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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-04-02

of her husband held her by the
throat.
The young woman gave this tes-
timony in court at the preliminary
trial in a straight forward way,
and we believe she spoke the
truth.
We understand that the feeling
of the citizens in the section where
the crime was committed was such
that lynching would have follow
ed had not the criminals been taken
promptly to the Jail.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-04-02

Educate Your Bowels With Csscarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
i0c, Csc. II c. G. c. fail. druggists refund money
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-04-02

sick headache, jaundce, constipation, etc. &c
The only Pills to take with Hoods Sarsapariiia.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-04-02
Much in Little

Is especially true of Hoods Pills, for no medi-
cine ever contained so great curative power 10
SO small space. They are whole medicine
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-04-02

chest, always ready, al
ways efficient, always sat
isfactory; prevent a cold
fayar cure all liver ills.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03
The Debut of the Bowie Knife.

To the public mind duels were really
necessity. The man who would not
fight eat the drop of nat and drop it
himself, ''was soon made to feel that he
had very much better not have been
born.
There were progressive duels, tco,
from which the popular mind no more
revolted than it does in this era from
progressive whist or euchre. It was one
of them which gave Bowie and his
knife to fame. In some way there had
come to be bad blood, black and bitter,
between him and certain Colonel
Norris Wright. After long pickering,
it was agreed to meet upon the levee
opposite Natchez, Miss, each with half
dozen friends, duly armed, and there
shoot the matter out. There were doz-
en- on each side when it came to fight
ing. The battle was arranged to begin
with threes, the rest standing by, and
coming in only when those Of the first
fight were dead or disabled. But they
had miscalculated their own self cor
troll. After the first fire there was a
general melee-the reserves to man
gripped pistols hard, drew knife belts
to handy clutch and went into the
combat to do or die.-Martha McCul-
loch- Williams in Harper's Magazine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03
Eerossna o: the Fishermen.

It is always with a '-agac regret ta2s
we read the sagas AID are thrilled o.T
the vikings exploits. 1t seems as if the
deeds of daring had gone by forever,
and as if the heroes Of the deep were 2
myth of the past. Absorbed in tie
Morse romance, we forget that the viis-
ings were only pirates, and that thay
dared for slaughter and for boosy. e
the Gloucester of today had only existed
then, what heroic saga would i: not
have inspired! For to risk life for glory
or riches OF rescue Or love is in the
heart of every man to do, but to risk
life for bare existence for other peo-
ple's profit and for an anonymous end
partakes Of that commonplace sublimity
which does not form the favorite plot Of
poets, although once in awhile it is the
subject of a daily paragraph.
For the vikings are not dead. From
Portland to New Orleans, our harbors
are full of them. They lounge upon our
wharfs, and we do not recognize them.
They loiter on our streets, and we know
them not. But if there is a more mod
est, unconscious, or braver fellow than
Jack the Fisherman, our eyes have yet
to rest upon his face He is the hardest
and most daring, the best sailor in the
world today. Any continental kingdom
would give it's wealth to possess him for
it's defense. He is the envy Of every
maritime nation. Has he no value for
Us, beyond the halibut and the ccd, the
haddock and the cusk?-Herbert D.
Ward in Century.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03
An Anecdote of Lincoln.

At one period during the rebellion
there were no less than "a major gen
erals and 276 brigadiers on the rolls,
which was far more than there was any
use for President Lincoln recognized
this mistake before anybody else, but
be consoled himself by joking about il.
1t is recalled that On one occasion, when
enc of these superfiuous generals WAS
captured by the enemy, With q number
Of men and horses somebody undertook
to condole with the president on the
subject, rcmarking that the loss Of the
captured generals service was Il great
misfortune to the government. Pooh. =
replied Lincoln, Its the horses In
thinking about l can make another
brigadier general i'll two minutes, but
horses are scarce and cost $500 apiece. .
kansas City Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03
The Climate of the Philippines.

