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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-05-28
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Pierre Mistric
Treville Guidry 4 ais
No. IO5OJ,
State of Louisiana, Parish of st. Martin,
10Th Judicial District Court,
BY virtue of writ of feri-facias, issued out
of the 18th Judicial District Court for the Pa
IRISH of 1T. Martin. State of Louisiana, in the
above entitled and numbered cause. dated this
23rd day Of October 1909.
have seized and will proceed to sell at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder. at the
front door of the Court House. in the Town of
st. Martnville on
Saturday the 18th day Of June 1910,
between the legal sale hours, the following de-
scrit ed property to-wit:
That certain tract of land, situated in the Pa
IRISH ofSt. Martin, State of Louisian contain
ing thirty superficial arpents with all the i'm
provements thereon and thereto belonging,
bounded on the North by land of Angelic.
East by that of Angelic, South by that Of
ZeriDgue and West by that of Andre.
Seized to satisfy said above writ.
Terms and conditions
Sheriff's Office this 18th day Of May A. d. 1910.
A. ~. BROUsSARD. Sheriff.
Never hesitate about giving Chamber
laln's Cough Remedy to children. 1t
contains no opium or other narcotics
and eau BE- given with implicit conf
dence. As quick cure for coughs and
colds TO which children are susceptible,
II Is unsurpassed. Sold by all druggist.
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Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Ia
blets will clear the sour stomach, sweet
en- the breath and create a healthy ap.
petite. They promote the flow of gastric
juice, thereby inducing good digestion.
Sold by all druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-05-28
ARTICLE /.

The name Of this corporation shall be
X. Marlin Company; its doniclle Is
fixed at ST. MaItiuville, Louisiana; un-
der It's COrpOrate ralne ii shall have
power to contract, SUE and be sued, anu
To buy, sell, mortgage aud pldege all,
PROPERTY whatsoever, and to ap.Uiu,
such agents and employees, as Its inter-
est may require.
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$4,000 REWARD

We will pay you 500 cash for furnishing Us
evidence sufficient to convict any person Of
cutting or removing trees or timber from Our
land or booms without Our permission or con-
sent, or for depridating on Our property in
any manner.
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j. r. OLIVIER,
DENTAL SURGEON,

! AM USING A NEW PREPARATION WITH
WHICH TEETH ARE PULLED WITHOUT
PAIN
OFFlCE:-UPSTAIRS Liable DRUG STORt
ST. MAkTINvlLLE, LA.
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metal OF value, ami the owning and
OpeI allng Oi pipe lines. boats, of rail
roads for the pupose of transporting The
same.
ARTICLE Nv.
The affairs Of This Corporation shall be
managed 10y Board of Directors, five
In number, consisting Of the President
and Gensral Manage. and HE Seerytar.
and lreas4fer.. -aIfd three Stbck holders.
Three Of said Board shall Constitute a
quorum. All The powers Of this Corpor-
alton shall be vested in the said Board
of Directors.
The following shall constitute the first
Board of Dlreclos: K. Martin, President
aud General Manager,
Secretary and Treasurer, Walter j.
Burke, Geo. j. Sabatier and Ii. Shelby
Sanders, Stockholders. i.
This Charter may be amended, and
the Stock Increased or decreased at a
general meeting Of the Stockholders,
with the assent vi three fOurths Of the
Capital stock. present or represented.
len days prior notice shall be- given
in newspaper published at st. Martini
VILE. Of such meeting.
This Corporation may be- dissolved at
any time, Whenever So deemed by three
quarters OF the Stock present at a
meeting called for such purpose. In
case Of dissolution, three Commissioners
shall be appointed from among the
Stockholders, who shall remain in office
until the affairs of the Company shall
have been fully liQuidated. la case OF
death oi one of two of the said Commits
siOners. the other or others shall con-
tinue to act.
ARTICLE v.
The Capital Stock of this Corporation
is hereby fixed at Five thousand Dollars.
devined into Ten shares of Five hundred
Dollars each. payable cash.
ARTICLE vi.
No stO, khOder shall ever be held liza
BILE or responsible in any further sum
than the unpaid balance due the Compa
ny Oh the shares Of stock subscribed for
or owned by him.
Thus done and passed at st. Martin
VILE. La, AS aforesaid.
X. Martin, = shares
q. j. Sabatier. = shares
II. Shelby Sanders. . shares
by Walter j. Burke
Walter j Burke . shares
&C. Martin. share
Witnesses:
+. +. Delahoussaye,
ii. p. Olivier.
JAMES j. MARTIN,
Notary Public
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ARTICLE III.

