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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-10-26

There is lot of young negro
hoodlums in this town that should
have the particular attention of the
police. They some time take pos
session of the side walks of Main
street and become a regular nui-
sance. they run, wrestle, whistle
and make themselves altogether
disagreeable. They are audacious
and do not care even for ladies on
the streets. Let the police inves-
tigate and break up the gang.
1t is announced that Mr.. I. j.
Liable has come out as a candi-
date for Senator. There are two
other candidates in the field, Mr..
A. V. Fournet of this Parish and
Mr.. Jos. A. Provost of Iberia Pa
rish. Messrs. Fournet and Pro-
vost are the candidates of the Will
kinson-Pellerin faction, and we
are pleased to say, that upon in:
ouiries fsom those who are sup.
posed I'd know that the fight is a
factiohal tight and the Wilkinson
Pellerin faction will give their en-
tire and full support to Fournet
and Provost and according to in.
formations received from the 9th.
er parishes, their election is an
assured fact.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF LINEN PIECES,
ScARFS. SQUARES, DOYLIES, DRESSER
SETS in the Japanese Mexican and Teneriffe at
very low prices.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

LADIES' GOLD-PLATED AND PEARL NECK
LACES, regular 75c and $1.00 quality 40
Special inducement for early shoppers. NC
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

The small child would rather re.
ceive a doll for Christmas than any
other present. We have abundantly
anticipated their wants, for never be-
fore have we shown such large and
magnificent collection as this Christ
mas. There are Dolls of every size,
from the smallest to the largest
Dolls of every nation-blondes and
brunettes-with beautiful eyes and
smiling conference.-the dressed
In gorgeous evening dress; the be-
witching house maid and the coy
nurse, and a thousand others that
you will have to see to grasp the
magnitude of this great Doll show.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
How "GiI" Got Even.

During civil war times Gilman Fav,
a local character, known by all as
GIL" being in need of groceries and
household necessities, went to the
general store in Fayville, Mass, kept
at that time by Colonel Dexter Fay,
to make his purchases. The amount
was 68 cents, and Mr.. Fay rendered
the clerk a 81 bill. Change being
scare in the store, as was often the
cas- during those strenuous times, the
clerk passed him some slips of paper
with figures on them to equal the
amount of change due. "Gir' looked
at the slip, then at the clerk and
slowly said, Whats al this?" "Why
that is what we are giving for change
now. When you get one dollars
worth we will redeem them" replied
the clerk, and "Gil" went out.
A day or two after this occurrence
"Gi1" went to the store again for
some tobacco. The clerk passed out
the plug and "Gil" put his hand in his
pocket, pulled out a handful Of pump
kin seeds, handed them to the clerk,
saying:
"These are what I am using for
change now. When you get a dollars
worth / will redeem them"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
CRIED EASILY.
Nervous Woman Stopped Coffee and
Quit Other Things.

No better practical proof that coffee
is a drug a be required than to note
how the nerves become unstrung in
women who habitually drink it.
The stomach, too, rebels at being
continually drugged with coffee and
tea-they both contain the drug
caffeine. Ask your doctor.
An Ia. woman tells the old story
thus:
Il had used coffee for six years and
was troubled with headaches, nervous
ness and dizziness. In the morning
upon rising / used to belch up a sour
fluid regularly.
"Often l got so nervous and miser-
able l would cry without the least rea-
son, and I noticed my eyesight was
getting poor.
AFTER using Postum a while, I OBJ
served the headaches left me and soon
the belching of our fluid stopped (wa-
ter brash from dyspepsia). I feel de-
cidedly different now, and I am con-
vinced that it is because I stopped
coffee and began to S Postum. lean
see better now, my eyes are stronger.
. "A friend of mine did not like
Postum but when I told her to make it
like it said on the package, she liked
it all right" Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek, Mich. Always boil
Postum well and it will surprise you.
Read the little book, 'sThe Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a rea-
SON."
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
JAP YOUTH ON ScHOoLSHIP.
Will Get Thorough Training on an
American Boat.

