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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1908-02-29

FOR sALE-l40 arpsnts good land ~
miles from town, all cultivabIe. having
3 cabins. stables, etc. at $500 per ar
pent L. Bienvenu, real estate agent
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1908-02-29
$1,000 -

will buy the two
story Greig bull
ding next to Du-
champ Hardware
store, r1ain street,
this building is a
good location for
business and a
genuine bargain
at this price :
l.. BIENVENU.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1908-02-29
LOCAL NEWS.
Timothy hay at L. Bienvenu.

IlmOthy nay at II. bitnvenu.
For Sale.-A genuin- Pivmol,h
Rock Rooster, by l.. T CuS
A number of oar people atten
ded the races at Parks last Sun
day.
The Ladies' Social Club was
most charmingly entertained Mcn
day by Mrs. Frank Rivette.
just in One Automobile Bug
gy 10 horse power, direct from
factory, for sale by L. G. Duchsmp
In the second primary Tuesday,
Mr.. Leopold Lopez defeated Mr..
John F. Franz by a majority of %
votes.
Rails are arriving at New Ibe-
ria for the electric car line to BIZ
built between that city and Jeau-
nerette.
We are pleased to state that DR..
j. r. Olivier who was down for
several days with the grip, is now
back to his Office attending to the
duties of his profession.
Ship your cotton to Olivier
VOORHEES, & Lowry. 922 Gravier
street, New Orleans if you want
the highest market price for your
cotton.
We have many complaints re.
garding the public road near the
plantation of Mr.. Felix Potter.
This piece of road is said to be
very bad aad should have the i'm
mediate attention of the road man.
We are now displaying a most
elegant line of Dress Goods, VIZ
have goods to suit every taste, and
solicit your visit to our store.-K.
Schwartz & Co.
Now is the time for you to look
out for a new stock of stationery,
look up your need aud send US a
list aud We will supply you with
the best kind of printing and sta
tionery, aud at always the lowest
prices.
Get your Cotton Meal from L,
Bienvenu. Free delirery.
Yesterday a large number of our
people took advantage of the re.
duced rates aud left for New Or
leans. To-day and tomorrow the
number will be greatly increased,
and for the best accommodation of
the people. Conductor Durand has
put two more coaches on his train.
For Sale-A good surry for $35
genuine bargain - L. Bienvenu.
The Town Council some time
ago passed an anti rack ordinance
and caused a good many racks to
b. removed. while We can see some
yet in front of some places. 1t
looks as if the laws are not passed
for all alike. Why not removed
every rack in town if they have to
be removed at alp
Remember that when in need
of FEED, such as OATS, CORN,
HAY, aud BRAN, that L. BIEN.
VENU supplies the public at the
LOWEST PRICES.
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1908-02-29

Of course there is nothing new
under the sun, but almost any
druggist can give you something
Just as good.-Ex.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1908-02-29
FOR SALE.

My two-storv residence on Port street.
having one acre lot. also three other pro-
perties. Terms cash or on terms
Dec. q. EDWARD MARTINEZ.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1908-02-29

Rubber Tires put on Baby Car.
r,ages at L. Bienvenu's Bicycle
shop. Price very cheap.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1908-02-29

The result of the Election Tues
lay is as follows:
For Lieutenant Governor
Baily 281
Lambremont $40
For State Auditor
CapdeviIle 7O1
Frazee 1Ol
For Attorney General
Coco 1877
Guion 1859
For Register Land Office
Crandell 1873
Grace 662
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1908-02-29

Men with a push should 60 up
bill. Men who push downhill u.s.
ually end by skinning their noses.
Elk.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1908-02-29

1t is impossible to believe that
God ever made mistakes or left
anything to chance. Eek.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

Age glides steadthily On and beguiles
US as 1t hies-Ovid.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
WHITE HOUSE COURTESY.
The Way President Polk Threw Down
the Barriers.

