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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-12-21
MARRIED.

Thursday morning at nine O'Clock,
Mr.. l.. E. Greig one of our pro.
minent and successful young bust.
ness men was married to Miss
Odile French, the accomplished
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs A. r.
French.
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed at the home of the brides
parents on account of the deep
mourning of the bride, the cere-
mony being witnessed only BY
near relatives and intimate friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Greig who are both
very popular with their relatives
and friends, received numerous,
useful and costly presents.
The new couple left on the NOR.
Mug train for New Orleans where
they will spend several days. Or
their return they will occupy their
pretty little home near the rail
road.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-12-21

Governor Blanchard and Lieu.
tenant Governor Sanders are dis
GUESSING the credit of the reforms
just enacted by the special session
of the Legislature. Blanchard
should have credit of calling the
Legislature in special session and
public pressure for these reforms
are the reasons that they we're
adopted. No politician should
have the credit for reform, they
would not have been adopted had
it not been for the unanimous de-
maud of the people and on the eve
of a general election. Tho politi-
clans are loud in their talks and
promises when they need votes,
but after the election they are
email in their refol ms and in full
filing their promises. and Gov.
Blanchard knew the best time for
good result aud he should have the
credit for that.
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"Spe here" said the lady. "you
told me that work would only cost
me S13. and here you've sent in a
bill for Sl4." "Yes'm", replied
the carpenter, lyon see, when !
came to think the thing over after
ward l was afraid maybe you'd be
superstitious about that 49,"
Catholic Standard.
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From your loving
The engagement is off.
A REAL WONDERLAND.

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South Dakota, with its rich sill
yer mines, bonanza farms, wide
ranges and strange natural forms-
tons, is a veritable wonderland.
At Mound City, in the home of
Mrs. E. d. Clapp, a wonderful
case of healing has lately occurred.
Her son seemed near death With
lung and throat trouble. Eek
hausting coughing spells occurred
every five minutes" writes Mrs.
Clapp. "when I began giving DR..
Kings New Discovery, the great
medicine. that saved his life and
completely cured him. "Gusran.
teed for coughs aud colds, throat
and lung troubles. by 7. j. Liable
druggist. so c and S1,00. Trial
bottle free.
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-Messrs. l.. j. Gardemal, Rene

-Messrs. l.. j. Gardemal, Rene
Durand, P. A. and Albert Bien-
venu, Anatole Gauthier aud Geo.
Bienvenu visited the Anse-la Butte
oil field Sunday. The activity in
this field at this time cannot be
described. There are three camps
on the grounds with large forces
OF men, mules, carts, scoops ETC.,
busy digging large earthern reser-
voirs, 10 contain about two hun
dred thousand barrels of oil. A
loading rack was just built to load
oil on the cars. A large number
OF buildings, all good. substantial
structures, are now in course of
construction; twelve new derricks
are already built and more bull.
ding; three or four are already
drilling, aud all this was done in
one month, since the bringing 10
of the gusher. One should see
the activity in this field to fnlly
realize the magnitude of the work
being done there.
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NOTICE.

To whom 1t may concern.
All persons in possession Of the follow.
ing land track situated In the Parish Of
st. Martin. to-wit: Being Section ITO in
Township No 10 s. r. 8 e. In the 8. W.
District of Louisiana, formerly known.
the John Gavie tract (aliss) DEAN Carrie
containing Six HUNDRED AND TWENTY
SIX ACRES. and SEVENTY TWO HUN
DEEDTHs Of AN ACRE; are notified that
unless they shows good and valid titles
to same within 30 days from date. va
the undersigned HEIRS: Camille Carrie
Charles Carrie, Alcide Carrie. Desire Ga
RE. Jos eph Carrie will take legal mea-
sure to take possession Of same.
St. Martinxille. La. Sept. 18th 1907.
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A Serious Mistake.
N. C. Review.

