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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-10-19
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THE BAND CONTEST.

Although several bands were
scheduled to take part in the New
Iberia band contest last Sunday,
the Breaux Bridge Band was the
only one which stood its ground
to the last regardless of the rules
and conditions imposed by the
New Iberia Park Association.
Our boys were the first to enter
in the contest, and their band was
the only one at the Park. They
were highly complimeuted ON their
excellent music rendered. Our
boys say they would have liked to
meet the St. Martinville, New Ibe-
ria, Crowley and other neighbor-
ing bands just to make the affair
a success. Let the leaders OF the
above named bands trot out some
kinds of valuable reasons for fail
ing to attend. Since, we hear that
Bro. Greig and another of his best
members were to play with the
Pelicans of New Iberia in the con-
test. Is this reliable, Bro. Greig?
The VALLEY presents the blue
ribbon to the Bresux Bridge Band,
and wishes it q long life of contin-
ued success.--Valley of the Teche."
The above clipping is a broad
hint to the Greig Cornet Band,
which we do not hesitate to say it
is the best band of brass instru-
ments in the state, and we do not
even except any band in New Or
leans or any other place, but it
must be understood that when we
talk of brass band, we do not talk
of orchestras.
We must also admit that for q
few instrument, as the Breaux
Bridge band is. they make as nice
and sweet music as can be heard
anywhere. and it is always with
the greatest pleasure that we lis
ten to their excellent music.
But, now, Brother Begnaud. do
you not remember, that a few
weeks ago, about three weeks, we
believe, the. Greig Cornet band
had published challenge to meet
in contest any band in the State,
between New Orleans and Alexan-
dris, and had deposited in the
bank here q forfeit of $25, which
was not accepted.
As to the New Iberia contest we
presume the bands looked upon it
as a money making scheme, and
did not feel like going into it,
this, we presume is the reason why
it was not accepted.
We now say that the Greig Cor
net band can beat the Breaux
Bridge Band, the Pelicans of New
Iberia and all the other bands,
and we would be glad to have our
friends of New Iberia and Breaux
Bridge make arrangement to met
here, one of the Sundays, for q
contest OF pleasure and in a friend
Jv monuor not for nrOf9t
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
WANTS A ROMAN PALACE.
Emperor william Is Credited will
Entertaining n Novel
Ambition.

II is said at Berlin that the en-
peror is seriously cont empla ting the
construction of castle which shall
be in all rrspactR an exact fac-simile
of those that We're constructed IN
the days OF old Rome. If he carries
out this design all the domestics
who may Oe employed in the castle
will be obliged TO speak Latin and
to wear a costume similar to that
worn by the household servants of
the old Roman elGperors. Each room
will be decorated and furnished with
appropriate antiques and the eXte-
rior of the builting will be fash
toned in rigid coi.for!nance with the
style of architecture that was in
vogue under the Roman empire.
Emperor Williams friends are not
surprised that he should be think
ing of building such castle. since
they know that for years he has
been deeply interested in Roman his
tory. and that on more than one oc-
casion he has taken an active part
in performances Which were de-
signed to illustrate the life OF Ro-
mans under the empire.
The emperor, if he constructs this
castle. will certainly visit it fre-
ouently. and during his stay there
his guests and attendants will salute
bis as the Romans aaluted their EN-
| peror.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
DIG TUNNELS IN TREES.
Wood Caterpillnrs Are Creating Sc
riOus Havoc In the Lon-
don Parks.

The caterpillars of the wood-leop-
ard moth are doing irreparable dam
age to many Of the old trees in the
London parks and gardens by tunnel
ing into the timber, with the result
that either the trees are killed out
right or the branches and leading
shoots are so weakened that they
readily snap across during stormy
weather.
Hardly park or garden of any pre-
tensions in the great metropolis is
free from the leopard moth and the
goat moth. both of which have in
creased of late years to an almost
alarming extent. This is partly ow-
ing to the unhealthy condition of
many OF the trees. which has been
brought about by the ever-increasing
smoke and fumes to which they are
almost constantly subjected, for the
caterpillar rarely attacks healthy
trees.
The tunnels, which are often half
an inch in diameter, are cut in all d.
rections through the hardest timber,
the trees usually attacked being the
Spanish chestnut, thorn, apple, beam
tree, elm and poplar.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
speed and Endar..ee Of Dogs.


