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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-02-12
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"A cold wave came upon us
Thursday morning. The north
wind was cold and disagreeable,
but happily, it won't off without a
freeze.
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This is certainly a funny world.
For instance: While some folks
are worrying about tho high price
OF salt meat and grits, others are
puzzling over the best gas-machine
they can get for $3OOO.-X.
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chsmbsrlain's Collie, Cholera and piarrhosa
Remedy.

There is no medicine made that IL re-.
lied upon with more implicit confidence
than Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale BY all
druggists.
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Won't Need a Crutch.

When Editor ]. P. SOssman. OF Corne-
Inns. n. c.. bruised his leg badly, 1t star
ted an ugly sore. Many salves and ONT
ments proved worthless. Then Buck
lens Arnica Salve healed 1t thoroughly.
Nothing is 40 prompt and sure for Ulcers.
Boils, Burns, Bruises, Cuts. Corns. Sores.
Pimples. Eczema or Piles. 25c at Labbe's
drugstore.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-04
Why Lincoln Told Stories.


Lincoln undoubtedly appropriated all
the stories he could acquaint himself
with. regardless of their antiquity. and
often. no doubt. he adapted their point
to the conditions of the people he
lived among. His own explanation of
his extraordinary propensity to anec-
dote in speech or conversation is ex-
cellently given in the Century Maya
uiEmAZ CQQnel SiIas " ah0 60
lates a remarkable incident. hitherto
unpublished. of civil wal history. 1t is
not necessary in this connection to do
more than quote the words.
81 believe | have the popular reputa-
ton of being a story teller. but | do
not deserve the name in Its general
sense, for it is not the story itself, but
its purpose or effect. that interests me.
/ often avoid a long and useless dis
cussion by others OF a laborious ex-
PLANTATION on my own part by a short
story that illustrates my point of view.
So. too. the sharpness of a refusal or
the edge of a rebuke may be blunted by
an appropriate story. 80 as to save
wounded feeling and yet serve the pur-
pose. No; | am not simply a story
teller, but story telling as an emollient
saves me much friction and distress"
1t may be added that this accords
with the view which most students of
Lincoln's character had reached.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-04
HARRIET BEEcheR STOWE.
How She Helped Lincoln With "uneIe
Toms Cabin"

In that little heroic advance guard
of men and women who battled val
iantly for the spread of anti-slavery
sentiment in this republic Harriet
Beecher Stowe was most %conspicu-
GUS. Her propaganda WAS conduct
ed within her own domestic circle.
and her potent weapon MAS her pen.
but it accomplished marvels. Her
Uncle Toms Cabin" was Il real in
vincible armada. Once launched. there
was nothing that con.d silence its
guns. On its earliest appearance in
serial form il began its career us an
educative force. and it grew daily as a
maker of sentiment.
Nor did 1t matter much that it was a
work which. measured even by the
standards of the time. was not steem-
ed a notable example of literary handi-
craft. That it was never accepted by
those whose opinion should have been
final as a true picture of conditions as
they actually were did not In the least
initiate against its potency as a re-
forming agent. 1t kept right on in its
victorious and convincing way regard
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-04
Lineoln,s Odd Appearance.

Lincoln's favorite outer garb as he
sailed forth in winter for his office
was al ancient gray shawl. He took
particular pains never to have his hat
brushed or his shoes BACKED. His
carpetbag threatened at the seams to
disgorge its burden of legal docu-
ments. His green cotton umbrella had
no handle to speak of. aud inside was
the legend. "A. Lincoln the letters
cut out of white muslin and sewed to
the faded cloth. Altogether he looked
like the advance agent of a Denman
Thompson show. In 1856 a pair of
spectacles cost him 371a cents.
The office was in character with the
notorious indifference to appearances
of the senior partner of the firm. Once
a young law student attempted to
blaze a trail through the accumulated
rubbish and found that some seeds
given by a congressman had taken root
and sprouted In the dirt
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-04
LincoIn's Cabinet.