the Barriers.
If any president of modern times
were to exhibit the official indecency
that John Adams exhibited when JEFF
fers0n became president he would be
denounced by every reputable newspa-
per and intelligent citizen of the land.
1t was then. as 1t is now, the accepted
duty Of the retiring president to re-
ceiye the incoming president at the
White House and accompany him to
the Inauguration ceremonies, but the
last official act of Adams as president
was the nomination of member OF
what We're called midnight judges"
the night before the Inauguration Of
Jefferson, and during the night he
and his family withdrew from the
White House. leaving none but the
servants to receive the incoming presi-
dent. WHITES Alexander X. Mcclure In
the Circle.
1t was President Polk who first had
the courage to disregard the political
passions OF the times by inviting Hen
ry Clay. who had been his competitor.
to dine with him and Mrs. Polk in the
White House. 1t was near the close
of the Polk administration. during
which Clay had been senator most
Of the time. and 1t shocked the Demo
cratic sentiment of the time when it
was announced that Clay had dined
with President Polk. not on state oc-
casion. but had been welcomed at the
fnp fri
the soul Of chivalry. and Polk was a
man of unblemislled character and
high attainments. and his example of
courtesy to Clay has never since been
broken
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
The churchy=rsl Y.w's Secret.

Why are yew trees found In Gene.
ferries only!" said forester. why
all over the world saving here, where
they don't eXist--d0 you find In GENE.
terles great yews of immemorial age?
Anticipates have tried to attach some
druidic significance to the matter. Yews
grow In chnrchyards and nowhere else;
hence they We're sacred to the dead in
the time OF the Druids, and 1t was as
erroneous to plant them In your gar
den as to plant tombstones there. /
have exploded that superstition On a
walking tour of England one summer |
asked every farmer l met why he had
no yews on his place. The answer
was always the same: DO you think
want to lose my cattle? or Had one
but cut it down. The beasties got at 1t,
and yew leaves is poison to the beast
les Yes, that is the secret of the
chnrchyard yew. 1t grows only In
cemeteries because the farmers have
destroyed it everywhere else, Its leaves
being injurious to live stock."-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
snarpshooter. OF tho revolution.

AS soon rs u pioneer boy was big
enough TO level Il rifle lie was given
powder and ball to shoot squirrels
After little practice he was required
to bring in as many squirrels us he
had received charges under penalty Of
a severe lecture or even of having his
jacket tanned" AT the age of twelve
the boy became fort soldier, with
loophole assigned him from which to
fight when the settlers rallied against
an Indian foray. Growing older, he
became Il hanter of deer, elk, buffalo
aud bear skilled in trailing aud In
utilizing cover. capable Of enduring
long marches through trackless noun
tain forests AT night he was content
To curl up In IL single blanket beside q
small fire AID sleep under the roof of
heaven. III it r.ined il, II few mlautes
lie built him II lodge of Lark or boughs
with IL, Implement but lis usie pound
tomahaWn lnoessnnt war with the
Indians taught him to be his own gen.
cral. to he ever on the alert. to keep
his head and sheet straight under lire.
Fitted against all enemy WHO gave no
quarter. but tortured the living and
scalpea the dead. he Eecnr:c himself II
stanch fighter who never surrendered.
The wilderness; lsred men Of iron.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
NINE ON THE DEATH ROLL
s...s Re-. arcins Collide on the Mis-
souri, Pacific-one Man Missing.
Probably Dead.

The fast California special train
from St Louis on the Missouri Pa
ciiic railroad colIided with the equally
fast st. Louis train from Kansas City
two miles east of Knobnoster. Mo-
Nine persons We're killed, all on the
train from Kansas City. and at least
fifty were injured.
The dead are Michael j. Burk, line
man for the Western Union Telegraph
company, Poplar Bluff, Mo-: S. II. Ing
lish, lumberman, Olean, Mo-: Fred
story. lineman, Western Union Tele-
graph company, Franklin. Ky: w. j.
st. Louis: John Hood, Hurley,
Mo-, lineman; w. II. Harding, negro
mail clerk, st. Louis: Baggageman
Campbell, Of Jefferson City, and two
Portions of human bodies and large
pieces of flesh can be seen in the smok-
ing car, which is half telescoped. Only
one person, w. C. Welsh an express
messenger of st. Louis. is known posi-
lively to be missing, and it is supposed
that his body will be found among the
wreckage of the telescoped cars.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
NEEDED THE BRUSH.
Tho Finishing Touch to Eli Whitnsy's
Cotton Gin,

