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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
North Dakota Solves the Adultera.
ton Problem.


North Dakota seems to have found
the key to the question, How shall
We protect the people from frauds in
manufactured products?" a plan
which is applicable to foods, bever-
ages, materials used in the arts, etc.
A new law has recently gone into eff
feet designed to make it impossible
to deceive people into buying inferior
and adultsfated paint under the i'm
preston that they are getting real
paint, viz: pure white lead and lin
seed oil.
The North Dakota lawmakers did
not attempt to absolutely prohibit
the inferior pigments, or mixtures OF
pigments. They adopted the slogan.
Let the label tell" and then left TO
the people to buy whichever they
wished.
Under this plan, if any one wishes
to buy a mixture of rock-dust, ground
quartz and other cheap elements
which are found in many paints and
so-called white leads" no one can
ODJCCt, AOi tACy w IL Win tdOis Cy co
open. But il they prefe, genuine
white lead and linseed oil, they can
be sure of getting it, for none but
the genuine article can bear label
which says pure white lead"
In ali other States mixtures are Of
ten sold as pure white lead which
contain little-sometimes no-real
white lead.
1t would seem that were this same
principle applied to food. beverages
and all other prepared articles. where
deception is practiced upon the buy
err, the question would be solved. 1t
would leave US free to buy what we
pleased, but would protect us from
unwittingly buying what We did not
want.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13

The newly patented elS .eric cook
Ing stove Of Professor Elihu Thomp-
son Is heavily jacketed outside with
layer of asbestos. fire-clay or min
eral wool. and is provided with a lid
Of the same character. Inside Is
placed a mass of refractory SUBJ
stance. within which is embedded q
granular resistance material. Silicon
Is recommended as a resistance ma
terial. as it has high specific re-
sistance. and acquires a suitable tenn
perature without fusing or oxidizing.
The whole interior of the stove can
be kept red hot. and 1t is anticipated
that the running cost for cooking
through the day will not be excess
sive.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13

A formidable list OF persons killed
and injured in one month by eating
adulterated food has been compiled
by current magazine. The list of
the dead include four persons who
died from eating toadsto6ls mixed
with mushrooms, three poisoned by
candy, three by wood alcohol con-
tanned in lemon extract, and many
by the same substance in whisky !;
four infected by typhoid fever germs
contained in ice cream, twin babies
poisoned by formaldehyde used to
preserve milk, and hundreds Of per-
sons poisoned by beer manufactured
from glucose. in the manufacture of
which sulphuric acid, made from an
arsenic bearing mineral has been
used. Many OF these cases were re-
ported by health officers and food
commissioners of the various States
In which they occurred.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
BY characterization. DIR. Lew.

BY Standardization, DIR. Lew
andowski. an Austrian physician.
claims to have solved the problem
OF removing troublesome scars. A
galvanic battery and an induction
coil are so connected that either the
direct or the alternating or faradic
current can be used, or both togeth-
er, and large plate electrode at the
negative pole of the coil is passed
over the scar for fifteen or thirty
minutes, another large e1ectrode at
the positive Of the battery being ap-
piled to the sacral region. In thirty
to sixty sittings the scars nearly dis
appear the disagreeable redness be-
ing quite removed, while the tissue Il
made soft and flexible. A specimen
Of about thirty bad cases successfully
treated is that of a soldier, whose
chdDt was covered on one side with
the scars of an enormous powder
urn and who had the use of his arm
restored and the scars nearly obliter-
tted.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
Monks as Chauffcurs.

The monks of the Grand St. Ber-
nard will soon make their debut as
chauffeurs.
After a struggle lasting over a
year they have received the permits
sion from the Valais and Italian au-
thorities to run a motor car service
between the hospices of Grand st.
Bernard and Simplon-their proper
ties-and Domodossola and Aosta.
The chauffeurs will be chosen
from among the monks themselves.
who will wear cowls.
The cars, which are being special
" constructed to climb the steep
gradients, will at the beginning be
employed for the transport OF sup
plies only.
Later, however. the monks intend
to start a service for tourists who
wish to visit their, hospices in the
season. - Geneva Correspondents
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
Fine Old Netherlands Repartee.