This Corporation shall exist tor TWEEN
tO-hye years from date hereof. The Pre-
sideut. VI IN his absence, the Vice Presi-
dent shall be the proper person upon
whom citation shall be served.
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ARTICLE Ill.

The objects Of this Corporation. is the
drilling Tor, and the producing and mar
keting. of petroleum, or other mineral OF
metal Of value, anu the owning and
operating OF pipe lines, boats, vi rail
roads for the pupose of transporting The
same.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-01
HABIT AMONG ANIMALS
How the Horse Learns Tricks and
SParrows Guess at Numbers.

ilir horse. as the most stupid of all
thc DUMB creatures man has made
HIS friends, has been painst;,kinglv
STUDIED by /. I. Brewster He is so
stupid that he can be taught any
lhlng-that is, any maitland having
no mind of his own can be relied OF.
TO 40 exactly as he is told. All the
authentic tricks, whatever the details.
are worked in this way.
The horse is taught bv endless
repcutionS some mechanical habit. A
given signal, and he begins to paw the
1"or Another signal, and he stops.
Press the proper button. and III, takes
sponge ana rubS it over a certain
spot on blackboard or picks up q
card lying in certain position The
meaning of the act exists for the spec
tator only. The pawing., count the
answer to 4 problem in addition, the
card bears the reply to question: but
the horse does not know it.
He merely follows d blind habit lust
as he will stop when you say whoa -
though you interpol2tc the word into
your recitation of the Declaration of
Independence. The reason the horse
IS 50 available for this particular de-
ceptlon and so generally useful to
mankind is that he possesses just the
right degree Of stupidity. If he were
stupider he would not be plastic
enough to acquire convenient habits.
If he were cleverer. he would acquire
too many habits and lead too much
his own life, like that particularly
cleverer animal the cat
The 20nO tests to which James p.
Porter, of the Indiana University, sub
jected two English sparrows serve as
tie type of all experiments with ami
mails counting. They proved beyond
question that the sparrows could not
count. After a bird had been given
its food 100 times in succession from
dish No. 8, in the next twenty trials it
went only nine times to the proper
place. Moreover, after the bird be-
came pretty certain Of the situation of
the desired dish, when he came to it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-01
The Markets
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings In All
The Leading Stocks.

New York oct 3l:-The spirit of the
speculation in stocks was inclined to
droop today Unsatisfactory steel trade
adviccS, the money requirements incident
to the November settlements and the
credit and investment position generally
aud the near approach of the elections
were factors in the action of the market.
A later recovery was prompted by the
ShghtneSS of the rise in call money ana
by covering of shorts.
The action of the call loan rate did not
show excessive strain stock market
resources from the requirements Of the
higher than 1 per cent. Relief IS af-
forded also by the improvement in the
money position in London which is re-
Elected III lower rates for exchange in
New York. The private discount rates
declined again III London today. The
sale of $10,o0o,No 1-year Michigan Central
notes in Paris marking the reappearapcc
of Short-time obligations of the railroads
for lack of ability to place regular bonds
is regarded as systematic The terms of
the transaction are divulged but as long
ago as oct. - President w. G. Brown Of
the New York Central lines asserted pub
licly before the Interstate Commerce
Commission his conviction that it would
be necessary for his company to pay q
per cent on these notes. Moreover, the
amount then out was $le,5 900 instead of
$10,0aG.Wo now secured.
Statements that the steel trade went
through the last week of October at low
tide with new business for the United
States Steel Corporation at lass then %
per cent. of capacity had a discourasinG
influence. Less hope was professed of
any influx of orders from the railroad
companies before next year. Reports of
shutting down of tin plate mills were an
additional factor in the depression of
United states steel. That stock absorbed
u third of the total dealings in the mar
ket and its movement was decisive in
showing the general course Of prices 1t
touched last weeks low price. but de-
veloped resistance at that level and in
its recovery carried the whole list with
it.
Bonds were steady. Total sales, par
value, $l,665.CNn. United States bonds were
unchanged on call.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-01
MAKING RICE PAPER
Pulp of AralIa Trees Used In Manu-.
facture in China.

