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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-10-01
A Simple Calculation.
Shreveport Outlook.

A lady bought four yards of
cotton shifting in Shreveport re-
Gently. She paid 10 cents a yard
for it, making 40 cents for the
four yards, which weighed exact
ly one pound.
1t follows that it took but one
pound of cotton at 5 cents a
pound, to make these four yards
of cotton shifting which at retail
brought 40 cents. Allowing %
per cent profit to the retailer, it
is not an unfair calculation to put
down at 80 cents the amount the
manufacturer got out of 5 cents
worth of cotton.
Thus. the Southern cotton plan
ter gets 5 cents for the pound OF
cotton that brings 30 cents to the
manufacturer of the cotton shirt
ing; SO that at last, the South gets
5 cents to grow wealthy on, and
the Eastern or European manu-.
facturer, Is cents.
This is the way that the money
drawn from Southern cotton is di
vided.
Here, the query arises: Is thu
South doing business on business
principlesP
1t seems clear to us that as soOI
rs the South gets to manufacture
ing its cotton which brings but
cents per pound, this pound o.
cotton will leave so cents in thu
locality where it is made int
shifting. Then there will be ex
actly IS cents more money left il
such locality to make business il
all lines flourish and to increase
the wealth and general welfare o
its inhabitants.
Is this a good and clear argu
ment to induce the establishment
of cotton manufactures in Shreve
port?
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Nv virtue of an order and a Commits
sion from the Honorable the 18th Judi
cial District Court of the State OF Louis
luna, in aud for the Parish Of st. Mar
tin. and to me directed, will offer for
sale, and will sell, or cause to be sold by
any duly authorized and qualified off,
Ger, after due publication, at public auc-
ton, to the last and highest bidder at
the last residence of the deceased on or
near Bayou Chene, in the Parish Of st.
Martin. beginning at 10 o'clock a. m,
on THURSDAY the 3rd day of NOVEM-
Der 1898, the following described pro.
pretty belonging to the Succession Of
Mrs. Sarah Smith deceased widow Of Sc
bastian Smith viz:
I. A certain tract Of land situated In
the Parish oil st. Martin, in the Second
ward, on Bayou Plomb. containing fifty
arveDts in supercial area. bounded on
the North by little Bayou Plomb, on the
South by the land of Charles Gutekunst
on the East by that Of Numa verret and
on tho West by that OF s. Steven, toge-
Their Herewith one dwelling house, kit
chen. smoke house, cistern, crifs, stable
and all other improvements thereon and
thereto belonging.
2. Another tract of land situated In
same locality and Parish, containing
twenty four acres in superficial area
bounded North by land belonging to the
Estate of Lafontaine, South by Bayou
Plomb. East by land of Numa Verret and
West by the Bayou PlOmb.
3. Mich cows and calves. heiffers
sows, pigs, one skiif. house hold furni.
tGre and kitchen utensils and many
other articles too numerous to enumer
ate.
Terms and conditions. Cash on thu
spot.
st. Ma,tinville. September 2Sth 1898.
MoUTON BROWN, Curator.
JAMES SIMON. Attorney.
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The London Daily News gives
the following statistics in connec-
ton with the letter of the car:
I'VE are near theend of the century,
and this is a record of the num-
Der of years devoted to warfare by
each of the great European pow
ers. The gravity of the campaigns
is not taken into account; it is
simply question of the shutting
or the opening of the Temple of
Janus. The power that has been
most constantly at war has been
Turkey-38 years of it, as against
So of peace. One is rather sur
prised to find that the second on
the list is Spain, and a good Sc
cond, too, with 80 years Of war
fare, not counting her. last fatal
campaign. Then come France
with q years, Russia with "a, and
Italy with %, before we reach our
country with 81. Germany, not
counting Prussia, follows with ii,
Sweden with 10, and Denmark
with 9. There has been more
warfare, at least less continuance
peace, than one would, at first
hand, believe.-Picayune.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies,
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous lining Of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube is in
famed Won have running sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when it Is entirely
closed, Deafness is the result, and unless
the Inflammation cali be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal condi'
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by Ca
tarrh. which is nothing but an infamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness (caIlsed by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
Price 75c. per bottle.
F.J. Cheney g. Co.. Props. Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists. price Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Advertise in the Messenger.
How to Prevent Group.