In regard to the climate which a for
eigner encounters it is easy to exagger-
ate its discomforts. Although it is
tropical, still even in summer the Gil
mate may be called healthy. From De-
cember to March there are warm days,
with cool nights and little rain. Dur
ing March, April and May the days are
hot, dry and dusty, while the thermom-
eter rises to 9S degrees at noon, but the
nights are not uncomfortable: In the
latter part of May and of June there are
thunderstcrms every afternoon with
tremendous downpour of rain. The
greatest heat occurs in these months,
the thermometer rising frequently to
l05 degrees in the shade. July, August
and September are the months Of the
great typhoons, and while Manila es-
capes the greatest fury of these still
enough of their force remains to de,lol-
ish many houses During October and
November storms lessen in frequency
and severity, and the weather gradual
" settles into the fine days of Decen-
ber.-Isaac NJ. Elliott in Scribner's
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03
Testing Coal by X Rays.

The method Of testing coal by < rays
is being employed by many manufac-
turers, who state that it makes Il con-
siderable difference in their fuel bills
1t is found that by turning the rays
on to the coal they can tell how much
Of it will remain as ashes after it has
been burned and how much will escape
as gas. This is manifestly of the first
Importance to all users of steam power.
Tie lowest priced coal is not neces-
sarily the cheapest. The percentage of
ash is one of the best indications of the
steam making qualities of coal. A coal
which leaves large amount of ash has
of course relatively small! amount of
combustible constituents, and vice
versa.
The shadow produced upon the t1uoro-
scope by a piece of coal of given size
and thickness is apparently dependent
for its relative density upon the amount
of ash producing material in the piece
Of coal
A number of samples of uniform
thickness of various kinds of coal hav
ing known percentages Of ash are pre-
pared. The density Of the shadow cast
by these in the Horoscope is compared
with that of the coal to be tested, and
the quantity of ash per ton in the sam
pie under consideration is Immediately
shown with considerable accuracy
London Standard
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03
We'll Fed Fighters.

Says the London Chronicle: Ad-
miral Dcwey's interruption Of the bat
tie of Manila bay to give his crews the
opportunity of breaking their fast re-
calls our own glorious lst OF June,
wtea Earl Howe, before he gave the
French such q hamElei.i..: off Cshant,
hove to for I'll hour be.>re attacking TO
permit OF hi; men torsifyiug themselves
for tho coming fight WIKI good meal
a pause which caused much conjecture
in the minds cf the astolished French.
1t has ever been the -AnSio-SaHon way
to fight. if possible. OH a full stomach.
Wellington crce said that If ever he
wanted an Irish or "a Scotch regiment
to reach :. particular point by certain
hour all he had to do Was to promise
the former drink on getting to ITS Ges-
tination. the latter its pay, but that the
corresponding b&it t. IN English bat
talon was good dinner of roast beef.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03
NOCTURNE.

Oae low note quiverS On the air
And dies with . languorous pain,
In ripping rush of melody s
Like the fall OF autImn rain q
That lightly stirs the rosset leaves to-
dream OF spring again.
And all the music of the woods
Laughs out in mad delight
Under the bidding of your bow
TILL from its rapturous height
The long linked sweetness dies away IN
to the listening night.
And as each silver cadence steals
Forth from ths throbbing strings,
TO me from out your violin
A priscned dryad sings
OF fairy isle ald haunted shrine and long
forgotten things;
When through the dim gray olive grove
The high gods walked among
The sons Of men and toward the reef
The charmed ship slowly swung,
As the sirens called Ger the sunny sea
when this gray world was young.
But while dream your fingers glide
Into simpler strain,
And from the far Circeaa isle
Ny fancy turns again
Back to the rcck strewn upland moor, the
hawthorn scented lane.
hear the bees drone in the thyme,
The lark's song high in air.
see the shadows on the tarn,
The sunlight On your hair,
And for moments space Forget lHe's
uudernote Of care.
r. F. Davis in London Spectator.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03
Els ooIy Opportunity.

Hattie, - said the clerk at the b,an-
ket counter in tie department. store.
speaking rapidly and N an undertone,
.'iust a moment. Will you-what is 1t,
sir: Harness department? Six alsles
down-Hattie, do you think you could
furniture, madam? Third floor. Take
the elevator-Hattie, I'd Ike to know
handkerchiefs, MI; 'am: Third counter
to your right. Blankets, sir? Right
here. Wait on you i'll a moment-Hat-
tie, will you marry r1e?'
Eyes, Tom, - whispered the girl at
the notion counter, still tapping with
her pencil on the showcase. "Ca-a-a-a-
a-ashp'-Chicago Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03
Ekes, No End.

