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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-06-02


Some of the lawless element of
the State made a raid on Tallalah,
La, Tuesday night in style, they
chartered special train in Mon
roe and proceeded to Tallulah,
broke open the Jail and took there
from Robert T. Rogers, a white
man accused of having murdered
another white man, and hanged
him to a telegraph pole. This
style of mob law has raisa The
indignation of the authorities, The
people and Gov. Blanchard who
has ordered that a compkte and
thorough investigation fthe case
regardless of the trouble or ex-
pOnse.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-06-02

and residing in their own locality.
before whom they can readily 'ap-
pear for redress.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31

KING OF ITALY STlNCY?
Royal Couple Live in Accordance
with Severe Lessons of
Economy.

Romans have n criticism to make
is that he does not live like a king. His
wife's democratic manne form d
strange contrast To the etiquette which
still surrounds her mother-in-law,
Queen Margherita, while the king
himself, when he appears in public,
ton which causes the admirers of his
father, the late King Humbert, to
shake their heads in mournful
prophecy.
AS a matter of fact, Queen Helena
learned the severe lesson of economy
at the frugal court of her father, Mich
olas of Montenegro, while the king had
too many shocking examples Of prodi-
gality left him by his father and grand
father ever TO feel inclined to follow
in their footsteps.
Just now, King Emmanuel is being
blamed by the Romans for having
shirked the first of the two court balls,
which he annually holds, at the Quiri-
nal. The censure is unjust, for the
court went into mourning on account
OF the death OF King Christian, and the
king was o to blame ii the first ball
had to be postponed. 1t was later Civ
en-, but with less than the usual cere-
mOny. The second ball also took phase
as usual on the last day of the carnival,
but the voices of pessimists continue
TO be heard.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31
for Information of Policies.
The Prudential
Insurance Co. of America.
HOME OFFICE,
NEWARK. n. j.


JOHN +. DRYDEN, President.
LESLIE d. WARD, Vice President.
FORREST f. DRYDEN, I'd Vice President
JACOB f. WARD, Sd Vice President.
WILBUR S. JOHNSON, 4th Vice President
and Comptroller
RICHARD d. LINDABURY, Genl Counsel
EDWARD GRAY, Secretary.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31
SEA GULlS AS PIRATES.
They Will Steal Like Politicians and
Commit Murder Like Sea
RoverS.

There may be an advantage in birds
living in colonies, but | cannot see
how any other birds would want to
I've near a colony of gulls, says a
writer in The World To-day. A gull
in his country will steal like a
politician and murder like a pirate.
They swarm about us like vultures
after a battle. The minute our APP
proach drove a murre Or cormorant
from its nest, the sanity looking seal
awags swooped down to eat the eggs
and young. While the gulls are free
hooters and robbers on the island, it
is only when other birds are frightened
IRON their nests that they have a
chance to carry on their nefarious
trade. Eternal vigilance is the price
The latter pay for their eggs and young.
Except when they are frightened by
approach of some person, their pos
sessions are never left for an instant
without a guard. But the fittest man
age to survive on the rocks, and these
Sulls are the most useful birds in the
bays and rivers about the waterfronts
of our cities. They are valuable as
scayensers and should be protected in
every way. Three of them are equal
to a buzzard. Ten of these gulls are
equal to a pig.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31
Weiohine The World.

This world is to be weighed once
more, doubts being entertained by
scientists as TO the accuracy of previ-
Il estimates; but whether the error
be Il case of short weight or over
weight has yet to be settled. An eX-
petition is to set out TO Egypt, where
the great pyramid will be utilized by
the Investigators. First, the weight of
the pyramid will be ascertained, and
then the weight Of the earth estimated
from its proportionate size. The
swinging of %pendulums will be the
gauge. From the force eXerted by the
pyramid in pulling the swinging pen
dulum from its atura course the
weight of the pyramid can be esti-
mated, and that OF the earth-the exact
size of which is known, can then be
calculated easily.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31
CATCH COLD
Left in a Chilly Atmos-
phere.