The first Japanese youth to be adj
mitted to the crew of the schoolshlp
St. Mary's is Katzern Artyoshi. Art
yoshi, who is II years old, has been
in the revenue cutter service on the
Pacific for the last three years.
AS it is necessary for all foreigners
who wish to become members of the
scholarships crew to have a guardian,
Artyoshi was forced to get n before
he could be admitted to the crew. He
succeeded in getting Capt. Osborn to
act in that capacity. Capt. Osborn
will coach the boy along and help him
over the hard points in his lessons.
Artyoshi has not made up his mind
yet whether he will remain in this
country or go home to Japan after he
has been graduated from the school
ship. A term on the schoolship fits
a boy for service in the merchant ma
rine. Artyoshi says he likes the
United States and may stay here, but
if Japan ever goes to war he will re-
turn home quickly as possible to take
part in it.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
MONKS FIRST PLAYED DOMlNOES
Origin of Game That Is Popular the
World Over.

With regard to the game Of DOM
inoes there is a very interesting
story connected with its origin. 1t
runs thus: There were two monks
who had been committed to the pen
atty of a long seclusion and were O
demned to keep absolute silence. To
relieve the monotony they played a
game by showing each other small
fiat stones marked with black dots.
By a MISUNDERSTOOD arrangement,
the monk whose hand was used at
first informed the other player by
repeating in an undertone the first
line of the vesper hymn, "Cantate
Domino" (Sing unto the Lord. In
time the monks completed the set Of
stones and formulated the rules OF
the game, so that by the time they
were free to come out from their pun
ishment they had found the game so
interesting that on teaching it to the
other members of the monastery it
became a favorite and lawful pastime.
It oon became popular all through
Italy and from there extended to the
whole world. The first line of the YES
per hymn which the monks had used
as a signal was reduced to the word
domino, and the name has stuck to the
game eve since.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
RothschiIds Never Prosecute.

While the Bank of England makes
it a point never under any circum-
stances to %relinquish the prosecution
of those who have defrauded it in the
slightest degree, being willing, if need
be, to spend thousands of pounds to
capture and prosecute people who
have robbed it of yer a few shillings,
the Rothschilds make it a rule never
to appeal to the courts or to the police
In such matters. Of course, they are,
like every other banker, occasionally
the victims of dishonesty, but neither
the police nor the public ever hear
about the matter. This has always
been a principle Of the heads of the
house, who take the ground that it is
better to bear the loss in silence than
to disturb popular confidence in the
safety of the concern by allowing 1t
to be seen that its treasures are not
adequately sa~feguarded.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
oDELL oBEYED HIS FATHER.
Emphatic Message That Broke Up
Conference Of Politicians.

Four years ago, when ex-Gov. Odell,
of New York, was coming up for a re-
nomination at the convention in Sara
toga, there was a plan to put a man on
the ticket with him for lieutenant gov
ernor to whom Odell objected strongly.
The governors father, So years old,
a deacon in the church and very strict
in religious matters, was in Saratoga.
There was a conference at n of
the hotel cottages that lasted until
late in the morning. The other lead
ers were trying to force Odell to take
the obnoxious nan
About two o'clock Odell's father,
who had heard what was going on,
stalked angrily over to the cottage and
raped on the door. Frank Platt, son
of Senator Platt, came to the door.
"Well?" said Platt sharply.
Il want to see my son." demanded
Odell.
The governor came to the door.
what is it, father?" he asked.
"Ben," said the old deacon, tell
them to go to -"
"Yes, father" replied the governor
obediently, and he went back and did
just that.-Saturday Evening Post.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
HAD THE ROBBERS SYMPATHY.
ChivaIrous Brigand commiserated
Woman's Life Partner.

