the
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

growth of beets, cost Of factories might
be reduced materially, for in that case
one management only would have to be
paid for all. But where one company
expects to build only one establishment
in one State or region, 1t is not safe to
estimate less than 100000 for a profit
able plant.
Anybody can make raw sugar from
beets, but 1t will cost him more than it
Is worth--twice as much as he can buy a
much better article for at the grocers.
But the growing Of sugar beets is profit
able and farmers, by combining with
manufacturers, can make the business
remunerative.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Where Does the Farmer Come IMP

The wheat market in Chicago was
active the greater part of this month,
prices ruling higher than usual. Vast
quantities Of wheat were rushed to sup
ply the demand or, II you please, to glut
the market and swamp some speculator.
Whatever the cause, wheat went in by
the million bushels and prices were
away up.
But where does the farmer come into
the deal? Where does his part of the
profit come from and how Is he to get it =?
Quoting from the Farmers Sentinel, the
farmer Seems to be in it. It makes
everybody want to be a farmer and
with the farmers stand; pair Of cow
hides on his feet and pitchfork in
his hand.
But let us see The farmer raised
the crop; there is no question about
that. Every farmer knows who did
the work.
But how much did he get for the
dollar wheat" which is being tossed
about by the bulls and bears in the
market?
"Mr. Farmer got about 60 to rs cents
bushel. Deducting all expenses OF rails
ing it left him measly profit of about
s or 10 cents bushel.
Does the consumer get the benefit Of
the low price which the farmer sold
for? Oh, no; he gets it in the neck"
by the high price which the speculatOr
sells IL for!
Between the farmer and the con-
sumner (who pays S. a barrel for flour)
there is rake Off of anywhere from
so to so cents a bushel.'
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
How to Root Cuttings.

A writer in American Gardener says
that where one has no facilities for
using bottom peat, good way to root
cuttings is to take two flower pots, say
four and six inches across the top. Stop
the hole in the bottom Of the smaller
one with O. cork and fll 1t with water.
Put In the larger one layer Of clean
sand (having first covered the hole with
something that will prevent the sand
running through, and place the smaller
pot upon 1t so chat the tops Of the two
will be on the same level. Fill the space
between them with sand, and in this
insert the cuttings close to the inner pot.
Place them in a sunny window and keep
the smaller pot always filled with water.
The inner pot can be at any time lifted
without disturbing the cuttings, and the
root growth examined.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
It Pays to Keep Out Of Debt.

When debt oVertakes a man his bur-
den is heavy Interest is a destroyer.
Paying interest has broken the will OF
many man and destroyed the comfort
and happiness Of millions of families.
The average net savings Of all the peo-
pie OF this country as shown In the
assessed value Of their visible property
has been only per cent. year during
107 years-since the first enumeration
was taken in 1890, and during all that
time the legal rate of interest was not
below per cent. in any of the States,
except Louisiana, where 1t was 5.
During the ten census years 1880 to
1889, both inclusive, the amount of
money borrowed by the people of the
United States in their private individual
capacity and for the payment of which
their farms and homes were mortgaged,
was $12,094, 1881, ,793, of which the farm
ers got $4,896,771 ,112, at on average rate
of interest 1856 per cent. year. The
average yearly borrowing by the farm
ers was $1,209, ,488, ,793, and that at 7.36
per cent. gave an aggregate annual
charge Of $89,O1S,375.
The total number of acres mortgaged
was 662,S55,0 an average of 66,285,509
each year, equal to 454,638 average
sized (1S7 acres) farms. This gives us
an average yearly interest charge Of
$194 to the mortgaged farm-but little
less than the average farmers income.
The assessed valuation Of property in
the country in 1880 was $17 ,139, ,9O3, ,495;
in 1890, it was $25, 47S, ,17S,418, yearly
increase Of about per cent.
1t appears that farmers who have been
paying to 10 per cent. yearly for the
use of money, have been paying twice
as much as all the people of the country
taken as one have saved by all their
labor, and this includes the rise In
values by settlement and improvement
and other causes. 1t pays to keep out
Of debt.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Government Reservoirs for Irrigation.

