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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02

The decks OF the rod-brown junk were wet
by the whipping spray
The stra'ning sails filled tonse with tho
winds OF breaking day
Far mp in the bows of the boat O-shirol-
FujiSan.
Ny White Wistara blossom fptterei her
pretty fam
And lifting her voice IN a hymn 20 the
excellent God of Waves
Sent ringing over the watorfis ancient ard
holy slaves.
in the wake ~ our funk there followed
Which rose when the hymn was finished
and caught up the final word
Caught mp the last faint note The seisha's
lutte ser free.
And bore them echong from him over he
Inland Sea.
Then after the winged robhor the angry
brecz. sped.
As over The chasing nave-orosts skim.
ming the foam ho foi
onward we slowly swept % the do and
throb OF the oar
Nearer and nearer sim 10 The tea-house
on the shore
while tender White Ws'ar'a croonod in
my charmed car
Quaint little minor tanos WITH meanings
sad and de7r
Forget not Foreign Love. che fleeing
love Of an hour:
m, bud the burst fhe Bloom and the
fading away ~ % 0owor''
Ethel Morse m Frank Ioslios Popular
Monthly for April
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02
An Easter Bonnet.

where lilies hid the Latin text.
And smiiaX wrcathcd the altar.
And every head was gravely bent
Ger sacred psalm and psaltor
And al the font was pink and white
With roses strewn upon II.
lie saw a little maid in gray.
VINO wore an Easter bonnet.
He walked behind her from the church.
And viewed her girlish eraces.
And hreathed the vague, delicious scent
OF dainty bows and laces
a prayer-boOk was I'm her hand
She Kept her glances on II.
TIL came q gust Of frolic wind
And whisked away her bonnet.
Her eyes were fun of April tears.
Her scarlet lips were smiling:
The sunny curls about her brow
Were made for mans beguiing.
Her face was like dewy rose
lie paused 10 gaze upon Il,
And found that he had lost his heart.
As she had lost her bonnet.
But now spray Of orange flowers
Is wroathed about the Latin:
The little maid is all in white
A dream OF lace ana satin.
And as he takes her slender hand.
And slips the ring upon il.
lie murmurs softly in her ear
blessing on the bonnet
~Mnna Irving I'm Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly TO-, April.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02

beclSous me across the fake to Canada'
the other IS drawing me into the great
,.ortcv Of the United states. When Is
Fl IN bo2 Canada ard shabbiness. or the
United states. wealth and cocktails
As for shabbiness" Cranborne slowly
draweld. "I don't see how anybody can
hello looking shabby with that rins on
his finger. Fielding. The maghliieeilc,,
Of It Is enough 90 make solomon III d"
his glory look shabby"
well now do you know" said FED
ing looking at the ring. there Is deep
inner meaning TO that remark OF yours
young man. / believe that TINS plesScu
Burmego Jewel hos kept me- shabby for
,ears and will yet. In other words, l
eusncct the thing of being cursed.
"Where did You pick II upY' asked
fray-hcaded man Of the party.
IL didn't pick u up answered
FIELDING quickly. - Tommy Atkins
picked II no I'm Burmah IN Ss. when and
whore / didn't ask him. though ] sns-
roct he got II whehe he didn't ought
paid him hundred rupees for H. which
he extended. I believe. on beer ana dlei
incontinenly. But over since then ! nave
teon on tho decline. and ! attribute m,
present condition as piece or drittwoou
to this brilliant object
"And yet You won't part with it2' said
Cranborne. That's human nature all
over"
won't T. though?" said Fielding. II
would part with it tomorrow. but every.
body se>>s afraid Of tor else afraid OF
the price ] ask for it2'
"Wiu you take = thousand dollars for
ito" Cranborne aefed. while the two
older men eyed him with shrewd inter
cs..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02