One Barend Vet of The Hague, had
recently the misfortune to call a con-
stable a monkey, an accusation which
one Of the local papers pointed out
Is being, Of course. untrue" and
which, moreover is a form Of untruth
not permitted in Holland. Vet was ar
rested and brought before the Judge
On a charge of insulting the police, /"
being sentenced to 45 days imprison-
ment Before being removed he turned
to address the court. "Then I mustn't
call a constablea monkey?" he said.
Certainly not; you must not insult
the police" The culprit reflected.
MAY I call a monkey a constable"
he asked, with a fash or genius. The
Judge shrugged his houlders, and.
holding no brief for the animal, re-
piled: III 1t gives you any satisfac.
ton" With a smile Of qualification
Vet turned on his heel in the dock
and bowed to his prosecutor Good
day, constable" he said.-St. James,
08LSSSOs
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
GOOD AND HARD
Results of Excessive Coffee Drinking.

It it remarkable what suffering
some persons put up with just to sat
isfy an appetite for something.
A Mich. woman says: Il had been
using coffee since l was old enough to
have q cup of my own at the table;
and from 1t I have suffered agony
hundreds of times in the years past.
my trouble first began in the sorm
of bilious collie, coming on every few
weeks and almost ending my life.
At every attack for s years l SUI
fered in this way. I used to pray for
death to relieve me from my suffer-
ing. had also attacks of sick head
ache. and began to suffer from ca
tarrh of the stomach, and OF course
awful dyspepsia.
For about q year lived on crack
ers and water. Believing that co1ee
was the cause of all this suffering.
1 finally quit 1t and began to use
Postum Food Coffee. It agreed
with my stomach, my troubles have
left me and l am fast gaining my
health under its use.
mo wonder I condemn coffee and
tea. No one could be In a much more
critical condition than was from thu
use of coffee. Some doctors pro
nounced It cancer, others liberation
but none gave me any relief. Blu
since I stopped coffee and began Pos
tum I am getting well 30 fast / ca
| heartily recommend It for all VIII
suffer as did" Name given b.
+, Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich
Read the little book, "The Road {
MELVILLE" There's Q reason"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
George Shergold, who was credi

George Shergold. who was credited
with having invented the safety bicy-
Gle, recently died a pauper in the pub.
lie worknouse of Gloucester, England.
at the age of seventy-ive years. It
would eeem that Of tie millions upon
millions Of dollars that have been made
out Of this useful invention. the man
who first thought it out ought to have
had enough at least to make his de-
clining years comfortable. "Tbe irony
Of fate" sometimes performs strange
antics, philosophers the Los Angeles
Times.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13

John Gilmer Speed has written for
Success about 'The Romance of the
Savings Banks" According to statis-
tics, he finds that there are 6,770,S67
men, women and children in the United
States who own deposits in these banks
amounting to $2,712.3SS. 256. The av.
erage belonging to each depositor ia
$4O9.23. Women, it appears. are better
savers than men.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13

Rural free delivery will be greatly
appreciated in thousands of country
homes this winter. While in some
cases arrangements need modification,
yet on the whole this is great stride
in the advancement il civilized coun-
try life. Its influence cannot fail of
leaving its mark as time goes on among
the people thus privileged.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
Play Is Necessary.

play" .aid dear old Froebel. %"
the great serious game Of life in be.
ginnings. and the preliminary prac-
tice which prophesies and cultivates
future power" and according to him
who knew about all there was to be
known about ch:ldre :, play Is AZ
necessary part OF b cir life as sleep
ipc a91 ca ms.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
ACT NO. 215.