Up at New Haven, ". Va, there are
so many people named Isaac Roush THAI
to avoid confusion they are thus deslg-
mated:
Big Ike, Gentleman Ike, Spectacle
Ike Ike on the Hill, Ike In the Hollow,
Rosa's Ike, Little Ike, Soldier Ike, Lazy
Ike, Thirteenth Virginia Ike, Fifer Ike,
Aunt Cassy's Ike, Drummer Ike, Fourth
Virginia Ike, Hartford Ike, Dam 1t Ike,
Kanawha Ike. Sally's Ike, Helliky Ike,
Trotter Ike. Fiddler Ike, Ten Mile Ike,
Mart's Ike and Aunt Betsy's Ike.-Gal-
l;nolis Tribune
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03
His Distinction.

The following is said to have occurred
to a distinguished but modest dlvlne
who had undertaken the duty OF a
brother clergyman at a cathedral chuHh.
II am come. said he, addressing the
silk gowned verger, Ito take Canon
Blanks place this morning.
Pray, sir. replied the official pom
uouslv. ARE YOU the man who is to read
the PRAYERS or the gentleman who is
to deliver the sermon?"-Household
Words
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03

1t is calculated that if the children
under the care of the London school
board were to join hands they would
reach from London to Carlisle, q dis
tance of 800 miles.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03

A clock in st. Petersburg has 80 faces.
indicating simultaneously the time at
80 different spots on the earth S surface,
besides the movements Of the earth aud
planets.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-08-03

Good Sewing Machines from $40 60 up al
Randle's
It,ou want good, honest sewing machine
iraAa eep Ratldie
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
CERVERA MAY BE
 SHUT IN THE HARB0R.
It Is Believed That Schley Is Off Santiago de Cuba With the
 Flying Squadron.

NEW YORK, May 22.-The Herald s Washington correspondent sends the following: Is Admiral Cervera with his Spanish fleet entrapped in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba? This is the ques- tion which the authorities are anxiously asking each other tonight and they are awaiting the receipt of advices from Jamaica announcing the result of the naval search for the elusive Spaniards. It is estimated by the Naval War Board, which was in session for an hour this afternoon, that Commodore Schley, in command of the flying squad ron, is now off Santiago de Cuba, and if Admiral Cervera is still anchored therein he is surely a prey of Amer ican strategists.
 Confirmatory of the Herald's state ment this morning that Commodore Schley has gone in advance of Rear Admiral Sampson. I learned tonight that he left Key West on Thursday, and instructions were at once sent him to proceed to Santiago de Cuba. Like those given to Rear Admiral Sampson, his instructions are to destroy or cap ture the Spanish fleet.
 Rear Admiral Sampsons men of war did not finish coaling until Fri day, when they started to sea in a great hurry. their destination also being San tiago de Cuba. Going with all dis patch as directed by the Naval War Board, it is believed in naval circles that the flying squadron has made at least twelve knots an hour. or 2SS knots per day, so that 1t ought to have ar rived off Santiago de Cuba to-day. while Sampson not having left until late Friday night will not reach his des- tination before tomorrow. In the meantime, it is questionable what Com modore Schley's mode procedure will be. The instructions given him, l understand, were general In character and permitted him to use his own dis erection as to when he should attack the Spanish fleet in the harbor.
 Should Commodore Schley repeat Farragut's performance at Mobile 'or Deweys performance at Manila, and steam into the channel without paying attention to torpedoes," said an official to me tonight the chances are about even that this ships would not be de- stroyed. But even if one were to be blown up it would effectuallv block the channel and four armored cruisers and two torpedo boat destroyers of Spain would be of no further use In the war. I don't believe Commodore Schley will take such action, however. He will probably blockade the harbor and keep the Spaniards tied up inside, and re- enforced by Admiral Sampson's armor- clads the Spaniards will never be able to escape
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
PREP AIRING TO
 RAID TEXAS Ominous News From the
 Rio Grande. SCHEME OF THE SPANIARDS. WILL LEAD BANDS OF MEXICAN
 BRIGANDS. American Border Comparatively Un- protected, Owing to the Draft of Troops for the Cuban
 Campaign.
WILL LEAD BANDS OF MEXICAN
 BRIGANDS.
Special Dispatch to The call.

