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The commonwealth., 1904-11-03

"D,d you say be grew rich through !"
- h;s own p" eyes he invent
ed something that made "o"uan
think she was still monopolzins -. ~
"anversat,on-long after she had real''
stonned taIktng."-Detrolt Free ie'''
The commonwealth., 1904-11-03

Inst to show that he believes the
country is cafe, Senator Fairbanks ls
oo,,o tn waste a few days making Re
nublican speeches in 0hio.-Washing'
ton Post. ..ss- -.4-s,ys=z
The commonwealth., 1904-11-03

A Philadelphia paper says that Wis
consin has the political itch. But the
scratching stage will not develop until
November Sth.-Mllwaukee Sentinei.
The commonwealth., 1904-11-03

Seven minutes continuous cheer-
ing for Mr.. Cleveland? Well, WE'LL
what are the Democrats coming to?-
Indianapolis News.
The commonwealth., 1904-11-03

While Judge Parker may appreciate
the compl,n ent OF telegraphing his
sneech to Manila Tor Governor General
Wright to answer, who is paying the
cable toll? The people. e.-New York
World.
The commonwealth., 1904-11-03

.r.;.. ~ nae to sic down and wnine.
Raas = aev your ~ hook with bambls san1t.in oeo;
na.1 1nd kesp k on taking Rocky 9yys Aaonsa'u = ma
Anu IT, ~. a T. Whitehead 9 Oo.
The commonwealth., 1904-11-03

Have you led soul to Christ this
year. If not, why?
The commonwealth., 1904-11-03
HoLLlSYER'S
Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets

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Brings Golden Health and Renewed eiscr
specific for Constipation, Indigestion, Live
Blood, Bad Breath, Sluggish Bowels, Headache
and Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea III to o.
let form, IS cents box. Genuine maoe oy
HMIlsrER DRuo COMPANY, Madison, Wis
DEN NUGGETS FOR SALlOW PEOPLE
The commonwealth., 1904-11-03
WASHING STOCKINGS.

1t is recommended that little VIM
egar be added to the water in wh1cn
stockings are rinsed after being wasneo.
The stockings should then be or'e'
wrong side out. Colored stockings
will be unfaded and black ones Will 10
tain their original lustre.
The commonwealth., 1904-11-03
WASHING WINDOWS.

In washing windows use borax water
Or borax soapsuds and dry quickly with
a soft old cloth. Use hot water ou' Gu
not slop. Kerosene added to the water
in which the sashes are washed Will
make them shine, besides cleansing
them rapidly. There are any nulnner
Of good washing powders and prepara-
tions for cleaning glass. Wash pane
at time, using a clean cloth and tepio
water. Polish with newspaper.
The commonwealth., 1904-11-03

V1l66 e00oaA ! -.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-14

per capita basis something for which
he was Justly famous) his mind in
sisted on straying off to foolish stories
that he had not remembered once
since his mother used to tell them to
him at bedtime.
At last, when he simply couldn' t
look at a column of figures without
seeing ragged children and beautiful
princesses who gave them food and
clothes and money in a highly un-
scientific and unsystematic way, he
jumped up to take walk.
He was so bewildered by what had
happened to him that he gave beg
gar woman on the corner a nickel in
stead of having her case investigated.
A member of the Philanthropic So
ciety saw it and lodged complaint,
and the Head Philanthropist was ex-
PEELED from all the philanthropic So
cieties of the city. In revenge he
made it his practice to give money
to all beggars whenever he met them,
and though this gave all the societies
keen anguish, the ex-Head Philanthro-
pist became as fat and as jolly as a
sandboy, much to his own pleasant
surprise.
In the meantime Fairy Tale had
gone through the crowded streets
| again, with all the horses pricking
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-14
CANADAS WONDERFUL ALLIGATORS

