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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-07-25
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-07-25
NO PITY SHOWN.

For years fate was after me
continuously" writes F. A. Gull
ledge, Verbena, Ala. Il had a
terrible case of Pills causing "a
tumors. When all failed Buck
lens Arnica Salve cured me.
Equally good for Burns and all
aches and pains. Only 25cts at
L. j. Liable drugstore.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-07-25
LOCAL NEWS

DR.. A.C. Durio of Arnaud-
vile was in town Mondey.
OATS! genuine black oats A
ousheis $3.50 at Bienvenu Il Son.
DR.. H. P. Guilbeau aud daugh-
Ger, Miss Valentine, were visiting
here this week.
Mrs. l.. A. de Ianreal and
children are spending few days
in Biloxi, Miss.
Miss Clara Tertrou viii en-.
tertain the Ladies Social Club ON
Tuesday the 2Sth inst.
Editor Homer Motion Of the
Lafayette Gazette spent last Sa-
turdsr and Sunday here, visiting
relatires and friends.
Mr.. X. Schwartz returned
home Tuesday, after having pass
.eda week visiting relatives and
friends in Biloxi, Miss.
Miss Jeanne Msrtin of Ar
naudville is spending few days
IN st. Martinville, the quest of
Mrs. F. T. Guilbeau.
Mr.. Maurice Durand left Mon
day for Houston, Texas, where he
has secured employment with the
Southern Pacific Railroad.
Fancy California Wines fol
dinners and fishing partiesats. b
Ferran.
Mr.. Nicolas Seiber brought
to this Office bunch of pears nine
inches long that contained eigh
pears of large size and exquisite
&avor.
MIR. J. N. Bryan who was SO
veral years employed here as sec
ton foreman on this branch road
now located on the Sulpher Min
branch, was here this week visit
ing his old friends.
We noticed here Wednesda,
Messrs. l.. c. Guidry, David Kees
j. o. Bourdier and other infuen
tai politicians from up the parrish
1t looks very much as If the poll
ticel wires are being put in shape
Miss Laurence Campbell re
turned to her home, Lafayette
Thursday efter having passed thre
weeks here. Miss Campbell Is
popular young lady and mad
many friends in the short tam
she passed here.
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ne Ddlpfe DaSe baH cluO OF
New Iberia played the Sub-Ju u
niors of st. Martinville here last
Sunday. The boys played a good
good in favor of st. Martinville.
The score was S to Z in favor of st.
Martinville.
For Sale. one good combination
safe, S35,00.-L Bienvenu.
Our politicians should know
that small, weak organization.
political or otherwise, will always
! have the advantage over a large
body that is disorganized, with
internal disention. This is about
the political situation of this pa
IRISH.
Mr.. Divide Dupre, a promi-
nent lawyer of New York City, a
brother Of Mr.. Alcide Dupre of
this parish, died last week. Mr..
Dupre had a good law practice,
and he is supposed to have left an
estate of considerable value.
4
FOR SALE One Good Pure
| Jersey Cow $60-E. E. Soulier
MIR. Edmond Laperuse dice
in New Iberia, Tuesday the 2lst
inst, at the aye of SO years. Mr.
Laperuse was well known in this
parish, which was his home fol-
many years. Mr.. Laperuse wal
the father of Mr.. Theodore Laper
use of this town.
| OATS! genuine black oats 4,
bushels $3.50 at Bienvenu & Son
!, There will be game of bas'
base tomorrow between the Ju
niors of St. Martinville and tn
J Pilette club Of Lafayette parish
The last game between this club
some time ago resulted in q tic
the clubs are about evenly match
, ed, and a good game can be ez
. pected
MIR. E. n. Evans, a membe
OF the firm of Wisner and Dresse
7 who are large land owners III thl
, parish, was here this week lookin
: after the interest of the firm. Mo:
). of the lands of this Company al
: swsmps, in the regions of the ne
J. Bayou Bouillon oil field.
Our BARRIERS, Messrs. Jult
> Francois, VIM. Boucvalt and H'
mer Nectoux, have made arrang
ment and have agreed to clos
their shops on Sundays, to con
Q mence on the 26th inst. Thoi
who ale in the habit of gettir
shaved on Sundays will do well
J. make note of this.
q Talking with one of our pol
d ticians this week. he expressed h
" views as being in the doubt as
IS the real condition of the polite
= = situation of the parish. He is
W opinion that neither of the poll
t. cal factions will put out a tick
Or to fill the vacancies OF the TOW
al council, fearing defeat, which VI
tend to show weakness.
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system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure.
