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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-28

Mrs. Robert Martin aud dauRh-
tor. Miss Marie Louise. left We'd
nesday for New York. where they
will spend several days, after this
they will spend some time in De-
troit and other Northern cities.
Tho State Board of health while
inspecting the waters of the Tsche
came here early last Sunday NOR
ming and inspected tho market
house, which We are told, was found
in satisfactory condition. They
came in tho Louisiana . pretty
little boat, the property of the
Board OF Health.
We have . complete stock of
Gents Furnishing Goods, Suits,
etc. In Hats We have the latest
styles and colors, pay rs a visit,
We will b pleased to show you
our goods. ]. B. Fsrran.
There will be q big Fair at Port
Barre today and tomorrow to raise
funds to build the prssbytery and
repair tho church. Port Barre
has now Q resident priest and the
people of the little town are maxi
ing an effort to make tho necesss-
ry improvements to their church
property.
There was q heavy frost and
some report . light freeze Monday
morning, which was the first Of
the season. This cold weather
will do much good to tho cane,
which previous to tho frost. was
quite green. and not yielding
much sugar. The tonnage OF the
cane cut up to this time 10 rspor.
ted satisfactory by oil tho planters
HIGH GRADE STERLING CLOTH.
THING - the best made, the most
elegsgt and most durable, We havs
Q stock to fit any one, K. Scwartz
We have heard several com.
plant this week concerning ths
freight service on this branch
Some of the planters claim thai
their cane have remained loade d
on tho side track q whole week
The handling Of empties aud load
ed cars 10 very unsatisfactory, snt
unless something 10 done by the
railroad company to move the carr
as rapidly - possible, they vii
never have time to save the larg'
crop that is depending upon th'
railroad for shipment. Something
must be done and at once to NOV
the crop rapidly and without los
k;c,o
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-28
MULES FOR SALE.

| have for sale, one pair OF
First Class middle sized gen
tie young mules. For price
and particulars, apply to this
Office. Sept. 80.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-28
LOCAL NEWS.


Mr.. Frank Blanc of New Iberia
was here Thursday.
The st. John refinery common
ced grinding Thursday.
For sale "a good creole horse
$40. Laizaire Bienvsnu.
DR.. o. j. Trappey spent several
days in New Orleans this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Bienvenu
made a trip to New Orleans this
week.
MIR. aud Mrs. Jules Francois of
New Iberia we're visiting here
Tuesday.
Mr. Henry Bienvsnu Of New
Orleans was here several days this
week, visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. g. Bisnvenu
and Mr.. A. F. Domengeaux visit
Cd Broussard Wednesday.
Mr.. Carroll Simon leaves today
to resume his studies at Spring
Hill College, having recovered his
health.
Cane cutting 10 now general, all
the sugar houses aud derricks are
receiving cane. The planters all
report thu yield worry good.
SCHOOL SHOES for boys and
girls, we have the stock from which
you are sure to find what you want,
K. Schwartz.
The store and goods OF Mr..
Divide Dugss, at Isle Liable. WAS
destroyed by fire Monday night,
everything was lost. no insurance.
Mr.. Etisngs Landry and Miss
Eva Viator, were married at the
Catholic Church here. last Satur.
day, both are of st. Martin parish
Mr.. A. +. Gauthier Of Lafay etts
was here this week. Mr.. GauthieI
10 now travelling for tho Monitor
Oil Company Of Cleveland. Ohio
which deals in petroleum and it,
products.
The foot ball game played here
last Saturday between tho Lafay
cite Institute and the st. Martin
vile high school was q ono sid
affair. tho game was won by th'
|St. Martinvills boys by q score o
II to 0.
LADIES TAYLOR MADE SUITs.
have Just received a large and pref
ty line of ladies suits and invit'
the ladies to inspect our good
whether they buy or not, We wan
them to SEQ our pretty goods. K
Schwartz.
Mr.. j. j. Fournet Ut Lafayette
Yves in town Saturday aud Sunda
last. Mr.. Fournet is a candidat
for Representative from Lafaystt
parish and we feel confident tha
he will be elected by handsom
majority.
SHOES-We ara now shown
a splendid stock of shoes. we bav
3 tho latest cut aud styles, We wi
take pleasure in showing on
goods. j. B. Fsrran.
N. A Morrow IF ST Marti
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-28

Capital, Surplus and Profits s63. 10000
Total Assets S207, 1854
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
Now the Machine Sermon.

