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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19
LOCAL NEWS.

Judge o. Broussard of Breaux
Bridge was in town Thursday.
Keystone and st. John planta-
tons finished their grinding sea-
son this week.
If you want to see good theatre
and listen to good music be sure
to attend at Duchamp's hall on
Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 22nd
and 23rd. The Two jolly Rovers
will be here on these dates.
Sheriff Badon went in the
swamps this week to investigate
the killing of Coffee by Kelly, and
returned Thursday morning with
Kelly. who had surrendered to the
Sheriff of Iberville parish think
ing the killing was done in that
parish. Kelly is now in Jail here.
The French Opera Company
will play at the Vendome Opera
House. New Iberia, on December
25th, Christmas day, presenting
the Fatal Wedding"
Matinee and night, matinee pri-
ces Scots and $l,OO. Night prices
Scots and $3.50.
Seats can be ordered over Cum
berland or Hogsett telephone.
A. l.. Burke, Manager.
The Tolson Stock Company fill
ed an engagement here this week
Of four nights, commencing Sun
day and concluding Wednesday.
This troupe is a very good one,
every member of the company is
good. All the plays given here
and the specialties we're up to the
standard of perfection. But a
company of this kind should have
met with a larger patronage than
was accorded them. They had
some good audiences, but they
should have been larger.
Your poll tax is now due and
must be paid before the last day
lof this month if you want to be
laualiied to vote at the coming
election.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19

Jolly Rovers" all Right.
Show At The Home Theatre Last
Night A Great Success.
A very good audience saw the
production of 1.-Two jolly Rovers"
at the Home Theatre last night.
The play is a good one, and it is
announced that it has a return date
this season, fact many who saw
the play last night will appreciate.
Ed Brumage and Billy Howard
were the "Rovers," and they were
all right. Brumage is an Irish
comedian Of the first water and
Billy Howard is an equally clever
German comedian.
The second part of the enter
tainment was an olio of high-class
specialties, including Four Mil
tons in their character comedy.
which was exceedingly funny.
The Hungarian dance of Mile.
Gertrude in the first part also de-
serves special mention.-Hutch-
inson News, Jan. 18th.
This company will play here
Monday and Tuesday 20 and %.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19
P. A. BIENVENU.

The Christmas Bazaar for the
benefit of the Convent will take
place in the School Hall on Satur-
day Dec. 18th from 2 p. m. to 9 p.
M, and Sunday Dec. 10th from IL
a. m. to 8 p. m.
There will be no Entertainment
this year, entrance free. All per-
sons desiring prizes can purchase
tickets before or during the bazaar.
Some of the prizes are very pretty
and suitable for Christmas or New
Years gifts.
There will be Grab-bags, Fish
pond, Wheel of Fortune, ETC., for
the amusement of the children.
We know that the good people of
ST. Martinville will show their ap-
probation of the labors of the Sis
tiers by attending the Bazaar and
sending their children both days.
Those who are unable to attend
the Bazaar in person can help the
good cause by purchasing Tickets
for the Prices.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19
Revolution Imminent.

KeVOlutlOn Imminent.
A sure sign of approaching re-
volt and serious trouble IN your
system is nervousness, sleepless-
ness, or stomach upsets. Electric
Bitters will quickly dismember
the troublesome causes. It never
fails to tone the stomach, regulate
the Kidneys and Bowels. stimulate
the Liver, aud clarity the blood.
Run down systems benefit parti.
cularly and all the usual attend
ing aches vanish under its search.
ing and thorough effectiveness
Electric Bitters is only SOC, and
that is returned If it don't give
perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed
by I. J. Liable druggist.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19
Fight Will Be Bitter.

Those who will persist in clos
ing their ears against the continu-
al recommendation of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
will have long and bitter fight
with their troubles. If not ended
earlier by fatal termination. Read
what 7. r. Beall of Beall, Miss,
has to say: Last fall my wife
bad every symptom of consump-
ton. She took DR.. Kings New
Discovery after everything else
had failed. Improvement came at
once and four bottles cured her. I"
Guaranteed by T. J. Liable drug
gist. Price SOC, and S1,OO. Trial
bottles free.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19
Low Rates on Morgan's Lou
isiana mo Texas Railroad
and Steamship Co.