We have two children who are subject
to attack Of Group. Whenever an attack
is coming on my wife gives them Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and it always
prevents the attack. 1t is household
necessity in this country and no matter
what else we run out of, 1t would not do
to be without Chamberiaiu's Cough Re-
medy. More OF II is sold here than OF I'll
other cough medicines combined.-J. N.
Nickle, of Nickle Bros, merchants, Me
kleville, Pa. For sale by I. j. Lab0a.
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easily and thoroughly.
Best after dinner pills-
Is cents. An druggists.
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TROUBLE AHEAD.
States.

The prediction has been made,
and we believe it will not fall far
short of the mark, that with the
annexation of Porto Pico, the Phi
lippines aud perhaps Cuba this
government will be vexed with
many annoying and troublesome
complications. The experience of
Japan in one instance alone should
be a sufficient warning to us. AS
a result of the war with China the
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NOTICE.
BY order of the Board Of Directors Of
the st. Martinville Building and Loan
Association, the undersigned will sell
$1,000
at the Office Of the Association on TUES
DAY OCTOBER 18th 1893. At $50
o'clock p. nj &. GREIG, Secretary.
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$1,000
Advertise in the Messenger.
SUCCESSION SALE.

In the matter Of the Succession Of Mrs.
Sarah Smith deceased widow Of Sebas-
tian Smith.
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Probate Docket No $3.50.
10Th Judicial District Court.

State of Louisiana, Parish Of st. Ma Ttin
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Prepared by C. ]. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
The only Pill to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-05-02

the oven and set on a bed of Goals. Pile
other Goals on the lid.
When Sambo lifts the lid to watch
the gradual ripening of the feast his
mouth waters-as the exquisite favors
float on the ambient air, the flowers
close up with envy and the hooking
bird swoone because he can never equal
that sweetness. Even a Georgia pos
sum so cooked is good, but one from
Florida, fat on home grown dates and
grapes and sweet acorns, smacks of
Araby the Blest. and has made all the
difference between Gov. Bloxham and
Gov. Atkinson. See how bland are our
representatives in Washington Sena-
tors Mallory and Pasco know what the
'possum is; in the lower house Mr.
Davis began in Georgia to educate HIM
self for Florida superlative degree of
blessedness, while Mr.. Sparkmnu' S
suavity is all due to the native product
Blessed is the Florida 'possum, prepar-
ed by nature and art, eaten with good
conscience and digested with persim-
mon beer.-From the Florida Times
Union and Citizen.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-05-02
HARDsHIps OF A PATRIOT.

William, you have made us wait
supper for you nearly two hours"
tive been reading the bulletins from
Washinton."
"And I've had to carry in the coal
and kindling myself"
THAT isn't anything to what I've
had to suffer. I've had all my corns
crushed, caught cold, and heightened
my neck four inches We've all got tt
put up with some inconvenience wher
the country is in danger, Miranda.
wish you would warm these potatoes
over and make some fresh tea. Tn
hungry-Chicago Tribune.
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THE NOVELIST OF THE FUTURE

