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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-09-27
Registration Notice.

Joel Waddell and e. K White,
Registrars for District No. I3,
are hereby instructed to open the
Registration Books at Union City,
Tenn, on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, September %, n and 2S,
between the hours Of a. m. and 9
p. m. for the purpose of registering,
all who have not previously regis
tered or who shall have changed
their residence since the last gem
eral registration.
]. II. MCDOWELL.
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-09-27
w. r. ANDREWS,
G. T. TAYLOR.

Election Commissioners for obion
County.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29

The bakery of Mr.. Octave Gagne
was completely destroyed by fire
Wednesday morning at about four
o'clock. The insurance on the ba-
kerry was $4,000 in the Boston In
surance Company of Boston.
Miss Julia Hines. who was
teaching at Mr.. l.. G. Gauthier's
leaves today for her home. in Glib
ton, La. Miss Hines will give up
teaching to go in the Office of her
father who is in the insurance
business. Miss Hines is an ac-
complished young lady who has
made some good friends in this
parish.
The boring at Anse la Butte is
going on SLOWLY, due to the rock
and coarse gravel. The hole is
about two hundred and fifty feet
deep, and three layers of hard
rock of about four feet each have
been gone through, and the gra-
vel added to this, makes the work
tedious and slow.
1t seems to us that after fire
the town authorities should en-
ploy laborers to pick up the hose,
clean and dry them, and clean the
engine, because the firemen, who
are all business and professional
men, cannot give their time add to
this hard work, after having been
almost exhausted at the fire. We
believe the town should look into
the matter and relieve the firemen
of this work.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness
and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an in6amed con-
dition Of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube gets In
famed you have a ruiDbling sound or
imperfect hearing. and when 1t Is en-
tirsly closed deafness Is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored TO its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed for
ever; niue cases out Of ten are cause bv
catarrh. which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness caused by catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Cstarrh
Cure.
FL. Cheney & Co.. Props. Toledo. q
Sold by druggists. price zoe.
N-Hail's Family Pills are the best
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29
E. E. Soc11ier.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

ledge into practice. The reputa-
ton of agriculture as a field of hu-
man effort is seriously compromis-
ed by her incompetent devotees,
while the fact is, that for normal
intelligent men, there is no 'occu.
patton that supplies 80 fully all
the conditions of a happy, conten-
ted and enjoyable life.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29

We learn from Mr.. David Todd
that the Gulf Company of Belle
Isle has sold to the American Salt
Co.. the salt and mineral rights on
Belle Isle. The Gulf Company
had previously fled disclaimer
of title in the suit of the heirs OF
Gonsoulin against them in the
United States Circuit Court. This
gave the heirs 1000 acres of the
grant. The suit for the remainder
of the Island will come up during
the early fall in the September or
October term of the court in New
Orleans.
The oil we'll on the Island is To-
Gated in the marsh and runs 3
small stream of oil.
At the time this oil was struck
the company had no idea other
than of getting good water sup
ply and were totally surprised.
This well will be de opened by the
new owners in an effort to secure
a gusher, and if they succeed, this
we'll will be the most valuable OF
any struck in the South the sur
face flows of oil being said to be q
fine quality of the illuminating
variety.
The Salt Mine will soon be COM
pleted and the company is now
perfecting arrangements for the
shipping of their salt by water.
Altogether the news from Belle
Isle is most encouraging. We
hope that all the we'll laid plans
being into effect there will sue
coed. -Iberian.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29
A Terrible Explosion

"Of gasoline stove burned q
lady here frightfully." writes n.
E. Palmer, of Kirkman, la. "The
best doctors couldn't heal the rum
ming sore that followed. but Buc-
klen's. Salve entirely cured her"
Infallible for Cuts, Corns, Sores,
Boils, Bruises, Skin Diseases and
Piles. Csc at L. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29
LOCAL News.