Tho Finishing Touch to Eli Whitnsy's
Cotton Gin.
ELI Whitney, who SO long vexed his
soul over his first and mightiest inyeu-
ton, the cotton gin, was aided In his
success by the quck wit and insight of
woman. In "Old Paths and Legends
of the New England Border Miss
Katherine NJ. Abbott gives the story.
as told by Il granddaughter of General
Nathaniel Greene, of the consumma-
ton of Whitney's experiment ut the
beautiful and hospituble Dungeness,
on Cumberland island. canopied with
live oaks and olive trees.
Mrs. Greene had become interested
In Mr.. Whitney's enterprise and inyit-
ed him to spend the winter at Dunge-
ness. where an abundance of cotton
and quiet We're assured"
One morning he descended headlong
into the drawing room from his work
shop in the fifth story and excltedly
exclaimed. 1.-THE victory is miner In
deep sympathy guests and hostess went
with him to see the model in motion
by which Whitney was to change the
Industrial history of the world.
For few moments the miniature
saws revolNed without hindrance and
the separation of the seed from the
cotton wool WAS successfully accom-
plished. but after little the saws
clogged with lint. the wheel stopped.
and poor Whitney was in despair
Here's what you need!" exclaimed
Mrs. Greene. She seized clothes
brush and held 1t firmly to the teeth
of the saws
MADAM" said Whitney, overcome
with emotion and speaking with the
exaggeration of gratitude, you have
perfected my invention"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
SEVEN DEAD; TH1RTY-Two HURT
Fatal Fire in Five-Cent Store at
Observation-Disclosures of
EircMorlia

At Cleveland Friday seven persons
were killed, ut least two Others We're
fatally injured. and fully thirty more
We're severely hurt as the result of Il
fire in S. S. Kresge's five and ten cent
store. on Ontario street. Following II
a list of the dead: Emma Schumacher
floor walker: Marie Wagner. Anna IRE
fall. Frida Trefall. ana Elizabeth REFS
all clerks: Mary Hughes. chopper:
james l.. Parker four years old. The
other dead We're all young, ranging
from seventeen to ewenty-four Years
old.
Following are those most seriously
injured: Anna IIildebrundt, internal
ly: Laura Horak. burned about body
and hip broken: Emma Brandt, sprain-
ed ankle and cuts; Elizabeth Baes.
burns and cuts; Mrs. Anna Falschei.
arm and hip. broken; Gussie Van Tress.
ankle spraihed and cuts: Myrtle Rich
ards. Girard. Pa, ankle sprained and
bruises; Muriel AIayes, bruises and
cuts; Henry Minch, policeman, struck
by falling ladder; Hazel Davis. ankles
and back sprained; Jennie Singer. head
injured; Carrie Bowman. internal in
juries: Anna Zimmerman. burns on
face and hands: Helen Catraslii. tram
pied upon and internally injured: En-
ma Jaskins. leg broken.
The fire was caused by an explosion
of fireworks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
CANS TIME FINALLY COMES
He Goes Once Too Often Into the
Ring and Bat Nelson Is the
Iiohfweinht f,hnmnin.,

Lightweight Champion.
At San Francisco Saturday Battl'nm
Nelson Won the title OF lightweight
lHugilist of the world from the man who
defeated him mt Goldtield. New. almost
two years ago. He knocked ont Joe
Cans in the seventeenth round. after a
light as desperate as any that had been
Eeen here in years. Fighting from the
beginning to the end of every round,
moving ceaselessly forward and never
giving ground. Nelson, with his bulldog
tenacity and wonderful stamina. slowly
battered the veteran colored champion
Into submission.
The end was not sudden, and there
was few who watched the progress of
the battle and saw Cans grow weaker
ind weaker from round to round but
had made up their minds as to the re-
suit long before the count was given
that made the Illinois lad champion,
Three times Cans was sent to the floor
In the final round. each time taking all
the time allowed. A blow from Nelson's
left glove to the pit of the stomach end
ed the fight. Cans admits that 1.-The
hest man Won and says that 1t Is the
old story of one fight too many and
that age will tell. He felt himself firing
after the third round
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
Still Ahead.

A congressman says he was riding
in smoking car ON little one track
rood and in the seat in front of him
sat jewelry drummer. He was one
Of those wide awake, never-let-any-
Observation-Disclosures style of men.
Presently the train stopped to take on
water. and the conductor neglected to
send back fagman. A limited ex-
press, running at rate of ten miles
an hour, came along and bumped the
rear end Of the first train. The drum
mer was lifted from his seat and pitch
ed head first against the seat ahead.
His silk hat was damned clear down
over his ears. He picked himself up
and settled back In his seat. No bones
had been broken. Then he pulled OF
his hat, drew long breath and,
Strengthening up, said: "Hully gee!
Well, they didn't get by us anyway"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
"ALLlEs" GET COLD COMFORT
They Cannot Make Any Roadway
With. the New York Men.