F. J.CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggist. 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Our young friend James f.
Broussard, who was recently ap-
pointed principal of the High
School here, returned home from
bis trip north, the latter part of
last week.
"A few days ago Badon and his
political friends looked somewhat
gloomy, and we believed they had
reason to be, but since Wednesday
they are smiling smiles that reach
to their ears, and are giving to one
another wrinkles of the eye that
means to say, 1--WE have EN-. And
that brings another smile of salts
faction.
-Badon is the only candidate
of his faction, the other faction
has three candidates, Rees, Four
net and Guidry, and they won't
pull down. Why did they not de-
eide to give their entire support to
Greig, and decide to make a fight
for him to make him win. After
the fight of the "Dilkinnies" b.
don will pick up the fur.
A representative of the Mes
senger paid a visit TO Abbeville
this week, and he reports that our
[enterprising neighbors are making
rapid strides in the line of pro-
gress. They have magnificent
school buildings, fine court house
and Jail, elegant commercial and
banking buildings, and business
seems to be very good. Abbeville
is surely one of, the progressive
towns of this section of the coun.
try.
4 The Juniors base ball club Of
st. Martinville went to Abbeville
last Saturday and Sunday to play
the Abbeville boys. The game
Saturday was not very good, it wal
9 to 5 runs in favor of Abbeville
! The game Sunday was better ant
more interesting, being 3 to 3 il
favor of St Martinville. The boy
were we'll treated by their Able
vile friends, and they expect tn
Abbeville club to come over her
in short time for game of bal
on our diamond.
Two of our prominent loca
politicians made visit to Breau
Bridge last Sunday, and their Wis
it was noted by the opposition
and looked upon as signifying tha
the wires are being put in orde
. for the coming campaign. Tn
3 outs seem to have too many car
- didates, who are after the fattet
Q Office Sheriff; and it will requir
some intelligent work TO fix theI
all and get them to slip dow
g which will have to be done if the
J. want to make serious fight wit
). some chances to win. The Bado
10 faction is claiming everything an
J. if we take seriously their claim
10 they will carry every ward of tt
q parish; but, if you look at the s
o tuation in it's true light, you wi
clearly see that none OF the ia
tions are too. sure, and it will a
l. depend upon the personal of Il
IS tickets. The best ticket will s
~ in regardless of the factions.
al
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-07
MAGNIFICENT MACHINES
FOR SEA FIGHTING
Description Of the Cruisers for Which
Bids Are Opened.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 6.-Rids
for building 100000 worth of war
shlps We're opened at the navy depart
ment today in the presence of repre-
SentatlveS of nearly every ship-build-
ing concern of note in the country to-
gether with host of subcontractors
who supply structural material for the
big ships.
The hulls of the cruisers will be pro-
tected by water line belt of armor
worked in vertical strokes, amidships.
where it will be about eighteen feet in
height. The armor win be of uniform
thickness of five inches throughout the
machinery and magazine space and
three inches forward and abaft of this.
The protective deck will extend from
stem to stern. 1t will be built I'D of
twenty pound lower plating through
out, with nickel steel Of forty pounds
on the fiat and 140 pounds on the
slopes. HOSTS driven by an electric
motor and delivering seven pieces per
minute will convey the ammunition for
six inch and smaller guns directly from
the ammunition rooms to the deck. The
turret guns will have regular ammuni-
ton hoists operated by electric power
leading directly from the handling
room to the turrets.
The new men Of war will be pro-
PEELED by vertical twin screw, four cy-
Under triple expansion engines of a
combined horse power of not less than
$4,000. There will be sixteen boilers
on each cruiser. placed in eight water
tight compartments. Each cruiser will
be fitted with four tunnels 100 feet high
above the base line. The cruisers will
be lighted with electricity. All power
will be electric.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-07
CONSUELO GUESSED NOT
DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH AS
SERTED HER PATRIOTISM
ShSs Refused to Courtesy to the Wife of
the Viceroy of India, Nee Mary Letter,
of Chicago, and the Other American
Women at Delhi Followed Her Example.

