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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-11-21
POLICE JURY.

The following Ordinancs WAS presen-
ted by MT. Chautfs aud On motion 0f Mr..
Champagne MAS unanimously adopted:
AN ORDINANCE.
sec. 1. Be 1t Ordained by the Police Ju-
ny Of the Parish Ut ST. Martin IN open
SESSION. assembled that from anu alter
the passage vi this ordinance II shall be
unlawful for any OnS W permit any
shruOs, trees, hedges Or any other Ob-
sLIuctlOn Whatsoever W extend over.
ACROSS. through aud Oh any puOlic Road
III the Parish VI 81. Martin, ~ ~ ~ ren-
DEF Traffic thereon dangerous Or hazara-
Jus Or any matter ~ ~ " Interfere with
The drains thereof.
Sec. z. be II further Ordained etc.,
That IL shall w unlawful for any Ons tO
place any obstruction Ut any nature
whatsoever III any vi the drains Ut the
nOaus vi thls Parish.
Sec. 3. bs IL further Ordained ETC.,
lhaI ali Rice fumes W bu erected by
poi mission Ut this DOuy across any pub
iic road VI tnls parish. shall W required
~ made and constructed not more than
Two Inches above The Top Of said road bed.
SIC. 4. BIZ II further resolved, That
any person permitting such obstruction
as herein aOOvU provided shall 10 nOti-
lied by Tile Police Jury " remuvs tile
same within ten Jays from service Of
notice. aud upon failure u remove or
cause The same IT, be removed, same
snail be removed ut the expense vf the
person Or party 81 permitting and fail
ure ~ remove oucn uusti actions.
Sec. 3. BIZ IL further Ordained etc,
That the Police Jury shall have The
right to Dring action before any court Of
jurisdiction ~ recover the
expended la removing such Oh
that the party w violating
said ordinance shall De liable to cIimi-
nal prosecutions; aud upon conviction
snail be fned The sum Ut not
more than 5000 or Imprisonment for
not more than thirty days or both. at
the discretion Of the court.
Sec. 8. Be it further Ordained, That
this Ordinance shall 90 into effect i'm
mediately upon its PRONUNCIATION.
+. Z. POWER,
Clerk Police Jury
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For Rent, Or Sale

on long and easy terms. forty arpsnts
Of land with four room house. crib and
other improvements. near the DelacrOix
derrick, about 2K miles from st. Mar
tinvills. Price $3.50.
For sale. also. one four room house
lately erected. with large lot and other
improvements, In the Town Of st. Mar
tinville.
For terms apply to or address.
FRANK HERMAN.
St. MsrtinVille. La
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An ActiveLiver MeansHealth

II you want good health, q clear COM
plexiOn and freedom from Dizziness,
Constipation. Bili0usness, Headaches
and Indigestion. takes DR.. Bing's New
Life Pills. They drive out fsrmenting
and undigestsd foods, clear the Blood
and cure Constipation. Only &c at
your druggist.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
ROBERT MARTIN
ROSA CLEMENT g. AIS
No. 1924

10Th Judicial District Court,
Parish Of St. Martin. State of Louisiana.
By virtue of q writ of Seizure and Sale
issued out Of the 10th Judicial District
Court. In and for the Parish Of St. Mar
tin, State Of Louisiana. in the above ell
titled aud numbered suit. dated this 18th
day Of Oct. 1914.
have seized aud will proceed to sell
at public auction to the last and high
est bidder at the front door of the Court
House. between the legal sale hours in
the Town Of st. Martinvills on
Saturday, Nov. 2Sth, 1914
the following mentioned and described
property. t0-wit:
1. That certain tract of land situa. ed
In st. Martin Parish. La, measuring 2
arpsnts in depth with width sufficient
to make 10-lOO srpsnts IN area, boun-
dsd north by land OF heirs Of Victoria
Babin. south aud vast by Sidney Thibo-
dssux. ssst by Numa Bsbin aud West by
Sidney Babin.
2. Another tract Of land situated in
the same locality. adjoining the above
containing ~ more or less, superficial
arpents. bounded north bv land Of Adso
Hsbsrt, below by that Of Angs Hebsrt.
east BY COrslso POlrs0n. aud west by
land Of formerly belonging to Numa
COrmisr.
3. Another tract Of land adjoining
the above containing one srpsnt IN area
having half arpent front by depth of
two Rrpsnts, bounded north by land of
Rousseau, south ny J. B. Clement, east
by Adso Hsbslt and west by J. B. Gle
msnt.
4. Another tract Of land adjoining
the above containing l2i srpents in su-
psr6cisl area, having . triangular form
bounded north by land Of formerly Mel
con Babin. south BY v. n. Guiibsau, east
BY purchaser (formsrlyl
8. Another tract n land In the same
locality containing so arpsnts In area.
bounded north BY lands Of Numa Babin
q ais, south by that Of hsirs of Onszims
Thi0odesux, east by land now belong
ing to James j. Martin. and west BY
that of Emile C0rmier and v. M. Gull.
beau. Together with the above dsscrib-
ID tract Of land. all the improvements
thereon.
Said above described tracts of land
forming Que body which 10 today boom
dsd north BY lands Of Mark ToutcheQue
& ais. south BY land of Robert Clement
GALS. east by Omsr Babin. ]. ]. Martin
and C. q. Martin and west BY land of
Sidney Babin & ais.
Seized TO satisfy above writ.
Terms and conditions-cssh.
SHERIFF. Office this 22nd day Of Oct.
A. d. 1914.
WADE O. MARTIN. Sheriff.
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PAY YOUR POLL TAX.
Times-Picavune.

