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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-01-23
DIED..

Saturday the 10th inst, at six
o'clock in the evening. Paul STAN
islas Bienvenu died at the age of
8 years S months and 13 days the
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Ulysse Bien-
venu.
This little child was sick for
about two weeks and suffered ex-
cruciating pains during that time.
The angel of death came to him
as a relief, and now he is a little
angel,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-01-23

The st. Martin Grocery Limi-
ted have secured the services Of
Mr.. E. Lassalle, as manager. Mr..
Lassale comes to US highly recon-
mended, and a practical grocery
man, and he hopes to be able to
conduct the affairs of the Grocery
to the entire satisfaction of the
owners and the customers of the
establishment.
Mr.. Edwin Delah ahousssys ST.,
is demolishing the old frame
building at the corner of Port and
Washington streets, which has
stood there as an old land mark.
Very few if any of our old people
remember when that old building
was constructed. On the site of
the old building, Mr.. Delahous-
saye will build new. modern and
commodious home.
The politicians maintained
that the state fight which was
made in this parish was made in
the interest of an independent par
ish ticket, and that the success of
that independent ticket depended
upon the result of this. election.
We do not know yet of any inde-
pendent candidates, but If the
views as given out by the defeated
faction are correct, they may yet
have another fight to make in the
parish.
The negro Michel Turpot who
was reported last week as having
been short and kill. supposed to
have been murdered, was not shot
as reported, be was found dead
upon the public road leading to
Loreauville. The supposition is
that he was too drunk to reach his
home, he fell on the public road
and died from exposure. The me-
gro was inoffensive and harmless
but he was a consumated drum
kard, and such an end is what was
expected for him.
Senator T. J. Liable made
the report that st. Martin parish
would 60 for Blanchard by 15O
votes majority and it turned up
that the parish went 56 votes for
Jastremski; it looks as If the Sen
ator was distributing courage to
the followers who were not follow
ing. Mr.. Liable also said If all
their forces would come out they
would make Blanchard's majority
800 votes. 1t looks AZ If they have
no more forces, or he is . poor
hand at figuring votes and majori-
ties. Better go over your figures
again Senator, your political Ag-
uges don't balance, Sc on one side
and 300 on the other don't bslsnce
at all
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-01-23
Wonderful Nerve.

Is displayed by many . man en-
during pains Of accidental Cuts,
Wounds, Bruises. Burns, Scalds,
sore feet or stiff joints. But there
is no, need for it. Bucklen's Arni-
ca Salve will kill the pain and cure
the trouble. It's the best Sslve on
earth for Piles, too. Csc at 7. j.
Liable drugstore.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
A Horse Which Thought.

Instances of great intelligence in
norses are almost as numerous as
the horses themselves, but there are
few which make prettier stories than
this, related in La Nature by a Par
isian.
At Vincennes, in my childhood, he
writes, my father had two spirited
horses Of fine blood. One day while
one of them, Prunelle, was passing
between two walls with my little sis.
ter on her back, the child slipped and
rolled between the horses feet.
Prunele stopped instantly and held
one hind foot in air. She seemed to
fear to lower that foot lest she should
step on the child. There was no room
for the horse to turn nor for a man
to pass in.
In that uncomfortable position, with
lifted foot, however, the horse stood
patiently while an attendant crawleG
between her forefeet and rescued the
child.-Montreal Herald.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
Not Guilty.

"A friend of mine keeps hotel out
in Ohio" said Representative Beid-
Ter, land the last time | saw him he
had tale of hard luck that made me
pause and consider.
"He had a good hotel, and to cinch
this idea with his patrons he put up
sign, "A weeks beard free II you
can beat this hotel at dollar day.
"A chap came along and staid for
two days. Then he left by way OF the
window without paying his bill. He
was captured in the next town,
brought back and placed on trial be-
fore The justice of the peace.
THE justice heard the case, and
decided that the man was not guilty.
as he had certainly beaten the hotel
for two days entertainment. Then he
shcced the man out of town, and
went around to the hotel and collect
cd the weeks board for himself. -
New York World.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
Something About Coral.