Lincoln hated to dictate. He shrank
from assuming to control the members
of his cabinet until forced by circum-
stances to take upon himself the re-
sponsibility. His natural preference
was to work with rather than to lead
men. He could not bear to humble
any fellow being. however low his
rank. But he found as emergencies
arose that some one must rule and
that as president he alone was re-
sponsible to the people. His courage
never permitted him to shirk a duty.
and thus little by little his power was
modestly put forth.
When the members of Lincoln's cab
met first met probably no n among
them suspected that their counsels
would be ruled by the Ia who sat
at the head of the table. None of
them knew him. and most of them
felt they were the superiors of the I'M
tried and unframed president. They
had all been chosen by him for polit-
ical or party reasons. Four had been
his competitors for the nomination at
Chicago.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-04
Birth of the Theater.

The theater is the creation of the an
cient Greeks. The drama, in the true
sense of the word, was born in Athens
Immediately after the great victory
over the Persians, B. G. 50O-4S0. The
famous Dionysiac theater at Athens
was completed about B. c. $40. Rome
was never much on the theater. In
Rome there was far too much real
tragedy every day, so that the people
mad no occasion to mimic it on the
stage. 1t was as late as B. G. 154
when the first permanent playhouse
was erected in Rome by Cassius.
Even as late as B. G. 90 Pompey had
all he could do to make the theater
popular in the Eternal City.--New
York American.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-04
i.incoIn's Modestv.

When John Locke Scripps went TO
him in 1860 for materials for a cam
paign life Lincoln replied:
"Why. Seripps. it is a great piece of
folly to attempt to make anything out
of me or my early life. 1t can all be
condensed in a single sentence. and
that sentence you will find in Gray's
'Elegy:'
1.-The short and simple annals of
the poor
"That's my life. and that's all you or
any one else can make of it,"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-04
'LINcoIN-EbR7GhTB5Y BOY.

When Lincoln was about nineteen he
was employed by Mr.. Gentry of Gen
tryyille. Ind. to go with his son Allen
down the river to New Orleans with
a cargo of bacon and other produce.
While they were loading at Rockport,
on the Ohio, Lincoln saw a good deal
of the pretty Miss Roby who after
ward became the wife of Allen Gen
try. AT this time the young lady evil
IDENTITY had a strong liking for the fu-
ture emancipation. This. however. did
not prevent her from writing of him In
her diary as follows:
ABE Is a long, leggy, gawky boy,
dried up and shriveled. One evening
he and l were sitting on the boat, and
| remarked that the sun was going
down. He said to me: That's not so. 1t
doesn't really go down. 1t only seems
to. The earth turns from west to east,
and the revolution of the earth carries
us under. as it were We do the sink
ing, as you call 1t. The sum-, as to us,
is comparatively still; its sinking is
only an appearance l replied. Abe,
what a fool you arer found out after
ward that / vas the fool, not Lincoln"
In after years Mrs. Gentry wrote to
n Of Lincoln's friends as follows: 81
am now thoroughly satisfied that at
that time Mr.. Lincoln knew the gen.
eral laws of astronomy and the move
ments of the heavenly bodies. He was
better read then than the world knows
or is ever likely to know. He was
the learned boy among us unlearned
folk"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-04

less of the protests that there were no
Legrees or Markses. that the slave
market scene was the product Of a dis
eased Imagination and that half the
horrors revealed in it's pages were non
existent.
1t was an av~ant-courier of Abraham
Lincoln and his mission. and the great
emancipation always regarded 1t as
such. For It's author he had the most
appreciative admiration. and she was
always welcomed at the White House.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-04

Climbing a Mountain on a Wire Rope.
AS the basket leaves the sheltering
station there is for a moment a feel
ing of helpless CONSERVATION. The die
is cast, the firm earth.i is receding, and
as one looks at the awful heights to
be scaled the heart for a moment
fails, but as irresistibly as fate the ca
BILE is slowly moving on, and there is
no stopping. Ere n could ask to be
let out the basket has lifted up over
the %quivering aspens and gone out of
sight of the station below. So there is
nothing one can do but remember the
consoling facts about the tested capac-
ity of the cables and trust in the en-
gineer. The first station one reaches
informs n that the altitude is 1000
feet.-Worid Today.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-04
MY VALENTINE.

