davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-05-28
An Open Letter.

From the Chaplin. S. c.. News: Early
IN the spring my wife and were taken
with diarrhoss aud 80 severe were the
psins that We called q physician who
prescribed for ms. but hts medicines fail
I'd TO give any relief. A friend who had
= bottle Of Chamberiain's Collie, Cholera
and Disrrhoea Remedy on hand gave
each Of dose and at once felt the effects.
| procured bottle and before using the
entire contents We were entirely cured.
e h wonderful remedy and should be-
found in every household. H. C. Bailey,
Editor. This remedy Is for sale BY 7. j.
Liable drugsist.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-05-28

they can influence and control
a few votes. are elected to Offices
they cannot intelligently fill.
Often members of the police
juries and school boards cannot
even sign their names, and some
who can scratch their names on
paper, are not better equipped in
tellectually to fill public positions.
Those unqualified Office seekers
should 60, and if Gov. Blanchard
insist upon proof of competency
before issuing the commissioners,
he will render q great service to
the people of all the parishes.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-05-28
SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1904.
svvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
The Registration Lists.

Much discussion was had here
during the past few days regarding
The registration. and the reported
failure OF the registrar to file CO.
py of the registration list with the
Secretary of State.
The registrar is OF opinion that
he was not required to furnish a
list of the names of the voters, but
simply statement of thu number
'of voters registered under the diff
ferent qualifications such as the
grand pa, the property and educa-
tional. The law, apparently read
that way, and the registrar has in
due time filed his statement with
the Secretary of State, giving the
number of each class of voters, but
mo names.
According to the report of Ma
yor FourDet. Governor Heard was
OF the opinion that list of the
names of the voters should have
been furnished. But others think
the contrary.
The registrar has complied
with the law 10 this instance, but
we are of opinion that he had no
legal right to refuse to furnish to
Mayor Fournet poll list of the
voters of st. Martinville, and fur
nish it the Board of Supervisors;
since when is the registrar Jud &c
to pass Judgment, as to who was
legal and who was not? What
right had he to refuse to furnish a
list to the Mayor? We are of
opinion that it was his duty to
furnish both with poll list. aud
we are also of the opinion that any
citizen has a right to demand a
poll list from the registrar, certi-
tied by him, provided the work is
paid for.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-05-28

Mr.. James Simon informs us
that the rumor that he was max
ing his campaign for the Judgship
in combination with some condi-
date for the District Attorneyship
is erroneous. be has made no CON-
bination, and is making his cam
paign on bis own merits, which is
the proper spirit, we would like to
see all our political campaigns
run on the merits of the candidates
rather than zee the factional lines
drawn and the voters follow the
bosses aud cast their votes for the
factional candidates regardless of
their fitness and qualifications to
fill the Offices to which
they aspire.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-05-28
Letter to Dan w. VOORHEES,
st. Martinville

Dear Sir: The Trustees of Fair
Ground, Cobleskill, N Y, were glad
to pay Is cents gallon more for
Devoe; and no wonder. Two 9TH
err paints agents said it would take
$50 gallons of their paint to cover
the building.
Our agent put it at l25 or less.
It took lis.
We saved them IS gallons of
paint and painting (worth "a to s.
q gallon, as the painting costs two
or three times as much as the
PANTY less Is cents q gallon on
lis gallons. Say $40.
That's how to count the cost of
paint. The cost of putting it on is
50 or "a q gallon. You see what
that means. Go by Devoe.
Yours truly
F W DEvoE & Co
"a New York
T. j. Liable sells our paint.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-05-28
Qualified Justices.

