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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-07

The market for cotton in the
seed was opened this week in this
parish at $25 per thousand pounds,
and quite an amount has already
been sold. Baled cotton seems to
be firm, as we have seen some bill
of sales made this week at 8 and
81 cts per pound. We believe the
cotton planter has every reason to
expect affair price for his product,
the ruling prices this week, for
baled and seed cotton, We consi-
der, satisfactory.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-07
Tensas Still Reign.

Tensas parish is the dark shaded
portion of the Louisiana continent.
The negro population completely
envelopes the whites. When it
comes tovoting, however, the color
cuts no figure and the majority
bears a striking similarity each
year. In darkest Africa might be
we'll pronounced Tensas, but she
gets there, just the same. Don
aldspnville Times.
All Of which goes to show that
the Times does not know the war
is over. The constitution of 1898
knocked the "colored" sports out
Of the registration lists III Tehsas
parish. The registered vote in
that parish, in 1898. was $40
| in 1900 it was 388 and there seems
to be no similarity in these figures.
Baton Rouge Advocate.
Helas! Sophistry, thy name is
Jones! 1t is true that in the mat
ter of actual voters, Tensas has
suffered some reduction, bat dear
Brother, we don't care much for
votes in Louisiana after We get the
nomination. Now under one Of
the beautiful and divinely inspired
provisions Of the wonderfully con-
stituted Constitution of 1898 it ie
expressly decreed that the basin
of representation in all nominating
conventions shall be-not the vo.
ting strength of the ward or pa.
rish, but the population, and right
here is where the potentality ol
the nigger in Texsas becomes evi.
dent and he is as good as ANY
white man in Winn, West Carol
or any where else. And now Bro
ther, will you please tell as VIII!
this is thus? ?-Abbeville Meridio
nal.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-07
DIED..

Friday the 3Oth of August, at
1896 p. M, Mrs. Cleric Gauthier,
Jr., nee Aurore Maraist, at the aye
of % years.
Mrs. Gauthier was sick for a
long time, and her death. was not
unexpected, but it is always pain
full to chronicle the death of one
SO young. leaving a young hus-
band and two young children to
mourn her death.
May she rest in peace!
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-07

When you want pleasant physic try
the new remedy. Chambsrlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets. They are easy TO
take and pleasant in effect. Price. Is
cents. Samples free at T. J. Labbe's
drug store.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-07
A ASHOCKINGCALAMlTY

A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Lately befell a railroad labor
er," writes DR.. A. Kellett, of VIII
liford, Ark. "His foot was badly
crushed, but Bucklen's Arnica
Salve quickly cured him., lt's sim
ply wonderful for Burns, Boiis,
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, 1901-09-07

Just received 2 cars of. Fur
niture at L. C. Duchamp.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-09-07

ness Loans Money Makes Collections, Sells Foreign E1
avs high interest on deposits left one year.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
Cyclone Franks.

A traveller in the west, the Rev. G. Il.
Brady, says that of all the manifesto
tions Of power he ever witnessed, from
an earthquake down, cyclone is the
most appalling. The midnight black.
ness of the funnel, the lightning dart
ing from 1t in inconceivnble fierceness,
the strange cracking sound from It's
bosom, the suddenness of its irresisd-
BILE attack, its incredibly swift motion,
it's wild leaplng and bounding, like a
gigantic beast of prey, the awful roar
which follows, all this but feebly char
acterizes that strange rayager of the
plains. He continues:
The cyclone plays odd pranks. /
have seen two horses lifted in air and
carefully deposited, unharmed, in q
field about an eighth of mile away.
1 have seen chickens and geese picked
clean of feathers and yet feebly alive.
One house, | remember, had hole
ten feet in diameter cut out of It's roof,
as If by a circular saw. | have seen
the black, whirling cloud lift a build
shakes a pepper box. One Of the
worst cyclones | ever knew threw a
heavy iron safe about as a child might
toss a wooden alphabet block in play.
1t is an irresponsible as well as an
almost omnipotent monster, and 1t
seems to love the hidcous jokes of its
own concOcting.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
They Were Forming ouintons