Mr.. Philip Mouton, of Lafayette
was in town this week.
There Will be concert tomorrow
evening, on the church square by
the Greig Cornet band.
MIR. j. e. Hitter and wife, OF
New Iberia, were visitors to st.
Martinvilie this week.
Just receiyed> one car Salt and
Rock Salt at very Low Price
per sack, L. C. Duchamp.
Master Marcel de Manly return
ed home Thursday, Marcel was at
tending school in New Orleans.
Miss Aspasie Rees, ohBreaux
Bridge, is spending a few days
here, the guest of Mrs. J. r. Bien-
venu.
Miss Lucy Martin, of New Or
leans, is spending a few days in
town. the guest Of her brother, DIR.
j. S. Martin,
Master Eugene Soulier, who
was attending the st. Stanislaus
College, Bay st. Louis, returned
home this week.
Those needing low quarter
shoes will do we'll to visit the store
of K. Schwartz & Co., for they are
selling them at bargains.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. v. Fleming en-.
tertained ON Monday night a mum
Der of their friends in honor Of
their 32nd wedding anniversary.
Il. G. Duchamp represents 81
Wall Paper Companies, and hat
samples that will suit every one.
The knights of Honor. in Su
preme session in Milwaukee, th'
past week, have decided to admi
railroad brakemen to membership
There will be races at the plan
tation of Mr.. Victor Maraist to
morrow, and we learn that some o
the races will be very interesting
Get your Fishing Lines ant
Poles at l.. G. Duchsmp.
Mr.. Alcibide DeBlanc who wa
living in Breaux Bridge, with Fla
Their j. NJ. Langlois, will be a
home with his parents until Sep
tsuber.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29
0jNNNIIKlNNl
AVERAGE FARMING.
Farm and Ranch.

There is big difference between
farming as it is done and farming
as it might be done. Reliable sta
tistics prove beyond a doubt that
farming generally is not profita-
bic. Nearly all farmers make a
living" or rather manage to exist
from the proceeds of the farm;
but to do better than this is
failure, for people who labor as
persistently as farmers do, should
be better paid. They should make
at least as much clear profit as a
carpenter or brick-layer who works
eight hours per day. Reports of
the Department of Agriculture and
of the Census Bureau, giving the
average yield of the various farm
crops show that average farming
does not pay, and that q large ma
jority of farmers belong to the
average class. Farmers who con-
tribute to the lowering of the gen.
eral average yields are probably
farmers from necessity, not being
able to make a living at any other
business, for it is a fact that farm
ing is the occupation in which a
bare living may be most surely
made. Any man who has enough
native mental ability to avoid sit
ting down ON hot stove, can pillow
q furrow, plant the seed and kill
the weeds, and thus make an
average" crop, or something near
lit, and thus be enabled to exist
from year to year. As an illustra-
ton of the facts herein stated,
about ITO pounds of lint cotton
per acre is the average yield of the
great staple, and as many farmers
make twice or three times as much,
it follows that majority of far;
mers make less than the average
Similar reasoning will apply te
each crop separately and to all the
products of all the farms cellec
lively. II average farming is un'
profitable farming how about thu
great body of farmers who MAKE
even less than the ridiculousl!
: low average? And yet there arr
many farmers throughout the
: country who go right on making
. profitable crops, and utilizing
: them in way to largely increas'
. their value, and they are making
{ their farms pay, and are accumu
, lating wealth, slowly, perhaps, bu
u surely. No man should be salts
: fed with an average yield OF an
crop; and in case of unavoidable
a calamity cutting one crop shor
! he should have others from whic
2 to make up the loss. But no ca
: culations can be based on accider
. tai contingencies that visit tn
"a foolish and the wise discrimin'
= ton. The farmer who make
q above average yields steadily, ye'
: after year, is evidently a bett'
"a farmer than his neighbor WI
l. makes less than the average Il
four years, and only reaches Il
h average once in five years. Al
70 if he is a better farmer, it is b
n cause he knows better how
4 farm, and actually puts his kno
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29

"Wednesday morning while q
demijohn containing five gallon OF
gasoline oil was standing on the
floor of Mr.. L. F. Gsry's store, q
match that was struck to light a
cigarette, set fire to the gas
that had. formed in the building
and to the demijohn, which was
promptly thrown out. breaking I'M
der the gallery, making a large
fire that came near setting fire to
the building.
Last Sunday Miss Lucy Martin
a member of the st. Louis Cathe-
dral assisted our local choir. Miss
Martin sang Sancta Maria by
Faure. 1t was the first time for
Miss Martin to have the pleasure
of singing in the Church where
she was baptized. st. Martins
choir is noted for its grand sing
ing; and the Church is filled to its
utmost. Our organist tries to
please the members and congrega-
ton, and she is to be congratula.
ted upon her success.
Be up to date and ride a Ores
cent Bicycle. they are the only
wheels of the day. See them a
IL. Bienvenu's stand. l handle tn,
cheaper kind also, SO if you in
tend to buy a Bicycle you are SURF
to get what you want. All lates
styles of bells, saddles, pump
tires, cement, in fact all that yo'
may need to repair or renew You
old wheel.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29
A. ROBIN, Proprietor.