to get to shallow place, or till it be-
cb1nes desirable for some reason to
warp great crib of logs into shore
or fasten it to the bank.
Then the alligator proceeds to de-
monstrate why it is so named. 1t
chug-chues calmly to the bank, goes
straight at it, up goes its nose on the
shore, and the next moment the paddle
wheels cease to revolve and the queer
boat trundles up on land.
Then the amphibian character of the
thing becomes visible. Under the keel
of the alligator are wooden rollers,
When the queer craft has been forced
as far up the bank as the paddle
wheels can drive it, chains are run to
the nearest tree and brought back to
the rollers. The engine gearing is
shifted from the paddle wheels to the
rollers and the alligator proceeds to
pull itself along over the land.
Thus the lumbermen have boat, a
locomotive and stationary engine
combined in their alligators, and the
value of such combination can be
realized when it is understood that
sometimes they bring down RATS so
huge that they will cover a square
mile; while the distances over which
they are hoated aresso great.that RATS
4 have been known to be three years on
! the way from the far north to the
settled country.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-14

find or remember was far more precl-
Gus than anything else that he had.
He got to walking around with a
puzzled look on his face, and at last
he even began to neglect his business.
So his nephews and nieces at once
had him locked up as a lunatic, and
when they proved in court that he
had actually forgotten to foreclose a
mortgage on the day when it was due,
the jury found unanimously that It
was a hopeless case, and he was sent
to the asylum, where he is yet if he
hasn't died Nobody knows and no
body cares.
His nephews and nieces bought au-
tomobiles and candy and diamonds
with the hard-earned money and soon
it had all vanished.
When Fairy Tale left the office OF
the richest man she went to the Head
Philanthropist of the town. He smiled
at her kindly and laid his hand on her
head, never noticing that one-eyed
dervish was looking over his shoulder
while a crooked gnome had climbed
on his desk and was pouring sunshine
into his ink.
First of all, my dear, said he, we
must look into the lists and see
whether your case comes under the
head of IUndeserved Misfortunes' OF
Hereditary Pauperism.
He rang the bell and ordered the
attendants to bring him the books
They carried in mighty volumes, al
bound in coal-black leather, and he
looked through them eagerly but II
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-14


81 am sorry" said he in genuine
distress, "but | cannot find your case
anywhere, not even under 'Habitual
Vagabonds But, perhaps you have
some references that we can investi-
gate?"
Immediately all the retinue pressed
forward, Haroun Al Raschid in front,
all eager to testify. Even Puss-in-
Boots tried to present a letter. But
Fairy Tale again shook her head and
said to the Head Philanthropist:
mo. have no references"
The Head Philanthropist was deep
ly grieved. However, there was moth
ing left for him except to tell the little
girl that he could not help her under
the circumstances, "for, said he, II
would be against all the rules of sclen-
tihc philanthropy and would dlsorgan-
ize the entire system"
After Fairy Tale had left the room
the Head Philanthropist sat down tc
continue his labor on his great work
of forty volumes on THE Interna-
tional Statistics Of Mercy and Chari.
tableness." But to his surprise ant
finally his dismay he could not under
stand his own figures that had been Sc
clear to him before. He couldn't ado
up the columns of mortuary statistic:
or prove the tables into which he hac
so neatly separated all forms of pov
erty and unhappiness.
Every time he tried to multiply five
thousand homeless paupers by two OF
reduce the sum total of poverty to {
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-14
WASH BASINS AS SWIMMING AIDS

possible, it will be only short time
before the gasping sensation begins
to disappear.
Then the bath tub should be used, so
that the bather, lying full length, can
inarnerse the entire head. At first this
will bring back all the old frightening
sensations Of suffocation, but the at
tacks will be of short duration, and
within a few days it will be found that
the total immersion can be maintained
for almost a full minute without dis
comfort of any kind.
Once a person has learned how per
fectly comfortable one can be under
water, the first great step has been
taken toward learning to swim.
Many otherwise good swimmers
have never really acquired this calm
ness under water; the result is that
when such swimmer is caught in an
undertow or swirling current, his
confidence leaves him as soon as he
feels himself dragged under the sur
face. Instead of diving or remaining
motionless and so preserving his
breath, he gasps involuntarily and nat
urally swallows water, and the ehok-
ing sensation at once forces him to
exhale what breath he has left and
gasp again.
Confidence -under water should be
the first lesson IN swimming.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-14

