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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-14
STOOD DEATH OFF. !,
" ID M-I. - loo, of uavI

E. b. MundaY, lawyer OF Hem
rietta, Tex, once fooled a grave
digger. He says: my brother was
very low with malaria fever and
jaundice. l persuaded him to try
Electric Bitters, and he was soon
much better, but continued their
use until he was wholly cured. l
am sure Electric Bitters saved bis
life." This remedy expels mala-
ria, kills disease germs and purifies
the blood; aids digestion. regulates
liver. kidneys and bowels, cures
constipation, dyspepsia, nervous
diseases, kidneys troubles, female
complaints; gives perfect health.
Only Soc at I. j. Liable drugstore.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-14

I'm dealing with man. remember that
a spoonsul of oil will 90 farther than q
gallon of vinegar" The same may be
said of children. There Is nothing 81
good for children as the Old-fashioned
castor oil. However much they may alb
hor it, it Is their best medicine Tor dis
orders Of the bowels. In the more &C.
we're cases Of diarrhoea and dysentery
however. Chamber aims Collie. Cholers
and Diarrhoea Remedy should be given
after the Oil operates, and q quick curt
is sure to follow. For sale by T. j. Labb'
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-14
Louisiana State Banks.
Daily Picayune.

Daily Picnyunes
The following data, taken from the
last quarterly report of Mr.. F. G.
Freret, State Examiner of State
Banks, furnish an interesting re-
sumo of the sixty-six Louisiana
state banks considered together.
OF the resources the leading l.
TENS make the following showing:
Real estate, $99S,543; loans on
mortgages, $2,9l6,S2S; other
loans and discounts, $S,3O5. 033; de-
mand loans, 1886, 1888; cash, 49,,
2S2, 491; due from other banks and
bankers, s3,279,4 04.
OF the liabilities the following
are the leading items: Capital paid
in, "a, 255, 2S7; surplus and undivid.
ed profits, sl,752,54S; deposits
bearing interest, &, Ol,639: de-
posits bearing no interest, s12,83S
841.
This is a very good showing in
deed, for an agricultural state, 6
state such az Louisiana, where
there are no large cities outside o.
New Orleans. In the city o.
New Orleans the majority of the
banks are national banks. The
statement shows that there are
many country banks operating IN
der state charters, which are ex,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-14
WORKING NIGHT AND Day.

WORKING NIGHT AND DAY.
The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is DR..
Kings New Life Pills. These
pills change weakness in strength,
listlessness into energy, brain-fag
into mental power. They're won
derful in building up the health.
Only Csc per box. Sold by T. j.
Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-14
A SHOCKING CALAMITY

Lately befell railroad labor
er," writes DR.. A. Kellett, of Will
liford, Ark. "His foot was badly
crushed, but Bucklen's Arnica
Salve quickly cured him. It's SIM
ply wonderful for Burns, Boils,
Piles and all skin eruptions. It's
the worlds champion healer. Cure
guaranteed. Csc. Sold by T. j.
Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-14
THE RICE NATTER.

