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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-02-03

y
the Catholic church Tuesday, wa
8 attended by a good sized audience
considering the bad weather, ant
all we're pleased with the exhibit
ton.
What is the matter with The
open-air concerts? it is going or
eight weeks that we have not heard
the band. These concerts are
greatly missed, and the boys should
see that music be on time. The
people love music even it the wea-
Their is a little cool.
The marriage Of Mr.. Seymore
Broussard of Carencro to Miss
hose Broussard of this town,
which was announced to take place
on the 3Oth inst, was postponed
to the 21 of February, on account
OF Mr.. Broussard being detained
to his room on account of sickness.
The ball given last Sunday by
the young ladies' and gentlemen
of this place was brilliant and
enjoyable affair, it was attended
by many strangers, and there was
just enough people to make1t a ga
thering of enjoyment and plea
sure.
Since the organization of the
Irrigation Canal Company, rice
cultivation is on a boom, and we
hear good many farmers from
almost every part of the parish |
say that if this coming crop is a
success, next year they will cult
vate some, even with the we'll sys-
tenn of irrigation.
The Greig Cornet band an
nounces that it will give a grand
masked and fancy dress ball on
Mardi Gras night, which, will no
doubt. be swell affair. Our past
Mardi Gras celebrations have made
these Mardi Gras balls very popu-
lar, and We hope that this ball
will be as popular and as brilliant
as the others. Ii
The Central Barber shop pro- 1
prietor, Mr.. Jules Francois, re-
quests us to state that the loafers {
who congregate at his shop are I
invited to select some other place 9
or their reunion, as they are not t
iesired at his place, as they stand T
n the way of his customers, parti- I
'ularly on Saturdays and Sundays. b
We learn that our friend, Hon. !.
ames Simon, has come out like r
man, and recognizes the Liable ;.
action as representing the regu-
ar and true Democracy of the Pa : !,
ish of st. Martin, and that he &C. r
eres his connection with the bol-
ers. We have not had a chance "
D interview Mr.. Simon upon this
ubject, but we know Mr.. Simon W
ell enough to assert that we be- b
eve the report is correct. m
Sheriff Rees left last Saturday tr
18th Armand and Numa Angel, p
no have been convicted to the 81
enitentiary for the murder of :"
red Ramagoza, Armand has
cen sentenced to life imprison- .,
ent at hard labor, and Numa for :,
term of five years. Both are :.
arried men, owned their own
antations, and we're in good cir ~
instances to live happily with 81
'eir families. But whiskey and %
eapons are the roots of all evils, :,
I'd have been the cause of the !,
oubles of these men. -
1t appears that the ring is wea- he
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Some one remarked in our pre-
sence some time ago that our PEG.
pie were charitably inclined, that
they were always ready to tender
a helping hand to the needy, to
the distressed. We have known
them to come to the assistance of
some of our citizens who had the
misfortune Of losing their homes
by fire, and With the assistance of
friends were able to rebuild their
homes, in a short time. This was
proper, the one in distress should
always receive the assistance of
friends. Now, we have an old
couple, who are now in distress,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sosthene Judice,
who have just lost their home by
fire, they are too old to be able to
rebuild their home, and only made
enough on their little plantation
to live happily with some comfort.
Now, suppose the ladies' and gen.
tlemen of this town wonld organ
ize threatre or concert for their
benefit, to help them rebuild that
dear home. 1t would be a noble
act towards relieving worthy old
people.
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the Cheapest. -

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good clothes evear longest,
good food gfves best nutrition,
and a good medicine that
cures disease Is naturally the
best and cheapest. Hood
Sarsaparlla Is the best medi-
cine money can bay. because
It cures 9vhen ali Others fail.
Poor Health -"Hld por health 70.
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uSfh constant headache, NERVOUSNESS and
no appetite. Used HOODS Sa,saparala,
gained strength and can Qork hard all
'd.y eat heartily and sleep zveA. Ifook
d because It helped my husband TO quhon
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Il think would go crazy with pain
were it not for Cham berlain's Pain
Balm" writes Mr.. W. H. Stapleton, Her
mimic. Pa. II have been afflicted with
rheumatism for several years and have
tried remedies without number, but
Pain Balm is the best medicine / have
got hold Of" One application relieves
the pain. For sale BY T. J. Labbe.
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The evening times., 1900-01-05
AN INDIAN UNIVERSITY.
The E~tRbIishment at >imta of an
Advanced Educational Plan