a MONG the lllOoL SOillll4OAl olS lAlo
N in the streams and lakes OF
4 2. the Canadian lumber country
are alligators. One cannot go
up a river in the woods without see
ing anywhere from two to half a
dozen of them lying on the banks or
floating in the water.
Nobody hunts these alligators, and
there is no instance known OF their
attacking anybody. Indeed, the lun-
bermen swim around right alongside
of them, and generally there are from
one to three 1umbermen sitting on the
back of one alligator.
The fact is that the Canadian alli--
gator is not a reptile, but boat-and
a boat as queer in the world OF boats
as the real alligator is queer IN the
world of reptiles.
The Canadian alligator boat IS an
oval, fiat thing, with a small boiler
and engine bolted to the deck, without
any deck house or other structure over
it. Two spidery iron paddle wheels
on the sides do the propelling.
They look funny enough plunglng
along, with the skeleton wheels pad
ding like mad, and a great raft behind
them; but the funniest part Of the ALI
gator is not seen till the craft happens
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-14

proper Use of wash basin.
The obstacle, that nervous persons
meet in the water is not the conscious
fear of drowning, but an involuntary
nervous shock that causes them to
gasp for air even before their faces are
under water.
1t IS this gasping for breath that
browns people.
They cannot control the gasping,
and consequently they often snap for
breath when their mouths are under
water. AS the buoyancy of human
body is easily disturbed. few pints
or quarts of water swallowed in these
involuntary gasping acts serve to
sink a person who otherwise would
float long enough for help to arrive.
Now if a person afflicted with this
involuntary fear Of getting under
water will thrust the whole face gen
tly into an ordinary basin full of water
every day and stay there as long as
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-14

and carriages and automobiles and
trolley cars. None of the people saw
it, though it passed right among them.
But the horses and mules saw it clear
w. They pricked up their ears and
curved their necks and tried to prance,
till truck driver said: Il think all
the horses Of the city have gone crazy
ali at once.
Fairy Tale rode or, looking for a
new home, till she arrived at the very
finest building in the city. It was
thirty-four stories high, and the littlest
room in the highest story cost $1,000
year to rent; so you can imagine
what great folk were to be found
there.
The richest man of all was in the
tlirtieth story, and Fairy Tale got
into the elevator to go to him. All
that the elevator man saw was a poor
ly dressed little girl. If he had been
an observing person he would have
noticed that she had wonderful, deep,
| dark eyes, bur he was too busy making
his passengers gasp BY Jerking his
elevator. So he never noticed any
thing at any time.
He didn't even notice that his ele-
vator creakcd and squeaked. 1t had
good reason, for a whole troop OF
Pashas and Grand Viziers with jew
eled garments sat on top of it, while
its interior was full asst could be of
horses and knights and dragons.
When Fairy Tale knocked at the
door of the richest mans office he
was very busy trying to calculate how
it was that he had eight cents less
in his change pocket than he should
have had.
So he was not at all pleased when
he saw poorly dressed little girl en-
ter the room. And when she told him
that she had come to ask for home,
he was so amazed that he nearly
choked.
Get out of here! Get out of here
or I'll call the police!a he cried when
he got his voice at last
One of the giants immediately
strobe towards him with his club up
lifted to avenge the insult, and all the
Grand Viziers drew their shining,
curved scimitars. But Fairy Tale
shook her head and smiled. Then she
waved her hands in front of the old
mans angry face and slipped out OF
the door.
/ When it closed behind her, the rich
est man turned back to his desk with
grunt and tried to settle down to his
interrupted work of finding those
missing eight cents. But somehow he
could not put his mind on it. He had
the strange feeling that he had lost
! something even more valuable than
eight cents.
"Queerl Queerl" he said to himself.
Il am sure that have just lost some
thing important,
| He got up and looked on the floor
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-14

and under his desk. Every time he
happened to get near to the spot
where Fairy Tale had stood he seemed
to be on the verge of remembering
what it was. Fle caught himself mutt
tering and half humming curious SEN
tences like "Once upon time there
was fairy" but he couldn't remem-
Der.
Day after day the strange feeling
grew on him, and he got no more
Joy at all out Of the thousands of dol
lars that kept coming into his hands
all the time, for every day he felt
more and more convinced that the
thing that he had lost and couldn't
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-14