Those irregular branches, so pref
tily red and shining, are all small skel
etons of tiny animals, lower in the
natural order than insects, and they
come from the Mediterranean, where
for ages and ages they have been
growing at depths of five or six faith
oms.
What a vast multitude of coral an
finals there must be to rear whole
reefs of coral underneath the waves.
structures so firm and well built that
that they form islands on which men
live and form cities and ply com
merce.
Bermuda, so near our own shores.
is guilt on formations of coral-red
white and black, the latter being Dy
far the rarest and most valuable;
white coral is not worth much. 1t is
found near Ceylon.
Coral has often been made use of In
sculpture. There was formerly in the
Tuileries at Paris chessboard and
set of chessmen carved from this
pretty substance.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23

passed out the gate, sleezed furiou5ly
three times and hurried home.
1.-The next afternoon Dorothy and
Harry called at my house. Harry
asked me to marry them then and
there. Dorothy told their story, and
explained that they had not intended
to be married for couple OF years.
mainly out of regard for the feelings
of her sisters, but that now there was
nothing for them but to be married
or give each other up, which they
could never, never do. So | married
them.
1.-The marriage, l heard, produced
some excitement in the widows house
hold. Elizabeth and Ruth are re-
ported to have said things, especially
when they got note from Dorothy
while away on little three-day we'd
ding tour, asking them please to look
after her dolls, and see that they
were fed regularly and put to bed at
seven o'clock. Messrs. Edgewater and
Jackson were also said to have been
rendered thoughtful by the occur
renee, and when / met Officer Dono-
van on his beat the next day | no.
ticed he seemed preoccupied. So II
YOU haven't forgotten my moral you
see where it comes in. Be geneross.
At least. don't be too selfish"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
"lndade. Oil not. /"

for Dorothy changed. The porch g,
the lawn were all very well under the
soft influence of the harvest moon
perhaps preferable to any other place
but the austere November moon is
another thing. Right here / ought to
mention that the widows house,
though comfortable, is far from large.
1t accommodated Elizabeth and Ruth
very pleasantly for counting purposes,
but there was really no place for an
other. So there was nothing for
Dorothy but to throw herself on the
generosity of the others. and beg them
70 share with her. since Sunday even
ing was the only time that Harry
could conveniently call. She went to
Elizabeth first and laid the case be.
fore her, and asked for the use of
the parlor occasionally-perhaps once
a month. The older girl proved colder
than the November moon. She re-
piled in effect that she was in the
habit of entertaining Mr.. Edgewater
in the parlor each Sunday evening
and that she had no intention Of CIV
ing it up for chit who ought to be
in short dresses. Hardly! Dorothy
had better go back TO her dolls.
Poor Dorothy wiped her eyes and
sought Ruth. This lady was dumb
founded. The idea! She was accus.
toned to see MIR. Jackson in the din
ing room each Sunday evening, and
she thought she saw herself giving 1T
up to mink who ought to be wear
ing her hair in a long braid. Oh, yes!
Dorothy had better go back to her
dolls. Dorothy had quiet cry, then
she bethought her of Maggie. The
kitchen was not just the place to
receive Harry, but-any port in a
storm; so she sought out Maggie.
"The loikes of that! Well, | never!
And me in the habit of receiving
| Afficer Donovan here livery Sunday
noight, with the consint of the missus
And him a proper young man, and or
| this beat, and that his only noight off
Indade, Oill not! OIL give notice
first! It's a wonder that Miss Dor
othy don't go back to her dolls!"
Poor Dorothy She retired to hel
| own room and had a good cry. rate
was against her; there was no hope
! It was Saturday; the evening papel
predicted a cold wave. There was 6
little touch of snow on the ground the
next morning. Dorothy cried some
more. This was really all there wai
left for her to do.
"But next evening Harry came. HI
had feared the worst, and was pro
vided with his winter overcoat and
pair of heavy goloshes. Dorothy pu
on her winter cloak and took her mui
and together they spent an hou
tramping briskly up and down tn
path beside the house. Their teet
chartered considerably, but they mar
aged TO carry on a conversation. an
to some purpose, as appeared subs'
quently. AZ the end Of the hour Harr
said goodnight at the front steps
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
sTonY OF A SONG.
circumstances Under Which the
'Three Flshers'' Was Written.