Inc Rome "f see t'-nay owes iis nFs-
terry, ita sadness ana itf citfW t1 'A tnt
twenty centuries OF history. mostly llri
with battle murder and sudden death.
deeds horrible in that lonepist pi0frn-
which We try to cali up. but alternately
arand. iacinatng and touching now as
we shape our scant knowledge into wise
ions ana hl' out our broken dreams with
the stun OF fancy ln most mems minds
perhaps, the charm los in that very cone
fusion ot suggestions for few indeed
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02

on a sultry summer evening Thomas
Cranborne WAS sitting with three othei
men on q veranda tAat faced out on Lake
ST Clair. fin n suburb Of Detroit. Gran
borne described himself as "a copper
man. he was. I'm fact, young mining
engineer whose business was ln the Ie-
eions or northern Michigan where cop
per IS plentiful.
or the other three men. one was man
with heavy blonde must ache. rms
distinguished looking person also had
ugly bags under his eyes that told OF
over-fast living lie was accustomed 10
describe himself as mere driitwood,
but BE also said that in times past be
lad been an officer in the British army
ia India. Ills dress was now marked by
an absence OF care for appearances which
certainly had nothing in it suggestive of
the British army's reputation for Smart
ness"
But I'm the strong contrast 20 fine shah
by Norfolk Jacket and tho mean-looi1ng
felt t0woll'ng hat which This "1rif.w0od'
wore was one piece OF icUelry that
flashed On the late sunlight as he lilted
tam thin-stemmcd glass 90 his lips.
This piece Of jewclry vas ~ first sight.
an amazing combination OF white and
green splendors. ON closer examination.
81 proved 20 boz on uncommonly large
emerald set in the center Of q great cius-
ter a. diamonds en- q ring which the
"driftwood" wore on his right fourth IN
ger. The whole outer side Of The ring
rose Ike the dome ~ q racola or. 20
use more homegrown simiie, ife the
smaller half Of an egg. and az the apex
of this d1mr-0r ocg-the emerald WAS
set deeply in az g. pushed heavily down
into n bod OF diamonds
One thing that was evident - almost
anyone who examined The ring closely
was. that the diamonds In u were not set
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02

I'm any fashion known 10 either Ameri-
ca or European jewellers; there was not
a speck OF metal visible in the inter
sices between the brii.iants. only dark
spaces. as if each tiny diamond were
held by a rivet under 81. And. above
an. the whole ring flashed with q gilt
ter of white and green that strongly
suggested the gorgeousncss Of Asia,
and adj the more strongly because Of IT'S
being ON the finger OF the stability
dressed "driftwOOd.'
Cranborne could hardly keep HIS eyes
off the iewcis A. miHcrai0gist. he
naturally was interested tn Unusual
specimens Of precious stones; as youth
OF strongly developed artistic tastes.
the rare perfection OF color I'm the great
emerald fascinated him.
Il am hating here" said the drift
wood whose name on the hotel regis
ter was Fielding. "I am hating here
like Israel of old. between two opinions.
Before me is the Queens Dominion OF
Canada-and shabbnoss-at my back is
the United States Of America-and the
possibility % prosperity. n that posi-
bility exists anywhere for me. One
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02

young miner answered. IF viii give Won
fifty dollars in notes and a check on
Detroit bank for nine hudred ana hfty.
Fielding SET about pulling of his ring
while Cranborne rang the bell and sent
a waiter for q blank check. giving the
name Of his bank in Detroit.
You're not afraId2' Fielding asked
him once more. as if he really felt scru-
plies about turning over the curse to this
young man.
$40. I'm not afraid" said Cranborne.
Mining engineers are not given 20
supcrsa,i0as" said the gray-beard who
had spoken before
II have plenty Of superstition" said
Cranborne. but ! like 10 try experiments.
am going 10 play q Christian super
stiton against a Heather, that's ALL
II was no business OF Field.ng's g. II
this young man from the northern mines
chose 20 ruin his prospects I'm this world
and the next by wearing that uncanny
mass of splendor that had been taken by
theft out of some dark mango-shadcd
shrine OF idolatry, it was nothing % him.
He had cand.dly told the true story of
the ring. Now he was in possession OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02
An Faster Number.

Scribner's Magazine for April is an
Easter number with a special colored
cover, designed by Maxiield Parrish. 1t
contains a poem for Good Friday, by
Mrs. Dorr, with decorations Icy Henry
McCarter: Easter in Town. a poem
with picture by w Glackens, and
story with a great deal of religious feel
ing I'm IL by Henry van Dyke entitled
"A Lover OF Music" This is one of sew
eral stories of life in the woods. which
every reader of Little Rivers" knows
that DR.. van Dyke is wei fitted TO write
by reason of his long and ardent COM
partnership with nature. Tho ilustra-
tons by Walter Appleton Clark confirm
that young artists position as ore OF
the leading American illustrators.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02
A GIFT OF EASTER EVE.