Dogs and wild animals of the same
family are remarkable for their quick
ness and staying powers iii running,
as everyone knows. A fox terrier. for
example. will follow his masters car
riage for hours with no signs OF fs-
tiyue. Wolves will travel 80 miles in
a night. Nansen saw Arctic foxes on
the ice nearly 500 miles from land,
and found their tracks In the snow on
the parallel of IS degrees north. Eski-
mo dogs can travel Is miles in five
hours, according to Hayes, who re-
cites that he once drove his dog team
seven miles in half an hour A Siberian
dog, on good ice, will draw about SO
pounds; our ordinary dogs, at full
speed, run at the rate of from 80 to 40
feet per second; settlers and pointers.
about 1872 to n 7-10 miles per hour,
and they can maintain this speed for
two or even three hours. Fox hounds
are very fast, and in a recent trial one
of them beat thoroughbred horse,
covering miles in 6As minutes. Grey
hounds can run at the rate of SO to
as feet per second. Horses cannot ex.
coed GO feet per second.-N. y. Sun.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
llp.TO-D FIREBUG
Uses Electricity Instead of Kerosene
.oil and Rags.
Ease with Which the Merchant Anx-
ions to Collect Insurance Can Plan
and Garry Out ~ ConRagrattOn
detection Impossible.

The substitution of effectively in
sulated electric lighting wires for the
time-honored kerosene oil can and
heap of paper and shavings in pro-
ducing incendia-y fires is regarded as
an established fact by Harry H..
Hornsby. chief inspector in City Elec-
lrician Edward B. Ellicott's Office at
Chicago.
Hornsby has come to the conclu-
sion that the modern merchant who
wants to realize money by collect
ing fire insurance has followed the
tendency of the day i'll replacing OIL
with electricity.
THE fuse which is used to pre-
vent trouble by protecting the CIR
cults in the event of a short circuit
or a grounding of the wire is made
of soft Lead Hornsby says. When
ever there Is short circuit, or the
wires become grounded, the force OF
the current is taken up by the fuse
which commences to glow. AS mat
tiers grow worse, the fuse gets not
| ter and hotter. Soon it reaches
| white heat and melts.
Here is where the firebug doe
some fine work. He places a heal
of intiammable material or innocent
looking cotton under the fuse, ant
| it iynites at once. A little care viii
| produce short circuit, or ground
ed wires. Tie whole thing can b.
timed. or worked from distance
and no one in the world can tell hoN
the fire was started"
An ordinance requiring men VIII
wire buildings and repair electri
wires and connections to be license
was introduced in the council las
year. and was sent to committee
where it has slept for months. l
is likely that Hornsby's report wi
facilitate its passage.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
Hand ruin. i. ola Books.

Has attention ever been drawn to
the fact that the ruling of lines in old
books Is done by hand? That this was
the case is proved by the frequent un-
evenness of the work. Here and there
one can see that the ink gave out be-
fore the line was ended. Almost all the
title pages Of seventeenth century SER
mons are hand ruled, the page being
set as it were in frame. In some
cases the ruling is carried through
the volume in this fashion. ] may cite
as examples the 1923 and 1882 Shakes
peare Folios, Sydenham's Sermons
l637). and Vases dictionary (1662):
In the last instance the page is ruled
into three columns. This work must
have been done after the printing
while the book was in sheets, and ii
must have employed many workmen.-
Notes and Queries.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
What Poultney BigeIow Says.