THE NOVELIST OF THE FUTURE.
The ''erotic, neurotic, Tommyrotic"
rubbish now selling as novels will go
very soon to the pulping- MILL and be
deservedly forgotten but the world has
a necessity not only for the first-rate
fiction, which has taken the place of
which in the chinks of life, sleepless
hours, for example, or journeys by rail,
can be enjoyed in slippers, will soothe
and amuse nervous generation. Ner-
vousness will increase with the increase
of competition, WEAKNESS with the rush
of too many events, hypochondria, as
we see in America, with intelligence,
and the habit of living in the over
stimulating air of great towns, and for
them all there is no palliative-cure
there is none but torpor in fresh air
like the narrative which stimulates the
fancy without overtaxing the brain.
The man who can supply it in quanti-
ties, making plain story interesting
| without moving the senses with erotic
suggestion, or sticking in horrors to
| make the blood curdle. or giving us
| melancholy endings, just to simulate,
without creating tragedy, will make a
| fortune, and he is sure at no long dis
lance of time to arrive.
They say there are no more plots,
| that the fun is all used up, and that ev-
cry situation has been done to death;
| but that is all the talk of a weary gen.
Grafton which, heaven be thanked! is
already passing away or growing old.
| The new century will give us new
| tone, new men, new objects of interest
| There is no conceivable reason in
| physics why it should, but still the cen
| turtles are markedly differentiated, and
| the twentieth will be as separate as
any of its predecessors. We trust that
| long before it has reached middle life
| humor will have revived, and geniality
| and the power of telling a gracious
| story with as little mental vivisectior
in it as may consist with close observa-
ton Of eharactsr-London Spectator.
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Ma AT.BEMARLE'S BATTLES
THE STORY or Il CONFEDERATE
JRONCL4D.

Tho Fight With the southfieid and the
MIama-Rammed by the sassacus in
Pamlico Sound.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-19
NEWS BOILED DOWN..

China fears inroads by the Tibetans.
President Dwight OF Yale has re-
signed.
The threatened street car strike In
Syracuse did not materialize.
Exploring parties from Chicago will
leave New York for Mexico in two
| weeks.
The Derby cup OF 1000 sovere.gns wa.
won by Colonel Paget's waterhen. a %
to shot.
F. c. Dudley. aged 49, has run away
| be In Cuba.
England has sent an engineer to Wei
Hal Wei to dredge the harbor and build
breakwaters.
Georgia intends to test the constitu-
tionality OF the federal 10 per cent tax
| on state bank issues.
New York negroes have held meet
ings protesting against the recent race
troubles In the south.
A memorial service to the late Colo
mel Waring will be held In Grace church,
New York, on Sunday.
The war inquiry board has commence
ed work in New York. where many wit
nesses will be examined.
Herr Meier. founder OF the North
German Lloyd Steamship company, Is
dead in Berlin, aged SO years.
DIR. Sensibaugh, Port Byron, Ills, is
dangerously i'll as a result of initiation
pranks in a fraternal insurance lodge
The cruiser Buffalo. which put In at
VT dfco
to the Brooklyn navy yard for repairs.
Professor G. L. Osborne, president Of
the State Normal school at Warrens-
burg. Mo-, is dead in Kansas City,
aged So.
Colonel Carter, assistant ad1utant
general, Is going to New York to meet
Costa Rica's president and escort him
to Washington.
Lindley Smith. who was prominent in
Philadelphia financial circles prior to
1873, in which year he retired from
active business, Is dead, aged SO years.
Colonel Thomas Donaldson Is dead In
Philadelphia. He was famous as a col
lector OF antiquities and wrote several
books. notably Walt Whitman. the
Man"
y. "A. bTdIiLE6tii, WHO CldlIneU 10 De a
nephew of the millionaire pillmaker OF
that name, was found dead in a cell in
the county jail at Fresno. Cal. He had
been arrested as vagrant.
The racial troubles, renewed at Pana.
Ills, on Thursday. continue. Desu!tory
firing took place throughout the night,
and quite a number Of families left the
city. Troop B IS kept on the alert
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-19
Got Heart Disease at Big Flood.