three Fishers" Was Written.
Charles Kingsley wrote the Three
Fishers" as result of the many sad
sights he had seen at Clovelly. One
lay OF horror in particular lived in
his memory, a day as he described IT,
when the old bay lay darkened with
the gray columns Of the water spouts,
stalking across the waves before the
northern gale; and the tiny herring
GOATS fleeing from their nets right for
The Breakers, hoping more mercy
even from those iron walls of rock
chan from the pitiless bowling waste
IF spray behind them; and that merry
peach beside the town covered with
shrieking women and old men, casting
themselves on the pebbles, In fruit
less agonies of prayer as corpse after
corpse swept up at the feet OF wife
and child, till in one case alone a
single dawn saw upward of sixty
widows and orphans weeping over
those who had gone out the night be-
fore in the fullness OF strength and
courage" These scenes lived ever
in his mind.
But the Three Fishers" was writ
ten as a result of one of the strangest
Incidents in the stormy career of the
preacher-author. In 1851 he preached
sermon in London church on THE
| Message OF the Church TO the Labor,
| ing Man" At it's close the vicar rose
and denounced him. Bishop Bloomfield
! forbade Kingsley to preach again in
his diocese, until, having read the
sermon and seen its author, he with
drew the edict. The same night Upon
which he delivered his discourse
Kingsley went 10 his home weary
There had nearly been riot in the
church. Sick at heart, he retired tc
his study. When he reappeared he
handed to his family his Immortal
song; "as though it were the out
come of il ALL" as his wife said.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
HIS WAY TO oUTWlT THE DEVIL
Preachers Opinion on Prepared and
Extemporaneous Sermons.

Apropos of the question of the
best way to prepare sermon Rev.
G.. Campbell Morgan, the great Eng
lish evangelist, is credited with hav-
ing told the following story to a class
of Bible students at the Mccormick
Seminary:
can aspiring young curate once ask
ed an old preacher If it were better to
write out sermon or TO preach ex-
temporaneously. The venerable clergy
man. who was noted for his rambling
1iscourses. replied: My son, never
write out your sermon, for the devil
will be sure to look over your shoulder
and get warning beforehand. Now,
when l preach the devil himself could
aot tell what | am going TO say
This remark was almost as sophisti-
Gated as that of the old darby DR..
Thomas used to tell about, who was
asked to explain the difference be
tween a preacher and an exhorter.
"A preacher" said the son OF Ham
has to stick to his text, but the ex
.orter can branch.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
The Newest in Skirts.

For the benefit of the mere men, We
reproduce the explanation of a New
York dressmaker as to how women
will manage to walk in the new spring
suits, which are made as long in the
front as they are in the back-and
that is just five inches on the ground.
A circular tiounce of canvas is set all
round the bottom of the skirt inside,
reaching up to the knees. When In
repose," says the dressmaker, the
skirt fares out around the feet, lying
about FIVE inches on the floor all
round. Naturally, step forward
without canvas and without a kick
would entangle the wearer in mass
of frills and rufiles, but the canvas
and the kick save her. She gives the
canvas Just the least little kick with
the toe of her slipper, the canvas
backed runle swings out in advance
and enables her to take a step with
out stepping on the skirt" How love
ly!
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
HE BUILT HIS OWN PooRHoUsE.
Queer Trick Which Fortune Played
on a California Gold Miner.


The Murphy family was very num-
erous in California in the days of
40" Some members struck it rich
in the mines and held onto their for
tunes, others were not so lucky. One
Murphy in particular is remembered
by all the old time miners. He made
a big fortune in the gold mines and
started to build a magnificent country
residence near San Jose, the noted
fruit center of California.
The elegance of the place was the
talk of the whole community. But one
day, to the surprise of his business
associates, Murphy slapped big mort
gage onto the property.
Rates of interest were enormous in
those days, and as poor Murphy had
been unable to meet his payments,
one day the beautiful home went
under the auctIoneer's hammer, and
was bought at great bargain by the
county for its poorhouse.
Things went from bad to worse with
Murphy, and in few years the proud
old Irishman was obliged to enter his
old home as an inmate, a county pau
per.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
AFTER THE BIG FIRE.
Humor of Incidents in Connection
With Baltimore Conflagratior.