The club was full. Evening papers
were at q premium. An atrocious crime
had been that day committed, and ev-
cry member was reading the account
OF the tragedy and eagerly discussing
the details.
A foot had been found In the East
river. a. leg In the Hudson and the trunk
Of body In the park. Loud were the
expressions of horror and disgust. Sud.
denly a lull came over the crowd, and
two small voices were heard above the
modified din discussing the law Of hui
man nature which made people lean
toward curiosity even In It's morbid
tendency. The small voices grew louder
and the argument stronger. until at
last a man in tones Of undisguised pity
turned to the disputants and said:
$50 you think we are filed with NOR.
bid curiosityT
One Of the small voices replied that
Il looked very much as if that was the
case.
Nothing Of the kind" expostulated
the former speaker. "You mistake our
motive. We are merely disqualifying
ourselves for jury duty"
The men with the small voices imme-
diately seized the only two newspapers
and devoured them with avidity.-New
York Herald.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24

In the course Of its progress through
the Office up to the issue and mailing
Of patent, says E. V. Smalley In The
Century, an application passes through
the hands of 52 persons. An applicant
pays SIS to have his claim examined,
and In case he is granted a patent an
additional fee Of $50 Is required. At
torneys charge from $25 up, according
to the work demanded by the cases,
and as the applications number about
10000 yearly 1t will be seen that there
is good deal Of money to be divided
among the patent lawyers whose signs
cover the faces of the buildings in the
vicinity Of the patent office.
An inventor is not required to en-
ploy an attorney, but probably 80 out
of 100 do. In simple cases where there
is no interference with prior claims an
inventor can almost as well deal direct
with the government, but in most case.
the knowledge Of the lawyer is valua-
BILE. He can study other inventions In
the same line and knows how to make
the claim Of his client broad enough to
cover all that is new and valuable and
not SO broad as to be rejected.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
THERE WASN'T ANY Row.
1t Was Simply n Case of SpOntane-
GUS COmbustion

He was very young man, almost
too young to be out on the street at
that time of the night, $50 D. m., and
his general appearance indicated that
he had been picked up by a cyclone
somewhere during his meanderings
He was not utterly demOralized. but
there was something in his manner
that would lead the close observer to
the conclusion that all had not been
well with him.
Gee" he exclaimed as he spun
around the corner and went bump into
q pOnceman.
Hello" calculated that WORTHY, in
stinctively grabbing at him; what's
the row."
There wasn't any," responded the
youth.
"What are you running like that
for?' persisted the policeman.
Eve just been up against case of
spontaneous combustion"
You look too green to burn" cnuc-
kled the bluecoat.
Its on me, Just the same. My girl
lives around the corner, and | went to
see her. l thought it was aIl'-
"Where does the combustion come
in?" interrupted the officer.
"Come out, you mean," corrected the
youth.
"Come off, exclaimed the officer.
Tell me what the row is before l
chase you"
"Well, that's what I'm trying to do"
pleaded the boy. The girls old man
and l don't harmonize little bit, and
when he met me at the door he fired
me so suddenly that had vertigo If
you don't call that spontaneous com
bustion, what the dickens do you call
it"
"Oh, excuse me-" apologized the po-
lceman, you run along home and get
into your trundle bed" and the blue
coat gently waited the remnant on it's
way.-Detroit Free Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
DIAMOND DIGEST
TABLETS

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bowels and liver to perfectly natural action
promptly. or money refunded by any drug
gist.
Gentiemen:-I have been taking your
DIAMOND DIGEST TABLETS for two months
past and am practically a WelI man for the
first time IN 10 years. Everything ate dis
tressed me, more or less, and was all run
down from lack Of proper nourishment. I
am eating everything that comes my way
now. without the slightest Inconvenience.
Two tablets after hearty meal and one
after light meal seem to thoroughly d.
gest everything. and ] am daily gaining
flesh. My daughter commenced taking
them about two weeks ago for constipation.
and while they do not act as quickly as
some powerful cathartic, they are positive,
and much more satisfactory. because they
do not grippe or distress her in any way.
and the relief seems TO be of q permanent
nature. All other medicines have left her
In worse condition after taking than before.
d. v. BERGEN. ~ Boyd Ave-. Jersey City.
Dear Sirs:-I have taken one box Of your
DIAMOND DIGEST TABLETS and they are
the only remedy I have ever found that
stops the HEARTBURN. ! enclose 50c. for
another boz. MRS. HENRY CUMMINGS.
Pelican Rapids. MINI.
Free sample package for two cent stamp.
Diamond Drss Co., cav. Broadway. M.x
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Zinc is best cleaned with hot, soapy
water, then polished with kerosene and
coal ash.
White spots on furniture may be speed
lily removed by rubbing with rag dipped
in spirits of camphor
When putting lace away, fold as little
as possible. A good plan is to wind il
around card, as is done in the shops
The brass picture hangers (hooks)
which slip over the picture holdings and
hold the picture wire sometimes get bad
ly tarnished. They may be made as
bright as new by getting some muriatic
acid, putting it in cup or tumbler and,
after stringing the hooks on a cord. dip
ping them in it for a minute or two. Do
not get this acid on hands or clothing.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
WOefuI Ignorance,