Once again has the American girl given
the American eagle a chance to flap its
wings triumphantly and scream insolent-
ly. This time it happened in far away
India and during the splendid pageant of
the Durbar
ConsueIo. Duchess of Marlborough, was
one of the titled American women who
fastened TO Kiplings country to take part
in the ceremony that was to end the
proclamation that Edward, King of Eng
land. was also Emperor of India. AS soon
as she arrived Consuelo scanned the pro-
pramme of ceremonies. She paused and
then reread one paragraph. This para
graph was to the effect that inasmuch as
Lady CurZOn represented the queen it was
only fitting that the attending women
should pay her royal homage, namely
should courtesy to her Consuelos
thoughts went back to America and to
the time when Mary Letter, daughter of
a grocery clerk, was not considered in
Our set
,.c ,,Qt indeed exclaimed the
then she blushed guilty at the guess
and looked around to see if anybody had
overheard it. But she had no intention
nevertheless of paying homage to plain
American girl like herself and she
promptly told the master of ceremonies
Nay more she influenced the other titled
Americans to do the same. The master of
ceremonies looked the matter up After
all there is no precedent" he said with
q relieved smile. And so the little Ouch
ess dignity was saved and no one cour-
tested to Lady Curzon.
All of which, based on a cable from
India makes very pretty tale, illus
trating the American patriotism of Con-
suelo. Duchess of Marlborough. but there
is a We'll defined idea in British circles
that the wife of the viceroy Of India is
not a representative of the queen of
England. and as such entitled to royal
homage from the attending women.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-07

the big pastry shops of London used to
vie with each other to see who would
nave the largest and most gorgeous
Twelfth night cakes. Before those at
tacks Of insanity which prevented
George III. from following the example
of his predecessors, the English kings
kept up quaint old custom that came
to them with Christianity
On Twelfth day an elaborate pro-
cesslon was formed by the king, his
heraIds and purSivants and his knights
or Bath, the Garter and Thistle. The
procession bearing a box filled with
gold, frankincense and myrrh wendell
It's way to the Royal Chapel of st.
James and there deposited the box in
commemoration of the visit of the
Magi to the new born christ
Today, instead of this procession two
gentlemen from the lord chancellor's
office carry a box which is ornamented
with a jeweled star and filled with
gold, frankincense and myrrh and give
1t to the aims priest of the royal chapel.
But Twelfth Night has customs that
are not so solemn. That time which
lntervenes between the feast of Ephip-
any and Ash Wednesday the early
Christians regarded as a period of great
rejoicing To express it somewhat
fippantly, they made hay while the sun
shone, for after Ash Wednesday came
on Twelfth Night the people gave
themselves up to all sorts Of wild
FRANKS.
Made King of the ReveIs.
The Epiphany cake which st. Paul
Episcopalians at last Tuesday night
those early jewellers ate also But the
old time cake contained bean instead
Of ring, and whoever found this bean
IN his slice of cake became king or
queen of the revels. The jewellers went
forth into the streets masked, and in
dulged in all sorts of rude pranks. Here
in American society folk still give
Twelfth Night parties. but aside from
the fact that these parties are generally
fancy dress affairs, they suggest in
no way the Twelfth Night revels of
the early Anglo Saxons.
In the Epiphany services Of the
Greek church the singing of the Christ
mas hymn and the holding of lighted
tapers during the ceremony are the
chief features. AS the people enter the
church their tapers are lighted by an
attendant at the door and they are
kept lighted throughout the service.
The Well-to-do Greeks decorate their
homes literally with flowers on this
day. But the Greeks in St. Paul
those who cling to the Greek church
are not well-to-dO. They are keepers
of candy stands and fruit stands for
the most part, so the celebration of
Christmas day in their homes consists
chiefly in an attendance at church,
which is located in Minneapolis, and
an unusually good dinner afterwards.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-07
St. Paul Greeks Celebrated
Jan. 6, 1903, as Christmas 1902