NEW YORK. May 22-A San An tonic, Texas, special to the Herald says: The situation of settlers along the American side of the Rio Grande is rapidly becoming critical. Since the first talk of war with Spain there have been ominous rumors of raids into Texas by bands of ignorant and vii cious Mexicans, led by Spaniards. The Mexican Government has more than doubled it's army on the frontier and fresh detachments of troops are now on the way to the border.
 The need of troops to send to Cuba, however, has raised exactly an oppo- site policy by the United States Gov ernment. Private dispatches from Aus tin tonight announce that no more of the Texas volunteers are to be sent to the front. One thousand infantry and 400 cavalry now at Camp Mabry are to be sent to the TeXas-Mexican bor- der to do garrison and patrol duty.
 The news was given out semi-offi- cially at Camp Mabry to-day that the men are very much dissatisfied, as they hoped to be sent to the front with the other Texas volunteers now at Mobile.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
SPAIN STILL CLINICS
 TO FOOLISH HOPES.
Pretends to Believe That Gomez and His Followers Will Antago-
 nize the Americans.

LONDON, May 22.-The Madrid cor respondent of the Times, commenting on the situation In Cuba, says: Whether any great number of insur- gents will fight for the Americans is considered extremely doubtful, but de- spite the Spanish hope it is equally doubtful whether General Maximo Gomez and the other influential in- surgent leaders will boldly declare against American annexation. All that can be said with certainty is that the Cabinet at Washington had not found and cannot count upon efficient assistance from the insurgents, which 1t evidently expected when 1t rushed into war without having an army of occupation ready.
 Since the Ministry has been con- structed publicity and prominence are being given by leading organs to the movements of troops, which seems to indicate an intention to warn whom it may concern that Spain Is ready to re- sist any unjustiiable schemes of ag- gression, from whatever quarter it may come. These movements have reference to the idea that Spain may be helpful to the powers in the event of any combination against an Anglo Saxon alliance.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
VOLUNTEERS LAND ON
 THE ISLAND OF CUBA.
First Large Invading Expedition De- parted From Port Tampa
 Last WedneSdaY.

CHICAGO, May 22.-A special to the Record from Macon, Ga., says: Unless some accident has befallen the United States transport Florida there are now United States volunteer troops on the island of Cuba, or they will be there within a few hours. From accurate information obtained here to-day 1t can be stated as fact that the first ex- petition toward Cuban soil has started, and the outlook is for successful trip.
 On Wednesday. May IS, the United States transport Florida left Port Tampa with several hundred volunteer troops on board. The passengers be- longed to the regiment of Cuban vol unteers, organized in the lower extrem- ity of Florida some weeks ago. It was thought best to send these men, as they speak Spanish and are more ac- quainted with the topography of the country which it is proposed to invade. It cannot be learned what United States officer accompanied the regiment of vol unteers. If this expedition is success, other troops will be rushed into the island as soon as possible.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
GREAT ACTIVITY AT
 CADIZ NAVAL ARSENAL.
Ship Captain Reports That spain Was Preparing to Attack Our
 Coast Cities.

ST. JOHNS. N. F., May 22.-Captain Long of the brigantine Energy, which arrived here to-day with g. cargo of salt from Cadiz, reports that when he left Cadiz, a fortnight ago, the great est activity prevailed in the naval ar senal there. The two Hamburg Ameri- can liners, Columbia and Normannfa, purchased to be used as auxiliary cruisers, and now named the Rapido and Patria, were being rapidly arnored and the warships refitting in the har- Dor were loading stores and ammuni- ton.
 Captain Strong is convinced that at the time he was in Cadiz the Spanish Government fully intended to send this fleet to attack American coast cities on the North Atlantic. preferably Bos- ton. He says the Spanish populace was bitterly tnf1amed against English and Americans, and that his crew dared not venture ashore.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
ORDERED TO PROCEED
 TO FORTRESS MONROE.
First Infantry Regiment of Mary lands Volunteers Will Leave
 Baltimore on Wednesday.