Such a valentine you never did see
As my little neighbor sent to me.
She plucked a leaf from the catalpa
tree,
As much like a heart as a leaf
could be.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-04
could be.
And then she wrought with a needle

And then she wrought with a needle
in gold
The sweetest words that a heart
could hold.
She embroidered the leaf in letters
bold
a strand of her hair was the thread,
I'm told.
The leaf was fresh and fair as it
grew,
Fed by the sunshine, fed by the dew,
And my dear said the words were
strictly true,
And the words were these: st do
love you"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-04

FIRST FLOOR PLAN. SECOND FLOOR fEAN.
This plan provides fr living room, dining room. bedroom and kitchen O n
the first floor. with two large bedrooms. bath and extra large closets on the
second fool. Three bedrooms could easily be provided. The exterior of the
first floor is sided. while the second floor and roo farce IF shingles A light and
airy basement seven feets six inches in height is also provided. The size is 2e
by % feet Cost to build. exclusive of heating and plumbing. $4,000.
BY special arrangement with M the editor of this paper will furnish n
complete set of plans and specifications of design No S72 for $5.
GLENN L. SAXTON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-25
BULKElEY IN PERIL
Senator Again Escapes In jury, This Time Youth Risking Life to Stop
 Train.

Hartford. Aug. 25.-R- S. Arnold, 2 young man employed by the Taylor Lumber Company. risked his life by Tagging the north bound express or the New Haven railroad when he saw a car load of lumber that had broker away, topple over on the main track.
 United States Senator Morgan G Bulkeley was a passenger on the train Only two weeks ago Senator Bulkele1 was on the south bound shore train on the Valley road when Fred Bost- worth, the engine driver. lost his owr life to save the hundred passengers Senator Bulkeley warmly commended the act of Arnold in stopping the train yesterday.
 Had the express struck the lumber car it probably would have been thrown down thirty foot embank- ment. Arnold ran out on long tres tie to stop the train. and came very near being run down by the engine The train was crowded with person: returning from shore resorts.
 Senator Bulkeley, who started fund for Fred Bostworth's family by giving s25O, says that the fund now amounts to s4, GOO and that subscriptions are still coming in.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-25
EXTRA GUARDS
 IN JAIL YARD
County Commissioners Secure Two Policemen to Watch Pris- Oners in New Haven

New Haven, Aug. 25.-Stirred to ac- ton by the escape within three weeks Of five prisoners at the county jail while in charge of Superintendent Sheehan at work in the open yard back of the jail or in one case in the warehouse across the street from the property, the County Commissions CTS nave taken steps to prevent if they can. any further escapes under the apparently easy conditions which now prevail. They will add to the guard of Superintendent Sheehan and foreman under him, two members Of the New Haven police department who will be employed each day, start ing today, to watch for and appne- hend prisoners who may attempt to take advantage of the conditions due to the April fire at the jail and en- deavor to get away
 This makes four men keeping guard over the workmen and while there is no guarantee that even these will be able to prevent escapes from the work in the yard it will make 1t so much more difficult that in all proba ability itS will put an end to the escapes. The experiment with these four men on guard will be tried beginning today, the policemen to be on duty during the day time only while the prison CTS are let loose in the yard to work. This addition of two more guards is in line with Sheriff Hugos suggestion that more guards were necessary un- der the circumstances.
 Four of the five recent escapes have been made by prisoners who were working in the yard in the back of the jail where the ruins of the workshop are. These men have been employed clearing up the yard large ly as a matter of benefit to the pri- soners to keep them in good condi- tion. There have been from thirty to sometimes about sixty men at work here, all prisoners of slight con- sequence so far as their offenses are concerned and with short times to serve, and to watch them there have been but two men as there are sno other guards available.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-25
RECEIVED $6I2 TO
 MURDER A WOMAN
Man Who Gave Promissory Note Tells Weird Story
 In Court