TI" So-called rice paper is not nad,,
lrHn rice, as its name implies. but
from the snow white pith Of Il small
tree belonging to the genus AraIia
a genus represented in this country by
the common sarsaparlla and the
spikcnard. The tree grows in For
mosa. and 50 iar as is known. nowhere
else
The stems are trans ported L. China
and there the rice paper is made. It
is used asiuc from Il number uf o,he,
purposes. by th" native artists for
water color drawings. and sometimes
IT IS dyed in various CulorS anG made
into artificial flowers
III" tools of the pith worker cont
prise a smooth stone about u fopt
sql&rc and . large knife Ur- hatchet
with short wooden handle The
blade is about a foot long. two inches
broad and nearly half an inch thick
at tue back, and it is as sharp as IA
razor
fiacln" piece Of the cylindrical
pith on the stone. and his left hand
on tI@ top, the pith worker will roll
the rith backward and forward for >
moment until lie gets it in the re-
puircd position. Then, Selling the
knife with his right hand. he will mold
the edge Of the blade. after a feint or
two, close to the pith, which h" will
keep rolling T. the left with his left
hand until nothing remains to unroll
for the pith has, by the application Of
the knife been pared into Il square
white Shcetcof uniform thickness. All
that remains To be done is to square
tie edges.
If one will roll up Il sheet of paper
lay it on the table. place the left hand
on top and gently, unroll it 10 the lcit
u" VIII have good idea %: how tn"
feat is accomplishments York Her
all.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-01
SPORTING NEWS
BOXING EVENTS THIS WEEK.

Tuesday-Porky Flynn VS.. Jim Bar
~. Kenneth Salisbury VS.. Bob LeFa-
YOUR, A. j. Duffy vs.. Tom Foley and
Haywood Briggs VS.. Dick Howell, Ar
mory A. A.. Boston; Willie Beecher vs.
Battling Hurley, New York; Jack Nor
gan vs.. Jack Dillon. Indianapolis
Frankie Madden VS.. Joe Seiger. New
York; Charley Harvey vs.. Young
O'Leary,. New York: Reddy Moore vs..
Bob williams, J. Dougherty vs.. Pat
Bidd1e, Ed Stringer rs. Barney Ford
and Fred Corbett vs.. Twin Miller,
Philadelphia.
Wednesday, Boston A. A. anna
teur tournament. Trial bouts.
Thursday-Young Lnughrey VS..
Bob Moha, Milwaukee: Mike McIn-
tyre VS.. Jimmy Quinlan. Lawrence.
Charley Harvey VS.. Young Rago. New
York; Danny Dunn Us. Joe Wagner,
New York: Harry Lewis vs.. Buck
Grouse, Pittsburg.
Friday-Hugo Kelly vs.. Tony Caponi,
Minneapolis; Jack Dorman VS.. Leach
Cross. New York; Jack Carrig VS.. X.
Sperry. Dunkirk. n. "; Kid Sheehan
vs. Tommy Furey. Billy Lewis vs.. NJ.
Donahu, and George Golden vs.. Young
McDonough. Manchester. y. II.
Saturday. Boston a \. amateur
tournament. Semi-tinals and finals.
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RULE
Agreement Reached in n.
f. Demunage Gases.
Lumber, Grain, Coal May Be
Kept in Cars z Hours.
Burlington Road Will Lose $780,
900 by New Rate Aecision.

Washington. oct 31-A compromise
agreement was reached by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission today in
the New England demurragc eases
whereby the railroads Will reduce from
four to two days, the time within
which freight ears may remain loaded
to lumber grain and coal
Cars containing coal. forest products.
grain and grain products may be kept
by the merchants for y hours, instead
of the present 90 hours, during the
next six months and Il demurrage
bureau will be maintained ut Boston
to adjust all such matters.
Agreement On these matters to take
effect Dee. !, was reached at a confer
encc nj Interstate Commerce Commis-
Sioncr ProtN'S office today at which
Vice President Campbell and Attorney
Robbins. of the New York New Haven
\ Hartford Railroad, y. @. Ives of the
Boston Chamber Of Commerce and
traffic and legal representatives, Of
numerous roads We're present
The agreement which is satisfactory
to both sides, according To their state
ncntS. meets with the approval of the
commission. The shippers have been
Naglng the fight against the reduction
Of the time from four days to two daNs
on all products ever since the railroads
gave first notice of their intention 50
t" conform to the standard dcmurragc
period as approved by the commission
and the railroad ORGANIZATIONS The
commission will designate an arbitra
tor to take charge Of the demurrage
bureau at Boston who will consider
all complaints in such matters and at
the end of the six months period will
report to the commission. Upon that
report will depend the continuance Of
the concession as to the three products
named.
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New York Produce Market.