Morgan's Louisiana g. Texas Railroad
and Steamship Company will sell tick
cts, from st. Martinville to Rusfon, La,
aud return Dec. 81 and 18th with return
limit Dee. 3lst., at a rate Of One Fare
plus 25c on account of Louisiana State
Public s .honl Teachers Association.
Morgan !, Louisiana & Texas Railroad
and Steamship Company will sell tick
cts, from st. Martinyille to all points in
Louisiana and Texas to Southern Paci
Hc Points in Texas and return Dec. %.
"a, %, %, 81 and Jan. 1. with return Ii
init Jan. 4th. 1904, where one way rate
Is less than $500, at one and one third
fares not to exceed $3.50. where rate is
$500 or more, at rate of one fare plus
ten cent. account Xmas Holidays.
MOrgan's Louisiana q Texas Railroad
and Steamship Company will sell tick
sets, from st. Martihvilie to New Orleans
'md points in South East, Arkansas, Hi
nois, Kansas. Minnesota, Nebraka. Next
go City and Monterary and return Dec.
10. 20, 81, 26 with return limit 80 days
from date of sale at rate Of one fare
plus $500 on account Of Christmas Ho-
'lidays.
MOrpan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad
and Steamship Company will sell tick
cts, from St. MartinviIle to New Orleans
and return Dec. II and 10, with return
limit Dec. 2lst. at rate of one fare plus
f25c on account of Centennial Celebra'
ton Transfer Of Louisiana Purchase.
For additional particulars, apply to
local agent, or to
C. B. ELLIS,
Division Passenger Agent
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19

The Jastremski supporters
formed Il campaign committee iD
Breaux Bridge last Sunday to make
an active campaign in this parish,
they commence tomorrow at
'Breaux Bridge, where they will
have mass meeting which will be
addressed by prominent local
speakers. All indications point to
this parish going for Jastremski
by a good majority if we are to
j Judge by the reports from every
section.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19

The play, 1.-TWO jolly Rovers,"
is farce comedy pure and simple,
without plot. and built for laugh.
ing purposes only. The Band win
give q free c9Acert in front Of the
theatre at r60 p. M, and Prof.
Keeler's orchestra will furnish the
music during the performance.
Lookout for the Band Palade 81
noon. This company will be hslS
Monday and Tuesday % and %.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19
10th Judicial District Court,
No. 97O6,
MRS. LUCY MILLOT
VS.
CHARLES CONRAD & AIS.

By virtue Of writ OF Fferi FaciSA
issued In the above entitled and num-
bered suit. and to me directed. by the
Hon. the 10th Judicial District Court. 10
and for the Parish OF st. Martin, State Ok
Louisiana, dated this Fourteenth day OK
Novemberil9O3. / have seized and WIN
proceed to sell at public auction to the
last and highest bidder. at the Court
House door. in the Town of st. Martin
VILE. La. between the legal sale hours
On Saturday the 10Th day Of
December 1903,
the following described movable proper.
ties t0-wit:
One Engine and Boiler, one. pumping
out ct. comprising Of pump and acces'
sories, three cane carts. one :smaIl cart,
one rice Planter, Eve Deere Flows. two
Getaways. one McCormack's Mower, two
Rackss. one lot Of tools and wheelwright
tools. one cart tEIGksa lot Of Plantation,
implements. consisting Of Flows. Arrows
etc., and one pair Of mules.
Terms and COnditions-Cash.
Sheriff's ONCE this 3rd dav Of Decem-
Der A. D. 1908.
o. BADON, sher ID
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19
NOTICE.

st. Martinville. La, Dec. l6. 1903.
That from and after the LIST day OF
January 1904, the following schedule of
prices for Electric Lights will be esta-
blished:
Commercial Rates:
lie C. P. lamp ito midnight SER
vlCe) .................... ,Uu
lie G. P. lamp (sll night service) $l.OO
Residence Rates:
l-l6 C. p. lamp Ito midnight SER
lie C. P. lamp (all night service) S1.OO
1.-THE use of one candle power night lamp
without cost
{ ~ Edwin Delahousasye. Jr.
Secretary and Treasurer.
Board of Managers Water and Light
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19

FOR SALE-Lot fronting L. c. Du-
champ store and next to Commercial
Bank measuring 81 feet front by l75
deep. The only lot In the business pors
ton for sale, $4,000.
L. Bienvenu.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19

Genuine Black Oats $2.15 per
sack at Bienvenu's. Delivery free.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-12-19
SHERIFF'S SALE.

State of:louisiana. Parish Of St. Martin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
HERE AND THERE.