London, Apail 20.-Poultney Blge-
low, the American historian ana
traveller, who has just returned TO
London after delivering a course OF
lectures at Harvard and Yale uniyers-
tiles, declares the United States is
heading toward revolution. He said:
"Commercialism runs riot in the
United States. The Yankees are coin
ing their ideas and energy into money
and the trust builders are doing the
rest. These money kings must neces-
sarily exercise observation-disclosures on
the morals of public servants. They
create all manner of temptations and
breed all manner of jobbery.
sIn Washington / found cynical
contempt for the constitution. Cor
ruption stalks through the govern
ment departments. 1t disgraces the
halls of congress. Congress itself is lit
tie more than a brokerage shop for the
sale of authority to fleece the people.
The legislators, department officials
dlu pCUUy PuoliS oCi Vail 70 Va GA NA'iAS
neglect no opportunity of turning
their official prerogatiye to profit.
81 learned many specific instances
of fragrant jobbery, especially in con-
nection with the Philippine war.
Thousands of officials, whose stealings
range from very small to very large
amounts. do not want the struggle to
come to an end. They would much
prefer to see 1t indie initely prolonged.
'Of course, l should not think of re-
fecting on such men as Secretary Hay
and Judge Taft, but if Hay were the
Archangel Gabriel and Taft ST. Peter
returned to earth, they could not stop
the complex and far reaching system
of thievcry that prevails in the public
service.
president Hadley OF Yale, Isee de-
MES that he said continuance of the
present tendencies would land an en-
peror in Washington within twenty
five years. do notsee why he Should
desire to deny such a statement. w,
would better have an emperor-Som'
one to take a firm stand against th,
rising tide OF Observation-Disclosures
have rulers who have no interest il
the government beyond the next elec
ton. I would rather live under En-
peror William of Germany than unde
vicious tyranny of railway, oil ant
steel kings.
america needs thorough arrous
ing of the public conscience. t needs
to deliver it from the slavery of CAPT
taliSm. such men and women as deliv
cred it from the slavery of human be
ings. In other words, it needs al
epidemic Of cranks-cranks like vii,
lam Lloyd Garrison-cranks such q
England had in Richard Golden an
John Bright"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
shame

And now Maryland has an Aus
tralian ballot law after the style
by Massachusetts,, which pro-
vides for grouping all the candidates
on the ballot under the titles Of the
offices they are running for instead of
arranging in party columns as is done
In Iowa. A cross is to be made in the
square at the name of each candidate
voted for but in both Maryland and
Massachusetts the voter goes into the
booth alone, and must mark his ballot
unaided as is done in Iowa if the
person is illiterate or for other reason
Is unable to mark his ballot. The
effect OF this ballot law will be to pre-
vent the illiterate in Maryland and
Massachusetts from voting. The
Maryland law is denounced by repub-
lican papers because they say tits a
scheme to disfranchise negro voters.
but who does the law of MaSSachusett It's
disfranchiSe?-of what race and color:
How many men could designate The
presidential electors in even Iowa, i
they were grouped in a single column
without party designation?
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
Le..on from America.

During the Paris exposition an
American firm obtained permission to
drive an artesian we'll in the Bots de
Nincennes near Paris. The city of
Paris has two artesian wells which re-
auired respectively nine and six
years to be driven. The American
we'll was sunk to q nearly equal
depth, 1898 feet, last summer in two
months. The French We're sur
prised by the rapidity of the work,
as well as by the LONELINESS and sim
plicity of the apparatus. The Amer
lean company has since offered to do
nate the well to Paris as an addition
to its water supply, and some of the
French scientific journals express the
hope that "the practical lesson which
the new world thus offers gratuitous
ly will not be without its fruit
Youths Companion.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

A recent Illustration OF the passion
for litigation is furnished by citizen
OF New York. who was a guest at one OF
the Mills hotels there. and whose un-
dershirt was lost in the wash. What
was deemed compensation for the lost
garment was offered him, but he pre-
ferred to carry the case to the courts,
where he sued Mr.. Mills to recover 10
cents. He was nonsuited, and then car
ried the case to the higher courts, and
now the appellate term OF the supreme
court has affirmed the judgment of the
lower court. 1t his cost the litigious
plaintiff the price of several dozen I'M
&srShirts.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
The Venezuela Trouble

The trouble between the United
States and the little South American
republic is simply another family
affair of Mr.. McKinley's, in regard to
the control of asphaltum deposits
A. L. Barker, brother of Mrs. Nc
Kinley and Gen. T. V. Greene grand
marshal at the recent Inauguration
of the President had all the asphalt
tum in sight with complete monop-
oily in the western hemisphere. But
other Americans discovered other
large deposits in Venezuela and the
trouble is that Barber and Greene
seek to prevent other than their own
asphaltum beds from being worked.
The Venezuelan government is
willing that both deposits may be
worked but President Mckinley has
taken the part of his brother-in-law
and of Gen. Greene. This is all there
is to the trouble between this country
and Venezuela, trouble that ought
to make every man hang his head in
shame.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
par,. Fountains.