The government has been examining
some portions of the Northwestern
States lately for the purpose Of deter
mining the practicability of storing sur
plus waters for irrigation. A report
has been submitted concerning five res
ervoir systems in Wyoming, near Lara
mie, showing the feasibility, probable
cost and estimated advantages. Res
ervoir construction in the arid region,
the report says, would reduce the food
height Of the Missouri river during the
June rise, which Is indispensable to the
highest development Of that section,
and need not involve government con-
troll of irrigation works. The total ex-
tent of a reservoir system In the arid
regions which shall render available the
entire flowing streams will not exceed
1,161 million cubic feet. The annual
cost to each of the seventeen States to
he benefited Is put put at about $4,000.
It Is further estimated that the system
in operation would pay for It's original
cost In an average Of than years.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Walnut and Catalpa Trees in Kansas.


During the season OF 1884, tract Of
1900 acres of land at darlington, Kas.,
on the line of what is now the Kansas
City, Fort Scott & Memphis railroad,
was set to trees for the purpose Of grow
Ing timber for railroad ties. The Varie-
Ties selected for the experiment were
black walnut, cherry, catalpa, ash, Usage
orange and chestnut The chestnut has
not done WELL but the others have done
remarkably. The walnuts are forty feet
high and about two feet In circumfer-
ence. Meehan's Monthly, referring to
this experiment, says the trees were
planted about four feet by four apart,
and thinks better results would have
been realized II they had been set far
ther apart, though many of the trees
are now large enough to cut for ties.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Soaked shelled Corn for Fattening Cattle.

While animals in the wild state live
well in their way on food as nature sup
plies 1t, yet food animals, as cattle and
hogs, in their wild condition, are not
sought after for food by men and women
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

turkey is at the head, and those pro-
duced in the West sell as we'll as those
produced In the East in any market
where they are offered.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

The easiest way to burn out stumps
entirely is to bore number Of twoeinch
auger holes in the top to the depth of
foot and fill them with kerosene every
day for week. Then the stump and
roots can be demolished by fire built
on top.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-29
Appomattox Association.

RICE, VA, July 2s-(spe cial) -Appo-
mattox Baptist Association met today IN
its ninety-third annual session. at Pisgah
church. Prince Edward county The
region around Rice. at which village this
church Is situated. h one OF unusual
prosperity and beauty. The crops OF to-
bacco and corn are simply magnificent.
ana the farmers give evidence OF thrKt
and exemption from debt, which l hnd
nowhere else In Southslde Virginia. Tho
Introductory sermon was preached by
DR.. George Braxton Taylor, or West
Appomattox, on 1.-THE Church OF God,
which Is at Corinth." from which yaiu-
able lessons we're inculcated.
After being bountifully fed. the body
reconvened and unanimously elected the
incumbent. Hon. j. w. Harwood, or APP
pomattOx county, as moderator, ana Il.
\. Lyon. of HiXburg, as clerk. u. III.
Carter, Of Rice was chosen treasurer
The discussion on the work Of the Edu-
cation Board was participated TN by Or.
Winston, Of Farmyile, who presented IL
written report: DR.. A. T.. owen, OF Ports
mouth; Professor G. l.. Cooke, or Hol-
Inns; Rev. l.. X. Thornhill, Of Manehes-
ter. and others.
Rev. c. A. Woodson, OF Brookneai'
offered a report on home missions which,
after extended discussion, was adopted
Among the visitors besides those ABOVE
named are Reys. j. A. Wildman' OF
South Boston, and c. a. Munroe, OF tho
Presbyterian Church.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-29

might come by recommitting the ordi-
nance to the Committee OF Streets. lie
admitted that II was faulty. and said
that the imperfec,ions could be remedied
and Il could be brought back. proDaoiy
In a form which would be more accept
able. IL was argued that delay ohiy
meant 10 keep the home company III
icopardv and the Council refused 10
recOmmit.
Senator Daniel then arose. ana saiu
that. since the body would not reconlih''
the ordinance to the Committee on
Streets and it was apparent that u
would not adopt it at that meeting ne
would ask permission 10 withdraw the
petition Of the company. There was
some doubt expressed as to whether TINS
could be done at this stage, but the
Chair allowed a vote upon H. and the
Council refused to allow "A Withdrawal
THE ORDINANCE REJECTED.
The roll was then called on the adop-
ton OF the ordinance as It came from
the Committee on Streets, and It was
rejected by vote OF four ayes TO nine
teen noes. as follows:
Ayes-Messrs Bloomberg, Ebel, Miller,
and Noble.
Noes-Messrs. Blanks, Briggs. Cotueli,
Foster. Gunst. HARRISON, Hawkins,
Jones. King. CARRIER, Mosby lblock'
Rountree. Ryan, Tanner. Wailersteln'
Whalen. williams. and Woody-l9.
The Council adjourned at 21O a. Nj.