Qualified Justices.
An unexpected surprise was
thrown in the camp Of the politi-
clans, when the following piece of
news came under their eyes this
week:
Gov. Blanchard to-day requested As
sistant Secretary Of State Mckinney to
notify every justice Of the peace In the
State that he must comply with the pro-
visions of act los Of 1898. II same lie
not complied with In thirty DAYS the
position will be declared vacant
and q successor appointed.
The certificate required of
the just ice Of the peace must set forth
that he can read and write English. and
that he Is Of good moral character. 1t
must be signed BY the Board Of School
Examiners Of the parish.
Act 1855 of 1898. relative to justices Of
the peace. sets forth the following re-
quiremehts:
Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the GEN.
eral Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana.
That In addition to the qualifications
prescribed by article 1875 Of the Constitu-
ton. justices Of the peace shall be able
to read and write the English language
correctly. and be citizens Of good moral
character and standing In the commu-
nifty III which they are elected or ap-
pointed to serve.
Section 9. Be 1t further enacted. etc..
That no commission shall hereafter be
issued to any person rs justice of the
peace until he shall have filed In the
ONCE Of the Governor or Secretary Of
State. . certificate signed BY the Board
Of School Examiners. showing that be
possesses all Of the qualifications requi-
red Of him by law"
We have also seen on another
paper that no commissions will be
issued to police jurors, unless they
file proof of their competency to
ill the position.
Gov. Blanchard seems we'll dis
posed to get rid of those little
"shoo-ily" politicians who are too
stupid to know they are too igno-
rant to fill Offices. But who think
q great deal of themselves; inAa-
ted and swell headed by the fat
terry of the politicians because
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-05-28

DIR. w. ]. Rhymes who left
here last year on account of failing
health came here this week. The
Doctor has improved, and has de-
eide to take his permanent resi-
dence in New Mexico, he is now
packing his furnitures and in q
few days, with bis wife, will leave
rs, to make their home in the ter
ritory where the climate is more
congenial to the health of the Doc
tor.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13
How rrouser. Came to d. Popular.

How Trousers Came to be Popular.
Trousers came into use Tor general
weLr with tie French revolution. The
gentlemen, the supporters Of royalty
and sound constitutional principles,
wore breeches. The "sans culottes,"
who denounced every one who wore
breeches, finally went beyond their op-
ponents and wore twice as much cloth
around their legs-in word, adopted
the modern trousers and made them
the badge of party. Napoleon, who
was too thin ut one period Of his life
and too stout ut another to look his
best In small clothes, nevertheless wore
them on state occasions after he had
been crowned emperor. His army was
the first that wore trousers, and they
kept progress step by step with the
march of the French legions.
The French trousers were seen In
Egypt, in Spain, in Italy, in Germany.
In Poland and in Russia, and with
them the neat gaiter. People thought
that the manner In which great con-
Quering nation clad its legs was the
correct model, and when the trousers
wearers marched over the wearers Of
pigtails and knee breeches ut Jena and
Auerstadt q decision was given from
which the world did not care to ap-
neal
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13

but that knew before, and know not
any better now. and l love thee no
better now. And I would have been
thine in any case"
II am still convict, sweetheart"
said, but. fear, weakly.
Harry" she cried out, thou wilt not
let that stand betwiXt us now?
How can l let thee wed with con-
vict if love thee?" said. "And know
you not that this letter Of my Lord
Ealing's clears me not legally?'
"That | know" she answered, frown-
ing, because thy brother hath con-
suited half the lawyers in England ere
he came. know that, my poor Harry,
but what is that to us?'
81 cannot let thee wed convict, a
man with his honor stained, dear
heart" said.
Then she fixed her blue eyes upon
mine with such look as never / saw
in mortal woman. She knew ut that
time what sentence had been fixed
upon me for my share in the tobacco
riot, but did not know, and then and
there she formed such a purpose as
sure no maid, however great her love
for man, formed before.
Wait and see what manner of WON,
an she is who loves thee, Harry" she
said.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13
JERSEYS For Profit.

