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500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be plea
sed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the on
ly positive cure now known to the medi-
cal fraternity. Catarrh being cOnsti-
tutiOnal disease. requires a constitution
al treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is ia
ken internally. acting directly upou the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
ten. thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The prOprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure.
F.J. Cheney & Co., Props. Toledo. O.
Sold by druggists. price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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A CLEVER TRICK.
A NEGRO PRISONER ESCAPES IN HIS
wIFE's CLOTHES.

Thursday morning the wife OF
Honore Joe, young negro who
was convicted and sentenced to a
life Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary, for the murder of the Syrian
peddler, at the last term, was al
lowed in the Jail to pay visit to
her husband, and Jailer Bertrand,
through kindness of heart, allow
ed the woman to enter the steel
cell, and spend few hours toget-
her. While in the cell together
they plotted clever trick that
they brought to successful ter
mination.
They both disrobed. the WON an
entered into the husbands clothes
and the husband got into the
wife's clothes, they being of the
same size, the young negro being
beardless, he poked a sun bonnet
on his head, and looked every bit
a woman. The woman in the hus-
bands attire remained quiet and
sorrowful in corner of the cell
when Jailer Bertrand came in to
let the woman out, and unsespec-
ting of such a smart trick opened
the cell and Jail doors and allowed
Honore Joe to 60 out, in the wo-
mans clothes. This happened in
the morning, and the escape of
the prisoner was only discovered
late in the evening when the other
prisoners gave the information to
chief deputy Broussard.
The negro who had come with
the woman and who left with Ho-
more Joe has been arrested and is
now in Jail, as is also the woman.
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The meeting of the Town Coun-
Gil Wednesday evening was atten-
ded by nearly one hundred men,
who were drawn there by mere
curiosity, because it was rumored
that a delegation of ladies were to
call upon the council, urging them
to pass some ordinance to remove
from the corporate limits the lewd
women who have taken their abode
on the western outskirt of the
town, but to the great disappoint-
ment of the curious, the ladies
failed to appear.
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NOTICE.

st. Martinville. La, Dec. 20th. 1877
Editor Messenger:
st. Martinville, La.
Dear Sir:
The free scholarship. for the fifth Som
atOrial District, in Tulane University, b
vacant. desire to give noties 70 The
young men Of this District that u Will
afford me great pleasure TO fIE the ex~
listing vacancy. Respectfully.
r. MlhrIk.
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MARDI GRAS CARNIVAL
New Orleans, La, Feb. %, 1898.

New Orleans. La, Feb. 20, 1898.
The Carnival this year promises to ex-
coed previous efforts in grandeur, and
New Orleans will show to the world the
insignificant effect her recent affection
has had upon the temper and resources
Of her people. The Southern Pacific will
sell round trip tickets Feb. 1890 and
2lst from all points on its line to New
Orleans at rate of one fare. limited for
return fifteen days from date OF sell.
Children will be carried at OEe-half the
adult rate. Double daily train service
with sleeper service in both directions.
Local agents will furnish full inform
Gtion.
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An Uncertain Disease.

According to the informxtioN
we could get from the committee,
the Mardi Gras procession this
year will be the prettiest, and the
most interesting ever seen in st.
Martinville. The program will be-
entirely different from that Of pre-
vious years.
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NOTICE.

State Of Louisiana-Psrish of 81 Martin.
Let it be known that Antoine Hollier nov
confined in the Stats Penitentiary under Q vsr-
dict and sentence Of the 18th. Judicial District
Court OF Louisiana, in and for st. Martin Psf-
ism, under Act No. 1874 of 1890, has applied to the
State Board of Pardon, for his pardon and re-
lease and that said application wiN b preseussd
and acted upon at the next session Of ssid
Beard.
81. Martinsville La. Dec. 18th. A. D. 1891.
BY his father. kLEBxR HoLLWhs
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FOR SALE.

A suitable cane farm situated on pu-
blfc road three quarters mile from Key
stone refinery and half mile from Della
croix scale and derrick. Having a fine
dwelling residence aud dependencies.
Address CAB. GARDEMAL.
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K. SCHWARTZ.

Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Mr.. Louis j. Fournet
to Miss Blanche Fleming, to take
place at the st. Louis Cathedral,
New Orleans, on Wednesday the
10th of this month.
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1t has been reported on what

1t has been reported on what
we consider good authority that
yellow fever still exists in New Or
leans, to a considerable extent.
Unless the authorities of the city
succeed in stamping out the dis
ease during this month, which is
the last month in which we may
hope for cold weather, we fear that
as soon as the warm weather sets
in that the fever will spread
throughout the country. For this
reason we believe a national quar-
antine law would be of great bene-
fit to the whole country. If we
fail to get a national quarantine
law, the constitutional convention
should give some attention to this
matter, so as to have a uniform
system of quarantine throughout
the state. We are of the opinion
that a good quarantine can keep
the disease away without entirely
stopping the wheel of commerce,
and we should look into the mat
ter in advance.
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Notice to License PAYERS

of the Corporation Of 81. Martmville.
License payers Of the Corporation Of
st. Martinville are hereby notified that
your License for the year 1897 are now
due and collectable and mnst be paid
before the LIST Of March 1885, at which
time time thew will BE- turned over to
the License Attorney and collected with
costs.
Heretofore too much lineDcy has BEEN
shown in the collection Of license. You
must not expect such Indulgence h the
future. A. Y. FLEMING, Collector,
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Tuesday the Board of Direc-
tors of the st. Martinville Bull
ding and Loan Association re-elec-
ted the same officers to serve for
the coming year; they are l.. c..
Duchamp, President; r. Martin,
Vice President; Carlos Greig, Sc
cretary and Treasurer. They have
successfully managed the affairs
of the association since its organi-
zation, and their continuation in
Office is guarantee that the af-
fairs of the association are in good
hands. The association has out
grown the anticipation of the pro-
moters who had limited the shares
at 500, making the capital stock
100000, of this 467 shares are in
force, making capital of 500, 400.
Steps are being taken now to
amend the charter in order to in
crease the capital of the associa-
ton, because at the rate the shares
are being taken, we expect by the
end of this year the amount Of
shares placed will be double
what they are today.
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being conducted by many of the
South's ablest SONS in all lines of
life-do not eventuate in results
of interest and of value to this
section of the country, it will be
cause for establishment. The con-
vention ought to be and is likely
to be splendid success.
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Notice to Tax PAYERS

Of the Corporation OF st. Martinville.
You are hereby notified that your taxes
for 1897 are over due and delinquent and
if not paid within 50 days from date Will
be collected with costs.
Collector Office st. Maftinville, La, this
Sth day Of January A. ID. 1898.
A.V. FLEMING, Collector,
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FOR SALE.

The property known as the Bancker'S
place, in lots Of or 10 acres on liberal
terms. Possession TO be given December
3lst 1899. Apply tOCitizens Bank Of La.
New Orleans. La.
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Quarantine Convention.


At the initiative of DR.. w. II.
Sanders, State Health Officer of
Alabama, convention will assem-
BILE in the City of Mobile, next
Wednesday week, Feb. 8, for the
purpose of studying the subject
of quarantine in its relations to
epidemic diseases in general and
to yellow fever in particular"
The investigation will be conduc-
ted from every point of view, and
the discussions on the various to-
pics will be participated in by re-
representatives. of all class and pro-
fessions-lawyers, doctors, preach
ers, merchants, railroad officials,
journalists, and representatives of
the national and State government.
That the convention will be thor
oughly representative may be
judged from its membership,
which will be as follows: I. Mem
bers of the State Boards of Health
of the South Atlantic and Gulf
States; 2. Members by appoint
ment of the Governors of the
South Atlantic and Gulf States
five from each State; 3. Members
by appointment of municipal 60
vernments; 4. Members appointed
by commercial bodies; 5. Members
appointed by railway systems en-
tering any of the above mentioned
States; 6. One delegate represen-
ting the transportation interests of
each navigable river in the terri
tory participating; and z. Mem
bers by invitation of the executive
committee.
The subjects, more or less close
ly connected with quarantine,
which will be discussed at the
convention, will be as exhaustive
in their range, as the member
ship will be representative. Here
are some of the subjects which
will be treated in written papers
by prominent and well-posted per-
sons, oral discussion by many
members following the reading.
But the subjects are SO numerous,
we can only mention a few of
them: l. Quarantine with Re-
ference to International Rights
and Interest,"" 2. Federal and
State Powers as to Quarantine"
4. Quarantine as it Affects Per-
sonal Rights" 5. Sanitary In
spectors of Foreign Ports;" IL.
"What Steps Should be Taken in
Dealing with First Case or Cases
of Infectious or Contagious Dis
eases that May Reach Our Shores?
16. "Quarantinable Diseases" II,
"Infection-How Conveyed, and
Periods or Incubation of Infecti-
Gus Diseases?" Is. Quarantine
and the Nails" 10. Management
of Railroad Trains During an
Epidemic;" Fl. agents and Me-
thods of Disinfecting Houses,
Freights, Baggage, etc. 26.
practical Difficulties in Diagnos-
ing Yellow Fever" %. Camps of
Refuge and Detention;" 20. "A
National Bureau of Public Health;
81. "The Relations of the Press to
Epidemics and Quarantine" 81.
THE Introduction of Yellow Fe-
yer into the Country in the Past,
etc"
If the discussion of the thirty
seven subjects closely connected
with quarantine the discussion
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ECONOMY in taking Foods Sar-'
- saparilla, because 100 doses one
dollar" is peculiar to and true only Of
the One True BLOOD Purifier.
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! Those Dreadful Sores
They Continued to Spread In Spite
Of Treatment but Now They are
heaied-A Wonderful Work.