The acreage of tobacco is greater
than tina. of last year by about 1000
acres, or 81 per cent, and the condi-
ton is o5.1.
Exports of corn from the United
States for the twelve months q
June 80, 1908, amounted to 74,56o,37o
bushels, against 26, 1924. 26S for the cor
responding period Of the year pre-
vious.
The worlds visible supply of cot
ton on July IL, as reported by the
| New York Commercial and Financial
! Chronicle, was 2,oe5,475 bales, as com
| pared with 2,199,S49 bales at a CORE
spending date last year.
There were exported from the
| United States in the fiscal year ended
June 80. 1903, 2oo,e47,637 bushels Of
wheat (inc,uding flour as wheat.
against 232, 1854 APO bushels for the lik'
period of the year before.
-Thirty~cent butter is not made
from milk churned whole, nc fron
stripper cows, MOI from butter soil
with its butter milk easily seen. Tn
g1t-edged article must be as fre
from these flaws as from flies an
dirt.
They say that the cows olfacte
ries are about ten times as acute a
those of man. IF this is true, the nee
essity of keeping the freeding trough
the drinking vessel and all the SUI
roundings Of the COW clean become
very apparent
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
pre.erxe the Manure.

Farmers will find that it will pay to
give more attention to the preserva-
ton of barnyard manure; first, by
guarding it from the sources OF loss
which occur in the ordinary open
barnyard, and, second, by treating II
with materials calculated to reduce
the losses from escaping ammonia on
the one hand, and to increase its con-
tent of phosphoric acid on the other.
To accomplish this purpose, acid
phosphate appears to be the mater'a'
producing the largest and most prof,
table immediate increase in effective
ness of the manure; but experiments
strongly suggest the possibility that
Underground phosphate rock, IRON
which acid phosphate is made, may
be found an economical substitute FOL
the latter, by using it as an absorb
ent in the stables, and thus securing
an intimate mixture with the manurt
in it's fresh condition. The yields vii
be found larger and the increase dut
to the addition of the preservatlve'
smaller in case Of the stall manur'
than in case Of the open-yard manure
thus showing that either with or w1th
out the addition of preservatiyes, sta
manure suffers less loss and is richie
in fertilizing constitents than open
ward manure.-Midland Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
PIGS IN CLOVER.
How mn Illinois Farmer Has Sne.
ceeded In Solving the Farm
Labor Problem.

4. An Illinois farmer has achieved con-
siderable success in solving the farm
labor problem. He raises a goodly
number of hogs, but he grows and
fattens them on such feeds as they
can harvest themselves. This class OF
feeds, together with the work of har-
vesting them, keep his hogs in a very
healthy and thrifty condition, and he
has little fear of disease One OF has
main crops for pork making is clover.
He feeds just a little corn along with
the clover pasture. If for any reason
his clover fails or he does not have
quite enough of it, he finishes out
with rape and soy beans, making a
deduction for the corn fed of ten
pounds Of gain per bushel, he has had
his hogs make a gain of 465 pounds
per acre from the clover alone during
the summer. This, at S cents per
pound, means S23.25 per acre, which
seems very good for a clover crop
without any expenditure of labor in
the harvesting. In 1901, the excep-
| tional dry season, his hogs did not do
SO well in gain, but did not fall much
short in the price received. The clio
yer alone, after the proper reduc.
ton for all the cor fed, made a gain
Of 375 pounds per r. This, at 81
cents per pound for the pork, made
s. 1.62 per acre. On June l, 1902, Al.
acres were drilled to soy beans IL
rows two feet apart, using three-hfth'
of a bushel of seed per acre. Into Thu
area were turned, on September II
1872 pigs weighing a total OF 1918
pounds. On October z they wer'
again weighed, when they were fount
to have made a gain of Also pounds
or 1.22 pounds each per day. Durln'
this time they consumed 1os.6s ousn
els of corn. The 4,1s6 pounds OF porl
at 6 cents per pound would amour
to se51.16 Allowing 40 cents q bushe.
or s43.46 for the corn fed, cav
s2o7. 20, r s43.36 per acre for the SO,
beans without any labor in harvest
ing. There is no question but
a system Of management gives tnri1'
Ter. healthier pigs and renders an a
tack Of cholera less liable than wher
they are heavily fed with corn
Prairie Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
"A Pine Street. New York City
BASE NEGLECT OF U 7
Some Of the Things That. Are Ex'
pected Of Men Who Aspire 70
Political Leadership.