While the experts are figuring out all
the details of the great dairy demon,
stration held at st. Louis last summer,
which takes time, that part of the pub
lie interested are eagerly awaiting the
official results. Some figures are already
at hand, however, from reliable sources,
In Test "A"-herds and individual COWS
entered for demonstrating the economic
pi oduction of butterfat and butter-the
Jersey herd is far in the lead, with
the Holsteins second As there were 2j
JERSEYS and but Is Holsteins entered in
this test, it is necessary, for comparison
to take the average net profit per cow
The Jersey herd yielded during the one
hundred and twenty days, 124 ,524.2 lbs
milk, containing 5,Sl0.69 lbs. fat, equiva.
lent to 9, ,S44 90 lbs. butter, which, valued
at 25 cents per pound, amounts to ST.
7ll.25. The feed consumed cost S722.40,
leaving net profit to the credit of the
Jersey herd of s9SS.S5, or a profit OF
$50. 80 per COW for the 120 days.
The net profit of the Holstein herd is
S43S, or $40 per cow. Thus the Jerseys
have surpassed the Holsteins as profit
able buttermakers by $40 per head.
In regard to the relative standing OF
individual COWS, four Jerseys lead all the
herds in net profit, while the best Hol
stein comes fifth, followed by ten Jer
seys. In the best fifteen COWS there is
but one Holstein; in the twenty leading
cows there are but three Holsteins.
The figures given may be somewhat
modified by the final official computa
,ions, but no material alteration is like
Ily. What has been demonstrated in
Test "a" is plainly-"Jerseys fol
profit. Cor. in Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13
The Defiant Tomato.

at hns happened to me several
times in my llfe," says Thomas e
Watson in Bethany, Ito be arrested
convicted and sentenced to dine with
other well dressed convicts. male and
female, ut swell dinner-one Of those
formal functions where solemn fun
kics bring you one thing only to eat ut
time. When you have pecked awhile
ut that one thing, whatever 1t may be-
solemn flunkies take 1t away and bring
you another plate and some other thing
to peck ut awhile.
Sometimes it happens that this one
thing is a big, defiant looking tomato.
To sit In ones chair, gazing at the
last course which the tiunky has just
put on; to realize that this entire
course consists Of solitary tomato.
looking fiercely red and raw; to glance
along the table and to realize that ali
the convicts, male and female, have
one tomato apiece and are trying to
look cheerfully ut the convict boss
the host-has overwhelmed me every
time 1t got the chance. The scene Is
heartrendipg."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13
Marketing the Crop.

DR.. Twitchell, in an able paper or
"Our Markets." took the ground that
fewer varieties of apples should be plant
ed in Maine, and that more attention
should be paid to having good color,
backed by quality, together with bet.
ter size and shape. The box he con-
sidered preferable to the barrel as u
package, and he would use only the best
apples put up attractively.
In regard to the determination OF the
gypsy and brown tailed moths, he
thought it obligatory upon the state to
take the financial part of the matter in
charge, and discussion by the society
should be followed by some organized
movement to this end, else it were well
nigh useless. :.
He said that there should be fruit
marks act whereby the correct branding
of fruit would be assured, which, to be
thoroughly effective should be national
legislation in this direction he consider
ed desirable. He read the requirements
of similar act in Canada and spoke oi
the excellent results therefrom.
Taking up the subject of fairs he spoke
of the large premiums awarded in the
races and of the small amounts offered
for fruits and flowers. He advised that
the matter be taken up by the society
Pursuant to the suggestions offered,
committees were appointed before the
close of the session to look after the
points in question.
Professor MunsOn urged upon the
assembly the Importance of a broad
agricultural education, as working in the
old ruts is largely responsible for the
young men of the rural communities
leaving the farm for other employments.
Tribune Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13
Father and Daughter.

Is there any fairer relationship in the
wide world than this between father
and young daughter? Its only rivals
are the ties between mother and son.
mother and daughter and father and
son. To the budding womanhood that
skips and pranks beside him the settled
man Of affairs betrays the shy chivalry
that, so long as he retains the inno-
cence OF his affections, nestles ut his
heart. For her lie remembers again
the gallant days Of his youth he quotes
poetry, brings out for her amused and
affectionate inspection dreams and
hopes long laid by in the cedar chests
of memory. For her sake he goes
again into society. consents to dress for
dinner, is careful of his manners and
his speech. The graces Of life trail
into his consciousness with the soft
swish of her lengthening skirts.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13
The Golden Corn,