OF tI0dttT1eOV OuS NOW bU0J arc
heaied-A Wonderful Work.
"For many years 1 have been great
sufferer with varicose veins on one of my
limbs. My foot and limb became dread
fully swollen. When stood up could
feel the blood rushing down the veins OF
this limb. One day accidentally hit ny
foot against some object and sore broke
out which continued to spread and was
exceedingly painful. 1 concluded /
needed blood purifier and began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla. In short time
those dreadful sores which had caused
me so much suffering, began to heal. I
kept on faithfully with Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, and in a short time my limb was
completely healed and the sores gave me
no more pain. cannot be too thankful
for the wonderful work Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, has done for me-" MRS. A. E.
gibson, Hartland, Vermont.
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s; Ssf';'s

hoods Pills cure all liver ills. 25 cents.
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Mrs. LOUISA HALE,

Mrs. LOUISA HALE,
Or Jefferson. Ca. says:
"When first took Wine Of Cardui
We had been married three years, but
could not have any children. Nine
months later had flns girl baby"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-17

receive credit the next night. Each day
stands by itself and has its own rewards
or lashings. Although most of the chill
dren rapidly learn to assume a Woe
begone expression at all times, very
often their distress is sincere, especial
ly late at night, when, tired and
sleepy, they long for their miserable
houses, but are too frightened to meet
the ugly looks and the stinging whip
of their tyrant. Many noble women
have attempted to rescue these waits
from their sad fate, but have been baf-
fled by the peculiar racial secretive-
ness of which mention has been made.
The children, probably awed by threats
of terrible punishment, cannot be in
duced to testify against their oppres-
sors, and prefer their captivity to the
unknown dangers whose existence has
been impressed on their undeveloped
minds as facts.
Sodifficultisitto convict the padrones
that the police had to labor in season
and out ct season to secure the indict-
ment of brute who had put out the
eyes of three children for the purpose
OF making them more successful beg
gars. When the case finally came to
trial witnesses could not be secured for
love or money, and the judge sentenced
the fellow to serve one year In the peni-
tentiary, more on general principles
chan on the testimony submitted. Yet
there was not q particle of doubt about
the wretch's guilt. His escape was due
altogether TO the taciturrity or fear
OF his victims and countrymen. The
moral influence exerted by the pad
rores persons brought up in a free
country can never learn to understand.
When children grow too old to be
sent out on begging expeditions, they
are turned adrift. The boys usually
take UP shoeblacking, the girls-the
less said about them the better. Many
OF these emancipated slaves, when old
enough, become padrones themselves;
and exceedingly wicked ones, too, if
the testimony Of police authorities IL
to be believed.
The least harmful padrones are those
possessing a number of street pianos
and hand organs. Their operators are
hired on commission. They are, as a
class, harmless, peaceable and thrifty,
and soon emancipate themselves.
1t cannot be disT Tuted that there is no
remedy for the padrone system, ex-
cept restriction Of immigration. In
telligent Italians believe this quite as
much as other students of the italian
question in America. A sensible law,
equitable in every provision, which
would keep out the ignorant of al ma
tions, is absolutely needed to squelch
not only the padrones but to restore
dignity to citizenship and to purify
municipal government.
q. W. wEIPPIERT.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-17

dcnounces every plan having in view
the regulation of immigration as fanat-
ical, narrowminded and puritanical
The great majority of American citi.
zens has thus far occupied middle
ground, favorable to legitimate restric.
ton and inimical to the absolute clos.
irg our ports to respectable working
men from abroad. The belief that every
man who desires to become an Ameri-
can citizen should have a common
school education and a fair idea of the
institutions of this country has of late
found many adherents among those
who formerly advocated the wide-open
theory; ard the development into ma
| tional scandals of various tribal vices
introduced by the benighted immi-
grants from southern Europe leads
well-meaning citizens OF every creed
and nationality to hope that congress
will speedily pass laws calculated to
place that value upon America rrcitizen-
ship which now seems to exist only in
the mind of the effusive Fourth of July
orator.
would not prove panacea for all pub
lie evils, it would certainly, in, the
course of time, wipe out many of the
abuses which have grown up in all of
our large cities and which, while not
openly sanctioned by the authorities,
are permitted to exist because the men
who profit by them happen to have a
strong political "pull''-the latter itself
being based upon the very evil whose
suppression has been demanded time
and again by the people.
Reference is here had to the padrone
system, which flourishes like a green
bay tree in the italian quarters of
Chicago. There is not an immigrant
from Italy who can manage to escape
paying tribute to the leeches of his own
not n single one who can
get employment except through the
padrone into whose hands he may hap
pen to fall. When corporation wishes
to engage italian laborers its managers
have to consult q padrone, who agrees
to do the work for certain price. The
padrone then hires the men on his own
account and pays them whatever he
pleases. They do all the work and he
pockets all the profits. This, however,
Is not the worst phase of the matter.
An italian laborer usually manages to
save money out OF his wages, no matter
how pitifully small they may be. The
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-17
Death OF "a Cincinnati Pioneer.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 15.-John A. Gano
one of Cincinnati's pioneer element
died at { a. m. Saturday, at the Losanti
hospital, on Twelfth street, near Elm.
His illness was kidney disorder,
which began to trouble him the latter
part of December, when he returned
from the animal meeting of the ma.
tional board of trade, at Washington.
The body was taken to the Gano resi-
dence on College Hill. At the time OF
his death Gapo was president of the
Atlas Copper Mining Co., in the Ncave
building.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-17