The only ceremony at the funeral
of school teacher in an Austrian vii
lage was the rendition by a talking
machine OF the hymn Zine Festo
Burg" as sung by a chorus of male
voices. The incident gave an enter
prlsing firm an idea. They now. &C
cording to a circular which has been
distributed In the rural districts. arc
"prepared to furnish for funerals
good and appropriate music, either
solo, duet or chorus. Our large list
includes universal as well as strictly
church music" In discussing this
enterprise a Vienna paper says that
the machine sermon" has already
been introduced, and in conjunction
with the machine music" will make
old methods useless. 1.-THE talking
machine sermon" says the humorlst
has at least these good polnts--il
must be short and the machine does
not weep"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
The Magic Word.

Number please? 370O what? 300
dear?
Say, who do you think you are ad-
dressing? Any more of that and I'll
disconnect you. You may be able to
talk like that to the other girls, but
strictly business" is my middle name,
and the quicker you realize it the bet
ter.
Don't you little girl me. Get off
the wire II you can't act like gentle.
man. II you Fellows think girl can I
be lady because she works a switch.
board, you're mistaken, that's all. That
line Of talk don't go with me, for one.
! don't care If you are sorry. Get
your number out OF your system or
hang up I've had about enough OF
you. What? | don't care who
you are. II you don't know enough to
act Ike a gentleman, don't care If
you're John ID. Rockefeller.
What you got machine? Oh, have
YOU? What kind? Well, I'll tell you,
I'm busy now, and besides, the chief
operator Is liable 10 he listening about
this time. Call me w in about fifteen
minutes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
SAINT FOR THE JOURNALISTS
Pope Plus TX. Fifty Years Ago, Sc
lected ST. Francis De Sales az
Their Patron.

1t will be news TO many journalists
to learn that they have an officially
selected patron saint But the Man.
chester Guardian points out that they
have, and have had for the last fifty
years Plus TX. at the request OF a
number Of continental journalists, is
sued decree on the point lie res
commended journalists TO seek the help
of st. Francis de Sales, whose body
has Just lately been transferred, with
great pomp and amidst popular re-
ioicing, to a new church at Annecy,
In Savoy, his native place The choice,
our contemporary thinks, was an apt
one, for ST Francis was a man OF let
ters His famous work, The Devout
Lite" is still popular. mo doubt be-
cause of the lightness of touch with
which it is written and the unerring
journalistic instinct (if one may put
1t so in writing OF the work of a
saint with which he compels atten-
ton to serious questions by the skill
full use Of anecdote and illustration. -
Westminster Gazette.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17

Little Story OF the Hcusebreaker, the
Victim and the Too SkepticaI
Wife.

81 woke up suddenly the other night
and thought | heard a burglar in the
room. | sat up in bed and that awoke
my wife
What did she do?"
She accused me, as usual, of hav-
ing burglar bug. Said I'd never hear
real burglar if ! live a thousand
years. said I'd bet ! would, She
said she'd bet ! wouldn't And Just
then a shadowy form rose from behind
the dresser and a hoarse voice eX-
claimed, He wins, ma'am'"
did you catch hlm?"
Catch him! | didn't try. just lay
there and laughed and heard him slam
the door and run down the street.
And say, my wife was so mad she
didn't speak to me for a whole day,
But I'll bet one thing"
What is it?"
IN bet that burglar was married
man."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
HOGS ARE SMART ANIMALS
Instance Of Their Intelligence OBJ
served by an fastener Travel
Ing Through the South.

"A hog has a lot more sense than
people give the average hog credit for
or at least razorback hog has,
remarked an easterner who travels
through the south. Here's some.
thing that impressed me-: At little
southern town or village went
through some time ago, small boy
boarded the train with sandwiches
that he was selling, for there was no
eating place and the train reached
that point at about the noon hour.
bought two sandwiches
by the time the train was at the
outskirts OF the little town, found
that the sandwiches instead OF being
made with ham In the interior, CON
tained only some slices OF turnip. or
course ! threw mine away as soon as
| found that out Other passengers
raised the windows to throw theirs
out at about the same time ! noticed.
And right at the point where most OF
the sandwiches were thrown out, ] cav
a drove of razorback hogs ready to
gobble them up.
THE conductor told me that the
hogs had learned just how far the
train would go every morning before
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
samnIe Of Animal Instinct.