Cranborne left the city again IN Easter
week. In the following summer he met
Fielding once mOrc-at Chicago this time
"Huilow said Fielding Here's my
gallant dellverer What luck did you set
out Of that blasted emerald. old chap2
I'm on the top wave myself"
or congratulate YOU said Cranborne.
THAT blasted emerald as you call ~.
has brought me nothing but the best OF
fortune"
"You don't s8yi Wen. 7 congratulate
you. then But YOU didn't wear g."
NO" said Cr7nborne. II iot someone
else DO that Rv the wav I'm going 10
te married I'm October congratulate ~
again. I tried an experiment. that's at
always d'd like experiments"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02

One Of the most attractive features ~
Harper's Magazine for April Is the OPEN
ing instrument OF a new serial hy IT. H.
Marriott watson. who lately came in'o
prominent notice as a novelist by the
publication OF "Calloping DICK ana
THE Adventurers" Mr.. watson was
recognized Immediately as writer %
unusual ability and In the short space
OF A year he has risen from obscrriiy
and won an international reputation.
'sThe Princess Xenia,' the serial In Ques-
ton rivals IN wit and thrilling adventure
the story OF Monte Crisfo." II -
,ale the scene OF which IS laid IN the
present day. OF a man % unlimited
wealth who believes himself 70 he tho
.,ent OF Providence In rigatlng the
wrones OF humanity. The startling sltu-
a,,ons and adventures into which he gets
himself. and the ultimate conclusions AZ
which ne arrives a. to his capacity %
car,-, out his self-imposed work. are
aued with an interesting combination ~
humoy and tragedy: The story Is pro,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02

sympathes, charging human hopes, and
securing for humanity everywhere equal
rights. the blessings of liberty, peaceful
homes and a glorius human destiny
Rev. Phebe A. Hanaford. In Frank Les
lies Popular Monthly for April.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02

being made here for American women
aud the fact that there is duty TO pay
upon thom does not seem 10 diminish
their number, their beauty or their cost
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-04-22

Col. ]. w. Bryan attended the
dollar Democratic Dinner in New
York last Saturday, which, the re-
port says, was one ct the greatest
affair ever seen in the great city.
The report says nearly three thou
sand men and women sat at the
long tables in the various rooms
at the tig palace. There were all
kinds of people there. dressed in
all kinds Of clothes. White men
elbowed colored men and white
women With colored women. The
papers do not say if the negroes
who participated in this grand re-
ception were Democratic negroes.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-04-22
THE PENSION EVIL,
States.

States.
As a result of the war with Spain
and the campaigning now going on
in the Philippines, the pension
question is again coming to the
front, and it is estimated that the
expenditures for pensions during
the current year will not fall short
of 100000, q sum twice as
great as that paid by any other
nation in the world, and exceeding
the cost of the standing armies of
Europe. It is observed that q
great many men earnestly sdvocs-
ting pension reform fought during
the civil war in the Federal army.
These old soldiers insist that no
pensions should be paid by the
national treasury except to vote
rams who are needy and deserving,
and one of them, in q letter to the
Springfield, Mass, Republican
urges his comrades to exert their
influence in securing the passage
by Congress of an act limiting
pensions to those veterans whose
incomes does not exceed $500 q
year. Such an act would prevent
men getting on the penson roll
who are able to support them
selves. The Atlanta Journal e.
presses the opinion that the ex-
penditures for pensions will be in.
creased another million dollars in
the near future. It says:
ION top of the $l50,OOO,OOO a
year already paid for pensions will
be piled millions more for PEN
sions to veterans of the brief war
with Spain and relative of our sol.
diers who lost their lives in that
conflict. Applications for pen
sions from these clssses have al
ready come in to the extent of sev-
eral Thousand and the war in the
Philippines is rapidly increasing
the number. It is estimated that
the pension bill in less than five
years will call for $4,000, 600.
How much can We standY
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-04-22