Ihose VINO Wish To vote In tho
presidential, State and city cleo
tions must pay their poll taxes by
the end of next month, December.
This gives tho voters six weeks,
ample time if they start now and
avoid the rush. Unfortunately,
many payment are delayed to the
last days before the close Of tho
year, with the result that some are
too late and neglect or lose the OPP
portunity. There have slways
been hundred of voters self.dis.
franchised by delaying the obligs-
ton until too late. They live to
regret their failure, but all regrets
over lost citizenship, lost opportu-
mites to improve conditions, are
in vain.
The coming elections are impor.
tant, and tho white voter who
places himself alongside the ILL
tsrats, disfrsnchised negro by 70.
fusing the ballot for himself or to
contribute toward the support of
tho public schools is punished
therefor. Unfortunately, his neigh
bors also suffer from his neglect.
The payment of the poll tax of
1914 is necessary to vote in 1915
and 1916 in oil elections - nation.
81, State, parochial and municipal.
Although it is q long way yet, We
ell can realize the importance of
these elections, especially of 1916.
We will vote then for President
aud Congress and decide whether
or not Louisiana wishes to oon-
tinus the present regime and ad.
ministration. The Indications are
that the great war in Europe will
be over by that time; that the
United States will be called upon
to restore . world peace. Every
Que must wish to have some part
in the discrimination of the policy
No will then pursue; everyone
must be deeply Interested and af.
fscted 10y it. Yet oil in Louisiana
who fail to pay their poll taxes in
the next six weeks will DO denied
any voice in the matter.
In the State the election will be
important and oil will be called on
to determine and pass on the line
Of policy that must be pursued to
enable Louisiana to enjoy all the
industrial activity and progress
which the resources aud opportu-
mites of the Slater offer 10. We
will realize that the next half.
dozen years will DO a period of
great importance that will deter
mine the State policies. Every
voter must determine now, by the
payment or nonpayment of his poll
tax, whether or not he wishes to
take any part in this work Of de-
vslopment before 10.
All that is needed to take part
in the decision of tho important
problems-national, State and mu.
nicipal- that will come up for de-
termination and settlement in 1916
is for the voter to pay his poll tax
now. The control Of the rsgistra-
ton Offices assures protection
against fraudulent registration
such % have occurred in sumo pre-
vious campaigns, and against bal
lot-box stuffng and alien voters.
Everyone now knows that his vote
will BE- honestly counted az be
marked it, and that no other votes
will bs changed 90 20 to offsst it.
Pay your poll tax now, % that
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TOWN COUNCIL.

On motion Of NJ. ]. H. Duchamp &C.
conded by Mr.. W. ]. Bienvsnu and car
risd the Schedule Of the probable expen.
90 for the year 1916 b. aud the same Ia
hereby established % follows. viz:
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ALBERT BIgNvENU. Mayor.
az SYDNEY =. DELAH0ussAYE,
A&s So - Secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
FROM READERS
Dicks Story.
' AUDREY SKRONN Jagged 100