when was a barefoot lad" said
Mr.. Dustin Stax, II had to spend a
good deal of time minding the stock
on fathers farm. I'll never forgetathe
day when father told me to take a
rope and hold a couple Of bull calves. "
What did they dot"
They scorched my hands with the
rope and turned around and stepped
on me-"
"Unruly disposition?"
mo Wonderful Instinct. They
recognized me at a glance as a small
utockhoder, - Washington Star.
Harmless Fad.
II suppose in these ragtime days you
sell very little classical muster"
More than you would imagine" an
swered the music dealer. Almost
everybody buys few sheets to place
on the piano when company calls
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
DOG PITIEs HIS VICTIMS
Canine Whips His Enemies, Then
Lugs Them Home to Die O,
Get Well

Yardley, Pa.-Jeff, the bull terrier
of which Frank Robinson, church
warden, Justice, village milkman and
philanthropist, Is the owner, is the
terror of all dogs in this vicinity, and
when less than year old had whip
ped every dog in the vicinity with but
one exception. One OF Jeff's peculIari-
ties is that, after having whipped a
dog within the proverbial inch of its
life, he carries the other canine home,
to be nursed or to die.
JEFF has a great deal OF fun at the
bungalow colony here. The residents
are prominent Trentonians and the
dogs in that colony have all felt the
sting OF Jeff's teeth.
At home JEFF is as meek as lamb
and dimes regularly with Tabby, the
Robinson family cat. and her several
kittens.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17

Two friends who lived In the coun-
try were in the habit of dining fire..
quently with one another One day
Jack received an invitation from
James to dine with him at the usual
hour in the evening. AS 1t happened
it was an extremely dark night, and
Jack took stable lantern to enable
him to see the way clearly. In due
course he arrived quite safely al
James's residence, and they dined ex
ceedingly we'll, but certainly not
wisely.
The next morning Jack received a
note from James to this effect; Dear
Jack, herewith find your stable Ian
tern. Please return my parrot and
cage"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
LOTS OF HUNTING IN SPAIN
Use of Firearms Very Extensive, ow-
Ing to the Sporting Proctlvities
Of the People.

The use Of firearms is very extern
sive in Spain. Hunting is so popular
that 20,G00,000 empty sporting cart
ridges were imported into Spain last
year, and of these 100000 entered
the port of Valencia alone. More
than two-thirds Of the total are of
ordinary and low grade quality, cost
ing about So cents hundred unload
ed, but there is also a limited mar
keJ for very high grade sporting cart
ridges with deep metallic lining,
adapted for heavy charges of smoke
less powders, which are imported
from Great Britain and the United
States and are retaled at from $1.45
TO SLIPS hundred according to length
and finish.
The natural sporting proclivities Of
the inhabitants of Valencia are foster
cd by the proximity Of the Albufera,
an extensive marshy lake visited in
the fall and winter by myriads Of wild
duck, coots and other water fowl
that migrate from northern Europe,
while the forest wastes and arid
brushwood hills of the interior are
moderately stocked with red part
ridge. hares and rabbits. All the
moist, cultivated valleys following the
course Of streams are also visited in
the spring and summer by migratory
quail that come over from North AT
RIGA.
Trade in sporting guns, pistols and
revolvers is Of considerable impor-
lance, but only the very high grades
are imported Nearly all medium quail
ity, ordinary and~low priced products
are manufactured in the country,
mostly at Eibar, in the Basque prov
! inces in the north of Spain, where
excellent workmen, many of whom
study at the leading arms factories
of birmingham and Liege, make al
most every form Of gun, rifle, pistol
and revolver The barrels are usually
imported In the rough from Great
Britain or Belgium, and are bored and
| finished at the Spanish factories.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
Conscientious.

An editor of New, York magazine
recently received story of which
the scene was laid in the state Of
Washington He wished to have the
story illustrated, and In order to OBJ
tain the best local detail he sent the
manuscript to a young artist out in
Washington. Before doing so, how
ever, he serawled hastily across the
top Of the first page the address of
the writer, which did not otherwise
appear on the manuscript. 1t was
Shelton Wash" With the story the
editor sent letter asking the artist
to make a wash drawing of certain
effective scene and forward it as soon
as possible. BY return mail the ed
itor received an anxious reply from
the youthful artist, saying: 81 note
that you wish me to use Shelton
wash. / do not know of any such
wash, nor do any of the dealers out
here. If you can send me a tube
shall be glad to make the drawing.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
OVER THE SHOSHONE FALLS
Except Fish, a Red Collie Is Only Ami.
NAL That Has Made Plunge
and Survived.