We are pleased to say that Miss
Lila Fournet, daughter of Mayor
I'll. p. Fournet, who was seriously
sick, is now better, and slowly re-
covering.
The stock ordinance in st. Mar
tinville will go into effect Monday,
July LIST. Stock owners should
read the ordinance which is pub
lished in this paper.
The boys of the Minstrel Com
pany are hard at work, and we
learn that they will have a fine
programme for their entertainment
which will be given on Sunday
July 7th.
We are pleased to note that
among the graduates of George
| town College is one of our town
BOYS, James J. Martin, who re-
turned home last Sunday with his
A. b. We congratulate you James
and wish you your full measure OF
success.
Among the several persons from
IArnaudville who attended the Sis
tiers exhibition last Sunday, were
| Mr.. and Mrs. b. l.. Durand. Their
daughter, Miss Philomene, who IL
attending school at the Convent
here, returned with them.
Furniture and mattings at
L. G. Duchamp
A little shower last Sunday eve
ming laid down the dust and re
: freshed the atmosphere, but it wa
not enough to do good to the crop
! which are all in need of rain. Tn
crops of all kinds could stand
( good soaking rain.
The Married Ladies Euchr
club will be entertained on Wed
nesday July 3rd, by Mrs. Dan DE
3 Blanc. The Young People euchr
t club will be entertained on Sun
!. day June 30th, by the Misses d
Laureal, at Duchamp's hall.
: The town authorities are no.
{ fixing places on the bayou ban
!. for the easy handling of the stear
! engine, and also making boxe
wells connected with the bayou,
insure safe supply of water with
out having to run the engine
/. the muddy edge to the water.
Got your patent medicines
l.. G. Duchaml
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29

Those in need of notes with
homestead clause and mortgage
notes can get them at the Messen-
ger Office at so cents per hundred.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29

In many instances attacks Of cholera
morbus terminate fatally before medi-
cine can be procured or q physician
summoned. The safe way is to keep at
hand reliable medicine for nse in such
cases. For this purpose there is nothing
80 sure as Chamberiain's Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. W. e. Bos-
worth, of Lafayette. Ala. says: In
June, 1900. l had serious attach Of
cholera morbus and one dose of Cham
berlain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy gave me relief in fifteen minu-
tes." For sale BY T. J. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29
NONE BETTER
romh largecr
advantage of urBa
NOME RETIsD will when they visit us to-day to
NONE DEL Elk, Bowling Goods, the
Plums we gathered for our trade.

Stitched Swiss inches wide regular c value at
French Per-
In
Ladies hemst handkerchiefat7M.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-06-29
To The Consumer.
Coming One Carload of WAGONS.

do not buy your wagon before you
see my comming stock. My prices
will be from S. to So cheaper per wa
gon.
L. G. Duchamp.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
CLEANLINESS WITHOUT SOAP.
That the 8oers Don't Uso It Doasn's
 Prove They're Dirty.