Providence, Aug 25.-August Fried erlchs, an employe of the Gorham Man ufacturing Company and proprietor of boarding house, testified before Judge Lee of the Superior court yes terday that he received $500 in money and SIP worth of hardware to con- slider a proposition to kill woman
 He said that he had not killed her and had not returned the money
 The matter before the court was a petition from Friederichs that he be released from arrest and his bail dis charged in civil suit brought against him by Wilhelm Schmitt. a retired wholesale hardware dealer of Newark, N. J. MT. Schmitt said that he loan ed Friederichs $500 on promissory note and that he also furnished him SIP worth of hardware to replenish the stock in a store conducted by F'riederichs in Brooklyn.
 Friederichs testified that he did not owe Schmitt any money.
 "But why did you give him this promissory note for s500?" asked Judge Lee
 "Well, that was so MT. Schmitt could have something to show what became of his money"
 Then you admit that he paid YOU s5OO?''
 ''Yes, I received $500 from Schmitt."
 What did he give you $500 for?'
 Because he wanted me to kill the woman with whom he was living''
 Did you also receive the SIP worth of hardware that the plaintiff says you owe him for?"
 ''Yes, that was part of what was to get for killing the woman
 Did you kill the woman?''
 NO, didn't kill her, I took the money and held the matter under con- sideration''
 Then you received $612 to consider whether you would kill the woman or not"
 Counsel for, F,riederichs apparently inferred that the court was not in- clined to believe all that his client was saying and asked that the hearing be continued to give him opportunity to produce testimony in corroboration of the story
 Judge Lee refused to continue the hearing and denied the motion for re-. lease from arrest and discharge from bail
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-25
TALKS AT DUNKIRK TO 500 RAILROAD MEN
 SHOUTING TEDDY. TEDDYr~

Dunkirk, N. r., con Board Roose~ welt Train,) Aug. 25.-Some five hun~ dred railroad men crowded about fh4 Roosevelt special train at Dunkirk shouting:
 Teddy. Teddy" Colonel Roosevelt walked out on the rear platform and the crowd cheered wildly. When the crowd quieted an engine nearly drowned out his voice with the hiss of popping valves.
 ssThe only thing I cannot ta1E against is an engine" shouted Roose- welt, and again the crowd cheered- The Colonel made a short speech extolling the railroad man in thess words:
 He is sturdy type of American citizen-one of the most efficient Ea knows how to work individua1ly-< each man for himself-or in conn., bination and he knows how to obey orders.
 As the Colonel turned into the car an enthusiastic crowd shouted Do them up in the convention. Teddy Roosevelt faced the crowd and ff5s Roosevelt smile spread over his faes- He waved a Roosevelt fist and rf14 train pulled out with the crowd yeII< ing madly.
 Roosevelt has been invited to zG to the Press Club when he arrives in Chicago tonight and he may accspt-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-25
TEDDY DECLARES IT HIS DUTY
 TO HUNT OUT THE CROOKS IN Z
 HIS OWN PARTY AT ANY COST

train pulled out at 7:30 a. m
 Roosevelt has already made pre1 liminary plans for the big fight tnao will come when the state convent10r1 gathers at Saratoga on September Z5~ Roosevelt realizes that he is greatly handicapped by his lack of state- wide organization but he is depend- ing largely on his personal popUlar-s ity and the issues he will represen1 to win him support
 brother-in-law, Douglas Robinson, in the Herkiner Hills, at midnight Ias7 night, the Colonel had begun ths work of organizing his forces for the fight During the afternoon and evening the telephone from the Rob inson house was kept busy with calls to and from New York Llyod C. Griscom, New York County Chair man, and Collector of Customs Wiz~ liam Loeb, IT,, who have been con- nected with the ColonePs end Of tn6 i, fight, were getting their instructions They will bear the brunt of the skirmishing from now until Septem- Der II, for until that time Roosevelt will be conducting a long dista Dce fight from points along the route 0T8 his western journey.
 There is no doubt that the begin> ming of the ColonePs trip has en- couraged him nightly. His nor7 than enthusiastic reception in rh1 heart of vice-President shermans stronghold awakened the old tin17 Roosevelt fire and he is now in ths fight flor keeps.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-25
COMMISSIONERS EMPLOY
 EXPERT TO PLAN AND MAP
 SYSTEM GOOD FOR 20 YEARS

fer with the telephone company's en- gineers and learn what their plans are for underground work in the future. It is contemplated that the system that will be prepared will be sufficient for the fire department to work on for the next 20 years. The greater part of 1t can be carried out as soon as the city wants to spend the money for cable.
 There are nine circuits which center at fire headquarters. Lineman Ar thur Platt, working from memory, took a map of the city yesterday and with a lead pencil outlined each of the nine circuits in order that Shafer would have something to work from when he maps a new layout of the system.
 Under the present system some Of the lines carry too many alarm boxes. With one of the circuits out of com mission during a storm in the winter, an entire section of the city is shut off from a means of sending in an alarm of fire pending the making Of repairs By increasing the number of circuits and lessening the number of boxes to the circuit the commission intends to increase the efficiency of the service and lessen the zone of dan- ger which exists during the breakdown of a circuit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-25
ROOSEVELT DUE IN CHICAGO AT 9 P. M
 BUT NO RECEPTION.