We made some remarks on the
rice market of New Orleans last
week, which.has been commented
upon editorially by the Picayune,
of the 10TH, and we also received
a letter from Mr.. S. Locke Breaux,
one of the rice factors of the city.
which we here publish:
New Orleans. La, Sept. IL, 1901.
st. Martinville Weekly Messenger.
st. Martinvillc. La.
Dear Sirs:
Calling your attention to the editorial
published In the Picayune Sept. 10th,
and the quotation, published In your pa
per Of Saturday last. in view OF the fact
that most OF the st. Martinyille rice and
rice out of your territory has been ship
ped to me feel it encumbent upon me
to write. SO that you may be fully posted
on the facts rs they exist.
Primarily, l beg To call your atten-
ton to circulars which l issued Oh Aug.
10Th aud Sept. 4th, and TO say further
that the market has verified my predic-
tions OF the latter date. We sold to-day
on this market Honduras as high az
$4.15, and received and sold for Messrs
Jones & Dallas, of New Iberia. the first
shipment Of Japan that has come TO this
market, 1923 sacks. at $3.50. All buyers
figure upon New Orleans quotations as
a basis, ard it is matter Of fact that
80 long aswe were getting fancy prices
here that the country buyers were very
careful to keep out Of the market.
| II you will follow the matter closely
you will llnd that last year my shippers
found out that they got as much money
AZ could be obtained In the country, in
elusive of commission and all charges
land that, taking the average into consi-
, Iteration, more mouey was the result
+ Another matter TO be considered Is thu
fact that last January journeyed to St
Martinville with view Of doing SOM
business in that locality and ! took il
contracts aggregating some $60.OOO,O'
of money that went to help those VIII
) we're doing business with me. TIL
country buyer at that time was copspi
cuous by his absence. and. In nv judg
ment, 1t h unfair to make it appear. a
: your article does. that the Only end an
] aim Of the New Orleans end Of the lin
= is to exploit the country for its benefit
4 1 don't believe that there is any indivl
r dual rice planter in your territory VIII
+ | had the money interest In that conntr
and its prosperity that l have. and Ger
tain it Is that there Is nobody who trie
: to get better value. or TO sustain tn
8 market more than do.
9 Approaching that your article wa
/. published from a mistaken premise. an
feeling as do that your desire is sin
3 ply the advancement 0f the industry.
9 have permitted myself to write TO you a
/. above. have the honor TO remain.
Al Very Faithfully Yours,
s. LOCKE BREAU1
Our idea in making the remark
r was not to injure any particula
|, hfirm. but simply to protect on
f lfarmers, who have SO often ha
: serious complaints to make agains
the New Orleans market.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-14

Our idea in making the remarks
was not to injure any particular
firm, but simply to protect our
farmers, who have SO often had
serious complaints to make against
the New Orleans market.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
Forth and Back.

1t struck us forcibly the other day
when one of our great scholars spoke of
a man as pacing forth and back
How many times have we heard of
pacings back and forthY''
Though you may contend that this is
an unnecessarily small point, yet it is
fact that most people, when starting out
to cover short space, a number of times
do not make their first turn backward
like crab.
Invariably do they take few steps
forward, and then. turning. retrace them
Hence they go forth and back. and
forth and back and so on until their
emotion of exercising is over.
And ''if a things So" to use one of
Koko's never failing reasonings, why
not say soY"
Stop moment to think of it, and
you'll agree that it is ridiculous to start
a thing backward and about as easy as
to start climbing a tree from the top.
Novelists with restless heroes are es-
pecially requested to take notice.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
She Dinn'f Gcnre

1t was nearly S o'clock. The child,
who had been teasing that she be allow
ed to go into the street to play, had been
told that it was too late for little girls to
be outdoors.
That. Of course, was no reason at all
from her point of view. She persisted,
and in desperation they told her she
could 20. but if she did she couldn't
come back.
That suited her exactly.
"Well." they said, ''if you go there's
pretty sure TO be a man outside that will
carry you away"
She didn't care.
The imminent prospect of rain was
suggested.
Nor did that appeal to her. In any
case if it raincd she would get out her
new umbrella.
"What good would that do? You
know you couldn't put it up"
"No," she replied, with grave cunning,
"but the man that's going TO carry me
away could put it up for me-"
After that they had to buy her Off
Chicago journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

Justice Garoutte related an amusing
incident which occurred to him while
crossing the Atlantic. The band played
every night in the second cabin" he says
"and one evening invited my family
and few friends to visit the second cab
in and listen to the music. After a few
pieces had been played ! called a kellner
to me and told him to give the band a
glass of beer at my expense. | paid him
the charges the beer was brought to the
band, they stood up, ratified their glasses,
seemed greatly delighted, and said good
luck to big red faced German who was
sitting on the opposite side of the room,
and then drank their beer He then
arose and made speech, after which the
band played Hail to the Chief amid
great applause.
81 asked a. gentleman who sat near me,
and who understood German, what all
the fuss was about, and he said the fell
low who had just made the speech had
treated the band to beer. 1t came over
me like a shot that | did not tip the kell
ner, and that he had put up the job with
the red faced German. ."-Argonaut
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
The BOARD of Green co...