Lancia, the noted Italian automo-
bilist, was asked the other day If he
did not think motor racing too dan
gerous.
"Dangerous-yes," M. Lancia re-
piled. "Too dangerous-no. For moth
ing that benefits mankind-and au-
tomobiles benefit mankind inexpressi-
bly-is too dangerous for a man to
undertake.
81 have a good deal Of contempt
for men who are not brave to the
point of rashness. I am like a high
wayman who held up a gasoline run
about on the outskirts of Rome.
"This highwayman stopped the run
about with a shot in the air. Then
he ran forth from the tomb that had
concealed him-the hold-up happened
on the Appian Way-and found, to his
surprise, only a woman in the little
car
Where, madam, is your husband?"
he demanded, sternly and suspiciously.
Hes under the seat she an
swered, flushing.
Then said the highwayman, I
won't take nothing. It's bad enough
to have a husband like that without
being robbed into the bargain"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Fathers Good Advice.

A young man from Pittsburg went
to New York to make good in his
chosen profession, Gays a New York
letter. The other night he stood in
the lobby of a hotel and a friend asked
him what he thought of New York.
Il have only been here two days." he
replied, 80 1 have not seen the city
very thoroughly. My fathers parting
words to me when 1 left home were:
My son, you are going to a great city.
There is much good and much evil to
be found in New York. Keep to the
straight and narrow path as closely
as possible, avoid Wall street and,
above all, beware of the monkey
house"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Keen Your Blood Pure.

No one can be happy, light-hearted
and healthy with a body full of blood
that cannot do it's duty to every part
because of it's impurity; therefore, the
first and most important work in hand
is to purify the blood SO that every
organ will get the full benefit of a
healthy circulation. There is ne rem
edy so good as that old family rem
edy, Brandreth's Pills. Each pill con-
tains one grain of the solid extract of
sarsaparilla blended with two grains
of a combination of pure and mild
vegetable products, making it a blood
purifier u%nexcelled in character. One
or two taken every night for awhile
will produce surprising results.
Brandreth's Pills have been in use
for over a century, and are for sale
everywhere, plain or sugar-coated.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Morarchs as Linuuists.

Monarchs must know more than n
language. King Edward, who trav-
eled so much, speaks French better
than some Frenchmen, and also Ger
man. The czar of Russia speaks
French as we'll as his native tongue
and knows the numerous dialects.
Emperor William of Germany speaks
French and English correctly, and is
also well versed in Latin. The king
of Spain, the youngest of all, speaks
German with ease and also French
and English. Because of his marriage
he now practices the latter. The king
of Portugal speaks French, English,
German and Spanish. The king of
Italy is a master of French and Ger
man and is also well versed in the va
rious Italian dialects.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
ELEVEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Came Off of Finger-Cuticura Rem
edies Brought Prompt Relief.

81 had eczema IN my hands for
about eleven years. The hands crack
ed open in many places and bled. One
of my fingers was so bad that the
nail came off. l had often heard of
cures by the Cuticura Remedies, but
had no confidence in them as l had
tried so many remedies, and they all
had failed to cure me / had seen
three doctors, but got no relief. Final
ly my husband said that we would
try the Cuticura Remedies, so we got
a cake of Cuticura Soap, a box OF
Cuticura Ointment, and two bottles
of Cuticura Resolvent Pills. Of course
1 keep Cuticura Soap all the time for
my hands, but the one cake of Soap
and half a box of Cuticura Ointment
cured them. 1t is surely a blessing
for me to have my hands well, and
am very proud of having tried Cuti-
cura Remedies, and recommend them
to all suffering with eczema. Mrs.
Eliza A. Wiley, r. F. D. No. 2, Lis
comb, Iowa. Oct. IS. 1906"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Master of Many LANGUAGES.

Gen. Picquart, French minister Of
war, is a sort of Admiral Crichton,
for, besides a wide general cultivation,
he reads, writes and speaks Russian,
German and English and Italian. Such
knowledge of language is not common
with Frenchmen, ever those of educa-
ton, but Gen. P%icquart's facility is ex-
planned, perhaps, by the fact thaat he
is an Alsatian. The Alsatians have
long been noted in France for the
readiness with which they acquire
languages.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
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The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn
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Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Peru Claims kurokl.