New York, oct. II.
FIOUR-Was quiet and lower to effect
sales Receipts %, 49,: shipments 1890.
WHEAT-Spot easy No. > red 96i ele
vator and % o y afioat No. ! northern
Duluth 49, . atloat; receipts lA.4oo:
shipments 272,31l.
CORN-Spot steady: No. , l6i elevator
basis to arrive e ana y t b
afloat: receipts s.. AS; shipments i0,5oo
OATS-Spot steady; standard white 81:
No. IS; receipts lS',S0o.
PORk-Easy: mess %
BEEF-Steady
LARD-Easy; middle west l2.20n 50 /:
refined barely steady.
SUGAR-Raw quiet: muscovado - test
80: centrifugal 90 test $50 molasses 50
test 30J: refined quiet.
Bl'TTER-t'irm; receipts i$oS: creamery
creamery held second to special 230t32
cess second to special 23M21; imitation
creamery first Has: factory June make
first 23Nt2i factory current make first ..
EGGS-Steady receipts 6i3S; state, Pa.
and nearby hennery white fancy 45M4>;
do. gathered white 5000; do. hennery
brown fancy 3l6t36; do. gathered brown
3lm%3: fresh gathered extra first 29n$l (
do. first 36n2S: do. seconds 23m24; fresh
gathered dirties No. l candled 2lM22: do.
No. : 19m2"; refrigerator special marx
fancy .5im2G; do first 2iam25: do. sec
onds, 22aM24.
POTATOk,S-Firm Maine per bag 125d
l55; state in bulk 131m 80: Long Island per
bag 150U2ot; Jersey per bag 150d 10
southern sweets per Dbl. 15U 10; Jersey
do. per Dbl. 125M lI5.
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CANNOT COLLECT.
Guaaerheim Paid Enough. Says Court,
on First Assessment.

Washington. oct. 31.--Additional
duty amounting to about $l2,oo" on th'
$25. 900 string of pearls which Morris
Guggenheim. the New York Smelling
millionaire. bought several years ago
for his wife, cannot be collected, ac-
cordng to the effect of Il decision to-
day of the supreme court of the Unit
ed States. The federal court at New
York held that $lo.0oo was enough
duty on the pearls. which had been
imported from Paris by Tiffany 4 CO.,
at the request of Mr.. Guggenheim.
The government wanted the pearls
high rate of duty would have been
collectable.
When the government made its mo-
ton for the supreme court to review
the decision. attorneys for Tiffany &
Co, from whom the additional duty
was demanded, argued that on account
of the peculiar wording of the Payne
Ndrich tariff law, neither the supreme
court nor the new customs court of
appeals could sreVi"W such decision of
the lower federal court rendered be-
tween Feb and April 20, 1910. While
The court declined to review the case.
IT assigned no reason for not doing so.
The mere announcement of refusal to
pass on the matter was made
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.--s--
SPORTING NOTES.

William ShaughnrsS.v ., Bath is
making gcod with big polo plan crs in
the National League. Vie is PLAYING
on the WorceSt.r team and a former
Batii boy who Nitnt ssod the game last
Thursday evening when the Worces
ters defeated the BrocktouS hv "A
score of to- I. writes that ShaugI-
ness! played a fast and hcady game
ut halftack.
Great interest is being shown in the
coming championships at Madison
Square Garden. New York. To-Day and
Tuesday. owen, Henry. the Young
Texas spriptcr. viii he among tho
starters and will surely make the
metropolitan stars run to hold their
own. Henry is. in the opinion %; those
who saw his performance at New Or
leans. the best sprsnter in the country
today. After having been set back two
yards i'll the ne" he was less than
TWO feet from Rosenbergor, the winner
at the finish, and RoSenberger is ac~
counted one OF the best sprinters in
the East
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on tie wing. walking up to it throw
nm off again. while ii he started hiy
Eight IRON point t. one side If nj.
uS1ai perch he was likely to hit cor.
fesp"ndih%ly t. one side OF mis- -,
jeCtivc point
ne Sp1ir"NS guess, Il numbers hot
''r ti,al most creatures VIII" nave been
teSte". They could not count certain,
~ even two, Neither instinct nor rc,
son IS the key to the animal r,t,l,
bus habit The animal forms bahi,s
precisely as we do and like ourselves
stores up as habits many common ok.
perlences OF life. The difference /.
that what for US is a mere side linz
Is almost the entire stock in trad, If
beasts. We are all Of us mon and
beasts alike, bundles of habits; but lin,
man las more other things uranped
up in his package Chicago Trjh.
ms.
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RACE TRACK NOTES.