by AUDREY sKRONN Jagged 100.
1T is your turn to tell a story to-
night, Dick" said his mother.
Il am going to tell a real one,
answered Dick.
And this is his story:
Once there was a nice house-a
big one, just like our house. There
was a great big bed of strawberries in
the garden in the back of this house.
lust back of the garden were some
apple trees, and in one of these trees
lived a catbird with her family OF
children.
"Onc little bird was sick one day
and the mother said to him, / will
get you a nice ripe strawberry and
that will make you we'll
After the bird had waited long,
long time the mother came back, but
she had no ripe berry in her beak.
The little bird was so disappointed
that it could scarcely chirp.
The bird told him that she had
waited till all the people had gone
except one, and this one stayed there
all the time and waved her away.
THE little bird was so grieved that
it cried out, L didn't think folks were
so mean that they wouldn't give a
sick bird a berry, The mother bird
sat at the edge Of the bed and cried"
You said it was true story,
Dick" said his mother when he had
finished.
so it u.s." said Dick, for | saw the
bird watch us for long time and
then fly away. Mamma, won't you
have the scarecrow taken away?'
His mother laughed, but Dicks
wish was fulfilled, for the next day
the scare-crow was taken away.
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Puzzle SOlVers.

The answer 10 the musical instru-
ment ppuzzle is FIFE. The following
sent in correct answers: Elias Ellison,
Julius Damn, John Tompkins, Dom
aid Morgan, Francis Logue, OF New
York City, and Marion Tully Locust
Valley, Long Island; Ruth Bronsveld'
Cornwall, N. Y; Dorothy Waters and
Virginia Waters, Tappan, N. u;
Mabel Gilmour, West New Brighton
Staten Island; Virginia Everman,
Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y; P. l..
Bailey, jr., Newport, r. l.; Mary Net
Teton, New Haven, Conn, Alice
Gsllwey, Newport, r. l., and Harry J..
Haskins, Yonkers, N. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

Cried the neighbors You spin like a
top"
IT crieved him both often and long
That his voice was too harsh for song,
For his soul was chime
Of music sublime,
To conceal it he felt VAS all wrong;
An, strong
Was his yearning to burst into song!
For hours at time he would stand
On one leg, with his head in his hand
Resolving TO buy
A whistle. and try
The secrets thereof 10 command:
How grand
n ne only might play in "A band!
Rut Mortified friends exclaimed NAY.
We could not endure this a day
So to regions remote
where no incorrect note
Gould reach them. he FASTENED away
one day;
when they heard this, they hoped ne
would stay.
So imagine this old follow now
percbed aloft on a comftable bough'
While on whistles and flutes
with "twecdles" and "toots
lie poured out his soul to n COW.
Pray how
mid she take it-that mystfed cow
Nv his art. he declared, she was stlrreu
sbc was merely amused, have heard
~ she patiently stood
Illuminating her cud'
And eazed on the queer WinsIcss pi'u'
My word!
T told YOU this tale WAS absurd
And the bird man, delighted TO mo-
A critic 10 gracious aud kind'
stm sits in hl' tree
piplng. "Tcedle-dee-dcc!'
And the cowY She does not seem inclined
10 mind. A.
when on fresh, juicy clover she's az O.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
Games Italian Children Play

Louise was going to have party.
Her invitations were out, her mother
had bought favors and prizes and
decorations and they had planned just
what refreshments to serve.
But what shall / do when they
first come, mother? I've planned a
couple of games with prizes. but l
want something they can play till
every one arrives-just to help get
them acquainted. l guess every one
is tired of the old games. They don't
seem to enjoy them a bit. What did
you play when you were little girl?"
when I was a little girl. | lived in
Bogota, way down in South Amer
ica," said mother. But l think
played about the same games you do.
We used to play 'RingAround-
Rosy and Blind Mans Buff and
Hide and Seek" but, OF course, we
didn't call them by those names.
We called them by long, queer Span
ish names. Then when was about
your age. we lived in Italy. ! learned
some very interesting games-prob-
ably just the sort of thing you want.
But perhaps you have played them.
Did you ever hear of the game called
Portraits or Rhymes or 'Illustra-
ton?
mo, ] never heard of any of them,
but they sound rather NICE said
Louise. How do you play them?"
So mother told her, and this is how
they are played:
PORTRAITS.
The first game, called Portraits
consists in making a word portrait of
each person in the game by using two
words beginning with the same letter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

these children were? They were little
Esquinau children of the fungus tribe
who live in Siberia. They do not live
for long in any one spot, but travel
around from place to place.
They carry their houses with them
wherever they go. But that is not SO
difficult as you might think, because
their houses are simply tents made OF
reindeer skin, or soft pliable bark
which is called oorta. At night they
sleep on reindeer skins, which they
throw over the snow-covered ground.
Their food consists mainly of fish,
seal blubber, berries and game.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
BURIED STATES.