whom she had lived so long
lay at rest in his coffin and the neigh
bors all sat around him, talking about
him as if he were not present at all.
He was pleasant old gentleman,
said the fat policeman who had
dropped in, but l never could see
anything in his stories myself
You may we'll say that" said the
red-faced Councilman. TO persons
of sense and Importance they were
very wearisome. l tried to read one
and fell asleep over it."
Still he managed to earn enough
money by his writings to live well and
to leave a comfortable sum for his
funeral expenses" said the undertaken,
rubbing his hands.
That is due to the perverted taste
of what we call the masses, said the
lean notary public. Having no dis
cretion or learning, they seize eagerly
on anything that reads well. Our de-
parted friend here evidently knew only
the simplest words. That is why chill
dren like his stories so much. There
are no big words at all, such as are de-
manded by us who know something
and desire wisdom in Our literature.
Yes, yes; you are right, sighed the
Mayor, who did not read anything at
all.
After that there really was nothing
more to say, so they buried the old
gentleman in somewhat of hurry,
because they wanted to get back in
time for dinner.
The next day the neighbors all
leaned out of their windows to see
the household goods taken out of the
house; but, although they looked with
all their eyes, they didn't see the true
spectacle at all What they saw were
a few chairs and tables and bookcases
and an old ink-spattered writing desk;
and they never saw Fairy Tale moving
out with her splendid retinue.
Really they must have been blind;
for even while the porters were toll
ing with the heavy desk, and swearing
because it would not go easily into the
wagon, Fairy Tale rode out of the
door on a white Arab mare, and be
hind her, on camels and elephants and
horses, rode old gray-bearded kings
with sceptres and crowns, princes i'll
golden armor, knights and squires,
Sultans and Pashas, and soldiers and
monks and troubadours. All around
them and behind them thronged the
people on foot-woodcutters and her
mits, peasants and merchants, der
wishes and sailors.
After all it was just as we'll that
the neighbors were too blind to see
it. They would have felt scandalized
no doubt, by the crew which had lived
so near them without their knowing
it; for there were some most dis
reputable characters in Fairy Tales
retinue-one-eyed giants and crooked
dwarfs and most unusual and hor-
rifying horde of dragons, each one
breathing forth smoke and fire like a
locomotive.
They made a procession more than
a mile long. 1t twined its way in
and out among the trucks and wagons
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-14

PERSON who is timid about
the water can overcome the
greatest part of the difficulty
Of learning to swim by the
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-01-30
The Republicans of this State

The Republicans of this State
have called convention to meet
in New Orleans on the 18th day
of February to select state tick
I.et. There are three candidates
prominently mentioned for the
.eovernorship: W. J. Behan, b. F.
Williams and Clarence Hebert.
The only chance any of them
would have in running for Clover
nor, would be to land in good
soft national job, as some Of them
are now enjoying. But, after all,
they might as well have these
good jobs. rather than let them "a
70 the Democrats who. play pa.
4riots" for fat jobs.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-01-30
MARDI GRAS RATES.

The annual celebration OF the
Mardi Gras Carnival at New Or.
leans will take place February Is
and is; and for this spectacular
event the Southern Pacific Rail-
road has announced 4 reduced rate
of one fare for the round trip from
all points onfts line. Tickets will
be placed Oh sale February 10 to
Is inclusive, good to return until
February 20. Those desiring 70
remain longer in the dsIighful old
city of New Orleans may do 30 by
depositing tickets with the Joint
agent at New Orleans and may re.
main until time to reach home BY
March 8. Any agent Of the Sou
them Pacific can give information
concerning the trip.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-01-30
10Th judicial District Court.