There are at least fourteen people
IN st. Paul-and these include men,
women and children-who yesterday.
had their Christmas festivities. Every
one of these fourteen believes implicit
ly in Christmas and all are glad to
celebrate it for the same reason that
other people celebrate it, because it is
a great religious festival marking the
birth of Christ, and therefore a season
of good will and cheer. But these four
teen in ST. Paul differ from the city's
other residents concerning the exact
day on which Christmas should be
celebrated. Or perhaps it is not true
TO say that those people differ. The
Greek residents of st. Paul probably
never think anything about the matter.
Only in sunny Athens, from which
island one-half of St. PauPs Greek cit
liens come, and in Constantinople-
that magnificent city of domes and
turretS-Which is the native city Of the
other half, their countrymen for cen
turtles have celebrated Christmas day
not on the 25th of December, when
we celebrate it, but on the 9Th of Janu-
airy instead, and the exiles here in st.
Paul have naturally followed that Gus
tom.
"Christmas?'> queried one of those
Greeks yesterday, as he leaned over the
w
the dust his little stock of candy, yves,
we celebrate Christmas, too, but you
see, for us it cOmse on Jan G."
His utterance was thick, his speech
gutteral. Neither in speech nor person
did he suggest the race that once
boosted Pericles, yet he acknowledged
that when little lad his home had
been Athens.
How is it different with us, this
festivity?" he asked, as if only half
comprehending, his speech but family
suggesting the written words TT is
church, all church with us. There are
the lights. Each one in the church
carries that Hght-a candle, you call
it? And there is one Christmas hymn
and when that is over and the priest
blesseS, then the light is blown out
And at home there is the cake and
the fruit and the sweets and the visits.
No, we cannot go to church here. 1t
is in Minneapolis that we go and we
visit there where are many Greeks"
But you give presents to each other
and you have the Christmas tree?"
the fruit merchant was asked. When
he finally comprehended the query, he
shrugged his muscular shoulders and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-07

his swarthy face was frightened by
the faint substance of a smile
On New Years We have the gifts,
but on Christmas, no. No, we do not
have the trees at ALL"
Although the orthodox Greek Catho-
hes are the only people who celebrate
Jan. as Christmas day, all religious
denominations take some note of the
day, for it is the feast of Ephiphany
in the churches, and in a secular sense
it is Twelfth Night to Anglo Saxons
and those who observe Anglo Saxon
customs. But time was when all Chris
tan nations celebrated Christmas day
on Jan. 6. Dec. 25 represented the
birth of Christ but for some reason
the twelfth day from that day, the
day on which he was visited by the
Mag1, was considered the more i'm
portant day and it was on that day
that the Christmas celebrations were
held both in the churches and in the
homes.
Dates from Fourth Century.
But sometime during the fourth GEN.
fury the church began to observe Jan.
Is, and gradually the feast of the
Epiphany was celebrated with less
and less ceremony.
When the church of the East separat-
ed from the church of the West in the
ninth century, the former continued
W OOSeINe hpHpndny as CHRISTMAS
day, and that is why in the Greek
church this day is now observed in
stead of Dec. 25. Epiphany comes
from a Greek word that means mani
festation. The feast of Epiphany
memoriahzes Christs manifestations
to the Gentiles in the person of the
Magi.
AS the Christmas tree appeaSs to be
one of the symbols of the New Christ
mas the Epiphany, or Twelfth Night
cake is one of the symbols of the old
Christmas.
Here in st. Paul the Episcopal
churches still observe a curious old
Twelfth Night custom. Members of
the congregation, or at least the YES
trymen and their wives, take supper
with the pastor, and at this supper a
cake, specially baked for the purpose,
is served The baker of the cake has
previously placed a ring in it, and Who
ever gets the piece of cake with the
ring must be the host or hostess for
the next Epiphany supper.
Celebration Is Fallen Away
In England Twelfth Night celebra-
lions are not so much in vogue as they
were ten or fifteen. years ago. Then
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-07
Our Most Remarkable Daughter.