To become a political "eader,". and to re,
tain the post successfully, requires eternal
vigilance. One politician, quoted ~ tAe
Cleveland Plain Dealer, says taat IN the
enement districts the leader becomes a
sort Of unofficial mayor, guardian and Ia
Their Of his people. He can never ignore .
request, To do SO is to offend not only
the individual who makes It, but all Ills
relations.
One woman asked a district leader to take
! her baby into his family while the motaer
went out of town for a weeks visit; Again,
he was called up at two o'clock in the morn
ing by a couple OF men who mad got INTO .
DISPUTE, and wanted him to arbitrate. he
was expected to see that the poor had coai'
to bail out those who were arrested; 70 Sc
cure work for those who were out OF employ
ment; to have police fines RENTED; to at
! tend marriages, picnics and funerals.
One family OF voters renowned him perma.
| nently because he did not call when seven
year-old Thomas broke a leg.
But l didn't know he had broken hi
leg!" the leader demonstrated -,
.Sure, and you should have known It.
"But I didn't even know you had q son
named Thomas"
THAT settles it" and the father tool
up his hat. .'Ti1n Sullivan would have
known it. Niver u meal have you ate IN m<
hcIse,"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
what Was Ite

Frairpoint, Miss, Aug. 3rd.--One Of the
strangest eases ever reported occurred nere
recently. The son of MIR: G. L. Butler was
very i'll. The doctor said he had some DIS
ease OF the spinal cord, and treated him for
two months, but he grew worse all the time,
and finally the doctor told Mr.. Butler that
he did not know what wasthe trouble. !,
The boy would wake up in the night and
.ay that he was dying. He would be nerv;;
Gus and trembling and want to run out OF
the house, saying he saw ugly things which
His father was very much discouraged tau
one day he saw a new remedy called Dodd,s
Kidney Pills advertised, and he at once
bought some and began to give them to MS
boy. t.
was entirely cured. He has not beer
troubled since. MI. Butler says; y,
Z feel it my duty to tel tell wi what ba podd III i 1 thi.
n ps;ne qxls ne aaxe IS cone a fair ,HF chance hs ee; and t vii
| sneak for itself"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
Cost of Feeding.

Investigations have shown that 1t Is
often best to modify a ration, for IN
stance, by substituting corn. wholly
or in part, for oats. so that the horses
remain in good condition, while at
the same time the cost of the ration
is diminished. When large numbers OF
horses are fed, this is often a matter
of considerable Importance. Ihe cost
of a ration made up of the ordinary
grains and coarse folders has been IN
vestigated by at least two experiment
stations. The Massachusetts station
recorded the kinds and amounts OF
foods consumed by three farm horses
for five years, with a view OF learn
ing the average cost of the daily feed
In the different years the cost OF the
ration. which consisted of hay, corn,
oats and other common feeding stutfs,
varied, from 1875 to 24.8 cents PEI
head daily. Using mixed gram IA
tions, according to the New Hamp.
shire station, the average cost OF feeo
per horse per year was $74.32. Inc
average cost for feed per Worh
performed during the two years Q
cred by the test was 3.4 cents.-Mld
land Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
= :. noss,h,. to nrodoce seed, a.

ton, 1t is possible to produce seed, at
the expense of lint, by applying regu-
larly fertilizers promoting the
growth of seed, but cotton planters
are interested in the lint production
mainly and without regard to the
quantity of seed that may incidental
ly be obtained.
It is well known that each OF the
principal plant foods, that is, potash
phosphoric acid and nitrogen, has its
special function to perform. and an
~over-supply of n or the other OF
these plant foods at the expense OF
the others may influence growth dis
advantageously. To illustrate, some
plants by what might be called over
feedi-g with nitrogen, fail to produce
any seed. By the same means fruit
ing may be very materially changed
On the other hand, an excessive use
of %phosphoric acid may check the
growth and develop seed on plants
half grown.
This illustrates the influence OF
plant food in industrial plants, and
brings us to the main point OF the
sketch-the fertilization OF cotton 1or
lint.
Chemical analysis shows that the
lint of cotton contains much more
potash than nitrogen, and perhaps ten
times as much potash as phosphorie
acid. From this, however, the planter
is not to suppose that potash alone Il
needed for lint cotton and that nitro
gen and phosphate are Of little i'm
por+ance. because to make lint w
must also make stalks, leaves anf
bolls- The point is simply that to in
!, sure lint in good quantity and quail
t ity, we must have a free supply Q
/, potash in the fertilizer. Now, curl
ously enough, commercial cotton Ter
~tilizers are often compounded iron
< cottonseed meal and acid phosphate
neither of which contain an appre
1 ciable mount of potash. These ma
Y ~terials are used because they ar
4 common in the south, and not S
r much a matter of cost. Potash cost
per pound about the same as phos
0 phoric acid and about half as niue
as nitrogen, but it must be lmporte
t and hence, potash is apt to be lacl
ing in average commercial 1ert1llzer
t The lint making problem, however, n
D ~quires potash, and all fertilizers o
fered for cotton must be examine
r. for this ingredient.
It is very simple after all. II
state inspection calls for an analys
II of fertilizers stamped or printed c
v the package. Nitrogen Tor ammonia
= potash and phosphonic acid are a
" marked in percentages. For lint co
ton, the potash in fertilizers shou,
II not be less than 3 per cent, while II
s nitrogen may be lower in case co
+ peas or less leguminous plants pr
ceded the cotton.-R. Garwood,
~ Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
EDUCATIONAL