T. Tell Emma ] need not go to-day.
>. This event gave David a hope Of saw
ing his kingdom.
,. How it exasperates me 10 hear Paul
rage against fate.
4. Is this rug OF dark color a domestic
weave or an importation?
:. Either George or Gianella will dance
for you. IL you wish.
G. Has the Commodore gone back to his
ship?
:. We have word that Mary landed in
England on Tuesday.
s. The mans ford, angry countenanee
attracted my attention.
g Alas, Kate, You nave broken my
prettiest teapot.
10. Run, run! You can win, Diana. If
YOU try.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

as the initials of the name Of the per-
son to be described.
Any number can play and each per-
son is described in turn by every
other person in the game. Suppose
the game is started with description
of one of the number, girl named
Emily Rowland. Emily may be quite
student, so the first one called
upon for a portrait of her might an
swer Eager Reader" the next per
son might say, EARLY Riser" as d
little knock" at her habit of over
sleeping. Another might reply "Edu'
Gated Radical" from a habit she has
of thinking for herself. Thus the
portraits would 60 on until each OF
the nine had made a portrait of Emily
Rowland.
The person sitting next may be
Andrew Ackley. Perhaps he is ar
athletic young man studying law
then Athletic Attorney" Ardent
Admirer," Advanced Advocate" etc.
might be his portraits.
Thus the game would go on until
each person had made portrait oil
every other one, with all sorts Of
clever and witty descriptions.
RHYMES.
The second is quite like some you
have played, but there is enough diff
ference to stimulate interest.
Two words that rhyme, as game
and name" may be chosen. Each
person is required to write four line:
in rhyme. AS
l played a game,
Without name,
| won no fame
But who's to blame?
You will have a great deal OF fur
in this game, and it is really surpris
ing what really clever rhymes are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

Never before have we seen so many
rabbits as we saw this week. They
seemed to be hopping around us
everywhere. But we weren't at all
dismayed by the number, because
they were all such nice friendly look
ing Dummies. We hardly knew which
we liked the most But finally we
decided that CLAIR STRAIT, Of 1873
Midland av., Montclair, N. j., and
CATHERINE DONOFRED, Of 6
Charles St, New York City, and
HAROLD GEORGE, of $50 Lenox
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
DRAWING LESSON

av., New York City, had sent us the
best looking ones. Others were re-
ceived from Elias Ellison, Anna
Schaschinger, Wilson Wilmer, Ham
ilton Southworth, Vivian Andrews
Joseph Friend, Nellie Stevens and
Percy Davey-Sye, of New York City,
and from Julia Bacon, Tarrytown, N
Y: Hester Gleason, Essex, Conn;
Annie Morris, New Haven, Conn; P.
l.. Bailey, jr., Newport, r. l.; Bar
bara Kendall, Corning, N. Y; Edwin
Morton. Croton-on- Hudson, N. Y,
and Edith Showers, Corning, N. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
EllZAeErh. kInkftAN. ETzHvsH,
sometimes made.
ILLUSTRATION.

lLlGS IA lON'
The third game is one on which an
infinite number of variations may be
played, but the original way requires
a pretty good general knowledge.
One goes out of the room and while
he is out. the rest of the party agree
on the name of some well known
character, as Taft.
On returning to the room the one
who has been out says: Who is my
first letter."
The answer must be an easy de-
scription of some person we'll known
in history or fiction with name be-
ginning with the required letter. In
this case the reply might be, Your
first letter is the author of 'Penden-
MIS-"
Any one at all familiar with English
literature will know that the first
letter is T, the first letter of Thack-
cray.
WHO is my second?" is the next
question.
Your second is the fellow who had
a vulnerable heel" SO he thinks OF
Achilles and gets Ia.
Who is my third?'
Your third is the next TO the last
day in the week" Very simple, Fri
day. Now he has Tai.
To the question as to who Is fourth
the reply may be: "A very little boy
you read about in fairy tales That,
of course, is Tom THUMB, so taft is
easily guessed.
1t might be played as Bible game,
using only characters from the Bible,
or it might be used for class in
certain kind of history, drawing an
swers only from some particular
period
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

the time. Even Ashdoo, her brother,
who was older. and who had had one
little short ride before all by him.
self, was timid. But confess 1t!
Never! What would Anal think OF
him if he knew that he was afraid'
Anal was his name for father.
So he walked bravely out and let
his father lift him up into the saddle.
The saddle was of wood, padded and
covered with reindeer skin and placed
wav I'D on the shoulders of the rein
deer, instead of in the middle OF the
back. as q horses saddle is. He was
strapped firmly on, and that made HIM
feel more secure, but still, when he
looked down, it seemed such dis
lance from the ground.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
My Bird NeiShbOrs,