They Cannot Make Any Roadway
With. the New York Men.
I Throngs are pouring into the city by
every train. Most of the leaders and
more than half of the delegates are
now here. and the tide of humanit,
which comes to look on and cheer IS
now in full movement toward the city.
The chief interest Of the day, outside
the Hryan-Guffey controversy, center.
In the movement of the "allies." to gal
vaniZe the opposition to Bryan into
something like definite and formid
able movement But their best effort.
have not been entirely successful
Chief Murphy, of Tammany, on whom
the hopes of the .allies" have beer
conferred, will give no sign committin.
his forces against Bryan.
He is too shrewd politician for that
when the tide seems setting toward
Bryan. On the contrary, his lieuten
ants are passing the word around thai
New York's vote will be for Bryan
However, the allied opposition still
contends that the fight will be con
timed. The Bryan managers have al
no time shown any nervousness over
the renewed activities of the "allles.'
and Mayor Dalhman. of Omaha, one
of the Bryan chiefs. has made very
definite statement showing the expec
tations of the Bryan forces.
He expressed his views as follows
"A1r. Bryan will he nominated on the
first ballot. The Bryan forces now con
troll thirty.six delegations, and will
have at least that many members OF
til committee on resolutions, and prob
ably more. The platform adopted
will be in accordance with Mr.. Bryan's
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
East African HinhlanSs

The young Englishman, be he officer
or settler In the east African high
lands, cuts Il hardy figure. His clothes
are few and far between. A sun hat,
brown flannel shirt with sleeves cut
above the elbow and open to the chest,
pair of thin khaki knickerbockers
cut short five inches ut least above the
knee, boots and n pair of putties com
prise the whole attire. Nothing else is
worn. The skin, exposed to sun.
thorns and insects, becomes almost as
dark as that of the natives, and so
hardened that 1t is nothing to ride all
day with bare knees on the saddle-a
truly Spartan discipline from which
at least the visitor may be excused
Strand Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
RAD SOME THR11LERs
Exciting Experience of the Balloons
That Left Chicago on Long
Disinuce Rncc.


mat Left Chicago on n Long
Distance Race.
Ninc balloons starte d from the
tity of Chicago last Saturday even
ing ON a. distance race. They he
gah moving at 5;I4 p. M, two hours
pehind time, and tho last left ut $50
p M. aud I'LL went northeast Their
names We're: Fielding, King Edward,
Vile de Dieppe, United States, Gin.
clhnati America, Columbia, Illinois,
and Chicago. They got away in the
order as named.
ihe contest WAS marked by several
thrilling escapes from drownings. The
VINE de blppe dropped into Lake
Michigan soon after the start, and for
an hour or more Colonel A. f. Muller
ana George Schoeneck. its pilots, were
swept across the surface, finally aris-
ing with their craft to Il height of 1908
leet from which they descended to
Bentoil Harbor, Mich. \ similar ex-
perience fell to the lot of C. III. Perrico
ana j. ID. Case, crew OF the Illinois.
me enteaNorl1g to effect Il landing
near Lake Ontario their balloon fell
into the bay of Quintc. The aeronauts
had donncd life prcscrvers, and manng-
ru 10 Keep ailoat until a yacht put of
from Glen Island and rescued them.
Hoth the King Edward and The Illinois
descended rapidly soon after the start.
INC former touching the water while
inc occupants of the Illinois were fore
"a 10 throw out ballast mt rapid rate
10 Keep away from the waves.
The landing places of the nine bal
looms were rs follows: Fielding. West
Eheiford. Que; America. Carsonville,
Mich; King Edward, Port Huron.
Mich; Chicago. Atwood. Ont: United
States. Pinkerton Station. Ont: Co
lumhia. Clinton. Ont: Cincinnati, Co
vert. Mich; Illinois. Glen Island. Ont:
Vile de Dippe, Benton Harbor, Mich.
The Fielding probably wins for dis
lance. having made about 500 miles.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
Great sherman Demonstration