Farmer-See here, you! You remem-
Der putting two lightning rods on my
barn last spring, don't you? Well, that
barn was struck six weeks after and
burned down.
Peddler-Struck by lightnin?
at was"
''In the daytime?"
"No; at night"
Must "a been a dark night, wasn't
it?"
"Yes; dark as pitch"
Lanterns burnin?
''What lanterns"
Didn't you run lanterns up 'em on
dark nights?"
"Never heard-of anything like that"
"Well, if you don't know enough to
keep your lightnin rods shown you
needn't blame me. G-langw - New
York Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
A Morocco supersIIIon.

In a paper to the AnthPopological in
stitute DR. Westermark showed from
Investigations in Morocco that the
Arab ginn, or gnun, is regarded as a
special race of beings created before
Adam, of no fixed form and assuming,
like Proteus, who was perhaps a per
sonage of the same extraction, almost
any shape they please. Bad gnns at
tack mep, but are kept away by salt
or steel and verses of the Koran. The
author supposes that the belief in ginns
has come down from saltless and
ironless age, but was absorbed and de
yeloped at later time under the infu-
once of ISlam
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
How to Cure Black Heads.

Scrub the face every night with re-
sorcin and salicylic acid soap and hot
water, using a fine face brush, Dry
the face with a soft damask towel
Then rub some Of this ointment gently
over the face and go TO bed: White pre-
cipitate, decigrams; boric acid,
grams; lanolin, up to 80 grams. Squeeze
out large black heads with Il clean
watch key dipped in alcohol A safe
rule to follow is never to squeeze OF
handle a black head which cannot be
plainly seen in a mirror held three feet
distant from the face.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
with woman,s Own Weapon

'Is this Mrs. Sadleigh" asked the
young man at the front door.
"Yes, sir" said the woman Of the
house.
81 am sent here, Mrs. Sadleigh. by the
editor of The Daily KeyhQle to ask you if
1t is true that you and your husband
have quarreled and are about to sepa-
rate
the woman, grabbing a broom that stood
behind the door and making at him with
flashing eye and furious gesture.
"Well, what did you learn?" asked the
editor.
''She made sweeping denial" replied
the reporter. wiping his forehead and
gasping for breath.-Chicago Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24

The Armour Packing company al
Kansas City has lately purchased %,
COO tons Of common salt at Lisbon
Portugal, in explanation of which the
purchasing agent says: Instead of
buying salt 200 miles from Kansas City
at SO a ton we have sent more than
5000 miles to another country for it,
and, after paying steamer and freight
rates and a duty of s cents a hundred,
we are still able to save money. This
shows what an outrageous profit the
salt trust makes in this country" Here
is a notable instance of the pot calling
the kettle black.
The asphalt row with Venezuela ap-
pears to be based on the proposition
that a government which sells eXclu-
sive privileges to outsiders cannot sell
the same exclusive privilege to more
than one person or company for the
same period of time. The proposition
looks reasonable enough, but it seems
to require the service of gunboats for
a clear Interpretation Of 1t in Vene-
zuela.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
Feeding the Egg Producer.

Put your hens in training for egg
production BY overfeeding them you
are adding to weight at the expense
of utility. Competitors must have
strengthening food and enough of it,
whether the contest is for egg produc-
tion or a test Of speed. The winning
horse is trained to the minute and fed
to the top notch, but not overfed.
Should it not be so with the hen-the
egg producer?
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
An Unexpected Result.

you know how superstitious Bloa
ham isT
"Is be"
Eyes; he picked up pin in the street
the other day with the point turned d.
rectly toward him"
go on"
IAN hour afterward he received a tel
egram announcing the death of an un-
Gle from whom he hadn't heard for sew
eral years"
"And the uncle died Immensely rich
and left him all his property"
mot much! He had to pay the fu-
neral expenses" = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
DOIT YOURSELF.