NJ C. Review.
A nice young man living not a
thousand miles from Morgan City.
accompanied by his sister, came to
town to purchase a gift for his
sweethesrt's birthday present.
Thinking q book or box of bon
bons too common, he decided to
give her fine pair of gloves. aud
made bis purchase, while bis sis-
ter bought a pair of fancy stock
ing for herself. Both gloves and
stocking were wrapped in like
packages In some way the bun
dies got mixed. and the young
man not knowing the mistake, sent
bis sweetheart the stockings, &C.
companied by the following note !;
dearest: Il hope you will en-
Joy this little present, instead of
something foolish. Oh, how l
wish no other hands than mine
would ever touch them after you
have put them on; but I know,
dear, that such a wish IL vain
A score of fellows may touch them
when 1 am not by your side, and
other eyes than mine may see
them on the streets and at parties.
I bought the largest pair / could
get, and il they are too long you
can let them wrinkle down. A
great many of the girls wear them
slipped down a little. Always
wear them at parties I want to see
how they fit. Some fellows have
dirty hands, and are likely to coil
them. but you can clean them,
dear, with benzine. If you leave
them on to dry. I hope they are
not too small.-Blow in them be.
fore you put them on.
From your loving"
The engagement is off.
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The American Eagles a noble bird

The American Eagles noble bird
The American Turkey is great,
The American Goose lie the pick Of the
flock"
The American Ducks up-to-date.
The American Quail when served on toast
Is bird that's not bad to take.
But the American Hen. with her cheerful
lay.
Is the Bird that Takes the Cake"
Agricultural Advertising
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SATURDAY, Nov. 81, 1907.
FOR ASSESSOR.

| am a candidate for Asses
sor OF this Parish, at the COM
ing Democratic Primary Elec-
ton.
If elected, l pledge myself
to PERSONALLY make or
supervise all the assessments,
and to faithfully, fairly and
impartially discharge the i'm
portant duties of that office.
MARTIN ]. VOORHEES,.
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The town authorities should me-
YER have allowed that Carnival
Company to disfignre the roof of
the reservoir and the walls of the
engine honse and market with
their unsightly posters, or if they
did that without authority, should
BE- made to pay the consequences.
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Agricultural Advertising.
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NOTICE.

To the stockholders Of the Louisiana
Oil Co.. Ltd. and to whom 1t may con.
Germ: Take notice that meeting Of the
Stockholders Of the Louisiana Oil Co.,
Ltd, will be held at Breaux Bridge. La,
on January 10, 1908, at 10 o'clock q. NJ.
at the Peoples Bank. for the election Of
a BOard Of Directors and for such other
business as may he to the interest OF the
Company. Yonr presence is requeated. q
ROBERT MARTIN. President.
F. R. MAETtN. Secretary.
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Opportunity sooner or later comes
to 81, who work and wish. Stanley
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FOR SALE.

My tw0-srOry resldence'on Port street,
having one acre lot, also three other pro-
perties. Terms cash or on terms
Dec. %. EDWARD MARTINEZ
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
Poured Pepper Into Bows Eyes.

Ardmore, Pa. - Determined that
Henry Skinner, Jr,, aged ~. should
not peep when it came his turn to be
ut" in game of hide-and-seek, a half.
dozen youthful companions held him
fiat on his back and poured red pep
per into his eyes. His screams fright
ened the boys implicated In the affair
and they fed, while Skinner was led
home by a neighbor
The victim is son of DR.. Henry
Skinner, and the youths accused Of
the cruel treatment are members of
prominent Ardmore families. The pc.
lice took up the case, but proceedings
will depend upon the result of the
boys injuries. Under medical treat
ment his eyes are being gradually re-
stored to normal conditions and his
eyesight may not be affected.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
NO NEED FOR woRcs.
Brief Pantomlme Told Everything to
the onooker.

Harrison Grey Fiske discussed, at
dinner in New York, the art OF act
ing.
Il believe" said Mr.. Fiske, lin SUBJ
tlety and restraint. A nod, shake OF
the head. silent pause-these things
are often more effective than the most
violent yelling and ranting.
Life is like that, subtle and silent.
What, for instance, could be more ex-
pressive than this scene, scene
without spoken word. that once
witnessed in the country?
"An undertaken stood on a corner
near a noble mansion. He elevated
his brows hopefully and inquiringly
as physician came from the house.
The physician, COMPRISING his lips,
shook his head decidedly and hurried
to his carriage. Then the undertaken
with sigh passed on.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
Pure Food.