You have heard much of the board of
green cloth. but probably you do not
know what its functions are and the need
of it from financial point of view
First. it takes its name from green
cloth spread over the table at which the
board SITS This board is presided over
by the lord steward. who. with the in.
ferior officers, sits to pass the accounts
of the royal household 1t is the count
ing house of the crowns establishment
and at the same time a little court of
justice, with power to correct all offend.
ers who break the peace of the verge
which means the court royal which ex.
tends every way for 200 yards from the
gate of the palace. Without a warrant
first obtained from this board no servant
Of the household can be arrested for
debt. so to be a crowns servant is to
rome extent on par with being q meui.
ber Of parliament.-Pearson's Weekly
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
Making 1t Clear.

The Dutch comedian who disports him
self as lnguist contortionist has of re-
cent years acquired quite II vogue on the
mimic stage. but out in Darby lives an
old German couple named Skimmelkopf
who can beat the stage Dutchmen at
their own game. The husband, Fritz,
has two dogs, of which he is very fond.
One is a pup, while the other is quite old;
but, as sometimes occurs with dogs Of
different breeds, the old dog is much
smaller than the 6-months-old puppy.
"Dere vas Something's funny apoud dem
dogs alreatty," said Fritz, who was
showing them to friend the other day.
dot leedlest dog vas de biggest"
Mrs. Skimmelkopf, realizing that her
husband had not made the point quite
clear, thought she had better come to his
assistance. "You must excuse mine hus-
band" she said. "De English langudch
he knows not goot. Vot he means is dat
de youngest dog vas de Oldest. ."-Phila-
delphisau uRrcord.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

Mr., IL. Witte, well known horticul-
turist of Leyden, gives Kaffra, in the
southern part of Abyssinia, as the native
place of the coffee tree, says a writer in
Meehan's Monthly. He mentions Arabian
legends as samples of strange customs in
connection with its use 1t was not till
centuries after its use that il was carried
to Java, from whence the first samples
were received in 1706
tree from Java was then sent to the
botanic garden in Amsterdam. and when
it lowered and ripened seeds a young
seeding was presented to Louis NV.
From this plant seedlings We're sent to
Martinique. and from these plants, again,
seedlings were sent to Jamaica. Cayenne
and Santo Domingo, while from Amster
dam plants were sent to Surinam. In
fact, it was from the one plant sent from
Java in the beginning of the eighteenth
century by Governor General Van Hoorn
that everything in the French possessions
and the West Indies has sprung.o
In this way has travelled the progeny
of the original plant introduced from
Arabia through Burgomaster Nocoloos
Witsen at the end of the seventeenth cen
tury.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

The late Senator Davis left his house
on Massachusetts avenue one morning
and started to walk to the cars. Sud.
denly. as if sprung from the ground
a man approached him. He was an old
member of Davis company in the war.
and he looked seedy
Hello, CushP' he exclaimed.
Hello, Bill" said the senator. Where
did you come from 2"
For few moments the senator and the
old soldier chatted together. Finally
came the expected touch"
"Can you change S20 Cush?" asked
the dilapidated veteran.
Yes" answered Davis.
"Then lend me ten"
Davis laughed. "Thatsis a little too
Steep" he said. won't you take 50
and call it square?"
1t is hardly necessary to add that Sen.
ator Davis parted with his money.
Washington Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
A GEY AULD WIFE.
tie old woman with soundless shoon

little old woman with soundless shoon
And heart hard as flint;
In the light Of the sun and the CLINT Of the m0oI
Her locks as white as lint.
She mocketh youth, and she fouteth love,
For gey aUd wife is She
And the sands beneath and the stars above
We're new in her memory.
She toucheth the rose, and it falls apart;
The stone, and it crumbles away,
But never tear to her eye shall start
This spirit of yesterday,
For this little old woman the sphinx beheld
When the dawn of the world was bright
This little old woman who came from cid
Ere the Lord made day and night.
She creepeth about in her soundess shoon,
She sngeth dreary rhyme,
And the nations browse TO her earle rune
For the gey auld wife is Time.
Margaret E. Sangster in Harper's Bazaar.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
HAPPINESS.
piness 10 make her mine.

followed Happiness to make her mine,
Past towering oak and swinging ivy vine.
She fed; chased, o'er slanting hill and dale,
Der fields and meadows, in the purpling vale.
Pursuing rapidly o'er the dashing stream,
scaled the dizzy cliffs where eagles scream;
] traversed swiftly every land and sea,
But always Happiness eluded me-
Exhausted, fainting, pursued no more,
But sank to rest upon barren shore
One came and asked for food and one for aims;
placed the bread and gold in bony palms.
One came for sympathy and one for rest;
shared with every needy one my best.
When. 10, sweet Happiness, with form divine
Stood by me whispering softly II am thine"
II. Wade Burleigh in Monthly South Dakotan.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
A Genuine Test For Alum.