The State Department has received the
following letter from Consul Fee. at Bonn
bay;
The conference which has been sitting
at Simla. the hot weather capital of India.
considering the scheme for a research in
stitute has about completed its labor. Its
recommends ions will be submitted TO the
Government OF India for sanction and later
will be put into legal form by proper legis-
Iatfon. The inception Of the idea Of this
institution is Mr.. Tatss. a wealthy resi-
dent OF Bombay. whose public spirit and
munifcence has made its creation possible.
1T is TO be named the Indian Univer-
sitv of Research II will De unlike all
other universities Of India. in that it will
neither be an examining body nor beStOv
degrees, but will grant fellowship TO dis
tinguished students and graduates and af-
ford them facilities for research and in
vestigation in the bTOadest sense possible
1T will have a university court. consist
ing of chancellor a vice chancellor Cne
member to represent the supreme Govern
ment of India. one to represent each OF the
eight local governments. one for each of
the five existing Indian universities. one
TO represent Mr.. Tata. and one 10 be add
cd for any benefaCtor who may subscribe
not less than Il 600 rupees.
The conception of this institution is as
broad as its ultimate development will be
vast. II will give a livelier tone TO higher
education in India and be a noble mOnu-
ment TO it's founders and promoters"
The evening times., 1900-01-05
.AnHirs of Oufn0sIs.

II We except the importance of General
Frenchs achievement in getting control
Of the Botha's Drift bridge across the Or
ange River. supposing him able TO hold it..
the operations reported from the western
field Of war in South Africa today appear
to be not much more than affairs Of out
posts. Gatacre's relief OF Molteno and Thc
reinforcement Of French before Coles
berg, although satisfactory as evidences Of
British activity, improved mobility, and
better scouting. were all on too small a
scale to make much impression on the
course Of the military campaign.
Pitchers raid from Belmont to Sunny
side develops the fact that there is. or was
a few days ago, a possibility Of getting
around Cronie's right, which. however, We
must remember is a tentacle with two
urongs. One curls around Methuen's left
from Megarsfontein to the river; the other
rests on Koodocsberg, due west from the
Boer centre. Knowing that Pitcher would
move northwest from Belmont and that
Cr5nje would naturally detach a force to
intercept him before he could reach the
Riet River Lord Methuen sent Darlington
with a light column OF horse 10 move west
along the south bank OF the Modder The
result was that the Beers were prevented
from striking Pitcher, whose movement
was therefore successful. and Darlington
returned 10 camp without loss. All this
goes to show that the south bank OF the
Modder and. hence Methuens rear, are
fairly clear of hostile forces. Probably the
troops on the line OF communications be-
tween De Aar and the Modder have been
strengthened. a. We do not hear of further
serious attacks on the railway line in the
region indicated.
On the whole. il would appear that Me-
thaen's situation is improved, and he may
be growing in power to assume the often
sive when circumstances shall favor. But
while this is perhaps true, it is equally
apparent that Cronjes works and DISPOSE
tions for defence have been growing in
strength and extent. and that any forward
movement al or near Megarsfontein would
be attended with great loss. and might be
extremely doubtful Of success.
London has made up its mind that Bull
Ter Is practically on the move and the
heavy and continuous shelling of the Boer
trenches seems to Justify an opinion that
infantry and cavalry viii be engaged be
fore long. The news that a battle has
begun Oh The Tugela line, may be expected
al any hour.
The evening times., 1900-01-05
BOer Anti-CathoIicfsm.