The pure food law does not prohibit
the sale of Cream of Tartar Baking
Powders because Cream of Tartar is
as pure as Alum-but it is a well
known fact that baking powder in
which Alum Is used instead of Cream of
Tartar is less injurious. DR.. Herman
Reinbold, the expert German chemist,
in a recent official report concerning
Baking Powders, declares that pure
Alum baking powder is better and less
injurious than the so-called Cream of
Tartar powders. He says that If the
quantity Of alum contained in suf
fioient quantity of baking powder for
a batch of bread or cakes for an ordi-
nary family, be concentrated to one
mouthful of food, and taken into the
stomach of any one person, no matter
how delicate, it could do no harm.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
HAD A FELLOW FEELING.
Aunt Susan's Heart Went Out to
"Pore Missus Astor."

Uncle Eli felt he knew the metropo-
lis pretty well. Had he not been there
three times in four years-and twice
he had ridden on the elevated. So
when he brought Aunt Susan with
him ION the fourth trip he naturally
assumed the role of guide.
She marveled at everything until
they sat down for luncheon. They
had gone into the Astor house for that
meal, but all it's other marvels seemed
lost on the visiting country hostess, as
she looked open-eyed at the crowds
that filled not only the corridors but
the restaurants. Scarcely had they
found seats, when this amazement
took definite shape.
ELI" said she in STACEY whisper,
II can't set here an eat peaceably. I
jes' must go downstairs an help pore
Missus Astor with the cookin' an
dishes" -Bohemian
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
Black Cat Kills Child.

City of Mexico, Mexico.-Genaro Co
dinez, an infant three months old, was
killed while lying in his cradle by a
large black cat at Plateros, the home
of the Godinez family.
The baby's mother had gone away
from the house to see neighbor, leav-
ing the little one sleeping in his
cradle There were no others in the
house at the time, and though some
of the neighbors heard the baby cry
ing they thought nothing of it, as the
screams of the child lasted but short
time.
W lien the mother returned home
she was Mortified to find the infant
dead. The cat had chewed the baby's
face almost completely up, and had
terribly lacerated his arms, breast and
legs. The shock has left the mother
in very critical condition, and fears
are felt for her recovery.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
ONLY CARE OF CALIFORNIA WON.
AN WAS HER CHILD.
Run Down by Automobile Mrs. klrch'
ner, Of Los Angeles, Thought of
Nothing But Protecting
Little One.

Oakland, Cal.-Carrying her infant
child in her arms and leading an
. eight-year-old daughter by the hand,
Mrs. c. Il. Kirohner, whose home is
at All Summer street, attempted to
cross the street at Broadway and
fourteenth street when she was run
down and hurled to the ground by an
automobile driven by M. t. Vance,
who lives at 1926 Alabama street, San
Francisco. When struck by the ma
chine Mrs. Kirchner forgot her own
danger in an effort to protect her lit
tie ones from harm, threw her daugh'
ter almost out of the path of the ma
chine, at the same time interposing
her own body as a shield to the child.
The force of the collision hurled
her from her feet to the ground, but
clutching her babe in her arms she
turned as she fell in such way as to
protect 1t from contact with the hard
pavement with her own body. Before
Vance could bring his machine to a
stop the front wheel of the car had
passed over Mrs. Kirchner's lower
limbs, infiicting number of painful
bruises, and her little daughter was
painfully bruised by coming in con-
tact with the corner of the automo-
bile. According to witnesses OF the
accident, Vance lost his head after
striking the woman, and after bring
ing the machine to stop reversed
his engine and once mere the front
wheel Of the machine passed over one
of Mrs. Kirchners legs before she
could get out of the way.
Policeman Conroy was witness Of
the accident and he at once placed
Mrs. Kirchner in the automobile and
took the injured woman and Vance to
the central police station. Mrs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
JUDGE EMULATEs SOLOMON.
Odd Trick Soon Decides Who Owns a
Philadelphia Dog.