people have died from this disease
during the past two years, and it
is feared that the plague will jump
from Hong Kong to Manila, if it
has not already reached there, and
infest our army in the Philippines.
A short time ago the news leaked
out that a number of American
soldiers had died in the hospitals
at Manila of what was termed q
"a loathsome disesse," and, for all
their families here at home know,
they have been the victims of the
bubonic plague, which for many
centuries has scourged the Orient
Recent advices from Hong Kong
say that the United States govern.
ment will need to take great pre-.
cautions to prevent the importa'
ton of the disease into this coun'
try. It appeared in Vienna last
year and it will spread among thu
Western nations unless the great
est vigilance is exercised, and thu
best methods known to sanitary
science employed to check it
course and stamp it out. A mil
lion Philippine archipelagoe'
would not make good the los'
which would result in an outbreal
of the bubonic plague in the Uni
ted States, and. in the mercy o
God, we hope that our brav
American soldiers in the Philip
pines may escape it.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-04-22

The world of verbisge in which
the meaning of legal documents is
completely submerged, is q relic
Of the past which should long ago
have been discarded. As it is, the
most unlettered farmer can draw
up q document that will more rea-
Oily be understood than one con.
structed by the most astute law
yer, or the most learned jurist,
even when they do not intend to
smother it's sense in words, words,
words. It is gratifying to note
that in Massachusetts, q genuine
legal reform has been insugursted
in stripping tho laws of this excess
sive verbisge and putting them in
simple English garb. As evidence
Of the necessity for this revision
it is stated that in one law four
hundred words were reduced sctu-
ally to four in order to 6tly OK
press the meaning Of the clause
referred 10. A similar reform is
sadly needed in this State, as it
would very greatly lessen the bulk
of the laws as well as the lsbors
of the lawyers and the courts. It
is almost an exception when q dis
trict attorney draws up an indict-
ment that will run the gauntlet of
legal verblsge. If John Doe hit
Richard Roe over the head with
q club and tho indictment fail to
specify whether the weapon was
of hickory, white-oak or bois dare
it would be incontinently qusshed
by the dictum of tho learned
judge.-States.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-04-22
Rheumatism Cured.

Ny wife has used Chambsrlsine Pain
Balm for rheumatism with great relief.
and can recommend II - q splendid
liniment for rheumatism and other
household use for which We have found
1t vslusble.-W. j. Cuylsr. Red Greek,
NY.
Mr.. Cuyler is one Of the leading mer-
chants Of this village and one Of the
most prominent men in this vicinity
W. g. Phippin, Editor Red Greek Herald
For sale by T. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-04-22
All Round Reform Needed.
Shreveport Journal.

Honesty in politics is one OF
those "all kinds of a job" that con-
Germs the people as we'll as the de-
vii who does the trick. To re-
form anything you must begin at
the source of pollution and reform
that. While We are taxing the
politicians with corruption, do we
find them much more corrupt
than the sources that maintain
them in power. If there is an ho-
nest feeling on the part of the peo-
pie, the elections will not be con-
trolled by money. If the people
are not Indifferent, the elections
will not be controlled by fraud.
Indifference and the lack of party
spirit have as much to do with
elections as bribery and fraud.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-04-22
The Bubonic Plague.
otst0e.

Information has reached this
country that the terrible bubonic
plague has broken ont again in
Hong Kong and along the Chi
nese coast. It is stated that in
Southern China, the Malay States
and in India, tens of thousands of
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-04-22

One hundred thousand soldiers
more will be needed to subdue and
hold the Philippines. Are there
that many fools who are ready to
60 there simply for the pleasure
of Mckinley and his administra-
ton?
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-04-22

In 1888 my wife went East and was At
tackled with rheumatism. She received
no relief until she tried Chamberlain
Pain Balm. Since that time We have
never been without 1t. We Hnd 1t gives
instant relief in cases of burns and
scalds and Is never failing for all rheu-
matte and neuralgia pains.-D. c. BTant.
Santa Ynez, Cal. For sale BY T. ]. Lab
be.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-04-22
TRUST VS. LABOR.