No argument is necessary TO prove that
Irish sympathy for the Beers. in this and
the old country, is founded on hatred for
England and not on any love for Paul Kru-
ger and his people. Between the Anglo
Saxon and the related Teutonic stock there
is a possibility and often the fact more or
less OF race fraternity; but between the
Celt and the Teuton there is no such thing.
The irreconcilable element of the Irish
people would hold any cause holy if it
were in antagonism to Great Britain. and
any means justified to hurt that Empire.
The intensity of this sentiment as ex-
hibited since the beginning of the war in
South Africa has been something in the
way Of a surprise 1t was coming to be
believed that Irish ill-will had been placat-
ed TO some extent and that active hostil-
ity to the British Crown and Government
had somewhat abated in Ireland. largely
owing to improved material conditions in
the country. But 1t is easy to see that
the same old spirit of '9S and Of the later
Fenian days is as strong as ever, and thus
is matter for serious reflection in the
court and cabinet in London.
As a rule, the Irish irreeoncilables are
adherents of the Roman Catholic faith
There are exceptions. but they are numeri-
cally unimportant Consequently. II is
nearly a solid Catholic body which, in the
United States, is arming, drilling, collecting
money, and, as alleged, sending recruits
10 the Boer army. Except as an extreme
illustration of the Hibernian lust for ven
gesnce on Great Britain, all this is rather
amazing. in view OF widely disseminated
evidence that in the Transvaal Republic
Catholics form distinctly prescribed class
10 whom are denied civil and political
rights. and especially the right of worship.
Yet this fact does not seem in the least TO
have dampened the ardor of thousands OF
Catholic Irishmen who are eager TO ioin
the ranks Of the "sister republic notwith-
standing certain inconvenience which
success in that aspiration would entail. In
a communication from a Washington Irish
man, printed in the Detroit Free Press,
statements are made which, We should
The evening times., 1900-01-05

think. might serve to make the prospect OF
service with the Beers anything rather
than enticing. The writer says:
ANY Roman Catholic who may stray into the
ranks Of the Beer volunteers should leave all
trace Of HE religion behind. wear scapuar or
beads. and forget his religion. even at moments
Of peril suitering-for should he unfortunately
bettay his religion, although fighting for the
BueFs. the1 viii hang him 10 the nearest tree
1T came to the writer's immediate knowledge
that a poor illiterste Irish teamster badly
tprohaby fatally) crushed by his wagon, and IN
moments OF agony ne beSeeched those around him
20 bring a priest This was overheard by some
Rocrs and that night the suffering lrishman was
dragged from his shelter and hanged on the gable
of 4 cabin. For Catholic 10 be allowed TO die
his bed would be a crime in that land of
her,tics. God help the wounded British of the
faith. The B0efs stipulated at Modder River that
only ceiSlnen Of the Reformed Church should
oftciate at the burial Of the British dead.
II the foregoing allegations be true. and
it is not the first time that such things
have been related by people of various
classes and religions returning from South
Africa, then, il Notwithstanding such con-
ditions of sentiment and practice among
the Beers. Irish Catholics continue to join
or help them, it will only go to show that
hatred for England is the absolutely DOM
inant principle in the Hibernian breast 1t
would demonstrate a cheerful willingness
10 suffer religious martyrdom at the hands
Of the burghers, if in accepting that crown
the martyr could get just one whack at
perfiidous Albion
The evening times., 1900-01-05
AMERICAN TRADE ABROAD.
The Competition I'm the Australian
Market steadily Increasing.

Leo Bergholz United States Consul at
Erzerum, sends the State Department the
following communication on American
| trade with Australia:
The following report. by the Sydney
correspondent of a London trade publiea-
tion. upon the steadily increasing con-
sumption of American products in Aus
tralia, should be pleasant reading for our
manufacturers:
' American competition in the Austria
liam market is steadily increasing The
MiOwera. OF the Australian Canadian Line
arrived in Sydney Harbor yesterday fSep-
tember 19). bringing the following as por-
ton OF American cargo from Vancouver
Two hundred and forty eight cases OF
drugs. mostly patent medicines: Al cases
of typewriters and spplies. 9 cases OF den
tai goods. 80 cases of boots and shoes: f55
cases of machinery, mostly for agricultural
and mining purposes; Al cases Of bicycles
in parts; 81 barrels OF beer, chiefly lager
beer; 80 packages Of scales. % packages Of
rubber goods, POI rolls of newspaper Il
pianos. IA organs 179 bales of cotton. $50
crates of onions, 1890 sacks of -four. 125
cases of timed salmon. 81 cases Of fencing
material, 90 cases OF preserved cream 76
packages of sundries.
With respect to patent medicines the
New South Wales imports show a decline
in consequence of the increasing sale Of 10
cally manufactured articles. Typewrfters
remain, as formerly. an American special
ty. In dentists tools aud materials. Great
Britain and America have at times run
each other pretty close
American supplies Of machinery are
increasing especially in agricultural I'M
plements.
% In view Of the increasing trade with
Australia. the Oceanic Steamship Compa-
ny proposes. if the Australian government
will give financial assistance. TO build sew
eral new steamers. riyaling those Of the
orient and Peninsular and Oriental lines
expressly Tor the trade between San Fran
cisco. Auckland. and Sydney. The cargo
accommodations on the vessels at present
running are wholly inadequate. and il is
reported that the Alameda. the next in
coming vessel. had TO refuse cargo on this
account %
The evening times., 1900-01-05
HAVANA A WEALTHY CITY.
banker Trowbridge Describes Its FL
nancini Condition.

NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-Alva Trowbridgn
Company and Vice President of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association. who has been
for several months in Cuba on business
discussed the financial and commercial
situation on the island most Interestingly
in conversation with a reporter today. He
states that business failures are almost
unknown in Havana and that the city is
one of the richest for its size in the world.
Mr. Trowbridge said: From CONNER
ciaI point of view. Havana is the richest
,ity of its size | know Of The merchants
are abundantly supplied with capital. The
development of the TesOurceful Island of
Cuba, in my estimation. however. depends
more on the man with the hoe than capt.
tai OF course, capital will be required to
rehabilitate the sugar plantations, and for
other purposes, but without the push and
energy, with which Cuba is not oversup-
piled, the development of the country will
be slow.
Conditions In the large cities are en-
couraging, but it will take time TO edu-
cate the people into the advanced methods
of American finance.
Business failures are almost unknown
in Havana. / was told that there had been
only Iour commeTcldi ldllureS III tnat city
within the last four years. What better
evidence of prosperity could a person ask?
Compared with the vast amount of COM
mercial business. bank transactions ere
small. Bank checks are rare, as practical
ly all settlements are made in cash. But
it will be only a matter OF short time
when modern banking methods will be
adopted.
"Cuba affords opportunities for every
American citizen who is industrious and
has business experience.
''The military occupation by the United
States has secured good government for
the inhabitants, and has also caused de-
cided improvement in sanitary conditions"
The evening times., 1900-01-05
GENERAL WOOD PRAISED.
The Views of Representative HawIey
on Cuban Affairs.

TAMPA, Fla. Jan. 5.-Representatlve K
B. Hawiey of Texas arrived from Havana
on the Plant steamer Oliyette yesterday af-
ternoon, and left for Washington. He
spent FIVE months of the past year on the
island. and went back again three weeks
ago to study conditions under the new
regime Mr. Hawley was very guarded in
his expressions but said regarding General
Wood, that he found a sentiment of gen.
eral appreciation everywhere.
THE Cubans now have great confidence
in the American administration, he added.
Their attitude is one of great cOTdi5lity
toward the new regime. which the coming
of General Wood has inaGgurated. To this
state of feeling the excellent judgement dis
played by General Wood in the selection
OF his cabinet has largely contributed His
counselors as chosen are among the ableSt
and best of the island"
The evening times., 1900-01-05
MARRIAGES IN GERMANY.
The Difficulties to BE Overcome nv
Americans Who We'd There.

berg. Germany. sends the following report
to the State Department regarding mar
riages Of Americans in Germany:
"On January /, 1900. the new civil code
comes into operation 10 Germany The con
suar regulations forbid the giving Of Ger
tifCates relative TO marriage laws in the
United States. and these citizens frequ uent-
ly meet with insurmouutable difficulties
These could. however. be avoided if AmeIi-
cans who intend TO marry in Germany were
to procure the papers required by the
authorities here before leaving the United
States. The new Law requires:
Proof that the applicant is a citizen OF
the United States certificate OF naturaliza-
tion, passport. certificate Of legation. OF
consular certIfCateJ-
"A certificate by the proper authorities
OF his native OF home state to the effect
that the authorities know Of no just cause
and impediment Why the marriage shOu' d
verified by the German Ambassador o. a
German consul in the United States.
A certificate Of birth, which must be
verified by the German Ambassador or a
German consul in the United States.
Should there be any cOnsanguinify or
affinity between the applicant and his in
tended wife, proofs must be furnished that
in the applicants home State such cOnsdG-
guinity or affinity forms no impediment 70
the marriage.
If the applicant has been married be-
fore. the decree relating 20 the dissolution
must be produced. after having been veri-
fed by a consular officer
1T is we'll TO procure these documents,
for in this way delays aud other annoy
ances may be avoided.
During the last year a naturalized Uni
ted States citizen from South Dakota, who
wanted 10 marry in this United states con
sular district and take 10 his new home
distant relative. had 10 wait fully four
months before the documents required by
the Basariau authorities could b pro-
The evening times., 1900-01-05
Fourteen Million Francs Astray.
(From the Pail Mall Gazette