Gen. Kuroki, the famous Japanese
soldier, has been %variously described
as of Polish, Russian and German ex-
traction. Another interesting chap
ter has been added to this genealogical
symposium by an official publication
in the Official Gazette, of Lima, Peru,
which makes the claim, and submits
a plausible statement of facts to prove
it, that Kuroki's father was a Peruvian
patriot whose name was Transito
Charroqui. 1t is also declared that
the generals father was a descendant
OF the Incas, who themselves are be-
lieved to have been descendants OF an
Asiatic race, so Kuroki is an atavism
and has come into his own in the land
of his fathers.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
prominent onyLecture Platform.

Senator Tillman probably earns
more money every year on the lecture
platform than any other American
who talks to the public for pay. From
an authoritative SQUIRE the statement
comes that the South Carolinian's net
proceeds thus far this year from his
lecture tour are $4,000. Senator Till
man is paid from $3.50 to $500 a lee
ture and he is constantly in demand.
His season is not confined to the sum-
merry Chautauqua course and he fills
nearly as many dates in the winter
as at any other time of the year. In
the last four years it is said that he
has laid aside over 100000 from his
lecture receipts. Henry Watterson
perhaps comes next in the matter of
earnings on the platform. Champ
Clark, of Missouri, ranks high as a
popular favorite and makes about
twice as much as a lecturer as his con-
g%ressional salary.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
ERMONETTE.

"Make confession unto God"
This Achan had to do. This =
every soul must needs do.
But confession at the juds-
ment bar of God and confession
at the mercy seat of God are
as different as life is from
death.
The confession which is
wrung from the u~nrepentant
heart brings with it no claim
for mercy, but the repentant
heart as it pours out it's confess
sion of guilt may claim the
promise: "lf we confess our
sins God is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and cleanse
Us from all unrfshteousness."
1t is a solemn thought that
all things are to be revealed be-
fore God. duke 12:2-5.) "We shall
all stand before the Judgment
seat of Christ. For it is writ
ten, AS | live, saith the Lord,
every knee shall bow to me, and
every tongue shall confess to
God. So then every n of US
shall give account of himself to
God"
Let US fix this thought in
mind, then, o soul: That con-
fession of the hidden things of
thy heart and life must be made
to God. 1t may be delayed, but
it cannot be evaded. 1t must
come.
But when? The time, the place,
are within the choosing of every
soul.
To-day if we will hear his
voice." "Now is the accepted
time" This is Gods call to
confession.
His voice sounds out from the
mercy seat where Christ the
crucified one stands to blot out
the transgression and save from
sin.
Choose you this day." Will
you unfold your heart and life
to God and receive his mercy
and grace, or will you with re-
belIious heart shut him out and
turn a deaf ear to his cry as
he pleads: "Turn we, turn we,
for why will we die?"
For such there waiteth the day
of wrath and vengeance from God.
The day of grace sinned away, the
soul must at last appear before
God, there to make confession
to the sins of the life and the
heart. 1t will no longer be a
matter of choice, but of absolute
necessity, for the searching eye
of God will discover every hid
den thing.
But oh, how vastly different
will that scene be from that
which it might have been the
privilege of the soul to enjoy.
No longer does the voice of God
sound forth from his seat of
mercy. The day of mercy has
passed. The day of judgment
has come, and the guilty soul
can find no refuge in which to
hide. The confession is Wrung
from the unrepentant heart, and
the voice of God sounds from
the judgment seat saying:
depart from me, we that work
iniquity."
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Ladies Who Want the Best

that can be had in articles for ladies'
and children's wear should correspond
with the house of Lord & Taylor.
Broadway and Nineteenth street, New
York, who, in the past 80 years have
built up a national reputation for that
class of goods. The enormous buying
capacity of this house enables them to
sell goods at exceptionally low prices,
and it's high reputation insures COM
plete satisfaction to the buyer no mat
ter whether she is located a thousand
miles from New York city.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Horses still In Demand.

Happily the horse has a faculty for
upsetting the gloomy predictions that
he is fated to be put out of business
by the automobile. The horse business
has kept right on developing in spite
of the fact that the automobile indus
try has been engaged in similar un-
dertaking. The demand for horses is
still great. The supply Of some
classes of them is inadequate. The
prices are high. The automobile may
scare the horse into the ditch, but
it isn't likely to crowd him to the wall.
There will always be a field for the
horse, as there will always be a field
for the automobile.-Hartford Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
No Advance in Wisdom.