With Baltimore ConflagratIor.
On Water street, near South, the
big granite-based buildings were mash
ed to a mass of barely recognizable
ruins. In one OF them, however, right
over the door way to the side was
big sign. All about this sign demoli
ton was spread by the wild fury OF
the flames and falling walls, and the
building looked like it had been at the
mercy of miniature Kansas cyclone.
But Just the same, like the celebrated
flag in Francis Scott Keys immortal
song, the sign was still there, and 1t
read. "For Rent-Desirable Offices in
the Basement"
The basement, or what was left OF
it, was all that remained OF the former
five-storied building.
Not a block away was another pc
culiar freak of the fire. There was a
cigar store on tie corner of Lombard
and South streets, in front OF which
there was evidently a sign advertis-
ing a certain brand of cigars. The
building was in ruins. Every sign OF
life was destroyed. Ruined buildings
and fallen electric wires made pas
sage-way very difficult, but the adver
tisement, or at least a great portion
of it, was still observable. The lowe,
part of the sign stood out in strong
relief, reading, The Best Smoke il
Town.-Baltimor World.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
The Color Of Whisky.

"a query about Scotch whisky"
writes II. p. NJ, els, does color indi-
cate age?" Theoretically it should;
actually 1t does not. Whisky is stored
in sherry casks to mature and takes
color from the wood. Sherry, how
ever. covers a wide range of shades,
and a spirit stored In a cask which
had held a pale variety would OBJ
viously not be colorcd to the same
extent as q spirit stored for a like
time In cask that had previously
held q dark-bTown wine, though az
regards maturing both would be equal
" improved The general public,
however. could never he got TO under
stand that two bottles OF whisky diff.
fering In color were absolutely iden
tical in every essential point, and
therefore most brands maintain stan
dard Of color by means of harmless
coloring ingredient. namely, burnt
suger." --Lordon World.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
10000 plants for 1ee.

This is a remarkable offer the John
A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis,
makes. They will send you their big
plant and seed catalog, together with
enough seed to grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages.
1000 delicious Carrots.
1000 blanching, nutty Celery.
1000 rich, buttery Lettuce.
1000 splendid onions.
1000 rare, luscious Radishes.
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer Is made in order to
induce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you
will grow no others, and
ALL FOR BUT 16c POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice,
and If you will send them zoe In post
age, they will add to the above pack
age of the famous Berliner Cauliflower.
wv. N. W
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
by HAYDEN CARRUTH.

1t was the Dominie's turn to tell a
story. COR you can sing song II
you prefer" suggested the Judge with
Suave air.
cor l dare say you would accept a
cake-walk," returned the Dominic, as
ne arched his eyebrows and looked
around at the company.
WED prefer it," said the Colonel
promptly. "Ill touch up the piano
with a little ragtime."
II refuse to crafty your scandal
Gus wishes" replied the Dominic
stoutly. "Ill not only tell story. but
III see that there is a moral tackled
on as becomes one of my CLOTH
Cant you give us the moral first,
then we won't have to be dreading
it?" asked the Judge.
Eyes. I'm willing to do that. The
y moral is: Beware of selfishness, lest
you be hoist with your own lyddite
shell. 1t all happened up at my town
last fall There's widow living
there who has three daughters, very
estimable young ladies, but, alas. the
two older are exceedingly selfish.
They are both somewhat farther along
in life than the average unmarried
woman-I don't know how old they
are-I hope I'm too much of gentle
man to know anything about lady's
age--but just for the sake of the
story we'll call one of them slightly
over thirty and the other slightly un.
der. The third daughter I'm willing to
come out boldly and call twenty
we're on safer ground when we get
down in that neighborhood. you know.
And better yet, this girl is one of the
most unselfish creatures in the world.
She is, in fact, a most charming girl
in every way, with pretty face and
quiet, unassuming manner which
Gnever fails to win with it's simple
charm. If she has any failing it is
that of too great humility and an in
clination to allow herself to be i'm
posed upon. But probably this has
= been brought about largely by her be-
ing constantly domineered over by her
older sisters. There is, | believe. a
sort of unwritten law among women
that daughters must marry in rotation
according to age, though instances of
rebellious younger sisters who marry
before their elders are common
enough But certainly in this case
Dorothy. which Wen name the young
est, had not the least idea OF ever
doing anything SO improper. It might
seem. to her that her Older sisters had
had fair chance, and that they
were Internationally long in getting
out of the way, but still she was pa
tient and willing to wait.
Indeed, Dorothy was very closely
looked after by her mother and older
sisters, and little opportunity was ever
given her even remotely to contem
plate the idea of marriage. 1t was
not until last fall that anything in
the guise of a man was allowed to
approach within hailing distance
Then she Vas given the privilege OF
receiving some circumspect calls from
a neighboring young man named Har
ry Lambert He's one of the bes
young fellows in town, only year OF
two older than Dorothy and altogether
desirable in every way. During The
fall he was accustomed to droI
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23