Surely too much importance is at- tached to the scarcity of soap in the Boers' farm houses, says the Lu don Truth. People may be very clean and use very little soap. The Russians and Japanese cleanse themselves with va DOT baths rarely using soap when they do so. 4 really healthy skin cleenges itsef. Rough inside clothing, Nhtch. presume. the Boers wear. is a great 7kin cleanser. I have known of doctors curing skin diseases by insisting on lingerie de luxe being cas- aside and coarse undergarmeHts worn instead. The ls.tn emperor of the French hard iy ever tped his hands until he went 10 England. have eeme across q pa- per found ill his desk at the TuiIeries, 1t contained the instructions of the king of Holland to the governor of his two elder sons. Among the things for- oldden was for the young princes hands to Dc washed with soap They were to Use bran and q slice of lemon The lemon was to remove ink stains. Rnd in summer to keep off gnat5 and mosquitoes. Napoleon whose hands were geod to model and beautifully white, also }sed bran and no soap, unless to shave. ! never use soap o1 any kind without a sense of skin d.s- comfort which not even deluge ot quite pure water will wholly remove In England, on account of coal smoke, soap IS more needed than in countries with clear air. The Heers enjoy, ner- haps, the purest atmosphere in tho world, except when there are dust storms. know French ladies who nave discarded soap fer vaseline. They smear themselves With the latter and then rub il eff well with soft cotton towel. X doctor tells ne that nothing IS more cleansing. but that he praf=rs. as nore tonic. plain cold water, fol- lowed by the same soft of rubbing. pr. Lesds really should not take to heart what Sir Henry Stanley said aboIt the 3oers being badly of for soap
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
MYSTERIOUS AFRICAN Miugs.
;-opk Abandoned Shafts That Have In'
 tecosted Many AntjYuarilns.

Besides the reels which have been discovered on the coast there exists in RAodesia an enormogs quantity oe "old workings" mines which were worried In ancient .imoa, bHt nave long since been abandonad Ky whom these a.i1ees Were ~0fSed WiI9 af0aatis femain forever mystery. From old pottery and tools which hay been found il is cyident tIsa. these old workings were excas rated dY or uadsr tie di ceti6u or aon cf knowledge and intelligence sl- .eri9r to thuae p5sssssod by tIle Rie8,.3t aLaHlanis Of the aonntfy Cold vas eXtractgd i nom th4.e mines a5 mai..
 ns many fufnates 4aYjEa a4st f1at-sl and aloa8sidc o. nj anejlul Nhieh inaats fc aat. r6rHt l nave aIae heaH af.aaeefsl thc nagli ifadz Wa
 which prove that mn ef ciyE.z4laas 4.sila cceopie ta.a fet ef tie sA8a s4d #eafa
 prob dHa tH5 aHr
 shlet has hea f.Haa
 }rimis#fe t#tds at maud taes maef u oajq aH zeiaBe the aet fEe#s sa IF tt$ cfaG.d #hitE Iss be tha Haaes aa5AI5 4f}at whiig the4 arr frceiogs tt#e H,5 1a t9i 9H5 en1b the reef heio@ tto surfa rule, tlIe site Of most of tf work iLes seems to have been selected b5 competent mep. wt0 chose ihe riches seefA-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
COLLAR OUND
faid for Eln Meat So tho f5iondtI.1
 Region by Rftnnr..

tseEioh by FItnFr@s
 Elk meat brings $i per pound in tho N1ondilfe mining camps, and there ars three CT four deerslayers in that ter Fitory who are cleaning UP tae tidq sum Of $1.0eQ month above theis living expe 5es M. l. A Kicker of Denver told me | good story of onc of these hunters, who ran across couple of bear, promptly added them 10 his game bag and got them into the nearest settlement, whore. greatly t0 his disgust, he found that Bruin neat, which he esteemed 8 dainty in tho East. could not De gives away. He returned 10 his camp wiser indi- Sidual, and thereafter never wasted ammunition on any more Gf thai spe- cies. This deer hunting seems a fret~ " good proposition for s0me=oz our young men who would like i6 combine Il chance at big gamo and an oppor- tunity ta make d small fortune. and it would be apt t0 prove | more certaiT bonanza that stalking ogt claim that might, on working. turn out anything but profitable Tbe hunter would bo sure of q market that would pay top prices and hot iaggIe oyer a Ieaaoh- able degree of touehness in the goods supplied For the benefit of any ener- getic young man who dezires to try his chances as an elk proyidar in oV> dinary to DaW5oh and other bn3@sa8 towns of the Enwpsf gold fesioe5, [ would say that the 90 is the most popular rife in use uF 5heEg at tAe present time, on account ot its long range and the eompaccness of it9 9qo~ aaunition.,- Neto York 3iues
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
WHY WOMEN WORRY MOST.
Have Mor~ Leisuro Time Than nltn @tss
 Naturally Think Over Things.