The most remarkable daughter of
the revolution is Mrs. Estelle F'olts Cal
Ian, who lays claim to an American
descent that goes back for nine gefer-
ationS, and who boasts the possession
of 800 kinsfolk.
Mrs. Callan belongs neither to New
Yorks 400" nor Philadelphia's "Quak-
er Quality" She is a Chicago woman
and she wears twenty gold bars in
her D. A. R. insignia, and she has the
papers showing that she is possessed
of 920 knsfolk! ami r 7e
And even that is not all. Mrs Cal
Ian belongs to that most exclusive of
all the numerous revolutionary Socie-
ties of America-the Daughters of
Founders and Patriots.
Well does she deserve her high hon
ors, for ten years has she spent in
proving her right to them to the COM
plete satisfaction of the skeptieal
founders of the Daughters of the
American Revolution and the Daugh-
tiers of Founders and Patriots.
To the arrogant question of the lat
ter society, did your ancestors set
tie here not later than 1867, and were
they on the paternal side? Were they
and their offsprings loyal citizens 2"
Mrs. Callan has replied quite as proud
ly: Here are my records. Prove
them to your own satisfaction"
Armed with stacks OF church records,
family records, wills and huge and
imposing looking family tree, the lady
with twenty revoluuonists and 92O
kinsfolk has taken the societies by
storm.
Now she holds the fortress and her
name heads the membership lists.
Mrs. Callan's ambition has been rea-
liked. She will leave her children as
a heritage one of the richest treasures
a parent can leave child. Namely,
a knowledge of who their forefathers
We're and what part they took in estab-
fishing the governmental this coun-
try EtI:s
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-07
Tragedies Of the DRAWING Room.


The comedy side of English court
life rarely reaches the outer world. but
If the secret history of the Queens
Drawing Rooms could ever be writ
ten it would be to relate amusing and
ludlcrouS incidents which have from
time to time seriously upset the grav-
ity of the most sedate courtiers and
even of royalty itself
one stout and dignified dowager mas
anything but pleasant memories of a
certain drawing room few years ago,
for it is to be feared she left the royal
presence covered with confusion and in
anything but Christian frame of
mind. She had sunk low in a deep
curtSy before Queen Victoria and after
kissing the royal hand was in the act
of rising when she found her upward
progress unaccountably arrested.
Again and again she made the at
tempt to recover the perpendicular,
growing hotter and more confused at
each attempt and finally, while max
ing a desperate effort, the good lady
lost her precarious balance and sat
down heavily on the floor. In mo-
ment one of the court officials in at
tendance fastened to her rescue and
she was with difficulty and amid
scarcely suppressed merri1nenr restor-
ed to her feet again.
Her disaster had been quite inno-
Gently caused by the lady who was
coming after her standing on her train
and if looks could kill that lady would
certainly have been annihilated by the
whitening glance cast at her by the
dowager as she swept out of the room.
In another case while a certain high
ly placed lady was in the act of kiss
ing the queens hand a substantial por-
ton Of her front hair became detached
and fell on the floor at the royal feet,
leaving the lady with a frontal expo
sure more eloquent of intellect than
beauty. To the credit of this unhappy
lady let it be recorded that she calmly
picked up the vagrant locks and car
ried them off without a trace of dis
.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-07
SOCIAL.

Mrs. Katherine Grey, of Euclid View,
gave an informal musicale yes terday
afternoon for Miss Woodland. of the
Toronto Conservatory of Music. The
hostess was assisted by Miss Cochran.
Mrs. J. Driscon Turner, of Pleasant
avenue, gave musicale last night for
the members of the ST Paul and MIN
neapolis Girl Glee club. Mrs. Turner
was assisted by Miss Carrie O'Meara
and Everton Doer, Of Chicago.
Miss Clarke, of Utica, N. Y, was The
guest OF honor yesterday afternoon at
a dancing party given last right by
Miss Anna Weatherbee, of Hague ave-
nue..
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Holman will en-
terrain informally at cards this even
ing at their home.
Mrs. Edward H. Payte will give an
Informal thimble bee Friday afternoon
at her home for a few of her young
women friends.
Mrs w. J. Murray, of Ashland ave-
nue., gave children's party Yesterday
afternoon Tor her daughter, Miss Ruth,
it being her birthday.
Miss Mabel Cowles, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford S. Cowles, and Frank
lin Menefee, were married last night
at half after s o'clock at the home of
the brides parents on Carroll street.
Rev. G. H, Ten Brock officiating. Mrs.
II. b. HumasOn, sister of the bride.
attended her as matron of honor, and
Miss Louise Bugbee, of MINNEAPOLIS.
and Miss Marion Steward, of ST. Paul.
were the bridesmaids. Harry Ifuma-
son was the best man. Mr.. and Mrs.
Menefee left last night for their fiji
ture home in Dalles, Ore.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Ellis, of 5447 Ash
land avenue, Chicago, announce the en-
gagement of their only daughter. Mae
): Ellis. to Michael Charles Mawyer, of
South st. Paul.