By MARION &. FULLY taged 100.
The birds around here are lovely.
The catbirds with Their gray wings
are very pretty. Every morning one
Of them comes to take a bath in our
fountain.
The other day l saw two beautiful
scarlet tanagers. They have bright
red wings and back and breast.
There are lots of little yellow
warblers all around and nice red
robin has made her nest in among
the green leaves OF vine that twines
around one Of our pillars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
HOW LITTLE ESQUINAUS LIVE
They Ride Reindeer Horses, Seal Blub
Instead Of Candy and Carry Their
Them

on queer looking sticks. Neither Ash
doc nor Osikat had ever seen any
thing like it before. But Anal seemed
to know, for he wasn't bit afraid,
and he told them to sit very still for
minute. They sat still-because
they were really afraid to move.
Presently there was little clicking
noise, then the man picked up his
box and sticks and walked off. They
did not know he was an American
who took photographs of the little
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

Osikat watched solemnly and anx-
iouxly for awhile and then decided that
would not ride, and neither promises
nor threats could induce her to. She
took up so much time wailing that
Ashdoo became hungry. He began to
struggle with the fastenings on his
clothes. Finally, he managed to get
his fur coat open, searched around and
produced large piece of soft white
substance which he held out for Osi-
kat to look at. Osikat looked and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
PUZZLES
PROGRESSIVE ENIGMAS.

I. call Anne" said mother. | went
IL SD 6-7-S and we returned 1-2-3-i-J-
6-7-S
.. The children sat on the 1-2-3-4-5-6-1-s.
Their task was to l-2-3-i straw into
braids and then sew it into the j-6-7-S of
a hat.
3. do love buttered 1-2-3-4-5-6-7. On
q cold winters night it is great fun to sit
i'm front Of a glowing fire and l-2-S the
4-j-6-I.
L. Not being 5-G-,-S to reach 1884 in
the dark. We threw overheard everything
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-S in order to tighten the boat,
and waited for morning
;. At 3-l-5 we sat down under 3-i-0-6
to dine. There was but one l-2-5. from
which We all 7-S-9. but the feast was good
enough, thought, for any l-2-3-i-J-5-I-S-9
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
BY {. 4. NALLEAU.

Ashdoo and Osikat were going rid
ing and they were very excited and
a little bit frightened. Indeed, Osikat
was quite terrified at the thought. She
was a very little girl and she had
never been on a reindeer before all by
herself. Her family moved around
from place to place great deal and
they always travelled on reindeer, but
she had always ridden with some one
else. who held on to her tightly all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

children in strange lands for the chill
dren in his land to look at. They
watched him for a while, then Anal
mounted his reindeer and they all rode
slowly away.
Do you want to know who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

walked slowly over to him.
He leaned over and began to whis-
per to her. I'm not scared" he said.
There's nothing to be afraid of, and
I'll give you this piece Of seal blubber
if you'll ride"
Osikat did not stop moment to
consider, so eager was she now, when
she would get this delicaCy for re-
ward. She let her father lift her into
the saddle. He fastened her in and
gave her the piece of sea blubber
which Ashdoo had generously offered
Osikat was quite contented.
But only for moment. They were
almost ready to start when queerly
dressed man approached with queer
looking black box, which he set up
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
JUMBLED PROVERB.

Y o o L L r r O o F. + S NJ l
G. y II ID.
Begin with certain letter, and take
every other letter in regular order; then
take the letters that are left in the same
order. The result will be well known
nrOYerb.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
The Boys Dream
BY LOUISE r.. TUCKER.

\ little boy was dreaming
Upon his nurses lap
lie dreamed that the pins fell out OF Tho
stars
And the stars fell into his cap.
So when his dream was over.
What did that little boy do?
He went AMI looked inside his cap
And found II was not true.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
MUSIC WILL OUT
By ALICE LOyETT CARSON.

There was an old person Of Kurd,
VINO thought he resembled a bird,
50 this singular rage
Occupied a brass cage
And rape secd 20 rOagt beef preferred
Absurd
Such nonsense never have heard.
From one perch % tOther he'd hop.
Ann seldom Tor Wcariness stop,
While sOlcmnly sweet
He'd calculate "TWeet"'
AD1 mis- arms 40 and downward he'd mop
no stop