The National grange led by that loyal
friend of agriculture, Gov. Bachelor OF
New Hampshire, wisely, we think,
adopted for its national floral emblem
the Indian corn, thus recognizing the
supreme value of this important article
of food for man and beast and also set
ting its mark of approval on that which
comes only as the result of the skill and
labor of the farmers. A few years ago
and even the members of the oranges
were led to endorse the goldenrod as a
state emblem and in some sections the
field daisy was advocated. That such
movements resulted from impulse was
readily to be seen and because the weed
selected was without intrinsic worth
and did not represent thought, purpose
or labor on the part Of any one, it was
soon forgotten. Now the patrons will
have a floral emblem which has some
significance. 1t speaks not alone of the
results of honest labor but Of life for the
masses as we'll as animals. No more
appropriate emblem could have been
selected and the members of the National
grange proved their loyalty to the in
dustry which called the order into ex
istence, by promptly adopting the gold
en- corn.-Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13
Parson Downs unfolds
his evil news

"Why, confound it, Harry" he cried.
~ tell thee, lad. do not look so. Hadst
thou killed Rob Waller instead of
wounding him it would have been thy
life instead of thy pride thou hadst
forfeited"
81 wish to God l hadw | burst out,
yet duly. for still only half realized
1t all.
"Nay, Harry" declared the parson,
"thy life is of more moment than thy
pride, and as to that, what will 1t hurt
thee to sit in the stocks an hour or 80
for such a cause? Twill be forgot IN
a weeks time. pray thee, have some
Burgundy, Harry; twill put some life
into thee"
"'Twill never be forgot by me-" said
I and indeed it never has been. and
I know not why 1t seemed then ano
seems now of finer sting of bitterness
than my transportation for theft.
Presently |. growing fully alive to the
state of the matters, wrought up my,
self into such fever Of wrath and re-
monstrance that it was a wonder that
my wounds did not open. swore tha,
submit to such an indignity l would
not: that all the authorities In the
colony should not force me to sit In
the stocks; that would have my life
first, and l looked about wildly for my
own sword or pistols, and seeing them
not besought the parson for his. he
strove in vain to comfort me. / was
weakened by my wounds and there
was. / suppose. something of fever still
lingering in my veins for all the bleed
ing, and for q space l was like q mad
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13
Catherine throws herself
on the floor Of Harrys cell

in the opinion Of the family, to stran'
gers it cleared me not ut all, for who
was to know for what reason l had
entered GATHERINGS chamber and took
and secreted that ring Of his lordship's!
Strict silence had maintained, and so
had Madam Cavendish all these years,
and naught in that letter would clear
me before any court Of law. Catherine
being the only one whose innocence
was made plain, could now tell my
story with no fear of doing her harm,
but let those believe my part Of it who
would! Still may say here that ]
verify believe that was at last cleared
in the minds Of all who knew me we'll
and for others cared not.
My term expired soon after that date
and though chose to remain in Vir'
ginia and not return to England. yet
nv property was restored to me. fol-
my half brother. John Chelmsford
when confronted by any gate Of injus
tice leaped it like an English gentle
man. with no ado. And yet after
heard that letter I knew that I was q
convict still. and knew that for some
would be until the end Of the chapter
and when 1 grew little stronger that
wild hope that now might have Mary
iimmed within me, for how could
,llow her to wed a man with a stair
upon his honOr7
1t was three days after this, my
brother and various others striving al
the time, but with no effect, to secure
my release. that Mary herself came tt
see me. Catherine, as l afterward dis
covered. had unlocked her chamber
door and set her free Willie her grand
mother slept, and the girl had mounted
Merry Roger and come straight to me-
not caring who knew.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13
KILLS CATARRH GERMS.