William Darrach, who graduated from
Yale in 1897, and who has been appoint
ed one Of the lecturing physicians a.
the land S. hospital in New YORK CITY,
is the youngest man who aver helo the
position.
The departure from Russia OF Dr.
Gustav Tammann, professor OF cnem-
! istry at the University of Dorpat, TO &C
| cept a chair at Gottingen, has beeh hucn
| commented on, because be was las,
remaining eminent instructor at tnas
once amous seat of learning.
A proof of the change OF educa,lona'
ideas at Oxford and Cambridge IS LIE
growing popularity of the natural SCI
ences. There is at the same tune a oe,
cadence of the mathematical tr1pos a.
Cambridge, It has always stood mrs.
until this year, when, at a jump II aas
gone to fourth place
Prof. Irwin Rautenstrauch, OF WASH;
ington university, who formerly l1se'
in sedalia, Kan, has asked the
to change his name. Nobody IN 'hi
country has ever been able to pro
nounce it right and the professor Ia
got tired of being called "RottenstraW,
which was conferred upon him IN IL
school days.
Sir Gilbert Parker has come forwar
to reinforce Cecil Rhodes scnenne ~
the knitting together of higher educa
ton in English-speaking countries .
calling a conference in London 10 uis
cuss this and related topics. 1t IS e.
nected that a permanent imperial coui
ell will be formed to have supervise
[ of these matters. The conference Is 7
be followed by an "allied conference
dinner" at which Mr.. Balfour will Pre-
!, side.
, Edward L. Henry, the academlclan.
: considerably over 60 years old, but II
: Youthful smooth face, aside from n
e gray hair, has deceived many person
, He is an inveterate joker and also e.
$ ceedingly absent-minded. This IS
actual experience he had at the
club not long age. 1t was a recept1e
d and Mr.. Henry was very busy talk1l
to q fellow artist, when something III
tated his ankle. He stopped down, III
ed the edge Of the bottom of one of .
other mans trouser legs. ain
scratched the other mans ankle 1u
above the patent tie and. replacing t
e garment, went on talking, wholly obi
s ious of his action aud apparently pr
n tect1y satisfied
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
The National Term.

A m Of the ''newrich" type set up z
pretentious establishment in New YORK
with the view of gaining an entrance INTO
society. Among her choice possessions was
a Russian tea urn wrought in embossed
brass. The term for this device is "samo-
war;" and the woman treated her urn IKE .
new TOW. she gave a reception in order to
exploit her tea device and her guests were
in continual subdued fits Of laughter be-
cause their hostess said: II do so love tea
out Of a reservoir. This reservoir came
from Russia. OF course it is really z tea
urn, but / prefer the national term, dent
yops'-N. 7. Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
No Free Advice.

"Tn afraid my hay fever is coming cn,..
said kloseman, trying to get some medical
advice free of charge. Every once in awhile
| feel itching in my nose and tEen ! sneeze.
What would you do in a case like that cce'
tori"
chat I would snseze, too."-Phladelpals
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-05
Molly Pitcher,

Molly Pitcher was bravely serving the gun
after her husband had fallen. =.
This will make your name famous, cried
the enthusiastic soldiers.
1 ns.s h. returned ed w ssn isrS,e s ar baseball an etsli
Blusning at the glory awaiting her, she
rammed home another charge.-N. Y. Sua-