Jamestown, Pa, Nov. ls.-Joseph La
France. one Of Johnstown's best known
citizens. dropped dead while at work in
the Gautier machine shops. The cause
Of his death was heart trouble. which
dated back to the day Of the great flood
when he ran at a rapid gait from the
Gautier mill. warning the people along
the way Of the coming water and there
by saving many lives. He was q native
of Montreal and was born in 1877. He
was a prominent Mason.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-19

How any man can figure in such q
manner that the taxes Of Barre will be
lcssened BY increasing the price Of q
proposed purchace which the city is a.
bout to make is. question that would
middle the brain Of any sane person. yet
there appears to be one who has solved
the problem. and As Darius Green ex-
hibited his glorious invention, SO this
person. spurred on by the ''sick EN-" Of
his masters, is making frantic effort
to instill his beneficiary ~ find into the
minds of the intelligent voters Of Barre,
but he Will meet with the same fate As
did Darius Green when he rode on his
flying machine.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-19
TO HIDE DEF .ALCATIONS
Suspected Reason For SPANS Refusal
to Allow an Accounting.
WON'T DO THEN ANY GOOD.
Our Commfsxioners Now Preparing
to Answer Them. and They VIII
,4 Find American Attitude Has
Not Changed One lots.

Washington. Nov. l9.-The two new
points laid down by the Spanish peace
commissioners in the answer presented
by them at Wednesdays session OF the
Joint commission will not be permitted
to change the attitude OF the United
States commissioners. These points
were. in substance. that the SpaniaTds
could not permit any question to be
raised as to the authority Of the Span
ish government, to pledge the resources
Of the Philippines to meet the Philip
pine loan. and that they could not per-
nit an accounting of the method in
been expended.
There is reason to believe that the
Spanish purpose is to conceal enormous
defalcations by the Spanish officials
who have governed the Philippines
since the issue Of the loan. The osten-
sible purpose Is to be able to plead In
ability to state what the pacific ex-
pend!tures' have been on account Of
the Philippines. which was all that the
United States proposed to reimburse
them for.
Our government. however, In antici-
patton OF some such evasive dealings.
has prepared the American commits
sioners with instructions which exactly
meet this case. They know approx
mately Just about the value OF the bet
termen,s in the Philippine islands. hav-
ing ascertained this from private but
thoroughly reliable sources.
VIII Offer Lump SUM.
Knowing this. they can afford to ig-
more entirely the efforts OF the Span
iards to becloud the facts and will
adopt the simple expedient OF proffer-
ing a lump sum. as many million dol
lars as It is deemed fair and Just to
tender. for the Spanish properties. re-
curing and rendering no statement or
calculation as a basis for the offer.
Thus there will be avoided the danger
OF q long wrangle over complex settle
ment OF figures. and the issue will be
made with perfect clearness.
1t Is believed that the Spanish COM
miss!oners will finally accept this offer.
though 1t is fully expected that when
the commission reaches the point Of
naming sums Of money and has left be-
hind It all Of the irrelevant discussion
touching sovereignty the Spanish COM
missioners may make determined eff
fort to secure a larger allowance than
the president has sanctioned. Judging.
however. by the conduct Of the Ameri-
can commissioners up to this point,
there will be very little latitude allowed
the Spaniards In this matter. and 1t is
believed that they have come to ap-
preciate the fact that the American
proposition ia in the end Just about
what 1t was at the beginning. and that
the American diplomacy Is straightfor-
ward at all points.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-19

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE cabinet
session was devoted to a large extent
to consideration Of complaints that have
reached the war department alleging
that a state Of practical anarchy pre-
walls in Porto Rico. These complaints
asserted that the lawless elements IN
Porto Rico are committing depredations
Of the gravest character and that the
seriousness Of the situation IL increased
by reason Of the fect that United States
troops sta.iemsd the island Eswise
have been guilty Of MISCONDUCT The
cabinet took cognizance OF the reports
and on adjournment Secretary AIger. at
the instance OF the president. cabled
General Brooks inquiring as to the 40
curacy of the complaints
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-19
Min! TIndc EcornoE..