BALTIMORE, May 22-Orders were received at Camp Wilmer to-day for the First Regiment, out of which the two battalions of infantry to complete Marylands quota of volunteers were formed, to proceed to Fortress Monroe. The command will leave here on We'd nesday.
 One hundred and eighty additional members of the naval reserve have been mustered into Government serv- ice and are quartered on the receiving ship Dale awaiting the formation of the Chesapeake Bay torpedo fleet, or other assignment from the Navy De- partment
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
CRUISER SAN FRANCISCO
 PURSUES A STEAMSHIP.
Sights Chase Off Boston Light, but the Fugitive Succeeds in
 Escaping.

PROVINCETOWN, Mass, May a. The cruiser San Francisco, which ar rived here at o'clock ,Iic morning from a night cruise, reports that she sighted craft resembling a large steamer, sailing In the opposite direc- tion about thirty-five miles off Boston light during the night. The San Fran cisco trained her guns on the steamer, started in pursuit at the rate of eigh- teen knots an hour and kept her in range of her searchlights for a time, but could not overtake the fugitive. The officers of the San Francisco think she was a friendly vessel whose officers may have taken the San Francisco for a hostile ship.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
WILL FILL THE QUOTA
 THE PRESENT WEEK.
Over One Hundred Thousand Volun- teer Troops Have So Far
 Been Mustered.

WASHINGTON, May 22.-Musterfng into the United States service of volunteers in the State camps was practically sus- pended to-day, to be resumed tomorrow. Reports received by Adjutant General corbin I'D to Ii o'clock tonight indicate that 1O6 900 volunteers have been mus tered. It was expected that the muster ing would be completed by this time, but delay has been caused by the inadequacy of the militia, both in numbers and equip ment in several of the States. General Corbfn is of the opinion that the quota called for will be filled during the present week. within thirty days from the time the orders were sent out to the Cover norS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
BATTLE IS
 NOW HOURLY
 LOOKED FOR
Continued From First Page.

has been ordered to that port from Seattle. It is believed here that the War Department may be too sanguine of an early departure of all these trans ports, for it is understood in Washing ton that the Zealandia is not due to ar rive in San Francisco until May A, and the China on May 28, and they could hardly be made ready for return trip across the Pacific in so shor' time.
 The Secretary, however, seems to feel confident that the seven vessels will have sailed by the end of the week.
 If reports from Cadiz are true. stating that Spanish warships and troops are to be sent to the Philippines immediately, there will be race around the world between Spain and the United States, with the advantage i'll favor ot this country, for while it is only 71oo miles from San Francisco to Manila, 1t is $500 from Cadiz, via the Suez canal, and by the time the Spaniards reach their for mer possession they will find Tn the harbor of Manila a formidable fleet composed of the powerful coast defense vessel Monterey, the protected cruisers Olympia, Boston, Baltimore. Charles ton, Raleigh, the gunboats Concord and Petrel and the revenue cutter Mo Culloch.
 Later will come the cruiser Philadel- phia, and by the time the Spaniards reach there Manila will have been taken and 10000 American troops will be in charge. Any attempt made by Spain to recover possession of the islands will therefore be foolish, not only because ot superior naval and military forces which we will have there, but because her war vessels will have hard time to obtain coal en route
 Indeed, it will be impossible, If the na- lions strictly observe neutrality laws, for Spain's vessels, instead of steamlng for the nearest home port will be seeking trouble on the other side of the world.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23

ing experience. He was thrown across the car and badly injured, but having lady friends in a rear coach. hurried back to them as soon as he could get his feet, and calmed them, despite his wounds, until the panic had substded.
 "It all came so suddenly" he said, "that I could hardly realize that we had a wreck. I got out of the smoker and into the coach where the women were in mysteries as quickly as I could, but I could do little with them, their fright was so great. My greatest source of gratitude is that no more were hurt ''
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
Colfax Welcomes the Soldiers.

COLFAX, May 22.-The ladies of this little town at the gateway of California have been untiring in their efforts to show their patriotism and their sym pathy for the boys in blue passing through here from the East. Every trainload is showered with flowers, and sandwiches and coffee are distributed with a liberal hand. The soldier boys say this is the first place to remind them of home, and they leave here amid hearty cheers and with the god speeds and well wishes of Colfax peo- pie.