The French treasury has made most disagree
able and perplexing discovery Ii has found that
the trihe Of fourteen millions OF francs has un-
accountably gone a5tray-has got lost, in fact,
in some unexplained way. When N. Peytral was
making up the Budget for 1899 he stumbled on
what struck him a most providential resource.
The State he found, was in possession Of some
fourteen million OF francs paid to it in the
of a great many years for postal orders, the re-
funding of which had never been demanded, by
some strange indifference the part of their
innumerable beneicisries. 1t would seem impos-
sible that so large sum of money could collect
in this way, but its existence is vouched for
by so grave person a Minister of Finance the
fact can only be wondered at and accepted Hav-
ing discovered the windfall, NJ Peytral, and after
him his successor; NJ Caillaux was anxious to lay
hands on it. but here another surprise was in
store for him. Beyond all possibility of doubt
the money must be somewhere, but where proved,
and has 50 far remained mystery. For months
the treasury clerks have been making diligent
search, without being able to discover what has
become of the fourteen millions. They have
vanished, and their disappearance at least
great a miracle as their accumulation.
The evening times., 1900-01-05
A SUIT IN ADMIRALTY.
The Schooner Roper Charged With
sinking the Fanny Brown.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan. 5.-Proceed-
ings in admiralty for $26, 600 damages have
been filed in the Federal courts by the
owner, master, and crew of the schooner
Fanny Brown against the schooner Marga-
ret B. Roper.
The Fanny Brown was sunk in collision
with the Roper near Hatteras on the night
of December rs. The crew was rescued but
everything else on board was lost. The
wrecked vessel was bound for Baltimore
with phosphate rock
The evening times., 1900-01-05

The Internal Revenue Bureau has de-
cided that a physician who prescribes a
dose of whisky for a patient, is a retail
liquor dealer and as such must take out
a license. If the reasoning is good it is
hard to see why the patient who accepts
the prescription and takes the stimulant
is not also a liquor dealer. The Commits
sioner should not display offensive favorit-
ism in his efforts to find new ways of
raising the wind.
The evening times., 1900-01-05

Professional ethics slightly resemble
professional jealousy. in the sense that
they are generally in evidence, if at all.
against some one who has humiliated his
fellows 10y some original discovery or
achievement. We have strong illus
tration OF this in the collegiate and i'm
perial boycott of the celebrated embryol-
ogist, Prof. Schenck, of Vienna, who has
been deposed from his chair and repri-
manded for allowing his wonderful dis
covery 10 be heralded throughout the
world. instead Of keeping his secret and
faculty.
The evening times., 1900-01-05

By assisting the minority in Congress 20
cali Mr. Gage to a personal explanation Of
his remarkable course in the revenue and
custom house deals. the Republican leaders
have succeeded in dodging the immediate
danger OF q demand for Congressional in
yesti CATION. Whether the latter would
tend 10 develop more than We may expect
from tbe explanation, it is impossible to
say: but. in case the Secretary's personal
business interests are as intimately con-
nected with the affairs of the Standard Oil
magnates as some of his critics have seem
ed TO insinuate, it is lot probable that his
own statements Will illuminate that branch
OF the subject TO any great extent. and in
vestigation OF resignation. or both may be
the ultimate outcome after all.
The evening times., 1900-01-05

Senator Aldrich declares that Democrats
are silver monometallists. We are happy to
state that his diction does not make them
so. But what kind of an list is Mr.. AL
drich. as the champion of a measure which
would refund the national debt On a gold
basis, give banks unlimited opportunity
to usurp the money-issuing function Of the
people, aud enable them to food the coun-
try with credit money, and to contract it's
volume at will and to any extent? What
kind of an 'fist'' is Aldrich?