By virtue Of an order and a commission
from the Honorable 10Th judicial Dis
trict Court, in and for the Parish of St.
Martin, La. dated January 2lst, 1904.
and to me directed. I will Offer for sale
and will sell or cause to be- sold at pub
lie auction, for cash. to tho last and high
est bidder at the late residence of the
deceased in the Parish Of st. Martin, on
Friday February 10th. 1904,
the following described property belong
ing TO said Estate or so much thereof as
will satisfy an the debts Of thu Estate,
to-wit:
The undivided half Of that certain
tract of land situated In the Parish Of
st. Martin, La. containing fifty three
superficial arpents b6dnded nort', by .
road separating this land from ta.t Sl
Andressi Landry. south BY the New fbe
ria Milling &.Devslopment Co, east b,
that Of Joseph Witt. and west by thai
ofA.P. r 'sweber; and together rherr'
with ons cabin. one corn crib and Fences
thereon sithateti.
Another tract Of land situated Ia same
Parish ana State. containing two super
6eial arpants. hrinded north by fh'
Public R.,,i leading from St. Martin
willie to ps,sat Claire. s..i.sh bv land o
Rev. Moufet, east by the tract below de
scribe,l and west ny that of houis Vital
and together Herewith all the building
and improvements thereon situated
Another tract Of land in same Paris
and State. measuring ITO feet front ,ol
the Pablo Road leading to Poin
Claire by a depth Of about one nlpen
bounded north by said Public R"at
south by land Of Ioais Adam. east b
that Of Louis Adam. and west by IN
above tract secondly described, and u
kether Herewith all the Improvement
thereon.
Another tract Of land In same Paris
and State, messaring one arprnt fro'
bv 4 dspth OF one and one half arpent
bounded north by the above tract .
condIy described, south by that OF Re
Mouret, east by that Of Louis Adam al
west by Louis Vital.
Also one mule and lot OF nouseno
furniture. :.
The proceeds Of the sale to be arp'i'
10 the payment Of the debts Of "a
ptxte according to their rank AID IN
Uotdance with law.
Terms and conditions-Cash.
Edward Fontenette,
Administered
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-01-30
NOTICE.

Id compliance with instructions Of
the Republican State Committee held In
New Orleans January %. 1904. the Rep
ublicaus Parish Executive Commit
tee Of the Parish Of St. Martin. are re-
ouested to meet ut st. MartinNlle on
February 7th for the purpose Of selec-
ting ca seven delegates to represent this
Parish 1t the State nominating conven-
ton to be held in New 0rleans February
18th 1904.
By order Of the President.
L. C. vautier. Robert haipnep.
Chairman. Secretary
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-01-30

The people of Lafayette parish
have repudiated boss rule in a
very decisive manner. Ike Brous-
sard, the boss of that parish for
many years has been showed un-
der by Lacoste. The vote of that
parish was two for Lacoste against
one for Broussard. The whole of
the Lacoste ticket was elected by
a large majorities. The country
people are getting tired of boss
and machine rule.
The weather this week looked
like real winter. cold, cloudy and
threatening all kinds of bad and
and cold weather, that made our
people prepare for the worse.
The weather in the North
ern and Western States and
even far in the South has
been exceedingly cold during
the past few days, which was a
warming to US here, that cold wea-
Their was coming and wac to be ex-
pected.
The heavy SHOWS and the fro
zen rivers in the upper country
are holding back immense volumes
of water, which may be the cause Of
us getting lots of water in the early
spring. The swampers seem t.
think that they have a good float
ing water, and the planters on the
low lands may get too much wa
ter. 1t will all depend upon th.
melting of the ice, and snow. Il
lit melts all at once it will surel!
|give MS plenty of water, if the mel
ting is occasionally checked b.
fcoTd spelIA, the rivers will be re
loved and allow the flow to reacl
! the gulf before OVERLOOKING. Blu
, the present conditions are surel.
favorable for high water.
4
4 Mr.. Louis Eeber. the govern
Iiment inspector who was in charg
of the dredging boat working her
, last year, was in town this wee
on q tour Of inspection.
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18th Judicial District Court.


Nv virtue Of an order and q commits
MON from the Honorable the Nineseehsn
judicial District Court Of the State On
Louisiana, in and Tor the Parish OF 81.
Martin, TO me directed ] will o1er Io1
sale and viii sell or cause to Or SOLO ~
anv duly authorized and quaiineo once.
at Public auction for cash. to the ias'
and highest bidder at the last residences
Of the deceased in the Parish OF 81 hs''
tin, beginning at IL o'clock a. NJ on
Saturday February I3tn' 1904
the following movable effect belonging
70 the above named SUGGESTIONS, so-"''
American Mules. 2 Creole Mules:
horse. wagons. pIows. farming u'enS'''
household furniture &etc-
Terms and conditions cash.
Amynthe Bondreanx'
Martin b VOORHEES,. Au"'" ''' "
Attorneys.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-01-30

W. j. Bryan is still advocating
his silver ideas, and is insisting on
the next Democratic convention to
adopt the Kansas City platform.
Mr.. Bryan has a strong following,
and he may cause q good deal of
trouble to the Democrats, unless
they adopt his ideas and stand de-
feat. As matters how stand, the
Democrats will have rocky road
to travel.