The employer looked on with a puz-
zled expression while the new stem
ographer carried the typewriter across
the room and placed it on ii chair in
the immediate neighborhood OF Il
steam radiator, says Inc New Yo"A
Press.
III be ready in just a minute. Mr..
L." She said. The typewriter got
cold while the heat was turned eff and
it sticks dreadfully.'
Does the cold affect them" he
asked. That's something new"
Yes, sir. | find that it does, very
much. Some machines regularly take
cold if left long in Il cold It's
especially hard on old machines that
are pretty well worn, making them
very Interchangeable sometimes. I've
known the cold to remain in an old
one until it had been several hours in
& warm room, when it gradually be-
came better: but usually a machine
yields to three or four minutes of
warmth
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31

The best safeguard against headache,
constipation and liver troubles is De\Yitt's
Little Early Risers. They don't grippe.
Sold by c. A. Sexton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31
Demand for Laborers.

Labor is so scarce in New Zealand
that the government of that colony
has asked its high commission in Lon
don TO find in England and send out
1000 laborers for the construction of
a new railway in the North island.
Three years work are guaranteed
and inducements will be offered them
TO remain permanently. There is also
great demand for agricultural labor
ers in western Australia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31
Y0u.CAn Be THE JUDGE

Of our laundry work instead of taking
our word for it by this simple proceed
ure: Let us know, by calling, dropping
us a postal, sending us a messenger or
phoning us that you wan a sample lot
washed, starched and ironed and re-
turned to your Joor. We will collect
the goods, do the work and return the
finished wearing apparel Then you
shall decide whether or not You fancy
our style of laundering. Fair, isn't it
We also do CARPET CLEANING.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on
Tuesday, The third day of April in
the year n thousand, nine hundred
and six, at the hour of half past ten
o'clock in the forenoon of that day,
or as soon thereafter as the court
can attend to the same, / will apply
to the Circuit Court of the County of
Middlesex at the Court House in the
City of New Brunswick, for the ap-
pointment of three commissioners,
freeholders and residents of the City
of Perth Amboy, to estimate and
assess the benefits of lands in the
vicinity of the new sewer laid in
Kearny avenue and Lewis street to
connect with the sewer in State
street, in the City of Perth Amboy
in the County of Middlesex and State
of New Jersey.
Dated Maych II, 1906.
CHARLES G. HOMMANN,
ATTORNEY for iCty of Perth Amboy.
7~14-3-t9-12t
Subscribe for the NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31
Menu of the EAGLE.

The voraciLy OF the eagle is a we'll
known fact, but it has been left 10 4
Swiss hunter TO define exactly the Va
riations which take place in its daily
sled with an eaglet, he found a hare.
freshly killed; II chamois' feet, fou!
pigeons feet, 30 pheasants' feet, II
heads of fowls, Is heads of grouse, and
the remnants of rabbits, marmots AMI
squirrels.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31
Coin for Mexico.

The Mexican government lately COLI
Guided a contract with the Philadelphia
mint for the coinage of about 81, 900
worth of gold which Mexico has been
accommodating for about two years.
me mint has already begun coming
Sl,ooo,ooO on a rush order. Since the
establishment of the gold standard 10
that country the capacity OF their
minis has been overtaxed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31
London Telephone Calls

Presiding III the half yearly meeting
of shareholders in the National Tele-
phone company Sir Henry Fowler said
the number of messages transmitted
during 1905 was 1858 900 900. TO I'M
derstand these figures shareholders
should know that the number OF in
land kilograms transmitted by the
post Office vas only SS,001,000
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31
Mems Suits, 7.50

i'll all wool cassimeres, chevi-
OTIS and worsteds, coats cut long
and made up-to-date in every
respect, a bargain at. 80
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-31

The greatest line in town at
this price. The fabrics COM
prise all the latest designs in
worsteds, cheviots, cassimeres
and fancy mixed suitings, value
1900, a bargain at 49,. 90
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-08