You can tell Just as well as physician
whether your kidneys are diseased or
healthy. The way to dois to takea bot
tie or glass tumbler, and fill it with urine.
If there is a sediment "a pOWderllke
substance-at the bottom after standing
a day and night, there is something
wrong with the kidneys. Another sure
sign of diseases desire to uriuate often,
and still another sign is pain in the back.
If urine stains linen, there is no doubt
that the k dnevS are Affected
ANY ard all diseases Of the kidneys,
liver. bladder and Of the urinary passag-
es and consti patton Of the bowels are cur
ed by DR.. David Kennedy's Favorlte
Remedy There is no question about its
being the best and surest medicine IN
the world for such troubles. 1t quickly
relieves and cures inability to hold urine
and people, Young or old, who take It
are not compelled to get up a number Of
times during the night. For putting an
end to that scalding pain experienced in
passing urine, nothing is 50 good as DIR.
David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. 1t
corrects the bad effects of whiskey and
beer; is ples to the taste, and does
not seam to be medicine at all. DiseaS-
6s Vi lllG hlullCN NS anu lIlC blt''''Ni Oi''ii
require the use of instruments to push
back the sandy matter so the urine can
be voided. In such cases Favorite Rem
edy should be taken without further de-
lay or the disease may prove fatal. ltis
sold for one dollar bottle at all drug
stores. 1t is well worth many times its
rice.
Samples Free
If YOU wish to test DIR. David kenne-
dys Favorite Remedy before buying to
seld your full post office address to the
D.. David Kennedy Corporation, Rond-
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viii then mail you samp'e bottle free,
as weIl as circulars giving full directions
for its use. Every reader of the Mon
ioUR AMERICAN can depend upon the
genuiAeuess Of this liberal offer and all
sufferers from kidney troubles should
take advantage once of it at
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
How to Make Mock Plum Pudding

An excellent substitute for plum
pudding is made as follows: One cup
full of raisins, two cupfu.s of bread
crumbs, one pint of milk, butter the
size of an egg, one egg, teaspoonful Of
cinnamon and one-half cup of mo.
lasses. Place in a baking dish and
bake in slow oven for about an hour
or until firm. Serve hot with the usual
plum pudding sauce.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24

Now that London Punch has a new
leading cartoonist, perhaps 1t will go
a step farther and have occasionally q
new Joke.
If the people or Mars are signaling
to the earth, let them go ahead and
tell what they want. Perhaps we may
be able to accommodate them.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
How to BroiI Bear Steaks.

Have one and half pounds cut from
a young animal, as old bear meat is
hard and tough and is only palatable
In a highly seasoned ragOut. The
steaks should be three-quarters of an
inch thick, season with a rounding tea
spoonful of salt and one-fourth tea
spoonful of pepper, broil like bcefsteak
and serve hot on hot plates with bar
berry or wild plum jelly. This game
resembles pork in flavor.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
The stor, of a Hoodoo Hat.

Mr. John Cooper, one Of Dooly coun-
ty's most prominent citizens, is in the
city on his way to Augusta to attend
the old veterans reunion. When he
got off the train, he looked up Captain
Warren Moseley, one Of the bravest Of
the boys who went out In the sixties,
and they Immediately began swapping
"reminiscences about their army life In
Virginia. Finally Mr.. Cooper asked
Captain Moseley If he remembered the
Yankee hat. A reporter who was stand
ing there heard the following story,
which both men vouch for as being abb
solutely true:
On the first day of the battle Of Win
chester q Yankee was killed so near
the line Of battle that a soldier Of the
name Of NcLendon, Company I, Fourth
Georgia, picked up the hat and put 1t
on and wore 1t. He had not had II on
his head for more than two hours when
he was shot through the head, the bull
let piercing the hat in almost the same
hole that the bullet had entered that
killed the Yankee.
Another soldier Of the name Of Woo
ten Of Company II, Fourth Georgia,
picked up the hat and put 1t on, and in
less than an hour he, too, was killed,
the bullet striking him in the head near
the place where the other two bullets
had entered.
The next day another soldier Of the
name of Kilnatrick of COMPANY III,
Fourth Georgia, was wearing the hat
when he, too, was struck in the head
and killed.
Although the hat was q fine one, 1t
was left lying on the field, as there
was no one who would wear it, as four
men who had worn it were then cold
and stiff, and each one had been shot
through the hat in almost the same
place-Macor News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
PHILADELPHIA &
READING RAILWAY
In EEFEUT OCT L. lAnn

TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
weekdays only
Fer Philadelphia ll.25 m.
For New York ll.25am,
For Oatawissa Ills a. m, GOA p. m.
For Milton !.32 g. m, 400 p M.
For Williamsport 1882 a. m, 400 p m.
South leave Twenty-fourth and Chestnut
Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays-32S, TIA
1922 m, Il. l6, l33, 303, 4l2, 5O3 726, 8.26 p.
M, 1921 night. Sundays 3.23 IA a. M, l2.1s
l.33, 4.l2, 500, 7.28, S.26 p. IL.
ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD,
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Whar
and South Street Wharf.
WEEKDAYs--Express 800 A. NJ, 200. 100, &. 80.
7.l5 P. NJ. Accommodations s.O0 A. M, s. 30
p. NJ. Sundays-Express 900, 1000 A. M.
leave ATLANTIC CITY-Weekdays-Expr press
7.S5, 900, 10.15 A. NJ. $50, $50, P. Nj. Accom-
modations sos, A. NJ, 4.05 p. NJ. Sundays
--Express--4.3 80, 7.30 P M. Accommodation
LISA. NJ, 405 P. M.
Parlor cars on all ex press trains.
For CAPE MAY--W Weekdays-9.l5 a. M, 4. Is,
5.00p m. Sundays--915 m.
For OCEAN TY-Weekdays--9l5a Is a. m., AIS
p m. Sundays--9l5 a. m.
For SEA ISLE CITY, --Weekdays--9.l5 a. m.
500 p. m.
NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY
EXPRESS.
Leave NEW YORK Liberty STREET. $40 P. M
Leave ATLANTIC CITY, $50 A. NJ.
Detailed time tables at ticket offices.
w. G. BESLER, EDISON ] WEEKS
Gen. Superintendent General Agen
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
Mn HumnrIn Them.

Giles-I don't like that barber's fun
ny anecdotes.
Miles-Why, what's wrong with
them?
Giles-The illustrations are painful.
Miles-The Illustrations?
Giles-Yes; he uses original cuts
Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
PERT PERSONALS.

The suggestion that BernhaIdt would
make q better ghost than a Hamlet is
positively cruel.-Philadelphia Times.
Harry Vardon, the champion golfer, is
thinking of becoming an American citi-
zen. What an acquisition he will bel
Someryille Journal.
If the ruined prestige and exploded pre-
tensions of the Castellane family were
put into a rummage sale, the proceeds
might help to pay for some of the bric-a-
brac for which suit is now pending. 1t is
pretty nearly time for these unpleasant
people to go into retirement. The coun-
try has bad u surfeit Of their doings.-
Minneapolis Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
Deplorably Cultured.

"Dar Ia sech a thing as bein t
smaht," said Miss Miami Brown.
who's too smahtY' inquired Mr.. Eras
tus Pinkley.
"Mistuh Jim Collifower. He's done
studied botany. An when l tole him
'spected de unch O greens over my hait
was what de white folks calls 'kissletoe
he jes' looked at it an said 'twarn' nc
sech thingp'-Washington Star.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
Old Fashioned Cold Cures

are going out of date. The busy man
of today can not afford to lie abed a
whole day and undergo the martyrdom
of the sweating process. Krause s Cold
Cure are capsules of convenient size,
and can he taken without danger while
performing your usual duties. They
cure in "a hours Price 25c. Sold by
ROssman q Sons Pharmacy.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
One instance,

"Thomas," said the teacher Of the
class in physiology, ''can you give IA
miliar instance Of the power of the hu-
man system to adapt itself to changed
conditions?"
"Yes'm," responded Tommy Tucker.
'My aunt Abigail gained a hundred
pounds in flesh in less n year, an her
skin didn't crack q particle. ."-Exchange.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
How to Bake salmon Trout

Mix one pint of dry bread crumbs
one tablespoonful Of minced onion
Drowned in butter, one tablespoonful
of parsley, one teaspoonful of salt
onequarter teaspoonful of pepper and
one egg. Fill cleaned fish, sew up the
opening, cover with slices of salt pork
and bake in hot oven, allowing 10 min
utes to one pound. Garnish with fried
oysters, lemon slice and parsley.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
Times Changes.

Tess-I thought you said May Nagger
married a good natured man.
Jess-So she did.
Tess-Nonsense! / met him last even
ing and l thought he was cross as a bear.
Jees-Well, he's been married to May
nearly four months now, you know
Philadelphia Press.