Chicago Nov. 10. - Iron and Steel
says: EFT ugh is known OK the iron and
steel trade Tor the year 1898 to establish
the fact that production for the year
will exceed anything In history. The
demand from car works Is almost pro-
dig.ous. Within the past few days
fresh orders for about 5000 cars have
been let, the buyers including the Erie.
the Pennsyiva the Baltimore and
Ohio and sevaral western systems. Most
OF this work has been placed with west-
ern works. The tightness of the car
situation is more severe than was ex-
pected, and the carriers are losing traf-
1c in large volume because they cannot
furnish cars.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-19
SPANS DEMANDS.
Our Commissioner Framing Their
Reply-Time Limit Expected.


Reply-Time Limit Expected.
Paris. Nov. 19.-The United States
commission are devoting the day. as
they did Thursday, to formulating their
next presentation for the consideration
OF the Spanish commissioners. While
the Americans. are reticent as to theiI
Intentions it may be said without re-
serve that the occasion is near upon
which the exact peace terms acceptable
to the American commissioners will be
laid before the Spaniards, with a time
limit for their acceptance.
The American commissioners will not
involve the United States in any obli-
cation to the creditors Of Spain in any
shape or form. In other words, the
Americans will not guarantee any Of
the Spanish bonds, even though Spain
may have morteaged as security the
revenues Of territory to be taken by the
United States.
AS set forth in these dispatches on
Oct. 81 and previously. the United
States may now balance its war ledger,
debiting to Spain the value Of the bat
tleship Maine, the cost of the naval and
military operations, the losses incurred
by American commerce and the future
pension roll, etc, while on the credit
side may be placed SPANS possessions
in the Philippine islands. If differ
ence is found to exist in favor Of Spain,
this amount in cash may be offered her
by the American commissioners at the
next joint session here. This may be
about s2000O,0o0.
The Americans may also require until
next Monday or Tuesday to prepare the
final presentation Of their case, which
was understood at the adjournment Of
Wednesday last.
Three official events here Thursday
afternoon and evening aroused consid-
cradle interest among the American
peace commissioners The first was the
bestowal of the Order of the Golden
Fleece upon President Faure by the
queen regent of Spain through the
president of the Spanish peace commits
sion. Senior Montero Rios. The second
was a dinner given by President Faure
to Senior Montero Rios and his fellow
commissioners. Finally President Faure
received the American commissioners
at the Elysee palace, where there was a
comic opera entertainment in their
honor.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-19

Montpelier citizens object to the city
Of Barre making any protest against the
annexation OF certain paris of Berlin to
the capital. Berlin is part OF Wash
ington county, SO is Barre, and we have
a right &c enter a protest against any
wbolesale land grab which Montpelier
makes, however the people Of Barre do
not care if the line stops below the AL
drich farm.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-19
Briganc. Attack German Scholar.

Boston. Nov. 1s.-Advices have just
been received In this city from Van.
eastern Turkey. giving details Of the
narrow escape from death at the hands
Of brigands Of DR.. Belck. the well known
German savant who. with DR.. Lehman,
formerly Of Johns Hopkins university.
Baltimore, has been engaged recently
In the east in search for antiquities es-
pecialiy inscriptive and scientific infor-
nation. DR.. Belck was ambushed and
fired upon by the robbers and. although
only slightly wounded. feigned death
and thus escaped more serious harm.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-19

The report that the session Of county
court will be obliged to close without
completing all the criminal business Of
the term will DO regretted as there are
respondents in Jail waiting trial that
will suffer By such adjournment. No
one can be blamed however for the
judges can only be in one county at
the same time. Washington county
ou.h to have Judge the year through.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-19
Drown,nr. In the YUKON.

Victoria, B. c.. Nov. 19.-Passengers
on the steamer DIrige. which has arriv-
ed from Skaguay. bring news Of the
drowning Of two men in the Fifty Mile
rapids on the Yukon river. Four men
left Lake Bennett ON q sccw Sept. q
with so tons Of provisions. When the
scow reached Fifty Mile, her seams
opened and she sank. Two men. Smith
and Holloway, swan ashore. the other
two, whose names are unknown, were
drowned sa