No reason why any reader
Should suffer in the face or evil
dence like this
I Mrs. Almira A. Jackson, or East
Front ST., Traverse City. Mich, says:
For twenty years never knew what
It was to have good health. Every
physician consulted said / had liver
trouble, but their medicines did me no
good. Just before l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills l was almost par
alyzed. could hardly stand on my
feet because of the numbness and
lack of circulation. Had knife been
thrust into my kidneys the pain could
not have been more intense. My sleep
was disturbed by visions Of distorted
figures, the kidney secretions were
annoyingly irregular and l was tor
tured with thirst and always bloated.
I used seven boxes of Doan's Kidney
Pills. The bloating subsidized until
weighed one hundred pounds less,
could sleep like child and was re-
lieved of the pain and the Irregular
ity of the kidney action. My circula-
ton is good and feel better in every
way"
A FREE TRIAL OF this great kid
ney medicine Which cured Mrs. Jack
son will be mailed on application to
any part of the United States. Ad-
dress Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N.
Y. For sale by all druggists. price
SO cents per box.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23

ularly paying court to Elizabeth, the
oldest, for number Of years. Mr..
William Jackson has been doing the
same by Ruth, the second daughter.
don't know why, but the progress of
Messrs. Edgewater and Jackson has
been exceedingly slow. They have
called with clocklike regularity every
Sunday evening, but the joyous wed.
ding bells have refused to ring.
$50 during the fall things ran on
as l have indicated. each of the young
men finding happiness in the com.
pany of the lady Of his choice every
Sunday evening. But with the ap.
proach of cold weather the prospect
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
500 Reward. 500.

Tho readers of this paper Will be pleased 60 learn
that there IL at least dreaded disease that science
has been able to In ali Its stages, and That Is
Cetarrh. Hairs Catarrh euro IS the only positive
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Address f. j. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, I5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23

Another new thing. Can be cut SIX
times during a season and sprouts
again with lightning rapidity. Next to
Salzer's Teosinte it will make more
green fodder than anything else; cheap
as dirt and grows everywhere.
OF Salzer's Renovation Grass Mixture.
Just the thing for dying out pastures
and meadows, Mr.. L.. Rappold, East
Park. Ga, writes, 81 sowed. Salzers
Grass Mixture on soil so poor two men
could not raise a fuss on It, and In
forty-one days after sowing l had the
-randest stand of grass In the county.
Salzer's Grass Mixtures sprout QUICK
Iy and produce enormously. l~'oVV
barrels choice Seed Potatoes.
sALzER's NEW NATIONAL OATS.
Here is a winner, prodigy, mar
vel, enormously prolific, strong.
healthy. vigorous, producing In thirty
states from $50 to 300 bu. per acre. You
had best SOW a lot of It, Mr.. Farmer.
I'm 1904, and in the fall sell 1t to your
neighbors ut 81 n bu. for seed.
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS
10 the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La
crosse. WIS.,. and receive In return
their big catalog and lots OF farm seed
samples free. CIV. N. W
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-04-23
Air Resistance to Trains.

Experiments made by the scientists
appointed for the purpose by the
French government show that the re-
sistance of the atmosphere to the mo-
ton of high-speed train often
amounts to half the total resistance
which the locomotive must overcome.