The fountains of Paris are among the
most interesting features of the city,
and the authorities are careful to in
crease their attractiveness whenever
an opportunity arises. An experiment
has been tried by which the waters will
become luminous. A sort of golden
yellow will alone be Employed; but
the waters will assume the appear
ance of cascades of diamonds and to-
PAGES. The effect will be attained by
means of electric lights and colore6
glasses placed around the basins III
such way that the beauty of the
fountains will not be diminished when
seen by daylight.-Tit-Bits
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

The widows or the late Senator Gear
of Iowa and Davis of Minnesota will
receive 5000 per year each under an
appropriation made by congress. II
wives of senators can't persuade 'em
to lay up part Of their salaries, instead
of using it all to buy oil for political
machine, in order to hang on to the
Office for life, let 'em stand the conse-
auences. Maybe we'd better cut down
the old soldiers pensions to two
dollars month in order that the poor,
starving widows OF deceased senators
may have their pittance of hundred
dollars a week raised to an amount
Sufficient to keep the wolf from the
brown rehabilitation Pioneer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

Gordon Bryan's father kept books
in Cleburne (TeN.) bank. says an ex-
change of that section. Gordon ran
away Gn his teens) to South America.
There he drew 100000 prize in lot
terry. Returning home, he bought
Dallas county ranch for his parents,
and put the rest of his money into tim
Der and sawnils down in Mexico. In
two years he sold out to railway com
panies at profit (the Ell Paso Herald
reports) of 100000. He is now %
years old, and is in New York
to promote" IA loo-mile railroad be-
tween Houston and Port Arthur
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
Mournins aarb In sweden

In Sweden mourning clothes are
somewhat peculiar, according to our
way OF thinking. For women long
veil is absolutely necessary, as are also
black dress and crepe bonnet, but
a jacket or mantle Of any color may be
donned with these, and it 10 by no
means unusual for q widow to wear
the regulation weeds In conjunction
with brilliant red jacket. Men also
will dress in black trousers and hat
and colored waistcoat, or possibly
even colored ooat.-WAshington Star
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
BERNHARDT TAKES A 'GAToR.
New Orleans and Has 1t Taken
to Her Hotel.

Nine. Sarah Bernhardt, aided by NJ.
Coquelin and guide, captured six
foot alligator the other day, and, ugly
and dirty as it was, it was brought
back to New Orleans after the hunt
and placed on exhibition in the corri-
dor of the ST. Charles hotel, where
Nine. Bernhardt and her party stayed
during their engagement at New Or
leans. The hunt occupied the entire
day and was participated in by NJ.
Coquelin, Maurice Bernhardt, son of
the famous actress; DR.. Edward
Rodriguez. of New Orleans, whose
guests the notables were; several
members of the Bernhardt- Coquelin
company. and four guides.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

An immense cattle trade is being
built up between the United States
and Cuba Since May /, 1900. over
10000 cattle have been shipped to
Cuba from Florida alone, and other
shipments have been made from gulf
ports. The famous little steamer
Dauntless, which came into promi-
nence through its hlibustering eNpe-
ditions, is now engaged in the cat
tie CARRYING business. Carrying beet
to the Cubans is much better thar
carving cartridQex
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
Career and Character of Abraham Lincoln

An address by Joseph Choate, Am
bassador to Great Britain, on the
career and character Of Abraham
Lincoln-his early life-his early
struggles with the world-his charac-
ter as developed in the later years OF
his life and his administration, which
placed his name so high on the worlds
roll of honor and fame, has been pub
lished by the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway and may be had BY
sending six (6l cents in postage to +.
A. Miller, General Passenger Agent,
Chicago, III. 66t3
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
Re,enxc on the Post omce