Here is a genuine test which any
housewife can make to determine wheth-
er or not baking powder contains alum:
Place half teaspoonful of the powder
in the lid of a can THAT from small
baking powder TIM and char thoroughly
over strong alcohol flame, gas Jet or
redhot Goals. After this charring add a
teaspoonful of water, stirring or mixing
with bright silver spoon. If the pow
der is pure one. the spoon will remain
bright; II alum is present. it will be tar
nished as from sulphur. For further
proof add to the mixture little vinegar
and smell the fumes. You will doubtless
detect the odor of sulphur.-Ella Morris
kretschmar in Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
THE LOOM OF DREAMS.

broider the world upon loom;
broider with dreams my tapestry.
Here in little lonely room
am master st earth and sea,
And the planets come to me.
broider my life into the frame,
broider my love, thread upon thread.
The world goes sy with its glory and shame;
Crowns are bartered, and blood is shed;
sit and broder my dreams instead.
And the only world is the world OF my dreams,
And my weaving the only happiness.
For what is the world but what it seems
And who knows but that God beyond our guess
Sits weaving worlds out of loneliness?
Arthur Symons in Saturday Review
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
Ernstx.

He feeling his way)-What do you
think of man who leaves his friends
and goes off to the north poleS
She lartessly)-It depends upon the
kind of man you mean. you know. You
don't mean to say that you think of go.
ing. Mr.. Buffer? Well. hope you win
have an enjoyable trip Boston Tran
script
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
Sure Tin.

Mr.. Meddergrass- Slocum sent $40
to feller in New York to find out how
to win at roulette.
Mr.. Feddershack- What did the teller
say?
Mr.. Mcddergrass--Said to run the
game yourself. baltimore American.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

Haven't you got through YETI" asked
the impatient customer.
"Purty near" aJywered the bootblack,
polishing away uek all his might. II
kin see my fnishie u Sicago Tribuneater
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

n. was in the pa,r
n. to overtake a yc,i~.od ~
I'D of a crime. nm.
40 this his way" &C tb -
~ :" = hlled his pip e c S
Nh e breeze could do, .
G,9llroading in tn .nr
Fm ", ze CALI '2Benson. Ftid
S.e,rissh sho o. Y town, ? ide c
Y Ill o5ar coI ge' .dc D
A nd ar sect ,,vD o,
&c., =. q2ise q The Is'aoso s"5 so At - -
g. |. 'l~o'~-o o. -
Ited + M mes IS !
d oonl ~ p, rs
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
AMnlNYill

|Kn It. tSIlltITDIe
rhe two. r. nohU
.lI like le6 - gH ,
ii w w. ch. en- dpl'atritH
|fm down both na
1fe length of the 'r-
u are in communi
Aot quite perfect
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
fR PER DAY.

r owing sections
flth a country
10 to 20 miles,
Z Lforindustrious
an sell all of the
3 prices and ON
my blacksmith
. mill property
ing, blacksmith
other outbuild.
choice land, to
LEVI PRICE.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-01-04
GENERAL NI$WS NOTES.
How to Cure CrOup.