ACT NO. 215.
sy Mr.. Butler. House Bill No. 1863.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article go
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana relative to exemption from
taxation.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Gen.
sral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
Ao-thirds of all the members elected to
sach House concurring, That Article 23O
Of the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana be amended so as to read as fe'-
lows
Article 230 The following shall be
exempt from taxation and no other viz:
ALI public property, places of religious
worship, or burial, all charitable insti-
tuticns, all buildings and property used
exclusively for public monuments or
historical collections, college and other
school purposes, the real and personal es-
tate of any public library, and that Of
any other library association used by OF
connected with such library, all books
and philosophical apparatus, and all
paintings or statuary Of any company OF
association kept in public hall; provided
the property so exempted be not leased
for purposes of private or corporate pro-
fit and income. There shall also be ex.
empt from taxation household properly
to the value Of five hundred dollars.
There shall also be exempt mortgages,
given for loans on real estate, which
real estate has already borne its due pro-
portion of taxation, as well as the mort
gage notes in the hands of the mortgage
or his or their transferrees. There shall
also be exempt from parechial and mu-
nieipal taxation for period of ten years
from the LIST day of January 1900, the
capital, machinery and other property
employed in mining operations, and in
the manufacture of textile fabrics, yarns,
rope, cordage, leather, shoes, harness,
saddlery, hats, clothing, -four, machinery,
articles of tin, copper and sheet iron, ag'
ricultural implements, and furniture and
other articles of wood, marble or stone |;
soap, stationery, ink and paper, boa;
building and fertilizer and chemicals
provided that not less than five hands
are employed in any one factory; pro-
vided that nothing herein contained snsi.
Affect the exemptions provided for ~
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
Too 0eep for Hubby.

Husband-What does 1t matter how
plain your clothes are? Beauty, you
know, is only skin deep. and
Wife-And really would like to
make mine sealskin deep Just for once.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13

The originals of the English alpha.
bet were photographs such as are still
found on the ancient monuments Of
earth's earliest civilization.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13

he year; and said courts shall convene
At the several places named as the bus
mess may require, and shall keep their
.ourts in session at such places until
he cases before them are heard and f.
kally determined. Until otherwise pro-
AIDED by law, the time and place for the
return of appeals shall be fixed by said
- court.
mo decisions shall be rendered by these
eourts without the concurrence of two
ludges, but any two of the judges of
ZACH circuit shall constitute a quorum
Tor the transaction of business.
Section 4. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
That Article 105 of the Constitution Of
he State of Louisiana, shall be and is
hereby abrogated.
4 Section S. Be it resolved, etc., That
Gticle LOG of the Constitution of the
etate of Louisiana be amended 80 as
60 read as follows: Article LOG.
stThe sheriff of the parish in which the
6ession of the court are held shall at
(end in person, or by deputy, to execute
be orders Of said court, and the clerk
if. the district court of the parish in
Which the sessions Of the Courts of APP
peal are held shall serve as clerk of the
Court of Appeals and shall attend ses-
tons of said court, either in person or
By deputy, until otherwise provided by
the General Assembly. The costs of
appeal in any case appealed to the Courts
q Appeal, of the first and second cir
TUFTS shall not exceed five dollars. The
police juries of the vari93s parishes of
The State, in which the Courts of Appeal
are held, shall provide suitable rooms
Tor the holding of said courts SO as not
b interfere with the session of the dis
h3ct or other courts.
:. Section 6. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
That the fourth paragraph of Article
Isl of the Constitution Of the State Of
louisiana be so amended as to read as
follows:
Until otherwise provided by law, all
appeals within its jurisdiction from the
parishes of Orleans, st. James, st. John
quemine and st. Bernard shall be re-
turnable to said court and the costs of
ding same shall not exceed five dollars
In each case.
Section z. Be it further resolved,
stc., That the foregoing amendments to
the Constitution of the State shall be-
come operative on the first day of jan
hary 1907, and all cases pending anil
undetermined in the Courts of Appeals
q now constituted shall be transferred
to the. Courts of Appeals as herein or
ganized under such rules as may be pro-
vided By said courts.
Section s. Be it further resolved, etc,
That said proposed amendments be sub
mitted to the electors for their approval
or rejection, as required by Article 32l
Of the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana and the general election laws of
this State at the congressional election
10 be held in this State in November
1906.
J. W. HYAMS,
Speaker of tho House of Representa-
tives.
]. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
Approved July 10, 1906.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary Of State.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
ACT NO. PIG.