The American people will, in q
short time, have to solve difficult
and serious problem, and unless
solved in a satisfactory manner,
we may expect uprising, riot and
bloodshed. ...
The combining of capital inves-
ted in the different lines of indus
tries into trusts of ell kinds, and
by this method reducing the num-
Der of laborers by shutting down
factories, and on the other hand
increasing the price of the manu-
featured products beyond the reach
of the common laborers through
out the union.
Prices of commodities and ne
cessaries of life continue on the
increase while labor is on the de-
crease. The effect every where is,
We presume like it is right here in
st. Martin parish. While provi-
sions and other goods that are alb
solutely necessary to the laborer
are increasing, his wages are be-
ing reduced, and field labor has
been reduced from rs cts to IS cts
per day. The planter may have
good reason to reduce the price of
labor, but the serious phaze of the
situation is how can q man feed
and clothe his family ON 65 cts
per day when he only works when
the weather permits it, and at this
time, with unfavorable weather,
the shortness of the cane crop,
large numbers of lsborers are
without employment.
The duty of the people through
out this vast country will be to in.
struct their Legislators, state and
national, to declare war against all
trusts, and to bring things to their
normal condition. Rivalry or com.
petition of trade is a necessity
while the combination of trusts
create monopolies to rob the PEG.
pie.
Unless the common people are
protected against the abuses and
robberies of the trusts, these com.
mon people before starving will
naturally organize for self protec.
ton, and riot and disorder will be
the result.
If semi civilized people will or.
gsnize, fight and die for liberty,
civilized people with hungry chill
dren will certainly fight or die fol
something to eat
One common laborer remarked
in our presence last week that he
will not stsrve a. long a. some
body would have something to eat,
bscsnse he would take what be.
long to others before allowing hii
children to starve, ss be said death
from q gun-shot or Q term in the
peniteutiary would be sweeter
than death from starvation. We
presume many others have the
same idea, and very few of us yet
know, to what we are drifting and
what will be the consequences IN
less q stop is put to this combine
ton Of capital and the breaking up
of the trusts already formed, with
no other purpose but to suck the
life blood from the poor people.
Break them up or you will
have to stand the consequences.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-04-22

pines may escape it.
Crawford avalanche., 1899-06-29

Major General Drayson. Of the I'm
glish army, has made special study
Of the art OF breathing and Ii now free
from coughs, colds, sore throat and
other ailments from which he suffered
an q young man. He declares food and
liquid Insignificant In comparison with
air In the support OF life. A man may
live for days without food, but he dies
In a few minutes without air. Rapid
breathing In pure air, making forty or
fifty deep inhalations per minute (the
usual number Is about twenty, Is his
panacea for the immediate recovery
from headache, toothache, pains In the
heart. restlessness and sleeplessness.
He recommends for the latter walking
about the room, to make sure Of not
breathing the same air a second time.
He considers 1t an advantage In some
cases to place a handkerchief over the
nostrils. and filter the air as 1t passes
through the lungs, then forcing 1t
through the mouth. BY continued lack
OF proper oxidation the blood becomes
permanently bad, and tissue of the
same character Is formed from 1t, with
the result of impairing the health
Presbyterian Banner.
Crawford avalanche., 1899-06-29

From some OF the newer. countries,
so-called on account Of the lack Of def
mite knowledge regarding them, re-
ports Of strange freaks and curiosities
constantly appear. and as a rule they
are laughed at. but onees ips while
they turn QUITO be the truth. 1t is this
way with a,stranse freak or nature
called the ,bulrush caterpillar, which
is indigenous. To- New Zealand. This
report, which. Stated that. at certain
seasons large black caterpillar would
bury itself In the ground and be con-
verted into the root or a buflfnsh, was
laughed at, like the rest; but now an
English scientist, who recently gave
an. exhaustive investigation 81 of the
strange phepomenon,, stated that in
many respects the. statements are
strictly true. From his report 1t has
been learned that the caterpillar grows
to about three, and one-half inches long,
and when about to assume the chrysa-
lis state buries Itself. In. the ground. and
In doing so It Is. frequently infected by
the spores Of some. fungus. which be-
comes involved In the. scales in its
neck. These the larvae is unable to
expel, and the vegetation thus set up
rapidly extends throughout the entire
body, replacing each animal cell thus
destroyed by vegetable matter, and
finally converting it into a compare
lively dense vegetable. structure, which
retains every detail of the body, even
to the legs, mandibles and minutest
claw. From the neck, the portion thus
Infected, there. then shoots up. single
stem, which grows to the height OF
eight or ten inches, resembling very
closely the 'club-head bullrush In minia
ture. 1t has no leaves, and IL the first
stem be broken off another rises in Its
place, though two stems never grow
simultaneously from the same "cater
pillar" r."-Philadelphia Record.