Philadelphia.-Su over the owner
ship of dog has been settled in court
here in novel manner. The plaintiff,
Mrs. Mary Crane, swore the dog be-
longed to her. The defendant, Pat
rick O'Malley, asserted with equal
positiveness that the animal was his,
so the magistrate concluded that the
dog should decide the case, and the
sagacious little fellow ran to the side
of the woman.
In arranging for the test the mag
istrate sent the woman into the street
two squares from the court, and
O'Malley was stationed two squares in
an opposite direction. The dog, a lit.
tie fox terrier, was liberated by the
magistrate. Mrs. Crane stood motion.
less, without even holding out her
arms toward the little dog. O'Malley,
on the other hand, set up loud
whistling.
The dog glanced at the crowd on the
sidewalk in front of the police sta.
ton, and then turned it's head toward
O'Malley. The latter held out his hand,
but the animal faced about till II
caught sight of Mrs. Crane. Then end.
ed its hesitation. With sharp bark OF
delight 1t raced away over the pave
ment, and the next moment was leap.
ing about the woman.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
HOME MADE REMEDY
INEXPENSIVE AND EASILY PRE-
PARED BY ANYONE.
Is Said to Promptly Relieve Backache
and Overcome Kidney Trouble and
Bladder Weakness Though Harm
less and Pleasant to Take.

What will appear very interesting
to many people here is the article
taken from a New York daily paper,
giving simple prescription, as formu.
lated by noted authority, who claims
that he has found a positive rem
edy to cure almost any case of back
ache or kidney or bladder derange.
ment, in the following simple prescrip-
ton, IL taken before the stage of
Bright's disease:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Shake well in bottle and
take in teaspoonful doses after each
meal and again at bedtime.
A well-known authority, when asked
regarding this prescription, stated
that the ingredients are all harmless,
and can be obtained at a small cost
from any good prescription pharmacy,
or the mixture would be put up If
asked to do so. He further stated that
while this prescription is often pre-
scribed in rheumatic Affections with
splendid results, he could see no rea-
son why it would not be a splendid
remedy for kidney and urinary trou-
bles and backache, as it has peculiar
action upon the kidney structure,
cleansing these most important or
gans and helping them to sift and
filter from the blood the foul acids
and waste matter which cause sick
ness and suffering. Those who suffer
can make no mistake in giving 1t a
trial
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
Zoolouy's New Service,

Instead of going to geology and
physical geography to throw light on
zoology, DR.. Scharff of Dublin has\re-
versed the process. In paper read
to the biologists in Boston he proceed
ed from the general principle that the
distribution of animals now living on
the earth tells the story OF the forma-
ton and changes of continents. The
fact that certain fauna are common to
widely separated regions, such as
Japan and the United States, points to
a time when Asia was connected with
North America by land bridge near
Boring Strait. 1t is furthermore prob
able that the widely differing species
of eastern and western America prove
that these regions were once separat-
ed by water. This theory is striking
example of the constructive magma
ton In science Moreover, 1t is op.
posed to the hypothesis of Darwin
and Wallace, who held that insular an.
fmal life had an accidental origin. DR..
Scharffs theory really takes us no
farther back, says the New York Post,
than Darwin did to. the origin of spe-
cies and the beginnings of life in the
great process of evolution. Men OF
science are bafiled by it as before
and with Dubois-Raymond repeat their
ignoramus. ignorabimus.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
BY d. M. AMeBERRY
BROKEN BOW. NEBRASKA
Historic Paueants.