A Sheffield manufacturer who has
had trouble with the post Office about
registering his mail packages is TAX
ing his revenge by sending 200 en-
ployes daily to the post Office to buy
penny stamps. Each employe is deco
rated with red tape and is provided
with a sovereign's worth of coppers
with which he buys one stamp at a
time.-N. Y. Sun.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
Easy to Cure a Cold

il you go about it right. Take two or
three Krause's Cold Cure Capsules dur
ing the day and two before retiring at
night. This will insure good nights
rest and free movement of the bow
els next morning. Continue the treat
ment next day and your cold will melt
away. Price Csc. Sold by Shuttleworth
Drug Co., and Z. j. EckStein.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

An editor out west printed an item
which stated that 1.-THE man who was
hugging the hired girl had better stop
or his name will be published. In a
few days about twenty-five citizens
paid up their subscriptions and told
the editor to "pay no attention t"
foolish stories going around"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
When You Get a Headache

don't waste a minute but go to your
druggist and get box of krause IS
Headache Capsules. They will pre-
vent pain. even though your skull we're
cracked. They are harmless, too. Read
the guarantee. Price 25c. sold bv
Shuttleworth Drug Co., and f. j.
EckStein
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
A Great snap.

1t must have been a great snap to
have lived in the days of Noah. A
man was we'll posted then il he knew
the tribe living over the next noun
tain, and had all the history of the
world at his finger ends If he could
name his ndfather.-Atohison
Globe.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
Exercise for Town Dweller..

A great many men living in town
say: Il wish lived on farm; I need
exercise" How about your yard;
why not clean that up? Why not
clean up your alley, and keep things
in shape around your home? That
would give you plenty OF exercise
Atchison Globe.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

The gentlemen who point to treas
ury full Of gold as an evidence of pros
perity would doubtless point to
roundhouse full of dead engines as
proof that the railroad was doing an
immense freight business.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

Last winter was confined to my
bed with very bad cold on the lungs.
Nothing gave me relief. Finally my
wife bought a bottle of One Minute
Cough Cure that effected a speedy
cure. l cannot speak too highly of
that excellent remedy, Mr.. T. X.
Houseman, Manatawney, Pa.-Shut-
tleworth Drug Co,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

81 had piles SO bad | could get no
rest nor find cure until L tried De.
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. After us
ing it once, forgot 1 ever had any
thing like Piles. "-E. c. Boice, Som
ers Point, N. Y. Look out for imita-
tions. Be sure you ask for DeWitts.
-Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
They Work While You Sleep.

While your mind and bodyres Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic repair your
digestion, your liver, your bowels,
put them in perfect order. Genuine
tablets stamped C. c. c. Never sold
in bulk. All druggists, 1oc.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

In writing up wedding the report
er of an exchange said of the bride:
"EIer dainty feet were encased in a
pair of slippers that resembled fairy
boots" But the careless printer
caused the paper to say: ''lIer dirty
feet were encased in pair Of slippers
that rescmbled ferry boats"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

"What sweet-scented outfit those
Utahns are anyway" exclaims the
Des Moines Capital. That's what we
thought when we heard the election
returns from there.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30
one Of Those pad breaks.

Youth-Miss Stanhope, you're posi-
lively the only person I've met to-day
worth stopping to speak to.
Miss Stanhope (thoughtlessly)-In
deed You are more fortunate than
am!-Judge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

Those famous little pills, DeWitt's
Little Early Risers will remove all i'm
purities from your system, cleanse
your bowels, make them regular.
-Shuttlewefth Drug TO.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

Prosperity has struck the Fulton
WOODEN mills at Oswego, N. Y, and
1900 men and women are out of en-
ployment. The wooden trust ordered
the mill closed down. Philander G.
Knox is, of course, looking the other
vaV
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-30

You cannot enjoy perfect health,
rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes If your
liver is sluggish and your bowels clog
ged, DeWitt's Little Early RiseTs
cleanse the whole system. They never
gripe.-Shuttleworth Drug Co.