Mark Twain tells how four years
ago he was invited by the University
Of Missouri to go out there and receive
the degree of Ell. d. At the same time
he visited Hannibal, his boyhood
home. Just as he was about to leave,
being accompanied to the station by a
crowd of citizens, Tom Nash, a school
fellow, came up-white headed, but
still a boy. He shook hands with his
friend of many a year and nodding
toward the crowd said: People Of
this town are the same blamed fools
they always were, amt they, Sam?"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
n STORY.


CHAN looked about him. No other
n Israelite was in sight. In his Gag
erness to get into the midst OF jericho
he had left his comrades quite in the
rear. and as he went about applying
the torch that the city might be
burned as the Lord had commanded,
curiosity led him to enter a wing OF
what was evidently the kings pal
ace, and there before his eyes were
gold and silver and rich garments
scattered about in reckless profu-
sion.
They had gathered their treasure,
and then had to leave it behind IN
their effort to escape" muttered
Achan as he stopped and dug his
fingers into the silvery pile at his feet,
and then let the coins sift through
them with a merry jingle.
Beneath the coins thus displaced he
caught the CLEAN of gold, and push
ing the silver aside, eagerly, there
soon lay revealed before him a great
bar of rich yellow gold. He took it
in his hands. 1t was more wealth than
he had ever held in his hands before,
and the wish half formed came into
his heart that it belonged to him.
Suddenly a voice seemed to speak
right at his elbow, saying:
And We, in any wise, keep your
seves from the accused thing, lest ye
make yourselves accursed, when We
take of the accursed thing, and make
the camp of Israel a curse, and
BILE it"
With a start Achan looked about
him, letting the wedge of gold fall
upon a pile of silver with a CHATTER, but
he saw no one, and partly treasured,
he turned his eyes again upon the
glittering gold at his feet.
. who was to know If he took just
this one piece of.gold fromsthe midst
of so much?" he asked himself, and
his conscience answered back:
But Joshua solemnly told us not
to touch the accursed thing"
"Yes, but was not the gold and the
silver to be gathered and turned into
the treasury Of the Lord?" questioned
Achan as he reasoned with himself.
Surely .of all this great pile which l
will turn into the treasury they will
not miss this one wedge of gold"
But it all belongs to the Lord"
came back the answer in his heart,
and again the words of Joshua echoed
in his ears:
Keep yourselves from the accursed
thing lest We make yourselves &C
cursed"
Impatient with himself owe his re-
proving conscience, Achan stopped
and began gathering the silver and
gold in piles, saying as he did 0
mo one else, I dare say, will bring
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Chinese superlor TO JAMS.

Discussing the little rumpus with
Japan, Senator William A. Clark ex-
presses the opinion the Chinese in
this country are superior to the jap
anese. II have loaned thousands OF
dollars to Cinnamon" said the senar
tor, land never have I known m to
fail to meet his obligations" He en-
phasized his opinion as to the superior
ity of the Cinnamon by calling atten-
ton to the fact that the Japanese in
their banking institutions employ
Cinnamon in positions of trust in
preference to their own countrymen.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Insist on ~InsuIarity.

The people of CornwalIs coast OBJ
ject to the Great Western Railway
company applying foreign names to
their climate and scenery. One adver-
tisement called a certain locality the
English Riviera" and a Cornishman
at a meeting of protest the other
night said Cornwall had nothing to
gain by being called after something
in the south of France or a dirty lit
tie Italian town."
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

The strangest military body in the
world is a band of cavalry at Saint de
Moorvay, a province on the east coast
of Africa, which is under the rule of
the French governor general at MAZDA.
gascar. These soldiers go about their
military operations on oxen The ami
mails are lean creatures, and it is said
they move with surprising rapidity.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

and dizzy spells also, but my worst
suffering was from renal collie. After
I began using Doan's Kidney Pills l
passed a gravel stone as big as a
bean. Since then l have never had
an attack of gravel, and have picked
up to my former health and weight. l
am a we'll man, and give Doan's Kid
ney Pills credit for it."
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