In America we think we are football
crazy because we have a few big college
games during October and November OF
each year. In Great Britain the football
habit is something that abides, the same
as the tea habit.
We are hysterical for about a month
and then we forget the game unless we
belong to the minority that is trying TO
debrutalize 1t and reduce the death rate
Here it was, February in London, and
on the first Saturday after our arrival
forty-five association games and thirty
eight Rugby games were reported In the
London papers. At sixteen of the prin-
cipal associa ton games the total attend
ance was over 100000, and the actual re-
ceipts at these same games amounted 10
about s45 600. There were two games at
each of which the attendance was over
80 600. with the receipts exceeding soooo.
y very conservative estimate of the total
attendance at the games played on TINS
Saturday would be 5O0.0oO In other
words, on one Saturday afternoon IN
February the attendance at footoan
games was equal TO the total attendance
at all Of the big college games during
an entire season In the United states
The game. to which MIR. Peasley con-
Quoted us was played in rather inciement
weather-that is, inclement London
weather-which means that 1t was the
most terrible day that the imagination
can picture-a dark. chilly. drippy Day
with frequent downpours of ice. This is
a mistake. We obtained it by the hogs
head.
In spite Of the fact that the weather
was bad beyond description. 1900 spec
tators attended the game and saw 1t
through to watery finish.
Mr.. Peasley looked on and was much
disappointed He said they used too
many players and the number of fatal
tiles was not at all In keeping with the
advertised Importance of the game. 1t
was a huge crowd. but the prevailing
spirit OF solemnity worried Mr.. Peasley.
He spoke to native standing alongside
of him and asked: Whats the matter
with you folks over here? Don't you
know how TO back up a team? Where
are all OF your flags and ribbons, your
tally-hos and tin horns? Is this a foot
ball game or a funeral?
''Why should one wear ribbons at
football game?' asked the Englishman.
Might as well put a little ginger into
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-08

the exercises" suggested Mr.. Psaslsy.
do you sing during the gamer
Heavens. no. Singf Why should one
sing during a football game? What Is the
connection between vocal music and an
outdoor pastims of this character7" n
You ought to 20 to a game In IcwB
City We sing till we're black In the
facial about Eat 'em up, boys. XIII
'em in their tracks and sBuckin' through
the line What's the use Of coming to
a game II you stand around all afternoon
and don't take part? Have you got any
yells?'
What are thoseT"
"Can you beat thatr' asked Mr. Peas
ley turning to Us. "A footoaH game
without any yellsP
The game started. BY straining our eyes
we could make cut through the deep gioora
some thirty energetic young men. very
lightly clad. splashing about In all direc-
tions and kicking in all sorts OF ainnless
directions. Mr.. Peasley said II was
mighty poor excuse for football. No ons
was knocked out; there was no bucking
the line; there didn't even seem to be q
doctor in evidence We could not follow
the fine points of the contest. Evidently
some good plays were being made. for
OCCASIONALLY a low, growing sound-a
concrete murmur-would arise from the
multitude banked along the side lines.
What is the meaning Of that sound
they are making?" asked Mr.. Peasley.
turning to the native standing alongside
of him
They are cheering was the reply.
They are what?''
- Cheering.
Great Scott, Do you call that cheer
ing? At home. when he want to en-
courage the boys we get up on our hind
legs and make a noise that you can
hear in the next township. We put
cracks in the azure dome. Cheering.
Why, a game of croouet in the court
house yard is eight times as thrilling
as this thing. Look at those fellows
Juggling the ball with their feet. Why
doesn't somebody pick it up and bUtt
through that crowd and start a little
rough work.?
The native gave Mr.. Peasley one
hopeless look and moved away.
Soon after that we saw large sec2
ton of the crowd moving over toward q
booth at one end of the grounds Fir.
PeasIey hurried after them, thinking
that possibly some one had started
fight on the side and that his love OF
excitement might be gratifed after all
Presently he returned in a state of deep
disgust.
are fiockfn' over there?" he asked Co
in after their tea Tea. Turnin their
backs on football game to go and get
a cup of tea! Why that tea thing over
there Is worse than the opium habit.
DO YOU know. when the final Judgment
day comes and Gabriel blows his horn
and all of humanity is punched up.
waitin' for the sheep to be cut out from
the goats and put into a separate cor
raj some Englishman VIII look at his
watch and discover that It's o'clock
and then the whole British nation Will
turn it's back on the proceedings and
90 off lookin' for tea.
After we had stood in the rain for
about an hour some one told Mr.. Peas
lev that one team or the other had won
by three goals to nothing. and we fol-
lowed the moist throng out through the
big gates.
Come with me-" said Mr.. Peasley.
"and I will take you to this only dry
place in London
So we descended to the ''tuppenny
tube"
Copyright, 1905, by George Ade.)
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-08
~@ BY GEORGE ADJ e