From time immemorIal women kavt beer told-by women, as well as men
 though naturally more often by the latter-that worry digs wrinkles in eheir faces and spliakles gfay among thcir tresses. These warnings dc lit, t'e good. The fair creatures go or worrying and will probably continue to do so until the millennium comes
 Why this is so is answered in this way The question of worry with women seems to be simply this: W0m
 en are so hedged about by the little ness Of their protected lives-for 1t Is the protected woman who does the most worrying-that 1t is hard to sea beyond and above sometimes, and mat. ters in this way get wholly out of fo- GUS. If women had the capacity with men ot getting uP ana doing battle with things, worry would slip off their shoulders as easily as from off those oi tie average masculine. Man doesn't worry about debt, because he feels that he has it within him (sinee money making is hls business) to make sufii. cfent money to pay his debts-soma time. Women look al 1t more prae- tically, and consider the now. Man doesn't generally worry about his health, because he really has not the eime. Let him become ill, though, and have to stop his work, and how is il with him? Man doesn't worry about The future-he is so madly interested in the present; DOT about hie clothes, for the tailor stands between him and that; nor about home matters--they
 from his point of view, are too triYia until he comes home to badly cook ed dinner, and then in lis broad out look there is no excuse for this state of things, for in business, if an en- pioye does not do his work properly. his employer gets some one Whu can. a method that will yet come to be a powerful lever in the leveling of woyns cn's worries. Detroit Free Press,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
LAWRENCE. INFANT PRODIGY.
Attracted the Attention Of Garrick
 Foote, Burzn and Sheridan.

Attracted the Attention Of Garricll.
 Foote, Iur1n and Sheridan.
 Raphael, with genius at his n9ek, did not come to maturity so quickly, nor did Rubens, triumphant at Antwerp, hold popular applause so lcng; for Lawrence kept his admiring public to the last, and was something of Won- der both as man and boy, says the Century. His whole career vas bril- liant, yet not through intrinsic force; his art vas successful without being great; he Was henored and praised down to his grave, and yet he possessed not genius. There are men who achieve popular success without genius. Lawrence WAS one of them. The father was 8 man of some birth and educa- tion. but what is called the poetic temperament, and never got On gecy well ill the world. He was at different times barrister without a brief, ar actor without 9 part, a keeper of the White Lion inn at Devices without guests enough to make it pay. When young Lawrence was 3 years old his father made change of base and moved into the Black Bear inn. It was here that the boy was placed uroD table to recite Shakespeare for the guests. Here, also, he developed wonderful gift Of making portraits in pastel of the passing public. A guest could have a portrait painted while he waited, and the speed of the artist was not less wonderful than his age Tho duchess of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Kenyon were among his early sitters, and the record is preserved that Lady Kenyon's likeness was drawn in profile, because, as the child artist de- alared, her face was not straight" In a short time he had attracted the attention of Garrick, Foote, Wilkes. Burke, Sheridan and Johnson, and his tather began travelling with him about the neighboring country and exhibiting aim as one of=the wonders Ds sha age
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
HOW COLOR CTSfNDUSTRY One Reason Why American Machinery
 Is Nou More Popdlar.

Is Not More Popdiar.
 ! gentleman who has traveled much and has very iarge interest in Amer lean export trade said, in conversation the other day, that the principal uraw- pack to wider extension of American commerce ill certain parts of the world IS that manufacturers in the United sEatts do not sufficiently study the wants, the customs and the tastes oi their prospective customers. For ex- ample he said, "a certain American firm sent some electrical goods, which were decorated in green, to Japan. They did not sell any. No Japanese would bring such things into his house; it would mean an invitation to She evil deities. Green is an evil color in Japan. What a Japanese wants is red things. Upon this simple matter Of color rests the failure of that manu- Eacturer to succeed in export trade" A German eml lover of labor S |: .i like American machines so far as their performance of their work is con- cerneG. but they demoralize my men. They come here in sober colors of paint and with DO bright parts. The men who attend the machines da not have any brass to keep clean or any surfaces 10 rub, and they get lazy The German workman needs to be kept busy with things of this sort Here, now, are some practical instances of what the American manufacturer must leara before he can attain the widest success ill the new field of foreign trade. Do not send to Germany cata- logues in the English language or to Japan things decorated in green, or to the isthmus of Panama anything with blue spots in it. It looks as if We need in this country commercial kinder. garten in which such information as the above may b taught to those of curious and inqairrg mind for sheif %veIlas iAg i e ] oft