BREATHE HYoMEI AND BE CURED OF
CArARRH-CosTs NOTHING IF IT FAILS.
Breathe Hyomei for few minutes
four times day, through the neat
pocket inhaler that comes with every
outfit, and benefit will be seen at once.
Continue this treatment for short time,
and your catarrh will have been cured
by Hyomei.
There is no roundabout way in Hyo-
mei's medicinal action; il does not try to
cure disease of the head by putting
medicine in the stomach. 1t fills the all
you breathe with balsamic healing, that
sOOthes the irritated and smarting mem
brane, destroys the germs of catarrh thai
are present in the head and throat, and
is the only treatment that can be relied
upon to cure.
When using HyOmei the air you
breathe will be like that on the noun
tains high above the sea level, filled VIII
volatile, antiseptic fragrance that heals
and cures the irritated mucous mem
brane of the air passages.
This treatment has been so successful
curing 90 per cent. of all who have uset
it, that Hyomei is now sold by +. A
Shurtleff Il Co. under an absolute guar
antee to refund the money if it does no
benefit. You run no risk whatever II
buying Hyomei. If it did not posses
unusual powers to cure, it could not b'
sold upon this plan.
The complete Hyomei outfit costs 5
and comprises a hard rubber inhaler,
bottle of Hyomei and a dropper. In
inhaler will last a lifetime; and addition
al bottles of Hyomei can be obtained TO
80 cents.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13
A Slave OF Prosperity.

Mrs. Porter had married late in life
and married Il rich man after years oi
prudent scrimping and much care.
"How does Annabel look" asked one
Of Mrs. Porters old neighbors of an
other who had been visiting the bride
of n year. Does she appear salts
fed"
"Oh, yes, she's satisfied and happy
and all that" said the old friend slow
ly, "but you know folks can't get
wonted to things all Of sudden, and
so there will come times now and
again when Annabel looks as If the
kettle was bilin' over and she was
tied hand and foot so she couldn't get
to the stove. It's not for me 10 say
how she feels
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13
Fertilizers and Cover Crops

VI DeCoster, of Buckfield, raises his
own trees from seed, his staple dressing
being barnyard manure. He had an
orchard where sheep had run, and there
was not one apple in ten that was not
perfect specimen. S. II. Dawes said his
orchard is in grass land, as three-quar-
ters of the orchards of Maine are, and
never had he raised so large crop of
grass as the present year; the aftermath
formed so soft carpet that apples
dropped from the trees without injury.
He allows sheep to run in the orchard
part of the time. He raised 94S barrels
of apples and seventy of pears, and his
apples took first prize in the state ex-
hibit Mr.. Dawes stated that he bought
three tons of chemicals and mixed them
himself. This is his formula and method
of application: Nitrate of soda, $50
pounds; sulphate of ammonia, $50
pounds; sulphate of potash, $50 pounds;
acid phosphate, 220 pounds; keiseret 80
pounds. All are thoroughly mixed and
sown on the surface under the tree, out
a little farther than the limbs extend,
at the rate of ten pounds to a medium
sized tree, from May to 10, or as soon
as the blossom buds begin to open.
Professor MunsOn, in his talk OF ex-
periments and results, favored cover
crops, cultivation and high grade fertil-
izer, his formula being 8 per cent nitro
gen, s per cent potash and 6 per cent
phosphoric acid.-Tribune Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-13
To Relieve a Choking Cow.

A writer in Farming World gives the
following method to relieve a choking
COW:
Take a piece of round stick about IL
inches long, about as large around as a
pitchfork handle, open the cows mouth,
put the piece of wood crOsswise as a
bit in horses mouth, with apiece OF
small cord reaching round the head to
keep it in place as bit and bride in an
animals mouth. The work Is done,
and you need give the animal no more
attention.
1t is the great flow of saliva from the
irritation of the throat which causes
the bloating, which soon proves fatal,
and also swells whatever may be lodged
in the throat until suffocation takes
place. l have stood by an animal dan
gerously bloated, and after this treat:
ment in few minutes have witnessed
at least a gallon of slimy saliva dis
charged from the mouth, and the swell
ing entirely gone. The animal can
cough the offending obstruction out
with very little effort, when tho throat
is entirely free from saliva.-New Eng
land Farmer.