Wait till you get to London. You'll think
you're right back among your friends in
Decatur"
Ii was too early in the morning for the
reception committee, but there was po-
llceman-one solitary, water logged, sad
eyed policeman-waiting lonesomely on
dock as the tender came alongside. He
stood by the gangplank and scrutinized
US carefully as we filed ashore The
Illinois man looked about for the trium-
phal arch, but could not find it. Mr.
Peasley explained that they had taken
it in on account of the rain.
While the passengers were kept herded
into a rather gloomy waiting room the
trunks and larger baggage were brought
ashore and sorted out according TO the
alphabetical labels in an adjoining room
to await the customs examination. When
the doors opened there was rush some
what like the opening of an Oklahoma
reservation In ten minutes the trunks
had been passed and were being trun-
died out to the special train. Above
the babble of voices and the rattle of
wheels sarose the sounds of lamentation
and modified cuss words. Mr.. Peasley
could not find his trunk. 1t was not
with the baggage marked "P.' 1t was
not in the boneyard. or the discard, or
whatever they called the heap of un-
marked stuff piled UP at one end of the
room. 1t was not anywhere.
The other passengers. intent upon their
private troubles. paved over their pos
sessions and handed out shillings right
and left and followed the line of trucks
out to the luggage vans" and Mr.. Peas
ley was left alone, still demanding
his trunk The station agent and many
porters ran hither and thither, looking
in all sorts of impossible places, while
the locomotive bell rang warningly and
the guard begged Mr.. Peasley to get
aboard If he wished to go to London.
Mr. Peasley took off his hat and leaned
HIS head back and howled for his trunk.
The train started and Mr.. Peasley, after
inomentary indecision, made a running
leap into our midst. There were six Of
US in a small padded cell. and five of the
six listened for the next fifteen minutes
to a most picturesque and impassioned
harangue on the subject of the general
ineficiency of German steamships and
English railways.
Evidently the trunk was not sent
ashore some one suggested to Mr. Peas
ley. "If the trunk did not come ashore
you could not reasonably expect the sta
ton officials to find it and put It aboard
the train.
But why didn't it come ashore?'
demanded Mr.. Peasley. Every one on
the boat knew that I was going to get
Off at Plymouth. 1t was talked about
all the way over. Other people got
their trunks, didn't they? Have you
heard of any German being shy a
trunk? Has anybody else lost anything
No: they went over the passenger lis.
and said, If we must hold out trunk
on any one, let's hold it out on Peas
ley-good thing Peasley."
Are you sure it was put on board al
Hoboken?" he was asked.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-08

to publicly pose as a barbarian The man
who affects a Tuxedo might as well
wear Z sweater. In fact, 1t would be
better for him If he did wear sweater.
for then people would understand that
he was making no effort to dress: but
when he puts on a bobtail he conveys the
impression that he is trying to be correct
and doesn't understand the rules.
An Englishman begins to blossom about
half-past D. m. The men seen in the
streets during the day seem a pretty
dingy lot compared with well-dressed
stream along Fifth avenue. Many of
the tall hats bear faithful resemblance
to fur caps The trousers bag and the
coat collars are punched In the rear, and
all the shoes seem about Two sizes too
large. Occasionally you see a man on his
way to train and he wears shapeless
Dag OF garment made OF some loosely
woven material that looks like gunnysack,
with a cap that resembles nothing SO
much as a welsh rabbit that has
spread" To complete the picture, he
carries a horse blanket. He thinks that
it is a rug, but it isn't; 1t is a horse
blanket.
If the EngliShman dressed for travel
is the most sloppy of all civilized be-
fhgs, so the Englishman in his night
regalia is the most correct and ire
rroachable of mortals. He can wear
evening clothes without being conscious
of the fact that he is dressed up. The
trouble with the ordinary American
who owns an open-faced suit Is that
he wears 1t only about once a month
Mr. Peasley was greatly rejoced to
learn one day that he could attend a
football game without wearing spe-
cial uniform. So he went out TO see
non-bTutal game played according to
the association rules The gentle pas
time known as football in America is a
modification and overdevelopment oi
the Rugby game as played In Great
Britain. The association. or "socker'
game, which is now being introduced
In the United States as counter-i irri-
tant for the old-fas shioned form or man
slaughter, is by far the more popular
In England. The Rugby association Is
waning in popularity, not because OF
any outcry against the character OF the
player or any talk of brutality but
because the British public has more
abiding fondness for the association
game.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-08