Looking extremely pale. James Sher-
man, Republican vice presidential
nominee, left Cleveland in a private car
attached to TIE eastbound train at s
o'clock in the morning. Mr.. Sherman
was accompanied by his wife and Dr.
Il. +. Carter. The party arrived in
Utica at 9:15 in the evening.
The parade in connection with the
demonstration given Representative
Sherman. on his return to this city was
one of, the biggest ever held in Utica.
Several thousand men were in line.
Organizations and delegations from
practically every city and town in CEN
trail New York participated.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
NEWS OF THE STATE
happenings Which Are of Genera
Interest to AIirthe People
of Iowa.
MATTERS REPORTED BY WIFE
Telegraph News of Events With
Have Occurred in the Hawk
eye State During the
Past Few Days.

Des MONIES. July Nv. HaT,rbahns.
of Valley Junction. Rock Island brake.
man. was killed, two men we've badly
injured, and half dozen were slightly
hurt in a wreck when a Great Western
work train crashed into the Rock Is.
land-lndianola local at the east Six.
tenth street crossing. The seriously
injured are: II. c. Fowler, Ch!ilcothc.
passenger. rib broken, and Il. G. Rug.
giles, 0clwein, Ia, crushed and bruised.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

During the summer kidney irregular
tiles are often caused by excessive
drinking or being oyerheated. Attend
to the kidneys at once by using Foley's
Kidney Cure.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
GuFFEY's "coME-BAcKn WARM
Declares the Nebrnsknn Is the Real
"Boss" in the Party.

Declares the Nebrnskan Is the Real
"Boss" in the Party.
Guffey IN his statement says: "He
Iiryanl charged that the PENNSYLVANIA
delegation was taken from him by
conspiracy against the expressed wish
pf a great majority of the Democratic
voters. This statement Is false. The
state convention voted down !. reso!n-
zion indorsing his candidacy ny n sub.
stantial majority. and there is no basis
whatever for Mr.. Bryan's assumption
that the members of that convention
did not actually represent the voters,
who had elected them delegates.
"Mr. Bryan personally forced the Is
sue before the people when, in htl
contradiction of his baasted policy %.
noninterferences, he came to Pittsburg.
pleaded his own case before thousand.
in Exposition hail. and put his own
ticket in the field against the regular
candidates. The result of his fervid
appeals was the election of BIZ Bryan
delegates and ,2Gls anti-Bryan dele
gates to the state convention"
7, Next Gnffey attacks Bryan's asser-
tlcn Of his tBryan's) policy of nonin,
reference with the action OF the people
and their representatives, and declares
that Bryan antagonized McGraw in
West Virginia, Taggart in Indiana.
and Roger Sullivan, in Illinois, going
ont of his way to take part in the con.
troversies over their selection ms ma
tional committeeman. He then SAYS.
"Mr. Bryan views me with sanctiinoni.
Gus horror as n political boss, who
shall never be in the party organiza.
ticn. except over my protest. as n
'bushwllaeker.' who should not be nut
into my councils to betray me-. My
councils.' indeed. Is the Democratic
party really absorbed? Has it. no coun-
ellis? Is MIR. Bryan the whole orgaui.
Zation:'
l. In view of this Guffey intimates thai
the real boss in the party is bryan
In reply to the charge that he (Gumey)
ia corporation man." Guffcy says he
is a corporation man. and that when
Bryan needed money in 1896 and 1905
he never had any scruples as to calling
on him (Gntfey) and other corporation
men" for campaign funds
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
An American Scholars Work.

1t should be humiliating for English
men to reflect that it was left to an
American, Francis James Child, to
compile the five thick volumes of ENG
fish and Scottish Popular Ballads"
which are familiar and invaluable to
all students Of this subject But self
reproach is forgotten in admiration of
his work. Child himself unfortunately
did not live to finish his task. How
ever, he was more than scholar and
an editor. He was the founder of n
school and he had the gift of being
able to transmit to others both his
learning and his zeal.--London Satur-
day Review.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
women,s Gathering Adiourns.

With the Introduction Of the new OH.
GERS. headed by Mrs. Philip n. Moore
of ST. Louis, as president to the as
sembled delegates of the General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs at Symp
hony hall in Boston, by whom they were
received with outbursts of enthusiasm.
the federation brought to a final adj
journment the ninth biennial convcn-
ton, which had been in session in this
city since June 30.