ELI Mckinney. Us. ana Derby Prn-
cess, 2.0Sl2, will go to Russia.
The Metropolitan Driving Club. Bos-
ton. has a dozen races slated for its
matinee on the Charles river speedway
today. with the promise of some of the
best sport of the fall
Names Ei'lgcu, the daughter of Bin
gen and Princess of Monaco, who took
a rcc' ri of 2.23lt this past season, is
the dam of Il yearlins by William Al
bert. 2.l6E, that G. &. Mayberry con-
siders the best yuungster he has ever
owned. The granddaughter of Nancy
Hanks is in foal to William Albert
again,
In his campaign of 1910 The Able,
IN winning II Stra ight races. took the
word in 81 heats. of which he won 81.
the fastest i'm 2.04 and the sloWeSt in
liz. the average time of the 81 being
2.01a4. The one heat which he lost
was won by Evelyn w. 2.o2a who
beat him Il short head in the opener
in the G. Of &. at Detroit in 2.oal,.
During the Lexington meeting Sen
ator j. w. Bailey purchased. for the
reported price of $4,000. Lady BRUSSELS,
by Wilton. 2,l9A, out Of Mignon tdam
of tive). by Robert McGregor. 2l7@.
At 10 years of age Lady BRUSSELS is
the dam of Soudan, 2.14A, Zarina,
2.19a. and Eleanor c., 2.22E2. all by
silent Brook. 2.161.; and Mckinney
Mac. yearling, 3.27M. by Mckinney,
2.11A. She will be bred to Prodigal
ZIG.
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This Means War,
PhilIies VS.. Chiefs,

Cincinnati, Ohio Oct. 3l.-George Nc
CULLEN, pitcher. and John Bates, outfield-
err. both members of the Philadelphia
National League team of 1910, today sign
ed contracts with the Cincinnati club for
1911. Their action, in the face of Presi-
dent Fogers declaration that the Phila-
delphia club had not released them, nor
Third Baseman Grant and Pitcher Moren,
Is expected to precipitate an open con-
test between the Cincinnati and Phiadel-
phia clubs over the trade of players an
nounced last week.
McQuillen came in from Newark and
signed his agreement after talking less
than 10 minutes with President Hermann
of the Cincinnati club. The salaries Of
fered to the men were not announced.
Bates came from his home in Steuben-
Vile. Ohio, in response to message from
President Hermann and after a short
talk with the latter in which the position
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RATE HEARING AT CHICAGO
Burlington Affairs Considered In Con
nection With Relating System.

Chicago, Oct. Citrate decisions M
Denver, Spokane and other Western
points VIII cost the Chicago. Burling-
ton & Quincy Railroad $500, 0O0 The ola
Relating system reduced the freight
revenue of the Burlington from :; to )
per cent.
Th" burlington is not in as good con-
dltlon tn accumulate q surplus now as
it was 10 years ago
TIE foregoing We're among the state
ments made at the rate hearing todaA
by Claude G. Burnham, Vice president
of the Burlington, who was the first
witness. Attorney r. j. Norton. who
represents the railways as a whole at
the hearing, stated that he had only
one more witness TO introduce ON the
subject of Western rate decisions, Mr.
Burnham said:
THE decisions have not been or
d2red into effect as vet but unless they
a:e materially modified. they will, con-
SerVat!vcly estimated cause the Bur
lington q loss of $500 GOO annually" At
torney DAVIS Of the Burlington. asked
what effect on revenues Relating cast
of the Missouri had before the law
made the practice illegal
Rebates were given almost cxcllIS-
lively ON high-class freight" replied
the witness. THE result was Il rate
that was much lower than was fair to
the railroads. But at no time did re
bates cause more than 3 to ; per cent
decrease in ;hc revenue of the Bur
Iington."
"You have mentioned" said Attor-
.t,
proposed increase would give the Bur
lington road about 100000. For what
purpose d" You want that money"
''rhc burlington needs $40O, 600 ana
more to maintain the efficiency of Tho
property AS a transportation machine"
do YOU regard the Burlington as am
efficient transportation machine at
present." pursued Mr.. Lyon
AS compared with other roads,
yes"
When Mr.. Lyon inquired if witness
considered the Burlington to bc in a
worse financial condition than il was
in 1910. tho latter hcsitated and then
answered slowly. 1T is not in as good
a condition to accumulate a surplus
air JNon made comparison of the
dividends paid in 1900 ana 1910 and Of
earnings and asked if witness still
maintained that the road was in a
worse condition With regard to d s;:r-
plus than 10 years ago.
"Conditions have changed some.
They have changed in the last six
months. There are greater demands on
our earnings particularly in the mat
ter of wages"