The only living thing except the fish
that has ever gone over the Shoshone
Falls In Idaho and came through alive
Is Shep. a red collie belonging to a
hotel man in Shoshone. At Shoshone
the Snake River plunges into cavern
with less than foot between the sur
face of the rushing waters and the
roof Of Jagged rock. Sharp-toothed
rocks bristle above the swirling cur
rents, and cruel stones project from
the slippery sides. From this sub
terranean passage the river energies
on the edge OF great canyon, over
the brink OF which it dashes In a
laundering cataract Of foam and spray
220 feet to the abysmal depths below.
The falls OF Shoshone are sixty feet
higher than Niagara Falls.
A child pulled Shops plumy tall one
day and Shep bit the child. For this
he was promptly condemned TO death
by his owner, who took him to Snake
river and threw him in just outside
the cavern and when Shep, battling
bravely for his life, was swept out OF
sight into it's mysterious mouth, he
was considered dead dog
Half an hour later boy hurried into
the hotel and informed Shops master
that his collie was sitting on a half
submerged rock below the falls how
ling for help. Filled with remorse,
the dogs owner FASTENED to his res
cue with ropes and boat, and half
Shoshone attended Shops triumphal
return to his home, where his penitent
owner gave him the best in the larder
and soft cushion behind the bar for
the rest OF his lays Beyond few
trifling scratches and the loss of his
toe nails, the dog was none the worse
for his terrible experience.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
GIRL UNCOvERS CROOK
IN REoE sHE TELLS DETECTIVES
\ or oouNTERFElTER's PLANS.
ARRESTS Made 10 RussIan Refugee
| WINS Boarding ship for British
0uiana and Dangerous Gang
MI Broken Up.

New York.--On information fur
inished by his sweetheart, after secret
service agents had led her to believe
he had deserted her for another, Al
bert Leon, a Russian political refugee
and alleged counterfeiter for whom
the federal agents have been search
ing for weeks, was arrested In the Of
flee of the Dutch Royal West India
STEAMSHIP company in New Yos'k city.
Leon had just purchased ticket TOT
one OF the ships of that line sailing
for British Guiana. He was taken be-
fore Commissioner Shields and re-
manded to the Tombs for further
hearing. Leon is wanted by the fed
eral authorities in Los Angeles, Den
ver, Chicago and number OF other
cities In the west, where, 1t is alleged,
he passed numerous counterfeit $40
and 500 national bank certificates.
Efforts of the secret service men to
get clew to his whereabouts during
the many weeks they have been seek
ing him we're without result until they
heard Of his sweetheart in Chicago.
"A government agent visited her and
told her that Leon had deserted her
land that he had become infatuated
with another girl The girl, In n jeal-
ious rage, told the agent OF Icons
plans to sail for British Guiana and
of his whereabouts in New York city
Leon, the secret service men de-
iclared, had plant on Nootka is
land. British Columbia. where he Gid
his counterfeiting He is an expert
engraver and color mixer, and worked
with only few confederates, 1t Is
said
Leon is alleged to have perfected a
process by which he photographed the
face OF note In manner that looked
so much like surface printing that
many experts declared it to have been
printed from etched plate Two OF
Icons alleged confederates were ar
rested In Chicago, charged with pass
ing some OF the counterfeit money
Leon arrived in this country about
three years ago, and took up sec
tipu vi luilu lrdi iSuS aHESlEo, NhtiC
IT Is believed the first spurious notes
were made. In December, 1910. he
went to Nootka island In British Co
lumbia, and it is charged that most OF
his counterfeit work came out on his
plant there.
The notes Of the following national
banks, 1t is alleged, were counter
feited by Leon:
Riverside. Cal. National bank; First
National. Yuma Ariz; First National,
Orange, Cal. Pasadena, Cal. National
bank First National OF Willlamsport.
Pa: Ell Centre, Cal. National; First
National OF Portland, ore; National
Bank Of Commerce. Wichita Kan ;
Anglo and London-Paris National, of
San Francisco; Illinois National, OF
Springfield; Blair County National, OF
Tyrone, Pa; Croker National, of San
Francisco
Leon was also alleged to have coun-
terfeited the $40 United States Buffalo
note and to have circulated it on the
Pacific coast. The National bank notes
were circulated principally in Los An
geles, San Francisco. Portland, Ore;
Seattle. Chicago and New York
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
HIGH HEELS CAUSED DEATH
footwear Gets Wedeed in Switch and
&h Holds Girl on Track Of
INK Express.