Last year the town of Warwick,
England, celebrated outdoors some of
the most interesting events In It's hts
tory by a pageant, in which hundreds
of persons assumed the character and.
In appropriate costume, performed the
parts of historic personages. This
year a similar pageant took place at
Oxford, and more lately there was an
other at Romsey. Mark Twain, who
was one of the spectators of the Ok.
ford pageant, remarked that America,
which provides SO many fine sights,
had never furnished anything to equal
that. The length and richness of Euro
pean history of course offer attrac-
lions for such a pageant which could
variety in America. Take, for exam
pie, the case of Romsey-a town so
small that comparatively few Ameri-
cans know anything about It; yet It's
name was conferred upon 1t by the
Romans, and it's actual history goes
back thousand years. 1t was near
Romsey that William Rufus was shot
by bolt from a crossbow, while hunt
Ing deer in the New forest, and his
body removed in the rude cart Of
charcoal burner, ignorant of the dead
mans identity. In the pageant lineal
descendant Of the charcoal burner act
ed the part of his ancestor, and an
other part was taken by lineal de-
scendant of Walter Tyrrell, who Is
supposed to have shot the king. But,
remarks the Youths Companion, IL
such length of history as this 10 lack
ing to American cities and towns,
there is nevertheless no dearth of in
teresting event and stirring episode
which might well be produced in out
door pageants, designed, as those in
England have been, by students of the
local history, and produced by the
cordial cooperation of rich and poor,
high and low, without thought Of
money-making 1t is q matter Of re-
greet among many students of social
development that the stage, which In
Its early days was one Of the greatest
of moral and educational forces, has
80 completely failed to maintain its
power. Might not the historical pag-
cant be made to do at least a part of
this neglected work?
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
Woman, After All, Could Not Bear to
Have Pet Killed.

Indianapolis.-A woman, poorly
dressed but of respectable appearance,
went into police headquarters with
a bulldog about as friendly as the po-
lice had ever seen. Even before the
woman spoke the animal was wag-
ging her tail and making friends right
and left. There was friendly express
sion in the dogs eyes and the men,
bers OF the department present could
see at a glance that the dog was of a
disposition to be trusted
What can we do for you, LADY,"
asked Desk Sergeant Crane.
II came to get rid Of my dog" she
replied sorrowfully. you see, can't
afford to pay the tax"
DO you want to give the dog
away?" the sergeant asked.
yes. If some one would have her,
came the reply. But, oh my, no one
wants her, and l guess the only thing
to do is to have her killed"
With this the woman burst into
tears and between her sobs she de-
clared her dog was the best animal
that ever lived.
why that dog is everything in onr
little household. can go away and
leave the doors open and it is only
necessary to tell her to stay there and
watch. She Is protection against any
one who means harm to me and the
children. But have no money and
can not pay the tax, and l might be
arrested II / don't"
I'm sorry, lady, to see you lose
such 4 pet" Crane told her. IF YOU
have decided to have the dog killed
Humane Inspector Smith back there
will do It,"
The dog Jumped and cavorted about
as she followed the woman to the
humane office. Smith asked severa
questions, and then told the woman he
would kill the animal. She went with
the inspector into the basement In
order to coax the dog there. Coolly the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
On wit and Humor.

Man is the only animal that laughs
and weeps, for he is the only animal
that is struck with the difference be-
tween what things are and what they
ought to be. We weep at what
thwarts or exceeds our desires in seri-
Gus matters; we laugh at what only
disappoints our expectations in trifles.
We shed tears from sympathy with
real and necessary distress; as we
burst into laughter from want of sym.
pathy with that which is unreasonable
and unnecessary, the absurdity of
which provokes our spleen or mirth
rather than serious reflections on it
William Hazlitt.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
HER BODY A SHIELD.

Kirchner refused to be taken to the
emergency hospital. After she had
given an account of the accident to
Acting Capt. Brown Mrs. Kirchner
was taken to her home in the ma
chine by which she had been injured.
Vance was not arrested, as Mrs.
Kirchner declared that she did not
care to prosecute him.
Vance declared that as he started
to turn the corner Mrs. Kirchner
stepped directly in front of his ma
chine, which struck her before he
could make move to avert the acct
dent. He said that he was running
very slowly at the time of the acct.
dent and was sounding his horn as
he turned the corner.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03

Perhaps one of the oldest suits ris-
ing from the anguish of crushed
heart Is one brought by Tilted young
man for damages in st. Louis, not
against the tickle fair one, but against
railroad company. The employees
of the company used him roughly
while on an excursion, and his sweet
heart who was along, resented his lack
OF bravery in not resenting this treat
ment by dissolving their engagement.
But he has managed deftly to convey
delicate rebuke to the fair hero-wor-
shipper by fixing the damages of her
loss at only 5000.