ticle 108 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, adopted on the
18th day of May, 1893.
Be it resolved, That thirds of the
Senate and House of the General Assem-
bly, of Louisiana concurring therein, there
be submitted and proposed to the voters
duly qualified of the State of Louisiana
at~the congressional election held in the
State of Louisiana, on the first Tues
day next following the first Monday
in November, 1906, an amendment OF
Article 10S Of the Constitution Of the
State of Louisiana adopted on the
18th day of May, 1893, as follows:
The parish OF Caddo shall compose the
irst district.
The parishes of Bossier and Webster
hall compose the second district.
The parishes of Claiborne and Web
ser shall compose the second district.
The parishes of Claiborne and Bien-
lille shall compose the third district.
The parishes of Union and Lincoln
.hall compose the fourth district.
The parishes of Caldwell, Jackson and
,vinn shall compose tie fifth district.
The parishes of Ouachita and More
iouse shall compose the sixth district.
The parishes of West Carroll and Rich
and shall compose the seventh district.
The parishes of Franklin and Cate
loula shall compose the eighth (S) dis
.rict.
The parishes Of Madison and East Car
oil shall compose the ninth district.
The parishes of Concordia and Tensas
hall compose the tenth (l0) district. .
The parishes of Natchitoches and Red
River shall compose the eleventh dis
lrict.
The parishes of DeSoto, Sabine an!
Vernon shall compose the twelfth dis
rict.
The parishes of Rapides and Grant
hall compose the thirteenth district.
The parish of Avoyelles shall compose
fac fourteenth district.
The parishes of Calcasieu and Cameron
hall compose the fifteenth district.
The parish of st. Landry shall com
bose the sixteenth district.
The parish of vermillion shall com
Jose the seventeenth district.
The parishes of Acadia and Lafayette
hall compose the eighteenth district.
The parishes of Iberia and st. Martin
,hall compose the nineteenth district.
The parishes of Terrebonne and La
fourche shall compose the twentieth dis
lrict.
Tn parishes of Iberville, West Bator
Rouge and Pointe Coupee shall compost
the twenty first district.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
A HEALTHY Old AGE
OFTENTnE BESTPARTOFLlPE
Help fo- Women Passing Through
Change Of Li.o

Providence has allotted US each q
least seventy years in which to fulfill
our mission in life, and 1t is generally
sur own fault il we die prematurely.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
existing constitutional provisions.

existing constitutional provisions.
Iaere shall also be exempt from taxa
ton for period of ten years from the
date Of its completion any railroad or
part of such railroad that may hereafter
be constructed and completed prior to
January LIST, 1904; provided that when
aid has heretofore been voted by any
parish, ward, or municipality to any
railroad not yet constructed, such rail-
road shall not be entitled to the exemp-
ton from taxation herein established
unless it valves and relinquishes such
aid or consents to a resubmission of the
question of granting such aid to a vote
of the property tax payers of the parish,
ward, or municipality, which has voted
the same, if one-third of the property
taxpayers petition for the same within
six months after the adoption of this
Constitution. And provided, further
that this exemption shall not apply to
double tracks, sidings, switches, depots,
or other improvements, or betterments,
which may be constructed by railroads
now in operation within the State, otheI
than extensions or new lines constructed
by such railroad; nor shall the exemption
herein before granted apply to any rail-
road or part of such railroad, the con-
struction of which was begun and the
roadbed of which was substantially cour
pleted at the date of the adoption of
this Constitution.
The property or real estate belonging
to any military organization of the State
of Louisiana which is used by the State
National Guard or militia for military
purposes, such as arsenals or armories
while so used, shall be exempt from
taxation.
Section .. Be it further resolved, etc.,
That said proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the electors of the State for
their. approval or rejection as required
by Article 32l or the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana. and the general
election laws of this State at the con-
kressional election to be held in this
State in November, 1906.
Section 3. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
That the official ballots at said election
shall have printed thereon the words ::
For the proposed amendment of Arti-
Gle 230 of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana relative to exemption from
taxation and the words: Against the
proposed amendment to Article $50 of
the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana relative to exemption from taxa
tion,' and each elector shall indicate
as provided in the general election laws
of the State whether he votes for OF
against the amendment.
j. w. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved July l., 1905.
NEWTON c. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy.
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-10
Mems Club Meeting.
May 3, 1906.