Chicago, Aug. 25.-CoIone1 Rooss< welt will arrive here at o'clock to- night The Colonel will be in Cht~ cago only an hour and Is minutes. At his request there will De no req ception by the Hamilton Club as had been planned. Roosevelt said that h4 wished his visit to be as fnconspfcu~ ous as possible.
 The ex-President will stop here on the return trip east, on September and deliver an address.
 The Roosevelt car will be atfact< ed to the Los Angeles Limited which leaves at 10:16, for Cheyenne. An< other car for a. party of personal friends of the Colonel who are t1 accompany him on his western trf1 will be attached to the train here.
 A few of the ColoneYs Cnicaz1 friends will call on him at the ssa< ton during his brief stop here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-25
MARTIN GRAY EXPL ANS
Asks New Haveners tt Withhold Judgment on
 Eagles Graft Charges

Regarding the story received from St. Louis yesterday to>the effect that four former officers of the Order of Eagles were placed on trial charged with diverting $12,000 of the funds of the order, Martin Gray, of New Haven, a well known Eagle gave out the following statement:
 ''I am involved in this affair mere ly by virtue of my having been a member of the national board Of trustees of the Eagles. The whole thing merely involves a question of the good or bad Judgment exercised by the trustees over certain funds of the order. All ask my New Haven friends to do is to withhold judgment in this matter till the- national con vention of Eagles now meeting at St. Louis, gives it's final decision in this case I am confident that personally I will be exonerated from all blame"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-25
N. Y. Wholesale Prices

extras, 301ke; dairy tubs, finest, 28c O 2S1kc; good to prime. 251zc O 271zc
 EGGS.-Hennery whites, 28c O 33c; gathered, 25c O 29c; 'hennery browns, fancy, 27c O 2sc; gathered, 25c O 27c. pasEa bsi sigS gsr ss Peacsa es ss s rier, 5Oc O s1; s-fb basket. 15c O 25c; Grapes, black. carrier, 40c O $1; Black berries, quart, Sc O 13c; Raspberries pint, 6c O Sc; Huckleberries. quart. 6e | O 16c
 HAY AND STRAW.-Hay-New tim- othy, prime $1.20 per 100 10; No. to No. 1, 95c O s1.15; shipping. s5c O soc; soc. Straw-Long rye, 60c O 65c; tan- gled rye, 40c O soc; oat and wheat. 4Oc O 45c
 POULTRY - ALIVE Chickens spring, per ID, 17c; Fowls, 15c;. Tur- keys, prime 14c; Ducks, 14c; Geese, 12c; Guinea Fowls, pair, 60c: Pigeons, 25c
 DRESSEDITurkeys average best. 2-c O 22c; Broilers, fancy, fair, 40c O soc; 3 to 4 fb to pair, ID, 23c O 24c; Chickens spring. over 4 ID to pair, 21c O 22c; Fowls, 15c O 16c; Ducklings, spring, ID. 19c; Squabs, prime, white. dozen, $2.50 O $3.75; ID to dozen, $3.50: 6 and SIS ID to dozen, $2.5O; dark; s1. 50 O s1.75; Guineas, spring, ID to pair, pair, s1 O s1.1o; over fb to pair, e5c O 75c
 VEGETABLES.-P bbl, 8 O $2.25; Carrots, bbl $50 O $2.25; Cab bages, hundred, s5 O $7; Celery, dozen roots 10c O BOG; Cauliflowers, bbl, $1 O $6; Cucumbers. soc O s1.50; cucum- Der pickles, soc O $1.25; Corn, hundred, $1 O $2.25; Lima Beans. basket or bag, soc O $1; Lettuce, baskets. 75c O, $2; Onions, yellow, bbl. $1.50 O. s2.25: red, s1 O $1.25; white, crate, 75c O $1; Pars- ley, basket. soc; Peas, basket or bag, soc O $50; Peppers, bbl, soc O s1; String Beans, basket or bag, 25c O 75c; Squash bbl, 75c O $1; Turnips, ruta- baga, bbl, 75c O $1; Tomatoes. box, BOG co $125.