Mr.. r. Gray, who lives near Anne.
MIA DucLes county, N. Y, says "Cham.
beIlaia's Cough Remedy is the best
medicine | have ever used 1t is a
fine children's remedy for Group and
never fails to cure" When given as
soon as tie child becom hoarse, or
even after the crcupy cough has de-
yeloped, it will prevent the attack.
This should be borne in mine and a
bottle of tie Cough Remedy kept at
h~-d ready for instant use as coon as
Inese n symptoms appear. For sale by
f. e. Duke Druggist.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-01-04

n cargo OF fine glass and iron work
from the workshops Of the Water CITY
| and for curious stuffs and perfumes
| which its traders had brought from
the far lands of Ind, Araby and
| Cathay.
During the voyage homc too, our
| luck stuck TO us. We had n fair wind
the whole way, aud the words Trim
| sails, the watchw hardly once fell on
| our ears. Wonderful good fortune,
this, but it cost Our captain the greater
| part OF his crew, who declared that
the ship was Dcwitched-and | was |
| more than half inclined to agree with
them.
This was the reason for their fears: |
When we were lying at Venice, our |
| captain went to a Finn who dealt in !
ESharms and for the sum of ,ln II would
| O<lNGSt from Si->>- Li- ~ 'i'N- "
raiseS. fayoring gale. 1t was wrapped
in skin case marked all over WIN |
| cabalist'c designs whose meaning houc
of us understood. What 1T containeu
cannot say, for no man on the Dig
dared te RnaI riS! S thaf ySffeett y%Sffee ttRat
nailed TO the masthead we never Whnt
od for q fair wind to watt nus home.
ye+ there were signs that the Eye
ohoyo saw with anger the maSlc"i
device that eased US Of the just iapo.
of con working. Almost every hish'
u,h,,o ya were in the more southern
lat at,tudcs pale blue lights wouiu ny
i down To Ms out of the darkness anu
t ,orob on yardarm or masthead. lie!
7, 1ore Corpos Santos-holy bodies-ah.
u MO knew that they had come to threa'
j. n ond not to protect, for when W.
e erected them with n psalm they hel'
'g eho,r n,oces as though they did no
" hear a word of our singing.
OF We Younger ones gazed mt the omen
TO ,,+b wonder and little more, put III
IL elder seamen were strangely disquie
OF "a ond as soon as we dropped ancho
sc IN tho Thames and the wages had pee
as na,d more than so Of them left the SD
OIL eor Good would have followed then
o.. trusted to their older experien'
~ ~, In such things, but Alec' as "su" ,,
WI ouled my superstition anu So So :,
| meant to stay, SO hau ~
oualms and stay TOO. ,,,o
We were rewarded for our ooiune
for the captain not only nppoiH
to oficerships and housed us III
II ftar house, but unueTtooh w
hos all the mysteries of Navigation
10 seamansbip, so that at the end OF
this voyage we were either of us compeu
iey' to take te command of vessei
wy selves. And thus in the event IL pro
..ra that our captains deal with the u'
','ef was the beginning Of our rap'd f's'
the calling we had chosen.
We stuck to the Surrey Hills Tor
het oro, VOYAGES after this. until at iast
, ne suffered so much in brush WI
nch' couple of piratical rascais from ."
'ei' that. though we Eeat them OH al.
tough battle. the ship was 50 II
.eieu tnocked about that on our return ii
ahis' she was pronounced unfit for aho
w. wovoce. And so we were out
berth. Alec would have shipped
the Thames again for foreign p",
go III once but | suggested that we 81
"up'e have n little fun OF shore hrs'.
w"s staid a few days. therefore I'D 10.
ADO ond then, finding that our money
n melting much too fast, we star.'
Ahu walk around the south coast OF
v,nd land.
r~o mn coyTINUKD.l
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-01-04
RoCk=a=Bye Baby

These are sweet words, but how much
pain and suffering they used to mean. It's
different nov. Since Mothers Friend has
become known expec:ant mothcrS. have
been spared much Of the anguish of'child-
birth. Mothers Friend is hniment to be
applied externally. Ii is rubbed thoroughly
into the muscles Of the abdomen. 1t gives
elasticity and strength and when the final
great strain comes they respond quickly snd
easily without pain. Mothers Friend is
never taken internally. Internal remedies
at this time do more harm than good. If a
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-01-04
The Best Plaster.

A piece of flannel 1ampened with
Cbamberlaiu's Pain Balm and hound
to The + stIected parts is surerior to any
p'ss;er. When troubled with lame
nack or pairs in the side or chest,
give j. trial and you are certain 10
! more ;hau p'eased d with the PROMPT
,el;ei which it affords. Pain Balm also
cu.es rleuuaism. One application
gives relief. For sale by F. Q. Duke
Druggist.