Sure thing. l checked it myself. or,
rather, / got a fellow that couldn't
speak any English to check 1t for me.
Then saw 1t was lowered into the eel
lar, or the subway, or whatever you
call it,"
Did you get a receipt for it?"
You bet l did, and right here she
is"
He brought out congested card
case and fumbled over lot of papers.
and finally unfoIded receipt about the
size of one sheet poster. On top was
n number and beneath it said in red
letters at least two inches tall, This
baggage has been checked to Ham
burg
We called Mr.. Peasleys attention to
the reading matter, but he said it was
a mistake, because he had been intend
ing all the time TO get off at Plymouth
Nevertheless, your trunk has gone
to Hamburg" he was told.
Where is Hamburg
I'm Germany The Teuton who
checked your baggage could not by
any effort of the imagination conceive
the possibility of a person starting for
anywhere except Hamburg. In two days
your trunk will be lying on dock in
Germany
We'll, there's one consolation" OBJ
served Mir. Peasley. "the clothes in that
When he arrived in London he began
wiring for the trunk in several Ian
guages After two days came a mes
sage couched in Volapuk or some
other hybrid combination, which led
him to believe that his property had
been started for London.
Mr.. Peasley spent a week in the world s
metropolis with no clothes except a
knockabout travelling outfit and what he
called his Tuxedo, although over here
they say dinner Jacket" In Chicago or
Omaha Mr.. Peasley could have got along
for a week without any embarrassment
to himself or others. Even In New York
the Tuxedo" outfit would have carried
him through, for 1t is regarded as a pass
able apology for evening dress, provided
the wearer wishes to advertise himself as
a lonesome stag" But in London there
is no compromise. In every hotel lobby
or dining room, every restaurant, theater
or music hall, after the coaguiated fog
of the daytime settles into the Opaque
gloom of night, there is but one style OF
dress for any mortal who does not wish
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-08

We aid not expect 10 have Mr. Peasley
with as IN London He planned TO hurry
"a TO Paris. but he has been waiting here
for his trunk to catch up with him. The
story Of the trunk Will come later.
AS TIC steamed into Plymouth Harbor
on damp and overcast Sabbath morning
Mr. Peasley stood on the topmOst deck
and gave encouraging information to a
man from Central Illinois who was on his
frs trip abroad Mr.. Peasley had been
over for six weeks in 1895, and that gave
him license to DO the 'old traveller" spe-
cialty.
IN beginning a story he would say, 4
remember once 1 was crossing on the
Dmbria or possibly. THAT reminds me
OF funny thing I once saw in Munich -
IIe did not practice TO deceive, and yet
he gave strangers the imprs ssion that he
had crossed on the Umbrla possibly
twelve or fourteen times and had spent
years in Munich.
The Illinois man looked up to Mr.. Peas
ley as modern Marco Polo. tand Mr..
Peasley proceeded to unbend TO him.
a few years ago Americans were very
unpopular in England" said Mr.. Peasley.
Every one Of them was supposed to have
a dynamite bomb or a bunch of mining
stock IN his pocket. All that is changed
noW--alI changed. As we come up to the
dock in Plymouth you will notice just
beyond the station a large triumphal arch
Of evergreen bearing the words Welcome.
American Possibly the band will not
be out this morning, because It is Sunday
and the weather is threatening, but the
reception committee will be on hand. II
we can take time before starting for Lon
don no doubt committee from the Com
nercial Club Will haul US around in open
carriages TO visit the public buildings
and breweries and other points Of inter
est And you'll find that your money is
counterfeit out here. No use talkin',
we're all one people-just Ike brothers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-08

HE foregoing is a very
new specimen of Eng
lish music hall humor.
Mr.. Peasley thinks it
is the best thing he
has heard since he
struck London. and he
has seen a play by
Henry Arthur Jones
and attended services
at St. Paul's. After
going to the music
hall three times he
succeeded in get
ting the words. and he
is now working on the
air.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-08

There was T. a-waitin at the church,
Wsitin' at tho church,
Waftin' at tie church.
= hen ! found he'd left me il the lurch,
Lord. how 1t did unset mel
All a. cnce he sent around note,
Here's the very note,
This is what he wrote:
Can't get away 70 marry you today
Ny vile won't let me"