Cincinnati. O.--High-heeled shoes,
according to testimony before Coroner
Coe, were responsible for the death
OF pretty Hilda Age, eighteen, a candy.
maker, who was fatally injured by a
Big Four train at the Shore street
crossing.
Witnesses testified that mi,itar Y
heel about two inches high, which had
been torn away from the woman's
shoe, was found wedged In the switch
at the crossing. Trainmen told the
coroner that they saw the girl fall
backward across the tracks. and that
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
The Forest.

Seeking inspiration, leave the city
and go to the forest, journeying there
by the path Of memory, for chains,
self-urged, prove. too strong for re.
lease from city desk.
] visit in thought its oratory, whis-
pering a prayer of love and praise,
place flowers upon the altar of stones
made beautiful with velvet of moss
and lichen lace.
The winds teach my lips new
song, the sun grants my eyes fresh
vision, earth fastens wings on my
feet
As | walk through its aisles | am
shrived Of WEAKNESS, weakness, fear.
At the font of spring am | baptized
into new understanding.
Then, receiving the benediction Of
the trees, | return again to my desk
renewed in spirit, strength and, above
all, in loye.-From the Craftsman.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
Without CeremonY.

More or less ceremony usually at
tends the laying of corner stone,
but in one case at least It was laid
quite simply.
Two Chicago men were talking Of
the fortune Of third when one said:
He made his first lucky strike in
eggs He bought 10000 dozen at a
low figure, put them in cold storage
and sold them at profit of more than
300 per cent. That was the corner
stone of his present fortune.p
"Ah!" exclaimed the other man;
then the hens laid it,"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
What lie Had.

Preparatory to their departure for
fnother city for pcotracted period a
Baltimore family ma their furniture
and effects taken to storage house.
AS the workmen tsre busily engaged
in carrying down from the second ana
third stories OF the house various ar
ticlcs tho mistress Of the house heard
from the room wherein she was giving
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
Cruelty to Animals.

During the discussion of the diff
ference between the high cost OF liv-
ing and the cost Of high living at the
Curbstone club the ancient carpenter
vouchsafed the following: ut Just
seems like everything conspires to
make things harder for a man when
prices are high. Now. for instance,
/ know that all Of my hens intention
ally stop laying when eggs are worth
their weight in gold--just when they
ought to do their very best!"
Smoke up! Your pipes going out!'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17

sarcastieally exclaimed the real es-
tatc man.
Fact continued the ancient car
penter. "But | fooled the critters. ]
got a sign painted with words, Eggs
10 cents Dozen and hung II In tho
coop. Now the hens are laying two
and three eggs every day, and some
of them are even working nights. -
Youngstown Telegraph.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
EduaI to the Occasion.

you're TO Judge Of literature or
rhetoric, Sam Way, you couldn't do
it to save your life If asked you to
give me a good Illustration of fiat.
contradiction in terms.
Couldn't !? All right; the next
time you ask me to lend you S. you
win find my decided negative is
quite positive"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17

directions sounds Of much putting and
blowing, as one OF the men was stag
gering down thu stairs under a
weighty piece of furniture.
What are you taking DOWN." she
called out. THE light oak dresser7"
No, num-" answered q stalwart
Ce't, "Oim takin' down the heavy ma
hogany one.'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
s.o,s Duel With washboard.

Sterling, Ill.-When she saw her
baby endangered by men fighting with
revolyers Mrs. Dominick Defluer.
Jumped between the duelists with a
dashboard, knocked two men sense
Iess and disarmed two others
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17

She made desperate struggle to free
herself.
That the girl came to her death by
the high heel catching in the track
was the verdict
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17

the passengers would find the turnips
in the sandwiches and then throw the
sandwiches away. And he said the
hogs wouldn't miss the right place by
more than a couple of yards
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17
Both Phones 1O1


Coffee Is the fagorite nuu-aicoholc
drink on the Bowery In New York The
ca ing houses there have raised the
price from one cent to three cents
cup.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-17

]. S. AIsTHoRPE,
REED GREEN,
PETER SAUP,