The last Mems Club meeting was
not so largely attended as were
those of previous dates but some
forty were present and the occasion
was one of enjoyment. interest, and
profit. The banquet, furnished by
the Ladies of the Woman's Relief
Corps, was generous in quantity
and savory and delicious in quality,
all that the most exacting appetite
could demand, suggesting many ex-
pressions of satisfaction, compli-
ment and commentator.
After the banquet Prof. G. A.
Rogers, teacher of Physical Sci
ences in the Normal school, dis
cussed the question of seismic dis
turbance intelligently and compre-
hensively. DR.. Gendron continued
the agitation of the pertinent ques-
ton of Good Roads," the commit
tee on Good Roads, reporting prog
ress, was authorized to proceed in
definitely, w. G. Spence was elect
ed secretary, and it was decided to
postpone further meetings of the
Club until fall.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-10
Portrait of John D. Putnom.

w. H. Putnam recently presented
l. N. Nichols Post, G. A. r., of tn is
City a fine portrait of his father, the
late John D. Putnam, who was the
first Commander of the Post, posi-
ton TO which he was elected three
times. At the last regular meeting
the Post accepted the picture to be
hung on the walls of G. A. R. hall
and passed unanimously, resolu-
ton of thanks to w. H. Putnam for
the gift. Thirty-two Comrades an
swered afirmatively to the resolu-
tion:-Know1es, Lowell, Field, Ell
lott, Burnett, D. ]. Hall, L. c. Hall
Olson, Daily, Dunn, Fisher, George,
Reynolds, Jones, Wales, Kline, Ea-
ton, Rogers, Stewart, Savage, w.
w. Hall, Spalding, Welker, Wells,
Dopkins, Shafer, Lien, Bailey, Jel-
lings, Briggs, Pratt and Ellis, and
it goes without saying that there
were no negative votes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-10
Gold Medal for Mr.. Porker.

The Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton managers have delivered med
ais under awards made by interna-
tional jurors. w. D. Parker is recipi-
ent of a gold medal in recognition
of skill in displaying the Wiscon-
sin Educational Exhibits.
In printed circular accompany
ing the medals it is stated that, In
the composition of the diverse is
shown two figures, Columbia, tall
and stately, about to envelop the
youthfu1A1naiden by her side, typify-
ing the Louisiana Territory, in the
flag of the stars and stripes, thus
receiving her into the sisterhood of
states; the other figure is in the act
of divesting herself of the cloak of
France, symbolized in the emblem
of Napoleon, the busy bee embroid-
cred thereon. The reverse shows
a tablet bearing an inscription of
the grade of the medal; below are
two dolphins symbolizing our east
ern and western boundaries, the
whole surrounded by an American
eagle, spreading wings from ocean
to ocean. Each of the three corners
contains wreath encircling mon
ogram and each wreath is surround
ed by fourteen stars representing
the Louisiana Purchase states and
territories"
The medal was struck at the Phil
adelphia mint after designs made
by eminent mep, is alloy especially
composed for the Exposition man
agement, and weighs three and a
half ounces.