menace to American institutions lies
in the fact that the padrone naturalizes
his creatures as soon, as the law allows
and very often beforehand then uses
them for voting purposes. He throws
his influence with the party whose
bosses offer the greatest inducements.
and all deals for the vote of the Italian
labor colonies are made with him. The
"spoils" go to him absolutely, and as
be is usually successful in delivering
his goods at the polls. he sometimes
evolves into ward boss himself and
helps to still further degrade our al
ready corrupt municipal politics.
The representatives of the italian
government in Chicago have labored
very diligently to suppress the padrone
system, and in this effort have had the
hearty cooperation of the hundred or
more eminentlyrespectable italian mer-
chants and professional men who make
their home there. but so far their work.
ardent though il has been, has produced
no satisfactory results. The ignorant
italian is the most secretive creature
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-17
OUR NEW DEPARTMENTS
On Second Floor.
CLOTHING, HATS. GAPS,
GENTS FURNISHING
GOODS. BOOTS
and SHOES.

We have finished off the second floor
of our building and have la.ge, we'll
lighted rooms. A new and up-to-date
line of Mems and Boys Clothing, Hats
and Caps, Shirts, Collars. Cuffs, Ties,
Scarfs, Suspeuders, Socks, Overalls,
etc., at prices lower than the lowest.
We make our bow to our customers
with bran new stock of Boots and
Shoes on second floor. We ask look
and comparison of prices, quality and
style with any store in the city. We
have no old out of date goods to cut
the price in two and make believe they
are cheap, but new, we'll made, good
wear and stylish stock to sell you at
less prices than anywhere else.
10 IA cotton blankets at S5c, 45e
and soc.
All wool blankets at 1888 pair.
Worth $3.50.
Closing outi feather pillows below
cost. Stands and center tables at a
bargain;
Lamps, fully trimmed, at 121Gc 15c
end up. The greatest cut in prices of
the season.
Jackets and Capes-Here is where we
have unusual great values We have
been selling new up-to-date garments
against last year styles of some other
stores and beat them every time and
from now on we will do still better.
Call and see.
Childrens Jackets and Refers at
CSC and up.
Table oil cloth at 12Kc. Good for
this sale.
If you wish sewing machine, we
can furnish it for less money than any
other house. Call, send or write for
our prices.
We have made great improvements
in our grocery department and will be
prepared to give you better service and
lower prices than ever. Our facilities
for handling large lots is better and
chat means better values. Many new
features will be added to assist our
rapid service here.
Every department will be improved
in every way we can for more salts
factory work. Bright obliging, and
efficient salespeople will be at your
service We have toilet and dressing
room for the use of our lady patrons
and their friends.
Special sales in each department
from time to time.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-17
THE PADRONE SYSTEM.
An Efforts to Suppress It Have
Proved Unavail.ng.
Three Distinct Kinds of Slnvcry-AlI
Arc Bad, Bot Hiring of Children
for uegging Purposes Is
the Worst.
Especial Chicago Letter. ]

Some of our legislators seem to be of
the opinion that the restriction of i'm
migration would cure every evil which
has been brought to this country by
ignorant foreigners, Of course, the line
of argument presented by them has
many powerful points, most of them
based on pure patriotism and COM
mendable desire to benefit the people
not only the native-born but the for
eigners who are already here as we'll.
And there is an element-powerfu in
the politics of our great cities-which
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-17

SANDUsKY, O., Jan. 15.-Capt Harri
son Dyarmett committed suicide Fri.
day at the Soldiers home. He was ad.
mitted to the home from GAINESVILLE in
1891, and commanded Company A, One
Hundred and Twenty-second regiment,
Ohio Volunteer infantry, during the
war. He put the muzzle of 44-caliber
revolver in his mouth and fired ball
into his brain, dying instantly. lie
was bachelor, So years old, and had
relatives in GAINESVILLE.